Lack of Sleep is Not Fun

Hello, readers! Sorry, this is late (I wrote quite a bit on Monday, but even the listen to part was really long), I went to sleep early on Sunday to make sure I got enough for what I needed to do Monday. Or rather, what I thought was Monday, it’s really Tuesday and all the prep I did for it was for naught because I forgot to check the date, so I have to prepare again. It’s fine, I hope I get better sleep (I did a little bit better and managed to make the appointment).

This isn’t even counting that I tried to do this last week and my sleep was so bad I barely made it through the workday (and obviously canceled). However, I finished the main story for the Pokémon Legends Z-A DCL and just have to catch the last legendries and the other Pokémon I don’t have yet. Then I go DCL alpha hunting.

So, what I’m listening to, it’s changed quite a bit, or rather one has. I finished Nozomi of the Sand by sakurademonalchemist. Then I decided to listen to The Quiet Fox by TheBeardedOne. It’s a Naruto fic that’s a little different than others. Other than in-between chapters set in the current time, most of the story is told from one character’s perspective. No character is repeated and this makes it interesting. Naruto saves Hinata from getting kidnapped by making the mob chasing him think the kidnapper is trying to help him. They then end up at the Namikaze estate. It’s an interesting story and even finished!

When that one was finished I started listening to where I’m at currently with Naruto: Rise of the West by azndrgn. It’s a fic based on the Emperor Naruto of the West challenge from a while back. In the challenge – Naruto is kicked out of Konoha after the Sasuke Retrieval Arc. Hinata eventually becomes his Empress, typically leaving with him. They go to West, where they unite it as they are waring. Years later, Konoha is in a bad spot and go to them for help unknowing that Naruto is Emperor. There are also typically many characters from other stories that are part of the West.

In this one, Tsunade is forced to exile him (there are ones where she agrees) and Hinata, Neji, Tenten, Konohamaru and Hanabi follow him. They are almost captured either by Itachi and Kisame or Root agents. They’re saved by Yusuke (from Yu Yu Hakusho) and they follow him to the West (with Itachi and Kisame who voluntarily leave Akatsuki). All the villages are approached many years later to compete in several tournaments in the West. All agree. This fic is completed with 20 chapters.

I also finished In Another World With My Smartphone Vol 3 like, last week, I think? I then listened That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Vol 2. In it Rimuru meets some new friends and ends up in a battle for the forest. We also get some insight into some characters that will eventually have relevance.

After I finished that one earlier this week, I started listening to By The Grace of the Gods Vol 6. Ryoma participates in an adventurer training camp as a teacher and teaches quite a bit. After that he scares the participants with his battle prowess. Then he manages to save a man who was attacked by bandits, all while getting some new slimes!

As I mentioned I finished Broken Dreams by ThunderReborn last week, I then listened to Breaking the Sky by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a Dragon Drive and KHR crossover that I’ve talked about before here. Fem Tsuna gets into Dragon Drive and gets a special box to manifest her dragon Sora into the real world. She shouldn’t have been able to and certain people are trying to find her because of it. It’s only got 11 chapters and is obviously unfinished. After I finished that I started Crushing on a Devil by TanJaded. I mentioned it last week so I won’t go over it again.

Onto the quest, first is Dark Evangel’s Final Task by fg7dragon. This is a Negima! Magister Negi Magi and Harry Potter crossover. Evangeline A.K. McDowell tries to finally kill herself hundreds of years after the end of the Negima! manga. She finds that she can’t and meets Death, who gives her a task to do and then he will make sure she dies. What is that task, but live in and help shape Harry and make sure he destroys one of the Deathly Hallows so they aren’t united. She can’t actually contact him before he’s fourteen, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t doing things. It’s a fun little fic, but it’s sadly incomplete with 9 (actual) chapters and hasn’t been updated since 2012.

Second is Dark Knights by TheBeardedOne. This is a DC Comics story where Clark is found by the Waynes and is raised as Bruce’s brother. When Bruce becomes Batman, Clark becomes Nightwing. It’s got 13 chapters and is finished. It even has a sequel that intersects with another of the author’s fics that is later on the list.

Third is Dark Phoenix of Konoha by White Angel of Auralon. It’s a Naruto fic I’ve talked about before here. I’ve even mentioned listening to it recently. It’s a Naruto trains in secret and is more badass than normal. Sadly incomplete.

Fourth is Darth Vader: Hero of Naboo by AkumaKami64. It’s a Star Wars story, that I apparently only mentioned when I got updates and didn’t talk about the story. So Vader is sent back in time while chasing the Millennium Falcon in Episode 5. He finds himself back on Naboo during the invasion in Episode 1. He determines he’ll change things to go his way. However, he’s not the only one who’s in the past. It’s finished and has a sequel that is currently updating.

The fifth and final is Daughter of Flame by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a Harry Potter and Fullmetal Alchemist crossover I’ve talked about before here. In it Fem Harry is actually Roy’s daughter and goes through the Gate to meet him after her fourth year. There she travels with Ed and Al to eventually meet her dad. It’s got 14 chapters and is obviously unfinished with no updates since 2015.

Well, this took a while. Hopefully things are going well with y’all with the Holidays coming up. I’m planning on making sure I relax and maybe reach my quest goal by the end of the year (in case you forgot it’s reaching the Th stories in my side stories). I might be able to finish my final main S story, but who knows. It really depends on how much I read between now and then. I only have 5ish cycles before I reach a Th story, but I have over 10 to finish the S one. Anyway, as always, May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!

Finally the End of the C’s!

Hello everyone! It’s been a quiet week for, but I expect the coming week to be busier. I’ve mostly gotten an Alpha dex in Pokémon Legends Z-A. All that’s left is the fossils and the some of the one that need to be traded to evolve. I don’t have anyone I trust to trade them back afterwards, so they’ll just need to wait. The fossils will be a long slog of turning the game on and off until I get an Alpha (or a shiny, if I find one).

