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oceanwithouthermoon · 4 months ago

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okok let me finally do my analysis on kusuke and makoto parallels like ive talked about a thousand times (obvious warning that im gonna talk about incest, and also that im gonna be talking about a gag manga in a serious light so if that upsets you just go away ✌️)... yippee, perverted older brothers with unhealthy dynamics with their powerful younger siblings analysis!!

the most obvious parallel is in their interactions with the others sibling. they literally have the same exact meeting, they both go from being fake nice to "my sibling is special and youre not worthy of them"

not included in pictures but also note that kusuo got rid of makoto by calling on kokomi and kokomi got rid of kusuke by calling on her fans

"the second hes distracted, LETS GO"

"we're the only ones who can match up to each other"

kusukes idea of kusuo being inhuman also influences the way this is treated i think- he tells kokomi that marrying a beautiful man will suit her best and that kusuo is above that kind of thing (aka actual romantic and aesthetic attraction), and it seems that being the only ones who can measure up to each other is probably the closest, in his eyes, that kusuo can get to love (confirmed in my opinion by the marriage/engagement symbolism a few pictures down⬇️). thats why he thinks theyre the only ones worthy of each other even if he doesnt see kusuo in the exact same way as makoto sees kokomi. if that makes any sense :p these are obviously already parallel on surface level, but id say theyre even more similar if you look deeply into it

"i know everything youre thinking" and "everyone else looks like monkeys to me"

associating their sibling with heaven/god

a certain fixation on their sibling's body... top two are specifically them trying to see their sibling naked without consent

? not sure how to describe this. implications of engagement/marriage? this use of an explicitly romantic symbol actually confuses me in kusukes case but thats not really relevant here...

theyre the reason their sibling cant relax or be themself even at home... also note that kusuo specifically says that kusuos masochism (which i guess in some contexts masochism can be non-sexual but in this situation, since kusuke is canonically a pervert and there are several implications and allusions to sexual pleasure, it obviously means he gets SEXUAL pleasure from pain/humiliation) is the main reason he doesnt like him. likewise, kokomi is bothered by makotos overprotective and overbearing nature, though unfortunately she doesnt seem to be aware of his sister complex and thinks hes just being an annoying big brother.

not necessarily something that can be captured in a picture but theres also the fact that they both have pretty perfect lives but are still obsessed with their sibling and only their sibling, its all they really care about and their entire lives depend on them.

makoto is extremely attractive, charming when hes trying to be, and is a famous actor... he clearly gets girls. but he doesnt want any of them because hes stuck in his obsession with kokomi, shes the only girl he wants and its ruined his perception of other girls. he believes hes the only one that can be right for kokomi and touch her, and that likewise kokomi is the only girl he can be with. her presence dictates his life, he skips work just to follow her around and prevent her from getting involved with other guys. we only see maybe a few sentences from him where he isnt talking about kokomi, even when hes on tv.

kusuke is an attractive and charming genius, easily pulls girls, cambridge graduate, and is the favorite child in his family. but none of that matters, it only sets him apart from other humans and gives him a skewed perspective of anyone who isnt kusuo. he believes kusuo is the only person he can get that sadomasochistic pleasure from, and kusuo is the reason he developed it in the first place and he specifically seeks him out and coerces him into it. he really only cares about his family, theyre the only people in the world that are worth anything in his eyes, and his only interactions with anyone else have been using them as tools to get to kusuo. his life goal is (or was, before the end of cat tank arc) defeating kusuo. he has cameras in his familys house that hes presumably constantly watching, implied by him being ALREADY watching before his parents even called him about kusuos limiter.

#this was one of the most obviously intentional things i noticed when watching for the first time #so i was shocked that people dont see it #'stop comparing kusuke and makoto theyre nothing alike!!' my brother in christ theyre literally written to be compared #the main difference i think is that kusuke sees kusuo more sexually and makoto sees kokomi more romantically #obviously theres both in each but one outweighs the other #yeahhhhhhhhhhh #i actually really would like to know what kusuke planned to do after failing in cat tank arc before kusuo gave him another chance that he-#wasnt expecting. like he failed at his life goal and didnt even expect kusuo to still want him around. but thats a whole other conversation #anyway idk if im missing stuff this was half finished in my drafts for a long time and i kept forgetting about it #ok thats all #saiki k #tdlosk #the disastrous life of saiki k.#saiki kusuo #saiki kusuke #teruhashi kokomi #teruhashi makoto #meows post #incest cw #meownalysis

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red-dyed-sarumane · 2 months ago

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forfy my mutual may i ask whats going on in yamete kudasai...... i couldnt find a translation 😭😭

thank u for asking i love this song dearly. i think its relatively straightforward when u see the lyrics but if u still dont get parts of it lmk 👍 there are no dumb questions.

