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Niyatsuki has joined the bracket!

Character Info

NAME: Niyatsuki

NAME MEANING: derived from the Japanese term “にやにや” meaning “grinning”

SOURCE: Mugamuchuu (2012)

GAME DEVELOPER: co-developers Machikado no Michi and Haru

Tournament Stats

INTRODUCED IN: Tournament 1

WON AGAINST: N/A

LOST AGAINST: Aine (Tournament 1)

ACHIEVEMENTS: N/A

Status: Active

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Goods by Azumaker to be sold in advance at Comic Market 97

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2019 Year End Review - Anime Side

This is the second half of my Favorites list for 2019. If you wanna see my video game picks then refer to the prior blog entry. 

This year had tons of wonderful and great animes, and really reminded me again why I love the medium so much. While my game play time did suffer quite a bit this year I was mostly able to keep up with every anime season of 2019 and really soak up as many shows as I could. There aren't really any major rules to my list other than avoiding long-running anime a la Black Clover or Pokémon and the like. The only reason for this is so I can focus on the seasonal shows that may get swept away with the passage of time. If I included all the never ending shonen animes I love this freaking list would be crowded to the brim with it after all.

So without further ado, let’s check out some great anime. 

Ahiru no Sora 

The main character Sora Kurumatani is an incredibly short high school freshmen with dreams of joining his school’s basketball team. Unfortunately the school’s basketball club is comprised entirely of dangerous delinquents who have all taken over the club and use it as their hang-out because of the school’s policy that every student has to join a club. Undeterred Sora tries his best to get into the club and stand up against the delinquents who run it, and maybe just hopefully help them turn over a new leaf and become actual basketball players in the process. 

This has been a pretty fun sports anime, that also veers somewhat into the “yanki” genre of manga and anime too with tons of fist fights, blood, and beat-downs in-between the times the characters do play b-ball. The series really gives off a lot of 90’s anime vibes despite its more modern aesthetic (a great opening theme from the Pillows certainly helps in that regard too) and I’ve been having tons of fun with this one each week. It is scheduled to run for a total of 4 cours so it’s taking its time and really establishing the entire cast so well. And watching Sentai’s dubcast of the anime has been delightful too, I love they really ran with the delinquent characters and aren’t afraid to swear up a storm and drop F-bombs regularly, it’s just tons of fun to listen to.

Astra Lost in Space 

The newest series from Shonen Jump alum Kenta Shinohara, Astra Lost in Space is just what you would expect from the creator of SKET Dance: a hilarious romp through space with a great group of characters that all carry heavy emotional baggage. The series really does remind me tons of SKET Dance, except set in outer space instead of high school, and I am all for it. I laughed, I cried, and I racked my brain behind the main mystery of the series. Just who stranded these kids in space, and why did they want them dead? 

The mystery element is perhaps the most unique twist on Astra that sets it apart from most of Shinohara’s earlier works in Jump, and while no Sherlock Holmes or anything, it is still fairly a fun component of the series that pushes the adventures of the young crew of the Astra beyond just being episodic romps. Definitely recommended for anyone who enjoys comedy and space travel stories.

BEM

The newest entry in the long running Humanoid Monster Bem (Yokai Ningen Bem) franchise that started life in 1968 during the yokai boom largely created by GeGeGe no Kitaro’s huge success. The series has definitely played second fiddle to its clear influence Kitaro, but is a fairly beloved franchise that has still gotten multiple iterations of its own. 

What largely separates Bem from Kitaro is its more science fiction based monsters over the old fashion folklore creepies from Kitaro, and the three protagonists of the series: Bem, Belo, and Bela. These three “humanoid monsters” appear almost human enough but are still freaks in a conventional sense and do not fit into society. Despite being shunned by humans they still choose to protect humanity from other monster attacks in hopes that one day if they do enough good deeds they can be reborn as human too and finally fit in. 

This newest series places a lot of narrative focus on the titular Bem, the leader of the group, who honestly was never all that fleshed out in part iterations and sometimes even played second fiddle to the younger member of the trio Belo who probably connected to the younger audience more. This really separates Bem from pasts series as it’s a lot darker and more mature. I would really love to analyze all the animes at some point in the future.

Boogiepop and Others 

The previous Boogiepop anime series from over 20 years ago now, Boogiepop Phantom, is one of the all time great A E S T H E T I C animes, with absolutely chilling horror, downright mystifying and confusing plots, and a heep ton of gore. It’s one of my favorites and it’s also entirely non-canon to the original light novels and is instead a stand alone original anime series. So how does the actual adaptation of the Boogiepop books far then? They’re all right. 

Boogiepop and Others lacks much of the aesthetic nature of the original Phantom series, and keeps a tone that is more consistent to its source material. It’s a series that starts a lot slower and is much more down-to-earth in the beginning before revealing all its pieces and getting into the supernatural aspects. Once it gets going however I found I really enjoyed this more accurate Boogiepop adaptation. Shingo Natsume is a fantastic director and the anime is incredibly gorgeous with his adept work on the series, and the general atmosphere is strange and creepy, and fairy creative without ever going full on horror anime.

The Demon Girl Next Door (Machikado Mazoku)

When I read the initial synopsis for this anime; “a young girl wakes up to discover she inherited demon powers and must now fight against magical girls in order for her clan to be lifted from its curse” I almost downright dismissed it and passed on it because I thought it was being played straight. However I gave the first episode a shot out of curiosity and quickly discovered it was actually a comedy series. A huge spoof on the Magical Girl genre if you will. And a damn good one.

What really separates Machikado Mazoku from the rest of the millions of Magical Girl comedies is how sincere its protagonist is and how low stakes the relative series turns out. Yuko, or Shadow Priestess Yuko, or Shamiko for short (a nickname she despises) is such an airhead and klutz. She can’t accomplish anything and instead of fighting magical girls she ends up befriending the only two she meets. This is such a relaxing and fun series and most people probably missed it because of the Hidive exclusive streaming rights.

Dr. Stone 

Dr. Stone was always one of the newer Shonen Jump hits I was curious about but never got around to reading--largely thanks to my rule to not touch anything in Jump until I am certain it won’t be axed. So many bad memories. So many manga I loved dying. Ah-hum, excuse me then. Anyways I heard incredible things about the series, especially from one friend in particular and once it got an anime announcement I was so excited. TMS did a fantastic job adapting everything as far as I can tell too, and the anime has been wonderful. 

