#JeJe

[robinoullea]

i like zombies

[thecollectibles]

Art by jeje

[servampsideblog]

It's been awhile, but here, have a Mikuni and Jeje. :)

[hello-vampire-kitty]

Servamp April Fools' event

Tanaka Strike reposted the event from 2023 that was about voting for characters' abilities/techniques. The first time I didn't look into the the event and I was surprised to see that among the abilities that were listed, there were a few that were revealed later in the manga,  for example Kuro's Wiedergänger (Ashes to ashes, dust to dust) that appeared in chapter 133.

In March 2023, chapter 128 was published, so it was 5 chapters later when the name of the ability was introduced in the story.

For the event, some characters have abilities that were marked as “lies” because they didn't appear in the manga however, Kuro’s ability was marked as a lie but that was actually true after all!

So yeah, Tanaka-sensei was playing with us. xD Abilities have two readings and you'll see that some of them either have one reading which is different or they some readings were assigned to other characters.

Mahiru: “Why is truth and falsehoods mixed in? Only the actual abilities should be voted!

Kuro: “Mahiru…In this world, you can’t survive on truth alone...

Kuro offering words of wisdom xD The abilities that were marked as "lies" have conversations or comments from characters which I translated.

Note: I listed the abilities based on the characters' names in alphabetical order.

GEAR

Mister Violence (Antique clock of night trick)

This is a reference to “Gear of Night Trick” on TanakaBox and that’s why I worded the translation like this. The clock referenced here must be Hlidskjalf. I wrote about it here when I posted chapter 96.

Youtarou: It's not an ability, it's just brute strength, isn't it?

Gear: I'm a wolf so I have no choice. It's a world that's tough to live in for someone like me.

Youtarou: Honestly! You always act like a wolf at times like this!

HYDE

Cute aggression (The Taming Of The Shrew).

Hyde: This is the most powerful ultimate technique that charms everyone! Kyui!

J-just joking...I don't have a technique like that... I'm s-sorry...I said I'm sorry...

JEJE

Mary Magdalene (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring)

In chapter 125 when Jeje was given his name by Mikuni, his contract item was the winding key from the music box that Kiriko gave to Mikuni and I read that fans discovered that the song it was playing was "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

Jeje: This technique isn't... It's a lie...

KURO

Wiedergänger (Ashes to ashes, dust to dust)

Mahiru: Hey! If you're gonna lie, you should make it sound like it's… obviously a joke, or it'll just confuse people.

Kuro: Yeah...I don't really have a cool technique name. I'm just a humble cat...

LILY

Turandot (None shall sleep) Like I mentioned in the beginning, this is one ability that was given a different reading. The actual one is "The king is absent today as well." "None shall sleep " (Nessun dorma) is an aria from the final act of Turandot.

Mahiru: You had a technique like that?

Lily: Fufufu...Well… you could say it exists, or you could say it doesn't. Reality is such an uncertain thing. You should also be careful.

MISONO

Bridge falling down (The king is absent today as well)

So yeah, it's Misono and Lily that had their ability names switched and were also given different readings. The different reading is most likely a reference to the nursery rhyme "London Bridge Is Falling Down". And we don't have Misono, we have Mikado who comments about the ability xD

Mikado: Didn't Misono have a powerful technique like that?! Did you make it sound like it existed, Dodo?! Dodo: I included it as an option. Mikado: Nice work! Just for today, even a lie is permitted. I can’t believe Misono had only one technique, and it was from ten years ago (in real time)…As a parent I must do behind-the-scenes... Dodo: Young master is already in high-school...It's about time you... Mikado: This is a parent's duty! Should I add another one?!

SAKUYA

I will die yesterday by your side (Five-minute hypothesis theory)

Sakuya used this ability in chapter 139, however in the manga it says five "seconds" not minutes. The first reading sounds weird...Like, I haven't found a reference for it. "To die" is in the present tense even though it says "yesterday", so yeah, it's weird. I expected that it would be the name of a novel but I haven't found anything, so if some of you might have an idea about it, let me know!

