#tsubasa those with wings

[justsomeunsurefancat]

I haven't watched Hirogaru Sky Precure, but the fact that there's a boy Precure makes me so happy. Ever since I got into magical girls I've wondered why not make magical boys.

They made his transformations with spins and hops and glitter and all the cute heart magic effects, it's so cute. Also his outfit is well designed and cute. It may not be as fancy as the girls', but it's awesome for their first try at a magical boy.

[completeoveranalysis]

[9]

MOM HOLY FUCK THEY REALLY ARE SAYING IT

EXCUSE ME

EXCUSE ME

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT IS THIS THE GREATEST THING 

LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS

Clamp absolutely set the precedent for this with our visit to Shura/Shara all those years ago. We’ve SEEN the possibility of being in the past and future of the same world and teleporting between the two. We knew the feathers could appear pretty much anywhere in the timeline of a world, given how time works differently across the mutliverse, and we DID just straight up go backwards and forwards in time via Mokona, so it’s absolutely possible for them to appear in the Past of the Kingdom of Clow. 

WHICH IS APPARENTLY ACID TOKYO????

WHICH JUST ABSOLUTELY BLOWS MY MIND WHAT THE FUCK

WHAT A WAY TO TIE IT ALL TOGETHER??

X/1999 IS THE SET UP TO THE CLOW KINGDOM?

THE CLOW KINGDOM IS IN THE RUINED ECOLOGICAL DISASTER OF OUR OWN CURRENT WORLD??? 

Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle as a pseudo-not-really-but-kind-of-sequel-event to Cardcaptor Sakura but ACTUALLY ALSO being the sequel-kind-of-but-not-exactly sequel to X/1999???? Or Alternate Timeline X/1999? Where things are ever so slightly different but the world was ruined in the same way?

AND THE RESERVOIR

THE RESERVOIR IN ACID TOKYO IS THE RESERVOIR IN THE CLOW RUINS????

I’m REELING OVER THIS

THEY SET THAT UP

SAKURA WALKED THROUGH THE DESERT TO PURIFY THE WATER TO SAVE THESE PEOPLE AND IT MADE THE RESERVOIR THAT LOVED SAKURA SO MUCH THAT IT PROTECTS HER

AND WATANUKI! WATANUKI WAS AN ESSENTIAL PIECE OF SETTING UP THE RESERVOIR IN A WORLD BEFORE HE EVEN EXISTED IN THAT TIMELINE

And that’s Definitely the feather they’re talking about, isn’t it? The feather that Sakura left in Acid Tokyo is still in the Reservoir right now, and is the reason the water is magic and loves her so much - because it’s a piece of her, and -... well, a piece of her clone. But it’s a piece of SAKURA, and so they resemble and resonate with each other, and that's why the water is so close to her, but 'Sakura' can’t absorb the feather because she’s already a full person and those aren’t her memories, but the memories of her clone.

Meanwhile Sakura (ie, our cloned Sakura) is currently on the other side of the portal at a point in time that DIDN’T exist a few seconds ago, for Original 'Sakura', but the rest of the universe has moved on and decades have passed (even though no time at all has passed for her) and now the feather from her clone has ended up in the past that set up the reservoir potentially centuries before she was even born. 

Timeline!

Oh my god?

Oh my god. 

I’m going to be thinking about this forever. 

No wait I’m not done ACID TOKYO WAS like THE point in the narrative where everything changed forever. And from a Tsubasa point of view it felt like a world picked at random for all the Important Narrative changes to take place - but it never was! It was the most important world of all! It was the Clow Kingdom!

So Syaoran lived his life in the Clow Kingdom, and then his soul collapsed in Acid Tokyo, which was ALSO the Clow Kingdom, and then he went and died defending Lava Lamp, in the Clow Kingdom. All at completely different points in the timeline but all in the exact same world. 

Though I will say I am thoroughly baffled by the connection between the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building and THE CLOW RUINS???

ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO BE THE SAME BUILDING?

Oh my god they’re in the same location aren’t they. The reservoir was underneath it and now it’s under the ruins. I suppose they have Magic so they could probably reshape them however they want but WHAT A CON CLAMP HAVE PULLED ON US

TO SPEND THE ENTIRE MANGA STARING AT THE WINGS OF THE CLOW RUINS AND THEY WERE SECRETLY WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO TELL US THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT BUILDING ALL ALONG

THE AUDACITY OF IT ALL

[nemo-of-house-hamartia]

Ok imma make a list of my fave animes and manga from when I was growing up., because I can. And if you are an Italian that grew up in the late 80s/early 90s watching TV, you'll find a crapton of those cartoons that were aired on Bim Bum Bam (so, Italia 1, Canale 5 and Rete 4 lolol) and on the smaller television channels (especially the one from the 80s ).

It's going to be A LONG ONE, probably divided in a couple of reblogs, because I am not kidding you all, I DEVOURED manga and anime when I was a child/teen lolol

As usual, they are in no particular order of preference: I am just writing them down as they come to my mind.

So without further ado, you will find the list beneath the "keep reading" lolol

-LADY OSCAR

When I say that this story shaped me as a person, I am not exaggerating. I always LOVED reading shoujos, but I never felt like I could relate to any of the heroines. I felt like I was never sweet enough, or feminine enough. Then, Oscar François de Jarjayes came along and dear gods, it was EVERYTHING my heart desired. I wanted to be her so badly: brave, strong, just and never afraid to be who I am. This story is my everything.

-X-1999

(the way Seishiro and Subaru's story had me BY THE THROAT even as a teen,I just cannot begin to explain. Gods, it was so twisted, but so SO GOOD. Seishiro and Subaru were just MY EVERYTHING. And do not let me start with Kakyou and Hotaru, my heart was WRENCHED. tbh, it would be fair to say that everything connected to the Sumeragi just grips my heart , especially after reading Tokyo Babylon. Gah, my heart).

-SLAYERS

RINA WAS MY EVERYTHING. Poweful, Sassy, independent, reckless and with a short temper??? like HELLO?? I connected to her so much fml (and child me shipperd her hard with Zelgadis, fml.). The Italian Theme song was just SO BEAUTIFUL, it was one of the many reasons I adored this anime so much.

-ROBIN HOOD

*takes deep breath* ok. I have a lot to unpack on this because I have this CLEAR core memory from when I was still in preschool and was watching this anime at my grandparents' home and I was just lost for Robin. COMPLETELY lost, and while I am known to have a penchant for being rather theatrical, now I am totally serious. fml this cartoon had such a huge influence on me, that I am still feeling it to this day, even in the way I design characters (like, I never realized how much Maid Marian actually resembled Dottie dear gods.)

- MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM WING

I usually do not care much for the Mecha genre tbh, it was never my favourite, but Mobile Suit was one of the few that I actually loved. And this was the Anime that made me go "yes, I love men with long hair fml (Duo, you bastard, I had such a huge crush on you. So yes, I am looking at you) and I love magnificent bastards (Treize I hate that I love you so much)", so I already knew there was no going back lol).

-SAILOR MOON

I talked extensively yesterday about HOW MUCH I love Sailor Moon, but dear gods let me reiterate. Sailor Moon IS my childhood. The amount of time I played pretend in school with my group of friends cannot even start to be counted. Adore. just ADORE.

- CHOBITS

(prepare yourself because you will see A CRAPTON of stuff from Clamp. They were my go to, along Rumiko Takahashi, Naoko Takeuchi and Ai Yazawa).

