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Prism Rush Main Story Episode 3 Chapter 2

Beyond the Rainbow!! -sparkling acceleration to spring-

Episode 3: The Christmas Party brings the Scent of Danger #2

First Previous Chapter

Please check that you’ve read the previous chapters first! This is a series. (I’m really worried about y’all liking these out of order haha… really tho.) If you are new this is the original story from Prism Rush mobile app which connects the first King of Prism movie with Pride the Hero.

Translator’s notes: I had to Google what a “Dragon Flag” was for this one, and apparently it’s this. (I thought it was a Prism Jump at first, but nope ahaha.) If it’s called something different in English, let me know. 

If you noticed me calling this episode the “Taiga bondage episode”, you will very soon find out why. But that aside!! This chapter is gold for so many reasons I can’t list them all. But for one:  Leo has Aira’s clothes whispering ability. (It’s gotta be a direct reference to Aurora Dream and you won’t be able to tell me otherwise.) 

Taiga: You bastard! Where am I.. and what is all of this?! 

Why am I tied up?! Hey! Get this off of me!

Alexander: Chill out.

Taiga: What?!

Alexander: You’ll just have to wait patiently until the concert is finished. 

Taiga: ?! What the hell do you want from me?

Alexander: I don’t want anything. I just did what I was told. 

Taiga: WHAAAAAAT?! You can’t be serious! Are you actually trying to sabotage our performance?! LET ME GO! You dirty cheater! If you want to battle me I’ll take you on right now! Let’s do it fair and square! 

Alexander: Don’t flatter yourself. 

Taiga: ….?! 

Alexander: I’ll say it again. I don’t give a crap about you or Edel Rose. 

Taiga: Wha….

Alexander: It’s all just business. But, well, if Kazuki Nishina happens to come to save your dumb ass….

THEN it would make things even sweeter. HA HA HA HA! 

Taiga: You’ve got to be kidding me! You’re underestimating Edel Rose… not just that, you’re underestimating me! You better watch your back!! 

Alexander: Oh shut up. Stop your crying. 

Taiga: …ug….

Alexander: You just sit tight there, have naptime, and stay out of my way. *huff… huff…*

Taiga: …Woah…. He’s doing dragon flags for muscle training… that easily….?! The steel 6-pack… He’s just doing some reps… but his aura is so intense… 

Nevermind, I don’t have time for this!! If I don’t get out of here, I’m going to miss the performance… DAMMIT!!! Kazuki-san… if he were here… what would he do…. 

(Across town.)

Yukinojo: *catching his breath* 

Kakeru: AHHH! What’s going on?! He’s not here either?! My poor little legs are going to fall off. 

Yukinojo: Is there anywhere else he could possibly be? If not, then perhaps Schwartz Rose really did…. 

Kakeru: ….take our poor Princess Taiga away to another castle? Come on, give me a break! 

Yukinojo: What now…? Maybe it’s time to call the police… 

Kakeru: Hold on. 

Yukinojo: What are you doing?

Kakeru: Oh, just messing around with the company satellite.  ♪

Yukinojo: What?! You mean the kind of satellite… in space?! 

Kakeru: But of course. ♪ Taiga-kyun may have been captured by one of our security cameras…. *keyboard clicking* *ping!* Oh ho ho! BINGO! I’ve got him! 

Yukinojo: Really?! 

Kakeru: We haven’t got a minute to lose! But… I’m tired from running so… HEY Limousine! 

Yukinojo: Kakeru… or should I say Kazuo Juuouin… to think that you have this frightening power bestowed upon you by the Juuouin Holdings Group… 

I hope Shin and the others are alright. The show is about to begin. Right around now the guests should be arriving…. 

(Back at the stage.)

Shin: Yu-kun! Have you got all the wires hooked up? 

Yu: Yeah… just a bit more…. hrm… this cable… goes… uh…. 

Shin: Oh? Are you having trouble reaching? Here! Alley-oop! 

Yu: ?! Shin! You can’t just go around picking up people whenever you feel like it! 

Shin: But you can reach now, can’t you? 

Yu: …..UGH!!!! It’s done! I plugged it in, so put me down! 

Shin: Of course!

Yu: Uff. Don’t you ever do that again. Everyone saw my belly button. Goddamn it. 

Minato: Oh Suzuno! Let it go! 

Yu: Waah!! Ahh! Minato stop squeezing me! 

Minato: Ichijo helped you out. So. What do you say?

Yu: …um…. Thank you… 

Shin: No problem!! 

Yu: …urg… Minato-san, how at the lights?

Minato: Oh, I think they’ll do. Since we’re just amateurs I think this is as good as it’s going to get. 

Shin: It’s gonna be OK. 

Minato: Hm?

Shin: We’re all going to light the stage with the illumination of our hearts! 

Minato: ….

Shin: ….Minato-san?

Minato: Ahahah! Shin, you’re great. I love you for that. Really great. 

Shin: Huh? R-really? Ahah…. 

Yu: Leo! How are the costumes? 

Leo: Almost ready! Stitch stitch…. stitch stitch…. 

Yamada: Your sewing is so clean, Leo. 

Leo: Yeah, I love sewing! To make our outfits happy, I have to be sure to fix them so they are even more glittery-wonderful than they were before! 

Yamada: Even clothes have feelings, don’t they. Being able to hear the whispers of the performance costumes, that’s a skill only a true Prism Star can have.

Leo: Yup! 

Shin: Amazing…. as long as we all work together we can make the impossible possible…. 

Hijiri: Yes. There is a limit to what one person can do. But if we all combine our strengths we can ascend a whole new world which couldn’t be seen before by just trying to peek over the fence.

Shin: A new world..!! I’m really getting excited now! Today’s concert… will be great! 

Yu: Well good for you, but Taiga’s still not here. 

Shin: AH—! That’s right! I forgot! 

Minato: Don’t worry. He’ll be here. 

Leo: Yeah! Let’s trust in Yuki-sama! Okay?

Shin: …Did you forget about Kakeru? ….I just hope Taiga-kun hasn’t gotten hurt…?

(Back to the streets….)

Taiga: AHHHHHHH! MAKE IT STOP!!!! 

Alexander: *huff* *huff* *huff! huff! huff!* 1-2-3 Pack! X Pack! A kick to topple a wrestler back! A ticket for you to ride my 6 Pack!

Taiga: He’s… composing some kind of a rap while doing side crunches?  …The hell…. But I can’t deny how ridiculous his aura is… I think just touching it could make me hallucinate again… I… I… I have to get to the concert… UUggh… I’m losing my strength…. 

???: Sorry to keep you waiting. 

Taiga: Huh!? Kazuki-sa–

Kakeru: It’s your Prince Juuouin! Kakeru-kun here to save you! Didn’t mean to be late to the party! 

Taiga: KAZUO——–?!?!

