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3/10 雑渡さんとマリオの日▪︎Zatto and Mar10 Day

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Kumigashira came back from Universal Studios

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intuition

[blogfullofemos]

"Why Can't You Be More Like Richie?!!"

*I DO NOT CONDONE ANY COPYING OF MY WORK*

NSFW 18+ Kinktober 2023

Day 3: Hate Sex

Pairing: Carmen Berzatto x F!reader

Word Count: 700+

Warnings: Carmen loves to see reader struggle and swallow her words. Some roughness. An alternative butter churner sex position (Now Chefs, I did not know that's what that position was called. Butter Churner? Why?). Overstimulation (f!reader), squirting (1), and a soft ending. (I'm not that toxic and heartless.).

I did not proofread, so you will see mistakes. I would just like to let you chefs know, I might be gone for 2 weeks. Work and school. I'll try and complete some more Kinktober prompts, but I didn't realize how packed my schedule is this month. Really some Carmen Berzatto of me, I know. Enjoy. Oh and the title is what started this all...

   “So what was that you said earlier, sugartits.” Carmen pushes as he slowly contorts your body. 

“Carmen Ber-Berzatto, don’t you fuckin-.” you threaten with a glare. 

“Oh but I- FUCKIN’- dare.” he smiles victoriously as he succeeds in pinning you into position. You try to bring your butt back on the bed, kicking your legs out without trying to hit your face with your feet. Carmen’s arm muscles prominent as he fights to keep you locked in, his tattoos more enticing by the additional flexing. You claw at his legs that kept your backside to be propped so high, trying your best to make him fall. He laughs as he watches you struggle below him, knowing that he already won, no matter how ruthless you got to get at him. 

   You let out a loud frustrated growl as your body slumps onto itself. Your knees adding pressure to your chest with your ankles by your shoulders. Carmen slaps your left butt cheek before combing his golden curls back, standing tall and with a cocky smile. His blue eyes looking at your face and going farther down to your exposed vulnerabilities. His legs falter as his flush runs down to his chest, his stiff cock perfectly positioned between your soaking folds. You bite your bottom lip to restrain your moan, not wanting to boost Carmen’s ego any more than it already was. 

   Taking hold of his cock and tapping it against you with an obscene wet noise. His tip hits your clit at every beat, making your body jolt to it. “Look at you. Just needy for it.” he teases, fondly watching your body’s reaction to every slight of touch. He presses his firm cock between your folds and slowly ruts it on you. Your breath hitches at the subtle friction as blood rushes straight to your head simultaneously. Your cunt clenches for his cock, as he can visibly see and feel followed by his quiet “Fuck.”.

“F-fuck you Ber-zatto.” you say, wincing while your body rolls with intense waves of pleasure. Everything feeling much stronger than usual, your head feeling much lighter. Carmen hums, positioning his cock to your pleading hole. “My pleasure babe.” he quips pushing himself fully into you in seconds.

   Your head pushes deeper into the sheets of the bed as you trying to find purchase around you. A gasping cry leaving you because his cock hits your spongy tissue just from entry. “Carm!!! Carmy!!” you warn him, hitting his legs to try and get him to understand. But Carmen just chuckles. Slowly pulling out of you right to the tip, just to ram back in making your eyes roll back. “What’s wrong sweetheart?” he prods keeping up the torturous pace “You started it.. And now..  Now you want me to stop?” he adds. You mewl, clawing your hands anywhere and everywhere. Your brain short-circuiting to every electrifying thrust. 

   “Carm.. Fuck Carmy!!” you moan out. He picks up pace by keeping a strong hold on the back of your thighs. His fingers forming crescents to your skin. You slap your hands on his, clawing at his wrists giving him a pleading cry. Your stomach tightening and seething, your orgasm running toward its release. “CARMEN PLEASE!! P-PLEASE!! FUCK!!” you beg.

“ ‘Try m-me’… That’s what you-fuck fuck- said right?” he reminds you.

Yeah you compared him to cousin Richie in the petty argument, which led him to say "Choose your next words wisely sug'!!". And yes. You shouldn't have gotten in his face, saying a seething "Try me.".

You cry his name and he shakes his head, keeping his eyes on yours, his tatted hand snaking up to where it all ends. Licking his thumb, he presses down your clit and that was it. You take in a loud inhale as your body legit shudders, your head and eyes rolling back.

     You feel water splatter onto you. Your neck, your chest, and mostly your stomach. Your legs and butt finally falling back on the bed, as Carmen’s mouth finding solace on your neck. You place your hands on his back, silently crying from the blissful euphoria as you hug him closer to you. You couldn’t hear anything but your racing heart. Carmen adjusts himself comfortably above you, breaking away from your embrace. He shushes while soothingly brushing his thumbs on your temples. “You okay beautiful?” he asks, his eyes searching for any more signs of his immense fuck up. The way you kept your legs tightly closed making his heart hammer with regret. “T-too m-much Carm-.”

“Fuck!! I’m soo sorry sweeth-.”

“But I’m okay… Just l-let me calm down. I never squir-ted before.” you say with a teary smile. Carmen’s fearful regret turning into a laughing relief.“Told you not to poke the bear sweetheart.”

