#meanwhile kiryu was labelled FRIEND

[cloudyxdel]

Back in 1986...

imagine dedicating yourself to someone only for them to barely even comment on ur death (an act also dedicated to that someone) and label u as just an employee LMAOOO

also i love it when tachibana artists draw him like this:

[rigelmejo]

So @staidwaters u inspired me to attempt reading practice in Japanese again (u can ignore this long post tho friend lol i just wanted to let u know u motivated me o3o)/

So I grabbed my Reading Japanese and A Japanese Reader textbooks. Did not read them, cause intimidated and unmotivated. Instead? Opened up Clozemaster app Japanese.

Clicked Fluency Fast track (last time I only did "most common 100 words" and crammed 600ish example sentences cause I needed the grammar exposure tbh).

Well fun news everyone!

1. Clozemaster has updated the app so it now labels grammar parts of sentences if you click the ^ button (which is a nice feature to check our sentence word order), and now if you click the cloze words link it shows an in depth page with information about the word, origin, Kanji, pronunciations, and several different translator links. I'm not sure if they added these features to the other languages yet, but for a language like Japanese it's much appreciated. Also there's no hiragana in parentheses for all words after you click to reveal answer which helps with practicing pronunciation. So yay, one of my fave apps just made some even nicer quality of life improvements! (OK I just checked - chinese does have the changes in its Fluency Fast Track which is GREAT to see, korean does have the new grammar labels and added definitions).

2. I may be cheating perhaps because it seems to be giving me way easier Grammar than last time, but I found the sentences I just did easy to read and words easy to guess so I'm hopeful that means my Japanese has improved a little bit since the last time I did Japanese clozemaster.

Meanwhile, I played and beat Yakuza 0 this past week. And did so much listening to Japanese. Yes I had English subs so I know it hardly counts. But I feel like it refreshed me on a LOT I'd been rusty on. And warmed me up to a lot of less formal versions of grammar/words I am not as familiar with. It's also motivating tbh when I hear a whole sentence i understand. (To be fair though kiryu and some others say そうですか、そうだ、なんだよ、あんた何が aka a lot of real simple stuff).

[leasspell-dael]

TWEWY Bang 2018

This is mostly for my own reference, but in case anyone else is interested, here’s a masterpost of all the submissions for the TWEWY Bang 2018! I’m only providing partial header information (taken from the original posts, so make sure you review the full headers on anything you choose to view. Heed the warnings and practice the appropriate self-care!

(I’m not including authors notes, so I’ve added a listing of “Featured characters” to give a very basic description of the artworks. Anything with more than 2 characters will be labelled “Ensemble”.)

Artwork: Untitled by scivious

Featured characters: Ensemble

Fanfic: Rejected From the Rejects by Rover; (AO3)

Warnings: Transphobia/homophobia (misgendering, slurs, bullying, liberal use of the Japanese version of the f-slur), Violence (choking)

Summary: [BNHA fusion] In a society where 80% of the populace is endowed with quirks, everyone and their mother wants to be a hero. But even if Neku wanted to be a hero, an incident with his powers forced him to transfer to “The Union of Growth,” a reform school for troubled youth on the path to villainhood. If he can pass through the year-long reform program, the government says it will clear his record. But there’s something shady behind the scenes, and surviving at a school full of delinquents alone is tough. Luckily, Neku’s roommates are determined to help him, whether he want it or not.

Artwork: Under the Same Sky by Roxas/Neku

Featured characters: Neku and Minamimoto

Fanfic: Death of the Author by Leasspell Dael; (AO3)

Warnings: Canon-Typical Discussion of Death, Depression, Swearing/Profanity 

Summary: The Game is over, Neku and his new friends are alive, and Shibuya is still kicking. Trauma doesn’t fade that quickly though and Neku struggles to process everything he went through–everything he learned. No matter how much he hangs out with his friends and tries to enjoy his new life, there’s a darkness inside him he’s desperate to hide.

Artwork:

Untitled 1 | Untitled 2 by Zyo

Featured characters: Joshua | Joshua and Mr. Hanekoma

Fanfic: Gymnopédie by Alex

Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Warnings: Suicide, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Mentions of Voyeurism, Mild Language, Implied/Referenced Bullying, Depression, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Major Character Death (?)

Summary: Joshua said he just wanted one normal day. Hanekoma wouldn’t deny him that, for soon the boy would have to take his duties as Composer seriously.He didn’t think Joshua could die a second time.

Artwork: Untitled by Maro

Featured characters: Ensemble

Fanfic: Joshua’s 6-Step Plan to Becoming a Vampire by Matt

Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ? (WIP)

Warnings: Vampires, Blood 

Summary: Joshua Decides to take over a coven cause he’s bored. As you do. 

Fanfic: Ties We Bind (& Break) by composeregg; (AO3)

Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ? (WIP)

Warnings: Includes depression heavily, and mentions of suicide.

Summary: One year after the Long Game, a tall boy named Yuuto Kimura, who has messy black hair, glasses, and bright green eyes, stumbles into Neku’s life, and he can’t help but let him get close, letting him join the circle of friends.

One year after the Long Game, Joshua aches to hang out with Neku again, but the restrictions he’s gained for his transgressions are very clear: Yoshiya Kiryu, Composer of Shibuya, is not to interact with Neku Sakuraba.

(But every rule has a loophole.)

Artwork: Shibuya’s Fates by Roxas/Neku

Featured characters: Ensemble

Fanfic: It Never Hurts to Ask (It Sometimes Hurts to Answer) by Seldon

Parts: 1 | 2 | ? (WIP)

Warnings: None at present 

Summary: A year on from the Game, Rhyme still has questions her friends can’t answer—about the Game, about her lost fee, and about her future. (And about that word her, too, but that’s another set of problems.) Neku, meanwhile, has questions of his own, the latest of which concern a bout of unexplained radio silence from Joshua. They both know Joshua doesn’t really do answers, so when Rhyme invites him to join the gang on her twelfth birthday, she’s not expecting much. Still, it can’t hurt to ask. Probably.

Artwork: Photobooth by Matt

Featured characters: Shiki and Eri

Fanfic: The World Ended With You by Mizuki

Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Warnings: Light Gore 

Summary: Shibuya, a once lively city, now stained with the blood of the unfit. A young orphan, Neku Sakuraba, is left alone to fend for himself. Due to the circumstances, he is forced to join a survivor group. If he has any will or hopes to survive, he needs to learn to trust and cooperate with others. Otherwise, he will be at the mercy of hell’s demons.