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Hihi~

I don't know how to Tumblr, please bear with me!

The name's Aerumnous (Aerie for short). I'm a game developer by day, and jack-of-many-trades by night.

I love monster-people and otome games, especially Jack Jeanne! I also draw fanart as well as my own OCs. Sometimes I write, and rarely I translate (JP -> EN). I'm also an amateur chocolatier🍫

Nice to meet you!

~ Aerie

[ririya-translates]

Queerness is welcome here

I've been seeing a recurring topic come up in some otome spaces the past several months re: negative stances towards people with non-cishet headcanons and ships. And so, particularly during pride month, I wanted to put out a small PSA for people who may be feeling shut out of the wider otome community.

There's space for you in the Jack Jeanne community

You want to ship LIs together? Go for it. You prefer to view a character as trans? By all means. You like to imagine some characters as anywhere on the ace and/or aro spectrum? Sure. Yumeshipping with an OC? Have fun. Life is short, imagination is free. We should all be entitled to our own thoughts, interpretations, and preferences.

Many of us in the JJ fandom are queer ourselves in one form or another and I love that we're given the freedom to express that. Despite otome being an aggressively hetero-normative genre, queer people have always been here and we will continue to be here. Please know that if you are feeling ostracized, there are still people in the otome community who will welcome you. Social media has a bad tendency to amplify the loudest and most upsetting opinions, but they do not represent all (or even most) otome players. Anyways, happy pride everyone!

[nadiaaisyah]

quick sketch nejikisa its been a while

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Parsley Manga English Fan Translation

In honour of Sugachi’s (delayed) birthday, the Univeil Manga Club presents the long-awaited English fan translation of Sui Ishida’s manga one-shot, Parsley! (Cubari || Mangadex)

Focusing on the Onyx class in the Jack Jeanne universe, Kiyoharu Sugachi struggles with self-doubt, calling himself just a ‘garnish’ in comparison to the other incredible performers at Univeil. But he’s forced to face these insecurities head-on when chosen by the class leader, Dakeshin Kaido, to take the leading female role as the Al Jeanne. The story shows the beginning of Sugachi and Kaido’s partnership, one year before the first game.

As this is a prequel story, there are no spoilers for any game routes. While the game provides more context for certain characters (such as Fumi), the translation was written to make it understandable to a general audience with no prior knowledge. Dialect features were also added to Sugachi’s speech to try to distinguish his heavy Kansai dialect.

I would also highly recommend checking out the fully voice acted video which goes through the entire story panel by panel.

The official manga is also available physically/digitally in Japanese via the Foliage anthology, which includes Puppet and Pecker. (Shueisha || Bookwalker). Please support the official release if possible.

Other Jack Jeanne manga: Puppet (EN): Mangadex Duckweed (JP only): Part 1 || Part 2

Thanks to: Pastafellows, @valeatory, @sleepythefoxx, Kajpur, Empish, @ell-io, @archaeren, @alias-sqbr, @himehikoshrine, ChoujinXArtRT

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🚬 Wistful Vileth 💜

I miss you, Fiship. The art world's not the same without your genius.

It's thanks to you I picked up the pen I'd left behind 10 years ago.

I hope you're out there doing something that makes you happy 💗

👤: Matilda Fiship

🎨: Aerumnous

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Thought I'd post a picture of some of my favorite chocolates I've made 🙂‍↕️🍫

They're handmade in small batches. As the picture says, these ones have raspberry & lemon extract along with finely chopped cashews. And my beloved sparkle comes from edible mica powder 🩷✨

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Neji's 2025 Birthday Story ~English Fan Translation~

(fan art by me!)

I really love Neji, and I haven't done any translations in a long time. I drew this on his birthday last year and felt like spiffing it up a little more to go with the translation I did back then. Disclaimer, I'm not a native speaker—just another otome-loving netizen~ I hope you enjoy!

Dear Neji Kokuto,

Are you still alive?

