Hibiki No Echo

Let's Go Run A Bakery~!

Sorry everyone for the LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG DELAY. I had been busy working on some assignments as well as dealing with a double shift at work over the weekend. Life is hard for a student.

If y'all still are interested in this I'll get something up soon/

Let's Go Run A Bakery~!

GODDAMMIT. K WELL I GOT A DAY OFF WORK SO POST UP IN A MINUTE.

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I believe so, you can keep going. I'll be busy for today as well, tests and stuff.

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HHEHEHEHEHEHEHE NEVER BE LATE TO YOUR SHIFT SHINJI OR YOU WILL BE SCREWED.

Or she could just make him do the worst job ever. Cleaning the ovens.

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It'll be fine Chaotix. I would prefer if he did use some Japanese in his speech though. Perhaps the occasional, "Ohayou!" or something to that effect.

Also I've been pretty busy sorry guys.

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No no I didn't mean to degrade yours or anything! I just wanted people to get an accurate description of the honorifics, you knows to make the Japanese-ness in this RP authentic! I just want to preserve the setting in RP is all.

But I do appreciate you taking your time up to write up a guide for everyone! Thanks alot! :)

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UUUUUUUUH Sorry BlackCat that's actually a little bit off. TIME TO HIBIKI'S GUIDE TO JAPANESE CULTURE AND LANGUAGE!

First things first, for the most part, in Japan, calling people by their last names is a very ordinary custom and something that basically nearly everyone does. So instead of calling Shinji, you would call him Smith. Honorifics are what denote what you feel about the person, your realtionship level and even bits of your personality.

Alright for honorifics and such it goes like this...

• "-san" is the go-to honorific in unfamiliar situations, it basically the Japanese equivalent of "Miss" or "Mister". Used to show politeness and respect, it is used with people at the same social station, level or class as you and when you need to be polite. Is best used in conjunction with the person's last name, example being, "Kunazumi-san".
• "-chan" is the honorific used on the end of people's names to show affection or attachment to someone, usually a female, friend or lover. It's basically the same as calling, "Timothy" as "Timmy". It can be rude however to do so with people you've just met as it is rather intimate. It's also used in conjunction with nicknames for example, "Kuyu-chan", "Lila-chan", "Sumiko-chan" or even "Theo-chan".
• "-kun" is generally used with boys but can be used with anyone with a lower socal status or lower power than you. When used with peers, it's generally a case of familiarity and endearment. When addressing someone of a lower status, its used to avoid the intimacy or inappropriateness of using "-chan", where it may be deemed so, such as a teacher talking to a student. Example being, "David-kun", "Kikuyu-kun" and "Theodora-kun".
• "-sama" is basically the equivalent of "Master/Mistress" and are used to people who are of much, much, higher status then you. It's used to show just how much respect you have for the person your addressing and also sometimes used to address customers of a buisness. Example being, "Lilacflour-sama".
• "-senpai" is basically "senior". You use it to address people who have more experience than you but not by too much, such as upperclassmen in your high school or in the bakery's case, people who have worked here before you. Example is calling the twins by, "Kunazumi-senpai" as they are the very first two employees.

That is how you generally use honorifics in Japanese culture. There are more I can list but those are the main ones. Always try to keep this in mind when addressing people in the RP as for the most part, they will be a big part of the whole Japan feel.

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I have a request for everyone though. Since we are set in Japan, to keep that Japanese flavour, could you all try using honorifics? Its not madatory but it is something I would like to see despite that many of the characters are from somewhere else.

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It was cold, to say the least. Goosebumps were on his body as condensed air was breathed out from his cold exposed lips. He folded his arms, dammit was freezing. His head pounded as he walk towards the white covered building where the demon woman lied. "Hah... it's so freaking goddamn cold." The short boy cursed. Normally he would be unfazed, however the Yakuza were party animals and decided, "Who cares? Your the heir of the Kunazumi family, let your hair down!". That's what he did, only to wake up to a massive headache and dizziness. Putting last night's events behind him, he continued to walk, more the snow would crunch and more this footprints would be indented. He could feel the sun slowly trying to break it's way through the snow. No one was really here, of course it's pretty early in the morning. He reached his humble destination. Sighing, he opened the shutter and unlocked the door with clunk!

It was... dark. To say the least. He took a step, into the unknown. Crack.... Was that glass? Oh, hell no. He walked to were the light was and with a click it flickered on. What happened next shocked the hell out of him.

There was glass on the floor, a young lady sprawled out beside said glass and red liquid appearing to come from under her. What the hell? Running to his fallen master he tried to shake her, seeing if she was alive or not. "Lila-sama! Are you alright? Are you okay?" Panicking, he tried to see if there was any signs of life in her. Fortunately for him, her teal eyes fluttered open.

"Oh... Kiku-kun? Is it morning already?". Her groggy voice was obvious. She was tired but alive. He sighed in relief. "I must have had too much to drink, my head is pounding. Ugh... I think I fell on strawberry coulis. Hey, is that the sugar glass? What on earth happened?". Wasn't he supposed to do the questioning? With an obviously annoyed look, he gave a cute pout as he sighed. "You threw a New Years Party remember? I think you got drunk? Hold up, did you give any minors drinks?".

It was just another day at the bakery. Wonderful. Freaking. Ful.