#a3! slight spoilers

[carrotenjoyer]

chikage birth last name reveal???

apologies if this has been done before, but i was looking at finnish last names and saw this and then remembered that it’s implied in moon traveler that chikage is of finnish origins, it’s perfect

[sleeper-kerennnnnnx]

MASHLE ：author's Q&A from fan book translation

Please point out any mistakes or errors! I will correct them ASAP, thanks so much!

I will translate this in four parts as there‘s 131 questions in total！

Here are the Q1-Q33 parts!

To the animation fans: There are slight references to the subsequent plot of the comics‼ ️ (Q11 and Q17) Those who are not interested in spoilers can avoid it

Q1. I want to know the name of the pastry shop that Mash will open in the future!

In addition, can rough dough fans and wet dough fans tolerate each other?

A1: The name of the shop is Beard Maggio. Unfortunately, the two cannot be compared, and such struggles of human beings like us have never stopped.

Q2: Will Mash marry Lemon?

A2: It's up to you to imagine.

Q3: What would it feel like if Mash had a different hairstyle?

A3: No one would recognize Mash. Because my character portrait is in the style of Miss Sazae (a comic).

Q4: How strong is Mash‘s grip?

A4: 600 kilograms. Like a gorilla.

Q5: How heavy is Mash's wristband?

A5: One ton, about as heavy as a black rhino.

Q6: Why do owls hate Mash so much?

A6: I don't know why. I'm often barked at by dogs, so it's probably the same feeling.

Q7: How did Mash escape from the castle and be picked up and adopted by Grandpa Regulo?

A7: Of course by the effort!

Q8: Regulo always calls Mash "son", but why does Mash call Mr. Regulo "grandpa"?

A8: Because Regulo looks more like grandpa, similar to a nickname.

Q9: I heard that Mash wants to be a pastry chef, so will he make other desserts besides puffs? In addition, what professions will Finn, Lance, Dot, and Lemon do in the future?

A9: He should start learning other desserts in the future. Finn may be a civil servant...? Lance will be an incredible person, Dot will be a registered tax agent or accountant, and Lemon may be an idol!

Q10: What is the badge on the chest of Mash's black tights?

A10: It's an owl! (Annotate：The badge can be found in the comics but not in the animation)

Q11: Why was Mash's hair slicked back when he awakened? Why did his skin turn black?

A11: Because the blood circulation became faster, the skin turned black and red! The hair also turned upside down because of the blood circulation!

Q12: Is it just a coincidence that Matthew can't do magic? Or did the Pure Root do something before he was born?

A12: It's just a coincidence! That's how genes work!

Q13: Cell War and Mash have similar hairstyles and magic lines. When they get close, they will resonate and cause headaches. Could it be that the Innocent Zero deliberately created such a replica?

A13: That's right! Cell War is a replica!

Q14: Has Mash's iron wand been used by other wizards before? Or has the iron wand been on the ground since it was made and no one has used it?

A14: No one has ever used that wand, it's always stuck on the floor! We don't know who it was made for (crying).

Q15: Finn later became a one liner, so did his second line disappear and become ineffective (crying)

A15: He's still growing up, not yet a complete double liner, so the second line will only appear when he's desperate!

Q16: Which of the parents of the Ames brothers (Finn and Rayne) has black hair and which has blond hair? Or do both parents have two-color hair?

A16: Both parents have two-color hair!

Q17: Did the relationship between the Ames brothers improve when they got together in the last chapter of the comic?

A17: The older brother is a tsundere, but it seems that the relationship has improved!

Q18: Why did Finn call Ryane "Onii-sama"  instead of "brother"?

A18: It's because the two keep their distance, there's a gap...

Q19: Ryane and Finn have always kept their distance. After Ryane became a divine awakener, did Ryane pay for Finn's living expenses?

A19: Ryane is quietly taking a long detour to help his brother bear the responsibility! (Translator comment: So cute hahahahaha)

Q20: Lemon said that the family conditions are not good. How bad are they? Can you tell me her story?

A20: The stew at home has no seasoning and tastes very bland (crying).

Q21: If Lemon's secondth and third-level magic awakens, will torture instruments and appear?

A21: Torture instruments should appear... (crying). So scary（crying).

Q22: What is Lemon's best dish?

A22: Egg rice bowl! This is not easy to make...

Q23: Which do you think is cuter, Lemon or love cute?

A23: Lemon! I like short hair!

Q24: Are the planet earrings that Lance often wears a gift from his parents? Or did he buy them himself?

A24: He bought them himself. (Translator comment: you are so trendy Lance...)

Q25: How is Lance's relationship with his parents?

A25: It's always bad... (crying)

Q26: If Anna has a boyfriend, how will Lance react?

A26: He will die!

Q27: Does Anna know that Lance is a sister-con and has a lot of her peripherals? If she knows, what does she think?

A27: It's okay! That's it!

Q28: Will Anna come to Easton to study?

A28: Yes! (Yeah!)

Q29: I want to know the name of Dort's third-level magic

A29: Because the personal magic is explosion magic, it is to summon "God of Explosion-Vulcanus"!

Q30: What is Dort's sister doing now? In addition, is she covering her eyes because of fashion or for some reason? I want to know if she has other secrets.

A30: She‘s now working outside! Good women are mysterious! So the reason is a secret!

Q31: I want to know what snacks that eat with tea Dot recommends!

A31: Madeleine cake! (Translator's note: small shell-shaped cake)

Q32: Does Dot know that he has Ira Kreuz? In addition, are his family members also people with Ira Kreuz?

A32: He knows that he is. His family all have Ira Kreuz. I don't really know what it means to be a person with Ira Kreuz!

Q33: Is the Barrett family the only one with Ira Kreuz?

A33: In addition to the Barrett family, there should be others!

