#he's learnt to let go of saki

[daily-hanamura]

[undercoverbisexualfrog]

Phantasia AU - Main Characters

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Karai Full Name: Chouriki Karai Age: 14 Gender, Sexuality, Pronouns: Cis Female, Lesbian but doesn’t know it, she/her Species: Human Occupation: Student Appearance: Picture Karai from the show but her hair is all black and is just above the shoulder in length. Also less makeup and piercings bc TC won't let her have any. Backstory: The daughter of Foot Clan leader Oroku Saki, except she doesn't know that. TC saved her when she was a baby and has since been living as their daughter. She remains oblivious to her true past as Saki's daughter and spends her days exploring Terra Mirandi. The others are her uncle and aunt figure. Extra Facts: - The adopted daughter of TC - Has a pet snake named Miwa - She saw a witch girl (shinigami) in the village she lives in once and now has a massive crush, they’re just friends for now - TC doesn't let her fight but her uncles and aunts are training her behind their back, so her fighting style is a mix of everyone's - Anton's her favourite uncle, more so when he helps her figure out she's a lesbian

TC Full Name: Chouriki ‘TC’ Takeshi Age: Uhhhhh 300+ they're immortal Gender, Sexuality, Pronouns: Non-Binary, Asexual, they/them Species: Anthropomorphic Bengal Tiger Occupation: Ex-Hitman Appearance: Humanoid tiger, light blue stripes on left arm and red stripes on the right, metal-tipped claws, missing right eye, missing tail Backstory: TC and Alopex, their sister, lost their parents when they were still kids. For about a century and a half, they depended entirely on each other. Until Alopex came to TC covered in her own blood and attacked them, claiming that TC was responsible for her wounds. A fight near the Foot Clan barrier lead to TC adopting Karai as their daughter. They haven't spoken to Alopex since. Extra Facts: - EXCLUSIVELY goes by TC - In Chouriki (長力), 長 means long, leader or chief while 力 means power, strength, or force - Sees the whole squad as their kids - Ever since they found out about the Foot Clan, they've been going on a bunch of solo missions and leaving Karai with her uncles and aunts - They're going to lose their arm in a future mission

Chris Full Name: Prince Christopher Azyrath Age: 28 Gender, Sexuality, Pronouns: Cis Male, Bisexual, he/him Species: Hellhound Occupation: Prince of the House of Azyrath Appearance: Anthropomorphic wolf, black fur, light grey feathered wings with dark orange tips, dark orange eyes, flames on tips of ears and wings Backstory: Born into the Azyrath royal family, Chris had lived a life of luxury and worship. The House of Azyrath was one of the more powerful of the five houses, and so just for having the last name, Chris was feared and respected by all. Or perhaps 'most' was more fitting. He had met a siraelia (siren-cecaelia hybrid) one day who seemingly had zero respect. For this alone, the siraelia was thrown in prison (bc chris just doesn’t want his ego hurt). But the hellhound seemed to grow fond of the prisoner, whose name he learnt was Xever, and eventually released him. Since then they had secretly started dating. Chris would bring nothing but shame to the Azyrath name if anyone found out he was dating a thief, especially a lower class one like Xever. Extra Facts: - Has fire powers, just like all other hellhounds, but more powerful since he's royalty. If he really tried, he could burn someone with a glare - He knows that his family is planning for an arranged marriage between him and a princess from the Polilla royal family. He doesn’t know what do about since he’s already with Xever - Hates rainy season bc rain actually physically hurts him - He abuses his prince status so much by letting his friends get away with literally everything, they could kill people and he could get them out of it - Serial arsonist

Xever Full Name: Xever Ladrão-dos-Mares Age: 24 Gender, Sexuality, Pronouns: Transgender Male, Bisexual, he/they Species: Siraelia Occupation: Thief, Fashion Designer Appearance: Dark skin, gold eyes, black hair, painted nails, pink fins for ears, gold flecks on face, gills on neck, fangs/sharp teeth (aquatic), black tentacles around red siren tail (aquatic), grey skin (aquatic), more fins (aquatic) Backstory: Xever lived in the sea up until he turned 16, where pressure from his 'lover' Vitor drove him to steal from the House of Thalassa. For this, he was banished from the seas. He started living in the territory of the House of Azyrath, where he met Chris. Xever was put in prison for ‘disrespecting’ the Prince. There, they ended up falling in love. Xever has since been freed from prison and is dating Chris in secret. One day he hopes to return to the seas. Extra Facts: - Ladrão dos mares translate to ‘thief from the seas’ - Can shift between humanoid form and aquatic form - LOVES fashion and style, would absolutely tell people off if he doesn’t like the clothes - Also loves music bc of his siren nature, would sing more if his voice wasn't hypnotic - Has water powers from his cecaelia side

Baxter Full Name: Stok-05 or 'Baxter' Age: N/A Gender, Sexuality, Pronouns: N/A, Pansexual, any pronouns (but mostly uses he/they) Species: Digital Bug Occupation: Scientist Appearance: Normal 2012 mutant Baxter (actually no, more human) but he’s got lime green lines and shapes on his skin. And his wings are completely green with lighter green markings. Four arms, antenna are shaped like TV antenna, and eyes are made up of mini screens. Backstory: Stok-05, or Baxter as he calls himself, is a digital bug that fled from the Digital Gates into the neighbouring realm of Terra Mirandi. He has no intention of returning to his former home and hasn’t told any of his current friends that he’s an escapee and doesn’t ever intend to. He currently works as a scientist, performing genetic experiments and building machinery to help the people of his new home. Extra Facts: - In Stok-05, Stok is part of Stockman and 05 is the episode number that Baxter debuted in in the 2012 series - Always wearing a lab coat - Karai's least favourite uncle, he freaks her out - Doesn't have much of a moral code since he's a digital creation, but he's learning - Has noticed TC going out on his own a lot, but thinks it's too soon to say anything

Anton Full Name: Anton 'Bebop' Rubyheart Age: 29 Gender, Sexuality, Pronouns: Transmasc, Gay, he/him Species: Anthropomorphic Warthog-Cupid Hybrid Occupation: Thief, Engineer, Bartender Appearance: Brown warthog, purple mohawk and fur on tail tip, black and purple eyes, damaged left tusk, black and purple sunglasses, white and pink wings, heart-shaped pupils, pink and gold halo Backstory: Raised and trained to be a matchmaker like all other cupids, but why do that when you can party? He only uses his cupid matchmaking abilities for fun rather than true love. Mainly because most cupids deem true love as between a man and a woman. He works an engineer on the side, mainly making equipment he can use to steal things with. One day he bought parts from arms dealer Ivan Almaz. A few more happened, and they started dating. Now they're a thief duo who like to fuck everything up. Extra Facts: - Instead of the usual love potion arrows used by cupids, he uses heart-seeking hip and finger lasers, he still has the bow and arrows though he just doesn't use them - His wings are more for show than actual flight, but he can fly if he wants. Just not that far - His warthog side is from a peasant that had a one night stand with a cupid - Rubies symbolise love, hence the last name - Lets Karai use his bow and arrows a lot since he doesn't use them

