#oota san

[koushirouizumi]

{With the L i g h t} ~ Nobu+Hika + ("Bon-fire") S T A R S + S y m b o l {-ism}

"That's just the leftover firewood shaped like a {s t a r}" - Other kid

"If that's the case, I'd be so {H A P P Y}."

-Sachiko, Hikaru's parent, (Likely also conveying Nobuaki's Feelings)

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Gyaku Shaun Sai Hanri / Ace Arftorney ENGLISH PATCH (VER. 1.0)

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS VERSION 1.0. THE EXTRA BONUS CASE HAS NOT BEEN TRANSLATED YET. THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED WITH A VERSION 2.0 DOWNLOAD ONCE THE BONUS CASE HAS BEEN TRANSLATED.

Thank you all who have waited patiently for me to translate this game! It was a lot of fun. Please support Cheshire, who now goes by Oota Manta, for creating this game! (here is his pixiv - MAJOR R-18 WARNING)

For this game to run properly, you MUST either set your computer's locale to Japanese or use a locale emulator.

EDIT: SPRITE PAGE.

DOWNLOAD LINK (INTERNET ARCHIVE)

Below are some translation notes (spoiler warning)

This was my first ever major translation project. Since it spanned the time of almost two years, the quality of the translations may increase as you play through the game. Nonetheless I have gone back and redone a lot of the earlier dialogue with the help of a friend to make it sound more natural in English. If you find any errors or typos, you may leave an ask and I will correct it in a patch update.

In order to keep the spirit of an actual Ace Attorney game, several things were changed. Most notably, the characters names.

Names:

稲刈たんぼ (Inekari Tanbo) is Phoenix Wruff. People familiar with the Japanese Ace Attorney names may recognize that this name is nowhere near Naruhodou Ryuuichi. That's simply because this character, as with Edgewurrth, were not actually named after the main characters of the original series. I decided to change this given their clear homage. Inekari Tanbo literally means "harvesting (a) rice paddy".

条框蓮司(レンジ) (Jyoukamachi Renji) is Miles Edgewurrth. To be honest, I don't think there is a pun in his name. At the very least, I had trouble thinking of what it could be. If somebody knows, let me know. The most I can figure is the first kanji in his name can mean "streak", and according to Cheshire, Edgewurrth was supposed to get the white streak of hair, not Abe, but he didn't like how it looked on the former.

萬舞 (Man Mau) is Krystal "Kris" Balle. Her name means "10,000 dances", hence her English name.

濡沼 ウキモ (Nuranuma Ukimo) is Ashley Goodhead. Ukimo doesn't seem to have much significance as a word, although it could be related to 浮き which means to float, as in like, floating in water. I say this because the other parts of Ukimo's name, 濡(Nura)沼(Numa) refer to being wet and to swamps.

If this is true, why the name choice? Well, it's very complicated...

濡 Means a little more than just being wet. It also can mean being wet in the sexual sense. There's also the word 濡れ衣 (Nuraginu) which means to be falsely accused of a crime (literally and archaically "wet clothes"). Both these I would say fit Ukimo, not only because of her story position of being falsely accused, but also, well... just look at her design. It would be naive to claim there's nothing sexual about it.

沼 has some connotations among gaming, interestingly. It can mean being addicted to something (that something being a piece of media, typically) or being "swamped" in a game, i.e being stuck and unable to progress.

Now, this meaning of the word has only come into play somewhat recently. Like, 2015-ish. Which makes it sort of inapplicable, since Gyaku San was created around 2003.

A different slang use of 沼 that was used around this time was 池沼 which means, basically, the r slur... in a way? It's used to make fun of "weird" or "cringe" behavior, typically present in those with mental disability. It's a homophone of 知障, which does mean "mental disability​".

With all this in mind, I had a very hard time piecing together a name for Ukimo that would feel at home in Ace Attorney. Especially because I don't know the full extent of what Cheshire had in mind when naming her.

Ashley was chosen given that, to me, it is a very "popular teenage girl" name. "Ash" would also make her closely related to "Phoenix". (Get it? LOL). I almost debated on making any use of ウキモちゃん (Ukimo-chan) be "Ash", but decided it would be kind of weird...

