#Eiji Hara

[shadow0haven]

I have doodled... the boy (Eiji Hara). Did a little redraw of an old chibi I did of him in high school to see if I still am attached to him... baby......

ID under cut

[ID: An off white background with a young man depicted in chibi-like style standing in front. He has pale skin, bright gold eyes, short black hair that frames his face and black fox ears and two fox tails dotted with light blue spots. Eiji is smiling and looking at the camera. He wears a custom shirt that is black with blue and white trim, a high collar, three clasps, and jeans with black shoes on his feet. A small fox emoji is drawn next to him with his hair and eye colors. The artist logo is at his feet: Shadow0Haven date 01/23/2024. /End ID]

[lgbtqmanga]

New Releases May 21, 2024

After We Gazed at the Starry Sky (manga) vol. 2 by Bisco Kida

That fateful encounter at the planetarium changed Subaru Miyazawa’s life forever. After all, that’s where he met his true love, Tougo Amase, photographer extraordinaire! And now that they’re officially together, every day is a kind of happily-ever-after! That is, until the day Tougo admits that he’s planning to move away…so where does that leave Subaru?

Cocoon Entwined (manga) vol. 6 by Yuriko Hara

The Lady of the Cocoon, who, cutting the tresses as precious as her life, abandoned the academy. The girls left behind are shaken by that loss. Amidst this, Christmas night arrives at long last. Will a miracle occur on the holy eve? The thread of fate tangles, frays, and, from the past and present, spins towards the future…

Confessions of a Shy Baker (manga) vol. 4 by Masaomi Ito

Toshimitsu Yamamura lives together happily with his boyfriend of many years, Gonta Tsubakisaka, but in his everyday life Toshimitsu isn't really… “out.” After his vehemently progressive employee had the idea to list their real estate business as LGBTQ+ friendly, Toshimitsu has been very anxious about accidentally outing himself, and he often channels his anxiety into baking incredible treats for his carb-conscious boyfriend. With the love of his boyfriend and his love of baking, maybe Toshimitsu will steadily become more comfortable being his authentic self!

Heat × Beat A Shut-In Omega Becomes an Idol! (manga) by Ken Homerun

As an omega abandoned by his betrothed alpha mate, shut-in Minoru shares his heartbreak with the world in the form of music. But when one of his songs catches the attention of famous idol Hijiri, Minoru is suddenly swept from the lonely solitude of his room and thrust into the spotlight �� as an omega idol and music producer performing alongside his two alpha bandmates, Eiji and Tatsuya!

For any other group, this could prove a recipe for controversy and disaster, but Minoru isn't worried; his lingering attachment to his former mate keeps him from acting on his omega instincts. For a while, he's even able to throw himself whole-heartedly into his new role, learning to embrace the world he'd once retreated from, and even growing closer to his bandmates and fellow idols, especially the frank and affectionate Eiji. But Eiji is hiding a secret of his own — a connection to Minoru's past that might shatter the tentative trust and affection that's been growing between them.

Magic Knight Rayearth (manga) vol. 3 by CLAMP

Three girls who couldn't be more different meet on a school trip to Tokyo Tower--and find themselves beamed into a parallel world called Cefiro, where the mysterious Pillar has recruited them to avert a calamity! With the help of a motley troop of rogues and wizards, they will unlock the power of three transforming giant dragons known as Rune Gods and rush to the Pillar's aid…but there's more going on at the heart of Cefiro than they know!

Contains updated translation and lettering created for the 25th-anniversary release.

The Man Who Shattered My World (manga) by Osamu Moriya

Tachibana is a handsome top who exclusively has no-strings-attached sex with slender, pretty men. When he picks up the brawny, confident Kuzumi on a whim, he doesn't expect much to be different… except Kuzumi flips the script on him.

Kuzumi is merciless in his attentions, and Tachibana finds himself helpless to resist. In one night, everything Tachibana thought he knew about sex and desire gets turned on its head, and he finds himself coming back for more. But can he trust Kuzumi with more than just his body - or will he be discarded by the other man as soon as he gets bored?

A top vs. top BL love story swaying between pride and desire!

My Girlfriend's Not Here Today (manga) vol. 1 by Kiyoko Iwami

Pent up and tired of her apathetic girlfriend, Asahina Yuni turns to an anonymous online account to let it all out. It’s just another day of doomscrolling after class when Asahina gets swept away in conversation with the beautiful, outgoing Taki. When Taki turns out to be following Asahina's private account, it’s cute…right? Taki would never blackmail Asahina…right? With every new lie, the web of secrets and erotic desire grows ever-tighter!

Sailor Moon Naoko Takeuchi Collection (manga) vol. 8 by Naoko Takeuchi

Teenager Usagi is not the best athlete, she's never gotten good grades, and, well, she's a bit of a crybaby. But when she meets a talking cat, she begins a journey that will teach her she has a well of great strength just beneath the surface and the heart to inspire and stand up for her friends as Sailor Moon! The original Sailor Moon in a new, affordable edition.

She Likes Gays, but Not Me (manga) vol. 1 by Akira Hirahara and Naoto Asahara

Based on the critically claimed novel. High schooler Atsushi Andou has always hidden the fact that he’s gay. But one day, he sees his classmate Sae Miura with a BL book-a small moment with major consequences. Atsushi longs for a “normal” happiness with a loving wife and a biological child, but what can he do when he’s not turned on by women?

