#eichi-centric things

[xienst]

links to twilight pentagram analysis

i'll read the japanese and stuff later LOL for now this thread's just gonna serve as a compilation of links while I listen to Twilight Pentagon for the 100th time

on the choreography:

on the flower symbolisms (Japanese):

flower symbolisms (english):

translation of lyrics:

wataru is the last one left standing + revealing natsume

more on the order of appearances:

enjoy natsume's spp

cool observations

inspiration for the music

^^ personally I think it's style is like Tempest Night,,, as if it were written by Eichi with Wataru's influence right ;) along with the electric elements, 'kpop' because it is based off Natsume's proposal after all. perhaps the jazz trumpets could be rei's influence (slight) idk anything abt the event story, but perhaps rei had a part in this too? ahahah eirei dorm

cool observation about the stars?

^^ to add on kanata sings about twilight reminisces in the sky just as the comets in the background come on (a reference to meteor impact)

as a knightsP though, I need to end with this.

#enstars #ensemble stars #hibiki wataru #eccentrics #eichi tenshouin #kanata shinkai #rei sakuma #shu itsuki #for now;; i think my favourite thing about the MV is that it's central symbol is... a pentagon (ofc) so it's very natsume centric #yet the set-up fits the characterisation of the other members too like #my first thought was oh the pentagram's here to summon REI. ahhahhaha #probably a stretch but also Wataru? if wataru is mephistopheles to eichi then he too is a devil yknow #xirambles #will add more later at some point #wataru brainrot week #also i keep mixing up pentagon VS pentagram but basically pentagon is like a square just add one more side whereas pentagram is natsume's #devil summoning star thing

[cubesugarss]

twitter broken so i'm going to introduce an ALKALOID-centric soccer AU i've had in my head for a while!

This AU includes every character in ES. The teams are split up by agency! ALKALOID are the newest members of Starmaker Production's team, and they are.. quite a bunch!

HIIRO AMAGI - #1 - FORWARD

An extremely talented player with incredible willpower, despite being a complete newbie to soccer. Starpro is his first time playing on a team.

Lacks in game sense and technique but makes it up with his explosive speed and physical strength. He has a very reckless playing style; oftentimes, upon receiving the ball, he does not pass to anyone else and instead dribbles directly towards the goal, no matter where he is on the field (it works sometimes).

Has a surprisingly accurate & dangerous shot.

Despite being a first-year player on starpro, he improves so quickly that he becomes a starting player by their first game of the season (which makes Aira feel all sorts of things).

Starpro top 3 goal scorer. A good chunk of them are from Mayoi's assists. They work very well together

His teammates say he is very easy to work with because he has a very loud voice.

AIRA SHIRATORI - #10 - WING DEFENDER

An average player who has been playing since middle school but could never manage to stand out.

Was initially very wary about joining the team, as he did not particularly want to continue the sport into high school due to past experiences, but something held him back from quitting. He gives Starpro a chance in hopes that it will change his mindset for the better.

Lacks in physical strength and technique but has good endurance and game sense. A very careful player who lacks assertiveness, which is his downfall.

The only member of ALKALOID who does not become a starting player by their first game. His teammates tell him that he has time to improve since he's the youngest on the team, but it doesn't sit right with him.

Has a very intense girl rivalry with Hiiro.

MAYOI AYASE - #8 - MIDFIELD

A mysterious but incredibly skilled player who, like Hiiro, has never played on a team before Starpro.

A very versatile player who can play any position besides goalkeeper, but excels as a wing midfielder due to his speed. He also has very strong technique and makes very smart plays.

Almost all of his experience came from watching recordings of professional players. He is very talented and passionate about the sport, but never had the opportunity to play with an actual team.

Often gets very nervous before games, being unable to think about anything else several hours or even days before they happen. However, once he steps on the field, his teammates often say that he becomes a completely different person.

He and Hiiro are often grouped together as Starpro's "golden newbies".

Likes to braid ALKALOID's hair before games. He buys them matching accessories.

TATSUMI KAZEHAYA - #6 - GOALKEEPER

Reimei Academy's former star player. He previously had given up on playing after sustaining a serious leg injury. His return as part of ALKALOID came as a surprise to many

Became Starpro's starting goalkeeper after Eichi Tenshouin became unable to play for an extended period of time. He has very big shoes to fill, but is able to shoulder his responsibility (most of the time).

Incredible game sense, technique and physical strength. He can punt longer than 50 yards very easily. His strongest quality is his ability to remain level-headed in any situation.

Wears a sleeve over his injured leg; it occasionally flares up in pains. He has a bad habit of playing through these pains, which will come back to bite him in the future.

NOTES

Their jersey numbers are based on the enstars 7th anniversary playing cards merch!

