Erstwhile_Kai
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Flickering Flame by Erstwhile_Kai
Fandoms: Nijisanji (Virtual Streamers), Virtual Streamer Animated Characters
25 Dec 2022
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Luca Kaneshiro, the young boss of the Kaneshiro family with unfortunate things called a moral compass and an aversion to violence. Luca rose to the position of boss within the family due to the untimely death of his father, with his older sister, Lucy, becoming his right hand. He has always struggled from the beginning to keep up appearances as the golden boss of the Kaneshiro family, filled with uncertainty over his path in life. After two long years of blood, sweat, and tears, Luca has finally cultivated an image that has the respect of the Kaneshiro family and the other gangs in Port Dahlia.
But fickle Fate oft has a way of stirring the pot. When a new governor arrives to take charge of Port Dahlia, the Kaneshiro siblings will find themselves embroiled in a conflict larger than anything they've faced before, one spanning from their humble port city to the beating heart of the Empire. Faced with new enemies and allies alike, will Luca have what it takes to truly become the leader that he was always expected to be? Or will everything he has ever cared about burn away to ash?Series
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Shadows of an Empire by Erstwhile_Kai
Fandom Nijisanji (Virtual Streamers), Virtual Streamer Animated Characters
25 Dec 2022
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It's been 80 long years since the Draconic Conflict, where the Sea Dragon Kingdom defeated the Human Kingdom and killed their King. It's been 30 years since the reformed Human Kingdom's royal family mysteriously died and the Empire rose in its place, casting its gloomful shadow upon the land. And it's been 10 long years since the Empire declared a war of subjugation against the mythical kingdoms of the world, bringing its technological might to bear against them and embroiling the world into an age of strife and darkness.
It is in this age that two new lights burn ever bright in the face of oppression:
>Luca Kaneshiro, the young leader of the Kaneshiro family. Born with a heart of gold, and much too kind for the mafia world.
>Sonny Brisko, the prodigal son of an accomplished military family. Born with a strong sense of duty and loyalty to the Empire.Two souls so different in their upbringing, values, and circumstances, and yet the destiny that is laid out before them shall have them walk the same path; a long, winding path of conflict and hardship, of friendship and camaraderie, of love and loss. A path that shall have them walk in the Shadows of an Empire.
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Years after the fallout of the war with Salem separated them, Ruby and Weiss' lives have taken very different paths. Weiss runs the Schnee Dust Company as it continues to thrive throughout Remnant. Meanwhile, Ruby lives alone in Patch and continues to work as a huntress. They haven't spoken in years - but when their teammates suddenly announce they're getting married, Weiss and Ruby will be forced to coexist and reopen old wounds.
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11 Jul 2026
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Re:Illumination by Zelrahc
Fandoms: Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 | Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World (Anime), Project Moon - All Media Types, Lobotomy Corporation (Video Game), Library of Ruina (Video Game), Limbus Company (Video Game)
27 Jun 2026
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Natsuki Subaru of the Third Rock from Sol is a young, naive highschooler who gets dumped in a fantasy world against his will, with a single desperate wish to save a beloved half-elf through the ability to Return By Death.
Natsuki Subaru of the City is none of that. A veteran of many tribulations, hellbent with a determination to save the people who he treasured the most, lost to the whims of the continental metropolis like so many before him.
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Emilia had always lived in the shadow of the Witch of Envy's legacy, subject to prejudice deeply rooted in the trauma of the world. Despite this, she remained determined to carve a path for herself in the Royal Selection, to spread kindness and equality throughout the Kingdom.
The appearance of Natsuki Subaru would change everything, leaving a flowing torrent of destiny that challenged Emilia to a looping game of sink or swim: To sink with the destruction of her world, consumed by her past, or to be the one relentlessly treading to the top, finally breaking free of the shackles of fate that had bound her for all existence.
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27 Jun 2026
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06 Jun 2026
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A story of knights and witches, of queens in yellow and outer gods.
Fairytales as old as time itself.
First up, the story of a pearl, black as night, and the little knight who wished to hold her.
Second, of a kind knight and the princess she swore to protect.
Last, of a songbird and her loyal hound.
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01 Jun 2026
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There was a time where Cecilia thought she would be in Gigi’s hands forever, until it was all shattered in that day thirteen years ago, the gremlin missing and untraceable.
A broken heart wasn’t the only thing she had that day.
And when she appeared again, thirteen years later at Cecilia’s doorstep, with a ring on her ring finger… with the annoucment that she was her new bodyguard…
How was Cecilia suppose to react?
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01 Jun 2026