She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat (manga) vol. 4 by Sakaomi Yuzaki

After their curry party, Kasuga and Nomoto have grown closer than ever before. Now that they have both recognized the nature of the feelings they hold, and with Valentine’s Day coming up, will they be able to successfully express it to each other?

Tied to You (manhwa vol. 1) by Chelliace and WHAT

Wooseo Shin was never one to believe in fate…until a ring of red thread appears around his finger, that is! This ring marks a person’s meeting of their soulmate, and with it, neither can fall asleep if the other is absent. This development is not a welcome one for Wooseo, who decides to keep it from his close friend and crush Jiseok Kang at all costs. Because as fate would have it, the person with Wooseo’s matching set is Jigeon Kang—Jiseok’s older brother! When Jigeon proposes that they start sharing a bed, if only to combat their joint insomnia, Wooseo reluctantly accepts…but as the two spend more and more time together, feelings start to get messy. Will Wooseo be able to survive his new life tangled up in between these two brothers?!

Tokyo Babylon CLAMP Premium Collection (manga) vol. 3 by CLAMP

Subaru Sumeragi is an onmyouji and the current head of the Sumeragi clan. When Subaru joins a phone call between three mysterious girls, he is startled when they declare him to be an enemy and use a mantra against him! Will he be able to get down to the bottom of things?

The Yearning Fox Lies in Wait (manga) by Nmura

The year is 1920, the 9th year of the Taisho Period. Lifelong philomath Kiyo Fukasaku is ecstatic when he's admitted into the Imperial University, and can't wait to begin his new life in the nation’s capital…that is, until he gets lost and already finds himself on hard times on his first day in the big city. Luckily, he runs into Ozaki, an eccentric, seemingly well-off man who invites Kiyo to stay in his mansion after he learns about his financial troubles. But there's more to the handsome stranger than meets the eye. It turns out that Ozaki is a fox spirit who had some sort of connection to Kiyo's grandfather, Seishirou, and he invites Kiyo to live with him as a way to repay Seishirou's kindness. But just what kind of relationship did Ozaki and Seishirou have, and what does it mean for Ozaki and Kiyo?

[hirocimacruiser]

Skyline is very active in N1 endurance

Beginning in 1991, hot battles between skylines have been unfolding in the popular N1 endurance race, which is now approaching JTC. An N1 is a mass-produced vehicle with more than 5,000 units produced over a period of 12 consecutive months.

Performance is directly reflected in the race

category.

Like JTC, this is also intense every time

The battle is unfolding, and it is worth seeing.

It has become a certain race content.

Considered to be top 3 based on performance so far

Shinichi Katsura/Takahiko Hara's Nissan Altia Falken GT-R, Takayuki Kinoshita/Eiji Yamada's ZEXEL Skyline, and Tomohiko Sunako/Toshiya Fujiwara's Nissan Prince Tokyo Skyline. These three cars will probably have a fierce battle until the final race.

By the way, what's interesting about the early stages of the season is that for some reason, newlywed driver Ichi is winning. Both Sunako in Round 1 and Katsura in Round 2 were newlyweds, and perhaps it was because they found a place of peace at home and became even more enthusiastic about the race.

By the way, N1 endurance is Tsukuba's night game endurance. This year it will be a 12-hour race, running through the Tsukuba Circuit on a summer night. Even if the results in the series are unsatisfactory, there are some drivers who want to win at Tsukuba. Japan's greatest

Which team will win the long race?

Which driver?

PIC CAPTION

The number of fans is rapidly increasing with fierce battles in N1 Endurance every time.

[moichinagae]

The YASHA CD Drama, Stage 1; A Long-Awaited Arrival To Our Arsenal

The first thing my beloved collaborator, @toichinagae, told me about when they reached out to me was the existence of the YASHA CD drama. I was very intrigued, as I'd never heard of it before. I knew of the TV drama, in fact I'd archived it a month or so beforehand, but I never knew that there was a CD drama that not only followed the manga more closely, but also featured some anime voice actors that I NEVER would've expected to work on it!

There are two CDs, this post will be focusing on the first one, referred to as "Stage One." This CD was released on March 24th, 2000, and produced by Pioneer LDC(Currently known as NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan.). This drama's screenplay was written by Asami Watanabe(I could not find any information about them online, it seems there is a key animator by the same name, I am unsure as to if they are the same person.), with music by Nobuo Ito.(Once more, there is very little information about them online.)

The cast list, as sent to me by @toichinagae via email, is as follows(I added some notes on notable characters each voice actor has played, just because I find it interesting.):

有末 静:石川 英郎   Arisue Sei: Hideo Ishikawa(You may know him from Doukyuusei, where he played Hara-sen.) 雨宮 :辻谷 耕史  Amamiya Rin: Koji Tsujitani 有末 比佐子: 井上 喜久子 Hisako Arisue: Kikuko Inoue(You may know her from Kiki's Delivery Service, wherein she played Maki.) 雨宮 協一郎:梁田 清之  Kyoichiro Amamiya: Kiyoyuki Yanada(You may know him from Perfect Blue, wherein he played Kantoku 永江 茂市:松本 保典 Nagae Moichi: Matsumoto Yasunori(You may know him from Sk8 the Infinity, wherein he played Joe.) 永江  十市: 野島 健児 Toichi Nagae: Kenji Nojima(You may know him from Banana Fish, he voiced Eiji.) 三上 尊:子安 武人 Takeru Mikami: Takehito Koyasu(You probably know him from somewhere, I personally know him from Jojo's Bizzare Adventure as DIO, and Adam from Sk8 the Infinity.) ケン･クロサキ: 古澤 徹 Ken Kurosaki: Toru Furusawa(You may know him from the '98 Trigun anime, wherein he played Millions Knives.) ライアン博士 池田 勝  Dr. Ryan: Masaru Ikeda ホッジス少佐:中 博史 Major Hodges: Hiroshi Naka(You may know him from Cowboy Bebop, where he plays Jobim.) 伊東 泰之:飛田 展男 Yasuyuki Ito: Nobuo Tobita (Unclear on who exactly this character is. This va was in Darling In The Franxx, but I don't think he had a notable role there.) 有末 静 (12才): 山田 美穂 Sei Arisue (12 years old): Miho Yamada(..She seems to have done work for a number of projects that are not appropriate for this blog. More power to her.) (*Note Toichi's voice at 12 years old is currently unknown.)