Perhaps the most impressive thing to me about the series so far is how it isn’t reliant on battles or typical power scaling escalations like a lot of Jump titles are known for. Instead this is a fun adventure series, that largely focuses on science and the power of friendship and I can really get behind that.

Fire Force (En'en no Shouboutai)

Fire Force came on the scene and dazzled everybody early on in its run with amazing production values and insane fight choreography and animation but as the series went on it got a sort of reputation for being fairly bland and not nearly as gorgeous as when it started. And I kind of hate that. I actually thought the series has looked great throughout its entire run--sure maybe some episodes aren’t action packed exploding set pieces, but the general direction and story-boarding in the show is always beautiful and great looking. There’s an expert eye on the lighting, and each scene flows into each other wonderfully. I also greatly respect and love the slower and more somber pace of the episodes--it really lets all the drama soak in, and you get a feeling that this world the characters live in is not great; it’s fairly suffocating actually, even without all the fires. 

As far as the plot goes, well I suppose that is more subjective; I certainly cannot argue that it is a wholly original story with groundbreaking characters, but I will argue that for what it is it works well and is enjoyable. The cast is fun and interesting, and all have great chemistry with each other, especially Shinra and Arthur who easily carry a lot of the show with their constant bickering despite being allies. I am really happy to see it getting a second season next year.

Fruits Basket (2019)

This is the second adaptation of the popular shoujo manga and a very accurate one at that. Pretty much any fan of the series will easily tell you how the original 2001 anime infamously upset the creator so much because of the changes it made from its source material (both big and small) that she denied any attempts at a sequel. It is definitely no surprise that this anime plays its cards incredibly loyal to its source material and it works great because of it since the source material is so good too.

Watching Fruits Basket again was like talking to an old long lost friend. It was such an enjoyable series to have back in my life and hearing Funimation’s almost entire original cast reprise their roles, even Laura Bailey as the protagonist Tohru, was just magical. This is very much a healing series and every episode felt like a weight was being lifted from my soul. I can’t wait for the future seasons, and I love they are going to adapt the entire manga this time!

Gundam Build Divers Re:rise

Another new year, another new Gundam Build series. These entries have really started to become a regular part of Bandai’s release schedule and I am not complaining. Re:rise is a semi sequel of sorts to last year’s Build Divers, a show I put on my favorites list a year ago too. Despite this you thankfully do not need to watch the previous show to fully understand Re:rise, as it is largely just set in the same world and instead has its own original characters and disconnected plot. 

And what a plot it is! Re:rise’s plot is fantastic, and its characters are so much fun with great chemistry. Re:rise’s cast is the oldest group of protagonists we’ve really seen in a Build series which gives it a much more mature tone than all the previous entries, with higher stakes that mean more than they ever have in a Build series. This show honestly on par with the main Gundam series at times and it drew me in so much. I loved every episode and want more, and hate that it ended up being split cour and we have to wait! The last two episodes of Re:rise particularly are huge gut punches that push the show beyond all expectations and really stick with you. This might just be my love for Gundam but this was easily one of the best animes I watched all year.

Gundam The Origin: Advent of the Red Comet 

So is this cheating? Technically speaking Advent of the Red Comet is just the original Gundam The Origin OVA series (2015-2018) sliced into a 13 episode TV show format. And I watched most of the OVA back when it was released already too (I still needed to catch the two Loum Arc episodes before this came out though). But goddamn, rewatching all of Origin again in TV show format was so excellent. So I don’t care! This was one of my favorite shows to catch each week, and don’t at me. YAS’ contributions on the Gundam universe simply cannot be overstated, and his work with Origin was so excellent and talented that it gives the entire series a feeling of true cinematic sophistication--something the original cast and crew all desperately wanted when they first created Gundam! 

Also, it gave us the greatest Opening theme of the year and honored the 40th year anniversary of the legendary franchise while doing so. You can’t beat that.

Kemono Michi - Rise Up 

In this isekai parody series the protagonist Genzo is a pro wrestler and animal lover aficionado summoned to another world to save it from the Demon King. When told that in order to do so he would have to slaughter countless magical beast he refuses and german suplexes the very princess who summoned him! There’s no way Genzo will ever harm any animal, they are far too precious. Trapped in a fantasy world Genzo makes the best of it by capturing and training all the magical beast and opening up a pet shop so they can find their forever homes. Even more hijinx ensure. 

Kemono Michi is notable for being a new series by the creator of the beloved Konosuba, and it both shows and doesn’t show. Kemono Michi is another isekai parody series but it’s largely its own thing and a lot of humor is pretty different from what you would expect from Konosuba. People coming into the show looking for more Konosuba will probably be disappointed but for anyone just looking for a good laugh and don’t mind how different it really is they will have tons of fun. Genzo and crew are hilarious and the series’ genuine disinterest in the classic save the fantasy world plot is really refreshing. Sure the Demon King is out there slaughtering millions, but that’s not Genzo’s problem, somebody else can get on it, he’s busy trying to run a pet shop of his dreams. 

Unfortunately said pet shop only sells the typical JRPG monsters you encounter and not real animals …

Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou

So this might be another cheat as Sunohara-sou did indeed originally air in 2018 however it was locked up in streaming prison and nobody could legally watch it until this year thanks to Funimation’s newest deal with Bibibili. I ended up really enjoying it this year and watched every episode back-to-back with Fruits Basket. As I mentioned earlier Fruits Basket is a healing kind of show and I felt the same for Sunohara-sou. It was a really relaxing and cute show that made me super comfortable and chilled out before I had to go in to work for my worst shift of the week. .

MIX Meisei Story

Mix is the newest anime adaptation from the legendary manga-ka Mitsuru Adachi and also a sort of sequel to his seminal work Touch (1981-1986). Set thirty years after Touch and with a largely different cast of characters but still in the same town that Touch took place in, this series is fairly easy for anyone to get into but also extra rewarding for long time fans who will pick up on more smaller things that while not important are there in the background. 

