shifting through old screenshots again. i remember being so hyped during the Weapon Series raid, it was such a big gundam reference lol i even dyed my rebel coat (that my friend gave me) into dark green to match IBO’s Tekkadan jacket, while blasting 00′s OST.
look at this beauty:
IT CAN EVEN TRANS-AM!!!!!11!!!! THREE TIMES FASTER! THREE TIMES STRONGER!!
I WANT THIS AS MOUNT!!! or at least let me ride this into battle again PLEASE YOSHI P
i've been thinking for some time about how the lyrics of binks sake relate to the overall themes of the story, especially regarding gear 5, but this panel in particular puts me in mind of a specific line:
FULL THROTTLE4
YUI (CV: Saitou Souma)
RIO (CV: Uchida Yuuma)
MEGU (CV: Kakihara Tetsuya)
DAI (CV: Masuda Toshiki)
MV here.
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T/N: Keep in mind that Japanese and English aren’t my first language. I never claim my translation (attempts) to be error-free. As always, if you’re going to use or reference my translations, please do not claim it as your own and credit me.
Adamu to ibu yori mo tanoshimou ze
Tsumi o okashi tatte kami mo michainai
Santa mo purezento mo hitsuyō nai
Machidju makikonde koyoi wa utage (HEY)
Let us enjoy ourselves more than Adam and Eve
Even if we commit a sin, the gods are not seeing it
We do not need presents or Santa Claus either
Invite the whole town and let us party tonight (HEY)
Nijyuu ji okiru machi
Nakama machi
Keshō shita kono machi
Ukare sawagashī
Iruminēshon me ubawarete aruku
Egao ga terasareru
Seinaru yoru yo
A town that comes alive at 8 PM
Waiting for its friends
This town is all decorated
Festive and merry
I walk, my eyes captivated by the illuminations
Every smile is illuminated
In this holy night
誰かと幸せに
笑えていればいい
一緒に過ごせれば始まる
しけたツラするなよ
Dare ka to shiawase ni
Waraete ireba ī
Issho ni sugosereba hajimaru
Shiketa tsura suru na yo
You just need to laugh, smile, and
Feel the happiness with someone
It begins when we spend time together
So don’t be in such a somber mood
Merī merī kurisumasu
Kata o kunde
Risei kowashite oto ni yoishire
Merī merī kurisumasu
Buchi ageru ze
Machidju makikonde koyoi wa utage
Isogashī mainichi kyō wa wasurete (HEY)
Merry Merry Xmas
Link your arm to mine
Break free of reason and lose yourself in the music
Merry Merry Xmas
Raise your spirits
Invite the whole town and let us party tonight
Forget those busy days of ours just for today (HEY)
Gaki no koro ukareteta kurisumasu
Me o kosutte matteta
Jinguruberu
Dekaku natte kare o motte mo
Kawarenai
Tokubetsu ni kanjita
Seinaru yoru yo
The Xmas I was excited about when I was young
I rubbed my eyes and waited for
The jingle of bells
Even if I grow up and have the money
It will not change
It felt special to me
This holy night
誰かの幸せで
笑えていればいい
繋がっているから温かい
しけたツラするなよ
Dareka no shiawase de
Waraete ireba ī
Tsunagatte iru kara atatakai
Shiketa tsura suru na yo
You just need to laugh, smile, and
Feel the happiness with someone
It feels warm because we are connected
So don’t be in such a somber mood
Merī merī kurisumasu
Gakki o mote
Omou ga mama ni oto o kanadete
Merī merī kurisumasu
Ashi de narase
Machinaka yurashiteke koyoi wa utage
Merry Merry Xmas
Hold the musical instrument
Play the music the way you want it
Merry Merry Xmas
Let our footsteps ring out
Rock the whole town with it and let us party tonight
Merī merī kurisumasu
Kata o kunde
Risei kowashite oto ni yoishire
Merī merī kurisumasu
Buchi ageru ze
Machidju makikonde koyoi wa utage
Isogashī mainichi kyō wa wasurete (HEY)
Merry Merry Xmas
Link your arm to mine
Break free of reason and lose yourself in the music
Merry Merry Xmas
Raise your spirits
Invite the whole town and let us party tonight
Forget those busy days of ours just for today (HEY)
...class 3-1 is preparing for the culture festival!
