[IC] Anime Club!

[Tosui]

It's a beautiful fall day, and the sun is shining through the club room windows. Outdoors students can be heard busily running off to their various classes and activities. Birds outside are singing, and a warm breeze blows through the tress. A perfect opening day for the anime club!

Koji laid back on the floor, blankly staring up at the ceiling, "I wonder if anyone will show up...". He had put up signs around the school giving some information on the club and when the first official meeting would be held. In preparation of the meeting, Koji had laid out a pile of various manga on the table along with a handful of different snacks. Chips, pocky, candies, he had really put an effort into getting ready.

The meeting was to be held at 3:00, and the clock had just hit 2:55. "I shouldn't worry about it too much, I'm sure people will come, it's not even three yet". Koji yawned, he hadn't been able to sleep at all last night, he was a bit stressed out about starting a new club. "Maybe... a quick na..." in a matter of seconds he had passed out on the club room floor.

[evershadow]

David had taken the day off classes, still getting used to the completely new environment that was Japan. For monetary reasons he had never been outside of the United Kingdom until this opportunity presented itself. He'd brought his Nikon DSLR with him and had been taking pictures of everything he had passed that was of any interest at all. Now he was on his way to a club he had heard was starting at the University. There was no better way to make some new friends in a foreign country than by joining a club with people who shared a common interest, at least that was what David was hoping anyway.

Finding himself traipsing through the university corridors, everything here was so much bigger and more advanced looking than back home in the UK. It was brilliant. An interesting poster caught his eye, something to do with advertising candy. David looked through the viewfinder of his camera and snapped a quick shot before checking the time on his watch. 2:55pm He had to get going, he didn't want to be late. Hurrying through the hallways he read the number above each door trying to figure out which one the Anime Club was being held in. He stopped, breathless after a minute, crouching over with his hands on his knees he took a few heavy breaths having broken a sweat. "Where is this place..." He wondered aloud before turning around and seeing the right room in front of him. "Oh..." He uttered before entering.

"Umm..." He began, scratching his head as he saw a room bare of people except for one person lying on the floor. He approached and nudged him with his foot gently, "Hello?" He asked.

[Hebigami Shiho]

Levi, since the first day of college, was flooded with lots of invitations to join clubs. She wasn't going ot join any, until one really, really caught her eye. The Anime Club. She just knew she had to go and check it out, join even. She felt as if it were her duty as an otaku. After her last class, Programming Logic, she started searching for the classroom this Anime Club was going to be in. It was roughly 2:55, or something like that, as Levi strolled through the hallways. She wondered, what kind of people were going to be there? Would they be like the ones from her high school? Springing at her first thing in the morning to proclaim that the sealed power dormant in their right arms was about to go berserk? Or a more normal bunch? Either way, she didn't care, both options were entertaining in their own way. Now, what room were they in....?

She continued walking until she saw another guy, kneeling down and breathing heavily... Just what is he doing? 'Wait, don't tell me!' She had recognized the classroom in front of the guy kneeling down. That was the designated classroom for the Anime Club..... As expected, he turned his head and opened the door to the classroom. "I just knew it." She scratches the back of her head and shakes her head. "Oh, well. I may have another opportunity to act as the 'Darkness Princess'." She puts on a confident smile and walks towards the classroom. Might as well say hello to her clubmates, odd as they may be, not as if she were the most normal thing ever.

Fortunately, the guy from before didn't close the door behind him. "Osu! Is there someone here?" Levi said as she got into the room. The other two guys may notice that Levi has quite a nasal accent, even though she speaks fluent Japanese, adding a ~ssu at the end of her sentences, rather than a ~desu, like it is more common for others. Inside the room, she saw a guy lying down in the floor and another one nudging the lying one with his foot. Really, not an scene a kouhai wants to see when she meets her senpai. "Am I interrupting something? Did I mistake this Foot Fetichist Club for the Anime Club? Anyhow, since I don't wanna be rude, I'll at least give you my name. I am Asami Levi, now if you'll excuse me." She doubles back and closes the door behind her with a loud bang, double checking the number outside. It is indeed the right room. She opens up the door again. "All right, now I see that this is indeed the Anime Club. I'm sorry for what I said earlier, Foot Nudging-senpai and Foot Fetichist-senpai." She said, referring to the guy who was standing and the one in the floor, respectively.