These CDs are currently untranslated, but you can find the .wav files for both in this drive folder.

I intend on creating youtube uploads for each track, for ease of use to potential translators and general accessibility for people who's devices cannot run .wav's(..if any exist lol.)

More to come soon!!

[crystal-in-nagasaki]

minami shimabara's very own virgin mary

While on a trip to Minami Shimabara this spring to visit friends, a local man invited us to the unveiling of something that I imagine will eventually become a huge tourist attraction for Christian travellers. This is the Saint Mary Kannon of Hara Castle, called 原城の聖マリア観音 in Japanese.

This statue was created by sculptor Eiji Oyamatsu, a now almost 90-year old man over the course of about 40 years. He is a Christian Japanese man who wanted to create a memorial to the victims of the Shimabara rebellion.

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As I've mentioned before, due to the heavy amount of Western influence in Nagasaki during and before the Edo period, many Japanese people converted to Christianity. During the isolated Edo period, the Shogunate decided to outlaw Christianity and many believers living in Shimabara launched a rebellion against the government at the site of Hara castle. (The rebellion was not fully due to the persecution of Christians, but also involved several other factors like the raising of taxes and the Shogunate's overall oppressive rule.) The rebellion was crushed by the Shogunate and 37,000 rebels were executed. There is a memorial cross monument at the site of Hara castle to memorialize the victims, but after a visit to Nagasaki by the Pope in 1981 in which he talked about the persecution of Christians in Japanese history, Mr. Oyamatsu became inspired to create the Mary statue as a grand tribute.

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The large wooden Mary statue, currently one of the largest wooden statues in the world, was made using a special technique of carving large hollowed out rings of 200 year old camphor trees stacked on each other. Here are some pictures of the sculpting process taken from the official website. The statue stands at 10 meters (~33 ft) tall and 2.5 meters (~8 ft) in width.

Creating this statue took almost 40 years. This is not just because of the scale and detail put into the statue, but because Mr. Oyamatsu struggled for a long time to receive funding for the project and put 15 million yen (about 100,000 USD) of his own money into it.

In 2014, Mr. Oyamatsu requested funding from the city government of Minami Shimabara to transport the statue and renovate a memorial building to house it. He offered the statue as a donation to the city and wanted it to become a World Heritage Site, which would bring many tourists to Minami Shimabara. At first the city was very interested in the proposal since it would bring international attention and tourism to the area, but some citizens complained that giving government money to the project would be a violation of the separation of church and state, and in the end the proposal was rejected. Mr. Oyamatsu was very disappointed. He expressed that the statue would be an important monument reflecting the history of the region, and not just a religious artifact.

And so the process slowly dragged on as most of the funding has come from personal donations. Finally in 2022, the statue was transported from Kanagawa prefecture, the birthplace of Mr. Oyamatsu where it was built, to Minami Shimabara. From there they put the pieces of the statue back together and began renovating the building that would house it. In late March of 2023, the building finally opened to visitors, and I first visited on April 2nd.

The building is a bit small, located on a cliffside overlooking the water. It was a breathtaking place to have such a grand cultural monument.

Inside the building we finally got a glimpse of the statue. It was huge, but made with intricate detail. It reminded me of Japanese Buddha statues, and I felt a heavy spiritual presence in the air of the building. The style of the statue was very interesting, with a peaceful face that is reminiscent of enlightened buddha statues. I love that a Western figure had been interpreted into a Japanese art style. The name of the statue also includes the word Kannon, which is the Buddhist deity for compassion. Interestingly, Christianity and Buddhism have been intertwined in the making of the statue, as Mary is deified as a Kannon.

A man from the Minami Shimabara Citizens Association gave us a warm welcome and took us on a tour of the statue, telling us its history and the struggles it faced to get where it is today. He was very kind and informative, and I was so grateful to learn about Shimabara's history from him. He also took us around the back of the sculpture and showed us the hollow interior of the statue, as well as the sculptor's signature.

He also told us about the lack of funding for the project and how there is still a lot that is unfinished. They would like to continue to renovate the building, expand its size, and add bathrooms. The Citizens Association has worked hard and will continue to work hard to turn the small chapel on the cliffside into a world-famous heritage site for Christians and lovers of history alike.

As of now, the website has tallied a total of about 50 million yen (~350k USD) in donations of their 100 million yen goal. With this money, they can continue to expand the building housing the sculpture and turn the site into a more accessible tourism spot.

I was really moved by the beauty and story of this statue. While I am also a staunch defender of the separation of church and state, I think that this statue memorializes an important part of Japanese history and should be protected. After all, much of the world's most beautiful pieces of art are of religious subject matter. Who are we to deny the creation of beautiful works of art based on beliefs that may be different from ours?

