#Kibou-Identity

[scaredy-draws]

I love love love the “and Make Them Bloom” series! Could you give me a fun fact abt each group?

Hi hi hi!!!! So excited to see ppl liking the series omg jkdfjk

I've no idea what a fun fact is!!! So I've consulted our beloved co-author @jaywalking-rogue

Yakamoz: They're the first group that actually came to mind when making a shuffle au! Their name, yakamoz, is a Turkish word that means the reflection of the moonlight on the sea. I named them, as I happen to be the Turkish speaking one ehe.

Another fun fact about Yakamoz is that they all need a disguise when going out because they're fairly famous (as far as having appeared on TV a couple of times) but they're all completely terrible at it: Akito was Touya's entire fashion sense, if An wears "casual clothes" she gets recognised by street musicians around the town instead, Tsukasa always goes overboard with it and ends up looking So Suspicious the rest of them end up having to make him change into normal clothes, Nene and Kanade get recognised because of their hair and Mafuyu's stony expression is always a dead giveaway no matter the outfit. -Jay

Another another fact is that they have too many members and don't fit into 3dmvs to take pictures of them in :')

Re/Born: The first thing ReBorn did when they got together as a band was pick their designated colours, but Ichika and Haruka always mix up which blue is whose. Ichika also has an indigo streak in her hair in this AU for that reason.

Re/Born is such a cool name imo too,,, Jay named them.

Lulla-tale !!: They take an embarassingly long time to actually form the whole group and then an even longer time to discover their sekai, which only makes sense considering how big their group is. I wanted the theatre group to be bigger because canon WxS is simply a very small cast.

Lulla-tale !! was named by yours truly <3

希望—アイデンティティ(Kibou-Identity): They all have a protectiveness over one another, each thinking that the others are too nice for the world. Shizuku's big sister instincts and the things she's seen when in the idol industry, Honami and Mizuki's experience with bullying, and Minori having been pushed down so many times while trying to become an idol, they all think they need to protect the others from experiences like their own.

Another fun fact is that I still can't name them because Jay and I are silly and wanted to name them something in Japanese, but I don't know any so we're struggling. Their current name means Hope Identity and is sort of temporary maybe perhaps?

Backdraft: When Akito first asked Shiho to partner up with him, she was like "oh yeah sure," she liked his singing, his style etc. Only when they actually hung out in vivid street did she realise he's like. really well known there.

Featuring Shiho as main character of a new hit manga: I Accidentally Partnered Up With A Local Celebrity!? -Jay

Backdraft was named by Jay, after a certain song, kudos to anyone who can guess it!

Thank you so so much for the ask, you've no idea how much it brightened both Jay and I's time :)

[englishotomegames]

Aksys Games has announced they will be releasing Mistonia no Kibou and Utakata no Uchronia in English for the Nintendo Switch in 2025! 7’scarlet will be ported to the Nintendo Switch as well.

Mistonia no Kibou

"A tale filled with love and fixation, woven together by those who carry the blood of the fairies. The story takes place in Grand Alvion, a kingdom thriving under the rule of the fairy queen, in an era where light and shadow coexist. On the outskirts of the capital city stands a noble residence belonging to a prestigious family, where a newly-hired maid is about to set foot onto the property: our heroine, Applause. Having lost everything eight years prior, she swore to take revenge on those responsible. Under a false identity, she begins her search for the truth as she works at the mansion belonging to a potential target for her vengeance. What secrets will she unearth upon her chance encounters with the distinguished noblemen who protect the kingdom? What path will she choose? And so begins the revenge tragedy of a girl bound by a hapless fate."

Utakata no Uchronia

"Welcome to the renowned and prosperous utopia, the flying city of Itehari. Our protagonist is Hinagiku, a noble lady from a distinguished family who longs for the world beyond the floating city. One day, Hinagiku, having just turned 18 years old, encounters an amnesiac man named Yashiro. Their fortuitous meeting becomes the catalyst that drags her into a series of events involving the secrets and various truths hidden beneath the surface of this beautiful utopia."

[satoshi-mochida]

Mistonia no Kibou: The Lost Delight coming west in 2025 - Gematsu

Aksys Games will release otome visual novel Mistonia no Kibou: The Lost Delight for Switch in 2025 in the west, the company announced.

Mistonia no Kibou: The Lost Delight is due out first for Switch on July 18 in Japan.

Here is an overview of the game, via Aksys Games:

A tale filled with love and fixation, woven together by those who carry the blood of the fairies. The story takes place in Grand Alvion, a kingdom thriving under the rule of the fairy queen, in an era where light and shadow coexist. On the outskirts of the capital city stands a noble residence belonging to a prestigious family, where a newly-hired maid is about to set foot onto the property: our heroine, Applause. Having lost everything eight years prior, she swore to take revenge on those responsible. Under a false identity, she begins her search for the truth as she works at the mansion belonging to a potential target for her vengeance. What secrets will she unearth upon her chance encounters with the distinguished noblemen who protect the kingdom? What path will she choose? And so begins the revenge tragedy of a girl bound by a hapless fate.

