#MR SHIINA I LOVE YOU

[kanameows]

hmm. niki settling into his new, food secure life and getting used to not constantly being filled with anxiety. niki having the energy to pay more attention to the world around him. niki feeling more upset and pissed off about things he would normally ignore but also feeling far happier far more often. niki finally being able to relax.

[a-star-that-burns-brightly]

Ranking all of the Milgram Birthday Outfits on a scale of 1/10 because it's 3AM over here and I have to do school things at 6 (Inspired by this video) ↓

Already off to an incredibly strong start, because as we know, Haruka is perfect and can do no wrong. Dog? Little sister? Who's that? Sounds like a myth honesty. Alright, jokes and Haruka bias aside, very nice ! Relatively plain all things considered, but that's quite fitting for Haruka (I mean, have you seen how this kid dresses normally? I'm somewhat surprised that he didn't go for a full white look. Wonder if Muu helped him out when choosing his pieces) I also love the color blue, so bonus points for that. (shut up I know I just said I would ignore biases) Overall, I give Haruka Sakurai a 8/10 !! Lookin' good, buddy ! ↓

Yuno looks so pretty and the outfit is SO cute !! I love the frilliness of the shirt, the pleated skirt is really cute and in general I love the shades of pink chosen for this outfit, and those SHOEEEES girl where did you get those give me name and address. I honestly have no complaints at all I give Yuno Kashiki a 10/10 !! Absolutely gorgeous girl !! (Also it's unfortunate we're only ranking the outfits and not the cakes, because the decision to give Yuno a fucking staircase cake was genius) ↓

...Mannn, I wish I could say I liked this outfit so badly. The outfit itself is alright, if a bit basic, and Fuuta looks very handsome ! But I can't help but feel like black would've been a better choice for him than dark brown. And Fuuta...my guy...WHY those shoes? I could've maybe forgiven the outfit colors if you didn't decide to pair them with shiny gold...sneakers? What the hell even are those? Get better shoes, man. Overall, I'm giving Fuuta Kajiyama a 4/10. I like the outfit it'self (minus the shoes), but the coloring brings it down a lot for me. ↓

Christ, no wonder Muu got model deals ! Look at this queen right here !! She looks absolutely gorgeous, the dress is beautiful and I love the Beauty And The Beast inspiration. The earrings being inspired by an hourglass is a very cool detail, and the heels look great as well ! I genuinely don't think I have any faults with this one Muu Kusunoki gets a 10/10 ! Nice job dressing to impress ! ↓

One chance Mr. Kirisaki, one cha-- Ahem. As I was saying, Shidou looks amazing in this outfit !! I'm usually not a fan of there being so much white on it's own (I sound like a certain horror fanatic, sheesh.) But Shidou reallly rocks it, and the purple accents are very nice in comparison !! I also really like the shoes for some reason. Shidou is being added to the list also consisting of Muu and Yuno where I need to see who their shoemaker is For Shidou Kirisaki, I give a 9/10 !! Very pretty man. ↓

Mahiru looks very pretty here ! I love the poofy hair accessory, and the birdcage earrings are a very nice touch. That being said however...the dress is a bit too plain for me. I cannot help but feel like something is missing here that would make the overall outfit look way better. A sash maybe? Despite that though, Mahiru Shiina gets a 6/10 !! Looking ready for a date !  ↓

Ooooh...Kazui stans forgive me, but I'm pretty indifferent to this outfit. It's not bad mind you ! Kazui looks very handsome in it, and I like the blue chosen for his tie. But it's the same problem with Mahiru where I feel like it's a bit too plain and could've used something more, like a pattern on his vest or pants. Also though his shoes aren't the atrocity that is Fuuta's, I feel like a black or even a dark blue akin to Haruka would've looked a lot better in comparison to the rest of his outfit. Kazui Mukuhara is granted a 5/10. Not the best, not the worst. Sorry old man. ↓

AHHH SHE LOOKS SO CUTE !! It's like if the frilliness from Yuno's outfit was upped to twenty ! Amane's dress is adorable and looks very comfortable as well, I want a bigger sized version for myself. I also really like her big bow, as well as the blue shoes. But most importantly, Amane seems to be genuinely happy wearing it, and as a fandom, Amane's happienss takes priority. Amane Momose, you'll be getting a 9/10 from me ! Good on ya, kid ! ↓

Ahhh, he's so cute ! Look at how polite he looks ! The blazer is nice, and also blue. Blue bias. And the boots absolutely fucking SLAY. The way his hair is styled looks very nice as well ! I also think this is the closest we have gotten to official art of Mikoto smiling genuinely, and I personally think we need more. And more. And more. Mikoto Kayano gets a 10/10 !! Very cute boy ! ↓

Ma'am, I politely and respectfully ask you to break my neck mercilessly-- Ahem. As I was saying. KOTOKO LOOKS FUCKING AMAZING !! The undershirt oh my god the FUCKING UNDERSHIRT !! Absolutely adore it so much. The colors are all very pleasing to the eye, the skirt is very cute, and the heels look cool as hell !! But Kotoko also looks cool as hell in anything, so is this really fair? Kotoko Yuzuriha has obtained a 10/10 ! Absolutely gorgeous.

[officialinuyasha]

Takashi Shiina Blog Translation - Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon - Chapter 1: Shonen Sunday S, Nov. 2021

09/27/2021

What do you think of the “An alternative legend: Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon” first chapter? I’d be happy if you enjoyed this “alternative legend” of the anime “Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon” that has Shiina’s view of history.

Although there are exceptions, comicalizations are subject to rearrangement, and the reason is, well, it is usually because of the number of pages. The amount of information in the scenario of a visual work is considerably larger when translated into a manga, so the rearrangement of the story is inevitable. The arrangement is also subject to the habits of the mangaka in charge and their interpretation, which is the/an interesting part of a comicalization.

I chose the visual point of Towa-chan being “a resident of the world of a tale world who got lost into the real world” as the start (of the story). Then, I portrayed the “Inuyasha” world as “a tale world we long for where we can’t go by any means”. I entrusted the feelings of fans who love tales and fiction, and furthermore, my own admiration for Rumiko Takahashi's mangas, (to this project).

Then, for example, Mr Kirin is the English homeroom teacher in the original anime. This reflects the extent of views of a certain character, but I wanted to include that poem (“I awoke one spring night from a fleeting dream and saw a sky (filled with) a bank of clouds drifting away from the peak of the mountain”) by all means at the beginning, so I was put in charge of the classical writing in the comicalization. By doing so, I wanted to start with an introduction that asks the reader “Do you want to build a bridge that connects to the world of ‘Inuyasha’ once again?”. Furthermore, this song is what we call “honkadori (1)”. It’s a homage to the original song and “a love letter to a masterpiece of the past”, the last chapter of “Genji Monogatari”, “Yume no ukihashi” (floating bridge of dreams). It was the perfect introduction for this comicalization.

The rest is an adjustment to fill the number of pages. It’s the result of desperately choosing and putting the elements necessary for the first chapter of a monthly manga together. In order to depict her discomfort with the real world, I had Towa-chan wear a gabu (2) school uniform for the first half of the chapter, and roughly explained the character with the keywords “scary eyes” and “mejikara (3)”. To further consolidate the situation, the episodes that are linked in the second half are arranged that way. Unexpectedly, Mei-chan did a good job when it comes to understanding my intentions accurately (laugh), and I think I was able to bring the warmth of the Higurashi family out in a comical way, while taking it to the point where the princesses meet in the first episode and go to the Sengoku era.

In order to make the three-eyed centipede woman, which is too frightening (laugh), present in a few pages “the collapse of the frontier between the real world and the world of tales”, I wanted impact to such a level (the chapter had). For those kids who accidentally read it, I wish you a life lasting fear and also a life lasting love and courage!! I also think making Moroha’s words coincide with Inuyasha-senpai’s was a fine play, but I drew the centipede woman a bit bigger (than in Inuyasha) to make her look scary and so she doesn’t look like such a small fry (laugh).

With that feeling in mind when arranging it to make the development faster, I aim to reach the last scene as fast as possible. There must be as many fans as floating bridges that lead to the world of “Inuyasha”, but I wish you guys are able to sympathize with any part of my “dream of a night of spring”, on top of the bridge built by Sunrise. I’ll do my best so that my job spreads out an entrance to the anime and further deepens your love for the princesses, who play an active role in the anime.

Now that we’re at it, the final “Zettai Karen Children” volume is on sale. Buy it without fail!

Source: https://cnanews.asablo.jp/blog/2021/09/27/9427361

Notes 1- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honkadori 2- No idea how to translate this into English if it’s not “scout”. Search for カブスカウト and カブ制服 to get a clearer idea. 3- According to Takoboto: the ability to convey strong emotions with his eyes (for an actor), eyes that convey a strong sense of purpose. Literally, “power of eyes” (目 = eye/s, pronounced as “me”, 力 = power, force, pronounced as “chikara”).

[sucrows]

again thinking thoughts about mr shiina niki thanks to the april fool's otome– while i don't think he's a particularly rough lover, i LOVE thinking that he's all bark no bite; riling up his partner with seemingly innocent advances, acting a little rougher (like he does with rinne sometimes) just for him to crumble the EXACT second it gets too real or too physical. help me i need him so bad.

ooooo well thats an interpretation of NIki i don't see every day! I'd think it'd be his way of trying to get you to take the lead. He'd rile you up so much and act like that just to convince you to rail him or ride him into next week because he doesn't have it in him to do it himself.

that or mayyyybe it'd be a "i want sex but i'm scared of it" type thing in which case i think it'd require a lot more patience- a pretty realistic problem to have! Maybe if we're talking about a more inexperienced or even a virgin Niki that'd be more likely. Maybe easing him into it and taking it one step at a time would be a better approach

nikiiii <33

[my-chaos-radio]

Release:  January 1, 1984

Lyrics:

It was the night she was with me

I was still awake, she thought I was sleeping

The window was open, letting in the silver light of the moon

Lies next to me and trembles with light

Something in her face glowed in the night

Someone called a radio signal from home

Call to the Angel 07

It was so mysterious

Call intergalactic

Somewhere from beyond the sky

Call to the Angel 07

On a heavenly mission

With a hint of distrust

May heaven have sent them a spy

The coolest of cool

Ice water light

Science fiction voice

Calming at night

I felt the heat of her body

The power of love sent from heaven

Oh, completely frozen, the wonder of her race

Floating animation in the structure of the room

In the heat of the moment, a message came from control

Call to the Angel 07

It was so mysterious

Call intergalactic

Somewhere from beyond the sky

Call to the Angel 07

On a heavenly mission

With a hint of distrust

May heaven have sent them a spy

Where is she at home?

She is my angel who is in control

Origin unknown

Mr. Terrific just can't follow

She looked up at me, tears in her eyes

She said, “I have to go, I can’t tell you why.”

I really love you and maybe I'll see you again

Call to the Angel 07

Call to the Angel 07

Call to the Angel 07

My heavenly love

Call to the Angel 07

It was so mysterious

Call intergalactic

Somewhere from beyond the sky

Call to the Angel 07

On a heavenly mission

With a hint of distrust

May heaven have sent them a spy

Songwriter:

Call to the Angel 07

Call to the Angel 07

Call to the Angel 07

My heavenly love

Hubert Kemmler, T. Touchton

SongFacts:

"Angel 07" is a song by German synthpop band Hubert Kah, released in 1984 as the lead single from the band's second studio album, Golden Times. “Angel 07” was written by Hubert Kemmler (music) and Mario Killer (lyrics) and produced by Michael Cretu and Armand Volker. The song reached number 30 in the German single charts.

A re-recorded English-language version of the song, "Angel 07", was released as a single in 1985. The English text was written by Timothy Touchton. In the United States, "Angel 07" was taken from the soundtrack of the American comedy action film Gotcha! published in 1985.

In 1986, Megumi Shiina recorded a Japanese version of the song as "Change Me!" The Japanese text was written by Hiromi Mori.

The band sang the song on Na sowas! on German television. on May 9, 1984, Der Spielbude on August 9, 1984 and ZDF Hitparade on January 17, 1985. A music video was filmed to promote the English version of the song. Directed by Pete Cornish.

Upon release, Cash Box listed the single as one of their "Feature Picks" in June 1985. They commented: “Hubert Kah scores with a brilliant pop outing that is reminiscent of his German compatriot Peter Schilling. A good international feeling, a perfect record for the summer CHR.”

[sukifoof]

Ooooh! 8 and 18 for the ask game if you don't mind?

