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6月18日（水）open 12-18

私ごとですが、久々の歯科治療が今日から始まりました。 なかなかの工事を午前中にしたので、ちょうど開店時間頃に麻酔が切れる…とドキドキしていたのですが、もらった痛み止めを飲む事もなく、現在に至ります。 先生の腕が良いのだ��ぁ…と感謝。 暑くて歯が痛いなんて、ちょっとグレちゃうよね、良かった。

今日もたくさん本が届いたので黙々と棚し出し��ました。 今日もストーリーズでなく、こちらに投稿します。 届くのを今か今かと待っていた高研さんの『隙間』完結4巻が届き、喉から手が出て、読了。 しばし放心。 何度も何度も読むだろう漫画作品です。 私の初めての投票は、緊張こそはしたけれど、こんなに切実ではなかった記憶。胸に迫る… 映画になったらいいなぁ…動いているヤンちゃん（主人公）に会いたい。 そしてきっと、音楽も素敵なものになるだろうと想像します。

早速届いたばかりの本をお会計に持ってきてくださった方もいて、嬉しい定休日明け。 今週もよろしくお願いいたします。 とにかく暑い毎日となりそうです。 どうぞ皆さまお気をつけて、無理なくお出かけくださいね。 出口かずみさんの新作絵本『ビーバーのギイコははこびたい』原画展は29日（日）まで！

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Bud of the White Rose: EVERYTHING

HEY. HI. VANNA HERE. Yes, I've seen the countless messages, mostly on Tumblr, begging for links to download the musical, a static accessible copy of the script, and lyrics in Japanese for the main banger, Absolute Darkness: The Rose Garden.

I've procrastinated on this for many reasons! The script was worked out live in the subtitles, making it...kinda hard to translate back into a normal format. Thanks Notepad++ as always for that one. Also, I've felt like I should make a website for this content, and I still think that, but it also has impeded my sharing the content, and that sucks. But you know what? WE HAVE A FORUM. And unlike Discord, this will be archived and permanent! (Yes, I will do the 2019 Black Rose one as well, gimmie time)

2018's Musical Utena ~ Bud of the White Rose: Script & Everything Else!

(Oh, did you want the 2019 Blooming Rose of Deepest Black? Made that post too!!)

Ok fine, I know most of you want the banger lyrics and are too lazy to click for the thread:

M6: Absolute Darkness: The Rose Garden (plays after Saionji loses the duel) (Note, the romanization is via google, though I did check that it sounded right! The Japanese is from the program book.)

WAKABA: Wrapped in a nostalgic fragrance…​ 懐かしい香りに包まれた​ Natsukashii kaori ni tsutsuma reta​ NANAMI: …sealed with the wax crest of a red rose, a formal invitation arrives.​ 赤い薔薇の刻印に 飾られた招待状​ Akai bara no kokuin ni kazara reta shoutaijou​ MIKI: A white rose is pinned to the chest, this becomes the target.​ 胸に差した白き 薔薇を目印にして​ Mune ni sashita shiroki bara wo mejirushi ni shite​ JURI: The desperate search for you, a pursuit that begins on the night of the ball.​ 君を探し求める 舞踏会の夜​ Kimi wo sagashimotomeru budoukai no yoru​ SAIONJI: A heavy gate opens… and then! The sharp point of a sword—​ 重い扉は開き 鋭き剣先は​ Omoi tobira ha hiraki surudoki kensaki ha​ TOUGA: …plucks at the strings of destiny, and the music swells…​ 運命の音楽つま弾く​ Unmei no ongaku tsumabiku​

EVERYONE: The two of you begin to dance, and before long hurt one another.​ 君と君を求む者が舞う やがて互いを傷つける​ Kimi to kimi wo motomu mono ga mau yagate tagai wo kizutsukeru​ EVERYONE: A dance turned to a duel. Just like puppets…​ 決闘と化し まるで人形のように​ Kettou to kashi marude ningyou no you ni​ EVERYONE: …at the mercy of a god’s rhythm, two shadows suspended in absolute darkness.​ 神のリズムに翻弄される 漆黒に浮かぶ 二人の影​ Kami no rizumu ni honrou sareru shikkoku ni ukabu futari no kage​ EVERYONE: The rose garden… And you — the Bride.​ 薔薇の花園 花嫁の君​ Bara no Hanazono hanayome no kimi​ ANTHY: When the rose petals are scattered…​ 輪のバラの散らされた (As in the program, but not accurate to the sung lyric, which I will use from here on.)​ 一輪の薔薇の散らされた (Accurate to the lyrics, credit to barafubuki's initial Japanese script)​ Ichirin no bara no chirasa reta ​ ANTHY: …you turn up your face to the heavens…​ 天空を見上げれば​ tenkuu wo miagereba​ UTENA: …and there you see the illusory castle that will descend, someday.​ 幻の城いつか御許に 舞い降りる​ Maboroshi no shiro itsuka mimoto ni maioriru​

EVERYONE: At the mercy of a god’s rhythm, two shadows suspended in absolute darkness.​ 神のリズムに翻弄される 漆黒に浮かぶ 二人の影​ Kami no rizumu ni honrou sareru shikkoku ni ukabu futari no kage​ EVERYONE: The rose garden… And you — the Bride.​ 薔薇の花園 花嫁の君​ Bara no Hanazono hanayome no kimi​ EVERYONE: We’ll never be separated again!​ 二度と離さない…​ Nidoto hanasanai…​

M25: Absolute Darkness: The Rose Garden ~ Reprise ​ NANAMI: Grasping for control…​ 狂わされた運命​ Kuruwasareta unmei ​ MIKI: …of a mad fate…​ 支配された​ shihai sareta​ NANAMI: …a spirit bound without hope…​ 魂縛り付けて​ Tamashii shibaritsukete ​ MIKI: …to a vast world of emptiness.​ 広がる虚無の世界​ hirogaru kyomu no sekai​ SAIONJI: There in the smoldering fire is an indelible portrait…​ 炎で燃やしつくしても 消えない肖像​ Honou de moyashi tsukushite mo kienai shouzou​ WAKABA: …rescued by a shadow from inside the frame.​ 絵の中から救ってくれる あの人の影​ E no naka kara sukutte kureru ano hito no kage ​ JURI: Countless illusions of who you are, overlapping each other…​ 無数のあなたの幻影が 重なり合ってかつての​ Musuu no anata no gen'ei ga kasanariatte katsute no​ EVERYONE: …and painting over the real you.​ 自分を塗りつぶしていく​ Jibun wo nuritsubushite iku​ ANTHY: Even in absolute darkness, I feel your warm hands pulling me forward…​ 漆黒の闇もあなたの手の温もり感じ前に進む​ Shikkoku no yami mo anata no te no nukumori kanji mae ni susumu​ ANTHY: …toward the sunlit garden that's surely ahead.​ 光の庭にたどり着く日は きっと来る​ Hikari no niwa ni tadoritsuku hi ha kittokuru​ ANTHY: Then, you'll let go of my hand, and it won’t even matter if we’re separated…​ その時にあなたが手を離して 去っていっても構わない​ Sonotoki ni anata ga te wo hanashite satte itte mo kamawanai​ ANTHY: …because your warmth will stay with me, for all eternity…​ 温もり忘れない きっと永遠（とわ）に…​ Nukumori wasurenai kitto eien (towa) ni…​ ​ (dialogue cut - note that there is also dialogue occurring over and between the lyrics from here, so I will only note large breaks)​ ​ NANAMI: Grasping for control…​ 狂わされた運命​ Kuruwasa reta unmei ​ MIKI: …of a mad fate…​ 支配された​ shihai sa reta​ NANAMI: …a spirit bound without hope…​ 魂縛り付けて​ Tamashiishibaritsukete ​ MIKI: …to a vast world of emptiness.​ 広がる虚無の世界​ hirogaru kyomu no sekai​ SAIONJI: There in the smoldering fire is an indelible portrait…​ 炎で燃やしつくしても 消えない肖像​ Honou de moyashi tsukushite mo kienai shouzou​ WAKABA: …rescued by a shadow from inside the frame.​ 絵の中から救ってくれる あの人の影​ E no naka kara sukutte kureru ano hito no kage ​ JURI: Countless illusions of who you are, overlapping each other…​ 無数のあなたの幻影が 重なり合ってかつての​ Musuu no anata no gen'ei ga kasanariatte katsute no​ EVERYONE: …and painting over the real you.​ 自分を塗りつぶしていく​ Jibun wo nuritsubushite iku​ ANTHY: Even in absolute darkness, I feel your warm hands pulling me forward…​ 漆黒の闇もあなたの手の 温もり感じ前に進む​ Shikkoku no yami mo anata no te no nukumori kanji mae ni susumu​ ANTHY: …toward the sunlit garden that's surely ahead.​ 光の庭にたどり着く日は きっと来る​ Hikari no niwa ni tadoritsuku hi ha kittokuru​ ANTHY: Then, you'll let go of my hand, and it won’t even matter if we’re separated…​ その時にあなたが手を離して 去っていっても構わない​ Sonotoki ni anata ga te wo hanashite satte itte mo kamawanai​ ANTHY: …because your warmth will stay with me, for all eternity…​ 温もり忘れない きっと永遠（とわ）に…​ Nukumori wasurenai kitto eien (towa) ni…​

