You really have to read these quotes, they keep getting gayer and gayer XDD —————————————————————— Novel 4. ch.1 - Whatever happened during those four months -
“… Even though it’s already been four months… Ah! Now’s not the time to be worrying about that! I thought it was hard to breathe! He’s completely on top of me!”
Wolfram von Bielefelt, with the sleeping face of an angel and the sleeping habits of a devil, has got both his arms and legs wrapped around me, disturbing my peaceful sleep. He had on a frilly-laced, silk nightgown.
“This isn’t funny. If Günter saw this…”
“I’m already here!”
Lord von Christ is yelling as he bangs on the thick, heavy wooden door. His pretty face is probably distorted in unease and impatience, his hair in a disarray.
—————————————————————— Novel 4. ch.1 -Introducing Wolfram-
The third son has a build similar to mine, looks just like his mother with long eyelashes, blonde hair, emerald green eyes that remind me of the bottom of a lake, and is the very image of a perfect pretty boy from an orthodox school – like an angel that comes to you in a dream and makes you cry from his whispered gospel. But in reality he’s a spoiled brat and if he opens his mouth, what comes out isn’t any kind of heavenly gospel.
(…)
I’m simultaneously denying all three of their opinions. As the only outsider, Lord Weller is desperately trying not to laugh. Stop that Conrad. Your one and only baseball partner is being forced into a marriage fraud… Wait, rather than a marriage fraud, is it gender misrepresentation? Ah, if only Wolfram was a girl… but then he’d still be a spoiled brat… NOTE: When Yuuri talks about ‘marriage fraud’, and 'gender misrepresentation’, he’s talking about the fact that same sex people can’t get married in Japan; so two men getting married would in fact mean that the marriage is fraudulent. He even said: “wouldn’t it rather be gender misrepresentation?” which consist of pretending someone is of a different gender to get married. This is followed by an : Ah~ If only Wolfram were a girl…
—————————————————————— Novel 4. ch.1 -Mpreg jokes -
“Royal bastard?” What’s that? As I turned to Conrad to ask, Wolfram grabbed me by my collar.
“Yuuri, you jerk, where did you give birth!? Where and when, when did that happen!?”
“Wh-what? I didn’t give birth! I definitely did not give birth!”
Being assaulted by this angelic pretty boy, I feel like confessing to anything.
—————————————————————— Novel 4. ch.1-2 -Although not Yuuram, mental note- Yuuri tried alcohol in novel 4, ch1. The story about what happened with Anissina and Densham’s rooster is in chapter 2.
————————————————————————————– Novel 4. ch.2 -Boarding the ship-
Also standing there was the third son of the three brothers that look nothing alike. If he kept his mouth shut, he was an unrivalled pretty boy, but in reality he was just a spoiled brat made all the more intimidating by the beauty he inherited from his mother.
“I’m your fiancé so it’s my duty to supervise you on your travels so you don’t get caught up in some sort of love affair! Especially since you’re a flirt, a cheater and henachoko!”
(…)
“Anyway, since Schildkraut is two days away, let’s just pass the time in our cabin. Especially since we have a child with a fever and an adult who is seasick like always.”
Speaking of which… I turned around and there was Wolfram, vomiting with tears in his eyes…
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Novel 4. ch.3 -Free gayness-
“… The World’s Dongs!?”
“Not ‘dongs,’ dangerous. It says ‘The World’s Dangerous Animals,’” said Conrad.
My reading ability is still lacking.
————————————————————————————– Novel 4. ch.3 -Baths and swimsuits-
“What are you doing, Yuuri? That’s a bath for beauty. What am I going to do if you get even more beautiful?”
Blathering on with his weird aesthetic sense, Wolfram quickly walks away.
————————————————————————————– Novel 4. ch.3 -Same as usual-
Because it would be a problem if the assassin and the target were paired together, Wolfram and I are in the same room. It’s the same as usual.
