#shion kamen

[littleeyesofpallas]

man. come on.... wtf am i supposed to do with that? i can barely see shit. This all looks very decidedly not correct, but I can't say for certain because I can't see shit in the source images. I didn't even try and do my usual spot matching of the cape from the View screen to the flattened datacard because I can't tell what's what. instead I tried to tile the cape bit and got a surprisingly contiguous image, even if the angle is clearly way off. but beyond that it was all I could do just to match the vague silhouette of the larger shapes --i.e. i know got the head thing in to top left and the claws in the bottom right to at least match the general outer bounds of the image, but that's it... Also, frankly, i'm losing focus and just getting lazy and cutting corners with the process of all this, so that definitely didn't help. Image reconstruction aside I just really phoned in the drawing on this one. Didn't even try and get a closer approximation of the line art, just drew the general shape of thing.

I t h i n k what we're supposed to be looking at is a Naga emerging from the back of a worm, like it's hatching or molting? No wait that's not right... it has no tusks and it has nagas claws... is it facing the other way around and it's not a worms back but a nagas chest??? No goddamn clue

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[egophiliac]

I DID IT I GOT MY PINK HAYATE now I am never doing that again!

(at least until they give me, like, a frilly unicorn Kamui or something)

[rorlrorl]

[chipsncookies]

First time drawing shion and it's just memes 🐴

[ysterrd]

Justice Ride Relationship Chart

Text version & TL notes under the cut.

Mikami Saigo’s thoughts:

About Iori Haruma: “A classmate I’ve spent time with.”

About Fukami Shion: “Fukami Shion’s homemade meals are exquisite.”

About Gamo Jigen: “Do Riders need a purpose?”

Iori Haruma’s thoughts:

About Mikami Saigo: “You’re my friend, even if you don’t think so!”

About Fukami Shion: “You’re super smart!”

About Gamo Jigen: “There you go with your mystery Rider talk!”

Fukami Shion’s thoughts:

About Mikami Saigo: “I’ve never seen him smile.”

About Iori Haruma: “He’s bright as the sun.”

About Gamo Jigen: “There, there… calm down and have some tea, alright?”

Gamo Jigen’s thoughts:

About Mikami Saigo: “Why do you want to be a Rider?”

About Iori Haruma: “Who are you calling an old sage!?”[1]

About Fukami Shion: “He’s braver than expected…”

General notes:

Saigo and Haruma are roommates.

Shion and Jigen are roommates.

TL Note:

人生二周目 is slang that’s hard to translate as is. It could be literally translated as “second-lifer”, but really, it refers to people who say a bunch of philosophical stuff to the point where they seem much older than they are, as if they had already experienced decades of life. In other words, it’s as if they were old people that have been reincarnated into the body of a younger person. I went for “old sage” because it felt like it’d be the best way to convey that “smartass old man” vibe Jigen has that makes people tease him.

Source: Ride Kamens Twitter

Originally posted on Dreamwidth & Twitter on Feb 22 2024.

[mikublanket]

what are they listening to…

[kaiaoiiro]

horse meme for the malewife

[kawaiilizzie]

Finding My True Strength

I wanted touch upon Shion's inner feelings during her training to become a swordswoman in Unsheathe the Inner Thunder for a while and recently found the motivation to write this following Noel Hayase's recent illness which she has since recovered from. So have some Shion angst with some KaeShi fluff at the end.

Warnings: Spoilers for Saber up to episode 26, angst, and self-doubt issues.

"That's not right."

Daishinji grabbed Shion's arm and adjusted her position again. "From one." He said.

Shion swallowed hard, feeling the pressure starting to build. She swung the wooden blade forward for what felt like the hundredth time that day. "One."

The swordsmith didn't say anything. She swung again. "Two." And again. "Three."

Daishinji-san hasn't stopped me yet. I must be doing better. I could do this… She thought to herself before she swung again. "Four."

"No." Daishinji knocked her blade with his own. "You didn't swing far enough. Start again from one."

