!!Gaians and fans of Oban Star Racers!!
My guild is still growing and flourishing! 99 members, now, and hopefuly more will join up. As always, PM Teh_Sheba if you have interest in joining!
So, I've got a new OSR story going now, it's an idea that I've been playing with for a while now, and I plan to have fun with it. I implore you to check it out! Also, I'm probably going to update Protecting Those You Love in a few moments, here, as well. Outside Looking in hasn't been worked on for a little while, but I will get back to finishing up the latest chapter, as I have noticed a jump in hits on that story by about 10 in the last few days. That's a good sign, to me, anyhow. It shows that people are actually reading it! Though I'd love it if they'd actually reviewed...
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.:Name:.
Call me by my pen name, or Mari, my pen name for my art
.:Age:.
19
.:Location:.
I won't say any more than I live in the USA.
.:Favorite things to Do:.
Art, mainly drawing, and mainly drawing of Manga. Anime, Manga, reading, writing, listening to music, sleep, play video games hang out with friends.
.:Favorites in the Realm of Anime and Manga:.
Spirited Away...Howl's Moving Castle...Laputa: Castle in the Sky...Kiki's Delivery Service. --these are the only ones I've seen by Miyazaki-sensei, sadly--
(props to Miyazaki-sensei, my hero and one I aspire to)
Oban Star Racers..Crescent Moon..Fruits Basket..Fullmetal Alchemist..Bleach..Saiyuki..Tenchi Muyo..Vampire Knight..Nana..Peacemaker Kurogane..Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi..Furi Kuri..Spiral..Noir..Immortal Rain..Ouran High School Host Club
There's more, I know, but those are off the top of my head.
.:Pairings:.
I'm just gonna list my top favorites, as to not put too much space into this...Here goes:
Chihiro/Haku from Spirited Away
Howl/Sophie from Howl's Moving Castle
Gojyo/Hakkai from Saiyuki
Marhiru/Mitsuru from Crescent Moon
Ryoko/Aeyeka from Tenchi Muyo
Tohru/Hana from Fruits Basket
Aikka/Molly from Oban Star Racers
I'm a fan of Yaoi, Yuri and Het. don't agree, don't comment, please.
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My life, I suppose it that of any 19 year old crazy person. Let's see, I just graduated from high school this last May, though not officially; I lacked two credits that were crucial to graduating, so I have correspondence classes to make those up. One has already been completed rather successfully, the other I shall be recieving soon after I send the order in. Then, I will have my diploma! Woot!
Stuff I studied in high school were pretty much the same as anyone, with pesky math classes and such to keep my GPA low...I am no good at math. I am much more creative. Therefore, Art was, is and always will be my thing. I took almost every art course that my school had to offer, and German for three years. these courses are what made school totally worth it. I am not academic, but I do enjoy writing, thus, here I am. I plan on taking my art to be my career, and I hope to, (1) get my manga written out, drawn and everything (2) get it published (3) one day make it into an anime, and hopefully make my career as that of an anime animator.
Writing, for me, is more of a creative release, another form of art to me. I write to get my ideas out to the world, whoever wishes to see them, anyhow, and especially to get ideas out of my head, lol. I don't claim to be very good at it, and that's why you'll probably never see me in the novel business, but I just do this to explore ideas and keep my mind in the creative transition of things. Which seems to be working, as I recieved a great idea that inspired my current manga idea, one that I hope will take me somewhere in the Manga-ka world. This idea came to me after I started writing a lot this summer. So, that's all good.
Music, I think, is the only art I never got into by way of creating it...but, that isn't to say that I don't adore it. In fact, I'm listening to the Anime station on AOL radio right now! I am totally into music, I look into the music for it's messages, which actually helps me with my creative process for my manga; I match themes with my manga. I love all sorts of music, rock being my top. Especially Japanese and German stuff.
I love Germany and Japan. I have been to Bavarian Germany on an exchange program and I fell in love with the country, thus my name, Catgirl of Bavaria. You will probably see some German influence in my writing, and actually that will become known when I begin my sequel to Learning to Love Again. but I won't say too much, lest I give stuff away. Someday I hope to learn Japanese and hopefully live in Japan, the other country I have a deep love for, making my living as a humble manga-ka and "Anime-tor." I'm making up my own words again, lol.
As for my obsession with anime, I am proud to admit that my first ever anime was My Neighbor Totoro by Miyazaki-sensei in the fourth grade; My music teacher was Japanese(Omata-sensei-he also had a heavy accent) and one day he showed us the movie in Japanese. I remember my classmates were actually whispering that it wasn't in english, basically complaining .:rolls eyes:. but I was fascinated! Thus began my obsession. Which actually laid dormant until Poke-mania swept the nation in sixth grade! It just snowballed from there. then it was Yu-Gi-Oh, but I'm glad to be out of that phase now, and glad that I've discovered better anime's than those "gateway" animes!
Lately my life has been that of boredom and fanfiction; both writting and reading them. I am out of high school, and actually it's quite boring. I have been having trouble finding a job since the beginning of the summer, but I've decided to put that off until I've gotten through my last correspondence class. After that, I will join the work force, make money and save it for college. I plan to go to college this next fall, that's my goal, so I'll pray to Buddha or the spirits to get that done successfully. As anyone can guess by now, yes, I will be taking art in college, as my major. Animation and fine arts for me! soon, I am also hoping that I will be moving in with my boyfriend, if all goes well, that will be shortly after I get a job and make enough to pay for my half of the thing. I can't wait for that! Woot!
