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mm0924 · 3 months

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February of Mei Nagano. 2月。ショートケーキはどうやっても倒してしまう人間です…と言えたら不器用で可愛い女の子を演じられたのかもしれないけど、ショートケーキは最後まで倒さずに綺麗に食べられる人間です。フルーツがたくさん乗っているケーキは下の土台とフルーツをきちんと同じ分量で食べられる自信があるし、オペラケーキみたいな長方形で安定している形のケーキならお皿の上にスポンジが1つも残らないくらい綺麗に食べられる自信がある。だけど、ケーキの箱に入ったお持ち帰りのケーキを上手に持って帰る自信はまるでない。ケーキって味はもちろんだけどそれ以上に見た目だと思うんです。箱に入ったケーキをそーっと綺麗なままで持って帰ったつもりなのに、帰ったらいつの間にかケーキは歪んでいて、そんなケーキの存在をながのだけが見て、食べて、なかったことになるんです。ううん、なかったことにするんです。だってきっとそれはこのケーキが本来想定されていた〝食べられ方〟ではないから。ながのの思い込みかもしれないけれど、このケーキを作った人が届けたかった形ではないから。きっと誰よりも〝形〟に〝見た目〟に囚われていると、悲しくもがな感じることがあります。〝感情〟1つでさえその場で現れた感情を如何にして何％で表現するのかを考えてしまうし、友達以上恋人未満のもどかしい関係があったとしたら形の見え方の正解を求めてしまう。曖昧で〝今〟が楽しければいいと思う反面、自分の中で区切られている何かに全てを分類しなきゃ気が済まないんだろうな、と自分の性格を客観視しています。Ａ型の取り扱い説明書みたいになってますけど、ながのAB型です。一言でいうと（「AB型」「性格」「一言」検索）あっさりさっぱりした性格、だそうです。うん、間違いではない、むしろ大正解。だけど、ながのが持って帰ったちょっと歪んだケーキを一緒に笑って「美味しいね」って食べてくれる人にはできればずっと隣にいてほしいと、ながのの中のさっぱりしていない部分で思っています。ケーキを持って帰るのはあくまでもながの。一緒に持って帰ろう、は違うんです。…なんてややこしい子なんだ、と思われていることでしょう。でもこんなややこしいながのにそうやって上手に距離を作ってくれて、ながのが上手くケーキを持って帰れるように手助けしてくれる人が近くにいてくれるんだもん。幸せ者です。ショートケーキ、ロールケーキ、チーズケーキ…きらきら輝くショーケース。さて、今日は何のケーキをテイクアウトしよう。日々生きているだけで、色々なことがある。言っていないこと、言えなかったこと、言いたかったこと、あえて言わなかったこと、我慢したこと、我慢できなかったこと、泣きたかったこと、泣いてしまったこと…き��とたくさんあると思うんです。〝人〟の〝生〟き様について。生きる意味を考えない人もいるし、考えすぎてしまう人もいるし、考えないようにしてる人もいるし、意味なんてないと考えている人もいるし、生きながら探し続けている人もいる。日々生きているだけで起こる〝色々なこと〟のせいで、このままふらっと消えちゃおうかなと思う瞬間や衝動は大人になるにつれて増えたけれど、そんな時「人生なんて、あともうちょっと頑張ろうの繰り返しなんだよ！」といういつかの誰かの言葉を思い出します。そして〝あともうちょっと〟について考えて、絶望したり希望を見出したりするんです。きっとこれから先の人生、それの繰り返しで大丈夫になったり大丈夫じゃなくなったりするんだとしたら、生きていくことって心細すぎる。1人じゃとても抱えきれないとも思ってしまう。大丈夫じゃなくなる直前までは誰かに頼ることができるけど、本当に大丈夫じゃなくなってしまったらもう1人でうずくまることしかできなくて、そんな状態に慣れてしまうんです。ながのにもそんな時期があったし、これからもあるかもしれない。だから、元気の無い状態に慣れてしまわないように、元気になれそうなことは積極的に摂取していきたい。例えば、雨の日にお気に入りの傘を差してみたり、いつもより少し大きな声で「いただきます」と言ってみたり、家を出る前には姿見の前でくるっとターンしちゃったりなんかして…小さいけれど元気になれそうなことをかき集めていたら、気付いたら大きな元気玉になっていたりするものなのよ。ふふ、得意なんです、小さな元気を見つけるの。小さな元気をかき集めて「あれ？もしかしたら凄い元気かもしれない」そんな錯覚をしながら生きていけたら、それが希望になるんじゃないかと思ったりします。生きる意味なんてないかもしれないし、意味がないことに意味があるのかもしれないし、この世界を去る瞬間にしか分からないことなのかもしれないけれど、いつか「このために生まれたのか！」と思えるときがあるかもしれないし…まだよく分からないけれど、分からないからもう少しここで生きてみようと思う。あともうちょっと頑張ろう。お仕事！今月は伊右衛門やアイシティの新CMや、「Ray」の表紙や「BARFOUT！」の紙面に出していただきました。また、今年もミラノで開催されたPRADAのショー『PRADA FW 24』に出席させていただきました。PRADAのアイテムはどれも可愛くて、年々パワーアップしています…！そして、現在放送中のドラマ『君が心をくれたから』のノベライズが発売決定となりました。小説にはドラマ本編の内容に加えてドラマには出てこないオリジナル短編小説も収録されています…というのはXの投稿にも書かせていただいたので、ここを読んでくれた方にだけ特別にもう少し教えちゃうと、オリジナル短編小説は宇山さん書下ろしで『クリスマスと小さな二文字』というタイトル、高校生の雨ちゃんが「太陽さん」から「太陽くん」と呼ぶまでの物語です。好きな人の呼び方を変えるってどういうことだと思いますか？ながのの考えもちょこっと小説で知れちゃいます。1巻は雨ちゃん視点の短編となっていますが、2巻は太陽くん視点で別エピソードになる予定（宇山さんが締め切りに追われているのを目撃しました）なので、是非ノベライズもご一読ください。ドラマはもう8話の放送を終え残りあと3話、〝逢原雨〟として精一杯生きたいと思います。

3月のながののイチオシソングは声にならないよさんの『死にたい夜のBGM』。何度聴いても単刀直入だなと思う歌詞だけど、辛くてどうしようもなくなった時、この曲がもう一度ながのの目の前に出てきてくれるんだと思う。

