Category: Fanfiction Recommendations

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!

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!

Digimon Can Make You Late

Hello, my readers! It’s been another week, and it’s been a busy one. I had to finish up things that my co-worker couldn’t do or didn’t know about during my time off when my friend visited. Then my supervisor came back, and we got more things but can’t do anything with them until his says so. It’s frustrating, but what can you do. *shrug*

Sorry this is late, it was combination of being unable to sleep, hosting a zoom for most of Saturday and playing Digimon Story: Time Stranger. I’ve been enjoying it, but I need to get better at exp farming. It seems my Digimon are not at the correct levels for where I am, at least for the boss battles. I’m currently in the Digital World, but I just fixed the trains. I’m going to take some time to grind and get a few of my Digimon to Ultimate before I move on. (lol, the original Digimon theme (Butterfly) performed by the cast just popped up on my playlist as I was writing this.)

If I had written this yesterday, there wouldn’t have been any changes to my listening list. However, today I finished Reincarnated as a Sword vol 14 on Audible and switched to By the Grace of the Gods Vol 2. In this one, Ryoma joins in a monster hunting quest in an abandoned mine. He also gets an idea for using his slimes to do laundry. How will his new business work out?

Moving on to the reading quest; first is Burnt Genes by Night Raydes. This is a one-shot Harry Potter and X-Men crossover, or rather now it is. I vaguely remember it having ten chapters, but this author used to change their name multiple times and rewrite their stories. Now as I previously mentioned, they had a break down and aren’t currently writing. It has Harry awakening a mutation and the X-Men finding him before he goes to Hogwarts. That’s really all that it has currently.

Second is By The Grace of the Gods Book 1-7. This was really added because I listened to them on Audible during the quest and added them. As I’m going to be relistening to them soon, I’m not going describe more for now. Third and last of the B’s is By Your Side is Where I Belong by TexasBean. It’s a Naruto and One Piece crossover that I’ve mentioned before here. Zoro gets lost and ends up in the Elemental Nations before meeting Luffy. He does some bounty hunting work and ends up in Konoha where he meets and defends Naruto from an attacker. Kakashi takes this chance to get Naruto a better childhood and manages to “let” Zoro get “lost” with Naruto and convinces him to take him with him. They get young Gaara too and then head out to eventually meet Luffy. It’s fun and has 26 chapters. Sadly, it hasn’t been updated since early 2021.

Fourth and first of the C’s is Cambion by Quatermass. It’s a Harry Potter and High School DxD crossover I’ve talked about before here. Harry is a half devil and James kicks him out of the Potters for having a different father. Hermione reveals that Riser Phenex is his father and asked him to fight him for Rias’ hand in marriage. It has 20 chapters but sadly hasn’t been updated since 2019.

Fifth is Campione of the Holy Grail by fg7dragon. It’s a Fate Stay Night (Heaven’s Feel Route) and Campione crossover that I’ve mentioned before here. Things go differently and Ilya gets revenge on Angra Mainyu as they’re in the middle of traveling in the Kaleoscope and blows herself up. This happens in the Campione universe and Ilya is reincarnated in that world with several powers as she had the other Servants spirits in her. Follow her as she has fun in her new world. It has 6 chapters and it’s interesting. Unfortunately, it hasn’t updated since 2017.

Sixth and last as I’m tired is, Campione of the Raging Tide by SeerKing. It’s a Campione fic that I’ve mentioned before here. Basically, a different eighth campione is reborn before the Guinevere arc. She accepts Pandora as her new mother and is directed to get the seventh, Godou, to accept his place before the big battle with the campione slayer that’s coming. Jean, the MC, is mostly interested in women and thus if you don’t like, don’t read. It has 31 chapters and is still updating, though it’s in the author’s schedule so it’s months before an update.

To end, I contacted my old friend to edit what I’ve written for my fanfic. They don’t know the stories much at all, but I know they read and write a lot. Therefore, I’m mostly asking them to edit for readability and if they feel I need to add more because the chapters seem short to me. We’ll see how it goes. Anyway, have a great week and May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!

Long Weekend with a Friend!

Hello, readers! My friend is here, but I’m still finding the time to write. I had Thursday and Friday off, so that’s great! We’ve visited several museums and shops. We even saw a parody of the Phantom of the Opera play. It was amusing and was worth going to see, but it’s a local theater, so I’m not going to say where it is. He returned home yesterday, but I still had somethings to do so this isn’t going up until today (Monday).

