#a3! blog post

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A3: MUKU'S BLOG POST 🌻

Muku said it rained hard the night before despite the sunny forecast. So he, Sakuya, and Kazu made some Teru Teru Bozu and luckily, it became sunny the next day! 🥰

So he went running with Guy and Tasuku. They also had some barbeque with other members. Then they went to the Sunflower field and took a photo. The Sunflower that Tsuzuru was holding actually got broken, so Muku asked the staff if they can just take it. It's now displayed in their dorm.

Muku said that the Sunflower reminded of him of Tenma. 😌🌻

[busterbreakers]

“we used to go clamming together back then!”

[gelo00]

You know it’s bad when you’re on vacation and all you can think about is tickling a lee with alluring eyes and pretty bangs.

[moonlight404-translates]

A3! Blog - September 18th Hisoka Mikage

A New Cocktail for the Menu 

I’m Hisoka Mikage from the Winter Troupe. 

Recently, the number of regular customers in Guy’s shop has grown. Guy seems to have fun talking with the customers. 

That reminds me he was thinking about a new cocktail for the menu not long ago and got some ideas from people in the troupe. Some ideas were a sweet flavour drink, a refreshing drink… made with lemon… made with sweet cherry… putting them all together looks hard.  

It felt like a very Guy thing to accept everyone’s suggestions and say he’ll use them in some prototypes trying to meet their wishes. 

He said he would let me try it when he finishes it with a portion of marshmallows, so I’m looking forward to it.

I don’t know when he will do the prototype, but since they mentioned the winter troupe play preparations will start soon, we might be able to try it… after we end the performances.

I can’t imagine what will the next play be like, but I will do my best. So please look forward to it.

[shukufuyu]

[Event Story TL] Weeping Star On a Summer Night (Chapter 3)

Omi: Um.. is this marshmallow somen noodle alright?

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Izumi: Ah, It’s here! The soumen noodle party is starting, everyone!

Sakuya: It looks good!

Sakyo: This was also prepared by Ginsenkai. We won’t run out of soumen noodles for the time being.

Banri: That means we’ll be eating these for a while huh. Feels like we’ll get bored soon enough.

Omi: I also thought that’d be the case, which is why I prepared varying dressing sauces.

Taichi: Knew we can count on you!

Juza: Thanks

Omi: Of course. I made a few Italian styled sauces and spicy korean style sauces… I also prepared a few condiments, so please eat as many as you’d like.

Muku: Wow, there are a lot of stars on this one, are these okras and eggs?[1]

Omi: Yep, since it’s Tanabata, I wanted to make something befitting of the season.

Izumi: The fact you made all of these variations makes me want to try them all.

Omi: If you guys have your own personal request, just tell me, alright?

Itaru: Speaking of which…Senpai, have you talked to them about that?

Chikage: For now, not yet. I was thinking about talking to the director after this but…since everyone’s gathered, I guess I should do it now.

Izumi: What’s up?

Chikage: Have you ever heard about “Weeping Island”?

Izumi: “Weeping Island”...? I think I’ve heard about it somewhere

Kazunari: It’s a famous remote Island where you can get to catch beautiful sights of stars ♪ If I’m not wrong, they’re also opening a big resort facility soon.

Chikage: You catch up quick as usual, Kazunari.

The truth is, our company had a hand in the development…

And the overseas theater troupe that was scheduled to act in the opening ceremony seems to have had an industrial strike, so they won’t be able to come on the scheduled day.

Yuki: …I can see where this is going.

Izumi: So, you’re saying now the offer is now given to Mankai Company to make an appearance…?

Chikage: As you might expect. Before, I was asked by the organizer through a connection from someone at work. What do you think?

Sakyo: Since it’s a big scale project, it’ll be a good opportunity for our theater company. Any conditions

Chikage: I knew you would say that, so I’ve made negotiations about the fees.

...

Chikage: And that’s all.

Izumi: That's all!?

Chikage: The schedule is quite tight, so I’ve put a lot of things into consideration. I suppose all that's left are the fee negotiations.

Izumi: I see, I think it’s enough, it’s favorable on our part. What does everyone else think?

Sakuya: I think it’s a good idea!

Masumi: …I’ll do as you decide.

Tenma: It’s definitely a great chance.

Though the appearing troupe members needs to be decided on.

Izumi: Now we can wrap it up!

Chikage: I’ll contact the organizer.

I will be filling him in regarding the details.

Azuma: A remote island where you can see stars, how romantic.

Homare: Feels as if I can obtain many poetic inspirations, perhaps I shall participate.

Hisoka: …I wonder why it is called Weeping Island.

Tasuku: It does seem like a strange name, now that you’ve said it.

