Atramentum's Episode Guide
Atramentum is highly reminiscent of shonen/seinen anime. There are three seasons and three endings-- the ending of the first OVA (good ending), the ending of the first OVA's bonus features (troll ending), and the ending of the anime (bad ending). There's a lot of spoilers and this is pretty informally typed out, so look out HAHA.
I DO PLAN ON DOING A TRADITIONAL 24 EPISODE WRITE-OUT OF ALL OF THIS. SOMEDAYYY atramentum is very close to my heart.
I DO PLAN ON DOING A TRADITIONAL 24 EPISODE WRITE-OUT OF ALL OF THIS. SOMEDAYYY atramentum is very close to my heart.
Season One
Quick notes
In loose order, the events that will occur
- Season's villain is Desmod!
- It is characterized by typical shonen elements, and is thus light-hearted.
- Shit starts hitting the fan towards the middle of season one.
In loose order, the events that will occur
- PROLLY SHOWS UP IN A PILOT EPISODE OR A FLASHBACK: Our hero Byx's reputation and confidence have been shattered, since failing to properly exorcise a rather prominent citizen and losing his best friend/scribe Galli in the process. He has never once experienced failure THIS EPIC AND PROFOUND in his lifetime and this throws him into something of an existential crisis. He still plague doctors because he's a good person, though with substantially less business due to his scribe being presumably dead and that shattered reputation.
- BUT. GALLI DIDN'T DIE. Six months later, Galli is found wreaking havoc on some part of the city. Several other plague doctors, along with Byx manage to hold him down, and exorcise him by amputating his arm. He is taken up by Byx again. Galli physically recovers, and his scribe abilities are still in tact. However, his brain is mush and he is nothing like he used to be (ONCE GALLI WAS QUIET, AND A GOOD FRIEND. NOW HE IS DELUSIONAL AND CRAZY.)
- Byx blames himself for ruining Galli's life, but Galli doesn't blame Byx for the failure because he knows that Byx wasn't actually at fault. It was a demon girl, known as Nero. He knows not only this but that Nero was the one that caused the ink plague to emerge as well..
Byx questions his sanity, but knows the Galli that once was never lied.... And, is attempting to believe him. - UHHH EPISODE ONE PROBABLY STARTS HERE:
- Once that's all settled, they get back on track (MORALS ARE GREAT AREN'T THEY). They work to save the city and regain Byx's shattered reputation, so city-saving is easier. Galli is motivated by his revenge against Nero.
- Rhin PLAGUE DOCTORESS EXTRAORDINAIRE, and the new up and coming rising star (because Byx has lost his spot as NUMBER ONE) is also introduced. She wants Galli as her scribe (THERE'S MAYBE AN EPISODE WHERE SHE WITNESSES HIS AWESOME, AND BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO CRIPPLE BYX). So, she uses feminine wiles and tries to use Galli's delusions to have him come to her.
- IT DOESN'T WORK OFC, GALLIBYX IS TOO OTP.
I mean.
IT DOESN'T WORK B/C GALLI PREFERS BYX AND BYX CAN COOK. AND THEY'RE LIKE BFFS OKAY. yeah - SO UHHH. EVENTUALLY MAIN VILLAIN/TEAM ROCKET Desmod gets introduced. He was once Byx's rival at the academy, but never ever succeeded in defeating him. Byx doesn't really recognize Desmod, because Desmod wasn't very good. And Byx didn't realize he existed.
- They swat him away like an annoying fly each time he bugs them HUR.
- FILLER FILLER DESMOD GETS DEFEATED FILLER FILLER BYX HAS HOMO THOUGHTS ABOUT GALLI FILLER FILLER GALLI FUCKS RHIN ZYGIEL CAMEO. CAMEO OF PROFESSOR PARDU. LOTS OF CAMEOS AND FILLER.
- Somewhere after the filler, Desmod meets an infected girl-- Pieris. He sees Pieris as a way to sort of "one-up" Byx and the other PDs... So, he keeps Pieris away from treatment, while Byx and the other PDs, are now on the look out for her.
- FILLER FILLER KAWAII PIERIS DESMOD DEVELOPMENT UGUUU FILLER FILLER SAME OLD SAME OLD. ZYGIEL CAMEO. PARDU CAMEO.
