#Kumon Hyodo

[asordinaryppl]

A3! Backstage Story Translation - Tasuku Takato SR: We Tried A Horror Game Let's Play!? - Part 1

TV: “*Sob*… What has my daughter done to deserve this… Open your eyes! Call me mommy again…”

Tasuku: … Now that the embalmer finished doing his job, she looks like she’s just sleeping. I didn’t expect the difference to be so obvious.

Tasuku:  It’s hard to tell what they’re actually doing from this angle, though…

Itaru: Hm? Are you gonna be in a suspense movie next?

Tasuku: Hey, Chigasaki. I’m not. I’ll play the embalmer at a popular horror house in Veludo Town.

Itaru: I C.

Tasuku: But this movie I’m watching doesn’t have enough close up scenes of their hands, so I’ll have to look for another one.

Tasuku: I don’t know how I feel about just watching things at random, though…

Itaru: Hmmm…

Tasuku: What’s up?

Itaru: I think I’ve got something similar to what you’re looking for… Eureka.

Tasuku: … I’ve got a bad feeling about this, but let’s hear you out.

Itaru: TY. Wait here a sec.

-

Itaru: Today, I will be presenting you the following product:

Tasuku: … Of course it’s a video game.

Itaru: Oh, c’mon. Look at the summary first.

Tasuku: “An apprentice aiming to become an embalmer disinfects and embalms…” 

Tasuku: Huh, that’s pretty realistic. I didn’t think games like this existed.

Itaru: Tho it ends up becoming more about postmortem care than the role you’re going to play.

Tasuku: I’d still appreciate it helping me understand the details of how to deal with being close to a dead body.

Itaru: Oh, that caught your interest, huh? Kk, check the teaser too.

Tasuku: I get the whole simulated job experience thing, but what’s with the zombies and ghosts?

Itaru: I mean, it is a horror game. Doesn’t that make it all the more fitting for your role?

Itaru: TYSM, games. We can find anything we look for. So, does it suit your fancy?

Tasuku: … *Sigh*.  Let me try it for a bit.

Itaru: That’s the spirit. Oh, but wait.

Tasuku: What else is there?

Itaru: Since you’re gonna do it, we’ll need witnesses to ensure you’ve memorized what you learned.

Tasuku: ?

-

Itaru: … That said, I’d like to thank you all for coming.

Citron: I rushed right over when I heard Tasuku would be doing a Let’s Play of a horror game!

Kumon: I’m SO curious to see how it’ll go!

Taichi: Keep it interesting, Tasuku-san!

Izumi: Ummm, I was called here to oversee how the role studying is going…

Tasuku: Yeah. I’d be fine if you were the only one who came, but I guess Chigasaki blabbed his mouth and got the other three to come too.

Itaru: Now that’s rude. I’ve entrusted our listeners with a very important task, you know?

Tasuku: The hell you mean, important task? They’ll just end up rubbernecking.

Itaru: Nope, nope. They’ll be watching your playthrough and making sure you memorize terminology such as chemicals, equipment, and the job itself.

Citron: That’s right! We are here to help!

Taichi: This is gonna be a fun role study!

Tasuku: …

Tasuku: Well, whatever. I’m starting.

part 1 | part 2

NOTES:

(1) the game featured in the story is described very similarly to the mortuary assistant (wikipedia page)

[ashipikaur]

misukazu little mermaid……..

I HAVE THOUGHTS UNDER THE CUT 🙇

yessu natsugumi is the main cast in this

YESSU TENMA IS SEBASTIAN. I AM NOT TRYNA MESS W THAT RN 😭😭😭😭

yukki is ursula prroooobably but i feel bad making him the only villain 😔 I JUST THINK HE’D EAT!!!!

madoka and kusumi share the role of triton. kusumi takes the mean part and madoka takes the like ??? finale role? both of them hold lots of regret 😔

sumi wants to go on land nawt cuz he falls in love w kazu at first sight BUT because he feels like he’s a burden to his family — becoming a human is essentially the same as running away from home!!! but probably more permanent!!!!!

kazu is just a plus 🙇 sumi is interested in him and though it’s not his main reason for going on land, in his heart he hopes to reach the same happiness that he witnessed kazu had. maybe if they get to meet eachother they can be happy together?