[Tosui]

Koji opened his eyes. Standing above him was a tall European. At least he thought he was European, maybe he was from America, either way it was a bit surprising. "Wha... What's going on?" Koji pushed himself up into a sitting position. As he sat himself up, a short girl walked into the room, exclaimed something about feet and then walked out. A few seconds later she returned to the room, more foot talk followed.

Finally Koji realized where he was, he had fallen asleep in the club room. He looked up at the foreigner standing near him, "Hi, my name is Koji... Nice to meet the both of you, sorry, it looks like I passed out." Koji started to rub the sleep from his eyes, how long had he been asleep? "Uh, welcome to the anime club!" stretching out his arms, Koji picked up a clipboard that had been laying on the table. He held it out to the foreigner "Would you please write down your name, and then pass it over to her." hopefully they didn't mind him sleeping.

Now somewhat awake, Koji was able to get a better look at everyone in the room. The foreigner had a nice looking camera with him, a quick look at the lens cap confirmed it was a Nikon. Koji glanced over at the girl, she was short probably 5'1" if he had to guess. She wore her hair in a pony tail and seemed to have an energetic energy about her. So these would be some of his new club members, he glanced down at his watch. It looks like he was only out for a few minutes, what a relief.

[Pyromania99]

Anri had just finished his last class for the day. One of his dad's requested classes. A few of the girls talked to him after class. It wasn't bad that they wanted to talk to him. Not in the least. He still liked women after all, despite how naturally feminine he looked. "Oh, would you all look at the time." He pointed to a clock on the wall. "I'm sorry, but I must leave. I have somewhere to be." The few girls waved Anri goodbye and went their own ways.

"Alright." He said as the girls walked away. "Now then, where was this Anime Club at again?" That's right, he was joining an Anime Club. Anri was hoping he wouldn't be the odd man out there though, seeing as he mostly had to hope on the goodwill of others to watch DVD's or read manga. It wasn't exactly something his dad approved of though his mother had a much more. . . Outlandish personality. Things his father didn't like, his mother would encourage because she could and no other reason. That was about as far as his father would go on those subjects. Anime and manga tended to be one of those things.

Still it was getting to be about time for the Anime Club. It was about 2:53 and he still had to make his way to the club. In fact, he didn't know exactly where it was. Just it's general location, so when he did find it eventually, he thought he would be a little late. He entered the door a little cautiously, "Hello. . ." As he entered, he noticed that one of people inside was handing the others a piece of paper. The one handing over the piece of paper. . . Well, he didn't have quite the friendliest face Anri had ever seen. The other two. . . One was a foreigner with blonde hair. Really, it was just that he had blonde hair that made Anri assume so. He couldn't really see the guy's face to say otherwise. The last person, the lone girl among them, was rather cute. "I was looking for the anime club, was this the right room?" He asked with a smile, hoping he had the right place.

[UnendingEmpire]

2:55! If Akiko didn't step on it, she'd be late, she told herself! The fun-sized musician - as per the usual - dressed warm, despite it not quite being wintertime yet. It was coming, though. That was a truth she dreaded...but this wasn't a time for dread! This was a time for meeting new friends, and getting to that anime club! Tightening the gloves on her hands, Akiko made her way through the hallway, checking the number over each door. She was still new here, and getting lost was a surefire way to run late; not something she wanted.

In due time, she finally found it. Reaching for and opening the door, Akiko stepped in, shutting the door behind her. There were already others here too, it seemed. Two boys, two girls, excluding Akiko. Neat. That meant that Akiko wasn't the only one interested. And the club room even had a kotatsu! Bonus points! Akiko liked this place already. Facing the other club members, she spoke up to introduce herself. The Kansai accent was strong with this one.

