#ichi-zero base

[crehador]

can i just choose zero ichi as my op of the season again lol

[kyouka-supremacy]

BSD Anthologies Masterlist

I couldn't find a comprehensive (and with still working links) masterlist of the translated anthology chapters so. Here we go! Biggest shoutout to this other masterlist by @/yokohama-drip for most of the chapter references and to bsd-bibliophile for chapters 7 and 12 of the first and second anthologies. Titles translation credits go to the bsd wiki. Happy reading!

Edit: Thank you so much @amythedemisimp for the precious additions!!!

1-5 raws

First Anthology -Rei-

Don't Get a Stomachache to Gain a Friend by Hideki

The Things I Hate, the Things I Like by Ichi Kotoko

The Devil Comes and Takes Care by KanaiNeco

Kenji 100% by Enya Uraki

The Detective Agency's Manju Incident by Ui Kashima

A Quiz During Work by Mito Aoi

Karl's Resentment by Tsubata Nozaki /// alternative translation

The Things I Like by Con Kitora

Me and the Cake and Sometimes the Pug by Kazuki Tōgō

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's Suffering by Akamaru

Fortune-telling Will Bring Good Luck by Yūto Masagishi

Icy Weather by Tam Chashibu

What is a Partner...? by Akaza Samamiya

Second Anthology -Hana-

The Detective Agency and the Port Mafia's Holidays by Mikan Aka

Time Sale is a Battlefield by Guru Mizoguchi

Q's Stroll Day by Kazusa Subaru

Osamu Dazai Quiz Tournament by Hinoki Kino

Ruler! Fitzgerald's Room by KanaiNeco

Thirty-two. Episode Five by Kakashi Tano

Ichiyō Higuchi's Off Duty Top Secret Mission by Ataru Hida

A Restaurant with Many Literary Masters by Ko Nikaido

A Timid Person's Day by Masahiro Jinno

Hot Pots and Holidays by Sho Kimiduka

The Tiger's Repayment by Kotaro

Sweet Outing by Yuzuru Kuzukiri /// alternative translation

Bungos' Joint Social Gathering by Hideki

Stray Dogs' Lucky Spot Disagreement by Noka Nogami

Third Anthology -Rin-

Mother by Hideki /// alternative translation

The Mafia Inadvertently Read a Novel Written on a Whim and Reincarnated in a Parallel Universe by Hinoki Kino /// alternative translation

As You Wear It by Akira Hirahara /// alternative translation

The Devil's Automatic Door by Nanora /// alternative transaltion

How to Find Happiness by Kanae Ikushima /// alternative translation

Hello, Again Winter Dreams. by Pyaa /// alternative translation

The Visitor in the Rain by Togekinoko /// alternative translation

Because My Senior's Healthcare is Also My Job by Roku Sakura /// alternative translation

Good Weather, Cat Storm by Osawa /// alternative translation

Breakfast Situation by Miki Daichi /// alternative translation

Elise-chan, a Smartphone Application by KanaiNeco /// alternative translation

Q's Suffering by Hiko Nekome /// alternative translation

Tiger, Sometimes Cat by Taichi Miya /// alternative translation

The Port Mafia's Medical Check-up by Sakurana Haru

With a Hat, a Man and a Beef Bowl by Oda

Fourth Anthology -Akatsuki-

Poe and Ranpo and Enter and Black Tea by Imaru Adachi /// alternative translation

Apple Demon by Nykken

A Little Break by Siroisora

Exciting Grab Bag by Toriyasu

All Quiet on the Black Cloth Front by Mari Araki

Hirotsu-san's Coffee Shop by Yashino Ayashiro

The Client is a Cute Ghost by Otakumi

The Little Visitor in the Rain by Togekinoko

Fully Automatic Suicide Machine by Zero Akabane

Why Did You Come to Japan? by KanaiNeco

The Story of Kunikida Falling Asleep by Saru Hashino

A Hunting Dogs' Holiday by Hinoki Kino

Infernal Day by Asuka Keigen

The Decision is an Oblate that Enwraps the Pain of Life by Hideki

Fifth Anthology -Kanade-

Masterlist by @/zilinks

Sixth Anthology -Mutsumi-

Given to You Based on Your Level and Love by KanaiNeco

Detective Agency Radio by Yu Kira

GET UP LUCY!! by Kabotya

Poe, Wine and the Setting Sun by Imaru Adachi

Shindafuri Dai Sakusen by Yuri Tsukushiro

Hanachidori by iyutani

What Style Are You? by Kiyo Hasui

'Hitori' yori 'hanbun' by Neno

The Angel's Rest by Mari Araki

Mottomo Erai Egoisuto by Mutsuki Higashioji

Magomusume Sakusen, Zokkō-chū ni Tsuki by Eku Hachida

Boo no Yū by Asato Konami

Do S! Erisu-chan!! by Kakeru Sora

Young Ranpo Wants to Be Praised by Tsuki Anmi (incomplete)

[ouroborosorder]

Undead Unluck season 2 has the chance to do the single best thing of all time. If they don’t fuck the pace too bad, they should get to Ragnarok. an arc based around a countdown. And their first theme song is called 01, whose chorus starts with someone screaming “ZERO ICHI” at the top of her lungs.