[jinnaizaemon]

Nintama Rantarou: Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudou! no Dan commentary

I've been wanting to write about this movie for a while because it was my entry point into the franchise, and since I've been neck deep into the script recently after translating it, I thought now is a good time. However, I wasn't sure how to articulate my post, and what direction to give it... So in the end, it looks like a collection of my own thoughts, mixed with some trivia, notes about the script and how I translated some things, in my best attempt at following the movie chronologically. I hope it doesn't come off as too messy and that it is at least a little bit of an interesting read to you. Let's begin under the read more! Beware of spoilers, and forgive my broken English.

(by all means, have a snack while reading)

A little background first of all: The first Nintama Rantarou movie came out in 1996. This one, Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudou! no Dan, came out 15 years later, in March 2011. And 13 years later, in December 2024, we will get the third movie in the franchise... the gaps are too long, I don't want to wait a decade between each movie >< More precisely, this movie came out in theaters on March 12 2011, that is to say one day after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11 2011 ; it resulted in promotional events related to the movie being cancelled, and in general theaters in Japan shortening screenings or closing entirely. As a consequence of this, the movie is a box-office failure, despite having extremely positive reviews.

The movie itself adapts the contents of volume 37 and 42 of the manga, which had already been animated in the 16th season of the anime series, making the movie a remake of sort, with movie-only original scenes, and an adaptation of the plot so that it includes every member of Ninjutsu Academy.

Personally, I only watched this movie recently at the recommendation of friends, and while I've felt a bit overwhelmed by the HUGE cast of characters, I've been charmed by the colorful palette, cheerful characters and positive, optimistic tone contrasting with the setting of the story - the Warring States period in Japan not being an obvious background for a fun children cartoon... It's a strange mix Nintama always does brilliantly and it's shown at its best in this movie I think, daring to show actual battlefields (as opposed to the usual dust clouds of the TV anime version) and wounded soldiers as explicitely as an anime for children can allow, while giving the spotlight to the Health Committee, most importantly to Rantarou as he finds his role and what he's best at in battle. The movie isn't about Tasogaredoki VS Oomagatoki, it actually opposes war and healing at many scales ; Tasogare Jinbei and Oomagatoki Magatoki's abusing villagers VS Ninjutsu Academy protecting them and giving them their freedom and independence, the great ninja Zatto covered in wounds and his mirror opposite clumsy Isaku the healer, and finally Rantarou who offers to heal (free of charge!) soldiers and let them go when the expectation at the time was that surrendering meant death. It's like, in an era poisoned by war and death, Ninjutsu Academy is a little pocket of optimism where children grow to make the future a little bit kinder, here shown most explicitely in the Health Committee and Isaku's good influence but not only ; and I found that surprisingly sweet. I also have an interest in historical settings and anime so... yeah, that movie left a good impression on me!

Anyways, now to follow the movie chronologically! Iza~

Opening scene

The movie opens with a flashback scene involving Zatto and Isaku, introducing the big themes of the movie I mentioned before. According to Amako Soubee, the original author of the manga Nintama Rantarou is adapted from, cloth was expensive at the time, hence the recurring use of flags, clothings, underwears, etc recycled as bandages.

Isaku is dressed as yamabushi, practicioners of shugendo, known for retreating to the mountains for ascetic practices, rituals, etc. In the context of nintama, the outfit permits to hide Isaku's affiliation, making him an enemy of no one, and signify a knowledge of herbs and medicine giving him credibility to care for the wounded.

if i had a nickel everytime i wrote on tumblr about yamabushi because of anime I'd have two nickels etc etc...

Ninjutsu Academy

The TV anime seems to go back and forth with this, sometimes showing background students in classrooms, sometimes showing very small classrooms (like how 1st year i-class and ro-class each have 4 known students, and they are sometimes the only ones in their classroom while sometimes there are more desks occupied by nameless mob characters), but the movie features a BUNCH of unknown, nameless students appearing in the back. It's probably an effort to give the school a feeling of greatness to fit the grand scale of the story, but it's a bit weird to see unfamiliar students especially in older years haha.

The 名物 meibutsu, or local specialty of Sonoda Village. It's a flower tha is never named, and despite showing up multiple times throughout the movie no big attention is brought to it, apart from it being mentioned that while it can be used as a painkiller, a wrong dose is poisonous. It finally gets a significant role at the very end, though, when it's used by Tasogaredoki to halt the Dokutake army. I think I could write a lot about the symbolism of this flower and how it relates to Isaku but it may border on crazy fan rambling so it'll be for another time. (maybe)

(They appear in numerous scenes taking place in Sonoda Village!)

Komatsuda was probably too busy thinking of his big brother, owner of a fan shop, to notice the pattern on the floor spelling へっぽこ heppoko, "useless", "incompetent".

When the ha-class is discussing the mixed-up homework, Chouji is shown growing asagao, Japanese morning glories. Because these flowers grow fast and easily, they are often used as teaching material in lower grades of elementary school where students have to care for them and report on their growth as homework.

In the same scene, while all of ha-class is laughing, only Shouzaemon and Kingo stay serious, Shouzaemon being well, Shouzaemon and Kingo being Kisanta's roommate.

Before the Headmaster enters, there's a sheet of paper on the floor with every student's name and the homework they received. If they got the right homework, it's marked with a O. Flipping and zooming on this frame reveals whose students got the wrong homework, and what the assignment they got was. Sadly, since the text is blurry I couldn't decipher everything, and putting the whole list will make this post even longer than it already is. But I can tell you that apart from Kisanta, Monjirou, Chouji, and the Rescue Team... Heita, Kyuusaku, Shirobei, Sakubei, Kazuma, Takamaru, Heisuke and Hachizaemon got the wrong homework too.

