how's my driving? Constuctive criticism, general comments, your mom jokes, whatever: if you've got something to say about my characterization of Akaya, here's the place to do it! Anonymous commenting and comment screening are both turned on, and IP logging has been turned off, so feel free to speak your mind about anything. If you'd like to talk ( Read more... )

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[ PART ONE: backdated to 12/17. It's rather late in the evening when Akaya starts recording; he has Yagyuu's Vulpix, Masako, snuggled up in his lap. He is uncharacteristically despondent, and for somebody who wears all his emotions openly, it's pretty obvious that something really has him down. ]

... It feels like everybody from my team is leaving. ( Read more... )

[ late at night, a message goes out on the PokéGear - ]do you think that if you try hard enough at something, then eventually you'll succeed at it? or are there some things that can't be achieved through just hard work? like, that there are somethings that people are just born good at, and that's something that can't be learned.

Guys, guys! Guess what? My birthday is in two days! I'm going to be fourteen soon!  [ he is positively beaming with excitement. ] Actually, I think it's been over a year since my last birthday, 'cause of Johto time being different from back home, but it'll be official on the 25th.

It'd be nice to get together and do something fun, but... I'm in ( Read more... )

[ when the feed comes on, Akaya and Shiraishi can be seen standing nearby - they’re taping via Pokémon today. Both of them have rackets in hand, and judging by the makeshift grass court in the background? It looks like they’re ready to play some tennis. ]

Hey, everybody!! There’s some people in Johto who’ve never played or even heard of tennis ( Read more... )

[ Inspired by some strange pictures, Akaya and Bartz have decided to show Johto how drawing is done... with passion. Neither of them have drawing skills past stick figure level, but neither of them believe that this is something that should stop their true artistic spirits!! When the video comes on, it is focused on a series of drawings. Some of ( Read more... )

[ The camera is fixed on an egg that seems to be shaking slightly, then pans over to Akaya - ]

I think it's finally gonna hatch! Actually, I still don't know what's inside, but I'm pretty excited!

[ back to the egg: it's glowing now, and the shell breaks to reveal... ]


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