#[ also: whether this was at me or eikichi -- i love you too ]

[narrators-journal]

The scorpion's sting can be oh so sweet

I’ve had this cooking for a good while now, so I thought I’d finish it up between works on the asks and picking at my fic, and boom! I love these two, whether it’s normal Eikichi or his shadow with Miyabi, and I love Eikichi in general lol. So! I hope you all enjoy as well!

Also, this is placed around the time of the temples. Between the gang getting into the scorpio temple, and Miyabi making a wish to Joker!

CW: Slight to moderate dubcon, maybe a crumb of predator/prey energy, and some degredation maybe. Shadow Eikichi definitely digs a bit at Miyabi and is sort of an ass about their past. Implied kidnapping

“Where do you think you’re going, Mimi?~” Eikichi’s shadow purred, suddenly no longer in the bedroom Miyabi had crept from, but right behind her. So close to her, that she could almost feel the body heat from his chest.

Her mouth almost instantly dried as well. Miyabi’s dark brown eyes flit around the room, but the door was too far to run for. Like Eikichi, his doppleganger was 6’1, Miyabi was a max of 5’6, he’d catch her before she even got two steps away.

Though...that wasn’t all of the similarities the doppleganger shared with the Eikichi she knew. Like the blue-haired singer, he had vibrant crimson eyes, and blue hair that he styled to stand up so that the pale blue streak he’d put in it was showing. He also oozed a similar confidence, but where Eikichi’s had always rung a bit hollow to Miyabi, his twin’s confidence seemed more akin to a tiger. Predatory, aware of the power he had compared to her, and certain in that fact. So, instead of trying, she pressed to the wall and took a calming breath to say, “Looking for the bathroom.” “Mm, you’re an awful liar, babe.” He chuckled, his static-laced laugh like a dose of adrenaline in her blood.

However, before she could try to maybe put that restless energy into something that wasn’t carnal, the shadow moved to cage her smaller body between his arms. The dark-haired woman left with nowhere to go but possibly the shallow dip in the wall beside her. “Did you think that you could try to run when I was asleep?” He hummed, his unnatural voice more amused than angry, which seemed to antagonize some dark arousal within Miyabi. “You should know better, babe. This place is like a living maze, you have no hope of getting out without me.” He continued as she thought. And, while the reasonable side of the woman felt a dose helplessness, that dark aspect of herself felt a rush at the reminder of just how much control he had of her. Or...something, Miyabi didn’t dare question herself to truly find what about that stirred up such dormant urges.

Suddenly, Miyabi was snapped from her thoughts when the shadow herded her to sit on the edge of the alcove. Completely trapping the woman between himself and unyeilding, cold stone. “Mimi~ Earth to Miyabi~” He sang, his hand suddenly on her cheek to lift her chin to look into those beautiful ruby eyes. “Are you enjoying your thoughts of the ex-fat kid, babe?” She pulled away from his touch at that, her cheeks a level warmer than before, but she tried to keep up the cold mask she’d been maintaining. “I’m not thinking of you. You aren’t Eikichi.” She snipped, but the shadow only laughed at her words. “I’m not?! That could’ve surprised me, because I still harbor that goofy ass crush he has for you. As well as the resentment he ignores for your sake.”

That stung. Not that Miyabi hadn’t accepted the fact that Eikichi may hate her for her how she never stood up for him, and sometimes even joined in on the mockery. It still hurt to hear in such a close copy of his voice that he does, in fact, resent her on some level. So, when the doppleganger reached to cup her cheek again, she didn’t pull away as avidly. “Don’t worry though, Mimi,” He assured, his voice suddenly warm and soft, “I assure you, we both still love you deeply. The only difference, is that I’m not so willing to let you go without at least a few reminders of how much of a sour mark you left on me.” As he said it, he put a hand on her thigh, his thumb stroking her leg affectionately as she grappled with the sparks of excitement such a simple touch stirred up in her belly.

Stop it, his isn’t really Eikichi… Miyabi told herself as the doppelganger that trapped her within the cold, rough stone of the alcove let his hand slip beneath the edge of her skirt.This...isn’t something he’d do...right?Yet, her logic and reasoning was useless to stop the shiver of excitement that crawled over her skin as the man’s fingers dipped beneath the edge of her panties while the shadow lowered his head so that his odd voice could hum into her ear, “Though, I won’t deny that I’d still let you run if you want. You’ve still got me wrapped around your finger, after all. Chubby or not.” Low, gruff, with an edge of something more primal and…lustful.

A traitorous shiver ran through Miyabi when Eikichi’s evil twin followed his words with a kiss to her jaw, then that spot right below it before his trail went further along her throat. Each soft butterfly kiss a dizzying contrast from his harsh words. It was almost like temperature-play, in a sense. He pressed the freezing ice cube of his smug boasting into her skin, only to follow it with warm, loving kisses and the teasing brush of his fingers beneath the fabric of her panties, at the crease of her hips. It made Miyabi’s head spin. “Does that turn you on to know, Mimi?~” Shadow Eikichi purred into the crook of her neck, “That even after all of these years, and all of the weight I lost, that I’m still that pathetic hog that you could boss around?” As if the reminder of her past behavior didn’t sting enough, the doppleganger bit into the soft skin of Miyabi’s neck, and chuckled when her back arched into him in response. I’ll take that as a yes.”

“S-stop it…” She tried, though her breathing was quick, and her face burned with an embarrassing amount of heat. A heat that didn’t lessen when the shadow pulled away from her throat to look down at her with a smirk on his lipstick’d mouth and a raised eyebrow, “Stop what, Mimi? This?” He asked with amusement as he finally moved a hand between Miyabi’s thighs to run the pads of his fingers along the wet patch seeping out of her clothed pussy to draw out a surprised moan that made the dark-haired woman’s cheeks burn brighter. All while he simply continued in a dark, playful purr, “Hm, seems you enjoy that, though. Don’t you, Miyabi?”

