#yuko ito

[saint-miroir]

An(other) Aitakute... Your Smiles in My Heart telephone card, featuring an illustration of China Ninomiya and Asako Ninomiya, illustrated by game character designer Yuko Ito (signed, “Itochin”).

[haveyouseenthistoku]

[storekn1fe]

do you like horror? do you like yuri? do you like combining the two? then join team horror animanga for the 2024 @yuriolympics !!!

the yuri olympics are an event where yuri enjoyers create works for their fave ships! and if you aren't into horror, you can join another team, or even create one yourself! and if you don't want to make anything but still want to participate, you can join as a voter!

you can sign up here! make sure to join the discord as well!

[highsummonermercar]

More mainstream pop artists took a switch to R&B during this time including the now retired singer and dancer, Namie Amuro. After much criticism for dabbling in R&B in the 90s, songs from her Style, Queen to Hip-Pop and PLAY albums started gaining interest; notably Put ‘Em Up, So Crazy, Girl Talk, HELLO and Pink Key. Along with Amuro, ero-kawaii artist Koda Kumi became a trendsetter after her Best~First Things~ got popular. She had R&B tracks that heightened like 秘密 (Secret), this is not a love song and No Way from some of her best albums, Kingdom, TRICK and UNIVERSE. The versatility in J-R&B songs showcased to many in the industry that it was impactful  and interest from artists such as Ishida Yuko’s Missin’ U,  SATOMI’s Baby Doll, MISIA’s ANY LOVE, YA-KYIM’s someday, Leah Dizon’s Softly, May J.’s Why Why Why and Yuna Ito’s Losin in the mid  2000’s to early 2010s. Even R&B was pouring into idol songs like Morning Musume’s Do It Now and Goto Maki’s Tear Drops. Along with these tracks, there were many other standout albums that were heavily influenced such as Hiromi’s Rainbow, Kato Miliyah’s Heaven, AI’s The Last Ai, Jasmine’s Gold, LISA’s Gratitude, BENI’s Jewel and Thelma Aoyama’s Diary.

Japanese R&B – The State of It All

[crazyasianlove]

Futsugou na Kioku (Sub. Esp) [2024]

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Título: Futsugou na Kioku (Recuerdos Inconvenientes) País: Japón Género: thriller, Sci-Fi Duración: 117 min. Fecha de estreno: 27 de septiembre, 2024 Dirección: Ishikawa Kei Guion: Brad Wright

SINOPSIS

Ambientada en el año 220 D.C., los avances en la ciencia y la tecnología han progresado hasta el punto en que la humanidad ha empezado a colonizar el espacio. A primera vista, Naoki y Mayumi, que viven en una lujosa residencia flotante en el espacio, parecen la pareja perfecta que todo el mundo admira. Naoki, científico, está profundamente absorto en su investigación, mientras que Mayumi está apasionadamente inversa en su hobby de alfarería. En su sofisticada vida en el espacio, disfrutan una aparente vida pacífica e ideal. Sin embargo, Naoki ha convertido a Mayumi en un androide en un intento desesperado de recapturar la felicidad de los días en que ella más lo amaba. Conducido por su obsesión con la perfección, Naoki altera constantemente a su esposa, intentando controlarla para que se adapte a su "ideal". Hasta que, con el tiempo, Mayumi empieza a darse cuenta de la situación en la que se encuentra.

REPARTO

Ito Hideaki como Naoki Araki Yuko como Mayumi Mizuma Ron como el doctor Ogasawara Jeab-Lalana Kongtoranin como Jeab

Tráiler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRFdlSlEL1U

[fleurbeaufermo-za]

The erogurofication of my sketches

[mondstalgia]

'were we happy as a married couple?" - "yes, we were." hideaki ito as 'naoki' & araki yuko as 'mayumi' in futsugona kioku (2024)

[zlatakleos]

This kinda reminds me of two specific panels from Tomie (the series as a whole), I see the Junji Ito inspiration!!

Something i did inspired by Yuko Tatsuhima!

Drawn with my glass fountain pen.

