#sorry to vbs for never reading their events

[lovely-showtimes]

i'm in a very vicious cycle of wanting to write more characters than just tsukasa/wxs all the time -> not feeling confident in my ability to write them in character -> not having enough motivation to go and read other events that arent just wxs ones

[ssruis]

People who ignore emunene to center akitoya in their rks fics are the weakest links and must be killed off. If we have to bring in vbs in a wxs fic at least bring in an or something.

[project-sekai-facts]

What are your predictions for the lineups of the next event(s)? Cause at first we were thinking tsukasa5 lim but then VBS got it,and now we have the Toya mixed event with a Toya, Kanade, and An 4 stars as the event starting tomorrow , when a lot of people were expecting kamiyama2 with Mizuki, so now what do you think?

yeah sorry i didn't do an event prediction post this month. i already made predictions for a lim mixed event and my though process was "i'll read lead to shine more and then do a prediction post in the morning". and then it was the morning and mmj hakolim 4 existed. anyway.

the lim event for this month is. kinda hard to predict despite the lack of options. obviously we have to consider the 4th anniversary banner at this point in time, which has six rateups and takes a lot of options out for this month's event.

so i'll start with my 4th anniversary predictions

emu banner. unless she's august, it's her. it can't be rui or tsukasa, and she's gone longer without a lim than nene. while that doesn't really mean anything, the fact she's getting incredibly close to 4 years without a mixed event it makes sense and lines up pretty well for this to be emu mix 2

haruka 3*. the only mmj characters eligible for the banner are haruka and airi. ideal idol just happened and capped haruka at 7 lims and while airi isn't capped, haruka's gone longest in the game without a 3* card.

the rateups i'm less sure about. i think the vbs rateup will be toya, if only because he has less lims than an. niigo will most likely be ena. mizuki5 is likely gonna be either 1 or 2 events away from this so. yeah. leoneed i'm less sure about. there's a leoneed event in september definitely, but i'm not sure who it will be. i initially predicted ichika but considering something shiho said in leoneed wle i wouldn't be surprised if it was her. if it's a shiho event, saki's on 4th anni. if it's an ichika or honami event, shiho is on 4th anni (probably unless they make saki reward card AGAIN).

yeah so emu/toya/ena/saki or shiho 4* + haruka 3*

oh yeah rin is almost definitely fes that'll be explained in like 2 seconds (watch me be wrong)

anyway now that that's out the way

rui basically controls everything here. he has to get a lim this month or he's fes. unless clpl decides to keep him waiting even longer than the gap between kanade fes 1 and spojoy. i've seen some spec over rui/honami/mafuyu but imo...nah. actually this is less for it being darkfes again and more for the mafuyu/rui kizuna that just dropped.

not sure how many people have picked up on this, but the game tends to hold off on giving kizuna until they're "done" with a pair. it explains why groups like the rainbow canvas trio got kizuna immediately but groups like thrilling white day trio took ages to get kizuna. the latter 3 attend the same school and interact quite a lot, so they held off so they had more fleshed out dynamics to pick title names from, but ena doesn't really have a huge window of opportunity for further interaction with emu and honami, so they're about as fleshed out as those dynamics will get after one event.

obviously the stories are only written so far ahead, so things do change, like shizuku and tsukasa interacting again in pandemonium ages after their kizuna title released (though their titles probably would be the same had the kizuna released later). this would also explain the delay on emu + bad dogs kizuna and the mafuyu/rui one, maybe they planned something more but the opportunity never came so they gave in. like seriously if mafuyu and rui are gonna have an event together soon why would they add their kizuna just before it? like maybe hypothetical honami/mafuyu/rui event provides nothing for their dynamic but i dunno it feels like an odd choice.

ANYWAY maybe i'm wrong. for some other possible lineups, there's ichika/honami/rui who all have some level of interest in gardening, ichika/nene who aren't on first-name basis even after that one 4koma where they accidentally slipped up, mafuyu and nene have no proper interactions yet so that's an interesting dynamic you could explore, or you could do an an/ichika broadcasting club event (this is the least likely option). i mean maybe they will just eliminate almost everyone who's still on 5 lims in one fair sweep by doing honami/rui/mafuyu august event into saki/toya/emu/ena anni + honami/rin fes, but seriously when has the game been that nice with distribution meta, especially with whatever is going on right now.

