#yoshimi case

[autumnmobile12]

As much as I love this show, this scene has annoyed me for years.

"You should avoid using the nine cuts on anyone no matter what the circumstance is."

Bro, that 'circumstance' was a vengeful ghost possessing a child and making said child sprint toward a cliffside to make them leap to their death. What exactly was Mai supposed to do? Rugby tackle him?

I'm not saying what she did was a good idea because we can clearly see her emergency exorcism did cause minor injuries to both kids...but given the limited options and the alternative of someone dying, I think the outcome here was on the favorable side of the spectrum.

[scorrigan]

Tell me a few of your Animatic Song/Albums

You know, the music that inspires an animatic in your head youll maybe get around to one of these days

[alexanderwales]

Concert Review: Weezer's Blue Planet Tour

I'm not a music guy. I blame my dad for that: he was an orchestra conductor and music professor, and obviously I needed to set myself in opposition to him by not listening to music or learning to play an instrument despite the prodding of my parents.

There were only a few exceptions to my general abstention from music when I was growing up, and one of those exceptions was Weezer's Blue Album. So I still would not consider myself a music guy, but I did go to this concert, since it's one of my favorite albums of all time. Top five, definitely. It's only the second concert I've ever been to, unless you count classical music, in which case it's the 213th (number not exact).

The first opening act was Dinosaur Jr., who I had not even heard of until the day of. I had no idea what their music was going to be like, and decided that maybe I would become a fan after hearing them live.

Look, I don't normally like to talk bad about things that I can tell aren't for me.

Dinosaur Jr. made me question whether I had ever actually enjoyed music. The guitar sections sounded like a cat yowling, in a bad way. I was far enough away that I began to wonder whether they were playing an angry cat rather than a guitar. I hated every song they played, and one of us misunderstood some of the fundamentals of what makes a good song — which I will freely admit might be me. I thought that maybe live concerts were just like that, and I had made a horrible mistake. I feel obligated to go seek out some of their very best songs and listen to what they sound like professionally recorded outside of the arena, for the sake of fairness, but I actually just want to never hear anything from them again. I wondered whether warm-up acts were like the first pancake, a sacrifice necessary for what follows to be good. I might say "not for me" but what I feel in my heart is "I despised listening to this".

Then the Flaming Lips came on and made me realize that I do, in fact, like music. I'm not a huge fan of the Flaming Lips, but they do have a dozen songs I like, and I must have good taste, because all the songs they played were my favorites. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Do You Realize, the Yeah Yeah Yeah Song, She Don't Use Jelly ... it made me want to listen to more of their discography to see whether there's more there I've overlooked, even if I've listened to a lot of the Flaming Lips. And all the songs came with cool lighting that added to the experience, sweeping shafts of light that swept over us, timed to the music, and none of that seemed like it was all that difficult, but I did appreciate the vibe. There were also props, which I loved: when they played Yoshimi there were two giant inflatable pink robots that swayed back and forth to the music, and during the Yeah Yeah Yeah Song there were two inflatable eyeballs standing on either side of Wayne Coyne, who had inflatable lips. The dancing eyeballs turned from side to side, making it look like they were following the crowd, it was great. Wayne Coyne is great at all the showman stuff, though I think he asked me to make some noise one too many times. I obliged him, and howled like a wolf.

As much as I enjoyed the Flaming Lips, it was Weezer is was there for, specifically the promise that they would be playing the Blue Album from start to finish. This was their very first concert of this tour, so I didn't know what to expect, but they emerged from a spaceship that rose up into the ceiling, and had a charmingly dorky space theme going on, with visuals behind them showing the journey to the blue planet. They played mostly the hits, though a few songs from deeper in their catalog too, and I sang along to all of them. Pork and Beans, Beverly Hills, Island in the Sun, Pink Triangle ... there was a whole Pinkerton section, which I appreciated, because I'm fond of Pinkerton. There were a few references to this space theme they had going, and it was dorky, because Rivers Cuomo is a dork, but I liked it, because I too am a dork.

But when they started the Blue Album it was like the real concert had begun. The crowd got louder, there was more energy in the arena, and the Blue Album is one of those rare albums that's just all great songs, one after the other. The performances were very close to what was on the album, and I do wonder about that, because it's been thirty years since it's come out, and ... does Weezer feel beholden to it? Does it not feel suffocating to feel compelled to go with the choices you made when you were in your 20s? Do your tastes not drift? But of course the fans want what they remember, and though the music is live, the band is playing music that's long since crystalized. Whatever my thoughts on the thirty year gap of time, the Blue Album is still just full of songs I love and deeply relate to.

My one problem with the Blue Album has always been Only in Dreams, which is eight minutes long, and that's just too long. It feels eight minutes long. By contrast, Bohemian Rhapsody is six minutes long, and really earns that six minutes. Here though, as the final song of the concert, I thought it worked. The extended song felt like it's supposed to feel, like the album doesn't want to end, and by extension, like the concert doesn't want to end.

The big takeaway for me is that I should go to more concerts. There's something hard to put into words about what it feels like to sing along to a song with ten thousand other people, what it feels like to have the bass thumping through your body and have the full sensory experience of the light show in a dark room.

The small takeaway is that I really hate Dinosaur Jr.