Tears welded up in Shion's eyes and she blinked them away. She was exhausted, it felt like every movement she made was criticized. Daishinji had taken forever just forcing her to hold a good stance, reprimanding her every time she fidgeted or adjusted which even Naoto thought was a little harsh.

Now the goal was to get to ten basic strikes without a mistake. Shion got back into position and steeled herself.

She did four successful swings like before. Her hands shook, but Daishinji didn't say anything. Naoto noticed and gave Shion a soft smile of encouragement.

The room they were in was cold. There was a small window and Shion could see the snow blowing around outside.

"Don't shift your grip." Daishinji said as he grabbed her wrist. He adjusted her fingers until he was satisfied. "From the beginning."

Naoto could tell Shion wanted a break. She wasn't even moving around that much, but she felt physically drained.

"Don't you think you're being a little hard on her, Tetsuo?" She asked her chosen warrior. "Why don't we switch to another exercise?"

"I know, but this is what all new swordsmen go through." He sighed. "We'll move on as soon as she finishes this. Every lesson builds on the last. The next move is a variation on this. If she doesn't have the base down, she'll only get worse not better."

"I can still hear you two you know." Shion said through gritted teeth as she swung. She needed to focus. Don't let my grip slip. Keep my feet planted firm. Eyes forward. Look at the target.

She had gotten in six successful swings when the clock in the corner chimed loudly. She turned to look at it and Daishinji's sword bounced off her forehead lightly.

"Don't let yourself get distracted." He said.

"What time is it?" Shion asked as she squinted at the clock while rubbing her forehead. "How long have we've been training for?"

"It's eight. We've been training for an hour."

"Only an hour? It felt like it was longer that." Shion checked her watch, its hands on eight and twelve. "I'm starting to get why only one in hundred who can hear the swords make through training."

Daishinji decided to give her a break from the technical training by letting her read some important manuals that can help her with the training. It wasn't going to be fun, but it would be a nice break from repeating the same move over and over again.

Despite knowing that the books she had to read weren't going to be as engaging as the romantic stories she's read, Shion found herself stuck on the first chapter. The point was processing the information, but she'd lost her place on the page she was on. She scanned down the page again finding where she'd left off.

The farther she read, the more obvious it became that Daishinji had been quoting the book. But she quickly realized that she can't afford to skip over anything even as she flipped back to the previous page to figure out something about stance.

"How many chapters did you get through?"

She jumped as Daishinji appeared behind her without warning. She wished she could lie, but he was already leaning over to check for himself.

"I got to page ten." She said quietly. The first chapter was twenty pages. She knew because she'd checked several times as she slogged through the first couple pages.

"I'd hoped you'd have gotten farther." Daishinji sighed. "I don't see much purpose in moving forward if you haven't gotten to chapter two yet. There's a lot of important information there."

Shion looked down as tears built in her eyes again. I can't do anything right, can I? She thought to herself. I'd expected the training to be physically difficult, but I can't even get to the strenuous part. Maybe everyone was right, and I should give up…

"I'm heading home, I'll prove myself by tomorrow." She said, trying to keep her voice from shaking. "I have to go to work too."

"That's fine." Daishinji assured. "Juggling your regular obligations with training is important. Take the book and get through the first three chapters before tomorrow morning. Ryo will do his trials then."

She looked up at him. "So, you do want me to come back?"

"If you're willing to put in the work, you can continue." The swordsmith responded before turning and exiting the room.

Shion stood and reached for the heavy tome, but Naoto picked it up for her. "Don't worry, I'll help you carry this."

"Thanks, Naoto." Shion sighed in relief.

Later at her and Kaede's apartment that night, Shion focused on reading the book, clearing up the confusion she had earlier and carefully reading the first chapter. As she began reading the second chapter, she noticed Kaede turning on the music box that was on the nightstand by her bed. The soft music it played touched her heart.

"Do you think I can become a swordswoman?" She asked.