ANYWAYS that totally messes w the contract and the deal 🧍‍♂️ maybe sumi needs to find love (on land) or smth and if not then he goes back to being a mermaid. and to him that’s not a good thing for the ones he loves

this is where the yukki split comes in cuz he can be a part of the friend group and hesitantly grant sumi his wish. OOOOORRRRRR. he wants profit so he can become even MORE slay! iunno it’s a WIP 😔

😭😭 aaaanyywayys all i want is kiss the girl (boy) mskz…… it’d be saur peak man

!!! and i think instead of blowing his flute kazu would paint by the shore <3 he’d be saurrr cute

TSUZURU IS GRIMSBY BTW! and i think taichi would be a great max. and homare would be a great chef louie <3<3 casting……

🧍‍♂️ BTDUBS i have naur idea on if this is a play or alt universe or play universe or WHAT but i just want to retain the original charas and dynamics as well as i can……… struggle

[icharchivist]

All the Innocent EP covers for the new Troupe's albums!

[yakeisoda]

a3 gummies!

[stellabyystarlight]

Redraw of a piece from last year of these two in outfits of mine cuz i miss them (was planning to make a simple drawing but i just ended up doing a clothing study ... Used refs obv 🙏)

[bansakufanno1]

Ensembukubu stars x A3! Sticker edits!! Can use/repost w credits :3

[jollyscribbles]

A3! Summer and Autumn charms!! Yippee!!!

[gatos-e-flores]

a BUNCH of A3 drawings I did throughout the year, never posted them here. I have zero ideia how's the fandom here, hope you guys liked it x

[purpldawne]

just guys bein dudes

done for the A3! Holiday Exchange on twt !!

[stardustcasti]

Aki-Fuyu edition.

Haru-Natsu edition.

[asordinaryppl]

A3! Backstage Story Translation - Kamekichi SSR - Zodiac Races: Crash and Dash - Part 1

requested by anon!

also proofread by myuntachis!

This is Zodiac Town, where animals who serve God reside.

Although they are sometimes victims to their capricious God’s whims, the many animals live their days happily.

I live in Zodiac Town with my many friends, and serve God as one of the few messengers of the Rat…

Izumi: Phew, it’s so busy at the end of the year. Well, next up is the paperwork…

???: Hey, Izumi.

Izumi: ! I’ve heard that voice before… And those feathers…

Kamekichi: You’re working as hard as a mouse today too!

Izumi (So it is the Rooster messenger Kamekichi after all!)

Kamekichi: Working so much must be painfully boring. Come take a trip ‘round the skies with me!

Izumi: You sure love playing around. I’m busy with work, you know.

Kamekichi: Want me to give you a helping hand so you don’t have to work so much~?

Izumi: You never change, do you…

Izumi: I worry about your future if all you do is keep chasing after girls and slacking off.

Kamekichi: You don’t have to worry about me. I’ll get my big chance and become Zodiac Town’s most shining star!

Izumi: Yeah, you keep dreaming.

[Bell tolling]

Kamekichi: Oh?

Voice from Heaven: Animals of Zodiac Town…

Izumi: (This voice… It’s Dad… No, the God of Zodiac Town!)

Izumi: (Which means he’s about to say something mind-boggling again…)

Voice from Heaven: Hey, how are you guys? I’ve come up with a really fun idea.

Voice from Heaven: I’m thinking of holding a race for New Years’, with my shrine as the finish line!

Kamekichi: A race?

Voice from Heaven: We’ll start on New Year’s Day, and the first 12 animals to reach the finish line will be given the position of representative in the order in which they arrive.

Voice from Heaven: Each year, a different animal will be in charge as the representative… the Leader of the messengers of God.

Voice from Heaven: Should you become Leader, the humans will definitely celebrate you during your Zodiac’s year…

Voice from Heaven: And that’s not all! You’ll also get a special bonus from yours truly!

Kamekichi: C-Come again!?

Voice from Heaven: All that said, good luck, you all! I’m looking forward to this myself.

Zodiac Town Resident A: Did you hear that? The Leader of God’s messengers!

Zodiac Town Resident B: I want everyone in the human world to celebrate me! I want them to squeal for me like I’m an idol!

Zodiac Town Resident C: And there’s a special bonus! I’ve got to get my clan’s representative to participate in the race!

Izumi: (That got everyone excited. I mean, I guess Zodiac Town livening things up with events is a good thing.)

Izumi: (If a representative from each clan has to participate in the race, does that mean I have to do my best as the messenger for the Rat as well…?)

Kamekichi: Now that’s an interesting development…!

Kamekichi: I have to get the race car ready with my fellow representative, Tsumugi!

Izumi: Wait, race car?

Kamekichi: Obviously! It’s a super long walk to God’s shrine. You’d be crazy to go there on foot.

Kamekichi: I could fly there, but that’d get tiring, and I’m sure everyone else will have their own race car to begin with.

Izumi: Oh no… Our poverty-stricken Rat clan doesn’t have the means or time to prepare a race car…

Izumi: Uuuu… I want to do all I can for my clan… What do I do…

Kamekichi: Should we give you a ride in our race car, then?

