I’ve Been Distracted By Another Long Fic Again

Hello everyone! It’s been a busy week of lots of driving and I’m looking forward to my supervisor being off next week. There’s not much coming up but I’m currently working on clearing out my photos as I have almost 43 GBs of them on my phone. It’s mostly screen shots of manga names or pics to identify them later, so I’m adding them to my manga to read app.

Anyway, I’ve just today started to get back into the listening schedule, but I’ve made a few changes (to the current listening list, not how it works). First, my replacement for the fourth block is Avatar Taylor by Dalxein. It’s a Worm and Avatar: The Last Airbender crossover that I’ve mentioned on the current quest, here. When Aang almost dies at the end of Season 2, Raava gathers the energy for a new Avatar. However, when he lives, she just lets it go and dissipate on its own. The Queen Administrator shard finds and absorbs it. It changes how it plans to go about connecting to Taylor and her powers. Now Taylor has the Avatar powers and is changing people and powers. It has 54 chapters, but sadly it hasn’t updated since late 2024.

I’m also finished Baccano! Vol 3 and plan to listen to the newest volume of Reborn as a Space Mercenary, vol 14. I haven’t started listening to it yet, but I’m fairly sure this one is when they go to one of the Dwarf twin’s hometown spaceports to deal with an epidemic. It’s sure to be different from the webnovel, so I’m looking forward to it.

Finally, I was tired of The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor, so I’m changing it to a new fic that I’m still in the process of reading (and that the title is referencing). It’s called A Nascent Kaleidoscope by AStoryForOne. It’s a multi-crossover that starts off with Fate series and High School DxD, then quickly goes into The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It’s about a semi-reborn Zelretch who’s reborn as Sirzetch’s bastard Half Devil son with barely any devil energy. When he awakens his memories, he realizes that he’s barely living and decides to so to another timeline. However, not before stealing the Boosted Gear from Issei and blowing up a bomb in Sona’s face for how she treated him. It has 676 chapters currently and it was updated last week. It’s definitely worth a read, however if you don’t know a series, you may be a bit confused. He goes to many of the Fate series, RWBY, Bleach, Harry Potter, and Campione to start. There’s a very amusing Bleach omake around chap 400 that made me burst out laughing and I still smile whenever I think about it.

And now, onto the quest, first is First Crisis by TheBeardedOne. This is a sequel to Dark Knights and a crossover with The Institute Saga series (that I’ll get into later). DK Superman (raised as Bruce’s brother) accidentally gets transported to THS world and they work to get him back. It’s complete with six chapters.

Second is First Kiss by seritha. It’s a Harry Potter one-shot set in fifth year. Harry and Ginny both are hoping for their first kiss soon with Cho and Michael. However, when Ginny says she would rather have her first kiss to be with Harry, he decides to grant her wish.

Third is Fixing Messes by Phantom1s. This one is a Harry Potter time travel story. At the end of Harry’s life, he and Hermione plan to use his magic to turn back time to right the wrongs of the war and past it. It’s a Harry/Ginny and Hermione/Ron fic. It’s completed and an interesting read.

Fourth is Flameheart by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a KHR and MHA crossover that I first talked about here. Tsuna is considered quirkless, but it was really sealed by his father. He’s living the best he can until he finds out that All Might is his grandfather. Watch as he takes Yuuei by storm, or as much as you can with only 8 chapters. Izuku still gets One-For-All in this fic that hasn’t been updated since 2019.

Fifth and final is Flames by Fencer22. This is a Worm fic with KHR powers that I mentioned before here. Taylor triggers with Dying Will Flames (Not Sky) and decides to just give up on Earth Bet. She lets you know why she thinks it’s dying and wants to escape with as much as she can. It’s completed with 23 chapters.

That’s everything for this post. I hope everyone has a great week and I’ll see you next week. I’m off to read more of A Nascent Kaleidoscope, so as always – May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!

Long Traveling Weekend

Hello, friends. It’s been a long week with a lot of driving. It’s the reason why this will be late. I helped my parents with an event this weekend and it involved four-hour trips Friday-Sunday, with the ones on Friday and Sunday getting to the locations after 8. Along with the fact I helped with the event on Saturday and Sunday, left not much time to write.

