Mirage of Blaze 15

[petronia]

Is awesome. XD Will probably be done reading tonight.

Book 15 takes place - eight? I think - months after the end of book 14. The Uesugi get wind of an unusual nexus in the spiritual forcefield around Kumamoto, but all the spies they send in get offed, so Chiaki and Takaya decide to investigate personally. The spiritual "magnet" being somewhere on the grounds of Kojou High School (formerly Catholic-run and built over Sengoku Jidai castle remains, natch), Chiaki and Takaya... infiltrate the school. Chiaki being now 22 or so, can pass as the substitute math teacher you wish you had (his classroom methodology is reputedly uhh unorthodox but 51% of the student body couldn't care less); Takaya is incapable of passing as a teacher any way you look at it, and thus is relegated to student. しかも二年生 - what, were they afraid he couldn't keep up with the senior-year course? I bet you anything the others all have university degrees a couple of times over while Kagetora never managed to get so much as a high school leaving certificate in a century of not trying. Naoe can drive him around and pay for his meals, he can damn well solve polynomials for him.

To the surprise of none, the school is weird. Three teachers have died in the past six months, the halls are filled with spirits to such an extent the students are trailing little clusters of ghosts everywhere they go, the seitokaichou is a doll-like possessor named Mikuriya Juri who runs the place like a cult (complete with Gregorian chant blasting from the intercom system). Takaya and Chiaki take a day or so to figure most of this out. That night Chiaki returns to the hotel a bit soused from his welcoming party, and toting a dartboard.

Takaya: What the hell is this?
Chiaki: This? It's a dart game set. I sent one of the female students to find me one. For some reason they're amazingly helpful.
Takaya: But why?
Chiaki (vaguely): Oh, practice.

[some days later]

Takaya: (What is attracting these spirits to the school? Is Ryuuzouji behind this? Some Oda general? What are Mikuriya and her student council plotting? Is their purpose related to Yami Sengoku, or is it a different matter entirely? What was the "serpent of light" Nakajima-sensei the math teacher saw the day before he collapsed? Who is Nezu Kouichi and how does--)

*a stick of chalk flies through the air and hits him smack dab in the middle of the forehead*

Chiaki: Ougi! Pay attention! Don't think because you're a transfer student that you're going to get off easy, you have to listen twice as hard to catch up with the curriculum!
Takaya: What the--
Chiaki: *holds chalk menacingly between fore and middle finger* Do you want to get hit again? If not, come up to the board and solve problem #47F in the enriched math genius section of your textbook.
Takaya: (......Nagahide you coward, you are so fucking dead.)

In conclusion, Chiaki wins at life. XD

POST LATE AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK EDIT -- Naoe wins at life too! -10 evil student society points and yellow card to Ougi class 2B for public indecency omg what. XD XD XD

Comments

[summertea.livejournal.com]

>_> One day, one of you girls will provide me with this Mirage of Blaze thing, and I will be enlightened. Until then, I shall sit here with a Q_Q face at ALL OF YOUUUU.

[petronia.livejournal.com]

XD;; I dunno, we're waiting for you to be on vacation, maybe? Because it would be cruel otherwise. <3

[summertea.livejournal.com]

.......... Well. I go home on Sunday. Which means dialup. *eyes you* Once I go home, that means you'll have to wait until I get back to school. :o

[petronia.livejournal.com]

._. I can only upload 3-4 eps at a time? Not enough webspace for it. ^^; So unless you want to marathon-download this week, uh. ^^;

[summertea.livejournal.com]

8DDDDD I will gladly provide webspace if needed? Just think! I can foist things on my friends list oh ho ho.

[petronia.livejournal.com]

:D mail me petronia at gmail to tell me where/how and I will upload ASAP. ♥

[wildelamassu.livejournal.com]

Naoe can drive him around and pay for his meals, he can damn well solve polynomials for him.

*laughs~*

It's as good an excuse a reason for Kagetora to keep him around as any, I suppose.

