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Hi, do you have some recommendations for the "inukag as cat/dog parents" or maybe one of them as adoptive parents of a stray animal? Thank you so much! 😊😊

Hey @chit-a-to ! We love seeing our dog-boy as a cat-mom (or dog, or horse) so thank you for this ask! We hope you enjoy this list of predominantly -- but not exclusively-- modern AU's from across the ratings spectrum, so please do check individual fics for additional tags.

Dumplin' by MooMiscief (E)

She was officially settled working from home, she owned her own house and the time had come for her to get a puppy. Until a gruff volunteer gave her sass, until said volunteer gave her his number, and until she realized maybe was interested in him for more than dog tips.

Cat Person by @arisukingdom (G)

Inuyasha is a cat person, and every cat person needs to meet his first cat at some point in life. So here it goes a little Inu finding out what a cat is and trying to bring a cat to a dog house.

The Seven Sins of Buyo (G) by @ruddcatha

It is Inuyasha Sins Week, September 20-26, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, Greed, Pride, Gluttony, Lust. How does Buyo, Kagome's faithful cat, represent each of the sins?

Begin Again by @coccinellesroses (T)

There is beauty in starting over when you get to let go of what happened and who you were in the past.

Kagome has moved into a new apartment, and she looks forward to a brighter future where she leaves the baggage of a toxic relationship behind. Rooming with her best cat Buyo, Kagome starts to experience the fun of living alone. Although, she didn't count on her neighbor being a cute half-demon.

She also didn't expect to develop a crush on him either.

How To Train Your Dog Demon by @anxietyaardvark (M)

Izayoi is tired of Inuyasha's excuses. All he does is work; despite his protests, she knows he's lonely. She decides to get him a companion to get him out of the house, and when she finds a no-nonsense dog trainer with great reviews, ulterior motives take over.

The Cat Came Back by @fawn-eyed-girl (T)

When Kagome and Shippō adopt a stray cat from a village, Inuyasha is incensed. Cats (who aren’t Kirara, of course) just cause trouble; don’t they know that?

And then, Kagome goes home to study for an exam, and Inuyasha is left with a cat he doesn’t want, but who has suddenly decided he is the most interesting person in all of Musashi.

Little By Little by LittleKnownArtist (E)

Post Manga. After the three year separation, Inuyasha and Kagome are finally together as a couple. There will be little bumps in the road along the way, but its all part of the learning experience. And they plan to learn everything about and every inch of the other-little by little.

Must Love Dogs by WakingPriestess (NR)

Taking her dog to the park was a sure fire way to get a dose of serotonin. But the sight of a scary looking dog being lonely and unable to make new friends broke Kagome's heart. Thankfully she had the sweetest pup in the world who was also a little intimidating and also looking for new friends. The owner being drop dead gorgeous was just a bonus.

Chai. by @inusunflower (E)

In which Kagome and Inuyasha fight over the custody of their shared corgi, Chai.

Ramen by @writemydaydreams (T)

Three years is a long time to be separated from the person you love. Inuyasha had to find a way to cope with Kagome's absence and the possibility he may never see her again. Sometimes support comes from the last place you expect it.

Quarantine (series) by @superpixie42 (E)

Starting a new relationship can be hard when you have to host all your dates via webchat because of Covid-19 quarantine regulations.

Light Me A Lantern by @inuyashasforest (T)

Picking up the pieces after being separated for three years isn't as easy as it may seem. A quiet, burning kind of chaos sweeps through Feudal Japan, and it's going to take a lot more than a fairy tale ending to put things back together. They defeated a man who would become the Devil. Can they survive a man who would become a God?

You Rescued Me by @keizfanfiction (E)

Maybe it was fate that he decided to take the back way home that night, but whatever the reason, Inuyasha was grateful for arriving just in the nick of time to rescue a waif of a woman who had clearly been through hell. He never would have imagined that she would end up rescuing him, too.

Max by KittyKatz (T)

It was business as usual until Kagome's family adopts her father's canine partner. A short 3-chapter blurb about a military working dog joining ranks with the inu-gang. [T - Inuyasha's potty mouth]

Guard Dog by @keizfanfiction (T)

Kagome moves into her very first house and decides to introduce herself to her new neighbor with the scrumptious gift of Oreos. She had no idea she'd be leaving as a new dog owner.

