#but the lost in translation is what’s really making me cry lmao it means y’all are cool dammit!!!!! no bat butts slander!!!!!!! 😭😭😭

[akkivee]

the mtr dh and bat seiyuu had their group post 9th live funtime vid released last week and in it:

they played this game where given a set of topics, all nine would have to vote on who fit said topic best!!! if they were chosen, they’d move on to the next round and those not chosen lost the game lol. this would go on until the last two standing!!!

hayami-san chose the topic ‘who is the biggest scaredy-cat??’

all of them decided they would appeal to the theme in order to sway votes lol

sakakihara: ooh me!! 👋 i wake up in the middle of night all the time because i’m scared i’m late for something!!

kawanishi: 👋 so i know we’re on the same team but i’m terrified of kuroda-san 💀

kuroda: HEY NOW 💢

hayama: 👋 haunted houses are waaay to scary to enter~ 🥺🥺🥺

iwasaki: liar!!!!!

hayami: 👋 manjuu buns are terrifying

the program: *this is a manzai reference*

totto: 👋 i’m terrified of showing up to a job and there’s no script reading

everyone: yeah

so they vote lol and the ones who move on to the next round are kijima, totto, kawanishi, iwasaki, kuroda and sakakihara (who amassed four votes total lmao)

all of dh voted for sakakihara-san lmao

hayama-san was the only one who voted for iwasaki-san so when asked why he told him, ‘when we performed division rep battle, any time i try to make eye contact, your eyes dart away lol’

iwasaki:🧍‍♂️

sakakihara: our leader is wildly intense 😅

just as hayama-san started to wrap up round one, hayami-san suddenly flipped his answer to takeuchi-san with a drawing that nearly killed him and here’s my artistic recreation of it

hayami-san kept his original choice of kuroda-san tho lmao

on to round two!!!! iwasaki-san chose the topic ‘who do you think will live the longest??’

kijima: 👋 actually my family all have long life spans!! my grandmother is 102 years old 🙂

totto: it’s true!!! it’s that amazing???

kawanishi: why are you acting like you’re representing the kijima family

sakakihara: 👋 i drink a lot of peach wine!!! (peaches are a fruit of longevity in asian folktales)

kuroda: 👋 i smoke a lot 😎

iwasaki: 👋 i laugh a lot and laughter is always the best medicine!!!!!

kuroda: *gestures to sakakihara-san* we’ll drink to that 😎

iwasaki: how about you kawanishi-san???

kawanishi: me?? yeah i wonder about me…..

they vote lmao and kijima, totto, kawanishi and iwasaki advanced to round three!!!

kuroda: man it looks like our drinking wasn’t good enough for this one 😎😎😎

sakakihara: 😅😅😅

hayama-san, with sakakihara-san supporting the choice in his lead up, chose the topic, ‘out of everyone who has the best ass??’ LOL

for this one, tho only votes from the four finalists count, everyone decided they wanted to vote too so they did lmao

kawanishi-san unintentionally appealed by saying he was wearing a thong under his tight pants lol

kuroda-san voted for himself 😎

hayami-san voted for totto and included more art so here’s another artistic rendition

the winners were both iwasaki-san and kawanishi-san!!!!!

all of bat voted for kawanishi-san lmao like why wouldn’t they when he taps that during what a osaka lmao

kuroda-san tried to piggyback on their victory like osaka has the best asses which prompted hayama-san to bring up bat is the ✨ass✨ division as bad ass temple

tho that doesn’t mean their asses are good since it’s bad ass lmao

hayami: *looking at his pic* you know i should put some underwear on this…………

hayami:

everyone and especially totto: THE UNDERWEAR IS SO HIGH?????

totto: *draws the real length on hayami-san’s pic lmao*

[sortasirius]

“Unity” and the Broken Boys

BOY Y’ALL BETTER SIT DOWN BECAUSE THIS IS AS LONG AS CAN BE AND I TOOK OFF WORK TOMORROW SO I’VE GOT TIME

This is....one of the best episodes in the show.  Yeah, in all 325 of them, this is hands down one of the best.

First of all, stan Amara for clear skin.

That silent treatment babey, right out the gate with the Angst.  Tbh Dean deserves it.

“Like I said, killing Amara, Jack dying...that’s the only way.”

“The only way.  Our one shot.  Our Last chance.  You ever get tired of saying stuff like that?”

“We don’t have to like it, alright?  But you and me, we gotta get it done.”

Amara is such a welcome energy in this whole episode.  She’s warm and understanding, whip-smart and probably more powerful than Chuck.  I love her.

Sam is a wonderful, understanding, loving dad.  I love him eternally.  He loves Jack so much, he’s trying so desperately to do what’s right for Jack but also what’s right for the world.  Jack made this choice, but he can’t live with it.  How do you support your child when their life is at stake?

“Come on man.  Blindly following orders, lying to Amara, sending her to her death. Does any of this feel right to you??”

“It doesn’t matter how we feel!  You know what?  Stay.  Stay.  Someone has to be the grown up here.”

“Yeah well someone has to keep fighting for Jack!”

“He knows what he signed up for!”

“Last I checked, we don’t give up on family.”

“Jack’s not family.”

Y’all should have heard the noise I made.  What a fucking line.

“I know how you feel about the kid, I care for him too, I do, but he’s not like you.  He’s not like Cas.  He’s just not.”

“I’m- I’m ready.”

You can see the regret, the heartbreak in Dean’s eyes.  You can see how he wants to take those words back the moment he said them, and for Jack to hear them?  It’s unthinkable.

Sam and Cas I’m just so fucking emo dude.

“Sam, you stayed behind to find another way huh?  I woulda done the same.”

AMARA

First of all, LOVE this structure.

Amara and Chuck have such a fascinating dynamic.  Rob and Emily do a great job (as they have all along) by clearly being siblings but...heightened.  You can just tell they both exude power, and the other is the only one they consider an equal.

“You and Dean had that whole weird...thing.”

“That wasn’t you writing?”

“Ugh, not that part.  Gross.”

What I took away from this is what I’ve suspected all along.  They HAVE free will, just not total free will.  Dean and Amara’s connection wasn’t Chuck, there are parts of the story he didn’t write.  Obviously, this comes into play later. 

I also have a hunch that Chuck doesn’t write romance.  I also think that in particular will come into play.

“Balance.  Something we’ve never tried before.  Creation and destruction, light and dark, brother and sister united again, but on behalf of one world, this world.  True balance.  The way it was always meant to be.  But you can’t.  You only care about your pleasure, your story.  Well, I guess that makes you the villain.”

“Villains get all the best lines.”

We see again and again this season, Chuck is irredeemable.  He doesn’t care about the angels, he doesn’t care about the world, he doesn’t care about anything.  He is a petulant toddler who has broken his toys. And when he realizes he’s trapped, he gets angry, he shouts and screams, completely at odds with Amara’s peace.

“You can’t hold me here forever.”

“I can hold you long enough.”

DEAN

Pain is the name of the game in this section homies.  Because not only are we dealing with Dean’s pain, we’re also dealing with Jack’s.  Jack says he understands why Cas and Sam mean more to Dean, but Dean clearly doesn’t, he, once again, wants to say more, but is stopped, still stopped by his fear: his fear of not beating Chuck.

Alright guys, gals, and non-binary pals.  Let’s talk about Adam and Seraphina.