[project-sekai-facts]

could you make a list of songs in the game that arent the main 6 cryptonloids (or like, ones other than those and gumi, i know gumi has a lot)

theres so many songs to sift through, you dont have to if its too much, im just curious

oh dw this one doesn't actually take that long since i have a discography list to hand

under cut

Commissions (Virtual Singer ver.)

Lower (flower)

Tricologe (flower)

Flyer! (flower)

Nomad (flower)

Identity (GUMI)

Watashi wa, Watashitachi wa (KAFU)

Gekokujo (KAFU)

Covers

Happy Synthesizer (GUMI)

Fragile (GUMI)

Yobanashi Deceive (IA)

Charles (flower)

Totemo Itai Itagaritai (VY2V3)

ECHO (GUMI)

Positive☆Dance Time (Otomachi Una)

Bocca della Verità (flower)

Ifuudoudou (GUMI, IA)

KING (GUMI)

Ikanaide (Kaai Yuki)

Traffic Jam (flower)

Roku-chou Nen to Ichiya Monogatari (IA)

Chikyuu Saigo no Kokuhaku o (GUMI)

Children Record (IA)

Venom (flower)

Fixer (flower)

Villain (flower)

Yī Èr Fanclub (GUMI)

Ame to Petra (flower)

PaIII.SENSATION (GUMI)

Aun no Beats (flower)

Goodbye Sengen (flower)

Kami no Manimani (GUMI)

Odore Orchestra (IA)

Amanojaku (GUMI)

phony (KAFU)

DAYBREAK FRONTLINE (IA)

Love ka? (flower)

Lonely Universe (flower)

Yomosugara Kimi Omou (GUMI)

Booo! (Otomachi Una)

Egoist (flower)

Inochi Bakkari (flower, Yuzuki Yukari)

Kaisei (IA)

Setsuna Trip (GUMI)

Aa, Subarashiki Nyansei (GUMI)

Kyu-kurarin (KAFU)

Kokoronashi (GUMI)

Kuu ni Naru (KAFU)

Kinmoukusei (flower)

Kyofuu All Back (Kaai Yuki)

Slow Downer (GUMI)

Cute na Kanojo (KAFU)

Envy Baby (GUMI)

Marshall Maximiser (KAFU)

Lagtrain (Kaai Yuki)

Dokuzu (Kaai Yuki)

Kibou no Tsuki (Yuzuki Yukari)

Vsinger Only

Haikei Doppelganger (GUMI)

Tokio Funka (GUMI)

Dareka no Shinzou ni Nareta Nara (GUMI)

Matryoshka (GUMI)

DONUT HOLE (GUMI)

Noushou Sakuretsu Girl (GUMI)

Bokura no 16-bit Sensou (GUMI)

Invisible (GUMI)

Bad ∞ End ∞ Night (GUMI, Gackpo)

p.h. (flower)

Copycat (GUMI)

SEKAI-chan to KAFU-chan no Otsukai Gassoukyoku (SEKAI, KAFU, Tohoku Kiritan)

Tenshi no Tsubasa. (KAFU, Gekiyaku)

Zunda Party Night (Zundamon)

Issen Kounen (flower, Kaai Yuki, GUMI, VY1, KAFU, SEKAI, Adachi Rei, RIME, Hanakuma Chifuyu, SOLARIA)

Relay Outer (Kaii Yuki)

Odorobo (Kotonoha Aoi, Kotonoha Akane, Zundamon)

Ai no Uta (Kasane Teto)

Igaku (Kasane Teto)

Achikochi Date-san (Merou)

[zealiketea]

felt like makin an intro post

hi!! im zea, but you can call me ellie or kibou if you feel like it (if we are close please refrain from calling me zea)

im transfem she/her (not out irl yet), homoflexible and cupioromantic (definitions in tags)

currently dating @detritiviolet

i am a minor, so beware when interacting with me

i probably have autism and adhd but im completely undiagnosed (frustratingly)

i sometimes hornypost but you will never see anything outright nsfw on this blog

if youre discriminatory against any group of people (terfs, racists, aphobes, etc), DNI. dont wanna see it

on the other hand, ive recently been seeing a lot of blogs list stuff like "men" and "cis women" as DNI so i would like to stress that every identity is welcome here. yes, even attack helicopters (love you robots <3)

pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease send me asks i love having stuff in my inbox

if you try dming me and i havent interacted with you beforehand ill be very standoffish so please dont go straight to messaging me

if you wanna check out my original posts/asks i answered/asks i sent you can look through #zea og

FREE PALESTINE

[mistbow]

[漢字+Romaji+Translation] BONNIE PINK - We Belong

Tales of Asteria: the Crystal Land and Guiding Light (3rd arc, with Sorey as the main protagonist) OP theme song. Song link.