Hermit's Haven by @britonell (NR)

In which one dog leads to a hermit failing to be a hermit…

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anisaanisa · 11 months

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Kagome’s time between worlds. Drabble collection for @inukag-week 2023 ☆ Chapter 5/7 – Heat: Kagome hears a bump in the night. Tags: Sleepwalking / Nothing is Scarier Word Count: 500 (Pentadrabble) 《 Previous〡Next 》

A bead of sweat trickled down the back of her neck. She tried to rub at the itch, but her arm was too heavy. The fan spun towards her, she swayed, and Kagome snapped into wakefulness when cool air washed over her dampened clothes.

Startled, she stepped back, confusion pushing her away from the open window she stood in front of. Her window. She clutched her throat, swallowing thickly as she turned towards the nightstand.

Her alarm clock was still there.

Her eyes fell to the floor; no dirty footprints.

A lump formed in her throat when she concluded what was happening, and she leaned forward slowly to peer out into the night. She looked up, and that lump proceeded to choke her when the new moon gazed back.

She’d always fretted so much for him on these nights. Fitting, that her worries would come for her at her most vulnerable too.

Their stars didn’t align, but Kagome tucked the idea that she’d woken on this night for reasons that couldn't be explained away for safekeeping. Her eyes swept over the grounds, trees waving in the breeze. She grabbed the frame and shut the window, scared that if she stared too long, she'd start to see things that weren't there.

A thud downstairs shook her from her thoughts, and she turned an ear towards the door, a gasp escaping her when she saw it unexpectedly open, just like her window. The shock of the pitch-black hallway backed her into her desk, and she covered her mouth to quiet her hiss when the edge dug into her thigh.

She breathed through her nose and stared into the shadows, unblinking.

The fan hummed as it rotated, and she shivered when it passed over her.

Her eyes adjusted; it wasn’t that dark, not pitch black. That didn’t stop her from reaching for her drawer, sliding it open, and retrieving the flashlight kept there. Her fingers fumbled with the button, and a beam of light appeared to calm her nerves, but another noise from downstairs ceased her breath again.

Frustration bloomed, killing any leftover grogginess clinging to her. A younger, bolder version of her would’ve stormed downstairs to see what was going on, but she’d garnered a keen respect for fear. Still, she moved one foot in front of the other and tiptoed down the stairs. When she reached the bottom, she sped along the hall towards the kitchen, towards that strange noise, and flicked the switch before she could second-guess it.

The kitchen lit up, and Buyo bolted from his crime scene – a tattered and torn bag of cat food gutted on the floor.

“Sis?”

She jumped, whipping around, pointing her flashlight at the intruder like a weapon. “Sota?!”

He squinted through the light, rubbing his eyes. “What’re you doing?”

“N-nothing,” she said. “Don’t scare me like that.”

He frowned. “You’re the one creeping around in the dark.”

“Wrong,” she corrected, pointing to the kibble scattered across the floor. “It was Buyo.”

Fin

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happyocelot · 8 months

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The majority of people in this poll think Inuyasha would like dog biscuits hahaha.

Now, an Inuyasha x Dog Biscuits one-shot...that I had written before I even posted the poll, but whatever...

They bickered all the way to the pet aisle, Inuyasha arguing strongly in favor for Buyo having energy independence and Kagome telling him that she was going to buy 'Purina' for Buyo.

What happened on Kagome's side of the well stayed on Kagome's side of the well.

Kagome's side of the well had these giant metal slabs that people used as vehicles and which often killed other people. They used these 'automobiles' because it was a cinch to travel huge distances within mere hours. It turned out, Kagome's mother didn't like these vehicles too much, because Kagome's dad had died in an accident involving one, and that finally explained why Inuyasha never saw him around.

Inuyasha puffed out his chest as he realized that with him on this side of the well, there was no need for Kagome to rely on those flying chunks of death metal anyway. He could travel fast and if she really wanted to, he could piggyback her wherever she wanted to go.

And where she wanted to go was the 'supermarket.'

On Inuyasha's side of the well, they all had to pick herbs by hand, grow crops from the field, and hunt whatever they wanted to eat.

On Kagome's side of the well, all someone needed to do was go to the supermarket and get whatever they wanted. It was convenient, according to her.

Inuyasha didn't see how.

Thousands of smells assaulted him all at once, the lights were too bright, there were signs written in some script he didn't understand and even the Japanese looked very different from what he was used to, and besides, the neatly stacked rows of packages and boxes and containers were just begging to be knocked over...

"Come on, Inuyasha," Kagome said, tugging him along with her. "The cat food's over on this aisle."

"Why doesn't Buyo catch his own food?" Inuyasha asked.

