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MHA Chapter 431 Part 1 spoilers translations

Rough/literal translations for the first part of the bonus chapter are under the cut.

1 ここどこやっけ… koko doko yakke... "Where is this...?"

2 資料まとめんと… しりょうまとめんと… shiryou matomen to... "I need to compile [those] documents..."

1 ああ aa Ah.

1-2 お茶子ちゃんおちゃこちゃん Ochako-chan "Ochako-chan."

3 またこの夢かまたこのゆめか mata kono yume ka This dream again?

tagline No.431 More ナンバー431 モア NANBAA 431 MOA No. 431 More

4 まさか先輩たちの都合がつくとは‼︎ まさかせんぱいたちのつごうがつくとは‼︎ masaka senpai-tachi no tsugou ga tsuku to wa!! "I didn't expect all my senpai* would be available!!" (*Note: Senpai is what one calls their seniors, such as in work or a career field or at school.)

5 きっと皆　喜びます！きっとみんな　よろこびます！ kitto minna yorokobimasu! "I'm sure everyone will be happy!"

1 ��なんかでいいのかな‼︎ おれなんかでいいのかな‼︎ ore nanka de ii no ka na!! "I wonder if they'll be okay that it's me!!"

2 なんでそんな事言うの？なんでそんなこというの？ nande sonna koto iu no? "Why would you say something like that?"

3 ふしぎ！ fushigi! "How strange!"

4 ウラビティの"個性"カウンセリングに協力できるなんて光栄だよウラビティの"こせい"カウンセリングにきょうりょくできるなんてこうえいだよ URABITI no "kosei" KAUNSERINGU ni kyouryoku dekiru nante kouei da yo "It's an honor to be able to help with Uravity's quirk counseling."

5 リューキュウ事務所は優秀だよね！リューキュウじむしょはゆうしゅうだよね！ RYUUKYUU jimusho wa yuushuu da yo ne! "Ryukyu's agency is outstanding!"

6 コメディヒーロールミリオン　チャートNo.1（→） KOMEDI HIIROO RUMIRION CHAATO No.1 (->) Comedy Hero: Lemillion Chart No. 1 (->)

7 後進育成に移行してるものこうしんいくせいにいこうしてるもの koushin ikusei ni ikou shiteru mono "We're transitioning to training the next generation."

8 ワンダーヒーローネジレちゃん　チャートNo.7（↗） WANDAA HIIROO NEJIRE-chan CHAATO No.7 (↗) Wonder Hero: Nejire-chan Chart No. 7 (↗)

9 あの日以降だよねあのひいこうだよね ano hi ikou da yo ne "Ever since that day, huh?"

10 悪喰ヒーローサンイーター（ファットガム事務所サイドキック）　チャートNo.18（↘）あくじきヒーローサンイーター（ファットガムじむしょサイドキック）　チャートNo.18（↘） akujiki HIIROO SANIITAA (FATTO GAMU jimusho SAIDOKIKKU) CHAATO No.18 (↘) Bizarre Diet Hero: Suneater (Fat Gum agency sidekick) Chart No. 18 (↘)

11 この学区の児童の資料目を通してもらったと思うんですけどこのがっくのじどうのしりょうめをとおしてもらったとおもうんですけど kono gakku no jidou no shiryou me wo tooshite moratta to omoundesu kedo "I think you have had a look at the reference materials for this school district, but"

12 何より大事なのはなにより��いじなのは nani yori daiji na no wa "the most important thing"

13 コミュニケーションです KOMYUNIKEESHON desu "is communication."

14 無重力ヒーローウラビティ　チャートNo.24（↗）むじゅうりょくヒーローウラビティ　チャートNo.24（↗） mujuuryoku HIIROO URABITI CHAATO No. 24 (↗) Zero Gravity Hero: Uravity Chart No. 24 (↗)

1 一見　何の問題もない子でもいっけん　なんのもんだいもないこでも ikken nan no mondai mo nai ko demo "Even with children who [seem to] have no problems at first glance,"

2 悩みをしまい込んでる事が多いですなやみをしまいこんでることがおおいです nayami wo shimaikonderu koto ga ooi desu "many of them will be stowing away their worries."

3 大小問わずだいしょうとわず daishou towazu "Regardless of [where those problems] are big or small,"

4 特に家庭環境なんかとくにかていかんきょうなんか toku ni katei kankyou nanka "when it comes to especially their family environment,"

5 初対面の大人に話せる人は多くないですしょたいめんのおとなにはなせるひとはおおくないです shotaimen no otona ni hanaseru hito wa ookunai desu "there aren't many people who can talk about [such things] with adults they meet for the first time."

6 でも時間をかければ必ずサインを出してる事に気付けるのででもじかんをかければかならずサインをだしてることにきづけるので demo jikan wo kakereba kanarazu SAIN wo dashiteru koto ni kidzukeru node "But if you take the time, you'll definitely notice when they're giving you signs,"

7 資料に頼りすぎず！しりょうにたよりすぎず！ shiryou ni tayori sugizu! "so don't rely too much on the reference materials!

8 目安は一か月程度ですがめやすはいっかげつていどですが meyasu wa ikkagetsu teido desu ga "The guideline is about one month, but"

9 内容次第で全然変動しますないようしだいでぜんぜんへんどうします naiyou shidai de zenzen hendou shimasu "it can change completely depending on details,"

10 数は意識しないでかずはいしきしないで kazu wa ishiki shinaide "Don't focus on the numbers,"

11 お友だちになるつもりで！おともだちになるつもりで！ otomodachi ni naru tsumori de! "just plan on making friends!"

12 大変だねたいへんだね taihen da ne "It must be tough."

13 全然！人員のサポートは十分ですしぜんぜん！じんいんのサポートはじゅうぶんですし zenzen! jin'in no SAPOOTO wa juubun desu shi "Not at all! There's enough personnel support, and"

14 皆さんすごく丁寧なお仕事をされるんですよみなさんすごくていねいなおしごとをされるんですよ minasan sugoku teinei na oshigoto wo sarerundesu yo "everyone does an amazingly thorough job."

15 ホークスが文科省に掛け合ったりホークスがもんかしょうにかけあったり HOOKUSU ga monkashou ni kake attari "Hawks negotiates with the Ministry of Eduction*," (*Note: The full name is '"Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.")

16 各所に協賛を積めったりしてくれて"個性"教育の環境はだいぶ改善されてきてるんですかくしょにきょうさんをつめったりしてくれて"こせい"きょういくのかんきょうはだいぶかいぜんされてきてるんです kakusho ni kyousan wo tsumettari shite kurete "kosei" kyouiku no kankyou wa daibu kaizen sarete kiterundesu "and he gathers support from various organizations, so the quirk education environment has improved quite a lot."

small text 1 若人に投資せんでなーにが未来ですかわかうどにとうしせんでなーにがみらいですか wakaudo ni toushi sende naani ga mirai desu ka "What kind of future will there be if we don't invest in young people?"

small text 2-3 なんかうさんくさくみえます nanka usankusaku miemasu "You sound kind of shady."

1 じゃあ今は自分の為の時間も取れるんだ？じゃあいまはじぶんのためのじかんもとれるんだ？ jaa ima wa jibun no tame no jikan mo torerunda? "So then, you're able to take some time for yourself now?"

2 わああルミリオンだああ‼︎ waaa RUMIRION daaa!! "Wooow it's Lemillion!!"

3 ウラビティ〜〜〜‼︎ URABITI~~~!! "Uravity~~~!!"

4 フロッピ！ FUROPPI! "Froppy!"

5 フロッピッ‼︎ FUROPPI!! "Froppy!!"

6 ネジレちゃあああああ好きいいネジレちゃあああああすきいい NEJIRE-chaaaaaa sukiii "I love Nejire-chaaaaaa!"

7 サンイーター！ファットはあーー!⁉︎ SAN IITAA! FATTO waa--!!? "Suneater! Where's Fat--!!?"

8 お！ o! "Oh!"

9 きたな小学生きたなしょうがくせい kita na shougakusei "Here come the elementary schoolers!"

10 ルミリオンあれヤッテエエエ!!! RUMIRION are YATTEEEE!!! "Lemillion, do THAT [THING]!!!"

11 桃早くももはやく momo hayaku "Hurry, the peaches!"

large text 奴穫しなきゃあアアアどれいしなきゃあアアア dorei shinakyaaAAA "You gotta harvest theeeem!"

12 へんなのっ hen na no "So weird."

13 "個性"で穫ってみな!!! "こせい"でとってみな!!! "kosei" de totte (kanji: katte) mina!!! "Pick them with your quirks, everyone!!!"

sound effect 2 わああ waaa "Waaah!"

sound effect きゃああきゃああ kyaaa kyaaa (Note: This sound effect denotes happy screams of excitement.)

1 穫れないだろう⁉︎ とれないだろう⁉︎ torenai darou!? "You can't pick them, huh!?"

2 全部　俺のだ‼︎出荷後にスーパーで買え‼︎ ぜんぶ　おれのだ‼︎しゅつかごにスーパーでかえ‼︎ zenbu ore no da!! shutsuka go ni SUUPAA de kae! "They're all mine!! Buy them at the supermarket after I ship them!!"

3 あっ a "Ah-!"

4 ふふ… ふふ… fufu... "Hoho..."

5 収穫されたのは去��の"空巣大将軍"以来だぜ… しゅうかくされたのはきょねんの"あきすたいしょうぐん"いらいだぜ… shuukaku sareta no wa kyonen no "akisu taishougun" irai da ze... "It's the first time it's been harvested since last year's Thief-in-Chief*..." (*Note: Literally, Mirio calls this person "Thief Commander-in-Chief".)

6 な…あの大島が…！な…あのおおしまが…！ na...ano Ooshima ga...! "What...it was Ooshima...!"

small text KAIJO "Release."

7 ん〜〜〜 n~~~ "Hm~~~"

8 わたしたちがつくりました watashi-tachi ga tsukurimashita "We both made [some peaches]."

1 すげぇ！大島が生産者だぁ！すげぇ！おおしまがせいさんしゃだぁ！ sugee! Ooshima ga seisansha daa! "Amazing! Ooshima is a peach farmer!"

2 いいなァ大島すげ〜‼︎ いいなァおおしますげ〜‼︎ ii naA Ooshima suge~!! "That's great, Ooshima is amazing~!!"

3-4 義務とか…責任とかないわけじゃないですけどぎむとか…せきにんとかないわけじゃないですけど gimu toka...sekinin toka nai wake ja nai desu kedo "It's not like I don't have [a bunch of] duties...or responsibilties,"

5 後からついてきたものですあとからついてきたものです ato kara tsuitekita mono desu "but those just come after." (Note: I think she's saying duty and responsibility are secondary to what she actually gets out of this program, which she goes into next.)

6 喜ぶ顔を見るのが好きなんですよろこぶかおをみるのがすきなんです yorokobu kao wo miru no ga suki nandesu "I like to see happy faces."

7 私がやりたい事してますわたしがやりたいことしてます watashi ga yaritai koto shitemasu "I'm doing what I want to do."

8 ねぇ天喰と同じだねぇねぇあまじきとおなじだねぇ nee Amajiki to onaji da nee "Hey, that's the same as Amajiki,"

9 短絡的だったたんらくてきだった tanrakuteki datta "I was short-sighted."

10 入る穴がないなら掘ればいい…‼︎ はいるあながないならほればいい…‼︎ hairu ana ga nai nara horeba ii...!! "If there's no hole for me to go in, I can just dig one...!!"

small text へんなとこがポジティブに hen na toko ga POJITIBU ni "To be positive in such a strange place..." (Note: Amajiki is lamenting the positivity vibes they're throwing at him.)

11 梅雨ちゃんもほぼずっとチームアップしてくれてるしつゆちゃんもほぼずっとチームアップしてくれてるし Tsuyu-chan mo hobo zutto CHIIMU APPU shite kureteru shi "Tsuyu-chan is almost always teaming up with me, too,"

12 友だちとも会えてるしともだちともあえてるし tomodachi to mo aeteru shi "and I can meet up with my friends,"

13 梅雨入りヒーローフロッピー　チャートNo.34（→）つゆいりヒーローフロッピー　チャートNo.34（→） tsuyuiri HIIROO FUROPPII CHAATO No. 34 (→) Rainy Season Hero Froppy Chart No. 34 (->)

14 全部　自分の為の時間ですよ！ぜんぶ　じぶんのためのじかんですよ！ zenbu jibun no tame no jikan desu yo! "so all my time is for myself!"

1 またヒミコちゃんの夢見るようになったの？またヒミコちゃんのゆめみるようになったの？ mata HIMIKO-chan no yumemiru you ni natta no? "You've started dreaming about Himiko-chan again?"

2 うん一か月くらい前かなあうんいっかげつくらいまえかなあ un ikkagetsu kurai mae ka naa "Yeah, since about a month ago."

