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Hikawa Maru at sunset

Moored permanently at Yokohama as part of a park and seafront promenade, is the ocean liner Hikawa Maru, built in 1928-1930. After life as a passenger ship and a hospital ship during World War II, it survives in impeccable condition - the paint is vibrant and there's hardly any rust to notice.

It is a museum ship and a protected monument, as evidenced by the banners:

(happy captain face) 船内を見学できます: you can take a tour inside the ship

重要文化財 日本郵船 「氷川丸」: Important Cultural Property, Nippon Yûsen ship Hikawa Maru

Obviously, I was too late to be able to visit the ship. I had arrived at Shinagawa late afternoon and was hopping over to Yokohama for a sunset walk-around and dinner.

I'm bringing it up because Mike Brady featured the Hikawa Maru on a recent episode of Oceanliner Designs about ships that avoided destruction and that still survive.

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The Perfect Cup

As everyone knows, the 14th of February is Valentine's Day, where romance reigns supreme where flowers and boxes of chocolates are gifted to significant others. In Japan and Korea, Valentine's Day is when girls give the boys they like chocolate. A month later, on 14th March, boys return the gesture. And given its marketability, I saw many advertisements for it as we travelled across both Japan and South Korea.

Unfortunately for bleachpanda and myself, we were both single. So, on White Day, we headed all the way down to Yokohama instead to treat ourselves. Not with chocolate, mind you, although there was a Godiva cafe I regret not actually visiting, but because I wanted to immerse myself in the locations that were in Yakua: Like a Dragon and Lost Judgment.

Yokohama is a city south of Tokyo and is the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefeecture. It was also one of the first Japanese ports opened to foreign trade back in the mid-19th century. But it's also known for a range of distractions including Cosmo World, the Red Brick Warehouses and, of course, our first destination for the day: The Cup Noodle Museum.

The humble Cup Noodle started life out as Chicken Ramen. The inventor, Momofuku Ando, had been trying to make something that needed only the addition of some hot water. It was during a trip to America that Momofuku was inspired by people putting his chicken ramen noodles in a cup, pouring in hot water and then eating them with a fork. By bringing together all sorts of innovative ideas, including changing one's perspective on how to place the ramen into a cup, he was able to come up with a winning formula that soon became an international sensation.

Entering inside the Cup Noodle museum, bleachpanda and I set about creating our perfect cup - much like how Noctis and his friends did during their road trip adventure in Final Fantasy XV (a game bleachpanda still hasn't finished even as she tries to guilt me into not playing Final Fantasy XVI as soon as it released. I'm GETTING there. I just need to finish off a few OTHER games I bought like Like a Dragon: Ishin!). In the game, Noctis and friends were tasked with slaying numerous monsters depending on the type of ingredient you chose when speaking with Gladiolus.

Heck, I even posted a picture on this very blog where someone had cosplayed as Noctis with the Cup Noodle hat!

Oh, memories...

In any case, bleachpanda and I were able to successfully make our own flavours of Cup Noodle and designing the outside too! Due, of course, to my lack of creation, I simply drew a picture of Pikachu. But I know if my friend Rinbeti had come along, she would have probably drawn something either wondrous or terrifying.

There's no telling if she'll be wholesome or draw something that's NSFW. Perhaps both, actually.

Afterwards, bleachpanda and I took the opportunity to explore the rest of the museum, learning its history: from its humble beginnings to the massive brand it is today. Heck, there's even SPACE ramen now!

From the Cup Noodles Museum, bleachpanda and I headed to the Red Brick Warehouse. Unfortunately, much of it was impassible due to an event that would be held on the next day. And though I was told it was a collection of boutique shops, from what I managed to glimpse, it seemed to primarily be food. And we were still too early to chow down on anything.

So, off we trotted to Chinatown, bypassing the very European-inspired design of Yokohama's Customs House. Now, the Chinatown in Yokohama, it should be known, is the largest Chinatown in Japan and is about 160 years old. Almost everywhere we walked were restaurants or themed shops. And in my eyes, it carried a lot of influence from the Guangdong province of China, as well as Hong Kong.