Izumi: Huh!

Kamekichi: In exchange, you’ll have to go on a date with me.

Izumi: Wha!? … Hmmm…

Izumi: (Asking for a date in exchange is kinda giving me the ick… And honestly, it’s kind of a pain…)

Izumi: Thanks for the offer, but I’ll have to decline.

Izumi: (I’ll consult the other animals…)

Masumi: …

Kumon: Oh, there he is! Masumi-saaan!

Kumon: Did you hear God’s voice just now!? We’ve been chosen as the representatives for the Horse clan!

Kumon: Hehe, let’s do our best with the Horse clan’s heirloom race car, “Hop, Hop Rider Z”! (2)

Masumi: First, I’ll go buy some white paint.

Kumon: Huh? Paint?

Masumi: I’ll make the race car look like a white horse and ride it with her.

Kumon: Uhhh… Do you mean the Rat clan’s representative?

Masumi: She’s in a pinch because the Rat clan doesn’t have a race car. I’ll take her with me.

Kumon: I-I see. Right, of course you’d want to help someone in a pickle.

Kumon: But are you allowed to just… paint our clan’s heirloom car…?

Masumi: If you help me, I’ll have no choice but to let you sit on the edge/end.

Masumi: We’re going to start painting it now.

[Masumi walks off]

Kumon: HUH!? W-Wait, Masumi-saaaan!

-

Izumi: *Sigh*… I tried searching for someone who looked like they’d be able to help me in the race, but I couldn’t find anyone…

Izumi: It’s gotten dark already. What should I do…

Azuma: Oh?

Guy: That is… the Rat clan’s messenger.

Izumi: Ah, you’re the Cat clan’s messengers…! Good evening.

Azuma: Good evening. Fancy meeting you here.

Izumi: (Right, I’ll try asking them too.)

Izumi: Um. What are you two going to do about the car you’ll be needing for the race?

Guy: Hm, I suppose you mean the New Years’ race God spoke of earlier today.

Guy: Unfortunately, I do not hold much interest in the race.

Azuma: Neither do I.

Azuma: Guy’s bar will be open until late, so we were heading there to have a drink.

Azuma: If we do prepare for the race, we’ll be driving under the influence. I suppose that writes off driving for us.

Izumi: Oh no… This chance doesn’t come often, why not participate?

Izumi: It might be because you have this mysterious vibe going on, but… The other animals don’t know much about the Cat clan, either…

Izumi: I think this will be a great chance for everyone else to learn more about your lovely clan as well.

Izumi: Please join the race with us!

Azuma & Guy: …

Azuma: Fufu. Since you’ve asked so cutely…

Guy: Right. Then, let’s transform the store for the first time in a while…

Izumi: (T-Transform? I don’t really get it… Are they considering joining right now?)

Izumi: I’m glad. I’m sure God will be very happy too.

Azuma: By the way, what will you be doing for your race car?

Izumi: Ummm… Well, the truth is…

Guy: I see. So you don’t know what to do regarding that.

Azuma: If that’s the problem, I know just the person. I’ll introduce you.

part 1 | part 2 | part 3

NOTES:

(1) the story's title 干支干支マシン猛レース (eki eki machine mou race) uses the kanji 干支 (eki), which means means chinese zodiac; meanwhile チキチキマシン猛レース, written with the katakana チキ (chiki) is... the franchise wacky races (wikipedia link to the tv show) l i couldn't come up with a nice enough wordplay for this so i stole the subtitle of one of the video games (wacky races: crash and dash)

(2) kumon and masumi's race car is named パカパカおうまさんZ (pakapaka ouma-san Z), looking this up turns up with a children's song named パカパカおうまさん, and a board game named hoppe reiter, based on the german nursery song hoppe, hoppe reiter (hop, hop rider)

[ashipikaur]

NATSUGUMI ☀️ ashi style!

haru / natsu / aki / fuyu

[nikokrsu]

Reposting all my a3 art cuz i forgot abt tumblr

[jujumin-translates]

[A3!] Tsuzuru Minagi | [R] My Heart That I Want to Show Off | Be Yourself Instead of Stylish

Tsuzuru: (Alright, I don’t have anywhere to stop today, so I’ll just go straight home.)

Kumon: HEEEY! TSUZURU-SAAAN! 

Taichi: Just wait a second~!

Tsuzuru: Oh, are you guys heading home too?

Taichi: Nah, Kyu-chan and I were thinking of going to the mall after this today.

Tsuzuru: The mall?

Kumon: They’ve got a special corner for White Day set up there!

Tsuzuru: Ahh, so that’s why. We do have to return the favor to the Director.

Tsuzuru: Speaking of that, do you guys know what you’re gonna give her?