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[st3rry-str3wberry]

slight spoiler for arcane s2 a3??? idk not really

ekko playing life is strange while jayce is playing elden ring is the funniest thing ever

[paintedfreddie]

Next chapter is in fact up.

<a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/57880129"><strong>A Hole Was Never Bottomless</strong></a> (39343 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/PaintedFreddie"><strong>PaintedFreddie</strong></a><br />Chapters: 11/?<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E9%A3%AF%20%7C%20Dungeon%20Meshi%20%7C%20Delicious%20in%20Dungeon">ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon</a><br />Rating: Explicit<br />Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings<br />Relationships: Chilchuck Tims/Laios Touden<br />Characters: Laios Touden, Touden Party Members, Kabru (Dungeon Meshi), Chilchuck Tims, Falin Touden, Marcille Donato, Yaad Merini, Minor Characters, Senshi (Dungeon Meshi), Izutsumi (Dungeon Meshi)<br />Additional Tags: Drug Use, Autistic Laios Touden, POV Laios Touden, Angst with a Happy Ending, Post-Canon, Slight Canon Divergence, Mentions of Past Dubious Consent, Implied/Referenced Drug Addiction, Casual Sex, Laios Touden's military trauma, Slow Burn, Laios doesn't really know how to deal with things so he in his hoe era, Neurodivergent Laios Touden, Not beta read we die like Chilchuck to mimcs, will update tags as I go, Background Relationships, background platonic relationships, Top Laios Touden, Bottom Chilchuck Tims, Manga Spoilers, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Top Chilchuck Tims, Bottom Laios Touden, Light Bondage<br />Summary: <p>A hole was never truly bottomless, yet no matter what he did he couldn’t seem to fill the cavernous nothingness inside him. It had always been there and it would have been dishonest to think it had all started with the Winged Lion’s curse.</p><p>Laios knew that it had always been there.</p>

[moonlight404-translates]

Hey, same person who told you which A3! VAs can rap, again. Just wanted to say Happy Birthday to ParaLive’s Kanata & Nayuta on 12/24 & to BLACKSTAR’s Rindou on 12/25!

Hey, their birthdays were next to each other! So nice (´｡• ᵕ •｡`)

About the other ask... (slight TWST spoilers)

Hey, same person who told you which A3! VAs can rap, again. Continuing from the last post, the coincidence was that BLACKSTAR’s Last Ch in S4 has the Sleeping Beauty inspiration in the feat. MV & that TWST’s Book 7 focuses on the last major dorm based on Sleeping Beauty’s villain(Maleficent), Diasomnia. Though Book 7 feat. the idea of loneliness & separation since the 1st years found a clue on sending Yuu home & Lilia’s news on leaving school.

Double sleeping beauty theme! I’m really curious about the rest of the story of Diasomnia. I already expected the separation theme from Malleus and Lilia’s convo in Book 6, but not like that!

[galaxystar17]

Okey. Well I don't usually write propaganda unless im hella invested in the ship (also its my first time writing such so bear with me🙈). And as you can see I AM HELLA INVESTED for once lmao This may be long and there might be some slight spoilers ahead. Thanks to anyone who will read this🫶

Yeah honestly at first I was surprised around a year ago while searching through the a3 rarepairs week tag on ao3. I remember finding like a few juligawa fics back then and being like 'wait a minute— july has ships?!'​ quickly followed by 'wait thats a thing now? Well okay lets see how the dynamic looks like'. I didnt expect them to grow on me so much that I would consider creating a fic for them but here I am.

So here I will give you some reasons that perhaps may show you why theyre worth giving a chance:

->the dynamic. The famous celebrity manager and a secret agent. It already spells chaos, doesnt it? One of them is a very nice guy, responsible, hardworking and always out there to help not only the kid that hes managing (Tenma) but also others. BUT that doesnt mean hes naïve or that he didnt experience anything. AND theres the secret agent dude. Mysterious, hella distrustful and blindly believing in the organization as his life purpose. The guy that will not step away from anything to complete his mission. Yet theres also an additional side to him. The side that hates the idea of any family whether by blood or a found one. July finds it pointless, meaningless, stupid and a waste of time. Why? Because he probably was horribly treated by his own (if he had one) and that made him believe that real family cant survive and the ties will break off anyways at some point. This is what he tried to prove to august as well. That idiot that was stubborn in his eyes, that traitor that chose a found family over the organizations values. Their shared values.

Then you may ask OKAY SO WHAT DOES THE DYNAMIC BRING ACTUALLY?

-> imho what the dynamic and situations they could find themselves in can bring would be some development. But not only feelings wise. Like yeah that too but besides that what i want to highlight is character development - specifically july's as I think he could actually learn more from igawa than vice versa.

For instance, as he would spend more and more time with our lovely manager and sometimes take care of/help Tenma he starts to actually look at the concept of a family differently. Slowly starts to realize what august meant back then with the whole found family thing. And most importantly that it wasnt useless, it wasnt stupid. That August, in the end, was actually right. Just July was too blinded by revenge for 'betrayal' that he couldnt see anything else.

-> redemption arc (of sorts) - i feel like after realizing his mistake in killing august without thinking it through and a good reason plus when he would finally get the whole family thing, July could regret his past actions. I mean I doubt he would quit his job, but at least I had this image in my head of gekka making peace with each other more or less, July apologizing to Chikage and Hisoka for the shit he put them through. And most importantly to August for killing him. Also had this image where all three of them sat down on a bench in mankai dorms and talked to/about august together. 😭

-> found family - Those two looking out for tenma like some two dads with a kid that theyre raising. Also the family would help july trust a bit more, would show him that he can rely on someone else and not always be alone. That families can stay strong through various hardships, if you try to keep up those bonds. He would see that there are people that truly care and love him regardless of what happened and welcome him with open arms as well as support him in his decisions. He could learn other ways to live than murder, spying and violence. He could grow as a person, become a better version of himself.