I'm still alive.

Hello everyone. Neji Kokuto here.

I'm currently… deeply dissatisfied with the world around me.

Behold! Univeil, at our feet!

And not just Univeil—the whole town of Tamasaka is beneath me. It makes me feel downright depressed.

"…Kuro."

See this baby bird here? This sharp, clever, bespectacled one. A genius, really.

And what does a genius deserve?

That's right—food, also known as love.

You hear my cries, so why aren't you feeding my talent!? Give me a stage! Nurture me!

"…Kokuto."

But no. What do I get instead?

"Learn the fundamentals." "Follow tradition." "Respect the classics."

Sure, sure, they have a point—you can't break form until you've learned it first. But isn't that just child neglect with a fancy historical label!?

"I get it already. You're pissed because the Tamasaka higher-ups chewed you out."

Fumi scolds gently, as calm as ever.

"…Wait, did I say all that out loud?"

Feigning surprise, I tilt my head, hand on my cheek.

"You set a record with how quickly you angered the people in charge, or so the seniors are saying."

Kai tosses in that unhelpful comment like it's nothing.

"And whose fault is that!? I'm starving!"

Feed me and maybe I'll shut my beak!

"Then eat. Here."

Kai hands me a white box. Inside are a variety of colorful cakes.

"No mere cake can soothe my sorrow!"

And yet, I snatch one and shove it straight into my mouth.

"…I take it back. I'm cured!"

Wiping my hands with the paper towel Kai gave me, I exclaim, "Delicious! Absolutely incredible!"

Fumi just sighs, saying "Good for you," with a deadpan face, while Kai shrugs. "If that's not enough, there's plenty more."

"So, seriously, what's with the cakes? They don't exactly scream 'normal day'."

"…It's your birthday, obviously."

Fumi drops it flatly, without a shred of sentimentality.

"Wait—what's this cake doing here!?"

I rephrase more dramatically. I'm fishing for a different answer here!

Fumi's glare sharpens—oh no, he's getting annoyed! My pulse quickens. And yeah, I can think of a few reasons I probably deserve it...!

"Happy birthday, Kokuto."

Kai swoops in, slicing through the tension.

"Thank you very much!"

I bow, deliberately being polite.

There it is! That's what I wanted to hear.

Fumi smiles—arms crossed, eyes narrowed. What a scary guy.

"C'mon, you guys eat too!"

Trying to change the mood, I offer them the cakes.

Fumi sighs, then mutters, "Yeah, happy birthday," like it's a truce.

Surely, this will go down in history as the legendary Kokuto-Sarafumi Ceasefire Agreement.

"Still though, Tamasaka Troupe really is pretentious."

I glare up at the towering building with a derisive snort.

I figured this would happen when I came here. And sure enough, I've done it all—fastest in history, just as Kai said.

I turn back to where Univeil's campus lies below us.

"What kind of stage will they create?"

Those juniors…

Fumi and Kai naturally follow my gaze toward Univeil.

"There's so much we left behind there…" I say, half to myself. "And honestly? I want them to throw it all away."

They both turn to me, brows raised in surprise.

"Isn't that for the best? We can't become the next Tachibana Tsuki."

I can feel the breath catch in their throats. Their whole time at Univeil was a battle against Tachibana Tsuki. The crown jewel of Univeil.

But hey, if I'm being honest, we were legends too. Me? An undeniable genius, of course. Fumi, whose charisma lit up Univeil from day one like it was the center of the world. And Kai, who graduated as one of Univeil's top names.

And unlike a certain spiky-haired, glasses-wearing someone, these two are absurdly good at looking after people.

Our juniors will surely think of us—the 76th graduating class—whenever they hit a crossroads.

That's fine if it pushes them forward. But if it drags them down? Unacceptable.

"So yeah. I want them to throw away everything we left behind. Burn it, even. Scatter the ashes far and wide—if they bloom into cherry blossoms, even better!"