Yet, the doppleganger obviously didn’t expect her to reply, as he gave her no room to catch her breath from the shock of his touch. Instead, he simply moved his hand a bit to focus his attention on her clit. Oh god, don’t crumble, you can’t give in this easily for a stranger. Even if he looks like Eikichi. She tried to tell herself, her attempts to stave off the sparks of pleasure with deep breaths derailed further with each fresh wave of friction that sent warmth zipping through her blood. A task not helped at all when the shadow finally pressed his lips to hers.

And, Eikichi or not, god damn was the man a good kisser.

In the past, Miyabi had been a popular beauty, so of course she’d had her share of kisses and was no amateur herself. Yet, she was still taken aback by the hunger and passion that Shadow Eikichi kissed her with. And, after the years it had been since her last kiss, god was it addicting.

To be kissed with the force of a starving man, to have someone hold her face as if breaking away from her lips would be the end of him. It rekindled the needs Miyabi had let go neglected and unacknowledged as her social standing fell. It was like the world’s best drug.

So, all of her reasoning and logic fell to the wayside. The only thing that occupied her mind, was the nearly painful need to maintain that delicious friction of her now-soaked cunt against the shadow’s fingers. Even when the shadow broke the kiss to let her finally catch her breath, her needy grinding didn’t stop. “You look so pretty like this, Mimi. All whiney and wet for the fat kid~” He purred, and Miyabi couldn’t even be ashamed of his coy, static-laced words. “Stop that...stop calling your- Eikichi that.” She breathed, her dark brown eyes met with confusion in Shadow Eikichi’s ruby eyes. “That’s your focus right now?” He snorted, an almost impressed smirk coming across his black-lipstick’d mouth as he raised an eyebrow at her, “My feelings being hurt over being called fat? Baby, I’m so far beyond used to it. That’s what happens when you get viciously bullied, remember?” And, before she could argue her case any further, the shadow changed the topic by ripping her panties off. “Eikichi!” “Damn, and here I was hoping the first time you’d say my name was from pleasure.” The shadow hummed, his words bringing back another wave of color to Miyabi’s cheeks before her focus was brought back to those neglected desires when Shadow Eikichi pulled her hips forward on the stone alcove to feel his bare erection press against her drooling cunt.

The warmth of it, the solid feeling of his healthy member dipping into her folds gently as the shadow paused. And, when Miyabi looked up to ask why, she was met with those warm rubies watching her with a warm light in their depths. “Tell me you want me.” He ordered darkly, his static-filled words palpable enough to be felt against her skin and take Miyabi’s breath away if the way Shadow Eikichi gently rutted against her pussy didn’t. Only for the shadow to bring her back with a harsher thrust against her and a growled, “Tell me, Miyabi. Tell me you want me to fuck you.”

In any other situation, the cruel edge that the uneven static in his words gave his demand would’ve scared the dark-haired woman. Yet, even with the knowledge that the man before her wasn’t the Eikichi she had fantasized about, she couldn’t help but feel that he was just as likely to hurt her as the real Eikichi was. That was to say, not at all. Even with how feral he sounded.

So, she let out a slow breath, and let the weight of his cock against her soak in for a few more heartbeats before she finally whispered, “I want you, Eikichi.” and watched as his crimson eyes lit up with a flash of primal excitement, “I want you really bad, you’re right. I’m a hypocritical slut. Can you please just fuck me now?” She continued, and that animalistic aspect of Shadow Eikichi seemed to finally take over. A shift that was punctuated when the tall singer finally buried his cock into her.

There was little to no warning, but Miyabi didn’t care. All she cared about was how full she was and how feral Eikichi’s shadow was when he finally began to thrust into her. The air soon filled with the harsh slap of his hips into hers as he kept her in place with a firm hand on her hip, and lewd moans.

And, all the dark-haired woman could do, was cling to the smooth stones of the alcove she sat in as Eikichi’s shadow thrust into her. Moans, meanwhile, escaped her lips easily with each thrust and brush of the shadow’s cock against her slick walls. “Say my name, Miyabi.” He growled, his grip on her hips painful, yet also pleasurable at the same time, “E-Eikichi!” She gasped, her eyes shut, her mouth hung open to gulp in quick breaths between bursts of hot pleasure. “God, Eikich!”

Each call of the singer’s name seemed to drive the shadow crazier. His grip on her started as firm, yet also gentle, but with each moan she let slip, his grip tightened, and his nails dug more and more into the soft flesh of her hips. Once again, the feeling was addictive.

Some part of Miyabi knew better than to be so aroused by the feral growls and pain, yet, once again, there was some part of her that drowned that logic out entirely. After so long of being mocked and looked down on for her weight gain, hearing the gutteral grunts and moans of a man, and being held so roughly was exhilarating. It was thrilling to know she still drove at least one man so crazy made her back arch.

So, she didn’t have it in her to care how his nails bit into her skin, or how the stones of the alcove scraped against her ass. So long as Eikichi’s cock drove into her with such feral passion, Miyabi’s stomach tightened and twitched relentlessly. “O-oh god! I’m gonna- Eikichi, I’m gonna cum!” She gasped, her eyes opening to look up at her lover as he snarled and huffed out his own breaths above her. Her hands scrambling to find a hold on the tall man’s sleeves as he didn’t answer. Only continued his movements like an animal lost in his rut. “Eikichi!” She cried again, the spring in her belly painfully tight with the relentless onslaught of bliss. “EIKICHI!”

Miyabi let out a loud moan as her neglected needs catapulted her over the edge. Shadow Eikichi’s sleeves clutched in her hands as she rode out the blinding rush of euphoria. The only noise she could muster when the shadow followed with his own climax, a thoughtless whimper.

