True Aspirations

True Aspirations is an anime-esque story written by Yunime. Each chapter will be released every Thursday starting May 21st, and is planned to end around April 2021, with a 50th chapter wrapping up the first part. It's been revealed that a second part will kick off with its first chapter afterwards, around early 2022.

The story follows a 5th grader named Rudy Myers, who is suddenly inspired to create a club, thanks to the motivation from his younger sister Ruby. He names it the Anime Club, due to his interests. Along with the other students of Springfield Academy, the club's members will strive to make the school a better place, make friends, and share fun experiences with everyone.

Development
Back in 2016, Yunime was busy with developing a magical girl series, including a few parodies. One day, she was inspired by a multitude of slice of life TV shows, and desired to create one of her own. She eventually gave up on her magical girl series in 2017, and decided to put all of her attention on this new story. The plot went through multiple stages of development, and changed drastically over the course of 2 years. Her main goal was to "create a series with a relatable cast and realistic story." Thus, the story-line of True Aspirations was created and finalized in January 2019.

It's currently unclear whether the story will receive a third part, but it has been considered.

Writing
Ever since day one, Yunime wanted to create a slice of life that had subtle dark and unpredictable tones, similar to real life. She observed that "life is complicated, and has all sorts of turns," and kept that phrase in mind for the process of writing True Aspirations. At last, in mid 2019, she found a way to blend comedy, suspense, and drama together, and mix those elements the way real life does.

At first, there were going to be 5 main characters, and a specific protagonist, but eventually, it was decided that the main cast would consist of at least 10-15 students. Yunime continuously played with the concept of moving into a new country, but didn't make it the main focus of the story.

Reception
As of May 2020, the fan-base has been growing slowly, but still contains quite a lot of people. It's yet to be advertised on YouTube, and to some of Yunime's older fans back from 2016-17. Fan-favorites are being developed, and a poll for the most popular character was held back in March of 2020, which Colston ended up winning first place in. Additional polls will be created in the future once more chapters are released, and the fan-base grows larger. Many are hyped for the first chapter's release, and are curious in what is yet to unfold.