#ayana nishino

[4stylephilosophy]

In Closing, and Moving On

Hi, you've stumbled upon a dead AKB48 fanblog! It's a blog that's already been that way for over 5 years at the time of this writing, and one where this post is being made on its 10th anniversary in order to give it some final closure and resources.

You're probably here because you're a fan of one of the former members, following their solo careers, and want to know more about their early history. Or you might be here because you're interested in the history of AKB48, or the AKB48 fandom. Can't say there's anything of value to be found here, but thanks for reading anyway. Or you could've just clicked on this link because you saw the tweet pop up in your twitter feed...in which case, welcome Ruffian?

You know, I hate it when you need to scroll through a blogger's life story to get to that pasta recipe, so I'll cut to the chase and serve you the former Ori-Minegishi Team 4 members twitter and fanclub links upfront (or in the case of a Moe and Ayaka, the groups that they're now a part of). Most of them have instagram, etc. as well but you can usually find those on their twitter profiles. Here you go! (anyone missing from here is no longer active in the entertainment industry as far as I know) Aigasa Moe: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/moeaigasa0406 - Group (METAMOL): https://metamol.jp/metamol_profile/metamol_moe/ Iwatate Saho: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/yahho_sahho - Fanclub: https://iwatatesaho-fc.jp/ Okada Ayaka: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/ayaka_o1106 - Group (SAISON): https://www.shochikugeino.co.jp/talents/okadaayaka/ Okada Nana: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/okadanana_1107 - Fanclub: https://okadanana-fc.jp/p/ Kitazawa Saki: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sakii_Kitazawa - Fanclub: https://saki-kitazawa.com/ Kojima Mako: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/mak0_k0jima - Fanclub: https://fc.sunmusic-group.com/kojimamako Nishino Miki: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikinishino4 - Fanclub: https://www.fansnet.jp/en/nishinomiki_official Shinozaki Ayana: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/ayana18_48 - Fanclub: https://shinozaki-ayana-official.jp/ - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ayana.shinozaki.official Murayama Yuiri: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/yuirii_murayama Mogi Shinobu: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/mogi0_0216 - Fanclub: https://mogishinobu-fc.jp/ Minegishi Minami: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/chan__31 - Fanclub: https://fanicon.net/fancommunities/3877 ______ Now then, let's talk a bit before I let you go.

At the time of this writing, of the 16 members of Minegishi Team 4 who were promoted on August 24th, 2013, 4 remain. And by March of next year, that number will be down to 2. I left the fandom in around 2019. The state of the management (which I won't elaborate on here, but you probably know...), combined with starting a new career in a new timezone led to me calling it quits as a 48G fan.

Okada Nana's graduation was a wakeup call to me though, that my beloved 13th gen had very little time left. So I returned briefly to the fandom in April 2023, to see the conclusion of their story. I discovered that so much had changed, much more than I could list here. But for one thing, I discovered that in my absence my kamioshi, Kitazawa Saki, had gone from being a struggling theater girl, to a full fledged stage actress! Joining an agency and becoming so busy that she was rarely in the theater! I was so proud. And it was not a moment too soon that I returned, because 2 months later, Saki announced her graduation. I got a chance to speak to her once at an online hanashikai. And then, in the greatest stroke of luck of my entire otaku existence, I was able to go to Japan to see her graduation stage in person. It was an experience I'll never forget.

As the 13th gen's time comes to a close, it is time for me to formally exit from the fandom as well. Saho and Yuiri remain for now, but I'm more interested in their activities outside the group.

In addition to tonight being 4'stylephilosophy's 10th anniversary, tonight is also the 9th anniversary of Takashima Yurina's graduation, my original kami oshi. I always found that coincidence remarkable. So even if it's only meaningful to me, this feels fitting.

I'll continue to follow the careers of some of my favorites from back then. Particularly Saki, Ayanan, Saho, Fukuoka Seina, Ino Miyabi, and Goto Moe, as well as Ishiwata Sena and Takahashi Ayane who I discovered more recently. I hope to see as many as I can in person someday too (already making plans to see one of Saki's stage plays sometime next year!), but it will no longer be as an AKB fan.

It was a fun 11 years but all things must come to an end. I'll still be on twitter, but for the most part my interests have shifted to following a certain pair of demon guard dogs (BAU BAU).

To all of those I called friends over the years, I'll always cherish the memories we shared.

Thank you all for being awesome, and for putting up with me.

Well I think that’s it then. I'm not sure if I can say this blog itself truly completed its original mission of bringing awareness of the members of Minegishi Team 4 to the foreign fandom. However, seeing how far the members came in these 10+ years, I can say that which was truly important was a success.