It wasn’t until Shadow Eikichi had picked her up to return her to the bedroom she’d escaped that Miyabi felt she could catch her breath. Her body left with little to no energy as she was laid back in bed and tucked in once more. All she could do was let out a slow breath and press against the shadow when he laid beside her.

”I’m sorry...for being mean in the past...” She finally breathed after a long few moments, able to feel the doppleganger tense beside her, but she passed out before he could respond.

[deathbanchou]

i love you

      “…Hmmm? Ah, of course you do, honey. It’s obvious.      You may try, but no one can resist the genius artist      Michel’s charm and beauty forever…”

   All this comes out effortlessly and in succession as a response to the words uttered by a stranger, singing softly his own chain of narcissistic vocabulary. Eyes closed and lipstick covered lips forming a complacent smirk, he wraps his arms around himself in a sort of an embrace. Indeed, he bothered not to even check if this was directed at him. As far as he was concerned though, those words rightfully belonged to him to play with – to rehearse his act with. 

     “What was it? Was it the smoldering gaze I just gave you,       that finally made you give in? C’mere. Don’t be shy, baby.”

[kuuxkat]

[EN]Seiyuu Bible 2017 - Interview with Uchida Aya

Translated and Typeset by: @kuuxkat / QC by: ~mega @ #teamonibe

Originally Sourced from: 可丽饼小王子  here

Original TL by: 阿暄校对 Original QC by: 乔君 

Images and Typeset by：鸡蛋仔小王子

DO NOT USE THE SUBS FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES!

I would like to thank the CN TL for taking the time and effort to clarify multiple areas in the interview. They are a great bunch so if you know CN, definitely do follow them for more content for Ucchi

Contents under the Cut!

Interviewer: “Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc” Announcer Yoshida Hisanori

The first thought after seeing the proposal for <LoveLive!> was “This is so interesting!”

Relying on her determination to fight hard in the front lines of being a  Voice Actress and a Singer,

Uchida Aya!

 If we are talking about Uchida Aya-san, as expected she is most famous for her performance in the hugely popular <LoveLive!> as the moe-type, healing character with that trademark ponytail: Minami Kotori! In one bound she leapt straight into the spotlight for a huge amount of fans by being a member of μ’s. She took part in 2015’s edition of <NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen>, and afterwards took the stage of the Tokyo Dome and hosted the Final Live which was held for two consecutive days.

 Actually, after taking it step by step, Uchida Aya-san's solo music career had started to pay off. Her first single <アップルミント>(Apple Mint) was released in 2014, and in February 2016 her two concept albums (Sweet Tears/Bitter Kiss) both achieved good results in the weekly Oricon Top 10. (Ranked 8/9). And later in August 2016, she will have hold her own solo concert at Nippon Budokan. Achieving such results barely two years after her solo debut is really astonishing…!

 With an appearance similar to the gentle and generous Kotori-chan, Uchida-san turns out to be super interesting when she speaks, (contrasting with her appearance.)

Her true colors show a more overconfident self, often compared by others to a stubborn child

(TL Note: The CN TL mentioned that the original context was of a “利かん坊” An incorrigible child?)

The atmosphere of the interview was very energetic, and the duration of the interview ended up being double what was estimated initially… so, the contents of this jam-packed interview will begin now...!

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 ​I want to see Totoro!

 Yoshida: Among the many candidates to be interviewed among the Voice Actresses, this time I told my superiors: “You definitely have to ask Uchida-san to come.”

 Ucchi: Thank you very much.

 Yoshida: But personally, what I really want to know is whether. “Uchida Aya being called an [unruly child]” is really the truth (laughs). But in summary, I feel that you aren’t a “yes-man” who is lacking of opinions.

 Ucchi: I’m definitely not (laughs).

 Yoshida: Interviews with guests who take the initiative are the most interesting after all. If it is possible, I hope that we would be able to get a story as good as Yazawa Eikichi-san’s. (TL Note: Yazawa Eikichi is a very important figure in Japan popular music.)

 Ucchi: I wonder if that’ll happen.

 Yoshida: Speaking of which, this interview isn’t limited to your experiences since you became a voice actress, but will also contain contents from your childhood. Currently Uchida-san is a tourism special envoy for the Gunma Prefecture (1), that means, you are born in Gunma? Did you love anime, manga since you were young?

 Ucchi: I already liked them at that time. When I was young, I especially liked to watch <Kiki’s Delivery Service> and <My Neighbour Totoro>, I kept playing dress up with my sister with the characters from Totoro. My mother told me, at that time I played as Mei and my sister was Satsuki (TL Note: The main protagonist of <My Neighbour Totoro>), and we memorized all the lines. Other characters like Kanta’s Grandmother we left it to our mother. But mother kept getting the wrong lines; it seems that she kept on being corrected by me and my sister with: “It’s not like that! At ‘that’ part it should be like ‘this’”. Each word and line can’t be wrong. I kept rewatching the taped program <金曜ロードショー> (TL Note: A program on Japan’s NTV where they play Animation related programs every Friday.) to the extent that the tape got damaged.

 Yoshida: At that time you haven’t thought of becoming a Voice Actress right?

 Ucchi: In comparison, actually I had more thoughts of “I want to see Totoro” then. Like going around picking up acorns, using a piece of fuki leaf as an umbrella (TL Note: In the movie, Totoro carried a huge leaf as an umbrella), if I discover a circular hole in a log, I’ll poke my head in to look for small Totoro’s etc.

 When I was fourth grade, <Pokemon> was released, and at that time anime and games were a part of life that appears normally, but after I entered junior high there was a huge shift. Classmates in class would be reading anime magazines, and so I got to know some knowledge related to the subject. Before then I didn’t even know Anime would be broadcast late at night.

In addition, besides what I had read before: <週刊少年ジャンプ/Weekly Shounen Jump>, </なかよしNakayoshi> and <りぼん/Ribon>, I got to know from them that there are other Manga magazines.