Kakeru: GAH! Don’t call me that! You’re ruining my heroic, princely entrance! 

Taiga: Who are you calling princely you cocky bastard! And what are you doing here!

 Yukinojo: Settle down, Taiga. It’s because of Kakeru that we found you. 

Taiga: Huh…? Did you put some kind of tracking device on me?! Like a Jeep-P-S?

Kakeru: No, nothing like that! UGH! Can’t you ever be grateful for once in your life! You know you’re happy to see me, my pure-hearted Taiga! 

Taiga: Well if only you would stop saying such weird things!! 

Yukinojo: We’ll have time for fighting and explanations later. Right now we have to get to the stage… 

Alexander: Hold it right there. 

Yukinojo: ?!

Kakeru: T…this aura… It’s like when we were on the banks of the River Styx… frightening and cold…. IT’S HIM! Alexander! EEEEK! 

Alexander: Although I couldn’t really care less about you all, I can’t let you take this guy.

Yukinojo: …..

Kakeru: Y… Yuki-sama? What’s come over you…

Yukinojo: I see. If we aren’t able to talk this out, then we have no other choice. We’ll be taking him back by force. 

Kakeru: WHAAAAAAT?!

Next Chapter

[lunawings]

King of Prism MUSIC READY SPARKLING live 10/21, 2017

This past weekend I attended both performances of the very first King of Prism live concert. Here was my view from the afternoon show:

Way to the side but in pretty good view of the stage. 

For the evening show, I didn’t get a ticket to the venue. But I did manage to see the live viewing at a nearby theater. So here was my view for that:

So that was an interesting experience, being able to compare the two. At the actual concert of course I could see more of what was going on the stage in general, but I missed a lot of various small details such as facial expressions and costume details which were apparent in the viewing. So it was good to see it in the theater once. 

I gotta admit it couldn’t beat the energy of actually being it the stage though. Before the performance they were showing PVs and stuff and we were all cheering like we were in the theater except WAY bigger and it was just such a trip.

Okay so. 

Where to begin!!!

The beginning I guess.

In the weeks upcoming to this concert I kept wondering just how it would go down. Like specifically how much would they act/perform like real idols? Would they lip synch? Would they dance?

And then. 

I will never forget the moment all seven Edel Rose boys wearing sparkly costumes rose from a platform and began singing live and dancing and I was just. like. OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH–

https://mantan-web.jp/article/20171021dog00m200015000c.html

And guess what the first song was. So you know how in the first movie Yu is like, “Let’s just do the usual Boy Meets Girl.” But of course we never actually hear it with the new Edel Rose boys. WELL I FINALLY DID. “The usual” Boy Meets Girl as performed by the new Edel Rose boys oh man it was so cool to hear it in their voices.

Their costumes. were. AMAZING!!! They weren’t particularly based on their characters’ stage outfits. But instead hey were totally new costumes based on the color and styles of the characters. For example, Taiga’s had a hood at the back, Leo had mismatched socks, Kakeru was in this slick gold suit, and Yukinojo’s was quite elegant/detailed. I couldn’t see them that well from where I was at the concert, but at the live viewing I was just mesmerized at how detailed all of their costumes were

After Boy Meets Girl the solos started. It was during this section I played  game with myself where I gave them all little awards.

All of them had elements of their characters. But I gave the award for the one who matched the aura of his character best to Kakaru’s voice actor. Super cool and yet such a dork. I’ll never forget him breakin’ it down in the middle of Emo Chara Night. 

https://mantan-web.jp/article/20171021dog00m200015000c.html

Second place to Minato’s voice actor. At one point he was singing while cooking curry and setting a table.

Meanwhile one character I felt a disconnect with was Yu. Yu’s voice actor is… really awesome!! He was just so super cool and badass and I just I… don’t imagine Yu being that way hahah. 

https://mantan-web.jp/article/20171021dog00m200015000c.html

I also felt a disconnect with Yukinojo’s voice actor. He has the shortest hair out of all of them! Even all dressed up in a kimono for his solo, his aura felt kinda off. Then again, I suppose Yukinojo isn’t all just hair to me, because in the days that followed the concert I have gotten his fan dance to Ageha Cho stuck in my head whenever I hear the song.

https://mantan-web.jp/article/20171021dog00m200015000c.html

Alternatively Shin’s voice actor has hair longer than I would associate with Shin but it was OK because it suited him and HE WAS JUST SO CUTE IT DIDN’T MATTER I COULDN’T HANDLE okay moving on.

My personal award for best character singing voice is a tie between Alexander and Taiga. Like. HOLY SHIT. They can sing. I was not a big fan of Alexander’s voice before but I am now. I seriously could not even comprehend how good EZ DO DANCE sounded live. The recording somehow does not even do it justice?! Taiga was already my favorite voice of the Edel Rose boys, and he was doing these like semi-improv high notes and I was just like OHHH WOW.

https://mantan-web.jp/article/20171021dog00m200015000c.html

(Also they released huge fireballs when Alexander’s voice actor jumped on stage like wooooah.)

Alternatively, Leo’s voice actor had a pretty difficult time during his solo. But I mean that song is so fast, it must have taken a lot to both keep up the speed and keep his voice as Leo. Plus he kept glancing at the screens with the lyrics. The entire time I was just like GANBARE GANBARE YOU CAN DO IT I LOVE YOU. 

Cutest cinnamon roll in the world award goes to Shin’s voice actor, with Leo as second. 

https://mantan-web.jp/article/20171021dog00m200015000c.html

So after all the solos, Alexander’s voice actor said something about guys from Schwartz Rose being here before leaving the stage. This was the introduction to a big surprise… JOJI(’s singing voice) came up from the platform and started right into LoveMix. (At the first performance this was a huge surprise. But during the second one I saw people getting yellow out in advance and I was like.. n… no you’re gonna ruin it hahah.) After that was finished, the background dancers suddenly disappeared and became four guys in suits with cards symbols on them. And I was like NO WAY IS THAT and it totally was. The Shuffle (Schwartz Rose idols who are in the movies for like 30 seconds total), the entire group, came up and performed Koi no Straight Flush. 

https://twitter.com/koba_tatu/status/921716861502291968

Okay this was really cool. But first I was like whaaaat I was not prepared because I don’t even know the cyalume colors of these guys!! Not to mention Joji’s color is yellow… The official cyalume you could buy at the event doesn’t have yellow!! Instead it has white. Louis is also mysteriously on the merch art despite not attending the concert. Methinks at one point Louis was supposed to attend and it got changed to The Shuffle? Ahhh well. 

After that they showed a goofy greeting video from Over the Rainbow’s voice actors, who did not attend the event. Taiga complained about how their excuse for not atending was different between the afternoon and evening sessions. These videos were really rapid fire and hilarious. The one joke I remember is Kouji’s voice actor insisting they were actually naked from the bottom down (like they are naked in the Pride the Hero intro) and then the camera panned out and blurred their bottom halves even though it was obvious they were fully clothed.  