Like in !! main story, ALKALOID are initially accepted into Starpro as an opportunity for them to prove themselves as soccer players & to make their mark as quickly as possible to avoid being kicked off the team. Good luck soldiers

I hope to post more about this AU once I have actual jersey designs! Thank u for reading <3

#alkaloid #enstars soccer au #enstars #hiiro amagi #aira shiratori #mayoi ayase #tatsumi kazehaya #⭑ tea rambles #sorry for my. wall of text

[yume-fanfare]

Sorry I just got into this game like 2 months ago and don’t read many switch stories . What did they do in the climax that got people upset? (Switch and other climaxes?) sorry again.

asdhkjksks don't worry, it's really mostly fandom drama! not really something you need or even want to know about

but, with varying levels of detail, this is some of the discourse i saw during the events (most of this refers to arguments that spawned in the waiting time between story updates but not all of them, ex: double face):

crazy:b : story itself wasn't bad i hear but there was quite the uproar because it wasn't written by akira, even though they said he'd write these events

ra*bits: not rly much drama here because not that many people read it but the reveal of who bishoujo-senpai is exactly made impossible many key aspects of other major ra*bits events (sweet halloween, romantic comedy) (and there aren't that many ra*bits major events that can be retconned to begin with lol)

double face: unit was disbanded

atlantis: it seemed like eichi got proposed to by yet another girl even though he was in some arranged marriage deal with tori's sister. And that he hadn't told wataru about either of those things (in the end none of this was true but those 4 days of wait between story updates were agonizing)

valkyrie: this was pretty fine fandom drama-wise ? even though it's valkyrie. EDIT: i deleted the krnz b-plot from my mind. the krnz b-plot was bad. around this time also, the kanata-centric lookback scout abyss was released and they retconned and changed some chiaki and kanata bits in meteor impact it was sad

2wink: yuuta was too mean to shinobu (they hate to see a bpd baddie so he got cancelled on twitter). but it was also a plot built on a veeeery old story so there were also odd characterizations here and there at first that also threw off the actual 2winkP

alkaloid: written by kinosei again, it was just a filler holiday event, not quite a climax so. very disappointing.

undead: complaints about The Whole Thing this was bad. im not too well versed on them so i can't go into detail but from the ai thing to the lack of focus on some members there were many problems. plus it was the first time they posted those story summaries and having an apparently mid story explained again was the final nail on the coffin

akatsuki: i didn't hear much drama about this one either ? but akatsuki have had a streak of bad characterization so maybe it was resignation

trickstar: no complaints trickstar solos

ryuseitai: jury's still out but it seems it was a kind of weird story at first so there was also some discomfort here and there. sounds like it ended nicely though

switch: natsume was ooc (tried to strangle sora and did not even apologize even though normal natsume would've been devastated + was overall way too mean)

and i think that was all??? if anyone knows abt anything else do tell me let's study fandom behavior

#but im nott maintagging #anonymous #preguntas

[starpros-sunshine]

I still think it's so funny how this card belonged to a Tori event. A kind-of Tori centric story that was about Tori having to come up with a dance for his class project and who gets the 5* card? Wataru.

"Well then Tori could've gotten the 4* card to this gacha thing in the story of which fine tries to help him do his schoolwork together."

WRONG!

Eichi got that one :)

Wataei hijacked the fine gacha about a story that should be about Tori nobody does it like them <33

#AND ITS SUCH GOOD CARDS TOO OUGH #I like that their jackets match #Eichis is black with white uh? checks? accents? I'll call it accents #and Watarus is white with black accents #their pants match tooo #so many feelings about that Wataru card really #the zipper necklace the leather pants the thumb ring the choker arm thing #the way he sticks his tongue out #they really went off with that one #his hair too oh I love when Wataru has his hair in a really big braid #and you can't see it on the card but he's wearring earrings in thaz outfit #I'm not sure if a piercing but definetly earrings #love that card it's so good #and the Eichi card is so pretty tooo #it's a shame Yuzuru and Tori didn't get club cards as well #but I suppose I can see how the more mature appeal of that theme didn't yet work for Tori back then #and Someone had to be paired up with Tori they couldn't leave him out like that #so Yuzutori got...I'm. not sure how to call it actually? #Teeny 80s raphop?

[sizhui]

Hiii Angie just curious is there a common fan interpretation of any of your enstars faves you really dislike

HIIIIIII oh man. I am such a pedantic nitpicky person when it comes to enstars that I dislike basically everything anyone except for a small group of carefully chosen friends and mutuals have said about my favorite characters. It's really tragicomic how bad online fans are at reading any text that demands beyond surface-level engagement, thinking and compassion. I too am a literature major and i WILL act pretentious about this! By the way i blame the trend of editing characters over Tumblr text posts for 50%+ of fandom misconceptions and it needs to die.