Goodhead was chosen for several reasons. It, of course, is a clear sexual pun, but it is also a reference to James Bond, something I feel could encapsulate some of the slang meanings of 沼 (media obsession) while serving to imitate Ace Attorney's love of pop culture references. "Goodhead" could also be taken literally, as in meaning she has a good head on her shoulders, which would refer to her being innocent; the "false accusation" meaning in her name.

It was the best I could do. Orz.

阿部伊知郎 (Abe Ichirou) is Abe Founder. He kept the first part, although his last name became his first name, and his original first name means "The one wise son". However, without the kanji, "ichirou" can mean to fail your college entrance exam. Considering that he lies about going to a prestigious college when he actually went to a average one reminded me of this, so his last name was chosen to hold similar meaning. "Founder", as a noun, can mean someone who establishes something, and typically this is used with positive connotation. However, as a verb, it can mean "failure", which I think is apt and captures this stark contrast meaning.

Many things in the game were changed to better be understood by a Western audience, such as obscure Japanese pop culture references and suchlike. The backwards poster bit was the hardest, but I managed to pull it off. In short, Ashley's - or Ukimo's - poster originally was a reference to an old Japanese song (likely) that had さんさん(san san) written. When read from the back, さ looks like ち(chi). The "look dood" poster said 犬さんぽ in the original, which means "dog stroll". But when read from the back, it looks like 犬ちんぽ which means "dog penis". I did my best with this, haha.

[trashexplorer]

BLCD Review: Ikigami & Donor

Title: Ikigami to Donor (イキガミとドナー)

Author/Artist: Yamanaka Hiko

Shop: CD + Manga

Release Date: 2021/12/03

Cast: 

Nakajima Yoshiki x Saitou Souma

Yamashita Seiichirou + Kawanishi Kengo

Kobayashi Chiaki

Yashiro Taku

Komada Wataru

Hayashi Miho

Shiozaki Tomohiro

Higa Ryosuke

Abe Ryouma

Torashima Takaaki

Oota Kensuke

Nakashima Takuya

Fujita Mami

Miyama Mari

Souya Kazuki

Synopsis: 

"Your blood and flesh, all of it is mine." An ikigami and a healer, together their souls support each other, blooming into love...

In the distant future, ordinary teacher Yoshino learns that he is a "donor" for the strongest species, the "ikigami." These warriors are tasked with protecting the country. "The unique ability of a donor is to use their bodily fluids to heal ikigami." Yoshino learns this fact and is shocked. Thus, Yoshino is forced to live with Kidou... At first, he is like a beast, demanding Yoshino's bodily fluids, but slowly, the underlying loneliness begins to show...

"Someday, if I met a donor, could they come to love me? That thought is the only reason I survived..."

Review Proper

I can’t believe Yamanaka Hiko’s been terrorizing me for over twelve years now. OH MY GOD I’M SO OLD. And true to the Yamanaka Hiko brand, this turned out to be another fantasy masterpiece (read His 500 Years of Suffering Romance). This was definitely the type of thing that would do great even without the BL aspect of it. Now, I did have an issue with Kidou being an asshole (he's almost killed Yoshino more than once), so I’m not excusing it. But I do get how and why he turned out to be like that and I'm aware that it's important for his character development. The world-building was great, don't get me wrong, but it's definitely dubcon 2015. I would strongly advise you not to get into it if that's a deal breaker for you.

Anyway, onto the voice work.

Souma used a tone so close to Gucci's that I kept imagining Gucci being Yoshino. Yes, I didn't read the manga while listening to the BLCD. It was like after graduating Karasuno, Gucci went on to become a teacher, then a donor lmao. His Yoshino panics more like Honda-san, however, so my final verdict is that his Yoshino is half-Gucci, half-Honda-san.

