this is a collection of some of my poems. some of the poems are about love, life, unrequited love, sorrow, loneliness, and more. I hope you can enjoy of my collection of poems and I hope I can transmit the emotions that the poems are supposed to give.

Just some poems I wrote because poems help us heal. And vent.

The Book of Poems... But Instead Called Poems of Blossom
Brought to you by and written by a thirteen year old...
Be prepared to be surprised and...
Yes this is a book full of poems.

A book of poems that I made for fun. Each poem is different so if you dislike one then just know there are many different types. The newest poems are better then the older poems.

"Hmmm."
"Yeah, Antionette and some other girls have already prepared the food. She's not only gorgeous but also has excellent management skills and she is interested in you"
"Hmmm."
"Today, gather the courage and tell her you love her too."
"Hmmm."
All the way to the royal park, Vincent bombarded Res with chitter-chatter. During the conversation, he let his consciousness float in the black abyss of his mind. Young nobles chattering away covered the entire lawn next to the fountain. In the middle of them all, calm like a rock in the storm, sat Antionette. Res felt some respect when he saw how she handled all the people that wanted to talk to her. Still, he wouldn't be able to handle social interactions that well, so he tried to slink away.
Vincent saw right through him and shouted: "Antoinette, we are finally here!"
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When Antoinette saw Res trying to blend into the crowd and vanish, she inwardly cried out: "You won't escape from professing your love!" To Res, she shouted in a half-singing voice: "Res, please honor me by taking a seat next to me!"
Res had halted when he heard those words as he would offend her powerful family, one of the high lord family's, greatly if he ignored her. With visible reluctance, he turned and casually walked up to her as if he had planned to do so. Pointedly, he let Vincent sit down next to Antoinette and took a seat as far from her as possible.
Meanwhile, Antoinette was livid: "He still won't sit next to me after I gift him one of my smiles and wear the best powders? Fine, I'll have to force him." She projected out a jovial expression and asked: "Why don't we play a game of Karuta, Res? The looser will owe one favor to the victor. There are limits to the favor."
At that, she faked a blush. The gesture stoked all surrounding male fantasies to new heights, and many sized up Res as serious competition. She let a fond smile stretch across her face to stoke the envy even further. To Antionette's great shock, an enormous smile stretched out on Res's face as well and he shouted to the hundreds of nobles: "I hereby start a lottery. If I win the game against Antoinette, I will randomly select one participant who gets a wish from Antoinette van Mayford! This opportunity of a lifetime will only cost 2 silvers! You can even buy multiple tickets to increase your chances!"
Antoinette's complexion turned paler and paler with every shout of excitement that now filled the air. With the help of Vincent, Res collected hundreds of gold and nobles from all ages and houses were queuing for the chance of obtaining the favor. Antoinette's outrage turned into anger: "How dare he use one of my favors as an opportunity to make money? He even spits on my honor by only asking for two silvers. Despicable."
Yet, she had to admit that she had been neatly outplayed and her interest in Res rose even further. After everyone had bought their tickets, Arthur, who had bought tickets worth ten gold, had won the lottery. Arthur proclaimed that if Res were to win, he would go out with Antoinette, his future wife. "First, I am not your future wife. Second, you have just lost money, as the discipline in which I challenge Res will be: 'Poems and philosophy' "
From her information gathering on Res, she had found that he was a good-for-nothing who mostly dreamed his days away. Some might judge her actions as unfair as she was renowned for her talent in philosophy and practiced Karuta with the same deck of cards every day. Karuta was a simple game: The gamemaster reads out loud text describing a topic or idea of philosophy. The players need to be the first to put their hands on the matching picture card of which many lie on the ground face up. Vincent was assigned to the role of reciting the text and both Res and Antoinette took up positions on their knees and facing one another.
By now, over three hundred people were watching or even listening to the game. Vincent read out the first quote: "The greatest glory in living … "
She already knew after the first five words that the quote belonged to the picture of a tanned peasant in the fields. As her hands were about to grab the card, the card vanished. She could only glimpse the hand that had snatched the card. Res was only looking at her with a quirked eyebrow. "How did he do that? Rather, how dare he mock me?"
Anger threatened to break through her carefully constructed facade, but she quickly shoved it down. "It was luck. Only luck. Calm yourself. I will have to dinner with that brute Arthur … Don't panic. Breathe in. Breath out."
Yet, in the next round, she lost again. In the round after that, again and again, and again … After Res had completely wiped the floor with her, she was nearly bursting from rage. Her breathing had quickened to such a degree that it bordered at hyperventilating. All around them, people were yelling with surprise and admiration at the skill on display by Res. With emotionless indifference, Res stood up. Antoinette's heartbeat quickened: "Now he will rub it in."
Yet, Res only turned and left. Antoinette stood there dumbfounded while everyone was trying to question or console her about her loss: "I have truly underestimated you, Res van Coventry."

Res van Coventry has a dream - a dream of a relaxing life thinking about the world and philosophy. That dream is crushed when a ghost from another world called earth possesses him. Now, he needs to share a body with a moron while trying not to get killed by kingdoms, crime syndicates, and other organizations. All the while, he builds a revolution of street children from the ground up and dabbles in alchemy. Come along as Res tries to cling to his dream of a carefree life despite more and more responsibility.

The next morning a group of men stopped Karuta, demanding his connection with Yui and were just gonna punch him when someone suddenly comes out from behind and knocks 4 of them out. Karu Chan what are you doing out here? Who are these guys? Karuta sighed and thought shouldn't she have asked that before knocking these people out cold? These guys are fans of that Yui and since she joined my club these guys have been annoying me. Hearing Yui's name suddenly made her face contract for a fraction of second, fast enough to make karuta think he was just dreaming that. She then asked why would she join Karu Chan's club shouldn't there be lots of clubs with less members or those who revere her? "I dunno" he shrugged while showing disappointment. What are you doing here Haru nee? Haru nee is the Student council president of the school where Karuta and Yui study and holds the position of the ditzy goddess as she is kind of air headed but extremely perceptive and smart as well as good looks which makes her any man's desire. She was Karuta's next door neighbour, childhood friend and a neigh role model. He grew up while studying with her and now she just won't give up Karuta to some wannabe clubmate. "I will join your club" she declared hearing this Karuta sighed and said "what about your student council and martial arts club" while facepalming. She just smiled and said "no problem i will manage, i will take care of my Karu Chan"

No one noticed but her pretty face gave a cold smile after saying that which was followed by her warm smile for Karuta as she trotted behind him to school giving off a vibrant smile.

