okay so ngl. I don’t like matchless warrior like at all 😞 it felt like we were just running into metaphorical walls (and the literal desk wall) the entire story.

I thought the plot was stupid tbh. and not even like stupidly fun it’s legit just souma + subaru holing themselves up in a room for 6/8 chapters and mao is like 🤔🤔now how do I get this sword off of souma’s hands despite me not caring for the last year 🤔🤔🤔 those new students sure influenced my way of thinking🤔🤔. everyone goes backwards, most of the characters involved are just there, and souma has such little actual screentime you’d think mao was the 5 star.

souma has this issue where her worst stories tend to be those where she is the 5 star because post summer night festival they really don’t know what to do with her writing because she’s grown so fast. matchless warrior is just the “oh shit uh we needed a souma scout take this you pieces of shit” story. I’m sorry if I’m being overdramatic but this is still my least favorite souma centric (if you can even call it that) story.

thsi is like my favorite akatsuki event story in the second era by a mile even though I also really like grand stage/heaven and earth.

I prefer this one because it addresses multiple inner conflicts that akatsuki has been having (either for a while or newly born). first off, the main problem was that kuro’s designs for a live were initially rejected by the rhylink higher ups, and while kuro took the rejection and began to lose confidence in his ability to create clothes, keito refused to accept it and it unsurprisingly resulted in an argument. souma only knew of the after effects of the conflict and not the initial problem, which also brought up the second major issue: kuro and keito’s bad habit of leaving souma out of akatsuki related affairs. souma brought up to kuro in particular that she hated being left out of shit like that because she is also a member of akatsuki.

also mind you, kuro and souma are less than three months apart in age so i completely get it LMFAOOO.

dude after the major conflicts it’s like a blur to me. kuro and souma fight it out?:!;? I think that’s part of the “leaving souma out” resolution? uhhh but the costume issue does get resolved when kuro follows his method of styling clothes vs trying to keep his outfits close to textbook standard.

it’s the closest to a story that addresses and then resolves problems within it perfectly. neither conflict felt rushed and they were interconnected. chronologically after this story, you can see keito and kuro be more willing to get a bit closer to souma for sure. they realize themselves that souma can’t just be sheltered from what they don’t want to see. it also reaffirms just how important kuro’s sewing is not just for himself but for akatsuki as a whole. I rlly enjoy this story tbh one of my faves fs.

this story is so special to me oh my god like I’m not even joking it’s also one of my faves for sure.

the whole premise of underdoctor is “akatsuki’s day out” which is already the cutest thing ever!! it’s where souma found her second love (bubble tea), where they all went to an arcade and played some mario kart even though keito and souma are both abysmal at the game, and where keito nearly had a stroke when he saw a stationary store. it’s not as deep as most of akatsuki’s stories but it’s a cute little story that I think is good for an introduction to akatsuki as a whole! it’s another “stop working so hard idiot” kind of story (they mention kuro’s stress about making costumes for the halloween live), but it’s not bothersome at all to me because of how short it is. like I hate that it’s so short but I don’t think I would like the story nearly as much as I do if it was any longer than it was.

also I still talk abt the mario kart thing whenever I can because I love mario kart and I play it a lot ^_^ this is like the cutest akatsuki story of them all and by far the most lighthearted as well. so if ur not feeling well, reading this is like medicine if that makes sense.

I reread shinsengumi in may so I have the freshest memory of this story by a mile. you guys this story is literally if miso soup and clear soup had a baby ITS SO FUCKING GOOD!!

first of all, the whole plot being revealed to be mama wanting to dismantle akatsuki from the inside out in such an elaborate way is hilarious to me like she’s such a damn hater! I get her lowkey as well and this story was the one that got me interested in her for quite a bit. she’s such a slippery character in that entire story and seeing her go from kidnapping anzu to suddenly fighting kuro (she lost) to being way too willing to collaborate with the job that keito was commissioned for literally made her stand out so much to me like she was my favorite character in that whole damn thing.

kuro serving as not really a rival, not really an enemy, but also not really a friend to her, as well as explaining his definition of what a mother is and why it was impossible for madara to replicate that was also a highlight of the story for me! also the tiny in between banters were funny as hell because kuro was not for the bullshit 😭

everyone else didn’t really stand out as much?? which is to be expected tbf but keito and eichi were also stupidly entertaining. the well known scene where eichi kicks keito under the desk is well known for a REASON because it’s pretty funny. also souma just standing there for a good ten seconds when madara kidnapped anzu in the beginning to explain that this has happened before but with shinobu fucking killed me. hokuto and subaru (esp subaru) were really funny as well imo and everyone was just so entertaining!

even between some of the heavy shit, the comedic moments were placed well enough for it not to feel over saturated and that it doesn’t overshadow the actual plot. the ending where keito sics souma on kuro is fucking comical, and it is placed right after (?) a more serious convo between madara and kuro. everyone that’s in this story fits in so well, and i wonder what that sleepover was like bc two weeks under the same roof as my weirdo friend, my unit members, tsumugi, someone who doesn’t even fucking like me, and 2/4 of our rival unit would have me contemplating moving out like two days in.

ITS STILL MY FAVORITE AKATSUKI STORY OHMY GOD I know it’s not the best one but I love it anyways. the entire plot literally being souma confiding in others for help to take care of keito and kuro is so cute to me. the bumping into yuta scene, the fact that she begged kanata to borrow the jellyfish from the marine bio club room, the jellyfish actually WORKING on keito it’s so so so cute. honestly i would definitely recommend this as a new akatsukiP’s first akatsuki event story after they read the main story because imo it introduces their dynamic so well and no one feels like they’re there just for the sake of being there, no one minus souma got a bunch of development either but it still works imo.

we already know how much kuro and keito care about souma and what they will put themselves through under the guise of “already being stained”. but kabukimono goes partially into the other side of things. what would SOUMA do for kuro and keito? she would take care of people that she loves and would run herself ragged to keep her seniors from running themselves ragged. she gets so overjoyed when keito and kuro love the gesture of her bringing jellyfish that she begins to CRY. this story is so cute and that’s why i be telling ppl “read kabukimono” because you SHOULD!! I admittedly do not remember the 2wink parts as well as i should because I hyperfocused on akatsuki’s portion (which is 90% of the story anyways lmfao)

so i recommend this story a lot especially if souma is your favorite akatsuki member because this is genuinely one of the best stories for her across both eras