Kaede turned to look at her. "Of course I do. You have the potential, I know it."

Shion looked down at the floor, feeling her tears begin to fall. "But no one else seems to think I can. Even Daishinji-san has doubts since I couldn't live up to his expectations during training today."

She sobbed softly as her tears plopped onto her hands. Kaede looked at her with a sympathetic smile as she walked up to her and sat down next to her on the couch. She held her roommate's hand gently, brushing tears off of it as she did.

"I believe in you though, Shion-chan." She said with a soft tone. "As long as you keep a strong wish in your heart, you can do it."

Shion gazed into her soft brown eyes. "Even if I can't transform like you did?"

"Aw, don't say that… I'm sure you'll be able to one day." Kaede gently brushed her hand across her face, wiping away her tears. "Then we can fight together, wouldn't that be amazing?"

Shion nodded as she smiled. "Yeah, it would. You're right about all of this, Kae-chan. I shouldn't be doubting myself like this."

Her roommate simply returned the smile before the two of them embraced each other in a soft, warm hug. Outside the window of their apartment, a shooting star soared by. Shion watched it from her spot on the couch, her smile growing brighter.

"I wish I can always be by your side forever." She whispered.

Kaede hugged her tighter yet gently. "Me too. We'll make that wish come true together."

[tokusongs]

"Love is Overdrive: JK Version", from Kamen Rider Fourze (2012). Performed by JK (Tsuchiya Shion).

Bonus:

"Love is Overdrive: Capricorn Version". Performed by the Capricorn Zodiarts/Goto Tojiro (Kawamura Ryosuke).

[littleeyesofpallas]

ya know of all the sloppily localized things from the 90s-00s that I've gone back to over the years to try and make better sense of, I'm shocked I've never actually thought to poke around in monster rancher somehow. So so long as I'm on this Gali kick but too lazy to keep nudging around bits in photoshop, let's tackle the names, starting with the obvious purebred...

GALI[ガリ] after Galileo Galilei, because sun mask and his work promoting the Copernican heliocentric model of the solar system.

And then there's all the mix breeds...

Okay off to a rocky start... Lexus's name in Japanese is in fact just REKUSASU[レクサス], which is how Japanese phonetics handle Lexus, like the car, but like.... I don't know why? I've seen someone mention they think it's REXas like T-Rex, which I guess makes more sense, but why the -sasu bit? It does in fact retain the same name in MR2 even though the breed changes to Gali/Zuum and the English changes it to Scaled Mask. (notably they didn't make a new zuum pattern for its cape.)

WOOROKKUSU[ウォーロックス] I assume a portmanteau on Warlock and Rocks. A neat way to reference both Gali's magic wielding and Golem's stone body, but reliant on the Japanese L/R so kind of doesn't work in English since either Warlocks or Warrocks loses one half of the joke. The localization team seemed to have just thrown their hands up in the air and given up, calling it "Warrior" which has no tie to the name at all other than it starts with "war-" and MR2 just called it Stone Mask.

Sapphire and later Fanged mask was named INU-GAMI[イヌガミ] as in inu-gami[犬神], lit. "Dog God" but references a specific type of yokai that is an ascendant spirit of a dog, akin to magic foxes, cats and other animals common to Japanese folk lore.

Style, later renamed Brown Mask, was originally called TSUCHINOKO-BOKUSAA[ツチノコボクサー], which I can only assume is read like tsuchinoko BOXER[槌の子ボクサー] where the tsuchi-no-ko[槌の子], lit. "child of (the)hammer" is a Japanese cryptid described as a snake with a wide middle section, as if flatted with a mallet. Evoking the tsuchinoko is clearly a reference to worm, but I have no idea what the full name is supposed to mean... Someone who punches worms? A worm who punches?

Aqua, later Aqua Mask, was AKUARIUSU[アクアリウス], Japanese phonetics for "Aquarius." Pretty obvious reference to water bearer constellation as a Jell subtype.