3 内容は忘れちゃうんやけどないようはわすれちゃうんやけど taiyou wa wasurechaunya kedo "I'll forget the details though."

4 無意識で自分追い込んでんのかなってむいしきでじぶんおいこんでんのかなって muishiki de jibun oikonden no ka natte "I wonder if I'm unconsciously pushing myself."

5 お医者さんにも行ったけどーーーおいしゃさんにもいったけどーーー oishasan ni mo itta kedo--- "I also went to the doctor, but---"

6 特に異常はないですねとくにいじょうはないですね toku ni ijou wa nai desu ne "There isn't anything particularly abnormal."

7 体が疲れてるんじゃないですかねからだがつかれてるんじゃないですかね karada ga tsukareterunja nai desu ka ne "Isn't it because your body is tired?"

8 セカンドオピニオンは⁉︎ダメよナァナァは！あなたすぐ溜め込むんだから！セカンドオピニオンは⁉︎ダメよナァナァは！あなたすぐためこむんだから！ SEKANDO OPINION wa!? DAME yo NAA NAA wa! anata sugu tamekomunda kara! "[What about] a second opinion!? Don't compromise in the wrong places! Things build up quickly with you!"

9 溜めとらんつもりやけどなあためとらんつもりやけどなあ tametoran tsumori ya kedo naa "I'm not planning on [letting] things build up, though!"

small text 紹介してくれたんつゆちゃんやんしょうかいしてくれたんつゆちゃんやん shoukai shite kuretan Tsuyu-chan yan "You're the one who introduced me [to the doctor], Tsuyu-chan."

10 何か伝えようとしてるのかもなにかつたえようとしてるのかも nanika tsutaeyou to shiteru no kamo "Maybe she's trying to tell me something."

1 あの日ヒミコちゃんの血で命を繋がれてあのひヒミコちゃんのちでいのちをつながれて ano hi HIMIKO-chan no chi de inochi wo tsunagarete "That day, Himiko-chan's blood connected our lives,"

2 彼女は亡くなってかのじょはなくなって kanojo wa nakunatte "but then she died,"

3 血も消滅した筈だけどーーーちもしょうめつしたはずだけどーーー chi mo shoumetsu shita hazu da kedo--- "and her blood should have also disappeared---"

4 ひょっとしたら hyotto shitara "but perhaps"

5 混ざってまざって mazatte "[our blood] mixed,"

6 まだ中にいるのかなってまだなかにいるのかなって mada naka ni iru no ka na tte "and she's still inside me, I wonder."

7-8 ワン・フォー・オールみたいに… WAN FOO OORU mitai ni... "Like One For All..."

9 じゃあ jaa "Then,"

10-11 夢の内容思い出さなきゃねゆめのないようおもいださなきゃね yume no naiyou omoidasanakya ne "you need to remember the contents of your dreams."

1 ったく何で俺がデクのアッシーやんなきゃいけねンだよったくなんでおれがデクのアッシーやんなきゃいけねンだよ ttaku nande ore ga DEKU no ASSHII yannakya ikeneNda yo "Jeez, why the hell do I have to be Deku's driver*?" (*Note: The term Katsuki uses here refers to a man used by a woman for free car rides.)

2 いや〜〜〜ありがとねえ iya~~~arigato nee "Uh, well~~~thanks."

3 おめーが行くっつったンじゃんおめーがいくっつったンじゃん omee ga ikuttsuttaNjan "Didn't you say you would go though?"

4 納車したてで自慢してーんだのうしゃしたてでじまんしてーんだ nousha shitate de jiman shiteenda "You were so proud when [the car] was delivered."

5 シート沈むんだけどシートしずむんだけど SHIITO shizumunda kedo "The seat sinks, but"

6 すごくない？何��れすごくない？なにこれ sugokunai? nani kore "isn't it amazing? What on earth?"

7 「乗せてくンなきゃ硬化してボンネット触る」っててめ〜が脅したンだろが‼︎ 「のせてくンなきゃこうかしてボンネットさわる」っててめ〜がおどしたンだろが‼︎ 「nosetekuNnakya kouka shite BONNETTO sawaru」 tte temee ga odoshitaNdarou ga!! "You're the one that threatened, 'If you don't let me ride, I'll harden and touch the hood!!'"

8 いーや脅しに屈するダイナマイトじゃねーもんいーやおどしにくっするダイナマイトじゃねーもん iiya odoshi ni kussuru DAINAMAITO ja nee mon "Nah, Dynamite isn't one to succumb to threats."

small text 一言一句おぼえてんのかよいちごんいっくおぼえてんのかよ ichigon ikku oboeten no ka yo "Do you remember [what I said] word-for-word?"

9 つかてめェ迎えとかいらねーだろ‼︎断れよ！つかてめェむかえとかいらねーだろ‼︎ことわれよ！ tsuka temeE mukae to kairanee daro!! kotoware yo! "You bastard, you don't need me to pick you up!! Refuse [the offer]!"

10 うん un "Yeah,"

11 でも生徒の"個性"伸ばし方針まとめられたから助かったよでもせいとの"こせい"のばしほうしんまとめられたからたすかったよ demo seito no "kosei" nobashi houshin matomerareta kara tasukatta yo "but it really helped me, because I was able to put together the plan for developing students' quirks."

1 緑谷さぁ！学生で俺と合いそうな奴いねえ？みどりやさぁ！がくせいでおれとあいそうなやついねえ？ Midoriya saa! gakusei de ore to aisou na yatsu inee? "So Midoriya! Are there any students who seem like a good match for me?"

2 カロリーメイトこぼしたらほうり出すぞカロリーメイトこぼしたらほうりだすぞ KARORII MEITO kobashitara houri dasu zo "If you spill that Calorie Mate, I'll throw it out."

3 切島くんサイドキック考えてるんだ？きりしまくんサイドキックかんがえてるんだ？ Kirishima-kun SAIDOKIKKU kangaeterunda? "Kirishima-kun, are you thinking about a sidekick?"

4 まァな！ maA na! "More or less!"

5 剛健ヒーローごうけんヒーロー gouken HIIROO Sturdy Hero:

6 烈怒頼雄斗　チャートNo.12（↗）レッドライオット　チャートNo.12（↗） REDDO RAIOTTO CHAATO No.12 (↗) Red Riot Chart No. 12 (↗)

7 今は独立したばっかでいまはどくりつしたばっかで ima wa dokuritsu shita bakka de "I've just become independent now,"

8 ファットと天喰先輩が助けてくれてっけどさファットとあまじきせんぱいがたすけてくれてっけどさ FATTO to Amajiki-senpai ga tasukete kurete kkedo sa "though Fat and Amajiki-senpai are helping me."

9 「他人の人生に責任負わな見えん景色があんねんで！」ってさ「たにんのじんせいにせきにんおわなみえんけしきがあんねんで！」ってさ「tanin no jinsei ni sekinin owana mien keshiki ga an nen de!」 tte sa "[Fat] said, 'There are views you can't see until you're responsibile for another's life!'" (Note: The phrase literally reads, "There is scenery you cannot see when you are not responsible for other people's lives!)

small text 1 こいつは koitsu wa "This guy"

small text 2 それにビビっとんねん sore ni BIBItton nen "is scared of that."

small text 3 俺がファットを手伝いたいんだおれがファットをてつだいたいんだ ore ga FATTO wo tetsudaitainda "I [just] want to help you out, Fat."

10 BMIヒーローファットガム　チャートNo.11（→） BMI HIIROO FATTO GAMU CHAATO No.11 (->) BMI Hero: Fat Gum Chart No. 11 (->)

sound effect ほおお hooo (This is a sound a person makes when they're impressed, for instance.)

11 確かに飯田もヤオモモも仕事の質が違ェんだよな！たしかにいいだもヤオモモもしごとのしつがちげェんだよな！ tashika ni Iida mo YAOMOMO mo shigoto no shitsu ga chigeEnda yo na! "It's true, Iida and Yaomomo's quality of work is different!*" (*Note: He means Iida and Yaomomo have sidekicks and their quality of work has risen likely because of it.)

12 向こうのが独立早ェのもあるけど… むこうのがどくりつはえェのもあるけど… mukou no ga dokuritsu haeE no mo aru kedo... "The others went independent earlier [than me] too..."

13 やっぱカッケェよなあ yappa KAKKEE yo naa "they're all really cool."

14 かっちゃんはサイドキック志望殺到したけど全員泣いて辞退したんだっけかっちゃんはサイドキックしぼう��っとうしたけどぜんいんないてじたいしたんだっけ Kacchan wa SAIDOKIKKU shibou sattou shita kedo zen'in naite jitai shitandakke "Kacchan was flooded with requests to be a sidekick, but all of them cried and declined."

15 触れんなふれんな furenna "Don't bring that up."

16 爆烈ヒーロー大・爆・殺・神ダイナマイト　チャート初登場No.4その後みるみる下がり現在チャートNo.15 ばくれつヒーローだい・ばく・さっ・しんダイナマイト　チャートはつとうじょうNo.4そのごみるみるさがりげんざいチャートNo.15 bakuretsu HIIROO daibakusasshin DAINAMAITO CHAATO hatsutoujou No.4 sono go mirumiru sagari genzai CHAATO No.15 Explosive Hero: Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight first appeared on the chart at No. 4 and since then has gradually declined to his current No. 15

17 AFO戦の印象がずっとあるもんだからオール・フォー・ワンせんのいんしょうがずっとあるもんだから OORU FOO WAN-sen no inshou ka zutto aru mon da kara "They always had an impression of him from the AFO battle,"

18 幻想抱いて応募してきたんだよなげんそういだいておうぼしてきたんだよな gensou idaite oubo shite kitanda yo na "so they applied with a fantasy in mind."

19 面接だけで幻想を打ち砕く口の悪さねめんせつだけでげんそうをうちくだくくちのわるさね mensetsu dake de gensou wo uchikudaku kuchi no warusa ne "He has a bad mouth that shatters illusions in just the interview."

20 マジで降ろすぞマジでおろすぞ MAJI de orosu zo "Seriously, I'm gonna throw you out."

1 誰か一言でも「ダイナマイトを超えたい」って言やぁそいつを採ってたよだれかひとことでも「ダイナマイトをこえたい」っていやぁそいつをとってたよ dareka hitokoto demo 「DAINAMAITO wo koetai」 tte iyaa soitsu wo totteta yo "If someone said 'I want to surpass Dynamight,' I would have taken 'em."

2 おまえ教師辞めねェの？おまえしごとやめねェの？ omae shigoto (kanji: kyoushi) yameneE no? "You're not going to be quitting your teaching job?"

3 うん un "Yeah."

1 アーマーでのデータ収集はアーマーでのデータしゅうしゅうは AAMAA de no DEETA shuushuu wa "Data collection with the armor"

2 基本授業のない日にやってるしきほんじゅぎょうのないひにやってるし kihon jubyou no nai hi ni yatteru shi "is done on days when there are no basic classes,"

3 相澤先生たちと同じ感じだよあいざわせんせいたちとおなじかんじだよ Aizawa-sensei-tachi to onaji kanji da yo "and I feel the same as Aizawa-sensei and the others."

4 小学校や施設の訪問とか講演とかしょうがっこうやしせつのほうもんとかこうえんとか shougakkou ya shisetsu no houmon toka kouen toka "With visits to elementary schools and facilities, lectures, and such,"

5 少年少女に自分の経験を直接伝える機会も毎日のようにあるしょうねんしょうじょにじぶんのけいけんをちょくせつつたえるきかいもまいにちのようにある shounen shoujo ni jibun no keiken wo chokusetsu tsutaeru kikai mo mainichi no you ni aru "we have the opportunity every day to directly share our experiences with young boys and girls."

6 アーマーはすごく嬉しいけれどアーマーはすごくうれしいけれど AAMAA wa sugoku ureshii keredo "The armor made me very happy, but"

7 前と気持ちは変わらないよまえときもちはかわらないよ mae to kimochi wa kawaranai yo "my feelings haven't changed from what they were before."

8 OFAが残ってたとしてもワン・フォー・オールがのこってたとしても WAN FOO OORU ga nokotteta to shitemo "Even if One For All remained,"

9 僕は「先生��ていいな」って考えたと思うぼくは「せんせいっていいな」ってかんがえたとおもう boku wa 「sensei tte ii na」 tte kangaeta to omou "I think I would have [still] thought, 'It'd be nice to be a teacher.'"

1 先生もやれてせんせいもやれて sensei mo yarete "To be able to work as a teacher"

2 昔みたいに皆と活動もさせてもらえてむかしみたいにみんなとかつどうもさせてもらえて kumashi mitai ni minna to katsudou mo sasete moraete "and do activities with everyone like before"

3 すごく嬉しいありがとうかっちゃん切島くんすごくうれしいありがとうかっちゃんきりしまくん sugoku ureshii arigatou Kacchan Kirishima-kun "makes me so very happy, so thank you Kacchan, Kirishima-kun."