It was here when we tried out the Japanese idea of yumcha. And while the food was decent, I have to admit, it didn't quite keep the spirit of a rowdy yumcha with trolleys being pushed through narrow aisles between seats as the servers tried to hawk away their offerings to their hungry guests.

Still, I was quite satisfied in wandering around the Chinatown (we even picked up some snacks) before heading to Yamashita Park. Once there, I couldn't help but feel like I'd be thrust into Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Though Yamashita park was only a small portion of the Yokohama world map, I remembered many an amusing side quest in the section, which was only emphasised when Takayuki Yagami was skateboarding in the park as part of his mission to infiltrate all the school clubs in Lost Judgement.

Credit must be given to Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio for bringing these real-world locations to life in video game format. Especially given how I was able to identify so many places that I'd only ever seen in the shrunken down version of the game.

But I didn't have much time to appreciate the Like a Dragon nostalgia because Yokohama had one last surprise for us: The Gundam Factory and its towering recreation of a Gundam that could move through the use of hydraulics! Even for someone who doesn't like mechs in general, seeing the giant robot pose and spout meaningful things about friendship and a bright future was still an impressive sight to witness.

We stayed longer than I anticipated at the Gundam Factory as we waited for the next performance, but bleachpanda was satisfied to record most of the variations. She was, however, disappointed that the shop didn't have much on offer. Given it was set to close by next month, though, she wasn't too bothered.

Plus, you know, there was an apology from the creators on the limitations of what creating a real-life Gundam would entail. It's honestly too bad we haven't yet found a means to find ultralight metals to make them a reality.

With the spectacle of the 'Moving Gundam' in the rearview mirror, bleachpanda and I returned to Tokyo. More specifically, we headed back to Shinjuku station. But before returning to our hotel, bleachpanda and I made a stop at the batting cages (after refuelling at a Krispy Kreme to see if there were any regional specials) to enjoy a uniquely Japanese experience.

I impressed myself with being able to hit several of the balls flung at me at 80-90km/h given how long it had been since I last swung a bat while playing softball. Bleachpanda, on the other hand, managed to punt several of the balls because it was easier and she didn't have to time her swing just right (it's cheating is what it is).

With my arms still feeling weak, bleachpanda and I ended our day with some Japanese KFC. To our dismay, it didn't taste as good as the McDonald's we had at Narita airport when we were heading to South Korea. Nor did it have any potato and gravy! A blasphemous act from anyone who loves and enjoys the KFC back home in Australia.

Disappointed, we returned to our hotel.

It's hard to imagine that tomorrow will be our last day exploring Japan and seeing what is has on offer. I can't believe the trip is coming to an end. It felt both too short and also fairly long.

And yet, a part of me can't wait to get back home and start planning my next great adventure out into the wide world!

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Gas Lamps at Park Entrance

Location: Yamashita Park Central Entrance, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Timestamp: 18:04 March 15, 2023

Yamashita Park, a cherished sanctuary from the urban sprawl of Tokyo and Yokohama, was constructed on the former waterfront using rubble of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.

This photograph captures a stone pedestal and gas lamps embellishing the park's main entrance. The Hikawa Maru, a cargo and passenger ship that navigated the waters from Japan to Vancouver and Seattle between 1929 and 1941, is visible in the background.

Fujifilm X100V (23 mm) with 5% diffusion filter ISO 3200 for 1/17 sec. at ƒ/2.0 Classic Chrome film simulation

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The History Of Yokohama

I like how the City of Yokohama tells you their history on the streets...

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Small And Mighty e Ikebukuro West Gate Park + Special

Small and Mighty

Torna, dopo un bel po' di tempo, una serie taiwanese tra i drama visti. Purtroppo le serie di questa nazionalità sono un parto da vedere, per via della scarsità di sottotitoli in italiano. Ergo, ci si deve accontentare: certe volte trovi perle - Someday per dirne uno - altre volte ciofeche assurde, tipo Back to 1989.

