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Fluent Freshman - 38

If it weren’t for the fact that he and Riko had stumbled across a truly traumatizing video of his birth that they had watched secretly in Tetsuji’s office when he was away on a business trip one weekend Kevin would believe that he was born with an Exy racquet in his hand. But the image that is seared into his retinas to this day has proven that he came into this world empty handed.

That doesn’t change the fact that Kevin has spent the majority of his life utterly and completely submersed in Exy. He was trained as a Raven, he was court, he was a champion as both a Raven as a Fox and if he had his way he’d leave college with more Championships under the orange and white than the black and red.

Exy was everything in the world to him.

He could overlook many personality defects if someone brought something to the Court.

Apathetic five foot nothing who was more likely to stab him than shake his hand? Well, he’s the best goalie that Kevin had ever seen in his entire life (and that was saying something).

Tight ass who has anger management issues and will not shut the fuck up about his girlfriend now that he’s not even allowed to have? Well, he is a very solid backliner who has excellent ball handling skills (even if Aaron keeps telling him to stop saying it like that or why he keeps yelling that he’s straight).

Overly touchy, too emotional, will not shut the fuck up about his fiancé in Germany? Well, he is a very solid backliner who is great at rebounds (Kevin doesn’t get why Nicky gets mad when he says that or why he brings up Erik).

Guy who actively dislikes him and is dying for any chance to punch him and also being overly attached to his friends? He’s a great enforcer on the court and had the stamina to play far longer than the other two backliners (Why Dan always said “yeah he does” whenever Kevin commented on Matt’s stamina he will never understand, and he also doesn’t want to.)

Suspicious kid from Millport with a mouth that could strip paint and a past so shrouded in mystery that it even had Andrew perking up in interest? Well, he’s the fastest Striker in the game and the only person that has ever kept up with Kevin’s obsession with the sport. (There was the minor downside that he was the son of the Butcher and almost died before the championships, but Neil pulled through.)

He tolerated all of them and now they’re his best friends.

There are some who he does find personally objectionable but so long as Jack and Sheena manage to continue to be good on the court he doesn’t care about the many many faults in their personalities. They’re his teammates, they aren’t his friends.

He accepted that he might not like any of the others that came onto the team. For the most part he had never given a shit about before the Foxes, content with his brotherhood with Riko even if it wasn’t…perfect. Then he became friends with FF and FF had done him a truly large favor and Kevin wanted to pay that back the best way he knew how. Through his truly infallible health advice and through perfectly crafted smoothies.

Then Daniel appeared with the truth that FF truly met all requirements to be a Fox and Kevin tasted his own smoothie for the first time.

He considered both revelations to be equally upsetting.

Still…

FF was one of the best dealers Kevin had ever had the pleasure to be on Court with. The man knew his position well and interrupted offensives with an enviable ease that made Kevin wish to possibly strap some sort of device onto him and figure out how he did certain things.

It wasn’t that far off to believe that a man raised in the same environment as FF could possibly have similar talents and since Lisa fucked off back to some small town cult they really did need a good sub. Sheena was a good offensive dealer but they had games coming up where defense would be imperative and FF did not have the stamina for a full game and likely would not for quite some time considering he’d be recovering from being stabbed.

So, he’d defended Daniel’s right to try out.

At first, he had felt vindicated. Daniel kept up quite well during the initial warm-ups. Kept pace with Jack, Sheena, Aaron, Andrew, and Nicky. Kevin had been bringing up the rear mostly to make sure that Andrew didn’t stab the guy during warm-ups.

Then it was time for the first precision drill.

The other thing about how Kevin was raised is that he was raised surrounded only by the best of the best. The Ravens were at the top of the Collegiate hierarchy. The National Court used their stadium for practice.

The worst Exy that Kevin had ever seen in his entire life up until the moment that Daniel took hold of an Exy racquet was still only the worst team in Collegiate Division 1 Exy.

Then Kevin watched the ball go so wide that the entire court went silent.

All of the drills that followed were as bad, if not worse.