君の笑顔が曇ったこと僕が気づかない訳ないでしょ？君の瞳がにじんだこと僕が気づかない訳ないでしょ？

そう言って口下手なながのから言葉を引き出してくれる、大好きな人へ。MVに出てくるノートに書かれた「・仮面をかぶっている自分→私とは？」、泣いていないふりをして静かに涙を拭いて、連絡のこないスマホはただの鉄の塊にしか見えなくて、パソコンを開いて文章を書こうと思うけど何も出てこなくて、だけどあなたと話している時間だけは全部忘れてころっと笑顔になれちゃう。死にたい夜のBGMはいつもあなたの声で、気づかない訳ないってわかってて「どうしたの？」と尋ねてくれる優しさに甘えて温かさに包まれて安心して、頼りっぱなしで甘えっぱなしでたくさん我慢させてる。これはめいの力不足。2分5秒から始まる手拍子に背中を押されて前を向けた。気持ちを原点に戻して。あなたがあなたらしくいられるように、辛くてどうしようもなくなった時、死にたい夜のBGMがめいの声になったらいいのにとそんな欲張りなことを願う。あなたの幸せの形を選ぶのはあなたしかいないけれど、めいの幸せの形には間違いなくあなたが存在します。もっと知れますように、もっと知ってもらえますように。上手に気持ちを伝えるのは苦手だけど、1つだけ。もしまた生まれ変われるなら、次も絶対出会いたい。 Tumblrの更新が回を増すごとに綴る文章の題材、内容、言葉選びに不安を抱えているながのですが、「紅茶入れてからゆっくり読みたくて」とか「毎月の壮大なタンブラー好きだよ」と言ってくださる方々のおかげ（本当にありがとうございます。）で毎度自己肯定感は上がりっぱなしで調子に乗って後書までつらつらと書き進めている今日この頃です。こうして毎月文章を書いていると〝うっかり言っちゃったこと〟より〝それでも言わなかったこと〟にその人の本質があると思える時があるんです。きっとそれって〝生まれつき持っていた感情〟よりも〝生まれてから育てた意志〟に興味があるからだと思います。ながのがTumblrに綴る言葉は陰も陽も、ながのの意志が伴って発信している言葉。発信した言葉の裏にはいつも〝それでも言わなかったこと〟が付きまといます。生まれつき持っていた感情に流されて、言わないでいいことまで言ってしまうとか、言いやすいから強く言いすぎてしまうとか、そうやって相手への気遣いを疎かにして、無意識に一緒にいられる毎日が当たり前だと思ってしまっていて、そんな怠惰の積み重ねで関係って崩れていくんです。関係って水みたいで、零したものにこだわって掬いなおそうとしても元に戻すのは難しいから、これからまた少しずつ注いでいく必要があるんだと思う。グラスが割れないうちに。自由に書きたいことを書きたいだけ書いためいの月記、最後まで読んで下さりありがとうございました。 3月のながのめいもよろしくお願いします︎︎︎︎︎︎☺︎

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honorthysalad · 6 months

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OMG HI SORRY but where did you get the summer hikaru died novel? Did you buy the actual novel or is it online too?🙏🙏

So here’s the link to the preview for the light novel! I believe there’s like… 40 or so pages (I don’t feel like checking) with an introduction, a complete chapter 1, and then a little bit of a chapter 2. There’s some original art in there and a few pages are panels from the manga. I don’t believe the book is fully out for purchase anywhere yet, and I’m not sure when it’s coming out either.

edit: it’s out rn you can get it on the same website. The special edition includes a short story not in the manga and a short comic as well. I believe there’s 4 other pieces of original art in there as well.

#hikaru ga shinda natsu #the summer hikaru died #hgsn #My hgsn shit

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harapeveco · 7 months

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Forgot to mention it bc I’m having a moment rn but you can read the first chapter of the InT manga here!

https://comic-walker.com/contents/detail/KDCW_MF03204391010000_68/

#inochi no tabekata #sigh this is gonna be a painful one

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osmac-org · 9 months

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ツイステ、学園長関連の予想や妄想

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a.学園長のユニーク魔法予想最新版

今まで未来視や石にする魔法を予想してましたが、これじゃね？と思ったのがあったので更新しております。

未来視ではなく、「現在・過去・未来」視。腰の鏡がそれぞれに対応している説ですね。棺アイコンに鏡ではなく鍵なのは時計をまく鍵では？というのと、知識が歪に思える点からの予想です。

世間にはループ説というのもありますが、学園長がループ（すべての未来）を認識しているならおかしい場面が多々ありますね。

５章の独白「今度こそ"あちら側"に～」などは知ってるならもっと対処可能でしょうし。

６章ラストのグリムへの台詞はグリムがどういう扱いを受けたか知ってたら出ないでしょう。他にも下に画像のある「そろそろ"彼ら"が～」の部分や、知ってるなら４章でスマホ渡さない等。

それにノベライズの話ですが、監督生が持ち込んだスマホに対する学園長の驚きの台詞がすげー素っぽくて印象に残ってるんですよね。だから監督生についてもすべては知らなそう。

そしてなぜ知識が歪んで見える（未来について知ってそうな部分とそうでない部分がある）かというと、鏡で見るということは見るためにリアル時間を消費するし、見る前からいつどこで何があるかわかっているわけではないためすべては知れないのではないかとの予想。

４章はスマホの通じない茨の谷に行っている予想でしたが、ユニーク魔法関係かもしれません。

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b.プロローグについてプロローグ前半「愛しい我が君～」プロローグ後半「残された時間は少ない」

前半がレヴァーンで後半が学園長のふりした闇の鏡説を考えたりしましたが、BGM名がディア・クロウリーなら最低限どっちかは当人。しかし画的に監督生に手を取らせる場面はどうにしろ闇の鏡が噛んでないか……？便宜上の演出でしょうか。差し出された手の袖は青紫で縁ありっぽい。ノベライズでは「ローブの人物」。

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c.学園長黒幕説

散々否定してますがちゃんとまとめておきます。

１章→エースの言葉を受け、リドルが寮長になった方法を勧めただけ

２章→オバブロ要因になる対マレウスを無くす方向の殿堂入り提案（この提案が煽りだみたいなのも見ましたが、大会そのものが近づいているのに無意味では）。学園長は推定妖精族なので他の種族との軋轢は避けたい、仮面も多少その意味もあるのではと勝手に妄想しています（仮面がなければ瞳孔の形で人間でないことはわかる）。

オバブロ後黒い石を探していたのは６章「ブロットは結晶化することがある」「実物は見たことない」（から見てみたい）でオチてる予想。グリムに食わせるのが目的なら、周りに止められるかもしれないのにずっと放置なのが謎。

学園長自身が石を集めている説も見ましたが、ピンポイントでここだけ探すのが謎だし、ノベライズで重要じゃなさそう×２と言われていたりリドルの石をグリムが食べる時の流れからかなり薄いと思います。

３章→すでに契約で寮を取られた監督生に依頼しただけでほぼ接触なし

４章→不在。１年ほど前に、カリム寮長推薦を却下するように言いにきたジャミルとの会話が回想にありますが、富豪や企業が学園に寄付するのは普通です。７章で「NRCの提携先企業」と出てくるように、私立と思われるNRCの運営は地球の専門学校や大学と変わりないと思われる。ジャミルに知らせたのが良くないとも見ましたが寄付は公開情報だし、カリムより先に寮にいてそれが改築されたジャミルの立場で知らないのは無理がないすか？

５章→練習風景を公開したのがオバブロ誘導だとか見ましたが、普通公開されるだろうし毎年のことじゃ？ノベライズに「"あれ"（多分マジフトのRSA）に勝てるかも」とあるので"あちら側"は普通にRSA予想。

６章→別行動。「"彼ら"が動き出す頃かも」はマレウスとリリアも予想していたので妖精族だから知っているか、そもそも別の何かについてかも。"彼ら"として実は元老院が気になってたもののシルバー関連で消化しそう。

通報者は「黎明の国を通じて匿名で」なので学園長の可能性は薄い。イタズラでないことを担保するため黎明の国は通報者を知っているでしょうし。

７章→リリアの魔力を無くさせた？まったく根拠なし。

そもそも日常のあれこれではオバブロしない、過去からの因果がないとと６章イデアに言われてますが。学園長黒幕でプロローグの後半やミッキーさんの件を説明できないでしょうし。ただし……（次項に続く）。