Small and Mighty ( SaM per semplicità ) sta esattamente nel mezzo. Non è una perla ma nemmeno una ciofeca. Ha buoni punti ma ci sono state anche cose che non mi sono piaciute.

Partendo da quest'ultime:

Ora, la serie è un genere Law episodico. Ossia, ci sono svariati casi autoconclusivi che durano due puntate con di sottofondo una storia orizzontale che di solito, dopo averci dato indizi per tutta la serie, trova il suo apice nelle puntate finali.

Onestamente posso reggere 2,3 al massimo 6 casi. Ma al settimo la mia mente comincia ad annoiarsi. Soprattutto se te li vedi tutti di fila come ho fatto io e se non sono poi così intriganti. Ricordo ad esempio i casi di Detective Chinatown: il primo soprattutto mi aveva tenuto incollata allo schermo e anche gli altri bene o male erano carini. Mi intrattenevano. Anche in Medical Examiner Dottor Qin i casi avevano quella punta di roba interessante tra gente ammazzata, fatta a pezzi e fritta a misteri di come la gente moriva male.

In SaM i casi sono casi di legge. Quindi eredità, frodi assicurative, denunce per maltrattamenti e così via. Ma sono casi...normali. Non c'è nulla di "intrigante e misterioso" che mi possa tenere incollata per svariati episodi. Soprattutto se appunto te le vedi uno di fila all'altro. Dopo un po' non reggevo più. Tanto che gli episodi dal 16 al 20 li ho saltati preferendo concentrare la mia attenzione sul finale e sulla trama orizzontale.

La trama orizzontale poi è quasi assente per gran parte della serie prendendo sempre troppo poco spazio, a parer mio, rispetto ai singoli casi. Questo è il motivo principale e la mia lamentela: la sua strutturazione.

Poi per carità, potrei dispiacermi per la mancanza di una storia d'amore tra i due protagonisti: Liu Lang e Xiao Yan infatti hanno una grande chimica, sono divertenti assieme e se ci si lavorava un po' sopra una love story sarebbe uscita bene. Insomma, io non l'avrei vista male. Anzi...

Perché poi SaM ha molti punto di forza:

1) Liu Lang

Il lead di questa storia è un bel personaggio. Caratterizzato benissimo e con un percorso di crescita lineare e coerente. Tirchio, playboy, terribilmente venale, arrogantello ma spettacolare avvocato, Liu Lang compie un viaggio per riscoprire le cose davvero importanti partendo dalle persone accanto a lui. E devo dire che la serie ha fatto un ottimo lavoro su questo frangente, così come Chen Bo Lin.

Attore visto in Crocodile and Plover Bird mostra qui tutta la sua vena comica e la sua grande capacità di prendersi la scena. Era inutile: qualsiasi personaggi della storia scompariva una volta che Chen Bo Lin entrava in campo. Una grandissima performance.

2) La comicità

La serie è piena di momenti divertenti e prettamente comici. Liu Lang è spesso la vena comica principale: per come è caratterizzato e quello che gli capita - piccolo angelo - le scene dove si ride sono tantissime. Ma la mia preferita è quella finale, dove il cugino di Liu Lang sputtana in tribunale il suo ex Capo con un enorme dito alzato. Il suo avvocato, senza cambiare espressione, gli abbassa il dito con fare sconsolato. Sono morta in quella scena. XD Ma a tutti i personaggi bene o male, gli viene dato il momento per far ridere.

Gran parte dei momenti comici è dettata anche dalla relazione tra Liu Lang e Lin Xiao Yan, la protagonista femminile della storia. I due lead assieme sono stati una fonte inesauribile di comicità: lui la prende in giro e lei lo sfotte a sua volta. Mi hanno fatto fare grasse risate!

