Practice was over.
After going home in the afternoon, Ikuyo Kita lay down on her bed and opened the simulator.
[You have launched the Good Friend Simulator.]
[Please select a simulation target: ]
[1. Hitori Gotoh, innate talent: Guitar performance (Prodigy-level)]
[2. Ryo Yamada, innate talent: Bass performance (Admired by All-level)]
[3. Nijika Ijichi, innate talent: Drum performance (Once in a Thousand Years-level)]
[4. Toru Kitahara, innate talent: Piano pe...
From the photos, it was hard to tell. But once I arrived on the scene by helicopter, I saw that the truck had crashed straight into the roadside guardrail.
The front bumper and hood were mangled beyond recognition, and some unknown part was still spewing black smoke. It looked like it could blow up at any second.
Yet these girls were standing nearby as if nothing had happened…
Ah, right, this is Kivotos. Never mind then.
I looked at the wrecked truck, my teeth aching...
2025-10-04 12:25:02 +0000 UTC View PostThat night, while patrolling the Abydos District with Hoshino, I received a message from Aru.
Aru: Sensei, please take a look at this.
Aru: [Image]
The image showed a canvas bag, its zipper half-open, revealing bundles of cash stuffed inside.
Aru: This is what Haruka brought back.
Aru: She said Abydos didn't want it and gave it to us.
Aru: We're not sure how to handle it. 2025-10-04 12:24:41 +0000 UTC View Post
After the lunch break.
Inside Class 1-G's classroom.
Ikuyo Kita stared at the blackboard, a little absentminded.
So boring.
The truth was, Ikuyo Kita was not satisfied with her current life.
That rosy life of a "normie" was crammed with the same routines day after day...
Karaoke after school, shopping on weekends, posting photos on Instagram during holidays.
Aimless, complacent.
No goals to strive for.
Some people might say...
Isn't ...
2025-10-03 15:11:25 +0000 UTC View PostInside the Foreclosure Task Force's clubroom at Abydos High School.
A girl glared at the cash transport ledger, her anger growing with each line she read, until she finally burst out:
"This is outrageous! What even is this?!"
Serika, who had also been feeling angry and was just about to speak, looked blankly at the fuming Aru, confused as to why Aru seemed even more enraged than the actual victims here.
"The previous entry shows Kaiser collecting 7.88 million yen from ...
2025-10-03 14:42:07 +0000 UTC View PostJust as Hifumi had said, the strength of the Black Market guards could not be underestimated.
The moment I stepped out of the underground bank, I saw the "Masked Swimsuit Gang" locked in a fierce battle not far away, with more reinforcements rushing to the scene.
This was where Wakamo came into play.
I sent a message through Momotalk, and soon, a thunderous explosion shook the nearby street. Flames and smoke instantly drew the guards' attention.
Seizing the opportunity...
2025-10-03 14:41:23 +0000 UTC View PostOST: Innocence
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[During the two years when Toru's body gradually weakened, he stayed by his daughter's side until the very end.
Before he passed away, he left her a large inheritance, along with ninety-six recordings, one for each month. He entrusted his phone to Ryo Yamada, asking her to call his daughter once a month and play the record...
2025-10-02 13:40:43 +0000 UTC View PostOST: Senjougahara Tore
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"All right, time for bed."
Toru put away the hair dryer. In these three years, he had already learned how to take care of a child.
Back then, things like changing diapers and mixing formula had troubled him for a long time. But no matter what, Shio was his and Ijichi's... no, she should now be called Nijika Kitahara... their daughter. In ...
2025-10-02 13:22:25 +0000 UTC View PostOST: Clannad - Nagisa
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[One month after your death, your husband continued to maintain his daily life.]
[He was strong. Only after closing up the flower shop, when he returned home and instinctively called your name but received no reply, would his face suddenly cloud with a lonely, lost expression.]
[Your older sister feared for Toru's mental state, so she imme...
2025-10-02 13:10:13 +0000 UTC View Post---
[The due date was in spring, but that winter felt colder than usual. At home, the heater was always running so you wouldn't catch a chill. Having quit his job, Toru cared for you with painstaking devotion, as though holding a fragile glass bottle: crystal clear, beautiful, and ready to shatter at the slightest fall.]
Nijik...
2025-10-02 12:58:00 +0000 UTC View Post[After graduating from university, Toru became a salaryman, working nine to five.]