Adam.  The first man.  And Seraphina.  The angel.

“My old lady.  She’s the only one who could put up with me all these years.”

Yeah okay.  Volume at 100 I get it lmao.

But also: Adam wants God dead not because he and Eve were kicked out of the Garden, but because he went after their sons.  The theme of protecting the children strikes again.

“Killing God is your plan?”

“Yeah, Billie’s been giving us a hand but Sera and me, this is our baby.”

This juxtaposed directly with Dean’s own pain at what he has to do to kill Chuck, to gain his free will: the cost of his child.

Adam’s rib.

And who else might get his ribs hurt, only to be likely healed by an angel?

It’s fine, that’s fine.  I’m fine with that.

“Jack, I don’t know how to explain it but, when I found out about Chuck, it’s like I wasn’t alive.  Not really.  You know like my whole life I’ve never been free, but like really free.  But now?  Now me and Sam, we got a shot at living a life, without all this crap on our backs.  And that’s, that’s because of you.  So, I want to say, I need to say...thank you, Jack.  Thank you.”

I’m gonna have to do a separate post about just Dean in this episode, because there is so fucking much to talk about, but there are a couple of things that I think are important:  Dean realizes how wrong he was, to say what he said.  He knows that it’s not true, this is the way he’s always coped with loss, by pushing the person to be lost away, but for Jack to hear it?  He can’t stand for that.

And:

Dean has finally pushed through the barrier.  He won’t be quiet in the face of his doubts anymore.  This is a breakthrough for him, and, of course, there are more to come.

SAM

Sam and Cas, my chaos duo.

The box, the inscription, the door.

Death’s library, filled with dead reapers.

And there it is.  The Empty.

It tells Sam the plan, the plan for Billie to take God’s place.  For everything to go back to the way it’s “supposed to be.”

This has always been the game, since season 13.  This is the longest of long games.

Sam fuckin Winchester, lying his way out of a confrontation with the Empty like the legend that he is.

He comes back with a new purpose: to stop Billie’s plan, and here’s where we get to the heart of the episode and maybe the heart of the season.

“You hear that?  Dean, brought to the edge of doubt.  His sense of duty, his rage winning out in the end.  And poor Sam, always gotta know everything.  Can’t leave well enough alone.  This is my ending, my real ending.”

The gun comes out, pointed at Sam.

Hmm...what did I say during 15x05?  Oh yeah, this.

And:

Dean would never survive killing Sam, but he’s willing to do anything, anything to earn his freedom.  His ending, where one brother kills the other and then kill himself.

Why, you might ask, did Sam not mention that the angels would be sent back to Heaven, why does he not mention Cas?  I’ll tell you why, or rather, Becky will.

Plus, Dean looks back at Cas IMMEDIATELY when Sam says that, when he mentions Eileen, and THAT’S the first time he hesitates.  He can’t lose Cas.  But at the same time, he’s willing to do anything to have his freedom.

“Sam we don’t have a choice, Jack’s about to blow!”

“We always have a choice!”

You know me, just sitting here thinking about choice, the ability to choose, and how that translates to their free will.

And Sam...I don’t think there will ever be characters I love as much as these.

“I don’t care if Billie gets what she wants!  I don’t man, I’d trade it all, I’d trade em all for Chuck.  In a heartbeat!”

“What about me?”

“You’d trade me?”

“Chuck has to die.  He has to!  Otherwise he’ll keep us tap dancing forever, and I can’t live like that man, I can’t live like that, I won’t!”

“I know you feel like that right now, okay? I know you do, but you gotta trust me.  My entire life, you’ve protected me.  From Dad, from Lucifer, from everything.  I didn’t always like it, you know?  But it’s the one thing in the whole world that I could always count on.  It’s the only thing I’ve ever known that was true.  So please, put the gun away.  Just put it away.  We’ll figure it out, Dean, we’ll find another way, you and me.  We always do.”

Okay I feel like this is going to be one of those scenes that I cry watching for years to come.  Because fuck.  After fifteen years they finally admit that not only did Dean protect Sam from Lucifer, but he protected him from John.  John.  On a par with Lucifer.

Dean and Sam have, for so many years, sacrificed themselves for the other.  Dean’s demon deal, Sam and the trials, every season they have fought to see who can die the quickest for the other.  But this?  This is them fighting to stop the violence, to stop from killing the big bad.  This is them growing, in our eyes, in real time.  Sam has always been able to get through to Dean when no one else had a prayer, but for Dean to listen, for Dean to take his words to heart, to stop the hunt for Sam, for their family, that’s how you know they do have free will.

(Btw Chuck’s eye effect when he dusted Amara was sick as fuck but I’m emo for my boys so.)

Chuck knows it’s a loss, he knows that his story has, once again, been thwarted by the boys making their own choices.  And he’s pissed, but in his anger, we get a bomb dropped on us.

“Spare me your contempt Castiel, the self-hating angel of Thursday.  You know what every other version of you did after “gripping him tight and raising him from perdition”?  They did what they were told.  But not you.  Not the one off the line with a crack in his chassis.”

Are you fucking kidding me?

Also, just worth bringing up this one as well:

Every Castiel pulled Dean out of Hell.  Every one told him the same thing.  And yet, immediately, with this Cas and this Dean, something was different.  Because what has everyone seen about Cas, from the moment he met Dean?

And there’s our endgame people.  Laid out on the line.

But we ain’t done yet, fam.

We’ve talked about the handprint, but you know:

So there you have it, our prep into the “monumental” 15x18.  I have spec on that, of course, but I think a novel is long enough for this.

What to take away: Dean’s rage was always Chuck’s plan, they do have free will, their love for each other, for their family, is what will stop Chuck’s control, Death is about to come back with a vengeance, Cas’ deal is at play, and, most importantly, Castiel and Dean Winchester are a blind spot for Chuck, something he has never, not once, controlled.

[cloudy-leonhart]

AOT veterans with a Filipino S/O!!

[author note: did I write this as soon as I posted the first part?? yes. I like writing for this, it’s so fun lolol up next, Marleyan Warriors!!]

Summary: not much, just the AOT vets with their filipino S/O.

Gender Neutral Reader.

Recommended Song: Buwan - Juan Karlos.

Theme: Fluff, Modern AU.

TW: Swearing.

Characters: Hange, Levi, Miche, Erwin, Moblit, Nanaba.

Hange Zöe

Honestly they fully immersed themselves in your culture, as you know Hange LOVES learning about new things, discovering about your culture, they probably forced you to go the Philippines with them.

They started asking people for directions in english?? You had to step in translate for them, in which they responded to ask to teach them the language.

Yes they keep a small notebook of words they think are interesting. Yes even swear words are in there, not to mention they absolutely just butcher the way you say it.

One time when you both came back, Hange told Erwin that Bakla was a word for a good man, and they laughed their asses off watching Erwin tell people he was Bakla LMFAO.

They actually visited your province, they met your family and was surprised at the fact that they owned a whole farm, they tried to learn with your siblings on how to harvest rice, they nailed it btw.

they named your carabao, Sawney, and your chicken, Bean.

And respectfully so, your family started to call their animals by the name Hange gave them.

They started to cry about the fact that you guys had to go back, and like every time, your mom and dad encouraged y’all to bring filipino snacks back home, in which you did, because you knew that you’d probably miss it when you flew back home.