Kevin felt himself start to vibrate with anger the longer it went on. He started to shout corrections at Daniel but the younger man merely rolled his eyes, “I think I know what I’m doing.” He would say before pointedly proving that he did not.

Kevin only realized nearly an hour in that he had wasted his entire practice shouting himself hoarse at the actual waste of human life that was Daniel Stanton.

Kevin could accept being bad at Exy and having an inoffensive personality. Kevin could accept being good at Exy and having a bad personality.

Kevin could not accept being bad at Exy and having a bad personality.

Coach Wymack called the practice to an end and Kevin thought that he’d manage to keep his anger mostly inside (he is ignoring the near hour of practice he spent screaming directions) when Daniel decided to deliver the Coup de Grace.

Sweat soaking his bangs, panting, and without a single thing done correctly (even the way he was currently holding his borrowed Exy racquet set Kevin’s teeth on edge) the man had the gall, the gumption, and the absolute AUDACITY to come up to the coach.

“So, where do I sign?” he asks.

Kevin sees red and unleashes hell.

***

This was the most fun Andrew has had at a practice since he started having to come to them.

The look of embarrassment on Daniel’s face as Kevin accurately tore into everything he did wrong on the Court and every personal failing that Kevin could home in on. His attention shifted away to FF sitting in the stands near the University official who was shaking her head at the obvious poor showing. The University may have wanted Daniel around to spruce up the Fox’s marketability but even they couldn’t let someone so obviously awful onto one of their few Division 1 teams.

FF was sat sipping one of Kevin’s god awful smoothies looking completely unshocked by Daniel’s showing.

Kevin turned his attention to FF, “You said he was good!” Kevin points at the freshman as he continues to sip the drink.

Andrew interrupts, “He never said he was good.” He remembers the conversation so exactly and there are few things he loves more than having the opportunity to rub it in Kevin’s face when the man is wrong, “He said ‘Daniel has always been athletic’ never anything about him being good.” Andrew reminds.

Kevin whips back around to Daniel, “Have you ever even played Exy?” Kevin demands.

“I didn’t think it’d be hard to pick up.” Daniel argues crossing his arms defensively.

It sets Kevin off on another furious rant.

Andrew had thought that FF didn’t have a mean bone in his body and he’s quite pleased to have been proven wrong. The thought that FF had let Daniel get all the way into embarrassing himself in such a way?

Andrew had to give him props.

“How does it feel getting to watch this idiot crash and burn?” he asks coming to the glass.

“Really thought he could manage it if I could.” FF says with a shrug that has Aaron bark out a laugh.

“You really figured?” Aaron asks coming to stand next to Andrew.

FF just shrugs again, “I mean I also started not knowing how to play and now I’m on a pretty good team.” He says as if FF starting as a child not knowing how to play is the same as someone walking in demanding a spot on a college team.

Nicky lets out a laugh.

“Oh, Smithy I could kiss you.” Nicky laughs and makes his way towards the Court entrance to likely do exactly that moving past a Daniel who was so red in the face with embarrassment and anger that he looked as if he was about to turn purple.

Andrew tuned in.

“…small pond. The only reason you ever felt like you were worth anything is that Smiths was too nice to put you in your place before now!” Kevin was probably talking about medium-sized fish in a small pond but Andrew didn’t really care to know.

“Are you going to let him talk to me like this?!” Daniel finally turned to Wymack.

“Kevin, you shouldn’t talk to the public like that.” Wymack says without a hint of chastisement in his voice.

Kevin still straightened at the reminder, “You’re right. Sorry coach.” Kevin sneered at Daniel, “Get off the court before you taint it.” He hisses.

“You’re really not going to sign me?!” Daniel demands.

“Why would I?” Wymack asks with a raised brow.

“You took a chance on John!” Daniel points towards FF.

Andrew watches as Wymack’s face does something he’d rarely seen it do, it goes utterly and completely cold. “I don’t take chances with my kids.” He spat, “I give my kids a second chance. Get the hell off of my court.” He hisses.

