#JG Fukumoto

[orange-cheetah]

stuff i've drawn for jg so far!

1. fantasy

2. cigarette kiss

3. warm

4. jitsui day

5. day off

6. umeda

[tima520]

Happy 3rd Joker Game broadcast anniversary 🃏✨💖💖💖

[kururrugi]

one gifset per episode:       ↳ Episode 4 // City of Temptation

[jgfiles]

So, after a series of teasing photos, we’ve the cover image for the new Joker Game stage... which will clearly be based on “Double Joker”.

The cast as of now is listed as:

CAST

Kido Yūya 木戸邑弥

Yamamoto Ikkei 山本���慶

Okutani Chihiro  奥谷知弘

Matsumoto Gaku 松本 岳

Saigawa Kōji 才川コージ

Maeda Takeshi 前田剛史

Taniguchi Masashi 谷口賢志

and more…

Although there’s a promising ‘and more’ so far the  big names that were in the previous stage and are missing in this one are:

Suzuki Shogo

Omi Shoichiro

Abe Kaisei

Kousen

Orakio

Now... Miyoshi is dead, so unless we’ll have flashbacks there’s no hope to see him and the author who played him... that or Gamo Jiro is going to turn out as his twin or something.

Sakuma... well, this one is hard to say as Sakuma came back to D Agency but we don’t know when exactly.

Odagiri... well, the previous stage completely forgot about him after he left D Agency (they had Sakuma came back but not Odagiri) so I don’t really have hopes for him.

It’ll be interesting if Muto were to show up. He wasn’t in the plot of ‘Double Joker’, of course, but the same applies to most of D Agency so we can never know.

As for Gordon... he said he would turn into a double spy and that he hoped to show up in the next stage so... well, I’d like to have him back... or at least Orakio. I loved his performance in the first stage!

Still, it’ll be interesting to see how this will develop but really, I also would love a new anime series... or a movie... or an OAV... or something... I miss my boys and this time we don’t even have an anime version of the cover, they just jumped to the stage one...

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  Gait Posture. 2020 Feb 20;78:54-59. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.02.014. [Epub ahead of print]

  Muscle capacity to accelerate the body during gait varies with foot position in cerebral palsy. Hegarty AK1, Kurz MJ2, Stuberg W2, Silverman AK3. J Sport Rehabil. 2020 Mar 31:1-9. doi: 10.1123/jsr.2019-0211. [Epub ahead of print] Effects of a 4-Week Short-Foot Exercise Program on Gait Characteristics in Patients With Stage II Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction. Kim J, Lee SC, Chun Y, Jun HP, Seegmiller JG, Kim KM, Lee SY. Hum Mov Sci. 2020 Apr;70:102584. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2020.102584. Epub 2020 Feb 8. Gait control in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Simmons RW1, Taggart TC2, Thomas JD3, Mattson SN3, Riley EP3. Gait Posture. 2020 Mar 17;78:30-34. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.03.009. [Epub ahead of print] Navicular drop is negatively associated with flexor hallucis brevis thickness in community-dwelling older adults. Fukumoto Y1, Asai T2, Ichikawa M3, Kusumi H3, Kubo H4, Oka T5, Kasuya A6. Front Pediatr. 2020 Feb 28;8:75. doi: 10.3389/fped.2020.00075. eCollection 2020. Effects of Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy on Ankle Joint Function in Patients With Cerebral Palsy. Ates F1, Brandenburg JE2,3,4, Kaufman KR1. Gait Posture. 2020 Mar 4;78:26-29. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.03.003. [Epub ahead of print] Higher visual reliance during single-leg balance bilaterally occurring following acute lateral ankle sprain: A potential central mechanism of bilateral sensorimotor deficits. Kim KM1.

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[jitsuiwawatashiwa]

JG tunes

“songs that are a little too my aesthetic” 

Sakuma: The Old Apartment - Barenaked Ladies 

Miyoshi: Settle Down - The 1975 

Hatano: Hail to the Freaks - Beatsteaks 

Fukumoto: Pendulous Threads - Incubus 

Kaminaga: Find Me - Kings Of Leon 

Tazaki: Selene - Imagine Dragons 

Amari: You Get What You Give - New Radicals 

Jitsui: Lollipop - MIKA 

Odagiri: Miracle Mile - Cold War Kids 

Gamou: Low - The Suits xl 

Yuuki: Pavlove - Fall Out Boy 

Astoria - Marianas Trench 

[terassaras]

Joker Game: Food/War

Articles on Japanese cuisine and the impact of WWII/military on Japanese diet.

Useful info for JG fanfic writers or just for fun.

Traditional Japanese Cuisine

Good information on the basics of a Japanese meal.

War, Empire, and the Making of Japanese National Cuisine by K. Cwiertka

An excellent (and short) piece on how the military changed Japanese diet.

Food History & National Myths by B. Kusher

A short history on ramen - which isn’t as Japanese as some think it is.

Yoshinoya: An old restaurant chain serving beef bowls

First opened in Nihonbashi in 1899 in Tokyo, I can imagine the boys came here during the better days (and I think Nihonbashi is the bridge in Hatano’s end card? I could be wrong!)

Don’t forget the Kanpan...

Hard Bread for hard times - consumed by the military & civilians alike.

Japanese food is rich in history. Maybe some of these can give you an idea of what Fukumoto would cook!

[paranoid-rhythm]

TRANSLATION: JOKER GAME 2ND YEAR D-CLASS, SAKUMA-SENSEI RETURNS!! PART 1

Hello.

I’m back to shitpost on the Joker Game tag. lol jk 

This drama CD is all the weird things the fans wanted, I guess. ww

Warning: VERY LONG. As in 4789 words long. TN notes at the bottom. I’ll update this post once I’ve translated the other tracks. 

Text inside 「these」means that Odagiri is talking via LINE, and italicized text inside asterisks like * these * means that it’s the characters’ thoughts.

Well then, let’s jump into the madness after the cut!

Part 2 - 第2話「the night of the school trip」 Part 3 - 第3話「All out! Evacuation Drill! 」 

第1話 「an activity log of a certain day」

Sakuma: Yuuki Private Academy, Middle School Department. Because their previous adviser quit suddenly, starting the second semester, I became the class adviser for the 2nd Year, D-Class. The D-Class is a specially formed group, specifically for a group of problem students. And thus the daily lives of these exceptionally unique students continue.

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Yuuki: Your presence is a good catalyst for those boys in D-Class. How about it? Do you have the will to be their class adviser until they graduate?

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 Sakuma: I wonder, would those guys graduate first or would my stomach be ridden with ulcers first? Though the Headmaster directly entrusted them to me, I should do my best to guide them! Okay, I’ll give my all today!

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 Sakuma: Drama CD, Joker Game

 Miyoshi: 2nd Year D-Class, Sakuma-sensei Returns!!

