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[IDOLiSH7] [Part 6] Chapter 14: To the Challengers [1/2]

6.14.1. - With everything we have

Audience A: Ah… Something appeared on the screen…  

Audience B: Last minute interview footage…?

Audience A: …What’s an idol…？

Audience B: …What is music…？

Audience A: …What is the greatest live…？

Audience B: …Ah, Touma is on the screen…！

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Inumaru Touma: The greatest live...

Inumaru Touma: For me, the greatest live is the moment when I can make everyone the happiest.

Inumaru Touma: Everyone's feelings become one, no one gets left behind, and there’s just one great moment after the other.

Inumaru Touma: At first, the audience is well-mannered and just watches, but they gradually get into it…

Inumaru Touma: That feeling of them leaning forward and joining in the fight... It's like everyone is standing up and roaring.

Inumaru Touma: I love that moment when it feels like it's us, not just customers.

Inumaru Touma: I want to create a space like that... I think I can create it.

Inumaru Touma: Let's create the greatest live.

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!!

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Isumi Haruka: Uhm, what is an idol. An idol is…

Isumi Haruka: Coming from someone like me, what I say might not be very persuasive… But I think it's pretty accurate.

Isumi Haruka: It's someone who wants to be loved.

Isumi Haruka: Someone who wants to be pampered a lot. Someone who wants to be praised a lot.

Isumi Haruka: Like, “Ahaha, I love myself”. Without that, I don't think I'd want to be on stage.

Isumi Haruka: But while I'm doing it, I start to think, "Oh, I'm not good at this," or "I messed up," or "I wonder if I can do it well.”

Isumi Haruka: So many things I hate about myself and the things I'm anxious about come out, it's like I can't take it anymore, I want to pull away…

Isumi Haruka: But when the fans call out my name, I can really step forward. I'm sure it’ll be the same this time.

Isumi Haruka: I mean, we're first, right? Normally, I'd say we can't do it… That's why…

Isumi Haruka: Call for ŹOOḼ, call for Isumi Haruka. I’m counting on you. 

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!!

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Natsume Minami: What is music…

Natsume Minami: That's right. Music can become anything.

Natsume Minami: It can be a weapon, it can be armor. It can be a blanket, it can be fashion, it can be a blood oath.

Natsume Minami: With that in mind, if I were to speak only about ŹOOḼ and ŹOOḼ's fans…

Natsume Minami: I think it's like chains.

Natsume Minami: There’s the chains that bind us, and the chains that we seek to destroy.

Natsume Minami: Feelings and pain that could not be put into words are connected through music…

Natsume Minami: It is as if blood flows through the community known as ŹOOḼ. That's right, it may be like blood vessels.

Natsume Minami: Let the blood flow, cut the chains we want to break, and connect with each other through new bonds.

Natsume Minami: Fufu… These may be chains that are a little exciting, a bit dangerous, but…

Natsume Minami: Please, let yourself be caught up in them.

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!!

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Midou Torao: What an idol is?

Midou Torao: An idol is… That's right… This might be a no-go thing to say.

Midou Torao: But at first, I thought it was shady.

Midou Torao: You get pampered, but they treat you like a toy, and you laugh it off…

Midou Torao: I was thinking, that's supposed to be fun? 

Midou Torao: …Then, “Ah, this is a bad idea”… “It’s a bad idea, right?”, “Huh? We're gonna keep going like this…?”

Midou Torao: …That's right… Well, those were my first impressions anyway. Probably because I was like that at the time.

Midou Torao: Yeah… I thought it’d be nice if it was just for decoration.

Midou Torao: But after meeting a lot of different people, I realized I was wrong.

Midou Torao: Chasing their dreams even when they fail… Going out alone to places where there are only enemies… It's not shady at all. 

Midou Torao: These guys… I thought these people were heroes.

Midou Torao: I want to be like that too. I'll do my best.

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!! 

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Inumaru Touma: Listen, you guys! We've come this far, so believe in yourselves!

Inumaru Touma: At first, we were kind of an odd mix! But aren't we the real deal right now!?

Midou Torao: Of course. There's no other place I’d rather be.

Midou Torao: You guys are the best!

Inumaru Touma: I told you, didn't I! Don't forget!

Natsume Minami: That's my line, Inumaru-san.

I won't let anyone, including you and everyone here in the venue, get distracted from us.

Natsume Minami: We are the one and only.

Isumi Haruka: That's right! Let's destroy everything! Let's show them all we got!

Isumi Haruka: Ryou-san and Utsugi-san… Let's take the people who have become our fans with us!

Isumi Haruka: To a view even better than the one at RedFes! Tonight! Here! Right now!

Midou Torao: Alright!

Natsume Minami: Let's go!

Inumaru Touma: Let's go!

ŹOOḼ: Yeah…!!

Audience: The lights came on…

Audience: ŹOOḼ are over there…！

Audience: Kyaaah…！

Passerby A: ŹOOḼ's live has begun! The first song is "Poisonous Gangster"!

Passerby B: The set is amazing…!! It's so ŹOOḼ! Cool…! 

Passerby A: I happened to be there during the debut event! The place where ŹOOḼ began…!

Passerby B: I hope ŹOOḼ wins…!

Passerby C: The big monitor over there is broadcasting ŹOOḼ's live!

Passerby D: It's true…！The atmosphere is insane...! I wish I could have gone to the venue…!

Passerby C: Everyone looks so cool! Do your best, ŹOOḼ…！

Oda Hiroto: …

Oda Hiroto: Touma…

Natsume Minami: (It was with this song that I started working on together with Sakura-san, that I met ŹOOḼ…)

Natsume Minami: (At first, it was a song sung by just two of us as the main vocals.)

Natsume Minami: (But before I knew it, I was singing as well, raising my voice and screaming with ecstasy.)

Natsume Minami: (I tried to remain a spectator, but I got more and more involved as myself…)

Natsume Minami: (Once destiny has started, it cannot be stopped. )

Natsume Minami: (Sakura-san, I’m enjoying myself a lot right now. Aren't you envious?)

Natsume Minami: (The allies and friends you lost, I have them all.) 

Natsume Minami: Come on, please…

Natsume Minami: Desire me more.

Audience: Kyaaah…！

Audience A: PoiGang is the best! I knew they were definitely gonna sing it…!

Audience B: All four of them look super cool! (crying) ...I love ŹOOḼ…

Audience A: Ah… the second song…!

Audience B: It's “ZONE OF OVERLAP”…!!

Audience: Kyaaaah…！

Audience: The best, the best…!!

Audience: Kyaaaah…！

Midou Torao: (RedFes… I remember the fear of that stage.)

Midou Torao: (I wanted to run away. I wanted to pretend like it wasn't serious and make it a laughing matter.)

Midou Torao: (But I met others who were just as scared, yet didn't try to run away.)

Midou Torao: (So I put down my feet and moved forward with my heart and soul and I was able to change, so that I could protect them without running away, .)

Midou Torao: (I overcame something that seemed like it could never be overcome.)

Midou Torao: (May I have the same pride tonight as I did then.)

Midou Torao: (Whatever it is, I'll do it!)

Midou Torao: Don't look away!

Midou Torao: We'll make you crazy about us to the point of breaking! 

Audience: Kyaaaaaah…！

Audience A: From "ZONE OF OVERLAP", they started singing as a group of four!

Audience B: Yeah…!

Audience A: I wasn't able to go see RedFes, but I feel like the atmosphere at ŹOOḼ has changed since then…!

Audience A: They're no longer awkward around each other and they often look at each other with smiles on their faces, it makes me happy…

Audience A: I always was and still am so lucky to be a ŹOOḼ oshi…! 

Audience B: Ah... the third song is coming!!

Audience B: It's “Bang!Bang!Bang!”...!!

Audience: Kyaaaaaah…！

Isumi Haruka: Come on, come on! That's not all you got, is it? 

Audience: Kyaaaaaah…！

Isumi Haruka: Shout…！

Audience: Kyaaaaaah…!!

Isumi Haruka: (Hey, are you watching? Ryou-san.)

Isumi Haruka: (Are you watching? Kujou.)

Isumi Haruka: (Aren't I amazing?)

Isumi Haruka: (Aren’t we the best?)

Isumi Haruka: (Fufu… You thought I was a waste, so you let go of me.)

Isumi Haruka: (But it's too late to regret it now. I'm no longer controlled by anyone.)

Isumi Haruka: (The only path we walk is our own.)

Isumi Haruka: (Just watch from there. I'll take you with me. I'll show you, as well.)

Isumi Haruka: (We will carve out our future.)

Isumi Haruka: We can still keep going…! 

Audience: Kyaaaaaah…！

Audience A: …ŹOOḼ is amazing! (crying) …I love ŹOOḼ…

Audience B: If you cry, you won't be able to see it properly! It'd be such a shame! It's so amazing…

Audience B: Since it's people around the same age as us putting on such a cool, powerful performance…!

Audience A: Yes, yes… (crying).

Audience: Ah, the lights went out…

Audience: What!？A costume change…?!

Audience: …！This intro…! 

Audience: It's the new song…！

Audience: Kyaaaaaah…!

Isumi Haruka: …

Natsume Minami: …

Midou Torao: …

Inumaru Touma: Last one!

Audience: Kyaaaaaah…!

Inumaru Touma: “Utopia”!

Audience: Kyaaaaaah…!

Inumaru Touma: (I thought I'd never stand on stage again.)

Inumaru Touma: (I thought I’d never sing seriously again.)

Inumaru Touma: (The only way I could protect myself was to hate someone, to laugh at someone.)

Inumaru Touma: (However, as I met important friends and spent irreplaceable time with them…)

Inumaru Touma: (I met people who care about me more than I care about myself.) 

Inumaru Touma: (I want to make them happy, those people who always support us.)

Inumaru Touma: (Beyond the dazzling lights, I can see their smiles. They're calling our names. For their smiles, I want to create a miracle.)

Inumaru Touma: (I want to promise them eternity.)

Inumaru Touma: (We won't betray you. We know better than anyone that things like that are crap…)

Inumaru Touma: (I want to promise you that I will never betray you.)

Inumaru Touma: (That I'm never leaving the stage again.)

Inumaru Touma: Let's go together! Follow us to the very end…!

Audience: Kyaaaaaah…！

Oda Hiroto: …Touma…

Oda Hiroto: …Do your best, Touma! Don't lose…!

Oda Hiroto: Destroy the others and make it so that you…. that ŹOOḼ become the best…!

Audience: Kyaaaaaah…！

Inumaru Touma: This is the best…！

Isumi Haruka: Aah, we're done already…!

Audience: Kyaaaaaah…！

Natsume Minami:: Thank you very much！

Midou Torao: Thanks! I sang with all my power！

Audience: Kyaaaaaah…！

Inumaru Touma: Thank you！

Isumi Haruka: See you…！

Audience: Kyaaaaaah…！

(clapping)

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Isumi Haruka: Ha… haa…

Utsugi Shirou: Welcome back! Thank you for your hard work…! 

Isumi Haruka: …How was it!? 

Utsugi Shirou: It was amazing! The best in the world!

Inumaru Touma: Utsugi-san, did you see it?! A sight better than RedFes!

Utsugi Shirou: …

Utsugi Shirou: Asking that first thing after coming off such a big stage…

Natsume Minami: We are asking that! After all, we're quite stubborn! 

Midou Torao: You're a part of ŹOOḼ too. We wanted to share the best sight with you.

Isumi Haruka: So!? How was it?!

Utsugi Shirou: …It wasn't just beyond RedFes, it was a performance like it has never been done before! 

Utsugi Shirou: On such a big stage, not to mention as the opening act, with that kind of quality. With that kind excitement.

Utsugi Shirou: Only ŹOOḼ can do this. You are the best…!

Isumi Haruka: We did it! Ya~y!!

Inumaru Touma: High five, high five!

Midou Torao: Alright! Yay! 

Natsume Minami: Ahaha! Ya~y! 

Utsugi Shirou: Yay! Thank you for your hard work!

Utsugi Shirou: Let's win this Black or White and go to RedFes again next year!

Utsugi Shirou: We'll show ŹOOḼ to the world once more!

ŹOOḼ: Yeah…!!

Tsukumo Ryou: …

Tsukumo Ryou: Haha… You can do it, after all.

Tsukumo Ryou: Thank you, ŹOOḼ

Tsukumo Ryou: I'm glad I created you guys.

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Audience A: Haa…！ŹOOḼ’s live was great! 

Audience B: I was so moved.... (crying) I got to see it live.... I'm so glad I was able to come to the venue!!

Audience A: It's true…!! I will tell this story for the rest of my life...!!

Audience B: Ah… There's a break until the stage set is changed. I think I'll head to the washroom.

Audience A: There'll be a message video too, so come back soon!

Audience B: I know!

(bump)

Audience B: Ah… I'm sorry. 

Ousaka Soushi: No, I have to apologize.

Ousaka Soushi: …

Ousaka Soushi: It looks like the seats are around there.

Sougo's mother: Yes…

Ousaka Soushi: Let's go.

~ to be continued ~

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6.14.2. - Wishing upon the sparkling stars

Audience C: It's about to be IDOLiSH7’s turn, isn't it… 

Audience D: Yeah…! I'm really excited…!

Audience C: Ah...! Something is being shown on the screen again!

Audience D: This is the last-minute interview footage…!

Audience C: Kyaaaah...! Iori-kun...!!

Izumi Iori: The greatest live… To me, the greatest live means showing off the best IDOLiSH7.

Izumi Iori: Nanase-san, the unrivaled center.

Izumi Iori: The elegant and cute Rokuya-san who supports the hearts of IDOLiSH7.

Izumi Iori: Ousaka-san who changes his colours freely, both as a "MEZZO’’" member and as a rock musician.

Izumi Iori: The lawless Yotsuba-san who does whatever he wants, acts spoiled whenever he wants, yet for some reason we always forgive him. 

Izumi Iori: Nii-san who leads the atmosphere of the live and keeps it going with his cuteness and energy.

Izumi Iori: Nikaidou-san, our reliable leader who’s got our backs any time.

Izumi Iori:  As well as the perfect me.

Izumi Iori: We will definitely deliver. Please trust us.

Audience: Kyaaaaah…!!

Nikaidou Yamato: Good evening, it's Onii-san. To me, an idol is, well…

Nikaidou Yamato: I guess it'’s a being that makes people happy.

Nikaidou Yamato: That might makes me sound like I'm saying I'm a person who's really kind to people, though.

Nikaidou Yamato: I'm not that type of person, actually.

Nikaidou Yamato: But those guys… The other members work so hard and always make me happy.

Nikaidou Yamato: They gave me so much, it's spilling out of my hands, I have so much happiness left over.