You guys have a tradition of going to the Philippines for your guys’ anniversary.

THEY SUPRISINGLY LISTENS TO FILIPINO MUSIC

They were the one to suggest Aegis to Levi but they prefer someone like Jireh Lim.

Favourite song is probably, Buko. They love the guitar in it.

Levi Ackerman

He first found out you were Filipino when he caught you packing a balikbayan box for your family back home, (for those who don’t know, balikbayan box is a box full of your country’s snacks to send back to the PH for your family to try.)

He had asked you what it was, and you answered that it was for your family back in the Philippines, in which he responded with helping you, and mainly scolding you about the way you packed it.

“Idiot, pack it like this, so you have more space to place stuff.”

When he first went to the Philippines, he first noticed the cleanliness of the hotels, he looked at you with a ‘is this why you’re so good at cleaning?’ look. 

God when I say your parents loved him, YOUR PARENTS ABSOLUTELY ADORED HIM. He would clean for your mom, and not only that, your mom approved of his cleaning technique, yes she told you to marry him that second.

And that you did, you had your first wedding with you family in the Philippines, and another in where you guys currently lived.

Bye, he absolutely looks AMAZING in a Barong. Your dad helped him slick his hair back.

Your mom and him, bonded of cleaning, sometimes when your mom needs help removing rust on her pans, she calls Levi.

like Hange he and you go to the Philippines for y’alls anniversary. 

Please save this man from the streets, I’m not saying it to be mean but this man almost gave his wallet to a bunch of kids who were hungry.

You gave money instead because you didn’t want your man to be broke lmfao.

He loves seeing you so happy while you’re in the Philippines, he just thinks it’s adorable when you speak your language.

Aegis listener, absolutely no discussion, mans listens to them while cleaning, he listens to “Sayang Na Sayang” religiously.

when Aegis plays in the house, you know it’s a cleaning day lmao.

Erwin Smith

Please, remember when I said Hange told him bakla was a word for a good man, yes, that’s how he found out you were Filipino, you literally was so dumbfounded, you waited for him in the living room, your friend’s laughing over the phone, man thought he did something wrong until..

“Erwin, can you tell me why you’ve been telling your friends you’re fucking gay??”

Yeah he’s got trust issues now. But he wasn’t that shocked to find out you were filipino, he just thinks it’s neat, he butchers pronouncing shit, he tries to learn filipino jokes??? It’s really bad, like you need to stop him from telling your family to save HIM from embarrassment.

He knows how to cook barbecue lmfao, he sits at your family’s barbecue spot and cooks for them, your dad appreciates the help so much lmao, also he loves drinking the gulaman whenever he’s there, your dad gives it to him for free because, he basically considers Erwin his son now. His awkward, barbecue-cooking, son.

You guys go on hiking in Mt. Butalao, yes you sneak peeks when he’s climbing because his muscles flex, and he sweats. You guys go on a double hiking date with Miche and his S/O all the time.

He was kind of fearful when you went to a province to get in touch with your grandparents, he watched you help their carabao back into their pens, he’s scared of carabaos, don’t blame him-

Surprisingly he’s as good as your dad in basketball, bye I just know the women of your community comes to watch him, he’s ripped, you’re jealous but you don’t say it lmao.

He’s got those jeep keychains lmfao, the fact that he kinda looked like a lost puppy when you’re traveling, like so many people, so little space-

please educate him, he’s confused on everything-

he probably listens to Eraserheads, Huwag Mo Nang Itanong. Yes his ultimate song. 

Miche Zacharias

probably the only veteran that knows what to do?? Beside Moblit?? He knows how to bless, he knows to call your parents nanay and tatay. He also loves going to where there’s a lot of Filipino street food because he loves the smell, he prefers the smell of bananaque over anything, hotcakes are a close second.

mf was scared when your mom suddenly said, “Oh yeah, I kept your childhood spider.”

YOU OWNED A MF SPIDER?? You were all like ‘omg i miss him’ he was a little scared bitch omg.

You had to explain that you would buy them from the local toy store and you and your friends would make them fight each other to the death.

HE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE SMALL- IT’S A WHOLE MF TARANTULA BYE

you know those dyed chicks you get from winning a game, yeah, he was attached to one you guys won, but as always, they weren’t going to live long, I think he sulked for a whole 2 days. He named the chick Richard AHAHA.

ah yes, absolute unit in basketball, yes you and Erwin’s S/O would watch them play basketball together with your guys’ dads. Yes y’all gossiped about how hot they were in tagalog.

Just saying, Miche got some that night. 

He doesn’t fit in tricycles- neither does he fit in jeepneys lmfao- he kinda has to sit on the ground if you force him to fit, in which he has to awkwardly crawl to get out lmfao.

He literally looks godly while hiking, you guys don’t go to your parents’ house when you first arrive, you guys hike.

You guys go whenever y’all feel like it honestly.

“hey hey, reader, Mahal Kita.”

He listens to anything in filipino honestly, he likes chill filipino songs like Tell Me Where It Hurts by MYMP.

Moblit Berner

He’s a researcher, he makes sure he doesn’t disrespect the culture.

he knows to bless and all that jazz like Miche.

Wait but your family loved him as soon as you told them he was a doctor lmfao?? He’s in nursing.

He’s basically already apart of the family, all your little siblings call him kuya Moblit, he absolutely thinks it’s adorable.

when you guys are sending a balikbayan box, he places toys he bought for your little siblings in the box, with a note written and translated by you for them.

Moblit also knows about poverty in the Philippines, he’s apart of an organization where they give to those who can’t afford real food, even when he’s back home with you, he donates from abroad, everyone knows him as the generous kuya.

honestly I can see him as someone who’s also known by your community, people call him kuya Moblit or tito Moblit, it’s very wholesome when a kid asks him to carry them.

This man looks so nice and kind on the outside but when you guys are at your tita’s bday party and there’s a whole mf buffet, he’s a whole beast.

You know when your uncles have like, food stacked on their plate, and like a cup of buko pandan at the side?? yes, him. definitely.

He’s kinda like sasha in this au, he loves the food so much, he probably finished a filipino dish by himself (it’s the palabok)

he’s also a god at making ice candy?? like he’s so good at filling up the plastic with the liquid lmao.

you guys adopted a stray dog in the community and his name was Moblit, your family takes care of him while you guys are back home.

genuinely, it’s mostly wholesome with him, he doesn’t really do anything wrong besides butchering pronounciation.

Moblit probably watches boxing with your dad though, it’s just too accurate not to be true.

More of a movie watcher than a song listener, his favourite movie so far is Four Sisters and A Wedding.

he cries every filipino movie, them do it to you.

Seven Sundays, he cried for days straight.

Nanaba

Nanaba found a filipino flag from your collage years in a box, asked you about it, then encouraged you to visit the Philippines because she wanted to meet your family. 

Okay but your family thought she was a guy because of her hair?? 

your siblings can’t say Nanaba, so they call her Ate Nana.

She was kind of jealous of your bond with your family, she knows she shouldn’t be, but she couldn’t help it since her and her father’s relationship absolutely sucked.

And you know this, you had talked with her about it too, it was kinda like a, “are you okay?” and “it’s nothing.”

You had to drag her out to family events, eventually, she started to feel like she was apart of the family, she went swimming with the fam, did karaoke nights, she was basically in the family now.