Read It:
Mangareader
Mangakakalot
Viz Media (North America Exclusive)
Mangadex (English updates are dead, but there’s the backlog; and Spanish + Portuguese language updates)
We begin with a new character. Shota Kori appeared once before (very briefly) in Communication 429 - Year Three Sports Carnival...
...where he appears to be examining Komi's pom pom. A detail which is now surprisingly relevant.
Good planning, Oda.
I enjoyed his segment. There's not much to say about him yet, but I see potential here. I think "perfectionist" would have been a more fitting word to describe him than "obsessive".
What I really like about Kori is his older sister.
Queen. She alone would make his inclusion worthwhile.
Interesting... a ramen stand feels anticlimactic to me. I'm not sure how many funny and interesting scenarios can arise from it; how will Oda find an excuse to put Tadano in a dress? But there's so many characters at this point that the project itself need not be too interesting. The festival can simply be a vehicle for character interactions.
I really love this sequence of all classmates interacting with each other. Even characters I dismissed at first become more endearing when presented as part of the group (I'm not referring to Omakawa, of course. Omakawa has always been a legend).
This guy, for example. I still don't think much of him, but he fits into the ensemble.
This guy, though...... you be careful with statements like that, boy. There will be none of that while I'm around.
This got me excited. Komis interaction with Shiina is very cute, and I ofc was hyped for SukiYama (EmoKida?).
So good to see them as a team...... not a fan of those faces. This is very much personal opinion and I can't claim it's a big deal, but I find these kind of expressions unsightly. Maybe because it's so far from how they normally look; these aren't Emoyama and Sukida faces, if you know what I mean. Oda has developed a habit of these kinds of expressions - Isagi always makes an ugly face when the subject of NarAse comes up, for example.
Nevertheless, I love SukiYama.
Tadano and his boys are cute. Komis just jealous.
Wait a minute......
(Communication 432 - Year Three Sports Carnival, Part 4)
Komata and the mysterious powder is an identical joke to what Saotome got. These characters were already extremely similar, now they're completely confused.
Skipping over the Komi foot noodles... asdlkansdlkansdlas
(❁´◡`❁)
uwa, tension arises. What conflict has Koris perfectionism caused with Ogiya?
Final thoughts: the ensemble chapters are always a good time. The looming conflict with Kori might be more interesting if we'd been properly introduced to him sooner, but I'm keen to see where it's going
I say this basically every time,,, but it's so good to see how Komi has grown. During the prep for the first festival, she was struggling to contribute. Now she's leading her class and making a vital contribution ^w^
Also I happened to notice that Kishi appeared in the title art but not in the actual chapter. Where is my Kishi?
I did do a music post in the past, but i'll indulge you, @jev-urisk XD
(quickly tho, cuz i'm writing rn)
one song each and a explanation of why :D (i was gonna do three each but then this post would be crazy long)
also, spoilers for Party of Three becase i can't explain these things entirely without spoilers (i tried my best to avoid massive ones)
As such:
Vague-ish spoilers for Taka's future
Minor spoilers for Beriyl's past
Relatively massive spoilers for Arthur and Eirairr's backstories
Taka:
Refrain Boy - ALL OFF
(I am very very passionate about music so this will probably be a long post despite me saying otherwise lmao)
Reasoning: This song to me, embodies a lot of things. The "going ahead with life even though it's hard," that really awesome feeling a lot of shonen have about "pushing through stuff with your friends no matter what," that "great things are gonna happen for you in the future" vibe, its really hard for me to put this emotion into words, but just the "You can look forward to fun stuff in the future, and as long as you have your bonds and yourself, you'll be okay, even if it's sad and hard" and i really, honestly think that embodies Taka very much. He is very much a person who cares VERY much about his friends, he's a very adventurous person, I'm very honored to get to write about him because his journey is to me, one that is very special and very beautiful. We literally watch this scared little kid grow up into someone capable of saving the world, and I think that is just beautiful. We watch him come into his own sort of groove, find out who he is and who he really cares about, what he stands for. It's just really beautiful and very personal to me. I've always loved this song, but in a sense I think it encapsulates the "journey" of Tamalnh, and my own personal journey over the last few years. Except I have far less friends than Taka, and I am nowhere near as happy as he is.
