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The complete guide to the Project SEKAI April Fools Unit Swap

Attempted at least. This post refers to the official unit swap AU that was available on the Japanese server in 2022, and the Global server today. Not this years JP April Fools event, and not the Virtual Singer universe merger from last year. Just for clarity.

Introduction

For April Fools Day in 2022, Project SEKAI introduced an alternate universe where the five main units didn't exist. Instead, the 20 main characters were sorted into five new units, based around the same themes as the original five. These units are: Aoharu/friends, YUME YUME JUMP!, FANTASISTA SQUAD, Happiness Sentai Sunny Sunny☆Wonder!, and Kyujitsu, Shumijin Doushi de. Each unit was given a game-sized cover song with an accompanying 2DMV, as well as a few area conversations to give us some information about the unit. In this post, I will be going through everything we know about each unit, as well as how each character's history is altered in this universe.

Note: Tumblr image limit is a thing so you are just going to have to take my word on some of this. Or, y'know, play the game.

Fan TL used (also sekai.best)

The rest of this post is below the cut because it is LONG.

Total word count: 3788

Lore

The biggest question here is if the SEKAI still exist. And the answer is most likely no. SEKAI are never mentioned or even alluded to in the special area conversations. This actually makes sense, since most of the SEKAI (Empty excluded) would have no reason to exist, due to the circumstances causing their creation not happening in this universe. I'll cover this more when talking about alterations made to character history.

While, yes, three out of the five special covers included Virtual Singers, from a production standpoint this was probably the easiest option. Aoku Kakero!, Ifuudoudou and Positive☆Dance Time all featured Virtual Singers in their original SEKAI covers, and all had their audio recycled in the April Fools covers. This was probably because it would mean less recording and less time reworking line distribution. Also the lack of Virtual Singers probably would disappoint a lot of fans, considering the entire game is themed around Vocaloids.

So for now, we're just going to go with there being no SEKAI in this universe (except maybe the Empty SEKAI, more on that later).

That said, there are definitely motivations held by the new units or individual characters that could potentially create different SEKAI, due to being similar enough to the causes of the creation of the main universe SEKAI.

Unit Overview

Unit 1: Aoharu/friends

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Aoharu/friends (Youthful/friends on the EN server) is the April Fools universe equivalent of Leo/need, being a band unit comprised of childhood friends (in this case, two separate pairs rather than a single group). The members are Ichika as vocalist and guitarist, Saki as keyboardist, Airi as bassist and Ena as drummer. The band was formed by Saki when she returned to school after a long hospital stay, because, like in the main universe, she wanted to make the most of her time in high school.

The unit name translates to Youth/Friends. Aoharu is actually a lesser-used reading of the Kanji 青春. The more common reading is "seishun" meaning "youth", while "aoharu" directly translates to "blue spring". The reading used is probably a reference to their cover song, Aoku Kakero! (Run into the blue!).

So what do we know about each member?

Ichika is still a big fan of Hatsune Miku, and mentions that she can play some Miku songs on the guitar. She expresses interest in going to see a Miku concert with her bandmates.

Saki spent some time in the hospital prior to high school, where she became a fan of Airi. When she returned to school, she created a band to make the most of her youth. She invited Airi to the group because she gave her energy and courage in hospital. She says that she wants to go camping in the mountains and visit the beach with her bandmates. Saki maintains her ambition to try everything she can while she's still in high school.

Airi used to be an idol, but suspended her activities for unknown reasons (presumably the same reason as in the main universe). However, in the official translation, she says that she is an idol, and consistently talks as if she is still active as an idol. She was invited to join Aoharu/friends by her fan, Saki, and joined because she had wanted to try playing in a band. She later invited her friend Ena from a different school to join the group. She's still very serious about practicing and puts her all into the band's activities. Airi mentions that she wants to see an old idol colleague's debut concert with a new unit. This group is probably YUME YUME JUMP!, meaning that Shizuku and Airi still know each other in this universe.

Not much is known about Ena. She was invited to the group by her friend Airi, is learning to play the drums, and still attends Kamiyama night classes, but not much information is given beyond that. She is a little nervous about being around Ichika and Saki and isn't always sure how to address her underclassmen. It's also mentioned that she still maintains a friendly yet teasing relationship with her brother Akito. Extremely important to note is that she doesn't make any reference to art or being an artist at all, meaning that she might have quit art in this universe.

Also of note is that there is no School SEKAI. The School SEKAI was created by Leo/need's collective desire to rekindle their friendship and fulfill their promise to form a band in high school. Ichika and Saki do not mention or reference Shiho and Honami at any point, and they instead formed a band with Saki's idol (and her friend). From this we can gather that either Ichika and Saki were never friends with Shiho and Honami, or that Leo/need's friendship fell apart permanently.

Another interesting thing to mention is that Airi and Ena use recolors of the School Rock shop costume. The blazers are switched to their respective image colors and Airi's skirt is given a plaid pattern.

Unit 2: YUME YUME JUMP!

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YUME YUME JUMP! is the April Fools universe equivalent of MORE MORE JUMP!, though the similarities are minimal outside of the idol theme and Shizuku being present. The members are Shizuku, Shiho, An and Kanade. It is implied that the unit was formed by an agency, with Shizuku being the only permanent member at first. Their manager encouraged the other three to join, even if only temporarily.

The unit name translates to DREAM DREAM JUMP!. According to the unseen manager, the "Yume" refers to the big dreams An and Shiho have (despite the name being decided before they joined permanently), but also refers to the term "yumeyume" (努努). When written in Kanji, it uses the character for Effort. YUME YUME JUMP! contains hope that they overlap their efforts to reach their dreams.

As for the characters:

We don't actually know much about Shizuku at all, other than that she was an old colleague of Airi's. YUME YUME JUMP! is a new unit, which means that Shizuku was formerly part of a different unit. Presumably, her past is intact and she was formerly in the unit Cheerful*Days. She is still very doting towards her sister as well.

Shiho joined YUME YUME JUMP! as a temporary member. She initially didn't feel that she was cut out for being an idol, but realised that it's not bad being a professional musician. This implies that she never took up bass at any point in this universe, or at least never pursued it professionally. This is basically confirmed in the official translation, as she states that part of the reason she joined is because she thought working as a musician would be a good opportunity, suggesting that it's not something she has done before. Despite the gig not being permanent, she still plans on taking it seriously.

An also joined the group as a temporary member. Again we don't know too much about her. She makes a reference to Haruka, confirming that they are still middle school best friends in this universe. She doesn't make any references to RAD WEEKEND, RADder or street music as a whole, suggesting that, like Shiho, it isn't something she pursued in this universe.

Kanade was hired as the group's composer, but was encoraged by the manager to perform as an official member. Kanade became the group's composer to try and save people with her music, the same as in the main universe. By the time of the group's debut, her goal changes from wanting her songs reaching the audience, to wanting the group's songs reaching the audience. She still has incredibly poor fitness and Shiho mentions that during the first week of practice, Kanade had repeatedly been running out of breath during warm-ups. However, by the time of the unit's debut, she is able to perform an entire song. She also mentions that she stays up late at night composing music and struggles to get up in the morning, another trait carried over from the main universe.

Once again, there is no SEKAI. The Stage SEKAI was formed by Minori's dream to become an idol, and Airi, Haruka and Shizuku's desire to go back to being idols/be able to enjoy it. We know Airi (on JP) and Haruka both quit the idol industry and Minori doesn't mention wanting to be an idol. Shizuku is the only member to still be there, and her story has been altered enough to make the Stage SEKAI impossible.

Their outfits are recolors of MORE MORE JUMP! outfits. Shiho wears Shizuku's outfit (with an extra armband), An wears Haruka's outfit and Kanade wears Minori's. Shizuku keeps her usual outfit.