4 ふーーーーーん fuuuuuun "Hmmmmm."

5 フラれちまったなあバクゴー‼︎ FURArechimatta naa BAKUGOO!! "You got rejected, eh, Bakugou!!" (Note: The word here means, "to be rejected, to be jilted, to be given the cold shoulder, to be dumped.)

6 え？ e? "Eh?"

7 緑谷おめー今誘われてたんだよ事務所にみどりやおめーいまさそわれてたんだよじむしょに Midoriya omee ima sawaretetanda yo jimusho ni "Midoriya, you were just now invited to his agency."

8 え⁉︎ああ‼︎ごめん入らないえ⁉︎ああ‼︎ごめんはいらない e!? aa!! gomen hairanai "Eh!? Ah!! Sorry, I won't join."

9 っせえもうわっとるわ ssee mou wattoru wa "Yeah, I already got that."

10 緑谷ってその辺ニブいよなみどりやってそのへんニブいよな Midoriya tte sono hen NIBUi yo na "Midoriya is so thickheaded like that."

11 おまえさぁ omae saa "Listen, you."

12 ったく俺が言える事かわっかんねぇけどよぉったくおれがいえることかわっかんねぇけどよぉ ttaku ore ga ieru koto ka wakkannee kedo yoo "Jeez, but I'm not sure if this is something I can say." (Note: Katsuki is emphasizing that he may not be the best person to say what he's about to say.)

1-2 いいかげんもうちょい自分を高く見積んねーといいかげんもうちょいてめーをたかくみつもんねーと ii kagen mou choi temee (read as: jibun) wo takaku mitsumonnee to "If you don't finally start thinking a little more highly of yourself,"

3 気付けるもんも気付けねーぞきづけるもんもきづけねーぞ kidzukeru mon mo kidzukenee zo "you won't be able to notice the things you [otherwise] could have." (Note: This one's hard to translate literally. The most literal would be something like "you won't notice/realize the things you would notice/realize.")

4 ……？ "......?"

5 ど do "Lo-"

6 どの口がどのくちが dono kuchi ga "Look who's talking." (Note: This phrase means things like "I don't want to hear that from you/Are you in any position to say that?")

7 "皆　特別"は "みんな　とくべつ"は "minna tokubetsu" wa "'Everyone is special'"

8 誰も特別じゃねえンだってよだれもとくべつじゃねえンだってよ daremo tokubetsu ja neeNda tte yo "means no one is special." (Note: This word, "special," when used to describe people, can mean either or both unique/extraordinary and special/important "to you.")

9 なんだァ…？ nandaA...? What in the world...?

10 何で後部座席これにしたんなんでこうぶざせきこれにしたん nande koubu zaseki kore ni shitan "Why did you choose this for the back seat?"

11 え〜〜〜では‼︎ eeeee de wa!! "All right then!!"

1 元A組の轟焦凍がチャートNo.2にランクアップした事を祝しまして‼︎ ぼくらのとどろきしょうとがチャートNo.2にランクアップしたことをしゅくしまして‼︎ bokura (read as: moto EE-gumi) no Todoroki Shouto ga CHAATO No.2 ni RANKU APPU shita koto wo shuku shimashite!! "Congratulations to our former Class A member Shouto Todoroki for moving up to No. 2 on the chart!!"

2 悪ィなわりィな wariI na "Sorry,"

3 皆　都合つけてもらってみんな　つごうつけてもらって minna tsugou tsukete moratte "everyone, to have you all find the time for this."

4 エアコンヒーローショート　チャートNo.2（↗） EAKON HIIROO SHOOTO CHAATO No. 2 (↗) Air Conditioner Hero: Shouto Chart No. 2 (↗)

5 いーのいーの！口実口実！いーのいーの！こうじつこうじつ！ ii no ii no! koujitsu koujitsu! "It's fine, it's fine! [That's just] the pretext!"

6 スタンガンヒーローチャージズマ　チャートNo.44（初）スタンガンヒーローチャージズマ　チャートNo.44（はつ） SUTANGAN HIIROO CHAAJIZUMA CHAATO No. 44 (hatsu) Stun Gun Hero: Chargebolt No. 44 (first ranking)

1 そう sou "Oh,"

2 だったのか… datta no ka... "is that so..."

3 言葉のアヤだぜ祝う気前提だよことばのアヤだぜいわうきぜんていだよ kotoba no AYA da ze iwau kizentei da yo "Just a figure of speech, it's a given we want to celebrate!"

4 44位が2位に何してんだよー 44いが2いになにしてんだよー 44i ga 2i ni nani shitenda yoo "What is number 44 doing to number 2?"

5 やめよそういうの！ yameyo sou iu no! "Quit it!"

6 テーピンヒーローセロファン　チャートNo.36（↘） TEEPIN HIIROO SEROFAN CHAATO No. 35 (↘) Taping Hero: Cellophane Chart No. 35 (↘)

7 そうだよ瀬呂くん上がる事は勿論立派だかそうだよせろくんあがることはもちろんりっぱだか sou da yo Sero-kun agaru koto wa mochiron rippa da ka "That's right, Sero-kun. Rising [in the rankings] is of course praiseworthy."

8 チャートも拡張と細分化が進み以前程絶対ではないんだチャートもかくちょうとさいぶんかがすすみいぜんほどぜったいではないんだ CHAATO mo kakuchou to saibunka ga susumi izen hodo zettai de wa nainda "The charts have expanded and become more segmented, and they're not absolute like they used to be."

9 ターボヒーロインゲニウム　チャートNo.13（↗） TAABO HIIROO INGENIUMU CHAATO No. 13 (↗) Turbo Hero: Ingenium Chart No. 13 (↗)

10 触手ヒーローテンタコル　チャートNo.9（→）しょくしゅヒーローテンタコル　チャートNo.9（→） shokushu HIIROO TENTAKORU CHAATO No. 9 (→) Tentacle Hero: Tentacole Chart No. 9 (→)

11 万物ヒーロークリエティ　チャートNo.19（↘）ばんぶつヒーロークリエティ　チャートNo.19（↘） banbutsu HIIROO KURIETI CHAATO No. 19 (↘) Everything Hero: Creati Chart No. 19 (↘)

12 立派だ… りっぱだ… rippa da... "Praiseworthy..." (Note: Kaminari and Sero are lampshading how the people talking--Iida, Momo, and Shoji--are ranked higher than Kaminari and Sero and are thus more "praiseworthy".)

13 言葉は刃物だぞことばははものだぞ kotoba wa hamono da zo "Your words are knives."

14 モギタテヒーローグレープジュース MOGITATE HIIROO GUREEPU JUUSU Fresh-Picked Hero: Grape Juice

15 扱いに気をつけろあつかいにきをつけろ atsukai ni ki wo tsukero "Be mindful of how you handle them."

16 チャートNo.108（初）チャートNo.108（はつ） CHAATO No. 108 (hatsu) Chart No. 108 (first ranking)

17 108って充分上だよ 108ってじゅうぶんうえだよ 108 tte juubun ue da yo "108 is more than enough."

18 ヒアヒーローイヤホン＝ジャック　チャートNo.30（↘） HIA HIIROO IYAHON=JAKKU CHAATO No. 30 (↘) Hearing Hero: Earphone Jack Chart No. 30 (↘)

small text まあまあ maa maa "Now, now."

19 リドリーヒーローピンキー　チャートNo.28（↗） RIDORII HIIRO PINKII CHAATO No. 28 (↗) Ridley Hero: Pinky Chart No. 28 (↗)

20 独立組は大変だねどくりつぐみはたいへんだね dokuritsu-gumi wa taihen da ne "The group who went solo are amazing."

21 ふれあいヒーローアニマ　テンタコル事務所所属サイドキックふれあいヒーローアニマ　テンタコルじむしょしょぞくサイドキック fureai HIIROO ANIMA TENTAKORU jimusho shozoku SAIDOKIKKU Petting Hero: Anima Tentacole agency-affiliated sidekick

22 ヒプノシスヒーローナイトハイド　チャート圏外ヒプノシスヒーローナイトハイド　チャートけんがい HIPUNOSHISU HIIRO NAITOHAIDO CHAATO kengai Hypnosis Hero: Nighthide Chart - not contending

23 積極的に露出する感覚わかんないせっきょくてきにろしゅつするかんかくわかんない sekkyokuteki ni roshutsu suru kankaku wakannai "I don't understand the desire to actively seek exposure."

24 ね‼︎ ne!! "Right?!"

25 ステルスヒーローインビジブルガール　チャートNo.39（↑） SUTERUSU HIIROO INBIJIBURU GAARU CHAATO No. 39 (↑) Stealth Hero: Invisible Girl Chart No. 39 (↑)

1 しかしよく都合ついたなあしかしよくつごうついたなあ shikashi yoku tsugou tsuita naa "But it was really convenient"

2 こうも短い間にまた集まれるとはこうもみじかいあいだにまたあつまれるとは kou mo mijikai aida ni mata atsumareru to wa "[for us] to be able to gather again in such a short time."

3 甘味ヒーローシュガーマン　（ウォッシュ事務所サイドキック）かんみヒーローシュガーマン　（ウォッシュじむしょサイドキック） kanmi HIIROO SHUGAAMAN (UOSSHU jimusho SAIDOKIKKU) Sweets Hero: Sugarman (Wash agency sidekick)

4 敵犯罪も年々減ってるしねヴィランはんざいもねんねんへってるしね VIRAN hanzai mo nennen hetteru shi ne "That's because villain crime is also decreasing year-by-year."

5 武闘ヒーローテイルマン　チャートNo.32（↘）ぶとうヒーローテイルマン　チャートNo.32（↘） butou HIIROO TEIRUMAN CHAATO No. 32 (↘) Martial Arts Hero: Tailman Chart No. 32 (↘)

6 なくなりはしないが nakunari wa shinai ga "It won't disappear, but"

7 減らす事はできるーー… へらすことはできるーー… herasu koto wa dekiru--... "it can be reduced--..."

8 漆黒ヒーローツクヨミ　チャートNo.17（↗）さっこくヒーローツクヨミ　チャートNo.17（↗） sakkoku HIIROO TSUKUYOMI CHAATO No. 17 (↗) Jet Black Hero: Tsukuyomi Chart No. 17 (↗)

9 ウィ☆ UI☆ "Oui ☆"

10 キラメキヒーロー CAN'T STOP TWINKLING　（インビジブルガール事務所サイドキック）キラメキヒーローキャンとストップトゥインキリング　（インビジブルガールじむしょサイドキック） KIRAMEKI HIIROOO KYANTO SUTOPPU TUINKIRINGU (INBIJIBURU GAARU jimusho SAIDOKIKKU) Shining Hero: Can't Stop Twinkling (Invisible Girl agency sidekick)

11 ラビットヒーローミルコ　チャートNo.6（↘） RABITTO HIIROO MIRUKO CHAATO No. 6 (↘) Rabbit Hero: Mirko Chart No. 6 (↘)

12 ファイバーヒーローベストジーニスト　チャートNo.5（↘） FAIBAA HIIROO BESUTO JIINISUTO CHAATO No. 5 (↘) Fiber Hero: Best Jeanist Chart No. 5 (↘)

13 アクアヒーローギャングオルカ　チャートNo.21（↗） AKUA HIIROO GYANGU ORUKA CHAATO No. 21 (↗) Aqua Hero: Gang Orca Chart No. 21 (↗)

14 あの日以降も戦い続けたヒーローがその存在を以て示したあのひいこうもたたかいつづけたヒーローがそのそんざいをもってしめした ano hi ikou mo tatakai tsudzuketa HIIROO ga sono sonzai wo motte shimeshita "The existance of the heroes who kept fighting even after that day demonstrates that."

15 樹木ヒーローシンリンカムイ　チャートNo.4（↘）じゅもくヒーローシンリンカムイ　チャートNo.4（↘） jumoku HIIROO SHINRIN KAMUI CHAATO No. 4 (↘) Wood Hero: Kamui Woods Chart No. 4 (↘)

1 山岳ヒーローMt.レディ　チャートNo.3（↘）さんがくヒーローマウントレディ　チャートNo.3（↘） sangaku HIIROO MAUNTO REDI CHAATO No. 3 (↘) Mountain Hero: Mount Lady Chart No. 3 (↘)

2 洗濯ヒーローウォッシュ　チャートNo.8（→）せんたくヒーローウォッシュ　チャートNo.8（→） sentaku HIIROO UOSSHU CHAATO No. 8 (→) Laundry Hero: Wash Chart No. 8 (→)

3 そして次は俺たちーーそしてまた次へ… そしてつぎはおれたちーーそしてまたつぎへ… soshite tsugi wa ore-tachi--soshite mata tsugi e... "And then, we're next--and again after that..."