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 Yuuki: This is a record of the daily lives of the D-Class. It starts in the early morning, 06:00 hours.

 Sakuma: Hm? 

Amari: Good morning, Sakuma-sensei!

 Hatano: Morning~!

 Sakuma: You guys are early, do you have morning practice for basketball club?

 Hatano: Yes, since the tournament is approaching. Are you jogging, Sakuma-sensei? 

Sakuma: Yeah, since I feel like my body would become weak if I don’t move. So recently, I’ve been jogging in the early morning.

 Amari: If you’re interested in exercising, you should join our club. Hatano’s so Spartan in our training. Right~?

Hatano: It’s not like I want to be like that, whose fault do you think it is?! It’s because you keep slacking off here and there that I do it!

 Amari: Life should be lived freely, one should grab that opportunity! It’s important to live it the way you want it~!

 Hatano: Why you–…!!

 Sakuma: Thanks for the invitation, but I’m not really interested in joining ball games. 

Hatano: Oh yeah, Sensei’s specialty is kendo and judo, right?

 Amari: We heard that you’ve even joined national tournaments during your high school days. 

Sakuma: Y-you guys do know a lot huh… *Huh..? Did I ever tell anyone about this…?*

 Hatano: You should be careful about your personal information being leaked~! 

Sakuma: Don’t read my thoughts! 

Hatano: We’ll go on ahead, then! 

Amari: See you in the classroom! 

Sakuma: Ah–… yeah. Do your best during training! 

Amari: Hatano, you sure have low energy during mornings huh. Do you have low blood pressure? (1) 

Hatano: Well, there’s that but I was also reading a book until late last night. 

Amari: You should be careful not to stay up too late, or else you won’t grow any taller~! 

Hatano: HAAAH?! 

Amari: Ahaha! So you’ll get angry at that! 

Sakuma: I should run a bit more. 

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Yuuki: At around the same time… 

Miyoshi: *sigh* I can’t fix it huh, this bed hair… 

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 Yuuki: 08:00 hours, before homeroom. 

Tazaki: Good morning! 

Jitsui: Good morning, Tazaki-san! 

Fukumoto: Good morning! 

Odagiri: 「Good morning~」 

Tazaki: Hm? Your greeting sticker is energetic today, did something good happen, Odagiri? 

Odagiri: 「Last night, Music Channel aired JG Musume’s(2) new release! It’s super god-like! 」 

Tazaki: Wait one second, it’s not only Fukumoto who likes that idol group, JG Musume? 

Fukumoto: The group’s new member looks a lot like Odagiri’s childhood friend, so I showed him their music video. 

Jitsui: And he got so into it huh? What a simpleton. 

Odagiri: 「Yuriri looks so much like Chizu-nee, it hurts! 」 

Jitsui: I don’t care what you guys get into, but can you not live tweet everything while it’s being aired on TV? Look what happened to my timeline! 

Tazaki: Truly, it’s just full of Odagiri and Fukumoto’s tweets. 

Fukumoto: I apologize. I got caught in the moment, I need to let everyone know about JG Musume’s ultimate cuteness–… 

Odagiri: 「I agree! 」 

Jitsui: Please think about us who gets flooded with 10 or 20 tweets about the same thing. Well, I’ve already muted you both anyway. 

Tazaki: Is it a good thing that he hasn’t blocked you guys yet? 

Fukumoto: Tazaki, you also have a Twitter account right? I haven’t seen you tweet recently. 

Tazaki: Ah, I’ve recently put up a channel in YouTube, so I’ve been uploading the new sleight of hand tricks that I’ve learned there. 

Odagiri: 「Tazaki, you’re a YouTuber?!」 

Tazaki: It’s not that big of a deal. Here. 

Tazaki: I have here the Joker card. I’ll crumple it inside my left hand and count to three, to change the card into something else! One, two, three! 

Fukumoto: That’s amazing. It changed into a pigeon in an instant. 

Jitsui: Is it really that amazing? Rather than that, what I’m bothered by is his channel’s username. 

Odagiri: 「Tazakin(3). lololol」 

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Yuuki: At the same time… 

Miyoshi: Not a hair is out of place, the perfect hairstyle! A cat? Don’t come after me. 

Kaminaga: Good morning~! It’s not like I want to go with you anyway~! 

Miyoshi: Kaminaga, I’m not talking to you. 

Kaminaga: Hm? Oh! A black cat! How cute~! Here, here~! Ooh~ you’ve got such soft and silky fur! If you were a human, you’d definitely a black haired beauty! 

Miyoshi: That cat’s a male though. 

Kaminaga: Eh?! 

Miyoshi: Well, you’ll know when you look at it. 

Kaminaga: Miyoshi, even though you claim to hate cats, you know a lot about them huh. Besides, why do you even hate them?! Is it because their fur sticks to everything? 

Miyoshi: It doesn’t matter. 

Kaminaga: But if this guy’s a stray, then it’s worrying. There’s been cases of someone abusing strays around this area. 

Miyoshi: If we don’t get a move on, we’ll be late. 

Kaminaga: Ehh… then, Cat-chan, well, Cat-kun, bye bye~! 

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Mutou: Your skirt is too short! And you, your necktie is crooked! 

Kaminaga: Geh. It’s vice-principal Mutou! Is it inspection day today?! 

Miyoshi: The committee is not with him. Isn’t he just doing it for nothing? 

Mutou: D-Class… you guys are almost late! I know that you’re all troublesome students, so I suppose that you won’t have any complaints if we expel you! 

Kaminaga: Did we cause trouble~? 

Mutou: Stop playing dumb! Kaminaga! I’ve heard that you’ve been going around, seducing all the female students in this school! 

Kaminaga: I haven’t actually gone to that extent… 

Mutou: No excuses! Miyoshi! Where’s your school badge?! Not wearing the school badge inside the school grounds is a violation of the rules–… 

Miyoshi: Mutou-sensei, we only have 4 minutes and 20 seconds before homeroom starts. And because you stopped us, we’ve already wasted 30 seconds, are you still going to continue? Even though you’re the vice-principal, you’re going to make students late? We won’t stop you though. 

Mutou: Ugh.. hurry up and go! 

Miyoshi: Thank you very much. 

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Yuuki: 10:00 hours, second period, Japanese Language. 

Sakuma: I’ll be handing out the results for the short test the other day. When I call your name, come here and get it. Amari! 

Amari: Yes~! 

Sakuma: Odagiri! 

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Sakuma: All of you in this class are very intelligent, but for some reason, all of you always gets one question wrong. This time, it’s question number 5. 

Amari: “Take into account Howard’s emotions in the underlined parts and write your interpretation of it in 30 words or less.” 

Kaminaga: Ah, it’s marked wrong on mine as well. 

