Hello, Readers! I'm back again! And welcome again to another fanfic installment of Detective School Q.
I wish to thank the readers, and reviewers for reading and reviewing the Koudoutai Trilogies:
Koudoutai Part 1: The New Enemy, and the side stories that I've written,
Koudoutai Part 2: The Zodiac Strikes Back.
Koudoutai Part 3: Fight For The Future
And also I want to thank the readers for reading the two "OVAs" of Koudoutai:
Koudoutai: 12 Zodiac Signs Special
Koudoutai: Episode Final
I really appreciate it. And because of that, I feel inspired to write another fanfic featuring the famous
detective students from DDS. But before we get a move on, a word for the newcomers here, and
a few things you ought to know:
This will be a very different fanfic. And this will take place after the Koudoutai fics. Since Shido
and Yuri Suzaku used their Time Advent abilities and reverted the stream of time before the Zodiac fighters
and their weapons were created, the OCs from Koudoutai won't be here, and all of our heroes (except for
Hikari, Megumi and Sakura Kinomoto) have no memories of what transpired before. And hence, this
fic's story will start in June, where DDS students (old and new enrollees) will be drafted to different sections.
Now, in this fic, I'll be incorporating a lot of things here. As I stated in Koudoutai, DSQ fanfic writer
Rhapsoding Riyoko's fic, Pluto Returns, was one of the inspirations in coming up with the Koudoutai trilogies.
The other inspiration to Koudoutai, is the Japanese live action TV series Kamen Rider Ryuki
(Mask Rider Ryuki for the Filipino readers).
Now here I'll be borrowing several elements from Rhapsoding Riyoko's fics and use them here. Whoa!
Before you rant at me, let me tell you that I'm only going to borrow those elements. After reading those fics,
countless ideas came into my head. I'm not competing with her or anything. Like I said, her fics inspired me to
come up in writing a new fic.
Now here are the elements that made me come up with making this fic:
Rhapsoding Riyoko's Detective School Q fics:
- Pluto Returns;
- Kokuryo High Murders
- Nine Circles of Hell;
- Cursing A Horseshoe's Luck.
Kamen Rider 555 (aka Mask Rider 555 or Mask Rider Faiz)
The three DSQ fics of Rhapsoding Riyoko were great, and after reading them, I make sure to use them
as reference when coming up with a new fic.
Like in Koudoutai, I'll be borrowing elements from another Kamen Rider show. Last November (2006,
in the Philippines), I happen to saw Kamen Rider 555 on GMA 7, and two weeks later, on the
Filipino-dubbed anime cable channel HERO TV. From the opening song (Justi-Faiz by ISSA), to the
progression of the story, as well as the Rider suits, blew me away. But at that time, I was still writing for the
Koudoutai fics, so I made sure to make a research on www (dot) wikipedia (dot) com, and saved it on my
diskette, and put them in reserve once after Koudoutai is done, and after getting sufficient rest, it's back to work.
And like in Koudoutai, Class C (the Chosen Children from digimon Adventure 02) will be here for the ride.
And also, this will be the first fanfic to use Pluto in this story. Before Koudoutai was conceived, I was
actually going to use them as main villains. But Rhapsoding Riyoko's fic, Pluto Returns had Pluto killed, I felt
that it making a Pluto fic would only cause more confusion among readers and me getting accused of competing
with Riyoko, so I had to come up with something new, and the Kamen Rider Ryuki characters gave me the
idea in creating the Zodiac fighters, and the rest is history.
Since Pluto's popularity has waned (in the anime series and the fanfics) over the years, I was wondering
how to bring Pluto back into the fold. It was then that, while writing Koudoutai: 12 Zodiac Fighters Special,
I decided to try an experiment by bringing the Pluto heads King Hades (Ryu's grandpa) and Anubis into
the fold by giving them a brief cameo appearance. But that fic's setting was set in an alternate time, so
officially, Pluto remains dead.
Speaking of Pluto, the supposed heir to Pluto, Ryu Amakusa, will play a pivotal role here, and for the first time,
Ryu will be one of this fic's co-antagonists. Well, I got this idea by watching other anime and Tokusatsu shows
that show a character transits from a good guy to villain, villain to good guy, etc. And I've seen Ryu sporting
several menacing facial features, and that gave me the idea to come up with a new twist.
It wasn't easy though. I asked several DSQ writers to ask for their opinion onwhat they think of this
situation for Ryu. While one was against it, theothers welcomed it. So be prepared, Ryu fans. Ryu will go
Missing In Action for several chaptrs before comingback a different person.
Also, three of the Pluto members who appeared in the manga, Charon, Thanatos, and Kerberos, will make their
fanfic debut. They'll pop out later in the upcoming chapters, nd they'll give DDS a plentiful of headaches.
So far, I've covered the Kamen Rider 555 episodes by watching 40 episodes of them, and it was then that I
decided to bring Pluto back by teaming them up with the villains from Kamen Rider 555 (the Orphenochs).
And also in the upcoming chapters, I'll explain in detail how Pluto was defeated, and how they came back
(to life and to power).
And lastly, I'll be introducing another OC for this fic: Kyo Renjou. Yup, the younger twin brother of Kyuu
in 12 Zodiac Fighters Special and Episode Final, will make his "present time" debut
(12 Zodiac Fighters Special and Episode Final are set in an alternate time).
He had a rough start as a semi good guy/bad guy character in the 2 Koudoutai OVAs.
Will he be a bad guy again in this fic? Or will he be a good guy this time? You'll soon see.
And of course, since I'll be borrowing the elements from Kamen Rider 555, I'll be including the main
characters of that show, namely Kamen Rider Faiz, Kamen Rider Delta and Kamen Rider Kaixa. Of course
the villains of that show will be there as well.
Some of the chapters that I'm going to write will be close to the Kamen Rider 555 TV series, but of course
I'll have to make this plot very original, and infuse itwith DSQ elements.
And speaking of which, expect this fic to be very long, as the story willbe more character-driven than my previous
fics, as I'll be giving equal exposures to all the characters in this fic via sub-story chapters.
Ok, ok. So I made a super-hero/sci-fi approach theme. Why? A fic writer has to be creative. And writers
excel in their areas of their specialties.
Examples are:
Rhapsoding Riyoko excels inmystery and detective themes.
Dark Kyuu's approch is on RPG/Fantasy elements.
Kazumi Kairi or Kairi-chan's area is the supernatural approach
Other DSQ fic writers tried their hand on other genres, like romance and other mystery-like elements.
So why I choose this kind of area? I'm quite familiar in this area (Tokusatsu), and this is, like, a new challenge.
Something that no other DSQ fic writers haven't tried this kind of approach. Before you judge, read the fic first.
Believe me, you'll be blownaway by the story that I've written.
Now that I've said my piece, I'll be starting to commence in writing this fic. Believe me, this plot will blow
you away.
See you in the next chapter! I'll be waiting for your verdicts on the real first chapter!