#fate/school life

[intrepid-fictioneer-7]

Somewhat detailed sypnosis of Fate/school life, the 4-koma spinoff of Fate/stay night following the regular lives of the Homurahara students, specifically the track team trio. A manga that has never been translated into English, and so is largely unknown in the English fandom. This would largely not be a problem, except Fate/strange Fake is set in its continuity, or close enough, which makes its allusions to it and important plot points derived from it incredibly confusing.

Not my work, this sypnosis was exclusively typed up by Comun (@kaibutsushidousha​ here) on Beast Lair:

Ok, I have time now. Here's what the general deal with HimuTen is. Himuro no Tenchi is a yonkoma manga starring the normal girls of the track trio + Mitsuzuri, and the much less normal Sajou Ayaka from Fate/Prototype. As the "Fate/school life" subtitle implies, it's wholly slice-of-life, featuring its cast involved in everyday situations, the many original games they play, and supernatural shenanigans that they don't realize are supernatural thanks to Rin or Ayaka cleaning things up neatly.

Publication started in 2006 covering a story set 9 months before the Grail War, but then during its 2015-2017 run, it covered the Grail War from the perspective of people who didn't know the Grail War happening, and is currently set after the Grail War.

In terms of timeline, the main point of divergence that defines HimuTen is Kotomine's handling of Tokiomi's property. Like in the Fsn timeline, after the 4th Grail War, Kotomine was in charge of Tokiomi's finances until Rin grew up, but he made categorically stupid decisions on what to sell and what to keep, and his disastrous management was the cause of Rin's current money problems. But in HimuTen's timeline, while the outcome of Kotomine's poor management was still the same, what specifically he chose to sell was different. This results in two major consequences that separate HimuTen from Fate/stay night:

1)A lot of Tokiomi's less practically useful artifacts and Mystic Codes were sold to Makidera's father's antique shop, which often results in Makidera and her friends being involved in strange phenomena that Rin needs to take responsibility for.

2) A plot of land directly above Fuyuki's best leyline was sold to Sajou Hiroki, causing him to move with his two daughters to move to Fuyuki in 1994. By 2003-2004, Manaka already moved away from her father's house, and Hiroki himself never appears because he's always out of Fuyuki either meeting up with his mage buddy from Tokyo or dealing with Manaka situations, but Ayaka is a main character in this story, so that obviously has many ramifications.

Also, Ayaka's and Manaka's characters in HimuTen are pretty different from their Prototype counterparts. Fake Ayaka is about as much of a self-hating introvert with no self-esteem as Proto Ayaka, but she didn't get from the real Ayaka of this timeline.

The younger Manaka still had the same propensity to set the world on fire for her Prince Charming, but direct quote: "Her excessive omnipotence caused [REDACTED] to [REDACTED] because it was [REDACTED], thus [REDACTED] went completely off-rails, resulting in the collapse of her most confident plan. Catastrophic shipwreck. She learned that picture books are pictures books are for a reason. The Prince Charming of her dreams wasn't real. Disheartened, she [REDACTED]. [REDACTED]. She turned harmless."

Meanwhile, since Manaka never found her ideal hot man, this Ayaka has none of her Grail War trauma. Instead, she had the experience of witnessing depression turn her highly competent sister into an unproductive failure of a human being, and built an actual self-esteem from training in Fuyuki's best leyline, so she internalized that she needed to be the responsible sister.

And, relevantly to /strange Fake, Ayaka also left Fuyuki in the July-August 2003 period for a student experience in the Clock Tower. Waver naturally got interested in a new student with the same last name as Manaka, so they met and she was a temporary student in his class, where she also got to realize her Formalcraft talents from Proto and was advised to specialize in plants since she was so opposed to sacrificing animals.