Nikaidou Yamato: By distributing that one by one to everyone, I can do my job as an idol.

Nikaidou Yamato: I'll be handing out lots of it at Black or White, so please be sure to get some. ‘Cause those guys are really amazing.

Nikaidou Yamato: I'll give it my all, too. Yeah…

Nikaidou Yamato: When I do things properly, I can be pretty amazing, too.

Nikaidou Yamato: Just kidding.

Audience: Kyaaaaah…!!

Izumi Mitsuki: To me, idols are something I’ve always admired！

Izumi Mitsuki: I loved Zero, you know. I was thinking I wanted to be like him, and I thought he was really cool.

Izumi Mitsuki: Yeah… It felt like I was looking up at stars high up…

Izumi Mitsuki: Even after I decided I wanted to be an idol, even after I debuted as an idol, I was looking up at them.

Izumi Mitsuki: Ah… It was like, “that one is good, and this one is good too. This one is amazing, and I want that one too.”

Izumi Mitsuki: Ahaha, I must sound really greedy, right? I mean, they're all really amazing people. They're all really cool.

Izumi Mitsuki: But recently, I finally… I've stopped looking up at high places.

Izumi Mitsuki: To me, I myself am an idol. I want to be an idol that only Izumi Mitsuki can be. I don't just want to be, I will be.

Izumi Mitsuki: See, how I’ve become able to say something that bold? 

Izumi Mitsuki: There were some really cool guys that I was jealous of. They gave something to me, little by little.

Izumi Mitsuki: “That's great.”, “That's amazing.”, “I love you.” They kept going like that, and they gave me lots of little stars.

Izumi Mitsuki: That's why I… That's why I became  able to say that to me, my idol is myself. 

Izumi Mitsuki: Tonight, make sure you look up at us! We'll make lots of stars fall too!

Izumi Mitsuki: Let's have a blast on the last night of the year!

Audience: Kyaaaaah…!!

Yotsuba Tamaki: Yo. I'm Yotsuba Tamaki.

Yotsuba Tamaki: For me, the best live is when everyone's like, “Whoa!”.

Yotsuba Tamaki: A time when even if there's nothing special going on, us and the audience are having fun.

Yotsuba Tamaki: I think things like, “I'm going to entertain you!" and "Please get fired up!”.

Yotsuba Tamaki: And then, somehow...it starts to feel like the people in the audience are thinking the same way.

Yotsuba Tamaki: It's as if they're also saying, “We’re gonna entertain you! Please get fired up!”.

Yotsuba Tamaki: And we’re interacting like, “Yeah~!”, “Let's do it!”. How do I put it? You do this and that, and then…

Yotsuba Tamaki: Interaction, interaction. Ah... It’s like I’m calling my partner’s first name. Haha, that's a different kanji, though.* 

Yotsuba Tamaki: I like the feeling of interaction between here and there, when everyone’s like, “Whoa”.

Yotsuba Tamaki: It's hard to grasp that moment, and even if you think, "Whoa, here it comes!", it's gone in an instant.

Yotsuba Tamaki: So when I think , "Ah, that's the moment!", it hits me so hard I almost start crying.

Yotsuba Tamaki: Why? ...Hmm… I wonder why it makes me feel like crying.

Yotsuba Tamaki: Maybe it’s because I’m not alone. Haha… Let's all seize that moment together.

Audience: Kyaaaaah…!!

Ousaka Sougo: For me, music was my hope for living.

Ousaka Sougo: It is proof that I'm alive right now. I never thought I'd be able to write songs with my own hands.

Ousaka Sougo: For a long time, I couldn't love myself; I denied my own potential, and couldn't believe in myself…

Ousaka Sougo: My love for music made me believe in myself.

Ousaka Soushi: …

Ousaka Sougo: The new song we’ll be singing tonight.... I wrote it.

Ousaka Sougo: I've written songs for "MEZZO" before, but this is the first time I've written a song for IDOLiSH7.

Ousaka Sougo: I'm really nervous, but it is a song I really like. And also...

Ousaka Sougo: I feel like Tamaki-kun might be too embarrassed to tell you , so I'll tell you secretly.

Ousaka Sougo: The choreography was done by Tamaki-kun.

Ousaka Sougo: He’s incredibly talented. Everyone, please take the time to look at it.

Ousaka Sougo: I've gotten off topic, but I am very happy to be able to sing my own songs on this big stage.

Ousaka Sougo: I would like to dedicate this to all the people who it possible for me to have music in my life.

Ousaka Sougo: Thank you.

Audience: Kyaaaaah…!!

Ousaka Soushi: …

Ousaka Soushi: …Sougo…

Rokuya Nagi: Hi, girl.

Rokuya Nagi: For me, music is something that changes the color of the heart.

Rokuya Nagi: When I listen to a sad song, it paints my heart a sad color.

Rokuya Nagi: When I hear a kind song, it changes to a kind color.

Rokuya Nagi: That's how we've lived our lives with the music we love.

Rokuya Nagi: On nights when you can't cry, it helps the tears flow.

Rokuya Nagi: When we need courage, it strengthens our hearts.

Rokuya Nagi: Music is magic… it’s magic. 

Rokuya Nagi: I'll gift everyone a special magic.

Rokuya Nagi: We will paint your hearts in IDOLiSH7’s colors.

Rokuya Nagi: Please do not forget. That tonight, we spent a special time together.

Rokuya Nagi: That we are always in your heart.

Rokuya Nagi: We love you.

Audience: Kyaaaaah…!

Nanase Riku: Uhm… To me, idols are like light.

Nanase Riku: The first time I met an idol I liked, I was a kid.

Nanase Riku: When I was lonely, when I was feeling unwell… having that idol around helped me forget about all the hardships.

Nanase Riku: It was just fun, I got carried away watching and lost track of time.

Nanase Riku: I'm sure even if I was in complete darkness, I wouldn't have noticed.

Nanase Riku: I want to become that kind of person.

Nanase Riku: When your beloved idol is there and you’re getting carried away having a good time… 

Nanase Riku: It doesn't solve the problem. It doesn't cure the illness.

Nanase Riku: Complete darkness remains that way, and nothing changes. ...I knew that.

Nanase Riku: But still.... If I could see that wonderful thing once more....

Nanase Riku: If I could see that idol once more, and laugh wholeheartedly and happily.

Nanase Riku: I feel like I can bear the pain I'm feeling right now just a little longer.

Nanase Riku: That's what I thought.

Nanase Riku: I was thinking there might be people here at the venue today who feel the same way.

Nanase Riku: So: Good job, everyone! You all did really well!

Nanase Riku: It’s alright now! There's only fun to be had from here on out! Have fun and show me your smiles!

Nanase Riku: Let's play together!

Audience: Kyaaaaah…!!

Kujou Tenn: ……

Kujou Tenn: Riku…

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Izumi Mitsuki: …Alright! Alright, let’s go, everyone!

Yotsuba Tamaki: Yeah！

Rokuya Nagi: Yay！Let’s have fun！

Nikaidou Yamato: Don't be nervous! Let’s just do what we always do! Relax, relax!

Ousaka Sougo: Yes！

Nanase Riku: …Ha…

Izumi Iori: …Nanase-sa—

Oogami Banri: Sougo-san！

Ousaka Sougo: Banri-san…

Oogami Banri: The seats were filled.

Ousaka Sougo: Eh?

Oogami Banri: The seats were filled. I don't know if it was them, though...

Ousaka Sougo: …

Ousaka Sougo: Ha…, I think it was them. They’re not the kind of people who would give up their reserved seats.

Ousaka Sougo: That’s what I think… But… I wonder…

Yotsuba Tamaki: Is it about that?

Ousaka Sougo: Yeah…

Izumi Mitsuki: What happened?

Yotsuba Tamaki: Sou-chan's mom and dad came!

Nikaidou Yamato: Really!?

Izumi Mitsuki: I’m glad!....It's okay to be happy about that, right!?

Oogami Banri: Of course. Sougo-kun called them.

Oogami Banri: That’s a relief, isn’t it, Sougo-kun. It wasn't over, after all.

Oogami Banri: They believed and acknowledged the accomplishments you had made.

Ousaka Sougo: …

Oogami Banri: Good luck on stage! I'll be watching it with Takanashi-san from over here!

Ousaka Sougo: Yes. Thank you for letting me know.

Ousaka Sougo: …

Izumi Mitsuki: What's wrong, Sougo? Are you unhappy?

Ousaka Sougo: …That’s not it, but…

Ousaka Sougo: I didn't expect this, so I don't know what to think…

Yotsuba Tamaki: Isn’t “finally” fine?

Ousaka Sougo: …Tamaki-kun…

Yotsuba Tamaki: So they're finally willing to listen. They’re late. But we’ll let them listen anyway.

Yotsuba Tamaki: Because that's our job. Right, Sou-chan?

Ousaka Sougo: …Yeah… Yeah, that’s right…

Nikaidou Yamato: As their child, you’d want to be acknowledged right away, though.

Nikaidou Yamato: It's very businessman-like of him to only nod his head once you have the accomplishments and the recognition to back it up.

Ousaka Sougo: My father has only just taken his seat. He hasn't acknowledged me yet.

Ousaka Sougo: But if I can get some good results on tonight's stage, then I…

Ousaka Sougo: More than anything, my uncle who loved music throughout his life... I feel like he'll finally acknowledge him…

Nanase Riku: ...Sougo-san's uncle…

Rokuya Nagi: Let's win, Sougo. For the glory of someone important to you, too.

Yotsuba Tamaki: Let’s do this! Let's show them...!

Izumi Mitsuki: Yeah! We’ll make him ask us to appear in an FSC commercial!

Nikaidou Yamato: That's right! Hey, Riku...

Nikaidou Yamato: Riku…？

Nanase Riku: …(cough)… Ha…

Izumi Iori: Nanase-san…

Nanase Riku: I’m fine. I'm just a bit nervous.

Yotsuba Tamaki: Is it an attack!?

Nanase Riku: No. I don't think so…

Ousaka Sougo: The medicine… You said it makes your throat hoarse, right?

Nanase Riku: I’m fine. I don’t feel like it’s getting worse. …It’s fine.

Nikaidou Yamato: I’ll report to our manager.

Nanase Riku: I’m fine, Yamato-san！...(coughs)...

Nikaidou Yamato: Riku…

Yotsuba Tamaki: Rikkun. Shouting too loudly is bad… 

Nanase Riku: I know. I’m fine. Once I calm down a bit...

Rokuya Nagi: Let me get you a hot drink. It's okay. Everything will go well….

Nanase Riku: …Yeah…

Izumi Mitsuki: Can we delay the start...?

Nikaidou Yamato: I'll try to negotiate, but it won't last long…

Nanase Riku: …(coughs)...

Nanase Riku: No way. Not at such an important time...

Nanase Riku: The victory of the new Black or White is at stake. It's a chance for Sougo and his uncle to be recognized.

Nanase Riku: I don't want to repeat the same thing. The concert tickets are a promise to everyone. Even though I came to see everyone…

Nanase Riku: No. If I think pessimistic thoughts— Calm down. Calm your mind...

Nanase Riku: Sakura-san said this before going to heaven.

Nanase Riku: Even if I lost everything, and still wanted to sing...

Nanase Riku: Would there be someone who can help me?

Izumi Iori: Nanase-san.

Nanase Riku: …Ha…

Izumi Iori: You can sing.

Izumi Iori: Please sing, Nanase-san.

Nanase Riku: …Ha…

Nanase Riku: Ha…

Nanase Riku: …

Rokuya Nagi: Here you go, Riku! This is magical hot tea. You'll feel better soon!

Nikaidou Yamato: If anything happens, I'll cover for you! Leave it to onii-san!

Izumi Mitsuki: Riku, don't worry! Let's go on stage together all seven of us!

Yotsuba Tamaki: Let them listen to Rikkun's singing! If you can't stand up, I'll carry you on my back!

Ousaka Sougo: Let's go together! Let’s sing my song together!

Nanase Riku: …Ha…

Nanase Riku: No way... It stopped...

Rokuya Nagi＆Ousaka Sougo＆Yotsuba Tamaki: I’m glad…!

Izumi Iori: Fufu. I told you I’d control you.

Nikaidou Yamato: What’s up with this, that sounds deep…

Izumi Mitsuki: Don’t misunderstand. There’s a lot of reasons for this.

Izumi Iori: Let's go, superstar.

Izumi Iori: To create a rainbow.

Nanase Riku: …Yeah…!

Nikaidou Yamato: Let's go, you guys...!

IDOLiSH7: Yeah!!

Audience: The lights came on...

Audience: It’s IDOLiSH7…！

Audience: Kyaaaah…！

Mother: IDOLiSH7’s live has begun! What a pretty stage! It's like a planetarium...!

Father: Are the kids at the venue right now? I wonder if they'll be shown on TV? 

Mother: The first song is "MEMORiES MELODiES"! How nostalgic...! I'm really looking forward to the other three songs, too!

Father: Aah, I see. This song is the one from their first Black or White…

Mother: That’s right! This is the song that beat TRIGGER!!

Audience: Kyaaaaah...！

--

Izumi Iori: (I was able to get this far because I had friends.)

Izumi Mitsuki: (This has been my dream since I was a child.)

Izumi Iori: (I found such a wonderful pastime that makes my heart beat faster.)

Izumi Mitsuki: (I wanted these cheers too much, there were times when I felt like my heart was going to break…)

Izumi Mitsuki: (I feel so reassured now.)

Izumi Iori: (We can go as far as we want)

Izumi Mitsuki: (We’ll go as far as we can!)

Izumi Iori: (Leading our teammates and our fans.)

Izumi Mitsuki: (To views they’ve never seen before!)

Izumi Iori: (We can do it.)

Izumi Mitsuki: (We should be able to do it!)

Izumi Iori: (That’s tonight!)

Izumi Mitsuki: (Well then, let’s go!)

Izumi Mitsuki & Izumi Iori: (To reach for our dreams!)

Izumi Mitsuki: Let’s go…!

Izumi Iori: Let us win!

Audience: Kyaaaaah...！

Audience C: Aah… Everyone is so awesome!!

Audience D: Look...! The planetarium on the stage changes from a blue sky to a night sky...!

Audience C: Pretty...! The aurora is shining...!

Audience D: The second song! It’s "Mr.AFFECTiON"...!!

Audience: Kyaaaah…!

Audience: Kyaaaah…!

Nikaidou Yamato: (I had lost track of my own existence.)

Rokuya Nagi: (I was losing track of where I belong.)

Nikaidou Yamato: (Whether I am loved.)

Rokuya Nagi: (Whether I am being used.)