BONNIE PINK - We Belong

漢字

あぁ強情っぱりの君のこと　わかった気でいた あぁ知らなかったのは僕自身の闇 この地上に散らばった奇跡を 共に探してくれるなら 立ち上がろう 晴れも曇りも分けあって We belong We belong　戸惑いも We belong We belong　過ちも　僕らのゴールへのstepping stone さよならは君との誓い I'll see you again あぁ向こう���ずな僕のこと守ってくれたね あぁ思い出のしずく　猛烈に眩しい 当たり前の日常が希望と失望に切り裂かれても ずっとconnected to you　君がここにいる気がして We belong We belong　がむしゃらで We belong We belong　つぎはぎの僕らの素性を超えた友情は永遠 We belong We belong　戸惑いも We belong We belong　過ちも　僕らの夜明けへのstepping stone さよならは未知との出会い I'll see you someday この願い　深層のノスタルジー バトンタッチ　君は君こそは 立ち塞がる結晶溶かして それぞれの場所に帰って行こう We belong We belong　がむしゃらで We belong We belong　つぎはぎの僕らの素性を超えた友情は永遠 We belong We belong　喜びも We belong We belong　悲しみも　僕らの夜明けへのstepping stone さよならは未知との出会い I'll see you someday さよならは君との誓い I'll see you again

Romaji

aa goujouppari no kimi no koto wakatta ki de ita aa shiranakatta no wa boku jishin no yami kono chijou ni chirabatta kiseki wo tomo ni sagashite kureru nara tachiagarou hare mo kumori mo wakeatte We belong We belong tomadoi mo We belong We belong ayamachi mo bokura e no stepping stone sayonara wa kimi to no chikai I'll see you again aa mukou mizu na boku no koto mamotte kureta ne aa omoide no shizuku mouretsu ni mabushii atarimae no nichijou ga kibou to zetsubou ni kirisakarete mo zutto connected to you kimi ga koko ni iru ki ga shite We belong We belong gamushara de We belong We belong tsugihagi no bokura no sujou wo koeta yuujou wa eien We belong We belong tomadoi mo We belong We belong ayamachi mo bokura no yoake e no stepping stone sayonara wa michi to no deai I'll see you someday kono negai shinsou no nostalgy baton touch kimi wa kimi koso wa tachifusagaru kesshou tokashite sorezore no basho ni kaette ikou We belong We belong gamushara de We belong We belong tsugihagi no bokura no sujou wo koeta yuujou wa eien We belong We belong yorokobi mo We belong We belong kanashimi mo bokura no yoake e no stepping stone sayonara wa michi to no deai I'll see you someday sayonara wa kimi to no chikai I'll see you again

English Translation

Ah, I thought I knew you, you stubborn jerk, Ah, yet what I didn’t know was my own darkness If you will come together with me To search for miracles scattered on this land Let’s rise up Sharing the sunshine and the cloudy alike We belong We belong, our confusion, We belong We belong, as well as our mistakes are a stepping stone to our goal This farewell is my vow to you That I'll see you again Ah, you did protect the reckless me Ah, the drops of memories; they are so fiercely blinding Even if the ordinary days that we take for granted are torn to pieces by hope and despair, I’m always connected to you; I feel like you’re here We belong We belong, our sloppily patched-together identities We belong We belong, our friendship transcends those, and it is eternal We belong We belong, our confusion, We belong We belong, as well as our mistakes are a stepping stone to our dawn This farewell is an encounter with the unknown That I'll see you someday This wish is a deep nostalgia Passing the baton, you are the one Let’s dissolve the crystals that stand in the way And then go home to each of our respective places

We belong We belong, our sloppily patched-together identities We belong We belong, our friendship transcends those, and it is eternal We belong We belong, our joy, We belong We belong, as well as our sorrow are a stepping stone to our dawn This farewell is an encounter with the unknown That I'll see you someday This farewell is my vow to you That I'll see you again

[ryouverua]

DRV3 Liveblog Masterlist (Chapter 6)

It’s been 84 years...........

Finally (by surprising request!) I have gathered the Chapter 6 posts below. Behold.

Chapter 1 is here! Chapter 2 is here! Chapter 3 is here! Chapter 4 is here! Chapter 5 is here!

Similar to last time, drv3 asks are tagged ‘drv3 asks’ and so not all of them might show up among actual game posts. I did do a quick in the moment text thing that I’ll include in its own little section. Anyway, without further ado...

Chapter 6 (Introduction):

- and now for something completely different

Chapter 6 (Investigation):

Liveblog note: I did not get away with all the fluff text unscathed

K1-B0 does not support the fluff text search

It’s because I didn’t finish your FTEs isn’t it

Panic! At the Killing Game

Investigation... Start?

Furniture appreciation / Ultimate Supreme Leader’s Lab / I knew I recognized the ‘Ou’ character from somewhere

Saimota appreciation moment

(nice drv3 reference)

Kokichi Ouma’s (Lab) Room

The Greatest, Most Awful, Most Tragic Slappening in Human History

WHY WAS RANTARO IN HIS ROOM?????

