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amjustagirl · 10 months

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when the sun meets the moon outtakes: in which Bokuto adopts a dog

pairing: bokuto koutaro x f! reader

genre: romance, family fluff

wc: 900

a/n: as the name suggests, an outtake from my fic when the sun meets the moon.

Bokuto Koutaro is a kind man with a good heart.

You grew up experiencing crudeness and petty meanness and you’ve grown jaded, expecting nothing more of people, but ever since Bokuto came into your life, he’s made you believe that there is kindness and goodness in the world, if only you stop to look. And so you fell in love with him, your sunshine boy with a heart of pure gold, got married after he proposed to you in front of thousands of volleyball fans, popped out three gorgeous sons.

“A wolfpack”, Kiyoomi names your little Kous, his lips tilting upwards when he’s called in as reinforcement by Hinata when Bokuto brings them into practice . You think the name quite fitting considering the way they boisterously roll around with their father and find themself in mischief in a myriad of ways, though you suspect Kiyoomi’s opinion of said wolfpack nosedives dramatically after his daughter is inducted as an honourary member with a ridiculous ritual involving a homemade obstacle course in his living room, aided and abetted by Koutarou himself.

In this instance, however, Sachiko is very much the instigator of mischief.

You should’ve noticed something was off when she yelled a panicked “bye auntie!” and bounced past you at breakneck speed to get out of your front door.

“Huh”, you say. “How strange.”

What’s even stranger is that none of your sons come out to greet you. Usually they’d be racing to see who reaches her first when she gets home from a long day of work, the winner celebrating by leaping into your arms (and oftentimes knocking you flat onto the floor). What’s a hundred million billion times stranger (Kousuke’s words, not hers, he’s started learning bigger numbers at school) is that Koutaro himself isn’t coming out to wrap you in his arms with a bear hug, peppering you with questions about your day.

“Kou?” you call. Usually that’s enough to get all four of them running, but not today.

You slip off your shoes. There’s a suspicious looking packet by the dining table that catches your eye. A happy looking dog in bright colours on the front of the packet is all you need to know.

Leaving on your socks to dampen your footsteps, you press your ear to your sons’ bedroom.

“Hide him in the wardrobe ‘til okaa-san sits down for dinner!”

“He’s not going to stay in the wardrobe for a whole hour?!”

“How d’you even know it’s a he? Sachiko said it might be a she!”

You throw open the door. Four faces turn to look at you, three a picture of practised innocence, your husband alone looking guilty.

“Is there something I should know about?” you ask.

“Nothing!” your sons shout in perfect synchrony. Bokuto stares at the floor. You can almost see his ears droop.

You take pity on him, striding over to throw open the wardrobe. A puppy with yellow fur and a stub for a tail stares woefully at you. You resist the urge to drop to your knees and squeal at its utter cuteness.

“And what do we have here?” you do your best at trying to sound stern.

Finally, your husband speaks up. “Babyyy”, he tries pleading, though he stops short as you raise an eyebrow. “The kids found this poor little thing in the drain and it looked so cold and hungry I said we should take it home and take care of it ‘til it’s okay.”

Your boys sense a moment of weakness.

“‘Kaa-sannn it was shivering” Kouji does his best attempt at pouting pitifully.

“And it was raining”, Kouichi reasons. “We couldn’t leave it there! It’d be sad!”

Kousuke, your youngest, rounds up the rear with his most devastating weapon, puppy dog eyes of his own. “Kaa-san pleaseeee can we keep it?”

“Fine”, you sigh, making a show of exasperation because your boys, if left unchecked, would bring every pitiful critter and being under your roof and you have no desire for your home to turn into a menagerie. “We’ll take it to the vet on the weekend, and discuss if we can keep it if it isn’t microchipped okay?”

Cheering, your boys run out of their bedroom to acquaint the puppy to its new home.

You turn your attention to Bokuto. “Kou”, you start to say, but he’s already hugging you close.

“Sorry”, he chuckles. “I know I should’ve talked to you first about it.”

You poke his chest. “Sometimes, I wonder how that big heart of yours fits into your chest.”

“I’m sorry -”

“Don’t be”, you smile. “That’s why I love you.”

He presses kisses into the crown of your head.

“That doesn’t mean you’re getting out of teaching the boys how to be responsible for our newest family member though.

“Oh no”, he groans.

Your smile widens into a mischievous grin. “Oh yes”, you say. “That includes walks and cleaning up after accidents and scheduling mealtimes and all of that. I suppose it’ll teach them how to be responsible at the very least.”

His mouth curls up in a matching grin. “I guess that also means Omi-omi’s got some responsibilities too since Sachiko-chan said she has a quarter-share in our pup!”

You expect another irate call from Sakusa Kiyoomi tomorrow. It’s okay, you’ll divert his calls to your irrepressible husband anyway.

#bokuto koutaro x reader #bokuto koutaro x y/n #bokuto koutaro x you #haikyuu fluff #haikyuu romance

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avee-anne · 9 months

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Sakuracon 2023: Studio Orange Interview

(I just learned that Japan-A-Radio has ceased operations so the interview with the director and producers of Trigun Stampede is no longer in their website. It has a lot of interesting information about Trigun Stampede so I'm reposting it here.)

Submitted by djcruzmissile on Sun, 04/16/2023 - 01:22

Sakuracon 2023 – Studio Orange Interview

By Jun Hong Pua, Sean Cruz, Matthew Fu & Lisa Su Transcribed by Jun Hong Pua Edited by Sean Cruz

Japan-A-Radio was part of a round table interview with Director Kenji Muto, and Producers Waki Kiyotaka & Yoshihiro Watanabe, members of Studio Orange, the team behind Trigun Stampede, to round out Sakuracon 2023 Sunday Afternoon. Producer Yoshihiro Watanabe started off with a brief introduction.

Yoshihiro Watanabe (W): I mainly do the distribution or strategic side of Trigun. Kiyotaka and I are from Studio Orange but Muto is a freelancer so he's only tied to our studio on a project basis.

I know it's been five years in the making, but why Trigun again?

Waki Kiyotaka (K): There are two big reasons why we chose to work on Trigun Stampede this time around. The first big reason would be that we were actually contacted by the producer, Katsuhiro Takei, who is a big fan of the original Trigun anime, and he'd always wanted to work on another anime version of Trigun.

The second reason is that we had the opportunity to employ Muto as the director. He had previously worked on the Land of the Lustrous, on both the storyboards and the animation direction. For storyboards, he did episode seven. For episode direction, he did episode ten. And so, we knew from working with him that he was able to do both action scenes and really good "feeling scenes": scenes where the feelings were really communicated well to the audience. We thought that he could do something really good with this project. And so that's why we chose to make Trigun Stampede and to do it with him as the director.

Kenji Muto (M): In my case, from the creative side, it's more of an ideological thing. When I started reading the Trigun manga by Nightow-sensei, I felt that it had many themes that were very unique and universal.

For example, there are inter-species interactions, the issues of migration, and a sci-fi approach to westerns. There's many core themes that I thought were very interesting.

How much involvement did Nightow-sensei have in the production of the show? You mentioned in your panel earlier that he just gave a green light and said to just have fun. Can you elaborate further?

K: It started with Nightow-sensei, myself, the director Muto, and also producer Takei. So four people altogether, just talking to each other for quite a long time. We heard from Nightow-sensei about what kind of a person he is, what he was thinking about when he was creating Trigun, and what he wanted to cover in that story. And that's where we started. Building on that, we moved on to the concept stage. We had two main staff members working on that.

We had Kouji Tajima, who worked on the concept art, and Takehiko Oshiki, who worked on the setup, writing the text that would describe the overall concepts of the world. Oshiki-san is a huge Trigun fan, a fan of the original anime and the manga. And so, he gathered together for us a bunch of design documents, set up documents, describing the themes that were covered in the original manga, and also the themes that were hinted at, but not really ever explored. Then, bas0kind of a world text that he had pulled together and written for us, Tajima-san started creating concept art. His goal was to create concept art that would show the overall feel of this world and help us with world building, to envision what.d on to the planet is, and he took over a year working on all the concept art.

During all of these conceptual design parts, we were continually checking in with Nightow-sensei. So, even before the usual pre-production process, we're showing him the setup text and the concept art, and he gave the okay to all of that. After being deeply involved in the concept design, he told us, "Everything, from here on out, the scripts, the character designs and so forth, the regular stuff of pre-production, you can do as you wish. That's because I'm confident now that you fully understand where you're going with this, and I've signed off on all the pre-pre-production concept designs that you've done."

It's not like he gave us completely free rein to do whatever we wanted. However, because we had actually that much deep, intense collaboration at the very start, he thought that we knew where we were going with this, and he's also good with where we chose to take this.

M: Usually, when you're adapting a book, a manga, to anime, you'd just be facing the book itself. But, in my case, I really wanted to face the person who created it first.

I'm actually really glad director Muto can be here, because he wasn't at Anime Expo, right? There was a video shown of him drinking alone on the roof.

W: (Laughs) We were still in production, so…

M: Ah, thank you so much.

So my question is actually about voice direction for Millions Knives. There's the scene where he is rejected by Vash, and he sounds very pained. This is an emotional attack; the physical ones don't really hurt him. What kind of care did he take to direct Junya Ikeda during that scene?

M: One of the first things I wanted to show, as a director, was that Knives is an actual being; a person. I mean, he's not a human, but as a person, he's not just a simple villain. That's why we're all focused on it.