If you would like to learn more about the statue and how it was made, you can visit the page here. It's in Japanese, but you can use the translate function in your browser to translate it into English. If you are also interested in donating to help renovate the building, you can do so here.

I hope this work of art can reach a wider audience and the artist receives the appreciation he deserves for his many years of dedicated work.

Thank you for reading <3

[stargazer-kea]

The Sea and Poison - 海と毒薬 - Umi to Dokuyaku (1986)

Directed by Kei Kumai

[leenaevilin]

[Announcement] 彩の国シェイクスピア・シリーズ第34弾「ヘンリー五世」(sainokuni shakespeare series dai 34 dan ~ henry 5 sei)

you will be able to watch it @ CS衛星劇場 (May 2019)

[thekimonogallery]

Eiji Nakano and Mitsuyo Hara in the Nikkatsu movie "Bird of Mercy", 1927. 

[byneddiedingo]

Hideko Takamine and Daisuke Kato in When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (Mikio Naruse, 1960)

Cast: Hideko Takamine, Tatsuya Nakadai, Reiko Dan, Masayuki Mori, Daisuke Kato, Keiko Awaji, Ganjiro Nakamura, Eitaro Ozawa, Chieko Nakakita. Screenplay: Ryuzo Kikushima. Cinematography: Masao Tamai. Production design: Satoru Chuko. Film editing: Eiji Ooi. Music��: Toshiro Mayuzumi.  

If I ran a revival house, I'd like to program a series of double features of American and Japanese "women's pictures." It would give us a chance to compare not only directors like Douglas Sirk and Mikio Naruse but also the actresses most associated with the genre: Joan Crawford, Jane Wyman, and Lana Turner on the one hand; Kyoko Kagawa, Setsuko Hara, and Hideko Takamine on the other. Takamine is the woman who ascends the stairs in Naruse's film, only to hit something like a glass ceiling. She plays Keiko (at first a little confusingly, at least to Western audiences, called "Mama"), a Ginza bar hostess whose job it is to bring in paying customers, especially rich ones, who will while away their after-office hours flirting with her and the fleet of bar girls. She doesn't sleep with the customers -- even the younger women aren't expected to, but sometimes do -- and though she drinks with them, she doesn't particularly like alcohol. But Keiko is on the brink of turning 30, and when the bar starts losing customers to a younger hostess named Yuri (Keiko Awaji), who has left Keiko's establishment to start her own, she begins to see what a dead-end she faces. She doesn't own the bar where she works, and the woman who does is beginning to blame her for losing customers and for not wearing flashier kimonos. She supports her mother and somewhat feckless brother, who has a son who needs an operation to correct a defect left by polio.She begins to hate climbing the stairs to the bar every night and the stress brings on a peptic ulcer, but she can see only three options for her life: Marry, become the mistress of a wealthy patron, or buy her own bar. Each of these opportunities presents itself during the course of the film, only to end in disappointment, and at the end she is climbing the stairs again. Takamine is marvelous, so expressive that we hardly need her voiceover narration to know what she's feeling and thinking, and she's well-supported by Reiko Dan as the younger, more carefree bar girl; Tatsuya Nakadai as the bar's handsome young business manager, who's in love with Keiko; Daisuke Kato as the chubby customer who proposes a marriage to Keiko that she accepts before learning that he's already married and a constant philanderer; and Masayuki Mori as the potential wealthy patron with whom, in a moment of drunken abandonment, she sleeps, only to learn the next morning that he's moving to Osaka. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs is a beautifully made account of problems specific to a time, a place, and a gender, yet universal in its depiction of the frustrations of the working life.  

[nkakeru]

you chose >> vanilla milkshake

go back or stay ?

key: [a] angst | [h/c] hurt/comfort | [f] fluff | [m] mature | [DC] dark content |

Seirin High

Aida Riko

Kuroko Tetsuya

Kagami Taiga

Kiyoshi Teppei

Hyuga Junpei

Izuki Shun

Mitobe Rinnosuke

Koganei Shinji

Keijo High

Takeuchi Genta

Kise Ryota

Kasamatsu Yukio

Moriyama Yoshitaka

Hayakawa Mitsuhiro

Nakamura Shinya

Shutoku High

Nakatani Masaaki

Midorima Shintaro

Takao Kazunari

Otsubo Taisuke

Miyaji Kiyoshi

Miyaji Yuya

Kimura Shinsuke

Too Academy

Harasawa Katsunori

Aomine Daiki

Imayoshi Shoichi

Sakurai Ryo

Wakamatasu Kosuke

Momoi Satsuki

Yosen High

Araki Masako

Murasakibara Atsushi

Himuro Tatsuya

Okamura Kenichi

Fukui Kensuke

Liu Wei

Rakuzan High

Shirogane Eiji

Akashi Seijuro

Mibuchi Reo

Hayama Kotaro

Nebuya Eikichi

Mayuzumi Chihiro

Fukuda Sojo Academy

Haizaki Shogo

Ishida Hideki

Kirisaki Daiichi High

Hanamiya Makoto

Hara Kazuya

Furuhashi Kojiro

Seto Kentaro

Yamazaki Hiroshi

Matsumoto Itsuki

[knb-friendship-is-magic-2]

You can ask KnB characters and request anything besides 18+ stuff and please don't be rude in the comments.