Shes one of my favorite artists along with Sui Ishida ad Junji Ito :)

[wlwcatalogue]

Some WLW (?) Jdrama & Kdrama recommendations!

Jdramas and Kdramas have a (not-entirely-unearned) reputation for being very straight, but here are a few which are either canonically F/F or which prominently feature a female-female pair-- please enjoy! For those who enjoy following series in real time, Chaser Game W and She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat S2 are both airing this January 2024 :)

As with my post on anime with yuri subtext, since subtext is so subjective, this list only includes series which I’ve actually watched, and so is by no means intended to be comprehensive. Also, it doesn't include any webseries, since those probably deserve a post of their own.

At-a-glance list:

Miss Sherlock (8 episodes, 2018) (subtext)

Night Light (20 episodes, 2016) (subtext)

Tokusatsu Gagaga (7 episodes, 2019) (subtext)

Painter of the Wind (20 episodes, 2008) (canon?)

She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat (10 15-minute episodes and counting, 2022~) (canon)

Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta (5 episodes, 1992) (canon)

Chaser Game W (10? 30-minute episodes, 2024) (canon)

Doctor X (7 seasons and counting, 2012~) (subtext)

Bonus: SKY Castle (20 episodes, 2018) (subtext)

Summaries under the cut!

1. Miss Sherlock / ミス・シャーロック (8 episodes, 2018) (subtext) – MyDramaList | AsianWiki

The elevator pitch for this show is simple: it’s Sherlock Holmes, but where Holmes and Watson – here named “Sherlock” and Tachibana Wato, and played by Takeuchi Yuko and Kanjiya Shihori, respectively – are both female, and the cases are all set in modern Tokyo. As with other adaptations, mystery-solving and the budding relationship between the two leads takes centre stage, but Miss Sherlock manages to carve out an identity all its own.

There’s a calm beauty to its visuals, which favour sunlight and urban greenery, and the show’s focus on former doctor Wato as she tries out new jobs and goes to therapy means that there’s a surprisingly high number of slice-of-life scenes. It’s also subtly more female-focused than the source material; Sherlock’s gossipy but good-natured landlady Ms. Hatano (Ito Ran) is as much a member of the household as Sherlock and Wato, and the cases often revolve around female characters. But more than anything, it’s just really fun to watch Sherlock and Wato’s relationship bloom as they snip and snipe and are utterly unable to stay out of each other’s space (literally – the body language and blocking is *chef’s kiss*). Their relationship is the heart of the show – watch this one until the end, you won’t regret it!

(CW: psychological abuse, manipulation, and genre-typical murder, violence, and gore)

2. Night Light / 불야성 (20 episodes, 2016) (subtext) - MyDramaList | AsianWiki

(Note: spoilers for the mid-season twist, but it’s impossible to allude to a good portion of the F/F subtext without doing so, and I think knowing the twist ahead of time doesn’t make it any less enjoyable.)

Night Light is a rather odd show. It’s simple enough on the face of it, a story about  successful but ruthless CEO Seo Yi-kyung (an icy Lee Yo-won) who tries to mold the younger Lee Se-jin (a puppy-eyed Uee) in her own ambitious image, only for her protege to develop the conscience she never had and move to stop her dastardly plans… but upon watching it’s a totally different creature,  thanks to the alchemic reactions of some delightfully contradictory acting choices (Uee’s performance convinces viewers less of Se-jin’s supposed latent desire for power and money, and more of a deep love and devotion for the CEO) and the unintentionally (?) inneundo-laden script (“If I like something once, I never forget it– whether it’s a dress… or a person,” declares the CEO less than ten minutes into the first episode while gazing intently at Se-jin).

Honestly, it’s a wonder this series ever got made, but you certainly won’t see me complaining! The first part is full of boss/subordinate goodness; Se-jin is unable to resist the CEO’s magnetic pull despite her hot-and-cold behaviour, while the CEO cannot bring herself to push Se-jin away completely. And then, when Se-jin makes her mind up to stop the CEO, it morphs into a corporate take on a (subtextual) lovers-on-opposite-sides situation, where it is precisely Se-jin’s feelings for the CEO that motivate her to stop her. In short, it’s a workplace GL fan’s dream.