Onto what I’m listening to, first it turns up I missed a fic that I’d switched until the end, so… A few weeks ago, I caught up to what I’d read in Tome of the Orange Sky by CmptrWz and started listening to Dark Phoenix of Konoha by White Angel of Auralon. It’s a Naruto fanfic that I’ve talked about before here. It’s good, but incomplete. It has 47 chapters and hasn’t been updated since 2018.

Today I finished that fic and started Yet again, with a little extra help by Third Fang. It’s another Naruto fanfic with OCs that I’ve talked about before here. I decided to read this one because it’s sequel is soonish on the reading list that I have left and I wanted to relisten to this one before I read it. It’s hilarious, completed and the sequel gets periodic updates.

I finished Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear vol 4 and found that Reincarnated as a Sword vol 14 was on Audible, so I decided to listen to it. Fran and Teacher go to the Magic Academy to fulfill a quest, but things are never that simple. Plus, is there some kind of time travel going on now? This is the last volume I’ve read so, I may decided to read the next few ones in prep of more coming to Audible.

That’s all for the changes, so now the quest. The first one is Surely This Broccoli Isn’t a Quirk Analyst by sabertoothhousecat. It’s part of a two-story fic that I have under Broccoli Analyst on my list. It’s a My Hero Academia fic where All Might didn’t offer Izuku his quirk and so he started learning to become a quirk analyst. He interns at a quirk counseling office, but takes over appointments because he can help them better. The story starts with Aizawa and Eri going for an appointment and Izuku taking over. He really helps Eri and this gets Aizawa interested. It’s fun and finished.

The second one is the sequel So the Broccoli Is Our Therapist Now by sabertoothhousecat. Izuku caught Nezu’s attention and he becomes the quirk counselor for UA. It mainly shows his interactions with 2-A (at this point) and we see what changes his not being in the class has wrought. It’s also finished!

Third is Broken by Epeefencer. It’s Harry Potter short story. Harry is pining after Ginny and when he approaches her she lashes out at him because she’s had a bad day and he scared her. This causes him to go on a downward spiral and she’s the only one who can help. It’s completed.

Fourth is Broken Dreams by ThunderReborn. I’m currently listening to it and mentioned it two posts ago, but I first brought it up here. Fifth is Broken Hearts – Broken Dreams by Epeefencer. It’s another Harry Potter fic where Ginny rejects him. However, this time it’s on the train before sixth year and unintentional. He runs away and runs into someone who gives him a little help, including dealing with his scar. Follow Harry as he finds his own way to end the war. It’s Harry/Ginny but takes a little bit. It’s completed with 13 chapters.

Sixth is Broken Shadows by sakurademonalchemist. It’s Harry Potter and Naruto crossover that I mentioned here. Harry is a ghost and possesses Shikamaru. It’s interesting, but as always, incomplete. It has 21 chapters and was last updated in 2013.

The final one for today is Bruja by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a Marvel and Harry Potter crossover I mentioned here. Fem. Harry is locked in her cat animagus form by her patron, Hel, after the final battle to escape the wizarding world. She eventually finds Bruce and becomes his cat before Avengers. It’s cute, but incomplete. It has 8 chapters and was last updated in 2016.

To finish off, I’m looking forward to Digimon: Time Stranger that comes out later this week. I’ve preordered it and will probably play it for most of the weekend. Anyway, have a great week and May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!

Cleaning Can Make You Late!

Hello again, readers! Sorry, the post is a day late. It’s been a somewhat busy week. Work’s been middlingly busy and I’m still getting ready for a friend to come visit (this is the main reason it’s late). Rearranged my book collection to fit it in my bookshelves, though some went into storage for a bit. I guess five bookshelves with five shelves and three stacks of books on each shelf isn’t enough, oh well. Should probably read some of them so I can up them in storage if needed, or get rid of them? But that’s hard…

Anyway, listening to changes – I finished By the Grace of the Gods Vol 1 and got the new vol of Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear on Audible, Vol 4. In it, Yuna opens up a shop selling bread, pizza and other foods. However, it’s more than she thought to take care of it, so she has to deal with that. Also, she goes to a seaside town for seafood and finds it’s been taken over. What will she do?

I also finished Back to the Beginning by Aliandris and started One for All and Eight for the Ninth by griffinguy24. I know that the story is locked, so unless you have a AO3 account, you probably won’t be able to read it. It’s a My Hero Academia story where One for All reaches singularity before Izuku starts the UA exam, so he can hear the previous users from the start. They help him learn how to use his new quirk and slightly changes the exam. However, now he’s mentally linking with girls through the previous users. Where did this quirk come from and what can it do? Find out in the 78 chapters of this fic. It’s incomplete and hasn’t updated since February, but I have hope it will be completed!