3) Lin Xiao Yan

Mentre mi è piaciuto il suo rapporto con Liu Lang e la sua risposta sempre pronta nei loro battibecchi alla lunga mi ha annoiato la sua spassionante ricerca della giustizia e verità. Testarda come un mulo e ricercatrice della "cosa giusta da fare" Lin Xiao Yan certe volte mi ha fatto alzare gli occhi al cielo per la ripetitività di questi discorsi.

Tuttavia la sua storyline è interessante soprattutto con l'incontro e la relazione con Liu Lang: sono due avvocati molto diversi sia come carattere sia come modo di pensare e vivere ed è stato carino ed eticamente divertente vederli interagire. Mi è inoltre piaciuta la parte finale della sua storia, quando si domanda cosa significa essere davvero un avvocato.

4) Liu Lang Lang

L'adorabile "figlio" di Liu Lang arriva come un fulmine a ciel sereno a devastare la vita da scapolo impenitente del lead. Questo bambino è adorabile ed è tenerissimo vedere come il protagonista gli si affezioni ogni giorno un po' di più. E' anche grazie - e a causa - di questo bambino che Liu Lang sarà costretto a cambiare e rivalutare la sua vita ed il suo lavoro. Peccato che gli venga dato poco spazio nella serie. Quando ho iniziato il drama pensavo che la pare genitore/figlio fosse quella preponderante ma poi ho tristemente scoperto che non era così. T_T Comunque mi sono goduta ogni momento di questo bambino.

5) La varietà dei casi e umanità

Se è vero che i casi che i nostri lead affrontavano risultavano "normali" è anche vero che erano realistici. Gli uomini e le donne che assumevano gli avvocati presentavano problematiche o psicologie reali e certe volte drammatiche. Non mi vergogno di dire che qualche volta mi si sono inumiditi gli occhi per alcune storie raccontate o tematiche affrontate.

6) Gli altri personaggi

Pur non rimanendo nella mia mente per sempre anche gli altri personaggi sono a mio parere ben caratterizzati e soprattutto le dinamiche tra loro sono maledettamente spassosi a volte. La mia preferita è stata Chen Hui Yun, capo dei due lead ed avvocato molto competente ma che sa essere anche alla mano, spiritosa e divertente.

7) L'etica

Uno dei temi centrali della serie è l'etica degli avvocati: un avvocato deve fare il bene del proprio cliente a prescindere dalla verità o deve portare alla luce la verità anche a costo di far perdere il proprio cliente? Liu Lang e Xiao Yan rappresentano perfettamente questi due pensieri opposti. Il primo persegue - almeno inizialmente - unicamente il bene del cliente infischiandosene della verità anche se sa che fa male alle persone mentre la lead trova più importante tenere sempre in primo piano la verità.

A prescindere da chi abbia torto o ragione questo discorso è sicuramente uno dei più interessanti della serie e Small and Mighty sviscera molto bene questa tematica tramite i suoi personaggi.

Concludendo: Sicuramente non uno dei migliori drama taiwanesi che io abbia visto ma una serie a cui comunque vale la pena dare un'occhiata. ( se piace il genere )

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Ikebukuro West Gate Park + SP

Tradotto: la gente mi si accolla

Siccome di risate non me ne ero fatta abbastanza, Ikebukuro West Gate Park ( IWGP per semplicità ) è venuto in mio soccorso per darmi il colpo di grazia.

Ammetto che avevo in lista questa serie da tipo 10 anni...ma non avevo mai trovato la voglia di vederlo, fino ad oggi. E devo dire che dovevo vedermela prima! Mi è piaciuto tantissimo!

IMGP narra le vicende di Makoto, ragazzo stazionato nel quartiere di Ikebukuro e che passa le sue giornate all 'insegna del cazzeggio più totale: lavora pochissimo - nel negozio di sua madre - e studia ancor meno. La sua vita si riassume nel vagabondare per il quartiere, fare amicizia con gente assurda e ... risolvere i cazzi degli altri. Perché sì, la gente si accolla a Makoto per chiedergli di risolvere i suoi problemi: che siano figli rapiti, omicidi o sparizioni di gente.

