I've been seeing a few takes about Subaru healing from Seishirou and whether he'd even want to, CLAMP's thesis on how happiness is different for everyone, etc. The problem is whenever these debates happen it drives me a little crazy, because, like...
You remember that meeting Seishirou was arguably the best case scenario, right?
I swear, whenever this issue comes up people forget that Hokuto's entire motivation for getting Subaru and Seishirou together, despite knowing that it'd probably end badly, and still wanting them to be together in the end, is that Subaru was an empty shell of a human being who would either spend his life being that empty shell or wind up the same way as his ghosts. As much as readers like to fantasise, there was no reality where Subaru was going to end up as a zookeeper with a sweet and caring boyfriend while occasionally going off to cleanse some spirits. He was already crumbling under the weight of being the clan head, physically and mentally driving himself to collapse because of the toll of his job, and doing things like letting a woman stab him to make herself feel better. Seishirou has to jump in to save Subaru's life at several points because Subaru would rather die than hurt someone. And sooner than later, he probably would have.
Did Seishirou screw up a perfectly good onmyouji? Obviously. But Subaru already had the anxiety (and several other severe mental illnesses). It's a very important part of his (an arguably an even more important part of Hokuto's) character that Subaru was not doing well. Yes, he's sweet, and lovely, and colourful, but he wasn't living. Unfortunately, with Seishirou, he was.
I re-read AKK’s Decagram series recently and there were lots of lovely morning coffee scene for these two. so I sketched out and this one is my favorite.
Tried out a different brush on Procreate and loved it!
I'm cackling, I just found out about an unfinished manga by the group CLAMP (of Cardcaptor Sakura, xxxHolic, and Chobits, among many others, fame) called Clover where they very heavily based several background illustrations off of environments from the Gadget series (plus a couple objects like the lightplane) blatantly enough that somebody involved with Gadget, probably the director Haruhiko Shono, must have been like "wait a minute" because the 2020 reissue hardcover edition credits Shono and the art book Inside Out with Gadget in the copyright section. See for yourself:
Look closely at the windows:
And here's the copyright section I mentioned:
There's a few other examples within the manga itself. It feels like at least one of the people at CLAMP played the games and/or read the art book and thought to themselves, "There's too many geezers in Gadget with alopecia, there should be hot young guys and melodramatic romance in here!"
One of the main characters in this manga is named Kazuhiko, I wonder if his name is a combination of the creators of Gadget, Haruhiko Shono and Hirokazu Nabekura? Maybe it's a coincidence.
Kazuhiko and another character named Gingetsu are both a little reminiscent of Theodore Slowslop in different ways, though put through the bishonen filter. I never thought somebody would think to yassify Slowslop of all characters to make an Expy out of, but it really looks like that's what happened.
Other than a few pilfered backgrounds and a couple other possible similarities that aren't as clear, Clover doesn't really have much to do with Gadget and it mostly does it's own thing.
I want to preface this by saying that I know the CLAMP School timeline isn’t following real world rules for the school year (much like those gags in the Ouran manga where they acknowledge that there have been many Springs but no graduations lol). We would expect grade changes to happen if it was following those rules but for the sake of convenience they have been kept in the same grades.
Lately, I’ve been plotting the rough timeline of events across 20 Mensou, Duklyon and CLAMP School Detectives and noticed that the school year seemed to be too long so clearly CLAMP share the same sentiment of ignoring all otherwise anticipated graduations.
BUT for the sake of plotting a realistic timeline that DOES take the school year into account I decided to rework some ages to allow for the movement up into the next grade that would otherwise happen in the middle of 20 Mensou and Detectives.
For the purposes of this I have aged down everyone in the Kindergarten and Elementary School divisions by One Year (this is to allow for characters like Nokoru and Utako to remain in their respective divisions because otherwise they would have moved up into the next division in the middle of their respective manga series). However, because of Duklyon’s position in the timeline taking place BEFORE the grade change would occur I have NOT altered the High Schoolers’ ages.
This means that to begin with Akira is now 8 years old and in 3rd Grade, Suoh is now 9 years old and in 4th Grade and Nokoru is now 10 years old and in 5th Grade and they will then move into 4th, 5th and 6th Grade in the April which occurs sometime in the middle of Detectives and 20 Mensou.
I also believe that the events of the CLAMP School series are taking place during the same time as Tokyo Babylon so this timeline also includes Tokyo Babylon events. I’m basing this on what looks like kindergartener Utako in the background of a page in early Tokyo Babylon, plus the mention of Duklyon and the Imonoyama Shoutengai in Shoten, which is not strictly 100% canon to manga Tokyo Babylon but several things that ARE canon to the manga were also originally present in Shoten so I choose to believe the time setting to be carried over as well).