She felt really happy that you decided to help her educate herself in your culture, and that your family openly accepted her into your family.

when you and her married, she wore a baro’t saya for the wedding reception and she looked absolutely gorgeous in them. She took your last name.

Your mom taught her to do the tinikling dance, and she mastered it easily, you of course danced with her.

she kinda had a guilty pleasure of going to McDonalds in the Philippines, SOLELY FOR THE ROOT BEER FLOAT, that stuff be bussin.

she forces you to go to McD’s whenever’s there’s a new flavour released.

Nanaba loves going on the jeepney, she likes the fact that you ring a bell when you have to get off and she does it every time you guys use a jeep for transportation.

Nanaba knows one word in filipino and that’s Mahal, she uses it so weirdly though, but she’s adorable so you let it pass.

“Reader..erm, I mahal?? you?..” 

she’s both a listener and a movie watcher, she listens to more modern filipino singers, like Patch Quiwa.

Favourite movie is when Vice Ganda’s in it, she just thinks all his movies are funny.

[marukrawler]

another sorta liveblogging of episode 36 in jp dub (what even is watching bakugan in the proper order anymore lmaoo)

can’t say that i love this angle, king!

lowkey if you didn’t know anything about nv or zenoheld you could be tricked into thinking that zenoheld was the good king who formed this team of teenage brawlers based on this shot simply bc. . .zenoheld has the most basic expression and doesn’t look ominous at all lmao

wait it was a samurai-themed attraction all along??

volt swaying in sync w the other men: >:( come at me brawlers

this part of nv is probably THE BEST part of nv lmaoo

you can’t tell me the title of the episode is just samurai 😭

for a show that’s made some of the most sick looking cards, these fucking BLOW

hE HAS THE WORST POKER FACE EVER IM CRYING,,,

a random klaus phone call and an even more random maron appears

why is klaus even relevant to the story like this. he just feels so. . .randomly added on. if you wanna talk about teleportation technology then why not make alice that person to talk to??

did klaus just casually mention that maron came to earth??? this is what no context does to a person lol

the height difference is even more hilarious when you remember. this dude is 12.

dan: haha just take ur sister out and have fun, you already lost the haos energy anyway :))

he just destroyed this boy’s whole career lmaooo

but i mean. he’s not wrong lol

why does maron lowkey have the gus grav color scheme

and the enormous eyebrows

I HATE THIS RIDE sm we don’t even have those safety thingies around to keep us grounded here in denmark 😭 you’re just literally holding on for dear life lmao

idk if that’s the case everywhere but i still HATE this ride

damn ok itachi

what im getting from this dude is ‘blah blah im doing this on my own’ but really, we all know he wants to check out samurai land lmaoo

you 👏 are 👏 not 👏 slick 👏 sHUN 👏

are you telling me baron and maron were safe from being detected all along bc they didn’t bring a gauntlet w them and bc shun left the barrier he made them vulnerable to attack ALL BC HE WANTED TO GO SAMURAI LAND AND NOT TELL ANYBODY??

today’s episode conflict is brought to you by: shun’s dumb ass

oh wait maron and baron are leaving samurai land. so ig shun’s just going to duke it out w volt by himsef?

ig there’s no better time to play shun’s arrival than during a samurai-themed episode when shun’s legit about to arrive BUT STILL PLS

NOT SHUN’S ARRIVAL

they are legit doing this dumbass fucking exchange to shun’s arrival playing in the bg i can’t

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO TAKE ANY OF THIS SERIOUSLY

why are you calmly identifying each other when we’re halfway through part 2 of nv 😭 you two dumb bitches have already MET BEFORE

THIS DUDE BROUGHT HIS GAUNTLET??? why wasn’t his detected??? did marucho deactivate it or

shaman: you brought ur gauntlet along??

baron: yeah :))

IG NOT?? GOSH y’all are SO DUMB why would you bring a gauntlet if it wasn’t safe and WHY did volt only detect shun’s gauntlet???

he boutta accidentally teach her how to become a better haos brawler than himself lmao

i hate this omgg why are u two like this 😂

i might be getting by on my weeb japanese vocabulary alone but even i don’t think their interaction makes any damn sense 😂😭

but from what i could gather w speech to txt translation, volt asks why shun would reveal himself to his enemies and he goes “bc that’s just what the brawlers do”

THIS GUY

you know if it had been volt and shun w different people they NEVER would’ve been this extra, they’re bringing out SOMETHING within the other person and its 😂😂😂

NOT BARON JOINING THEIR FIGHT BY ACCIDENT

he really was about to reveal his location just like that. woww

ohh is the time stop phenomenon an earth exclusive thing?? that’s interesting

these gate cards have quite the fucking range omg

the pace in this first round alone is insane

eyyy

some of these stances lmaoo i swear

ingram and the trap bakugan were both defeated and it only took that little of a chunk off his life gauge???

though there was a 50 points difference between volt’s bakugan and shun’s so maybe that’s the thing that determines it?? idk

also that’s such an unflattering picture of shun my gosh

it just occurred to me that. shun hasn’t lost his attribute energy yet. and he decided to fight volt for no reason?? who stole shun’s brain cell in this episode im just asking for a friend 😭

i mean, unless winning against volt gives them back the haos energy but idk if that’s the case

what an abolsute downgrade hE LOST HIS ABS IN THE EVOLUTION

also shun’s really nerfed if he needs help from baron in order to win 😭

what a chad volt’s still taking them both on

not so swaggy bruh

tfw shun and baron have to use both their guardian bakugan AND their trap bakugan to even match volt’s current power lvl how is that a thing

HOW MANY FRIENDS DO YOU HAVE INGRAM THIS IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE CHEATING

THIS IS ALREADY A 2V1 WTF

i mean are you seeing this???? they have to have 5 bakugan out against 2 just to be a little ahead in tersm of g power this is insane

volt you absolute chad

sHAMAN CAN CHANGE HIS ATTRIBUTE??? I THOUGHT THAT WAS A PREYAS EXCLUSIVE ABILITY IS NOTHING SACRED ANYMORE

preyas and elfin lost their only party trick, how could you do this to them spinmaster

and baron can use a darkus ability too wtf

i mean ig since attribute correlation means shit past s1 rip

you know they had to pull some bs like this to justify volt losing, HE LAUNCHED AN ATTACK WHILE HIS POWER LEVEL WAS THE HIGHEST

AND THE DIFFERENCE IN G POWER IS MORE THAN 500 TOO

THERE’S NO WAY THEY COULD INFLICT DAMAGE WHEN THEY’RE WEAKER THIS IS CHEATING

how can volt be this much of a beast on his own and not be allowed to win is what im wondering

not a darkus ability somehow blinding a haos user

i don’t understand what determines these damages but ok

i feel like shun’s starting to understand that volt is pretty good dude even though he’s a vexos

WHERE WERE YOU WHEN MARON WAS HIDING FROM MACHINE GUN BULLETS WHY IS NOW THE TIME YOU DECIDE IT’S TOO DANGEROUS FOR HER???

why did this need to exist lmaoo im done

what if this cursed shun image was used for the life gauge avatar instead could u imagine

but even so lets thank chihiro suzuki for his vocal performance 🙏 he really knows how to make his voice smooth like butter

