002 ♫ voice

[etudes]

Good day, everyone.

[ Kotomi's voice is.. practically the same as usual, aka very monotone and blank, no matter what she's speaking about. At least she's apparently social enough today to actually use the journal to make a post.. ]

I have two important questions to everyone. I couldn't find the answers in books, so I thought maybe someone else would be able to tell me instead.. I tried to look all over for books about it, but couldn't find anything. [ There's maybe the sliightest hint of disappointment in her tone at it. ]

The first would be any more information about "tsundere".. I heard it means someone acts tough and doesn't think they need anything more, but.. any more information would be nice, too.

[ This is clearly important. ]

And secondly, what kind of stories does everyone like..? [ totally not asking in relation to a certain someone, nope. ] I wonder if there's some sort of story that could be fun for everyone, no matter who reads it. Doesn't that sound like it'd be wonderful?

[ After that there's just.. a long pause.. apparently she forgot to turn off her journal after she was done in her obliviousness. ]

Comments

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[divinacommedia]

Oho! Someone who likes books-...! I approve, definitely! Personally I think the most fun are mystery novels.

Discussing your theories and whatnot with others is always the best.

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[ oh, could it be-- ANOTHER BOOKS LOVER..? ]

You like books a lot too..? [ on the inside she's like (yay).. ]

I've read some mystery novels before, but.. sometimes they're a little scary, don't you think?

[Voice]

[uccellodifuoco]

[Kotomi why are you asking about that. Ikki's not tsundere, don't listen to Smoker lies!!]

Don't listen to Smoker's old man ramblings, Kotomi-chan. He himself doesn't even know what that means, don't expect him to have used it properly.

[Voice]

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[ But he totally is tsundere. 8| ]

Eh..? Ikki-kun, are you saying that Smoker-kun was lying about it? But Smoker-kun seemed to be really sure about it..

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[allseeingdeath]

Tsundere? Isn't that only in those cheesy animes? I think I've seen them, they usually act really tough, but actually love people a lot or something. They're pretty dishonest about their feelings too. [ Shiki never once thought about how this may describe her perfectly. As she said, it was only in animes or something. She gave the second question some thought, before answering. ]

I like comedies.

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Dishonest about their feelings, is it.. But it's a bad thing to lie, right? Isn't it much easier to just tell people how you really feel?

[ and does that mean Ikki is hiding his true feelings too..? ]

Comedies are nice. In fact, I'm still trying my best to learn how to make good jokes too, like the ones they put in comedies.

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[chibifalenas]

I kind of like stories about old legends, but not ones that involve wars. I really don't like war stories.

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[etudes]

... Hmm..

Stories about war are nice in their own way, but I always think they can be pretty scary or sad too.. I always feel really bad for the families of soldiers who were left behind, too.

[wannabolt]

Well, I don't really read, but if I did it'd have to be something really exciting.

But hey, what're the chances of that?

[Ah, she's from before Read it and Weep. Go figure!]

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... You don't read?

[ Sorry, but that's all Kotomi seems to zoom in on - especially since it's just such a surprising answer, she can't even imagine a person who would never read since reading is so important to her personally. ]

[emp3thy]

Harsh outside, cute inside.

[he knows a case study, if she'd like...]

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[ Except Kotomi is awful at conversation, so sorry if she doesn't get it, Minato.. ]

That sounds like a really strange kind of story..

[vulcanblazer]

Tsundere? That's easy. That's used to describe someone who has a rough or cold exterior but who's really a big softie on the inside. Like a princess who is standoffish and pushes people away but eventually opens up to someone she's grown to care about.

[Because Rozalin was such a tsundere. It gives him a bit of nostalgia thinking about it.]

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[ Oh, see, this is one of the best explanations so far, that does make a lot of sense so Kotomi nods to herself slightly as she considers all of it. ]

Hmm.. Then it's a little weird, though. I've seen one of them that isn't rough or cold at all.. [ that's just since you're oblivious, Kotomi. ]

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[subsultive]

I think it'd be wonderful to find a story everyone could enjoy... [Sigh. Maybe he could actually get Spada to read then --] As for me, I enjoy fantasy. It's nice to escape from reality sometimes... What about you?

[voice]

[etudes]

It would be.. After all, sometimes it's really difficult to think about what kind of story someone might like, and if you would read them a story they don't like they might feel upset..

[ a pause, as if she's thinking - although she generally spaces out a lot.. ] Hmm.. I like fantasy too. Like you said, escaping from reality is nice, and.. love stories are nice too, since they usually have a happy ending.

[Video]

[cuethemasong]

Oh? What suddenly gave you an interest in that trope?

... I know a tsundere from home. She's really fun to fluster since she takes everything seriously.

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There's a friend of mine here, and.. a friend of his who is another friend of mine called him a tsundere, so I wanted to find out what exactly that would say about him.

[ ... ] Tsunderes always take everything seriously?

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[greatinspector]

[Gruff old man voice...friendly, just a bit rough]

Well, I dunno about the first one other than its modern Japanese slang.

About your second. Well, I always liked mysteries, and sometimes adventure books. If you get the right kind, there's nothing better!

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[ Kotomi's own voice, in return, sounds a little blank - as if it's difficult to tell what the emotion in it is - and soft. ]

Adventure books? Do you maybe mean like those old stories about knights and dragons..?

[voice]

[penetrated]

I've already told Kotomi-chan that I kind of like fantasy novels, right?

[voice]

[etudes]

Aoba-kun, that's right. I really like them too, since you can daydream away about them a lot and imagine a lot of things.. So you don't even have to think about reality for a little bit.

[silpheed]

If could create such a story, then I believe I would actually have reason to be impressed.

[etudes]

Of course. Everyone would be impressed at a story like that, right? Since everyone would like it, so nobody would have a reason to not be impressed..

[magentarific]

Tsundere's one of those weird labels that guys put on girls when they want to believe that they're actually soft and squishy on the inside instead of taking them for what they are because they can't handle it.

[etudes]

[ Thanks for the explanation, Yuri, but there's one thing wrong with it as far as Kotomi understands things now. ]

Can only girls be tsundere..?

[video] 1 of 3?

[death_awaits_you]

I like stories with happy endings! [ \o/ ]

But tsundere... [ He adopts a thoughtful pose. ]

[video] 2

[death_awaits_you]

Well, someone who's tsundere has an outside that's totally different from their inside!

On the outside, they're all tsun tsun tsun!! [ And he imitates this tsun-ing complete with tsun facial expression and a tsun flounce. ]