I managed to learn that Boku no Hero Academia – Heroism and Villainy At Its Best has been taken down. However, I still have the link – https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13012070/1/Boku-No-Hero-Academia-Heroism-Villainy-At-Its-Best. And if you put it in https://fichub.net/ it will still give you the two chapter story. Apparently, it was written by EnderLance and based on his profile, he did a mass wipe of his stories. I don’t know why, but I’m glad I kept my copy!

So, onto the quest, first is Bolt From the Blue by Umei no Mai. It’s a Katekyo Hitman Reborn fic with a Self-Insert (SI) character, usually the author putting themselves into the story. In this one, a thirteen-year-old girl with messed up memories ends up meeting a young Xanxus. She ends up becoming his first Guardian and changes things. It’s a very interesting seven chapters and done as well!

Second is Bonds Across Time by sakurademonalchemist. This one is a KHR and InuYasha crossover I’ve talked about before here. It’s worth a read, but only has twelve chapters and is obviously incomplete.

Third is Books from the Future 1-6 by I honestly don’t remember. This is from the early days of Fanfiction, the original reading fics that had the actual book text in them (which is wrong, and illegal). I managed to save some of them before they were taken down and they were on the list so I reread them. This one has the HP books sent from the future to the Weasley family to read when Harry would be around 7ish. It starts off with just the Weasleys, but others join. What I have goes through the chapter “A Very Frosty Christmas” in Book 6 where the Minister uses Percy to talk to Harry. It’s a nostalgic read and middling of the ones I have, I have those that are better and definitely those that are worst.

Fourth is Breaking Point by Epeefencer. It’s a Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley two-shot. In it, Harry reaches his breaking point against Snape and his magic lashes out. Ginny is the only one who can get to him and help him calm down. It’s about the explosion and the aftermath. A nice little healing fic.

Fifth is Breaking the Gilded Cage by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a KHR and Natsume’s Book of Friends crossover that I first mentioned here. Fem Tsuna ends up back in time and decides to get away from the Vongola. She changes things and becomes Natsume and learns she’s also a descendent of the same family of Luce and takes the Sky Pacifier instead of Aria. It’s an interesting seventeen chapters but is incomplete as always.

Sixth is Bright as the Sun by sabertoothhousecat. It’s a MHA fic where Izuku doesn’t get All-For-One and instead becomes a support inventor. Uraraka is set as his bodyguard when he’s threatened by the quirkless yakuza. He doesn’t think he needs one, but they have a connection really quickly. However, things aren’t always as they seem and who’s that vigilante? It great and complete!

Finally is brilliant lights will cease to burn (by my hand i’ll reignite them) by novalotypo. This is one of the inspirations for my MHA/Cardcaptor Sakura fic. In this one, Izuku become the Cardcaptor before he would meet All Might, but he becomes disillusioned with Hero society and decides to fight against it. It doesn’t help that he has some memories from a future self that made a deal with Yuuko the Dimensional Witch that Sakura interrupted. This isn’t covered much, because it’s revealed mostly in the fourteenth chapter (the last current one). It was last updated in 2018.

I hope your week is awesome! I might be late again for this coming week because I have said visitor and probably won’t have much time to write. See you next time and May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!

Review the Demon Slayer Movie

Hello everyone! It’s been a busier week. Work has been coming to us more as the week goes on. I even stayed late one day to finish off something for the next day. There are still times it’s slow, but that’s because the lady who sends us the work has other work she does and sometimes she has a weird schedule. I never know, but maybe my supervisor does? If so, he doesn’t typically tell us.

I did the Flabébé community day on PoGo and got all three for the yellow and white versions, but sadly only got one of the orange ones. I’ll have to try again in December when they come back for the weekend. The blue and red are in other parts of the world, so I obviously didn’t get any of them.

Anyway, I  watched the Demon Slayer movie – Infinity Castle on Friday so I’ll tell you what I thought of it.

[Spoilers]

So, it has great visuals, just like the anime. I’ve completed the manga and from my memory, they did a good job keeping to the plot from it. A friend said 1 to 1, but I haven’t read it recently. I watched the Dub version, because that was what my group wanted to do. Because of that I can’t say how the subbed version sounded, but the dubbed VA’s did a good job. I personally don’t have an issue with them, but many people disliked all the flashbacks, especially how long the last one. My biggest issue with it, other than the fact we have to wait two and four years for the 2nd and 3rd movies, is that this honestly could have been a series and not been much different.

It obviously started with them falling into the Infinity Castle. You see the corp. team up start their plan to end the demons. The first fight we have is Shinobu vs. Upper Moon 2 – Doma. She tries her best, but sadly dies against him, just like her sister. Her adopted sister, Kanao finds them rights as she dies and sees her sister give her a signal, then is eaten by Doma. Having read the manga, I know what that meant, but they didn’t finish this fight in the movie.

