btw i will be completely honest i did not wholly understand the concept of addiction until i came to japan. and no this isn't because the alcohol and cigarettes are CHEAP and super easy to get your hands on (something something strict law call for specific vices in society), but because i found out that manga is significantly cheaper than back home and that bookoff discounts the already-cheap volumes of manga as low as 110円 (like, NZ $1.30). like that's insane. i am never buying manga from a proper 本屋 at this point like its bookoff all the way babey......
anyway my collection so far is:
Various oneshot BL manga I already liked before I came here
Vol 1-7 of WHA + vol 1 of WHA Kitchen
Vol 1-3 of Akane-banashi (i didn't buy these... a friend gifted them to me for my birthday... i cherish them so deeply...)
Vol 1 & 2 of Blue Period
Vol 1, 2, 4 of Kimisomu
Hanadoll* Flowering (manga adaptation of drama cd series 1 vol 1? i believe?)
and do not even get me started on the pricing of butai disks at lashinbang & bookoff because i fully got a copy of tsukisute yumemigusa in kobe for like, 10 dollars.... the "sorry yoru if this looks gay to the viewers" butai is in my possession...
i keep saying i'm going to post my song tls to this blog so i might as well start with a brand new one! i translated the lyrics to the full version of "1", the mob psycho 100 season 3 OP, which goes so hard not only musically but lyrically also.
still working on finishing up tls for "cobalt" and "Exist" but for now..."1" :)
english translation under the cut, followed by the lyrics in romaji & kanji; to see them all side-by-side click here!
1 - MOB CHOIR
I realized my youth was gray
This restlessness is an unknown quantity
Emotion train running parallel to my brain
Adolescence in struggle
Don’t disturb my deep psyche
Whose is the face lurking behind it?
The distortion of opposing thoughts
Now cleanse yourself of your distress
See what you can do now?
My life
Let me break it down
(Want) Desire
(Young) And sincerity
(Burn) Are both budding
(One) In my chest
(Trance) I’m not awake
(Chance) I want to wake up
(Stance) Take both sides
(One) And put them back-to-back
Accept me as I am (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
I’m counting on you every day in this relationship (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
If we could just become one (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
That smile would be our one and only one (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
No regrets in life, it’s showtime
The details of our future are still TBD
And your trick, you’re the sidekick I’m going with
Your rhythm
Don’t seek the questions, taking them as you find them
The era of competing delusions
The distortion of separating emotions
Double-edged instincts
I don’t care to be bad
I said, she started making me proud
(Want) From ruin
(Young) To indestructibility
(Burn) This power
(One) Resonates within me
(Trance) I can’t set it free
(Chance) I want to set it free
(Stance) The past and the future
(One) Pile up into history
Today is the day we were left dissatisfied
Our day of happiness is coming
The world you cried your eyes out in
Is our one and only one
(Want) Whether it’s 100
(Young) Whether it’s 0
(Burn) I’ll make a door
(One) Into infinity
(Trance) I haven’t acknowledged it
(Chance) I want to acknowledge it
(Stance) Checking all my answers
(One) Against myself
(Want) Desire
(Young) And sincerity
(Burn) Are both budding
(One) In my chest
(Trance) I’m not awake
(Chance) I want to wake up
(Stance) Take both sides
(One) And put them back-to-back
Accept me as I am (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
A relationship where we’re free to argue with each other
If we could just become one
That smile would be our one and only one
One (Mob, Mob, Wow)
(Mob, Mob, Wow)
One and only one
(Mob, Mob, Wow)
One (Mob, Mob, Wow)
One and only one
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I realized seishun wa gurei
shousou no shoutai wa fumei
kanjou train heisou suru brain
agaku adolescence
Don’t disturb shinsou shinri
ushiro no shoumen wa dare?
taiji suru sounen distortion
arae urei wo
See what you can do now?
My life
Let me break it down
(Want) yokubou mo
(Young) seijitsu mo
(Burn) kono mune de
(One) mebaete kuru
(Trance) mezamenai
(Chance) mezametai
(Stance) uraomote
(One) senaka awase
ari no mama wo ukete irete (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
tsune ni yoroshiku Relation (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
hitotsu ni nareta nara (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
sono egao wa one and only one (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
No regrets jinsei show time
shourai no shousai wa mitei
And your trick meyasu saidokikku sadame
Your rizumu
Don’t seek, find mondai taking
kyousou de bousou no sedai
kairi suru shinjou distortion
moroha no honnou
I don’t care to be bad
I said, she started making me proud
(Want) hametsu kara
(Young) fumetsu e to
(Burn) kono chikara
(One) kyoumei suru
(Trance) hanatenai
(Chance) hanachitai
(Stance) kako mirai
(One) tsumu hisutorii
saenakatta kyou to iu da (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
shiawase to yobu hi ga kuru (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
nakiharasu me de ita (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
sono sekai ga one and only one (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
(Want) hyaku datte
(Young) zero datte
(Burn) mugen e no
(One) tobira ni suru
(Trance) mitomenai
(Chance) mitometai
(Stance) jibun to no
(One) kotae awase
(Want) yokubou mo
(Young) seijitsu mo
(Burn) kono mune de
(One) mebaete kuru
(Trance) mezamenai
(Chance) mezametai
(Stance) uraomote
(One) senaka awase
ari no mama wo ukete irete (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
semegiau jiyuu Relation (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
hitotsu ni nareta nara (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
sono egao wa one and only one (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
One (Mob, Mob, Wow)
(Mob, Mob, Wow)
One and only one
(Mob, Mob, Wow)
One (Mob, Mob, Wow)
One and only one
“To have loved and lost is better than to have never loved at all”
My fave episode by far. As the episode went on it became obvious that it was going to be Risa who Rei was in love with. Everything just started falling into place. I didn’t even think about that callback to episode 4 or 5 where she had the yuri simulation of she and risa. That’s cool they’ve been laying the groundwork since then. She’s been dropping hints for so long and it must have been very painful for her to not get noticed.
