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elmaxlys · 3 months
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TGSMP Loser Bracket - Revival Round: Group 11
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Michibata is a CCG investigator - Iba is a former CCG investigator - Akai is a CCG investigator - Shimoguchi is a CCG investigator - Shinsanpei is a member of the Quinx squad - Asada is a member of the Tsukiyama clan.
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TG Sexyman Loser Bracket Masterpost
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k-kuja · 6 years
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SHINJI 💔
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kenkamishiro · 7 years
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re:quest [tension] - chapter 5
This is the last chapter of “tension”. It’s been lots of fun translating it, and though it’s been difficult, I’ve learned a lot from it. The next short story I’m planning on translating is “quinquies”, the short story featuring Saiko and the Qs. It’ll be a while before that story will be out though because of my schedule. Anyways, thank you for your support, and I hope you enjoyed “tension” as much as I did!
For those who haven’t read “tension”, the short story about the CCG art festival, you can read chapter 1 here. Enjoy!
(Thank you @tokyo-ghoul-out-of-context for proofreading.)
Today was the day of the art festival. The convention centre located in the same ward as the CCG main office was showing a turnout unseen in previous years. All sorts of paintings, sculptures, pottery and the like were on display, with the outstanding art that had won awards organized based on the colour of their attached ribbons.
In the midst of it all, Urie was gazing at the red ribbon for the highest honour that was attached to his own painting.
“...(Of course it would go to me.)”
Urie, who had been an Academy scholarship student and had graduated top of his class, was continuing to pile on achievements. The people around him had been praising him for being outstanding even in his hobbies. Though he had been furious as to why all the Qs had won some sort of award, but he was the only one who had been able to win the highest honour that so few could achieve.
“...Urie.”
“...(So you’re here.)”
Everything that Urie had done was to show the overwhelming difference between him and this man. He turned around and faced Takeomi.
“Congrats on getting the highest honour.”
“It’s not really a big deal. (Take that!)”
“No, what you said was absolutely true. Art isn’t something you can just make in a day,” Takeomi said to Urie as he observed his painting.
Usually Urie would get irritated whenever Takeomi complimented him, but today was different. Takeomi was a human who couldn’t appreciate anything related to art. He just couldn’t compare to Urie, and that made Urie feel good.
“So, how did you do? (Do you even get an award for participating?)” Urie asked nastily.
“I got an honourable mention,” Takeomi said.
“...honourable mention?”
A sense of dread filled his chest for a moment from his unexpected words.
Honourable mention? You of all people? How?
It’s just an honourable mention, Urie told himself. There was no reason for him to care about it. But his heart continued to race.
“It was all because of your advice. Thanks.”
“There’s no need to thank me. (I don’t remember giving him advice. What the hell is he talking about? Did he just try to copy me and paint something?)”
He felt a sense of discomfort crawling along his body like a bug. Takeomi, with no knowledge of how Urie was feeling, said, “I’ll see you later then,” and prepared to leave.
“Bujin, I just saw your art! It’s so cool!” a lively voice jumped in. Itou Kuramoto, whose eyes always appeared to be closed, ran in, followed by Michibata Shinji, whose notable features were his sideburns and lower eyelashes. Those two men were in the same squad as Takeomi as his seniors, and it looked like they had just seen Takeomi’s artwork.
“How’d you transport that thing up here!? But first I wanna hear about how you got the materials for it!”
“...(How you transported it? Materials?)”
It seemed that Takeomi had made something quite unique.
“I took my father’s car and went up to the mountains.”
“...!? (Mountains!?)”
Why did he have to go the mountains?
“When Kuramocchan looked up at the thing you made, he was just starin’ at it with his mouth gapin’ wide open!”
“...(Looked up at!?)”
“Ignore him! It reminded Micchi of sports festivals, and he was so excited that he wanted to climb the thing!”
“(Sports festival!? Climb!?)” Urie thought as he watched Takeomi being complimented by his two seniors.
“(No, this doesn’t mean anything, they’re in the same squad...it’s like getting compliments from your family…!)”
Thinking about it, Urie didn’t think he could stand being there any longer. He began walking quickly away from Takeomi and his squadmates toward another area of the hall.
