EXILE NAOTO, EXILE SEKAI, Sawamoto Natsuki (Fantastics), RYOGA, REN, KOKORO, RYUSHIN (Psychic Fever) were guests in today's episode of popular variety tv show, Ningen Kansatsu Variety Monitoring (Human Observation Variety Monitoring)!
You can watch the archive on TVer for free! *VPN needed to access
The part that features NAOTO and the whole gang starts at 6:57
LINK: https://tver.jp/episodes/ep0sgtqzso
Note: Monitoring is a show where artists dress up as regular people to prank bystanders. In this episode, Exile Tribe members made their appearance in a certain high school and got mixed in a group of kids from the Dance Club
Fastest Growing Fandoms on AO3 This Week (08/15/2022)
Every week I pull data on how many fics are in each fandom and compare to the previous week, then calculate the percentage increase to determine fastest growing fandoms. Since this naturally skews towards smaller fandoms, I have included the same data filtered to Over 1k, 5k, & 10k fics.
Unless you're familiar with Japanese music I don't think you'd realize this so I thought I'd make a post about it.
All of the episode titles are references to the titles of songs.
They mixed the names of love songs with Chinese food names.
Ep 1: 「合体!?恋するフォーチュンバンバンジー!」
Merge!? Fall in Love with Fortune Bang Bang Chicken!
Song: AKB48 - Koisuru Fortune Cookie
Fall in love with a Fortune Cookie
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Ep 2: 「君を乗せたい!チューチュー・チンジャオローストレイン!」
Wanna Take You On! The Chu Chu Chinese Pepper Steak Train!
Song: Exile - Choo Choo TRAIN
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Ep 3: 「なぐり愛!世界に一つだけのウズラ」
Love at Fist Fight! The One and Only Quail in the World
(The first part of the title is a play on words with 殴り合い(fist fight) but they replaced the second kanji with the kanji for love.)
Song: SMAP - Sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana
The one and only flower in the world
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Ep 4: ストップ戦争(ウォー)!~時には食せよゴーヤチャンプルー~」
Stop the war! ~Sometimes You Gotta Eat Goya Chanpuru~
Song: H Jungle with t - WOW WAR TONIGHT ~時には起こせよムーヴメント〜
WOW WAR TONIGHT ~Sometimes You Gotta Start a Movement~
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Ep 5: 「戦慄!エビチリは雪のように!」
Frightening! Chili Shrimps Falling Down Like Snowflakes!
Song: Hamada Shougo - 悲しみは雪のように
Sadness is like Snow
(Looking at the lyrics of this song, it's actually saying sadness is accumulating like snow but sure... good enough)
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Ep 6: 「友情マシマシ!ニラレバリューション21!」
Much Much Friendship! "Nira-Reba"-lution 21!
(I don't even know why they didn't even try to translate the food this time. It's garlic-chive liver stir fry. It says "garlic-chive liver-lution".)
Song: Morning Musume - Renai Revolution 21
Love Revolution 21
an alphabetical list of the requests i've received and added to the queue. this saves me the time of having to answer every request one by one, and allows you to see what has already been requested!
has been posted ;
☆ arknights ; lappland
☆ banana fish
☆ b project
☆ brand new animal
☆ my hero academia ; fatgum
☆ my little pony bishoujo line
☆ nakano miku fallen angel figure
☆ nichijou ; minakami mai
☆ precure
☆ princess tutu
☆ project sekai
☆ stone ocean ; jolyne
☆ tekken
☆ toilet bound hanako kun
☆ tokyo mew mew
is in the queue ;
☆ .hack
☆ 22/7
☆ 86 -eightysix-
☆ a3!