oh yeah for normal september events it'll be leoneed and niigo. saki basically has to be rateup whatever way you do it. maybe ichika/saki/honami or ichika/saki/vsinger. mizuki5 is where things get interesting because although people have speculated mizuki/ena/meiko, there's the possibility of this backing onto the anniversary event where one of them has to be limited. you could always do n25->ln->anniv tho and that solves the problem. or mizuki5 could be mizuki/mafuyu/meiko if the game decides it hates the concept of plot relevant 4*s.

i think i've contradicted myself like 5 times now. here's a rough mockup of some of my thoughts (ignore where it says EN name i just write my notes in the ensekai column)

[shiraishi--kanade]

Can you explain your thought process about liking An?? Or is that like an opposites attract thing for you? /gen /not neg

This is such an interesting question but thank god for the tone indicators because for a moment there I thought I was genuinely being attacked for liking An Shiraishi. Sorry I'm going to An Shiraishi jail /j

On a more serious note... I guess I kind of just do like her. I think her writing is decently good if massively underappreciated - she's not a masterpiece of a character as I'd consider some other PJSK guys to be (namely Ena, Mafuyu, Emu and Rui) and the writers tripped over their own leg more than once with her with some arcs still being... In a kind of limbo with her now, but she has decent depth to her. An tackles the topics of insecurity in her own skills and also berates herself for feeling a certain way, very consistently, she is often self-deprecating and has her self-esteem knocked down more and more as the plot goes on - it's fun to watch her show all of this while also being by every outsider's admission one of the most lively, determined, easy-going, friendly and competent characters.

What goes on inside An's head and what she actually shows outwardly are often completely different things, and she is reserved and and secretive in some circumstances while also being open and communicative in others - it's just... Fascinating, combined with all the issues above. And we know that in most cases it's not even about necessarily being secretively by nature, An is just absolutely the kind of person to put off resolving the problem until she literally can't anymore. Which isn't a unique thing in pjsk, and there are many more characters that like just putting the whole thing aside for the moment because they don't want to deal with Feelings and Vulnerability (from the top of my head: Rui, Mizuki, Touya, partially Saki?) or are just so convicted they can't change anything by opening up to people anyway so they don't (Emu, early Honami ig?), but it takes an An Shiraishi to know her only way forward lied into confronting her feelings & the reason behind them & openly acknowledge that and then actively avoid doing so, for months, because she was scared, while also hating on herself for being scared. And I think that's like. Really cool because of the Anhane role reversal. Like you would never expect to see An in that position when you read main story of early vbs events. How interesting is that?

There's also themes community & family & trust & rivalry & loneliness and isolation with her; just like... A lot. Most of it isn't shown directly, but she is a lot.

An is a character best seen in the contrast with other and she really shines with VBS to be honest. I don't think you can tear An away from her backstory and relationships with people in her life and still have a solid character because she is defined by her life circumstances, which is right up my alley of "oooh I'm gonna blorbo this guy badly".

Tl;dr:

I just like her writing tbh. She's fun to toss around, but it's also definitely contributed by Jiena's voice acting and her generally nice design. I wouldn't like her as much if not both of these factors.

As for the opposites attract: I do generally tend to like extremely skilled characters that struggle with finding someone at their level regardless of if they share that genki girl personality, so I don't think it's that. I really like shounen guys. Can you tell.

That said if An Shiraishi was real I'd Not want to be near her lol. I'm an extreme introvert that generally doesn't like interacting with people and I feel like her presence alone would be overwhelming.

[pjsk-headcanons]

im starting to hyperfixate on enstars so here’s some hcs (im also going to admit something here i haven’t read mmj and l/n stories since the first few events ever so they’re being excluded. i know nothing about them)

NIIGO

Kanade

she doesn’t even play that often

she will read the stories sometimes

she doesn’t have a favorite unit

nagisaP because he reminds her of herself kinda

eichi reminds her of her dad (im sorry)

Mafuyu

kanade introduced her because mafumom would never be able go handle a silly game

kanataP because puka puka

and nagisa reminds her of kanade so she also pulls for him

she only reads ryuseitai and sometimes fine

Mizuki

arashiP. change my mind.

they read as many stories as they can (mainly w/ ena)

shuP as well

nothing in particular shu is just silly

Ena

started late but also at the same time as akito so they’re speed running the stories and trying to be further than the other

junP

VBS

Kohane

ra*bitsP

she ships everyone. her otp is basically just polyensemble at this point.

