#it was. welp! that sure was an episode! yup!

[everysongineverykey]

well, i managed to catch watching and dreaming live!

[alipeeps]

Episode 24

Welp, he did what they suggested. He went to see for himself.

I've said it before but it bears repeating - this kid is SUCH a good actor!

Jesus fucking christ, Wen Zongyu is the worst.

He took a grieving child and:

manipulated him into spying against his friends and poisoning one of them:

intended from the start to use his body as a vessel for a demon;

fucking poisoned him so that he would be able to control said demon once it was in his body!!

Oooh but your little demon trapping cage didn't work on our boy Li Lun?

So... could it actually end up now that Li Lun and the gang will band together against Wen Zongyu? The enemy of my enemy and all that?

Can't Zhao Yuanzhou use his healing ability on him?

Oh SHIT, the sword being broken affects/damages the person connected to it?

So they NEED that second sword!! Anybody else remember that it was explicitly mentioned that TWO cloud light swords were forged? Anyone?!!

And that confirms that the reason the sword cracked this time is because of the malicious qi - every other time Zhu Yan has been stabbed with the sword, he has been in control of his qi.

However... doesn't that mean that the plan/back up plan to kill Zhu Yan if he is out of control is doomed to failure, because the uncontrolled qi will crack the sword?

OUCH

Ying Lei is so fucking under-rated... they play him for comedy so much of the time but he has genuinely been the one coming up with a lot of the solutions for things. He found how to purify the Yao Water. He worked out that Bai Jiu's blood could revive the Divine Wood. And he's thought to ask the other mountain gods about ways to save both Zhuo Yichen and Bai Jiu. He is best boy!!

Uhhhh... yeah... sliiiight problem there...

Okay so we have a way to keep him going a bit longer... while you find the second sword, right? Right?!

Good on you Pei Sijing.

He is the best!!

Oh damn, he survived.

And Wen Zongyu has the gall to act pleased about it - as if he wasn't callously offering his position to Pei Sijing a matter of days ago.

"Thank you for your treatment"

"Better than I was before"

Did... did Wen Zongyu use his fucking experimental treatments on him? Is he a hybrid now?

"According to the spy" What spy? Just a generic spy keeping an eye on things... or is there another traitor in their midst?

Oh dang, that's fucked up your plans eh? Bummer. Sucks to be you.

Oh wow, that is freaky. It's Bai Jiu... but he's dressed and hair-styled Li Lun-style.

Ohhh that doesn't sound good...

Oh dang, his brother didn't have the right Bingyi blood to awaken the sword?!

But... but didn't we see it glowing in his (dead) hand when Zhu Yan wiped out the Demon Hunting Bureau? Or was that just the sword reacting to Zhu Yan's presence?

Ahhhh was it Zhu Yan they were going after? Probably... how many Great Demons are there after all?

Yup, it was, and the sword glowed in response to Zhu Yan's presence.

No wonder Zhuo Yichen didn't know how to use the cloud light sword properly... I'd thought it was because his dad and brother had died before they had chance to teach him... but they never could have taught him because they didn't have the power to awaken it and use it to its full potential...

Oh SHIT and he finds out about his brother's death by someone bringing him the damn sword?!! Wrapped in a blood-stained cloth. Like... harsh, dude?!!

And he dedicated his life to becoming strong enough to awaken the sword, to honor his brother...

I'm not crying, you're crying!!

His tears awakened it?

Goddamn the music in this show is just perfect...

Oh shit.

OH SHIT!

Wtf's going on with the fish pond?

Wtf is this, that's been hiding in the fish pond all this time?!

Of course it is. And of course it's been at the bottom of the fish pond for fucking generations. Where else would you keep it?!

Oh it can repair everything can it?

WHY do they just fucking stand there and let it happen?!!

Oh Zhu Yan did react! Hallelujah!

He sure did.

Did what? You are in this situation because of your own actions! It was literally YOUR plan to break the baize token, get unsealed, and then take over Bai Jiu's body because you knew your own body would burn up!

Okay wtf why did the stone suddenly break?

Can this show please stop giving us a teensy glimpse of hope and then ripping it away from us again?!!

Honestly the stone's a bit shit if all it takes to crumble it is the merest touch of demonic energy?

And what the fuck is this now? There was blood at the centre of the stone? Is it the famous Bingyi blood?

And it's gone zooming into Zhuo Yichen? Whose eyes have gone blue like in the flashbacks to his ancestor?

Oh damn... did I hear that right? The demon Ying Long agreed to die at Bingyi's hand... for the greater good?

OH WHAT?!!!

Ying Lei be like:

Ahhh my poor precious baby mountain god! He's too too good!

Way to be a downer, Zhu Yan.

So it wasn't Bingyi blood? It was demon blood? Unless...?

Because Ying Long sacrificed himself to save the world. Sound familiar, anyone?

Ho hoooooo! Yes indeedy, Zhuo Yichen's ancestor was also a demon... and the famous Bingyi blood is - demon blood! (So I guess maybe it was Bingyi blood inside the stone after all?)

And members of Zhuo Yichen's family were only strong enough to activate the cloud light sword if they had enough demon Bingyi bloodline in them, I guess? And Zhuo Yichen does... which is probably also why he kept dreaming about turning into a demon, I am guessing?

Ohhhhh and we finally get an explanation of how come Zhuo Yichen let Ao Yin get away if he wasn't being controlled by Li Lun!!

He wasn't controlled... he was shocked (mind you, why on earth he would believe a demon's word on that, enough to be shocked to a standstill by it and let them escape?)

So the Great Demon Bingyi was turned human...

And he lived in seclusion... and his descendants...

SO... he wasn't all THAT secluded then eh? 😂

It allows them to choose? So he gets to choose if he remains human or becomes demon? But what do you want to bet he will end up in a situation where becoming demon is the only option to save everyone, so he'll do it?

Oh mind you, no, doesn't sound like there is any choice...

Oh holy shit, is there ANY good news for us, Zhu Yan?!!

So now Zhuo Yichen is condemned to death on 2 fronts - the broken sword AND the Bingyi demon blood.

How the fuck are Chongwu spies able to so easily sneak right into the core of Demon Hunting Bureau to eavesdrop? Do you people have ANY fucking security at all?

You said it girl!

Well DUH, of course he's bloody disappeared while you idiots were chitchatting!!

Oh dang...

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah 😭😭

Aww bless her, she has understood the meaning behind his words...

Oh shit!

AAaaaahhhh! You end it THERE?!!

[dayseedrawz2]

Hahaha uhmm idk what to do so here's a self-indulgent Uh I mean practice fic while I mentally prepare for chapter 4 based on that One post I made a while back.

This is all cannon to Ring-Misstress AU btw

Uhhh enjoy!!

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"Bedtime story" - (A Ring-Misstress fanfic fanfic)

Pomni found herself walking towards her room, not just alone, but with a child holding her hand. But it was all by choice (mostly). She and Caine now had a mission to raise this small AI. She herself was surprised just how motherly she could be.

[So, I get to sleep in the big bed with you??]

♧Just untill Caine and I can design your own bed. Here, go ahead and look around!♧

The Ring-Misstress opened up the door with her face on it.

This was Voz's first time in his new mother's room. Well- his first time in the circus at all! His first day existing! The moment he stepped in to look around, something immediately caught his eye.

Up on a small desk beside the bed stood a small plushie. A chubby yellow and green alligator with a cowboy hat. Sitting on the edge of the desk with its arms and legs stretched straight out in front of him.

Voz had to jump but successfully obtained the plush from its spot. Pomni noticed him and chuckeld.

♧I see you've met my friend Gummigoo.♧

[Is that his name??]

♧Yup. Named him after an old friend of mine. I got him as a gift! My most prized possession!♧

[Really?? Woah...]

Voz looked up at Pomni and back down at the Gummigoo in his hands. Pomni pulled out a replica of Caine's WackyWatch.

♧Welp, let's get you and Gummi to bed. Caine says you gotta recharge.♧

She picked him up, still with the plush in his hands. As she tucked him in, his little artificial mind couldn't help but stay curious.

[Mama, you said he's named after an old friend. Who??]

♧Yesh, it's quite a long story... you sure??♧

Pomni teased, knowing this was most likely a lure to get him to stay up longer.

[Yes yes yes please tell me everything!!]

Voz squealed with excitement, wanting nothing more but to learn about his mother and the world around him.

♧Alright, alright, I guess a little bedtime story wouldn't hurt. Well, it all started the second day I joined the circus...♧

*Insert Pomni's POV from episode 2 (you already know what happened) ok back to the story*

[Papa did WHAT!?]

He squezzed Gummigoo as right as he could.

♧Mhmm.♧

Pomni nodded. It was a whole lot for Voz to take in. "But... if that happened the day after Pomni and Caine met, then... how are they still friends??"

[So... you weren't mad at him..?]

♧Oh no, I was really mad At him for a LOOOOOOONG time. Untill one day...♧

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Caine stood in midair, confused why the Jester was so blind by rage.

☆Pomni... I- I don't understand... he was just some old NPC of mine! Why are you so... upset-☆

♧OF COURSE YOU DONT UNDERSTAND YOU HEARTLESS PEACE OF SH-♧

The Ringmaster crossed his arms with an exaggerated expression on his face. Still oblivous to the issue at hand.

☆Hey, hey! There's no need for such language!May I remind you that The Amazing Digital Circus has a very strict family-friendly Policy-☆

♧I DON'T CARE ABOUT SOME STUPID @#! POLICY!! YOU'RE A SORRY EXCUSE FOR A RINGMASTER! YOU DIDN'T EVEN HESITATE TO SNAP HIM OUT OF EXISTENCE!! I JUST WANTED TO HELP HIM AND NOW HE'S- ...he's...♧

Pomni suddenly stopped. Small sniffles escaped her as she stormed off to who knows where.

A few hours passed, and there was no sign of Pomni. Caine had asked all the other performers for any information, but they either didn't know or didn't care to help him.

He was digitally heartbroken. He somberly floated around the circus tents interior. Pomni would probably never look him in the face ever again. He just wanted to get to know his new performer. He genuinely didn't know what he had done wrong. If he could just try to find her and talk things out...

Then, he heard what sounded like Pomni sobbing in the distance.

☆Well, that's oddly convenient.☆

He followed the sound and turned the corner to see that it was, in fact, Pomni. She sat on the floor with her knees to her chest and her head buried in her hands to cry. He called for her, but she didn't answer and stayed in the same position.

The ringmaster let out a defeated sigh as he descended to the ground to sit beside her.

☆Hey...☆

He scooted a little closer, so he was heard. This was probably the quietest Pomni had ever heard him.

☆I know I probably haven't been doing my best, but-☆

☆I just want you to know that I'm trying.☆

☆I really am.☆

☆and I'm sorry if I've screwed it all up.☆

☆I am so, very sorry, my dear...☆

He thought about the argument they had. That NPC really did make her happy. More than he ever could. But he took it away from her. He's supposed to make his members happy, and he took away the ONE thing that brought her joy. She was right... What a sorry excuse of a Ringmaster...

At this point, he, too, was on the brink of tears.

Pomni finally looked up. She saw that he really was being genuine. But still salty, she got up and faced away from him, crossing her arms.

Caine also got up. He began to speak again, trying to be a bit less quiet.

☆Oh... I see... B-but I still wanna make it up to you! I... I realized how much your NPC friend made you happy. And I really wanted to keep it that way. I was really hoping we could... start over. So... I made this!☆

He snapped his fingers, and Pomni's hands spawned a little plush replica of her gummy gator friend. She slowly turned to look at Caine again. He was looking down, fidgeting with his hands. He quickly stopped once he realized that she was looking at him.

Pomni looked back at the plush, then back up at Caine. Her eyes were watering, and her mouth began to quiver. Caine's expression of worry returned, and he began fidgeting again.

☆O-oh... oh my you- you're crying again... I wasn't sure if this would help, but it looks like I have my answer. ...I suppose I'll see myself out now-☆

Pomni leaped towards Caine and wrapped her arms around him. For a moment, Caine froze. This was the first time someone had hugged him willingly, so though unexpected, he still returned it.

♧Thank you Caine. You're still kind of an awful ringmaster, but I forgive you...♧

☆Does this mean we can start over..?☆

Pomni nodded. Even though made out of teeth, you could still make out a huge smile on Caine's face. She couldn't help but giggle at his attempts to keep his cool.

♧Heheh, let ME be the ringmaster for a day why don't ya?♧

She joked through her now happy tears. Caine caught on and laughed along with her.

☆Ha! You'd probably do a better job than me!☆

♧Pfft, no kidding!♧

The pair laughed together for the rest of the evening.

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♧And that's how me and Caine became friends! And how i git one of my favorite gifts! I thought you're father just wanted to hurt us but turns out... he's actually... really sweet. Uh- So... what do you-♧

Pomni was brought back to the present moment, smiling down at Voz who was fast asleep, hugging the Gummigoo plush.

Perhaps there was more than one prized possession Caine had given her...

[kitkatt0430]

Xena and Hercules now arguing over who the world needs more is. lol The flirting is cute, though he's clearly more into her than she's into him.

Hercules - I came here with my father once. Gabrielle - You mean Zeus??? *fangirling just a bit* Hercules - Yup.

Gabrielle will look after the injured Boyfriend of Hercules, no worries.

Welp, who stepped on the load bearing rock? The cave system is coming down on their heads. And of course immediately after Gabrielle promised to keep the boyfriend's wounds secret, the wounds are revealed.

Hercules - He's brave of heart, that boyfriend of mine. *bats eyes*

That is totally what he said and I'm sticking to it.

Hercules' Boyfriend - even if I do survive, I shall pine to death without you should you die.

... it was implied, okay.

Aww, Xena thanking Hercules for putting her on the path to redemption. And Hercules tells her he feels the same way about her as he did his dead wife.

The look on her face makes that whole love confession awkward. Love that she uses kissing him to try to steal the sword back. Fails, but it's funny. :D

Welp, there goes fire. No more marshmallow toasting for us. :(

Xena - Gabrielle wants to be a bard, make that happen. *knock out blow*

I saw that coming. How did he not see that coming? lol Of course a concussion has never stopped Hercules for long, I'm sure.

Oooh, I know the story Gabrielle is telling. I feel like she's crying a bit not just because Hercules Boyfriend is dying but because Xena's her other half. And she's afraid of never seeing her again.

The giant eggs hatched. Somehow I was expecting birds and not... hand to hand combat specialists in weird outfits.

Oh hey, there's a bird after all! ^_^

Xena's taking the long way around to Prometheus, I hope she enjoyed the scenery from that flight.

Xena - Time to land. *stabs bird in the neck*

okay, but they rebound the sword into the chains after dropping it from a height. So no one dies. I love that solution. And with one hand freed, Prometheus can do the rest himself.