This isn't Nakajiki and Souma's first rodeo, but I'm glad to say that their performance/dynamic here is different from Mikeneko and XL Size. I expected Kidou to be a mix of Amano and Anaconbayashi-kun 'cause the former was cocky and the latter was stoic, but Kidou was only 50% of that mix and 50% brooding, suffering, I'll-protect-you top. Am I even making any sense? Again, I listened to the BLCD first, but the sound direction they gave Nakajiki was very different from what I thought he'd sound like after I read the manga. It’s almost like what happened with OnoD’s expressive Hasebe-kun in the Kotonoha BLCD vs the more stoic Hasebe-kun in the manga. 

The voice work of our two leads was 👌. This might just be my fave out of their pairings 'cause the sex isn't over-the-top like XL Size and Mikeneko. I will say that I wasn't completely sold on Yamashita Seiichirou as Shibata-san 'cause I feel like he speaks too slowly, but I'm sure it'll grow on me by the time I listen to their spin-off. KawaKen was fine. My heart broke for him every time Shibata-san rejected him, so it's safe to say he's got Taki-kun down already.

Oh. I did have a slight issue with the sfx too. Why was it so watery??? Lmao. Even r18 otome cds aren't that wet. But it's not so glaring that it'll turn you off.

The BLCD was almost perfectly accurate to the manga. I highly recommend this to those learning mid to higher levels of Japanese. Futekiya has licensed volumes 1 & 2, so please try to support the official release if you can. I'd be lying if I said that I agree with how they translated it so... literally?, but I think it's also important to see how things are translated that way if you're aiming to dip your toes into translation aside from studying the language. For example, they used "Living God" throughout the manga instead of "Ikigami." It's correctly translated, but I personally prefer retaining the original title. You know, like how Viz uses "Kaiju no. 8" instead of "Monster no. 8?"

God knows if I'll ever survive the spinoff that I wanted to work on. I avoided talking about it for a reason lmao. Anyway, if y'all liked this, then please give 500 Years (Ono Yuuki x Suzuki Tatsuhisa) and Shortcake no Ichigo Sawaranaide (Nojima Hirofumi x Takeuchi Ken). These two are android bls and Ikigami to Donor is more guide bl, but they both share a futuristic vibe.

[girlygirltournament]

(32 bracket base here by @mad-scientist-showdown)

This is the full 128 bracket!! Full list of matches under cut!!

Preliminary Polls

Round 1 Statistics

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6 (the finals!)

Directory

Bracket 1 - Side A

Mizuki Akiyama (Project SEKAI) Vs. Maria Campbell (My Next Life as a Villainess)

Flora (Winx Club) vs. Abby Sciuto (NCIS)

Mitsuba Sousuke (Toilet-bound Hanako-kun) vs. Forrest (Fire Emblem)

Enid Sinclair (Wednesday) vs. Pearl Houzuki (Splatoon)

Haley (Stardew Valley) vs. Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura)

Veruca Salt (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / Willy Wonka) vs. Sonoko Suzuki (Detective Conan)

Cinderella (Cinderella) vs. Silena Beauregard (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)

Kim Possible (Kim Possible) vs. Amy Rose (Sonic)

Bracket 1 - Side B

Sakura Chiyo (Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun) vs. Lydia Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)

Caroline Forbes (The Vampire Diaries) vs. Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon)

Rosie Mayfield (Style Savvy) vs. London Tipton (Suite Life of Zack and Cody)

Momoi Satsuki (Kuroko's Basketball) vs. Tuesday Simmons (Carole and Tuesday)

Effie Trinket (The Hunger Games) vs. Stella (Winx Club)

Honey-Senpai (Ouran High School Host Club) vs. Victorique de Blois (Gosick)

Sakura Minamoto (Zombieland Saga) vs Madoka Kaname (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Cure Sparkle/Hiramitsu Hinata (Precure Pretty Cure) vs Lindsay (Total Drama)

Bracket 2 - Side A

Lola (Shark Tale) vs. Colette "Coco" (Thea Sisters)

Therese Wolf (Fable Comics) Vs. Orca/Dex @labor9 (Tumblr User)

Princess Ozma (Wizard of Oz) vs. Aelita Schaeffer (Code Lyoko)

Webby Vanderquack (Ducktales) vs. Hiyoko Tosaka (Hatoful Boyfriend)