[These days he was plain and ordinary, with only one difference from other office workers: he always came home early. He didn't smoke, didn't drink, and was gentle & kind.]
[Your sister, Ijichi Seika, more than once praised him, and your father was equally pleased. The two of them often spent time together, as close as father and son.]
[Time passed quickly. Three years went by.]
[Dur...
2025-10-02 12:44:15 +0000 UTC View Post[After the honeymoon, you returned to your everyday life.]
[With university graduation approaching, the time had come to submit your thesis and prepare for defense. Because the band had consumed so much of your energy, you had scraped by in your classes with barely passing grades. Fortunately, your school wasn't a prestigious one, and management was fairly lax.]
[Ryo Yamada was also troubled by her graduation thesis lately. She kept complaining to you, asking why she had ever chos...
2025-10-02 12:36:47 +0000 UTC View Post[After the Shinto wedding ceremony.]
[Now officially husband and wife, you began your honeymoon. Since it was late autumn, you chose Okinawa, often called Japan's southern paradise, as your destination.]
[You booked a seaside resort hotel, planning to spend a blissful month-long holiday together.]
[Sharing one hotel room made you feel shy.]
[In truth, over the years you'd been dating, you never once let him touch you. You had focused entirely on your dream, relegating rom...
After a two-hour-long performance, the vast venue fell into silence.
The graduation live had ended, marking the conclusion of the Kessoku Band. You had a beginning and an end, once struggling at the very bottom, giving everything just for the chance to perform, and later standing tall upon the grandest of stages. Though reluctant, you had no regrets for the effort poured along the way.
In the end, you fulfilled your dream.
Standing at the summit, overlooking all beneath, you...
2025-10-02 12:25:12 +0000 UTC View Post[After your heartfelt talk with Ryo Yamada.]
[A few days later, you finally made up your mind, and soon told the rest of Kessoku Band that you wanted to get married.]
[Among them, Toru was the most stunned. Just a month ago, he was persuading you to give up music, even preparing himself mentally to be separated from you by life and death. But now you suddenly announced you would give up rock and marry him. The news left Toru both shocked and overjoyed.]
Pfft. Was it really s...
2025-10-02 12:24:48 +0000 UTC View PostOST: Blue Archive OST 18. Mechanical JUNGLE
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As a lawless zone beyond the reach of the General Student Council, the black market had, over years of unchecked growth, developed a complete cycle of organized crime.
At the center of that cycle were underground banks.
Wealth gained from embezzlement, robbery, kidnapping, and other crimes was laundered there, then conve...
Everyone's eyes turned to me.
After some thought, I spoke in a low voice:
"We're going to the black market, yes. But not to gather clues, our goal is evidence."
Unlike the shocking revelation that "almost all of Abydos' land had been sold off by the former Student Council," there was no need to conceal who the true enemy was anymore.
Especially now, with the interest rate reduced by nearly seventy percent.
Clearly, the other side couldn't play fair anymore and ha...
2025-10-02 10:46:19 +0000 UTC View Post—In a villa in Shimokitazawa—
Our dear Miss Ryo stared at the messages on the simulator with a trace of unease.
Her PTSD was flaring up. In the last simulation, she had watched Toru die in her arms.
This time, Nijika's mental state carried the same ominous weight, maybe even worse...
For the sake of her dream, Nijika was throwing everything aside, even forgetting the person she should treasure most.
Had she known it would turn out like this, ...
2025-10-01 10:54:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe bank clerk hung up the call and politely declined me.
Then he jogged over to Serika, who handled the accounting, his display screen showing an emoticon that looked like a smile but even more like tears.
"Congratulations! Because, um… you just happen to be the hundred-thousandth customer to pay interest with our company! Your credit rating has received a critical hit bonus, and you've won the privilege of a permanent sixty-six percent interest reduction!"
"…What the h...
2025-10-01 10:15:04 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I woke up, the sound of pages turning drifted into my ears.
Opening my eyes, the corner of my vision caught a pair of slender legs in white socks. Looking up, Hoshino was sitting beside me, absorbed in the marine life encyclopedia.
Morning light streamed through the window and fell across Hoshino's delicate profile, making her smile look even brighter.
I could not bring myself to ruin that moment with words, so I watched quietly, wanting to etch the scene into my memory...
2025-10-01 10:14:03 +0000 UTC View PostNijika patted her small chest, trying to comfort herself.
Even if the side effects had begun, it should be fine, right? After all, it was only physical weakness, not death.
Yes, no problem!
