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aarcanechaoss · 4 years ago

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2. Afraid

YPHS is a clever team, they did their research. They know how to beat their opponents with grins on their faces. Reality hits for the teams at the training camp, cockiness gets you no where in Yokohama is seems.

The first day of training everyone got to watch the matches, just made it easier to get into the motion of things... and so all the teams could learn how the Yokohama team worked. Was it signals? Words? Pure practice? Telepathy! They just worked so well together.

Gin adjusted her mask and took her place on the court giving a sneaky wink to Atsushi who’s face became dusted in pink. Ryoko laughed to herself as she took place on the court across from Karasuno’s Ace Asahi Azumane. She quirked a brow at him and winked making him blush and cough- in turn the pinkette began laughing.

“Don’t tease the opposition Fukami.” Fyodor reprimanded. “It’s unbecoming.”

She poked her tongue out his way before letting a lazy grin rest on her lip. “Make me Dostoevsky.”

Akutagawa groaned at their interaction and turned to Dazai and Chuuya who hadn’t taken place yet.

“Game plan five!” Chuuya yelled with a feral grin once Dazai had taken place in front of Kageyama.

“Game plan five.” The team chorused- the other teams looked apprehensive- what did that even mean?

“Karasuno can pick how they’d like to start.” Hirotsu said to Ukai who nodded to Daichi.

“We’d like to receive.” Karasuno’s Captain said missing the YPHS’ animalistic grins.

“Karasuno are fucked.” Oikawa muttered, Iwaizumi only nodded.

“Go Hinata!” Atsumu yelled out making the ginger boy grin brightly.

“Christ he’s like the fucking sun!” Ryoko barked out. “Be prepared little crows, your wings might get clipped.” Her orange eyes seemed to glow at the challenge, one Tanaka and Nishinoya were more than willing to make a fuss over.

Dazai threw the ball into the air, eyes locked onto the space between the two middle blockers as his palm hit the volleyball. Like slow motion Karasuno and the other teams watched the ball go from Dazai’s hand to exactly where he wanted it to land. A loud THUNK pulled them out of their stupor. Tanaka and Nishinoya were the first to yell out.

“How!?” Hinata yelled out amazed.

“Well I threw the ball in the air and then hit the ball.” Dazai said making Chuuya snort.

“Hinata withhold your fanboying until after the match.” Daichi reminded.

“Oh right sorry.” He smiled.

The game continued like that, Ryoko always hitting back but never very hard. Tanaka however got cocky and sent a ball her way but she was quick hit it right back at him. The ball stayed in the air for a few more hits before Dazai was sent the ball, he bent back, Karasuno expecting him to send the ball to Atsushi but with a quick flick of the wrist sent to Gin who happily slammed the ball down to where Tsukishima had been standing moments ago.

One serve from Karasuno looked to be giving them a point but the pinkette was quick, knees sliding on the ground, arms connecting with the ball.

“Akutagawa!”

Ennoshita and Yamaguchi were right. They had their asses handed on silver platters. With only one point to Karasuno’s names they bowed their heads and thanked Yokohama for the game.

Hinata while saddened by their loss made a beeline for Ryoko and Atsushi who hadn’t quite left the court yet.

“Hello! I’m Shoyo Hinata, first year, middle blocker and future Ace.” He said joyfully making the two taller students chuckle.

“I know we said our names earlier but as a proper introduction I’m Ryoko Fukami, second year, Ace and opposite hitter.”

“Atsushi Nakajima, first year and middle blocker same as you.” The silver haired boy said shyly. Hinata beamed at them.

“When you guys are free could I ask your team questions on your skills and teamwork?” The ginger asked, eyes shaking in excitement. He was practically buzzing. The second year barked a laugh and nodded.

“Yeah Chuuya will have some good tips for you- both being short and I don’t mean that in a bad way so I hope that didn’t offend ya sunshine.” Ryoko said. Hinata only seemed to glow brighter. “Plus it’s a training camp you are meant to learn.”

“She’s right.” Atsushi confirmed with a nod.

“Thank-you so much!” He bowed before running to grab Kageyama who seemed to be brooding over whether he should talk to Dazai about his sets. He didn’t but he thought about it.

Fyodor made a notion to head towards Ukai so both teams could talk to each other’s coaches which they smiled at.

“Hello I’m coach Ukai and this is their faculty advisor Takeda.” Ukai announced before nodding slightly behind him. “These are the managers Kiyoko and Yachi.”

“Hi.” The team said.

“Look I don’t have much to say so I’ll keep it quick, you guys are good and I hope our crows have a lot to learn from you guys and that you find something as well.”

“Thank-you Coach Ukai.” Chuuya said spurring the rest of the team to thank him too. Takeda honestly just stood there awkwardly- honestly the presence of the Yokohama team was scary.

Karasuno stood with coach Hirotsu and Ranpo with Fyodor and Tanizaki close by.

“You guys did well, that quick attack of yours is very useful and interesting.” Hirotsu began.

“But we lost.” Yamaguchi said quietly.

“No shame in that. It’s a training camp you’ll learn and grow over the next month or so. Our team is good because they are strong and know their strengths and work on their weaknesses. They are flexible and keen which you can be too with practice.”

“Thank-you coach Hirotsu.” Daichi said with a smile.

“Realistically you could have made three points that entire match.” Ranpo said whilst munching on a chocolate bar. The team looked quizzical. “You almost landed that point on Fukami before she slid in to hit the ball towards Akutagawa if you had angled the ball slightly more to the left she could have missed. The second one was earlier in the second round with the ball heading towards an empty space but if Dazai wasn’t just that bit fast it would have landed as well.”

“Ranpo is correct. Our team is fast and any of those two would have landed if they weren’t.” Fyodor chimed in.

“But... only three points?” Tanaka grimaced. Ranpo nodded.

“Alright alright go sit down, mingle and watch the next match it’s Inarizaki and Aoba Johsai.” Hirotsu laughed.

The day seemed to fly by, YPHS winning every match they had, the only one coming close being Shiratorizawa. Hinata was definitely amazed no doubt so where others. Kageyama, Kenma (surprisingly), Shirabu, Semi, Atsumu and Akaashi had been rounded up by Dazai who was exclaiming how he just needed to talk to the setters about their plays- somehow he managed to kidnap Sugawara from his place beside Daichi too.

“Sorry about him-“ Oda said scratching the back of his head. “He likes talking to other setters about their plays and stuff something about sharing information.” Chuuya scoffed before muttering.

“Dazai is a manipulative little shit.” The red head huffed. “What’s next we all break off into our respective positions and talk ball?”

“Not a bad idea Nakahara.” Hirotsu said before sending a questioning look to other coaches who seemingly agreed.

“What the fuck coach?” Chuuya exclaimed.

“It’s alright shortie go make friends with the other Liberos.” Ryoko smiled. Fyodor locked eyes with her and blinked slowly as a warning. She quirked a brow. “Oppposite hitters aka right wing spikers come my way.”

Fourteen other people followed quickly behind the pink haired wing spiker towards the benches to sit. Slowly everyone split off a couple managers joining groups- Fyodor joining Oda and Ryoko, Junichiro joining Atsushi and Gin.

“How do we feel boys?” The pinkette said lazily as she lent into her seat.

“Satisfactory however I would have preferred to win.” Ushijima answered whilst staring at Ryoko.

“Cant win every game eagle eyes.” She sassed.