My interview went fine as far as I know, but I won’t know if I got the position until later in the week as they’re still interviewing. Hopefully I’ll have something to tell you next post. Because of everything, I didn’t really have a chance to do much game wise.

So, I didn’t change much of what I’m listening to this week, because I started listening to something else entirely for a good part of the week and only today got back on track. Why you ask? Because I was having a lot of fun with this fic, Life’s a Pay to Win Game by UnholyExcaliber.

This is a crossover between two reincarnated light novels that have an anime, Mobseka (or The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs) and The Eminence in Shadow. Mobseka is about Leon who recinarnated into the world of an otome (a dating sim for young girls) that he was forced to play by his younger sister. He died after playing it and ends up as a lower noble in the countryside. He goes looking for a high level item he paid for to help him in the game after he learns he’s going to be sold off to an old lady and possibly killed. He finds it and ends up at the academy. Will he be able to distance himself from the events of the game? And is he the only reincarnator? Find out in this 13-novel series. It also has another set of novels that follows a different route (from one point of view).

The Eminence is Shadow is about Cid, a boy who wants to be one pulling the strings behind the story, hence the title. He has trained to be one most of his life in secret, while trying to be a ‘mob’ character the rest of the time. He seriously tries to think of a way to defeat a nuke. His is run over by a truck (totally his own fault, btw) and is reincarnated into a world with magic. He decides to play his game here and ends up bringing in girls that he accidentally saved from a disease by messing around. He tells the first (that he names Alpha) a made-up story about a cult trying to resurrect a demon and him fighting against them. However, it turns out to be true and they girls he saves make an organization to fight them. He doesn’t know that it’s real and refuses to see reason, and no-one in his organization realizes this. It’s amusing and the “I AM ATOMIC” in the anime is awesome! Also, a movie is coming out sometime this year!

So, in the fanfic, the two worlds they’re reincarnated into are fused and their origins are altered. While Leon is searching for his item and Cid is going to ‘rescue’ his sister, they end up meeting and changing both their fates from the original. This is a massive fic, and the author does a great job on it. There’s a lot more to their histories and the origins of their whole world. It’s got 108 chapters on AO3, but that includes more than few omakes. I started reading it sometime last week and was hooked! I haven’t finished it, but I wanted to re-listen to it while on my long drives and had a lot of fun! This is worth a read and it was just updated with 108 today!

Finally, moving onto the quest, first is Door to Destiny by sakurademonalchemist. This is a KHR and Kingdom Hearts crossover. Fem Tsuna (Fem Sora) is cast off of her world when her flames are sealed. She wakes up on Destiny Islands and becomes Sora. How will this affect things and will she ever return? These questions are partially answered as it has 13 chapters. Sadly, it hasn’t updated since 2019.

Second is Double Trouble by sakurademonalchemist. This is a Bleach and Harry Potter crossover that I’ve mentioned before here. It’s a Tatsuki is fem Harry story, but she’s also a Soul Reaper long before Ichigo gets his powers. It gets a bit weird, but when doesn’t it from this author. It has 22 chapters and hasn’t updated since 2012.

Third is Drabble Ball Z by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a compilation fic for one and two shots about Dragon Ball Z. There are only 7 chapters and four fics. One with Ranma ½ where Ranma is de-aged and found by Chichi and Goku, one where Fem Trunks is de-aged and ends up growing up with Gohan, one where Fem Harry is actually Vegeta’s daughter with Lily, and the last one has Fem Harry in Trunks timeline where she survives getting attacked by the androids (timelines don’t work without shenanigans, but the author wrote it anyway). It was last updated in 2022.

Fourth is Dreams by Epeefencer. Harry is rejected by Ginny before the final battle but sacrifices himself to save her. He wakes up in his second year confused. He decides to help Ginny as much as he can. However, he keeps blacking out and waking up a while later. What’s going on and how can he fix things? I’m not sure we’ll know as it only has 16 chapters and was last updated in 2017. The author hasn’t posted anything since 2022 either.