-CARD CAPTOR SAKURA

(this story was *everything* and i coveted so badly her card deck. like, the amount of time I redrew the card of Fire, Water, Light and Darkness because fml i adore Mokona's style so much, especially the one she had during that period of time).

-TSUBASA RESERVOIR CHRONICLE

(I am still trying to recover from THE HUGE HEADACHE this freaking manga caused me, with all the cross referencing and whatnot, but fml I was *living* for all the characters from Clamp´s previous work being included everywhere. It was amazing, I adored it so much).

-MAGIC KNIGHT RAYEARTH

I WANTED TO BE UMI SO BADLY. SO BADLY. BLUE HAIRED HEROINE, ELEGANT, CONNECTED TO DRAGONS, WITH ONE HECK OF A RAPIER AS SWORD?? WHY YES. YES. And Emeraude, oh gods, the way I loved Emeraude and Zagart's story. Just let me sob in silenceeeee).

- GODCHILD

What can I say about this, aside from the fact that this was my descent into the Visual Gothic Genre?? It had everything! fucked up story-lines (Victorian Gothic literature was filled up with that), the AMAZING pencil of Kaori Yuki, and Cain. ESPECIALLY CAIN.

-DRAGON BALL

(Z/GT, you name it. Mandatory watch with my lil bro, as soon as I got back home followed, of course, by a fight between me and him because we couldn't agree on who was stronger, Vegeta or Goku - and I still stand by my man Vegeta, idc. Also, Freezer's saga lasted FOREVER. A WHOLE SUMMER OF WATCHING IT, AND IT WAS NEVER ENDING.).

- NARUTO

this is THE MANGA. The one that, alongside The Crow caused me and my husband to meet and fall in love. We were both following Shippuuden as it just came out and was airing in Japan, and my hubby had a Sasuke fpf. Aside from this though, I just love Kishimoto's work so much fml.

- LITTLE POLLON

A whole ass anime about the daughter of Apollo, busy trying to prove herself a Goddess and making SO MUCH CHAOS?? My cup of tea as a child (I was probably 4-5 when I watched it) and my own personal gateway to Greek Mythology lololol

-WOLF'S RAIN

DO NOT SPEAK TO ME ABOUT THIS ANIME, I AM STILL CRYING THINKING ABOUT IT, DEAR GODS. THIS ANIME FUCKED ME UP IN SO MANY WAYS, I CANNOT EVEN START TO COUNT THEM. FML. But dear gods, the way I adored it and tickled all my wolf spot in the brain. BEAUTIFUL.

-GALAXY EXPRESS 999

I have the fondest memories of this anime, because I used to watch it with my grandpa who actually happend to be a train conductor. He always made sure to record it on the VHS when he had shifts where he would not be able to be home and watch it with me, so this has anime has so many memories conneced to it. Also, I loved Maetel, she alway looked so elegant to me (infact, I had half an idea of drawing Dottie as her for halloween, but didn't have the time lolol). Hilariously, this anime would subsequently be the one to open the doors for me to Captain Harlock lol.

-INUYASHA

I CANNOT START BLABBERING ABOUT INUYASHA, BECAUSE OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE A 50K ESSAY LONG TO PRESENT HERE. But I remember approaching it after I read Urusei Yatsura and Ranma 1/2 (Rumiko Takahashi is a fucking genius, I will take no other opinion on her. She carried this side of the manga industry on her shoulders alone fml), and I fell SO IN LOVE with the Sengoku Era and with the whole youkai mithos that I just tuned on MTV whenever I could just to watch it fml. Also, this cemented my love for the "Magnificent Bastards with long hair" that Gundam Wing started (am looking at you, Naraku, Sesshomaru and Inu-no-Taisho fml) (also no, I don't want to hear about Yashahime. I love the characters design they had for the children, but as far as I am concerned in regards to the story, that thing never existed for me and will never exist).

-SAINT SEIYA

I CAVALIERI!! I CAVALIERI!! I CAVALIERI DELLO ZODIACOOOOOOOOOOOO!! *ahem, sorry. I had to. The Italian opening by Giorgio Vanni is so fucking catching, it alwys put me in such good mood. I adored Lady Isabel but also wanted her to end up with Nettuno, I just couldn't find a freaking compromise lol. AND FML, my heart belonged to Ikki. He was such a spunky, arrogant son of a bitch, I loved him so much. But truth is that I also ADORED Seiya's Italian VA (Ivo De Palma, fml, you magnificent man).

-YU YU HAKUSHO

This was the beginning of my love for short kings who are also emotionally constipated TO THE MAX and a bit of a bastard. AND YES, HIEI, I AM TALKING ABOUT YOU. I was never a great appreciator of Yusuke tbh, but I always shipped him with Botan because they were just SO ADORABLE together. But I was just much more interested in Kuwabara being all over the moon for Yukina and Hiei having to deal with it lololol that was so much fun.

-FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST

BEST. MANGA. AND. ANIME. EVER. I have YET to see to this day a story AS GOOD as this one. Like, seriously, the amount of research that Hiromu Arakawa did for this anime is something that needs to be praised. Seriously, if you have never seen this, GO NOW AND DO SO. You are missing out on SO MUCH.This manga shaped me as a writer and artist, tbh: it had such profound impact on me on a creative level (also, Maes Hughes is living a long life with his family after he retired from service, had 3 more children, and they are all living in a cottage by the sea fml).

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OK I FINISHED PART 1 FOR NOW.

Part 2 will come soon lolol

[svwhssftr]

i don t know where it was but wherever it is just imagine some kid like 7-8 yrs old who;s only ever written in the latin alphabet trying to write with korean letters from google transltae. copying them off the computer screen. to accompany some drawnings. i Really wish i knew where that notebook is. i need to find my old shitty drawings accompnanied byt he worst korean you’ll ever read. because i used fucking google translate

i'm imagining the drawn characters. the painstakingly drawn shapes.

i did the exact same thing except with badly drawn kaitou joker and badly drawn kaitou joker in japanese

rambling abt my singular oc below

did. did you know. i was obsessed with kaitou joker as a kid. specifically akai tsubasa. i would watch it on korea cartoon network. except i wouldn't get what they were saying bc i wasn't too good at korean back then. but i loved the show. and i made my first oc for it.

she was like a self insert mary sue thing and i tried to stick to the naming scheme of the show (silver heart, diamond queen, spade king etc.) when i named her, except i didn't really get that these were cards and i thought it was a color + what they are thing for some reason? so she was silver white shapeshifter. which is also my main url. SilVer WHite ShapeShifTeR. svwhssftr. she was tsubasa's sister or something and she had similar phoenix powers except it might have been ice and she had silvery white wings. (it would have been just silver, but silver heart was already a thing so i thought i couldn't do that for some reason). she had long black hair with silver highlights and something freaky going on with her left eye... and the right eye was yellow and the left blue... and uhhhh... and she is now kai! (her name was kaishka before bc i liked kai but i needed a girl name even though kai could have been a girl name) that's who she has become!! a guy for some reason(???? i'm still a girl though?? idk why???) grew sharp teeth (ahemm. fell! sans. ahemmm. this was his influence). and he is still my singular oc. unless you count actual aus of him. but like... those are still him

thank you for coming to my ted talk

(theoretically he's trans, but i never considered him that way despite abruptly deciding to make him a dude. probably didn't know what trans was as a 10 year old. for some reason i thought guys were just cooler? very sexist of me i know (i am a female) kai didn't retain much of kaishka's personality either she was cool as a cucumber and he is. not)

[koizumicchi]

ビュティホ (mona) English Translation

ビュティホ mona

Lyrics: Gom, shito Composer: Gom Arrangement: HoneyWorks

MV here.