[wewerebornsextuplets]

@flowerakatsuka I actually LOVE getting excuses to talk about this kind of stuff so ill be happy to elaborate!! under the cut in case this gets too long (which it probably will)

so full disclosure, there was a pretty long gap between when proto-kiru (then called yoshimi) was initially Designed and when i started to flesh her out as an actual oc. i actually wasn't into ososan at the time and it was more a challenge of "how would I design an ososan oc Now now that im not 15 anymore", and i didn't pick her up again until february of this year when my BTAS hyperfixation started to fizzle out. the first drafts for keiko (then named hibari, which i changed since it was a bit too similar to one of my long-time ocs hikari) were drawn the same day i picked up yoshimi again. so she was both a day-one character and Not at the same time!

please ignore the poor lighting on these pictures.

i had a pretty strong Idea for what i wanted from keiko in terms of appearance at the start and a basic concept for her (a bit more bookish + "nerdy" than other ososan girls we've seen thus far), but I had a pretty hard time applying it to the design sensibilities of ososan. her first outfit was basically just uehara-san's outfit, and i struggled with rendering her curlier hair in the ososan style which made it look more goopy and awkward. i also wasn't quite sure what to do with her face yet.

still, i translated what i thought would be my final sketches for her and (then) yoshimi to digital, and from here I started to develop their designs at roughly the same time, sort of balancing them out and trying to make sure they look good together. i was proud of them for maybe 3 days before I decided i hated how they looked.

granted, there were a LOT of reasons for this; for one, I was color picking yanas skin tone for kiru, which didn't work well at ALL because he's way paler than it looks. but more than that I wasn't really referencing features that actual ososan characters had? so they looked more like strange fun house mirror imitations of ososan characters than anything else

see what i mean? they don't look right at all. but if you look closely you can sort of see me figuring out keikos hair!

a lot of the refining process when it came to getting to where we are now was just... referencing actual ososan characters. trying to make them feel more believable and like they could actually exist alongside the current ensemble. it was honestly more about them looking right in the style than anything else, since i like to stay pretty canon compliant in terms of design when it comes to fandom ocs-- I find that the limitations make me more creative!

for keiko specifically my main inspirations were nyaa and osoko, though i referenced dobusu's hair pretty frequently as well since they have roughly the same hair texture. she was honestly a lot harder than kiru to balance out in this sense, since i had to make sure she didn't look Too generic compared to the other pretty girls in the canon cast (i.e totoko, homura, etc). her more eccentric fashion sense is also an attempt to remedy this because plot twist! she's a weirdo!

ippei however I had down from day one. he's always looked the same and always will. my perfect creation <3

[vignellicenter]

Open Houses are back this week! Theme: Photography

Wed 3/22/2023-Thu 3/23/2023 10am-4pm each day. Free and open to all!

Want to see original artifacts from the archives but don’t know where to start? Now you can have a look! No appointment required.

Theme: Photography

The Vignellis’ archives is full of examples of photography. They partnered with photographers again and again in their designs for the artwork in posters, catalogs, and numerous monographs on nature, culture, and even photography itself. Vignelli Associates created graphic identities for photographers and photography exhibitions. We’ll display marketing photographs alongside their actual design artifacts and see for yourself how their thoughtful use of images showcased their designs. The archives contain numerous examples of photo formats from vintage Polaroids to digital images. In some cases, photography is all that survives as record of a design. Join us in highlighting the importance of photography and the Vignellis.

We will have a vintage slide projector straight from the Vignelli Associates office up and running! Stop by and see original slideshows assembled by the Vignellis’ themselves!

As always, our galleries are open to the public and feature the greatest hits of the design work of Massimo and Lella Vignelli. But for the Open Houses, our archivist will be digging deep into the archives to show you one-of-a-kind original sketches and other artifacts of the Vignelli design process. You can see the designs that you know and love, but expect many surprises even if you are a Vignelli “superfan!” Please drop in and stay for a few minutes or stay for hours.

More details about Open Houses can be found on the events page on our website: https://www.rit.edu/events/vignelli-center-open-house-1

 Image descriptions:

Irvin Blitz graphic identity (invitation on transparent plexiglass), c. 1986, Vignelli Associates (designer: Michael Bierut executed by: Tamar Cohen)

 Ndebele: Photographs by Margaret Courtney-Clarke book cover, 1986, book design by Massimo Vignelli

Portrait of Lella and Massimo Vignelli (35mm transparency), c. 1980s, Photographer: Luca Vignelli

NYC Subway Map Debate (b&w 35mm negative), 1978, Photographer: Stan Ries

Kroin graphic identity examples (35mm transparency), c. 1980s, Photographer: unknown

Hauserman Los Angeles showroom (35mm transparency), 1982, Photographer: Toshi Yoshimi

Knoll shopping bags being carried during Designer’s Saturday (35mm transparency), 1973, Photographer: Alessandro De Gregori

Knoll Bertoia poster, 1979, Photographer: Don Kennedy

Sasaki Colorstone dishware (4” x 5” color transparency), 1985, Photographer: Luca Vignelli

Compact stacking dishware (35mm transparency), 1964, Photographer: Norman McGrath

[lamangasserie]