NICE I WAS HOPING FOR 8!!!! tbh in my heart all the characters i like are aro BUT there are some i feel Really strongly about and thats flowey and femt (unsurprising) i feel like. flowey is probably understandable. given his. Everything. but with femt i feel like it just fits with his character. guy who hates "normal" and seems to struggle to bond with anyone and considers himself a freak. also whatever THIS was

"whats ur type" "i dont know i dont CARE just. be funny when ur suffering i guess." i love femt hes SO funny i think flowey and femt are the only characters ever

some other characters i like that i think are aro are haruka kokonose, mahiru shiina (milgram), and mr itto genshin. for haruka i think the fact that he feels so isolated from everyone else and how he gets Weird about the few friendships he has And how he desperately tries to understand what friendship Is is so. ohhh i love him.. and mahiru is just. the obsession with love and her trying to Define love and how she seems to think being in a relationship will fix her somehow. i have a really specific relationship with being aro and these characters just kinda Hit what its like to feel that way as an aro person <3 love them dearly. also i do not have any reasons for itto i just feel it in my heart <3

and 18!! i tend to avoid shipping mostly cuz i guess i dont really care for it?? it doesnt really make sense to me and i much prefer to explore character analysis and how traumatized characters react to those around them. if i Do end up shipping anyone its almost always in qpr way

YUUTA SAKURAI SECTION!!!! i never get to talk about him but this is a PERFECT time to talk about him. everyone watch net juu no susume IMMEDIATELY its one of my most favorite shows and severely underrated. i think yuuta is such an interesting character. so much of his character is him wanting to get closer to people but he has an emotional wall up both because of his parents deaths and because of his Various Past Experiences involving people wanting him romantically and him not at all feeling that way.

i really like how they write his misunderstanding of how hes perceived and that hes convinced that hes going to get in the way of others relationships... thinking about the idea of people wanting to take up as little space as possible because they feel unworthy of being loved and i wanna shake his head and be like NO everyone LIKES YOU SO MUCH!!!

i think his relationship with moriko is really special because theyre the only people they feel they can truly rely on. both of them have been so lonely and i just think a lot about how they both put so much importance on their friendship and partnership it just means a lot to me that the romance aspect feels more like an afterthought to their friendship because i rarely see that... i also really like how this handles the idea of wanting to be seen as Someone Else because firstly i like it in an aro way but also this show is. so good for trans people

i just think a lot about the way he understands his relationships around him and how he hates being lonely and very rarely has people understand him in the way he wants i just love yuuta so much hes one of my most favorite characters <3 on that note i think him and moriko. they are so qpr to me

imagine i have my head in my hands i am desperately begging people watch this show its only 11 episodes i love it so much... thank u for the ask these were fun to answer :)

[hagenowo]

Cycle of Delicacy - Translation

Niki: Yes, thanks for waiting! It's good to have lunch together~ Two people, so that's two?

Kohaku: It's just a shopping trip. Today we have activities for the "Candy Party" and "Kaori" circle, so let's buy some candies to take to the "Candy Party".

Niki: Huh, two people?

Kohaku: No. Both of the circles are the ones we belong to.

Niki: So, after all, aren't you friends? Wow...!

Kohaku: Is it just a coincidence, Niki?!

Niki: I get it, so don't pinch your cheeks~

Tsukasa: Fufu. Kohaku hides his embarrassment and has done some field research.

Kohaku: Huh? Hiding the embarrassment?

Tsukasa: I belonged to both of the circles first. So you knew I was here and you joined. In short, I was the deciding factor in your joining the club, right "Khakun"?

Kohaku: It's just a coincidence, it's stupid. There is no limit to self-esteem. By the way, Niki, I have something I want to ask you. Do you know any good candy stores?

Tsukasa: I've been to all the stores I know and famous stores, so only the ones in the country. It would be helpful if you could give me some advice.

Niki: Doesn't it look like you're looking for a famous hidden restaurant? How about I make one?

Tsukasa: Oh, sure. Can I have a favor?

Niki: Yes, of course~ Please wait for me. My part-time job is about to end, so I'm going to rent a kitchen and make it.

(Thirty minutes later)

Niki: Thanks for waiting~ My homemade snowball cookies are at your disposal!

Kohaku: Kokoko. Rolling over and looking cute, right? There are three colors, but the flavor is different?

Niki: That's right. Brown is the cocoa flavor, pink is the strawberry flavor, and purple is the red sweet potato flavor. I prepared a lot, so please feel free.

Tsukasa: Thank you. Well, I'll take your word for it... Marvelous! It's delicious! Mild flavor, seems to go well with black tea.

Kohaku: The crispy texture is also good. If so, it seems to go with the "Candy Party". Great Niki!

(One hour later)

HiMERU: So. Why is Shiina here?

Tsukasa: He's a special guest. The snowball cookie I brought you today, he made it. Even if he doesn't belong, he's a sweet-loving fellow. Is there any reason not to invite him?

Niki: That's right! I love to eat and make sweets.

HiMERU: Understood, HiMERU accepts. What about Mayoi?

Mayoi: I'm fine too. But eh... I prepared a handmade butter sable, but to serve it to Mr Shiina, who is a professional master... Ah, I want to die in shame...

Niki: Yummy... Hmmm! The Mayoi butter sable is delicious! It's a bad day to die when you can make such delicious things. I want you to live for me!

HiMERU: You're too stubborn, Shiina, it's not a contest for who eats the fastest, so calm down.

Niki: Haha, sorry. I'm hungry because it's after my part-time job.

Mayoi: No no no, don't worry about it. Shiina's eating style is refreshing to watch. It's scary to see him eating greedily without thinking.

Kohaku: What did HiMERU bring? As I understand it, HiMERU changed again and this time it did something different.

HiMERU: Hehe. Now, let HIMERU show you. HiMERU made a square cream puff...

Niki: What? HiMERU was a puff of cream?!

HiMERU: What a corny reaction... HiMERU is HiMERU. You know that, right?

Niki: Haha, it's a joke~ Crazy:B joke!

Kohaku: Stop it. When Crazy:B is involved, I'm in it too.

Tsukasa: ...Are you sure this is HiMERU's cream puff?

HiMERU: Yes. Please enjoy.

Tsukasa: Thank you. Does it look like a cake? Ah, I see it's full of cream inside.

Niki: It's square, so it's easy to pick up... Ha! I thought I would taste it before eating, but I ate it all! I feel like I'm the one who eats the most snowball cookies I brought... (grumbles)

HiMERU: Even though you're reflecting on what you've done, you still don't stop... At this rate, it's going to be a named dinner, so please do something in your kitchen as an apology.

Niki: Of course. Do you have any requests?

Tsukasa: So... would you mind doing something with this matcha?

Mayoi: Tsukasa, do you always carry matcha with you?

Tsukasa: No, just today. There is "Kaori" activity and it is good that I have matcha green tea.

Niki: I don't know what to do~ Buncakes and ice cream, donuts and scones and matcha flavored cakes are also good. Ah, I'm hungry just to eat... Alright, I'm going to make a janjan, so wait!

[yorithesims]

Reply to nocturnalazure💚

@nocturnalazure 素晴らしい20の選曲とエピソードが楽しかったです♡

エピソードと共に味わうために時間がかかってしまい、タグゲームへの参加が遅れて申し訳ありません！

ーーーーーーーーーーーー I enjoyed 20 wonderful song selections and episodes♡I'm sorry for the delay in participating in the taggame because it took a long time to taste with the episode!

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Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence この曲は日本でもとても流行っていました。素晴らしい名曲に改めて魅了されます！ This song was also very popular in Japan. I am now once again fascinated by the wonderful masterpieces!

Linkin Park - Somewhere I Belong ノクティさんのこの曲のエピソードが映画のワンシーンのようでときめきました(*´艸`)ｷｭﾝｷｭﾝ♡ The episode of this song by Nocty was like a scene from a movie.

Loïc Nottet - Mr/Mme 美しいピアノと彼の声に夢中になりました。初めて聴いた曲でこれほど感動して涙が止まらなかったのは久しぶりです。ブリュッセルの風景も素晴らしい。この曲を教えてくれてありがとうございます…！私は何度も聴くでしょう。 I was fascinated by the beautiful piano and his voice. It's been a while since I was so impressed with the song I listened to for the first time that I couldn't stop crying.The scenery of Brussels is also wonderful. Thank you for telling me this song ...! I will listen many times.

Lana Del Rey - Born To Die Nate & Ivy’sのテーマソングが聴けて嬉しい♡ 2人のイメージにぴったり！強さと儚さと永遠がそこに在る気がします。（翻訳で伝わにくい表現です。ごめんなさい） I'm glad to hear the theme song of Nate & Ivy’s♡ Perfect for the image of two people! I feel that strength, fragility and eternity are there. (It is an expression that is difficult to convey in translation. I'm sorry)

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JPOP/JROCKの選曲が最高でした！

日本の音楽のとてもいい時代だったと思います。 The selection of JPOP / JROCK songs was the best! I think it was a very good time for Japanese music.

Arai Akino - Sputnik  新居昭乃さんは初めて聴きました。 歌詞が本当に泣いてしまいます｡ﾟ(ﾟ´Д｀ﾟ)ﾟ｡

I heard Akino Arai for the first time. The lyrics really make me cry～！

Dragon Ash - Glory Dragon Ashはベスト盤くらいしか知らないのですが降谷 建志が私も大好きです♡ジャパニーズ・ラップは軽視されやすい印象なので楽しんでもらえることが嬉しいです！ I only know about the best compilation album of Dragon Ash, but I also love Kenji Furuya ♡ Japanese rap has the impression that it is easily neglected, so I'm glad you enjoyed it!

AJICO - Hadou (波動) ボーカルのUAがデビューした頃から大好きです♡久しぶりに聴いて懐かしかったです。I've loved vocal UA since it debuted, but I missed it because I heard her voice for the first time in a while.

Yamazaki Masayoshi (山崎まさよし) - Passage 初めて聴いた曲でした。山崎まさよしが好きというのはノクティーさんはめちゃセンスが良いと思います♪ It was the first song I heard. It's very nice to select Masayoshi Yamazaki!

そして、椎名林檎！！！！

私も彼女の好きな曲を選ぶには、多すぎて悩みます。 カラオケで何度も何度も色んな曲を歌いました。歌舞伎町の女王はSamのことも思い浮かべます。（個人的なイメージです XD） ピアノが印象的な曲「丸の内サディスティック」が私のお気に入りです♡

ノクティーさんと私は言語圏が同じならきっと夜通しおしゃべりして止まらなかったと思います( ´꒳`*)人(*´꒳` )ﾅｶｰﾏ

タグ付けありがとうございました♡ 思ったより長くなってしまったので私の選曲は後ほど投稿します。

And Shiina Ringo!!!! I also worry too much to choose her favorite song. I sang various songs over and over again at karaoke. 歌舞伎町の女王also thinks of Sam. (Personal image XD) My favorite song is "丸の内サディスティック-Marunouchi Sadistic", which has an impressive piano♡

Nocty and I wouldn't stop talking all night if they were in the same language hehehe(∀｀*ゞ)

Thank you for tagging ♡ It's longer than I expected, so I'll post my song selection later.

[mayday-phanade]

Translation of Aramaki Yoshihiko's Curtain Call Speech for the Last Show of Tousute Jiden (08/04/19)

I feel like I had to share this with everyone, because of how important this curtain call is to me. Within Makki's entire 2.5D career, I'm pretty sure this is the first time he has ever cried in a curtain call. Much of it I feel can be attributed to the story itself, and to the feelings that has piled up in all 60 runs of the show, and the fact that there is a big chance he might not be part of the next Tousute.

Read at your own risk, there are Tousute Jiden spoilers within this post.  

I’m Aramaki Yoshihiko, who plays Yamanbagiri Kunihiro. Thank you to everyone who spent their time with us here in Stellar Ball and to everyone watching the live viewing today. A total of 60 performances for Butai Touken Ranbu Jiden: Hibi no Ha Yo Chiruramu. Within these 60 performances, the cast and the staff, and even those who are not in this stage right now — Naya Takeru who played Sayo Samonji, Kitagawa Naoya who played Honebami Toushirou, and Shiina Taizo who played Fudou Yukimitsu — we all still carry the feelings of those three within us who are standing in front of you. I’m sure those three all wanted to be in this last show with everyone too, but right now we will do their greetings in their stead. With this story and all of Tousute’s history up until now, I have been able to perform in 231 performances. Within all those performances, a lot of things have piled up; not just the battles, but also the everyday life [of swords], have become important things to me. Once again, I would like to express my feelings of gratitude. Suzuki Hiroki who plays Mikazuki Munechika, who has has entrusted to me the position of zachou*, Since the very beginning in Kyouden, Saien, Giden, Gaiden, Jyoden, Hiden and up until now, I have been able to overcome all this because of those who have supported me like the staff, But even more so it is because of the people who love and support Butai Touken Ranbu. Thank you so much.

Today, the truth is that the moon is a crescent moon*, I think that it’s such a wonderful thing. And I thought the same too during Gaiden, That during the most important times, And during times when I’m suffering, When I can’t keep it all in my chest, I look up to the moon and think “Mikazuki is right there. That Mikazuki…Mikazuki becomes my power.” [He starts crying here.] Yes, in order to become the sun that illuminates the moon, I will embark on my journey (Kiwame). Yamanbagiri Kunihiro will go on his journey in order to become stronger. That’s why, from Mikazuki too, and from Gokotai too, the strength I received from the chestnuts and from everyone here, I promise that I want to make a Yamanbagiri Kunihiro who has grown to be much stronger appear again in front of everyone. So from here on too, I’m counting on your continued support for Butai Touken Ranbu.

NOTES:

*mikazuki = crescent moon *zachou - is the “main” character of a stage play and essentially the person/actor who guides all the other characters/actors.

Very roughly translated as I myself haven’t recovered yet but I feel like I had to share his beautiful words with everybody.

P.S. He doesn’t stop crying until the screen fades to black. We love you, Manba-chan. Thank you for always letting his feelings reach us, Mr. Aramaki Yoshihiko. We’ll patiently await your return.