“(What the hell did you make, Kuroiwa Takeomi? You don’t have an inkling of what art is supposed to be. There’s no need for me to worry about this. Yeah, I’m just going to look at your crappy artwork so I can laugh at it…)”
And then Urie heard voices saying, “Did you see what Kuroiwa made?” The voices didn’t belong to Itou and Michibata, but to investigators that Takeomi didn’t interact with. Urie chased after what those investigators were looking at.
“...!?”
Despite the crowd of people surrounding the artwork, Urie could clearly see it.
“A totem pole…(a totem pole)”
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It was around three metres tall. From the rough carvings it was obvious that it was made by an amateur, but it still left a huge impact on everyone. Realizing that his jaw had dropped, flabbergasted at what he was seeing, Urie closed his lips in a fluster.
He thought about why Takeomi would have made something like this, and then he finally remembered.
...instead of using a delicate tool like a paintbrush, why don’t you make something out of wood instead?
Despite Urie having said that sarcastically, Takeomi had taken his comment to heart.
“Just like I expected from Kuroiwa.”
“He really is different from everyone.”
Appreciation for Takeomi was entering Urie’s ears, which was what he hated hearing the most.
“(This is why I hate that bastard!)”
Urie gritted his teeth and left the hall.
After Urie had left, two women were standing in front of the totem pole.
“Madam!”
Recognizing one of the women, Gori Misato, a tall investigator with a beauty mark on the middle of her forehead, rushed over to her. Misato had worked under Special Class Investigator Kuroiwa Iwao and had participated in the 11th ward Special Countermeasures Unit created to deal with Aogiri, and the Owl Suppression Operation in the 20th ward.
“Hello, Misato-san.”
The woman who gave Misato a smile was Iwao’s wife and Takeomi’s mother. She had married at a young age, so she didn’t look like someone who would have a twenty-year-old son. Her appearance was a contrast to Iwao’s, whose bulk and stability made him look much older.
“It’s been a while, madam.”
“Thank you for always helping my husband.”
“Don’t mention it! Your son’s efforts are quite remarkable.” Misato looked up at the towering totem pole.
“I’ve also heard about your great efforts from my husband.”
“Oh dear...I don’t really have much though.” Misato was happy that her boss that she respected so much said that about her, but she decided to act humbly.
“Did you come here to see what Special Class Kuroiwa and your son made? Special Class Kuroiwa’s platter was quite splendid.”
Iwao had lost his left arm, but he was still working as an investigator. She couldn’t imagine how he had made the platter with just his right hand.
“No,” Kuroiwa’s wife said, shaking her head. “I came here today to meet Shinohara-san’s wife.”
Misato saw the woman standing next to Kuroiwa’s wife. The wife of Shinohara Yukinori, who was also known as the “Indomitable Shinohara”, showed a smile strong to the core.
“You are...Special Class Shinohara’s wife?” Misato bowed her head.
“I heard that Juuzou’s art was being exhibited, so I came here to see it.”
Shinohara had collapsed, and it had been a long time since he had regained consciousness, but to this day his wife and Juuzou continued to interact.
“I believe Suzuya Juuzou’s art is at the centre of the hall. It’s next to Mikage Miyuki’s crop circle made of origami cranes.”
Shinohara’s wife contemplated Misato’s directions. “I was trying to find it, to be honest. Thank you,” she said gratefully. And after a few more words, Misato split off from the two women.
“...”
As Misato stared at the retreating backs of the women who continued to support their investigator husbands, she let out a breath, having remembered Amon Koutarou, the man she had long yearned for.
Amon had a strong sense of justice, was outstanding in his work and had a promising future. However, he was said to have died in the 20th ward Owl Operation, though his body hadn’t been found. Misato still didn’t think that he was dead.
“Misato.”
She had been thinking about Amon so intensely, that she jumped when someone called her name.
“What’s with you standing there and spacing out?”
Mado Akira was the one who called out to Misato. Akira was younger and had graduated later than Misato, but she always spoke to Misato in an informal manner. This hadn’t changed even after Mado surpassed Misato in rank.
“...I was talking to Special Class Kuroiwa and Shinohara’s wives just now.”
“They’ve come here? I should greet them.”
Some things hadn’t changed, but there were some things that had, such as Akira’s concern for her surroundings. Misato didn’t know if it was because she was in a position where she had to lead her subordinates, or if it was because Sasaki and the Qs that were assigned to her had made her like this.