The brotherly relationship between Touma and Souma is what drives the core of the series and much like the twin protagonists of Touch Tatsuya and Kazuya their ambitions to make it to Koushien and play in the Nationals and love for baseball is unmatched. Touma and Souma aren’t just rehashes of the original two protagonists and by in large this has to do with Mix not incorporating a certain major plot twist Touch is famous for but I will refrain from talking about. With all that said you get a lot more interaction with these brothers than the original series and it is simply delightful. 

Mix brings in the classic great character writing, and sense of youth that Adachi is always known for, and he is a true master at writing high school romance and sports manga by this point. It’s been an actual decade since his last anime Cross Game and the wait was worth it. Man, now I just need a Season 2!

Mob Psycho 100 II 

MOB IS BACK!!! Need I really say more? The entire staff that worked on Mob is phenomenal, and really Bones is showing the best of the industry with both seasons of this series. But what lies at the core of Mob even more so than the amazing and unique art style and fluid animation is the wonderful character driven writing of indie writer ONE who started his career online and not with a major publisher. ONE is a master at not just comedy but characters. Watching all our best boys grow and learn in Mob has caused me to literally cry. Just the first episode of this season has shown how much Mob has grown as a person and how he is maturing. Mob you’re becoming cooler and cooler every episode, you little adorable awkward dork. 

One Punch-Man Season 2 

Man, OPM2 was thoroughly destroyed when it came out earlier this year. I largely definitely understood why though as the production of this season is such a major downgrade in every regard to the amazing work the crew did on the first season and it seems shifting from Madhouse to JC Staff really did harm the series in the long run. I didn’t even bother when it aired in Japanese because of that and have only just recently started to watch it after it got dubbed and put on Toonami. And I have to say … it really isn’t that bad. 

Maybe the dub version is using the more finished home video release footage over the original TV airing but I don’t think it’s really at a level of horror story (if anything look at Arifureta from this year too). Is it worse than Season One? Yup. Does that fact suck? Oh yeah. But the same heart is present from the original series in this season. I am surprised how badly it went because I am really loving this. ONE is such a talented writer and seeing his work animated never disappoints, I guess.

Outburst Dreamer Boys (Chuubyou Gekihatsu Boy)

This is another fairly funny series that seemed to fly under everyone’s radar and I assume that yet again the main culprit for this is because of the Hidive exclusive streaming. It’s a shame the platform is easily missed by so many considering its plethora of great content and tons of exclusives it’s been snagging up lately. *ah-hum* I promised I was not paid for that shill just now, sorry. 

Anyways, this is a comedy about a young girl Mizuki Hijiri who just transferred into a new school. All she wants is a normal high school experience but she is unfortunately adopted by the local Hero Club at the school more or less. Now the Hero Club is nothing more than a bunch of chunni boys going around doing all sorts of crazy and hilarious things and hijinks ensue. This is a fairly straight forward premise but largely carried by just how funny the characters are. It’s nice simple laughs that lead to feel good conclusions at the end of almost every episode.

The Promised Neverland 

Everything I said about Dr. Stone I can pretty much repeat about Neverland as well. I was so impressed with this series although it started off fairly simple it really grew into something far more sinister and ambitious. The ending of the season I did not see coming, and the creative team behind the manga’s bravery to move past the status quo instead of just milking it for all it is worth is applause worthy. Really looking forward to the next season. Speaking of--if you don’t mind the tangent--this must just be the year of Shonen Jump or something, though, am I right? Dr. Stone, Neverland, Astra, wow Shueisha really is killing it this year.

The Quintessential Quintuplets (Go-Toubun no Hanayome)

On the surface the Quints (as fans call it) is nothing more than a basic cut and dry harem set up where one guy has to tutor five beautiful girls who all just happened to be sisters. Like damn I think I might have played this game in high school and it was naughty! But Quints is surprisingly deep and a lot more than just that. It’s by no means a masterpiece in anime romance story telling but I was thoroughly blown away by how restrained it really was and how well written each of the heroines are. This is a really cute series that’s just easy to watch and appreciate it for its simplistic but well crafted story.

Radiant (Season 2) 

Radiant is back and is having a much better start than the first season ever did a year prior. This current season has had significantly less filler and is much closer to the manga in its story which makes for an improved viewing experience and is noticeably a lot more mature now. The original season of Radiant struggled with how much filler and changes to the plot and characters it piled on in its early run. That really made the series seem more cliche and simple than it really is and because of that it had a lot of difficulty in finding an audience early on who may have (rightfully so) dismissed it based on those early fumbles. Early Radiant anime somewhat reminds me of the start of the Black Clover anime in this regard, actually. 

It wasn’t until the first season moved on to one of the earlier big picture story arcs in Rumbletown that it really started to come together and let the source material shine through. Seeing season 2 maintain this relatively same quality since its very first episode is promising. The character interaction is much improved, and Seth’s journey only gets more complicated from this point on in the story as he learns more about nemeses, magic, and his own past. It’s a great battle manga finally given some real justice with its anime and I really have been digging season 2.

RobiHachi

RobiHachi is Diet Space Dandy and in a world where Space Dandy is only 26 episodes and that’s it, that’s a good thing! We need more Space Dandy!!!

While not even close to the animation powerhouse of Dandy, or the experimental nature of how it changed directors constantly, RobiHachi is very close in the same sort of style and humor of Dandy. It’s essentially a buddy series where two men Robby and Hatchi end up on a voyage through space together and get into all kinds of crazy adventures along the way. It’s a nice little series that helps fill in the void that Space Dandy left after it ended in 2014.

Run with the Wind (Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru) 

Run with the Wind, based off a novel of the same name is a series about a disheveled track and field team trying to run the Hakone Ekiden, a world famous (or infamous) race that is extremely grueling and has destroyed many young athlete and potential Olympic runners sports careers in the past. Despite all this team leader Haiji pursues his dream of racing down this grueling track and will stop at nothing to run it, even if he has to make an Olympic quality team out of rejects and losers. He often butts heads with protagonist Kakeru who views the world very differently from Haiji and thinks he needs to accept reality already and give up this pipe-dream. 

