History Fanfic / ConcerningADrifter

** Chapter 30: [[Manga/YonaOfTheDawn Jeaha, Elegy of Moonlight]]

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome [=/=] DeconstructionFic:The fic has this in a few ways, as what happened to Ryuuko had gotten her pregnant [[spoiler: four times by rape]], as her captors likely didn't give her birth control, left her mentally ill and severely traumatized to the extent that she can no longer care for herself (this ''could'' happen), and the fact that Satsuki is deeply affected. Likewise, while [[spoiler: the perpetrator and many others were sentenced]], things don't go back to normal, as Ryuuko still [[spoiler: lives in a mental hospital]] and doesn't return to her normal self, along with Satsuki not feeling satisfied.

* AdultFear:
** For Satsuki, having your then long-lost younger sister go away on nomadic trip, something that she normally does, and expecting for her to come home, only to lose contact with her soon after, having to stop your search efforts, and then, later on, after four years, you find her mentally ill, traumatized, and the fact that had been kidnapped, held captive, and [[spoiler: raped (along with being four times impregnated)]] during the four years she had been gone is this. To make it worse, if you know the canon, Satsuki herself was on the receiving of much the same that Ryuuko had experienced, which in itself would be Adult Fear but there is a factor of her being virtually powerless to stop it, double because Ryuuko's kidnapping is connected to illegal activities on the dark web [[labelnote:Click]] For those who don't know, the dark web is infamous for many reasons, the largest of which is that people can and, more often than not, ''do'' commit crimes and not be caught because dark net servers keep anonymity.[[/labelnote]].
** Then there's also the fact that Ryuuko wasn't the only victim, rather, she was one of many victims and she was only one so far that escaped being killed, as the others were found murdered, one of the girls' bodies being found in an alleyway about a couple of blocks from where Ryuuko was found wandering. As noted in a couple of chapters, there's also the fact that the suspected perpetrator might not face charges.
** In terms of Ryuuko and Satsuki, there's the fact that [[spoiler: the former gave birth to not one but two girls, one of which she doesn't remember and one she doesn't know what happened to, as she only saw her eyes and her captors took her away]], thus Ryuuko never got any closure, while Satsuki wonders if they're alright.
** As we find out in Chapter 16, for a bit, [[spoiler: Ryuuko's captors gave her a companion in the form of a little girl (Ryuuko's writings mentioned her as "looking no older than about ten or twelve") but took her away, the former not knowing what happened to her.]] In the same chapter, [[spoiler: Ryuuko's captors had intentions on using said little girl for the same purposes and that she was ForcedToWatch Ryuuko being raped]].

** Chapter 30: [[Anime/YonaOfTheDawn Jeaha, Elegy of Moonlight]]

%%* {{Mystery}}

* BrokenBird: The fic has this in a few ways, as what happened to Ryuuko had gotten her pregnant [[spoiler: four times by rape]], as her captors likely didn't give her birth control, left her mentally ill and severely traumatized to the extent that she can no longer care for herself (this ''could'' happen), and the fact that Satsuki is deeply affected. Likewise, while [[spoiler: the perpetrator and many others were sentenced]], things don't go back to normal, as Ryuuko still [[spoiler: lives in a mental hospital]] and doesn't return to her normal self, along with Satsuki not feeling satisfied.

* MoralDilemma: In chapter 19, Satsuki has something of an internal one, after Ryuuko attempts suicide, leaving her to wonder if she's been assisting with the investigation out of justice or revenge.
-->'''Satsuki''': "I owed it to her to find her justice but was I really participating in the investigation for her and previous victims' sake or was I doing it for what I wanted in a sense of revenge and misplaced atonement for past sins? Some half of me said I was doing it out of justice, while another part of me suggested I did it out of revenge. I knew not which side to agree with."

* RealityEnsues: The fic has this in a few ways, as what happened to Ryuuko had gotten her pregnant [[spoiler: four times by rape]], as her captors likely didn't give her birth control, left her mentally ill and severely traumatized to the extent that she can no longer care for herself (this ''could'' happen), and the fact that Satsuki is deeply affected. Likewise, while [[spoiler: the perpetrator and many others were sentenced]], things don't go back to normal, as Ryuuko still [[spoiler: lives in a mental hospital]] and doesn't return to her normal self, along with Satsuki not feeling satisfied.

** Chapter 13: ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesZeroNoKiseki A Victim's Past Wish]]'' (from the original soundtrack, not the ''Evolution'' soundtrack)

* BigSisterInstinct: A lot of what drives Satsuki’s conflict is this trope.

* CameBackWrong: Ryuuko leaves and came back mentally ill and traumatized.
* TheCaretaker: Mako plays this role to Satsuki.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Yayoi and Ruri, being an infant and toddler.
* CuteMute: [[spoiler: Mai, Ryuuko's companion from four years ago, is a sad but very sweethearted one.]]

* DisposableVagrant / DisposableSexWorker: Played with, most of the girls Ryuuko's captors (an underground sex slavery ring) had kidnapped were, in some way or another, vagrants (being backpacking tourists, migrant workers, and drifters), making them easy targets, becoming the DisposableSexWorker trope when the ring felt they outlived any usefulness.

* {{Mystery}}

* ShownTheirWork: It was cited in the authoress note for Chapter 12 (where we find out [[spoiler: Ryuuko is a mother]]) that she wanted know to know if one could find out if the mother had twins (or, rather, if the babies came from the same pregnancy) through via a DNA test, mentioning that she did some research that boiled down to it being "yes and no" with differing reasons, so, to make it more plausible, she changed it to where a mistake was made in during the testing.
** Also, in said note, she does mention how she did research on Japan's legal systems in regards to [[spoiler: rape and sexual assault]], mentioning a few outlines on what's considered resistance against the attacker (i.e fighting back physically vs saying "No") and what whether or not if the victim knew the attacker meant to the case and the police asking Satsuki questions about Ryuuko prior to what happened to her and after, even linking to her sources, one of which details someone else's experiences (which did involve similar questions that Satsuki was asked).

** Chapter 30: [[Anime/YonaOfTheDawn Jeaha, Elegy of Moonlight]]

** Chapter 13: ''[[VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki A Victim's Past Wish]]'' (from the original soundtrack, not the ''Evolution'' soundtrack)

** Chapter 25: ''[[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Broken Moon (piano)]]'' by [=TAMusic=]

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/7459830/chapters/16952421 Concerning a Drifter]]'' is a ''[[Anime/KillLaKill K.la.K]]'' fic.

!Tropes for ''Concerning a Drifter'':
* AdultFear: For Satsuki, having your then long-lost younger sister go away on nomadic trip, something that she normally does, and expecting for her to come home, only to lose contact with her soon after, having to stop your search efforts, and then, later on, after four years, you find her mentally ill, traumatized, and the fact that had been kidnapped, held captive, and [[spoiler: raped (along with being four times impregnated)]] during the four years she had been gone is this. To make it worse, if you know the canon, Satsuki herself was on the receiving of much the same that Ryuuko had experienced, which in itself would be Adult Fear but there is a factor of her being virtually powerless to stop it, double because Ryuuko's kidnapping is connected to illegal activities on the dark web [[labelnote:Click]] For those who don't know, the dark web is infamous for many reasons, the largest of which is that people can and, more often than not, ''do'' commit crimes and not be caught because dark net servers keep anonymity.[[/labelnote]].