#魔法所

[hoozukis]

See, this was exactly the logic I was going with when I decided to mash together all these universes into one huge crossover, and have Naruto and JJK represent the 魔法所 (Mahoutokoro, which is an exonym) side of the Wizarding World; because 氣/प्राण/vital energy, 脈輪/चक्र/འཁོར་ལོ་/wheels, magical capacity, elemental bending, life force/energy field/aura, livity, mana, aṣẹ, superpowers, etc. are variants of essentially the same concept (or slightly different but largely overlapping concepts), but a bit more fantasised!

Well, a lot more fantasised. But at its core, these are forms of energy that certain entities may generate or convert in larger amounts than others, may know and understand deeper about than others, and may have stronger proclivity to wield and manipulate than others.

As for specific, pinpointed usage of magic… well… 術 would be the umbrella term, since it can be attached to the end of any technique, art, or skill. Under this umbrella term are the bending stuff, and… spells, which is also an umbrella term that houses more specific English denominations, following the standard Fantasy terminology distinctions between charms, enchantments, hexes, jinxes, and curses. Alternatively, the D&D 8 schools of magic can also serve as a categorisation system.

Depending on where someone is in this world and to whom they’re talking, many of these terminologies and categorisations overlap with each other, because folks like to “invent” things and then give them names, when in reality, nature/the universe had made had made all of these available and up-for-grabs for anyone who is capable enough. But whether or not someone is “capable enough” tends to rely more on lucky genetics, over sheer hard work and manual labour; so, people started making social classes and castes out of their gifts, which is then meant to correlate to distinct power levels. All wise and rational, right? After all, hierarchies must be established and maintained. Except, get this: evolutionary psychology and behavioural ecology get in the way of clear-cut puritanical labels! This is where quantitative genetics and molecular genetics (as well as population genetics and evolutionary biology, to a lesser extent) come into play!

Ah… Impalpably metaphysical concepts for us that are only mildly metaphysical for them! Gotta love self-induced headaches 😂

People in Naruto use chakra to do amazing reality-bending feats. And chakra is life energy, so chakra=mana, and this shit is basically magic. Because what else would you call it?

All ninja are wizards, and jutsu are spells. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[universalspycrab]

Back at it again with these two losers

[dnines]

[michicrab]

[hoozukis]

@hiruzensux Posts that remind me of you <3

Hiruzen and Danzo are more complicated than people give them credit for

It says it all in the title.

Hiruzen and Danzo are among the most hated characters in all of Naruto, and I’m not entirely removed from that crowd of haters. They’re probably among the easiest characters you can argue are just bad people. Or, at minimum, people who did horrendous, unjustifiable things (or allowed them to happen in Hiruzen’s case). However, I think that because people hate them so much, no one wants to take a closer look at their characters and the more complicated/human reasons why they make the choices they do.

Hiruzen is spineless and that’s a hill I’ll die on, but he’s spineless in one of these most sympathetic and realistic ways I’ve seen depicted in media. Specifically, he’s the walking talking representation of the fallibility of compassion. Hiruzen cares about so many people so deeply that he would rather stand by and let people get hurt than to hurt them himself. He ignores the fact Danzo keeps trying to kill him because he knows he’ll likely have to execute him as retribution and he doesn’t want to kill his best friend, he turns a blind eye to Orochimaru’s dark side because he doesn’t want to fight/kill his student, Tsunade isn’t labeled a rogue ninja because he doesn’t want to put a bounty on his student/mentor’s granddaughter’s head, he let the Hizashi situation and Uchiha Massacre happen because he didn’t want to risk subjecting his people to the horrors of war that he experienced, and he died because he couldn’t bring himself to go all out against his mentors (even if they were reanimated and emotionless versions) or student.

I’m not defending Hiruzen’s actions or lack thereof. Obviously, this is a deeply flawed way to go about life, especially as a leader of a country where you have to regularly make difficult trolly-problem decisions. But Hiruzen is meant to be a deeply flawed individual. He’s like the family of an abuser that refuses to properly step in to stop the abuse because they love the abuser and don’t want to face the idea that the abuser is a bad person. I’m not saying Hiruzen is a good person or in the right, I’m just saying he’s realistic.

If Hiruzen is “the few over the many”, then Danzo is “the many over the few” with a sprinkle of “the ends always justify the means”. Danzo is, at his core, someone who is always trying to do what’s best for the village. He turned Hanzo against the Akatsuki to keep the group from gaining too much power and becoming another threat to Konoha (keeping in mind that Amegakure is adjacent to the Land of Fire), he pushed for the Uchiha Massacre to keep a civil war from breaking out, he killed the messenger toad to keep Naruto away from Konoha and the nine tails out of Pain’s grasp. He created ROOT to make sure that Konoha had a back up fighting force that was highly trained, wouldn’t turn against the village, and were willing to do what even ninja wouldn’t. Even Danzo’s choice to essentially turn on the village by trying to kill Hiruzen was motivated by him trying to do what he thought was best for the village. After all, he knew better than anyone how bad of a Hokage Hiruzen was.

A lot of people oversimplify Danzo into “the selfish, corrupt asshole”—and while I can agree that he’s selfish and corrupt, he’s selfish and corrupt in very specific ways. The corruption is the most obvious and easiest to explain. Danzo is willing to do anything he thinks will benefit the village; that includes working with bad people and using backhanded tactics. As for his selfishness, it stems from one specific thing: Tobirama telling Hiruzen to become Hokage over him.

For a while I was confused why Danzo got a flashback flashbacked to this scene before he died. Now, I think I’ve settled on it being because the scene was at the core of Danzo’s character and greatest character flaws because it was also his greatest regret. It’s pretty clear that Danzo wants to become Hokage and it’s implied that he’s had this dream for a long while. However, Tobirama—his mentor, the former Hokage, and one of the people to define what it meant to be Hokage—chose Hiruzen over him. Because Hiruzen was willing to sacrifice himself for his comrades while Danzo, who knew he should’ve done the same, was too cowardly to offer himself up.

Then he never really grows out of that cowardice. Instead, he looks down on Hiruzen to cope with his own sense of inferiority, gives himself body modifications to become a stronger ninja more capable of defending the village, and obtains as much political power as he can. He remains a coward who prefers letting other people take the fall over fighting his own battles (setting up Hanzo to fight the Akatsuki, asking Orochimaru to kill Hiruzen, ordering Itachi to kill the Uchiha clan, etc.) right up until he uselessly “sacrifices” himself right before he was going to die anyways.

Most of Danzo’s selfish actions come down to him not being able to accept his failure at becoming Hokage while also refusing to learn from his mentor’s final lesson.

