" Quite Simply Put: A Crossover "
Credits; index of all songs used within, and explanations of some obscure references (mostly Seiyuu)

Prologue: If You Colour the World a Certain Way

"Haruka" [Far Away] by Pierrot. First ending theme for Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne

- the folding metal chair is the first of many jokes that existed prior to writing this. When I first 'adopted' Wufei, he refused to let it happen, and therefore he spent much time bound to a folding metal chair. The joke originated in the series 'The Fans Want to Know' as a solution to keep Tasuki under control during the second Fushigi Yuugi interview. It has also made an appearance in 'The Wufei Torture Hour'

Chapter One: Death to the Cherry Blossoms Well!
 - 'Cherry Blossom Well' refers to Seishirou's last name 'Sakurazuka', which can be roughly translated as this.

"Brilliant Future" by Okiayu Ryuutarou. From when he was with E.M.U. and Sotsugyou M [M(ale) Graduation]
"Trust" by Salia. Opening theme for Vandread
"Recollect" from Gravitation It's a BGM from the series.
"Earth as a Character Gallery" from Shoujo Kakumei Utena [Revolutionary Girl Utena] It's one of the dual songs from the series.
" Believer" by Chantal Kreviazuk. From the album Under These Rocks and Stones
"A Wonderland Only for You" from CLAMP in Wonderland This was the music video that showcased nearly all of CLAMP's works.
"Don't Be Discouraged" by Megumi Hayashibara. Ending theme for Slayers TRY
"My All" by To Destination. From the CD single for "Eden" the Yami no Matsuei Opening theme.

- Zechs Marquis, from Gundam Wing, Seishirou Sakurazuka, from Tokyo Babylon, and also Mosquiton, from Master of Mosquiton (who makes a brief cameo in one scene and is never named) all had Koyasu Takehito for a seiyuu. Koyasu has had many popular roles, so this is basically a running joke through nearly the whole story, picking up more and more names for his voice to be mistaken for as time goes on.
- Mosquiton is the one who runs through the park after the 'Inaho-chan' who is shouting 'O-Parts! O-Parts!' For a better explanation, find the Master of Mosquiton OAV. ^^

Chapter Two: Beware the Grasshopper King!
 - The character Cell, who never actually appeared in this chapter, was made to look like a grasshopper. (at least in my opinion) It's because that he's only mentioned and that nothing really happens in this chapter that it's subtitled 'The Useless Chapter'

"Hi-Ka-Ri" by Hisakawa Aya.
"Oh What a Lovely Lina" from Slayers. BGM from the series.
"Kuru Kuru Mirakuru" by Shinohara Tomoe
"Melancholy" by Shazna. From the album Raspberry Time

- another running joke in the story is the references to it being a 'shounen ai story.' Shounen ai translates literally to 'boy's love', a common theme in anime fanfiction. The relationship between Trunks and Subaru has been a long standing sort-of joke with the bish-adopting. The other common pair, Kenshin and Yukito, doesn't get as big a portrayal in the Crossover.

Chapter Three: And You Thought Shounen Ai was Bad

"Resort Girl" by Orikasa Ai. From Ashita e no Free Kick [Free Kick from Tomorrow]
"Love Me" by the Hong Kong Knife. Ending theme to Yami no Matsuei [Descendants of Darkness]
"Forest" by La'cryma Christi
Sailormoon Battle BGM
"Everyone was Hungry" from Slayers. Popular BGM.

- the seiyuu for Zelgadis was Midorikawa Hikaru, who also did the voices for Hiiro in Gundam Wing, and Paikuhan in Dragonball Z.
- Duo Maxwell and Genjo Sanzou both had Toshihiko Seki for a seiyuu
- Xellos Metallium and Cho Hakkai both had Akira Ishida for a seiyuu
- Koyasu Takehito was also the voice for Rezo the Red Priest in Slayers, and Emperor Hotohori in Fushigi Yuugi.

Chapter Four: Capture the Song Card! Beware of ASK!

"Catch You Catch Me" by Gumi. First opening theme for CardCaptor Sakura
"Reset" by Rina Chinen
"Rose and Release" by Masami Okui. Final ending theme for Shoujo Kakumei Utena [Revolutionary Girl Utena]
"Sleepless Beauty" by Nittle Grasper. From Gravitation
"No Style" from Gravitation
"Glaring Dream" from Gravitation. The Ending Theme.