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T/N: Keep in mind that Japanese and English aren’t my first language. I never claim my translation (attempts) to be error-free. As always, if you’re going to use or reference my translations, please do not claim it as your own and credit me.

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紐を結ぶ手が震える 幾千跳び続けた日々 自分に期待してるから 緊張が味わえる 少し希薄な酸素で 澄ます神経細胞 重力を無視する翼 努力という名の翼

Himo o musubute ga furueru Ikusen tobi tsudzuketa hibi Jibun ni kitai shiteru kara Kinchō ga ajiwaeru Sukoshi kihaku na sanso de Sumasu shinkei saibō Jūryoku o mushi suru tsubasa Doryoku to iu na no tsubasa 

My hands tremble as I tie the strings I continued to leap thousands of times day after day Because I have high expectations of myself I can taste my nervousness My nerves calming in The slightly thin air My wings that defy the gravity These wings that are the fruits of my own labor

Overture 湧き上がる オーディエンス味方につけ 想像を超えていく 姿見届けてね

Overture Wakiagaru Odiensu mikata ni tsuke Sōzō o koeteiku Sugata mitodokete ne

Overture I raise the excitement I will get the audience on my side I will surpass everyone’s imaginations So, come and see me with your own eyes

揺らせ！ Yurase! Shake it!

Beautiful

無駄かもしれない Muda kamo shirenai It may be pointless

Beautiful

痛いかもしれない そんな私の醜さまで 君に見ていてほしい 見ていてほしい

Itai kamo shirenai Sonna watashi no minikusa made Kimi ni miteite hoshī Miteite hoshī

It may be painful Even with how ugly I am I want you to see it I want you to look at me

努力で才能を超える マンガのヒロインのように 息切れすらも可憐な 白い妖精のように カーテンコール終わらない オーディエンスは浸っている 現実か分からないほど 景色は美しい

Doryoku de sainō o koeru Manga no heroine no you ni Ikigire sura mo karenna Shiroi yōsei no you ni Kātenkōru owaranai Odiensu wa hitatteiru Genjitsu ka wakaranai hodo Keshiki wa utsukushī

Surpass talent through hard work Just like a heroine from a manga My shortness of breath is enchanting As if it is a white fairy The curtain call will never end The audience can’t take their eyes off me The scenery is so beautiful That one cannot distinguish it from reality

Here we go!

Beautiful

まだ跳び足りない Mada tobi tarinai These jumps aren’t high enough

Beautiful

まだ浴び足りない こんな欲張りな私まで 君に見ていてほしい 見ていてほしい

Mada abi tarinai Konna yokubari na watashi made Kimi ni miteite hoshī Miteite hoshii

I haven’t had enough yet Even with how greedy I am I want you to see it I want you to look at me

超えられない壁に気づいた日 自分に価値が無いと知った日 そんな日々に舌を出して 私は今君と今生きている 最高の日を

Koerarenai kabe ni kidzuita hi Jibun ni kachi ga nai to shitta hi Sonna hibi ni shita o dashite Watashi wa ima kimi to ima ikiteiru Saikō no hi o

The day I realized I couldn’t overcome this wall The day I was made aware I have no worth I stuck my tongue out at those days With you, right now, at this very moment, I am living the best day I ever had

Overture 湧き上がる オーディエンス味方につけ 想像を超えていく 姿見届けてね

Overture Wakiagaru Odiensu mikata ni tsuke Sōzō o koeteiku Sugata mitodokete ne

Overture I will raise the excitement I will get the audience on my side I will surpass everyone’s imaginations So, come and see me with your own eyes

全部無駄かもしれない 醜く　痛いかもしれない そんな私の弱さまで 君に見ていてほしい

Zenbu muda kamo shirenai Minikuku itai kamo shirenai Sonna watashi no yowasa made Kimi ni miteite hoshii

Everything may all be in vain It may be unsightly and painful As far as to my own weaknesses I want you to see it

揺らせ！ Yurase! Shake it!

Beautiful

まだ跳び足りない Mada tobi tarinai These jumps aren’t high enough

Beautiful

まだ浴び足りない こんな欲張りな私まで 君に見ていてほしい 見ていてほしい

Mada abi tarinai Konna yokubari na watashi made Kimi ni miteite hoshī Miteite hoshii

I haven’t had enough yet Even with how greedy I am I want you to see it I want you to look at me

Beautiful

紐を結ぶ手が震える 幾千跳び続けた日々 自分に期待してるから 君とまだ味わえる

Himo o musubute ga furueru Ikusen tobi tsudzuketa hibi Jibun ni kitai shiteru kara Kimi to mada ajiwaeru

My hands tremble as I tie the strings I continued to leap thousands of times day after day Because I have high hopes for myself I can still savor it with you

ありがとう Arigatou You have my thanks

[pochqmqri]

I've been thinking about how in Otona Pretty Cure, one of the main and obvious takeaways is that the events of Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star, Yes! Pretty Cure 5, and Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo! all occurred within the same universe.

That's not exactly a new revelation, especially since the Pretty Cure All Stars films exist, but in those cases, it seemed to be more of a non-canon affair; that is, not directly tied to the events of the TV anime.

But I also think that, back in the original Yes! Pretty Cure 5 and its sequel, they made slight hints that it took place in the same universe as Splash Star. Whether or not this was intentional for OtonaPre is up in the air, but I still think it's neat.

In the 28th episode of the original Yes! Pretty Cure 5, Komachi and Karen are checking a phonebook to see if there are any locations that can provide ice for their confectionaries. When the anime shows a page of that phonebook, if you read the Japanese text carefully, you'll see that several of the locations are named "Yuunagi" (夕凪).

If you recall from Splash Star, "Yuunagi" is the name of the town that Saki and Mai live in (and also the last name of Tsubasa Yuunagi, Cure Wing).

Karen also mentions that they've been checking locations that are "farther away," and since their goal is to try and get ice, we can assume this means Yuunagi is within a semi-reasonable driving distance from wherever Yes! Pretty Cure 5 takes place.

Now, by itself, this may not mean much, perhaps Yuunagi is the name of another unrelated place. To counter that, I'd like to go back to the phonebook picture. In the address lines for each location listed, the address is written as "Unabara-shi Yuunagi" (海原市夕凪), or rather, "Unabara (Deep Sea) City — Yuunagi."

Unabara City is also a location referenced in Splash Star. Yuunagi is basically like a town within the sector that Unabara encompasses. Unabara is written on signs in the actual anime, referenced to in official material like the website and print stuff like the Memory Book, and was spoken out loud at least once to my knowledge, in the Splash Star film. The Yuunagi mentioned in the phonebook is the same Yuunagi that Saki and Mai lived in.

Another small piece of evidence is that, in the 36th episode of Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!, when the girls get invited onto a game show, we see students from different schools competing, and in one shot, we see girls wear school uniforms that look very similar to the ones Saki and Mai wore while attending Yuunagi Junior High.

So in short, I believe that it has always been referenced since the original Yes! Pretty Cure 5 that it took place in the same universe as Splash Star, and this is what OtonaPre was built on.

[deusvervewrites]

Izuku has a Fairy Quirk, fairy wings and pixie dust that makes people and things float. Oh, he is still his canon height and size.

I think the funniest part about this is that this Quirk is nowhere near as weird as some canon Mutant Quirks. Did you know that Chronostasis is considered a Mutation Quirk? Fucking wild. Anyway.

