This story takes place in the same universe as The Fox of Everfree
After Pearl Rose discovered that her long time relationship with her girlfriend was nothing but a sham. Leaving her heart shattered and broken on the inside. But a sudden realization, brought to her attention by her mentor. Challenges her to question everything she has ever known about herself and her feelings. Particularly when it comes to her best friend.
Kohaku, seeing his best friend hurt so badly. Struggles with the painful choice of following his heart by remaining her closest friend and his desires for wanting to make his alabaster angel his own. Questioning weather he can have his cake and eat it too
Pearl Rose is the wild OC of morion87 and has done the grammar corrections for this story. thankyou for all your help and being awesome!
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thanks
As added notes for the story. What happened to Pearl is way toned down from what originally happened to her and the others.
Seriously. It wasn't pretty. To the point I was seriously questioning why I was letting her be used by someone else. Even if Lotus and the others totally deserved what they got in early drafts.
Wow, thanks to the cmc they may have just broken something beautiful before it could even sprout.
And that, ladies and germs, is why you never piss Kohaku off. Underneath it all, he is still a predator. And will fuck you up so fast that Rainbow's head would spin if he really wanted to.
I just finished this one, and I have to say that It's very well done. I want to take a moment to talk about this because a lot of Authors have been doing this stuff very wrong recently.
Ive come across several Japanese based stories recently and Ive noticed that these stories are parodies of Japan. Rather than using the source material and using the Japanese to influence the stories, those Authors drown the stories in it, to the point where it's ridiculous. One great example of this done wrong is a story I read last week where I realized that I had been scribbling a list, to keep track of the characters names and other terms, so I could keep track of what the hell the Author was talking about. Think about that. The reader needed a list, to follow the plot of the story. Too many bizarre names, too many bizarre terms, most of which aren't needed to tell the story or move the plot. Trying so hard to be an Anime that it lost itself.
In this story, Valtyrian used the concepts, and the culture as a flavoring, to hi-light and frame the story. It became a fun accent that the story use to enhance the plot and make the story interesting and unique. No where while reading this well done and fun story, did I ever feel the Author was beating me over the head with Japan.
I think a lot of Authors here need to step back and reevaluate if they are taking their representations way too far.
To Valtyrian, a very well earned thumbs up.
The Monk
“What else to do? How did people survive boredom in olden times? ... Oh yeah, lots of stabbing." -RushyFiction
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I appreciate the kind words and good review.
I've read those stories were others just try to put that culture in the story just for the sake of having it in there. much like most of the characters they create. Writing stories were a human turn into a kitsune. that's the most anime cliche I've seen, and it's been done to death. if you're going to make a kitsune, just make a kitsune. include the culture just don't draw attention to it.
I'm glad I'm not alone in feeling that.