It’s organized chaos damnit

Return to the Boiler Room

A Certain Lab, Reprised

Notes on A Certain Lab, Reprised

Cold Sleep Room and Knox’s 10th Commandment

Something something humanity

Kaede Akamatu’s twin, the 17th Student, lying hidden somewhere in this school… the one they call the Ultimate Red Herring, Watch out for her,

Back to the Library

Sometimes a necklace is just a necklace

The Final Lab / Investigation Note

Dawn of a New Truth

The Monotaro callout I deserve

Chekhov’s Bathroom / A BODY HAS BEEN DISCOVERED

Declaration of War

One Last Time (Speculation post)

Chapter 6 (Trial Play-by-play)

Start! / The Checkmark

A retrial??? / Missing the trees for the forest

Kaede!twin theory / The key evidence

My Kaito-brain at work again

Sorry K1-B0 it’s for the greater good

Behold, my bonds!

Wow the mastermind really felt like that? Do tell / It’s a witch!!

Alibi review time!!! / V-counter / Cosplayers everywhere are offended

Bye-bye Monosuke

Rantaro :( / Junko Enoshima >:( / FINE you won me back

Time for a commercial break!

She bravely ran away! / sir that is my emotional support cosplay / 53rd aha moment / JUNKO ENOSHIMA IS ???

Tsumugi’s switches / these tiny posts are not enough / students scouting vs applying / Kokichi Ouma’s true identity / Flashback Lights

So who the hell are you? / OH NO I’VE MADE A GRAVE MISTAKE

hajimemed / cosplay / okay I might be a little jealous / Dangan... ronpa...? /

Happy ending? / NOT THE COMMENTERS / RIP Shuichi’s caffeine high / Meta on meta / the rabbit hole is deep / ULTIMATE MEGANE SPRITE / return of Shuichi hangover sprite / the hits keep coming / Clair de Lune BSoD / Saihara.exe

Korekiyo redemption arc / yet another Umineko reference

(⌐■_■)

Remedy the situation? / K1-B0 cannot catch a break / K1-b0′s existential crisis combo / oh yeah DR3 happened / definitely misread that lol / DR1 is that you??

Flashback... light... / The true villain of drv3 / D: / Shuichi reborn / K1-B0′s character development / pros and cons of an emo protag / WHY CAN’T I HOLD ALL THESE PROTAGS - / Inconceivable / K1-B0′s turnaround

You can just call me the ultimate gamer / NOT K1-B0 / Underestimating Shuichi’s emo power level / I WEEP / KIBOU DA!!! ZETSUBOU DA!!! / SAIMOTA TIME 9′) / Monologuing / Report card

A flawless copy / Credits roll / Employee badge / From 5 to 3 / I DID IT

A collection of fun hindsight moments:

The benefits of hindsight / Kokichi you sonuva - / nerdmugi moment

Twitch plays K1-b0 moments / Survey says...! /

**** the terrible and despair-inducing sweetchi97

Chapter 6 (Trial):

Retrial (1) / Revisionist History, Pre-Accusation (2) / JUNKO ENOSHIMA IS??? / Shuichi’s Monokub showdown / (Fifty)-Third Time’s the Charm, Post-Accusation (3) / Flashfiction (4) / Oh, I am one yet many (5) / “hello, world!” (6) / My Will, Our Will (7) / Ghost in the Machine (8)

Pre-Execution / Post-Execution (End)

(the true drv3 ending)

Bonus:

Chapter 6 Illustrations

[tastycitrus]

badly described OGs

masaki: lost

shu: *smirk*

lune: robot is just big me

irm: TIME TO COME

ring: vanishing relevance

the rest of the F OGs: new continuity hu dis

64 OGs: no license hu dis

kyosuke: gambling wolf

excellen: space seaweed tease

ryusei: mecha fanboy

rai: IKE MEN

aya: daddy issues

ingram: fufufu...

viletta: fufufu... (but in a female voice)

kusuha: health drink

bullet: spaghetti

ryoto: *sad huckebein noises*

rio: *sad huckebein noises, but on the AM gunner*

tasuku: kappei

leona: tsundere

yuuki: tea

carla: ash ketchum from pallet town

axel: BEOWORUFU

lamia: android

arado: dumbass

seolla: damn seolla your bobbie s

ibis: *getting shot down noises*

sanger: the MEME who MEMES evil

elzamratsel: trombe

folka: omae wa mou shindeiru

raul and fiona: *sad excellence noises*

josh: daddy issues 2: electric boogaloo

rim: dissociative identity disorder

hugo: *sad cyborg noises*

aqua: easy breezy everything

touma: everybody was kung-fu fighting

cobray: fufufu... (but in a younger voice)

serena: MAXIMUM BOING

touya: daddy issues 3: revenge of the fury

calvina: *REVENGER INTENSIFIES*

akimi and akemi: bland

kazuma: selfcest

mist: mist

ichitaka: i am 12 and what is this

land: GAN GAN LEON

setsuko: despair

crowe: debt

hibiki: KIBOU DA! ZETSUBOU DA!