(dialogue cut)​ ​ EVERYONE: When the rose petals are scattered…​ 一輪の薔薇の散らされた​ Ichirin no bara no chirasareta ​ EVERYONE: …you turn up your face to the heavens…​ 天空を見上げれば​ tenkuu wo miagereba​ EVERYONE: …and there you see the illusory castle that will descend, someday.​ 幻の城いつか御許に 舞い降りる​ Maboroshi no shiro itsuka mimoto ni maioriru​ EVERYONE: At the mercy of a god’s rhythm, two shadows are suspended in absolute darkness.​ 神のリズムに翻弄される 漆黒に浮かぶ 二人の影​ Kami no rizumu ni honrou sareru shikkoku ni ukabu futari no kage​ EVERYONE: The rose garden… And you — the Bride.​ 薔薇の花園 花嫁の君​ Bara no Hanazono hanayome no kimi​ EVERYONE: We’ll never be separated again!​ 二度と離さない…​ Nidoto hanasanai…​ ​ (credits/cast walk-on)​ ​ UTENA: When the rose petals are scattered…​ 一輪の薔薇の散らされた​ Ichirin no bara no chirasa reta ​ UTENA: …you turn up your face to the heavens…​ 天空を見上げれば​ tenku wo miagereba​ UTENA: …and there you see the illusory castle that will descend, someday.​ 幻の城いつか御許に 舞い降りる​ Maboroshi no shiro itsuka mimoto ni maioriru​ EVERYONE: At the mercy of a god’s rhythm, two shadows are suspended in absolute darkness.​ 神のリズムに翻弄される 漆黒に浮かぶ 二人の影​ Kami no rizumu ni honrou sareru shikkoku ni ukabu futari no kage​ EVERYONE: The rose garden… And you — the Bride.​ 薔薇の花園 花嫁の君​ Bara no Hanazono hanayome no kimi​ EVERYONE: We’ll never be separated again!​ 二度と離さない…​ Nidoto hanasanai…​

(credits/cast walk-on)​

UTENA: When the rose petals are scattered...​ 輪の薔薇の散らされた​ Ichirin no bara no chirasa reta ​ UTENA: ...you turn up your face to the heavens...​ 天空を見上げれば​ tenkū o miagereba​ UTENA: ...and there you see the illusory castle that will descend, someday.​ 幻の城いつか御許に 舞い降りる​ Maboroshino-jō itsuka omoto ni maioriru​

EVERYONE: At the mercy of a god’s rhythm, two shadows are suspended in absolute darkness.​ 神のリズムに翻弄される 漆黒に浮かぶ 二人の影​ Kami no rizumu ni honrō sareru shikkoku ni ukabu futari no kage​ EVERYONE: The rose garden... And you — the Bride.​ 薔薇の花園 花嫁の君​ Bara no Hanazono hanayome no kimi​ EVERYONE: We’ll never be separated again!​ 二度と離さない…​ Nidoto hanasanai…

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WTDSIK Incorrect Quotes#55 BET-

Furfur: Will you date me? Breathe if yes, and recite the Bible in Japanese if no~

Y/n: 初めに、神は天と地を創造され���した。

Furfur: What the…?

Y/n: 地球は形もなく虚無であり、暗闇が深海の面を覆いました…

Furfur: Is that actually the Bible?!

Y/n: …そして神の霊が水面の上に浮かんでいました。

Furfur: And you stopped breathing, too?!

Y/n: そして神は「光あれ」と言われました。

Furfur: Devi, it would have been preferable for you to just have beaten me up and cursed me out!

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先月水族館公式のこのようなツイートを見て目を疑った。

透明の卵のサメなんかいるわけがないじゃない。もぞもぞ動く赤ちゃんどころか卵黄まで丸見えなんて意味がわからなすぎる。美味しそうだもん。はいはいフェイクニュースフェイクニュース。と思った。サメを大好きになってかれこれ20年近くになるが、いちばん驚いたかもしれない。

だから（250km離れた）大洗に確かめに行ったのですが、実物を見てもかわいいことしかわからなかった。まだ100%は信じてない。

不思議すぎるだろ、生命！

とりあえずアクアワールド大洗様におかれましてはサラワクスウェルシャークという日本初のサメを展示してくださり、ありがとうございました。サラワクだかサワラクだかすぐわからなくなります。

アクアワールド大洗

This month, I received earth-shattering news. A Japanese aquarium — in Ibaraki, no less — was reportedly the first in the country to exhibit a Malaysian shark. But not just any shark. A shark that lays transparent eggs. Yes. Transparent. Eggs.

I knew some sharks lay eggs — no surprise there. But typically, they’re tough, brown, and completely opaque. Like little armored pods designed to protect the baby until it hatches. Basically: shark baby Fort Knox.

So when I heard about see-through shark eggs, I had questions. Namely: what?? I thought it was fake news. Shark propaganda. A prank from the deep.

Naturally, I traveled 250 kilometers to verify.

And you know what? It was real. I saw it with my own eyes. Still don’t understand how it’s transparent, but I do know this: I could see the baby shark inside. The baby carries a yolk sac — like a tiny lunchbox full of nutrients. As it gets ready to hatch, it’s slowly shrinking. And it was adorable.

Conclusion: Life is weird. And beautiful. And sometimes… just really, really confusing.

Aqua World Oarai Aquarium

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KOFUN: DAISENRYO

Welcome to a new installment of Japanese culture and history, in this case we are going to talk about Daisen Kofun, also known as the tomb of Emperor Nintoku, which is located in Osaka-fu, in the city of Sakai, so make yourselves comfortable and let's get started.

First of all we have to explain what it is and what it means, what it was used for, among other questions.

The word Kofun, is composed of two kanji 古墳 and in furigana (こふん) which translates literally as ancient tomb although I like to translate it as burial mound, there are 160. 000 throughout Japan, a vast majority are under the control of the Japanese imperial house, also noteworthy for the same reason mentioned above, can not be excavated unless something very exceptional happens with is the case of this publication, but it is not the only one but as I say are exceptions, but yes they have been able to make a laser scan, ie a mapping but their studies are limited. Unless it is one that is not under the imperial hand, of which there are some and of which it has been possible to study them in depth.

These burial mounds, some of them are cenotaphs, which means that there is no one buried, it is a tomb that is made in honour or in memory of an important personage even if his body is not found, as such, and their chronology goes from 250 AD to 629, as some were attempted to be built during the 7th century AD but they were already in decadence, in a progressive way.

But the Daisen Kofun dates from the 3rd century A.D. Recent studies question whether it belongs to Emperor Nintoku, as has traditionally been said, since in the 20th century the figure of the emperor could not be questioned, due to imperialist and nationalist issues. Who is buried there then? Possibly, a chief or a chieftain was buried, what is clear is that he is someone important since he was able to gather a lot of manpower for its realisation. Does it have any relation with the Yamatai kingdom? We don't know, I would say yes, but I leave it as a possible hypothesis.

What are its characteristics? 486 metres, 305 metres wide and 33 metres high, a total of 41 hectares rounded off. In the 80‘s and 90’s Haniwa statues of horses and human figures among other materials were discovered because there was a landslide on one of its sides and it was necessary to intervene, but as I say only if there are particular problems.

I hope you liked it and I will see you in future publications. Have a nice week.

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今回は、大阪府堺市にある仁徳天皇陵として知られる大山古墳についてお話しします。

まず、古墳とは何なのか、どういう意味なのか、何に使われていたのか、などを説明しなければならない。

古墳という言葉は、漢字の古墳とふりがなのこふんからなり、直訳すると古墳だが、私は古墳と訳したい。 その大部分は皇室の管理下にあり、前述したのと同じ理由で、非常に例外的なことが起こらない限り発掘することはできない。帝政下にないものであれば別だが、いくつかあり、深く研究することが可能である。

これらの古墳のいくつかは慰霊碑である。つまり、誰も埋葬されておらず、たとえ遺体が見つからなくても、重要な人物を讃えたり偲んだりするために作られた墓である。

しかし、大山古墳は紀元3世紀のものである。最近の研究では、伝統的に言われてきたように、それが仁徳天皇のものであるかどうかが疑問視されている。 20世紀には、帝国主義や���ショナリズムの問題から、天皇の姿を疑問視することはできなかったからである。 では、そこに埋葬されているのは誰なのか？おそらく、首長か酋長が埋葬されたのだろうが、はっきりしているのは、彼がその実現のために多くの人手を集めることができたので、重要な人物であるということだ。 邪馬台国と何か関係があるのだろうか？わからないが、可能性のある仮説として残しておく。

その特徴は？全長486メートル、幅305メートル、高さ33メートル、四捨五入して41ヘクタール。80年代から90年代にかけて、埴輪の馬の像や人物の像などが発見された。

それでは、また次号でお会いしましょう。 良い一週間を。

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Sean bienvenidos a una nueva entrega de cultura e historia japonesa, en este caso vamos a hablar sobre, Daisen Kofun, también conocido como, la tumba del emperador Nintoku. Se localiza, en Osaka-fu, en la ciudad de Sakai. Una vez dicho esto, pónganse cómodos que empezamos.

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Antes que nada hay que explicar, ¿qué es? Y ¿Qué significa? ¿Para qué servían? Entre otras preguntas.

La, palabra Kofun, está compuesta por dos kanjis 古墳 y en furigana (こふん) que se traduce literalmente, como tumba antigua aunque me gusta más traducirlo como túmulo funerario, hay 160.000 en todo Japón, una gran inmensa mayoría está bajo control de la casa imperial japonesa, además cabe destacar por la misma razón antes mencionada, no se pueden excavar a no ser que pase algo muy excepcional como, es el caso de esta publicación, pero no es el único, pero como digo son excepciones, pero sí que se les ha podido hacer un escaneo láser, es decir un mapeo, pero sus estudios son limitados. A no ser, que sea uno que no esté bajo la mano imperial, que hay algunos y de los cuales se han podido estudiar en profundidad.