-> Angst material - im personally writing them a happy ending, but there has been quite a few of juligawa angsty fics which explore an interesting theme which is july's internal conflict of 'should i stay and possibly endanger them or should i leave to keep them safe?'. The latter option is what he chooses which does create angst as he mostly didnt explain anything about himself or whys he leaving and what has changed between him and Igawa. Sooo for all the angst lovers out there, theres some stuff for you :)

-> also the internal conflict of either choosing his beloved job or his found family is interesting to read about as well as the doubt he could have about if he can be accepted, if he truly deserves Igawa's love. If he truly deserves a family after he himself ruined one. THE ANGST YET AGAIN

-> beside the family thing, his feelings towards the manager would also play a role. I mean, maybe its just me but who doesnt like to see the cunning character one day realizing 'hey wtf i have feelings?!​ More importantly for him?' Those feelings specifically wouldnt allow him to leave Igawa and Tenma so easily as he planned. He got attached - something he knew he shouldnt have done, but it was already too late.

Sorry for the rambling. Im quite passionate about those two as you can see. Hope I convinced you at least a bit why they are actually worth checking out and voting for.

Round 1, Bracket 1, Side A, Eight poll

Art of Juligawa by @ryukogo

Ichie Otonashi and Fumi Yumeoji [Ichifumi], Revue Starlight ReLIVE vs July and Igawa [Juligawa], A3! Act Addict Actors

Story of Ichifumi by @insertbrowsinghere

This goes back to, specifically, May 16th of 2022. I was trying to get into the Revue Starlight mobile game, since there was apparently a lot of my other favorite ship from the franchise, Junnana, in it. The problem was that I was having the problem I always have with new games of its nature, that being difficulty getting attached to the new characters. So, I decided to look through their descriptions on the loading screen during a big update. Two characters caught my eye, those characters being the character Michiru, and, more importantly, Ichie.

I posted that I think she was going to take over my brain (I was right) and a pal of mine mentioned that she and Fumi were a little gay together. I responded that I hadn't seen them together and was awaiting to see them, but I didn't expect to love them together. I just expected to know that they existed. I was so very wrong and as I am currently gazing at the exact moment I learned of them as a couple while looking for the exact moment I fell in love with them, I can only laugh at old me.

Suddenly they were hitting all my ship dynamics and Ichie became a primary reason as to why Fumi is even in the main cast. Surely, though, they wouldn't grow on me that much, I thought. They were silly together, but there was only so much depth there, right? Not anything that would soon rot my brain, anyways. Boom, Ichie reassuring Fumi that she beloved her and Fumi seeking out Ichie when the performance department was shut down. Boom, heavy emotional reliance between the two which transcended their usual dynamic. Boom, the ducking "Selfie-Master's Seminar" memoir. That last one ruined my life so much and by that point, I was in too deep.

I pathetically added them to my bio alongside my other three main ships, turning that trio into a life-ruining quartet. I began hunting for cards with stories centered around them but it couldn't get worse, I told myself. Then came Arcania Arcadia chapter 3/main story chapter 15. This ruined me, and it was all because of the fucking Ichifumi revue. There were other reasons attached, but that revue destroyed me.

The not at all serious reveal that Fumi had been supporting Ichie's streaming silently and secretly. Ichie calling out Fumi on her glamorization of the idea of beauty in death, since she saw it as an excuse. Ichie telling Fumi that she wanted to know more about her. Ichie's wish to see a stage that Fumi alone formed, in a franchise where this kind of thing is just sort of a love confession most of the time. Ichie letting Fumi win out of trust in her and Fumi doubting if she was truly the victor. All the impact this had on Fumi later. I was dying at this point, and then this game decided to beat my corpse down a little more by putting in the later scene where they reflected on their revue, Fumi tried to apologize, Ichie told her not to and they both resolved to move forward together.

Another stab was taken at my corpse with the scene in the final chapter where Ichie finally got to see a stage belonging to Fumi, and got to hold pride in it. I realized then I was in too deep. The characters I originally only expected to ship a little if at all had ruined my life. I could do nothing about it. I still can't and I am still in Ichifumi hell. Help.

Story of Juligawa:

When twitter bots were still active there was this bot called the Cursed Prompt Guy (@a3_promptbot) that randomly generated prompts and characters together. One fateful day, it generated this prompt .

[ CHARACTERS: Tenma Sumeragi, July // PROMPT: Butterfly kiss, Loyalty ]

Ss you may notice there is no slash, meaning it's just the two characters, no ship whatsoever. this is important.

See the thing here is that the character, Tenma Sumeragi, is the son of two world-famous actors. He was a child actor for TV before he decided to choose his own path and become a theater actor (since A3! is about theater boys), being a child actor means he had a manager, right? Enter: Igawa.

I was staring at the prompt, and for an entire moment, I just randomly thought 'now why would July swear loyalty to Tenma Sumeragi?'. This thought was immediately followed by '... hmmm (goes on Twitter/Discord servers) hey guys how old is july/igawa again', and then my friends, indulgently, answered me on both platforms - they were within the age range of each other as respectable adults

And then I just SAT THERE because at that very moment my brain EXPLODED like I was JIMMY NEUTRON because this ship did NOT make sense at all and YET, AND YET EVERYTHING MADE SENSE in my head suddenly for some reason.

See the first doddle I made of them with a caption

And my friends were like 'AYO HOLD ON HOLD ON RYU ARE YOU OKAY' and all I said was smth like 'sometimes things happen' and then about five hours later I published the first fic for them on Ao3. Apparently i wrote the fic at 8-ish PM on the same day I made the first doodle (at 6PM) then finished the fic around 11-ish PM.

And then my friend who is one of my ride-or-dies also published a fic around 12 midnight soon after me. I think the majority of the English-speaking fandom/western fandom who knows us thinks we're kinda crazy. It's okay we just like to indulge.