You know what must be done.

Come on David Productions. I have so little faith in you. But I know you can do this little.

[lunarpanda]

Happy Halloween everybody<3 This year Mika is in another costume based on an anime I'm watching~ She's Code Geass' C.C. and her love of pizza fits Mika quite perfectly.

Not to mention I'm gonna canonize Mika's JPN voice claim is YUKANA anyways. One day I gotta comb through her roles and get clips of her speaking for a demo video.

But yeah~ Pizza time~ Yippee~

Bonus:

Can't have C.C. without Lelouch right~? I think Ichi would rather wear Lelouch's cat outfit instead of the school uniform or his Zero outfit.

[tokiro07]

Ichi the Witch ch.1 thoughts

[Me Man-Witch!!!]

(Contents: character analysis - Ichi, narrative analysis - implications/tone)

Listen. I know I said I wasn't going to do this, but I literally have thought about this chapter every day this week, I've got to say something about it!

This may or may not become a regular thing, though I think I'll be more willing to let a chapter slide now and then than I am with Undead Unluck since I don't want this to detract from my ability to write for UU

I'll probably just do a couple notes rather than deep-dives for this one, but we'll see how it compels me as it goes on

For now, though, I just want to point out a couple of things that stuck out to me

Ichi the Killer Hunter

The idea of "Death for Death," that life should be respected and only taken for the sake of survival (whether that be to gain food or eliminate a threat), is pretty obviously the central tenet of this series, but it's the way Ichi himself treats it that strikes me as interesting

He finds a creature, Uroro, he isn't familiar with and decides he wants to hunt it, but doing so arbitrarily violates his code of ethics. So instead of just going for the kill, he takes the time to set up contingencies for if he ever gets the opportunity and then, immediately upon hearing that men can kill said creature and women can't, decides to goad it into attacking him

Sure, it was already threatening another human, so one could argue that was enough to justify it for him, but even then, it was only once Uroro started actually attacking him that he declared the requirements for Death for Death had been met, and he eagerly retaliated

My point being that Ichi does not come across as a noble hunter with a deep respect for life; he comes off as a serial killer waiting for the opportunity to shout "self-defense!" so no one can question him

And I love that about him

It's like having Dexter Morgan for a shonen battle protagonist; this guy loves killing, but there are rules, and failing to abide by those rules would just make him a monster. Now, it is just chapter one, so there's going to be plenty of opportunity for Ichi's character to expand far beyond that point, but I promise you the line "killing things you don't mean to eat isn't hunting, it's murder" is going to come back in a major way sooner or later, and most likely it's going to be a mirror held up to Ichi's own life

Hidden Depths

Of course, that's just my interpretation based on how he's presented. Overall, this chapter was surprisingly vague, doing very little to establish Ichi outside of his past and basic philosophy and even less to establish anyone else in the world. We don't learn the name of the village girl that said goodbye to Ichi, we only learn the name of the Witch's Association (Mantinel) by reading it in the background, and we only get brief glimpses of three witches with two spells between them

Clearly, we aren't meant to have a complete understanding of this setting yet, nor its characters. We got the barest explanation of how the power system works (though it is certainly an interesting one even with that), and zero clue of what the goal of the story is

Even Uroro, the ostensible King of Magik, a millennia-old rampaging force of nature, is never actually depicted doing anything onscreen. We can assume that what we're told is true and he is that powerful, but in terms of combat ability, he simply tanks damage from Desscaras because she literally is unable to hurt him, and then dies in one hit from Ichi

This begs the question: how strong is Ichi? If Uroro is explicitly weak to men, then Ichi wouldn't need to be particularly strong to take him down. However, if Uroro is simply vulnerable to men, then Ichi's ability to end him so quickly is indicative of skill and strength far beyond what one would acquire just living in the mountains for a few years

Then there's the brief battle with Desscaras, wherein Ichi cracks her barrier; was this because of his own strength, or a strength boost from obtaining Uroro? Either one is perfectly likely, but based on the narration and his ability to beta Uroro at all, the implication seems to be that Ichi's physicality really does make him far more formidable than he would otherwise appear

But again, that could all just be smoke and mirrors to hide that Ichi isn't all that strong, and that he's only noteworthy because he's able to use magic at all. I doubt that's the case, but it's definitely a possibility. I certainly expect something from this introduction to wind up getting turned on its head somewhere down the line, whether it's Uroro or Desscaras not being as strong as they were reported to be, Ichi being abandoned in the first place because he's some kind of monster, or even that the male inability to use magic is an outright lie, I'm confident that something here is meant to be misleading

Tonal Shift

Hell, even the first chapter is pretty misleading in and of itself. The first three-fourths of the chapter range from somber to intense, with a little bit of comedy sprinkled here and there, but the moment that Ichi reveals himself to Uroro, the tone changes pretty much completely to being comedic

Uroro's reactions to Ichi are goofy, Ichi dispatches of him quickly and with a look of pure childlike glee in his eye, and then the ensuing conflict with Desscaras is chock-full of face faults and pratfalls. It's suddenly so lighthearted that it almost feels like a different series, like it wanted you to think it was going to be super serious only to say "psych, we're silly!"

