#umikaze

[cha0tic-trag3dy]

ִֶָ𓂅 𑁍ࠬ ⊹ 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬

[nokaru]

discord talking shit about Mukaze is fueling me anyway happy umikaze exes day woohoo

[voca-song-a-day]

Today's featured song is: "Toneriko Resistance" by UmikazeTaiyou feat. Flower! (warning: video contains flashing imagery)

[imasallstars]

The featured unit of the event is MILLIONSTARS Team2nd, a unit formed from the anime. For those unable to watch the Theater Premier, avoid reading the event story to avoid being spoiled. Even so, let the rush of the summer breeze push you towards your next destination!

This unit features the Umi Kousaka, Rio Momose, Karen Shinomiya, Noriko Fukuda, and Mizuki Makabe

[vocaloidcurated]

Song title: Stop-the-Difference Producer: Umikaze Taiyou Voicebank: ROSE Mood: despondent, charged, dramatic Why you should listen: ROSE’s expressive vocals bring the energy to this synth-y track.

[koshigurajumy]

Jumy-M Umikaze / 寛ぎどき

[kingofthe-egirls]

AFTER 1071: LUFFY x Y/N

(spoilers, obvi)

“Are you—,” you whisper, tracing his features with hungry fingertips, “Are you still…you?”

He stares at you with crystalline eyes. “You tell me.”

You stare back at him, hard.

His smile quirks up.

“Yes,” you breathe, wrapping your arms around his neck, “It’s still you.”

He giggles, manic, wrapping his own rubber limbs around you and lifting you off your feet. He twirls you around and you’re dizzy.

“Lu—!”

“Haaahahaha!!!” He sets you down spinning, and you gasp as you twirl around like a top. You dig a little into the ground with the force of it. “You’re so CUTE y/n!!! And you’re ALL MINE!!!!”

He bounces up twenty feet in the air, only to land down directly atop your shoulders. “Fuck!” You scream, knocked over by his weight. He giggles, pulling at your face. He has you spring back like a doorstop, back and forth with a strong boing!!! ringing in your ears.

“Luffy!!!”

He snickers, arms wrapped around you in loops. “Yeaahhh? What is it, kitty? Are ya having fun yet?”

“Mhmm,” you nuzzle your face into his, squishing his nose against your cheek. “You’re so cartoony!”

Luffy lifts you off the ground again, carrying you like a sandbag under one arm. You bounce along in his trajectory, powerless to stop him even if you wanted to. “Let’s go to my room!!!”

****

Sex with new Luffy is wild.

He’s stuttering and crying, slipping out of you at every other thrust.

“Luffy,” you chide, running your hands through his sweaty hair, “Are you okay?”

He sniffs.

“Was so fucking scared,” he admits, burying his face in your neck. His hips snap instinctively, and you both hiss. He’s deep inside you, now. “I—I think I died, y/n. I don’t ever wanna do that again.”

“I’m so sorry, baby,” you hitch a breath, wrapping your arms around his neck. Closer, closer, please just closer—

“I-I fucking love ya so much,” he whines, rubber-wrapping his arms around you several times. He sits up so he can thrust easier. You whimper, feeling filled up and emotional.

“Love you too, Luffy.”

“Mmmnnn,” he moans, head thrown back in overwhelming emotions. “Don’t wanna lose ya—don’t wanna lose another fight like that—don’t wanna feel all cold like that ever again—,” He hiccups, tears now forming at the corners of his eyes. His hips slow, and you gasp.

“Luffy!” You sit up, unraveling his arms from around you. He’s sniffling now, and you climb into his lap. He buries his face in your hair, and inhales a shaky breath. He exhales out a shattered sob. “Luffy—,”

“M’sorry,” he hiccups, “M’so sorry.”

“Baby,” you hush him, stroking your fingers over his back. “It’s okay, honey, it’s over now, it’s okay…”

You want to soothe him as best you can. You want to wrap him inside your heart and let him live there.

As it is, you press his face into your chest, and let him heave ugly, wet sobs against it.

Softly, you start humming.

“Binkusu no sake wo todoke ni yuku yo…,” Luffy hums, wrapping his arms around your waist to sway you both gently to the rhythm. You keep going, softly carding your fingers through his hair as you sing. “Umikaze, kimakase nami makase,” your voice catches, throat dry, but you keep going. “Shio no mukou de yuuhi mo sawagu,” you sniff, hand resting atop Luffy’s raven head. “Sora nya, wa wo kaku tori no uta…,” You trail off, but Luffy takes a long, loud sniff, and joins in. You both start singing.

Sayonara minato tsumugi no sato yo

"Don" to icchou utao funade no uta

Kinpa-ginpa mo shibuki ni kaete

Oretachya yuku zo umi no kagiri

You both start singing the yo-ho-ho’s with enthusiasm now, lifting off the bed to stand up, swaying in each other’s arms. It’s not long before you’re shouting the words, jumping up and down on the bed like little kids.