[thorn-princess]

kskfhaldhdl he calls him little prince i love that-

[julias-cherry-garden]

Wolf Omi...

[homarmir]

*.·:·.☽✧ ✦ ✧☾.·:·.*═*.·:·.☽✧ ✦ ✧☾.·:·.*

∘₊✧──────✧₊∘

Frost Upon Spring Flowers

✧☾✧ relationship: Mikage Hisoka/ Chigasaki Itaru

✧☾✧ Hisoka only wanted to feel warmth after being surrounded by cold for so long

✧☾✧ warnings: Act 5 spoilers, Slight Gekkagumi spoilers, Implied gun violence

✧☾✧ A3! Rare Pairs Week 2022

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December hated working for the organization, but it wasn’t like he had another choice but to stay with them. He would forever be thankful to August for reaching a hand down and saving him. It had been a cold winter day and December had just fingered that his time was finally up.

December had long gotten used to the cold that seemed to surround his life wherever he went. From the cold stares of the nuns that cared for him to the cool air that circulated through the halls of the old church. There was only so much of that he was willing to take, and he ran away. The snow he had been laying in before August came into his life was familiar. August was something warm. Something that December didn’t want to lose.

For someone so warm December thought that things with August would be different. There were moments that distracted December from his true reality. Whether they be the heated arguments with April or August's terrible cooking that was almost always too burnt to be considered edible. December enjoyed them all. It made him feel warm and forget the cold that constantly threatened to slip deep within his heart. He could ignore the organization as long as he could continue these small moments with his family. But as always, all good things would have to eventually come to an end.

December could see the toll the organization work was having on his family; he noticed it in himself as well. Cracks were forming in the one place December could consider peaceful. He didn’t like it one bit. There wasn’t anything to help bring light back in April’s eyes or relieve the pressure August was receiving from the higher ups. December was stuck. It was best to pretend that things were fine until they weren’t, and everything that they eventually built up came crashing down.

It wasn’t like the organization cared what happened to them. Just that they were reliable and efficient. He could feel this heart slowly become colder as the days passed. December was a fitting name for someone like him. It seemed that the warmth he craved wasn’t worth wasting on someone like him.

It only took a single mission gone bad for everything to finally reach its breaking point. August had been shot. December didn’t want to lose the one person that had shown him that he was worthy of living after being discarded by most in his life. He could live without him. August had forced something down his throat.

August cradled December's face within his hands.

“From now on you are Mikage Hisoka. Please live your life to the fullest.”

December, well he guessed he was Hisoka now, felt himself fall. Cold air rushed past him until he hit the even colder ocean below.

Where did it all go wrong?

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Hisoka wasn’t all that close with the other members of Mankai outside of his own troupe. He was still friendly with them, but that really wasn’t saying a whole lot. Many of them were too noisy for his own liking. Many of them being younger than him also didn’t help. That was another thing he liked about winter; they were all adults.

Hisoka felt his heart ache at the thought of the word winter. He didn’t remember much, but whatever had happened had to be related to that season in one way or another. He felt a phantom coolness settle itself in his heart. He cared for winter and the other members of Mankai, but there was something that was missing. Something that was preventing himself from being completely vulnerable around them.

Hisoka decided that it wasn’t worth it to try and force himself to remember information. He was starting to feel sleepy anyways. His room wasn’t an option at the moment as Alice was on one of his many poetry tangents, speaking to no one. He didn’t seem to care if Hisoka wasn’t really listening to his “genius prose.” Hisoka didn’t have the energy to try and tune him out and decided that the kitchen or courtyard would be a good alternative to the room he wasn’t keen on being in.

He didn’t think Alice noticed his absence, and if he did, he didn’t comment on it. Hisoka slowly made his way down the hallway. He could hear voices, and as he got closer, he could make out a good portion of summer hanging out. They were good kids, just not the people Hisoka wanted to deal with when he was already so tired. Offering them a lazy wave and a yawn he continued his short journey to the kitchen. He’d rather not fall asleep in the hallway again. Hisoka knew from past experience that it wasn’t all that comfortable.

Entering the kitchen, Hisoka made his way to the cupboards where he knew Alice had tried to hide his secret stash of marshmallows. Picking up a bag and opening it, Hisoka snacked on them until he reached his ideal nap spot on the couch. As much as he enjoyed the various pillows of the other Mankai members, many of them moved too much or were too noisy. The couch stayed still and was quiet.

He noticed that he wasn’t the only one using the couch as a napping spot. Itaru sat on the other end with his phone hanging loosely in his grip. Hisoka could hear music softly playing from the phone speaker, he assumed it to be one of the many games that Itaru played. Hisoka wasn’t unfamiliar with seeing Itaru like this, but he was usually in what Itaru called his so-called “gamer mode.” It was weird to see Itaru disheveled like this while still in his work clothes, but that wasn’t a Hisoka problem. He finished what remained of his bag of marshmallows and placed the empty bag on the coffee table in front of it. Hisoka had held off on his nap long enough and let his eyelids close. Quietly drifting off to sleep.

After some time, Hisoka was stirred awake by the couch moving under him. He was a bit annoyed that he was woken up from his nap and tried to fall back into sleep before it left him completely. The couch movies again from under him. Hisoka had a critical thought that the couch shouldn’t be moving and tiredly opened his eye to see the source of the disturbance. He wasn’t faced with the material of the couch and instead the fabric of a suit pants. Slowly Hisoka raised his gaze to meet Itaru’s. It seemed that he had noticed Hisoka stirring and looked down from his phone. It was playing the same soft music from earlier.

“I didn’t mean to wake you,” Itaru stated. “You looked peaceful and all sleeping, but my legs were starting to go numb.”