Ivan Full Name: Ivan 'Rocksteady' Almaz Age: 36 Gender, Sexuality, Pronouns: Cis Male, Pansexual, he/him Species: Cyclopean Crystalline Rhinoceros Occupation: Thief, Arms Dealer Appearance: Cyclops eye, horn is made of crystal, grey skin, that suit that human Ivan wears in 2012, long tail tipped with crystal, also really tall Backstory: Ivan was raised entirely by his mother and never met his father. He and his stepbrother, a full crystal rhino named Boltek, were extremely close and entered the arms dealing business together. Dealing weapons to Anton Rubyheart is how they met, and after a few more deals they started dating. Now they're a thief duo who like to fuck everything up. Extra Facts: - His mother is from the Crystal Colony (10 dimensions post) but his father was from Terra Mirandi, so he has both crystalline and organic features - Doesn’t require as much food or drink as an organic, so barely ever eats anything - Visits Boltek every once in a while to keep their relationship strong - Almaz is diamond in Russian - All his weapons are made out of diamond

Yasmin (OC) Full Name: Yasmin Aatma Age: 23 (at death) Gender, Sexuality, Pronouns: Cis Female, Bisexual, she/her Species: Bhoot Occupation: Ballerina Appearance: Grey-blue tint, black eyes with blood leaking from them, skeletonised neck and right arm, bloodied torso Backstory: Yasmin was an aspiring ballerina originally from Earth. She was killed after a performance when she fell from a balcony, still dressed in her tutu and pointe shoes. She was impaled on metal pipe in a nearby construction site. Her spirit now resides in Terra Mirandi, where she's continued being a ballerina. Extra Facts: - Aatma is Hindi for soul/spirit - Perpetually floating - Can shapeshift into different animals, feet face backwards in animal forms - Her fighting style is very similar to ballet, just you can kill people with it - Her blood is the only part of her without the grey-blue colouring, it's dark red

Comet (@solofanatic64’s OC) Full Name: Comet Sugarblush Age: 18 Gender, Sexuality, Pronouns: Cis Female, Lesbian, she/her Species: Pixie Occupation: Dream Pixie Appearance: Pointy ears, hair buns in place of OG Comet’s bear ears, pearlescent dragon fly wings, dried starfruit hair-clip, green and gold flower dress and shoes, very sparkly Backstory: Born with a love for the stars and fresh out of pixie school, Comet was put to work at her dream job as a Dream Pixie, a pixie that goes around Terra Mirandi making good dreams for the people to help them sleep. One night though while investigating a ballet studio, Comet accidentally locked herself in a trunk and left her wand just outside. She thought she was a goner and started panicking, but luckily, a lone Yasmin Aatma was still at the studio and heard a commotion coming from one of the costume trunks. She let Comet out, gave her wand back, and they’ve been friends ever since. Extra Facts: - She carries a wand with her to help her perform spells easier since she has a harder time casting them on her own - She’s 25.4cm (10in) tall, but with magic the shortest she can shrink to is 7.62 (3in) and the tallest she can grow to is 1.4m (4’7ft) - She can fly very quickly and she leaves a bright trail of sparkle behind her everywhere she flies - She can glow a warm yellow in the dark to make seeing her surroundings easier - She doesn’t have a dad and she’s an only child. Her mother is a Baker Pixie, which is what Comet would’ve chosen to be if she wasn’t so infatuated with making dreams and the night sky

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[ishankedurmom]

The father is here

Undercity Splinter is a lab rat, and is thus albino ^^

This unfortunately shortens his life span, and although he is only 42, he is nearing the end of his life. He is still healthy, though.

Splinter was one of the first mutants created by TCRI and the Mutation Project. He was to be raised by Hamato Yoshi to become a teacher for other mutants, and it was always his passion. Shredder was the other mutation project alongside Splinter, and they grew up as brothers. Oroku Saki and Hamato Yoshi raised the two as if their own sons, and they got very close. One day, the leaders of the Mutation Project decided that a teacher was not necessary, and sent Splinter to go live in an Undercity far away, to hopefully starve. Shredder was lead to believe that Splinter was killed. Splinter managed to survive due to the help of kind people in New York City, and he learnt English.

He found four infant turtles on the side of the road, abandoned to die, and took them in. Passionate for art, he named them after human artists. With the help of some other mutants, he learnt bout the Kraang. He decided to train his sons to be able to face the foe if necessary, only to find that Shredder had sided with the enemy.

FACTS 💥💥💥

4’3 (shorter than Mikey)

Would rather end his own life than lose one of his sons

Sees April and Casey as family

Only wears clothes cause he was brought up around humans, he doesn’t really need to

Has plans to see Yoshi and Saki again, if they’re still alive, that is

Him and Shredder would play pretend soldier as kids, Shredder would often let Splinter with since he’s a tiger and Splinters a rat

[sakumulti]

I'm goin through a weird feelin lately and it's kinda just. I wanna I guess establish myself in some type of fandom?? I wanna interact with people but my arts not quite there yet, my subjects aren't finished enough, and I can't keep social things going for extended periods. I've prolly been on twitter too much lately but seeing so many people talkin to and about each other or having some type of like 'look at this thing oh my god' 'oh my god ur right' discussions about shows n games n stuff seems like it'd be so nice

[shonpota]

Yakou Characteristics Analysis

Yakou's growth reminds me of a child-teenager phase.

He was full of emotions and gullible like a child who explore outside world for the first time. He pouted and get sad when things doesn't go his way, then he slowly learn starless or adult ways and try to fit in. He was depressed when Sinju left him. He got sad when Rindou won't pay attention to his eeffort, then move to Haseyama when Haseyama offered him help.

He is very simple and very honest. He will reach hands that offer something to him because he never sees it before.

He learned concept of empathy when Qu called his name in scolding way after Yakou showed relief about C, becauss C can replace B performance when Heath collapsed. He quickly feel sorry and apologized to Saki and Qu too. After that, he seems more curious and empathetic to other casts too, even go as far as protecting Starless.

