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Day/Theme: Aug 6 Twenty-seven names for tears.
Series: Bokurano
Character/Pairing: Ano Maki, Maki's family
Rating: PG
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31_days. mixed anime and manga canon. spoilers for Maki chapters.
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"What will you be like when you grow up? What kind of life will you have?"
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The baby wailed, the loud cries resonating in the room.
"Ah, that's a loud wail!" he commented, lifting his son into the air. "Good for you! You have a healthy set of lungs!"
The crying continued, now even louder than before.
"And that's quite some nonstop crying! I think I have to name this. How about...special technique, continuous crying? Best used for grabbing attention!"
"Dear, shouldn't you try to figure out why he's crying first?" came his wife's voice from the kitchen.
"That's what I'm doing!" he shouted back over the baby's crying.
He rocked his son in his arms.
"You're just hungering for attention, right? Let me tell you a story, son. When Maki was your age, she..."
As he continued spinning tales about Maki's toddler days, the baby finally quieted down.
He smiled and kissed his son's forehead.
The baby gurgled and reached out to pull on his hair.
"Ouch!"
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Thirteen years later
"Ano-kun, heading home already?"
"Yeah, it's my older sister's birthday today," he replied with a grin as his two friends joined him. "Dad's getting off work early to celebrate."
"Older sister?" asked one of his friends, flabbergasted. "I never heard you mention-" The other friend nudged him, cutting him off mid-sentence.
"She passed away, you dolt! Of course there's not much to talk about!" whispered the other friend urgently.
Ano waved his hand in the air. "No need to whisper around me. It's not a sensitive topic."
The first friend raised his hand hesitantly. "Then, um, is it all right if I ask you why you're uh still celebrating her birthday?"
The second friend pulled the first friend's hand down. "What are you raising your hand for? It's not like we're in class!"
Ano shrugged and put his hands behind his head as he walked. "She died before I was born actually, but Mom and Dad talk about her a lot so it feels like I know her. Mom often says that it was thanks to my sister that they were able to have me, so I'm kind of indebted to her, you know? We celebrate her birthday every year and Mom and Dad tell me stories about her. Dad says that I used to only stop crying when he recounted stories about her to me. It kind of seems like I have a sister complex, doesn't it? Still, she seems like a great person. I wish I could've known her."
"Wow, isn't that kind of hard to live up to?"
Ano rolled his eyes. "You don't even know all of it. I heard that she was one of Zearth's pilots too."
"What? Whoa, wait a minute. You're Ano. That means that your sister was Ano Maki? THAT Maki?"
Ano nodded.
"Way cool man. Way cool!"
"Yeah, she protected the world with her friends. I really admire her for that! It's cool and all, but I heard that Dad abstained from anime for months after he found out. I can't imagine my otaku father without anime nowadays. He especially didn't touch any mecha anime back then. He even hid the Zearth figure he bought too! But he's fine now, and the Zearth figure is out on display again. He says he's proud of his daughter."
"Your dad even has a Zearth figure? It's the limited edition right?"
"Yup, the very one."
"Wow, can I come over to take a look? That thing sells for ridiculous prices! Have you seen how high the prices go?"
The second friend nudged the first friend again.
"Show some tact, geez. It's a family day for them!"
Ano laughed. "Don't worry. She wouldn't have minded."
His friends looked at each other and turned sheepish smiles to him.
"We'll be inviting ourselves over then!"
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the end
Heh, it was mostly dialogue in this one. Quite different from my normal style. I was entirely stumped by this theme though, and this was what I ended up with. ^^; I think...there's a song that goes by Twenty-seven Names for Tears? I've never heard it before. This ficlet is actually lighthearted. :3
Isn't "Ano" Maki such a good pun? I'd imagine that lots of people made puns out of her name. Since ano sound like "that."
Day/Theme: Aug 6 Twenty-seven names for tears.
Series: Bokurano
Character/Pairing: Ano Maki, Maki's family
Rating: PG
Notes: for
31_days. mixed anime and manga canon. spoilers for Maki chapters. Archive: LJ | ffnet
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"What will you be like when you grow up? What kind of life will you have?"
-----
The baby wailed, the loud cries resonating in the room.
"Ah, that's a loud wail!" he commented, lifting his son into the air. "Good for you! You have a healthy set of lungs!"
The crying continued, now even louder than before.
"And that's quite some nonstop crying! I think I have to name this. How about...special technique, continuous crying? Best used for grabbing attention!"
"Dear, shouldn't you try to figure out why he's crying first?" came his wife's voice from the kitchen.
"That's what I'm doing!" he shouted back over the baby's crying.
He rocked his son in his arms.
"You're just hungering for attention, right? Let me tell you a story, son. When Maki was your age, she..."
As he continued spinning tales about Maki's toddler days, the baby finally quieted down.
He smiled and kissed his son's forehead.
The baby gurgled and reached out to pull on his hair.
"Ouch!"
-----
Thirteen years later
"Ano-kun, heading home already?"