At first, when we started the project in recording, on Ikeda-san’s side, he still didn't have the amount of information that we have on our side. He couldn't fully grasp his character, so there are times that he acted as a villain. At those times, I talk with him and say, "That's not the type of direction that I want for portraying Knives." As we worked together longer and longer, he was able to grasp more of the Knives that we wanted to depict. So yeah, Knives is not a bit; he is one of the main characters.

My relationship with Ikeda-san started out from episode three, where he first appeared, and kept on track ever since then. And, I think it's because of all the resolve and communication, that we were able to achieve what we were able to achieve in episode nine.

I noticed some similarities of the designs of plants with the designs of Avatar's Na'vi. And, a desert planet and worms, of course, brings to mind Dune. How much of these and other western influences got into the production?

M: I actually grew up in Chicago, when I was really young. That was the only time I spent in Chicago though. Having grown up there, I was influenced by a lot of shows, such as Ninja Turtles, Knight Rider, and White Wolf. I have a lot of respect for western culture. I tell myself, these two cultures don't really have a barrier. I treat them equally.

As a filmmaker, I have respect for Quentin Tarantino. So, it's probably not intentional, but I think his influence is very strong.

That's quite interesting, because Quentin Tarantino is about ultra-violence, while Vash is about anti-violence.

M: (Laughs)

When we are introduced to Millions Knives, we literally see a million knives, in comparison to the original series, which didn't do that. How did you come to decide on that being Knives' introduction? Just to say the animation for that sequence is, it has a feeling of being overwhelmed and a little grotesque, because of how many knives you see. So why did you decide to go in that direction?

M: Thinking of how to answer that question is a little difficult, because at the time when we were figuring out how that scene would end up, we didn't really think of that as grotesque. I've never actually thought of it that way before. At the time, we were thinking about how we wanted to portray Knives as a character? What is Knives thinking? What is he trying to do?

And really, what is inside of his head if he's only thinking about Vash and the plants. He's not thinking about humans at all, or if he is, they're on the same scale as bugs to him. So, if they're in his way, he's just going to exterminate them. He's not really thinking any more deeply about any humans than that. So yeah, that's the first time that it has actually occurred to us that it might come across that way.

Sorry, just to make a correction in terms of the grotesqueness, it's just that there's so many knives. And now that he said, it's like him squashing bugs, it makes sense. And it looks more like a cyclone or a hurricane. It was in a very circular motion, and you see all of the knives.

M: When I really think about the characters, I always think about contrast, and in this case, the contrast between Vash and Knives. I think it was out of necessity to create that contrast that Knives came out like that. Also, with the name Millions Knives, millions of knives is the reason why Knives named himself that in the manga. I was thinking about how to visualize that, and that's the answer we have.

In the case of designing him, Knives had an incident with a girl named Tesla. You can see fragments of that in episode ten. So, when you see Tesla, you see her as an eyeball, which formed a very important, strong impression. If you look at his knife at the time, there's actually an eyeball on his knife as well. That image is very strong within him. So one thing about the inspiration is that, instead of a typhoon, it's actually more eye-shaped. That's not a clear image, but more of a subconscious image from within him.

And so, for the entire layout of that entire scene, there's the city of humans called Jeneora Rock, and the eye of Tesla is looking down the Rock.

You mentioned about designing Knives, that one of the design criteria is the contrast. The original design of Knives wasn't as contrasting to Vash. And, the new Knives design feels more organic, compared to the mechanical, man-made feel of Vash's design. Can you elaborate more on how you redesigned Knives?

M: One of the things about the costume that I wanted to do, was that I did not want Knives to wear anything made by humans as much as possible. So actually, his robe is made out of knives, and his inner body suit is from the space era. In contrast, Vash, everything he wears was made by humans.

Also, for the technological contrast in the world, there's lost technology, and there's scrap parts. So things that are made out of scrap parts have certain colors used to it, and things made out of lost technology have a different tone and color to it. The tone and color adds to the contrast as well.

I think the original Vash had scrap parts rather than lost technology.

M: The reason that Vash's arm is lost technology is that Vash's entire fashion is actually designed based on one concept: That of his relationship with humans. And, his relationship with humans is very strong with people originally from Seeds. People like Rem. There are two groups of people. One group is those that are closely related to Seeds. His fashion is basically based on that. And that's what led to the change. All the designs of the fashion that they wore, it's not just a stylistic choice. It's a visualization of their identity.

So is it a contrast between not just two, but three factions, like the Seeds humans, the scrap humans and the plants?

M: Yes, those are the three elements. I think Vash has strong ties with all of them, but the strongest is with Rem, and whatever Rem is a part of, which was Seeds.

I have a question for Watanabe-san. You're very active on Twitter. You're engaging with fans and sharing the story of Trigun. How careful do you have to be to not accidentally spoil anything and especially with the final phase coming up?

W: For Trigun, we did work closely and carefully with how the information is revealed. We can't control everything because we're just the production studio (Anime is a global distribution involving many languages). And there's distribution, and different partners. And this means that we couldn't talk with everyone at the same time. We talk domestically, with domestic partners, and through them, to the international distributors.

We try to make sure that we use specific languages. So for example, July/JuLai, how July/JuLai was revealed in Japanese was that it's always phonetically described in Katakana as well. We'd never really revealed the kanji, the Chinese letters, of July/JuLai until later, but we knew that subtitles do not work like that. So that's why for subtitles, promotional written material, and the written letters shown in the series, we designed it so that people will see different types of July/JuLai at first, and they might not associate it as other people with keener senses might, but in the end, everything comes to people who notice that.

The reason that I actually do a lot of Twitter is that it's more appealing to communicate. I think it's a communication to the fans. And anime is definitely a global market. And as an anime studio in Japan, we have a heavy focus on the Japanese market. However, I myself am originally from California, that's where I grew up actually, and my career began from being a staff at an Anime Expo as a volunteer.

I feel that community is a very important part of the anime market. It's not just about the money, it is really about the passion. And it takes the passion of the fans and passion of the creators. They're different, but the energy is something that's really important to be reassuring.

About making mistakes, I actually make a lot of mistakes. (Laughs) Not the information I tweet about, but I actually do typos and actually tweet wrongfully-written tweets a lot. I delete them immediately. (Laughs)

I do want to ask about representing Studio Orange. I want to say, compared to some of the other production studios, it's more transparent. The panels you had in Anime Expo, here at Sakura-con, and I think at other American conventions. Why is it so important for Studio Orange to be so transparent to fans?

W: So this is something that happened when I joined Orange five years ago. Something I talked to Waki-san about was that I have a lot of inspirations on how anime can be enjoyed or how anime communities can be built be extended, but I couldn't act on them at the previous studios I'd been at. I was actually looking for somewhere I could be comfortable doing so. And Orange was that somewhere. He gave me the liberty to do these kinds of things.

And as we discuss daily about how we should spread Orange, how not just as a company, a brand, or even choosing projects, we really think it's important to communicate. I mean, for communication, in the company, I am the only English public speaker. There's a few other English speakers, but they're not public speakers. So, I can't really respond to everything, but I try to communicate at least. I look at a lot of people's responses and I can't reply to each of them, but as a sum, I try to respond to the people's reactions.

One of the things that is not really highlighted on your Orange Presents panels, but that I really enjoy, is the music direction of your TV shows. From the Land of the Lustrous, Beastars, and Trigun Stampede, the soundtrack and the use of the soundtrack at the correct point of the show is brilliant. Can you provide some insight into how the music direction is done?

K: When we are creating an animation at Studio Orange, we use a technique called film scoring. Although we don't use it completely, we use what we call half film scoring. That's where we have the music first, and then we adjust the imagery to match the music and the scene. Because we're doing it in that order, we find that we're actually able to produce better results. We found that more emotion is communicated by both the music and the imagery matching each other. And because we do it in that order, we really allow the people who are composing the music to have a lot of control over the emotions in the scene, so they're really motivated to produce amazing music for us. I think that's probably why we get complimented on the music in the works that we've done.

M: As Waki-san said, I feel that it's really important about establishing relationships with composers. I can only speak for the case of Trigun, of course, but for not just the composer, but for the audio team, the mixer, the sound effects team, I was actually responsible as a sound director to direct all those people as well. Basically the relationship and passion that everyone feels is very much reflected onto the quality. And I've spent time making sure that the groove is there.

In the manga, Knives actually plays the piano, just for a few frames, but that left a strong impression on me. So, I put a lot of thought on how that can be put into this anime. That became one of the things that I focused on.

I really care for the beats per minute, the rhythm, the tempo. Those are the things where we put a lot of thought into, and I got a lot of references for the music team. I've said it in a couple other interviews as well, but when I am writing the storyboard, there's already music playing in the background, and it's my job to figure out how to convey that music to the team.

I want to ask about the character concept art by Kouji Tajima. So director Muto was responsible for adapting that concept art into what we see in the anime. Going from the concept art, which is 2D, and then taking it into 3D, there's a little bit of stylistic changes with that. With Vash, he's a little bit bigger than what you see in Tajima's concept art. Much more muscular. And, as you said before, organically built out. Can you talk a little bit about the adaptation of concept art?