After that the duo songs began. Except for the boys whose partner is in Over the Rainbow (Taiga, Minato, Yu), those songs became a solo version. They introduced it by referencing their partner and how they could do it on their own, then sang the song. Yukinojo/Leo and Shin/Kakeru sang their songs as usual of course. 

https://mantan-web.jp/article/20171021dog00m200015000c.html

Then finally, all the Edel Rose boys gathered together for the finale where they sang Vivic Heart Session and Dramatic Love. Taiga and Kakeru put their arms around each other when they sang their shared line in Dramatic Love and everyone screamed. 

The encore was Over the Sunshine. It began with Shin solo before all the Edel Rose boys rose from the stage and joined him. Once again, even though it’s a song I have heard a million times, hearing it in the voices of all the Edel Rose boys was so COOL. And then, finally, as they walked towards the middle of the venue, a door opened up, Alexander’s voice actor jumped up to join them, and even got a solo line. 

Yes. Alexander singing Over the Sunshine is not something you have ever heard before and will likely never hear again. Unfortunately this and EZ DO DANCE were the only songs he could join. Damn that boy needs more songs.

Finally, everyone said their goodbyes to the crowd. Kakeru’s voice actor was being all weird and robotic in his, and he tried to repeat it a second time but everyone broke him by yelling “KAZUOOOOO” and then he was like “Dammit I told you it’s Kakeru…. oh man I got to say it” hahaha. When Shin performs he always says “Ichijo Shin here I go!” so Shin’s voice actor was just like “Ichijo Shin… I went.” During the second one he made a similar Pride the Hero reference which absolutely killed me but I don’t know how to explain it. (”みんなに言いたいことがあります…みんな、生まれた！”）The Shuffle members were so grateful to attend and even more grateful that some people learned their colors by the second performance eheh.

So yeah… 

Just when I thought I couldn’t like King of Prism any more than I already did. 

I WAS WRONG AGAIN. 

It’s hard to explain, but really I swear, all King of Prism songs sound different to me now. For example, songs I didn’t care much about before I like now, such as Minato’s Home Sweet Home. And songs I already loved, like Vivic Heart Session, somehow I love EVEN MORE. It’s because now whenever I hear them, I see their actual smiling faces and feel how much these people really and truely love what they do so much. Especially Shin. THAT SMILE. And Minato. You could really tell he loves performing. He was getting so emotional in his speech after the second show about how far the series has come and how we have all helped to make it happen.  

https://mantan-web.jp/article/20171021dog00m200015000c.html

I LOVE THEM!!! I LOVE ALL OF THEM!!

The last thing that happened was they showed a montage of the boys prepping for the concert to an instrumental of Dramatic Love, and basically the entire venue began singing the song without a second thought. (TIL I know most of the lyrics to Dramatic Love?!)

All the love, the rainbow colored cyalumes, it was magic. What can I even say. I love this fandom. 

[aceopmari]

Voltage Honest Trailers: Enchanted in the Moonlight

Thanks for all the love and support from everyone who liked my Gangsters in Love Homest Trailer! Because of you all I will continue to make more of these in the form of a series based on the ones you all request!

Please remember that this is only for humorous purposes.

Also I do not own Voltage and if I did, I’d make badass and more culturally diverse MC’s!

Enjoy!

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Narrator: Are you ready for a Voltage game that is filled with romance and Asian culture?

Are you willing to spend your paycheck on a story to satisfy your furry obsession?

Then this romance sim about yokai is sure to delight your unhealthy attraction to animals!

(Cue Yokai Anime)

Narrator:…No not those yokai…

(Beat)

Enchanted in the Moonlight!

(Cue Enchanted in the Moonlight Theme)

In eastern Japan, there lives a young MC.

She’s a naive bookworm with a life and a personality that is even shallower and blander than Belle from Beauty and the Beast.

MC: “I have no boyfriend, I’m too serious, and I work too hard…maybe it’s finally getting to me…😓”

Narrator: The MC is so retarded, she thinks closing her eyes in a life threatening situation will save her life.

MC:(I reflexively squeeze my eyes shut as bookshelves tumble down towards me!😣)

MC:(I shut my eyes as a speeding car rushes for me!😣)

Voltage Vlogger Martha: “No girl, that’s not how danger works…��”

(Slight Beat)

Narrator: The MC lives in a bento box far far away from her parents with her close friend Samon, who is really a spirit from another world sent to stalk the MC since her high school years.

MC: “Samon’s the shrine priest. He’s like a big brother who watches over me.”

Narrator: After waking up from a night terror about a scene from Spirited Away and about hot guys, the MC goes to work and encounters MORE hot guys who stalk and warn her to be cautious of her surroundings instead of outright telling her that demons are out to get her!

Shinra: “I want you to be careful today.😑”

MC:(I wonder why he said that😦)

Narrator: Really…?😒

(Beat)

After the retarded MC risks rabies disease by stripping down and taking a bath with a random fox she found on the street, MC finds out the the fox is actually a beautiful spirit with realistic fox ears and a tail.

MC: “Is he a cosplayer?😦”

Narrator: I said realistic…😒

(Beat)

MC goes back to her living room seeing the same hot guys freeloading. And once learning that they are ayakashi from another world, they each have one request from her to help save their people.

Yukinojo: “We would like to have a child with you.😃”

(Beat)

Narrator: After being attacked by evil ayakashi, MC Is forced to make a dreadful decision of her life…

Lose your virginity…or DIE!

MC: “But I don’t know pleasure…!😰”

(Beat)

Narrator: MC has the option to choose…

Miyabi!

The sexy arrogant half breed who makes it no secret that he wants to fuck the MC dry.

He’s a man so perverted, that calling him a fuckboy or a rapist would be a complete understatement!

Miyabi: “Give me your body…😌”

Miyabi: “You’ll be lusting for me from inside your bed😏”

Narrator: His sex drive is so strong, he’d give prostitutes in Vegas a run for their money.

Yukinojo: “Miyabi would sleep with 10 girls in one night!😃”

(Beat)

Narrator: Chikage! The Sasuke of the game!

Unlike his privileged friends, he rose up from complete nothingness and earned his spot to become the next hokage of the Tengu clan.

Although he has a soft spot for cute little boys, he’s so emo that it’s clear that he needs pussy in his life.

But he has NO problems flirting with actual crows whatsoever…

Chikage: “Caw caw caw!😄”

Narrator: Okay! SOMEONE needs to take YOU to the strip…😒

(Beat)

Shinra!

The oni who resembles and dresses like a prepubescent middle school kid, and who has an unhealthy obsession with Victoria’s Secret underwear!

