#I have LOVED seeing everyone's interpretations of past and I couldn't wait to do mine >:3

[crazysnor1ax]

Starvetober Day 1 - Past

[ecogirl2759]

THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!!!!

Here it is, guys!

The Kiyotaka Ishimaru Mastermind comic from 4コマ KINGS Vol. 4!

SPECIFICALLY CITING THIS SO THAT OTHERS KNOW WHERE TO FIND THIS COMIC!!!

Huge, HUUUUGE thanks to @panicuriprince!!! They helped me with clearing the text, rewording panels and putting everything together! Pages 4, 5, and 6 are her doing! PLEEEASE go send her some love, they REALLY helped me get this done and I literally couldn't have done this without her :D

There's a document below the break with more literal translations for the comic, as well as translation notes, a link to a Google Drive folder with ALL of the pages, and other interesting tidbits! Please give it a read!

The Japanese pages will also be below the break! (As well as a little spiel of mine. It's quite long, so be careful!)

(also please forgive how many tags there are here-)

Remember to read right to left <3

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As promised, here are the Japanese panels:

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AND HERE'S THE DOCUMENT!

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✨ WOW ✨

I can't begin to describe to you all how AMAZING this feels!

I've spent the past 2 years on what felt like a wild goose chase, desperately searching for this one comic that I wasn't even sure existed.

This all started with me finding a photo on Tumblr of this comic and spiraling into this deep dive. First I didn't know if this was even real, then I found out that this comic series had ceased printing, then I couldn't be sure which book it was actually in.

There is literally almost no information out there about the fourth volume of this anthology series. I've said this before and I'll say it again, volumes 1 and 2 both have full translations that you can download off of other websites, and while 3 doesn't seem to have that, there are a lot of separately translated comics floating around out there, namely on Pinterest.

The 4th volume had NOTHING! No matter how hard I searched or how many links I clicked, no one has really said ANYTHING about this book, which was why this specific comic was so hard for me to find.

But I have all of the books now, so I definitely want to do this again for all of them so that people have easy access to these translations. I'll start with book 4 though haha.

Also, I'm not sure who it was, but HUUUUGE thanks to the kind stranger on Ebay who was willing to sent me the whole series!! I literally don't know where I would be right now if these books weren't with me, so thank you <3

Also, thank you to all of my Japanese teachers that I've had throughout the years. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have been able to understand the comic, haha! One even helped me out in the early stages of this process, so extra thanks to him <3

I feel really passionate about accessible media. I think that everyone should be able to read and find whatever they want. That's part of the reason that I've endeavored on this project. I want everyone to be able to seek out and find these comics if they really want to. And, of course, I want everyone to be able to understand them, too.

So please enjoy this comic! If you'd like to repost it, I'd appreciate being credited just so that others know where they can go to find the full comic.

This one-man project isn't so one-man anymore, and I seriously can't thank everyone who's helped me enough!!! I'm honestly so glad I didn't have to go through this alone <33

ALSO

If you see anything, LITERALLY ANYTHING, that you think I could change/improve (like formatting or different interpretations of the Japanese text), PLEASE shoot me a message!! I want to make sure this comic is as good as it can be, and I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Even if you don't have a suggestion and would just like to reach out to ask a question or something, PLEASE don't be afraid to do that! I know I get really cold feet when sending people asks, so I'm going to reassure everyone who needs to hear it now: You're never going to be a bother to me! I love getting asks! Whenever anyone sends me something, I get really excited <3

So ask questions! Tell me I did a horrible job and got none of the text right! Ask why Ishimaru literally cannot be evil! I don't know the answer, either!

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Thank you all so much for the support and the kind words you've been giving me ever since I first announced I was translating this comic! Your support has been extremely motivating to me! Also, you guys are hilarious with your tags!

Seriously, thank you so much! Words literally can't express how I feel right now, but I guess the best way I could describe it is cathartic. I'm REALLY happy that I finally get to share 2 years worth of work with you guys! You've all been a massive help to me in more ways than one <333

KEEP BEING AWESOME <3

[atmagics]

By your side

Genre: Fluff, Romantic, soft.

Paring: Kim Minjun (2pm) & Y/N

Word count: I hope not too many.

MR. KIM MINJUN ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

This man makes me feel soft and romantic! Hope you like this, feel free to tell me what you think.