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d.a＋bをしてみる

aのユニーク魔法があるとbにおける反証をいくらかは相殺できます。ブロットの結晶を実物は見たことがなくても魔法で見たかもしれないし、放っておいてもオバブロすると知っていたかもしれないし、S.T.Y.X.襲撃も魔法で見ていたかも。ただこれだと２章でわざわざ黒い石を直接探さなくていいはずだし、既出の、すべて知っているなら取る必要のない行動の謎は残りますが。オバブロさせるには過去からの因縁が必要で過去に干渉できないなら、因縁ある生徒を集めたことになりますが、それだけだと一部は生徒にならなくてもオバブロしてね？

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e.過去に干渉する方法

１．学園長のユニーク魔法別論…現在過去未来を見るのでなく、鏡を通じ過去に干渉する能力。実は学園長の本体は「終わってしまった」未来におり、鏡を通じ監督生に未来を見せるなどした。たまに存在感が消えているのもそのため。→反証。チート過ぎ。存在感が消えるのはオンボロ寮もなので別理由の可能性が高い。また、この時間軸（過去）の学園長はどこへ？分裂？この想定ならすべての出来事を経験済みで知っているはずのため、やはり既出の謎も残ります

２．グリムの力…ユニーク魔法や特殊能力説。スティッチイベでも掘ってましたが、４章でも穴掘り名人と言われていた、というあれが気になります。過去を掘り返すに通じそう、というのはこじつけ臭いか。ブロットが蓄積、という６章も気になる。過去の因果ごと食べていたり、本来自然に還るべき何かを奪っていそうで。学園長の気配が消える件も、実はすでに石を食べられているから、の可能性あり

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f.闇の鏡と監督生

闇の鏡を怪しんだりそうでなかったり。原作、鏡の中に閉じ込められた男、ということは中に世界があり、エンハロのように死の国に通じる可能性。監督生はそこから来たのかと思いましたが、ノベライズで監督生は自分のいない現世の夢を見ていたので違いそう。グリムもいたのは鏡の中か、と思いましたが魔獣と小動物を掛け合わせた存在でした。監督生ともともと魂がつながってそうですが、どういう関係か？なんなら６章ラストの学園長の「あなたたちが無事で～」の"たち"がグリムと監督生のことという可能性もありそう。

OPの２番の歌詞も拝読。「かたち」というと監督生が闇の鏡に言われた「色形完全な無」を思い出す。「学園長が記憶を持ったままのループ」「何周もしてるループ」説は否定してますが、時間も関係してそう。

闇の鏡が２枚ある説も見ましたが、リドル式典服PSだと便宜上背景とキャラとで分かれてるぽいですね。

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g.レヴァーンと学園長の関係

レヴァーンの子孫＞兄弟＞マレウスの兄弟か親戚＞本人

あまり世代離れ過ぎてもインパクトがありませんが、フェアリーガラをよく知らない、カメラに魂を抜かれるとされた時代には生きてなさそう（リリアと同年くらいなら知ってそう）、学園長歴ン十年（ノベライズは百年）、ということで離れていてもおかしくない気はしてきました。バウルがいた夕焼けの草原の妖精族の集落出身で、レヴァーン（の血族）と美しき女王のカラスの獣人系のハイブリッドなど。離れていても似ていそうではある。モチーフ元としてディズニーアニメ内のまったく別のカラスで適任そうなのは見つからず。童話「鏡の国のアリス」のカラスが気になったりしますが。

追記・レヴァーンの声がマレウス似という情報が出たのでそもそも顔が似ているかも微妙になってきましたが。上記の「子孫」と「マレウスの親戚」は同じ事を言っていますが、子孫はもっと離れているイメージ。マレウスの兄弟説はお亡くなりになりました。従兄弟や甥伯父等の可能性の方が高そう。

学園長の年齢の話。学園長よりマレウスの方が妖精関連に詳しく、学園長はマレウスを博識だと認識している情報的にも、教員の年齢の法則（2020-モチーフ作品公開年）的にも学園長はマレウスより年上にならない可能性大。ゴーストカメラ周りの発言を素直に見れば「ゴーストカメラが発明された頃（110～150年前）の記憶はないがすっげー昔とは思わない」年齢なので、「（2020-白雪姫公開年）＋（2020-眠れる森の美女公開年）＝144歳」が割としっくりきます

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h.ルークとの関係

ルークは鳥の獣人かその血筋で学園関係者の身内っぽいのはFAしかかってますが、肝心の学園長との関係はよくわからず。６章「旅行好きな先祖」がそのままなのかどの程度比喩か。きょうだい、の方だと先祖とは言わないかな。展開によっては鏡の中から助け出したのが学園長で～みたいな特殊事情もなくはないかも。

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i.今後

・７章の話…白馬に盾の紋章はRSAなので、銀の梟は黎明ぽい。学園長の言う"彼ら"こと別の何かはRSA関係の集団で、特別授業の梟も監視だったり、というのは穿ちすぎ？

ミッキーさんがいる光側の世界の何かだと唐突なような。ミッキーさんがつながるのは本人の意思ではない。

つながるのは何かの余波＞別の誰かの意思ですが、闇の側がつなげてメリットはなさそう

どうも「グリムが寝てるか正気を失ってる」が条件な気が。オバブロや石を食べるのとはタイミングが違います。あと、もしかしたらミッキーさんが近づくほど学園長の気配は薄くなる？（下の件）。

・学園長のオバブロ？…ディアブロモチーフなら７章かもと思ってましたが、次章で学園長がオバブロするなら今までの章と同じような流れでしそう。RSAとのマジフトがあるので７章の後も日常は戻る。しかし「グリムはすでに学園長の石を食べている」可能性もある。オンボロ寮生だった頃にオンボロ寮について記憶が曖昧になるような大事故（オバブロ等）が起きて……みたいな。この場合は学園長戦はないかも？

・エース黒幕説…これがあるから注意して読んだりしますが、学園長へも突っ込み多い。「そろそろ"彼ら"が～」も聞いていたりするし。あるならエースが黒幕になるんじゃなくて、学園長を怪しむ展開の伏線では。

最近、チュートリアルの魔獣が未来ではなくてあれをどうにかしたからこうなった説を考えたりしてますが、時系列上手くつながるかどうかわかりません。

どうにしろグリム＋監督生、鏡、ミッキーさん、学園長の気配が消える件が８章以降の伏線になりそうな。公式から「この先もっと壮大な話になる」とか聞こえてきているようだから、ツイステ界の存亡やあり方に関わる事態になる予想をしとります。

