"I’m sorry... I know I was stupid to not tell you about it, but I make it up to you by thanking you with this magnificent gift that you gave to me."
Hikage Miyauchi to Suguru Koshigaya in Prologue
An ongoing romance/slice-of-life fan fiction crossover between Non Non Biyori and The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, with the latter universe being the principal focus. A Forgotten Memory centres on Suguru Koshigaya, who is now a third-year student in Suimei University of the Arts (Suiko) and works as a Digital Artist, at the same time. But his past that he supposedly buried years ago later comes knocking in his doorstep.
The story is firstly published on 4 January 2022 by meetoureyes
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Link to this fanfiction will be here.
THERE WILL BE UNMARKED SPOILERS, SO PROCEED WITH CAUTION!
Tropes used in this fanfiction:
- Adaptational Backstory Change: Suguru's backstory is expanded and altered, with him being Hikage's childhood friend.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul:
- Suguru and Hikage are childhood friends, ever since they firstly met at the festival within the town's local shrine in 1998.
- Adapted Out: Hotaru Ichijou does not make an appearance in this story.
- Age Lift:
- Suguru Koshigaya is 17 (later 18), as opposed to him being 14-15 in Non Non Biyori.
- Hikage Miyauchi is 17, as opposed to her being 15-16 in Non Non Biyori.
- Komari Koshigaya is 15, as opposed to her being 13-14 in Non Non Biyori.
- Natsumi Koshigaya is 14, as opposed to her being 12-13 in Non Non Biyori.
- Alternate Universe Fic: Suguru and Hikage is the main focus of the story. The prologue chapter already clearly shows that it is going to be divergent on both sides. Examples included:
- Asahigaoka Branch School was closed six years before the events of the series, which would mean that Renge Miyauchi was a baby at that time, and thus she did not go to the branch school.
- Ascended Extra: Suguru, who is originally a minor character in Non Non Biyori, is the fan fiction's main character.
- Demoted to Extra: Sorata Kanda and Mashiro Shiina, the main characters of The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, are minor characters, due to Suguru and Hikage being the principal focus of the story.
- False Reassurance: Suguru's wish to reconnect with Hikage through mails became an afterthought, which contributes to his cynical personality.
- It Was a Gift: The necklace with the star and full moon pendant that Suguru gave to Hikage during the events of Prologue.
- Mood Whiplash: When Suguru later finds out that the "stranger" visiting his home is Hikage, his estranged childhood friend, it all comes to awkwardness for him...
- 20 Minutes into the Past: While the fan fiction was written recently in 2022, the story takes place in the year of 2011.
- Title Drop
- Wham Line:
- At the end of Chapter 1: "S... Suguru...? It's been a long time..."