kakeru: brother complex

seishiro: can the snot please stop

arnie: my balls dropped super hard

youta: sister complex (but they're not blood siblings)

asahi: arado 2

shatte: seolla 2

souji: earth fleet tenku's butt monkey

chitose: nine's wife big sister

iori: literal yandere

amari: lost (spiritually, not physically)

saizo: salaryman

sagiri: BIG DICK ENERGY

[matt0xp]

🌐Pink Realm🏰

PINK CRES. Online Concert 2020

Setlist:

Sou da! We're ALIVE

DDU-DU DDU-DU

Salute MC ①

Ai wa Itsumo Kimi no Naka ni (with special guest)

Otakebi Boy WAO! (with special guest) VTR

Independent Girl ~Dokuritsu Joshi de Aru Tame ni~

Kibou no Yoru

SOLO

Onna no Ko ni Shika Wakannai Choudo ga Aru no (duet)

Kiss And Make Up MC ②

See U Later

Be the One

Blow Your Mind (Mwah~)

SO HOT -THEBLACKLABEL REMIX- Intermission

TWIT

HIP

Buttons

PLAYING WITH FIRE MC ③

BLACK OUT

Tell me why

Warning ~Mirai Keihou~ ENCORE

Love・Tag MC ④

(Stray cat is) STARING AT ME DOUBLE ENCORE

Kirei・Kawai・Mirai

Otras:

GIRLS PRIDE

Kill This Love

My Name is Identity

Roulette

Etcetera

Uchuu no Onna wa Amakunai

Don't Cha

OH・SHA・RE

Sappuri

  Motto Zutto Issho ni Itakatta

[twilightvolt]

My Favorite Anime OPs and EDs from 2010-2019

No one asked for this, but i’m doin’ it anyway cuz there’s so many songs out there that i’ve never heard anyone talk about. like, y’all sleep on Yu-Gi-Oh! apparently. lmao

Going by release year, here’s all the OPs and EDs i can remember that i luv (and still do to this day). i may or may not have gotten all the years right. hell, i’m not even sure i got the OP and ED numbers right.

It’ll go by: Song Name - Artist (Name of Anime and Which OP/ED it is) an asterisk means i REALLY like it above the rest.

Hopefully this’ll help introduce you to some new jams you missed out on! ^  ^

2010

Going My Way! ~Road to Tomorrow~ - Masaaki Endoh (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds OP5)*

Close to You - ALvino (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds ED4)

Future Colors - Plastic Tree (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds ED5)

Gravity 0 - Aqua Timez (Star Driver OP)*

Never Give Up! - Sonar Pocket (Digimon Xros Wars OP)*

Period - Chemistry (Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood OP4)*

Rain - SID (Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood OP5)* THE. FEELS.

Uragiri no Yuuyake - THEATRE BROOK (Durarara!! OP)* Y’all remember this one? Lmao

Trust Me - Yuya Matsushita (Durarara!! ED)

Ice Cream Syndrome - Sukima Switch (Pokemon Zoroark: Master of Illusions ED)*

My Soul, Your Beats! - Lia (Angel Beats OP) WAIT HOLD ON, ANGEL BEATS WAS THIS DECADE? I THOUGHT THAT WAS 2009 OR SOMETHING. DAHEQ?

ChAngE - Miwa (BLEACH OP12)

Calling - FLOW (Heroman ED)*

SHIVER - the GazettE (Black Butler II OP)

2011

Samurai Heart (Some Like it Hot!) - SPYAIR (Gintama ED17)* And on this day I realized….SPYAIR is lit.

New World - Twill (Digimon Xros Wars OP2)

Masterpiece - Mihimaru GT (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL OP)

Boku Quest - Golden Bomber (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL ED)* I luv watching the actual ending sequence. It fits my cyber aesthetic to a T.

BRAVING! - KANAN (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL OP2)

Setsubou no Freesia (Longing Freesia) - Daizystripper (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL ED2)* I’ll be completely honest, this song has been my favorite anime theme over most, if not all others, ever since. It’s kinda held a special place in my heart as it’s got memories of what transpired during 2012 that i don’t think i’ll ever forget. From the summer trip we took down south to me creating my very first OCs, Takuya and his Charmander partner Drake, on paper, i’ll luv this song with all my heart. ^  ^

Lovers - 7!! (Seven Oops) (Naruto Shippuden OP)

Counter Identity - UNISON SQUARE GARDEN (Soul Eater Repeat Show OP)*

Ai Ga Hoshii Yo - Shion Tsuji (Soul Eater Repeat Show OP2)* WANTCHU WANTCHU, I WANT CHUU~

SHINING STAR - 9nine (Star Driver OP2)*

Crossover - 9nine (Star Driver ED2)

Sky's the Limit - Shihoko Hirata (Persona 4 the Animation OP)

We’re Not Alone - coldrain (Rainbow Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin OP)

One Reason - Fade (Deadman Wonderland OP) I can bet you right now half of y’all forgot about this show. I mean i did. Lol

Mayonaka no Orchestra - Aqua Timez (Naruto Shippuden ED16)

Hacking to the Gate - Kanako Itou (Steins;Gate OP)* THIS SONG CLEARED MY SKIN AND RAISED MY GRADES.