“Yo ho ho! Yo ho ho-ooo!!!”

Luffy howls to the moon, bounding off the bed to stick his head out the window. His naked form is lithe and silvered in the nighttime. You follow him. Always.

“Yo ho ho! Yo ho ho-oh!”

You both wrap your arms around each other, and sing to the full moon.

[xenonsekitten]

umikaze moment

[achilleslyre]

BINKUSU NO SAKE WO TODOKE NI YUKU YO, UMIKAZE, KIMAKASE NAMI MAKASE 🗣️🔊‼️

[kurayamineko]

Team2nd (Umi, Karen, Noriko, Mizuki, Rio) - Umikaze to Castanets

[risingshine]

@piltover-sharpshooter

She couldn't help but giggle at the display, but if she wanted to take her, she'd need a bit more energy. And so while lightly tugging at her she began singing gently. "Binkusu no sake wo, todoke ni yuku yo~ Umikaze kimakase namimakase~ Shio no mukou de, yuuhi mo sawagu~ Sora nya wa o kaku, tori no uta~"

chiasa's wagging tail slowly turned into a metronome, waving to and fro with the melody as she drunkely mumbled along. getting back onto he two feet, the puppy would stumble in the direction of the singing, like a mouse following the pied piper.

[royalfortunesmate]

This mornings stream recap!

Notable things-

Revelations of Dust, HMS Event - 23/02/23

New ships:

UR Implacable

SSR Royal Oak

SSR Scylla

SR Argus

SR Hero

New skins for: Janus, Implacable, Scylla, Hero, Argus, Umikaze, Marblehead, Prinz Heinrich, Royal Oak

Coming soon:

Queen Elizabeth META

Mirror Involution rerun

Queens Orders OVA

[kokiafans]

KOKIA in flashback - 2011

After traveling across many borders last year, KOKIA uses 2011 to do something new yet again: her new album moment is entirely stage recorded during sessions open for public. She also releases a sister DVD to this album, to show the behind the scenes of recording. Quite some songs from this album will continue to show up in performances even years down the line.

This year also marks her 5th year of independence with her office anco&co, and she celebrates this milestone with a 2 day concert in Tokyo: 5th season concert. This concert gets a 4-disc DVD release recording both days, as the track list differs quite significantly for each day. (Although interestingly, the song Itsutsume no kisetsu ('the fifth season') from the album moment doesn't pop up at all.)

KOKIA also releases an album collecting all her tie-in works so far that haven't been released on albums under her own name yet: Pieces. She has new tie-ins this year, including a song for Final Fantasy XIII-2.

And on a side note, this is also the year yours truly started this kokiafans blog! The very first post was made on September 6, 2011, just after the release of pieces. I wasn't as diligent with tagging translations for relevant lives and events yet, but I will try to include links to blog translations etc. starting from this year onward.

◆Lives and events ◆

February 10 NORTH WAVE Fleur STUDIO Talk＆ Live (Sapporo Snow Festival venue) ※ Live broadcast via FM NORTH WAVE "fusioniCKs" and venue exclusive live performance

March 8-March 9 Recording performances for the stage recorded album moment (Tokyo, Sogetsu Hall)

March 12-March 13 KOKIA Live in Naeba Prince white notes Vol.5 (Naeba Prince Hotel Chatelaine)   ※ Performance canceled due to the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11

May 3 OPEN THE PARK ~Smile for Japan~ (Tokyo Midtown Garden grass square)

May 21-May 22 KOKIA 2011 The 5th season concert (Tokyo International Forum Hall C)

May 31 Age Free Music, Music Concert Vol.2 (Tokyo, Mt.RAINIER HALL SHIBUYA PLEASURE PLEASURE)  ※Postponed from March 11 after the Great East Japan Earthquake

July 3 oto no tanemaki concert in Yokohama ('sowing seeds of music') (Yokohama red brick warehouse no. 1)

July 16 Kokia no ki vol.1 ('Kokia tree') (Tokyo, Haremame (Haretara sora ni mame maite)) ※ Accompanies herself on the piano

August 10 Otodama OTODAMA SEA STUDIO ~uta o umikaze ni nosete ('letting songs ride on the sea breeze') (Kanagawa, OTODAMA SEA STUDIO)

August 20 Higashinada Fureaikai charity concert (Hyôgo, Orbis Hall) ※ Postponed from June 18 due to KOKIA being in poor health

August 28 Kokia no ki no shita de vol. 2 ('Underneath the Kokia tree') (Tokyo, Haremame) ※ Accompanies herself on the piano