This story comprises of the development of a high school romance between someone who doesn’t care about anyone and a boy who hates her for showing him up at every point in school. Karuta the male protagonist of  the story is someone who has achieved first position at everything since birth against people of same age group until he meets Yui Kasumi the female protagonist of this story who knocks him off his floor and destroys his peace, he hates her but couldn’t deny his respect for her and when he sees a different part of her, the gap destroys everything he has ever believed in.

They went back to the hotel. 

Chiaki, Ranko, and Yukana helped Miyaki to come back to her room helping her to take a rest. They also wanted to take a rest since this bombing incident was a bit too much for them.

"Hey," Hiratsuka called. 

"What's wrong, Shizuka?" Yuuki asked. There was only both of them right now and it was better to call her name directly. 

Hiratsuka tried to hold her blush and sighed, "Thank you." She was still embarrassed for him to call her name directly. 

"They're my friends, of course, I'm helping her," Yuuki said.

"Sigh, still, to have encountered a bombing incident during a school trip, I'm not sure whether we should continue this school trip," Hiratsuka said with a disheartened expression. Even though she didn't want to, she was still worried that her students would encounter another bombing incident. 

Yuuki also knew why she was really worried, "Shizuka, let me tell you how to get away from the bombing incident." 

"Really? Do you know a way to not get involved in this bombing incident?" Hiratsuka asked with a hopeful expression. She would tell an announcement later to all of her students and the teacher during this school trip.

Yuuki nodded, "Yes, the first thing is to avoid anything that has something to do with Karuta." He believed that the culprit was doing this because of Karuta, how can he be so sure? It is because Conan is coming to this place because he wants to watch a karuta match.

Yuuki believed that the bombing incident was related to Karuta Match since Conan was there. 

"Karuta, is it? So you need to get away from anything that is having to do with Karuta?" Hiratsuka asked, "How can you be so sure?" 

"The first thing is because there is a historical Karuta card in the tv station and the biggest show that is shot in that place is the Satsuki Cup of Karuta card," Yuuki answered. 

"Hmm, Karuta, huh?" Hiratsuka nodded and asked, "How about the second?" 

"The second, the last and the most important thing are to get away from this boy," Yuuki said and showed her a photo of Conan. 

"This kid? Is there something special about this kid?" Hiratsuka asked. She had some knowledge about the supernatural world since her grandparents had often sponsored the Omnyouji organization. 

"This kid is the walking god of death, whenever he walks there will be a murder case, a bomb, or some criminal activity," Yuuki explained. 

"What? How can that be? Are you serious? Is this kid cursed?" Hiratsuka asked with a bit of a scare.

"Yes," Yuuki said while adjusting his glasses, "This kid is a detective and he will solve every case that he has encountered, I'm not sure how many cases that this kid has met in the past few months but the number would be at least a hundred or so."

"H - hundred or so..." Hiratsuka was surprised but asked, "Detective?" 

Yuuki nodded, "Yes, as a detective, he will encounter a lot of cases or the fate is bending of his will and create a case for him to solve, anyway this kid is dangerous, you can't meet him alone, at least stay away from him 3 meters away." 

"..." 

Hiratsuka was speechless but nodded, "Still, I can't tell everyone to avoid this kid."

Yuuki nodded, "That's true, you don't need to tell them to avoid this kid, just tell them to stay away from anything that is related to Karuta." 

"Alright," Hiratsuka nodded.

"I won't be surprised if there was a bomb at the location of the Satsuki Cup," Yuuki said. 

"No way, the location of that Satsuki Cup will be held in the household of Kensuke Achiwa, he is known as the king or real estates in this west area, there is no way that someone can enter his house and place a bomb there, I'm sure that Kesuke Achika will have a lot of police and his bodyguard to guard that Satsuki Cup, I've also heard that his ex-wife who has died a few years ago really love Karuta card, I'm sure that there is no way the bombing incident will happen there," Hiratsuka shook her head and thought that it was impossible.

"Well, I won't force you to believe me, I will take a bath now," Yuuki said and walked to the private bath that he had rented since he couldn't enter a public bath. He had a tattoo and it was forbidden to enter a public bath. He also didn't want to show his tattoo to everyone.

"Are you going to your private or public?" Hiratsuka asked. 

"Private, do you want to join?" Yuuki asked. 

Hiratsuka thought for a bit and started to imagine that someone would realize their relationship and suddenly she would enter a jail because of dating her student. She shook her head and said, "No, you can go by yourself." 

Yuuki was a bit disappointed but he didn't force her, "Alright." He wanted to walk to his room to take his clothes but stopped since someone called him. 

"Yuuki..." 

Yuuki turned and saw that it was Mayuki, Chiaki, Ranko, and Yukana. He looked at Mayuki and asked, "Are you alright?" 

"I'm okay," Mayuki nodded with a smile. 

"That's good," Yuuki nodded and asked, "Where are you going?" 

"We're going to take a bath, our shirt is sticky because of the sweat," Yukana said. 

Yuuki nodded, "Me too, I will go first." But his hand was held, "Hmm?" 

"Are you going to a private or public bath in this hotel?" Ranko asked. 

"Private," Yuuki answered. 

"Then, everyone let's join him!" Ranko said while raising her hand with an excited expression.

"Yeah!!!" Yukana also joined. 

Yuuki, Chiaki, and Mayuki looked at each other but both of them suddenly turned away shyly. He felt slightly strange when he saw their reaction, 'Cute...'

