#2nd DRB

[fullmetalgirl98]

30 days Hypnosis Mic challenge

DAY 15: a song that makes you feel cool when you sing it

🎤 「HUNTING CHARM」

(link)

We're halfway through this challenge!!! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖° ARGHHHH, the immediate choice would have gone to Murder at the House of Magic. Because, geez. Singing Dice's parts makes me feel sooo cool! But I feel like I've talked enough about it. And I could really quote an infinite number of songs and parts of Ichiro, Dice, Gentaro, Doppo and so on, but I suppose I have to choose just one song, so... ¯\_₍ッ₎_/¯ Let's give these bad boys a chance to shine, too, considering I haven't mentioned MTC so far.

This song slaps so damn hard. I know every.single.word by heart.

The introduction kicks ass alone, with that sort of military-style march/countdown that I think is simply perfect for the badass side of MTC (the other side is the one that evokes Yokohama sunsets, but that's off topic now).

The refrain gets me so much, but the thing that makes me feel extremely cool is playing Samatoki, who starts out in a vaguely bored tone with his usual slogan "Raifu is notto feaa" (translation: Life is not fair), and then gets pissed off toward the end of the verse in such a cool way! AAAARGH.

And then also the point where Jyuto says "Nanda, temee?", with that sort of sarcastic chuckle at the beginning that also makes me feel really cool while playing him.

And also Rio?? Strangely enough? I love that way he says "Ten mo iran KAUNTO"

Not to mention the pressing rhythm with which Samatoki attacks in his second verse. I simply can't refrain from beat my foot on the beat!

[minato-division03]

Rise From the Dead (R.I.P Märchen & Pixel Syndicate Edition)

♛ (Queen Card) ♛

Normal is an illusion

Normal for me makes you bow to me (that's right)

♛ (Black Cat, Reiaki Suzubayashi) ♛

Some days even the devil

sits back and loves my work

♛ (Hex 13, Miku Shirazuki) ♛

No one escapes life alive

Curses fuck over our lives

✦ (Rush Hour, Anika Kiyozaki) ✦

Once you start to see through the illusion,

everything will change for you

✦ (Ready or Not, Shian Meizono) ✦

The thrill of the chase I live for it draws me

Can't live in this immersion gotta run free

✦ (Screen Shot, Makina Setsukura) ✦

You're playing my game now, it is all in my hands now

Connection binds you and me, break me, I won't allow

Claw your way back up

RISE FROM DEAD

Carve open this believable plot

Along with it

YOU’LL BE FREE

All our lingering emotional strife

Is packed into our mics

We can’t just rewind

Frustrating as it is

Change takes time

This world— this new generation

We’ll build it even higher oh

We’ll get there someday

Reach for tomorrow and break the chain!

[hoodstar-en]

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[cloverbeaverfriend]

Nobody, absolutely nobody:

Me: *kicks down door* GUYS! Joy for Struggle is wordplay for Joyful Struggle!

[akihabara-division03]

Division Battle Anthem+ (Pixel Syndicate Edition)

(thanks to @queenjatti for help writing these lyrics!)

— (Rush Hour, Anika Kiyozaki) —

You see the aim is me taking first place

But who's to blame, but the game and way I was raised

I put the shame all phased, I go at top speed

All's you got to do is stay below me

A lot of times, man, I hate my ways

All the sin I gotta kill, I'll bend your ways

Pride pumped up, I'll come deflate your ways

I'm the leader, Pixel Syndicate's Ace, now turn up!

— (Ready or Not, Shian Meizono) —

My mind is a weapon

Keep it loaded, it's profession

No sweat No gain

No time for kid’s play

Goin' for the swoop, goin for the prey

Ready or not? ‘Kay, here I come

You run around town with a bounty on ya

I can chase you down to the ends of the earth

and take you with me, just try it, check it!

— (Screen Shot, Makina Setsukura) —

Don’t underestimate my small size-

I have the flow to bring your demise

If you push my buttons- I will push back.

You would be lucky to survive my attack

This is a MOBA death match and Makina's boss-

I'm a tank and all you bots will pay the ultimate cost

You lost, cuz this kid's got the flow that brings your doom

Get your tomb— I got the nerf to make your whole crew go boom

[akkivee]

WE BACK AT IT AGAIN WITH ICHIRO AND THE TRUE HYPNOSIS MIC PARALLELS LETS GOOOOO

[akihabaradivision]

Glory or Dust - (Otaku Corps Ver.)