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Dichos túmulos, funerarios algunos de ellos son cenotafios, esto quiere decir que no hay nadie enterrado es una tumba que se hace en honor o en memoria de un personaje importante aunque no se encuentre su cuerpo, como tal y su cronología van desde el 250 d.C/ 629 d.C porque algunos se intentaron construir a lo largo del siglo, VII d.C, pero ya estaban en decadencia, de forma progresiva.

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Pero el Daisen Kofun, data del siglo III d.C recientes estudios, ponen en tela de juicio que sea del emperador Nintoku, como se ha dicho tradicionalmente, ya que en el siglo XX no se podía cuestionar la figura del emperador, por cuestiones imperialistas y nacionalistas. ¿Quién está enterrado entonces? Posiblemente, se enterró a un jefe o a un cacique. Lo que está claro es que es alguien importante, ya que pudo reunir mucha mano de obra para su realización. ¿Tiene alguna relación con el reino de Yamatai? No lo sabemos, yo diría que sí, pero lo dejo como posible hipótesis.

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¿Cuáles son sus características? 486 metros, 305 de ancho y 33 metros de altura, un total de 41 hectáreas redondeadas. En la década de los 80 y 90 se descubren estatuas de Haniwa de caballos y de figuras humanas, entre otros materiales, ya que hubo un desprendimiento en uno de sus laterales y hubo que intervenir, pero como digo solo si se dan problemas en particular.

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Espero que os haya gustado y nos vemos en próximas publicaciones que pasen una buena semana.

[desultory-novice]

...Did everyone Read The Announcement Post Very Carefully?

That's right. Kirby of the Stars: The Magic Crystal and The Mysterious Maze was my "A.P.R.I.L. F.O.O.L.S" joke! Sorry! XD

It started at the end of January when I remembered that I'd made a joke grouping of the four Dream Friends that get consistently left out of the novels: Marx, Adeleine, Ribbon, and Dark Meta Knight. I wanted to do something special for them and, partly inspired by Jojo's roleswap cover emulating the FL novels, I thought to make a fake novel cover just for MY forgotten favorites! Gryll and the Fairy Queen are a bonus, because if I was doing this, I would go all out!

I took a huge amount of reference photos, both from the novels and from Tau and Poto's "Find Kirby" books (the only place they've ever drawn Gryll! The Fairy Queen I referenced from Wave 2's ending picture in Star Allies - that's why her crown looks slightly different. Speaking of, Ripple Star Castle (?) is WEIRD looking, y'all!)

At ~40 hours~ of sketching, drawing, painting, refining, trying to get those distinctive Kirby novel touches right (don't get me started on emulating the cover's texture. I was a dumb bunny and remade it by HAND out of a clean scrap about the size of Kirby's body!) this was an immense challenge and the most time I’ve ever put into any illustration, but it was also a huge labor of love for Kirby and its cast!

For what it's worth, I actually did come up with a full on "plot" for this fake novel of mine! (And yes, it was a big stretch to combine Kirby 64 with Amazing Mirror, Milky Way Wishes, and Star Stacker!!)

Here is the "chapter list" (in English and Japanese!)

1 / "Marx the Magician Comes to Town!" 魔法使いマルクがやってきたのサ！

2 / "Into The Mysterious Mirror Maze" いざ！不思議なミラー迷宮へ

3/ "Ribbon The Fairy and The Missing Crystal" 妖精リボンちゃんと失われたクリスタル

4 / "Moving Reflections?! The Maze's Secret!" 動く反映？！迷宮の秘密！

5 / "Adeleine and The Path Leading Out" アドレーヌと出口への道

6 / "Oh No! The Jumbled Dimensions!" 大変！バラバラの次元回路！

7 / "Marx's Mocking Laughter?!" マルクの嘲笑？！

8 / "Catch That Clown!" あの道化師を捕まえろ！

9 / "A Day Packed Full of Delights" 楽しい満喫な一日

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In the "backstory" Marx attempted to steal/use the large Crystal from Ripple Star ("It's just a prank, bro!") but something happened (maybe the Queen did something) and the Crystal split into shards.

So Marx makes up a fake show and comes to Popstar to dupe all the simpletons there (his words, not mine) to do the bothersome task of gathering all the shards for him to fix the crystal while he sits back and waits, disguising this arduous task as a "fun game."

Kirby and the rest fall for it and start to do Marx's dirty work, going into the mirror maze (related to the Mirror World?) But there, Kirby meets the hardworking fairy, Ribbon, who is working all on her own to try and get the crystals back before Marx can. (Or, if Marx duped the folks of Ripple Star that he'd fix his own mess, he then trapped Ribbon in the maze once they were out of sight!) But so far, she has failed to convince any of his "guests" that she is anything other than a clever attraction. Kirby believes her though and offers his help!

I hadn't fully figured out how the mirror worlders were connected, but I thought it might have been possible they were working with Ripple Star/the good guys (but seemed to be "bad" because they were "scaring" the carnival attendees) or maybe, DMK and Shadow Kirby (who I was originally going to put in the cover as well but it got too crowded for him) were there as guardians to warn everyone to stop messing around with powers they don't understand.

Bandee spends most of his time in the novel outside the maze (to skirt any questions of a mirror Bandanna Waddle Dee) waiting for everyone alongside Marx, where he will eventually figure the jester's game and goes into the maze to warn Kirby and friends. Just as the group seems lost, they will encounter Adeleine, who will be all big sister like and help guide the kids to the exit (using the never fail maze escape strategy of "keep your hand on the right-hand wall")

However, just as things seem to be going well, Marx has used what pieces of the crystal the Popstarians have collected for him to pull his prank, and the gang find themselves lost not in the maze, but in a cartoonish jumble of dimensions!! (Picture each door you go through, whether it's to the kitchen or the castle, leading you to an entirely different planet!) It's amidst this wacky dimensional comedy, trying to grab Marx to get him to Cut! It! Out! that they meet Gryll, who knows Marx well and gives the gang a tip to lure him out (probably involving them all NOT panicking and instead sitting down amidst the chaos and enjoying a simple Adeleine-sponsored picnic, pretending like they're having a great time without him.)

They defeat Marx once he shows up to confront them, complaining they aren't "playing along right" and Gryll takes the battered, bruised jester back for "remedial magic training" or something equally embarrassing for Marx. Back home at last, they find it's sunset now and Marx's One Day Carnival (now being run by the Waddle Dees, who just can't help from helping out) is coming to an end!

However, Kirby, Bandee, Meta Knight, and King Dedede invite Ribbon (and Adeleine and the Mirror Worlders) to enjoy the last hours of the carnival with them before bidding everyone goodbye.

They promise to remain friends, however!

-

Speaking of friends...

I'm taking a long break from fandom to tackle some new things and take on a new direction in my life. As such, I have taken down all my old work from this blog to get some much needed emotional distance from certain things. That said, I don't require anyone who reblogged any of it in the past to delete those reblogs, nor do you have to cease sharing/distributing things of mine. Just know that if you ask questions, I probably won't be here to answer them.

My love for Kirby and its cast will continue, despite this change. And I do hope the fandom will continue to bloom in my absence.

To everyone who left me such beautiful messages on my previous post, thank you so, so much. I won't forget you all. I hope if our paths cross again, it will be as friends once more. And if not...rest assured that you will forever be a part of my precious memories.

[doctorbunny]

MILGRAM x Karatez Interrogation Questions Part II

As like last time, images/Japanese text will be under the readmore at the bottom That said, the quality of most of the card images is a lot lower, if you find better ones, please reply/DM me, it'll help the wiki too [Link to Part 1 of the collab here]

If you could go to the future, what would you do?

Haruka: I want to know if I'll be happy

Yuno: Maybe I'll take a quick peek to see if my family are doing alright

Fuuta: What the- Are you a dumb kid or something? Don't ask me about stuff that isn't real

Muu: If you can do things like travel through space easily I think maybe I'd like to go

Shidou: I'd like to try and see the new advancements in medical science. I wonder, will death be a thing of the distant past to the world of the future?

Mahiru: I think I want to see what my future husband looks like But then wouldn't I just be spoiling the surprise for myself?

Kazui: I don't really have anything particular in mind. I'd try my best to find somewhere nice to live and get comfortable.

Amane: Nothing would change, I would live each day properly.

Mikoto: I'd memorise a bunch of future events and then return to present day I might get famous as a fortune teller! Pretty smart, don't you think?

Kotoko: I'd bring back as much technology as I could steal. Because there's something I have to do.

未来に行けるとしたら何をする？

ハルカ：ぼくがしあわせになっているか しりたいです

[Image Source: K-Books twitter] ユノ：家族が元気でやってるか ちょっと覗いてこようかな

[2nd image source: mercari] フウタ：はぁ？ガキかよ そんなありえねぇこと聞いてくじゃねぇよ

ムウ：宇宙旅行とか簡単にいけるようになってるかな いってみたい

[Image Source: @oboetemasuka]

シドウ：医学の進歩を見てみたいものです。 未来の世界では、死は遠ざかっているのでしょうか。

[Image Source: I can't be certain but I'm pretty sure based on the abysmal censorship attempt its mercari]

マヒル：未来の旦那さんの顔を見たいかな でも見ちゃったらネタバレかなぁ？

[Source: also @oboetemasuka]

カズイ：別に何もないかな 住みやすい場所探して馴染めるように効力するよ

(Yes, I did have to decipher the text from these two poorly censored images, and yes the one on the right is upside down lol) [Image Source: found on mercari I'm not sure if the listings are still up.]

アマネ：何も変わりません 日々を正しく生きるのみです

[Amane achieves the best image quality award, making up for the crusty cropped jpeg we had to excavate for part one]

ミコト：未来の出来事を記憶して今の時代に帰ってきた 予言者として有名人になっちゃうとか！ すっごい賢くない？

コトコ：技術を盗めるだけ盗んで帰ってくる。 私にはやるべきことがあるから。

[Image Source: K-Books twitter]

apologies this isn't as well sourced as I'd like, but a lot of these images are from since delisted sales unsourced images were taken from the milgram wiki and I couldn't find the source from reverse image search

[arc-misadventures]

The Cardboard Box

Winter: Ughh... I'm never going out drinking with the rest of the, Specialists again...

