Sunday, July 18, 2021

The Sunday Currently | 34 |

This is one noisy Sunday, if you ask me Then again, I guess every Sunday around here is like that, whether I like it or not. In any case, I still have a lot of things to do, so I might as well start doing this. Those things had a lot to do with writing, anyway. There's journal writing and continuing a story update that I should've posted yesterday, but because of some laziness and other outside factors, I didn't get to do it. It made me decide to create a new posting schedule so that I could keep up somehow.

In any case, we'll see what will happen if I'd be able to actually do it. For now, let's just start writing what I would call a weekend update.

So this Sunday, I'm currently:

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Series Comment: "A Tale Of Thousand Stars"

 
Why am I writing an entry about this, by the way? If I'm going to be honest, I don't know, as well. But I've had this urge to actually do this since last month. Sadly, I only got the time to do it today. So here I am.

And yet, instead of doing an episode by episode entry like before, I preferred doing it this way. Or you could say I decided to do it this way. Maybe because I just like to keep it short, if I can. Or maybe I'm just too lazy to even write entries per episode. Procrastinating is really not good for me who's struggling to deal with it.

Anyway, back to the topic. It's been months since this series finished airing and I'm still having a hard time letting go. Not only because of the storyline that caught my attention since I first watched the trailer, but because of the fact that this was the first BL series that I watched without skipping. Okay, it's the first BL series I watched. Period. I have to say that it was a game changer for me in some ways. Even my writer self got affected by the story, somehow.

Series Plot:

A volunteer teacher dies in a tragic accident, in which her heart is transplanted to Tian. Through a series of diary entries, Tian learns about her life, her secrets and interests. Including her promise to Chief Forest officer Phupha, about counting a thousand stars with him. Tian then decides to follow in her footsteps and complete her dream. With Tian a new volunteer teacher, he attempts to befriend Phupha. Yet Phupha gives off a cold exterior. Slowly the two grow close, but Tian's heart beats fast around the forest officer. As he starts to fall for him, much like its previous owner did. But with the area being dangerous, can they keep their thousand-star promise?

Sunday, July 11, 2021

The Sunday Currently | 33 |

Okay. I know I missed writing and SC entry last Sunday for one reason -- I slept before I could even stop myself. I mean, I didn't realize that I actually fell asleep. I guess I was too tired to even notice it. Anyway, since it happened like that last week, I have to compensate for that by writing an entry tonight. And I have to do it while I'm still in the mood to write something and while I'm still awake. Hahaha!

So let's go!

So this Sunday, I'm currently:

Something that never fails to make you feel better.

  • Chocolate
  • Wafers
  • Marshmallows
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Love songs

Should I consider it weird? Maybe not. But since I was in college, these are the things that always have ways to make me feel better. They may be quite light things (or petty should be the word -- or not), But I love them all the same. I'd actually rather eat or read or write than dwell on negative emotions too much. Not to mention, I've always been an over-thinker, which is obviously not good for me at all. So I needed to think of ways for me to calm myself down when I don't feel good mentally or emotionally.

So for my future significant other (if ever he would actually come into my life), this is one thing you got to consider about me. Or least that's what I'm thinking. Then again, we'll see.

Saturday, July 10, 2021

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 4 - A Dangerous Race


Eichirou was still yawning when he went down to the living room, still in his pajamas. It would appear that the preparation for the photo exhibit that he was planning was a really taxing one. Erika soon handed him a cup of coffee.

"Good morning, Eichirou-san," Erika greeted as soon as Eichirou took the cup from her hand.

"Good morning..." the photographer replied quite lazily.

Erika could only shake her head and proceeded once again to the kitchen where she saw Shuichi talking to Hideoki. At that, she couldn't help frowning. What could they possibly be discussing? But even from her position, she could tell that it wasn't anything grave or something.

"You woke up early, Erika."

The pianist turned around to the direction of that voice, only to see his brother reading the music sheets that was on his hand.

"I couldn't sleep," she said nonchalantly. But it was more than enough to catch her brother's attention.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 3 - The Traveling Novelist


Somewhere in Yokohama...

It was night time. A teenage girl was standing in the middle of a small library of that mansion. She was looking at the book shelves with a melancholic look on her face. The same melancholic feeling that the full moon was giving off on that particular night.

"Professor, I'll be leaving tomorrow. I guess it's about time, huh? I'll put my travels on hold for now. Just until I finally finish my mission," the girl said to no one in particular. But she made it seem as if the old man she was referring to was just in front of her.

A heavy sigh came out of her mouth soon after, as she looked at the cylindrical item on her hand. That item looked similar to the Seitengers' Hyakureider, only smaller and with only two slots and three buttons. One more feature unique to this cylinder was the figure of six wings near one end of it, three wings placed on each side. The girl gripped the cylinder hard as she began thinking of things that she knew were about to come now that she decided to do this.

She had to leave the mansion she could ever call home for a long time.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 2 - Courage Within The Fear


Mizuhashi Mansion...