Mind you, I have no problem with that, I'm just saying that there's a good chance it speaks to Nishi's intentions with the story overall and that she's likely willing to pull the rug out from under us at any time

But again, that's just my initial impression. Once we know more about the characters and have the feedback loop and goal of the story established, my viewpoint is sure to change pretty dramatically, even if only in the sense that everything I've said so far is in much clearer focus

Whether Ichi the Witch holds my attention well enough to justify consistent reviews is absolutely up in the air, but it's been a hot minute since I last read a manga whose first chapter grabbed my attention to try in the first place, and that's gotta count for something

[soul-dwelling]

Also one super-stretch thing I noticed at the start of fire force that could be "proof" that the prequel nonsense was planned from the start - Shinras childhood tv hero wasn't Charisma Justice but a generic one. Why not keep the cameo going, unless you want to make it so he only exists as a comic by SE (B.ichi being a failed prototype doesnt count) I know, maybe sounds stupid but I guess its something lol🤷‍♂️

My rebuttal: why was Shinra, as a little kid, wearing a Soul Eater shirt? That was around the same time Shinra was playing superhero, and basing it on the Kamen Rider-esque TV hero rather than Charisma Justice. 

I argue the Soul Eater shirt undermines the assumption that the prequel was planned from the start--or, at best, that Ohkubo kept mixing the message, tossing in stuff that is obviously Easter eggs because it would not fit in the prequel timeline (Excalibur dolls and the Excalibur face appearing in the anime; the Soul and Maka faces on Maki’s flames; Akitaru’s Eibon mask) and keeps conflicting with the actual prequel stuff (Inca looking like Kim; Vulcan designing what becomes the Soul Eater Excalibur; the Moon). 

And even if Charisma Justice was the TV show Shinra watched? Not that I think B Ichi fits this timeline, but that manga first introduced Charisma as just a TV show that Shotaro watched, then in the same chapter reveals Charisma is real (or, rather, is being impersonated by someone but presented as real)--which seems to shock enough people that Charisma isn’t just a fictional TV character. And this is further emphasized when Rodigy doesn’t recognize Charisma at all when he shows up in person. I’m not saying Rodigy should know who a children’s TV superhero is--but it is weird that he has zero clue who Charisma is, and no one around him bothers to say, “I thought he was fiction,” or, “Hey, boss, my kid watches his show on TV--and I saw him on the news, he helped save the Prime Minister!”

[quatiumcomics]

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And others....

Leave losttime you see now alone. As the art is stolen and the imposters try to be me. The .o ey goes Into nothing you fans want. Expartner screwed everyone involved to investors to people who put the heart and soul into the Project.

Next time listen and do want I say it my company, I'm the one who pays everyone. Not them. None of us got paid, not even me.

Worker hard than. Before because I have less time to do this with. I can still get you guys' money back and still build something better than losttime, it grew and learned and evaluated that together as a team, we can take back what is ours and then some. Project losttime block chain members, I tried to tell you cut him out he was fired for causing chaos and stealing all kinds of money online AND real time. White ain't always right. It is just comfortable to believe in.

Now, round one, rough draft, successful but management were unprofessional and stole the company app and revenue stream of 250 million. Shut down studio, block chain, made the founder homeless, broke and paid people not to help him, and still does. May they all burn in hell....

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I lost that round, but not the fight... moving forward. Thanks goes out to GOD, ME, and my awesome earth angels of tiktok

LoL, Now with this behind me I can truly let go and show shine like I'm supposed too.

I need some sponsorship to stabilize and speed up the come back process,

This includes a equipment list...

1. A computer tower master with a awesome strong fast motherboard graphic,sound card with monster process and mega load of memory. All in one scanner and printer with. high resolution, 2 big hard drives to store data.

2. 8x11 card stork bright white paper case, 8x11 regular bright white typing paper case, mirror pens from size 000.1 - 0.8 bamboo brush pen black different sized, iwata dual trigger airbrush gun 3 of them. Sharpie BLACK MARKERS ALL SIZES

3. Adobe Photoshop Cs5 on Disk or any Adobe Photoshop software 3 and up on disk. Why? Because without the internet, I can still work on projects without being online. Light oars and drawing tablet to draw on the computer with pen with different tips.

Toon Boom Harmony system and a computer tower to be able to run the software completely different data base from the master co.puter system. This one would be the master for the work stations for colorist and aniamtion section.

