The Youth of Alphard

Although she makes it look easy it took many years for Alphard to become the dignified lady that she is today, this is the story of how I think it happened…

So Uncle Sam has been shipping me in and out of Virginia for the past month and will do so again soon enough… Still I think that at this point we know a few things, Alphard onee-sama is HAWT (which Kabitzin and Zyl can attest to), the action is fairly solid, and the synopsis is off. While my good comrade Calawain has been less than enthused by the yuri goodness I think I know why. Certainly while Canaan is based off some source material, I think that after this we can get a sense of what kind of game PA Works plays. Those who remember the good times and for the poor Noe supporters like me, the bittersweet times, of way back when True Tears thundered out from almost nowhere to blow us all away will have an easier time understanding. Certainly Canaan is not a strict adaptation of 428: Fūsasareta Shibuya de, in fact I suspect that much like True Tears PA Works is playing its own game in not going for a strict adaptation and gleefully abuses the term “loose adaptation.” Just like True Tears the anime had nothing in common with True Tears the game, Canaan will probably have little, if anything, in common with 428: Fūsasareta Shibuya de. Nevertheless having been impressed by True Tears and quite impressed with the five episodes that they have released so far I think it’s fair to say no one outside of PA Works will know how it will progress and that we probably should enjoy the ride no matter where it takes us.

In a way I suppose that this nightmare scenario for Tamaki came true.

Still while my good comrade Calawain was less than impressed by Round 2 (hoping for a flashback of Round 1 when Canaan was more powerful) I think there are a few good reasons why Canaan lost. She spent early morning pulling a bullet out of her left arm (which explains her less than 100% attempt to grab Alphard’s toned ass), just got dumped by Maria, and had to run all the way there while Alphard traveled in style with Liang Qi. Also let’s not forget how the only way to counter hatred is with love, which is precisely what Alphard did. Thus Alphard’s victory in Round 2 was assured as the most devastating part of her attack was not when she choked Canaan into submission but when Alphard gave Canaan some lurvin. After all after Alphard indicated that she wanted to play with Canaan a little more Canaan ran for the door instead of her gun.

It is clear to me now that Alphard is just an alias that Haruhi Fujioka uses as the largest shareholder of a PMC and most badass lass of this season and possibly this year. I knew there was a correlation once I heard Alphard speak; clearly she extracted much from the other members of the host club, all of whom I assume to be dead or in hiding. How else could Haruhi “Alphard” Fujioka amass such a formidable military machine? I tell you her years spent as a host were not in vain and that she won over many fangirls who invested their money with her. Being a formidable opponent and the girl to beat it is clear that she learned CQC from her old sempais Hani and Mori, as for learning how to run a business from Kouya. Along with her number one fan, Renge “Liang Qi” Houshakuji, Alphard instituted a hostile take over of Nekozawa’s family business. The history of Renge and Nekozawa is indeed long and starting with the EVIL BEAM to the current airsoft gun Liang Qi trained him daily and forced him to take the name Cummings. Alphard also started her King Slaying days at Ouran as well, for during her days as Haruhi Fujioka she slew the King of the Host Club. Thus it is easy to see why Alphard is the Prince of Kurdistan and has successfully fought off the forces of the hated Azadistan. She also laid forth her greatest treatise “On Villany” that her future heir Prince Ali would use in his bid to rebuild Kurdistan after it was betrayed by Jihad-kun.

She’s a lady…

I was most impressed at how Alphard was able to become the queen of the ball and certainly her father, Ranka, has taught her well and the results are hard to dismiss. Her years of serving rich women also made her rich, powerful, charismatic, and she almost became one with the Yuri. Even her first team was first identified during her days at Ouran as she even converted the most feared Yakuza to her cause. Even in her youth Haruhi “Alphard” Fujioka was stealing the hearts and kisses of women all around her. Such was the glory that was Alphard in her youth that the greatest fangirl of the age swore eternal fealty and undying love to her.

Tl;dr Long Live Alphard!

Such loyalty is sadly lacking these days…

When Liang Qi was young she was much less violent, but no less devoted…or borderline crazy.

She has used many aliases over her career…

House al Sarshes I assume.

Her skills have markedly improved…

…as she did look a bit scruffy in her youth.

And it’s all thanks to her dear old dad…

Who incidentally could look rather scruffy too…

To be fair this isn’t the first time Alphard had to face a stalker with a crush…

…she had to deal with him for four years.

And Alphard knows that only love can cure that…

I assume it was because of Alphard’s overwhelming presence…

Even back then Alphard was charismatic as ever…so much so that she turned straight girls onto the yuri path…

Nice to see that Alphard has taken a liking to physical conditioning…

Back then her muscle mass was nowhere near as formidable as it is now.

With those legs I bet she can break a lesser man in half over her knee.

Despite the animosity Canaan felt, in the end she could not help but cop a feel.

Alphard has gotten this seduction thing down to an art…

Not that she ever needed to improve that much…

I suppose that with age comes a less brazen attitude…

Alphard believes that a happy Canaan free of hate is a lovely Canaan.

At this point I was hoping for something like…

…THIS.

Still I suppose Alphard could have tried a little bit harder to draw heart with her bullets…

I think Alphard will make goodon her promise…

She has been playing with her imouto for a long time…

…and it has been such a beautiful thing.

In her youth she also delighted in screwing with the minds of Yakuza…

…and making them do some rather strange things…

I suppose if this keeps up then Alphard will go down as the Queen of the Summer season.

Next time I hope Canaan will be less afraid of Alphard stealing her first kiss.