The next big fight is between Zenitsu and New Upper Moon 6 – Kaigaku. Kaigaku was Zenitsu’s senpai and fellow inheritor of Thunder breathing. Kaigaku couldn’t use form 1, while Zenitsu can only use form 1. Kaigaku couldn’t stand being equal to someone he saw as below him and took the chance to become a demon. This led to their ‘gramps’ Jigoro to commit seppuku, causing Zenitsu to seek Kaigaku out for revenge. Zenitsu seems to be losing, until he realizes there’s not getting through to him and he uses the new Thunder breathing move he made up to kill Kaigaku, though he has many injuries.

The final and longest battle in the movie is between Tanjiro and Giyu vs Upper Moon 3 – Akaza. This is a grudge match because Akaza killed Rengoku in front of Tanjiro and the others. They both take turns trying to kill Akaza, but it’s not doing much because he can sense their ‘fighting spirit’. Tanjiro begins to remind Akaza of someone from his forgotten human memories and wants to kill him even more. Tanjiro eventually remembers something his father taught him and learns how to shut off his fighting spirit. He decapitates Akaza, but he forces his head back on. Giyu knocks it off, but Akaza lives on. However, now he’s starting to remember his human memories.

We learn all about Akaza’s life and how he cared for his sick father, even stealing for him. When he kills himself to give Akaza a better life, Akaza goes a little crazy. Keizo, a martial artist stops him and trains him. Akaza takes care of his sick daughter, Koyuki and they fall in love. They agree to get married, but when he goes away for a night, the neighbor dojo who want the building poison and kill Keizo and Koyuki. Akaza kills all of them and Muzan makes him a demon who wants to be the strongest. Akaza apologizes to his father and adopted family and tries to kill himself. It doesn’t work at first, but then Koyuki appears and they both go to hell together. Giyu and Tanjiro are injured and knocked out, not to mention Giyu’s sword is broken.

Overall, a good, but long movie.

[Spoilers]

After that long movie review, I’ll talk about the changes in what I’m listening to. First off, I finished Reincarnated as a Sword Vol 13. Then, I started relistening to By the Grace of the Gods Vol 1 by Roy. It’s a cute light novel about a worker from a black company who dies and is reincarnated in another world as a young boy. He had many misfortunes in his first life and just wants to be by himself for a while. So, he lives in a forest for three years learning about magic and studying slimes. He eventually is found by the local noble by accident. They convince him to leave live among people. It’s his story in the this new world. However, the three Gods who reincarnated him are researching why his former life was so bad at the whims of Earth’s God. There’re even side stories about what happens to those around him in his previous life.

I finished No Need for Harry by Pheonix Dawn and then listened to The Ad by kb0. It’s a three-part story Harry Potter fic, where Harry finds an ad to deal with pests in the Quibbler after fourth year. He contacts them to take out the death eaters and Vodlie. It’s interesting and doesn’t really say much about what happens after the main part of the story.

 I quickly finished it and started listening to The Accidental Bond by kb0. It’s another Harry Potter fic that I’ve talked about here. It’s a Harry/Hermione/Ginny/Gabrielle fic where Harry bonds with girls he’s saved. It’s finished and fairly good.

I also finished Pick Up the Pieces and Rebuild by Umei no Mai and started Broken Dreams by ThunderReborn. It’s a Bleach crossover fic I’ve talked about before here. It’s an Ichigo/Many girls from many stories. He gets the spirits of Kyoka Suigetsu and the Hogokyu after the fight with Aizen and they train him under everyone’s noses. Then he leaves to seek his fortunes. [Content Warning] There is incest, but Ichigo is more than human, so it’s not as skeevy. [Content Warning] It’s ongoing and has 107 chapters and is updated once a month.

Finally, I restarted the section I stopped and added, Princess of Mandalore by L4 of the WEST. It’s a Star Wars and Youjo Senki crossover. Tanya is reborn after her life as the niece of Satine Kryze, Dutches of Manadlore around when Anakin is born. In her efforts to bring her people together, she begins to change things, not only in her territory, but the galaxy. And some people don’t like that. I’ve read most of it, but stopped because I wanted to wait for a situation to be completed. I think it might be soon, so I loaded into my text-to-speech app to listen to.

Okay, I’ll do a quick few ones from my quest as this has become a longer one. The first one is Blacklight by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a Harry Potter and Forgotten Realms crossover. Fem Harry, Cerridwen accidentally gets reborn as a Drow in Drizzit’s family, but older than him. She escapes first, but they eventually meet up. Sadly only 7 chapters and incomplete.