Note: If you do watch it, skip the corporate politicking cutscenes with the old men, you’ll thank me later. Also, there’s a prominent male character who is the CEO’s ex and who works closely with Se-jin in the second half, but don’t worry, all the M/F romance is in the past (and doesn’t get much screentime)– he and Se-jin aren’t interested in each other at all.

3. Tokusatsu Gagaga / トクサツガガガ (7 episodes, 2019) (subtext) - MyDramaList | AsianWiki

Nakamura Kano (Koshiba Fuka) lives and breathes tokusatsu shows (think Power Rangers, if you’re not familiar), but keeps it a secret from her work colleagues to avoid being shunned or laughed at. And yet she yearns for connection, so when she sees a woman on the subway bearing a keychain from her favourite show (Yoshida Hisami, played by Kurashina Kana), she is determined to find her again.

Although ostensibly about being a tokusatsu fan as an adult, this show is rife with queer subtext, and not in the usual way. It deals with the difficulties of staying in the closet (regarding being an adult tokusatsu fan), the desire to connect with other queer people adult tokusatsu fans and how one might do so through hints and signals, parental disapproval arising from gendered and social expectations (that tokusatsu shows are for boys, and magical girl shows for girls), intersectionality and finding comradeship with other minorities people who are excluded due to their interests, and even generational gaps wherein younger queers fans may underestimate the obstacles that still exist. Although all that might sound a bit stressful, it isn’t actually! Difficult incidents are handled with sympathy and a dash of wry humour, and the show never loses sight of the fact that it – above all else – is a story about finding queer community in the face of a heteronormative hostile world, told with warmth and the nuance of lived experience.

4. Painter of the Wind / 바람의 화원 (20 episodes, 2008) (canon?) - MyDramaList | AsianWiki

Adapting the novel of the same name by Lee Jung-myung, Painter of the Wind takes as its protagonist a gender-bent version of real-life Joseon-era painter Shin Yun-bok (Moon Geun-young), whose paintings are used to weave a tale of artistry, political intrigue, and romance, and more than anything else to offer modern-day viewers a glimpse of everyday life in 18th-century Korea.

While it may sound like Dickinson’s boring cousin, apart from having a common preoccupation with reframing historical works, another similarity the two shows share is that Painter of the Wind is also very gay. Starting from the first episode, Yun-bok meets and becomes fascinated by the courtesan Jung-hyang (Moon Chae-won), who despite her initial aloofness is drawn to Yun-bok’s intellect and sensitive demeanour. It’s a real meeting of the minds, their witty repartee in early episodes reminiscent of Twelfth Night’s Viola and Olivia, and their relationship isn’t siloed off from the main plot either: Yun-bok’s infatuation quickly starts causing issues with her academic career, and the two eventually have to contend with Jung-hyang’s precarious position as a courtesan as well.

Unfortunately, all this is undermined in the back half of the show, which tries to gaslight viewers into thinking that Yun-bok’s feelings for Jung-hyang were purely platonic all along and that she totally has romantic feelings for her much older male mentor�� but hey, at least it’s an open ending. Despite everything, though, I can’t think of another serious historical TV show which features such a prominent F/F narrative for its main character, even nearly two decades later. (Let me know if you have any others! And no, Gentleman Jack doesn’t count, it’s not exactly traditional in style!)

(CW: period-typical sexism)

5. She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat / 作りたい女と食べたい女 (10 15-minute episodes and counting, 2022~) (canon) - MyDramaList

Based on Yuzaki Sakaomi’s manga of the same name, this simple but sweet show follows home-cooking extraordinaire Nomoto Yuki (Higa Manami), who yearns to cook large-scale dishes but doesn’t eat enough to justify making them. Luckily for her, her neighbour Kasuga Totoko (Nishino Emi) has a massive appetite!

It’s always lovely to see more grounded stories about working women, especially when they’re as cute as this one. Though it touches upon some slightly more serious issues, such as with regard to gendered expectations surrounding food and cooking, it’s primarily a feel-good slice-of-life show about two women getting to know each other by cooking and eating delicious food together.