Beriyl:
Aaagh, honestly Beriyl is a tie up between Fightsong - Eve and Yumemigusa by BLUE ENCOUNT
Beriyl's story and him as a person I feel like both of these songs fit him pretty well. His is a story much darker than Taka's, because he's practically a survivor of childhood neglect. For fear of spoiling too much, I really don't know how to explain this without doing so, but Beriyl's story of overcoming self-worth issues, figuring out who he really is and what truly matters to him, and standing up for those things, is one that I think is really beautiful.
Beriyl is an immensely strong person, even if maybe that isn't readily apparent for the first, oh... two hundred pages of the book.
Arthur:
ROAR by ulma sound junction
This lyric in particular; "Where destiny gets robbed and torn in half,"
He lost everything at a very young age, struggled with severe, suicidal depression for many, many years. And he nearly did do it. In a way, he lost his future, then clawed it back into reality with his own two hands, fully intending to die all the while. He may never be able to fulfill that lost childhood dream of adventuring with Rend, he may have lost his family and village, but he found Taka and Beriyl. And they saved him, from himself, in a way.
Ecirr and Qlul:
PRIDE OF A NAMELESS HUNTER - Tadayoshi Makino
Ecirr to me, embodies the "grace" and "refinement" that Qlul doesn't really have. Qlul is the warmth and energy, the relaxed and "silly" side of the coin here, whereas Ecirr is the calm, cool, "serious" side.
Now, for some reason, I don't have a playlist for Qlul. But I do have a theme I feel fits both of them very much so.
L no Theme B - Hideki Taniuchi
Here's one more that resembles them :')
ok fine one more (feels fitting for book 2's tone)
AGHH ALSO BOOK 2 THEMING
Ecirr is really smart, and Qlul's not stupid. This song (L's Theme) to me feels like when they combine their only visible braincells and actually pull off something cool.
Eirairr:
Man, Eirairr is hard to summarize in a single song. He's such a chaotic person.
The enigma of an elf, the Eirairr-ness of... Eirairr.
Here's a few:
Kannon by Kita Kouhei
Blue Moon by LiSA
Tyottohitoiki
At his core, he's a good person. He cares about his friends and has an unfathomably great love for life itself. He's also a very tragic figure, as being born as a Pactborn-Elf means that, no matter how long he lived inside that Realm as an immortal being, once outside he's only got a hundred years. Can you imagine how short a hundred years would feel to someone who's lived that long?
Eirairr himself says something to this extent; and yes, this IS a pretty big spoiler, but its necessary to really get my point across.
Some context: A very long time ago, there was a period where Fae were very active, and several curses were placed on various people/parts of the world back then. One of these was locking several "clans" of elves into permanent deification as "guardians" of elements of the world, hence "Pactborn" elves. So you have "pacted" elves of the mountains, seas, forests, etc. They basically exist in a plane that is one "layer" above the physical dimension, which intersects with the Fae realm. They can't leave their "assigned areas", and if they do, they are cursed to die in a hundred years.
(the relative timespan of a human, basically.)