Gif is not mine, just found it online, thanks to the rightful owner.

It's early in the morning, you just woke up, the wind it's entering through the window at a nice speed, just enough to move some strands of his hair. Light it's illuminating his golden skin and making him glow even more. His eyes closed, his features soft and relax, his breathing slow, his heartbeat at a nice pace. You? With your head in his chest, the best place to be.

You move just a little to appreciate his face, his plump heart shape lips, slightly open and his beautiful eyes closed. The same question dancing in your head like all mornings, "¿how can I be so lucky?"

It was one year ago since you met him, it was a year ago that he turn your life around, it was a year ago that you didn't know how such a bad day could become the best day of your life just because of him.

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One day your boss told you about this new job opening in Seoul, since you are an interpreter you're used to travel around the world depending on your company's needs. This was the first time that you could be more than just a few months in the city since it was a permanent position.

You got really excited over this opening, because it was really hard for you to have friends and an actual relationship because you didn't want to get to attached to anyone since probably you'll be leaving the city soon. The job was perfect.

After some finishing touches in regards where you will live there, you were all set.

When you arrived you were amaze on how beautiful and clean the city was, it had nice streets with big buildings, the city half past-present-future existing all together at the same time.

Usually you just go straight to business, spending some time with coworkers and never enjoying the city, but this time you were all by yourself, just you and nobody else, this was your chance to start living. You were supposed to take a cab and go straight to your new apartment, but you decide to walk just to know the city a little more, so... that's why you got lost.

At some point you lost track of where you were going so you became a little nervous, you were walking around and feeling anxious since any of the buildings was the same or any look familiar at all, you were walking with your handbag and phone starting to regret not going straight to the apartment, you were searching for any type of information on the phone in regards where you were and how to go to your apartment building.

You were so immersed that you didn't notice that someone was walking in your direction. You hit yout head with a man's chest, it was so sudden and hard that made you fall on the ground.

You said: "ouch!" And looked up. Before you was a talk, well dress man, you couldn't see his face because the light was blocking him, then he said:

"Oh, I'm so sorry! Are you alright? Let me help you." He gave you his hand and you took it, slowly getting up.

When you were up you saw him, his face was worried, he was looking at you asking if everything was fine, if he could do anything for you, he was waiting for an answer but you were so amazed by him.

You took your time to study his face, he had manly features, narrow black eyes, pump reddish lips, his hairstyle couldn't be more masculine and perfect, you were without words, he was the most beautiful man your eyes have ever seen.

"¿Miss... Are you alright? ¿Are you able to answer?" He said with his tone a little bit higher this time.

So you came back from daydreaming and answer him: "Yes! I'm sorry, I just feel a little bit dizzy."

He continue, "do you want me to help you with something? Do you need for me to take you to the hospital to check you?"

A blush run through your face.

"It's ok, I'm completely fine, don't worry. I'm just a little lost maybe you can help me by direct me to the nearest bus station?"

A cute relief small smile run through his face.

"For sure! Actually I work in this building, maybe I can ask someone to drop you to where you're going, if that's ok with you?"

You turn around to see the big building next to you, it's was a modern arquitectural full of glass building, like all in the city, amazing.

You said: "I don't want to be a trouble, can you just help finding a cab or something like that?"

He said: "not at all! This is the least I can do since you had this accident because of me, please let me repay you by doing this little favor." You nodded as agreement, so he help you with you bag and open the big building's door for you.

When you two entered the big fresh lobby you were greet by everyone bowing to him. He stood in the reception telling something to the lady then he turned back and said:

"Ok, so everything it's set up I have a car waiting for us in the entrance, shall we?"

"US?" You question. "Yeah, I offer myself to drop you off to make sure that you arrived safe if that's ok," he asked. "Oh, thank you so much for everything." You respond.

You walked to the entrance of the building were a nice black car was wating for you. You enter the car, greeted to the driver and he sat next to you.

When the car started moving he looked at you and said: "By the way my name is Kim Minjun, nice to meet you" with a big cute smile on his face.

"Nice to meet you too, I'm y/n."

On the way home you talked about why you were on the city and how thankful you were because he saved you from being lost. After that both of you remain silence for a while until you arrived to your apartment.

He open the car door for you and help you with your handbag until you were in front of the door of your apartment.

"oh well this is me, thank you so much Mr. Kim, I really appreciate your help."