Daniel’s face purples further before he stomped off of the Court.

“Don’t you dare walk off with that racquet! It’s worth more than you!” Kevin shouts after him and Andrew in that moment realizes that Daniel is going to do something stupid.

And FF is on the other side of the Plexiglass with only Nicky at his side.

It’s like watching a train crash.

Daniel might say something, but Andrew doesn’t know. He sees Neil rushing as well, his sense of danger always well-honed but Neil had been in Captain mode in the moments before walking some of the sophomore and freshmen through what they had done wrong.

Neither of them will make it in time.

Daniel throws his racquet, and he throws it right at FF barely 5 feet away in the stands.

The Racquet blows past FF’s head and Andrew lets out a breath.

Then before it could crash into the seats behind him and break FF’s hand wrapped around the shaft of the stick and stopped it’s trajectory.

“Your aim really isn’t getting any better by not listening to Kevin’s advice.” Smith says as he twirls the racquet in his hand so that the net was on the ground. “Also, don’t break the equipment, like Kevin said it’s pretty expensive.” He says.

Daniel let out a primal scream but where Andrew had stalled out to watch the miraculous catch Matt Boyd had not. Daniel was tackled to the ground by the backliner, “Absolutely not.” Matt said with a scowl.

“Smithy are you okay?” Andrew hears Nicky ask.

“Yeah, why?” FF asks as if he hadn’t just been attacked but considering everything that Andrew had seen it wouldn’t shock him if Daniel’s attacks were just par for the course back home for FF. “The racquet looks okay too.” He adds.

“Coach Wymack,” The University representative made their way down looking flustered at the outburst of violence.

Obviously not someone who regularly watched Exy or paid attention to their team.

“This is why I wanted absolute control over who does and who doesn’t get a shot here.” Wymack hisses pointing at Daniel as he struggled under Matt.

“You have our sincere apologies for this.” She says looking at Daniel, “He didn’t… we thought he’d be good for the team’s culture but it seems like we may have misjudged-“

“That guy just tried to take Smithy out!” Nicky interrupts.

“I told you he was dangerous.” Neil adds.

“Can someone call campus security?” Matt asks from the ground, “This jackass keeps aiming for kidney punches and I would like to not be pissing blood during winter break.” Matt requests.

“O-of course!” the University representative says fumbling for her cell phone.

Andrew looked at Matt and figured that the backliner had a handle on that particular mess at the moment.

He made his way over to FF and Nicky who was checking over the freshman.

“Nice catch.” He says.

FF shrugs, “It’s my racquet he was borrowing.” He says, “I didn’t want to get a new one.” He adds.

***

FF watches as campus security took custody of Daniel as he continued to spit and scream. There are talks about pressing charges, but FF just wants Daniel off of the campus and away from him. It’s Jack of all people who says that getting a restraining order is a great way to make sure Daniel stays the hell away from him and FF nods consideringly.

Honestly, he’s still mostly in shock he managed to catch his racquet the way he had. His reflexes weren’t quite up to snuff since he’d been trying to catch the netting, but his hand only closed around the shaft.

Embarrassing.

He really hopes no one teases him about his slower reflexes.

“He needs to be charged for assault at least.” Kevin hisses as they watch the security officers take Daniel away.

“It’d be attempted assault.” Aaron corrects.

“He assaulted my eyes with his Exy.” Kevin insists.

“If that counted as assault, don’t you think I would have pressed charges for all the times I have had to see you dance at Eden’s?” Neil asks. “Also, you’re the one that insisted he try-out.” He reminds.

“Smiths told me he was good!” Kevin screeches.

“No, we’ve been over this Day. Smithy said he was athletic.” Nicky reminds. “Are you going to do what Jack suggested?” he asks turning to FF.

“I’d like to see significantly less of Daniel.” FF admits.

“You know he did actually commit assault, if I pee blood I’m making Kevin go buy me pads.” Matt says.

“Whatever.” Kevin says as they continued to make their way back to the dorm to get ready for the day.