INGRAM JUMPED INTO THE ACTION AND GOT HIS ASS BEAT AFTER 20 SECONDS IM NOT MAKING THIS UP

HOW DO YOU HAVE THE VENTUS ATTRIBUTE ENERGY AND UR STILL THIS FUCKING WEAK

get fucking dunked on ingram

and you too shun for thinking you stood a chance against volt w baron LET ALONE BY UR DAMN LONESOME

cUTE but its still bs that baron had to revive ingram so volt couldn’t take him on by himself lol

i wonder if there’s some sort of lesson in this episode about. . solitude. . .power of friendship. . .idk

how does shun lose two rounds and not get booted

ig its the fact that the resistance has lost two attribute energies in a row so

yOU CAN COMBINE ABILITIES LIKE THAT????

what even are the rules of this game anymore

how do you lose and still look that composed gosh.

love this dude

not shun teaching maron how to lie

oh no he’s getting attached

au where shun gets a little sister when

mission failed we’ll get them next time chief

maron really dipped after that peck on the cheek lmao and i can’t handle shun being this soft w someone 😭👌 he would make a great older brother

[kae-karo]

Can you do an analysis on the last dan vs phil video?

hell yeah i can in the beginning…

nerds nerds nerds ‘in the beginning…..there was a tree…..’ cue phil’s lil laugh smh cowards release the footage of y’all recording this bit i would Die for it i wanna see y’all being cute-ass dorks together thanks

dan’s voice cracking tone when he’s trying to stop phil

‘n they didn’t tell anybody’ dumbasses u told three million people smh

the fucking dvp montage god this whole intro is just a testament to what dorks they are

‘emotional stability’ what the Fuck

we’re the only ones fighting for emotional stability here jfc

‘after,,,,,d- after da long ass time’ dan u spork

they pulled up the first clip of the dvp board i’m not sobbing ur sobbing

phil recognizing he’s doing the same intro voice i’m Soft

cute

dan forgetting what he was gonna say after his big ol dramatic ‘that is right everybody’ we stan a mess

“bitch there’s no space” did u mean

ahem anyway

phil ruining all dan’s dramatic storytelling gives me Life

how did i not know just dance 2 was one of their most popular vids???? it has 7.4m views??? (for anyone as curious as me, sims #1 has 8.2m and is the most popular, followed by just dance, then fnaf #1 with 7.2m then akinator of all things with 6.4m?)

phil liked yasuhati???? i stan immensely i loved yasuhati as y’all know

it’s a grand finale u spoons stop saying grand ‘final’ that just. sounds wrong lmao

dan spent an hour making that crown i’m crying he’s so cute as is phil’s reaction giggling at him 

they ran out of kitchen foil why did i need to know this

they literally fucking kept the present they crushed what’s wrong with them

‘look at what his ass did to this’ as if we don’t know what that ass do

dan keeping up the ‘i’ll ebay this’ joke i think someone’s catching the capita£ester

i love their adorable editing making each other disappear n phil chopping dan’s head off it’s endearing

cereal eating contest at least dan knows he’s lost (dan is the Actual psychic)

‘y’all fricken want us touching each other??? do you????? here ya fuckin go u animals enjoy’

me when dan makes bad innuendo puns

why does phil look so pleased with himself????

hi i know i say it every video but there is nothing more beautiful than phil looking at dan while he’s talking it just makes me weak????

he tongue

also important dan eye roll content

dnp each picking a game they think they can win and then they do win amazing

dan’s confused ‘should’ve put some in??? oh yeah i should’ve cheated’ immediately followed by his oh fuck yeah i probably should’ve

i would just like to point out that at this point we’re literally watching two dorks with their eyes shut psyching each other out for an entire thirty seconds

‘i’m getting so moist right now’ dan we already know ur kink is staring at phil okay we got it

phil looks like he knows he’s gonna win and i love him

why are they such dorks phil trying to make dan lose i’m being thrown violently back to pinof 4

also ofc dan has a strategy to win this of course he does of course i expect nothing less

i think dan,,,,,,broke the sound barrier there ;)

oi hi there lil rosy patch welcome back

caption this

‘it was the longest i’ve ever had my eyes open in my entire life’ dan is such a dramatic gay i love him like babe,,,,,,,u don’t have to hyperbolize everything okay

‘i don’t know why but i stared at u for like a minute’ ‘yeah’ 

dan screaming when phil touched the crown dan,,,,,,,do u have even one (1) ounce of chill

look i’ve never seen dan fixate so much on anything except phil

‘stop enjoying these rolling chairs so much’ hi daniel do u recall not a month ago when u wheeled ur bf around the flat bc i do recall u having a bit of fun there 

phil knowing he has noodly arms and dan immediately going ‘don’t u dare say that abt my husband’ is a mood

buster howell

dnp being terrified of snapping their arms in an arm wrestling contest is such a mood literally that’s like my reason for never ever wanting to arm wrestle

‘when i literally snap phil in half’ try not to look so pleased abt that dan

‘i’m not very good at fighting talk am i’ why did this immediately translate in my head to dirty talk katie u need to Stop with the phanfiction

oh my god they put the board down and my first concern was all the stickers were gonna get moved off or fall off or w.e

disappearing chins

sorry ik it’s been there but the cactus has fairy lights on it

nerds fighting over who moved who’s limbs

dan u can’t call phil out for leaning when ur leaning urself okay 

he looks exactly like he did in the dk vid

rosy patch, rosy patch, we love u lil rosy patch

hi phil’s lips look particularly pretty here

what’s wrong with them who gave them permission to be this cute n domestic

dan u can’t look that offended when u offered to play that game

(offended but fond is dan’s only mood toward phil)

doesn’t count what bloody doesn’t count daniel u dork

hi why are u so giggly looking at phil okay that’s not Legal

very dry eyes and an aching left arm, that’s how you know you’ve had a good time thanks dan thanks didn’t want that didn’t need it goodbye

the way he trails off into a laugh though that’s some good shit right there

“we said it at the same time” of course u did 

okay so pika @wlwphil​ said that dnp exist in a feedback loop of stupid bc they don’t talk to anyone but themselves i think this vid exemplifies that idea quite well tbh especially the rock paper scissors bit these nerds are so isolated in this lil loop that they massively psyche each other out over rock paper scissors i’m crying

“we know each other so well” hi yeah we know

i think it’s quite interesting that dan’s not interrupting phil like he usually would n talking over him? he’s letting phil talk? & waiting for a moment to interject?

dan puts in lil mind sneks does he phil does he really

dan having no plan which is his plan while phil’s got his first eight moves planned out 

dan’s lil shut up

okay okay okay hold up here i wanna talk abt this (hi anon who said i just like to talk abt everything u right son u right) these idiots are staring at each other n dan says ‘you should admit to them right now that i win most rock paper scissors’ and phil, whilst still staring at dan, says ‘he does’

phil. phil ur talking to ur audience. but ur staring at ur man. i’m just. this shook me. this truly genuinely shook me and idk i don’t even have a good explanation it’s just so,,,,,,,unlike them???? i guess??