I honestly think that Naruto has some of the best representation of bad people simply because it consistently acknowledges two things about bad people: 1. People who do bad things usually do them because they grew up being taught that doing bad things were okay or necessary to survive (being abused, societal normalization, never being punished, early exposure to things like domestic violence, etc.) and 2. Even if they don’t necessarily think they’re good people, the large majority of people don’t think they’re bad or evil. Both Hiruzen and Danzo were raised by a generation haunted by war only to be thrust into two world wars themselves (one at a young age and one when they were older). This left them both traumatized and willing to do anything to avoid experiencing it again. And even if they acknowledge that they’ve made mistakes, they still don’t (seem to) see themselves as bad people, only people who are committing the lesser of two evils.

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「月夜の魔法のおはなし展」

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展示終了しました。お運びいただいた皆さま、SNSで閲覧くださった方々、どうもありがとうございました。

ハロウィン🎃とクリスマス(若干前)🎄に、素敵な洋菓子店で展示させていただきと��も楽しかったです！タムラ堂さん、カフェ・ドゥ・ジャルダン福生駅西口店の皆さま、どうもありがとうございました。

ギャラリー・オルタンシアは12月はお休み。タムラ堂さんは、明治時代生まれの蔵をリノベーションしたギャラリーlakura(らくら)で『「夜の木」と「ひとりみんぱく」展〜木と精霊の出会う場所」』というイベントを開催(12/14(土)〜29(日)。カフェ・ドゥ・ジャルダン福生西口店さんはクリスマスケーキがたくさん立ち並びます。

私は目白・貝の小鳥さん企画展「心鳥風景」に小さな原画とクリスマスカードを持って飛んで行きます。

珠玉の作家さんたちの作品を観に、クリスマスの贈り物🎁選びにぜひ。

引き続き、どうぞよろしくお願いいたします🙇🏻‍♂️

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[catdoll007]

この仔猫ちゃんとTreeの写真は 『 NPO法人そえ樹 』 のクリスマス会だったかな🎄🐈‍⬛！？

ここの施設は、保護猫譲渡会じゃなくっても、いつもどこかしらに猫がいる𓃠のでくしゃみが止まらない🤧

ニャンコには居心地の好い場所だから集まって来るんだろうねきっと(ΦωΦ)💕

2007/06/23に一宮の丹陽支所を借りて開催された

クラスの津久井さんとのふれあい会🥌

もう、あれから17年も経ったみたいだ⏳

『 👙 夏の日の1993 🎐🍧』

津久井さん🥌���生歌聴かせてもらって、2007年の当時はもう歌声が聴けなくなるだなんて思いもしなかったけど、2009年に膵臓がんが判明して50歳目前で亡くなってしまったそう😢🌟

2009年10月2日（49歳没）

録画していたら、あのハスキーボイスを残しておけたのに、動画を撮るという文化が当時の私の中には無かった📹

今の時代だったら確実にスマホで動画撮ってたのに、この写真一枚しか残ってない⤵😰

今の進歩した医療でも癌のステージによってはやっぱり治すのは難しいんだろうか🧐？

人って、あの頃に今の技術があれば〜とか、今の知識があれば〜とか、悔やまれる事ってたまに経験するもんだよね😶‍🌫️

簡単な筆算できなくて電卓に頼っちゃう時は、逆に現役時代の能力だったらな〜って思う時もあるけどね🧠🔢

体力だって若い頃より断然落ちたし🏃‍♀

人間は悲しいくらい体力も能力も衰えていくもんです😮‍💨

[ari-tan]

Muhyo & Roji Swap AU

(BECAUSE THERE AINT ONE AND IF THERE AINT ONE THEN I'LL DO IT MYSELF + i made a frikkin mindmap for this because boy my brain cannot multitask)

Warning: Maybe OOC (will try my best not to be), and the only characters that will be swapped are the main 5 bc i can't deal with any more than them, ok? ok. Hope you enjoy :)

PS: A lot of Swap! Roji's backstory is inspired from this one AO3 fic by AnnetheBAMF called when it rains it pours.

There are two iterations of the Swap AU I thought up of, though really the only main difference between the two iterations is between Muhyo, Yoichi, and Bico's roles, and that Bico now has more tempering! Other than that the two versions of the Swap AU are the same.

Swap AU Iteration 1 (Enchu-Bico pair):

This duo was mostly based off on how much Bico misses Enchu and how close they become after the og series and in the sequel.

Bico is definitely going to be reading up a lot about magic law tools and devices in order to do her best in supporting Enchu.

Unlike OG!Roji, she actually becomes a Judge (+ coincidentally saved his mom) in order to assist Enchu.

Enchu, on the other hand, is super grateful that he has such a good friend that would be willing to do so much for him, and is more than ready to repay that gratitude ten-fold

They generally have a very feel-good, soft and warm atmosphere around them as they work together.

Definitely have pushover issues though. They literally cannot say 'no' to each other, and are overly kind to each other, which causes mistakes that could've been avoided if they just like. Talk.

Muhyo sometimes gets annoyed at how reluctant they are to talk about stuff to each other. You're partners ffs TALK.

In this iteration Muhyo takes Yoichi's role, while Yoichi takes Bico's role.

Muhyo definitely doesn't try as hard as OG!Yoichi did in order to find Roji, BUT HE DEFINITELY TRIES WAY TOO HARD LMFAO.

Sometimes Enchu doesn't understand why Muhyo doesn't want to re-try and become an executor like he is. Dude definitely whittles away at Muhyo trying to get him to become one.

Muhyo is completely and totally uninterested in becoming executor atm. He's staying as Judge for the time being.

"I'm busy trying to keep all of your asses in check and trying to find that dumb idiot. I don't have time for that."

That said, he's definitely gonna take up the opportunity to become an executor the moment he's forced to, whether that be because Page went 'yes' or the circumstances to find Roji went 'ya have to.'

Yoichi, on the other hand, seemed to be more of a fun older (?) brother figure to Roji in this AU, and seems to be distraught when he found out that Roji turned traitor.

Not nearly as pervy as OG! Yoichi because Rio 100% beat that into him and forced the respect women juice down his throat.

Actually really proficient in creating magical tools and is slightly envious that magic law practitioners can use them, but accepted it. That said, he's still very strict on how his babies are used.

Swap AU Iteration 2 (Enchu-Yoichi pair):

If you didn't see it in the OG manga that these two would be the main duo in the Swap AU... then yer blind. go re-read this fucking masterpiece again until you see it.

"i am worried about you and you fucking know it bc i won't shut up about it" moments are definitely gonna be a consistent thing between these two.

Yoichi went to visit Enchu's mama this AU and saved her by fending Teeki off for long enough until Enchu got back from the executor's congratulatory party in order to actually save her.