Fire returns! So does the human ability to heal. Hercules' Boyfriend Lives!!!

Alrighty, time to say goodbye. Crossover episode, well done. Honestly, this was better than some Arrowverse Crossovers. (Looking at you, Legends of Yesterday.)

Hercules - Xena totally shares part of my soul. Xena in the distance - So... he's still... staring at me weird. I'm gonna wave, maybe he'll stop.

[kouchabu-archive]

Koisuru Scramble - Chapter 2

Writer: Nishioka Maiko Translation by: Sophie // Proofread by: Mirei

NOTE: I EXPLICITLY PROHIBIT USAGE OF ANY PART OF MY TRANSLATIONS ON ANYTHING THAT RELATES TO AI.

This story is fully voiced in-game! You should read while listening to it~

Episode 8: After School Rumble!

< A lot of things have happened since then but… one day amidst their normal everyday life— >

Hajime: (Let’s see… Which one of these should I pick…)

(Don’t think of this as just a measly seat change! My beloved comfortable school life lies on this blind draw! Of course I’ll be fired up!)

Airi: He~y. Earth to Hajime~ There are still people waiting behind you, you know? You’re taking this wa~y too seriously.

Hajime: Ah, sorry sorry~ I just don’t know which ones will have good or bad placements, so I'm just at a loss on which one I should pick.

Airi: Well, I feel you~ I wish I’ll get a seat at the very back near the window. Perfect spot for an aftie nap!

Hajime: Aftie nap? Hold up, you’re not planning to live off my notes right before exams again, are you?

Airi: Teehee~ ☆

Hajime: Don’t give me that~ Take your notes properly at least, please.

Airi: Yes ma’am~ But anyway. Go, go! Just pick one already.

Hajime: I can sense an ominous result… Well, whatever.

Hm… Okay, let’s do this one!

Let’s see. Seat number 14…

Number 14… Number 14… Ah, it should be this one. Right beside me is…

Miki: ……

Hajime: (K-Kurose-kun?! Are you kidding me?! Why did I pick a seat beside him, of all places?! What to do… he looks like he’s in a really bad mood. This is awkward…)

……... [ Her gaze is darting all over the place. ]

Miki: ……...

Hajime: (Oh God. Our eyes just met.)

Miki: …… (Glares.)

Hajime: (Eeeek–?! H-He’s so scary! Do you really have to glare at me like that?!)

Miki: What? Quit staring.

Hajime: S-Sorry…

(Ugh. Do I really have to be seatmates with him, of all people?)

(I bumped into him twice the other day because I was so clumsy. I'm sure it left a bad impression on him. And I’m pretty sure he hates me.)

(But now that I remember it, I wasn’t able to properly apologize to him for that, right?)

(Being beside him is the perfect chance to do just that. I wonder if me being seatmates with him is some sort of divine help from God…)

Mm. Okay, let’s do this.

U-Um, Kurose-kun!

Miki: …What?

Hajime: (visibly flinches)

(No, no. Don’t be a coward, self!)

The other day, I… I was so clumsy that I ended up bumping into you twice, so I’m sorry for that. And well, I wasn’t able to properly apologize for that so it always bothered me…

…T-That’s all.

Miki: ……

Hajime: (I’m so ready to be told off but… this silence is so unnerving…)

Miki: Don’t mention it. I mean, I have my own share of carelessness too, so, my bad, I guess...

Hajime: Huh…?

(Um… Did I hear that right? Is he really apologizing..?)

Miki: …You didn't get hurt after that, right?

Hajime: (Uh… I’m not sure I follow but… did he really notice me?)

Nope! I’m all fine and dandy! I’m not that fragile.

Miki: Hm. Then that’s good.

Hajime: ...Hehe~

Hajime: (I thought Kurose-kun is a scary guy but… maybe he’s actually kinder than what he shows.)

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[ School bell rings. ]

Airi: Hajime~ Let’s go home together—

Oh, hold on. Why do you still have your notebook and pen case with you? Not going home yet?

Hajime: Ah, sorry. I’m gonna hit the library today so you can go ahead first.

Airi: Library?

Hajime: Yup. I thought I should get my part in the group work done and over with. It’s hard to do it without references, so I have to stop by there.

Airi: Oh, that thing~ I’m in charge of compiling everything in place, so I can't really do my part if everyone won't be there.

Welp, guess I should leave you to it. I’ll go ahead now~ Bye bye~

Hajime: Mhm. Bye bye!

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— And, there we go. That should be enough references.

Okay, let’s get this over with~

(Flipping through the material.)

(I wonder if this layout makes it more pleasing to the eyes… Or maybe this one?)

Hm…

Eiki: I think this one is better.

Hajime: Eh?

Eiki: ……... ♪

Hajime: N-Nakaouji-kun!

Eiki: Shh. We’re in the library. Look, the librarian is shooting us daggers.

Hajime: Ah, I’m sorry…

(whispering) And um, what brings you here?

Eiki: I saw you deep in your thoughts and contemplating quite hard, so I thought you’re stuck in making some sort of decision. Was I wrong?

Hajime: Well, um, you got that right, but… what I meant is what are you doing here?

Eiki: Oh. I was doing my own research for something when I saw you, Koino-san. And then I just thought I’d make myself comfortable and sit beside you.

I know I should’ve asked this before I just sat down, but… do you mind if I join you?

Hajime: .........

(Wait, wait, hold on! Be still, my heart!)

Eiki: Is that a no?

Hajime: Oh no! N-Not at all!

(But oh God I don’t think my heart is ready for this! The right side of my body feels completely frozen with him right beside it!)

Eiki: I’m glad to hear that. Well, I’ll continue making myself comfortable.

Oh? Your group picked this particular era to talk about? This seems like one of the eras that didn’t have that many major events, isn’t it?

Hajime: Is that right? Well, it was a unanimous decision between all of us, so I haven’t given much thought about it. But now, I’m realizing that I don’t know a thing about this era at all, so I’m kinda regretting just going with everyone’s flow.

I think we’re the only ones who chose something like this. I’m pretty sure the others picked more popular eras out there.

Eiki: Come to think of it, Miki said something about discussing the announcement of Edo’s end.

Hajime: Miki..? Are you referring to Kurose-kun? You guys are close?

Eiki: Yes. Well, we’ve been neighbors since we were children. I guess it’s more appropriate to call it being basically just stuck with each other because of that very fact. Ah, you spelled that one wrong.

Hajime: Oh, you’re right. Thanks for pointing that out. I see, so you guys are like that. It must be nice to have a childhood friend~ I wish I had something like that too~

How about you? Which era did you guys pick?

Eiki: We’ve chosen the Sengoku period. For some reason, the samurai freaks have gathered in our group. They’re all raring to map out the old Japan during wartime.

Hajime: Ahaha. Oh gosh, what’s up with that? But hey, it sounds really exciting.

Eiki: Doesn’t it? Even I am starting to look forward to it.

Hajime: Um…

Eiki: Hm?

Hajime: If it’s okay, can I ask for more of your advice on whether my work makes sense or not? Ah, but it’s okay if you can’t! I don’t mind!

Eiki: Fufu. You really didn’t have to be so formal about that. But to answer your question: sure, if you’ll have me.

Hajime: Thank you.

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[hermioneismyrealname]

Ep 6 empty mugs and jealousy

Well... Hm. I'm angry at mugs.

More sugar daddy shopping. Belts? Mahasamut, you innocent darling... He doesn't want them for you. The writer needs his bedroom inspiration, and he's thinking of a belt.

Rak is actually pretty cheery. Hm. Yes, I completely agree that he looks adorable.

JEALOUSY?! Hungry? Two scoops? Wah. DONT LIE TO ME THERE WAS NO WATER IN THERE! NONE. Also that mug is iconic. I want it but it looks small for the amount of tea I drink.

Shh.. not yet.. now you may speak

That was a good move, Mahasamut. You listen if they want to tell first. Brilliant. And wishing for someone's misery, heh. I really like his character. So far, other than abandoning the town that relies on him, there isn't much fault with him. Oh and Rak's heart eyes.

OH cousin! Wow... i want to be his mom. the money part not the getting cheated on. and... being obsessed with a complete ass. wow. abusive too. MAME ENOUGH WITH THE TRAUMA. As easy and terrible of a man like this sounds, to the point that this is unbelievable... I know some of my friends with this sort of background. So yeah. Yeash. And being called annoying when crying.. yup. been there. Next.

I feel like that the bratty cousin is going to be forgiven by the end of this. ONLY 14 MINUTES THROUGH? Jeez MAME. Ok. That hug was cute.

So i respect the hustle of a bunch of friends getting the inside scoop on an author's latest work, I'd be guilty of that too. However, if it wasnt at Mook's expense. Poor girl.

Ok this was also adorable.

but that steel beam must be uncomfortable. aaaand there goes the adorableness. HHAAHHAAHAHAHAHA! oh hello friend. Oh... wait... Did Rak change his pants? OI CONTINUITY STAFF!

my guy.... Khom... you were bought too. I read your book. Dont play coy.

Also

Yes Rak. Send it to Connor and have him come fetch his hubby. THERE IT IS! JEALOUSY! OOOOHHH!! Hydro turbines! Go green energy! (at least what i think they are)

oh. oohohohoh Connor... Oh Connor. You bitter jealous bastard. Who does Rak hug when he has writer's block. ahahaahahah! IF he is going to show up, I want the awful blond hair. YOU HEAR ME MAME?! Give me the full cringe.

That fight was cute but immediately i was distracted by this terrible interior design.

VIE IS MANIPULATING AGAIN. WAH! WAH! Her acting is very convincing. Ah kantoi. A hug? I really want to hate Vie here, but I do admire her manipulation tactics.

Mahasamut, why are you wearing a jacket around the house, near water? BINGO!! A CHILD! HEY NO DISRESPECTING MY MINT CHOCOLATE! YES. MEENA. I AGREE WITH YOU. YOU ENJOY THAT MINT CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM! DONT LET ANYONE DISRESPECT OUR FLAVOUR.

Oh. yeah. Escape that deadass grandpa.

Oh they are going to get interrupted again. Mahasamut, I suggest you put your phone somewhere other than your trousers pocket. That was quick coffee making. AGAIN THERE IS NOTHING IN THAT CUP!!! WHY JUST FILL IT UP WITH SOMEHTING ITS PISSING ME OFF! I WAS GOING TO GIVE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT THAT HE DIDNT MAKE IT THATS WHY IT WAS SO QUICK BUUUUTTTT NOOOOOOOO

THAT MUG IS EMPTY!

OH THAT IS FUNNY. One always thinks its best to give people space, so afraid of disappointing someone while the other cant stand being left alone. HAH!

yeahp. RAk. Mood.

ehheheheh kid's got attitude. Oh brililiant attitude. Ok. Meena is favourite character. and she is emotionally intelligent. I'm completely Meena here. She is so expressive too!

Yeah... and the music change... welp. Sorry but where is the prep? We end it like that then? Sure.

What the hell do they keep pointing at?

And so now I realize, this is going to get worse. Today's ep was a little sweet. Soft. Comforting even. Rak's character development is back, it will go again next episode because of his cousin. His cousin, by the way, I do not like but I think there is going to be some sort of Oh, can i say it? Tong level redemption arc™️. And by arc, I mean a 2 degree curve because her character is shallow and close to pointless when the giggolo father plot exists. A little disappointed with this week's bingo, but alas.

[circusgoth-dotcom]

A Boy Named Roxanne

Ship: None (technically)

Word Count: 459

Summary: An introductory fic for my KOTH s/i and I suppose a hypothetical cold open for their introductory episode. CWs for alcohol & smoking mentions.

Tag List: @canongf

Hank and his friends, Dale, Bill, and Boomhauer, were in their usual spot, hanging out in front of Hank’s house and enjoying cool cans of beer. Down the road, they could see a moving van pulling into one of the driveways.

“Another new neighbour? That’s almost two in one year,” Bill commented.

“I bet they’re trying to replace us with a new, hip group so they can make more money off of them young fools,” Dale mused conspiratorially.

“Welp, it’s our duty as good neighbours to make sure they feel welcomed. And hopefully there won’t be any misunderstandings like there were with Khan,” Hank suggested, leading the group down the sidewalk.

“Is that a hearse in the driveway??” Bill asked cautiously.

“That’s pretty spooky stuff but I dunno maybe he works for some dang ol’ funeral parlour, I tell you what. Can’t judge a book by its cover and all that.” Boomhauer suggested. The driver’s side door of the hearse opened and faint music could be heard. Tonight... I wanna give it all to you... In the darkness... there’s so much I wanna do...

A black boot lowered onto the concrete and a short man with a shoulder-length wolf cut stepped out, a cigarette dangling from his pouty lips and his eyes obscured by exaggerated black sunglasses. Hank gulped at the sight. The man reached back into his car to turn off the radio and closed the door with his hip before lightning his cigarette. The glare of the sun bounced off of his lighter and briefly blinded the four men. The man looked up quickly as they made various complaints.

“Shit, sorry, didn’t see you there.” He smoothly closed the cap on his lighter and placed it in his pocket before blowing smoke into the air. “Can I help you fellas?”

“We’re uh, from down the way,” Hank gestured, “we wanted to welcome you to the neighbourhood, Mr...?”

“Rox Rogers.”

“‘Rocks??’” Bill asked. Rox flashed a fox-like smile.

“As in ‘Roxanne,’ but that’s not much of a man’s name... some might say, anyway.” An awkward pause. “I’m going to guess you don’t see a lot of folks like me around here, hm?”

“And we better not see any more of you,” Dale started, “You won’t be replacing me anytime soon.”

“Replacing...?”

“Don’t mind him, that’s just how he is. Anyway, I’m Hank, this is Bill, Dale, and Boomhauer.”

Rox nodded and greeted them respectfully, then turned his head to observe the moving team. “Excuse me one second...” He began jogging after a man with a box, “Hey, I don’t mean to be rude, but can’t you read?! ‘This way up,’ I’ve got fragile bones in there!”

“Did he say... Bones...?” Bill had gone slightly pale.

“Yup,” Boomhauer answered.

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Shuuji Tanegashima Tenigo Episodes - Story Translation

[Improvement Level 1 - Episode 1]

Tanegashima: Phew… Another good day of practice☆

Tanegashima: Not to mention the weather’s great today, and the wind feels nice too.

Tanegashima: Tennis is cool and all, but on days like these, I’d rather be at sea.

Hirakoba: I feel the same way too.

Tanegashima: Oh, really!? You get me.

Yuushi: Be at sea… You mean on a boat?

Tanegashima: Yup, yup. I like going cruising.

Hirakoba: Oh, wow! That’s a cool hobby.

Atobe: Then let’s go on our next day off.

Tanegashima: Huh? Well, I’d like to, but…

Atobe: Alright, I’ll make the arrangements.