Side note: if you’ve started it and think the show doesn’t look cosy enough, stick it out for a few more episodes, the production values improve after the first part! Also, the series was renewed for a second season with double the episode count (for a total of 20 episodes) which will start airing on January 29th this year, so this is the perfect time to jump in!

6. Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta / その時、ハートは盗まれた (5 episodes, 1992) (canon) - MyDramaList

Sono Heart, as it’s nicknamed, starts off as a typical heteronormative high school romance: bumbling protagonist Shiina Hiroko (Isshiki Sae) is desperate to get closer to her crush Katase Masato (Kimura Takuya), star of the school basketball team and all-round nice dude. However, a spanner in the works comes slouching along in the form of female classmate Aso Saki (Uchida Yuki, in her debut role), a mischievous, short-haired personification of trouble who Katase turns out to have feelings for. One day, Hiroko gets into a fight with Saki, and they end up having to stay together after school as punishment. But that afternoon gives them the opportunity to bond over a heart-to-heart conversation, and things seem to improve… until, just before leaving, Saki kisses Hiroko. And then everything changes.

Or rather, everything changes eventually. What’s great about this show is that it doesn’t take shortcuts: Hiroko doesn’t instantly fall in love with Saki. Instead, what you get is a surprisingly layered portrait of a high school girl whose coming to terms with queerness is merely a natural extension of reckoning with her burgeoning sexuality. And, because Saki is self-destructive in her depression and makes a game of belittling, worrying, and infuriating anyone who cares about her, it’s really a story about what it means to love another person rather than a romantic ideal. A word of warning, though: Katase is actually quite a large character, as he and Hiroko end up becoming friends. Also, the ending is very abrupt and inconclusive, though rest assured that it doesn’t try to roll back Hiroko’s feelings, or pair either girl off with a guy.

(CW: self-harm, attempted suicide, bullying, homophobia, underage drinking)

7. Chaser Game W: Power Harassment Boss Is My Ex-Girlfriend / チェイサーゲームW: パワハラ上司は私の元カノ (10? 30-minute episodes, 2024) (canon) - MyDramaList | AsianWiki

Probably jumping the gun here as only two episodes have aired as of writing, but I feel honour-bound to recommend this as it’d probably appeal to a lot of people, if only they knew about it! Chaser Game W is a standalone spin-off of Chaser Game, itself an adaptation of a manga of the same name by Matsuyama Hiroshi and Matsushima Yukitarou, but you don’t need to know anything going in.

Protagonist Harumoto Itsuki (former Keyakizaka46 captain Sugai Yuuka) has been assigned a new job: her company has been asked by a Chinese conglomerate to develop a game adaptation of a GL manhua, and she’s been tapped as the project leader. However, what appears to be an exciting prospect soon becomes a terrifying one, as the person sent by the client to supervise turns out to be her ex-girlfriend from university (Lin Dongyu, played by Japanese actress Nakamura Yurika), who is now married to a Chinese man (played by a Japanese actor) and has a child, but remains hell-bent on exacting revenge on Itsuki for their bad breakup. This is a romantic (melo)drama rather than a psychological thriller, though, so you won’t be watching Itsuki getting terrorised the entire time. While she is understandably upset by her ex’s current behaviour, Itsuki can’t forget about their happy days together, and Dongyu herself veers between being a sneering bully and craving Itsuki’s affection.

Do note that the show isn’t without its flaws: it’s very Japanese about the Chinese thing, which is to say it’s filled with comments which range from somewhat offensive to borderline racist, and the script will probably give you a headache if you know even the slightest thing about game development. Your mileage might vary on the ex too, as she can be really quite nasty to Itsuki and her teammates. But if you can overlook those issues, this is a rare prize indeed: a TV drama focusing on a canonical F/F pair, who are specifically exes, and in a workplace setting.