The last major thing to talk about is the Grail War arc, although I think this was already discussed in the thread when FsF being a HimuTen sequel first came up. Due to the premise of the manga, we don't see anything of the Grail War actually happen, but from its consequences to the people around the track trio (Kuzuki's disappearance, Mitsuzuri's assault and hospitalization, Zouken's death, the Ryuudou family needing to move to the Semina Apartments after the collapse of the cavern under their temple, Medusa's post-war presence, Shirou's survival and relationship status with Sakura, etc.), it's completely that HimuTen follows Heaven's Feel Good End except for the minor divergences caused by Ayaka's presence. And those are only two:

1) During the weeks of the Grail War, Ayaka was teaming up with Ciel (yes, Ciel was there, but she isn't a character in HimuTen, she's just an incognito figure you find, exclusively during the Grail War chapters, talking to Ayaka in the background, appearing on the corners of pages, group shots, etc. and what is up with her cameos is only revealed in profiles outside of the story proper) to kept outside scavengers from interfering with the Grail War. Mashin's official statement is that together the thwarted 9 out of 10 invaders, and the 10th one that slipped past them would have consequences later in the United States. (This seriously implies that the Fsn timeline had a bigger number of scavengers profiting from the Grail War, which certainly will come up in some spin-off, probably the El-Melloi series)

2) Shinji lost a bet to Ayaka during that week, so he had to wear a magical wig that copied his hair, but slightly off-center, making people think he was wearing a wig all along. This protected his head from Sakura's attack, so in this timeline, Shinji was only injured rather than killed.

I suppose I could also talk about Tsunokuma since he cameoed here and how the reveal that the real Ayaka is currently studying in Romania is an extension of Manaka's and Celenike's relationship in HimuTen, but I'll stick to the Ayaka parts to keep this post as short as it can be.

#lololol #fate series #type moon #nasuverse #fate school life #fate/school life

[sawbeaver]

God's gardener.

#fanart #fate #type moon #Himuro's World #Fate/school life #mehmet ii #ottoman #mehmed ii #mehmed the conquer #ottoman empire

[keirenoid]

景清とのスクールライフに飢えている

#fate series #fgo #taira no kagekiyo #ushiwakamaru #ritsuka fujimaru #take a picture #school life #fgo spoilers #ordeal call 2 spoilers

[eerna]

if you're in my thesis research art class tomorrow pls don't laugh at me thank you in advance

#this is a joke. i don't think middle schoolers from my city from this specific school follow me. but i am so Nervous #my fate lies with high school teaching..... the only reason i picked middle school was to make my life harder bc 2022 me was Insane #anyway. fingers crossed pls #eernatalk

[typemoonsmashorpass]

#plato #fate school life

[mins-studies]

I honestly have no chance anyways and like my indicative grade is an A so maybe it’ll work out

#I made a poll so now you can decide my fate for me!!!! #min-studies #minyicho #vce #vce english #english #studyblr #student #student life #studying #study blog #english language #vce student #vce exam #exams #exam stress #exam season #exam study #study tips #high school #study #study motivation #help #send help #please help #polls #tumblr polls #my polls #poll time #random poll

[thehappinessmachine]

did you know that tezcatlipoca from fate/go actually made his first official debut in the world-renowned nintendo ds game masterpiece ghost trick? it blew my mind, let me tell you,

#tezcatlipoca #fatego #fate grand order #I MISSED DOING THIS STYLE i used to do it all the time in high school #ghost trick changed my art life forever let me tell you #IF I HAD A NICKEL FOR EVERY TIME #I BECAME A FAN OF A BLOND GUY IN SUNGLASSES #WHO IS FOUND IN THE WORLD OF THE DEAD AND IS CAT-ADJACENT #AND SHOOTS PEOPLE AND HAS TIES TO A METEOR #I WOULD HAVE TWO NICKELS #NOT LIKE THAT'S A LOT BUT WEIRD TO HAVE TWO #art

[thawthebeez]

hey guys. tumblr user thawthebeez back at it again with yet another haikyuu essay B) the topic of today is one that i see NOBODY talking about which is crazy because this motif is (in my opinion) one of the main foundations of the kagehina community.