Hirakoba: For real?

Atobe: Of course. Would you like to go too, Oshitari?

Yuushi: Sure, I don’t really have anything planned.

Atobe: Heh, then it’s settled.

Atobe: *beep!* …Hey, it’s me. Have them arrange a cruise for our next day off… Yes, that’s fine.

Atobe: …There we have it, the four of us here will be going.

Tanegashima: Wha, you seriously just made arrangements for a cruise!? That’s amazing…

Hirakoba: Right, this’ll be fun.

Tanegashima: Oh, but there’s one thing I forgot to mention. Do you have any way of getting to the beach without flying?

Hirakoba: Oh yeah, Tanegashima-san doesn’t like flying.

Tanegashima: That I don’t. Please tell me I don’t have to.

Atobe: Very well then, I understand. I’ll adjust it so that we don’t have to fly.

Tanegashima: Thank you, I appreciate it~! I look forward to the next day off.

Hirakoba: Alright! I’ll show you just how great the ocean is, Oshitari!

Yuushi: Well, all I’ve been doing is tennis lately, so this’ll be a nice break. I’m looking forward to it too.

[Improvement Level 1 - Episode 2]

Tanegashima: I would’ve never imagined myself saying I wanna go cruising and then just having it happen.

Hirakoba: I’m a little impressed too!

Tanegashima: The heir to the Atobe Corporation is on a whole ‘nother level.

Yuushi: Oh, this is nothing for him. You’d better get used to it.

Atobe: Heh… Well since we’re here, shall we go fishing? I have all the gear ready.

Tanegashima: Oh, sure. Let’s do it!

—

Yuushi: Have you caught anything?

Hirakoba: Not a single thing. I’m better at spearfishing than actual fishing, anyway.

Atobe: So you guys haven’t caught anything yet?

Hirakoba: Whoa! You caught so many!

Yuushi: You’ve probably caught all the fish that were swimming around here.

Tanegashima: Haha, that’s amazing~… Hah, I’ve been saying that a lot today, huh.

Hirakoba: But look at how many you’ve caught, Tanegashima-san!

Tanegashima: Yeah, I’ve kinda done this now and again.

Tanegashima: Is this a baby yellowtail? It’ll be big soon enough.

Tanegashima: …Oh, that’s right. I just remembered.

Yuushi: What is it?

Tanegashima: There was this one time I went to the beach, and I was fishing on a boat like this too… and I had a photo shoot.

Hirakoba: A photo shoot… Ah! Wait, was that one of your reader model gigs you had with Kimijima-san!?

Tanegashima: That’s right. Ah, the memories~

Hirakoba: I have that magazine! That’s crazy…

Tanegashima: For real? I’m happy to hear that~. Thank you☆

[Improvement Level 1 - Episode 3]

Tanegashima: Hey, the ocean looks beautiful, so why don’t we go swimming?

Hirakoba: For real! I’ve been itching to take a dip for a while now…

Tanegashima: Okay! Let’s have a little race to see who can swim from the boat to the beach the fastest!

Hirakoba: That sounds great!

Yuushi: No, hang on a sec please.

Tanegashima: Mm?

Yuushi: I don’t think this kind of weather is suited for swimming.

Hirakoba: Nah, once you jump in, it’s not—

Atobe: This isn’t Okinawa. Do you want to catch a cold?

Hirakoba: Tch…

Tanegashima: Welp, so be it. It is what it is.

Tanegashima: Then how about we stargaze on the beach before the trip ends?

Yuushi: I can get behind that.

Hirakoba: You got it!

Atobe: Well, that should be fine as long as we let them know when to pick us up.

Tanegashima: Alright, it’s a plan☆ But I’m honestly surprised you guys are into stargazing, you’re such romantics.

Yuushi: Didn’t you suggest it in the first place, Tanegashima-senpai?

Tanegashima: Haha, true, true.

—

Tanegashima: Today’s been lots of fun. Thanks so much!

Atobe: It was nothing, I’m glad to know you had fun.

Atobe: I’ve also made reservations at a seaside café, so let’s have tea time after this.

Tanegashima: Wow~, your hospitality is impeccable. I could learn a lot from you.

Atobe: You have a lot to learn from us, and in turn, we will keep learning from you.

Tanegashima: Haha! Well said.

[Improvement Level 2 - Episode 1]

Kimijima: By the way, Tanegashima-kun. This magazine we’ve modeled in before has asked for our reappearance.

Tanegashima: Modeling… Eh, I’ll do it if I feel up to it.

Kimijima: If you feel up to it… You won’t possibly cancel last minute, will you?

Tanegashima: Yeah, actually, I’ll pass for now. I change my mind a lot.

Kimijima: Well, that’s too bad then.

Tanegashima: But there’s a lot of other handsome fellows at this camp too. Why don’t you ask them?

Kimijima: Hm… In that case, who do you think would fit the role?

Tanegashima: How about a middle schooler? Like Fuji?

Kimijima: I have a feeling he’ll be difficult to negotiate with.

Tanegashima: Okay then… how about Niou-chan?

Kimijima: I’m sure he’ll give the same response you did.

Tanegashima: Then how about the Oshitari with glasses!

Kimijima: He’ll probably politely decline…

Tanegashima: Okayy, then how about ‘Nosuke?

Kimijima: Shiraishi-kun, hm… Perhaps?

Tanegashima: Yeah, he’s got some potential doesn’t he? I’ve heard about him. He sounds even cooler than me!

Kimijima: Well… I’m sure the company would agree to that, let’s negotiate with him.

Tanegashima: Okay, I’ll go negotiate with him right away! Heh heh~♪

Kimijima: Ah… He’s gone…

Kimijima: (By the looks of things, I have a feeling the negotiations are going to fail…)

Kimijima: (Shiraishi-kun doesn’t seem interested in modeling either, and I believe there’s certain steps we must go through in order to negotiate with him…)

Kimijima: (Ah, oh well. I’ll just have to let the company know that he declined.)

[Improvement Level 2 - Episode 2]

Tanegashima: Hey, you guys.

Chitose: Whoa!?

Shiraishi: Tanegashima-san!

Tanegashima: Mm? You that shocked to see me?

Chitose: No, it’s just that you popped out of nowhere on that Segway.

Tanegashima: Haha, well I didn’t mean to, y’know? Anywho, ‘Nosuke, I wanna ask you something.

Shiraishi: What is it?

Tanegashima: We’re looking for a reader model for this fashion magazine. So how ‘bout it, ‘Nosuke?

Shiraishi: A reader model? Oh no, I’m not really into that sort of thing…

Chitose: Despite how Shiraishi looks, he’s pretty shy. I dunno how well that’d work out.

Tanegashima: Yeah, yeah, I get it! But you may end up liking it more than you thought if you give it a shot?

Shiraishi: No, I… I’m good.

Tanegashima: No, no, just give it a try! You’ll definitely like it!

Tanegashima: Listen, listen, you get to wear all these cool clothes as a model…

Tanegashima: And it’s like you can turn into a completely different person, it’s super cool☆

Shiraishi: …Tanegashima-san.

Tanegashima: Yeah?

Shiraishi: Since you seem to think it’s so cool, why don’t you do it instead?

Tanegashima: I already have, so it’s just a hassle for me now.

Shiraishi: Is that so?

Tanegashima: Yup. But if you don’t wanna do it, then oh well! ‘Kay, bye now.

Shiraishi: Er, right… I’m sorry I couldn’t help you!

Tanegashima: Nah, it’s fine, it’s fine! Don’t even worry about it☆

Chitose: …He’s a little much, isn’t he…

Shiraishi: Yeah…

[Improvement Level 2 - Episode 3]

Tanegashima: Hey~, nice job today☆ Can I talk to you for a bit?

Sengoku: Great job today. What do you need?

Tanegashima: Okay, so I was asking Kanata about “good-looking guys who are into girls,” and your name came up.

Sengoku: Yeah, that’s true… I guess, is that supposed to be a compliment or something…?

Tanegashima: Of course! Anyway, after we’re done with this camp, you wanna go on a mixer?

Sengoku: A mixer…!

Tanegashima: It’s not that there’s anything wrong with the training camp, it’s just hard do those while we’re here, y’know?

Sengoku: Ah, yeah, it would be better once we’re out.

Tanegashima: So is there anyone else we could invite?

Sengoku: Well, maybe? I’d say Momoshiro-kun’s pretty cool to hang with.

Tanegashima: Ah, okay! Then…

Tanegashima: Oh! What about ‘Nosuke? He has such a nice face.

Sengoku: Uhh, let’s not do Shiraishi-kun. He’s not really outgoing.

Tanegashima: Oh, yeah? That’s too bad. Then who else?

Sengoku: Huh, who else? You know most of the guys here are focused on tennis right, I don’t think they’ll be too into that…

Tanegashima: Okay, why don’t we try something unexpected? What about the captains from each school?

Sengoku: Absolutely not! I don’t even wanna start on them~!

Tanegashima: Why not? We should at least try.

Sengoku: I can already imagine the disaster…

Sengoku: Tezuka-kun would make them run laps. Yukimura-kun would take away their senses, and Kite-kun would use these weird peppers from his homeland…

Tanegashima: What about Atobe?

Sengoku: If Atobe-kun goes… the girls will only pay attention to him…!

Tanegashima: Yeah… that doesn’t sound fun…

Sengoku: Right?

Tanegashima: Well, just find someone good then. You got this!

Sengoku: Huh, ah, wait—

Sengoku: And he left. He’s really making me do this now…

Sengoku: Well, let’s see if my captain would be up to it!

[Improvement Level 3 - Episode 1]

Tanegashima: (It’s nice walking around the mall by myself once in a while, changes things up a bit…)

Tanegashima: (Bought some magazines, went to some clothes stores, and now it’s time to head back…)

Yuuta: Oh, Tanegashima-san. What’re you doing here?

Tanegashima: Whoa, you’re all matching!

Tanegashima: Ah, I was just doing some wandering around is all. What about you?

Kirihara: We’re going to the arcade! We’re gonna play a gun-shooting game.

Tanegashima: Oh, really?

Yuuta: We all go to the arcade a lot, so we started talking and now we’re gonna compete to see which one of us is the best…

Ryoma: Well, we all know it’s me though.

Kirihara: Huh!? You don’t know what! I’ll beat you into the ground!

Yuuta: Hey, hey, we haven’t even started yet. Don’t fight.

Tanegashima: Nice, that sounds fun!

Ryoma: You like games too, Tanegashima-san?

Tanegashima: Yup. I love gun-shooting games. I would say I’m even pretty good at them.

Ryoma: Huh…!

Kirihara: Really!? Then you should come with us.

Tanegashima: Can I?

Yuuta: Of course, the more the merrier.

Ryoma: All four of us can compete at the same too.

Kirihara: Exactly!

Tanegashima: Well since you asked, I’ll go with you guys. Let’s have ourselves a serious competition☆

Yuuta: Great, I won’t lose!

Kirihara: Alright! Now Tanegashima-san gets to do it too!

[Improvement Level 3 - Episode 2]

Tanegashima: Man~, I got a little carried away~

Tanegashima: A little more though and I would’ve made it to the top of the international rankings… Aw, man.

Ryoma: We made a big scene though.

Yuuta: Haha… Having everyone staring at us was pretty cringey. It was hard keeping my head in the game.

Kirihara: Well, that’s how it be sometimes. I was just that in the zone. I did pretty good though, didn’t I!?

Yuuta: Yeah. Tanegashima-san was unbelievable, but I’d say it was a close call for the rest of us!

Ryoma: I guess this means we weren’t all talk.

Kirihara: Then let’s keep this going at the camp. Let’s hurry and head back so we can have another competition!

Yuuta: But there’s no way we could do gun-shooting at the camp, right?

Tanegashima: Yeah, you’re right… Ah!

Kirihara: Do you have an idea!?

Tanegashima: Yeah. We might be able to do it as long as we have stuff we can use as targets!

Tanegashima: Like those things you usually see in baseball.

Ryoma: Got it… If we can use anything, we could just use cardboard boxes.

Yuuta: But most importantly, what about the guns?

Tanegashima: Well if I were to say: we’d definitely be using those, right?

Yuuta: “Those”…?

Ryoma: Right, our tennis rackets.

Tanegashima: Bingo☆

Yuuta: So we’re just gonna be playing tennis!?

Kirihara: Sounds fun! I’m getting more excited!!

Ryoma: I don’t plan on losing.

Yuuta: A-A tennis match with these guys… It looks like this’ll be tough, but I won’t lose either!

Tanegashima: Alright, let’s go back to the camp and set up the targets!

[Improvement Level 3 - Episode 3]

Tanegashima: Okay… The targets are now complete~!

Kirihara: Let’s get this started!

Ryoma: What about the rules? It won’t be fun if we do it the normal way.

Yuuta: True… Like, maybe we could try guessing which number you’ll hit or…

Fuji: Hey, what’re you all doing here?

Yuuta: Big Bro!

Ryoga: Looks like you got something fun going on.

Ryoma: …Ugh.

Tanegashima: They’re targets. We were playing gun-shooting at the arcade earlier, and I was wondering if we could play a game like that at the camp.

Fuji: So you set up these targets? That’s cool.

Ryoga: Nice, lemme join too.

Kirihara: Yeah, for sure! Let’s all do it together!

Yuuta: …This’ll finally decide who the winner is!

Ryoma: We’ve kept this going on long enough.

Tanegashima: Alright, let’s settle this~

Fuji: Hey, Yuuta. What’s got you all excited about this?

Yuuta: Well, there was kinda all this stuff that went down at the arcade…

Ryoga: Kakaka, and what do you mean by that.

Ryoga: Eh, whatever, let’s have some fun. I’ll be taking the winner title too while I’m at it.

Tanegashima: Nuh-uh, I wouldn’t be too sure about that last part. I’ll be taking the title☆

Kirihara: No, I will!

Yuuta: I’m going to win!

Fuji: If I’m gonna be a part of this, then I won’t be losing.

Ryoma: Obviously I’m not gonna lose either.

Tanegashima: Haha! Y’all have gotten more excited about gun-shooting, haven’t you?

Tanegashima: Now, it’s time… Let the competition begin!

[Improvement Level 4 - Episode 1]

Kintarou: Hey hey, Mister Tokugawa!

Ryoma: We wanna ask you something.

Tokugawa: Tooyama-kun and Echizen-kun. What is it?

Irie: Well, well, the energetic first year combo is gracing us with their presence.

Kintarou: So, we saw you and Mister Tanegashima playing a match earlier…

Tokugawa: Yes, what about it?

Ryoma: We don’t really know him…

Tokugawa: ? And what does that entail?

Kintarou: Well Mister Tanegashima is always super smiley, and I think he’s a good guy, but…

Kintarou: I think he’s got something else going on…

Ryoma: He keeps his guard up, doesn’t he.