2 chapters / days

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Crossing into the anime world and have a rescue system that will pop out a quest suddenly.

Can I get items and abilities after completion?

Do I have to travel to another world?

But before that Yuuki needs to save the world of otaku? Even though he is a Yakuza?

Everything start from here.

(This synopsis looked like the one from my Hitotose Note).

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Chapter #1

Meguri ai te
Mishi ya sore to mo
Wakanu ma ni
Kumo-gakure ni shi
Yowa no tsuki kage
(Murasaki Shikibu, Hyakunin ishuu, 57) 

Bertemu dijalan
Tapi aku tidak bisa tahu dengan jelas
Apakah itu dia
Karena bulan tengah malam
Awan telah menghilang

"Aku selalu berfikir saat aku bertemu dengannya,  diapun hilang lagi entah kemana,  seorang teman yang selau ditunggu tunggu"🌸



"Ibu.."imbuh sang anak dengan wajahnya yang masih polos, umurnya genap 4 tahun. Namun dia terlihat sebagai anak yang pintar. Menghampiri ibunya yang masih sibuk memotong wortel diatas talenan kayu bewarna coklat yang tidak terlalu tebal. Sepertinya sang ibu hendak menyiapkan makan malam. 
"Hmm?"jawabnya dari seorang wanita yang dipanggil ibu tadi, sang ibu yang memakai celemek berlatar bunga sakura dan rambut panjangnya yang diikat kebelakang, masih belum menoleh kepada putra kecilnya yang berada disampingnya sekarang. Matanya masih sibuk pada kegiatannya saat ini.

"Ibu aku boleh bertanya tidak?" pinta sang anak sambil mencoba menggapai ujung baju ibunya yang lebih tinggi darinya. Tangan kecilnya terus mencoba menarik nya walaupun kekuatannya belum seberapa, tujuannya hanya ingin sang ibu menghentikan sejenak pekerjaannya.

"mm? memangnya ken mau nanya apa sayang?" Sambil menghentikan pekerjaannya dan mencoba untuk jongkok menyesuaikan tinggi badannya dengan sang anak. Ryota Ken nama yang cukup indah untuk seorang anak laki-laki yang tingginya belum mencapai 100 cm, memakai baju orange serta bergambar panda, kulitnya yang putih, matanya yang tidak terlalu sipit, dan rambutnya yang hitam.

Merasa berhasil kali ini untuk mendapatkan perhatian ibunya yang sejak tadi sibuk di dapur, ia pun tersenyum dengan wajah polosnya yang begitu menggemaskan.

" Nee, Ken penasaran kenapa ibu dulu jadi atlet renang?" Tanyanya dengan wajah berbinar binar khas anak kecil yang lagi penasaran akan sesuatu.

"kata kakek, tidak ada seorangpun di keluarganya dulu jadi atlet renang kecuali ibu" lanjutnya sambil tetap mempertahankan wajah penasarannya.

"ehh??" kata sang ibu sambil bingung dan memasang wajah sedikit merona, dia tidak menyangka sang anak akan bertanya hal ini, awalnya dia kira mau menanyakan sesuatu seperti apa yang mau dimakan hari ini atau yang lainnya . Dia tahu putranya ini seorang yang berpikiran lurus dan sangat pintar, jadi bukan saatnya bingung melihat ia bertanya hal ini.

"mm" sang ibu pun berfikir, sebenarnya ia tidak berniat untuk menanggapi pertanyaan putranya tersebut dengan serius tapi melihat wajah sang anak yang begitu penasaran dan hal tersebut begitu manis menurutnya, ia pun tidak ingin mengecewakan putranya ini.

Sang ibu pun tersenyum sambil memasang wajah malu dan pipi yang agak memerah

"Apa itu karena ayah?" lanjut Ken yang melihat ibunya tersenyum-senyum begitu. Ya dia tahu ayah dan ibunya ini adalah mantan perenang yang sudah go internasional, tapi dia tidak pernah tahu alasan keduanya jadi begitu hebat.

"Aaa,,hehe,, bukan begitu,,karena apa ya?" Jawab sang ibu sambil berdiri yang sudah mulai kehilangan kata katanya, tersenyum sambil terus memikirkan apa yang akan mau dijawabnya.

"mm?"pikir Ken yang bingung terhadap tanggapan ambigu dari ibunya ini, merasa tidak puas. Ken memanggil manggil ibunya yang sudah bingung sambil senyum senyum ini.

"Bukan begitu" jawab sang ibu sambil kembali menyesuaikan tingginya dengan putranya itu.

"Waktu itu ibu hanya berfikir ingin jadi terkenal, mungkin dengan mencoba sesuatu yang berbeda, ibu bisa mendapatkan apa yang diinginkan serta pengalaman yang menyenangkan" jawab sang ibu dengan wajah tenangnya sambil tersenyum manis dan mengusap lembut rambut hitam putranya itu.

"Ingin jadi terkenal? Apa itu untuk membuat banyak orang mengakui dan mengenal kita?."..tanya polos ken pada ibunya

 "mungkin salah satunya begitu" jawab sang ibu sambil berdiri kembali dan hendak memulai kembali aktivitasnya yang sempat tertunda tadi.

"Ken,, bukannya sekarang waktunya kamu main karuta dengan kakek, bukankah kalian sudah janji kemaren untuk berlatih karuta, katanya ken mau ikut pertandingannya akhir tahun ini"..Tanya sang ibu sambil kembali memotong wortel yang masih bersisa.

"Iya, tapi tadi kakek lama sekali, aku jadi malas menunggunya jadinya aku kesini, palingan juga tadi kakek habis main game di kamar" jawab ken sambil melipat kedua tangannya dan memasang wajah cemberut khas anak kecil yang mungkin lebih terlihat menggemaskan.

"Hahaha kamu mengajarkan bermain game padanya sih, jadinya ya begini" 

sahut sang ibu sambil tertawa.