Boy: “Tiger print underpants aren’t cool-😒”

Shinra: “YES THEY ARE!😡”

Narrator:

He’s the love interest that no one gives a fuck about. And the one who took over a YEAR to get a season 2 because Voltage forgot his ass.

Although he was first introduced alongside Miyabi and Chikage, he becomes the most unpopular character in the Voltage franchise with his childish personality and annoying and constant blushing behavior that Voltage would make fans believe to be a cute trait.

Miyabi: “You’re as red as an ogre!😏”

Miyabi: “What’s wrong with calling a red oni a red oni?😂”

Shinra: “Grrrrrrr….!😡”

(Beat)

Narrator:

Kyoga!

The badass bisexual of the group! And the best dressed!

He’s the only one who treats you like a human being if you choose him.

Although he makes no secret of his attraction for you, it’s more than clear he has a thing for Yukinojo.

Kyoga: “I watched this movie about a Okami man and a Yukibito woman…it made me feel weird…😳”

Kyoga: “You know you’re very beautiful Yuki!😄”

Yukinojo: “Y'know I am a man…😓”

Narrator: That doesn’t excuse the fact that you enjoyed being fed by Kyoga during MC’s date with Kiryu at a restaurant…just admit you’re gay!😒

(Beat)

Yukinojo!

The other bisexual and the Caitlyn Jenner of the gang!

The one MC literally falls in love with JUST because of his looks!

MC: “You’re so beautiful…😍”

MC: “You have such gorgeous skin!☺️”

Narrator: He’s kindhearted as he is two faced as he even tried to rape MC at one point and is willing to threaten anyone with his power of snow and ice.

Kyoga: “Yuki’s scary when he’s angry…😰”

Narrator:

With his obsession with Bath and Body Works products and being beautiful, Voltage might as well could have made Yuki a female option of the game which…might increase sales for Voltage…

Just look at the amemix line!😃

(Beat)

And Kiryu!

The cynical as fuck, runaway prince of the ryu clan who came to the human world to write fanfiction AND be a total weeaboo for Japanese technology!

Kiryu: “Do you know how much this tablet costs?!😒”

Kiryu: “Did you wreck my cleaning robot?!😤

Kiryu: “Who destroyed my Japanese toilet?!😡”

Narrator: He hates people so much, that he’s even racist towards his own kind.

Kiryu: “I don’t care for the humans or the ayakashi! They irritate me!😒”

(Beat)

As you live your days being the only woman in a household full of men, you are forced to deal with things LIKE:

Perverse Humor!😃

Miyabi: “Have you two been at it every night?😏”

Chikage: “Oh, so that’s it…😏”

Kyoga: “We can smell what you’ve been doing.😏”

Narrator: No longer having privacy!😁

Samon: “Everyone gets to live here!😃”

Shinra: “Dibs on the biggest room!😄”

MC: “Do you have to follow me to work?😓”

Narrator: AND: “Trump like” RACISM!😑

Chikage: “Humans are weak.😒”

Kyoga: “Humans aren’t like us ayakashi who have more strength.😕”

Shinra: You’re weird! A human interested in oni…😒"

Miyabi: “You’re just a human!😠”

Ayakashi: “Stupid human!😡”

Ayakashi: “Yeesh! Humans!😡”

Miyabi: “A regular human wouldn’t be allowed in our world.😏”

Miyabi: “A human an ayakashi can’t be together.😠”

(Slight beat)

Narrator:…Wait a minute! Wait a minute! So humans can’t go to the Mononoke World but Ayakashi can freely roam the human world like rats and mistreat them however they please?!

Trump: "We need to BUILD A WALL to keep those filthy ayakashi OUT from crossing that magical train BORDER! And those clan heads will pay for it!"👌🏻

Narrator:..Trump I hate you but I support that idea!😃🔨

People of color:😡😡😡

Narrator:…Too soon?😅😓

Trump: “CROOKED Miyabi! LYIN’ CHIKAGE!😤😡”

Narrator: Okay we get it! It’s bad enough you were elected…😓

(Beat)

STARRING:

“Tomoe”(Miyabi)🐈

“Teen Wolf”(Kyoga)🐺

“Shrek”(Shinra)👹

“Scarecrow”(Chikage)🐦

“Male Elsa”(Yukinojo)❄️

“Potential Housewife”(Samon)👩🏻

“Blue Eyes White Dragon”(Kiryu)🐉

“Regina Gorge”(Ageha)💁🏼

“Gohan”(Koten)🙇🏻

The Three Stooges(The Omnyoji)👨‍👨‍👦

“Someone who may as well be an ayakashi with her ability to sense things!”(Ikumi)👀

“Ino Yamanaka”(Botan)✳️

“Ultear Milkovich”(Kirikimi)🔮

“Darth Vader”(Kuro Kabuto)👽

“Kapp'n”(Hikobei)🐸

“Master Roshi”(Genji)👴🏻

“Jacob Black”(Aoi)👱🏻

“Taylor Swift”(Nishiki)🐍

“Kimiko”(Kikuka)🇯🇵

And

“As told by a Ginger, I am a Virgin(MC)😔”

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“Yokai BAEwatch!!!”

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Narrator: Okay seriously?! How is it that ayakashi can’t get arrested in the human world JUST because they aren’t “bound” to human laws! If you GO to another country you HAVE to follow those rules or you get arrested!

Couldn’t the MC just call the cops and tell them their are strange men claiming to be spirits who want to fuck her?

That would be helpful considering how they would be sent to the crazy house! Not to mention charged for frequent harassment!

Mamoru, get over here already!

Mamoru: *sigh* fine…😒🚬

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[stillness-in-green]

Human Debris Masterpost (7/??)

So wow, guess who totally underestimated how much her post length was going to balloon when the increased Human Debris presence of season two hit her four-episodes-per-post guideline?  Yes, it’s me.  So for the rest of season two, I’ll be posting on the basis of trying not to dump over five thousand words into the tags in one go, HAHAHAerk.  Only two episodes today, and it’s still as long as any of this series’ previous longest posts, back in the Brewers arc!  

So, getting on into it, we open season two with...

EPISODE TWENTY-SIX — New Blood 

We open with a gravestone/memorial covered in names, almost certainly a number of which belonged to some of the unnamed Human Debris of the first season.  Alas, we have no way to track them specifically, but here’s the stone in any case, if for no other reason than that some of the names on here are A+ ridiculous Gundam Names.  (R.I.P. Purple Downey.)  

We find that some time has passed since we last left our group, but they’ve been plenty busy, swearing oaths to Teiwaz proper.  None of our boys in attendance at that ceremony; it seems that it was a bit more exclusive, as we see only Eugene, Mika and Merribit as known figures on the Tekkadan side, and only Naze and Amida (and the very first shot of Jasley, notably) on the Teiwaz side.  

No, our very first red-stripe watch shot of the season, even before Akihiro, surprisingly goes to Aston! 