Sakuma: Interpreting how a human being’s emotions, for some strange reason, all of you repeatedly get these kinds of questions wrong. To reflect on where you went wrong, I’ll have all of you read your answers out loud one by one. 

Odagiri: 「 It’s a public execution lololol 」 

Sakuma: First up, Miyoshi! 

Miyoshi: I don’t want to reflect on it. 

Hatano: He actually refused!? 

Sakuma: That’s right, even I was surprised that I had to grade a rejection. 

Miyoshi: Isn’t there no right or wrong when it comes to considering people’s emotions? Putting those kinds of questions in the test is nonsense. 

Jitsui: You have a point, you’ll need to confirm with the person themselves about it. 

Sakuma: It’s not that I don’t understand you, but as long as it’s on the test, there’s a right answer for it. If you’re not going to answer, then I’ll be forced to mark it down. 

Miyoshi: I’ll take note of that. 

Sakuma: Next up is Kaminaga, read it out loud. 

Kaminaga: “OMG this is crazy! Seriously crazy! Super crazy!" 

Tazaki: It looks like his vocabulary died. 

Sakuma: What warranted this line? 

Odagiri: Pfft… fufufu… fufufu that’s seriously dumb fufuhehehe… 

Fukumoto: It seems like it sold well to Odagiri, he’ll be laughing for a long time because of this. 

Amari: Thanks to Kaminaga, Odagiri who normally doesn’t laugh is now laughing out loud. I guess you can count this one as a good thing. 

Hatano: Just what kind of logic is that?! 

Sakuma: Odagiri! You’re not one to laugh at other people’s mistakes! What do you mean by "The rest of my answers are online.”?! 

Kaminaga: That’s even worse than mine! 

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Yuuki: 12:00 hours, lunch break. 

Hatano: Success!! Success!! 

Fukumoto: Were you able to buy the bread you wanted? 

Hatano: Of course! The Yuuki Academy special Black Iberian Pork Cutlet Sandwich, only 3 pieces are made and sold only on Fridays! This is really good~! 

Fukumoto: Did you also buy those pork cutlet sandwiches, Tazaki? 

Tazaki: Nah, I just bought the daily meal. I’m not like Hatano, I don’t have enough confidence to brave that bargain sale like mob. 

Odagiri: 「As expected of the only guy with a logical mind in the D-Class! 」 

Hatano: Anyway, why haven’t you guys eaten yet? It would’ve been okay to eat ahead of us. 

Fukumoto: My bento today is a work of art. I wanted to show it to you guys.

 Hatano: Wha–… what is this?! 

Tazaki: A kyaraben(4) huh? But which character is this? 

Fukumoto: It’s Nezujirou III. 

Tazaki: Ne… ne… nezu… ??

 Odagiri: 「It’s the official mascot character for JG Musume. Patterned after Fukumoto’s favorite, Marron-chan’s illustration.」 

Hatano: Is this a mouse? Why is it yellow? 

Fukumoto: IF MARRON-CHAN SAYS IT’S YELLOW, THEN A MOUSE IS YELLOW. 

Hatano: You’re scary… 

Odagiri: 「Can I take a pic and up it on Twitter?」 

Fukumoto: Yeah. 

Hatano: It’s all the rage now huh, omurice, nori and ham cut outs, it’s all totally impossible for me. 

Tazaki: You make it by yourself every morning, right? That’s amazing. 

Fukumoto: Today’s is just special. I usually just use the left overs from dinner and some easily prepared stuff so it’s not much work. Odagiri, you have a bento today, right? 

Odagiri: 「Yeah, Chizu-nee made one for me!」 

Hatano: Ah, your childhood friend that lives next to you? 

Odagiri: 「She said she put my favorite in there!」 

Fukumoto: That’s exciting!

 Tazaki: Hm? Odagiri’s favorite… 

Hatano: Ah… how do you say it…

 Fukumoto: …it’s all just… 

Odagiri: ….white rice… 

Tazaki: …right?

 Hatano: W-well! You never know! Maybe there’s some side dishes underneath all that rice!

 Odagiri: 「There’s none…」 

Tazaki: Oh… ah… well, Odagiri, you like onigiri, right? So maybe she thought you’ll be happy about it!

 Odagiri: Hn.. hm… 

Fukumoto: I’ll give you some of my tamagoyaki and octopus wieners…

 Hatano: I’ll give you a bit of my pork cutlets too… 

Tazaki: Have some of my karaage and cheer up! 

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Yuuki: At the same time… 

*A lot of girls chattering in the BG* 

Miyoshi: How stifling. Going to the cafeteria was a mistake. 

Kaminaga: Isn’t Miyoshi the one who said he wanted to eat the Triple S Meal Set? 

Jitsui: It can’t be helped, Kaminaga-san and Amari-san are both very popular with the girls. 

Kaminaga: Oh no~ sorry about being popular~! 

Jitsui: How about you try being modest? 

Amari: Ahh… I’m sorry, but we’re eating, I’ll be glad if you girls would quiet down a little~. 

Jitsui: As expected, the difference of how Amari-san and Kaminaga-san treat girls are widely different. 

Kaminaga: That just now was supposed to diss me, wasn’t it?! 

Amari: Hm? Isn’t it about how Kaminaga has his own good points? 

Kaminaga: Amariiii~! 

Miyoshi: You’re both just playboys, you’re just the same.

 Kaminaga: Oh? A man’s jealousy is unsightly, Narcissist-kun who’s friends with the mirror~!

 Amari: Speaking of which, our underclassmen in the basketball club all say that “If you look closely, Miyoshi-san from D-Class is really good looking!”.

 Kaminaga: “If you look closely!" 

Jitsui: Underclassmen from the club? Those are guys, right? 

Amari: Whether it’s guys or girls, isn’t being liked better than being hated? 

Jitsui: That’s not the point. 

Miyoshi: I don’t care about what people think of me. It’s annoying so I’d rather they leave me alone. 

Kaminaga: Ah! It made me remember, instead of the underclassmen, Jitsui is really popular with the older ladies. They all fawn over him, saying "He’s really cute~!”. 

Amari: Yeah, we see that a lot. 

Jitsui: It’s an honor. Thank you. 

Kaminaga: But truthfully speaking, as a guy, isn’t it kinda off, being called “cute”? 

Jitsui: Is that so? I happen to like this appearance of mine. I feel like I can use it for something. 

Kaminaga: What a scary child.

 Miyoshi: Jitsui, didn’t you say that you wanted to return books to the library? If you don’t go soon, our break would be over. 

Jitsui: Oh! Thank you for reminding me, Miyoshi-san. Then I’ll be going on ahead. 

Amari: See you later~! 

Kaminaga: Underneath that innocent face lies a demon, huh? 