“I’ll be off then.”
“Yeah…”
Akira turned her back on her. It was a delicate back carrying heavy responsibilities.
“...Mado Akira.”
“Yeah?”
Without realizing it Misato had called out to Akira.
Akira was an excellent investigator with a deep knowledge of quinques who always kept calm. From now there would be more future female investigators who would look up to her. But Misato knew that underneath her calm exterior was a torrent of emotions. She knew because Akira had cried for Amon Koutarou and her classmate Takizawa Seidou.
“...”
Previously at the Auction Cleanup Operation, a mysterious ghoul had suddenly appeared and wreaked havoc on the investigators. No one in Misato’s vicinity talked about that unexpected incident, but it left behind an ominous feeling.
“...Misato?”
Akira had been stopped, and she watched as Misato was unable to get her words out. “What do you need?” she asked, tilting her head. She scoffed, putting her hand on her lips as she watched Misato.
“You don’t have anything to say, yet if you have the time to stop people, lead me to where the Special Classes’ wives are. I’ll show you a delicious curry shop as my thanks.”
In a convoluted way, Akira had invited Misato for lunch.
“How does that sound?”
Akira smiled. Misato blew air from her nose, and stood next to Akira.
“Follow me.”
“My pleasure.”
People were cheerfully looking at the exhibits, walking and laughing with their colleagues. These people, who fought as investigators, had looks of enjoyment on their faces.
Hairu was weaving through these people, slowly, walking alone.
Highest honour, high honour, honourable mention. The artwork that had won these awards had ribbons attached to them. She stood in front of her drawing that she had carefully coloured with her coloured pencils. She stared at the blue ribbon next to her name. A ribbon for high honour.
“And I thought I was gonna get praised a lot for it too.”
Hairu hadn’t gotten the Special Adjudicator award, the only award that was chosen by Arima. She entwined her hands behind her back, and blew a raspberry. Even though she had received the high honour award, it was meaningless to Hairu.
“Figured it’s better to take down ghouls. Tons of them.”
That was the easiest way, she thought while staring at her art. However, something caught her attention, and she turned toward it. The people in her surroundings began to stir.
With his silent gaze behind his glasses, just the sight of the man walking left goosebumps in everyone.
“Arima-san, I wanted to win the Arima award,” Hairu called out in contrast to her noisy surroundings. Arima stopped next to Hairu.
“Do you mean the Special Adjudicator award?”
“It’s called the Arima award, ‘cause you’re the one giving it out,” Hairu declared. Arima closed his mouth.
“And I spent so much time and effort on it.” Hairu pointed to her own drawing of a teenager and a young girl standing within the beautiful flowers.
“...it was disqualified from the award,” Arima said bluntly.
“Huh?” Hairu’s cheeks swelled. Arima kept staring at Hairu’s drawing.
“Because that scene is nostalgic and brings me back.”
He had memories of that place.
Whether human or ghoul, there a was a rule that forced them to never talk about this secret, of this moral contradiction and the place where they had been brought up - the Sunlit Garden.
That was where she had met him.
Hairu giggled. They shared this memory, and she couldn’t help but feel giddy because of it.
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“Shao is going to join us starting next year.”
“Shao! I want her to clean my ears again! It felt so good!”
“Yes, please treat her well,” Arima said, and then he left. It seemed that he had to go somewhere. Most likely it was related to Haise.
“Hairu!”
Hairu, who had been gazing at her drawing alone, now had someone else standing next to her.
“...Koori-senpai.”
“So you got the high honour award. That’s amazing,” Ui said while looking at Hairu’s art.
“Koori-senpai, but you got the highest honour award.” Hairu began walking away from her drawing, Ui following close behind. Ui, who would always lecture her not to walk behind each other during work, didn’t say anything about it this time.
“The Special Adjudicator award is a joke. Though it really is like Arima-san to pick that kind of drawing.”
In the end, Arima had chosen Yonebayashi Saiko’s work titled, “My vision of the strongest investigator”. It was a drawing of a very muscular investigator holding a quinque that looked like a gold club that ogres would carry around. It appeared to be modelled after her squadmate Urie Kuki.
“Apparently he chose it because it was the first time he’d even seen something like that. Even though there were tons of others he could’ve picked from.”
Ui was known to complain a lot whenever Arima did something weird.
