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junosswans · 6 months

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FMA sketches by Ace Attorney's character designer, Iwamoto Tatsuro

For the past week, Iwamoto-san has been posting sketches of FMA characters on his twitter as a part of his daily sketching challenge and they are absolutely BEAUTIFUL.

I really want to share his art over here and also translate his posts for you all because I think his commentaries are quite insightful for people who are interested in character design!

[Those who know their AA lore would recognize him as who voiced Edgeworth (Mitsurugi) in the games :3]

Anyways, below are his FMA sketches he's shared on twitter so far! (Contains: Ed, Hughes, Kimblee, Mustang, Breda) You can click on the dates to see their original post. I will add to this post if he shares any more sketches, it seems that he has been on an FMA roll xD

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25/11/2023

If you draw your favourite things out you will know them better! So, this is Edward Elric from #FullmetalAlchemist.

Even if you have decided on the pose you want to draw, it is better to sketch out these three first:

the moment before the pose is struck

the pose itself

the moment after the pose is struck

then decide which image works better for your art. I learned this from a really great senior of mine, and it is very solid advice.

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29/11/2023 (Translator's note: I decided to move this one to the top because it is my favourite. No I don't accept criticism.)

I have been drawing Ed's automail again.

I like it when the machine part has a distinctly different silhouette compared to the human body, so I added some original ideas to the design.

What design should I draw next? Perhaps I should draw the military uniform?

# (combined two posts because they’re the progression of the same piece.) #

26/11/2023

Again, it is the time of "drawing your favourite things to know them better!"

It feels so good to draw such great characters...

27/11/2023

My Photoshop has been crashing for mysterious reasons the whole morning, and I tried to troubleshoot in the afternoon and it was a PAIN. Computers are really difficuuuuuuuult--

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28/11/2023

Iwamoto-style drawing Masterclass: Bonus!

It is the "Give the leather and metal items a bit of flare/shine to immediately make the drawing look more complete"-jutsu!

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30/11/2023

I wanted the clothes to give off an oversized, loose impression.

Canon Hughes didn't seem to be wearing a shirt underneath... hmm.

03/12/2023

I am beginning to understand the structure of the military uniform better...

Realising the butt flap/cape didn’t actually connect to the upper jacket is a shocker to me.

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03/12/2023

A continuation of yesterday's sketch

...or so I thought, until I realized how King Bradley and Kimblee during the Ishval war had a different overcoat design, in which they actually wore a single long coat instead of a separated upper and bottom set.

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04/12/2023

When his clothes were unbuttoned, there was something that looked like an additional button on his right chest... I wonder if it could be fastened from the back?

(Translator's note: sorry, I have no idea what button he's referring to here lol)

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05/12/2023

I like how each character's personality was expressed through the way they dress. Contrary to his appearance, this person was very intelligent, which makes him such a great character.

#Lia translates #tweet translation #fma #fullmetal alchemist #fmab #fullmetal alchemist brotherhood #Fma translation #edward elric #roy mustang #solf j. kimblee #heymans breda #maes hughes #iwamoto tatsuro #ace attorney

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zuzu-draws · 1 month

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So after the spoilers for Chap 257 dropped, I saw some tweets clarifying the meaning of the Kanji Sukuna used in the chapter when referring to his mother, and the overall reveals in the chapter got me thinking.

I’m making this post as a way of gathering my thoughts, personal speculations and where I think all of this connects to Sukuna’s character and the information Gege has given us over the years. Nothing I say is by any means new information, but like I said, I’m just collecting my thoughts here. By the way, just a warning, this post contains SPOILERS for the JJK Manga! If you don’t like that, please don’t read this!

Something I’ve noticed is that the theme of “Hunger” and symbolism of “Cooking/Food” is heavily referenced with Sukuna throughout the Manga. Gege in a previous Fanbook has disclosed Sukuna’s favorite Hobby to be “Eating”.

This theme is again very much ingrained within Sukuna’s cursed techniques and even his Domain Expansion, the “Malevolent Shrine”. With his two main techniques being “Dismantle” and “Cleave” are cutting-type attacks. He is also able to use a Flame-Arrow, and Fire is essential for making Food. The Shrine in his Domain Expansion literally has mouths on all sides, looking eager to chew down anything in-front of them!