Eirairr was born into that, lived for a very long time, and then decided to leave. When he left, as part of the Curse, he was given knowledge of the modern world, clothes and a weapon, and basically told; "Good luck."
alright that's all from me :D did lots of tumblr today, lots of writing, very productive day today :DDDD and i have work tomorrow aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh not excited
whats the song that represents you / give us a song that reminds you of each muse you are interacting with the most.
Hmmm.... A song that represents me.... There are quite a few, but it's soo hard to choose only 1... I will try though for you anon. uwu
A song for me, Kukki - Human by Christina Perri
Mun Intermission: Now it's my turn to give a song (or more) for the Muses that Kukki interacts with a lot (some songs choices are also heavily based on the relationships that Kukki has with said Muses):
@niragixpsych's Niragi - Kaibustu from Beastars (because he is truly loyal and devoted to Kukki and loves her from the bottom of his soul to the point he'd give his life for her. Also, he's very protective of Kukki. uwu) and Gasoline by Halsey (props to Niragi's Mun for choosing such a fitting song for Niragi's complexity. X3 Plus, I feel it fits Kukki too.)
@niragisugurusan's Niragi - Dirty mind by Boy Epic (because the sexual tension between them is a crazy mess, but they're still going back and forth bickering instead of fucking already! Also, they really are into teasing each other. What's clear is that this Niragi has one heck of a dirty mind and Kukki is aware of all 'the things' he'd do to her, but still rolls with it cause she adores the softer side she gets out of him. XD) and also Partners in crime by Set it Off ft Ash-Costello (cause they are partners in crime. XD)
@hoodedchishiya's Chishiya - Fuckton of cats from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (you can't tell me this song doesn't give off Chishiya vibes. 🤣 He'd surely get a fuckton of cats. :))) ). Ok, ok, jokes aside let's give Chi man a proper song: Bad romance by Lady Gaga (this gives off the interactions between him and Niragi, but I guess it could also fit an enemies to lovers scenario between him and Kukki)
@prosopagn0sis aka Unmei - Darkside by NEONI (ever since I heard it first time, it gave me soo many Unmei vibes and now I can't not think of her whenever it pops up in my recommendations)
@twentyfourhourtitts aka Narumi - Milkshake by Kelis (because she's an amazing sext gal and we all know it. ;) )
@hinataxsunshine - Ashita wo Narase from Fairy Tail (this song gives me the vibes of their friendship. X3)
@kuinaoflight - True friend by Miley Cyrus (because she is a true and amazing friend and Kukki loves her a lot! X3)
@risa-of-spades - Queen of kings by Alessandra (badass song for a badass queen, enough said. 😌)
Hopefully I didn't forget anyone. Kukki has many more other great and wonderful people she interacts with, but the anon asked specifically for people she interacts with the most (meaning on a daily basis or whom Kukki knows for a longer time), so I couldn't include really everyone she exchanged interactions with, but know that each and every one of you is loved by both me and Kukki! X3 If you want a song too, feel free to leave me an ask and I'll do my best to find something fitting for your Muse or our Muses' current relationship! <3
Mavis is the first Guild Master as the co-founder of the Fairy Tail Guild. Thus, she's kind and protective of her guild. Mavis cares, guides and protects the guild whenever possible. As a person, she's quite cheerful, often happily smiling. Mavis can also be quite carefree and reckless. To a certain degree, she's very playful and childish. Additionally, Mavis is indifferent to certain things. Yet, she can be quite serious at times. Mavis is quite the tactician. She led her team to many victories with her exceptional skill in making strategies during battles. Unfortunately, Mavis can miscalculate sometimes. Upon learning one is a failure, she usually doesn't take it well. One of Mavis' quirks is she adores being barefoot. Out of comfort, she shuns shoes and chooses to always wander around barefoot everywhere she goes. Part of Mavis' innocent and gentle nature is how she entertains the belief fairies may exist. This eventually inspires the name of her guild. As a result, it becomes the core of many principles and values the guild has with the vast majority of its members. For a time, Mavis lost her kindhearted and outgoing demeanor. Upon discovering she's cursed to take life in return for how much she cares about it, she becomes frightened, driven to despair and madness. In this state, Mavis becomes hopeless and tries to end her life. However, upon seeing another suffering from the curse, she finds new hope through empathy and love, resolving to find a way to break their curse. After she's released from the curse, Mavis' demeanor returns to normal. But there's a change in her behavior towards seriousness. Through lingering darkness, guilt, sadness and regrets; Mavis worries about the consequences of her past, her guild's future and humanity.