There were sounds coming from the adjacent room for a while, but by the time my digital analog G-shock told me it was nine, it was completely quiet. The last thing I heard as I was on my 50th sit-up after throwing my sheets aside was a door shutting and footsteps leading away.
“… Conrad went out!”
The third son, who had turned off the lamp and was slowly drinking some local wine in the moonlight, showed no interest.
————————————————————————————– Novel 4. ch.3 -more yuuram-
“So, what do you think?”
“About what?”
“About Conrad because he’s half human, what do you think?”
As his little brother, this question seems to trouble him. He lets out a low grunt and falls silent.
“I don’t care about the past. I’m talking about since I’ve come here.”
“… That’s…”
Moving away from the table by the window, I playfully kick the third son as he sits on the bed. It was my way of telling him that I’d want a detailed answer sooner or later. “How long are you going to sit there drinking alcohol like an old man? Well, I guess there’s no helping that since you’re 82.”
My overseer wasn’t around and my right ankle felt awesome and I felt 9 o’clock was too early to call it a day.
“Hey, let’s go have some hot spring town nightlife fun. Like ring toss or target practice or smart ball[7].”
Wolfram immediately returned to his arrogant behavior and sniffed in derision.
“Nightlife fun? I’ve gotten bored of that childish nonsense.”
“H-hey! Don’t tell me you’re just going to go to sleep…”
Without even waiting for me to finish talking, he lays down for bed.
“… Well I guess it can’t be helped…. He is 82.”
————————————————————————————– Novel 4. ch.4 -why is he feeling guilty tho-
Just in case, I wait until I can hear Wolfram’s signature ‘Gghgpihh-ghgpihh’ before I get dressed and leave the room. I don’t really think I need it, but to alleviate some of my guilt, I bring along Windpipe No. 1. Wearing round sunglasses at nighttime and a flashy pink knit hat and using a cane even though I can walk perfectly fine, I’m a very suspicious nightwalker.
————————————————————————————– Novel 4. ch.4 -Wolf’s dream connecting to Yuuri in RL-
“I’m against H (sex) without love! Here, put this on!”
Trying to hide my embarrassment in vigorous movement, I rip off my down jacket. It’s a lot heavier than a ‘Made in Modern Japan’ version, but the warmth is the same.
“… Thank you.”
(…)
Around that time, Wolfram was having a dream.
Yuuri screamed, “I’m against H (sex) without love!” and he replied with “If you’re talking about love, it’s right here,” but in his mind he was thinking, ‘what does he mean, by H?’’
His snore was ‘ghghpihh-ghghpihh’ as always.
Have a nice dream.
————————————————————————————– Novel 4. ch.6 -Reuniting with Wolfram and penis jokes-
“Oh, it’s your fiancé and Mr. Kakunoshi-“
“Yuuri, you jerk!”
Raising his manicured eyebrows, Wolfram grabs my collar and lifts me up.
“Running around playing in the red-light district when you have someone like me… how frivolous can you be!?”
“Ugh, Wolf, I, I can’t, bre-breathe!”
“Do you have any idea how much Conrart lectured me because of this!?”
(…)
“Hey, the one who went out gallivanting with girls first was you, wasn’t it? (…)”
“I wasn’t going to hang out with girls. I just had something to give to an acquaintance. The child was sleeping soundly, and because I heard some suspicious breathing coming from the next room, I thought it would be impolite to stay and listen to the sounds of you making love so…”
“We weren’t making anything!”
That was me doing sit ups. We’re not a couple from fifty years ago so why would we come to a hot spring for our honeymoon. Anyway, please notice. We’re both guys, alright!?
(…)
“Uh, Mr. Mitsuemon? Mr. Kakunoshin? Who are Yuuri and Conrart..?”
“Oh sorry, sorry. That’s me. I’m the crepe silk dealer from Echigo, Mitsuemon, with the pen name, Yuuri.” “Your pen(is) has a name?”