Tra Yakuza e gang, droghe, serial killer, traumi "tigri e cavalli" e chi ha visto il drama sa 😂 Makoto naviga nel quartiere come ne fosse il capo. Conosce tutti e tutti conoscono lui.

Questa serie - esattamente come quella sopra - è episodica con una trama orizzontale ma a differenza di Small and Mighty i personaggi tornano in quasi tutti gli episodi dando un idea di coralità che ho apprezzato tantissimo. Siccome scrivere un commento della serie può essere difficile, per semplicità ecco i 5 motivi per cui vedere IWGP:

1) il cast

Questa serie è piena di attori visti e stravisti in altri drama. Non solo. Essendo degli anni 2000 capita di vedere un giovanissimo Yamapi fare i suoi primi passi nel mondo della recitazione. E che dire di Nagase? Già in My Boss my Hero lo avevo adorato. Qui interpreta Makoto, ed è bravissimo nel passare da un personaggio fioriero di gag ad uno in preda a momenti più intensi e seri. Ma ci sono anche Ken Watanabe, Yasuke Kubozuka e Takahashi Issei. Per dire... mica due attori da quattro soldi!

Immancabile poi la comparsata di Oguri... ma la serie è piena di attori di ottimo livello ripeto. Nonché dell'intero cast principale di Kisarazu Cat's Eye! 😳😍 Quando li ho visti mi è preso un colpo! Dopo aver finito di ridere

2) i momenti comici

Momenti comici è una parola grossa. Surreali e bizzarri credo che siano i termini che ci si avvicinano di più. IWGP è un continuo di gag e risate grazie ai suoi personaggi sopra le righe e alle situazioni paradossali che spesso si vengono a creare. La tipica comicità giapponese insomma!

Non scorderò mai Makoto che mangia la carbonara al ristorante: Gli presentano un piatto con quella che sopra sembra panna a cui lui aggiunge un litro di salsa di soia e finisce di condire con due tonnellate di maionese. Na' roba da sbocco! O Jessie, la fidanzata di King e che lui senza parrucca non riconosce. 😂

E potrei andare avanti per ore...

3) King

Pezzo forte di Ikebukuro è King, capo dei G-boys e completo fuori di testa. Condizione imprescindibile per fare parte della sua gang è quella di... vestirsi di giallo. Con il risultato che quando la gang si riunisce, pare di assistere ad una riunione di Pulcini Pio.

King è matto come in cavallo. Sembra un tossico fuori di cervello ma in realtà ama la sua gang e vuole bene al protagonista. La sua amicizia con Makoto è una delle cose più belle della serie.❤️

Durante la storia, King e la sua gang saranno fondamentali per la risoluzione dei casi e ho adorato come tutti partecipassero alla storia aiutando il meglio possibile. Pur essendo degli idioti la maggior parte del tempo.

4) Il tema dell'amicizia

Come detto sopra Makoto conosce tutti e tutti conoscono lui. Il rispetto e l'amicizia che lega i personaggi di questa serie sono potenti, come nella relazione tra Makoto ad esempio ed il membro della yakuza Saito.

I personaggi si guardano le spalle a vicenda, si aiutano e sostengono forti di quel legame di fratellanza che vivere ad Ikekuburo ti porta.

5) Le cose serie

La cosa stupenda - e che io amo - delle serie giapponesi è la loro sublime capacità di mischiare in modo perfetto comicità e serietà. E non è facile: cadere nel cringe è un attimo!

IWGP racchiude perfettamente questo concetto, portando alla luce - senza analizzarli - i temi della malattia mentale, del cambiamento di sesso o dello stupro. O ancora nello special la tematica del " cambiamento" : come vedere gli altri che cambiano e crescono mentre tu ti senti ancora allo stesso punto da anni.

Potrei parlare per ore di Ikebukuro West Gate Park ma per oggi la chiudo qui, consigliando assolutamente questa serie!