Midoriya has the wings from birth, and after a few years his skin starts to sparkle, and he leaves those sparkles on things he touches sometimes. And then he sits in a chair and the chair floats. Crazy times in the Midoriya apartment.

Bakugou is unimpressed by the Quirk. After all, Tsubasa already has a wing Quirk. Besides, who ever heard of a Hero who looked like something like a fairy? Nowhere near cool enough.

Look Uraraka saw the fairy boy using pixie dust to make rubble float and that was it. They were friends now. Sure, Midoriya ended up in 1-B but that wasn't going to stop her.

Midoriya's fighting style involves staying at a distance and using ranged weaponry to exploit his mobility. Additionally, he might gain some level of control over how things affected by his pixie dust float, which would give him a lot of versatility.

It actually takes a lot of effort for Midoriya to walk places. Not because it's hard or anything, but he instinctively wants to use his Quirk, even if he's barely off of the ground. He also enjoys lounging in midair.

[penultimate-step]

Tsubasa Crane... interested to hear more about that

I can't promise that all of this coheres super well, a lot of that list was a bit off the cuff, but what I was thinking was like

the first part of my thought process was wings - wings are associated with a lot of different things, flying high can be a symbol for capability and competence; but also in turn ambition and desires; flying away specifically can be tied to isolation, fear of confronting issues, running away in general.

And I thought a lot of those ideas fit with tsubasa. she's considered competent enough that its one of the first thing most of the other characters notices about her, even meme remarks that she can be kind of scary. I don't think I would call her more ambitious and desire driven than the average person at all so that one's not a perfect fit, but with the way her arc is in part about her hidden desires manifesting as black hanekawa and kako i thought there was probably enough focus on "what she wants" as part of her arc to make the wings have significance here. and the way she offloads her issues onto her oddities fits with the flying away kind of elements, refusing to acknowledge the problems (metaphorical flying away). Also at the end of her arc she chooses to travel the world, this time flying out with a more positive connotation. flying towards her dreams. but also, that height is still putting her out of reach of her friends back home, so even though it's a good thing for everybody there are still things she can't reach on the ground. So yeah that's why she's kind of bird-coded to me.

as for the actual birds that i was considering, all three are usually considered fairly elegant birds, which I thought matched her in the way that pretty much every character from her classmates to her family see her as like. inhumanly perfect.

swans are one of the most stereotypically pretty birds I think, but also it makes me think of the ugly duckling story. the story of the duck in it's youth being scorned, abused, and isolated by family and community alike can match tsubasa's past, while the story's end of growing into a beautiful creature and finding happiness and community after maturing can match the more optimistic note of hanekawa post neko white

crane symbolism I kind of just stole from ougi; ougi calls herself a crane in reference to the story of the crane wife that tears its own body apart to repay the hunter that saved it's life, and when ougi uses it they put the emphasis on the repayment part (while keeping hidden how they know this help will likely lead to destruction by the darkness,) but it occurred to me this story could be applied to tsubasa as well, in the way she intentionally puts herself in situations where she can be harmed for the sake of aiding the people she cares about.

the condor I was less sure about in terms of associations, but given how the whole of neko kuro is kicked off by her refusal to hesitate or feel pity in the face of the cat's corpse I thought probably some kind of vulture should at least be suggested as an option. I went with condors mostly because I think they're the subtype of vulture considered the most majestic, and also have some of the highest max flight heights

[princess-viola]

i had a dream bandai announced a new line of precure action figures and they showed off the first wave of figures on their twitter and the boxes had the precure names (Both their civilian and precure names) written in english like 'Komugi Inukai - Curewonderful' (yes they had the Cure names written as one word and the boxes also had a photo of the figure in their civilian appearance (the figures in the dream were action figures that were like a combination of those precute figures + the precoord dolls that were slightly less chibi, had articulation at the neck, shoulders [both ways, forward and back and in and out], elbows, hips [also both ways], and knees) along with a larger illustration of their cure form

and one of the figures announced during the first wave was satoru toyama and while the toy packaging just had a photo of his toy and the illustration was just...him as normal, the english on the packaging said 'Satoru Toyama - Curemoomer' and everyone started freaking the fuck out because like wtf this new toyline just like revealed he was going to be a precure and also what the actual fuck kinda name is 'cure moomer'

also all these figures came with accessories relating to them but instead of coming with a figurine of daifuku as an accessory, the satoru figure came with a figure of tsubasa in his puni bird form that was sculpted like it was wearing a fancier and upgraded version of his cure wing outfit (but for bird) and the box identified him as 'cure tsubasa' for some fuckin reason too lol

[strictstandards]

🌎‘s Hardest RX-8 · PT.1 🎬

Mazda RX-8 Wide Body on Work VS-XX Wheels with 326Power Manriki Rear Wing & Coilover Suspension

What does a Street-style Mazda RX-8 look like? Strict Standards Streetwear returns with atmospherical footage obtained through the collaborative support of their globally connected car enthusiasts.

Popping out of Kochi, Japan— the legend of Tsubasa lives on, continuing his reputation of maintaining the Mazda RX-8 project carof the hardest caliber.

As a less popular sports coupé on the road today— the RX-8 holds it down as a super agile, quick, and communicative steering in adequate forms for those truly fascinated by Japanese sports cars. 

Otherwise, as a platform considered less popular, the occasions are rare when encountering a vehicle of this make and model enhanced with modifications performed on this level.

A tribute to Tsubasa and the lengths he’s come alongside this project, all while throwing up support for the Finest.

🔑 @rx_8nunn 

#STRICTSTANDARDS 🇯🇵

[pleathewrites]

bellow the fire into my deadened lungs

chapter 5 excerpt — class 1a resigns + ua traitor reveal read full story here

Out of the Top 100 Heroes in Japan, over half of them resigned in solidarity. 

The ones who don’t will be remembered as the ones who failed the oath they had taken when accepting their role in a society that is ready to move on from needing them. The large handful of those Dabi had laid out crimes against in his video reveal and interrogation will sit in their jail cells awaiting their court hearings with the only thoughts of, ‘where did I go wrong?’

To everyone’s surprise, it is Bakugou Katsuki who walks up to take the microphone from the last resigning Pro-Hero. 

He scans millions of eyes and takes the plunge. 

“Most of you who know me probably only have shit things to say about me,” He starts, and the image of his homeroom teacher pinching the bridge of his nose brings out a snort that reverberates a bit too loudly through the various speakers connected to the microphone, “And to be honest, there’s probably a whole lotta truth in there.”

Katsuki tunes out the questioning murmurs of the crowd and only looks for the one person he’d never answered.

“A really good guy asked me recently if I still wanted to be a hero after a lecture Aizawa-sensei had given about the shitty truth of how criminals are created.” 

Eijirou’s wide eyes and ungelled hair give Katsuki the strength he’s been lacking for so long. 

“I used to idolize All Might — Yagi-san — because he was the best. I used to believe that being the best meant I had to do everything possible to get that place. I used to believe that being the best meant I could behave in any way I wanted — that I earned it, and thus, I deserved it. The guy we’re all here for saw that.”

Katsuki remembers wanting to murder Dabi at one point, for all the ugly truths patchwork lips had spit at him.

“The memories I have of Dabi — Todoroki Touya — they’re all over the place, honestly,” Katsuki looks at the grieving mother of the man who’d kidnapped him, haunted him for months, and then forgave him. He wonders who he would have been with a mother like that — wonders what kind of man Touya could have become under a woman with so much love held in her eyes, the kind of love Katsuki had craved the minute he was born.

