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Post by Daichi Yoshimura on Jul 26, 2019 1:49:55 GMT
Shibuya's entertainment district a place usually full of life, it's the heart of downtown filled to the brim with theaters, malls, restaurants and night clubs, a very well known and visited part of the city specially for tourist, tho right now it might be a little too early for that as the sun is still out and it'll take some hours before dusk sets in
Daichi had some weird days lately as much to his joy or pain he was kind of a caretaker/tamer/partner whatever you want to call it of two little creatures known (Or unknown seeing that they are secret that must stay that way) as digimon, he has a little Chapmon and Koromon who he name Han and Jin, and being honest it's a little hard keep the little guys in check when he's not around and having them with him at all times might raise a lot of questions, so they mostly spend time on Daichi's room until he's back.
Thankfully he lives on the same place where he works, the "Red Sun" sushi restaurant that belongs to his father, it's a two-story building where the first floor works as the restaurant as the second is the family's house
"Are you busy, Dai?" His dad call from the floor below and was at that moment that Daichi knew it was "work time"
"Not really, I'll be down in a minute" He answer and then look at the two digimon he was hiding in his room "Alright guys, once again do NOT move from this room"
"Do not worry master, we will stay hidden" The Koromon answer
"As long as we keep getting the good food I'll wait for sensei!" Chapmon said cheerfuly
And once that was done he went down stairs he grab a broom and went outside to sweep the main entrance and get ready for the night
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Post by ronremey on Jul 26, 2019 2:25:56 GMT
"Well I'm lost, where the heck is that train station again?" The young man thought, as he walked around in his black pants, and green striped shirt. Ron has spent the last three hours exploring the entertainment district, looking at the different places that the area had to offer. However, he lost his way to the station, and he was starting to get hungry.
"Ah man I wanna go home, dad could be worried... Eh I'll call him." He takes out his phone and dials his dad, only to get static and someone saying "Find me." on the other end. "What's wrong with this thing? I know I have full bars, did I call the wrong number? Let's try again."
Again, the same result. Ron's about to text him when his stomach growls. "... Ah screw it, I'm getting some food, maybe someone in a restaurant can point me in the direction of the station?" He looks around for a moment, before seeing a young man sweeping in front of a restaurant. He walks up to him, waving and smiling.
"Ah excuse me, I'm wondering if your open? I got turned around, I'm hungry, and I need directions to the Train Station." He explained in Japanese, not knowing if he spoke English or not.
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Post by Daichi Yoshimura on Jul 27, 2019 4:36:41 GMT
Things move along pretty nicely no interruptions and so far it seemed that his partners were obedient on not moving out of his room, the first time he brought them they didn't put much effort but luckily Daichi's parent didn't notice the two digimon.
Some minutes in a young man approach him, he looked older by a few years, he didn't seem to be from Japan as Daichi notice a little accent even if the teen spoke Japanese fluently, he was looking for the train station and a place to eat.
"Sorry, not open yet but there is a Café a few blocks from here, and for the train station? That's a little far away but I could take you there if you want" Surely if he makes a good excuse his father will let him go for a while, anything is better than swiping "Actually hold on a second" He said as he went inside to talk to his dad
Making a quick excuse of needing to go to the train station and help a friend with something his dad let him free as long as he doesn't come too late, with that said Daichi went up to his room and grab his back pack and hid his two partners
"What's happening?"
"Thought you say stay here?"
"Yes, but I'm going out and I want to make sure you don't cause any trouble so you're coming with me, just don't make any noise and stay in the bag and I'll give you some nice food, ok?"
Both digimon nodded and hoped in the bag, he finally got down and meet with the white haired young man
"Let's go to the café first, the name's Daichi by the way" He said with a smile as started leading the way
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Post by ronremey on Jul 27, 2019 16:15:08 GMT
Ron waited for Daichi to do what he needed too, trying his phone once more but failing. Sighing, he decides to reset it and try again later. When Daichi introduced himself, and had Ron follow, he nodded and started following. "Nice to meet you Daichi, I'm Ron. Thanks for helping me out, my phone's on the fritz and I could call my dad."
As they walked, Ron was looking around to remember the buildings. "So what's it like living here? My dad and I just moved from America, and I was wonder how life is like for someone who's lived here for however long." He was trying to think of things to talk about, he was never that good with small talk, especially with someone he just met.
He decids to try asking about his hobbies, maybe that can break the ice. "Soooo, you got any hobbies? I like to draw, but I'm not amazing at it to be honest, it's really just doodles of characters."