Anyway, finally I’m nearly out of words, so in closing, and most of all…

To Minegishi Team 4: Umemoe, and Nororinzu MogiYuri, and Triple彩 the Three Musketeers, and KabutomuChu! And to Captain Miichan…

Thank you for those unforgettable 234 days and for the wonderful years thereafter.

I’ll never forget you.

Until we meet again. 4’style

「本日の公演も皆さんの応援のおかげで無事終わりに近づいてきています。この劇場を出た後もチーム４のことを忘れないでください。私たちも忘れません。」

#blogpost #team 4 #Minegishi TEAM 4 #AKB48

[mahoushoujo-ni-naritai]

So, uh... This is a video I've made literally a decade ago for a quizz on Sporcle. With all these copyright problems I never for once thought this video would resist and win(?) the battle, so I'm posting it here now lol. I would love to make more of this, but because of the after mentioned reasons, this is the only one. Everybody is always recalling about opening songs, so of course I felt the need to make something big about ending songs. The songs I chose are VERY random because I tried to make the game enjoyable by not making something so easy that you can answer it just by reading the name of the songs alone. Also, the mixing is a mess but I assure you it still worth listening lol. If you don't want to play the game and just listen to a megamix, here's the tracklist: 01. Nana Kitade - Kesenai Tsumi (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi/FullMetal Alchemist) 02. Berryz Koubou - Nanchuu Koi wo Yatteruu YOU KNOW? (Patalliro! Saiyuki) 03. KOTOKO - →unfinished→ (Accel World) 04. Youko Takahashi - Yoake Umare Kuru Shoujo (Shakugan no Shana) 05. team-F - Hohoemi wo Agetai (Princess Princess) 06. Kinya Kotani - Glaring Dream (Gravitation) 07. Maki Kimura - Ano Hi ni... (Den'ei Shoujo/Video Girl Ai) 08. Kana Nishino - Style. (Soul Eater) 09. Yui Sakakibara - Beautiful Day (Boku wa Otome ni Koishiteru) 10. AiM - Keep On (Digimon Adventure) 11. Hiroki Wada - Mystic Eyes (Tenkuu no Escaflowne/The Vision of Escaflowne) 12. AYANA - Kaze no Tadoritsuku Basho (Kanon) 13. Mai Nakahara & Ai Shimizu - Himitsu Dolls (Strawberry Panic) 14. Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To (Paradise Kiss) 15. the indigo - Namo Shirenu Hana (Ai Yori Aoshi) 16. Younha - Houkiboshi (Bleach) 17. Kohmi Hirose - Groovy! (Cardcaptor Sakura) 18. Keiko Yoshinari - Asu e no Yuuki (Mahou Kishi Rayearth/Magic Knight Rayearth) 19. Shouko Nakagawa - Happily ever after (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann) 20. Mai Yamane - The Real Folk Blues (Cowboy Bebop) 21. Claire - Fly Me to the Moon (Shin Seiki Evangelion/Neon Genesis Evangelion) 22. Akemi Kanda, Ai Nonaka, Mamiko Noto & Yuu Kobayashi - Kagayaku Kimi e (Mahou Sensei Negima!) 23. Ritsuko Okazaki - Chiisana Inori (Fruits Basket) 24. Atsuko Enomoto & Chihiro Suzuki - Yume no Naka e (Kareshi to Kanojo no Jijou) 25. T.M.Revolution - HEART OF SWORD ~Yoake Mae~ (Rurouni Kenshin ~Meiji Kenkaku Romantan~) 26. TM NETWORK - Get Wild (City Hunter) 27. Mitsunori Ikeda ft. Aimee B - Fallen Angel (Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt) 28. Yifei - Mayonaka no Door (Demaashita! Powerpuff Girls Z) 29. Buono! - Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! (Shugo Chara!) 30. Yukari Konno - Tokimeki no Doukasen (Fushigi Yuugi) 31. Naoko Hamasaki - Tensai wa Saigo ni Yatte Kuru (Elf wo Karu Monotachi/Those Who Hunt Elves) 32. AKIMA & NEOS - Kaze wa Mirai ni Fuku (Trigun) 33. r.o.r/s - escape (Kaleido Star) 34. Koh Ikeda - Eien ni Amuro (Kidou Senshi Gundam/Mobile Suit Gundam) 35. Ichirou Mizuki - Bokura no Mazinger Z (Mazinger Z) 36. Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara & Yuuko Gotou - Hare Hare Yukai (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu) 37. Youko Ishida - Otome no Policy (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon R) 38. LEGOLGEL - Mirai (Corrector Yui) 39. LAST ALLIANCE - Shissou (Ouran Koukou Hostbu/Ouran Highschool Host Club) 40. Sheryl Nome starring May'n - Northern Cross (Macross F) 41. Sakurakou Keionbu - Don't say "lazy" (K-on!) 42. Luca Yumi - Truth (Shoujo Kakumei Utena/Revolutionary Girl Utena) 43. Satoko Shimizu - Sajin no Meizu (Tenkuu Senki Shurato)

#My posts #Anisong

[air-wotathekpopfan]

AKB48 13th Generation Stage in TDC ~Ima, Yaru Shikaneen Dayo!~

&

AKB48 14th gen theatre stage ~Naitemo Warattemo Last Stage~

To be released in Blu-ray and DVD format.