"I'm Akiko Kobayashi; here t'join y'all's anime club! I'm not runnin' late, am I?"

[Hebigami Shiho]

After the guy wrote down his name, Levi took the clipboard from his hands. She read what was written there, the name of the guy. David Porter, huh? He was a foreigner, just like his appearance suggested. She glanced his way, to take a look at him. Carrying a camera around... Levi guessed he was majoring in photography. Anyhow, she got down to business and wrote her name down. 浅見 レヴィAsami Levi She wrote, below the guy's name. She wasn't sure on which to write, kanji or romaji, so she just wrote both. She was about to turn the clipboard over to the guy when yet another girl, or wait, guy? She wasn't sure. She looked effeminate, but didn't quite strike Levi as a girl. Maybe, it was the clothes. Anyhow, when the girl, as she would suppose for now, arrived, she turned around to greet her. "Yeah, you got the right room. Here, you should write your name here." She said, while handing over to her the clipboard.

Then, it struck her. Didn't she just nonchalantly act as if she were the president or something? Well, nothing she could do about it, though she thought it sounded kinda cool. Levi was about to open her mouth and introduce herself when another gir arrived. Though, this one was wearing winter-wear, and lots of capes of it at that. She struck her as odd, but.... Having friends in high school that suddenly started shouting as if they were in agony had taught her that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. so, she proceeded with her introduction. "Hello, I'm Asami Levi. Nice to meet you two." She said with a confident smile on her face.

She then remembered she hadn't properly introduced herself to the president. She turned over to look at him. Um, he looked kinda gloomy, but what can you do about it. "Almost forgot it, I am Asami Levi, Koji-senpai. Hope we get along." She said, extending her arm over to him for a handshake.

[Tosui]

Koji was a little surprised by the handshake, he wasn't used to the western gesture. He reached out his hand "Nice to meet you Asami-Chan". This must be her first year at university, she looked to be around 18. Before he realized it, two more people had arrived. One boy, though it was hard to tell based on his features, and another pint-sized girl. He could tell instantly that she had a kansai dialect, which was nice to hear. He could speak it himself, though he usually didn't use it now that he had moved to Tokyo.

He found her cute, but she was a bit odd. It was a beautiful day out and she was bundled up in winter clothing, "I guess getting some strange members was to be expected, seeing as this is an anime club" he thought to himself. "But so adorable! she's like a character straight out of an anime" Koji realized he had been zoning out again and returned his attention to the rest of the club members. "Hello you two, like Asami said, you're in the right place. My name is Koji, nice to meet both of you". How many more members would be joining? Koji expected maybe two or three people to come, but it already seemed like a handful had arrived. "Please feel free to help yourselves to snacks, I'm not sure if more people are coming but maybe we should wait a little longer."

Standing up, koji walked over to the chalk board. Picking up a broken piece of chalk he wrote "Anime Club! Vice - Pres. election". He had decided to let anyone who wanted to be the vice president to elect themselves to the position, and give a little speech as to why they thought they should be the vice president. Everyone would be able to vote and then it would be decided. "Let's wait 10 minutes, if no one else shows up we will get started".

[Pyromania99]

Anri took the clipboard and wrote his name down as Asami went through her introductions and was ready to hand it off to the next person. As Koji finished Anri spoke up. "Well, I'm glad I made it to the right place then." He took a bow and continued, "My name is Anri Fujimura. I'm a second year and it's a pleasure to meet you all. . . Asami-san, Koji-kun, or would that be senpai?" He pondered it a bit and looked to the other two he didn't know yet. "I apologize for not knowing your names."

He indeed helped himself to snacks, specifically sweet things, as Koji wrote about the Club Vice-Prez. Anri had little interest in being part of the leadership, especially when he imagined leadership knowing more about the things related to the club than the average member. "I'll just vote for someone when the time comes." He said with a half smile to himself.