[Keiko:]

I spit wisdom like scrolls inked in ancient lore

Learn from our blunders, rise higher than before

Mistakes are stepping stones, paving our path

Knowledge is the currency; let's do the math!

Friends by my side, like Naruto and Sasuke

Bonds unbreakable, stronger than a jutsu

Anime worlds collide, our hearts ignite

In this life's epic saga, we script our own fight!

Spit out all your emotions

You'll find every reason

Right here to lay it out in the open

Even if our bodies are ground to dust

We'll spit in the face of the heavens

No limit to our ascension

How many reasons do you have by now

To be a chicken and drop out?

Win, steal, make a get away

Let out everything built up inside

A fearsome fight against those on high

Hypnosis Mic

The spark that binds rhyme and rhyme

Is focused and refined by our minds

[Criss:]

In the shadows I roam, seeking truths untold

Paranormal whispers, secrets to unfold

Ghosts dance in moonlight, cryptids in the haze

I'll unravel dimensions, pierce through cosmic maze

EVPs echo answers, orbs flicker bright

My pen's my Ouija board, I write into the night

From Roswell's debris to Bermuda’s triangle

I’ll chase the enigma, unravel the spectral tangle!

Spit out all your emotions

You'll find every reason

Right here to lay it out in the open

Even if our bodies are ground to dust

We'll spit in the face of the heavens

No limit to our ascension

How many reasons do you have by now

To be a chicken and drop out?

Win, steal, make a get away

Let out everything built up inside

A fearsome fight against those on high

Hypnosis Mic

The spark that binds rhyme and rhyme

Is focused and refined by our minds

[Nikki:]

In this mundane realm, life's grayscale hue

Concrete jungles echo, skies a faded blue

But my mind's a playground, where pixels ignite

I level up in dreams, where fantasies take flight

From Hyrule's green fields to Rapture’s abyss

I dance with Chocobos, wield the Master Sword's kiss

Web-comics weave tales, pixelated and grand

In this virtual symphony, I find my wonderland

Spit out all your emotions

You'll find every reason

Right here to lay it out in the open

Even if our bodies are ground to dust

We'll spit in the face of the heavens

No limit to our ascension

How many reasons do you have by now

To be a chicken and drop out?

Win, steal, make a get away

Let out everything built up inside

A fearsome fight against those on high

Hypnosis Mic

The spark that binds rhyme and rhyme

Is focused and refined by our minds

Spit out all your emotions

Your resolve is already broken

How do you live with yourselves

Acting like you’re above everyone else?

We’ll spit in the face of the heavens

No limit to our ascension

However weak and fragile they may be now

They won’t stand down

A catastrophe, a rewritten story

Mightier than the pen and the sword: Hypnosis Mic

The spark that binds rhyme and rhyme

Is focused and refined by our minds

[aoyama-division]

Glory or Dust - (Jet Set Trio Ver.)

[Tomi:]

Foolish peasants!

How dare you to snap at me? In a hundred years, I'll still be above thee! Your problems aren't mine, do you understand? All I care about is the profit in my hands!

Don't even try to act proud and ruly in my midst! If you do, then soon, very soon, you will be dismissed! And I promise you now, you will not be missed! Let this be a hard lesson to all who resist!

Spit out all your emotions

You'll find every reason

Right here to lay it out in the open

Even if our bodies are ground to dust

We'll spit in the face of the heavens

No limit to our ascension

How many reasons do you have by now

To be a chicken and drop out?

Win, steal, make a get away

Let out everything built up inside

A fearsome fight against those on high

Hypnosis Mic

The spark that binds rhyme and rhyme

Is focused and refined by our minds

[Karada:]

Time for the strongest man in this land to take charge! His name is Nike, and he's livin' large! The god of victory, I'm back again! A living inspiration to all feeble men!

Calculations? That hurts my brain! Get that crap outta here fore I get a migraine! Power and strength will beat that, no question! That why I constantly reign supreme, 24/7!