☆ akira
☆ amnesia
☆ a place further than the universe
☆ astra lost in space
☆ atelier series
☆ attack on titan ; levi
☆ bandori
☆ belle
☆ black butler
☆ black rock shooter
☆ bloodborne
☆ blue exorcist
☆ blue reflection
☆ call of the night
☆ canaan
☆ card captor sakura
☆ case closed
☆ castlevania
☆ chainsaw man ; denji
☆ di gi charat
☆ dorohedoro
☆ dragon ball ; launch
☆ dragon quest
☆ dragon themed figures
☆ durarara!!
☆ enstars
☆ eureka 7
☆ evangelion ; asuka
☆ fairy tail
☆ final fantasy
☆ fire emblem
☆ frieren: beyond journey's end
☆ genshin impact
☆ girls last tour
☆ guilty crown
☆ heaven burns red
☆ hello kitty to issho!
☆ helltaker
☆ high card
☆ hololive
☆ how heavy are the dumbbells you lift?
☆ humanity has declined
☆ hypnosis mic
☆ idol figures
☆ idolish7
☆ the idolm@ster
☆ inuyasha
☆ ike musume
☆ in/spectre
☆ is the order a rabbit?
☆ izetta the last witch
☆ kageki shoujo
☆ katamari damacy
☆ kill la kill
☆ kingdom hearts
☆ kirby
☆ k-on!
☆ konosuba
☆ legend of heroes
☆ kyoto animation
☆ last exile
☆ love live
☆ lupin iii
☆ madoka magica
☆ megaman x
☆ my hero academia ; deku & fatgum
☆ nier automata
☆ no.6
☆ original characters
☆ oshi no ko
☆ ouran high school host club
☆ pokemon
☆ psycho pass
☆ slayers
☆ sonic the hedgehog
☆ squid girl
☆ sss gridman
☆ terror in resonance
☆ tokyo ghoul
☆ touhou project
☆ ultraman
☆ undertale
☆ vocaloid
☆ yuezheng ling
has no figures to post (keeping my eye out for future releases) ;
I feel like Likiya is a lot like Sekai in terms of being the leader that is more "behind the scenes". What would you recommend watching to see his interaction with members? (Either interaction eith one specific member *cough*Riku*cough* or more is welcome)
Oh, man, my brain is jumping 90,000 different places 😂 This is mostly going to come from CL Live's on demand programs (I am so sorry to anyone who doesn't have CL Live premium)
I would say Riku (we all know why) and Ryu are the members that will pop up the most in this list.
Bonus note - I genuinely wonder if Riku and Kenta have ADHD and I've noticed Likiya is really good at wrangling them. He seems to take their eccentricities with humor instead of getting frustrated at them, which after hearing a ex-JET teacher friend of mine talking about how his one ADHD student was treated, I greatly appreciate.
CL Live:
MA55IVE organizes surprises to make Takahide happy - Part One, Part Two [translated into English] Likiya's surprise for Takahide is so thoughtful and considerate. Also him forking up his own money to make Takahide happy, best leader 😭
Back to the Roots special - Series [translated into English] I can't think of any specific moments, but it's four episodes of Likiya being on a team with Riku, Makoto, Kenta, Kaisei and Shogo
2023 New Years' special - it's 6 parts and included as part of the Rampe Dorm series [all six parts are translated in English] Likiya spends most of the night cooking, but if I had to pick a specific favorite moment, it's "Kenta gets defiant like this sometimes" from Part 4. When I did the MA55IVE gif set where Kenta plays with Shohei's face, I almost called Kenta "Likiya's favorite problem child"
Competing in a video game for food - Part One, Part Two [translated into English] Likiya, Rui, Riku, Itsuki, and Takahide all struggle to play a video game, Likiya struggles the most, but even when Riku's Little Shit tendencies come out, he takes it well and in good humor.
Basically Everyone in RMPG Fails to Play Volleyball - Part of the Okinawa Project series, this is Part Three [translated into English] Likiya is on a team with Kaisei and Shohei and he's doing his best even with the Absolute Chaos Shohei unintentionally causes.