So, as I finished Yet again, with a little extra help by Third Fang last week, I’ll talk about its replacement(s). First was Shifting Foxes by sakurademonalchemist that I’ve talked about before here. It’s a Pokémon and Naruto crossover set in the Naruto world. Sometime after the time of the games/show/manga a world changing event happened and Pokémon disappeared for a few decades. Now only ninja can get Pokémon. Naruto finds an Eevee that has been experimented on to be able to change into all of its evolutions except the first three. He names it Shifter and it’s his main partner. He has many adventures over the 41 short chapter, including going into the far past. However, it has been updated since 2015.

I actually finished that one as well and am now on Nozomi of the Sand also by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a Harry Potter and Naruto crossover I’ve mentioned before here. Fem Harry (Nozomi or Hope) goes to Suna with her ‘family’ after second year and befriends the Gaara and Temari. See the way things were going after third year, she escapes to Suna and becomes a civilian contractor. Watch as she changes things including the Konoha Chunin Exams. It has 15 chapters and was last updated in 2012.

I actually also finished what I had for Broken Dreams by ThunderReborn. However, I haven’t need its replacement yet, so will talk about it next week.

Onto the quest; the first one is Crushing on a Devil by  TanJaded. It’s a Youjo Senki fic with Tanya/Visha. The war has ended and they are living in the capital training. After admitting to her fellow commanders that she likes Tanya, they decide to help Visha get together with her. Que amusing antics to try and get the Tanya to realize that she likes Visha. However, they also have to deal with the nobles also trying to get Tanya to marry one of them. It’s a fun 25 chapters, however it hasn’t been updated since 2023. The author has been posting other fics, so maybe they’ll eventually finish this one?

Second is Cuban Pete by Platinumsabr. This is an amusing Avengers one-shot with The Mask influences. During the first Avengers movie, instead of allowing himself to be captured in Germany, Loki decides to do a Cuban Pete scene from The Mask. It’s very funny and worth a read.

Third is  Cure to Evil by Mirrond. This is My Hero Academia fic that is a bit different than normal. Izuku is All For One’s son (and has his quirk) with Inko (who’s really a retired villain herself). He’s in charge of the League of Villains and wants to use it to change Hero Society for the better. Starting with killing the OC third ranked hero who almost killed Inko while she was home during a villain fight (not with her). It’s finished and a great read with 62 chapters. Shigaraki even gets a girl!

Fourth and the last C is Cutting Moon, Eclipsed Moon by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a Bleach and Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha crossover that I’ve talked about before here. Ichigo goes to Uminari and finds a book device and meets up with the TSA.  This changes things when he meets Rukia and becomes a Shinigami. It only has 4 chapters and was last updated in 2012.

That’s all I’ll mention this week, as I need to get links for the D’s now. Next Sunday, I have a singing recital. This shouldn’t affect my post next week, but if I’m late, that’s probably why. Have a great week and as always; May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!

Happy Belated Thanksgiving!

Hello, everyone! I hope everyone who celebrates Thanksgiving had a great one! Mine was fine, I had to do a lot of work during a church service because of system issues, but we think we’ve figured it out (I hope {We did!}). They announced who got the upper-level position at work but haven’t put lower-level job up to apply to. Hopefully, it’ll happen soon, but you never know.

So, I’ll talk a bit about the Dungeon Crawler Carl book that I mentioned last time. Carl was chasing his ex-girlfriend’s prized cat (Princess Donut [insert long name I’m not going to repeat]) at night, outside in a blizzard without pants, when the apocalypse came. Aliens flattened all structures and anything that had a ‘roof’. They then announced to the survivors that they had to either live with what was left or join a dungeon crawling game to try and win the planet back. Carl grabbed Donut and bolted to an entrance to survive. He didn’t expect for Donut to gain sapience. Now he has to go through the Dungeon without pants and with a ‘royal’ cat. His most common phrase is “Dammit, Donut.” It’s worth a read and is part of a series.

So, changes to what I’m listening to – I rushed through Yet again, with a little extra help by Third Fang. This is because of what I mentioned about its sequel being next on the list. I read the one right behind it, but I managed to finish and am now reading the sequel. I don’t have its replacement yet, so I’ll mention it next week.

Because of that, I only finished The Echo Ranger by Xavon Wrentaile and that only because I hadn’t read past the 22 chapter. I’m now almost finished catching up to it’s current chapter, 29. The next one I’m listening to is A Hero Rises by Zabeck. It’s a My Hero Academia fic that I’ve mentioned before in the quest here. It’s a longer fic, but I’ll remind people. [*A warning, this has explicit sex scenes, don’t read if you’re underage or aren’t interested*] It’s an Izuku/Himiko/1-A girls fic, just so you’re forwarded.

Onto the quest, first is Constellations by UnwelcomeStorm. This is a Worm and Okami games crossover. Taylor first meets Amaterasu in her great wolf form when she’s lost in the forest at summer camp when she’s young. Taylor names her Sunshine (Sunny) and they meet up irregularly. After her mom dies and she’s alone, Sunny comes saves her flute. After an odd sequence of events, including accidentally convincing Oni Lee that she’s a Miko; she and Sunny end up fixing up an abandoned shrine. It’s an amusing fic and Danny’s even a cape in this one. It has 54 chapters, but hasn’t been updated since 2021.

Second is Contractual Obligation: How Visha Secured her Position as Adjutant for Life by TanJaded. This is a Youjo Senki (which is finally getting a second season next year) short fic. After years, the war is finally over and the 203rd is back in the capital. Tanya (who’s 18 by now) tells Visha that she won’t be her adjutant forever. Visha decides she doesn’t like that and looks into how she can be her adjutant for life. This leads her an interesting document that means she can take care of Tanya for life. The only thing is getting her to sign it. (And yes, I’m referring to getting married). It’s amusing little finished fic.

Third is Coping Mechanisms by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a KHR fic I’ve mention before here. Tsuna finds out that his mother is more lucid when he’s dressed up as a girl, so he decides to do it more. He’s found out and is helped by Hibari, as long as he helps keeps the girls away. Then Fon breaks the seal, and they really can switch genders. It has 8 chapters and is of course, unfinished since 2017.

