#also empurple>>

[emero0]

Ight im analyzing Bake no hana or “flower of transformation” cus its in my brain

Spoilers for mizu5 (obv but heres your warning)

(Lyrics from project sekai wiki)

This is mostly line distribution but feel free to add more

So the first lines are about mizuki (obviously)

Probably about people looking at them weirdly and how they’re used to it — and how they’re cute but its “wrong” its “a sin”

Also this is a music thing but enas lyric “its off” is off beat with the song as well

Then more about mizuki crumbling and breaking sown with their secret because it was revealed before they could reveal it themselves

Next, i find it interesting how every time this lime is sung its by kanade, mafuyu, or both (+kaito)

Which could be in reference to the fact that neither of them were there when everything went down

They also seem to take on more narrator roles like in the beginning

Following this, Ena sings this line every time as well — likely in reference to her not being able to say anything to mizuki and being unable to take back the look on her face when mizuki found her—a face that could be seen aa disgust or “ugly” - “makeup” because its not how ena truly feels

(Which btw—i believe was mainly in part to “oh shit i just found out the secret ive been patiently waiting for before i was told and now i feel awful” and not “oh my god mizuki is trans” or whatever your interpretation of that is considering THEY STILL HAVENT CONFIRMED ANYTHING—which is slightly frustrating but alas we can wait)

Next, either mizuki not wanting to go back because they are tired of running—or even (and im leaning towards this one) they cant go bavk to being a kid, to being “how they were”,

“Blossoming” into this flower, they cant go back and not be trans, theyve bloomed into who they are, even if its “off” and “a sin”

(Im trying not to push trans stuff (NOT /neg) and just look at it as it is but its really hard to see it another way for me /lh —a trans person)

Next, another song thing—when mizuki tells everyone to disappear—they do

No one else sings except kaito, and then when they sing “stay with me” they come back

Then they repeat lines with kaito which could mean something-but it may also just be adding kaito to make it different the second time around because music theory

Nearing the end—this may very well be 1: mizuki not knowing the future and mafuyu-ing into sekai

But it could also be a nod to the player—not knowing the future-and until they do mizuki not showing up in the “real world”

And finally—the curse of being born the way they are, they’ve had enough of running (away from their problems, their mistakes) and have essentially done the game equivalent of —well— disappearing

Overall i really want a full version and i think what we have so far is very interesting—i dont have jpsekai so im probably missing some stuff-but i have seen mizu5 so thats where most of this came from

(Will be avoiding most social media tho cus the arguments over this are—interesting… tumblrs been good so far tho ^^’)

[memoire1994]

i believed i did not care about gacha games at all ever again but i keep trying to get the new mafuyu and she is evading me terribly and i realize i do only care about when its her in particular. i got a 4 star and it turned out to be the Rin one which is very good, rin i love rin, i just wish it had been mafuyu. Please i have no good mafuyus on JP server. Please?please just for me…. ? Sigh at least its a permanent one

[raging-violets]

You listen to one podcast and you just want to forget everything and write for Big Time Rush. The audacity of my brain!

So yeah, already got a one-shot idea and also want to revisit another I've been writing on and off for a few years and want to tackle now that I'm older, and oh look! The urge to start another BTR/Jacksons origin and fic series

[w1f1n1ghtm4r3]

if anyone needs me ill probably be spontaneously combusting on and off for the next few weeks because of chinozo haru5. and i will definitely be doing it all day today

[project-sekai-facts]

what are some cases of 2dmvs having the same artist ? off the top of my head i remember the artist for teratera ( i THINK ) has done an mv for each group ?

yeah! that one was done by famous vocaloid artist Rella, who also did RAD DOGS, Kanade Tomosu Sora, Worldwide Wander, and Mr. Showtime. She also did the in-game Vocaloid MV for Just Be Friends. She's actually tied with another artist, Rozuki, for most MVs. Rozuki illustrated Jackpot Sad Girl, Nonsense Bungaku, Ifuudoudou (Fantasista Sqaud), IDSMILE, Goodbye Sengen, and Hitorinbo Envy.