“Can I ask something?” Daichi began. The opposite hitters nodded. “How did you do that knee slide it was very, libero-esque? But it also looked like it hurt.”

“Good eye. Ryoko tends to copy people’s movements. Chuuya as our Libero does that move a lot. I doubt it hurt her she’s got skin of obsidian.” Oda joked.

“Harhar mr I broke my collarbone throwing my arm up to catch a ball.”

“Quiet fire breath.” Fyodor snapped.

“Alright one touch.” She huffed, “He’s so mean to me. Boys take pity on this poor girl would you.”

“That’s what managers are for.” Osamu and Ushijima said in sync. The two players giving an awkward look.

“Oh yeah Rika was happy we kicked your asses.” Ryoko grinned.

“You know Matsuo?” Ushijima’s brows furrowed.

“We met before the games started. Anyway anything else? Questions queries things to share?”

“May I?” The Russian said. Nekoma’s spiker nodded. “You all have weaknesses that need to be worked on. Ryoko is too headstrong but she’s fast she knows how to make it look like she’s going to fail. Her flaw is that she finds too much enjoyment in teasing her opponents. Oda is smart and strong and knows how to guide the ball his flaw is that he’ll focus on his teammates over the opposition. Shiratorizawa is strong and fast but you only focus on that. Karasuno is an erratic team but have their skills honed work on the other ones. Fukurodani I honestly have nothing to add par your Captain being too over the top a points. Aoba Johsai trust their captain fully but need to also trust themselves. Nekoma are like well oiled machines and need to remove the need to be perfect all the time. Inarizaki showcased strength but also showcased cockiness, something YPHS shut down immediately as that is our biggest strength shutting down our opponents. Finally Itachiyama needs to get out of the slump that keeps them from reaching all potentials no matter how strong or fast their hits are. That is all.”

All but the two Yokohama players stared at the Russian in awe. He was sharp and to the point. Ushijima hummed lowly.

“I accept this criticism. I shall bring it up with coaches Washijo and Saito.”

“Yeah I’ll speak with Oikawa and Iwazumi.” Kunimi added.

“You aren’t wrong-“ Daichi started before realising he didn’t know the managers name.

“Fyodor Dostoevsky. Third year manager for Yokohama’s team.”

“Fyodor.” Daichi continued. “I’ll tell Ukai.”

“Yeah coach will probably agree with you.” Konoha laughed before pointing towards his coach who was about ready to either murder Bokuto or rip out his hair.

“Your coach looks ready to kill Bokuto.” The Itachiyama hitter laughed. “But I agree our team might be strong and fast but we are a little blinded by wanting to make sure we aren’t uncomfortable on the court.”

“We do have some pretty cocky members sorry.” Kosaku said scratching his neck. “Your twin is too confident Osamu.”

“I know.” He sighed.

All the teams went through this. Speaking to other players and having the Yokohama team submit their input on places to improve. Chuuya’s group being the loudest only being rivalled by Bokuto alone.

“Dinner will be ready in an hour and a half if anyone wants showers now go do it otherwise have them after dinner you can all congregate here and practice or hang out whatever teenagers do Ranpo will keep an eye on you-“

“Why do I have to do it Hirotsu?”

“Because you’re the youngest of us adults and I said so.” The man smiled scarily. So that’s where the Yokohama team got their game face. “And in any case you already know your rooms are by year group par the girls. Anyway go do your things and meet in the cafeteria next door in an hour thirty. Go.”

Hinata for the second time that afternoon rushed towards Atsushi but this time the white haired boy was with Gin.

“Atsushi! Would you like to hang out with me and Kenma before dinner?” Hinata gleamed. “Would you like to join as well fellow middle blocker?”

“Sure. Gin do you want to come?” Atsushi asked.

“Sure kitty.” She whispered.

“She’s a bit quiet.” Atsushi chuckled scratching the back of his neck. Gin playfully glared.

“Thank god I can only handle Hinata and Kuroo’s sunshine madness.” Kenma said suddenly startling the poor white haired boy.

“Where are you taking my sister?” Akutagawa asked.

“To play video games.” Kenma answer.

“Satisfactory. I have my phone on me if you need me.” And with that the protective brother left the four teens.

“Sorry about Ryu.” Gin said.

“He doesn’t like me.” Atsushi laughed. “To be fair I don’t like him either.”

“We know Kitty we know.”

“Seventeen hundred yen says they’re dating.” Ryoko says.

“Why bet when you know it’s true.” Fyodor added.

“Because it’s fun... and because Dazai doesn’t believe that Gin’s little kitty is our very own tiger, one touch.”

“Stop calling me that.” Fyodor grumbles.

“Stop calling me fire breath.” She counters.

“Fine Fukami.” The girl pouts.

“What happened to Ryoko are we back on last names Dostoevsky?”

Fyodor just hummed, an evil gleam in his eye.

“Training is at ten tonight. We should finish around one.”

A smirk formed on Ryoko’s face, maybe it was the dragon within, the grumbling warmth of a flame but she felt like being the annoying best friend to the one touch man of death. Guess she can show off just how strong she really is. She caught the eye of the Fukurodani Captain and waved. The boy seemed to glow happily as he chatted to his friend (Akaashi). He made a motion inviting her over to them.

Okay so she’ll be the annoying best friend after talking to who could probably be her male counterpart.

Yokohama is just here for some fun.

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd oc #bungou stray dogs oc #haikyuu #haikyuu oc #haikyuu x bsd #bsd x haikyuu #Bungou stray dogs x haikyuu #Ryoko Fukami

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courage-a-word-of-justice · 4 years ago

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Maou-jou 1

I sampled this manga with what’s called a “Viz sampler”. I only ever seem to find those at libraries, so I’d assume only they and bookstores can get those.

…Twilight looks like Maou Sadao (Hataraku Maou-sama!).

“Dawner”??? I can read katakana, ya idjits. His name is Akatsuki. Update: The translator must’ve gone, “Dawn is a girl’s name. Let’s tack on an -er so it looks like a guy’s name.”

Aw, Hiro Shimono is Akatsuki. If it were Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, we could’ve gotten a Kirito joke out of it.

Oh! 快眠 (Kaimin) = good rest, literally “happy sleep”. Hence this is the nation of Goodreste. I see.

The lightning effect is soooooooooo cool! *eyes glitter at the particle effects*

I’m gonna die from cuteness from all the teddies and seals!

The little fanfare is so cute and the yokudekimashita reminds me of my days playing the arcade game Bomberman (which had a flower sticker much like this one). I wanna see this get a dub and succeed on all its merits! It’s basically my baby already…bar the fact it took a bit to work up to the first good bit of comedy.

The teddy demons are called Debiakuma, a pun on kuma (bear), devil and akuma (devil). Lessee…After “lesser demon”, there’s more text…“Fluffy bears that can be also used as pets. They give in easily to temptation. A lot of them live in the demon castle, so the princess likes to gather their fur, dye it and spin nice cotton out of it. Warning: A lot of them will either run away or call you their friend./Occasionally act as friends for the princess.”

LOL, I recognised that voice of the Scissors guy straight away…although I didn’t know who it belonged to. That’s Suwabe. (It doesn’t sound like Suwabe, I would’ve thought it to be Takuma Terashima or something.)

Aw, the Japanese version is more boring this time. It’s just Scissor Magician (in the singular for both).

*hears Scissors Demon going -ageruwa”, which is a feminine sentence ending…that’s Suwabe trying to (voice) act effeminate???!!!

These trumpet sounds never get old.