Fourth is Corpse Cleaner by also by sakurademonalchemist. It also another KHR fic I’ve mentioned before here. Tsuna is a corpse cleaner in Italy at a young age. He gets along well with the Varia and they helped him to find his grandmother. How will the Vongola deal with a former cleaner as their heir? You’ll barely find out here, because it only has 7 chapters and hasn’t updated since 2019.

Fifth is later in a series, so the first one is The Winged Lord and Lady of the Skies by LilyannaSpiritOfTheCheetah. This one is a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger fic with Tommy/Kimberly. [Warning there is rape and noncon sex scenes] While Tommy is under the evil spell, he kidnaps Kim. He does somethings he wouldn’t normally do and they become more connected then normal. They also have a kid. It goes through Turbo.

Next in the series is the actual next one for the quest, Countdown to Destruction. Tommy, Kim and the other rangers are contacted by the Space Rangers about an attack coming to Earth. Will things go the same way as in the show? Read this one-shot to find out.

Sixth and finally is Crimson Typhoon by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a Naruto and One Piece crossover that I’ve mentioned before here. Shanks is Kushina’s father and comes for fem. Naruto. She joins his crew and changes things up. It has 8 chapters and is hasn’t been updated since 2014.

I’m getting things ready for Christmas, and I have a recital coming up, but things are normal other than that. So, as always, May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!

Links Can Make You Late (Reprise)

Hello once again, readers. Sorry this is so late. As the title says, once again I didn’t pay attention to the links for the quest and had to take time to do them. I could have done this yesterday, but I really wanted to finish a physical book I was reading, Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman. I got it for Christmas last year and I hadn’t gotten around to it because I was focusing on the quest. However, I completed the side S stories early last week and wanted to spend time finishing a few other stories including this one. It was fun and I’ll read the rest at some point. I’ll talk about it next week because I have a bit to say this time.

I am pleased to announce that I have finished Digimon: Time Stranger! I got all the Digimon I could get before finishing, then completed the game and got the last 5 I needed (all Aegiomon digivolutions). I could do new game + or finish all the achievements (I only have 5 left), but those matter little to me so, maybe, if I get bored.

Onto my week, it was a bit stressful because of the rain and learning that the company didn’t get the leaks fixed from the last time. The clean-up wasn’t as bad as last time and nothing was irrevocably damaged. We had to do some set-up because of the rain that did happen this weekend. I get to see how that worked tomorrow. Fun, right?

I also learned that a slightly higher paying job I’ve tried to get in the company before is most likely opening up. A higher-level position was vacated and someone in the position I’ve mentioned is most likely to get it. I can hope I’ll get it, but past experience hasn’t made me that enthusiastic that I will.

Anyway, to what I’m listening to, the first change is that I finished By the Grace of the Gods Vol 5 and started In Another World With My Smartphone Vol 3. Toya once again manages to stumble on conflict, but this time in Eashen, this world’s equivalent of ancient Japan. Turns out there’s someone using the dead to attack. Will Toya and his girls be able to save the day? And what’s happening in the ruins they originally went to find? Finally, will he finally learn that the girls like him?! All that and more!

I also finished Ginny Returns by kb0 and am listening to Harry Potter, Squatter by Enterprise1701-d. It’s a Harry Potter and Percy Jackson crossover. In it, Harry is taken to New York by the Dursley’s on a business trip and they abandon him. He’s lucky enough to find the Empire State building and end up on Olympus. He squats in a semi-abandoned temple and Hestia finds him. She looks after him and becomes a mother to him. However, some aren’t happy he’s there. I won’t reveal who his Godly parent is, but I did give a small hint. It’s interesting and has 82 chapters. It’s even still updating!

Deku? I think he’s some pro… by Clouds (myheadinthecoudsnotcomingdown) was finished as well and I started The Echo Ranger by Xavon Wrentaile. It’s a My Hero Academia and Power Ranger crossover. Izuku ends up in an antique shop running from his bullies. There he finds an odd three-headed coin that turns into a morphing watch. Tommy Oliver shows up in his dreams and reveals that after the Earth was cut off from the morphing grid and Quirks started to show up, the rangers worked to create the Echo Ranger. They used the still mostly intact power coins of Tommy to give it three modes based on his Green, White and Black powers. Watch as Izuku becomes a Power Ranger in a world of quirks. And will he be the only one? Read and find out! It has 29 chapters and is still ongoing!

 So, onto the quest! The first one is Compass of Thy Soul by Umei no Mai. It’s a Naruto fic that I’ve mentioned before here. A person from our world ends up reincarnated into the Naruto world, but instead of the main Naruto storyline; they’re born into the Uchiha in the time of Madara. Kita doesn’t remember much at a young age, but tries to help out. This leads to her being engaged to Madara! Watch as Kita changes things for the better, but maybe not the way canon went. It’s completed and has a finished sequel!

Second is Conflicting Ideals by Razamataz22. It’s a My Hero Academia and Fate series crossover. Grownup Shiro and Rin end up de-aged and in the MHA universe. They try to live alone, but end up caught by the authorities. After trying to escape, they’re offer the chance to go to UA. Watch as Shiro does his best to get the rising heroes to believe in becoming true heroes! And who else would be around, but Archer. How will this end up? It has 73 chapters and is ongoing!

Fourth is Confrontation by ack1308. This one is Worm fic where things go wrong in Taylor’s fight with Lung. Armsmaster convinces her in the hospital to join the Wards. There she meets Shadow Stalker and they hit it off, with neither one knowing who the other is. This can’t go wrong, can it? Completed with a sequel.

Fifth is the sequel, Confrontation II: The Reckoning by ack1308. Taylor and Sophia have learned each other’s identities and now they’re being forced to get used to each other. They even meet Brian and Sophia is interested. Now what is so wrong with that? It’s complete with 10 chapters.

Finally, sixth is Consequences of an Ingenious Mind by White Angel of Auralon. This is a Harry Potter three-shot. Harry hides his intelligence and before third year, decides to change how he does things.  Plus, he learns of an interesting way to copy magical tools. Now how would that be useful? A fun little fic.

