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This is an ongoing 1st person POV slice-of-life series by the very talented

rix_scaedu set in a Japanese inspired world. Basically she was writing about Element Bending tourneys well before Legend of Korra was ever announced. :) Lovely worldbuilding and Master Que is full of Win. And Nai just wins. :)

Originally posted by

rix_scaedu at Landing Page: Nai

Nai is the overlooked eighth child in a family of thirteen. At almost eighteen years old, her secondary education behind her and an ill-considered decision by her father to arrange the rest of her life in front of her, she runs away from home to test whether her gi teacher’s assessment of her abilities is correct. This takes her on a road trip across the pseudo-Chinese country of Tang-ji as she gathers the points she needs to compete in the provincial-level professional gi championships.

(I think of this series as a manga or anime, not so much “big eyes, small mouth” but the type where all the characters are Japanese but to my eyes, that’s not the way they look.)

The episodes in the main story are:

Wherein Nai Makes A Decision;

Wherein There Is A Tournament;

A Train Journey To Lanchow;

In Which There Is A Second Tournament;

A Third Tournament, Including An Incident;

In Which We Gloss Over Four Weeks And Reach Midsummer ;

Unexpected Conversations;

The Final Two Days Of The Festival;

The Kwansu Tournament;

Time Progresses; and

In Which That Paid For, Is Received.

Thanks to readers’ prompts during my Prompt Calls we also have the following side stories:

Meanwhile, Back At Home;

Shui Tzu Dan Retires!;