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RGGO Translations Masterlist

Since these have become quite numerous, I’m pinning this post and linking them all here alphabetically, updating every time I do a new one :D

MAIN STORY

Goda Ryuji & Han Joon-gi - Yellow Dragon Wandering Chronicles

MAJOR EVENTS

Mine, Kanda, & Daigo - The Man Called Yoshitaka Mine (translated by @skelabra!)

Nanba, Adachi, & Saeko - Get Back to Sleep

Rikiya, Kiryu, & Haruka - Rikiya’s Lonely Struggle

Sera, Jingu, & Kazama - The Tojo Clan Secret

Shinji, Reina, & Kiryu - I Am the One Who Protects Serena!

MINOR EVENTS

Joji & Richardson

Kanda & Mine

Katsuya & Watase

Kiryu & Oda

Mine & Daigo

Ryuji & Joon-gi

Tanimura & Munakata

Yuki & Majima

CHARACTER STORIES

Daigo

Daigo (2006)

Date

Haruka

Kamulop

Kashiwagi

Kashiwagi (1988)

Kiryu

Kiryu (Junior High Student)

Majima

Minami

Mine

Mine (Decisive Battle) (translated by @skelabra!)

Mine (Holiday)

Nishida

Nishida (Promotion)

Nishikiyama

Nishikiyama (1988)

Nishikiyama (Decisive Battle)

Nishikiyama (Junior High Student)

Ono Michio

Saejima

Saejima (1985)

Someya

Tachibana

Tanimura

Tanimura (2010 II)

Yayoi

Yuki (2006)

Yumi

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(Please god I had to block like 15 of them today)

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It seems backwards in Y0 for Majima to respond "I used to be" when Makoto asks him if he's handsome, right?

I mean, look at the 21 y/o gremlin who dresses like shit vs the 24 y/o suave, sultry manager of the Grand Cabaret in his three piece suit:

But when Majima responds "I used to be [handsome]" in that scene, what he's actually saying is "I used to be happy."

The year of torture followed by two years of indentured servitude has robbed him of his ability to construct his own self-image, to determine his own behaviour, clothing, choices, occupation. Yes, he's damn good at what he does, and he looks fantastic doing it, but he is being puppeteered and that alone makes him fucking miserable.

So while he looks objectively better in 1988 than he did in 1985, he doesn't feel like it, because he hates his life. We see here how deeply Majima links his self-perception to his sense of self-determination.

And this doesn't even go into how the year of torture and the trauma of having his eye gouged out must have fucked with his self-esteem and self-image. Having your face deliberately disfigured is enough to destroy many people's self-esteem on its own, but this was followed by a year of torture and (judging from his hair length) no way to groom himself.

It makes all the more sense that when he's finally freed from his punishment, he deliberately dresses even more outlandishly than before. It's guaranteeing that he and only he can control how others perceive him and, by extension, how he perceives himself. It's a layer of protection to guard a self-image that has been disrupted by immense trauma.

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just two bros being annoying siblings

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Majima-san. You wanna be free, right? But instead you’re feeling trapped. Cooped up.

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So you did believe! Nothing wrong with that.

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Majima Fans Can Still Win (delusional)

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In the meantime, there's a bit of story in these substories 😜

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Despite being the straight man in almost every interaction, I’m pretty sure Saejima is the funniest RGG protag.

In my first and only op as a legendary hitman, I successfully gunned down 18 men on my own. It’s not my fault they didn’t actually die. I have been in jail for 25 years for a crime I didn’t know I didn’t commit. People I protect/trust repeatedly end up being far more successful hitmen than me. I record memories by rapidly carving them into wood statues. My tutorial in 5 takes place on the astral plane. I need to help this old man kill an abnormally large bear. I’m a major reason why Majima is Like That.

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Hello please reblog this if you’re okay with people sending you random asks to get to know you better

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just realised i made this edit back when i wasnt active on tumblr so here. my pride and joy. im still mad its a little out of sync but what can you do. me adn my husband majimako edit

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i should paint the face majima makes when he forgets the vinegar for yuki... its one of his cutest...

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I seriously love this pic its like it sees its next victim and its eyes start dilating

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I love edgy ass unsociable fictional men 99% of the time theyre literally just autistic

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Since I did it with Majima, I'll do it with Kiryu too: my favorite heat action (the second one)