Run with the Wind is utterly fantastic, and a show so many people slept on. I honestly don’t even know why! Because it’s about running, I guess? Really, there is no excuse! What are all of you guys doing missing this show?! What separates it from a ton of the other sports anime peers is a few things, on the surface level there is the University setting and older cast. All the characters are young adults, and plenty of them are 20-somethings at the phase of their lives where they need to find their first real career and figure out how to live. But at the heat of Run with the Wind is a far more serious dialogue about being an adult and facing reality vs pursuing your dreams and what the limit of hard work should mean. This is far more than just a series about running. It’s about the weight of the dreams we all carry with us and the weight of the friendship and bounds we all form. And what weight we should carry and what we should let go. 

This was an incredibly emotional and impactful anime series and I am super happy to see it receiving an upcoming dub next year from Sentai, it deserves it!

Senryu Girl 

This series of short 12-minute episodes was one of the most adorable series in 2019 and always managed to make me smile. Senryu Girl stars Nanako, a girl who because of her incredible shy and introverted nature never speaks and only communicates through senryu poetry she writes. Nanaka hangs out with Eiji, a local delinquent that most of the school fears but is in fact a huge softie and a major fan of poetry--he even belongs to the same poetry club as Nanaka. Together the two write poetry with each other, go on dates, and get into all sorts of adorable situations.

True Cooking Master Boy (Shin Chuka Ichiban!) 

In this semi-remake, semi-continuation of the classic 1997 Cooking Master Boy anime we follow the youngest super chef in all of China Liu Mao Xing, as he takes on the dark Underground Cooking Society who seek to control the entire world through their cooking and beat them at their own game.

I think this series is best described as Food Wars!/Shokugeki no Soma but instead of being incredibly horny it’s a martial arts film. I didn’t really follow the original anime series but definitely plan to get around to finding it after watching this newest series. I really enjoyed all the cooking battles that have been shown and the characters are all excellent.

Vinland Saga

Vinland Saga is an artistic marvel and this anime adaptation fully lives up to its legendary manga’s reputation. 

Every episode of Vinlad was so damn compelling, and this feels like what the previous Berserk series should have always been like instead of the infamously janky CGI animation and knife to the page cutting scripts it got. Vinland is such an emotionally powerful series that can be carried by its own characters alone even during long stretches of episodes that lack the adrenaline fueled action fests for the eyes that it has. Honestly the less said about Vinalnd the better, as it’s an experience you should go into fresh without knowing too much about it. But oh boy, I am still reeling for that finale, it was downright terrifying and therapeutic. 

This is easily a major highlight of the anime industry in 2019.

Wasteful Days of High School Girls (Joshi Kousei no Mudazukai)

I’m starting to notice a pattern where I talk about comedies a lot, but I guess that just is my taste in entertainment, huh? This series is also another pattern too, the Hidive exclusive nobody watched. I know, I know, let’s just get on with a few words about the show. 

Wasteful Days is  downright the most hilarious anime of 2019. I guess I ended up saving the best for last, as every episode would have tears rolling down my eyes from laughing too hard. The basic premise of a classroom full of a bunch of weirdos is super uninteresting, and on the surface if you read the description it doesn’t sound like anything special but don’t be fooled. The whole damn series is constantly hilarious and ludicrous. There isn’t a single minute of screen time where you aren’t falling over and laughing at the stuff happening on the screen.

Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun!

While not as funny as Wasteful Days, Iruma-kun is also another great comedy of the year, and I would be remiss not to mention. The series has a more fantastical element what with it being a demon school in the Netherworld, and poor Iruma, the only human boy in the school is trying his hardest to not stand out and get eaten by all the demons but he just can’t stop being incredible at everything in the demon curriculum somehow. This is a great little funny series, and the dub made by Curnchyroll is equally hilarious. I really recommend it especially for anyone who is a fan of Disgaea.

[marabarl-and-marlbara]

hello mara,

i was wondering if you had a kinlist? it seems to mostly be a trend going around in certain fandoms, but its interesting to hear what characters resonate with a person the most, and sometimes gives insight to what their personality is like i think

-ava

hello, ava; i do not; i:m not sure if it:s the same thing as kinning, but i bond with characters using a chiral (hand) system to map them on-to myself;

i figure out five traits that i think define my recent thoughts (usually mal-adaptively), and then find a negative set of characters that correspond to each trait, and then a positive set. the negative set represents the palmar side, & the positive represents the dorsal side.

the traits change as i change (bc ideally the characters help me accept difficult parts of myself), and i:ve been struggling w/ finishing my chart recently.

roughly tho:

animals (hard to talk about): ayumi from tns/subahibi, & emuko from unicorn comic; scrupulosity (obsession w/ religious purity): shino from wonder egg, & misuzu from boogiepop; disconnection (terminal-seeking): michi from .hack//, & sumire from narcissu; alienation (hikikimorism & inability to connect): blank (maybe momo from machikado), & sumire from narcissu; self-deception (difficulty w/ self-admitance): saori chiba from wandering son, & takako from arigatou.

it:s not super accurate; scrupulosity is the most inaccurate (it:s mostly there because i really like shino and misuzu).

in terms of characters i just really admire: misuzu, shino, hiroko from narutaru. irisu from irisu syndrome too.. oki-doke

take care, ava

[vstranslations]

Friends - iをyou (i wo you) - Lyrics

song (spotify) Japanese/Romaji/English lyrics under the cut)

明日のこと、明後日のこと 一年後の今日の出来事 街角の店、たまにいる猫 触れ合うたび上がってく体温

あっという間に はっ、と目覚まし すっとごまかす 愛もねじこむ 深くいよう 浅くいこう

淡い炎がゆれる 心の奥が燃える 交わる空気伝い 大切に育つ この先ずっと君と 手と手つないでいたいな 幼い　拙い　言葉だけど

遅い帰宅、不揃いのいちご 会わないうちに伸びた髪の毛 ぶつかりあって　また近くなって 離れたくない　離したくない　離れられないよ

たった一度の 当たり前を さっと炒めて 味を占める うわさしてる 君も同じハートで

赤く染まった頬に 気づく鼓動が揺れる 交わる空気伝い 愛らしく育つ 物足りない日常も 満ち足りているようさ

儚い　絶えない　願いだけを

愛しく思えば思うほど 空回り　苦しくなる 優しく　なればなるほど 深まってく　ふたりの距離感

あっという間に はっ、と目覚まし すっとごまかす 愛もねじこむ 深くいよう 浅くいこう

淡い炎がゆれる 心の奥が燃える 交わる空気伝い 大切に育つ この先ずっと君と 手と手繋いでいたいな 幼い　拙い　言葉だけど

赤く染まった頬に 気づく鼓動が揺れる 交わる空気伝い 愛らしく育つ 物足りない日常も 満ち足りているようさ 儚い　絶えない　願いを　叶えよう --

ashita no koto, asatte no koto ichinengo no kyou no dekigoto machikado no mise, tama ni iru neko fureau tabi agatteku taion