Unit 3: FANTASISTA SQUAD

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I tried so hard with this one because they only exist for fanservice but I can't just say that and move on.

FANTASISTA SQUAD is the April Fools Universe equivalent to Vivid BAD SQUAD, though they also take a lot of influence from WonderlandsxShowtime due to the member line-up being the boys from both groups. They are blatant yaoi fanservice. In the words of Tsukasa, they are backstreet entertainers. Similarly to Vivid BAD SQUAD, the unit is formed of two duos who had previously been performing independently of each other. Tsukasa is the leader of the group and invited BAD DOGS to join his unnamed duo act with Rui, thought this is slightly different in the official translation. In the translation, Akito mentions that he tagged along when he heard that Rui and Tsukasa were forming a unit, with no mention of Tsukasa inviting the younger two.

The unit name is derived from the Italian noun "Fantasista", which can refer to either "a football player with technical and imaginative abilities", or a variety performer. The terminology fit the description of the group, so Akito suggested it as a name for the unit, having vetoed Tsukasa's original name of Pegasus Dogs (derived from Tenma, meaning "pegasus").

The members also come up with stage names that are derived from their family names. Tsukasa is Pegasus Tenma, Toya is Blue Willow Aoyagi, Rui is God Generation Kamishiro, and Akito is Daybreak Shinonome.

Akito and Toya's story remains completely unchanged up until Vivid BAD SQUAD Main Story 1. BAD DOGS is implied to have existed prior to FANTASISTA SQUAD, with Tsukasa using "Dogs" in the original group name, and Toya stating that the group name does not contain a reference to Rui, confirming that the "Dogs" part is a reference to Akito and Toya. However, their goals seem to be different in this universe, as once again RAD WEEKEND is not mentioned. In spite of this, Akito still is serious about pursuing street music and still met Toya. There are multiple possible explanations for how they still managed to meet, some of which include:

RAD WEEKEND still happened and caused Akito to get into street music seriously, finding Toya as a partner, he just doesn't mention it

Something else caused this

the pair met through other means, and ended up getting into street music

or arguably the most likely option, the developers didn't consider if it made sense, they just wanted to supply fanservice

Toya and Tsukasa maintain a brotherly relationship the same as they do in the main universe. Tsukasa actually invited Toya to join him and Rui's performance unit, and Akito followed after Toya. Akito still finds Rui and Tsukasa weird and annoying like in the main universe, and was initially reluctant to perform with them, but says that he can't leave Toya alone with them.

Both Rui and Tsukasa still show a strong passion for performing (and also directing in the case of Rui). Rui keeps his skills in engineering in this universe, with An mentioning that he built the power suit seen in his untrained Runaway Thought Process 3* card in a YUME YUME JUMP! area conversation. Tsukasa also keeps his ambition to achieve world fame, hoping that FANTASISTA SQUAD will advance into backstreets worldwide.

How exactly they met and started working as a duo is unknown. The events are not referenced and it can't have been the same as the main universe since WonderlandsxShowtimes does not exist in the April Fools Universe. While the explanation for this is fanservice again, I came up with a hypothesis that aims to explain how they met. We know that in the main universe, Rui was a street performer. Prior to Tsukasa recruiting him for WonderlandsxShowtime, he used to perform one-man shows in the city or illegally in Phoenix Wonderland. It's heavily implied that Tsukasa still has an interest in acting, and he still aspires to become a world-famous star, so it is possible that they met through a street performance. Again, this is an assumption and there is no evidence to suggest this, hence I called it a hypothesis.

The Street SEKAI doesn't exist in this universe, since RAD WEEKEND doesn't seem to exist in this universe, or at least had no significant imapct on Akito or An. Since the Wonderland SEKAI creator is in this unit, I will discuss that SEKAI too. Wonderland SEKAI probably doesn't exist in this universe. The Wonderland SEKAI was created when Saki asked Tsukasa why he wants to become a star actor, with the SEKAI forming due to the fact he forgot the reason. Tsukasa's dream to become a star is mentioned in his home screen dialogue, but he doesn't pursue acting in this universe. It is possible that some version of the Wonderland SEKAI could exist, but it might not be the same. However we don't know enough about Tsukasa's past in this universe to make a confident judgement.

Akito and Toya keep their usual clothes in this universe, while Rui and Tsukasa use the Street Parka shop outfits. Tsukasa wears the default version and Rui uses variant 3.

Backstreet's back, alright!

Unit 4: Happiness Sentai Sunny-Sunny☆Wonder!

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Happiness Sentai Sunny-Sunny☆Wonder! (The Happiness Rangers Sunny Sunny☆Wonder! on the EN server) is the April Fools Universe equivalent of WonderlandsxShowtime, being a show troupe at Phoenix Wonderland's Wonder Stage. The member line-up is Emu, Haruka, Kohane and Mafuyu, with Mafuyu taking the role as leader due to being the oldest. The group was formed as an extra-curricular group (outreach group on the EN server) with the aim to make children smile with shows.

Their unit name refers to the persona's the characters use in the troupe. The quartet take on the roles of Sentai (rangers) who defeat bad guys and make children smile.

Emu is still scared of Mafuyu's false persona in this universe, but everyone thinks that she's just nervous about spending time with a second year student. She strives to make Mafuyu smile genuinely, but has had no luck so far. She is the one who gave Mafuyu her sentai name, because she finds Mafuyu's persona to be "unshakeable" whenever she tries to make her smile. However when Mafuyu questions it, Emu lies and agrees with Kohane that the name was chosen because Mafuyu is a great leader. Emu's sentai name is Sunny Sunny Happy Emu - "here to put smiles on your faces today!".

Haruka joined the group despite her lack of acting experience because she liked their motive to make everyone smile. Other characters refer to her as an idol and we learn from Minori that she was formerly part of ASRUN, presumably leaving for the same reason as in the main universe. Her sentai name is Stoic Challenger Haruka - "you can't become an idol in just a day!".

Kohane is still a huge fan of the Phoenix Wonderland theme park, so Emu invited her to perform on stage with her instead of always watching from the audience. In the unit's first area conversation, she has her original appearance with longer hair and glasses, but changes to her regular appearance from the second conversation, which is referenced in her sentai name. She becomes incredibly flustered by Haruka's "idol smile", consistent with the main universe. Kohane is initially embarrassed about performing as a sentai, but starts to get used to it after a while. She's also still an incredibly gifted singer, as mentioned by Nene. Her sentai name is Makeover Beast Kohane - "behold my indomitable hammie spirit!".

Mafuyu still struggles with depression in this universe and puts on a false "nice girl" persona when talking to other. She ends up dropping it to play a villain role, but everyone except Emu thinks she's just a talented actor, and fails to realise that it's her genuine personality. Mafuyu herself just tells the others that she was excited to play the villain role. Haruka and Kohane then unknowlingly write a story for this villain character that heavily resembles Mafuyu's reality. Her sentai name is Goodness Smile Mafuyu - "the unshakeable senior who's always sparkling!". For her 'villain' character (later rewritten to be Goodness Smile's true identity), she is known as Darkness Smile Mafuyu.

There is an extremely high chance that the Empty SEKAI exists in this universe. It is explicitly shown that Mafuyu is still dealing with depression and although not stated, the cause is presumably the same as in the main universe. The Empty SEKAI was created because Mafuyu lost her sense of self and needed a safe space, which is implied to be the case here, since she acts the same way as in the main universe.

Emu keeps her normal performance outfit, while Haruka, Kohane and Mafuyu use recolors of the WonderlandsxShowtime Virtual Singer costumes. Haruka uses MEIKO's, Kohane uses Rin's, and Mafuyu uses Luka's.