Concludendo: IKWP è una serie da vedere. Ha un buon ritmo, personaggi divertenti come l'inferno e momenti comici a non finire. Nonostante ciò è una serie con momenti profondi e buoni dialoghi. Vedetela!

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Modern-Day Marine Tower from Retired Lighthouse

Location: Yamashita Park, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Timestamp: 20:50 March 15, 2023

As part of its centennial celebration, the Port of Yokohama constructed a tower in 1961 that became the tallest lighthouse in the world, towering at 106 meters (347.76 feet) until 2008. During my first visit in 1984, I was pleasantly surprised to discover a fascinating variety of exotic birds flying freely in an aviary at the top of the tower.

To commemorate the Port of Yokohama's 150th anniversary, the tower underwent renovations in 2009. Recently, in 2022, the tower received further upgrades, which included the addition of new restaurants, gift shops, a wedding hall, and an observation deck featuring a stunning evening light show.

Fujifilm X100V (23 mm) with 5% diffusion filter ISO 80 for 30.0 sec. at ƒ/11 Astia Soft film simulation

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Two Strays - Nakahara Chūya x Reader

Pairing: Nakahara Chūya x fem!Reader Genre: meet-cute Word Count: 942 Warnings: none Summary: Chūya makes an unexpected encounter over some poster Prompts:  lost pet meet-cute A/N: I’m not saying I’m participating in Inktober or Flufftober or whatever else. But I’m trying to get back into a writing routine, so I thought this would be a good start. No promises on how many days I’ll actually write.

Hands stuffed into the pockets of his black dress pants, Chūya strode down the streets of Yokohama. The air was still warm even though it was already October, but the dark clouds overhead weighted down on his mood. He should be in his office, he thought, doing paperwork, but his head seemed to be filled with the same kind of dark and heavy clouds as those that hung over the city.

His eyes, absentmindedly wandering over the shopping windows, stopped at a poster. It wasn’t the first one he saw like this today, but he had not paid it closer attention yet. Anyone who saw him walk past these printed out posters, no bigger than the size of a normal notebook would have assumed he just didn’t care, but the truth was that Chūya ’s heart hurt at what he knew the poster would contain.

From a single look at it, it was obvious, that someone had put them up, looking for their lost pet, the picture of an animal he didn’t want to take a closer look at gave it away.

Chūya sighed and quickly turned away. Sure, he was a mafia executive, and barely human at that, but he still could understand the pain of someone who had lost their pet that was like a member of their family. Stuffing his hands deeper into his pockets and shrugging his shoulders in an attempt to ward off the depressing atmosphere of the day, he kept moving, and promptly bumped into someone.

“Oh, I’m so sorry,” the young woman quickly apologized, seeming to shrink under Chūya ’s glare. “Uhm, you haven’t seen my dog by any chance?”

And before Chūya had had the chance to avert his eyes, she had lifted a poster between them, the same kind of poster he had so desperately been avoiding looking at.

It showed a colour picture of a small dog underneath big fat letters that read ‘LOST’. Under the picture, there was a short description of the dog, name, colour, age, and so on, as well as contact information.

“He ran away from the dog walker last night, in Yamashita Park,” you continued explaining, and Chūya quickly averted his eyes from your pained, yet hopeful ones, opting to study the poster instead.

Yamashita Park, hm? That wasn’t too far from where they were at now. And there were a lot of restaurants around, so it wasn’t the strangest idea to come looking for your dog here.

“Haven’t seen it,” Chūya mumbled out, trying to move past you. He knew it was rather rude, but he had the distinct feeling he would get roped into something he had no interest in getting roped into if he continued this conversation.

His attempt to escape the conversation got foiled by you though, as you stepped into his way.

“Please,” you begged him, drawing his eyes to your face again. “His name is Kotaro, he’s five years old, I got him from a shelter, he’s lived on the street for the first four years of his life. He’s been through enough bad things in his life.”

“So have I,” Chūya growled, but his mood seemed to have no impact on your determination to get him to listen.

