September 7th

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Characters in this story

  • Monkey D. Luffy
  • Kaorinha — A confident, sarcastic, and playful girl — but at the same time, she’s the best friend anyone could have.
  • Maya — Maya is a reserved and observant girl, with a quiet air that blends shyness and depth. She tends to express herself more through her gaze and actions than through words. Her simple, comfortable style reflects an introspective yet sensitive personality, one that notices details many people overlook.
  • Amelia — An 18-year-old Yorkshire goth teen turned anti-hero vigilante. Fierce and patriotic, she dual-wields pistols to fight corruption and threats to British values. She fights against the corruption and incompetence in the British government, specifically against Prevent, an authoritarian intel agency.
  • Trouble-sensei — Trouble-sensei is based on a forgotten secondary character from the To Love-Ru series called Professor Takahashi (高橋). He received the nickname Trouble because that word is his catchphrase; he is a comically serious man who is always widening his eyes in anger and pouting.
  • luffy gear five — the embodiment of freedom
Story transcript

Everyone: HAPPY SEPTEMBER 7TH!!

Trouble-sensei: Independence Day?! Is this what you dragged me out of my afternoon nap for?!

Trouble-sensei: Holiday or not, I still work at night, you know?!

Kaorinha: Poor sensei, even on such an important day in history, he still has to work at school.

Trouble-sensei: Nah, the school was destroyed. I have to go to my other job. And this day isn't even a big deal.

Trouble-sensei: Everyone thinks this day was a huge plot twist in the story of liberation in our beloved Brazil.

Trouble-sensei: But the truth is, nothing changed. The wealthy people of that time invented this day so we could remain dependent.

Trouble-sensei: Brazil borrowed money through British lenders in 1825 to pay for its independence. That debt was paid off around 1852.

Trouble-sensei: So technically, we were still dependent on foreign economies. We only became a net external creditor in 2008.

Trouble-sensei: And unlike other countries that tried to abolish slavery after their independence...

Trouble-sensei: ...here in Brazil our independence was an excuse to delay abolition.

Trouble-sensei: So we gained nothing back then, just more wars and more debts, no economic or social reform.

Trouble-sensei: Personally, I don't see any reason for me to celebrate either.

Everyone: HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!

Trouble-sensei: It's time for me to go. I'm going to work 12 hours tonight, exhausted.

September 7th by Trouble_Verse | WhatIf Visual Fanfic · WhatIf