K: We think of the concept art as more of just the capturing of an idea as an image, as opposed to setting the actual imagery and laying out the official visuals for the show. Once that idea has been put into concept art and shared with the staff and the director, the director can decide how to interpret that idea and how to carry it forward into the rest of the production. Things that we are looking for in the character concept art would be things such as distinctive silhouettes. We want the silhouettes of each character to actually be distinct from each other so they're more recognizable. Making some characters more muscly and other people less muscly would affect how distinctive their silhouettes are. Also, we think about what extent do we want the expressions of the characters to be actually deforming the CG models that are used. That's something that we would discuss when we move on to the adaptation of concept art?

For concept art, the main purpose is to portray the attractiveness of an idea. And when you develop a design, that design has a different purpose. The purpose could be the storyline, where they come from, where they are going, what they represent. Even though it's within the same drawing, the purpose of each design and concept art is completely different. So that's why there will definitely be a difference.

M: The concept art, it's basically this ball of ideas. From there, we look at what ideas we can distill into, shaping the ideas into a more concrete form.

One of the goals for Trigun, I think you'd mentioned, was to expand the storytelling, the universe, and I think you have effectively succeeded for the first season. However, a lot of the story plotlines were just to the point, where you just briefly touch upon and then move on. I think that there's more than enough material to have a two-cour, or 24-episodes, instead of 12 episodes. Is there a reason why you chose this length?

W: For the first season.

Yeah. And for the second season, is it going to be the same length, or can we expect it to be longer?

W: So just to be clear, we've never used the term second season at this point. This doesn't mean anything. Just to get on record, we've only specifically used the term "Final Phase".

M: The amount of information that's contained in the original manga is massive. And, when you're creating a TV series, the format is first of all different so you can't take that same amount of information and drop it into the animation format. We'd love to, but as the format is completely different, it's not possible. One thing that, as a director, I was aiming for, is that I want people to enjoy this show, in as many ways as possible. So, first of all, as a simple action entertainment people can enjoy, but people also can have the joy of figuring out the world. By having things in there that people can connect the dots to, they will discover an entirely new view in the show, and also people discovering the theme of the show. So, those are different layers I tried to create so that as many people can enjoy. That's the goal that I set and tried to accomplish.

I have a question about visual storytelling. For example, when you see Knives, he's shrouded, and kind of like a hidden figure, more, you know, in terms of the visual storytelling, versus Vash, who is very open, very bright. The humans as well, they're all very brightly colored compared to the plants that are more muted. Can you talk to us a little bit about your metaphoric or visual storytelling style?

M: There's the starting point, the manga, which has concept colors. So, from the starting point, what I want to do is to make sure that we treat those fairly. Coloring-wise, even though we're using that base color of the manga as a foundation, I really put thought into the identity associated with the color as well. So, in this case, you could see that Vash has red and green, very vibrant colors, and those colors are tied very tightly with his identity. In the case of Knives, that is the blue-ish color, which is associated with the plants.

Those colors symbolize a lot of their identity as well. And for example, humans have actually resembled Western, or more to be specific, the space frontiers. So, they're migrants. I'm saying that, but that's the base, and in July, there are more Asian things. So based on that, from the start, the base color theme was already set.

In the case of Nicholas D. Wolfwood, his identity is actually shifting throughout the series, within Stampede. He's fluctuating between Nicholas the Punisher and Nicholas D. Wolfwood. In the manga, he is already established as Nicholas D. Wolfwood, but in Stampede, he is still seeking the answer for his own identity. That fluctuation is actually portrayed within the color of his shirt.

If we're going into specifics, there's going to be so much to talk about. So, I would like to end it there. (Laughs)

We know that there’s going to be like a final season of Beastars, that's going to be a final phase for Trigun. Are we going to see a second season for Land of the Lustrous? Or, do you have any future developments you can share with us?

K: To speak to that, we've shared that we have been developing Trigun Stampede and working on that since about five and a half years ago. We've been working on it that whole time, all five and a half years, but for many of those years we couldn't say anything about it, as it was confidential for a lot of that time that we were working on it. That carries over to the other projects that the studio is working on now.

Of course, we are working on many projects, but we can't say much about them. What we can say here is what we have already shared in the panels at this con. We learned a lot, and developed new tools, while working on Land of the Lustrous, Beastars and Trigun Stampede. As a studio, we want to continually challenge ourselves to achieve better results in certain areas that are difficult for CG to achieve great results. And so once we find a good approach for these difficult areas, we use it going forward and all the works that our studio works on later. So you can expect that we will be using everything that we have learned on those works in our next work going forward as well as looking at new aspects of CG that we want to really pin down and achieve greater results with.

#trigun #trigun stampede

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lunawings · 8 days

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So, actually have just one last thing. One last piece of unfinished business from my trip to Japan to post.

I'll link the post since it's been buried by now, but as most of you know I got to attend the Pretty Rhythm Rainbow Live 10th Anniversary exhibition while I was visiting Japan in March 2024.

Everyone attending the event got this sealed envelope which reads, "♪ ♡To the New Manager♡♪" on the front.

What's inside?

Let's see...

To the New Junior High Student Manager of Prism Stone,

2.) Make sure to find someone who is good at make-up like Ito-chan! ♡

Thank you for becoming Prism Stone's new manager!

My name is Naru Ayase and I've been the manager up until now!☆

I decorated the store with photos of us to serve as a happy-naru parting memory! ♡

Please have fun! Now, to make sure you become happy-naru as the new manager, I have seven pieces of advice for you! 😆

1.) Make sure you find someone who is good at making sweets, like Ann-chan!

3.) Make sure you make friends with a beautiful girl who can play the violin just like Bell-chan! ✨

4.) Make sure you make friends with a cat-like little demon just like Wakana-chan who can read cute fortunes!

5.) Make sure you make friends with a kind girl who can brew good tea and seems like she's from a fairytale just like Otoha-chan!

6.) Meet a prism messenger like Rinne-chan! Oh, don't tell anyone Rinne-chan is a prism messenger, OK? >3<

7.) If you every run into any trouble, just say to yourself "Nantoka narunaru!" (It will all work out somehow!)

10.) Find an amusing super idol person friend like Hiro-san! ☆

8.) Find a friend just like Kouji-kun who can write songs!

(Oh, and don't tell anyone he's Ito-chan's boyfriend either ;D)

9.) Find a friend just like Kazuki-san who is good at dance and FREEDOM!

(Next Page)

11.) Never tell anyone the secret that Chisato-san's really Momo-san and she came from the Prism World! Never ever!

12.) But if you do ever mess up, D.J. Coo-san will figure something out, so no worries!!! 🍀 😌

AHH!!! 💦

Oh nooooo! That was way more than sevenn!!

Oh dear.. 💦💦

Oh well ♪

I think by the time you are working here, I'll already be the manager at Dear Crown across the way! So I'll be leaving everything to you!

Happy Rain♪ will keep on performing at Prism Stone so don't worry about that!

Bell, Wakana, and Otoha from Bell Rose will help out too!

Well then, do your best! ♡

But if you ever need anything I'd be glad to help, so just let me know!

I'll be stopping by!

Nantoka narunaru!!!

From Naru Ayase!

The prism radiance will always be with you!

♡ Happy Naru ♡

#pretty rhythm rainbow live #prrl #so the plot of the RL exhibition was basically like #you are the new manager and you are learning about prism stone #because naru decorated it for you #i wonder how they are gonna work teaching laalulu about pripara into the pripara exhibition #hmm hmm

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pikahlua · 1 year

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MHA Chapter 372 spoilers translations

This week’s initial tentative super rough/literal translations under the cut.

1 俺たちをセントラル病院防衛に配属して下さいおれたちをセントラルびょういんぼうえいにはいぞくしてください ore-tachi wo SENTORARU byouin bouei ni haizoku shite kudasai! “Please assign us to the defense of Central Hospital.”

tagline 時は少し遡り… ときはすこしさかのぼり… toki wa sukoshi sakanobori... Going back in time a little...

2 何でそれを知ってる…⁉︎ なんでそれをしってる…⁉︎ nande sore wo shitteru...!? “How do you know [about] that...!?”

3 まだ伝えてないだろうまだつたえてないだろう mada tsutaetenai darou “I haven’t told you about that yet, right?”

4 あの大きな女性が気になる事を話していたので外界の様子を伺いましたあのおおきなじょせいがきになることをはなしていたのでがいかいのようすをうかがいました ano ooki na josei ga ki ni naru koto wo hanashite ita node gaikai no yousu wo ukagaimashita “That big woman was talking about something that bothered me, so I inquired about the state of the outside world.”

5 大きなあの子か！おおきなあのこか！ ooki na ano ko ka! “Oh, that big kid!”

6 加えて避難民の方々にもくわえてひなんみんのかたがたにも kuwaete hinanmin no katagata ni mo “In addition to many refugees,”

7 「決起」……異形の者が"病院"を目指して動いていると聞きます「けっき」……いぎょうのものが"びょういん"をめざしてうごいているとききます「kekki」......igyou no mono ga “byouin” wo mezashite ugoite iru to kikimasu “an ‘uprising’......I hear many heteromorphs are targeting and moving towards a ‘hospital.’“

8 障子くんが行くなら僕も行きますしょうじくんがいくならぼくもいきます Shouji-kun ga iku nara boku mo ikimasu “If Shouji-kun goes, I’ll go too.”