Characters you can ask at this blog:

Kagami Taiga

Tsuchida Satoshi

Papa Mbaye Shiki

Takao Kazunari

Ootsubo Taisuke

Takeuchi Genta

Aomine Daiki

Kiyoshi Teppei

Kobori Kouji

Sakuma Hiroshi

Hanamiya Makoto

Hara Kazuya

Araki Masako

Nigou (#2)

Mayuzumi Chihiro

Ootsuka Takuma

Shirogane Eiji

Mochizuki Kazuhiro

Oumurou Yoshikasu

Miyaji Yuuya

Kikuchi Atsuko

Akashi Masaomi

Nijimura Shuuzou

Sasaki Shouta

Nash Jr. Gold

Higuchi Shouta

Mitobe Chigusa

Daiko (Aomine from another dimension)

Tarou (Takao's dog)

[fumiko-matsubara]

Writing Exercise // AssClass x Tower of God AU - Catching Up

Assassination Classroom - Tower of God AU

Summary: There was a sudden change in team line up and so Nakamura decided to make a call with someone who is floors away.

Word Count: 1,791 words

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"Huh? Asano-kun joined your team?"

Nakamura hummed in reply, her eyes focused on the screen before her, going through the video recordings she had captured earlier during the previous floor test using one of her lighthouses in hopes of finding anything she could use in the near future. "He and that Sakakibara guy apparently got separated from the rest of their teammates during the previous test."

From the other line, Chiba let out a noise of mild disbelief, which Nakamura couldn't blame him for. For an E-rank Regular, Asano Gakushuu had proved himself to be quite the gifted Light Bearer countless of times that just the mere idea of him being separated from his teammates because of a floor test, with how organized and strong the Asano kid had made his nearly perfect team to be as their leader and strategist, is almost laughable.

But considering that the 28th Floor had nearly caused their own team to lose members for good, only having members to be separated seemed more like a blessing than a misfortune.

Nakamura shuddered at the memory.

"Surprisingly, it was them who first approached us when we arrived at the 29th floor," she mused. "Well... the Asano kid to be exact."

"Seems smart on his part, I suppose," Nakamura suddenly heard doors opening on the other line. She assumed that Chiba must have been taking a night walk when he had received her call, as it was currently evening to where she is right now. "I've heard that you guys were the only team to pass the 28th floor for this wave of Regulars... so I guess it's a no-brainer for that guy."

Nakamura swore she could almost see Chiba shrugging his shoulders just as he said those words.

"It's been days since they've joined, you said? No troubles with them so far?"

"Not at all. They've been surprisingly civil with all of us the past few days." Though there was a voice at the back of Nakamura's mind telling her that it was likely because a certain redheaded Light Bearer wasn't around to provoke the Asano. "They even sometimes help nurse some of the others who are still on bed rest."

Chiba chuckled at the other line. "Well isn't that a sight to see?"

Nakamura had discretely installed lighthouses as if they were security cameras at each room of the rather large apartment they had been sharing since their arrival on the 21st floor. It would only take few clicks on her main lighthouse to retrieve the saved recordings of Asano fussing over their injured teamates as he nurses them.

Snickering, she made a mental note to send some of them to Chiba after she's done with her current work.

"Also we definitely appreciate having a rear-type Light Bearer and a Wave Controller since, you know?" Nakamura fought the urge to roll her eyes. "The only ones we had are now floors behind us after stopping their climb to compete at the Workshop Battle?"

Chiba somewhat hissed at that. "I guess that explains why Karma seems to be in a bad mood when we called last month..."

"Yeah, we weren't in agreement that time," Nakamura sighed deeply, closing the tabs and turning off her lighthouse. She supposed it can wait tomorrow.

"I get why."

If Nakamura was being honest, it wasn't the fact that Group 4 joined the Workshop Battle that got the whole team in disagreement. It was the fact that Group 4 have already been planning to compete since they had become E-ranked and yet had never once told the rest of the team until the day they had to claim tickets to join.

Karma may be Team END's key strategist, but the redheaded Light Bearer still had the infuriating habit of strategizing and implementing plans without consulting with the rest of the team, sometimes even executing said plans on his own without anyone's help nor even knowledge.

Nakamura supposed that it was because Karma had initially been trained as a Fisherman before switching to a Light Bearer, but that can't be an excuse anymore since he had over 8 years to break out of that frontliner habit.

It's annoying, really.

Even when Group 4 had won the Workshop Battle with a powerful weapon as their winning prize, it still left a bitter taste on her mouth.

Nakamura hoped that this will be the last time Karma involves their other teammates into his lone wolf shenanigans. They can't afford to be separated much longer the higher they climb the tower.

Not when they still have yet to close the gap to catch up with Chiba and his team like they have promised.

"How are things at your end?" Nakamura asked, wanting to change the topic.

Chiba let out an exhausted sigh. "A bit too fast, I guess. Especially since Kaho's been antsy the past few months."

"Oh?" Nakamura picked up the nearly forgotten tea on the table next to her, prepared by Hara. "What gives?"

Nakamura barely had any recollection of what Tsuchiya is like in personality, as the last time they had personally met was when they were still fairly new to the tower, during the Floor of Tests, which was already about a decade ago. But from the few times that Chiba had mentioned the Light Bearer in their talks, Tsuchiya seems to be a quick thinker who strategizes and improvises well under pressure, especially during battles.

Perhaps that's why Team DREAM had been ridiculously quick with their climb, Nakamura mused.

Well, aside from the fact that they have an insanely solid team line up.

"I'm not entirely sure as we weren't around when it happened but..." There was a slight hesitation in Chiba's tone as he trailed off. "Ever since we saw her with a girl that I believe was from the Harukawa Family, based from her hair and eye colour, she's been like that for some reason."

