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Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge

Episode 4 end card by Shohaanasou

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I’ve come to a conclusion that almost all my ships are either crack ships or rarepairs 😞

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BLCD 2022: January Releases

Ew it’s already 2022

Legends:

✓ - have

💡 - interested

✘ - not interested (but will probably still listen to)

🙏 - dying for

1. Kabukicho Bad Trip 💡

Release Date: 2022/01/08

Cast: Saitou Souma x Shirai Yuusuke

Synopsis: Host Miyama Tooru has climbed to be the No.1 host in Kabukichou with his ability to "read minds" and his handsome face. Of course, that power is a secret to others. Furthermore, he has another secret: he’s actually a hardcore fan of a male model, Hikawa Mizuki…!

One day, he meets Mizuki by chance. Tooru who feels like he's reached Seventh Heaven, peeks into Mizuki’s mind on a whim and finds himself being tied up, caned, and toyed with there?!

Comment: Congrats to Peach! Living the dream! 😭 I don’t actually like this, but we stan!

2. Omae ni Dakareru Nante Kiitenai! ✘

Release Date: 2022/01/14

Cast: Kumagai Kentarou x Nogami Sho

Synopsis: Even though he’s an ordinary office worker, it has become part of Natori’s daily routine to have a dry orgasm while watching AVs featuring crossdressing men. One day at an alumni gathering, he reunites with Seo who he learns works in the AV industry, and asks Seo to introduce him to a girl who can help him understand anal sex. But the person who enters the room is Seo himself…!! “The person who plays the top in that AV you love so much is me.” With that thought, Natori finds himself coming just like the feminine men in the AVs…!?

3. Madou Soshi Season 1 Second Part 💡

Release Date: 2022/01/23

Cast:

Wei Wu Xian - Suzuki Tatsuhisa

Lan Wangji - Hino Satoshi

Jiang Cheng - Midorikawa Hikaru

Lan Xi Chen - Morikawa Toshiyuki

Jin Ling - Murase Ayumu

Lan Sizhui - Kobayashi Yuusuke

Lan Jingyi - Shimono Hiro

Nie Huaisang - Matsuoka Yoshitsugu

Jin Zixuan - Takahashi Hiroki

Lan Qi Ren - Shingaki Tarusuke

Wen Ning/Ghost General - Hoshi Souichirou

Su She - Ichiki Mitsuhiro

Narrator - Miki Shinichirou & Kanehira Yamamoto

Synopsis: Adaptation of the second half.

4. Shitsuren Junky 🙏

Release Date: 2022/01/26

Cast: Suzuki Ryota x Nakajima Yoshiki

Synopsis: He could never tell him the way he feels about him... but getting physical is different!! Keita is on the hunt for love, but he always seems to get dumped and end up fighting. Ryujiro (Ryu) is his friend since high school that he seeks refuge with, who tends to his wounds... the very guy who made Keita develop a habit of falling for straight guys, and Keita has been in love with him forever. Ryu is a nice guy who was willing to oblige Keita when he got drunk and said he might die if he didn't get horizontal with someone. He holds his hand and rocks him like a lover, so sweetly that Keita can't help getting the wrong idea... 

Comment: I have high expectations for this because I actually like the manga, so Suzuki Ryota better step it up lmao. Imagine debuting as an R18 main lead in a Taka and Fifth Avenue work, TOPPING NAKAJIKI. 

5. Ikemen no Senpai ga Jitsu wa Doutei de Junjou Deshita ✘

Release Date: 2022/01/28

Cast: Okitsu Kazuyuki x Nogami Sho *damn Nogami’s ass be on a world tour this January

Synopsis: Saijou Ibuki, a salaryman, and his junior, Tachibana Yamato, are lovers. Saijou, despite his popularity with the girls in the company, is actually a virgin! Watch as these two try solving that problem using various methods!

6. Yoiyoi Monologue 🙏

Release Date: 2022/01/28

Cast: Eguchi Takuya x Saitou Souma *NICE

Synopsis: Yoshino Shion, the newest addition to the movie club, declares that he has joined to find a boyfriend! Though retired, Shion meets Inaba Rei, the club’s former deputy director during his introduction, and... ends up going out with him?! Rei was quiet and aloof, but was undoubtedly respected in the club — a fact Shion thinks of as a waste. The realization that things with Rei aren’t exactly going according to his ideals is slowly creeping upon Shion, making him anxious. 