I’ve also included known birthdays in this timeline as well (with amended ages marked with *). Any additional notes or explanations I want to make will be included at the end bc this is already long.
I’ve used stated dates where they are known, and assumptions for others based on where they fall between stated dates and whether the summer or winter uniforms are used etc…
So without further ado, here is the TB/CLAMP school timeline as I see it:
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1990:
January 21 1990 - Erii Chusonji’s 16th Birthday
February 11 1990 - Kentaro Higashikunimaru’s 15th Birthday
February 19 1990 - Subaru and Hokuto Sumeragi’s 16th Birthday
March 31 1990 - Suoh Takamura’s 9th* Birthday
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APRIL 1st 1990 - School Year for 1990/91 Commences with everyone entering the following classes:
1st Year High School: Kentaro, Takeshi, Sukiyabashi, Ryusuke, Subaru, Hokuto
2nd Year High School: Erii Chusonji
Kindergarten: Mako** [see Notes], Utako, Nagisa
3rd Grade Elementary School: Akira Ijyuin
4th Grade Elementary School: Suoh Takamura
5th Grade Elementary School: Nokoru Imonoyama
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Unspecified date in presumably April 1990 - Seishirou and Subaru meet again. Unbeknownst to Subaru, the One Year of The Bet begins
April 15 1990 - Ryusuke Kobayashi’s 16th Birthday
Unspecified date in May 1990 - High School Sports Event after which Kentaro and Takeshi are invited to form Duklyon
Unspecified date in Summer 1990 but definitely placed before late August - 20 Masks steals the curtain from Gamera Hall
Unspecified date in Summer 1990 but definitely placed before late August - Utako confesses to her kindergarten teacher and later meets 20 Masks when he hides from police
June 16 1990 - Nokoru Imonoyama’s 11th* Birthday
July 10 1990 - Kotobuki Sukiyabashi’s 16th Birthday
August 24 1990 - Utako Ohkawa’s 5th* Birthday. 20 Masks steals the ice sculpture at her party but gifts her a hair bow in apology
September 28 1990 - Nagisa Azuya’s 5th* Birthday
Unspecified date in presumably October 1990 (5 months after May high school sports event) - Utako kidnapped by Imonoyama Shopping District Association and rescued by Duklyon
Unspecified date in presumably October 1990 (5 months after May high school sports event) - Imonoyama Shopping District Association attacks the CLAMP School cafeteria
Unspecified date in Autumn 1990 - Sukiyabashi meets Erii and is enamoured. He later attacks a classroom she happens to be in
Unspecified date in Autumn 1990 - Erii gets a cold but arrives to help Duklyon battle Wooltar
Unspecified date in Autumn 1990 - High School Taste of Autumn trip to the greenhouse. Sukiyabashi nervously gifts Erii the pears he has collected. Erii develops a crush on him
Unspecified date in presumably Autumn 1990 - Subaru exorcises the Chanel suit
Unspecified date in November 1990, a few days before the 11th - Subaru and Seishirou help the spirit haunting Tokyo Tower to pass on
Unspecified date in November 1990, the day after the Tokyo Tower exorcism - CLAMP School Kindergarten class seen on a trip to Tokyo Tower
November 11 1990 - Subaru returns to Kyoto to visit his grandmother
November 12 1990 - Subaru helps Mitsuki awaken from her coma
Unspecified date in presumably November 1990 (3 months after Utako’s birthday) - Utako makes a fake declaration that 20 Masks will target her in order to have an excuse to see him again
Unspecified date in presumably November 1990 (3 months after Utako’s birthday) - Utako and 20 Masks begin to see each other every Friday
November 22 1990 - Seishirou Sakurazuka’s 25th Birthday
November 28 1990 - Mako Ohkawa’s 6th** Birthday
Unspecified date in Autumn or Winter 1990 - 20 Masks steals a rose but misses a date with Utako
Unspecified date in Autumn or Winter 1990 - 20 Masks steals the royal chef
Unspecified date in Autumn or Winter 1990 - 20 Masks steals glass bowl
Unspecified date in December 1990 - List of next year’s faculty compiled by the Chairwoman
Unspecified date in December 1990 (shortly before the 23rd) - Nokoru, Suoh and Akira consider Tokyo Tower as the location for the Christmas party. They meet and help a lady who is being pressured by her brother-in-law to give up her house
December 23 1990 - Nokoru, Suoh and Akira join the Tokyo Tower lady on the anniversary of her wedding to her missing husband
December 24 1990 - Akira Ijyuin’s 9th* Birthday. Akira meets his father disguised as Santa Claus
December 31 1990 - Takeshi Shukaido’s 16th Birthday
1991:
Unspecified date in presumably early January 1991 - A bird accidentally steals the microdisk containing the faculty list
Unspecified date in presumably early January 1991 - Nokoru & co investigate the missing faculty list. Nokoru momentarily misplaces the creative plans for Duklyon vs 20 Masks theatre performance. CLAMP School Detectives officially founded
Unspecified date in January 1991 - Subaru and Seishirou get an affinity test done. Subaru calls the Dial Q2 line to confront the 1999 girls
Unspecified date in January 1991 - Duklyon vs 20 Masks theatre performance. 20 Masks kidnaps Duklyon
Unspecified date in January 1991 - Detectives help find a missing pet peacock
January 21 1991 - Erii Chusonji’s 17th Birthday
Unspecified date in presumably January 1991 - Subaru stops a grieving mother from creating an Inugami and is distressed at having to lie to her about her daughter’s pain
Unspecified date in presumably late January/early February 1991 - Sukiyabashi invited to join Erii at the cafe terrace. The Imonoyama Shopping District Association attacks without Sukiyabashi leading it
Unspecified date in presumably February 1991 - Imonoyama Shopping District Association attacks home economics class. The female leader is first seen
February 9 1991 - Subaru’s grandmother does a reading on the twins and is concerned by what she sees
February 11 1991 - Kentaro Higashikunimaru’s 16th Birthday. Subaru is given the job to investigate the MS Institute and warned by his grandmother not to be seduced by the sakura
Unspecified date in February 1991 - Subaru joins the MS Institute to investigate. Subaru witnesses Hashimoto being bullied and gives her a handkerchief
Unspecified date in February 1991 - Subaru is informed that Hashimoto has been stabbed. He confronts the MS Institute lady but Seishirou interrupts them and kills her for a job
Unspecified date in presumably February 1991 - Duklyon cast watch the X movie. Imonoyama Shopping District Association attacks. Sukiyabashi gets injured protecting Erii
Unspecified date in presumably February 1991 - Erii issued a challenge by Sukiyabashi’s fiancée. Later that day the fiancée tells her of Sukiyabashi’s identity as the leader of the Imonoyama Shopping District Association
Unspecified date in presumably February 1991 (3 or so days after finding out Sukiyabashi’s identity) - Erii reveals that she knows the truth and also reveals her own identity as an alien. Inuko gets turned gigantic and Duklyon are made gigantic to handle her. Erii and Sukiyabashi decide to elope together
February 14 - 18 1991 - Nokoru challenged to find a buried item or else he must resign
February 19 1991 - Subaru and Hokuto Sumeragi’s 17th Birthday
Unspecified date in presumably late February/early March 1991 - Subaru meets an old man and begins to meet up with him regularly
Unspecified date in presumably late February/early March 1991 - The old man is hit by a vehicle on the way to bring his daughter some bananas. Subaru delivers them to her instead
Unspecified date in presumably March 1991 - Subaru helps a ghost pass on at karaoke
Unspecified date in March 1991 - Subaru meets a boy receiving dialysis treatment and begins to come visit him regularly
Unspecified date in March 1991 - It has been 1 month since Erii and Sukiyabashi eloped. They return and rejoin Duklyon
Unspecified date in presumably late March/early April 1991 - Seishirou loses his eye getting in the way of Yuya’s mother trying to attack Subaru
March 31 1991 - Suoh Takamura’s 10th* Birthday
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APRIL 1st 1991 - School Year for 1991/92 Commences with everyone entering the following classes:
2nd Year High School: Kentaro, Takeshi, Sukiyabashi, Ryusuke, Subaru, Hokuto
3rd Year High School: Erii Chusonji
Kindergarten: Utako, Nagisa
1st Grade Elementary School: Mako Ohkawa**
4th Grade Elementary School: Akira Ijyuin
5th Grade Elementary School: Suoh Takamura
6th Grade Elementary School: Nokoru Imonoyama
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Unspecified date in presumably April 1991 - Subaru meets a blind man and his seeing-eye dog and realises that he is in love with Seishirou. The One Year of The Bet ends. Seishirou breaks Subaru’s arm and heart but does not kill him
Unspecified date in presumably April 1991 - Hokuto can’t bear to see Subaru in the unresponsive state Seishirou left him in. She takes Subaru’s robes and leaves
April 15 1991 - Ryusuke Kobayashi’s 17th Birthday
Unspecified date in presumably May 1991 - One month after Hokuto disappears, Subaru sees her death in his dream and wakes up
June 16 1991 - Nokoru Imonoyama’s 12th* Birthday