“Sasaki-kun’s gingerbread castle is really popular, plus that painting full of circles is just plain disturbing. The Qs are such a strange bunch…”
“Koori-senpai,” Hairu said, interrupting his tirade.
“What?”
“Let’s get to work.”
It didn’t matter who had won what award.
“...but I’m on break.”
“So am I. But we’re here together now, aren’t we?” she said to Ui’s unamused face, continuing to smile.
“Isn’t this great? We have tons of things to do. It really does fit us better to be holding quinques instead of pencils and scissors, don’t you think? But if you don’t wanna, I’ll just go by myself,” Hairu said and headed toward the venue’s exit.
I have to hurry.
So she could be praised by Arima.
Because we don’t live long.
Whatever reason they had been created for, why they had such a fate imposed on them, none of it mattered. As long as she could get that hand to gently stroke her head again, just like when she was little.
Ui let out a loud sigh behind Hairu, but he quickly raised his head and passed by her.
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“We’re going,” he turned around and instructed.
“‘Kay!” Hairu answered.
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Happy Birthday! (September 23rd, pt. 2)
Mint (Pop’n Music)
Little Raisin (Pop’n Music)
Yuki (Pop’n Music)
Honjou Kyoushirou (Gintama)
Oolong (Dragon Ball)
Momo Yaoyorozu (Boku no Hero Academia)
Shinji Michibata (Tokyo Ghoul:re)
Titana (Jewelpet)
Hitori Uzune (Hatoful Boyfriend)
Reo Mibuchi (Kuroko no Basuke)
Shikadai Nara (Naruto)
Vincent Nightray (Pandora Hearts)
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coromoor · 7 years
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Oh Ishida is extremely ghoul biased so don't worry!
I’m not sure if this was meant to be encouraging about Yomo’s chances of surviving or if that’s bitterness I’m sensing but either way, that’s blatantly made up? :’D
Here’s a list of character deaths in the series from the wiki. In bold are ghouls:
Adam Gehner
Aliza
Ami
Arine
Arunolt von Rosewald
Asaki Fueguchi
Beautiful nurse
Big Madam
Bin Brothers
Cain
Chuu Hachikawa
Daikichi Washuu
Daisuke Atou
Demon Yamada
Dogu
Elderly patient
Emma von Rosewald
Erina Tagata
Fei
Gagi
Guge
Ganbo
Ginshi Shirazu
Hagi
Hairu Ihei
Haru
Hayashi
Hikari Kirishima
Hina Tougi
Ikuma Momochi’s mother
Ippei Kusaba
Jun Numa
Kamishiro
Karao Saeki
Karao Saeki’s father
Karren von Rosewald
Karren von Rosewald’s father
Kasuka Mado
Kazuo Yoshida
Kei
Ken Kaneki’s father
Ken Kaneki’s mother
Kie Muramatsu
Kinko
Kishou Arima
Kobachi
Koharu Utsumi
Kotarou
Kousuke Houji
Kouto
Kurei
Kureo Mado
Kyouji Misaka
Mairo
Masami Umeno
Matsumae
Michie Takizawa
Miho Toga
Mikito Urie
Minomi
Mitsushita
Moku
Nanao Yasuhisa
Nashiro Yasuhisa
Nathanael von Rosewald
Niharu
Nishiki Nishio’s elder sister
Nobu Shimoguchi
Noro
Noyama
Nutcracker
Nutcracker’s partner
Ooshima
Oumi
Rio’s brother
Ryou
Ryouko Fueguchi
Ryouta Ooshiba
Ryuuta Sawaike
Sakino Mura
Seidou Takizawa’s father
Shiki Kijima
Shinji Michibata
Shinme Haisaki
Shion Satomi
Shizuku Kawakami
Shunichi Shibashi
Shunji Shiono
Shuu
Shuu Tsukiyama’s mother
Skull Masks Leader
Sumiharu Katou
Tago
Taguchi
Tanaka
Taro
Tatara
Tetsu
Tomonori Akai
Tooru Mutsuki’s father
Touko Harima
Touma Higemaru’s uncle
Tsubasa
Tsukuru Tsukiyama
Tsumugi Yamagata
Tsuneyoshi Washuu
Ukina
Uruka Minami
Waka Asachi
Wobbegong
Yakumo Oomori
Yan
Yasuhito Nezu
Yoshitoki Washuu
Yoshiu Washuu
Yukio Kurodawara
Yuuma
Yuuri Akanuma
Yuuta Okamochi
60 ghouls to 60 humans if I counted right. Neck and neck. And that doesn’t count the unnamed characters we’ve seen on screen- hoards of fodder CCG Investigators, the unnamed Tsukiyama family staff, every ghoul in the ghoul restaurant, the entire Black Dober gang, the entire Devil Ape gang, half of Aogiri, every ghoul Kaneki cannibalised, the 98% of ghouls Furuta exterminated in a single ward, etc. etc. I dunno man, if I would have to pick I would say the ghouls are winning the race for deaths overall and even moreso, the major character deaths. But I might just be ghoul biased.