atto iu ma ni ha tto mezamashi sutto gomakasu ai mo nejikomu fukaku iyou asaku ikou

awai honoo ga yureru kokoro no oku ga moeru majiwaru kuukitsutai taisetsu ni sodatsu kono saki zutto kimi to te to te tsunaide itai na osanai tsutanai kotoba dakedo

osoi kitaku, fuzoroi no ichigo awanai uchi ni nobita kaminoke butsukari atte mata chikaku natte hanaretakunai hanashitakunai hanarerarenai yo

tatta ichido no atarimae wo satto itamete aji wo shimeru uwasa shiteru kimi mo onaji haato de

akaku somatta hou ni kizuku kodou ga yureru majiwaru kuukitsutai airashiku sodatsu monotarinai nichijou mo michi tariteiru you sa

hakanai taenai negai dake o

itoshiku omoeba omou hodo karamawari kurushiku naru yasashiku nareba naru hodo fukamatteku futari no kyorikan

atto iu ma ni ha tto mezamashi sutto gomakasu ai mo nejikomu fukaku iyou asaku ikou

awai honoo ga yureru kokoro no oku ga moeru majiwaru kuukitsutai taisetsu ni sodatsu kono saki zutto kimi to te to te tsunaide itai na osanai tsutanai kotoba dakedo

akaku somatta hou ni kizuku kodou ga yureru majiwaru kuuki tsutai airashiku sodatsu mono tarinai nichijou mo michi tariteiru you sa hakanai taenai negai wo kanaeyou

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Tomorrow, and the day after The things I’ll do a year from today The shop on the corner, and the cat that’s often there The way I warm up when we touch

In the blink of an eye I wake up suddenly Decieved so swiftly Love, too, is pushed on to me Let’s go deep Let’s go shallow

A pale flame flickers; my heart set ablaze The mixed moods in the air tell all, and I carefully craft them I want to be hand in hand with you forever Even if it sounds childish and silly

I come home late, the strawberries misshapen My hair’s grown longer since we last met We bump into each other and become close again I don’t want to be apart, I don’t want to let go, I can’t leave you

My one moment of normalcy is quickly sauteed, and I get a taste for it People spread a rumor that you feel the same way

My red cheeks make me realize how my heart is trembling The mixed moods in the air tell all, and I lovingly craft them Even unsatisfactory days seem to feel good enough for me

Just grant me this one unending, dreamlike wish…

The more I think fondly of you, the more I run in circles and suffer The more I try to be nice, the wider our distance becomes

In the blink of an eye I wake up suddenly Deceived so swiftly Love, too, is pushed on to me Let’s go deep Let’s go shallow

A pale flame flickers; my heart set ablaze The mixed moods in the air tell all, and I carefully craft them I want to be hand in hand with you forever Even if it sounds childish and silly

My red cheeks make me realize how my heart is trembling The mixed moods in the air tell all, and I lovingly craft them Even unsatisfactory days seem to feel good enough for me Grant me this unending, dreamlike wish

[supergenial]

[translation and lyrics] クリスマスなんて興味ないけど by ななひら

Oh that’s right, it’s a seasonal post. Wishing you all happy holidays with this pretty cool christmas song by Camellia and Nanahira in which she perfectly captures my spirit of christmas by saying she doesn’t give a single fuck about christmas, and then giving in a little and being happy about it. Fairly happy song if you’re hearing it, though It’s actually pretty sad if you’re just reading it without the music lol. Merry Christmas to you all, lyrics down below and see you all next time with a very special post.

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クリスマスなんて興味ない (kurisumasu nante kyoumi nai, It's Christmas and I don't care)

Lyrics and composition: かめりあ

Vocals: ななひら

(kyoumi nai kyoumi nai) santa san honto wa inai (holy night holy night) karendaa no hou ga white (kyoumi nai kyoumi nai) dadadare mo netan denai (holy night holy night) kyoumi nai kyoumi nai!

(not interested, don't care) there really is no Santa (holy night holy night) nothing on my calendar, it's blank (not interested, don't care) wh-who's salty I sure am not! (holy night holy night) I'm not interested I don't care!

(kyoumi nai kyoumi nai) (holy night holy night) (kyoumi nai kyoumi nai) (holy night holy night)

not interested, don't care holy night holy night not interested, don't care holy night holy night

heijitsu mo kyuujitsu akiruhodo aruita kono michi mo aki shiteru massaichuu mada mada orenji iro shiteru no ni ukareteru hitotachi ga dokka de ukaretekita harouin mo owattacha owatta kedo kinou toka sonna kurai nano ni

whether it's working days or holidays I get tired walking this road we're still in the middle of fall don't take down the orange decorations yet all those people celebrating Halloween were gone as fast as they showed up sure it's over already but it was only yesterday what's up with that

machikado no supiikaa akiru hodo shanshan hibiku suzu no ne konbini wa aka to midori irumeeshon ga irotoridori [hashire sori yo] boku wa soro de [kaze no you ni] bocchi Home ni naname na kimochi dayo (haa~)

the speakers on every corner are already tiring me out with their jingle bells the convenience stores are already filled with red and green lights "dashing through the snow" yeah that's me all by myself "in a one horse open sleigh" then I reach my home alone it just doesn't feel right (ah...)

dakedo sa sori no ue no suteeji kara Smile hakoberu nara kono chikyuu no dareka ga isshun warau jaa maa maa warukunai kamo

even so I'll bring you all some smiles from the stage above my sleigh so that someone on this world may smile for even a second I guess that's not so bad

kurisumasu nante kyoumi nai kedo tsumannai kimochi wa wakaru yo dakara Dance, and dance, and dance, and dance purezento no kawari ni Stepping! kurisumasu nante kyara janai kedo douse ashita mo onaji hi dakara Dance, and dance, and dance, and dance chiisana sachi arimasu you ni