- Chichiri in Fushigi Yuugi and Touya in CardCaptor Sakura were both voiced by Tomokazu Seki
- Petz from Sailormoon R and Yukito from CardCaptor Sakura were both voiced by Ogata Megumi
- The love-letter exchange refers to my friend Danae's love for my CLAMP bish.
- The character K in Gravitation is voiced by Okiayu Ryuutarou, who also voiced Treize in Gundam Wing. This is also my favorite seiyuu, which is where the running joke about Riva glomping anyone with that voice comes from.
- Subaru Sumeragi in Tokyo Babylon and Ryuuichi Sakuma in Gravitation were both voiced by Yamaguchi Kappei
- The lead singer of the band ASK in Gravitation (I really can't remember his name) and Kojiro in Pocket Monsters [James in Pokemon] were both voiced by Shin'ichirou Miki
- The line about changing characters at will again refers to Koyasu Takehito's roles, taking the examples of Aya Fujimiya from Weiss Kreuz and Mosquiton from Master of Mosquiton respectively for what Seishirou could have done were this possible.
- 'Love and Peace' is Vash the Stampede's catch phrase in Trigun

^^* That was a lot of notes for one chapter...

Chapter Five: Battousai ga Shinde iru? Nanda koitsu?! [Battousai is dead? What the hell?!]

"Believe In" from Gensoumaden Saiyuki.
"Kizuna" from Zetsuai
"Apocalyptic Strings" from Ayashi no Ceres.  BGM from the series.
"Welcome" by Boa
"Ano oka no mukou ni" from Gensoumaden Saiyuki. This is a BGM from the series.
 - When I translated the title for BiBichan it came out to 'In the Opposite Direction of that Hill' Which sounds a little awkward, so we've decided to leave it in the Japanese.

- Shuuichi Shindou in Gravitation was also voiced by Tomokazu Seki.
- the word 'Battousai' can be translated as 'Killer,' in Rurouni Kenshin (I don't know about in the real Meiji period) proficient killers in the revolution were refered to as this. Kenshin's name/title 'Hitokiri Battousai' means 'Man Killer' But it's been a long time since I watched RK, I could be way off here.
- Sakano in Gravitation was yet another character to be voiced by Koyasu Takehito
- the Japanese conversation between Riva and her master translates to this;

Riva: Um! I only have three questions!
Master: Oh? Four, right?
Riva: O-kay! First! Is your name K?
Master: No. Next.
Riva: Second! Can I speak in English please?
Master: Yes, go ahead. Next.
-- and then it switches languages

- the term '-dono' is an archaic form of '-san'

Chapter Six: Subaru's Shining Thing

"Watashi wa Koneko" [I am a Kitten] by Megumi Hayashibara
"Overture" from Shoujo Kakumei Utena [Revolutionary Girl Utena]
"Love is a Battlefield" by Pat Benatar
"Gojyo and the Setting Sun" from Gensoumaden Saiyuki. Another BGM

- Xellos' line 'I'd rather have Trowa' is a reference to the fact that Danae adopted a Trowa and my Xellos corrupted him.
- Yaoi, IMO, is a step up from Shounen Ai. Where Shounen ai is merely boy's love, Yaoi implicates that there's actually sex involved.
- once again, Koyasu Takehito does the voice of Kiryuu Touga in Shoujo Kakumei Utena
- Okiayu Ryuutarou was the voice of a minor character in Utena, I can't remember his name, just that Wakaba called him 'Onion Prince'
- Arisugawa Juri in Utena and Tsukino Usagi/Sailormoon had Mitsuishi Kotono for a seiyuu

Chapter Seven: Swords and Shounen ai

"Toki wo Koete" by Shoko Inoue. First opening theme to Kaitou Saint Tail [Mysterious Thief Saint Tail]
"Wounded Wings" by Ikebukuro. First ending theme to Hamlyn no Violinist [Hamlyn the Violinist/The Violinist of Hamlyn... whichever suits you best]
"Gessekai" by Buck-Tick. Opening Theme to Nightwalker
"Knock 'em Out" by MOVE. I think this song was in Initial D, I'm not sure.
"Route Venus" from Sailormoon. Aino Minako's image song.