Kagome sighed. "Look, if you want to make sure he's having a healthy diet, cat food's the best option."

"Why? Kirara's fine and she catches her own food."

"Kirara's a demon slaying cat."

"So?"

They bickered all the way to the pet aisle, Inuyasha arguing strongly in favor for Buyo having energy independence and Kagome telling him that she was going to buy 'Purina' for Buyo.

"And just what's Purina supposed to be? Some sort of – "

His thoughts were derailed as they finally reached the section of the supermarket that had cat food.

Inuyasha's jaw dropped.

"LOOK, KAGOME, LOOK!" He sprinted over to a jumbo-sized package of 'Purina' that had a life-sized, realistic picture of an adorable, grey, striped...

She laughed at the radiant joy and wonder on his face.

Yeah, he was a cat person. So what if he was an inu hanyo?

He would sacrifice his life for that cat.

"Yep, that's a cute kitten. Now move over, Inuyasha, I have to..."

He dashed off into the dog food section, salivating at a rack of Gravy Trains and Milkbones.

Kagome stuck a pack of Purina into her shopping bag and stared after him.

She didn't know if this would end well or not.

The good news was that Inuyasha didn't accidentally burn down the building, get into a fight with anyone, or do anything particularly strange, violent, or disruptive.

The bad news was that he had decided he wanted to eat fifty packages of Milkbone dog biscuits. She was about to scold him and tell him to put them back, but he had such an uncharacteristic hopeful little puppy look in his eyes that she decided to let it go.

He had a terrible childhood, Kagome, a voice in her head exclaimed. Just let him have his biscuits.

Besides, Inuyasha was cute when he was hopeful. His eyes went all bright and sparkly and she felt a sudden strong urge to buy a frisbee and throw it in the opposite direction for him to chase.

He would like it too, no matter how much he'd deny it.

So she found herself giving the cashier a sheepish giggle while emptying her purse. Inuyasha's Milkbone cravings had destroyed her monthly allowance.

Inuyasha shoveled mouthful after mouthful into his mouth as soon she she paid, looking for all the world as though he were a child promised a lifetime of free ice cream, blissfully unaware of the stares curious onlookers were shooting him.

"'y za way, K'gome," he said in the midst of a dangerous technique known as 'speaking with food lodged in his trachea.' "Wha're 'ey called?"

She raised an eyebrow.

Come on, they were in the pet food aisle. It wasn't hard to put two and two together. She assumed he'd known and just didn't care.

"Uh, Inuyasha, those are dog biscuits."

He froze in horror.

***

"So, Inuyasha, how where things over there?" Shippo asked. "Didja get anything for me? Any nice food? Had fun?"

He shuddered.

There were some things he would never tell anyone. Ever.

That he'd downed fifty packages of Milkbone dog biscuits and then gotten a serious case of indigestion and vomiting was one.

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inukag-on-ao3 · 7 months

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It Wasn't Buyo's First Time Into The Well House

by A_Fleeting_Muse

UPDATE! CHAPTER 2 NOW AVAILABLE HERE!

Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/M

Fandoms: InuYasha - A Feudal Fairy Tale

Relationships: Higurashi Kagome/InuYasha

Characters: InuYasha (InuYasha), Higurashi Kagome, Buyo (InuYasha), Kikyou (InuYasha)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Romance, What-If

Summary: A retelling of our favourite feudal fairytale.Poor Kagome, maybe she should stop following cats into certain well houses.A 'What if' Kagome fell down the well too soon story.And what if, Inuyasha met Kagome before Kikyo?

Words: 4,344 | Chapters: 2/? | Language: English | Private: No

#inukag #inukago #InuYasha - A Feudal Fairy Tale #fanfic #ao3 #bot #latest #fanfiction

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sleepy-edits · 2 years

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#inuyashaedit #oldanimeedit #affections touching across time #anisource #dailyanime #inuyasha #buyo #i s2g this cat is a reincrnation of someone and he's living his best life

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authorautumnbanks · 6 months

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How To Tame A Sorcerer: Side Stories (1)

Main story

The first time Buyo Jr transforms, Megumi thinks nothing of it. The adrenaline of going against Sukuna of all curses does not allow for him to ponder on just how such a cute little two-tailed cat can transform into something resembling a sabertooth. Back then, he was just grateful that Buyo could catch Sukuna by surprise and give Megumi a chance to take in the gravity of the situation.

The second time Buyo Jr transforms happens during training with the second years. Gojo-sensei was off doing something—probably a mission.