I may not care about Christmas but I know that's a pretty annoying thing to say so let's just dance, and dance, and dance, and dance and then step aside to exchange some presents I may not be the kind of person who likes Christmas and tomorrow I'll be back to normal but let's just dance, and dance, and dance, and dance for what little happiness we can have right now

(silent night, holy night, kyoumi nai! hai!) (kyoumi nai kyoumi nai) (holy night holy night) (kyoumi nai kyoumi nai) (holy night holy night)

silent night, holy night, like I care! right? not interested, don't care holy night holy night not interested, don't care holy night holy night

momi no ki no fusafusa na tsurii ni oonamento omekashi shite teppen ni kirakira no ichiban hoshi no boushi kabusete riisu toka kasatte makka na hiiragi ribon de musunde busshu do noeru to roosuto chikin teeburu ni narande

let's put some decorations on our pines and to top it all a bright star will serve as it's hat take a few Christmas crowns and adorn them with red ribbons then fill the tables with Christmas cake rolls and roasted chicken

iya kitto fantajii sonna no honto ni mitakoto naitte oomiso ka shougatsu mo arushi dokka no kuni no hanashi datte [saa ana takara] mere karikimaka~ [watashi kara] moturu noaire~ massugu ni narenai yo (haa~)

as if! I've never had a Christmas like that it's just a fantasy maybe in some other country but for me it's just miso soup all the way to new year's "You better watch out" mele kalikimaka "You better not cry" I might I just can't be honest (ah~)

dakedo sa yuki mo nai kono machi ni snow furaseru nara insutanto nuudoru no anata ni nee maa maa warukunai desho

but even so let it snow even if there's no snow in this town and let's grab some instant noodles I guess this isn't so bad isn't it

kurisumasu nante yondenai kedo mata katte ni yattekuru dakara Dance, and dance, and dance, and dance kotoshi wa hora medetaku Skipping! kurisumasu nante narete nai kedo watashi fuku no santa demo ii janai? dakara Dance, and dance, and dance, and dance dareka ni sachi arimasu you ni

Even if you can't call this a proper Christmas we should do it again sometime so let's just dance, and dance, and dance, and dance and skip all the way through new years even if I can't get used to Christmas I can at least wear a Santa costume right? so let's just dance, and dance, and dance, and dance for what little happiness we can have right now

(silent night, holy night, kyoumi nai! hai!) (kyoumi nai kyoumi nai) ekooru nibun mo ichi janai? (holy night holy night) tokatte koto iu no yametai (kyoumi nai kyoumi nai) dadadaremo nayanderu nai! (holy night holy night) kyoumi nai kyoumi nai!

(silent night, holy night, like I care! right?) (not interested, don't care) not even halfway interested (holy night holy night) stop saying I am (not interested, don't care) wh-who's jealous I'm not! (holy night holy night) I'm not interested, I don't care!

aa boku mo kimi mo hitori tonari de shingou mattete mo dakara kyandoru ageru chiisana hi wo wakete ageru aa ie ni kikeba hitori dakedo chotto dake atta maru bokutachi nari no purezento dane Ta lala tata

ah we're just alone next to each other waiting for a sign so let's light a candle and see that small flame grow so that even if you go home alone you can be a little bit warm that'll be our present to you

kurisumasu datte iya janai kedo sabishii nante ienaishi dakara Dance, and dance, and dance, and dance kiyoshi yoru mo kimi he to Shuffling! kurisumasu nante sewashinai kedo mou sugu owacchau kara rarara dakara Dance, and dance, and dance, and dance anata ni sachi arimasu you ni

It's Christmas but I don't hate it that much because at least I’m not that lonely so let's just dance and dance and dance shuffling our way through the night what a busy Christmas this is but it's almost about to end so let's just dance and dance and dance and try to make you a little bit happier

(silent night, holy night, kyoumi nai! hai!) (kyoumi nai kyoumi nai) (holy night holy night) (kyoumi nai kyoumi nai) (holy night holy night)

silent night, holy night, like I care! right? not interested, don't care holy night holy night not interested, don't care holy night holy night

[amyure]

Title:  SHOW TIME Artist: CASQUETTE’S Lyrics: SATSUKI-UPDATE Composer: MICON STUDIO

An enjoyable, if not mindblowing, debut effort from the unit (and by the composer, who doesn’t seem to have come out with much) in my opinion. That cover art though ._. - Nab

Translations

Even the insipid, ordinary roads along the train track will look beautiful when sunset's light falls on them We aren't listening to popular music but, I think that's alright for a change?

Doing small steps, you hide with your fingertips, so that no one will find out Why don't we try to take off this cap, that shadows our eyes completely?

I had forgotten... Upon feeling a nostalgic sound, why don't you try to look stylish using an adult rhythm Do you wanna dance tonight?

Even the despairing love, by the center of the stage, will turn into a lullaby waiting at the back end of Broadway these overflowing feelings, lit up by the lights Tik Tak Don, if your heart is dancing This is SHOW TIME

When I came to, the train station, and similarly my dreams, had passed as I walked to your place 3 blocks away Walking along the road glistening with puddles, I swiftly continued on

After mid-noon the rain will let up, so even the 3 dollar umbrella turns into an enchanting stick The large afternoon sun sets, just like an unknown star in an unknown night

If you throw mundane ‘wise words’ into the sky you'll attract the attention of an adult who was looking at dreams Do you wanna hold me, Love?

Tonight's moon is golden colored, wrapping (us/me) gently the world that resounded with the whistling sound, is a story forgotten I still cannot find the meaning of being born, but it's my one invaluable night It's a SHOW TIME

The stars are shining The boring street corners are going to change into stages

Even the despairing love, by the center of the stage, will turn into a lullaby waiting at the back end of Broadway these overflowing feelings, lit up by the lights Tik Tak Don, if your heart is dancing This is SHOW TIME

Romaji

Ajikenai futsuu no senrozoi mo  yuugure ga terashitara utsukushii hayari no ongaku wa kikanai kedo  tamani wa ii kana?

dare ni mo mitsukerarenai you ni yubisaki de kakushita kokizamina SUTEPPU mabukani kabutteita boushi wo omoikiri yoku hazushitemichaouka

Wasureteta natsukashii oto wo kanjitara kakkotsukete otona no RIZUMU de Do you wanna dance tonight??