MASTERPOST FOR ALL PARTS OF FLUENT FRESHMAN AU

#Fluent Freshman AU #Up next is the Winter banquet and Winter break #looking forward to that as well #I'd like to thank Snow for their help with some decisions made in this chap #and declunkifying some of my phrasing #I would also like to thank the new Jujutsu Kaisen OP for being a banger #also Unfathomed Force from Trails to Azure OST for continuing to be a banger #Grandma Smith is heading home in the next part which makes me sad even if she hasn't featured a lot in the drafts since the hospital #Daniel absolutely ends up punching a security guard #And ending up in like a holding cell at a real police station #He has one call #And he calls Smith's number demanding he come and help him get out #too bad the only number he has is a phone sitting in Wymack's desk #Guess someone else is gonna have to come and pay bail and help Daniel outta there #also my apologies for putting Daniel on u Elle Woods but it's for the meme #Also also I would like to give a shoutout to Matt Boyd who made the 'save of the day'#Its an award usually for goalies but u da real MVP today #AFTG #AFTG OC #AFTG AU #FF - 38

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natasha-in-space · 6 months ago

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So I'm replaying Ray's After ending rn, and it got me thinking that what I adore so much about Rika as an antagonist is just how damn scary she can be. I always found those who cause harm with good intentions (at least in their point of view) much scarier than those who hurt you with pure intention on hurting you. I think the best example of it is this CG in particular:

Look at that. Such a loving, gentle expression on her face. Probably kissing his forehead. Because she loves him. Heck, without any context, this CG looks even sweet, if you think about it. And yet, all that is while Saeyoung is forcefully sedated on a powerful concoction of drugs even a trained agent like him can't do anything about (and Saeyoung WAS definitely trained to deal with this sort of thing, hence it's mentioned that this is a 'special' kind of drugs). He looks miserable. Bags under his eyes, his expression pained and troubled, even his hair is paler than usual. All that as a direct result of her actions. But she's utterly blind to it. What's scarier, is that she knowingly shuts off her understanding of what's really happening. She's not oblivious to it at all. She just chooses not to see it that way. Simply because she doesn't want to.

Rika is the type of antagonist that will cup your cheek into her warm hand with the most loving of smiles on her face, all while you are getting elixir poured down your throat. Even whispering to you that you're doing great, that the pain will soon pass, and that she can't wait to see you reach the happiness she knows you deserve. I won't be surprised if she even cried genuine tears of compassion during some ceremonies for her believers. All while being the sole reason behind their suffering.

And that's... God, that's terrifying to me. I love that about her.

Rika Kim, they could never make me hate you

#mystic messenger #mysmes #mysme #mm #rika kim #kim rika #anyways ughhh she's so messed up i adore her #yes i will think about cute fluffy scenarios with her one minute and then go into her most horrible of actions the next #like it's such a contrast to all the rest as well #ray gets as close to her as possible in terms of his approach to messed up deeds but it's still different with him #like ray genuinely believes in what he does - good and bad #rika conditioned him that way #suit even points that out: 'oh i'm not like that airhead. i know this place is messed up.'#rika on the other hand? it's the way she willfully just... chooses to live in her own twisted fairytale that is so fascinating to me #it makes her scarier than ray but it also makes her more unstable #because once that fairytale of her is threatened? well she gets even more dangerous but in a completely different way #we literally see her spiraling more and more during v route and it's as scary as it is also sad #just saying: v ae could have been such a banger if they didn't absolutely mess it up #i think i despite judgement ending more than anything else in the game for so many reasons #if cheritz had the backbone they would have either removed it altogether or remastered v's ae for free I'M JUST SAYING #because what the hell was that #anyway #rant over #i wrote a huge post about how much i love rika while i am actively biting my nails every time she touches the twins BUT I LOVE THAT WITH HE #YES give me a character i keep feeling so many conflicting emotions for i will gobble that up

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janitorjuliann · 4 months ago

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YES ASHTON YESSSSS

"I serve the dirt beneath our feet" what a BANGER line GO you punky little rock!!