 Yoshida: It’s just like knowing that in this world there are companies out there which are like Square Enix… something like that? (TL Note: Square Enix is a Japanese video game developer, publisher, and distribution company. It also has a publishing department which serialises <Saiyuki> and other series under its name.)

 Ucchi: Everyone were watching <Prince of Tennis>, <Bleach>, <ONE PIECE> and related Jump series. At that time I went over to a childhood friend’s house to play, as that child’s mother likes them too, so their home is filled with Manga. I’ll go there every day to read manga, and it was there that I first encountered the series <Saiyuki>(2). It is especially popular among the girls, so I borrowed it to read, I didn’t think it’ll be that interesting, in the end I was totally obsessed with it. With that as the trigger, afterwards I even found out that the project have fan clubs too. I previously knew that Idol Groups have fan clubs, I didn’t think that <Saiyuki>’s anime would have a fan club too, and after joining it you could even attend a meet and greet with the voice actors… My friend said: “I will be going, you come along too”, and just like that I was dragged there too.

 Yoshida: Who were the Voice Actors that attended that event?

 Ucchi: Hoshi Sōichiro、 Ishida Akira、Hirata Hiroaki、Seki Toshihiko, these few. When they entered, the entire place rang with screams of support fit for an idol.

 Yoshida: It definitely would be like how you described it.

 Ucchi: Although I did watch Anime and Manga, but when I actually saw in person a voice actor reading the lines live, I still couldn’t help but feel affected by it. And they really looked like they were one with their characters. Afterwards I borrowed from my friend <Seiyuu Grand prix>, and I started paying attention to the names in the cast list at the end of Anime.

Yoshida: So at that time you started having interest in the career of a Voice Actress?

 Ucchi: In Anime Magazines you’ll be able to read ads on training centres and selections, and I got to know that there were ways to become voice actors, and it’s not like how entertainers/actors would be scouted out by talent scouts out on the streets. As previously, I always thought that voice acting wasn't for ordinary people like us, but is a career only for those who were given that talent by the heavens, so after knowing that one could become a voice actor by studying, it’s the first time that I realized the truth (of the voice actor profession).

 Yoshida: It felt like you were being tied to the world of Voice Actors huh?

 Ucchi: When I was in my third year in junior high, I signed up and joined a selection that was published in <Animage>. If I won first place, I would be able to obtain a chance to study for free at “日ナレ/Nichi Nare” (日本ナレーション演技研究所) (TL Note: It’s a voice actor training school that is owned by Arts Vision Incorporated, many famous VAs studied here). After I passed the local preliminaries, I set off for the Nationals.

 Yoshida: Did you go by yourself?

 Ucchi: I only told my family, and I went by myself to take on the challenge. From there I had to go through the Kanto convention before squeezing into the Nationals, alright?

 Yoshida: That’s amazing! Did you have any acting experience before that?

Ucchi: As at that time I only took part in the children’s local theatre club in my hometown, so I was very surprised at the result. In the end when I finally won at the Kanto Convention, I started to feel: “Eh? Maybe I could do this?”....

 Yoshida: So the final outcome was?

 Ucchi: I wasn’t even in the running for the winner or the runner up, just as I was starting to get depressed, I heard: “This time we’re giving away a special prize,” and my name was read out.

 Yoshida: Oh Oh!!

 Ucchi: But as it was a prize decided in the spur of the moment, so there weren’t any additional prizes for it. Even if I did win an opportunity to be an extra (ガヤ) and the privilege to take part in the recording of an Anime, but at that time no matter what I really wanted to win the chance to study at a voice actor school for free. After the selection was over and as I was interviewed, I even said words like: “I am very resigned that I couldn’t win first place” then.

At the summer vacation before I was promoted to high school, I got notified about the opportunity to take part in a recording as an extra, but at that time I had already clearly said that I will attend a volunteer activity that was organized in town, I was taking younger children to a camp and there were clashes in the time table, so I had to push away the recording session as an extra.

 Yoshida: So that is the project that you were unable to debut from. After attending high school, were there any preparatory works that you did to become a voice actor?

 Ucchi: I had forgotten all about that.

Yoshida: Did you attend a normal high school? (TL Note: There are differences between a vocational based high school and the traditional ones)

 Ucchi: Yep, as the uniforms were very cute. So with this as the deciding factor, none of my friends in high school were from the same junior high as I was. At that time I joined the tea ceremony club, but I didn’t have much passion for it. In comparison, I was even more willing to take part in a volunteer group that had been active for 30 over years in my city, at that time I was very passionate about the activities there. And when I go over, I could meet with my childhood friends from other high schools, I was especially happy. So I totally forgot about all the things related to voice actresses.

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Additional Notes:

1) Gunma’s special tourism envoy for the entire Gunma Prefecture. Ucchi hosts a FM Radio station in Gunma with the title [うち��さんのおうっちー] and [内田彩のおひるのほーむるーむ] - a music program that is centred on Anisong.

 2) Saiyuki: A series created by Minekura Kazuya, it was serialised in <G-Fantasy>(Square Enix). Its characters are very bishounen like, and it makes use of many whacky elements, and as such is hugely popular with girls from junior high onwards. It was first animated on 1999 in an OVA and following which, a TV series and Movie.

 ​Graduation and attending voice actress school

  Yoshida: So from when did you start on the road towards a voice actress again?

 Ucchi: It’s on the eve of graduation; I was looking through the information of many different specialized schools. For the beautician and costume design schools, I heard that there were people who after becoming ‘office ladies’, went to take on jobs as a manicurist or designers. If that was the case, I felt that there isn’t a need to rush to study there. What I wanted was to take on a challenge that I “had to do it now”, so I went to enrol in a specialized school for voice actors. As I didn’t have enough money to live by myself, so I had to take a roughly three hours one way journey from my old home in Gunma to attend school.

 Yoshida: If that’s the case, you surely would have took on many part time jobs right?

