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  1. Rec 19

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    Yugi Amane never expected much from boarding school. Classes, rules, late nights he’d rather spend looking at the stars—he thought it would all blur together, safe and predictable.

     

    But then there was her. Loud where he was quiet, reckless where he was careful, endlessly curious in ways he couldn’t ignore. He told himself it was nothing, just another crush, just another story he’d forget when the semester ended.

     

    And yet he couldn’t stop noticing her. Couldn’t stop replaying moments that shouldn’t matter—her laugh echoing down the hall, the way her eyes caught light, the tiny gestures she didn’t realize anyone saw. The stars had always been enough for him, until they weren’t. Until she was brighter.

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    15 Jan 2026

  2. Rec 5

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    Yugi Amane died in 1969, body bleeding dry and limbs limp and too cold to move— to reach out for something.

    Hanako was the product. Hanako crawled out of the nameless corpse and was born from it.

    Amane Yugi is not Hanako.

    Hanako is not Yugi Amane.

    Hanako will never be Yugi Amane, no matter how much he tries to be.

    He is tainted. From the second he reached for the dagger he was tainted. From the second he plunged the knife deep into flesh, from the second he spilled blood that was not his— he was tainted beyond repair.

    Perhaps Yugi Amane and Hanako are two entirely different beings, despite wearing the same skin.

    Or, a character study of Yugi Amane Hanako.

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    13 Jan 2026

  3. Rec 6

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    A collection of whump and/or angst-based stories surrounding the Yugi twins for ai-less whumptober 2025. Table of contents on the first page. Will update as the month continues.

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    13 Jan 2026

  4. Rec 21

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    A coming of age romance story about Amane Yugi, who spent his teen years isolating himself after committing murder and attempting suicide.
    With the push of his former teacher, Tsuchigomori, young adult Amane enrolls at the local school. He reunites with his former high school classmate Nene Yashiro, who guides him into living his life for the first time since he was thirteen.

    note: please be mindful of trigger warnings! The trigger warnings and more information is provided, on the authors note in Chapter one.

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    13 Jan 2026