#taliesin is sooo locked in one ashton's characterisation i fucking love himmmm #they say dumb shit that pisses me off then absolute bangers like this and its all exactly what they would say!! YESSSS #critical role #cr spoilers

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akkivee · 2 months ago

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we may or may not be getting kuukou's solo tomorrow but here i am manifesting kuukou's old stage actor to be the lyricist of his solo LOL

#this is vee speaking #*clasps hands together*#PLS PLS PLS PLSPLSPLS LET HIRONO SAN WRITE KUUKOUS SOLO PLS #HE WOULD MAKE AN ABSOLUTE BANGER SONG LYRICS WISE PLSPLSPLSPLSPLSPLS #WE NEED THIS WE DESERVE THIS IT SHOULD BE MEANT TO BE #KRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR PLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS #god i hope we get the solo tomorrow lol

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creative-hanyou-girl · 1 year ago

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Honestly would absolutely love it if the Percy Jackson show incorporated some of the songs from the Percy Jackson Musical into their instrumentals. Imagine how awesome that'd be.

#if they can use a cover of riptide surely they can use a few notes or instrumentals from the actual Percy Jackson Musical #I also heard that one of the main people behind the musical score from the musical was recruited for the show so I'm hoping!#like how cool would it be to hear 'we're lost in the woods somewhere in New Jersey' when they actually ARE lost in the woods in the tv show #wouldn't that be a nice way to pay hommage to the musical???#which for so many fans was the only 'book accurate' adaptation we had for the longest time?#not to mention of course that the songs alone are absolute BANGERS!!!!!#fingers crossed 🤞#percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians #percy jackson musical #percy jackson tv show #percy jackson trailer #music #disney+

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islanddboyy · 26 days ago

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me listening to ma meilleure ennemie

#honest to god an absolute BANGER #i ascend to another plane of existence when listening to this song #if i could become one with the arcane soundtrack i would the songs make me go fucking FERAL #arcane #arcane season 2 #arcane s2 #arcane season two #arcane league of legends #arcane jinx #arcane ekko #arcane ekko x jinx

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bracken-black · 1 month ago

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Have you ever seen such a beautiful man

#finished my first playthrough a couple days ago and MAN #honestly I would never have believed bioware could deliver such an absolute banger of a game #anyway look at my glorious wife #emmrich volkarin #dragon age veilguard #dragon age

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gingermintpepper · 4 months ago

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drop the link on that fic of Zeus being a good dad?

Absolutely my friend!

As you can see, it's called Trials of Fatherhood by the lovely @z-eusie and in-between my agonies and right now, she's actually updated the fic and now the Apollo chapter is live!! Everyone should go read this fic, actually! It's a wonderful little compilation of moments that allow for showing both the ugliness and beauty of the gods when taken from a nuanced, compassionate perspective and it's always been one of my favourites to go back to every now and then just because of how fond I am of it. I'm especially fond of the Athena and Dionysus chapters myself but I hope everyone finds their favourite one. <33

#ginger answers asks #Writing #fanfic #Honestly I would do a series reviewing bomb ass ao3 greek myth fanfiction if I could #There's some genuine absolute bangers that deserve so much attention discussion and praise #One of my moots described greek myth tumblr as a symposium and if so I'm definitely the sort #who shows up each day with a new very annoying and longwinded opinion that ultimately must be discussed because it does - regrettably #have merit #Littlesparklight's portrayal of divine brotherhood and Zeus and Apollo's relationship #Is also really cool btw - if you guys haven't read littlesparklight's work you should do that also #Much more professional in flavour but the hidden subtleties are mmmmm SO tasty and good #omnomnom I eat that shit up #Okay yes this made me feel better ty for the ask anon!#ao3 link #zeus #apollo

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sepetajmikolikomehoces · 30 days ago

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Some part of me had to have known back in February that this was something I'd need in November.

Kuumaa, GODDAMN.

As predicted, I absolutely ugly cried during "Luotan tulevaan", but I was close to tears already when they fucking opened with "Tarkoitin sua".

Just.