Sakuya: I used this ability in the fight against Mahiru, didn’t I? It was such an emotional technique where I self-destructed to protect him. Tsubaki: Have you actually been reading Servamp??

TOUMA

The Beast of Gévaudan (The beast that crawls in a windowless room) (note, for the first part it's actually in French, La bête du Gévaudan)

Touma: What’s the deal with finishing moves? Aren’t you too old for this?

Iori: You're the one that has the most of them though....

Tooru: Shh!

TSUBAKI

Mahoroba (Under the moonlit night, rain and carnage)

Mahoroba isn't something that can be translated. It's a term that refers to an idyllic or perfect place, often associated with paradise or a beautiful land. The dictionary defines it as "great and splendid land (of Yamato)"

The other name of the ability is the title of chapter 84, which I initially translated as "On a moonlit night, rain and bloodshed"

Tsubaki: I don't recall mentioning such a technique name, but it seems okay as it is.

Ultimate Super Wars (Super Ultimate Form-Tsubaki-)

Tsubaki had another ability and when I googled アルティメットスーパーウォーズ a novel, I assume, showed up but I couldn't find much about it. Based on the cover of the book, I thought it was adapted based on a videogame but I didn't find a game with that title, so yeah, the name of the ability might not be related to it. Regarding these kanji 津薔鬼, they spell Tsubaki.

Tsubaki: Are there people who actually call me by such uncool name?

Get ready for an awesome technique in the next issue! Or perhaps the one after that.

YUMIKAGE

Valkyrie Brunhilde (Swan Lake)

Yumikage: This is actually my brother's...But I have many cool name ideas for my own abilities.

[sweet-morgue]

“there are no villains in the story where you are the protagonist and the theme is love. all children are born to be loved, there's nothing wrong about being born... that's YOUR happy ending. however, in a story where HE is the protagonist and the theme is envy...”

envy arc inner world Mikuni design leak trust. [ALICEIN MADNESS NEVER LEFT]

I dare you to come up to me and tell me that Mikuni IS NOT Alice. he literally owns an antique store called "Land of Wonder" and lives with a guy that is messed up in the head, wears funny clothes, talks nonsense constantly and is weirdly obsessed with tea. he is THE DEFINITION of Alice.

Misono is the default Alice, no shade to him.

[amirayray]

I think this puncture will suit him)

[andysgallerys]

Sigo viva

[ruchirarambles7]

This thread is pure joy

The world is on fire but this thread is so joyous. Reason why I’m still on Twitter.

[cure-typhoon]

This is probably how I look every time i shove my au where Karkat is a single parent of three into ur timelines

[killapunchaw]

At the start of the year, I made this... and I forgot it existence until today. It happens, you know?

[maigawa]

exhala con tranquilidad observando el espacio, los ojos se habían quedado encantados con las leguas del fuego furioso, amenazante y sereno a la vez "¿no es hermoso?" exclama con tintes de emoción en la voz "¡¿y si alguien muere?!" gira el rostro para capturar atención de compañía desconocida "¿tú lo harás?" habla de atravesar el fuego.

[onlysushicat]