Some other examples of MVs sharing artists are:

Jishou Mushoku, 88☆彡, Kitty, ULTRA C - Suoh

NIJIIRO STORIES, Time Machine (L/n), Ren'ai Saiban, Aa Subarashiki Nyansei - Tama

Miracle Paint, MORE! JUMP! MORE!, Mirai - BUZZ

Sweet Magic (WxS), TONDEMO-WONDERZ, Killer - 4

Hibana -Reloaded-, Salamander, Vampire - Hachisan

Hello,world!, Identity, CYBERPUNK DEAD BOY - LAM

Positive☆Dance Time (WxS and Happiness Sentai), Be The MUSIC! - kinoshita

Chikyuu Saigo no Kokuhaku o, Fragile (vsinger) - Atikix

Umiyuri Kaiteitan, Mousou Kanshou Daishou Renmei - Awashima

Lower, Shinpakusuu#0822 - Hechima

Gekkou, Teammate - Hidari

Metamo Re:born, Venom (Shumijin) - Iwato

magic number, Aioi - Kamogawa

I Nandesu, Empurple - Kanmikan

DAYBREAK FRONTLINE, Sore ga Anata no Shiawase to Shite mo - Kotatiyu

Dance Robot Dance (vsinger), Dappou Rock - Kurumitsu

Happy Synthesizer (MMJ), Dreamin Chuchu - Mogelatte

once upon a dream, Awake Now - Murakami Yuichi

Aoku Kakero! (Aoharu/friends), Sweet Magic (vsinger) - Nitanda Cona

KING, Peaky Peaky - Nou

Watashi wa Ame, Kaisei - Oishii Same

Telecaster B-Boy, Alien Alien - RL

ECHO, Cutlery - Shikimi

Happy Synthesizer (YYJ), SEIBAI ITAAAAAASU! -△○□×

Ryuusei no Pulse, Hurray - Tomioka Jirou

Glory Steady Go!, Parasol Cider - Uzaki Uso

Warera Stain Busters!, Hug - wogura

[shadowthian]

NO MOOD thats honestly my exact same problem with Kanade is like, even though i adore her she feels SO pushed to the sidelines despite being the lead character of N25..?? and i know that's the POINT is that Kanade will always put other people above herself and views her group members issues as more important (hello, Mafuyu's entire story arc, and now Mizuki is being put in the blender) but i DESPERATELYYYY want Kanade to have her moment to snap. girl needs it holy shit

speaking of Mizuki my beloved holy shit. im so grateful to see the level of care they're approaching Mizuki's story with because it makes everything hit SO much harder god please give them a break

ugh i should do a tierlist like that of prosekai characters exclusively (bc thats. the only idol game i regularly engage with LMAO) but it would just have all of N25 in S tier because im biased as helllll

SAME ABOUT MMJ. im sorry girls i love you all dearly as characters and i enjoy the event stories but they just do notttt stand out very well. i loooove VBS, they're easily my second favorite group behind N25 but i super respect not being too into the stories because IT IS A LOT LMAO i dedicated a day to just getting through all the event stories to both catch up and get those extra crystals (and then i played like hell through the N25 world link and have barely touched it since bc i burned out hard LOL i should get back to it soon)

YOU'RE SO REAL FOR THAT ALL THE MIZUKI FOCUS SONGS GO CRAZYYYY. Bake no Hana lodged itself into my brain immediately and i havent recovered

i respect kanade and mizuki being b-tier but i AM wailing just a little bit (BIASED. EXTREME BIAS) if u want to pop off i'd love to hear your thoughts behind the rankings of the proseka idols!

kanade honestly really really really resonates with me as a character, and mizuki is MIZUKI, they probably woulda been higher but just got bumped out bc of other characters between them. ALSO THO i love their cohesion in the group & i love their relationships with others but i think they can feel kinda one note at times in ways that i personally don't really vibe with

mizuki is the first one to be all-but-word of god-confirmed to be trans and that's so awesome but idols whose central conflict revolves around gender (specifically even escaping masculinity) have existed forever she's just the first character to get the "full send" treatment

meanwhile kanade falls into a support role and i'm sure she'll probably be the next to snap if they keep hunting down the N25 members like that but until she does it just kinda feels like she gets pushed to the sidelines even as a very important & pivotal character. WHICH I KNOW IS THE POINT but i want to get into the meat of her issues more. yknow??