phil nobody consented to this stop

i’m living for dan not realizing this

what,,,,,what

phil wins: face #1

face #2

break for the weird heartbeat in the background

phil trying to psyche dan out i love him

face #3:

if u notice we have a careful progression of dan going from slightly fond to more fond (but offended) to horrified but fond. phil goes from victorious to massively victorious to ‘i think the universe is about to explode from how victorious he is’

dan shouldn’t be allowed to sound so fond abt losing that’s illegal people can’t do that

the return of cannot believe

bow to me biatch

jiggly camera

i’ve invited ur mum ‘no u haven’t’ i find it super cute that literally every time there’s a ur mum joke directed at kath phil has to deny it?

dan’s sweatpants n slippers

dan pulling out the catti/bratty voices from undertale i love it

philip michael lester, with this…

oi don’t touch it!

now prance, king

dan’s cheeky lil grin

this guy

dan waiting patiently to be thanked

excuse me daniel and philip what did u cut out we went from y’all’s hands being down below shot and then they’re up next to ur face???? excuse me

hi we missed a lot that’s not allowed

cutes

sorry i love when dan does this with his lips it cute

phil has this incredible ability to deliver jokes with such seriousness i mean honestly it’s a genuine skill like???? when dan delivers jokes u Know it’s a joke but phil man,,,,,he could be completely serious if taken out of context

hi i just like that dnp called each other philip and daniel in this vid good content

yes phil all or nothings are valid

i’m here for them like indicating the other has to say some Significant thing at the end of the vids it’s real cute

[hoodlessmads]

Bloom Into You Dub

My thoughts under the cut (super long):

Yuu – pretty decent

I don’t dislike Tia Ballard’s actual voice for the character, and while at first I thought her delivery sounded kind of off, it’s growing on me. Tia’s version of Yuu feels like a slightly different interpretation of the character than the one in the manga and the one by the Japanese voice actress. She’s a little airier, a little more…emotional? Not my favorite version, but it’s interesting. And I’m okay with that.

Touko – really good

So I love Luci Christian, I think she’s a fabulous actress and I adore her performances as many of my favorite characters in other anime. When I heard she was the voice for Touko, I wasn’t sure how I felt about the actual casting itself? Like I don’t necessarily think her voice fits Touko. Not that it actively DOESN’T fit her, but I’m just really used to the Japanese voice actress. But at the very least I knew she would give a stellar performance, and I could be relieved about that! Especially for a character like Touko, her actress has to have such a wide emotional range to be able to pull off all the different scenes that she’s in, so on that level, there’s almost no better choice than Luci.

But WOW, I wasn’t expecting her to actually SOUND like Touko too. I don’t know how she did it, but she actually sounds like Touko. She pretty much nailed the character. ACTING, dude.

Sayaka – good

The more I listen to her, the more I’m starting to really like her. This actress has really been nailing a lot of her lines and I think her voice quite fits Sayaka after all. Okay, you’ve won me over, lady. Well done.

Maki – really good

Okay I like….REALLY like Maki’s English voice?? Like a lot. I’m genuinely surprised by how much I love this guy’s performance. Not only is the casting perfect, but some of his line deliveries are just spot on. The whole “sounds fake but okay” scene comes to mind. Well done, Sentai.

Doujima – love

I think this is the guy that plays Tanaka in the Haikyuu!! dub, which I hated (not because of him specifically). It’s funny because this guy’s voice is so distinct and it’s hard to get used to at first, but the more I hear it the more he actually hella grew on me. And you know what, his tenor and delivery really do suit Doujima once you get used to it. I enjoy him quite a bit. He’s one of my favorite English performances to be honest. Wait, there’s lesbians in this show?! FO SHO!

Koyomi – unfitting casting at first but she’s growing on me

At first I couldn’t even tell it was Koyomi speaking because the casting was THAT unexpected for me. Nothing against Brittany Karbowski, just like the choice of casting her as Koyomi, of all people, who should have a much softer voice. But the more I listen to her, the more I can get behind this interpretation I guess. She may not have the most Koyomi-sounding voice in the world, but her voice does have that slightly raspy quality that suits Koyomi nicely.

Akari – good

Riko – good

Miyako – good

Rei – she’s okay…sounds a little too old

Hiro - good

Extras – not great but fine

Is that everyone? Okay:

Script – NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Removing honorifics and changing how the characters refer to one another creates RELATIONSHIP-ALTERING DIFFERENCES that affect the story.

THE WHOLE GAG of an entire scene later is how Touko is embarrassed by Yuu calling her by her first name, which she never usually does. How are they going to adapt this? All the humor and emotion of the original scene will be lost!

The humor in Touko asking Yuu if it’s okay to call her by her first name in front of others and Yuu is like “I’m pretty sure you’ve already been saying it”, the angst when Sayaka hears it for the first time, the humor when Doujima is like, “My name is Suguru!” and Touko just brushes him off. All of it? Lost.

Yuu’s angst when she wants to call Touko, “Touko-senpai” but she can’t because she can’t cross that line into the greater intimacy that she longs for? LOST

It’s lost.

Having Yuu call her “Touko” left and right in the dub, for this character, at this point in the story, is WAY TOO INTIMATE. To the point that I’m like actually blushing every time it happens because it’s so embarrassing. Like can you imagine? Yuu? Calling her “Touko” like it’s nothing?? O///////////O. DOKI DOKI!!! WOW cultural context changes things y’all. And the thing is that there is NOT A SINGLE GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR THIS that would make sense in English like they want it to. The script writers’ only real option is to keep the honorifics intact or it just won’t make sense.

What they actually ended up going with is this really unnecessarily complicated “nickname” thing that comes across as awkward.

Keeping honorifics intact in an English dub is not new or revolutionary. We have been using original honorifics in manga since the early 2000s with publishers like Del Rey and we have even been actually SAYING honorifics in English dubs since shows like Ouran High School Host Club, which pulled it off effortlessly back in like 2008. So I really do not understand why, in 2019, when anime fans are more familiar with Japanese culture than ever before, script writers still have this baffling and strange phobia of keeping these facets of Japanese culture intact for viewers. It’s funny because Luci Christian was even IN Ouran High School Host Club. She can be Honey-senpai but she can’t be Nanami-senpai? Like…why?

It takes 40 chapters of the manga, 7 volumes, after getting to know Touko and bonding with her and falling in love with her over the course of 8 months, for Yuu to finally get to the point of running to meet her, break down crying, and tell her she loves her over and over again. And do you know? What she calls her? In this incredibly intimate moment after months of build-up in their relationship?

SHE CALLS HER NANAMI-SENPAI.

“TOUKO” LET’S NOT JUMP THE GUN HERE

I legitimately find it BAFFLING why some English script writers don’t seem to think this is as important as it is? Like there’s a reason why whole scenes are built around this facet of the culture.

And if they are really so afraid of alienating English-speaking viewers that may not understand what a “senpai” is, then there are about a MILLION ways they could slip in a simple explanation, either through context in the dialogue or through…like, an honorifics card at the front of an episode. There are options. It’s not that difficult to understand. I promise. We were ALL there at one point, and I promise that it took us all approximately two literal seconds to grasp the concept of senpai = upperclassman. And like, we collectively as an audience, are aware that this is taking place in Japan, that these are Japanese high schoolers, which means that hearing them speaking English is by definition an abstraction of what they’re actually saying. We suspend our disbelief in this way already, and so adding Japanese honorifics back into an English-adapted script really isn’t a stretch at all.

Stop patronizing English-speaking audiences. It’s 2019.