4 デステゴロ（No.42） DESU TEGORO (No. 42) Death Arms (No. 42)

5 プレゼント・マイク（No.45） PUREZENTO MAIKU (No. 45) Present Mic (No. 45)

6 リューキュウ（No.40） RYUUKYUU (No. 40) Ryukyu (No. 40)

7 グランド（No.20） GURANDO (No. 20) Grand (No. 20)

8 マッドマン（No.14） MADDOMAN (No. 14) Mudman (No. 14)

9 ファントムシーフ（No.10） FANTOMU SHIIFU (No. 10) Phantom Thief (No. 10)

10 バトルフィスト（No.23） BATORU FISUTO (No. 23) Battle Fist (No. 23)

11 リアルスティール（No.26） RIARU SUTIIRU (No. 26) Real Steel (No. 26)

12 リザーディ（No.22) RIZAADI (No. 22) Lizardy (No. 22)

13 コミックマン（No.33) KOMIKKUMAN (No. 33) Comicman (No. 33)

14 その果てに示されるのはーー… そのはてにしめされるのはーー… sono hate ni shimesareru no wa--... "what will be demonstrated at the end--..."

15 レップウ（No.16） REPPUU (No. 16) Gale Force (No. 16)

16 ケミィ（シシクロス事務所サイドキック）ケミィ（シシクロスじむしょサイドキック） KEMII (SHISHIKUROSU jimusho SAIDOKIKKU) Camie (Shishikross agency sidekick)

17 シシクロス（No.41） SHISHIKUROSU (No. 41) Shishikross (No. 41)

1 自らの不要証明みずからのふようしょうめい mizukara no fuyou shoumei "is the proof that we are unnecessary."

small text 1 どうせわさびいれたでしょ douse wasabi ireta desho "Anyway, I bet you put wasabi in that."

small text 2 いれてない iretenai "There isn't any."

2 俺たちはおれたちは ore-tachi wa "We"

3 消え征く為に存在を証明するのだきえゆくためにそんざいをしょうめいするのだ kieyuku tame ni sonzai wo shoumei suru no da "prove we exist so that we may disappear."

4 あの広告会社…何が「もっと��ァビュラスに」だ… あのこうこくがいしゃ…なにが「もっとファビュラスに」だ… ano koukoku gaisha...nani ga 「motto FABYURASU ni」 da... "That advertising company...what's the point in 'making me more fabulous'...

5 俺は闇ぞおれはやみぞ ore wa yami zo "I am the darkness."

6 それノンアルだよな？ sore NON'ARU da yo na? "That's non-alcoholic, right?"

7 まァ真理だよなまァしんりだよな maA shinri da yo na "Well, it's the truth."

8 そうだね sou da ne "That's right."

9 最近よく言われるんだけどさ…… さいきんよくいわれるんだけどさ…… saikin yoku iwarerunda kedo sa...... "I've been hearing this a lot lately but......"

10 自慢話か⁉︎ じまんばなしか⁉︎ jimanbanashi ka!? "You gonna brag!?"

11 どうだろう…そうなるのかな dou darou...sou naru no ka na "I wonder...it could be become that."

12 "厳しい運命に抗った" "きびしいうんめいにあらがった" "kibishii unmei ni aragatta" "They say, 'You resisted a harsh fate.'"

13 "使命を果たしている" "しめいをはたしている" "shimei wo hatashite iru" "'You're fulfilling your calling.'"

14 迷ってフラついて…その果てに選んだ道の筈なんだけどまよってフラついて…そのはてにえらんだみちのはずなんだけど mayotte FURA tsuite...sono hate ni eranda michi no hazu nanda kedo "I was lost and wandered...but in the end I'm sure I'm on the path I chose."

15 なんていうか…こうーー… nante iu ka...kou--... "How do I say...something like this--..."

1 運命だとか使命だとかうんめいだとかしめいだとか unmei da toka shimei da toka "Whether it's something like fate or a calling,"

2 得体の知れねえ大きな枠組があったとしてえたいのしれねえおおきなストーリーがあったとして etai no shirenee ooki na SUTOORII (kanji: wakugumi) ga atta to shite "even if there's some big story I don't know about,"

3 抗うのも果たすのもそうしたいって思ったこともあらがうのもはたすのもそうしたいっておもったことも aragau no mo hatasu no mo sou shitai tte omotta koto mo "everything I fought and fulfilled and wanted to do,"

4 全部必然だった気がしてさ…… ぜんぶひつぜんだったきがしてさ…… zenbu hitsuzen datta ki ga shite sa...... "I feel like all of it was inevitable......"

5 だから今度石川のお椀と箸づくり体験教室に行くことにしただからこんどいしかわのおわんとはしづくりたいけんきょうしつにいくことにした dakara kondo ishikawa no owan to hashi dzukuri taiken kyoushitsu ni iku koto ni shita "That's why I decided to go to a bowl and chopsticks-making trial class in Ishikawa."

6 何でなんで nande "Why?

7 自作の食器でそば食べたらもっと旨ェんじゃねェかとじさくのしょっきでそばたべたらもっとうめェんじゃねェかと jisaku no shokki de soba tabetara motto umeEnja neE ka to "I think soba would taste even better if I ate it with tableware I make myself."

8 石川ってこたァ輪島塗かいしかわってこたァわじまぬりか ishikawa tte kotaA wajimanuri ka "You say Ishikawa, is it Wajima lacquerware?"

9 山中塗と両方やまなかぬりとりょうほう yamanakanuri to ryouhou "That and Yamanaka-style."

10 プライベートなんだ PURAIBEETO nanda "[The class] is private."

11 燈矢の仏壇に手を合わせてる時にとうやのぶつだんにてをあわせてるときに Touya no butsudan ni te wo awaseteru toki ni "When I was praying at Touya's butsudan*," (*Note: A butsudan is a Buddhist home altar for deceased family.)

12 ふと気付いたんだよふときづいたんだよ futo kidzuitanda yo "I suddenly realized [something]."

1 俺飯食うの好きだったなっておれめしくうのすきだったなって ore meshi kuu no suki datta na tte "I liked eating food."

2 "なりたい自分"以外にも俺ってもんはあるんだって気付いた "なりたいじぶん"いがいにもおれってもんはあるんだってきづいた "naritai jibun" igai ni mo ore tte mon wa arunda tte kidzuita "I realized there's more to me than just the person I want to become."

3 余裕かよよゆうかよ yoyuu ka yo "You've got the time for it?"

4 心に暇ができたのかもなこころにひまができたのかもな kokoro ni hima ga dekita no kamo na "I was able to make free time in my heart, maybe."

5 寄生獣読んだろきせいじゅうよんだろ kisei juuyon daro "You read Parasyte, didn't you?"

6 え〜〜〜〜!⁉︎本当ぉ⁉︎ え〜〜〜〜!⁉︎ほんとうぉ⁉︎ e~~~~!!? hontouo!? "Ehhhhhh!!? Really!?"

7 黒色くんと希乃子ちゃんくろいろくんときのこちゃん Kuroiro-kun to Kinoko-chan "Kuroiro-kun and Kinoko-chan"

8 付き合ってンの〜〜〜〜⁉︎ つきあってンの〜〜〜〜⁉︎ tsukiatteN no~~~~!? "are dating~~~~!?"

9 マジっす！ MAJIssu! "Seriously!"

10 前チームアップした時はそんな感じしなかったのに！まえチームアップしたときはそんなかんじしなかったのに！ mae CHIIMU APPU shita toki wa sonna kanji shinakatta noni! "But it didn't feel that way when I last teamed up with them!"

1 その辺ーー君らはどうなの？そのへんーーきみらはどうなの？ sono hen--kimira wa dou na no? "On that note--what about you guys?"

2 上鳴の事務所耳郎の隣のビル借りたんだろ？かみなりのじむしょじろうのとなりのビルかりたんだろ？ Kaminari no jimusho Jirou no tonari no BIRU karitandaro? "Kaminari's agency rented the building nextdoor to Jirou's, right?"

3 そういうンじゃないよ sou iuNja nai yo "It's not like that!"

4 聞いて俺マジで独立不安でさきいておれマジでどくりつふあんでさ kiite ore MAJI de dokuritsu fuan de sa "Listen, I was seriously worried about going independent,"

5 したら丁度空いてんだよ真隣‼︎ したらちょうどあいてんだよまどなり‼︎ shitara choudo aitenda yo madonari!! "then, right next door [to her] was just empty!"

6 即決に決まってんじゃんねそっけつにきまってんじゃんね sokketsu ni kimattenjan ne "It was an immediate decision."

7 くっそ情けなくない ⁉︎ くっそなさけなくない ⁉︎ kusso nasakenakunai!? "Isn't that damn pathetic!?"

8 高一ん時の席っぽくて安心するじゃんこういちんときのせきっぽくてあんしんするじゃん kouichin toki no sekippokute anshin suru jan "It's like our seats from the first year of high school, so it gives me peace of mind."

9 気がゆるむきがゆるむ ki ga yurumu "A blissfully empty mind!"

small text 平和ボケだへいわボケだ heiwa BOKE da "You're complacent in peaceful times." (Note: This phrase here refers to someone who has a naive belief in continued peace, such as one who takes peace for granted.)

10 必然…か… ひつぜん…か… hitsuzen...ka... Inevitable...huh...

11 先生もやれてせんせいもやれて sensei mo yarete To be able to work as a teacher

12 昔みたいに皆と活動もさせてもらえてむかしみたいにみんなとかつどうもさせてもらえて kumashi mitai ni minna to katsudou mo sasete moraete and do activities with everyone like before

13 僕は今やりたい事をやれてるこの上なく恵まれてるぼくはいまやりたいことをやれてるこのうえなくめぐまれてる boku wa ima yaritai koto wo yareteru kono uenaku megumareteru I'm extremely blessed that I'm able to do what I want to do right now.

14 せいぜい seizei To the fullest,

15 頑張れがんばれ ganbare do your best.

16 自分でもーー気付かなかったじぶんでもーーきづかなかった jibun demo--kidzukanakatta [A version of] myself--even I haven't noticed.

17 自分か……… じぶんか……… jibun ka......... [A version of] myself.........

1 南区二丁目ガレキ通りで盗難者を追跡中！みなみくにちょうめガレキどおりでとうなんしゃをついせきちゅう！ minami-ku ni-choume GAREKI doori de tounansha wo tsuiseki-chuu! "Southern district, second block on Gareki Street, in pursuit of a thief!"

2 "個性"による妨害が激しく大事故につながる恐れがある！ "こせい"によるぼうがいがはげしくだいじこにつながるおそれがある！ "kosei" ni yoru bougai ga hageshiku daijiko ni tsunagaru osore ga aru! "There is concern that interference due to his quirk could be severe and lead to a major accident!"

3 これだからアルコール飲めねンだよなァこれだからアルコールのめねンだよなァ kore dakara ARUKOORU nomeneNda yo naA "This is why we can't drink alcohol."

1 くそう‼︎サーセン‼︎ kusou!! SAASEN!! "Shit!! I'm sorry!!"

2 出来心がサーセン‼︎ できごころがサーセン‼︎ dekigokoro ga SAASEN!! "It was a sudden impulse, I'm sorry!!"

3 俺のが早かったおれのがはやかった ore no ga hayakatta "I was the fastest."

4 いや飯田くんだったよいやいいだくんだったよ iya IIda-kun datta yo "No, it was Iida-kun."

5 競ってあげなよきそってあげなよ kisotte agena yo "Let's not compete."

6 しかし出来心とはまたタチが悪い芯がないというか……… しかしできごころとはまたタチがわるいしんがないというか……… shikashi dekigokoro to wa mata TACHI ga warui shin ga nai to iu ka......... "However, if it was a sudden impulse, he's not wicked at his core........."

7 被害がなくてよかったひがいがなくてよかった higai ga nakute yokatta "I'm glad there were no casualties."

8 閑古鳥が鳴くのはまだ先だな！かんこどりがなくのはまださきだな！ kankodori ga naku no wa mada saki da na! "It's still a long time before business gets slow!"

9 うむ umu "Yeah."

10 短かったけど今日はお開きにするかみじかかったけどきょうはおひらきにするか mijikakatta kedo kyou wa ohiraki ni suru ka "Though it was short, will we adjourn for today?"

11 え〜〜〜 e~~~ "Ehhh?"

12 また集まれるよまたあつまれるよ mata atsumareru yo "We can get together again."

13 あ　店　俺払っといたからこのまま解散でいいぞあ　みせ　おれはらっといたからこのままかいさんでいいぞ a mise ore harattoita kara kono mama kaisan de ii zo "Ah, the shop, I paid for it, so it's okay to just disband from here."