1 これを見��ごして俺はこの先これをみすごしておれはこのさき kore wo misugoshite ore wa kono saki “If I overlook this, from here on I”

2 ヒーローを名乗れないヒーローをなのれない HIIROO wo nanorenai “can’t call myself a hero.”

tagline No.372 NAKED　　堀越耕平ナンバー372 ネイケッド　　ほりこしこうへい NANBAA 372 NEIKEDDO Horikoshi Kouhei No. 372 NAKED Kouhei Horikoshi

3 偽の搬送先を流したが敵さん引っかかってくれなかったそうだにせのはんそうさきをながしたがてきさんひっかかってくれなかったそうだ nise no hansousaki wo nagashita ga teki-san hikkakatte kurenakatta sou da “It seems our enemies did not get tripped up for us by the false destination [for Shirakumo] we disseminated.”

4 山田……悪いがやまだ……わるいが Yamada......warui ga “Yamada......sorry, but”

5 サポートしてやってくれ SAPOOTO shite yatte kure “please support*.” (Note: It’s not clear who the object of this sentence is. Aizawa could be saying “Please support me,” but perhaps it’s more likely he’s saying “Please support them,” as in support their students.”)

1 相澤先生よあいざわせんせいよ Aizawa-sensei yo O Aizawa-sensei,

2 "個性"ってのぁ世代を経ることに強くなる "こせい"ってのぁせだいをへることにつよくなる “kosei” tte noa sedai wo heru koto ni tsuyoku naru quirks get stronger as the generations pass.

3 こいつらはもう koitsura wa mou These guys are already...

4 彼らはもうかれらはもう karera wa mou They’re already...

5-6 俺たちが"三バカ"言われてた頃よりずっと強ェよおれたちが"さんバカ"いわれてたころよりずっとつえェよ ore-tachi ga “san BAKA” iwareteta koro yori zutto tsueE yo far stronger than us when we were called the Three Idiots!

1 甲司もいずれこうじもいずれ Kouji mo izure “Kouji, you may eventually”

2 角　生えてくるかもねつの　はえてくるかもね tsuno haete kuru kamo ne “sprout horns.”

3 この角はねこのつのはね kono tsuno wa ne “These horns, you know,”

4 より遠くの動物さん達に気持ちを伝えることができるのよりとおくのどうぶつさんたちにきもちをつたえることができるの yori tooku no doubutsu-san-tachi ni kimochi wo tsutaeru koto ga dekiru no “they can convey feelings to animals even farther away.”

5 母ちゃんこの見た目で心無い事もされてきたけどかあちゃんこのみためでこころないこともされてきたけど kaachan kono mitame de kokoro nai koto mo sarete kita kedo “[Your] Mama’s had some heartless things done to her with this appearance.”

6 父ちゃんはそんな母ちゃんの為に怒ってくれたんだ素敵な角を嗤ってんじゃねーーーーって！とうちゃんはそんなかあちゃんのためにおこってくれたんだすてきなつのをわらってんじゃねーーーーって！ touchan wa sonna kaachan no tame ni okotte kuretanda suteki na tsuno wo warattenja neeeee tte! “[Your] Daddy got angry for the sake of your Mama, saying ‘Don’t sneer at her lovely horns!’”

7 甲司こうじ Kouji “Kouji,”

8 怒れるようにねおこれるようにね okoreru you ni ne (Literal) “in order to be able to get angry, right?” (Contextual) “it’s okay to be able to get angry, you see?”

9-10 大切なものがわらわらた時ちゃんと怒れる大人になってねたいせつなものがわらわらたときちゃんとおこれるおとなになってね taisetsu na mono ga warawarata toki chanto okoreru otona ni natte ne “Become an adult who can get properly angry when what’s important gets disturbed, all right?”

11 ヒッチコック HICCHIKOKKU Hitchcock

12 オクトーーー OKUTO--- Octo---

1 スパンション!!! SUPANSHON!!! Spansion!!!

2 バーズ‼︎ BAAZU!! Birds!!

1 フ…！ FU...! “Whew...!”

2 その"巨躯"と"鱗"で…！その"きょく"と"うろこ"で…！ sono “kyoku” to “uroko” de...! “With that ‘huge body’ and those ‘scales’...!”

3 何を守る…‼︎ なにをまもる…‼︎ nani wo mamoru...!! “what will you protect...!!”

4 スピナー‼︎ SUPINAA!! “Spinner!!”

5 おまえたちも！ omae-tachi mo! “All of you, too!”

6 その恵まれた力で何を守りたい‼︎ そのめぐまれたちからでなにをまもりたい‼︎ sono megumareta chikara de nani wo mamoritai!! “What do you want to protect with that blessed power!!”

7 傷につけ込まれるな‼︎ きずにつけこまれるな‼︎ kizu ni tsuke komareruna!! “Don’t let them take advantage of [your] wounds!!”

1 今度はおまえたちの子どもが標的になるぞ‼︎ こんどはおまえたちのこどもがひょうてきになるぞ‼︎ kondo wa omae-tachi no kodomo ga hyouteki ni naru zo!! “This [next] time your children will become targets!!”

2 私があの時溺れなかったらわたしがあのときおぼれなかったら watashi ga ano toki oborenakattara If I hadn’t been drowning that time,

3 そんな恐い顔にならなかったかもしれないのに…‼︎ そんなこわいかおにならなかったかもしれないのに…‼︎ sonna kowai kao ni naranakatta kamoshirenai no ni...!! maybe your face wouldn’t have become scary like that...!

4 復讐者にならないでくれよ‼︎ ふくしゅうしゃにならないでくれよ‼︎ fukushuusha ni naranaide kure yo!! “Please don’t become avengers!!”

5 ウウ UU “REE”

6 「ウラミは」「URAMI wa」 “OUR RESENTMENT...”

7 きっ ki “wo-”

8 「消えなイ」‼︎ 「きえなイ」‼︎ 「kienaI」!! “won’t disappeAR!!”

1 代弁者…‼︎ だいべんしゃ…‼︎ daibensha...!! “Representative...!!”

2 「こコデひーろーガか勝テバ」「こコデひーろーガかかテバ」「koKO DE hiiroo GA ka kaTEBA」 “IF the HEROES wiN heRE”

3 「何モ」「なにモ」「nani MO」 “nothing WILL”

4 「変ワらナイ」！「かワらナイ」！「kaWAraNAI」! “chAnGE!”

5 あの夜のーーあのよるのーー ano yoru no--- “That night---”

6 「決起声明」…！「けっきせいめい」…！「kekki seimei」...! “The uprising announcement...!”

7 「日の下をあっあ歩イタだけデ」「ひのしたをあっああるイタだけデ」「hi no shita wo a-aaruITA dake DE」 “JuST w-w-walkING under the sun”

8 「俺ハ殺虫剤を撒カレた」‼︎ 「おれハさつちゅうざいをまカレた」‼︎ 「ore WA satsuchuuzai wo maKAREta」!! “gOT me spRAYEd with pesticide!!”

9 「ヤられタラやり返シテインだ」「ヤられタラやりかえシテインだ」「YArareTARA yari kaeSHITEINda」 “WHAt they DO to mE, I’ll reTURn bACk to them.”

10 「同志ヨ！」「どうしヨ！」「doushi YO!」 “[My] comrades!”

11 「声ヲ上ゲロ！俺ニ続ケェ‼︎」「こえヲあゲロ！おれニつづケェ‼︎」「koe WO aGERO! ore NI tsudzuKEE!!」 “Raise your voices! Continue on with me!!”

1 更にパワーが上がっている…⁉︎コンクリを砕く力で殴ったんだぞ⁉︎ さらにパワーがあがっている…⁉︎コンクリをくだくちからでなぐったんだぞ⁉︎ sara ni PAWAA ga agatte iru...!? KONKURI wo kudaku chikara de naguttanda zo!? His power is rising even more...!? He's hitting with strength enough to crush concrete!?

2 勢いが増してる！キリがない！いきおいがましてる！キリがない！ ikioi ga mashiteru! KIRI ga nai! "[Their] momentum is growing! There's no end [to them]!"

3 これ以上はーー… これいじょうはーー… kore ijou wa---... "Any more than this---..."

1 黒霧の搬送先は研究棟くろぎりのはんそうさきはけんきゅうとお Kurogiri no hansousaki wa kenkyuu tou Kurogiri was transported to the research building.

2 辿り着けたら録音した僕か弔の声を聞かせてやれたどりつけたらろくおんしたぼくかとむらのこえをきかせてやれ tadori tsuketara rokuon shita boku ka Tomura no koe wo kikasete yare When you get there, let him hear my or Tomura's recorded voices.

3 黒霧の"個性"がくろぎりの"こせい"が Kurogiri no “kosei” ga Kurogiri’s quirk

4 この戦いを決着させるこのたたかいをけっちゃくさせる kono tatakai wo kecchaku saseru will decide this battle.

sign 入院病棟にゅういんびょうとお nyuuin byoutou Inpatient Ward

5 弔の為にとむらのために Tomura no tame ni For Tomura's sake,

6 君がきみが kimi ga you

7 ヒーローになるんだ HIIROO ni narunda will become a hero.

1-2 何者ニモナレナイト思ッテタなにものニモナレナイトおもッテタ nanimono NI MO NARENAI TO omoTTETA I thought I couldn't become anyone.

3 おまえに着イテイケバおまえにつイテイケバ omae ni tsuITE IKEBA If I could get to you,

4 俺モおれモ ore MO I, too,

5 "何カ"ニナレルト思ッタ "なにカ"ニナレルトおもッタ “nani KA” NI NARERU TO omoTTA could become something, so I thought.