so here u go yamete kudasai/please stop translation with a lot of notes at the end

敗北ランド実際は排他失敗社会だ理解がない A defeated land, in fact it's an exclusion It's a failed society with no understanding

快も不快も後悔が対価人生終わった一回でバーイ Pleasure and displeasure, compensated with regret Life ended, a singular goodbye

差異得ライド言った言わないの記載はないがごめんもない The disparity gained by lying, whether it was said or not There's no record of it, but no apology either

埋没ランド失態晒した失敗社会だ理解がない A buried land, its faults exposed It's a failed society with no understanding

毎食ドットファニーインダストリー道理混濁ドーミー for Me 賞味ソーリー暴利ストーキング！ Every meal I burst out laughing, it's funny The industry's logic Appreciation for Me in this muddled dormy* Stalking an excess of sorries!

背徳ノット甘美見出す脅威承認コンタクト産み長期投資勝利合理苦 Show Me！ The sweetness knotted in corruption Acknowledgement of the discovered threat The creation of contact, a long term investment Show me the rationality of suffering in that victory!

やめてくださいやめてくださいえーブンブンブブンブンブンブブンは？ Please stop, please stop, wait* Buzz buzz b-buzz buzz buzz b-buzz Huh?

やめてくださいやめてくださいえーブンブンブブンブンブンブブンは？ Please stop, please stop, wait Buzz buzz b-buzz buzz buzz b-buzz Huh?

やめてくださいやめてくださいえーブンブンブブンブン Please stop, please stop, wait Buzz buzz b-buzz buzz

は？ Huh?

最速回答聡明じゃないの？判断遅いよははいははい The fastest reply, isn't that the smartest? The judgement's too late, I-I get it, I-I get it

愛読愛用スーパー問う賛とノーマル問う散に学びなさい Please learn from the well loved and used Super questioned praise and normal questioned dispersal*

単発バイトお金がないね仕方がないねヤるしかない A one-shot job, there's not even any money in it There's no way around it, huh, I have to do it

催促回答どう？ねえ？しないの？判断遅いよははいははい Pressing for answers, How about it? Hey? Won't you tell me? The judgement's too late, I-I get it, I-I get it

退職ボットバーニング皆苦労人同士御社不当に奉仕飲み飛び込みローディング！ A flare of resignations*, its burning Everyone, the wise, my coworkers A service drinking for the unjust company Plunging in and loading!

愛毒ノット堪忍見た？ストーリー更新網膜調子推しの身お搾り庶民！ That beloved poison* is not patience Have you seen? The story's updated The condition of the retina, the favorite*, tied up with the masses!

契約もっとパーリー人格統制狂信好脈通りツルハシ売り撒きダンシング！ More contracts, a party Regulation of personality, it's fanaticism In line with good relations, a pickaxe The spread of sales as if dancing!

感謝出会いに感謝人類全員感謝毎度収入お布施恒例脳脆当然放置！ Gratitude, gratitude for meeting All of humanity's gratitude Every time we're paid, it's custom to give it as charity Weak of mind*, it's natural to leave it like this!

やめてください！！やめてください！！ Please stop!! Please stop!!

えーブンブンブブンブンブンブブンは？ Wait, Buzz buzz b-buzz buzz buzz b-buzz huh?

やめてくださいやめてくださいえーブンブンブブンブンブンブブンは？ Please stop, please stop, wait Buzz buzz b-buzz buzz buzz b-buzz Huh?

やめてくださいやめてくださいえーブンブンブブンブン Please stop, please stop, wait Buzz buzz b-buzz buzz

はあ。お人よしなんて言葉ヅラだけはまあいいがただ「自分自身さえ我慢すれば」「それで全部済むならいいや」って一回二回小さな侵略を許すうち気がついたら唯一の聖域をお前らに何もかもめちゃくちゃにされた Damn*. Well, I'm fine with it just being words to make them look like good people, but As it is "As long as you persevere by yourself" "That'll be fine when everything finishes" While I forgave that minor intrusion once or twice If I payed attention Everything about this sole holy ground was desecrated By you people

断れない！断れない！断れない！嫌われたくない！ああ！そのせいで！そのせいで！そのせいで！ I can't decline it! I can't decline it! I can't decline it! I don't want to be hated! Ah! All because of that! All because of that! All because of that!

何もかも終わった Everything ended.

Notes:

Dormy: (can also be spelled dormie!) has a meaning of place of rest/sleep & is often used in the names of college dormitories! so in this case it's implying a place a stay that really can't be called home (again think of school dorms) (she is not in school more on this later)

Eh? Hah?: chose to translate the eh? as wait since thats the sort of feeling it carries - one of being caught off guard. where as the hah? i went with huh? but it's not confused so much as irritated & a sort of "what are you saying/doing?" type of nuance. although put plainly both could be translated simply as "huh?"

