Shimizu Family Annual Summer Vacation
Tokaido Summer Love
"You won't find this in the history books, Master, but every summer, I took the boys down to the coast of Tokaido for some much-needed rest and recreation. It was a time where we could forget our duties as yakuza and have fun as people. Anyway, looks like we'll get to do that again this summer! Ya hear that, boys!? It's time for your well-deserved vacation! TOKAIDO SUMMER LOVE!"
Type: Anti-Army
Rank: C
Range: 1-50
Max Targets: 100 people
Using his authority as
Oyabun, Rider calls upon his most trusted lieutenants to act as familiars. These lieutenants serve a variety of purpose, from scouting, reconnaissance, pulling off assassinations, to brutally gunning down enemies in broad daylight. Each summoned lieutenant is an independent Servant with E-rank
Independent Action, allowing them to manifest for up to an hour without a Master. Cold, ruthless, and efficient, like true yakuza... or at least that's what this Noble Phantasm should have been.
Under this particular Class, even the supposedly terrifying Shimizu Family lieutenants are swept up under the summer craze. Gone are any semblance of professionalism and brutality, replaced by a group of middle-aged men wearing casual clothes, armed with water guns, rubber katanas, glowsticks (for rocking out with the latest summer bands), and surfboards. Together, they raid the beach with the enthusiasm of men half their age, eager to experience the fun under the sun.
Incidentally, by employing these lieutenants in his desserts business, Rider could increase its productivity by triple or even quadruple its original value, allowing him to produce even better desserts at an even faster pace. According to Rider himself, they don't mind working under him again, but he strictly forbids them from doing so, to his own detriment.
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Summer is a time for fun, so y'all should make the most of it! I'm not going to force you to work on your vacation days, cuz' that's like unpaid overtime, and no one likes that! I may be a yakuza, but I'm no demon!"
A Taste of Humanity Before the Buddha Himself
Shimizu Family Summer Special
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All right, it's time we bring out the big guns! One serving of our finest special coming right up!"
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UWOOOOOOHHH!!"
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Ding!*
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Here you go, I hope this dish suits your tastes, dear customer."
Source
Type: Anti-Unit Secret Recipe
Rank: C+
Range: -
Max Targets: 1 person
Japan, September 1868. Pro-Imperialist Yakuza Jirocho Shimizu led an army of revolutionary forces on an ambush to the warship
Kanrin-Maru. The ship carried members of the Shogunate army, all of them brutally massacred by Jirocho's well-coordinated attack. This event would later come to be known as the
Kanrin-Maru incident of 1868. According to an anecdote, it was said that after the attack, the imperial forces were torn on what should be done to the dead bodies scattered around the area. They could not leave them to rot under the sun, but at the same time, they feared that granting them proper funeral rites would be an insult to the newly-established Meiji government. Hearing this conundrum, the yakuza shrugged off his subordinates' concerns, collected the bodies, and gave them proper funerals according to Buddhist cremation rites with sincere condolences. As expected, his higher-ups in the Meiji government protested this decision. In response to that, Jirocho simply replied: "
At the moment of death, everyone is equal. There is no such thing as shogunate army or imperial army in the end. We are all humans; nothing more, nothing less". This exchange would serve as the basis of Jirocho Shimizu's humanity and sense of honor in legends to come.
While this Noble Phantasm had little to do with the original tale, Rider attempts to reproduce that essence of humanity within his desserts. The end result is a giant parfait maid with the freshest ingredients, an assortment of sweets, and top-quality milk from the pastures of Shizuoka, perfectly tailored to each customer's tastes. A taste of this parfait imposes the concept of 'humanity' to the target, completely bypassing all of their defenses, clearing all doubts, mental interference, divine and/or otherworldly authorities, and other bodily impurities. Whether you are a virtuous hero, a tyrannical demon king, or a vessel of an Outer God, a single spoonful of this parfait would forcibly make you 'human' and nothing else. A dessert so good that it metaphorically allows you to transcend from this life and into Nirvana itself. By taking note of the target's preferences of flavors and extra toppings, it is possible to increase this Noble Phantasm's effectiveness even further.
Originally Posted by Kabalisto Koga
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I had full intent to do that when i wrote the little boy. It was a lot of fun, but i feared it would be a bit too cringy and tryhard :P And yes, having several ascension arts and Spiritron dresses started with Livermore ( i made him first) and from then on it spiralled into the other sheets. I can not guarantee I can keep this up, because my faceclaim needs to be famous enough to warrant many fanpics. Livermore and the two summer servants were actually the 'Summer' part of the project, TS was a bonus and the other two are something different, but if the muse strikes perhaps I can make more summer versions