6 死柄木！しがらき！ Shigaraki! Shigaraki!

7 見テクレ！みテクレ！ miTE KURE! Look [at me]!

1 俺ノ後ロニコンナニモ人ガおれノうしロニコンナニモひとガ ore NO ushiRO NI KONNA NI MO hito GA Behind me there are so many people

2 …障子の声は届いてたよ …しょうじのこえはとどいてたよ ...Shouji no koe wa todoiteta yo "...Shouji's voice reached them."

3 ソイツは SOITSU wa "As for that guy," (Note: He means Shirakumo/Kurogiri.)

4 てめェらの切り札じゃねえ！てめェらのきりふだじゃねえ！ temeEra no kirifuda ja nee! "he's not your [side's] trump card!"

1-2 黒霧ィくろぎりィ KurogiriI “Kurogiri”

1-2 白雲ォ‼︎ しらくもォ‼︎ ShirakumoO!! “Shirakumo!!”

tagline 1 両者疾呼‼︎応えるはーー…⁉︎ りょうしゃしっこ‼︎こたえるはーー…⁉︎ ryousha shikko!! kotaeru wa---...!? Both cry out!! And the response---...!?

tagline 2 WJ50号（11/14月売）は休載します。再開はWJ51号（11/21月売）予定です。 WJ50ごう（11/14つきうり）はきゅうさいします。さいかいはWJ51ごう（11/21つきうり）よていです。 WJ50-gou (11/14 tsuki uri) wa kyuusai shimasu. saikai wa WJ51-gou (11/21 tsuki uri) yotei desu. WJ #50 (11/14 monthly sale) will be suspended. Resumption with WJ #51 (11/21 monthly sale) as scheduled.

#my hero academia leak translations #mha 372 #bnha 372 #my hero academia manga spoilers #final showdown spoilers #spinner is the epitome of tragic hero #gonna make me cry #shouji and kouda #those precious beans tho #MIC #GO MIC #GET YOU SOME SHIRAKUMO FRIENDSHIP

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medea10 · 6 months

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My Review of My Happy Marriage

How did I get into this anime? So, I noticed this anime’s promotional poster and wondered to myself if this was going to be like Taisho Maiden Fairy Tale. That is the weirdest reason for watching an anime I’ve ever given and I sometimes pick animes just because of who sings the opening theme. Actually, I wasn’t that far off with my idiotic question.

Miyo Saimori is someone who was brought up under some unfortunate circumstances. Miyo’s mother died when she was really young. Her father ends up remarrying another woman and having another child with that woman soon after. Miyo was kinda shoved into the background and become subservient to the family as she was seen as useless. Apparently, everyone in the family has supernatural abilities except for Miyo. That’s why they see her as someone with no merit and useless. Her step-mother and half-sister are cruel to her. Her father says nothing. All Miyo does is lower her head and obey them.

Oh my God, what kind of Cinderella, Princess Sara, Taisho Maiden Fairy Tale shit did I pick up here? This first episode is just cruel. Treating Miyo like a slave is one thing, but erasing every happy thing from her life including what her dead mother left her is just sick.

There is one person who has been kind to Miyo for all of these years and that’s a family friend, Kouji. He’s the only one to ever make her smile. Unfortunately, things change and not for the better. Miyo’s father announced that Kouji was to be betrothed to Miyo’s half-sister Kaya. This of course broke Miyo’s heart despite her expecting something like this was going to happen. Now, there was more to the announcement. Miyo was also to be married off. They’re sending her away to be married to the lord of the Kudou clan. And just to be bigger dicks than you would imagine, they’re sending Miyo to be married off to someone who has a reputation for being a jerk.

If this story takes place around the same time as Taisho Maiden Fairy Tale, could the story do us a big favor and just have this whole family die in the Great Kanto Earthquake? I know it’s a terrible thing to wish upon anyone, let alone a fictional family. I was just really annoyed by everyone in Miyo’s family that it made me say what I just said.

Despite the rumors about this young lord and all of the marriage proposals that have lapsed due to his attitude. This man, Kiyoka Kudou is actually kind-hearted. And Miyo just deserves the best. She deserves a nice life!

BETWEEN THE SUB AND THE DUB: Welcome to a very new experience here. As you all know, this is a Netflix exclusive anime. But unlike many animes they’ve licensed in the past, this one was put out on the same day as released in Japan with an English dub. That is almost unheard of on Netflix. Recently, Netflix has been releasing anime alongside the Japanese schedule like when Blue Period came out. Some had a small, couple-week delay like Komi-san. Others are released all at once like Aggretsuko and The Way of the Househusband. And then there are those animes that people wait an eternity to see, but Netflix finds a way to delay it by weeks or even months.

The U.S. waited 11 months for that Steven Stone vs. Ash Ketchum match. That’s a disgustingly long wait, Netflix. Not even 4Kids was that cruel! THIS DOES NOT HELP WITH PIRACY YOU PEOPLE KEEP SCREAMING ABOUT! I will never be over that one.

So, I’m watching the dub. I gotta give praise to the cast here. This is my first time hearing either Miranda Parkin or Damien Haas. I am impressed by their performance and wish them nothing but the best in the future. It wasn’t all newbies in the cast. I saw a few memorable names like Lizzie Freeman, Mela Lee, and even a few Pokemon voice actors like Erica Schroeder and Mike Pollock. This kind of stuff makes me giddy. Here’s what you might recognize these folks from.

JAPANESE CAST: *Miyo is played by Reina Ueda (known for Mallow on Pokemon SM, Kisa on Fruits Basket 2019, Kanao on Demon Slayer, Gray on Lord El-Melloi, Jiro on Tokyo Ghoul, and Elianna on Bibliophile Princess)

*Kiyoka is played by Kaito Ishikawa (known for Kiawe on Pokemon SM, Naofumi on Shield Hero, Genos on One Punch Man, Iida on My Hero Academia, Kageyama on Haikyuu, Sakuta on Bunny Girl Senpai, and Urie on Tokyo Ghoul :re)

ENGLISH CAST: *Miyo is played by Miranda Parkin

*Kiyoka is played by Damien Haas

DISLIKED CHARACTERS: I think you know what I’m about to do here.

Miyo’s entire family (minus birth mother) are horrible people. And if this series is set during the Great Kanto Earthquake, I hope they all die. I know I said that before and it’s a horrible thing to say, but I’m at that point where I’m saying ‘fuck it’. The step-mother and half-sister are that usual kind of awful that one would expect in a Cinderella type of story like this. But Miyo’s father, her actual biological, blood father had the audacity to say in the third episode that he doesn’t care about his own kid and whether she’s still alive or not after sending her to the Kudou home. Just because she can’t see spiritual beings like the rest of the family?! I think I hate you the most.

This hatred was just the beginning.

Give Taishou Maiden Fairy Tale some credit as I didn’t have to see Tamahiko’s rotten family in every episode. The first six episodes were full of horrible scenes featuring Miyo’s father, step-mother and step-sister being horrible creatures. Whether through nightmares Miyo continues to have or them plotting and scheming, they continue to exist. The pinnacle of their disgusting behavior came when Kaya got jealous of her sister being happy for once in her life. So, Kaya and her step-mother had Miyo kidnapped off the street, tied her up in a shed, and beat her until Miyo caves into their selfish demands.

By this point, I’m thinking if this is just overkill in the evil department. Like, if you two are looking for the worst characters in anime for the year of 2023, you’d win that category. Even the guy that stabbed Ai Hoshino is in no competition compared to these bitches. But I feel like their evility was much too much.

Thankfully, after episode 7 we don’t see much of these wretched people. Kiyoka torched everything in his way and pretty much destroyed Miyo’s father, step-mother, and sister Kaya’s livelihood. I even think Kaya’s engagement to Kouji was broken off as she’s sent away to fuck if I know. I’ll take any kind of karma that can be bestowed upon these cum-buckets.

SHIPPING: Arranged marriages. Perfect matches or doomed from the start? Let’s see how this works out.

In the first episode, I was worried that this poor girl is going to continue getting abused. By the second episode, I twinged with this after watching Kiyoka put up the defiance just eating the food Miyo made. But that soon disapated with some optimism when Kiyoka took Miyo out on the town and gave her a present that could be mistaken for a marriage proposal. And by the end of episode 4, I was cheering for this. Especially when Kiyoka went to Miyo’s parents and demanded them to apologize to Miyo.

Unfortunately, other forces are working for selfish reasons. Apparently, Miyo’s father had originally promised Miyo to another family. Despite not having any spiritual powers, she still carries her mother’s blood and she could potentially pass on something to her children in the future. And this other family is Kouji’s family. Kouji is of course still on Miyo’s side and was pissed that his father did nothing to aid in Miyo’s torment. Just for good measure, let’s add Miyo’s cunt sister Kaya to this mix. She’s willing to throw away her fiancé Kouji and steal Kiyoka just because she can’t stand her sister being happy.

As I mentioned before, we don’t see much of Kaya and the rest of the family after episode 7. Same goes for Kouji. You would think that’d be the end of the interruptions and this ship can set sail. You know as well as I do that isn’t in the cards. We’ve got Miyo’s meddling cousin Atara to deal with.