#akb48 #akb 13th gen #akb 14th gen #three musketeers #murayama yuiri #okada nana #kojima mako #nishino miki #okada ayaka #shinozaki ayana #kitazawa saki #mogi shinobu #oshima ryoka #umeta ayano #iwatate saho #aigasa moe #air news #48group

[mnetruinedmylife]

Untitled Gang AU

This is just my need to write an AKB Gang AU combined with shameless Yuunaa. It’s written in mostly stream of consciousness writing, so the topic jumps to whatever connection my brain jumps to, it can get a little disorientating at times.  It’s also kind of unfinished, but I didn’t want it sitting in a file collecting dust, so here it is.

Warnings: this piece includes: mentions of violence, though nothing too graphic; traumatic flashbacks; mildly sexually charged scenes, though nothing truly nsfw.

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The town of Akihabara is a place of conflict and contradictions.

Located in the central ward of Tokyo, it has the highest rate of organised crime activity in all of Japan. The police will claim that there are no gangs in Akihabara – after all, the businesses are flourishing and the tourists come in droves, there is no safer place. Yet, every denizen knows that the infamous 48 Gangs originated in there, and it’s even a point of pride for a few.

If the press interviews a resident, they’ll swear up and down that they’ve never felt safer anywhere else. But more than once has a tourist revealed that they’ve been told by locals scuttling about to either stay on the nearby streets north and west of Akihabara train station after dark, or else not go wandering about at all.

The Akihabara sect of the 48 Gangs themselves are full of conflicting information too.

Sometimes, when the residents manage to acknowledge that they exist, one may hear them whisper in hushed tones about how they’re vigilantes, heroes who do the right thing when the police can’t or won’t. But in the same breath they’d tell you to stay away from one particular café in the Hanaokacho district, and the theatre near Taito station. The members of the AKB sect themselves would laugh themselves sick at the term, all the while shooting a defenceless man in the head without batting an eye, because they’re not heroes. They have their own goals, their own plans, most of which revolve around protecting their own, their members, their family, and if some things extend towards heroism, than that’s just a coincidence, and if some things stretch closer to the other side, well, that’s fine too.

Word on the street says it starts during the days when multiple factions ran rampant all over Tokyo. When kids were recruited right out of high school (and some still in it) into the Project gangs and prostitution rings. Some say a man rose up to create a force that could clean up the streets and keep the gang violence where it belongs – between gangs and not involving civilians.

Aki-P they called him, the man who swept up the capitol’s underbelly.

People say also he’s the same man who created the Sakamichi Syndicate and started the bloodiest turf war Tokyo has ever seen. Some say he did it because he gave up on the AKB sect, when they started losing their way and becoming more dangerous than the gangs they rose up against. Others say he did it after losing control of the 48 Gangs, that he was ousted from the inner circle and so created a rival faction as vengeance.

No matter how different the stories get, they all have one similarity. The 48 Gangs are dangerous, the sect in Akihabara doubly so, and anyone who gets in their way, or harms anyone in their sphere, or dares to challenge their grip over Tokyo, take heed and be on the lookout.

They’ll come for you.

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Okada Nana is fifteen when she boards a train from Kanagawa to Tokyo and doesn’t look back.

Kojima Mako and Nishino Miki are similar ages, and in similar situations when they run into each other, having decided to pickpocket the same mark, and the three of them decide to run together. The streets are a little less intimidating with two sets of eyes to watch your back, and two bodies to keep you warm at night.

Mako’s the devious one, with her heart-melting gummy smiles and disarming laugh, she’s able to charm any passer-by and con them out of their hard earned money.

“Sorry sir, I’ve lost my parents, can I please borrow three hundred yen for the train fare?”

It works more often than not, there’s never a shortage of businessmen willing to play hero and help out a stranded school girl. And if she steals the rest of their wallet when they’re not looking, well they usually don’t notice until it’s too late.

Miki is bolder. She takes items right off of shelves when she walks by, and isn’t afraid to go after other street kids who wander into the space they’ve claimed as their own.

Sometimes she’s a little too bold, “Let’s get lunch from there.”

And that’s where Nana comes in. She’s the cautious one, the voice of reason, the brains behind the operations as small and simple as it is.

“We can’t go in there,” Nana hisses, grabbing the other two by the backs of their collars before they do something stupid.