Ranbu no Melody - SID (BLEACH OP13)* That main chorus tho. N o i c e .

LISTEN TO THE STEREO!! - GOING UNDERGROUND (Katekyo Hitman Reborn OP8)*

Core Pride - UVERworld (Blue Exorcist OP)

2012

Mask - Aqua Timez (BLEACH ED30?)

Soul Drive - Color Bottle (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL OP3)*

Wild Child - Moumoon (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL ED3)* Whenever I hear this song, I either think of school shenanigans or, if school isn't a thing in their world, a high school AU. Lmao

Unbreakable Heart - Hideaki Takatori (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL OP4)

Artist - Vistlip (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL ED4)*

Stand By Me - Stereopony (Eureka Seven AO ED)* Ok I know some people don't wanna remember AO, but hear me out here. Lmao 

Brave Blue - FLOW (Eureka Seven AO OP2)*

Key Plus Words - Shihoko Hirata & Yumi Kawamura (Persona 4 the Animation OP2)

Harukaze - SCANDAL (BLEACH OP15)*

Crossing Field - LiSA (Sword Art Online OP) I like making SAO jokes as much as the next guy, but let's be real here. Crossing Field was still a pretty good song.

STAND UP! - Twill (Digimon Xros Wars Hunters OP)* Hunters sucked, but the OP slaps.

Kyomu Densen - ALI PROJECT (Another OP) This show gave me a temporary fear of umbrellas, but this OP is good.

Complication - ROOKiEZ is PUNK’D (Durarara!! OP2)

Light My Fire - KOTOKO (Shakugan no Shana III Final OP)

Mite Mite Kochichi - Memoiro Clover Z (Pokemon Best Wishes ED3)

2013

Dualism of Mirrors - Petite Milady (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL OP5)

GO WAY GO WAY - FoZZtone (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL ED5)

Challenge the GAME - REDMAN (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL ED6)* I swear to god, this should’ve been the final OP rather than Wonder Wings. I really don’t like that song.

Oh, and if you wanna hear more of the lead singer's voice, he's the lead singer of GIRUGAMESH. They didn't do any anime songs while they were still active afaik, but totally check it out if you like J-Rock.

Sakura Mitsutsuki & Genjyou Destruction - SPYAIR (Gintama OP13 and Gintama: The Final Chapter OP)*

After Cherry Blossoms (all quartets lead to the?) - UNISON SQUARE GARDEN (Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta OP)*

Non-Fiction Compass - UNISON SQUARE GARDEN (Yozakura Quartet: Tsuki ni Naku OP)

Sayonara Memory - 7!! (Seven Oops) (Naruto Shippuden ED)

BLOODY STREAM - Coda (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Battle tendency OP)* I mean, how could i NOT put this song on here? Lmao

Be An Arrow! - Rica Matsumoto (Pokemon Best Wishes! OP2)

Natsumeku Sakamichi (Summerly Slope) - Daisuke (Pokemon Best Wishes DA! OP)* While the Black & White series was absolutely terrible, I can thank it for spawning some nice OPs.

Egao - Ikimono-gakari (Pokemon Genesect and the Legend Awakened ED)

Take Your Way - Livetune adding Fukase (From SEKAI NO OWARI) (Devil Survivor 2 the Animation OP)* I swear I will never get tired of this song.

Be - Song Riders (Devil Survivor 2 the Animation ED)*

Watashi no Bara wo Kaminasai - ALI PROJECT (Rozen Maiden 2013 OP)

Moshimo - Daisuke (Naruto Shippuden OP)

Burn My Dread ~Spring of Birth~ & More Than One Heart - Yumi Kawamura (Persona 3 the Movie #1 Spring of Birth OP and ED)*

Eden - Aqua Timez (Magi: the Kingdom of Magic ED)*

Out of Control - Nothing’s Carved in Stone (Psycho Pass OP2)*

HERO -Kibou no Uta- - FLOW (Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods ED)

2014

Silhouette - KANA BOON (Naruto Shippuden OP16)* Everyone rise for the weeb national anthem.