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Post by Daichi Yoshimura on Jul 30, 2019 2:18:30 GMT
It seemed a little odd that Ron's phone wasn't working, signal in the entertainment district usually it's pretty good, in any case it's not that big of a deal lucky for the teen Daichi knew this place like the palm of his hand, the newcomer had a few questions which is fair he seemed to move recently so that's to be expected
"Well the entertainment district it's pretty lively place, there's tons of activities to do and see around so I'd say it's pretty fun living here, tho we are talking about downtown so of course there'll be a lot of things to do" The teen nodded to himself
After some minutes walking they reach a small store with a few tables outside and inside, some people sitting around drinking coffee or eating sandwiches and other pastries, there was a chalk board sign that read "Wake Up Bean Family Dinner" and below a list of prices.
They move to a table and wait to be served, Daichi putting his backpack under the table, while waiting Ron decided to break the ice by asking about Daichi's hobbies and saying that he like to draw, what a nice coincidence as Daichi also liked drawing.
"Same here, I enjoy drawing, Whenever I have a free moment I take my sketch book and start doodling" Daichi laughed "I also like reading manga and most of the time that mixes well with my enjoyment of drawing as I try to use the manga as a base for poses and styles to improve, I wouldn't say I'm a great artist but─" The teen was interrupted before finishing the sentence
"You're kidding right? You're amazing!" A girl around 5'3 with short red hair and wearing a waitress uniform got close
"Thanks Rin... Why being modest when your friends always brag about your skills, right?" He joked "She's Rinko Misaki, a friend and classmate that works here, Rin this is Ron he's new in town"
"Nice to meet you~" Said the girl with a smile "So what you guys want to order?"
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Post by ronremey on Jul 30, 2019 3:07:45 GMT
Ron was looking very much forward to checking out the hot spots of the city, he had so much to choose from he didn't know where to start. "Yeah this place is amazing, I can't wait to check them all out later, especially the arcades, those look fantastic!"
When he sat down, he was shocked to find out that this guy also drew, he didn't expect to share that interest. "Oh man, really? that's awesome! I didn't bring my current sketchbook with me, but I'd like to share it with you sometime, and look at yours if your okay with it."
He looked up at the waitress and returned the smile. "Nice to meet you too, Rinko." Glancing at the menu, he went with the first thing he thought looked good. "I'll have the ham sandwich, please, with a cup of coffee with cream." After placing his order, and waiting until after Daichi placed his, Ron continued the conversation. "I read some manga back in America, a little bit of One Piece, and all of Fullmetal Alchemist, but admittedly I just kept re-reading Fullmetal."
He chuckled a bit. "Loved it every time. So where do you and Rinko go to school? My dad enrolled me into that Shibuya school campus."
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Post by Daichi Yoshimura on Aug 6, 2019 0:26:42 GMT
Oh the arcades, really nice place to look forward tho odd since tourist don't spend too much time there, they usually want the other ways of entertainment, music, theaters, etc. But Daichi will gladly show the arcades as it's one of the places he enjoys, even tho he's bad at games
"I'd like to see your sketch book, and of course I'll show you mine, always nice to get some feedback from another artist" He smiled, not many people he knew was good at "criticizing" they just repeat the "Looks amazing you have a lot of talent!" "Anything in particular you like to sketch?"
As the conversation was "interrupted" by Rin the guys made their orders, Daichi's was pretty simple just a coffee and some croissants for his "sister" in actuality the pastries will go directly to the little creatures in his backpack
"If you like to see the Arcades you should totally take Rin, she's a─" Before the teen could even finish the sentence the girl quickly slap him on the back of the head "What the hell was that for? You can praise me but I can't praise you? What kind of weird double standard is that?"
"You do not praise a lady for her skills on games, I have an image to keep you know?" She huffed, then look at Ron with a smile "You can call me Rin if you want, and I'll be right back with your orders~"
Daichi sighed as the girl left, with friends like that why do you need enemies? But in all honesty Rin is a nice girl just a little hard to get to know as she wants to keep a certain image in public, not many people see her true self and Daichi is a special case since they know each other since they are kids
"I'll never understand that girl" The brunet sighed "Anyways, yeah we both go to Shibuya School, It's a nice place there are all kinds of teachers and a lot try to help, specially Lisa Hamelin, she made me love geography"
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Post by ronremey on Aug 6, 2019 1:25:58 GMT
Ron nodded when asked about what he likes to draw. "Yeah, video game characters mostly, sometimes its pixel art, other times I go for 2d art, like you see in the manuals. I started with Kirby, and while I do draw other things, I usually draw something from Kirby at least once a week. It's kind of a weakness of mine. *heh*" He laughed a bit, happy to be able to talk with someone about art.