“Why not? The foods cheaper in there than anywhere else in the city,” Miki points out, not unreasonably.

But Nana is adamant, “Yeah for good reason. That café belongs to AKB.”

The innocuous street side café about a minute’s walk from Akihabara station is something of a local legend in the area. Anyone above thirty avoids it like the plague because of the rumours of it being owned by the 48 Gangs, or perhaps it simply just serves the members of AKB. The little number 48 carved into the brickwork above the café doors is a symbol of that.

However, it is popular amongst the youth of the city for that very reason. With many hanging out there to bask in the rebellious feeling of danger, or on adventurous dares from friends. Whispers fly about AKB recruiting from the youth who flock there. A few yankees even claim to be initiates recruited from there. They’re all bald faced liars. No prospective recruit would be stupid enough to loiter in a known gang-owned establishment.  

A few have, however, been known to have been recruited around the station. Our little trio of street rats like to linger around the area, pickpocketing the stupid school kids, the otakus heading to the Gundam café across the street, and the rich folk visiting the golf club on the other side of the block.

They do that for months before they’re approached by a member of AKB.  

Okada Nana is sixteen when Minegishi Minami approaches her and her friends with an offer they can’t refuse.

Her first job is with Mako and two other recruits. They’re tasked with the simple job of delivering a package and Nana has to wonder what’s so important that there needs to be four of them for this. Or maybe it’s not so important, considering there are four barely trained, fresh faced initiates on the job.

They scuttle about the train line, Mako skipping along merrily, Hikari following behind quietly, with Nana and Ayana bickering the whole way. They deliver the package without any issues worth mentioning to one Itano Tomomi at an upscale bar in the heart of the city. It turns out to be cold hard cash, and Nana goes white at the thought of possibly losing that much money. Or rather, what the gang would do to them if they lost that much money.

The next few jobs follow in a similar manner. Nana gets to know the names and quirks of her fellow runners. Innocent, seemingly useless things like:

Iwatate Saho is stronger than she looks.

“Oh god he’s unconscious…are you planning on joining Team K?”

“No, too dangerous. I’m thinking Team B. You know, manning the cafes and the casinos and stuff.”

Mogi Shinobu doesn’t do so well under pressure.

“What the-!? Mogi-san why didn’t you just shoot him?”

“I panicked!”

“I can’t believe you want to join Team A, you’ll die in a week.”

Murayama Yuiri is stupidly pretty.

“Yuiri-chan…We’re half an hour in the wrong direction. You had the map upside down.”

“Sorry! I’m sorry, usually Naa-chan corrects me when I do this, I mean, I’m not blaming Naa-chan! It’s just she…Naa-chan what are you looking at?”

“Err nothing. Nothing, I got distracted.”

Takashima Yurina has somewhat of a crush on her.

“Naa-chan I bought drinks.”

“Where’s one for the rest of us?”

Uchiyama Natsuki knows a ridiculous amount about the law.

“Article 13: every individual has the liberty of protecting his or her own personal information from being disclosed to a third party or made public without good reason.”

“Somehow I doubt beating him up would fly as ‘taking the liberty to protect our property’.”

Apparently they do a somewhat of a good job, because Nana finds herself selected as part of a joint project between all the 48 Gangs. She, Mako and Miki are the representatives of the Akihabara sect and Nana wonders how the hell the upper echelons decided on that.  

“So, what are your specialties?” somehow it falls to Nana to lead this ragtag group.

The Namba sect representative Shibuya Nagisa is actually the oldest (by a few months) but she’s no more experienced than they are – Nana finds out later, the reason why all of the sects sent their freshest recruits. It’s all internal politics, and a mission too important to turn down, but not important enough to ensure successful. In short, they’re expendable and they weren’t even expected to make it home.

The job is in Tokyo, so Nana takes the reigns by default.

She finds that leadership suits her.

It feels like a natural extension of what she was already doing when they were just three idiots on the street, planning operations meticulously so that they come back in one piece, and utilising the skills of her teammates in the most efficient way possible. There are three more idiots to account for now, but she is familiarised with them soon enough.

Nagisa is the strongest in hand-to-hand combat amongst the seven of them, Sakae’s Ryoha the most accurate shot, Hakata’s Meru joins Miki in being the loud charismatic distraction, while Mako and Hakata’s Mio are swift and sneaky with their hands. It’s the perfect team for covert operations. Which makes sense, considering they’re being sent south of the Kanda river, into Sakamichi territory to gather intel on the new gang that’s popped up by the Roppongi hills.

It seems like a simple mission.

Get in, look around for suspicious activity, get out. There isn’t supposed to be confrontation or combat involved.

But no plan survives contact with the enemy, and no one cares about supposed to be’s when there are guns pointed at their heads.

