Yamaku: The Next Generation (COMPLETE! Now with a bonus epilogue!)

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Despite being a fan for years I've never sought out any fan works until I recently replayed KS. I'm going through a bunch of changes in life and will go through so many more soon, so playing through it grounds me in a way. When I finished I felt that I needed more so I read learning to fly and then happened upon Learning to Run and this. I read all three in 4 days. I was so enthralled with all of them and I really did enjoy reading, especially the next generation.
I am curious as to why Noriko never showed up or was mentioned in either story or why Rin was only mentioned in next generation. In terms of Rin it does make sense that she would be hard to track down in universe but I am a bit curious when it comes to Noriko (unless you did mention her and I forgot, again I read through three pretty long stories in only 4 days so I could very easily be misremembering)
Either way, I made an account and wanted to express my gratitude to you for writing this and I'm excited to see whatever you write next.

[guthrum06]

I'm glad you enjoyed the stories so much. It means the world to me that you found them meaningful.

I am curious as to why Noriko never showed up or was mentioned in either story or why Rin was only mentioned in next generation. In terms of Rin it does make sense that she would be hard to track down in universe but I am a bit curious when it comes to Noriko (unless you did mention her and I forgot, again I read through three pretty long stories in only 4 days so I could very easily be misremembering)

Noriko did get mentioned at the very beginning of Learning to Run, when Emi asks Hisao about his high school friends. He says he only sees her occasionally.

She doesn't show up other than that because I think it’s fairly realistic that you lose touch with your friends over the years.

The same is true with Rin and Emi in Next Generation. Kayoko's internal monologue mentions that she has only met Rin a handful of times, and that she was mad that she wasn't there for her mom more when Hisao died. The two of them are still friends, in their Rin-Emi sort of way (Emi did manage to get her to model for Junichiro, after all), but they don't see eachother very much.

Hope that answers your questions!

I do have some other KS stories if your voracious appetite hasn't been sated - one of them is a CLANNAD crossover though, and I don’t know if you're familiar with that VN. The other - "Too Close for Comfort" just started, and is a post-Yamaku Misha x OC story.