"kalau begitu aku mau ke kamar kakek dulu ibu" ucap Ken dan mulai meninggalkan ibunya di dapur.

"mm selamat berlatih,kalau sudah saatnya makan malam nanti ibu panggil ya" sahut sang ibu

"Baik jawab ken yang sudah beranjak hendak menuju kamar sang kakek.

Hari itu, di sebuah rumah yang lumayan bagus, berlantai dua dengan cat putih dan taman di depan yang berbentuk simetri serta cukup luas, juga terdapat tempat parkir mobil dengan pintu berwarna abu abu.

Sesuai janjinya dengan sang kakek, Ken pun mulai berlatih dengan kakeknya. Di ruang keluarga yang cukup luas, terdapat satu TV didepannya serta bunga dengan vasnya bercorak burung merak terletak di samping TV tersebut. Dan alas tikar Tatami yang sengaja digunakan waktu itu untuk bermain Karuta. Permainan karuta adalah permainan tradisional jepang yang sering diadakan pada akhir tahun, terbagi atas dua jenis permainan yaitu Iroha Garuta yang biasanya dimainkan oleh anak kecil yang baru belajar huruf dan Uta Garuta yang berisi 100 puisi dari 100 penyair yang terpilih atau biasa disebut Hyakunin Ishuu, ini biasanya dimainkan oleh remaja dan dewasa yang sudah lancar membaca.

Sang kakek pun mulai mengajarkan dan memperkenalkan permainan Iroha garuta pada sang cucunya itu, karena ini baru pertama kalinya bagi Ken bermain Karuta. Anak itu hanya ingin mengikuti festival tahun baru nanti bersama teman-temannya dengan bermain karuta di acara tersebut. Selain memperkenalkan dan mengajarkan bermain Iroha garuta, sang kakek pun juga memperkenalkan 200 kartu dari Uta garuta.

"Itu yang Uta garutanya ya kek" Tanya Ken pada sang kakek yang sedang membuka kotak persegi yang tidak terlalu besar, warnanya hijau kecoklatan dan didalamnya berisi banyak kartu-kartu yang pada saat itu Ken yakin itu isinya adalah 100 puisi yang dimaksud. 

"Iya, bentuknya mungkin tidak seperti baru lagi, karena ini dibeli pada saat ibumu masih kecil." Ucap kakek

Kartu untuk permainan Uta Garuta sedikit berbeda dengan Iroha Garuta karena disini kita bermain dengan salah seseorang bertugas membacakan puisi dari kartu Yomifuda atau kartu baca dengan isi puisi lengkap dan tugas kita serta lawan adalah mencari sambungan puisi yang tepat dari yang dibacakan yang disebut kartu Torifuda yaitu kartu ambil berisi 2 bait puisi lanjutannya. Sedangkan Iroha Garuta biasanya berisi pribahasa yang dibacakan seseorang dan beberapa anak yang bermain mencari gambar yang sesuai dengan pribahasa tersebut, seseorang yang paling banyak mengumpulkan kartunya adalah pemenangnya.

Sang Kakek pun mulai meletakan 100 kartu Yomifuda satu persatu di atas Tatami tersebut menyusunnya dengan sepuluh baris dan kolom. Kartu itu berisi Puisi dengan susunan 5-7-5-7-7 lengkap dengan gambar dari penyair puisi tersebut. Sang kakek hanya ingin memperkenalkan kartu Hyakunin Ishuu ini pada cucunya karena dia tahu cucunya ini adalah anak yang selalu penasaran dan juga pintar, dia senang dengan hal itu.

"Waa, banyak sekali, ini semua isinya puisi kan, aku belum pandai membaca Kanji apa kakek mau memberitahuku makna semua puisi di kartu ini" ucap Ken antusias sambil memandangi kartu karuta yang ada dihadapannya itu.

"Hahaha, aku sudah tua, ingatanku tidak terlalu baik kali ini, aku tidak bisa menjelaskan seluruh makna puisi ini" jawab sang kakek dengan senyum hangat pada cucu kesayangannya itu. Ia sangat bangga cucunya ini memang memiliki rasa ingin tahu yang tinggi

"yaa,,,kupikir kakek membuka kartu ini dan memperlihatkannya padaku dengan tujuan ingin menjelaskan nya" ucap Ken sambil memasang wajah cemberutnya yang begitu menggemaskan.

"Jangan kecewa begitu, aku menunjukkannya padamu agar kau bisa memilih kartu favoritmu" ucap sang kakek

"Kartu favorit?" Tanya ken sambil memiringkan kepalanya tanda ia bingung.

"Iya, kartu yang kau suka dan menjadi kisah nyata hidupmu nanti, kau akan memulainya dari sini" ucap sang kakek sambil tersenyum hangat

"Tapi aku belum tahu makna puisi nya, bagaimana bisa aku memilih," ungkap Ken dengan rasa percaya diri.

"haha benar juga,,kalau begitu jadikan ini tugas pertama dariku, anggap saja ini bagian dari latihan karuta kita hari ini, Ken bisa memikirkannya nanti jika sudah mengerti ya" pinta sang kakek

"Tapi dulu ibumu, waktu pertama kali ku perkenalkan karuta padanya ia bisa memilih kartu favoritnya." Lanjut sang kakek

"Ehh benarkah" sahut Ken yang mulai kembali antusias, anak ini memang selalu tertarik terhadap kisah ayah dan ibunya dulu.

"Iya, ini kartu favorit ibumu" tunjuk sang kakek pada karuta di depannya, ia masih ingat kartu favorit putri semata wayangnya itu. Kartu karuta yang ditunjuknya yaitu bernomor 57 sesuai dengan yang tertera pada kartu tersebut.

"memangnya kartu ini maknanya apa, apa kakek tahu?" Tanya Ken sambil mengambil kartu yang ditunjuk kakeknya tadi

"kalau soal itu, Ken bisa tanyakan sendiri pada ibumu" senyum sang kakek sambil merapikan kembali kartu karutanya dan berniat untuk memasukkannya kembali ke dalam kotak.