When she’s desperately wrestling with a knife that wants nothing more than to dig into her flesh, when she’s slammed against the wall, breath knocked out of her, when a pair of hands wrap around her throat and squeeze, and her lungs scream as her legs thrash uselessly underneath, her vision blurs, and the terrifying realisation that she won’t actually get out of this situation alive sets in – oh god is that Miki screaming she hears in the background? – the air is rushing out her lungs and –

“Naa-chan. Naa-chan! Snap out of it, you’re not there anymore.”

Nana eyes fly open, as she dashes up, heart still thudding in her chest. She has to make sure everyone’s okay, what happened to Miki, and oh god Mio was stabbed, and where the hell is Mako, and they lost contact with Ryoha half an hour in, and Nagisa is unconscious, and no matter how deep a breath she takes, it doesn’t seem to be enough. Her chest burns, she can’t breathe and – a hand lands on her shoulder, the accompanying scent of hinoki pine only just barely manages to stamp down the instinct to lash out.

Yuiri’s concerned face drags her back to reality, “It’s okay. You’re home. You’re not there, you’re safe now,” to the little hole in the wall apartment she has (firmly on the AKB side of the Kanda river), to the bed she’s sharing with the pretty distraction on her team. Though, perhaps that would be unkind to say, even if she refuses to think of what they’re doing as anything more than just stress relief, blowing off steam.  

Belatedly Nana realises that she has a death grip on Yuiri’s upper arm, she loosens her grip but doesn’t let go, “S-sorry,” her hands are shaking, she’s trembling and she can’t get it to stop, and Yuiri’s murmuring nonsense things in her ear.

“Why are you sorry? I’m sorry, I’m such an idiot,” Yuiri apologises with a grimace. They’ve established early on that Nana does not like hands anywhere near her neck, that one horrendous mission spoiled that forever, but sometimes Yuiri forgets, and the resulting post-traumatic flashbacks are the most mood-killing thing possible in the bedroom, or sometimes out of it too.

The first time it happens is in a street by the AKB theatre of all places. It’s after a job with just the two of them, when they’re both high on adrenaline, breaths heavy, eyes glazed, still in the heat of violence, fresh from a near-death scuffle. Nana’s not sure who jumps whom first, but suddenly they’re in each other’s space, hands tangled in hair, and tongue against teeth. Yuiri tastes like citrus that night, some kind of lemon mixed, and the deeper she kisses her the more she can taste the metallic tang of blood and the salt of sweat mixed in.

Nana closes her eyes tightly, a low, throaty moan of approval rumbles deep in her throat as her back hits the wall with a light thud, the moan turning markedly louder as the elder girl’s fingers slip inside the waistband of her shorts and shoves them down over her hips. Strong, forceful fingers dig into her and pull her in even tighter as her mouth is once again claimed in a desperate, hungry kiss.

“Yuu-chan,” she moans, gasping at the feel of the other girl’s tongue against her throat.

“Yes?” Yuiri’s lips curls into a smile against Nana’s, she groans low and deep as Yuiri’s hips grinds into her own.

“Don’t stop.”

It’s easier with Yuiri, they understand each other in ways her other teammates simply don’t. Maybe it’s because the most of the others are like what Nana was at first, just street kids and lowly thieves dragged in way over their heads. When Nana and Mako come back from that FUBAR recon mission with their hands soaked in blood, the others look at them different. With wariness in their eyes, with guarded stances, with hints of fear in their faces.

Mako’s stupid grin thaws their hesitance soon enough. But Nana has never been that kind of charismatic. Not in the way that makes other at ease. She’s always been harder, more serious, and that only makes her look much more intimidating now.

“You’re still here?” Nana raises an eyebrow when she realises that Yuiri is still lingering about. These days, most of her team disappear faster than a blink of an eye the moment the job is done, not wanting to be around for longer than necessary.

But Yuiri only looks at Nana like she’s the one being unreasonable, “Don’t we usually go for kakigori after a job?”

“You want to have desserts with me? What, not afraid I’ll snap and kill you?” Nana asks, sadly only half sarcastically, because with the way the rest of the team treat her, it seems that’s exactly what they’re thinking.  

The other girl snorts and actually has the audacity to chuckle, “You’re going to have do a lot more than be traumatised to scare me. I’m sure I’ve killed more people than you.”

Yuiri wasn’t some street kid when she got recruited. She was born into this world, her family neck-deep in the underbelly of Japan, and she’s no stranger to violence. There’s only one other like that on their team, Nana would’ve overlooked Mion entirely if Yuiri hadn’t pointed her out.

“You can always tell when someone’s killed before,” Yuiri says, “It’s in the eyes.”