LOL, Siberian huskies dressed as Russians…

Okay, my turn again: Hari means needle, toge means thorn. Next to “His stomach is soft”, part of the subs are cut off due to Funimation’s hardsubs, but I can read “he is proud of his defence” on the 2nd line, “is the type to not refuse when relied on” on the 2nd-last line and “his favourite food is strange bird chawanmushi” on the last line.

I love how parts of the castle are upside down for no reason at all except to look cool…architects must hate that, though.

I hadn’t heard of “seesaw battles” until now. but the metaphor does make sense...kind of.

What about changing the mattress? Update: She does do that…kind of.

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Kirito was under my nose all along! Damn Demon Kinggggggggggggggggggg!

Kamina glasses on one of the background trees! Cute tapir! Ahhhhhhhh, it’s so cuteeeeeeee!

Anyways, that’s a fun show. Not as fun as HypMic, but still fun after it gains momentum.

Munou na Nana 1

I remember seeing spoilers for a twist at the end…let’s hope I don’t anticipate it. That would kill the entire anime for me.

The message actually says something about how the island is a nest for enemies of humanity.

There’s the ice narcissist I saw in the promo stuff, right on cue. I’ve never heard of his voice actor Hiromichi Tezuka before, although he does sound like Hiroshi Kamiya or someone much better.

Why do I get the feeling once the title character arrives, even Nanao will get powers…? Or maybe Nana is the catalyst for Nanao’s powers awakening or something? (Just realised having a Nana and a Nanao together in the same anime is confusing…)

Subbers spelt “noblesse oblige” wrong, unless it was deliberately done as such.

I predicted the “duke it out” line.

There’s a menu on the wall of the restaurant.

Maybe Nanao’s “talent” is his leadership stat or something?

Or maybe even Nanao is an enemy of humanity and doesn’t know it? (Sorry, speculation going into overdrive…that usually happens with superpower works like this for me, because I like to analyse them.)

Maybe Nanao can see the future, like the protag from Koi to Producer?

Technically, shouldn’t ice be weak against fire…? Or am I too used to the Pokemon system?

Called it! Nanao has a hidden power! (That reminds me: I still don’t know what Lucien’s (from Koi to Producer’s) power really is.)

Vigilantes is really good at exploring how people can expand on their own powers.

…wow, I heard rumours that the main character was going to die, but I’d pegged Nana to die, not Nanao.

Onodera is clearly important…maybe he was the one with the wind powers? Or was Nana lying about that?

…dude, the red eyes are kinda obvious that Nana is evil in some way, or at least really devious.

Grace of the Gods 1

All I really know of this is that it’s got slimes and it’s an isekai/SoL hybrid…That’s it.

…I am not, I repeat NOT, on board for a harem centred around an 11 year old!

Ryoma speaks with an unnatural amount of starts and stops, hence the caveman speak.

What’s Jil’s role in the party…?

Why would you even need to know 4 high-level skills? Isn’t it better to know all of them?

LOL, I knew the isekaid guy was meant to have a hard life so he could start over with slimes, but…stick Doppo in this and it’s basically the same thing. At least Doppo tries to resist his bosses behind their backs, this guy just did the whole gaman thing and look where that got him!

If he worked for a black company with no overtime and so forth, how did he know about a recent anime trend, eh??? Sounds suspect. Update: Unless he was thinking about 90s isekai, which still involved less reincarnation than this.

I noticed the gods have senbei (the rice crackers with the seaweed). Western-looking gods probably shouldn’t have senbei, unless…they did that to make Ryoma feel more at home?

Seriously, how does a guy with no overtime still have time for online games? Even if he were getting just ads for them, he probably wouldn’t have paid enough attention to be able to figure out what the cliches are, right? Either that, or the Dragon Quest system is older than I think it is.

Slimes don’t have paws…or hands or other appendages…to give…

…I’m not sure what to think there. Am I meant to think the slimes are cute? Am I meant to think the catgirls/animal girls are cute? The answer to those questions is “no”, so…eh.

IWGP 1

Basically, I chose this for associations with HypMic.

…the best first impression involves a CGI car. Of course. <- (sarcastic)

Given HypMic, I almost expected a rap battle…nahhhh…Rap battles don’t look so cool outside HypMic, man.

The owl is a pun. Fukurou (owl) matches ‘bukuro (bag, which is the 2nd character in “Ikebukuro”). There’s also an owl statue used as a meeting spot, much like Hachiko in Shibuya…(I learnt a bunch of things about the division territory through HypMic. Let me show off…)

I think the character designer for this anime also did Joker Game…that’s throwing me off a little. Also, they had a prime opportunity to use a Buster Bros song, so I’m still a bit miffed about that – this OP’s kinda standard. Update: The character designer is Junichiro Taniguchi – my insinct was wrong on him. He did Touken Ranbu Hanamaru’s character designs.

“Smoking kills” – Yuuuuuuuup. That’s true.

Why do I get the feeling all the male otaku will wanna bang Makoto’s mother (to put it lightly)…?

Curiously, the one who hates drugs in HypMic is Jyuto, who’s not from Ikebukuro Division at all. Hmm…

Yokoyama’s voice sounds familiar…but I’m not sure why. Update: If I had to guess, I’d say he’s Saito Soma or someone who sounds similar, so maybe Takuma Terashima, Daisuke Ono or something like that. Update 2: Takahiro Sakurai. See? I knew I knew that voice.

“Big Rei” (“Rei-nii”). That’s different from Ichi-nii (what Saburo calls Ichiro) and could also be goroawase for 02.

Uni of Tokyo is the most prestigious uni in Japan. It has quite the reputation.

…is it just me, or does Makoto have a piercing in his left ear? IWGP also happens to happily work with my existing character, although said character has a piercing in his right ear.

Zero One kinda looks like Uta (Tokyo Ghoul), LOL.

…and of course the girl has to rely on the dude. *sigh* Welp, we can throw drugs off the list for “things that count as TV-MA to Funimation” – IWGP is rated M (not 15+ explicitly, but that’s what it stands for normally) in my region.

This ED song…that’s the sort of song I was expecting from HypMic, Akudama or this.

Seems both Makoto and Takashi have earrings…maybe in both ears? Takashi’s are yellow, I could confirm that much.

…this is decent, but putting it up against its competitors is a bit harsh.

Crusade 1 (cont. from sneak peek - it’s in the title here because this is where it’s completed)

Turns out that preview was most of the episode…like “14 of 24 minutes” long.

Wait, how did Alice fall forward and end up in the princess carry pose? I remember having trouble with that when a character in a story of mine had the same problem.

…Iska-nii…(?)

That opera house looks pretty darn modern to me…

…eh…that was middling. Nothing any ol’ adaption of Romeo and Juliet couldn’t do, bar the CGI for the magic fight in the middle. (There was a fluffy griffin thing in the middle there, though.)

Akudama 1

Ume + Kimura and a cool urban aesthetic. Let’s go!

This is kinda Tron-like, eh?

Ooh, now it’s more like Cop Craft.

Kimura seems to use his gruffer voice more than his Ichiro voice, but Ume is actually worse on that fron with his ordinary voice…Welp, at least his ordinary voice sounds like it fits right in with the Courier. I almost expect an Ocean’s Eleven thing (or Now You See Me, since I’ve actually watched that) from this. Update: Turns out Kimura is the pompadour guy, not the fighter.

You can tell Ordinary Person is an okay person because she keeps saving cats. A bit cliché, but it’ll do.