...Takamaru's summer homework was "crossdressing".

Kisanta Rescue Team's introduction scene has a LOT of interesting details, so I already dedicated a post for it.

Talk with Tegata Kessai

Tegata Kessai explains how he wants to get a 庇いの制札 kabai no seisatsu from Tasogaredoki's lord, which I translated as a "protection decree" for ease of reading, but it's actually a little bit different. In the words of Doi-sensei: "Don't burn, steal, and kill. Basically, a document prohibiting the army from committing violence." kabai means protecting or sheltering, while seisatsu refers to an edict publicly displayed on a wooden board in a specific place to make the public aware of a law in place in the area, a recent proclamation of the local lord or of the shogun, etc.

Danzou misunderstands kabai no seisatsu as kaba no keisatsu, literally "a hippo policeman" - I don't know if the average Muromachi child would be knowledgeable of animals in Sub-saharan Africa, though!

I think the people behind him are Maasai people, but I'm not very knowledgeable so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

In this post, under the read more, I wrote about the meaning of the words "Tasogaredoki" and "Oomagatoki".

Kousaka makes his only appearance ever in civil clothes in the next scene. I have to point it out. It's important., okay. By the way, badminton only became a thing in the 19th century. But feudal Japan already had a similar game called hanetsuki, which started as a game reserved for nobles, but grew in popularity during Muromachi and became a New Year tradition by Edo. He's not being anachronistic... just a little bit avant-garde.

Opening theme and to Sonoda Village

The noodles they are eating is a dish called kuzukiri, a popular, refreshing summer dessert from Kyoto, so it's a local snack for nintama. It's made by mixing kudzu starch with water, and once thickened, cut in the shape of noodles with the tool seen above. It's then served with black sugar syrup traditionally, and with a variety of others toppings in modern times.

Given Sanjirou, Isuke and Heidayuu's reactions, looks like there wasn't enough for everyone.

What I translated as "hand", as in a manual worker, is 夫丸 bumaru in the original script, and is a word specific to Muromachi-Edo. The bu part means male and maru is a suffix for names used at the time for children (like Kirimaru!) or lower-class workers. Shinbei explains that they are "the people carrying supplies to the battlefield", which is true, but it seems that the word refers to lower classes laborers in a more general way.

When Kirimaru explains how he traded his lunchbox for a bunch of things until he got the Oomagatoki hands' uniform, Rantarou tells him it's just like Warashibe chouja, or the Straw Millionaire story. It's a folktale that became popular during the Muromachi period, about a poor man who starts by trading a piece of straw, and after a series of trades, meets with a rich man who offers him his daughter in marriage, making the poor man a millionaire.

Rantarou misreads the tag as "Size rerere" because the roman letter L looks like the katakana character レ, which is read re. So レレレ is read rerere.

When Kirimaru first tries to carry Shinbei on his shoulders, they both talk in a very theatrical, over the top way, and wear red make-up. You can also hear a nohkan flute, hyoushigi wood clappers and tsuzumi drum in the background. This is all typical of Kabuki theater.

Just a cute detail, but Rikichi was carrying Shouzaemon on his back in this scene.

Okay.. that's a very poor attempt at adapting Rikichi's joke, I hope we find something better by the time we release it publicly hahaha. In the original script he says 斯く斯く然々kakukaku shikajika, which simply means "this and that", "such and such"... while holding a puppet of the bishop shogi piece, called kakugyou or kaku for short, and a puppet of a deer, or shika in japanese. So the joke is that as he says kakukaku shikajika, he shows a kaku and a shika... hm...

Lord Oomagatoki, in hiding, wears a raccoon dog mask to conceal his face. Raccoon dogs with the ability to shapeshift to conceal their true identity and play tricks on others are a common motif in japanese folktales and they are known as bakedanuki. They are usually portrayed as goofy and fun characters, with um, large testicles reminiscent of Oomagatoki's chin under the mask lol.

Zatto turns his head to listen to lord Tasogare from his right side, since he's deaf in his left ear.

Sonoda Village

Everyone is here! This is the part where you point in excitement at your fave getting two seconds of screentime.

Chouji is shown with the 震天雷 shintenrai, or thunder crash bomb, which will play a big role later in the story.

There are a few words used related to Ninjutsu Academy's whole defense tactic that are a bit specific, either to warfare or to the period, which I swapped for ease of reading. For example, 逆茂木 sakamogi is "abatis", as in a fortification made from stacking wood. I left it as simply "barrier" for ease of reading.

The rabbit design of the telescope is explained in the manga and TV anime, but not in the movie. According to Shousei-san, it's a common motif on telescopes, but when I tried to find pictures of real telescopes with a similar design I only found Nintama Rantarou related webpages. So. Okay stay with me this is a little look into how tricky nintama can be to translate sometimes hahaha... The design is a pun based on the 12 animals of the zodiac, ordered like this: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig. If you count ten animals starting from the rabbit, you end up with rat. Rat in japanese is nezumi, or "ne" for short. "tenth is rat" is 10番目がね juubanme ga ne, which you can also read as 十目がね toome ga ne, which is itself an homonym of 遠眼鏡 toomegane, "telescope". ...Phew!!!

When the Explosives Committee destroys the bridges leading to the village, Takamaru and Saburouji, being newer additions to the committee, have to cover their ears while Doi and Heisuke are okay.