The months blur into years, and before Nana knows it most of her team have the same eyes, the ones who are still alive anyway. The ones who are left split off into the different teams of AKB eventually. Mako, Ayana, Mogi and Komiharu are sent to Team K, with their dangerous combat orientated jobs and Nana just hopes they keep coming home. Saho and Saki are off in the relatively safer B, the front jobs, manning the café and the casinos and the above-board stations. Yukari and Mion end up in A, and Nana hopes beyond hope that they don’t lose themselves in there.

Nana and Yuri themselves never leave 4. They’re the ones chosen to train up the newbies, and she has no idea who thought that is a good idea. She never actually does anything too important in the gang – up until the moment she accidentally founds an entirely new sect.

She’d been in Fukuoka visiting Mio and Meru, and it’s in Hiroshima, on her way back to Tokyo that Nana manages to get herself recognised and chased. She hated cults with a passion. Why did they have a problem with her anyway? It’s not like the 48 Gangs had territory claimed in Hiroshima –

Ow.

She falls off the fence the she’s attempting to climb over and lands on her back with a dull thud. The grass is soft at least. She spends a few moments just staring up at the night sky, it’s actually quite breathtaking when you’re far away enough from the city lights to appr—

“Are you okay?”

Oh, there’s a kid in pink and purple. A teenager really. Nana can’t tell ages anymore.

“…m’fine. Sorry didn’t mean to land in your backyard,” she says. An apartment complex’s backyard anyway, she realises when she sits up. It’s a rundown building that’s clearly not in official use. It appears there are kids squatting in it.

It’s difficult to tell in the dark, but when Nana squints she can make out maybe two more teens peeking out from behind a window.

“Wanna come inside?” the girl asks, and Nana really really shouldn’t.

A gunshot sounds in the air though, and Nana quickly scrambles to follow the kid inside. Being noble is all well and good, but it definitely doesn’t beat being alive.

When Nana awakens the next morning, she hears furious whisperings back and forth between the teens – and there’s clearly more of them this morning than there was last night.

“—it’s dangerous, she’s clearly a member of the 48 Gangs! You saw that tattoo!” an unknown voice hisses, and Nana wonders when and how they saw the little 48 tattoo on the back of her neck. That’s not usually visible and she’s usually a light enough sleeper to wake up if they touch her.

“Yeah, that means she can help us!” that’s Chiho, one of the girls she remembers half-heartedly greeting the night before. The one with the bruises on her face.

“We can’t trust a gang member!”

“So what else are we going to do? They took Yumirin, we’ll never get her back ourselves!”

Nana’s always had a soft spot for stupid kids. It’s probably why they never took her off Team 4, and how she finds herself hopping all over the setouchi region, rescuing girls from a fox worshipping cult.

Girls who somehow end up forming the Setouchi sect of the 48 Gangs – Sashihara-san comes down from Fukuoka to make it official and everything.

Mogi never lets her forget it.

“Hey Naa-chan, remember the time you went to visit Mio and Meru and ended up playing prince charming and rescuing ten damsels in distress?”  

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Might finish it later, might not. Who knows...

#akb48 #gang au #fanfic #yuunaa

[ichigoxd-strawberry]

Ilustración realizada por Ayana Nishino con motivo del cumpleaños de Saga y Kanon 

Color: IchigoXDstrawberry

#saint seiya #gemini saga #gemini kanon #golden saints

[pkjd]

“Saint Seiya: Saintia Shou” anime PV. It will premiere on “ANIMAX on PlayStation” on December 10th.

-Staff-

Series Director: Masato Tamagawa

Series Organization: Ikuko Takahashi

Character Design: Keiichi Ichikawa, Ayana Nishino

Music: Toshihiko Sahashi

OP & ED: main cast

Studio: GONZO

Planning, Production: Toei Animation

-Cast-

Shou Equuleus (CV: Aina Suzuki)

Kido Saori (CV: Inori Minase)

Kyouko Equuleus (CV: M・A・O)

Mii Delphinus (CV: Megumi Nakajima)

Toshihiko Seki

Tanaka Hideyuki

Ryoutarou Okiayu

Rina Satou

Ursa Minor Xiaoling (CV: Suzuko Mimori)

Katya de Northern Crown (CV: Yukiko Morishita)

Cassiopeia Erda (CV: Ayana Taketatsu)

via: https://www.saintia-sho.com/pc/

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More Cast Members Announced for the Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō Anime

More Cast Members Announced for the Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō Anime

Five more cast members have been announced for the forthcoming Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō anime:

Hideo Ishikawa is Jabu

Rika Tachibana is Atë

Marika Kōno is Emony

Aki Kanada is Mirai

Akeno Watanabe is Shinato

Masato Tamagawa is the series director for the anime at GONZO. Ikuko Takahashi is in charge of series composition. Keiichi Ishikawa and Ayana Nishino are designing the characters. Toshihiko…

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Nueva promo, más voces y staff del anime de la franquicia multimedia Megaton-kyū Musashi

