Horizon:GT3 Preface

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Kawakami Minoru:

Born on January 3, 1975. From Tokyo. OO-Formation the King and His Eight Companions, a phone game featuring characters from Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon is set to be released in Summer 2017. Please check that out along with the GT series.

Satoyasu:

Born in Yamagata and raised in Tochigi. “Cocoa is so tasty. The last chocolaty bit that doesn’t dissolve is pretty good too.” Is that why you smell of chocolate lately?

Flowery Passage

Mary ended up spending several nights at the Asama Shrine.

After sending Ishin Suden to the port, they had to discuss what to do about the incident. There hadn’t been an official duel over the Buke Shohatto, so it was hard to call it a history recreation. But it had involved a former pope and the writer of the Buke Shohatto. It would likely be declared a draw so they could delay coming up with a real answer. And until an actual result came out, it was best if Mary and the Tachibana Couple did not return to the embassies which could easily become a site of diplomacy.

Mary did have an embassy staff member bring her some changes of clothing. She couldn’t exactly stay in a tent on the ground, so the boys had erected a festival stage and then added walls to turn it into a room for the girls. The Vicereine had firmly insisted the boys should lie directly on the round pebbles because it would “act like a shiatsu massage”, but they had hung some hammocks between the trees instead.

After they bathed in the spring and enjoyed a late dinner, word arrived that Suden had descended on a ship and that the Buke Shohatto case was resolved more or less as expected.

“It’s pretty late now, but I notice the Musashi still has plenty of lights on.”

“Oh, judge. Repairs are underway, so it will be like this for a while.”

During the spare time before getting to bed, she sat on the shrine steps and sipped tea with Tenzou. Only then did she finally feel relaxed.

“Um, Master Tenzou?”

“Hyes?”

“What did he say?” commented Naito from around the corner and Naruze replied “shush, let him cook”, so was there something at the waterfall back there? Anyway…

“Maybe it’s because I’ve stayed here a few nights already, but it doesn’t feel like I’m camping out anymore.”

“Oh, do you feel like you’re part of the Asama Shrine family now?”

Adele, who was sealing up the area below the stage, began shouting, “Does being part of the shrine family make them grow!? Or do they have to be big to be accepted into the family!?”, so Asama had to drag her away.

How lively they all were made Mary laugh a little. Light scattered from her shaking shoulders. She had been shedding flowers for several days now.

“You keep making those ether flowers since we left England,” noted Tenzou.

“It has settled down some, but not because I have calmed down.”

“What do you mean?”

“Judge. I can just tell that what used to make me so excited will be normal for me from now on.”

“If the others heard you say that, they would get carried away and make a nuisance out of themselves, so can that be our little secret?”

Mary heard Mitotsudaira yelling “My King! You don’t have to pretend to be a cicada to spy on them!” from the roof of the shrine, but she was fairly certain it wasn’t cicada season yet.

Then she spoke while scooping up the ether flowers scattering from her hair.

“If these ever stop, it does not mean I am tired of Musashi. It simply means they are blossoming all across Musashi, so mine no longer stand out enough to be seen.”

But one thing kept her from worrying about that. She asked him about it with a smile.

“Master Tenzou, will you search out my flowers instead of just passing them by?”

Title Page

Genesis Series

Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon

Girls Talk

Fate and Flowers

–Um, what am I to do?

Kawakami Minoru

Illustrations: Satoyasu (Tenky)

Pamphlet Page

[First, everything behind the text boxes]

Title: The Original BK Shohatto!

Below(in purple): 13 Fun Minigames!!

[Now, the text boxes]

Horizon: Oh? Look what I found as my instincts led me to help clean up the bathhouse changing room.

Naito: Oh, are you at Suzu’s Bath? I remember they had that in the arcade corner. 13 minigames!

Asama: It shouts “Hattoooooo!” when you put coins in, right? You can even hear it in the bath.

Adele: Didn’t it get banned in Kansai because the castle in the Tenshukaku Daruma Otoshi game had “Azuchi Castle” plainly written on it?

Nate: I also remember it using Masazumi as a character without permission and then removing her after no time at all.

Naruze: Because she was impossible to beat, so no one wanted to play and their income dropped off a cliff. I think we know who to blame for that.

Masazumi: How is it my fault when they didn’t even ask my permission!?