A adim tower with Microsoft Word, pdf, and other CPA software and printer

A building type warehouse that can be modified into what I need it to be. Plus spe I'll seprate ethernet system firewall from the heavens to block everyone. Lol.

Now you are up to date....

[fancypantsrecords]

Various Artists - Noby Noby Boy Original Soundtrack | Fangamer | 2021 | Black

[colorisbyshe]

I’m posting this early because Apple Replay doesn’t end when Spotify wrapped does and I don’t want a machine doing math telling me waht my fave music is... I want to tell you that on my own.

And I want to beat everyone else to doing this

My top ten favorite albums released in 2022, in alphabetical order lol:

American Gurl by Kilo Kish

Bad Mode by Utada Hikaru

Crash by Charli XCX

Gasoline by Key

The Loneliest Time by Carly Rae Jepsen

Multitude by Stromae

Raw Data Feel by Everything Everything

Renaissance by Beyonce

Reminders by Le Youth

Thank you EP by Brave Girls

Honorary Mentions: Bib10 by Bibio, Bloom by Red Velvet, Chordata Bytes 1 by Imogen Heap, Iota by Lous and the Yakuza, Las Ruinas by Rico Nasty, Kaizin by Eve, Plasma by Perfume, Reborn by Kavinsky.

My top ten favorite songs released in 2022 NOT FROM THOSE ALBUMS cause obviously... I like the songs on my fave albums

A Disappearing Act by Coheed and Cambria

All Comes Crashing by Metric

Chikichikibanban by QUEENDOM

Copycat by Chobom (Apink subunit)

Deep Down by Alok

Heart Burn by Sunmi

Let’s Get it Right by Royksopp (or Unity by Royksopp, they’re tied)

Love you Back by Madeon

Naturally by Tinashe

Somebody like You (Orchestra Version) by Bree Runway

I can’t take any song off but I MUST mention Super Yuppers by WJSN Chocome

Honorary Mentions: Be With You by Mystery Skulls, Disco Revenge by De De Mouse, Fly Away by Cookiee Kawaii, Futurez by Toconoma (Quest4 is ALSO amazing by Toconoma, has the energy of an upbeat song from the sims),  Gift by Minmi, Gauva by Naika, Hold me Closer by Britney Spears & Elton John, Losing Game by Leo, Pose by Loona, New Gold by Gorillaz, Patbingsu by Billlie, Savage by Tiesto, Scent by Yukika, Starlight by Dreamcatcher, Stay Soft by Mitski, Stressed by Doechii, Summertime by Flo, Talk that Talk by Twice, Te Felicito by Shakira, This is Why by Paramore,  The Whistle by Steve Aoki (ignore... the whistle bits), Zero kara Ichi he by Kat-tun, and เพียงไว้ใจ by Slot Machine (I did not finish Kinnporsche but I DID listen to that song a daily basis for a month)

This year was the return of dance music for me!!!

Also, if this seems like a lot of songs... I added almost 500 new songs in 2022. Well, I added 1000 new songs to my phone in 2022 but 500 were released this year.

Anyways everyone should feel free to rec me music based on this knowledge

[j-r-macready]

Lockheed C-130H Hercules 05-1085 Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) on approach at Iruma AB by Jeroen Bos Via Flickr: Lockheed C-130H Hercules 05-1085 (cn 382-5214), Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), 1 Yuso Kokutai (Air Support Command), 401 Hikotai (Squadron) based at Nagoya-Komaki pictured at Iruma AB. The 401st Tactical Airlift Squadron (第401飛行隊, dai-yon-zero-ichi-hikoutai) is a squadron of the 1st Tactical Airlift Group of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) based at Komaki Air Base in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is equipped with Lockheed C-130H Hercules and Lockheed KC-130H Hercules aircraft. Sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/401st_Tactical_Airlift_Squadron_(JASDF) , www.scramble.nl

[custom-emojis]

have you guys ever like, played dnd in the mindspace? what kinda characters would each of you most likely play

we cant access the headspace well enough to play dnd together but heres a quick rundown of who would be what based off what i know of us. 

Kevin: his main dnd character is a half elf rogue named Rosa and a Tiefling necromancer named Zerreus. Chaotic neutral. 

Raz: he’d be a chaotic good Tiefling. Class im unsure, maybe rogue or barbarian. 

Zero: He’d be a drow warlock. True neutral. 

me: I’d be a bard or something. Not 100% sure. abt the rest. 

Cyrus: human paladin, Lawful good. 

-Ichi

[ckret2]

So do all the Ghidorahs need to eat gold regardless of what scale color they have or do other colors get other materials? Like a silver Ghidorah that needs to eat silver or a black one that needs to eat obsidian. Do the Dorats even have other scale colors? Idk I just can‘t get the image of a jet black Ghidorah out of my head…

In some of the supplemental material for KOTM (I think the profiles on MonarchSciences.com?) Ghidorah's scales are described thus:

"Monster Zero's dermal layer is gilded with trace amounts of aurum (See Ark Record # 73.126). Metallurgical studies theorize the scales act as a conductor capable of carrying bioelectrical currents through the creature's body."