Pretty boy, I’m not sure if you’re out of sorts, you were trying to make a joke, or if you’re just an airhead.
————————————————————————————– Novel 4. ch.7 - Wolf healing Hube scene-
Half asleep with his eyes half open, Wolfram bites back an indiscreet yawn.
“Ya’anna heal Gegenhuber with healin’ magic, righ?”
“You’re not speaking properly.”
“Why ‘on’t you ask me?”
My powers of comprehension can’t keep up with this unexpected utterance
“Because Wolf… did you have that kind of skill?”
“I’m not as skilled as Gisela, but I do have some experience with raising people’s natural healing. There’s no way I can’t perform a technique that even the likes of you can do. Because you’re a-”
“Henachoko.”
The Pretty Boy gives a satisfied snort and repeats ‘are you asking me to heal him?’ I do so without a second’s hesitation. I don’t care if he calls me a wimp.
“All right Yuuri, watch closely. This is how you use the healing arts. Hey Gegenhuber!”
Rather than hold his hand, he grabs his wrist, roughly shakes it around and yells at him.
“You listening, you injured guy!? I don’t want to help you, but I am because Yuuri said ‘please!’ If you live any longer, thank him! (…).”
————————————————————————————– Novel 4. ch.8 - Maou scene-
“This is strange,” Wolfram murmured with a skeptical expression.
“Dragons? It’s strange; there’s no way his magic could be so refined.”
“Wolf, I think that’s a bit rude.”
“No, it’s clearly strange. Ah, did he get a lover!? And now he’s trying to show his good side…”
“… That’s so cool…”
(…)“So he’s trying to show his good side to his daughter.”
It seems he’s become aware of himself as a parent. ————————————————————————————– Novel 4. ch.9 - I’d go out with him-
Light reaches my optic nerves and even the underside of my eyelids turn white. Bearing my pain and opening my eyes, I see that right above me are shining golden hair and lake’s bottom green blinking down at me. If only he was a girl, I’d deal with his attitude and go out with him.
“… but anway… uwah! Why did you put my head on your lap again!?”
Rolling across the grass three times, I distance myself from Wolfram’s lap. My limbs are heavy and my throat is parched and there is an unbearable ache in the back of my head.
Propping myself up with my arms behind me, I look up at the sky and take a deep breath.
“My head hurts. I feel like I’m going to vomit.”
“It’s a lack of sleep.”
Citing this working class condition, Wolfram throws a towel at me.
“Wipe your face; there’s still some drool on it. After using that much magic, usually you would rest a long time, but today you haven’t even slept for half that. Headaches and nausea are a given.”
(…)Wolfram lent me his shoulder. I didn’t think it would be so tiring to not sit back down. I feel like I’m being crushed by the heavy air and like gravity has doubled.
————————————————————————————– Novel 4. ch.9 - Family time-
Wondering when she learned how to speak so un-cutely, I stop in surprise. But the one who spoke was Wolfram as he kicked at the ground in exasperation.
“How thick can the two of you be? Seriously, like parent, like child.”
“Wolf, this isn’t about you-”
“The reason her mother sent her to Svelera and the reason you’re leaving her in the care of this ‘baldy’ is the same.”(…)
This ex-prince and third son who has a super beautiful mother and two manly older brothers does everything with pride and he had faith in the love that he was showered with.
“I’m doing this with your benefit in mind.”
————————————————————————————– Novel 4. ch.9 - Goodbye-
When I had to part ways with Greta I was wailing in front of everyone, but no one laughed at me. Anyway, Hyscliff promised that he’d make her visit after a month. Now that I think about it, it’s been less than ten days since that child appeared before me. When I turned to comment on the fact that it hasn’t really been long enough for me to properly develop the emotions of a parent, I found Wolfram fiercely crying.