Pixel aka Pink Mask, was in fact just called PIKUSERU[ピクセル] the English got this one right. At least I assume it's meant to be read as "Pixel", although I don't get the meaning. It sounds like pixie, obviously, but that seems to be it.

Omen, renamed Suezo Mask, originally had the very impressive name, HITOTSUME-OUJI[ヒトツメオウジ] from Hitotsume Ouji[一つ目王子]: "One-Eye(d) Prince."

Galion, alter Furred Mask, was in fact just called GARION[ガリオン]. The first game got it right. Although I assume it's a play on Gali and Leon, as in "Lion" in reference to a mane of fur since the key features being merged between Gali and Hare are the sun motif and fur. (Honestly kind of a shame they didn't opt to give him an actual mane in place of the sun spikes, and a more animal-ish face, it would have made for a cool unique look.)

Gara and later Galirous, was GARIRASU[ガリラス] but I think this should have been romanzied as GALILATH(?) because it seems to be a mash up of Gali and Monolith(Monol's name in Japanese is actually the full word Monolith[モノリス]) If it's not that then it's more obtuse than I can make sense of.

Shon in the original MR and Purple Mask in MR2, both actually come sort of close. SHION-KAMEN[シオンカメン] from Shion Kamen[紫苑仮面], Shion[紫苑] being both the Japanese name for the Tartarian Aster(Aster tataricus) but also short for shion-iro[紫苑色] the color of Aster flowers, generally referring to something in a range between Violet and a Light-Purple. Oh and of course kamen[仮面] means "mask". (So the Shon came from Shion, for some reason dropping the I, but the name Purple Mask isn't technically wrong as a translation and just happens to fit the localization's really bland and otherwise largely arbitrary naming scheme.)

KARAFURU-MASUKU[カラフルマスク] it's just an approximation of the English words COLORFUL MASK. So the second game got it spot on, and the first game just shortened it to Color.

And some of the special Gali/??? types...

Happy Mask, HARE-HARE[ハレハレ] I assume from hare[晴れ] meaning "clear(skies)" in other words, "sunny(weather)"

Gamer was HOKKEE[ホッケー] it's just "Hockey."

Kuma was shortened from its actual Japanese name, KUMADORII[クマドリー] as in kumadori[隈取り] a style of kabuki makeup characterizing villainous or otherwise violent roles.

Milky Way, AMA-NO-GAWA[アマノガワ] as in Ama-no-Gawa[天の川] lit. "River of Heaven" and it's the Japanese name for the Milky Way. His cloak has a little tanabata image on the back, which is a holiday involving the constellations orihime(vega) and hikoboshi(altair) separated by the milky way.

Sunset Gali in the MRAdvance2 is just an accurate reading of SANSETTO-GARI[サンセットガリ].

Ombren was clever, the original name is GARI-NO-KAGE[ガリノカゲ] as in [ガリの影] "Shadow of Gali" and Ombren is from the Latin root word Umbra, meaning "Shade" or "Shadow." When specifically used in reference to an eclipse an umbra refers to the obscured area withing the direct line of sight tangent to the sun and the moon.(as opposed to the penumbra which is the only partially obscured area interior to the line of sight tangent the earth and the moon.)

Weirdly Monster Rancher DS(aka Monster Farm DS 2) added these two random new Gali; Verde(Gali/Centaur) and Ultimate(Gali/???), who also appeared in the first mobile game, My Monster Rancher(aka Monster Rancher 1 Million) but I can't seem to find information on their japanese names? On the one hand English language resources don't seem to include the katakana, but then I tried searching the game name and breed type and can't even seem to find any Japanese language wikis that cover what I'm looking for... Or maybe i've fried my brain and there's some kind of obvious search result that i've been missing. Found them,

VERDE[ヴェルデ] is in fact just Verde. and...

ULTIMATE[アルティメット] is also just Ultimate. How anticlimactic...

