#saijun

SAIJUN FANS (2 people) WE ARE WINNING

Sai and Seojun had decided to keep their relationship under wraps when they first started. They both knew their families would be supportive, but at the same time, they just weren’t ready. They had both been in failed relationships in the past, and they didn’t want to rush anything. Of course, they told Akiko and Seoyeon about their relationship, and the two were very supportive. They also told both the girls that they were going to keep it a secret for a while until they felt comfortable coming out about their relationship with anyone that wasn’t their kids.

Akiko was the one who ended up ruining it for them. Mina, Sana, and Tzuyu had invited Nayeon and Jeongyeon over for dinner, and eventually, Sai and Seojun ended up with invitations too. They both agreed, knowing their parents would be more suspicious if they said to know.

The older adult all immediately noticed Seojun was acting differently around Akiko, and Sai was acting differently around Seoyeon. They were all acting a bit closer than they remembered. But it was written off as nothing, at least until Akiko called Seojun daddy. Seojun had been helping Akiko shape meatballs for their dinner. Sai was with Seoyeon in the other room, helping the girl change into the new dress Nayeon had gotten for her.

“Daddy I messed up.” Akiko giggled as she looked at Seojun. “Can you fix it?” “Sure Aki.” Akiko had started calling him daddy not long after Sai and him started dating. Sai had tried to correct her, but the three-year-old had been insistent. After a while, they had both given up on correcting her. “Look it’s a star.” He showed her a meatball he had shaped like a star. “A star!” Akiko’s face lit up. “Daddy show me how to make a star!” 

“Daddy?” When Sana questioned it, the little one realized she had messed up. “Oh! Uncle Seojunie.” Akiko giggled. They had explained Akiko shouldn’t call Seojun daddy at the dinner, but it had slipped her mind.

“Why don’t you go wash your hands and find your mama, Aki?” “Okay!” Aki smiled and ran off when Seojun let her down. “What is it Seojun?” Nayeon immediately noticed the look on her son’s face. “Um…” “Is it about Aki calling you daddy?” Nayeon asked. “Well uh…” “Cause we know you two are dating. It’s cute she’s comfortable with you already.” Jeongyeon laughed at how lost Seojun looked.

“You know?!” “We all know Seojun.” Sana giggled. “You two have been obvious for months.” 

“Wait really?” “Yeah.” Jeongyeon laughed at her son. “We were waiting for you guys to tell us.” “Your- okay with it?” Seojun asked, a bit confused. He had realistically known their families would be supportive, but it was still a bit surprising. They were two alphas. “Of course we are.” Sana nodded. “Yeah. You make Sai happy. And she makes you happy.” Tzuyu added.

GRGRGRGRG FINALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO INFODUMP ABT HIM!!! tysm @makifishcake and prepare for a long ramble abt best boy ever (to me) and why saijun is real... let's start with an introduction to a canon crossover character only The Loser (me) cares about! this is gonna get messy in writing near the end cuz its like 3 am for me rn.

Kouno Jun is one of the two protagonists of Asou-sensei's older work, Our Hero Studies and is one of Haganeno Ken's students at Holy Lance Academy (a private school that either exists the same town as Saiki or some neighboring one)

The only translated OHS chapters so far show us who Jun and Haganeno are as characters. Kouno Jun's a generic tsukkomi high school student with normal teenage boy interests and crushes... he's baby and a total boyfail.

Jun likes video games (Kaisou Monogatari, an in-universe franchise), ramen, melon soda and Yayumi - the class rep. Pretty normal dude that's just being constantly bothered by his classmates and the teacher he hates...

...and then there's Haganeno Ken - THE delusional cosplayer hero wannabe teacher with huge interest in roleplaying and RPG video games, who immediately takes a liking to Jun, mainly for his name (his name means shield, while Haganeno's mean sword. you see where i'm going?)

most of the ohs panels will be machine translated cuz i have no strength or motivation to continue my actual translation work ngnhnh one day maybe... 😔

He may look like a generic high school shonen manga protagonist, but it's actually really charming to me how adorable he can be despite the boring presentation lolol HIS CRUSH ON YAYUMI IS SO CUTE UGHNHNH

And yeah of course he shows up in Saiki bc WHY WOULDNT HE???

Asou-sensei put him there twice. In the Christmas chapter where he's walking with a girl (MOST LIKELY YAYUMI), sees Kusuo sitting alone and being like "haha that's so sad to be lonely on christmas lmao"... EXCEPT ITS HILARIOUS CUZ HE DOES THE SAME THING IN HIS OWN MANGA'S CHRISTMAS CHAPTER.

and in the Hero Studies crossover chapter, right at the end as an unused character. (wouldn't make sense to have two tsukkomis there tbh so i get it lolol)

Same thing happens in the anime except Jun in the Christmas episode wasn't animated like he's an actual pre-existing character, except just a background character so he looks different but has the same jacket with his initials so its definitely him.

so here's all his screentime:

his terrible sense of style was referenced by Takeru at one point as well. yes, Jun dresses terrible and he has outfits much worse than this. hes a loser and i love him

okay but what's with the saijun thing? orz

basically its a silly ship me and my lovely sweetest gf (@lu-kario ) came up with and it kinda stuck around. "omg haha what if the two protagonists from different manga dated" but yeah it became an actual thing with thought out scenarios between us.

Me saying it'd be like satousai but Kusuo finds someone "normal" with actual personality would be not giving this ship enough justice. I can't tell much rn cuz I forget 90% of the stuff i make up unless i write it down BUT all i'll say is that

I like to imagine Jun and Kusuo having a calm and nice relationship, lots of quality time spent playing video games or going out to get some ramen together. Kusuo gets to have someone more usual by his side and Jun isn't likely to be bothered by Ken when Kusuo is around (:3).

and yeah, they do get another scene together in volume zero! how lovely! the christmas episode is also one of the reasons i find the ship cool but even despite the sillies having canon scenes and illustrations together i like it simply for fun.

canon crossover ships are cool and epic

my final words: go read ohs its fully in japanese online and 5 chapters are in english so far.

seriously go read it the fandom doesn't exist its really lonely.

and if you care abt our hero studies u can motivate me in the ask box, gimme a kick on the butt so i go and translate this work again after like a year or more of hiatus