#Hagiwara Mai

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「❄️ Even if it's just for a brief moment, I want to be spoiled by you ☎️」

The Polycule makes a dramatic holiday season comeback with Aitai Lonely Christmas by ℃-ute!

🔗 Watch the full video on YouTube! Credits under the cut!

❄️CREDITS☎️

🎄VOCALS: c.a.l. Lunarveil merci NINA (me!) Rice

🎅MIX: Mars

🎁ART + VOCAL EDITING + VIDEO: me!

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[magicmorningmeteora]

A (Ren'ai) Hunter's Moon Harvest of Headlines

【New Blog Post】 With the hunter's moon approaching, it's time to see what's been blowing on the autumn winds in the world of (mostly Hello! Project-adjacent) Jpop idols. #Jpop #HelloProject

Greetings, Citizens of the Universe! Autumn has truly arrived in the Northern Hemisphere, bringing pumpkin spice, spooky vibes, and… various weather-related woes. (If you are in an affected area, I sincerely hope you’re safe.) In any case, it’s time to catch up on some J-idol headlines. - Songs for the Date - October Birthday Oshi Polls - Happy Idolween - 2nd IS:SUE - Oh No, Another Audition…

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hi! i wanna become a fan of c-ute but am struggling to find english subbed content!! do u know anything like that out there? thanks in advance !

Thanks for reaching out to us and for your patience! Unfortunately, I'm not a huge Hello! Project (the company c-ute was under) fan so I'm not sure where to point you for subbed content in the current era.

Given when c-ute was active, I'm not sure what if anything was made available online. I'm sure c-ute had interviews, TV appearances, etc but I have no idea if the Western fan culture translated those or not. The best place to look would be on livejournal for H!P and or c-ute focused blogs/communities. However given how long it's been, I don't know if those spaces still exist or are active. Billibilli might be an option as well but again, not sure what if anything is out there.

If any other users here on tumblr see this post, please add in the replies or reblog with links for this anon! I (Mod Rise) would really appreciate it!

Best of luck in your search anon!

-Mod Rise

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I think a sub-unit with Risako & Maimai would have been nice to see, as the youngest members of their respective groups, both had voices that people would either love or hate but could be used right and both were super beautiful and had visuals that would stand out in their groups that were already full of other pretty girls. I kinda really wish it would have happened now.

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As ONE - Suzuki Airi, Hagiwara Mai

ºC-ute Concert Tour 2012 Haru Natsu ~Utsukushikutte Gomen ne~

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#yumyum and menmen are still behind this but! #miyanaga jirou is also an arranger along with menmen!

Time to round out the “WTF Kirarin meme songs” trilogy dear lord like 99% of the results are fandubs lol

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The Smelly Storm Glass

When I first watched Episode 6, I was momentarily stunned when Hagiwara reeled back from the smell of the broken storm glass.

There's smell? We had definitely experienced sound, lighting, color, clothing and prop symbolism. We had all kinds of interesting framing and dialogue parallels. But smell? Had we had that previously?

Smell is not frequently used as a symbol outside of the ABO, werewolf & vampire genres. It's not nearly as common as lighting or color for example. It's sometimes mentioned for low-effort dialogue or scene advancement purposes (I need a shower because I smell. The food smells good., fart jokes etc.) However, it's really low on the list of symbolism in live-action TV. Why? Because it's harder to convey in visual form. Actually depicting smell (and not just talking about it) can be quite disruptive and off-putting if not done correctly.

Even when we do get smell symbolism, it tends to be reduced to a few different forms. When it happens, pay attention.

The first form of smell symbolism is "smelly hair". This happened recently in Your Sky with Muenfah talking about Teerak's hair smelling. In some ways, this is a throwback to a lot of older het Asian dramas. It was almost always the woman who had smelly hair, and it was typically a sign that they had not been caring for themselves properly. Teerak needed to learn boundaries and how to take care of himself. It also tied into his whole "kissing on the head" parallel.

We have a version of this in When It Rains. Less than one minute into ep 1, Hagiwara smells Kaori's hair before initiating physical intimacy.

However, there's no dialogue and it's not a bad smell. It's not the typical use. It's hard to say if it served a symbolic function or was an acting choice. I'm leaning towards the latter. Hagiwara often looks like he is almost smelling before he goes for the neck in intimate interactions. This one was just more blatant and had more time between the "smell" and going for the neck. That actually fits the narrative point and pacing of this scene.