Nikaidou Yamato: (Lying, dishonest people, the objects of our admiration.)

Rokuya Nagi: (But still, we wanted to be grateful and love them.)

Nikaidou Yamato: (In that case, being alone is better.)

Rokuya Nagi: (Because I loved them.)

Rokuya Nagi: (The hands that pet my head that day…)

Nikaidou Yamato: (In truth, I wanted to believe it.)

Rokuya Nagi: (Over a long period of time. Through many encounters.)

Nikaidou Yamato: (Now, I’m here with my friends.)

Nikaidou Yamato: (Well, are you watching?)

Rokuya Nagi: (Are you watching?)

Nikaidou Yamato: (I couldn't love myself, and I struggled desperately.)

Nikaidou Yamato: (I'm going to make all the other members, the guests; everyone here happy.)

Rokuya Nagi: (And I will be happy too.)

Rokuya Nagi: (I’ll live a rich life filled with love.)

Rokuya Nagi＆Nikaidou Yamato: (With my friends.)

Rokuya Nagi: Beautiful! Everyone, laugh more...!

Nikaidou Yamato: There's still more to come! Let's get fired up...!

Audience: Kyaaaah…!

Audience D: IDOLiSH7 are the best! I'm happy to be able to listen to my beloved songs...!

Audience: Aah...! The lights have gone out...!

Audience: A costume change?! Maybe it’s the new song?!

Audience: Kyaaaaaah...

Audience: The sky is like the morning light…

Audience: Look! New costumes...!

Izumi Iori: …

Nikaidou Yamato: …

Izumi Mitsuki: …

Yotsuba Tamaki: …

Ousaka Sougo: …

Rokuya Nagi: …

Nanase Riku: …

Audience: …That intro...! It’s a melody I've never heard before...!

Audience: It's a new song...!

Nanase Riku: “TOMORROW EViDENCE”！

Audience: Kyaaaaah...！

Ousaka Sougo: (I was unable to like myself.)

Yotsuba Tamaki: (I didn't care about anything except my own important things.)

Ousaka Sougo: (It was only when I was in contact with the things I loved that I was able to love myself.)

Yotsuba Tamaki: (Because I'm the only one who takes me seriously.)

Ousaka Sougo: (But little by little, I've recovered my wounded heart, and now…)

Ousaka Sougo: (I was able to create what I liked.)

Yotsuba Tamaki: (I've come to understand that I am being watched over.)

Yotsuba Tamaki: (Hey. Thank you, everyone.)

Yotsuba Tamaki: (Thank you for waving at me, for calling my name.)

Yotsuba Tamaki: (Every time someone did that, I felt like I wasn't alone.)

Ousaka Sougo: (I couldn't have done it alone.)

Ousaka Sougo: (I was able to do it because I wasn't alone.)

Ousaka Sougo: (I'm living my own life.)

Yotsuba Tamaki: (I’m exactly where I belong.)

Yotsuba Tamaki: (For making me think that…)

Ousaka Sougo＆Yotsuba Tamaki: (Thank you.)

Ousaka Sougo: Enjoy the new song!

Yotsuba Tamaki: Everyone! Remember and sing it...!

--

Audience C: ...The new song was really good...!

Audience D: The choreography was cute as well...! Tamaki is a genius...!

Audience C: What will the last song be!?

Audience D: I want them to sing that song.... I've been supporting them for a long time! IDOLiSH7's first...

Audience C: Aah…The color of the sky is changing into a starry sky...

Audience D: Wow, the song has started...!

Audience C: It’s MonGen…!

Audience: Kyaaaaaah…!

Nanase Riku: ...Thank you, everyone...!

Nanase Riku: The last song is this one! The song that started us off...!

Nanase Riku: “MONSTER GENERATiON”…！

Audience: Kyaaaaaah!

Nanase Riku: (I wanted to be like Tenn-nii. I wanted to catch up to Tenn-nii.)

Nanase Riku: (But whenever things didn’t go well and I felt like giving up…)

Nanase Riku: (The voices of my friends and fans here have given me strength.)

Nanase Riku: (Thank you.)

Nanase Riku: (Thank you for letting me believe that there is something I can do.)

Nanase Riku: (Thank you for piercing through the darkness and bringing your powerful voices and smiles all the way to this stage.)

Nanase Riku: (For loving us…)

Nanase Riku: (And for sharing the same dream as us, thank you so much.)

Nanase Riku: (I want to go even further with everyone.)

Nanase Riku: (To a new place where no one has been before.)

Nanase Riku: (To break away from common sense and familiar sights.)

Nanase Riku: (We want to create a new era that none but us can.) 

Nanase Riku: It won’t, won’t end yet.

Nanase Riku: Let’s go to a seven-colored future!

Nanase Riku: Everyone, thank you…!

Audience: Kyaaaaaah…!

Woman: …Riku-kun…

Woman: I'm glad I came here...

Woman: I started to become curious about them, and then I started to like them more and more.... I took the plunge and ordered tickets....

Woman: I'm glad I came here... I'm glad I got to see IDOLiSH7!

Woman: I'm glad I was able to shout out how much I love them in the venue the people I love are at!

Woman: IDOLiSH7, I love you…!

Audience: Kyaaaaaah…!

Audience: Kyaaaaaah…!

Yotsuba Tamaki: Everyone, thank you!

Izumi Iori: Thank you very much!

Rokuya Nagi: Thanks！Happy, I’m happy!

Audience: Kyaaaaaah...！

Ousaka Sougo: Thank you very much!

Nikaidou Yamato: Thanks！

Izumi Mitsuki: Did you enjoy it? See you later, everyone!

Audience: Kyaaaaaah...！

Nanase Riku: Thank you so much！It was the best...!

Audience: Kyaaaaaah...！

(clapping)

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Nanase Riku: Ha… Ha…

Yotsuba Tamaki: Are you alright, Rikkun!?

Nanase Riku: Yes…! I’m alright!  We did it…!!

Izumi Mitsuki: We did it! We did it! We were the best...!

Rokuya Nagi: Fantastic! Our hearts were as one! It was an amazing experience!

Izumi Iori: It was a truly amazing experience.... My heart is still....

Yotsuba Tamaki: Pouding?

Izumi Iori: It is.

Nanase Riku: Mine is, too!

Ousaka Sougo: ...I really… thought my heart was going to break...

Nikaidou Yamato: Sou, did you see the audience seats?

Ousaka Sougo: Yes…

Ousaka Sougo: I couldn't see their faces, but I could see that the seats were full.

Ousaka Sougo: At that moment, I kind of… almost started crying...

Ousaka Sougo: Even though I pretended to be fine, I realized I had always wanted them to understand… I realized I wanted to be acknowledged...

Nikaidou Yamato: Sou…

Nikaidou Yamato: Of course. That's just how it is.

Yotsuba Tamaki: I’m glad for you, Sou-chan.

Ousaka Sougo: Yes… I never thought I'd be happy like this, though...

Yotsuba Tamaki: It’s fine. I'm glad you can cry in front of other people now. 

Ousaka Sougo: …Tamaki-kun…

Yotsuba Tamaki: Ehehe. I’m glad, I’m glad!

Takanashi Tsumugi: Thank you for your hard work, everyone! It was a fantastic performance...

Izumi Mitsuki: Manager!

Rokuya Nagi: It's all thanks to you. Your stage direction made us shine!

Nanase Riku: Manager, thank you!

Takanashi Tsumugi: No, thank you all for putting on such a great show!

Takanashi Tsumugi: The outcome is still unknown, but IDOLiSH7 are the best idols in the world!

IDOLiSH7: Yay…!!

Oogami Banri: Good job everyone! It was great! It was the best!

Takanashi Otoharu: It was truly wonderful! Everyone gave it their all!

Takanashi Otoharu: It was great working with you guys! Now, get some rest! After that, it's time to keep an eye on your rivals!

IDOLiSH7: Yes…！

Takanashi Tsumugi: Thank you so, so much!!

~ to be continued ~

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6.14.3. - The door to happiness

Audience E: It’s about to be TRIGGER’s turn soon… 

Audience F: Ah, I'm getting excited...! I want TRIGGER to win…!

Audience E: Ah...! Something appeared on the screen...!

Audience F: It’s the latest interview footage again...!

Audience F: Kyaaaaah...! Gaku-san…!!

Yaotome Gaku: The greatest live?

Yaotome Gaku: Up until now, there hasn't been a single live that wasn't the greatest.

Yaotome Gaku: Each one has a special memory to it. They’re burned into my mind like a photo in an album.

Yaotome Gaku: The audience seats bathed in light and, illuminated by the stage lights, Tenn’s profile…

Yaotome Gaku: The audience seats, bathed in intense sunlight, and Ryuu’s back, glistening with sweat.

Yaotome Gaku: Every moment was amazing. For me, and I'm sure for my friends and fans as well.

Yaotome Gaku: Sharing the best moments. Everyone here is sharing a special moment in life. 

Yaotome Gaku: You love me, don't you? Us, TRIGGER, that is.

Yaotome Gaku: We love you too. So, even if it's just during the live, we want you to forget everything and become one.

Yaotome Gaku: We'll take you to the end of the world.

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

Kujou Tenn: To me, idols are the magic that makes someone happy.

Kujou Tenn: I'm a charming magician.

Kujou Tenn: Isn’t that right?

Kujou Tenn: We choose to pose pretentiously, we perform provocative dances, we sing songs that seduce everyone.

Kujou Tenn: Sometimes we'll be mean, and sometimes we'll beg. That's how we captivate you.

Kujou Tenn: But in the end, we will always be magicians who will make you happy.

Kujou Tenn: ...Or so I thought. But now I'm thinking something a little different.

Kujou Tenn: That maybe it's us idols who are under a spell.

Kujou Tenn: With sparkling eyes, you’ve always kept dreaming, not giving up and desiring us…

Kujou Tenn: With the magic of happiness applied to us, we started to move upon a brilliant stage. Maybe that’s what an idol is.

Kujou Tenn: Thank you for loving me. Thank you for protecting me so many times.

Kujou Tenn: Desire me a lot tonight as well. Cast a spell on me.

Kujou Tenn: Make me happy.

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!!

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: To me, music is… That’s right… 

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: After becoming TRIGGER, we sang a lot of songs.

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Eventually, I began to feel the special power in music.

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: It may be because it’s always the three of us singing, but, how do I put it… 

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Within TRIGGER’s songs, it’s like I can feel Gaku’s and Tenn’s presence. 

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Even when I was driving by myself, if I was listening to TRIGGER’s songs, it felt like the two of them were there. 

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Even when I was alone, when I sang a song, I could feel our three souls. 

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: At that time, I thought there was nothing to be afraid of. 

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: There are people who appreciate and listen to the songs I sing with the friends I trust from the bottom of my heart.

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: These are special, unforgettable moments spent with precious songs.

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: I have never been happier.

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Even when we're old and go to heaven someday, and only TRIGGER's songs remain…

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: I want anyone who listens to them to think of it this way.

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Songs about friends bound by a strong bond.

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: I am truly grateful to the god of music for giving me such irreplaceable friends.

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Gaku, Tenn, let's do our best.

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!!

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Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Gaku, Tenn. Let's high five.

Yaotome Gaku:That's what I was about to say.

Kujou Tenn: Me, too.

(clap)

Kujou Tenn: We’ll definitely win! I'll make sure you two win. Don't worry, just follow me…

Yaotome Gaku: Don't be stupid! I'll make you win! I'm TRIGGER’s leader!

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: I'm the most big brother-like! It took a long time, but we finally made it here!

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Let's beat Re:vale this year! TRIGGER will take over the world!

Yaotome Gaku: Let's bring in a new era with our own hands!

Kujou Tenn: Of course! But can I have an honest talk with you?

Yaotome Gaku: What is it!?

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: An honest talk？

Kujou Tenn: I'm just happy to be standing here with you two, to the point where I don't care about winning.

Kujou Tenn: I love you guys. I'm glad I met you. You're my best friends.

Kujou Tenn: Thank you for always being with me.

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: …(sobs) Tenn…!

Yaotome Gaku: …(sobs) Don't make me cry before we even leave!

Kujou Tenn: Don't cry. Look cool. You're the No. 1 Sexiest Man, after all.

Yaotome Gaku: That's in the past.

Kujou Tenn: What are you talking about? You guys will always be No.1 and No.2.

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: You got it!

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Alright! It's been a while, but let's give them a reason to call me a beast. 

Yaotome Gaku: That's the spirit, Ryuu! Let's go!

Yaotome Gaku: Let's pull the trigger!

Kujou Tenn＆Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Yeah…!!

--

Audience: The lights came on… I wonder what they'll sing for the first song…

Audience: …！ This song…! 

Audience: “DIAMOND FUSION”……！It's their debut song…!

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Anesagi Kaoru: …Do your best…!

Yaotome Sousuke: …

Anesagi Kaoru: President…

Yaotome Sousuke: “DIAMOND FUSION”… It's TRIGGER’s starting point.

Yaotome Sousuke: More than I could imagine at that time, TRIGGER has gotten so much bigger.

Yaotome Sousuke: There's nothing that can get in you guys’ way anymore.

Yaotome Sousuke: Run wherever you want to.

Yaotome Sousuke: Like a bullet.

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Takara Mage: …TRIGGER…！You’re the coolest…!!

Takara Mage: …(sobs) Do your best…! Do your best…! 

Kujou Tenn: (Our meeting was the worst.)

Kujou Tenn: (I only wanted the bare minimum of a relationship as business partners.)

Kujou Tenn: (And yet, I wonder when…)

Kujou Tenn: (They became people I didn't want to lose.)

Kujou Tenn: (Gaku. Ryuu. If it's with you, I can do anything.)

Kujou Tenn: (Even the setbacks and downfalls were fun when I think about them now.)

Kujou Tenn: (After all, we are diamonds.)

Kujou Tenn: (Everytime we get hurt, we become more polished.)

Kujou Tenn: (Thanks to falling into a pit, the three of us were able to walk down a path that had never been walked before.)

Kujou Tenn: (I abandoned my old life as ‘Nanase’, and I obtained TRIGGER.) 

Kujou Tenn: (I have no regrets.)

Kujou Tenn: BANG……！

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Audience E: TRIGGER is the best…!

Audience F: ...I’ve been crying since the first song…!

Audience E: After all, the big stage suits TRIGGER! They’re so cool…!

Audience F: The second song is…

Audience E: “DAYBREAK INTERLUDE”…！

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: (I thought I would live a normal life.)

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: (I saw heaven and fell into hell.)

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: (It’s not like it didn't hurt. On many lonely nights I didn’t know how to go on from there.)

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: (But I realized how unbelievably brave I was.) 

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: (Thank you for giving me such hardship.)