#ツイステ #ツイステ考察 #ツイステッドワンダーランド #twst #twisted wonderland #ディア・クロウリー

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kennak · 2 months

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スレイヤーズのTogetterまとめみてたらしたくなってきたー！ということでしていきますそもそもライトノベルの歴史というものを語る時に、ライトノベルというものが「オタクカルチャーの交差点である」という事実に目を向けなければなりませんライトノベルというのはとかく、他のオタクカルチャー（漫画、アニメ、ゲーム、鉄道、ミリタリー、最近だとVtuberとか）にめちゃくちゃ影響を受けやすいジャンルですこれはそもそも出自が出自で、まず前提としてライトノベルの前身として、「時をかける少女」や「ねらわれた学園」などのSF的なジュブナイル小説があり、「なんて素敵にジャパネスク」を書いた氷室冴子や新井素子の諸作品による現代の口語体を使った文体表現を使った少女小説があり、D＆Dが日本に来て、派生のゲーム群であるドラクエやらFFが売れたりしたおかげで、TRPGが流行、それらのリプレイ集も人気になり、さらにアニメで「機動戦士ガンダム」が爆発的なヒットをして、それのノベライズ（監督自身の描きおろし）も人気になり、こういったものを一緒くたにまとめて扱ってたのが、角川スニーカー文庫であり、富士見ファンタジア文庫であり、角川の内紛やらで派生した電撃文庫なのであるつまり、レーベル説的な史観から見ると、その出自自体がオタクカルチャーのカオスの中から生まれたのがライトノベルなのだで、この中で出てきた「スレイヤーズ」がなんだったかというと、これらの要素を一通り取り込んで、かつ、「TVアニメ化」して大ヒットした作品だった、というところである上に書いた通り、ラノベレーベルというのはリプレイ集だったり、ノベライズといういわば「メインのコンテンツの傍流」としての側面があった。なので、オリジナルコンテンツ自体は作っていたにせよ、あくまで、二次的創作としての見方が強かったものであった。（ロードス島も元はTRPGリプレイの派生であるので）ところが、そこから出た「スレイヤーズ」という作品は主人公のリナの視点の口語体で進行して、ゲームのファンタジーのお約束を茶化すようなメタ的なコメディ雰囲気を持ちつつ、あらいずみるいのアニメ的な表紙があって、そして強敵とバトルでの少年漫画的な要素という属性全部盛りながら、それをうまく調和した作品となっていたさらに、それがアニメ化して夕方に流れて大ヒットしていった。つまり、傍流であったものの中からオリジナルな作品が生まれ、それが本流の方で大ヒットしたという意味で「スレイヤーズ」はライトノベルにおける大きな意味があったと言えるで、これが売れたおかげで、何が起こったかというとライトノベルで一攫千金できるやん！というバブルが起きて、90年代後半から00年代のライトノベルオリジナルの作品群の発生につながっていくという流れになるこれは個人的な見解になるが「元祖」というものを考えた時におそらく「ライトノベルの表現の元祖」というものを考える人は多いだろうだが、何度も書くがライトノベルはそもそもその表現手法自体も他オタクカルチャーの影響を大きく受けるのでその起源や由来があまりにも複雑化しているなので、「スレイヤーズ」というものを評価するなら「ライトノベルの元祖」ではなく「ライトノベル文化が醸成していく上での（資金的にも、コンテンツ的な認知度としても）起点となった」という評価がよいかなと思うそれであったとしても、「スレイヤーズ」自体がライトノベルに与えた影響はいささかも揺るがないのだから※2024/02/19 ・少女小説のくだりでタイトルが間違っていたところを修正。すまんやで。・あと富士見ファンタジアの発生の指摘があったからそこも修正。この辺り、角川のごたごたも相まって本当にござるか～？があるので助かる

うおおおお、雑なラノベ語りをしたくなったー！！！

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okonominyaki · 8 months

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駅前の蔦屋行って、VIVANTノベライズ買おうと思ったが、なんか

ちらっと少し読んだらめっちゃつまんなくて

書き方も下手というかやる気がなかったやろと感じるというか

見たテレビそのままていうかw

なので買わなかった！結局！2冊も買うと2200円だし！やーめた！気になるけど！！少しはそれでも気になるけど！！

BL買って息子に絵本を買って

終了

@miloucomehome ごめん！！I thought about taking one for the team and buying them but I just couldn’t. It might just be me but honestly like. It felt like they didn’t even try to make this an enjoyable read? At all? So I didn’t buy the books :-(

Let’s hope the guys on twitter pick out the important parts….

#vivant #vivant drama

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yoichijerry · 1 year

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ウィッチンケア第13号（Witchenkare VOL.13）

発行日：2023年4月1日出版者（not社）：yoichijerry（よいちじぇりー） A5 判：224ページ／定価（本体1,600円＋税） ISBN:：ISBN:：978-4-86538-146-7　C0095　¥1600E

【寄稿者／掲載作品】　～「もくじ」より

006　荻原魚雷／社会恐怖症

010　中野純／臥学と歩学で天の川流域に暮らす

016　野村佑香／おしごと　〜ＬｏｖｅＭｙｓｅｌｆ〜

022　加藤一陽／リトルトリップ

028　蜂本みさ／せんべいを割る仕事

034　コメカ／さようなら、「２０１０年代」

040　木俣冬／まぼろしの、

044　久禮亮太／フラヌール書店ができるまで

050　すずめ園／��星野屋敷

058　荒木優太／不届きものの後始末

062　美馬亜貴子／スウィート・ビター・キャンディ

066　武田徹／鶴見俊輔の詩　〜リカルシトランスに抗うもの〜

072　久山めぐみ／坂元裕二と普通であることとメロドラマについてのノート

078　柳瀬博一／カワセミ都市トーキョー序論

086　朝井麻由美／削って削って削って

090　武田砂鉄／クリーク・ホールディングス漆原良彦ＣＥＯインタビュー

096　宇野津暢子／好きにすればよい

102　多田洋一／パイドパイパーハウスとトニーバンクス

116　トミヤマユキコ／変名で生きてみるのもええじゃないか

120　長谷川町蔵／ルーフトップバー

126　小川たまか／別の理由

132　吉田亮人／写真集をつくる

136　谷亜ヒロコ／ホス狂いと育児がほぼ同じだった件

140　武藤充／氷武藤家の足跡

144　久保憲司／余命13年

150　仲俣暁生／ホワイト・アルバム

156　柴那典／ベーグルとロースとんかつ

162　清水伸宏／アンインストール

170　ふくだりょうこ／この後はお好きにどうぞ

174　矢野利裕／３年ぶりの合唱──『学校するからだ』のアナザーストーリーとして

180　藤森陽子／梅は聞いたか

184　木村重樹／アグリーセーターと「本当は優しい鬼畜系」の話

190　宮崎智之／書くことについての断章

196　東間嶺／口にしちゃいけないって言われてることはだいたい口にしちゃいけない

202　かとうちあき／おネズミ様や

206　山本莉会／かわいいみんなのおだやかでない話

210　我妻俊樹／北極星

218　参加者のVOICE

223　バックナンバー紹介

編集／発行：多田洋一

写真：千賀健史

Art Direction & Design：太田明日香

取次：株式会社JRC（人文・社会科学書流通センター）

印刷／製本：株式会社シナノパブリッシングプレス

〈2010年4月創刊の文芸創作誌「Witchenkare（ウィッチンケア）」は今号で第13号となります。発行人・多田洋一が「ぜひこの人に！」と寄稿依頼した、37名の書き下ろし作品が掲載されています。書き手にとって、小誌はつねに新しい創作のきっかけとなる「試し」の場。多彩な分野で活躍する人の「いま書いてみたいこと」を１冊の本に纏めました！〉

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otomehonyaku · 19 days

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DIABOLIK LOVERS アニメ公式ノベライズ Official Novelization ☽ Chapter 1 Translation

[…] ☽ [Next chapter]

Hello everyone! It's been a while. I went back to Japan for the first time in ages last month and immediately fell back down the Diabolik Lovers rabbit hole when I went to the Rejet shop...