"What the fuck is that!" Nobara yells, pointing at Buyo Jr, who takes it upon himself to bare his fangs at Maki. "What happened to the cute little cat?" Nobara whips her head from side to side. Panda scratches his ears, searching the field for the little two-tailed cat too.

"This is Buyo Jr," Megumi replies, dusting his pants off as he stands up. Maki sure didn't hold back her punches when she hit him with that staff. He limps around to Buyo's side and places a hand on his head. The cat closes his eyes and, angling his head so that Megumi can scratch behind his ear. Maki lowers her staff and takes one step forward. Buyo hisses.

"I don't think your shikigami likes me very much."

"Buyo isn't–" Nobara speaks up.

"He's special," Megumi says, cutting Nobara off. He isn't sure what Buyo Jr is. Gojo-sensei didn't give him any other information except watch over Kagome's cat while they were gone.

"Let's see what your pet can do." Maki raises the staff and rushes forward. The words barely register in Megumi's head before he sees Maki going in for the kill. Buyo roars. The volume alone hits Maki at full force and pushes her back. "Shit!" she cries. Buyo swats her away with a large black paw. Everyone but Megumi runs to where Maki has landed.

"Buyo," Megumi says, after gathering his bearings. "Everyone here is a friend. This is just training." Buyo tilts his head. "Friends." He stresses again. It must get through to Buyo because he meows back in response.

"That did not feel like a shikigami," Maki says with her broken staff in both hands. Megumi blinks. He didn't even notice that Buyo hit the staff, too. Maybe it broke on impact?

"He is."

"He is not. That cat thing is freaky."

"Buyo, what else can you do?" Nobara says, creeping closer to him. There's a gleam in her eyes that Megumi does not care for. The cat lays down at her feet. "Um, so he can't do anything else?"

"He wants you to get on."

"Get on?" Nobara settles onto the back of Buyo Jr. She lets out a yelp as flames burst from Buyo's paws. Megumi throws an arm over his eyes, as the gust of wind from Buyo's take off sends dirt flying around them. "This cat is flying!" Nobara yells. Her maniac laughter resonates in his eardrums over the shouting of the second years.

Buyo Jr lands next to Megumi with Nobara's arms firmly wrapped around his neck. Her face nuzzled into the softness of his fur. Megumi stares at the sight. How did Nobara go from being afraid to all over Buyo Jr in the span of like fifteen minutes? Nobara pauses before hopping off and Megumi spots the schemes filtering across her face.

"Next!"

"Salmon!"

"Uh no! I call dibs on Buyo!" Nobara interjects, shooing Panda and Inumaki away. Panda gets a hold of her ankle and swings her through the air. Inumaki claps and Megumi bites the inside of his cheeks.

"As an animal rights activist, only I should get to play with Buyo Jr," Panda says. Megumi's brows scrunch together as he tries to make sense of how Panda's words make sense.

"He's my training partner." Maki pushes past Panda and Inumaki, steps over Nobara, and smiles when Buyo doesn't hiss at her.

"Guys…." He huffs. No one listens to him. Buyo changes back into his smaller form and leaps into Megumi's arms. While everyone is busy arguing, Megumi takes one step back and then another. His heart rate increases. Clutching Buyo Jr closer to his chest, Megumi sprints back to his dorm room. Shouts follow him.

No way he's letting them take Buyo Jr.

#jujutsu kaisen x inuyasha #gojo satoru x kagome #gojo x kagome #crossover pairings #kagome higurashi #inuyasha fanfiction #gojo satoru fanfic #inuyasha x jujutsu kaisen #gojo satoru #side stories #how to tame a sorcerer

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kitramune · 9 days

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In today's warm-up sketches: The Immortal Buyo

#Inuyasha #the immortal Buyo #art #fanart #myart #cats

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mysticalflowertyrant · 7 months

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Book Pages Project 1

InuYasha Volume 1

Citation:

Takahashi, Rumiko. "InuYasha Volume 1, second edition." Shogakan INC. Translated by Mari Morimoto. Edited by Julie Davis. VIZ LLC, San Fransisco, California 94107, 2003.