Second is Blades of an Unlimited Sky by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a KHR and Fate/Stay Night crossover that I’ve talked about before here. It has Shiro as a Tsuna who’s lost his memories. It has 16 chapters and is of course incomplete. Third is Bleach Drabbles by sakurademonalchemist. This is a Bleach one-shot/short story collection for this author and thus is never complete while they’re still posting. I’ve talked about it before here.

Fourth is actually a lost fic, Boku no Hero Academia – Heroism and Villainy At It’s Best. I don’t know the author because when I went looking for it a little while back for this list, I couldn’t find it. I have the two chapters on my text to speech app, so it is what it is. It’s a My Hero Academia two-shot where Izuku, Himiko and Ochaco get together. It has sex scenes in it, but I’m not gonna put warnings because as far as I know, you can’t find it.

Fifth and final is Bolt Fashion by  White Angel of Auralon. It’s a two-shot Harry Potter fic that I’ve talked about before here. Harry becomes a fashion designer and saves the day. That’s literally it, just in more words, but still worth a read.

So have a great week and I’ll see you next week. Maybe it won’t be as long. As always, May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key.

A Slightly Busier Week

Hello my readers. It’s another week and it’s been busier? Sort of? The pre-work from last week made it so the main item needed was done on Monday, but then we had to wait for others to do things. Friday was a little better, but the person that sends us the work wasn’t being quick with sending it for whatever reason. Things coming in from the other direction should pick up now, but maybe not for a few days.

I updated my fanfiction archive up to last week’s post, so that’s good. Also the reason why this post is short. Also, do you prefer longer or short posts? And would you like more information on the fics or are my descriptions fine? If anyone actually wants to post a response.

For listening changes, I finished Pick Up the Pieces and Move On by Umei no Mai and started on the last of the trilogy Pick Up the Pieces and Rebuild. In it, Xanxus has been given orders that will really hurt the bottom line of his organization. He decides to leave to spare his men, but will they allow it? Xanxus also finishes dealing with his issues and it wraps up this story. I’ve talked about it before here.

I also finished Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Vol 3 and discovered that Reincarnated as a Sword vol 13 had come out on Audible so I started it. Fran and Teacher have managed to leave things behind in the capital after the riot and need to go back to the beginning. Teacher needs some repairs and that can only happen where he woke up. That’s however a deadly monster haunt and they have to get through it to the middle. Will they be able to and what will Fran do while he’s being repaired? Good questions. It’s fun and interesting because we learn more about why Teacher was reborn as a sword.

I completed Effects and Side Effects by Pheonix Dawn and decided to read another fic by that author, No Need for Harry. It’s a Harry Potter and Tenchi Muyo! crossover. Harry manifests the Light Hawk Wings during the encounter at the graveyard and Tenchi and the crew go to find out what’s going on. They get Harry from his relatives and train him for the summer. It’s a fun Harry/Ginny story and actually complete! I’ve talked about it before here.

Moving on to the quest, the first one is Birds of a Feather by DukeBrymin. It’s a Harry Potter Fic where Ginny is a Veela and sister to Fleur. She’s kidnapped and found by the Weasleys. While the Delacours find Harry while searching for her and take him in. They eventually meet as it’s obviously a Harry/Ginny story. Sadly, it only has 18 chapters and is incomplete with no updates since 2014.

Second is the same name, but different; Birds of a Feather by KageNekem . It’s a My Hero Academia fic where Izuku has a quirk. However, it’s powerful enough that the Hero Public Safety Commission gets his parents killed and take him to train him like they did Hawks. He and Hawks are a team and Hawks desperately wants to get him out. He sees a chance when they meet All Might, Miruko and Uraraka. All Might even still offers One-For-All to Izuku. It’s a Izuku/Ochaco fic and surprisingly what seems to be a Hawks/Miruko one. It has 27 chapters and was last updated in July.

Third is Bits and Bobs by Epeefencer. It’s a snippet Harry Potter fic about Harry and Ginny. It’s rated M for sexual situations. I’ve talked about it before here. Next is a sorta sequel, Bits and Bobs 2. It has three chapters and is about other relationship, not all of them canon. It’s interesting, but like I said, only has three chaps.

After that is Black Sky by Umei no Mai . I’ve talked about this fic many times on the blog, but it was the first fanfic I mentioned on this site on my first post here. As a reminder, it’s a Harry Potter and KHR crossover with a Fem. Harry/Xanxus pairing and has 343 chapters. Sadly hasn’t been updated recently.