He’s on scene when Atra is narrating about how Tekkadan’s new position as military advisor for Arbrau, and the associated Earth-branch location where we will be spending so much time in the season’s second set of episodes.  It’s immediately followed by our first shot of one of last season’s boys, Chad, watching Takaki do a certain amount of the talking, though we’ll eventually find out that Chad is, in fact, in charge around here.   

As you can see by the fact that as he’s gotten a uniform jacket that doesn’t have a huge red stripe slathered across the shoulder and back, Chad and our other ex-Human Debris have finally and truly become ex-Human Debris.  Praises be! And I’m glad that it is Chad who’s actually in charge; I’ll confess to a moment of miffed protectiveness, back when I first watched the episode, at the idea of Takaki (in season one, still designated as ‘the leader of the younger boys’) having been promoted over Chad.  It seemed a trifle unfair, though of course we had no idea which of either of them was better suited to a command position at the time.  But more on that in due time.

Our other two members of the original trio follow along shortly, as we find Akihiro and Dante back on Mars.  This is our first hint that Dante will also be moving into a more major role; you’ll recall that in the first season, he was an extremely sporadic presence, a third-stringer who showed up periodically to support Akihiro or back up Shino, but who seldom got much at all to do, and tended to vanish from group scenes practically as soon as he’d entered them.  You had (or at least, I had) the impression of him as someone who was kind of a jack-of-all-trades, flitting around from one area to another as his presence was required, but with no dedicated position like Chad or Akihiro held. Well, we’ll soon find out that he does indeed have a preference on the matter, and his appearance here, with Akihiro and Shino—Tekkadan’s second- and third-best mobile suit pilots—makes it fairly plain what that preference is going to prove to be.

Our last character to be on the watch for, Derma, will have to wait just a little longer for his first showing of the season.

This shot comes up as Atra tells us about the increasing strife in the world and how Tekkadan’s startlingly good performance at Edmonton has lead to a higher number of children being sent to war, and a likewise growing number of Human Debris.  So these boys don’t have the red stripe yet, but they’re bound for it.  And they are all boys, I notice.  We never do see a girl with the signature Human Debris mark, and I wonder a bit about why that is.  There are certainly possibilities that leap to mind, but they’re as unpleasant as they are obvious, so I won’t get into them here.  I will say that it’s something to keep in mind for when we get to the Turbines backstory.  

And speaking of the Turbines!  To the tune of a rather jazzy piece of music that I’m pretty sure is played absolutely nowhere else in the series, we find Lafter hard at work beating some training into an extremely outclassed Dante, who’s making some really great faces about it.

Dante, for all his hacking skills, is kind of a meathead, but he’s an extremely loveable meathead.  He’s dedicated and stubborn, earthier and more pragmatic than the perpetually upbeat Shino, but still more openly firey than either Mikazuki, who’s as remote as his namesake most of the time, or the taciturn, stoic Akihiro.  This makes him a great addition to the main roster of pilots, giving the writers someone they can be a little comic with—witness his defensive yelling and cursing here about trying his best as Azee shouts at him to react faster—without sacrificing sincerity.

Looking a little exasperated, Yukinojo helpfully namedrops him for the audience, plenty of whom had absolutely no idea who he was, as was very obvious if you were following the various review blogs covering the series at the time.  Zack, the pompadour-newbie, observes that this is Dante’s first time in the mobile suit.  If I had to guess, I’d say Dante has been pushing for priority in mobile suit training for some time, and pestered everyone about it so much that, when they got in the shipment of Shidens, they decided to let him be first in line for the “Lets all get annihilated by Lafter” party.  If he was half as persistent about it as Akihiro was in season one, but way louder, it’s easy to imagine why Yukinojo felt so facepalmy about it.  

Rather pleasantly, the new guys assume that Dante’s holding his own as well as he is because of his Alaya-Vijnana implant, a view Shino quickly corrects for them.  No, Dante actually is just that capable, or that well-read, or has done that much time in a simulator, or some combination of the above.  

Anyway, you guys, I love Dante and so should you.

Directly, we find out that Akihiro is now in charge of a unit of his own, with Ride as his second-in-command, and the little firebrand is very quick to jump in with the drill sergeant talk.  Gotta be faster if you wanna get a word in edgewise, Akihiro-han.  

This, incidentally, could suggest that Dante is Shino’s second, if you assume that picture earlier of the four of them talking by the mobile worker is a unit leader meeting of some kind.  

When next we see him, Akihiro is clarifying for us how much of its work Tekkadan still does with no shirts on.  Dante was shirtless earlier, of course, but that was just for practice, and during the day!  Surely, as a fancy official company, Tekkadan doesn’t let its employees do actual commissioned jobs half-naked?  

No, in fact, Tekkadan does exactly that, a fact which will be thrown into even more hilarious contrast when they’re teamed up with McGillis for the whole Hashmal misadventure later.  Look forward to it.  

It’s easy to miss in the glare, but here’s our first shot of Derma for the season!  As well as a quick little moment for the ShinoYama shippers, we also find Dante examining a data slate alongside Echo, as probably the most computer-literate people on the field right now.  The grouping tells us that Dante is indeed in Shino’s unit, as is Derma, a supposition that will be confirmed shortly.  It also lays some early groundwork on Derma and Dante having taken to each other enough to hang out when they’re not immediately on the job, as we will later see. 

I really feel for Akihiro in this sequence.  He spent almost the entirety of the first season in a mobile suit, and half of it in a Gundam, and now he’s back in this rattling three-wheeled deathtrap as a bunch of mobile suits charge the field? My God, couldn’t they at least have gotten him one of the Shidens or something to pilot?  Or is this one of those things where Tekkadan is doing all it can not to escalate, only to look on in horror as a villain proves willing to up the ante (see: Graze Ein entering Edmonton; everything about the Dainsleifs)?

Apparently not, as Shino swoops in to save the day in the newest iteration of his Ryuusei-Go, the lot of which I will at some point assemble a post for you all on, because they’re all great, especially the crash helmet.   

And here we have confirmation of Derma and Dante’s placement under Shino’s wing, as well as the headaches it causes poor Derma, who probably never imagined something like this was going to be his life back when we met him in the first season.  

Possibly to not have to think about how deeply embarrassing Shino’s weird naming themes are, Derma moves in, and proves himself to be an entirely capable combatant with a sword, it turns out.  Witness his opponent’s jazz-hands of defeat! 

Dante, meanwhile, keeps his firing range distance. Judging by his expression, he’s having a bit of trouble here (it is, after all, his very first live combat in a mobile suit).  It may also be the case that’s he’s already worked out what Elgar and Enbi are hollering at Hush and Zack about—that this assault is too straightforward, and that there’s going to be more to it than there first appears.  

