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    “War has a way of blackening all it touches, doesn’t it?” - Fukuzawa Yukichi
    “True, but it is from the deepest of darkness that the brightest lights come” - Mori Ougai

    This is a long fic. It is a semi-role swap AU that restarts canon by going back 15 years before the start of the main series and asking what would happen if Fukuzawa had joined Fukuchi when he was deployed to Tokoyami Island to fight in The Great War. Who would he have met? What would have become of him? And of Fukuchi?

    Will a dark beginning lead to an even darker end?

    Along the way Fukuzawa will meet a doctor, an angel, an author, a genius and many, many others. Read to follow their journeys as they twist and turn but eventually end up right where they're supposed to be.

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    This fic is my baby, I've been working on it since January 2024 I wasn't going to post this until it was done, but I'm lacking motivation and I want to know if people even like this so screw it! Pls, pls, pls leave comments. I need motivation to continue.

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