"Yaaaaaaaa" sahut Ken dengan rasa kecewa.

"Ibu selalu saja memberi jawaban yang tidak bisa ku mengerti kalau soal cerita masa lalu" ucap Ken dengan raut wajah yang kurang puas sambil membantu kakeknya merapikan kembali kartu karuta tesebut. Hari ini Ken selalu dapat jawaban yang tidak memuaskan padahal hari ini adalah hari spesialnya.

Seorang wanita, yaitu ibunya Ken yang dari tadi sibuk di dapur menyiapkan makan malam untuk keluarga kecilnya itu. Sepertinya ia masak banyak karena ingin mempersiapkan pesta kecil malam ini untuk sang putranya yang sedang berulang tahun.

"kartu favoritku, kartu 57 Meguri ai te, waktu itu kurasa kartu tersebut yang menggambarkan isi hatiku dan membuatku melangkah dijalan yang benar benar asing bagiku namun ini yang kuinginkan, puisi yang menggambarkan hilangnya seorang teman yang sudah ditunggu lalu hilang lagi sekejap mata" ucap wanita tersebut dalam hatinya dengan senyum yang lirih, sambil mencoba meletakkan beberapa hidangan yang sudah ia buat tadi di atas meja makan yang tidak terlalu besar dengan desain gambar seperti pucuk teh yang indah,. Beberapa saat yang lalu saat putranya menanyakan tentang masa lalunya dan hendak ingin bermain karuta, ia menjadi begitu teringat kembali dengan perjuangannya untuk menggapai sesuatu.

"ibu tidak perlu memberi tahu mu Ken, kenapa dulu ibu menjadi perenang, karena kau sendiri sudah menjawabnya" wanita itu pun tersenyum indah dan berniat untuk memanggil keluarga kecilnya itu untuk makan malam spesial hari ini.

Bagaimana jika teman pertama yang selalu menjagamu waktu kecil tak mengingatmu dikemudian hari, padahal dia pernah berkata kalau 'akan ada waktu untuk bisa lihat kembang api lagi, kalau bukan sekarang bisa tahun depan'

 Sakii yang sejak berumur 5 tahun selalu mengalami sakit sakitan dan tubuh yang lemah, saat umurnya 12 tahun ia dijaga dan dirawat sehari hari oleh seorang anak laki laki bernama Ryota lebih tua 2 tahun darinya. Hal ini atas permintaan ayahnya yang mulai sibuk bekerja. Keseharian Sakii bersama Ryota berlangsung selama satu tahun menjelang Sakii sembuh dari penyakitnya, perasaan nyaman dan senang bersama antara keduanya harus direlakan karena Ryota harus pergi ke luar kota mengejar cita citanya menjadi atlet renang dan berjanji akan kembali nanti kepadanya. Sakii yang merasa ingin sekali bertemu pun memutuskan untuk menjadi atlet renang, berharap bisa bertemu kembali dengan Ryota. Namun hal yang tidak diinginkan pun terjadi, semuanya berubah saat mereka bertemu kembali.
'Dia selalu pergi' begitu selalu yang dirasakan Sakii setiap dirinya mulai dekat dengan Ryota. Bukan hanya itu dia harus menahan diri dari seorang cewek yang selalu dekat dengan Ryota dan sangat membenci dirinya.
Sakii ingin sekali keadaan jadi seperti dulu lagi, dia bahkan tak menyadari kondisi tubuhnya yang sebenarnya ditengah padat jadwal mainnya dan masalah perasaannya..


Sifat seseorang itu seperti cuaca, bisa berubah kapanpun, bisa diprediksi bisa juga tidak sama sekali, dan ini yang menyakitkan, luka di hati sangat terasa sakit daripada luka seluruh tubuh...

