Angels × S

*****Angels × S***** (エンジェルズーエクスーエス, *Enjeruzu ekusu esu*) is Raindrop main project, originally started in Fall-Winter 2020 and revived in September 2022. The story centres around Koriko Chounabayashi and her misfortunate life at Shiyabi Girls' Middle School, as well as her desire to remain important to her crush Himeko Hachimitsu and the consequences that come with it.

## Characters

### Main Characters

Saki, Bansoko, Himeko Hachimitsu, Koriko Chounabayashi, Yotsuya, and Fumika

### Characters who Appear

Shizuka Iwamoto, Nijika Ibusuki, Utsui Tomocho

## Starting Premise

Angels x S centers around 4 different perspectives: Koriko, a quiet and unstable girl, Himeko, an idolized and popular girl, Bansoko, an anxious and disturbed bug-like girl, and Fumika, a cheerful and kind girl. Despite this, Koriko would be considered the protagonist due to her having the most time in her perspective.

As for that perspective and this story, a middle school student named Koriko develops a crush on a popular girl in her class, Himeko, and does her best to remain well-liked while hiding her problems from those close to her. Despite things seeming to be going relatively well for her, as well as with their other friends Hasumi and Ayacchi, Koriko can’t help but shake the feeling that she disagrees with Himeko’s perspective and way of life, especially the lengths she goes to so she can remain as popular she is. Ontop of that, it also seems that she isn’t the only one who thinks so.

## Content Warning/Trigger Warning

Angels × S contains graphic and violent content all throughout the story/series, with central themes being:

* Self Injury
* Bullying
* Emotional Abuse
* Suicidal Ideation

And other things that would require warnings such as body horror, general violence, trivialization + romanticization of such things, and so much more that would be considered spoilers if everything was listed. In order to prevent giving spoilers to those who don’t want it, a list of trigger warnings for Angels x S can be found in the Trigger Warnings section.

Please keep this in mind when viewing the series in any media, from song to MV to artworks. If something would be too disturbing for you, feel free to look away. And when posting about this series, especially the more graphic parts of it, it is highly encouraged to use the correct warnings. Not using CWs/TWs can be severely damaging to the safety of those who accidentally stumble into it, especially those who might be affected personally. Making mistakes sometimes is human, and if you forget it’s advised to add them when you remember. Not using CWs/TWs intentionally is against Raindrop’s Policy, which is required to follow when engaging with her content.

## Timeline

In relation to Raindroppi’s other works, it shares a universe with Shinitagari Shoujo, although it is implied to take place after the events of Shinitagari Shoujo’s Season 1 in Wing 1 and additionally before Shinitagari Shoujo’s Season 2 in Wing 2.

if that sounds confusing, this should help:

* Shinitagari Shoujo Season 1
* Angels × S’ Wing 1
* Angels × S Wing 1.5
* Angels × S Wing 2
* Shinitagari Shoujo Season 2

Although they don’t have to be viewed that way, and due to crossover appearances outside of Saki being limited if not none, it’s advised not to due to this series being focused on characters and not premise. If you want a full overview of timeline, feel free to do so, but you should keep in mind that content of Shinitagari Shoujo is delayed due to prioritizing Angels x S.

## Original Concept (2020 Version)

Angels × S was Raindrop’s earliest known story, started all the way back sometime during Late 2020. Due to Raindrop’s bad memory, she doesn’t remember if it was in August or September, so she switches between the two. The story originally only had Saki, Bansoko, and Himeko as characters, with Bansoko being the protagonist. Bansoko and Himeko were designed as opposites with Saki being a neutral between them. While this fact is still somewhat true, Raindrop doesn’t reveal much information about it due to personal embarrassment of her old works.

## Ongoing Development

Due to Raindroppi being extremely unorganized and stupid, the storyline for Angels x S is split into 3 main groups, Wing 1, Wing 1.5, and Wing 2. The writing for Wing 1 has been completed since around July 2023 with minor details ongoing, the writing for Wing 1.5 has been in progress with most major details confirmed since around April 2023, and minor details ongoing, and the writing for Wing 2 being in progress with a few major details confirmed since around November 2022. And before you ask, no, I don’t know if we’re getting a Wing 3 either. Bansoko driving a car and Fumika working minimum wage isn’t something I’ve been thinking about.

If you’re curious, Angels x S’ development began sometime in Fall 2020 to Winter 2020. Raindrop’s memory wasn’t very good in regards to anything memorable happening around then, so it doesn’t have an official start date. Due to this problem, anniversaries are celebrated in September and February, as Raindrop considers both to have “equal significance” to it’s original development. Additionally, Angels x S has been an on-and-off project for her, such as when she quit working on Angels x S from March 2021 to August 2022, a total of 17 months, simply because was bored of it.

Since she resumed her work on Angels x S in late August of 2022, she decided to have September be the first anniversary month to match the original creation date. But despite the seemingly long time Raindroppi has had to work on Angels x S, she only became serious with writing in March 2023, consulting her assistant in late April of 2023 for help with the lore and decided to start her social media specifically for it in May-June 2023. Raindrop is also bad with anniversaries, as seen as when she missed Amane Momose’s birthday by 1 day and got upset over it.

The story was originally centered around Saki, Bansoko, and Himeko, with the creation of Koriko happening in early October 2022, Yotsuya in late October 2022, and generously to Fumika’s Fans, mid November 2022. They tend to be listed in that order as it was the order of their creation. Raindrop hasn’t given much information on the original storyline, and seems to refuse to do so, likely due to her general embarrassment of her older works as time goes on.

Angels x S will be a long-term project, as it’s still ongoing as of September 2023, but Raindrop is working as much as she can in order to ensure that her fanbase remains existent and happy with her.