Fernet (100% Orange Juice) vs. Donko (Taiko no Tatsujin)

Blythe Baxter (Littlest Pet Shop) vs. Shezow/ Guy Hamdon (Shezow)

Numbah 3 / Kuki Sanban (Codename: Kids Next Door) Vs. Ami Onuki (Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi)

Jessica Day (New Girl) vs. Caitlin Cooke (6Teen)

Bracket 2 - Side B

Shirou Fuji (Mizutama Honey Boy) vs. Kitty (BBC Ghosts)

Rainbow Brite (Rainbow Brite) vs. Zari (Duolingo)

Momoko Ryugasaki (Kamikaze Girls) vs. Peaches (Ice Age)

Barbie (Sandman) vs. Tilly (Rent a Bridesmaid by Jacqueline Wilson)

Sally (Ninjago) vs. Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony Generation 3)

Princess Pea (Super Why!) vs. Mai Oota / P-Chan (Gokinjo Monogatari/Neighborhood Story)

The Cat (Red Dwarf) Vs. Queen Red Riding Hood (The Land of Stories)

Arcee (Transformers Generation 1) vs. Gaby Solis (Desperate Housewives)

Bracket 3 - Side A

Cher Horowitz (Clueless) vs. Cornelia Hale (W.I.T.C.H)

Marianne Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility) vs. Clover (Totally Spies)

Perfuma (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) vs. Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls)

Lilligant (Pokémon) vs. Biscuit Krueger (Hunter x Hunter)

Allison Reynolds (The Foxhole Court: All For the Game) art by @detrinity vs. Isabella Garcia Shapiro (Phineas and Ferb)

Hello Kitty (Sanrio) Vs. Barbie (Mattel)

Mari Tsutsui (Rainbow Days/Nijiiro Days) vs. Ella (Total Drama)

Tahani Al Jamil (The Good Place) vs. Rosalina (Mario)

Bracket 3 - Side B

Elle Woods (Legally Blonde) Vs Daphne Blake (Scooby-Doo)

Ty Lee (Avatar: The Last Airbender) vs. Amulet Heart (Shugo Chara!)

Holly Munro (Lockwood and Co) art by @lucy-j-carlyle vs. Nikki (UP2U: World Traveller, Love Nikki, Shining Nikki)

Birdo (Mario) vs Lambdadelta (Umineko: When They Cry)

Smurfette (The Smurfs) vs. Regina George (Mean Girls)

Tsukimi Kurashita (Princess Jellyfish) vs. Todomatsu Matsuno (Osomatsu-san)

Blossom (The Powerpuff Girls) vs. Rarity (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

My Melody (Sanrio) vs. Nui Harime (Kill La Kill)

Bracket 4 - Side A

Emily (Stardew Valley) vs. Mitsuri Kanroji (Demon Slayer)

Nana Komatsu (Nana) vs. Lucia Nanami (Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch)

Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes) vs. Minako Aino/Sailor Venus (Sailor Moon)

Rose Lavillant (Miraculous Ladybug) vs. Marie (The Aristocats)

Glinda (The Wizard Of Oz) vs. Hilda Valentine Gonreil (Fire Emblem)

Ichigo Momomiya/Mew Ichigo (Tokyo Mew Mew) vs. Coco (Bluey)

Princess Peach (Mario) vs. Starfire (Teen Titans)

Draculaura (Monster High) vs. Charlotte La Bouff (Princess and the Frog)

Bracket 4 - Side B

Bee (Bee and Puppycat) vs. Natsuki (Doki Doki Literature Club)

Bubbles (The Powerpuff Girls) vs. Strawberry Shortcake (Strawberry Shortcake)

James (Pokémon) vs. Kurako/Kuranosuke Koibuchi (Princess Jellyfish)

Platinum the Trinity (BlazBlue) vs. Aoi Hyōdō (Maid-sama/Kaichou Wa Maid-Sama!)