Yaburekaburedeshita koi mo  butai no mannaka de BIROODO no ura de matteita RARABAI ni kawarukara Afurekaketa kimochi ga sutto  RAITO ni terasarete Tik Tak Don Kokoro ga odoreba This is SHOW TIME

Ki ga tsukeba eki mo yume mo sugite 3(san)BUROKKU saki no kimi no moto he to mizutamari kagayaku michi ni sotte  zunzun susumeba

hirusugi ni wa ame mo agatta kara  3(san)DORU no kasa mo mikryokutekina SUTEKKI ookime no yuuhi ga ochitekite  shiranai hoshi no shiranai yoru mitai

arifureta meigen wo sora ni houreba yume miteta otona wo kitotte Do you wanna hold me, love?

Konya no tsuki wa koganeiro yasashiku tsutsumarete kuchibue de narasu sekai wasurekaketeta SUTOORI umareta koto no imi wa mada mitsukerarenai kedo Jibun dake no kakegaenai yoru It's a SHOW TIME

hoshitachi ga matataite taikutsu na machikado ga SUTEEJI ni kawaru kara

yaburekaburedeshita koi mo butai no mannaka de BIROODO no ura de matteita  RARABAI ni kawaru kara afurekaketa kimochi ga sutto  RAITO ni terasarete Tik Tak Don kokoro ga odoreba This is SHOW TIME

Kanji

味気ない普通の線路沿いも夕暮れが照らしたら美しい 流行りの音楽は聞かないけどたまにはいいかな？

誰にも見つけられないように　指先で隠した小刻みなステップ 目深にかぶっていた帽子を　思い切りよく　外してみちゃおうか

忘れてた　懐かしい音を感じたら 恰好つけて　大人のリズムで Do you wanna dance tonight??

やぶれかぶれでした恋も　舞台の真ん中で ビロードの裏で待っていた　ララバイに変わるから 溢れかけた気持ちがすっと　ライトに照らされて Tik Tak Don　　心が躍れば This is SHOW　TIME

気が付けば駅も夢も過ぎて　３ブロック先の君の元へと 水たまり輝く道に沿って　ずんずん進めば

昼過ぎには雨もあがったから　３ドルの傘も　魅力的なステッキ 大きめの夕陽が落ちてきて　知らない星の　知らない夜みたい

ありふれた名言を空に放れば 夢みてた大人を気取って Do you wanna hold me, love?

今夜の月は黄金色　優しく包まれて 口笛で鳴らす世界　忘れかけてたストーリ 生まれたことの意味はまだ見つけられないけど 自分だけのかけがえない夜 It's a SHOW TIME

星たちが瞬いて 退屈な街角が ステージに変わるから

やぶれかぶれでした恋も　　舞台の真ん中で ビロードの裏で待っていた　ララバイに変わるから 溢れかけた気持ちがすっと　ライトに照らされて Tik Tak Don　　心が躍れば This is SHOW TIME

[noviceaoiryusei]

春の花 (HARU NO HANA) - チーム・ハンサム！ (TEAM HANDSOME!) LYRICS [KANJI/ROMAJI]

春の花 (haru no hana) 賑わう街角すり抜け帰り道今日も夜風が頬を撫でる静まる空に君を浮かべてた nigi wau machikado surinuke kaeri michi kyou mo yokaze ga hoho o naderu shizumaru sora ni kimi wo ukabeteta 行き先の違う電車に飛び乗って同じメロディーを聴いてたよね yuki saki no chigau densha ni tobinotte onaji melody okiiteta yo ne 重なる雲に想いを寄せ信じ合えたよね kasanaru kumo ni omoi o yose shinji aeta yo ne 一人じゃないことは分かってるのに虚しくてやるせない日もある hitori janai koto wa wakatteru no ni unashikute yarusenai hi mo aru それでもずっと明日を願えたのは紛れもない大切な君が居たから sore demo zutto asu wo negaeta no wa magire mo nai taisetsu na kimi ga itakara 春が待ってる迎えに行こう haru ga matteru mukae ni yukou 僕らはまた強くなる bokura wa mata tsuyokunaru 喜び分け合い yorokobi wakeai 笑いたい waraitai 必ず太陽は昇るから kanarazu taiyou wa noboru kara 声を聞かせてそばで感じたい koe wo kikasete soba de kanjitai 目を閉じればそこに居る me wo tojireba soko ni iru 離れていたって hanarete itatte また会える mata aeru 何気ない毎日に nanigenai mainichi ni 君と色を添えていこう kimi to iro o soete yukou あれからどれくらい時間が経ったかな「新しいシャツ」も手に入れたよ are kara dorekurai jikan ga tatta kana "atarashi shatsu" mo te ni ireta yo 変わったものと変わらないもの気付いてくれるかな kawatta mono to kawaranai mono kizuitekureru kana 「旅路の途中」でケンカもしたね "tabiji no tochu" de kenkamoshita ne 振り返れば少し恥ずかしくなる furi kaereba sukoshi hazukashikunaru 今誰かのために生きる幸せ ima dareka no tame ni ikiru shiawase 感じてる世界は輝いている kanjiteru sekai wa kagayaiteiru 空を仰げば鳥が鳴いていた sora wo aogeba tori ga naiteita 自由に羽を広げて jiyu ni hane wo hirogete 自分のペースで jibun no pesu de 進めばいい susume ba ii ここまで飛べたのは kokomade tobeta no wa 君のおかげありがとう kimi no okage arigatou 木漏れ日が揺らめく頃 komorebi ga yurameku koro 落ちた雫が光る ochita shizuku ga hikaru 水面に映る敗しい未来を君と分かち合う時 minamo ni utsuru mabushi mirai wo kimi to wakachiau toki そっと小さな養が咲いた sotto chiisana tsubomi ga saita 僕らのストーリー bokura no sutori 続いてく tsuzuiteku 競窓際の akatsuki madogiwa no ミチシルベ michishirube 夢の架け橋渡って行こう yume no kakehashi watatte yukou 弱さを知り強くなる yowasa wo shiri tsuyoku naru 一途な想いを ichizuna omoi wo 抱きしめていつでも dakishimete itsudemo いつまでも手を取り合い歩き出そう itsumademo te wo toriai arukidasou 君の手を握りしめてどこまでも kimi no te wo nigirishimete dokomademo

[kimonobeat]

Kubota Saki Lyrics: Ihoujin (異邦人; Stranger)

English translation and romanization below the cut.