Miyoshi: That’s what you call cunning or more like, black-hearted. 

Amari: Between Jitsui and Hatano, Hatano’s smaller, right? 

Kaminaga: Amari, do we really need that information right now? 

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 Hatano: Ah, Jitsui. 

Jitsui: Oh, what a coincidence. Hatano-san, are you returning books as well?

 Hatano: No, I’m looking for books to borrow. We cross paths a lot in the library, huh? Is there some books you… can… re..commend…? *Eh?! Wait?! “Everyone Can Do It! Black Magic Manual”?! “Medieval Torture Methods Made Easy”?! Just what kind of books is this guy borrowing?!* 

Jitsui: Oh, this? 

Hatano: Ah… ah… y-you’re drawing manga for your club activities, right? I-is that for research? Ahaha..ha… 

Jitsui: No, this is just for my hobby. 

Hatano: Your hobby?! 

Jitsui: These books are very interesting, I recommend them! Everything is easily explained, so even beginners can read them! If you have time, please read them!

 Hatano: Ah.. ah… t-the next period is gym right?! I need to go change! Later then! 

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Yuuki: 13:00 hours, fifth period, gym class. 

Mutou: For today’s class, since Gordon-sensei is on leave, he prepared a special course for you guys!

 Hatano: Geh. And to make things worse, Mutou is the sub. 

Tazaki: Well, he does have his eyes on us. Looks like we can’t slack off today.

 Mutou: No complaints! Today you’ll be swimming with your clothes on!

 Kaminaga: Aaaah, so that’s why he made us wear our jersey over our swimsuit.

 Fukumoto: I thought he’ll just make us clean the pool again.

 Miyoshi: I don’t want to do that ever again.

 Mutou: Didn’t I tell you to shut it?! You all would swim 1 kilometer while wearing your jerseys! That means you’ll do 40 laps on this 25 meter pool! The time limit is 30 minutes! 

*An adult man would usually take 30 minutes to swim 1 kilometer. Held back by their jerseys, I’m sure they can’t do it within 30 minutes. This is my chance to get rid of this D-Class!* 

Tazaki: The weather is just perfect for a swim huh. 

Odagiri: 「I didn’t bring a waterproof case for my phone. I’m done for.」 

Jitsui: That means you just have to finish before your withdrawal symptoms appear. 

Amari: Wouldn’t our jerseys come off while swimming though? 

Hatano: That just means that your swimming form is bad. 

Fukumoto: If it comes off, I’ll pick it up for you. Though, even if we’re all guys, it’s better to take care not to get stripped off. 

Kaminaga: Exciting! All Guys Swimming With Clothes On! With A Chance of Stripping! 

Miyoshi: There’s no such thing. 

Odagiri: My smartphone… it’ll just be a temporary separation!! 

Mutou: *Laugh while you still can…* Get ready, go to your positions! We’ll begin the 1 kilometer course now! Ready! 

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Miyoshi: We’re all done. 

Mutou: Wh-what?! *These guys! Not only they made it within the time limit,  they’re not tired in the slightest, even after swimming! Impossible!* 

Miyoshi: “Impossible!”, is what your face says. Would you like us to do it again?

 Mutou: Uh–… uooooo!! 

Amari: Ah, he fainted. What do we do? 

Miyoshi: Leave him be, blood just rushed to his head due to his anger. He’ll be fine even if we leave him be. 

Kaminaga: Score! Then that means we’ll be free for the rest of the period! Let’s play underwater volleyball! 

Tazaki: Do we have a ball for it? 

Hatano: I think I saw one in the changing room! 

Fukumoto: I’ll go and look for it. 

Odagiri: I missed you… I missed you! 

Jitsui: Don’t cry while clutching your smartphone like that, Odagiri-san. 

Miyoshi: I’ll go ahead and change, my hair is all messed up. 

Kaminaga: Are you gonna spend 2 hours setting it again?

 Miyoshi: Shut it. 

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 Yuuki: 16:00 hours, after class. 

Hatano: Hmm… Okay, it looks like those gaggle of girls aren’t around today! The tournament is coming close, I need to concentrate and train hard–…

 Amari: Hatano, Hatano!

 Hatano: What do you want?! Your fan club is not around today! 

Amari: I know that. But instead, there’s a cat! 

Hatano: Huh, cat? Whoa! Where did this come from?! 

Amari: Earlier, when Hatano was checking out the scene outside, it slipped right between your feet. That was amazing~! 

Hatano: If you noticed then you should’ve said something! 

Amari: I’m more of a dog person, but cats are cute too, right~? Ahahaha~ that tickles~! Is it because I ate some snacks before that I smell tasty? 

Hatano: Guide it outside! If we left that here, it’ll be in the way of our practice!

 Amari: Don’t be so cold! Let’s just leave him here! 

Hatano: What good would leaving it here be?! Are you planning to keep it here in the gym? Stop being irresponsible–… AH! WHOA?! The club room’s key–…!!

Amari: Did the cat take it? What do we do? 

Hatano: What else do you think we should do?! Run after it! 

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Kaminaga: Aaah~ the best thing about the Cooking Club is that I can slack off and Fukumoto would make snacks and then Miyoshi would pour tea~! 

Miyoshi: Don’t put your feet on the sofa. 

Fukumoto: You’re gonna choke if you eat while lying down. 

Kaminaga: You guys are seriously like a nagging mother-in-law and a mom.

 Hatano: I’ll come at it from the right!

 Kaminaga: Hm? 

Hatano: Amari! It went that way! Corner it in!

 Amari: Roger! Ah! 

Hatano: Aah!! Only a little bit more! 

Kaminaga: What are those two doing in the courtyard? 

Fukumoto: They seem to be chasing a black cat. 

Kaminaga: That’s obvious enough while watching them… 

Miyoshi: Wouldn’t it be that, that cat took something from Hatano, so they’re chasing it to get it back. Since Amari is with him, it must have something to do with the basketball club, like the club room’s key… that cat… 

Fukumoto: Hm? Are you interested in the cat?

 Miyoshi: Not really.

 Kaminaga: Isn’t that the cat that was following Miyoshi this morning? It ended up here in school after all! It must really have taken a liking to Miyoshi!

 Fukumoto: If it’s a stray cat, then it must be hungry.

 Miyoshi: Even so, don’t give food to it. If it gets used to that, it’ll just be troublesome

 Kaminaga: What an evil guy~! 

Fukumoto: No, Miyoshi’s right. It was my mistake. 

*Kaminaga’s phone rings* 

Kaminaga: Huh? A call from Tazaki? 

Fukumoto: That’s rare. 

Kaminaga: Hello~! 

Tazaki: Help me, Kaminaga! I have only you now!

 Kaminaga: Eh?! What happened? 