Salve de tomes 1: épisode 3

Seulement trois mois se sont écoulés depuis mon dernier article de tomes 1. Entre temps, j’ai enfin pu lire le tome 2 de Kageki Shojo, continuer les lectures du Requiem du Roi des Roses ainsi que de Ton visage au clair de lune, et même terminer Kids on the Slope (qui était génial !). J’ai consacré la fin de l’année 2022 à ce dernier, à Nakamura Asumiko dont j’ai relu All About J et Inheritance of Aroma puis, enfin, à la tannée qu’a été Vampires d’Osamu Tezuka. Depuis le début de cette année, je n’ai pas énormément lu. Je me suis plongée à corps perdu dans la huitième partie de JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Jojolion. J’ai aussi eu une fringale de BL donc j’en ai profité pour découvrir le travail de Scarlet Beriko dont je recommande vivement Jealousy ! J’ai aussi commencé Gals! (Mihona Fujii) que je prends le temps de lire tant c’est une lecture qui me fait chaud au cœur ! J’avoue m’être aussi investie dans le webtoon, en continuant Rumor Has It (sungA) à raison d’un chapitre par jour et en commençant le dernier titre de Soonkki, After School Lessons for Unripe Apples. Toujours est-il que trop de Jojo tuant le Jojo, je me suis dit qu’il était temps que je m’attaque un peu à ma pile à lire qui ne fait que de grandir. Ainsi, j’ai entamé la lecture de plusieurs mangas… Shôjo, josei, shônen, seinen, tout y passe !

Le premier manga à être passé entre mes mains est Yasha d’Akimi Yoshida. Pré-publié dans le magazine shôjo Betsucomi, le manga est disponible en France aux éditions Panini à 16,99€. Sei Arisue est un petit garçon, il vit paisiblement sur l’île d’Okinawa auprès de sa mère et de son meilleur ami, Toichi Nagae. Enfant aux capacités extraordinaires, il se retrouve kidnappé par un mystérieux groupe. Six années après, on retrouve Sei aux États-Unis, scientifique accompli travaillant pour le groupe pharmaceutique Neo Genesis.

Akimi Yoshida ne fait pas vraiment partie de mes mangakas fétiches. Pourtant, quel plaisir ça a été de la retrouver avec Yasha ! La comparaison avec Banana Fish est inévitable: l’ambiance et les personnages sont similaires et la maestria de narration de la mangaka reste la même d’un manga d’action à un autre. Pourtant, j’ai trouvé à Yasha suffisamment de points de divergence dans l’histoire avec Banana Fish pour que le titre ne souffre pas de cette comparaison. C’est un nouveau contexte, et les ramifications de l’histoire sont différentes. Évidemment, j’ai aimé les passages d’action ! Tout d’un coup la tension monte grâce à un jeu de trames redoutable, et le manga bascule dans l’action d’une page à l’autre. Akimi Yoshida vient casser les angles droits de ses cases rigoureusement rectangulaires, amenant ainsi du mouvement, et n’hésite pas à mettre la dose de lignes de vitesse pour nous embarquer au cœur de l’action ! Ce type de découpage a beau être le fondement d’un passage d’action, il n’en demeure pas moins super efficace. La mangaka utilise très justement, avec un certain équilibre, chaque élément pour que ces passages convoquent le sentiment d’importance lié aux situations au sein de l’histoire. Je ne saurai mettre exactement le doigt dessus, mais il y a quelque chose de redoutablement percutant chez Akimi Yoshida. De plus, les personnages de Yasha, et particulièrement les jumeaux (car c’est une histoire de jumeaux !) ont quelque chose de très fascinant. À chaque fois qu’on pense être proche de Sei, dans les moments comiques notamment, il nous échappe. Je crois que cet aspect, avec un personnage principal insaisissable et grandement fascinant, participe au plaisir que j��ai ressenti en retrouvant Akimi Yoshida avec Yasha. Au fil des pages, les mystères entourant Sei s’épaississent, l’histoire nous échappe. Il me tarde de lire la suite pour découvrir jusqu’où Akimi Yoshimi m’emmènera avec Yasha !

Le second manga de la liste est Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun d’AidaIro. Étiquetté shônen par l’éditeur français Pika, le manga est en cours de publication au sein du magazine à la cible éditoriale mixte: G-Fantasy. Le manga est disponible dans toute bonne librairie pour un prix de 7,70€. Nene Yashiro a un crush… à sens unique. Désespérée, elle décide de s’en remettre à la légende de Hanako, un esprit qui hanterait les toilettes de l’école. Cependant, tout vœu formulé auprès de Hanako a un prix… Nene se retrouve à devenir l’assistante de Hanako ! Ainsi débutent les aventures d’Hanako et de son assistante Nene au sein de l’école Kamome !

Est-ce que vous vous attendiez à un avis sur Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun de ma part ? Moi non ! Mais de nombreux passages en librairies m’ont rendue curieuse ! Je trouve chacune des couvertures de ce manga superbes. J’aime beaucoup l’ambiance mystérieuse et fantasque qui se dégage de ces illustrations. Je trouve aussi le travail de AidaIro autour de la couleur très beau, que ce soit dans le rendu de la technique et des outils employés que dans la palette choisie pour chaque tome. Mais ai-je bien fait de me fier aux couvertures ? Eh bien, je dis que oui ! J’ai été ensorcelée par ce premier tome ! Je suis complètement sous le charme du dessin de l’auteur et de l’univers qu’il a réussi à développer. Fourmillant de détails, je suis retrouvée totalement immergée dans cet univers cabalistique fait d’esprits, de fantômes et de légendes urbaines japonaises. De plus, le style moe, accompagné de la souplesse du trait, fait de Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun un manga aux graphismes irrésistibles. Je suis aussi très charmée par le côté épisodique du manga, chaque chapitre est comme une nouvelle aventure à la découverte d’un nouvel esprit. Un fil rouge commence aussi à se mettre en place, notamment autour des origines de Hanako-kun et de l’apparition du personnage de Minamoto qui s’ajoute au duo formé par l’esprit et Nene. À l’image d’un Détective Conan, c’est un manga qui peut durer très longtemps grâce à son côté épisodique, et dont le fil rouge ne viendra tisser la toile de fond que de manière très sporadique. Seuls les tomes suivants me le diront !