This symbolism also heavily influences Sukuna’s own manner of speech, and the way he speaks to other characters in the series as well. With his post-fight chat with Jogo before his death, Sukuna mentions Jogo lacking the “Hunger” to take control of his desires, preventing him from reaching the heights of Gojo Satoru. Before the Start of their fight in Shinjuku, Sukuna called Gojo a “Nameless Fish on top of his cutting board”, and that he was going to start by “Peeling off the scales”(refering to Gojo’s infinity). There’s also further symbolism that supports this by analyzing the Kanji and meaning of Sukuna’s “Malevolent Shrine” but I’m not very educated on that so I won’t be opening that point here.

What all of this points to is that Eating and Food……is extremely important to Sukuna, to the point that it literally affects him in manners innumerable.

Eating is an instinct, a necessity for the survival of every single living being.

And In the face of extreme Hunger and starvation, even those with the strongest will could lose their Humanity and revert to the basic animalistic side of their existence. (The Heian Period also had a Famine, although I believe the timing to be a bit off, but do with this info as you see fit)

In JJK Chapter 257, it is revealed to us that Sukuna and his Twin were most likely starving in the womb of their starving mother.

On the brink of starvation, Sukuna had to consume his “other self”(his twin), so that he could survive.

Btw, this tweet and this thread gives additional characterisation to Sukuna:

Link to the original thread: Link.

More context (and reactions :P):

Link to original thread: Here

This reveals to us that indeed, Sukuna was born a twin. And as we all know, “Twins” are seen with extreme scrutiny in Jujutsu Society, they’re not well liked. This too in a period where Cursed Spirits and Jujutsu Sorcery was at its peak, it is not far-fetched to assume that his Mother may not have been treated very well by the people in her surroundings, especially as she bore twins.

When Kashimo asks if Sukuna was born the Strongest or if he made himself the Strongest, this is the response Sukuna gave to him:

When you think about it, how do you think the people around them would have reacted when the woman: who was supposed to birth two twins, gave birth to a single child instead? and that child had consumed his other twin in the womb itself?

No doubt people would’ve been horrified, disgusted and even revulsed. With the woman and her newborn child.

This would’ve led to their further ostracisation in the already very close-minded society. Unable to fend for herself and her newborn child, it must’ve been difficult for Sukuna’s mother to survive. I feel like somewhere along the line, Sukuna was left alone to fend for himself at an extremely young age. To protect himself from both Curses and Society alike.

This is why I believe Sukuna knows what true starvation, weakness and hunger feels like. Both in the emotional and literal sense. He was left without another person caring about him or his well-being, in a cut-throat period where it was “Fight or be killed”.

Powerful curses roamed all across Japan, nowhere was safe. Simply be strong, or you'll die. There's no room for weakness. And initially, a kid!Sukuna was weak, as anyone would be in the beginning when they're just starting out in this world. (and maybe, he didn't have much to eat, leading to long periods of starvation? :') )

I believe it is this debilitating hunger, and feeling of weakness that eventually led to Sukuna’s current Hedonistic mindset.

He’s essentially traumatised by it, and believes that it was his own weakness that led him to experience this sheer starvation. That he deserved to feel this way because he was weak then. Perhaps, the people around him were right, that as long as they have the power and strength to overcome anything, they’re free to do as they please; And there is nothing anyone else could do about it.

I feel like the irony here is that Sukuna himself, must’ve been a “weakling” before eventually rising the ranks to become History’s Strongest Sorcerer. This is also why he values Strength so much.

Ultimately, Sukuna has decided that there was nothing more important than being strong enough to fulfill your own desires. And “eating” is one of his most important desires. It’s his favourite thing to do, the one he derives the most pleasure out of. And like an animal, whose main focus is to consume, consume and consume. He too, simply consumes.

Most morals likely have no meaning to him. He doesn’t care who he hurts, what he does, as long as he’s able to get what he wants. And this isn’t limited to eating.

This is why people referring to Sukuna as a “Natural Disaster” is so befitting of him. Because Natural Disasters also don’t care about what or who they’re destroying, they just come and go, wreaking havoc appropriate for their nature and magnitude.

I believe Sukuna himself has said lines similar in nature, when talking to Kashimo:

Now I’m not sure how Sukuna perceives or even experiences this “Love”, because I think he has a rather very warped idea of it. I do think that this definition of love is similar to the one that Gojo also understands, but I don’t think he knows what “love” truly is. I’m not sure how I could comment on this, but I do think that Sukuna’s emotionally starved, whether he realises that or not.

