TEAM STARMATES : STARS CROSSED

[hibari1_chan]

TEAM: Starmates
MEMBERS: littlerain (art, website), hibari1_chan (writing), sarah25 (writing), hanavmaki (writing)
RATING: T

TITLE: Stars Crossed
SERIES: Hoshiai no Sora (Stars Align)
MAIN SHIP: Maki & Touma & Tsubasa/Shingo & Yû & Mitsue & Itsuki & Rintarô & Taiyô & Nao
SIDE PAIRINGS: Rintarô/OC, Mitsue/OCs
CHARACTERS: Maki, Touma, Tsubasa, Shingo, Yû, Mitsue, Itsuki, Rintarô, Taiyô, Nao
MAJOR TAGS: None
ADDITIONAL TAGS: future fic, aged-up characters, canon compliant Yû, LGBTQIA+ characters, mentions of homophobia and drinking, banter, flirting, swearing, overuse of kaomojis

SUMMARY: High on nostalgia after having just graduated university, Itsuki posts on their middle school soft tennis club's blog provoking the other former members to reconnect, having lost touch for years.


WORK LENGTH: 2 pieces of art and 1,594 words
SCRIPT: On the second piece of art, from left to right (top) : Taiyo, Yu, Maki-Maki, Touma, Shingo, Itsuki, Rin ; (bottom) : Tsubasa, Kanacat, Nao
NOTES: The team wants the readers to know that Nao and Taiyô are to be considered in a queerplatonic relationship. Otherwise, they are free to speculate (or bet) on the characters' labels as intended by their writers.



Discover our reunion entry by entering their website here !

Comments

COMMENT: Team 29 Balls to the Face

[augustgreatsword]

THIS WAS SO CUTE!

I loved the layout of the website, and it felt awesome to be reading them all slowly getting back together and getting back into being friends with everyone.

Re: COMMENT: Team 29 Balls to the Face

[hibari1_chan]

Thank you !! I'm glad you liked it !

COMMENT: Team 29 Balls to the Face

[joshllyman]

I don't know anything about the source material but this is absolutely adorable! I really love the soft art at the beginning and ending, it's gorgeous. It's so cool to see the way they came back together at the izakaya after all those years after their lives have changed so much.

Re: COMMENT: Team 29 Balls to the Face

[hibari1_chan]

Thank you !! We figured not many people would have watched it so we tried to make it accessible for everyone so I'm glad you were still able to enjoy it !

COMMENT: Team Seijoh Third Years

[tsukisyama]

I loved this entry so much! Putting all of the writing on a carrd was really a genius idea, and the reunion aspect of this entry in particular feels especially heartfelt... seeing each of the Hoshiai no Sora characters grow really appeals to me because it's! what they deserve! anyway, thank you so much for taking the time to create this! <3 <3 <3

Re: COMMENT: Team Seijoh Third Years

[hibari1_chan]

Yeessss these babies deserve everything that's why we just had to make them happy in the future

Thank you so much for your comment !!

Comment: team seijoh third years

[haijikiyose]

This was a really nice website, with some great art and writing! I'm not too familiar with Hoshiai no Sora, but their expressions in the art at the top of the website makes everything seem really faraway and nostalgic. Thank you for creating!

Re: Comment: team seijoh third years

[hibari1_chan]

Thank you !! We knew that most people in the event hadn't watched the anime so we tried to make it accessible to everyone, glad you could enjoy it still !

COMMENT: TEAM SEIJOH THIRD YEARS

[blackjackals]

I felt as though I was growing older alongside the rest of the students, with the format of the entry as interactive as it is. It's really difficult to get personalities across through social media AUs/only texting, but you guys did a really good job of that in this entry.

Re: COMMENT: TEAM SEIJOH THIRD YEARS

[hibari1_chan]

Thank you very much for your so kind comment !! We're glad you enjoyed our entry !

COMMENT: Team Seijoh third years

[kuramochis]

ahhh this one was superrrr heartfelt!! i really loved looking at all of their expressions in the first picture, just knowing that they'd go through so much change in their future :((( this entry made me feel things!! and the addition of kaomojis made this so cute!! thank you sooo much for taking the time to make this!!! <3

Re: COMMENT: Team Seijoh third years

[hibari1_chan]

Thank you for your kind comment !!! (and for indulging my obsession with kaomojis, I really pushed my secret agenda there lol)

It's really such lovely pieces made by Rain !! I know firsthand that she worked a lot on them, I'm really happy her hard work is recognised.

COMMENT : TEAM GRANDSTAND - KARASUNO FIRST YEARS

[jae494f0]

Firstly, neat idea using carrd to make a website. And the art is really cute and feels nostalgic. The writing of blog posts & comments is an interesting way to interpret the prompt, and although I’ve never seen the anime for this show, I can feel a lot of personality in the text with them chuckling about sharing to much and also providing updates one where everyone was with respect to what they studied. Ooh. And I like the picture at the end. It’s so pretty and soft! I like the idea of two images at the start and end, and I think you did a fabulous job here! Especially handling so many characters and personalities. Thanks again for putting this together!

Re: COMMENT : TEAM GRANDSTAND - KARASUNO FIRST YEARS

[hibari1_chan]

We're really glad you liked our entry and I'll make sure to tell Rain how popular her art is. Since we knew a lot of people hadn't watched the anime we had to come up with a way to make the entry accessible for everyone and I'm glad it worked on some level !

Thank you so much for your taking the time to comment !!!

Comment: Team Home Run

[onceakoala]

OH THIS ENTRY IS SO FUN i love all the banter between the characters in the comments and how their different personalities show through so clearly in their typing styles, and all the different references to what everyone is doing now! the website is beautiful, and the scribbled-on photograph at the end was such a nice touch too, all of them together and reunited and messing with each other, as usual. also LMAO at the lgbt squad realizing after the fact that they were all gay, it's Too Real

Re: Comment: Team Home Run

[hibari1_chan]

Thank you for your kind comment !!

Yeah, I had this true experience of LGBT+ squad too so I thought it would be a nice touch since the anime actually brings up the community in canon. Very glad it spoke to you too !!

COMMENT: Team Setter Squad

[lilija_yuuzel]

This is such a creative idea, I loved it!
The blog feels really immersive, and even though I don't know the characters, they all felt really distinct. I support Mitsue in her dating women, I'm sure she's great at it.
The art was really really adorable! The background looks nice and it must have been a lot of effort to draw so many characters.
Lovely entry!

Re: COMMENT: Team Setter Squad

[hibari1_chan]

We're all very supportive of Mitsue and all the women she dates (and we're all jealous of them like Itsuki).
Glad you could still get into the entry !

Thanks a lot for the comment !!!