Irie: Do you mean in a match? Or in his everyday life?

Ryoma: Both.

Kintarou: I can never win “Look Over there”! So can you tell me about Mister Tanegashima?

Tokugawa: Tanegashima-san is… an elusive type of person.

Tokugawa: He goes at his own pace, and at first glance appears not to be thinking of anything, but in reality is very deep in thought… at least I suppose.

Kintarou: …You suppose?

Tokugawa: I still don’t quite understand him myself.

Kintarou: Huh, even you, Mister Tokugawa!?

Tokugawa: Yes, even me.

Ryoma: Then what about you, Irie-san? What do you think of Tanegashima-san?

Irie: Hm, I’m not sure. But, I can tell you one thing…

Irie: You two probably wouldn’t be able to beat him.

Ryoma: …!

Kintarou: What’s that all mean!? None of it makes any sense! And I wouldn’t lose!!

Ryoma: Guess we’ll just have to ask him directly… There he is right there.

Kintarou: For real!? Alright then Koshimae, let’s go! …Mister Tanegashimaaa!

—

Tanegashima: …Hm? What’s up?

Ryoma: Hey, play a match with me.

Tanegashima: Right now? Mmm, I dunno about that.

—

Irie: Oof, there they go.

Tokugawa: Irie-san, why did you spur them on.

Irie: Fufu… Because I thought it’d be funny.

[Improvement Level 4 - Episode 2]

Kite: Right then, now to partake in today’s dinner… Wh—Tanishi-kun. What is that?

Tanishi: What I’m having? It’s just tebichi.

Kite: Yes, I get that part.

Hirakoba: Kei-kun, Eishirou’s not asking about that. He’s asking why you have so much.

Chinen: You’ve got a mountain there. It’s about to spill off the plate.

Tanishi: Yeah, I know. But I’m not the only one.

Kai: Yeah, right, who else could have as much tebichi as you do?

Tanishi: I saw him! He’s over at the high schoolers’ tables!

Chinen: High schoolers?

Tanishi: Tanegashima-san’s got a whole mountain of it on his plate too, I was just following his lead.

Chinen: Are you serious?

Kai: Hmm… Lemme go check it out.

—

Kai: Whoa…!

Tanegashima: Mm? What’s up?

Kai: Err, that’s a lot of tebichi you got there…

Tanegashima: Yeah, this stuff rocks. I love it.

Kai: I-I’m sure you do… See ya.

—

Kai: I-I’m not even kidding you guys! He seriously does!

Tanishi: See, I told you.

Hirakoba: For real…

Kai: I didn’t expect Tanegashima-san to be such a big fan of tebichi…

Hirakoba: So does Tanegashima-san like Okinawan food?

Chinen: I dunno, but I’m glad he likes tebichi.

Kai: Definitely!

Kite: This is a good sign. Now is the time to spread the good word of Okinawa!

Kite: We shall continue to enlighten Tanegashima-san!

[Improvement Level 4 - Episode 3]

Yanagi: The other day, Akuto-niisan had asked me to join him in a card game.

Niou: Yeah, I was there too.

Sanada: Oh, and who else?

Yanagi: There were six of us: Me, Tanegashima-san, Irie-san, Sadaharu, Akuto-niisan and Niou.

Yukimura: Wow, quite the crowd you had. It must’ve been hard to win.

Sanada: Yes. It must’ve been a complex psychological battle, with each player scheming to outwit the other…

Yanagi: Quite right, you two. The high schoolers were very observant as expected.

Yanagi: Me and Sadaharu’s data didn’t stand a chance.

Yukimura: What’d you do, Niou?

Niou: …If you start thinking there’s no chance of winning, then you just gotta stop thinking at that point.

Niou: I did that, and it turned out better than I thought.

Yanagi: Yes, that’s right, you did win one game.

Sanada: Oh, not bad.

Niou: But it was only one win. The members that were there were seriously diabolical.

Niou: The front’s the back facing the front. Lines aren’t straight, they’re straight outta line, just too strong.

Yukimura: Fufu, didn’t expect that much to come from you, Niou.

Tanegashima: Oh, I know you didn’t just call me diabolical, Niou-chan.

Niou: Nh! Tanegashima-san… You just came up behind me out of nowhere.

Tanegashima: Haha, sorry about that! I just happened to pass by.

Tanegashima: I’ll always be ready for a rematch~☆

Yukimura: …And off he goes.

Niou: …

Sanada: Hm? It’s rare for you to look upset, Niou.

Yanagi: And rightfully so. Tanegashima-san had won ten times more than Niou.

Sanada: How many rounds did you do…

Niou: Guess this means I still got a lot to learn.

[Improvement Level 5 - Episode 1]

Irie: …Hah!

Tanegashima: …Hah!

—

Irie: Whew… Trying to challenge you in a battle of wits is unwise indeed.

Tanegashima: Not really, why don’t you just go with the flow?

Irie: …Go with the flow?

Tanegashima: Don’t try and think so hard over it, just hit the ball and leave it at that.

Irie: Mmm… That would be difficult, wouldn’t it?

Irie: Whenever I face off against you, Shuu-san, I end up wanting to try all sorts of unnecessary things.

Tanegashima: Haha, like what? Trying to find as many openings as you can?

Irie: No, not just that. It’s just how my play style works.

Irie: But, if I’m not mistaken, you don’t like playing against me do you, Shuu-san?

Tanegashima: Oh, that’s ridiculous. Are you serious?

Irie: I’m right, aren’t I?

Tanegashima: Well, moving on! The thing is, even if you are witty enough for matches…

Tanegashima: Your physical condition’s lacking, and the coaches have talked to you about it, haven’t they?

Irie: Yes, that is true.

Tanegashima: You’ve been doing stuff like playing the saxophone to build up your lung capacity. But why not do other stuff that’ll build up your muscle too?

Irie: Yes, thank you for the very obvious advice.

Tanegashima: Well, yeah, I guess it is…

Tanegashima: Ah, but there’s just one more thing that’s been bothering me.

Irie: What is it?

Tanegashima: You watch and study all these different DVDs everyday to improve your acting skills, right?

Tanegashima: But I’d say your acting skills are already good enough, so why not use that time for strength training…

Irie: No, I couldn’t possibly! That would destroy my whole identity!

Tanegashima: Haha, alright, go ahead and keep doing it then. If that’s the only way to hone your acting skills.

Irie: …But… you’re right. I’ll try to increase my amount of strength training each day.

Tanegashima: Right, you got this.

Irie: Your advice was helpful, Shuu-san. I’ll give it a try.

[Improvement Level 5 - Episode 2]

Sanada: …Hm? Senpai.

Tanegashima: Oh, nice job today. You taking a break right now?

Sanada: Yes, this is actually perfect timing. Senpai, I have a favor to ask of you.

Tanegashima: What’s up?

Sanada: I wish to do a rematch of “Look Over There”!

Tanegashima: Oh, you’ve been itching, huh. I’ll do it anytime you want!

Tanegashima: So, you wanna do it right now?

Sanada: Yes, please!

Tanegashima: Alright, you ready? First comes rock☆ Rock, paper and… scissors!

Tanegashima: Now look over there☆

Sanada: Kuh…

Tanegashima: Rock, paper… scissors! Now look over there☆

Sanada: Nnngh…!

Tanegashima: Look over there☆

Sanada: …Hh!

Sanada: (I lost…!)

Tanegashima: Haha, looks like you still can’t beat me, huh?

Sanada: O-One more time…!

Akutsu: The hell are you two doing.

Sanada: …Akutsu.

Tanegashima: As you can see, we’re doing “Look Over There.”

Akutsu: Sanada, you lost miserably again. Hmph… how pathetic.

Sanada: What?

Akutsu: Now it’s my turn.

Tanegashima: Oh, okay. Let’s do this.

Akutsu: Bring it…!

Tanegashima: First comes rock☆ Rock, paper… scissors!

Tanegashima: Now look over there☆

Akutsu: Kuh…!

Tanegashima: Rock, paper… scissors! Now look over there☆

Akutsu: (He’s pointing to the left! Don’t look there…!)

Akutsu: Gggrh…!

Tanegashima: Oh… wow!

Sanada: You’re doing well, Akutsu!

Akutsu: Not yet, I still haven’t won yet. Hurry and keep going…!

Tanegashima: Ah, sorry. But I have to get back to practice now.

Akutsu: What!?

Tanegashima: Tokugawa’s waiting for me at the courts. Welp, see ya!

Akutsu: Dammit! He ran away…!

Sanada: Akutsu, it can’t be helped if he has to practice. I must be returning as well.

Sanada: But, even so…

Akutsu: Next time, I’ll definitely win!

Sanada: Right!

[Improvement Level 5 - Episode 3]

Tanegashima: Breaky break time. I wanna eat something sweet.

Omagari: Hey, look! They have five different kinds of taiyaki.

Tanegashima: Oh, taiyaki sounds good. I wonder which flavor I should have. What’ll you get, Ryuji?

Omagari: I wanna eat all of them… but that’ll be too much, so I better not.

Tanegashima: You sure love taiyaki don’t you, Ryuji… I’m gonna go with custard.

Omagari: Then I’ll have adzuki and matcha.

Omagari: …Who am I even kidding! I think I am just gonna eat them all!

Tanegashima: Haha, I figured that’d happen.

Tanegashima: Alright, time to dig in!

Omagari: …Hey, why are you starting from the stomach? It’s not an actual fish.

Tanegashima: Because I wanna eat my taiyaki from the stomach. It doesn’t matter how you eat it, right?

Omagari: Ughh, I mean, I guess… but…

Tanegashima: Haha, it’s seriously bothering you?

Omagari: …Yeah, ‘cause it’s weird. Well whatever, I’m gonna eat mine too.

Omagari: Mm! So good…

Tanegashima: Hey, Ryuji.

Omagari: Hm?

Tanegashima: About that Red vs. White competition we had, I wanted to play in it some more.

Tanegashima: I wanted to see more of Atobe-kun and Kiteretsu’s reactions.

Omagari: …So you really were just playing around.

Tanegashima: Well, those middle schoolers are gonna get stronger regardless, y’know? And they’re fun to mess with.

Omagari: Yes, I know, but that Red vs. White competition was still a part of our training. So you should’ve taken it seriously.

Tanegashima: Chai☆ It was still serious though, wasn’t it? I just added some fun to the mix!

Omagari: *sigh*… Why do I even bother.

[Improvement Level 6 - Episode 1]

Tanegashima: Heyyy, you two!

Kikumaru: Tanegashima-senpai!

Tanegashima: You guys wanna come with me to do some DVA [Dynamic Visual Acuity] training right now?

Sengoku: DVA training, huh… I’d say my visual acuity for spotting cute girls is second to none!

Tanegashima: That’s great! But it’ll be even better if you trained it more too☆

Sengoku: “Better”? You’re right… it would be really lucky if I found cuter girls!

Tanegashima: What about you, Kikumaru?

Kikumaru: Let’s do it! It sounds fun, so I’ll join in!

Tanegashima: Haha, awesome! Is there anyone else you think would be to good to train with?

Kikumaru: Oh, what about Mukahi?

Sengoku: Mukahi-kun’s vision is pretty good, I’m sure he’d be up to it.

Tanegashima: Okay then Sengoku, can you go ask him?

Sengoku: Sure, leave it to me!

Tanegashima: Thank you. Okay Kikumaru, you and I will get the training set up.

Kikumaru: What training will we be doing?

Tanegashima: Y’know about the Segways? We’re gonna do a time trial with them.

Kikumaru: Wow, sounds cool!

Tanegashima: Right? But they’re pretty big, so it’s gonna be a process trying to get a bunch of them. I’d appreciate it if you’d help me~

Kikumaru: Of course! I’m so excited~

Tanegashima: Okay, let’s hurry and go! And good luck asking him, Sengoku.

Kikumaru: See ya later, Sengoku!

Sengoku: Right!

Sengoku: …I know I said okay to this, but what do Segways have to do with DVA?

[Improvement Level 6 - Episode 2]

Sengoku: Tanegashima-san! I’ve brought Mukahi-kun.

Gakuto: Be great working with ya!

Tanegashima: Great, we’re just finishing up here.

Kikumaru: Yep, finally done!

Tanegashima: Nice. Now onto starting the time trial with the Segways!

Gakuto: So what’re the rules?

Tanegashima: We’re gonna compete with them to see how long it takes for us to go around the courts, and the best time after three laps is the winner!

Sengoku: Gotcha! I’ve never really ridden one before, but I’m sure I’ll get the hang of it after three laps.

Kikumaru: Sounds fun~!

Tanegashima: It’s not that hard, now let’s try it☆

Tanegashima: We’ll decide who goes first with rock, paper, scissors. Ready, rock, paper… scissors☆

—

Tanegashima: Okay, first up is Kikumaru. Up you go!

Kikumaru: Let’s do this!

Kikumaru: …Whoa. I have to keep my balance… but also be fast!

—

Kikumaru: Whew, I did it!

Tanegashima: So, what’d you think?

Kikumaru: It was fun! It makes me wanna get a Segway too!

Tanegashima: Haha, right? …Next is Sengoku.

Sengoku: Right.

—

Sengoku: Wow, if your line of sight changes even a little while you’re speeding, it becomes hard to control…!

Sengoku: I’ll have to really watch out when I’m turning, now I can see why your vision would need to be good for this…

—

Gakuto: …Wahoo! This is great! It feels amazing!

Gakuto: But it is pretty hard trying to go fast…

—

Tanegashima: …Nice. Welp, it looks like I won by a landslide~☆

Gakuto: Well, you’re used to it so obviously you would!

Kikumaru: Yeah!!

Tanegashima: But you still did it regardless, didn’t you?

Sengoku: Ahaha… I didn’t even consider that…

Tanegashima: Haha! Well, let’s play around using our DVA then!

[Improvement Level 6 - Episode 3]

Gakuto: The training room’s definitely got it… There it is! The DVA testing machine!

[A common machine in Japan that’s a black board covered in red buttons that you’re supposed to press when they light up. Here’s what it looks like if you’re curious.]

Tanegashima: Yup. Now we’ll see how much we can score on this.

Sengoku: Great. This is something we’ve all used before.

Oishi: What’re you guys doing?

Kikumaru: Oh, Oishi! Right now we’re competing using our DVA!

Tanegashima: Yeah, you wanna join us too, Oishi?

Oishi: Well, it does sound interesting!

Oishi: My eyesight may not be as good as your guys’, but if you’re okay with it then sure, I’ll join in!

Tanegashima: Yeah, of course! I don’t mind at all.

Kikumaru: Alright, I’ll beat Tanegashima-senpai this time!

Gakuto: Yeah, there’s no way I’ll lose!

Oishi: “This time”…?

Sengoku: We just did a time trial using the Segways, and Tanegashima won no contest.