Then is Black Sun by sakurademonalchemist. It’s another Harry Potter and KHR crossover. However in this one, Reborn is sent back in time and is stuck back when he was … Harry Potter. Reborn has to navigate his Hogwarts years while changing things, to be better for him. It has 7 chapters and of course hasn’t been updated since 2020.

Finally is Black Widow by White Angel of Auralon. It’s a Harry Potter one-shot where Lily and Petunia are black widows raised by a Grindelwald supporter. They set things up for their husbands to die and take their money and raise the children to be like them. Not a happy story, but still an interesting take.

Well anyway, I need to work on cleaning up where I live as a friend is coming to visit. I need to reorganize my books again as I have more than what will fit on my shelves again. I’ll probably need to put some in storage again. Maybe the ones I’ve recently read. See you next week and May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!

Rather Short Then Late, Right?

Hello, my readers. This week has been a bit more interesting, but next week is going to be busier. We pre-did some of the work for next week so it would go faster, but I still don’t get why it was changed from the last week of August to the first week of September. We’ve always done the work then and it made sense because in that everything would be ready for September. But there’s nothing I can really do about that other than do the work when told to.

I haven’t changed much in my listening stories. I finished Pick Up The Pieces and Take Stock by Umei no Mai and started it’s sequel, Pick Up the Pieces and Move On. It follows Xanxus as he deals with newly discovered family and figuring out where he wants to go from where he is currently. [*Content Warning*] There are male and male sexual situations in this. It’s not crucial to the fic so can be skipped. Otherwise, don’t like, don’t read. [*Content Warning*] I’ve talked about it before here.

I also finished Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship vol 12 and started Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Vol 3 (the current last one on Audible). In it, Yuna is finally at the capital and has to deal with the people there, while finding food stuffs needed to make some of her favorite foods.

Moving onto the quest, first is Beltane Child by White Angel of Auralon. It’s a Harry Potter fic where during the Horcrux quest in book 7, he goes to a Beltane celebration and gets roped into being the horned warrior to Daphne Greengrass’s goddess. She gets pregnant and when Harry discovers her after things don’t go well with Ginny after the war, he decides to take his fatherly duties seriously. [*Content Warning*] Slight sexual situations, all characters are above the English age of consent (16) [*Content Warning*]. Completed with 11 chapters.

Second is Best Served Cold by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a Harry Potter time travel fic with a slight Hellsing crossover. I’ve talked about it before here.  It’s unfinished and hasn’t updated since 2017. Third is Better Left Unsaid by Kenchi618. It’s a Naruto fic where Mizuki didn’t tell him about the Kyuubi during their battle. I’ve talked about it before here. It has 85 chapters and hasn’t updated since 2023.

Next is Between Lies and Truth by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a Harry Potter and KHR fic where Colonello is Harry. It’s set before they’re cursed. I’ve talked about it before here. It’s unfinished with 10 chaps and hasn’t updated since 2018.

After that is Beyond the Outer Gates Lies by gabriel blessing. It’s a Harry Dresden and High School DxD crossover. I haven’t read the Harry Dresden series (even though I own and have read a little of the first book), but he’s a wizard in New York who is essentially a private detective. The one in this story is a version from latter in the series and he locks some extradimensional attackers out of his world at the cost of being on the wrong side. He defeats them all, barely, but uses a tricky power to escape from Great Red. He ends up in Kouh de-aged to a teenager and ends up in Kouh Academy. How will he react when he learns of the supernatural elements of this world? And how are they different from his own? It’s a fun, completed, 3 chapter fic.

Finally, there’s a trilogy by megamatt09; Beyond the Veil Volume One: Arrival , Beyond the Veil Book 2 Challenges, and Beyond the Veil Book 3: Deception. It’s a Harry Potter and Marvel crossover, with DC elements coming in starting in Book 2. Harry follows Sirius through the Veil of Death, and ends up in the Marvel universe. Eventually, he ends up at the Xavior Institute (in the X-Men: Evolution timeline) and tries to find Sirius and maybe a way back. He ends up with many Marvel and DC characters, starting with Kitty Pryde. [*Content Warning*] There are many sex scenes and underage sex (though they’re still in high school) and Harry with older women as well. Sex scenes can be skipped [*Content Warning*]. The trilogy is complete.

Anyway, I finally got a Switch 2, though I don’t have any new games for it. I mainly got it because I wanted to get it before the price potentially rises (I know it might not, but you never know) and in prep for Pokémon Legends Z-A. I’ve preordered it and Digimon: Time Stranger and am looking forward to them in October. At some point soon, I’ll try and update my Fanfiction database with all the new fics I’ve talked about. As always, May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!