Because, like Kashimo himself asked Sukuna “What is the point of dividing your soul into 20 different parts and then traversing across time if you’re satisfied with this?” we do not know the answer to that yet.

But many people have speculated that “Black Box” panels in JJK manga represent a curse (either self-inflicted or put by someone) on the speaker. Like, take a look over here where Sukuna reiterates the same dialogue, except it looks like he’s trying to reassure himself:

This once again shows that Sukuna has only ever strived for himself, in the same hedonistic fashion, to a very very extreme degree. It is possible that he's been lacking something, and he himself does not realise that he’s lacking it. Maybe it was this subconscious feeling, that led to Sukuna agreeing to Kenjaku’s plan of dividing his soul into 20 different parts, and to traverse across time as a Cursed Object.

Sukuna’s an incredibly complex character, and I’m excited to see where this goes. Gege has put extra care in the way he characterizes and depicts Sukuna, and again, I’m really sad that a lot of that characterization gets lost in translation. Still, I’m going to try my best to understand and get the most accurate feel of his character as I possibly can.

If you made it this far, Thank you for reading! And if you would like, please do leave a comment in the tags or replies because I would love to read what other people think of this and just Sukuna in general. I do not see a lot of people doing critical analysis of him, and a lot of his actions are seemingly swept under the rug. I don’t like that, so hopefully this contributes to people focusing more on Sukuna and his character. (/^v^)/ <3

#ryomen sukuna #jjk sukuna #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #sukuna #king of curses #heian era #character analysis #manga #jjk manga #jjk 257 #this is...so very long omg im sorry for my huge word vomit #like 1.4k works but i really did felt like i wanted to gather my scattered thoughts into one place and kind of make the connections #not sure if anyone is gonna read this but if they do #thanks for reading! be sure to let me know what u think!#i just love psycho-analysis of my fav characters and being able to really understand the essence of their characters #their emotions their motivations and to finally be able to do that with Sukuna and reading what everyone else have to say about it ahhh #im super excited! We're finally getting close to the Heian Backlore!! rejoice!!#my gut always did tell me he was a tragic character T_T and now we're finally getting the tid bits #also apologies for adding different panels #but i only added the translations i liked #i don't like J*hn W*rry's translation like yuck #so ima wait for Lightning's translation notes~ for further clarifications!

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todayesterday · 6 months

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“Some people think John was speaking directly to me [in Now and Then]. And you know what? That is very nice to think about, so I’ll stick with that interpretation.”

— Paul McCartney about being the inspiration for Now and Then to Brazilian journalist Pedro Bial (Dec. 01, 2023) (translated from portuguese version of the interview)

#the video of him saying this hasn’t come out yet so i had to translate from the translation #but. i had to show this to you guys #how are we feeling.#he thinks it’s a very nice thing to think about #i don’t even know what to add #j&p #now and then #mclennon #beatles

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unicornpopcorn14 · 1 month

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"You are you"

Oh. Oh, Dazai definitely resonated with that.

I mean, look at him.

You think this is where his persistence to believe in Chuuya's humanity stemmed from?

#thanks to DarkestJay on twt for the translation!#Dazai to Rimbaud: “Keep cooking man”#“welp he can't cook no longer”#bsd #dazai osamu #bungou stray dogs #j's post #chuuya nakahara #skk #bsd dazai #bsd chuuya #analysis(?)#sokouku #arthur rimbaud #bsd rimbaud #bsd fifteen #bsd fifteen phase 19 #bsd phase 19 #bsd 15 manga

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dwtdog · 1 month

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sapnap keeps drondoms in his car 'in case things get frisky'

#cq.liveblogs #goign to add the /j since the sarcasm does not translate 😭

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agressivepelmen · 2 months

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Секретный Кренгопакалипсис

Оригинал (original), продолжение

Автор - hatekawa

comic by hatekawa on tumblr

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Чтож, т.к. я перевёл всё, что на данный момент вышло по Не тому выжившему, самое время перевести что-то новое :D Пока что я не до конца уверен в переводе названия комикса, так что да ":D Молимся всем районом на то, что качество не сожрётся ещё сильнее и будет видно всё то, что там понаписано :")