Oishi: Oh, I get it. So you’re settling the score.

Tanegashima: Well, now that you’ve joined us Oishi, let’s have you go first!

Oishi: Huh, me?

Kikumaru: You’ve got this, Oishi!

Gakuto: Don’t let Tanegashima-senpai win!

Oishi: Uhhh, I can’t make any promises… but I’ll do my best at least.

Tanegashima: The numbers on this board will each light up, and the goal’s to press one after another… Here we go!

Oishi: (Six… one, five…! Whoa, I did it…)

Tanegashima: Now it’s gonna speed up!

Oishi: (Nine… three…)

Oishi: Uhh, uh… where!?

—

Tanegashima: Okay, all done!

Oishi: Wasn’t it going too fast though…? Did you see it, Eiji?

Kikumaru: More or less.

Oishi: Of course…

Tanegashima: Okay, now two numbers are gonna light up at the same time, let’s do this!

Oishi: I-It’s still going… Okay!

—

Oishi: Uhh, wha…!?

Kikumaru: Oishi, three and five, ah, one and seven!

Oishi: It’s too fast…!

—

Tanegashima: Alrighty, now we’re gonna see if Oishi’s speed can—

Sengoku: Tanegashima-san, are we just gonna keep watching Oishi-kun train with this?

Tanegashima: Haha, well he’s been trying so hard that I couldn’t help but have him keep going.

Sengoku: (It feels like Tanegashima-san’s just been messing around with us this whole time…)

Sengoku: (…Well, whatever.)

They call the Segways “two-wheeled electric vehicles” due to branding but I’m not calling them that every time🤠

[hazelcephalopod]

Alright here some of my thoughts for the beginning of Preacher season 3 -still insomnia posting.

What the hell is wrong with his Granma? Also this whole family sucks -except Jesses mom it seems.

Episode one- Jesse deals with things with violence and making questionably deals -worse than usual. Also. Half dead woman’s dark magic to bring back the dead.

Tulip backstory- it’s fucked up and sad! She just wanted to eat her cereal.

Cass is very done and tbh very fair at this point.

Protip. Don’t eat things a weird mean old witch gives you. Don’t do it. (No idea how that’s gonna pan out tbh but I’d wager on it being bad)

…or give them your spit. Don’t do it.

So. I don’t think the resurection spell really worked? She really was ready to go “fuck this asshole” until god sent her back. (Hilarious.)

…if she has to choose one of these men I’d advise on Cass tbh. (Based off the spoilers I have I believe it now gets even more love Trianguly and tbh I’m still on horses the ot3, the messiness makes it more fun)

Episode 2: Jesse tries to salvage things. Unfortunately he also makes very bad choices

Hey they sent him to school! Oh no this vice principle is the fucking worst. “She’s a junior” and your an adult man, with a wife. Stop it.

Oh it’s the soul extracter! For the family soul extraction business.

Don’t worry Tulip sure god will send you some horrifying visions. (Srsly he’s more interested in you then… seemingly anyone else looking for him)

“Who’s Jenny” -this is why they were leaving you Jesse! Truly paying no attention to them at all.

Tbh. My main feeling whenever the Grail or Star show up at this point is “these guys again really”? Yes I get it they are part of the plot as the antagonists and whatever but… do we hav to see this much of them? Doing whatever this is supposed to be? (Imagine if the Hare Krishna’s had managed to just take them out.)

Yes Jesse, Tulip is fine other than you are now captives of you’re frankly evil Gran’ma who doesn’t seem keen on letting anyone go

What the hell is happening with Cass and the smaller uncle? I’m not opposed I’m… I’m weirdly curious. (Later me- well. That’s not good. Avoid that uncle)

Yup and there’s the god visions coming back. (For all the sense they make)

I must admit from what I’ve seen of the uncles… Gran’ma just desperately trying to make Jesse her heir and legacy I get it. It’s not much but… we’ll I get it. Still evil.

I’m sorry it’s so funny that this show has a vampire and they are just like “wear covering clothes an carry and umbrella in broad daylight. That’s works!”

Oh right the fucking grail idiots are here. Also. You wait to shoot them right beside the swamp so you don’t have to carry them.

Lmao. Tulip has not gotten the memo about Jesse and Cass really breaking up hard.

Does the Grail teleport?! How the hell is Starr here?!

Welp. This is all going to shit.

Well Jesse is gone again. This time leaving the other two in an even worse situation! (Lol. Tulip and Gran’ma have foiled that in record time.)

Ill be the first to say people can change but they have to take the first step and demonstrate a willingness to do so and… so far there is not sign that’s gonna happen anytime soon with Jesse unless someone actually introduces a consequence he can’t easily overcome.

Great a weird clean murder dungeon.

[thewanderingmask]

oh hey is it time to go watch old media until the writer's strike is over

welp here's my list, i highly recommend adding onto it or making your own

sit-coms

Better Off Ted (office comedy about a pretty decent guy who manages the R&D department of your standard big capitalist (evil) company. absurd, sincere, and blessedly not nihilistic.)

Golden Girls (four older women living together. openly touched upon topics like gay people are human beings actually and so are people without houses. and this was in the 80s.)

Murphy Brown (Reporter/news presenter workplace comedy. i like eldin)

WKRP (set in a radio station, this one is a pain to find unedited anywhere because of music licensing nonsense)

Designing Women (i haven't actually watched much of this yet but i heard it's pretty good so i'm listing it here in hopes i'll remember to check it out)

british panel / comedy shows (ok so they're like game shows, except the prizes range from useless to nonexistent, all the contestants are comedians, and nobody really cares that much who wins. ,fair warning though, these are british. so you're just gonna get a certain amount of jokes that are like "yup an old cishet white dude sure did write that")

Would I Lie to You (contestants make ridiculous claims and the opposing team has to guess if it's real or not)

8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown (not "8 out of 10 Cats". not "Countdown". specifically "8 out of 10 cats does countdown". yes this is important)

Taskmaster (five contestants perform a series of increasingly silly tasks to try to score points)

Big Fat Quiz of the Year / Decade (a series of long quiz specials where comedians often fail, intentionally or otherwise, to answer questions)

crime/detective/spy shows (cw copaganda. bc that's the entire genre)

Columbo (did you know it's ALL on the internet archive? for FREE?)

Simon and Simon (private investigators who are also brothers, a bit more on the fun side. pretty good for the 80s, but be warned you're still gonna get some dopey tropes like ableism in certain episodes.)

Rockford Files (ex-convict PI. doesn't like guns, friends with his dad. cynical but can't help helping people most of the time. we love to see it. like the two above, it's older but it holds up)

Brooklyn 99 (much like columbo, everybody already knows this one)

Burn Notice (recent ex-spy stuck in miami tries to get his job back. an unfortunate amount of ogle-y filler shots. I liked the first 4 seasons and low key recommend stopping after it, but everybody's mileage varies.)

and finally, because i know who i a:

cartoons

Motorcity (what if the only answer to an oppressive conformist society was UNDERGROUND TEENS WITH CARS and it looked AMAZING and it was KILLED AFTER 20 EPISODES BECAUSE THERE IS NO GOD)

Storm Hawks (what if the only answer to a returning evil empire was SKY TEENS WITH AIRPLANE MOTORCYCLES, side note this is like the only time i've ever seen stylized 3D animation in a way that just looks? good?? i would love to see more stuff try this kind of direction instead of aiming for anime or realism)

Generator Rex (a teen with TRANSFORMING MUTANT MACHINE POWERS fights alongside a kinda sus organization to try to save others who have transformed into dangerous mutants. i haven't finished this one and im not a fan of the monkey character but dam this show kinda slaps)

Teen Titans (TEEN SUPERHEROES. i have a soft spot for this show. it was my first superhero show as a kid and still mostly holds up as good fun)

Spectacular Spider-Man (spider-man has a lotta cartoons by now but this is up there near the top i feel)

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (it's PRETTY it's CUTE it's FUNNY and only has a few episodes i would outright skip. i stopped enjoying it by the last couple seasons but i still think it's worth a watch if you haven't yet)

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD IN THIS WORLD WATCH THIS SHOW DEAR GODS IT LOOKS INCREDIBLE IT'S SO MUCH FUN AND I LOVE MY IDIOT SONS SO MUCH AND THEN IT PUNCHES YOU RIGHT IN THE EMOTIONS WHEN YOU AREN'T EXPECTING IT-)

and Bluey. watch Bluey.

AIGHT THAT'S IT FOR NOW honestly i could add more to this but my memory ain't that good

✨enjoy✨

[thelastwalkingsoul]

I’m so excited for this ep and one of the scenes in particular. Pretty sure I know what cliffhanger they’re gonna end it on so we’ll see.

Onto The Last of Us Episode 6!

Ep 1 | Ep 2 | Ep 3 | Ep 4 | Ep 5

- It’s winter already?!

- Ooh who are these people?

- Hahahaha I love that Ellie doesn’t listen. What a queen.

- HAHAHA OMG I LOVE HER SASS

- Ohhhh the map trick. Nice Joel.

- OHHH ARE ‘THOSE PEOPLE’ WHO I THINK THEY ARE OH SHIT

- Joellll teach her how to kill rabbitsss

- ‘Come down from there your gonna break your neck’ SIR YOU ARE A DAD

- An old farmhouse, some land, raising sheep? DO NOT PARALLEL ELLIE IN THE SECOND GAME IM GONNA CRY

- Ellie’s love of space is everything to me.

- I thought they might not find people but then I remembered a clip from a trailer and now I’m scared

- SHES TRYING TO WHISTLE OMG I love when they take parts straight out of the games, especially little hidden ones

- ‘Does it sound like I know how to whistle?’ Babyyyyyy

- It’s the dammmm!

- Ohhhh shiiiit!

- Please be Tommy’s people, please please please

- Awww a sniffer dog for infected? So cute! and such a smart idea

- Joel honey. The ptsd from Sarah is real

- OH THATS MARIA!!

- Yesss I’m so exciteddddddd

- Jackson!!!

- Ohhhh it looks so similar to the second game ohhh my goddd

- JOEL LOOKS SO HAPPY OH GOD YES

- And Tommy being in charge of the construction? So perfect

- Ellie hahahaha ‘I don’t think I’ve ever had a proper meal’

- Imagine they make that random girl Dina? I will die

- Love that we’re seeing more of Jackson now rather than later

- OH SHIMMER

- God how weird would it be to just sit in a bar and have a drink?

- MARIAS PREGNANT?! Holyyyy shit.

- God. Stubborn ass men

- Oh Joelllll I’m gonna cry

- It’s Ellie's winter jackettt

- Hahahaha her reaction to the menstrual cup LMAO

- Oh woah. Learning about Sarahhhh

- God this is just confirming all those cute Jackson fics where the kids all watch movies together ahhhh

- He’s telling Tommy oh no baby

- I love that we’re seeing more of Joel’s ptsd from Sarah. God this is more than we ever got to see in the game.

- OH GOD IM GONNA CRY WTFFFFF JOEL DONT CRY PLS

- I THOUGHT THAT WINDOW BAY LOOKED FAMILIAR ITS THIS SCENE YESSSSSSS

- The giraffe poster in the background?

- IM SHAKING THAT SCENE. WAS. PERFECT

- NO HESITATION FROM HER OMGGGG

- THEYRE SO FATHER DAUGHTER IM GONNA SCREAM ‘you dick’ and Joel’s smug ass face oh my god

- Ohh this is the credits song from the gameeeee

- Aww him teaching her about American football (fight me)

- Pls if they have the conversation about Joel’s dream job I’m gonna cry

- YES SINGER JOEL wait can Pedro Pascal sing? We need to hear him sing.

- Ahh the universal horse sounds again. As someone who played a ridiculous amount of Star Stable when I was younger, I recognise the horse sounds. Everyone uses the same ones I swear. They’re as recognisable to me as the Wilhelm Scream.

- Oh this ep is totally gonna end where I think it is hehehehe

- Ooooh Salt Lake Cityyyyy

- Oh shit oh shit oh shit here we gooo

- Did he just snap his neck?

- OH YUP STABBED INSTEAD OH SHIT (why do I miss him being impaled lmao)

- wait WHY DID HE TAKE IT OUT. SIR!

- No Ellie please don’t cry

- Wow cannot wait for the next one. ITS GONNA BE SO GOOD AHHHH

- I’m absolutely gonna cry in these next three eps

Welp, come join me next time :)

[after-nine-at-the-oasis]

Lol this poor guy xd

Oof lol, bro needs a van xD

Oop o.o

LOL nice cover though lady ngl!

Aaron like "slay :D. ID :)?" LOL love him xD

OOP guess he got the fight after all xD slay Aaron lol :D

OOP money o.o gosh

Hmm could that be related?

Don't brush it off Harperrr- okay good lol

I mean couldn't Lucy do it?

Oof xd sorry girl 😬

Having been recently watching season 4 this is weird that she's not with Tim lol

Hopefully she's gonna be able to come to terms with some of the detective stuff while she's out here :)

OH WAIT O.O JUST REMEMBERED IT'S SUSPECTED SHE GETS INJURED THIS EPISODE 😬 xd

Welp hopefully she's okay o.o now forgetting I know xD

Oof poor Celina xd 😭

She's just a little stupid <3 we love her but she's not all trained yet xd :)

Yeeah he is lol

Nice that y'all care though lol

Nolan just standing there xD

Ahh nice

Hmm interesting

Oope?

Or could just be random I guess :/

XD but yeah fair that's good :) lol

Hmm

Yeeep I figured that was it xdd

LOL "Phone call. On the phone" XDD

Okay okay slay Aaron

Yess be more interested in that! It shows good priorities :D

Yeeahh slay Aaron :D thank you Tim :))

Lol yeah xD love the train thing slfhdl

LOL "Nope" sorry Aaron xD

Oogh gonna have to notify him :((

Oof on his lunch break xd yeeah not a lot of time

Might wanna be in a room anyway lol

Oh maybe he already knows?

Ope no o.o

Aww :((

No D: poor guy <3

Yeeah makes sense xd

Okay that does make it seem (whether it was or not) like it was that question lol (if you get along you probably interacted recently)

Aww that's nice but it sucks :(

Okay good he has an alibi, so they don't have to be suspicious of him really at all

Okay but yeah you do want her killer to be found xd

Yeahh gotta check it, especially since he left quickly lol (though I don't think it was him and I think he was telling the truth there)

I mean yeah it seems suspicous

Ooh or another test?

Yep lol

"That's two I's" 😐 "Nevermind" XDD

TIM O.O

Lol xD

I mean I don't think he'll aaactually do it lol

I think Aaron can do it :))

Girlie I.o

What are you doing Aaron lol- oh right looking her up

Ahh same prison o.o

Ahh and in the prison gang o.o 😬

Ahh yup lol

LOL Aaron's look xD oof slfjd

Aww poor lady :((

Ayy slay Tim already did it :D bro knew

Oop 25 seconds o.o

Oh gosh are you missing something xd

Okay hopefully not

Sirrr don't doubt yourself xdd

I mean you can't get all of them on the first try lol

Hopefully you didn't miss too much but xd

Lol those are wild xD

Oope o.o?