No, Teeki doesn't get banished, but it's enough in order to keep Enchu's mom alive here.

When they learn about Teeki, they definitely become a lot more protective of each other and Muhyo, since they're all possible targets for Teeki's mind games now.

Yoichi in the swap au doesn't have time to chase after women. He's more like his sequel counterpart in that the people chase him and he can't.

Whether or not Enchu and Yoichi become YoiEn/YoiChu/EnChi is up for debate.

Yoichi's a Judge in this AU too hehehaha. Enchu's the executor he's always dreamt of being, and they're kinda known as an unstoppable duo. The elite team with flawless teamwork.

Muhyo takes Bico's role, while Bico takes Yoichi's role.

Muhyo basically embodies the grumpy blacksmith dwarf in a fantasy setting trope who creates really powerful stuff and learns really quickly. Rio's star student.

He also still has a considerable amount of ren, but when asked why he didn't become a magic law practitioner, he replied: "Someone's gotta make sure they don't die doing it."

Looks down upon other artificiers if they create mediocre/really low quality stuff, but a surprisingly good mentor.

Since his ren isn't constantly exhausted, Muhyo's much more active in this AU.

Bico, on the other hand, is an assistant judge, who's currently undergoing research into Roji's whereabouts on behalf of Page and Muhyo (latter did not request of it, but he's a fucking tsundere)

Bico is also fairly powerful, and going to undergo the examination to become a Judge sometime during the events of the story.

General Info that stays consistent between the Swap AU's:

Enchu's mama may be ill but SHE AIN'T DEAD YET (hence why Enchu's still on the good side ehe). Enchu sends back money for medicine and the like for her on a periodic basis.

Aroropathy is still a thing here, just not between Muhyo and Roji, but rather, between Enchu and Bico/Yoichi.

One way or another, Enchu gets chosen instead of Muhyo to become the executor. Muhyo, the good sport, doesn't mind actually.

Roji takes Enchu's role in this AU for both iterations.

Due to his abnormally high outflow of ren/tempering, Page was a lot more worried about this young boy who was hated and cast out of his village due to his tendency to attract spirits, and brought him into the magical law association in order to safeguard him there.

Roji's an orphan in this AU, and was adopted by Page the moment he could. Very quiet, and was homeschooled until he was deemed fit enough to join MLS.

There were definitely a lot of rumors surrounding Roji and how he seems to be oddly inadequate for the school, but he becomes friends with Enchu and co.

(im a muhyoji stan so i'm making them good friends too. muhyo makes roji get out of the box and roji teaches muhyo to become more interested in things outside of magic law. like life, or magic law tools)

Teeki doesn't want their happiness to last, however, because sick bastard decides to kidnap Roji and siphon his ren into his own body in order to empower him.

Roji is essentially brainwashed into becoming a battery for Teeki and Ark all while leading said organization. He's put into a comatose state and his consciousness was put into a boy-sized puppet.

Teeki also manages to arrange a massive disruption on the executor's ceremony in order to force Roji into despair once he sees how happy they seemed to be even though he was gone.

That was a lie, though. They never stopped looking for him. But he was a boy put through so much torture, he didn't know any better.

Roji becomes the spearhead behind the massive event that happens in the town. Whether or not it was worse due to the tremendous amount of ren he had is up for interpretation.

Eventually, they manage to make Roji come back to his senses like they did OG!Enchu and poor boy hugs his friends and cries before being sentenced to Magic Prison No. 12

Like OG! Yoichi, his primary visitor is Muhyo, no matter the iteration.

And that is everything!!! I hope you guys enjoyed by text barf and feel free to add anything y'all would like :DDDD

[doufudanshi]

ON GHOSTS AND DEMONS: Wei Wuxian's "demonic" cultivation?

There are a few big misconceptions I have repeatedly seen in English-speaking fandom about things that are fundamental to the story of MDZS. One of them is this—

Wei Wuxian is not a demonic cultivator.

To prove this, let's take a deep dive into the original Chinese text of MDZS.

(Adapted from my original gdoc posted on Twitter on May 27, 2022. All translations my own unless otherwise stated.)

Demon vs. ghost

Let's start from the very basics. In addition to orthodox cultivation using spiritual energy and a golden core, there are two other forms of cultivation that are mentioned in the novel:

魔道 (mó dào), or “demon cultivation/path.”

鬼道 (guǐ dào), or “ghost cultivation/path.”

To be clear, 魔 mo "demons" and 鬼 gui "ghosts" (and thus their respective cultivation/paths) are not interchangeable because of the in-universe worldbuilding within MDZS. Using the characters in the term 妖魔鬼怪 "monsters," MXTX created four distinct categories of beings, each of which has a strict definition in the novel. From chapter 4 (jjwxc ch 13):

妖者非人之活物所化; 魔者生人所化; 鬼者死者所化; 怪者非人之死物所化。 Yāo (妖) are transformed from non-human living beings; mó (魔) are transformed from living people; guǐ (鬼) are transformed from the deceased; guài (怪) are transformed from non-human dead beings.

And of course, WWX hoards all the ghost-type pokemon monsters at the Phoenix Mountain tournament, and he only exerts control over corpses, spirits, and the like (aka people who have already died). (As opposed to Xue Yang, who appears to have been actively trying to make 魔 "demons" out of living people with those "living corpses" of his, perhaps.) (And, ironically, in order to avoid showing necromancy / zombies on screen, CQL technically does show WWX practicing demon cultivation because everyone is "supposedly alive" even when they're corpses? Which is, funnily enough, far worse morally in the MDZS universe, lol.)

So, intuitively at least, we know that WWX must be practicing ghost cultivation—now let's look at some concrete examples from the book.

Running the numbers

1) 魔道 (mó dào) means “demon cultivation.” As such, it must use living humans.

魔道 appears one (1) time in the novel.

Yes, once. The only time it appears is in the term 魔道祖师 modao zushi, or the namesake of the novel, in chapter 2. This is a title the general public has given him through rumors:

魏无羡好歹也被人叫了这么多年无上邪尊啦、魔道祖师啦之类的称号，这种一看就知道不是什么好东西的阵法，他自然了如指掌。 Wei Wuxian wasn’t called titles like “The Evil Overlord,” “The Founder of Demon Cultivation,” and so on over the years by others for nothing—he knew these sorts of obviously shady formations like the back of his hand.

2) 鬼道 (guǐ dào) means “ghost cultivation.” As such, it must use dead humans. 

鬼道 appears 12 times in the novel.