also likes hinata and rei for some reason but doesn’t necessarily pull for them

broke the censor in the messages somehow but refuses to drop an f bomb

Toya

95% of the lives he completes are with akito

he’s very good at the rhythm part

he gets overwhelmed with all the lore

the story has made him cry a few times

he has a heart attack everytime an idol calls him

himeruP

An

She an akito can’t type because they always get censored

She is actively trying to get kohane to swear to see if her’s is actually broken

hiyoriP and subaruP (he looks like akito)

Akito

he prefers bandori and d4dj

rinnieP

his favorite song/chart is “Have you been naughty or nice?”

hes on that rinniki grind

WXS

Tsukasa

saki and him played a lot in the hospital

he’s mastered the text censorship because of it 4n<| t7p3s l1k3 t|-|1s outside of the game sometimes because he forgets he doesn’t need to be careful

wataruP but also pulls for any card that looks cool

Nene

she HATES the game and only plays bandori (she didn’t get the card she wanted and quit)

Rui

valkyrieP and mamaP

he sends friend requests to everyone and they give him gifts (he barely runs out of material)

FCs 84% of the time

has every shu card but is missing a single mika card (its limited) (he’s sad)

MAMADAYO

Emu

Pulls for every card and has very good luck

not necessarily producing any idol

”plays casually” but has most idol roads cleared

-language anon

Im not that smart at enstars lore so fellow enstarries sorry if i got something wrong :’)

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[akitofixated]

OKAY i am new here so hello i am xenon and i will be requesting akito with a male reader who is his boyfriend, one day reader is really anggry with akito but the reader isnt the tipe to yell at there partner or be fisibaly mad just quet and then one day at music event that VBS are entering the reader was actually a contestent but didnt tell akito and is also under a stage name, and that when all his anger came out he sang ussewa with all his anger his gorwls felt so real and it felt like it was torward akito, and the reader won #1 hehe but the reader was never mad at akito he just seems like it.

OKAY I'M SORRY IF IT'S CONFUSING HAGSJSGSJSH I'M SORRY THANK YOU FOR THANKING THE TIME TO READ THIS, BYE BYE THANK YOU!

✧ “SHUT IT” - AKITO SHINONOME X READER

uhm, i’m so sorry if this is the way you wanted it

✧ - You and Akito were dating for a while now and you sang as well, but you just didn’t tell him yet.

✧ - One day, Akito eventually started to ignore you without a reason, and you thought it was probably because of practice.

✧ - But he just kept.. blanking you.

✧ - “Sorry, I got practice.” “I have to be somewhere.” “Sorry, I can’t go with you.”

✧ - You heard enough with him saying the constant excuses, you knew he was busy, but couldn’t atleast spent a second with you?

✧ - You never wanted to scream at Akito, he was always busy and he he was stressed out sometimes.

✧ - You didn’t want to scream at him, so you decided to sing to let out the anger.

✧ - One day, you went up on Vivid Street, to sing, Akito was surprised to see you holding the mic. How come you never told him that you sing?

✧ - You then started singing, and at the main chorus you let out a blood-curling growl, which shocked people around you.

✧ - Akito then felt a shiver down his spine, were you talking about him?

✧ - After you finished performing, you felt relieved, all that anger, gone,

✧ - “Hey [reader], i’m sorry that i’ve—“

✧ - You cut him off, saying that it’s fine. Trying to say you weren’t mad at him, you rather was just.. missing him..

[anonymous-cupcakea03]

Pspsps mind if I use the ask box to talk about a few of my own thoughts (and headcanons cause this got out of hand) on who in enstars the prsk characters would be a fan of?:

-No one so far has mentioned Akatsuki and for some reason of all the PRSK characters to like them I think Honami?? I don’t get why she just seems like she’d like them

-Shiho, while she doesn’t hate CrazyB, is definitely a little tired of hearing them be talked about all over the live house she works at. I just kinda think this because Shiho seems like a very strict, “ok if we’re gonna go pro we need to do it right” kinda person and then theres this idol groups whos just kinda WINGING IT shes a little confused

-An has gotten Kohane to sing an Eve song with her at least once (come to think of it, Eden and VBS both have a theme of 2 pairs coming to together as one quartet group)

-I think you mentioned before that Tsukasa probably introduced Touya to Valkyrie, and Tsukasa seems like he’d be a fan too (Classical, and I’m fairly sure Tsukasa canonically likes to sew, + Shu’s in dramatica)

-Emu has probably introduced Nene to Sora’s solo (“It’s about video games you’ll love it”)

-Speaking of Nene, she probably listens to a lot of idols mostly to focus on their singing voices rather than the music itself, she does this to help find more ways for her to project her singing voice properly

-Speaking of Emu, random headcanon she sometimes calls Rab*its the “bouncy bouncy fun group!” and people have to guess what she’s talking about

-N25 probably puts Knights music in the background while their working sometimes, especially since Mizuki loves it, Kanade and Mafuyu seem ok with it and Ena probably couldn’t care less (anything is better than what her brother blasts at full volume all the time)

Anyway sorry for the long ask, I don’t have an active tumblr account so there’s no other way for me to ramble all this lmao. Hope you enjoy this mess!

