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[pikapikajankenpo]

I just checked the kids levels today and to my surprise, all that casual leveling has paid off! Pikachu's now 100 and I'm really excited for her.

So I'm going to probably get her something cute, any suggestions?

[She taps her chin thoughtfully for a moment, before adding,]

Oh yeah, and if anyone wants to come over, I'll be in Goldenrod today.

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[queen_stabbity]

Have you thought about a cape?

[pikapikajankenpo]

A cape... actually haven't thought of that. Maybe Pikachu would like a cape instead... I mean, she is very shounen.

[queen_stabbity]

Have you asked her?

What's shounen?

Capes are very dashing and dramatic.

[pikapikajankenpo]

I should ask her yeah. Pikachu, do you want a cape?

[Pikachu tapped her paw to her chin and then shrugged.] She thinks like it might work? But she's not too sure. We'll have to go to the accessory shops. [Pikachu nodded.]

Shounen is like, young masculine story hooks. Like being adventurous and fighty and stuff.

[queen_stabbity]

Best way to find out is to try them on!

[The accessory shop gives her a thoughtful look for a moment before moving on with a scratch of her head.]

They're a type of story? Like fantasy or romance?

[pikapikajankenpo]

That's true, we'll try them on.

Yeah, they're a type of story. A genre actually, like fantasy and romance yes.

[queen_stabbity]

[Well that makes a bit more sense. She couldn't understand how adventuring, fighting and stuff like that was just a boy's thing. Genres are weird.]

From where? I like good adventure stories.

[pikapikajankenpo]

It's a genre defined by my homeland, Japan. We've got a lot of genres, between shounen, seinen, shojo, and others. Seinen is more adult in nature, aimed at a older audience, and Shojo is a sort of fluffy aimed at for young women series.

[queen_stabbity]

I've never heard of Japan.

[Which is possibly a funny thing to say, considering that she has a very Irish accent so she should be from Earth.]

Is Seinen the sort of adult in nature that parents don't want you reading because there are Things that people do in there that they don't want to explain to their kids or because the writing is more mature?

[pikapikajankenpo]

[Yeah that accent is pretty Irish.]

It depends, like the writing tends to be more mature in nature, but it can edge into stuff that you don't want kids to read or watch.

[queen_stabbity]

[You'd have a hard time finding any accent more Irish than that.]

Hah! At least kids probably won't understand what's going on or if they do find it kinda icky.

[She certainly did, at least when she was little.]

[pikapikajankenpo]

[Definitely totally Irish. She'll mention it later.]

Probably not, no. Some shows like to masquerade as light and colorful stuff, and then it viciously tears out your heart with feelings.

[queen_stabbity]

[It's a fascinating answer!]

I love those sorts of shows. They're the best. Which do you like?

[pikapikajankenpo]

I'm a fan of Sunman vs Fighter X, a live action movie. It seems light and colorful and then it gets deep into their back history.

[queen_stabbity]

What's it about?

I like Rosaline and the McCallum TV show... for more than personal reasons... they actually managed to make what is essentially a bosom heaving romance novel into something that has stakes beyond will she get the guy and a really interesting story.

[pikapikajankenpo]

Fighter X is an older hero who rescued Sunman when he was a child, and it affected Sunman's sense of justice, so that when Fighter X was framed for a incident, Sunman comes to his rescue and they reconnect as long lost father and son.

[queen_stabbity]

Does it have a happy ending?

[pikapikajankenpo]

Yeah it does, although Fighter X had to leave to continue his work as a Space Police Officer. And Sunman returned to Earth in order to protect it.

[queen_stabbity]

[She nods seriously.]

Protecting is very important, even if you have to do things you don't want to or leave people behind.

[pikapikajankenpo]

Yeah, I can get behind that. It's something I've learned as well.

[queen_stabbity]

It's what me and my family does back home.

We've been protecting Eire before Eire was Eire.

[pikapikajankenpo]

Eire? Is that from Ireland?

[queen_stabbity]

Um... no. It's the same place...sort of. My world, where I'm from, we call it Eire.

[Which is right and proper. Ireland is just wrong...]

I'd never heard of Ireland before coming here.

[pikapikajankenpo]

Ah, okay. My world is pretty normal as far as geography goes. There's a lot of worlds connected to it though.

Ten years of being a superhero, you learn some things.

[queen_stabbity]

Mine is too. The names of places seem to be different.

Your world is connected to the Cosmic Web?

Heh. Mum won't let me go on the really dangerous missions solo just yet but I've been training since I was four.

What's your knack?