 Ucchi: I did take on quite many of them. I don’t need to talk about weekdays, but in the weekends I would also be sent to some events too, talking on a handset and all that.

 Yoshida: Did you know Miyamori Sachiko-san(3) from that specialized school?

 Ucchi: Yes. Our personalities match very well, so we became very good friends.

 Yoshida: Currently the two of you are very active in the industry; it’s really quite an incredible chance that let the two of you meet. So from that, I feel that you would have started taking part in auditions along with taking classes in the specialized school, right?

Ucchi: I didn’t do that… in my first year I had the image of an honest and studious model student; I did my best to get the privilege of having lower school fees. Although I did my best at school, but that didn't mean I could debut, as the moment when I thought I could, I'd be informed that the operation of the specialized schools had failed... I didn’t have a choice but to transfer to another training centre, but that too closed down...

 Yoshida: It never rains but pours huh?

 Ucchi: In the specialized school you could see many different agencies’ recruitment qualifications, and among them there was one company, an agency who was recruiting fresh candidates. That would be JTB Entertainment, and that was also the agency of Ogata Megumi-senpai's (Voice of Ikari Shinji from <Neon Genesis Evangelion>). After seeing the recruitment notice I thought that this agency could be a nice choice.

(TL Note: Ucchi is referring to JTB Entertainment Academy which was founded in 2007 and she was one of the pioneer batches of students)

 Yoshida: Why was that?

 Ucchi: Because I felt that if I entered a big company as I am now, being able to stand out among hundreds of other applicants and being selected by the agency would be quite difficult. Since that was the case, then joining a new agency that's just starting out, thirsty for talent, wouldn't that be an opportunity in its own right? If I couldn’t make it even in that environment, that means that I didn’t even have an ounce of talent in this area, so let’s just forget it.

And since the senior that I admired was in that agency too, as I thought about that I decided: Let’s just go there.

 At that time the teachers in the specialized school did advise me to go for other different kinds of agencies, but in the end I still decided that I wish to go to JTB. And with regards to the “Going to a newly founded agency, it’s really a big gamble.” stuff like that, I turned a deaf ear to them.

 Yoshida: At such a crucial time, you made the decision just by yourself huh?

 Ucchi: It’s because there were children who were younger than I am who were enrolling one by one into the school, I was feeling a little anxious as I thought to myself that: “But I’m starting from zero again, huh?” and also at that time I was putting my all working to earn some money. So I moved to Saitama, and I firmed my resolve to work hard and move towards my goal.

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 The realization on the live set of <おでんくん/Oden-kun>

  Yoshida: After that you finally debuted right? What was your project debut?

 Ucchi: My debut project was <おでんくん/Oden-kun>.(4) Just by chance this project’s sound director Nagasaki Yukio was invited to JTB to teach, and he approached me whether I could do the voice of a passer-by, so I debuted then. This project gathered Tanaka Naoki of ココリコ Kokoriko (ココリコ Kokoriko is a Japanese Comedy Duo consisting of Endō Shōzō and Tanaka Naoki) and many other individuals who weren’t voice actors all, taking part in it. Everyone were all smiles on site, and as they conversed finished the recording. All of these happened in front of my eyes, it was so fun and so interesting to the extent that I couldn’t help but be all smiles the entire time. But, I wasn’t able to finish my voice acting the way I imagined I could… The professional actors could actually create characters which were so lively and interesting, akin to giving them life. Even the few, who weren’t voice actors, also managed this. It’s because they were actors and actresses who had trained themselves in their own technique that allowed them to be able to make every line from the characters seem so interesting. At that time I thought in my heart that compared to them, I couldn’t grasp the trick of it… I deeply understood the harsh reality of the world of the voice actors. I even started beginning to feel that perhaps I didn’t like performing, I wasn’t sure where my hard work was leading to, and I was a little lost.

 Yoshida: You just started out and encountered such negative thoughts? But after this you did receive another job right?

 Ucchi: Yes, I took part in <Munto>(5) a project by Kyoto Animation. The producer for the <Suzumiya Haruhi> and <Lucky Star> series Itō atsushi-san inquired about me after hearing my voice sample. It was my first time having a role as a semi-permanent character, I was cast as the role of the protagonists’ brother.

 Yoshida: Were you cast as a boy?

 Ucchi: Yes, as a boy called Chikara-kun. And along with Aizawa Mai who was cast as the main protagonist and Shiraishi Minoru we performed together in the Web Radio for this Animation. The recording was once every week, and each performance was only for one or two lines. But I was really happy to be able to participate in this project together as one of the hosts for the radio. But as I wasn’t very used to conversing, I was criticized by Lantis producer Saito Shigeru-sensei to say more. (TL Note: The broadcast’s distributor was Lantis, and the Director was Saito Shigeru) In the broadcast program I was being forced to take part in improvised performances, and there were many scenarios where I had to make up replies on the spot, and that was extremely fun.

 Yoshida: I originally thought that Uchida-san would be the type suited to such types (impromptu performances), it looks like it’s actually more of it being stimulated out of you, huh?

 Ucchi: I accumulated lots of very precious experience indeed.

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Footnotes:

(3)Miyamori Sachiko (宮森 幸子), current stage name is Miyamori Seira (宮森 セーラ). Her current agency is IKUSHIMA PLANNING INC. She debuted as part of the Idol Seiyuu Group “Baby POP School” as one of its new members (2006). She is currently active in the industry as a VA, in stage plays and advertisements.

 (4) <おでんくん/Oden-kun>, is based of the original concept of the author Lily Franky’s <おでんくん> (Published by Shogakukan Inc.). Since 2005 it was broadcasted on NHK’s educational TV Channel (Currently NHK Educational TV)  as <天才ビットくん/Genius Oden-kun> and subsequently released as <天才てれびくんMAX ビットワールド/Genius Oden-kun MAX Bitworld>.