now may someone please explain to me why the HELL nobody ever talks about how whenever Tobio expresses an insecurity of ANY KIND, Hinata is ALWAYS the first one to swoop in and tell him not to worry about it?

yes, we've all established that Hinata Shouyou is the #1 Kageyama Tobio understander. we get that. BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN DISPLAYS OF THAT AND I'VE SEEN LITERALLY NOBODY SPEAK OF IT EVER.

i'm pretty sure there's an instance of it in season 2 (either that or my brain just made it up) when Tobio is a little worried about his and Hinata's quick attack not really working out but Hinata tells him "nah you'll figure it out eventually" or something along those lines. i'm not going to lose my shit over it because i can't find it but if you know YOU KNOW.

a part that i COULD find from season 2, however, was this:

here we have Tobio explaining how talented of a setter Oikawa is- how he's so much better than him- and it's clear that this is something he's insecure about given his facial expression.

THEN we have Hinata's INSTANT response:

and it blows Tobio away because WHAT

because, to paraphrase a little, Tobio basically just said "yeah oikawa can make any spiker look good no matter what team he's on" to which Hinata replied "yeah but that team wouldn't be Karasuno" which is essentially "Karasuno is strong enough as it is" BUT- if ur crazy- " dw he wouldn't take your spot babe" (<- which probably isn't how it's meant to be interpreted because they just finished talking about The Team That's Stronger As Six thing so like... context clues. it's probably not the insane interpretation).

ANYWAYS boom there it is. Tobio expresses insecurity, Shouyou swoops in and goes "Ermmmm Actuallyyyyy🤓" WHICH IS SO FUCKING ENDEARING ON IT'S OWN BUT THE FACT THAT IT HAPPENS MORE THAN ONCE AND AT SUCH A CRITICAL POINT TOO

the critical point in question being:

(context: Tobio just came back from his training camp in Tokyo and is a little frustrated because he's gotten so used to playing with other prodigies like himself so to go back to talented-but-not-prodigious players is a bit of a switch for him. don't get him wrong tho he loves this team to DEATH it's just a little different that's all. hashtag number one Tobio apologist right here)

SO THERE'S THIS! and it goes without saying that Tobio is DEEPLY insecure about his late middle-school days and being referred to as a king. Tsukishima adds a little salt to the wound and while I didn't take a screenshot of it Tobio makes this look of absolute HORROR after he says what he says

(which, side note, shows a lot of a character development within Tobio. especially since I've been flipping between season 2 and 4 a lot looking for these clips. Tobio didn't even notice when he was acting kingly before but he realizes it INSTANTLY now which is so so so good for him yayyyy character development!)

this also leads fantastically into my next tangent which is

TOBIO FUCKING APOLOGIZES!

now, admittedly this isn't entirely related to my thesis but i absolutely ADORE talking about this scene and i genuinely think it is one of the most prevalent displays of character development within Tobio because i feel like he tends to get overshadowed by all the other characters (especially Hinata, which i'm not upset about in the slightest like it makes perfect sense and if Tobio got all the attention all the time the show would be soooo unbalanced)

but I feel like a lot of people skip over Tobio's overall development over the course of the show. I mean compare s1 Tobio to s4 Tobio THAT IS NOT SAME PERSON ANYMORE. he grows so much over such a short period of time (which is another essay I could write. something along the lines of "Explaining Why Tobio And Shouyou Need To Be On Separate Teams Actually Because Character Development Purposes" because the amount of people i've seen on tiktok complaining about kghn being on separate teams and how they should just be on the same team forever makes my blood boil violently) and it's so refreshing to see Tobio's growth especially as a big Tobio enjoyer.

ANYWAYS back to the main thesis.

So Hinata steps in IMMEDIATELY here. literally cuts Tobio's apology off because HE HAS NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR. he was expressing his thoughts whatever that's fine he could have done it in a nicer way SURE but listen the guy still has a LOOOONNNGGGG way to go but still, nothing to apologize for. it's just growing pains, y'know?

now the quote "What's wrong with him being the King again?" appearing here isn't the first time we're seeing this. Hinata has ALWAYS been confused as to why calling Tobio a "King" is a bad thing. literally from day fucking one Hinata was like "nah dude I think that title is cool" WHICH, AGAIN, TOBIO BEING INSECURE ABOUT SOMETHING AND SHOUYOU REASSURING HIM THAT IT'S TOTALLY CHILL HELLO?????