Ohhhhhh…I can see where this plotline is going. Ordinary Person pretends to be Swindler to get herself out of this mess, but then she keeps getting involved with the Akudama. It’s a typical plot for a typical gal, common to insert a viewpoint character in series that require one, or a magical girl ally.

Wow, those missiles look like a**.

LOL, Hoodlum’s sentence is kinda measly in comparison to most of them. Plus, when he yelled, that sounded more accurate to Ichiro than Fighter was, so…yeah, sorry I messed up.

…Ordinary Person has some real bullseye…uh, eyes.

This could be a top contender…aside from the CGI, which does look a bit funky. I’m getting a death game vibe here, but I don’t know if that’s really the case. Also, it’s a lot of fun, but the possible intolerable thing here is Ordinary Person’s screaming – the pretense she has to keep up seems like it’ll fit right in though.

JJK 1

I read the manga once, dropped it and then read it again and didn’t realise why I dropped it.

Fushiguro has long eyelashes, tbh. Itadori comments on that at one point, I think.

Oh, it was a fish (carp) in the manga. I couldn’t figure out what the Japanese equivalent was just from the Kokkuri board.

This track club teacher is a bit of a freak, honestly. Meddling in kids’ affairs is probably illegal to some extent.

Itadori is known as “tiger” because the kanji for “tiger” is in the surname. Update: Also, the Czech dude Mirko was called “the Croatian tiger”, if a tweet I read is any indication.

I like how there’s more comedy in this one. They show the world records, so you have standards to compare Itadori against.

This is an almost beat-for-beat adaption, bar the slight comedy of the records being added (and not explaning who Mirko is). The contrast makes this better.

“People really can die.” – That’s summoning some real energy of “People die when they are killed.”

(Brief thoughts on the dog and cat short: I enjoyed that more than I thought I would. The picture of a realistic cat – someone’s actual photo of their cat?- that serves as a punchline never gets old and in fact, sometimes contributes to the humour.)

HypMic 2

LOL, TV-MA warning strikes again.

“Kore wa prologue/Hajimete no ippo/Fumidasanai yatsu ni wa/???? shinpo.” – The translation is really good for the bits I can read…the problem is I can’t read the bottom left corner. Update: The part in the bottom left is nai...That’s it.

…uh, even people from around the world can read 24 hour time??? You don’t need subs to read Arabic numerals???

…couldn’t you have just told Ichiro verbally, Saburo…? Update: Come to think of it, kids these days are more on their phones than ever, so it makes sense but also kind of doesn’t.

You don’t really need subs for laughter either…

I’d never heard of “pulling rank” before…hmm: “to use one's high position in a society, organization, group, etc., to order someone to do something or to get special treatment or privileges.”

…and here comes the F word here to mess with us again. Japanese nastiness is conveyed using words that might be considered “soft” in English, hence the sudden jump to use the F word a bunch, but the subbers could use some variety in their swearing. I mean, “dips**t” worked where it did because subbers made Samatoki go overboard with the F word, but…you could stand to use that more, maybe(?)

I like how even the Tenderloins guy rhymes where he’s meant to. It’s the prelude to a battle, after all. (He kinda looks like Kotaro from Zombieland Saga.)

…I freaked out for a second. I swore I saw a similar-looking restaurant (udon shop, located on the left of one of the shots) while in Japan. Also, we finally get to see Ichiro’s reputation at work.

…I still have no idea what a “steelo” is after all this time, but I didn’t realise I was staring at a part of Ore ga Ichiro until I saw it in context. Also, it was kinda derpy – but still really in character – for Ichiro to run to his destination with his arms up like the Glico man in Osaka (except he had his head down).

I get a weird feeling the subbers may have used the wiki translation because I’m using it as a reference and the language seems oddly similar for the most part…

The kick Ichiro does seems like it references the OP.

Notice the location is Nishiguchi Kouen…the West Gate Park. *raises eyebrows at the IWGP anime*

…oh! It occurred to me that the sign the BB do with their hands is…well, a lowercase B. (LOL, if you read my previous line funny, it rhymes.)

Gentaro doing the peace sign to his chest…that was random the first time, because it doesn’t seem in character, but then it does for Dice and possibly Ramuda, so Gentaro probably just chose to go along with it (“to add to his image as a rapper,” maybe…?).

Oh, Saburo has airpods in…those aren’t good for blocking sound, are they…?

Notice the owl on the…uh, café(?)…Ichiro goes to.

That one “holy shit!” made me laugh like a madman. Where it came from, I don’t know, but it was so random I had to laugh at it.

This makes me wonder…if you use a mic that’s different to your personal mic, does it produce the same speakers? No one’s ever addressed that before (much like how no one questions if magical girls always need the same transformation device – I wanted to make a plot on that someday, but I can’t seem to find a comprehensible way to pull it off…LOL, that reminds me, I even had a HypMic version of that featuring Samatoki at one point, but it probably makes even less sense than the standard one because it activates via physical contact. It’s notable – in my head – for Nemu’s version of the “power” being “Samatoki can’t swear, no matter how hard he tries”).

I’m pretty sure that round thing wasn’t part of Ichiro’s rings, ever. (…Unless that was the head of his spoon or something.)

…Microwave? (referring to the shot inside the hospital, which seems to be based off ARB)

The series normally transitions from BB -> MTC -> FP -> MTR, so it was interesting to see that shuffled up. Update: That’s if it has to have an order, but notably ARB breaks this standard a lot by assigning colours to each solo and then arranging interactions based on not repeating those colours (aside from the Sky High Tower event). With 4 things there are 4! = 24 possible combinations and 6! = 720 possible combinations if you count DH and BAT, so as we move forward with those 2 divisions...prepare for more shuffling.

…is Jiro gonna steal a ball? I thought it was just bikes anime characters stole. (LOL)

The mic changes the background, too, huh? Never expected that from more than the speakers.

…and of course, s*** explodes and the day is saved once again....by the Buster Bros!!! (LOL, but also *sigh*)

Hmm, so this anime’s real plotline probably involves this trio: Rex, Tom and Iris. They’re probably foreign in some way, judging by Tom and Rex. Maybe they’re aligned with a foreign government or something? Update: If you look at the credits, their full names seem to be Tom Whisper Weathercock, Iris Innocent Traiter (sic) (LOL) and…Taroumaru Rex…? (romanisations confirmed for all katakana)

Sadamezuka was voiced by the ubiquitous Kenjiro Tsuda.

It seems Cola Bintarou (aka Subaru Kimura) was on the case again today. He wrote the new song for BB, called RUN THIS CITY, along with Gesshoku Kaigi.

Of course, I’m going to keep this anime on my list...I’m just a bit worried about myself going forward, because I realised my ego got a bit inflated trying to defend the series from haters. I’ve never had a series where I’ve been a fan from the beginning that wasn’t already a known quantity for a while (Muhyo and Roji’s, Furuba). With Boueibu, I was discovering things alongside other people (or even later in a lot of cases) since it was anime-original.

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Made in 2024

If you’ve seen this anywhere else, I posted it back on my deviantArt when it was made.

From my large project of drawing every Zelda design, I’ve now taken to colouring them!

There's lots of difference colour variations as nearly every drawing of her had Zelda coloured differently.