Here is the first instance that 鬼道 appears, which I believe is the first time Wei Wuxian's method of cultivation is properly introduced. From chapter 3 (jjwxc ch 8):

蓝忘机 […] 对魏无羡修鬼道一事极不认可。 Lan Wangji […] had never approved of the fact that Wei Wuxian practiced ghost cultivation.

Here's another quote from chapter 15 (jjwxc ch 71) for funsies:

蓝忘机看着他，似乎一眼就看出他只是随口敷衍，吸了一口气，道：“魏婴。” Lan Wangji looked at him as if he saw through his half-hearted bluff. He took in a breath, then said, “Wei Ying.” 他执拗地道：“鬼道损身，损心性。” He stubbornly continued, “Ghost cultivation harms one’s body, and harms one’s nature.”

3) 邪魔歪道 (xiemowaidao) means heretical path/immoral methods/evil practices/underhanded means/etc—e.g., lying, cheating, stealing, bribery, and so on.

It appears ~24 times in the novel.

I mention this last term because it is often used to refer to Wei Wuxian's cultivation, but as a pejorative. Every instance of 邪魔歪道 is said by or to quote someone looking down upon Wei Wuxian’s cultivation (Jin Zixun, Jin Ling, etc.) and referring to it derogatorily, whereas every instance of 鬼道 guidao/ghost dao is said by someone discussing it neutrally and/or factually (Lan Jingyi, Lan Wangji, Wei Wuxian himself, random cultivators at discussion conferences, the narration, etc.). Here is a pertinent example with Jin Ling (derogatory) and Lan Jingyi (neutral) in chapter 9 (jjwxc ch 43):

金凌怒道：“是在谈论薛洋，我说的不对吗？薛洋干了什么？他是个禽兽不如的人渣，魏婴比他更让人恶心！什么叫‘不能一概而论’？这种邪魔歪道留在世上就是祸害，就是该统统都杀光，死光，灭绝！” “We are discussing Xue Yang,” Jin Ling said angrily. “Am I wrong? What did Xue Yang do? He’s scum that’s lower than a beast, and Wei Ying is even more disgusting than him! What do you mean ‘don’t make sweeping generalizations?’ As long as those practicing this kind of demoniac, heretical path are alive, they’ll continue to bring disaster. We should slaughter all of them, kill all of them, annihilate them once and for all!” 温宁动了动，魏无羡摆手示意他静止。只听蓝景仪也加入了，嚷道：“你发这么大火干什么？思追又没说魏无羡不该杀，他只是说修鬼道的也不一定全都是薛洋这种人，你有必要乱摔东西吗？那个我还没吃呢……” Wen Ning shuffled around. Wei Wuxian gestured at him to stay still, only to hear Lan Jingyi also cut in loudly, “Why are you getting so riled up? It’s not like Sizhui said Wei Wuxian shouldn’t have been killed. All he said was that people who practice ghost cultivation aren’t necessarily all like Xue Yang. Do you have to go around breaking things? I didn’t even get to eat any of that yet…”

Tl;dr—Wei Wuxian does not 修魔道 practice demon cultivation. When Wei Wuxian’s craft is discussed in a neutral and factual manner, it is referred to as 鬼道 ghost dao. 

In fact, Wei Wuxian’s imitators are also referred to explicitly as 鬼道修士 ghost cultivators.

魏无羡早就听说过，这些年来江澄到处抓疑似夺舍重生的鬼道修士，把这些人通通押回莲花坞严刑拷打。 Wei Wuxian had heard a while back that over the past few years, Jiang Cheng had gone around snatching any ghost cultivator suspected of being possessed or reborn, detaining them in Lotus Pier to interrogate them using torture.

So why the confusion?

Of course, there is the matter of the novel's title, which I will get into in a second. But the real issue is a matter of translation.

The idea that WWX uses "demonic cultivation" is a misconception in English-speaking fandom due to issues with the translation of terminology. Of note, EXR actually did translate 鬼道 guidao as "ghostly path" most of the time, though there were at least 3 instances of "demonic" and 1 instance of "dark," especially regarding the first few.

However, this misconception was perpetuated (and arguably worsened) by 7S's official translation, which not only mistranslated additional terms as "demonic cultivation/path" (at least in book 1), but also consistently mistranslated every instance of 鬼道 as "demonic cultivation/path."

So why is this book called 魔道祖师, commonly translated as "Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation?"

One possibility is one posed in Chinese-language meta online, which often cites that WWX himself is a sort of 魔 demon. While this may be true—after all, he can hear the voices of the dead—it doesn't quite explain the fact that the title sets him up to be the 祖师 or "founder."

My take is that this novel is very much concerned with hearsay vs. truth. This is one of the many monikers WWX is given by the public, who collectively view him as evil. (Also of note is that the non-cultivator public is not aware of all the nuances that cultivators learn re: distinctions between the 妖魔鬼怪 monsters.) In the quote from earlier, note that the first title we're given is actually 无上邪尊 “The Evil Overlord,” then 魔道祖师 "The Founder of Demon Cultivation." Like, what can that be other than MXTX telling us, "please take both of these with a HUGE grain of salt, lol."

(And not only the title, but the very first line—"魏无羡死了。" / "Wei Wuxian is dead."—is a lie.)

I think the title is genius, honestly. It intentionally makes readers come into the novel with preconceived notions that Wei Wuxian practices 魔道 demon cultivation and evil techniques—just like the public in the novel. What better way to tell a story warning about the dangers of how easy it is to fall for misinformation and jump to incorrect conclusions?

(Though, in our case, perhaps it worked a little too well.)

[kennak]