You sent this a while ago and the only reason I'm posting this now is because every time i read this I'd get too excited and had to take a walk to calm myself down and it was,,, a cycle hkahdjs now that I have some coherent thoughts again:

Everything you said I 100% agree with. This is top tier shit right here. I never mentioned Akatsuki in my original post (mainly bc I don't know enough about the group to say anything about them) but for some reason you are so right about Honami??? Shiho also definitely seems like the type of person to be concerned about Crazy:B, all her related events have her concerned about doing everything right to go pro so having this random group just?? Do what they want?? Is very confusing and concerning to her. Your An and Kohane comment also made me immediately think of trap for you bc you cannot tell me An hasn't convinced Kohane to sing that with her at some point ("we gotta do the fake kiss, Kohane, we gotta follow the choreography!")

Also definitely believe Tsukasa would love Valkyries outfits and has attempted to replicate them to varying degrees of success. Also also, Emu referring to Ra*bits as the "bouncy bouncy fun group" is such a her thing to do that I'm probably gonna steal that for my wxs centric project stars fic. N25 also definitely listens to Knights together, I feel like they all probably resonate with at least one song from the group (and I feel Knights would also be their biggest fans, especially with infinitely gray)

Thank you so much for rambling (I probably did an equally long ramble in response), don't ever apologize, and if you ever wanna ramble in my ask box again I give you my full permission to do so.

[ballplayersxo]

Honestly, people running Kobe’s estate have done a great job at history revisionism and they even had an LA Times writer fired for writing an article about him being a rapist after his death. This might sound crazy but I honestly think his daughter passing along with him also helped with his legacy bc it further cemented the “family guy” image and has made people more sensitive to his passing so their less willing to address his misdeeds. I also think having a yt wife helped since saying anything negative about him has the potential to put her in distress and goodness forbid a yt woman is in distress. Even the history revisionism with his wife, the woman has a whole ass wiki page now and it states that she is a philanthropist, entrepreneur, businesswoman, and model and I had to roll my eyes. Unlike actual celebrities with wiki pages, here’s isn’t locked and she has a lot of time on her hands so I won’t be shocked if she created the page herself or edited her page that way.

I’m secretly hoping she moves on soon and does so with a broke yt man then has his babies and spends lavishly on him then leaves him all Kobe’s money so I can see the black community have a breakdown. The way black people have opened their arms wide open for this woman and put her on this pedestal is absolutely ridiculous and it needs to stop. There are too many stories out there of her being a straight up vile and disgusting person to others and even public legal documents from her maid years back detailing the abuse she endured while working at that household for ppl to ignore it. I guarantee you if wags like Ayesha or Savannah had these types of stories out there about them, Twitter would make sure to blow all of them up and drag them for eternity even if they were the ones who faced that kind of loss and not VB, I do not see the public having as much mercy for them as they have for her especially with these kinds of stories floating around about them…but then again they are not yt. People keep on forgetting that she’s not the first person to ever loose people in their life and she’s extremely privileged.

Also, since that anon brought up the whole Russell and Ciara opening up their arms to her thing, I came across this lsa thread and they did some digging and found that Russel and Ciara have only crossed paths with Kobe and his wife twice (a celebrity baseball match and the Espys), they never followed each other on social media prior, and they weren’t even at the memorial service that even the Kardashians were present at to emphasize how not close they were but now Ciara is over here inviting her to all these events, making separate instagram posts dedicated to just praising Vanessa and she’s even calling her a “best friend” when Vanessa stated that she only has one best friend and it’s her fellow yt Hispanic whose also married to a black man, a woman named Celia. VB does not seem to reciprocate the same loving vibe towards her and someone on the thread posted a video of Ciara and VB at this gala with attendees like Jeff Bezos and Jessica Alba and VB did not look like she wanted to be near Ciara. Russel even said on instagram that he’ll carry on Kobe’s legacy and I was just like 🤠. Had it been Russel who had passed, he ✨maybe✨ would have received an instagram post from KB bc they were not close at all (or at least according to the digging people on the thread did). KB and his wife definitely would not have been as gracious to Ciara as she and Russel have been to her especially bc we know Kobe did not mess w blck ppl like that. I read a comment that went something along the lines of “Kobe died the way he lived…surrounded by yt people” and I have not been able to forget it. I don’t know, ppl are very cringeworthy when it comes to that man. Sorry for the long post.