#zelda #princess zelda #legend of zelda #a link to the past #alttp #zelda manga #The Legend of Zelda: Link's Great Adventure #Fantasy Adventure Read #Junichiro Saito

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New 'Puella Magic Madoka Magica' Film Announced; Direct Sequal to 2013's 'Rebellion'

At the 10th anniversary event of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, it was announced that the series will get a new anime film titled Gekijouban Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica: Walpurgis no Kaiten (Turning the Tide of Walpurgis). The fill will be the official sequel to the 2013 film Puella Magic Madoka Magica The Movie Part 3: Rebellion, itself a sequel of the original anime series.

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Magica Quartet, the staff, consisting of chief director Akiyuki Simbo, scriptwriting Gen Urobuchi, character designer Ume Aoki, and producer Atsuhiro Iwakami will work on the project. Additional staff includes Gekidan Inu Curry and Junichiro Taniguchi. The movie will be animated at studio SHAFT.

Many cast members from the original series also return to reprise their roles. The cast for the anime includes:

Aio Yuuki as Madoka Kaname

Chiwa Saito as Homura Akemi

Kaori Mizuhashi as Mami Tomoe

Ai Nonaka as Kyouko Sakura

Eri Kitamura as Sayaka Miki

Emiri Katou as Kyubey

Kana Asumi as Nagisa Momoe

#pmmm #madoka magica #mami tomoe #puella magi madoka magica #anime #news #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtq+#queer #gay #romance #manga #magical girl #yuri #Youtube #Tumblr queer #queerest place on the internet

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Pokèmon Trainer Shimizu Hinako's Currently Accesible Pokèmon

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1. Masamune the Oshawatt.

2. Kaminari the Pichu.

3. Yoruichi the Toxel.

4. Yukiteru the Ralts.

5. Ryuunosuke the Axew.

6. Masumi the Rookiedee.

7. Satsuki the Riolu.

8. Akiya the Snivy.

9. Rukia the Hatenna.

10. Shirou the Chespin.

11. Hinata the Togepi.

12. Katsumi the Vulpix.

13. Fuyuhiko the Eevee.

14. Mizuno the Squirtle.

15. Akio the Plusle.

16. Yuuki the Minun.

17. Ren the Snorunt

18. Itsuki the Cottonee.

19. Kei the Froakie.

20. Asahi the Larvesta.

21. Chisuke the Tepig.

22. Rai the Zorua

23. Kaze the Pidgey.

24. Hiro the Chikorita.

25. Sosuke the Igglybuff.

26. Hayato the Rufflet.

27. Yui the Audino.

28. Habiki the Whimsur.

29. Junichiro the Shinx.

30. Kin the Growlith.

31. Kishi the Mareep.

32. Reiji the Houndour.

33. Shinjiro the Mincinno.

34. Taiga the Litten.

35. Yuuta the Espurr.

36. Riku the Rowlet.

37. Akemi the Popplio.

38. Hotaru the Cyndaquil

39. Yoshinori the Totodile.

40. Ichigo the Fennekin.

41. Kenshin the Bulbasaur.

42. Masato the Charmander.

43. Kayo the Torchic.

44. Mikio the Treeko.

45. Osamu the Mudkip.

46. Noboru the Piplup.

47. Tomio the Chimchar.

48. Yutaka the Turtwig.

49. Jorōgumo the Joltik.

50. Kyūso the Pachirisu.

51. Giyuu, Mitsuri, Kyojuro, Sanemi, Muichiro, and Kanae the Falinks.

52. Ringo the Phanpy.

53. Tadayuki the Abra.

54. Hanagumo the Noibat.

55. Yasuo the Darumaka.

56. Meiko the Oricorio.

57. Juuri the Mawile.

58. Yayoi the Surskit.

59. Susumu the Miltank.

60. Fusae the Shellder.

61. Takumi the Spinark.

62. Daiki the Golett.

63. Kyou the Budew.

64. Kohaku the Aron.

65. Kusuo the Meditite.

66. Shigeru the Sentret.

67. Shinichi the Bidoof.

68. Katashi the Patrat.

69. Hiraku the Misdreavus.

70. Fumihito the Deerling.

71. Taromaru the Tyrunt.

72. Asuka the Swablu.

73. Akimitsu the Elgyem.

74. Kenta the Skitty.

75. Himiko the Magikarp.

76. Hisoka the Happiny.

77. Kimihito the Tyrogue.

78. Akeno the Vullaby.

79. Hajime the Mantyke.

80. Michiru the Munchlax.

81. Kinuyo the Mime Jr.

82. Eikichi the Bonsley.

83. Tsurune the Chingling.

84. Nozomi the Cleffa.

85. Kannon the Smoochum.

86. Yatsuhiro the Elekid.

87. Miwa the Magby.

88. Ieshige the Azurill.

89. Airi the Pawniard.

90. Tohru the Bagon.

91. Shouta the Flabébé.

92. Ayumu the Snover.

93. Wakaba the Hoppip.

94. Ran the Pikipek.

95. Megumi the Tympole.

96. Noriko the Trapnich.

97. Nobuyuki the Yanma.

98. Kōsuke the Swinub.

99. Kamiya the Dewpider.

100. Tetsuya the Seviper.

101. Yōko the Zangoose.

102. Uchiyama the Machop.

103. Miura the Amaura.

104. Yoshino the Mareanie.

105. Saito the Shuppet.

106. Yugi the Chewtle.

107. Shōhei the Poochyena.

108. Jirō the Phantump.

109. Asami the Furfrou.

110. Sachiko the Clobbopus.

111. Kanna the Gothita.

112. Chifuyu the Natu.

113. Shiratori the Bounsweet.

114. Satomi the Seedot.

115. Minato the Mienfoo.

116. Kushina the Munna.

117. Kurama the Impidimp.

118. Goku the Pancham.

119. Kuranosuke the Sewaddle.

120. Touya the Aipom.

121. Tsukimi the Buneary.

122. Kaneki the Tynamo.

123. Azami the Sneasle.

124. Asashio the Panpour.

125. Michishio the Pansage.

126. Minegumo the Pansear.

127. Tenryuu the Cubone.

128. Nagara the Cufant.

129. Isuzu the Cutiefly.

130. Hiyou the Spheal.

131. Chiyoda the Ledyba.

132. Imuya the Slowpoke.

134. Iku the Kecleon.

135. Kagerou the Litleo.

136. Yuugumo the Oddish.

137. Mikage the Klink.

138. Hatsuharu the Bellsprout.

139. Ikazuchi the Helioptile.

140. Saburou the Fomantis.

141. Kichirou the Drifloon.

142. Yae the Murkrow.

143. Ryouichi the Starly.

144. Miho the Girafarig.

146. Hoshiko the Litwick.

145. Tsubame the Frillish.

147. Kokoro the Morelull.

148. Takuto the Chinchou.

149. Hifumi the Shroomish.

150. Omoikane the Porygon.

151. Ninigi the Shaymin.

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New Post has been published on Otaku Dome | The Latest News In Anime, Manga, Gaming, Tech, and Geek Culture

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Puella Magi Madoka Magica Movie Trilogy Blu-ray Announced

Aniplex of America has revealed that Puella Magi Madoka Magica: the Movie Trilogy Blu-ray will be coming to home media on July 20, 2021. The set comes with the two compilation films of the TV anime as well as the “Rebellion” film. Specs and details for the sets can be found below:

SANTA MONICA, CA (April 26, 2021) – Aniplex of America is thrilled to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the popular series Puella Magi Madoka Magica with the Blu-ray release of Puella Magi Madoka Magica: the Movie Trilogy on July 20, 2021! This special release includes the two theatrical adaptations of the hit TV series, Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings and Part 2: Eternal, as well as the original film Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Rebellion-. The package features new illustrations by aokiume and Junichiro Taniguchi and bonus content includes textless openings and endings, theatrical trailers, as well as TV CM Collections.