LITERALLY FROM DAY ONE SHOUYOU HAS BEEN DOING THIS. THAT MAN MAY THINK TOBIO'S AN ASSHOLE SOMETIMES (and he kinda is) BUT NEVER WILL HINATA INHERENTLY HATE A PART OF HIM. and i don't think they realize it here nor do i think the realization comes soon after but at some point there will be the realization that they love each other. every single part. fucking Tobio probably realized it way back in junior high but that's a tangent for another time.

now this line.... this one right here...... oh my god i can be SO NORMAL ABOUT IT.

the main reason why Tobio had this look of HORROR on his face after he yelled at everyone was BECAUSE HE KNEW THE ENDING. he knew that yelling at them would have consequences (if it weren't for Hinata stepping in thank god). HE'S SEEN IT ALL BEFORE. in his final year of junior high he yelled at his teammates to run faster and jump higher and be better AND THEY LEFT HIM!!!

so Tobio yelling like this instantly makes him afraid that he's just ruined the entire balance of the team. he thinks he's going to be left behind again because he yelled and everyone is going to leave him BUT!!!!!

BUT SHOUYOU IMMEDIATELY JUMPS IN AND SAYS "idc what u say honestly if i don't like i'm just not gonna listen" OR, TO TRANSLATE "i'm not going anywhere regardless of what you say"

Tobio's biggest fear is losing this team. I literally do not need to explain why. that man would fucking DIE for this team (if you really need an explanation just to go the end of the Kamomedai match when Tobio admits that he's upset they lost because he wanted to play with that specific team more).

and for Hinata to essentially say "you could literally be as kingly as u want and i simply would not care, pal, i promise you i am NOT going ANYWHERE!!!" which has got to be SO FUCKING RELIEVING FOR TOBIO.

(also something something "nobody was there" / "i'm here" something something "doesn't matter what kind of toss goes up if you send it my way i'm hitting it" something something they're soulmates or whatever they are literally bound together by the universe they were destined to be together and it's a crime that universe kept them apart for so long and now that they're together they will always BE together two peas in a pod literally inseparable they are hot glued and duct taped together.)

and then there's this. i mean at this point you already know what i'm going to say like you get it by now but again IT MUST BE SO RELIEVING TO TOBIO to know that shouyou thinks his biggest insecurity is cool. that shouyou thinks that it's not something to be concerned about. that no matter what, no matter how much a King he is, they're not going anywhere.

SOMETHING SOMETHING "you drew stars around my scars" IF YOU EVEN CARE

and just the fact that it's always ALWAYS shouyou to do this. the fact that there was dead silence before shouyou spoke up. the fact that it's ALWAYS HIM there to understand Tobio (someone who has been misunderstood for as long as he can remember) GOD THEY DRIVE ME INSANE.

anyways thank you for being a witness to this madness👍

#i know kagehina day was like 3 days ago LISTEN #i'll be there on hinakage day i promise #but again the fact that this is not as commonly talked about as it is is WILD to me #also the “Hinata and Kageyama need to be on separate teams actually” is an essay i think i will genuinely write at some point #just one more tiktok of people saying “noooo the boyfriendsss they need to be on the same team” and i'll do it i'll fucking do it #THEY CAN BE BOYFRIENDS AND BE ON DIFFERENT TEAMS PLEASE UNDERSTAND!!!!!!!!!1 #they needed to be on different teams in junior high for obvious plot reasons #they needed to be on the same team in high school for character development reasons #and they NEED to be in different teams going forward so they can continue to motivate one another #THEY ARE EACH OTHER'S GREATEST MOTIVATORS #there is nothing they love more than playing against one another like did you SEE the adlers v. jackals match HELLO #even when the adler's were LOSING tobio looked like he was having the TIME OF HIS LIFE #and you could tell that Hinata loved it too. not just because he was finally making up on that “i'm gonna beat u one day” promise #if they end up the same team forever they will just never feel that joy THEY NEED TO BE ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE NET I PROMISE #a net is not enough to stop a red string of fate #anyways #volleyball guys #wahoo another essay for the haikyuu tag!

