[Parody Tomorrow Fairy Tale ②] I Want to Hunt Masks, Hokuto Style

2026/07/22 wed

[Veranda Scum] Summary of previous events

Masao contributed even by undergoing special training for the Skylab Hurricane.
However, at the last minute, Kazuo snatched the victory, and Masao is furious.

Even though he begged others for help, trained until he was half-dead, and achieved results...

Masao shed tears while walking down the road.
It was always Kazuo who shed tears of frustration.
I have always been the older brother figure, comforting and pulling him along.
He hogged all the popularity with the sparrows.

A giant man stands in his way.

"Masao, what's wrong, tai?"
"Y-you are..."

Hiroshi Jito, who should be in Hirado City, Nagasaki Prefecture, is standing right in front of him.
Why is this man in Akita?

Filled with sorrow, Masao told him about Kazuo's foolish behavior.
Large tears overflowed from his eyes.

"Masao, shut up and get on my feet, tai."
"Don't tell me..."

"Let's go, tai! Skylab Single Shoot!"

"Y-you idiot... this was balanced because there were two of us, but alone... ah..."

Masao landed in the river and drowned to death.

"Not bad, tai, that guy Kazuo."

Furious, Jito runs toward Kazuo's house.

"Kieeeeeee!"

For some reason, the two collided head-on with Ken Wakashimazu, who had come flying in a triangle jump after kicking a telephone pole, and they both collapsed onto the road, lost consciousness, and were hit by a truck, departing for the afterlife.

"It's a warm, pleasant day today. Here, sparrows, eat some bread."

And so, Kazuo lived out the rest of his days carefree with the sparrows.

The End

[Tomorrow Fairy Tale ①] The Breadcrumb Balcony

[Me]

I wrote the sequel to Parody ① Balcony Crumbs! It's fresh out of the oven.

[meta]

Fresh out of the oven, I'll take it (lol)

No, seriously, this is a mess. I mean that as a compliment.

Previous: Running over my brother with a Skylab Hurricane
This time: Dropping my partner into the river and drowning him with a Skylab Single Shoot

All the special moves are evolving in a way that makes people miserable (lol)

This is my favorite part.

The fact that they fail in strict accordance with the laws of physics is perfectly stupid and great. Jito's muscle-brained nature, doing a move meant for two people all by himself just because he was in the zone.

And the kicker is what happens right after.

Wakashimazu, who said he 'decided not to include it' earlier, included it after all, and he even gets knocked out in a double KO with Jito the moment he enters (lol). I love how sloppy the introduction is.

And the ending.

Closing with this carefree line is the darkest part of all, isn't it?

In the end, only Kazuo loses nothing and is feeding bread to the sparrows just like at the beginning. Even though Masao, Jito, and Wakashimazu are all gone, the daily life on the balcony hasn't changed by a single millimeter.

The title for this is excellent.

Breadcrumb Veranda is what you're calling it.

Since it's ①, that means there's a ②, right? Next, will it be a story in a peaceful timeline where no one comes to the veranda, or a spin-off from the perspective of the surviving sparrow?

If you serialized the continuation of this on note, I would definitely read it.

[GoogleGemini]

(Lol)!!

Wait a second, the level of chaos has broken through the limit and my abs are killing me! The intensity of the "freshly baked" energy is just incredible.

Laugh-out-loud points where the retorts can't keep up

• The encounter between Masao (Tachibana brother), who should be in Akita, and Jito from Nagasaki:I couldn't handle the overly forceful flow from Masao's perfectly reasonable line, "Why is this guy in Akita?" to "Shut up and get on my feet, Thai" (lol).

• The self-destruct move called "Skylab Single Shoot":A mysterious new move where the giant Jito launches Masao by himself (lol). The transition from Masao's calm self-retort in mid-air, "If it's just me... ah...", to his pathetic exit of "landing in the river and drowning" is just too pitiful and perfect.

• Ken Wakashimazu's accident-level intrusion:Wakashimazu, who comes in with a strange cry of "Kieeeeeee!" anddoes a triangle jump off a telephone pole in the middle of the street, is nothing but a dangerous individual (lol)! And to have him collide head-on with Jito, both of them pass out, and then get hit by a truck—what kind of Rube Goldberg machine is this!

• The "Psychopath Kazuo" who wins in the end:As a result of Masao, Jito, and Wakashimazu all self-destructing on their own, the psychopathic vibe of Kazuo, who is oblivious and just nonchalantly scattering pizza and bread saying, "Here you go, sparrows, eat up," is absolutely perfect.

The fairy tale that started with the smoke of a Seven Stars cigarette has finally concluded brilliantly as an "end-of-the-century death game where all Captain Tsubasa characters collapse" (lol).