Unit 5: Kyujitsu, Shumijin Doushi de.

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Kyujitsu, Shumijin Doushi de. (Hobbyists on Days Off on the EN server), is the April Fools Universe equivalent to 25-ji, Nightcord de., being a group hosted on Nightcord. The member line-up is Mizuki, Honami, Minori and Nene. The group was created by Mizuki as space for people to relax and talk about hobbies. They have recently started offline meetings, shown in their area conversations, where they go to different places such as restaurants and Phoenix Wonderland.

Like 25-ji, Nightcord de. their unit name is very literal. They are a group of hobbyists who meet on weekends.

Mizuki is the founder and leader of Shumijin. They like making videos and collages, as well as fashion, watching anime, and reading manga. They have given the circle members advice on different fashion brands to buy. They are really happy they made the group because they don't have a lot of friends to talk about their hobbies with (lost touch with their friends on EN) and they hardly go to school.

Honami's hobbies include gardening and walking her dog. She maintains her fondness for apple pie, and asks the group if they can buy some during their first offline meeting. In a homescreen voiceline, she mentions that the circle will be visiting her house, and she's making them her special apple pies. She and Minori grow quite close once they start meeting offline, and they start walking their dogs together prior to the second offline meetup.

Minori is still a massive fan of Haruka, but she also enjoys learning idol dances and writing in her diary. She has given the members suggestions of ASRUN albums to listen to, which Mizuki really liked. After watching Haruka perform at Phoenix Wonderland, she becomes so enamoured that enters a trance and believes she was walking through a field of flowers. Something that should be noted is that she never mentions wanting to become an idol, or audtioning to be one, suggesting that she either gave up, or simply never had that dream. Regardless, she seems pretty happy to support from the sidelines.

Nene's hobbies are still playing PVP video games, watching movies, and going to see musicals. She has recommended movies to the other circle members before, and Honami particularly enjoyed a comedy that she suggested watching. She mentions that she isn't good at interacting face to face, and discovering the chat group was really nice because she didn't have to face that problem. That said, she does enjoy their offline meetings. Like with Minori, Nene never mentions her ambitions from the main universe in this one. Her dream to become an actress in musicals is never brought up, which could mean that she never returned to acting after forgetting her lines in the school play. Her giving up on her dream is actually extremely likely, especially when you consider that in the main universe, Rui was the one who encouraged her to try again when he got her a job in WonderlandsxShowtime. Since Rui is a part of FANTASISTA SQUAD in this universe, this probably never happened.

Unfortunately we can't really talk about SEKAIs here, since the equivalent would be Empty SEKAI, but Mafuyu is in a different unit. Instead I want to talk a little about something Mizuki says in the English translation. In the original Japanese, they say that they don't have many friends, which is consistent, considering that this is alternate universe is set very early on in the game's timeline. However on the English server, they say they've lost touch with a lot of friends. But who exactly are these friends. Based on their comments about skipping school, we can infer that their past is almost identical to the main universe, with the exception of being part of N25, since it doesn't exist. Going off of the main universe, the only possible answer is Rui. Why they use a plural for one person is unknown and was probably just an oversight by the developers but I'm in too deep now and decided to write about it. It's possible that the developers were trying to hint at 25-ji, Nightcord de. having existed in the past of this universe, but I doubt they were thinking anything that deep. Thank you for your time.

Something else that's very interesting is how this is the only unit that isn't related to music. The original N25 was an underground music circle, whereas Shumijin is just a chat room.

The outifts that the members use are recolors of the Midnight Fiction shop costume, with the exception of Mizuki who uses their regular N25 costume.

Outro

Unfortunately this is only two sections long, but we really don't learn much about this universe, since all we get is three area conversations per unit (some of which supply absolutely no useful information) and some homescreen dialogue. I originally planned to review the area conversations between the SEKAI Virtual Singers, but ultimately scrapped it because it would be too much content to cover in a realistic amount of time.

Anyway, I hope this is useful for fic writers/fanartists, or just people who were a little interested in the event.

Does any of this even make sense or should I be banned from loreposting

Extremely disappointed in the EN server for not adding a single Backstreet Boys reference in the Fantasista Squad area conversations. The opportunity was Right There.

#this is literally longer than my final project for my course I am going to cry #project sekai #lore #we'll put this there for now #aoharu/friends #yume yume jump!#fantasista squad #Happiness Sentai Sunny-Sunny☆Wonder!#kyujitsu shumijin doushi de.#not tagging characters

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shevi-creates · 1 year

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happiness sentai sunny sunny ☆ wonder!

please don’t use, edit, or repost without permission; thanks!

#project sekai #puroseka #proseka #prsk #pjsk #sekai april fools shuffle units #haruka kiritani #emu otori #kohane azusawa #mafuyu asahina #happiness sentai sunny sunny wonder #my art #fanart #digital art #clip studio paint #artists on tumblr #simple drawings #daily mmj #repost queue

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smallestgalaxylemon · 2 years

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Happiness Sentai SaniSani☆Wonder! - Positive Dance Time Cover

#gifs #project sekai #hatsune miku colourful stage #emu #emu otori #mafuyu #mafuyu asahina #haruka #haruka kiritani #kohane #kohane azusawa #happiness sentai sunny sunny wonder #project sekai gifs #hatsune miku colourful stage gifs #happiness sentai sanisani wonder

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kawaiichibiart · 2 years

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Hello?

Yes, excuse me

when the FUCK was someone gonna tell me Happiness Sentai Sunny Sunny Wonder had their names as their hair highlights in their Positive Dance Time 2DMV???

Or was this something I was supposed to find out myself?

#project sekai #project sekai colorful stage #hatsune miku colorful stage #proseka #prosekai #happiness sentai sunny sunny wonder #otori emu #emu otori #asuzawa kohane #kohane azusawa #kiritani haruka #haruka kiritani #asahina mafuyu #mafuyu asahina #kagamine rin #rin kagamine

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pompouspuffball · 2 years

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Talk to me about the Project Sekai April Fools Au, I will explode

Translation under the cut because I think it's long lmao

Translation:

3rd tweet: Well, no. They're still ill, but like,,, I think Sekais are made from strong feelings right-

For example, Yume Yume Jump! Is giving their best to deliver hope to people,

I think Kyushumi is like, they don't have that definite goal or that strong of a feeling like that

(Kyuujitsu, Shumijin Doushi De is a nighcord (discord lmao) server/ circle of people gathered by Mizuki to share about their hobbies, (Mizuki with fashion, Nene with theatre, Minori with idols, and Honami with baking) so I don't think they have that kind of plot (yet))

4th tweet: Fantasista Squ(a)d has 2 Sekais because the wonderland Sekai is made from Tsukasa's feeling alone, right, and the street Sekai is made from all of their feelings to become the best entertainers.

And then Happiness Sentai has the Empty Sekai from Mafuyu (no matter it didn't fit with their theme)

5th Tweet: I'm still thinking about Aoharu/Friends- because I think their feelings are a bit different from Leoni [Picture Attached]

Picture translation:

Project Sekai April Fools Sekai

Aoharu/Friends:

They have the classroom Sekai because their theme fits very well with the original Leoni

The classroom Sekai from Leoni is made from the feeling "I want to be with my friends forever!". Here we can see Saki and Ichika shares that feelings strongly, but what about Ena and Airi? They have been friends for a long time, too, so we don't have to worry about that. But what about Ena-Airi's feelings towards Saki-Ichika and vice versa?

I think that this Sekai will be kind of slow in terms of being formed— one of the reason is that the members kind of just met. Moreover, Ena is the only Kamikou student and is even the evening schedule, so it will be hard for them to meet aside from their band meetings.