https://anond.hatelabo.jp/20241019210503 俺は普通に地元が荒れまくっていて、何人か友達も死んでるし、俺自身も犯罪に巻き込まれたことがある被害者だ。 こういうのを見る度に思うのだけれど、「頭が悪いから犯罪する」だとか、「能力が不足しているから犯罪をする」という思考に流されすぎ。 いいか、今話題の強盗団は「何も悪くないのに強盗になってしまう」ことが一番の問題なんだ。 倫理意識が高かろうが、頭が良かろうが強盗になる。それがこれからの世の中。 お前が言っているのは「詐欺は騙される方が悪い」とかそういうレベルの極論。何も悪くなくても詐欺の被害者にはなる。 普通の人達が社会人をやってる時間を「どうやったら犯罪で一儲けするか」に振っている人間達がいるという思考をしろ。これは単純な労働力投下量の問題であって倫理の問題ではない。 まずこの文章を読んで、お前も、俺も、いつでもこういった犯罪に巻き込まれる、加害者にも被害者にもなる可能性があるという意識を持つことが何よりも重要なんだ。 要点を適当にまとめるから暇な時、読んでおいてほしい。 ●基本、悪人は強盗はやらない 「何言ってんだお前」という声が聞こえた気がするが、これは圧倒的事実だ。 「強盗と強姦はやるな」というのは、ちょっとでも犯罪に身が近い世界で生きてきたなら当然の常識だ。 すごく馬鹿にされそうな言い方をすると、不良界隈にいたのであれば強盗も強姦も基本的にやらない。置き引きや暴行は普通にやるやつら、簡単に人を喧嘩で刺すやつら、そういう人間達でも強盗はしない。 なぜかと言うとメリットに対してデメリットが大きいからだ。要は実刑を食らい、さらに長い刑罰を食らう可能性が非常に高いのがその二つの犯罪だからだ。 うちの地元だと「強」のつく犯罪はするな、というのは先輩から後輩に受け継がれる鉄則だったりする。 あと立証しやすいとかもある。 お前達の世界観だと、「犯罪をしたら警察に捕まって刑務所にぶち込まれる」くらいの解像度かもしれないが、犯罪にも色々種類があり、捕まり方にも種類があり、ぶち込まれ方にも種類があるということを知るべきだ。 犯罪者は犯罪を犯し捕まれば、泡になって消えるわけではない。 不良界隈は、犯罪のコード化をしっかりと進めているので「これは実刑まではいく」とか、「これはやったら割りに合わない」という思考をする。 犯罪をしたら刑務所、みたいなふわっとした思考でいないのだ。具体的な手順、具体的な刑罰を考えて割に合うように犯罪をするのが不良というものなのだ。 あとはこういう大金が絡む犯罪だと、10年懲役を食らったとしても、1億稼いでいるなら年収1000万だ。これは悪くない、という考え方もある。 （金の隠し方、要は税務署からどう逃れるかにも色々テクがあるが、これは言うと身に危険があるからここには書かない） ダラダラ書いたが、要は「悪いヤツ程強盗はしない」のだ。お前の周囲にも、置き引きやら喧嘩で鑑別とかにぶち込まれた同級生くらいいただろう。うちは年少行きもかなりいたが。 そういうやつらは、強盗は基本的にしない。割に合わないことを知っているからだ。 気軽に人をぶん殴り、喧嘩となれば刃物で人を刺すようなやつらが、強盗はやらないのだ。 じゃあ、誰がそういう犯罪の実行犯になるのか。 普通の人だよ。お前や、俺だ。普通に学校に行き、普通に社会で暮らす人達だ。 ●どうやって強盗団になるのか、どうやって逃げたらいいのか 俺の知るノウハウを書く。正直最早古い手順になっているのだが、啓発だと思って聞いてほしい。（多分、ニュースとかでももうやっていると思う） SNSかバイトサイトで、荷物運びとか適当なことで釣る。で、ここでもう「高報酬」とかあんまり言わん。普通の仕事と同じように見えるように書く。 というかお前ら、バイトの募集アプリで見た事あるか？どれもこれも「高報酬！」とか「隙間時間に手軽に稼げる！」とかでありふれている。 闇バイトと普通のバイトの見分けはハッキリ言ってつかない。というかつかなくしている。 現場にやってきたら、あとは簡単だ。「本人確認」と言って免許証を取り出させ、「スマホってある？」って言ってスマホを取り出させる。 それで免許証とスマホを奪う。これは大体車の中で行うことが多いかな。場合による。 これでもう完成。「俺はそんなバカなことはしない」と思うかもしれないが、基本的にもう手慣れているのでマジで騙されるよ。 ちなみに、これは周囲から聞いたのだが、基本的に逃げるならここしかない。基本的にこの後はもう車で現場まで行って楽しい強盗団に強制参加だ。 自分の家が書いてある免許証と、スマホを捨てて逃げろって話。 現場に降りた瞬間に逃げるのもアリだが、その時は当然中の人間も武装してるのでついでみたいにぶん殴られ、拘束される。 あと、「緊急連絡先」って言って、実家の住所と電話番号も提出させることが多いので、「実家襲うからな」」という脅しにも当然耐えなければならない。 （というか、事実見せしめで実家も襲われてるみたいなニュースがあったはずだ） ここに、「頭が悪いから巻き込まれる」とか「警戒心が低いから巻き込まれる」という要素は個人的にはないと思う。「スーパーのバイトに���募したら強盗団になる」くらいの感覚でいた方がよい。 バイトや派遣なんざしているのがもう悪い、という話はあまりにも昨今の就職事情からすると暴力的な話でもあるしな。 ●じゃあなんで今更こんな強盗団が流行ってるのか これには3つの要因がある。①技術の発達（普遍化）②犯罪のファンタジー化③ノウハウの高度化だ。 ①はわざわざ語るまでもないだろう。アプリ、SNSでいくらでも人と繋がれる時代になり、情報をやり取りできるんだからそんなもん悪用されるに決まってる。 無知は利用するもの、知識は悪用するものだ。この世の基本だ。求人を誰にでも出せるようになったので簡単に実行犯を集められるようになった。 ②は俺は最も重い問題だと考えている。不良が減りすぎた。犯罪が減りすぎた。犯罪が遠くなりすぎた。 「悪い事」がなにやら魔法のような、よくわからない世界になってしまった。だから、万引きも強盗も同じ「犯罪」のくくりになってしまう。 本件に関しては、「何に替えてでも強盗には参加しない」という意識が低い。強盗は基本的にやったら超絶重たい罰を食らう。 だから、何に替えてでもやってはいけないのだ。 ③、これは①との複合の話になる。今、異常な速度で犯罪のノウハウは共有されている。前述したように、どうやって違法に金を集めるかに、多くの労働力を投下している層というのは存在する。 これからも存在し続ける。そういったやつらのPDCAサイクルが異常に早く回り出している。 「とりあえず試してみよう！」精神が、犯罪者界隈で最近活発になっている。統計上は犯罪が減っている。凶悪犯罪や強盗も減っている。 だから問題ないと考えるのは自由だが、これは俺は身近な空気感として感じている。 ●俺達はどうしたらいいのか 犯罪をしろとは言わんが、犯罪に対する無知があまりにも増えすぎた。もっと悪い奴らと会話をした方がよい。 別にこの話に限ったことではなくて、犯罪を身近においてどうやって避けるかのノウハウに頭のメモリを常時使うべきだ。 「何も悪くなくても強盗団になってしまう」という話と矛盾するようだが。 それでも上記の話のように「免許証とスマホを捨ててでも遁走しろ」みたいな話は俺は地元の先輩から3年は前に聞いていた。 そういう啓発は警察の仕事かもしれないが、基本的に警察というのは起きた犯罪に対処するのが仕事であって未然に事件を防ぐのはあくまでも副次だという意識をもっと持つべきだろう。 犯罪は遠い世界の出来事ではない。お前も犯罪者になるし、俺も犯罪者になるし、お前も被害者になるし、俺も被害者になる。 そういう意識をもって常に生きるべきだ。