Derma continues to perform like a tiny champion badass, saving Dante (not so good with a sword, it seems) by making a huge skyward leap and landing on Dante’s opponent with his machine’s foot driven squarely into the man’s cockpit.  Truly, the difference in their levels of experience is made very clear in this scene, in case anyone has forgotten that Derma fought an unknown number of space battles in a grunt mobile suit under the command of Kudal Kudan, a man who treated his subordinates with all the affection and respect an underground dog fighting ring affords its combatants.  

Dante keeps at it like a champ, though, responding that he’ll make it last when Derma asks after the levels of fuel left in his thrusters.  It’s a risk he’s taking here, as running out of fuel would leave him completely disabled on the field.

Thankfully, as the early haze of predawn gives way to the blue of early morning, the team ace arrives, with the new opening theme streaming out behind him, and we bring the episode to a close.  Before we get to the next one, though, lets hit that new intro, shall we?

OP 3 — Rage of Dust

This opening’s a little fun in that it’s more grounded and contiguous than the others, with less generic Purposeful Walking, Forceful Yelling, or Significant Imagery. There’s a sense that we’re seeing snippets from a particular set of events—a Tekkadan sortie in space against Arianrhod, a fight the Earth branch and McGillis are dealing with on Earth, and so on. For example… 

Our first shot, right near the beginning, is of Akihiro passing by a room where Mikazuki and Ride are suiting up for space combat.  Akihiro’s managed to get dressed more quickly than either of them, because Ride is still kinda bad at it and Mikazuki is trying to do it one-handed while also bolting a snack. 

He heads on down the hall, serious as ever. 

We find Derma and Dante, paired up again, drifting above a Shiden hanger, also suited up, with Dante getting some orders of some kind via his helmet. 

After the title screen, we skip to some shots of more everyday life, like Akihiro and company being amused at Orga’s irritation at the petty everyday difficulties of running a business. 

Chad is dealing with similar fine detail work, though assisted by, as we will find, a far more treacherous accountant. 

Aston we find having a late afternoon snack with his new (only) favorite family. 

He’s very happy, and it’s a little impressive how hard you can raise a death flag using no more than a smile in an opening sequence.

We are now into the more standard imagery, but at least everyone looks nice.  Here’s Chad with Eugene, our two responsible, sub-leader types (and Shino, who dived out of the sub-leader position like he was getting scored on it).

Akihiro gets the screen with the two he’s shared his last name with, though of course we won’t find that out for some time. 

And there’s Dante, squirreled well away from anyone significant to him.  (Do your best, Dante.)  

And that’s it for the new intro, so lets get onto the next episode! 

EPISODE TWENTY-SEVEN — In the Midst of Jealousy 

Showing his similarity to his squad leader, Dante is entirely ready to pursue the Dawn Horizon guys when Mikazuki drives them into retreat. 

Derma is little different, protesting when Mika calls them back from following.  He also shows the distinctive shape of his mouth here.  I think there’s a Japanese term for this quirk of character design, which I do not immediately recall, but it’s pretty unique to Derma (albeit not wholly consistent), and gives him a kind of sulky look, like someone whose lips are perpetually set in a terse line.  Also, the kid is ripped. Not so different from any of the others, but seriously, go back and compare his build in the Brewers arc to here. Tekkadan has been good to him.  

Derma and Dante both begin rebuking Mikazuki for his reckless usage of Barbatos, which is fun. Derma, having a particularly terrible space rat kind of upbringing, doubtlessly has a pretty finely tuned handle on fuel management, which Mikazuki does not and never will bother with developing, while Dante is just miffed that they just got it fixed, too.  One gets the sense that everyone who’s been with Tekkadan for any length of time gets pretty used to Mikazuki Being Like This.

  Certainly it’s not news to Akihiro. 

We see again here, on the Dawn Horizon flagship, the piratical red stripe theme.  The captain, Sandoval Reuters, has a big red bullseye painted on his forehead as well.  At this point, I almost begin to wonder if the red stripe is more a mark of Outer Sphere horrors than anything else.  Piracy, slavery; throw a red stripe on it and it’s like a code for civilized society to stay as far away from it as possible.  

In any case, while Dawn Horizon absolutely uses Human Debris, as we will later find, they certainly don’t use them on the bridge like the Brewers did, which definitely suggests an organization that has its act together a bit more thoroughly than Brooke Kabayan did.  

We return to a sobered Tekkadan, where the veterans are discussing a future containing up to ten assault ships, and the new recruits are wrestling with the reality of how quickly and brutally death can show up when you’re working for a mercenary outfit.  Akihiro comes in and tells the newbies that anyone who wants to quit can do so. Tekkadan lets people decide if they want to stay or leave, live or die. 

He strokes his fingers down the front of his uniform while he says this, right over where his stripe used to be, and it’s maybe my single favorite of his character moments in the entire show.  It’s quite clear that he’s thinking back to when Orga took over and offered the lot of them not only their freedom, but a choice, to go and take severance pay with them, or to stay and be as much under the organization’s protection as any other member.  I love that the show just trusts us to have figured out what the stripe indicated, remember where it was, and know why that freedom of choice was and is so huge to Akihiro that he needs to make sure everyone understands that they have it.

It’s unclear how much of this weighted history the newbies are aware of, but Shino certainly understands the significance, giving Akihiro a rueful, understanding smile.  

Meanwhile, in far less introspective territory… 

Dante is super pumped about being a mobile suit pilot now, and wants to start putting a kill count on his unit.  I, meanwhile, reflect on the fact that Dante, who until he got his first paycheck doubtless never actually owned anything post- whatever incident it was that landed him with a Human Debris stripe, wants to start personalizing his unit right away, anything to put his mark on it.  Taken together with his season one preview dialogue about finding comfort in neatly aligned computer data, it suggests someone who values physical proofs of existence, and is reassured by things you can observe and interact with, regardless of what anyone else thinks of them or you.  

The Turbines girls (and Ride) are less than impressed, reminding him that he didn’t take down anybody solo, and also, it isn’t his personal unit to mark up yet anyway.  Poor Dante gets no respect.  I’m glad he’s of a personality that can roll with being rebuked by someone several years younger than him with nothing more than some complaining about procedure. 

Meanwhile, back on Earth, Chad has his hands full with his own Teiwaz liason, Radice here, who is already talking faintly treasonous talk about how HQ (Tekkadan) is failing to uphold their bargains, and doing that talking right out in the open hallway instead of taking it to whatever sort of private office Chad must logically have.

When he gets to the point of suggesting that the troubles of the Mars branch have nothing to do with the Earth branch, Chad looks surprised, then stern, and responds with a firm defense of Orga’s requests and considerations of their situation.  When Radice doesn’t back down, only complaining more openly, Chad tells him point blank that regardless of the branch Orga is the boss of Tekkadan, which means his words are to be trusted and followed; that this is what defines Tekkadan.  