Being heroes of the world was, of course, not something one would consider as a walk in the park. Especially if you were truly a novice in the field. So that's where trainers come forth. And in the Vessels' case, their trainers were the people close to them.

Their training began two days after their first encounter and battle with the Tareans. Hideoki and Nanami left their jobs at the pastry job and at the bookstore respectively to their trusted assistants for a while in order for them to personally oversee the Vessels' training.

First up: Hasureiki invocation.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 1 - Awakening Of The New Vessels


For the past 5,000 years since the last great battle, there was a force that traveled through space and time to ensure the world's safety from an inevitable danger and destruction. The humans didn't know anything about it. Or at least, most of them didn't know.

Only a few selected individuals knew the truth about those chosen to defend the world. It was a hard task but in the end, those chosen people left the world with the knowledge that the world will continue their lives safe from harm.

But there is still the fear that a certain person's soul had carried in each of her reincarnations for the past 5,000 years. She knew right before her death that the battle will not be over with just sealing the dark force that once threatened to destroy the world. Their battle will only be over once the dark force had all been destroyed completely.

In the present times, her fear had begun to come to life.

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Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger - Background Story


Five thousand years ago, there was an organization called the Dark Shadow Defenders who gathered evil witches, alchemists, sorcerers, wizards, sword masters, and mages from all over the world in order to bring about the destruction of Earth and make it their own planet that ran according to their rules and codes of conduct. The most powerful guardians of the world residing in a magical realm called The Hundred Heavens, the Heavenly Spirit Guardians of Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, and Light, had gathered together and summoned the chosen maiden born and blessed with the powers coming from the rare Celestial Five Lights Shower. This chosen maiden was to become the most powerful warrior of all by accepting to be a special vessel of all the five Heavenly Spirit Guardians' holy powers, combined with the Light of Hope exclusively existing in her heart, which allowed her to become what the ancients would call as the Priestess of Life.

With the help of the Heavenly Spirit Guardians, she defeated the forces of the Dark Shadow Defenders and sealed them in the darkest and deepest magical dimension of the Earth, only known as the Tareus Dimension. But upon doing so, the Heavenly Spirit Guardians didn't realize that sealing them and ensuring its security resulted to the death of the Priestess of Life. It appeared that she used the entirety of her life force to seal the enemies. Soon after, her soul, along with the remnants of her powers, traveled through space and time to make sure that the seal wasn't broken. The Heavenly Spirit Guardians concluded that their battle might not be really over as they hoped it would be. With that terrifying conclusion, they decided to send large parts of their powers to accompany the wandering soul of the Priestess of Life in completing the immense task, passing the soul and the Heavenly Spirit Guardians' powers on from one human incarnation to another.

In the present day, an innocent child's prank inevitably caused the one of the five Tarean seals to be broken. Now armed with an even more powerful evil force, the released Dark Shadow Defenders (collectively known as Tareans) decided to continue the halted plan of destroying Earth once again. But the Priestess of Life had already anticipated this moment long before her immediate death. Chosen by the soul of the Priestess of Life and bearing the mystical powers of the 5 Heavenly Spirit Guardians, chosen people must fulfill an ancient mission of obliterating the destructive forces of darkness once and for all before the feared ultimate annihilation of the world becomes a reality.

Joining forces to do the task of saving the world were biker Hiwara Shuichi, photographer Mizuhashi Eichirou, composer Hoshiyama Itsuki together with his pianist sister Erika, and archer Fuumiya Misae. It wasn't long before they accepted their duties as Seitengers. Later on, a travelling novelist named Tennouji Helen joins the team. Accompanying them in their journeys and mission are historian-cum-restaurant chef and owner Mizuhashi Hideoki (Eichirou's father), book store owner Kinmura Nanami and her son Akira (Eichirou's aunt and cousin in the second degree of consanguinity respectively), amateur photographer Tsukimori Kanako (Eichirou's childhood friend) along with her cousin Takeda Natsume and her father Tsukimori Genma, Shuichi's best friend Raisaki Amuro, Amuro's former politician father Raisaki Shotaro, Misae's senpai Furukawa Nika, Misae's childhood friend and butler-in-training Kanagi Haru, Helen's writing mentor/guardian Kuraki Makoto, and Helen's editor/older sister figure Asakura Minako.

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I started writing this way back 2017-2018 (or to be more specific, around the last quarter of 2017 to the 1st quarter of 2018) and I remember that Kyuranger inspired me to actually start this, followed by Kyoryuger. Those two series made me decide to write something like this for the first time. At first, I was posting them here in their narrated versions. But then I thought that it's better if those narrations would come alive once  I put on actions and dialogues, and so it went longer than I thought it should be.

In any case, I would really appreciate it if you leave comments/reviews here as for me to know how I should approach writing this story.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger - Main Characters & Arsenals


SEITENGERS

This post will be updated as the story progresses.

Carefully chosen to wield the powers of the Heavenly Spirit Guardians, these talented youths combat the Tareans by manipulating their respective elemental powers together with the mystical energy known as Hasureiki ("Lotus Spirit Energy") using the secret arts called Reikarajutsu ("Spirit Power Technique").