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: (I was able to gain a strong heart that allows me to protect my precious friends.)

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: (We know…)

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: (...that there will be daybreak beyond the darkness.) 

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: (The vividness of indomitable light.)

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: (No matter how many times our footprints are erased, TRIGGER's story won’t end.)

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: (I won't let it end!)

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Everyone…！Follow us…!

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Audience E: …(sobs) I'm glad, TRIGGER.... Since that day, they’ve finally come this far…

Audience F: Thanks to TRIGGER, I can now trust my own eyes, not someone else's…!

Audience F: Because no matter what anyone said, TRIGGER was the best!

Audience E: I love you, Ryuunosuke-san…！

Audience F: Tenn-kun…!

Audience E: Aah, I wonder what the next song is…

Audience E: …! It's “Crescent rise”...! 

Audience F: I'm so happy...!! This song is what made me a fan of TRIGGER and Gaku-san…!

Yaotome Gaku: (I know it better than anyone else in the world.)

Yaotome Gaku: (TRIGGER. This team is the strongest.)

Yaotome Gaku: (We’ve grasped all of our glory with our own hands.)

Yaotome Gaku: (As long as there are people who believe in us and are waiting for us…)

Yaotome Gaku: (We cannot afford to be disgraceful.) 

Yaotome Gaku: (It was by no means a convenient way of life.)

Yaotome Gaku: (But we made it through this era earnestly.)

Yaotome Gaku: (So that we wouldn't bring shame on ourselves or our friends.)

Yaotome Gaku: (To repay those who loved us.)

Yaotome Gaku: (To overcome the seven-colored rainbow…)

Yaotome Gaku: (We will continue to fight from here on out.)

Yaotome Gaku: We can keep going…!

Audience: Kyaaaah...!

Audience: TRIGGER…！

Audience: …TRIGGER…！

Audience E: Is the next song already the last one!? I want to hear much more...!!

Audience F: Next is the new song, right…!? I wonder what kind of song it will be?!

Takara Mage: …

Audience: Ah, the lights went out…!

Audience: Maybe it's a costume change…!? I'm really looking forward to it…!

Audience: Waah…！ It's like a theatre stage!

Audience: It's gorgeous;  perfect for TRIGGER!

Audience: The intro has started...! It's the new song…!

Takara Mage: …!

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

Yaotome Gaku: …

Kujou Tenn: …

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: …

Audience E: The new costumes are awesome! Cool!!

Audience F: It's still just the intro, but isn't the atmosphere of this new song great…!?

Takara Mage: …I….I think it's good!

Audience E: I'm getting excited...! It has the feel of the old TRIGGER…!

Audience F: The TRIGGER that everyone fell in love with back then is back...!

Kujou Tenn: Last song.

TRIGGER: “BE AUTHENTIC”!

Audience: Kyaaaaaah...!

Passerby E: It’s TRIGGER’s new song…！

Passerby F: Ah, I've been waiting for this!! A love song with TRIGGER giving it their all!

Passerby E: All three of them look so cool...!! Thanks to TRIGGER, this terrible year has turned into the best...!

Nanase Riku: …Tenn-nii…

Yaotome Gaku: (A song I fell in love with at first sight when I heard it for the first time.)

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: (With this song, we want to show you our best side.)

Kujou Tenn: (Fall in love with us.)

TRIGGER: Once again, into a dream you can’t wake from. 

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

Audience E: Kyaaaaah...!

Audience F: TRIGGER is the best...!

Audience E: After all, TRIGGER are the ones that get my heart racing the most...!

Audience F: I want to see more and more of TRIGGER! I want to hear more of their new songs!

Audience E: Yeah…！

Takara Mage: …(sobs)... They did it… I’m glad… (sobs) 

Takara Mage: ...I'm so happy.... not just about my song, but TRIGGER… 

Takara Mage: I'm so happy that everyone is saying that TRIGGER is cool…

Takara Mage: ...It was super cool.... I saw the most amazing thing in the world...!

Takara Mage: TRIGGER, I’m glad I love you…!

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

Yaotome Gaku: Thank you!

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Thank you…！

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

Kujou Tenn: Thank you so much!

Kujou Tenn: See you!

Audience: Kyaaaaah...!

Audience: TRIGGER…!

Audience: TRIGGER…!!

--

Anesagi Kaoru: The best…! This was the best…! You guys, you did it…! 

Yaotome Gaku: …Ahaha! This is the best feeling! 

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: I sang with the two of you, giving it my all! The venue was so beautiful…

Kujou Tenn: It felt great! Four songs weren't enough. I wanted to sing more...!

Yaotome Sousuke: I'll make you sing.

Kujou Tenn: President…

Yaotome Gaku: Dad…

Yaotome Sousuke: A live at Zero Arena with just TRIGGER.

Yaotome Sousuke: We’re not holding back next year...! 

Yaotome Gaku: Really!?

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: We did it…! 

Kujou Tenn: At last, going there with just TRIGGER...!

Anesagi Kaoru: He said we’re not holding back…! Oh my, President! Aren’t you in high spirits! 

Yaotome Sousuke: If I’m not in high spirits now, when will I ever be!? 

Yaotome Gaku: It's time to become the overall winners! 

Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: I want to win! With the three of us…

Kujou Tenn: We can definitely win! We put on a live deserving of it. 

Kujou Tenn: IDOLiSH7… We were beaten to it earlier this year, but now we're within striking distance.

Kujou Tenn: This time, we'll shoot you down!

 ~ to be continued ~

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TL note courtesy of Haruka-kun:

The word Tamaki uses is 相互作用, meaning interaction. It’s pronounced “sougo sayou”, so even though the kanji for these words are very different (相互 vs. 壮五), when he says it, it’s as if he is saying Sougo’s name.

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mod riku here! this is the last chapter, but we broke tumblr's post limit, so please check out part 2 of chapter 14, too, lol

[carrot-felisidad]

Ego Death with the help of this anime: An essay

Natsume Yuujinchou is a grounding anime and can help us achieve ego death. How? It makes us experience the true lives and ways of people who are powerful but never letting their ego come over their daily lives, to the point that us viewers forget about ego altogether.

In shounen, we are always presented with characters who are or will be powerful, and their entire story revolves around their abilities. There is also a group of side-commenters who narrate their greatness. Even when they are pure hearted, the story surrounds the power system, making us think, "cool power, cool personality, I wanna be like them," or " I like this character because they're powerful and their personality stands out." Such thoughts focus on ego. Not to generalize all, but some heavy fans of shounen do end up having ego problems like hidden-god complex or superiority complex.

Here comes Natsume. Like most Slice of Life protagonists, his line of thoughts are wholesome, and so are the people around him (the present timeline). Since his thoughts focus on kindness, empathy, compassion, and forgiveness, we forget that he is actually powerful, and is the heir of a forbidden name-binding book. We do not focus on who he is, we do not focus on his powers, we do not focus on what people think about him. We focus on the story of his cases and sometimes cry about them. Instead of 'wishing to have his cool powers and cool personality' or revering him for it, we wish to see his happiness and the happiness of the ayakashis he helps. We forget wanting this and that, we forget about the concept of "I".

They say it is impossible to completely lose your ego, but there are a few who ironically brags losing their ego.

I read a book of an apparent "Spiritual Guru", and more than half of the book only talks about himself, and how great his findings are, and how he invented the concept of the 8th chakra etc etc. His spiritual journey was in Shounen Protagonist perspective, adventuring to find out cool powers and gaining cool personalities that made him meet these people who always tell him how cool he is. His methods are questionable. And oh, he has expensive online classes to create exclusivity.

Well, most modern 'Spiritual Books' are like this, and I've seen people who start their spiritual journeys with these books spiral down more, and gain more massive ego.

Ego Death was almost impossible when you deliberately search for it 😭😭😭 First of all, living in a society full of ego, we literally have no idea how it feels like.

And then I returned to my childhood anime out of nowhere, and understood it in context. Instead of focusing on labels, (like division of groups, sects, powers, ranking, emblems, etc.) it focuses on purpose. Instead of focusing on self-identity, it focuses on compassion. It treats those labels as a side-note rather than a serious world-building. You don't have to wish to be a hokage or a hero to help the many. You don't have to be on Top to offer a helping hand. The simple daily formula of living life with nature and friends and help those in need if (and only if) you can is a simple path to Ego Death.

To accept simplicity and humility. To accept peaceful isolation. To accept a world of no praises. To accept that you can live a life without labeling anything. To accept that you can exist in this realm without a source of pride.

Only in the simple world of Natsume Yuujinchou did I get the idea of living without a tinge of ego.

[tenshi-agerasia]

who would the minions serve in the ensemble stars universe

the ensemble stars x minions analysis that nobody asked for, under the cut

okay so minions want to serve the most powerful (and evil) guy in the area/time they're in

if they enrolled at yumenosaki prior to the ! era they'd have been looking for a master and might've even worked under shu/valkyrie, who was the top unit at that time

"Imagining shu leading the fucking minions is horrifying"

[shu voice] come, my brethren, and let us engage in performance arts

nazuna and mika are very confused

actually mika would like them i think

but when the first revolution/war began, the minions would've caught sight of exfine and eichi

as exfine rose through the ranks and defeated the eccentrics eichi became immensely famous, and i think at least a third of the minions would serve him just because of this

eichi is easily entertained by them

they piss off keito

hiyori is very biased and can tell each minion apart

he names them things like Flowery One and Revolting One

nagisa does not understand what a minion is

tsumugi can fucking communicate in minionese

that's part of the reason natsume hates him so much. he can understand them and talk to them and it's horrifying

if the minions were to see eichi's actual plans on the surface level, that would be enough for them to see as evil

there's also the possibility that some minions might see eichi as "good" and exfine as heroes so they'd turn to serve the eccentrics instead

the minions don't harass rei because he scares them

they think he'd eat them

natsume does not like these little freaks

kanata has fun with them because i'm pretty sure they can't drown

if they can. well rip

chiaki hypes them up :)

but as far as i've seen in the minions franchise they prefer more powerful figures, and the eccentrics at that time were ostracized

and during the ! era trickstar revolution, eichi is definitely more of a villain character so the minions would attempt to help him

and then accidentally screw him over

wataru would love the minions

they're like tomoyas and little watarus to him

tori would absolutely hate them

he punts one when eichi isn't looking

yuzuru is indifferent but he likes having some help

trickstar is Very Conflicted

subaru and the minions would love each other

hokuto despises everything that they stand for

mao is like. huh. ok.

makoto "eek!"s at the sight of one

in !! era, eichi is less of a hero/villain/morally grey guy and just A Girl . at this point the remaining minions under him would either stay or find a new master, possibly gatekeeper

the minions piss him off very effectively

after kohaku beats up gatekeeper or whatever they start to follow him instead

"i imagine [kohaku] showing rinne and rinne shakes one to death or something"

niki would absolutely wonder what they taste like

himeru talks to the minions

"himeru is confused" "bwahaha!! barosoeflksernuina" "himeru does not like you very much"

yknow how ibara has mouse drones and mayoi keeps destroying them. yeah. that with the minions

ibara's upset that his spies are disappearing and he barges into mayoi's house and there's just a giant nest of minions

after meeting a minion midori's attempted murder count rises from 2 to 25

leo says he "feels inspired" by the minions and then composes the most shit song known to man

[hellcatinnc]

Character Birthday Masterlist

This is as many birthdays as I could find for all the games I have played and anime's I have watched. Trust me there are more characters but some have no birthday dates posted. I will update this list as I go but you can always find this on my pinned post to come back and check the birthday calendars for each. I did want to do a calendar itself for each month but when so many have the same birthdate I found this harder to do so chose to just do a master list instead.

There was so many birthdays I had to start a 2nd list here is the link to the 2nd one HERE