[Jedly]

Kaku let out a yawn as he was dismissed from his last seminar of the day. As students rose from their seats and began to pack away their belongings, he glanced to his sides, watching them as they slowly conglomerated into smaller groups. School had only recently begun, and people had already developed friendships, and even relationships for a few. Somewhat irritated by how quickly the room filled with chatter, he waited as the voices slowly dwindled. Once the foot patter came to an end, the boy finally leaned back from his seat. The room was now empty, ridden with chairs left separated from their respective desks. Unlike the lazy students who had already departed, he pushed in his own seat and slung his satchel over his shoulder. Walking through hallways, remaining vigilant and cautious as he proceeded through the complex for the first time. Basing his assumptions off of the school maps placed on the walls at random, he attempted to guide himself to the room where his new club lied.

Even while his main focus was to academically excel and succeed his father’s company, he had to entertain himself in some way. Manga and anime, media which both have thriving and colorful markets, was his ultimatum. Kaku perked up as he heard shouts from down the hall, emanating from an open door. Guessing that he was in the correct building, he approached the doorway and rounded the corner, standing in the frame. His vibrant cerulean eyes lit up as they took in the room, noting the furniture and the students who were already present. Three males and two females were already actively chatting away in the clubroom. Some had already treated themselves to snacks, sitting down under the kotatsu. He listened to the student who was currently holding the roster form,

"My name is Anri Fujimura. I'm a second year and it's a pleasure to meet you all. . . Asami-san, Koji-kun, or would that be senpai?"

He deduced that the two students he was addressing was the taller girl and the second tallest male. Kaku realized he was the smallest guy there and shrugged, waving a hand as he nonchalantly greeted those who were present, ”Good afternoon. My name is Kakusareta Shunjun. I take it this is the anime club?” These were the students who were his to-be fellow club members. They shared the same interests, and could offer respite and contempt for his own beliefs. Kaku took the paper from Anri’s hand and glanced it over, reading the names which had already been written on it. He penned down his own name with finesse, 隠された 逡巡, and nodded in approval. Sliding his sight over towards the board, he realized that votes for the vice class president were soon to be held. ”...So, has anybody watched some interesting series lately?” The boy asked as he took his seat, keeping his distance from the volatile sweets. He had no intent to crash from a sugar rush today He looked at the faces of the club members, trying to determine their age, ”I guess a majority of you are my senpais, as this is only my first year. I hope to act in your best interests.” Kaku said calmly, thinking what his fellow attendees were like.

[Midori]

Classes had ended for the day. That meant that is was time for Manami to head over to the Anime Club for the first time. Back home there weren't really any places where people like her would gather and most hadn't ever heard the word 'otaku' before. Todai University was such a big place and the city was even bigger. She still wasn't used to being around so many people all the time. It seemed like the city never slept and everyone was always moving. At least, she had found a part time job at a cosplay cafe, that was also something new. With so many new things in her life it was almost overwhelming. She debated whether or not she should really try to join the Anime Club as the other students went about their way. She started to leave the lecture hall but stopped at the door. What if they're all dirty perverted boys? What if they don't like me? Should I really go? Maybe not. It was almost time for the Anime Club's scheduled meeting where all the people would go to join. If she skipped out they might not let her join later or their roster might get full. She started to walk down the hall towards the club room.

Eventually Manami found herself just down the hall from the club room. She could hear people talking, one of them sounded familiar. She stared at the sign above the door, it was definitely the right place. In that room, through the open door, was the Anime Club. Should I really go?... Yes. This is my chance to make friends. I can't leave now. She had almost turned around but decided to go for it. A few steps and she was in front of the open door. Wait! What if they don't like eroge!? It was too late as they would have noticed her in front of the door. She took a step inside. Manami was wearing a long-sleeved light-blue V-neck and jeans with her favorite pair of sneakers. Slung over her shoulder was the bag for her laptop. She took a second to take in the room. There were plenty of people, snacks on the kotatsu, and the chalkboard at the back said they were holding an election the vice president of the club. "Um... Hello everyone. I'm Takenaka Manami... a first year student. It's nice to meet you all." Manami tried to scan all the faces for the one that sounded familiar. Finally she recognized someone, it was one of the girls from her part time job. What was her name??? She stared at the girl as she tried to remember. "L-Levi... chan?" I hope that right.