Well, that's my basic life, I guess. I'll occasionally update this as I see fit, so yeah.
Onward to my stories!
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.:Learning to Love Again:.
((Spirited Away))
This is my second story, both for SA and this site, but I think it's probably my favorite. It is set five years after the movie, and Haku has been regretting telling Chihiro not to look back for the whole five years, for the spell set on the Gateway that has made her forget. He longs to see her, and with the help of Zeniba, finds a way to be with his Chihiro again, this time as a human. Despite the fact that he will have no memory of Chihiro or that he was a spirit, he agrees. So, now as human in Chihiro's class, Haku embarks on finding his lost memories, along with Chihiro, who finds herself in the same situation as the new boy, with a chapter of her ten year old life missing. Obstacles present themselves, in the form of Chihiro's human boyfriend, but things turn out to be more than they expected.
-Officialy finished! Huzzah!-
.:Protecting What You Have:.
((Spirited Away))
Sequel to Learning to Love Again It's been three years since Haku and Chihiro were reunited, and their love is flourishing. However, returning home from a trip with a feeling that something is terribly wrong, Haku only finds his fears to be true, and a cherished part of his life gone from the human world. Seeing return to the Spirit World as his only option to set things right, Haku, Chihiro and some friends make another trip, knowing that their voyage will take them beyond the bath house, into unknown territories of the world. Haku soon finds his worst fear to be true; there is a force that threatens to destroy everything he holds dear. And Chihiro is the first to get swept up in this new war with one who he thought was their friend.
.:Outside Looking In:.
((Fruits Basket))
Not my first FB fanfic, but you won't be seeing my other ones. They were written a year ago and on another site(Which has since died) and they really suck, they are too cliche'd and overused in theme. This one, however, I am hoping is an original creation. It follows Minagi Kurosaki, a new second year student at the gang's high school, in Momiji and Hatsuharu's class. Minagi is a girl who has moved too much in her life, and feels that friendship in this new town will only lead to heartache and grief when she next moves away, and therefore seperates herself from the rest of her classmates. But you know how certain Sohma's and their friends can be. As much as she tries to avoid it, Minagi finds friendship among her Sohma kin, and perhaps even a little romance.
.:Aftermath of Oban-Eva's Fairy Tale:.
((Oban Star-Racers))
My first swing at OSR...love this series, even if Disney did get to it...though Disney got to Miyazaki-sensei's stuff as well...whatever, Anyway...Aikka/Molly forever!...About a year after the Great Race of Oban, and Aikka manages to escape to Earth when Nourasia is attacked to find Eva and give her a warning; she may be next on the Crog's list. So now, in the midst of war, Aikka and Eva's team head back to help defend Nourasia, and all the while Eva becomes closer to her Prince. But the more Eva learns about Nourasia's plan for their prince, the more she begins to wonder if her and Aikka's fairy tale will have a happily ever after, or end up as another heart break as it was with Jordan. Can Aikka really escape the fate given to him as a Nourasian Prince, or will that fate force him to let down the only girl he's ever loved?
.:The Journey of a Prince:.
((Oban Star Racers))
This is the story of a certain Nourasian Prince that we all know and love, and his journey through the greatest race in the history of the galaxy. He races as a reluctant ally to the race that conquered his, but one thing in his mind is certain; he must obtain the Ultimate Prize. But will all of the twists, turns, the force of the Crog Imperium, and his odd relationship with a stowaway pilot of the Earth team he's meant to take down deter him from his righteous goal? Even the prize itself may succeed in changing his mind...
.:Dreams of Spirits:.
((Spirited Away))
My first SA fic. It's basically your average 'Chihiro returns with a friend' type of story, I am actually in the throes of trying to decide whether or not to discontinue it... I have, since I started writing it, and getting into LtLA, seen that it's a pretty cliche story...Nothing is final, but I don't want to do anything with it unless my heart is actually in it. For now, though, I declare this story as being on hiatus, possibly indefinitely...But again, nothing is final. I'd like to stress that before I recieve an onslaught of hate PMs...
--Sorry, guys, I'm gonna go ahead and discontinue this...please no hate mail --
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.:Ideas in Progress:.
.:Don't Say:.
((Spirited Away))
This will basically be a collection of Oneshots, songfics and drabbles of the movie, taking place possibly before, during and after the movie. they will all basically just be whatever little scenarios pop into my head, mostly of ChiHaku fluff, but also some other types, I'm hoping to get in a bunch of varying genres into it, but it depends on my inspiration and whatever comes to mind. I've got some ideas bouncing around in my head, it's just a matter of getting those ideas into my computer. This should be up soon, perhaps with my next update, depending on how much time I get to myself for writing purposes.
.:Little Miss Perfect:.
((Fruits Basket))
A Yuki/Machi centric fic, it'll focus on their developing romance in the story, with little events of my own setting. I haven't worked on this one for a while, but the first chapter should be pretty close to being done, and thus shall be up, again, when I have the writing time to myself. Brief summary of it is, Yuki finds Machi in the middle of trashing the student coucil room, again, and Kakeru is nowhere to be of aid to his sister. So, Yuki takes it on himself to help her out this time, and soon finds out that the two of them are not so different. Intrigued and intent on continuing to help her, Yuki keeps trying to interact with her, but it seems that the both of them will need time to adjust and come to terms with themselves if they're going to be friends, or perhaps even more, as the story goes on. As we all know, pressure from parents, expectations of you from your family, and an ancient and secret zodiac curse can be a lot for anyone to deal with!
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DeathPocket~! ---Jim Gaffigan
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Updated as of May 10th, 2007
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