- in samurai times, it was traditional to state you clan/style and name before a duel.

Chapter Eight: Angel Wings for the Damned

"When You Put Your Hands On Me" by Christina Aguilera
"Aste" by Okiayu Ryuutarou. Brad Crawford's image song from Weiss Kreuz
"Get My Future" by Cyber Team Network. Opening theme to Beast Wars in Japan. I've also seen the group called Cyber Nation Network, but I can't remember which is the real one.
"Love Loyalty" by the Excel Girls. Opening theme to Excel Saga
"Isotype Newtype" by Seki Tomokazu. Ken Hidaka image song from Weiss Kreuz

- this chapter actually rewrites the ending to the last episode with Sapphire in the series.
- Excel and Watanabe are from Excel Saga, because no one was acquired from that series, it was never mentioned in the series note after the title, even though it played a big role.
- Excel was also voiced by Mitsuishi Kotono
- Schuldich in Weiss Kreuz and Hiiro Yui in Gundam Wing were both voiced by Midorikawa Hikaru
- Crawford and Treize were both voiced by Okiayu Ryuutarou
- The comment about 'Trunks and Vejiita' is a reference that there really is a yaoi lemon out there *somewhere* that puts Mirai Trunks and Vejiita together.
- Watanabe is also voiced by Okiayu Ryuutarou.

Chapter Nine: The Confusion Only Gets Worse
 - the subtitle "Oh! Gotta War" is explained in chapter

"Love and Devotion" by Smile DK
"Dive into Shine" by Lastier. Second opening theme for Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
"Embracing the Light and the Dark" by Tamura Naomi. Third opening theme for Magic Knight Rayearth
"Addicted to You" by Hikaru Utada
"Feelings Hotter than the Sun" by Hekiru Shiina. Hikaru Shidou's image song from Magic Knight Rayearth
"Go to the Top" from Digi Charat. Dejiko and Rabi~en~Rose's song.
"Butterfly" by Smile DK. This song is featured in the game Dance Dance Revolution.
"Gravity Zero" by Two-Mix

-Bentarou's comment about new teachers comes from the fact that in the series Juubeichan they constantly are getting new teachers.
- 'Sore wa himitsu desu' is Xellos' favorite phrase. It translates to 'That is a secret'
- Three guesses as to who Koinosuke Odago is voiced by. XD Okiayu Ryuutarou. IMO, Koinosuke kindof looks like Crawford, which is the reason why Riva makes the connection after putting glasses on him.
- Yes, mallets come from Hammerspace without reason, but the fish comment comes from a long standing TaFfie joke about hitting people with fish.
- as stated in chapter, Yukito/Yue and Eagle Vision both have Megumi Ogata for a seiyuu.

Chapter Ten: Goshujin-sama no ai... ka? [Master's Love...?]
 - 'ka' is the Japanese question mark, which is why in the translation there's nothing after the '...' when there is in the japanese. Technically, that '?' shouldn't be in the Japanese.

"Spiritualized" by Hikaru Midorikawa. Schuldich's image song from Weiss Kreuz.
"Virtual Star Hasseigaku" from Shoujo Kakumei Utena. Second Ending Theme.
"Cries in the Dark" from Angel Sanctuary
"Lime Rain" by La'cryma Christi
"Here's to the Night" by Eve6
"Melting Noise" from Gravitation. This is another BGM from the series.
"Cutie" by Masami Okui. Opening theme to Digi Charat Summer Special 2000

- Riva's line at the beginning translates to 'Master I'm home! Can I speak in English please?'
- The line 'Ku-ro-fuo-do-sa-ma?' is spelling out the kana used to spell 'Crawford-sama'
- there's an issue of Batgirl where she saves a telepath. To repay her for saving him, he fixes her mind and gives her the ability to speak.
- the pun in Schuldich calling Riva 'honey' refers to the joke that he's a bee. (stemmed from the 'buzz' comments I believe)
- In reality, the comment about Riva being Crawford's 'miko' is a reference to the fact that I am the self-named 'Crawford no miko' In the story tho, Schu could be making a play on Riva's devotion to Crawford.
- As mentioned before, Aya Fujimiya is voiced by Koyasu Takehito
- Xellos does not actually have a spell that allows him to walk through dreams, that I know of. This is a spell given to him in fanfiction by Twoflower. Read the Slayers Trilogy. Now. Ask me for the url if you can't find it.