Guys, I’ve liked Chad since season one, but I didn’t blame anyone back then for not knowing who he was.  His position was never detailed, he had nothing but throwaway dialogue, and you never saw him away from work long enough to get any kind of bead on who this guy was and made him tick.  This is his first real stand-out scene as a character, and it is so, so defining.  It gives us so much material to work with in one scene. 

It tells us that this is a young man who’s responsible, open-minded enough to let others say their piece, reluctant to push too hard or make a scene, but wholly willing to plant his feet and refuse to budge when someone goes too far in questioning the people and organization to which he is unfailingly, unstintingly loyal.  Knowing he’s in charge despite not being very prominent last season tells us also that he works well with others, that he’s cool-headed enough to be put in charge, and more than that, put in charge of a branch located on a planet he’s barely seen, working with people he doesn’t know, dealing with anything from unintended microaggressions all the way up to full-throated, to-his-face ethnocentricism.  Taking that position (because I very much doubt he had the self-worth to volunteer for it) shows him as either quite brave or distressingly selfless, depending on how long he thought about it before accepting it.  

You guys.  I love Chad.  You should too.  

ANYWAY, Radice gets frustrated and stalks off.  He says it’s because the conversation isn’t going anywhere, but with what we know about how the upcoming arc plays out, I suspect it’s more because Chad refuses to back down, and he really hates it when teenagers don’t concede to his adulthood.  There’s maybe no character in the series who more purely disdains Tekkadan as children, I think, than Radice, so someone like Chad, who’s serious and responsible and, just sometimes, completely impossible to sway, must be just infuriating.

It would be very satisfying to me if it didn’t lead to Chad spending the bulk of said upcoming arc in uncertain health and almost wholly offscreen.  SIGH.

Chad also seems to find the encounter frustrating, sighing hard and rubbing his head, probably discontent and wondering if there’s any better way to handle that guy than he can figure out, along with being worried about his friends back home.

  Meanwhile, other adults are getting mouthed off at by even younger children, who have a far less respectful attitude about it. Aston, we find, has been trying to “show the ropes” to some of Arbrau’s military, and one of them has not taken kindly to some point of policy or another, and is having to be physically restrained from taking a swing at the very unapologetic Aston. 

Takaki breaks it up and apologizes, but cannot get Aston to do the same.

Man, this kid’s eyes.  They were sharp and vivid even in season one, but they’ve only become moreso with the increased focus from the narrative.  It’s interesting that he played kind of a mediator with his companions with the Brewers, trying to ease both sides of the closest thing we ever saw to an inter-group conflict with them.  He’ll be doing the same later on in this arc with his new group, but he certainly doesn’t seem to give a damn about playing the peacekeeper where outsiders are concerned.  Aston, your wolfpack tendencies are showing. 

Back at the Uno household, we find Takaki has invited Aston back for dinner, though Aston was expecting a scolding from Chad’s second in command.  It’s a little notable here, I think, that compared to Derma, Aston and Takaki have not bulked up anywhere near as much, suggesting either that Derma is really dedicated to a workout routine or that there is less conflict/stiff competition for mobile suits on Earth.  It could be an inconsistency between animators, but I’ll be keeping an eye on it.

When asked how his food tastes by Takaki’s sister Fuuka, Aston says it tastes good, then shares a somewhat inconsiderate (and depressing) personal detail: that he used to eat garbage growing up, so everything tastes good now.  (This suggests he ate even worse before joining the Brewers, who at least seem to have thrown nutrient bars at him every now and again.)

He asks Takaki if he doesn’t get lonely on Earth, away from Mars, and then gets just the tiniest bit flustered when Takaki calls him a friend, and man, I just don’t buy this kid as a detached recluse who never cared about anyone before Takaki and Fuuka.  How would he even understand loneliness well enough to ask after it if that were the case?  I wonder if we’re meant to read all the ship-teasing that will follow as legit? Because it would certainly explain things if Aston felt something different for Takaki than for Masahiro and Derma and the rest but could never quite put his finger on the word for that difference, so just assumed that his more intense feelings After Takaki must have indicated a dearth of feelings Before Takaki, when it’s plain that he’s always been fairly invested in his immediate peer group.  

Anyway, I will continue to try to puzzle Aston out as we move on, and beg your forgiveness for harping on the same point repeatedly.  

Normally at this point I would cover the third ED, Shounen no Hate, but as it turns out, it has not a lick of red stripes in it anywhere, so it’s a wash for our purposes.

That said, I have the next episode down, and have been making relatively steady progress through them, so our next episode should not be altogether too long in coming.  Look forward to it!

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Make-up practice!!! . . Yukinojo make-up practice to be precise. Idk if you know Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge or The Wallflower, that's where this character is from. This series has a place in my heart since this is the first manga I have that was given to me as a graduation gift. I love Yuki, but I love Sunako more. She's such a badass. I know I'm not good with doing make-up yet so I wanted to practice as much as I can. I hope the look is okay and that I did Yuki well. #cosplay #costest #thewallflower #yamatonadeshiko #コスプレ #遠山 雪之丞 #ヤマトナデシコ七変化 #cosplayph #makeuppractice

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Prism Rush Main Story Episode 5 Chapter 5

Battlefield Tokyo?! Rumble in Roppongi-Aoyama! #5

First Previous Chapter

Translators Notes: .....You guys... I can’t believe I’m using my Japanese language/lit degree... for this.... I have literally never used the lit part for ANYTHINg before. I remember in one of my lit classes talking about how a lot of classical Japanese literature which was popular involved double suicides, because of forbidden love or whatnot. Basically the equivalent would be Romeo and Juliet I guess. Which was why Yukinojo’s romantic, classical world was actually kind of depressing even though it was supposed to be elegant haha.... ha... it’s just the style....  Oh, also, I have always been mystified as to why Yukinojo’s prism jumps mention “number eighteen” (not just this one, many of them) and I finally figured out it’s probably a reference to a classic set of 18 kabuki plays. Of course. 

Taiga: Tachibana-senpai has weaved us into his story... but... at this rate.... 

We’re gonna FALL!!!!! AAAHHH!!

Yukinojo: Eheh... ahah... m’lady... 

Taiga: Hey! Hold on! Tachibana-senpai?! ...Huh?! I’m floating... no... we’re dancing in the air....

Yukinojo: It’s the wind that’s dancing.... Even if the flowers wither... the petals of love... will flutter open!

Taiga: These are... cherry blossoms... ?! It’s beautiful.... a storm of cherry blossom petals is dancing all around us and lifting us up... !! 

Uh! Tachibana-senpai! If you keep squeezing me like this... I... 

Alexander: What’s all this?! 

Taiga: Alexander Yamato!!?

Alexander: I can’t stand you pussies. Prism shows are for destruction! Not for flowers... 

How dare you get all elegant and flowery on me!!  HUAAAAAH! 

Taiga: The storm! It’s coming back!!