The most we can really say is that it relates to Hagiwara's physical interest in Kaori; however, it's not strong as a symbol. I don't typically consider smelling as part of physical intimacy to be a symbol. That swerves into kinks & dynamics territory rather than pure symbolism.

The second type of smell symbolism we see in TV series is related to a particular scent being commonly associated with a person. This can be used to show a personal identity OR marking of territory. This is the type most often used in ABO/werewolf/vampire shows. It was recently seen in ep 17 of Perfect 10 Liners. Yotha hugs Gun to "share" his cologne. Sharing a smell is a lot like blending or swapping of colors in terms of symbolism. It shows a sense of togetherness. It's typically love, but it can also be clan/family.

However, when the smell isn't shared, it's often related to personal identity. It's not a BL, but My ID is Gangnam Beauty did this version of smell symbolism. The male lead associated a particular scent with his mother which caused issues when our female lead wears it. They also make couple scents. If you want a show with a lot of smell symbolism, this is it. I can't think of a BL equivalent in terms of sheer amount of smell symbolism off the top of my head.

We have a version of this type of smell symbolism in When It Rains. After eating together, Sei asks Hagiwara to spray cologne on him.

But it subverts the typical use of the symbolism. Sei is trying to cover up the smell. He's hiding his personal identity - removing himself to match Fujisawa's tastes.

It's interesting that Hagiwara is helping cover up his scent, but I think it serves more as a tool for dialogue development than symbolism.

The most I would be willing to say is that Hagiwara can't mark his territory. Sei isn't his (yet). That's a stretch. It feels like I'm making crap up for my own purposes. Which to be fair - I sometimes do.

BY FAR, those two forms are the most common in terms of smell symbolism in Asian dramas. A third form would be a smell triggering a memory; however, it's more common for that to be actually eating some type of smelly food instead of just the smell. The food is actually the symbol. Same with flowers - in most cases the flower is the symbol there, not the smell.

This brings us to the last form of smell symbolism we're going to discuss - the dead body. This type of smell symbolism is most often used in crime dramas. It's typically used to show when a crime is horrifically bad. The reaction to the smell is often shown before you see the crime scene. It serves as a warning for what's to come. As in "brace yourself, this next scene won't be pretty". I don't typically pay a lot of attention to this symbol. It probably exists in at least a couple BLs, but I'd have to rewatch the most probable candidates to find it.

There are some other interpretations; however, this is what the smelly storm glass seems to be (to me) in terms of smell symbolism. It's the dead body. It's the crime scene. Hagiwara's pose is very reminiscent of crime scene shots. The destruction already happened (in terms of the affair), but it's also a warning of what's to come. The SA scene comes directly afterwards. Horrific crime.

It is interesting to me that Hagiwara gets cut by the broken storm glass. We don't see it until his conversation with Sei. We find out directly after he tells Sei to blame him for what happened.

We know Hagiwara's character. He cares immensely about Sei. He's going to feel some kind of way about what happened to Sei. That his calling Sei triggered this event hurts him too. The nail is damaged (or at least covered in bandage residue), but it's the slice on the knuckle that is the worst. I am confident that if this injury was just related to Kaori, it would just impact his nail. It wouldn't be his finger too. Sei is the one that talks about his fingers. There's probably something there about it being a "slice" injury, but I'm not sure.

Again, there ARE alternative interpretations for the smelly storm glass. This is just the one that makes the most sense to me.

I've now written WAY too much about this show. For those that want to read it, here's a master list. I'll keep updating it as I add new posts.

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[remikaiko]

Thank you for subs, I missed so many C-ute videos back in the day because no subtitles 😭

Remember when ℃-ute was in a competition where Yajima Maimi was supposed to look out for special eggs while driving a go-kart, but she enjoyed the ride so much that she forgot to even look for them? Then her juniors just berated her…

I remember and so I subtitled it.

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KISS ME AISHITERU 2011, ℃-ute

[haropro-confessions]

I am the only one that never thought that Mai's voice had any problem at all? It's beyond my comprehension how people of any age could spend a scary amount of time complaining about something that was just puberty. She debuted when she was 8~10 years would, did y'all really expected that a literal child would have the same voice for the rest of her life?