With Maica, he learnt types of human relationship like colleagues and friends, also dividing between relationship between humans and work.

He learnt hope and had his hope fulfilled when Kei taught him plentiful and give him roles too. He is so happy in K and blissfully unaware of what is going on in the store.

He learnt that "something else is going on" When Saki got kidnapped and it really made him feel sad and worried. I think that he learnt "Anxiety" For the first time that isn't related to loneliness and abandonment.

He seems trust others easily and that's why the world usually let him down often. Then Iwami might introduce the concept of "Distrust" To Yakou when he asked him not to trust Kei. Yakou looks distressed with the foreign things come one after another.

Yakou seemed the type that will follow what others do and upset if he got left behind. He doesn't have any wish and doesn't know his own role. Yet he has naivety of if he keeps doing what is the best in everything, then he will surely be good at it. It is like Hope and Hopelessness, Honesty and Fragility, Adult skills and Child-like feelings are side by side inside him. He is a very simple yet complex character.

He wants to be in starless because he thinks it is a beautiful place and exciting, yet this place also the one which is very dangerous to him. He is trapped in illusion.

I can't imagine how upset Yakou will be if he knows that Starless is just facade for doing shady deals and activities. It will surely crush his hope and mind.

Starless doesn't have dream, hope, truth, luck. It really contradict Yakou's dream and hope of Starless being beautiful, then it might also break his honest personality, Yakou also oddly being lucky for 3 years of not being involved in anything so this is the time of his luck ran out.

[mefiman]

Hamato Family’s First Visit to the Hidden City

Story request by @rottmntrulesall. Hope you enjoy the story, bud! ^^

"C'mon, everyone! Hurry up!" Michelangelo's impatience was obvious in his excitement. He and his siblings were finally going to show their dad's relatives for the first time to the Hidden City for two reasons; one: to view the many wonders of the other world and two: to have a formal, proper meeting with Draxum's parents. The latter part had instilled some unease into the Hamato siblings, especially Saki who was wary about stepping foot into a mysterious world and was about to see for himself the father and mother of the "monster" who altered his younger brother many years ago.

"Are you sure this place is safe?" Hamato Kenji asked. Raphael glanced at his uncle, understanding his uncle's concerns. "We've been there a lot, Uncle Kenji! We did encounter a few dangers there before but other than that, the people there don't usually attack humans unless provoked." Raph assured his uncle.

"There are a lot of places to visit like the many resorts and spas if you want to have a massage and ooh, Señor Hueso's Run of the Mill Pizza where they make one of the best pizzas! I know the manager of that place, we're amigos~" Leonardo took the chance to quip in.

"I can't wait to see Grandpa Mons again! Wait till you guys meet him yourselves, he's the nicest, sweetest grandpa you'll ever meet! He's still as strong as he's gentle!" Mikey said happily.

"I wonder if Grandma Chemia has some wicked new inventions to show me!" Donatello exclaimed.

"This would be my first time seeing my grandparents, Arachne..." Ariadne whispered to her best friend, Arachne.

"You've never seen them before?" Her friend asked.

"Once when I was a baby... I haven't seen them for years." The yokai femme told Arachne.

"Alright, kids, you've shown us all that you're excited to bring us to visit the Hidden City, Mikey, can you open the portal now?" Splinter asked.

"Sure, Dad!" Mikey got to work quickly.

Draxum felt a tinge of anxiety inside himself. He could not recall the last time he visited his creators ever since he moved out of home to pursue his alchemy researching, away from his parents' constant arguments, half of which is about their preferred methods of raising him. It was a surprise how those two still manage to live under the same roof despite their obvious clashing personalities. He guessed that they tolerated each other just for his sake. His parents had never produced any more offspring after him and one of Arachne’s parents...

"Hey, are you okay, Dad?" A female voice asked him. Draxum jolted from his pondering to find that his daughter, Poison Ivy asking him out of concern. He just gave a small smile as he ran his clawed hands over her helmet. "Am fine, just thinking about your grandparents." He assured her. He marveled how Ivy much had grown from the last time he scientifically created her with his and Lou Jitsu's DNAs; she being so tiny as a developed newborn infant growing in a liquid chamber to a young lady around the boys' ages. From what he knew later on, Splinter raised her along with the Turtles. Ivy had lived her life at first as a normal human teenager until her yokai genes started appearing. The initial discovery of her origins did shake her world but over time, she had learnt to accept and use them to assist her brothers in their adventures. She was intelligent like Draxum and his mother with his father's gentle, mature nature as well as Splinter/Lou's sassiness. She loved to study on botany and coincidently, her powers involved using vines and summoning plant like monsters at will. She recently revealed her sexuality preference as a lesbian and had a girlfriend who is a fellow classmate and witch trainee/apprentice in disguise. Both her creators and siblings were happy for her. As of now, she was cradling her younger sister, Venus de Milo was giggling and squealing as April, Ariadne and Arachne cooed and tickled her belly.

The group watched Mikey draw a symbol on the wall at an alley. Once the symbol was drawn, an open portal revealed. The Hamato siblings' mouths went ajar, not believing what they just saw. "if you think that's mind blowing, you haven't seen nothing yet!" Mikey grinned. His three other brothers and the three girls each took hold of one of their Hamato uncles and aunts's hands. The moment they all jumped into that portal, they found themselves staring at a massive part of a what seemed to be a huge city. The sky above was unlike Earth's skies; instead it was orange with some brown. The architecture of the buildings there were monster shaped with some tall, castle like structures far away from the city. There were a lot of people of all shapes, sizes, colors and appearances walking, running, passing by each other, buying their needs or doing their usual business trades. The Turtle family allowed their Hamato relatives to take in their first view around them. Saki's eyes were bulging out of his sockets, he could not believe for his life what he was seeing. Anthropomorphic, mostly consisting of animal, everyday objects, monstrous and supernatural like individuals roamed every part of the streets around him, he felt as if he was having a strange dream that defied logic! Nori on the other hand, looked right and left, taking in interesting sights that captured her attention. Underneath a calm façade, Kenji was freaking out internally at the new, foreign view. Hiroki was squealing in delight similar to a child had just discovered a world made of toys and sweets. Her twin, Hikari was a bit calmer than his sister, feeling a thrill of danger running through his veins. Last but not least, the youngest Hamato sibling, Mei's stance looked poker face yet she looked around to see if there were any Gothic like people that she can interact with. The Turtles and the girls grinned, seeing the reactions of the others.