RAMPE Dorm Tasting Local Delicacies form Different Mbr's regions - Part One, Part Two [translated into English] Likiya features more in Part Two, but I really like how the members respond when he's picked for the food he gets to eat 😂 (bonus: Kazuma's reaction when he realizes what he gets to eat is So Cute)
2022 New Years Party BBQ - Video [finally translated into English, bless you, translation team 😭] This is one of the main Ryu/Likiya moments, where Likiya immediately picks Ryu as his assistant for cooking. During the 50 Questions series, Ryu said he'd want Likiya's cooking skills when asked what skill he'd want from another member, but Ryu can't cook and the translation says "my dad says I don't have what it takes to cook". Likiya picking Ryu as his assistant just feels like it means So Much with that context.
There's technically a whole series for the 2022 New Years Party, but the first several parts are more the members talking to the fans, so not including them here.
RAMP Card - Video [translated into English] Likiya, Zin, Kenta, Rui, Hokuto, Kaisei and Takuma play poker with the card set that was made. Likiya honestly takes losing with such good grace - there are days when I wonder if he loses on purpose in individual competitions, to be honest.
Kitchen Kingdom - Part 1 [untranslated] RMPG Black cooks against Gekidan Exile. It's untranslated, so I'm rolling with Vibes Alone and I've actually never finished watching the full thing, but I made it to the round where Likiya teaches Ryu how to chop green onions and, honestly, this means So Much with the same context as the BBQ party.
Six Game Lovers - Part 1, Part 2 [Part 1 is translated into English, Part 2 is not] Likiya, Ryu, Kazuma, Makoto, Takahide and Kaisei play games together. Likiya and Ryu are a team.
Zin Organizes Large Prank - Part 1 [untranslated] Once again, rolling with "Vibes, Loan Words and Whatever Subtitles Pop Up on Screen That I Get Translated" Alone. Likiya is technically in all of the parts, because once a member gets pranked, they're called in to hang out with Zin and watch the future pranks occur. Likiya's the first one pranked with Rui.
RMPG is Unleashed in an Amusement Park - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 [untranslated] RMPG gets to go to an amusement park and have a 2 day, 1 night trip. They're separated into the Routes, so Likiya spends most of the first two parts with Hokuto, Itsuki, Kenta, Ryu and Takahide. In Part 3, YamaSho and Kazuma organize early morning pranks and Likiya is one of the pranksters for Route A, which is greatly amusing to me. (bonus: Riku being the only one to pull off his prank without waking the victim up in advance)
Riku Wants to Make Shogo a Bento and Has Anxiety Over It - Part 1, Part 2 [untranslated] It's untranslated, so you know the drill - Vibes and Vibes Alone. I did translate a few of the in-video subtitles and discovered the Japanese word for 'Anxiety' could be translated literally as "Negative Relax". Likiya, Shohei and Zin help Riku make a bento for Shogo
RMPG Goes to the Zoo and Likiya Suffers - Part 1, Part 2, CL treats the best date competition as a different thing, but I do not, Part 3, Part 4 [untranslated] It's untranslated so I can't verify if Team Likiya got assigned to clean the lion habitat and elephant house as a punishment or not, but, man, does it feel like a punishment (especially compared to the PR team 🤣) Likiya's on a team with Riku, Itsuki, Shohei and YamaSho
Likiya Eats Spicy Ramen to Save His Boys - Technically a part of a series, but this is the only part I've watched Part 3 [untranslated] RMPG is split into 3 teams and they're all trying to eat two bowls of spicy ramen. Likiya Pulls Through for his boys so they are not last place.
EDIT: As I was eating dinner and watching an [untranslated 😭] Rampe Film video, I suddenly remembered another one!
Rampe Film - Shizuoka Ecopa Arena - Video [translated in English] Likiya gets a mission to list 5 things he likes about a member. He picks Takuma (because baby boy is Right There 😂) and it's honestly super endearing
Non CL Live:
Uhhh... I have two, but they are tiny moments from performances and one is very easily missed.