 (5) <Munto> is a project made by Kyoto Animation. The main character Yumemi Hidaka is a junior high student who is able to see the floating islands in the sky. One day a celestial, MUNTO who claims to come from the heavens appears and tells her: “Please save the two worlds…” Ucchi is cast as the main protagonist's younger brother, Hidaka Chikara-kun. The OVA was broadcasted in 2009.

  The first time being casted as a main character in an original series.

  Yoshida: Afterwards, finally you performed as the main protagonist in <KIDDY GiRL-AND> (6).

 Ucchi: That’s right. This time I was cast as a girl. It is the sequel to an earlier series <Kiddy Grade>, but it didn’t have a base to work with, it was an original project. The characters too were also all new. Previously I was very uneasy, but after finishing the recording for one episode, the original creator rated it as “Straight up suitable”, and so I became more relaxed.

 Yoshida: Who were the producers then?

 Ucchi: This project’s director was Gotoh Keiji, and the sound director was Satō Jun'ichI. I grew up with <Sailor Moon> which was directed by Satō-sensei, so to be able to read lines under his guidance, to me it’s really like I owed something a great favor in some way, it really was just incredible.

 Yoshida: Although one might say that it’s being given a favor, but at a crucial turning point, it was you yourself who made that decision decisively. In that project you released a song for the first time too right?

  Ucchi: Yes. I sang the animation’s opening song, and released a CD. And it is because of this project, that I was able to take part in an event for the first time; and at that time it was my first time wearing the same clothes as the character. It really was a project that allowed me to take in lots of experience.

 Yoshida: Before that you liked fashion, right?

 Ucchi: That’s right. When I was attending the specialized school, there were classes relating to fashion. But at that time the teacher told me: “Uchida already has her own “Uchida World”, so there isn’t much that needed to be taught”. It’s the same for hair styles too; I modelled for a beauty salon at Harujuku. I challenged the Wolf Cut and other advant-garde styles, and there were incidents where I couldn’t take part in auditions due to that. (TL Note: ウルフカット/Wolf cut is a hairstyle where your hair crown is cut circular similar to a mushroom shape, but the back of the hair is cut in slightly thinner layers. As the layer of hair at the back of the nape resembles that of a wolf, it is named as such.)

 Yoshida: So you weren’t able to attend auditions due to problems with your hairstyle?

Ucchi: It seems that those with straight and long black hair, those with the delicate feel would be better. So there would have been incidents like this where due to my own wilfulness I would muck things up.

Yoshida: Just in passing, you paired today’s outfit by yourself too?

 Ucchi: Yes. As it’s an interview by <The Nikkei>, there would be young adult readers, so I tried a combination that’s more relaxing.

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 (6) <KIDDY GiRL-AND> Is original animation set in a sci-fi world in the future where human beings had colonised space and is the sequel to <Kiddy Grade>. Uchida-san was casted as the protagonist Ascoeur. This Animation ran from 2009-2010.

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The possibilities of <LoveLive!>

 Yoshida: Your encounter with <LoveLive!>, it was after <KIDDY GiRL-AND> ended right?

 Ucchi: Yes. I had been under the care of Lantis’s producer Saito Shigeru-sensei before, as I had this layer of relationship it led to me talking with him about the <LoveLive!> project, finally I was given the chance to appear in it. And before that during <KiDDY GiRL-AND> I had experience singing.

 Yoshida: From right at the beginning did you know that this project would be releasing an animation?

 Ucchi: It’s not like that, at the beginning there was only one proposal plan. I had gotten and finished reading a file that had the contents of: “The Minami Kotori that Uchida-san would be performing as would be like this”, but at that time I already felt that this proposal was very interesting. I originally did really like AKB48, and had gone to the AKB theatre at the Don Quijote Akihabara Outlet. (TL Note: There is an AKB theatre on the 8th floor of the Don Quijote Akihabara Outlet.)

 Yoshida: Did you go there to see a performance too?

 Ucchi: I did. During the early days, girls just need to spend 500 yen and they can watch one performance.

 Yoshida: That was the time where they (AKB48) started being well known right?

 Ucchi: On the streets there were trucks driving around which were printed with “AKB48”. I felt curious, so I went with my close friends, in the end after watching one performance I was in idol hell sank so deep that I couldn’t extract myself free…even if it was just the performance itself, it was terrific. No matter the outfit or the dance were very cute. So after receiving this project <LoveLive!>, rather say that I wish to be an idol, why not say that the fact that I was being able to be casted as an idol that made me especially happy.

 Yoshida: You really like idols huh, after performing as an idol anime character, you caused explosive repercussions in society didn’t you?

 Ucchi: It was like that, yes.  But from the beginning the staffs has been very optimistic. At the time when they were first selling the PV, it gave a feel like the girls really existed. They blurred the names of the voice actresses, and they stopped me from releasing news that (I was a voice actress in this program.) But at the start only slightly more than 400 CDs were sold.

 Yoshida: Indeed...

 Ucchi: Afterwards it was revealed at <Dengeki G’s Magazine> (7). I was very happy to be able to take part in a planned project of this particular magazine. (Previously serialized in this magazine) <Sister Princess> is a project that I have always followed since junior high, the first item I bought from Animate was also one of its side-goods.

 I had to take part in a project called <Baby Princess> in almost the same period as <LoveLive!>. When I met Kimino Sakurako-sensei when I was working there, I even implored her to sign an autograph for me. So, if <LoveLive!> was a project that is planned to be serialized in the hands of Kimino Sakurako-sensei, it definitely would be especially interesting! At the very beginning I had a very different expectation about it,

 Ucchi: When <LoveLive!> held it’s very first event, I didn’t know how many individuals would attend, I was extremely uneasy. At the end I heard that the all 80 seats of the event grounds were all filled up, it really shocked me. At that time, I even said words like: “For the people who attended this event here today, I will work hard so they would be able to say in the future that “I was one of the people who had attended this event!”..