That’s it for now. Everyone have a Happy Thanksgiving and don’t eat too much! May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!

Can’t Think of a Title (2025)

Hello readers, it’s been another week. It was mostly a quiet week and I focused on reading for the quest and finishing Digimon: Time Stranger. I’m on track to finish the side story S’s this month. Lol, I’m not sure I’ll even finish the last main S story this year as I have around 30 cycles left to finish it (based on my calculations). And I still have around 65 Digimon left to get and one more side quest on Time Stranger. I’m AFK leveling right now to get some up to Digivolve.

Now for listening changes, I finished That Time I Was Reincarnated as a Slime Vol 1 and started By the Grace of the Gods Vol 5. In it, Ryoma has learned that there’s a festival coming up in his town. He and begin to prepare for it and end up more involved than he originally thought. He also goes on a hunt, but all isn’t as it seems.

I also finished Fate: Hammer Time by TedTheRabbit or rather all the chapters I had on my text-to-speech app. There’s 8 chapters I still need to catch up on currently. Then I quickly went through Yo-Ho Yo-Ho An Ashikabi’s Life for Me by Quatermass. It’s a Sekirei and Pirates of the Caribbean crossover I’ve mentioned before here. Jack is reborn as the MC Minato. He writes his story as books and becomes a famous author. Watch how he changes the Sekirei story. Sadly, unfinished and only has 13 real chapters.

After I finished that, I decided to read Usagi’s Struggles by Serena530. It’s a Sailor Moon AU set during the first season. During the hunt for the rainbow crystals, Usagi is condemned by the other senshi for her conduct normally and as a senshi. She quits and then becomes sick. This is the story of her learning her real destiny. It’s Usagi/Mamoru and don’t read if you like Rei/Mars. It’s finished with 22 chapters and even has a periodically updating sequel!

Onto the quest, first is Code Geass: Roar of the Rebellion by RyoshiMorino. This is a Code Geass and Zoids crossover that I mentioned here. I didn’t mention much about the story when I first talked about it, so I’ll do it now. Lelouch takes over as Zero during the Shinjuko Massacre, but he brings in his own units instead of stealing them – the Zoids. Turns out the Ashfords had some up with them before their fall, but didn’t have time to do anything with them. Lelouch uses this resource to help in his rebellion. It hasn’t been updated since 2018, so we might just have to be happy with the 27 chapters posted.

Second is Code Geass: The Prepared Rebellion V2 by SeerKing. It’s a Code Geass AU fic I’ve mentioned before here. Lelouch figures out early that he needs to get in shape if he wants to overthrow his father. This changes many things, including getting him a harem. [Content Warning] As I mentioned the first time I mentioned it, there are sex scenes in it. but most of these are in the AO3 site [Content Warning] It currently has 59 chapters (including interludes) and is updated on a schedule (which means mostly once or twice a year. He has quite a few fics going on right now).

Third is Code Geass: The Rise of the Black Prince by nanoman79. This is another Code Geass fic, with a twist that I’ve mentioned before here. In it, Marianne, the mother of Lelouch and Nunnally doesn’t die and this changes everything. Lelouch stays in Britannia and Nunnally isn’t crippled. This doesn’t mean things don’t still happen, it’s just that the Japanese invasion is Lelouch and his siblings coming to visit. It completed with 107 chapters, but the sequel is not likely to be updated.

Fourth is Collateral Damage by ack1308. This is a Worm AU where Danny, Taylor’s father, is a very dangerous cape that’s been retired. When Taylor triggers she gets similar power and she and her father take out their anger on those who should have known better. It’s unfinished with 9 chapters since early last year.

Fifth is Collector Hero: Synthesis by Kairomaru. I recently mention this one here so I’ll skip the description. So, Sixth is Coming Home to Us by jojor99. This one is a Harry Potter one-shot. In it, Ginny isn’t giving Harry the chance to really talk and seems to avoid him. He decides to prove he wants her back. It’s a cute little story.

Seventh and last is Coming of Age by Siriuslives5. It’s another Harry Potter fic but focusing on Ginny during the seventh book. Watch as Ginny goes through Hogwarts controlled by Death Eaters. Sadly, unfinished with 6 chapters since 2005.

Nothing more for this week. Wait, I forgot to mention I got a necklace with Aqua’s wayfinder on it. I’ve been trying to get a wayfinder for a while and it’s great! Hope the lead up to the holidays goes well for everyone. May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!

Links Can Make You Late (and not the Zelda ones)

Hello, readers! I’m sorry this is two days late, but it’s because I forgot to get the links for the quest early and I had to do it on Sunday. I wrote most of this before the quest parts on Sunday, but I needed to sleep. Then I had a night meeting on Monday and couldn’t finish this until today. Onto your normal Matt blabber –

It’s been a normal-ish week, but I did finally get the shiny charm in Pokémon: Legends Z-A. So – I’m getting back to Digimon: Time Stranger to finish it up. More time travel for me and saving Digimon! And learning that the origin you thought you knew for your character is a lie, yay!

[Spoilers]

I mean, the hints were there from near the beginning that your origin story might have been made up. The human characters commonly say that your outfit reminds them of the anime “Agent Alpha”. It turns out that you are just a ‘dark shadow’ a remnant of Aegiomon who tried and failed to save Inori and wanted to have their backstory based on the anime her brother loved. Homeostasis, the ‘God’, of the world you’re in creates you to try and fix your own mistakes. We don’t know how the original timeline went, but we’re created to loop through and save Digimon that would have died to allow us to finally move time forward.

[Spoilers]

There’s more I could say, but I’m not finished with the game yet. I’m doing all the side quests and will probably try and get all the Digimon before the game ends. Will I end up doing a new game +? Not unless there is a good reason to. Like if I learn that there is more content that way, then sure, but otherwise I’ll put it to the side in favor of something like getting all the Alphas in the Pokémon Legends games or continuing the grind to 100.