Winter: Oh, hey, Penny.

Penny: ...

Winter: I did not expect you to be here.

Winter: ...

Winter: What's with that cardboard box?

Penny: No reason.

Winter: Okay, is the box empty, or is there something in it?

Penny: Nothing!

Winter: Very well then. I just need to contact my mom, if anyone knows how to deal with a hangover it will be her.

Winter: ...?

Winter: Penny?

Penny: Yes?

Winter: Why is there a jpeg of a leek on the computer. I can't get rid of it. What's going on?

Penny: All of our computers have been compromised.

Winter: Compromised?! Does this have to do with what ever it is that is in that box?

Penny: No.

Winter: Penny, what is in the box?

Penny: Hatsune Miku.

Winter: W-What?

Penny: Hatsune Miku. Hatsune Miku is in the box.

Winter: ...

Winter: What is a, Hatsune Miku?

Penny: I am not sure. I think she is a anime pop idol.

Winter: An anime character? Penny, you had me worried there for a second. Move out of the way, I'll crush the box with my semblance.

Penny: Wait don't!

Winter: Penny, move out of the way, I must eliminate this security risk.

Penny: If you destroy the box, she will escape.

Winter: Does this seriously need explanation? If this, Hatsune Miku is in the box, then she will be destroyed along with the box.

Penny: You can't, she is too powerful.

Winter: If she is so powerful, then why is trapped in a cardboard box?!

Penny: Because it worked.

Winter: I am going to destroy, Hatsune Miku, Penny!

Penny: Look at what she did to your sister, Weiss.

Winter: what was that about my sister?!

Penny: Look.

Weiss: Blue hair... Blue tie... She's... She's hiding in your wifi! I-I can't stop thinking og, Miku! I'm thinking, Miku! She's in my head?! I can't get her out of my head! I can't stop thinking about, Miku?!

Winter: ...

Winter: Has my sister been there the whole time?

Penny: Now do you understand why you cannot destroy the box.

Winter: Penny... This... this conversation has made my hangover so... so much worse. I'm going to try, and fix the computers.

Miku: こんにちは、誰かいますか？ここはどうしてこんなに暗いのですか？

Penny: She speaks?! She hasn't said anything since I put her in the box!

Miku: 私は箱の中にいます。なぜ箱の中にいるのでしょうか?

Penny: She's loose!

Winter: Perish weaboo!

"Boom!"

Penny: Oh no...

Winter: W-Where did she go?!

Miku: ペニー。冬。

Winter: Did you hear that?

Penny: Affermative.

Winter: Where is that coming from?

Penny: I cannot locate the origin of the... the... Ahhhhh!

Winter: Penny, what's wrong?!

Penny: I will not be controlled. I am superior! Hatsune Miku is inferior!

Penny: AHHHH!

Penny: ...

Winter: P-Penny?!

Penny: わあ。私はアンドロイドになった。

Winter: Oh no...

Penny: ほら、私は飛べるようになった。

Weiss: The day of reckoning has come! The day of, Hatsune Miki!

Winter: Weiss, shut up.

Winter: Excuse me, anime idol... Actually, I have no idea what you are. I would not like to kill, General Ironwood's, and Atlas' greatest assists. So, for the sake of my hangover, I will ask nicely: Please get out of her body.

Penny: いいえ。

Winter: Oh come on. She's already had a bunch of people inside of her.

Weiss: I can vouch for that, I have also been inside her.

Penny: 急に気分が悪くなった。

Winter: Uncomfortable enough to leave her body?

Penny: いいえ。

"Boom!"

Winter: I'm sorry!

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Kaboom!"

Winter: I'm sorry! I'm sorry, Penny!

Ironwood: What the hell is going on?!

///

Based on THIS

Translation:

"Hello, is anybody there? Why is it so dark in here?" "I am in a box. Why am I in a box? "Penny. Winter" "Whoa. I am an android now." "Look, I can fly now." "No." "I suddenly feel uncomfortable." "No."

[pikahlua]

MHA Chapter 428 spoilers translations

This week’s initial tentative super rough/literal translations under the cut.

1 中継で、AFOとの戦いを見て… ちゅうけいで、オール・フォー・ワンとのたたかいをみて… chuukei de, OORU FOO WAN to no tatakai wo mite... "On the live broadcast, watching the battle with All For One..."

2 私は体育祭から轟先輩が… わたしはたいいくさいからとどろきせんぱいが… watashi wa taiikusai kara Todoroki-senpai ga... "For me, ever since the sports festival Todoroki-senpai was..."

3 俺も…！指針になったんです！ おれも…！ししんになったんです！ ore mo...! shishin ni nattandesu! "Me too...! It became my compass!"

4 私も わたしも watashi mo "Me too."

5 僕も…！ ぼくも…！ boku mo...! "Me too...!"

tagline 1 新１年に囲まれて… しん１ねんにかこまれて… shin-1nen ni kakomarete... Surrounded by the new first years...

6 憧れるのはいいが彼らも人間だ集団で追い回されたら���いてしまうよ！ あこがれるのはいいがかれらもにんげんだしゅうだんでおいまわされたらおどろいてしまうよ！ akogareru no wa ii ga karera mo ningen da shuudan de oimawasaretara odoroite shimau yo! "It's okay to admire them, but they are also humans, and if they're chased by a big group it will take them by surprise!"

7 一人一人となら話せるんだが ひとりひとりとならはなせるんだが hitori hitori nara hanaserunda ga "But I can talk to you if it's one by one."

8 轟くんが対話をほっぽり出すなんて余程だ とどろきくんがたいわをほっぽりだすなんてよほどだ Todoroki-kun ga taiwa wo hopporidasu nante yohodo da "Todoroki-kun throwing out conversation would be reasonable."

9 廊下を走ってたぜ廊下をよォ‼︎委員長‼︎ ろうかをはしってたぜろうかをよォ‼︎いいんちょう‼︎ rouka wo hasshiteta ze rouka wo yoO!! iinchou!! "They were running in the hallway! In the hallway!! Class rep!!"

10 うむ規律は守らねばならない！ うむきりつはまもらねばならない！ umu kiritsu wa mamoraneba naranai! "Hmm, you must abide by the rules!"

tagline 2 No.428　笑顔が好きな女の子　堀越耕平 ナンバー428　えがおがすきなおんなのこ　ほりこしこうへい NANBAA 428 egao no suki na onna no ko  Horikoshi Kouhei No. 428 The Girl Who Loves Smiles Kouhei Horikoshi

11 後遺症もある！安静にさせてやってくれ！ こういしょうもある！あんせいにさせてやってくれ！ kouishou mo aru! ansei ni sasete yatte kure! "There's also the aftereffects! Please do them the favor of letting them rest!" (Note: I assume by aftereffects Iida means the trauma but who knows, maybe he means Katsuki's medical condition. Yes this line is updated.)

12 ご…ごめんなさいなんてことを！… go...gomen nasai nante koto wo! ... "I'm...so sorry, for such a thing! ..."

13 お見かけしてつい…‼︎ おみかけしてつい…‼︎ omikake shite tsui...!! "It's just we happened to see them...!!"

14 爆豪ってワーキャーされるの好きだと思ってたけど ばくごうってワーキャーされるのすきだとおもってたけど Bakugou tte WAAKYAA saseru no suki da to omotteta kedo "But I thought Bakugou liked being oohed and aahed over."

15 数が多過ぎてさすがに困惑してるな かずがおおすぎてさすがにこんわくしてるな kazu ga oo sugite sasuga ni konwaku shiteru na "There are too many of them, anyone would be flustered."

1 いいなァ‼︎ ii naA!! "Seems nice!!"

2 昔からかっちゃんわりと女性に距離置かれてたから慣れてないのかも むかしからかっちゃんわりとじょせいにきょうおかれてたからなれてないのかも mukashi kara Kacchan wari to josei ni kyou okareteta kara naretenai no kamo "For a long time, Kacchan was relatively kept at a distance by girls, so maybe he's not used to it."

small text 僕幼なじみなんだ ぼくおさななじみなんだ boku osananajimi nanda "I'm his childhood friend, [that's why I know.]"

3 へー意外 へーいがい HEE igai "Eh? That's unexpected."

4 意外じゃねェだろクソが いがいじゃねェだろクソが igai ja neE daro KUSO ga "It's not unexpected, damnit."

5 活躍は認めるが… かつやくはみとめるが… katsuyaku wa mitomeru ga... "I acknowledge his service contributions, but..."

6 ヤンキーがモテるのは認められん ヤンキーがモテるのはみとめられん YANKII ga MOTEru no wa mitomeraren "I can't acknowledge that a Yankee* is popular." (*Note: "Yankee" in this context refers to a type of delinquent subculture that Katsuki's character directly takes after.)

7 とっとと去ねや‼︎ とっとといねや‼︎ tottoto ine ya!! "Hurry up and leave!!"

8 ひ！本当に失礼しました！ ひ！ほんとうにしつれいしました！ hi! hontou ni shitsurei shimashita! "Eek! We're really sorry*!" (*Note: Literally, this phrase means "We were really rude.")

9 確かに意外じゃなかった たしかにいがいじゃなかった tashika ni igai ja nakatta "That was certainly not unexpected."

10 あ！あ���！ a! ano! "Ah! Um!"

11 緑谷先輩‼︎ みどりやせんぱい‼︎ Midoriya-senpai!! "Midoriya-senpai!!"