A Harukawa huh...

Nakamura wasn't exactly the most interested in the Ten Great Families, let alone their relations with each other. But she was at least aware of the common knowledge about the tension between the Tsuchiya and the Harukawa, seemingly started by the Head of the two families themselves.

Could it be rivalry? Mortal Enemies? Nobody knows. But one thing's for sure was that a Tsuchiya and a Harukawa, whether they are direct descendants of the family Heads or not, do NOT get along.

Which is ironic considering that what the two Great families are known for made it seem like they would be a perfect team - The Tsuchiya Family known for their Defenders and the Harukawa Family for their immense talent in Spear Bearing.

But Nakamura supposed that the Tsuchiya daughter already had Chiba for that, who is a talented Spear Bearer himself.

"I mean both families don't get along anyways," Chiba remarked, echoing Nakamura's thoughts. "But it seemed like they personally knew each other beforehand from the way Kaho talked about that Harukawa girl. They probably met during the Floor of Tests... or even before they got called into the tower. Who knows."

Nakamura had never looked so amused. "Childhood rivals?" She snickered.

Chiba chuckled at the other line. "Perhaps."

"So what happens now?"

"Uh well..." Nakamura could hear some rustling from Chiba's side of the call and she swore she just heard faint screeching right after. The sudden noises concerned her a little, so she asked, "Chiba?"

"Nothing. That was Eiji, probably ate something spicy again," Chiba sounded very unamused and deadpan as he said that. Nakamura could faintly hear arguing at a distance if she listened more carefully. "Anyways, Kaho had a burn out. That's one thing."

"It took that to stop her huh," Nakamura replied with a huff. "How many floors have you guys cleared then?"

"Five in 3 months."

What the fuck.

Nakamura's jaw hung wide open when the words had registered in her mind. A normal team would take at least a year to complete 3-4 floors, nevermind five. This is ridiculous. This team is ridiculous. "Geez... and you guys still managed to keep up with her plans and all..."

"To be fair though, the previous floors have been relatively easy," Chiba waved her off nonchalantly. "I would even say that the 20th Floor was much difficult than these five."

Nakamura sighed, leaning back to her chair. Considering it took Team END a whole year to complete the 20th Floor after numerous fails, she supposed she could believe the Spear Bearer's words this time. "Say, how many of you all are from the Ten Families?"

There was a short pause at the other side. "Well there's Kaho of course, then Miki, Daisuke, Miho, Jungyoon, and then me..." he counted.

If Nakamura was smiling right now, she was sure it would have tightened uncomfortably.

It had always slipped from her mind that Chiba himself is a Ten Great Family member despite not being a direct descendant of the family Head, the family tree he's in known for their Water Users, which Chiba had utilized to form his own spears.

But nevermind that. Team DREAM had 6 members from the Great Families? No wonder they're climbing at an incredibly fast pace.

Chiba really found himself a formidable team after he had gotten separated from Team END.

"But even then, only Miki is a direct descendant. The rest of us are too unimportant to be actually feared of as a whole..." Chiba laughed sheepishly. "Well except for our family names of course."

Nakamura would beg to differ.

"Anyways, we're at the 46th floor right now," He continued the previous topic before Nakamura had made that short intermission. "But we'll be taking an indefinite break until all of us had recovered enough to continue our climb again." He informed.

Knowing where he was getting at, Nakamura sighed for the umpteenth time. Unamused, she replied, "So you want us to catch up quickly while you all are basically dormant then, is that right?"

Shit. There is no way they could clear 17 floors before the monster team springs back into action.

Nakamura could feel the cheeky grin that Chiba must be wearing right now.

"Well you have a direct descendant from the Asano family with you now, right?" His tone sounded almost challenging when he said that. "Should be easy enough."

"You can be really annoying sometimes, Ryuunosuke." Nakamura glared at the visible Pocket floating in front of her, as if she can somehow magically transfer a sort of attack towards the other line. It didn't help that there were chuckles coming out of the mechanical sphere.

"Well, what can I say? I learned from the best."

Maybe she shouldn't have teamed up with him and Maehara at the 2nd Floor.

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Obras mencionadas en el Episodio 11 - Películas en YouTube: "Love Exposure" (2008)

El episodio estará disponible a las 3:00 p.m. (15:00 hrs), hora del centro de México en Spotify e iTunes.