[UnendingEmpire]

"Hello you two, like Asami said, you're in the right place. My name is Koji, nice to meet both of you. Please feel free to help yourself to some snacks, I'm not sure if more people are coming but maybe we should wait a little longer."

And then there were the letters on the chalkboard.

Anime Club! Vice-Pres. Election

Tempting...very tempting. In high school, Akiko was the vice-president of an unofficial synthetic music club, but it wasn't anything official. There was no paperwork, no formal responsibilities, just a bunch of folks hanging out who liked making music. And Akiko was only vice-president because she didn't want to be president. Heading up to and seating herself at the kotatsu, Akiko seemed to be the first to express any desire to become vice president.

"If nobody wants it, I'll take the mantle of vice president. I've seen lotsa anime growin' up with my dad; he was tryin' t'make it as a manga artist, so he'd look at what was already done fer inspiration. I've seen lotsa guy anime 'cuz of it, but I had friends in high school who showed me some girlier ones too." And that was all she said. After her brief speech, Akiko seemed content enough with her spot at the kotatsu. Typical Akiko.

[ERode]

3PM club meetings were really rather harsh for university, but Katsuo deduced that it was probably just a nostalgic callback to the days of high school and middle school, where there was a unified time schedule for everyone, starting from 8 in the morning and ending at 3 in the afternoon. Well, it was fine, if nothing else. He had already designed this year’s course schedule to stick all his classes in the morning, giving him plenty of time to mess around for the rest of the day. It’ll probably backfire on him after the midterm crunch began to settle in, but for now, the tall Arts major was feeling like the breeze: light, carefree, and ready to do some more networking.

Today, he had chosen to go with a more casual fare, while also showing off some of his experience with the anime genre. Wearing a pair of dark slacks and a clean, white shirt, the dark hoodie that he wore along it was reminiscent of EVA 001. Neon green highlights over the dark purple fabric shone. If they were truly the Anime Club, surely they would recognize a classic like that.

Hitching up his shoulder bag, which contained only his laptop and charger, the messy-haired youth checked the room number once more, before heading down the hallway. Already he could hear the sounds of nerds chattering merrily with each other, though it appeared they were only introducing themselves at the moment. He had chosen a good moment to come in then. He could even hear female voices within that room! That was also nice. If they didn’t prove themselves to be horny fat otakus who fawned over little girls, maybe he’d bring Kaoru over some time.

Well, it would probably do him some good to shake off his preconceptions in regards to the club as well. Looking down either sides of the hallway to ensure that no one who knew him was there to see him infiltrate the territory of the otaku, the student decided to go with the ‘professional’ face for introductions this time around. Turning his face into a stony mask, he strode slowly into the classroom, sliding the door to the side as he stepped in.

Foreigners. Tons of foreigners. Or maybe they were all just half-Japanese. Or dyed their hair. Seemed like metric ton of them were chuunibyous, with all their pale white hair and terribly feminine looks. Wait, no, was it anorexia instead? Or maybe this was the visual-kei club? Would explain the lack of raven-haired Japanese. Coughing, he said, voice still rough from a recent cold, “This is the Anime Club, right?”

Ah, perhaps he should be a little friendlier?

“I’m Kasane Katsuo, second year. Let’s get along, neh?”

Wait, no, what’s most important in anime club would be…

“And…mm….Haname Manoka is my waifu. From Mathematical Girl Logical Manoka. She’s…kawaii desu yo.”