“I think your son might have saved my life, Himura-san,” He tells her honestly, and bows. 

When he rises, his eyes catch a poster that stops his heart. Kemuri Hashiga and Nagai Tesaki hold a large smiling picture of Tsubasa flying — dragon wings that contrast brightly against the springtime sky hold his round little body over their middle school playground. Kemuri’s sharp grin rivals Eijirou’s proudest one and Nagai’s eyes shine with a fierce glint Katsuki hasn’t seen on the boy in such a long time. 

He nods to them and holds Tsubasa in his heart when he turns back to the warmth of Eijirou’s gaze, “I have my answer for you now. I don’t wanna be a hero, because I don’t like what the idea of it brought out of me. But I wanna do good, and I’m gonna be the best at it,” He grins at the pair of toothy laughter he can only faintly hear from how far he stands from it, “I resign from bein’ a hero, or whatever. But, that doesn’t mean you won’t see me around. Y’here that! To all the villains who came out today,” He raises his hand to point to the crowd and sees Eijirou start to run towards him, “I’m gonna take care of y’all till you bleed!”  

“Okay!” Eijirou grabs the microphone out of Katsuki’s hands, eyes wide and frantic before he sends a sheepish grin to the slightly frightened crowd, “He means that in a totally, non-violent, metaphoric–metaphorical? way,” and sends a stern look to Katsuki that says, ‘we’ve talked about this, man,’ but the smile can’t seem to be swiped off his face.

The crowd seems to get it, though, because there’s laughter in the air for the first time. Even their homeroom teacher seems to be suspiciously hiding a fond smile behind his signature scarf.

“Um,” Eijirou starts, his insecurities bubbling up inside his chest as he takes in the waiting eyes of the crowd. He can’t believe the myriad of unique faces he’s seen today — quirks of all kinds, people of all kinds. The gratitude he feels in being able to witness the bravery of such people takes the heat off the moment, simmers the voice in his head that tries to convince him he’s not good enough, and stops it from boiling over. 

The scent of caramel tickles his nose before Katsuki’s warm hand settles over his shoulder. When Eijirou turns his head to see Katsuki’s encouraging smile, he holds his hand out and waits for nitrogen palms to wrap around his own.

“Bakugou doesn’t talk very nicely about himself,” He tells the crowd, “but he always makes sure I do. He’s the manliest dude I know — he’s kind, and determined, and he’s definitely the reason half our class is passing,” The crowd laughs and Katsuki squeezes his hand in appreciation, “I trust him with my life, and you can trust him to care about yours.”

“Tell us about yours!” Someone deep in the crowd shouts.

He didn’t expect to be put on the spot like this, he really just wanted to save Katsuki from being misunderstood. However, he cannot deny how fast his heart beats at his friend’s — ‘maybe more, one day.’ — bravery. Katsuki is always so damn inspiring.

“Oh, um, well,” Eijirou laughs nervously, “I, uh… Heh. Well, I used to believe that because I didn’t have a flashy quirk, I wasn’t worthy of having a place in this society. But when my friend saved me from an attack, she inspired me.”

Mina sends him a proud smile from where she’s pushed through the crowd to stand before him. The whole class of 1A has come close to the front.

Eijirou straightens his spine, “I started to research heroes and found out about Crimson Riot, who had a similar quirk to mine. He quickly became my idol. Through my hero identity, I’ve tried to pay tribute to him. I reinvented myself — started dying my hair and even chose a hero name close to his. I am extremely grateful to have had the opportunity to attend UA and meet some really manly people along the way.”

There are some confused, high-pitched responses of, ‘manly?’

“Tch,” Katsuki leans in to speak into the microphone, “It’s a gender-neutral term of all things good for the idiot,” but his fond smile doesn’t cause any further confusion for the crowd.

“Yeah,” Eijirou giggles, “But, yeah, anyways… I think surrounding myself with so many amazing heroes made me blind to everyone else. Somewhere along the way, I think I convinced myself that being a good hero was equal to being a good person — a good man.

“Crimson Riot said that chivalry is all about living with no regrets. And I don’t want to regret this moment, and so, I don’t think I’ll regret my decision to resign from my dream of being a hero — figuring out who Kirishima Eijirou is, outside of Red Riot. And even though he’s gone, I think Crimson would’ve called this day the manliest moment in history.”

The applause brings a — ‘very manly!’ — tear to Eijrou’s eyes. 

One by one, the entire class of 1A resigns their status as hero students with the promise to strive towards social reform. 

Yaoyorozu Momo — “I actually wanted to be an engineer when my quirk manifested, but my parents always viewed hero-work to be more rewarding. However, I’m thankful I attended UA because I wouldn’t have met all the wonderful people who put their trust in me to lead them. But I cannot lie — being a female hero under the male-gaze… I hate it. I guess I just never felt like I had the ‘right’ to. I used to be a tom-boy, would you believe that?”

Ojiro Mashirao — “It kinda sucks, bein’ a heteromorph. People always tryin’ to touch my tail and askin’ me what I can do with it. Makes a guy wanna prove somethin’, y’know? So, I guess… When I saw the kinda life heteromorphic heroes led, the respect on their name, I got envious. I still wanna work in rescue, though — natural disasters, I’m hopin’ after today.” 

Jirou Kyouka — “Ever since I was a kid, I saw how my family was often ridiculed for pursuing music. We struggled a lot, but they… They would sing me to sleep and, uhm, teach me whatever instrument I wanted to know. I used to hide it, thought it had nothing to do with heroism and so it wasn’t important, but my classmates — Bakugou mostly, if you’d believe it — encouraged me. There’s a lot of power in music. Therapeutic. I think I wanna share that the most with the world.” 

Kouda Kouji — “Hi… Is there a deaf-and-mute translator? Ah, thank you! ‘Animals are my favorite creatures to speak with — birds and foxes especially! They have so much to say, I think it’s because they see so much of our lives. Humans, though… They used to run away from me. I think it’s because of how I look. I don’t understand how, in a quirk-society like this, we still have so many biases based on looks alone. I hate violence, and so far, heroism has felt like nothing but. I think… from now on though — witnessing this turn-out — I’d like to start working with humans again. Talking like this, peaceful and honest. I want to live in a world that works with nature instead of domineering over it.’”

Ashido Mina — “I used to think being a hero was all about hiding your anxieties — show no fear and slap on a smile for the cameras, for the kids, for everyone else just as scared as you. I think… When you’re so used to masking your own fears, you forget everyone else’s. I used to believe villains weren’t capable of fear, but now… I think I’m starting to get it — that it’s their ignored fear that creates them, pushes them to that point of villainy. I honestly need to think about what I’m gonna do from now on, but I have a feeling a lot of opportunities are gonna pop up in the next few years, and I don’t see myself picking just one. And to quote Blasty, I’m gonna kick ass doin’ it!”

Kaminari Denki — “Sensei gave us some homework a few days ago to write a reflection about the ways we can work towards villain prevention and, like, rehabilitation. I, uh, heh, think mine might’ve been the shortest paper. Every time I use my quirk into overload, a bit of my brain kinda fwoomps away and… makes things harder and harder to read and concentrate on. I used to think it was worth it, y’know, like — ‘who needs a workin’ brain when you’re riskin’ your life to save people?’ But, uh… obviously, it scares me now to think that was a standard I put on myself.”

Uraraka Ochako — “Admittedly, I wanted to make a lot’a money — guess that’s normal for people who don’t grow up havin’ any. Makin’ money isn’t really gonna help other kids who have none, though. I never thought a girl like me would learn to fight the way I can now, and it kills me to think about all the girls and women who cannot fight for themselves, who work like hell to survive cycles of abuse ‘n poverty… And! That’s where I wanna put my efforts!”