no cause the way you told no lies here 😭😭😭 sorry but i agree with this all and it might make me a bad person but it is what it is. they’re all terrible people and my sympathy is very limited when it comes to this family. most people don’t even know the half of how sinister they are so i appreciate this anon

[lnarizakis]

— sam’s match-ups masterlist

hi! if you sent in a match-up ask, you can find ‘em all here! if you sent off anon, i have just tagged you and added the link to the post. if you sent as anon/anon with identifying emoji, i included your description along with the link. this post will be constantly updated as i continue to post my match-ups! thank you and i hope you all enjoy your match-ups!!

— @hqprotectionsquad . . .

— anon . . . ❝ could i get a matchup🥺 with 2 boys~ i'm 4'9, i'm really tiny and i've been told i have really nice hair hehe personality wise i've been told i'm really gentle and calming, i had a teacher that said my voice is "serene" and "soothing" >__< i'm the mom friend of the group🥰 i'm quite the introvert, i enjoy just staying home with some takeout, studying quietly or playing acnh underneath all my blankets.. i'm quite fond of hugs and cuddling and forehead kisses too though😚😚💞💞💞 ❞

— anon . . . ❝ could i request for a matchup?🥺 i'm about 5'3, my friends always say i'm the perfect height to hug 🤗 i have long hair till my waist that i dyed a rose-gold colour, i like wearing green or grey contacts because i like the way they make my eyes look. i have a resting b!tch face though...i'm not very approachable because of it😭 i've been playing netball for about 6 years now and i'm quiet irl i guess, but off the court and when i'm comfy, i'm quite the goodball🤙🏻🤙🏻 ❞

— anon . . . ❝ grats for 500! I'd like to request a matchup w 3 ppl pls! Im female, 5'2, i LOVE volleyball! i play wing spiker but i used to play setter, i loved setting for my besties in hs after training. I like to work out, read books & study. i clean my room every morning cos i like neat things, my closet's organized. i have dark brown eyes and thick thighs, proud of em! i also dance, im flexible, and im taking journalism. i wanna play pro vb in the future but tbh 158.5cm's too short, but im not giving up! ❞

— ⭐️ 🌸 anon . . . ❝ Hey hey! If ur still doing the matchup event i would love one!! Im a short gal with wavy dark hair and green eyes. I wear makeup p often esp red eyeshadow and black winged eyeliner (bc im an egirl until i DIE). Speaking of egirl i dress in black and with a chain most of the time but i also randomly flip into floral soft girl hours?? As for personality im really energetic once im comfortable and i love people who can match that energy, esp bc i get anxious rlly easily so i need someone . . . who will help keep me calm and happy when my drive for success gets a lil out if hand lmao. I’m also v combative towards ppl who i think are disrespectful! I love classic novels and watching foreign movies, but I also LOVE sports and get rlly hype abt them. I also LOVE music esp metal but i can and WILL vibe to literally anything esp if its during a workout (bc i live at the gym and someone spotting my squats is so romantic 2 me 🥺). A match w/ 2 boys would be sick, tysm in advance! ❞

— anon . . . ❝ Im medium height with long brown hair and sharp features. I like drawing, reading, cooking. I’m rather chill and level-headed, i’m usually the one to fix objects and solve problems, I avoid drama. I’m compassionate and caring but sometimes indifferent. I like mountains, art galleries, concerts, cello and graphic design. I’m adaptable and open to learning new things but I don’t like changing my routine too much. + 1 male character. ty for this and congrats on 500 followers!!! you deserve it ❞

—anon . . . ❝ hihi!!!! congrats on 500!! i lov ur content sm.. akfjag im asking for a two chara match up!!! im 5'3 and i have pink hair,, i switch between so many hobbies LOL i play volleyball and softball,, and i love singing and painting!! i have a really cottagecore aesthetic and i love baking things for people!!!!! im really energetic and v bratty over text but i get flustered so easily in person,, i hope youre having a good day//night !!!!!! ty for ur fics ❞

