Words from Nukoduke, vol. 4, part 2
Words in bold are particularly relevant to the story, and words in italics seem like they’d be worth remembering outside the context of the manga. Bold and italic together means they’ve probably appeared somewhere in Nukoduke more than once. Kinda long list but it’s for a whole volume… actually it’s too long for tumblr, so splitting into four parts.
クロカンブーシュ croquembouche
埒が明く, 埓が明く らちがあく to come to a settlement
マッハ Mach (number), (at a) fast speed / mach, (unidad de velocidad 1 mach es aprox. 1200kmh)
駆られる かられる to be driven by (one's feelings), to succumb to
未確認 みかくにん unconfirmed, unidentified
未確認飛行物体 みかくにんひこうぶったい unidentified flying object, UFO / objeto volador no identificado, OVNI
物体 ぶったい body, object / cuerpo, objeto
甘酸っぱい, 甘ずっぱい あまずっぱい sweet and sour, bittersweet / agridulce
命運 めいうん fate, destiny
反響 はんきょう echo, reverberation, response, reaction, repercussions, sensation, influence / resonancia, repercusión
徘徊, 俳徊, 徘回 はいかい loitering, roaming, sauntering, wandering about, prowling
悪どい あくどい gaudy, showy, garish, loud, crooked, vicious, wicked, nasty, unscrupulous, dishonest / chillón, llamativo, excesivo, vicioso
口説く くどく to persuade, to coax, to solicit, to seduce, to make advances, to make a play, to make a pass, to put the moves on, to come on to, to hit on, to court, to woo, to romance
大盛況 だいせいきょう great success, roaring business, busy, packed-out
モフる, もふる to stroke (something fluffy), to rub, to pat
触発 しょくはつ detonation by contact, contact detonation, touching off (something), triggering, sparking, provocation, inspiration
抗う, 争う, 諍う あらがう to go against, to fight against, to oppose, to resist, to deny / contrariar, oponerse, negar
釘を刺す, 釘をさす, くぎを刺す, 釘を差す, 釘を挿す くぎをさす to give a warning, to remind (a person) of / dejar bien atado para que no haya problemas, afianzar, amarrar
過保護 かほご overprotective, excessive care, overprotection, overprotectiveness / cuidado excesivo, sobreprotección
盗聴器, 盗聴機 とうちょうき listening device, bug, wiretap
経過 けいか passage (of time), elapsing, lapse, progress, development, course (of events), transit / transición, proceso
付き添い, 付添い, 付添 つきそい attendance on, attendant, escort, chaperon, retinue
付き添い役, 付き添役, 付添役 つきそいやく attendant, best man (at a wedding), groomsman, maid of honor, bridesmaid
中枢 ちゅうすう centre, center, pivot, mainstay, nucleus, backbone, central figure, pillar, key man / núcleo, centro
飴と鞭, 飴とムチ あめとむち, あめとムチ, アメとムチ carrot and stick, candy and whip / la zanahoria y la barra de zanahoria
これと言って, 此れと言って これといって not worth mentioning (with neg. verb), nothing special [I made a post about this expression!]
温厚 おんこう gentle, mild-mannered / dulce (carácter)
落ち込む, 落込む, 落ちこむ おちこむ to feel down, to feel sad, to be depressed, to be in low spirits, to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.), to be in an unfavourable condition, to fall into (e.g. a hole) / caerse, desplomarse, hundirse, deprimirse
がち, ガチ serious, earnest, honest, real
剣幕, 権幕, 見幕 けんまく threatening attitude, menacing look, angry look
育む, 育くむ はぐくむ to raise, to bring up, to rear, to cultivate, to foster, to nurture / criar, educar
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I have a confession to make: all my knowledge on TB and X/1999 are second-hand knowledge (mostly from you) because if TRC and Holic already traumatised me so thoroughly, I fear trying out the other, even angstier ones. Heck, I still haven't even touched the Clover books I bought last year
Lmaoooo I'd actually say level of angst is more subjective than objective measure. Cuz yea, some tropes and tragedies are just more catastrophical than other but it's actually ours as readers emotional reaction that matters. So whilst TB and X might be 'objectively' angstier than TRC for example I'd say that as a fact amounts to nothing.