Featuring the vocal talents of Aoi Yuki (Erased, PERSONA 5 the Animation) and Christine Marie Cabanos (Blue Exorcist, Sword Art Online) as titular character Madoka Kaname, Chiwa Saito (The irregular at magic high school, Monogatari Series) and Cristina Vee (Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel]) as the mysterious Homura Akemi, Emiri Kato (Monogatari Series, Granblue Fantasy the Animation) and Cassandra Lee Morris (PERSONA 5 the Animation, Sword Art Online) as the polarizing familiar Kyubey. The Puella Magi Madoka Magica series hit the scene in 2011 and quickly rose in popularity due to its surprisingly dark yet beautiful take on the Magical Girl genre.

All three parts are exceptionally animated by SHAFT (Monogatari series, Nisekoi), and feature an all-star production staff including Gekidan InuCurry (Doroinu) as chief director/series composition, aokiume for original main character concepts, and Akiyuki Shimbou serves as animation supervisor. The English dub versions feature ADR writer and Director Alex von David (Sword Art Online, Kill la Kill)

The films in this series have been out of print for quite some time and are highly sought after by fans of the series. With pre-orders now open through online retailer RightStuf Anime, there will be no need to make a contract with Kyubey to add these to your collection.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica: the Movie Trilogy includes:

Spoken Languages: English & Japanese

Subtitles: English & Spanish

Aspect Ratio: 16:9 HD Widescreen 1920x1080p

Episodes: 3 movies (Beginnings, Eternal, and Rebellion)

Number of Discs: 3 Blu-ray Discs

Total Run Time: Approx. 357 minutes

Rating: 13 UP

Textless Opening and Ending

Theatrical Trailers

TV CM Collections

* Bonus content includes English subtitles.

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Exclusive new illustration box art by aokiume (Original Character Design) and Junichiro Taniguchi (Character Design)

Product number and UPC bar code:

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Street Date

SKU #

UPC

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Puella Magi Madoka Magica: the Movie Trilogy

7/20/2021

AOA-3007

816546024635

$74.98

$59.98

Retailer Link: https://www.rightstufanime.com/Puella-Magi-Madoka-Magica-The-Movie-Trilogy-Blu-ray

About Puella Magi Madoka Magica: the Movie Trilogy:

Commemorating the 10th anniversary of Madoka Magica, the magical girls of Mitakihara City once again bring you the Madoka Magica Movie Trilogy on Blu-ray!

This special Blu-ray release includes the three theatrical adaptations of the hit TV series, Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings and Part 2: Eternal, as well as Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Rebellion-. The package features new illustrations by aokiume and Junichiro Taniguchi.

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qirkbrn-a · 4 years ago

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RETAGGING MY SHIT CAUSE TUMBLR’S STUPID MUSES FIRST--

Such a feeling as I'm healing; words were never so useful;; {Kito}

All the good girls go to hell ‘Cause even God herself has enemies;; {Kanon Ishikawa}

I will not let my fate fall into another person’s ruling; My sins will be judged by no one else but me;; {Trumpet/Koku Hanabata}

Make them remember you;; {Aizawa Shouta}

This job of mine would do me in if I took to heart to the suffering;; {BNHA!Shibusawa Tatsuhiko}

I need blood and he's got more than enough!;; {Striga/ Sui Kihara}

Oh Grantors of Dark Disgrace; Do not wake me again;; {BNHA!Chuuya Nakahara}

What is my nothingness to the stupor that awaits you;; {BNHA!Arthur Rimbaud}

You're ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece;; {Yasu Ishikawa}

I see now a world gone blind; That is how I found my mind;; {BNHA!Nikolai Gogol}

Throw that money on me everybody knows that I'll play your game;; {Giran}

Forgive me Father for my fashion crime; Your skin is so nice I'll use yours next time;; {Himiko Toga}

With a thousand lies and a good disguise; Hit 'em right between the eyes;; {BNHA!Junichiro Tanizaki}

The weak die the strong live. Those are the rules;; {BNHA!Ryunosuke Akutagawa}

There are things which everyone does but which one does not mention to others;; {Overhaul/Kai Chisaki}

Sharp edges have consequences; I guess that I had to find out for myself;; {Denki Kaminari}

Tell me which one is worse living or dying first;; {BNHA!Osamu Dazai}

Gifts don’t necessarily bring happiness to their wielders;; {Hideki Saito}

I'm far renowned in the underground and you can't take that from me;; {BNHA!Ogai Mori}

#Such a feeling as I'm healing; words were never so useful;; {Kito}#All the good girls go to hell 'Cause even God herself has enemies;; {Kanon Ishikawa}#I will not let my fate fall into another person's ruling; My sins will be judged by no one else but me;; {Trumpet/Koku Hanabata}#Make them remember you;; {Aizawa Shouta}#This job of mine would do me in if I took to heart to the suffering;; {BNHA!Shibusawa Tatsuhiko}#I need blood and he's got more than enough!;; {Striga/ Sui Kihara}#Oh Grantors of Dark Disgrace; Do not wake me again;; {BNHA!Chuuya Nakahara}#What is my nothingness to the stupor that awaits you;; {BNHA!Arthur Rimbaud}#You're ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece;; {Yasu Ishikawa}#I see now a world gone blind; That is how I found my mind;; {BNHA!Nikolai Gogol}#Throw that money on me everybody knows that I'll play your game;; {Giran}#Forgive me Father for my fashion crime; Your skin is so nice I'll use yours next time;; {Himiko Toga}#With a thousand lies and a good disguise; Hit 'em right between the eyes;; {BNHA!Junichiro Tanizaki}#The weak die the strong live. Those are the rules;; {BNHA!Ryunosuke Akutagawa}#There are things which everyone does but which one does not mention to others;; {Overhaul/Kai Chisaki}#Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did?;; {Eijiro Kirishima}#Sharp edges have consequences; I guess that I had to find out for myself;; {Denki Kaminari}#Tell me which one is worse living or dying first;; {BNHA!Osamu Dazai}#Gifts don’t necessarily bring happiness to their wielders;; {Hideki Saito}#I'm far renowned in the underground and you can't take that from me;; {BNHA!Ogai Mori}#-saves these in a document-

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aonodreamland · 7 years ago

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STAGE [BUNGOU STRAY DOGS]

CAST :

Torigoe Yuki as Nakajima Atsushi

Tawada Hideya as Dazai Osamu

Teruma as Kunikida Doppo

Nagae Ryoki as Edogawa Ranpo

Kuwano Kosuke as Tanizaki Junichiro

Horinouchi Hitoshi as Miyazawa Kenji

Imamura Miho as Yosano Akiko

Saito Akari as Tanizaki Naomi

Hashimoto Shohei as Akutagawa Ryunosuke

Masaki Kohei as Kaji Motojiro

Kuwae Sakina as Izumi Kyoka

Hirata Yuka as Higuchi Ichiyo

Ueda Keisuke as Nakahara Chuya

And Others

PLACE :

KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theater (5 performances)

Morinomiya Piloti Hall Osaka (4 performances)

AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo (8 performances)

DATE :

2017.12.22 - 2017.12.24

2018.01.12 - 2018.01.13

2018.01.31 - 2018.02.04

OFFICIAL SITE : Here

#Stage : Bungou Stray Dogs #Butai : Bungou Stray Dogs #bungou stray dogs #Butai #Stage Play

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Watch Bungo Stray Dogs BEAST Live-action Film Full Trailer Featuring Theme Song by GRANRODEO

The official website for Bungo Stray Dogs the Movie BEAST, the first live-action film inspired by the Bungo Stray Dogs manga series created by Kafka Asagiri (story) and Sango Harukawa (arts), has posted a poster visual and a 90-second full trailer featuring its theme song "Tokei Mawari no Torque" (Clockwise Torque) performed by the two-member unit GRANRODEO.