14 は��⁉︎主賓が何してんの⁉︎ワリカンに決まってんの‼︎ はあ⁉︎しゅひんがなにしてんの⁉︎ワリカンにきまってんの‼︎ haa!? shuhin ga nani shiten no!? WARIKAN ni kimatten no!! "Huh!? What is the guest of honor doing!? We're splitting the bill!!"

small text 1 まだ現金持っといたほうがいいなまだげんきんもっといたほうがいいな mada genkin motto ita hou ga ii na "It's best to carry cash still, right?"

small text 2 非常時はそうですよねひじょうじはそうですよね hijouji wa sou desu yo ne "That's [very] true for emergencies."

small text 3 おつりあるよ otsuri aru yo "I have change."

1 帰り送ンねーぞ　俺明日エッジショットの帰国で朝早ェからかえりおくンねーぞ　おれあしたエッジショットのきこくであさはえェから kaeriokuNnee zo ore ashita EJJISHOTTO no kikoku de asa haeE kara "I won't take you home. Tomorrow I'll be starting early with Edgeshot returning to the country."

2 大丈夫ありがとうだいじょうぶありがとう daijoubu arigatou "It's okay, thanks."

3 車みせてくるまみせて kuruma misete "Show us your car."

4 方向いっしょほうこういっしょ houkou issho "We're going in the same direction."

5 途中までとちゅうまで tochuu made "Until halfway."

6 またな mata na "See ya later."

7 うん un "Yeah."

8 また特別講師よろしくね！相澤先生がコミュニケーション概論やらせたいってまたゲストよろしくね！あいざわせんせいがコミュニケーションがいろんやらせたいって mata GESUTO (kanji: tokubetsu koushi) yoroshiku ne! Aizawa-sensei ga KOMYUNIKEESHON gairon yarasetai tte "We look forward to seeing you again as a guest lecturer! Aizawa-sensei wants me to do an Introduction to Communication class."

9 悪例で呼ぶなよあくれいでよべなよ akurei de yobena yo "Don't call me a bad example!"

10 "皆　特別"は "みんな　とくべつ"は "minna tokubetsu" wa "Everyone is special"...

11 誰も特別じゃねえンだってよだれもとくべつじゃねえンだってよ daremo tokubetsu ja neeNda tte yo ...means no one is special.

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Danmei and Baihe C Novels and Manhua Officially Licensed in English

Things are getting licensed fast enough that keeping a list like this up-to-date is basically impossible, but I saw someone asking in the tags so I figured I'd try. All titles are danmei unless otherwise noted (very little baihe is licensed so far). I've included Chinese titles, but sometimes publishers change the original titles so much that I can't track them down, apologies. I've hit the link limit on this post so I've had to remove NovelUpdate links, but they're still in the version of this post on Wordpress. Note that Taiwanese titles are not included on this list.

This is everything I know of as of December 11, 2024. There might be more. I tried. Resources used to compile this list: Danmeinews.com; this Carrd, last updated in March 2023; this other carrd last updated October 23 2024; list of danmei with official licenses on NovelUpdates; a similar list on Goodreads; danmei-specific list on Reddit that to my eye looks accurate for the larger publishers but isn't thorough for some of the smaller ones.

Seven Seas:

The full list of danmei novels licensed by Seven Seas is here. The full list of danmei manhua licensed by Seven Seas is here.

These titles are in various stages of publication, from "entire series released" to "license literally announced less than a week ago." As far as I know, all Seven Seas titles are available world-wide, through major distributors and libraries, and in e-book and print formats. Seven Seas translation quality varies but the editing is general strong and the editions are sturdy and nice. Note that Seven Seas isn't without controversy, especially for treating their contractors poorly resulting in them unionizing. Some people have also been unhappy with the fidelity of their translations compared to the original Chinese (I've been satisfied personally but ymmv).

Mo Xiang Tong Xiu titles:

The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System (Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong)

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (Mo Dao Zu Shi)

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (Mo Dao Zu Shi) manhua

Heaven Official's Blessing (Tian Guan Ci Fu)

Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat titles:

Case File Compendium (Bing an Ben)

The Husky and His White Cat Shizun (Erha he Ta de Bai Mao Shizun)

Remnants of Filth (Yuwu)

Meng Xi Shi titles:

Thousand Autumns (Qian Qiu)

Peerless (Wushuang)

priest titles:

Guardian (Zhenhun)

Silent Reading (Modu)

Stars of Chaos (Sha Po Lang)

Fei Tian Ye Xiang titles:

Astrolabe Rebirth (Xing Pan Chongqi), written under the pen name Arise Zhang

Dinghai Fusheng Records (Dinghai Fusheng Lu)

Dinghai Fusheng Records (Dinghai Fusheng Lu) manhua

Joyful Reunion (Xiang Jian Huan)

Legend of Exorcism (Tianbao Fuyao Lu)

Mu Su Li titles:

Copper Coins (Tong Qian Kan Shi)

The Unseen Immortal of Three Hundred Years (Bujian Shang Xian San Bai Nian)

Lv Ye Qian He titles:

The White Cat’s Divine Scratching Post (Shenmu Nao Bujin)

The Wife Comes First (Qi Wei Shang)

Other titles:

After the Disabled God of War Became My Concubine (Canji Zhanshen Jia Wo Wei Qie Hou) by Liu Gou Hua

Ballad of Sword and Wine (Qiang Jin Jiu) by Tang Jiuqing

BAIHE: The Beauty’s Blade (Meiren Jian) by Feng Ren Zuo Zhu

The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish (Canji Baojun de Zhangxin Yu Chong) by Xue Shan Fei Hu

I Ship My Rival x Me (Wo Kele Duijia x Wo de CP) manhua by PEPA

HET: Love Between Fairy and Devil (Cang Lan Jue) by Jiu Lu Fei Xiang

Mistakenly Saving the Villain (Lun Jiu Cuo Fanpai de Xiachang) by Feng Yu Nie

My Husband and I Sleep in a Coffin (Wo he Laogong Shui Guancai) by Wu Shui Bu Du

Run Wild (Saye) by Wu Zhe

There’s Something Wrong with the Chief (Du Zhu You Bing) by Yang Su

Thrice Married to Salted Fish (San Jia Xianyu) by Bi Ka Bi

The Villain’s White Halo (Fanpai Baihua Guanghuan) by Hao Da Yi Juan Wei Sheng Zhi

You’ve Got Mail: The Perils of Pigeon Post (Fei Ge Jiao You Xu Jin Shen) by Blackegg

Rosmei:

Rosmei licenses are Singapore distribution rights only. There is a list of international partners organizing group orders here. I've personally placed my orders through Yiggybean, as discussed in reply to this ask. Most of these titles are only being released as print editions, tho titles that weren't originally on JJWXC (of which there are several here) WILL have e-book editions. My first book from Rosmei arrived, and I found the translation and editing to be very strong. I can't speak to how accurate it may be to the Chinese original, but it read smoothly and had very few errors. Overall, though they've made some mistakes, they've been communicative and responsive.

Huai Shang titles:

Breaking Through the Clouds (Po Yun)

Hunt for the Leviathan (Po Yun 2 Tun Hai)

Ning Yuan titles:

BAIHE: At the World's Mercy

BAIHE (I think???) The Creator's Grace

priest titles:

Coins of Destiny (Liu Yao)

The Defectives (Can Ci Pin)

Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire (Lie Huo Jiao Chou)

Other titles:

Albert, from Earth (Aerbote Laizi Diqiu) by Jie Mo Jun

Art Thou Ailing? (Jun You Ji Fou) by Ru Shi Wo Wen)

The Bat (Bian Fu) by Feng Nong

Beyond the Snowstorm: A Windborne Love (Wo Cheng Feng Xue) by Qi Wu Gou

Don't You Like Me (Ni Shi Bushi Xihuan Wo) by Lv Tian Yi

The Earth is Online (Diqiu Shangxian) by Mo Chen Huan

Everyone Loves the Cannon Fodder (Chuan Cheng Wan Ren Mi de Paohui Zhuma) by Qie Zai Shan Yang

Global Examination (Qianqiu Gao Kao) by Mu Su Li

Gold Class Enforcers (Jinpai Dashou) by Pao Pao Xue Er

How to Survive as a Villain (Chuanyue Cheng Fanpai Yao Ruhe Huming) by Yi Yi Yi Yi

Kaleidoscope of Death (Siwang Wanhuatong) by Xi Zi Xu

The Killer of Killers (Sha Qing) by Wu Yi

Love at First Thaw (Wang Chun Bing) by Fu Li

Nan Chan by Tang Jiuqing

Obsessed (Ki Ma) by Wu Chen Shui

Tailhook (O Gou) by La Rive Gauche

Tales of Zijin Temple (Zijin Si Ye Hua) by Yun Tun Tun

Wine and Gun (Jiu yu Qiang) by Mengye Mengye

You're Too OP! (Nimen Nansheng Da Youxi Hao Lihai O~) by Yi Xiu Luo

Peach Flower House:

Unfortunately, Peach Flower House has gone out of business. Peach Flower House titles were primarily for sale through their website and through some distributors, such as Amazon.com. Whether titles are e-book only, print only, or both varied by title. In my opinion, Peach Flower House has inconsistent inconsistent editing quality, but the books are very readable.

Da Feng Gua Guo:

The Imperial Uncle (Huang Shu)

Peach Blossom Debt (Taohua Zhai)

Other Titles:

Golden Terrace (Huang Jin Tai) by Cang Wu Bin Bai

In the Dark (Zai Hei An Zhong) by Jin Shisi Chai

Little Mushroom (Xiao Mogu) by Shisi

University of the Underworld (Yinjian Daxue) by Ziloi

Via Lactea:

The partial list of danmei novels licensed by Via Lactea is here, but there are titles I've seen them selling that aren't on this list.

Via Lactea titles are primarily for sale through their website and through some distributors, such as Amazon.com. All titles are either print-only or e-book + print. Only a handful have actually been released, the rest are licensed and presumably in progress. I've now read three titles published by Via Lactea and while the translations are decent I could wish the editing was more consistent. Everything reads as if it would have been improved by one more thorough proof read.

Jing Shui Bian Titles:

Salad Days (Jing Jiu)

Silent Hearts (Mo Mai)

Qing Lv Titles:

Painting Against the Natural Grain (Huahua Ben Shi Ni Tian Er Xing) by Qing Lv

Raising Myself in 2006 by Qing Lv

Other Titles:

Apocalypse (Quanqiu Jinhua Hou Wo Zhan Zai Shiwulian Dingduan) by Qi Liu

As I've Told You Before by Sheng Jiang Tai Lang

Dawning (Liming Zhihou) by ICE

Embrace You Till the End of the game by Hu Yu La Jiao

Euthanasia (Anlesi) by Feng Su Jun

The Fall of Summer (Ting Shuo Ni Hen Nan Zhui) by Jue Chu

Falling (Luo Chi) by Yu Cheng

I Can't and I Won't (Zhen Bu Xing, Zhen Bu Ke) by Yan Gui Kang

Psycho (Feng Zi) by Xiao Yao Zi

Limerence (Wo Xichen Ni Nan Pengyou Henjiule) by Jiang Zi Bei

Lingering Game (Chanmian Youxi) by Tao Bai Bai

Lip and Sword (Chun Qiang) by Jin Shisi Chai

May I Touch Your Spirit? by Qing Mei Jiang

The Missing Piece (Maoheshenli) by Kun Yi Wei Lou

The Omega Who Wants His Baby Back by Yao Yao Yi Yan

Rose and Renaissance (Wo Zhi Xihuan Ni de Renshe [Yule Quan]) by Zhi Chu

Killing Show (Sha Lu Xiu) by Fox

Soul Vibration (Linghun Saodong) by Dr.solo

To Rule in a Turbulent World (Luan Shi Wei Wang) by Gu Xuerou (pen name of Fei Tian Ye Xiang)

A Tyrant's Cover-up Plan by A Ci Gu Niang

Was I a Scummy Bottom? by Cheng Zi Yu

Aloha Comics:

A tiny, Hawaii-based press focusing on manhua. Titles are available through major retailers such as Amazon and Bookshop.org. I've purchased one of these titles - Nirvana in Fire - and was please with the quality despite a couple minor errors.

All these titles are manhua!

Day Off by Qing Cai

Heaven Official's Blessing Animation Manhua by Bilibili and Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (this is a manhua made based on the donghua, using donghua art)

Here U Are by DJUN

Link Click by Li Haoling and Haoliners (not technically danmei!)

Nirvana in Fire (Lang Ya Bang) by Hai Yan (not technically danmei!)

Monogatari Novels:

Monogatari Novels is based in Spain. These titles can also be ordered from at least some major retailers. Note that there has been some controversy about Monogatari Novels. I'm personally not ordering these works until more information is available.