ENDING: Everybody wants Miyo! It’s clear that Kiyoka loves Miyo and just wants her to be happy. But then you’ve got these interlopers who want Miyo only because she has an almost extinct bloodline (Usuba) running through her veins. Pretty much the same reason Koji’s father wanted Miyo. Two of those people are Miyo’s grandfather and this guy named Arata that happens to be her blood cousin.

That’s nice. Where the fuck were these two bros when Miyo was getting abused by the Saimori family? Follow up question! Where the fuck were these two bros when Miyo was getting the Kunta Kente treatment just a couple of episodes prior?!

For people so worried about the fate of the Usuba bloodline, you didn’t seem too concerned about Miyo until this very moment when she might have a slim chance of having some special power. As it turns out, Miyo just might. The following problems to this are; it’s ravaging her in her sleep, and her full power might have been sealed off by Miyo’s deceased mother. For this very reason, these two family members insist Miyo stay at their premises. Kiyoka was not going to give up his fiancé to these people whom he still has severe distrust over and ends up in a duel with this Arata dude. This was essentially, bringing a sword to a gunfight. Unless your name is Himura Kenshin, you are probably not going to win in a gunfight with a sword. I know Kiyoka is pretty tough, but…no. Knife to gun fight!

There’s a lot on Kiyoka’s plate at the moment. There have been going-ons with a supernatural called “the grotesques” and one wrong move could result in many lives lost. But this whole thing with his fiancé is something that has him worried all over the place. I guess Kiyoka’s demeanor changed quite a bit since we first saw him in his debut. During the big battle against the grotesques, he wound up seriously injured.

Meanwhile, Miyo learned from her grandfather about the Usuba family and her mother Sumi. Turns out that when Sumi was younger, she decided to help the dwindling Usuba family with their family troubles by marrying one of the families willing to give financial support. That just happened to be the Saimori family. The father was not happy by that decision and it unfortunately caused a rift between the two. Soon after marriage, Sumi gave birth to Miyo and realized her potential already. Sumi (who already had a weak constitution to begin with) managed to seal Miyo’s supernatural powers to prevent her father and the other Saimoris to abuse it. And then she died! Okay, I’m easing up on hating on the grandfather. Miyo’s cousin is still on the sus-watch as he continuously kept Miyo away from Kiyoka. Even when Kiyoka is injured, Atara tried to keep them apart. Thankfully, Grandpa realized that if he did this, he would lose Miyo the same way he lost Sumi. Miyo was able to be by her beloved’s side.

Kiyoka was in a deep coma due to a horrific injury. After a few weeks with the Usuba family, Miyo was able to regain what was sealed away from her after so long. Miyo has a special ability to go into dreams. She went inside Kiyoka’s dreams. After battling around with her inner insecurities, she managed to protect her fiancé and he was able to recover. This power was also able to vanquish the grotesques that invaded too. No one can tear apart these two. Not the Saimoris. Not the evil governor that wanted all the power for himself. Not Atara. No one! And we end with a happy ending where Miyo goes to a fancy party and puts her new education from her sister-in-law to good use.

Yes, love me some happy endings. Miyo deserves it! And best of all, we’re getting a season two to this. Guys, end it here. I know I can’t resist seeing what happens next. But after everything Miyo has been through, I can’t stand the fact that more tragedy could befall her. I also don’t want to see the Saimori’s again. I don’t care if karma came in like a firestorm to these people, I never want to see them again.

I’ll be honest, I was unaware about this story being about people who have supernatural abilities until episode 1 or 2. When I learned that, I thought that was just sloppily tacked on. That was until all this grotesquery nonsense and Kiyoka’s work came into play. I dropped my thoughts on the matter then. Despite every horrible thing happening to Miyo is playing right on my screen, I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see if this girl ever gets her “happy marriage” like what it says in the title. And at least if there’s a season two, we might see the actual wedding. I mean, they aren’t married yet.

But aside from that, if you want to watch a supernatural/romance anime, you might want to consider watching this anime. Just be warned that the first half of the anime could aggravate you with how they treat one of the characters.

Every episode is streaming on Netflix.

#anime review #my happy marriage #miyo saimori #kaya saimori #kiyoka kudou #watashi no shiawase na kekkon #shinichi saimori #kanoko saimori #arata usuba #yumi usuba #kouji tatsuishi

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chororine · 1 year

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The Who's Who of Hipipo

("Open Image In New Tab" highly recommended!)

one of my favourite scenes in "Osomatsu-san: The Hipipo Tribe and the Glistening Fruit" was the climactic chase featuring cameos from many reoccuring and one-off characters (some of whom also appeared in the film's opening) from all three seasons of the anime - some well-known among fans of the franchise, others not so much.

in an attempt to fill in those "not so much" gaps, I proudly present a project I've been looking forward to posting for three months: a visual guide to the name and origin of every character who cameos in the climax and/or opening. see the list in text form under the cut!

Nanmaiders (season 3 episode 16: "Nanmaider Attacks")

Potato Kingdom citizens (season 3 episode 17: "Imoni")

Tatsunami/"Tacchan" (season 3 episode 23: "Friend")

Satozaki (season 3 episode 5: "Well, Yeah...")

Drunk couple (season 3 episode 2: "Let's Be Quiet At Night")

Sanematsu/Sanecop and Kaoruko (season 1 episode 13: "Sanematsu-san", season 2 episode 14: "Sanematsu-san Episode 9" and season 3 episode 16: "Sanecop")

Jyushi-senpai (season 3 episode 3: "Magical Angel Magi Lunatic Icchi")

Kouji Murakami (season 3 episode 1)

Shonosuke Hijirisawa (season 1 episode 2: "Aesop's Fables That Are Actually Terrifying" and others)

The New Sextuplets (season 3 episode 1)

Dobuko Busujima/"Dobusu"/"ugly flower fairy" (season 1 episode 15: "The Life of Chibita's Flower" and others)

Sukeroku (season 3 episode 12: "AI")

Tortoise and Hare (season episode 15: "Cosplaymatsu" ("Mister"))

The voice actors: Takahiro Sakurai, Yuichi Nakamura, Hiroshi Kamiya, Jun Fukuyama and Daisuke Ono (season 3 episode 1)

Miyu Irino (season 3 episode 24: "A-1 Grand Prix")

The director: Yoichi Fujita (season 3 episode 1)

Kumi and Miwa (season 2 episode 7: "Osomatsu and Todomatsu")

Sextuplets as "kill the cacao" demons (season 2 episode 19: "Valentine's Day")

Shoei (season 2 episode 3: "Totoko's Challenge")

Kinko Inuyama (season 2 episode 16: "The Cutie Next Door")

Devil Yeti (season 2 episode 17: "UMA Expedition Team")

Eitaro (season 2 episode 12: "The Eitaro Family")

Eitaro's mother (season 2 episode 12: "The Eitaro Family")

Michaelmatsu (season 2 episode 13: "Discharge Notice 2017: The Youngest Brother Who Got Fired")

Osoma (season 2 episode 17: "Inn")

Matsuzou as "Cherryzou" (season 2 episode 4: "Matsuzou and Matsuyo")

Sousou (season 2 episode 7: "Romance of the Three Kingdoms")

Giant oni/demon (season 2 episode 25: "Osomatsu-san in Hell")

Regular oni/demons (season 2 episode 25: "Osomatsu-san in Hell")

Chupacabra Deluxe (season 2 episode 15: "UMA Expedition Team"

F6 (season 1 episode 1: "Osomatsu-kun Returns" and others)

Super Mongolian Death Worm (season 2 episode 14: "UMA Expedition Team")

Chanto Shitaa/"Propershitter" (season 2 episode 1: "Osomatsu-san Returns")

Aida and Sacchi (season 1 episode 2: "The Melancholy of Osomatsu", season 1 episode 7: "Todomatsu and the Five Demons" and others)

Dayon girl/"Dayoko" (season 1 episode 23: "Dayon Tribe")

Black Factory supervisor (season 1 episode 2: "Let's Get A Job")

Sutabaa Coffee manager (season 1 episode 7: "Todomatsu and the Five Demons")

Dayon Tribe members (season 1 episode 23: "Dayon Tribe")

Totoko's parents (season 1 episode 4: "This Is Totoko" and others)

Flag Corporation employees (season 1 episode 6: "It's A Birthday Party, da jo")

Kamimatsu/Godmatsu (season 1 episode 21: "Kamimatsu")

Jiguzou (season 1 episode 3: "Tidbits Collection" ("OAW/OSO"))

"Christmas couple" (season 1 episode 11: "Black Santa" and season 2 episode 5: "Summer Kamen")

"Fheeeh" master (season 1 episode 22: "Final Sheeeh")

Shaorin (season 1 episode 22: "Final Sheeeh")

Atsushi (season 1 episode 22: "The Star of Hope, Todomatsu" and others)

Oil magnate (season 1 episode 24: "Totoko's Huge Panic")

Coachmatsu (season 1 episode 25: "Osomatsu-san, Such As It Was")

"Kanojo"/"Homura" (season 1 episode 9: "Jyushimatsu Falls In Love" and season 2 episode 8: "Jyushimatsu and the Dolphin")

Akumatsu/Evilmatsu (season 1 episode 21: "Kamimatsu")

President of France (season 1 episode 6: "Iyami Has Arrived")

Musashi Ironworks baseball team (season 1 episode 25: "Osomatsu-san, Such As It Was")

Fourth Galactic University Affiliated High School baseball team (season 1 episode 25: "Osomatsu-san, Such As It Was")

Oguri Overbite (season 1 episode 6: "Iyami Has Arrived")

Wanta (season 3 episode 19: "Dogs")

PHEW 💦

#HipipoParty #osomatsu san #osomatsu san spoilers #osomatsu hipipo #spoilers #spoiler #what does it say about me that i recognised 99% of these offhand and only had to double check a few character names and episode numbers....#('i'm autistic' that's what it says)#still laughing at Fujita getting a cameo even though this movie was directed by Yoshinori Odaka and not him #a risky choice but one that paid off imo

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BLCD 2022: July Releases

I’m late, sumimasen.