I think i want to talk about izumi and Leo today, because i already talked a lot about wataei in the essay i posted a few days ago, and shunazu ....i shan't get into that mess today. So..let's start with perhaps THE most foolishly and strangely misinterpreted guy in all of enstars. Leo.

Leo, together with Mika, forms the most kinned duo in the enstars fandom, which means hundreds of poor weirdos project all kinds of things onto him to hell and back, and at the same time, strip him of all of his actually interesting and unique qualities. They do, i guess, see his two main surface level qualities - being insanely good at and obsessed with his artistry, and being very scatterbrained and erratic - and somehow their little minds have turned him into some weird dumbass that can't even lead a proper conversation. No - literally, I've read Leo centric fics where he talks like a literal seven-year-old, and can't get through two sentences without yelling ucchuu, inspiration! While Leo does have a tendency to lose his train of thought, he is like. Very verbose and observant. He is, in fact, the second character after eichi who comes to mind when i think of long, heavy monologues in enstars. I just end up being like, have you ever heard Leo talking? He uses extensive and developed metaphors, he describes his own feelings and his personal mental desolation with great insight and emotion. And above all, he is able to pinpoint the exact weakness of his conversation partners, even those he isn't intimately acquainted with, and use it against them. Like. Leo can be incredibly sharp and sober, and he can be incredibly mean with the right aim. I also wish people saw his deep anguish and suicidal ideation as more than something relatable or meme-able - because Leo's story is one of death and rebirth, of the highest and purest form of salvation and of complex relationships in which both love and hurt eternally coexist. It also bothers me that people can't seem to understand that Leo knew izumi had always loved him . He knew since very early on. But he also knew that izumi wouldn't choose him over affirming his own self importance. Which was true, and makes it all the more painful. Then there's also a fact that Leo consciously sent people into their deaths in the war, not only for izumi but also FOR MONEY AND FAME but let's not get into that rn, the point is that he's Not that innocent either. A minor thing that pisses me off is how lots of enstars fans in izuleo spaces tend to make Leo find of throwing around innuendos and sex jokes when Leo straight up says that he hates sex jokes and boys ' talks. Like he just would not say that . All in all he's not your funny depression artist 69420 man he is a tortured soul who just barely evaded eternal danmation in the hell that is being misunderstood, unseen and used by the people closest to you and reached the paradise that is, even if it's just for a moment, being lovingly embraced for all that he is.

The thing people always miss about izumi is that he is a very unreliable narrator of Leo's story. The poor dear was so shaken by the realization that his beloved idiot is more lion than lamb that he deluded himself into thinking that making him like that is HIS FAULT AND HE RUINED THE INNOCENT LEO!! even though....Leo acted consciously for himself, as we affirmed earlier. All in all, izuleo is a sad relationship of two people who both thing they corrupted the other to the bone marrow, while they're actually both trying to make the other into their perfect shape and love it. But yeah that delusional, self deprecating manipulation of the readers' expectations on Leo is partly to blame for people misinterpreting Leo too, i think. Because izumi would rather you think Leo is stupid than a bad person, and most of the "truths" you get fed about Leo are spoken through him. Oh Izumi and Leo, how wonderful and yet horrible, so much more wonderful and more horrible than people think

[switchtism]

Im asking about your shiffle units!! What are your thoughts behind them? :D

OK WOW THAT WAS QUICK.... HIIIIIIII.... i'm just gonna do a quick run down hehe

ok so the first one is like a 50s sorta greaser type thing? i think it would be funky !! i also just want nazuna in a leather jacket Tbh. nazu would be event 5 star n kanata would be gacha 5 star. it's like a movie or smth

then we have the baker unit! this was for a special campaign like a to z. basically they had to be like little bakers!! kohaku was event 5 star n aira was gacha 5 star. also ik that two members of the same unit aren't supposed to be together but i don't care it was silly.

then the rocky horror unit which is not ACTUALLY rocky horror but has the Vibes. i just wanted tomoya in eyeliner. basically it's a monster-y glam rock-y crazy wild time. natsume is the event 5 star n naru is the gacha five star. this is just a special event type thing

CONFETTI IS MY FAVE.... it is for like a special new birthday cake that is a Huge deal w this one brand. the story is sora and eichi centric. they r just having a fun time! sora is the event 5 star n eichi is the gacha 5 star

victorian ghost one is exactly what it sounds like except all of the characters r horrific at acting like ghosts w the exception of nagisa. mitsuru n tetora have to dress in fancy ballroom type outfits n are very confused. it is silly. tetora event 5 star n mitsuru gacha 5 star

campy slasher film. incredibly queer. if u have ever seen like. nightmare on elm street part 2 or any friday the 13th movie it's like that. mika event 5 star n niki gacha 5 star

care bears has no explanation they r just care bears it's a collab or smth. hokuto event 5 star n mayoi gacha 5 star

heart shaped sunglasses is just them all being girly. it would be in the summer n be very Red. i just want hajime to be silly n girly n crazy. hajime event 5 star adonis gacha 5 star