Mad Mew Mew (Undertale) vs. Minnie Mouse (Disney)

Tsunoda (Aggretsuko) vs. Cure Coral/Sango Suzumura (Tropical Rouge Precure)

Daisy Duck (Disney) vs. Cure Flora/Haruka Haruno (Go Princess Precure)

Yukiko Kanzaki (Assassination Classroom) vs. Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

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[USA ENGLISH LOCALIZATION]

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toppu-wo nerae! トップをねらえ！ Reach For The Top!

kagaku-kouza 科学講座 Science Lesson/lecture

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naze なぜ why/how

nani なに what

shitsumon-bako 質問箱 Question Box

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dai-san-kai 第三回 3rd Lesson/lecture

choukousoku-kouhou 超高速航法（Cプラス） Superluminal Navigation (c⁺)

waapu-ni tsui-te ■「ワープ」について Topic: Warping

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jigen-hadou-chougen-reiki-shukutai-hankei-chouyaku-juuryokuha-choukousoku-kouhou 次元波動調弦励起縮退半経跳躍重力波超光速航法* Next generation undulating superstring excitation degeneracy radius jumping gravity wave superluminal navigation

*As you can see, 励起 was originally written 迎起 in this scene, but this is an error, and the former was meant, and was later corrected in that episode.

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kouchuu-you shukutai-ro 航宙用縮退炉 Degeneration Furnace for Spaceflight

wesuchinguhausu-shasei （ウェスチングハウス社製） Westinghouse Mfg.

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douryoku-to konjou 努力と根性！！ Hard work and guts!!

oota kouichirou オオタ・コウイチロウ Ohta Kouichirou

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owari おわり End

mata-ne またね🎔 'Till next time!

[tatielextraterrestre]

Si la historia no te estaba pidiendo un Triángulo entonces...Para que metés un Triángulo?!?! Se que en ciertas tramas son fundamentales para que la pareja principal pueda arrancar, pero aquí se me hace muy metido con calzador.

manga: Kao ni Denai Kashiwada-san to Kao ni Deru Oota-kun

#manga #manganime #kaonidenaikashiwadasantokaonideruotakun #sliceoflife #escolar #romance #anime #mangaedit

[edgar-allan-possum]

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[koyo-koyo]

[crimaka]

[prince-yeti]

[koushirouizumi]

{With the L i g h t} + OOTA & K e n d o (+bonus Tanaka Kanata and Nobuaki)

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[ckiine]

Shinichi won't be able to live without Ran

So as a crazy fan of DC we come across waaayyy too little Shinran content especially after Gosho Aaoyama has slowed down the release and lots of other secondary characters getting the highlight. The progress is just beyond slow and frustrating and we get only some random bread crumbs here and there simply because of op and endings and that too is getting repetitive and over used as a lot of many other DC fans have ranted over.

But it sometimes does have a few moments which in retrospect have a much bigger impact if you think about it in the long run of the series and Conan admitting and doing things which he does without any hesitations for Ran.

Movie 1 - The time bombed sky-scraper - Shinichi is literally ready to die with Ran without any other thoughts. He is legit okay with a suicide rather than living on without her. And no it's not because of guilt that he put Ran in danger, but because he chooses her over everything else. Quote - "I will stay right here till you cut it Ran. If we die we die together."

Movie 13 - The Raven chasers - When he talks to Kouske- san (the guy who loses his girlfriend to fire and plans to commit suicide), Conan says he understand how he (Kouske) feels. He understands the loss of will to live without the girl he loves. Now in all honesty it is a conversation between a 7 year old and and man in his late twenties. Can you imagine the intensity of Conan's expression when he says that he understands the loss of a lover to an adult man? And manages to come through to him. Kouske does not mock him or belittle him as to what nonsense a 7 year old is saying but rather connects with him. Because a grieving heart recognizes another. Because Shinichi Kudo loves Ran Mouri, enough to die rather than live without her.

Movie 17 - Private - eye in the distant sea - When Ran falls in the sea and the search party is unable to find her even with all the equipment. They say the maybe the radio-watch has already sank under the sea. Ahem* Ran has drowned* Ahem. Conan is shocked to his core to the point he even questions himself in being a detective. "How can I be a good detective if I cant even find Ran?" Now Sherlock Holmes is someone Shinichi worships like god, his inspiration, his dream to be a detective everything comes from this fictional character, but the loss of this woman shakes him so badly that in an instant he loses complete faith in himself. Loss of oneself is is as good as living like a corpse. Not too mention the immensely grateful and the relived smile as he thanks Kogoro.