Satou Rikidou — “I’m a baker’s boy at heart. My classmates actually, heh, set ‘round a time each week for me to bake ‘em somethin’ new — call it ‘Sugar Time’. Funny ‘cause I actually need sugar to survive — a lot of it. Parents learned how to bake early on because the store-bought sweets’re too expensive. In class, Aizawa-sensei brought up how the things we need to live ain’t free, ‘n it made me think about what kinda life I would’a had if I didn’t have parents who were able t’bake for me, or didn’t have parents at all… Mama, Baba, I’m real thankful for everythin’ you’ve done for me t’get me here, but I just can’t stop thinkin’ about those kids…”

Asui Tsuyu — “I’m going to miss it, the hero-life. But, honestly, I think that’s for the better. I want a safer world for my siblings. When we were really young — Satsuki-chan, I don’t even know if you remember this, but… A burglar came into our home. I remember I hid you and Samidare-chan under my bed and left to call the police, who called a Hero. And that hero… bulldozed into our house, right through the wall of my bedroom, and all I could think about was that you two — your tiny little bodies — were right there, and by the luck of the universe, my quirk manifested, and when I cried out, my tongue became the hand the hero had no intention of reaching out, and I was able to pull you both out just a second before the ceiling caved in and smashed my bed to pieces. The hero caught the burglar, but I left that night thinking things like, ‘Was all that really necessary?’ and ‘What would have happened if I was quirkless?’”

Aoyama Yuuga — “I was born quirkless, and let me tell you — the French do not take kindly to those who are. I talk like them and I look like them — well, that’s a lie, I am much more gorgeous! But alas, we live in a world where our quirks are as good as currency. I’m still getting the hang of how fast word travels in Japan, but my peers at UA know my parents asked All for One to grant me the quirk I have today, and when my parents refused to let me carry their debt to him, he killed them. I am a hero solely out of revenge, and that’s not very heroic. My Papa used to tell me that I was meant to sparkle, and I can’t do that covered in red.”

Tokoyami Fumikage — “People are not born bad, only make bad decisions. But each bad decision is not held to the same weight for each and every individual — and for our society today, that is bad. I’m quite fond of darkness and prone to all things of the night, but I was lucky enough to be raised by a family that guided me with light. That said, I am…  honestly looking forward to getting to know the villains who’ve come out today. There aren’t too many heroes with the Devil in them, and Dark Shadow is practically itching to bond with people more like me — I think he’s getting tired of fighting all the time.”

Hagakure Touru — “My whole life, I’ve not only been invisible but felt so. I think the only times I’ve been given any sort of attention is being the butt of a joke — I’ve heard way too many one-liners over the fact that I have to fight naked, and it doesn’t matter how cleverly you think you twisted it, it’s still not funny to me. However… UA helped me shine, literally. I think it’s really important for kids to feel that — without having to spend a boatload of money or kill your childhood for a scholarship that essentially turns you into a child soldier.” 

Shouji Mezou  — “I learned to cover my face at a young age because I scare people. It’s not right to say, but whenever I used to see villains, like Dabi-san, show off their unconventional appearances so freely, with so much pride… It somehow equated in my mind that I need to cover up, to show society that I’m not like them — I’m not something to be feared because I display shame in the way I look. Preconceived notions, stereotypes, we all fall prey to them. Late at night, though, I’d think to myself that maybe villains just want to be seen. And now, seeing everyone who’s attended — your wonderful, unique, and brave faces — I don’t think I’ll ever be comfortable labeling anyone as a villain ever again. I don’t want to wear this mask anymore, and I don’t want anyone else to ever feel like they have to as well.”

Ida Tenya — “In one of the readings Aizawa-sensei assigned to us, an activist said: ‘Police and heroes are doing what nobody should be doing — enforcing laws that criminalize poverty and addiction, arresting people instead of issuing citations, writing tickets to raise revenue rather than protect the public, and using armored vehicles to evict women and children from a home they have occupied to protest homelessness.’ And I agree! We cannot continue on like this, and I thank all the heroes today who have resigned from participating in this kind of system. You have given me the strength to do so as well!”

Midorya Izuku has the hardest time of it, cries and sniffles through the whole thing, but ends with a wobbly tenacious smile and a promise of “Plus Ultra!” that makes Yagi gather the young boy — and equally tearful mother — into his frail arms. 

Only Sero Hanta is left to say his piece. 

He feels like he wants to vomit and he knows the crowd can tell, “Someone I care about very much pointed out that I never talk about m’personal life. And, well, that’s because it doesn’t make for a very good story. But that person’s life story has been the highlight of every news station in Japan for the last week, so I figured I might give it a shot.”

Shouto’s reddened eyes widen and practically beg Hanta to shut up, but Hanta remembers the boy making a comment not too long ago about how Hanta doesn’t really know when to do that. 

“Five years ago, my home was destroyed by what the police had called, ‘a villain attack’. My parents were killed by the rubble caused by a hero chasin’ after a kid a lil’ older than I am now with a scary quirk for stealin’ a woman’s purse. After that, I was sent to a foster home that looked more like a crackhouse,” Gasps and horrified murmurs ripple across the crowd, “Don’t worry too much ‘bout that though, I wasn’t there fer’long. Sold off for my foster parents' next fix. Managed to get away though.”

The League push their way into the front of the crowd, which fortunately opens right up out of fear, or common decency, Hanta doesn’t really know yet.

It’s actually kind of funny how Tomura looks at Hanta with his hands out and his eyes wide, like, ‘what the fuck’re you doin’?’

Hanta barrels on though, “I was around ten years old when Dabi had found me, half-dead’a hypothermia ‘n starvation. He took me in, and man, was he a mother hen. Makes so much sense now that he grew up an older brother,” He laughs wetly, and from his peripheral vision, it looks like Touya’s mother does the same. 

“At this point, I was used t’people kickin’ me outta restaurants ‘n stealin’ my clothes when I wasn’t lookin’. But Dabi — sorry, Touya, my bad, I’ve been callin’ him ‘Dabi’ for so long now, but I wanna use the name his brother calls him. Touya would sneak me into whatever shelter he’d find willin’ to hold a stray. He’d get me all kinda books, most of ‘em interesting but some were complicated as hell.”

Hanta’s voice starts to betray him, threatening to cut off completely as the memories flood through.

“He’d tell me to read while he’s out workin’,” Tears finally start to fall and, for once, Hanta welcomes the burning trails down his cheeks, “He’d come back tired as hell, every day with new scars, ‘n even then, he’d make me somethin’ to eat, even if it meant he wouldn’t for days. 

“He always offered to take me to a safehouse — a place for children like me. He’d say things like, ‘You should be playin’ ‘round with other kids yer age,’ and I’d just make fun’a’him for bein’ an old man. But the truth is, I didn’t wanna leave him. He was the only person who made me feel safe in a world that turned me away.”

His eyes roam over and connect with every present member of the League. Himiko is crying into Jin’s chest.

“And around a year ago, he let me come with him to join the League,” Hanta cannot bear to face the betrayal he knows paints every single face of his classmates, so he doesn’t, “I thought I wanted revenge, at first. But lookin’ back, I think I just wanted to help Touya’s dream of a better world come true. Pay ‘im back for everythin’ he’d done f’me. ‘N so, when the League asked me to be their spy, I agreed.