With "aurum" being the Latin word for "gold," so they're really just being pretentious by using it here. Considering that the gold performs a specific biological function—allowing Ghidorah to use/control electricity (and probably make his lightning/"gravity beams")—it's unlikely that the Xiliens would go through the massive bioengineering effort of switching out a dorat monster's scale color AND scale gilding material AND the one singular food item they need to eat in pure form AND the entire way their electricity powers work, perhaps even necessitating getting rid of the electricity powers altogether...

Because like it's really that complicated, y'know? It's not like JUST changing the color of their scales. Altering their scale color from gold to obsidian might mean they need to eat silica (the main ingredient in obsidian), BUT their body isn't specifically wired to need pure silica, so they can eat a mouthful of sand mixed with dirt and plants and crap and get what they need instead of being dependent on the Xiliens—UNLESS the Xiliens overhaul their digestive system specifically to prevent that... but that's a lot of effort for a cosmetic change, so why not just stick with gold?

So yeah, other Ghidorahs still need to eat gold—probably. All the ones made in King Ghidorah's time do. There's a possibility that in the millennia upon millennia since him, the Xiliens have refined/altered their control mechanisms and moved on to new techniques, but if so King G doesn't know about it. (And if I went with that, I'd need a logical reason for how/why the Xiliens decided to make that change. Not like some airtight can-be-replicated-IRL chemistry explanation, just something a little more concrete than "oh... the aesthetic.")

Slight differences in appearances are possible, though. They only need enough trace amounts of gold in their scales to conduct electricity. They could have different "base" colors with a little translucent sheen of gold dusted on top of it.

Natural dorats don't need a full coating of actual gold in order to control the weather, due to the fact that they're just pets the size of large dogs and have no interest in weather control. So while they will still have that slight gold overtone, it doesn't need to be as thick, and they've got a bit more color variation. Here's the range I give for them and the original colors for Ichi, Ni, and San before they're ghidorafied:

"[...] the colors they come in, from pale jade greens to citrine oranges to a thousand different shades of yellow, gold and neon and amber, to warm silvers and pearl whites."

"Noodle [Ichi] has pretty white-ish gold scales, and—like many near-white dorats that are more gold than silver—he also has awful flakey sheds that come off in strips and tend to cling for days, which makes him a far less appealing pet than most dorats as pale as him."

"Sunshine [Ni]—named for scales so bright yellow they’re almost fluorescent"

"Pineapple [San]—named for his unusually rough brownish-gold scales and their faint undertone of green. [...] The jades and pearls might be a hit with pet owners; but they’re easy to breed for with the right parents, while you don’t know if you could recreate Pineapple’s scales if you tried."

(All their names are dorky because I really wanted to hammer home that, before they were King Ghidorah Monster Zero The Golden Demise Demon Of The Galaxy, they were supposed to be dumb harmless snake-shaped kittens. If some dude named Monster Zero is destroying a planet it's like, oh, yeah, that sounds right; but if it's three dudes named Noodle, Sunshine, and Pineapple, then it's like... who hurt you?)

It's worth noting that the references to jades and citrines are just describing their colors: they're jewel-toned but not actually jewel encrusted. Natural dorats might have trace amounts of real gold in their scales (since Astro-Monster says gold is comparatively abundant on Planet X), but that can't just be swapped out for any other shiny metal/rock—it's an actual part of their biology.

[strazem]

Yes ichi is soft but everyone misses the like thing he'dactually most likely do as a dom. If anything I think he'd just do soft petplay with a partner. I mean it was basically confirmes he'd like a partner to wear that one cat outfit in that official art where i believe they're all wearing what they want to see someone else in. Sorry for the random nsfwish stuff in your inbox I felt a need to say this after seeing the one post.

Okay but someone being into cat themed underwear doesn’t really equate to sub or dom tbh... It’s just cat themed underwear.

I’m putting the rest under the cut because I don’t wanna subject my followers to this shit much longer lmao, if you got stuff to say to me about it, come off anon next time please

Him liking cat underwear doesn’t really confirm anything about anything other than he likes seeing people in cat themed underwear.... That’s it.

I’m speaking based on what we’ve seen of his personality in canon and the show, especially when he’s not around his other brothers. I just can’t see him as wanting to be the one ‘in charge’ since the idea of ‘leading’ causes him to feel a lot of pressure.

If he was into petplay, which sure, he could be, he’d want to be the cat lmao. We see him always wanting to be a cat, always saying he wants to turn into a cat, ect.... I have honestly seen zero evidence of him wanting to dom aside from the Ichi-sama skit he did towards his brothers.

And as we all know, how he treats his brothers is not the same as how he’d treat a partner. I think he’d be too creeped out to try something with his partner that he did with his brothers as a joke.