September 17 (September 18/September 24) tokai no kakurega concert 3 ('hideout in the city’) (Tokyo, sonorium) ※ Event exclusively for members of the KOKIA fanclub, club ancoro, 5 performances total (translated blog entry)

October 2 Aso Music continental ototabi ('sound travel') (Kumamoto, Otohime Pension Village) (translated blog entry)

October 10 Kokia no ki no shita de vol.3 ('Underneath the Kokia tree') (Tokyo, Haremame) ※ Accompanies herself on the piano (translated blog entry)

October 31 Oto Asobi ~jazz gokko~ ('fun with sounds ~jazz play~') (Tokyo, Haremame) ※ Live with the jazz unit smoothes, KOKIA on vocals (blog entry 1, blog entry 2)

November 5 Kyoto School of Computer Science November festival (Kyoto School of Computer Science)

November 20 Fairy Night ~Ireland no Shirabe~ ('melodies of Ireland') (Roppongi STB139 Sweet Basil) ※Irish Live with Irish guitarist Seán Whelan, 2 performance (blog entry 1, blog entry 2)

December 1 Act Against AIDS 2011 LIVE in NAGOYA (Aichi, ZIP-FM) ※ recording event for lottery winners by ZIP-FM

December 6 KOKIA 2011 Christmas concert music like a prayer (Tokyo, Shinagawa Church Gloria Chapel) ※ First KOKIA church concert. Additional performance on December 8 (translated blog entry)

December 24-25 Christmas no yoru wa hitori ja sabishii? ('Are you lonely on Christmas night?') (Tokyo, Haremame)

 ◆ Releases ◆

May 18 Release of original album moment (Victor Entertainment) ※ Album recorded as an unprecedented 'stage recording'. Includes a making-of DVD about the stage recording on a limited number of 5,555 copies of the first edition. Enclosed is a strip of 3 frames of film shot on 16 mm film on the day of the stage recording.

May 21 Release of the DVD moment no moment ('moment of moment') (anco&co.) ※ DVD showing all about how the album moment was created

September 14 Release of concert DVD The 5th season concert (anco&co.) ※ Full recording of the 2-day concert held to mark her 5th year of independence

November 23 Release of the digital single Sekai o tsutsumu Ribbon in our heart ('wrapped around the world') ※ End theme of the NHK program Chikyuu ichiban ('the world first') (translated blog entry)

◆ Other releases ◆

April 27 Release of the single Sakura no ki no shita/Hikari no hou e ('under the cherry blossom tree/towards the light') (Frontier Works) ※ Opening and end theme of the OVA Saiyuki Gaiden

August 24 Release of the outwork album KOKIA outwork collection 'pieces' (Lantis) ※ First time the song Nageki no oto ('Sound of grief'), the end theme of the final chapter of the animated movies for Break Blade (Broken Blade), is published on CD

October 23 Release of the Lucia Shiomitsu album Fragancia Del Arpa ※ Part of the chorus in the recording of Rio abierto/Ooinaru kawa ('Open river')

December 14 Release of FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 original soundtrack (SQUARE ENIX) ※ performed the song Noel no theme ~saigo no tabi~ (‘Noel’s theme ~the last journey~’) (translated blog entry)

◆ Books ◆

May 21 Release of All about her ~On Stage, Back Stage~ (anco&co.) ※ Her story up until reaching the album moment. KOKIA herself looks back on the singer KOKIA after 5 years of independence via photos in the On stage part, and puts her hard work backstage in these five years into words in the Back Stage part

◆ Other ◆

March 26 Movie opening of chapter 6 in the animated movie series Break Blade (Broken Blade), Doukoku no toride ('Fortress of Lamentation') ※ Wrote, composed and performed the end theme Nageki no oto ('sound of grief')

April te a te is used as the song in an Apita Piago COOL-FUNCTION commercial

October 21~ Hikari no hou e ('towards the light') is used in a commercial for K-opti.com

[citypopdaily]

海風 (Umikaze) by Kaze / 風

Album: 海風 Year: 1977 Label: Nippon Crown (Panam sublabel) Lyrics & Music: Shozo Ise / 伊勢正三

[imasallstars]

Umikaze to Castanets by MILLIONSTARS Team2nd

　Lyrics: Erica Masaki 　Music&Arrange: EFFY

[ljaesch]

Manga Up! Global Adds Four Manga Titles to Its Service

Square Enix’s Manga UP! Global has added four manga titles to its service: Teku Rin’s Love in the Palm of His Hand, Kabuto Kodai’s manga adaptation of Umikaze Minamino and Jishaku’s Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden, Ayano Natsume’s Lofty Flower, Fall for Me!!, and Mochi’s Cuticle Detective Inaba. Love in the Palm of His Hand is described as: “Who knew that you, someone I only just met, would tell…