Anon, first, apology for the wait but here I am. I have read this more than three times and STILL SO SO SOOOO GOOD! OMG what did I do to deserve this glorious 6-part Sakumiya awesome? AND Space Translator AU! OH YESSS. That alone had sent me squealing the first time. I only remember dropping lousy prompts and here you are with this beauty.
What goes after this is completely word salad, because who in their right mind can think straight when you’re reading this greatness? I might be reduced into capslock, flaily adjective repetition and keyboard mash at times (at most times lol) and it’s all because of you <3!
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The opening is so beautiful because you directly put Nino in space, looking over the Earth and the stars. The entire new perspective of Earth is just so beautiful and I couldn’t help to think that I would be embarking a journey, together with Nino. What a great opening, I keep on thnking as I read this over and over again, because it’s the beginning of the story as it is the beginning of the adventure of this great fic.
And the small details are truly delightful. I love that you started so early (and you kept at it all through this marvelous fic!!!) with the sounds of space travel, the take off, and space station in all. And you layer this with how ‘nervous’ Nino feels about the whole experience. Oh, my! I will keep on saying this throughout because you truly use words gracefully and I couldn’t help to think of how much effort you put on bringing this world into written words. Everything is slow-paced and beautiful. Instead of bring forward the story like it is, the entire narration melts the story perfectly. Oh, you!
And hi Sho! I love their first meeting, because somehow voyeurish (in a good way), it gives nothing of Sho but the details Nino caught from the meeting and so much shadow at first. (which is such gooooooood way to bring an unknown Sho into the story. I was so intrigued with their first exchange, like they didn’t seem to start on a good footing, but there’s something more, something that I expected to be explored later.
Nino’s take on Sho is just spot on, and so like Nino. How you wrote Nino reading Sho’s words and gestures is truly how Sakumiya works in my head. Nino could be silent and observant and Sho didn’t know what’s going to hit him. :D
And hello Aiba!!! I love how these two just instantly hit off and all the friendship vibes delights me to no end. From all the flashes of Nino’s dark past, I know that I’m in for a bumpy ride ahead, but knowing that Aiba is going to be there, being Aiba, makes me smile.
Sho being all straight-faced and serious is one thing, but having Nino trying to sneak jabs at him, to tease, to taunt in his own way, is very amusing. I love how your dialogue works and how they both are equal but they are also smart enough to seek opening to deliver the last jabs.
Space Ambassador Jun! OMG. This also excites me to no end because I know I’m getting Sakumiya but having Jun being also the central of the story is awesome! I also love how Nino settles on ‘Jun-kun’ because as much as I adore the new nickname ‘J’, Nino had been calling him Jun-kun forever and it gives me feels. :D And to have him all amused with how Nino and Sho deals with each other on their first meetings are giving me the widest smile!
OHNO! HANGING OUT FROM THE CEILING. WITH GOOGLES. LAKSJDA. I wasn’t hoping to find Ohno so soon in the story but hey, this truly wins the best introduction scene because hanging from the ceiling with goggles doesn’t happen every day (even in space) and I’m having too much fun cackling madly because Ohno in a Spiderman way is so charming in, well, Ohno’s own way.
Ilari. I had a feeling that it was one of a Star Trek universe? Or I might be mistaken? I’m a failed Trekkie, but it does sound familiar. BUT it barely matters because somehow I know you are going for your own universe, one that is much more meaningful. I also love how cultural (mis)understanding plays part in the story, of how they’re going to the uncharted place and get to explore with gestures and language.
Thank you, thank you, for having Sho saying “supernova” even if it was on a random sentence because Sho and supernova will never ever gets old. :D
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What goes after this is completely word salad, because who in their right mind can think straight when you’re reading this greatness? I might be reduced into capslock, flaily adjective repetition and keyboard mash at times (at most times lol) and it’s all because of you <3!
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The opening is so beautiful because you directly put Nino in space, looking over the Earth and the stars. The entire new perspective of Earth is just so beautiful and I couldn’t help to think that I would be embarking a journey, together with Nino. What a great opening, I keep on thnking as I read this over and over again, because it’s the beginning of the story as it is the beginning of the adventure of this great fic.
And the small details are truly delightful. I love that you started so early (and you kept at it all through this marvelous fic!!!) with the sounds of space travel, the take off, and space station in all. And you layer this with how ‘nervous’ Nino feels about the whole experience. Oh, my! I will keep on saying this throughout because you truly use words gracefully and I couldn’t help to think of how much effort you put on bringing this world into written words. Everything is slow-paced and beautiful. Instead of bring forward the story like it is, the entire narration melts the story perfectly. Oh, you!
And hi Sho! I love their first meeting, because somehow voyeurish (in a good way), it gives nothing of Sho but the details Nino caught from the meeting and so much shadow at first. (which is such gooooooood way to bring an unknown Sho into the story. I was so intrigued with their first exchange, like they didn’t seem to start on a good footing, but there’s something more, something that I expected to be explored later.
Nino’s take on Sho is just spot on, and so like Nino. How you wrote Nino reading Sho’s words and gestures is truly how Sakumiya works in my head. Nino could be silent and observant and Sho didn’t know what’s going to hit him. :D
And hello Aiba!!! I love how these two just instantly hit off and all the friendship vibes delights me to no end. From all the flashes of Nino’s dark past, I know that I’m in for a bumpy ride ahead, but knowing that Aiba is going to be there, being Aiba, makes me smile.
Sho being all straight-faced and serious is one thing, but having Nino trying to sneak jabs at him, to tease, to taunt in his own way, is very amusing. I love how your dialogue works and how they both are equal but they are also smart enough to seek opening to deliver the last jabs.
Space Ambassador Jun! OMG. This also excites me to no end because I know I’m getting Sakumiya but having Jun being also the central of the story is awesome! I also love how Nino settles on ‘Jun-kun’ because as much as I adore the new nickname ‘J’, Nino had been calling him Jun-kun forever and it gives me feels. :D And to have him all amused with how Nino and Sho deals with each other on their first meetings are giving me the widest smile!
OHNO! HANGING OUT FROM THE CEILING. WITH GOOGLES. LAKSJDA. I wasn’t hoping to find Ohno so soon in the story but hey, this truly wins the best introduction scene because hanging from the ceiling with goggles doesn’t happen every day (even in space) and I’m having too much fun cackling madly because Ohno in a Spiderman way is so charming in, well, Ohno’s own way.
Ilari. I had a feeling that it was one of a Star Trek universe? Or I might be mistaken? I’m a failed Trekkie, but it does sound familiar. BUT it barely matters because somehow I know you are going for your own universe, one that is much more meaningful. I also love how cultural (mis)understanding plays part in the story, of how they’re going to the uncharted place and get to explore with gestures and language.
Thank you, thank you, for having Sho saying “supernova” even if it was on a random sentence because Sho and supernova will never ever gets old. :D