[kriosv]

Steins;Gate / Hello Kitty Prologue 2

As part of Steins;Gates 10th Anniversary, they are making 10 new projects. Project 6 is a crossover between these two universes. Before the details of what the actual crossover are are explained, they released 4 prologues in the original vn style. 

This is an amateur fanslation of prologue two, which you can follow along with here (page takes a while to load, just click)

Kitty: Akihabara, I’m here.

Maid: Hi there. I can guide you through our store.

Kitty: It’s a very nice and lively city.

Kitty: No, I can’t get caught up! I have to make my way to the Daisetsuzan Building!

Maid: That’s fine, I’ll be here.

Kitty: I’m sorry, but I must help a person in need. When I next have the opportunity.

Maid: Eh? Wait! Are you Hello Kitty!?

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Kitty: This must be the Yariyama Building. They said the lab was on the second floor.

Kitty: Let’s go in!

Daru: Hmm...

Rintaro: What is it Daru? Did you come up with an ingenious plan?!

Daru: Isn’t it your job to do the thinking, Okarin?

Rintaro: Fuhu, unfortunately, the mind of a mad scientist is tailored to be brilliant only in the fields of making inventions and gadget that bring innovation to the entire world, nothing to do with making money.

Daru: And where in that pile of junk is an invention?

Rintaro: None of these are junk! They are all future gadgets!

Rintaro: And I am thinking...

Daru: You are? Your face always looks like “lights are on but nobody’s home”.

Mayuri: Hey, hey, Okarin! Okarin!

Rintaro: Mayuri! Did you come up with a good idea?

Mayuri: No...I’m just worried that the people beyond the TV won’t come...

Rintaro: Wait, you were expecting them too? I was just trying to make light of the situation so I wasn’t freaking out, not actually contacting anyone.

Daru: I told ya.

Mayuri: Aw. I know that if Mayushi was behind that screen, she’d like people to really look at it.

Rintaro: Well, I mean, the possibility is still there, given infinite worlds...

Rintaro: But it was Hello Kitty on the TV, and there is no real Hello Kitty in this world.

*knock*

Mayuri: Is it Kitty?

Rintaro: No, it must be Mr. Brawn coming for his rent!!

???: Hello? IS this the Future Gadget Labratory?

Daru: That sounded like a girl’s voice.

Mayuri: Yes, coming!

Rintaro: Wait, Mayuri, it’s a trap!

Kitty: Hello! I’m here because you called!

Rintaro: What!?

Daru: The...

Kitty: Hello! I’m Kitty. Nice to meet you!

Rintaro: ...

Daru: ...Seriously?

Mayuri: Wow! It really is Kitty!!

Kitty: Meow.

Mayuri: It’s a real Kitty! It’s so fluffy!

Kitty: Wait, before you hug me, you should tell me your name.

Mayuri: Oh, sorry, I’m Mayuri Shiina. Please call me Mayushi!

Kitty: Nice to meet you, Mayushi-san.

Mayuri: I’ve loved Kitty-chan since I was little!

Kitty: Yay! I love you too!

Mayuri: Thank you. Did you hear that Okarin? Kitty is real and loves me.

Rintaro: ...

Mayuri: Okarin?

Rintaro: Daru. Situation report.

Daru: Nope. I am clueless.

Rintaro: Just tell me, is that thing in front of you? Is it real?

Daru: It doesn’t look like a costume.

Kitty: Oh, no,I’m not a costume. I’m alive.

Rintaro: This...this must be some organization plot.

Kitty: Organization? But I’m the only one here...

Rintaro: *into phone* It’s me.

Kitty: Oh, did I interrupt a call? Sorry.

Rintaro: The organization has finally built a weapon to surpass the Future Gadget Lab.

Rintaro: Dubbing it “White Fiend”, we must not fall into it’s grasp.

Rintaro: If I should fall, tell my parents, Hououin Kyoma was brave until the end.

Kitty: I didn’t know your situation was that dangerous, Hououin. Ummm...

Mayuri: Okarin. Okabe’s name is Okarin.

Kitty: Okarin? That’s his name?

Rintaro: Ah, well...

Kitty: Okarin is a cute name.

Rintaro: eh...

Daru: Sorry Okarin.

Rintaro: Uh, well...

Kitty: Nice to meet you, Okarin-san ♪

Rintaro: No! I am Hououin Kyoma! Hououin Kyoma, the mad scientist who will overturn the world!

Kitty: I’m sorry, but I don’t get it.

Rintaro: Well... Okabe is my mortal name for ... while I’m on earth...Hououin Kyoma is my...true name.

Kitty: Oh, I get it! My real name is Kitty White, but everyone calls me Hello Kitty!

Daru: Not the same. Okarin’s just a chunibyo.

Kitty: Chunibyo? Oh, you’re a middle schooler! You looked like an adult, so I thought you were a college student.

Daru: no, not chunibyo in that sense...

Kitty: But Okarin-san, I’m sure you and the organization can understand each other if you just talk it out.

Kitty: Don’t you think so, Okarin-san?

Rintaro: Umm, well, I guess...

Daru: Okarin, you’ve been weird forever. Have you finally returned?

Rintaro: No, it’s just that this white creature thing is....

Rintaro: It.

Rintaro: I feel like...

Daru: It.

Daru: It’s right there.

Daru: Hmm....

Kitty: ...?

Daru: It.

Rintaro: It. (not a proper translation for it. They just keep repeating a meaningless term)

Rintaro: I can do this! I cannot waste this scientific opportunity!

Daru: But...is it okay to...?

Kitty: Fufufu.

Daru: It.

Mayuri: But hey, Cuteness is justice!

Daru: ye...

Rintaro: No, now even Daru has succumb.

Rintaro: Thos thing cannot be allowed in my lab!

Rintaro: I didn’t want to use my own hands for this, but...

Kitty: Call me again any time! IT’s nice to have so many new friends.

Rintaro: *on phone* Get to the lab immediately. Something ridiculous has occured. 

[yellowbluemoonshine]

Why Shigaraki can get redemption? Hints (give it a chance)

well first of all, obviously i am not sure about that but i would like to share what i saw with you guys so please give it a chance. and first, let me say this. i usually dont like villains and dont care that much. cause i hate when someone excuse their past  even though its understandable but this time, its different. this is my first expectional. and i didnt care redemption things that much in the past but this one is my first and i hope it really can happen. i never saw someone who deservers and needs redemption more than anyone else. he needs a hero more than anyone else.

and my favorite character is deku, second is shigaraki and thats why this redemption is important for me.i want real justice. and only this redemption can bring real justice to this story, i think. thats why i love deku, tenko and this story. i believe this is all about, this is what it supposed to be so hopefully you can read it. i believe, its worth it. (and sorry for bad eng btw)

1- GREATEST VICTIM:

if you really pay attention shigaraki s past and everything about him. he never had a choice but to be a villain. it was only path for him. “villain who had no choice but to be a villain. horikoshi said this in his interview. he didnt say it is shigaraki but shigaraki wqas the only villain who had no choice so).

people who doesnt know about (manipulation, abuse, dehumanized people, how you shouldnt raise a child, psychological torture and psychology) , cant see shigaraki as a human but monster. they ohly see shigaraki s present but if you really research about these things, shigaraki coulnt be something else. you can read the theories about these on my tumbrl or you can check on other people s tumbrl. abuse,victimhood and blah blah. it will help you to understand. if you read all of them, you can see how much victim he is, maybe.

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/184767559607/shigaraki-tomura-abuse-and-victimhood

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/185347164252/shigaraki-abuse-foils-and-desires

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/184767947307/shigaraki-s-speech-bubble

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/185094678537/gloomypear-hey-guysi-just-noticed

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/185304265272/slurpingsoba-i-saw-that-i-had-this-post-in-my

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/184769118987/what-is-shigaraki-gonna-do-after-he-learnt-about

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/184878444347/mourning

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/184975629107/mew-cake-i-like-how-through-the-sketchy

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/184769118987/what-is-shigaraki-gonna-do-after-he-learnt-about

https://galacticana.wordpress.com/2018/07/13/can-you-please-tell-me-more-about-tomura-shigaraki/

its not that. shigaraki is in constantly in pain and completely empty. yeah he cares about his comprades but thats it. he likes NOTHING. i mean, everything about him makes him more victim.

nothing will change the fact that tenko should be saved, no matter what happens.

2- TENKO - SHIINA - HANA :

did you ever read horikoshi s other series? tenko one-shot. oumagadoki zoo.

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/185435057607/hana-tenko-shigaraki-deku

first, tenko one-shot from horikoshi. there is a character that named “tenko”. main character. and that kid is really similar to shigaraki but he has different life. in that story, tenko wasnt manipulated by someone. he had tragedy but still, he was a good person with his own way. he was lost, broken whatever and in the end of story, he was saved by hana. hana save him from his curse.

oumagadoki zoo. shiina is shigaraki. now. he is an adult but mentally kid. no one manipulated him. and also luckiely he had his friends. he had a curse and trying to healing with his own ways. then hana came and well in the end of the story, hana saved shiina from his curse (it cancelled but it was the real end, i think)

in every story, shigaraki is a character who is lost, broken, dont know what to do and waiting for to being saved. he is a traegedy character in evrey series. no family, tragedy, they all have their own curse and blah blah. well, tenko from one shot and shiina from oumagadok zoo was luckier than shigaraki. in bnha, shigaraki is completely lost, broken. its like same people who has different life.

and in every story, hana is the one who saved tenko from his curse. if you really read these stories, real hana in this story is deku. so deku is the one who will save tenko from his curse. (it doesnt mean that it has to be same but still, hopefully it can happen cause i think it should happen.)

3- ) author is preparing deku to him understanding shigaraki:

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/184784638422/author-is-preparing-deku-to-him-understanding

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/185462390237/aysall-hanyuu7-replied-to-your-post-daily

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/184784640747/another-parallel-in-bnha-part-2

why shigaraki is a parallel with the all characters who saved by deku?

(not just this, author is showing to him faults of society)

bakugo, todoroki, kota, eri, mr gentleman (even hawks).

they were good victims but shigaraki was bad victim? shigaraki was DEHUMANIZED, he was groomed to be a villain. its really important difference. anyone could be like him.

for example, eri doesnt remember his father s death but shigaraki does. his pain is deeper than anyone else s. and overhaul didnt remind of her what she did cause he doesnt care about her. she was just tool. but for afo, tenko was important as his successor, as his product. he was needed to be manipulated. i think at first tenko also didnt want to hurt anyone just like eri thats why he was wearing the gloves, at first. something must happenned to change his mind.

stop underestimating and ignoring tenko s pain. cause i can see the kind, gratefull child who wants to be saved inside of him. he could be cruel, ungratefull like overhaul (he betrayed the man who took him and that man didnt even force him to being a akuza, he said you can go.) but even though, he was dehumanized, he didnt. he was always different from othner villains and always close to good side s victims. if you really think about it, you can see it too.

not just with parallels, he is doing with a lot of ways. he is showing to deku that something has to change. with heroes, with villains even with his quirk.

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/185347750102/about-decay

dont be surprised if he gets decay quirk from nana :)

btw i wrote all parallels in my tumbrl. you can check on.

4- MAIN CHARACTER:

a) deku shouldnt kill shigaraki

(even shigaraki kills allmight or someone who are precious to deku, even its inko or hana who is tenko s sister cause it wont change the fact that shigaraki no tenko still needs to be saved. enemy or not, there is someone who needs help, and you must save him. who, how, where, doesnt matter. this is the true hero

and deku is not the type who gets revenge or hold a grudge, even overhaul hurt a lot of people, only thing deku was thinking was “its a villain who needs to stop” not kill or revenge he doesnt think these kind of things.)

and i dont think he will. its not just about shigaraki. its about deku. its about just who he is. he is a hero, TRUE HERO and he shouldnt kill villain. he shouldnt kill his biggest enemy, no matter what happens. thats the certain difference between villains and heroes so deku wont/shouldnt kill shigaraki.

(and i wrote a lot about the reasons about this, you can check on my tumbrl.)

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/184876269697/why-shigaraki-hates-allmight-why-deku

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/184863066257/what-if-one-for-all-is-exist-to-save-all-for-one

b) i just cant imagine a future that deku s giving up on saving tenko. deku will eventually learn his story

i mean if he wouldnt learn, it wouldnt makes sense so after he learnt that how much shigaraki victim is,

we all know that deku will try to save shigaraki from his curse. you can say that shigaraki wont want that but the posibility that tenko s being a hero will always be there.

i mean he saved eri. shigaraki s condition is worse than eri so he will just give up?

it just doesnt fit deku s character. he should find a way no matter what happens. i mean come on, its deku that we are talking about.

i dont believe that deku would call himself a “hero” if he couldnt save tenko but deku said “this is the story how i became the greatest hero” so definitely he should save tenko

c) we have a main character who can change the future so

deku can smash shigaraki s fate about being antagonist and destroying everything. (interesting part is remember this, all “future changing/bending fate thing) is happenning to save eri who is parallel with shigaraki. eri is one of the biggest proof of that shigaraki should (hopefully will) be saved.)

d) deku and bakugou are learning “save and win” part.

so what if someone that you must defeat and save is the same person? answer is obvious. you should stop him, defeat him. (not killing him, obviously). and save him (giving him a new chance,hope, showing what hero means). i dont exactly know how it will happen though.

e) how deku can be greatest hero? how deku can show the difference between true hero and others?

the difference between deku and the others.

did anyone try to understand villains? did someone try to fix something before? no one did so only deku can do this. only deku can change things.

