more... Kagepro (theories)? + it turned into a fic somehow
( CANON-BASED THEORIES COMBINED TO BECOME FIC SOMEHOW )
( NOTE: IT GETS LENGTHY I APOLOGIZE )
Imagine: you’re Hibiya Amamiya.
A “boy” from the “countryside”, who has a “weird sounding name”
which means “TO ECHO”.
You began this story simply as “that boy” “from the countryside”.
During the summer break, you made up the excuse that you were going to “study for” “summer classes” “in India” so you could go into the big city with the “girl” you “liked”, Hiyori Asahina.
Name: Amamiya Hibiya:
After being told that she wants to go to summer school to prepare for the middle school entrance exams, he is half-forced into staying for a summer in the city by Hiyori, who he has (unrequited) feelings for.
They visit Hiyori's sister Ayaka's home, but because Hiyori falls for a boy they meet there, Konoha, he's hit by intense feelings of jealousy.
In the middle of it he gets involved in a traffic accident while shopping with Hiyori and comes into contact with the Kagerou Daze. He is possessed by the snake of the "Eye Focusing" abilities, and acquires the power to perceive objects and details that are far away from an aerial (bird's eye) view.
Name: Asahina Hiyori
Ayaka's younger sister, and a little girl who admires the big city. She's incredibly active and also stubborn, and was the person who dragged Hibiya to the city with her. She's popular among her classmates, but not interested in such things, and even Hibiya is only considered a "convenient classmate who listens to what she says." She is dragged into the Kagerou Daze with Hibiya, but her whereabout since are unknown.
You also had one other major goal: “BUY” “A” “PHONE”
You claim to “yourself” it’s because you want to “exchange messages” with Hiyori Asahina, the girl you “love”.
In reality, there’s another reason.
You just didn’t know it.
BECAUSE YOU FORGOT.
(Or did you?)
The date is August 15th (or was it August 14th?)
when you woke up upon your bed
and in your phone, right there,
WAS A VIRTUAL CYBER GIRL
CALLING HERSELF “ENE”
AND CLAIMING SHE WAS REAL. (NOT-VIRTUAL.)
“ PLEASE HELP US ”
“ YOU CAN’T FORGET ”
“ YOU’D BETTER NOT FORGET . ”
You, with phone in hand, go out into the “big city”
except, this time,
YOU DO IT VOLUNTARILY.
YOU SCARILY KNOW YOUR WAY AROUND THIS “BIG CITY”
Not because you had the excuse of
“wanting to send messages”
with the girl you like.
You find out:
YOU’RE CAUGHT IN AN ETERNAL TIMELOOP.
Your name is Hibiya Amamiya.
If you remember everything, you still die.
If you forget? You still die.
If you take ONE STEP out into the “big city”. You. Die.
Hiyori Asahina does, too. Repeatedly.
(Weren’t you childhood friends once? Somewhere??)
No matter how many times you possibly attempt to save her.
Along the way, you meet another boy.
A “white-haired boy” with a “strange-sounding name”.
A “tall” boy who “does things at his own pace”.
You claim to “hate” this boy because this boy
“ JUST STOOD THERE ” “ AND WATCHED ”
-- As Hiyori Asahina died.
[ Kagerou Daze / - In a Daze - ]
Later on, you meet that boy, again.
He tries to befriend you, but you reject it.
You still die.
Over and over and OVER and ----------
You try to ask for (or, give?) help.
First, you interact more with that “girl” “with the red muffler”
( who is trying to recruit you ... )
But, that “girl with the red muffler” -----
Something changes.
Suddenly,
SHE’S TRYING TO KILL YOUR FRIENDS, TOO.
You decide she’s not a good person to ask.
Or help.
In some timelines.
Possibly.
You try to (discreetly) (or maybe you genuinely don’t remember?)
(“everything”?)
(^ “The Missing Children”, Kido speaking to Shintaro re: Hibiya)
( “ I don’t even know what’s going on ... ” )
--- recruit the help of someone else.
An “idol” with “Captivating Eyes”.
She can draw everyone’s attention towards her.
It might be useful?
You become possessed. AGAIN.
You push her off of the rooftop. AGAIN
You killed her. AGAIN
She was YOUR F R I E N D .
You WAKE UP, more and more desperate.
The blue cyber girl can only help so much.
The red muffler girl can only help so much.
The Captivating idol can only help so much.
You don’t want to ask “the white haired boy”’s help.
You go to the next best option.
“You’re trapped in this, too.”
“Don’t you want to [ LIVE FOREVER ]??”
“Please, stop it.”
“Just help us already.”
“ What’s in it for me ? ”
“Eternal life ? ”
“In the end, won’t you, in actuality,
LIVE ? ”
“Hmm~ you have a point.”
“ If we keep the Kagerou Daze going on ETERNALLY ----- ”
“You live ,”
“ I live ”
“But aren’t THEY trying to stop me, too?”
“ I’ll keep them out of the way. ”
“ Fine, then.