While most soldiers in the Tasogaredoki army simply wear the skull kamon (emblem) of their lord, higher ranking members wear kabuto helmets with... interesting designs, like a crab, squid, or a banana design. In the Muromachi period, when the tanegashima matchlocks were introduced, armors had to be redesigned to become thicker and bulletproof ; as their design evolved, so did the datemono, or crests on helmets. Initially U shaped, these crests got a number of designs, usually one's kamon or fortuitous animals like rabbits, dragonflies, etc. Yes, samurai walked around with cute rabbit ears. The country of moe, truly.

Here, Isuke and Shouzaemon call Hieta Happousai 冷えた 発泡酒 Hieta Happoushu, hieta meaning cold and happoushu refering to an alcoholic drink similar to beer. Unless I find something better, it's Hieta Happousoda in the translation.

Look at how cute Hikoshirou dozing off is. Yes, that's all.

This scene puts a lot of focus on the two tins containing the leaves from Sonoda's local flower ; it can be used both as a painkiller or a poison depending on the dose. When Zatto enters the room, Fushikizou throws a bunch of stuff at him, including one of the tins. Just after, Fushikizou notices that Zatto took one of the tin with him... but doesn't seem to have told anyone about it. I guess that makes the first time Zatto and Fushikizou work together!

Tasogaredoki's assault

The tactic used by Ninjutsu Academy... well... Torawaka to defend the village against Tasogaredoki is very reminiscent of the battle of Waterloo, where Wellington's army was posted on a slope made muddy by bad weather, slowing down French troops.

The shintenrai, or thunder crash bomb, is just as Senzou explains in the movie: "Ordinary cannonballs don't explode on impact. But this thunder crash bomb has a timed fuse, and its shell itself explodes." It comes from China, and is one of the first bombs developed in history.

I love this scene so much... well, I already explained the reasons why above. But even though he's the titular character, Rantarou rarely gets the chance to shine like this, doesn't he? After this line, you can hear hyoushigi again, as Kirimaru and Shinbei cheer for Rantarou. This evokes Japanese theater again ; what they are doing is called kakegoe, shouts from the audience to encourage performers. When a kabuki play reaches its climax, when an actor does something really impressive, he will often strikes a pose and the story will stop for a moment just for the audience to shout such kakegoe.

I don't know if it's intentional, but there's a scene earlier in the movie where Tasogare Jinbei repeats multiple times "Nine for me, one for Magatoki-dono", referring to their respective share at dinner but obviously to the taxes taken from Sonoda Village, too. Yuki wasn't here to witness it, I think, but I find it ironic that she specifically goes "One for my lord" here as he hasn't realized yet his scheme has been found out.

Tasogaredoki ninja corps used the leaves taken from the Health Committee earlier to stop Dokutake.

Credits

It's more explicit in the manga but Monjirou is bonking his head because he's frustrated he didn't get to fight haha.

And Kisanta isn't the only one who completed his summer homework in the end, Isaku did too!!

Finishing with one last pic because Doi crying for Kisanta is just way too cute.

And now I think I'm done! There were so many things I wanted to mention, I know that the moment I press publish I'll realize I forgot something important... oh well!! That means I can write another post later. If you've read this far, thank you! I hope it wasn't too boring ^^ Now I can't wait until the next movie...!!! Tenki...!!

[cannondisabledcharacters]

Today’s disabled character of the day is Zatto Konnamon from Nintama Rantarou, who is visually impaired. He also has maxillofacial trauma

Requested by Anon

[lazyneonrabbitt]

WRITING MASTERLIST

Requests are ●OPEN●

☆ The Walking Dead masterlist ☆

☆ Drabble masterlist ☆

☆ Gallzatto masterlist ☆

★ smut | 🎃 Halloween fic | 🐺 werewolf AU

Teen Wolf

Brett Talbot

Living with a werewolf [Pt.1] [Pt.2] [Pt.3] [Pt.4]

Why is there a dog on the couch?

Puppy day-care

Sexy nurse

Riverdale

Sweet Pea

Scales [Pt.1] [Pt.2]

A Sweet demon

A gorgeous nightmare [Pt.1] [Pt.2]

Dogs

Little Thief [Pt.1] [Pt.2] [Pt.3] [Pt.4]

Granny knows best

Sweet Valentine

New kids on the North side [Pt.1] [Pt.2] [Pt.3] [Pt.4] [Pt.5] [Pt.6]

Cuts ‘n Bruises

A Serpent never shows cowardice

Sweet Santa

A life changing bet

Fangs Fogarty

My momma don’t like you

Snake hunting

Ghoulish friendships

Leather hugs

Jughead Jones

🐺The Serpent and the Wolf [Pt.1] [Pt.2] [Pt.3] [Pt.4]

Toni Topaz

Useless flirting

Other fandoms

Kraven the Hunter

Sergei [Pt.1] [Pt.2]

Dave Lizewski

Graphic Novels [WIP]

Carmen Berzatto

Bears on the Road [pt.1] [pt.2]

Inked★

Mommy?

🎃Oh, BEAR-zatto!