Nueva entrada publicada en https://www.animefagos.com/2021/08/06/nueva-promo-mas-voces-y-staff-del-anime-de-la-franquicia-multimedia-megaton-kyu-musashi/

Nueva promo, más voces y staff del anime de la franquicia multimedia Megaton-kyū Musashi

La página web oficial de la franquicia multimedia de Level-5 titulada Megaton-kyū Musashi, la quinta franquicia multimedia tras Inazuma Eleven, Little Battlers eXperience, Yo-kai Watch y The Snack World, ha publicado una nueva promo del anime, y ha revelado más voces e integrantes del staff del mismo: Tomoyo Kurosawa como Asuna Kanzaki. Ayana Taketatsu como Yūka Nishino. Mariya Ise como Sayaka Minami. Maki Izawa como…

#Megaton-kyū Musashi #OLM

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Level-5's Mixed Media Project Megaton Musashi Gets TV Anime on October 1

    Level-5 announced today that a TV anime series from its mixed-media project Megaton Musashi is set to premiere on TOKYO MX and BS Fuji on October 1, 2021. As the company's fifth mixed media project, it was revealed in July 2016 and its video game for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 has also been in the eworks.

  Shigeharu Takahashi, who worked on the four Yo-kai Watch films from 2014 to 2019, is attached to direct the TV anime at OLM. Akihiro Hino, President and Representative Director of Level-5, will serve as the series composer. 

    Synopsis:

  In an ordinary town, there are people who live a peaceful and fulfilling life. But they don't know that it is a false peace. The untold truth... The earth has already been destroyed... 99.9% of the human race has been wiped out by a mysterious alien force from outer space. The enemy is named "Dracters." Eventually, a large hole was drilled in the earth and terraformed into a suitable environment for the aliens to live. Humans have no choice but to hide in shelters to escape their eyes. Waiting for the day of resurrection, which they do not know when it will come... The inhabitants of the shelter Ixia have had their memories of the day of destruction erased, and live a normal life without knowing anything about it. However, some of them, the "chosen ones," have become pilots, driving giant robots called "Rogue" and fighting against aliens. Today, another new pilot is selected...

    Key visual:

    Jump Festa 2021 ONLINE ver. PV: 

    Voice cast:

  Yamato Ichidaiji: Toshiki Masuda

Teru Asami: Souma Saito

Ryugo Hijikata: Shunsuke Takeuchi

Asuna Kanzaki: Tomoyo Kurosawa

Reiji Amemiya: Kouki Uchiyama

Jun Kirishima: Sumire Morohoshi

Momoka Saotome: Megumi Han

Takumi Kindaichi: Yuki Kaji

Kota Akutagawa: Ayumu Murase

Seika Nishino: Ayana Taketatsu

Sayaka Minami: Mariya Ise

Hatsune Tendo: Maki Izawa

Himari Kitane: Yumiri Hanamori

Aoi Hoshino: Aoi Yuki

Ginta Ibuse: Kazuhiro Yamaji

    【アニメ「メガトン級ムサシ」10月放送開始】 2021年10月1日（金）からTOKYO MX、BSフジにて放送が決定いたしました！ さらに、キービジュアルとメガトン級のキャスト陣とスタッフ情報を初公開！ ▼詳細はこちらhttps://t.co/WgO3Wzg1dQ#メガトン級ムサシ #アニメムサシ pic.twitter.com/gUOFe6J1kz

— メガトン級ムサシ【公式】 (@musashi_project) July 21, 2021

    Source: Level-5 press release

  ©LEVEL-5/Musashi Project

  By: Mikikazu Komatsu

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El reparto principal pondrá el ending del Anime ‘Hitorijime My Hero’ que se estrenará el 8 de julio

¡¡Hitorijime My Hero ya tiene fecha de estreno!!

La web oficial del próximo Anime para televisión adaptación del Manga yaoi Hitorijime My Hero de Arii Memeko, ha anunciado el martes a los artistas encargado de poner su tema de ending y su fecha de estreno. El Anime se estrenará el 8 de julio del 2017 en Japón.

El reparto principal de la series interpetará la canción de opening de la serie, y Wataru Hatano pondrá su tema de opening titulado “Heart Signal".

CAST 

Tomoaki Maeno como Kousuke Ooshiba

Toshiki Masuda como Masahiro Setagawa

Shinnosuke Tachibana como Asaya Hasekura

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka como Kensuke Oushiba

Wataru Hatano como Natsuki

Takayuki Kondou como Tsuneto Houjou

Yuuto Adachi como Yamabe

Daiki Yamashita como Fukushige

Seiichirou Yamashita como Jirou Yoshida 

STAFF  

Director: Hiiro Yukina

Composición de la serie: Yusei Naruse

Diseños de personajes: Ayana Nishino

Estudio de animación: Encore Films

Genki Hikota compuso y arregló la canción de rap, y Shigeo proporcionó la letra. Hatano y Hikota previamente trabajaron juntos en la canción de ending del Anime para televisión de Yuri!!! on Ice titulada "You Only Live Once". El single CD de "Heart Signal" se pondrá a la venta como el séptimo single de Hatano el 12 de julio.