Le troisième manga de cette salve de tomes 1 est Entre les lignes de Tomoko Yamashita. Pré-publié dans l’excellant magazine Feel Young, Entre les lignes est publié en France par les éditions Kana et est disponible au prix de 7,55€. Le manga commence avec le personnage adolescent d’Asa qui, après avoir perdu ses parents dans un tragique accident de voiture, emménage chez sa tante écrivaine Makio. Les deux, parentes mais distantes, vont devoir apprendre à vivre ensemble.

Enfin ! Après tout mon cercle Twitter, je me lance dans Entre les lignes ! Je ne sais pas si je peux dire que j’ai aimé ce premier tome, si je le prends simplement comme un tome isolé des suivants. Cependant, il m’a donné envie d’en apprendre plus sur Asa et Makio. C’est un premier tome qui pose les bases, qui nous indique les problématiques qui se noueront ou se dénoueront dans les tomes suivants. Tout de suite, on en apprend beaucoup: le mystère autour de la relation d’Asa avec ses parents, la mésentente entre Makio et sa sœur, ou encore, le travail et les relations extérieures de Makio. Bien sûr, aussi, le cœur de l’histoire: les liens à nouer entre Asa et Makio, comment elles vont cohabiter et comment leurs individualités vont s’entrechoquer. J’ai trouvé ingénieux de faire ces premiers chapitres en deux temps. Le tout premier chapitre est un chapitre qui se passe au présent, puis les suivants, jusqu’à la fin du tome, sont un flash-back de l’arrivée d’Asa chez sa tante. Ce sont ces deux temps qui me rendent curieuse vis à vis de la suite, que s’est-il passé entre le premier chapitre, où Asa est en terminale, et le reste, où elle est en 3ème ? Graphiquement, on retrouve bien le côté minimaliste de Tomoko Yamashita. La mangaka utilise aussi des techniques classiques de ce genre de récit centré sur les relations sociales: le fond noir pour les souvenirs, et beaucoup de jeux de regards entre les personnages. La mangaka utilise aussi de manière brillante la métaphore du désert pour le vide intérieur ressenti par Asa. « C’est sûrement la solitude. » dit Makio. Dans ces moments de vide, Asa n’est même plus dans le lieu présent, elle est dans le désert de son être. Plutôt qu’être une lecture qui m’aura passionné, le premier tome d’Entre les lignes m’a laissé un sentiment de grande curiosité. Que se passera-t-il pour Asa et Makio, qu’on t-elles au fond d’elles ? Comment est-ce que leur relation va évoluer ? Si je suis curieuse de connaître la suite, je pense que c’est un manga que je ne lirai qu’avec parcimonie, afin d’en profiter au maximum.

Le quatrième manga à m’être passé entre les mains est Mon Petit ami Genderless de Tamekou. Lui aussi pré-publié dans le magazine Feel Young, il est publié dans nos contrées par les éditions Akata, et est disponible pour un prix de 8,05€. Wako est une jeune femme travaillant pour une maison d’édition. Son petit ami, Meguru, est un homme genderless travaillant dans une boutique de vêtement, et est très populaire sur les réseaux sociaux. Couple hétéro défiant les conventions, on suit leurs aventures au quotidien. Avant d’aller plus loin, il convient de dire que genderless, ici, ne veut pas dire non-binaire, mais se réfère davantage à un style vestimentaire défiant la règle des vêtements genré.

Intéressée par la mode, les styles alternatifs, j’avais eu hâte de découvrir Mon Petit ami Genderless ! Puis par manque de moyens, je l’ai laissé filer jusqu’à finalement le trouver en occasion. J’avoue que ce n’est pas plus mal, car j’en suis ressortie assez mitigée. Commençons par le positif ! J’adore le dessin de Tamekou, il est assez fin, pop et acidulé. Malgré l’absence de couleur dans le manga, ce côté acidulé se retrouve notamment dans les trames utilisées par l’auteur: étoiles, cœurs, carreaux, dentelles ou encore pois sont omniprésents. J’ai aussi beaucoup aimé les moments comiques, notamment le malentendu avec la collègue de Wako qui, après avoir croisé cette dernière et son petit ami genderless dans la rue, est persuadée que celle-ci est lesbienne. Ce qui est comique ce n’est pas que Wako soit potentiellement lesbienne, mais qu’elle laisse croire à sa collègue que c’est vrai, alors que tout le monde sait que c’est faux. Globalement, le manga aborde les rôles de genre sous différents angles (comment on doit s’habiller, qui fait quoi à la maison) d’une manière tellement naturelle et légère que c’en est presque imperceptible. Pour ça, Mon Petit ami Genderless est une véritable bouffée d’air frais. Cependant, ce n’est pas un manga qui m’a véritablement intéressée ou fait ressentir quoique ce soit d’excitant. Je n’aime pas vraiment la dynamique du couple principal où on a l’impression que Wako est une fangirl de son propre petit ami. J’ai été déçue de la mode dedans. Pour le peu qu’il y a, j’ai trouvé ça assez moche… Surtout, je crois qu’il manque à Mon Petit ami Genderless une direction vers laquelle aller. Wako et Meguru sont déjà en couple, et tout se passe pour le mieux entre eux. Quoi de plus ? J’ai bien compris que Tamekou avait l’ambition de faire un manga slice of life mignon, qui réchauffe le cœur, mais je ne vois pas dans quelle direction le manga va. Rien n’a su attiser ma curiosité. Pour l’instant, je n’ai pas l’intention de continuer, à voir si j’y repense dans les mois à venir.