I recently found this so-called 'anime novelization' on eBay, and thought it might be fun to use it to get back into translating. This book was released as a novel counterpart to the first season of the Diabolik Lovers anime, thus following the storyline of the anime rather than the visual novels (almost to a T).

Please let me know if you like reading these and want me to translate more of it! I'm not exactly sure how active the fandom is anymore, so I think I'll just test the waters with a couple of chapters and see if it'll be fun to translate the entire book. Who knows!

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Originally written by Yukuzuki Hiroha 結来月ひろは Translated from the Japanese by @otomehonyaku

STORY Following her father’s job transfer, Komori Yui is sent to live with the Sakamaki brothers. However, these six brothers turn out to be sadistic, ill-tempered vampires. The men are after Yui’s sweet and incredibly rare blood, and go to great lengths toying with her body and soul to get it. Before long, Yui finds herself trapped in an alluringly dangerous love game(1)...

1. 吸血愛戯 (ラブゲーム): Stylised as ‘love game’ but written with the characters for bloodsucking (吸血), love (愛), and play (戯). The latter character also has a connotation of playfulness/mischief.

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DISCLAIMER This is an unofficial translation intended for those interested in reading the story of the Diabolik Lovers game/season in a slightly more literary format in English. I have no affiliation with Rejet or Frontier Works whatsoever. All rights belong to them, but PLEASE DO NOT POST THIS TRANSLATION ELSEWHERE OR TRANSLATE TO OTHER LANGUAGES WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.

Now that that’s out of the way—have fun reading! ❤️

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Episode 1

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That day, like any other day, the sky was aglow with twilight. In the quiet forest, which was dimly lit by the evening sun, the sound of a car engine pierced the air. It was a taxi, driving alone on the narrow forest path.

What a pretty sky… Komori Yui thought as she gazed at the sky from the backseat of the taxi.

Yui was an ordinary second-year high school student. She lived with her father, who was a priest, before he had to relocate for work. Yui was sent to live with the Sakamaki family, who were acquaintances of her father's, and so she was currently on her way to her new home.

A lake came into view from the taxi window. The setting sun glittered off the surface of the lake. The wind, carrying the scent of the forest, rustled Yui’s hair when she opened the car window. She spotted a large mansion nestled between the trees through the window on the opposite side.

So that’s where I’ll be living from now on…

The closer the taxi got to the mansion, the wider the girl’s eyes became. Aside from what looked to be the main building, which was built around a courtyard, there were even several auxiliary buildings and a gazebo on the property.

I’ve never even seen a mansion this big before.

Before long, the taxi stopped before a gate that was large enough for two cars to easily pass through at the same time.

“Thank you,” Yui said to the driver and stepped out of the car. The taxi returned into the direction from which they had come.

Yui took her suitcase and looked up at the large, Western-style building beyond the gate. It was a three-storey brick building that might as well have belonged to a family of European aristocrats. Briefly taken aback by the view in front of her, Yui opened the gate and went into the courtyard.

“Wow… I never thought it would be such an elegant house.”

Pulling her suitcase behind her and eying her surroundings with astonishment, Yui made her way to the front door. The entrance was still quite a ways away from where she was, and Yui couldn't quite make it there as she kept falling from one surprise into another.

There’s even a fountain!

The stone statue of a gargoyle was perched on top of the fountain and looked down at her. Yui wondered briefly whether this was the personal taste of the mansion’s owner. As she passed by the fountain, the shadows of raindrops started to appear on the stone tiles underneath her feet.

“Rain?!” Caught off-guard, Yui looked up.

The sky that had been so clear earlier was now black with rain clouds. Just as Yui thought she'd seen a flash of lightning pierce the dark sky, a loud clap of thunder rumbled through the air. Startled by the thunder, she let out a small cry.

“Oh no, even thunder…” Yui clumsily hurried in the direction of the front door. The rain began pouring down the moment she reached it.

Thank God I didn't end up soaked. It wouldn't be appropriate to show up at your new host family’s doorstep drenched to the skin with rain, after all.

Yui faced the door. It was huge and covered in decorative engraving, and she used the ancient-looking door knocker to announce her arrival. The sound of the cold, iron knocker reverberated through the mansion once, twice, but nobody came to answer.

“Excuse me!” Yui called, and extended a hand towards the door.

Before she could reach it, the door inched open by itself with a loud creaking sound.

“Ah!”

Yui flinched backward in surprise. Out of curiosity, she gingerly peeked through the gap in the door. Nobody was there. Did that mean she was welcome to go inside?

As if she'd been invited in, Yui stepped inside, and the door immediately slammed shut behind her.

Once inside, the first thing that greeted her was a lavish entrance hall lit by a chandelier hanging from the ceiling. Still, the entrance hall somehow looked quite gloomy, stretching out far into the shadows on either side of her.

“Um… Is anybody there?” Yui ventured once more, her voice echoing off the high ceiling.

“How strange. I wonder if they didn't know I would be coming today,” Yui muttered to herself as she paced through the hall. When she stepped onto the red carpet spread out on the floor, a large staircase came into view. She paused before the stairs, only barely visible under the dim light of the chandelier as she called out again, “Excuse me!”

Once more, her voice rang through the air to no avail. Nobody came.

What should I do?

She might have been looking for the master of the house, but that didn't mean she should feel free to snoop around in someone else's home. Yui was at a loss. She stood stock-still, trailing her eyes over her surroundings, and then she noticed something.

For a brief moment, a bolt of lightning outside cast a sliver of light on a sofa by the window.

Wait, what was…

She only saw it for an instant, but Yui made her way over to the sofa. She saw a figure not unlike the shape of a boy laying on top of it. He seemed about the same age as her, and wore what looked to be a school uniform, but it was completely dishevelled. Under his head was a cushion, which he used as a pillow as he slept.

What an odd place to sleep in… But I’m glad I managed to find someone.

The boy looked to be sleeping soundly when the lightning illuminated his face again. Even though Yui knew it would be rude to wake him up, she called out to him.

”Um… Excuse me.”

She reached out and touched the boy’s hand, but withdrew immediately.

“So cold!”

The boy’s skin had been much colder than she’d expected. Regardless of how long he’d been sleeping on that couch, his body temperature shouldn’t have dropped that much.

He doesn’t even have a temperature to begin with…

“Are you okay?”

Yui started panicking and held an ear to the boy’s chest, but the heartbeat she should have heard never came.

“His heart isn’t beating… Oh no, I have to call an ambulance!”

Yui pulled her phone out of the bag slung over her shoulder, and hurried to call the emergency number, but a hand shot out from beside her and swiftly took the phone right out of her hands.

“Ah!”

“…Shut the fuck up. Who do you think you are, walking into someone’s house yapping like that?”

The boy Yui had assumed had been dead suddenly stood up from the sofa, her phone in his hand, and shot her an irritated glare with his emerald eyes.

“Y-you’re alive?!”

“What?”

The words had escaped Yui’s lips in an involuntary whisper, but the boy didn’t bother hiding his annoyance when he responded.

“Obviously. Who’d you think Yours Truly is?”