Tsumugi: I wonder if there’s a reason for it…

Guy: Let’s look it up after this.

Omi: Um.. is this marshmallow somen noodle alright?

Troupe members: !?

Hisoka: Yeah, thanks.

Tasuku: Making weird combinations as usual…

Hisoka: It’s also soda flavored.

Tsumugi: Wouldn’t it be better if you just eat it normally…?

Homare: Perhaps even marshmallows compared to other condiments wouldn’t be any different to Hisoka-kun…

Hisoka: … Thank you for the food ♪

The next day

Hisoka: …So hot.

I think I've had enough with the marshmallow somen noodles from last night. I guess I’ll eat the noodles normally for lunch.

Outside

Juza: ….

Hisoka: …Juza, you look like you’re having trouble.

Juza: ——!

…Ah, Hisoka-san, it’s just you.

Hisoka: What’re you doing?

Juza: I was thinking about which wish to write.

Hisoka: You couldn’t come up with anything?

Juza: No, there’s too many just to squeeze one into one…

Hisoka: We’re the opposite then.

But I don’t think you really have to squeeze all of them into one.

There are probably others who wrote more than one in one sheet.

Juza: Yeah, since someone needs to at least take a sheet but, and it’s fine to write more than one but…

I guess, in my case, I always end up in a bad situation whenever I drink…

and my wish of wanting to become an actor already came true.

Hisoka: …I see

Also, you might get a heatstroke if you keep stressing under this weather. Do you want to go inside and eat the somen noodles while we’re at it?

Juza: Alright.

Was the marshmallow somen noodle from yesterday good?

Hisoka: …Do you want to try it out? I wouldn’t recommend it though.

Juza: …I think… I’ll do so.

※ [1]: the food muku mentioned were plants/veggie shaped like stars when cut, figured i should mention it since i also didn't know what okras were... if you're curious, here's a recipe i found!

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[winterswhite]

So, translating drained me a little, but I have been meaning to talk about my thoughts on this year's relay blog, and a discussion in the Kisetsu server about the Homare -> Citron post order sparked a ramble from me, so I figured I'd post it here, too.

I think putting Homare and Citron in sequence was really fun and showed us a lot more about both of them than any other order could have this year. While at first glance it looks like Homare trying to fill out Citron's profile properly until the "someone I look up to" section, and Citron responding with nothing but jokes, but looking properly at both posts, you see a lot more of each of their characters and development.

The way I saw it, with Homare putting down his own name for Citron's "someone I look up to," it would've been easy to dismiss that as showing that Homare still struggles with understanding people, but Citron's reaction ended up proving that he was right, and it wasn't just by chance that he was. Homare says himself that he analyzed Citron over and over again, and it shows in all three sections of the profile book that he *does* understand him, with him writing down "wordplay" for Citron's hobby, pegging him as someone prone to loneliness (there's a ramble about shared feelings of isolation somewhere here) and wanting to love (again, I could go off about Citron loving harugumi and expecting nothing in return), and even in the names he put down in all three flowers in the association corner, including his own. The way he was able to do this and the way he talks about it both show a great deal of his development and how much more confident he's become in his ability to understand the people around him.

Going forward, Citron's reaction to his profile only further solidifies the idea that Homare saw right through him. He felt seen, his perfectly crafted character was seen right through, and his entire blog was a response to that feeling.

He starts off his post with a title in his typical misspelled fashion (though this carries very different meaning in Japanese than I could ever convey in English with him using wildly inappropriate kanji instead of just misspelling or using hiragana instead of katakana or vice versa and I think it's really interesting what kanji he chose for his own name because they imply these choices were very intentional, especially in combination with what he chose for Guy, but I digress), setting up the expectation for a typical Citron blog, but from the very first sentence, the tone of the post completely changes and Citron is suddenly speaking in a formal and proper way that he hasn't before. He also says:

This time, I thought it would be better to make this easier for everyone to read, so I adopted this way of writing. However, my other blogs have always gotten through to you, right?

Immediately, readers think something is off, and to anyone who doesn't know what Citron is really like, the first question is "okay, who wrote this for him?" And that question is further justified by the way he ends his blog with "Written by: ???" (the Japanese word is 代筆, writing on someone's behalf), creating the impression that he didn't write this post himself; someone else had to write it for him. His hobby is wordplay, you say? What wordplay? He's simply bad at Japanese and messes up his words out of genuine inexperience. Silly Homare. To any outsider, it would seem that Homare genuinely is mistaken, but Homare knows, as we readers do, that he hit the nail on the head with that one, and it takes someone who can understand other people to see that Citron is just putting up a front.