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gyakutengagotoku · 7 years
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GSvsAA - Dual Destinies - Character Profiles
In line with the AJ one, here’s the next in the line up. Check the master post more more of the GSvsAA translation project.
It’s worth noting that while Mr. Takumi is known to have some very obvious or random inspirations for his name puns, there are times when it’s tricky to figure out because of his choice of punny origins. Meanwhile, Mr. Yamazaki & co. tend to follow suit with the obvious, but their puns are often very straightforward and easy to deduce. Sometimes, a name has multiple layers of puns and chances are good that plenty of those puns make their way into the character’s design.
I don’t think it’s lazy design, since simplifying a character’s role in a plot means more care can be taken for the actual mystery, but sometimes it leaves something about the character to be desired. Then again, there are plenty of characters from the first four games in the series that aren’t so memorable.
I’m just obsessed with this series so I know them all. Ha.
Edit: SoJ profiles posted.
Spoilers below.
Main cast
Athena Cykes - Kidzuki Kokone (希月 心音) kidzuki means “awareness” (kinda following how Trucy is named Minuki) and the second kanji in her surname is “moon”. The kanji in her given name, when pronounced shin’on, means “heartbeat”. It can also be translated literally as “heart sound” to refer to her ability to hear people’s voices of their hearts.
Simon Blackquill - Yuugami Jin (夕神 迅) yugami means “distortion” or “twist”, referring to his epithet, “The Twisted Samurai”. The kanji form a phrase meaning “god of dusk”. jin, written as 刃, is “blade”; while the kanji in his name means “swift”. It’s analogous to Edgeworth’s name, Mitsurugi, which is the name of a noble blade of legend. Trivia: He refers to the chief in person using the term danna, a title reserved for Lords and noblemen back during the days of samurai. Since this couldn’t be replicated in English without sounding drastically out of place, it’s been tamed down to a plain “sir”. (Imo, he could very well have gone with “sire” and it’d be just the right amount of tradition and respect, but I guess it doesn’t quite sound Japanese enough.) Incidentally, Taka is Gin, which can mean “silver”, or possibly like the English word (but it’s pronounced with a hard G).
Bobby Fulbright - Ban Gouzou (番 轟三) The ban in his name may refer to a “guard”, though being written as 万 means “many”. Combined with his first name, which consists of “booming” and “three” (like in “two’s company, three’s a crowd”), you get a whole lot of bombastic in one guy. Trivia: His catchphrase is shouting “JUSTICE!!!” in English at the top of his lungs and laughing triumphantly. Imo, the localization's “In Justice We Trust!” has a certain nuance to it that really makes it pop when you realize just who he is, though.
Yep, that’s it. That’s the game. These three right here.
Episode 1
Gaspen Payne - Auchi Fumitake (亜内 文武) “Auchi” is simply “ouch”. His first name is the same as his brother’s but flipped. fumi (文) is “literature”; take (武) is “martial”. I suppose both of them are warriors of words, but I really think their parents the devs just ran out of ideas.
Juniper Woods - Morizumi Shinobu (森澄 しのぶ) mori (森) is “forest” or “woods”; shinobu means “to hide”. Meanwhile, the kanji for zumi (澄) used in the verb sumasu becomes “to look prim” or “to listen carefully”. These two definitions better relate to her from Episode 3, though. Trivia: In the Japanese version of this episode, the crime scene shows in English letters: “S I N O B U”. Since Japanese is typed using romaji, し can be either shi or si. Either way, it’s still pronounced the same. If it weren’t obvious enough from the intro, this spelling would have easily given away the real killer.