Legends:

✓ - have

💡 - interested

✘ - not interested (but will probably still listen to)

🙏 - dying for

1. Fudanshi Shoukan ~Isekai de Shinjuu ni Hameraremashita~ vol. 5 Tokusouban CD ✘

Release Date: 2022/07/08

Cast: Satou Takuya x Ishiya Haruki

Synopsis: Special CD for the release of the 5th volume of the series.

2. Kiss and Night 💡

Release Date: 2022/07/08

Cast: Maeno Tomoaki x Tsuchida Reiou *good luck, boi

Synopsis: Omi, known as the Queen of an exclusive strip club called Grand Cage, and only special members can see him perform. Subaru Shinonome, a rich heir of sake brewery, declared to Omi he'll make him his. How will Omi respond to him?

3. Happy of the End ep.05-08 ✘

Release Date: 2022/07/15

Cast: Tachibana Shinnosuke x Eguchi Takuya

Synopsis: Adaptation of said chapters.

4. Boku to Kare no Kiken na Doukyo Seikatsu: Sunao ni Narenai Shinchousa ✘

Release Date: 2022/07/27

Cast: Okitsu Kazuyuki x Itou Kento

Synopsis: Extra for the game of the same name.

5. Boku to Kare no Kiken na Doukyo Seikatsu: Inran Gyangu ni Goyoushin ✘

Release Date: 2022/07/27

Cast: Ishiya Haruki x Itou Kento

Synopsis: Extra for the game of the same name.

6. Boku to Kare no Kiken na Doukyo Seikatsu: Sagishi no Misuteriasu na Aijou ✘

Release Date: 2022/07/27

Cast: Yamanaka Masahiro x Itou Kento

Synopsis: Extra for the game of the same name.

7. Online Game Nakama to Sashi Off shitara Shokuba no Onijoushi ga Kita ✘

Release Date: 2022/07/27

Cast: Shirai Yuusuke + Abe Atsushi you’re the same person???

Synopsis: Hashimoto, an average salaryman, works under the harsh leadership of his high-spec cum handsome demon boss, Shirase-san, day by day. The only thing Hashimoto looks forward to is to talk to his gaming friend who he met online, UMA, complain to him about his boss, and joke around together with him. Feeling at ease around him, Hashimoto eagerly plans for his offline meeting with UMA with high hopes, but——?! (Huffly Parfait Scans)

8. Oni Joushi・Gokudera-san wa Abakaretai. 2 ✘

Release Date: 2022/07/27

Cast: Itou Kento x Shirai Yuusuke

Synopsis: Adaptation of the second volume of the series.

9. Kirai na Yatsu to Kuttsuku Mahou ni Kakaru Hanashi ✘

Release Date: 2022/07/29

Cast: Kumagai Kentarou x Hayama Shouta

Synopsis: Kuga, who just made his college debut, has to room with Kyouhei, an unfriendly guy who Kuga just couldn’t get along with. Kuga hated him because of how critical he was of him, but then their hands got stuck together?! There was only one way for them to be free of one another, and that’s cumming together?!

10. Neko to Spica 2 💡

Release Date: 2022/07/29

Cast:

Takeuchi Eiji x Sakakihara Yuki

Kamio Shinichirou x Nakajima Yoshiki

Synopsis: Adaptation of the second volume of the series.

11. Nie no Machi -Iro Musubi- Tokuten ✘

Release Date: 2022/07/29

Cast:

Kitayama Kyousuke x Gatake Tetsu

Kawada Shinji x Gatake Tetsu

Takahashi Kouji x Gatake Tetsu

Sarutobi Soji x Gatake Tetsu

Synopsis: Special CD for the release of the game of the same name.

12. S to N ✘

Release Date: 2022/07/29

Cast: Okamoto Nobuhiko *welcome back + Nishiyama Koutarou

Synopsis: Yuta Natori is a junior in high school, enjoying the peace and quiet of his school life when out of the blue, Kazushi Setoguchi, a freshman, asks him to be his boyfriend. Being straight, Yuta declines politely, but ever since, Kazushi keeps showing up wherever he goes... Days of this, and Yuta can't take it anymore. He blows up at Kazushi, thinking he will finally get the message... but uh-oh. Why is he looking at Yuta so adoringly!?

13. Zetsubou ni Nake 1 ✘

Release Date: 2022/07/29

Pairing: *lmao goodluck

Komada Wataru x Maeno Tomoaki

Maeno Tomoaki x Komada Wataru

Synopsis: bootleg Sono Kuchibiru ni Yoru no Tsuyu Akamine and Utsumi are two men linked by a dark past only Utsumi remembers: Akamine raping him six years earlier. But when Utsumi comes to exact his revenge, old wounds are reopened and the two become locked in a cycle of violence, betrayal, longing, and despair.

#blcd releases #blcd 2022 releases

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Cardfight!! Vanguard Gaiden If collaborates with Graff Art!

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DigiFes Frontier Cast Talk event!

@citrus-cactus here it is, finished just in the nick of time before the archive is removed! Enjoy!

(It is literally 23:50 rn, and the archive disappears at 23:59 lmao)

Once again, please excuse any translation errors, as I’m still working on my Japanese skills! I’ve noted down whatever I could understand and keep up with under the cut!

Warning: THIS IS VERY LONG. A brief summary: everyone thinks they’re the only normal person in a cast of weirdos.

Talk event begins after the drama reading, with an MC named Ohashi coordinating the event

Cast introduces themselves: everyone delivers the “Spirit Evolution!” line with their character’s human spirit name…except for Hiroshi Kamiya (Kouji’s VA)

Cast introduction: Junko Takeuchi (Takuya), Hiroshi Kamiya (Kouji), Sawa Ishige (Izumi), Michael Shitanda (Junpei), Kumiko Watanabe (Tomoki), Kenichi Suzumura (Kouichi)

SuzuKen: *laughs and hesitates before delivering his Spirit Evolution line*

MC: “Is it okay for Kamiya-san to not do that line delivery?” Kamiyan, immediately: “YUP! It’s fine!”

Takeuchi (who has goggles with her): *teasing Kamiyan and telling him to do it* “You can’t run away~”

MC: *trying to convince him*

Kamiyan, eventually: “I’m Hiroshi Kamiya, who played Kouji Minamoto”

Takeuchi: “That really is Kouji-like behaviour, isn’t it” (everyone else: *agrees*)

Takeuchi: “this is the first time we’ve gathered together for this kind of event - I’m excited and nervous!” Kamiyan: “Can’t believe this is the first time we’re doing it in 20 years”

MC: “what kind of atmosphere are we getting today?” SuzuKen: “a fun atmosphere” *everyone laughs* “back then we said a lot of things, but today we want to express things we didn’t say as well”

Kamiyan calls Kumiko Watanabe “Ku-san”

Lots of banter between Ku-san and Kamiyan about what went down between the group in the dressing room before the event

Everyone: “It feels so nostalgic, doesn’t it? Nothing’s changed”

The themes of the anniversary talk are based on survey responses received from fans - the first theme being: “something impressive”

First topic within the theme: “not normal”

Ishige-san volunteers to speak: “this is my personal experience, but when Digimon Frontier began, I was still a newcomer…the person who voiced Bokomon (Sugiyama), told me: “Sawa-chan, you are a normal person, but when we’re chatting, you don’t seem normal, so please focus on the performance” I was so shocked that my super-senior was telling me this, and it’s an impressive incident that stayed in my mind.”

More banter, and then Ishige-san says “Compared to the rest of them, I’m actually normal!” (Possibly referring to her character Izumi in this situation) Takeuchi: “That’s not true!” Ku-san: “you do have a bit of a deceitful image, I think”

Some discussion on whether the twins are actually the “normal” ones

Kamiyan: *not sure whether or not he wants to or is going to get a word in*

Ku-san: “Is this Kouichi o’clock ?” Ishige-san: “It’s not one o’clock, it’s (presumably about to say Kouichi o’clock, since ichi means one in Japanese) hang on, this is something I want to talk about all night!”

Ku-san: “Let those two (Kamiyan and SuzuKen) talk for a bit, it’s pitiful” Kamiyan: “What’s pitiful? Who is pitiful?”

Ku-san: *says something about lines on the forehead that needs to be scanned like they’re a barcode* Kamiyan: “what are you on about lmao”

Ku-san: “no no, the lines on your forehead are so deep because you’re thinking”

Kamiyan: *fucking losing it rn*

Ku-san: “you looked so sad when you had those lines”

Takeuchi: “enough about that, already!”

MC: “Nobody is really ordinary, are they?”