As for changes in what I’m listening to, I finished In Another World With My Smartphone Vol 2 and decided to start That Time I Was Reincarnated as a Slime Vol 1 by FUSE. I chose this one because it’s on my list, but I wanted to listen as far as I can before I get there. I’ve read the manga and watched some of the anime, so I should be able to at least get to the last of the audio books, which is 5 currently.

For an explanation, Satou Mikami is killed by a robber defending co-workers. He’s reincarnated as a slime, but with special powers chosen by his thoughts when dying. There he meets one of the great Dragons, Veldora, who is trapped. They become friends and Satou is renamed as Rimuru Tempest, while Veldora gets the last name Tempest as well. Rimuru ‘eats’ Veldora to try and help free him and decides to go on an adventure while it’s working. Follow him as he meets new friends and enemies!

I also finished a fic I now realize I didn’t mention on here when I started it, Harry Potter and Artificer Legacy by Kairomaru. This is a fic where the Dursley’s didn’t treat Harry badly and in fact allow him to go to crafting camp and learn different crafts. This and Harry discovering his mom’s trunk by accident, leads to Harry crafting magical objects before he goes to Hogwarts. Harry ends up together with Penelope (Clearwater, you know Percy’s girlfriend from books 2-3), Tonks and Fleur. [Content Warning] There is sex and sexual situations in it, some with an underage Harry (starting at 14). Don’t like, don’t read. [Content Warning] This is not complete, but it has 85 chapters and it’s still being updated.

Onto what I’m actually listening to now is, Ginny Returns by kb0. It’s a Harry Potter time travel fic, where Ginny is the one going back in time. The war ends badly, and Ginny and a crippled Hermione are the only ones left. Ginny goes back in time to change the future for the better and ends up before her first year. How will things go? And will she and Harry still end up together? Find out in this finished fic!

I also finished Collector Hero: Synthesis by Kairomaru. I decided to listen to Deku? I think he’s some pro… by Clouds (myheadinthecoudsnotcomingdown). It’s actually the first of the For The Want of a Nail series by this author I mentioned last time. In it, (after he’s rejected by All Might) Izuku decides to send his analysis of certain underground heroes to them on a secret hero forum that he’s figured out the identities of the users. This leads them to think he’s a old pro, they ask for his hero name and after a bad day, tells them it’s Deku. Watch Izuku as he trains to become the first quirkless hero, no matter who says it’s impossible. This one is actually finished!

Now, onto the quest, first is Choices by Epeefencer. This is a Harry Potter one-shot. Harry and Ginny are married, and Ginny is worried about Harry being an Auror. This is compounded when she gets notice that he was injured again. They have a frank discussion on her concerns. It’s an interesting little fic and even has at least one sequel.

Second is Christmas Gifts by DukeBrymin. It’s a Harry Potter short fic with four chapters. In it, Harry and Ginny are very busy with being an Auror and a Quidditch player. They rarely see each other and leave notes. So, they decide to do something about it. (And yes, I know that the two topics are very similar, but it’s just a coincidence.) It’s also complete!

Third is Christmas Wishes by Epeefencer. This one is a Harry Potter two-shot song fic. The song is I’ll Be Home For Christmas and it’s set during the 7th book. Harry and Ginny write letters to each other for Christmas and Kreacher helps get them to each other. A cute little story.

Fourth is Chunin Exam Day by Perfect Lionheart. This was a popular Naruto fic, but it’s been inactive since 2010. It’s one of the first loop fics based on the concept from Groundhog Day. Naruto goes to sleep after the invasion on the last of the chunin exam and wakes up on the first day of the exam again. He doesn’t understand how it happened, but unless he advances in the exam, he wakes up on the first exam again. He learns who really believes in him and starts to become a really serious ninja, if only to actually get out of the loops. It has 77 chapters, but it becomes a slog after a while. It’s worth a read, but I wouldn’t expect it to ever be finished even if the author has updated one of their fics for the first time recently.

Fifth is Chunin Exam Sabotage by White Angel of Auralon. This is a Naruto one shot. The Third Hokage gets Naruto a secret teacher after he becomes genin to help him catch up. He becomes stronger and is give a task before the chunin exam, sabotage those who aren’t ready for the exam, including his own team. He uses all his skills to do this. You’ll be very surprised on who his teacher is. An interesting read.

Sixth is Closest Encounters by Captain Compass. This is a side story to the Honestly Harry fics I’ve talked about before. It’s several little stories between Harry, Hermione and Ginny from the first story through third year. [Content Warning] There are sexual scenes in the fic between underage characters. However, they are magically grown up and married in them. Don’t like, don’t read. [Content Warning] There are five chapters and it’s probably finished because the main story is complete.

Seventh and final one today is Cloudy, with a Chance of Freedom by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a Harry Potter and Katekyo Hitman Reborn crossover that I’ve talked about before here. In it, after Skull de Mort dies in the Future Arc, he wakes up in his seven-year-old body as Harry Potter. He decides to change things and sets the original timeline on its head. Hogwarts isn’t ready for Skull de Mort and maybe he can even meet and help his fellow Arcabaleno. It’s one of this author’s longer fics with 41 chaps (I know I said 42 in by previous post, but that was wrong I guess), but it’s not finished and was last updated in 2018.

In the mentioned meeting yesterday, I was elected to an important role in the church. However, it shouldn’t be as time consuming as the other main role I was almost elected to or even the one I’m in now. That’s all from me and as always – May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!

Happy Late Halloween

It’s been another week, friends. Happy late Halloween and sorry this is late. For me it was a mix of slow and fast, but there weren’t any big issues. I managed to (barely) finish my goal for my quest this month, which was to finish one of the longest S fanfics I had that has over 200 chapters. This was a little harder as I wanted to do it within the current rules of the quest.

For a bit of explanation, at first, I was going in alphabetical order. However, then I split up the ones I wanted to read from the ones to listen to. That continued for a bit before I realized there were ones that would take a while to get through and even I can get tired of a story. At some point around Books from the Future (I think), I decided to I needed to change between stories to keep myself interested. So, if there were many fics that had the same story (like Harry Potter) as a main component in it, I would put a story that didn’t have that one in it in-between. Then, I changed that to 15 or 30 chapters depending on how long they were. Eventually after a few small changes, I decided on what I’m using now, which is 400 pages of the current main story (based on length or number of stories) and then 400 of the next non-main story fic. I call the 800 total pages, one cycle.