[In your second year of university, Kessoku Band's reputation soared, and you became well-known in the Shimokitazawa area. That autumn, you even received an invitation from Rainy Bar, one of the most famous live houses in Shimokitazawa. Many popular bands had started from there.]
[Y...
2025-09-30 14:47:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe location for our private discussion was the Problem Solver 68 office, now set up in the Abydos district.
The moment I stepped inside, I noticed a calligraphy scroll hanging on the wall that read, “One Evil a Day.”
“Hahaha~ Sensei, welcome to our office! Haruka, go make some tea, will you?”
“I understand, Aru-sama.”
When Aru noticed where my...
2025-09-30 14:34:39 +0000 UTC View PostWork and daily life should never be mixed.
Mutsuki from Problem Solver 68 fully agreed with this, greeting everyone warmly as if the earlier clash had never happened.
By comparison, Aru was more or less awkward when facing the Foreclosure Task Force.
After all, not long ago she had been treated to ramen by them, only to show up soon after with a squad of mercenaries to attack her benefactors. That was an undeniable fact.
Even though she had the excuse of carrying out a...
2025-09-30 14:25:53 +0000 UTC View Post[Not every story ends with a happy conclusion.]
[The Light Music Club quickly disappeared from Shimokitazawa High's list of clubs, as if it had never existed.]
[In the months that followed, you spent most of your time preparing for exams, hoping to distract yourself this way.]
[Kitahara Toru, however, carried on with his days as always, carefree and idle.]
[He was like a child who would never grow up, innocent and free of worry, basking lazily by the classroom window e...
2025-09-29 14:48:14 +0000 UTC View PostAside from me, who stayed behind in the activity room to command, and Ayane, who provided remote support, the entire Abydos squad went out to intercept the enemy.
"We've confirmed a squad leading mercenaries ahead!"
No sooner had Ayane's warning reached everyone's ears than the enemy figures appeared at the far end of the street.
Through the surveillance feed, I saw them clearly, four Gehenna students whose faces looked extremely familiar.
The girls of the Foreclosure ...
2025-09-29 14:41:31 +0000 UTC View PostAfternoon arrived.
The girls of the Foreclosure Task Force had already returned to school, scattering across the campus.
When I entered the library, Ayane was sitting alone in the sunniest spot, reading a book with deep concentration.
I cleared my throat softly. “Ayane, may I bother you for a moment?”
Ayane closed the book and stood politely to greet me.
“Yes? Sensei, what did you need from me?”
“The other day, I made a quick trip back to D.U.”<...
2025-09-29 14:17:49 +0000 UTC View PostThey say the quieter a person normally is, the harder it is for them to calm down once they really get angry.
At least, Ayane certainly fit that description.
Even after Serika had already gone off to work with a smirk, the unreliable upperclassmen and the supposedly innocent me were still stuck listening to Ayane's lecture.
To soothe Ayane, who was still sulking and ignoring everyone, we unanimously decided to take her to Shiba Seki Ramen for something good to eat.
Bri...
2025-09-28 13:35:47 +0000 UTC View PostThree days had passed since Serika's attack.
After rescuing Serika, we drove back to school in a truck we had "found" on the road, hauling the forced-landing helicopter in its cargo bed.
For the record, Hoshino, Shiroko, and Nonomi had worked together to carry the helicopter into the truck.
It weighed about a ton.
Serika, who had taken a direct hit from an 88mm shell, held out only until we reached the school, then finally passed out.
She was brought into the inf...
2025-09-28 13:35:27 +0000 UTC View PostExtreme Pressure Training Method?
Nijika opened its description.
[Extreme Pressure Training Method: A training regimen improved by Toru, capable of raising the upper limit of your skills by two levels while temporarily boosting your talent level by two as well.
Side effect: lifespan will not be affected, but the body will become frail.]
Eh? That powerful?
Little angel Nijika was stunned. Was this really something she could just g...
2025-09-28 13:34:30 +0000 UTC View Post[When Ryo saw you feeling guilty, she took the initiative to suggest abandoning the song. She said she had composed it for Kessoku Band, and if you could not keep up she could decisively discard the piece that had cost her a month of effort.]
Nijika finished reading the contents of the simulator.
Soon, a faint look of bewilderment crossed her face.
Nijika had wanted to grow together with everyone in Kessoku Band, to reach the summit together, yet in the simulation she had be...
2025-09-27 13:24:24 +0000 UTC View Post