- UHHH In the middle of season one, the good king and his family become infected with the plague. They all subsequently die. The next heir is named and he is the dead middle brother's 13 year old son because that is how inheritances roll. The youngest brother isn't too pleased, and sets out to find help from a certain (SHADILY INTRODUCED) Organizationto assassinate his nephew. The Organization seems to follow through with their promises, when suddenly, everything stops.
The youngest brother, confused, demands answers from the Organization. Instead, a wham episode happens, and he gets murdered by ink demons unleashed by SOMEONE WHO IS OBVIOUSLY PROFESSOR PARDU, ACTING AGAINST ORDERS FROM A WEAKENING CHIEF. OBVIOUSLY. - The new king is crowned. He's especially useless compared to the old monarch, who was working towards bettering the city. This new king would much rather play all day hahaha......... (THIS POINT WILL BE BROUGHT UP AGAIN IN SEASON 2)
- BREATHER EPISODE. WITH HIJINKS.
- LALALALA PIERIS GETS KIDNAPPED WAT.
- DESMOD RUSHES IN AND TOO GETS KIDNAPPED...
- Then, this leads into the end of season one. As it turns out, Pieris was captured in order to lure Desmod into the clutches of the Organization. (THE SAME ONE THAT KILLED YOUNGEST ROYAL BROTHER). This was because they were intrigued by his ability to control his ink (~~*OOH THE PLOT THICKENS*~*~)
So, UH LOOKING OUT FOR PIERIS' WELL-BEING ALSO Byx and Galli and whoever else must team up to save the day. There is cool fighting, as they beat their ways into the facility.
They find Desmod instead, who is even more disoriented, and attacks them. Byx doesn't want to kill him, but he must.
Pieris is still no where to be found.
...From the top of the building, Byx hears laughter-- laughter that seems to be (BUT CANNOT IMPOSSIBLE!!!) that of his favourite professor, Professor Panthe Pardu. - The building explodes MB IT WAS A DECOY/SMALL BRANCH OF THE ORGANIZATION. AHAHAHAHHAHA, and then they must escape. Or something. IDK LEAVE ME ALONE.
- So yeah, season one ends with epic failure. But, this time, Byx learns to man up in spite being deathly afraid of failure.
- The screen goes to black. You hear Pieris' voice-- "Desmod?"
- The credits roll.
- 30 seconds after the credits roll, we see Pieris at another part of the city, and she accepts a stranger's hand-- that of season 2's villain.
Season Two
Quick notes
In loose order, the events that will occur (THERE ARE MISSING EVENTS PROLLY)
- Season's villain is Pardu and Nida
- This is the edgier/hxc season.
- Also there is a tournament. A. Plague doctoring. Tournament. (THERE IS RELEVANCE DW)
- The intentions of the Organization become clear! Andd the rest of the *~*~*GOODGUY*~* cast is introduced.
In loose order, the events that will occur (THERE ARE MISSING EVENTS PROLLY)
- Byx is coming to terms with his failure. He is also wondering what his professor's intentions are, exactly.
- FILLER FILLER FILLER IDK.
- Zyg otherwise known as the ASH GHOST (I THINK) makes his full appearance finally. He is a rogue plague doctor and writer that burns the papers he collects. He insists that Professor Pardu is evil. Byx recognizes Zyg as Nida's (his old study partner in school) twin. He also remembered that Zyg wasn't particularly good at school (UNLIKE HIS SISTER NIDA), and is skeptical.
- DO I HEAR A FLASHBACK YEAH YOU DO GET A FLASHBACK.
- >> SOME EPISODES RELATING FLASHBACKS, YOU GET TO SEE A YOUNGER BYX, A SANE GALLI, NIDA, AND ZYG. THERE IS A CAMEO OF TISTA BEFORE HE TURNED EVIL!GAY AND DESMOD.)
- Anyways, Zyg tells Byx that IT DISGUSTS him that Nida is like this, and that he has a gut feeling that Pardu is hiding something.
- And then he joins the group. Kind of.
- Zyg meets Rhin, eventually and they have a tsundere thing going on.
- FILLER FILLER THE GROUP GETS USED TO ZYG FILLER FILLER.