"Not a problem at all! And please call me Minjun" he requested. You smiled and open the door of your apartment when he said:

"y/n? " with a soft voice, kind of nervous. "Would you like to go grab a coffee with me some day? Or maybe dinner?"

"Yes!" you answer almost immediately, you didn't want to sound so eager but you just couldn't help it. "I mean - you continue - I will need to settle down and unpack, but for sure I can make some time".

"Perfect! give me your phone number and I'll call you to make the date", he answer with a big smile, you smile him back.

When you enter your apartment you were on cloud nine, you felt like you feet weren't touching the floor, you felt excited and nervous, was all that real? It wasn't a dream? Are you going out with THAT man?

You never experiencing so many emotions at the same time, excitement, nervousness but undoubtedly you were felling happy for the first time in a long time.

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Sun was starting to come more up to his face, so he started to wake up. He smile at you not opening his eyes, you were watching him, seeing him waking up was one of your favorite things.

He kissed you forehead and whisper a soft: "Good morning love."

You move your hand to start touching his face, he turn to kiss it, you move a little bit up to meet his face, he caressed your face with his knuckles, his other hand move to your lower back, you two were just inches apart from each other, looking deep into his soft black eyes.

With a soft delicate push he pressed your lips with his in a slow passionate kiss, you melt in his embrace, the kiss was delicate and full of love. You thought to yourself "is there a better way to wake up?".

[serahne]

this question is silly tbh and i just started to check your blog lately so from curiosity i couldn't keep this question to my self it's fine if you want to ignore the ask though :) , but why you shipped komahina or why you choosed it over hina//nami , sorry if this ask was rude for you

Hi there ~ Don’t worry, there is no silly question and you aren’t rude at all ( good god, each time someone is saying that to me I wonder if I’m really that scary ). I can definitely explain why I enjoy Komahina more than Hina/nami, please remember that it’s mostly based on my own interpretation of the characters, and that someone else’s interpretation is just as good as mine.

Except when people claim that Hajime is a Griffindor. I’ll bite.

Why do I ship Komahina ? Well…

( You may think it’s a joke but wait to read my answer, and you’ll see it’s not )

Anyway, if you even glanced at my blog you know that I’m unable to shut up, so under the cut !

To anwer your question, my main reasons to ship Hinata with Komaeda are… the characters themselves. Let’s start with Komaeda, because it’s easier. Shorter. Something.

Komaeda is a character who doesn’t do emotional connections. He has this kind of unbreakable mindset that is fascinating to study, mostly linked to his past and his luck where he seems absolutely unable of sympathy and rationalizes all his feelings. I’m not going to say that Hinata is the only person he ever developed feelings for, we can’t know that. But he is the first person he realized he developed feelings for.

Until then, he didn’t need to think about it. Of course he liked Hinata, Hinata is a symbol of Hope, he is talented and so better than he is ( there is… more to it especially the ‘I feel like we are similar but I promised to keep it short ). The equation was I love Hope = Hinata is Hope = I love Hinata. There was no… internal contradiction in him. And then, of course, chapter 4 happens and it’s the worst. Hinata isn’t talented. He is despair. Worse, he is actually Izuru Kamukura, some kind of abomination who is one of the leader of the Despair Team. And yet, he still has feelings for him. The equation doesn’t work anymore, Komaeda is broken, his world is falling apart, he is willingly pushed into a character development that he didn’t ask for, and it’s so painful for him that he kills himself, trying to take everyone else with him.

That’s… fascinating. Sad, too. But damn, Komaeda.

Dr:ae showed us that he could evolve, though. His mindset wasn’t set in stone. With time, with new objectives, he can accept that someone who didn’t have any talent ( Naegi ) was able to beat despair. Actually, he even says that someone who doesn’t have talent, who isn’t praised and elevated by the society, beating despair, is even more hope-inducing. Which is why I think he will come to respect Hinata, and by extension, himself. With time.

So Hinata is Komaeda’s hope to change. To get rid of this stupid mindset Hope’s Peak’s world gave him. Obviously after dr3 being with Hinata would also allow him to not suffer from his luck, which would also help him to develop real relationships with people without them dying, so it’s good for him.

Now, Hinata.

I’m absolutely fascinated by this boy, and I even started to write a complete analysis of his character here and here ( for now I only covered Hinata before Hope’s Peak Academy and Hinata in dr3 but it’s already giving you a lot of keys to understand how I see his character ).

