/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Literally just imagine being Youmu's apprentice at the Hakugyokurou. Your day begins early as you are woken up by Youmu shaking you. After you’ve managed to prove to Youmu that you’re awake by actually getting up, she sends you on your morning run; telling you that you’d have to be quick if you don’t want Yuyuko to eat your breakfast. Since you have been training with Youmu for a bit now, you actually manage to get back right as Yuyuko reaches for your set. After breakfast, your day begins as Youmu has you help with her gardening work. With your combined effort, with of course a couple of mistakes on your part, you both manage to complete the gardening work in good time, leaving you with time to actually begin your swordsmanship training after lunch. Your swordsmanship practice consists of practicing various kata and stances, as well as studying about various aspects of fighting via scholarly texts. Occasionally Youmu will ask you to spar with her in order to test how well you have been practicing. You do have to keep on top of your practice, because Youmu does not hold back during these sparring sessions and has seriously injured you in the past during them despite using bokuto. After you are finished with your training for the day, Youmu has you help her prepare dinner. Making dinner for Yuyuko “Black Hole” Saigyouji and herself was already difficult enough, so adding you into the mix requires you to help out. When you first came to the Hakugyokurou the awkward silence between you and Youmu was palpable, she was not used to having a student and was not sure how to conduct herself. However now that you have been around for a while, you’ve began to have more cordiale conversations outside of training. The night ends with you sitting on the porch with Youmu, drinking tea. After a day of rigorous exercise, hard yardwork, and intense training, you’re absolutely exhausted, barely able to bring the cup of tea to your lips. You eventually give in to your exhaustion and collapse of the porch, leading to Youmu dragging you back to your futon; not that she would tell you that if you asked of course, she would rather say you stumbled there yourself. After about 6-7 hours, you’ll feel the familiar sensation of Youmu shaking you awake, leading to yet another day of exhaustive work.