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ISML 2022: Here Come The Forgers!

ISML 2022: Here Come The Forgers!

By Jo-Ryan Salazar The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue 1 November 2022

The likes of Anya (2758), Yor (2275) and Loid (2126) Folger will have their work cut out to push around some of the more well-known veterans who make the cut on Match Day 2 of the 2022 International Saimoe League Preliminaries. But, the whole family from Spy x Family is in.

In addition to Anya and Yor making it through the Female Division, others who qualified include Rikka Takanashi (4673), incumbent Saimoe Prime Minister Elaina (4511) seeking reelection, Rem (4429), Mai Sakurajima (4381), Mikoto Misaka (4254), Miku Nakano (4236), Eru Chitanda (3365), Yui Hirasawa (3309), Marina (3114), Takina Inoue (3089), Tamako Kitashirakawa (3029), Asuna Yuuki (2932), Nino Nakano (2914), Itsuki Nakano (2605), Kuroko Shirai (2849), Sora Kasugano (2682), Azusa Nakano (2661), Tsukasa Yuzaki (2491), Kanade Tachibana (2425), Ritsu Tainaka (2349), Kaori Miyazono (2293), Nagisa Furukawa (2260), Kyouko Hori (2249), Ai Haibara (2238), Kaede Azusagawa (2192), Index Prohibitorum (2129), Magumin (2105), Shouko Makinohara (2070), Chizuru Ichinose (2043), Tooru (2039), Yotsuba Nakano (2027), Inori Yuzuriha (1958), Rei Ayanami (1956) and Takagi (1919).

Loid was the only one making it through from the Male Division this round. Also making the cut were Hachiman Hikigaya (4095), the always-reliable Houtarou Oreki (3739), Kazuto Kirigaya (3081), Satoru Gojou (2664), Yuu Otosaka (2550< Subaru Natsuki (2512), Rimuru Tempest (2487), Sora (2368), Izumi Miyamura (2329), Conan Edogawa (2237), Itachi Uchiha (2122), Ken Kaneki (2116), Tanjirou Kamado (2016), Kousei Arima (1906), Riku Dola (1869), Saika Totsuka (1837), Haruka Kasugano (1777), Ainz Ooal Gown (1758), Monkey D. Luffy (1752), Shirou Emiya (1749), Fuutarou Uesugi (1701), Yuuta Okkotsu (1663), Hiro (1658), Rudeus Greyrat (1657), Nasa Yuzaki (1641), Giyuu Tomioka (1598), Masamune Izumi (1571), Osamu Dazai (1552), L Lawliet (1489), Gilgamesh (1452), Isaac Foster (1450), Nishikata (1433), Yuuji Itadori (1427), Sorata Kanda (1412) and Kusuo Saiki (1384).

Match Day 3 of the 2022 International Saimoe League Preliminaries is scheduled for 4 November 2022. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

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List of IDOLiSH7 Characters who share a seiyuu with a Daiya no Ace character

This list is going to be of use at a later date, it’s just a collection of the Idols so far

I’m also going to need  Ryota Ohsaka to be in Ainana. If you’ve listened to Sawamura’s character song/solo Cloud Nine, you know why

Izumi Iori (Masuda Toshiki): Wakabayash Gou

Nikaido Yamato (Shirai Yuusuke): N/A

Izumi Mitsuki (Yonaga Tsubasa): Akamatsu Shinji

Yotsuba Tamaki (KENN): Kamiya Carlos Toshiki

Osaka Sogo (Abe Atsushi): Fukui Kento

Rokuya Nagi (Eguchi Takuya): Maki Yousuke

Nanase Riku (Ono Kensho): Todoroki Raichi

Yaotome Gaku (Hatano Wataru): Chiba Junichi, Yabe Kouji, Masuko Tooru,  Araki Ichirou, Yabe Kouji 