as for other pjsk characters: shiho is ranked so high because i have autism and she has the same brand of autism.<3 the minute i see a girly who can't read the fucking room they jump up to the top right away. it's why anon chihaya from mygo is also up there

nene is darling but rina does everything i could want from a nene-type character unfortunately and i think her gimmick is cuter. that being said she's baby

mmj just doesn't stand out to me very much and i havent gotten far in vbs' stories as well :(

[silverteacups]

fun fact for those who were unaware: you know that whisper in the background of empurple? it's saying "sharp double 6 4 F 8 C", or #664F8C. this is shown in harumaki gohan's 2dmv, and it's also mafuyu's hair colour! sorry for the poor-quality screenshots but i brought PROOF

[denpadokei]

Overtly transfem song for Mizuki!

Before the ena5 hype dies down I would like you all to see one of the most mizuki songs ever. ONE THAT ISN’T DEPRESSING. find me a more mizuki coded song that is all so positive. I dare you.

Boku wa Karen na shoujo ni wa narenai . “I can’t become a pretty girl” HOLD ON it says the narrator became a girl at the end alright. Just look at this, courtesy of the harumaki Gohan wiki. It’s officially called “floret” in the English translation, but like, if you can’t go back to being a bud again you could be a floret. It’s got subs now >:) .

The flower thing is one of the main reasons I made this connection, and a floret is technically the name of a single bloom in a flower that is one of a cluster, (a florescence), like a hydrangea or an an allium. “I can’t be a floret” from the prospective of mizuki in the past is like her saying that she can’t transition and simultaneously remain social, have friends, be in a group. That is what seems to bother mizuki the most, moreso then being trans in the first place imo. A floret is inherently connected to the other florets of the flower head - she clearly needs people, people need her. But she’s not a floret, so she thinks, she’s her own isolated flower of transformation, in bake no hana it’s sung of with fear. Yet it isn’t just mizuki singing, I know the music isn’t cannon to that extent but we all know some stuff can’t really be a coincidence, like how mafuyu was given a line that might reference empurple. Say, the transformation flower was one with all of them as florets, they all undergo some form of transition and they all must have felt disgust, fear and confusion at those changes in their lives. And they all seem to be going through them different times, yet they’re still together as one beautiful flower. And to be honest everyone is part of that, everyone transforms, call it blooming or not. Maybe in ena5 mizuki has come to realise that, it seems to be the main point of the event. Togetherness. She was a floret all along. And she’ll be supported in that flower head of her and niigo and everyone who loves her, a flower head that is, even if far or different part of the same plant of humanity…

Also like, it is literally just “pretty girl” in Japanese. This song is transgender very clearly, I don’t think Harumaki Gohan identifies as a girl (I don’t think anyone knows really), it could be a metaphor, but I’m sure trans people could feel comforted by it. To imagine it as Mizuki is a lot more direct then in this event anyway, so I hope people who wanted that can have this to fuel their imagination. and it really fits the general vibes of this event, with flowers and petals blowing in the wind, white, etc.

No one fits this song more than Gohan himself, but I think the lines about another person’s hair got mizuki too. Whether that’s talking about ena or her sister, doesn’t really matter, but it’s especially nice since it looks like she got a hair cut that specifically references one of them in the new card. And like this event, it isn’t a perfect situation, but it’s going in a bright direction. Even if you can’t believe you are anything at the moment, you have this fully blossomed undying love for someone, which they share for you, so let that make you smile and keep you trying. You can do it mizuki.

There’s also a little reference to Hatsune Miku herself at the end of the second verse I’m pretty sure.

This song was released this year in February, and is sung by Gohan himself. I think it’s pretty underrated for how much I love it. Gohan is also the one who made empurple, it epic but as a hardcore Gohan fan I do not understand it. When the event was happening I know people were waiting for mizu5 too. I really do wish the commissions would have been the other way around, Gohan fits this whole thing like a glove. I have to keep saying Gohan because idk pronouns anymore. Please give this song a listen!

DAY ONE of posting harumaki Gohan things before Christmas!