I dunno where i thought I was going with this... I don't have like, a conclusion or a take away. Just idly scratching more of that monster rancher itch.

[egophiliac]

kamen rider shion was just revealed for ride kamens, and he looks like he's themed after the... horse orphnoch? this is an even bigger surprise than the jin and woz homages

trying to speculate on Ride Kamens characters pre-reveal really is like

[most-screwed-by-writers-tourney]

Also, potential list of the yandere characters under the read more!

1. Cutthroat from Akudama Drive

2. Belphegor (Obey Me)

3. Griffith (Berserk)

4. Mimimi, Hypnosis Mic

5. Zenos yae Galvus from Final Fantasy 14

6. Shion Sonozaki from Higurashi

7. Yandere-Chan from Carflo + co's Yandere High School Minecraft Roleplay series

8. Luo Binghe, Scum Villain’s Self Saving System

9. Monica Campanella, Baccano!

10. Creed, Black Cat

11. Seiko, Blood on the Tracks

12. Makima, Chainsaw Man

13. Mao, Code Geass

14. Mariko Shinobu, Dear Brother

15. Mika Harima, Durarara

16. Akito Sohma, Fruits Baskrt

17. Shigure Sohma, Fruits Basket

18. Yuno Gasai, Future Diary

19. Satou, Happy Sugar Life

20. Yukako Yamagishi, JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable

21. Himiko Toga, My Hero Academia

22. Haru, My Little Monster

23. Oz, Pandora Hearts

24. Kuroi, Thou Shalt Not Die

25. Seishirou, Tokyo Babylon

26. Kish, Tokyo Mew Mew

27. Asami, Audition

28. Lucille Sharpe, Crimson Peak

29. Alex Forrest, Fatal Attraction

30. Jareth, Labyrinth

31. Annie Wilkes, Misery

32. Evelyn Draper, Play Misty for Me

33. Charlie Stoker, Stoker

34. Nellie Lovett, Sweeney Todd

35. Victor Frankenstein, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

36. Frollo, Hunchback of Notre Dame

37. Erik, Phantom of the Opera

38. Fu Shenxing, Who is the Prey

39. Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights

40. Joe Goldberg, You

41. Missy, Doctor Who

42. Lestat, Interview with the Vampire

43. Kilgrave, Jessica Jones

44. Masato Kisaka, Kamen Rider 555

45. Siyun Baek, Dreaming Freedom

46. Tomoya/Sam, He’s Harmless I swear

47. Morae Baek, I don’t want this kind of hero

48. Lady, I don’t want this kind of hero

49. Yuta, Kubera

50. Thaddeus, Madame Outlaw

51. Yunsu, Trapped

52. JD, Heathers

53. Erik, Yeston and Kopit Phantom

54. Der Tod, Elisabeth

55. Callisto, Villains Are Destined to Die

56. Hannibal, Hannibal

57. Reinhart, I failed to oust the villain

58. Yul, Secret Alliance

59. Hananoi, A Condition Called Love

60. Naoka Ueno, A Silent Voice

61. Sumireko Hanabusa, Akuma no Riddle

62. Esdeath, Akame ga Kill

63. Dracula, Bram Stoker’s Dracula

64. Mashiro Mai, Dead Tube

65. Monika, Doki Doki Literature Club

66. Lucy, Elfen Lied

67. Juvia, Fairy Tail

68. Mimi. flip flappers

69. Akise Aru, Future Diary

70. Elena Aoki, Gleipnir

71. Hades, Hadestown

72. shuu iwamine, Hatoful Boyfriend

73. Luka, Alien Stage

74. LT. Oscar, Lupin the III, The Woman Called Fujiko Mine

75. Sumin Jeong, Marry My Husband

76. Reiko Ichijou, Migi and Dali

77. Diane Selwyn, Mulholland Drive

78. Harry MacDougall, Outlaw Star

79. Root, Person of Interest

80. Jackson Rippner, Red Eye

81. Kozue Kaoru, Revolutionary Girl Utena

82. Seyoung Jin, Surviving Romance

83. Sudou Kayo, Tailer of Enbizaka

84. Hayase, To Your Eternity

85. Tooru Mutsuki, Tokyo Ghoul RE

86. Kichimura Washuu, Tokyo Ghoul RE

87. The Creature, Lisa Frankenstein

88. Pig, Disco Pigs