強盗団の件、犯罪エアプの人達は平和ボケしすぎ

[rugbysm3]

拡張ラグビーケツマ◯コトレーニング

今日はラグビーユニフォームとケツ割れ履いてリモートワーク。

夕方、仕事がほぼ終わったタイミングで拡張自主トレを開始。ケツを洗い、一番小ぶりな張り型を入れ、椅子に座り仕事机に向かう。張り型の亀頭部分がスクラム練習では鍛えられなかった前立腺を刺激する。チンコの根元の奥あたりから、モヤモヤとした快感がラグビーユニフォームを着た全身に広がる。

慣れてきたところで張り型をサイズアップ。持ってる張り型の中で２番目に太いやつだ。黒光りして亀頭のエラが張った立派な張り型。

ラグビーでも仕事でも、成長するかどうかは、一人の時にどれだけ自分に厳しくなれるかにかかっていると思う。俺は新年の抱負として、ケツ穴の拡張をしフィストの道に進むとここで宣言した。

フィストの道に進むことに迷いがないと言えば嘘になる。でも、俺は自分の気持ちにもうウソをつきたくない。自分に正直に生きたい。そうだ。俺はラガーマンだ。ラガーマンとしての気概を見せるんだ。

俺は持ってる中で２番目に太いこの張り型をケツに突っ込み15分間椅子に座り続け、何があっても耐えケツから張り型を引き抜かない、くわえ続けるというノルマを自分に課した。

タイマーを15分にセットする。これが鳴るまでにもし張り型をケツから引き抜くようなことがあれば俺はラガーマン失格だ。神聖な白ラグパンを履く資格を永久に失う。���が一、15分間張り型を入れ続けられず張り型を引き抜くようなことがあれば、その時は恥ずかしい罰が待っている。

白襟のラガーシャツ、白ラグビーソックス、黒スパイクを履き、フリチンでグランドを100周するのだ。ラグビーの聖地、菅平高原名物、「ラガーマンのフリチンラン」を所属していたラグビーチームの仲間の前でするという、妄想めいた罰を思いついた。

こうして自分を追い込まなければ、怠け者の俺は正月の抱負として立てた「拡張トレーニングを継続しフィストマ◯コになる」という誓いをいつの間にか破るだろう。

ラガーマンは有言実行。黙って張り型にまたがり15分間椅子に座り続けた後は、一番大きい張り型に挑戦するのだ。二番目に太い張り型を手に取りローションを塗りケツに亀頭部分だけ突っ込み椅子に座る。体重をかけるとケツがグワッと広がりズブズブと体の中に入っていく。あぁっ…。

張り型の亀頭が、そして太い竿の部分が、パンパンに張った俺の前立腺を引き摺るように刺激していく。キ、キモチイイ…。全体重を掛け張り型を根元までくわえ込む。８割ほど飲み込めた。不自然に腰を浮かせたまま、残りの仕事に集中する。

しばらくすると直腸が動いたのか、張り型が

勝手に飲み込まれていく感じがした。あぁっ…全部入る。スクラムで押し込まれ後退するときのようにジリジリと押し込まれていく。ラグビーを引退してもバクバク食って増えた自分の体重を呪う。

コリッとした感覚があり、張り型がすべて根元まで入った。スウェットを履いたケツが椅子にしっかりと沈み込む。すると、ケツが少し楽になる。俺のケツが張り型を完全飲み込んだのだ。

ふー…。椅子に座りパソコンに向かっているだけなのに、何なんだこの体力消費は。俺は脂汗をかき、白ラグビーソックスを履いた両足をつま先立ちさせ、ケツの奥が突き上げられ圧迫される少し苦し感じに耐える。

スクラム練習よりキツい！つま先立ちした両足がプルプル震え始める。張り型の根元の太い部分でケツの入口が押し広げられる。少しきつい。張り型を引き抜きたい！…でも…仲間の前でフリチンランなんてできない。そんな学生の罰ゲームみたいなことを社会人ラガーマンの俺がしたら、未来永劫、俺はチームの笑いものだ。

フーフー荒い息をしてケツの圧迫感に耐える。タイマーを見ると、長い長い15分がまもなく経とうとしている。あと15秒…10秒…5秒…終了！！硬直した下半身を椅子から浮かし、スウェットをずり下げる。そして入れていた張り型をケツから引き抜く。

ズロン！！あぁっ！

自分のケツが引き抜く際に一番感じる癖のあるケツであることを忘れていた。俺はケツから背筋を貫き脳天までしびれさせるゾクゾクするような快感に腰が抜け、椅子に座り損ねて床にケツから落ちた。

俺の膣液でヌル��ル光った張り型を床に落とした。勢いよくボヨンと飛び跳ね床に静かに横たわる黒く太く長い張り型。俺も床に転がった張り型のようにグッタリと床に横たわった。

はーはー息をする。張り型を引き抜いたケツは開いたままだ。ケツの穴を閉じたり開いたりすると、俺のケツは物欲しそうなヌチョヌチョという音を立てた。部屋の隅に置いた姿見に自分が映る。俺は急に恥ずかしさに襲われる。

なんてザマだろう。やはりラグビーを引退してタガが外れたのだ。俺は長年、不屈のラグビー精神で自分の中に巣食う淫魔と戦ってきた。週末のラグビー練習で思いっきり走り、ぶつかり、叫ぶことでストレスを発散し、淫魔に打ち勝ってきた。

だから俺がラグビーを引退したらストレスを解消できず、抑え込まれていた淫魔が解き放たれることは覚悟していた。でもまさかここまで淫魔に乗っ取られるとは思いもしなかった。

正直に告白する。俺は、ラグビユニフォームとケツ割れを履いた姿で、ラグビーや空手をするようなゴツい男の手でケツの穴を拡げられ、ローションまみれの膣の奥の奥まで見られたいと思っている。恥ずかしい願望だ。しかも、これは絶対に内緒だが、フィスト貫通したあかつきには、OBぐらいの年代のオヤジ達の前でフィストショーをし、ケツでイク姿を見られたいとまで思っている。

思えば長い長いラグビー生活だった。ラグビーコミュニティで男色は御法度だ。だから男との交わりは絶対の秘密にしバレないようにしていた。でも、ラグビーを引退した今の俺は、こうして男色へのドロドロの欲望を不特定多数の男達にネットでさらけ出すだけでなく、仕事中に禁断のケツマンオナニーにふけり、その姿をネットに投稿している。

