Amazake
Junior Member
貴女と私は、同期の桜
同じ女学校の、庭に咲く
咲いた花なら、散るのは覚悟
見事散りましょう、国のため
You and I are cherry blossoms from the same period.
Blossoming together in the garden of our girls' school.
As blooming flowers, we are destined to fall.
So, let us scatter magnificently. For the sake of our country.
同じ女学校の、庭に咲く
咲いた花なら、散るのは覚悟
見事散りましょう、国のため
You and I are cherry blossoms from the same period.
Blossoming together in the garden of our girls' school.
As blooming flowers, we are destined to fall.
So, let us scatter magnificently. For the sake of our country.
It is April 1944. The war has been raging for at least two and a half years, though for some, it began as early as the China Incident in the summer of 1937. Nevertheless, the conflict abroad has taken your family and loved ones away from home, sending them to far-flung corners of the world to protect your sacred country and liberate Asia from western imperialism.
While life on the homefront has largely remained unchanged since the war's inception, unsavory rumors have recently surfaced about the tide turning unfavorably against Japan. Gossips of grave defeat and an impending enemy attack on the home islands are spreading among the desperate urban population, many of whom have suffered the brunt of the government's wartime economic policies.
The paranoia creeped its way up to the top, prompting the government to issue an ordinance evacuating all non-essentials from urban centers: the elderly, mothers, and children. You are one of the lucky few, for you have been selected and assigned to Yurigaoka Girls' Academy, once a prestigious mission school for girls located on the high ground near Mount Akagi in Gunma prefecture, presumably safe from enemy attack.
Today, you bid farewell to your family as they send you off at the train station. In their minds, they firmly hope that you'll be safe out there.
Gokigenyou, minna-sama! Dōki no Sakura he youkoso!
This roleplay premise is largely inspired by and aims to recreate Japanese wartime homefront stories, such as Grave of the Fireflies and In This Corner of the World. It also seeks to explore the theme of 'S' relationships, which serve as the precursor for the Yuri genre that we all know and love today. If you're familiar with works like Maria-sama ga Miteru or the FLOWERS visual novel series, think of the roleplay as something like that with the added tragic twist of being set nearing the conclusion of the Pacific War.
Here, you will be playing as a 13-year-old girl dealing with puberty and the hardships of living in a nation at war. Fun stuff, hopefully! ^^
Now, I'll come up clean with everyone and say that I'm by no means an expert on Japanese history. There will be unintentional anachronism, historical inaccuracies, and artistic liberties sprinkled here and there. Just feel free to correct me on the matter if I ever slip up.
The first few scenes, sessions, what have you, will serve as some sort of introduction to the setting, so I'll be restricting participants to playing as a first-year student going into orientation, exploring the school, etc. (It's my excuse to not write up the setting lore in a separate thread by wrapping it as a diegetic experience for the character, haha jk. But really, everything's more fun to be explored through roleplay imo.)
If you're interested in this roleplay premise but really don't want to play as a 13-year-old girl, just send me a message, and we'll talk things out. That also applies to practically anything you want to bring up to me, so feel free to hit me up with those messages.
And right, one last thing, if you haven't yet noticed it from all the stuff I wrote above, I'll be implementing some rudimentary stats system to track player characters' physical and mental well-being. If any of those stats ever reach zero... You must conclude their story, in whichever way you wish. So, yeah, there will be some sensitive themes at play here; consider it your final warning. If you're unable to consume violent content, I suggest giving this one a pass. ^^
Well then, minna-sama, I wish you good luck.
Survive and protect your innocence, or die trying!
Survive and protect your innocence, or die trying!