Summary:

InuYasha despite it's title actually follows the story of Kagome Higurashi. She's a 15 year old middle school girl from Tokyo who's house is an old shrine. She lives there with her little brother Sota, her mother, and her grandfather. Her grandfather is fond of telling her family the legends that surround the shrine and the Bone Eaters well which is on their property inclosed in a mini shrine. On her 15th birthday her cat Buyo goes into the mini shrine and Kagome has to go get him out. That is when she is grabbed by a demon and pulled into the well by the abomination. Said demon goes on about the "Jewel of the Four Souls" which Kagome's grandfather had mentioned earlier on in the book. Kagome is quite rightfully freaked out and in an attempt to push the demon away, she uses some sort of power against the demon and she disappears leaving only the arm that held onto Kagome. Kagome is now back in the well, but when she climbs out, she is no longer in Tokyo anymore. There are no shrines to bee seen at all, just forest. She then runs towards the "Sengoku God Tree" which was a tree that is over 500 years old, and when she was younger, she would use to find her way home. But when she gets there she finds a boy pined to the tree. Kagome is then captured by near by villagers, since she is in a forbidden place and dressed "funny" so she is suspected to be a spy of some sort. This is where she finds out threw inference that she has been transported to the warring states era (1482-1558 CE) (Davis). Before she has proper time to settle down in this village, the village is attacked by non-other than Mistress Centipede. She is instructed to run back to the Bone Eater's Well, in the forest of Inuyasha. She runs back there only to see that the boy pinned to the tree is now alive, and that he hates her. He is Inuyasha the other main character of the book. At the very begging, it is shown that he is pinned to the tree 50 years prior to when Kagome arrives in the time period by a priestess named Kikyo. Kikyo shoots Inuyasha with an arrow and seals him to the tree because he stole the Sacred Jewel (The Jewel of Four Souls). She then passes away from mortal wounds that had been inflicted upon her, but before then she instructs her younger sister Kaede to burn the Sacred Jewel along with her remains so it cannot fall into the hands of evil ever again. Now that Inuyasha is conscience he starts berating Kagome for not just finishing off the centipede saying things like "why don't you just finish her off like you did me Kikyo" while Kagome tries to explain in vain that she, is in fact, not Kikyo. The fight with the demon ensues and the demon bites Kagome in the side and it is then revealed that the Sacred Jewel had been inside her body. The demon swallows it and leaves Kagome with no choice but to release Inuyasha from the spell that Kikyo had put on him.

He kills the demon quickly and Kagome with the help of the old priestess from the village finds the Sacred Jewel and takes it out of the demons flesh so it does not revive its self. Now Inuyasha is angry and wants the jewel, so now everyone is in danger again. The old priestess though endows Inuyasha with some prayer beads and tells Kagome to say a subduing spell, she says "sit" and Inuyasha face-plants. Now everyone is safe, since Inuyasha is not a threat any longer. Now that Kagome has the scared jewel; however, now many demons and even humans will be hunting her down so they can have it for it grants great power. She also finds out that she is a reincarnation of Kikyo. They later encounter a crow demon that consumes the jewel and Kagome finds out she is very bad at archery, something that Kikyo was very skilled at. She does end up being the one to kill it, by attaching the crow's leg to an arrow, and due to the jewel's regenerative properties, the arrow is pulled to the crow and kills it. But it also shatters the jewel into a whole bunch of tiny tiny little pieces. The old priestess, Kaede, tells Kagome and Inuyasha that they will both need to work together to collect all the shards together and they fight about that. Which causes Kagome to go home.

Kagome goes toward the well thinking that it might send her back, but she looks in and sees the bones of Mistress Centipede, and is reluctant to jump in. Then she encounters a new demon who introduces herself as "Yura of the Hair" and before Kagome has much time to react, she falls back into the well. She is lucky transported home before Yura could kill her. She is now back home and is delighted to be back. She lover her Udon and hot baths! While she is eating with her family, Inuyasha bursts in telling her that she has to come back because of Yura. Then they have to fight the hair coming from the well, which only Kagome can see, so they have to team up so Inuyasha can not only save himself at the moment, but also Kagome's family. This is also when Kagome realizes that she HAS to deal with this or her family could be in danger. The book ends with them jumping in, and Yura waiting for them to get back.

Personal Response:

I read InuYasha when I was 11, so rereading it was kinda nice, but since I have had the book for so long, it was also hard to stay focused. InuYasha also has an anime adaptation which I have watched many times, so that probably added to my "I already know what's going to happen" part of my brain. The art is absolutely gorgeous, and Kagome is written pretty realistically as a 15 year old. It is interesting having read this now, and reflecting on how much I looked up to Kagome and frequently thought about how much older she was then I was when I was first reading it. When I was 11, I basically saw her as an adult, but now as a 20 year old, I see her as a child. But I still feel a lot of the same feelings about her as I did. In fact, I think I respect her a bit more now than I did then. She handles a lot of the situations she finds herself in remarkably well, but not unrealistically well either. She is very strong, to have went through all of those traumatizing experiences within such a short amount of time and not shed a tear or feel sorry for herself is remarkable. That being said, I feel like she takes on waaaaaay too much responsibility! It is not unrealistic for her to do so, I definitely would have at her age, but that does not mean it will be healthy for her to do so.