🎃Relaxing★

Tangerine

🎃Blood Oranges

[stanninghigedan]

[English Translation] 115万キロのフィルム / Hyakujuugoman Kiro no Firumu/ 115 Million Kilometer Film

This isn’t technically my first translation but I’m putting this here first because I think this is one of their best songs. It’s such a sweet and honest song that some people are using this as a wedding song.  Ahhh, this song makes me feel that falling in love is such a beautiful thing.  💖

I hope you enjoy this song as much as I, as well as other fans, enjoy this too. :)

*Translation and video of the song under the break. Also, I don’t claim that this is very accurate as I’m not yet that fluent in Japanese. If you do see some errors/mistakes, please do tell me so that I can correct it. <3

115万キロのフィルム

Hyakujuugoman kiro no firumu

1,150,000 Kilometers of Film / 115 Million Kilometer Film*

  これから歌う曲の内容は僕の頭の中のこと

Kore kara utau kyoku no naiyou wa boku no atama no naka no koto

I will be singing about something that’s been inside my head until now

主演はもちろん君で

Shuen wa mochiron kimi de

Of course, you’re the lead star

僕は助演で監督でカメラマン

Boku wa jouen de kantoku de kameraman

I’ll be the co-star, director, and cameraman

目の奥にあるフィルムで作る映画の話さ Ah

Me no oku ni aru firumu de tsukuru eiga no hanashisa ah

The movie’s story will be made with the film in my eyes

くだらないなと笑ったんなら掴みはそれで万事OK！

Kudaranai na to warattan nara tsukami wa sore de banji OK!

If you find it silly and it made you laugh, grab it and everything will be fine

呆れていないでちょっと待って

Akireteinai de chotto matte

If you’re not pleased, just wait a bit

きっと気に入ってもらえると思うな

Kitto ki ni itte moraeru to omou na

I think you’ll be pleased

ここまでのダイジェストを少しだけ見せるよ

Koko made no daijesuto wo sukoshi dake miseru yo

With this little digest that I’ll be showing you

初めて喧嘩した夜の涙

Hajimete kenkashita yoru no namida

There were tears on the night of our first fight

個人的に胸が痛むけれど

Kojinteki ni mune ga itamu keredo

Even though my heart was hurt

そのまま見続けよう

Sono mama mitsudzukeyou

We gazed at each other,

ごめんねと言って仲直りして手を握って…

Gomen ne to itte nakanaorishite te wo nigitte...

I apologized, we made up and held hands

ほら、ここで君が笑うシーンが見どころなんだからさ Ah

Hora, koko de kimi ga warau shiin ga midokoro nandakara sa ah

Hey look, here is the scene where you laugh, it’s the highlight

写真にも映せやしないとても些細なその仕草に

Shashin ni mo utsuseyashinai totemo sasaina sono shigusa ni

Pictures won’t be able to show these very trivial gestures

どんな暗いストーリーも覆す瞬間が溢れてる

Donna kurai stoorii mo kutsugaesu shunkan ga afureteru

It can also immediately overturn any dark story that comes

どれかひとつを切り取って

Doreka hitotsu wo kiritotte

Which one of these will we choose

サムネイルにしようとりあえず今の所は

Samuneiru ni shiyou toriaezu ima no tokoro wa

As the thumbnail? For now, let’s use this place.

きっと10年後くらいにはキャストが増えたりもするんだろう

Kitto juunen go kurai ni wa kyasuto ga fuetarimosurundarou

The cast will definitely grow bigger after (around) 10 years

今でも余裕なんてないのにこんな安月給じゃもうキャパオーバー！

Ima demo yoyuu nante nai no ni konna yasugekyuu ja mou kyapaoobaa!

Even now, I can no longer afford it; with this low salary it’s already excessive!

きっと情けないところも山ほど見せるだろう

Kitto nasakenai tokoro mo yama hodo miserudarou

We’ll surely see (have) many more sad places (times)

苗字がひとつになった日も

Myouji ga hitotsu ni natta hi mo

Even on the day that our surnames become one

何ひとつ代わり映えのない日も

Nani hitotsu kawaribae no nai hi mo

Or even on the ordinary days

愛しい日々尊い日々

Itoshii hibi toutoi hibi

They’re lovely and precious days

逃さないように忘れないように焼き付けていくよ

Nogasanai you ni wasurenai you ni yakitsukete iku yo

I hope we don’t forget and let it all go, I’ll burn them in my mind

今、目を細めて恥じらいあって永遠を願った僕たちを

Ima, me wo hosomete hajirai atte towa wo negatta bokutachi wo

Now, as I shyly close my eyes, I pray for our eternity

すれ違いや憂鬱な展開が引き裂こうとしたその時には

Surechigai ya yuuutsu na tenkai ga hikisakou to shita sono toki ni wa

There will be times when we’re at a crossroad or when sadness grows that might try to separate us