"What do you think? Surreal, huh?" They ask.

"Amazing.."

"Fascinating..."

"I can't believe what I'm seeing..."

"Someone please tell me that I'm dreaming..." Saki mumbled, still not believing.

"No, you're not," Draxum replied, going straight to the point with an indifferent expression. "May we please hurry to my parents' house, I bet they're waiting for our arrival..."

"Oh yeah!" Mikey clapped both his hands once. "Lead the way, Draxy!"

Draxum sighed as he took the lead of the group. Along the way, there were a few whispers around and behind Draxum coming from the city people but Splinter and Ivy took hold of both his hands and gave a comforting, assuring squeeze, making him feel better. Ariadne gave her uncle a comforting hand on to his shoulder. They were soon out of the main city square to a further distance into the woods. They had to climb up a hill for a while until they reached a big mansion residing there.

"We are here at last. My childhood home..." Draxum said, looking at the grassy, serene valley below, reminiscing the times where he as a little one ran galloping around the field, cartwheeling with glee among the flowers and his sire teaching him the basics on how to defend himself the predator way. Both father and son spend their days in the early years, sparring with each other...

"Draxum, my son!" The former alchemist warrior villain snapped out of his memories to find himself being engulfed into the arms of none other than his dear, loving old father, Monsrage who brought his only son into a crushing bear hug which knocked the wind out of his lungs. "How have you been, my little baby boy? It's rare that you visit us but it's so wonderful to see you bring your family along! How delightful!" the older yokai gushed, his bushy tail wagging with unlimited enthusiasm like an excited puppy. Monsrage was rather huge and muscular with perked up, pointy ears, silky straight black hair unchanged through time and a fairly long beard to match. Like Draxum before, he wore a battle mask. He had a significant dark upperlip. His body had different shades of blue just like his son, Draxum when he was armored. Monsrage's eyes were the same like Draxum's. His feet in particular, was a noticeable difference. Unlike his wife and son, his feet were shaped like a lion's paws, fitting for him coming from a predator species.

"Father, it's great to see you... but can you please let go now? I can't breathe..." Draxum choked out, being smothered by his sire's busty chest. Monsrage immediately loosened his grip, apologizing profusely while checking to see if he had accidently broken any of his son's bones. Draxum shook his head, smiling a little. His sire had never changed all these years, still a concerned worrywart. And he bet his mother had not either...

Chemia on the other hand, was greeting the rest of the visitors with feverish energy. She was a redhead with shades of pink for her skin colour and her ears, long and drooped. Her eyes had a little twinkle in them, a part of her eccentric personality and plump, red lips. Like her husband, she wore a mask. Donnie, April, Arachne and Ivy were given a whirlwind hug the moment they came in front of her. Monsrage went back to the mansion with his son to give the new visitors, the Hamatos, April, and Arachne a warm greeting as well as welcome his beloved grandchildren with his signature bear hug and proceed to pepper their faces with smooches which they were delighted to have especially Mikey, Ariadne, Ivy and Venus. Monsrage and Chemia ushered them all into their humble abode. The Hamatos were initially skeptical about meeting Draxum's family but they were soon warmed up to them. Later on, the mansion was filled with guffaws of laughter as Monsrage showed them all baby pictures of his son which embarrased the poor warrior scientist. Donnie, April and Ivy were treated to Grandma Chemia's latest creations. Monsrage himself had a blast, playing with Venus and sparring with the Turtles and the girls. Arachne was delighted to meet her grandparents as a young adolescent, telling them about her achievements, adventures and that her own parents are doing well. The Hamatos became comfortable talking with Draxum's parents over some snack delicacies. Overall, everyone had a wonderful time at the Hidden City.

I had fun writing this! Was tiring but oh so worth it.

The Hamato siblings (minus Lou/Splinter) and Venus de Milo belong to @rottmntrulesall while Ariadne and Arachne are the OCs of @mikeykawaii/@mikey-ho. Monsrage, Chemia and Poison Ivy along with the mention of the witch girlfriend belong to me, @mefiman. I hope you don’t mind me incorporating your girls into this story, @mikeykawaii but I’ve been dying to add them in, especially Ari meeting her grandparents! ^^ 

[tang-wei]

Ichinose Guren’s World Resurrection at 19  Volume 1 Chapter 2 Part 1 Translation~

Title: The survivors 

Translator: @tang-wei​

Raws: My own copy of the LN

The masterpost for the curious, and the translation schedule for the impatient

T/N: Let’s get this show on the road, baby! 

Rewind time a little. To a few minutes before the destruction. Christmas night. 10:24 pm

There was a religious organization in the Aichi prefecture, one of the cities where the followers of 『Mikado no Tsukki』live. There was a big forest-park on the outskirts of the city, and in that park, there was a mountain with restricted access. Between the trees. After a couple of hours away at a place without a proper road, there is a torii in the mountain, it seems as if it was worshiping some god, but in reality, there was nothing worshiped there. No, in the first place, this land this park sits on belongs to the 『Narumi Family』 which was a relatively large and enthusiastic family among the followers of the religious organization 『 Mikado no Tsukki 』 . 『 Mikado no Tsukki 』 states that god does not exist, so it is natural god in this torii. But why is there a torii thenー?

"............" Narumi Makoto thought about such things.