To be short, Hinata is someone who is always trying to find a way to run away from an unpleasant reality. He numbs himself to block out the exterior world and not face it the way it is, because it’s easier. It’s easier to play video games with a cute Ultimate girl and forget about Hope’s Peak segregationist system ( Dr3 ), it’s easier to convince yourself that you are an Ultimate too and fit with everyone ( Sdr2 ), it’s easier to think that it’s going to be okay, that they’ll do their best and will get out of it without problem, it’s easier to think that they are good people who can do no wrong.

And that’s where Komaeda comes in. Komaeda doesn’t allow Hinata to take the easy way. Never. From the first chapter, can you guess what would have happened if everyone had taken the easy path and voted him as culprit after his breakdown ? Because that’s the logic though to have right ? The only one who can do something bad is someone who is unstable, right ? Wrong. And thanks Mikan to save the day, because Hinata would have ran into this one if you hadn’t been here.

Through the whole game, Komaeda is someone who motivates Hinata to face the truth. Not only Hinata, mind you ( In chapter two, he pushes Koizumi to play the game too ), but especially him. He is the one who spit out Hope’s Peak ideology, how people are born for greatness and can rise through society or are born to be trash and will never become anyone ( which is a terrible thing to think, but is nevertheless what’s Hope’s Peak is all about ), something that Hinata refuses to accept even though he suffered through it. Of course, he is also the one who tells him that he isn’t an Ultimate, and repeats it, again and again, so he won’t run away from it. Hell, in his FTE, Hinata tells Komaeda that he is trying to understand him, and Komaeda replies that it’s really brave, to try and understand someone that you don’t. And I agree. Hinata is never braver than when he is facing him.

Chapter 5 is everything. Komaeda’s final test. Hinata is the only one who keeps going, you know. Who refuses to vote a suicide, even though everyone is almost begging him to, that he doesn’t want to think about another possibility, that they are all so damn tired. He keeps going. And after that, he does something even Komaeda didn’t expect : he understands him. He understands his luck, his hope, his goal and he beats him. At this moment he doesn’t need to be scared of Komaeda anymore, because once you understand something, you stop being scared, that’s just as simple as that.

On a lighter note… I admit I adore how Hinata can’t help but care about him. How angry he is with himself when he realizes he is super worried about Komaeda when he is sick, how embarassed he is when they joke about the sticker, how upset he is when Komaeda starts treating him coldly and I love how hyped he is anytime Komaeda speak during a trial and how attentive to him he is. That’s the cheesy part of me talking, sorry.

I think after dr3, Hinata would need some time to think about himself, the world, the meaning of life, whatever else, for a while. So he wouldn’t rush into a relationship with Komaeda or anyone else. I’m just saying that after sdr2 these two have such amazing connection that it could definitely lead to something great, whether they get together or not.

TLDR ; I love that Hinata is the way for Komaeda to change, and I love that Komaeda is the way for Hinata to accept himself, as hard it is after everything he’s done and become. It’s… honestly so rare to find such amazing bond between two characters who are so-well written, without one overshadowing the over but completing each others.

You don’t have to read it if you enjoy Hina/nami, but since you brought that up, here is why I don’t like it : The reason I dislike Hina/nami, it’s that Nan/ami’s role is the exact opposite of Komaeda. Her role is to shelter Hinata, as part of the Neo World Program. Her goal is that he never remember who he was, that he erases from his past every bad things he did and never have to face them. If you observe her in the game, she is the one who always go for the ‘easy’ route. She is the one who suggests Komaeda as the killer, she is the one who stops Hinata to go through the Final Dead Room and to face whatever is inside, she is the one who say to Hinata that it doesn’t matter if he has talent or not.

That’s just what she is coded to do, but that’s also what dr3!Nan/ami does. She brushes off Hinata’s insecurities, saying that the only thing that matters anyway are friends, not realizing that it’s a very easy thing to say when you are a sheltered, privilegied girl who is adored by everyone for her talent while he is struggling with what looks like depression. She is always painting Hinata a reality that doesn’t exist to make him feel better and hum… I feel like he deserves more than a not-super-bright girlfriend holding his hand through life and forbidding any development on his part. Doesn’t mean he doesn’t care about her, by the way, she probably brought him comfort when he needed some.