Kujo Tenn (Saitou Souma): Mukai Taiyou

Tsunashi Ryunosuke (Satou Takuya): N/A

Sunohara Momose (Hoshi Sōichirō): Shirakawa Katsuyuki

Orikasa Yukito (Tachibana Shinnosuke): N/A

Isumi Haruka (Hirose Yūya): Mogami Takeshi

Inumaru Touma (Subaru Kimura): N/A

Natsume Minami (Nishiyama Kōtarō): N/A

Mido Torao (Takashi Kondō):  N/A

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Main Cast Announced for the Katsugeki! Touken Ranbu Anime

Main Cast Announced for the Katsugeki! Touken Ranbu Anime

The main cast has been announced for the forthcoming anime based on the Katsugeki! Touken Ranbu game: Ryohei Kimura is Izuminokami Kanesada Kento Hama is Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki Junya Enoki is Yamabushi Kunihiro Seiichirō Yamashita is Yagen Tōshirō Tooru Sakurai is Tonbokiri Sōma Saitō is Tsurumaru Kuninaga Toshiyuki Shirai is directing the series at ufotable. Hideyuki Fukasawa is composing the…

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Social Criticism through the absurd

At first sight the anime Arakawa Under the Bridge probably may just seem a series of absurd humor that mix the characteristic style of Studio Shaft, and their strange angles of character focus and their extravagant images backgrounds to play with our perspective, with a premise, characters and situations that are absurd and has a parody of the reality. However, by doing a deeper analysis of the series, without a doubt there is a concept that comes to my mind and that in my opinion is the background that hides the series: Social criticism. To show this, I will approach some characters and situations of the anime that I find especially representative of this social criticism.

Starting with our protagonist, Kou Ichinomiya a businessman in the peak of the social hierarchy that must “move” and live under a bridge because of his ideology, a situation that in first sight may seem absurd tells us how a millionaire is seen in the obligation to live in the place that in the reality is usually inhabit by poor and homeless people that have been excluded and abandoned by the society. Is in this scenery that we find characters as Nino, young girl that wear a school sports uniform, whose behavior is completely abnormal regarding the common social parameters, this may be a representation of child abandonment. Another remarkable character is Sister, a man that plays the role of a nun and runs the church under the bridge, what stands out is that this nun is a former military with a large knowledge and training in the use of weapons and battle tactics, this may be a representation of the institution of the church, that is suppose to be linked to moral values, historically has participated in different military conflicts.

The last character I’ll like to remark, so as not to extend only in the description of them, is Tooru Shirai a cordial, middle-aged man who is obsessed with always stepping on a white line, reaching the extreme of abandoning his family for his obsession, a man following white lines may be an analogy to drug addiction.

Finally, a situation that marks a climax in the anime and that refers to the social criticism that this hide, corresponds to when our protagonist proposes to teach common sense to the people under the bridge, after a series of absurd events we can watch how he ends questioning what the common sense is and our subordination to this concept hegemonically imposed.

Without a doubt an anime that can be seen to entertain, because it consists of quite absurd comedy, but that in my opinion also can be approach through a more critical view that reveals the deep message that hide this series.

Fernando F. Palma

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Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge

Episode 6 end card by Tsuchibayashi Makoto

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ISML 2021: Rikka Takanashi On The Money, Takes Ruby Necklace

ISML 2021: Rikka Takanashi On The Money, Takes Ruby Necklace

Longshot Sorata Kanda With Massive Upset, Wins Ruby Pendant

By Jo-Ryan Salazar

The Bedlam On Baltic Avenue

December 20, 2021

Match Day 6 of the 2021 International Saimoe League Ruby Period is history. An even money favorite, Rikka Takanashi defeated Kanade Tachibana 2687-2043 to win the Ruby Necklace. Mai Sakurajima was third with 1566 votes, Asuna Yuuki was fourth with 1170 votes, Emilia was fifth with 773 votes, Yui Yuigahama was sixth with 616 votes, Tsukasa Yuzaki was seventh with 482 votes and Utaha Kasumigaoka was last with 394 votes.