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/184873685777/why-deku-wont-become-symbole-of-peace-why

allmight cant do this or gran torino or someone else cause shigaraki isnt in a state that listen,understand,love someone. and he is the last boss. so at least he wont get redemption until the end of the story, until the last arc. he will face with deku. so only deku can do this

and deku might get some help about shigaraki s redemption from his friends maybe, who knows cause he is not the type that who fight alone. he will fight with his friends. unlike allmight. maybe unexpected characters will also help deku too about this, who knows. we will see.

and maybe until the last fight, we will all loose our hope about this redemption, not just we bnha fans, also all characters in bnha including deku but maybe last moment, deku will make some miracle, i hope he can.

he (his true hero soul) is my only real hope about this redemption. so we wont get real answers until the end, unfortunately.

5-STORY:

a) shigaraki is a very broken character and he is one of the most tragic victims in anime history

 and this a story about heroes, justice and showing their faults to heroes and made them better heroes so in these kind of story, shigaraki shouldnt stay as a victim but if they dont save tenko, he will allways be a tragic victim cause there is a posibility that he could become a hero will allways be there

b) shigaraki was ignored by the world when he was a kid.

so are you telling me that he will be ignored and abandoned by the world again? didnt everything happen cause of people s ignorance? it just doesnt fit this story. time to stop being ignorance.

c) you can say that he is the antagonist

but who said biggest enemy cant be redeemed? in the end of story, why not? after the big fight with deku maybe? cause we all know shigaraki is the last boss and will become the greatest villain so maybe greatest villain doesnt mean evilest villan?  it means the most dangerous villain maybe? and remember, people who are in pain are the ones who are the most dangerous. so its basically what makes shigaraki dangeours. his deeper pain. his victimhood is what makes him a villain. it still can chappen.

d) in this story, there are a lot of victims especially villains s backstory.

so someone has to change this and you cant change this while killing villains. you have to find something else, another way. especially shigaraki is a blow-back and you cant just destroy blow-back. if you do that, one day another shigaraki will be born and nothing will change but it will be worse

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/185341644322/hero-society-only-rewards-powerful-flashy-quirks

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/185017729452/what-the-villains-are-probably-gonna-do-to

e) not just villains, even in hero side there are a lot of people who are victims and a lot of people dont know what hero means. mostly of them are anti-hero. even deku dont know, he just following his hearth. saving shigaraki can show the world, not just to shigaraki, not just to deku s himself, to everyone. everyone can see/learn what hero means

f) deku always win his enemies and saved victims until now.

this is exactly why last fight will be so hard cause now, the person you must saved and stopped will be same. it will be amazingly so hard. it wont be just power fight. it will be more than that. thats why it will be so epic. just defeating enemy wont be enough, thats one of the amazing points in this story. also if this happens, it will make a difference between this story and others.

g) it would be cliche so it shoulnt happen ? everything is cliche in these days. and if shigaraki gets redemption and wont die, it would be something different cause author usually kills antagonist but what about something different, this time? antagonist is stopping being antagonist and being normal person?

btw protagonist deku should live hopefully, i dont want deku s sacrificing himself. (he should live to save more people in the future.) and “dont getting redemption” doesnt fit shigaraki s character, deku s true soul and this story. so it can happen. maybe author will do something extremely extraordinary. maybe deku will still live, tenko will live and tenko will be saved and it will still be fair, amazing and happy ending? who knows what will happen, we will see.

h) not even need to talk about author is keep reminding us that how much victim shigaraki is with secret hints. so hopefully it  can happen. i am not saying that it will happen, i am saying it should happen for the sake of everything. (i think)

5- TENKO ORIGIN:

look at this notes. i believe that his origin tenko is good. tomura is evil.

https://codenamesazanka.tumblr.com/post/184783095389/codenamesazanka-yet-another-proto-shigaraki

why we get shigaraki tomura distortion but not tenko shimura origin? did you ever think about why all for one worked so hard to turning him to a villain? i mean, he said “he was born twisted” maybe he is right shigaraki was pure evil, even when he was a kid. but i dont think its true.

a) if he is a pure evil, why afo messed him that much? why did he try to controlling him that much? psychological torture was unnecessary but why did he do it? why someone like him wasnt confidence enough about saying that cause he was sad while saying that, wasnt laughing. (not sure though) if he really thinks shigaraki is “pure evil” then why did he watch every move he did from camera? maybe he was talking about something else idk. but i dont believe that tenko is evil. i believe tenko is good. tomura is evil. i think afo sees shigaraki as his product, something he created. tomura is something afo created. this society created. (author is saying that, not me. so it cant be real him, i believe)

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/185569751072/why-did-all-for-one-choose-shigaraki-theory

A monster created by today s society. its not origin. why author or afo , why everything forced him that much? i mean, if he is a pure evil, then why author give him a this much tragedy? its so unrealistic and unnecessary. if shigaraki was a pure evil even when he was a kid, i would felt like being cheated cause its just makes no sense. cause otherwise, it would be like “i gave to him a lot of tragedies just to making a drama” and it would be so waste.

b) he wanted to be a hero........................................

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/184878069647/fumikage-so-tomura-tenko-found-out-about-his

if he never met All For One or if someone taught him what is right, if there is someone who was there for him, shigaraki wouldnt be a villain. he would be a hero just like todoroki, bakugou, deku :’) maybe he could be greatest hero and this story would be his story, who knows. for example, this part was unnecessary ok i get author wants us to feeling sorry for him but it was already enough??? i mean why author did go so far? it was already enough!!! this is too much, this is just makes him ultimate victim that we (at least, i) ever seen.

and you can say that his character isnt like this but actually it makes more sense. cause hate comes from love. so he hates everything and heroes so much cause there was a time that he loved them so much. he bileved them but they disappointed him probably.

nothing will change the fact that tenko is exist and he deserves better than this.

c) i believe tenko was like izuku who could be greatest hero but couldnt cause of some certain reasons. izuku and him are parallel who could be each other. so deku will fight with his parallel. shigaraki will face his old self. after this fight, hopefully deku win. hopefull, tenko defeat tomura. hopefully it can happen. saving your parallel. its what it supposed to be, i think. honestly, my biggest hope is deku but nothing else about shigaraki s redemption.

6-SHIGARAKI S POTENTIAL TO BEING A GOOD PERSON:

shigaraki character is evil and monster but he is a monster created by today s society and All For One so the real shigaraki isnt like that.

a) shigaraki isnt joker or thanos. he wants to destroy everything only cause of his deeper pain. “everything rubs me the wrong way.” this is true, author, afo, society, everything makes him villain. so they are forcing him. basically its not what shigaraki really wants in deep:

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/184719577087/what-is-that-shigaraki-really-wants

and interesting is shigaraki always being more broken lost and confused. he isnt finding his way. he cant understand a lot of things about life.

-he doesnt know what hero means so dont you think someone has to show him what hero really means?

-he doesnt see the difference between heroes and villains so d ont you think someone has to show him the difference (like not killing him or giving a new chance or with a lot of way)

-he is hopeless so someone has to give him a hope?

-he lost his faith in heroes, justice, everything. so dont you think someone has to make him believe again?

b) shigaraki isnt happy as a villain,

this isnt what he really wants. he is so dead so hopeless, so empty.

shigaraki hates everything cause they are remind of him the happiness he will never have again. so shigaraki basically hates happiness s himself. he wants to kill/destroy happiness. he wants to kill people s hearth. killing hearths, his main goal. well, killing people are second goal.

(but shigaraki s real wish is being happy, i think but he thinks he will never be happy again thats why he is doing this)

just like deku. deku wants to save people but main goal is saving hearths. opposite sides each other.

shigaraki likes nothing. he has no joy in his life. this is another proof of that his life is completey far away from happiness.

he even thrown up when he remember happy memory in chapter 227.

he felt happiness and it makes him sick? you dont need to be geinus to see how much far away he is from happiness.

yeah he cares about his comprades / people who are good to him but it doesnt mean he is happy with his life. only redemption can make him happy. destroying everything wont make him happy. and he knows that. he doesnt believe that he can be happy. this is why he is doing this. he just has no hope :’))).

only redemption can bring happiness to him even he end up living in prison, i believe he will be happier than now, also he will pay what he did. this is real justice, it supposed to be. his death wouldnt be justice or something like that. with every way, it would be tragic so i hope deku can give him a new life chance, despite shigaraki s crimes. hopefully.

c) there is still something good in him and always will. cause i believe its origin.

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/185348474272/why-is-league-of-villains-like-a-family

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/185350066687/secret-kindness-of-shigaraki-tomura-give-it-a

some people say redmeption doesnt fit shigaraki s character but i dont believe that people really understand shigaraki cause redemption cant fit more than this to a character so shigaraki can be redeemed despite his crimes. definitely it can happen.

d) everyone could be like him, EVERYONE or big posibility worse.

e) he is different from other villains. shigaraki is the only villain who really had no choice. he never was cruel like overhaul and didnt even think sacrifice people he care about him/ people who are good to him even though he hates everything.

(btw, if shigaraki gets redemption, i dont think he will abandon his comprades (as long as something unexpected thappenned or his comprades betrayed him)

so i dont think that shigaraki will be the only villain who gets redemption but to me, he is the one who definitely should get redemption. cause he was really in despair and he deserves this yeah even though everything, he did, do and will deserves this more than anyone else. yeah.

he doesnt deserve it? no he does and if he gets redemption, i am almost sure that he will regret everything he did. (and its the best punishment that can happen)

f) and remember this:

When you have to save someone, they're usually in a scary situation. A true hero saves not only their lives, but also their hearts... That's what I believe. So no matter how scary things get, give 'em a smile, as if to say, "I'm a-ok". The people in this world who can smile are always the strongest.Nana Shimura to Toshinori Yagi in "One For All"

and we have shigaraki, who 's hearth is broken, empty, full of pain. someone needs to save his hearth and who else can do besides deku, the true hero? but not by killing him. saving his life and hearth. yeah and hopefully it can happen.

yeah, you cant save someone who doesnt want to be saved but shigaraki does. he wants to be saved in his deep that he doesnt even aware of that anymore and he doesnt believe that he will be saved, happy, normal again thats his motivation as a villain. his pain is his weapon. but if someone heal his hearth, shigaraki s pain/weapon will gone, his reason to being a villain will gone and deku will win with his true hero soul.

g) characters like him usually gets redemption. The king Meruem from Hunter x Hunter, Gabimaru from Jigakuraku. (X from Dice. it didnt end yet. i will check on when it finished). (well even shigaraki was more victim than all of them). if you really understand shigaraki character, you will see: he is not like joker or thanos. he is not afo, maybe in the future he will be like him but it wont be the same cause he doesnt want this fate, everything forced him to that way. cause its not what he really wants, i believe.

you cant save everyone. (so in the future, deku shouldnt be like allmight like “i can do it alone and can save everyone its ok” but he should save tenko) yeah but shigaraki, tenko is there. he will be in front of deku. you can t save someone who doesnt want to being saved but in his deep, shigaraki wants that. he doesnt even realize this, i think but its what he really wants. so hopefully people can stop being ignorance and see that.

h) and i dont think that

one for all wielders would want to abandon tenko like that. especially nana who is gradmama of tenko, also tenko s inspiration in the past. also allmight too. but not just cause of he is nana s grandson. its cause of he is someone who needs to be saved, no matter what happens. they probably wont say like “save him” to deku cause they will believe that deku will do the right thing as a true hero.

i) what would be the best way of defeating All For One? afo really worked hard to turning tenko to tomura, his successor. if they kill shigaraki or they just defeat him and abandon him like that or they dont save him, shigaraki always will be a victim and it will still be afo s victory cause shigaraki s existence is proof of that heroes failed to save a child who desprately need help.

it will be burden of their hearts but if they save tenko/shigaraki, afo will completely loose and everything he did will be waste. one for all wielders will defeat afo and shigaraki with their true hero soul, if they save tenko. maybe after that, even afo saw the difference between heroes and villains. he will see. his brother will show him and finally it will be good guys s victory and it would be really epic.

so what is the problem about his redemptions?

1- he has no redemption moral right now. i mean he lost everything. lets suppose he wants to be good again but will he even get a new chance, normal life? i mean, he has no one he has nothing and his pain is still there. he is still in pain.

but for now, this is the case but it doesnt mean he wont get his moral in the future. its impossible? there is no hope?

who said that

2-he will go so far, shigaraki probably will destroy everything. he will be the greatest villain. he will do a lot of bad things and sometimes we will lost our faith in his redemption posibility.

will society even forgive him? or lets suppose somehow, he lived but can he even take all of this? can he live with that remorse feeling? cause it will be so hard for him.

it will be hard but its not impossible. miracles can happen (and i am waiting for that miracle), especially our main character is deku.

3-fandom. a lot of people dont want redemption cause a lot of people doesnt want this so author might change his mind cause of this? but if he doesnt, i think it would ruin the story cause shigaraki s character isnt made like that. hopefuly fandom dont affect his story.

