#the title is totally not misleading in anyway shape or form

[ihopethisendswell]

The part where you get basic info on my Pokémon oc's so you don't get confused when I post about them.

This is gonna be a long post. I have like 8 total. 16 if your counting the secondary protags (my version of May and Lucas for example,which I won't be going over in detail cause I'm not insane). Might want to check my timeline 9 it's pinned or just check bulbapedia if your confused about the ages. If you have any questions feel free to ask. I hope you enjoy :)

Name :Jin Amachi

Gender: " I am nonbinary. I they/ them pronouns, but I'm alright with he/ him as well.

Age:

12( when started journey in Hoenn( Emerald)

22 by SM/USUSM

26 by SWSH

Basic info: With all things said and done, Jin is grateful for their journey. They learned a lot, even if they had to stop two extreme environmentalist along the way. They know the two meant well, but it's just too bizarre for it to happen. Though the two seem to be in a better place now. They're happy for them. They're father and them talk more now. It's still awkward, but better. They know he's trying his best, and they will do the same. It's much better than back then. But no need to worry about the past.

If anything, they're more worried about the others.

Kenji Elm

Gender: " I'm getting sudden dejavu. But I'm a boy! The best boy! Don't call me a girl, I will cry. And because I'm not one! So don't. Anyway have you heard of-" * starts to ramble*

Age:

10 when journey started in Johto( HGSS)

17 by SM

21 by SWSH

Basic Info: Kenji Elm is not the biological son of Professor Elm. He was adopted at a young age, and he doesn't know who is birth parents. Not that he cares. He's more than happy with the family he got( though he wonders when they'll throw him away like his parents did). Energetic and always willing for an adventure, Kenji is generally on the move!( He's so sorry if he's being annoying please don't leave please)

He has a vast amount of interests, but his two favorites are painting and battling. Battling is obvious, he's the champion of the Indigo League, but he always had an artistic eye. But his favorite pastime is hanging out with his friends! When he gets the time of course. He's sometimes wonder how he was able to hold the title of champion for so long though haha ( his win was a fluke he knows it he knows it) .But yeah! That's Kenji! Always there with a smile! Our little golden boy! 😁

Name: Danica Yamamoto

Gender: "I'm a girl. She/her pronouns. They/ them is cool too. Don't mind Kenji, he talks a lot." *Offended Kenji noises in the background*

Age:

11 when journey started in Sinnoh( Platinum)

18 by SM)

22 by SWSH

Basic Info: Giratina and Arcues are quite alike, the more she thinks about it. Though, the rest if Sinnoh, quite possibly the whole world would disagree with her. Giratina is " the lord of darkness". It's followers have a history of not being....the best. Giratina resides alone in the Distortion World, paying for it's past sins. Clearly, Giratina and Arcues are nothing alike.

Hm? Oh. Right. Pardon.

Danica grew up in Twinleaf town, with her best friend Barry. Those two are almost polar opposites. Barry is always moving, going fast, and doesn't wait for no one( except Danica and Emmet). Danica can go fast, possibly faster than Barry, but likes to take things slow. Both can be quite chaotic.Barry has a bit of a temper, Danica's chill. Both are cases where you should run when they are angry. Like. Very angry. The two bounces of each other well,and hang out regularly with Emmet, even with their busy professions ( Danica as champion, Barry as Frontier Brain and Emmet as a professor). Danica loves baking, and would often be making poffins and other baked treats for her, her pokemon and others ! She's also a bit of a nerd, so you'll also find her in a library or two. Her pokemon are her babies, and she hopes to have plenty of battles with them in the future!

.....

But really. They are quite alike. Both are beings of great power. Both have a following, even if one is less seen. Both are feared. They are feared greatly. Do they fear each other? Did Arcues banish Giratina in fear of the world or in fear of losing control? Did Giratina learn it's lesson after eons of being in the Distortion World? She could never tell. It doesn't really open up much, only going back to said Distortion World on its own Accord( it felt wrong to be it's "owner"). Though it do comes back, surprisingly. Maybe because she asked it to. To make sure Cyrus doesn't die in there. He still won't come out. She doesn't understand why. It's been years. Has he learned his lesson? Giratina seems to be fond of him. Affectionate. Cyrus never objects to this. So he must right? Right?