SINGING IN THE RAIN IS LIKE. BASED ON THE MOVIE SINGING IN THE RAIN. they r like all in a production of it or smth like that. hiiro event 5 star koga gacha 5 star

and bird shuffle is just. bird themed. they r doing some sort of collab w an aviary or smth. mugi event 5 star wataru gacha 5 star

#ophelia rambles #love them sm #i can go in depth w them if u want !!!! #like specific ones i mean lol #enstars #ensemble stars

[owari-no-no-no-no-no]

Honestly I think the fact that there isn’t really any Aira-centric metafic is a crime. You have the opportunity of having the in-universe equivalent of an enstarrie attending Yumenosaki, and you absolutely squander it. Imagine his reactions to all the crazy bullshit that goes on there.

“Oh yeah I love Ryuseitai, they’re always so positive and upbeat, especially Kanata and… I’m sorry what? Cult? What cult?”

“MaM seems nice, the cowboy thing is a bit extra but I respect the aesthetic and… wait what? Murder? With… Kohaku?? Like, my friend Kohaku? That guy? Well, at least the murder cowboy wasn’t involved in the cult thing I guess… oh no wait, that was him as well? Okay then.”

“Well, at least I can rely on Valkyrie to be dignified and elegant. I think I’ll go talk to the guy from Valkyrie right now… wow, he never shuts up about his “Oshi-san”, huh? Is it just me or is this getting a little weird? Wait- what the fuck? Does “maintenance” mean what I think it means?”

Also the fact that he is roommates with both Eichi and Rei is just inherently hilarious. Imagine you’re rooming with a guy who caused a war in a failed attempt at a revolution, and a vampire. They both hate each other. Also, up until like a few weeks ago you probably had stan twitter accounts dedicated to both of them. Would you be mad?

(Edit: here’s a link to part two of my Aira meta posting https://owari-no-no-no-no-no.tumblr.com/post/666373540730306560/i-am-once-again-talking-about-how-underrated-aira )

#aira shiratori #shiratori aira #ensemble stars #enstars #ensemble stars!! #ensemble stars! #kanata shinkai #madara mikejima #mika kagehira #shumika #eichi tenshouin #rei sakuma

[twinflowcreates]

List of fics/drabbles/ requests

Fics/drabbles:

Would you love me? - Horimiya Eichi/ Izumi Shu

Glasses - Quell (Minor Shu x Eichi if you squint)

In My Blood - Okui Tsubasa/ Takamura Shiki (Mainly Shiki) 

Itch - Kuga Issei & Kuga Ichiru 

A little thing called ‘Curiosity’ - Quell 

Closer To You - Eto Koki/ Fujimura Mamoru

The Ideal Date Spot - Satsuki Aoi/ Uduki Arata

Wild - Quell (Mainly Kuga Issei & Kuga Ichiru)

The feelings of a mother hen - Quell + Rikka

Even a ‘mother’ needs a break - Quell (Eichi centric)

Requests:

Charades - Munakata Ren/ Nanase Nozomu

Theme Parks - Arihara Morihito/ Ohara Sora 

“I Think...” - Sakuraba Ryota/ Yaegashi Kensuke 

Indirect Kisses - Kisaragi Koi/ Shiwasu Kakeru 

You inspire me - Minaduki Rui/ Kannaduki Iku

Lesson Learned - Shiwasu Kakeru/ Kisagari Koi

Double Dating our way into your hearts - Haduki You/ Nagatsuki Yoru/ Uduki Arata/ Satsuki Aoi

‘Pyjama Party’ - Kannaduki Iku/ Minaduki Rui

Company - Minaduki Rui & Satsuki Aoi

Jealous - Kannaduki Iku/ Minaduki Rui

The curiosity of a kiss - Uduki Arata/ Shiwasu Kakeru &/ Satsuki Aoi

Distance - Haduki You/ Nagatsuki Yoru 

The Cute Customer In The Corner - Kannaduki Iku/ Minaduki Rui

Stormy Night - Minaduki Rui/ Satsuki Aoi

Pink and Sweet like Strawberry Milk - Kisaragi Koi/ Uduki Arata

Change - Fuduki Kai/ Shimotsuki Shun

Please feel free to leave requests for drabbles or short fics :3

#tsukipro #solids #quell #growth #kuga ichiru #kuga issei #horimiya eichi #izumi shu #takamura shiki #okui tsubasa #eto koki #fujimura mamoru #uduki arata #satsuki aoi #kisaragi koi #shiwasu kakeru #minaduki rui #kannaduki iku #nagatsuki yoru #haduki you #tsukiuta #twinflow drabbles #masterlist