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If Ai had lived, what kind of parent do you think she would have been to teenage Aqua and Ruby?

luckily for you anon, I have spent a truly healthy [<- lie] amount of time thinking about this!!! This is going to inevitably dip into how Ruby and Aqua are both changed by having her in their lives just because that obviously matters to how she and the twins interact but... honestly at this point if you're following me, my bi-weekly unhinged essays about the Hoshinos are what you're here for.

Also worth noting before I get into it that I'm purposely not thinking too hard about Current Things in the manga like the documentary Gotanda was working on or the DVDs........ we know so little about them I can't really factor them into my rambles here lol so consider this just my most ideal happy end AU for the Hoshinos.

Anyway, I think it goes without saying that Ai would continue being an excellent mom to Aqua and Ruby. There would likely be some bumps in the road following B-Komachi's dome performance as her fame and increased demand puts pressure on her time and energy but Ai's priority is and will always be her babies so I can definitely see her and Miyako having a Stern Talk with Ichigo at some point to make sure Ai isn't overbooked to the extent that she can't spend time with them lol.

I also have a totally self indulgent AU based on Emiya Gohan that lives in my head, based around the framing device of Ai wanting to learn how to cook so she can make proper food for the twins as they grow up... my read of Ai is that she has a lot of issues relating to food security as a result of the abuse & neglect she went through, so being able to make good food for her own children and sort of rewrite her own relationship with food and cooking would be really healing for her.

Something also interesting to consider is the question of whether Ai would have been able to work through enough of her baggage regarding expressing her love to Aqua and Ruby... it takes such a desperate a raw moment for her to finally conquer that fear in canon that it's hard for me to imagine it happening in anything less than an equally cathartic moment, you know? At the same time, I really love the idea of Ai's slow progress towards healing eventually allowing her to do it without that kind of urgent pressure... instead of dying, Ai lives so hard she can eventually overcome that fear by her own strength!!!

I also think there would be a lot more moments like Ai and Ruby's dance with both of the twins – moments of Ai helping them both to untangle the trauma and baggage they carry from their past lives just through the simple act of loving and supporting them as their mother. Both Ruby and Aqua are explicitly described as being children "who never had a mother in the real sense" before their rebirth – for Sarina, she suffered the emotional abuse and neglect of living with a toxic mother who centered and prioritized her own feelings of grief and pain to such a degree that she completely abandoned her dying daughter. For Gorou, he grew up in the shadow of his mother's death as a result of childbirth complications, blaming himself and carrying the burden of his grandparents' grief and expectations in ways that are implied to have strained his relationships with them and left him without a real mother in his life.

Not only is this a healing experience for the twins, it's also ugely cathartic for Ai, too. As I've mentioned before, Ruby's "it's okay for me to dance!" scene with Ai is soooo incredibly powerful because it's about these two victims of toxic motherhood finding safety, healing and empowerment in the wholly loving and supportive parent/child relationship they build together. In general, the Hoshino family is a safe place where these three people who suffered abuse, neglect and the absence of loving mothers could find a place to heal and be loved.

Because of this, while I don't think that Aqua and Ruby would be hugely different on the surface going into their teens, a ton of stuff under the hood would be massively impacted. I like to think that growing up with Ai as a positive influence in their lives would have allowed them to essentially lay Gorou and Sarina to rest much sooner than in canon – not to forget or erase those memories, necessarily, but to definitively move on as their own people, having purified Gorou and Sarina's lingering regrets and trauma and being able to wholeheartedly embrace their new happiness as Aqua and Ruby.

This also means that they both have a much healthier relationship with Ai, in a lot of ways. I don't think they'll ever stop putting her on a bit of a pedestal but more in the way that a lot of people do if they grow up with a loving and good mom. On that note, I also like to think that with Gorou's weird baggage not causing such a conflict that Aqua might actually start calling Ai "mom"....... it makes me so depresso that he never did.....!!!

Without the weight of Ai's death hanging over them and her full and loving support at their backs, Aqua and Ruby still find their way into the entertainment industry, though for different reasons. Without his guilt getting in the way of doing things he enjoys, Aqua can admit to himself that he enjoys acting and tentatively pursues it through his childhood as the protégé of Gotanda again but in happier circumstances. He has similar initial hurdles as he does in canon wrt comparing himself negatively to Ai and underselling his strengths, but Ai would have a good talk with him about valuing what he brings to the table and not worrying about matching up to anyone else. Eventually, he becomes pretty focused on like, weirdo ass self produced projects he does a lot of the work on (acting, directing and producing) that don't make a huge splash in the mainstream necessarily but are well beloved in niche and horror circles and Aqua's happy with his work entirely because it's his and he's happy to make it, which is most important.