Hisoka noticed a small blush dusting Itaru’s cheeks. Hisoka didn’t know what Itaru’s issue was and was too sleepy to think about it. Making himself comfortable again he closed his eyes again.

“Be quiet. You were a nicer pillow before you started talking. So noisy.”

Letting out a final yawn, Hisoka slipped into the sandman’s grasp. He was going to ignore the small amount of warmth seeping into his heart. Hisoka smiled softly as he finally lost consciousness.

Itaru’s face was cute like that.

[oh-boy-me]

Obey Me! Card Planning Tips

Hello!  This game causes us all a lot of pain and suffering, but I’m MANAGING (?), so I thought I’d give what I’d consider some tips to maybe make things feel slightly more possible for you :)

I’ll split it into three parts and put it all under a read more.

Team Strength Calculation

Team Preparation

General Tips for Resources and Daily DP

Part 1: Team Strength Calculation

Each stage has 2 sins tied to it, as you’ve probably noticed.  In chapters 1-20, the stats of these two sins are boosted for ALL cards (character and support) by 15%.*

In chapters 1-20, your team’s strength is calculated with the following formula:

Strength = 1.15(AttributeSin1Total) + 1.15(AS2Total) + Other5SinsTotal

For example, let’s look at Lesson 10-20, which is a Gluttony/Lust battle.  My team is composed of Pandas Mean Profit (Greed), A Special Ceremony (Lust), and Colorful Panic (Pride).  And I’m using zero support cards just so I only have to add up 3 numbers.

Strength = 1.15(24338) + 1.15(34921) + 122736 = 190884**

Keep in mind that the buffs only apply to the attribute sin scores.  If the battle is Gluttony/Lust, the Pride scores will stay at their base values.  This is the case for all lessons up through chapter 20, both normal and hard mode.

However, from Lesson 21 onwards, there are two changes.  One, there is a primary sin and a secondary sin for each battle, marked by which icon is bigger in the preparation screen.  (There always has been, but now it matters which is which.)  In boss battles, both are primary.  Second, the buffs have changed drastically.

Every card has its main sin, obviously, and its strength in that sin is the strongest.  However, they still have strength in the other 6 sins as well.  There are two non-main sins that a card is very strong in, two that it is average in, and two that it is terrible in.

The percent increase is now dependent on how good a card is in the battle's two attribute sins.  (Remember that these buffs still only affect that sin, not the card’s total strength.)

If a card is the same sin as the battle’s primary sin, that sin gets a 160% buff

If a card is the same sin as the battle’s secondary sin, that sin gets a 90% buff

If a card’s second or third best sin is the battle’s primary sin, that sin gets a 30% buff

If a card’s second or third best sin is the battle’s secondary sin, that sin gets a 10% buff

Any sins lower than third best no longer get a buff

I’m not going to make a formula this time because it’s too long and situational.  But let’s look at that same 3-card team again, this time with Lesson 21-5, a Lust/Gluttony stage in that order.

Pandas Mean Profit has an average Lust score, so it gets no bonus.  Its Gluttony is its 3rd best sin, so that gets a 10% buff (10752 > 11827)

A Special Ceremony is a Lust card, so its Lust gets a 160% buff (17308 > 45000).  Its Gluttony sucks, though, so that doesn’t get a bonus.

Colorful Panic has Lust as its second best sin, so it gets a 30% buff (10423 > 13549).  Gluttony is its third best, so that gets a 10% buff too (9866 > 10852).

With the new system, the team’s Lust score has skyrocketed from 40158 to 65739.  However, its Gluttony score dropped from 27987 to 26399.

This means that the sins of your cards suddenly matter more in battle.  (And honestly I don’t think that’s a bad thing.  I know people complain that it makes it harder, but.  If my Comedy team in A3! is made entirely of Action/Drama cards with poor Comedy, I shouldn’t expect that team to do well.  Idk why people think that shouldn’t apply to Obey Me.)  Which brings us to part 2.

By the way, colored glow sticks raise the card’s total strength by 10%, and rainbow glow sticks raise it by 30%.

* It’s actually like 14.99% but it’s effectively the same.  The “slightly under but so close that I’m just rounding for significant figures” thing will be consistent for all of these buffs.

** The actual in-game strength is 190881, 3 points off due to the .99% thing.

Part 2: Team Preparation

I’m so sorry.  But someone has to say it.  Are you listening?  Great.

URs aren’t automatically better than SSRs.  Honestly, they never were.  They ESPECIALLY aren’t now.  You’re not losing the battle because you’re using SSRs.  You’re losing the battle because you’re throwing Wrath cards at a Sloth opponent.

Morning Voice is an Envy SSR card.  My copy of the card is only level 10, and in a Lesson 21+ Envy battle, its Envy score is 6866.

What is my Level 90 UR Colorful Panic’s Envy score in the same battle?

3489.

Colorful Panic is a higher rarity and 80 levels higher.  It has worse Envy.  Why?  Because Envy is its worst sin.

Obviously you aren’t going to be using a level 10 card in a battle, so for a more realistic standpoint, my copy of Resentment Runs Deep (SSR Envy) has 46108 Envy in the same battle.  That’s 13x better than the UR.

I’ll repeat it one more time before I move on.  The sin scores of a card are far more important than the rarity of the card.  A random SR card of the right sin is better than a UR with no sin bonus.  The most impressive thing about a UR is how hard it is to get one.

Anyway, what does this mean?  Is it hopeless?

Well, if you wanted to binge all three seasons within the first month of playing, yes.  But let’s assume that’s not the case.  (Side note, but the feeling that our cards are never good enough is definitely exacerbated by the aggressive speed at which they release new lessons combined with the fandom’s apparent allergy to spoiler warnings, but that’s a point for another post maybe.)