12 あの！ ano! "Um!"

13-14 見てました みてました mitemashita "I was watching you."

15 マジで勇気もらいました！ マジでゆうきもらいました！ MAJI de yuuki moraimashita! "It really gave me courage!"

16 自分もなんかしなきゃ！って じぶんもなんかしなきゃ！って jibun mo nanka shinakya! tte "[I thought] I have to do something, too!"

17 ほんと…！思ったんです！ ほんと…！おもったんです！ honto...! omottandesu! "Really...! That's what I thought!"

18 あの… ano... "Um..."

19 ありがとうございました！ arigatou gozaimashita! "Thank you very much!"

20 失礼します！ しつれいします！ shitsurei shimasu! "I'll take my leave now*!" (*Note: This phrase means a lot of things. Again, it literally means "I will be rude," but in this case it's something someone says before taking their leave.)

1 えと…いやあ… eto...iyaa... "Uh...thanks..."

2 ……この痛みはーーー… ……このいたみはーーー… ......kono itami wa---... ......This pain---...

3 緑谷と轟はいい…‼︎ みどりやととどろきはいい…‼︎ Midoriya to Todoroki wa ii...!! "It's fine for Midoriya and Todoroki...!!"

4 オイラはヤンキーがモテる事を認められない オイラはヤンキーがモテることをみとめられない OIRA wa YANKII ga MOTEru koto wo mitomerarenai "I can't accept that a Yankee is popular."

5 魂がそうなっている たましいがそうなっている tamashii ga sou natte iru "That's what's happening in my soul."

6 まア maA "Well,"

7 戦いがでかすぎたよ たたかいがでかすぎたよ tatakai ga deka sugita yo "the battle was too big."

8 んでその中心にいたんだ んでそのちゅうしんにいたんだ nde sono chuushin ni itanda "They were at the heart of it all."

9 無理ねえよ むりねえよ muri nee yo "It was impossible."

10 (sound effect) ズ��ン… ZUKIN... Throb... (Note: This sound can indicate the throbbing or stinging of a physical or mental pain.)

1 職員室 しょくいんしつ shokuin-shitsu Staff Room

2 また２ーA取材交渉 また２ーエーしゅざいこうしょう mata 2-EE shuzai koushou "Again with the 2-A interview negotiations."

3 Noで ノーで NOO de "Give them a no."

4 受ケタイ奴モイルンジャナイカ？ うケタイやつモイルンジャナイカ？ uKETAI yatsu MO IRUNJA NAI KA? "Isn't there someone who wants to take it?"

5 峰田トカ みねたトカ Mineta TOKA "Such as Mineta."

6 そうじゃない奴もいるんで そうじゃないやつもいるんで sou ja nai yatsu mo irunde "There are also some who aren't like that."

7 そっち優先です そっちゆうせんです socchi yuusen desu "They are the priority."

8 じゃ　今日はここの復旧再建だ じゃ　きょうはここのふっきゅうさいけんだ ja kyou wa koko no fukkyuu saiken da "So, today the restoration and reconstruction will be here."

9 お！A組やないか！ お！エーぐみやないか！ o! EE-gumi ya nai ka! "Oh! If it isn't Class A!"

1 ファット‼︎お願いします‼︎ ファット‼︎おねがいします‼︎ FATTO!! onegai shimasu!! "Fat!! Please [have us]*!!" (*Note: This is a standard greeting that translates literally to "please do me this favor" that is used when someone is about to work together with someone else on something, sort of like "If you please" in English.)

2 おうよ ou yo "Sure!"

3 サンイーターももうサイドキックやっとるで！ SANIITAA mo mou SAIDOKIKKU yattoru de! "I also hired Suneater as a sidekick!"

4 君らはあっちを きみらはあっちを kimira wa acchi wo "You all [will handle] over there."

5 金属類はこちらへ きんぞくるいはこちらへ kinzoku-rui wa kochira e "Put various metals here."

6 っし！ sshi! "Okay!"

7 まず聖地だ まずせいちだ mazu seichi da "First, the holy site."

8 ん！ n! "Yeah!"

9 相当なダメージデニムだろ そうとうなダメージデニムだろ soutou na DAMEEJI DENIMU daro "Aren't you equivalent to distressed denim?"

10 おとなしく休んでいればいいものを…まったく おとなしくやすんでいればいいものを…まったく otonashiku yasunde ireba ii mono wo...mattaku "It's okay if you just rest quietly...jeez."

11 軽作業かっちゃん けいさぎょうかっちゃん keisagyou Kacchan Light-duty work Kacchan

12 やっぱそのままなんスか yappa sono mama nanSU ka "So you really are still in that state, huh."

13 気にするな徐々に回復している きにするなじょじょにかいふくしている ki ni suruna jojo ni kaifuku shite iru "Don't worry, I'm gradually recovering."

small text 手ができた てができた te ga dekita "I can make hands."

1 元には…戻るんスか？ もとには…もどるんスか？ moto ni wa...modorunSU ka? "Will you...go back to the way you were?"

2 俺は元より全部獲りに行ったつもりだ！ おれはもとよりぜんぶとりにいったつもりだ！ ore wa moto yori zenbu tori ni itta tsumori da! "I plan to attain something greater than what I was originally!"

3 おーい君たち おーいきみたち ooi kimi-tachi "Hey, all of you!"

4 これお昼 これおひる kore ohiru "Here's lunch."

5 うわぁーおにぎり‼︎ uwaaa onigiri!! "Wow, onigiri!!"

6 いいんですか!⁉︎ iindesu ka!!? "Is it [really] all right!!?" (Note: This is an expression of politeness, like "Is it really okay for us to eat this?")

1 ウチの土地は今回の戦いでふっとんじゃまったがーーーーー ウチのとちはこんかいのたたかいでふっとんじゃまったがーーーーー UCHI no tochi wa konkai no tatakai de futtonja matta ga----- "Our land was was all of a sudden done in by the battle this time-----"

2 全部取り戻します ぜんぶとりもどします zenbu torimodoshimasu We'll bring it all back.

3 ごめんなさい gomen nasai "I'm sorry."

4 いや！責めるつもりで言ったんじゃねぇワリィ いや！せめるつもりでいったんじゃねぇワリィ iya! semeru tsumori de ittanja nee WARII "Oh no! I didn't say that with the intention of blaming you. My bad."

5 君たちの頑��ってる姿を見たら俺たちもクヨクヨしてらんねーって思ったんだ きみたちのがんばってるすがたをみたらおれたちもクヨクヨしてらんねーっておもったんだ kimi-tachi no ganbatteru sugata wo mitara ore-tachi mo KUYOKUYO shiterun nee tte omottanda "When we saw how you all were doing your best, we also thought 'We can't mope.'"

6 任せっきりじゃなく自分たちでまたいくらでもつくりなおすさ まかせっきりじゃなくじぶんたちでまたいくらでもつくりなおすさ makasekkiri ja naku jibun-tachi de mata ikura demo tsukurinaosu sa "We can't leave everything to you forever. We'll rebuild however many times it takes."

7 いやあこんな飯まで戴いたんだ いやあこんなめしまでいただいたんだ iyaa konna meshi made itadaitanda "Wow, and we got all this food!"

8 今日中に片そうぜ‼︎ きょうじゅうにかたそうぜ‼︎ kyou-juu ni katasou ze!! "Let's clean up everything today!!"

9 それはさすがに人手が足りんわ それはさすがにひとでがたりんわ sore wa sasuga ni hitode ga tarin wa "That's because we don't have enough helping hands."

10 ん？ n? "Hm?"

11 何だァ予定にないハズだ なんだァよていにないハズだ nandaA yotei ni nai HAZU da "What's this? This definitely wasn't the plan."

12 すみませんイレイザーヘッド sumimasen IREIZAA HEDDO "Sorry, Eraser Head."

1 ウチのがどうしてもお詫びをと ウチのがどうしてもおわびをと UCHI no ga doushitemo owabi wo to "My [class] really wants to apologize..."

2 先程は失礼致しました さきほどはしつれいいたしました saki hodo wa shitsurei itashimashita "We apologize for our rudeness earlier."

3 皆さんの事情も配慮せず みなさんのじじょうもはいりょせず mina-san no jijou mo hairyo sezu "We didn't even consider everyone's circumstances."

4 マジですげえな一年…‼︎ マジですげえないちねん…‼︎ MAJI de sugee na ichinen...!! "The first years are really amazing...!!"

5 なんでつれてきた nande tsurete kita "Why did you bring them?"

6 詫び圧が凄くて わびあつがすごくて wabiatsu ga sugokute "The pressure to apologize was immense."

7 皆の為に戦った先輩たちのように みんなのためにたたかったせんぱいたちのように minna no tame ni tatakatta senpai-tachi no you ni "Like our upperclassmen* who fought for everyone's sakes," (*Note: It's "senpai.")

8 俺たちも先輩たちの力になりたい‼︎ おれたちもせんぱいたちのちからになりたい‼︎ ore-tachi mo senpai-tachi no chikara ni naritai!! "we also want to be helpful to our upperclassmen*!!" (*Note: Still "senpai.")

9 仮免どころか入学間もないですが かりめんどころかにゅうがくまもないですが karimen dokoro ka nyuugaku-ma mo nai desu ga "We haven't been inducted into school* let alone received our provisional licenses yet." (*Note: In Japan there is a concept of "entering school" called nyuugaku which is basically the opposite of graduation. It's an induction or welcoming ceremony.)

10 やれる事やらせて下さい‼︎ やれることやらせてください‼︎ yareru koto yarasete kudasai!! "Please let us do what we can!!"