Enfin, l’ultime manga de cette liste est Du mouvement de la Terre de UOTO. Pré-publié dans le très bon magazine Big Comic Spirits, le manga est publié en France par les éditions Ki-oon pour un prix de 7,95€. Dans l’Europe du Moyen Âge, Rafal est une jeune garçon prodige, futur théologien, et passionné d’astronomie. Il rencontre Hubert, un hérétique repenti qui va le pousser à se poser une question alors contraire au dogme religieux: où se place la Terre parmi le monde ? Est-elle au centre du monde, comme l’a démontré Ptolémée et comme le voudrait Dieu, ou non ? Au contact de Hubert, la vie de Rafal bascule. Contre tous, il décide de dédier sa vie à la théorie de l’héliocentrisme.

En bonne fan de récit historique, Du mouvement de la Terre était une des nouveautés que j’attendais le plus cette année, et je ne suis pas déçue ! De prime abord, on pourrait penser que le sujet de l’héliocentrisme est bien vaste, pas franchement intéressant. Pourtant, c’est un sujet que je trouve passionnant, et qui en dit long sur le passé de l’humanité, sur comment l’humanité s’envisageait au sein de l’univers. Malgré le sujet complexe, le manga est tout à fait accessible et ne cherche pas à nous expliquer en détails la théorie de l’héliocentrisme. Plutôt que de choisir un angle rigoureusement historique et scientifique, UOTO s’attache davantage à nous livrer un récit d’aventures. En effet, plus qu’un conflit d’idéologies, c’est une véritable poursuite entre l’Église, représentée par le personnage de Novak l’inquisiteur, et les sciences, représentées par Rafal, qui se dessine. Au niveau graphique, j’ai trouvé ça plutôt chouette. Il y a de très belles pages et de bonnes idées de mise en page. J’ai notamment aimé les pages où l’auteur insiste sur le regard du jeune Rafal, puisqu’après tout, l’astronomie n’est qu’une question d’observation. Je peux tout de même lui reprocher d’être un poil cliché façon « seinen mature se déroulant au Moyen Âge ». On y trouve des moments de violence graphique ou encore des doubles pages d’une extrême puissance soudaine par exemple. Le manga reste dans l’ambiance « Moyen Âge sombre et violent ». UOTO est un auteur encore jeune, et je suis persuadée qu’il emmènera ce récit très haut et très loin. Du mouvement de la Terre promet d’être un récit passionnant, aussi bien dans le fond que dans la forme.

Cet article touche déjà à sa fin ! Mon préféré de la liste est de loin Du mouvement de la Terre. Est-ce vous avez lu ces titres ? Si oui, vous en avez pensé quoi ?? Dites-moi tout sur Twitter ! Vous avez peut-être remarqué, mais j’ai changé le titre de ces articles consacrés aux tomes 1, je ne pouvais plus me voir « …comme s’il en pleuvait ». Pour terminer, merci encore de m’avoir lu jusqu’ici, une nouvelle fois, et on se retrouve sur Twitter, Ko-fi (oubliez de jeter un œil à mon super marque-page !!) et, pourquoi pas sur Anilist. Portez-vous bien, des bisous.

[summerlimeismethebrony]

Another of my AA HDM AU snippets, although this one isn't an adaptation of a scene we see in canon and instead the POV of an antagonist Settling

Spoilers for the third Ace Attorney game, particularly case 3-4

"Urg…" Yoshimi groaned. "Could you hurry it up, Melissa? This form is so uncomfortable." 

Melissa huffed in mock annoyance, but she couldn't really blame her daemon for his discomfort. She couldn't remember the last time he'd been anything other than a bird. And, much as she'd like to forget it, she was technically a witch. Such an earth-bound form as this went against his nature. 

"Alright, I'm ready," she told him, "Let's get this over with." 

...

She played the part of Valerie perfectly, she thought — and Yoshimi hadn't needed to worry about anything but being in the right shape and position when the camera went off. 

…

As Melissa packed away her camera, Yoshimi sighed with relief as he finally shifted and could stretch his wings. 

He was a big, beautiful bird, with striking face markings and an almost fur-like look to his feathers. 

"Hm, never seen that one before," she said. 

"You like it?" he asked, turning to her and flapping wings that were wider than she was tall. 

"It's lovely," she told him, "Maybe you should be something smaller for the trip down, though."