Full Trailer:

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Poster visual with a tagline: "The 'beast' inside you will awaken."

GRANRODEO previously performed the OP themes for the first and third seasons of the Bungo Stray Dogs TV anime series in 2016 and 2019, as well as the theme song for the anime feature film Bungo Stray Dogs - Dead Apple in 2018. And its vocalist KISHOW/Kisho Taniyama has voiced Chuya Nakahara, one of the main characters in the anime series.

KISHOW says, "It's amazing that BunSto is finally getting a live-action movie! Thank you for favoring GRANRODEO again! (laughs). I wanted to create an abstract atmosphere with the lyrics, so I hope the song and the listeners will be able to interpret them in their own way. I'm a fan of Chuya (laughs), so go for it--!" And the unit's guitarist e-ZUKA/Masaaki Iizuka adds, "I'm glad to be able to participate in the BunSto franchise for the fourth time! This time, I tried to express the contrast between righteousness and evil are swapped in the song. I think we were able to create an interesting song unique to the movie version. I hope you like it!" The song will be available digitally on the film's release day in Japan, January 7, 2022.

GRANRODEO:

The film is based on the series' spin-off manga illustrated by Shiwasu Hoshikawa, which is set in a parallel world where the main character, Atsushi Nakajima, and his nemesis, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, belong to opposite organizations. All of the main cast members of the Bungo Stray Dogs stage play series, including Yuuki Torigoe as Atsushi Nakajima and Shohei Hashimoto as Ryunesuke Akutagawa, reprise their roles.

Yen Press, the publisher of the manga's English edition describes its synopsis as below:

In the world of Bungo Stray Dogs, Ryuunosuke Akutagawa is infamous for being one of the Port Mafia’s most dangerous members. But what if his past had turned out differently...? When Dazai decides to pass on taking in an orphaned Akutagawa, the boy winds up being recruited by none other than the Armed Detective Agency! With his sister still in the Mafia’s clutches, Akutagawa will stop at nothing to take her back. However, standing in his way is the Port Mafia’s top enforcer—the White Reaper, Atsushi Nakajima. As darkness and light face off in a twisted mirror of what could have been, a new tale begins to take shape…

Main cast:

Atsushi Nakajima: Yuuki Torigoe

Ryunosuke Akutagawa: Shohei Hashimoto

Gin: Ayaka Konno

Sakunosuke Oda: Kenshi Taniguchi

Doppo Kunikida: Teruma

Rampo Edogawa: Ryoki Nagae

Junichiro Tanizaki: Kosuke Kuwano

Kenji Miyazawa: Hitoshi Horinouchi

Akiko Yosano: Aoi Hirokawa

Naomi Tanizaki: Akari Saito

Osamu Dazai: Rui Tabuchi

Kyoka Izumi: Sakina Kuwae

Chuya Nakahara: Keisuke Ueda

Tatsuhiko Shibuzawa: Mitsu Murata

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Yuta Kishimoto

Ango Sakaguchi: Hirofumi Araki

Source: "Bungo Stray Dogs the Movie BEAST" official website / Twitter

By: Mikikazu Komatsu

#Anime #News #Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

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sambart93 · 7 years ago

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2017.12.24 Bungou Stray Dogs Stage [Review]

Official Site here Official Twitter here Press Coverage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 Video Coverage 1, 2, 3, 4

CAST and CHARACTERS

Torigoe Yuuki as Nakajima Atsushi Tawada Hideya as Osamu Dazai Teruma as Kunikida Doppo Nagae Ryoki as Edogawa Ranpo Kuwano Kousuke as Tanzaki Junichiro Saito Akari as Tanzaki Naomi Hironouchi Hitoshi as Miyazawa Kenji Imamura Miho as Yosano Akiko Hashimoto Shohei as Akutagawa Ryunosuke Masaki Kohei as Kajii Motojiro Hirata Yuka as Higuchi Ichiyou Kuwae Sakina as Izumi Kyoka Ueda Keisuke as Nakahara Chuya Ensemble: Elizabeth Mari, Okamura Tatsuki, Obigane Ryouta, Jintoku, Suzuki Ryouhei, Funaki Atsushi, Kurihara Sayaka, Takei Mirano

NON-SPOILER REVIEW This is very faithful to the original anime and manga story, and I feel Hideya, Ueda and Teruma were the perfect casting for their characters, they did not disappoint. Nagae as Ranpo was also a surprise and it was interesting the different ways they had him woven into the stage and story. There was a lot of comedy in this and there's some moments that are exactly as you would want them to be, especially Dazai's idiot moments like trying to die in ridiculous places and ways, as well as his trolling of other people. The way they showed the powers was great along with the use of projection mapping. The best scenes were definitely Dazai and Nakahara's scenes together; they also got the biggest applause. The ending, where you should start clapping, is rather confusing to figure out because they don't bow when they start doing Character Credit Names and Powers, but now you know if you see it live. It's obvious they have intentions of continuing on this seies and I do think that'll happen. Personally there were a few things I wasn't happy with; the tiger fight scene wasn't very smooth or perfect and I think would be confusing to those who haven't seen the anime nor know the story. The one scene I was really excited to see wasn't up to my expectations. And finally, the ensemble were a big distraction for me because I felt the dancing they did was not needed for this stage, and looked rather odd; I strongly feel a normal ensemble cast would've been better and more apparent and fitting. BUT I think many fans and people will be able to thoroughly enjoy this show and see how much effort went into it and how great the casting-to-characters is and everything. Objective Rating: 8/10 Subjective Rating: 6/10

STORY

As mentioned above, the stage is very faithful to the original material. I haven't read the manga so I can only say the stage copies the first season of the anime faithfully. So if you want to know what happens or what to understand what the hell is going on before you see this stage, then I recommend you watch / read that.

THE POSITIVES

PART ONE

Part one was probably the strongest out of the two - although I think this is a habit of mine. I really struggle with stages that have a break in the middle; all my energy and excitement is usually used up in the first half and then during the break I get too chill and relaxed and I also somewhat zone out for the second half =/ I'll try and fix this!

I loved the opening for this stage because Nagae/Ranpo comes out from the right side door and comes down the aisle and approached someone saying 'you're in my seat... yes you are... oh you have a ticket with your seat? I don't have a ticket!' and then comes onto the stage and is almost like a narrator introducing the world and the stage.

Nagae did such a great job with his adlibbing and natural comedy. This little shit, he always plays little shits, keeps growing on me every damn stage! But he's getting better and better every time too! I still can't get over how young he is because his confidence and acting on stage makes him appear so much older and more mature! Even though he does mess around and have fun. Nagae was a GREAT choice for Ranpo and he went way beyond what I was expecting him to do as the character! Which makes me sad, I loved him as Ranpo so much but, as we know, his participation in the first season of Bungo is so small! So I'm excited to see all the stage time and scenes he'll have in the next one!