So many incredible moments from Aarni suddenly jamming through the crowd, Mirella joining them for "Hyvästejä ihanasti", one of their superfans being surprised and brought on stage, and of course, finishing the night with "Ylivoimainen."

The fact that I got to be there with some of my dearest friends? Priceless. And the weekend has only started.

#Kuumaa #absolutely insane setlist #if I could have had one more song I would have added “Yks yö lainaa”#but damn this was just banger after banger for two hours

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erial-c · 4 months ago

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i think guy uses emojis and honey uses emoticons, and even kaomojis on rare occasions .

guy specifically loves the cat face emojis .. and honey always uses :/ or any of the bear kaomojis because they think they look stupid

#guy would absolutely attempt to utilize the entire emoji arsenal every time he texts honey #honey will use emoticons when they're feeling a little silly .#kaomojis when they're feeling quirky even #this is all i have in me rn #my brain has been on autopilor these past few feeks i have no bangers to post #redacted audio #redacted asmr #redactedverse #redacted fandom #redacted headcanons #redacted guy #redacted honey

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cyberbrained · 19 days ago

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Fading Howl | 黄昏のハウリング

Parade of souls at the aurora's grounds Oh Flyaway Standing in a wasteland 3000 years later Oh Memory Rainbow wind Swarm of angels Oh Flyaway Beasts under a rose[1] Oh Oh Howl fading as if singing as if singing Oh Oh Howl fading wailing roaring[2]

Parade of souls at the aurora's grounds Oh Flyaway Standing in a wasteland 3000 years later Oh Memory Rainbow wind Swarm of angels Oh Flyaway Beasts under a rose Oh Oh Howl fading as if singing as if singing Oh Oh Howl fading wailing roaring

Oh Oh as if singing as if singing Oh Oh wailing roaring

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Notes:

[1] This is to highlight the Japanese pronunciation of 下 in this song. Usually it's shita, but like most kanji it has a bajillion pronunciations and in this case it's moto.

[2] Note the contrast between the lines, moving between a "pretty" and "ugly" thing: aurora into wasteland into angels into beasts into singing into (animal) noises. It's kinda why I went with swarm for angels, it feels ill-fitting, too ugly for angels and yet it's the only word that I felt inside myself. For me it conjures a vibrant violent picture of desperation. (Also 咆える/hoeru is barking/howling too but I've had it with the synonyms in this album lmao)

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オーロラの地へ魂のパレード Oh Flyaway 3000年後の荒野に立て Oh Memory エンジェルの群れ　虹色風 Oh Flyaway 薔薇の下　獣たち Oh Oh 黄昏のハウリング歌うように歌うように Oh Oh 黄昏のハウリング哭いている咆えている

オーロラの地へ魂のパレード Oh Flyaway 3000年後の荒野に立て Oh Memory エンジェルの群れ　虹色風 Oh Flyaway 薔薇の下　獣たち Oh Oh 黄昏のハウリング　歌うように歌うように Oh Oh 黄昏のハウリング　哭いている咆えている

Oh Oh 歌うように歌うように Oh Oh 哭いている咆えている

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Oorora no chi e tamashii no pareedo Oh Flyaway Sanzen nengo no kouya ni tate Oh Memory Engeru no mure nijiiro kaze Oh Flyaway Bara no moto kemonotachi Oh Oh Tasogare no hauringu utau you ni utau you ni Oh Oh Tasogare no hauringu naiteiru hoeteiru

Oh Oh utau you ni utau you ni Oh Oh naiteiru hoeteiru

#buck-tick #subrosa #imai hisashi #hisashi imai #スブロサ #黄昏のハウリング #hermittranslation #that's all folks i don't think i'm gonna translate more from this album #i'm happy to have genuinely liked some songs from it i wasn't sure if i would #this is an absolute banger though and i want everyone to know about it #if you have a different take on it please go ahead and post it i'd be thrilled to see #basically ripping off cayce's format here #but that's because it works well #i miss you cayce #i'd've loved to hear your thoughts on this album

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