僕がうるさいくらいの声量でこの歌何度も歌うよ

Boku ga urusai kurai no seiryou de kono uta nandomo utau yo

No matter how many times, I will sing this song with a loud voice

だからどうかそばにいて

Dakara douka soba ni ite

That’s why, I hope you’ll stay beside me

エンドロールなんてもん作りたくもないから

Endorooru nante mon tsukuritakumonai kara

Because I don’t want to make an end roll

クランクアップがいつなのか僕らには決められない

Kurankuappu ga itsu na no ka bokura ni wa kimerarenai

When will the end (of the shoot)** be? It’s not for to us to decide

だから風に吹かれていこう

Dakara kaze ni fukarete ikou

That’s why let’s just go with the wind***

フィルムは用意したよ

Firumu wa youishita yo

The film has already been prepared

一生分の長さを　ざっと115万キロ

Isshoubun no nagasa wo zatto hyakujuugoman kiro

It’s a lifetime’s length of roughly 1,150,000 kilometers****

ほら、ここで君が笑うシーンが見どころなんだからさ Ah

Hora, koko de kimi ga warau shiin ga midokoro nandakara sa ah

Hey look, here is the scene where you laugh, it’s the highlight

写真にも映せやしないとても些細なその仕草に

Shashin ni mo utsuseyashinai totemo sasaina sono shigusa ni

Pictures won’t be able to show these very trivial gestures

どんな暗いストーリーも覆す瞬間が溢れてる

Donna kurai stoorii mo kutsugaesu shunkan ga afureteru

It can also immediately overturn any dark story that comes

どれかひとつを切り取って

Doreka hitotsu wo kiritotte

Which one of these will we choose

サムネイルにしよう

Samuneiru ni shiyou

For the thumbnail

さあ、これから生まれる名場面を探しにいこうよ

Saa, kore kara umareru meibamen wo sagashi ni ikou yo

Come on, from now on, let’s go look for and make some famous scenes

酸いも甘いも寄り添って

Sui mo amai mo**** yorisotte

Even on the bad and good times, I’ll stay close to you

一緒に味わおうフィルムがなくなるまで

Issho ni ajiwaou firumu ga nakunaru made

Let’s enjoy everything together until all the film’s used up

撮影を続けようこの命ある限り

Satsuei wo tsudzukeyou kono inochi arukagiri

We’ll continue shooting until the end of our lifetime.

Translator’s notes:

*This is the correct conversion/translation of 115万キロのフィルム. However, it is stylized as 115 Million Kilometer Film on Spotify so I’m also including this.

**The literal translation of crank up is end of shooting. So I just simply put end here.

***Let’s just go with the wind - I interpret this as “let’s just go with the flow”. 

****1,150,000 km of film is said to last about 80 years, an average person’s lifespan.

*****Sui mo amai mo – literally means “even (if it’s) sour or sweet”. Thus I decided to reword it as “bad and good times”. But the sour and sweet lyric also works since the next line contains the word “ajiwaou”, which literally translates to “let’s taste/savor”.

P.S. This post is an edited/corrected version of the one originally posted on my Twitter page: https://twitter.com/stanninghigedan/status/1211243664766312448?s=20

P.P.S. Please ask for my permission first if you plan to use this translation for anything. :)

[pupcrimes]

Food and cooking headcanons for the Zatto Legacy!!

Lee absolutely will not touch seafood, especially if it’s raw. He had a bad experience with it as a kid and now just the smell of it can make him nauseous.

Dego’s sweet tooth is so strong that several bakeries and sweets shops across the galaxy know him on a first-name basis. They even have his personal comm code so they can contact him if they have a new recipe they want to try out!

Among Mordesri’s essential items in his field bag is a bottle of hot sauce. Imperial rations are so bland and dry and sad. Hot sauce is the only way to help them go down. 

Yaro’s diet consists of food so spicy that Aric, a lover of spicy dishes, will not touch it. There have been a few mishaps, though, when she’d left food in the conservator without a label on it and some unsuspecting person decided it looked tasty. Long story short, for that person, it was nothing but pain and misery. Yaro has since gotten much better at labeling things. 

Lee isn’t that good a cook but he is excellent at finding people who are and showing up as they’re making food. He’s been doing this for so long now that it’s almost like a sixth sense. 

Sev cannot cook. At all. Do not let him into a kitchen with an intent to make food as it is highly likely something will go horribly wrong. Like “someone call the fire department!!” wrong. 

Dego can bake! He’s not particularly good at it- he gets distracted rather frequently, and he can only make a handful of things, but he likes trying nonetheless. 

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Beccato in auto con 7kg di cocaina: 53enne calabrese arrestato in Sardegna

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Beccato in auto con 7kg di cocaina: 53enne calabrese arrestato in Sardegna

Beccato in auto con 7kg di cocaina: 53enne calabrese arrestato in Sardegna

Era giunto con tutta tranquillità al porto di Golfo Aranci, in Sardegna, con sette chili di cocaina ben nascosti nell’auto ma qui qualcosa è andato “storto” e un 53enne di origini calabresi è finito in arresto in seguito ad un controllo che ha portato i finanzieri della Squadra Cinofili del Gruppo di Olbia a scoprire il carico di droga. Le fiamme gialle hanno bloccato l’uomo, , residente in provincia di Verona, ma domiciliato a Rimini, nello scalo durante lo sbarco dal traghetto appena arrivato da Livorno. L’uomo avrebbe cercato di defilarsi dai controlli che le Fiamme gialle stavano effettuando sui passeggeri, attirando così la loro attenzione. I cani antidroga Zatto ed Ether hanno segnalato qualcosa di anomalo nella sua auto e dopo una accurata perquisizione i militari hanno scoperto, nascosti in un doppiofondo del mezzo, sette pacchi sottovuoto e ricoperti con polvere di caffè e dentifricio per cercare di confondere l’olfatto dei cani antidroga. All’interno degli involucri c’erano i sette chili di cocaina purissima, che immessa sul mercato avrebbe un valore di oltre 1 milione di euro. In successive perquisizioni nelle case di residenza e di domicilio del 53enne sono stati ritrovati e sequestrati 25mila euro in contanti, divisi in mazzette e nascosti tra i vestiti dell’uomo. Il disoccupato è stato arrestato per traffico di stupefacenti e trasferito nel carcere di Nuchis, a Tempio, dove si trova tuttora a disposizione dell’autorità giudiziaria.