[saranitysstuff]

ranking mafuyu comms

1. empurple - dare i say this took bug's throne 😼 IT'S SO UNDERRATED like please go listen to it and pay attention to the instrumental bc there's a lot going on

2. bug - a classic, very good instrumental but it's also kariki bear so i don't expect much from the instrumentals. if it had an instrumental like iyowa's style it'd be first

3. jackpot sad girl - it's just a good song 👍 incredibly solid first mafuyu focus, the mv is cute, nothing special

4. engeki - i wouldn't voluntarily listen to it but it's not horrible. the choreo is pretty rough like i get it's symbolizing the ache in her chest but cmon...that's some vbs shit going on right there

5. saisei - i just hate this one there's nothing going on in it. usually i'll notice the instrumental in slow songs but this one just straight up is so thin texturally that i cannot even appreciate it. like objectively it's not even THAT bad but it just feels like there's nothing to even listen to?? kanade's alt is like the only good thing to come out of this (and the fact that the master chart is easy so i can get achievements) if you make me listen to this more than once i'll tear my hair out

[the-one-that-weeps]

Empurple and its use of colours

In this essay I will explain the importance and meaning of every colour that Empurple shows.

It's incredibly obvious that the "crimson sky" the song is referring to is Niigo, seeing as Mafuyu tries to hide it at all costs but thinks it's beautiful.

Similarly, the "blue eyes" would be Mafumom's, since that is the person Mafuyu is trying to hide Niigo from. Blue eyes are "embedded" in her hand, that way she can't get away from them, they see her every move. "

An unknown shade of colour" could relate to Mafuyu not understanding her mother during their fight.

So Mafuyu, caught between wanting to be with Niigo but still being loyal to Mafumom, is purple, and her identity is a mix of both. Both are important to her and both have shaped her.

"the answer was rusted" could imply that Mafuyu slowly started to become biased on Niigo, and "what will you be, the Rebecca in the vase?" is very likely related to Kaito and Mizuki urging Mafuyu to run away and fight back.

Finally, the black dress is probably Mafuyu's fake self, because it's the lack of colour or light. Especially because it's preceded by "wondering what kind of person she'll become tomorrow" -> what kind of personality Mafuyu has to become next in order to please. Mafuyu is empurpling in the way she's letting go of her black dress and becoming something else.

As a bonus: Mafuyu's world is devoid of colour to the point she can't notice the difference in traffic light colour. Also, traffic lights only have the colour red -> Niigo is the only option to proceed.

[percentage7]

Empurple (English Translyrics) / エンパープル

Song: Harumaki Gohan

References: Vocaloid Lyrics Wiki

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Empurple

She rides on the power lines

Brooding on how her lilac will morph this time

Still hiding her fated life

Loosening violet corsets made of frilly lies

The answer has rusted away

So what will be your fate, trapped in the vase, my Rebecca*?

These words lodging in my throat, my bluish soul dyed in blood is being empurpled

Come open my left hand so tight and see what lies inside

These simple blue eyes shining so bright

Won’t I gasp if navy blood

Fills my heart where I once stood?

I just want to live my truth under this burning crimson sky

Hurting hearts and holding hands

Hoping you would understand

Please forgive me and ‘Purple’

All my wavering soul is being empurpled

She rips power lines apart

Catching the snake that killed the heart of that one innocent young princess**

Legs sore at the traffic light

Watching the crowds all intersperse, herself lost in all their sight, she’s-

-staring at those fading girls with foggy eyes, another Alice*** on a puppet string has passed right by

So shall I bind the wires around her heart if that would lighten up your mind?

Come open my right hand so bright and see my burning blight

A bloodied red sky trapped inside

Won’t you gasp at what lies bare?

Scarlet pouring in the air

Never knowing all these sights of my stunning crimson sky

Holding hands in pouring storms

Feeling your unending warmth

Please forgive me and ‘Purple’

All my wavering soul is being empurpled

Tinged with those blue eyes, colors swirling inside

Painting all my heart with a hue undefined

Reaching for your hand, standing bare in your sight

Do you see the sky that your love earnestly hides?

Grasping shards of red and blue

As I bid my mask adieu

But this dust won’t be enough to fix my shattered heart inside

If you hold my hand, I plead

Mend my fraying ruby seams

Please forgive me and ‘Purple’

All my wavering soul is being empurpled

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* 'Rebecca' may refer to Clematis Rebecca (red / purple flowers), the shade 'Rebecca' Purple' which is the key color in the song above, or the Hebrew name Rebecca which means 'to tie' / 'to bind'.