So, I’m sure many of you are asking, but Matt, how to you know how many pages a Fanfic is? That’s easy, friends. It’s what I have fichub for! I have a large database of fanfic’s that I’ve downloaded for my reading pleasure. I also have the 2015 fanfic archive zip you can find if you look for it, but that thing’s huge and I only mess with it when I’m looking for a specific fic. For the last 5ish cycles I’ve been stuck between the 200ish chap fic that had been my main story and the next main one (that’s a Chinese webnovel that has over 3,000 shortish chapters). My goal for the November is to reach the T’s in the non-main stories. December is to read to the Th’s. Next year is to finally finish this quest (which even I’m not sure will happen because some of the ones left are really long). As for what I’ll do after that, I’m still thinking on it.

So, the first change in my listening is that I finished By the Grace of the Gods Vol 3 and started In Another World With My Smartphone Vol 2. In this one Touya spends time with the girls in his party and ends up traveling to the beastman kingdom. Who will he meet and what adventures will he and his party have? Read to find out! This is a trope-y story, but fun none-the-less.

The only other change I had was that I reached the point where I had read to in A Young Reaper’s Afterlife by L4 of the West and decided to change stories. I decided on The Irregular in Magic High School by Tsutomu Satō. This is because it’s on the list and I wanted to get what I had already read out of the way before I get to it so there’s less to read when I get there.

So, this web novel, turned light novel and anime is about Tatsuya Shiba and his sister Miyuki. This is set in future where magic has been proven to be real and now can be manipulated by technology. The siblings get the coveted First Magic High School, but are separated into different groups based on their test scores. Miyuki gets the highest overall school and is an Honor Student, while Tatsuya has high classroom scores, but low magic scores and is an Irregular Student.

Miyuki is unhappy with this as she knows he’s a great magician, but the tests don’t account for his strengths. Tatsuya is ambivalent to it, but has to deal with the harassment of the honor students. However, both hold secrets that will shake up not only the school, but the world. Fair warning to those who read this, the siblings are closer than siblings normally are and Miyuki has a habit of leaning her thoughts about him to the sexual (but nothing actually happens so far as I’ve read). This is explained later, but I’m not going to spoil an important plot point. If this isn’t something you can deal with, don’t read. Moving on, the anime is fine visually, but there are issues in explaining things (especially about magic), so if you don’t read the novel or manga you might be confused on some things.

Moving on to the quest, first is Changing the Future 1-3 by an unknown author (as in I don’t know currently). This is another one of the reading Harry Potter fanfics that was deleted a while back for actually having the book’s text in them. This one has Harry, Hermione and the Weasleys reading the books at some point before the books start. Remus joins them for the third book, but that one only goes through the chapter, The Knight Bus. It was fine, but I don’t think you’ll really be able to find it.

Second is Chaos Hunter by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a Slayers and Supernatural crossover that I’ve talked about here. In it, Lina Inverse is sent to the Supernatural universe and falls in love with Sam while they’re at college. This won’t change anything, will it? It’s fun, but sadly only has 11 chapters and hasn’t been updated since 2015.

Third is a bit farther in the series that started with An Unexpected Christmas Miracle by goodtobealunatic, a Doctor Who AU that I mentioned here. The second fic in the series is Weathering the Storm. This is a Season 3 rewrite where Rose managed to stay with the Doctor. They’re together, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t going to be rough patches. Especially when someone keeps taking the new companion on new adventures.

Third is Of Cruises and Christmas a Time Crash and Voyage of the Doctor rewrite. After leaving Martha behind after dealing with the Master, Rose and the The Doctor have to deal with their own scars from the Year That Never Was. On their way out, they manage to meet a previous Doctor and end up on The Titanic. No, not the Earth one, but a spaceship touring Earth. I mean, just because it has the same name, doesn’t mean that things will turn out the same way, right?

Chasing the Starlight is the actual next one and is the fourth fic in the series and the last of the main stories. It’s a Season 4 rewrite, but as we know with Rose. How will things change with her around? And what’s this, Torchwood even shows up as well!

Fourth is Cheat Code: Support Strategist by Clouds (myheadinthecoudsnotcomingdown). This is a My Hero Academia fic where, Izuku doesn’t get One-For-All. Instead, he decides to become a support student at UA. While preparing for it, he meets Mei and they help each other out. However, after he gets in, he intervenes in the USJ incident and takes the name Cheat Code. Now the villains are after him, what will he do? Also, think you know the UA spy, well think again! This is a great completed fic and part of set of fics were Izuku does different things after being told off by All Might under the series, For Want of a Nail.

The final fic for today is Ranma Saotome, Chi Master by SeerKing. This one is here, because I have the fic under Chi Master on my list and I’ve talked about it before here. It’s a Ranma AU where he’s trained by someone else for a year before going to the cursed springs. This changes his attitude and makes it easier for him to get along with Tendos. There are other changes, but you should read to find out. It’s only 24 chapters, but sadly hasn’t been updated since 2018.

Other than the last Mabel Quest I’m working on is the battle 1,000 trainers, that’s it for the week. I hope you have a great week and I’ll see you later this week. May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key.

Mainly Done with Z-A

Hello again, readers. It’s been another week focused on completing Pokémon: Legends Z-A. I have now completed both the regular and Mega Pokédex (I even got the one from the ranked battles) and will begin working on the Alpha dex (not a real thing, but it’s what I call it). I had a long drive for work on Friday, but other than that it’s been a fairly normal week.