4-this interview. he said shigaraki can no longer turn back. i have no idea what does it mean. so shigaraki cant be tenko again? idk. actually only this interview took my all hope and also fandom s ignorance. besides that, i was completely sure that tenko will be saved. and i heard author loves marvel, star wars, tragic things, bad ending, dark things?

so i wonder he would sacrifice this character cause its too late? cause it would be so hard to save him? “death will be the only salvation”??? (its ridicilous) cause author pushed him so hard? cause fandom wanted like that? honestly, my opinion it would ruin everything in this story about cause its just doesnt fit everything in this story. tenko who needs a hero more than anyone else, shigaraki s broken hearth, deku s true hero soul, a lot of victims in this story, heroes are learing their faults, the fact that something has to change, showing the what true hero means

(this kind of story shouldnt have tragic victims and if they dont save him or kill him, shigaraki alwqays will be a victim cause we all know if that tragedly didnt happenned, if there was someone for him, he wouldnt be the way he is now so they should save him and shouldnt kill him, obviously and hopefully)

and blah blah a lot of things. so hopefully it can really happen cause this is all about. so hopefuly hopefully hopefully it can happen :’))).

but idk what author means that. maybe he wil do something really unexpected and maybe he will still save tenko but with different ways (not killing) and we just dont know yet?

cause author said “villain who had no choice but to be a villain” i am almost sure that he was talking about shigaraki and he said villain who can be saved story should get reward? idk maybe he will surprise us? maybe he will save him cause his story is telling me he will be saved but this interview made me confused. hopefully he can do something really amazing.

https://savetenko.tumblr.com/post/185456913512/bnha-redemption-why-you-shouldnt-hate-redemption

redemption doesnt mean that he wont pay his crimes. feeling remorse is the best punishment that can happen. it will also the person s himself to him finding the right way.

why i write this? i talked a lot of people and a lot of people dont want redemption for shigaraki but weird part is i never met someone who looks the big picture here. people who dont want redemption for shigaraki:

-people who ignores the fact that shigaraki is completely victim who had no choice and every could be like him,

-people who dont care shigaraki s character and not even trying to understand,

-people who love shigaraki as an evil but they cant face the fact that shigaraki is NOT happy as a villain at all. they sees LoV as a normal family and they thought they are happy together but its so unrealistic. if they were really hapy, if shigaraki was happy, his hearth wouldnt be empty and he would loose his reason to being a villain so :) and not even need to talk about, big posibility its not shigaraki s origin so its not real shigaraki

-people who sees somethings but not full things, well i think am a little carefull about these things. i never met someone who saw all things. yeah some people understand that shigaraki s abuse or maybe parallels with eri or kota maybe? but no one talked about deku s similirtiy with hana and no one said LoV isnt family. i mean its like everybody has some peace but no one has big picture. thats why i wanted to show this

there is no hope for shigaraki? its impossible? its too late? i dont believe that. its never too late to save someone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3taZqA0FTQ0

“hero’s job...is to risk his life to make the lip service into reality” cause its all about. there will be times that even me, everyone ‘bnha fans, shigaraki, deku allmight, everyone) will giving up on shigaraki s redemption cause story will be go so far (maybe redemption hints will decrease or increase) but when we thought that its too impossible, arent the heroes the ones who should give us a hope? isnt this all about?

(and in the future, we will all forget this maybe cause shigaraki who is evil, monster now will do a lot of bad things, he will laugh, he will kill, he will destroy (specially after he learnt about afo, he will be more dangerous than before and it will be really scary but tenko, his real self always be there even though we dont always see it. and more importantly,

nothing can change tenko s despair. nothing will change that horrible past. he didnt choose this fate, didnt want to be like that. its not what he really wants, i believe. well, nothing will change the fact that he didnt deserve this and he deserves better than this. the posibility that he could be happy, hero, have better life, better person, someone like nana. this posibility will always exist. nothing will change that despair eyes of tenko. so he will always be worth of being saved. not only cause of its so tragic, its also cause of simply, his horrible tragic backstory (his all life) made him like this. story will change and go so far but never forget that tenko s despair, his hopeless, empty dead hearth and his INFINITE PAIN.)

and if you really think about what hero means, answer is simple. deku should save tenko. listen this music. this music is giving me a hope sometimes. :))). this is so obvious. this is what it should happen and hopefully it can happen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRkIQ1Djlbs

when your hopes gone about shigaraki s redemption, read this and let me be your hope. let this theory be your hope. cause i will do that. :). hopefully, our hopes wont be wasted :’))). i really hope that. hopefully, everything will be fair, happy and good. hopefully. :)’D

(there might be things that i forgot to to tell but for now, thats it. if you read everything, thanks and hopefully you got me. if you like it, please reblog it. i dont care being famous but i hope a lot of people can see this.)

[legacy-of-the-westside-prince]

Miss Sherlock Episode 3

The HBO English subtitles are relatively acceptable because they are essentially correct, and people can understand the storyline just the same. However, some colloquial phrases might have been lost in translation and thus at times, loses a bit of its humor and doesn’t accent the character’s traits as effectively.

Here are a few ones from Episode 3:

Mrs Hatano reassuring Wato that Sherlock loves having her around. Rather than that, it’s more like, “You can stay here as long as you like, Sherlock thinks so too, don’t you, Sherlock?”

Sherlock responds, “I don’t think so.”

Wato’s expression though. Perfection.

Let’s talk about the aphrodisiac patch. LOL

“The aphrodisiac is in this adhesive patch. Want it?”

It sounds kind of weak, but the way that Sherlock actually phrases it is slightly stronger implicating something like this, “The aphrodisiac that you want is in this adhesive patch.”

Moving onto the gatecrashing of Wato’s lunch date.

Interesting to note that Wato is now accustomed to Sherlock’s random ways that she’s not even surprised to see her, but more of an expected frustration lol.

Here the translation says, “Let’s go. It’s an emergency.”

I’d rather put it as, “Let’s go together. It’s an emergency.”

I know it doesn’t make much of a difference, because the implication of “let’s go” is to go together. But for Sherlock she says, “issho ni kite”. Together, let’s go. She could’ve said, “ikou.” which is pretty much more directive let’s go. But SHE SAYS ISSHO NI, DAMMIT. UGHH, my heart.

Also, while she’s comfortably snuggling and claiming territory of Wato, she’s observing the writer dude and analyzing him on the spot immediately - which, actually, this is what Sherlock does every single time she meets a person (see: Shiina Arisa’s scene with Sherlock).

Then, she says, “Oh, this guy? Don’t bother with him.”

Which is true, essentially… but if you directly translate it a little further, it’s more of “It’s better for you, if you don’t bother with him.”

I guess this is debatable, because Sherlock is curt in her sentences and she doesn’t seem to approve of the guy, so the initial translation is passable.

And that’s pretty much it when it comes to the translation stuff.

Other interesting tidbits:

Can we talk about how Wato’s phone is always at 100%? I guess Sherlock was right when she says Wato rarely checks her phone.

Can we also talk about the leather jacket? *hearteyes*

If you put Sherlock on a chair that swivels, she will swivel.

Sherlock’s cute little wave. Wtf???

Moreover, I like how every client who steps in Sherlock’s room is usually so amazed at the decor of the room???

When it comes to Sherlock, you can literally see her observing things in the background when people are too busy talking.

Here she seizes the opportunity to check herself out in front of a mirror.

In conclusion, Sherlock likes to observe, a lot. Like a lot. She’s socially inept, hence why she’s attached to Wato, who can soften the atmosphere. Does she care for Wato? For sure, she doesn’t realize it yet, but she does. And we’ll probably see a more thorough development of this in the future episodes. Does Wato care for Sherlock? For now, not as much as she would like to think so. She thinks Sherlock is appealing, but this episode is most probably a turning point for her views and feelings towards Sherlock.

Bonus image:

WATO HAHAHHAAHA

[octranslations]

Haiiro no Ginka Volume 2

Haiiro no Ginka Volume 2

Translation Credits: 1999.1.20 DEBUT SINGLE IN STORE - Risu “Akuro no Oka” “Yurameki” in Italy - Risu Shinya Nemunemu hakushi no daigyakusu - Mbear Ganso Kaoruya - Nao Meisho de Meishuu Mr. Drums’ House Edition - Risu Aibiki no Mori Toshiya - Risu Kyo's Corner (Announcement) - Risu SEXUAL Inoue LA Diary - Risu NEWS L.A. Edition - Risu

1999.1.20 DEBUT SINGLE IN STORE

"Zan" "Akuro no Oka" "Yurameki"

Debuted at 5th, 6th, 7th

Music Shop Kunihara?Goryokaku Store

Sapporo?GURUGURU   Mr. Habaguchi

Shibuya 109 also has Dir en grey!

January 20, the major debut singles are finally on sale. The CD stores were also filled with Dir en grey, and you can see different stores nationwide decorated by Dir en grey. They made a large appearance even at Shibuya 109, and I think there were people who took pictures of it. Also in the Oricon Chart they debuted 5th, 6th and 7th. The members and staff both are grateful to all the fans who wouldn't have made this possible without their unwavering crazy and warm following/support?

“Akuro no Oka” “Yurameki” in Italy

When we are welcoming the end of 1998, the 5 members went to Italy for the PV shooting of “Akuro no Oka” and “Yurameki”. On the way they waited 4 hours to get on the next plane, Shinya read a book that he brought with him from Japan, Kyo and Kaoru ate pizza. (By the way it seems that Die was pretty ripped off by this store without him realizing it…) From here Kyo got addicted to pizza and ate it the whole time in Italy.

Then were forced to ride on the bus for 2 to 3 hours, at the end of a long travel without being able to get off in the destined airport due to strong winds and having the time to arrive and sleep in the hotel they started with make-up. The shooting for that day were the individual scenes and performance scenes of “Akuro no Oka” at a western style house that is also used in movies.

On the second day, the scheduled departure time was 6:30am. Having a breakfast buffet at the hotel with their complete make-up and wearing their costumes was a pretty conspicuous bizarre sight. A shrine that looked like the acropolis was today’s shooting location. Here was the image scene and individual scenes carrying instruments. These was the first costumes for the day. Because of it being quite cold, coat and mufflers were vital while the camera was not running.

Third day, the final day. After shooting the image scene at the back alley streets in town was the shooting of “Yurameki” at a church. While waiting there were pigeons that gathered near the bus because of the bread that was scattered. When Shinya was about to give bread, because of the noisy Italians who passed by, the pigeons went somewhere…

“The stupid foreigners?” Shinya was angry.

Take Note of This Italy Important News

They waited for 4 hours in Milan

Breakfast in full make-up and full costume

Shinya seems cold in his costume

Temples are cold…

Kyo, is addicted to pizza!

Loo~ng travel and waiting time

Die was ripped off

Toshiya caused a disturbance! (Details are in the news page!)

Shinya Nemunemu hakushi no daigyakusu

Hello everyone.  This corner has begun again.  Last time there wasn't much so now there probably won't be much either, right?  Well then, so let's introduce the first postcard.

"Please tell me about Shinya-kun's beloved dog, Papii-chan."

This is Papii-chan, who lives at my parent's home.  The name is Papii because the breed is called papillon.  It's quite a fashionable way of naming a dog.  Of course I named him.  We got him in December of my third year of elementary school.  At that time he was already two months old.  At that time he was quite tough and the small me was often chased and bitten.  Now, because he's grown old he doesn't really bite, but his quick anger hasn't changed at all.  He really gets angry quickly.   He definitely gets angry five times a day.  For example, he is cuddling with someone and if another person calls "Papii" he will go to snap at that person with great strength.  Also, Papii loves Pedigree Champion dog food and he won't eat any dog food other than that at all.  The Pedigree Champion dog food seems so delicious, so even if you stare at it from the side, he'll get angry.  He also likes meat and if I'm eating meat he comes and says, "Give me meat" .  And so if I pretend to give him the meat and don't he gets really angry.  He's a troublesome dog.   He always thinks of himself as the best.  On the stairs as well, he alone... it alone cannot go up by itself. In the past he went up but, he planned on going up the stairs of the new place we moved to the way he did in our old house so his feet became tangled, and he got hurt.  Since that time when Papii wants to use the stairs he'll call "someone come here".  And then someone will come and carry him up the stairs.?Papii also gets quite cold.  In the past whenever it would get cold I would take out the kotatsu. Then, I would set up the kotatsu and leave the room for a little and return, and already Papii would be sleeping in the kotatsu. To think he's a dog, why does he get cold so easily??Ah, no matter what I said, he's a very cute dog.

Last time I wrote about Nakata Daimaru Racket as Shinya's little corner, a considerable amount postcards came concerning that.  I've picked a few from among those postcards.

It's popularity before is like Downtown's [popularity] now.

He was definitely on TV every New Years.

When I asked my mother, she said "You don't know him?  Your father and your grandfather and your grandmother know him.  You don't know anything huh."#When I asked my family they said, "What...? You don't know? Ah~, it's the end of Japan. There's nothing that can be done."

Like what Shinya-kun said, I think a lot of people know him. ?So, well, just take a look at this and maybe you'd know, it is said that in Japan if you don't know Nakata Daimaru Racket then you are not Japanese.

So, that being said I will explain Nakata Daimaru Racket to you.