Likiya hands Riku a towel at Nippon Haku Bangkok - Link When I say it's small and easily missed, I legit missed it the first time I watched the video for this post. It just struck me as so kind, he makes sure Riku has a towel before grabbing his own.
GOTR - Likiya putting his arm around Riku's shoulders during the call and response in 100degrees - Link
Again, they are small, but live rent free in my brain 😂
@soundberr1es mentioned RampInGood in the replies and, if you can find it, it's so much fun. Likiya, Rui, Kenta and YamaSho are regulars and they have a bonus member every episode - I've only watched the Riku one (if you have not noticed, I have a problem 😂), but it was a lot of fun.
Sekai: They asked about our first impressions of each other.
Taiki: Ah! Got it.
Sekai: Honestly speaking...Weren't you my student when we first met?
Taiki: That is right!
Sekai: At EXPG.
Taiki: Yes. I was learning dance and entered EXPG. And a year after that Sekai-san entered it too.
Sekai: Yes.
Taiki: I think you were 20 or 21 at that time. My instructor told me "He is the best dancer among all 20 years olds here!". That is how he introduced you to me.
Sekai: Oooh~!😮👏👏 This flattery will get you nowhere!
Taiki: I thought it was a cool way to introduce someone. And one other thing! When I was a support member for GENERATIONS, there was something Sekai-san told me that I still remember to this day. (...) You said "Taiki, you will become a part of EXILE TRIBE. I just know it."
Sekai: Did I say that?
Taiki: You did. I was all "Whaaaat?!!" "Why do you think that?!" And you said "Because you can act. And I think that you're the best one in your support-dancer team right now. If you get a chance to perform on a bigger stage, I know you can do it." I clearly remember you telling me this.
Sekai: Wow, I sound like a prick.
Taiki: No no! It's fine! You were my teacher at that time so I didn't take it badly!
Sekai: I have no memory of saying this. Whatsoever.
Taiki: But you did. I am 100% sure of that.
Sekai: Really? Hmmm...
Taiki: OK, then tell me what was your first impression of me?
Sekai: I had none.
Taiki: He had none...None, HUH?! How dare you. I was telling such a touching story about you. And you have NONE...
Sekai: LOL! Sorry sorry! I do! I do! I think you had your hair when I first met you...
Taiki: My hair?!
Sekai: Yeah. My first biggest impression is of you having a shaved head.
Taiki: Ah! That! I did it for a play with Gekidan EXILE.
Sekai: This image of your bald scalp got stuck in my mind. We had lessons that ended at 21. And every day after the lesson ended I saw you in the locker room with that shaved head of yours. "I see this kid a lot. He must love dancing." I thought. And that was my first impression of you.
To tide y’all over until the bracket is finished, here’s a list of every fandom in the tournament! Sorted by when each got its first submission.
It takes time to make the bracket cuz I gotta arrange all of these to be at least semi-equal in popularity to each other, and then make all the edited photos. I’ve been rather busy lately, but it should be up by tomorrow night :)
Mafuyu is a crown princess of a snowy kingdom, whose parents (the ruling king and queen) keep her trapped inside the palace for "her protection" (in actuality to keep her from realizing the corruption abundant throughout the kingdom and to keep her dependent on them).
Both Kanade and Nene are staff for the palace: Nene an entertainer and sorceress, Kanade a maid and protector for Mafuyu. They are both aware of the situation with the princess and her parents, but go about handling it in different ways. Kanade actively helps Mafuyu, trying to find ways to help her escape the palace and trying to confront the king and queen. Meanwhile, Nene is terrified of losing her job and potentially being exiled (seeing as she'd seen friends of hers be in the past), so her help is more subtle, such as sneaking in books and such Mafuyu shouldn't have into the kingdom, and scheduling her shows for when Kanade plans on doing riskier things so she isn't caught.