July 10 1991 - Kotobuki Sukiyabashi’s 17th Birthday
Unspecified date in mid July or August 1991, around the Obon festival - Obon dance preparations are being made. The detectives investigate reports of a ghost during the art department’s preparations for an Autumn exhibition
Unspecified date in August 1991, before Utako’s birthday - Akira angers Utako by saying he would love to be invited to her future wedding
August 24 1991 - Utako Ohkawa’s 6th* Birthday. Akira tells Utako he loves her
Unspecified date in Autumn 1991 - The dance party being planned by Nokoru and co receives numerous threats. Suoh is injured saving Nokoru when he is pushed over a railing
September 28 1991 - Nagisa Azuya’s 6th* Birthday
Unspecified date in Autumn 1991 - Suoh first catches a glimpse of Nagisa playing the flute amongst the wisteria. Preparations for the Autumn Cultural Fair are being made
Unspecified date in Autumn 1991, presumably early November - Suoh rescues Nagisa from being injured at the cultural fair
Unspecified date in Autumn 1991 - Akira helps a university student confess to her crush
Unspecified date in Autumn 1991 - Mako’s missing stocking that she uses for a citrus bath is found by Nokoru
November 22 1991 - Seishirou Sakurazuka’s 26th Birthday
November 28 1991 - Mako Ohkawa’s 7th** Birthday
Unspecified date in presumably Autumn 1991 - Nokoru leaves a decoy at his desk which causes Akira and Suoh to search the campus to try to find him
December 24 1991 - Akira Ijyuin’s 10th* Birthday
December 31 1991 - Takeshi Shukaido’s 17th Birthday
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Notes:
TB running alongside CLAMP School
When trying to confirm whether TB and the CLAMP School stories take place around the same time I used the TB panel of what looks like Utako and her kindergarten class on a trip to Tokyo Tower in the background as a starting point.
The girl in front of who we assume to be Utako could easily be Nagisa, and the teacher with the light hair behind Utako could be Shiva, the teacher she initially has the crush on. So TB absolutely takes place during the time Utako is in kindergarten.
But there can be multiple years of kindergarten, as many as 3, so this shot of Utako could be from anywhere during that time so there was a possibility that the CLAMP School stories don’t even take place in the 1990/91 school year at all. Knowing Seishirou and Subaru’s birth years and ages we do know that Tokyo Babylon starts in 1990 and that assuming 3 years of kindergarten, Utako could be in her first, second or third year of kindergarten when we see her cameo.
Taking the CLAMP School stories into account, it looks like 2 school years elapse and although it’s not shown in any of the stories, the characters ought to move up a grade for the next school year. This is why I assume these stories start with Utako in second year of kindergarten and move into her third year where she would turn 6 (the English release I’ve seen of 20 Mensou accidentally has her turn 6 twice but I must assume only the second instance of it is correct).
I’m also assuming that CLAMP School’s school year begins on April 1st and that Japan’s system of starting 1st grade the April after your 6th birthday applies too.
Considering the old Shoten versions of what became Tokyo Babylon, in which Subaru mentions Duklyon interrupting class to fight the Imonoyama Shopping District Association, this would also place those events firmly in Utako’s 2nd kindergarten year because by her 3rd the Imonoyama Shopping District Association has ceased attacking and a new enemy has appeared and it can be no earlier than that because Duklyon is only formed in May of her second kindergarten year (we know this because of the placement of events matching up, notably the Duklyon vs 20 Masks theatre show mentioned in both Duklyon and CLAMP School Detectives, shown here (the Japanese on the paper in the first picture reads the same as the translated banner from Duklyon):
as well as the discussion of the location of the Christmas party in CLAMP School Detectives and 20 Masks and recalling the previous year’s event shown here:
as well as the flashback in Duklyon that shows Kentaro and Takeshi being invited to form Duklyon in May of the same year).
I know Shoten is not canon to the Tokyo Babylon that was eventually released but if we take at the very least that time setting to be accurate then we can assume Tokyo Babylon is also happening during Utako’s second kindergarten year. This places the events of 20 Masks, Duklyon and CLAMP School Detectives in 1990-1991, therefore happening alongside Tokyo Babylon.
