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 | | Subject: The Honey Dish Rhapsody Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:18 pm | |
| Captain brought this up on the FC, but for the sake of those who don't even go there anymore I'll post it here. Kubo co-authored a light novel with Matsubara Makoto by the title of The Honey Dish Rhapsody. Estella May of BleachAsylum went through the trouble of translating it to Englsih. I've only skimmed it and it seems to mostly by an Ichigo and Rukia affair, but other characters, including Sui-Feng and Yoruichi, are in it. Sui-Feng and Yoruichi in fact even get their own scene together towards the end. The full text is available here: The Honey Dish RhapsodyAnd for the sake of convince, here is the YoruSoi scene: - Spoiler:
Second Division Barracks, Reception Room
“Yoruichi-sama! I brought Yoruichi-sama’s favorite salt daifuku from Kiyono! Yoruichi-sama?”
Soi Fon looked all around the room for Yoruichi, who had just been sleeping on a bench... but could only find her clothes.
“Over here, Soi Fon!”
The voice came from under a chair.
Soi Fon knelt on the floor and watched Yoruichi in cat form yawn and jump on the bench. The fiery red glare from the window made her squint her eyes.
“The sun hasn’t even set yet... you’re off duty quite early today, Soi Fon.”
“I took care of it all early so I could get to Kiyono before it closed shop.”
“Ah...salt daifuku from Kiyono. I missed these things.” Yoruichi approached the box and sniffed it.
“Yoruichi-sama, why did you change back to that form?” Soi Fon sounded very disappointed as she sat down on the other side of the bench.
“It’s more convenient than human form. ...Do you dislike this form?”
“No, no way! I... I would never... No matter what, I’d still... to Yoruichi-sama!”
Soi Fon’s voice was covered up by the sound of Yoruichi ripping open the bag. Completely disappointed that Yoruichi hadn’t heard a word, she slumped in defeat.
Yoruichi was only concerned with ripping open the wrappers and starting in on the round daifuku. “The best thing about this form is that I only need to eat a little bit to get full!” She ate just one and started happily cleaning her fur.
“To think that the head of the Shihouin Clan... would have to worry about such a thing!”
Everyone knew that in Soul Society, the head of the Shihouin Clan could eat whatever she wanted. And to think that Yoruichi had gone an existence like that to one where she’d have to worry about having enough to eat... Soi Fon felt her heart break.
Yoruichi stared at her pained expression and laughed. “Don’t worry about me, Soi Fon! I’ve had to carry the Shihouin name all my life... so having the liberating and carefree life of a wild cat is quite enjoyable...”
The name Shihouin might be known to all in Soul Society, but in the living world it carried no recognition or power. Instead, when people saw her they might come up with a name like “little thing” or “tiny thing” to call her with.
In the living world, even the names were free.
“To not have to worry about position or family background... to not be saddled with any responsibilities... that’s something that you too can appreciate now, right Soi Fon?”
As she stretched lazily while the breeze ruffled her fur... Yoruichi did look very happy.
Soi Fon carefully stretched out her hand and stroked her back. Yoruichi closed her eyes and did not move. Surrounded by sunlight, even Soi Fon’s icy fingers felt warm.
“Will... you come back to Soul Society? Other than Yoruichi-sama, nobody else is fit to be the Commander of the Onmitsukidō...”
“Didn’t you know? I’ve been permanently expelled. There’s no way for me to come back.”
“But that’s all in the past! You were forced to leave for the living world to hide the hogyoku! I refuse to believe that you committed any crime...!” Soi Fon stood and faced away from her, shaking as she spoke.
“Give it up, Soi Fon.”
“But...!”
“...You’ve gotten stronger. I could tell from our fight how much you’ve grown.” She gently lifted Soi Fon’s chin. “You are strong enough to be the Commander of the Onmitsukidō, so have some faith in yourself!”
Yoruichi stood before her, back in human form. She laughed, sat back down on the bench, and kicked up her feet... all while completely naked. “All right, let’s just stop there for now. Go make some tea, Soi Fon!”
“Cl - Clothes...! Please put on some clothes, Yoruichi-sama!”
The red sunlight shined on Soi Fon’s bright red face as she hurriedly looked down.
In all their separate locations, from all their different perspectives, everybody watched as today’s sun slowly set.
Night had finally come to Soul Society.
There's some interesting things to note here, but even then, I'm going to stick to my philosophy of "it only counts if it's in the manga." A co-authorship from Kubo isn't enough for me to count something as canon. | |
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| | Subject: Re: The Honey Dish Rhapsody Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:03 am | |
| When is this supposed to be set in time? Immediately after the SS arc? | |
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| | Subject: Re: The Honey Dish Rhapsody Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:02 pm | |
| - Mr Khan wrote:
- When is this supposed to be set in time? Immediately after the SS arc?
Four days after Aizen's betrayal. Taken directly from the text. At least that's when the story itself starts. I don't know when the YoruSoi scene takes place, but I would assume it's generally within the same time frame. | |
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| | Subject: Re: The Honey Dish Rhapsody Sun Mar 04, 2012 6:19 pm | |
| Kubo likes making Yoruichi tease people with her body.
Hehe... She's sexy and she knows it. | |
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