The actual script - Changing the wording of certain lines like having Touko say “Kiss me” when she’s actually supposed to be saying “I want to kiss you.” This isn’t just simple semantics. In the context of this particular character, IT’S A BIG DEAL. Her whole thing is that she doesn’t want Yuu to love her or show affection towards her. At this point in the story, “kiss me” is something she would just NOT SAY.

Because like

Like

Later on, in the supply shed, that’s why Touko is like, “This time, I want you to kiss me.” Because she’s never said that before. That’s why it’s a big deal.

Guess it’s not a big deal anymore???

I

No.

NO.

Scenes and Specifics

“I’d rather die…than hear any of that again.” I actually really like this line in the dub!! Before it’s always been translated as something like, “I’d rather die than hear those words,” as in, she’d rather die than be told something like that in general. It’s powerful enough that way. But the dub version takes it a step farther: I’d rather die than hear that again. It’s not just a sentiment, it’s actually a warning. Don’t ever say that shit to me again, or else. LMAO it’s even darker this way. It makes it even more of a punch in the gut for Yuu to hear something like that. You’re gonna have a bad time, Yuu…

and of course Luci’s delivery is great.

“Dear/honey/darling/say my name but more sweetly” – Sigh…don’t even get me started.

This is just a nitpick, but I don’t really understand why they decided to have everyone call Hakozaki-sensei “Teach” instead of just “Riko.” It would make a lot more sense, even in the context of this awkward dub with all the name changes, for them to call her “Riko.” Calling your teacher by their first name in English is just as disrespectful as calling them “Teach,” and it’s a lot more natural-sounding. No one says “teach” in real life? No one. But students DO refer to their teachers by their first name behind their backs ALL the time. Since they’re going for such an English feel with this dub it would just make so much more sense to do the same with Riko. It’s just…another inexplicable script choice.

Update: Doujima later says, “I love you, Riko!” in a line that’s actually funny. Thank you!

I can only assume the reason for the lack of honorifics is because they wanted all the characters to refer to each other the way that people do in English-speaking countries, so Yuu calls Touko by her first name and so on. Because that’s how we talk here. But even then, the way they did this is completely inconsistent. Everyone calls Yuu by her first name instead of “Koito,” and Touko by her first name instead of “Nanami,” but everyone calls Maki and Doujima “Maki” and “Doujima” even though those are their last names. Why? Shouldn’t it be Seiji and Suguru, if you’re going for consistency here? Or flip it and go last names all the time, so it’s Koito and Nanami? It just doesn’t make any sense. What exactly determines the fact that everyone calls Maki and Doujima by their last names, but calls Yuu, Touko, and Sayaka by their first names? Isn’t it really just because those are the names the fandom knows them by, not because of any in-universe reason? You see how this script choice quickly falls apart at the seams?!!

Doujima about the play: “Oh wow, there are lesbians in this show?!” Lmao. How meta. I see what you did there, show…

The super intense scene where Touko rehearses her lines and everyone’s like “Woah.” – It was goooood.

So TL;DR: the voices themselves are great, or at least good. And worth watching. There’s some really enjoyable scenes in English. But all of it, for me, is outweighed by the problems I have with the adapted script. It’s so unfortunate because I genuinely like a lot of these English voices, and of course it’s fun to listen to this beloved show in my native language. But GOD, the whole “Touko” thing really kills it for me. Am I being overdramatic? I just think it drastically alters…the viewer’s interpretation of their relationship. Maybe for some people it’s not that big of a deal, like even without the honorifics and the intimate nature of referring to someone by their first name, even if we do away with all of that, some people can still make the adjustment and view their relationship the same way. But for me it’s hard to make that adjustment, especially when so many important scenes hinge upon the use of names. If I were going to show this to a friend, I’d probably steer them away from the dub just for that reason? I don’t know. R.I.P Nanami-senpai…

I’m Not Done Yet Actually

I just want to elaborate once again on why I think removing “senpai” is so bad.

I said before that the difference is relationship-altering, and it really is, to the point where in a series like this that is so hyper-focused on the relationship between its two main characters, it almost changes the story.

Yuu calling Touko “Nanami-senpai” isn’t just some minor arbitrary nickname…it actually creates an extra layer of distance between them. The senpai-kouhai relationship is an institutional one based on respect. By its very nature, it lacks the intimacy of, say, two friends in the same year. In the dub, this aspect of their relationship is entirely removed. There are a couple of references to Touko being Yuu’s upperclassmen, but it’s hardly given the kind of attention that it is in the other versions. Instead, Yuu just calls her “Touko,” because, for all intents and purposes, in the English dub they’re just…friends. That’s what it feels like to me. It feels like there’s no real difference in the public face of their friendship than, say, Yuu’s friendship with Koyomi or Akari. Just two gals being platonic friends (but not at all). But this isn’t quite accurate! Yuu isn’t just Touko’s friend. She’s Touko’s kouhai, which means that on some level she feels an obligation to defer to Touko with the respect that she is owed as her upperclassman, even in like Chapter 40. You can even hear it in the way that Yuu speaks to her, quite naturally, with a greater level of respect than she does to her friends in the same year. Not just in the tone of her voice, but in using a more polite form of speech. (To be honest, I wasn’t listening too closely to what form of speech she uses with her same-year friends, so this isn’t necessarily just a senpai thing. It could just be because Yuu is a polite person. But let’s say for the sake of my argument that it is a senpai thing.)

When Sayaka says, “She’s my best friend, and your upperclassman. What else would she be?” she’s really giving a nod to an important aspect of how Yuu and Touko’s façade relationship is maintained.

On some level, Yuu is able to be so doting and so deferent to Touko’s wishes without Touko catching on to her feelings because she’s performing the role of kouhai. She’s not only a kind and selfless person, she’s a diligent kouhai assisting her troublesome senpai. Supposedly. You get the idea. Do you—?? This is important?? (I mean, don’t get me wrong, I still think Touko’s a dumbass for not knowing, when it’s obvious that Yuu develops feelings for her, but it’s much more believable when you have that extra layer in the relationship that could weakly explain why Yuu wants to help her so much.)

And again, having Yuu refer to Touko as “Nanami-senpai,” and viewing her as Nanami-senpai, creates that extra layer of distance that further separates Yuu from the kind of intimacy she desires to have with Touko. I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a barrier, but it’s a layer. A layer that helps protect both of them, in fact, from things getting too intimate. This is delicate, subtle stuff that’s really hard to explain in words, but anyone who’s seen the Japanese version will know what I mean. That’s why there’s that scene in the donut shop where she wishes she could call her first name (still Touko-senpai, though). There is an important bridge between “Nanami-senpai,” Yuu’s upperclassman, and “Touko,” Yuu’s girlfriend/lover. The English dub version just makes the jump across that bridge without a thought.

Also, it’s kind of kinky? The upperclassman-underclassman thing in their relationship. It’s definitely a thing. Yuu knows it, you know she totally does. I don’t make the rules, okay.