Due to a lawsuit between Monogatari Novels and BLoved Publishing, How to Survive as a Villain and The Legendary Master's Wife are currently on hold.

BAIHE: A Clear and Muddy Loss of Love (Jing Wei Qing Shang) by Please Don't Laugh

BAIHE: Female General and Eldest Princess (NuJiangjun he Zhang Gongzhu) by Please Don't Laugh

How to Survive as a Villain (Chuan Yue Cheng Fanpai Yao Ru He Huo Ming) manhua by Yi Yi Yi Yi

The Legendary Master's Wife (Chuanshuo Zhi Zhu de Furen) by Yin Ya

The Silent Concubine (Ya Nu) by Qiang Tang

BAIHE: Soulmate manhua by Wenzhi Lizi

BLoved Publishing:

ngl I can't figure out exactly what is up with this, and there seems to be some controversy related to them and their relationship with Monogatari Novels. Their website is depressingly low on details. However, this list is for completeness, so here we are.

Due to a lawsuit between Monogatari Novels and BLoved Publishing, How to Survive as a Villain and The Legendary Master's Wife are currently on hold.

How to Survive as a Villain (Chuan Yue Cheng Fanpai Yao Ru He Huo Ming) manhua by Yi Yi Yi Yi

The Legendary Master's Wife (Chuanshuo Zhi Zhu de Furen) by Yin Ya

Chaleuria:

As far as I can tell, Chaleuria has not updated their webpage since April 2023, so the current status of in-progress titles is unknown. All titles are digital and/or e-book, and I'm not sure how to purchase them as I haven't tried.

The Complete Guide to the Use and Care of a Personal Assistant (Zhuli Shiyong Zhinan) by Why Radiance

Deep in the Act (Ru Xi) by Tongzi

Fake Slackers (Wei Zhuang Xue Zha) by Mu Gua Huang (no longer available)

From Body to Love (Leng Yan E Nan: Xian Shenhou Ai) by Wan Wan Yi Xia

Interstellar Power Couple (Xingji Qiangli Lianyin) by Kun Cheng Xiongmao (no longer available)

Intoxicated Friends (Zui Qing Zhi Pengyou) by Ye Shu Ying

The Long Chase for the President's Spouse (Zongcai Zhui Fu Lu Manman) by Three Thousand Crow Language

No Money No Divorce (Mei Qian Lihun) by Shou Chu

Reborn into a Hamster for 233 Days (Chong Shengcheng Cangshu de 233 Tian) by Yi Shu

Records of the Dragon Follower (Cong Long Ji) by Yueren Ge

Urban Tales of Demons and Spirits (Dushi Yaogui Lu) by Qie Er

World Hopping: Avenge Our Love (Ni Wufa Yuliao de Fenshou, Wo Du Neng Gei Ni Song Shang) by Xiaomao Bu Ai Jiao (no longer available)

Webnovel:

When I first made this list, I heard that Webnovel had a few titles but couldn't actually find them - but now I've found them, thanks to a list someone else put together. I'm including direct links to them, since I had so much trouble finding them at all.

Comrade: Almost a Cat-astrophic Love Story (Jintian ye Yao Nuli Dang Zhimao) by Demonic Fire (link)

My Boyfriend is a Dragon (Nanpiao Shi Tiaolong) by Chubby Strawberry Sauce (link)

The National Sweetheart Livestreamer is a Pro! (Quanmin Zhubo Shi Duiba) by Mo Shang Wang (link)

Honorable Mentions:

There are a handful of titles I know of that are official translations of C Novels. These are not books with contextual queerness, but for folks with an interest in Chinese history and culture, they are worth checking out anyway, especially because understanding these stories can help understand the above books. Also, some have active shipping fandoms (for example, I've written for Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Daomu Biji). I've included two above under the entry for titles from Aloha Comics (Link Click and Nirvana in Fire) and here are a couple others I currently know of:

Dream of the Red Chamber (Hong Lou Meng) by Cao Xueqin, available in translation for free from Project Gutenberg

The Grave Robbers’ Chronicles (Daomu Biji) by Nanpai Sanshu (six volumes are available in English from Things Asian Press)

Journey to the West (Xiyou Ji) by Wu Cheng-en, in four volumes from University of Chicago Press

The Legend of the Condor Heroes (She Diao Yingxiong Chuan) by Jin Yong, in four volumes from St. Martin’s Press

Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguo Yanyi), attributed to Luo Guanzhong, available in translations for free from Archive.org

The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants (Zonglie Xiayi Chuan), attributed to Shi Yukun, available in translation for free from Archive.org

Water Margin (Shuihu Zhuan) by Shi Nai’an, from Tuttle Publishing

RESOURCE: List of Chinese speculative fiction in English translation

RESOURCE: More Chinese speculative fiction in English translation

I will add to the "Honorable Mentions" list if I find any other more mainstream titles with official translations.

Rumored Licenses:

Sometimes, I hear rumors about titles being licensed before the license is announced - and thus before we know which publisher has licensed them (assuming the rumor is even true). I thought I should note these somewhere. Titles I know of rumors about currently are:

A Certain Someone (Moumou) by Mu Su Li

Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know (Mozun Ye Xiang Zhidao) by Cyan Wings (a Spanish edition of this has been formally announced, which might account for the rumor)

The Fourteenth Year of Chenghua (Chenghua Shisi Nian) by Meng Xi Shi

Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating (Wanglian Fanche Zhinan) by Jiang Zi Bei

Immortal Koi is Going to Debut (Jinli Daxian Yao Chudao) by Mo Xi Ke

Mist (Bowu) by Wei Feng Ji Xu

A handful of other licenses are mentioned on the Carrd I linked at the beginning of this post; I have no idea the status of those titles and wasn't able to find information on them while putting together this post other than what was listed on that Carrd, so I've omitted them.

Now go forth, and buy some books!

#danmei #baihe #mxtx #priest #priest novels #tang jiuqing #mu su li #meng xi shi #yi yi yi yi #this probably needs a billion other tags but oh well #i've been meaning to write something like this for ages #like there's literally a similar post saved in my drafts #but apparently today is the day i don't have the willpower to not #as also evidenced by my literally buying some of these books while in the middle of putting the post together lmao #i broke a windshield wiper on sunday and SHOULD spend money fixing that instead but here we are #at least it's the passenger side wiper???#anyway as always just tryin to do my part to get people to read more than just mxtx #not that i don't love mxtx #but please guys there's so much amazing stuff out there READ MORE BOOKS

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Last one for this gorgeous man. I took my previous video and cut out most of the dialogue to get straight to the point, for anyone who prefers as little dialogue as possible in compilations. (Pretty happy with the cut between snz 2 and 3 though, ngl. That was so smooth)

In the meantime, I also found his name and the ani/me, so I can add more tags.

Enjoy!!!

And for those of y'all who are interested...

Se/i/yu/u: Ka/zu/hi/ko I/no/ue (Ka/ka/shi, Yo/ri/i/chi, etc)

#snz #snz vid #y/o m/iy/a/gi #ju/n/jo/u r/om/a/nt/i/ca #ka/zu/hi/ko i/no/ue #al/an com/pi/la/tions

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loustica-lucia · 1 month ago

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My Dragon Age OCs Tarot Project

Almost 2years of artworks compiled for Dragon Age Day 2024! All of the OCs presented here are mine♥ (If you're curious, feel free to ask me anything about them!)

The Fool — Tabata Formenti of Orlais, self-insert. The Magician — Taam-kas Asaaranda, Blacksmith. The High Priestess — Levi Hawke Vaël, mute Templar.

The Empress — Deirdre Surana-Arainai, blood mage. The Emperor — Farron Mahariel, Dalish hunter bard. The Hierophant — Yun & Sumu (Monkey), Fog Warriors.

The Lovers — Aisling Cassius Vatia & Lusacan Vatia, Magister & shapeshifter liberati. The Chariot — Meivis Alansen, Avvar hunter. The Strength — Alba de Riva, Antivan performer who became a Rook.

The Hermit — Callathian Gamordan (Lavellan) Pentaghast, elf-blooded not so dalish poet. The Wheel of Fortune — Rory Kestrel, former Ander merchant who became a pirate and Lord of Fortune. Justice — Alyssa Cousland-Theirin, Warden-Queen.

The Hanged Man — Eva Hawke Tethras, salacious writer. Death — Aster Lucia Aurum Trevelyan Rutherford, Tranquil mage. Temperance — Talitha Cadash Rainier, tavern waitress.

The Tower — Rokko Vegrandis, fisherman & cook. The Star — Gaatha Adaar Montilyet, Adaari artificer. The Moon — Sulevin Lavellan, dalish tempest thief.

The Sun — Eleena Amell Hawke, spirit healer with a kind soul. Judgement — Visham Brosca, dwarven rogue who committed the ultimate sacrifice. The World — Chantal De Montfort DuBois, an Orlesian cheese maker.

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cinderflower · 5 months ago

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I don't know if this has been talked about elsewhere but while writing Field of Reeds, I've found there's a very interesting amount of mythology and symbolism that ties in between Malenia, Miquella, and ancient Egyptian mythology. I think the concept of different soul parts (ba, ka, akh) is particularly insightful into a potential way to interpret how bodies and souls are referenced in Elden Ring.

One reason I think this may have served as at least some of the inspiration is the relationship between Elden Ring lore and real life mythology, specifically the Golden Order ties to Roman (and greek, irish, norse) mythology but also how those were influenced by ancient egyptian mythology. Miquella's character in particular seems to reflect on the past state of the world pre-Golden Order for inspiration on how to move forward in the future, similar to how the romans looked to ancient egypt in the past.

List of topics:

The Lotus | Trina & Miquella Lilies

Scorpions and Selket | Malenia, Goddess of Rot

Waterfowl, Nekhbet, and the Bennu Bird | Malenia, Blade of Miquella

Shed, Protective Child God | Miquella the Unalloyed

Death and the Soul | Godwyn, Trina, Dreams, and Spirits

The Acacia Tree | The Erdtree & Haligtree

Horus | Miquella the Kind

Hathor | Marika the Eternal

A few disclaimers: There is a vast amount of information on the mythology and there are a lot of contradictions and hotly debated topics within it and I'm no expert, so these will be mostly very surface level comparisons I think may have been used for inspiration, this is not intended to be a declarative comparison. I'll try to keep my sourcing consistent and most references will link back to a single source which compiled a lot of the references together. I did cross-reference these with other sources and will try to call out these additional sources as well as any contradicting opinions where applicable for additional perspective/context.

The Lotus | Trina & Miquella Lilies

Contrary to the name, the flowers referred to as "lotus" are actually two variations of water lilies, a blue and a white variant: Blue Egyptian Water Lily (Nymphaea caerulea) & White Egyptian Water Lily (Nymphaea lotus).

As you can imagine, this immediately caught my interest considering we have two variations of lilies in Elden Ring, Trina's lily (blue/purple) and Miquella's lily (unalloyed gold).

Unalloyed gold is representative of a pure gold and white is often the symbol of purity and that's no different here; additionally, at times white was even used interchangeably with yellow. Meanwhile for blue, you have the common themes of water and rebirth it's associated with but it was also commonly used in funerals. We know that water and this particular blue/purple hue in the game is associated with both dreams and death.

The lotus was also associated with alcoholic intoxication, and it was used as a recreational drug when soaked in wine; the roots and blossoms contain narcotic substances which are soluble in alcohol. It was also used in medicine (the juice has a mild sedative effect).

This last point is interesting in the context specifically of Trina's lilies and works well with my own interpretation of Trina's lilies being used as a sedative which I actually wrote even before stumbling across this fact.

The lotus was a symbol for life: at the very beginning of creation a lotus flower containing the god Ra was the first thing to emerge from the primordial waters. The lotus was strongly associated with the sun, as the flower retreats beneath the water at night and rises again each day at dawn like the sun-god.

As with many symbols of fertility, the lotus was also symbolic of rebirth after death. This again ties in well with the original concept of Miquella/Malenia being Abundance/Decay representing the cycle of death and rebirth.

The Egyptians looked forward to their souls coming to life "like a lotus reopening," and the Book of the Dead has a spell to allow the deceased to transform into one of these flowers. Faience models of lotus buds were sometimes placed in tombs. In many tomb scenes, the deceased is shown with a lotus flower held to his nose in order to breathe in the divine perfume.

Lotus Sources [x][x][x]

Scorpions and Selket | Malenia, Goddess of Rot

Like the lotus/lilies there were two common types of scorpions: a venomous land scorpion and a harmless water scorpion. As such, the scorpion had a dual purpose and could be seen as either friend or foe depending on the context much like how we see the scarlet rot both harms and strengthens Malenia. We also know the Rot God under the lake is at least in part scorpion in nature and thus this is best represented in Selket, the Scorpion Goddess, who is seen as benevolent and is often represented by the harmless water scorpion.