Reo berkedip polos. "Harano onii-chan, kamu harus mandi bersama Juumonji-neechan."
'Tidak perlu mengatakan itu,' Pikir Seiji putus asa.
Kaede memberikan tatapan menggoda padanya: Seiji mengalihkan pandangannya. Dia melihat Mika dan Shika menatapnya kejam.
"Ini hanya sebuah kecelakaan. Aku tidak melihat apapun," Janjinya saat memindahkan bidaknya.
Mereka memasuki ilusi lagi.
Meskipun Seiji berniat menutup matanya, saat memasuki pemandian onsen, dia secara otomatis melihat sekelilingnya.
Dia melihat Kaede berdiri di sampingnya, membawa sebuah handuk yang menutupi area pribadinya. Kulit yang seputih salju, wajah yang cantik dan tubuh yang indah semuanya terlihat…
Ketika mata mereka bertemu, Kaede tersipu dan tersenyum menggoda padanya dengan mata berkaca-kaca yang sangat menyentuh.
Seiji tertegun dengan pemandangan ini.
Kemudian, dia tiba-tiba tersadar dan mengalihkan pandangannya lalu menutup mata. Dia mencoba mengabaikan pemandangan ini dan menunggu hingga ilusi ajaib ini berakhir.
Mereka kembali ke kenyataan.
"Kau melihat…" Sebuah suara yang dingin terdengar.
"Meskipun kamu mengatakan tidak."
"Wah…." Seiji hanya bisa melakukan yang terbaik untuk menahan tatapan dingin Mika dan Shika.
Reo tertawa. "Harano-onii-chan cabul~"
'Kumohon, tidak perlu menambahkan hal lain lagi!' Seiji sangat ingin menangis.
"Sebenarnya bukan masalah besar jika dia melihatnya," Kata Kaede pelan.
"Juumonji-sensei, tolong lebih pikirkan dirimu sendiri!" Mika sekarang menatap tajam ke arah Kaede.
Sekarang giliran Mika melemparkan dadu.
Dia mendapat angka enam.
Sekali lagi, ini adalah adegan mandi! Mika tidak bisa berkata-kata.
"Kali ini, aku janji tidak akan melihat," Janji Seiji.
Gadis berkuncir itu merasa sedikit bingung dengan hal ini. Dia menggerakkan bidaknya dan mereka memasuki ilusi itu lagi.
Kali ini, Seiji benar-benar menutup matanya; dia tidak melihat apapun sejak awal hingga akhir.
Mika dalam hati semakin marah saat menyadari ini.
'Dia tidak bisa menahan diri untuk melihat saat bersama Juumonsi-sensei…apa ini!' Dalam hatinya bergejolak.
Selanjutnya adalah Shika.
Dia mendapatkan angka tiga. Beruntung, kali ini bukan kotak yang menunjukkan pemandian.
Di kotak ke delapan, ada sebuah gambar anak kecil yang sedang bermain layang-layang. Shika dapat melewatinya dengan mudah.
Reo mendapatkan angka lima dan berhenti pada gambar hutan yang penuh dengan bunga bermekaran. Tantangannya adalah menangkap kelopak bunga yang jatuh dari langit. Dia berhasil melewatinya setelah beberapa kali usaha.
Seiji dan Mika keduanya mendapatkan hukuman dengan giliran mereka dilompati oleh pemain lain, sehingga kali ini, giliran Kaede. Dia mendapatkan angka tiga dan menangkap beberapa kelopak bunga bersama dengan Reo…
Permainan terus berlanjut dengan lancar seperti ini.
"Kakak, papan permainan ini menghabiskan beberapa Mana kita," Kata Shika setelah melakukan beberapa kali permainan.
Seiji mengangguk. "Benar, aku juga menyadari ini."
"Permainan ini menggunakan Mana pemain dan Mana di lingkungan sekitar untuk menjadi kekuatannya."
"Jika permainan ini menyerap seluruh Mana kita, mungkin permainan ini akan berhenti beroperasi—atau mungkin akan terus beroperasi menggunakan Mana yang sudah dikumpulkan…bagaimana menurutmu?"
"Aku rasa kakak mungkin benar." Shika terdiam sesaat. "Berdasarkan kecepatannya saat ini yang menguras Mana kita, aku memperkirakan bahwa mana aku akan habis setelah kurang lebih satu jam."
Seiji mengerjap. "Satu jam…jika kita beruntung, itu cukup untuk menyelesaikan permainan ini. Dengan begitu, kita bisa memiliki dua pilihan; kita bisa mengulur waktu dan menolak untuk melanjutkan permainan ini; atau melakukan yang terbaik untuk menyelesaikan permainan ini dalam waktu satu jam. Tapi…kita tidak tahu apa yang akan terjadi dengan semua kemungkinan itu."
Dia menyapukan pandangannya pada semua orang yang berkumpul di sana. "Mari kita putuskan bersama. Haruskah kita berusaha menyelesaikan papan permainan misterius ini atau kita mengulur waktu?"
Sesaat keheningan menyelimuti mereka.
"Aku ingin menyelesaikan papan permainan ini!" Kata Reo pertama kali. "Aku rasa ini sangat menyenangkan dan aku ingin menyelesaikannya."
Dia memiliki pemikiran yang sangat sederhana.
Seiji tersenyum. "Aku setuju dengan Reo-chan. Ini adalah permainan yang menarik, jadi kenapa kita tidak menyelesaikannya?"
Karena mereka tidak tahu apa yang akan terjadi, Seiji sadar bahwa mereka mungkin akan setuju dengan Reo.
Mika, Kaede dan Shika semuanya setuju. Semua orang memutuskan untuk berusaha dan menyelesaikan papan permainan ini.
Semakin jauh permainan mereka, semakin sulit tantangan yang diberikan. Semua orang mencoba yang terbaik untuk menyelesaikan tantangan dan juga sangat bersenang-senang ketika melakukannya.
Tentu saja, ada beberapa hal memalukan atau canggung yang mirip seperti mandi di onsen. Seiji diam-diam menerima keuntungan itu serta menerima tatapan yang ditujukan padanya, membuatnya menempa hatinya yang jantan.
Karena yang dia lakukan bagus dan berkat keberuntungan, Kaede sekarang semakin dekat dengan akhir.
Jika dia mendapatkan angka enam, maka dia akan sampai di akhir dan menyelesaikan permainan. Dengan dilihat oleh semuanya, dia melemparkan dadu… dan mendapatkan angka tiga!
Seorang perempuan yang bermain badminton di alun-alun.
Badminton adalah sebuah olahraga raket yang mirip seperti tenis. Badminton dimainkan dengan kok dan raket. Kedua pemain akan memukul kok ke sisi lawan—tetapi, tidak seperti tenis, kok tidak diperbolehkan menyentuh tanah. Pemain pertama yang melewatkan kok dan membiarkannya menyentuh tanah akan kehilangan satu poin.
Mereka memasuki dunia ilusi.
Kaede, mengenakan pakaian tradisional pulau Sakura dengan sebuah raket ke tanganya.
Bajunya yang berwarna merah keemasan itu sangat cantik...selama permainan, Seiji melihat semua wanita cantik bermain bersamanya dengan berbagai jenis pakaian dan memanjakan matanya.
Lawan Kaede adalah wanita berkerudung hitam dan berambut putih. Dia juga mengenakan pakaian khas pulau Sakura berwarna Hitam dan Putih.
Wanita itu menutupi wajahnya...yang terlihat tidak biasa.
Selama permainan ini, tidak ada satupun lawan--atau mungkin boneka--yang menutup wajah mereka seperti ini.
Wanita berkerudung hitam itu melemparkan kok dan melakukan servis dengan baik.
Kok itu terbang dengan kecepatan tinggi. Kaede nyaris tidak bisa mengembalikan pukulan tersebut.
*Peng peng peng peng…*
Setelah sebuah pukulan yang membingungkan, kok tersebut jatuh tepat di samping Kaede dan dia kehilangan satu poin.
Sekarang giliran Kaede melakukan servis.
Setelah beberapa kali pukulan, kok tersebut mendarat di sampingnya lagi. Setelah ketiga, keempat, dan kelima…
Ilusi berakhir.
"Aku gagal. Aku harus mundur dua belas langkah." Guru berambut pirang itu dengan putus asa memindahkan bidaknya.
Giliran Shika.
Dia mendapatkan angka lima dan memindahkan bidaknya ke kotak bergambar seorang pria dan wanita sedang bermain karuta.
Karuta adalah sebuah permainan klasik dimana seorang juri membacakan sebuah puisi kuno dan dua pemain bersaing untuk menjadi yang pertama mengambil kartu yang menggambarkan puisi tersebut.
Seiji teringat pada sebuah anime terkenal mengenai permainan kartu ini di kehidupan sebelumnya. Anime tersebut mungkin berjudul Chihayafuru?
Mereka memasuki ilusi sekali lagi.
Shika yang berubah menjadi pria itu duduk di tengah ruangan dengan lantai tatami. Dia mengenakan pakaian khas Pulau Sakura dan lawannya...sekali lagi adalah wanita berkerudung hitam dan berambut putih!
'Apakah dia...sejenis BOSS dalam permainan ini?' Seiji sedikit mencurigai identitasnya.
Kartu Karuta telah di tata di antar mereka, tapi tidak ada juri. Tiba-tiba, sebuah suara wanita yang merdu mulai menyanyikan sebuah puisi.
Tangan kanan wanita berkerudung hitam itu bergerak dengan cepat, membuat sebuah kartu hilang dari tatami dan muncul di tangannya.
'Cepat sekali! Itu baru beberapa kata! Dan kecepatannya...dia pasti curang!!' Pikir Seiji.
Shika memperlihatkan ekspresi gugup.
Selanjutnya, sebuah puisi baru dinyanyikan, dia mencoba mencuri kartu secepat mungkin. Namun, wanita berkerudung hitam itu lebih cepat darinya, dan dalam sekejap mengambil kartu yang kedua.
Wanita berkerudung hitam itu juga mendapatkan kartu ketiga dan keempat..
Setelah berhasil mengambil lima kartu berturut-turut dan Shika tidak mendapatkan apapun, Shika akhirnya gagal dalam tantangan ini.
Mereka semua kembali ke dunia nyata dan Shika dipaksa mundur duabelas langkah.
"Wanita berkerudung hitam ini muncul beberapa kali dalam tantangan yang dekat dengan akhir permainan dan dia adalah musuh yang kuat. Dia pasti boss terakhir," Kata Seiji. "Jika dugaanku benar, Reo-chan akan bertemu dengannya juga."
Saat mereka memasuki ilusi lagi, lawan Reo adalah wanita berkerudung hitam seperti dugaan Seiji!