For example, Chobits hit me harder than xxxholic did. Chobits is fluff psychological drama whilst xxxholic is.... well, xxxholic. But something about asexual allegories and all the talk what romantic love truly is got to me. Similarly out of all scenes in X (like betrayal scene, Rainbow bridge, all scenes where Kamui is suffering somehow), scene that actually got to me the most is one around vol18 about the character that is nowhere near close to being my fave. Similarly I've heard that some people didn't get emotionally devastated by TB ending while it destroyed me for life ;-; out of all clamp mangas I'd say that's the one that got to me the most, no seconds
So yea, what I'm trying to say is TB or X might not necessarily hit you harder than TRC or xxxholic did
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Here's another S4 thought.
We know we're getting to at least Volume 18 in the manga (Skyfall, yay!). And the series already started with Untold Origins as the backstory arc.
However...what if, instead of ending at the Sky Casino arc, they go all the way up to the Kamui Revelation arc and end not with [redacted's] removal from the narrative (ㅜ_ㅜ) but with Heartless Dog instead.
If I remember my read of Vol. 20 correct, we did have flashes of the Heartless Dog short story hinted at in the beginning. So I think it would be kinda cool to start with Untold Origins, have Yosano's backstory in the main season with the Hunting Dogs and Sky Casino arc, and then end with Heartless Dog as a sort of question mark OR perhaps have that be the intro to the 2nd part (if there is one, and we do have enough volumes for there to be, I think...).
Either way, I think it would be neat to have Ranpo and Fukuzawa's backstory -> Yosano's backstory -> Akutagawa's backstory as a "fun" follow up to the angst incoming. It probably won't be to end the season as it is a pretty weird way to end it, but I would kill for it to be like an OVA to s4 or be the starter to part 2...I don't know.
Is this ramble me just desperately wanting Heartless Dog to be acknowledged somewhere? Yes. But could it fit with the whole backstories theme this season'll have? Also yes...
Either way Heartless Dog 2023 anyone?
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TGCF Vol 3, Chp. 43 - 44 (First "Kiss") Part 2 / 5 (First, Next)
Next part is finally done! Xie Lian's inner monologue kills me.
Novel excerpt under the cut:
[denotes panel #]
[1, 2] Xie Lian blinked, trying desperately to bat away the thousands upon millions of lingering crystalline bubbles. [3] Then he found himself caught by a pair of strong arms. [4, 5] One hand circled his waist, and the other grasped his chin. [6] In the next second, something cold and soft covered his lips.
[7]In that instant, Xie Lian's eyes bulged.
Never in his life had anyone treated him like this.
First, no one dared, second, no one could. However this person was swift like the devil and had appeared so suddenly that he had no chance to defend himself before he'd been plunged into such a state. [8, 9] Flustered, he thrashed and desperately tried to push the person away. [10] Instead, he only succeeded in choking on large mouthfuls of water as string after string of bubbles escaped his mouth like crystal beads.
Of course, this was a big mistake underwater. [11] The hands round his waist only tightened, pressing their bodies closer together, and Xie Lian's struggling hands were firmly folded and crushed against his own chest, trapping them in place. [12] His lips, too, were securely sealed. The kiss deepened, and with it, a breath of cool, gentle air was transferred into his mouth.
[13, 14, 15] Completely helpless and at a loss, just as Xie Lian began to accept his fate, he finally saw the person's face clearly.
[16] It was Hua Cheng.
[17] The moment he realized it was Hua Cheng, he stopped struggling. Innumerable random thoughts popped into his mind, all inappropriate for the time and place, such as : So it was Hua Cheng! No wonder he's cold. [18] Ghosts don't need to breathe, but he can still transfer air to me?! [19] Don't ghosts sink in the water?
[20] Hua Cheng suddenly opened his eye.
[21, 22] Staring into that dark eye from such an intimate distance, Xie Lian froze again, then resumed struggling, his arms flailing like a duck so clumsy it was drowning. [23, 24] Hua Cheng easily corralled those thrashing limbs, and with his arm still firmly locked around Xie Lian's waist, Hua Cheng took him and speedily swam upward.
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