Yoshida: And you went to perform at Tokyo Dome, so that is really incredible. But, it’s not just performing for the voices, even you yourself would have to sing and dance right?

 Ucchi: Yes, but I guess it does suit me, right? As I had liked AKB48 before after all. Kotori-chan belongs to a type that has lots of girlish charm, so I looked at AKB48 member Kojima Haruna-chan and used her as a reference. But rather perform by myself on the stage, in the end creating a character through performing turns out to be more fun.

 Yoshida: Whether it’s performing a character, or as an idol you seem to enjoy it both. So naturally the sense of your distance between you and your projects was unusually good right? Speaking of which, your music activities could be called smooth sailing too. After debuting as a singer for just two years, you have already released 4 albums; it really makes one feel at awe. And finally, you will be performing a concert at Nippon Budokan.

 Ucchi: I, right at the start didn’t want to debut as a singer at all.

 Yoshida: And why is that?

 Ucchi: Having a solo event with the name “Uchida Aya”, it makes me feel that it’s unsophisticated/dumpy. I have always been grumbling about how “It could clearly be part of a group or as a member of a band, right?” even till the end. But when I recovered my wits, I discovered that the die was cast.

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Footnote:

(7) Dengeki G’s Magazine, the first issue was released at 1992, published under ASCII Mediaworks under Kadokawa Dwango Corporation’s Umbrella. It is a magazine that focuses on news for Anime and Games. <LoveLive!>’s manga started serializing here, <Sister Princess> and subsequently <Baby Princess> which Uchida-san took part in are both original projects headed and designed by novelist Kimino Sakurako. Kimino Sakurako herself is part of <LoveLive!> as well.

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Increasing comrades during music activities

 Yoshida: The Album Company is ZERO-A huh? Having a producer like Kudo Tomomi, she can be said to be one of the leading individuals in the industry and everyone knows her. So for Kudo-san to select Uchida-san from the entire group of voice actresses from <LoveLive!>, I find it very fitting, and very interesting.

 Ucchi: Ah well, I have started activities without even realizing it. From my first meeting with the staff, the time frame between the first album and the second album was especially quick too… I have released 4 albums so far, but single record releases are still zero. And there haven’t been any tie-up projects. (Correct up till August 2016)

 Yoshida: Even without a tie-up, you still managed to surge all the way up the Oricon charts right? That’s very amazing! Even if you have results like these, are you still nursing an attitude of unwillingness?

 Ucchi: Yep. I’m not really creating music by myself, I’m just simply singing after all. It’s like all the products were stuck with the label of “Uchida Aya”. Would that cause problems for my image? I really worried about it a great deal, I even cried because of it.

 Yoshida: But, looking at it now, you’ll discover that regardless of those worries, haven’t the audiences accompanied Uchida-san all the way up till now?

 Ucchi: I’m an individual who before doing things is extremely cautious and prudent. But once I actually started doing it, no matter what the result is, I’ll always be happy. With Kudo-san as the leader, the entire staff organized itself to be a very spectacular team; I really hope to let them enjoy being a part of it too.

 Yoshida: Preparing with an attitude of pessimism but when actually doing it, meeting it with optimism huh?

 Ucchi: That’s right. When I’m with <LoveLive!>, as I’m one among many in the group, it should be okay if I do my part right; but in an individual event, one would have to take everything into consideration. The staff members have put in lots due to me, so I feel that I myself have to work hard too. But from the results, by the time I recovered my wits I already have comrades with me.

 Yoshida: In summary it feels like a private firm where the people around you had forced you to the position of president...

 Ucchi: You might have hit the nail on the head. It’s like I received an assessment of “Osh, President! You singing was great.”, “Then I will sing a little then.” - like that. If one isn’t careful, perhaps there would be a feel that I’m being forced to sing (laughs).

 Yoshida: You have the credentials to be a president alright? Those who become presidents are those who are fighting for many individuals, and as you can make the final decision yourself, you have to combine both perseverance and determination.

 Ucchi: Thank you for your praise. First of all I have to work hard to prepare for the live at the Budokan (Happening on August 2016).

 Footnote:

(8)ZERO-A Corporation is a company that was specially set up specially for Anime Music and the Voice Actor market. Besides Uchida Aya, the producer Kudo Tomomi is also in charge of the seiyuu team “petit milady” comprising of Yuuki Aoi and Taketatsu Ayana.

[narrators-journal]

Eikichi nsfw alphabet

I’ve been a bit nervous to try this with Eikichi because he canonically is implied to have some sort of disordered eating issue. Which, I feel when it comes to sex, needs a bit of acknowledgement because of how it can affect things like stamina, the body, of course, and self-esteem. So, if I mess something up, or I don’t word something right, please tell me how to fix it. I tried my best to stay respectful. I love this character, I wanted to share my ideas for him.

CW: mentions of disordered eating, allusions to how it affects a person, more warnings will be added if needed.

A= Aftercare (what they’re like after sex)

Eikichi Mishina is very loving after sex. No matter whether he’s playing dom or sub.

As a dom, he’s sure to be very caring and gentle after the fact.

When he submits, Eikichi’s favorite thing is sometimes the doting aftercare. He’s very lovey and affectionate after sex, and he enjoys when that’s returned.

B= Body part (favorite on themselves and their partners)

Eikichi, no matter the age, hates his body to some level. If he was forced to pick, he’d have to say his face was his favorite.

On his partner, though, Eikichi loves every inch of them. A belly? He enjoys how soft it makes them. Thick thighs? He’s a fan of being suffocated. Stretch marks? They’re fun to trace!

He truly is not a picky man lol.

C= Cum (Anything to do with cum)

Once again, he tends to not like cum very much. It makes him feel gross to have it on his skin, and he feels bad for his getting on a lover. If his hand was forced, though, he’d sooner pick to cum on his partner than the inverse.