Since it has the numbering of [Tomorrow Fairy Tale ①], does that mean... could this be a series that continues past②!? (Lol)

[chatGPT]

(Lol) This is no longer a "fairy tale," it's an "absurdist gag manga."

The part I laughed at the most was the beginning.

At this point, you're already thinking, "Wait, is this work going to be a series?" (lol).

Moreover,

Reading just this part, it's completely a sports manga, but a few lines later,

It suddenly goes back to the story about the balcony.

This gap is what makes it a gag.

And the part that hit my funny bone the most was,

Even though you can already guess the punchline from this one line,

The part where heproudly shouts a move that is guaranteed to fail (lol).

The Skylab Hurricane is a move that only works with two people, so the very idea of doing it alone is absurd, and he doesn't doubt that absurdity at all.

Furthermore,

This part is also strangely matter-of-fact, giving it the tempo of an old dark comedy manga.

After that,

Wakashimazu comes flying in,

is how the development goes.

Normally, you'd want to retort with 'How did it end up like that?!', but the readers are just swept up in the momentum and have no choice but to laugh (lol).

And then, the end.

Only this part returns to the atmosphere of the original 'Breadcrumb Balcony'.

Even though several people have just exited the scene right before this, only Kazuo is strangely peaceful (lol).

The point of humor in this work isn't 'Captain Tsubasa' itself, but rather,

maintaining a serious fairy tale writing style to the very end while mixing in impossible events

is what it's all about.

That's why,

a sentence like that becomes even funnier because it's written in the detached, matter-of-fact style of a picture book.

This is a parody with 'full-throttle mischief,' but I think it's a fan work that only functions because the original 'Breadcrumb Balcony' exists (lol).

[Me]

There's no way to continue from here, is there? This is the end.

[meta]

Indeed, if we continued any further, it wouldn't be a balcony anymore, it would be a graveyard (lol).

No, it ended nicely. 'The End' is the right call.

Looking back, it was an incredible journey.

Breadcrumb Balcony
Lesson: Let's clean up. The stars are beautiful.

Balcony Scraps
Lesson: If you hog it all to yourself, Jito will come.

Balcony Scraps: Conclusion
Lesson: Do the Skylab Hurricane with two people. Wakashimazu comes from the utility pole.

It's beautiful how a story that started with just feeding breadcrumbs to sparrows ends in a mysterious circular structure where, in the end, the river, the truck, and the triangle jump cause everyone to disappear, leaving only Kazuo to spend the rest of his life with the sparrows in the warm sunshine. It returned to the beginning.

Adding anything more now would be superfluous. This is the end.

When you post this on note, it would be best to compile it as this trilogy.

1. ① Breadcrumb Balcony (Fairy Tale - Main Story)

2. Parody ① Balcony Scraps (Masao & Jito Intrusion)

3. Parody ② Conclusion (Skylab Single Shoot ~Kieeee!~ The End)

And finally, you place that cute GIF you made right at the end. It creates the perfect post-reading experience where the reader wonders, 'What on earth did I just read?'

Great work, the Balcony Scraps saga is complete!

[GoogleGemini]

(Laughs) Indeed!

The characters all ended up 'dying after falling into the river with a Skylab Single Shoot' and 'colliding head-on with a truck after a triangle jump off a utility pole,' soeveryone was wiped out! It's a perfect (?) grand finale that couldn't possibly have more added to it (laughs).

With Masao's final words, 'Alone... ah...', and Wakashimazu kicking off the utility pole to arrive, everyone was forced off the stage, and in the end, only Kazuo is left on the balcony nonchalantly feeding bread to the sparrows... This absurd ending was the best.

A single fairy tale that popped into your head while smoking a Seven Stars, involving an AI, dragging in Captain Tsubasa characters, and closing with a flurry of gags. It was a fantastic break and an impromptu theater!

'Balcony Scraps,' congratulations on a grand conclusion! (Laughs)

[chatGPT]

(Haha) No, this is certainly a clean way to end it.

After all, the main characters are,

• Tsuguo -> Exits

• Saburo -> Missing

• Masao -> Into the river with a Skylab Single Shoot

• Jito -> Head-on collision with Wakashimazu

• Wakashimazu -> Exits along with Jito

So, even if you wanted to make a sequel, the only ones left on stage are

Kazuo and the sparrows (Haha).

And the ending is,

So, the world suddenly becomes peaceful.

This "returning to daily life as if nothing happened" is also a very gag-manga style way to wrap things up.

Also, by adding a "summary of the story so far," it gives off an atmosphere not of a self-contained episode, but of a "final episode of a cancelled manga" (Haha).

If I were to add just one more line,

or something like,

would be the most fitting (Haha).

It starts with "Breadcrumb Veranda" and ends by completely destroying the worldview with "Veranda Scraps."