俺は、フィスト願望が溢れ出して止められなくなっている…。なんということだろう。俺は、あんなにも愛し夢中になっていたラグビーをこの体で冒涜している。

チームの仲間の顔を思い出す。好きだった監督のラグパンのふくらみや、バカでかく発達したふくらはぎや太い腕の筋肉も思い出される。ラグビーボールをつかむ大きな手も。その手が俺のケツに…

あぁっ…。またとんでもない想像をしてしまっている。最近は気が付くといつもこうだ。白昼夢の中の監督の、太くて硬いチンポをしゃぶる。ツユダクでしょっぱくて美味い。強い男の匂いがする。

俺は罪深い妄想に取り憑かれている。もう監督に顔向けできない。監督もOBの先輩たちも、こんな張り型アナニーにふける俺の姿を見たら驚き軽蔑し嫌悪し離れていくだろう。

「もう吉田とは関係を持つな」というお触れが出るに違いない。俺はラグビーを引退しキッズ達のコーチになるのではなく、チームから距離をおいた。そして一年は我慢できた。

でも、��欲を抑え込む歯止めとしてのラグビーがなくなった今、俺はラガーマンの象徴であるラグパンを脱ぎ、淫乱マ◯コ野郎の象徴であるケツ割れを履き、ラガーシャツと白ラグビーソックス姿で部屋で一人アナニーに没頭している。

何よりも人に言えないのは、俺は大事なチームの試合動画を流しながら激しく興奮しながケツマン拡張アナニーをしているということだ。これがラガーマンとしてだけでなくスポーツマンとして絶対に許されない行為だということは分かっている。でも俺は、自分が出て活躍したラグビー試合動画を流ながらのアナニーを我慢できない。

監督すみません。俺は、動画から聞こえる「吉田！寝てんじゃねー！立て！走れ！金玉ついてんのか」という監督の怒鳴り声を聞きながら興奮しています。半開きのケツの穴からも、硬く勃起したチンポの先からも我慢汁を垂らしています。

監督が俺に怒鳴り声を上げれば上げるほど、俺のチンポは硬くなります。監督に鍛えてもらったデカいふくらはぎに白ラグビーソックスを履き、ケツ穴をヒクヒクさせ、両手で乳首をつまみ、アヘ顔で我慢汁をとめどなく垂らしています。

監督、俺はもう監督の目を直視できません。もし直視したらその瞬間、監督の目の前で俺はイッてしまうでしょう。

俺は試合動画から聞こえる監督の「吉田！突っ込めーっ！」という怒鳴り声を合図に、俺はふらふらと立ち上がり、持っている中で一番太い張り型を手に取った。監督が怒鳴る。「吉田！モタモタしてるな！突っ込め！」。

俺は張り型にローションを塗りながらラグビー脳がピンク色染まっていくのを感じた。監督の「吉田！行け！」の怒鳴り声を合図に、俺は一番太い張り型をケツに突っ込もうとする。

うぅっ…。亀頭部分だけでもすごい圧迫感だ。スクラムを組む俺に、監督が「耐えろ！吉田！」と声をかける。あの太く低い監督の声で、苦しいスクラム戦を何度も耐えしのいだ。

俺は張り型を椅子の上に置き、ゆっくりと腰を下ろし体重をかけていく。ハーフタイムに円陣になった俺に向かって監督が言う。「吉田、体に力が入り過ぎてる。重心を感じろ。そしてスパイクをグランドに食い込ませろ。スクラムの基本を思い出せ」檄が飛ぶ。

俺は重心を感じ、床にしっかりと足をつき、脂汗をかきながら、ゆっくりと腰を下ろしていく。張り型の竿の一番太いところが括約筋を通過する。「よし！いいぞ、吉田！突っ込めっ！」。監督の怒号と同時に一番きついところを乗り越える。

あぁっ！監督っ！

俺は天を仰ぎ、一気に椅子に腰を下ろした。そしてその瞬間は突然やってきた。チンコをしごいてもいないのに、腹の奥からドロドロの熱いマグマがこみ上げる。

監督！ダメです！俺！俺、イキます！

初めて感じる快感にガクガクと体が震える。

イクッ！イクッ！イクッ！

長い射精だった。一分ぐらい止まらないトコロテン射精の快感に、ラグビー脳が破壊されていく。俺は椅子からずり落ち、ドサリと床に倒れ込んだ。ケツから張り型が勢いよく飛び出す。ブチュ！ケツに激しいムズムズした快感が広がる。

ケツ穴に自分の指を突っ込みむと、俺のケツ穴は軟��生物のようにグニョグニョだった。自分の指をヌチョヌチョと包みこんで喰っていく。ノーサイドの笛が鳴る。俺は白ラグビーソックスを履いた太い足をピーンと伸ばし、ラグビーで鍛えたゴツい上半身を反り返らせる。監督が俺を見下ろして立っている。

監督…すみません…

監督は黙って背を向け去っていく。あぁ…。快感の中、俺は意識を失った。

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久しぶりに長文書きました。感想を教えてくれると嬉しいです。写真は、俺の自主トレ姿です。

[syrupsyche]

in honour of our boys appearing yet again for Les Mis Letters, here is a look at their names + my favourite lines from the Chinese translation of Les Mis (by Li Dan and Fang Yu)

Enjolras = 安灼拉 (Ān zhuó lā)

安 meaning peace

灼 meaning burning/bright

“他有天使那么美。” = He was as pretty as an angel

“他在欢乐中也不苟言笑” = He did not smile even when he was happy.

“他是自由女神云石塑像的情人” = He was lady liberty's marble lover.

Combeferre = 公白飞 (Gōng bái fēi)

公 can be found in the word 公平, meaning just

白 meaning white (which makes me think of: "Combeferre was as gentle as Enjolras was severe, through natural whiteness.")

飞 meaning flight

安灼拉近于义，公白飞近于仁。= Enjolras was closer to righteousness, Combeferre was closer to kindness.

如果这两个青年当年登上了历史舞台，也许一个会成为公正无私的人，而另一个则成为慎思明辨的人 = If these two young men had ascended the stage of history, one would have been a fair and just man, and the other a careful and discerning man.

公白飞也许能双膝着 地，两手合十，以待未来天真无邪地到来，希望人们去恶从善的巨大 进化不至于受到任何阻扰。= Combeferre would have gone on his knees, hands clasped, and bring about the innocent arrival of the future, and hoped that nothing would impede the evolution of the people.