Yoshimi stilled for a beat. Then, he tucked his wings in tight and looked at her with dark, red eyes. 

"Melissa… I can't. This is it." 

"This?" Melissa asked numbly, "Now? After I—" She cut herself off, dread creeping up her arms in hot prickles. 

"I think…" Yoshimi hesitated, like he wanted to lie — but he was her soul, and lying to yourself is foolish. "I think it was… you know …that did it. If I hadn't already taken his form when you… I don't think the plan would've worked." He looked at her pleadingly. "Are you mad?"

"No, I'm not mad." Melissa's voice sounded hollow. "I just— wie settled from murdering someone… What does that mean?" 

"That wie're dedicated to self-preserviation?" Yoshimi guessed. "Wie won't know for sure until wie find out what I am." 

Melissa nodded, glad to have a plan (other than the plan to develop the photos and present them to the authorities, but that was… too much to think about at the moment). 

On their way down the mountain, Yoshimi seemed to have an idea. 

"Y'know… this might actually work out in our favor." 

"What do you mean?" 

"Well, I'm settled, right? So no one will suspect that wie did what wie did — it'd be easy to see I'm not him, even from far away. I'm huge now." By the end of his explanation, he sounded actually excited. 

Melissa felt herself start to smile. He was right; maybe this would work out in their favor. 

[duck-era-lexi]

glue song came out and it SHOT up to the top of my rankings. 

yea but... i mean, i listened to beabadoobee before i really started listening to music critically so a lot of this is very memory-biased. for example any song that i listened to during july of 2022 (10:36, talk, etc) is lower than it should be because i listened to music differently then. 

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if you��re counting tiers:

S tier: 1-8

A tier: 9-21

B tier: 22-40

C tier: 41-49

D tier: 50-67

F tier: just yoshimi forest magdelene. man i hate that song. like no hate to bea’s kids but i cannot with that song

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and, in case you couldn’t tell: 

albums ranked:

our extended play 🌎

patched up 🍂

beatopia 🧚🏼‍♀️

space cadet 🌚

loveworm 🪱

lice 🪳

fake it flowers 🪷

[leoontheair]

Hang on as someone who listens to Weird Al and has a big spotify playlist I’ve got a ton of these

Movin’ Right Along - The Muppets

My Life - Billy Joel

A bunch of Daft Punk songs (Aerodynamic, Harder Better Faster Stronger, Superheroes, and Da Funk just to name a few)

The Magic Number - De La Soul

Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol (Very AroAce coded for an 80s song)

Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai

Who Can It Be Now - Men At Work

Down Under - Men at Work as well

Weird Science - Oingo Boingo

It’s the End of the World as We Know It - R.E.M

Stand - R.E.M

Psycho Killer - Talking Heads

The Communists Have the Music - They Might be Giants

Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might be Giants

Can I Kick It? - A Tribe Called Quest

Ocean Man - Ween

Most of Weird Al’s catalogue, including and not limited to Perform This Way, Amish Paradise, Everything You Know is Wrong, Dare to be Stupid, Sports Song, Hardware Store, Bob, and My Bologna, to name a few

Seven Nation Army- The White Stripes

Senses Working Overtime - XTC

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots pt. 1 - The Flaming Lips

All Star - Smash Mouth

Worst Case Scenario - The Hoosiers

Redesign Your Logo - Lemon Demon

That’s just from my playlist but that’s like 4 hours of music at least I would think. I’ll add to this as I think of more

I’ve currently made myself a challenge:

Right now, as we speak, I am compiling as many songs as I can think of into one playlist, with only requirement: it cannot be about romantic love or sex. Sounds easy enough right? Oh honey, you have no idea just how little the amount of songs with lyrics that are completely platonic just is.

So what is the challenge, you ask?

Well, if I can find over 12 hours worth of non romance/sex songs, I will buy myself a pair of hot pink contact lenses and take a picture of myself with them on. It is worthy to note that I do not like this color, much less would I want to put it in my eyes.

So, will I be able to do it? Let’s find out…

Also the deadline is January 1st, 2024.

Oh, and if you happen to find a song, please let me know!!

(This can be any genre of music, just as long as it’s got lyrics too, no lyrics is considered cheating)

The playlist in question:

[autumnmobile12]

I like to think that 10+ years into the ghost hunting career, Mai and company are all scarily efficient in a crisis.

The anime takes place over the course of a year, and there are three separate fires that take place:  the kitchen fire in the dollhouse case, the fire that broke out at Yasu’s school, and the fire at the Yoshimi house.  There’s a high probability that those fires weren’t the last ones they ever had to put out.  Combine that with various injuries, the ambulance rides, the near drowning of a child, a murderous family, a horde of drowned corpses, and other assorted emergencies, there has to come a point where a crisis is just another Monday.

...

“There’s a fire?  Is it small enough that a fire extinguisher can handle it or do we need to call the fire department? Fire extinguisher it is. I saw one in the hall, I'll go get it." If the site doesn't have one, they grab the one they keep in the company van.

...

“Naru’s gone into cardiac arrest again?  Call an ambulance and find the AED kit we saw earlier.” (If they weren't all trained in CPR or BLS (Basic Life Support) after the Yoshimi Case, they probably were afterward. At this point, I imagine all of them have done a round of CPR on him and it's not even weird anymore.)