"Yeah, it's my older sister's birthday today," he replied with a grin as his two friends joined him. "Dad's getting off work early to celebrate."
"Older sister?" asked one of his friends, flabbergasted. "I never heard you mention-" The other friend nudged him, cutting him off mid-sentence.
"She passed away, you dolt! Of course there's not much to talk about!" whispered the other friend urgently.
Ano waved his hand in the air. "No need to whisper around me. It's not a sensitive topic."
The first friend raised his hand hesitantly. "Then, um, is it all right if I ask you why you're uh still celebrating her birthday?"
The second friend pulled the first friend's hand down. "What are you raising your hand for? It's not like we're in class!"
Ano shrugged and put his hands behind his head as he walked. "She died before I was born actually, but Mom and Dad talk about her a lot so it feels like I know her. Mom often says that it was thanks to my sister that they were able to have me, so I'm kind of indebted to her, you know? We celebrate her birthday every year and Mom and Dad tell me stories about her. Dad says that I used to only stop crying when he recounted stories about her to me. It kind of seems like I have a sister complex, doesn't it? Still, she seems like a great person. I wish I could've known her."
"Wow, isn't that kind of hard to live up to?"
Ano rolled his eyes. "You don't even know all of it. I heard that she was one of Zearth's pilots too."
"What? Whoa, wait a minute. You're Ano. That means that your sister was Ano Maki? THAT Maki?"
Ano nodded.
"Way cool man. Way cool!"
"Yeah, she protected the world with her friends. I really admire her for that! It's cool and all, but I heard that Dad abstained from anime for months after he found out. I can't imagine my otaku father without anime nowadays. He especially didn't touch any mecha anime back then. He even hid the Zearth figure he bought too! But he's fine now, and the Zearth figure is out on display again. He says he's proud of his daughter."
"Your dad even has a Zearth figure? It's the limited edition right?"
"Yup, the very one."
"Wow, can I come over to take a look? That thing sells for ridiculous prices! Have you seen how high the prices go?"
The second friend nudged the first friend again.
"Show some tact, geez. It's a family day for them!"
Ano laughed. "Don't worry. She wouldn't have minded."
His friends looked at each other and turned sheepish smiles to him.
"We'll be inviting ourselves over then!"
-----
the end
Heh, it was mostly dialogue in this one. Quite different from my normal style. I was entirely stumped by this theme though, and this was what I ended up with. ^^; I think...there's a song that goes by Twenty-seven Names for Tears? I've never heard it before. This ficlet is actually lighthearted. :3
Isn't "Ano" Maki such a good pun? I'd imagine that lots of people made puns out of her name. Since ano sound like "that."
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Date: 2008-08-07 10:48 am (UTC)And yes, oh that pun! XD *nodnodnod*
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Date: 2008-08-07 11:33 am (UTC)I reread the Maki chapters again while writing this. I always get teary-eyed when she says that she's willing to be the bad guy for her family.
(Wah, that's a cool Maki icon! Love the font for Zearth.)
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Date: 2008-08-10 11:04 pm (UTC)Maki's pretty damn awesome, isn't she? *_*
(Thank you! I wish I could say I've made it... >.> )
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Date: 2008-08-07 07:15 pm (UTC)Re-reading it after reading all the current chapters? I'm wondering how I missed the "special technique, continuous crying?" bit. It's so... cute and geeky. :D
I really like his friends. When the friend put his hand up, I got an image of Rock Lee in my head. XD;;
I wonder what her dad's like with mecha anime in the future?
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Date: 2008-08-07 08:42 pm (UTC)Maybe I should capitalize special technique, continuous crying. XD
Hehehe, Rock Lee does do that! I didn't include any description of Ano and his friends, but that image kind of fits. His other friend is a little more serious.
I imagine him watching mecha anime and going, "My daughter did that 10 times better!" or "Do you need my daughter to show you what a real mecha pilot is like?" He'll be watching mecha and adding his own commentary. I'm imagining such a happy outlook on life for this family, aren't I? XD As for the mecha anime in their world, I think Zearth would influence them a lot actually.
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Date: 2008-08-08 07:19 am (UTC)I can't find the anime though - it's in Spanish in youtube and non-existant in veoh.XD *lols*
:3 Muahaha. You can tell.
*grins* ... *then breaks* There's a Zearth anime isn't there. Oh mi gawwwwwwd. XDD
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Date: 2008-08-08 07:56 am (UTC)LOL. Oh yeah, there'd definitely be something like a Zearth anime. XDDD Even all the enemy robots were named, so Zearth has all its adversaries lined up already! But seriously, a Zearth anime would equal Bokurano. =P
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Date: 2008-08-08 08:10 am (UTC)I was going to say, they'd probably have to change a few things to make thing interesting but.. XD;; They're piloting a giant robot to save the world so they're fine.
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Date: 2008-08-09 08:15 am (UTC)I doubt they need to change anything to make it more interesting. They probably need some censoring instead.
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Date: 2008-08-09 01:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-09 08:11 am (UTC)well except for not getting to know his big sister