Mary: …

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Table of Contents

Mary: This is a record of when I arrived on the Musashi after the Armada Battle. There was about a week until Master Tenzou had a room ready for me and this tells the tale of what happened during a few of those days, as well as what does and does not remain. I hope you enjoy it.

World Description

Toori: Sis! Sis! I bet some people will start reading here, so can you introduce our world in a fantasy-ish way?

Kimi: Heh heh heh. Foolish brother, here are the main points.

Kimi: This world exists far into the future. Humanity went to space and had a blast there, but were nearly destroyed by war. That was a real bummer, so they went back to earth. The only livable area was the Far East (Japan) since the environment was more stable, so they tried to redo things there.

Kimi: But since the environment outside was too harsh, silly humanity ended up fighting territorial wars over the limited land of the Far East. They nearly wiped themselves out again, so they decided to create a roadmap for themselves instead of just doing whatever they wanted. They created a history book of the former Earth Age and called it the Testament. Everyone knew civilization could be restored if they followed that roadmap, so they decided to redo history in the Far East (Japan) using that. That made war and such externally managed by politics.

Toori: Did that work out?

Kimi: Not really. The Far Eastern group made a silly mistake that took away the other nations’ land, so the other nations got pissed and started ruling over the Far East. They chose to “educate” the Far East.

Kimi: That led to a world where Japan’s Warring States period and the rest of the world’s 17th Century history are both playing out in the Far East. Since we are being “educated”, the world’s main power is held by the students. It’s restrictive for the Far East, but our aerial city ship named Musashi travels around the Far East engaging in trade as an independent Far Eastern city. …Foolish Brother? Got anything to add?

Toori: Well, here in Musashi, we count as Matsudaira (Tokugawa), but we’re neutral. The rest of the world is fighting against P.A. Oda, which counts as the Oda clan. Also, this story will move back and forth between 3 years ago and the present.

Kimi: The Far East (Japan) has its different regions occupied by the world’s nations like this. Our Musashi travels along the national borders.

Map [More or less top to bottom, left to right]:

Hokkaido (New World)

Floating Island (England)

Tohoku (Siberian Undeveloped Region)

Chugoku Region (Mouri, Hexagone Française)

Hokuriku (Uesugi, Sviet Rus)

Shimonoseki (Oouchi, Ootomo, Tres España)

Setouchi (Aki, K.P.A. Italia)

Kinki (Hashiba, M.H.R.R.)

Kinki – Tokai (Oda, P.A. Oda)

Kantou (Takeda, Qing)

Kyushu (Shimazu, African Nations)

Shikoku (Undeveloped Continent)

Tokai, Kantou (Mikawa Matsudaira, Far East Musashi)

Tokai – Kantou (Houjou, Association of Indian States)

Words

[Top to bottom, zigzagging down]

History Recreation: We’re redoing history in this world, so every nation is required to recreate history. This can be done with war, politics, ingenuity, or whatever else

Name Inheritor: The historical figures necessary for the history recreation. Skilled personnel inherit those names and run their nations.

Chancellor’s Officers, Student Council: The Chancellor’s Officers are the nation’s military organization. The Student Council is the nation’s political organization. The Chancellor and the Student Council President run them like a bancho or a school VIP.

Religion: In the Far East, Shinto is the main religion, but the other nations follow others based on their infrastructure.

Tsihrc: Christianity. Includes a Catholic and Protestant version.

Mlasi: Islam.

There are others, like magic, but they can wait until later.

The Current Stage: The current stage is Totomi. That’s the area known as Shizuoka.

Map:

Upper right: Mt. Fuji

Left: Mikawa

Middle: Totomi

Right: The Musashi’s Course

Ley Lines, Ether: Hm, ley lines are those things from fantasy stories. Y’know, the power lines that run all around the world. And you can think of ether as the MP or fuel extracted from the ley lines.

Musashi: The aerial ship we live on. There are 8 ships in all and each one has a name.