Shinichi is completely transparent when it comes to his feelings for Ran.

The detective boys tease him in his interest towards Ran. Like even freaking kids are picking up on his infatuation towards Ran.

Sonoko has already claimed that Conan is interested in Ran multiple times, which Ran passes off as a joke. But in the desperate revival arch Ran seems to be clearly treating Conan as Shinichi which Sonoko immediately picks up.

Kogorou too has multiple times seen Conan blushing and embarrassed when the topic of Ran having a lover comes around. Like come on even Kogorou!!!

During the mountain villa murder case (the introduction of Sonoko) when Oota- san attempted to flirt with Ran. Well I dont even need to elaborate do I? Conan is beyond elated when Ran specifically defends him from being called a brat and thanks him protecting her. His smug look towards Oota is priceless. It is legit a 7 year old elementary school kid challenging a man in university.

Eisuke was literally told to back off by Conan himself. In his jealousy he didn't even care as he revealed his identity to him. He reveals himself only when it's safe till he knows the real identity of Kir and Eisuke but even before that Conan's jealousy is as plain as day. He doesn't even try to hide it in any of the cases. Not to mention the sugary sweet smiles he would pass to Ran when she would pay attention to him

Also the time when Sera was introduced and Conan still didn't know if Sera was actually a 'she'. He literally calls as nonchalantly as possible to ask about and to top it all off it was actually the DB who noticed Conan being agitated at the thought of "Ran-neechan was walking with some boy they didnt know."

Movie 22 - Zero's enforcer - Where do I even begin with this one? The entire plot of the movie literally happens cause Amuro traps Mouri which puts Ran in distress which in turn makes Conan desperate enough to solve the entire situation, just so Ran can be at ease again. Not to mention Amuro himself confessing that if his Ran-neechan gets involved then Conan would of course meddle in.

Movie 24 - The scarlet bullet - Now Sera and Mary are kind of wary of Conan, but Conan has mostly understood the situation. So when he openly calls out to Ran in front of Sera, especially in a way as man would call out to his beloved and he doesn't even flinch away or pulls her away from Sera's gaze. almost as if staking his right over Ran, like, Yes, I have the full right to call her intimately like that. Not to mention he cant see her hurt at aaallllll. The golden lines "You are mine to protect." Not in a male chauvinist way but as someone who feels honored to protect her because Ran as a character pretty much does not depend on anyone. She can hold off on her own.

NOTE - The above drawing is NOT mine. All the credits to the artist.

[mybeingthere]

Akio Takamori (1950 – 2017) was a Japanese-American ceramic sculptor and a faculty member at the University of Washington.

"My mother phoned recently to notify me of the death of the Koishiwara potter, Oota Kumao, with whom I apprenticed from 1971 to 1973. His death made me reminisce about my last twenty years. Even though the twenty years seems short, the time brought a young, inexperienced man to be a middle-aged person who, at the time of the calI, was thinking of the next twenty years with humility.

Twenty years ago, my first purpose in studying ceramics was rather vague. All I knew about my future was that someday I would set up a pottery production shop near my parents with their help. I believe this idea was also my parents’ wish. For two years I went to an art school in Tokyo as an industrial ceramics major, and for two more years I apprenticed at a domestic production pottery in the village of Koishiwara under Oota-san. My knowledge, however, was narrow and my skill limited.

At least I had a feeling that there was something out there when I saw the catalog of the Contemporary American Ceramics show that was held at the Kyoto Modern Art Museum in the 1970s. I still remember clearly Henry Takamoto's ‘Tree" on the cover. I saw Melcherf's "Grotesque A" and Richard Shaw's piece with a big boat sinking in a couch."