Fifth and last is Duel Nephillim by Night Raydes. It’s a one-chapter Harry Potter story, that used to be longer. I’ve talked about it before here. Harry is born a twin but is the ‘devil’ one to his sister’s ‘angel’. After confronting Vodlie, Lily sends Harry with Bella (who’s on her side) and trains her daughter, Rosette. That’s it, but with more information. I’ve mentioned about this author before, so don’t expect more, maybe ever.

Have a great week and I hope to have good news next time. As always, May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!

A Busy Week

Hello, readers! It’s been another week and things are mostly the same. I did get an interview date for the job next week. Based on previous experience, I don’t think I’ll hear back until closer to the end up for the month about the job, but here’s hoping! I did a lot of driving on Friday and it tired me out. I haven’t done much reading for the quest this week because of starting to study Spanish. Because of that I don’t think I’ll be able to finish the last S this month, but I need to do this, so it is what it is. Because of previously mentioned stuff, I also haven’t really had a chance to try and find Alpha ? Unown.

I also finally posted the first chapter of my fic on a My Hero Academia discord to get feedback and edits yesterday. Sadly, no-one has looked it over yet, so we’ll see how it goes.

So, my listening changes this week are – I finished In Another World with My Smartphone Vol 5 and started Reborn as a Space Mercenary vol 13 as it finally came out on Audible!  This one’s always fun and I like getting back to it once in a while. Captain Hiro is back and he’s planning to head back to his second stop to officially add Doctor Shoko to his crew, however first, he has to deal with a giant space monster being unsealed. And even when he gets there, someone is waiting with a grudge. Listen to the latest book of Hiro’s misadventures!

I also got to a point I didn’t remember in A Hero Rises by Zabeck and so I switched to the compilation fic My Heroic Drabbles by sakurademonalchemist. I’ve talked about it recently here, though the posts after that one have more information on specific stories in it.

That’s it, so it’s time for the quest – first is Displacement by cloud_nine_and_three_quarters. This is an MHA story set at some point after they leave UA and Izuku still has One-For-All. Izuku is thought to have been killed two years ago and Bakugo is still chasing the villain that did it. However, things are not as they seem and he wasn’t killed, just displaced, in time. This is great fic and is even completed, worth a read.

Second is Distance Learning for Fun and Profit by mp3.1415player. This is a Worm AU where Taylor is very smart without powers and manages to make a machine that can pick up what she assumes is alien learning programs. She uses them to learn how to make things that aren’t tinker tech and confuses the world. There’s no Emma conflict in this one as she’s been in a coma since the attack. Sadly incomplete, but I hope it gets finished eventually.

Third is actually a omake of the previous story – Distress Calls Can Go a Long Way by mp3.1415player. It’s a Mass Effect crossover where Tali’Zorah is stranded in a dead ship and manages to make a weird gravity machine to help bring her help. However, it gets the attention of Taylor and she makes contact. Tali’Zorah and her people are in for some interesting times. Also incomplete, but at a good stopping point.

Fourth is Do I Have a Purpose Anymore? by Kingkakashi. This is a Naruto fic with a bit of Bleach crossover. After having all three of his girlfriends be stolen from him by their teammates, Naruto has enough. He leaves the village to find his purpose, however people just won’t let him be for one reason or another. Also he finds out that swords have souls, what’s that about? This is a heart-wrenching story that is complete! Also, don’t read if you like Kiba, that’s all I’ll say.

Fifth is Do You Even Lift? By TanJaded. This one is Youjo Senki two-shot about Tanya/Visha. Visha finds out about Tanya’s muscles when she walks in on Tanya winning a competition in the gym. This leads to her mouth getting ahead of her and blurting out a suggestion. Tanya takes that as a challenge and that’s history. A fun little fic.