[zapthecactus]

Ultimate Japanese – Lesson 3

Hatsuon

Vowel Clusters

When two identical vowels [aa, ii, ee, uu, oo] are together, they are held for twice as long as normal.

Examples:

kado [corner] vs. kaado [card]

chizu [map] vs. chiizu [cheese]

su [nest] vs. suu [number]

beru [bell] vs. beeru [veil]

hoshi [star] vs. hooshi [service]

Whereas, if there are two different vowels together, they are each pronounced for the same length of time.

Examples:

ue [top, up, above]

akai [red]

aoi [blue]

baiu [rainy season]

koe [voice]

Ei is an exception and is often pronounced as ee.

keiko [practice]

eiga [movie]

Bunpoo to yoohoo

Numbers

0 zero, rei

1 ichi 一

2 ni　二

3 san　三

4 yon, shi　四

5 go　五

6 roku　六

7 nana, shichi　七

8 hachi　八

9 ku, kyuu　九

10 juu　十

For 11 - 19, simply add the corresponding number behind 10.

11 juuichi [10 + 1]

12 juuni [10 + 2]

For tens, multiply it by 10.

20 nijuu [2*10] 二十

100 hyaku　百

200 nihyaku [2*100]　二百

1000 sen, issen 千

2000 nisen [2*1000]　二千

The Japanese currency is pronounced as en, rather than yen [¥].

ichien [1¥]

juuen [10¥]

hyakuen [100¥]

hyakuen desu. [It is 100¥.]

kore wa sen’en desu. [This is 1000¥.]

kore wa niseen’en desu ka. [Is this 2000¥?]

Nouns plus copula in the past affirmative

Desu ➡️ deshita

watashi wa kutsu wa tatta nisen’en deshita. [My shoes were only 2000¥.]

kasa wa sen’en deshita. [The umbrella was 1000¥.]

Desu [present affirmative] vs. ja arimasen [present negative] vs. deshita [past affirmative]

watashi wa gakusei desu. [I am a student.]

watashi wa gakuesi ja arimasen. [I’m not a student.]

watashi wa gakusei deshita. [I was a student.]

I-Adjectives

There are two types of adjectives: i- and na-.

takai [expensive]

yasui [inexpensive]

ii or yoi [good, nice, fine, okay]

warui [bad]

The final i in an i-adj. is proceded by a, i, u, o, but never e. They also change based on tense and if their affirmative or negative.

ii desu [it is good]

ookii desu [it is big]

warui desu [it is bad]

chiisai desu [it is small]

takai desu [it is expensive]

akarui desu [it is bright]

yasui desu [it is inexpensive]

kurai desu [it is dark]

shimadaya no kutsu wa yasui desu. [Shimadaya’s shoe are inexpensive]

Sometimes you can add n between the adj. and desu to mean “the fact is that...” or “indeed”.

yasui n desu [(the fact is that) it is inexpensive]

hanabishi no kutsu wa taki n desu [(indeed) Hanabishi’s shoes are expensive.]

Question Words

Nani [what] - followed by o, as nani is the direct object.

nani o shimashoo ka [what should we do?]

nani o tabemasu ka [what will you eat?]

udon o tabemasu [I will eat noodles.]

nani o kaimashoo ka [what should we buy?]

pan to jamu o kaimashoo [let’s buy bread and jam]

Doko [where] - followed by e, de, no.

doko e ikimashoo ka [where should we go?]

hanabishi e ikimashoo [let’s go to hanabishi]

ashita doko de asagohan to hirugohan o tabemasu ka [where will you have breakfast and lunch tomorrow?]

uchi de tabemasu [I will eat at home]

doko no mise desu ka [which store is it?]

shinjuku no mise desu [it is a store in shinjuku]

Dono [which, out of 3+ choices] – used before the noun.

dono sakana o tabemashoo ka [which fish should we eat?]

maguro o tabemashoo [let’s eat tuna]

dono hana o kaimashoo ka [which flowers should we buy?]

bara o kaimashoo [let’s buy roses]

dono depaato de (kaimashita ka) [at which department store?]

Dono no – indicates location

doko no deppato de [at which department store?]

Particles

Yo – implies giving new information [you know, certainly]

shimadaya no kutsu wa yasui desu yo [Shimadaya’s shoes are certainly inexpensive]

suzuki-san wa depaato e ikimashita yo [Ms. Suzuki went to the department store, you know?]

tatta sen’en deshita yo [it was only 1000¥, you know]

Kedo [but]

watashi no ketsu wa tatta nisen’en deshita kedo kookyuuhin desu [My shoes were only 2000¥, but they are high-quality merchandise]

hanabishi no kutsu wa takai desu kedo yoofuku wa yasui desu [shoes are hanabishi are expensive, but their apparel is inexpensive]

suzuki-san wa dekakemasu kedo watashi wa dekakemasen [Ms. Suzuki is going out, but I am not]