Ruby follows a similar track as she does in canon with becoming a member of the second generation of B Komachi, still driven by love and admiration for her mom but from a much healthier and happier place. Rather than feeling like she has to live up to Ai's image in her absence, she is inspired by Ai's presence in her life, her active support and encouragement and her boundless love and excitement to see her kids do what makes them happy. The canonical B-Komachi gen 2 still come together in mostly the same ways because I love them too much to separate them but this time, they're directly mentored by Ai and go full force through the industry with her support.

Eventually, I do think the three of them go public about their family - probably around the time the twins have graduated from high school, just to properly allow them the chance to be relatively normal kids without the scandal and pressure of being Ai's children hanging over their heads. It definitely causes a bit of an explosion, but I think by then Ai would have successfully transitioned from being purely an idol and would be more of a general household name/celeb, so there isn't as much outcry, but it definitely still stirs up some trouble that she and the kids have to weather.

At the end of the day, though, her presence in their lives would be a huge boon to them and it results in all three of the Hoshinos being much happier and healthier people. This response uh got a way from me a little and turned into like a whole AU pitch but what are we here for if not to delulu ourselves about scenarios where the Hoshinos could be happy..............

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redsamuraiii · 1 year

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5 New J-Dramas on Netflix You Could Watch

Looking for new J-dramas to watch after First Love : Hatsukoi? Here are 5 J-dramas that have been released recently in 2023!

1) The Makanai : Cooking for the Maiko House

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Sumire (Natsuko Deguchi) and Kiyo (Nana Mori) are best friends from Aomori Prefecture who travels all the way to Kyoto to fulfil their dreams of becoming a Maiko, working in the Geisha district of Gion!

While Sumire has the talent and gracefulness to be one, Kiyo struggles to be one but discovers that her calling is elsewhere due to her excellent cooking skills which make the other Maiko craves for more!

It’s a relaxing slice of life drama which follows the lives of the two girls and the others they befriend and work with at the Maiko house which gives you a glimpse into their daily lives in the famous Kyoto!

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2) From Me to You

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Sawako (Sara Minami) is a shy and quiet student who strikes fear in the hearts of her classmates with her gloomy outlook that resembles the ghost, Sadako, that they nicknamed her as such.

It changes when the popular student, Shota (Oji Suzuka) took notice of her and befriends her, not wanting her to be left out from the rest, which eventually caused him to fell in love with her.

It’s a healing high school romance which beautiful sceneries are enough to captivate you throughout the show which follows Sawako’s journey in making friends and have a social life like everyone else.

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3) The Full Time Wife Escapist

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Mikuri (Yui Aragaki) is a contract worker who struggles to find a permanent job despite having a degree. She takes on a part time job as a housekeeper where she work for the workaholic IT engineer, Hiramasa (Gen Hoshino).

Hiramasa is impressed by her work that he offered her a full time job as his housekeeper which she accepted as it’s less stressful than her office job. A series of events leads them to a contract marriage which benefit them both.

It’s a romance comedy about a fake marriage out of convenience to please their parents but their friends know something is up which leads to hilarious shenanigans on all sides as the two began to actually fall for one another.

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4) Heaven and Hell : Soul Exchange

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Ayako (Haruka Ayase) is a dedicated detective who stops at nothing to seek justice and ensure criminals are placed behind bars, until she goes after a cunning criminal, Haruto (Issei Takahashi) who always get away.

Haruto is an influential company director by day but a serial killer by night. Right before Ayako arrest Haruto under the full moon, their bodies are mysteriously swapped and realised the tables have turned.

It’s an intriguing crime thriller where the two tries to outwit the other while they try to get to the bottom of the mystery of how or why the switch happened, which leads back to Haruto’s secret past.

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5) Invisible

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Shimura (Issei Takahashi) is a ruthless detective who resorts to any methods to arrest criminals that he was demoted to a special investigation team that works on unsolved cases where he had to work with a criminal, Kiriko.

Kiriko (Ko Shibasaki), known as Invisible, is a crime coordinator of the underworld who mediates transactions for organised crime. She is like a police contact that knows the who, where, what and how of the criminal world.

Although Shimura is known to do anything to arrest criminals, working with one is the last thing he’d expect to do as a police officer and he still doesn’t trust her although she finds his methods amusing and interesting.

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