Ah, getting off topic. They're quite alike, being feared by the masses. Even if Arcues is mostly beloved. It's a god. It has such power. They're both feared. They themselves must fear as well . It must get lonely....... She thinks she gets Cyrus now.

Name: Alexis " Alex" Jones

Gender: " Um, hi? I'm just a dude. Use he/ him pronouns.....yeah"

Age:

14 when journey started in Unova( BW)

18 by SM

22 by SWSH

Basic info: It's so funny, the more he thinks about. He was so excited, despite his worries. He was going on a journey. A gym challenge. Pathway to champion. He was going to do that! With his sister and his friends! On his birthday! It was perfect! It should have been perfect! But everything just went wrong.

The bodies, the blood, the pressure to " be a hero"( intentional or not), it was all too much. Too much. Then- then he was a coward. He fled it all. Even after saving the day. It was stupid. So stupid. And the people in his life had a right to be angry. Why wouldn't they? He deserved it, really. But now things are better(?). He has a daycare to co-run, he's gradually learning his way as a pokemon medic, and he still has his pokemon( the ones that were lucky enough to survive). He's so grateful for them. He doesn't battle, though. No, he's never doing that ever again. He's caused enough harm( he hates how he stares at trainers battling). He's no good anyway( he hates how bored his team looks half the time) . He doesn't understand why people insist that he is( he hates that he has this itch, this desire). He doesn't understand why they look so disappointed when he says he doesn't battle anymore( he hates that he misses the rush, the strategy, the freedom of it all). He's fine with what he got. He's no hero.

.....Why is his aunt calling him?

Name: Evangeline " Eva" Ortiz

Gender: " Hiya! I'm a lovely lady! I use she/her pronouns, please and thank you!"

Age:

14 when journey started ( B2W2)

16 by SM

20 by SwSh

Basic Info: Eva! Eva my Beloved. Eva's fun, y'know? Always moving, helping, laughing, smiling. Life of the party! She rivals Kenji with that winning smile. Not to mention that she's a great battler! It's almost like she was born for this. Maybe she is! Who knows. But what she do know is that she's Unova's Champ and she gotta defend her title! And protect her region! Though she probably would have done that without the title anyway haha! Hmm what else? Oh! She loves technology! For some reason that surprises a lot of people that don't really know her, but she does! She's a bit of a tinkerer if she do say so herself. She likes it when people compliment on her skills it makes her more confident in them. Even Col-

No.

....

Ahem.

Anyway she's pretty talented. But that comes from a lot of hard work! And luck. But lots of hard work.( And also luck). Aaaah, that should that's it? Well, she does tend to be distant, b-but she's busy, yeah? Don't worry about it. Oh! One more thing. It's not really a big deal, just a random fact.

She hates the cold.

Name Jude Bellrose

Gender: "...... Why do you care ?" ( E: Jude don't be rude! Al: No no, she has a point.) *Ooc: Jude is genderfluid. Right now, in this post, she's using she/ her pronouns, but she also uses he/him and they/them*

Age:

18 when journey started in Kalos( XY)

20 by SM

24 by SwSh

Basic info: Death has a way of teaching you things. Jude learned a lot from it. She learns to not take it for granted, both death itself and the one that is dead.She learns to be humble. She learns to be kind.

Jude was, and still is, prickly. She's not rude my any means, unless she is, but she's just hard to become friends with. She used to have this philosophy of trainer and pokemon; they should be no emotional bonds. They're not here for that. They're here to win. And she did. Until she didn't. Her first pokemon died. It devastated her. Her pokemon, surprisingly, comforted her. And then another one died, and her pokemon comforted her again. Star, her Staraptor, was strong. So strong, and yet it died, and she cried and get pokemon cried with her. She never felt so loved. Not saying that her mother doesn't love her, the opposite really, it's just things have been....complicated. Couple that with strangers turn( begrudgingly) friends, and Jude's heart turned all warm inside. Not that she'll ever admit that outloud.

Jude is a kind person, despite her prickly nature. She loves the world around her, loves her friends, loves her pokemon. She respects death, despite the pain she causes her. The world itself of beautiful as it is, which it's such a shame that a capitalist fool a certain someone couldn't see that way( poor Sycamore).