Taichi: I still haven’t decided on anything~.

Kumon: Me neither! That’s why we were thinking that maybe that special corner could help to give us some ideas.

Tsuzuru: Gotcha, that does make sense.

Taichi: If you haven’t decided on anything yet either, do you wanna come with us, Tsuzuru-kun?

Tsuzuru: I guess I haven’t really thought of anything yet… Sure, I’ll come with you.

· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·

Taichi: Uwhoa! They’ve got so many cute sweets here~!

Kumon: Ah, this Japanese-style one seems like something Nii-chan would like!

Tsuzuru: Hey, I thought we came here to look for things for the Director.

Tsuzuru: Anyway, they’ve got cookies, candies, marshmallows… Having all these different kinds of things actually makes it kinda harder to pick one.

Taichi: I know, right…!? But that’s why our main focus today is research!

Kumon: Yeah, yeah, we don’t have to force ourselves to decide on anything today. All we need to do is just take things easy and narrow things down!

Taichi: We wanna find something that makes Director-sensei happy, after all~.

Tsuzuru: Right. It’s best to just choose something carefully so that we can return the favor.

· ❀ —– ٠ ❀ ٠ —– ❀ ·

Tsuzuru: (Seeing all those different kinds of sweets today has made me feel like that’s all I’m hungry for…)

Tsuzuru: (But still, what to do for the Director for White Day…?)

Tsuzuru: (If it were just up to me, I’d probably make her fried rice in return.)

Tsuzuru: (But would it maybe be better to give her one of those stylish sweets for a change, too…?)

Tsuzuru: Hmm…

Tsuzuru: I can’t come up with anything on my own.

· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·

*Knock on door*

Izumi: Come in.

*Door opens*

Izumi: What’s up, Tsuzuru-kun?

Tsuzuru: Sorry if this is coming out of nowhere. I wasn’t really sure if I should ask you this, but…

Tsuzuru: What sorta thing would you like to get in return for White Day? I wanted to hear from you what you’d like, Director.

Izumi: You don’t have to get me anything in return.

Tsuzuru: Hey, that’s not how this works.

Tsuzuru: …And you can say that all you want, but if I don’t get an answer for what you’d want, I’m just gonna end up making fried rice again…

Izumi: If that’s the case, then would you please make me fried rice again?

Tsuzuru: Huh? Are you sure that’s fine…?

Izumi: Of course. I actually always look forward to the fried rice you make for me on White Day, Tsuzuru-kun.

Tsuzuru: …Got it. Alright, I’ll do my best to make it for you again!

Izumi: Thank you. I’m looking forward to it!

· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·

Tsuzuru: (I did a bunch of research on my phone yesterday, and I think I’ve got the perfect recipe to make some delicious fried rice.)

Tsuzuru: (And I didn’t skimp out on preparing the ingredients either. I mean, I was so excited about this whole thing that I ended up buying all this meat, shrimp, and curry powder…)

Tsuzuru: (At least I don’t have to worry about running out of anything. I can let the Director have whatever I have left over… I’m sure she’d be happy with that.)

Tsuzuru: Anyway…

Tsuzuru: (I can’t believe all it took for me to be this motivated was hearing the Director say, ‘I’m looking forward to it’—.)

Tsuzuru: …W-Whatever, I’ll just get to making it.

· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·

Tsuzuru: Alright, just a little more, and it’ll be done.

Citron: Something smells very good~!

Sakuya: It kinda smells like curry!

Tsuzuru: Ah, Citron-san and Sakuya.

Citron: Ohh! Tsuzuru is cooking!

Sakuya: Ah, are you making curry fried rice? It looks really good.

Citron: And just when I was starting to get hungry! Tsuzuru, I would also like to eat some of that!

Tsuzuru: Ahh… Sorry, I can’t let you do that. This is for someone else to eat.

Citron: …Ohh, I see! That is why you will not let us eat it~.

Sakuya: Hehe, I guess we know why it’s curry fried rice then!

Tsuzuru: I’m sure you do.

Tsuzuru: So that’s why I can’t let you have this fried rice, but I can make you something else with the leftover ingredients if you want.

Citron: Thank you, Tsuzuru! We would very much like that~!

Sakuya: Thank you so much, Tsuzuru-kun! Ah, I’ll help out!

Tsuzuru: Don’t worry about it. I’ll get started on it soon, just wait a little bit.

[stellabyystarlight]

Fem a3 sillies, i was planning to draw all characters but i dont think I'll continue these any time soon 💔💔 if i do I'll make sure to post them tho 🫡 i ❤️ girlz

[bansakufanno1]

Apologies to the a3 fans who know why I chose Kumon specifically for this trend💔💔