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January

1st Natsume Asahina - Brothers Conflict

1st Yuito Sumeragi - Scarlet Nexus

3rd Wataru Asahina - Brothers Conflict

6th Herlock Sholmes - Code Realize

7th Saibara Kamui - Paradigm Parodox

9th Thoma - Genshin Impact

10th Yukichi Fukuzawa - Bungo Stray Dogs

11th Satoru Watabe - Stand My Hero

11th Eisuke Ichinomiya - Kissed by the Baddest Bidder

12th Gary - 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom Of Dreams

13th Hades Aidoneus - Kamigami No Asobi

13th Victor - Mr Love Queens Choice

14th Kosuke Misaki - Tomo-chan Is A Girl

16th Vlad Garfunkel - Phantom In The Twilight

18th Henri Lambert - Piofiore Fated Memories/1926

19th Edgar Allan Poe -Bungo Stray Dogs

21st Sirius Dieke - My Next Life as a Villainess

21st Rui Sagisawa - Nil Admirari no Tenbin

23rd Camus - Uta no Prince-sama

27th Urie Sogami - Dance With Devils

28th Kou Mukami - Diabolik Lovers

29th Kanato Hibiki - Maji Kyun! Renaissance

31st Mozu - Bustafellows

February

2nd Lyney - Genshin Impact

4th Gin Akutagawa - Bungo Stray Dogs

5th Takamasa Saeki - My Forged Wedding

8th Allan Melville - Cupid Parasite

9th Abraham Van Helsing - Code Realize

11th Alhaitham - Genshin Impact

12th Tsukito Totsuka - Kamigami No Asobi

13th Merenice - Cupid Parasite

14th Ren Jinguji - Uta no Prince-sama

14th Hatori Otani - Stand My Heroes

15th Arashi Spring - Scarlet Nexus

17th Soryu Oh - Kissed by the Baddest Bidder

17th Fubuki Spring - Scarlet Nexus

20th Tifalia - Radiant Tale

21st Ririchiyo Shirakiin - Inu x Boku SS

22nd Kei Okazaki - Collar X Malice

22nd Yoshikazu Miyano - Sasaki to Miyano

22nd Monet Tsukushi - Magic Kyun! Renaissance

22nd Misuzu Gundo - Tomo-chan Is A Girl

22nd Louis Asahina - Brothers Conflict

26th Sophia Ascart - My Next Life as a Villainess

28th Light Yagami - Death Note

March

1st Ai Mikaze - Uta no Prince-sama

1st Ryuunosuke Akutagawa - Bungo Stray Dogs

2nd Raeliana McMillan - Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's/M

3rd Ukyo - Amnesia Memories

3rd Yuki Itose - Sign Of Affection

3rd Lindo Tachibana - Dance With Devils

3rd Naomi Randall - Scarlet Nexus

6th Rafayel - Love And Deepspace

7th March 7th - Honkai Star Rail

8th Carol Olston - Tomo-chan Is A Girl

9th Mayuzumi Shion - Variable Baricade

18th Tsugumi Kuze - Nil Admirari no Tenbin

19th Ion - Radiant Tale

20th Sakami Laito - Diabolik Lovers

20th Takeru Totsuka - Kamigamin No Asobi

21st Kanato Sakamaki -Diabolik Lovers

22nd Ayato Sakamaki - Diabolik Lovers

25th Rintaro Tatewaki - Magic Kyun! Renaissance

25th Shiden Ritter - Scarlet Nexus

26th Kamisato Ayato -Genshin Impact

27th Keith Powell - Sugar Apple Fairy Tale

31st Yusuke Asahina - Brothers Conflict

April

1st Kyosuke Tsuduki - Stand My Heroes

1st Scarecrow - Bustafellow

1st Avi - 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams

1st Kodama Melone - Scarlet Nexus

2nd Masato Hanzawa - Sasaki and Miyano

3rd Noah Volstaire Wynknight - Why Raeliana Ended Up Duke's/M

4th Canus Espada - Cafe Enchante

8th Yagami Nayuta - Variable Baricade

8th Rowan - Dance With Devils

9th Kiro - Mr Love Queens Choice

10th Takatoo Tokio - Paradigm Parodox

11th Otoya Ittoki - Uta no Prince-sama

11th Zen Wistaria - Snow White With The Red Hair

12th Toma - Amnesia Memories

12th Ota Kisaki - Kissed by the Baddest Bidder

13th Kagerou Shoukiin - Inu x Boku Secret Service

14th Jinnia - Radiant Tale

15th Jirou Ogasawara - Sasaki and Miyano

15th Hayato Ozaki - Nil Admirari no Tenbin

15th Himari Momochi - The Demon Prince of Momochi House

16th Baileu Ton - Phantom in the Twilight

17th Xiao - Genshin Impact

17th Lori Asahina - Brothers Conflict

17th Enomoto Mineo - Collar x Malice

19th Miyo - My Happy Marriage

22nd Yakumo Sumeragi - Scarlet Nexus

23rd Orlok - Piofiore

24th Ruki Mukami - Diabolik Lovers

24th Masaomi Asahina - Brothers Conflict

25th Baizhu - Genshin Impact

29th Chuuya Nakahara - Bungo Stray Dogs

29th Balder Hringhorni - Kamigami No Asobi

30th Diluc - Genshin Impact

May

2nd Ichiyou Higuchi - Variable Barricade

4th Tsugumi Nazar -Scarlet Nexus

5th Atsushi Nakajima - Bungo Stray Dogs

5th Shougo Ukawa - Nil Admirari no Tenbin

9th Akane Kinoshita - Loving Yamada Level 999

9th Aoi Nanamori - The Demon Prince of Momochi House

12th Mamiya Ayumu - Paradigm Parodox

13th Kaito Sumeragi - Scarlet Nexus

15th Karuta Roromiya - Inu x Boku SS

17th Leo Cavagnis - Piofiore

17th Radie - Radiant Tale

17th Impey Barbicane - Code Realize

18th Aki Myojin - Sweet Punishment

18th Gorou - Genshin Impact

21st Rosso - 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams

23rd Sosei Arakida - Stand My Hero

26th Luke Bowen - Phantom In The Twilight

28th Kaname Asahina - Brothers Conflict

June

1st Ikki - Amnesia Memories

1st Kotaro Yui - Stand My Hero

1st Arataki Itto - Genshin Impact

2nd Shiki Natsumezaka - Dance With Devils

5th Ibuki - Paradigm Parodox

5th Nagi Karman - Scarlet Nexus

6th Anubis Ma'at - Kamigami No Asobi

8th Sasazuka Takeru - Collar x Malice

9th Natsuki Shinomiya - Uta no Prince-sama

9th Syo Kurusu - Uta no Prince-sama

10th Kasane Randall - Scarlet Nexus

11th Lynette Mirror - Cupid Parasite

11th Eita Sasaki - Loving Yamada at Lv999!

14th Renshou Sorinozuka - Inu x Boku SS

15th Anne Halford - Sugar Apple Fairy Tale

17th Shuumei Sasaki - Sasaki and Miyano

19th Osamu Dazai - Bungo Stray Dogs

23rd Cyno - Genshin Impact

23rd Erika Shinohara - Wolf Girl & The Black Prince

24th Katarina Claes - My Next Life As A Villainess

25th Shirayuki - Snow White With The Red Hair

26th Shu - Bustafellows

26th Seto Narukami - Scarlet Nexus

27th Gilbert - 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams

28th Nicola Francesca - Piofiore

30th Shuichi Hishikura - Kissed by the Baddest Bidder

July

1st Gemma Garrison - Scarlet Nexus

2nd Ema Asahina - Brothers Conflict

4th Nathaniel Hawthorne - Bungo Stray Dogs

4th Kyouya Sata - Wolf Girl & Black Prince

7th Fuuto Asahina - Brothers Conflict

7th Il Fado de Rie - Cafe Enchante

7th Tomo Aizawa - Tomo-chan Is A Girl

8th Gonzaburou Tashiro - Sasaki and Miyano

9th Kaveh - Genshin Impact

7th Alice Ichijo - Scarlet Nexus

13th Mitsumori Ichiya - Variable Barricade

13th Reiji Kotobuki - Uta no Prince-sama

13th Kazu - Variable Barricade

13th Joe Sumeragi - Scarlet Nexus

16th Gill Lovecraft - Cupid Parasite

20th Tartaglia - Genshin Impact

23rd Yuma Mukami - Diabolik Lovers

24th Junichirou Tanizaki - Bungo Stray Dogs

24th Limbo - Bustafellows

26th Gilbert Redford - Piofiore

30th Michizou Tachihara - Bungo Stray Dogs

30th Rishe Imgard Wertsner - 7th Loop

August

1st Hikaru Asahina - Brothers Conflict

1st Apollon Agana Belea - Kamigami No Asobi

1st Taiga Hirano - Sasaki and Miyano

2nd Saint Germain - Code Realize

6th Tokiya Ichinose - Uta no Prince-sama

7th Toujou Hibari - Variable Barricade

8th Ignis Carbunculus - Cafe Enchante

10th Mitsunari Baba - Kissed by the Baddest Bidder

15th Louis Anjo - Magic Kyun Renaissance

16th Hanabi Ichijo - Scarlet Nexus

20th Alan Stuart - My Next Life As A Villainess

20th Geordo Stuart - My Next Life As A Villainess

22nd Vilio - Radiant Tale

23rd Tomitsuka Ryou - Paradigm Parodox

26th Victor Frankenstein - Code Realize

27th Kenji Miyazawa - Bungo Stray Dogs

29th Reiji Sakamaki - Diabolik Lovers

29th Zange Natsume - Inu x Boku SS

30th Doppo Kunikida - Bungo Stray Dogs

September

5th Yanagi Aiji - Collar x Malice

5th Zayne - Love And Deepspace

10th Maria Campbell - My Next Life As A Villainess

12th Kagero Donne - Scarlet Nexus

13th Albedo - Genshin Impact

14th Tasuku Kuresawa - Sasaki and Miyano

16th Douglas - 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams

17th Dante Falzone - Piofiore

17th Teika Ichijoji - Magic Kyun - Renaissance

17th Kasuga - Variable Barricade

17th Araki Mihaya - Paradigm Parodox

19th Yukinami - Paradigm Parodox

19th Hisui Hoshikawa - Nil Admirari no Tenbin

21st Mamoru Kishi - Kissed by the Baddest Bidder

21st Akito Yamada - Loving Yamada Lvl 999!

22nd Subaru Asahina - Brothers Conflict

23rd Dionysus Thyrsos - Kamigami No Asobi

23rd Kent - Amnesia Memories

23rd Tsuki Aoyama - Stand My Hero

28th Rindo Kaoru - Cafe Enchante

29th Ranmaru Kurosaki - Uta no Prince sama

Octomber

7th Makoto Tsuduki - Stand My Hero

10th Banri Watanuki - Inu x Boku SS

10th Luka Travers - Scarlet Nexus

15th Paschalia - Radiant Tale

16th Xavier - Love And Deepspace

18th Shu Sakamaki - Diabolik Lovers

18th Shizuru Migiwa - Nil Asmirari no Tenbin

19th Hoshino Ichika - Collar x Malice

21st Ranpo Edogawa - Bungo Stray Dogs

24th Loki Laevatein - Kamigami No Asobi

24th Arsène Lupin - Code Realize

26th Sakunosuke Oda - Bungo Stray Dogs

28th Azusa Mukami - Diabolik Lovers

29th Kaedehara Kazuha - Genshin Impact

30th Helvetica - Bustafellows

31st Cecil Aijima - Uta no Prince sama

31st Junichiro Kubota - Tomo chan is a Girl

31st L Lawliet - Death Note

November

4th Subaru from Diabolik Lovers

4th Mary Hunt - My Next Life As A Villainess

4th Kyouka Izumi - Bungo Stray Dogs

8th Ritsuka Tachibana - Dance With Devils

11th Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Bungo Stray Dogs

11th Misyr Rex - Cafe Enchante

15th Lucien - Mr Love Queens Choice

15th Karen Travers - Scarlet Nexus

17th Rem Kaginuki - Dance With Devils

20th Zafora - Radiant Tale

21st Thor Megingjard - Kamigami No Asobi

23rd Wriothesley - Genshin Impact

23rd You Hattori - Stand My Hero

28th Luke Foster - Kissed by the Baddest Bidder

30th Shin - Amnesia Memories

30th Kaeya - Genshin Impact

30th Kyoka Eden - Scarlet Nexus

December

3rd Isurugi Taiga - Variable Barricade

3rd Ukyo - Asahina - Brothers Conflict

5th Tauryu - Phantom In The Twilight

7th Gojo Satoru - Jujutsu Kaisen

7th Akiko Yosano - Bungo Stray Dogs

12th Yang - Piofiore

16th Wataru Frazer - Scarlet Nexus

17th Aoi Suminomiya - Magic Kyun Renaissance

18th Neuvillette - Genshin Impact

18th Yuu Kusakabe - Wolf Girl & Black Prince

19th Soushi Miketsukami - Inu x Boku SS

20th Isaku Senagaki - A Girl And Her Guard Dog

20th Itsuomi Nagi - Sign Of Affection

22nd Keiya Uto - A Girl And Her Guard Dog

23rd Akira Kougami - Nil Asmirari no Tenbin

24th Shiraishi Kageyuki - Collar x Malice

25th Challe Fen Challe - Sugar Apple Fairy Tale

25th Akira Kagiura - Sasaki and Miyano

25th Misa Amane - Death Note

28th Keith Claes - My Next Life As A Villainess

28th Arnold Hein - 7th Loop

29th Masato Hijirikawa - Uta no Prince sama

31st Zhongli - Genshin Impact

31st Hyuga - Paradigm Parodox

31st Tsubaki Asahina - Brothers Conflict

31st Azusa Asahina - Brothers Conflict

[yuisdad]

Otome game characters who share the same English VAs.

I’ve been seeing otome game fans making posts about otome games sharing the same voice actors, but I wanted to make a post regarding their dub actors. These come from their anime adaptations, with the major dubbing companies being Sentai Filmworks and Funimation/Crunchyroll.

Cw: Illich Guardiola was blacklisted for attempting to marry his 16 year old student. He’ll be mentioned, but I do not support him in the slightest.

Andrew Love:

Takuma Onizaki (Hiiro no Kakera)

Toshizo Hijikata (Hakuoki)

Dante (Arcana Famiglia)

Yuma Mukami (Diabolik Lovers More,Blood)

Greg Ayres:

Mahiro Atori (Hiiro no Kakera)

Heisuke Todo (Hakuoki)

Azusa Mukami (Diabolik Lovers More,Blood)

David Matranga:

Yuichi Komura (Hiiro no Kakera)

Keisuke Sannan (Hakuoki)

Richter (Diabolik Lovers)

Haru Natsume (Stand my Heroes)

Corey Hartzog:

Shinji Inukai (Hiiro no Kakera)

Chikage Kazama (Hakuoki)

Kanato Sakamaki (Diabolik Lovers)

Illich Guardiola

Suguru Omi (Hiiro no Kakera)

Sanosuke Harada (Hakuoki) *Was replaced by Phil Hyde for the movie series

Leraldo Anzaldua:

Ryo Kutani (Hiiro no Kakera)

Hajime Saito (Hakuoki)

Hilary Haag:

Aria Rozenburg (Hiiro no Kakera)

Princess Sen (Hakuoki)

Brittney Karbowski:

Kiyono Takara (Hiiro no Kakera)

Chizuru Yukimura (Hakuoki)

Christa (Diabolik Lovers)

Baby Kou Mukami (Diabolik Lovers More,Blood)

Adam Gibbs:

Zwei (Hiiro no Kakera)

Ryunosuke Ibuki (Hakuoki Dawn of the Shinsengumi)

Ruki Mukami (Diabolik Lovers)

Shelly Calene-Black:

Vier (Hiiro no Kakera)

Sumire (Arcana Famiglia)

Baby Ruki Mukami (Diabolik Lovers More,Blood)

David Wald:

Masataka Ashiya (Hiiro no Kakera)

Isami Kondo (Hakuoki)

Reiji Sakamaki (Diabolik Lovers)

Rempart Leonhardt (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Daisuke Seki (Stand My Heroes)

Luci Christian:

Shizuki Ugaya/O-Chan (Hiiro no Kakera)

Felicità (Arcana Famiglia)

Beatrix/Baby Laito Sakamaki (Diabolik Lovers)

Rob Mungle:

Drei (Hiiro no Kakera)

Mondo (Arcana Famiglia)

Blake Shepard:

Souji Okita: (Hakuoki)

Ikki (Amnesia)

Libertà (Arcana Famiglia)

Laito Sakamaki (Diabolik Lovers)

Shannon Emerick:

Kaoru Nagumo (Hakuoki)

Orion (Amnesia)

Donatella (Arcana Famiglia)

Baby Ayato Sakamaki (Diabolik Lovers)

Houston Hayes:

Kyo Shiranui (Hakuoki)

Shin (Amnesia)

Shin Tsukinami (Diabolik Lovers)

Clint Bickham:

Kashitaro Ito (Hakuoki)

Luca (Arcana Famiglia)

John Swasey:

Ryojun Matsumoto (Hakuoki)

Fukulota (Arcana Famiglia)

Karlheinz (Diabolik Lovers More,Blood)

Molly Searcy:

Oume (Hakuoki Dawn of the Shinsengumi)

Mine/Baby Toma (Amnesia)

Jay Hickman:

Waka (Amnesia)

Debito (Arcana Famiglia)

Tiffany Grant:

Elmo/Federica (Arcana Famiglia)

Baby Kanato Sakamaki (Diabolik Lovers)

Maggie Flecknoe:

Meriella (Arcana Famiglia)

Heroine (Amnesia)

Yui Komori (Diabolik Lovers)

Margaret McDonald:

Kosuzu (Hakuoki Dawn of the Shinsengumi)

Baby Keita Maki (Stand My Heroes)

Christopher Wehkamp:

Ogai Mori (Meiji Tokyo Renka)

Sosei Arakida (Stand My Heroes)

Haruo Sakaguchi (Kenka Bancho Otome)

Daman Mills:

Shunso Hishida (Meiji Tokyo Renka)

Nemo (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Takaomi Hiyama (Stand My Heroes)

Sakuya Nakajima (Kenka Bancho Otome)

Ian Sinclair:

Charlie (Meiji Tokyo Renka)

Abraham Van Helsing (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Justin Briner:

Charlie (Meiji Tokyo Renka) *Episode 6 of the SimulDub

Finis Beckford (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Stephen Fu:

Kyoya Saotome (Meiji Tokyo Renka)

Go Miyase (Stand My Heroes)

Tora Tanaka (Kenka Bancho Otome)

Terri Doty:

Baby Yakumo Koizumi (Meiji Tokyo Renka)

Hikari Onigashima (Kenka Bancho Otome)

Megan Shipman:

Mei’s Mother/Shino (Meiji Tokyo Renka)

Etty (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Dallas Reid:

King Tatsuno (Meiji Tokyo Renka)

Natsuki Sugano (Stand My Heroes)

Jill Harris:

Cardia Beckford (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Rei Izumi (Stand My Heroes)

J. Micheal Tatum:

Arsène Lupin (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Tsukasa Asagiri (Stand My Heroes)

Chris Guerrero:

Impey Barbicane (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Makoto Tsuzuki (Stand My Heroes)

Brandon McInnis:

Count St. Germain (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Kenta Shimamura (Kenka Bancho Otome)

Austin Tindle:

Herlock Sholmes (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Aki Kagura (Stand My Heroes)

Totomaru Minowa (Kenka Bancho Otome)

Apphia Yu:

Sisi (Code Realize Guardian of Rebirth)

Hinako Nakayama (Kenka Bancho Otome)

Ricco Fajardo:

Shun Imaoji (Stand My Heroes)

Yuta Mirako (Kenka Bancho Otome)

Jarrod Greene:

Koya Kirishima (Stand My Heroes)

Houou Onigashima (Kenka Bancho Otome)

[twilightmalachite]

Altered - Epilogue 1

Author: Akira

Characters: Shu, Kanata, Wataru, Natsume, Rei

Translator: Mika Enstars

"Let’s have them bloom to their fullest! Everyone. behold the beauty of cherry blossoms before they fall!"

Season: Winter

Location: OO Stage (Altered)

⚠️ This is an import from a unproofed Twitter Livetweet!

Present day. The final battle that concludes OO, on Altered’s dedicated stage…

Shu: “♪~♪~♪~”

“—All the key actors are here!”

Kanata: “Nice to meet you~, we’re the “five eccentrics”!”

Shu: “Hmph. I’m sure some of you are wondering just who the Five Eccentrics are, so allow me to explain again.”

“The Five Eccentrics began as—”

Wataru: …You can give a proper explanation now, Shu.

In the past, when Valkyrie had been three people back during the war, they would put out their worldview without any explanation.

Natsume: He’s really groWN, being able to look down from above like thAT.

In the paST, Shu-niisan probably would have called something catering to the masses as depraved or degeneraTE.

To uS, that is growTH.

Wataru: My eyes are even welling up for some reason!

Shu: Non! You there, cease your carefree chat, you shall sing as well!

It appears that it will take a bit before our adversaries, fine-O, will be ready. Until then, we must buy ourselves time to keep the audience’s attention.

I’ll give you this, fine-O. But please do not misunderstand, I simply do not wish you to drag down the stage I stand on.

Rei: Mhm. It appears that Tenshouin-kun has finally arrived, meaning all of fine-O’s members have gathered. Until they reappear together we Altered—

We Five Eccentrics must keep things going.

Natsume: We are two sworn enemies with a deep histoRY, and yet here we are supporting one anothER.

Rei: It’s no different than professional wrestling. I no longer, or rather, dare I say… We no longer hold such deep hatred for one another.

That being said, we’re expected to have a “fateful showdown”, so we might as well play the part.

Kukuku. I never thought I’d be fulfilling the role I had been begged to fulfill so long ago.

Shu: Hm. In the end, we are being made to stand out all while fine-O is being sluggish… At least that is how it appears.

Thus, a light of justice shall shine on the world ruled by the evil of the Five Eccentrics. With all their members at full force, fine-O will appear.

Some tacky plot such as that would be alright… In a case like this, that is.

Kanata: Yes, that is what we “Ryuseitai” often do. When everyone calls for the hero, the hero then appears.

And then, we finish up the bad “kaijin”.

Natsume: A hero show fit to fool childrEN.

Rei: It’s simple and easy to understand. ♪

Shu: Hmph. As we are idols, we need to be easy to understand too.

Rei: Mhm. Right now, that is what it is time for us to become.

Entertain as asked, because that is what we ask for.

Rei: “—Now, my friends of the Five Eccentrics. Evil has their fleurs du mal too.”[1]

“Let’s have them bloom to their fullest! Everyone. behold the beauty of cherry blossoms before they fall!”

“♪~♪~♪”

Natsume: My niisans look to be having a surprising amount of fUN.

Wataru: It’s a reunion performance. So of course they’re having fun.

Natsume: It’s an unprecedented development to mE, thouGH.

If this OO is in fact based on the script I nearly handed to you at that time, Wataru-niisan, then…

The positions of we and fine would have been reversED. The plot was meant for us to be the protagoniST, or in other worDS, be the righteous ones that defeat the evil fine.

In the eND, we are playing the villaIN.

Wataru: Do you think we should have regrets regarding that?

At that time, I had been the only one who enjoyed that role, hadn’t I? This time, I want everyone to enjoy the fun.

The charm of being the villain, that is.

Natsume: RigHT. Because I was able to see through to those intentioNS, I understand the truth behind these recent evenTS.

Let me restate thAT—I know who the culprit iS.

—Wataru-niisan. Just whY, and hOW, did you recreate that scriPT, which should have been burnt to ashES?

Wataru: … …

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A reference to Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal; a tome of poetry that is generally about “extracting beauty from the malignant”. So what Rei is saying here is among the lines of; “there too is beauty in evil”.

[aeoki]

Blackjack - Gifts Will Not Arrive: Chapter 6

Location: Yumenosaki Grower Barn Characters: Shinobu, Natsume, Tetora & Madara Season: Autumn

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ< Almost an hour later. Right after Anzu and Shinobu set off to save Mayoi. >

Souma: I would prefer you do not ask me of this, Mikejima-dono.

Frankly, I do not want to be involved with matters on “this side”.

Madara: Hahaha. If you can’t heed my request, then I guess I’ll just have to ask Kanata-san instead.

Souma: The situation is different if you bring up Shinkai-dono’s name… You are as crafty as ever, Mikejima-dono.

Madara: You should call me clever instead.

Tetora: So this is how it’s done.

Madara: …Tetora-san, you’re looking at me with sparkles in your eyes for some reason.

Tetora: Of course, I would – I respect you as our great senior, Mikejima-senpai! Osu!

Madara: I don’t think you should use me as an example… You have more amazing “masters” like Chiaki-san or Kurou-san, don’t you?

Tetora: No. I’d just end up at a dead-end even if I continued down that path stubbornly, so I’ve started thinking what I need is a different sort of path and power.

In that sense, since you’re the former RYUUSEI Purple – someone who Morisawa-senpai respects and someone who Taishou thinks of as a rival of equal standing…

I’ve come to the conclusion that you’re the perfect person for me to call a mentor, Madara Mikejima-senpai.

I’ll learn from you and get even stronger.

Madara: I feel like that person in green who trained little kids from that manga.

Souma: Haha. It is rare to see you with such a troubled look, Mikejima-dono. It serves you right, indeed.

Madara: My juniors aren’t cute at all. The same goes with Kohaku-san and Anzu-san, but I wish they would flatter me with attention in a more straightforward and innocent manner.

Tetora: If that’s what you wish, then I, Tetora Nagumo, shall do just that! Osu!

Madara: I don’t think that’s what I’m looking for.

Souma: If you want to be loved in a straightforward manner, then you should simply love your juniors in a straightforward manner as well.

It is retributive justice – others are a reflection of thyself. The way you treat others will be reflected right back at you.

Madara: My ears hurt.

Well, putting that aside, it’ll be an issue if an outsider like me continues to be in Yumenosaki territory for a long time, so I can leave the rest to you, right, Souma-san?

I’ll wait nearby so send out a beacon or a smoke signal if something happens.

Alright, see you later – and good luck.

Tetora: Ah… Mikejima-senpai left. I wanted him to teach me more about how to be a hero and stuff.

Souma: Hehe. It is rare for Mikejima-senpai to have a junior who innocently idolises him, so he must have run away, not knowing how to respond to you.

He says that he wishes to have an upfront junior, but once he is faced with straightforward affection, he becomes scared and runs away. He has always been one troublesome fellow.

Tetora: Are you close with him, Kanzaki-senpai? It felt like you guys knew each other from way back, though…

It’s like you guys can understand each other even if you don’t put it into words – like you’re family.

Souma: It was not until last year that I had properly conversed with him, though. There are many relations between our families.

It is the same with Shinkai-dono – even when we met as children due to a gathering of our relatives, we did not have the courage to approach one another.

Tetora: Huh? You and Mikejima-senpai are relatives?

Souma: Not by blood but our families have relations with one another. We are more similar to birds of the same feather.

And that is the reason why I have been summoned by that fellow.

Anzu-dono and Sengoku-dono needed to be secretly escorted “underground”. He required my strength in order for that to happen.

I do feel sorry that you were left on the surface by yourself, though, Nagumo.

Tetora: It can’t be helped. The ones who were supposed to go into the underground? were Anzu no Anego and Shinobu-kun in the first place.

I’m just here because I forced my way through. It’s natural that there wouldn’t be a ticket to the underground for me.

Souma: My apologies. I could have managed something if you had contacted me earlier.

Nevertheless, there are things the ones on the surface must do as well. It would be great if you could help with that.

Tetora: Osu! I’ll do anything if it’s something I can do!

Souma: A good response. …There may be fighting so perhaps we can spar together to keep our bodies warm. It will also help kill time.

Tetora: It’d be an honour! Taishou’s told me that you’re pretty strong when it comes to fighting, Kanzaki-senpai, so I’d be happy to spar with you!

Souma: Well, compared to an amateur, I would be. Warriors are specialists in battles.

Come forth, Nagumo. Show me how skilled you are as Kiryuu-dono’s beloved disciple.

Tetora: Osu! Allow me to learn from you!

Take thaaaaat!

Souma: Not enough! In reality, it may be best if you did train under Mikejima-dono – Your only chance at victory is when I am speaking!

Your offensive strikes are too straightforward! You cannot defeat true evil in such a manner!

Tetora: Thanks – for the – warning! Seh! Haa! Toh!

Souma: You bear the crown of the one in black, but are you unaccustomed to the nighttime, “RYUUSEI Black”!?

Natsume: …Why did they start fighting all of a suddEN? Is this a scene straight from a fighting manGA?

Souma: Hm. Sakasaki-dono, what business do you have here?

Tetora: Whaa!? You did a foot sweep on me while you were looking in Sakasaki-senpai’s direction!?

Souma: You let your guard down ♪

Natsume: I’m overjoyed to see you two having a jolly tiME, but don’t make so much noiSE. Little Kitten and Shinobu-kun are currently in the middle of an infiltration mission right nOW.

Souma: That is true… It appears you have been pulling the strings behind the scenes this time. Just what is it you are scheming, Sakasaki-dono?

Natsume: Nothing of the soRT. Don’t lump me with a certain Four-Eyes who pretends to be a person of goodwill on the outside, while plotting things with a composed look on his face on the insiDE.

Souma: I will not tolerate any slander against Hasumi-dono! He is strategising and not plotting!

Natsume: WeLL, unlike the “EmperOR”, I suppose his former right-hand man does things in quite a fair mannER. I’ll take back what I said about him sneakily doing things behind the scenES.

AnywAY, I really am not scheming anything this tiME. Little Kitten and Shinobu-kun asked me for help so all I did was give them the solutiON.

That’s what a fortune-teller doES, after aLL.

Souma: Surely, you must have other goals. This is you we are talking about.

Natsume: Of courSE, I dO. I will receive a compensatiON – I’m not running a chariTY.

Secrets lie beneath these lanDS. Dig them up and you’ll come into contact with mysteries and secreTS.

Take them apart with science and logIC, and learn how to handle thEM. It is our task as magicians of the present to do just thAT.

Now, I wonder what shall come out from under YumenosaKI? An ogRE? DemON? Or perhaps a snaKE? Oh, I cannot wait to see what it’ll bE ♪

No matter how dangerous a creature it may bE, I, Natsume SakasaKI, shall swear on the “Five Oddballs” that I will be the one to control iT.

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[menokai]

I've been waiting for this moment. I have far too many recommendations, so this is a very long list. Brace yourself. (List includes self-inserts and OC inserts.)

Title - Fandom - Author - Summary

All time favs marked with **

We'll start with a classic.

**Dreaming of Sunshine - Naruto, by Silver Queen

Life as a ninja. It starts with confusion and terror and doesn't get any better from there. OC Self-insert. No pairings.

I'm obsessed with anything written by @alkhale / marshmellowtime

**Memoirs of a Suicidal Pirate - One Piece, by alkhale

Getting murdered while trying to kill yourself is bad luck. Getting reincarnated after that is just a bad joke. But Toonami reruns and cheap commissions info have taught her this world has plenty of chances to get yourself killed. It can't be that hard. "So you're actually trying to die?" "Yes." "You know you're his nakama now, right?" "So?" "...Good luck with that."

**Of Heroes, Blood, and Boba - Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia, alkhale / marshmellowtime

There was a red thread that connected each and every one of them. It could bend, twist, and tangle, but it would never break. Though considering who her classmates were, she was getting pretty close to cutting it herself. "If you get your ass kicked one more time, I'm not healing you." Oc/?