Chapter Eleven: Perfect Stranger

"Omoitsuki" by Koyasu Takehito and Seki Tomokazu. From one of the Initial D Vocal Battle CDs
Yami no Matsuei main BGM
"Sweet Nothing" by Yuuki Hiro. Omi Tsukiyono image song from Weiss Kreuz. (I think)
"Moonlight Eternal Mobius" by Hayami Sho from Zetsuai Cathesix. It's the song from the last music video.
"First Love" by Hikaru Utada
"Coconut" by Smile DK
"Wish" by Ali Project. From the Wish music video. (CLAMP series)

- Shinigami is the term for people like Tsuzuki and Hisoka in Yami no Matsuei, but it's also what Duo calls himself and his gundam in GW.
- Inu Yasha is voiced by Yamaguchi Kappei
- Duo *kinda sorta* looks like a young Tsuzuki, IMO. This is the cause for Muraki's interest in him.
- Irrashaimase (should have mentioned this last chapter now that I think of it) is the traditional welcoming phrase for when a customer enters a store.

Chapter Twelve: Department Store Disaster

"Dark Star" from Slayers. BGM from Slayers Try
"Epitaph" by Weiss
"Birth" by Masami Okui, Opening theme for Cyber Team in Akihabara
"The Minority" by Miki Shin'ichirou. Kudou Youji's image song from Weiss Kreuz
"Nemuro Memorial Hall" from Shoujo Kakumei Utena. Mikage's BGM.
"Megumi ni nari tai" [Want to become a Goddess] by Masami Okui. Opening theme for Digi Charat Christmas Special

- Tetsusaiga is the name of Inu Yasha's sword
- Shippou calling Sesshoumaru 'one arm' is reference to the fact that Sesshoumaru loses his arm in the first battle with Inu Yasha over the Tetsusaiga

Chapter Thirteen: Two in One is a Long Shot

"Tenshi ni Kyosoku" by Masami Okui. Opening theme for Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko
"Truth" (ballad version) by Two-Mix
"Truth" (original version) by Two-Mix. Fifth Opening theme to Detective Conan
"Reminiscence" from Weiss Kreuz. Music box version of Beautiful Alone used as a BGM
"Seeds" by Lastier

- Tsuzuki Asato from Yami no Matsuei was also voiced by Miki Shin'ichirou

Chapter Fourteen: In Which the 'Velvet Underworld' Opening Sequence is Explained and the Truth Rears it's Ugly Head
 - this refers to the fact that the VU OP didn't make a whole lot of sense. It was basically some eye candy with bishounen and expendable youma-looking bad guys for Weiss to fight.

"One Becomes Evil" from Weiss Kreuz. BGM
"Gravitation Theme" BGM from the series.
"Tightrope" (Medieval version) from Gensoumaden Saiyuki.
"In Your Eyes" by Two-Mix
"Shu -aka-" by Masami Okui. Insert song from Cyber Team in Akihabara

- snort. Schu makes another reference to a running joke outside the story. He calls Riva 'the disturbance,' one of my titles is 'The Disturbance in Schuldich's hentai mind'

Chapter Fifteen: Beautiful Day

"Rain" by Okiayu Ryuutarou. From Marmalade Boy.
"Blue Eyes Baby" by Pierrot. As stated in chapter, this is not the same Pierrot that sang Haruka
"Justice ~ Another Possibility" by Two-Mix
"Mina soko ni nemure" from Blue Submarine No. 6. I believe it's the ending theme.
"I Want Out" from Generator Gawl. Opening Theme.

- Rin is a big spoiler for the Inu Yasha story. She's a mortal girl that Sesshoumaru saves and begrudgingly cares for as a result.

Chapter Sixteen: The End Draws Near. But...
 - why is that 'but' there? I have no idea.

"Burning" by Two-Mix
"Pray" by LAZY. It's from Cyber Formula SIN
"Melty Love" by Shazna
"Flying Away" by Hikaru Midorikawa. Image song for Hiiro Yui from Gundam Wing
"Sweet Pain" by Okiayu Ryuutarou

-- The End. ^_^

-- Final Notes:
 - end count: 94 pages. 91 songs used. I didn't count series, but I really should have. snort

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