Yukinojo: Flowers to conquer the storm... I’ll fight back with classical elegance... HAAAAH! 

Taiga: The cherry blossom petals are turning to.. snow?! The snow is... protecting us from the storm! ?! 

Yukinojo: What remains of the former world... Aoyama... and distant Roppongi... the winding road... the road of love.... 

Alexander: Wha... what?! 

Yukinojo: Disappearing little by little.... the prism dream.... heartache!!!! 

Taiga: AAAAAAA! Tachibana-senpai’s emotions... are flowing into me.. ! This heartbreaking.... forbidden love...!  The love for someone so strong you could give up your own life....

I feel it! Elegance!! Such classical elegance!!! 

Alexander: GODDAMN! Is this really... modern day Tokyo!?

Yukinojo: HUAAH! 

Alexander: He jumped! 

Yukinojo: 18 Classics of Prism Jump! Roppongi-Aoyama Double Suicide! 

Our love will last... forever.... We will be together until the end of time... 

Alexander: AAAAHHHHH!!!

Taiga: *catching his breath* ...The world of forbidden love is fading away....  Ah! Tachibana-senpai! Are you OK!? 

Yukinojo: ....Mm... Taiga... where... are we..... 

Taiga: You don’t even remember?! You were that entwined in your storybook world.... Tachibana-senpai, that was amazing.... Your jump was really cool... 

Yukinojo: Oh, I see... I landed a prism jump back there didn’t I... eheh.... 

Uuu gh...! 

Taiga: Senpai?! ...Looks like he passed out.... He used a lot of his powers back there.... 

That was actually really badass... Senpai...  

Alexander: GAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!

Taiga: !!?? Alexander Yamato!!? You’re still... 

Alexander: Heheh.... ahaha.... AHAHAH! What do you call that...? What a pathetic jump! Not a scratch! I can’t believe I had to sit and watch that! 

Taiga: You... You really only see prism shows as a tool for battling, don’t you...? 

Are you telling me you just sat back and felt nothing at all from that amazing jump!?

Alexander: Nothing at all. Prism shows exist to cause destruction. Power is all that matters! And I survived! So, shall we continue?

Taiga: Tachibana-senpai.... No, it’s impossible. He’s in no condition to keep battling. 

Alexander: Hey! Do I have to get over and stand you up myself?! Come on! 

Taiga: G.. ah! This aura is.... I can’t breathe... 

Alexander: Look! Now your beloved underclassman is suffering! Stand up! Come on, stand up!!! 

Taiga: C... Cut it out... you stay away from.... Tachibana-senpai... 

Alexander: Don’t bother struggling. You are no match for my aura...

 All you are is... a Kazuki Nishina fanboy...!!! 

Taiga: N... No that’s not true...! I am... I am.... HUAAAAAH! 

Alexander: What?! His aura is fighting back?! 

Taiga: I am... I am going to find a way to light up my own prism show with... my own burning!!! 

My own, unique burning!!! HUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!

Alexander: Wha-WHAT?! He broke free?! 

Taiga: When I saw Tachibana-senpai’s prism show just and prism jump just now, up close with my own eyes... I clearly felt the prism of his heart. The rhythm and melody of classical Japan. And the passion burning within the the both of us... 

Now is not a time to be trying to burn bridges between kabuki and the street! The same spirit is within both of us! Prism shows are... a festival! 

Alexander: Huh?! A festival!? 

Taiga: HAAH! I’m ready to open up my heart! I can hear the festival drums! My heart is BURNINGGGGG! HUAAAAAAAAH! Leap into the sky! Let’s dance! 

Festival! Celebrate! A Bouquet for a Fortune Boy!

Alexander: What is this rhythm? It’s like the rhythm carries legacy of classical Japan! But... it has street style flowing within it!! It’s pounding through!! GAAAAAAAH! 

Taiga: *panting* 

Alexander: ...G... gah... How?! How could I, Alexander Yamato, be brought to my knees...?! 

Taiga: What do you wanna do? I can keep going, you know. 

Alexander: Eheh. That’s the spirit. Next how about...

Kakeru (off screen): Officer!! Over this way! 

Leo (off screen): Someone’s fighting over there!! 

Alexander: ....Pfft. The local authorities, huh. Ugh. Looks like we went a bit too hard. Oh well. I wanted to go much harder, but... I suppose I can’t go wearing myself out here... 

I have to save my strength. I have bigger bigger fish to fry... Kazuki Nishina... 

Taiga: I won’t let you lay one finger on Kazuki-senpai! 

Alexander: ...See ya. 

Taiga: .......

Kakeru: It looks like he left. 

Taiga: ...?? Kazuo, what are you doing here...

Leo: We heard a huge commotion... We came because we just got so worried...  Yuki-sama! Are you OK?!

Yukinojo: L... Leo.... I finally landed... a prism jump... 

Leo: Yuki-sama...! That’s so wonderful..! 

Yukinojo: And I think.... I figured out a clue to... my solo song.... !

Kakeru: We have to carry him to a hospital right away!! 

Taiga: Yeah... 

(Back at Edel Rose.)

Minato: I see... So Tachibana and Kougami got in a tangle with Alexander Yamato...

Kakeru: But you guys really showed him what for, right?! 

Taiga: Well... actually.... it was really close. I think he’ll come back for us.... for Kazuki-senpai... again....

Shin: I see. Why does he see prism shows as just a tool for battling... 

Minato: I don’t think we have what it takes to change him right now... If only I could perform that jump again.... 

Kakeru: Yeah, none of us can jump anymore... 

Taiga: ... Yeah. But I’m not giving up. I’m going to put all my passion into my solo song... 

Yu: That should do. You know Taiga, I think you may have grown up a little recently as well. 

Taiga: What?? That’s one thing I don’t want to hear from you, of all people... 

Leo: Everyone... 

Taiga: Leo!? How is Tachibana-senpai.... 

Yukinojo: Taiga, thank you for standing up for me.

Taiga: Tachibana-senpai! No, you were the one who--

Yukinojo: Leo told me that you defended me while I was down. Thank you. 

Taiga: N-No I should be the one thanking you!! I...! I’m really sorry! For ragging on you for being girly and all that... I didn’t really know what I was saying... Senpai.... 

You’re a true warrior. Please, teach me dance sometime. 

Yukinojo: Of course. There is a lot I would like to learn from you as well. Let’s share in our dance and build our radiance together. 

Taiga: Yeah!! 

Kakeru: Wha... Since when did you guys get all buddy-buddy?! How?! 

Leo: Y... Yuki-sama! You’ve been shaking his hand for like five minutes!! 

Minato: Ahaha. Getting along is beautiful, isn’t it. 

Shin: Yeah!! Everyone gathered lots of ideas for their solo songs!! 

I’m sure we can all put on a great, great concert!! Let’s do this!!! 

Next Chapter.