Given Volume 7

Citation:

Kizu, Natsuki. "given." SuBLime. Shinshokan Co. Ltd. Translated Sheldon Drzka. Edited by Hope Donovan. Jan, 2023.

Summary:

The book follows 6 boys who are in a band, Akihiko Kaji and Haruki Nakayama being in college and the rest are in high school. They are all in relationships with each other and are all gay. It follows their struggles of graduation for all of them coming up, wanting to go pro with their band, and relationship troubles. The high school boy are also coping with the death of their band mate, and Mafuyu's boyfriend, Yuki. Shizusumi and Hiragi's relationship takes a dip due to Shizusumi thinking that Hiragi was in love with Yuki, and that that was why Hiragi wanted to finish Yuki's song. This makes Hiragi actually consider if he was or not. He then comes to the conclusion that he wasn't, but was he was like platonically in love with him. Hiragi later gets a revised version of Yuki's song, and then has a realization of what Yuki was going for. That the general feeling or vibe is the way Yuki feel when he looks at Mafuyu. That makes Hiragi realize just how he has to convince Shizusumi that he loves him.

Personal Response:

So to add some context, I picked this book up at Walmart, and this was the only volume they had, so I didn't really get any context for what had happened in the 6 previous volumes, but the relationships were still entertaining to watch. They are just as messy as adolescent relationships are, so that part was very accurate. What I didn't expect was how accurate the feelings of morning the high school boys go through is. These boys have been through some stuff and it shows. I had a friend I was very close to get killed in a car accident when I was 13, so I understand very well what that sort of morning can look like in this age demographic. For the characters, and for me, there is this sort of strange misty melancholy feeling surrounding the lost loved one. The longing to see them again, it is almost its own form of love. I too have found myself wondering if I was romantically in love with my best friend who passed away, but then when I think about it, I realized that I did love her, it was just platonic. She was like a sister to me, a member of the family. That, from my perspective, is what Hiragi is feeling toward Yuki. That, and just having a strong admiration of him. Of how awesome he was. I am not familiar with Yuki, so I only know what is discussed in the volume about him, but the way that he talks about him, he really did admire him. And I really resonate with that. I really admire my friend, she was going to be a Marine Biologist, and I often find myself thinking if she would still be working towards that goal today. We were very similar, and I had my life figured out in middle school, so perhaps she would. I often wonder what college she would have went to, where she'd be right now. How unfair it is, that such a wonderful person, who was set to change the world was just taken away like that. I also relate with Shizusumi feeling left out of the morning process. Like how his feelings have been ignored, or how no one seems to acknowledge that he too was close to Yuki. I had been friends with Lillith for 3 years, but when it came to her funeral, they all called upon people that I KNOW FOR A FACT were not as close to her as I was to speak about her. People that Lillith didn't even really like at that point in time before she passed. People that Lillith and the rest of our friend group (and two other people) would talk bad about. People that me and the other two people were almost laughing at how mad we were that they were picked to talk, because it showed just how little the organizers knew her. I know what it is like to feel like your grief is being down at. So I felt really bad for Shizusumi, because he felt like his friends were ignoring that he was friends with Yuki too.

Five Nights at Freddy's: The Twisted Ones

The Graphic Novel

Citation:

Cawthon, Scott, et al. "Five Nights at Freddy's: The Twisted Ones The Graphic Novel." Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. 2021.

Summary:

The book follows Charlie trying to figure out what happened all those years ago with her twin brother who disappeared at the Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria while she struggles in college. She moves in with her good friend Jessica and talks about how she is exited that her childhood friend John was coming back to town and was a little nervous that since they had nothing to talk about that he would end up bringing up an incident that happened at Freddy's last year, and she was just not ready for that. The date goes well, and on her way back she was stopped by Mr. Burke, a police officer that she knows. He wants her to identify a body, because he knows that she is the only one that can tell him if what he thinks happened, happened. It turns out that his hypothesis was correct, since she confirms that the man was definitely killed by a spring-lock suit. She goes on another date with John, but a lot of the time she is just consumed with thoughts of the body and what had happened at Freddy's. When she gets back, she asks Jessica to do "girl stuff" like go get some clothes for another date with John, so she could sort of lure her to Freddy's under false pretenses, since Charlie did not want to go alone.