Diagram [top to bottom, left to right]:

1st Starboard Ship: Shinagawa

2nd Starboard Ship: Tama

3rd Starboard Ship: Takao

1st Middle Ship: Musashino

2nd Middle Ship: Okutama

1st Port Ship: Asakusa

2nd Port Ship: Murayama

3rd Port Ship: Oume

Characters

• Aoi Kimi (Wise Sister): Toori’s older sister and worshipper of the god of eroticism and dancing. Fundamentally high-tension and selfish in practice.
• Aoi Toori (Me): Protagonist. Musashi Ariadust Academy’s chancellor and student council president. Mr. Impossible.
• Asama Tomo (Asama): Daughter of the Asama Shrine, Musashi’s main shrine. Childhood friend and overall victim of Toori and Kimi, but has removed her lid recently.
• Adele Balfette (Flat Vassal): From a vassal family that arrived from France. Glasses girl. “Shield” used to be her only special attack, but she has recently added “charge” to the list.
• Itou Kenji (Obscene): Cheerful incubus. Nude, bald, and muscular. Known as Itoken.
• Ohiroshiki Ginji (Worshiper): Gourmet otaku with a Heart-sama style build.
• Kiyonari Urquiaga (Uqui): 2nd special duty officer. Flying half-dragon. Hopes to be an inquisitor. Known as Uqui.
• Shirojiro Bertoni (Money Lover): Treasurer. Young leading member of Musashi’s commerce and industry guild. Former udon god candidate.
• Tenzou Crossunite (10ZO): 1st special duty officer. Ninja and errand-runner who always covers his face with his hat. Busy whipping it out and making challenges.
• Toussaint Neshinbara (Novice): Secretary. Loves history, wants to be an author, and writes doujins.
• Naomasa (Smoking Girl): 6th special duty officer. Older sister type who works in the engine division. Smokes and laughs loudly.
• Nate Mitotsudaira (Silver Wolf): 5th special duty officer. Member of a knight family and inheritor of the Mito Matsudaira name. Half werewolf. Part of the Aoi household with Asama and Horizon.
• Nenji (Sticky King): Slime with about 3 HP. Manly.
• Noriki (Laborer): Laborer boy who supports his family. Clumsy martial artist. Silent and unsociable until marriage changed his personality.
• Heidi Augesvarer (Marube-ya): Treasurer’s aide. Shirojiro’s partner. Has a white fox named Erimaki. Former udon god candidate.
• Hassan Furubushi (83): Calpis logo-style Indian. Lives while eating and drinking only curry.
• Persona-kun (Bucket): Super macho man with a bucket helmet. Silent, strong, and kindhearted.
• Horizon Ariadust (Hori-ko): Toori’s childhood friend and current ruler of Mikawa. Currently an automaton. Her emotions were taken as parts for the Logismoi Oplo. Landlord.
• Honda Futayo (Tonbokiri): Former Mikawa student. Honda Tadakatsu’s daughter. Uses a strongly old-fashioned speech pattern.
• Honda Masazumi (Vice President): Vice president of the student council known as a lover of war. Diligent exchange student who arrived from Mikawa the previous year. Has various issues with her family.
• Marga Naruze (Mar-Ga): 4th special duty officer. Black-haired six-winged Weiss Hexen. Member of the manga club. Master of sports.
• Margot Naito (Gold Mar): 3rd special duty officer. Blonde-haired six-winged Schwarz Hexen. Always smiling. Tends to get the tsukkomi ball rolling.
• Mukai Suzu (Bell): Blind but always gives it her all. Acts as everyone’s stopper.
• Tachibana Muneshige (Tachibana Husband): Former Tres España 1st special duty officer. Amore. Currently working to regain his inherited name.
• Tachibana Gin (Tachibana Wife): Former Tres España 3rd special duty officer. Muneshige’s wife and possessor of cannon-style false arms. Fifty times.
• Mary Stuart (Scarred): Half-sister of English Queen Elizabeth. Well-endowed blonde. Living with Tenzou as his future wife. Owner of Ex. Collbrande.
• Satomi Yoshiyasu (Righteousness): Satomi Academy’s student council president. Small but does not cry. Uses the god of war Righteousness.
• Date Shigezane [Narumi] (Unturning): Masamune’s cousin. Vice chancellor of the Date clan and uses a mobile shell named Unturning Centipede. Confident elder sister type.
• Sakai Tadatsugu (Demoted Man): Musashi Ariadust Academy’s president. Used to be a very able person but was demoted.
• “Musashi” (Musashi): Automaton that supervises the Musashi and overall commander. Her sharp comments are hard to put up with.
• Reine des Garous (Still Got It): Turenne. Hexagone Française’s Vice Chancellor. Mitotsudaira’s mom. All-around giant breasts.

Kimi: This story is mostly reminiscing about a few months ago, so the people who weren’t yet with us then are marked with a star. Their divine chat names are given in parentheses.

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