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anonymous
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this might be a stupid question but is rei's kanji "零" zero supposed to be kind of depressing as a name??? there's a ton of ways of spelling rei, but happyele chose that in particular,,, i don't know anything about reading kanji but it just seems extremely sad to name your kid that ðŸ˜
i'm not the most well versed in names; but rei written as 零 is actually a valid given name in japanese! it's mostly used to mean "drops of water falling" which is more elegant; but the more negative readings of 'void' and 'zero' doesn't make for a very appealing name. and so it's not really common as a modern name at all.
i do think that 零 for rei's name is intentionally chosen to have that sort of dreary connotation ... it is rather depressing for a name haha
anonymous
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so sorry if youve already posted it but did you ever make a rei story list?
i did back on cc, let me repost it! though im not the best rei lore-ist
! Era main story - Hierarchy (TL by Renna), Rebellion (TL by Riisha), Revolution (TL by Creampuffs & Mika Enstars
Crossroad - TL by Soph https://reikeip.tumblr.com/crossroad
Setsubun Festival - TL by healingbonds
Resurrection Sunday - TL by Mandy or (incomplete) TL by mano
Devils - TL by bakemonoremy & royalquintet
Music Festa - TL by iridesenescence
Repayment Festival - TL by maluridae
Operetta - TL by bakemonoremy
Learning from the Past - (incomplete) TL by FleetingMelody (prologue), Sei (chapter 1 and chapter 2), FleetingMelody (chapter 3) and Potay
Black Snow - TL by Mia
Altered - TL by Mika Enstars
Flashback - TL by mephinomaly or ressurection-of-soul
JANUS - TL by Mia
idol stories ... First Dreams - in peace - TL by Tsukihi Translations Silver Bullet - TL by Tsukihi Translations Teatime of Black and White - TL by Sei Wartime of Black and White - TL by Mia Idol☆Hijack - TL by holistar The Coffin Dilemma - TL my mephinomaly Moonlit King - TL by mephinomaly
anonymous
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hi mika, i just read crossroad and now I'm really confused. people say that all the eccentrics had an execution except for Natsume. But I don't think Rei ever really had an execution, if anything he won in this event. unless you count Eichi taking his place as student council president, but i don't think Rei ever cared for being president anyway? All the other eccentrics got defeated on stage but Rei won so i don't get it? What was Rei's execution?
our good sir rei sakuma never got a standard stage execution like shu, kanata, and wataru because they decided it would be too difficult for them to achieve!
one of the biggest challenges was, it was difficult to ever get rei to appear on any stage other than at the underground live house. from the get go, since he was considered dangerous, they had to find a way to rid of him through unconventional means; keito tried to eliminate him early on prior to the war with his scheme in Crossroad (which failed), and ex-fine attempted to bring at least rei on-stage for their debut live to win against him simply through numbers. rei essentially outsmarted them each time, or he found an excuse to not go on stage.
on top of it all; rei sakuma is SO beloved, SO powerful, if he actually stood on stage alongside ex-fine, honest to god he could've probably beat them. especially after the events in Crossroad, where rei was able to manipulate the situation so all those in the audience were on his side, it was essentially deemed very risky.
that is why eichi figured the easiest way to beat him was to get him as far as he could away from the war. that way he was both distanced from his fans in yumenosaki, and unable to intervene with ex-fine if he chose for. eichi wore him thin and made him too weak to take any other step; that was his "execution"!