This has been long overdue :)) I know I have finished translating this in the past, but this was also included in that file that got corrupted so... yeah. Needed to translate it again. :))
You know the drill. Not 100% accurate. Still studying. Just doing this for myself actually HAHA.
Te wo agete clap clap mainasu shikou ni clap clap
Mou owari ni shiyou yo
Jinsei no piiku nante clap clap
Kimetsukenai de hora clap clap
Mada mada kore kara deshou?
Tsumazuite kita ishikoro wo hirotte bakari ja
Sugu mochikirenakunaru deshou?
Sono te wo hiraite koko ni oite ikou
Shibutoi torauma mo zenbu haraou
Clap clap clap te wo tatake! Yuuutsu wo oidase!
"Mukuwarenai" nante sa tachidomatte nanka inai de
Clap clap clap me wo samase! Taikutsu wo nukedase!
Subarashii sekai sa me wo hiraite chanto mitsumete
Te wo agete clap clap rettoukan ni mo clap clap
Mou owari ni shiyou yo
Kanpeki shugisha mo clap clap jibun no ashioto ni clap clap
Mada mada kore kara deshou?
"Kono mama ja dame!" to sagashi tsudzukeyou
Risou no jibun ni katenakutemo ii kara
Clap clap clap te wo tatake! Yuuutsu wo oidase!
"Mukuwarenai" nante sa tachidomatte nanka inai de
Clap clap clap me wo samase taikutsu wo nukedase!
Mawari no oto ni amaezu narase!
Clap clap clap te wo tatake! Yuuutsu wo oidase!
"Mukuwarenai" nante sa tachidomatte nanka inai de
Clap clap clap me wo samase! Taikutsu wo nukedase!
Itsudemo soba de koushite kureru
Kimi ga iru kara mune wo hatteirarerunda
Clap clap clap te wo tatake! Yuuutsu wo oidase!
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Raise your hands and clap clap the negative thoughts away
Let's put an end to it
Let's clap clap to the best moments of our lives
Don't judge things without basis, come on, just clap clap
There's still more to come, right?
We just can't keep only picking up the pebbles that makes us trip
(Because) sooner or later we won't be able to hold it all, right?
So let's open our hands and leave them all here
As well as all the tough traumas that we have - let's drive them all away
Clap clap clap, put your hands together! Clap away the sadness!
Don't just stand there while saying things like "there's no reward in this"
Clap clap clap, wake up! (Let's) get out of this boredom!
Open your eyes and (you'll) surely see how beautiful this world is
Raise your hands (and) clap clap the inferiority complex away
Let's put an end to it, too
To the perfectionists, clap along to the sound of your footsteps
There's still more to come, right?
As we continue searching and saying "This is not enough!"
Even if you lose against your ideal self, it'll be fine
Clap clap clap, put your hands together! Clap away the sadness!
Don't just stand there while say "there's no reward in this"
Clap clap clap, wake up! (Let's) get out of this boredom!
Don't dampen the sounds around you - let it ring!
Clap clap clap, put your hands together! Clap away the sadness!
Don't just stand there while saying things like "there's no reward in this"
Clap clap clap, wake up! (Let's) get out of this boredom!
It's because you're always here beside me like this that I can be full of pride
Clap clap clap, put your hands together! Clap away the sadness!