Jude is a good trainer, despite her loss. She knows this. She'll prove it too the moon and back. If only a certain someone thought the same for himself.

Aster Mahina

Gender: "...." "Mizzz Aster is a girl! She uses she/her pronouns! Zzt."

Age:

11 in SM, where her journey started

15 by SwSh

Basic Bio: Aster doesn't hate Kanto. She doesn't. She was born there and lived there for 11 years. She just doesn't want to back. But she has to, cause she's " the first champion of Alola and as champion" yada yada yada. Like. She gets it. Being Alola's first and currently only champion, you gotta make an impression. She gets that. She still doesn't want to go. Even when she's been there, like, 4 times now. There are some good things in Kanto though. Lillie is there. And seeing Lillie physically is always a plus. She also gets to see Uncle Red, Uncle Green, and Aunt Blue. Kenji, while not living in Kanto, is champion of the Indigo League, and it's always fun with Kenji( she loves his art). But. Like. She still doesn't want to go.

But she also likes being Champion. That means she's strong. And since she's strong she can protect her mom. But she can't protect her mom when she's all the way in Kanto! What if he comes back? What if goes to Alola when she's away? She knows that her mom is strong, she knows that but still!

No. No it's okay. Her mom is strong. Lillie is strong. Gladion is strong . Hau is strong. Guzma is strong. They're all strong. She's strong.

She is strong.

Name: Naomi Einar

Gender: "I-I'm a girl! She/her pronouns please!"

Age:

15 in SWSH, which is the start of her gym challenge in Galar!

Basic Info: Hop is pretty convincing, she realizes. Or maybe she's very weak willed. " Let's do the gym challenge together!" He said. He had that look in his eye. She couldn't say no. Or she could, but that would make him upset, and that's the last thing she wants.

If she's being honest with herself, she's scared. She doesn't like big crowds, the attention. They'll be so many eyes on her. So many. A-and then there's Lee and her cousin, Alexis. Hop has made her sit down and watch almost every single match Leon has had. He's an amazing trainer. A-and her mum would tell her stories about Alexis. He was a hero! He stopped an evil team and everything! She can't live up to that! She never even battled before, why would Hop-

No. It's okay. It's okay. She- she'll just quite after failing the first gym. She can handle the embarrassment. And then she'll cheer Hop on when he wins against his brother. Yep. She'll do just that. Okay. Okay.

.....

Everyday, Slumbering Weald seem to intrigue her more and more. It's almost like it's calling her. Da?

No. It- it'sprobably nothing.

[thepriceofbeingaroseisloneliness]

“But when I think about it now, I think he is the reason why I started doing that too. The classmate who screams in his room and hits the guitar…. Even remembering it now, it was quite a shock. What are you doing now?”  Chapter 2: “The transfer student who introduced me to the noisy music”

Notes before reading:  This is from Kaoru’s first book “Dokugen” released in October 2015. Kaoru started writing a montly section in “Ongaku to hito” music magazine during Dir en grey’s hiatus in 2012 and these publications were later selected and compiled in two books.

You can still get these books at the Tower Records site.

Feel free to correct me if you spot any mistake or any confusing parts.

*The title of Kaoru’s section /book “読弦“(dokugen) can be translated as “string reading” or “reading the strings”*  

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Preface+Chapter 1

Chapter 2: “The transfer student who introduced me to the noisy music”

*This chapter/article was published on June 2012*

  Well, this is the second one. I’m starting to write this before the first chapter has been published  so I don’t  know anything about the response but  I’m going to write this one without worrying about that (Editor’s note: The manuscript of this chapter arrived before the first issue was released!)

Speaking about that, in the previous chapter I talked about purple stuff but, there are even more (purple) things at home, a lot of of picks in front of my eyes were purple. When I asked the person in charge of ESP the other day, it seems like this purple one will be released replacing the ones that are on sale right now.

Since I'm starting these articles/chapters, I want to know exactly how many guitars I own so I took a look at the magazines in which (the guitars) appeared in the past. I checked magazines like ‘Rokkin F’ ( Since 2007, it changed names to WeROCK), ‘Band Yarouze’, ‘Dir en grey Yarouze’ and‘GiGS’. Some magazines are gone now, but GIGS is still often published. After that, I asked the person in charge of ESP about this, but there are signs that probably some guitars are missing. Well, let’s try to find them by the time I write…. I wonder if I can find them….where on Earth are they?....

