#Dotsu

[painted-bees]

my half of an art trade with Leaglem [author of The Last Dimension over on Webtoon!! Read it if you haven't yet♡♡♡!!] Their boi, Dotsu!

[they drew a beautiful Áine for me!!]

[thatoneluckybee]

MY MAN GOT FOUND IN A CARDBOARD BOX AT AGE NINE I AM CACKLING

[berryblu-soda]

"wanted man? you weren´t even a wanted child!" is a phrase that would probably haunt Dotsu "disowned at three, " Okon, i think

[mushymushhh]

misc. dotsus

[beemers-hell]

Artfight Attacks Part 2!

In order:

Dotsu - @s0uless-b0nes

Jeckel - @shroomkore

Emmy & Eli - @trashcansienna

Connor - @nytrixx

[youngmastereraqus]

HYPSTER magazine vol 3 Q&A translation, part 1

Originally posted on my twitter DISCLAIMER: My japanese is weak, i usually do this for myself, and i am not a professional. please do not post/share elsewhere.

Question: How are you spending New Year's Eve?

BUSTER BROS

ICHIRO: On New Year’s Eve, i go to the shopping district with my brothers and pick out their favorite foods. Then, we put them in a stacked bento box (jubako) and make it into the yamada family’s special new years dinner! (osechi). It’s a lot of fun

JIRO: i’m going to visit the shrine with my siblings! There’s a lot to ask for, like prosperity (for business) and good health… fulfilment ? You can ask for all sorts of things. My friends also invited me, so i’ll be making a lot of new years visits!

SABURO: it's just a regular day. I play board games with my brothers on new year’s.

MAD TRIGGER CREW

SAMATOKI: the yakuza (gokudo) have a lot to do. ah? … its just various things. Nothing’s gonna gwt done if we leave it to the younger guys

JYUTO: Working. For some reason, there are a lot of occurrences during the year end holidays. So i’ve been pretty busy these last few years.

RIO: New Year’s Eve…? For us military, it’s just one day of the year. As usual, we just train and prepare for the battle

FLING POSSE

RAMUDA: I’m participating in some kind of countdown event ☆ one of these days, i’d love to celebrate with a huge fireworks display with all of shibuya!

GENTARO: during new years eve, we are all running towards one thing. The first to reach their destination will be the luckiest person of the year. It is truly a battle for men’s prestige. Well actually, that’s a lie

DICE: Its fortune telling! Pick up a nice looking stick and break it in half. If it snaps cleanly, it’s good luck! Easy, right? A gambler has to take good care of his money!

MATENRO

JAKURAI: I’m on duty at the hospital where i work. I want people with families to be able to take time off, so i try to take the initiative when there are holidays or events.

HIFUMI: I’m participating at the countdown event at the club!~ The interior has flashy decorations, we’re gonna pop open a bunch of champagne and welcome the new year with our customers!

DOPPO: extravagantly!! I spend my time at home watching TV while eating soba! I also try to fall asleep, take a nap, or even just coast along the day. It’s pure bliss…!!!

DOTSU HOMPO

SASARA: i’ll be preparing myself for my special on new years day, so i wont have much time to relax. You should see me making people laugh on various tv shows!

ROSHO: I don’t really do anything special… i just go to the tenmangu shrine on new year’s day to pay my respects. I spend most of my afternoon in bed

REI: New years is the perfect time to drink. i’ll find a suitable house, slip into a family gathering, and have a lot of fun together

BAD ASS TEMPLE

KUKO: dont talk about the new years holiday!! Just thinking about it makes me sick… it’s so fucking cold and i still have to ring the bell! there are so many customers, it’s just too much

JYUSHI: I’m intrigued by the festivities of the musicians in the castle square. the day i stand side by side with them and change the world with our beauty is on the horizon…!!

HITOYA: touring. Just wandering around aimlessly is fun enough for me. Also, I don’t eat rice cakes. I don’t like mochi, either

[smolananas]

Dotsu from The Last Dimension of @oneeyedleaf .🙃♥️

[manishfiend]

hitori won't you nanana~

灰 to 肺

da da dotsu da da dash da da dotsu da da dash da da dotsu da da dash

naze ni why❓

da da dotsu da da dash da da dotsu da da dash da da dotsu da da dash

ourai all night yeah yeah yeah~

da da dotsu da da dash da da dotsu da da dash da da dotsu da da dash

naze wonder

da da dotsu da da dash da da dotsu da da dash da da dotsu da da dash

shouten fever wowowo~

[thatoneluckybee]

Rest in Peace Dotsu, they killed him.

[oneeyedleaf]

Zawtsu.

[ciocelle]

My demon boy OC and some pixel art practice with him!

[pwnyta]

Yo yo !! I hope ur day has been peachy sweet I've following your art since DA and i still love it to this day ( ´ ♡ ` ) you actually got me into one piece and i will never regret that (ㅅ´³`)♡ may i request c3 w/ Doflamingo/tsuru ?? -Nasty Anon

X) Thank you~ At least I can get SOMEONE into One Piece. (take notes Mewmew)

Ya speakin my language Nonny. ;;;;)

[euvangelos]

ohhh very true!! they really just feel like Some Guy, and I think it really complements dh's simultaneous flashiness but also just.... normal-ness. adhdjfgm. (rei messing with people to ease his boredom, sasara using every situation he gets into for Comedy Content, rosho supporting youngsters however he can like w the aspiring comedy duo...they all have their little things they accentuate their time with, if that makes sense. argh )

very true - in some ways dh doesn't operate on the same stakes the other teams do. jakurai trying to save everyone his son, hifumi and jyushi desperate to undergo some sort of total metamorphosis; dh are ...chilling? 'cept, Rei is trying to "flaunt his vision to every division" and playing some sort of long-con with Chuoku. anywayanyway it's interesting having that difference between the third and the two other members in dh.

