Hit by a Time Shower (⁠＾⁠∇⁠＾⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠♪

@four-rabbits-in-a-trenchcoat tagged me! Thank you! Creating a new post, because the original was getting long.

Rules: Describe the plot of your story/WIP in five words or less, then tag five people!

Wanted: shapeshifter prodigy, preferably alive.

Rivals to lovers road trip.

Better miserable than alone

Street-fighting, love, and English lessons

Grey-rocking selfish pervert

developing music appreciation develops rizz

my rival cheating on me?!?!

no one wants your man.

gay witch panic and other chaos

date with crush: gone wrong

who is that man!?!?!!

lipstick - envy - jealousy

puppy with sharp teeth

Tagged by @seekers-who-are-lovers YAYYY!!!! Thank you so so so so much for the tag. Big loveee!!! I enjoy your YodaTsuka posts thank you for keeping the tag alive!!!

Last song: "Sudden Spark" by Yasuyuki Okamura, Kento Nakajima the Go for it Nakamura-kun opening. It’s so catchy I love it. (I enjoyed listening to your Yodatsuka Playlist, tho.)

Favourite colours: Red then Sky Blue, and Yellow/Gold Tsukasa lmao.

Currently watching: I’m watching Akane Banashi and Medalist adaptations, I read the Manga so much that I forget to watch the Animes. lolololololol

Currently reading:

Books - Parable of the Sower  - Octavia E. Butler - A Thousand Splendid Suns -  Khaled Hosseini - The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy Manwhas - Got Dropped in to Ghost Stories Still Gotta Work Manhwa release the Novel is also 10000/10.  Mangas - Once again Akane Banashi & Medalist - Rereading Boku no Giovanni for the free drama and suffering lmao - Fool Night I love the eco-horro themes

Current obsession: KaiAka & YodaTsuka.

Currently working on: I have various KaiAkas various Yodatsukas some more Yodatsuka... and some ikumi x tetsuo (Boku no Giovanni), I hope I manage to write them all and post them.

Coffee or tea: Coffee with Milk.  

Last google search: Typing Lessons

Anyways my name is Corey idk if I’ve said that here before.

Last song: Amaze Amaze Amaze (Life on Erid) from Project Hail Mary! I haven’t seen the movie but reading the book was really fun and I loved it. Also been listening to a lot of Sato Hinata covers lately.

Favorite colors (no u ‘cause I’m American): I really like pale blue-greens, deep greens, and dark purples! Pale yellow is also nice. My least favorite colors are yellow-greens.

Currently watching: I’m desperately trying to make my way through You And I Are Polar Opposites, Ramparts of Ice, Cinderella Gray, and Witch Hat Atelier. Also rewatching Revue Starlight. One day I’ll make it through Derry Girls as well.

Currently reading:

Books-

The Locked Tomb Series by Tamsyn Muir

Knight’s Shadow by Sebastien De Castell

Femme Feral by Sam Beckbessinger (I love werewolves. I will read almost any non-romance werewolf book)

Manga-

Boys Run The Riot by Keito Gaku (Transmasc represent!)

The Moon On A Rainy Night by Kuzushiro (literally the best sapphic manga ever)

And a whole lot more that I can’t remember

Current obsession: I got really into horse racing after I got into Umamusume. Both thoroughbred racing and harness racing. I watch every race Ocelli runs in.

Coffee or tea: I hate both. I hate drinking anything besides water actually. With the exception of the occasional apple juice or vanilla milkshake.

Last google search: I had to Google who wrote Boys Run The Riot.

Needed to show the ending poses side by side. They fell on opposite sides... but they look exactly the same. What a journey both of them have gone through on this stage. This chapter had me SCREECHING!!!

I can't believe Kaisei felt pathetic and frustrated. Boy have more faith in yourself, you put your whole self in that performance and you deserve the standing ovation!!!!! YOUR STORY GOT THROUGH TO ME DAMMIT!!!!!!!

Thank you Kaichi and Kenbishi for saying what we all want to say. Kaichi the ever-supportive little brother apprentice, but also the fun uncle, you said it right. Kaisei uncovered a new layer and has evolved from his previous rakugo.

KENBISHI TRIED SO HARD!!! Look at the sweat on his brow, he believes neither should be compared. MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY! Kenbishi, I am unfamiliar with your game but I APPRECIATE YOU!!!

our favorite LEEZARD!!!

Dungeon Master Marcille... [ref]

I've been saying this, that Kaisei is going to use this performance to find himself. People have brought up the irony of Kaisei telling Akane the stage isn't a place for soul-searching (I dont remember the chapter someone help meee!!!) when he's doing that himself right here. Maybe he's not actually finding himself on stage, instead he's using this performance to show the results of his exploration.

I think Kaisei wasn't ready to do that quite yet when he told Akane that. However, this breakthrough that he's only been living up to the expectations of others and not for himself really flipped a switch in him.

"That's why you pushed me away," Kaisei says to Issho in his mind. I think Issho saw too much of himself in Kaisei during his Shinuchi promotion test and that's why he ruined it for Kaisei. In the past, I imagine Kisoba's thoughts for his master and Kaisei's thoughts for Issho were similar if not the same. They both want to live up to their masters' expectations, but the way they're achieving it doesn't align with the way master wants. Maybe it wasn't until the old Shiguma's death that Kisoba snapped out of it and truly found his art.

I guess Issho wants to push Kaisei towards his goal earlier, by what, being an unlikeable old man? I completely agree with Kaisei when he said Issho could've used more words. How ironic, that their entire profession is telling story with words (the "go" in "rakugo" literally means word), yet Issho just can't get a grasp on how to use them properly in his own life.

Kaisei is going to fully embody the shinigami in the tail end of the story and kill his past self. Will his past self fight back? Or has he completely given up on his previous goals? Make this a surprise shinuchi test and promote both Akane and Kaisei lol just do it!!!