Oh wait, the board spoke of a Vice President election. Maybe he shouldn’t have spoken of that…

[Hebigami Shiho]

"Actually, I am a first year, so you are in fact, my senpai, Fujimura-senpai. You all can just call me Levi, though." Levi answers to what Anri said, directing the last part to both him and Koji. The president of the Anime Club had written something interesting in the blackboard. Vice-Pres election, huh? that's bound to be interesting, and if Levi could help in whatever way, then she was up for it. She was about to raise from her seat and nominate herself for the position when more people arrived. A guy who introduced himself as Shunjun and another familiar face. Levi recognized her instantly, since the girl had stayed in her mind due to her shyness, Manami was her name. After she said her name, Levi put on a half confident, half sarcastic smile on her face. "I see you still remember me, Manami-san. It's good to see you here. I had heard you attended Todai, but never thought we'd stumble upon each other here." She says and then turns to face Shunjun. "A pleasure to meet you, Kakusareta-kun. And don't worry about formalities, I am also a first year." She said to him. Now, unto business.... Though another girl beat her to the punch. Kobayashi was her name, if Levi remembered correctly.

"I also wanna run for vice-president, senpai. I known lots about anime and manga, I also know how to draw." She said, since she wasn't about to tell them that she had the inborn talent for drawing, that would seem rather rude, or so Levi thought. "And if you elect me for vice-president, I'll make you the next protagonists of my new doujinshin in the making." She said, jokingly, but whatever joke she had intended was totally killed by the next one to introduce himself into the room. She let out a slight chuckle at the comment of his waifu. Then, turned to look at him. "Hey there, I'm Asami Levi. My husbando is Rerouch Ramperouge, from Cipher Geass. She said, letting out another slight chuckle as she ended her presentation to the newcomer. He was definately someone interesting. Levi was intrigued as to why such a guy would just pop up and say that. As much as this is the anime club, well.... Levi just found it really funny. The way the giant guy could say that with a straight face was really something else.

[Jivusa]

The 3PM meeting time for Anime Club was certainly an issue for Yuusuke Hanari, especially since it was already 2:50 by the time he'd gathered all of his bearings and figured out where the room was. To his dismay, the meeting room was on the complete opposite side of campus. So, he started hoofing it, being careful not to kill anybody as he sprinted across campus, dodging groups of people at a time when possible. Since he was so small, he was able to squeeze into tight crowds and come out the other side rather quickly. This was useful when he was entering a separate wing as people exited.

It was a few moments after 3 when he reached the room, and he was exhausted, having ran the span of the campus. He took a breather outside of the door for a moment or so before gathering all of his bearings and entering the open doorway. Inside, he saw about 7 or 8 people, and seemed like the place, writing for Anime Club on the board and everything. Even had a kotatsu. He saw a clipboard being passed around, and waited for his turn, penning his name down on the clipboard. Afterwards, he set the clipboard down for someone else. While he did this, he waited until he was able to speak before introducing himself.

"Hello, all. My name is Yuusuke Hanari. You can just call me Yuu, though. I'm a first-year with an Arts major. It's nice to meet you all!," he said with dimpled-cheek smile. Yuusuke felt small when speaking in front of the others, metaphorically and literally. There was one guy that was nearly one foot taller than him. He had to crane his neck upwards to get a look at the giant man's face. But now that he'd seen the goliath's face, he felt accomplished. Made eye contact with tall guy, one check off the ol' bucket list.

[UnendingEmpire]

"I also wanna run for vice-president, senpai."

"She can have it," Akiko said. "If someone else is willin' t'step up to the task o' bein' the club VP, I don't really want it. As fer waifus and husbandos...mine's gotta be Yuki Yoshida, from Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka." It, as anything, came out of Akiko's mouth like the most casual thing in the world. And, also as with anything, the smile on Akiko's face was a clear indicator that she had no concern for the things she said. Typical for her; one moment at a time, with no immidiate care for the past or future.

Other than that though, not much to say about Akiko. She seemed happy enough at the kotatsu, and didn't really want to be club VP if someone else was willing. Part of her was thinking to maybe pull out her sketchbook and draw something, or grab her headphones and listen to some music, but she wanted to at least wait until she knew who the Anime Club's vice-president was.