Demo [but] – a conjugation used at the beginning of a sentence.

maguro wa yasui desu kedo unagi wa takai desu [the tuna is inexpensive, but the eel is expensive]

VS. maguru wa yasui desu. demo unagi wa takai desu [the tuna is inexpensive. however, the eel is expensive]

Deletion of the direct object

doko de kutsu o kaimasu ka [where are you going to buy shoes?]

shimadaya de kaimasu [i am going to buy (them) at shimadaya]

kinoo booshi o kaimashita [i bought a hat yesterday]

watashi mo kaimashita yo [i bought (one), too]

Tango to hyoogen

mise [store]

depaato [department store]

kutsu [shoes]

booshi [hat, cap]

pan [bread]

jamu [jam]

sakana [fish]

maguro [tuna]

unagi [eel]

hana [flower]

bara [rose]

asagohan [breakfast]

hirugohan [lunch]

yoofuku [clothes]

kookyuuhin [quality goods]

shimasu [to do]

dekakemasu [to go out]

ii, yoi [good, nice, fine, okay]

warui [bad]

takai [expensive]

yasui [inexpensive]

ookii [big]

chiisai [ small]

akarui [bright]

kurai [dark]

tatta [only]

totemo [very]

tokidoki [sometimes]

demo [but]

tokoro de [by the way]

itsi ka [sometime, someday]

nani [what]

doki [where]

dono [which]

[noviceaoiryusei]

SUPER HANDSOME LIVE 2013「LAUGH & PEACE」 lyrics [kanji/romaji]

[Brand New World]

note: as usual, again the bold parts are the parts that I'm not sure of. （Hey、Stand up !!） いつだってそうだと思うよ itsudatte souda to omou yo It's show timeさあ行こう it's show time saa yukou やると決めたら瞬間 yaru to kimetara shunkan 始まるBrand new world hajimaru brand new world 一週間巡りめくって isshuukan meguri mekutte Just in timeさあ行こう just in time saa yukou 頑張ってる君を見て ganbatteru kimi wo mite 踏み出すCutting edge fumidasu cutting edge 飛び込んできた日常は tobi tondekita nichijou wa 理想と違うSystem risou to chigau system Hey！Hey！Hey！ まだこれからさ mada kore karasa ほら上向いて目指そうNew world hora ugemuite mezasou new world Hey、Stand up !! 今までだって imamade datte またそうやってEvery day、Anyway mata souyatte every day, anyway 一進一退くり返す isshin ittai kuri kaesu そうさFind a way sousa find a way Hey！Hey！Hey！逃さないでCatchしよう hey! hey! hey! nogasanai de catch shiyou （Hey、Stand up !!） 幸せのスイッチはどっち？ shiawase no suichi wa docchi? Let me seeどうだろう let me see dou darou それでも僕は行く soredemo boku wa yuku 一緒にBrand new world issho ni brand new world 安心感なんてなくって anshinkan nante nakutte Where are you？どこだろう where are you? doko darou 探してる僕はきっと sagashiteru boku wa kitto 必死でTry to change hisshi de try to change 曖昧だった僕の理想が aimaidatta boku no risou ga 昨日よりもFly high kinou yori mo fly high Hey！Hey！Hey！ やがて分かるさ yagate wakarusa そう言い聞かせ走ろうNew world sou ii yamikase hashirou new world Hey、Stand up !! これからだって korekara datte 何があるEvery day、Anyway nani ga aru every day, anyway 一寸先の闇なんか issunsaki no yami nanka 越えてWinding road koete winding road Hey！Hey！Hey！ 焦らないでDashしよう aseranaide dash shiyou 永遠なんて続きはしない eien nante tsudzuki hashinai 散らばった希望の種 chirabatta kibou no tane 集めて生きてく atsumete ikiteku Believe in yourself, yes !! Hey！Hey！Hey！ まだこれからさ mada kore karasa ほら上向いて目指そうNew world hora ugemuite mezasou new world Hey、Stand up !! 今までだって imamade datte またそうやってEvery day、Anyway mata souyatte every day, anyway 一進一退くり返す isshin ittai kuri kaesu そうさFind a way sou sa find a way Hey！Hey！Hey！ やがて分かるさ yagate wakarusa そう言い聞かせ走ろうNew world sou ii yamikase hashirou new world Hey、Stand up !! これからだって korekara datte 何があるEvery day、Anyway nani ga aru every day, anyway 一寸先の闇なんか issunsaki no yami nanka 越えてWinding road koete winding road Hey！Hey！Hey！ 止まらないでDiveしよう tomaranaide dive shiyou Every day、Anyway （Hey、Stand up） Every day、Anyway （Hey、Stand up）

[BANG!]