(CW: bullying)

8. Doctor X / ドクターX (7 seasons and counting, 2012~) (subtext) - MyDramaList | AsianWiki

To be very honest, I was in two minds about including Doctor X on this list. It is, with a few notable exceptions, misogynistic and reductive in its depictions of women (especially in the first two seasons), gives too much screentime to objectively awful and subjectively annoying men, doesn’t respect the work done by medical personnel apart from surgeons, and on the technical front is formulaic, repetitive, and often lazy in its writing and presentation. Unfortunately, the dynamic between the genius surgeon protagonist Daimon Michiko (Yonekura Ryoko) and her anaesthesiologist wife partner friend Jounouchi Hiromi (Uchida Yuki) is almost unparalleled in its excellence.

The premise of the series is basic indeed: Daimon Michiko is a freelance surgeon with a healthy disrespect of rules and authority and, unluckily for her detractors, a cast-iron guarantee that she will succeed in any surgery, no matter how difficult. She’s initially portrayed as a lone wolf who’s dismissive of the entire hospital system and anyone who’s part of it— but her interest is piqued by the anaesthesiologist Jounouchi, who is skilled beyond her peers and chafes against the idiocy of her colleagues. For all its flaws, the first season – which is more serious and edgy in tone compared to the others, and isn’t an ensemble cast like the post-S3 seasons – is a fantastic depiction of two people being perfectly matched in skill, intellect, and outlook, and how they come together despite one being standoffish (Jounouchi) and the other not being used to reaching out to or even respecting other people (Daimon).

The seasons after that sadly ditch the emphasis on Jounouchi being Daimon’s professional equal, but in exchange offer up another rare and unexpected gift: two women in their late thirties / early forties who are partners both at work and in private. Jounouchi is Daimon’s designated anaesthesiologist, assisting with nearly every surgery, and she spends so much time at Daimon’s agency-office-slash-house you’d think she’d moved in. Also, after a point they just start being wonderfully dorky and comfortable with each other, while still being consummate professionals in the operating theatre. Although the show is very much focused on Daimon Michiko as its sole protagonist, Jounouchi is undoubtedly the character most significant to her – even more than Daimon’s father figure, the head of the freelance agency – and this is highlighted in the story from time to time. They are very, very good. I just wish the series was better.

Note: If you’re curious, I would recommend watching the very first episode in full– by the end you should know if you’re invested enough to continue, otherwise drop it and live in the happy knowledge that you dodged a bullet. If you aren’t so lucky, I’d advise skipping the surgery segments when they start to bore, and in general to skip liberally. Also, season 4 is not worth watching as a whole, except for the last two episodes, which absolutely should not be missed. Sigh. I can’t speak to seasons 6 and 7, due to having paused mid-S6.

Side note: If you’ve watched Doctor X already and liked it (or at least like Daimon and Jounouchi), but haven’t tried Miss Sherlock yet, definitely give that a go because there seems to be a big overlap in the fandoms. Maybe it’s because they both feature a genius protagonist, have the two largest female characters being work partners, and domestic vibes…?

(CW: sexism, genre-typical gore)

Bonus: SKY Castle / SKY 캐슬 (20 episodes, 2018) (subtext) - MyDramaList | AsianWiki

(Note: slight spoilers for the early episodes, but it’s necessary in order to give a more accurate recommendation regarding the F/F subtext, especially as the show is not primarily focused on any one relationship.)

This one’s a bonus because unlike the others on this list, there’s no close relationship between two female characters which could be interpreted in a romantic light. That’s not too surprising as the show is all about the women of a several super-wealthy families trying to get their children into the top Korean universities (equivalent to the Ivy League) whilst supporting their husbands in the rat race: a decidedly heteronormative premise, albeit one that’s executed in an award-winning manner.

So why am I listing it? Well, it’s because somehow, in this series about heteronormative and highly gendered nuclear families, it features possibly the most erotically-charged dynamic I have seen, even taking season 1 of Killing Eve into account. (Though it takes some time to get there, so if you try it out, please watch at least the first four episodes before making a decision!)