** This may refer to a Russian fairytale where an emperor marries a willing daughter off to a snake, where she is abused and killed; it may also refer to Cleopatra’s death, in which it’s believed she allowed an Egyptian cobra to bite her.

*** This may refer to Alice in Alice in Wonderland.

[zerothakun]

Eassy on chapter 11 of AMFMN part 1 lol

it wasn't a joke guys(?

Just to clarified, don't take seriously this post I'm just being silly lol, also, my first language is not english so any mistake is cuz I'm not using translator this time o7

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THE FIRST LINE. Ok so since chapter 8 I started to read the fic while playing empurple (the song I've been talking a lot, the comic, well, that) anD OH MY FUCKING GOD couldnt help remember the og mv of the song and I lost it in that moment

I won't shut up with this song, I mean, since the first time I listened it really catched me and after reading the lyrics a bunch of times it finally remind me of the EK arc, and then the fic lol

btw, I'll be trying to do some concept art for this post lmao

All the description of the void is GORGEOUS, it reminds me to a webtoon I read some time ago and in a certain scene a character was basically in the void and the only way I can described in drawings is like that webtoon, but in words, definitely like Isa did so ,10/10 to description.

All can I say is I KEW IT AAAAAAAA

I'm happy the endless endstone of chapter 3 is where he is (my storyboard is not wrong YIPEE) and of course he's chained omg.

again empurple had made me very delusional so in some point I was thinking if maybe he was chained or tied to something, maybe struggling with his ties and suffering innerly cuz EK and in some way I was right xdxd (I'll talk about that later)

The fact that we almost never had a vulnerability moment of q!phil? dude jus started crying when he didint find the eggs in the birdhouse and only cucurucho was there and he immediately knew it was a trap, but then he never let himself being emotional and is so q!phil the fact that he probably was crying A LOT when was literally in the void and totally alone, no one or nothing was there, like, the only one moment he let himself express those feelings was that AND THE WORST PART IS THAT. JUST HIM AND HIS FEELINGS, SELF LOATHING ENTER TO THE CHAT. Poor cubito o7

I really like those hc of immortals, like bbh cubito and foolish cubito BUT with phil cubito I think is different, in some way I do think he is older than them, like, if them have seen centuries, phil has seen the world ends a thounsand times, the depression of seen everyone dies. But well, today is not the day of talk of how old c!phil is lol.

My point is, he's always hopeless, he doesn't feel he's enough, even if he's the fucking angel of death. I mean, EK is scary but if he would've been more calm, probably the things never woukd've end up like this.

I LOVED this whole paragraph. Need to draw it.

Perfect.

AND HERE, MY FAVORITE PART OF THE CHAPTER, WTF WITH THE GAPPLE ADDICTION, REALLY

I have read about the gapple intoxication in other fics when the birdhouse plot was in its prime or even like a drugs but with the hallucinations thing, but this is now my favorite topic lol

Literally I was SPEECHLESS in this part (also, yeah, without context looks like smut LOL)

So, when I said empurple had me delusional I was talking of this part. Phil struggling with his ties(chains) cuz EK's doing(eating gapples)

AND GOD I NEED TO DRAW IT AAAAAAAAA Like, each step he does, he wants to fall on the sensation, I don't know why I figure him like covering his mouth with each contraction o ¿f hapinees and AAAAAAAAAAAAAA FUCK FUCK FUCK I NEED TO DRAW IT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Unfortunately I have to do some stuf rn so I'll continue with the eassy later o7

[einsatzzz]

Songs associated with Kurumi, Kana and Yui BUT It’s vocaloid songs 🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻

MEL!!! 💜✨ SDBFJSBDHSBDFHBSDF IM VERY PREPARED FOR THIS!!! 🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻

We already know we're both vocaloid fans so this is the fastest clear for an ask I've done lmao It's also fun going through their playlist too! (Going through some of their songs while knowing the lore and going "That's so fucked up 🥹💖") Anyway, I'm also including other links for eng tl, if their voice claim sang it and for other notable versions!