**Enigma - Magi, alkhale / marshmellowtime

"Must you always disappear all the time?" "Well, if I didn't, you'd have nothing to look forward to." She was a curse, something that didn't belong in this world. She'd lived only for herself, but she'd fallen in love with a world she didn't belong in, one filled with wars and troubles, and she'd do anything to protect it. Sinbad/Oc/Kouen

Nascent - Batman, alkhale / marshmellowtime

When it came to Robin, the word simple would never quite do justice to the life he lived and the things he did. But when it came to Damian, the cold, arrogant, but fiercely loyal boy she'd grown to know, she found she didn't care. Damian/Oc

Keep a Place For Me - Jujutsu Kaisen, by alkhale

"Just don't ever forget," Gojo said, standing over her, his head pressed to the wall. "You're not allowed to forget. Not ever." He boxed her in perfectly, towering and blocking her from the rest of the world and the rest of the world from her. She stayed silent, looking up at him. There was an entire world reflected in his eyes, a world untouched and unknown by any other man but him, who reached higher than anyone else. "You can be reborn as many times as you want," Gojo said. "Look however you want. Become whoever you want." His head lowered, pressing his forehead to hers. His eyes threatened to swallow her whole. "I'm the one that named you. Don't you ever forget that." Or; A quiet story that takes place a little before Gojo Satoru was born to be the greatest shaman of this era, his youth, triumphs, losses, and his inherent rise to a place unknown by anyone else. And the one person who bore witness to it all.

Time to spread the love!

Naruto

**Sanitize - Naruto, by sage_thrasher

Basic medicine and sanitation are simple. During the Warring Clans era, they become revolutionary.

The Medic-Nin's Guide to Casual Revolution - Naruto, by spideywhiteys

Aikawa Toshiro is born anew on the heels of the third shinobi war. He's clanless, average in strength, and is alive on luck alone. But he's here. And he's about to make it everyone else's problem. Life beget change, and if Konoha is so frequently likened to a tree, shouldn't it be expected to grow?

The Color of Summer - Naruto, by spideywhiteys

There's a quote that comes to mind: “Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he could be, and he will become what he should be.” If they'd been smart, the citizens of Konoha would have realized this. If you call a boy a monster, then a monster he shall be. Natsume has a head full of a past life's knowledge and the sinking realization that in this world, no one will step up to protect him and Naruto. So he learns to do it himself, even if it means staining his hands so Naruto can keep his clean.

**Catch Your Breath - Naruto, Lang Noi

Inspired by Silver Queen's "Dreaming of Sunshine." Ripples turn into waves and crash upon the shores of what is and what could be, and I was just someone else who got pulled under. I didn't realize that even a drowning person makes waves of their own. A SI OC story.

(This story also has lots of side stories and bonus stories in other fandoms - highly recommend checking those out too!)

Only a Moron - Naruto, by swabloo

and a nutcase to the suicidal degree would ever find the concept of being born into the Shinobi world as cool, or any variation thereof that somehow implies any possible positive connotation. Self-insert to a certain degree. Dark, AU.

Joyous Children - Naruto, by UnderneathXtheXunderneath

I cannot move a single muscle as I stare at the piece of cloth hanging on the wall right across from my crib. A sheet with an all too familiar symbol stitched smack in the middle of it, its red and white coloring in a stark contrast against the dark blue surrounding it. I'm an Uchiha now. How is this even my life? Rated M for violence.

For a Chance at Happiness - Naruto, by eiron

Changing the future wasn't easy. There would be a lot of lying. Deceit. Manipulation. Death. Especially if I wanted to change anything for the better. [OC-Insert]

One Piece

someday to somewhere - One Piece, by epiphyllous

Never in your dreams would you have ever imagined yourself being a part of the Whitebeard Pirates, sailing in the New World, and finally meeting Portgas D. Ace whose death in the manga made you cry for days on end. (And you still remember how Luffy's heart broke, how his family cried and put a tomb for both him and his father in the New World after the Paramount War. You walk on the same ship as those who you've seen through a looking-glass mourning for their dead brother.) Yet you're here on a pirate ship, as a pirate, and people aren't dead. Now you've met Ace, who, if you don't start resuscitating him now, will have a tombstone that reads "died from inhaling soup."

**Echoes - One Piece, by 500shadesofblue

The weirdest part isn’t the pirates. It’s the dæmons. (What's the best thing to do when you're born into a world of pirates, dæmons, and devils? Live your life to the fullest, she supposes. SI-OC Dæmon AU.)

**Life is like a Boat - One Piece, by Guntz

Reuben Campbell, a young fisherman about to leave home, takes one last job to help his family. A great storm at sea, however, whisks him away into a strange world where strong pirates rule the vast blue ocean, and the only person he can depend on for help is a boy wearing a straw hat… A Guy-falls-into-OP fic!

Through a Canine's Eyes - One Piece, by Nyanwolfy

In confusion I turned my head to the side to look at my body and I froze as I was met with orangey looking fur and four legs with paws on the end. Now, I was never the smartest kid in my classes, but I wasn't stupid either. I was in the body of some sort of canine. No, that wasn't right, I was a canine. OC story.

**Lest Ye Become the Monster - One Piece, by GamerDame

Monsters & demons are an unfortunate danger in this world. They prey on the scared & defenseless. But Abel is neither. A self-proclaimed monster hunter, she seeks to understand the enemy to equip others to save themselves. But she may have to leave the East Blue to achieve this. Where will she find a crew crazy enough to carry her on her fool's errand? Slow burn OCXZoro

Live 'til ya drop! - One Piece, by Snoara

Say hello to Gloria, a girl who ended up in the One Piece world. Leaving behind the peaceful 'normal' life, she now ventures the world with the Strawhats. And of course, there are gods, goddesses and demons involved. (Dead.)

**Tell it to the Marines - One Piece, by Tsume Yukki

Because sometimes a tale is too tall not to tell. Even if no one will ever believe her, this isn't Riskua's first shot at life. It is her first time as the 'big sister' of the nuisance that is Monkey D. Luffy however. Self Insert. (slow burn on the pairing)

Bronze - One Piece, by ghostpuppy

Selena is reborn into a world where marines follow their own skewed sense of justice, pirates control the seas, and the government is run by self-entitled assholes. Torn between her desire to explore the world and to preserve the timeline, she tries to go on her own adventure and avoid all things Strawhat. Fortunately, she fails miserably. Reincarnation SI-OC. Canon divergent.

To Look At the Sea Without Wishing - One Piece, by Lady Ayuka

A single drop in the ocean and a tidal wave is born. Lily's life is pure chaos from the moment she wakes up and finds herself reincarnated into the world of One Piece. And with none other than Monkey D. Luffy as her twin brother it's not bound to get any easier anytime soon. OC Self-insert. A single drop in the ocean and a tidal wave is born. Lily's life is pure chaos from the moment she wakes up and finds herself reincarnated into the world of One Piece. And with none other than Monkey D. Luffy as her twin brother it's not bound to get any easier anytime soon. OC Self-insert.

Kuroko no Basuke

The Definition of Happiness - Kuroko no Basuke, by juungi

How do you repent for ruining someone's life? Hanamiya x OC x Kiyoshi

Of Sweaty Socks and Orange Locks - Kuroko no Basuke, by marshmellowtime

It was a world where talents bloomed, dreams were crushed, friendships torn, and promises broken. She was a simple fool stumbling along, too stubborn to let things go, and she'd fight to get her friends back. "What are you doing?" "It's an ice cream. Don't tell me becoming an egotistical jerk made you forget that." Oc/?

**Egoistical - Kuroko no Basuke, by TheKiro

If she had to find a word to describe her table neighbor it would be egotistical. Or maybe arrogant. Or maybe scary. But in the end, she came to know him a lot better against her own will. It just depended whether she could call that positive or not. [Aomine/OC] [Birthday Present]

Miscellaneous Fandoms

**Cor Et Cerebrum - Batman, by audreycritter

A series of stories following the Wayne family as they deal with illness, changes to the family, and growing up. Four major completed longfics, and a whole lot of shorts. Shorts can be read out of order or skipped entirely. (A no-smut series; rating is for some violence, gore, and language depending on story.)

**by foot it's a slow climb - The Untamed, by Vroomian

So. Let's get this straight - I didn't set out to derail any plot. My plan was to lay low and stay away from canon. It's just... My plans tend to fail. Spectacularly. - (oc insert.)

**deathless - The Witcher, by pallidus

Anna did not have a Netflix account and had not binged The Witcher, unlike half her tumblr dash. It looked fun - there were a lot of gifs of Henry Cavill in a bathtub and some cutie with a lute cracking jokes - but she wasn’t in the mood for a new series right now. She was going to regret that.

**New Reality - Tales of Symphonia, by noa748

The scary thing is, when you've been stuck in a video game for long enough, it's Earth that starts looking like a dream. But I know it's not. I have to get back home…no matter how impossible it may seem. Self-insert.

knowledge comes but wisdom lingers - Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia, by Ywena

If that was a normal fanfiction, she would have been reincarnated fifteen years before the beginning of the Plot, so she could join class 1-A (hopefully taking Mineta Minoru’s spot) and save the world side by side with her friends. She would have been on the Good Guys’ side from birth, because everyone loved heroes and every child aspired to be one. Right? Well, someone in the Reincarnation’s Administration must have screwed up. Because not only was she born a good seven years in advance, but she had been reincarnated in a family with enough issues to put the Todoroki to shame. But hey, she could teleport. She wasn't exactly going to complain about it, right? (Self-Insert born a few years before Izuku Midoriya's generation. Let's explore this world, sort out some drama, and try to become a hero in the meantime. What could go wrong?)

What They Wouldn't Do - Daredevil, by Ashevillain

Sarah is a secretary at Orion, a shady company previously owned by Wilson Fisk. When Daredevil begins investigating Orion, Sarah accidentally discovers his true identity, and he's not pleased. Despite her best efforts to avoid him after figuring out who he is, she quickly finds herself on the receiving end of a Daredevil interrogation in a dark alley. Post S1, Slow Burn Matt/OC.

Horizons - Final Fantasy VII, by ForestWhisper3

It was a typical plot. Someone finds themselves in a fictional world and suddenly becomes the one to change everything for the better…Right. Not happening. Did they have any idea how terrifying it was to even consider that line of thought? There was no way I was going anywhere NEAR ShinRa, and not even a time-traveling Cloud could make- wait, what? Self-insert. SI/OC

Eclipse of the Heart - Kingdom Hearts, by FadedPhantom

Aila's life on Earth had always seemed normal. However, when she suddenly finds herself stranded in a world she thought only existed in a game, she becomes a part of an adventure that is anything but ordinary. During KH2.

That's about all I got for the moment. If anyone else has anymore.. I'm always looking to add to my list. (:

Honestly people hate too hard on self inserts & self indulgence and stuff like that people find "cringe" or whatever. Self inserts are Good actually

[raichana]

Favourites~

Tagged by @omgfloofy

this looks super fun so lets jump in! 

favourite colour: Red, I love the colour red and will always pick it above anything else, pink and purple are closeseconds but Red is where it’s at~ 

favourite flavour: Ginger, ever since i was little it has always been my fav. grom gingerale to ginger cookies I just love the stuff. 

favourite music: So I almost exclusively listen to video gaem soundtracks and jpop. every once in a while I try to listen to current/popular music and most of it just sounds like droning noise to me... every once in  while i’ll hear something and be like this is greta but yeah... mostly jpop and game/anime soundtracks for me...

favourite movie: Princess Bride, people think I am kidding when I say this and I assure you I am not. I love that film with every fiber of my being and could probably recite the whole thing from start to end with only minor mistakes cause I have easily watched it far too many times.

favourite series: gunna take a page from floofy. Games it’s easily Ys or Kiseki, maybe a slight nod to Ys but I really love both. Anime: I have a few but as to not repeat myself in a second I’ll say Natsume Yuujinchou. Book: Ascendance of a bookworm, I just love everything about it from the character and story growth to the world building to the fact we get a volume every other month. 

last song: According to Itunes it’s Sunnyboy Rainygirl by Daoko which was an album i got cause she did music for dragalia and I was sad the game i loved was being shut down. 

last movie: uhhhhh.... I watched a little bit of groundhog day with the family but the last film I watched was No Way Out with Kevin Costner. it was on the movie chanel and really enjoyable. 

currently reading: It’s technically re-reading but Ascendance of a bookworm part 3 vol 1. I had read it before on kindle but now i have the physical book so i had to reread~ 

currently watching: ........ *sighs* too much... ok On crunchyroll: The tale of outcast, saving 80 000 gold in another world for my retirement (may drop), Legend of heroes: trails of cold steel northern war, Sugar apple fairy tale (fav this season so far), The magical revolution of the reincarnated princess and the genius girl, campfire cooking in another world with my absurd skills, welcome to demon school iruma kun, chilling in my 30s after getting fired from the demon kings army, Neir: automata ver 1.1a, bungo stray dogs s4, buddy dadies, trigun stampede, revenger and eventually the misfit of demon king academy (may drop) and by the grace of the gods season 2 (may drop)....... then on hidive: is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon season 4 (also highly recommend the LN for this even if it’s embarrassing to say one of your fav series has such a bad title) The latest on tsundere villian liselotte and eventually tsurune 2, i’m avoiding starting sequels right now cause i am watching WAY to much... i never watch this much in a season normally it’s like 4-7 shows... 

currently working on: I’m planning an ambitious felt of my oc Ciella, thinking about some stands to make and then wait for a zap sale and then maybe throw some valentines art on the pile cause i just have nothing to do apparently 

tagging: Only do it if you want to of course but I tag @teresashiho @greywaysart @cloudedpoetry

[favficbirthdays]

Happy Birthday

Natsume Haru (19th April)

Stand My Heroes

[jokertrap-ran]

[Stand My Heroes] 聖夜を奏でる♪ Symphonic numbers (Performing the Holy Night ♪ Symphonic numbers) Event Story: Part ② Translations

*Sutamai Master-list *MC name is retained default Izumi Rei *Scenario Writer: @eno_bara (榎戸乃ばら) *Kurisu Masuo Charisma Suoh…I see what you did there coly ww

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Special Stages

⋆⋅☆ Kujo Mansion: Living Room ☆⋅⋆

Kaname: And Koya-kun says that he watched your Shampoo CM.

Kirishima: Tell him that he was really dashin’! And help me ask him how he made his eyes sparkle like that.

Kaname: —Yeah, see you.

Kirishima: Ah, he hung up?

Kaname: Kyosuke-kun and Hikaru-kun are going to the Concert on the 24th. Tell him yourself then.

Kirishima: For real?

Shindo: What an unusual crowd is going to be gathering.

Kaname: Seems like they’re going because Tsuduki-san got the green light to gather references there.

Kujo: I see. So he contacted you because he knew that we were the one of their backers?

Kaname: Yup.

Miyase: Oh! I’ve just thought of something good.

Kirishima: What is it?