Thank you again for the summary.

[elfiepike.livejournal.com]

Naoe can drive him around and pay for his meals, he can damn well solve polynomials for him.

ahaahhaahahaha. XD

this solidifies my conviction that i really must learn japanese fully. o.o

[sargraf.livejournal.com]

Chiaki, Chiaki... ^^;

Their dynamic as Chiaki/Takaya is so different from the Nagahide/Kagetora vibe in the prequels; it's rather weird to read both at the same time. Not in a bad way, but just in a "love to be a fly on their wall for 400 years" way. ^^

(Sooo, have you crushed the temptation or have you peeked at Vol.20 again?)

[petronia.livejournal.com]

"400 years I've suffered your annoying personality, Kagetora; finally the day has come when I can... throw chalk at you!"

Actually I wonder about Nagahide, given some of his scenes with Kagetora here and there (including in the current book). I'm starting to think Kagetora just shouldn't be allowed to have guys hanging around him ever. Nagahide's probably the character with the highest "immunity" so to speak but he's not invulnerable to whatever demonic pheromone it is Kagetora gives off. ^^;

(No, I haven't looked again, I'm reading it properly. It's not a hardship, they always end up making out every time they see each other anyway. XD;;;)

[sargraf.livejournal.com]

あっ！ I just realized I've been spelling your name wrong all this time. ^^;;; I'm so sorry, Sabina. *dies of shame*

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Heh, it's all right? XD Never seemed the right time to bring it up.

[sargraf.livejournal.com]

*still mortified* ^^;

[ayatsujik.livejournal.com]

but he's not invulnerable to whatever demonic pheromone it is Kagetora gives off. ^^;

Word.

Takaya: 'M sorry, Chiaki. I'll try harder and stop being a wuss giving you trouble. *disappears into bathroom*

Nagahide: ...*TRIES NOT TO FEEL KIND OF HAPPY*

IIRC the exact text was his mune ga atsukunatta!11! Oh, Nagahide. He was making me go even more woobie on him than I usually do by the time 18 and 19 rolled around; my reactions are proportionate to the amount of No I Don't Care About The Uesugi OR Kagetora AUGH DAMMIT YOU IDIOT DON'T DIE ON ME he pulls. XD

[petronia.livejournal.com]

"Damn, he looked so vulnerable for a second th--ARGH WHAT AM I THINKING."

But seriously, Kagetora in actually answering Nagahide's nosy personal questions shocker! I can only imagine the look on Chiaki's face. XD;;

[sargraf.livejournal.com]

Isn't Takaya a little off his head at this point, re: Naoe being dead? (I still can't wait to read that "don't you dare die on me" part. ^^ You guys all keep talking about it. *sighhh*)

[arisuesei.livejournal.com]

Naoe can drive him around and pay for his meals, he can damn well solve polynomials for him.


AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. XDDDD
Takaya can ask Naoe doing his homework because we all know Naoe love to do anything for his Kagetora-sama. XDDDD

[chrysan.livejournal.com]

In conclusion, Chiaki wins at life. XD

Yes, he does, alrighty! I laughed much at that scene~ Nagahide always tries, in all sorts of ways, to get his own back after tolerating Kagetora for all those long looooooong years... And more than half of the time, he succeeds. XD XD XD

POST LATE AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK EDIT -- Naoe wins at life too! -10 evil student society points and yellow card to Ougi class 2B for public indecency omg what. XD XD XD

Public indecency...XD That's the perfect term to describe it~ I was smirking evilly throughout the whole scene where Takaya was groped thoroughly...

[kat-inka.livejournal.com]

Tank you for your amazing summaries. They made me put aside my doubts about my kanji reading ability and just try and read the novels. I am trough 13 books now and absolutely happy. Knowing that I have twice as much ahead ^_^ When I stumble over some scenes, difficult in terms of language, I just read your summary for the next book and that keeps me hooked. Now I will definitely want to finish book 14 quickly. Please, keep your summaries going, they are really great and of much help.