TL;DR honorifics and names are really important, especially in this series. They shouldn’t have removed them. Watch the dub if you want, but also watch the sub and read the manga. Just to clarify, I really did enjoy the dub, even though the name changes are a deal-breaker for me. I don’t want it to seem like I’m just completely shitting on it because there’s a TON about it to like. A lot of the performances from the English voice actors were great and a lot of the lines in English were hilarious and/or awesome. The thing is that the Japanese voice track is ALSO incredible and has fabulous performances, but it doesn’t have that cultural barrier issue. So…while I’ll check out the dub for whatever comes next out of respect for the actors involved and their efforts, I’ll be mainly sticking with the sub for my own enjoyment. I tend to prefer Japanese voice tracks for anime that take place in Japan anyway, since that’s what the characters are actually speaking. It’s just a personal preference that helps me get immersed.

[ted-hyung]

as a b1a4 supremacist, what do you think one should do to get to know them? i only recently kind of got into them because i didnt really know them until sandeul released his solo album

that’s CNU, btw, used to invent long hair before nuest ren or seventeen jeonghan.

also used to rock hipster glasses before it was cool. kang daniel the shoulder gangster? idk her. it’s CNU.

anyway.

where should i start? BUT a major note to take about B1A4 is they went from this:

(RIP FASHUN)

to this:

hallelujah. read more here.

listen, friend, i go way back with B1A4. i literally cried watching this subbed video lmaooo skip to 43:40.

it’s from MTV MATCH UP B1A4 X BLOCK B eps 8. rip me wyd. let’s talk about B1A4 and block b. they were the shits back then yo. 2011 was their debut year; two boy groups from unknown agencies tackling two different genres and images and MTV GOD BLESS MTV GAVE THEM A MATCHING VARIETY SHOW. you can watch B1A4 cuts here and you will see the legendary dread!zico tryna to win over gentle jinyoung-hyung and FAILED BIG TIME who’s crying with me.

block b will always hold a place in my heart. do you know who invented hep hap? it’s block b. their “new kids on the block”, “welcome to the block”, and “blockbuster” albums have no fault. none. but then they’re hep hap no more and i lost them.

B1A4 KOREAN DISCOGRAPHY + PERSONAL SONG REC, from latest to newest. i believe you can find the newest albums on SPOTIFY JFC why can’t day6.

LET’S FLY (2011): please listen to “only one” lmao. “only learned the bad things” was so, so, so sweet for my skinny freshman ass. i love it.

IT B1A4 (2011): lbr “beautiful target” was the best. watch them grow from you zoom zoom my heart like a rocket to CNU’s iconic everybody say la la. also “chu chu chu” was super chill. “fooool”? you’d find yourself singing along upon first listen.

IGNITION (2012): EVERYTHING IN THIS ALBUM BUT THE TITLE TRACK AKA MY HYUNG JUNG JINYOUNG’S FIRST TACKLE ON PRODUCING GEMS. also sandeul has a solo track here TITLED “CRUSH” GO FIND IT NOW.

IGNITION SPECIAL EDITION (2012): “baby goodnight” is so iconic i’m still side-eyeing newer idols who aren’t singing it to the camera while they’re preparing to go to sleep LMAOOOOOOOOO.

IN THE WIND (2012): yes they graced us BANA with 3 albums back in 2012. “TRIED TO WALK” HANDS DOWN ONE OF THEIR BEST SONGS. TOP 5. i’m the president of na honja ireoke opening line. i have a shrine for that line. the most impactful opening line of all songs, korean or not. amen. listen to all tracks please please. you’ll find the B1A4 distinct flavor on “what do you want to do”. like. go. now.

WHAT’S HAPPENING (2013): B1A4 wore fancy stuffs during this promotion. me ghosta. but DO YOU LIKE BALLAD? “good love” had me on the floor. then i read the translation and i died.

WHO AM I (2014): jesus lord and savior. this album. jesus f christ man THIS ALBUM. LISTEN TO EVERY SINGLE THING HERE PLEASE. “baby” further wow me about baro’s voice. “too much” WHICH IS SANDEUL + GONGCHAN’S DUET? fuck lmao we’re talking about heartbreak here and mine’s bleeding whenever i listen to “too much”. “DRUNK WITH MUSIC” tho. wow CNU-hyung. killed. this. concept. i can’t. you’re lying if your shoulders aren’t moving along and if your head isn’t nodding along. it’s THAT good. you’ll feel the swag. seriously.

SOLO DAY (2014): summer means “solo day”. period. it’s my summer jam. it should be YOURS. “drive” is so so so good. it has asphalt in the lyric. honestly do listen. also if you’re JYP stan do realize B1A4 had collaboration with min and suzy and in this album, sunmi. awesome.

SWEET GIRL (2015): oh my girl visual slash vocal slash handsome girl jiho is in the music video for the title track “sweet girl”. life’s good. in “wait” BARO IS SINGING I REPEAT BARO IS SINGING AND BANA prolly cried everywhere. and jinyoung wailing i can’t stop thinking about you girl everyday, everyday? LMAO BYE.

GOOD TIMING (2016): “a lie”, undoubtedly quenched BANA’s thirst after one whole year. have you watched “a lie” live on music shows? if the ‘touch my cheek tell me i’m not lying’ isn’t the best point of all dance point then idk what to trust. yes, i’m that supremacist LMAO. “crushing on you again” is so sweet, so very winter season love song aka B1A4’s very own color. they should be dubbed as winter season kings because their releases during fall/winter (in the wind, who am i, good timing) are the be(a)sts. “nightmare” paved the road for winner’s “really really” LMAO i’m joking. but not really. i mean baro and mino are practically brothers. “in dreams” sounds so fucking dreamy, like i said, totally winter season love song. “i’ll find you” makes me long for someone it shall inspire y’all. “together” is the one last song that leaves you wonder if these singing strangers are really worth our money and time and dedication and the answer is YES BECAUSE B1A4 RECORDED THIS SONG WITH KOREAN BANAS. jesus.

okay.

it’s july 2017. my bro baro is acting in a drama now. sandeul, your man, has collab with a starship kid. does it mean we’re going to have another winter season album? i’d say amen.

bonus: this is my fave pic of them.

if you’ve heard of it jinyoung is a composer. he’s well noted by other idols and important people in the industry lmao. he also acts. wow. i don’t follow girl groups, but LMAO THIS SONG? “AT THE SAME PLACE” MADE BY JINYOUNG HELPED B1A4 TO GET MORE RECOGNITION. this time i gotta thank mnet for the opportunity. and for the girls who were so sweet fangirling towards my hyung jung jinyoung.

listen to my ult oh my girl’s “one step two step” here and say yes that you can hear jinyoung’s magic there. i’ll just link to the BEST FANCAM EVER.

HERE’S THEM SINGING THE LEGENDARY SONG THEMSELVES:

AND JINYOUNG COMPOSED THE NEWEST GIRL GROUP BOP “DEEP BLUE EYES” wow my hyung shall be crowned as THE PRINCE OF GIRL GROUP BOPS. like.

i cry a lot. but promise this is the last time. i cried watching sandeul’s music video for his solo debut “stay as you are” but y kno it already. help my bro reach 1 million views before a year please.

fun fact: been with them since 2011. never got into shipping business, just here purely for the music and the people. they’re like friends that i’ve known for a long time; we don’t necessarily stay in touch but i always think of them fondly, y feel? i find new friends as i get older every year, yet i’ll always be the first to congratulate them if they reach another milestone in their respective lives y kno? moral of this story: don’t ship for a long lasting stanning TROOLOLOLOLLOLOLO.

this is comprehensive.

i hope i helped.

everyone please have a good weekend.