So, what I’ve been listening to. Last week I finished In Another World With My Smartphone Vol 1 and started A Tale of the Secret Saint Vol 1 by Touya. I’ve read the manga for this, but it’s my first time listening to or read in the light novel. In it, a knight’s daughter, Fia, wants to be a knight herself even though she doesn’t have the build for it. She decides to go through the coming-of-age ceremony and in helping a hurt disguised dragon, ends up almost dying. This awakens her previous life’s memory as the Great Saint. However, in that life she was abandoned by her family and tortured by the demon king’s right-hand man. To make sure she’s not killed for being a saint again, she and her new dragon familiar will work to hide it and become a knight. However, she doesn’t really have much common sense. How will things end up for the secret saint?

I finished that one this week and am most of the way through By the Grace of the Gods Vol 3. In this one, Ryoma is working to get his laundromat up and spending time with the Duke’s family before they leave. He also learns more about taming and gets a few new slimes. What’s in store for our lovable protagonist? What are the Gods doing? And what about those who he knew in his last life? Find this and more in this one.

Next, I finished One for All and Eight for the Ninth by griffinguy24 and decided to start Collector Hero: Synthesis by Kairomaru. It’s another My Hero Academia fanfic, with a twist! Izuku is told he has a quirk, but it takes a few years to find out what it is. Turns out he can permanently copy quirks, but not mutant ones. He’s still looked down on by his middle school peers, but he looks forward to UA. How will this affect him and others around him? It’s got 52 chapters and is still being updated periodically.

I also finished Fyre, Fyre, Burning Skitter by mp3.1415player and chose to reread Mauling Snarks by CmptrWz. It’s a Worm fic where Tayor gets a different power in the locker. I talked about this one early on the blog, here. She gets the power to project blunt objects and to sense and communicate with snarks (her powers word for powers). This and the fact that her Uncle Jacob who came to visit the day of the locker is Jack Slash changes things drastically. However, things aren’t always as they seem. Find out in this long completed fic!

And now, the quest continues! First is Champion of Ouranos by sakurademonalchemist. This is a Katekyo Hitman Reborn and Sailor Moon crossover. Fem Tsuna (Tsubasa) finds herself back in her younger bod. She deals with her father and the Ninth don and changes things to no longer be with her mother, but with her maternal grandparents. She changes her name to Haruka Tenoh and ends up at school with Michiru. She eventually finds out that she may be repeating time because she was a sailor senshi and never knew. That doesn’t mean she’ll put up with the inner senshi without making them work for it. Sadly it only has seven chapters and hasn’t updated since 2021.

Second is Champion of the Chamber by White Angel of Auralon, the sequel to the one I mentioned last time. A smarter Harry is still changing things. How will this different Harry deal with the Chamber of Secrets opening? Sadly, we don’t know much because it only has eight chapters and hasn’t updated since 2014.

Third is Changed Past also by White Angel of Auralon. This is a Harry Potter one-shot I’ve talked about before here. Harry ends up in the past while chasing a criminal. He changes some things to help himself later. It’s interesting and worth a read.

Fourth is Changes by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a Harry Potter and Bleach crossover that I’ve talked about before here. Muramasa (a Zanpakuto from an anime only story) finds a baby Harry and takes him to the Kurosaki household. Now he’s Harry’s Zanpakuto, how will that change things? Wish we knew because it only has seven chapters and was last updated in 2012.

The Fifth and final for this week is Changes by kb0. It’s a Harry Potter two-shot. Harry goes through ‘Magical Maturity’ after his sixth year and Ginny ends up going through it with him when she tries to help. They end up sleeping together because of it and things are changed. It’s a fun little fic and worth a read.

That’s everything for this week. The only thing I want to mention is that I’ve finished chapter 8 of my fanfic and got a few pages into chapter 9. I want to post after I write chapter 10, but I haven’t heard back from my friend I asked to edit the first 7 chapters. I’ll message her soon to see how she’s doing, but I’m not in a rush as it’ll be at least the end of the year before I post it most likely anyway. As always, May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!

Go From Z to A!

Hello readers, it’s been another week. I’ve been playing Pokémon: Legends Z-A since Wednesday night, but I’ll talk about that later. I took Thursday and Friday off to play, so I only worked Monday thru Wednesday. It was a normal week, except that Monday was raining and we had so many leaks that we spent most of the day moving items, checking shipments and dealing with the aftermath.

The two days off were repurposed holiday days so it wasn’t a big deal taking them off. I even still have another day to take at some point. Pokémon: Legends Z-A has been interesting. I’ve finished the main game and am now doing the after story. I haven’t gotten Zygarde yet, but I do have Xernas and Yvetal. My pokédex is at 202 of 230, so only 24 left. It’s mostly evolutions and that includes most of the trade evolutions and the eeveelutions. I also still need to go around the city and get more mega shards to get more Mega Stones, I have all the paid ones.

[Spoiler Warning]

So, the story was fine to me. I like that they deal with AZ and finishing his storyline. They let you know the aftermath of X and Y and what happened to the Team Flare remnants. I also liked that there wasn’t really a ‘bad guy’ or evil organization, just dealing with consequences of not cleaning up after ourselves. There were characters who were hard to deal with, but they all stepped up to help at the end.

The battle system is meh. It’s not bad, but it’s hard with platforming to send attacks sometimes. Especially in cramped spaces during the Z-A Battle Royal. I also don’t like the fact that you only get the chance for one ball to catch after you knock them out. Like if they Pokémon you want wanders in while you’re battling an Alpha and you knock it out, you have to give up a second to throw one ball, then bail or finish the battle. At least in Arceus, the battle was limited to one on one once you started the battle.

The Mega battles were interesting, but took skill and timing. Most of the new Mega Evolutions I’ve seen are fine, but I agree that Mega Starmie is creepy. I’m also glad that the missing Pokémon are finally in the game and I can eventually add them to my Living Dex, especially the Furfrou forms (that I don’t have in game as I was focusing on finishing the pokédex first) as they didn’t keep when I transferred all of the Living Dex to the Switch.

[Spoiler Warning]

I’ll talk about what I’m listening to next time because I want to finish and work a bit more on the dex. So onto the quest, first is Carpentry by LegendDairy. It’s a Harry Potter three-shot. In it, the Weasley’s never went to Hogwarts and start a renovation business. Harry and Ginny meet when they’re brought in to work on Grimwald Place, sparks fly.

