Each month during the offseason, you'll be given three polls to help shape the ronin you want to make. I’ll take the results and commission an artist for a piece of artwork with your selections in mind!
The first poll is masculinity-femininity, from the 1st-5th.
The second poll is favored stat (personality+expression), from 6th-10th.
The third poll is hair, from 11th-15th.
Votes from this month carry on into next month's poll (+X), so every vote matters!
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2021-02-01 20:10:36 +0000 UTC
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A new month, a new face! That's right: in Book 5, players will be able to (optionally) select a face for their main character! Faces will be designed each month by the intermediate+ tiers via polls. This month's face was drawn by Ishiyan (twitter)!
This month's build: Very feminine, Charming, Ponytail
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2021-01-31 19:51:27 +0000 UTC
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It's hard to believe I've written thirty of these things! Thank you all for your support. I wouldn't have been able to take time out of my schedule to make all these without it. Doing these short stories every month has helped me improve as a writer and Samurai of Hyuga improve as a story in more ways than I can count. Though once I get around to it, I'll make a blogpost about it on my website!
To put it simpl...
2021-01-19 18:54:54 +0000 UTC
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2021-01-19 18:46:47 +0000 UTC
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2021-01-19 18:45:37 +0000 UTC
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2021-01-19 18:44:13 +0000 UTC
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2021-01-19 18:42:47 +0000 UTC
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(Sorry for being so late! This portrait is December's.)
A new month, a new face! That's right: in Book 5, players will be able to (optionally) select a face for their main character! Faces will be designed each month by the intermediate+ tiers via polls. This month's face was drawn by Izumi (twitter)!
This month's build: Masculine, Brutal , Long hair
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2021-01-18 15:53:24 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 5 is when we really begin seeing two of the themes of Book 5. One of them is "movement": the journey itself is going to be (and remain) a large feature of the story. If you think back to the previous books in the series, there's not really a lot of movement going on:
Book 1: Yamato -> Jijinto
Book 2: Tonogasha -> Baron's Mansion
Book 3: Baron's Mansion -> Tanimura -> Shima
Book 4: Clanfields -> Hokusei
As far as the second theme goes...well...
2021-01-15 17:43:30 +0000 UTC
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For these last few portraits: the gender poll will work as it always has, but for personality/expression and hair, I'll be excluding options that have been used before with the same gender-type.
For example: since we've already done a Feminine Charming ronin, Charming will no longer show up during that particular face poll. Hope that makes sense!
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2021-01-11 19:56:23 +0000 UTC
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How much tabletop roleplaying (Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Shadowrun, Call of Cthulu, etc) experience do you have?
2021-01-10 20:01:58 +0000 UTC
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For these last few portraits: the gender poll will work as it always has, but for personality/expression and hair, I'll be excluding options that have been used before with the same gender-type.
For example: since we've already done a Feminine Charming ronin, Charming will no longer show up during that particular face poll. Hope that makes sense!
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2021-01-06 18:07:57 +0000 UTC
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Update: MC #16's portrait (Masculine, Brutal, Long hair) has been delayed due to the holiday season. Sorry for the wait, but I'll make sure to post it once it's complete!
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Each month during the offseason, you'll be given three polls to help shape the ronin you want to make. I’ll take the results and commission an ...
2021-01-02 17:54:12 +0000 UTC
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In terms of structure, Chapter 4 encompasses the "B-Story" of the first story in Book 5. You can almost think of it as a sidequest. One of the things I like about it is that it returns us to a familiar place with a few familiar faces, too (though under very different circumstances)!
As you've probably come to expect from my writing, I always prefer to re-introduce story elements vs introducing completely new ones: it keeps the memory "footprint" low + readers love throwbacks. O...
2020-12-15 16:52:46 +0000 UTC
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For these last few portraits: the gender poll will work as it always has, but for personality/expression and hair, I'll be excluding options that have been used before with the same gender-type.
For example: since we've already done a Feminine Charming ronin, Charming will no longer show up during that particular face poll. Hope that makes sense!
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2020-12-12 14:44:43 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody! Just wanted to give you guys a heads up going forward. There's no side story poll for this month because the 30th side story is reserved for Junko/Jun. I've neglected them for long enough, lol! Doing so any longer would put my life in jeopardy from all those rabid Junkmancers out there! ＼(º □ º l|l)/
As for that story, there's probably going to have to be four versions: Junko/Jun's Whatever (Male/Female MC Version). With New Years and other potential happenings, it ...
2020-12-08 16:10:43 +0000 UTC
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Side Story 29: Nishi’s Eulogy (Masashi Version)
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“What the fuck happened here?”