Nakata Daimaru Racket It was said that it is a Manzai that would make you laugh in three seconds, he was a big star until the end of the war, it's the popularity was twice more than "Kashimashi Musume". As for the beginning, Nakata Daimaru debuted but his partner at that time died.  After that, he rejoined with his brother racket and debuted.

With the first second of flawless speech, the continuous gags, the viewers will be sent into a vortex of laughter. The younger brother racket accidentally laughs a lot at Daimaru's adlibs and that would again invite laughter from the audience.   After Daimaru's death, Racket managed variously alone, but recently it so happens that he is retired.

And that's it.  And so there were many postcards that came asking, "Why does Shinya-san know something that way back?" that's because I have lived 10 times longer than everyone. Fufufufufu(Hehehehe)......

See you again.

Extra: About Nakata Daimaru Racket Toshiya: When I asked my friends, they knew. Why did that many postcards come? Die: If you write it at the very end then they'd read it! Didn't it seem like it was saying, "send me [postcards]" right? So they'll send it over!

Translator's Notes: 1. Manzai (??) is a style of stand-up comedy in Japan, which usually involves two performers—a straight man (tsukkomi) and a funny man (boke)—trading jokes at great speed. Most of the jokes revolve around mutual misunderstandings, double-talk, puns and other verbal gags. In recent times, manzai has often been associated with the Osaka region, and manzai comedians often speak in the Kansai dialect during their acts.

2. A kotatsu (??) is a low, wooden table frame covered by a futon, or heavy blanket, upon which a table top sits. Underneath is a heat source, often built into the table itself. Kotatsu are used almost exclusively in Japan, although a similar product called a korsi is also used in Iran.

3. For the curious here is a clip of Daimaru Racket (Kansai-ben only):{youtube}LjNdbLZd-9c{/youtube}

Ganso Kaoruya

Welcome. Thank you for coming to Ganso Kaoruya . This time there are only a few things but please take a look.

It can’t be seen clearly but it’s a pretty excellent work.

Again, it’s my stuff. Devilman & Amon Black Version

Great job!! You were even able to create the detailed parts.

Next challenge is in Kitty-chan!!

Again, my stuff.

I never give-up~

…Hello.

Recently, I have been rummaging for and buying CDs, LDs, Videos(VHS). Even in LA I was brainwashed by MTV and bought a lot like Shawn Mullins and the like but mostly I didn’t listen to it and went home. All of a sudden I would go into a record shop but before I just bought CDs but I wanted to watch movies so I ended up buying the movie and it’S soundtrack that I thought, “I would never watch!!” which was Titanic. Well, it is a good thing! However!! There were tons of lives that I wanted to see during the end of the year and beginning of the year. I wanted to watch D=SIRE’s Liquid(room)! (I was really supposed to go~) I wasn’t able to watch Bauhaus in October! Marilyn Manson and Gastunk also made me want to cry…therefore, I am looking for more creations. (Totally unrelated though.)  Send me things that will clear up my anger!! And so, Ah! Thank you for the Christmas Presents and New Year’s Card!  

This month’s Heavy rotation (currently, January 20)

Fear Factory

Obsolete

The Goo Goo Dolls

Dizzy Up the Girl

Garbage  

Version 2.0

Shiina Ringo  

Koko de kisu shite

Motion Picture  

Psycho

Shawn Mullins

Soul’s Core

Rammstein  

Sehnsucht

Devin Townsend

Infinity

AKIRA Ootomo Katsuhiro

Meisho de Meishuu Mr. Drums’ House Edition

So, is everyone in “a knot” doing well? This is a bit or rather pretty late but thank you to all the fans who sent me presents, messages, letters etc. for my birthday last year. Also thank you always for sending me fan letters. I properly read all of it so there is no need to worry.

So, Meisho de Meishuu Vol. 2 is, what do we have here!! Once again we have a guest.

Let me introdu~ce, Mr. Drums who does Tanaka in Dir en grey (refer to the picture)

This time let’s go a bit back to Christmas. The location is Mr. Drums’ house where he has prepared 5 bottles of champagne. By the way, on this day, Mr. Drums’ mother and younger brother Kazuma were in the house, this mother was very annoying and kept on harassing us, she smoked things like echo or wakaba, Kazuma is a delinquent and picked a fight with me so it was awful. But the most awful one was Mr. Drums. Apparently he is weak with alcohol, even though he said that he has work after this interview, his face was completely red, even his ears were red, and in the end he couldn’t speak. But since it’s my corner, even if it were forced he drank and evaluated [the alcohol]. Then Mr. Drums suddenly tried to run on top of the TV, when I chased him and tried to make him drink, finally he went down. That’s unfortunate. But he was able to properly drink 5 kinds [of alcohol] so please read the table of comments after.

“Itadakima~su?”

“How are you feeling recently?”

“…….silence”

“Mr. Drums please drink some more!”

“What are you doing?”

“That’s it”

Well, this time I will end [this column] with this. Well as for the season, it will soon be spring, for those of you who want to try drinking it why not also drink it together with your beloved boyfriend or girlfriend on Christmas this year (this is way in the future…) (For those who say that they don’t have a girlfriend or boyfriend, please try finding one until then.)

So next time I will send it from LA! I am planning again on calling a guest so please look forward to it.

Well, until we meet again (mata aimashou). Espresso!!

Today’s Wine

Wine Name

Comment

Score

1

CASTELL BLANCH ROSAD CAVA

It seems to have a pretty bitter smell…Ah! Yes it’s a red win chic that’s easy to drink. It feels like you’re drinking in Artist Room A

It feels like swimming in the Aegean sea ? Mr. Drums

6.79

2

SUNTORY SPARKLING WINE SILVER

It’s pretty sweet. Well it’s for you guys, middle and high school students. It’s ant hell…what’s ant hell? “to get worms (in your stomach)” (Mr. Drums) It is on the edge whether you fall into ant hell or not.

Too sweet. It feels like being assimilated to it while being buried in sugar and the surrounding sugar is burnt by a lighter ? Mr. Drums

5.55555??

3

CROISIE LIGHT

I think this is for elementary school kids….because it’s sweet, I think elementary school students would really like this.

Being hit by a rain of iron mold, that moment made me feel better, I feel nauseous I think I’m drunk (nods) ? Mr. Drums

3.1415926

4

SUNTORY SPARKLING WINE GOLD

It completely doesn’t feel like drinking in a high end club in Ginza.

It feels like I can see 5 cm inside ? Mr. Drums

6.81

5

VARICHONET CLERC MERLOT GAMAY

This is for 17 year olds…feels like a 17 year old loose socks

This is the most delicious. It has sweetness and bitterness, in memories (drunk) a 41 year old…(definitely drunk) his wife left him, on the side of a too sweet park, I become Shinya ? Mr. Drums

5.59

Aibiki no Mori Toshiya

Happy New Year! This year together with "aknot" please support Dir en grey!

This is Toshiya's corner which will begin again, thanks to everyone who thought and sent titles! But somehow there wasn't one that fit so I tried thinking with my insufficient/lacking head! And I thought to go with "Aibiki no Mori" (rendezvous forest) as Toshiya's corner title!! The origin of the corner title is, actually I copied the name (laughs) Since I really love Sakamoto Ryuichi-san and among Nakatani Miki's album called, "Shokumotsu Rensa (Food Chain)", there was a song called "Aibiki no Mori de" and for me, I personally liked that song...so yes, I copied it (laughs) But, so far in my own way I tried the title while completely ignoring things like the meaning of "Aibiki no Mori" is a journal of memories where "I wanted to make it like a forest of secrets that I have with the fans and everyone". It's a bit fishy? (laughs) But, in this corner I don't want to write lies and I want to tell the truth to everybody

??? What in the world are those numbers above???Ah well. Yesyes, I want it to be a corner that everyone reads so I decided with "Aibiki no Mori". Thank you very much to the people who thought of and sent titles!! And I'm sorry!! Also next I am asking for costume designs. I am asking for designs that you would like me to wear. Well even though all of it won't be OK, I may use parts of it. I am waiting for everybody's sense and avant-garde ideas. Also the people who were chosen will have their names and member id posted in this corner and after that I will send them a present.

I am looking forward to everyone's design pictures!!

Well then please get lost in "Aibiki no Mori (rendezvous forest)"  (laughs)

?/× (TUE)

Well the indies tour has finally begun. In the morning I went to Tokyo station using a taxi and went to Nagoya on the shinkansen (bullet train). I was sort of happy when I was finally in the shinkansen. The live at Bottomline was to put it bluntly, unsatisfactory. Even among the lives that I've done up until now, honestly it was the worst. I was very annoyed, embarrassed, and regretful. Due to the lack of physical strength and extreme oxygen deprivation, I collapsed after the main set. After the encore, there was a heavy air backstage and everyone was looking down. Budoukan is 100 years too early and I looked down on myself. Even if I wrote more about it I would end up writing negative things. Nagoya...I am really sorry to the fans, maybe if you would come to a live just one more time, the next one I would definitely show a good live.

I promise, the next time...

?/×?WED)

In the morning, we checked out of the hotel and went to Kanezawa. I remembered the previous night's live and had an internal argument, "today for sure..." I personally wasn't satisfied with the Kanezawa live on the previous tour so this time I thought that I must make a good live. It was good that Az hall was pretty nice. But as expected I felt that my performance was a bit not enough but I thought of thinking positively. Everyone signed on Azhall's backstage hallway wall. Also I kicked the micstand and it's a bit unfortunatey that I wasn't able to directly apologize to the Azhall manager. I am really sorry! The oden that I had at the party was delicious. Good night...

?/×?FRI)

Today is at Kumagaya Vogue! This was the first time I was here since the disband live of band before Dir en grey was formed so I was really happy! If my memory is correct, the other band at that time was the band that 4 of them were in so it was a place with a lot of memories so I thought to do my best. The live was really good. Finally it felt like the engine started and my body was light. Also what shocked me also was I stage dived which I haven't done since the Cowboy World [live] in Osaka (laughs) To the people who were under and whose body I stepped on, I am really sorry!!

At any rate, those gibberish numbers on top! Enough already and disappear!

Well, after the live, without taking a break we got on the shinkansen and appeared live on nippon broadcast's radio, "Ultracountdown". Cool K-san was an interesting person.

?/×?MON)

Sendai Makana's stage was a bit small, so it was pretty difficult to play. But the live was okay but everyone's fervor was great, and it felt good. SuperRecord's Jimmy-san seems to be doing okay and thank you for coming to the live! After the live speaking of Sendai, it's "Gyu tan" (beef tongue) so we went out and ate it, as expected it was delicious! As a souvenir I bought cheese and fresh dorayaki. We will come to Sendai again (laughs)

?/×?TUE)

Today is my first time in Sapporo! This is the first live [in Sapporo] so I was really looking forward to the reaction of fans who've been waiting for us until then but the live was awful. "M-GAZET" also mentioned the reason. It would be better if I believed more in everyone...I am sorry! To the people who were looking forward to it. I am sorry, really. Sapporo, next time we will come at full blast so please look forward to it!!!

?/×?THU)

Niigata JUNKBOX...it was hot/exciting! Everybody went wild (for us). I was able to do a live without thinking of anything. Everybody's rhythm/flow was great and more importantly you made me forget about what happened in Sapporo. Thank you Niigata!! My friends from middle school and "D+L"'s AKIRA came to watch us. I was happy. After the party everybody went bowling. Everyone was excited and it was really fun. Thank you very much for today everyone!!

?/×?SAT)

Today is Osaka! Everybody was in high spirits. As expected everyone seems hyped since its their hometown. Speaking of hometowns, I also wanted to have lives in Nagano (tears) Well, anyway the live was okay but for me the performance was shabby. So I am sorry to everyone. But anyway I want to optimistically do my best...since if I get caught up in negative thoughts it would be difficult to get out of it. During the part Punch UFO came and it was interesting. Also, I was able to go drink out with my friends from high school after a long time and it was fun. Thank you Osaka!

?/×?MON)

The live at Hiroshima Namiki Junction was okay. Did everyone enjoy it? I would be happy if you enjoyed it. Also the Hiroshima yaki was very delicious. The promoter was also a very nice person. 2 more lives left I must do my best!!

?/×?TUE)

Hakata Be-1 was hot/exciting! The backstage was small but the live was pretty exciting. The atmosphere was also good. I didn't dive but it was live where I wanted to dive! After the live we did a quick party, and everyone went bowling (laughs) it was really fun. After that me and a couple of people went out and ate rate. We will come again to Hakata.

?/×?TUE)

Finally, we came to Matsuyama.

When I remember it was early. Before I realized it [we were there]. When I think of going home to Tokyo, I felt lonely. As for the live due to a miss with the song order we weren't able to get into high spirits but at the very very last it was nice that the fans who stayed during the encore were able to sing "GARDEN" with us. Well, the last live is Budokan!

Thank you Matsuyama!

?/×?MON)

Well, finally today is Budokan! In this place everything up until now will...I will not forget a day like today, I will never forget the fun on this day...and the regret (this is again getting old (laughs)) I can't say this well into words but since I think that there is nothing that doesn't change, at the very least I don't want my feelings and memories to not change. Forever. And more importantly to every who's been supporting us until now, thank you very much!! From now on let's fly higher and higher together.

?/×??)

From today we will go to LA because of recording. We will train under Yoshiki-san's guidance. Please look forward to and wait for the next song!! In addition, please read Mr. Inoue's page for the LA journal!