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Scorpions were greatly feared and scorpion stings were one of the main hazards of everyday Egyptian life. Scorpions were described as “A very small thing, a sister of the snake, a sister of Apophis*, sitting at a crossroads, lying in wait for someone who goes in the night . . .”

I believe the scorpion sting serves as an apt representation of the way scarlet rot manifests and which I suspect is clearly intended with the blade crafted from the scorpion stinger of the Rot God sealed beneath the lake of rot.

[* I think there's an interesting parallel between Apophis and the God Devouring Serpent and Rykard but this is already too long, so here's a link about Apophis [x]]

Meaning of Selket: “She Who Causes to Breathe.” Selket's name refers to her power over scorpions, as those who have been stung tend to breathe too fast and too shallow because of the venom.

Another great description which ties in with the Scarlet Rot as it's shown in Elden Ring, specifically through the state of Millicent when we first come across her: slumped against a wall and breathing shallowly because in her words, "My flesh writhes with scarlet rot."

Selket was depicted with a scorpion above her head, as a scorpion, or as a scorpion with a woman's torso. She often had green skin, a reference to her help with regeneration in the Duat.

The last note here caught my attention knowing that Malenia's Great Rune which is covered in Scarlet Rot is what grants her the ability of regeneration. The specific callout of "in the Duat" is also of interest since the Duat is the underworld, meaning she regenerates in death (decay).

Historically, the scorpion was regarded as a symbol of motherhood in many areas, as female scorpions carry their young on their backs. The protective goddess Selket, who guarded the coffin of the deceased, was often pictured as a scorpion. An ancient Egyptian proverb states: “I love the scorpion, yet I know its venomous sting.”

This last passage I find summarizes Malenia's relationship with Rot and Decay fairly succinctly and ties in well with how I've always interpreted rot as the force of decay seeking to reestablish the proper life cycle into the Lands Between which had been forced into a state of stagnation from the removal of Destined Death. But because of the rejection of this rot and decay aspect, Malenia suffers the consequences, the venomous sting of the scorpion rather than the benevolence of it. This cascades down to her "children" as well where rather than accepting the rot and motherhood, she rejects both it and her "children" alike. This is actually very well contrasted by Romina in the DLC who finds strength when she embraces the rot and accepts the role of motherhood to those rejected by Malenia.

And, lastly, the visual of Selket guarding the coffin of the deceased is a striking visual comparison with Malenia in the roots of the Haligtree guarding Miquella's cocoon (his coffin) before it had been taken.

Scorpion and Selket Sources [x][x]

Waterfowl, Nekhbet, and the Bennu Bird | Malenia, Blade of Miquella

Another common concept seen in many religions is the association of birds as either representations of spirits passing or guiding them to the afterlife. While Malenia's title of Valkyrie is obviously a clear call to the norse mythology, there are once again roots of this concept that can be found in the Waterfowl, specifically the Heron and the phoenix variation of the Heron, the Bennu Bird. There's also the Vulture Goddess, Nekhbet, who serves as a protector of the dead/underworld.

A passage from the Book of Ani says that the first gate of the Duat was guarded by the Vulture Goddess, whose “tearing beak” could admit the dead to the place whence they rose again. Amulets of vultures were buried with the dead, especially royalty. Egypt’s oldest oracle was the shrine of Nekhbet at Nekhen (modern Al-Kab), the original “necropolis” or city of the dead. [...] Nekhbet was described as “she whose wings are open, whose breasts are pendulous.” She was usually depicted as a vulture hovering with her wings spread, clutching an ankh or the Shen Ring in her talons. When pictured as a vulture, Nekhbet's colors are rarely true-to-life - instead she is symbolically red, blue, green, black, and white, the colors of life, the sky, regeneration, and holiness.

I've always found the reference of Malenia as a Valkyrie interesting because purely in the base game, she doesn't have any role actively acting as a guide of the dead. Rather, her role is as a protector, an undefeated champion and Miquella's blade - a role she obtains after studying with the mentor who led her to learn the "waterfowl dance" and gave her "wings of unparalleled strength". The main relation she has to death is to those she defeated in battle or inflicted with the Scarlet Rot, and her place in the roots of the Haligtree next to Miquella's cocoon.

The Bennu bird was the mythological phoenix of ancient Egypt. It was associated with the rising of the Nile, resurrection, and the sun. The sacred Bennu bird was thought to be a heron, and [...] were thought to lead the spirits of the dead through the dangers of the Duat.

The context is more interesting, in my opinion, when considering her as trying to be a guide through the underworld - specifically for Miquella. She knows her brother's plan to divest himself of his body and be resurrected (regardless of if you're considering base game lore or SotE lore) as she states clearly she "awaited his return". It's also clear that those who served Miquella knew he had also "died" in some capacity, killing themselves in flashes of light in the hopes to "guide his return". Personally, I think this was a missed opportunity to have her take on this role in Miquella's plot directly but that's neither here nor there.

The Hymn of the Bennu says: “I am a blue heron, pure as bone. I know the stirrings of the Nile, the source where water rises overlapped by trees, where ibises dip and wade, where the fish are plentiful. I fly beneath an arch of trees straight into the eye of heaven. I make a long journey amid mud houses, singing. I know the cool mind of the sky and the hot mysteries of earth. I am a blue heron, the messenger, a reborn and dying god. By day I exist because I exist. By night I sail above the river, a single star wise in the darkness.”

Likely incidental but another fun coincidence is that it is specifically a blue heron and Malenia has the association with the blue dancer charm and her mentor's blue robes. There's also obviously the water imagery, flowing water never rotting, but also water again being representative of death and rebirth, specifically associated with the phoenix in this case. We know for Malenia to reach her state as the Goddess of Rot, she has to die and bloom three times.

The Hymn of the Phoenix says: “I flew straight out of heaven, a mad bird full of secrets. I came into being as I came into being. I grew as I grew. I changed as I changed. My mind is fire, my soul is fire. I am the seed of every god, beautiful as evening, hard as light. I am the last four days of yesterday, four screams from the edges of the earth – beauty, terror, truth, madness – the phoenix on his pyre. I will live forever in the fire spun from my own wings. I destroy and create myself like the sun that rises burning from the East and dies burning in the West. To know the fire, I become the fire. I am power. I am light. I am forever. This is my deliverance. I am the fire that burns you, that burns in you. To live is to die a thousand deaths, but there is only one fire, one eternity.”

I don't really have anything profound here other than I love the visuals of this passage in relation to how they might reflect on Malenia's character. Malenia upon blooming in the scarlet aeonia is strikingly reminiscent of a phoenix being reborn from the flames, but there's also the interesting role fire plays in regards to rot, supposedly being able to burn it away to hold it at bay. In a sense by rejecting rot and embracing it only when the situation is desperate enough, she is continually welcoming her own repeated decay and rebirth. But perhaps this duality is intentional, if we consider the following passage:

Trapping waterfowl in a net is a common tomb scene since the Old Kingdom, although the representation of bird-trapping in a hexagonal net occurs already on an item found in a 1st Dynasty tomb. The scene is said to entail two aspects: one positive, related to the duck as a symbol of fertility linked to rebirth, and one negative, the birds as enemies of the dead, necessitating their being trapped to re-establish order in the cosmos. The birds, as a collective sign, refer to two contrary meanings by condensation.

I think where I ultimately fall in tying these three concepts together is Malenia's own fractured sense of purpose. I think her rot affliction and influence of the Rot God can be seen in some aspects of the Bennu Bird, her desire to be helpful and to achieve a better world can be represented by the Waterfowl/Heron, but the role she ultimately serves is as a protector of the dead (Miquella's cocoon) and represented in Nekhbet.

Heron, Nekhbet, and Bennu Bird Sources [x][x][x][x]

Shed, Protective Child God | Miquella the Unalloyed

Which deity better to compare to Miquella the Unalloyed than Shed, the child god, a deity who also has ties to the god Horus which I'll be discussing below in relation to Miquella the Kind.

Shed was pictured as a young man with a child’s Sidelock of Youth, wearing a kilt and an aegis, with a quiver of arrows across his back, riding in a chariot pulled by griffins.

We can largely see this exact imagery in the picture above and I found these interesting for a few notable reasons. The foremost is in his hunt of creatures, specifically snakes and scorpions as depicted above. We know from the earlier analysis there's the connection between Malenia's rot and the scorpion form of the Rot God - a nice parallel to Miquella fighting against her rot. There's also the bow and arrow, since it's strongly implied that Miquella invented both the pulley bow and crossbow, this also ties in well. But most curiously was the reference to griffins, given the only place in the entire game I can recall seeing griffin motifs is in the Haligtree. (Feel free to correct me if there's more elsewhere!)

Sure that may just be a Berserk reference, but that's so boring in comparison.

A protective god, Shed was pictured on many plaques and pendants. He was believed to guard against illnesses and wild beasts, and made sacred weapons of war.

Unlike the strong implication that Miquella made the pulley bow, we do know for a fact that he made the Hand of Malenia, which is inscribed with an incantation of Unalloyed Gold to make it resistant to rot, aka a sacred weapon of war.

Shed was often shown grasping serpents and other dangerous animals, and standing on the back of one or more crocodiles, to indicate that he had power over them. In some instances Shed was pictured as a mongoose.

Despite being a child god, Shed is clearly depicted as having power over the most dangerous creatures, not unlike how Miquella is referred to as the "most powerful" and "fearsome" Empyrean, and we can see this power through his charm ability and how he makes docile those who would otherwise prove to be a threat.

Over time, Shed was absorbed into the god Horus, as “Horus the Child.”

As we know, Miquella the Unalloyed eventually becomes Miquella the Kind which I'll get to soon, but first let's talk about the body, death, and souls.

Shed Sources [x]

Death and the Soul | Godwyn, Trina, Dreams, and Spirits

Rather than the concept of a single body and a single soul like much theology that came after, there's different facets of the soul that ultimately came to represent a person and each plays a different role in a person's life both while they are alive and after death. Understanding the nuance of each I think helps shed an interesting perspective on the Trina and Miquella situation in particular.

There are 5 main parts I will be focusing on: Khat (Khet), Ka, Ba, Akh, and Ab (Ib)

Khat (Khet) - The Body

Also called Khet, Khat was the physical body of the deceased, or mummy. On the day of a funeral, special prayers were recited over the mummy to aid in its transformation into a spiritual body, Akh, that could rise to heaven to dwell with the gods. The outer coffin often had a pair of eyes and a false door. This was so that deceased could "see" out, and their Ka (another part of the soul) could come and go.*

The physical body is the easiest, but we can also see in the description related to the coffin that the body still has a role to play in relation to the other parts of the soul, specifically the Ka. This is something to keep in mind when thinking about specifically Miquella's cocoon husk, Ranni's dead body, and Godwyn's soulless body.

[* Note: There is a heated debate in the community with regards to the specific role of the ka being able to return to the body and which resides in the Field of Reeds]

Ka - The Life Force

The hieroglyph for the Ka is two arms raised as if mirroring each other. The Ka is perhaps one of the most difficult concepts to describe, for there is no modern translation for this word. Essentially it appears to mean "double" as well as "vital force" and is a clear reference to a part of the individual that transcends the death of the physical body. Egyptologist Richard Wilkinson explains that "in all periods it is used as a term for the creative and sustaining power of life."

This concept of the Ka representing the part of the soul linked to the body I believe ties in well with the concept of multiple deaths that characters in Elden Ring can experience. Now we know when any of the Remembrance bosses die, they're hewn into the Erdtree, taking their shape.

The Ka was something handed down from one's parents, grandparents, and ancestors, like spiritual DNA, traceable in the very remote past to a creator god by way of lesser deities. The Ka was not only one's double but also a guide and protector, imbued with the spark of the divine. According to pictures drawn during the 18th Dynasty, the Ka came into being when a person was born, often depicted as a twin or double, but, unlike the body it belonged to, it was immortal provided it received nourishment.

We see here that it is also believed that under certain circumstances a Ka can be potentially immortal.

The gods themselves were felt to possess a Ka. Egyptologist Dimitri Meeks explains that the vital force that the ancients ascribed to the Ka acts in such a way as to give each deity the ability to take creative form infinitely. Because of this ability, it was this essence, the energy of the deity's Ka, which was felt to temporally inhabit statues and other magical images during ritual, or sacred animals.

In essence, a Ka can vary in shape (when associated with a deity) and is closely bound to the body. It is also able to be imbued in statues or other images - think puppets, or dolls in Ranni's case. Essentially as long as there is something in the realm of the living for Ka to inherit, it can continue to exist in some regard.

The Ka of the pharaoh was thought to be the collective life force of all his subjects - crucial to their well-being, indeed to their very existence. The term "By the Ka of the pharaoh" meant "by the good grace of the pharaoh."