Sixth and final is Dodging Prison and Stealing Witches – Revenge is Best Served Raw by LeadVonE . This is a wrong Boy-Who-Lived Harry Potter time travel fic that I’ve talked about before here. Harry is sent to Azkaban at the end of his second year for supposedly killing Ginny (his brother’s [John] girlfriend). He stays there for many years until after Voldemort takes over. He’s accidentally sent through the Veil of Death and Death and Fate show up. It turns out this is the second time through and last time they sent John back even though he wasn’t the Boy-Who-Lived. This time they send him back even farther. The catch? The John that was sent back will be there too eventually. He decides to get the good witches first while working the political landscape to his liking. However, this doesn’t mean things won’t go wrong. This is a very interesting fic with 69 chapters; however it hasn’t been updated since late 2024.

That’s it for this week. I hope everyone has a safe week and I’ll see you at the end of it. As always, May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!

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!

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!

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!

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 Somewhat Boring Week

Hello friends, it’s me again. It’s been a mix of boring and training/conference this week. I had two trainings this week and we had the company wide conference. I needed very little from one training and the other was a refresher with only a few new things I needed to know. The conference was honestly just kinda, meh. Maybe if I didn’t have issues with my supervisors, it would have been better, but it’s hard to change your attitude when those above you aren’t willing to advance you. Or even really talk to you about things (like at the conference was the first time I’ve heard any of the supervisors say they had hired someone for aforementioned job I’ve not been getting instead of the HR email to everyone that some people just skip over). Or say “So and so can do that too”, while not having heard the whole conversation where the other person said they were going to lunch, and I was letting them know what I was going to do while they were doing that. Most likely because (and this is admittedly me paraphrasing and projecting) “You’re not letting them do the work so they can learn” or “You’re not their supervisor, so don’t tell them what to do”.

And this is a second hand story from my co-worker, that I didn’t know about, but am not surprised about. What I saw … My supervisor wanted one of us to take things to a room for someone and said either of us could do it. My co-worker offered when I mentioned it (because they weren’t there originally) and I said the two items I remembered, but couldn’t remember which of two other items was the third. Our supervisor walked in and I asked to confirm, and maybe he was annoyed that the two of us talked for a second to confirm the products that led to the later issue. Then what they told me … They went to get the items, but forgot one so came to ask. They saw the supervisor was talking to an upper-level person from another department outside the door to the office where we work and was going to come and ask me the question because he was busy. He stopped them to ask what they wanted and they mentioned they wanted to ask me a question about what to take. He said that he was the supervisor and the one who got to original request so they should have asked him in his raised voice in front of this other person. They got the answer, but when he started going after them trying to talk, they just ignored him because they didn’t want to blow up at him. They mentioned he hasn’t said anything else about it since, but the level of insecurity that you have to have to feel the need to consistently remind people that you’re the one in charge is staggering.

Moving on from that, I’ll talk about Fantastic Four: First Steps next time. There’s been a few changes in what I’m listening to. I’ve finished My Heroic Drabbles by sakurademonalchemist and I’ll talk about the short stories from it I was interested in. The first one is The Best There Ever Was a Ranma ½ two-shot crossover. It’s a Izuku is Ranma reincarnated. He takes not having a quirk as a challenge and decides to become a hero without one. The second on is also a Ranma ½ two-shot. In this one, Izuku is a Hibiki and gets lost a lot. Ryoga comes to train him along with the other Nerima Wrecking Crew. Third is Unexpected Relations, a Bleach two-shot crossover. In it, fem. Ichigo’s quirk is burnt out when she losses her powers. Soul Society abandons her, so Ishin suggests she goes to UA to try and find her maternal grandfather, a hero her grandmother spent a week with when they couldn’t leave the city. It’s All Might, surprise right? Finally, Zero to Hero is a Dragon Ball Z two-shot crossover. In it, Inko is killed by Endeavor by accident and Izuku’s quirk is Saiyan (or the ability to go the DBZ universe, unsure). He’s trained by the crew and is friends with Dabi. There are others, but those are the ones I’ll choosing to mention.

I then listened to The Analyst by aicyel. It’s a My Hero Academia fic where Snipe finds one of Izuku’s notebooks sometime before the start of the series and sees for the threat to the heroes in it, that is really is. They set to work to find this Izuku and make sure he’s protected and learns how to secure his work. It’s fun, but sadly only 11 chapters and hasn’t updated since 2022. I’ll talk about the next one I’m listening to next post.