Seorang NEET berumur 30 tahun berinkarnasi ke dalam badan seorang otaku yang tersedak mi instan hingga meninggal. Saat ia mulai menjalani hidup barunya, ia sadar bahwa dunianya yang baru sedikit berbeda dengan Bumi. Penduduk di dunia ini memiliki penampilan yang jauh lebih baik, dan dunia yang baru ini juga memiliki teknologi futuristik dan ahli Yin Yang yang misterius! Setelah berinkarnasi, ia sadar bahwa ia telah diberkati dengan suatu keajaiban yaitu sebuah sistem seperti dalam game, yang dapat membuatnya meningkatkan status skillnya dan melampaui batas-batas tubuh manusia. Sistem ini bahkan memiliki kemampuan yang sangat luar biasa, yaitu kemampuan untuk menyimpan dan memuat di kehidupan nyata! 
Di dunia baru yang mirip dengan game 2-D itu, dia hanya ingin menikmati hidup dan berjalan menuju masa depan yang mulia… Namun, dia dengan cepat terlibat dalam suatu plot yang kompleks. Dapatkah ia membebaskan potensinya dan menggunakan sistemnya untuk melepas rantai-rantai yang mengikat dirinya dan menemukan kebenaran mengenai keadaan tubuh sebelumyna?