That honour goes to the problematic gem that is the relationship between the main character Han Seo-jin (Yum Jung-ah), who is willing to do whatever it takes to get her daughter into Seoul’s top medical school, and star tutor Kim Joo-young (Kim Seo-hyung), who is known for her 100% success rate. It starts off with a mild push-and-pull, when Han Seo-jin wants Coach Kim to take on her daughter, but is wary of the shady rumours surrounding her; the tutor stands firm, and Han eventually has to swallow her pride and accept the risks. Where it really comes into its own, though, is when Coach Kim starts to pose a legitimate threat to everything Han cares for: her daughter, her marriage (or rather, what her husband can give her), her position in the world. It becomes increasingly clear that Han should just walk away, and indeed she tries to do so many a time, only to bend in the end because the coach is key to fulfilling her dearest wish– and so to Han, for all she rages and resents and fears, Coach Kim is nothing less than temptation itself. This is the beating core of the show, and even as the plotting disintegrates and falls into melodrama in the second half, their scenes together still crackle with delicious tension every time. Watch it.

(CW: suicide, psychological abuse, child abuse, bullying, murder)

[bluebellofbakerstreet]

Number 55 in a series

Others in this series: Basil Rathbone (Fox), Martin Freeman,  Jude Law,  Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel McAdams,  Jonny Lee Miller, Vinette Robinson, Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Andrew Scott, Nigel Bruce (Fox), Robert Downey, Jr., Jon Michael Hill, Two Violets, Mark Gatiss, Basil Rathbone (Universal), Nigel Bruce (Universal), Rupert Graves, Evelyn Ankers, Louise Brealey, Lucy Liu, Edward Hardwicke, Christopher Plummer, James Mason, Una Stubbs, Gayle Hunnicut, Hugh Laurie. Robert Sean Leonard, Yasmine Akram, Ronald Howard, Martin Freeman (TAB), Benedict Cumberbatch (TAB), Howard Marion-Crawford, Archie Duncan/Richard Larke, Peter Cushing, Nigel Stock, William Gillette, Edward Fielding/Burford Hampden, Kay Fielding, Rosalie Williams, Andrei Panin, Ingeborga Dapkunayte, Igor Petrenko, Rosalyn Landor, Gareth David-Lloyd, Ben Syder, Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Jared Harris, George Zucco/Ida Lupino. Yuko Takeuchi, Shihori Kanjiya, Tomoya Nakamura, Kenichi Takito, Ran Ito

@randomnessoffiction

[herikutsu-boy]

🪱 introduction to my account for anyone who cares!! 🪱

feel free to ask me anything!!

right now i post about mostly just my random thoughts, but in future i plan to post more about my interests, and some of my artwork (althogh right now I'm really inconsistent with drawing due to just being kinda burnt out lol).

im bisexual, i don't really care what gender people refer to me as

im from Scotland

i dont really have a dni list, just try not to be a cunt please xx

some of my interests!!

I'll probably update this at some point if i realise I've forgotten something

bands/musicians: manic street preachers are my favourite band of all time but some of my other all time favourites are jun togawa, kate bush, joy division, new order, adam ant, siouxsie and the banshees, nina hagen, public image ltd., magazine, gang of four, and hole. i listen to so many other artists as well, so picking a couple of favourites felt like picking a favourite child lmao.

i like pretty much any punk music, new wave, post punk, britpop, indie, or rock.

movies: ginger snaps, trainspotting, vampire's kiss, submarine, santa sangre, kamikaze girls, deop dead gorgeous

i play drums and recently started playing bass guitar

designers: alexander mcqueen, vivienne westwood, anna sui, betsey johnson, todd oldham, john galliano. never in a million years will i be able to even think about affording any if this, however

video games: i really need to get more interested in video games but i love danganronpa, pokemon, and the legend of zelda.

visual artists: takato yamamoto, jenny saville, yuko tatsushima, gustav klimt, yoshitoko amano, mark ryden, and junji ito. again, i love so many more, picking a few favourites was very hard.

my favourite styles and genres are surrealism, pop surrealism, art deco, art noveau, horror, and ukiyo-e

i love animals, ive got a lot of pets, 2 cats, a dog, a tortoise, a gecko, and a snake.

random other interests: mythical creatures, monsters and cryptids, mythology and folklore, biology, geography, politics, anthropology, philosophy, alternative and j-fashion, fairytales, dolls and any media aimed at young girls, literature, brutalist architecture, flowers, fish, and birds

sorry and thanks to anyone who read this absolutely bible-rivaling length post 🩷

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Oggi vi porto un classico del Majokko anni 80 di Kazunori Ito e Yuko Kitagawa.

