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Ran/Yoshii fics post-modification often forget Yoshii's theatrical nature. I adored one where he performs Shakespearean monologues to test his voicebox, while Ran heckles from the sidelines. Their romance thrives in contrasts: her practicality grounding his dramatics. When he panics about losing humanity, she points out his exaggerated gestures are painfully human. The fic cleverly uses Lux's decay as a backdrop—their relationship is the one thing neither fully mechanical nor organic. It's messy, but that's why it works.
Honestly, most 'Texhnolyze' fics I've seen focus on the bleakness, but there's this one underrated gem where Ran teaches Yoshii to dance with his new body. The author nails the awkwardness—his limbs whirring out of sync, her stepping on his exposed wires. Their romance blooms in failures: when he snaps a finger during an embrace, she kisses the sparking joint. It's not fluff; it's raw adaptation. The fic uses Ichise's presence as a mirror—Yoshii envies how he wears pain differently. Their love becomes a language of adjustments, not resolutions.
There's a visceral 'Texhnolyze' fic where Yoshii keeps relics of his flesh in jars, and Ran uses them as chess pieces. Their games become metaphors—sacrificing pawns to protect kings, much like their bodies were sacrificed to survive. The romance is bleak yet tender; when Yoshii loses, Ran reassembles his 'pieces' into something new. The fic frames their love as continuous reinvention, with Onishi's influence lurking like a third player. It's more about coexisting with identity fractures than overcoming them.
I've stumbled upon a few 'Texhnolyze' fanfictions that explore the hauntingly beautiful dynamic between Ran and Yoshii post-body modification. The way some writers delve into Yoshii's existential dread while Ran clings to fragments of his former self is poetic. One fic had Yoshii tracing the seams of his new limbs in the dark, asking Ran if he still recognized him. The romance wasn't about grand gestures but silent reckonings—how Yoshii's mechanical fingers trembled when brushing Ran's scars. The best works make their love a rebellion against the city's cruelty, where every touch is both a wound and a suture. It's less about overcoming identity crises and more about two shattered people learning to reflect each other's broken pieces differently.