This gives and interesting twist to the concept of the Erdtree which we know is used to facilitate life and rebirth in the Lands Between by returning the bodies of those who perished to it, as well as giving a unique perspective on the concept of grace since only those granted grace by Marika technically "belong" in the Lands Between.

Dying was referred to as "going to one's Ka." Upon the body's demise the Ka rejoined its divine origin, but always remained in close proximity of the body.

One way to potentially conceptualize the Ka is any manifestation of the soul or spirit of the deceased that remains in the land of living rather than the underworld: Spirit Ashes, Puppets, Ranni's Doll(s), Sellen's Primal Glintstone, etc. In Godwyn's case, this implies that his body (Khat) may live, this part of his soul (Ka) was killed and Ranni's was the inverse which is how she's able to continue living.

Ba - The Ego

The personality or alter ego of the deceased. The Ba was said to be able to fly from place to place during the day and is often shown hovering over the mummy or resting on a shrine. Migratory birds were regarded as nations of the Ba, flying freely between tomb and underworld. Supposedly the Ba could assume any form it chose, and the Book of the Dead has many spells to assist the Ba in its transformation. Some of the most common transformations of the Ba were into rams, a lotus, and other birds such as swallows.

Now of course, I read this and immediately thought of Trina, and while I don't think the concept of the Ba in how it functions here is a one to one for the manifestation of Trina, I believe it provides a very unique framework for how to conceptualize her existence. SotE made it abundantly clear that there is a very clear overlap between sleep/dreams and death and if we take the freedom of movement the Ba has literally this makes sense. In the context of Miquella and Trina, this makes Trina an aspect of Miquella that is able to traverse the underworld, able to walk death.

Though the Ba seems to have been essentially nonphysical, it nevertheless could be viewed as a separate physical mode of existence for its owner, even prior to death. Hence, the sun was the Ba of Ra, the wind was the Ba of Shu, water was the Ba of Nun, and crocodiles were the Bas of Sobek. Deities often had multiple Bas - Ra was thought to have seven Bas, and it was claimed that Amun had ten Bas.

It's the line "even prior to death" that caught my attention and I think this mostly applies to Miquella and Trina but could also be applied to Marika and Radagon - though I believe the alchemy concept suits them better. If a Ba is a form of the soul that can exist prior to death and manifest in some way, traversing to the underworld, well that sure does sound like Trina doesn't it?

Every evening the Ba returned to the body, reuniting with it and thus ensuring the body's continued existence in Sehet Aaru (the Field of Reeds). The body had to be recognizable to the Ba, hence the careful mummification and elaborate mummy masks.

Revisiting the concept of Godwyn again, we know without his soul and with the Rune of Death corrupting his body, it begins to mutate and transform. It provides an interesting explanation for why the eclipse ritual may not have worked even if the eclipse did come to pass: his body in its mutated state, spread far and wide across the lands between is no longer recognizable. He cannot come back to life because of how his body was desecrated. It also provides an explanation for why Ranni was able to continue living: we find her body, still reflecting her form, at the top of her Divine Tower.

The ram was the animal symbolic of the Ba, a major aspect of the Egyptian notion of the soul; the Egyptian word for “ram” was “ba.”

Now this is purely a parallel I purely enjoyed thinking about when considering the Ancestor Spirits and specifically the concept of Torrent being a juvenile Ancestor Spirit.

Calling Back the Ba of Osiris says: “My Ba is a restless bird that leaves to seek itself. For the falcon who breaks the confines of the shell, even the sky it not enough eternity. He may be tossed by storms of whirling sand or ride a hot wind above dunes. Far from here his voice may ring though the forests from the branches of a fruit tree. By the Nile he may wait silent among the reeds, fish spawning as he sleeps, his head tucked in his wing. Burn saffron; remember my prayers. The smoke of incense will bring him home. Though far and sailing, my Ba comes back to me. In his copper beak he carries my thoughts. On his back my starry dreams fly over mountains, over seas, over villages. Above the grape arbor it is I sailing with the falcon, triumphant. Perhaps now he hovers near, flurry of dark wings beating the door; or he follows the rivers and canals of gods, leading them through mountains; or he binds the souls to the rags of mummies, filling dry hands with perfume. Old ones grasp their scepters and rise barefoot in the burning sand. Perhaps he twitters above boats with their cargoes of amethyst, sailing home. Ah, my Ba's a restless bird. On dark wings he flies from yesterday, love in his throat, the warmth of light among his feathers, the risen sun in his hard, amber eye. If you see him, send him home to me. The heart is uncertain country."

Nothing profound here, again, I just really love the way this passage presents the concept of the Ba.

Akh - The Enlightened Spirit

The Akh was the immortal, transformed self, which was a magical union of the Ba and Ka. Strudwick writes, "once the Akh had been created by this union, it survived as an 'enlightened spirit,' enduring and unchanged for eternity." [...] The Akh could return to earth, however, and it was an aspect of the Akh which would come back as a ghost to haunt the living if some wrong had been done, or would return in dreams to help someone they cared for. Letters and offerings were left at the deceased's tomb in hopes that the Akh would watch over those still on earth.

No image for this one, but I believe the Akh represents the process of ascension well, though in Miquella's case it would imply he has achieved a bastardized form of ascension given that rather than joining his Ka and Ba, he discarded (at least one) of his Ba: Trina. Perhaps some form of it was achieved through the chopping and mashing up of the souls of his family, especially if we think back to the concept of a Pharaoh's Ka encompassing all it's subjects - in this case, all of Marika's childen could be considered part of her Ka.

The Egyptians thought the Akh was a radiant light, something like a star. The Pyramid Texts tell us that when a man dies, his Akh goes to the stars to dwell with the gods - "the Akh belongs to heaven, the corpse to earth."

I love the idea of a version of godhood or ascension being represented by the stars given we know in Elden Ring, the stars are also represent primordial life just like the Crucible.

Ab (Ib) - The Heart

The most important part of the Egyptian soul was thought to be the Ab, or heart. The Ab was believed to be a drop from the heart of the mother of the child at conception. The heart was thought to be the source of good and evil within a person, the moral awareness and center of thought that could leave the body at will. [...] To the ancient Egyptians, it was the heart and not the brain that was the seat of emotion and thought, and was the key to the afterlife. To lose one's heart was a terrible fate, and to prevent such a calamity no less than seven chapters of the Book of the Dead were dedicated to help prevent this from happening.

This summarizes the tragedy of Miquella's ascension through discarding his love in the form of Trina better than I could. I'll leave you with one final passage I adore when thinking about the tragedy of the heart:

A spell called Giving the Heart to Osiris says: “My heart sleeps. My heart dreams. Give me a mouth. I want to talk. Give me my legs and I'll rise. Give me my hands and arms and I'll fight. I'll crush the skull of the snake. Open my blind eyes, straighten my bent feet. I know my heart. It stirs within me. It throbs in my right hand. Blood quickens beneath my skin. Give me my heart. Let it pump again life's power in me, infuse my hands and feet with spirit. Give me my heart. Let me rise and walk. I am quickened. No more sleep. No more dreams. No more death."

Death and Soul Sources [x][x][x]

The Acacia Tree | The Erdtree & Haligtree

Another botanical reference that is common to a lot of religions is the concept of a Tree of Life, in ancient Egypt this is referenced by the Acacia Tree.

Sometimes called the "Tree of Life" in Egyptian mythology, the first gods were said to have been born under the sacred acacia tree of the goddess Hathor, and Horus was also said to have emerged from it.

I think there's some very interesting parallels as well between Hathor and Marika as well as Horus and ascended!Miquella which I'll get into below.

According to myths, the acacia protected the body of Osiris, and the acacia was known as Nht Hnmt Ntr ("The Tree That Encloses the God.")

Again, another interesting parallel to the function of both the Erdtree and Haligtree in how they are presented in Elden Ring. The Erdtree houses the form of Marika/Radagon while the Haligtree - designed to be a replacement to the Erdtree - which housed Miquella's cocoon at one point and is actively where Malenia is when she ascends to her "Goddess of Rot" form.

Acacia Sources [x][x]

Horus | Miquella the Kind

While not a perfect parallel, I think in relation to Shed who later becomes the precursor to Horus as "Horus the Child", looking at the deity Horus in relation to specifically ascended Miquella can provide a unique perspective.

Egyptian texts paint a dazzling picture of Horus: "when he opens his eyes he fills the universe with light, but when he shuts them darkness comes into being." When the Osiris myth became popular, Horus became the patron of young men and was often described as the perfect example of the dutiful son who grows up to become a just man. Weak as a child, Horus was nurtured by his mother Isis and grew into manhood. Mythologically, the sun and the moon represented the two eyes of Horus.

Perhaps not the most insightful, but interesting with the knowledge that Miquella's eyes hold eclipses in them, representative of his goal to bring the state of Godwyn to one where he could provide him a true death.

Early hospitals at Alexandria were under the protection of Horus - Horus was thought to have become a doctor on account of the many illnesses he suffered as a child. Consequently, the Eye of Horus amulet was thought to have healing powers, and to ward off the evil eye and protect against all sorts of illnesses.

We know that Miquella cast so much aside in his effort to heal Malenia, and I still firmly believe was one of his primary goals and reasons for seeking ascension. So while not his own illnesses he suffered as a child, it would thematically still fit.

Lastly, here's two other interesting passages:

The Speech of Horus says: “I am Horus, the Great Falcon. My flight has reached the horizon. I have passed by the gods of Nut. I have gone further than the gods of old. Even the most ancient bird could not equal my very first flight. There is no god who has achieved what I have achieved. I am Horus, whom Isis bore and whose protection was made inside the egg. I am Horus, Son of Osiris.”

The Hymn of Horus says: "I come to the room where the sun rose. A falcon flies in and settles on my wrist. In his mouth hangs the skin of a snake. ‘I am Horus,’ he cries. ‘From the land of kings I come, riding through the hot winds on the back of a jackal. Where priests murmured in crumbling temples, I flew through their sacred fires dropping feathers. I come to shout the wisdom of air. I’ve come with a sycamore seed in my beak. By the river we’ll sow it and watch it grow through the years. You will die there, Osiris; and I will sit nine thousand years in the tree’s white branches, one eye on each horizon, waiting for your return. I am life rushing on, born from the egg of the world, born from the belly of a magic woman, born of my father’s dreams. I am the screech of wind, the rush of falcon wings, talons sharp as knives. I came after you. I stand before you. I am with you always. I am the power that dispels darkness. The seed laid into the void must grow. The candle’s only purpose is to shine in the darkness. Bread is meant to be ground to pulp in the teeth. The function of life is to have something to offer death. A man forgets, but his heart remembers – the love and the terror, the weeping, the beating of wings.'”

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Hathor | Marika the Eternal

While I think Isis can be an interesting deity to consider for pre-God Marika, I find Hathor slightly more fitting for her ascended godhood.

Hathor is understood to be the deity who welcomes the worthy dead, offers them refreshments of food and drink, and leads the way into the blessed beyond. One of the desires of the deceased was to be in the following of Hathor - "I tread the stars and climb the sunbeams in the retinue of Hathor, I rise to the sky."

Despite the Land of Shadows canonically existing, I believe that's just another realm where death manifests while the Lands Between represents another, and in a sense could be considered something like "the blessed beyond" for those granted her grace. It also explains how those like the Tarnished could be cast out and only permitted back once she returned the vision of grace to them.

Hathor's attributes as a mother goddess were exalted - it was she who gave birth to gods, shaped animals and people, and brought greenery into existence. Hathor repelled the shadows and illuminated all creatures with her light. The inundation of the Nile happened on her command, and the winds drew near on her orders.

Quite a literal parallel to both her removal of Destined Death and sealing away of the Land of Shadow, also bringing light to the land in the form of the golden shine of the Erdtree.

In one Egyptian tale, Hathor was charged by Ra to punish humankind. So great was the slaughter that Ra feared people would be wiped out, and ordered the goddess to halt. But blood-mad, she ignored him. These two aspects of Hathor - violent and dangerous versus beautiful and joyful - reflected the Egyptian belief that women, as the Egyptologist Carolyn Graves-Brown puts it, "encompassed both extreme passions of fury and love."

I hadn't expected to find something like this when first reading about Hathor but obviously this is reminiscent to how Marika lead her genocidal wars.

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Conclusion

This is all I plan to cover but there's a lot more I could have such as Apophis; gold, silver, and ivory; hair, braids, knots, and power; and so much more. But this is already super long so I encourage anyone interested to take a stab at looking into it yourself if you're curious. If you made it to the end, thanks for reading and let me know your thoughts!

#Elden Ring Lore #cinder rambles #long post tw #malenia blade of miquella #miquella the unalloyed #whatever i spent too much time on this i might as well put it in the tags #its also SO long like buckle up if you're going to read this #obviously not perfect parallels but there's enough that it made me go “HMM” and deep dive so here you go #if nothing else it's interesting food for thought

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