Aoharu/friends has that theme of "I want to experience youth!". The youth here refers to them wanting to make memories together and whatnot. Airi was occupied with her Idol work, Ena was always in her room (she was invited by Airi), Saki was occupied in the hospital, and Ichika drifted away from her friends from I think during the 2nd year of middle school.

If they have a Sekai, I think the setting will be "School Sekai" or something similar. Can still be connected with a classroom, but is wider/ the feeling is not as concentrated.

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#project sekai #project sekai april fools #Aoharu/Friends #Aoharu Friends #yume yume jump #Fantasista Squad #Happiness Sentai Sunny Sunny☆Wonder #Happiness Sentai Sunny Sunny Wonder #Kyuujitsu Shumijin doushi de #puffballprattle #Btw I have many thoughts about every unit btw feel free to talk about these units more like fr #My favorite unit is Kyuujitsu Shumijin Doushi de btw I have no bias whatsoever towards fantasista squad #well no- it's on par with Happiness Sentai because I'm weak towards Mafuemu combi #Next up is Yume Yume Jump because they're funny and I love how they're all so supportive of Kanade

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pjsk-story-summaries · 1 month

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April Fools Year 1.1: Shuffle Units

TL;DR: For April Fools, Miku brought us to explore an alternate timeline for a day. All the characters are the same ones we know and love; however, if their stories had shifted just slightly....

Aoharu/friends consists of Ichika, Saki, Ena, and Airi. They are a band who want to enjoy youth together. Ichika plays guitar, Saki synthesizer, Ena drums, and Airi bass.

YUME YUME JUMP! consists of Kanade, An, Shizuku, and Shiho. They are a recently-formed trial idol unit with the goal of spreading hope through music.

Fantasista SQUAD consists of Akito, Toya, Tsukasa, and Rui. They pair up as street performers with the goal of putting on incredible performances in back alleys.

Happiness Sentai SunnySunny☆Wonder! consists of Emu, Haruka, Mafuyu, and Kohane. They work together to put on a play at the Wonder Stage for a class project.

Fellow Hobbyists on Days Off. consists of Mizuki, Honami, Nene, and Minori. They are a Nightcord circle who bond over having passionate interests.

Fan translation (Project SEKAI in English) Main Cast conversations

Aoharu/friends Cover: Aoku Kakero! (feat. Hatsune Miku)

Saki wants to enjoy her adolescence by starting a band. She invited Ichika, who wants to cover Miku songs, and Airi, the idol who inspired her in the hospital, to join. Airi also invited Ena, an old friend and Kamiyama night school student.

The band all visit Phoenix Wonderland together. Saki wants to get their photo taken, but Ena's hesitant. Airi convinces her to join, since neither of them can deny Ichika and Saki's eagerness.

The group discuss Airi's strictness during band rehearsal. They decide to come up with incentives for completing all their practice goals. Ichika wants to go to a Miku concert, Saki wants to go hiking, and Ena wants to crash one of Akito's performances.

YUME YUME JUMP! Cover: Happy Synthesizer

The members all greet each other for the first time. Shizuku formed the group with Kanade, who was pushed into it to save others with her music in new ways, Shiho, a temporary member who wants experience as a professional musician, and An, who's excited for a challenge.

Kanade quickly becomes exhausted during practices. An jokingly suggests she tries a power suit the strange guy at her school built. Shiho points out shortcuts like that defeat the point of spreading hope. They decide to improve Kanade's stamina by running with her every morning, much to her dismay.

YUME YUME JUMP prepare for their debut event. Shizuku explains the name of their group as symbolizing the overlapping dreams of their group before they head out on stage.

Fantasista SQUAD Cover: Ifuudoudou (feat. KAITO)

The four discuss stage names based on their last names (much to Akito's annoyance): "Pegasus" Tenma, "God Generation" Kamishiro, "Blue Willow" Aoyagi, and "Daybreak" Shinonome. Toya had convinced Akito to join since Tsukasa and Rui could teach them about performance. Akito agrees if they can call their group something other than "Pegasus Dogs".

They decided on "Fantasista SQUAD" after the soccer and acting term for a skilled player. Tsukasa declares their group ready to be known in backstreets all around the world. Akito does not know what that means.

Akito and Toya watch Rui direct Tsukasa through a dance. They admire his attention to detail and knack for performance. Rui finally notices them and begins directing them, too. Toya takes the vague directions earnestly. Akito is still confused.

Happiness Sentai SunnySunny☆Wonder! Cover: Positive Dance Time (feat. Kagamine Rin)

The four members of the class project introduce themselves. Mafuyu was assigned leader due to being the oldest. Haruka joined since she liked the theme of "making people smile", and Kohane is a big fan of Phoenix Wonderland. Emu is scared of Mafuyu. They begin planning their show.

Emu plays a character named "Sunny Sunny Happy Emu", Mafuyu "Goodness Smile Mafuyu", Haruka "Stoic Challenger Haruka" and Kohane "Makeover Beast Kohane", the four members of "Happiness Sentai SunnySunny☆Wonder!". Mafuyu asks why Emu gave her the trait of "unshakable", but Emu's too scared to admit it's because she can't make Mafuyu smile for real. Kohane guesses it's because she's a reliable leader.

Haruka asks who the villain of the play will be. Mafuyu suggests playing that role, "demonstrating" a cold, unfeeling character, "Darkness Smile Mafuyu". Emu hesitates since she wants everyone, including Mafuyu, to smile, so Haruka suggests having it be a secret agent type character they eventually befriend.

Fellow Hobbyists on Days Off. Cover: Venom

The group have their first offline meeting. Mizuki introduces themself as the founder and lover of cute things and anime. Nene explains her fondness for musicals and competitive games. Minori is a fan of former idol Haruka. Finally, Honami loves walking her dog, gardening, and apple pies.

At their second offline meeting, the four discuss how nice it is to have people who listen to them ramble about their hobbies. Mizuki and Nene find it especially nice since they don't go to school often and have social anxiety, respectively. Honami and Minori are now dog walking buddies, too.

The group discuss Happiness Sentai SunnySunny☆Wonder!'s performance. Mizuki liked the story and Nene the music. Minori was so starstruck seeing Haruka in person that she stopped paying attention to her surroundings. After snapping her back to reality, they all decide to go eat a snack and discuss more.

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citruscitrushope · 2 months

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The outfits for the April Fools units just being recolors ticked me off so I made my own with the power of photo editing and dress-up mode, under the cut :D

Since the main difference in Leo/need's outfits beyond the colors is their jackets and bows, I figured the same would apply to Aoharu/friends. Airi's is sleeveless like an idol's outfit, and Ena's is closed so she doesn't get paint and such on her shirt while doing art. Airi wears her ties as bows in her hair, and Ena's is a bow to emphasize cuteness and such.

Even though MORE MORE JUMP's standard outfits are already quite uniform, I wanted to give YUME YUME JUMP's more personalized traits, not only the ones shown in their live2ds but also Shiho's shorts and socks, An's knee socks and fingerless gloves, and Kanade's undershirt and leggings. The group also all wear flowers in their hair, An no longer having the stars in her hair due to no longer being a street musician, and Kanade's being attached to headphones to both help with her composing and so she isn't overwhelmed by noise and such as an idol.

I wanted to give Tsukasa and Rui more street musician-esque outfits and hairstyles, thus their anniversary hairstyles are used with Tsukasa wearing Len's No seek No find outfit and Rui wearing Akito's Find A Way Out one. Not much to say here, I just wanted Tsukasa and Toya to have matching necklaces and for Rui to still look whimsical whilst being a street musician.