— 🐧 anon . . . ❝ match up please!!🥺 2 characters n no gender preference!! im a tall (around 184cm) kinda chubby girl w/ shoulder length brown hair, hazel eyes, pale skin w/ a lot of moles n i wear glasses! im p shy n it takes me a while to open up. but when i do i am a completely dif person,, making friends is hard but the ones i do have i love more than anything! when im w/ them im cheerful, talk a lot n goof around. otherwise i look p intimidating n serious cause i have a rbf n barely talk,, . . . im the mom friend, an optimist, a dreamer n a procrastinator. im p hard to piss off but when im angry i can get scary 😳 im sensitive n cry a lot, currently im working on being more confident! i love animals n flowers!! cause im not the best with words i use lil gifts n touches to express my love! my hobby is drawing! ive been doing it my whole life n im rlly proud of it!! congrats on 500 followers love❤ ❞

— @raevaioli . . .

— 🦆 anon . . . ❝ Happy 500 bubs! You def deserve it :)! I was wondering if I could get a #1 male matchup? Looks: 5’1 petite fem w/ small chest/tiny waist. Thick/medium brown hair and eyes. I’m a cancer with ENTP type! I’m a very affectionate person to my loved ones. I’m very stubborn, sensitive (but I try to hide it), ambitious, witty and very talkative! I like to tease my friends, watch Netflix and try new baking things! Although I show my love through actions, I’m fine with getting love back in any way . . . Also I like baths! (It’s random but why not 😌) I wish you a good day! ❞

— anon . . . ❝ Hey! Can I get a matchup? (#1)I’m a Leo and a ISFJ chick! I have medium brown hair and big eyes w/ glasses. I have a petite body with a small waist and chest. I’m really nice to people but very awkward (I’ll laugh at the floor) and when annoyed. I’m much more open to others like my best friend,I feel at home with her :,) .My hobbies include watching greys anatomy, shopping for clothes, and calling my friends. I would want my partner to be a lil more extroverted than me. Happy 500 😊 ❞

— anon . . . ❝ hi! Can I get a matchup? I’m 5’2 straight girl w/ long brown wavy hair and big brown eyes. I’m thick in all the right places🥴 plus I have a curvy body. My star sign is Pisces and I’m a ISFP. I’m more introverted than extroverted. I dress like Hobo type of way, but i always wear AF1s and I NEVER crease them. In my spare time I draw,listen to raps (mostly by Tupac) and oldies, learn raps, and hang out wit friends. I also have a bunch of piercings on my ears and one on my nose. ty CONGRATS ON 500+ ❞

— anon . . . ❝ CONGRATULATIONS ON 500 WHOOP WHOOP❣️🥺, can i please have a matchup doe! so happy to celebrate this with you❤️ i’m a female, straight, 5’4 and a half, dark skin with medium black curly hair, chubby cheeks and always smiling, i love being outside just experiencing life or trying new drinks at restaurants!! i also enjoy staying home to watch tons of anime & movies or dates to the museum or theme park, spring is my favorite season and orange is my favorite color, i’m so hyper and loving, thank you! ❞

— 🐾 anon . . . ❝ Twice the charm I suppose :) I’m a 5’1 girl with long wavy brown hair. I have a lot of piercings and I tend to wear a lot of jewelry. I wear two knee braces due to a connective tissue disorder. I’m bisexual, so either way works for me owo. I’m an INFJ and a type 4. I’m told that I’m pretty easygoing but I get angry real quick when someone I love is threatened. I’m very empathetic and I’m the mom friend of the group 🐾 . . . Fun fact, don’t leave me alone in public for more than two seconds or else random strangers come up to me asking for advice. This has happened way too many times now don’t ask me why lmaooo. I’ve been playing soccer for eleven years now. I was the captain of a coed college-age division team for two years. I play left defense and goalkeeper. 🐾 . . . I go hiking a lot, I love cliff diving, and I’m an archer. I am also a painter and a writer. My dream job is to become a book editor, but I want to eventually live off my books. I tend to be pretty clingy when it comes to people. I randomly need a lot of attention and force my friends to cuddle. They like rejecting me 😔. Sorry that this was so long aha. Ily and have a good day 💕🐾 ❞

thanks for sending in an ask ! didn’t see yours? please let me know !