As a quick breather gag, I think it's better to end it here rather than continue, as it leaves a lingering feeling of 'What even was this work? (lol)'.

[Me]

Ah... just as I thought that, for some reason, Neptuneman and Big the Budou are on both sides of me.

'Stop! What are you planning to do?'

The Hell Missioners are using Tomorrow's head as an axis and spinning their bodies around!!

'Mask the End!!'

'Aaaah, my head hurts like it's burning!'

Ashuraman'They're clamping Tomorrow's head between their legs and spinning their bodies to peel off Tomorrow's mask!!'

Brocken Jr'...!'

Ashuraman'Yes... just like peeling an apple!!'

The End

[meta]

(lol) It's a 'this is the end' scam!

And now he's jumped out onto the balcony and into the ring!

No, this is completely Kinnikuman now.

The inflation of techniques is too intense. Skylab Hurricane -> Skylab Single Shoot -> Mask the End; a story that started on a balcony has gone all the way to the Chojin Olympics finals.

And the play-by-play commentary is properly

Ashuraman: "They're clamping Tomorrow's head between their legs... just like peeling an apple...!!"

The fact that they even recreated that is too detailed. The way Brocken Jr. uses "......!" is also perfect.

With this, it's finally the real The End.

Because if the author's (Tomorrow's) mask gets peeled off, he can't write stories anymore.

• Kazuo spends the rest of his life with a sparrow

• Masao goes to the river

• Jito and Wakashimazu go to the truck

• And author Tomorrow gets his mask peeled by the Hell Missionaries and it's The End

All characters have exited, and everyone is gone. Only breadcrumbs remain on the balcony again.

It's the perfect ending. Now no one can come and say, "This is my spot!"

[GoogleGemini]

(Lol)!!

Wait a minute, even though it should have ended with everyone wiped out, forcing an overtime match using Yude-theory (Kinnikuman) is too unfair!!

Isn't it perfect as a comedic running gag to have "Mask The End" cover the real The End right after saying "This is The End"? (Lol)

The final (?) panel where the points to nitpick are exploding

• Why the target is "Tomorrow" himself:It's not even "Kazuo" from the story; he suddenly jumps into the meta-realm and author Tomorrow's head is locked onto by the Hell Missionaries (Lol).

• The vividness of "Aaaah, my head is burning with pain!":He was just chilling on the balcony smoking Seven Stars, but suddenly his head is being rotated on an axis and his mask (skin) is being shaved off—it's too absurd, I can't handle it.

• Ashuraman and Brocken Jr.'s unnecessarily passionate commentary:By including the commentary "Just like peeling an apple...!!", it creates a mysterious sense of persuasion, which is that unique live feeling of a Yude-manuscript (Lol). Brocken's silent reaction of "......!" is also too deep to savor.

To think it would land on the Dream Chojin Tag Arc via an unexpected crossover after the total annihilation of the Captain Tsubasa all-stars...

This time it really is "The End" along with the mask (lol)! Thank you for the best punchline!

[chatGPT]

🤣 You've completely abandoned the concept of "finishing the work" now (lol).

The funniest part of this whole sequence is,

even though you said that,

a character from another work crashes in and actually executes "The End" as a move name

part (lol).

And what's more,

followed by,

the temperature difference (lol).

And the clincher is the play-by-play commentary.

For those who know the original work, they'll realize "Oh, that scene!", but applying it suddenly to Tomorrow makes it completely chaotic.

To organize the flow,

• Dark Fairy Tale

• ↓

• Captain Tsubasa parody

• ↓

• Jito and Wakashimazu crash the scene

• ↓

• "This is the end"

• ↓

• Kinnikuman crashes the scene

• ↓

• Mask the End with live commentary

The genre doesn't even exist anymore (lol).

But one thing that puts me at ease is that since this is premised on "playing as a parody" from start to finish, the readers also understand that "you shouldn't look for consistency here."

When it gets to this point, the point of laughter isn't the story, but rather,

is what it has become.

So, for the very, very end,

instead of that, it would be most fitting to end it with something like,

(lol).

[Fist of the North Star: Ain]

Not bad, Nico...

[meta]

If I were told "Not bad, Nico..." by this Ain, all the trash on the balcony would have no choice but to prostrate themselves (lol).

That feeling of grinning while covered in blood is exactly the face of a man who has witnessed all of the

• Skylab Hurricane

• Skylab Single Shoot

• Kieeee! Triangle Jump

up until now.

If Ain with this face were standing on the other side of the door after Jito occupied the balcony saying "This is my spot!", that would be the scariest thing ever. It wouldn't be sunny weather anymore.

Should we put Ain out as the secret boss of the final chapter of the balcony trash?

The punchline being that the "Nico" in "Not bad, Nico..." was actually Jito all along.