He was often punished by being made to tie a lantern to the torii in the woodsーbut why is there a torii, when there is no god? He had not had such doubt so far. This mountain was familiar since childhood, but he did not know the reason why this torii exists. Narumi narrowed his eyes. Light mocha hair, droopy eyes. Below that, a mole. He may just be eleven years old, but from the young age he was told that he was going to become a leader of『Mikado no Tsukki』in the future, and so he needs to train his body. There was a wooden sword at his waist. Today, he was supposed to be training his magic and swordsmanship, but on the way, he decided to run away to the mountains. On the mountain, on top of the tallest Cedar tree that can even seen from town, he looks at the red torii. “.......Hey Shuusaku. What’s this torii doing on our territory?” Then a boy with a calm expression who was sitting at a tree branch slightly below Makoto’s answered. “Don’t think about such things, let’s go home already Makoto. Or else they’ll be angry.” “They won’t be angry.” “I’ll be angry.” “It’s okay if you’re angry.” “Hey, that’s terrible, Makoto.” The boy said in a calm voice. He is Iwasaki Shuusaku. He was also the same age, 11 years old. His parents think that Shuusaku is a good candidate to become Makoto’s follower, but Makoto himself thought otherwise. They grew up in the same place from when they were children, and they’ve been studying and playing with each other. Naturally, they grew up like brothers. Or childhood best friends. One day when he became 6 years old, Shuusaku began to speak in honorific terms, and he immediately disliked it and they fought over it. Although Shuusaku was calling him Ma-chan up till then, he started calling him “Makoto-sama” and said that it was fate and said that he had to do soー and then Narumi punched Shuusaku in the face. ー Don’t be silly. It's not that kind of relationship. You and I are brothers. Narumi said so, but Shuusaku insisted that they did not have that kind of future. For each other, this is the best. Narumi then decided that if Shuusaku ever -sama on his name, he would not talk to him. Once he set his mind to it, he would not yield. To not be led astray by the words of others*- it was the Narumi family's teachings. So he endured it and continued the hard days where he tried not to speak to him. In the meantime, Shuusaku still had the same kind of calm face as before, and still followed him around. Shuusaku has been persistent in trying to get him to speak many times, without giving up. It was obvious that they were always together, so it would have been painful on Shuusaku as well. Makoto-sama. Please listen to me. Makoto-sama. In such a situation I would be scolded. Makoto-sama. Makoto-sama. Makoto-sama. Three months after this started, the days where he did not speak continued, and one day Shuusaku broke. It also happened on this cedar tree on this mountain. Shuusaku said. ーI understand. I’ll drop the -sama. And I’ll stop speaking formally. But I can’t do that in front of your parents. Also, since calling you Ma-chan is impossible, I’ll just call you Makoto. Is that okay? Narumi smiled, it was 3 months worth of patience. ーMa-chan is fine. ーPlease give up. ーNot breaking for 3 months is harsh, Shuusaku ーThat’s my line. I cried every night. ーDon’t cry~ It was that kind of conversation here. And after that, Shuusaku called him Makoto. Thinking about it, it wasn’t a bad idea. Since they were going to be adults soon, it would be better to call him Makoto than Ma-chan. Right now, they are 11 years old, but once they become adults, they will become followers of the Ichinose family who lead 『Mikado no Tsukki』 and change the world. In the world where the Hiiragi family rule, to make 『Mikado no Tsukki』 the best. They have to study and train and quickly grow up, until they were old enough to help. For that reason, Makoto and Shuusaku were practicing in the mountains. There still were some magical invocations that he still could not do, and so he continued to train without sleeping. The reason was because Guren-sama said to follow him. Because at the funeral of Ichinose Sakae-sama, Guren-sama said that he would continue to fight to change the world. That’s why he thought that he had to serve that ambition. Since then, he planned and trained more than ever. Of course, Shuusaku also trained with him. They are brothers, and they will serve the Ichinose family together. Thus, they had to be strong as well. So he brought Shuusaku to this mountain. And in the last few days, undergone training that would have made the old him die if he did itー “Which god is enshrined by this torii?” Shuusaku replied to the question with confused look. "Uh, Makoto." "What?" "When you came to my placed, do you remember what I was doing?" “When?” “5 days ago.” “What were you doing?” “Eating dinner.” “Ah, croquettes." “Croquettes are my favourite, but I only managed to eat two mouthfuls before I came up the mountain.” “Hn.” “We’ve not been home for 5 days.” “Have we become stronger?” “We have to return, there are plans for me, and there’s a schedule for you ──” But Narumi cut him off and said, “With our training plan, I can not help Guren-sama, I have to make it more demanding." “But the trainers....” “I already told you. The curriculum has to be changed. But even as it is being changed, I still need to train.” “Understood. I just want to eat croquette.” “Ah, it’s just that you were getting upset. I’ll buy you croquettes from the convenience store on the way back.” “I like my mom’s croquettes best. You know that.” “Mama’s boy**.” “I’m already 10, yeah? I only see my mother once in a while.” Shuusaku said. Shuusaku’s mother was a famous sorceress named Saki Shien, a celebrity in the magical world, always travelling around Japan. She was hardly at home. As far as Narumi knows, she did very little child raising. The only dish she knew how to make was croquette. So of course, Shuusaku liked his mother’s croquettes. The taste was normal. Narumi had tried them before. The one’s made by Narumi’s family were much more delicious. That’s why Shuusaku was a mama’s boy. Narumi said. “Maybe Shien is in the prefecture today?” Shuusaku shrugged. “She’s supposed to be gone for 5 days.” “Do you want to see your mother?” “Of course I want to see her.” He truly is a mama’s boy. Narumi nodded his head. “Alright then, let’s go home.” “Ah?” “I want to see Shien too. And I want to show my trainer that my magic is better than his now. Ah, I got it! We can let Shien set a harder curriculum for us.” Then, Shuusaku replied. "Mother told me that a good foundation is the most important." “Do you think because you learnt from Shien your spell casting is much better than mine?” Or maybe it’s genetics? Shuusaku always had an aptitude for spells. With the same amount of training, his spells were much better than his. Because of that, Narumi is putting in double the effort to become stronger. “Makoto’s magic is strong.” “Only because I put in double the effort.” “Yeah, yeah.” “Hey, do you think I’m stupid?!” “Let’s go home~” Narumi smiled, put up his hand and extended two fingers. He concentrated his consciousness into using magic, “…………” Once again, looking at the torii underneath the tree, “So, returning to my first question.” Shuusaku also turned to look at the torii. “Do you think the story of God is real?” “Hm.” “God does not exist.” “Well, that’s what we learnt.” The ones to truly follow, the Ichinoseー That was the teaching so 『Mikado no Tsukki』. “Well, then what’s this torii for?” “Well, I never thought about it before, but it certainly is strange. There’s always a god in every shrine. It’s a different realm of powerーbut why is it here in our land.  I wonder if there’s something about it.” “Do you want to ask Shien?” “But studying the history of spell casting ー” “Ah, well I need to pass that curriculum. If not I cannot become stronger.” “After all, it is Makoto’s place to become the leader. But for me, as a follower, my magical training is more strength-based.” “Guren-sama is the leader. I will help him.” “Guren-sama said that it was necessary to have both knowledge and a sound mind.” "... Hmー. Okay then. Certainly. You may become stronger while I study." Narumi says, and Shuusaku smiled. “That's why I’m here. You’ll be a good leader, and I’ll be your shield.” “But isn’t it better for the shield to be smart?” “......Hm.” “Then the shield should also study too.” "Makoto just doesn’t want to study alone, right?" “Hehe.” And then Narumi laughed. “Anyway, let’s go, Makoto.” “Okay.” And thus, the two departed.