Everyone's medical information is probably on file and/or memorized. Every investigation briefing goes over the nearest emergency room locations, makes sure the first aid kits are stocked, and goes over if anyone is taking any new medications that may or may not react badly with anesthetics, anti-inflammatories, etc.

...

There is a sign on the door that says, "Unless your life is in immediate danger, do not leave the base unattended under any circumstance."

...

Basic self-defense became a necessity after too many close encounters with a violent, possessed person. That and carrying pepper spray. Masako straight up has a stun gun.

...

And the poor client's just standing there all like, "Um...can I ask how you people are all so calm about this?"

Mai: *casually trying to decide if a serious-looking cut is deep enough to warrant a hospital visit* "Listen, when you've been doing this as long as I have, there isn't much left that's a shock anymore."

[khakilike]

I thought I was waiting for Yume to show up on Terrace House, but I discovered I was actually waiting for you, Mei. (I love Tokui, but at least they found some fun guests to sub for him.)

[demifiendrsa]

Dragami Games has announced that Lollipop Chainsaw will receive a remake.  tentatively titled Lollipop Chainsaw Remake. The game, tentatively titled “Lollipop Chainsaw Remake,” is slated for a 2023 worldwide release. Dragami Games did not reveal the platforms for the remake. A combination of staff from the original game and Dragami Games staff are developing the game, with Warner Bros. supporting the production.

Additionally, Yasuda explained that the original game had 15 licensed songs in the soundtrack, which is difficult for Dragami Games to use in the remake. The soundtrack therefore will consist of mostly new music aside from a few licensed tracks.

A message from producer Yoshimi Yasuda

14 years have passed since I started the Lollipop Chainsaw project.

Lollipop Chainsaw was born as a result of Suda51 discussing creating a new game with me. I saw great potential in Grasshopper Manufacture’s proposal, and just one month after Kadokawa Games was founded in April 2009, we started the development project on Lollipop Chainsaw, in May 2009.

As Suda-san was very busy handling development on other projects at the time, I served as director and producer, creating a joint development team consisting of staff from Grasshopper Manufacture and Kadokawa Games, overseeing development directly. Suda-san looked over the game design and supervised the project as an executive producer.

In January 2010, the aid of a friend of mine working at Warner Bros. led to us successfully grasping a chance with the Warner Bros. greenlight committee, and Warner Bros. thus becoming the publisher for the game in all regions outside of Asia. Furthermore, a Warner Bros. senior manager suggested that we have the game’s script rewritten, and that we leave it to film director James Gunn, which we gladly agreed to.

All of this good fortune resulted in Lollipop Chainsaw, which released in June 2012, being loved by many players all over the world, selling over a million units worldwide.

Unfortunately, various factors resulted in things making it so that fans can no longer easily play Lollipop Chainsaw, and it has been some time since players have not been able to access the game on current consoles.

We, the original development staff on Lollipop Chainsaw, think of the game as very precious to us, and did not want to leave it in limbo, where players who want to play it cannot. As such, we purchased the Lollipop Chainsaw intellectual property from Kadokawa Games, and decided to develop a remake. We have already contacted Warner Bros. about development, and are being supported by them in this endeavor.

One thing that we have to tell fans of the original game is that even though the original staff are working on the remake, there will be elements that are different from the original. For instance, the original game had 16 licensed songs used in the soundtrack, but it is unfortunately difficult for us to implement all of them this time. As a result, aside from a few licensed tracks, the soundtrack will consist of new music. Additionally, since we have access to consoles with higher specifications, we will be taking a more realistic approach to the graphics this time.

In any case, our goal is to make it easier for gamers who want to play Lollipop Chainsaw to do so. Please look forward to the game’s 2023 release.

Sincerely, Lollipop Chainsaw Producer Yoshimi Yasuda

[zevlors-tail]

Ngl- when I first saw Thirteen, I immediately thought that Jamie Marchi would be a good fit if ever the devs decided to do english VA's for whatever reason. Like, Thirteen just has those vibes.

And in case you don't know who Jamie Marchi is, here are some characters you might be familiar with that she was the english VA for:

Nao Yoshimi - Ghost Hunt

Liz Thompson - Soul Eater

Cana Alberona - Fairy Tail

Chiyuki - Death Parade

Junko - Danganronpa

Mount Lady - BNHA

Now I want you to imagine Thirteen with that voice and tell me it's not a perfect match. Idk, something about it just clicks! Thoughts?

[pimpedoutgreenears]

shuya/hirono for otp questions? :D

Sorry this took a minute, but I love the ask!

1. Are they more "cute forehead kisses" or "hot making out" kind of couple? Maybe one prefers first option and the other one the second? How do they deal, in that case?

Shuya likes to give her cute little forehead kisses but of course Hirono is too cool for that kind of thing, at least in front of anyone. Like if he kisses her like that in front of either of their friend groups she acts disgusted and is like, "If you're gonna kiss me, do it right" and then she starts making out with him hard core. Shuya is always surprised by that but also always enjoys it.

But sometimes when they're alone he'll kiss her forehead and instead of starting a makeout session, she'll just scoff like she's annoyed, but then lean against him and kiss him along the jawline. Shuya always loves it and wishes she'd do it more.

2. If they wanted to shower their significant other with affection, how would they do that? Dinner in some fancy restaurant, gift, kisses and cuddles or an evening together on a couch with hot tea and very intimate talk?