Friday, July 9, 2021

Something that you miss.

The days in which I just write stories with no care about the future or the outcome of the stories I write. I just write because I want to and I love to share it to the world. I just write for the sake of putting down the ideas that linger in my mind on paper. At the time, I write whether or not they would love it or not. Or at least, I chose not to pay attention to it.

Another thing I miss even those are the times that the idea of love and falling in love was still so beautiful to me. Regardless of the rejection I got and getting friend-zoned a lot, it was an ideal feeling for me. It was how I've been able to write romance stories, no matter how far-fetched it would have been for me at the time.

The things I miss might be intangible, and perhaps it would have been too much, as well. But at this point, I couldn't help it.

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Things you would like to do with your significant other.

You got to be kidding me. But hey, that's what the prompt had asked, so I might as well get on with it. Maybe one of these days, I'd actually be able to make it happen,

  • Hiking and watching the sunrise with him. Not in a snowy area, though.
  • Just enjoy a leisurely walk by the seaside hand in hand.
  • Cuddle and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate while watching a series/movie.
  • Dance outside, preferably slow dance/waltz.
  • Pass on letters and love notes to each other from time to time.
  • Get to sing love songs to each other.
  • Take photos of our beautiful and even random moments together.

Monday, July 5, 2021

Seitenger (Possible Episode Titles)

  1. Awakening Of The New Vessels
  2. Courage Within The Fear
  3. A Traveling Novelist
  4. A Dangerous Race
  5. Still Photos
  6. Song's Illusion
  7. The Well-Kept Trump Card
  8. Black Thunder Strikes!
  9. A Guided Shot
  10. Song's Shining Light
  11. Vessel Of The Light Of Dreams
  12. The Written World
  13. Current Incarnation
  14. The Priestess Of Life Awakens
  15. The Thoughts Of Getting Married
  16. Triple Female Warrior Miracle
  17. The Guardian Medallions' Powers
  18. We're Always A Team, The Seven Of Us Together!
  19. A Memory Of The Locket
  20. The Shield That Bleeds
  21. The Dangerous Lights
  22. Heart's Resolution
  23. Paper And Pen
  24. The Mind-Guarding Bear
  25. Devoted Light
  26. Blaze Of Ten Souls
  27. The Moving Garden
  28. Flower Of Life
  29. Thirty Seconds Of Darkness
  30. Glimmers Of Fear
  31. A Message From The Heavenly Spirit Guardians
  32. Hasureiki's Peak Of Evolution
  33. 5,000 Years Of Truth
  34. A Mother's Love That Transcends Time
  35. Memories That Mirrors Conceal
  36. Heart Of A True Leader
  37. The Grand Hundred Heaven Guardian King
  38. Tales Of The Swords
  39. Teleportation Mayhem
  40. Blade Of Hopelessness
  41. Sword Of The Song Of Hope
  42. Hasureiki's True Form
  43. Time To Scratch Out The Revenge List
  44. Final Message For Courage And Hope
  45. Prelude To The Dreaded Countdown
  46. Irrevocable Decision Of The Determined
  47. The Divine Sword And The Ethereal Shield
  48. Destructive Rage Of The Tareans
  49. Ultimate Awakening
  50. The Light That Must Be Protected At All Cost

Sunday, July 4, 2021

How would your life change if you were your own biggest fan and truly believed in yourself?

In my guess, I wouldn't be so afraid of every little failure that comes my way. As if I have this booster that says, "I can take it heads on, because I know it will help me mature and grow into a better person." At the moment, that's not what I feel, and maybe that's why I'm having a lot of trouble dealing with it.

My life would definitely be a whole lot better and I'd feel so strong and confident to do the things I love, if I truly believed in myself. It would feel amazing to be able to do such a thing for once. For someone who's filled with self-doubt, it's a little hard doing so, even for a make-believe.

But over time, perhaps something could happen. I don't know what it is, but I just have this feeling in me for a long time and I guess all I need to do is to have faith that it will happen.

Saturday, July 3, 2021

Your favorite podcasts.

Honestly, I don't listen to that many podcasts only because I don't know where to look for some, especially those that would catch my interest. If my memory serves me right, the only podcasts I ever listened to since I learned of its existence (sorry for living under the rock for a long time before finding out about podcasts) were those from Thought Catalog and of #RomanceClass Podcast. Both can be found on Youtube, by the way. Well, I only got to listen to the first season of the latter one. I definitely love listening to these two so I guess I could say these are my favorites. Maybe I'll add others once I got the chance to listen to a few more.

Friday, July 2, 2021

June 2021 Wrap-Up

It's already the second day of July and I still haven't posted this. What the heck am I doing?

And that, folks, should have been my rant to myself since it took me this long to finish typing this. Well, things got a little busy around here and I didn't have time to upload it earlier than it should be. So now here I am. I'd say nothing much had happened this month, at least life-wise. I did manage to list down the things related to my writing progress and some were achieved fairly while others weren't.

So let's get on with it, I guess.