Isekai by Moonlight

[nemonowan]

"We're broke."

"We can't be," Ryou said. "We have millions of yen worth of stocks in the mutual fund."

Shario-chan held up a letter. "And we owe the government two-and-a-half million yen."

I think you need to recheck your numbers. Two-and-a-half million yen were at MOST twenty-five thousand US Dollars, more likely twenty thousand.

It's way too low an amount for a group with their resources to consider being bankrupt over. Ami's mom could probably get a loan for that amount in any bank no questions asked given her profession. Not to mention the wealth that the Outers have casually displayed, it's peanuts for the Kaiou family.

[robkelk]

They aren't bankrupt - the passage mentions that it's ready cash that Shario-chan's worried about, not net wealth.

And if they take out a loan, somebody's going to ask why they need the money... They're trying to keep their IDs secret, despite them being known to the police already.

EDIT: And I did check my numbers. $25k is the maximum summary fine for ignoring ATC in Canada. (A court fine is much higher.) So the Americans are insisting on punishment even if they aren't throwing the book at Haruka in order to find out who she is behind the seifuku.

[robkelk]

Lyrics of the day, May 5, 2021:

We finally get to see
That you and me were always meant to be
In another dimension
'Cause I still believe in a fantasy
That somewhere out there you're with me

Alex Porat, "dimension"

[robkelk]

I just realized that I never really described the Unison Devices... so I asked ChatGPT to make an image of them for me.

Yeah, that works. EDIT: Except that the desk that they're hovering in front of has a somewhat funky leading edge. Oh, well... crop the image and nobody else will know.

[robkelk]

Chapter 7 is currently at 103 kb. And not even halfway through the SuperS season, as far as I can tell from how heavily canon has been disrupted.

A teaser:

"Oni," Chibimoon asked quietly, "doesn't human law apply only to humans?"

"If that's the case," I replied, "then it doesn't protect Luna, Artemis, or Diana."

"Oh. That would be bad."

[robkelk]

It's Robu-san's birthday (not my birthday, though), but you get the present! Have a sidestory to chapter 5. EDIT: Now also available on AO3.

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Isekai by Moonlight Sidestory

Naita Aka Oni, as performed on stage by the Kuritsu Juban Chuugakkou Conversational English Club

DEBUT PERFORMANCE CAST:

Donaldson Rob as the Red Oni
Kino Makoto as the Blue Oni
Mizuno Ami and Urawa Ryou as the Local Children
Aino Minako as the Narrator

DEBUT PERFORMANCE CREDITS:

Makeup and hair colour of the Red Oni by "Ichiro".
Makeup and hair colour of the Blue Oni by "Sakura".
Makeup of the Narrator and the Local Children by Aino Minako.
Costuming of the Red Oni, Blue Oni, and Narrator by Atelier Lucent, Center Gai, Shibuya.
Adapted by the Kuritsu Juban Chuugakkou Conversational English Club from Hamada Hirosuke's story "Naita Aka Oni". Adaptation and casting inspired by a comment by Aoyama Ichigo.

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CURTAIN OPENS TO A LOT THAT HOLDS A SMALL JAPANESE HOUSE WITH ONE WORKING DOOR. THERE IS A SIGN IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, SLIGHTLY TO STAGE LEFT. IT IS OBVIOUSLY HAND-LETTERED, AND READS IN ENGLISH:

Home of a Gentle Oni
Everyone is Welcome
Tea and Sweets Are Available


THE NARRATOR IS SITTING ON A STOOL PLACED TO STAGE RIGHT. SHE IS WEARING THE CUTE-DWARF COSTUME THAT SHE WORE DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF SNOW WHITE DURING THE DOOM TREE INCIDENT, AND HOLDING A SCROLL TIED WITH A BLUE RIBBON.


NARRATOR

The Red Oni Who Cried, as performed in English by the Kuritsu Juban Chuugakkou Conversational English Club.

Once upon a time, there were two Oni. One was a Red Oni.


RED ONI IS WEARING TIGER-STRIPED BICYCLE SHORTS AND MATCHING SHOES. HE IS NOT CARRYING A CLUB.
RED ONI OPENS THE HOUSE DOOR, LEAVES THE HOUSE, AND WALKS TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SIGN

NARRATOR

And the other was a Blue Oni.


BLUE ONI IS WEARING A TIGER-STRIPED BIKINI IN THE STYLE OF LUM FROM URUSEI YATSURA, WITH MATCHING SHOES. SHE IS CARRYING A CLUB.
BLUE ONI ENTERS STAGE LEFT, WALKS TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SIGN, FROWNS, GETS OUT A HANDKERCHIEF, WIPES THE DUST FROM THE TOP OF THE SIGN, AND PUTS THE HANDKERCHIEF BACK IN HER BRA

BLUE ONI

That's a really nice sign, Red.


RED ONI

Why, thank you!


BLUE ONI

Has anybody taken you up on the offer yet?


RED ONI

No, and I don't know why. I'm a nice Oni, aren't I, Blue?


BLUE ONI

The nicest that I know.


RED ONI

So why won't human people be my friends?