BelievexBelieve - Bulletrain (Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V OP)

ENAMEL - SID (Black Butler: Book of Circus OP)

Masayume Chasing - BoA (Fairy Tail OP15)

STRIKE BACK - BACK-ON (Fairy Tail OP16)*

Burn! - Bulletrain (Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V OP2)

DAYxDAY - BLUE ENCOUNT (Gintama OP)* Before Polaris, there was this. lol

Goya no Machiawase - Hello Sleepwalkers (Noragami OP)* I swear Noragami has great taste in OPs. lmao

Fate is in Our Hands - Lotus Juice (Persona 3 the Movie #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream OP)* Y'all know Lotus Juice makes EVERYTHING badass.

One Hand, One Heartbeat - Yumi Kawamura (Persona 3 the Movie #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream ED)* I swear I literally feel like crying every time I hear this song. It's just that powerful.

Unravel - TK from Ling Tosite Sigure (Tokyo Ghoul OP) Ok, lemme explain. I used to hate this song cuz I thought TK's singing voice was whiny as hell. But after a long, LOOOOONG time, it finally started to grow on me. I think it's because of all the song covers I've listened to and, after understanding the meaning behind the lyrics, I appreciate this song a bit more nowadays. 

V (VOLT) and MEGA V (MEGA VOLT) - Yusuke (Pokemon XY OPs 1&2)*

daze - Jin ft. MARiA from GARNiDELiA (Mekakucity Actors OP)

Monochrome - Dancing Dolls (Soul Eater NOT! OP)

2015

Saigo Made ii - Aqua Timez (Gintama ED15 i think?)

Kyouran Hey Kids! - THE ORAL CIGARETTES (Noragami Aragoto OP)* IN THIS HOUSE, WE JUST WANNA HOLD YOUR HAAAAAAND~

Getta Ban Ban (Mad-Paced Getter) - Tomohisa Sako (Pokemon XY OP3)*

XY&Z - Rica Matsumoto (Pokemon XY&Z OP)*

Raise Your Flag - MAN WITH A MISSION (Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans OP)*

Hello, World! - BUMP OF CHICKEN (Kekkai Sensen OP)*

Sugar Song and Bitter Step AKA the song everyone makes fan animated parodies of it’s opening sequence - UNISON SQUARE GARDEN (Kekkai Sensen ED)

Kirifuda (Trump Card) - Cinema Staff (Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V OP4)

Speaking - MRS. GREEN APPLE (Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V ED4)* before Great Escape from Attack on Titan and Inferno from Fire Force, there was this OP and ED. both of which i feel are better songs. lmao

Tweedia - Rei Yasuda (Pokemon Hoopa and the Clash of Ages ED)*

Diver - KANA-BOON (The Last: Naruto the Movie ED)*

Butter-Fly 2015 - Kouji Wada (Digimon Adventure Tri. OP)

Sono Chi no Kioku ~End of the World~ - JO☆STARS ~TOMMY, Coda, JIN~ (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OP2)

Lapis Lazuli - Eir Aoi (Arslan Senki ED)*

Clattanoia - OxT (Overlord OP)*

L.L.L. - MYTH & ROID (Overlord ED)

Nazo 2015 - La PomPon (Detective Conan OP41)* Hearing this brought back memories of hearing the original during my childhood back when Cased Closed was still a thing.

Just Fly Away - EDGE of LIFE (Gundam Build Fighters Try OP2)

Flyers - BRADIO (Death Parade OP) Like Another, this was one of those where i wouldn’t have touched the show itself if my anime club didn’t watch it.

X.U. - Hiroyuki Sawano (Seraph of the End OP)*

Hikari - ViViD (Magi: the Kingdom of Magic OP2)

2016

DiVE!! - Amatsuki (Digimon Universe: Applimonsters OP)*

Ai - Ami Wajima (Digimon Universe: Applimonsters ED2)

The Day - Porno Graffitti (My Hero Academia OP)

HEROES - Brian the Sun (My Hero academia ED)

RAGE OF DUST - SPYAIR (Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans OP2)*

Believe in Myself - EDGE of LIFE (Fairy Tail OP21)*

CRAZY NOISY BIZARRE TOWN - THE DU (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable OP)

Chase - batta (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable OP2)* Screw the haters. This song is a bop.

Great Days - Karen Aoki & Daisuke Hasegawa (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable OP3) As you can see, i luv all of Jojo Part 4’s OPs. lmao

Kaze no Uta - FLOW (Tales of Zestiria the X OP)* Zestiria may have been the most uninteresting experience i’ve had in the Tales series, but at least it’s OPs are straight fire.

Dream Lantern, ZenZenZense, Sparkle and Nandemonaiya - RADWIMPS (Various themes from Your Name) I'm still miffed that they didn't kiss at the end. >:v

Re:Re: - ASIAN KUNGFU GENERATION (Erased OP)

Brave Shine - Aimer (Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works OP)*

Starting Over - Mr. Children (The Boy and the Beast ED)* Mamoru Hosoda never ceases to make me smile and/or cry, huh?