Spit out all your emotions

You'll find every reason

Right here to lay it out in the open

Even if our bodies are ground to dust

We'll spit in the face of the heavens

No limit to our ascension

How many reasons do you have by now

To be a chicken and drop out?

Win, steal, make a get away

Let out everything built up inside

A fearsome fight against those on high

Hypnosis Mic

The spark that binds rhyme and rhyme

Is focused and refined by our minds

[Luis:]

Okay, Luis, try to keep calm, don't let anything dare to set you off. Remember, it's you that is in control. Your emotions are only a part of you, not the whole.

But I just can't! I won't stay calm! I swear, in the end, I'll burn it all! You'll suffer alone from the ember's glow. You should have listened when they told you not to play with fuego!

Spit out all your emotions

You'll find every reason

Right here to lay it out in the open

Even if our bodies are ground to dust

We'll spit in the face of the heavens

No limit to our ascension

How many reasons do you have by now

To be a chicken and drop out?

Win, steal, make a get away

Let out everything built up inside

A fearsome fight against those on high

Hypnosis Mic

The spark that binds rhyme and rhyme

Is focused and refined by our minds

Spit out all your emotions

Your resolve is already broken

How do you live with yourselves

Acting like you’re above everyone else?

We’ll spit in the face of the heavens

No limit to our ascension

However weak and fragile they may be now

They won’t stand down

A catastrophe, a rewritten story

Mightier than the pen and the sword: Hypnosis Mic

The spark that binds rhyme and rhyme

Is focused and refined by our minds

[crehador]

parting thoughts on rhyme anima s2

was it good? no. was it hypmic? also no. did i enjoy the hell out of it anyway? HELL YEAH for the most part

look i don't think it's controversial to say the rhyme anima characterization is eighteen flavors of fucked, but you know what? the blorbos are moving and talking and being silly and that's a fun enough time for me

yeah there are moments of mischaracterization that are egregiously bad, but i guess overall i don't. idk. fully regret watching

really bummed that the 'main' plot is actually quite compelling but just completely misplaced imo. like the whole thing with akira and satoru could have been such a good story on its own, in an original series, while here in the ridiculous clownfest that is rhyme anima it just feels so out of place

i'll never really understand why the anime refuses to just adapt the drama tracks but whatever. it just feels strange and... impractical? to have bits of the 'main' canon sprinkled in here and there with like. zero payoff lol (like what was that glimpse of the ramuda clones that was just NEVER ADDRESSED AGAIN, and are we really not going to let certain people talk to their fathers and a certain other person talk to their mother like hello)

anyway

tl;dr laughably bad but it's the blorbos so fine whatever. i guess i liked it. (i didn't. but let's pretend)

[the-gayest-sky-kid]

OKAY IMPORTANT QUESTION WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE THE ENTIRE NON STOP DIVISION MIX (26+ MINUTES) OR JUST THE BLACK JOURNEY SEGMENT

[starryc]

disappearance of a phantom (sequel to "sayonara, darling")

(high res here)

[fullmetalgirl98]

30 days Hypnosis Mic challenge

DAY 12: a song that makes you feel nostalgic

🎤 「SHOWDOWN」 - 《2nd D.R.B》, Final Battle (Buster Bros!!! VS 麻天狼 VS Fling Posse)

(link)

Between me and Niky @justanotherniky there’s one rule that should NEVER be violated: no talking about SHOWDOWN.

This song has an impressive potential to make people cry with just the first instrumental seconds. It's not for nothing that this is a song I basically never listen to. And this is not because I don't like it, in fact, it's quite the opposite! It's a truly beautiful song, but my brain simply refuses to listen to it. I just can't. I get a lump in my throat every damn time I try. The tricky thing is that the music is in stark contrast to what is expressed in the verses, which are so aggressive instead [brief due quote to the Hifudo x Gendice moment, in which I literally FLYED. Gentaro was particularly...uhm...evocative.]. So it doesn't come immediately to mind that these 9 men are yelling the worst things at each other, rather the first thing I thought of when I first heard it and looked at the MV (another great idea to make people cry, uh?) is that this song imparted a sense of something unquestionably coming to an end. The feeling I get is really that of "oh hey ... this beautiful story is coming to an end for real ... :') " I can't think about it, I mean ... I can't really project myself into the idea that sooner or later this will really happen, that there will be no more updates on Hypmic, that the whole universe created by Chuhoku will crumble and consequently there will be no point in keeping the basic plot alive. In short, the project will reach its conclusion. And I have a feeling that we're already getting a taste of that, recently.