Era giunto con tutta tranquillità al porto di Golfo Aranci, in Sardegna, con sette chili di cocaina ben nascosti nell’auto ma qui qualcosa è andato “storto” e un 53enne di origini calabresi è finito in arresto in seguito ad un controllo che ha portato i finanzieri della Squadra Cinofili del Gruppo di Olbia a scoprire il carico di droga. Le fiamme gialle hanno bloccato l’uomo, , residente in provincia di Verona, ma domiciliato a Rimini, nello scalo durante lo sbarco dal traghetto appena arrivato da Livorno. L’uomo avrebbe cercato di defilarsi dai controlli che le Fiamme gialle stavano effettuando sui passeggeri, attirando così la loro attenzione. I cani antidroga Zatto ed Ether hanno segnalato qualcosa di anomalo nella sua auto e dopo una accurata perquisizione i militari hanno scoperto, nascosti in un doppiofondo del mezzo, sette pacchi sottovuoto e ricoperti con polvere di caffè e dentifricio per cercare di confondere l’olfatto dei cani antidroga. All’interno degli involucri c’erano i sette chili di cocaina purissima, che immessa sul mercato avrebbe un valore di oltre 1 milione di euro. In successive perquisizioni nelle case di residenza e di domicilio del 53enne sono stati ritrovati e sequestrati 25mila euro in contanti, divisi in mazzette e nascosti tra i vestiti dell’uomo. Il disoccupato è stato arrestato per traffico di stupefacenti e trasferito nel carcere di Nuchis, a Tempio, dove si trova tuttora a disposizione dell’autorità giudiziaria.

[jinnaizaemon]

Translated this today because I like the lyrics a lot. Ahh, children anime about cute ninja doing cute things. Please check under the cut for additional notes! Tasogaredoki Zatto Konnamon's character song Nintama Rantarou 20th Anniversary Album Nintama Family Best Selection Performed by Showtarou Morikubo, lyrics by Amako Soubee, composition by Makaino Kouji.

The Grim Reaper compels us, "Get in the grave at once." How laughable. In the end, this world is a one-night stay, And to the Tasogare ninja army, heaven and earth are our coffin. Don't run after the past, and don't hold out hope for the future. With a discarded past and a future out of reach, Fight with all you have in the present.

Souls fly about, Crying and begging for an afterlife. How laughable, Waiting for an afterlife That has yet to come.

We of the twilight don't know what tomorrow is made of. Don't run after the past, and don't hold out hope for the future. With a discarded past and a future out of reach, Fight with all you have in the present.

In the uncertainty of twilight, Empty skulls call out, "Who goes there?" How laughable. Are they still looking for Someone to pray for them after death?

The dusk moon will be the one attending our funerals. Don't run after the past, and don't hold out hope for the future. With a discarded past and a future out of reach, Fight with all you have in the present, For no one knows who will die tomorrow.

There's a bit of adaptation here to make the text flow nicely, but here is some more info that may make you appreciate the lyrics more! Tasogaredoki The name of the castle Zatto belongs to. It means twilight.

In the second Nintama movie, Tasogaredoki Castle is at war (or pretends to be) with their rival Oomagatoki Castle. Oomagatoki also means twilight, with an ominous connotation : if in Nintama it's spelled using the phonetic alphabet, オーマガトキ, actual spellings include 逢魔が時: a "time where you meet demons", or 大禍時, a "time of great calamities". The etymology comes from the superstition that spirits and demons come out in the evening, when less sunlight makes it more difficult to see. But back to tasogaredoki ; in Nintama, as the name of the castle, it's also spelled phonetically as タソガレドキ. The title of the song is also spelled in the katakana phonetical alphabet, so we know it refers to the castle itself. Nowadays, twilight is refered simply as tasogare, spelled 黄昏, with the characters for "yellow" and "dark". Go back in time and you'll find tasogaredoki with the spelling 黄昏時, "yellow", "dark", and "time". Interestingly, yet another spelling of tasogare appears in the song lyrics, one that is a total archaism and is pronounced tasokaredoki. It's spelled 誰そ彼時, and the first three characters, tasokare, means "who is he?", and the last one means "time". Twilight was called like this because as the day grew darker, people became indistinguishable at a distance, making one go "Who is he?". Paired with the oomagatoki superstition that demons sneaks up on you at twilight, it makes Tasogaredoki a fitting name for the most efficient ninja army in Nintama, right?? (as a plus, an archaic way to refer to the dawn would be kawataredoki, with a similar etymology "he is who?", literally haha.)

"The Grim Reaper compels us" "Shinigami" in the original text, or literally a god of death. Not a single entity like the Grim Reaper as there can be multiple shinigami.

"this world is a one-night stay(...) heaven and earth are our coffin."

"this world" is just 世 yo, a world of existence, timed, a lifetime. "heaven and earth" could have also been "the world", 天地 tenchi implies the greater world, heaven and earth.

"...begging for an afterlife (...) waiting for an afterlife..." "Afterlife" appears twice in english, but two different words are used in the original text. Both are buddhist terms, the first occurence is 後生 goshou, and refers to one's immediate next life in the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. It's also used as an interjection for imploring someone to do something. The second is 来世, raisei, is a broader term for the afterlife.