[project-sekai-facts]

have you seen that theory about vbs not being the original owners of their sekai, and if so what are your thoughts about it?

i stared at this post for a few minutes wondering if you were talking about a post that was written by me and then i checked twitter and a post about RADder being the original owners popped up on my fyp so i'm assuming that's what you're talking about (also i realised that my post is. still in my drafts).

i go full pepe silvia under the cut. uh. sorry.

yeah anyway i do agree with that theory. kinda. The Street SEKAI is mentioned multiple times in the initial cards to have been around for a while, though this could be referring to the fact that SEKAI take time to grow before they manifest fully to the owners (think about School and Wonderland SEKAI, which probably took years to reveal themselves). But it could also imply that someone else contributed to the SEKAI before VBS. I actually talk about the theory briefly in that first linked post, so we'll continue from there.

so I don't think it was RADder. And yeah basically my only reason is that they're too old. MEIKO was released in 2006, considering the only date mentioned in the game is (Autumn) 2021, this is after An was born, when RADder was already pretty successful. Also we don't know enough about SEKAI physics to confirm this, but Miku seems to be more important than MEIKO so maybe space-time wasn't broken until 2007, and RADder is probably even more successful at that point because of the CDs they recorded when An was a baby.

the SEKAI just doesn't work in the time frame. What we know is that the Street SEKAI was formed by dreams and aspiration. Which is kinda the case for most SEKAI but Street SEKAI was more specifically formed by the passion its creators have for these dreams. and while RADder had big dreams to be top musicians in the world and was passionate about that, they were like realistically never gonna achieve that, but also they were at a point where they were doing very well and were very successful and on their way there. they didn't really need the help from Miku as much as VBS needs it.

Now the way Nagi talks about some things in Light Up the Fire definitely could be read a certain way, especially when she talks about passing on RADder's dream to the kids in the audience at RW, but I still don't think RADder being the original owners entirely works. Honestly the easiest point to argue for that claim is that the Street SEKAI has a very strong attachment to RAD WEEKEND, which on the one hand could be part of the fact that Taiga very clearly never moved past it and never fully processed the death of his sister, but it makes a lot more sense to be a trait tied to the people who aspire to surpass it. also MEIKO outright says that's why the attachment to RW is there in her initial 2*.

However,

I don't think it's entirely out of the question for some of the other side characters to have an influence over the Street SEKAI. As I've mentioned, the SEKAI has a strong attachment to RW, and all of them have the same goal of surpassing the event. Also the 4 older VSingers in the SEKAI (MEIKO, KAITO, Luka, Miku) all takes traits from the members of RADder. Which makes a lot of sense for the main mentor figures in the SEKAI to be based on the people that the kids look up to.

There is an argument to be made though that they gave up on their dreams to easily. In LUTF, Taiga decides to crush all their dreams and Tatsuya (+ his group), Arata and Kotaro all leave, like, they just give up while (an admittedly very shaken) VBS sticks with their dream.

Tatsuya and EVER leave because all this time they'd been just carrying on until they eventually saw victory, but after taking a beating from Taiga, they realised that there's some things that you won't be able to overcome and give up.

Arata leaves because even though he has skill, Taiga was able to get through to his weakness - Souma. Taiga realises that Arata has experienced a similar loss and grief to he did, and although Arata is trying to carry Souma's dream on his behalf, Taiga knows from experience that Arata is just clinging on to Souma's dream as a way of coping with his loss, rather than actually trying to uphold it (basically he calls him selfish). Arata isn't able to argue back, feels a lot of guilt over that, and leaves.

Kotaro is like. particularly interesting and also most eligible for Miku therapy. He's genuinely really scared and overwhelmed by Taiga's challenge, and gives a poor performance when he has to stand up to him, and straight up gets called shit and weak by Taiga and the audience. Dead serious. Afterwards he literally has a breakdown, calls himself an idiot for not being able to sing and then goes on about how he's shit at everything and apologises because should've given up ages ago because all he's ever done is drag everyone else down before literally running away and DAMN do I hope he gets development on that in the Toya event.

all things considered i'd honestly say that all of them to some degree could've contributed to the formation of the SEKAI, Souma included (honestly he seems the most passionate about it even though he was forced to give up). all of them were passionate about it but then there's always the fact that they all gave up really easily, although they were reluctant. that said, toya did the same thing in the main story so...

Although,

There's still an argument that the Street SEKAI was just formed by the four of VBS, and Kohane was just the final piece of the puzzle that made it reveal itself. Three passionate people who are wholeheartedly devoted to their dream and one ordinary girl who wants to do something that she can dedicate herself to and feel passionate about. inverse MMJ if you will. fate is probably canon in project sekai also like i've mentioned this a few times before so that could play a part in all this.

but come to think of it, the sekai doesn't even reveal itself to Akito and Toya until really late in the main story. supposedly they still heavily influenced it but that's a bit... odd? don't you think? like the only other times that happens is N25 and WxS, wherein the SEKAI was made by only one person and let the others in later, but this was a SEKAI that was supposedly made by all 4 of them. so if you think about it hard enough, could the street sekai maybe do that again?