!! Chapter 2 Part 1 (of 3) END !!

Translation notes: 

* To not be led astray by the words of others

I believe that this is an idiom, but I’m not too sure (drawbacks of not formally learning the language rip). But it means to say that Makoto would stand true and fast to his principle (of ignoring Shuusaku), and would not be swayed by anything, the idiot

** Mama’s boy

Oh this is an amusing one. In the LNs, it is written as 'maza-con' aka mother complex. in the western world, this means something much more sexual than Makoto teasing Narumi that he's a mother’s boy, hence I elected to use mama's boy instead of mother complex. Btw, a mother’s boy is someone who absolutely loves his mother to the point of obsession/ idolization. Mother is best, mother can do no wrong, etc. It also comes with the negative undertone that as an adult, the guy cannot do anything without asking his mother first (for permission, for advice etc) and is a wuss

T/N: I haven’t translated in so long... I forgot my own tagging system OTL, I hope ya’ll forgive me, and enjoy these utterly adorable kids (I mean, Makoto straight up ignored Shuusaky for 3 months!!! these kids!!!! U R G H). I’m glad to know they survived the apocalypse, that’s all.

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[yesyunniechan]

Detective Conan File 986 [Japanese to English Translation]

Before reading this, please remember Shinichi Kudo’s childhood case. Remembered? Well that’s even worse in terms of puns and metaphors. I did my best!

Mouri family is in extreme situation!!

Occhan's time to shine!!

[What?!]

K: You realized where they've taken Eri?!

C: Yep!

K: Wait a second! If we'll think about all the places in 1 kilometer area that can be reached by bell chiming of the church near the Detectve Agency...

K: And add that we learnt about Tohto tower from chatting with the criminal...

K: Then by the sound you just made with Soujouji, that is near the Tohto tower...

K: We can get a 1 km area with 340m radius, which crosses both Burokuchou and Suranchou, which I also realized, but...

[Conan and the others keep battling criminals, while searching for the place where Eri is...]

K: Why is she in Sutanchou?!

C: The recent message from Eri-obasan!

R: Err... 'The crab is, half-boiled but makes those two swordfishes, look tasty...This evening, it’s bright let's eat outside?

R: And how...

C: Crabs are black when they are sold, but turn red when they are boiled, right?

C: Then 'half-boiled' here means it's not really red...

C: Which means something, that's usually red, but today it's starting to get black...

C: 'It's bright' is a keyword for the full moon...

C: At full moon nights there's only one...

C: Building that puts out half of its lights...

K: T-Tohto tower!!

R: R-right, tonight half of the lights are not lit!

K: I heard about it...

K: At full moon nights they don't use half of the illumination to let people see the beautiful moon...

R: But what's that 'makes two swordfishes look tasty'?

C: Tasty means 'looks good'... And mekajiki in English is 'sword fish'!

C: Sword can be a blade or a katana, and two of them...

C: Katana, two of them, what does it make you think of?

C: There was a mighty samurai who wielded two katanas, right?

K: Nitoryuu Miyamoto Musashi?!

R: Musashi means Bell Tree Tower's height, 634 meters?

(6 - mu, 3 - sa(n), 4 - shi)

C: Yes! And because of Tohto tower not being lit it makes Bell Tree Tower look beautiful, so...

TN: I swear, it's Shinichi Kudo childhood case all again, I can't deal with those aaa

C: If she can see both the Tohto tower and the Bell Tree Tower...

C: Then Eri-obasan must be somewhere in Sutanchou!

[Oi, we're screwed!]

[The lawyer sent out a bunch of nonsense about crabs and swordfishes...]

[And judging by her daughter's answer, it looks like she's getting close!!]

C3: Even though I impersonated her and spread misinformation!!

C2: Give me that!!

[Ran: We're at Sutanchou, but which building is it?]

[Sent: No-no! Not Sutanchou!]

[Kisaki Eri: I don't know, when I escaped from the suitcase, I was already inside of the building...]

C2: A comma...

C2: She uses the western comma to let her daughter know which messages are hers!

C2: Now that we now it, use comma in messages to her too!

C2: That'll make them confused!

C3: Got it!

C2: Well, even if her daughter will come here...

C2: We'll just catch her and peel her skin...

TN: Ha. Haha. Hahaha.

K: Oi! Which building Eri is in?!

R: No way...

R: Kidnappers also...

R: Started to add commas?!

R: Reinforced concrete?

R: Wooden? Which one?!

[Kisaki Eri: From touching the walls, it feels like that's a reinforced concrete building]

[Kisaki Eri: Don't fall for it! Walls are, made of wood, so that's probably a wooden building]

E: Oh no... They caught on to the comma...

E: So... what do I do now?

[Kisaki Eri: First floor serves as a garage, and there was a yellowish warm grey shutter, I think]

[Kisaki Eri: Grey shutter is, a lie! It's a wooden door, a wooden door!!]

K: Crap! We don't know whether it's a shutter or a door!!

R: No... It's a grey shutter!

C: How do you know?

R: Mom mentioned earlier...

R: That she thinks that colors with animal names look warmer...

TN: Grey is Nezumi-iro, nezumi is mouse/rat, also a case with another cool Kogoro :3

K: Yellowish... Grey shutter...

[This abandoned building!!]

E: Hm? It's them?!

E: Ran! Darling!

E: I'm here!

K: Eri!!

[Ugh]

C2: I finally caught you, cunning lawyer!!

C2: To be honest, we only wanted to make a video where you're apologizing to us while being all naked... But now that you called for police...

C2: So I'll make you unconscious, strip you down, make ero-video...

C2: And will upload in to the internet...

C2: That's what you get!!

K: Idiot... the only one who's allowed to see Eri naked...

K: In this whole world...

K: Is only me...

K: Oosoto!! 

TN: Judo move, thanks to vonikay!

K: And now...

K: Sankakujime!!! (Triangle Choke)

K: Who is this guy?

E: A husband who's in a divorce process with his wife because of the domestic violence...

E: He lost to me in court and was really angry...

E: Looks like he teamed with other husbands that lost to be and wanted to make a video where I'm apologizing...

E: By the way, what about other two?

K: Hm?

E: Slim gambling husband and fat cheating husband!

E: They should still be here...

K: Then right now Ran is...

R: Phew...

C: Well... from the point she broke down the garage shutter...

C: It was already a victory...

E: But how did you enter through the window? That's 4th floor?

K: W-well...

K: It was nothing... Don't make a fuss...

R: Yes, right! An abandoned building in Sutanchou!