“But,” Hanta starts to shake, “When I got to UA — well, you’ve all seen it, everybody is so fuckin’ good. After my classmate was kidnapped, after I saw what it had done to him, I regretted my decision so much.”

Hanta can’t stop crying.

“Kirishima said he doesn’t wanna live a life with regrets, ‘n I know that’s only possible for me if-if I confess, because I know Touya refused t’give me up when he’d turned himself in, otherwise I wouldn’t be here.”

Hanta covers his shame with his arm and hopes his bulky elbows give him enough cover to break down. 

“But I’ll never regret staying with Touya! Because without him, I-I never really would’ve believed society could actually change, until today.”

He doesn’t know when the League had actually run up to him. He only feels the cold metal of Mr. C’s prosthetic catching him before he falls to his knees, only registers the worn cashmere of Himiko’s sweater against his cheek, only hears the thud, whine, and scramble of Tomura picking up the fallen microphone and yelling out, “None’a you get to judge Hanta!”

And through the blubber of Hanta’s wailing sobs, Hanta hears the unimaginable. 

“We don’t — ”

“ — Monsieur, were you not listening — ”

“ — ‘re doing the right thing now, we’d never — ”

“ — we’re still your friends Hanta! — ”

“ — I forgive you! — ”

“ — it’s ok, dude, I understand! — ”

“ — confession was totally manly! — ” 

“ — et the fuck up, Tape Face, ‘n apologize to my face like a man! Geeze, you were only doin’ what you thought was right, or whatever — ”

In less than a minute, Hanta is engulfed by the arms of his classmates, their tearful smiles and too-empathetic eyes filling his vision and stunning his burning shame to a halt. 

Cold and hot hands cup his face, Shouto’s puffy eyes staring at him wondrously.

“Why…?” Hanta doesn’t understand.

“Don’t you see how much we love you, Hanta? Don’t you trust us to see how much pain you’ve been in, and not punish you for it?” 

Hanta’s chest aches with something that blooms to life instead of the anticipated shrivel of the death of one he’s grown to love.

He sighs, resting his forehead against Shouto’s, “I’m so sorry, Shou…” 

Shouto’s headshake jostles Hanta slightly and he tearfully whispers, “I’m sorry, too. You’ve suffered the same loss I have, and have been going through it alone.”

The students of Class 1A quiet down when their homeroom teacher steps through and pulls Hanta up with an offering hand.

Hanta has always found his sensei so hard to read, “Wha-what’r’you gonna do t’me, Sensei?”

And his teacher only smiles and tips his head to his family — to the League that hadn’t left Hanta’s side under the swarm of — ex — hero students.

“Weren’t you paying attention? There are no punishments for what is said and done today.”  

When the League, his teacher, and his classmates walk Hanta away from the area that holds the lone microphone, there is only the noise of respected cheers and applause at the sight of opposing sides holding the boy who’d played both — and it feels like a win. 

read full story here

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[snowdust64]

YELL – romaji and English translation

Music and lyrics by Genzuki Toujirou Released with vocals by Mai (AI voice synth) Translation and romanization by Snowdust64 ========== Translated by verse so that grammar worked out; line counts don’t match. Implied pronouns are in brackets with my best guesses. I thought first-person plural fit well in most places, especially in the context of a team sport – scroll to the end for more info. ==========

ano hi yozora de hikaru ano hoshi ni takushita negai kamishimeta itsuka yume ga kanau sono toki made

That day, [we] dwelled deeply on the wishes [we] entrusted to that star shining in the night sky Until the time comes when these dreams come true

tsuchikemuri agete mawaridashita tokei oitsuku ni wa chotto haya sugita mitai da surimuita ashi mo itanda ryōte mo muda na koto wa nanimo nai tte omoeru yōni

Raising a cloud of dust, the clock started to spin Seems it’s a little too fast to keep up with With scraped feet and injured hands Feeling like nothing is ever for naught

kitto kimi ni wa sekai ni tobitateru tsubasa ga aru tte sō shinjiteiru yo sā habatake

Surely you have wings to go soaring out into the world This [I] believe, so go on, take flight

ano hi yozora de hikaru ano hoshi ni takushita negai to koboshita kuyashinamida o oboeteru? kesshite wasurenu yōni futa o shite gutto kuchibiru kamishimeta itsuka yume ga kanau sono toki made

Remember, that day, the wishes [we] entrusted to that star shining in the night sky, and the tears of frustration that overflowed? [We] closed [our] eyes and bit [our] lips hard so that [we’d] never forget Until the time comes when these dreams come true

sunabokori agete otozureta makuake nigedasu ni wa mō oso sugita mitaida takanaru kodō mo furueru karada mo sore sura mo chikara ni kaete susumeba ī sa

Kicking up sand, the curtains have started to rise Looks like it’s already too late to run away [Our] pounding hearts and trembling bodies All [we] have to do is turn those into strength and continue on

hīrō kodomo mo akogareru eiyū ni kimi mo narerunda yo daijōbu sa   sā itte oide

You too can become a hero, a champion that children look up to It's okay, so go ahead

ano hi kawashita hazu no yakusoku ni inotta omoi mo munashiku kuzureta senaka o oboeteiru nidoto son'na omoi wa sasenai to tsuyoku sono te nigirishimeta itsuka kōkai ni warau sono hi made

For the promises [we] exchanged that day [I] remember the yearning in those prayers, and that crestfallen silhouette To never let [you] feel that way again, [I] held onto that hand tightly Until the day comes when [we] smile in regret

don'na toki demo hitori de kokoro bosokute mo soba ni irukara itsu demo omoidashite hoshī kodoku janai kara onaji sora ga tsudzuiteru kono hoshi no dokoka de

At any moment, though [you] might be alone and disheartened Please remember that [I] am beside you It’s not lonely, the same sky continues on Somewhere on this planet

ano hi yozora de hikaru ano hoshi ni takushita negai to koboshita kuyashinamida o oboeteru? kesshite wasurenu yō ni futa o shite gutto kuchibiru kamishimeta itsuka yume ga kanau yōni kawashita hazu no yakusoku ni inotta omoi mo munashiku kuzureta senaka o oboeteiru nidoto son'na omoi wa sasenai to tsuyoku sono te nigirishimeta itsuka kōkai ni warau sono hi made itsuka otona ni nareru sono toki made

Remember, that day, the wishes [we] entrusted to that star shining in the night sky, and the tears of frustration that overflowed? [We] shut [our] eyes and bit [our] lips hard so that [we’d] never forget For the promise [we] exchanged, so that [our] dreams might come true someday [I] remember the yearning in those prayers, and that crestfallen silhouette To never let [you] feel that way again, [I] held onto that hand tightly Until the day comes when [we] smile in regret Until the time comes when [we] can become adults

===== the back story for this song =====

Genzuki was asked to write some theme music for Nijisanji Koshien 2024. In his nearly-6-hour stream on 8/12/24, where he put this whole song together, he said he was aiming for something that sounded youthful without actually using the word ‘youth.’ He also avoided writing in English, because he thought adding English lyrics just to sound cool could instead seem sort of shallow.

He streamed again on 8/14, playing Geoguessr, and explained during this stream that he had slightly misunderstood the request. Maimoto, who was coordinating, was asking for background music to play during downtime, not a theme song. So Genzuki rushed to modify it and make an off-vocal version. They played this at full volume during one of the tournament breaks, and promoted the original song, which Genzuki was really grateful for.

[completeoveranalysis]

[4]

VISIONS: SUCCESS!