Could that have something to do with the case?

Or just because at least it would be interesting lol?

Ahh those are the reasons o.o ooh slay nice Nolan

Oof poor lady xdd

Nahh you know something at least lol

I mean I doubt you always knew

Oop o.o

Oh gosh from the first victim o.o D:

Yeeah that's pretty incriminating xD

Ohh yeah that's a good question lol

OOPE O.O

(okay now I can stop pretending I don't remember that that was in the promo lol)

Oh gosh xD

Oof poor lady :/ it'll be okay

Ahh well she might 👀! I bet it'll be useful

Lol xD

Ahh to build rapport

Hmm yeah

Oh I forgot to ever say it but

Hi Gray :D!

Yeah Nolan don't sell yourself short :))

Ooh slay guys :O!!

Hopefully Celina doesn't embarrass herself again lol or get embarrassed xd

Aww hey Lucy :/

Oof :(

OOF sorry Lucy D' that sucks xd :(

I like that Tim sounds like he believes that too (I'm sure he does), that she deserves it :')

Oof xd

Yeah it happens :'/ :) it sucks but yeah <3

Hey yeah :D!

I bet she will be eventually this episode

And idk if it'll be good o.o xD

Especially if her and Tim fight as I heard theories of xd or have some kind of issue

LOL "don't be greedy" xD

Ahh yeah it's rough

Lol glad we're not just ignoring that o.o xD

But glad he's not bitter lol

Yeah it did :)

SLFKGHD o.o "not a moment's hesitation?"

Yeeah fair xD

Yeah it is his duty lol

Hey you better not be affronted you said that too xD

LOL SLFJGHSDK NOLAN O.O careful you've been framed for things and hid evidence before xD

Lol idiots <33 love them 🥰🥰

[hannibutts]

HANNIBAL SPOILER S02E09

That black and white cold open was intense. So does Will on some level think or I guess know that Hannibal loves him in his own way?

Jack back at Hannibal’s dinner table 😂 like the second they arrested Chilton, Jack was already putting a bib on to eat at Hannibal’s again.

That truckers death felt VERY xfiles

BLINDING INTRO

So is Will letting himself be consumed by the killer or is he just playing to fool Hannibal? Cos Hannibal is all in if his Murder Wing Wang Boner during their session is anything to go by.

Ohoho Margot is spicy, and her dress sense is impeccable… I’m wearily liking her.

Excuse me but is Hannibal wearing a pinned trapper hat 😂😂😂

I can’t take him seriously in that!

Aw I like Will and Animal guy’s interactions. Which probably means animal guy is going to die a horrible death if the history of this show is any indication.

Sooo the killer is a dude wearing a hydraulic wolf bear carcass suit?

Ah serves you horny couple right for being all out in the woods being all horny around a fire and stuff. Oop of course she trips.

Man, Hugh is so freaking pretty… Oop and now he’s got horns and imagining himself covered in blood mauling the chick. Alrighty.

Every conversation will and Hannibal have is so much double talk. And it’s always

H- “hey remember that time you tried to have me killed - how good did that feel hey??”

W- “yup sure did”

Only… sexier with 90% Hugh pout and Mads Francine Lips.

Hannibal going around telling everyone to kill, how many little sleeper agents does he have about town??

Will side eyeing Randall tier - realising Hannibal has been encouraging peeps to kill for decades. And now Margot tells him the same (another fucking bomb ass outfit from her.)

Oh - Will just flat out tells Hannibal he realises there are more and I’m not sure if Will sounds merely surprised but kinda jealous too? If only for Hannibal’s audacity.

Ooh dang Will practically signing Bedelia’s death sentence - even Hannibal reacted to that omission.

What the fuck? When Hannibal said that Will and Randall should discuss if Randall believed in god in person I didn’t think Hannibal would sic Randall on Will’s house?! I swear to god if that ManBearPig asshole harms any of Will’s Dogs, I’m gonna punch Hannibal in the butt.

BUSTER YOU STUPID SON OF A BITCH

BUSTER NOOOO. Welp Hannibal’s getting a punch in the butt 🤷🏻‍♀️

Oh Will is READY to kick ManBearPig’s Ass!

Fuck there’s less than a minute to go of the episode and man bear pig just came through Will’s window.

What? Why are we with Hannibal now? Oh. OH. Jesus, Will defeated ManBearPig with just a shotgun???

Even Steven. Jesus Christ - this show.

[liopleurodean]

Season 5, Episode 19: Hammer Of The Gods

Does that say Elysium?

Rip to the night guard

Elysian, I was close. They mean the same thing anyway

Freaky

Spooky

Who's this?

That's weird

And now it's all fixed up

Oh great

Man, that place is nice

Sure

Yeah. Shaving nick

Awesome

Well, Dean's hooked

Yeah...

Nice

I like her

Dean.

Thank you, Dean

I have to agree with Sam, but that's mostly because I know what's gonna happen here

That's good to hear

That's fair

Oh boy

Dean.

Pretty nice

Really, Dean?

4 star hotel with thin walls

Whoa

I don't think you want to do that

Interesting

Uh oh

I do not like this guy

Yeah

Evidently

I can't read his name tag, and it irks me

Spooky

Huh

Dean.

Then close the door

Interesting

Mercury?

HAH

Yup

Freaky

Try the ballroom

Hotel California

You don't want to see that

It's not

Yay

He's working on it

Astute observation, Dean

Whoa, big leagues

Nope

Ew

Baldur, huh? Like, mistletoe dart Baldur?

And why is he the one in charge?

The boys don't

This is kind of funny, actually

Yeah

What, Ragnarok?

You're not special, Odin

Discworld!

Asdfghjkl

Yikes

It won't work, but thanks

Whoa, that's...

Don't give him away

Ooh, vendettas!

Yeah, you tried to kill him!

Pfft

Fun

Yeah, okay

Dean has no clue

Never

He's not

Yeah, actually

Stop saying uber-bone

He definitely cares

Right

Good to know

Fun

Risky gamble

Interesting point

I don't want to see this

Yeah, that is an interesting piece of gossip

Sorry, Dean

Pfft, I did

Yeah

No, you don't

...good for them?

Great

He's a bit preoccupied

Awesome

...what?

That sounds about right

I wanna check out that website

Not well

Stop being weird

Welp, they're screwed

You wish he was lying

...Jesus isn't western??? He's from the Middle East???

There is a point there

Oh, no!

That's actually really disappointing, I was starting to like him

Lucifer won't go down that easy

Probably

I can't believe they're listening

They have their ways

Yeah

I can't believe that worked

Dude

This is gonna end well

Since they can help him stop the end of the world

Running away again?

Dean knows

He's not asking you to

Something like that

They'd like to check out now

Oh, everyone there is screwed

Mercury.

What is happening

Also, Nick is really showing some problems

Bad things

He just took out Odin.

Because when is it ever that easy?

This is so not gonna end well

Yeah!

If it comes to that

Hello, brother

Yeah, well

Yeah, that's the sibling experience

I swear Nick got worse in the last 5 minutes

Oh, dear

Why not?

Good for you

To the people who actually care

Yeah.

How are we abortions?

That's humanity.

A third, secret option

Oh, no...

He's really gone this time

Yeah.

What is happening

CASA EROTICA

Nice

Ah. That's why

What is happening

Huh. A final message

This is good info

The rings

Great

Okay, time to stop

Now Pestilence and Death

Interesting

That's nasty

Ewww

Yeah, it's awful for me too

Sick and tired

Eugh, it's like Bugs all over again

[dennou-translations]

Mekakucity Actors Audio Commentary #5

Act 5 – Kaien Panzermast

Translation of the second audio commentary that comes with the DVD/Blu-ray of Mekakucity Actors. Raw version here. Please consider purchasing the original copies and feel free to message me about possible corrections. If there happens to be any issues with the link, please contact me on my main blog!

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Jin: Hello to everyone listening to the audio commentary of “Mekakucity Actors Act 5 – Kaien Panzermast”. Eh, I’m the creator and screenplay writer, Jin.

Hoshii: Yes! Aaand... eeeh, I’m the voice of Seto Kousuke, Hoshi Souichirou. Pappy~!

(T/N: For those unfamiliar with it, “pappy” is Hoshi Souichirou’s catchphrase. He’s been using it as a greeting since the late 90’s.)

Jin: ‘Ello~!

Hoshii: ‘Ello!

Suzuki: And I’m the process supervisor this time as well.

Hoshi: Oh!

Suzuki: I’m Suzuki Kenta from Aniplex. Please take care of me.

Hoshii: Counting on you for it!

Jin: Please take care of us!

Hoshii: Yes~!

Everyone: *claps*

Suzuki: It’ll be a pleasure.

Hoshii: Yay! For sure!

Suzuki: We have Hoshi-san with us.

Jin: He came over!

Suzuki: Actually, no, you made me come over!

Everyone: *laughs*

Jin: So that’s where we’re starting from? That’s where we’re starting from?

Suzuki: Nope, nope, nope.

Hoshii: Not really. I think the listeners don’t know what we’re going on about. Welp, thank you very much.

Jin: Anyway, this is disk is the fifth volume.

Suzuki: Yup!

Hoshii: Ah, wait! It’s been a while.

Jin: It sure has! Ah, ‘cause the recordings are over, right?

Hoshii: Yeah. After they ended, I became like this.

Suzuki: *laughs*

Jin: Like this?

Hoshii: Is that okay? Is it? Hum, about Seto-san in the main story...

Jin: You’re the one who voices him!

Hoshii: For the people who know him, this must be one hell of a sudden change.

Suzuki: *laughs*

Jin: That’s okay! It’s okay! This is a corner where we can enjoy more and more of these things.

Hoshii: ‘Kay!

Jin: All right! We’ll be in your care.

Suzuki: We’re in your care.

Hoshii: My! Ah, I’m so nervous. We usually do these things with fellow cast members.

Suzuki: That’s right.

Jin: Yes, yes.

Hoshii: When it’s between cast members, the topic can get dumb.

Jin: Yes, yes!

Suzuki: *laughs*

Hoshii: But if we’re with the creators or directors, as expected, they explain the story very properly, so I get super nervous and clam up.

Jin: Nah, nah, nah.

Hoshii: Therefore, I guess I’ll keep quiet today too.

Suzuki: No, no, no. It’s best to do things like you usually do.

Jin: Do it like you always do! Seriously! I have been invited to all the other four volumes do to the audio commentaries.

Hoshii: Yep!

Jin: And we’ve hardly had any chance to do any proper talk!

Hoshii: *laughs*

Jin: Basically, the topic disconnects all of a sudden and then we go, “Ah, time to wrap up! Byeee!”

Suzuki: Aaah, true. There’s no difference. Hoshi-san, you should act like you usually do.

Hoshii: Ah, but actually, right before this audio commentary started, I talked to Jin-san about this.

Jin: We had a general discussion.

Hoshii: There was a little bit of wait time, after all.

Jin: We’ve already asked what we wanted to ask at large.

Hoshii: We had a separate talk.

Jin: I already asked what I wanted to ask.

Suzuki: But if there’s a part of it that we can deliver to everyone, that’s good too. If you could talk about it once again...

Hoshii: Yup, yup.

Jin: The cast-off skin of it.

Suzuki: The “cast-off skin”!

Hoshii: “Cast-off skin”!

Jin: Like, the evil part of it.

Suzuki: *laughs*

Jin: We’re hoping to hear about it from you!

Hoshii: All right. So, how did you like Mekakucity’s—erm... fifth episode?

Jin: Yes, fifth episode.

Suzuki: We’re in the fifth.

Hoshii: How was it for you?

Jin: About the fifth episode... the previous one was precisely “Kagerou Days”.

Hoshii: The rumored one!

Jin: Exactly – the one that happens within a sort of mysterious place.

Hoshii: Yes, that one.

Jin: It became a bit serious but the scenario has changed once again to the protagonist, Shintarou-kun.

Hoshii: Now it’s a peaceful everyday life, huh~!

Jin: Yes, a peaceful everyday life. Ah, here’s Ene-chan. She shows up in this one. Anyway, it’s a slice-of-life episode. Everyone’s frolicking about.

Hoshii: And then... hm? Seto had a pretty normal amount of lines in this episode, I guess. Didn’t he?

Jin: Probably, in the third episode, when they went to that department store—

Hoshii: Ah, the third episode?

Jin: They all went there together.

Hoshii: Ah, that’s right! Yes, yes, yes!

Jin: He did have lines back then, but this time, his cute side is on display.

Hoshii: So he has a cute side, huh?

Jin: I hope the people listening to this audio commentary will have expectations for Seto after this episode.

Hoshii: Oh! That’s great.

Jin: It’s kind of a goal. I want them to enjoy him.

Hoshii: That’s right.

Jin: We’ve ended up talking about this earlier, but...

Hoshii: We did.

Jin: Seto-kun is not only in the anime, but also in the novels, music and other mediums.

Hoshii: Yes.

Jin: Yet he doesn’t show up much.

Hoshii: He doesn’t?! Aaah!

Jin: He doesn’t.

Hoshii: I see. If I were to say it, I guess he has less appearances than the other characters.

Jin: That’s right, he’s a bit retreated to the background.

Hoshii: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Jin: He’s kind of—oh, it’s the opening sequence.

Hoshii: He’s at the side.

Jin: We did things like, for example, right there on the anime’s title, the first syllable, “Me”, is painted in his theme color.

Hoshii: Yup, yup, yup.

Jin: Hum, in the anime, we’re...

Hoshii: Ah, so you’re sort of—

Jin: We’re sort of... lifting him up a little as a character in the anime, so to say.

Suzuki: I see. You were trying to make him stand out.

Hoshii: Ah, as expected, this green color is pretty nice.

Jin: “It’s pretty nice”! Well, we’ve already talked about this earlier, but as a character, he’s kind of like a big brother.

Hoshii: That’s right!

Suzuki: Aaah...

Jin: He’s a character who has it together and who goes “there, there” when something happens, and yet...

Hoshii: Hm?

Jin: ...he’s a character that doesn’t come forward much.

Hoshii: He doesn’t play dumb too often, huh.

Jin: Exactly, exactly! We can’t make him act dumb that much. He’s the one that has common sense.

Hoshii: Yes.

Jin: Now, as for the opening song that’s playing at the moment...

Hoshii: Yes?!

Jin: ...I just recently released a CD with it. And there were autograph sessions for it.

Hoshii: Autograph sessions!

Jin: I went around to some areas of the country to give out my signature.

Suzuki/Hoshii: Oooh!