Oh SO TRUE !! I do adore the way they come together as a trio, esp in those songs - OH and in hoodstar+ the way they constantly interject over one another's lines just makes the entire thing harmonious and fun to listen to. they have wonderful chemistry as a group and it seems that enishi will carry that on (the ~wow~ in the bg is so cute). so yeah!! If we see what you said w rosho particularly, but also rei and sasara allowing themselves to be a little more honest - agdjamd this is why DH is such a good group. keep it up hypmic 👀

so, what're the thoughts on enishi?

[manishfiend]

chuu ni mau paperhaze takamaru mama ni check in rikkido sky

shoudou ni

breaking glass

da da dotsu da da dash, da da dotsu da da dash, da da dotsu da da dash

naze wonder

da da dotsu da da dash, da da dotsu da da dash, da da dotsu da da dash

shouten fever wowowoooooo~

[slugtranslation-hypmic]

what are your song rankings for the cross the line album?

I haven't actually listened to the album yet, so I'll put it on in the BG as I do some chores and then let you know what I think.

Cross A Line - LOVED this. I don't know what to call this genre - I guess a mix of hip-hop and... jazz...? Smooth hip-hop? man idk - but it's one I really enjoy and one that I think Japanese hip-hop excels at. The radio theme is really fun, and the beats/rapping are very good. Compare this to some earlier songs, and you can see major improvement from many of the voice actors. I'm going to listen to this to death.

Enishi - DUDE. I love this too! The singing style (particularly at the beginning) is really in vogue in Japan right now, and I think that, combined with the emphasis on singing as a group, makes this song sound more like a typical idol series J-pop-esque song than you normally get in Hypmic. Even with that, though, there's still the trademark Dotsu Hon brass (the Dotsu Horns, if you will), but it's much more mellow and mature sounding for them. The lyrics (from what I can hear of them; I don't have them in front of me) and the singing alike are very beautiful. This kind of feels like Re:start to me in terms of pretty, chilled out music. Again, this rocks. I love it.

Ikebukuro West Block Party - BRUH. I like this one slightly less than the first two, I think, but this fucking slaps. I never like Hypmic songs this much on the first lesson. What are they doing on this album? Absolutely killing it! Jesus. Again, this one feels more idol song-y than you normally get in Hypmic, but the beat is EXCELLENT. I'm folding laundry right now - or supposed to be folding laundry, rather, as I think I did more grooving holding a pair of shorts than any actual folding. This would make a super fun dance song. Rapping is also great, esp. for Ichirou and Jirou. Dude, keep it up, Cross a Line, you are nailing it.

Scarface - (10 seconds in) FUCK!! (After listening) Sorry, I got excited there. First off, I fucking love Latin pop/rock, and when you mix it with hip-hop? mmmmMMMMMMMMMMMMMM THAT'S GOOD STUFF, BABY! I have five hands and they're all doing the pinching finger emoji. The singing on this was really smooth at the beginning. I'm not a super huge fan of the way they sung "paradise" (Samatoki low-key sounds like he's dying...) and I lost my mind at the "Say hello to my little friend" "What, these cockroaches?" "RRRR!!!" part midway through. Well... that's MTC for you! I'd never show this to someone I care about, but I'll love it and cherish it for a long time. And that's what's important.

Torima Get on the Floor - While I'm sitting through this H&M ad waiting for the video to load, I do have to say that I'm excited for this one. I know Afro Parker worked on it, and I love the fuck out of their work. Plus, if it's anything like the rest of this album, it's going to be right up my alley. (After listening) I think this is my least favorite so far, which isn't to say that I dislike it at all. It's very fun, but maybe only because I've listened to so many other things I really like first, it's not completely thrilling me. It fits in nicely with the theme of the album, and it's very catchy/fun to dance to. It sounds to me like a video game soundtrack song (like you'd hear in a shop, maybe). I can def. hear the Afro Parker sound at the end. Lyrics are fun, esp. with the call-outs (love Dice going "bullshit stories" and Gentarou going "Hm?") and the "gero-gero-get on the floor." I think this'll grow on me, esp. once I get used to Ramuda's voice in this. Gentarou sounds great in this one, for what it's worth.

Synchro City - Okay, this one's actually my least favorite on this CD for real. I think maybe because all the others have gone so hard that I'm just not feeling it. It's not bad at all, but it's not doing much of anything for me. That's kind of a shame, since I normally really like Matenrou songs - I think Doppo and Hifumi have great singing voices. (Incidentally, the kind of singing Jakurai is doing here sounds very nice. He doesn't usually straight-up sing like this.) There's been a lot of straight singing on this album, huh... Maybe that's why it feels more idol focused. These lyrics are very sweet, though. It's a nice, chill song, and I think I'll enjoy it more later. I don't know how I feel about in the midst of everything else that's more upbeat, though.

Dera Sugee Utage - (first two seconds) I see we're back to upbeat. (After listening) LOVE THIS TOO. This reminds me of RIP in a good way. SUPER catchy, and all the singing in this is on point, especially Kuukou's. I really like how his voice actor voices him and his accent in general. Super good one to dance to as well. Damn. DAMN!

In conclusion:

Wow. I don't think I've enjoyed any Hypmic album as much as this one before. Apparently the secret to me enjoying something is to make it upbeat and put a lot of horns in it. What'd you guys think? I've been seeing a lot of positive responses to it. Is everyone in agreement that it's good?

[thatoneluckybee]

10/10 Episode no critiques