Parte 1

Venom: Let There Be Carnage – dir. Andy Serkis (2021) Deadpool – dir. Tim Miller (2016) Deadpool 2 – dir. David Leitch (2018) Venom – dir. Ruben Fleischer (2018) The Grishaverse (serie de libros) – Leigh Bardugo (2012 – presente) El rey de las cicatrices – Leigh Bardugo (2019) One Piece – Oda Eiichiro (1997 – presente) Jojo's Bizarre Adventure – Araki Hirohiko (1986 – presente) Hokuto no Ken – Boruson y Hara Tetsuo (1983 – 1988) Methods of Rationality – Eliezer Yudkowsky (2010 – 2015) Embers (fanfiction) – Vathara (2015 – 2016) Avatar: The Last Airbender – Michael Dante DiMartino y Bryan Konietzko (2005 – 2008) Legend of Korra – Michael Dante DiMartino y Bryan Konietzko (2012 – 2014) Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel – Gainax (1997) Grandmaster of demonic cultivation – Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (2015 – 2016) Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth – Anno Hideaki (1997) End of Evangelion – Anno Hideaki (1997) Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel 2nd – (2005) Archie – Varios (1942 – presente) I knew him when (fanfiction) – Adam Kadmon (2006 – 2007) Naruto – Kishimoto Masashi (1999 – 2014) Fanatical fics and where to find them – Sequoia Simone y Kim Harris (2017 – presente) Subject: A Comprehensive Report – BonesOfBridWings (2018 – presente ) Boku no Hero Academia – Horikoshi Kouhei (2014 – presente) Worm – Robert Ramsay (2014 – 2016) Nieve – Orhan Pamuk (2004) Growing up Gerudo – Mod Roy y Mod Junior (2018 – presente) Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – Fujubayashi Hidemaro (2011) Legend of Zelda: The Wind waker – Aonuma Eiji (2002) Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – Osawa Toru, Yamada Yoichi, Aonuma Eiji, Koizumi Yoshiaki e Iwawaki Toshio (1998) Legend of Zelda: Twlight Princess – Aonuma Eiji (2006) Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask – Aonuma Eiji y Koizumi Yoshiaki (2000) Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past – Tezuka Takashi (1991) Majora: We've Met With A Terrible Fate – M. Bulteau (2011 – presente) Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening – Tezuka Takashi (1993) Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition – Varios (2003) High Score Girl Dash – Oshikiri Rensuke (2019 – presente) High Score Girl (manga) – Oshikiri Rensuke (2010 – 2018) High Score Girl (anime) – Yamakawa Yoshiki (2018 – 2019) 20th Century Boy – Urasawa Naoki (1999 – 2006) Billy Bat – Urasawa Naoki (2008 – 2016) Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (anime) – David Production (2021 – presente) Ane Naru Momo – Iida Pochi (2016 – presente) Fate/Zero (anime) – Aoki Ei (2011) Dungeon Meshi – Kui Ryoko (2014 – presente) Show-ha Shou-ten – Asakura Akinari y Obata Takeshi (2021 – presente) Bakuman (manga) – Ohba Tsugumi y Obata Takeshi (2008 – 2012) Death Note (manga) – Ohba Tsugumi y Obata Takeshi (2003 – 2006) Hello Baby – Morita Masanori y Obata Takeshi (2007) Okaeri no Alice – Oshimi Shuzo (2020 – presente) Happiness – Oshimi Shuzo (2015 – 2019) Flores del mal (manga) – Oshimi Shuuzo (2009 – 2014) Nicoichi – Kindaichi Renjuurou (2004 – 2012)

Parte 2

Love Exposure – dir. Sion Sono (2008) Club del suicidio – dir. Sion Sono (2002) Prisioners of the Ghostland – dir. Sion Sono (2021) Ichi the Killer – Yamamoto Hideo (1998 – 2001) Lo que el viento se llevó (libro) – Margaret Mitchell (1936) Lo que el viento se llevó (película) – dir. Victor Fleming, George Cukor y Sam Wood (1939) El último samurái – dir. Edward Zwick (2003) Bakuman (manga) – Ohba Tsugumi y Obata Takeshi (2008 – 2012) Joshuu 701–gô: Sasori – dir. Ito Shunya (1972) Un asunto de familia – Koreeda Hirokazu (2018) Roma – dir. Alfonso Cuarón (2018) Death Note (live action) – dir. Kaneko Shusuke (2008) Nicoichi – Kindaichi Renjuurou (2004 – 2012) Kill Bill Vol. 1 – dir. Quentin Tarantino (2003) Monster – Urasawa Naoki (1994 – 2002)

[pkjd]

A new PV for this Fall’s “BEASTARS” TV anime has been released. It will premiere in October 2019 on Fuji TV’s +Ultra programming lineup.

-Synopsis-

“In a world populated by anthropomorphic animals, herbivores and carnivores coexist with each other. For the adolescences of Cherryton Academy, school life is filled with hope, romance, distrust, and uneasiness. The main character is Legoshi the wolf, a member of the drama club. Despite his menacing appearance, he has a very gentle heart. Throughout most of his life, he has always been an object of fear and hatred by other animals, and he’s been quite accustomed to that lifestyle. But soon, he finds himself becoming more involved with his fellow classmates who have their own share of insecurities and finds his life in school changing slowly.”

-Staff-

Director: Shinichi Matsumi

Screenplay: Nanami Higuchi

Character Design: Nao Ootsu

CG Chief Director: Eiji Inomoto

Art Director: Minami Kasuga

Color Design: Satoshi Hashimoto

Director of Photography: Shiori Koshou

Editing: Junichi Uematsu

Music: Satoru Kosaki

ED theme: YURiKA

Producer: Orange

-Cast-

Legosi (CV: Chikahiro Kobayashi)

Haru (CV: Sayaka Senbongi)

Louis (CV: Yuuki Ono)

Jack (CV: Junya Enoki)

Collot (CV: Takeo Ohtsuka)

Voss (CV: Yoshiyuki Shimozuma)

San (CV: Fukushi Ochiai)

Juno (CV: Atsumi Tanezaki)

Miguno (CV: Yuuma Uchida)

Durham (CV: Naoto Kobayashi)

Kai (CV: Nobuhiko Okamoto)

Bill (CV: Takaaki Torashima)

Sayumi Watabe

Genki Muro

Yuuichi Iguchi

Yuuko Hara

Ikuto Kanemasa

Akane Oouchi

Hibiku Yamamura

Sakura Ando

Gouhin (CV: Akio Ohtsuka)