Since you can’t ask my “Queen” to REPEAT THE TIME FOR YOU ,
Time repeats.
And repeats.
And repeats.
And --------
A girl awakes upon her bed.
“ I failed this time, too . ”
Your name is Hibiya Amamiya.
You began this story simply as “that boy” “from the countryside”.
During the summer break, you made up the excuse that you were going to “study for” “summer classes” “in India” so you could go into the big city with the “girl” you liked, Hiyori Asahina.
You also had one other major goal: “BUY” “A” “PHONE”
--- You encounter a “white-haired boy”
--- Do you have something you want to
--- CONVEY
--- To this boy??
[ “ I didn’t mean it when I said ” ]
“ Today, too, I’ll surely see my dream.
Until you encounter me again, SETO. ”
- Mary Kozakura .
... ... ...
In the seemingly blue painted sky, the white clouds stuck closely together.
Although it really seemed like a lie,
could it be I couldn’t admit it as
the real thing?
The overwhelming sunlight scorching the asphalt shook the atmosphere to and fro.
But I couldn’t feel the heat, or even smell the asphalt.
“You’ve realized already, haven’t you? You can’t exist here anymore.
In a world without a QUEEN,
you have no worth.”
“Ah, you again? I wonder what makes you think that…….”
Is this a conversation? Or am I talking to myself?
It’s been a surprisingly long time since I’ve come to an understanding like this.
Yet
if I go back,
I’ll forget everything, right?
I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed that
I started to speak considerably slower than I used to.
At a break in the row of hillside trees in front of an intersection, a girl with an empty expression walks unsteadily down the crosswalk.
How many times have I seen this scene before? How many times have I let this scene pass before me?
I reach out my hand. It’s just within reach.
“It’s useless. This isn’t your world. This is already "their” world. If you can’t figure it out, you have no control.“
The signal is flashing, but the girl doesn’t notice.
She’s already right before my eyes. I’m close enough to embrace her.
But I can’t touch her. My outstretched hand slips through her, and I grasped the sky without feeling anything.
"Why……. Tch!”
At that moment, it was already drawing near with a deafening roar.
Then, the scene before me dissolved into darkness, as if it were a video encountering an error.
Looking down, my body ceased to exist.
“It appears that it’s already been decided. This is the end. Becoming hopelessly lost, acting this recklessly, and yet you’re still existing here–don’t think that it’s due to your own strength.”
“This is your power, isn’t it? To give me such a strong body; how nice of you.”
“It’s the body you WISHED FOR, nothing more. Don’t misunderstand. Now, I’ve got to get going.”
“Ah, wait, one last thing before I die. Could you tell the other me something?”
“What is it?”
“ⅹⅹⅹⅹⅹⅹⅹⅹⅹⅹⅹⅹ.”
“……..I can’t promise it.”
“Even so, it’s fine. Thanks for everything.”
This is probably the end for me. Up until my very last moments, I was so gullible.
Ah, if I could have one last wish granted,
it would be to tell that girl who would always hit the gullible me…..
- Konoha’s State of the World (Haruka’s POV), Novel 1
“’Everyone from the Mekakushi-dan, whom had accepted Konoha, were surely going through a horrible time at the moment. Thinking that it all had been brought about by Konoha… made me helpless.’
“Really, there’s nothing more frustrating.
Ever since Konoha was possessed by ‘Clearing’,
I became completely
unable to see
the other side’s situation.””
- Summertime Reload, Haruka Kokonose speaking/thinking.
“ Obviously, there was also the boundlessly callous fact that “Konoha-kun’s body would get thrown into that world”.
Still, since Konoha-kun was being possessed,
“ it was not as if he were dead ”. ”
^ Kousuke Seto’s thoughts
- Kagerou Project: Summer Time Reload (Final Novel / Novel 8)
- Children Record -side No.3 (2)-
(translated by dennou-translations)
- Summertime Reload (fuyuyuu’s summaries / later half)
“ BLUE “ and “ RED ” are the colors of the “ KAGEROU DAZE ”,
[so Hibiya became BLUE ] and [ Hiyori became RED ... PINK ]
- SIDU, (ONE OF THE MCA) INTERVIEWS re: their concepts
^ old Sidu fanart for wannyanpuu’s 2011 fanmade pv (“”non-canonical””)
^ very not related
(official art of Clearing Eyes’ new form in COLOR)
[ pls ignore the chibi style it’s all we have rn ]
^ “Mary’s Imaginary World” mini-manga (Mary speaking)
(red: “ ??? ”)
(AYANO? AYAKI? “ AWAKENING ”? SOMEONE ELSE ?)
(YELLOW: K O N O H A )
(alternate accordingly)
(“Friend” “her” = ???” ) ( HIYORI ??? ) ( OR..... )
[ ENE SEEMS TOO EASY AND I HIGHLY SUSPECT @ JIN ]
(ALSO SEE: MANGA ROUTE 2 + “FRIENDS’)
(WILL GET BACK TO THAT)
^ Kagepro novels index “ - in a daze - ” (NOVEL 1)