The boy responded like this was the most normal situation in the world, but it didn’t make sense to Yui at all.

What’s going on…?

Without realising it, Yui slowly started backing away from him. “But… Your heart wasn’t beating…” She was absolutely positive that she hadn’t heard a heartbeat.

And yet… Why did the boy in front of her look so calm and composed?

A flash of blind panic urged Yui to make a run for it, but the boy caught her in his arms and pushed her onto her back on the sofa.

“Ah! What are you doing?!”

“What, isn’t it obvious? I’m gonna eat you up.” The boy’s face dipped in close, but bent down further to lick the nape of Yui’s neck.

What on Earth…

Yui’s mind reeled at the boy’s unexpected behaviour, and she yelped, but that only made her assailant’s face twist into an amused grin. He bent down again in an attempt to bite into her neck.

“Ayato! What is this? Tone it down.”

The boy—Ayato, apparently—clicked his tongue and glared at the person standing next to the sofa. “Reiji.”

The person Ayato referred to as Reiji was a highly strung-looking boy with glasses perched on his narrow nose. With his calm and polite demeanour and white gloves, he almost looked like a butler, but when Yui looked closely, he was wearing the same uniform as Ayato.

Reiji looked at Ayato over the rim of his glasses with an exasperated expression. “This is the entrance hall. A place where we welcome guests. Please take these sorts of activities to your own room.”

“Ugh, boring.” Ayato reluctantly sat up.

Did this boy just come to save me?

Yui flung herself off of the sofa and scurried to Reiji’s side. “P-please help me!”

He gave her a puzzled look when she called for help. “And you are?”

“Komori Yui. My father arranged for me to stay here.”

“I don’t recall hearing about that.”

After listening to Yui’s explanation, Reiji returned his attention to Ayato. “Ayato, will you explain what’s going on here?”

“What? Like hell I know,” Ayato answered gruffly, and swung a leg up onto the sofa. He looked directly at Yui. “Y’know, Pancake, you could’ve told me all of that earlier.”

“That’s because you attacked me all of a sudden.”

“Huh…”

Somewhat unsurprised that she wouldn’t be able to have a normal conversation with the person who had just plainly assaulted her. Ayato turned away from her as if he hadn’t done anything wrong.

What’s wrong with him? He’s been nothing but rude… Yui thought, and suddenly something occurred to her.

“Wait, you said Pancake… Did you mean me?”

“Of course, you idiot. You really that dense, Pancake?” Ayato cast her an amused sideways glance, clearly making fun of her.

Next to Yui, who was still fuming at the rude nickname, Reiji crossed his arms in thought.

“Strange indeed. Nobody has reported this to me, either.”

Then Yui must have come to the wrong mansion. But still, there aren’t any other houses around here.

“Ah, um, so you are…”

“Let’s not discuss this here. Please follow me. Your luggage will be taken care of.” Before Reiji had even finished talking, Yui noticed that a butler had appeared beside her suitcase.

“Oh!” When did he get here?

The butler acknowledged Yui with a little nod and disappeared with her suitcase. What on Earth is going on in this mansion? A front door that opens by itself, and a butler that appears out of thin air, without a sound. And then there’s…

When Yui cast a glance toward Ayato, who was still sitting on the sofa, his eyes met hers with a disgruntled expression. Remembering what he had done to her earlier, Yui quickly looked away and followed Reiji instead.

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Reiji led Yui into a spacious living room. The chandelier hanging from the ceiling gave off a dazzling light, and firewood was burning in the hearth.

“Please, have a seat.”

“Thank you.”

Yui did as he said and took a seat on the sofa.

“You too, Ayato. We cannot have a proper conversation if you do not.”

“Ugh. Fine.”

She watched as Ayato took a seat next to her, and Reiji started to speak.

“Firstly, please do us the courtesy of explaining why you barged into our home without permission.”

“Ah, yes.”

I didn’t really barge in here, though… However, to Reiji and the others, that’s what it must seem like. I should apologise and clear up the misunderstanding.

“Um…” Yui straightened her spine but was interrupted before she could speak.

“Oh, oh, oh! What’s this?” a voice laughed from above. When Yui looked up, she saw a boy peering down at her from the mezzanine. “To think such a cute girl would show up here!” He looked about the same age as Ayato, but wore a black hat on his head. His bright green eyes bore into Yui’s, making her a little nervous.

Has he been there the entire time? I couldn’t even tell. Just as she took in the strange circumstances, a tongue trailed over Yui’s left cheek.

“Ah!”

Did someone just lick me?

Touching her cheek in surprise, Yui looked to the side and was met with the boy who had just been on the mezzanine. What? How did he get over here so fast? Feeling as though she’d been pinched, she cast him an accusatory look.

“Hm… She smells so sweet.”

When Yui pressed her back against the sofa to get away from the boy, another voice suddenly sounded from right behind her.

“Please let me have a taste, too.”

Someone licked her ear this time. Yui spun around and saw a purple-haired boy of small stature there. She cringed at the moist sound of his tongue, pressing a hand to her ear.

“She tastes sweet, too.”

What on Earth is going on? The two boys looked entertained by Yui’s confusion.

Reiji seemed unable to look on, and broke the silence. “You two. That is no way to treat a lady whom you have only just met.”

The boy with the hat whined in protest at Reiji’s reprimanding tone.

“Do you have anything to say, Laito?”

“Well, if something so delicious-looking is put in front of me, I just have to taste it. Right, Kanato?”

“Yeah,” the purple-haired boy replied with a nod.

“Fuck off, all of you!” Ayato wedged his way into the two boys’ conversation.

“Yours Truly found this one, so I’ll be the one to take all of her firsts.”

“...Asshole.”

Ayato frowned at the source of yet another voice filled the living room.

“With your ‘Yours Truly, Yours Truly,’ just shut the fuck up already.”

“The fuck did you just say?” Ayato flung himself off the couch with unnecessary force, and looked around the room. “That’s Subaru, isn’t it? Show yourself, coward!”

“I’m right here.” The sullen voice came from a boy leaning against the wall, presumably Subaru. The white shock of his hair, which covered his right eye, was a stark contrast with his red eyes, which leered at Yui. “I was just thinking it reeked of humans in here. So it’s you. How are you going to compensate for my lack of precious sleep?”

“W-where did you come from?”

“I asked first!” Subaru yelled in annoyance, and slammed a fist against the wall behind him. Cracks began to form in the wall from his fist outwards, sending plaster crumbling to the floor. He fixed his gaze on Yui, who was at a loss for words.

Seeing the dilapidated state of the wall, Reiji sighed heavily as he repositioned his glasses. He turned toward his brothers gathered in the living room.

“Are any of you listening? The lady will be living here from now on.”

There was no response.

“Um, I think there’s been some kind of mistake. I’m sorry for troubling you. I’ll be on my way now.” Yui resolutely rose from the couch.

“Please wait.” Reiji’s voice made her freeze in place when she attempted to flee the living room, her eyes trained on the floor. “I am still confirming the facts. Do you not think it would be rude to leave now?”

“B-but…”

Reiji certainly had a point, but considering the mansion’s other inhabitants certainly weren’t intent on following his orders, Yui could not bear to be there much longer. They’re scaring me…

A new, listless voice came from the direction of the window.

“Are you the woman he told me about?”