Next topic: handwritten script

Takeuchi: *raises hand before MC is even done reading the topic*

SuzuKen: *joins in, explaining about some legend involving the scriptwriting company*

Takeuchi talks about having to read the handwriting and formatting in the script or something like that (didn’t fully catch the discussion here), and concludes with “the script is a really important treasure for us, you know”

Next topic: mischief

Kamiyan: “Who is it, who is it~” Everyone else: “Bro it’s literally you”

Talking about the anticipation for next episode’s script, and learning about how “Kenichi-kun” will have his character become a warrior on the side of justice

Kamiyan: “So Ku-san and I took a pen and replaced all mentions of Kouichi with Kouji and Kouzou” (implying the existence of a TRIPLET lmao)

Ku-san: “Huh? Me?”

SuzuKen apparently freaked out, and wondered wtf had happened to Kouichi in the story, and had to check with the staff “This is Kouichi, isn’t it? It was correct in everyone else’s scripts, but in mine it was written Kouji or Kouzou - and this happened, like, EVERY WEEK”

Next topic: Hospitalisation

Person involved: SuzuKen

MC: “So this is when Kouichi becomes Kouzou—” SuzuKen: “To hell with Kouzou”

Apparently, during his initial attempts to record his first “Spirit Evolution!” line, SuzuKen threw out his back. Hoping his pain wouldn’t get noticed, he tried moving, but did not work out - he couldn’t even stand - seems like he had to SQUAT the whole time. Everyone asked him if something was wrong, and he was like “nope, all good!” Eventually he had to admit that he couldn’t move, and had to go to hospital; how he admitted it was hilarious: he said, “Apologies, but I can’t move” (he used the term “Sumimasen,” which is a catch all phrase used in Japanese to say “Sorry” “Excuse me” and sometimes even “Thank you” in a way that conveys the speaker apologising for any inconvenience). He managed to hobble over to the car and got taken to the hospital

APPARENTLY THIS INCIDENT MADE IT TO WIKIPEDIA? (could not verify this, unfortunately, but if anyone else reading this post is good at Japanese, please let me know if it’s mentioned on his Japanese Wikipedia!)

Kamiyan: “Him not moving was Part A, going to the hospital was Part B, but then after that, we were so worried that we called his manager and asked if he was ok; manager was like ‘at the moment, he feels kinda guilty’” (SuzuKen loses it at this part)

Some more banter, then the new theme: “What would you say to yourself from 20 years ago?”

Topic 1: “Please, stop!”

Ku-san raises her hand: apparently this was an incident that had her heart thumping. They were taking a break from recording (possibly for the drama CD?), she felt really off inside, and this seemed to have impacted her voicing Tomoki (she said it was a “black voice,” not sure what that means). Then it seems she got a letter stating that Tomoki would not do something like this! Because she really cared about the character Tomoki, she didn’t push herself (I think that’s what she said; I didn’t understand some parts of the story). Letter-writer was anonymous, but Ishige-san pretended to search for the culprit among the cast for a few seconds (so cute!)

Topic 2: “I’m sure you’ll find it!”

Shitanda goes for it: The story is about his bonds with the rest of the cast, and how he wasn’t as close with them at first, especially since many of them were his senpais; he may have also mentioned that he lacked confidence. He then mentioned something about working hard and possibly talked about finding that confidence in himself, especially since the MC mentioned him feeling lost 20 years ago and how worried he must have felt during that period

Takeuchi-san: “you worried a lot, right? Not knowing which way to go; Kamiya-san, what did you think?” Kamiya: “I didn’t have any thoughts” *everyone laughs* “well, we did have fun - it was too much fun” (then he says something about it being so much fun to be so reckless at the time, and something happening on Wednesday mornings)

Final theme of the talk event: “20-year self-evolution chart”

Each main cast member was rated by survey respondents on 5 parameters on a scale of 0-100: Thinking Power, Sociability, Acting Ability, Adventure (Dream), Economic Power

Takeuchi-san “They’re strange (parameters), right?”

First the results of them from 20 years ago: Takeuchi-san doing great on Adventure, not so great on Economic Power, Acting Ability (which is hilarious given that this was before her big break in Naruto), and Thinking Ability; score is bad on Sociability

Kamiyan fared much worse: Adventure rating was 100 points, but all others were below 40

But Ishige-san had the lowest scores: 0 for everything except Sociability (100) and Economic power (10-ish)

Shitanda-san scored average or good on everything except Economic Power, which was below 50

Ku-san had highest scores: 70 or above in everything except sociability (around 60). Acting Ability was at least 80

SuzuKen scores were also low: only Thinking Power and Adventure went beyond 50; all other parameters were 50 or below

Everyone amazed at Ishige-san’s scores; Ku-san: “Sawa-chan’s (chart) looks like a radar or something!”

MC: “Junko-san, Suzumura-san, Michael-san all have a good balance on their scores”

Next comes the scores for the present day:

Junko-san: Acting skills…STILL THE SAME?? sociability, thinking, economic power gone up, adventure gone down

Kamiyan: literally everything crosses at least 60, with thinking almost at 100 and adventure gone slightly down to about 80

Ishige san: her chart literally looks like a clock lmao, with sociability and adventure at 100, thinking and economic power just under 25, and acting replaced by…art? (Still very low)

Shitanda-san: adventure went down to about 50, but everything else is 75+!

Ku-san: adventure is the same, sociability is around 90, everything else reduced to 50

SuzuKen: adventure and economic power at 100, everything else in the 50-75 range

Takeuchi-san: “HANG ON”

Kamiyan: “Sawa-chan’s is—!”

Ku-san: “Ishige-san’s looks like a boomerang!”

Kamiyan, very straightforwardly: “7:15” (like on the clock)

Everyone: *loses it*

Ishige-san: “Maybe my scores are predicting something/making me a prophet!”

MC: “It’s also looking like half-past two lol”

Kamiyan says something about a cat, everyone’s like “huh?” or agreeing

Ishige-san protesting wildly at the results

Everyone else then goes in then to analyse the change in their individual scores, with lots of banter in between (it got a bit technical, so I couldn’t keep up with some bits)

Everyone giggling during the discussion of Ku-san’s results

The discussion goes to how Ku-san is strange, and SuzuKen says “All the strange people are sitting close together over there! Us interesting people should come sit here!”

Discussion about how some of SuzuKen’s scores have exploded and that he’s famous now; Kamiya: “and you’re rich! Yeah, that’s right!”

SuzuKen: “I don’t have THAT much money, but when you compare me and Hiroshi, the money I have is easy to hold!” (Either that, or he said something about who pays when they go to izakayas and wondered why that person was paying; I couldn’t tell)

Kamiyan: *dying of laughter*

SuzuKen: “We used to go play pachinko after work lmao”

Ku-san apparently said that these two used to sit in the studio corner playing Gameboy on CARDBOARD? Like, they used to pretend the cardboard was a gameboy???

Ku-san: “That’s not normal, are you guys ok”

Takeuchi-san, Ishige-san, Ku-san agreeing that it’s cute, like a bunch of elementary schoolers

The person whose scores are being discussed gets to choose the next person in line, so SuzuKen says “My Pachinko Partner from that time, Hiroshi Kamiya”

Kamiyan’s discussion is relatively straightforward, where he just reflects on that time and what he thought and did and wished for

Kamiyan: “Kenichi-kin and I were hella broke at the time”

Says something about SuzuKen, and the others advise him to “lower your voice lol” (the discussion seemed to be about their current finances)

Next person: Shitanda-san, who finishes his discussion too quickly and reflects on his skills 20 years ago

Then Takeuchi-san, who says that everyone else in the cast is just plain weird and that there were too many weird guys in the cast while she was the only normal/decent person (audience loses it)

Kamiyan: “She’s terrible! In the end when all the legendary warriors come together to become Susanoomon, they were trying to figure out who will voice the character.” Apparently Junko-san volunteered and he was like “HUH? You’re already in the leading role! Give it a rest alreadyyyy! She’s mean! Why is she doing it?” (SuzuKen agrees)

Takeuchi-san: “Well, I heard…” Kamiyan: “Ha?”Takeuchi-san: “Kamiya-kun’s speaking ability, picture, and being the star, well…” Kamiyan: “LIKE YOUR SPEAKING IS ANY BETTER” (translation of this bit to be rechecked shortly)

SuzuKen: “Junko-san really hasn’t changed” (everyone agreeing)

Takeuchi-san gives the closing speech for the talk event (not the whole fest, since there was a 02 event that I didn’t see)

“I may be considered the lead, but the true lead was…Kouji! Okay, Kamiya-kun, over to you!” Kamiyan: “What?“

MC: *makes a joke about him being the potential voice for Susanoomon*

Kamiyan: *wondering what to say* “Well, it was really fun, working together every week” *mentions other cast members* “That one year was a really fun period. Coming together today after so long, nothing has changed, I felt at ease.”

End of Frontier Talk Event.

There was a 02 event after this, followed by a rendition of the various songs from Frontier and other seasons, sung by different artists associated with the Digimon Franchise (event opened with Fire). Singers present were AiM, Ayumi Miyazaki, Mazano Oda (?). In the end, all the singers and Frontier + 02 cast attending the event came on stage and sang Fire together!!

I hope you enjoyed my attempt at detailing the Frontier talk event! Apologies for any translation errors and misinterpretation! I’d love to chat more about Digimon with all of you, so please feel free to drop in my ask box to chat about the show!

#digimon frontier #Digimon #digifes 2022 #DigiFes

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