Before that, I should be worried if I can write so much, there must be many people who think so, including myself.

Because of that, this chapter’s guitar is the first one provided by ESP after DIR EN GREY was formed, Horizon Blue. I don't know what colour it’s on this page, when it comes to shape, it’s the same (than another Horizon’s models) so it would be misleading. The one I saw after a long time was still blue. Is it (the colour) a bit dull? I'm surprised that the colour of some guitars has faded, but I will talk about those ones as well.

As I just wrote, I used this guitar shortly after DIR EN GREY started, before the contract with ESP. I still remember how happy I was when I went to the store and got some strings and other things. I don’t know if it’s the same nowadays, but at that time I aspired to be endorsed by a guitar manufacture, so I bragged about that with my hometown’s acquaintances. Most of the live performances after the formation of the band might had been done with this guitar. I think that almost all the CDs recorded until the debut were recorded with this guitar as well. When I saw this guitar after a long time, there were scratches everywhere. At that time, as I was slamming it and hitting it right away, it’s damaged/chipped.

When I said that, I remember the guy who got me interested in metal and extreme/intense sounds. He got transferred when I was in middle school and even though he was just a middle school student, he set up an audio system in his room. First, he would make his family be in silence and then he recorded the audio of the TV with a radio cassette player. For me at that time, it was impossible to understand.

But getting along with such a guy  got me into an evil world. That room was full of metal.  Even though he had a neat and clean image, on the contrary, that he liked that kind of things …..at first I was upset in the back of my mind. After all, I was attracted to such a world I didn't know, so I often went out to hang out and listened to various things. I had them dubbed/re-recorded on a tape. Nowadays younger kids don’t know much about what a tape is…Do you know a tape called “metal master” (Sony Metal Master, it had ceramic shell halves and a ceramic tape guide insert) that was totally white, a bit heavy and was ridiculously expensive? I was like “Is this the price for a tape?”, I remember it was expensive...I’m nostalgic.

There were a lot of tapes in his house.  At first, I didn't hear them at all, but as I listened to it, I liked GASTUNK, DEAD END, ROSEROSÉ, and Kinniku Shōjo Tai. After that, I started listening to X and COLOR, and it became an opportunity for me to play the guitar seriously. Anyway, I started to like fast songs. But overseas metal was still unfamiliar to me at this time, there was a chance to start listening right after this, but I'll write about it on another occasion. As there were also guitars at this guy’s room, I played the guitar (more like pretending to play) while listening to records there every day, but when I was in high school, he was in a different school  so around that time we didn’t hang out that much.

When I went to his house for the first time in a while, the music he was listening to was noisy, and he was just hitting the guitar on the bed while playing it with a roaring sound. When I saw it, I thought, "Oh, this guy is already crazy," and I didn't meet him anymore…..I was pretty scared. But when I think about it now, I think that's why I started doing that too. The classmate who screams in his room and hits the guitar…. Even if I remember that now, it was quite a shock. What are you doing now?

When I was using this guitar, I came to live in Tokyo. I was desperately following the speed of the cycle of creating songs, recording and lives. Still, every day was exciting and fun. I didn't have any money at all, but I thought about many things with everyone and we talked a lot about our previous stories/experiences.

I don't think I'm doing it right now, rather; we are talking about months ahead making plans. It's always fun to think about the band and move on to it. Of course, there are many things that are troublesome, but if something doesn’t go smoothly, my feelings become stronger and I feel like I can adapt/ I got toughen. Right now, with a few things, I’m like "Hey, things will work out”, I’ll do something about it, is that a problem? But the hardest thing is when I can't think those things.

Well, even if there are times like that, it makes you feel alive.

It has nothing to do with guitars, but the In-N-Out Burger  which I definitely want to eat when I go to the west coast of the United States, opened in Tokyo for only one day…..I wanted to try it!

Then the chapter is over, see you next month!

(Addition) After this, this transfer student will appear in this column/articles many times. I'm really wondering what's he is doing right now!

Chapter 3