Ohoho do I spy a panel of Lava Lamp and his [redacted], Watanuki, standing back to back (as if they were a matching pair) surrounded by a mysterious and unknowable landscape? 

How appropriate!

Let’s say nothing whatsoever about that! c:

Sakura is also having big visions of The Pool, The Tsubasa Room, and what looks like her own wings - so some pretty terrible spoilers for how things are going for her. 

OOH did she see something that happens to Lava Lamp?

I love the double image of Lava Lamp in her eyes, which matches BOTH her vision of Lava Lamp and Watanuki as [redacted], AND the general Double Syaoran Future we’re dealing with in the present. I wonder how much of that she saw? I wonder how many of those details were even physically possible to foresee before the timeline went weird?

And then she went to sleep!

So relatable.

[trashedork]

Ikemen Sengoku OC: Tsubasa Furumoto

Biographical Information

Aliases: 

Little Attendant

Little Merchant

Nicknames:

Tsu-chan

Affiliation: Oda Forces

Age: 24

Birthday: October 7

Birthplace: Osaka, Japan

Physical Description

Gender: Female

Height: 158 cm (5'2)

Hair Color: Auburn

Eye Color: Hazel Brown

About Tsubasa

While heading to work, Tsubasa was transported to the Sengoku era where she met the famous historical warlords. 

Appearance 

Tsubasa is a young woman who has medium-length auburn hair styled in a bob and hazel eyes. Her attire consists of an orange floral kimono with a white obi and black sandals with red floral straps.

Personality

Tsubasa is a kind and cheerful girl, sometimes reserved. She tends to get scared easily but is willing to go to great lengths to assist and protect those she holds dear. She is always willing to help those in need. Her caring nature and willingness to help others make her a beloved figure to those around her.

Background

Tsubasa was born and raised in Osaka, Japan in a loving household with both her parents. In her adolescent years, she worked at a gift shop owned by her maternal grandmother. As she grew older, she began to take on more responsibilities at the shop, helping to manage inventory and various other duties. 

One day, while she was heading to work, it began to rain heavily. She was walking along the sidewalk when a car veered off the road and barreled toward her. Upon regaining consciousness, she discovered that she had been transported to the Sengoku era.

Etymology

The name Tsubasa (翼) means “wing.”

The surname Furumoto means “old, ancient, antique” (古)(furu) and “origin, beginning, former” (元)(moto).

Trivia

Tsubasa likes mitarashi dango.

She enjoys eating spicy foods and can handle them better than most people. 

Her favorite way to relax is by stargazing on a clear night.

She has a talent for origami.

She has a habit of collecting small trinkets from different places she visits, serving as a personal reminder of her travels.

[supergenial]

(translation+lyrics) Resurrection by Seraph

Pretty old one but it’s been stuck in my head as of late. Music that feels like a rollercoaster all throughout, Life Rubato really outdid themselves with this one. Lyrics down below and see you all next time.

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Resurrection

Composer: LifeRubato

Vocalist:  海紅 

Kagayaku hoshi yokaze ni nose Tooku asu he inoru wa Yoru wo koete toki wo koete Hitori kodoku no kanata he to

Glittering stars riding the nighttime wind Praying for the distant tomorrow Across the night, across time itself All alone towards that lonesome horizon

Shin’en ni utsuru kage Madowase sono bishou Kuroi kami nabikasete Sasayaku koe wa

A shadow reflected in the abyss Such a puzzling smile The whispering voice Grazes that black hair

Shuuen wo nozomu nara Hibikasete agemashou Aoi hitomi no oku he to, mayoi wo kakushite

If demise is your desire Then I’ll resonate with it Hide all doubts within your blue eyes

Kizu mo omoide mo Izure iroasete shimau no Oshiete yo aogu hi no arika sae mo Sono yukue mo

Wounds and memories Will both fade away one day Show me the day you yearned for Let us head there

Sashidashita shiroi hane hirogete Tooi kanata he omou wa kagayaku hi no haruka Sono te ni urei wo hikitsurete

Spread the white wings bestowed upon you Our feelings shine to the distant boundary Take my hand and guide me through your grief

Towa no yume, yurameite Habataku saki to shiru no nara Soko ni wakare wo tsuge Kasaneta hikari to hikikae ni shite

An eternal wavering dream In which to spread your wings We’ll part ways over there So let us exchange our overlapping radiance

Itsuka itsuka todoku hi ga kuru nara Katsute no negai mo yami he tokashite

One day… one day the day shall come And our former wishes shall melt along with the darkness

Shuumatsu wo tsugeru kane Sono te de hibikasete Fuseru hitomi no ura he to Shizuku wo tokashite

The bell which signals the end Ring it with your own hands And let your tears Melt away behind your eyes

Kitto kono yume mo Toki no nami he sarawareru no Kotaete yo kouen no chikai sae mo Sono yukue mo

Surely this dream Shall also be dragged by the waves of time Answer me, and this I pledge We too shall head there

Sashidashita sono tsubasa hirogete Tooi kanata wo omoeba Yurameku hitomi utai dashita Yaiba ni hibikasete

Spread the wings bestowed upon you To the distant boundary we’ve yearned for Let out the song of your frail eyes And have your blade resonate

Towa no yume, kirameite Habataku hikari de teraseba Umareru mirai no ne Itsuka no negai wo michizure ni shite

An eternal, glittering dream If you shine among the fluttering light To the tune of the future being born Guide me to your wish one day

Itsuka itsuka kasunda hi no yume wa Tsukiyo ni shizunde ochiteiku

One day… one day the dreams from those faded days Shall sink within the moonlight, and rot away

Katsute yume ni mita osanaki koe Tooku sasageru inori wa Yoru wo koete toki wo koete Tsugeru kodoku no imi wo

The jovial voice from my former dream offers a distant prayer Across the night, across time itself It delivers the meaning of solitude

Sashidashita tsugai hane hirogete Tooi kanata wo aogeba Kagayaku gin no tsuki Higeki no sanka to hikikae ni

Spread the kind wings bestowed upon you To the distant boundary we yearn for That brilliant silver moon Through this tragic chant

Towa ni hikari no saki he Habataku sadame to shiru nara Soko he wakare wo tsuge Kazashita yaiba ni kuchitsuke wo shite

Towards the eternal light Know thine fate is to take flight Bid your farewell And kiss the hidden blade

Wasuresarareta monogatari wa Kitto yume no mae ni maku wo tojite Tatoe itsuka itsuka katachi wo nasu no nara Ano hi no negai mo Kodoku no chikai to yobizamashite

This forgotten tale Will surely have it’s curtains drawn before it Some day, some day it’ll shape up And so will the wishes from that day Awakening this vow of solitude

[gearchronocle]

my zexal oc!!!

their name is tsubasa (i'll gladly take suggestions for surname bc i have 0 ideas lol)

a shy and somewhat reserved person, although becomes incredibly energetic and talkative when it comes to dueling and their hobbies. she's very very bad with crowds and will usually overheat and faint when in the middle of one, however they become very attached to those they're close to or friends with and become more cheerful and talkative around them!! she's usually very quiet though, especially around new people - a little ball of social anxiety..

she's always willing to try new things, even if it scares her a bit at first!!

i think she'd be good friends with yuma and admire his whole kattobingu thing.. i think she'd also be very close with kotori (the urge to ship them is reall)

she plays a lyrilusc deck!! she has a general theme of birds going on in their design!!

pronouns r she/they, ace and bi, female leaning!!

their hair 'wings' and ahoge move and change shape according to their emotions!!

tsubasa's d-gazer resembles wings as well!!