Ted Tonate - Barashima Shingo (馬等島 晋吾) barasu can mean a few things: “to expose”, “to take apart”, or “to kill”. He already covers the latter two in the first case, but the first definition doesn’t quite play in until the last one. The last syllable of his first name ties into his first name to make mashingo, or “machine language”; hence the keyboard.
Candice Arme - Kaku Hozumi (賀来 ほずみ) Her full name can be written as 確保済み, meaning “in custody”. kaku may refer to “square”/”cube”; probably referring to how she’s been hit. Her surname and the first syllable of her first name make kakuho, or “guarantee”, which seems to play into her English name.
Edit: Well, I totally screwed up this entry. My bad.
Episode 2
Jinxie Tenma - Tenma Yumemi (天馬 ゆめみ) Her surname as written here refers to the “heavenly horse” Pegasus. yumemiru means “to dream”. More on Tenma below.
Damian Tenma - Tenma Deemon (天馬 出右衛門) His first name comes from “demon”. Tenma, which is also the name of the village, is written as 天魔. It refers to the yokai of the Buddhist sixth heaven in the realm of desire who haunts people and deceives them into avoiding good. According to legend, Tenma tried (and ultimately failed) to lure the young Siddhartha away from enlightenment with earthly desires. Tenma Taro from this game is based on this Tenma. In Japanese folklore, he's described to have a bird-like appearance, hence we have jangly-cackling-bird-demon. 
The Great Nine-Tails - Great Kyuubi (グレート 九尾) He’s based on the Nine-tailed fox of Japanese legend, a yokai of immense power and influence and sometimes disastrous consequences. You know the one.
Rex Kyubi - Kyuubi Ginji (九尾 銀次) His last name is the same as the Nine-Tails. The gin (銀) in his name refers to his silver hair and to the Nine-tailed fox of legend, which is often portrayed as silver. ginjiru also means “to chant” or “to recite”.
Phineas Filch - Zeniarai Kumabee (銭洗 熊兵衛) zeni, as written above, is “money”. (This is what Capcom’s fictional currency zenny is based on.) His last name is a reference to the azukiarai, “The Bean Washer”, a yokai who resembles a small boy that keeps people up at night with the sound of washing beans. Filch here claims that he’s the grandson of an infamous thief who once kept people up by the sounds of his money-washing. His first name is made of bears: kuma (熊) and “bear”; yet he’s frequently called a tanuki instead, especially for his swindling ways.
Edit: Got that the other way around.
Florent L’Belle - Biyouin Shuuichi (美葉院 秀一) biyouin is “beauty parlor” and shuuichinichi is “once a week”. The kanji in his first name come to “excellence” and “[number] one”.
Episode 3
Aristotle Means - Ichiro Shinji (一路 真二) The kanji in his name together mean “one road, two truths”. ichiro, with the same kanji, means “straight” or “directly”, and shinjiru means “to believe”.
Constance Courte - Michiba Masayo (道葉 正世) michibata is “roadside” and masa (正) is “right” or “just”, to parallel Means’ name above.
Hugh O’Conner - Shizuya Rei (静矢 零) His name is most likely picked for the convenience of the recording that’s played during trial. In Japanese, the muffled recording sounds like it’s saying “Koroshite yare!”, which is Japanese for “I’ll kill you!” Thanks to Athena’s efforts, she reveals it’s actually supposed to say “Kora! Shizuya Rei!”, or a scolding “Hey! Shizuya Rei!” The kanji of his last name are “quiet” and “arrow”. His first name can also mean “zero”.
Edit: This one I made a mistake due to mistaken memory. It’s actually kinda hard to make out the te sound in the recording, so I assumed it was excluded.
Robin Newman - Atsui Chishio (厚井 知潮) atsui is “hot”; it can also mean “hot-tempered” or “passionate”. chishio is “blood circulation”, usually referring to hot-headedness. It also doubles over as a gender-ambiguous name.
Myriam Scuttlebutt - Uwasa Atsume (宇和佐 集芽) uwasa is “rumor” and atsumeru is “to gather”; thus, her full name comes to “gather gossip”. Trivia: Producer Eshiro is a huge MGS fan; hence Myriam’s M.O. of traveling under the cover of a box.