Anche voi lo guardavate in tv la domenica mattina?

⭐️ Hola qui è Anketsu che vi scrive e come ogni Lunedì sulla mia pagina trovate una nuova serie consigliata, questa rubrica è pensata per esplorare a 360° il mondo nerd portando l'attenzione su serie sempre diverse ed interessanti ⭐️

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[batslime]

I’ll never understand people who only see European realism as “real art”. You are so limited by realism. Caravaggio made some work that really imposed emotion on people but nothing he’s made has made me feel a fraction of the dread as Yuko Tatsushima’s I Can’t Be A Bride Anymore still makes me feel as a grown woman. I feel like many people have seen the cropped version of just the face but the full image is even worse to me. Realism cannot capture the awful way that painting makes me feel. That image makes me feel the way I think many people see Junji Ito’s art. It makes me want to get away from the window.

[ojamajodoremi-polls]

Welcome to the Favorite Classmate Tournament!

This is gonna be a big one. Due to the number of classmates and the fact i couldn't evenly distribute it in a number of pairs and sides that made sense for the brackets (maybe there's a way and I'm just bad at math), every side initially includes 3 pairs and 1 trio each, and finals will be a poll between 3 contenders and y'all will have to live with that, I did my best.

As always, pairs/trios and their order in the bracket were randomly generated.

Complete list of polls under the cut, they'll be linked as soon as they're posted. Polls will be open for a week. May your fave win!

Side A

Yuji Sagawa vs Masato Rinno

Natsumi Sato vs Jun Sato

Minto Wada vs Naomi Okuyama

Kazuya Yoshida vs Hajime Kikuchi vs Michiaki Watabe

Side B

Mutsumi Kudo vs Itoko Hamada

Manabu Takagi vs Kota Amano

Hiroko Kine vs Miho Maruyama

Ichiro Hirano vs Kenta Iizuka vs Marina Koizumi

Side C

Koji Ito vs Kotaro Okajima

Tamaki Reika vs Yuko Koyama

Yoko Manda vs Kayoko Nagato

Shino Hanada vs Nobuaki Yamauchi vs Keiko Yamamoto

Side D

Yukari Umeno vs Masayoshi Nakajima

Takeshi Hasebe vs Maki Higuchi

Noriko Kano vs Nanako Okada

Junji Manda vs Sachiko Ijuuin vs Goji Nakata

Side E

Sora Miyamae vs Masaharu Miyamoto

Masaru Yada vs Takuro Hagiwara

Yutaka Ota vs Dai Morikawa

Kotake Tetsutya vs Kanae Iida vs Ryota Hayashi

Side F

Susumu Yanagida vs Aya Matsushita

Nobuko Yokokawa vs Kenji Ogura

Shiori Nakayama vs Kaori Shimakura

Takao Kimura vs Toyokazu Sugiyama vs Shouta Taniyama

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I've been obsessed with Wagakki Band's "Akatsuki no Ito" lately, it's such a beautiful song. I remember being teary-eyed when I listened to it for the first time, even though it had no subtitles for the lyrics. The way she sings is so unique, I don't know how to explain; also very traditional. Looking for a lyrics translation afterwards, me becoming emotional only made more sense <3 The title "Akatsuki no Ito" means "Thread of Dawn".

The most popular version is the live performance of Homura + Akatsuki no Ito one, which was the one I heard for the first time too, but I'll share a different version here, featuring the audience and people on the big screen singing together. I'm not sure what is the context for that, if it was a fanclub thing, or something else, but still sounds so cool!! people singing together like that always gives me chills in the best way possible!