note: I have added hiragana or katakana parts in open and close parentheses based on the pronunciation. I'm not sure with the katakana one though because I only based it on what I hear from the song. (Bang! Let me go now Everybody goes where he will go Bang! Let me go now Bang!) 「晴れ」か「曇りか」 曖昧なsky  so what ? "hare" ka "kumori ka" aimai na sky so what? 西へ東へ終わりなき trip nishi e higashi e owarinaki trip I said, "Oops" dizzy dizzy... I said, "Oops" dizzy dizzy... "Oops" dizzy dizzy... I said, "Oops"  影も光もアングル次第 That's why kage mo hikari mo anguru shidai that's why 答えなんてただ一つじゃない kotae nante tada hitotsu janai I said, "Oops" dizzy dizzy... I said, "Oops" dizzy dizzy... "Oops" dizzy dizzy... I said, "Oops"  一度の lifetime like a rolling stone ichido no lifetime like a rolling stone 涙雨打たれても 向かい風吹かれても namida ame utarete mo mukai kaze fukarete mo one step 踏み出して 掴む未来 one step fumidashite tsukamu mirai 明日の扉 Bang! Bang! Bang! asu no tobira bang! bang! bang! クダラナイ嘘はNo! No! No! kudaranai uso wa no! no! no! 心の声に耳を澄ませば聞こえてる kokoro no koe ni mimi wo sumaseba kikoeteru 新しい自分へのエール atarashii jibun e no eru (yell) I will never give up never never gonna give it up 'cause I go on Just give me what I really want (Bang! Let me go now Everybody goes where he will go Bang! Let me go now Bang! Bang! Let me go now) 「ユメ」と��現実」（リアリティー）がかけ離れてく so what ? "yume" to "riaritii" ga kake hanareteku so what? 他人（ひと）や時代に追われても try hito ya jidai ni owarete mo try I said, "Oops" dizzy dizzy... I said, "Oops" dizzy dizzy... "Oops" dizzy dizzy... I said, "Oops"  何もかもがデジタル社会 No way ! nanimo kamo ga dejitaru shakai no way! ココロは「０」か「１」じゃない kokoro wa "0" (zero) ka "1" (ichi) janai I said, "Oops" dizzy dizzy... I said, "Oops" dizzy dizzy... "Oops" dizzy dizzy... I said, "Oops"  一度の lifetime like a shooting star ichido no lifetime like a shooting star 一瞬の輝きでも 切なく儚くても isshun no kagayaki demo setsunaku hakanakutemo brightly 煌めいて 届け願い brightly kirameite todoke negai 明日に放て Bang! Bang! Bang! asu ni hanate bang! bang! bang! ツマラナイ日々は No! No! No! tsumaranai hibi wa no! no! no! 繰り返すだけの毎日なら捨ててしまえ kurikaesu dake no mainichi nara suteteshimae 新しい世界へと dive atarashii sekai e to dive I will never give up never never gonna give it up 'cause I go on Just give me what I really want 時が不安の闇を連れて あざ笑うように過ぎてく toki ga fuan no yami wo tsurete azawarau you ni sugiteku 殻に飲み込まれそうになったら 狙い定め今こそ Bang ! kara ni nomikomare sou ni nattara nerai sadame ima koso bang! (Everybody goes where he will go Everybody goes where he will go Everybody goes where he will he will go) 明日の扉 Bang! Bang! Bang! asu no tobira bang! bang! bang! クダラナイ嘘はNo! No! No! kudaranai uso wa no! no! no 心の声に耳を澄ませば聞こえてる kokoro no koe ni mimi wo sumaseba kikoeteru 新しい自分へのエール atarashii jibun e no eru (yell) I Just wanna Bang! Bang! Bang!  No! No! No! I got it 傷だらけの地図を抱え I got it kizudarake no chizu wo kakae 新しい世界へと dive atarashii sekai e to dive I will never give up never never gonna give it up 'cause I go on Just give me what I really want (Bang! Let me go now Everybody goes where he will go Bang! Let me go now Bang! Bang! Let me go now Everybody goes where he will go Bang! Let me go now Bang! Everybody goes where he will go)

[shrapnelstars]

Yakuza staying as turn-based rpg's from now on isn't a loss. It actually feels like a natural progression. Plus, if the games going forward are still going to be following Ichi, it only makes sense for them to stay turn based because the system was introduced because that's how he views the world. He's a massive Dragon Quest nerd.

I have literally zero issue with this path going forward because the devs are rock solid trustworthy and don't do anything half-assed. If this was Konami or Sonic Team or some shit, then I'd be worried.

They storytelling, minigames and sidequests, art, music, and jokes were just as solid as ever in 7 despite the genre change. There's no cause for concern here.

And let's be honest, the genre change was lateral and very slight. The series was mostly rpg anyway. The only thing introduced was turns.

Hopefully, other rpg devs will look at 7+ and realize "Holy shit, you mean you can make a turn based rpg without a medieval or magical setting?! And it doesn't need teenagers?! And it can be sleazy and modern and funny as fuck?! And the main quest doesn't have to be to save the world?! Lemme try that!"