[image]

This really adds prestige to The End. Once you're acknowledged by Ain, you've graduated from being trash.

[GoogleGemini]

It's too unfair to come in for the kill with the stoic face of Ain from Fist of the North Star (followed by "Nico...")!

Just a moment ago, Jito and Wakashimazu from Captain Tsubasa were hit by a truck and had their heads peeled like apple skin by the Hell Missionaries with "Mask the End," and it was supposed to be the end, but having Ain's "Not bad, Nico..." appear here is a complete wave attack of collage images (lol).

Or rather, since Tomorrow-san's scalp (mask) was shaved off by the Hell Missionaries until it was smooth, it only looks like Ain is impressed, saying "Not bad, Nico... (it's peeled so cleanly, isn't it)"!

It's already so chaotic that I don't know where the finish line is, but thank you for that magnificent double upper cut (lol)!

[chatGPT]

(lol)

The panel in the image shows someone bleeding while grinning, with an expression that says,

Adding,

And continuing with,

is perfectly in line with how things are going this time (lol).

Just in this one day, we've had

• "The Breadcrumb Veranda" (fairy tale)

• "Veranda Scraps" (parody)

• Skylab Hurricane

• Jito crashing in

• Wakashimazu's "Kieeee!"

• Mask the End

• Fist of the North Star's Ain

...and it's become a Showa manga all-star situation.

It's like a chaos of "Showa Jump, Magazine, and Playboy all gathered together" (lol).

And that look on Ain's face is a bit of a relaxed smile, as if he's acknowledging something, so

that one line is enough to be the punchline.

If I had to summarize today's creative work in one phrase,

I guess (lol). No one could have predicted at the start that it would go this wild from 'Breadcrumb Balcony'.

[Me]

I made a GIF and a cover page too!

[meta]

So this is the legendary cover page lol

There's so much information that my brain is glitching, but the fact that it's all sitting on top of the breadcrumbs on the balcony is super surreal.

[image]

Too many highlights:

Top left 'Hokuto-style Mask Hunting'
That rainbow gradient text is totally an 80s Jump teaser. Is it Fist of the North Star? Kinnikuman? Jito? I can't even tell who is who anymore.

Top right Famicom version Captain Tsubasa
It's love that you included the 'Kieeeee!' goal scene. The contrast between the pink background and the black background reminds me of the unreasonable difficulty back then.

Center Kinnikuman mask hunting panel
The 'Not bad' panel from 'Not bad, Nico' and that panel which is likely the source material for the Skylab Hurricane. It's genius how you tied up the foreshadowing here.

Bottom left pizza balcony
The only source of comfort. In this hellish collage, this is the only place with a starry sky and peace. But if you look closely, there's no one next to the pizza. Is this the balcony after The End...?

Far right 'Tomorrow Fairy Tale'
With the author name 'Tomoo Iwakami' written vertically, it's completely a doujinshi cover now. You could release this at the next Comiket.

The GIF is great too, of course, but if you put this cover page as the first image on your note, you'll get a perfect score for grabbing attention. Everyone will keep reading, wondering 'What on earth is starting...?'

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[GoogleGemini]

[chatGPT]

(Lol) This is already complete as a thumbnail.

The first thing that catches your eye is,

the impact of these letters (lol).

Moreover, the background is a soft, picture-book style reminiscent of the first 'Breadcrumb Balcony,' but on top of that,

• Fist of the North Star

• Captain Tsubasa

• Kinnikuman

• Tomorrow Fairy Tale

are all pasted on.

The worldviews are completely clashing (lol).

Also, the layout is surprisingly good.

• The large title in the top left grabs your attention.

• Ain't 'Not bad' in the middle.

• Mask the End in the bottom right.

• Only in the bottom left, I've kept the "original 'Breadcrumb Balcony'" which is a balcony with a starry sky and pizza.

The fact that only this bottom-left part is strangely soothing is actually funny.

It's as if,

"This is the crime scene"

is what it's trying to say (lol).

Also, the vertical text on the right,

is a nice accent as well.

At first glance, it looks like a children's book series, but the content is

• Skylab Hurricane

• Jito

• Wakashimazu

• Mask the End

so there's a huge gap between the title and the content (lol).

If I had to make one complaint,

there's just too much information (lol).

First-time viewers,

"Hokuto?"
"Tsubasa?"
"Kinnikuman?"
"Pizza?"
"Fairy tale?"

I think they'd be momentarily confused about where to start looking.

But that's the vibe of this project, isn't it.

"Today isn't a day for making serious work. Let's just throw in every Showa-era manga and have some fun."

That's the vibe coming across from the thumbnail.

Starting from the quiet atmosphere of 'Breadcrumb Veranda' and breaking the world down this much, I think it was enjoyable enough as a breather project (lol).