愛読愛用スーパー問う賛と/ノーマル問う散に学びなさい: dont really know how to put this nicely in english. aidoku is text or literature thats well known & read and aiyou is saying its been well used for a long time. "super" and "normal" are embellishments to look cool really. the tou san parts are a bit of word play since they're intended to be said the same. so to put it more clearly this "praise" and "dispersal" are essentially some sort of guidelines or edicts that are given to employees/the group and expected to be followed. another fun fact this is one of the lines in the song written with a degree of formality despite the complaint in it. (while she is politely telling to read the materials, and while tou can be neutral, with the overall tone of the song this line reads like a mockery of something she was told herself)

Flare of resignations: in this case the word used is taishoku which very specifically is for leaving work/a place of employment. despite the earlier noted dormy commonly being used for school dorms, this paired with the preceding talk about not having a choice in doing it despite the low pay is proof she's not a student. isnt it refreshing to know this isnt another story about high schoolers. but i digress, the other part of this phrase is ボット which written in katakana like that may make u think it's just bot like a robot but considering the following phrase is burning i believe its intended to be the onomatopoeia instead & written in katakana for emphasis

That beloved poison: word play time! this word is also read as aidoku! its a play on the aidoku from earlier! keeping the pronunciation as doku that same well known text imagery is still there but this time its written as poison, implying the text they're forced to internalize is actively harmful to them. which if her later words are to be believed she's right about it.

The favorite: literally 推しの身(oshi no mi) if you're in jpn fan spaces at all you may have seen someone say they oshi a character or that a certain idol is their oshi. its the same as that, it's a person (or character) you're a fan of. im not quite sure if she's talking about herself or someone else in this line but the overall meaning is that not even popularity or public favor will keep you safe.

脳脆: more word play! it's read as nouzei which coincidentally is also how 納税 (tax) is read! it would be really easy to overlook if the surrounding parts weren't about not even getting to keep their paychecks. so more directly its saying "those who do not already have strong conviction are likely to fall victim to these practices and do nothing to stop or change them." the practices in question resulting in sacrificing their selves to serve the job. this section of the song also has a bit of religious connotation to it. almost a cult-like behavior with how she's describing it.

はあ。: this is sort of more like an exasperated sigh but im not putting *sigh* in an otherwise serious translation. i debated also going with "man" as in the phrase to express disappointment/frustration/dissatisfaction but in the end i thought the slight expletive gets the mood across better.

断れない！: "can't refuse it!" or "can't turn it down!" also work. what she's saying is that even though she's aware of all these harmful practices now, she can't say no to the work she's given. this goes hand in hand with the earlier lines "there's no way around it, huh, i have to do it"

I think this song is one of the most straightforward aru sekai series songs, but to break it down even simpler she's complaining both that this company she works for is actively contributing to the permanent death of employees and also that she herself wasn't strong enough to turn against it despite seeing how wrong it all was. There's no motif in this song because she was solely doing her job and following orders, meaning nothing she did was of her own free will, so as per series standard she's not a "person" but merely a "thing" and thus her death is permanent. The "regulation of personality, it's fanaticism" and "Every time we're paid it's custom to give it as charity / Weak of mind(a tax), it's natural to leave it like this!" is a complaint on this, on how the company is taking their lives as tax essentially, or at least that's how she's framing it. And of course, although it's a lighter way of putting it, the "Everything ended" is also confirming her death.

my last note is actually for something in the beginning and thats the 理解がない could possibly be her saying "i don't get it" but usually if that's the case its rikaishinai or rikaidekinai and not rikai ga nai so for the time being i'm choosing to leave it this way.

#asks #atigrado #aru sekai series #this girl is going THROUGH IT i mean they all are but like #imagine planning to quit ur job & thats the day u find out ur going to die bc u did ur job #she SHOULD be mad shes so right to be complaining #it does amuse me she switches to polite or formal forms a few times. shes so real for that #comes across as more bitter to me personally #usually i try to have as few notes as possible but this time im making an exception since u asked whats going on #theres probably places for more too but i dont want to over explain anything without need #so feel free to ask about anything. it might only seem obvious to me bc i know the rest of the songs too so #i barely caught the nouzei pun btw. i went to see if it was a standard phrase bc this is the only time ive seen it #& when it wasnt i was like. wait a minute. i know another nouzei that fits with the context. could it be.#and maybe its not but magu does a lot a lot of word play so i think its intentional #i really like that one in particular thats a really specific image to draw with only one word its so good #also theres no past motif in this song either bc it happens after oumen mokushiroku #as denoted by the glass break sound in the beginning #which is the symbol for songs coinciding with the events in oumen

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