La historia original paralela involucra al hermano de Kensuke, Ooshiba Kousuke y su amigo, Setagawa Masahiro, del Manga original de Hitorijime Boyfriend escrito por la misma autora.

El Manga fue lanzado en febrero del 2012 en la revista gateau de Ichijinsha. La serie es una historia paralela o spinoff del Manga Hitorijime Boyfriend que también es escrito por Memeko, y que aun esta en publicación en la misma revista. 

#Hitorijime My Hero #anime

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Saint Seiya meme (X):

Three OTPs - AlberichxMime (art in the middle by Ayana Nishino w/o filters or editing)

#saint seiya #SS Meme #stseiya #God Warriors #Megrez Delta Alberich #Benetnasch Eta Mime #AlbeMime #OTP #my edits

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Svelati cast e staff di “Hitorijime My Hero”

La serie tv andrà in onda da luglio.

Il sito ufficiale di “Hitorijime My Hero”,  adattamento animato dell’omonimo manga di Memeko Arii, spin-off del precedente “Hitorijime Boyfriend”, ha svelato cast e staff della serie in uscita questa estate.

Kousuke Ooshiba: Tomoaki Maeno 

Masahiro Setagawa: Toshiki Masuda 

Asaya Hasegura: Shinnosuke Tachibana 

Kensuke Ooshiba: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka 

La serie sarà animata allo studio Encourage Films (Love Rice, Etotama), diretta da Yukina Hiiro e sceneggiata da Yuusei Naruse. Ayana Nishino dirigerà il comparto animazioni e adatterà il character design.

Per la sigla di apertura sarà utilizzato il brano "Heart Signal"  cantato da Wataru Hatano.

SilenziO)))

#hitorijime my hero #anime #serie tv #boys love #yaoi

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Okada Ayaka Theatre Graduation (2/3)

#akb48 #akb 13th gen #okada ayaka #murayama yuiri #shinozaki ayana #kitazawa saki #mogi shinobu #iwatate saho #nishino miki #minegishi minami #kizaki yuria #ino miyabi #air post #48group

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Four More Cast Members Announced for the Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō Anime

Four More Cast Members Announced for the Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō Anime

Four more cast members have been announced for the Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō anime:

Masakazu Morita is Pegasus Seiya

Keiichi Nanba is Pisces Aphrodite

Yasuyuki Kase is Orion Rigel

Kenji Nojima is Phonos

Masato Tamagawa is the series director for the anime at GONZO. Ikuko Takahashi is in charge of series composition. Keiichi Ishikawa and Ayana Nishino are designing the characters. Toshihiko Sahashi…

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Cast and Crew Ready to Learn Lessons of Love in "Hitorijime My Hero"

Cast and Crew Ready to Learn Lessons of Love in “Hitorijime My Hero”

The main cast and staff have been announced for Hitorijime My Hero, an upcoming TV anime based on the boys’ love manga by Memeco Arii that focuses on the growing bonds between a group of young men.     The main staff for Hitorijime My Hero includes:   Director: Yukina Hiiro Series composition:  Yūsei Naruse  Character design, chief animation director: Ayana Nishino Opening theme: “Heart Signal”…

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Additional Cast, Staff Confirmed for "Hitorijime My Hero" TV Anime Adaptation

After debuting its latest visual and teaser trailer in April, additional cast members and core staff have been confirmed for the TV anime adaptation of the Hitojirime My Hero BL manga by Memeco Arii on the official site. The listing is below along with the key visual and visual trailer.

  Cast

Tomoaki Maeno (Masahiro Setagawa)

Toshiki Masuda (Kosuke Ooshiba)

Shinnosuke Tachibana (Hasekura Asaya)

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Ooshiba Kensuke)

Wataru Hatano (Natsuo)

Takayuki Kondou (Shoujin Houjou)

Yuuto Adachi (Tsuyoshi Tanabe)

Daiki Yamashita (Mitsuru Fukushige)

Seichirou Yamashita (Jirou Yoshida)

  Staff

Director: Yukina Hiro

Scriptwriter Yusei Naruse

Character Designer: Ayana Nishino

Opening Theme: Wataru Hatano ("Heart Signal")

Animation: Encourage Films

  Selected cast members will attend a pre-screening event of the first episode on July 2nd with a talk event by the cast and performance of the opening theme by cast member Wataru Hatano.

  via Comic Natalie

By: [email protected]

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