89. Shinpei, Firefly Wedding

90. Aiko, Goodnight Punpun

91. Sal, Wadanonara

92. Jung, Cheese in the Trap

93. Khalid, From a knight to a lady

94. Margot, Gremoryland

95. Bibi, I love Amy

96. Kairos, I Shall Kill that Sweet Devil

[kawaiilizzie]

My self-indulgent project Kamen Rider Lobera, a Kamen Rider AU based on Saber which follows the sweet and kind Kaede Shinaki, a college student and aspiring singer played by Yui Sakurai who inherits her deceased older sister's legacy as a swordswoman and transforms into the Swordswoman of Ice and Snow Kamen Rider Lobera to try to put an end to the war between the Sword of Logos and the Megid. Other original characters I created include Kaede’s closest friend Shion Akamatsu (Noel Hayase) who has feelings for her, Arch Seirei Artemis (Amane Tsukiashi) the princess of the Seirei (Magical angel-like beings associated with the Seiken), Yumeko (Suzuka Chinzei) a former huntress for Artemis whose strong desire to prove herself as the strongest leads her to transform into the Swordswoman of Dreams Kamen Rider Nimcha, Sound Seirei Naoto (Luna Nakagawa) the Seirei of the Onjuuken Suzune and partner to Daishinji who she holds a relationship deeper than most other Seirei (Who are mostly played by various Rider alumni), and Lennox (Mana Manaka) the beautiful princess of the Megid and their only female general who is also a Seirei turned evil by anger and remorse in the aftermath of an accidental murder of a rouge swordsman she and Tassel were trying to save and the mastermind behind the Megid’s whole plot and the manipulation of Isaac and Storious.

There’s more, but I don’t want to ramble too much, this just proves how self-indulgent this project is for me. Tagging @melting-morning-blues​, @stickers-on-a-laptop, @thehistorynut19​, and @meganechan05​. Feel like they deserve this kind of love.

💕 self-love time! talk about which ones of YOUR creations (edits, artworks, fanfics) you like the most then send to other creators to do the same 💕

[ineffable-opinions]

Takumi-kun 6 – trailer plus

Takumi Kun Series: The Dawn of The Long Tales

[Here’s a bit of an introduction to characters and plot. Covers the material directly lifted from the description box of the trailer. Contains mild spoilers.

The movie has been fan-subbed by @furritsubs.]

Introduction

The beginning of Takumi and Gii’s sparkly days

Over 15 years since the first 2007 film adaptation of the Takumi kun Series, a popular “boys’ love” novel series with over 5 million copies in print, a new series has been launched with a new cast and story. The film is a combination of three titles from the Kanzen-ban 1 (omnibus edition) of the original novels—

Akatsuki wo Matsumade (tr. Until I Wait for the Dawn)

Soshite Harukaze ni Sasayaite (tr. And Then, I Whisper into the Spring Breeze)

Nagai Nagai Monogatari no Hajimari no Asa (tr. The Morning of the Beginning of a Long, Long Story).

[This is the order in which the stories appear in the omnibus edition. Third story is new addition to the novel series.]

It portrays Takumi’s encounter with Gii on the day of Shido Academy’s entrance exam and the beginning of their sparkly days.

Takumi Hayama, one of the main characters, is played by Shion Morishita, a new actor stepping into the spotlight in 2023

Giichi Saki (Gii), the other main character, is played by Daigo Kato, who is a musician as well as a cast member of musicals Touken Ranbu and HYPNOSIS MIC Division Rap Battle Rule the Stage.