Read the whole article https://studiopotter.org/akio-takamori-out-cage

[mihotose]

kishou interview

kishou was a show written with the individual actors in mind, especially mokkun

during mihotose mokkun didnt feel he could “snuggle up” to muramasa but kishou was a show that made him feel they could overlap. muramasa’s outfit is flashy and tricky but mokkun doesnt think thats his true nature, and that fit when he read kishou’s script

when mikasano-san went to see mihotose practice he saw mokkun’s muramasa for the first time. after ichibu was done he said that he was happy but mokkun didnt agree, thinking that he was not reaching his goal as an actor, and mikasano-san was surprised at mokkun’s impatience and his hunger to succeed

mokkun says toumyu practice is difficult but its worth it once they see the reactions from the audience and they get that sense of accomplishment. but even then that isnt enough and he likes to take a birds eye view of the show (mikasano-san: thats why you can safely entrust the role of sengo muramasa to mokkun) in the end he still gets absorbed in doing it with everything he has, but he regrets not coming out of it just a little

mikasano-san: by the way, what was the impression of kishou practice? i get the feeling that mihotose had a lot of onii-san types....

mokkun: i definitely had the impression that besides me and spi the other four were young (laughs) im not the type to teach people how to do things, but since spi is the type to be open to anyone, we may have been able to divide the roles naturally according to that

if someone was struggling they would call out. mihotose was ryuugi’s first big stage so he found it really tough

muramasa is a bright character, even down to his way of speech, so there was tension when mokkun was there (nb mokkun joined mihotose practice extremely late and had to work really hard to catch up) (?)

everyone was already on good terms and he was scared to get to know them. he felt he should really take care especially in nibu as he can move more freely than during ichibu (??)

mikasano-san: maybe you dont want to talk about it, but mokkun isnt that good at dancing are you?

mokkun: im not (laughs)

mikasano-san: but i admire you for booking your own studio and practising by yourself before official practice

mokkun: i did that because i cant dance (laughs) i cant dance as well as other people and i cant catch up without practising, and i didnt want to think i couldnt do it just because my career is getting longer and im getting older. but its still another thing to make it look good, so if i didnt understand i would ask my kouhai properly. “please teach me!” i said, so ryuugi taught me how to dance

mokkun learned his swordwork quickly since he asked ryuugi for help a lot. he thinks the toumyu team has a good atmosphere where they respect each other and can build a show up, together, regardless of their stage in their individual careers. during kishou as well, there was he and spi, the two of whom already had established careers, and four with shorter careers, but that even then they practiced thinking about things they could tell their senpai to build up the work

mikasano-san: i dont have anything specific to say, but i think id like to say to sengo muramasa and oota motohiro, for when they depart to fight in the future, from my position as the scriptwriter, “you are allies.”

mokkun: [muramasa] is a character that formed over the show’s run, a very striking character.

mikasano-san: i wanted to ask too. how does it feel when mokkun is sengo muramasa? i think the other roles mokkun plays are completely different to him, but now youve made him your own (?)

mokkun: i was surprised when i saw the illustration for the first time (laughs) since he was so muscled and it was a type of character id never played before. to begin with i researched muramasa swords, but in my own interpretation the character of sengo muramasa may have a very delicate existence. but during the shoen of mihotose i was playing the sengo muramasa in the script as much as possible. and when it was decided there would be a saien, i thought i could bring out sengo muramasa’s situation and environment, and his relationships with the touken danshi on the same unit more strongly, so i focused strongly on that. from the shoen of mihotose to the saien, from the saien to kishou, sengo muramasa has become deeper, and i gradually started thinking that hes actually a much more human character

mikasano-san: oota motohiro plays sengo muramasa well, but its not the same sengo muramasa as in the original game. as for the timing, i think it was difficult because the shows began before everyone, including the audience, understood the character properly. but, due to oota motohiro played sengo muramasa in such a convincing way, im really pleased.