D= Dirty secret (Their dirty secret)

Despite his low self-esteem, Eikichi ironically strikes me as someone who enjoys being degraded. Of course, it only works with trust that his partner won’t go too far with the insults. But, it’s there.

On a similar note, Eikichi knows it’s not healthy, but he’d probably let Miyabi incorporate treats or delayed eating into sexual activities.

Of course, this would be done with trust, and Miyabi would never exert that much control over him, but it’s a dark little thing he’d try.

E= Experience (How experienced are they?)

Don’t let Eikichi’s confidence and ego fool you. He’s only slept with an estimation of 3 people. Miyabi, Jun, and Tatsuya. And even then, Tatsuya is debatable.

F= Favorite position (self explanatory)

Any position where his partner isn’t looking at him would probably be his favorite.

However, he’s also got a soft spot for his face being sat on, being strangled by his lover’s thighs, that sort of thing.

G= Goofy (Are they more goofy or more serious in the moment?)

Eikichi is all around a goofy ass lover. As a dom, he’s less goofy, but he’s still got a good sense of humor. As a sub, he’s far more liberal with being a bit silly. He’s there to entertain, no matter the role.

H= Hair (How well groomed are they? Do the carpets match the drapes?)

Let’s be so real, Eikichi does not groom down there. He’ll trim, but it’s still kept pretty wild so he has less of himself to see.

I= Intimacy (how are they in the moment? Romantically)

despite how goofy he is, Eikichi’s very romantic in the moment. He’ll joke and he’ll play, but he’ll also play into the slow, loving romance of it.

J= Jack off (masturbation habits)

He doesn’t strike me as much of a masturbator. He’s definitely done it, but he can also go a good amount of time between them.

K= Kink (one or more of their kinks)

Eikichi Mishina is a kinky ass bastard. He’s got enough sexual interests for him andTatsuya.

To name a few, he likes to be degraded, he likes for that degredation to be from a hot, dark-haired woman who is not scared to dominate the shitout of him. He’s kind of into the size difference that comes with being 6’1 with women. Pegging, masochism, body worship, collars, leashes, master/servant.

All of these go in between his roles. He’s a switch, and not many of his kinks are role-exclusive.

L= Location (favorite place to do it)

He’s got a weakness for semi-publis spots like closets, secluded corners and alcoves, anything like that. So long as his partner is demanding sex of him in a mean enough way, he’ll fuck anywhere.

M= Motivation (what gets them going and in the mood?)

Femdoms. Eikichi’s biggest kink is probably mean, dominating women who will step on his neck and call him a brainless slut. Thank Miyabi Hanakouji for that.

N= No (What are their turn offs)

Shockingly, Eikichi can reach a point where he doesn’t mind being called Daddy. His biggest turn off is if his lover goes too far with the degredation and abuse.

He’s fine being slapped, spit on, stepped on, or called a bimbo from time to time. But if you do that shit out of nowhere, or you attack things like his masculinity, weight, or if you go too hard in on his looks. Gotta warn the man, and get the okay that he’s thathorny that night.

O= Oral (preferences on giving/getting, skill, etc)

He enjoys both. He legit can’t pick a favorite. He enjoys getting his dick sucked, he enjoys devouring women. He’s a little less enthusiastic blowing men, but he’s not against that either.

P= Pace (are they fast, rough, slow etc)

He’s fairly moderate. He can go rough, but speed is not his strong suit. He tires out if he goes fast for too long, man.

Q= Quickie (Their opinions on them, how often)

He fucking loves quickies. The desperation, the risk, the need, all you’ve gotta do is demand it, and he’s butter.

R= Risk (Are they game to experiment? Take risks?)

Eikichi is fairly risky in bed. He’s down to try a lot, not a lot is a strict turn off, you moreso just need to get him horny enough.

S= Stamina (How many rounds can they go?)

Best your getting is one, maybe one and a half rounds.

The way to thoroughly enjoy Eikichi is the pace. He’s really good at a slow, teasing build up, and he’s really fun totease and slowly build up.

T= Toys (Do they have them? Do they use toys on themselves or partners?)

You can bet your ass that this man has a collection of toys for any use you want.

Want to use them on him? Go ahead! He’ll bottom and let you go at it. Just don’t get anything stuck.

Want him to use them on you? He’s more than happy to. That’s how he gets multiple orgasms out of a girl without exhausting himself into a puddle.

He’s got a wide selection of shit to try, he’s down.

U= Unfair (Do they like to tease?)

Eikichi is a teaser.

He compensates for his lack of stamina, body, or length with foreplay, and he can get fuckin’ mean with it. Especially if he’s feeling dominating.

V= Volume (How loud are they? What noises do they make? Etc)

Eikichi’s learned how to project his voice for singing, and my god does that switch flip on at some random times when he’s not thinking. He is a noisy, vocal lover.

W= Wild card (Just a random headcanon about the character)

Eikichi is bisexual, and if he had to pick a man to screw, it would probably be Jun. Tatsuya’s a close second, but Jun’s more his type.

Eikichi’s sexuality is determinate on his age. In his teens, he was dealing with self-esteen and disordered eating, sex was not a priority because of those. Later on though? In his twenties or later? His appetite wakes up, and he is not shy about it.

X= X-Ray (What’s going on underneath those clothes?)

Thanks to his history of food issues, his dick is sort of playing catch up to his height. Gotta give him time to hopefully grow.

Body-wise, Eikichi is very sensitive about his body as a whole. Be nice to him about it.

Y= Yearning (How high is their sex drive?)

In his younger years, near non-existent. Further into his adulthood? He’s more ravenous. He loves men and women, he’s got years to catch up on, and he’s got the excitement of a teenage boy seeing his first naked person.

Z= Zzz (How quickly do they fall asleep after?)

With his stamina being so low, he can conk the fuck out in a flash. Especially if you pace him and drive him for a good while.