Toshiya first nude!!!

I also had this period (laughs)

So embarrassing~ (laughs)

Congratulations on your marraige Chara-san!

I hope you two will be happy (laughs)

Drop in sometimes! (The person on the right was the engineer of "I'll")

This time it ends here. Did you enjoy it? On January 20 the singles were finally released at the same time. To the who haven't listened to it, please listen to it! If possible please seriously listen to it with the volume on loud! Well, let's rendezvous again at the "Aibiki no Mori"!!!

Translator's Notes:

1. Gy?tan (???) is a Japanese food that is made from grilled beef tongue. The word gy?tan is a combination of the Japanese word for cow (?, gy??) and the English word tongue. Since gy?tan literally means "cow tongue," the word is also used to refer to cow tongues in Japan. The custom of cooking gy?tan originated in Sendai in 1948, and is usually served with barley rice, tail soup, and pickles in the Sendai area.

2. Dorayaki (????, ????, ????, ????) is a type of Japanese confection which consists of two small pancake-like patties made from castella wrapped around a filling of sweet red bean paste.

3. The numbers that Toshiya was referring to in the column was this line of random numbers that divided the column into the top and bottom sections. Please refer to the original.

Kyo's Corner (Announcement)

Among the postcards sent to Kyo’s Akuma ka Warumono ka, there was one that seemed to have lies written on it, as long as that kind of fan is there, this corner is spoiled/ruined and I am enraged.

I was so angry and shock that I opened a hole in the wall, and after that I never spoke anything about the fanclub

Because of that this corner is on a break.

What a nuisance

SEXUAL Inoue LA Diary

"a knot" told me that anything is fine so write anything about the LA recording so I am seated in front of a typewriter, well, I don't have a typewriter! Typewriters are old! So hello. This is the manager, Atsushi Inoue.

After Budokan finished and after the storm of <interviews, photoshoots>, before coming to LA, in order to concretize the sound as much as possible, everyone was confined to the studio. Then to LA ---- then again at Narita (international airport) there were a couple of fans...(mid-November was written on the flyer that was distributed at Budokan. Fail.Fail) but since everyone sent us off without causing any inconvenience we were relieved as we got on the plane...ah~(roughly 10 hours)~later we arrived in LA.

Then we had a meal together with the local coordinator and co. -- we had Lunch Time at a pretty clean looking pizza and pasta restaurant. As expected of America, the volume was incredible. The food and also the lady next to us...sorry...but the Beer was delicious.

Then we checked-in in the hotel, and was surprised when we got to our rooms. It was big big. It also had a kitchen. Yey (but at this time I didn't think that in the end I would sleep in the room and go home since I couldn't cook...sigh)

We placed our things, and everyone gathered together! We went to the studio ---and was surprised, it was big big. The studio and also the meeting room. After waiting for awhile, we had a pretty brief meeting with  Mr. YOSHIKI and the engineers, foreign staff etc. (about the equipment and flow etc), It seems that there will be a break once per week. Lucky (But...at this time I didn't think that the first week was a photoshoot, the second week was a break but from the third week there was no break...sigh) (Recording flow is everyone plays the music together, then Drums?Bass?Guitar?Guitar?Vocal - this seems to be the basic flow but there are times when the Guitar follows after Drums, and times when Vocals are added soon after just the rhythm is recorded. There are also times when they are working on the next song while the Vocalist is recording. So it seemed like it wasn't definite that it would follow this order. )

After the meeting finished the busy Mr. YOSHIKI wasn't able to come eat with us after but the members and me and the office people, recording company people and the coordinator went to get food -- Even in LA there are quite a lot of sushi restaurants where we had Dinner Time but as expected it lacked something/wasn't the greatest...but the beer was delicious. Thus the first day ended with this.

From now was the real part, the second day in LA, for the meantime all of the members worked on "Akuro no Oka". They took a recording of it playing together while choosing instruments and equipments. This took one whole day. LA third day based on what was recorded the previous day, recording started from drums. This took one whole day.

Fourth day bass recording while playing along with the drums of the previous day. This took one whole day. Fifth day guitar (Die) recording while playing along with the sounds recorded until the previous day. This took one whole day.

*By the way the members were at the studio and saying things like this and that and did individual practice while somebody else was recording.

The next day was a day off from the studio, and was a photoshoot day for Dir en grey. From early morning we were at cameraman Mr. William Hames' studio for make-up. Then downtown and on rooftops, under the bridge, railway tracks etc...there were also pretty dangerous areas, foreigners were looking at us oddly, and it was pretty unbelievable/awesome. The photoshoot finished at dusk. "My legs hurt." ???Shinya

Then we went to get food --- it was a pretty famous steak restaurant where he had DinnerTime. It was a restaurant with only courses, even if I was full before the meat came when it appeared it was big big!. I wasn't able to finish it but the Vocalist not only ate meat but also a big lobster. After finishing desert we went to the hotel -- "I ate everything that was in front of my eyes. The lobster was delicious." ???Kyo

Then recording day again, Kaoru the Guitarist's recording. The next day too.

One day during the first week, coming home from the studio at midnight everyone went shopping at a big supermarket (there was a big refrigerator, stove, oven, dishwasher etc. in the hotel) everyone bought a lot of different things. One person got large ice cream, then another person got large meat, then another person got large potato chips etc???"Ice cream is the best"???Shinya

The first week, it was Mr. Yoshiki's birthday so the members, staff and studio people all celebrated with champagne. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY"???Dir en grey

This is the second week. All of the members began with pre-production for "Yurameki" a song that they haven't finished yet at the same time with the vocal recording of "Akuro no Oka"!?

Two people were down during the "Yurameki" pre-production First it was Kaoru who didn't speak much when we arrived in LA, when I placed a hand on his forehead, it was pretty hot. When I thought about it he was fast asleep and slept in the room on the 2nd day. By the way at this time, he didn't seem to have an appetite so the coordinator and I went to a Japanese store and bought medicine, rice, instant curry, instant congee, miso soup etc.., I brought it to his room and Kaoru-kun in his room seemed pretty lonely. "Kukure Curry was the best"???Kaoru

Then the next day after he got better and went back to work, Toshiya was down. He also slept in his room for two days. This time too I went to the Japanese store.

Getting harmony was this difficult! There is a considerable amount of vocal harmony (voice singing in chorus) included in "Akuro no Oka" "Yurameki" but the equipment that we used at that time was awesome because there was only two in the world, it was too great! It was that kind of equipment but it was troublesome because when the Vo would sing a little bit it would stop and then everything would become confusing, and caused the Vo to get in a bad mood. "I the Hakaider will hakai you (I the destroyer will destroy you)"???Kyo

Design check on the internet is di?ffi?cult There are various different design related things such as the jacket design, card, poster etc, the members would think about it together, and faxing the rough draft design was difficult, so in order to properly see the color and form it has to be through the internet. This was also troublesome since this was three singles the size was too big and it easily won't come. Printouts also took time and we had to redo it several times so it pretty much took a lot of time. "It's finally here~it finally came~"???Toshiya The sole holiday In LA there was only one day break, and it was the most important holiday in America, "Thanksgiving". The studio was on a break. And believe it or not Universal Studios where we wanted to go was also on a break???it seems that on this day the whole of America is on holiday and everyone is at home???boohoohoo???then again since Yoshiki invited us to eat turkey at his house on the previous day, everyone was treated to good food. It was really delicious. "Only 15 more minutes???only one more???Let's finish it with this"???Die

Shopping GO!GO!GO! The members didn't really have much of a chance to go out so when they found some time they would go out to shop. (Not all 5 members???) I think they shopped a lot at Tower Records? On the day of mastering (the day before they go back to Japan) even for a short time went and shopped at the stores in front of the Universal Studios entrance and a big department store, Melrose Avenue but everyone bought only CDs. (Well there was a person who bought clothes and accessories) "I bought a ring but it was also sold in Marui"???Kaoru

The local staff and engineer and studio staff were as expected all foreigners so I thought that I should work harder on English but the recording engineer Mr. STAN KATAYAMA was Japanese and was pretty laid back but he was fan and the members seemed to have had an easy time recording. But the instrument technician and other staff everyone were foreigners. We sort of had a hard time with the finer details. "I will study English."???Die

Local coordinator? Mr. GEORGE The whole time during the LA recording Mr. GEORGE (ex. LADIES ROOM) was in the studio and taught us different things. (English, music, billiards, muscle, games, grit/determination, that thing, this thing, and until that thing???) he really helped us. He brought us along shopping and even called us because he bought a Xmas tree in his room (together with Guitar, Guitar, Bass) At that time he showed us the last scene of Armaggedon, at any rate thank you very much. "Aah, how are you president?"???Toshiya

Best Producer There was a lot of surprising and interesting things about Yoshiki. I think that we are still indebted to him, we will be counting on him even from now on.

"Thank you very much. We will be counting on you." (in harmony)???Dir en grey

Translator's Notes:Kyo was referring to "Hakaider" who was a character featured in the movie

Mechanical Violator Hakaider (????????? Jinz? Ningen Hakaid?)

NEWS L.A. Edition

Kyo…having a hard time!!! We have new information about Kyo. A tragedy has occurred. After spilling oil and making his kitchen sticky, he recklessly threw his garbage and the oil further spilled all over his kitchen. We still don’t know whatever happened to him.

Birthday Guessing 12 Choice Game Big Break

It seems that a birthday guessing game seems to be popular around the members.

Example

1 March 2 September 3 June

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12 *…

A deer appeared in the hotel!

Shinya walking alone angry!?

?/?, Shinya who was annoyed at Manager Sexual Inoue over a trivial matter went home alone until the hotel. Because of that the manager further got mad at him. As if to add insult to injury…

Exclusive Scoop Toshiya! Incident in Italy

An incident happened to Toshiya who went to an Italian church for a certain PV shooting in 1998 (or caused an incident). That church does not allow people to bare their legs, (because it is against God), and Toshiya who was completely unaware of that appeared in the church with his bare legs with abandon. There area was in uproar. In the end Toshiya spent his waiting time with his legs wrapped in a cloth.

Kaoru, W face to face meeting!

Sources say that Kaoru was thrilled by the W face to face meeting. The first one was a face to face meeting with Asuka from “Evangelion”. It seems that Bay FM planned it in secret and called her to appear in the show. Regarding this incident, Kaoru commented “Oh my~, I was surprised”. The other one was a face-to-face meeting with Shiina Ringo at Music Station (a music show). If you even look at Kaoru’s corner you’d know that he is pretty into her and expressed his joy on their first meeting.

Die, mysterious behavior!?

An uncanny incident occurred since “aknot” started. Die drank alcohol and was drunk, mistaking it for his shoes, he tried wearing a bag on one foot and a magazine on the other foot. After getting some more information, he was grunting and thought that those were shoes and struggled with it to a considerable degree.

[ruchalus]

(Long Read w/ Pictures) My Experiences, Men, women, and self control.

Bored and want an inside look into some stranger’s personal life experiences? Well I got just the post for you! I will be sharing my experiences with growing up and learning about men and self control! But for the most part it’s my life story and by life story I mean Junior Year of high school and up. 2011-2017

Now, let’s get started. The year is 2011, it’s Spring and my high school.We’re on a class fieldtrip going through the various colleges in Arizona. I’m desperately in love with a girl named Grace (the thought of her makes my heart skip a beat to this day). However, another guy named Donovan (resident playboy [well, that was kinda mean but it’s part true and I’m part salty]) is making the moves on her. I notice this on the bus and am heartbroken inside as i was planning to take this time to try talking to her finally.

The nerd in the white striped shirt is me, I stopped wearing striped polos. I wear solid polos now and I have glorious long hair now

Le Me

Unfortunately I had (and still have) low self esteem and later waited until I was alone in a cabin and cry for about an hour (and I’m pretty sure other people heard). I then stared at the ceiling and ate hot cheetos for an hour in dark solitude, making some of the other students uncomfortable. This day still haunts me.

Le Grace to the right.

This song makes me thing of her (I was playing a LOT of Fallout New Vegas of the time). Even seeing her or thinking about her to this day gets my heart racing and making it skip a beat. She said hi to me once on college campus while I was eating and I nearly choked on my chicken salad croissant sandwich due to my heart skipping a beat.

Later that year, I got my first girlfriend (wasn’t Grace). Her name was Kristin, I met her in an online MMORPG called Allods Online. I wasn’t looking for the relationship, if anything, she was the assertive one. It just started out as me constantly defending her from enemies while she was leveling up. She fell in love with me, I was hesitant at first because I was afraid if we broke up, we wouldn’t be able to at least be friends. I pretty much said screw it and went along with it.

Le Kristin

We were together for about 10 months before we broke up. I had a lot of trust issues due to my previous insecurities (that and she sent bikini pics to a guy she only knew for 2 weeks at the time and I had never received such photos after we were together for months. Sex was one of the last things on my mind with her but ever since that particular incident, my trust wavered with her).

Don’t get me wrong, she was one of the most kindest and most patient people I’ve ever met, I’m surprised she put up with me as long as she did.

Argument after argument ensued, I was a paranoid asshole with low self esteem, we broke up, I slipped into a deep depression and for various reasons I can never return to Allods Online ever again. I then slipped into a deep depression that lasted for about 3 years (if you want to know the date it started, look up Mr. Weebl’s Shrimp Glockenspiel. I can NEVER watch that video again without feeling like absolute shit).