Other fresh talent in the cast adds vibrance to Shido Academy:

Satsuki Nakayama of Kamen Rider Zero One as Izumi Takabayashi

Rio Takahashi, who models for magazine MEN’S NON-NO, as Shozo Akaike

Yusuke Noguchi of Hi☆Five as Toshihisa Katakura

Souta Uemura, an actor popular with teenagers, as Michio Yoshizawa

Ryunosuke Nagashima, who performed in HYPNOSIS MIC Division Rap Battle Rule the Stage, as Kei Aso

Kosei Tsubokura from a play called Promise of Wizard as Kenji Suzuki

Tsubasa Kizu, who acted in the stage adaptation of Tokyo Revengers, as Arata Misu

Screenwriter Hiroko Kanasugi and Director Kenji Yokoi, the same duo from the previous film who know the Takumi kun Series inside and out, are back together again. With a new screenplay and a new cast, they light the torch to the beginning of a beautiful, sparkly Takumi kun Series.

Story

On the day of Shido Academy’s entrance exam, Takumi witnesses Gii for the first time--

On the day of Shido Academy’s entrance exam, Gii (Giichi Saki), who stands out in a crowd with his striking presence, walks past Takumi Hayama in the hallway. Takumi is mesmerized by Gii’s exotic, attractive appearance.

[fan-subbed by furritsubs]

When school starts, Takumi is treated like a freak by his classmates because of his fear of touching and being touched by other people.

But Takumi manages to get by, thanks to Toshihisa Katakura, his only good friend and roommate in the dorm. However, the peaceful days don’t last very long.

In the library, third-year student Kei Aso asks Takumi to participate in the campus “shrine hunt” event with him.

Izumi Takabayashi, who’s head over heels in love with Gii, and students who idolize Takabayashi start picking on Takumi.

When Takabayashi realizes that his beloved Gii not only shrugs him off but is also interested in Takumi the freak, he gets consumed with jealousy and masterminds an attack on Takumi.

Spring comes, and Takumi and Gii are now second-year students. They’re assigned to the same room in the dorm, and their relationship gets much closer.

Then Takabayashi makes another move and drives Takumi into a corner. Gii realizes Takabayashi’s plot and tries to save Takumi, however...

And thus starts Takumi and Gii’s long, long sparkly story.

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Fan-subbed by furritsubs

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This post is planned as a part of a series:

1.Trailer plus (you are here)

2.School Culture & Male Androphilia in Japan

3.How does the movie compare with the source novel?

4.How does the movie compare with previous adaptations?

[ysterrd]

Ride Kamens Event Snap | Ep.17: The More You Pound, the Better Your Opinions & Mochi

Text version & TL notes under the cut.

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Shion: Let's go, Soun-san! Soun: Leave it to me. Shion: HAH!

(SFX: WOOSH! WHAM! CROWD CHEERING)

TL Notes

The title of the 1koma is a proverb which I tried to translate somewhat close to the original. This proverb means that the more you stay around different people and listen to what they have to say, the more formed your own opinions become—kind of like how pounding a mochi kneads it better and all.

Source: Ride Kamens Twitter

[hamamatsu-divison]

Trickstar-character inspirations

Nellie Yukimura

Naokira Saimon-Paradox Live

Spencer Reid-Criminal Minds

Kaien Cross-Vampire Knights

Jules Verne

Touma Kamiyama-Kamen Rider Saber

Akutagawa Ryuunosuke-Bungou To Alchemist

Eden Yamamura

Asuka Ninomiya-The Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls

Terra-Charisma House

Mafuyu Sato-Given

Nana Osaki-NANA

Five-Drakengard 3

Shion Kaida-Paradox live

Kaede Iwasawa

Squigly-Skullgirls

Algernon-Fabulous Night

Arashi Narukami-Ensemble Stars

Jessica Rabbit-Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Eve Louise-Visual Prison

Masami Iwasawa-Angel Beats

....

Thank you @taito-division for the inspirations plantel