————————————————————————————– Novel 4. ch.10 - Because bathing alone is awkward… yeah, right. Keep chanting your mantra boi-
Because it’s awkward to bathe alone in that huge bath, at night I make Wolfram come with me for bath time. I feel like if I spend time with him naked in the huge baths, we can form a friendship as men instead of he and his flirty fiancé. The problem is that as we’re deepening our friendship, he’s getting discouraged.
Why, Wolfram von Bielefelt, are you so dissatisfied with friendship?
After I woke up paralyzed twice tonight, my eyes open and I can’t sleep anymore.
“Ah, it’s no use. I can’t go to sleep without taking a bath. Wolf, I’m going to take a bath.”
“Whadd’re ya sayin, you know whatime it is? Stop bein’ so annoying.”
“This is kind of off topic, but your face looks like Kunie Tanaka.”
And you’re completely rude by just ignoring the fact that you’re living in my bed and saying whatever you want.
Reluctantly leaving my room by myself, I sneak down the late-night hallway.
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Gyun is beyond saving!!
I just realise... Does Kyo Kara Maoh actually an Isekai Anime/Manga/Light Novel?!! The kind of Isekai Anime that ALWAYS with Male Protagonist so far with Harem! Except rather than Female Harem, Yuuri get the Male Harem!??!
Well…yes haha. It is an isekai of course, and yeah, it’s a harem where Yuuri got all the nice guys XD
But what I love about this series is how it parodies all the stereotypes, like the wonderful guy who’s incredibly beautiful but has massive nosebleeds and disgustingly snots all over Yuuri when he cries, the perfect sweet normal guy who sucks telling jokes and has a creepy side, the stoic mature and handsome guy who loves cute stuff and knits, the young prince-like who’ll puke all around in boats, the ripped spy who’s flashy and cross dresses, the macho guy who’s extremely good at cooking…
She broke every one of them in a funny way haha, specially Gyun, she broke him too much.
Have to keep this going
A repost of a repost but I had to see this so you do too.
Guess what’s up on September’s site :>>>>>
Chapter 29 will be up tomorrow, too………..
Julia was one of the strongest woman of Shin Makoku. And, if she, at the very least, shares even one trait with Yuuri- which she most obviously does, including a more valiant spirit than him- then I don't think sitting still would be in her list of options. And I think her death might've been orchestrated. I don't think she'd just let herself die like that even under pressure.
In essence, Shinou's a jerk and a tyrant. He should really mend his ways a bit.
Thoughts on Susannah Julia?
Hi there @halfbloodworthy!
Here’s my thing with Julia: we only know about her through other people’s words. I would totally take a full novel with her story from her point of view any day. (Would have been preferable over that ”the facade of the lady whatevs” )
Also, I feel like there are inconsistencies about her, especially when it comes to her death:
Would you really be ‘happy’ to die to let some rando become maou? What? She was gonna get married. She had trained a ton throughout her life (80+ years I calculated). She got a position in the military despite her blindness. She was a bad-ass. She fought bears. She had friends, a life, a future. She was one of the three great witches… Why couldn’t SHE be the new maou?
And here’s another inconsistency: Shinou told Conrad that Julia said she wanted him to carry her soul to earth, BUT…. according to Gunter in novel 1 ‘Yuuri’s soul’ was supposed to be reborn in Shin Makoku, but because ‘there were people who tried to take the soul , political issues, etc’ Shinou DECIDED 'after the fact’ that the new maou was going to be born on earth…. SO… how could Julia have known the future (Yuuri born on Earth) if, allegedly, not even Shinou knew?
Furthermore, considering the last novel, novel 17, where Shinou is pressuring Wolf (to allegedly practice to control his box) to keep a secret from Yuuri, “or else Yuuri and his family gets it”, I wonder if Shinou didn’t do the same to Julia and said: “Aight girl, either you die or Adalbert”, and that’s how she “happily gave her life” -> for Adalberts.
Who would be happy to die for someone who you know nothing about? What if Yuuri was an asshole? A tyrant? A piece of shit? How could she had known?! And she was young, in love, engaged! Loved by everyone, it seems.