Remember that having URs isn’t actually all that important.  Now remember the sheer amount of SSRs they release since they also aggressively release events.  Also remember that with every 10-pull, you’ll get at least one SSR+.  (Also remember to never do single pulls; they're not worth it at all.)  If you’re really struggling with a lot of battles, here’s how you can improve your scores while focusing on as few cards as possible.

Open an Excel document or Google Sheets page and make a chart that looks something like this:

[Image Description: An 8x8 Excel sheet.  The columns are labelled with each of the seven deadly sins, and the rows are labelled Cards 1 through 3 and Support 1 through 3, with a blank row in between.  The rest of the sheet is blank.]

Now choose a card you want to use.  Doesn’t matter why you want to use it, maybe you like how it looks, maybe you worked really hard to get it, maybe you like its ability, maybe it’s just your current strongest card.  I don’t care.  For my chart I’m gonna use Pandas Mean Profit because it’s really pretty and I got it from the 100-pull pity reward.

Look at your card’s top 3 sins and put them into the chart.  For the character cards, note who the card is, because you can’t double up.  For reference later, also note whether it’s 1st, 2nd or 3rd best.  (Be sure to do this through Contacts and not a battle so there are no buffs skewing the scores.)

Once that’s in, choose another card you like for a different sin and input that card’s top 3 sins.  Envy is still completely empty, so I’ll put Resentment Runs Deep in next.  It’s an SSR, but I really love the Refresh Team ability.  Do this for one character card and one support card of each sin at first, if you can.  It doesn’t matter what level they are right now.  Then fill in whatever blanks you have with cards that specialize in that sin.

If a sin comes up more than 3 times, keep whichever ones are strongest in that sin without overlapping characters.  Play around with it until you get something that works for you.  Keep note of the sins you’re lacking cards for.

[Image Description: The same Excel Sheet as before, except filled in with various Obey Me card names.  The cells in rows 2 through 4 are color coded to match the character of the card.  Each cell marks in parentheses how strong the card is in the sin of the column it’s in from 1 to 3.]

Mine looks like this.  This chart isn’t perfect (if you look, none of my cards had Envy as a good non-main sin, and Pandas and Bunny have too much overlap for the same character), but it works as a rushed example.  I used the cell colors to mark the characters.

Are these the teams you should be using for each battle?  No, obviously not.  First off there’s no single-sin battle, and second off the game will still build the teams for you.

BUT, this greatly lowers the amount of cards you need to pour resources into.  Instead of 42 cards, with this chart I only have to focus on 18 cards in order to be guaranteed that all my cards get at least a SLIGHT boost in each battle.  The best-case scenario would drop it down to 14 cards.

Later on, once you’ve managed the cards on your chart, the next thing to do would be to find main sin cards to replace those that are only third best in their sin.  On mine I’d definitely focus on a Gluttony character card next, but in general Sloth is the one you want to be the most proactive about.

That should help you get through at least Season 2.  Season 3 is admittedly where the difficulty actually IS ridiculous, but Season 2 really isn’t as hard as we’ve been saying.  It just requires more planning than “the first three URs I ever got.”

I do still apologize for the resources and Grimm it’ll take, though :’)

Part 3: General Tips for Resources and Daily DP

This section is just some extra tidbits to help you have the resources to get cards and upgrade them.

[Image Description: The “hard to swallow pills” meme.  The pills read “You don’t need every single card and unless you’re a whale eventually you’re going to have to prioritize some events and ignore others or you’ll never have the resources to improve the cards you already have.”]

However, events ARE good for farming Grimm, so it’s not the end of the world if you want every SSR.  The only issue will come up when you need hard mode items and never have any AP, but it’s manageable.

If you’re going to log in more than once throughout the day, you can do the 2-1 job distribution.  If not, do three jobs with one character each so you get the daily task done

To save money for leveling up your good cards, complete the devil tree daily mission with N-rank cards.

Use vouchers over DP whenever you can (and use Raven to get vouchers).  The 99 DP level-up sale IS worth it if you can afford it, because that’s like 50% off a 10-pull once you do two.

I’m not certain, but I THINK skill level also influences how often an ability activates?  I feel like my Lv 10 SSR cards activate often but my Lv 1 URs never do.  So if you’re relying on an ability, the permanent SSRs might be worth looking at over limited time cards.

Anyway, I hope this helps at all in our mutual suffering.

[lovinga3characters]

what did chikage do omg 👀✍️

⚠️[A3! ACT 5 SPOILERS]⚠️

(slight TW: crimes & death mention, swears)

Chikage literally threatened/blackmailed (with either assault or murder, who knows) Hisoka for something he doesn’t even remember doing (and it turns out he never did to begin with but he doesn’t know that I suppose). If he’s such a good liar, how come he can’t tell that Hisoka isn’t lying when he says he got his memory wiped? 🤔

THEN, he kidnapped Izumi (the protag) afterwards because he thought that it would ruin the company if the director was gone cause it would fall apart 🤬 (Yeah, cause the whole squad has to get punished for Hisoka’s actions?? 😐)

Not to mention he was acting like a complete two-faced creep to Izumi (and by proxy everyone else because he lied), dude couldn’t even keep his “act” together for long 🙄

Anyway, that’s the tea of what he did, whether he redeems himself by the end of all that shit is up to you! I think he’s a bitch-

[instablamwriter]

I was thinking recently about some things I like about a3. I talk about about it in my tweets here but I sorta wanted to expound on my thoughts.

Anyway, I like that a3 isn't about being amazing.

It's grounded in a sort of realistic acting environment where most people wouldn't be magically good at it, and when they are pretty attuned to it, a reason is more or less explained.

Most of the cast start out as complete beginners that improve overtime, not just individually, but through teamwork.

I also especially want to emphasize that for most of the cast, becoming the best actor isn't the goal. For a lot of them, they have different ambitions and acting is just part of their lives (see yuki, azami, itaru, etc). For a lot of them too, they just want to keep improving themselves and don't necessarily have a measurable goal.