The sound effect at the beginning, when each division shouts its respective name, is beautiful, contributing to this sense of epicness and absolute finality. But the issue, here, is the chorus, the last one, in particular: "I’m expressing my existence, It’s no one elses I’m here to verify the outcome of this battle, this deciding showtime

The voices, the sounds They resonate with this seesaw game-like live

Be it success, be it disappointment It will be affirmed by our progressing lives" It fu**ing kills me. Every time. I always feel a very painful twinge in my chest when it starts, with that sense of magnificence to remind me that it truly is the final battle alkhdglakdjfg :') The MV, on the other hand, also puts its own spin on it. Right from the way it opens, with the three groups running off into the sunset, raising splashes of water and dust, exactly recalling epic scenes from war or greco-roman movies, with these factions running at each other, and then EVERYTHING EXPLODES.

The live version has an even more commanding impact, with the band on the elevated stage and those flames shooting to the beat of the drums into the sky (link). Amazing. ------------------- Ok, now i'm gonna bury myself under the blankes for the next 2 hours to work off the listening of this song I forced myself to do for this post :)

[minato-division03]

Division Battle Anthem+ (R.I.P Märchen Edition)

— (Queen Card) —

Just try and outsmart me, come on, who the hell

If you dare try and can't do it, then shut the hell up

I don't see the world with its current dynamic

but what it could be with a just a little bit of magic

I will rise from any abyss you can ever drown me in

Those monsters in fairytales, I'll overcome them thick and thin

There is a difference between me and you, listen up

You only adopted the dark,

I was born into it

— (Black Cat, Reiaki Suzubayashi) —

Baby hasn't mama told you, "never play outside at night"?

Should've thought twice or thrice before running out, now it's too late

Hold the torch up high in the thick dark

Hell's empty, all the devils are here like it's all-stars

Hope you've picked your safe place

On a night like this, an endless chase

Hear the cries and screams of the scared kids

Like bloody Halloween, it goes all year long

— (Hex 13, Miku Shirazuki) —

Ashes and ashes it's time to go down

Tears cry from my face the way the cloud cries

And just like the moon, I go through them phases

Can't take it anymore

Needa knock you out and put you to bed

How great the moon is,

It's my friend when I feel too alone to speak out

I'm devoted to the moon when in its darkness

And in its light, I found hope

I’m a child made from the cosmos

[hiragihouse]

im interested in where the hypmic s2 plot is going rn but i wonder if theyre gonna adapt any of the drama tracks eventually?

[fullbottles]

wait that's fucking crazy. i assumed they were discussing the upcoming 2nd drb but now that you mention it you're right. what in the fuck is this anime going to be about then

[akihabara-division03]

Division Rap Battle+ (Pixel Syndicate Edition)

1,2,3 Akihabara Division

Represent • Akihabara

Homies we are Pixel Syndicate

In a game, we always win

Welcome to the Division!

1,2,3 Akihabara Division

Represent • Akihabara

Homies we are Pixel Syndicate

Let the stupid boys fall

Welcome to the Division!

— (Rush Hour, Anika Kiyozaki) —

Mmm, take a hypnosis pill

Do my sweet sick flow have you feeling ill?

Kick it up to the top ‘cause I came to kill

And kick it back in my dreams where I like to chill

Hate to spend time when you are frontin'

You hesitate when you see me comin'

We live in a matrix, I'm the solution

Get lost in my flow ‘cause it's all an illusion

— (Ready or Not, Shian Meizono) —

Like a game where if you don't kill you will die, it's Hunger Game

The survivors take home the glory and take the fame

Main match you have nowhere to run

Hunt you down to the ends of the earth, I'll take my glory

— (Screen Shot, Makina Setsukura) —

Attention! Hey all! Won't you come play a game with lil' me?

Go ahead, I know you can't ever get the best of me

It’s like ma birthday, losers best obey

my victory need no delay, don't think you can beat me, okay?