It’s Late and Short (Sorry)

Hello again my readers, it’s once again been a boring week. Sorry, this is a day late again. I got caught up in reading and watching anime along with trying to get all the Alpha Unown types in Legends Arceus (I have 18, but the rest are taking a while). I did have to make an almost 5 hour round trip to deliver something to another company site when the original person called in sick on Friday, but that was the only interesting thing. I wrote more for my fanfic, but haven’t finished even 7 chapters yet, so 10 is still a way off.

For more anime I’m watching this season, there’s Scooped Up By an S-Rank Adventurer. It’s about Lloyd, a white mage who was trained in a forest by his master to be better than everyone at his craft (but he doesn’t know it). He leaves and ends up in the hero’s party, only to be kicked out when they have success (not knowing that it was his help that made it so, like the normal cliché). He’s picked up by an S-Rank party and they marvel at what he can do. It’s cliché, but fun none the less. I’ve read the manga to where it is currently and I don’t think the anime is going to catch up this season.

Finally, the last of the main ones I’m watching this season is Lord of Mysteries. It’s a Chinese anime and I’m not really used to hearing Chinese, but it’s fine. I’ve read the manhua for it, but it ended after 65 chapters and I haven’t gotten around to reading the webnovel (that is finished). The anime is visually great, but the pacing isn’t great at first. They really rush the first part, not really explaining anything and now have to have little shorts to explain things a Mysticism class and a chibi shorts. It’s about Zhou from China, who does a luck enhancement ritual and ends up in another world in the body of Klein Moretti who just committed suicide. He has to find out how to return home, while becoming and dealing with Beyonders with unimaginable power. It’s fun, but keep in mind my warnings and watch the shorts.

I haven’t changed much in my listening since last week. I finished Ataraxia by a1lvera5hley and decided to listen to Back to the Beginning by Aliandris that I talked about last week. I’ve also finished Reincarnated as a Sword vol 12 and Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship vol 12 came out on Audible so I’m almost finished listening to it.

Onto the quest, the first one is Be Prepared by Phatom1s. It’s a Harry Potter fanfic where Dumbledore decides to help Harry and screw the vow with the ministry to not have an apprentice (only in this story) after 5th year. Harry becomes Lord Gryffindor and gets together with Ginny. It moves fast and is more unrealistic then a lot of other fics. Also rated M for a reason. [*Content Warning*] There is underage (14 and 15 year olds) and explicit lemons and limes. Don’t Like, Don’t Read. [*Content Warning*]. It’s actually complete!

The second one is Beautiful Mess by Breanie. It’s a Harry Potter one-shot song-fic. For those who don’t know what a song fic is, it’s a fic where the lyrics are in the story and describe or affect the story. This one has Beautiful Mess by Diamond Rio (a country song) as the main focus. It’s about Harry after the war and how his love for Ginny makes him a little crazy, but it’s worth it.

The third one is Because of the War by AStandupPhilosopher. This one is a Worm and XCOM 2 crossover. It’s based on the 3 chapters in Seerking’s Asylum for Plot Bunnies that Won’t Stop Bugging Me that are titled Survive, Adapt, Win. The first one is chapter 43, the second is chapter 54 and the third is chapter 101. Taylor triggers early with the power to have a mental XCOM base and summon combatants from it. She is the Commander and will fix her city. Has a redeemed Sophia and Emma and even saves Canary from her fate beforehand. It says it’s Taylor/Amy, but I don’t think they’ve interacted much in the 17 chapters that are available. It hasn’t updated since Jul 2024, but the author is still posting, just focusing on other fics (that I haven’t read).

After that is Becoming a Man Among Men by Dragon6. It’s a Ranma ½ fic where Ranma finds Genma’s journal and learns about his fiancées and the Man Among Men promise. This changes things as he refuses to go along with the Tendo engagement knowing about the other ones. He decides become a Man Among Men his own way. It’s incomplete and has 45 chapters. It was updated in 2020 and the author said they’d be back, but obviously hasn’t yet.

Then is Becoming Lífþrasir by Midoriko-sama. It’s a How to Train Your Dragon fic. Hiccup actually leaves as Astrid doesn’t find him and things change. Fast forward a few years and Beck decides to go and find the Nest again. It’s up to Hiccup and his dragon rider friends to save them. It’s Hiccup/Astrid and it’s complete with a sequel.

Finally there’s Befriending Sword by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a Fate/Stay Night and Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha crossover. I’ve talked about it before here.

I got an Eternatus in PoGo and apparently, they’re raising the upper level from 50 to 80 in October. That’ll be fun. Finally bought a Switch 2 and it’ll get in soon. I don’t have any specific games for it yet, but it’s in prep for Pokémon Legends Z-A. As always, May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!