The go into the mall where Freddy's was and reminisce about all the scary stuff that happened, and how now after the hurricane hit, the mall and everything was just so peaceful. Then they stumble upon "Dave" and confirm that he is "definitely dead" and leave. After studying with Arty for a little bit, she has to leave due to her just not being able to focus and having flash backs. In the car, she sees a bunch of vultures so she decides to investigate what they are swarming around and finds another body. With the same injuries, so she was killed by a spring-lock suit, but the thing is, this girl looks exactly like Charlie. She calls Mr. Burke and he is also creeped out by the dead woman's resemblance to Charlie. She is given the address of the girl, she finds nothing in her house but she discovers these weird graves in her backyard and freaks out. Then she remembers that she was supposed to meet John 2 hours ago. She rushes to the restaurant and meets up with him. They then decided to go back to Charlie's house that was hit by the hurricane, and then she tells John about the body she found. While exploring the house they come across graves just like those that had been at that girls house. She starts messing in one and finds the head of a Foxy animatronic. Charlie finds this strange as her dad never kept defective robots, so why did he burry this one instead of using it for parts? She has just about enough time to express this confusion and the gets jumped by this freaky Foxy animatronic. John panics and just pulls its head off, and Charlie finds the a chip that makes the world's most annoying noise. This chip causes all kinds of wacky allusions and causes the animatronics to come to life.

They start tracking where these animatronics are coming from and go to a predicted area. Charlie starts digging and finds another one. The animatronic comes to life and then they all get in Mr. Burkes' police car. They fall asleep and then they wind up missing the animatronic moving. They find another girl, but this time she survived the spring-lock suit. Charlie the next day decides to go back to her old house with one of the illusion chips and basically just waits to "be reunited with her twin Sammy" which basically means she was waiting to die. Her friends go to that house, but by the time they get there, she's gone. They then go to Mr. Burke's house to try and get the Freddy's animatronics that he just sort of stole and stored in his basement (hope he got the children's bodies out of them before hand) they get violent at the mention of William Afton's name, and then they have to barricade themselves for protection purposes. Once they are safe, they find that the animatronics left and the follow where they went. Eventually being led to the old Freddy's location. They find Charlie and they try to escape and come face to face with William Afton, who they also knew as the alias "Dave", but now he calls himself "Spring Trap" because he has become one with his fursona. He then reveals that he didn't kill her brother Sammy, he killed her. They eventual sort-of escape, but Charlie is drawn to something. The feeling of her twin, something like pulling at her. Then the big scary melted Freddy attacks her and like gets her all up in his spring locks. Then she fricking dies. Charlie. Is. Dead. They are all mortified, and John keeps looking on as the back up that Mr. Burke called for drags them out of the falling apart house. John, for the last few second sees another woman standing next to Charlie's corpse that looks remarkably like Charlie. It seems like days pass, and John and Jessica are talking in a coffee shop or restaurant and John is trying to help Jessica except Charlie's death. They are then joined by other characters and they talk. Then they look out the window and see a woman who looks like Charlie, and Jessica and this other girl run out to go and hug her, but John stays behind. His last words are "that's not Charlie."

Personal Response:

I have been a FNAF fan for a long time, since before the 3rd game came out. It was pretty hype to get to see more Spring Trap. Spring Trap is honestly one of, if not the best animatronic designs in the whole series when it comes to the ominous creep factor that the original games had. The first half of this book was like pulling teeth for me, it probably would have been helped if I had read the other books, but this one didn't have a number on it, so I didn't know where it was in the book series. I am also not extremely familiar with the book's lore, except when it comes to Charlie, and even then. I was sitting there going "who tf is this 'Dave' guy? I know y'all talking about Afton, stop playing" but then it made some since at the end when I thought about it. The art was definitely mixed in my opinion. There were some points where it was extremely cool, and other points where I know if I was drawing it, I would NOT have let some of those panels slide. Oddly enough the plot itself did not really have much to do with being an adolescent or young adult hood. Most of the characters where within that age range, but it didn't really effect it. That being said; however, the book does have adolescent vibes. That could be do to the source material and/or the age demographic the book is aimed at. There were some horror elements that definitely feel like a middle schooler would think is cool, which is not necessarily and insult. It is almost nostalgic in that sense.

