It was past midnight and, as usual, the two anime HDD recorders were in the midst of recording, emitting soft piercing sounds as they worked. The fervent, heated strikes of the keyboard were on par with the fans of the computer; the noise of their clash resounded in the middle of the room.
Title.
Pending
Product Concept.
A Story of a Chance Encounter, of Feelings and a Coupleās Love
āā¦I wonder if that last bit,Ā āa Coupleās Loveā, makes for a poor balance?ā
If anything, this sudden surge of mine would have to be the result of this morningāsĀ FatedĀ Encounter. My desire to preserve that encounter against the weight of reality was firing up my creative will. This surging passion charging through my being was now giving life to all this unnecessary text.
āNo, what other reason would there be for dating sims if not to sell such depictions of couplesā love?ā
After all, I had somehow managed to save that hat after it rolled about ten-ish metres down the side of the street. The girl had ran halfway down the hill, thanking me profusely, bowing her head multiple times, and only stopping when I cut her off by sayingĀ āThatās enough alreadyā.
I felt a bit of pride from the pain Iād suffered when skinning my elbows.
Prologue.
On that spring day I had a fated encounterā¦on a tall hill where the warm wind carried dancing cherry petals through the air, and where the soft rays of the sun poured down onto the earth. Standing on top of that hill was a lone girlāa girl whose name I did not know, a girl whom I had not met before. Then there was a stirring in my heart, a shining premonition, and in that momentā¦I fell in love for the second time.
Yes, I had completely fallen in love again. I could not stop myself from falling in love. Even if I hurt myself. Even if I hurt her. Even if the feelings of two people would never come to beā¦.
And so, begins with the new semester, a premonition of things to come.
āā¦This is a little too painful isnāt it?ā
Afterwards, the two of us briefly walked beside each other down to the middle of the hill, where my bicycle stood. During that period, we barely spoke at all. Neither of us gave our names, nor did we make any promise of any kind. After that, I rode down the hill on my bicycle, while she headed off back up the hill.
āā¦Actually, the depiction of such finger-squeezing pain would be the perfect draw for sure! Itād be a brilliant misunderstanding!ā
That would be an acceptable situation. Actually no, itād be more than acceptable. In fact, itād be great. My optimism about all this stems from these kinds of stories: the ones filled with drama about being separated from your love, only to be reunited once again by fickle fate.
After all, fate works in strange ways. She might be a transfer student entering my class. It could be that our fathers are mutual enemies and our relationship would be caught up in a storm of love and hate. We could be half-brother and sister with the same mother, and the confirmation of such a shocking revelation would lead us to some messy situation andā¦.
Setting aside those few seconds where Iād somehow managed to completely lose myself in the dimension of Couplesā Love, these scenarios are just wellā¦, that kind of thing, yeah.
The Characteristics of this Work.
This is a work that is very innocent, tantalising, and will leave you writhing shamefully in agony. An adventure novel of pure love, weaving a story of those youthful, spirited days.
āā¦This isnāt just painful anymore, this is just me writing like some smelly old man!ā
However, Iāve never had such an unusual motivation before. Itās as though all of my dormant passion had been discharged at once. I could scarcely remember the last time my feelings had been as stoked as they were now.
Ahh, it would probably be that time when I was so absorbed by the workĀ āA Metronome in Loveā, that I forgot to eat and sleepā¦.
āā¦If I look at it this way,Ā āYouth and SpiritāĀ donāt seem to fit, especially since itās not going to be one of those comedy games.ā
It was only just a year ago wasnāt it? Thatā¦.
The Characteristics of this Work.
A work that is very innocent, tantalising, and will leave you writhing shamefully in agony,
An adventure novel of pure love, weaving a story of those ordinary days of youth.
Note: Review this later.
āā¦Ordinary daysā¦. I wonder if ordinary is a bit redundant here.ā
Just like that, I continued to plan late into the night, until even the HDD recorders had finished recording all their anime.
And so next morningās newspapers were delivered thirty minutes later than usual.
It was now the first day of April and the second day of plot development.
Character Setting.
Heroine A (Name to be decided)
Main Heroine. A girl whom we meet in a fated encounter along a hillside road amongst the dancing cherry blossoms.
āI should probably try to take greater advantage of the cherry blossom setting. After all, I did go to great lengths to get that hat back.ā
With my unwavering passion, I continued to tackle the game plan and the creation of the main heroine, whilst my thoughts drifted back to my encounter with that girl. She was a girl whose name I did not know, nor a girl I had ever met before, despite the fact Iād been living in this town ever since I was born. I assumed she was probably someone who had just moved here recently, or perhaps someone who was just passing through town.
A white one-piece dress and a white beret hat. And that look on her face while she held down her swaying hair in the windā¦.
Truth be told, I donāt really remember her face. The situation felt really intense at the time, so I didnāt get to the point of clearly making out the details of her face. However I still remember that whiteā¦.
Hmm no, that white colour has nothing to do with it. Well at least not that white colour specifically, but the white of the dress perhaps.
Character Setting.
Heroine A (Name to be decided)
Main Heroine. A girl whom we meet in a fated encounter along a hillside road amongst the dancing cherry blossoms.
At the top of the hill there bloomed a single, large ancient cherry blossom tree. A curse hung upon that large tree, binding the heroine to live as a blossom spirit through the eternal passage of time. In his youth, the protagonist made a promise to that girlā¦. The protagonist, keeping that promise, would fulfil her wish and in that moment break the curse. However, this would wipe her existence from everyoneās memories.
āā¦Is it just me or did I somehow go back to the very start of DaĀ āpo?ā(1)
And just like that, I spent the entire day stumbling around in a maze of my own thoughts, the proposal not even inching forward one iota.
Iāll have to make it up tomorrow.
The Second Night of the New Month:
Itās that time when it seems like you could almost hear the approach of the new semester.
Story Summary.
Pending
āCrap, all the sites are done with their April Fools jokes. Seems like all I can do is to hunt down what happened on some spoiler sites.ā
I completed two more lines today.
The 3rdĀ of April:
āSpring Anime start todayā¦. For now Iāll just watch the first episodes of all the series in real time.ā
I had already checked out three of them, but I decided to skip the last one.
The 4th of April:
āThe new semester starts tomorrow right? All in all, nothing really happened during the spring break.ā
Well, thatās just reality for you.
Translation Notes and References
1. Da. āpo refers to Da Capo, a visual novel that was later adapted into manga and anime.
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