Tazaki: Well, the thing is… 

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 Jitsui: Virtual Scientific and Cultural Research Club! Today’s agenda is this!

 Tazaki: Hm? A horror game?

 Odagiri: Hiie?! 

Jitsui: You worded it wrong. It’s an action game where you run and fight zombies! The graphics, the music, the motions! It’s a super scary game being celebrated on the internet! I’d like you two play this for me. 

Odagiri: W-w-w-w-w-why?!

 Tazaki: Odagiri, calm down. 

Jitsui: I want my next work to be a romance story born out of running away from zombies! A gory, shocking love suspense story! So, if you could help me with that… 

Odagiri: W–…. wh–…. why–… 

Tazaki: I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve asked this but, Jitsui, you’re writing a shoujo manga, right? 

Jitsui: Yes, that’s right. But I’m sure that the readers are all tired of that school love story trope. I’ll use this for a bit of a change! 

Tazaki: I think it’s too big of a change. 

Odagiri: 「I’m begging you, horror genres are truly impossible, I’m so sorry.」

 Tazaki: Odagiri is making it rain dogeza(5) stickers…

 Jitsui: So it’s really impossible, huh? I don’t have anyone else but you two… I’m sorry, it was wrong of me, please forget it.

 Tazaki: Odagiri.

 Odagiri: 「F-f-f-fine.」 

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Tazaki: And so, we’re playing the said game in our club room…

 Odagiri: I-…impossible! Impossible! Impossible! Impossible! Impossible! Impossible!

 Jitsui: IT’S NOT IMPOSSIBLE!

 Odagiri: AAAAAHH!! NOOOOOOOO!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRGHH!!!

 Jitsui: DON’T LET GO OF THE CONTROLLER!

 Odagiri: AAAH!! ARRRRHHH!! AAAAARGHH!!

 Tazaki: As you can hear, Odagiri’s HP is almost at 0. I’d take his place but, Jitsui said it’s pointless to make people who aren’t scared to play it.

 Kaminaga: So you mean–…

 Tazaki: Kaminaga, you’re no good with horror, right? I beg you, please take Odagiri’s place! I’ll be waiting for you in the club room! 

Kaminaga: W-wait–…! How can one so unreasonable?! 

Miyoshi: Why don’t you hurry and go? 

Fukumoto: Bring them some of the madeleines I baked earlier. 

Kaminaga: You two are so cold! 

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Hatano: You have nowhere to run to! 

Amari: Eh~ who knew that there’s a vacant lot here~ 

Hatano: Who cares about that?! Give me back the club room’s key! Alright! Seriously, giving us all that trouble! 

Amari: Wait one second, Hatano. There’s something else that dropped.

 Hatano: Huh? Our school’s badge?

 Amari: There seems to be something engraved on the back, but it’s so small, it’ll be impossible to know whose this is with just this… 

Hatano: It might be… 

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Yuuki: 18:00, the end of the school day. 

Miyoshi: I seriously don’t understand why Kaminaga and Odagiri find zombies scary. Let’s go home already. 

Amari: Miyoshi! 

Hatano: Don’t move from there! 

Miyoshi: Huh? 

Hatano: This, is yours, right? 

Miyoshi: My school badge… 

Amari: Hatano saw the mark on the back and said that it definitely belongs to you.

 Hatano: You always put a mark on your personal belongings, right? Because you hate to have them get mistaken for someone else’s.

 Miyoshi: Where did you find it?

 Hatano: In the vacant lot up ahead in the shopping district behind the school. We found it when we were chasing that stray cat who took our club room’s key.

 Amari: Though it looked to me that the cat was trying to leas us there.

 Hatano: The cat? If so, then that’s helpful of him. But how come you dropped it in that place?

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Kaminaga: But if this guy’s a stray, then it’s worrying. There’s been cases of someone abusing strays around this area.

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Miyoshi: Hm? A guy swinging around a baseball bat in a sparsely trafficked vacant lot? He could be nothing more than a suspicious person. And here I thought it’ll be facing someone more worthy. 

*cat snarling* 

*Miyoshi takes a photo* 

Suspect: W-who are you?! 

Miyoshi: Ah, please don’t mind me, I just love taking photos of cats. It’ll be alright if I post this photo online, right?

 Suspect: Give me that! 

Miyoshi: If you continue doing such things, you’ll get arrested not only for abuse but also for assault. A middle schooler getting caught abusing a cat? I’m pretty sure that the news would go crazy about it, how about that? I hope you take that into understanding.*

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Miyoshi: It’s nothing important. 

Hatano: Well, whatever, as long as I’ve handed it over.

Amari: Make sure you don’t lose it again! 

Miyoshi: A cat returning a favor, huh? 

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Yuuki: 21:00 hours.

Sakuma: Making a new lesson plan, preparing questions for the mid-term exams, planning the itinerary for the school trip… what a busy week it has been. Maybe I should go and drop by the convenience store and buy beer… hm? A cat? It’s dark so I can’t see it well… Ahaha, you’re quite used to humans huh, are you a stray? I see, I see! But my place is a cramped apartment and due to work, I’m not always at home, it’s not a good environment to keep a cat in. I’m sure some good natured person would pick you up… I’m sorry. Come on, don’t go after me! Didn’t I tell you not to go after me? Fine, do you want to go home with me? Ah-! Wait! Don’t pull on my clothes! Your claws hurt! Ow!

 * With fur as black as an unlit night road, I took him home and named him Yoru.*

TN notes:

1 – Japanese people believe that people that have low blood pressure are not morning people

2 – JG Musume, a parody on Morning Musume

3 – Tazakin sounds like saikin (bacteria)

4 – Character bento

5 – dogeza / kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself​ as an apologyPart 3 - 第3話「All out! Evacuation Drill! 」  Part 3 - 第3話「All out! Evacuation Drill! 」

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Od(d)agiri - A Rewatch of JG Ep 12

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(I-It’s still Odagiri month, r-right?? I-I actually made it on time --)

Anyways, hey there! Originally I said my last analysis was gonna be my last since I wasn’t sure if I could spit out anything more, but you know what, I lied; I remembered how much useless Odagiri analysis/character study/what-have-you I’ve built up. Although I suppose this isn’t much of an analysis as it is more like highlighting aspects of Odagiri in Episode 12, so it’s more or less me just crying over this dear child of mine lol all righty.

Typical disclaimer here: I’m not too well versed in regards to the historical context of the setting which may lead to shortcomings in my analysis. Anyways, without further ado, here I go! (•̀ᴗ•́)و

As I've said before, Odagiri is an anomaly of an anomaly -- neither a common man nor a monster like the other spies -- and we constantly see this in not only what we’re told of him, but in his actions. Whether he means to or not, Odagiri has this tendency to stick out when he’s not supposed to (which is something I find especially interesting in regards to Japanese values of conformity, but I digress; that's a conversation for another time haha).