If Shuya's looking to shower her in affection, you know he's going to write her a cheesy ass song. And she's going to listen to it and laugh her ass off. A part of her likes when he does this in front of other people (girls) because then she can flaunt that he's with her. But if he does it in front of Mitsuko, she hates it because Mitsuko always makes snide comments about him (Yoshimi thinks it's super cute though and wishes Yoji did stuff like that for her).

Hirono would definitely do it physically. Like, she feels like that's what's she's good at so that's what she goes with. But she also shows affection by taking him places that she thinks he'll like, like illegal rock shows and other sketchy places. She loves exposing him to knew stuff and loves the crazy adventures she takes him on.

3. Are they comfortable with showing each other affection in public? If one is and the other one not, how do they interact in public?

They're both comfortable with it! Like, it's a little different because Shuya's more comfortable with romantic affection whereas Hirono's more for physical affection but they strike a decent balance.

4. Do they have pet names? Do they like to embarrass each other in front of their friends/family/coworkers with some silly ones? Or do they keep it with basics, like "swertheart" or "honey"?

Hirono definitely calls him sweetheart in a sarcastic/condescending way when she's mad at him. She also calls him stuff like 'sexy', 'hot stuff', and 'guitar boy' normally. And she's not above calling him something that will embarrass him.

Shuya uses them in a more loving way, but he's pretty basic. Although I could see him coming up with something to call her for a song that's unique and then always using that, but I'm not sure what it would be. He doesn't usually try to embarrass her with them, but there are times where he would if they're fighting. He loves her, but sometimes he's gotta match her energy to earn her respect.

5. If one of them was away for longer time, like a week, how their significant other would greet them back?

Look man, Hirono missed her boytoy and she wants to makeout. But, also, maybe, under the surface, she also wants to just cuddle and talk. But she's gotta go through the motions first, okay?

Shuya also likes some kiss action, but he also wants to talk her ear off about whatever happened. So maybe they just talk in between making out?

6. How often do they say "I love you" to one another? On daily basics, leaving to work, with a kiss on a cheek and quick "love u, bye!" or it's more rare and more emotional?

Look, Hirono will admit she's in love when she's dead, okay? Love isn't real and people who believe in it is are stupid. Isn't it enough that she hangs around? Meanwhile, Shuya's throwing 'em out like confetti (by comparison, he's actually pretty normal about it). And when she doesn't say it back he just smiles and says stuff like, "Careful, or one day you'll slip up and say it back." And she flips him off, but he takes that as an I love you anyway.

7. Do they keep track of each other during the day? Asking how is that important meeting going and texting "I <3 u"? Or they just text each other grocery list and talk when they are both home?

They're both better with talking in person. Shuya loses his phone or forgets about it when he gets involved with other things all the time. So even though he tries to be a good boyfriend with his texting, it's pretty all over the place.

But that's okay because Hirono ignores it when she's doing something fun. So neither of them are super easy to get a hold of. Although sometimes Hirono's bitter when she ignores her phone all day and Shuya hasn't texted her. Like, how is she supposed to tease him about how much he missed her if he didn't text? And she's NOT saying she missed him!

8. How long into their relationship they are, when they say "I love you" for the first time? Who says that first? In what situation?

Shuya says it first, no question. It does take him a little bit but probably within a couple of months. It probably happens after they're doing something they shouldn't be doing and almost get caught, like they're at some underground rock show and cops show up and Hirono leads them out and they run. And once they're safe Shuya looks at her and tells her he loves her. Hirono freaks out about that though, because what the fuck, they're just having fun? Why did he have to go and make it a serious thing? Love isn't real and he needs to not try and pull that shit on her. Like, does he think he'll get more from her if he says that? Because he won't. It leads to a fight but they end up making up and Shuya basically says he doesn't need her to say it back but he needs to be able to say it. And that's how they operate for a long time. But eventually after they've been together for a long while, probably like months, maybe a year, she eventually lets it slip super casually, like, "I love your crazy ass." And she looks at him in a way that says 'yeah, I said it, don't make a thing about it.' And of course, Shuya does then make a thing about it because he can't read the room but he's just really happy, okay? After that she still doesn't say it much, but it appears occasionally.

9. Do they have some unusual ways of saying "I love you"? Squeezing hands, that they both know what means?

Anytime she calls him crazy it's code for 'I love you.' It takes him 90 years to understand that, but he eventually does. Then he starts saying it back to her and it becomes their thing.

10. How they show affection to the other one in everyday life? Do they cook dinner for each other? Or wash the dishes, even though it's not their turn, cause they know the other one hates it?

They just try to do things that makes the other happy. They spend time together. Hirono hangs out with his friends even though she doesn't like most of them and is only sort of mean to them. Shuya always reminds her of how smart she is and how she's better than she thinks.

[drivingsideways]

Ten songs by ten artists! 

@noona96n love you baaackkkk (also a meme I can actually do? hurrah!)

The World Spins Madly On by The Weepies

Yoshimi battles the pink robots by The Flaming Lips

Galileo by The Indigo Girls

The Book of Love by The Magnetic Fields

A Case of You by Joni Mitchell

I think of you by Tanita Tikaram

Humsafar by Silk Route

New York Nagaram by A R Rahman

Rona Chod Diya by Zeb & Haniya/ ft Javed Bashir

Ghungroo by Shilpa Rao