Reo blinked innocently. "Harano onii-chan, you need to take a bath together with Juumonji-neechan."
'There was no need to say that,' Seiji thought helplessly.
Kaede shot a flirtatious look at him; Seiji broke eye contact and looked away. He saw that Mika and Shika were staring at him fiercely.
"This was just an accident. I won't look at anything," he promised as he moved his player piece.
They entered the fantasy-illusion.
Although Seiji intended to immediately shut his eyes, upon entering the onsen bath, he reflexively looked around him.
He saw the blonde beauty Kaede standing right next to him, holding only a towel which covered her private locations. Large patches of snow-white skin, her beautiful face, and her excellent figure were all visible…
When their eyes met, Kaede flushed and smiled at him seductively with watery eyes that were incredibly moving.
Seiji was dazed by the sight.
Then, he suddenly regained his senses, hurriedly averted his gaze, and closed his eyes. He abandoned attempting this scene's event and waited for the fantasy-illusion to end.
They returned to reality.
"You looked…" an icy voice spat out.
"Even though you just said that you wouldn't."
"Wah…" Seiji could only do his best to withstand Mika and Shika's cold glares.
Reo laughed. "Harano onii-chan is a pervert~"
'Please, there's no need to add anything more!' Seiji almost wanted to cry.
"It's actually not a big deal if he saw," Kaede said softly.
"Juumonji-sensei, please be more mindful of yourself!" Mika was now glaring in Kaede's direction.
It was now Mika's turn to roll the die.
She tossed a six.
Once again, it was the bathing scene! Mika was rendered speechless.
"This time, I definitely won't look," Seiji promised again.
The pigtailed girl felt rather conflicted about this. She moved her player piece and they all entered the illusion again.
This time, Seiji really did close his eyes immediately; he didn't look at anything from start to finish.
Mika inwardly grew angry when she realized this.
'He couldn't help looking when he was together with Juumonji-sensei… what's this!' Her internals were in turmoil.
Next up was Shika.
She rolled a three. Luckily, it wasn't yet another repeat of the bathing scene.
On the eighth space was a drawing of a child flying a kite. Shika passed through this event quite easily.
Reo tossed out a five and landed on a forest in full bloom. Her task to catch the flower petals as they fell down from the sky. She succeeded in passing after making an effort.
Seiji and Mika were both punished by having their next turns skipped, so it was Kaede's turn again. She rolled a three and caught some flower petals together with Reo…
The game continued smoothly just like this.
"Brother, this board game is using up part of our Mana," Shika said after the game carried on for a while.
Seiji nodded. "Yep, I noticed this as well."
"This game uses the participants' Mana as well as the Mana from the surrounding environment in order to power itself."
"If it uses up all our Mana, it might stop operating—or it may continue working by using the Mana that it's already gathered… what do you think?"
"I think that Brother is probably right." Shika paused for a moment. "Based on the current speed that it's draining our Mana, I estimate that my Mana will be used up after roughly one hour."
Seiji blinked at this. "One hour… if we're lucky, that should be just enough time to finish this game. In that case, we have two choices: we can either intentionally stall for time and refuse to play the game; or do our best to finish this game in one hour. However… we don't know what would happen in either scenario."
He swept over everyone gathered with his eyes. "Let's decide together. Should we work hard to finish this mysterious board game or intentionally stall for time?"
A moment of silence fell between everyone.
"I want to finish this board game!" Reo was the first to speak up. "I think it's really fun, and I want to finish."
She had a very simplistic mindset.
Seiji smiled. "I agree with Reo-chan. This is an interesting game, so why don't we finish it properly?"
Since they didn't know what would happen either way, Seiji figured that they might as well go along with her.
Mika, Kaede, and Shika all agreed. Everyone decided to work hard and finish this board game.
The farther they progressed, the more difficult the scenes in the spaces became. Everyone tried their best to complete the tasks set and also had lots of fun while doing so.
Of course, there were a few rather embarrassing or awkward events similar to the bathing scene. Seiji silently accepted these benefits as well as the glares directed at him, helping him to cultivate his gentlemanly heart.
Due to her excellent performance and good luck, Kaede was now the closest to the finish point.
If she rolled a six, then she would reach the finish point and the game would end. With everyone watching, she tossed her die… and rolled a three!
A woman playing badminton was depicted on the square.
Badminton was a racket sport similar to tennis. It was played with a shuttlecock and rackets. Both players would hit the shuttlecock to the other side—but, unlike tennis, the shuttlecock wasn't allowed to touch the ground. The first player who missed the shuttlecock and allowed it to hit the ground would lose a point.
They entered the illusion.
Kaede, garbed in traditional Sakura Island clothing, had a racket in her hand.
Her gold-red Sakura Island clothing was quite beautiful… during the course of the game, Seiji had witnessed all the beauties playing with him in various types of attire and giving him plenty of eye candy.
Kaede's opponent was a black-veiled, white-haired woman. She was also wearing black-and-white Sakura Island clothing.
This woman was covering her face… which was a little unusual.
During all the events of this game so far, not a single opponent—or perhaps puppet—had covered their face like this.
The black-veiled woman tossed out the shuttlecock and served first with a clear, resounding sound.
The shuttlecock came flying at a high speed. Kaede barely managed to return it.
*Peng peng peng peng…*
After a flurry of blows, the shuttlecock landed on Kaede's side, and she lost the first point.
It was now Kaede's turn to serve.
After a few more exchanges, the shuttlecock landed on her side yet again. After the third, fourth, and fifth repeat…
The illusion ended.
"I failed. I have to go back twelve spaces." The blonde teacher helplessly moved her player piece back.
Shika was up next.
She rolled a five and moved to a space with a drawing of a boy and girl playing karuta.
Karuta was a classic game where a judge sang an ancient poem, and the two players competing would attempt to be the first to steal the card representing that poem.
Seiji recalled that there was a popular anime regarding this card game back in his previous life. It was called something like Chihayafuru?
They entered the illusion.
The male-Shika was seated in the middle of a tatami mat room. She was wearing Sakura Island clothing, and her opponent… was once again the black-veiled, white-haired woman!
'Is she… some type of boss in this game?' Seiji was somewhat suspicious about her identity.
Paper karuta cards were already arranged in between them, but there was no judge. Suddenly, a melodious female voice began to sing a poem.
The black-veiled woman's right hand instantly moved, causing a paper card to vanish on the tatami and appear in her hand.
'So quick! That was just a few words! And her speed… she must be cheating!!' Seiji remarked in his mind.
Shika had a nervous expression.
The next time that a new poem began, she attempted to steal the card at the fastest speed possible. However, the black-veiled woman was faster than her, and instantly stole away the second card again.
The black-veiled woman also obtained the third and fourth cards…
After successfully stealing five cards in a row and leaving Shika with nothing, Shika ended up failing the event.
They all returned to reality, and Shika was forced to go back twelve spaces.
"That black-veiled woman appeared in multiple events near the finishing point and is an exceedingly strong opponent. She must be the final boss," Seiji said. "If my guess is correct, Reo-chan will meet her as well."
Everyone looked towards the little girl.
Reo rolled a six. She moved to a scene of children having a snowball fight.
When they entered the illusion, Reo's opponent was indeed the black-veiled woman as Seiji had surmised!


Translator note: Apologies to the readers. This series is currently on hiatus. We ask for your understanding!
A 30-year-old Chinese NEET is reincarnated into the body of an otaku that choked to death on instant noodles. As he comes to grips with his new life, he realizes that this world is subtly different from Earth. The denizens of this world are far better looking, and this new world also possesses futuristic technology as well as mysterious Yin Yang masters! 
After reincarnating, he realized that he was endowed with a miraculous game-like system, which enables him to increase his own stats and transcend the limits of the human body. This system even has a game-breaking ability to save and load in real life!
In this new world that’s akin to a 2-D game, he just wants to enjoy life and head for a glorious future... However, he is quickly embroiled in a complex plot. Can he unlock his true potential and utilize his system to break the shackles that confine him and discover the truth about his previous body’s circumstances? 

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