For example, as I’ve covered in my Episode 1 rewatch, Odagiri most likely tells Sakuma that they game they've been playing was actually the Joker Game out of his own volition. In the context of the anime, the other spies probably let Sakuma believe they were playing a regular poker game for their own amusement but Odagiri decided to have mercy on him and told him what was really going on. To me, this is a bit of a defining moment for Odagiri; here we see his concern -- his humanity -- win out over what he's been trained to do.

Similarly, this is how we’re introduced to Odagiri in Episode 12. Right from the get go, we’re shown his concern for others in the form of him protecting his fellow soldier. Instead of letting them be left to death from their training exercise, he stands up for them, even going so much as to defy their superior.

Although there’s something I find interesting between the two scenes. The Odagiri we’re introduced to in Episode 12 had still yet to undergo spy training -- still a “human,” so to speak. In his introduction scene, he seems completely ready to protect his peer despite the consequences. However, in comparison, Odagiri seems less willing to let Sakuma know about the Joker Game. As I’ve said in my first analysis, he is almost hesitant in doing so, knowing that doing it would earn him some judgement from the other spies.

He knows his concern -- his humanity -- is considered a liability, and any other good spy would’ve left the situation as it is. In the end, however he decided that it was more important to let Sakuma know what was going on. After all his spy training, it must’ve been difficult to arrive at that choice -- a spy is supposed to be a heartless monster, one who shouldn't let their emotions dictate their decisions -- but it was the choice he made nonetheless. As Odagiri says himself, he will never be able truly be like the other spies due to him unwilling to let go of his humanity.

Another thing I find interesting is how Odagiri’s role sort of parallels (or perhaps “contrasts” is a better word to use) Sakuma’s in Episode 1. As we see, Sakuma, the military man whose views oppose the spies’, is absent from Episode 12. In a way, Odagiri, a former military man whose views don’t completely fit in with the other spies’, takes his place.

Similar to Sakuma, the spies give off a condescending vibe towards Odagiri. Throughout his debriefing, it’s clear in the body language of the others that they think less of Odagiri for failing his mission. It’s especially clear with how Miyoshi, Kaminaga, Hatano, and Jitsui voice their objections towards Odagiri’s conclusions. Fortunately, Amari, Tazaki, and Fukumoto are a bit more merciful, but that hardly changes the atmosphere of the room. Likewise, Odagiri looks uncomfortable by being underneath everyone’s scrutiny, knowing that the others are judging him.

This is where things differ, however (hence the “contrast”), between Sakuma and Odagiri’s roles. Whereas it seemed as if the spies sans Odagiri had no hope for Sakuma, they do seem to acknowledge that Odagiri has competency. It may be per Yuuki’s orders, but all the spies report back to Odagiri with the information they got in regards to the mission. Of course, Odagiri is confused by all this but Miyoshi puts it bluntly with “This is your case.”

(reason 34289 as to why Odagiri is #relatable: reacts to being in charge with internal screaming)

I also find that this is another contrast with Sakuma. In Episodes 1 and 2, Sakuma merely masqueraded as the MP Captain, which only gave the appearance of him being in charge of the situation. In reality, Sakuma had nearly been a pawn in the greater scheme of things. Odagiri, on the other hand, hadn't realized that he was in charge of this case, believing that his failure ruined his credibility. What's good is that both boys were able to take control of their respective situations and figure things out for themselves.

Moreover, just as Miyoshi and Sakuma’s dynamic had been given the spotlight of sorts in Episodes 1 and 2, we’re given light to Miyoshi and Odagiri’s dynamic. Already, they have a different foundation than the Miyoshi and Sakuma dynamic. It was probably clear to Miyoshi and the others that Odagiri had been part of the military, and that may have lead to some doubts in Odagiri’s abilities as stated above. However, as also stated, Miyoshi acknowledges that Odagiri is capable of handling himself and the mission to some extent, unlike Sakuma who had to prove himself.

Miyoshi and Odagiri’s dynamic isn’t designed to be a foil like Miyoshi’s and Sakuma’s, but I think it’s interesting to see how Miyoshi pushes Odagiri to reach his potential. As with the above scene, it’s Miyoshi who tells Odagiri that he’s the one in charge of the mission. However, he’s not condescending nor mocking Odagiri like he typically is with Sakuma. He tells it like it is, as if it were obvious and seems frustrated that Odagiri didn’t realize it. In fact, he even looks confused when Odagiri questions him. He knows Odagiri is capable of solving this case and snaps when he doesn’t seem to get it, which brings about Odagiri’s realization. 

(miyoshi: i thought we were friends :c i run the out of context blog, as u can tell,,,)

The next time we see Miyoshi and Odagiri together is towards the end of the episode, after Odagiri sees the play again. The way this scene is set up reminds me of Episode 2, where Miyoshi was waiting for Sakuma to come out of Yuuki’s office. Here, Miyoshi seems to be waiting for Odagiri and it’s Miyoshi who calls Odagiri’s attention unlike Episode 2, where Sakuma noticed Miyoshi. Also in contrast to Episode 2, Sakuma thinks Miyoshi had come to mock him but Miyoshi had actually come to praise Sakuma. Here, Odagiri responds to Miyoshi with confidence and it’s Miyoshi doing the questioning -- but out of genuine curiosity. We also learn that Odagiri had given Miyoshi a lead to follow and Miyoshi listened to him -- a sign, I think, that he trusts in Odagiri’s judgement.

Unfortunately, we’re not given any closure to this scene, but I do like to think it ends somewhat similarly to the one in Episode 2, with Miyoshi having some kind of newfound respect for Odagiri as he did with Sakuma.

Moving away from the characters, I find that Episode 12 resembles Episodes 1 and 2 in general in the way that it’s structured and how some scenes play out, for example:

(While the frames are similar, I do think it’s interesting how Sakuma’s and Odagiri’s resolves are different within their respective scenes -- Sakuma means business, Odagiri’s just been roasted to hell and back and is suffering from low self-esteem (jk)).

(okay i s2g there was like an exact image of this in like episode 1 or 2 but i can’t seem to find it...??)

(I suppose this more of a contrast than a parallel though haha)

A~nd that just about wraps this up. I feel like this didn’t necessarily bring anything new to the table, but these are just some things that strike my interest whenever I watch Episode 12. I project myself onto see a lot of myself in Odagiri, so it’s interesting seeing how he reacts to everything and handles it all, how his relationships with the other spies work, and all that fun stuff.

Anyways, thank you all so much for reading this!!  And once again thank you JGFiles for giving me the opportunity to share all my thoughts in one coherent post haha  ♪(๑ᴖ◡ᴖ๑)♪

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JG Summary 1-4 Mato

Mato, or the Devil’s City. 1940.