[palepinkycat]

[prompt list]

Day 21 - Rowan - secrets, passion, desires

I told you I'd finish Planttober eventually lol

#planttober 2022 #dragon age fanart #da art #dalish elf #fantasy art #artists on tumblr #art tag #oc:aedan #oc:lenka #where i live rowan necklaces are strongly connected to fate and finding your one true love #we used to make them at school and this was the first thing that came to my mind when i thought about rowan #and you know one true love secrets passion??? ofc i had to draw these two 🙃 #aedan looks sliiightly taller from this perspective this is the best day of his life

[waterfall-ambience]

do you think captain luna should try sending damien to new zealand

#perpetua progress notes #THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE A JOKE. like rn all i know is that luna cannot exile damien in good conscience. #its not going to be like like 'oi stop making trouble get out of here' and he sends them to the void like with xisuma and ex. #luna caring about the kids is one of the things that changes the context of events so he's going to need to think that he's saving damien #maybe by sending them to a different world where the gods can't touch them. like putting them in a low stakes slice of life anime for a bit #which brings me to the option of making him send damien (and avery eventually) to aotearoa new zealand. #like yes. you could joke that its because nothing ever happens there. #but if we step into luna's shoes for a bit: it's *relatively* safe compared to places like the us. #most people speak english. theres healthcare. #major urban areas are pretty culturally diverse so it's likely to be decently safe for 2 queer asian kids specifically. #and they won't have to worry about spiders. #like. sticking damien in a boarding school in new zealand isnt an ideal situation but its better than having them repeatedly traumatised #by a goddess who wants to keep throwing Plot and cosmic horror at them. #damien does not end up going there by some twist of fate. but the exile arc could've just been the kids doing ncea.

[elytrafemme]

i feel like such an asshole for being so frigid and neglectful of one of my back-home friends but i am still not past the part where every time i mention that i have friends in college she starts crying or just the general like. cyclic conversations and over-earnesty. which isn't a bad trait like, being nice isn't a bad trait, but she's nice in a really weird guilting way where like. if i was ever upset she would do nice things so i would have to respond emphatically after even if i asked her to leave me alone. or if i send her one text she sends me three saying that she misses me. i really don't know what to do because i think she will be literally fucking impossible to reduce my friendship with, because i don't want to lose her but i really hate that i am still her Best Friend Ever and i'm not allowed to have new friends.

#like we used to be really close in high school but i was also going through so much back then #and even during our friendship at moments i was barely hanging on #we're like so compatible on her end and so barely compatible on mine #and i was fine with it because you cannot like Get Rid Of Her. that's fucking impossible. by being nice to her #i kind of sealed my fate but again!!! she's really lovely!!! #i just need her to like!!! meet one other person!!! #this isn't high school anymore i'm not watching movies with her to escape from the exploitation i felt everywhere else #i'm happy now but when i talk to her i feel that tiredness again #obviously if i vocalized this to her everyone she ever met in her entire life would know and she'd be depressed and angry #and her like. family would hate me. which would hurt a lot #but she does not get the fucking hint. even if the hint is like hey i want to talk to you just text me a little less #she doesn't get that. she just keeps texting me like. three times a week. #so like yes i'm an asshole but i don't really. i would like to have a chance to amend my wrongs #but we're kind of at an impasse where the best thing is for us to just Stop. and i don't think she's ever going to

[moony4pads]

*voice of a girl that zonned out 2 hours ago and does not now what is going on*: I Sleept 0 hours last night and is totally functioning