Episode 4-5
Solomon Starbuck - Hoshinari Taiyou (星成 太陽) His name comes from the phrase “hoshi ni naritai yo”, which means “I wish to become a star”. taiyou, as written above, means “sun”.
Clay Terran - Aoi Daichi (葵 大地) aoi is the color “blue”. daichi is “ground” or “earth”; also refers to the planet itself. His relative calm and the color blue was chosen specifically to pair with Apollo’s bright and passionate red. (In fact, it may very well have been the localization’s choice to name Odoroki as Apollo that led to the development of this game’s space theme. I don’t remember if it was mentioned in an interview or not, but I’m sure it played some role.)
Yuri Cosmos - Oogawara Uchuu (大河原 有忠) His last name means “bank of the great river”, which is a reference to the Milky Way. It’s known as “The Great River” in several cultures, including Japanese. uchuu, written as 宇宙, means “space” or “universe”.
Aura Blackquill - Yuugami Kaguya (夕神 かぐや) Kaguya is a reference to a famous Japanese folktale from the 10th century, Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. The main character’s name is Kaguya-hime, or Princess Kaguya, who was one of a mysterious people living on the Moon but was sent down to Earth and raised by an old bamboo cutter. I’m not too sure if this tale inspired her English name, but when Princess Kaguya was discovered as a baby, she was described to be the size of a thumb and glowing with brilliant light. The Moon people were weird. (I can also draw the parallel to Simon’s Taka, since Aura may come from the Latin root aurum for “gold”.)
Ponco & Clonco - Ponko & Ponta (ポンコ&ポンタ) ko and ta are common endings to boys’ and girls’ names, respectively. Aura also likes to call Clonco “Ponkotsu”, referring both to how he’s basically “Ponco #2″ and ponkotsu, “junk”.
Metis Cykes - Kidzuki Mari (希月 真理) Her first name can also be pronounced shinri, meaning “truth”. In turn, shinri, when written as 心理, means “psychology”.
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Sasha Buckler - Umino Shouko (羽美野 翔子) umi is “sea”, and shouko, written as 証拠, is “evidence”. Thus, her full name becomes “evidence from the sea”. The first kanji in both first and last name have to do with “feathers” and “flight”. She’s quite a flighty personality for sure.
Ora "Orla" Shipley - Arafune Elle / Ale (荒船エル / エール) Her last name is made of the kanji for “wild” and “ship”. Her name is Ale, as a shortened form of “whale”, but it doubles as the alcoholic drink too. Actually, it triples as “air”, to complement her trainer. Her supposed real name is actually her sister’s name, and it seems it was just picked to sound similar.
Jack Shipley - Arafune Ryouji (荒船 良治) ryouji as 療治 means “treatment”/“cure”, possibly referring to how he saved two precious orcas and returned them to health.
Norma DePlume - Uratori Reika (浦鳥 麗華) uratori refers to “gathering evidence” as for a news story. reika as 冷夏 becomes “cool summer”. It can even be written as 零下 to mean "sub-zero". She’s quite the contrast to the rest of the sunny crew.
Edit: Note to self: simplify.
Marlon Rimes - Itsuka Ikuya (伊塚 育也) itsuka means “someday”; the kanji iku (育) means “raise”, as in pets or children. In other words, he’ll “become a real trainer someday”. His name may have been chosen for its easy rhyme as well.
Rifle (ライフル) She was named for her dangerous temper, and probably as a shout-out to Mr. Takumi’s naming of Missile. Her daughter Sniper also keeps the same name.
Herman Crab - Sugomori Gaku (巣古森 学) His last name may be referring to su-komori, or “nest-babysitter”, since he keeps li’l Sniper up there. Even the first kanji in his last name is the right one for “nest”. gaku as above is “learning” or “study of” a subject.
Azura Summers - Natsukaze Suzumi (夏風 邪涼海) natsukaze means “a summer cold”, but it can also literally mean “summer wind”. It was picked probably as a stark contrast to Norma’s Japanese name. suzumi is “cooling off”, like outdoors in the breeze.
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elmaxlys · 10 months
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TG Sexyman Poll - Round 1: Momochi Ikuma VS Michibata Shinji
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Ikuma is a musician from the Days novel and Shinji is a CCG investigator.