Disclaimer: 1. I assume everyone knows what’s already in the anime. 2. The information is based on the Chinese novel, I do not claim credit for translation. 3. Everything is quoted. My comments are in parenthesis. 4. Please do not post outside of tumblr. 5. Corrections are welcomed.

Main Character: Yukihito Kusanagi （行人　草薙）/ Fukumoto （福本）

  Note on the title

Mato, or 魔都, is a name given to Shanghai, specifically the Shanghai Concession, by Japanese around the 1930s. If you remember 魔王 as the devil king, 魔都 would be the devil’s city, or sin city if you prefer. The word “魔都” is revived in China today as a slang for Shanghai.

Another disclaimer, the military ranking may not be accurate, as it is very confusing trying to match Japanese and English terms, when I can only refer to Chinese terms. So any corrections are welcomed.

Story is told from the perspective of Sergeant Eiji Honma. The anime follows the novel quite closely, so I’ll just be focusing on the characters rather than the whole plot. I will still add details in the end to give you guys a flavor but you should really just wikipedia as I do not intend to write a history essay.

List of characters: 

- Eiji Honma (英司　本間) (Honma): Storyteller, former officer of the Tokubetsu Kōtō Keisatsu in Japan (特別高等警察, or literally Special Higher Police, the Japanese secret police. See bottom of the post for notes). Transferred to Shanghai Kenpeitai 3 months ago and has difficulty adjusting to the locality. He is tasked by Captain Oikawa to investigate internal information leaks.

- Masayuki Oikawa (政行　及川) (Oikawa): Captain of Shanghai Kenpeitai. Relatively slender and delicate build for a soldier, engaged to the daughter of Lieutenant General Yokozawa and about to get a promotion.

He was known to be a perfectionist and a mysophobe, but this eventually led to his mental demise in the 5 years working in the Western Shanghai District, the most dangerous area of all Shanghai. He states that 5 years is too long. He fell for gambling, drinking, whoring, and agreed to secretly exchange opium kept by the Kenpeitai for his own pleasure. It is revealed that he sells military intelligence as well. To hide his crimes, he instigated a robbery of the Kenpeitai’s opium warehouse, hired a boy from the casino to kill Nobuteru Miyata, then blew up his own house so the series of events looked like the works of anti-Japanese terrorists.

There is a detailed analysis of Oikawa’s background and the historical locations in present day real life by the same person I linked last time, in Chinese. Please note that the photos of Shanghai are taken by the author herself and should not be reproduced without her permission.

- Nobuteru Miyata (伸照　宮田) (Miyata): Sergeant Major of the Shanghai Kenpeitai, killed not long ago in the alleys, shown in the beginning of the anime episode 4. He was originally investigating the missing opium from the Kenpeitai, before secretly killed.

- Yutaka Yoshino (豊　吉野) (Yoshino): Leading Private of the Shanghai Kenpeitai. He is Oikawa’s accomplice in smuggling opium. However in the end the poor guy killed Oikawa for killing his lover.

- Hajime Shiotsuka (朔　塩塚) (Shiotsuka): Graduate from Tokyo Imperial University, present day Tokyo University, and currently a writer for a Japanese newspaper based in Shanghai. As a student he was caught by Tokuko (特高) police reading a left-wing magazine, but quickly broke and swore repentence (…) after some questioning and was subsequently released. He left China some time before Honma’s encounter with Fukumoto, who used him as a disguise.

- Yukihito Kusanagi (行人　草薙) (Kusanagi): D-Agency spy of the episode. Graduate from Tokyo Imperial University, classmate of Shiotsuka. He is identified by Shiotsuka as a D-Agency spy, although the Shiotsuka that Honma meets is probably Kusanagi in disguise. In the anime, Kusanagi is Fukumoto.

Kusanagi is described as extremely smart in school, a mysterious loner, with a fair, cold face like a mask. No one knows anything about his family, though some students speculated he is a bastard of an important guy and a geisha. There is no evidence for this. It is also rumored that after graduating with exceptional grades he continued to study somewhere abroad.

When Honma looks at Kusanagi’s graduation photo, he notes that his face is not one of an extremist, those he usually dealt with in the Tokko days. Although the photo is a front picture, it feels as if Kusanagi is looking sideways. While the photo is taken for an entire group of students, it seems as if his personal picture. Honma realizes that Kusanagi has the expression of egotist who believes in noone but himself, aperson who takes huge risks and difficult tasks just because he can.

(This is a possible background for Fukumoto, except for the fact that the Shiotsuka describing this is probably Kusanagi/Fukumoto himself. No doubt he is using Honma, but he may be playing with him as well, as I’ll mention on a later point, but the graduation photo seems real. It is possible that Yukihito Kusanagi is his real name).

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Notes: 

Tokkō (特高): the Japanese secret police that patrols the country for communist suspects. They are called Peace Police but are known more notoriously as Thought Police. They are initially a division of the Home Ministry but was added to the command of the Kenpeitai in occupied regions. Before WWII every Japanese embassy in China had a police department with a Tokko division. (Honma worked as a Tokko officer in Japan, but is not a Tokko when transferred to Shanghai).

Shanghai International Settlement: The following is an introduction from wikipedia.

The settlements were established following the defeat of the Qing army by the British in the First Opium War (1839–1842). Under the terms of the Treaty of Nanking, the five treaty ports including Shanghai were opened to foreign merchants. Unlike the colonies of Hong Kong and Weihaiwei, which were sovereign British territories, the foreign concessions in Shanghai originally remained Chinese sovereign territory. However, the Qing government gave up sovereignty in the concessions to the foreign powers in exchange of their support to suppress the rebellion in 1853-1855. The following year the British and American settlements formally united to create the Shanghai International Settlement. As more foreign powers entered into treaty relations with China, their nationals also became part of the administration of the settlement, but it always remained a predominantly British affair until the growth of Japan’s involvement in the late 1930s.

The Marco Polo Bridge Incident: September 7th, 1937.

Also known as the July 7th Incident, the Lugou Bridge Incident. (七七事变、卢沟桥事变)

The battle marked the beginning of Japanese invasion of North China and the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1937 to 1945, which is also part of the Pacific front of WWII. The story of Mato or Episode 4 takes place in 1940, which means China and Japan had been in state of war for years. The novel notes that since then the British have been favoring the Chinese government in Chongqing and tends to turn a blind eye to anti-Japanese activity in Shanghai.

The Battle of Shanghai: August 13th, 1937.