#inuyasha #given manga #fnaf #fnaf the twisted ones #books and reading #young adult #ya lit #ya literature

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In celebration of Rumiko Takahashi's birthday and 45 years of her first serialized work, I've decided to give writing fanfiction a chance again after 11 years and participate as much as I can during the event organized by @rumicworldweek

Summary: A happenstance offers a glimpse of things to come to a 12yo Kagome. 842 words. Gen.

Read under the cut. Also available on AO3.

“Sis, I can’t find Buyo” a boyish voice whimpered, and Kagome tried her best not to look irritated. Souta was just six years old and lately he had entered a phase in which he couldn’t leave the family pet alone.

“That’s because you pester him all the time!” she protested, regretting it almost instantly when she realized her younger brother was threatening to cry his heart out. “Alright, alright. I’ll get him for you, just stay here”

But going around the house, she found no signs of the tri-colored feline. Where on Earth could he have gone to? Kagome hoped the answer didn’t lie beyond the grounds of the Higurashi shrine. Another terrifying thought formed in her mind. What if he’s inside the storehouse or that dusty wellhouse Grandpa tells me never to enter?

As she walked towards the patio, she heard the sounds of distressed mewing. With a knot in her throat, she looked around, silently praying she didn’t have to investigate the places she had been avoiding for most of her short twelve years of existence.

“Oh, there you are!” Kagome sighed, putting her hands on both sides of her waist. Buyo had climbed up atop of the massive sacred tree that had been there for centuries. “Seriously, going all the way up there? Come down, will ya?”

Buyo’s meowing grew even more guttural, and only then Kagome realized it was up to her to retrieve him right in that moment. Her mother was outside running some errands, and her grandfather was at the shrine office, probably busy seeing to potential clients in search of charms to buy.

Narrowing her eyes, she calculated the distance between the ground and the branch where her cat was lying. Now, she was no athletic child, but she faintly remembered being able to climb up a couple of trees when she was around Souta’s age. Maybe not as big as this one, but she could only try.

With newly found encouragement and abandoning all common sense, she crossed over the small fence that guarded the Goshinboku and sent her outstretched arms forward in order to hug the wide trunk – as the first step for ascension. But the moment her palms came in contact with the wood and the groove carved on it, she froze. With each of her now erratic heartbeats, she saw flashes of light in different colors: vibrant greens, smoldering red, serene silver, shimmering pink.

A humanoid silhouette appeared behind her eyelids, but in her commotion she couldn’t make up its features.

What’s happening to me? Why do I feel so…?

Still clinging to the lower part of the tree, she suddenly felt one of her sides burning up. A milliard of strange emotions overcame her, her young mind unable to process what any of them truly meant. A few tears inexplicably found their way out of her brown eyes.

Why do I feel so sad? Who is that person and why do I want to see them?

The pain increased and her body finally responded, sending itself backwards and onto the ground. Kagome panted, freed from whatever oppressive sensation was haunting her. She heard a thud next to her and realized Buyo had finally jumped down on his own. For a cat his size, he miraculously managed to land without any issue.

“Granddaughter are you okay?!” the mortified scream of her grandpa startled her. The elder, who had just emerged from the white building where his office was, came up to her as fast as his hips would let him, and promptly offered her a hand to stand up. “Were you trying to climb up the Goshinboku?”

Dazed, Kagome mumbled her explanation, pointing towards a now calmed Buyo innocently licking his paw.

“We put shimenawa around trees for a reason, and that is to separate the outside world from the place where gods dwell. There are some trees that should never be touched so disrespectfully, every Higurashi knows this”, if he was trying to scold her, Kagome thought he didn’t sound very imposing. “The Goshinboku here has a most interesting story. You see, legend says…”

As if a spell was put on her, the girl’s mind started to drift, the words of her relative starting to sound like a foreign language she couldn’t understand. Buyo rubbed his head against her legs, almost as if he was apologizing for the disturbance, and Kagome decided this was more important than anything else in the world.

“Got it, Grandpa. No more sacred tree climbing, I promise” she picked up her pet and headed back to the main house, where little Souta was obediently waiting for her, ignoring the laments of the old man behind her.

Unbeknownst to anyone around, the hundreds of souls inhabiting the Shikon Jewel stirred in her insides in the middle of their unending battle between good and evil.

The time to grant the priestess’ wish has yet to come, they whispered. And so, Kagome Higurashi was made to lose the memory of the phantom visions she had experienced that day.

#rumicworldweek #inuyasha #inuyasha fanfiction #kagome higurashi #vignette #goshinboku #shikon no tama #rumiko takahashi #rumic world

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