Ron chuckled at the exchange Daichi and Rin had, and waited for her to leave before speaking. "So, she's a gamer? That's great, would be nice to test my skills against her, or anyone really. Never had many opportunities back home, well except online, plenty of times then, but playing with someone next to me would be a nice change of pace."
He scratched the left side of his head at the mention of geography. "Ah yes, that subject was never one of my strong suits a few years back, was able to get passable grades for it, but I was always better in other subjects. My favorite one, and one of my strongest, is history. I guess learning about the past really grabbed me, and that got me consistent A's. So anyway, tell me more about this Lisa, what's she like?"
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Post by Daichi Yoshimura on Aug 9, 2019 16:31:28 GMT
Daichi was definitely impressed by Ron's skills by admiting he does pixel art, he's more of classic pen and paper doodles, tho he'd like to learn digital art in the future he lacks the tools to do so now and believes that for now it's best to focus on the basics of 2D art
"That's amazing, Pixel art sounds like it takes time and a lot of patience, I know I lack that" He laughed "I personally try to draw my own characters, I use other images as base and guides but most of the time I try to do something I can call "mine", you know what I mean?"
As soon as the girl leave Ron asked if she was a gamer, while Daichi wouldn't use that title (mainly because Rin would surely slap his face off) she does enjoy play a game from time to time, but that's just in her private time or with Daichi present, she likes to keep an image of perfect girly girl to everyone
"Well it's... Honestly it's more complicated than it should be, she enjoy a lot of things that are not precisely "girl" stuff, and she's the kind that wants to keep an image... You know the Yamato Nadeshiko kind of girl"
And then the topic shifted to the school, being honest Daichi walks that thin line between good student and slacker, he can put an effort if needed but as long as he gets enough score to pass he's fine, that's how Lisa enter the picture
"You see, I'm almost a slacker putting the bare minimum effort to pass, I kinda accepted that my future workplace would be my dad's sushi restaurant, while most teachers don't really pay attention to that Lisa-sensei notice it, she's really helpful with her students, specially the ones that get behind the rest, and she help me a lot even tho I didn't really need it but the gesture was nice and appreciate it, I actualy pay attention to her classes now"
"So that's why your grades went up in geography, Daichi became the admirer of Lisa-sensei" Rinko came back with their orders
"Am I really that easy of a target that you always pick on me?" The teen sighed "If anything, remember that I'm the one that can break your image"
"But you won't because you're a really nice person and my best friend~" The redhead left their orders on the table "Do you guys need anything else?" She asked with a smile
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Post by ronremey on Aug 12, 2019 23:41:07 GMT
He nodded to the remark about the pixal art taking a lot of time, "Yep, took a few years for me to get the style down in hand drawn form, and I get what you mean. This has all been just for practice, really, but maybe it's about time I start drawing my own stuff?" He shrugs.
Ron was slightly confused to what Daichi told him about Rin, as such, he scratched the left side of his head. "Huh, well I don't get why she want's to keep that, but I'm not gonna stop her, to each their own." He said.
He listened to his story about his teacher, chuckling Rin's teasing of her friend "Well, sounds like you two have a pretty good teacher, if she was able to get your grades up like that." He then turned to Rin, "Nah I'm good, thank you for the food. Oh, but I will say that I don't think you should worry about an image, being more open with your hobbies could create some great friendships." He said to her.