I mean even at this point into the story, we might have talked about the acting awards, but Mankai hasn't even been nominated at all. They're still slowly but surely building their reputation through each show, but they don't magically become a top competitor.

Their actors might not have acting as their top priority but to each of them, it means a lot? Like acting became a safe place for a lot of them, and the community they gained because of it means so much to them. Also, each new role gives them a chance to reflect on themselves.

I also like how they still struggle for each new performance and they are forced to break their own bubbles and limits to become better actors. Just!! the character work and how it all ties into the themes is amazing and I really admire Liber for putting it together.

It's far from perfect, but what it manages to do - they do it so well. It’s not about being amazing but just trying to love what you love and to live doing your best.

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Side tangent// slight act 9 spoilers (will be indicated)

"But yuq, what about the godza competitions?"

Those are still very much grounded too? At that point godza 1) very much underestimating mankai

-winter troupe's forefront have two pretty experienced actors, one in particular was considered #1 in veludo way while the other might have been hiatus for some while but was definitely still a big acting nerd; thru the part 4 story 4, he regains a lot of his confidence -bc those two have known each other for a long time, they have good chemistry as acting partners -mankai had soooo much more to lose so ofc they put their best foot forward.

2) just lost their top actor

3) most of the best trained of reni's actor are a certain acting type

-aka the tasukus, the shifutos, the yukio tachibanas

4) a lot of their plays have similar protagonists so it's possible there's fatigue by the audience

- the prince type as said by tasuku

5) they focused more on the pizazz of the performance

-mankai had to make use of their limited funds to make something really work. fortunately, the actual story also used this to their advantage bc the simpler costumes bar the wings (and just god bless yuki rurikawa), and the simpler setting helped add to the atmosphere of the play

6) they had kusumi writing for them

-besides kusumi not being that great at writing in general, tsuzuru wrote the characters to fit the actors so it really let them shine even tho the other 3 weren't so experienced

And then we come to act 9 where Tsumugi faces GodZa yet again. This time though, they're ready.

//spoilers for act 9

You have a Tsumugi who has come back in full force with a role he specifically asked for. You have a Taichi who is now so much more self-assured and wants to show his best self and a script that is a result of Tsuzuru now having years of experience. Godza on the other hand did have a lot of disadvantage with having to scrap something together bc of Kusumi + Shifuto is a newer actor and while they did well, I think they would have lost anyway. What they did gain back was the heart for their performances.

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anyway, thoughts??? I’d love to hear from y’all 0u0

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<a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/57880129"><strong>A Hole Was Never Bottomless</strong></a> (32533 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/PaintedFreddie"><strong>PaintedFreddie</strong></a><br />Chapters: 9/?<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E9%A3%AF%20%7C%20Dungeon%20Meshi%20%7C%20Delicious%20in%20Dungeon">ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon</a><br />Rating: Explicit<br />Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings<br />Relationships: Chilchuck Tims/Laios Touden<br />Characters: Laios Touden, Touden Party Members, Kabru (Dungeon Meshi), Chilchuck Tims, Falin Touden, Marcille Donato, Yaad Merini, Minor Characters, Senshi (Dungeon Meshi), Izutsumi (Dungeon Meshi)<br />Additional Tags: Drug Use, Autistic Laios Touden, POV Laios Touden, Angst with a Happy Ending, Post-Canon, Slight Canon Divergence, Mentions of Past Dubious Consent, Implied/Referenced Drug Addiction, Casual Sex, Laios Touden's military trauma, Slow Burn, Laios doesn't really know how to deal with things so he in his hoe era, Neurodivergent Laios Touden, Not beta read we die like Chilchuck to mimcs, will update tags as I go, Background Relationships, background platonic relationships, Top Laios Touden, Bottom Chilchuck Tims, Manga Spoilers, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Top Chilchuck Tims, Bottom Laios Touden, Light Bondage<br />Summary: <p>A hole was never truly bottomless, yet no matter what he did he couldn’t seem to fill the cavernous nothingness inside him. It had always been there and it would have been dishonest to think it had all started with the Winged Lion’s curse.</p><p>Laios knew that it had always been there.</p>

[moonlight404-translates]

Act 12 - Chapter 30 Translation

Misumi’s day isn’t over yet...

Warning: The chapter contains Act 2 and Sky Pirates Event Story spoilers. 

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Disclaimer: This chapter hasn’t been proofreaded (I did reviewed it... but still!) Neither English nor Japanese is my native language, but I did my best. If you find any mistakes, feel free to tell me. By the way, Director’s name will be Izumi.

I recommend to read it along with the voiced chapter for a more sentimental experience.

A “once-possible future” and the “reliable present”| Misumi

Misumi: Ahaha! Gramps, this play is so fun~!  Hakkaku: Acting is fun, you know. You should try it out someday.  Misumi: Hmm~ Maybe I should just watch them like this~  Hakkaku: So that’s what you think.  Misumi: Gramps…?  Misumi: Huh? Gramps, where did you go?  - Madoka is walking near the room - Madoka: … Misumi: (It’s Madoka! Father isn’t here right now…) Misumi: (I will make a paper plane!) Misumi: …I fold it here, and here. Misumi: (I hope my paper plane reaches Madoka and makes him smile at least a little…) Misumi: —Go! Misumi: …Huh? Misumi: (Why it didn’t fly at all…? It has gone farther other days…) Madoka: … Misumi: (Ah, Madoka will go away… Misumi: Madoka! Madoka: Hm? Misumi: Ahm, that paper plane…  Madoka: —Sorry.  - Madoka goes away… -  Misumi: —Wait! Madoka! Misumi: Madoka! Misumi: … Misumi: I’m all alone now…