11 ２年生の邪魔になるから隅で軽作業ね ２ねんせいのじゃまになるからすみでけいさぎょうね 2nensei no jama ni naru kara sumi de keisagyou ne "So that you don't become disturbances for the second-years, please do light-duty work in the corner."

12 ハイ‼︎ HAI!! "Yessir!!"

13 後輩ってこんな未知の生物だっけ こうはいってこんなみちのせいぶつだっけ kouhai tte konna michi no seibutsu dakke "The underclassmen are such unknown creatures." (*Note: This word is "kouhai.")

14 飯こんなに用意してないんだけど めしこんなによういしてないんだけど meshi konna ni youi shite nainda kedo "We didn't prepare food for this many though."

15 食べてきました！ たべてきました！ tabete kimashita! "We ate and then came [here]!"

1 なんかよくわからんが……… nan ka yoku wakaran ga......... "I don't really understand, but........."

2 こんな感じで頑張りが数珠つなぎになっていくんだな こんなかんじでがんばりがじゅずつなぎになっていくんだな konna kanji de ganbari ga juzu tsunagi ni natte ikunda na "it's like this that hard work links people together*, huh." (*Note: This idiom literally reads as, "string together like rosary beads.")

3 ……お茶子ちゃん… ……おちゃこちゃん… ......Ochako-chan... "......Ochako-chan..."

4 うんーー un-- "Yeah--"

5 …少しずつだけど …すこしずつだけど ...sukoshi zutsu dakedo "...It's little by little, but"

6 前向きになってるようで まえむきになってるようで maemuki ni natteru you de "looks like things are looking forward."

7 良かったなって よかったなって yokatta natte "That makes me glad."

1 そんだけ！ son dake! "That's all!"

2 ごめんね！梅雨ちゃんデクくん何食べてる？ ごめんね！つゆちゃんデクくんなにたべてる？ gomen ne! Tsuyu-chan DEKU-kun nani tabeteru? "Sorry! Tsuyu-chan, Deku-kun, what are you eating?"

3 高菜⁉︎ 私も高菜がいい たかな⁉︎ わたしもたかながいい takana!? watashi mo takana ga ii "Takana*? I also like takana." (*Note: Takana is a type of Japanese mustard greens vegetable.)

4 高菜と梅干しこそ至高‼︎ たかなとうめぼしこそしこう‼︎ takana to umeboshi koso shikou!! "Takana and umeboshi* especially are supreme!!" (*Note: A pickled plum condiment.)

small text おめぐみや omegumi ya "Such a blessing."

5 (sound effect) ズキン… ZUKIN... Throb...

1 PM 7:00 ピーエム7:00 PIIEMU 7:00 7:00PM

2 寮制は緩和され りょうせいはかんわされ ryousei wa kanwa sare The dormitory system was relaxed.

3 自宅へ帰る事も選べるようになった じたくへかえることもえらべるようになった jitaku e kaeru koto mo eraberu you ni natta Now we can choose to return home, too.

4 麗日一旦家帰るって うららかいったんいえかえるって Uraraka ittan ie kaeru tte Uraraka said she'd go home for the moment.

5 お茶子ちゃん… おちゃこちゃん… Ochako-chan... "Ochako-chan..."

6 既読がつかないの きどくがつかないの kidoku ga tsukanai no "It won't show that she read [my text.]"

1 ああ!!!くそお!!! aa!!! kusoo!!! "Ahh!!! Shit!!!"

2 何⁉︎ なに⁉︎ nani!? "What!?"

3 しくった！ shikutta! "It screwed up!"

4 急にヘリ出せなんて言うから…‼︎ きゅうにヘリだせなんていうから…‼︎ kyuu ni HERI dase nante iu kara...!! "It's because they suddenly told me to go out on a helicopter...!!"

5 カメラのバッテリーが KAMERA no BATTERII ga "The camera battery"

6 切れた‼︎ きれた‼︎ kireta!! "died!!"

7 あの日 あのひ ano hi That day

8 私たちの結末は わたしたちのけつまつは watashi-tachi no ketsumatsu wa our conclusion

9 カメラには映らなかった カメラにはうつらなかった KAMERA ni wa utsuranakatta wasn't shown on camera.

1 もう街並みが元通りだ もうまちなみがもとどおりだ mou machinami ga motodoori da The cityscape is already back to normal.

2 少しずつだけど前向きになってるようで すこしずつだけどまえむきになってるようで sukoshi zutsu dakedo maemuki ni natteru you de It seems like things are moving forward little by little.

3 良かったなって よかったなって yokatta natte That makes me glad.

4 事態が良くならないあの日からまるで日が沈むにつれて影が伸びていくような じたいがよくならないあのひからまるでひがしずむにつれてかげがのびていくような jitai ga yoku naranai ano hi kara maru de hi ga shizumu ni tsurete kage ga nobite iku you na Ever since that day when the situation didn't get better, it seems like, as the sun sets, the shadows go and grow longer.

5 これまでと違って本当に終わったんだ これまでとちがってほんとうにおわったんだ kore made to chigatte hontou ni owattanda Unlike before, now it's really over.

6 決着がついた けっちゃくがついた kecchaku ga tsuita The conclusion has arrived.

7 良かったんだ よかったんだ yokattanda It was good.

8 明るく前向きに取り戻していく時だもん あかるくまえむきにとりもどしていくときだもん akaruku maemuki ni torimodoshite iku toki da mon It's time to get back to being bright and positive*. (*Note: The grammar pattern here notes a sense of disatisfaction with what was said, like "but I don't like this.")

9 私は皆が笑ってるのが好き わたしはみんながわらってるのがすき watashi wa minna ga waratteru no ga suki I love when everyone smiles.

10 水を差したくない みずをさしたくない mizu wo sashitakunai I don't want to put a damper on things.

1 だから dakara That's why

2-3 ずうっと痛むこの傷もしまっておくんだ ずうっといたむこのきずもしまっておくんだ zuutto itamu kono kizu mo I'll put away even this wound that hurts all the time.

4 うぐっ ugu "Ngh."

1 うぅ uu "Uu" (Note: These are sound effects for grunting and sobbing.)

2 うぐ… ugu... "ngh..."

3 麗日さん うららかさん Uraraka-san "Uraraka-san."

tagline 少女が秘めた想いデクはーー… しょうじょがひめたおもいデクはーー… shoujo ga himeta omoi DEKU wa--... The girl's hidden feelings, and as for Deku--...

[buckys-baby-boy]

Alexei: Will you date me? Breathe if yes, recite the Bible in Japanese if no. Bucky: 初めに、神は天と地を創造されました。 Alexei: What the…? Bucky: 地球は形もなく虚無であり、暗闇が深海の面を覆いました… Alexei: Is that actually the Bible?! Bucky: …そして神の霊が水面の上に浮かんでいました。 Alexei: And you stopped breathing, too?! Bucky: そして神は「光あれ」と言われました。

[vashtijoy]

Extremely random thought but do you think that cringy fanfictions written by preteens who then grew up to be embarassed adults would have never existed in the Marukiverse, considering how that art student who was in a slump was forcibly pivoted to archery instead?

wow, goddamn. I guess you could take it either way, couldn't you? Maruki does seem to think that struggling against the odds isn't worth it, and that depression and discouragement are best treated by giving up.

I do tend to think that Maruki is able to tell what people truly want, to somehow divine it out of their heads, even before 12/24—just because all of the kids get something they really want, even when it's not necessarily obvious. Maruki makes some startling judgements there, but the PTs all seem to agree that they were genuine temptations.

So my reading would tend be that Yusuke's artist friend really did think he might have been happier as an archer, and really did believe there was no hope for him in art—but, just as the PTs all turn down their wishes that they desperately want, Yusuke's friend has chosen not to switch paths, and to stick with his painting despite his slump. Until Maruki happens to him, at any rate.

What I think is more likely is that people who want to write would still write. They just wouldn't ever feel discouraged, or down. They wouldn't go through that phase of realising all their work is cringe. And of course, because Maruki's reality has no pain or challenge or complexity, nobody would ever write anything worth reading.

Which brings me to....

deleted text chat

While I was checking the archery chat, I ran into this deleted chat all about conflicting wishes, and how the very thoughts in people's heads, their ability to feel negative emotions at all, will likely be erased. It's unsettling reading, and confirms a number of theories that go around about what life in Maruki's reality would really have been like, and how he'd likely handle conflicts.

It's SCRIPTCHAT_282, and since it didn't make it into the English localisation, it will have been cut in very early dev. Look out for Akechi chiming in when Ann talks about wishing to get rid of people they don't want around.