The Bet
I’m also assuming the timeline for The Bet to start some time around April or late March at the earliest, basically not long after the twins move to Tokyo ahead of starting at CLAMP School. The old Shoten stories have the same setting for Seishirou seeing Subaru falling in Ikebukuro station as the manga release, and the available translations for those stories say he’s “just been accepted” into his first year around this time. Assuming the time setting was kept roughly the same for this meeting as well, that’s why I place the commencement of The Bet’s year to be around this time.
Ages and Grades
For this timeline, as mentioned, I chose to change the ages of Nokoru, Suoh, Akira, Utako, Nagisa and Mako* so that they are a year younger because the stories encompass summer 1990 through to presumably autumn/winter 1991 which would have resulted in everyone moving up a grade midway through the stories.
The overall CLAMP School series timeline starts in Summer (in 20 Mensou and the Duklyon flashback), moves into winter which is where CLAMP School Detectives begins, and then continues on through Summer again (where 20 Mensou ends) and on to Autumn of the next year where Detectives ends. It is clear that more than a year passes and there should realistically be a point where the characters move up a grade at the start of the school year.
Because of the grades they are spread across, this would have moved Nokoru out of the Elementary Division and Utako out of Kindergarten in the middle of the stories. To keep them in their stated divisions, aging them down a year at the start allows them to age up into the grades we are familiar with for them.
As mentioned before, Utako has her 6th birthday twice by mistake and there are even inconsistencies in what grade Akira is in at first, with it starting with him in 3rd grade and mysteriously switching to 4th around Christmas, before the grade change would naturally happen.
This adjustment of ages I’ve made effectively returns to the setting of him starting in 3rd grade and moving up into 4th over the course of the stories’ timeline. This would also change the birthday Akira celebrates in the manga to be his 9th instead of 10th.
There was an omake CLAMP made once where the Detectives discussed their future appearances in X and they state they would be adults (大人) by then. With my adjustment of ages, Akira would now technically be in his final high school year instead while Nokoru and Suoh are university age instead of them all being out of high school, but ah well.
I would like to note that I did NOT age any of the high schoolers down along with the younger characters because it would have moved the 1st years down into middle school for the 1990/91 school year which wouldn’t work with Duklyon. I’m reasonably certain Duklyon takes place entirely BEFORE April 1st of the 1991/92 school year so their story wraps up before the grade change and therefore their ages didn’t need altering. This does now mean that there’s an extra year age difference between the elementary schoolers and the high schoolers.
*One note about Mako, however, since changing her age is the only thing that doesn’t quite line up clearly. In the original stories she is in 1st grade during Christmas 1990 in 20 Masks but also still 1st grade by autumn 1991 in CLAMP School Detectives. To keep her age difference with Utako the same, aging her down with everyone resulted in Mako now starting in her final kindergarten year before moving into 1st grade, when she has always been shown in Elementary uniform in her manga appearances. But it could also be reworked to have her start in 1st grade and move into 2nd, although that would of course change her to being an extra year older than Utako.
Also, regarding Subaru and Hokuto’s ages, in Tokyo Babylon we see a document which states Subaru to be a high school 1st year at CLAMP School, despite the fact that his official birthday 19 February 1974 makes him 16 before April 1st and would therefore mean at first glance that he ought to be a 2nd year like Erii Chusonji. He’s also stated to be 16 and in first year in Shoten too.
For Subaru to be able to enter 1st year in 1990 (which he would ordinarily need to be 15 to do), I am assuming the year of training Subaru spent honing his onmyouji skills interrupted his education by a year which therefore explains how he would be a 1st year despite turning 16 before April 1st. Being in homeroom Z also means he would be in the same class as the Duklyon boys.
Also a final note on possible inconsistencies in translations, the English release of 20 Masks says that Ryusuke is a sophomore, so in his 2nd year of high school (which would make sense at a glance since he’s stated to be 16) but online on Japanese sources I’ve seen him stated to be in first year.
I checked which date CLAMP gave him for his birthday and it is apparently April 15th so it actually does make sense for him to be a first year if he entered first year still 15 and then turned 16 after April 1st. There are also bits of old fan scanlations of 20 Mensou floating about that I’ve seen that translated the Ryusuke profile to say he was in ‘tenth grade’ which aligns with 1st Year high school. So I assume the original Japanese says he’s in 1st Year and the English version got it wrong. Also being in first year he would be in the same class as Subaru and the Duklyon boys. What a chaotic class.