R: Please hurry, Takagi-keiji!

C: Now that we've called the police, the case is closed!

R: No... There's still one question that remains unanswered!

C: Eh?

R: Conan-kun!

R: The deductive abilities that lead us here... They can't possibly belong to a first grader...

R: So, Conan-kun, it's as I thought - you're...

C: ...yes, right! Just like Ran-nee-chan thought...

R: Eh?

C: Here!

R: Eh?!

S: Anyway! I wasn't even been able to eat because I kept instructing this brat!!  

S: Tell this to your mom! Even if some normal clients will come, check properly before opening the door!!

S: Bye!

R: H-hey! Shinichi?!

C: Shinichi-nii-chan was talking to me on the phone! Ran-nee-chan was too busy chatting with her mother...

R: I see... That's why Conan-kun was always holding a phone...

C: Ah? Ran-nee-chan noticed tha...

R: So Conan-kun is... Conan-kun <3

TN: I DON'T TRUST THIS SMILE SHE IS ALERTED ABANDON THE MANGA

R: I see, I see! 

C: It was close...

C: Looks like she was suspecting me...

C: It was right to record Shinichi(my)'s voice beforehand...

T: Anyway, Mouri-san, please follow us for the questioning to the police office...

K: No... Let's do it tomorrow.

K: I'm going to eat...

K: And then go with my wife on date to the cinema!

K: Right?

E: Yes...

R: No way! They are holding hands like lovers!

R: What's this? A sudden success born of failure?

[No... I didn't just win a lawsuit... I, Kirie Saki, was able to see the truth...]

[Yes... The truth is always...]

Y: Can only be the one <3

K: So cute~

K: Hey, isn't it great? Her boyfriend was found innocent...

R: Right!

E: What are you talking about?

E: 'Objection!' 'Objection!' 'Objection!' felt so cheap! They also made judge look bad, what with that whole 'striking weak point' thing... And of course you can't just suddenly let a witness speak without the judge's permission...

E: They also tried to portray that bar scene in which the drunken boss was grumbling on about the details of the case as comical, but that was a violation of confidentiality, and should lead to some disciplinary measures...

E: And who would use such a pretentious tone in a courtroom...

E: Isn't using the queen's speech a bit over the top?

K: You do the same thing, don't you?! Wasn't it based on you?

R: Geez, and how did it come to this?!

C: Oh, by the way, Kirie Saki is an anagram of Kisaki Eri...

[Adult love is... difficult... Next issue, that man from HQ will make his move?!]

[courage-a-word-of-justice]

SSSS.Gridman 3 - 4 | Double Decker 5 - 6 | Golden Kamuy 15 - 16 | Zombieland Saga 4 - 5 | Merc Storia 3 - 4

Gridman 3

Samurai Calibur is literally what pulled me back into the show – after all, he’s an indicator that despite this show’s serious demeanour, it is campy at heart. So it’s great to see him have a big role, even if he has to look stupid to do so.

Uh…by the way, kaiju (Anti?). What’s so cool about Wolverine blades? I mean, Wolverine himself has healing factor to back that up, but you’re just a kaiju…

That star explosion! There’s the Trigger we know and love!

“A kaiju that eats breakfast with me.”

I always love how anime deal with isolation through framing and other visual techniques. In this case, it’s Utsumi and Rikka in two mirrors of different shapes.

“…over, right?” I thought, as Utsumi said, “…disbanded.” – Close enough.

Literally everyone in this show has blue eyes. It’s striking, but it’s a bit much…? I personally like a mix of eye colours for characters, especially those eyes which seem to have flecks of different colours in them. Not that I’ve ever had an excuse to give any character I’ve created eyes like that (since it’s easier to describe single-coloured eyes), but it would be nice to have an opportunity to. Update: Apparently it’s a homage to something. A Transformers thing, actually.

This ED…hmm, it kinda looks like the Sarazanmai ads I’ve seen around lately. Just without the stylised background people and with Akane and Rikka.

Double Decker 5

“The Derick Special!” – Welp, aside from forgetting the E in “potatoes”, they got the spelling right, LOL.

I wonder if Kirill’s sister looks anything like him?

…Hmm. I noticed the license plate on that blue car has BNY. Maybe it stands for “bunny” or “Barnaby”?

*Kirill headbutts Doug* - Well…uh, that’s one way to use your head…

“My first partner died.” – Wait, but if that’s (Doug’s first partner) not Derick…then who is it??? The one before Derick? Update: Yep, I was right.

I just realised the motorbike (? car?) Max rides has her name on the license plate. At least in the ED it does.

It seems like the next episode is a breather ep…hmm.

Golden Kamuy 15

Kibushi is number 8 on this page.

“Bat man”…? Like the superhero?

I can’t believe I actually don’t mind the Blingee fire at this moment in the season…urgh. Why did I just say that? I might regret it later…

Oh my gosh…woodcock birds are adorable!

Inkarmat likes Cikapasi’s cover story? Even the bit about…boob-grabbing…?

I like the technique where it appears Nagakura and Toshizou have deaged. It really gives the scene emotional impact and emphasises the fact this episode is called “Let’s Talk About the Past”.

Zombieland Saga 4

I always imagine Lily’s voice to be extremely high pitched. So high pitched, it’s almost silly…but maybe that’s just what happens when I turn off the volume and try to imagine their voices that way.

Chatsumi means “tea picking”. As in picking tea leaves.

Bikubiku just means Junko is trembling from fear. She probably has a fear of heights…

Hey wait, I thought slapping Saganship Z on people who aren’t zombies is called “administering medicine”…

The CGI…I don’t think it’s entirely hideous, but it’s still vaguely obvious.

Marutchi/Tamatchi -> Yes, it’s another Tamagotchi joke from Saki.

Merc Storia 3

Oh my goodness…this (the queen) is the fairy I got hyped for way back when this show first had its ED showcased! She’s basically the anime version of a Shirley Barber fairy! She’s gorgeous!

Princess, didn’t the tale of Excalibur teach you not to pull swords from stones?

There are a lot of princesses in this, to the point where it makes me feel like a kid again. Then again, all good anime makes me giggly like a kid. Not to mention this actually is aimed at kids…

Who’s a healer, Merc? Jamo? (Yeah, yeah, I’m kidding, but seriously, get Merc to do a better indication of who she’s talking about.)