"In the uncertainty of twilight, Empty skulls call out, "Who goes there?"" In the original text, "twilight" and "who goes there?" are the same word, tasokare - so very literally the text would be translated "Who is he?" In a place of impermanence, empty skulls call out." So if you refer yourself to the etymology of twilight I mentioned above, that uncertain place, that place of impermanence where demons might come out and you have to ask who's in front of you is of course twilight!

"Someone to pray for them after death" The original text is more precise as it uses another buddhist term, 回向 (ekou), or transfer of merit. During the funerals, it's prayers and memorial services so the deceased attain a more favourable rebirth. Even after their death, empty skulls still clings to life and for others' sympathy.

"The dusk moon" Another word is used to refer to the time after the sunset that is not tasogare/tasokare here, 薄暮 hakubo, which is when the sky is dimmer and darker after the more red and golden tones of tasogare.

There might be more nuances I missed, but wow!! I have so much respect for Amako-sensei, I want a peek into her head so badly to know more about Zatto and his men...! Anyways, forgive any possible mistakes, I hope you enjoy and it gives you food for thoughts! I may post more nintama things later!

[jinnaizaemon]

Another character song translation, this time Rikichi's. Check the read more for extra notes!

Rikichi's Theme Yamada Rikichi's character song Zoku Nintama Family Daishuugou Best Selection Performed by Issei Endoh, lyrics by Amako Soubee, composition by Makaino Kouji.

The darkness is my friend, I have no need for stars, Clouds are my fellow travellers, The moon, an enemy.

All I can hear Is the sound of the wind.

The night is still when I send it off. I turn my back to the dawn, It's time to go home, It's time to go home.

Covered in pure darkness, It holds its breath, approaching, coming closer. Is it a foe or an ally? The only one I trust is myself. In the heart of a ninja Lives a demon.

The world is dark, falling into ruins, But maybe, despite everything, A day where we can smile may come. So until then, I'll hide that dream deep in my heart, And turn my back to the dawn, It's time to go home, It's time to go home.

Lyrics are more straight forward even in English, more so than Zatto's song haha. Rikichi... may your dreams of going home to all your loved ones come true one day...

Covered in pure darkness He sings mayami, and the line would literally be "true darkness painted over/covered in paint [as to hide it]", but the lyrics spell simply the first character of mayami, 真 truth. So it's truth itself that is hidden in darkness.

Issei Endoh I originally heard this song in the 20th anniversary compilation album, where Zatto's song is. I learned only afterwards that this song is actually from a CD dated 1999! By then, Rikichi was already dubbed by Okano Kousuke in the anime, but I didn't recognize his voice, and singers are only credited as 忍ジャーズ "Ninjers" in those CD... After a bit of digging up I found out the singer is Issei Endoh, who released solo music in the eighties.

[pupcrimes]

21 and 20 for Mor'desri?

think i know who sent this bc that apostrophe....... i see you 

anyway

21. Turning points of their life

After Mordesri was rescued from slavery and brought to live on Zatto with Bezieama, he didn't really talk. Not with aunt, not with the other children, not even to himself. He was completely silent.

He spent a lot of time indoors, staring out windows at the other kids playing in the street, but he didn't try to join in their fun. For weeks he did this, and for weeks NeNe Da watched.

Da was Bezieama's closest assistant. A Whiphid, she often hid herself in cloaks so as to not startle the new children. She was an avid reader, a believer in the mystical and strange, with a keen interest in Anatto's major religion. She was Mordesri's salvation.

When Mordesri would sit in a room and do nothing, NeNe Da would sit there as well. She would start off with quiet things, mending clothes for the children, or reading to herself. But as Mordesri became more used to her presence, she would speak. Sometimes she would talk of people she had known, years ago; sometimes she would just discuss the weather. When she felt at loss for topics, she would read, and Mordesri would listen.

One of the first things he ever said to Da was to ask her to teach him how to read, which she did, and for the following years, it was rare to see him without a book in his hands.

20. What-if/Alternate Timelines

So I got this AU in my head where both Mordesri and Theron never became spies. Instead, Mordesri took toward acting and Theron became a photographer.

As a child, Mordesri had been recruited by kinda shady talent scout/acting coach Diyan Patel. Patel signed Mordesri on to his agency and got him a bunch of jobs acting in series, to the point where Mordesri was like one of the most known child actors of his time.

Years down the line, after Mordesri fired Patel and quit the agency, he decided to take a break from acting (I'm thinking he's around 13/14 here), but later on he comes back into it but working in theatre instead. Lana Beniko, having quit the agency that Mordesri had previously been signed to, seeks him out and eventually becomes his agent. She supports him every step of the way, and Mordesri becomes pretty popular in the theatre community.

And then Mordesri takes a step back into film. He circles the indie scene for a little bit, taking smallish roles, but one day Lana convinces him that she has found him the perfect part for a movie and would he please just consider it? Consider it, he does, and after trying out, Mordesri gets the part. The filming goes great, everything is amazing, and then comes the press tour.

Enter Theron Shan.

Lana recommended him to the movie staff for the photoshoots they needed to do, and after looking through his portfolio, Theron was hired.

During one of the sessions, he and Mordesri had a lot of time to talk in between takes, and they really hit it off. But Mordesri didn't want to be in a relationship, and Theron had been burned in the past before so the concept of him in a relationship was a bit daunting. So they both decide on a casual fling kind of situation, but,,, that doesn't really work out for them because they both fall in love with each other and they try so hard to pretend that they aren't and it hurts and the mutual pining and god, its just so fun to think about