#i have been cursed by the insomina gods #yesterday i rejoyenced realising i regularly was gotton 7-8 hours of sleep in the nights of the holiday period #and overall my insomina has been looking up recently #like im talking up to 6 hours on a school night sometimes! (yes sometimes sschool starts at 11 but i still hav to lissen so is still school) #so the gods cursed me for being a celebratory duck and made me get 0 hours of sleep #no ajustment period to return to my insomiac fays to get used to the feeling of heavy eyelids like brics i cant hold open #this was w no changed to my routine btwwww en no extra stress specifically on that day i had not before had #so yeah fate was basicly like now that you have engnolged that ur improving i have to put you back to squere 1 #like a smakes and ladders board game but with numbers on the blokths #*SQUARES that js the word #how is it that this time last year i was regularly dealing w this shit and going through a functioning day like this #cant be me now #i have been spoiled by the sleep god and now i no longer now how to work on 0 hours of sleep an unmedicated brain and a crushing headache #(and it used to be that the days were i did get sleep i only got ever like 3-5 hours never any of this 7 hour shit i had saved up yet i #surviveded) i am no longer surviving succesfuly #my brain is too priocrepied trying to kwep my eyes open it cant think properly #there was a market today but i dint have the energy to go wich is a shame #also i am litterlay buried in dealdimes that i couldnt motivate myself to work on before i insominaed again so idk what ill do now #cry mabey but i am not feeling tears it is the buring jeeping my eyes open and they are not tears they are the regret of 3am me #insominac #insomnia #adhd #sleep #fail at life if lige is sleep and it is sleep in actuality #NO SLEEP BITCH LIKE COULD YOU NOT GAVE AT LEADT GIVEN ME 1 OR 2 HOURS JUST FOR FUNSIESES

[typemoonsmashorpass]

#lucky mother #mitochondrial eve #fate school life

[chaldeanu]

i think every. single. day. about this masterpiece. to think that someone came up with all these ideas, animated them, gave them colours, movement, life, everything… and now i can watch it as many times i want. there are so many hidden references to art pieces besides the heroes and the cultures themselves…

#tbh everyone should watch this video at least once in their life #it’s amazing what can people do with animation #and yes i’m a fate girlie but i don’t play the (gacha) game #i love the concept and some series from the universe <3 #ngl this franchise made me who i am today lmao without it i wouldn’t survive history of art in school asdfghjkl #and now i love it so dearly i could spend my whole life digging in myths and ancient cultures and art <3 #—talks.

[steakrogers]

that's what i'm talking about ‼️‼️‼️

#my phone broke and i got mad and got an mp3 to listen to music at work #got my new phone but i am going back to monke #life like in middle school #yes i'm listening to escape the fate #personal #mp3 player resurrection

[seek--rest]

Please don’t shoot me but I could never get on board with Rina because (even with how toxic they were) S1 Rini had my heart 🫣

But seeing from everyone’s reactions I’m glad the Rina shippers have been fed good because they are really good and Gina’s the best character out of the entire show by far.

I’d never shoot you for a different opinion; my rage is reserved for clowns and racists.

Honestly I know I’m too grown for this show because the way people argue about these ships is very junior high. AND the revisionist history to argue that Rina was endgame from the very start when it is very clear, to me a grown ass adult who even learned more about this show after drivers license dropped (also learning who Olivia Rodrigo is), that Rini was the intended endgame and would’ve been had Olivia’s career not blown up the way it did.

Maybe the revisionist history comes from a response of anger at the racism Gina receives or if it’s just childish bickering but either way, I’m very pleased with how things turned out even if it stretches logical explanation a bit too much for me towards the end

#seek streams #hsmtmts #hsmtmts spoilers #EJ Especially saying with his whole chest that high school is the best time of life #and the narrative never questioning that???? #sweetheart that is loser behavior #EJ peaking in high school makes sense but still #also the whole last half of the finale was just… too much #I can accept the unrealistic movie set things for the entire season #but a press conference given by a 16 year old deciding the fate of a movie is a step too far