- GASP IS THAT PIERIS.....?? Pieris has gained the ability to control her ink. However, she attacks the group, and is scary. They have to run more often than not.
- The new king-- King Aletsum Minea-- has been crowned, but is proving to be an ineffective ruler. Rather than sign important documents and fulfill his duties as king, he'd rather play all day long. Ties with schools are effectively damaged.
- As it turns out, the Organization is a group of plague doctors (more often certified, and being related to the plague doctor academy) that seek to control ink demons, capture those who can control ink demons, and then eventually overthrow the weak and ineffective government. Now that the king is even more weak, they decide to mobilize.
- Professor Pardu, a member of the Organization, suggests that they need new recruits. (LOL CAMEO OF CAPREOFROWNING) They thus set up a tournament, wherein they unseal ink demons from paper, and have plague doctors compete. The Organization hopes to find the very best recruits this way.
- Byx and Zyg do not approve of such a dangerous sport-- AHHAHAHA. MORALS HI. They do not want to join, but somehow they do.
- During the tournament, many characters are introduced, particularly Nessi and Sitta. They are rogue writer and plague doctor, respectively, and capture ink demons to sell. For profit. Tista also makes official appearance here. (AND MB SOME OTHER VILLAINS?)
- Nessi and Sitta win the tournament either because Byx drops out early, or because they pull some wacky cheatr move or sometthingg!! YEAH. BUT THEY WIN. Nessi meets Capreo, and he falls in love with her, because she is boobsquish, and kawaii. But she's kind of OTP with Sitta, so that's too bad.
- ANYWAYS. So, Nessi and Sitta aren't certified, so the Organization doesn't want to do with any of that. They contact Tista instead. Nessi and Sitta don't realize this and stick around Byx and Galli, because they attract massive demons! Yay! Monies!
- LALALA FILLER LALALALA HIJINKS LALALLALALA. SLOW REALIZATION PARDU IS EVIL AS FUCK. OMG.
- Zyg is still the loner of the group, and decides that Byx's PLAY-BY-THE-BOOK way of doing this isn't enough. He decides to betray the group and join the evil side with the intent of destroy Professor Pardu. (SO SHONEN IT HURTSSSS)
- There, he meets Pieris who has been reduced to a sobbing mess in a room, yelling out "Desmod! Desmod!"
- He tells her "Desmod is dead" and she cries. He then panics, and tries to make her feel better with inspirational words about how SHE SHOULD MOVEEE ONN. The words don't reach her at first. He shrugs and then moves in to kill Pardu.
- In the same episode, Byx decides to mobilize group so that Zyg doesn't die like Desmod :'''''''''C
- Pardu easily overpowers Zyg, for Zyg is without his nakama. The heroes burst in! And they try to beat back at Pardu. Pardu decides to unleash Pieris to attack them, for she is powerful as fuck.
- She comes out, but doesn't fight. Pardu asks her if she would like to see Desmod again. She tells him "Yes" and "But, he's not coming back."
She wipes her tears, and helps rescue Zyg. They hold Pardu off, and then manage to escape. - Pieris allows herself to become cured, and is substantially a much stronger person. She develops a small crush on Zyg AW AW AW.
- Eventually, Pardu decides to infect himself with an ink demon for he believes he can control it, and after losing Pieris, the Organization is a little weaker than he'd like. Nida tells him this is a terrible idea, but he has a lot of pride. He infects himself, and it seems very well for a few days.
- But, then he loses control. He kills Nida first. And then he loses his mind.
- LALALA SOME SPACE.
- The heroes eventually must fight! UHHH EPIC BATTLE EPIC BATTLE.
- Byx manages to beat Pardu just enough so he can't fight anymore, ever. Pardu crawls away towards the back, and Byx tries to run after him.
- Pardu comes face to face with a super fucking scary deer thing, that eats him. And then it looks up at Byx. But does nothing. Byx blacks out. LMAO.
- AFTERWARDS, there is a time skip wherein, Byx pulls out a scroll, and decides he needs to be stronger and figure out what this THING was!! And then everyone goes their separate ways for three years. And then they meet again and it's like a total excuse for character redesigns.
- AND THEN SEASON 3....
Season Three
Quick notes
- Season's villain is capreo
- ....HAHAHA WE NEVER PLOTTED SEASON THREE SORRY.