[Fic] A Clingy Boy's Fifteen-Year Pursuit Disclaimers and Info
Notes:
(and a hint to a future project)
Mixi (Second Stage onwards)
a popular Japanese social networking service. It was huge back in the day.
Not so different from Facebook, Satoshi posted his work on his profile and "maxed out" the MyMixi counter, basically he went viral.
"combative patient" (6th year, Second Stage)
patient that is violent or possibly harmful
I began to hint at his unstable mental health here.
yukata (Third Stage onwards)
a kimono of light material, often worn at traditional Japanese inns and during summer festivals
Boys don't usually wear yukata on such festivals but hey. It's yama, we know they'd look great. :)
goldfish scooping, balloon scooping, ring toss (Fourth Stage)
typical games in a Japanese summer festival
Orihime, Hikoboshi (Fourth Stage)
the star-crossed lovers of the Tanabata legend
Long story short, Princess Orihime and Hikoboshi the cowherd get to reunite once a year on a summer festival called Tanabata. Based on the actual stars Altair and Vega.
This is the topic of my next Yama fic.
chapter names
the names of the chapters are derived from the Japanese version of the Kübler-Ross model of the five stages of grief:
1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
If you reread the Stages, you might feel these things with Satoshi. Or you might see how I attempted to hint on it with the poetry at the beginning of each stage. I tried. OTL
camellias (Fifth Stage)
in the flower language means "longing" or "waiting", depending on the colors
Author's note:
What started out as a fun little project made a surprising turn for me. This is by far my most emotional fanfic, clearly it's not my style as you might notice from my main project Mets Men (action/sci-fi/dystopia) and Mr. Lonely (romance-comedy/low fantasy)
We've all experienced loss in some way, so I wanted to write a story of a path to heal in the hopes that Satoshi's fifteen years will help you along your own path. :)
The original creator of this story is a dynamic duo known as ManboP (details in Disclaimers) and I plan to adapt other ManboP works into Yama. Stay tuned!
Disclaimers:
This story is based on this song and music video of the same name.
Produced by: 家の裏でマンボウが死んでるP
(YouTube | nico nico douga)
Lyrics and Info, please click here