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Part 1 of 2012 The Journal of Hamato Leonardo
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2024-03-01
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The Journal of Hamato Leonardo (1)

Summary:

2012 “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”

Daily updates for each episode of Season One from the perspective of the turtle team leader Leonardo.

Notes:

A project I've been working on for months to explore the transitioning of trauma in this series as well as both Leonardo's intrapersonal and interpersonal relationships.

Season 1 will be posted in March, daily updates from the 1st through the 26th.
Season 2 will be posted in April, daily updates from the 1st through the 26th.
Season 3 will be posted in May, daily updates from the 1st through the 26th.
Season 4 will be posted in June & Season 5 will be posted in July.
After that I plan on developing a bonus chapter as follow up.

Chapter 1: SEASON 1; EPISODE 1: Rise of the Turtles, Part 1

Chapter Text

PROLOGUE

My name is Leonardo. I am the son of Hamato Yoshi, a skilled ninja master who has trained my three brothers and I to be warriors. It is the eve of our 15th birthday and we may soon be able to leave our lair to venture forth. The city is just full of possibility, there could be adventures around every corner and I want to document the battles we face to become heroes!

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Michelangelo: DO NOT TOUCH!
Donatello: Do not read please.
Raphael: It’s not a diary, it’s a detailed document to journal our journey.

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SEASON 1; EPISODE 1:
Rise of the Turtles, Part 1

We were finally allowed to go to the surface tonight! We just had to maintain awareness, stay in the shadows, avoid public bathrooms, and most importantly…

Rule #1: Don’t talk to strangers.
Rule #1 subset A: Everyone is a stranger.

So which of my brothers breaks Sensei’s #1 rule? Not Raph—the hothead who does whatever he feels like without thinking. Not even Mikey, who could probably hold an entire conversation with a container of ice cream if given the chance. No, it’s my genius brother who apparently lost all sense of reason the moment he set eyes on a human girl!

I did not see that coming at all.

Yet that wasn’t even the weirdest thing to have happened tonight…

The human girl and her dad suddenly got kidnapped. After a… team decision… we tried to help them. Bad news is, our teamwork was… insufficient. Good news is, Sensei made me leader and will train us to fight less like individuals and more as a team so we can rescue them!

SEASON 1; EPISODE 1