Second is, Castielle by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a Supernational fic that I’ve talked about before here. In the future that Dean is sent to where Lucifer has taken over Sam, it is done for. Chuck sends Castiel back in a female body to help stop that future. It’s 6 chapters and imcomplete, but still interesting.

Third is, Caught by Epeefencer. It’s a Harry Potter one-shot. Harry and Ginny got back together after the war, but no one noticed. So, they made it a game. Finally, some has noticed and they can take the next step, marriage. [Content Warning] There is a slight sex scene and it’s labelled M for a reason. [Content Warning] It’s a fun little story.

Fourth is Centrifugal Force by Melindaleo. It’s another Harry Potter one-shot. The trio and Ginny go to a Carnival and have fun. Harry and Ginny get closer and Ginny knows they’ll get together eventually. It’s a cute story.

Fifth and Final is Champion by White Angel of Auralon. It’s a smart Harry Potter story. Harry gets good grades, screw the Dursleys and responds to his Hogwarts letter asking for more information. This leads to a different experience. This one is complete and there is a sequel.

I’ll do more next time. I hope everyone who’s playing Z-A is having fun. May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!

Digimon Can Make You Late Reprise

Hello, everyone! Sorry this is late again, and for mostly the same reason, as the title says. My supervisor finally allowed us to start sending everything out on Wednesday and it kept me busy through the end of the week. Then I spent most of the weekend continuing to work on Digimon: Time Stranger. I forgot to continue writing until I was getting ready for bed yesterday and was tired and didn’t want to stay up. I’ve been trying to get as far as I can because from Wednesday night on, I’m most likely going to be playing Pokémon Legends Z-A.

Onto the listening changes, first is I finished By the Grace of the Gods Vol 2. I decided as I was pressed for time at that moment to relisten to In Another World With My Smartphone Vol 1 on Audible. It’s an isekai about Touya Mochizuki a teenager who was accidentally killed by God. God reincarnated him at the same age in a magical world with his smartphone. Follow Touya as he learns magic and meets several girls who are interested in him.

I also finally finished Taylor Varga by mp3.1415player! Going by the Fanfiction.net chapters, there were 432, but that includes … as I was writing this I looked at the Sufficient Velocity threadmarks and learned there were over twenty chapters or interludes not on Fanfiction.net. I’ll have to add them and listen to them soon. Well anyway, I changed to another Worm fic by the same author, Fyre, Fyre, Burning Skitter. A slightly AU Taylor gets transported to a slightly AU Harry Potter universe during the fight at the Dept. of Mysteries. She promptly proves her title of Queen of Escalation and kicks and takes names. Watch as she gathers a new swarm and tries to get home. Unfinished and not updated in over a year, but worth the read.

I also got to a point in Princess of Mandalore by L4 of the West by that I wanted to read and not listen as I knew it was the slide to where things start to really go wrong. I then switched to another Youjo Senki crossover from the same author, but this time with Bleach. In A Young Reaper’s Afterlife, Tanya is killed by Mary and Being X agreed he had messed things up, so he decides to send her friends to the same place he will her, where he can’t interfere. It turns out that this is Soul Society. However, they were not all sent to the same time and it looks like she’s one of the last ones. It’s a Tanya/Visha pairing, Don’t Like, Don’t Read.

Now, to the quest: First is Campione of the Shinju by fg7dragon. It’s a Naruto and Campione! Crossover. Things go badly during the battle with Kaguya and Sasuke dies. He gives his power to Naruto and in trying to take her out, he transports them to the Campione! Universe. He kills her and ends up a Campione. Follow Naruto as he tries to find his way home. It has 7 chapters and is fun, but sadly hasn’t been updated since 2017. They haven’t updated any fic since 2018. However, I think they’re still around as some of their favorite stories were published in 2022 and 2023.

Second is Can’t See the Forest for the Trees by Dlldarkwolf. This is a My Hero Academia fic where fem. Izuku (Izumi) never got One for All. It’s set after the kids graduated and Shoto never started using his fire side. Izumi has somehow adopted Eri and is the Vigilante Forest. Follow as two lost souls find each other. It’s unfinished, but has 14 interesting chapters.

Third is Canary by cloud_nine_and_three_quarters. It’s another My Hero Academia fic. Izuku thinks he’s quirkless for the longest time. However, when he sings Set Fire to the Rain while it’s raining, the rain becomes fire. He learns that his quirk allows him to have get different affects when he sings different songs. He gets into UA’s general course and aims to get to the Hero course. This one is awesome, has links to YouTube for the songs and is complete! A rarity as you can tell.

Fourth is Captured in Her Eyes by White Angel of Auralon. This is a Naruto fic loosely based on the Detective Conan movie of the same name and is one of their older fics. Academy Student Hinata sees a murder on a trip with the class to an amusement park. She loses her memory of it and Naruto must help protect her from the murderer who wants to silence her before she gets back her memory. It’s also complete, but is a product of their learning writing ability.

Fifth is Cardcaptor Izuku by Myven_Nightshade. This is the other Cardcaptor Sakura and My Hero Academia fic that inspired me to write mine. Izuku finds the Sakura Card book in a shop and buys it. He opens it and sends the cards out with Windy like Sakura did (mine doesn’t do that). Kero comes out to complain and the whole set is put down as his quirk. He has to work to capture the Cards, to the displeasure of the heroes and cops. He’s still working on it while in the Hero Course. It’s unfinished with 39 chapters and hasn’t updated since 2022.

Sixth and final for today is Careless Talk by sbmcneil. It’s a Harry Potter one-shot. Harry and Ginny get close in fourth year and Hermoine and Ron accidentally let out the secret that Sirius was an Animagus and it led to Sirius’ death. It’s set from Hermione’s point of view telling her husband what happened. It’s sad, but follows the cread, ‘Careless talk costs lives’.

Now I’m tired after a long day I’m sure I’ll talk about next week. I’ll do my best to make sure my new game doesn’t make it late. As always, My Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!