Very fitting that Breezy’s name is written with the kanji “好” love is an integral part of the human experience. Yes, it sucks not have your feelings returned. But that pain is at the end of the day what makes us human. It hurts, but it’s beautiful at the same time. We should always keep our hearts open and be willing to connect with other people, yes it can lead to pain, but it can also lead to tremendous joy and I know Rei will get that eventually.
Episodes like this and Eva as a series, that handle the hedgehog dilemma are always great for me.
Pretty sure this ep confirms that Sudo knows how Risa feels about him and just ignores it for now lol which is kind of ironic
Another cool fact is that the day the procedure was meant to take place on, 4/4 is sometimes called the day of happiness in Japan. Because 4 can be pronounced shi in Japanese and the day has two 4s, 4 4=shiawase. Awaseru (合わせる) which in Japanese means to put two things together, 4 4 can be thought of as putting two 4s together. shi awase(ru). Shiawase means happiness in Japanese. Again going back to the romance theme.
I worked late today. This morning I read Shinsuke Shimojo's "What is consciousness?". A very profound book. Although it is an old book, it still asks us various problems to think about. I had an interest in the part which tells us about Prozac, which once became a popular topic in Japan. Is it happy to take that kind of mental pill and try to "uplift" our minds every day? I can't deny Prozac because I go to the clinic to get medicines since I was a college student. But I also doubt if life in medicines to keep on "uplifting" every day is happy. If I change these "medicines" to "alcohol" and "drugs"? Indeed, this might be a rough discussion.
I started meeting my doctor and getting medicines because I read Wataru Tsurumi's "Tuning personality manual". He explains that mental clinics are not strange places. They are really useful places for us to live happy lives. So I started going there. Exactly, medicines help me. That is a simple fact. But, I have to be careful that medicines give me temporary curing even if I can make my mood "uplift" or "fix". That is another fact. I have to face my problems seriously and try to change myself, then I would become happy. I believe so now.
Once, when I was at the bottom of my life, alcohol was the last hope for me. I blamed myself who being soaked in alcohol like that. Yes, I even imagined that alcohol would bring me to heaven. I couldn't imagine that except for alcohol there was no hope in me. Now I understand that it was because of my addictive mind. That mind let me say so therefore it was not from my will (indeed, I need more discussion to explain this). Now, I sometimes regret my young drunken days because I can feel there are tired guts in my body. I never think that my drunken days were not happy. Is it not the same as life with Prozac?
Today I met my job coach at a meeting at my company. We tried to find various problems in my job and solve them. At my workplace, I sometimes feel I am lonely. Because I am an autistic person therefore I am an outsider... but that character as an outsider works usefully there. Today I could learn how I could do my work for my company, therefore, I got a certain self-confidence. In Japanese, happiness is "Shiawase". "Awase" means "connection". So the connection with the things outside brings happiness to us... that is the meaning. I can connect myself to others. So now I can understand that I am happy.
i've been spending time watching tsukista for all day long for two weeks? or maybe three weeks already 😭😂 and i really really love taka-kun! his acting as shun make me smile so much 🥹 and oh i also like menjo's hajime! he really gave the hajiking vibes 💜 i love both first gen and second gen actors all the same! they all did their part so well i just love them so much 🥺 i'm gonna watch shiawase awase next, hopefully 👀 i'm gonna drop taka-kun screenshot here 🤍
Finally, I’m done with the subs! This is my first individual project so please understand that there may be a few mistakes. If you find any, let me know~
In general, this stage was a joy to sub (no sarcasm intended)! The relationships between the senior, middle and junior group was so cute~ And so was Reina and Tsubaki!! Many thanks to @crescentmoon11 for proof-reading and fixing the timings for me!
Also, in the link below, there will be a file for notes. Do give it a read since it would give further insight to my translations. Other than that, I really hope you enjoy the stage show as much as I did ^_^ I hope to see the girls more in the future now :D
※Next Project: Cyber Dive Connection Subs~ I’m about 35 minutes in now ^^
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"What did the princesses do? Is it a beautiful woman's right to be happy? Are they happy because a prince appeared? For whom is the 'happily ever after?' Who was the one that said 'they lived happily ever after?' Whose 'happily ever after' was it?"
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Judai: Tsubaki and Reina asking the right questions. Lol.
Now watching~☆ Shiawase Awase!
Its my second most favorite Tsukista stage. *grins*
Hey there! Is anybody interested in doing a split for tsukiuta stageplay 9 (shiawase awase)? I have one other person interested at the moment, and I’d love to include more people of they’re interested!