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Post by Daichi Yoshimura on Aug 22, 2019 18:10:49 GMT
Daichi nodded, it's good to get bases and inspiration from other sources and develop your own style before doing your own things, that's something every artist goes through even himself, but once you're more confident in your skills one tends to get more confortable drawing their stuff
"I really like see what you can do on your own, the best way to get better at something is stepping out of the confort zone"
Hmmm How can he explain Rin's need of keeping an image? It's kind of hard being honest as is more of a cultural thing and to a foreigner it might sound weird or even dumb
"Well it's complicated, like I said she wants to be seen as a Yamato Nadeshiko, it's what we Japanese see as the perfect girl, image and how everyone see us is something extremely important for us" And then he remember something that might help explain it "You see, we believe that we have three faces or masks, the first one is the one that we show to the world in Rin's case be the Yamato Nadeshiko, the second one is the one we show to our friends and family is the dorky girl that enjoys things that arent' very "girly" and lastly the third face is the one that only us are able to see, our true self that is only available for us or when we decide to open ourselves to the world without the other two masks" Did that make sense? he sure hope it did, again it's a cultural thing so it's not easy to explain to some one that doesn't share their culture, but hopefully it was clear
Soon enough Rin came with their orders, Daichi grabbed the coffee and then the bag with Croissants the latter putting it on his bag where surely nothing will eat it whole, and took a sip of his coffee while the girl and Ron talked a little
"I'll have that in mind, thanks~" She said to Ron's comment before leaving
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Post by ronremey on Aug 30, 2019 22:21:36 GMT
Ron listens to Daichi's explanation about three faces, taking it into consideration, and while he didn't think he would put it into practice, he did understand the reasoning. "I see, I think I get it, thank you for the explanation." Ron said, and after Rin's comment, he began to eat his food.
Ron found the sandwich to be really good, and the coffee was refreshing, he sighed contently. "So tell me, is there something unique that makes Shibuya stand out, maybe a competition or special event to look forward to? I don't want to miss something that's been planed for a while now." He asked.
After he gets an answer, Ron asks, "Excuse me a moment, I need to check something real quick.", and he quickly looks at his phone, seeing that it's working again, he sighs. "Well that's good, wouldn't want to have to get a new phone, agh it would probably have needed to be a old modal for cheep, that would have been a hassle." with that thought, he puts it away and turns back to Daichi. "Sorry, I had to reset my phone, and just wanted to check if that worked, and thankfully it did."
He continued his meal, not sure what to ask next.
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Post by Daichi Yoshimura on Sept 21, 2019 18:09:49 GMT
Well at least the explanation was good enough, when it comes to image of one self the Japanese can be a little to serious about it, but again once you pass the first mask and into the second you can start to see a little more of the actual person, that topic aside Ron asked if there was an event close and honestly? there was only one think Daichi could think of
"Well, the Tanabata is coming, it's usually very crowded and popular" How can you explain Tanabata? Everyone knew about it so it was odd having to explain the festival to someone else tho Daichi will do his best "So... Tanabata is also known as the star festival, it celebrates the meeting of Orihime and Hikoboshi, there is a legend about them that says that the milky way split both lovers and would only be able to meet once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month" That was a very brief explanation of the origin "Like many festivals you'll find tons of games and food, moon pies are extremely common during that night, you can also make a wish and pay your respects to both lovers and supposedly they'll come true, is also a good time to make promises and set goals for you"
And that was mostly it, there wasn't much else to it but it was a nice festival to spend with friends, family or that special some one, not that Daichi had anyone in particular and most likely would be spending time with her sister that will come to visit
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Post by ronremey on Sept 24, 2019 2:29:33 GMT
Talking about that festival brought up some memories for Ron, making him smile. "Oh yeah the Star Festival, I remember my mom telling me about her time during that, she even made me some of the treat's she's had when she went. That's coming up, huh?" He thought about the food she made, how he thought they where amazing. "I gotta go too that, I'm sure my dad would want to go as well." He said, taking a few bites from his meal.
"I guess setting a goal would be nice, since Dad and I met our last one, something else to work towards would be great! But what to go with?" Ron thought about all the different kinds of goals he could work towards, stuff like saving up to a set amount of money, getting B grade or higher in all subjects at school, or getting a high score on a arcade machine, but none of that seemed to feel right to him.
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Post by Daichi Yoshimura on Dec 4, 2019 13:20:44 GMT
Nice! It seemed that Ron already knew about Tanabata in someway so Daichi's explanation wasn't that half baked as he thought! Not only that but also seemed to bring back good memories and that couldn't have made Daichi happier, after all the Star Festival is a night for good vibes and all that, it's better get in the mood from the get go!
"Setting goals ins important, I personally don't have one yet, it's a work in progress first I say I'd need to be a little more braver and step outside of my confort zone" If what little he heard of the digital world is right and his partners have to go there from time to time, he better gather courage to start his own hero's journey "But I'm in no hurry, there is a reason why it's called Confort Zone, right?" He laughed
He took sips of his coffee as the conversation keep developing, Ron was nice and interesting, he never met another artist and while he looked what many would call a "Gaijin" but he seem to know about some customs and traditions so he definitely will be fit perfectly here
"I'm sure you'll enjoy Shibuya, if you ever need anything you know were to find me"
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