Also,

Nagi is very important to the VBS story and lore despite the fact that she was very obviously written in much later in development. Going back to the fate thing, at RW she states that since RADder is over and she's over, she now has a new dream, that being that she wants the next generation to be inspired by what they achieved and carry on their legacy. While when she says that, she's talking about An and Akito in the audience at RW, it's stated multiple times that the "next generation" includes all of VBS, and all the side characters. so yeah, the fate thing. I doubt the game will ever do anything about it since they're side characters, but I think it can be argued that they contributed to the SEKAI a bit.

i wrote this in so many increments and in the wrong order and now it lacks any cohesion whatsoever and i have no idea what i'm even saying at this point and i think i sort of proved it and disproved it simultaneously but like. yeah. it's an alright theory. i have some thoughts on it.

[project-sekai-facts]

I wanted to share my thoughts on what the next focus events could be for arc enders, while also asking you what you think is going to happen if you haven’t already

L/n: I’m honestly at a loss as to what the next event has in store for us. I definitely think it’s an Ichika focus (though I’ve seen people speculate it’s Shiho), but I’m not sure what they could do. Maybe enter a recording label to increase their audience? (Haven’t read Get Over It. yet so maybe I’m missing a part of the puzzle)

VBS: most likely a Toya event, I want to see him get mad. Like full blown anger from him. He was absolutely livid in Light Up the Fire as seen from his card, so I just want him to absolutely go apeshit. Worst part is that he doesn’t have the best relationship with adult figures so the parallels with his father are there. Maybe they’ll also try to reunite with Kotaro etc? VBS has a lot on its plate after the truth bomb regarding Nagi, that’s for sure

WxS: I mean. I’m pretty sure we all know it’s indirectly confirmed to be a Rui event. And this one is most definitely addressing the disbanding of the unit. Since he’s the one most worried about it, I think it makes sense he started the arc with Farewell at the Curtain Call and now gets to end it with a conclusion that will affect the group one way or another

N25: also somewhat obvious we’re getting a Mafuyu event from the teaser, this one is surely going to address what’s on all of our minds: is she going to run away? Our Escape for Survival has definitely set me on edge so I can’t wait to see how the story plays out

Oh yeah I’ve been thinking so hard about the arc enders the past few weeks so here goes nothing

L/n: They actually got signed at the end of Get Over It. It was right at the end of chapter 8 though, so I reckon the event will be taking the first steps as pros, especially considering this was their main goal up until this point. Like how at the end of Re-tie Friendship MMJ decided to change course, and then STEP by STEP was about them actually leaving.

VBS: Toya definitely. You can work it out by MV distribution. I think this will be a getting the band back together sort of story, considering that all the side characters left in LUTF and BAD DOGS interact with the side characters more. In his last event, Toya became good friends with Souma, and considering how Taiga crushed Arata’s ambition using Souma, I wouldn’t be surprised if those two were in it a lot. I hope Kotaro gets a good resolution too after his breakdown in LUTF.

WxS: Okay I have actually spoken about this one but I’ll do it again because I’m very invested in the current WxS arc. I originally thought this would be an Emu event mainly because WxS really needs to shuffle their event order but considering we now know it will be an arc ender no way it’s not Rui. At the end of Canary in a Quagmire he says that he thinks he’s worked out a way for them to all pursue their dreams together, which. The fact that Tsukasa and Nene want to go abroad and Emu wants to stay home already kinda messes with that concept sorry Rui. WxS is very special to him because he’s never had close friends before and doesn’t want to lose it (he literally refers to it as his home in Island Panic) and I think this event will be a bittersweet slaps in the face of reality that they can’t just stay together forever. 👍 also I really want him to spill that Asahi invited him to join ArcLand (aw yeah conflict)

N25: The fucking puppet from her first event man. The puppet triggered Mafuyu in Captive Marionette because she saw herself in it - everything in her life was puppeteered by her mother. And the curtain closing? I’m not sure if she’ll actually run away, but I think she’s going to confront her mother herself. I think Mafuyu is finally more ready to confront that her mother is the problem and is controlling her every move and I want to see her at least try to break free of it.