alone, together
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a ruined dream by rocketcider
Fandoms: 怪獣８号 | Kaiju No. 8 (Manga), 怪獣８号 | Kaiju No. 8 (Anime)
15 Jul 2024
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Mina stands alone, on the rooftop and fires - because it's her duty.
Because it's what she worked hard for.
Because it's part of her promise with Kafka.
Because it's her dream.
(But was achieving your life-long dream always supposed to feel this bad?)
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- Part 1 of alone, together
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comfort in jellyfish and stars by rocketcider
Fandoms: 怪獣８号 | Kaiju No. 8 (Manga), 怪獣８号 | Kaiju No. 8 (Anime)
17 Jul 2024
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Mina finds something (some tiger) to help cope with having to fight by herself most of the time, and she's happier.
But in an instant, even that's about to get ripped away from her. She doesn't know what to do.
How could she have been this naive?
(She hates the thought that she's going to end up alone again.
But someone reminds her that she doesn't have to give up that easily, and Mina finds newly revived motivation with the help of a sunset, a starry sky, and an insufferable idiot.)
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- Part 2 of alone, together
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despite everything by rocketcider
Fandoms: 怪獣８号 | Kaiju No. 8 (Manga), 怪獣８号 | Kaiju No. 8 (Anime)
24 Jul 2024
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Mina spent a year bottling everything up.
She never had an outlet. Never thought it was okay for her to release all her feelings.
She's cried. She's felt angry. But she never released all that fury.
Until Narumi Gen.
(or. narumi and mina fight, because mina is too ready to risk her life, and narumi won't let it happen on his watch.)
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- Part 3 of alone, together
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homegrown kindness by rocketcider
Fandoms: 怪獣８号 | Kaiju No. 8 (Manga), 怪獣８号 | Kaiju No. 8 (Anime)
18 Aug 2024
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Gen doesn't know what he's doing here - in Ashiro's hometown, but she shows him around and lets him sleep in her room.
He eats meals with Ashiro and her mother, he helps out around the house, he explores the places she brings him to.
In seven days, Gen feels like he understands her a bit better, and he doesn't know if he wants to or not.
(In seven days, Gen discovers a bit more about himself as well.
Things he knows he wish he hadn't.)
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- Part 4 of alone, together
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Gen finds out his girlfriend likes to give.
Although they're both still pretty selfish, taking from each other. But that's just how their relationship works.
(or. birthday sex ft. narumi restrained and mina going to town)
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- Part 5 of alone, together
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Gen reminds himself he can still surpass Shinomiya Isao, even if he's no longer Captain of the First Division.
It's okay, there's still time.
Until there isn't.
And ah, perhaps he understands his mentor a bit, as he risks his life for the sake of the generation behind him.
But his own frustration gets used against him, and Gen realizes-
There's so much he has left to do.
How can he quit while he's still ahead?
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- Part 6 of alone, together