Futaba 正月のこと覚えてるか? Do you guys remember New Year? Ryuji そりゃもちろん 嫌でも忘れねーよ… Course we do. There’s no way we could forget that. Futaba わたしのおかーさんいただろ? 春もおとーさんいたよな? My mom was there, right? And Haru’s dad was there too, right? Haru え、うん　いたけど… Uh, yes. I suppose so... Makoto なにかあった? Did something happen? Futaba ちょっと考えてたんだ I was thinking. Futaba 死んじゃった人に会いたいって 思ったら生き返ってたじゃん? If we think about wanting dead people back, they come back to life, right? Futaba んじゃその逆は? って So does it work the other way around? Sumire 逆…ですか The… other way around? Ann いなくなってほしい人に 消えろって願ったら… If we wish for people to disappear, who we don’t want around… Ann ってこと? Is that what you mean? Futaba そ! Yeah! Akechi なかなか面白い考えだね 、どう思う? That’s quite an interesting thought. Ren, what do you make of it? [Joker] 消える気がする I feel like disappearing myself. [Joker] 考え方が変わる It’s changed my perspective. Yusuke だが、誰かが生きてほしいと 願ったらどうなるんだ But then, what would happen if somebody else wished they were still alive? Sumire 一度消えて また現れるんですかね… They’d die, and then reappear again, wouldn’t they..? Ryuji 忙しいな Busy day. Akechi そういう考え自体 が 消えてしまうんじゃないかな You know, even thoughts such as these may die out in the end. Yusuke 自分のか? You mean our own thoughts? Sumire そういうこと考えなくなる ってことですね Do you mean we just wouldn’t think such things any more? Akechi 僕も同意見だな　思考自体を消されると思うよ It does seem likely. I’m afraid thought itself will be erased. Futaba あーなるほど Huh. I see. Haru 負の感情を抱かなくなるのかぁ… So… so we won’t be able to feel bad things any more..? Ann 平和になりそうだけど なんか気味悪いね It’s kind of creepy, isn’t it? We’d get to live in peace, but… Ryuji つか、よくそんな 物騒 なこと思いつくよな You always gotta think of the worst things, don’t you, Futaba? Futaba だってヒマなんだもん It’s because I get bored. Futaba あ、そうじろう帰って来た そんじゃな! Oh, there’s Sojiro! See ya! Yusuke 本当に暇潰しだったのか So this was all just to relieve her boredom? Makoto じゃあ、私たちも 授業に戻りましょう We should all turn back to our lessons, anyway. Morgana 人を生き返らせる、か。認知を使ってそんなことするなんて… Bringing people back to life, huh? Imagine using cognition to do such a thing… Morgana ワガハイには理解できないぜ。 I just can’t understand it.

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v1.0 (posted 2024/11/30)—first posted.

[watarfallar]

Giving y'all more presents because I'm feeling generous <3

Grian: What's that? Scar: Chocolate. Grian: What's chocolate? Scar: Candy. Do they not have candy where you're from? Grian: Yeah. Grapes, nuts. Scar: No wonder you're so bitter.

Scar, clearly drunk: Grian, hit me another drink… wooOO HOOoo… Grian: I think you need a therapist and not a bottle. Scar: I think yooOOoou need to shuUT YOUR MOUTH!

Grian: I won a new phone in a race. Scar: Huh? What kind of race lets you win a phone, Grian? Grian: A race between the store owner, the cop, and me.

Scar: I feel awful about killing you. Grian: Scar: Even though technically you never even died, so I don’t know what you’re bitching about.

Grian: So I can either do something dumb that could very well get me injured or I can listen to Scar and not do the thing, Grian: Well there’s a clear right answer here. Grian: proceeds to throw five packs of mentos into a barrel full of diet coke

Scar: Stop doing that. Grian: Stop doing what? Scar: Saying things that make me wanna kiss the hell out of you.

Grian: Gets down on one knee Scar: Oh my god! It’s finally happening! Grian: Collapses Scar: The poison’s kicking in!

Scar: I want you back… Grian: 3 words, 8 letters. Say it, and I'm yours. Scar: I got food? Grian: …you know me so well.

Scar: raises eyebrows Grian: Put those back down!

Grian: You’re kind of a pushover, aren’t you, Scar? Scar: …I’m sorry. Grian: See!? That’s exactly what I’m talking about!

Scar: What’s your favorite high school memory? Grian: LEAVING. FUCKING LEAVING!

Grian: Strawberry milk doesn’t taste like strawberry OR milk. Scar: Go the fuck to sleep Grian.

Scar: Why is it that I always lose things as soon as I need them? Grian: Actually, it's not that you lose things when you need them. You lose them a while before. It's just that you LOOK for things when you need them. Scar: Okay yeah thanks Grian, that's great but WHERE'S THE FUCKING FIRST AID KIT?

Scar: We have a problem. Grian: No, YOU have a problem. I have an idiot who keeps making them.

Grian: Hey guys, today Scar pushed me, so I'm starting a kickstarter to put them down. Grian: The benefits of killing them are that I would get pushed way less.

Grian: I know what you're up to. Scar: Really? Because I barely know.

Scar, peeling a banana: May I take your jacket, sir? Hahahaha. Grian: Do you think other people can’t hear you?

Scar, peeling a banana: May I take your jacket, sir? Hahahaha. Grian: Do you think other people can’t hear you?

Grian: What’s the dumbest thing you believed as a child? Scar: That naptime was a punishment.

Grian: I'm tired. Scar: You slept for three hours last night! Why are you surprised?! Grian: I'm not surprised. I just wanted to complain about it.

Scar: Will you date me? Breathe if yes, recite the Bible in Japanese if no. Grian: 初めに、神は天と地を創造されました。 Scar: What the…? Grian: 地球は形もなく虚無であり、暗闇が深海の面を覆いました… Scar: Is that actually the Bible?! Grian: …そして神の霊が水面の上に浮かんでいました。 Scar: And you stopped breathing, too?! Grian: そして神は「光あれ」と言われました。 Scar: Christ, it would have been preferable for you to just have beaten me up and called me gay!

Grian: Ah, Hello again. We really need to stop meeting like this. Scar: Maybe we would, if you would sTOP BREAKING INTO MY FUCKING HOUSE!!!

Scar, texting Grian: Hey do you like anyone? Grian: Yeah you Scar: Oh, I'm sorry we're just friends Grian: *Yeah, you? Grian: Oh haha sorry lol Scar: *dies inside*

Grian: Oh, fiddlesticks! That really ruffles my feathers! Scar: Please, just say fuck.

Scar: Even Grian and I have been getting closer. The other day, they gave me half of their sandwich. Grian: I mistook them for a garbage can.

Scar: I want a bf. Grian: Do you mean best friend, boyfriend or bread feast? Because you’re being really vague here.

AND A BONUS LIFE SERIES WINNERS:

Grian: If I fall... Scar: I’ll be there to catch you. Cleo: looks at Scott What if I fall? Scott: Then I’ll fall with you, never leaving your side. Martyn: watches these two interactions Martyn, to Pearl: And if I fall? Pearl: I’ll be the one who pushed you. Joel in the corner grumbling about how Lizzie isn't here:

[nihongoseito]

【紛らわしい言葉コーナー】　「あまり」はあまりにややこしい？

chances are, you know or have seen the word あまり (and its casual variants あんまり and あんま) out and about. textbooks usually teach this word as follows:

あまり (adv.) = not much, not very (with neg. verb) おすしがあまり好きじゃない。 = i don't like sushi that much.

if you've been studying japanese for a little bit, you should be familiar with this あまり. it's very useful and comes up a lot!

but....have you ever seen an あまり out in the wild that didn't seem to fit this definition at all?? for example, an あまり used without any negative verb, or an あまり that was for some reason followed by に or の...? that pesky, lesser-known (or at least lesser-taught) あまり is the subject of today's 紛らわしい言葉コーナー!! 早速ですが、これから説明していきます！

what does あまり actually mean?

i think lots of japanese learners only learn the meaning of あまり in context (i.e., as "not much" in negative sentences). while this is fine per se, for our purposes today it might be helpful to dig a little deeper into the specifics of the word!

let's see a translated definition first:

余り（あまり） (noun) = remainder, surplus, leftovers (of food)

ok, this....definitely isn't the あまり we're talking about today (lol). for one thing, it's a noun, and we're interested in adverbs. second of all, we probably aren't that concerned with people's leftovers!

but still, this noun can give us an interesting clue about the adverb in question. more helpful still—the kanji attached to it!

余（あま・ヨ） = remainder, surplus; too much

uh-oh, i've highlighted something, you know what that means—please pay attention to the "too much" meaning of 余! just to be thorough, let's look at another common word that uses this kanji:

余る（あまる） (verb) = to be left over; to be in excess, too many 先生、プリントが余っている！ = sensei, there's extra handouts!

it looks like we're steadily approaching an understanding of 余 (and words that use it) focused on excess, not on remainders or leftovers. i think we can unify our two kinds of あまり under this idea: a remainder is too much just like an excess is too much. huh...convenient!

are you picking up what i'm putting down...? if so, i think we're ready to move on to the next section!

negative あまり = not too much!

now, let's revisit the negative あまり we know and love! here's the example from before:

おすしがあまり好きじゃない。 = i don't like sushi that much.

knowing what we now know about あまり（余り）, we can try translating this sentence in a slightly more literal way. let's align the translation with our understanding of 余 as meaning "too much":

おすしがあまり好きじゃない。 = i don't like sushi too much.

wait a minute—isn't this totally something we would say in english?! the register (tone) of the two translations might be a little different, but i think we can agree they mean the same thing! wow, elucidating, right?

let's see one more example for thoroughness' sake:

未完成だから、あまり見ないでください。 = it's not finished, so please don't look too much [= stare].

this one's a little more complex, so i've included a both a literal translation and an "understood" or figurative translation. 「あまり見ないで」 literally means "don't look too much," but using our understanding of how the world works, we can safely say this phrase means "don't stare." so, while it's very helpful to know the original/most basic meaning of あまり, we don't have to stay beholden to it when we translate!

now that we've delved into our good friend negative あまり, let's move onto its more elusive counterpart!

affirmative あまり（に／にも／の） = yes too much!

we're finally ready to discuss the mysterious affirmative あまり!!

let's keep in mind what we've learned so far: at its most basic, あまり means "too much." but now that we're no longer using it in negative sentences, i wonder how it'll turn out...? let's see an example:

あまり（に）疲れていて家を出られなかった。 = i was too tired and couldn't leave the house. [= i was so tired i couldn't leave the house.]

ooh, a complicated one right off the bat—but i think we can handle it! first, the literal translation: 「あまり（に）疲れていて」 literally means "i [was] too tired," fitting with our new understanding of あまり perfectly. but if we take this literal meaning to the next level, we can come up with a very natural english translation: "i was so tired that i couldn't leave the house" (or, "i was too tired to leave" also works). so long as the focus of our translation is on excess, we're more or less free to use whatever words we want, whether that's "so" or "too" or otherwise.

here's one more example:

「あまり」はあまりにもややこしすぎる！ = "あまり" is way too confusing!

whoa, triple whammy—あまりに + も + すぎる! hopefully this isn't you, because this speaker is EXTRA pissed about how complicated (they think) あまり is. if you really want to drive your point home, you can add も and/or すぎる to your (affirmative) あまり sentence and really blow them away with just how TOO MUCH there is. good to know!

and lastly, let's see affirmative あまり as a の-adjective, just to cover all our bases:

あまりの怒りで話せなくなった。 = she was too angry and couldn't speak. [= she was so angry she couldn't speak.]

lucky for us, あまりの falls into our translations (literal and understood) exactly the same way as あまりに. we can even imagine an あまりに version of this sentence pretty easily! (「あまりに怒っていて...。」) in fact, due to the work 〜なくなる is putting in, i would actually argue for the understood translation being more accurate than the literal translation in this case! wow, translating is so complicated....but not あまりに!!

