Mitakihara Original

Category: Chapter 20

  • 5 — Dive Into The Heart

    “The End.” Those words hang on Hanako’s modest flat-screen television, along with a list of statistics. By all accounts, Hanako’s first playthrough of her beloved video game was nothing stellar. Even her “second” playthrough, continuing where she finished before Ueno had moved in, wasn’t much better. She had, however, defeated her first set of optional…

  • 4 — Internal Affairs (The Hanged Man)

    Yosuke isn’t used to wandering into the school’s bicycle parking this quickly after school, but with Hanako and Seia being invited to new Eden, and Shinju and Koharu being left in charge of cleaning their classroom, heading home seems like a preferable option to working on the newspaper on his own. Unfortunately, most of the…

  • 3 — Yesterday’s Problems

    While the gymnasium above had been officially reopened to the public, on this particular Tuesday afternoon, its owner was nowhere to be seen. In reality, she was downstairs, in the basement, which remained closed to the public. The Puella clinic she established with Aoi was something that ordinary gym-goers never knew about, thinking it merely…

  • 2 — People Are People

    Three. Two. One. Twenty four hours have officially passed since Kiwako met with High Priestess Caelum, her sworn enemy. The only person to ever betray Kiwako’s friendship, both emotionally and literally. Kiwako was on her trail, alongside the usual entourage. Without a word, she gives a look to the twins, who in turn, nod and…

  • EX — Vacua

    Twenty hours. That is all the time Diana had since her retreat to compose herself. Twenty hours is both no time at all, and an eternity, all in one. The scene of Diana cutting down the silhouettes in the mist played on a loop in her mind without cease. Cutting down Fiora was easy. It…

  • 1 — Internal Affairs (The Sun)

    The next morning, the woman called Melati walks into New Eden, apparently ignoring the “Closed for Cleaning” sign hung outside. As before, she has on a smart-looking suit, taking off a pair of sunglasses as she enters the gym. She stays in the lobby, scanning the gym for a while. Eventually, Seia comes up from…