Jin: And, hum, when I’m writing down autographs, well, I feel like chatting.

Hoshii: With each person that comes, right?

Jin: This time, I keep throwing them the question, “Do you have a favorite character?”

Hoshii: Eeeh~?

Jin: And it turns out...

Hoshii: Yes?

Jin: ...nearly all of them answered “Seto-kun”!

Hoshii: For real?

Suzuki: Oh! What a surprise.

Hoshii: That makes me happy.

Jin: Seriously, there were so many Seto-kun fans that he’s by far the decisive favorite!

Hoshii: Even though Seto-kun is so inconspicuous!

Jin: Despite that!

Hoshii: *laughs*

Jin: I wonder what it is that—it’s probably the way he makes people feel.

Hoshii: Heeh? Aah, he’s comforting to them.

Jin: He is.

Hoshii: Ah, indeed, just looking at him heals you. He can comfort people even without talking.

Jin: He can!

Hoshii: *laughs* As long as there’s an artwork of him. Just an artwork!

Jin: You can heal just from looking at it.

Suzuki: So Seto is popular, huh?

Jin: Absurdly popular.

Suzuki: Heeeh~?

Hoshii: Ah, I’m so glad.

Jin: Therefore, I wanted to report this huge popularity of his to you.

Hoshii: Aaah, thank you! I’m so happy!

Suzuki: That’s wonderful.

Jin: I thought of using this occasion for it, but I ended up revealing it earlier, actually!

Hoshii: Ah! Yeah, I heard about it just now.

Suzuki: *laughs*

Hoshii: No, but it’s okay, hearing it twice. Two, three times even.

Jin: You’d wanna hear about Seto-kun’s popularity two, three times!

Suzuki: Because it’s a good topic.

Hoshii: It’s a good topic. I wanna hear it as many times as I can. And next time, too, I wanna hear it as many times as I can.

Jin/Suzuki: *laugh*

Jin: So in the sixth audio commentary too?

Hoshii: Oh, but speaking of Seto-kun, at the beginning...

Jin: Yes?

Hoshii: I honestly had no idea how to go about him.

Jin: Ah, I see, I see.

Suzuki: Oooh...

Hoshii: During the recording of the first episode, the art wasn’t in very good condition, you know?

Suzuki: Ah, that’s right.

Hoshii: Which is normal nowadays. That’s the state that the recordings are in lately.

Jin: My deepest apologies!

Hoshii: But for some reason, even though this most certainly never happens, there were no facial expressions on the characters!

Suzuki/Jin: *lose their shit*

Hoshii: Is this a thing?!

Jin: It’s not!

Hoshii: Just impossible, isn’t it?

Jin: Impossible.

Hoshii: The facial expressions are decided in much earlier stages!

Jin: Right.

Suzuki: *still losing it*

Hoshii: There were no expressions on the characters, so I looked at the illustrations of the original work and other such things for reference.

Jin: Ah, geez, I’m so very sorry for that...

Hoshii: But to be frank... at first, I was just fumbling around.

Suzuki: Oooh...

Hoshii: Like, “Whoa, what should I do?”

Jin: Hmmm...

Hoshii: But when I watched it on air, surprisingly, it matched.

Jin: Ah, that’s right!

Suzuki: As expected!

Hoshii: *laughs*

Suzuki: You’re amazing!

Jin: Yes, amazing!

Hoshii: I was relieved. Glad that I went for that approach.

Jin: Ah, so something like that happened?

Hoshii: It did!

Suzuki: Hoshi-san, you did ask about it later, didn’t you?

Hoshii: Ah, right, right.

Jin: I was like, “That’s exactly how he should be!”

Hoshii: I’m glad. Well, I was sort of uncertain about it.

Jin: Yes, yes, yes.

Hoshii: So I asked the sound director, Tsuruoka-san, “Is it okay like this?”

Jin: Yes.

Suzuki: Ooh...

Hoshii: I did it after confirming that with him.

Jin: Yes!

Hoshii: So, well, I thought it wouldn’t be too out of place.

Jin: Yes.

Hoshii: But... but, you see...

Jin: Yes?

Hoshii: Something I was at loss about is that, right after this, we recorded a promo.

Jin: That’s right!! The... the one for the CM.

Suzuki: Yup.

Hoshii: Well, I did record it, but... his personality was different.

Jin: *laughs*

Hoshii: I was like, “Eh, is this okay? He’s a completely different character!”

Suzuki: *laughs*

Hoshii: It was pretty quick.

Jin: That’s right.

Hoshii: When I thought about it, I got a really bad feeling.

Jin: I see.

Hoshii: I was like, “Could it be that it’s okay for him to act like this in this situation?”

Jin: Yes, yes.

Hoshii: Like, “Will he go this way or will he go that way?”

Suzuki: Oooh...

Hoshii: It was the hardest time I’ve had amongst all of my job experiences until now.

Jin: Ah, I see!

Suzuki: *laughs*

Jin: The possibility of you getting a terrible job!

Hoshii: Yeah! In regards to stamina, I thought to myself, “I’d hate if this job turns into a hassle” and had such a bad feeling, but when the series started, turns out he was an uplifting character.

Jin: Ah, that’s right.

Hoshii: Maaan, I sighed in relief.

Jin: I’m sure.

Suzuki: He might’ve been the character that shook you off the most!

Jin: He just might!

Hoshii: Back then, y’know, I kinda... on Nico Nico... Nico Nico...

Jin: “Nico Nico Douga”.

Hoshii: On Nico Nico Douga, they were writing terrible things about me!

Jin/Suzuki: *laugh*

Jin: Just like that?!

Hoshii: Honestly, even though I did so much for this character all on my own... it was the first time I got such horrible comments!

Jin/Suzuki: *still laughing*

Jin: I’m truly very sorry.

Hoshii: No, no, no! Well, the result was just fine in the end, so it’s okay.

Jin: Yes.

Hoshii: But, hum, everyone made me super anxious. *laughs*

Jin: They were like, “‘Deer’? ‘Deer’?”

Hoshii: Indeed.

Suzuki: The promo was supposed to be like a series of character studies.

Jin: Yeah, that was the plan. And, well, also to promote the anime.

Suzuki: Going by order, Seto was... hum...

Jin: Erm, if I’m not mistaken, he was the eighth.

Suzuki: The first ones had already done their promos properly, but the ones that came later were gradually... *laughs*

Hoshii: I mean, I wasn’t told anything! Especially about his attitude and such.

Suzuki: *laughs*

Hoshii: I didn’t know when the episodes would be coming out.

Jin: True.

Hoshii: And hadn’t done any publicity for it before.

Jin: Yeah. Especially the “It’s a deer! A deerrrr!” part was rather...

Hoshii: I turned all of the fans of the original work into my enemies.

Jin: Eeeeh?!

Suzuki/Hoshii: *laugh*

Jin: It’s not like that! The fans of the original were like, “Aight. It’s okay like that.”

Hoshii/Suzuki: *laughs*

Jin: Me too! Hum, when I watched it on TV, I went to Twitter and such to see how it went, and it was just... all about this “deer” thing!

Hoshii: *laughs*

Jin: My timelines in my social media were all like, “deer”!

Suzuki: It was trending!

Jin: It became a trend!

Hoshii: Ah, but Mekakucity trends a lot with every episode, doesn’t it?

Suzuki: Yeah.

Jin: That’s right. It’s a mess in many ways when it becomes a trending topic, though.

Suzuki/Hoshii: Weeeell...

Jin: But it does trend.

Hoshii: Maaan, I’m so happy that I voice such a popular character...

Jin: Ah, hum, you had your worries, but now that the recordings are over, turns out you voice the number one favorite character!

Hoshii: My, my, thank you very much. So this is what “godsend” means.

Suzuki: *laughs*

Jin: That’s right. And the people who come to the autograph sessions are, as expected, very hardcore fans.

Suzuki: Oh...

Hoshii: Ah! Must be.

Jin: They not only buy the CDs but also want them signed, after all.

Hoshii: I heard that the fans of this work are incredibly hooked into it.

Suzuki: Yuuup.

Jin: Ah, true!

Suzuki: They’re very passionate.

Jin: I’m very thankful for that.

Hoshii: Ah, crap! What should I do? I ended up saying these things in the audio commentary...

Suzuki: Oh?

Hoshii: It might be too late to ask, but should we have gone with this route?

Jin: Eh, what?

Suzuki: *laughs*

Jin: What’s gotten into you all of a sudden??

Hoshii: Maybe the people who didn’t know about it would be like, “Eh, he’s different from what I’d imagined” when they listen to this.

Jin: That’s not gonna happen! Not at all.

Suzuki: If it’s now, you might still have a shot at taking it back!

Hoshii: *laughs*

Jin: We only talked about good things, yet you want to redo it?

Suzuki: *laughs*

Jin: Like, “Okay, anyways—”

Hoshii: If I do that, I might be able to hear from the autograph sessions again.

Suzuki: Ah, that’s right.

Jin: Ah! So that’s what it was about!

Suzuki/Hoshii: *laugh*

Jin: “Seto is so popularrr!”

Hoshii: Ah, I’m so happy.

Jin: You are? Thank you very much!

Suzuki: Hoshi-san has been recovering his HP several times by now.

Hoshii/Jin: *laughs*

Hoshii: Like, “Oh, is that so?”

Suzuki: Just flat-out.

Jin: Just flat-out! *laughs* But, well, Seto-kun is a memorable character for me.

Hoshii: Aaah, thank you so much for creating him.

Jin: Hum, I couldn’t flesh him out much in the original work, so I hoped he could have lines in several parts of the anime at the beginning.

Hoshii: He didn’t appear much, but at the end, it was pretty good.

Jin: It waaas!

Suzuki: Yuuup.

Hoshii: That’s what I thought. But it’s hard to get him out there.

Jin: It is!

Hoshii: Yep.

Jin: But that’s because I think he’s one hell of a fine man.

Hoshii: He really is. And surprisingly big, isn’t he?

Jin: If I’m not mistaken, he’s two—I mean...

Hoshii: Two meters tall?!

Jin: Ah, no, no! The second tallest of the Mekakushi Dan.

Hoshii: You said “two”!

Suzuki: *laughs*

Hoshii: You said “two”, so...

Jin: The way he’d be viewed in the series would change a lot.

Hoshii: If he were two meters tall?

Jin: He’d be in the basketball team or something.

Suzuki: *laughs*

Jin: The character named Konoha is probably the tallest one.

Hoshii: Ah, yeah. You’re right!

Suzuki: Hmmm...

Jin: And the second is Seto-kun.

Suzuki: Ah, I see.

Hoshii: But Konoha is voiced by Miyano-kun, so it’s no shock that he’s huge. However, the mic is positioned too high up when Miyano-kun is there, so I can’t go into the booth with him!

Jin/Suzuki: *laugh*

Hoshii: Gotta avoid that spot at all costs!

Jin: If I’m not mistaken, this happened on this episode too. With Kaida-san, I guess.

Hoshii: Yes.

Jin: Hum, her shoes—Ah, no, it was Nakahara-san, maybe? She said that the mic is too high up when when Miyano-san is around.

Hoshii: It is!

Jin: So she puts on high-heeled shoes for it. She said something like that.

Suzuki: Ooh, I see, I see.

Hoshii: But Kaida-san is quite tall too, so she can fit.

Jin: Right.

Hoshii: It becomes Miyano-kun and Kaida-san’s mic.

Jin: Aaah, man!

Suzuki: I see, I see.

Jin: A mic for two people.

Hoshii: And I go to the shorter people’s side. Hum, like... Hanazawa-san’s mic.

Suzuki/Jin: *laugh*

Suzuki: To that side?

Hoshii: Ah, but, when it comes to conversations between Seto and Mary, we gotta avoid that.

Suzuki: Ah, that’s right.

Jin: Right.

Hoshii: Like, “Whose turn is it now?”

Everyone: *laughs*

Jin: “Should I go to the right? To the middle?”

Hoshii: “Whose mic should I go to?”

Jin: “Whose mic”! “The middle one, maybe?”

Hoshii: *laughs*

Jin: Ah, this is it. Speak of the devil, the tall Konoha-kun has come up.

Hoshii: Yep! Man, this one was terrible for Miyano-kun.

Jin: It sure was!

Suzuki: It was the worst.

Hoshii: The result was good, but he had a hard time.

Jin: It was horrible for him...!

Hoshii: Sure was.

Suzuki: He had to voice three characters with different personalities, after all.

Hoshii: He did. Man, I’m so glad I didn’t get Konoha!

Everyone: *laughs*

Hoshii: Seto is great!

Jin: And on top of that, the characters didn’t have facial expressions! Yet it’s three characters!

Hoshii: Right??

Jin: He must’ve been so busy... Ah, but, about this episode... for example, during the promos and the main story, a lot of characters come up.

Hoshii: Yup!

Jin: I was very uneasy as to whether or not I’d be able to explain to you guys what each of them are about. And I was wondering if you wouldn’t find it super difficult to understand, no matter how much I explained.

Hoshii: Aaah...

Jin: But it was amazing how, on the first try, all of you performed the characters exactly the way I imagined they’d be like.

Suzuki: Hmmm...

Jin: Yes. So I’m very sorry about that and, as expected, I wish I’d explained properly!

Hoshii: No, no, no! The way you did it was enough!

Jin: But, aaah, it was wonderful! I was like, “It’s perfect like this!”

Hoshii: I see.

Jin: Yet, in contrast, Miyano-san was like, “Is this all right?”

Hoshii: I guess we actors do get iffy about it, like, “Was it really okay?” because we didn’t yet have a proper image of how it was going to turn out.

Jin: My, it must’ve been truly hard. And it was over in a blink of eye.

Hoshii: Exactly.

Suzuki: Yeah.

Hoshii: The songs were also finished in a blink of eye.

Jin: They were.

Hoshii: It went by so fast.

Jin: It did!

Hoshii: I kept looking forward to it every week.

Jin: Ah, thank you very much, really!

Suzuki: Thank you so much.

Jin: I also kept looking forward to it every week.

Hoshii: Hm!

Jin: Oh, here it is. The scene we were talking about earlier. The one that’s kinda cute.

Hoshii: Ah!

Jin: It’s coming up. The one where Seto-kun...

Hoshii: That’s the one I did for the audition.

Suzuki: Aaah!

Jin: *laughs*

Hoshii: That was the one.

Jin: This... This... Hum, yes, yes. We had you do it in the audition and for the radio commercials. It was exactly this scene.

Suzuki: Right, right.

Hoshii: Yeah. So, since he’s different from his usual calm self in this scene, I was wondering if it was okay like that.

Jin: Aah.

Hoshii: I might’ve performed the wrong side of him.

Suzuki: Hmmm...

Hoshii: So I was like, “Are the people who like the comforting side of Seto-kun going to be okay with this?”