Nishi could hardly believe the devastation before her. Tonogasha, the aesthetic town once known for its arts, p...
2020-12-08 15:57:09 +0000 UTC
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<Author’s note: This story takes place during the events of Book 3.>
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Side Story 29: Nishi’s Eulogy (Masami Version)
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■■ Tonogasha ■■
“What the fuck happened here?”
Nishi could hardly believe the devastation before her. Tonogasha, the aesthetic town once known for its arts, po...
2020-12-08 15:55:24 +0000 UTC
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For these last few portraits: the gender poll will work as it always has, but for personality/expression and hair, I'll be excluding options that have been used before with the same gender-type.
For example: since we've already done a Feminine Charming ronin, Charming will no longer show up during that particular face poll. Hope that makes sense!
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2020-12-06 19:36:07 +0000 UTC
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Each month during the offseason, you'll be given three polls to help shape the ronin you want to make. I’ll take the results and commission an artist for a piece of artwork with your selections in mind!
The first poll is masculinity-femininity, from the 1st-5th.
The second poll is favored stat (personality+expression), from 6th-10th.
The third poll is hair, from 11th-15th.
Votes from this month carry on into next month's poll (+X), so every vote matters!
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2020-12-02 22:27:21 +0000 UTC
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A new month, a new face! That's right: in Book 5, players will be able to (optionally) select a face for their main character! Faces will be designed each month by the intermediate+ tiers via polls. This month's face was drawn by Tokiko220 (twitter, deviantart)!
This month's build: Neutral, Calculated, Long bangs
2020-11-30 17:30:05 +0000 UTC
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This was a heck of a chapter! Weighing in at over 30k words, it's as meaty as they come and possibly the largest chapter in Book 5! But more impressive (to me at least) isn't it's length but it's...girth?! (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)
Chapter 3 has the largest branch in the series so far! SoH has never been known for being very branchy: the choices are more designed around customizing your experience rather than taking you off into entirely different ones. I find that big branches in ...
2020-11-15 20:20:46 +0000 UTC
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For these last few portraits: the gender poll will work as it always has, but for personality/expression and hair, I'll be excluding options that have been used before with the same gender-type.
For example: since we've already done a Feminine Charming ronin, Charming will no longer show up during that particular face poll. Hope that makes sense!
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2020-11-11 20:36:10 +0000 UTC
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Reminder: there are 2 side stories remaining. The 30th one is reserved for Junko/Jun, which means this is the last month to decide the story you want to read next. Pick carefully!
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This poll will close at the end of November.
If there is a tie, and both characters haven't had a story written yet, the winner wi...
2020-11-10 21:03:55 +0000 UTC
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<Author’s note: This story takes place before the events of Book 1.>
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Side Story 28: Satsuma’s Necklace (Toshio Version)
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“Please, Nobutoshi-dono, you must take me with you!”
The six-year-old Hyugan pleaded with his eyes bloodshot and the shadows beneath th...
2020-11-10 20:59:22 +0000 UTC
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<Author’s note: This story takes place before the events of Book 1.>
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Side Story 28: Satsuma’s Necklace (Toshie Version)
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■■ Western Hyuga ■■
“Please, Nobutoshi-dono, you must take me with you!”
The six-year-old Hyugan pleaded with his eyes bloodshot and the shadows beneath th...
2020-11-10 20:55:25 +0000 UTC
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What is your favorite anime personality type/trope?
2020-11-10 17:11:12 +0000 UTC
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For these last few portraits: the gender poll will work as it always has, but for personality/expression and hair, I'll be excluding options that have been used before with the same gender-type.
For example: since we've already done a Feminine Charming ronin, Charming will no longer show up during that particular face poll. Hope that makes sense!
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2020-11-06 16:17:39 +0000 UTC
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Each month during the offseason, you'll be given three polls to help shape the ronin you want to make. I’ll take the results and commission an artist for a piece of artwork with your selections in mind!
The first poll is masculinity-femininity, from the 1st-5th.
The second poll is favored stat (personality+expression), from 6th-10th.
The third poll is hair, from 11th-15th.
Votes from this month carry on into next month's poll (+X), so every vote matters!
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2020-11-02 15:21:22 +0000 UTC
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A new month, a new face! That's right: in Book 5, players will be able to (optionally) select a face for their main character! Faces will be designed each month by the intermediate+ tiers via polls. This month's face was drawn by mutanttac0! If you like it, feel free to tell her about it on the patreon discord!
This month's build: Feminine, Protective, Chonmage
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2020-10-31 17:04:59 +0000 UTC
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