I also have my serious doubts about Cherie, and how much she has been Shinou’s hand on land to get things happening .
Oops! She magically chose the 3 descendants of the 3 keys? And guess what? She befriended the 4th key… well well well. Isn’t that a nice little coincidence? And she also called in Conrad to get his opinion on the dress. Oopsie daisies, it must be all that air in her head. And then Julia died.
Seems pretty fishy to me.
So my opinion on Julia: She was probably cool af. She studied a lot to be one of the best, so that’s also pretty chill. I believe she was probably forced to kill herself through some sort of manipulation and wasn’t actually ‘happy’ about dying. And what I can say is that I don’t believe a word from Shinou’s mouth, even if I don’t know what really happened to her.
Even though I perfectly knew that we were both guys, being pursued by such a beautiful boy like him still caused my heart to skip a few beats. At times like this, the most effective solution was to avoid looking at his face and keep chanting “He is 82 years old” like a mantra.
- MaruMa volume 3
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This isn’t how that scene went, but this is the mental image that I got when I read that part in the novel. Oh, Yuuri.
Also, I’ve started reading the novels! They’re a lot of fun. Many, many thanks to the people translating them.
(Ears drawn following this tutorial.)
Avengers Assemble
Hey, Cap, you hear me? Cap, it’s Sam. You hear me? On your left.
!!!!!!!!!!!!! I NEED SOMEONE TO SCREAM ABOUT YUURAM WITH ME!!!! I AM WRITING MY VERY FIRST KKM FIC, AND… YEEEEAAHH… I HAVE A LOT OF FEELS OKAY!?
This opinion is beautiful! And so is the painting!
Yuuri's parched lips trembled a little as he blew the little air that remained in his lungs into the mateki. His little gamble was the only thing that stood between an aggressive hoard of raging Svelerans ahead and a rampaging sand bear behind them, this is all that stood between life and death - and not just his own but that of his friends who had followed him into the human lands and the mine workers whom he had promised hope. This was the first time that he realised how much he stood to lose, how much he had to protect. He was scared that too much was being asked of his half-hearted, long forgotten musical education.
A single, terrible note emanated from the instrument as his nervous breath rattled through it. It did not offer much promise to his vassals or his recently inducted subjects. However that single tone reverberated through the blood rushing through his veins and resonated through the sandy dunes that surrounded the quickly evolving, flammable scene - magnified thousand times over. At once, a strange tranquility descended upon Yuuri and he felt more rooted to this world and all its lifeforms than he had ever experienced before. He thought to himself, 'If not me.. who?'
He took in a deep breath and blew in with all his mind and mind. Before he had realised as much, his fingers moved in practiced symphony, emanating a song that remained quietly buried under adolescent humdrum, somewhere in his childhood memories. He thanked his younger self for having practiced so hard for the little concerts back then - for close to no effort had to be made for this one, orchestrated in the middle of a desert.
He stopped playing and opened his eyes. To his great disappointment, not much had changed - his heart fought madly against the sinking feeling rising steeply from his guts. Quite suddenly then, a swift wind picked up, and in the distance, just above the Sveleran sand clouds he saw dense thunderstorm gathering ominously. He blew into the instrument harder and concentrated deeply, until he became one with the rain that fell on the white hot sands and the lightning that clamoured overhead the assailants until they finally retreated.
Yuuri had gone back to playing the demon flute many times since that first time - and now he knew that the mateki was another instrument that gave physical form to his majutsu - he could assimilate, within his being, the element of water using the mateki. Therefore, although in the beginning his practice caused cyclonic thunderstorms for days on an end, now he could make it simply drizzle happily or bring it pouring down in sheets of deep mourning.