This is further seen in the profiles he filled out, a stark contrast to the tone of the blog post in how joke-y they are, especially when right after correcting his own, he tells Homare not to joke around like that.

His corrections are filled with references to his manzai duo with Tsuzuru, where we all know he plays the role of the boke or funny man. Aside from acting silly throughout his corrections, there are three references to manzai in that one sheet, serving to really drive the point home; he's just a funny man, no more, no less. The first is him writing in "manzai" for his hobby, the second is him crossing out "A kind person" and saying Tsuzuru is his tsukkomi (straight man) in Citrun, and the third, which I meant to clarify in the posts at some point but forgot to, is his reaction/response to Homare's incorrect username for him. I tried to have it come across by having it say "what the heck?" to make it sound sillier than something like "what the hell?" or "what are you talking about?", which are also both correct translations of the phrase he used. That phrase is 「なんでやねん？」, which means what I said above, except that it's in Kansai dialect as opposed to 'standard' Tokyo Japanese, the significance of that being that the Kansai dialect is frequently associated with manzai.

In combination with the way he misspells Sakyo's name in two different ways and jokes around on his entire profile (especially by adding on that he's unsure of Sakyo's ID when it's obvious that the ID is the only thing he got anywhere near the correct answer with), it's clear that Citron is trying to drive two points home: that he's bad at Japanese, and that he's a funny man whose character runs no deeper than it seems on the surface. Essentially, he's all but telling Homare that he hit too close to the truth in a way that only Homare will be able to see; to anyone else, it's just Citron being his usual silly self, and that's why I really appreciate that these two got put one after the other. It gave us a really interesting look at both of their characters that I don't think any other medium would have showed us as well as these blog posts did.

[kkking]

sorry for the long post, but i didn't feel like cramming more than one picture in a row u_u On the bright side, this way you can see the different ice cream options better and your travel back to summer with this post will be a bit longer^^"""

anyway, i did my best to hurry with those late bday things and of course when they were all nice and ready... i got sick. Now that i'm mostly fine again i could edit and post them, soooo

enjoy! ☀️

[winter-spark]

One thing I'm finding that I like about shipping is looking at the pair and going who is the most fun to see pining.

Like yeah yeah mutual pining is fine and all but Yuki pining after Muku is a lot more fun to think about then the other way around. Especially because Muku is just like that how can you really be sure he's not just being sweet little Muku.

That being said I also like to think about the "who fell first, who fell harder" thing and like obviously Muku fell first. And clearly, he fell pretty hard so I hope Yuki's okay.

[cherryblossomssmash]

A3: BLOG POSTS: May - July 2022

[lunarcry]

mitiles prophecy is so much cuz 1) what the actual fuck 2) if rutile(..or mitile) dies then mithra loses his magic which means thats mithras fkng dead too

[aisubekibungou]

perhaps the greatest honor i could receive is to have a fic based off of one of my a3 twitter post edits (ft two of my favorite ones)

[icharchivist]

wait hold on

DUDE I LEGIT LIKED HIM AT FIRST SIGHT SO MUCH I MADE A B A N N ER ABOUT IT I WAS ALREADY FUCKED.

[haru-desune]

I love that we're all getting back into our a3! Era (now I've been here... For a while but it's nice to have company)

[moonlight404-translates]

A3! Blog Post - January 12th Hisoka Mikage

[ No. 5 ] Profile Book

This is Hisoka Mikage from the Winter Troupe. My profile book was written by Masumi.

He got almost all of them right. Masumi truly understands me. 

I feel empty when I don’t have more marshmallows. I want to be pampered by marshmallows. I want to be loved by marshmallows. And so on…

The ID was pretty close, though. But now I want to change it to the one Masumi wrote. I must give marshmallows to Masumi later. 

By the way, I had to write the profile book for this person.

There are some points I don’t know, but I think the rest is accurate. I’m curious to see what corrections Juza will make. I hope tomorrow comes fast.

- Juza’s Profile book translation under the cut -

My profile         (Written by: ---) My name is    Juza My SNS ID is    I don’t know My personality is    like a chocolate marshmallow My hobby is    strolling in search of tasty things

Questions Are you a lonely person?   YES        NO Do you want to be pampered by those you love?   YES        NO Do you want to love rather than being loved?   YES        NO

Association corner A kind person:    Omi A cool person:     Kumon A person I look up to:    Sakuya

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Note: Masumi’s answers for Hisoka’s profile were mostly marshmallows, except for the hobby which was napping.

I was looking forward to this blog post. I was expecting corrections from Hisoka but what could I have expected from the marshmallow boy (ーvー;)

[zorskie]

Almost forgot to post this here XKNDNSJ

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