Airi’s Ballad

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Series Begun:
2023-07-24
Series Updated:
2023-10-22
Description:

Stories related to the original character Airi Yoshioka and her interactions with canon characters. Belongs into the Bungou Stray Dogs universe.

English version of A Balada de Airi.

Notes:

The fics here are “extras” from my main timeline and influenced a few things in it. Some events in this series occurred in only one of my timelines. Others, in both timelines. Stay tuned.

The fics in this series can be read in any order. However, the series’ order follow’s Airi’s life along the years. The posting order might not be related to the chronological order. For example, future “part 3” might be the eighth fic posted, not the third.

Airi is a civilian without an ability. In my BSD timeline, she was born in 1986. She has a life and a job when the canon characters aren’t looking.

The name of the series comes from the song Ai no Ballad (愛のバラード), composed by Yuji Ono. The link takes you to a version by Yoko Takahashi, the same singer from the Evangelion opening.

It’s a pun on her name: 愛 (あい, “ai”), meaning “romantic love”, is the first kanji on her name. It’s written like: 愛理. The second kanji reads り(ri) and means “reason”. So, “reason to love” or “reason of my love”, kind of. I found it fitting, as she works in the music industry.

The series has no defined posting schedule, nor an intent to be “finished” one day. There isn’t exactly a point I want to reach with it. It’s a more casual side of my writing.

Stats:
Words:
13,972
Works:
2
Complete:
No

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