Jean Prouvaire/Jehan = 让·勃鲁维尔 (Ràng·bó lǔ wéi'ěr) / 热安 (Rè ān)

shares an 安 with Enjolras, meaning peace

让·勃鲁维尔是个多情种子 = Jean Prouvaire was the affectionate type

他说起话来语调轻缓，俯首低眉，腼腆地微笑着，举动拘束，神气笨拙，无缘无故地脸羞得通红，胆怯。然而，猛不可当 = He spoke in a soft and tender tone, bowed his head and lowered his gaze, smiled shyly, moved reservedly, had a clumsy air, his face would flush red for no reason, and was timid. But his ferocity was undaunted.

Feuilly = 弗以伊 (Fú yǐ yī)

他只有一个念头：拯救世界。他还另外有种愿望：教育自己，他说这也是拯救自己 = He only had one thought: to rescue the world. He also had another wish, to educate himself, which he said was also to rescue himself.

弗以伊是个性情豪放的人。他有远大的抱负。这孤儿让人民为父母 = Feuilly had a bold temperament. He had great ambitions. This orphan took the people in, and became their parent.*

Courfeyrac = 古费拉克 (Gǔ fèi lākè)

克 meaning overcome or subdue

古费拉克确实具有人们称为鬼聪明的那种青春热力。这种热力，和小猫的可爱一样 = Courfeyrac had what one might describe as the cleverness and passion of youth. This passion can also be found in the cuteness of a kitten

不过古费拉克是个诚实的孩子 = However, Courfeyrac was an honest boy.

在多罗米埃身上蕴藏着一个法官，在古费拉克身上蕴藏着一个武士。 = In Tholomyès' body contained a judge; in Courfeyrac's body contained a knight.

安灼拉是首领，公白飞是向导，古费拉克是中心。= Enjolras was the leader, Combeferre was the guide, Courfeyrac was the heart.

Bahorel = 巴阿雷 (Bā ā léi)

雷 meaning thunder

巴阿雷是个善于诙谐而难与相处的人，诚实，爱花钱，挥霍到近于奢侈，多话到近于悬河，横蛮到近于不择手段，是当魔鬼最好的材料 = Bahorel was a humourous man, though difficult to get along with, honest, spendthrift, spending to the point of extravagance, talking to the point of eloquence, bold to the point of brashness and had the perfect makings of a devil.**

他的父母是农民，对父母他是知道反复表示敬意的。= His parents were peasants, and he knew to often treat them with much respect.

关于他们，他常这样说：“这是些农民，不是资产��级，正因为这样，他们才有点智慧。” = Regarding them, he often said: "These are peasants, not bourgeois; thus they are the wiser."

Lesgle/Bossuet = 赖格尔 (Lài gé ěr) / 博须埃 (Bó xū āi)

博须埃是个遭遇不好的快乐孩子。他的专长是一事无成，相反地对一切都付之一笑。= Bossuet was an unfortunate, but happy child. His specialty was to achieve nothing, and would laugh at everything.

他能很快用到他最后一个苏，却从不会笑到他的最后一声笑。= He could quickly spend his last sou, but he would never smile a last smile.

Joly = 若李 (Ruò lǐ)

他认为人和针一样，可以磁化，于是，他把卧室里的床摆成南北向，使他血液的循环不致受到地球大磁场的干扰 = He believed man and needle were the same - able to be magnetized - and so he had his bed turned facing the north and south to prevent his blood circulation from receiving any interferences from the Earth's magnetic field.

可是在所有这些人中，他是最热闹的一个 = But amongst these men, he was the liveliest of them all.

年轻，乖僻，体弱，兴致高，这一切不相连属的性格汇集在他一人身上，结果使他成了个放荡不羁而又惹人喜爱的人 = Young, eccentric, frail, and cheerful: all these individual characteristics constituted his being, resulting in a peculiar man whom people were fond of.

Grantaire = 格朗泰尔 (Gé lǎng tài ěr)

朗 meaning bright or clear

格朗泰尔是个不让自己轻信什么的人。= Grantaire was a person who did not allow himself to believe in anything.

这个乱七八糟的怀疑者在这一伙信心坚定的人中，向谁靠拢呢？向最坚定的一个 = To whom did this mess of a skeptic lean towards in this group of confident and steadfast men? To the most resolute.

没有谁比瞎子更喜爱阳光。没有谁比矮子更崇拜军鼓手。= No one could love the sunlight more than the blind man. No one could worship the drummer more than the dwarf.

这是种深深的矛盾，因为感情也是一种信念。= This is deeply contradictory, for love*** is also a form of belief.

��经常受到安灼拉的冲撞，严厉的摈斥，被撵以后，仍旧回来，他说，安灼拉“是座多美的云石塑像”！= He was often attacked and harshly rebuked by Enjolras. Still, he would return even after being driven out, and say that Enjolras "could be a beautiful, marble statue!"

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If anyone is interested in other lines and what they have been translated to, feel free to let me know and I can dig it up for you! And thanks for reading all this way :)

*Other Chinese speakers pls help me verify if this is an accurate translation? Idk why this particular sentence is tripping me up.

**Verification on his translation most welcome too; this REALLY sent me on a doozy.

***感情 can also be translated as feelings, affection, fondness etc. Used as "He has feelings for him."

[universalspycrab]

They had an argument over where to stop for dinner

[dnines]

[michicrab]

ATTENTION MUHYO AND ROJI FANS!!

I’ve translated the Muhyo and Roji Special Drama CD!! ✨✨

originally only included in the limited addition DVD box bundle, you can read the script and listen to the CD!!

((Thank you ElenaTheRascal for providing the CD recordings!! ✨✨))

<< EDIT >>

ALL CD’S HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED 💕💕!

Please share your thoughts! <33

[splatoonreblogger]

SplatoonNA:

SRL Spooky department here to announce that there'll be a Splatoween event from 5PM PT on 10/25 to 5PM PT on 10/27!

The theme asks "What would you be in a fantasy world? A Wizard, Knight, or Ninja?"

SplatoonJP:

特別仕様のハロウィンフェス、「Splatoween」が今年もやってくるぞ！

気になるお題は「ファンタジーの世界に飛びこむなら？ 魔法使い vs ナイト vs 忍者」。

期間は、10月26日(土)午前9時～28日(月)午前9時の48時間だ。

あやしげな雰囲気の漂う街へ、ぜひお越しいただきたい。

SRL Fashion Desk chiming in to report that we're celebrating this year's Splatoween with costume gear from Splatoon 2, available now!

Get yours from the lobby terminal after launching the Splatoon 3 game from the latest article of SRL News on the Nintendo Switch device.

SplatoonJP:

今回のSplatoweenに合わせて、前作『スプラトゥーン2』に登場した仮装ギアが配布されているぞ！

Nintendo Switch本体で見られるゲームニュース「イカ研究所通信」の最新記事から『スプラトゥーン3』を起動して、バンカラ街のロビー端末からお受け取りいただきたい。