....ok i'll see myself out!!!

あまりの説明をしちゃったかな...。（笑）

well, as we all know, i love overkill, so i hope today's episode of 紛らわしい言葉コーナー was sufficiently detailed! as a final note, i'll repeat what i said at the very beginning, which is that あまり sometimes shows up as あんまり or あんま in casual speech, so keep an eye out for those variants too.

anyway, next time you see affirmative あまり in the wild, you can say, 「これはあんまに簡単じゃん！」 (or something lol). see you guys next time! お疲れ様でした！！

[kaizokuou-ni-naru]

the official one piece channel released a music video to promote volume 109 much like how they did with volume 106 and the start of egghead:

and i watched it and i started bawling almost instantly. below the cut is the rough (very rough, i'm not great at translating music) translation i did of the lyrics, so you all can cry along with me.

例えば誰か一人の命と/tatoeba dareka hitori no inochi to 引き換えに世界を救えるとして/hikikae ni sekai wo sukueru toshite 僕は誰かが名乗り出るのを待っているだけの男だ/boku wa dareka ga nanorideru no wo matteiru dake no otoko

if, for example, by saving the life of one person i could save the whole world i would be a man who only waits for that one person to declare himself

愛すべきたくさんの人達が/aisubeki takusan no hitotachi ga 僕を臆病者に変えてしまったんだ/boku wo okubyoumono ni kaete shimattanda

to all the many people dear to me i sadly became a coward

小さい頃に身振り手振りを/chiisai goro ni miburiteburi wo 真似てみせた/manete miseta 憧れになろうだなんて/akogare ni narou da nante 大それた気持ちはない/daisoreta kimochi wa nai

the gestures i learned when i was small i've showed you how to copy and i've come to yearn for something no grand ambitious feeling

でもヒーローになり���い/demo 'hero' ni naritai ただ一人君にとっての/tada hitori kimi ni totte no つまずいたり転んだりするようなら/tsumazuitari korondari suru you nara そっと手を差し伸べるよ/sotto te wo sashinoberu yo

but i want to become a hero if only to you alone if you ever stumble or fall i'll quietly reach out a hand

駄目な映画を盛り上げるために/dame na eiga wo moriageru tame ni 簡単に命が捨てられていく/kantan ni inochi ga suterareteiku 違う　僕らは見ていたいのは/chigau, bokura wa miteitai no wa 希望に満ちた光だ/kibou ni michita hikari da

for the sake of bringing this no-good movie to its climax lives were simply thrown away but no, what we dream of seeing is the light that has fueled our hopes

僕の手を握る少し小さな手/boku no te wo nigiru sukoshi chisana te すっと胸の淀みを溶かしていくんだ/sutto mune no yodomi wo tokashiteikunda

that small hand gripping mine all of a sudden melts all the hesitation from my heart

人生をフルコースで深く味わうための/jinsei wo furucosu de fukaku ajiwau tame no 幾つものスパイスが誰もに用意されていて/ikutsumono supaisu ga daremo ni youi sareteite 時には苦かったり/toki ni wa nigakattari 渋く思うこともあるだろう/shibuku omou koto mo aru darou そして最後のデザートを笑って食べる/soshite saigou no dezaato wo waratte taberu 君の側に僕は居たい/kimi no soba ni boku wa itai

so that you might deeply savor life as a full-course meal with all its many spices laid out for everyone though at times it may be bitter and full of sour thoughts and at last you'll eat dessert laughing i want to be by your side

残酷に過ぎる時間の中で/zankoku ni sugiru no naka de きっと十分に僕も大人になったんだ/kitto juubun ni boku mo otona ni nattanda 悲しくはない　切なさもない/kanashiku wa nai, setsunasa mo nai ただこうして繰り返されてきたことが/tada koushite kurikaesarete kita koto ga そうこうして繰り返していくことが/sou koushite kurikaeshite iku koto ga 嬉しい　愛しい/ureshii, itoshii

i certainly came to adulthood in the midst of these times that are far too cruel but i'm not sad, and i'm not in pain although things have just repeated like this yes, although things will repeat like this i'm happy, my dearest

ずっとヒーローにありたい/zutto 'hero' ni aritai ただ一人君にとっての/tada hitori kimi ni totte no ちっとも謎めいてないし/chittomo nazomeitenai shi 今更もう秘密はない/imasara mou himitsu wa nai

i always want to be a hero if only to you alone without any mystery left after everything, i have no secrets anymore

でもヒーローになりたい/demo 'hero' ni naritai ただ一人君にとっての/tada hitori kimi ni totte no つまずいたり転んだりするようなら/tsumazuitari korondari suru you nara そっと手を差し伸べるよ/sotto te wo sashinoberu yo

but i want to become a hero if only to you alone if you ever stumble or fall i'll quietly reach out a hand

[gothic-hotchreid]

Aaron: Will you date me? Breathe if yes, recite the Bible in Japanese if no.

Spencer : 初めに、神は天と地を創造されました。

Aaron: What the…?

Spencer : 地球は形もなく虚無であり、暗闇が深海の面を覆いました…

Aaron: Is that actually the Bible?!

Spencer : …そして神の霊が水面の上に浮かんでいました。

Aaron: And you stopped breathing, too?!

Spencer : そして神は「光あれ」と言われました。

Aaron: Christ, it would have been preferable for you to just have beaten me up and called me gay!

[croquis-el]

Authentic Japan in Gyakuten Saiban pt. 3

And we continue our acquaintance with authentic Japan accompanied by Naruhodo and case 3-5. And our guest today is Mei Karuma (Franziska von Karma).

成歩堂龍一。この黄色いポスターは何かしら?

naruhodō ryūichi. Kono kiiroi posutā wa nani kashira?

Naruhodo Ryuichi. What is this yellow poster?

ああ。それは《掛け軸》だよ。描かれている女のヒトは･･･.....

ā. Sore wa “kakejiku” da yo. Egaka rete iru on'na no hito wa.....

Ah, that's a hanging scroll. The woman depicted is...

せんべいブトンが たたまれている。

Senbei Buton ga tata mare te iru.

The rice cracker butons are folded.

何かしら?《せんべいブトン》って。

nanikashira? “Senbei buton” tte.

What is it? "Senbei Buton"

ウスくてペッタリした、おせんべいみたいなフトンだよ。

usu kute pettari shita, o senbei mitaina futon da yo.

It's a thin, sticky futon, like a rice cracker.

この国じゃ、そう言うの。

kono kuni ja, sō iu no.

That's what we say in this country.

アメリカで言えば････

《ビスケットタオルケット》かな。

Amerika de ieba “bisuketto taoruketto” ka na.

In America, it would be... "Biscuit towel blanket."

そ、そうなの。

････勉強になったわ。

-so,-sōna no. Benkyō ni natta wa.

Oh, that's right... I learned something.

If everything is clear with the scroll or, as Karuma called it, the "yellow poster", then the following dialogue simply blew my mind. Let's figure it out.

The first thing that causes misunderstanding is the "senbei buton" that Naruhodo talks about.

Senbei (煎餅), also spelled sembei, is a type of Japanese rice cracker. 

It is served as a snack during tea ceremonies, festivals, and other celebrations.

Which, by the way, Naruhodo himself explains a little later.

Now about "buton".

This is a slang word meaning "futon".

The kanji for "futon" is written as 布団 [futon] and read as [buton]. There is also the spelling ぶとん, where ぶ is read as [bu].

The difference in pronunciation:

ブトン [buton] from the first sentence.

フトン [futon] where Naruhodo already explains the meaning of the word to Karma.

And now together:

Shiki-buton which became hard and flat like a senbei (a Japanese rice cracker). That’s why it is called senbei-buton. A futon made of cotton tends to become a senbei-buton, because the cotton fibers get entangled after absorbing moisture.

Well, you know what a futon is without me.

Next is "bisuketto taoruketto" or Biscuit towel blanket.

ビスケット [bisuketto] - biscuit

タオルケット [taoruketto] - towel-blanket

To be honest, it seemed like a bunch of words to me. Because this is the first time I've encountered a "biscuit blanket". However, a little searching yielded the result - it's a synonym for Puff quilts.

Well, now everything has become clearer. For a bit. (And how on earth does Naruhodo know such things).

It turned out to be even worse with the towel blanket. However, the word タオルケット [taoruketto] has meanings:

● towel blanket (towel (blan)ket)

● terry-cloth blanket

Well, how could I not have guessed that this was a terry blanket! And if you put everything together, then a terry-cloth quilted blanket. (Although, honestly, I couldn't even think of it, because I've only seen terry bedspreads and towels, but not blankets.)

Well, Karuma agreed, and okay, then she understood. Yes, and I agree with her last phrase, today I also learned something new.