RED ONI MOVES TO TAKE DOWN THE SIGN. BLUE ONI STOPS HIM.

BLUE ONI

Red, don't give up. I have a plan. I'll terrorize the local children –


RED ONI, AGHAST

You can't do THAT!


BLUE ONI

No, I won't really hurt them. You come to their rescue and drive me off, and that way they have proof that you're a nice Oni.


RED ONI

You know, that just might work.


NARRATOR

And so the Blue Oni set off to look for children to frighten, and the Red Oni made himself ready to fight the Blue Oni.


RED ONI RETURNS TO INSIDE HIS HOUSE
BLUE ONI EXITS, STAGE LEFT
LIGHTS DIM
TIGHT SPOTLIGHT ON NARRATOR

NARRATOR

The next day,


LIGHTS BRIGHTEN
TIGHT SPOTLIGHT ON NARRATOR TURNS OFF

Two children from the nearby village came to look at the Red Oni's house.


TWO CHILDREN WEARING KURITSU JUBAN CHUUGAKKOU SCHOOL UNIFORMS ENTER STAGE RIGHT

FIRST CHILD POINTS AT THE SIGN

FIRST CHILD

See? I told you that the Oni wants to be friendly!


SECOND CHILD

It could be a trap. Everybody knows what Oni are like. And it's rude to point.


BLUE ONI, OFFSTAGE RIGHT

(inarticulate roar)


SECOND CHILD

See!


BLUE ONI ENTERS STAGE RIGHT

BLUE ONI

Now you are at my mercy!


TWO CHILDREN

Somebody save us!


BLUE ONI

There's nobody here to help you!


RED ONI'S HOUSE DOOR SLAMS OPENS
RED ONI

That's where you're wrong, Blue Oni! I'll save you, children!


RED ONI RUSHES AT BLUE ONI
BLUE ONI SWINGS AT RED ONI, BUT RED ONI GRABS BLUE ONI'S CLUB AND THROWS IT AWAY

RED ONI

You aren't so tough without your club, are you?


BLUE ONI BACKHANDS RED ONI

BLUE ONI

I'm tough enough!


RED ONI AND BLUE ONI GRAPPLE -- ADJUST THE COMBAT TO THE COMFORT LEVEL OF THE ACTORS

RED ONI FINALLY GETS IN A PUNCH

BLUE ONI RUNS OFF, EXIT STAGE LEFT

RED ONI

And don't go near these children again!


RED ONI TURNS TO THE CHILDREN

RED ONI

Did the Blue Oni scare you? Are you all right? I'm sorry that you were attacked.


SECOND CHILD

We're okay.


RED ONI

Would you like some tea?


FIRST CHILD

Yes, please!


RED ONI SERVES TEA AND PLAYS TAG WITH THE CHILDREN

NARRATOR

And the Red Oni got what he wanted: to be friends with the children of the village.


LIGHTS DIM
TIGHT SPOTLIGHT ON NARRATOR

NARRATOR STANDS UP, WALKS TO THE SIGN

But the Red Oni didn't know what that would cost him.


NARRATOR LEAVES THE SCROLL ON TOP OF THE SIGN

NARRAOR WALKS BACK TO HER STOOL, SITS DOWN

NARRATOR

After a few days,


LIGHTS BRIGHTEN
TIGHT SPOTLIGHT ON NARRATOR TURNS OFF

NARRATOR

The Red Oni wondered why he hadn't seen the Blue Oni for a while.

RED ONI WALKS OUT OF HIS HOUSE, SEES THE SCROLL SITTING ON THE SIGN, PICKS IT UP

RED ONI

Why, this is from the Blue Oni!


RED ONI UNROLLS THE SCROLL AND READS IT ALOUD

"To my friend the Red Oni, if anybody was to find out that you are friends with the nasty Blue Oni, everyone else would stop being your friends. I have to go away now so that this doesn't happen. Please don't look for me. Be happy with the children's friendship. From your friend, the Blue Oni."


RED ONI DROPS THE SCROLL IN SHOCK
RED ONI STARTS TO CRY

RED ONI

I'm in despair! My friend going away has left me in despair!


NARRATOR

And so the Red Oni got what he hoped for, but at the price of losing his friend, the Blue Oni. They never met again.


CURTAIN CLOSES

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Original text and original characters are copyright © 2022-2025 by Rob Kelk. "Rob Donaldson" and any representations thereof are copyright by and trademarks of Rob Kelk.

Sailor Moon and the characters thereof are copyright © 1991-1997 by Naoko Takeuchi, TOEI Animation, Kodansha, TV Asahi, and their licencees, and are used as allowed under section 29.21 (1) of the Copyright Act of Canada, R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42.

Naita Aka Oni and the characters thereof are copyright © 1933 by by Hirosuke Hamada, and are used as allowed under section 29.21 (1) of the Copyright Act of Canada, R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42.

Quote from Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei, copyright © 2005-2012 by Kōji Kumeta, Kodansha Ltd., and their licencees, is adapted and used as allowed under section 29.21 (1) of the Copyright Act of Canada, R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42.