And of course, as we all expected, Hideyan and Teruma as their characters are spot on and great! They were the best choices for those characters.

Hideyan went way above and beyond my expectations for him as Dazai because he is just PERFECT as Dazai! You couldn't have asked for a better choice in casting. So many Dazai moments he was faithful to and did perfectly. The moment where he does the wavy arms to Kunikida is in there. The while him trying to commit suicide with his legs sticking out of the big bin/can is in there. The classic where he tells Kunikida loads of stuff and then goes '...I'm lying' is in there. So many amazingly classic and memorable moments of Dazai were in this stage!

Torigoe used a LOT of energy in this stage so I could start to understand why he was cast as Atsushi instead of (what I wanted) UeChan. He never stops running around the stage or switching from yelling to turning to the audience and stuff. I am impressed at how much energy he had and could use!

This stage is very, very funny! We were laughing for a lot of this stage which keeps the nature of Bungou's anime/manga at heart which is great!

I giggled a few times at Kosuke because I couldn't imagine him as the sister-incest-relationship-character but I actually really liked his section of the stage too! He looked so much like he didn't want his sister all over him and his facial expressions were very funny.

PART TWO

I feel like 90% of the audience were there just for UeChan. Him, or a combination of him and Hideyan. Because at the end of UeChan and Hideyan’s final scene, they got a MASSIVE and the BIGGEST round of applause at the end. So much so that even though the lights went up to signal the start of the next scene, the audience CONTINUED clapping! The poor actors had to wait until we were down with our massive round of applause so they could start the next scene. I found it absolutely fascinating.

The fight scene between UeChan and Hideyan was so good! I was so impressed with how HIGH UeChan can kick his legs and their movements matched very well; it was overall a solid and great fight scene.

Their entire two major scenes together was just perfect.

I really liked towards the end when Akutogawa and Atsushi were fighting and to show Akuto's power, Atsushi was physically wrapped in black cloth and it looked really good visually and worked really well with the scene and the intensity of it.

Masaki didn't disappoint me as Kajii! His scene is one of my favourite ones and he was crazy and did a very faithful job of the character! While the scene was somewhat ruined by the ensemble, his performance of the character was solid and enjoy his performance.

I remember really liking the subtle coughs and stuff Shohei did as Akutogawa but he was very much off to the side and just being like this looming and overwatching character in this first stage rather than being all that active. Only the final scene at the end is Akutogawa somewhat active in the play, so, just like UeChan, I have hopes that his stage time and activities will increase (just like they do in the anime) in the next stage. I did like that they did the flashback scene between him and Dazai and Hideyan looked for freaking good and badass in that flashback! Shohei did good as Akutogawa in his two major scenes (the flashback and the end scene) but I can't confidently say he was a good choice or he's a good Akutogawa until I see more.

After the first round of applause, Nagae came back on stage the second time and he said ‘Do you see this? *pointing to the 'THE END' sign on stage* It means we're done. Go home.... You know it’s Christmas…. what the HELL are you all doing here?! Out there is Yokohama, you can— oh whatever’ and we all died laughing and he walked off.

And finally, a random comment related to the goods; the photobook and pamphlet have absolutely stunning photos and shots in them. I’ll put them below.

THE NEGATIVES

In the non spoiler section I mentioned three negatives (but now in more detail):

- The tiger fight scene at the beginning of the stage wasn’t very smooth or perfect and would be confusing to non-Bungou fans or knowers. This mainly comes down to how bad the projection mapping of the tiger is. It's very jittery and doesn't really move around the stage smoothly and sometimes it didn't looked like Dazai's attacks were going in the directions of where the tiger was.

- The one scene I was really excited to see, which is the scene when Atsuhi and Kyoka go on a date through Yokohama, really wasn’t up to my expectations at all. For those who have seen Honoo no Mirage, I was expecting something similar to that where they would put background and locations of Yokohama on the stage through projection mapping and we'd see Kyoka dragging and pulling Atsushi to all these places. But in reality we got a song and dance (see picture above) and the song was 50% in English (if I remember correctly) and it was just them dancing in the middle of the stage. There were no obvious Yokohama locations or Yokohama-esque things in the sequence at all and I was so super upset and disappointed with it. That was the one scene I was so looking forward to seeing and they, in my opinion, missed the opportunity and butchered it.

- The ensemble were a big distraction for me. I felt the dancing they did was not needed nor really fitted for this stage, and looked rather odd and out of place. The actors would be in the center of the stage talking about something or being serious and then the dancers would come on doing these strange movements or were being passerby but would do it by dancing their way through the stage and to me it honestly looked ridiculous and distracting. Honestly, I strongly feel a normal ensemble cast where they just were normal people and normal passerby and did the normal helping out with the stunts and stuff would’ve been better and more apparent and fitting. Even now, weeks after watching this stage, feel like the ensemble looked bloody ridiculous and stupid. ALSO I watched KuroMyu AFTER this stage where they too had a dancing ensemble and it worked completely fine for that stage! I think it's because dancing ensembles definitely fit musicals and songs better than just a normal stage and that's where my problem with them in the Bungou stage lies. Seriously, I was so in love with the dancing ensemble for KuroMyu (review here).

Okay I'll try and tone the rest of the negatives down:

- There was no questionnaire with the stage. I opened my leaflets and checked their twitter and their official website but no paper questionnaire, no QR code or website link for a questionnaire which I think is super strange. I know most people were saying they wanted a questionnaire so they could complain about the lack of trading bromide stock but I always write a questionnaire, I always write what's good, what's bad (which would've just been the ensemble and the date scene) and I always write ' hey maybe try this' or 'I want to see this' or 'this particular actor was great, if you continue please keep them on' etc. so I felt somewhat naked without them supplying a questionnaire to us. I hope they often them at the Tokyo one or something and get a friend to write it for me xD

- They only did Daiza trolling Kunikida with the '...I'm lying' joke ONCE! I’m so upset! It’s like one of best comedy parts. It should've been done at least three times throughout the stage.

- Another personal gripe was my seat. I got my ticket in the very FIRST lottery of tickets and yet me seat ended up being 4th to back row on the 3RD FLOOR. And I know for a fact there were MANY seats empty on the first and second floor. So I was super pissed I got such a crappy seat to say I got my ticket so damn early into the ticket sales.

- It's not really a negative but more of a confusing moment: they don’t bow at the end to signify the end of the stage. They finish the final scene and then the ensemble come back on (just them) and go a sort of dance before going off and then the members come on one by one with their name and then their ability is shown on the stage walls. So we got about two cast members in before we all realised we should be clapping! It was really confusing and somewhat awkward. So now you know if you go!

- They didn't do any curtain call speeches at the end of the show. It was the final Yokohama show and you'd think, with the sotry being set in Yokohama, that they would do a speech at their FINAL YOKOHAMA SHOW. But no; poor Nagae had to come back on stage twice and be like 'thank you all for clapping and I know you're expecting speeches but we're only doing them at the final Tokyo Show. Everyone is already backstage and undressing out of their costumes. Sorry but the show is finished for today.'

- Final personal gripe; Not enough UeChan BUT again that's because he, just like Nagae's Ranpo, isn't really all that present in the first season of the anime. So he'll definitely get enough stage time in the next one!

GOODS

As mentioned above, the pamphlet and photobook is gorgeous and definitely worth the money!

Fin.

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