When Yui turned to look, she spotted another new face. The boy was spread out lazily on the sofa by the window. He wore the same school uniform as the others, but instead of a jacket, he wore a beige-coloured cardigan over his shirt. He appeared to be listening to music, as a pair of earphones plugged his ears.

There’s one more brother?

“Shuu, what do you know about her?”

“...Nothing much.” Shuu replied dismissively, his eyes closed. Could he hear Ayato even though he was wearing earphones?

“Nonsense. Please elaborate,” Kanato urged.

Shuu reluctantly began speaking. “He… contacted me the other day. He told me we’d be receiving a guest from the church, and to ‘treat her kindly,’ ‘make her feel most welcome,’ all that.”

“The hell? You mean Pancake’s the Chosen Bride?”

An involuntary noise slipped from Yui’s lips at Ayato’s remark. What does that even mean, the Chosen Bride? At the very least, she knew that her father, who had to move away for his job as a priest, had arranged for her to live here, but this was the first time she heard of this whole ordeal. However, contrary to Yui’s astonishment, the brothers listened to Shuu’s explanation rather calmly.

“Ah, I see.”

“A bride? Well, more like a living sacrifice, right?”

…Living sacrifice?

Yui was taken aback by Kanato and Laito’s exchange.

Then, Shuu opened his eyes and spoke as if to deal the final blow. “Right, he also ordered us not to kill her, so…”

Not kill me? What the…?

“Huh… Well, then we’ll be enjoying her company for a long time.”

Meanwhile, Yui had frozen in place.

Reiji ignored her shock as he called her to attention. “Wonderful. It appears that the issue has been cleared up. Then, let us properly introduce ourselves.” He first turned to Shuu. “That is the eldest brother, Sakamaki Shuu. I am the second son, Reiji.” He paused briefly before turning to Ayato and the others. “Those are the triplets. Ayato–”

“I won’t let you get away next time.”

“Kanato–”

“Please let me taste you again. Exciting, isn’t it, Teddy?” Teddy must be the name of the one-eyed bear Kanato was cradling in his arms. The boy tilted his head and giggled.

“And Laito–”

“Let’s have fun together, Bitchlet.” For such a crude name to call a woman, Laito was laughing as he said it.

“Lastly, that’s Subaru, the youngest brother.”

“Ugh, this shit sucks.” Subaru looked displeased at Yui’s presence, and turned away immediately.

Reiji had properly introduced all of the brothers to her, but still, she did not know how to make sense of everything they had said to her. “There must still be some kind of mistake. I haven’t heard anything about a bride…”

Something suddenly occurred to Yui, a peculiar thought poking at the back of her mind. Many strange things had happened to her since she’d arrived here, but the most unsettling thing of all…

“S-something’s… off about all of you…” Yui asked, her gaze gingerly shifting from brother to brother. All of their eyes were trained on her.

What on Earth…

Their cold, piercing gazes radiated danger, and Yui’s fight-or-flight instinct kicked in. I have to get out of here.

“I-I have to contact my father…”

Yui reached for the cell phone in her pocket, but, somehow it had ended up in Ayato’s hands again.

“Ah!” How did that happen? Never mind, this is not the time to think about that. “My phone! Give it back!”

“I dunno about that.” Ayato toyed with her phone, a sadistic smile forming on his face.

I won’t have any means to contact my father if I don’t have my cell phone…

“Give it back, please!” Yui tried to take the phone from him, but every time it seemed just within reach, Ayato dodged her. He seemed to be enjoying the look of despair on her face. He then tossed the phone to Subaru.

Just as she thought he would return it to her, Subaru’s expression changed to a look of disgust, and Yui knew immediately that he wasn’t going to.

“W-what are you doing?”

“This.”

With one swift movement, Subaru snapped the phone in two.

There went Yui’s lifeline to her father. Why are they doing this?

“This is cruel…”

“Shut up.”

Watching the tears forming in Yui’s eyes at the sight of her broken cell phone, Subaru shot her an irritated glare.

“Oh, Bitchlet, don’t be sad!” Laito said cheerfully and patted her shoulder as if to console her. “We’re going to get along great, so you won’t need your cell phone anyway. Okay?”

Before she had time to think about it, she had been sandwiched between Laito and Kanato.

“I’ve been so hungry.”

Kanato edged closer to a now distraught Yui as he spoke, and Laito simultaneously leaned in to whisper in her ear.

“Ah… You smell so good, Bitchlet.”

Huh? I’m not even wearing perfume.

Just as she pondered his remark, the light reflected off something in the corner of her eye. She tilted her head to look, and it turned out to be the canine teeth poking out from Laito’s mouth when he bent down to her neck as if he was going to bite her.

The thunder rumbling in the distance coincided with a fearful scream from Yui, both reverberating through the room.

I have to get out of here. Now.

She dashed for the door, but in her haste, her foot caught on something and she fell flat on her face. Yui scrambled back up, but a flash of pain ran through her leg. Looking down, she saw blood welling up from a cut in the skin of her knee.

Suddenly feeling the brothers’ attention on her again, Yui raised her face. She was met with their ominously glistening eyes. Their unusually sharp canine teeth were now plainly visible. It’s… like they’re…

“V-vampires…”

Yui reached for something in her pocket and held it up in front of her face.

“Eat this!”

It was the rosary that she’d gotten from her father.

Vampires should be weak to crucifixes! However, much to her disappointment, the brothers didn’t cower in fear. From the sofa by the window where Shuu lay, Yui even heard a low, mocking laugh.

“Huh?”

Why didn’t it do anything?

“Good grief…” Reiji said, exasperated. “The theories that vampires are weak to garlic, crucifixes, the sun, and that sort of thing… are all myths invented by humans. Did you earnestly expect that to work on us? That only proves how foolish you humans really are. This is most displeasing.”

Oh…

Yui made a dash for the door.

“You really haven’t an ounce of discipline, have you?” she heard Reiji say irritatedly from behind her as she ran.

─── ･｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

The sound of Yui’s desperate, careless footsteps echoed through the entrance hall as she ran. The thought that they were not just no ordinary humans, but actual vampires, was incomprehensible.

I have to get out of here as fast as I can!

Having run blindly focused on getting away, Yui came to a halt. Wait, which way should I even go? She wasn’t sure if it was because the mansion was so big, but there were so many hallways that looked so similar to one another that she quickly lost track of where she was. However, she had no time to hesitate. I have to run, or they’ll catch up to me…

Yui sped off again at the memory of the threatening look in their eyes.

Shortly after that, she spotted a table loaded with different kinds of sweets at the end of the hall. What is this doing here? As she eyed the sweets in suspicion, Kanato suddenly appeared from the shadow under the table.

“I’ll break you.”

“Oh!”

The way Kanato smiled at her made her quickly continue her path. What was he doing there?

A small desk with a landline phone on it caught Yui’s attention when she turned the corner into another hallway.

Good, I can use it to contact my father… If I can, I could make it out of here somehow… Yui picked up the receiver, but the cord that she thought had been connected to the phone before had now been cut.

Oh no… Briefly stunned, she lost hope.

From somewhere in the distance, Laito’s voice called out to her. “Hehe… I told you you wouldn’t need a phone anymore living here.”

Yui frantically looked around to see where he was. Laito was nowhere in sight.