Mayor (CV: Mitsuaki Hoshino)

Oguma (CV: Kenyu Horiuchi)

via: bst-anime.com

[alexthegamingboy]

Toonami Weekly Recap 12/12/2020

Sword Art Online: Alicization: War of Underworld Part 2 (Alicization Awakening) EP#17 (41) - Prince of Hell: While Yui notices the server starting, Vassago is about to kill Kirito when Eiji and Yuna arrive to help him. Eiji fights Vassago to avenge his friends from SAO but is defeated and Yuna takes him away. At the occasion, two of the red players recognize Vassago as a member of Laughing Coffin and attempt to dissuade the others, but to no avail, and Vassago uses his powers to make them fight each other instead. In the occasion, Vassago reminisces about his hatred toward Japanese people, which comes from his Japanese father who abandoned him and his mother, who was his mistress, and only came to meet him years later to ask for him to donate a kidney to save his other, legitimate son, leading him to steal a Nerve Gear and log into SAO, despite knowing the risks, so that he could kill Japanese players at will. Meanwhile, Sinon is overpowered by Subtlizer when she manages to turn the battle and almost defeats the enemy, who is forced to retreat, while Leafa fights a horde of red players until exhaustion. Back at the Ocean Turtle, Rinko throws a wrench on Yanai which makes him lose his balance and fall to his death, allowing Higa to proceed with his effort to use Asuna, Sinon and Leafa's Fluctlights to restore Kirito's.

Fire Force Season 2 Fifth Pillar Arc EP#5 (29) - Corna (Sign of the Devil)/A Secret Plan: While fighting Charon, Shinra recalls that Flam Karim said that second generation pyrokinetics cannot create fire but can control it. He suspects that Charon is one of those and tries using the Corna technique again, but the knowledge is of little use against the experienced Charon. Shinra finally manages to focus his attack and succeeds in downing Charon but not defeating him.

Charon prepares to retaliate. The Fire force has its hands full with the demon and the burning buildings. Licht suggests utilizing the power of the second generations to channel the flames into the town square where they are controlled by Maki and turned into a spiraling firestorm. Vulcan and Obi force the demon into the center of the firestorm where it is sucked into its vortex and consumed. Karim then freezes the column solid, extinguishing the flames.

Assassination Classroom EP#14 - Vision Time: Koro-sensei takes the students of Class 3-E to their own private pool that he made, but the students are alerted when Koro-sensei's tentacles swell up when soaked in water. Meanwhile, Terasaka becomes irritated when his friends Takuya Muramatsu and Taisei Yoshida are getting along with Koro-sensei. Terasaka agrees to collaborate with Shiro and Itona in their assassination plan, previously dropping a "bug bomb" in the classroom to excrete Koro-sensei's mucus and secretly adding a transmitter in the pool. Then, Terasaka gathers the other students in the pool, using a gun connected to the transmitter as a signal for Shiro and Itona. Instead, the transmitter sets off an explosion and puts the students in danger, forcing Koro-sensei to get his tentacles soaked in order to rescue the students from being swept away. Koro-sensei is left at the mercy of Itona, while Sumire Hara is hanging onto a tree branch nearby. Following Karma's plan, Terasaka uses his shirt still affected by the "bug bomb" to infect Itona, allowing Koro-sensei to rescue Hara whilst the other students splash water to halt Itona. Shiro and Itona are forced to withdraw yet again.

Slightly Damned Page 997: https://www.sdamned.com/comic/997

[satoshi-mochida]

Orange-developed mystery visual novel Inuwashi: Urabure Tantei to Ojou-sama Keiji no Ikebukuro Jiken File is now available for PlayStation 4 via the PlayStation Store in Japan for 1,540 yen.

Inuwashi: Urabure Tantei to Ojousama Keiji no Ikebukuro Jiken File first launched for iOS and Android in December 2015 in Japan, followed by PC via Steam on March 3 and Switch via the Nintendo eShop on March 26.

Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:

Inuwashi is an adventure game set in Ikebukuro, where a police detective with the special ability to read people’s minds and a private eye who resides in an removed area of Ikebukuro take on various cases alongside their colleagues.

The game is produced by the staff behind the Jake Hunter Detective Story series and features character design by Kazuhiro Hara (Log Horizon illustration, Gundam Build Divers character drafts, etc.)

Players will investigate a variety of cases ranging from suspense to comedy, the occult, and more, from the perspectives of both police detective and private eye. Join forces with unique characters such as a former gang member butler and high school prodigy hacker to solve each case.

Compared to the smartphone version released in 2015, operability seen a complete overhaul, allowing players to enjoy the lengthy, 30-plus hours story with comfortable operation.

With upscale features such as character design sheets from Kazuhiro Hara fully included, this is one that fans do not want to miss.

Story

In Ikebukuro, a series of phantom slasher incidents by someone wearing rabbit headgear has been occurring.

During that time, Hina Washimiya visits the Inugami Detective Agency run by Eiji Inugami. Hina is the younger sister of Tsukasa Washimiya, who was Inugami’s partner back when he was a police detective. She has the ability to read people’s minds and the thoughts that dwell in objects, and asks Inugami to investigate the phantom slasher case alongside her to uncover the mystery behind her brother’s death.

From there, numerous cases occur and the mystery deepens… and eventually Ikebukuro gets involved—.

Outline

Use reasoning to solve mysteries, investigate various places, fend off attacking enemies, and more to progress through the story. Will you be able to solve the case without any mishaps? There are multiple endings to enjoy.