This was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the entire war, described by Peter Harmsen as “Stalingrad on the Yangtze”. The Chinese and Japanese were fighting in Shanghai for 3 months before the Japanese took control of city. After the battle, the originally bustling Zhabei and Nanshi Districts were destroyed, the Chinese area of the Shanghai concession became essentially slums, the international settlement north of Suzhou River was seriously damaged and occupied by Japan. The settlement south of the River, as well as the French part of the concession, was left out of the battle and continued an eerie four-year prosperity called the “Lone Island Era （孤岛时期）”. The Western District of Shanghai, under Japanese control, became the hotbed for crime, which is where the soldiers in the novel are working.

Yuuki’s designs for Shanghai:

(Note: In the anime, it is revealed in the end that, by encouraging a person from the Kenpeitai to deal with Kenpeitai’s internal issues, the Agency helped the Kenpeitai save face and thus, the army has agreed to Yuuki’s plans. However it does not say what the Yuuki’s plan is, possibly because of the time limit, or because it involved a good deal of political and historical complications. In the novel, Shiotsuka told Honma their plan, and Honma reasons it out in considerable detail.)

The plan: 2.5 billion fake notes of Chinese Yuan brought into Shanghai, to be distributed throughout the country. According to the novel, this is worth the sum 3 years of Chinese military expense in 1937. Numbers aside, this is intended to wreck the Chinese economy with inflation, destroy the currency’s credibility, and ultimately prevent them from importing weapons and raw materials from abroad.

While supposedly this plan can win the war without a fight, not only the army, but also the public if they ever get to know about it, will definitely accuse the plan as being utterly dispicable.

The Green Gang（青帮）: To carry out the currency warfare it is also rumored that the D-Agency will be cooperating with the Green Gang in China. They are a secret society unrelated to national sovereignty, similar to the Japanese Yakuzas. While there were historically many secret societies in China, the Green Gang based along the Yantze River and in Shanghai are said to be the most powerful yet and now commands China’s underground economy. The Green Gang’s primary source of income is opium. Honma remembers how much damage opium has already caused in China and how unsettled he feels every time he passes an opium den in Shanghai.

The War: Honma believes that the objective of war was supposed to be freeing Asian people from the oppression of European imperialists. He then wonders why the war has come to this distasteful state.

Looking at Kusanagi’s photo again Honma feels like Kusanagi is looking down upon the whole world, laughing at every existence. He then remembers several words: daemon, devil, dangerous, darkness. Honma ponders about the meaning of the name “D” agency, but stops himself from overthinking and leaves the scene.

At the end of the chapter, Honma is in Oikawa’s office watching the dead bodies, and he sees the bodies of two men bewitched by Mato, Shanghai, the Devil’s City. A question is raised: “will you be able to handle situations like this?” The final sentences describes a pair of eyes peering at Honma from the dark.

Note: speculations on why Kusanagai/Fukumoto gives Honma Kusanagi’s name

1. He may need a second alias becausing leading Honma to the night club under the name Shiotsuka could perhaps cause unnecessary suspicion. 2. He needs an alias that interests Honma enough to make Honma follow his lead. 3. He announces the presence of the D-Agency as a headsup or warning for Honma to keep an eye out as the agency will continue their surveilling, and they may need direct cooperation from the Kenpeitai in the future.

Or 4. Kusanagi/Fukumoto is playing with him because he can.

A funny note: when disguised as Shiotsuka, he states that even if Honma learns all the languages and habits involved in Shanghai culture, locals will still be able to tell a Japanese apart from sight. The way they wear their clothes could be different, even they way they wash their faces are different. At this point Honma asks about what is the difference. Shiotsuka demonstrates that while the Japanese have their hands closed, moving up and down their faces, the Chinese move their faces up and down their hands. Honma takes note of this.

I will say this as absolute nonsense. Bet 99% that Shiotsuka/Kusanagi/Fukumoto is just playing with the poor sergeant.

@jgfiles

[namaikiii]

Random JG Headcanon

Fukumoto may be the cook, but Tazaki is the baker. My support?

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

Also there was a scene in the drama cd and now I can picture the two of them teaching the other their skill. Is this why they're shown in so many scenes together? sorry guys, i’ll be quiet now and go to sleep....

Thank you @paranoid-rhythm for the translation!

[tima520]

Fukumoto from the new JG Stage PV

[trepidationchance]

JG ASKBLOGS!!

Sakuma - @ask-sakuma Miyoshi - @ask-miyoshi Fukumoto - @ask-fukumoto Hatano - @ask-hatano Odagiri - @ask-odagiri Jitsui - @ask-jitsui Bauer - @ask-bauer Emma - @ask-Emma

Wahhh!! We’re so close to getting the full set of spies!! If anyone’s interested in Kaminaga or Amari, go for it! Other askblogs are welcome too!! (Emma would be super cute and Gamou would make things interesting~~~)

[jgfiles]

“Come on, you can't quit now!” “Back of the imperial portrait.” “Yes, sir!”

[thegaitguys]

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Gait Posture. 2020 Feb 20;78:54-59. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.02.014. [Epub ahead of print]

Muscle capacity to accelerate the body during gait varies with foot position in cerebral palsy. Hegarty AK1, Kurz MJ2, Stuberg W2, Silverman AK3. J Sport Rehabil. 2020 Mar 31:1-9. doi: 10.1123/jsr.2019-0211. [Epub ahead of print] Effects of a 4-Week Short-Foot Exercise Program on Gait Characteristics in Patients With Stage II Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction. Kim J, Lee SC, Chun Y, Jun HP, Seegmiller JG, Kim KM, Lee SY. Hum Mov Sci. 2020 Apr;70:102584. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2020.102584. Epub 2020 Feb 8. Gait control in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Simmons RW1, Taggart TC2, Thomas JD3, Mattson SN3, Riley EP3. Gait Posture. 2020 Mar 17;78:30-34. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.03.009. [Epub ahead of print] Navicular drop is negatively associated with flexor hallucis brevis thickness in community-dwelling older adults. Fukumoto Y1, Asai T2, Ichikawa M3, Kusumi H3, Kubo H4, Oka T5, Kasuya A6. Front Pediatr. 2020 Feb 28;8:75. doi: 10.3389/fped.2020.00075. eCollection 2020. Effects of Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy on Ankle Joint Function in Patients With Cerebral Palsy. Ates F1, Brandenburg JE2,3,4, Kaufman KR1. Gait Posture. 2020 Mar 4;78:26-29. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.03.003. [Epub ahead of print] Higher visual reliance during single-leg balance bilaterally occurring following acute lateral ankle sprain: A potential central mechanism of bilateral sensorimotor deficits. Kim KM1.

[jitsuiwawatashiwa]

jg chars as things that start with j and g

sakuma: jeez golly

miyoshi: jewelled geraniums

hatano: jeeps georg

fukumoto: joyful giraffe

kaminaga: jellied greens

tazaki: jolly gummies

amari: jalepeño garlic

jitsui: jealous goldfish

odagiri: jumping gargoyles

yuuki: just grease