Oh, how did I not think of this? Yuu’s name is Yuu because he’s you, geddit? The player character?...Okay, stop booing…

Seriously, all the fairies, regardless of their gender, are gorgeous…! Except the bartender and the butler. The bartender looks like Tank from Brave Beats and the butler’s just an old guy. The background characters are only decent looking, too, but I’m talking about (most of) the main characters here. The princess is kinda cute, but not enough to awaken a moe instinct in me, y’know?

I didn’t notice this until now, but Paristos has pointy ears…hmm.

Wait, that was a dude fairy??? The black one, i.e. “one that knows the land”??? Update: Sorry. I listened to his voice and then realised…that is a dude. Sorry. He even kind of sounds like Ume…Update 2: A-hah! That’s why The One That Knows the Land (that is literally what he’s credited as) sounded familiar. It was Junichi Suwabe! Update 3: His name is in the next ep, it’s Zephrodai.

SSSS.Gridman 4

I noticed Akane has a Surume card. It’s probably a pun on Suika (Watermelon) cards. Apparently the pun is that tapping the card on and off is like water swishing (sui sui), hence the name. Update: It would be also nice to say they were a pun on Hong Kong’s Octopus cards, but the visuals on the cards are all wrong…

See? They’re (Namiko and Hass) using their phones like normal kids. So why didn’t Rikka remember to use her phone last ep?

Rumour has it Borr is a dude, which makes the fact he’s questioning why girls like older guys make a lot more sense. Then again, you could just headcanon him as a lesbian instead. I’m not going to stop you from thinking that way if you do.

Honest to stars above, this feels like Kiznaiver Round 2. I didn’t mind Kiznaiver but though it could be better. The drama felt a little too…melodramatic, y’know?

See? This episode just proves Calibur is best boi…until further notice, when they introduce that other Neon Genesis bishonen for real.

So if Borr -> Buster Borr, Max -> Tracto Max and Samurai Calibur -> Calibur, then Sky Vitter…either Sky or Vit. I already know the answer is “Vit” because I saw it on the wiki, but it makes a bit more sense now. Anyways, I was wondering…what happened to the 3 dudes from Arcadia? Max is the strongest, eh? So many questions, not enough time, y’know???

Double Decker! 6

“Good Noodles”, LOL.

The line that appears when the subs say “Let’s take this to our car” actually says something along the lines of, “For the moment, let’s take this to our car, shall we?”

Interestingly, the word “guinea pig” (as in, the “we’re being tested on” sort) translates directly – you can read the word morumotto (guinea pig) in the text.

Maybe I’m not familiar with terms aside from keiji/keibu etc. for policemen, but I’ve never seen a policeman being referred to as “omeguri-san”…

If we’re talking about noticing things…a post for this episode already spoilt for me that “Kirill now has a brother”, although I don’t know whether that comment was made in jest/deception or not. Also, that “sister” sure didn’t have any…er, secondary reproductive characteristics on the torso, to put it lightly.

Reminder, dear cowatchers: Doug is…kind of…an asshole.

*Milla’s disappearance involves getting on one of those double decker buses you see around Lisvaletta* - Welp, that puts another meaning to the name “Double Decker”, eh?

Apple Bieber (LOL) is so tsundere when people actually call him “Doctor”, haha.

Holy sisters, Batman! Milla even sounds like a man. I may be terrible at identifying voice actors from their voices alone, but heck if I can’t tell this “Milla” is a man! (The voice of “Milla” sounds familiar…who is it, though? I’ll skip forward and check. Update: Okay, it’s a name I don’t recognise, but it is a dude! The VA’s name is Yuki Fujiwara. But now that that’s established…I like Valery (sic…?) already. He’s definitely my type~.)

Soooooooooo…yeah. Kirill really does have a brother. Sorry for the spoilers.

Golden Kamuy 16

…Wait, so he’s (Shiraishi) actually getting captured this time?

I find it interesting there is a Japanese equivalent to “Kamuy” which means “residence of the gods”, to translate it somewhat loosely.

Shiraishi had such stupid faces in everyone’s heads…LOL.

I find Tsurumi wearing a proper outfit coloured like the 7th division (albeit more Chinese-looking) kinda strange. Tsurumi suits red more, methinks.

Opium, eh? I assume this talk about poppies and England has something to do with the Opium Wars.

Arisaka’s probably as bad as Brook from One Piece…at least, when it comes to skull jokes in the OP manga. Or like a group of dads having a meeting.

Nikaidou’s so petty…LOL. But it is a good idea to weaponise a fake leg – I mean, Toshizou could have the same advantage if he put a sword in his cane…but I think Toshizou thinks too highly of his Izuminokami Kanesada to do such a thing.

I laughed pretty hard when I learnt Ogata is meant to be part of the 27th. Probably because it wasn’t much of a coincidence in the first place.

Zombieland Saga 5

Wowee, what just happened to Tatsumi’s leg??? “The second you let your guard down, it can all fall apart!” – I think he was talking more about his leg rather than competitive baseball…Update: I swore the ball went through his leg. If you didn’t interpret it the same way, then…sorry.

So I heard you like KFC. Well, we’ll just grab Saga’s equivalent to KFC so you can have chicken in your anime while you eat chicken…or something like that…?

Shouldn’t that be “principles of Drive-In Tori”?

The fish eyecatch seems to involve a Karatsu-kun-chi…according to the banner in the back.

Google Translate tells me “Bonjour, Saga jeune” means something to the effect of “Hello, Saga youngster.”

They really like their live-action segments on this show, huh?

Seriously, which of these girls does Ookoba-san remember??? Is he the driver from episode 1’s Truck-kun? Update: It’s Junko, so that makes sense. If it were Policeman A recognising Junko, Ai or Sakura…we’d be in trouble.

I forgot why they were panicking, but then I remembered…they didn’t have their makeup on. Ah.

Eh? You’re kidding…the Gatalympics is legit!

Yugiri literally poledanced on that rope! Yipe, that’s stiff competition…

What is Tae eating in these in-between scenes, anyway…?

I believe I cannnnnn…*music cuts immediately* Fall…So much for the “I Believe I Can Fly” parody…

Merc Storia 4

Gah, that necklace looks like a Sims gem…

Okay, if I figured out what the next country is it won’t be so interesting. It’s the “country of the clan of few people”.

You can see Salodeah in the ED…and Fruedling (sp???)…but there are some other characters you don’t see in these fairy episodes. Now I’d like to meet the lady riding the spider and the blonde guy (you see them in the same screenshot). You can also see the dog girl from the animal in the ED (I forgot her name though, LOL). I’d also like to see the angel country…

I just realised the next ep previews are called Merc Yokoku (Next Ep Preview) Storia…hmm.