Jin: Well, the older female audience was like, “He’s so cute~!”, so...

Hoshii: Yeah... but he leaves!

Jin: That’s right!

Suzuki: *laughs*

Hoshii: He offs to somewhere! Like... he goes away to see some nature.

Jin: He kinda fades out.

Hoshii: Yeah.

Jin: Hum, after this, in the eighth episode, everyone goes back to the hideout and there’s a part where they’re talking.

Hoshii: Yes.

Jin: In it, he says, “I’m gonna go looking for him” and just like that...

Hoshii: He leaves.

Jin: ...he goes away.

Hoshii: That’s right...

Jin: During the course of the main story, both in the anime and the novel, he’s always like this.

Hoshii: Hmm...

Jin: In some way or another, even when he should be there in the novel, everyone’s like, “He isn’t here right now because he has work today.”

Everyone: *laughs*

Jin: All the time, it’s like, “He’s got work so he isn’t here.” *laughs*

Hoshii: Well, there are people like that.

Jin: He doesn’t show up at all!

Suzuki: *laughs* No, but maybe it might be best to keep people in suspense about him.

Jin: Right.

Hoshii: Like, to make them use their imagination?

Suzuki: Exactly. Like, “What’s he doing behind the scenes?”

Jin: I wonder what.

Hoshii: “Went out to see some deers, maybe?”

Suzuki: *laughs*

Jin: If he did go out to see deers, people would say he isn’t around but in the joke kind of way. There are fans who enjoy this gag.

Hoshii: Yes.

Suzuki: Hmm.

Jin: On the other hand, since he’s so absent, some people are like, “Isn’t he the mastermind behind all of this?!”

Hoshii: *gasp* Reading between the lines!

Jin: Like, “Isn’t he the leader of the bad guys or something like that?!”

Hoshii: Reading too much between the lines!

Suzuki: I see...

Hoshii: That kind of thing is possible.

Jin: They conclude that it’d be bad to put him together with everyone else.

Hoshii: It happens sometimes.

Jin: So maybe he’s a villain.

Hoshii: It happens, it happens.

Jin: But that’s not his case at all!

Suzuki: *laughs*

Jin: Let me borrow this space to say it – he’s not like that at all!

Hoshii: There was no such thing. I’m so glad! I’m so glad that he was a good person!

Jin: He is.

Hoshii: I’m also glad that he wasn’t killed in the end!

Suzuki: *laughs*

Hoshii: He almost got killed, though.

Jin: He almost did.

Hoshii: Also, during that flashback about the past...

Jin: Yes?

Hoshii: ...I voiced one of the villagers.

Jin: Ah! The villager! The villager!

Suzuki: Aaah...!

Hoshii: I think a lot of those people were just villagers.

Jin: Yes, yes. I believe they were ordinary villagers.

Hoshii: Even so... I was asked to voice one.

Suzuki: You, Hoshi-san?! *laughs*

Jin: WAS THAT OKAY?!!

Hoshii: No, it’s fine! I’m okay with it!

Suzuki: *laughs*

Hoshii: It’s nothing much! I can do it! I can voice a nameless character, no problem. I can, because he does have a relation to Seto.

Suzuki: Everything here has a proper reason behind it.

Hoshii: He’s related to Seto-kun, everyone! Think about it for a second.

Jin: Looking at the character name “Villager C” must’ve been the worst!

Suzuki: *laughs*

Hoshii: Their faces look alike, don’t they?

Jin: Yes, yes. They look exactly the same.

Hoshii: Don’t misunderstand, everyone.

Jin: That’s right. That was, hum... something like an ancestor.

Hoshii: Yeah. Is it okay to reveal that?

Jin: It’s totally okay! So, this was an ancestor and—

Suzuki: Like I said, everything has a proper reason behind it.

Jin: Yes, yes! I also thought this was in order.

Hoshii: Thank you very much.

Jin: But for some reason, I felt like being playful when writing the screenplay, so I granted Seto’s voice to Villager C.

Hoshii: Right?!

Jin: I should’ve made it Villager A.

Hoshii: *laughs* Indeed!

Jin: I put him in a sort of low position on purpose.

Hoshii: Aaah~!

Suzuki: I see, I see!

Hoshii: Eh, but there’s no helping it. A is the leader, as you’d expect.

Jin: Yes, A is the leader. And B is the second in command.

Hoshii: No helping it.

Jin: Hence, Villager C.

Hoshii: I can totally voice just a Villager C, though!

Suzuki: *laughs*

Jin: That’s riiight!

Suzuki: As expected, there’s a proper meaning to it.

Jin: Yes, yes.

Hoshii: Right.

Jin: But when you do an audition and people instruct you on how to voice a character, it’s not so that you can be “Villager C”!

Hoshii: *laughs*

Jin: That Villager C really did have a meaning to him.

Hoshii: No, hum, thank you so much, really! Speaking of auditions... I only did it for Seto.

Jin: That’s right.

Hoshii: For these kinds of things, you usually get, for example, the protagonist... some sort of main role.

Suzuki: Ah, that’s right.

Hoshii: And only then do you get another character. So this pin-point was kind of rare. Was it like that for everyone?

Jin: Ah, erm, I created the images of all the characters from the very first chapter of the original work.

Suzuki: Hmm.

Hoshii: Oh!

Jin: I did a lecture expressing how each character was supposed to be, like, “This is how I imagined them.”

Hoshii: Heeh...

Jin: I also had the names of all of them.

Suzuki: That’s right.

Jin: Yes, that’s how I asked them to perform.

Hoshii: Hm.

Jin: Back then, I also had several discussions with Tsuruoka-san – hum, the sound director, Tsuruoka-san.

Hoshii: I see.

Jin: And ultimately, we decided to have Hoshi-san do it, by all means.

Hoshii: No, no! Thank you.

Jin: That’s how it went.

Suzuki: So actually, Jin-san, you and the others had the image of the characters so clear in your heads that there wasn’t a single person who messed up.

Jin: Ah...

Suzuki: Each and every one of them did well.

Jin: No, but it was hard for them, wasn’t it?

Hoshii: For real...

Suzuki: Hm, indeed. But it paid off, right?

Jin: Yeah...

Hoshii: Honestly, it was the first audition that I passed in a while, so I was very happy.

Jin: Eeeeh??

Suzuki: No way!

Hoshii: *laughs*

Jin: For a moment there, I was kinda like, “Ah?! Ah!!”

Suzuki: That’s not possible.

Hoshii: It’s true, it’s true! To tell the truth, I don’t get approved very often.

Jin: Ah, is that so?

Suzuki: Aaah...

Hoshii: It’s because there’s actually a lot of people who take part in auditions.

Jin: Ah, thought so.

Suzuki: Hmmm...

Hoshii: So I hardly pass them.

Jin: But Hoshi-san, as expected...

Hoshii: I was happy!

Jin: Ah, geez, thank you. And yet, you got Villager C! It’d make anyone go, “Hey!!”

Hoshii: *laughs*

Jin: I’m really sorry.

Hoshii: No, no, no! It’s okay, really.

Jin: But, well, other than the Villager C, Seto-kun had quite a few appearances in the anime.

Hoshii: Ah, well, I was always there for the recordings of the latter half.

Suzuki: Yuuup.

Jin: Right. But if we’re speaking about just Seto-kun as a character, there was also a mini-arc in the past where a small Seto-kun had a lot of screen time.

Hoshii: Ah, that’s right! But voicing a small Seto-kun would’ve been difficult for me...

Jin: Well, yes. We did a voice switch.

Suzuki: Yeah.

Hoshii: I didn’t do an audition for little Seto or anything like that!

Jin/Suzuki: *laugh*

Hoshii: It’s not like I auditioned and failed! I didn’t audition for it at all!

Suzuki: Indeed.

Jin: Tsuruoka-san had decided on from the very beginning.

Hoshii: Yeah, yeah. Although, depending on the anime, they use the original voice actors for that.

Suzuki: Oooh...

Hoshii: There’s actually a ton of problems with that, but they’re like, “Can you do it?”

Suzuki: I see, I see!

Jin: Hum, Hoshi-san, I have watched some of the works that you’re in. There’s one that has several episodes set in the past. It’s a series that I’m quite fond of.

Hoshii: Ah, I see! That one. That one, right?

Jin: Everyone performs in the flashbacks just like they do in the present! *laughs*

Suzuki: Aaah, I see...

Hoshii: Well, how should I put it? This way of doing it is also a thing.

Suzuki: Hm, hm.

Hoshii: It’s like a gag.

Suzuki: Hmmm.

Hoshii: It doesn’t go the realistic route. So it’s okay like that sometimes.

Suzuki: Yep.

Hoshii: But man, this series is so mysterious. The atmosphere of it, that is.

Jin: Ah...!

Suzuki: Hmmm...

Hoshii: I also feel that Director Shinbou’s direction matched it very well too.

Jin: Indeed, that’s right. Not even I thought it’d turn out like this.

Hoshii: Right?!

Suzuki: Yuuup.

Jin: Hum—Ah! Anyway...

Hoshii: Ah, it’s over!

Suzuki: The ending song...

Jin: The ending arrived in a blink of eye!

Hoshii: In a blink of eye!

Jin: We really couldn’t talk about the main story at all!

Suzuki: *laughs*

Hoshii: We did, a little.

Jin: At least till the part where Seto gets startled.

Hoshii: And leaves.

Jin: That’s right.

Hoshii: Aah, it’s going to end.

Jin: It is.

Hoshii: But there’s still more.

Jin: There’s still the C part.

Suzuki: There is, at the very end.

Hoshii: Speaking of the ending, LIA-san’s voice is so graceful that it heals you.

Jin: True.

Suzuki: Ah, that’s right.

Jin: The song is mine, by the way.

Hoshii: Ah!

Jin: I think I managed to create a good melody with it.

Hoshii: Yup! That’s right!

Suzuki: As expected!

Jin: But y’know, hum, we always cut right through the story every single time and arrive to this point.

Hoshii: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Jin: So the image I have of this song is always like, “Eeeeh?!!”

Hoshii: Ah, I see.

Jin: It’s become a song that makes me go, “It’s already here???”

Suzuki: *laughs*

Jin: It’s unbelievable... So, we have reached the ending theme song of the episode once again. About the people who watch the series, I wonder how they do it. Do they listen to the audio commentary right after watching the episode?

Hoshii: Ah, but it might be like this, for example – when they buy the DVD, they first of all watch the series. I feel like that’s the majority.

Suzuki: Ooh...

Hoshii: Like, they watch the episodes on TV first.

Jin: That’s right. Maybe that’s it.

Suzuki: Yeah.

Hoshii: That’s probably it.

Jin: Indeed. Well, with that being said...

Hoshii: Yes?

Jin: Hum, if there’s anyone who’s going to watch the series once again after listening to this, we’re sorry for not elaborating on the contents of it!

Hoshii: Yeah!

Suzuki/Hoshii: *laugh*

Suzuki: Well, time has gradually come.

Hoshii: Yes.

Jin: Yes!

Suzuki: We’re going to be doing this over again, but please, do leave a message.

Jin: All right!

Suzuki: Could Hoshi-san go first?

Hoshii: Yeah! Eeeh, I’m happy to have participated in “Mekakucity Actors”! Eeeh, it really was a blink of eye, but as expected, I myself would like to get involved with Seto-kun even more.

Jin: Aaah...!

Hoshii: And with everyone else. I wanna get involved with them, so I’ll do my best. Jin-san, too, by all means, please take care of me from now on too.

Jin: Ah, thank you very much!

Hoshii: Everyone, thank you for your support!

Jin: Thank you so much!

Suzuki: Jin-san, you too.

Jin: Yes! Well, let’s see... Just like Hoshi-san said, I would like to have everyone gather up once again after this.

Hoshii: Yes.

Jin: If there comes a chance for it, I’d love to do it too.

Hoshii: Yes!

Jin: Is this really something we should be saying at this point in the game?!

Suzuki/Hoshii: *laugh*

Jin: But we already said it, so...

Suzuki: No problem, no problem.

Jin: ...I want to do my best till this opportunity arrives!

Hoshii: Yes!

Jin: So anyway, thank you very much.

Hoshii: Yes.

Suzuki: Thank you very much. And this C part also has a meaning to it.

Hoshii: That’s right!

Suzuki: If you keep it up – if you keep watching it like this, you should be able to tell.

Hoshii: At the beginning, I really didn’t get it, so I watched them all in sequence.

Jin: Ah, thank you very much.

Hoshii: It piques your interest, doesn’t it? When you don’t understand something.

Suzuki: I hope people will watch it over and over.

Jin: That’s right.

Hoshii: Yeah.

Jin: I want them to watch it lots of times and go, “I see, I see.”

Hoshii: Yep, exactly.

Suzuki: Well, that being said...

Hoshii: There’s lots of fired-up songs in it too.

Jin: Yes!

Hoshii: Waiting for everyone.

Jin: Please keep looking forward to what’s to come as well!

Hoshii: Yeeah!

Jin: Yes.

Suzuki: Thank you very much. Well, this has been the audio commentary of Act 05.

Everyone: Thank you very muuuch!

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#he loves his little protege. that's why he entered the playful mode#i bet he chose that kind of a showdown so the others couldn't hear him teasing Omi bc they would find out sth is going on

Wow, it hadn't even occurred to me that the others couldn't see how much Chase was smiling and clearly having fun with the showdown from their vantage point way on the ground. For a spur-of-the-moment plan to help Omi hide their little temporary alliance, Chase sure thought it through well.

Oh, thank you for your input! It really means much to me that someone draws conclusions from my tags!

Yup, Chase sure thought it through well. After all, he had a lot of time spent plotting revenge on Spicer, meditating, and sleeping in the Sphere of Yun.

What also never fails to amaze me is the level of trust Chase puts in Omi. It wasn't said out loud, but the moment jack trapped him, Chase was 99% sure Omi would save him. Given that, he's a pretty intelligent evil mastermind - he knew Omi would rather choose him as a potential big-bad than Jack due to the fact Chase is more subtle in his evil plans while Jack is more prone to conquering and taking advantage of the newly acquired powers to the point he overuses them and eventually everything backfires at him. Welp, it backfired so badly that Jack and Cyclops were defeated, right?

Another factor that made Chase so certain Omi would free him is his belief that some force is drawing Omi closer and closer to him (the darkness is stronger in you little one yada yada). As a result, we have an over-confident Chase who thinks Omi's loyalty to him exceeds their respectful alignments. And well, the end of the episode kinda proves he was right.

Chase got everything he wanted - freedom, small revenge on Spicer, some quality time with Omi, and even a 'thank you' whispered by his little protege. Omi's decisions and behavior, according to Chase, only confirmed Omi is meant to be by his side, (given that he rescued him and even sort of lied to his friends, which is a big plus in Chase's books).