Months passed and I barely ate. I was 5’8” weighing in at 112 lbs. I was getting dangerously underweight due to my depression. I was on the verge of being put on a feeding tube but my doctor put me on these Nestle Boost Shakes. I had to drink those for half a year to regain some weight.

Le Nestle Boost Drinks

I decided to watch more anime in an attempt to distract my mind. I found funny clips online then I found out one of these anime clips comes from a video game. I thought it was funny and so I downloaded it. I would then learn what a Visual Novel was. The VN was Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai (or Majikoi for short).

It was exactly something I needed as it was just a nice setting where you have friends going to high school, doing various shenanigans and having a lot of nice conversations. This is something I never had in high school and was always something I wish I had. I hit the deep end when I fell in love with one of the characters, Shiina Miyako, though I eventually snapped out of it. Anyway, it turns out this was also porn, how that got by me I’ll never know but I was desperate for any distraction at the time.

Le Miyako

To be honest, the porn part of it kinda ruined it for me because it sorta devalued the previous experiences that were family friendly for the most part. Anyway, I have a few collectibles that have Miyako on it because of sentimental reasons. It reminds me of the peace I found after months and months of feeling nothing but sorrow, anguish and anger with myself. And it turns out characters will sing Happy Birthday you at random and the first character to sing for me was Miyako >///.///< I was all HNNNNG THE SWEETNESS! IT’S TOO MUCH!!!

Anyway, that character pretty much set the standard for what I look for in women today. She’s quiet, gentle, kind, cares deeply about her friends, assertive, she’d (figuratively) tear apart anyone who’d hurt those close to her, archer, excessive love for spicy food, cute short hair, and extremely pretty. Anyway, I woke up to reality once more when college came.

I had to take things slowly because I was still in a depression at the time so I took a golf class and a Japanese class. Years passed and I went through class after class. I always had this hope that maybe there’d be a cute girl who likes me (which happened on several occasions) however I’m oblivious as fuck. I have long hair because I’m native american, it’s kinda our thing, and one girl straight up told me that she “likes guys with long hair”. I was all like “...ok?” and by the time I realized she liked me, another guy beat me to her.

If you’ve seen Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, I basically act 100% like Nozaki. A friend of mine pointed this out to me and had me watch the series. I love since I can relate to Nozaki entirely. Straight face, monotone voice, completely oblivious to someone liking him.

Anyway, time ensues and I start caring less and less about this. Over time, I took my previous experiences as lessons on to not let me emotions control me and rather, rely on thought and logic. I now just watch people and study how they behave. Many of these typical day to day social interactions people take for granted which I have trouble understanding on account of my Asperger’s Syndrome.

Over those years of studying people, I often saw how little control men have over themselves and that they let their hormones do the walking. This is also something I noticed in high school as well with that Donovan guy. They often are very pushy from my observations and don’t like taking no for an answer, and when they are turned down they get all pissy.

Le Fratboys

Same with the neckbeards, you know, the fedora wearing “m’lady” kinds who are like “Nice guys finish last”, “No girl wants a nice guy”, “She’s a whore for not liking me, a nice guy!”. I’m thinking “Dude, if you’re really a nice guy then you’ll respect her decisions and choices. She doesn’t owe you anything”.

Le Neckbeard

I’ve made friends in irl and online, some of which I think are cute/pretty. However, I don’t get all “Will you date me? Will you go out with me? Etc etc” because I don’t want a repeat of what happened last time with Kristin. It was odd being attracted to some of these friends however I don’t force myself upon them like I’ve seen other guys do to women. I just feel you should go with the flow and let things occur naturally. Not that anything does which I believe is because some may not see me as assertive enough.

Sometimes, I may think someone is really cute or pretty but this doesn’t mean I’m attracted to them. I cannot do that. In order for me to develop an attraction to someone that requires me to take time to get to know them. And I don’t mean small talk or hanging out with them, but I mean getting to know them as in learn how they treat other people, how they deal with stressful situations, learn small quirks about them. I rarely develop crushes, let alone fall in love, it usually takes someone to be extremely special in my eyes to do that.

Sure if someone likes me, I’ll get a rush of hormones but I have to remind myself that these are just hormones and not actual attraction. I had to train myself mentally for years to conquer this and I feel it was worth the effort. Though truth be told, I’m also very wary of entering another relationship because I don’t want a repeat of my last breakup.

Regardless, it’s been 5 years since then and I feel I should start trying. I saw this cute girl on match.com so I sent a like and hopefully she can crack the code on my profile. I hid my contact info by covering certain letters with parentheses to work around having to pay match.com’s “Pay to message” feature. NO ONE has figured this out and after I sent a like to this girl, I added a (*cough cough* parentheses *cough*) in my profile so hopefully she get’s the message.

If you want an example of what the code is like, look at this and try to figure it out. “I like to (pe)t cats a(n)d (I) like (s)tar wars”. It’s not that hard imo. Anyway, if she does respond, get my contact info and wants to see me, I won’t expect anything. I’ve come to develop the philosophy of “the higher the hopes, the longer and harder the fall”. So, I don’t get my hopes up for just about anything, I just consider the various possibilities and outcomes and what happens happens.

Overall I’m not good with women, but I’ll never force myself upon them and I know how to take “No thanks” for an answer. Why am I sharing all this? I have no flippin clue. I’m bored and want to write something, you’re bored (which is why you’re on tumblr) and you probably want to read someone else’s story to possibly bring some validation to your own beliefs or experiences.

Tl:dr this can be summed up by a Robin Williams quote. “God gave men the gift of two heads, but only enough blood to use one at a time”. Use the one on your shoulders, take no for an answer and realize people don’t owe you a date, relationship, or a one night stand if you’re nice to them. Respect their choices.

[mindtap]

Witch Craft Works - First Impressions

Studio: J.C. Staff

Genre(s): Action, Fantasy, Supernatural, Seinen

OP: "divine intervention" by fhána

ED: "Witch☆Activity (ウィッチ☆アクティビティ)" by KMM Dan (KMM団) Tanpopo Kuraishi (CV: Shiori Izawa), Tsurupeta (CV: Momo Asakura), Twintail (CV: Shiina Natsukawa), Gantai (CV: Yuuko Iida), and Deko (CV: Natsumi Hioka)

Summary: Living a normal school life, Takamiya Honoka's only excitement was the fact that he sat next to the school idol Kagari Ayaka. He never really got a chance to talk to her because a large group of people in the school would always be around Kagari. However, with a small drop of Takamiya's eraser, his normal life took a turn for the worse as Kagari's fan club beat him up for interacting with her. To top is off a random falling building was about to crush him, but Kagari swiftly came to his rescue dressed as a witch. Kagari then tell Takamiya it is her mission to protect him, and now she is forced to do it openly after keeping it a secret from him for so long.

A new year, and another season is here; so what do we have going into 2014? Well a big breasted, magical, high school girl who is flaunted over by the whole school, yet has a kuudere personality and is protecting a high school boy from other magically people. Why? Cause Anime!

I honestly didn't have much expectation going into Witch Craft Works; I basically bracing myself for some crazy amount of fanservice, and surprisingly got none of that. Witch Craft Works ended up being more action than anything -- probably front loading the more intense animation to bring people into the series. Either way we have some kind of tactic used to drive viewership.

As far as the story goes, it is a pretty simple one. It is a "Mr. Damsel in Distress", if you will, which I have to problem with; however, every time it is depicted, it feels more like a comedy act than anything. And Witch Craft Works is no different, the main male character Takamiya Honoka pretty much stumbles into trouble as soon as he is separated from Kagari Ayaka. Not only that but a small group of Kagari's fans is out to get him because Takamiya dared to make Kagari pick up an eraser for him. Even for a setting like high school, it felt far too petty and exaggerated in the attempt for comedy.

And why is everyone out to get Takamiya you might ask? Hell if I know. The students are the more obvious case, which is jealously, but the witches set out to kill him is a mystery. All the first episode established was Kagari was secretly protecting Takamiya for some time and now she is switching to a more upfront approach. Of course now that it is more public, Kagari being a revered person at school, Takamiya will have even more problems in his school life other than people attempting to kill him.

Right now there isn't much excitement to pull from this first episode, besides all the lovely ladies. Nearly every element of the series so far is going to annoy me and that makes me less confident in actually continuing to watch this anime, but I'm going to stick to the three episode test at least. So as of right now, Witch Craft Work isn't catching my eye, but it might change in the next few episodes. And with the appearance of five different witches out to get Takamiya, there might be something exciting in the pipeline.

Originally posted 2014-01-13 on the now shutdown sekijitsu.com

[sneek-m]

January 2017 Listening

I really didn’t know I listened to to this many albums, but it is what it is. For my resolution this year, I’m trying to worry less about listening to new releases on time. Sometimes it’s more interesting to explore older stuff, y’know? That said, some new releases have already caught my ear, and I’m glad.

The highlights of my month, from left to right:

Richard X – Richard X Presents His X-Factor, Vol. 1 (Capitol, 2003)

callme – This Is callme (Avex Trax, 2016)

Every Little Thing – Every Little Singles +3 (Avex Trax, 1998)

Pet Shop Boys – Behaviour (Parlophone, 1990)

Jens Lekman – I Know What Love Isn’t (Service/Secretly Canadian, 2012)

Slowdive �� Pygmalion (Creation, 1994)

Scarface – Mr. Scarface Is Back (Rap-A-Lot, 1991)

Allison Crutchfield – Tourist in This Town (Merge, 2017)

Whodini – Back in Black (Arista/Jive, 1986)

The Listening columns for words on some of my listens:

Jan. 1st - 6th

Jan. 8th - 19th

And here are the rest of the albums I checked out:

2017 Albums

AOA – Angel’s Knock (6)

Alexandria – Cut of Cloth (7)

Allison Crutchfield – Tourist in This Town (8)

April – Prelude (6)

Austra – Future Politics (7)

Cardi B – Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 2 (6)

Chief Keef – Two Zero One Seven (7)

Cloud Nothings – Life Without Sound (7)

Code Orange – Forever (7)

Doon Kanda – Heart EP (6)

E-girls – E.G. Crazy (5)

Heat – Overnight (6)

Japandroids – Near to the Wild Heart of Life (7)

Jefe – The World Is Yours (6)

Juju & Jordash – What About Tuesday? EP (7)

Julie Byrne – Not Even Happiness (7)

Kodie Shane – Big Trouble, Little Jupiter (7)

Lolica Tonica – Eyes on You (7)

Migos – Culture (7)

Rose Elinor Dougall – Stellular (7)

Seohyun – Don’t Say No (6)

Wiley – Godfather (8)

The xx – I See You (6)

2016 Albums

Arashi – Are You Happy? (6)

callme – This Is callme (7) 

Carla dal Forno – You Know What It’s Like (6)

The Dillinger Escape Plan – Disassociation (7)

DJ Taye – Move Out EP (7)

DVA [Hi: Emotion] – NOTU_URONLINEU (6)

Jubilee – After Hours (7)

Ladies’ Code – Myst3ry EP (6)

Macra Izumi – Identity (6)

Nine Inch Nails – Not the Actual Events EP (6)

Seven Davis Jr. – Live from the Other Side (7)

Suzanne Kraft – What You Get for Being Young (6)

Triangulo de Amor Bizarro – Salve Discordia (7)

Various Artists – VIP Trax (6)

Warpaint – Heads Up (6)

Non-2017 Albums

aiko – Sakura no Ki no Shita (6)

Aya Matsuura – First Kiss (6)

Belinda Carlisle – Heaven on Earth (6)

Britney Spears – Circus (7)

Capsule – Player (6)

Coil – Musick to Play in the Dark, Vol. 1 (6)

Cyndi Lauper – True Colors (7)

Deradoorian – The Expanding Flower Planet (7)

Every Little Thing – Everlasting (7)

Every Little Thing – Every Little Single+3 (8)

Every Little Thing – Eternity (6)

Fleetwood Mac – Mirage (7)

George Michael – Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (7)

Girls’ Generation – Gee (6)

Girls’ Generation – Genie (7)

Girls’ Generation TTS – Twinkle (6)

Helm – Olympic Mess (6)

Hirose Kohmi – The Best: Love Winter (6)

The Human League – Dare (6)

Jens Lekman – I Know What Love Isn’t (8)

Jonas Brothers – Jonas Brothers (6)

KARA – Step (6)

Linda Ronstadt – Heart Like a Wheel (7)

Lil Boosie & Webbie – Ghetto Stories (7)

Luniz – Operation Stackola (7)

M.O.P. – Firing Squad (7)

Nanase Aikawa – Red (7)

One Direction – Take Me Home (7)

Pet Shop Boys – Behaviour (8)

PASSPO – Beef or Chicken? (7)

Quruli – Sayonara Stranger (6)

Richard X – Richard X Presents His X Factor Vol. 1 (8)

Ringo Shiina & Neko Saito – Heisei Fuuzoku (7)

S.E.S. – Love (6)

Scarface – Mr. Scarface Is Back (8)

Slowdive – Pygmalion (8)

Suicide – Suicide: Alan Vega & Martin Rev (7)

UGK – Super Tight (7)

Whodini – Back in Black (8)

Wonder Girls – Wonder World (6)

Yumi Arai – MISSLIM (6)