I'm so convinced of my answer that I find myself sounding more serious than I intended.

"There's nothing to worry about."

"Huh?"

Kai's voice softens the air around us, melting the frost from my heart.

"They'll handle it. They won't burn our legacy, and we shouldn't let them if they tried."

His steady gaze locks onto mine.

Yeah… He's right. Of course.

Why is it that I always pick the most painful option?

Why do I pretend it's the only story there is to tell?

That's… my big problem, isn't it?

There's an infinite number of stages left for me to create. The possibilities go on forever.

But the time I've got? That's limited. Every minute, every second—every grain of sand—brims with everything I never got to do.

So I cling to the path that makes me suffer the most and try to make it feel absolute.

Then I force that onto other people.

…Or maybe that was a passing thought. I'm not sure if that's really true.

Before I know it, my imagination runs wild, loses sight of the real me, and invents someone else entirely.

Chasing the shape of crashing waves, you forget to gaze at the ocean.

"…So in the end, you just want them to be free to forge their own paths, huh?"

Fumi's voice flows with the rhythm of a gentle tide.

"You're scared that because they respect us so much, they'll cling to the Quartz we made, instead of building a new one."

"So if burning it all clears the way, you're ready to hand them the matches."

His words snap my thoughts into place.

"Sure, I won't say there's no chance of that. They're already familiar with that shape, after all. But, knowing them, they'll take their time and create a new one."

Fumi laughs quietly. "Remember how long it took us to make our new Quartz?"

People are forever fledglings. Our surroundings change. We change. There's no such thing as permanence.

"…Yeah."

Life's a cycle of death and rebirth. So what's there to be afraid of?

"I was scared that their love for my talent would hold them back! Because, well, I'm just too much of a genius!"

A divine revelation strikes me like lightning.

I lunge toward Fumi to share my excitement—he dodges, every bit the scion of a dance family.

"And you two love my talent too, right!?"

I pounce on Kai this time.

"No."

"Wait, what!?"

A direct rejection!? How am I supposed to take that!?

"Not just your talent, Kokuto. We love you—all of you."

"Hey, that's… Such a 'happy birthday' thing to say…"

Flustered, I hide my true feelings awkwardly. Fumi pretends not to see it. Kai takes it all in quietly.

They're amazing, aren't they? Friends. Even a guy like me can feel their warmth.

To feel that on my birthday? That's the best gift ever.

I turn my gaze back toward Univeil.

I don't have juniors just in Quartz, but in Amber, too.

I wonder what path he'll walk.

Chui. Don't go turning into a god, alright?

"…Huh?"

Amid the crowd of students at Univeil, I spot a budding flower.

"…A cherry blossom?"

Fumi and Kai notice too—a student with hair the color of sakura petals.

"…So flowers will bloom even without ashes, huh?"

A soft sigh escapes me.

"Well, guess I'll go spark a revolution!"

I shout, fist raised. Fumi snaps, "Hey!" and Kai glances around warily.

I march forward. Tamasaka ahead, Univeil behind.

Univeil isn't something that holds me back. It pushes me forward.

I wish my entire past could be that way.

Until next time, Neji Kokuto.

Sincerely.

Thanks for reading! Let me know your thoughts and feedback if you'd like 💕

You can find all the birthday stories here!

All credit for the story goes to Towada Shin.

[nadiaaisyah]

sui ishida didn't draw them kissing so i have to do it myself (more nejikisa doodle for my brainrot)

added neji's office background to complete the illustration (⁠￣⁠︶⁠￣⁠)✧

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I haven't checked in with jack jeanne updates in a while, but I saw the illustration for the 5th anniversary program. kisa look so dashing!! sugachi and neji are rocking their feminine looks. ion in a spiffy suit again, he looks great! love the green on him. love the little bang in kaido's hair. and oh my gosh, chui..... looking amazing and expensive, like a brooding prince, or a vampire lmao