He realised much later what maryoku meant or what majutsu did. It was not a magical stone that had to be mined or a glass of water that could be drunk. In fact, it was not a tangible physical entity at all. It was nothing and everything at the same time. He played the flute looking for that feeling where nothing but the music of the flute remained - everything around him evaporated like a stale dream. A state of peace and longing, of lost and found, of holding on and letting go at the same time. People called it meditation, concentration, practice.. and until he was 15 he called it those things too.
But now he knew better. That feeling of transcendence was majutsu.
P.S. : all of this is entirely a personal opinion, not canon.
Wolfram is an Angel and a Demon. And has anyone seen or heard of a girly Angel or Demon? There you have it! Wolfram is the most beautiful being that could possibly exist (repeated countless times in the Light Novel) who has an air of princely arrogance that can rival that of a demon. Takabayashi-sensei created a fabulous character with all his flaws and perfection! And those flaws just add to his charm! He is manly in all the ways possible.
I absolutely hate it when people refer wolfram to be feminine and girly! He's a prince! He's not yuuris wife either but a prince consort I think that is what it's called. Wolf is in no way feminine or girly! I feel so sorry for my son!
_(`Δ’)/Thank you!!!!
Even though you were probably just venting, I’ll write here my theory as to why some people used to think this way.First of all, I’m guessing you’re mostly talking about fanfics, and not actual fans, who still believe this nowadays: - Fanfics: Most of the fanfics available were written before the novels and manga were translated to English, which means that fans only ever had the anime to use as a reference.- Anime: Although the anime didn’t make Wolf sound girly at all, they did heavily rely on crossdressing as a gag, and some people took it to heart. - Doujinshi/Japanese stereotypes: As I’ve extensively commented in the past, Japanese fans (the original fans of the series who draw the doujinshi) are accustomed to stereotyping gay couple as “ manly dude/ girly dude” or “big dude, small dude” and since in the canon Wolfram and Yuuri are EQUALS (as Takabayashi-sensei has repeated endless times) they had to make his appearance or mannerisms more girly. This is a Japanese stereotyping problem, that Western fans got second-hand… Western fans don’t quite understand why they’re doing it but they get on the train cuz the Japanese fans are doing and think that they might have some inside knowledge they lack. As for the Japanese fans they do it because ‘stereotyping is life’, and you don’t break the mold here cuz you get kicked out of the village and starve in you do (there’s a lovely saying they teach in elementary school : ‘The nail that sticks out shall be hammered down’). Stereotyping is a big part of being Japanese… I’m not going to get into the explanation now, cuz the reply is getting long as it is.
Second of all, if a fan still thinks there’s anything girly about Wolf nowadays you must refer them to the novels immediately. People believing there’s anything girly about Wolfram (looks or personality), comes out of sheer ignorance of the canon.
The more you know about the canon, the less the ignorance of others will affect you. Rather than getting angry I’d say you should try to learn everything that you can about the books and correct people when they’re wrong. Quote using the novel number and chapter, give them irrefutable proof that you are right.
So everyone: if someone comes up to you and says something that’s clearly wrong, be patient and show them the way.
I love the way Takabayashi-sensei breaks the characters and theories. It just makes them even more awesome and original somehow. And more human (even though most are mazokus 😉).
I make no promises about the quality of the translation. Original story published by the author on Twitter here.
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When I was near the border, a house had several ornamental altars, that welcomed the spirits of friends and family. Outside several people dressed as skeletons were making a fuss. It seems they had mixed Halloween and Day of the Dead. Once the festival was done, the children would write letters to Santa Claus.
I believe that there’s a Santa. As much as I believe that this country has a Maou.
(image: Good Night) At any rate, kids may have found out about you. Sooo, give me the letters and I’ll fill the bag, and then I’ll have to come through the roof like an early Santa Claus.
I asked the palace guards to turn a blind eye, because I'm Santoku rosu*. Once I give you this and greet you, I’ll go home. Good night. I wanted to say a night greeting. I wanted to say it at night.
——————————————- *Pun of Santa Claus: Santoku rosu忖度ロース: Lit. Considerate Pork Loin
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