[Forward-dated to tomorrow morning because I'm impatient. Flash of what's to come virus.]

[unknownrival]

[The video shows a handsome young man, probably in his early twenties, kneeling on the ground watering some flowers. He's wearing glasses, and black robes that most Japanese characters will recognize as the ones that Buddhist monks of the region wear. He also has a shaved head, although some blue hair is beginning to grow back.

It continues to show him gardening for a while (in case you ever wanted to see him kneeling in the dirt) before cutting out. There's apparently not much point to this, other than showing that a) Issei grows up well and b) he's really going to shave his head.]

Comments

[video forever~]

[ridethetiger]

...Well that sucks.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

What do you mean?

[ridethetiger]

It looks boring as hell.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I do more than just garden. That's just all that was in the video.

[ridethetiger]

So that was you?

[Contemplates...]

Don't cut your hair, man.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Apparently so.

I have to. I'm a monk, I'm required to shave it when I complete my training.

[ridethetiger]

Bullshit! What the fuck does training have to do with your hair?

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Shaving your head is supposed to show your commitment to pursuing a holy life. It's traditional.

[ridethetiger]

But it's your hair.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Forgive me, but I really don't understand why everyone makes such a big deal out of it. I don't mind having to do it.

[ridethetiger]

...Ah, that's right. It grows back for living people. Still, I don'r get why you gotta do it all. Tradition or whatever.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I'll probably still keep it short... Tradition can be a comforting thing to fall back on. Most of what a monk does is based on centuries of traditions.

[ridethetiger]

I thought it wasn't good to do the same thing for some long. Doesn't it get old?

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Short hair is functional. And... ah, this is sort of a selfish reason, but I also hope it might help drive my admirers away, if they're still interested in me then.

[ridethetiger]

Ha ha! So there ARE other people who think you're cute!

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I mean my school admirers. I'm popular at my school, and that does not count.

[ridethetiger]

Why not? If there's people who think you're cute then you're cute! [Laughs.] No exceptions!

[stripping.livejournal.com]

...The girls at my school also thought that Matou was amazing. Matou secretly beat up his sister for fun.

Needless to say, what the people at my school think should be rarely mistaken for the truth.

[ridethetiger]

Whoa what? ...Oh, okay, so some of them are pretty stupid.

[Wait for it...]

But you are cute.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I love my school, but some of the people in it are idiots.

I still don't see why everyone thinks I am.

[ridethetiger]

Awww you really don't see it? Okay one word. Skirt. And cat ears.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

A-anyone can wear a skirt and cat ears! It doesn't make them cute!

[ridethetiger]

That's a lie~ Well. Maybe on a not cute person. Unlike you, who is very cute. And you don't even know it!

[stripping.livejournal.com]

You're saying that I'm cute because I'm cute. No one has given me any reason to believe them when they say that.

[ridethetiger]

...So I have to make you into a believer? I can do that!