A Short One This Week

This week and particularly Thursday and Friday have been super boring. I’ve started having a slight physical problem, but I’m working on it. Also, my dog has apparently been causing issues at his doggy day care (he’s there because others who would look after him during the day are temporarily unavailable), mostly messing with the puppies.

I’ll start off with more of the anime I’m watching this season. The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity has been as great as I thought, though Netflix being stupid about releasing it is annoying. Secrets of the Silent Witch has also been a great watch.

I’ve also been watching Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter. I reread and caught up to the current manga chapter (the anime has gone past it) but haven’t read the light novels (because there’s 16ish volumes). The MC, Allen, has finished magic academy, but failed under mysterious circumstances to become a court magician. His teacher recommends him to help a Duke’s daughter in the country that’s having issues with magic but wants to go to the academy. It’s been pretty interesting, but I like the previous two better.  

There’s also The Water Magician. I read the manga for the first time and the anime is worth a read/watch, but also not interesting. Its anime is also past the manga. It’s about Ryo who gets reincarnated with the ability to control water magic. He trains in the middle of no-where because he didn’t want to be around people. When he saves someone who was shipwrecked, he decides to follow them to learn more about the new world he’s in. I’ll talk about a few more next time.

Onto the listening changes; first is that I finished The Rabbitverse by ShadowedSword13. Next in my listening order was Hands Off (My Hero). It’s a one-shot about Rabbit confronting the newly caught Shiggy about attacking Ochaco. Then is another one-shot also set when they’re still at UA and before Rabbit leaves, Not Your CI (But I Might as Well Be). In it Rabbit is trying to make a deal with a villain group, but then Froppy calls asking for information on them … Yeah, that doesn’t go down well.

The main fic in the series is next, Down the Rabbit Hole. This takes place after Rabbit comes back to Japan and Ochaco has been a hero for a while. Rabbit decides the best time to seduce her is when she’s in the middle of a stake out on him. It gets better from there and it’s a fun fic. Finally is Mannerisms. It’s got a few chapters that about what mannerisms Ochaco finds that Rabbit has after the ending of Down the Rabbit Hole. After I finished it, I decided to listen to Ataraxia by a1lvera5hley that I mentioned last week.

I also finished Using the Force Made Easy by Fencer22 and decided to listen to Pick Up The Pieces and Take Stock by Umei no Mai. It a Katekyo Himan Reborn fanfic set after the end of the series. I’ve talked about it here. Finally, I finished Poor SAP Gohan’s Secret’s Revealed by dragonprincess3 and decided not to add an new one for it, so now I’m down a story and that’s fine. I can add and subtract as many as I want.

Now onto the B’s for the quest; First is Back in Black by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a Harry Potter and Supernatural crossover. I’ve talked about it before here. It has 44 chapter, but (as always) is incomplete.

Second is Back to the Beginning by Aliandris. It’s a My Hero Academia fanfic where things change during the Jaku City attack. Ochaco is killed by Shigaraki and Izuku goes after him and dies. But there’s also another timeline where Izuku and then Ochaco is killed by Toga during the same conflict. The main difference? Izuku had One-for-All in the first and Ochaco had it in the second. The Second user had a slight time travel quirk (instead of the canon one) and both timelines activate it at the same time. They’re sent back in time together to before they both would have gotten the quirk. They have to try and save the future while deciding who gets the quirk. It’s an awesome fic and has 92 chapters, but sadly hasn’t updated since Oct 2024.

Third is Backwards with a Purpose Part 1: Always and Always by deadwoodpecker. It’s another time travel fic, but this time with Harry Potter. Harry, Ginny and Ron are the last survivors of the war and they find a way to go back to save everyone. However, things are not as they once were and things have been changed in a way to make it harder for them. It’s finished and even has a sequel, that’s not on this list.

Next is Bandit King by Night Raydes. It’s a Harry Potter with a slight crossover with the King of Bandit (manga) fanfic where Harry is abandoned by his parents for his younger sister. He’s taken by the King of Bandit and learns his craft. Fast forward to 16, he returns to England and decides to help his younger sisters, in spite of his parents. Sadly, the author (formerly many names but I have them as Myrddin de Celestis on the site) has run out of inspiration and after many bad (or no) reviews decided to stop writing in Nov 2024.

I’ll finish with Bank Account by White Angel of Auralon. It’s a Harry Potter one-shot. In it a neighbor who works the Dursley’s bank sees how Harry is treated and forced to work without pay. She decides to set it up discreetly to have some money set aside from their account into one for Harry to pay him for his work.

I would write more, but I didn’t set more time to write this week. So, as always, May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key.