Miyase: How about we invite them to the party since we’re all going to be there?

Kujo: Brilliant.

Miyase: Do you agree to it too?

Kaname: …I don’t mind; not particularly, anyway.

Miyase: I’ll do my best to whip up all the food then.

Shindo: Looks like this we’re having another unnecessarily lively Christmas again this year.

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⋆⋅☆ Streets ☆⋅⋆

MC: (Phew…we ended up getting off late again.)

When I speed-walked to the Station——

???: Oooooi, Rei! Get on in!

Rei: (Hm?)

I turned around upon being called, noticing a familiar face waving from behind an open window of a car, stopped by the roadside.

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⋆⋅☆ Inside the Car ☆⋅⋆

Kirishima: Is it cold in here?

Rei: Nope, it’s warm.

Kirishima: I see.

Rei: Thank you so much.

Rei: It’ll be a great help if you could send me all the way back, but are you sure about this?

Kirishima: I was just on my way back from running an errand for Kujo-san, and I was just in the mood to go for a drive.

Rei: Sorry about this…I’m really beat to be honest, so thank you.

Kirishima: That’s good then. I’ve got something I wanna talk to you about too, so nice timing!

Rei: What about…?

Kirishima: We’ll be holding a Christmas Banquet on the 25th so Kujo-san wanted to extend an invitation to you too!

Rei: A Christmas Banquet…

Kirishima: Could it be that you’ve already made plans?

Rei: Rather than plans, I suppose it can be called work…in a sense, but that’s how it is.

Rei: I’m really glad to be invited, but…

Kirishima: I see…So you’re busy.

Rei: (Ahhh, my heart hurts when I see him so disappointed like a kicked puppy…!)

Rei: I apologise. Can I put my invitation tentative or will that be an inconvenience?

Kirishima: You can just take as long as you need. Even if you barely make it on the day itself.

Kirishima: Miyase’s all hyped up making tons of food.

Rei: I want to eat his cooking!

Kirishima: Don’t push yourself too hard at work, okay? I hope you come to the party.

Rei: Yes! Thank you so much!

Rei: You too, Kirishima-san! Be sure not to catch a cold or anything like that!

Kirishima: ‘Course! I’d only make Kujo-san worry if I’m not healthy during Christmas!

Rei: (Seems like everything and everyone are already in Christmas-mood except us down in the NCD.)

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⋆⋅☆ Investigation Planning Headquarters ☆⋅⋆

It was only on the next day, that the Investigation took a big step forward.

Imaoji: Seki-san, has that information been checked over?

Seki: Yes.

Seki: Kurisu bought drugs from the dealer in Club R and used it before continuing with his night life.

Seki: That’s why we’ll call him out on his way back and intercept him then.

Seki: That’s the plan we’ve come up with after all the prior investigations we’ve carried out.

But the new information from his Ace was that, “Kurisu didn’t do drugs at all when he was out enjoying his night life”. Therefore——

Yui: Then, why was he buying all those on a schedule…?

Seki: That’s because…

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——A few days ago.

⋆⋅☆ Concert Hall ☆⋅⋆

Makoto: ——I see. So, there’s a difference in practicing in a Hall and in a Studio.

Kurisu: Yes! I’d get even more into it whenever I practice in a hall!

Kurisu: The sound’s different, you see. For example, the violin. Are you aware of this, perhaps?

Kurisu: It’s sound like mm~♪in a studio, but nnnn~~♪in a Hall.

Makoto: ——I apologize. Amateurs like me can’t tell between such subtle differences.

Kurisu: Ahaha! It’s all OK, all’s good♪Because I’ll show you how different they are now!

Makoto: (He’s someone who’s always full of energy, but he seems to be way more excited than usual today.)

Makoto: (…Actually, his eyes seem to be sparkling strangely…)

Kurisu: Now, my lovely Orchestra! Are all of you ready!?

Kurisu: Let us descend into the lovely world of music!

Seki: ——Pardon me.

Kurisu: !?

Makoto: You guys…

The Orchestra members all looked uneasy as a buzz filled the air at sudden entrance of the Outsiders. Kurisu’s face paled as a sheet as Seki questioned him.

Seki: Kurisu-san, you’re under suspicion of possession and usage of Illegal Drugs.

Seki: ——According to our Information, you use dangerous drugs whenever you do music, more often than not.

Makoto: ——!

Seki: Could I ask of you to cooperate with our Investigation?

Kurisu: …I see~ Alright. I’ll cooperate with you.

Rei: Then, may I check your personal belongings?

Kurisu: What you’re looking for is over here.

It looked as if a lightbulb had clicked in Kurisu’s head as he opened something that resembled a Conducting Baton’s Case——

Aoyama & Yui: ——!

A bucket’s worth of white powder fell from within.

——And now, back to reality.

Makoto: I’m with the NCD right now. I’ve also gotten arrested.

Kyosuke: “ARRESTED——!?”

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⋆⋅☆ Investigation Planning Department ☆⋅⋆

Makoto: I’ll contact you again once I’ve been released.

Aoyama: Released…?

Makoto only calmly sipped at his coffee after he ended his call.

Rei: Makoto-san…please don’t say things like that; It’ll only invite more misunderstandings.

Rei: We only wanted to ask you some questions.

Makoto: I just wanted to try using the word “release” in relevance to my current situation.

Makoto: I just thought that I’d never have another chance to do so in the future if I didn’t take the opportunity now, when it presented itself.

Man: Ahaha…

Seiya, the Concert Master who seated beside him, only laughed bitterly at that.

Apparently, it looks like the Concert Master was responsible for “Rounding everything up” when it came to anything concerning the Orchestra. You could say that he’s a Conductor-player, if anything.

Seiya: Uhm…So, how long do we have to stay cooped up in here, exactly?

Aoyama: We’ve already heard whatever you have to say, so you’re free to leave.

Seki: Thank you so much for cooperating with us.

Rei: Thank you so much!

Seiya: Ahh, is that so. That’s great to hear…Everyone in the Orchestra’s really worried.

Rei: (Oh, that’s right. Their Conductor was suddenly arrested and taken away in the middle of their practice, so they must have been pretty shaken up about it.)

Makoto: It doesn’t look like I can gather the material I need in this situation.

Seiya: You must have it rough too, Sensei. I’ve got to think of something else, now that I’ve lost my Conductor…

Seki: You have my deepest condolences.

Seiya: Thank you…Actually, I’ve been thinking about this for quite a long time now, but…

All Three: ?

Seiya: All the guys down in the NCD look astonishingly dashing.

Aoyama & Seki: Wha——

Rei: (That’s what caught his attention!?)

Seiya: Man, I thought that I’d have gotten used to being around such good men after having spent every day seeing Kurisu-san around recently.

Seiya: But Seki-san and Aoyama-san both have a manliness about them that would make even top Kurisu-san’s own.

Seiya: I’m really, REALLY, in the mood to play a Violin now! I feel like this will make for a really nice tune!

Seki: R-Right…

Rei: (I wonder if all musicians are all that emotionally sensitive…)

Yui: ——Seki-san. About Kurisu, Imaoji-kun’s Investigation seems to be going smoothly in that field.

Seki: I see, that’s good——

Seiya: PINK HAIR!? AND NOT TO MENTION, ANOTHER DASHING ONE!?

Yui: Huh…?

Seiya: HA!? I apologize for being so loud.

Rei: (Seiya-san…)

Makoto: (How interestingly curious…)

Seiya: No— Really, all the beauties are being gathered here, in one place.

Seiya: So good, that I’m almost tempted to ask you to take Kurisu’s place as the Conductor to draw in the same crowd that his good looks would have inevitably drawn.

Rei: (Just for that reason…?)

Yui: What in the world is he talking about…?

Makoto: ——I see.

Rei: Huh?

Makoto: The NCD suddenly turning into Orchestra Conductors? Now… that’s interesting.

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⋆⋅☆ Investigation Planning Department ☆⋅⋆

Makoto: ————

Aoyama: (……? I don’t know why, but I feel like…he’s staring an awful lot at me…?)

Makoto: (The Narc’s Ace, Aoyama Itsuki.)

Makoto: (——If he were to be the Replacement Conductor…)

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Aoyama: ——Stop. I’ve already repeated myself countless of times, but this isn’t getting any better. Is it that difficult?

Aoyama: I’ll play the Violin so listen well to how I do it.

Aoyama: ——♪——♪♪♪——♪♪——

Player: ……! He’s way better than me! I’ve just lost all my confidence!!

Aoyama: Huh…?

Player: Rather, normal people like us cannot just manage to do everything like you high-spec people do on the drop of the hat!

Aoyama: Yes, I do understand that I’m on a different level from the average joe. Therefore, it was in my intention to do this properly and stand as everyone’s equal here.

Aoyama: How about you first tell me what you’re able to do? …Wait, what can you do?

Player: There it is; that’s what I was talking about.

Aoyama: ……?

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Makoto: (…That didn’t turn out very interesting.)

Makoto: (Since he’s an Ace, he might be much more suited to be the Concert Master than a mere Conductor.)

Aoyama: (Why is he staring so intently at me with such a poker face?)

Rei: (Makoto-san…?)

Makoto: (Next will be him…)

Seki: ……?

Makoto: (The reliable Section Chief of the NCD, Seki Daisuke——…)

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Seki: ——Yes, everyone’s doing brilliant.

Seki: Especially the Violins, it was a pleasantly beautiful sound.

CRAAASH!!

Seki: !?

Percussionist: WHOA!? ALL THE VIOLINNISTS HAVE FALLEN PREY TO THE CONDUCTOR’S SUGAR-SWEET WORDS!

Seki: Eh…?

Woodwind Player: Hey…you’ve…got to be…kidding…Even the guys are down for the count!?

Brass Player: THE CONDUCTOR’S WAY TOO HANDSOME, I CAN’T CONCENTRATE AT ALL!!!!

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Makoto: (…Maybe it’s because I read the original work of the Love-comedy movie that Kyosuke’s going to be appearing in; my imagination seems to be oddly geared in that direction of things, for some reason…)

Seki: Uhm…?

Makoto: (He’s up next, I guess.)

Yui: ……?

Makoto: (The NCD’s most Inquisitive and talented brain when it comes to Research, Yui Kotaro——…)

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Yui: No, all wrong, that’s not it! Violins! You’re causing Arteriosclerosis with that!

Yui: More——! We need more, if we’re going to make for a nightfilled with bloodshed!

Yui: Cymbals! More violent actions! Treat is as if you’re having Sympathetic Nerve Reactions!!

Player: W-What is he talking about!?

Player: He’s super, duper, hard to understand…!!

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Makoto: ——Pft!

Yui: ! What’s with him?

Rei: Um, Makoto-san? Is everything alright there?

Makoto: I had thought that it’d be interesting to see all of you NCD people as Replacement Conductors, but——

Makoto: I think that’s impossible, after all.

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⋆⋅☆ Investigation Planning Department ☆⋅⋆

Seiya: Of course, it was just a little joke of mine.

Seiya: To an Orchestra, a Conductor is akin to their heart, or a Piero, at times.

Seiya: It’s precisely because we’re not high-leveled individuals that we can’t just simply pass the reigns over any Conductor just on the drop of a hat like that.

Yui: I won’t do it even if you asked.

Seki: Yui.

Yui: …Sorry.

Seiya: Haha. Looks like I’m the only one with a long history running, as things are looking out to be.

Seiya: I was also introduced to other people, so don’t worry about it.

Makoto: Does that mean that I can still continue gathering the data I require?

Seiya: Of course, if that is what you wish.

Makoto: That’ll be a great help. I’ll be in your care again.

Seiya: I suppose this must also be some sort of fate. Please come by to watch us on the 24th, if you’re free.

Yui: A Orchestra Concert on Christmas Eve?

Aoyama: That doesn’t sound bad at all.

Rei: Now that things have come down to this, I’m kind of interested in seeing how the performance turns out.

Seki: We’d gladly attend once the case with Kurisu-san calms down. We’ll be supporting you.

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⋆⋅☆ Streets ☆⋅⋆

Rei: (I’m finally walking the streets at the usual time I get off from work. That feels kind of new, now.)

Kaname: ——Big sister?

Rei: Oh, Kaname-kun? Hello.

Kaname: Are you on the way home now?

Rei: Yup. You too?

Kaname: I’m on my way back from the Bookstore. I checked where this particular book was stocked and that was the only Bookstore that had it.

Rei: I see. What a coincidence.

Kaname: ————

Rei: ? What’s wrong?

Kaname: …Do you have some time next weekend, big sister? It doesn’t matter even if you’re only free in the night.

Rei: Next weekend——?

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⋆⋅☆ In a certain Room ☆⋅⋆

TV: “Uh— Now, continuing on! This will be the follow-up report on the Dashing Conductor, Kurisu Matsuo!”

???: SHUT UP!!!!

???: Shut up, shut up, shut up! I’ll never forgive you…! How dare you arrest my Mats!?

???: I’ll never acknowledge a replacement! A Concert without Mats? I’ll destroy it…!

───⋅𝕿𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖓𝖊𝖝𝖙 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊…⋆⋅☆

[15hachimitsu]

For those confused, the characters alongside the PP characters are from the game "Stand My Heroes", a match-3 otome game (think Candy Crush, but with hot guys. It's pretty fun). It's not region-locked, but it's only available in Japanese.

The collaboration event 【クロスロードの審判】 (Crossroad Judgement) starts on Oct 2. Here's the Event PV

Character names below the cut.

Character List (L -> R)

1st Pic with Kougami: Yamazaki Kaname (va: Yamashita Daiki) , Watabe Satoru (va: Kousuke Toriumi)

2nd Pic with Ginoza: Tsuduki Kyosuke (va: Nishiyama Koutarou)

3rd Pic with Kagari and Akane: Natsume Haru (va: Kaji Yuki) , Sugano Natsuki (va: Yoshitaka Yamaya)

4th Pic with Kougami: Hattori You (va: Eguchi Takuya)

5th Pic with Kagari: Maki Keita (va: Yashiro Taku)

6th Pic with Makishima: Seki Daisuke (va: Maeno Tomoaki)

PSYCHO-PASS ×アプリゲーム  『スタンドマイヒーローズ』

[anime-clickanddrag-geemu]

Stand My Heroes: Piece of Truth click and drag game!

(I thought it'd be a good idea to make a click and drag game to celebrate Stand My Heroes' recent anime release! 🎉)

[pomelojin]

Stand My Heroes - Piece of Truth [1/2]

[thechillicount]

So I started playing Stand My Heroes because why not.

I guess my beginner's luck activated.

I even got the event card. All from one 10 pull.

Are the odds always like this? Lol

Also got this beautie from a ticket.