Date: June 15, 2004
Time: 11:15 P.M
Listening To: Kangta - Pine Tree
Could you imagine that?! Three months have passed before I came to update this whole thing. Sorry if the progress is too slow; life's slinging so many surprises and blessings on me. But at least, be blissful cause I still got time to continue with this! HEHEHE. Part two done, and as far as the completion progress is concerned, I can't keep track of it anymore since the original storyflow's already revised and... it's lost! cries So, here goes my additional notes...
Inspiration: Just so you know... hee-hee.
Okay... it's true. I based Kuroudo's situation on my own when I was a little girl of seven. The journal entries are more my own, or course edited to suit his situation and the setting. The poem is my own... and yes it's also edited. I also became inspired of reading so many books by Pablo Coehlo and... hmm... my all-time favorite: Requiem for a Glass Heart by David Lindsey. Currently, I am listening on many sentimental KPOP and JPOP songs so that means they're also my inspiration. =)
Timeline: To explain...
1997 - Yuhya, Harry, Lilica and all the others in their age group were born.
1998 - Lan Fang, Ma Liang
1999 - Jirou, Taki, Li Chun and Takeshi
2000 - Jin, Tetsuya and Kuroudo
2001 - Kouya
2002 - Wang Hu
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008 - Yuhya died. Hideaki left his family
2009
2010
2011
2012 - CGT series. When Kuroudo hated his father so much.
2013
2014
2015 - FINAL PENITENCE series. (May)
Places: So... the new places introduced in here is the Kirei hotel, the apartment wherein our beloved Tobita Club's staying, the bookstore and the road two kilometers away from Kirei Stadium (where Takeshi and Kouya chased each other and where Kouya was 'stalked', the coffee shop of no name that happened somewhere within the 2-km. vicinity near Kirei Stadium, and the construction site (as you can deduce by reading the descriptions) where the last scene of the last chapter happened. Gee, lots of places!
Characters: Sixinghituan in new character designs, plus other characters!
1.) Wang Hu - About 14 years old. 5'4". He has a neatly-cropped hair, more like Kouya's, he had grown muscular in built and he wears a cream-colored silk Chinese shirt and black pants.
2.) Lan Fang - 17 years old. 5'5". Has waist-length shiny black hair. Slightly chubby. Wears white Chinese short-sleeved blouse and black slacks.
3.) Ma Liang - 17 years old. 5'7". Muscular in built. Tanned, same hair minus the ponytail. Wears the clothes of same design as that in the series.
4.) Li Chun - 16 years old. 5'6 1/2". Slightly fatter in built. Hair shaggy up to his nape. Wears brown sleeveless Chinese shirt and loose black pants.
5.) Kurosaki - To recall, he's Takeshi's driver. Same character design.
6.) Hideaki Francois Marume - Kuroudo's long lost father. He's not an OC because he's his real father in the manga. He stands about 5'9" (approximately =p) and I imagine him having brown hair and green eyes. He's now partly an OC, ne? XD
Unknown Terms: written in no particular order.
1.) Hisashiburi da, Kaoru-chan, Lilica-san -Long time no see, Miss Kaoru, Miss Lilica.
2.) Hai - Yes
3.) Hajime mashite, Kouya-kun? - How do you do, Kouya?
4.) Sou ka... yokatta. - I see... good thing.
5.) Gia Masuta Jin doko da, Kouya-chan?. - Where is Gear Master Jin, Kouya?
6.) Nani? Doshite? - What? Why?
7.) Daijoubu, daijoubu... domo. - I'm okay, I'm okay. Thanks.
8.) Hontou ni? - Are you sure?
9.) Ja, Kouya-kun. Mata ne! - Bye, Kouya. See you later!
10.) onii-san/ -nii-san - brother
11.) ojii-san/ -jii-san - grandpa
12.) Doko ikuze da yo? - Where are you going?
13.) Omae wa minna wakarimashita... hitori janai yo. - Everyone understands you... you're never alone.
14.) Matte yo, Kuroudo! Kudasai! - Wait for me, Kuroudo! Please!
15.) A... an'ta wa... dare? - W... who are... you?
16.) Matte iru yo. Zutto matte iru yo. - I will wait for you. I will always wait for you.
17.) Tasukete... tasukete kudasai... - Help... help me, please...
18.) Yameru... yameru... - Stop... stop...
Songs: Not much used on this part...
1.) Losing Grip by Avril Lavigne - used at Chapter Fourteen.
2.) Trouble by Coldplay - used at Chapter Nineteen.
3.) Disappear by Hoobastank - used at Chapter Twenty.
Quotes/Poems:
1.) "Women have...." (Ch.14) - Sarah from the OVA of Angel Sanctuary anime.
2.) "Letters..." (Ch.16) - Time magazine. Somewhere in August 2003 issue. I read it in our school's library that time.
3.) A Simple Rhyme (Ch.17) - that's my poem, idiot! (whacks reader)
4.) "My faith is like a tide..." (Ch.20) - That's my rhyme, too! (whacks reader again)
Want to know what is happening to Kuroudo in Paris? Well, watch out for the next chapter with the working title, Weighing Possibilities. Yes, I have working titles... I take this work seriously, see?
FINALE: Part Three coming soon. Watch out when. (grin)