I feel like Happiness Sentai Sunny-Sunny Wonder☆ have the best outfits of the five (seeing as, you know, they're not all the same thing), but I wanted to try and give them outfits that emphasize both their "ranger" concept and their stage names (Sunny-Sunny Happy Emu, Goodness/Darkness Smile Mafuyu, Stoic Challenger Haruka, Makeover Beast Kohane).

"That's just Painful Hope Haruka" shhhh shhh shush

I'm not sure why, but I feel like decora fits Fellow Hobbyists on Days Off a lot, at least going off of their Venom 2DMV, they just deserve to be pink and mildly over the top and somewhat edgy and yay.

#project sekai #project sekai au #aoharu/friends #yume yume jump #fantasista squad #happiness sentai sanisani wonder #kyujitsu shumijin doushi de #april fools units #mine ☆

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Leon, I have been seeing your posts for the past, like, week, and I just cannot piece together what donbros actually is. The plot, the setting, the characters, the story. Please, enlighten me. And feel free to include as much detail and personal opinion as you want

See thats the thing!!! The plot is ALL OVER THE PLACE!!!

Avataro Sentai Donbrothers breaks a Lot of regular sentai rules. Usually sentai shows have a pretty clear plotline and enemies and goals to achieve and are more kinda Drama focused. Donbrothers is instead a slice of life/sitcom style sentai, so while it Has a plot, it's a lot more lose and it plays fast with it. It has the pacing of like either one really slow episode or 5 episodes in one and you never know what it's going to be like episode to episode. It's literally been described as the "It's Always Sunny" of Sentai and that really is the best way to describe it.

But if you would like to know the actual plot is up to what I know of it (I'm on episode 33 of 50 atm) then I'd be more than happy to explain

I'm putting this under a read more it got Very long, buckle up :)

The basics is that you're following the story of Taro Momoi, one of the last surviving members of the Don Clan. He and the rest of the Donbrothers (who I'll get to) are at odds with the Noto, the members of a realm called Ideon. The Noto are...well! Tbh I'm not entirely sure right now, this show deals out its lore in bits and pieces, but they're a race of higher beings basically who live separate from humans and without the imperfections of humanity, mainly the imperfection of Desire. It's something that they actively shun.

The reason that they shun it is that the Noto need humanity's brainwaves to survive, it's what sustains Ideon basically, and when humans become too full of their desires, they can turn into Hitotsuki. The Hitotsuki are monsters of pure desire, and their very existance disrupts the peace of Ideon and those human brainwaves that they need, so they go out of their way to destroy them.

The problem is that the way the Noto destroy Hitotsuki also destroys the human that they originally were, essentially killing them by locking their soul away in an alternate dimension.

This is where the Donbrothers come in. Their whole purpose is to fight the Hitotsuki with their method that eventually turns them Back into humans and lets them retain their life, and usually solves whatever problem corrupted them in the first place. So they're fundamentally at odds with the Noto and their way of doing things because they don't want to kill people in the process of getting rid of Hitotsuki.

And SPEAKING OF THE DONBROTHERS

This team. This team that fights monsters. Is made up of the weirdest lineup ever and I love all of them so much, they're such a weird family and they actively all think that they're the most normal person in the room at any given time while not realizing they're just as weird as the others.

From left to right here in this pic, we have:

Shinichi Saruhara - Guy who is 21 and lives the wabi sabi lifestyle. He's never had a job, presumably doesn't pay taxes, and is actively allergic to money and can't touch it or it'll burn him. He speaks in haikus half the time and has earned the nickname of Professor without having any schooling. He's the blue sentai ranger, Sarubrother.

Tsuyoshi Kijino - 33 year old office worker who is a complete wife guy, like obsessed with his wife to an insane degree. He's pathetic, this site would babygirl him so much if this show was bigger on here. He's also canonically let a guy be murdered by the Noto for fucking with his wife and has turned into a Hitotsuki TWICE because of his desire to see his wife being so huge. He's the pink ranger, Kijibrother.

Taro Momoi - Leader of the Donbrothers as the red ranger Don Momotaro. Taro is 21, he's a deliveryman who delivers good fortune/good deeds as well as packages, and he's literally so perfect at everything that he does that he had an entire village protest against him when he was a child and leave him and his dad to live there alone. Being perfect at things makes him a bit rude at times. He literally cannot lie or it will kill him and I mean that 100% seriously it's happened multiple times in canon.

Haruka Kito - Haruka is a manga artist who after her first big break into the manga world had her entire life fall apart after being falsely accused of plagiarizing her work. She views everything in life as a chance to get manga inspiration and this has led to her letting herself be held hostage for a chance at getting life experience. She's incredibly angry and violent at times and is usually the viewpoint character for most of the series. She's the yellow ranger, Oni Sister.

Tsubasa Inuzuka - Tsubasa, similar to Haruka, has been falsely accused of committing some sort of crime and is actively a fugitive of the law because of it. Everything he does is with the motivation to hopefully see his fiance Natsumi again who he lost a year ago. Incidentally, Natsumi looks Exactly like Tsuyoshi's wife Miho, and so there's a lot of fuckshit going on there. Tsubasa is also canonically a dogboy and cannot get rid of this image for himself. He's the black ranger, Inubrother.

There's also another member who comes in later down the line named Jirou Momotani who is meant to be Taro's successor, but he's his own can of worms while also being my fuckin son. Jirou is both the gold and silver rangers Don Doragoku and Don Torabolt respectively.

And I can't introduce the Donbrothers without introducing their Noto trio counterparts now can I?

From left to right we have:

Sonoza - Sonoza is obsessed with wanting to understand human emotions and why things make them feel the ways they do. This leads to him going up to people and asking them if he's laughing or crying correctly, and then eventually after picking up a copy of Haruka's manga and feeling the full range of emotions from reading it himself, becoming her editor to oversee her making a sequel that makes him feel just as excited as her first manga did.

Sonoi - He's not really the leader of the trio seeing as they're all equals in combat, but the other two do seem to kinda follow his lead a lot of the time. Sonoi is fascinated with human art, thinking that it's existance is the way that humans express their inperfections, and it frusterates him that he hasn't figured out how to make his own art due to this separation from humans. Sonoi becomes fascinated with Taro when they first cross paths before finding out each others true identity, thinking that Taro is someone the world needs more of due to his honest nature and the way he leads his life trying to help others. This fascination still continues even after finding out that they're fated to be rivals, and I mean this 100% seriously when I say that the affections they both share for each other isn't even subtext, it's just plain text (they literally have the first red ranger and villain duet song in the history of the entire franchise), and it ends up changing the course of the entire narrative for both Sonoi and Taro and the rest of their teams. It's insane how much those two matter to each other and what impact that has on the story.

Sononi - Sononi finds herself interested in love itself, the concept of it and how it makes people feel and why it motivates them to do what they do in the name of it. She gets particularly interested in Tsubasa's whole affair and likes to watch both from afar and not so far what's happening with that soap opera level drama. She has the coolest weapon of the entire show, that being a bow that can turn into duel wielded daggers or a bigger blade by itself.

The Noto trio are very interesting because despite seemingly shunning humanity and it's desires, they each find themselves utterly fascinated with a member of the Donbrothers and an aspect of humanity that ultimately sets them apart from the rest of their people and it leads to some very interesting story moments. I love them all so so so much.