## Storytelling Method

As previously stated, Angels x S is a multimedia project. It mostly consists of artwork posted onto her Instagram, although Raindrop often diverges from cannon into various AUs as seen in the absolute mess that is anyone’s “Appearance Description” section on their profile. While these AUs still reflect the character’s personalities and vibes as well as Raindroppi’s intentions for them, they’re all semi-cannon to non-cannon unless stated otherwise. While a good indication of the cannoninity can be determined from how connected to how based in reality they are, such as What I Heard From The Mirror, Raindrop will always state it to avoid confusion. If you want to see the more lore-oriented parts of Angels x S, it gets uploaded onto her YouTube Channel.
Additionally, as stated in the previous section, Angels x S is still ongoing, so the timeline will be told in separate parts through different perspective in numerous ways, so events become cannon through confirmation and repetition. Basically:

1. An event could be played before another in a Music Video or Upload or tweet etc, and still be after chronologically.
2. Due to having a total of 4-6 main characters, some events will be portrayed in darker/lighter tones due to their perspectives.
3. Something could be the same event and look different from the same perspective due to that character’s opinion changing.
4. If Raindrop confirms something is cannon, then it’s cannon. It’s not arguable, she made this.
5. If an event occurs multiple times throughout multiple MVs, the likelyhood of it being cannon improves.

### Cover Songs with Fanmade Music Videos

Raindrop’s inspirations and idols are why she decided to become a vocal synth producer, as previously stated on her character profile. In order to give thanks to those she greatly looks up to while also telling her own stories, she combines her original stories and characters with music created by others. No links are available at this time.

### Original Songs with Original Music Videos

While Raindrop will be mostly covering songs she loves with her own storylines for the near-future, she intends to create her own original songs someday. As previously stated, Raindroppi intends to create atleast 1 original song for every single one of her OCs someday. Until Raindroppi has her own, solidified idea of her tuning style for all 6 of her main characters, she likely won’t post any original songs for the foreseeable future, although lyric writing has been in progress since July 2023. Additionally, Raindrop wishes to develop a loyal fanbase before expressing any of her own lyrical abilities due to her abysmal self confidence, which is why no links are available at this time.

### Artworks

Raindrop creates art of the cast of her OCs relatively often, posting them mainly on Instagram and occasionally on her twitter. While she enjoys creating art surrounding AUs of her OCs as previously mentioned, Raindroppi intends to post a fair amount of lore-related artworks in the upcoming future. Once character designs have been finalized through Raindroppi’s concept art/refrence sheets, it can be expected to see far more artworks on there.

#### Reference Sheets

No reference sheets are currently available.

### Comics

Raindrop also likes and intends to creating short comics of her OCs in 4-panel scenarios comparable to 4-komas and slightly longer comics comparable to MINIGRAMs. No comics are currently available.

### Sillyposts

Raindrop tends to sillypost daily on her instagram with her stories with slight hints to the overall lore at times, kept in a story highlight labelled “Sillypost”. As such, she cannot link it here.

### Vocal Synth Animations

Raindrop intends to post videos on YouTube in the style of MILGRAM voice dramas with additional animations with voices provided by vocal synth programs such as OpenUtau and SynthV in the distant future once her fanbase has grown enough. As such, no animated voice dramas are currently available.

## Known Locations

### 48th Prefecture

A prefecture is slightly smaller than a state in the US, and there’s 47 of them in Japan. Due to Raindrop not wanting Angels x S to be in a real-world location because of geologographical errors and being generally unfamiliar with Japan, Angels x S exists in it’s own, *48th Prefecture* of japan. In order to make your life as much of a hassle as possible, almost every single flower in the whole world is also grown in Angels x S’ 48th Prefecture, which is why it’s name will also likely be related. No art is available at this time.

#### Shiyabi Girls’ Middle School (視野美女子中学校)

Shiyabi Girls’ Middle School (*Lit. Shiyabi Girls’ Junior High School, Formerly called Angels x S’ Middle School as a placeholder*) is the main location of Angels x S, and the middle school attended by most of the cast. Raindrop gave it an official name on August 22nd, 2023.

#### Mokomoko-tan Café (モコモコたんカッフェ)

Mokomoko-tan Café (lit. Fluffy Café, placeholder name) is a Café relatively near Angels x S Middle School that Fumika frequently visits. Raindrop intends to name it properly sometime in the future. Fumika’s hoodie, a few of her plushies, and her onesie all feature the mascot character Mokomoko-tan. It’s said to be somewhat similar to an in-universe version of Sanrio.

## Trivia

* The term “Bitchbastards” (ビッチバースタードズ、*Bichibasutadozu*) refers to Ayacchi and Hasumi due to the creator’s personal dislike of them.
* Shinitagari Shoujo was originally supposed to be an all-girls school and Angels × S a mixed gender school from March 2023-June 2023-ish, but this was swapped because Raindrop wanted to prioritize Angels × S without learning how to draw guys.
	+ Shinitagari Shoujo and Angels × S were originally supposed to be in different universes until May-June of 2023-ish, but this was changed because Raindrop wanted Saki to have more focus like the rest of the main cast did.
* Bansoko was originally the protagonist of Wing 1 from September 2022-March 2023.

## Etymology

* The ‘Angels’ in Angels x S is a reference to the extreme idolization felt as a symptom of personality disorders since the majority of the main cast has one
* The ‘x ‘ in Angels x S is a reference to Over x Dosage by Polkansoup
* You are supposed to say the ‘x’ in Angels x S.
* The ‘S’ in Angels x S was originally supposed to stand for ‘Savior’ as of March 2023, but Raindrop felt that title would be too character-specific. However she grew attached to it, and shortened it to ‘S’ anyways. She intends to come up with a new title someday.