“Come and find me, Bitchlet…”

He probably enjoyed the sight of her frightened. Laito’s voice made her shrink away in fear. While scrambling backwards, she bumped into someone, and Yui held her breath as she felt hands closing around her shoulders.

Please, no…

“Guess who?”

Yui yelped.

Terrified by Laito whispering so close to her ear, she quickly shook off his hands and ran.

When she somehow finally reached a door, it wouldn’t budge. No way! Why won’t it open?

“Please, please open!” She pounded her fists on the door, but it didn’t help at all. I’m going to have to look for a different way out…

Before she could move away, two hands reached out on either side of her and pushed Yui’s body against the door. It was Ayato.

“Where are you going? This is the part where you scream for my amusement. Let me hear you cry out, at the top of your lungs.”

Yui was trapped in his arms.

“You can’t run away, you know.”

The girl was somehow able to shake Ayato off as well, and ran in the opposite direction, deeper into the mansion. I’m better off finding a place to hide…

Upstairs, Yui found a room that looked suitable for hiding, but the door didn’t open when she turned the knob. As she ran down the dimly-lit hallway on the second floor, she heard the sound of something unlocking.

Yui spotted a spiral staircase further down the hall. Did it come from up there?

She followed the stairs and came to a stop in front of yet another door. Padlocks and chains were scattered on the floor before it.

It’s unlocked. I should hide in there.

Yui went in and shut the door behind her.

The dim moonlight gave the room a gloomy atmosphere. Yui looked around. There were many pieces of furniture and paintings with sheets draped over them, as well as different kinds of tools. Everything was covered in a layer of dust, making it seem like nobody ever came in here. It might be a storage room, Yui thought as she padded through the room to a dresser. Her eyes fell onto the accessories spread out on top of it, which were adorned with gemstones and glittered in the moonlight. But if they’re laid out like this, this must be someone’s room after all?

Yui’s gaze unintentionally shifted to the window.

A woman was standing on the balcony.

The woman’s back was turned to Yui, so she couldn’t see her face, but her long purple hair shone in the moonlight. She gave off an elegant aura in her long dress, which was almost as purple as her hair.

The purple-haired woman noticed Yui’s presence. Just as she turned to look at her, an intense pain spread through Yui’s torso.

Yui choked on air.

What’s happening?

She had never experienced such pain in her chest before.

I can’t breathe… Her heart started beating erratically, her vision slowly becoming blurry. The pain was so severe that she lost her footing and collided with the bookcase along the wall, sending books tumbling to the floor. Yui could only focus on bearing the agony.

After a little while, the pain subsided.

What on Earth was that?

Yui snuck another glance towards the window, but saw nothing but the new moon in the night sky outside. Did I just imagine all of that? The pain in her chest and the illusion of that woman might not even be so strange in the line of things that had already happened today.

The books that had fallen from the bookcase caught Yui’s attention. Alongside a number of books was a leatherbound notebook. Her eyes stopped on a picture that had slipped out from between the pages when she had bumped into the bookcase.

“This is… Dad?!”

The picture depicted a priest holding a small, sleeping baby. So that baby is…

“Me?”

But how did this picture get here?

When Yui looked at the notebook from which the picture had slipped out, the writer summarised their day’s events and achievements in a familiar handwriting.

“So this is my father’s diary. But why?”

Why would it be here of all places? I might understand if I look inside.

She opened the diary and began reading.

Yui brings me so much joy. The fact that she is not my own child bears no meaning at all. She is truly a blessing, and I am nothing but grateful for every day I get to spend with her…

Yui could not believe her eyes.

“What does he mean, I’m not my father’s child? What is this diary even doing here?”

Am I not his biological child? It couldn’t be so…

“To think you went into this room, of all places.”

The sudden sound of Reiji’s voice made Yui look up, and she saw that the Sakamaki brothers had somehow all gathered in the room in the blink of an eye.

“This is a forbidden room. Nobody is allowed inside.” Reiji glanced at the door and let out a heavy sigh. “I will have to put new locks on it.”

“Really, though. How did you even get in, Bitchlet?” Laito asked and crouched down before her, but even Yui did not know why the room had been unlocked.

I didn’t even unlock it myself…

Yui tried to speak, but the words wouldn’t quite come out.

Kanato stood before her as well, leering down at her. “You’re nothing but food, so please stay still so I can eat.”

“I-I’m not food…”

“Quit complaining already.”

Yui shrieked when Subaru slammed a fist into the wall like he had before, sending more books falling from the bookcase to the floor.

“Oh, not again, Subaru.”

“Fuck off.”

While Laito and Subaru bickered with one another, Yui looked on, frightened beyond her wits. What should I do? I’m surrounded. There’s no way I can run now.

What are they going to do with me?

“That face…”

Someone grabbed her chin and forced her to look up. There was Ayato, his face splitting into a satisfied grin.

“It’s so tempting.”

“Let me have a bite, too!”

“I want to lick her.”

“N-no…”

The triplets started towards Yui.

“You have no right to refuse. The only thing you need to know is this: you can most definitely not run from us,” Reiji stated plainly.

“Beating around the bush, as always. What he means to say is that we’ll kill you if you try to get away.”

Yui had no choice. She was surrounded by the triplets as she quietly took in Reiji’s and Subaru’s words. On either side of her, Ayato and Laito took turns turning her neck this way and that, and when Kanato stretched out a hand towards her, Yui let out a fearful scream.

“Please stop!”

CRASH!

Yui screamed, and the sound of glass breaking pierced the air. The triplets, who had been swarming around her in an attempt to steal her blood, snapped their heads in the direction of the sound.

A few landscape paintings had fallen over by Shuu’s feet, and glass was scattered all across the floor.

“My bad,” Shuu said, and turned his back toward her. Yui’s eyes must not have conveyed her desperate need to be saved from the triplets.

While she was rooted in place, terrified, the realisation dawned over Yui.

Even if I run, I have nowhere to go.

“Hey, Pancake.”

Yui, still startled at the nickname, turned around. Her mind could barely keep up when Ayato grabbed her by the throat and pushed her down onto the floor.

“Are you ready to accept your fate?”

His eyes had a dangerous twinkle in them as he hovered over her. Yui could no longer find the resolve to move away. Ayato pinned her to the floor and held her gaze, his sharp fangs glistening in the light of the new moon peeking through the window.

Please, save me…

“Oh, God!”

However, Yui’s voice never reached Him.

#my japanese has gotten so much better since I translated the CL stuff too (and like half of every page of this book is blank space lol)#so that makes it really easy to translate tbh but I don't want to promise anything since I kinda disappeared without a trace last time ;-;#also idk if any of you noticed but most of the drama CDs have been removed from soundcloud?#so yeah i've had a stable job for a while now (nice) which has allowed me to hoard my favourite drama CDs from the franchise (also nice)#i bought 8 of them in the past 2 months whoops #i also got a bunch of stuff from the purify blood kuji and i might put it up for sale later bc it's mostly characters that i don't like hah #like what do i do with a naked shin pillow case. it looks really nice but how do i explain that when someone comes over dkjfdkjfjkd #but yeah glad to be back here i hope you're all doing splendid!#diabolik lovers #dialovers #diabolik lovers translation #diabolik lovers translations #diahell #my translations #otomehonyaku #Diabolik lovers novelize #Diabolik lovers novelization

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