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cubedmango · 9 months

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what is up my gang of 5 cm enjoyers . today i bring u the biblically accurate movie subs in which i:

fixed a bunch of weirdly translated lines and reworded them to be closer to the original japanese dialogue

added translations for almost nearly every visible word on screen

included the lyrics from gimme gimme and shinon for added viewing experience

download the subtitle file here! to view the subs, first open ur movie file (which if u dont have then definitely dont click here) in vlc player, then go to subtitles -> add subtitle file -> select the movie_subs file and there u have it. and if theres any issues with downloading the file, displaying the subs, the syncing w video etc etc pls lemme know :0 alright im skittering away again

#cherry magic #my translation #wanted to make a proper post for the tag..........#put a lot of effort into this so i hope ppl enjoy aaaaah #also disclaimer as usual that even my re-translations might still be wrong im not fluent in jp!#if any lines are wrong please lemme know about corrections!#alright ok now go forth . watch the movie again. this is an order /j #e: now updated with a completely pointless and irrelevant link that doesnt lead anywhere ha ha #e2: replaced the old dead link w a new one :0

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phantom-peachie · 1 month

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something really embarrassing happened today

#im never speaking again!#:)#rb if it’s ok to do this to an artist you love #/j #it’s so funny when people say it to me #but ooo boy did i feel my arms roll up like a fruit-by-the-foot after a said that to someone else :’)#maybe it only translates well in tumblr culture #anyways hope everyone is having a good day #peachie mumbles #peachie scribbles

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hey-hey-j · 3 months

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no but the fact that in the Spanish dub they change "Spruce" to "Retoño," which means sprout, so then they change "Bruce" to "Toño," so it's like, he's no longer a sprout, he's an adult and he's matured and he's grown into himself...... aah.....

#j screeches #trolls band together #trolls bruce #trolls #oh dubs and translations my beloved

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bookstantrash · 5 months

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Italian publisher in 2021 with ACOSF

🤝

Brazilian publisher in 2024 with HOFAS

Posting the first chapters of the book weeks before its release

#as a Brazilian I feel so lovely right #also if anyone wants it I’m debating translating the whole 111 pages we got #just so the ‘you know who’ of the fandom doesn’t mistranslate #and twist info for their gain 💀#house of flame and shadow #hofas #cc hofas #hofas spoilers #crescent city #hoeab #hosab #sarah j maas

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bts-trans · 3 months

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240218 Big Hit's Tweet & Weverse Post

[#호비의편지] 📬 Letter from #jhope #호비가아미에게전하는_편지 💌 오늘만큼은 우리 모두 hope day~💜💜 #To_be_continued_613 #추억다람쥐의_추억상자오쁜 #Jㅔ이홉이미리써둔홉데이 #홉체국에서온편지 #호비의마음 #호비레터

[#LetterFromHobi] 📬Letter from #jhope #ALetter_toARMY_fromHobi💌

Let's all have a hope day today~💜💜

#To_be_continued_613 #MemorySquirrels_MemoryBoxIsOpen #WrittenInAdvanceByJHopeForHopeDay #Letter_From_HobiPost #HobisHeart #HobiLetter

(See images for the typeset versions of the letter translation.)

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It's my birthday! 2024 has 18/02 as well,,,, There's probably lots of people wishing me this year too, right??,,,,I hope so, at least hahaha,,, At this point, just reaching out and telling you how I'm doing would probably be the best! You guys, I'm adapting so well and I'm doing soooo great!! Still staying healthy…hahahah I remember always getting lots of good wishes from you guys on my birthday. There have also been birthdays that I've spent with you! It's a bit sad that I have to reach out to you a bit differently this year because I'm serving in the military,,, But still, my heart at least is thinking of you and misses you!! Because you are all here, I have been able to receive so many wishes, and my birthday has been such a meaningful day. And so I'd like to sincerely express how grateful I always am for you!! I love you, let's all have a Hope day

#LetterFromHobi #HobiLetter 240218

https://weverse.io/bts/media/3-151159162

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To ARMY

#LetterFromHobi #HobiLetter #Letter_From_HobiPost #Aletter_toARMY_fromHobi

#240218 #j-hope #hoseok #hobi #happy bday jhope #happy jhope day #letter from hobi #our sunshine hobi #bighit #official #twitter #weverse #photo #bts #bangtan #bts-trans edit #just look at that translation and typesetting 👀#chef's kiss #(our team is awesome)

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