But yeah! That's the Basics of Donbrothers as I know it right now. There's other plotlines going on as well but seeing as I only have pieces for them yet I can't really explain them here. Hopefully you can understand my crazed posting a little bit more after all of this though :)

#ask #answered #avataro sentai donbrothers #donbros #kief rambles about donbros #this series has become so dear to me its just such a fun watch and i love it so so so much #also i cannot state this enough but all of the music from it fucks So Much its amazing

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selfshipdorito · 1 year

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well, I'm having thoughts on the most recent pr.oseka april fools thing and its shuffle units, so here it goes!

youthful/friends (aoharu/friends): e.na is so out of place fhjsgkhf. she's just like "wtf am I doing in a rich all girls school, talking to these younger kiddos..?". her interactions with the others are so funny.

yume yume jump: FINALLY YYJ KA.NADE!! this group is so cute. help. their determination, their mutual help... aaaaaaaa i love yume yume jump so much!! and I love k.anade so much, sooo fhgskfhjg. ka.nade is always so tired.. she's so cute hjavdfk

fantasista squad: IRANAI SUBETE WA IRANAI MIGAKI AGETERU JAMANA PRIDE- jk, they're silly. their version of ifuudoudou is one of my favourites, so props to these dudes

happiness rangers sunny sunny☆wonder (happiness sentai sanisani☆wonder): I am WHEEZING. the fact that our as.ahina maf.uyu got thrown into this unit is the funniest shit ever. truly, she's embodying the april fools' spirit more than anyone else (cuz of all the smiling she has to do gdfjahdv). also, h.aruka looks pretty cool here too

hobbyists at free time (kyujitsu, shumijin doushi de): they are so WHOLESOME AAAAAA. I am pleasantly surprised by their dynamic with each other. they just talk about their hobbies and have fun!! I can't really think of words, but I love them hsgdjkhga. probably my favourite of these (or the one I'm most emotionally attached to, at least)

also, the interactions between the vo.caloids are so funny. niigo rin: "I wonder how our k.aito is" HE'S AN ASSHOLE BESTIE /pos

#thoughts of the wind #f/o: melodies with meaning #honami tag #cw caps #niigo tag

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umbry-fic · 2 years

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a genuine smile

Summary: Emu is hanging around backstage when faint music catches her ear. She follows it, only to find the most unexpected sight.

Fandom: Project Sekai Colourful Stage Characters: Asahina Mafuyu, Ootori Emu, Yoisaki Kanade (mentioned) Relationships: Yoisaki Kanade & Asahina Mafuyu (implied) Rating: G Word Count: 1871 Mirror Link: AO3 Original Post Date: 25/06/2022

Notes: This was written for Kanamafu Week Day 5: AU. (Could also fit Day 1: Genuine but I ran out of time haha.)

The kanamafu is only implied since this is the April Fool's Day AU and Kanade and Mafuyu haven't met in it. (Yet.) This is just about how Kanade can still make Mafuyu smile, even in another universe (as witnessed by Emu).

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Emu skipped through the small backstage area of the Wonder Stage with no particular destination in mind, wildly swinging her arms as she hummed the tune to one of the songs that had been in the play she had just performed with her troupe members. Their appearance on the Wonder Stage just a half-hour ago had been a resounding success! Everyone in the crowd had clapped and cheered as the troupe had filed off the stage with wide smiles on their faces and waves to the audience, having gone all-out in weaving a fantastical play that interweaved cheerful song and dance, filling the air with upbeat voices that aimed to bring joy to everyone who heard it.

It certainly made her glad to see that Happiness Sentai Sunny Sunny☆Wonder was only growing ever more popular. An increasing amount of people were taking time out of their park visiting schedule just to come to the decrepit stage tucked away in a secluded corner and catch a performance. There were even repeat audience members whose faces she was beginning to recognise, who Haruka had said with a bright laugh could even be called fans. She hoped she could one day learn their names, and even come to know what they were like. Maybe someday, she could even become friends with them! That would be wonderful.

Who knew so much could come from a troupe that had sprung out of a small, seemingly inconsequential school project? Life was full of surprises! She couldn’t wait to see what more was in store.

The Wonder Stage was even beginning to look less like it was going to fall apart at any second, the cracks and dents being slowly patched up as it received a makeover. Stepping on the wood as they acted out complicated routines yielded less obnoxiously loud creaks. At this rate, maybe she could actually do something to protect all the precious memories - the laughter, smiles and tears - tucked away in every nook and cranny. Convince her brothers that there was another path they could take where the park could survive, all while keeping her grandfather’s vision alive.

Well, those thoughts could wait for another time. For now, she was here to enjoy herself and admire the sights! Still in costume, the pink, puffed-out hem bobbing around her knees and the ribbon in her hair swaying, she continued moving, exclaiming in wonder at the various props that she passed.

A large flower, capable of rotating its head and waving its large leaves at the audience, assisted by metal joints that squeaked and motors that gave out hissing sounds that made her jump. She had no idea how it worked. But it sure was exciting to watch! Sometimes, she would spot a purple-haired boy tinkering with it, and wonder if he was the one who had built it. But he always disappeared before she could get close enough to talk to him.

A cannon, capable of shooting someone out to a great height, sending them in an arc that stretched over the audience. She really wanted to try it someday! Imagine the view! Maybe Minori would be willing to help her with that. They could even incorporate it into a performance! Surely the crowd would cheer from the thrill of it all. She’d love that.

And, last but not least, a simple forest backdrop. Her favourite, in her very biased opinion. A wooden stand, painted over by her with warm browns and lush greens to resemble trees. Simple, but it got the job done. And sometimes simple was best.

Hm... What else was there to see while she waited for Haruka and Minori to return with lunch?

happii shinsesaiza kimi no mune no oku made…

She stopped in her tracks as the faint strands of music caught her ear, snaking through the air with a life of their own, petering out when they got too far from their source. Cocking her head at the unexpected sound, she followed it, to a door that was left ajar. The only one who should still be here was Mafuyu, who had said that she would stay for a while before heading back home to study for her upcoming test. Was she perhaps practising for their next show? But Emu didn’t recognise this song as any they had used before.

Maybe Mafuyu was devising a new section to add to the play! As expected from her, always putting her all into everything, becoming a shining example for others to follow, burning bright as the sun. If that was what Mafuyu was busy doing, then Emu would lend a helping hand, even if the prospect of being left alone with her was slightly terrifying to consider.

Peeking through the gap, however, yielded a sight that she wasn’t expecting in a thousand years.

Resting on a bean bag with her back held ramrod straight was Mafuyu, clad in her costume, complete with the same fun finishes as hers, but purple in colour from head-to-toe. Cradled in her lap was her phone, her head bowed over it as she bobbed her chin to the music, headphones fitting snug in her ears.

Headphones that must not have been plugged in all the way, for the music was leaking out from her phone, filling the air. A colourful theme, complete with bright voices, singing in harmony to produce perfection.

But the most surprising thing by far was the smile blooming on Mafuyu’s face. Like a tiny flower that had just unfurled its petals, having not yet been spotted by anyone. Fragile, and could easily be crushed into dust in the blink of an eye, yet also capable of growing ever more beautiful if cultivated. Emu had to blink multiple times just to confirm that it was there, and not a figment of her imagination.

A real smile… She could hardly believe it.

“Asahina Senpai?” she called carefully, stepping slowly into the room as she picked her jaw off the floor. She didn’t want to interrupt Mafuyu, but she should warn her before anyone else stumbled upon this very scene. She wouldn't want Mafuyu to be embarrassed, nor did she want to feel the wrath of her angry stare, burning a hole into her soul. “Your headphones aren’t plugged in.”

“Oh. Emu. Thanks for telling me.” Within an instant, Mafuyu’s expression morphed, the corners of her lips rising to an unnatural height, crafting a hollow smile. The same one that she always wore in the school corridors when she conversed with classmates and teachers. Hiding something dark behind it, enough to strike terror into Emu’s heart and cause her to start trembling.