“Then you know how bad it is, don’t you? He’s just an animal, he doesn’t understand why humans are cruel to him. Please, if you see him…”

You grabbed one of the posters you had been holding and offered it to Chūya.

“Why should I,” he mumbled, both annoyed and impressed by your persistence. It wasn’t every day that someone had the courage to get in his way so shamelessly. But then again you had no idea who he was, how dangerous he was. And your dedication to your pet made his resistance falter. He did want to help, but how could he?

“Because you’re a decent guy,” you offered, “and because you know how hard life is when you don’t know where you belong.”

Chūya stared at you. The confidence with which you had said the last sentence had thrown him off more than he liked, this much he had to admit. There was a shimmer in your eyes that made an impression on him, and he had a feeling he would regret it, if he wouldn’t at least pretend to show some sort of interest in your search.

He sighed. “I really don’t have the time-”

“Just take the flyer,” you demanded, shoving the sheet of paper against his chest. “And call me if you see him.”

And with that you turned away, already calling out to the next pedestrian, some American looking tourists. The poster you had shoved against his chest begun sailing to the ground, and Chūya was barely quick enough to pull one of his hands out of his pockets to catch it. Your dog did look like he had been through some stuff, but also as if he had found a home with you. The random thought, whether you had enough space for another stray appeared in Chūya’s head, and he quickly shook it, trying to get rid of the idea.

Rolling his eyes, he grabbed his phone and dialled the number of one of his subordinates. “I want everyone to look for a lost dog, about knee hight, black, called Kotaro.”

And when five hours later said dog was curled up in an armchair in Chūya’s office, and you invited Chūya out for dinner over the phone, as a thank you, he wondered whether maybe, if he played his cards right, it would only be the first of many dinners he could spend with you.

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Twst Channel Halloween Special 2023, notes

・It has begun! The location of the new Halloween looks like it is called “Playful Land,” the Twst equivalent of Pleasure Island?

・There is a PV!! Ortho! kalim looks amazing! Ace! Circus theme!

・HONEST JON Oh he looks amazing

・Evil laughter, who is this? We don’t know, they didn’t show us…

・“The Dancing Dolls and Theme Park of Illusion” Fellow Honest and Gideru (Spelling might be wrong, apologies!)

・Fellow Honest is voiced by Sugita Tomokazu! (Gintama, Demon Slayer, JOJO’s Bizarre Adventure, Persona 5, ONE PIECE)

・Now is the card illustration reveal! (After the commercial. Since Ace, Kalim and Ortho were the only ones in the PV, maybe they are the SSR?)

・Trey is an R card! (These designs are amazing) Jack is also an R card! We get to see just his entire tail!! Jade is an R! His has eels forming a heart at his hip! Floyd’s Okamoto is delighted. Lilia is an R! Yana had so much fun with these designs, they are so great.

・SR Vil! Wearing a toy soldier hat. So interested in the story, what is going on. SR Floyd! Such dynamic poses this time, for the dancing dolls theme, maybe. Also, heart eels on his boots! Leona is SR, his ears from out of his hat, top hat Leona amazing. Cater is SR! He looks so good!

・SSR! Ace! Yamashita is delighted, it is an amazing illustration. SSR Kalim! This is a very new look for Kalim, looks so good. SSR Ortho! So great, this is so interesting, what is going on with everyone aahh

・Now are comments from Yana (read by Kalim’s Furuta) on the new characters’ designs. Theme Park show actor theme! Based on Stromboli’s puppet show and pleasure island, but mostly inspired by the puppet show. Hidden characters in the three SSRs? Event starts on the 20th!

・And now they are going to talk about Twst Fes! Kalim’s VA Furuta is taking off his shirt to show off his muscles again ww he did this at Twst Fes too

・Kalim’s Furuta is talking about nervous he’s been to do the live script reading during Twst Fes. He says he planned the salute that he and Jamil’s Futaba did when they appeared on stage and were surprised when all the other groups did the same thing ww

・Kalim’s Furuta is showing off his socks and now everyone is standing up to show off their clothes they are so funny