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elmaxlys · 1 year
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TG Sexyman Poll - Round 1
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Characters that get a free pass to Round 2 due to being popular
(links to the polls will be added when they are posted)
Shimoguchi Nobu/Kusaba Ippei
Iba Fujishige/Mabuchi Katsuya
Atou Daisuke/Kado
Nutcracker's Partner/Big Madam's Bodyguard
Souzu Rikai/Shiono Shunji
Misaka Kyouji/Haisaki Shinme
Urie Mikito/Dr Ogura Hisashi
Hachikawa Chuu/Fuka
Mikage Miyuki/Ichimi > Tiebreaker
Idera Shousei/Higemaru Touma
Kaiko/Okahira
Kirishima Arata/Tsukiyama Mirumo
Yoshida Kazuo/Vancouver
Kamishiro Matasaka (Shachi)/Washuu Yoshitoki
Mairo/Hooguro
Dr Chigyou Kouitsu/Mougan Tanakamaru
Fura Taishi/Morimine Kyouhei
Washuu Matsuri/Older Bin Brother
Aura Shinsanpei/Ganbo
Taro/Shikorae
Washuu Tsuneyoshi/Mr Saeki
Saeki Karao (Torso)/Kijima Shiki
Gagi/Sumi
Guge/Younger Bin Brother
Kuroiwa Iwao/Tamaki Mizurou
Dr Kanou Akihiro/Tokage Goumasa
Hagi/Orca's Barkeeper
Fueguchi Asaki/Hayashimura Naoto
Gil/Utsumi Noyama
Donato Porpora/Yan
Rio/Yuuma
Cain/Dr Shiba Ryuujirou
Momochi Ikuma/Michibata Shinji
Akai Tomonari/Nezu Yasuhito
Asachi Waka/Tatsumichi Ryuusen > Tiebreaker
Nakarai Keijin/Sante
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TG Sexyman Poll - Loser Bracket: Revival Round
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Group 1 (three winners)
Ichimi
Hagi
Okahira
Hooguro
Shikorae
Kado
Group 2 - (three winners)
Taro
Ganbo
Sumi
Guge
Fuka
Cain
Group 3 (three winners)
Shachi
Big Madam's Bodyguard
Mr Saeki
Hayashimura Naoto
Higemaru Touma
Mabuchi Katsuya
Group 4 (three winners) -> TIEBREAKER
Nakarai Keijin
Gil
Sante
Tamaki Mizurou
Rio
Shiono Shunji
Group 5 (three winners)
Mikage Miyuki
Vancouver
Orca's Barkeeper
Yuuma
Asachi Waka
Younger Bin Brother
Group 6 (three winners)
Kusaba Ippei
Dr Shiba Ryoujirou
Fura Taishi
Idera Shousei
Souzu Rikai
Older Bin Brother
Group 7 (three winners)
Saeki Karao (Torso)
Hachikawa Chuu
Kijima Shiki
Dr Kanou Akihiro
Haisaki Shinme
Fueguchi Asaki
Group 8 (two winners)
Washuu Yoshitoki
Nutcracker's Partner
Mairo
Utsumi Noyama
Tatsumichi Ryuusen
Tycho Johannes (✨new✨)
Group 9 (two winners)
Yan
Mougan Tanakamaru
Yoshida Kazuo
Dr Ogura Hisashi
Momochi Ikuma
Shibashi Shunichi (✨new✨)
Group 10 (two winners)
Donato Porpora
Dr Chigyou Kouitsu
Tokage Goumasa
Atou Daisuke
Washuu Matsuri
Nakajima (✨new✨)
Group 11 (two winners)
Michibata Shinji
Iba Fujishige
Akai Tomonari
Shimoguchi Nobu
Aura Shinsanpei
Asada Jirou (✨new✨)
Group 12 (two winners)
Misaka Kyouji
Nezu Yasuhito
Tsukiyama Mirumo
Kaiko
Washuu Tsuneyoshi
Kurei (✨new✨)
Group 13 (one winner)
Kirishima Arata
Marude Itsuki
Kuroiwa Iwao
Kuroiwa Takeomi
Nico
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idiot! don't be spouting "just go, leave me behind", alright shitty kid? you're younger than me, so quit trying to be the hero or whatever... qs! i'll take command!
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k-kuja · 7 years
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— itou squad. qs squad. prepare for battle.
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k-kuja · 6 years
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please... don’t get up...
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