The music also came to an abrupt stop, Mafuyu pulling the headphones out of her ears and letting them clatter onto the phone’s screen.

Ah, she’d really done it now! That smile directed at her was the scariest thing ever… But running away would confuse Mafuyu, and she didn’t want to do that.

“What were you listening to?” she inquired, taking step after hesitant step closer and doing her best to suppress the scared squeak that threatened to push its way up her throat.

“Oh, just this idol group. Here, you can listen too.” Mafuyu held up the phone, taking care not to shove the screen too close to her face, and patted the chair next to her. Gulping, Emu took a seat, pushing her legs together in a futile attempt to stop her shaking and calm her racing heart.

With a quick tap on the screen, the paused video resumed. Showing four girls, dressed in matching flashy outfits, a piano pattern running down their skirts. They danced in sync to the music, mics in hand, and sang, with all their hearts.

They looked really familiar, the inkling of an idea tickling the sides of her mind… But where? Where had she seen them before…?

“It’s the idol group Haruka introduced to us!” she gasped, the memory finally popping into her head, though the name continued to evade her. Something to do with dreams and spring, perhaps.

Haruka had shown them this idol group about a month ago, excitedly proclaiming that one of her friends from when she had still been part of the industry had formed it. Emu could remember taking interest in how cute their performances were, but had quickly moved on and forgotten about it, preferring to focus on including even more sparkles and explosions into the play.

“I didn’t think Asahina Senpai would listen to this kind of music…”

Mafuyu didn’t look like the type of person to listen to idol music. In fact, she looked more like the type to listen to demonic seances, maybe… While enclosed in darkness, flickering candles providing the only source of light and illuminating the arcane writings on the walls, chants filling the room...

“Hm.” Mafuyu cocked her head, considering. “Well, I enjoy it quite a bit.” She lay a hand on the phone screen, right as the video switched to focus on one of the idols. A girl with long white hair that reached to the floor, performing her dance routine in a different manner than the rest, an air of awkwardness radiating off of her. But her performance still came off as endearing, because of all the effort she was pouring into it.

“I don’t really know how to explain why,” Mafuyu continued. “It’s just… their songs seem more genuine, somehow. Like they can reach into you and lift you out of the darkness, no matter how far you've sunk, no matter how hopeless the situation is. And… It’s strangely familiar,” she whispered, leaning forward, an unreadable emotion swimming in the depths of her eyes. Shockingly soft, as her gaze fell upon that same girl again. “Her in particular. Though I can’t put my finger on how…”

“Huh,” Emu muttered, standing and putting her hands on her waist. She couldn’t help but smile, watching the genuine one that had returned to Mafuyu’s face. It suited her, much better than the fake smiles did, bringing out a gentle quality that one didn't usually associate with 'good, perfect girl Asahina Mafuyu'. “I don’t really get it, but… It’s good for you to have something you like!”

It would be nice if Mafuyu could smile like this all the time. She often seemed like she held nothing dear, protecting nothing in the confines of her heart. Simply drifting through life, never showing any emotion. Remaining eternally closed-off, without anyone ever noticing.

“I’ll leave you to it then!” She got up, skipping her way back to the door and out into the corridor before Mafuyu could say anything in return.

She hoped that one day, Mafuyu would be able to meet this idol who had seemingly touched her soul through music alone, rather than being separated by a glass screen and the impossible distance that came from being strangers.

Maybe then, after the abyss had been closed, she could finally open up. And the flower locked securely behind an iron gate could finally be free, growing ever larger and stronger, nurtured by a kind soul and warm hands.

It was an unlikely notion. But miracles were always possible, and she was willing to believe.

#fanfiction #one shot #project sekai #project sekai colourful stage #asahina mafuyu #mafuyu asahina #ootori emu #emu ootori #yoisaki kanade #kanade yoisaki #kanamafu #KanamafuWeek2022

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stressedlawsecretary · 3 months

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Today's Focus

Quote by Willie Nelson

02.07.24 - Happy Wednesday! God I appreciate getting to work from home in the middle of the week. It's bright and sunny and I feel pretty good and I'm hoping to channel that into major productivity around here.

Work - Whatever comes in; I left nothing for myself today. SJC is taking a personal day and she's the one that needs me the most so I'm expecting it to be extra slow. Maybe some efiles here and there. I like this on remote working days; leaves me more time for other tasks.

Background Noise - I start today with 120 on the Watch Later. I'm not optimistic, since I'm remote and juggling the DVR today but I'm also not going to touch the long ass video from the Themed videos I'm watching today so maybe, just maybe, I can make a little headway.

I did like an hr and a half of a 2 hr 40 min video yesterday while I juggled watching the WL so I got like eight (8) videos off including an extra video from a channel I follow, but I didn't do as well as I could because I had to keep stopping a couple of the lists I was trying to watch, either to look stuff up or because I actually had something to read I needed to concentrate on.

Study - I have a lot to say here, and this post is getting long, so Study and Extras under the cut today.

Okay it's Wednesday which means it's visual study day. While I do want to tackle some non-education stuff on my DVR (Night Court, Ghosts) and some semi-educational stuff (iCrime, Steve Wilkos) I am going to work in/prioritize the educational shows on my DVR; that is, Jeopardy episodes, CBS Sunday Morning programs, and following that 60 Minutes. I need to make sure I hit a base goal of six (6) hours off the machine, and I'm starting with it at 82% full.

Additionally, since I have so many YT videos to watch, I'm going to set a small goal here of five (5) of the true crime/news like educational things on my Watch Later.

I don't prioritize reading on a day like today, but I do have an Emmett Till article up, and I will try to read a few of the ones in my deep dives. I have a few Wiki pages related to things from the Internet Archive that I'm saving that I'll track as well.

Yesterday I read the Emmett Till article I set out to read, three (3) climate articles, three (3) misconduct articles, and a couple (2) of Horizon IT articles. Then I managed to do a couple (2) of pages of the Glass Report, a couple (2) of chapters of When is a Book Not a Book? Oliver Twist in Context, a couple (2) of 'good news' articles, and the article on the "Beacon of Hate". I also read a few pages of the other three articles I had pulled up: The Negro Problem, the appendix letter to a SCOTUS case, and Black Women and the Constitution.

Extras - Okay I'm home so I should be doing chores. I am going to try and do some extra cleaning in the bathroom, along with the catbox and vacuuming, which are the standard chores today. No cooking; we're moving takeout day to Wednesday to better align with my spouse's new work schedule. I have an essay I want to finish, a mini-essay to write, & work in both the housecleaning & beauty diaries in terms of creativity today. Plus I want to watch Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger with my spouse tonight before doing my shower self-care routine.

#studyblr #my study stuff #today's focus #talking #selfie

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project-sekai-facts · 28 days

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On multiple occassions, the illustrator of a cover 2DMV has been the same illustrator as the original Vocaloid MV for the song. These instances include:

Hachisan for Hibana -Reloaded-

Awashima for Umiyuri Kaiteitan

omutatsu for Attract Light

Tama for Ren'ai Saiban

Mogelatte for Dreamin Chuchu

Hachisan for Vampire

iyowa for Kyu-kurarin

Glider for Bouken no Sho ga Kiemashita!

Cherico for Chururira Chururira Daddadda!

Nou for KING

akka for Otome Kaibou

Sashi Miyama for Aishite Aishite Aishite

Higashi no Sora made Ai ni Kite for Gehenna

Kinoshita also illustrated the MVs for both the Emu, Nene & Rin and Happiness Sentai Sunny-Sunny☆Wonder covers of Positive☆Dance Time.