Our Upset of the Round (and it's one of the biggest this season) takes place in the Male Division. Sorata Kanda came into the Ruby Pendant match as a 70-1 longshot and delivered a 2158-2024 scalp over even money favorite Kazuto Kirigaya. Taki Tachibana was third with 1243 votes, Kazuma Satou was fourth with 1012 votes, Tomoya Okazaki was fifth with 815 votes, Archer was sixth with 640 votes, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji was seventh with 582 votes and Subaru Natsuki was last with 496 votes.

Another longshot, Megumin, took home the Ruby Bracelet with a 2559-2451 victory over Index Prohibitorum. Shiro was third with 1328 votes, favorite Kuroko Shirai was fourth with 1075 votes, Shouko Nishimiya was fifth with 800 votes, Misaku Shokuhou was sixth with 563 votes, Tooru was seventh with 507 votes and Schwi Dola was last with 390 votes. Vote splits between two sets of characters from different parties proved vital to this shock result.

Dark horse Shidou Itsuki won the Ruby Ring with a 1872-1596 win over another dark horse in Joutarou Kuujou. Ryuuji Takasu was third with 1169 votes, Kyoujurou Rengoku was fourth with 1012 votes, Saika Totsuka was fifth with 837 votes, Kousei Arima was sixth with 741 votes, Satoshi Fukube was seventh with 586 votes and Edward Elric was last with 506 votes.

With a score of 26068.1, Keke Tang is your Summer Seasonal champion, while Shiroha Naruse was right on the money to be namerd Visual Novel Champion with a 1951-1493 win over Atri. Ao Sorakado was third with a 1757-1438 win over Tsumugi Wenders.

The Fall Seasonal Tournament is coming up. Making the cut were Ran Mouri (2194), Unmei (1571), Touko Sakurai (1309), Shouko Komi (1751), Futaba Igarashi (1364), Miko Yotsuya (1449), Dia Viekone (1448), Tomoyo Sakagami (1602), Sonoko Suzuki (1258), Jolyne Kuujou (1220), Chisato Arashi (1333), Tarte (1061), Ruti (1040), Kukuru Misakino (1096), Yuuna Yuuki (1052), Doki-chan (1043) and Eris Boreas Greyrat (1518). Mouri is tipped by the Bedlam to win the Fall Diadem, but Koumi and Greyrat will prove to be stiff opposition.

Finally, the couples tournament kicked off. In Couples actio, Touma Kamijou and Mikoto Misaka routed Kanon Shibuya and Keke Tang 3401-1886, Emilia and Subaru Natsuki defeated Nishikata and Takagi 2618-2410, Gilbert Bougainvillea and Violet Evergarden thumped Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara 3632-2071, Kazuto Kirigaya and Asuna Yuuki rolled past Hiro and Zero Two 3380-1660, Eru Chitanda and Houtarou Oreki dismantled Kurisu Makise and Rintarou Okabe 3820-1585, Yuu Otosaka and Nao Tomori prevailed over Nagisa Furukawa and Tomoya Okazaki 2439-2235, Elaina and Saya pummeled Mitsuha Miyamizu and Taki Tachibana 3202-2521, Hachiman Hikigaya and Yukino Yukinoshita overpowered Haruka and Sora Kasugano 3254-1990, Taiga Aisaka and Ryuuji Takasu roared past Tomoya Aki and Megumin Katou 2606-2032, Yui Hirasawa and Azusa Nakano rocked Homura Akemi and Madoka Kaname 2727-1941 and Sorata Kanda and Mashiro Shiina smashed Tamako Kitashirakawa and Mochizou Ouji 2744-2170. Finally, in one other result, Iris crushed Maria Takayama 2725-1058.

With Yukino Yukinoshita's tenure as Saimoe Prime Minister concluding at midnight on January 1, 2022, Mikoto Misaka will be sworn in as interim Saimoe Prime Minister until the general election on January 25. The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue tips Misaka to win a historic reelection to the office. Should Misaka secure the ISML Heavenly Tiara, the interim tag will simply be dropped.

Match Day 1 of the 2021 International Saimoe League Diamond Period is scheduled for December 22, 2021. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate. And keep it right here on the Bedlam on Baltic Avenue for continuing coverage of the International Saimoe League, the world's premier anime character competition!

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