I finally finished Desperately Seeking Ranma by PixelWriter1. First afterwards, I listened to an offshoot one-shot Xander sees an Aoyama (Ms). It set after the 2nd season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Xander meets Ms. Aoyama (Nabiki’s scary other form from DSR), who listens to his story. She tells that this world is a experiment by powerful entities and gives him a portal generator to escape if he needs to. He decides to become a better hunter and even learns meditation. Might be more eventually, but the author hasn’t posted anything since 2022 (sadly).

Then I decided to listen to Tome of the Orange Sky by CmptrWz. It’s a Naruto fic with a slight Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha crossover. None of the characters are in it, but it all starts with a broken device crash landing on their planet long before the Tree and the Ten Tails. Naruto accidently finds it when young and hiding in a cave. It changes many things and breaks the original future. It’s fun and even completed after 120 chapters.

Then I got tired of listening to Super God Gene after 604 chapters and listened to Chaos and Shadows by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a Harry Potter and Fate series crossover. Fem Harry gets accidently sent back to past and is reincarnated as Fate’s Mordred. Her mother, Mogana, tells her how she’d been conceived to prove she was Arturia’s son (daughter). This leads her to drink, but she knows she can’t change the overall end of Camelot, but she can give it her own spin. She and Arturia survive (though the king is under Draft of the Living Death) and they go to the fairy realm. It’s an interesting story, it has 20 chapters and is sadly incomplete like most of this author’s works. Though it was updated last year, so who knows.

I finished the third book of Modern Villainess and wanted to read 4-6 later as I haven’t read them before, so I changed to Poor SAP Gohan’s Secret’s Revealed by dragonprincess3. It’s a Dragon Ball Z fic where Gohan’s class goes on a multiweek trip for the Successful Adult Program. The first place (and only one they got to in the fic) is Capsule Corp. There the class and old friends learn some of his secrets and Videl learns more about him. Has 37 chapters and like I implied is incomplete and hasn’t been updated since 2013.

On to the quest, first is Arch mage, the Path of Magic by Kairomaru. It’s a Harry Potter fic, where he’s raised by Sirius and the Tonks family. He’s prodigy in magic and can do wandless before Hogwarts. It’s fun and interesting and more importantly, still updating!

Second is Archer by Fencer22. It’s a Worm and Fate series crossover. I’ve talked about it here. It’s now got 31 chapters, but hasn’t updated since 2022. However, the author posted on another fic just last month, so they’re still around.

Third is Are you Afraid of the Dark? By ack1308. It’s a Worm fic with slight John Wick flavor. I’ve talked about it before here. It now has 13 chapters and was updated earlier this year.

Next is Armoured Skill by Night Raydes. Night Raydes is the newest name for the author Myrddin de Celestis that I have on my site. I’ve talked about it before here. It’s 8 chapters but has been cancelled because the author revived another fic and decided to continue that one rather than this one.

Following that is Arrow of Truth by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a Fullmetal Alchemist and Fate/Stay Night crossover. I’ve talked about it before here. It’s 10 chapters and hasn’t been updated since 2016.

The last story I’ll talk about for the quest today is a light novel series I’m a fan of. It’s called Ascendance of a Bookworm: I’ll Do Anything to Become a Librarian! By Miya Kazuki. A recent college graduate bookworm from Japan is killed when earthquake happens and she’s crushed by books and the bookshelf. She’s reincarnated in a medieval magical world as young Myne. As the sickly daughter of gatekeeper, there’s no way she would have access to books, but that doesn’t stop her from trying. If she can’t get books, she decides that she’ll just make her own. However, the disease she has is magical one and if she doesn’t have access to devices to siphon off the magic, she’ll die. This her story and how she rises from the bottom to the top. There are 33 books in the main series, set in 5 parts. The last two books will be available in print by September 9th! This is a great series and even has an manga and anime that has a few seasons! I’m deleting the pdfs in my text to speech as the audio books are coming out on Audible.

The only other thing I have is that I couldn’t get either of the event Pokémon from Adventure Week in PoGo even after I went to those biomes. That’s all I have this week, so as always – May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!