You can treat this as a song recommendation list too, because I soaked my brain on all of these each at some point before. I can guarantee, all of them are bangers! (if you don't already know them hahaha)

🎀Kurumi

Metamo Re:born (pr\sk ver.)

KING (subbed)

Sorry for Being So Cute (可愛くてごめん) (honey\works ver.)

Darling Dance (subbed, cover)

Want You Bad (voice claim cover)

IDSmile (pr\sk ver., voice claim ver.)

lower one's eyes (pr\sk ver, voice claim ver., eng cover)

Venom (pr\sk cover, voice claim cover)

🍎Kana

Reborn (再生) (pr\sk ver., voice claim ver.)

QUEEN (subbed, eng cover)

Bad Apple!! ft. SEKAI (subbed, og ver.)*

Phony (subbed, voice claim cover)

Demon Lord (subbed, cover)

Empurple (pr\sk ver.)

The Good Child and the Fox Spirit (イイコと妖狐) (cover)

Hop! Step! Instant Death! A Happiness Dance Death-Trap (ホップ！ステップ！即死！シアワセダンスデストラップ) (subbed, metal cover)

🤖Yui

Literary Nonsense (ナンセンス文学) (eve ver., voice claim cover)

ENVY BABY (eng subs, pr\sk cover)

Genius Rock (天才ロック) (cover)

Samsa (pr\sk ver.)

●utlaws (㋰責任集合体)

Solitary Hide & Seek Envy (独りんぼエンヴィー) (subbed, cover)

Scum of the Earth (ド屑) (pr\sk ver., cover)

Love ka? (ラブカ？) (pr\sk cover, voice claim cover)

*Bad Apple!! is really a Tou\hou song, but since pr\sk made a version with Miku in it, I thought "Why not?" *King = Kurumi, Queen = Kana, and their favorite clown, Yui. Thank you, Kan\aria my King 👑✨ *These are a lot but they're all carefully, specially and specifically hand-picked for them ehehehe

I was only gonna do five each, but then I just kept adding and going "It would be a shame to not include this one and this one too and also this--". Then, I managed to stop myself, because damn that's already 24 songs. Also, yes, there are more, even on the duo department (KanaRumi, YuiRumi, YuiKana).

If you want more details on how some songs here relate to the respective character or want more vocaloid songs related to them, feel free to ask hahaha 🤣🤣😳😳��🥰

[raging-violets]

Writing Update:

Working on the next chapter to "Out of Focus" (The Flash), figured out some ideas to include Zatanna into my Flash fics (Blindsided Series), and suddenly want to write Suite Life one shots again (listened to Cole's podcast episode of Call Her Daddy).

A good Sunday if I do say so myself

-Rhuben

[tokyoteddywolf]

Taboo:

forbidden to profane use or contact because of what are held to be dangerous supernatural powers.

Something that is not acceptable to say, mention, or do : something that is taboo.

"A taboo, also spelled tabu, is a social group's ban, prohibition, or avoidance of something (usually an utterance or behavior) based on the group's sense that it is excessively repulsive, offensive, sacred, or allowed only for certain people. Such prohibitions are present in virtually all societies. Taboos may be prohibited explicitly, for example within a legal system or religion, or implicitly, for example by social norms or conventions followed by a particular culture or organization."

(Behold, 524-A Lore....)

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Some things are not supposed to be altered, but what else did They have but some old notes and a pipe dream?

She is the 524th attempt.

It has to work this time. It has to.

Every nuclear bomb needs a red button, after all.

(Based on and themed by "Empurple" by Harumaki Gohan, a song I feel fits her perspective beautifully if you'd like to take a listen :3)

[project-sekai-facts]

Are there any producers that have made commissions for more than one unit? The only one I can think of at the moment is Harumaki Gohan (moonlight for akito and empurple for mafuyu)

NayutalieN has done MMJ and WxS (MORE! JUMP! MORE! and Opera! Space Opera!), 40mP has done MMJ and L/n (Color of Drops and Hoshi o Tsunagu). Natsushiro Takaaki has also done L/n and MMJ (From Tokyo and Killer), as has HoneyWorks (Hurray and Teammate). And Yunosuke has done VBS and MMJ (Awake Now and Supernova).