ENGLISH

Children open up their arms, facing the sky Trying to catch birds, clouds, their dreams in them I knew nothing about what that looked like until just yesterday I really believed these fingers of mine would reach you

In the distance where the sky and the earth meet Is a road, calling out to a traveler from the past

To you I’m just a passerby Just a stranger you saw when you turned around for a moment

I wander to and fro through a stone-paved town, Letting myself be swept up in the crowd headed for the market Voices saying prayers, the sound of hooves, an almost sing-song hustle and bustle A white morning, leaving me in the dust

For some reason, time travel Has stopped up the wounds of my heart. What a curious road this is

I keep hesitating while I write a letter only saying “goodbye” A foreigner with sadness to spare A foreigner with sadness to spare

ROMAJI

kodomo-tachi ga sora ni mukai ryoute wo hiroge tori ya kumo ya yume mademo tsukamou to shite iru sono sugata wa kinou made no nanimo shiranai watashi anata ni kono yubi ga todoku to shinjite ita

sora to daichi ga fure-au kanata kako kara no tabibito wo yonde’ru michi

anata ni totte watashi tada no toorisugari chotto furimuita mita dake no ihoujin

shijou e iku hito no nami ni karada wo azuke ishidatami no machikado wo yurayura to samayou inori no koe hizume no oto utau you na zawameki watashi wo okizari ni sugite yuku shiroi asa

jikan ryokou ga kokoro no kizu wo naze kashira umete yuku fushigi na michi

sayonara dake no tegami mayoi-tsudzukete kaki ato wa kanashimi wo moteamasu ihoujin ato wa kanashimi wo moteamasu ihoujin

[ynfg-main-character-bracket]

Character Intro 19

Nakitsuki has joined the bracket!

Character Info

NAME: Nakitsuki

NAME MEANING: “crying/weeping child”

SOURCE: Mugamuchuu (2012)

GAME DEVELOPER: co-developers Machikado no Michi and Haru

Tournament Stats

INTRODUCED IN: Tournament 1

WON AGAINST: N/A

LOST AGAINST: Usotsuki (Tournament 1)

ACHIEVEMENTS: N/A

Status: Active

[my-anime-goods]

December 2019 Loot

This is the final loot of the year 2019 that I’ve got! More clear files and keychains from AmiAmi!

[deecherrywolf]

Now I want to share what tracks I’ve been using so far because Kaisou track is kind of on the melancholic side and it hasn’t ALL been sad lmao, so if anyone following me is curious on what i’ve been listenign to while working on one of my bb ideas, here? (plus its lamento music and i love lamento music please play lamento, listen to some of the music)

other than kaisou track, I’ve used -

shinobi yoru kage hi no ataru bashou hatenai michi miezarumono kinpaku tsuioku no koe kaze ga fuku machikado

and that’s it so far, I have plans to use- kowaku rasen no machi raishuu yottsu no honoo forget-me-not

[ynfg-main-character-bracket]

Character Intro 17

Motatsuki has joined the bracket!

Character Info

NAME: Motatsuki

NAME MEANING: “sluggish” or “slow”

SOURCE: device (2014)

GAME DEVELOPER: co-developers Machikado no Michi and Haru

Tournament Stats

INTRODUCED IN: Tournament 1

WON AGAINST: Netsuki (Tournament 1)

LOST AGAINST: Sometsuki (Tournament 1)

ACHIEVEMENTS: N/A

Status: Active

[my-anime-goods]

Dec-2019 Goods I’m Getting

[supergenial]

[translation+lyrics] 無限回廊 by nanami

Ohh man, an oldie but certainly a goodie. Nanami included this track on her latest compilation album and it’s been stuck in my head ever since. Doesn’t seem on be on youtube but you can check out a vocaloid version in niconico, it’s a really cool tune. Lyrics down below and see you all next time. 

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無限回廊 (mugen kairou, Endless Corridor)

sukui ageru tadotteiku hitotsu hitotsu tsunagitomeru boku ga boku de aru tame no taisetsuna omoide

Scooping them up and tracing them Each and every one, I hold them together They make me who I am These precious memories of mine

itsuka mita yuugure tooku shiosai no oto yakusokushita ano oka kasuka na ame no nioi

The sunset I saw long ago That distant sound of waves The hill in which we made a promise with that lingering scent of rain

kagerou no machikado netsu wo obita yubisaki togire togire no merodii kono michi wa dokomade tsutsuku no

Those sunlit streets feeling the warmth of each other's fingertips Yet that melody had to cut off Where could this road be taking us to?

kasane tsuranete tabaneta omoide hitotsu datte kakete shimaeba

They're all tangled up these bundled up memories If even one of them were to break off...

boku wa boku de nakunaru kara tachidomatte irarenai

I would no longer be who I am No longer be able to stand as I am

tsumujikaze hitotsu hirameita hitohira tayori nai ashidori de oikake te wo nobashita

Just one whirling wind a single fluttering moment  these slight footsteps ran while lending out a hand

motsure kuzureochite chirabaru musuu no kakera dareka no sasayaku koe 「naa, kore ga nandomo darouka?」

And so the tangle came undone The pieces scattered about There was only one whispering voice "Well, how many times has it been now?"

koboreochiru (itsuka mita yuugure) toketeiku    (tooku shiosai no oto) ikudotonaku  (yakusokushita ano oka) tsunagitomeru(kasuka na ame no nioi)

Spilling off             (The sunset I saw long ago) Coming undone    (That distant sound of waves) Countless times  (The hill in which we made a promise) Recovering again (with that lingering scent of rain)

boku ga boku de aru tame no (kagerou no machikado netsu wo obita yubisaki) taisetsuna omoide (togire togire no merodii) kono michi wa dokomade tsutsuku no

For me to be me... (Those sunlit streets, feeling the warmth of each other's fingertips) My precious memories... (Yet that melody had to cut off) Where could this road be taking us to?

boku wa boku de aru koto wo...

I have to remain myself...