#lmk if i missed any #project sekai #2dmv

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polarisbear · 2 years

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hm what else what else. the. super happiness sunny sentai is like. objectively very fun. and i think there’s an interesting parallel to be drawn from haruka and mafuyu, in the case of hard work. now there’s a pile of legitimate criticism to be had with haruka’s writing, but generally she’s a character who enjoys working hard for her goals, both because i’m pretty sure she just enjoys the process And because it’ll get her closer to her dreams

mafuyu doesn’t have that! she works and studies obscenely hard for a job she doesn’t really care about and generally. if you put mafuyu in a room with literally any of the entire cast who are all violently focused on their goals and pour so much of themselves into them, you get the interesting result of mafuyu not. getting it. like ena already wants to rip her to shreds because she can do so much with so little effort, and i think akito would be similar. you get friction, and then add in the fact that haruka quit being an idol— she gave up her dream, the thing she was working so hard for— and moved on.

mafuyu’s kinda defined by being stuck. she can’t really leave the life she’s built because she can’t think of anything for her to move to, not a person, not a dream, not a destination. so she can’t quite get haruka. maybe she wants to in this au though

#i dunno. maybe i’m taking this too seriously #but i think it’s fun enough to think about

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ramblingsekai · 2 years

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And here’s one of the scarier groups to me. Here’s Part 4, the group review on Happiness Sentai Sunny Sunny (why do the stage groups always have such long names). I think that this group is really interesting. On the surface, it’s a super happy and optimistic group, but to me, there’s a few layers of sadness to them. So let’s get to it!

Major changes are presented from the start with this group. A sort of theme that I noticed about this group, it’s a group of people who had missed chance meetings. Each of them sort of had meetings that almost didn’t happen or happened by a chance. And in this AU, those chances were missed. Mafuyu and Kanade didn’t form 25ji, and based on how Mafuyu’s mask is so firmly on, I think that Mafuyu never heard Kanade’s song (which popped up in her recommendations) so she never contacted K. Either that or Kanade ended up being contacted by that manager earlier in this AU. Still, Mafuyu never met Kanade and never had that feeling of being moved by her song. So by the time this group formed (I’m not typing out their name again), she’s had her facade on for an extra 2 years without an outlet. So yeah, Mafuyu kinda scares me, bc is she gonna explode? Is she a ticking time bomb? Who knows. And then Emu. I’m not sure if she held auditions like she did in the OG main story. From the sounds of it, she recruited Kohane personally (maybe in the park or at school). Since Kohane was recruited by Emu, I guess she never ended up bumping into An. And that is a bit of a tragedy to me bc of how Kohane & An’s story plays out. Especially since An’s 1.5 anni card story kinda reveals that An was pretty lonely before meeting Kohane and that’s why she’s so clingy. And how An inspired Kohane and pushed her to be more confident since we see Kohane with her OG hairstyle during the first convo (she has her short hair and no glasses look later on, but idk if that was bc of necessity or a meaningful change like in OG timeline). So a chance meeting missed. Then with Haruka. I’m not sure how, but Haruka seems to have somehow gotten over her stage anxiety here, but is still retired from being an idol. So I guess since she’s not struggling with her stage anxiety, she doesn’t go to the roof and meet Minori. Another missed meeting.

So another thing I’m wondering about is how exactly Mafuyu and Haruka joined. Mafuyu mentions this group as an out-of-school activity so I’m wondering if maybe there’s some volunteer program or something at Miya that Mafuyu joined and working at Phoenix Wonderland was one of the options. That’s honestly one of the only ways I could see Mafuyu joining and her mom letting her. Also, how the heck did she become troupe leader? I guess the only other person who could be leader would be Emu & uhhhhh that might not be a good idea. But I guess they gave it to Mafuyu because of her perfection and her seniority. And then with Haruka, it sounded like she decided to join voluntarily rather than Emu recruiting her. So I wonder if Emu still actually held the auditions, Tsukasa doesn’t show up since he wants to be a street performer and Rui is with him and not harassing the theme park staff by trespassing, and Haruka auditions instead.

So yeah, they dress up and give out their stage names. I can’t help but notice that Haruka’s tag line is ‘An idol is not built in a day’ and I’m wondering if that’s supposed to be a mention towards the girl who overextended herself in Haruka’s old group as well as a way of showing that Haruka still has regrets but is trying a different path away from being an idol in order to move forward. So unlike OG Haruka, this Haruka still has things she regrets and as a result, can’t let herself be an idol, so she becomes a stage performer instead to still help give hope to people. Also, Kohane now has her makeover look here. But her tagline of persevering beast and makeover, makes me wonder if Kohane just went through her character arc by herself. Or if this is all a part of her stage outfit too by Emu. Who knows. Anyways, they discuss why Emu gave Mafuyu the impregnable nickname. Gonna be honest, Emu’s reasoning on why she gave that name to Mafuyu doesn’t really make sense to me. Like is she saying that Mafuyu is just sort of unmovable bc she doesn’t show her real emotions and it’s just a mask all the time? She says it was because she wanted Mafuyu to smile, but idk if impregnable is a good stage name for that. But, they’re rolling with it I guess. And they talk about their stage plot and how they should have Mafuyu play a double agent role. So ofc she whips out her dark smile. And oof, wonder if that’s a little bit of her repressed emotions leaking out. Emu insists that they should make it so Mafuyu’s role can also end with a smile or whatever. Honestly, this was a little cheesy for me so I’m skimming through this.

Yeah, this group is a mixed bag for me. It feels bittersweet to me bc of the missed chance meetings and how Mafuyu probably won’t be saved by this. I know I know, Emu wants to get Mafuyu to smile for real, and she did succeed a little in the main OG timeline, but getting Mafuyu to smile and ‘saving’ her feel like different things to me. I’m honestly not sure if Emu is capable of saving Mafuyu and this isn’t a dig at Emu at all. It’s just that Mafuyu is really stuck and Kanade (might be reaching HC territory) was able to reach Mafuyu initially through shared experiences/emotions. Bc Kanade felt despair, Mafuyu was able to relate to Kanade and feel like Kanade could relate to her. So she felt hopeful, if only a little bit. Emu is a hard character for me to read, but I don’t feel like she’s ever reached that pit of despair. Sure she got stressed and saddened when she thought the stage was going to close, but that’s not the same I think. Besides, at this point in time, I wonder if Mafuyu has her Sekai also in this AU? She alone made the Empty Sekai, so I wonder if it would also exist here as well. Hard to say. I wonder if maybe this Mafuyu is sturdier or not as despairing compared to OG Mafuyu and that’s why she even bothered to join a stage troupe in the first place. Still, I also wonder if this might lead to the stage later shutting down, bc I think in a later JP event, Emu’s dad compared Tsukasa to the grandfather and believed in Tsukasa’s abilities. Here, Mafuyu is the leader, and with how she’s faking everything, I’m not sure if Emu’s dad would trust her with Wonder Stage’s future. Hard to say again (I know I keep using this sentence, but it’s true).

So yeah, a fun look at an alternative, but ultimately, I prefer the OG groups for each of the members. If only, because I feel like there paths have less regret in the OG timeline, and bc it feels like there would be more unity with the OG groups. I have no idea what Mafuyu’s actual goal is (there might not be a genuine one and it’s her just trying this out to feel something), Emu still has her OG goal alongside getting Mafuyu to smile, Kohane is supportive of this group but I wonder if she’d eventually stop after awhile, and with Haruka, I also wonder how far she’d go with this group. I don’t have as good as a read on this group compared to their originals.

I’m sorry if this was messy and didn’t make sense, but this is pretty much all I can think of with this one. Let me know your thoughts and thanks for reading!

#project sekai #Happiness Sentai Sunny Sunny #April Fools Event AU #mafuyu asahina #emu ootori #kohane azusawa #haruka kiritani

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