This is the summarized CLAMP School TRPG, which is a prototype for an eventual transcription/translation of the Clamp School Detectives Guide Book. The Guidebook features Clamp School Paranormal Investigators and contains this TRPG.
The fun thing is that if you don't know anything about CLAMP School or don't care about it, that's perfectly fine! You can play in any agreed upon universe in anyway you wish, as long as your players know the established universe.
Talking about players, any amount will do. you could play this game solo if you wished. The game thrives on improvisational narratives through random card draws...
And a lot of charts.
So many charts. I'm sorry if some of them are messed up. That's why its a prototype. <3
[I figured it was hard to vote on terms if you didn't know on how they are applied in game play.]
CLAMP TRPG Quick Start
CHARACTER SHEET
CHARACTER CREATION
GAME PLAY
EXAMPLE CHARACTER SHEETS (From Paranormal Investigators)
This Character Start Guide is a Prototype, since some of the terms are being decided by polls. This guide is meant to be a quick guide of how to make a character by using translated excerpts from the Clamp School Detectives Guidebook. This is not the book fulltext, as this guide was written by myself. The charts are copied from the book so the translations are rough.
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Maybe not everyone know but I like to collect info from the manga I love. As someone told me they’d like to do the same but don’t have the time I thought I would make small post in which I would share mine.
Posts will be small and focus on one topic.
Here there are some random stuffs you might want to know about the TB and the X cast. More will follow.
if kurofai actually canon or is that just something you ship?
I don’t think anything has been ‘confirmed’ for canon in regards to them, but I do think they’re as close to being canon without it being outright stated. In the recent Character Data Book, they’re relationship was described as ‘being reeeaallly good friends~ <3 ) so I think that says a lot lol
But CLAMP have a certain way of showing deep feelings between two characters and Kurogane and Fai check off all the boxes.A) Sacrificing of blood for the other person
When Kurogane offers up his blood to have Fai turned into a vampire to save his life, and thus binding the two of them together for as long as he shall live because he would be Fai’s only food source. He can never return home either, which is one thing he wants more than anything, because Fai is running from his past and won’t settle down in one place for too long. But he would follow him to Hell and back if it meant keeping him safe.
B) Loss of limbs
Kurogane willingly cuts off his own arm to save Fai’s life because he refuses to leave him behind to die. There is no hesitation, no second thoughts, just a burning desire to save the one person he cares about more than anyone else. A man who’s goal was to be the stronger than anyone, makes this sacrifice because he finally understands what True Strength is.
C) Offering up magic
Because of the sacrifice Kurogane has made to keep him alive, Fai trades away the last of his magic to Yuuko for an artificial arm to replace the one lost. Had those earlier sacrifices not been made, he wouldn’t have traded it because his magic is what keeps him alive. But after running and hating himself, wishing he could die, he’s finally ready to live, because for the first time in his life, someone actually cared about him, someone who hasn’t lied to him, or used him for their own gain.
Not to mention this little gem here
What Fai is wearing is a Furisode, which is worn by young, unmarried women in Japan, or in this case, worn by the male lover of a warrior (like Kurogane)
This post got long lol but yeah, even if it’s never confirmed officially as canon, I feel pretty comfortable with thinking that it is
Honkai: Star Rail, Aventurine/Ratio (or vice-versa if that's important)
Disclaimer: this ficlet was written canonblind
For shay!
"I'm sure that you don't want anyone to know about our little…trysts, doctor," Aventurine purred.
"Hmph," said Dr. Ratio, clearly not pleased. "Very well. I certainly do not make it a habit of announcing my personal relationships to all and sundry. You have no need to worry that a dalliance with me will impinge upon your glamorous lifestyle."
"What," said Aventurine.
Ratio didn't answer but began gathering his and Aventurine's scattered clothing from where it had been flung about the room, dropping Aventurine's coat on his head.
"Doctor, I meant for the sake of your reputation," Aventurine said, slightly muffled. "It isn't a good look to be associated with someone like me.”
Ratio gave him a sharp look. "Do you truly believe that I would worry about such a thing? The opinions of the ignorant are not something I concern myself with."
Aventurine, now shrugging back into his clothes, gave him an unreadable look before a self-depricating smile appeared on his face. "Ah, so you're saying such an insignificant relationship won't matter in the end. Well-"
"What I am saying," Ratio said sharply, meeting Aventurine's eyes so intensely that the other was unable to look away, "is that I am not ashamed to be with you.”
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