she bit my peentis... A̳͍̩̤ͥͩ̈́͞A̵͇̰̜̋ͨ͑ͭǍ̜̬̝̬̖͘A͛̎͏͚͎̜̳̥̜͔Ǎ̱̣̃ͦ͜Ą͚̭̖̾A͊̎͌̔҉̤̖̺̠̼A̸̩̱ͪÁ͓͈͇̦̣̞͂͟ͅA̧̘̬̺̭͌͆͋Ą̹̟͉̘̤̭͙̝͐A̝̤̱͇̦͊̇̏͝ͅA̚̚͞��̩̦A̶̞̗͚̝̻̺̥̱͋̎ͭ̾A̲̙̻͎̎̕Ą̣͙̠̠̣̦̌ͥ̏A͌̉̒̈́҉͓̠͇͉͖̦̳Ȁ̵͇̣̘̓̒A̢̙̯̳̤̽U̩̤͖̩̖̗̾̃̀ͅU̦̞̫̫ͭ́Ȗ̶̝̟̻͓͋ͅŬ̧̘̥̞͆ͦU̡̯̼̗̙͓̫̲͓͒Ṵ̗͓ͨ̅͝Ų͇͔ͨ̋̑U̶͍̠͉͖͎̹͍̞͂̿U̶͚̭̐ͧ͒ͫỦ͎̱͍̯̦̯̖͢U̿̐͊͏̰͎͓̬̝̰̦ͅU̴͎̳͚ͤ̓̀ͩU̙̩͎̤̭̘̅͗ͯ͘Ủ̸͖̜̺̱Ù̟̭͚̠̪̊͢U͎̤̼̫͐̀Ȕ̄͐̚҉͕̻͓̱̪͇ͅG̶͚̻͚͖̬͋Ḡ̷̹̙̖͔̯̫̇G̗͎͊̎ͭ͝G͑͏̫̫̪G̣͌̽̚͝ͅG͙̯̦̥͔̪̜̣̊ͥ̕G͕̭ͦͭ̍̀G̞̤͕͗͢Ǧ̶͎̯̙͍̄ͧĠ̛͎̯̱ͯGͪ͏̟̫̘͖͍G̱̥̍ͨ͝G͓̱̞̭ͣ͝G̱͋̆͜ͅG͓͉̺͙̾ͦ͑̾͜H̢͓̥̞̫͆͋ͅH̨̻̖͙̰̜͙͂H̷̗͔͎̖̘̻̑̒͂̒ͅH̦̠̠̞̪̦̪̗̃̃͑́H̷̫͔͍ͧ͑H̡̱̜̫̮̔͌̚Hͧ͏̺͚͈̰ͅH̝̼̤̝͇̼̗̣͌͌͘H̠͙̭̠̯̣͕̅́H̴͕̟͋͑̄̇H̷̜̮͈̖̬̺̬͎̍͌ͩH̷̤͇̺̼ͫ̋

[sisterzargoni]

babysitting the boys.

[affectionatecorpse]

I made some silly little Servamp clothes in Animal Crossing!

I didn't make all of them because I don't have the room, so I only made my personal favourites, in order of my favourite favourites to least favourite favourites. Yes my number 1 spot is Hugh. He's just so damn scrunkly to me 😭

[righteousdelusions]

Yoshida language tidbits.

Yoshida is the surname, it's the 11th most used last name in Japan. His name is Hirofumi. He has never introduced himself with his full name, only using Yoshida.

He uses ore (俺, オレ) as a personal pronoun. Not only with people of his age, when he presented himself in the international assassins arc, he used ore too.

He calls Denji kimi (キミ). And "Denji-kun", of course.

Denji calls him anta/teme.

Kimi is written in katakana, not kanji.

Addendum: Denji uses ore of course. Mostly it shows in kanji, however, around Yoshida, it's in katakana.

According to the internet, a writer is implying different things if he uses kanji, hiragana or katakana for personal pronouns (though i suppose that's true for any word). Girls might use hiragana more often, because it has cute / elegant / childish connotations. Katakana is more manly, used in scenes of informal or friendly contexts. But also, in the case of Yoshida calling Denji kimi written in katakana -> it can imply friendliness and novelty, but also condescension and fakeness.

(Makima also called him kimi in katakana).

Basically, they talk to each others like dudes, except Yoshida is super annoying about it.

This is a personal interpretation of me, but he uses a flirt stock phrases. "nakayoku shiyouze" instead of the usual "doumo" or "yoroshiku", "ogoruyo". If you google those phrases, you get flirt manuals, date phrases and hentai (don't click on it, trust me).

Thanks to liatreppe for inspiring me to make this list.

[viejospellejos]

Yo hubiera destrozado la pantalla