mokkun: especially since the costume is pretty bold, i think i could have given a bad impression depending on how i did it. since hes clever, and sensitive to the atmosphere, i had to take that into account as to how to move, so i always had to take care. while cherishing the character of sengo muramasa in my own way, i really like the laughter that naturally comes out when i go onstage to interact with actors who act in the same way. the accidental facial expressions that they cant stop themselves from doing are nice. i think that sengo muramasa is a character that can bring out the real atmosphere of when the actor and the role intermingle, so i try to interact with the new kids as much as possible

mokkun likes tachikaze, which was composed by yoshizumi-san, and he likes yoshizumi-san’s other songs too

mikasano-san likes kazaguruma

mokkun likes kazaguruma too, and he thinks its a song that gets deeper into his heart the more he performs it. when he sang it at kotobuki he was moved from the memories of it from mihotose. since the first lines of kazaguruma are his, he cant really feel the tension at that point, so its a moment where he wants to sing with great care. ruriiro no sora is also a good song, he cant choose between them

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Manga I’d Like to See Anime Adaptations From

1) Higanbana: Done by the same creator of the When They Cry series, Higanbana is about a nameless school where urban legends about the youkai are prevalent. When a girl named Marie Moriya is murdered by her own teacher to cover up his crimes, she meets one of the youkai, Higanbana Odorou, and competes with her teacher to become Mesomeso, a new urban legend of the school. I would love for Passione (who is doing the remake/sequel Higurashi series) to do it. 

2) Expressionless Girl and Emotional Face Boy: A slice of life about the titular emotional face boy Oota trying to get the drop on his classmate (and potential crush) Kashiwada, but she hardly emotes. 

3) Hello Melancholic!: Asano Minato lugs around a trombone at her new school even though there weren’t any musical classes or clubs. She was the kind of girl that would burrow inwardly, but things change when a girl named Hibiki pushes for her to join her band.

4) Kanako’s Life as An Assassin: An ex-office lady named Kanako unwittingly joins an assassin agency after she killed her boss (without intending to, it just kind of happened). Once there, she proves to be very good at eliminating her targets whilst keeping herself hidden. Overall, a black comedy manga series heavily concentrating on death. Kind of feels like a spiritual successor to Assassination Classroom in some capacities.

5) Hino-San No Baka: Class president Koguma is tasked with ensuring that the delinquent Hino continues to come to class. However, Hino would have her to do tasks for her in return for her attending. 

6) My Friend Is the Cutest in the World: When the student council president saves a girl when she fell out of a tree, the girl becomes indebted to her and follows her around. 

7) Can’t Defy the Lonely Girl: Another Yuri series kind of like Hino-San No Baka where the class president Sakurai is tasked with bringing a girl named Honda to school in return for getting a glowing letter of recommendation to the school she wanted. 

8) Wolf Can’t Beat Hayakawa: A story about a boy who is able to transform into a werewolf...except said werewolf looks like a cute Corgi. To make matters worse, he finds himself getting doted on by the girl who bullies him in school.

9)  Usami-San Ha Kamawaretai!: A boy befriends a Yankee who claims to be diagnosed with a rare disease called “Usagi disease” which meant that she felt like she could die if she were left alone.

10)  Giri-Giri Saegiru Katagirisan: Boy wants to see boobs, but a girl keeps blocking his view.

11) My Boy: The story of a 30-year-old woman developing a friendship with a young boy. 

12)  Zettai Watashi No Koto Suki Daro: Girl’s friend claims that she does not love her despite her actions saying otherwise.

13)  Even If It Was Just Once, I Regret It: A woman who had lost her job is told by her landlord that she could “pay her rent” by having sex with her. But over time, they grow closer to each other and their feelings become mutual. 

16) Vampeerz My Peer Vampires: After the death of her grandmother, Ichikai meets a vampire girl who she falls head over heels for.

17) Dear Noman: A girl is able to see ghosts and joins an organization dedicated to having these ghosts cross over.

18) Bright and Cheery Amnesia: A young woman loses her memory of her years with her girlfriend so her girlfriend tries to help her reclaim them in her own way. 

19) Moon and No Make Up: A slice of life about a bubbly girl and her “darker” girlfriend. 

20) The Mute Girl and Her New Friend: A mute girl transfers to a new school but can only communicate through her sketchbook. She ends up befriending another girl who has telepathic powers.