"We sing to far away, into the sky Across the ocean and over the rainbow Hoping to reach you Overflowing emotion bursts out Place of dreams, that I shall wake up someday Hoping to be filled with smile and laughter Just spin one moment after another"

(Vocalist Yuko Suzuhana recites a poem before she starts to sing the lyrics above, but I couldn't find a translation for it, because it's a different poem from the original version of the song - still super badass!)

And then there's this orchestra arrangement version, Yuko still sings it, while playing the piano. It's such a gorgeous version! Makes me instantly think it should belong to a Ghibli movie, sounds a lot like a Joe Hisaishi's composition:

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2023-03-14 “Let’s ride this big wave!” Tereblog 24 [ENG]

Good Morning 🌊‎🤍

I’m Nogizaka46’s 5th generation member Ikeda Teresa! Please remember how to spell it (●︎´▽︎`●︎)

 Everyone, did you watch yesterday’s Nogizaka 46 minute TV? I watched it all the way through!!!!! 😆

I’m so glad that I got to see the MV for ‘Saza nami ha modorenai’!

The outfit for the MV is really cute! I really like it 🥰🫶🏻

Together with Hayashi-san😎

“Saza nami wa modoranai’ is a Ito Riria-san and Hayashi Runa-san Double center song! The formation has already been announced hasn’t it, this time I was placed in the middle of the second row along side Aruno. Right in front of me is Hayashi-san, and beside me is Aruno and Aya. I’m so glad that I was given such a wonderful position ✧٩(ˊωˋ*)و✧

 It’s currently available on Nogizaka’s Official YouTube channel!

https://youtu.be/liK2ux3hemc

Please check it out 🌊‎🤍

Iroha and a playful me, yay

We all took pictures of each other.

When I asked the others if I could upload the pictures on my blog Miku said ‘Aya is in the picture so ask her permission first’ is what she said!!!

The 5th generation members are working well again today ( -  - `)

 Announcements - ̗̀📣

“kotoge Eiji no nante Bi da!”

On TOKYO MX, today March 14th at midnight📺

The theme for this episode is ‘African Art’

The guests on todays episode are Nakamura Yuko-san and SHOGEN-san ✨

Let’s enjoy the journey through the history of African art and it’s charm together 〜((φ))＞ω＜((φ))

“Nogizaka46 32nd SG Under Live’

It’s been announced that the will be Under Lives for the 32nd single. This time the 5th generations will be joining the concert. One year ago, I was able to witness the wild enthusiasm during the Under Live that was held during the 29th single. I still remember it even now, and those emotions are still hitting us now, we’re going to do our best (ง •̀_•́)ง❤️‍🔥

Schedule ⤵

“Tokyo”

TOKYO DOME CITY HALL

Wednesday April 5th: Doors open at 17:00 / Live starts at 18:30

Thursday April 6th: Doors open at 17:00 / Live stars at 18:30  

 “Osaka”

Grand Cube Osaka

Saturday April 8th: Doors open at 16:30 / Live stars at 17:30  

Sunday April 9th : Doors open at 16:30 / Live stars at 17:30

 “Aichi””

Nagoya Congress Center Century Hall

Tuesday April 11th: Doors open at 17:00 / Live stars at 18:30  

Wednesday April 12th: Doors open at 17:00 / Live stars at 18:30  

 “Tokyo”

Tokyo Garden Theater”

Wednesday April 26th: Doors open at 17:00 / Live stars at 18:30  

Thursday April 27th : Doors open at 17:00 / Live stars at 18:30  

 Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and then Tokyo again, we’re going to be holding a lot of concerts. Please come see us ⸜(◜࿁◝)⸝︎︎

 I hope to work hard in my activities to make everyone remember this single!

In order to bloom where I’ve been placed now, and to aim for even bigger hights I’m going to put my heart and soul into doing my very best! IF you like please come see us m(_ _)m

 Thank you for reading until the very end 🌊‎🤍

See you soon

#Tereblog #24 (Recently I’ve been waking up at dawn… after saying this I was asked ‘Are you an old woman?’)

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