Misumi: — Crow: Caw, caw! Misumi: I’m fine~ Please tell me if you see a pretty triangle.  Crow: Caw! - Madoka appears - Madoka: I’m home.  - Misumi jumps to Madoka - Misumi: Madoka, welcome back~!  Madoka: Woah!? Misumi: A welcome hug for you~  Madoka: Brother, where did you go?  Misumi: The roof~! Ehehe, hugging you makes me feel at peace~ Madoka: …Brother? Misumi: I’m feeling a bit weird.  Madoka: Feeling weird? Misumi: Maybe I’m hungry! How about some onigiri? Madoka: Mhm, I guess it sounds good…

Madoka: By the way, I met with Masumi at college. He looked exhausted. Is he alright? Misumi: Ah, well, he’s suffering from Director deficiency. Itaru-san mentioned it by LIME.  Madoka: Oh, I-I see… - Message sound - Madoka: Ah, I got a LIME…  Misumi: Who sent it? Madoka: It was Shifuto. There’s a change in the time for the next rehearsal. Madoka: Ah, Haruto-san quickly retorted him saying it was a mistake, not a change.  Misumi: Hehe, I’m glad Madoka isn’t alone anymore.  Madoka: … - Madoka goes outside of the room -  Misumi: Madoka? - He is back - Madoka: Here.  Misumi: Gramps’ triangle…  Madoka: Yes, you looked a bit lonely.  Misumi: Lonely…?

- flashback (Act 2 - Ch 7) - Izumi: Why are you living in these dorms, Misumi-kun?  Misumi: I don’t have anywhere else to go~ Izumi: … Manager: Now, I’ll call the police— Izumi: Misumi-kun, are you interested in acting? Manager: What!? Yuki: Did you lose your mind?  Tenma: You can’t be serious! Masumi: Are you going to let him in?  Misumi: Acting? I know about it.  Izumi: Don’t you want to try it out? You can keep your room if you do it.  Misumi: Can I eat onigiris too? Izumi: Sure. In the mornings and evenings.  Misumi: Okay, I’ll do it!

- flashback (Sky Pirates Epilogue) - Misumi: …I wonder why did I forget Gramps’ face, though~ Izumi: Hmm… Misumi: Every time I’ve felt lonely or bad things have happened, I remember Gramps. Misumi: That’s why I’ve never forgotten him before…  Izumi: Misumi-kun… Muku: Maybe there are more fun things than bad ones now. So you don’t get to feel lonely.  Izumi: I agree. You’re not alone anymore, Misumi-san.  Misumi: So that was it… I started to remember him less than before.  Misumi: …Is Gramps angry with me? Tenma: Not at all. He told you to show him the best performance with your best friends. I’m sure he’s happy now.  Misumi: Mhm, you’re right. Gramps must be watching it well.  Yuki: …Look how he called himself Misumi’s best friend in that line. Tenma: What’s wrong with that!? Yuki: Nothing.  Kazunari: But it’s just as Ten Ten said! The summer troupe is the best!  Misumi: Mhm. The summer troupe is the best!

Misumi: (So what I was feeling is called loneliness.) Misumi: (I couldn’t understand what was the feeling of being alone.) Misumi: (I felt it when I couldn’t talk to Madoka and when I couldn’t see Gramps anymore. But I kept it inside me and tried to pretend it didn’t exist.) Misumi: (And I searched for triangles to fill the emptiness inside me.)  Misumi: (But when I entered the troupe, met the summer troupe members, acted and created memories with them, I noticed how now it was full of precious treasures.)

Hakkaku: “Acting is fun, you know. You should try it out someday.” Hakkaku: “If you can find three treasures in your life, I’m sure you will be happy.”

Misumi: (Triangles, acting, and my friends— That’s the place where I found my happiness triangle.) Misumi: And also— Madoka: Huh? Misumi: (The place that showed me it’s alright to have many treasures.) Misumi: (I don’t feel lonely because I’m not alone anymore. And I’m not alone because Mankai Company exists.) Madoka: …Will you take that set square as your lucky charm for a while? Misumi: No need, I’m alright now. I have lots of precious triangles inside of my heart.  Madoka: I understand.  Crow: Caw, caw! Misumi: Ah, it’s the crow from earlier! It says it found a triangle!  Madoka: Who? The crow?  - Misumi disappears - Madoka: …Brother hasn’t changed at all. I see he still has those mysterious abilities.

Crow: Caw, caw! Misumi: Wow, it is a triangle!  Misumi: Thanks for this pretty triangle~!  Postman: Mail for Ikaruga-san. Misumi: Here~ Postman: It’s addressed to Misumi Ikaruga-san.  Misumi: Me? Misumi: Ah, it’s from Sakuya!

Sakuya: “Misumi, how are you? Sakuya: “Lately I’ve been playing with paper planes along with a child I met in the park. But they didn’t fly at all… it’s pretty hard.” Sakuya: “I thought about joining you and the summer troupe next time you make them. I want to learn how to make them well.”  Sakuya: “I hope you can teach me when the time comes.”

Madoka: A postcard? Misumi: Mhm, Sakuya sent it.  Madoka: He seems to be well. I’m glad.  Misumi: How good are the paper planes you make now, Madoka? Madoka: I’m not sure… I haven’t compared them, so I can’t tell.  Misumi: Then, let’s make paper planes! The one who flies more wins!  Madoka: Okay. I’ll bring paper.  Misumi: …We will make a paper plane contest with “everyone”. I promise, Sakuya. Misumi: And— Misumi: (I’ll keep making the best performances with my best friends. Gramps, look at them.)

[blossom-bunn]

Ao3 / just one moment: ianthevioletta

Uploaded originally on 4/28/2020

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Rating: Gen

Summary:

Tsuzuru doesn't let go, and even Mizuno makes no effort to pull away. ----

Contains slight chapter 10 spoilers for A Clockwork Heart for A3!EN.

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Word Count: 1031

https://archiveofourown.org/works/23893519

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