The Ghost of Kitazawa Yuki

Vignettes on Kitazawa Yuki


The following are a series of short vignettes featuring, and mainly focusing on, one, Kitazawa Yuki. Kitazawa-san is not my favorite character, nor is he my least favorite; he is merely the one who most captures my fascination, perhaps because of how little is revealed about him in the series. Now, just because he is the one who these stories revolve around does not mean that Kitazawa-san's point of view will be centric to every story. In fact, it's quite often not. You'd be surprised at how much you can learn about someone through another person's eyes or observations.

As a warning, there are several instances of shounen-ai (malexmale) hinting between several different characters. Noteably, Kitazawa and Uesugi Eiri and Seguchi Touma and Uesugi Eiri. These stories will focus on the New York timeline (though not necessarily in chronological order) when Kitazawa was still alive, and the tension that likely existed between these three characters, recognized or unrecognized. Not to say that I won't have a humorous story or two in there, because I'm sure I will, I'm quirky like that.

If, at some point, the characters seem ackward, particularly in their language, do keep in mind that I am trying to write this with a sense for the Japanese mind-set. That is, with due politeness and respect in the language and demeanor. At this point in his life Eiri was not a complete bastard, and so I assume he spoke and behaved more politely than he does in the timeline of the Gravitation manga/anime.

And finally, Gravitation is not, by any stretch, a work that I own or have any part in. It is the brainchild of Murakami Maki, as are the characters which these vignettes focus on. These works are merely part speculation, part imagination on my part and are not to be taken as a true back-story for any of the characters (except, perhaps, for parts where the manga might be directly referenced). Nor are they, for that matter, meant to be taken as true representations of the characters; these are my interpretations based on the actions of the manga and anime series.

With that said, I hope that you will enjoy "Ghost"

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