GO - BUMP OF CHICKEN (GRANBLUE FANTASY the Animation OP)

KINGS - angela (K Project OP) i don’t even know how i remembered this one. I watched K at my local anime club years ago cuz one of my friends suggested it. I barely remember what it was about, though. ^  ^’

Vision - Kusou Linkai (Yu-Gi-Oh ARC-V ED5)

Light of Hope - Unknown Number (Yu-Gi-Oh ARC-V OP5)

Pendulum Beat! - SUPER DRAGON (Yu-Gi-Oh ARC-V OP6)*

2017

Peace Sign - Kenshi Yonezu (My Hero Academia OP2)* SURE IT’S POPULAR, BUT IT’S POPULAR FOR A REASON.

Datte Atashi no Hero - LiSA (My Hero Academia ED3)

Little Pi - Ange☆Reve (Digimon Universe: Applimonsters ED3)

Perfect World - Traffic Light (Digimon Universe: Applimonsters ED4)*

With the Wind - Hiroaki “TOMMY” Tominaga (Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS OP)* I’ll be honest, this one took some getting used to, but now i luv it!

Fake Town Baby - UNISON SQUARE GARDEN (Kekkai Sensen and Beyond OP)

Tonari Au - THE ORAL CIGARETTES (Sakurada Reset ED)*

Rain - SEKAI NO OWARI (Mary and the Witch's Flower ED)* I really liked the movie and I just luved the fantasy vibes given off by the instrumentals in this song.

Baton Road - KANA BOON (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations OP)* Y'all say Boruto is trash, but at least the theme songs still boppin'.

Boku wa Hashiri Tsuzukeru - Melofloat (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations ED3)

FEED THE FIRE - coldrain (King’s Game OP)* Thank you Fire Force for introducing me to this wonderful band. ;w;

2018

PAiNT it BLACK - BiSH (Black Clover OP2)* Never thought I'd ever find a band actually named bish. Lmao

Black Rover - Vickeblanka (Black Clover OP3)

Guess Who is Back - Kumi Koda (Black Clover OP4)* Now, if this ain't a bop fit for a triumphant return like "SURPRISE BISH I'M BACK." then idk what is. Lmao

Gamushara & Tenge Tenjou - Miyuna (Black Clover OP&ED5)* i’m mainly referring to Gamushara, but i luv Tenge Tenjou too.

ODD FUTURE - UVERworld (My Hero Academia OP4)*

Make my story - Lenny code fiction (My Hero Academia OP5)*

The Future is Now - Straightener (Digimon ReArise OP)* Yes, I know I'm cheating cuz it's a video game, but it's an opening sequence much like an anime, so yeah.

Breath - Porno Graffitti (Pokemon the Power of Us ED)

Katharsis - TK from Ling Tosite Sigure (Tokyo Ghoul OP3?)*

Here - JUNNA (The Ancient Magus Bride OP)

Renai Circulation - Kana Hanazawa (Bakemonogatari OP4) Imma be honest, i found this song through those Coldplay mashups and other memes. Lmao

I Wanna Be - SPYAIR (Gintama Shirogane no Tamashii Hen OP)

Hana Ichi Monme - BURNOUT SYNDROMES (Gintama Shirogane no Tamashii Hen ED)*

2019

Hana ga Saku Michi - THE CHARM PARK (Black Clover ED7)* I SWEAR NO ONE’S COVERED THIS SONG YET AND I’M SAD. I LUV THIS SONG.

Inferno - MRS. GREEN APPLE (Fire Force OP)

Veil - Keina Suda (Fire Force ED)* This ED gives me feels and i luv it. ;w;

MAYDAY - coldrain (Fire Force OP2)* This sounds like a song i’d hear at Hot Topic and i feel blessed. lmao

Nounai - Lenny code fiction (Fire Force ED2) I swear this anime doesn’t have a single song i don’t like. I’m not kidding. lmao

WILD SIDE - ALI (BEASTARS OP)* IN THIS HOUSE, WE DO NOT SKIP THIS OPENING I STG.

Le Zoo - YURiKA (BEASTARS ED)

Nemureru Honou (Sleeping Instincts) - YURiKA (BEASTARS ED2)*

Kawaki no Ameku - Minami (Domestic Na Kanojo OP)

Polaris - BLUE ENCOUNT (My Hero Academia OP6)* THIS IS THE BIGGEST BOP SINCE PEACE SIGN OML

Touch Off - UVERworld (The Promised Neverland OP)* This show was too creepy for me to continue, but I luv it for what it is. Also NAA NANANANANANAA NANANAAAA~

Sangenshoku - PELICAN FANCLUB (Dr. Stone OP2)* Sorry, but Good Morning World didn’t totally do it for me. I luv this OP way more tbh.

Suisou - Megumi Nakajima (Hoshiai no Sora OP)* The bits before the chorus are just so good.

1•2•3 - After the Rain (Pocket Monsters 2019 OP)

Dark Crow - MAN WITH A MISSION (Vinland Saga OP2)

MOTOR CITY - Kenichi Asai (No Guns Life OP)

Game Over - DATS (No Guns Life ED)

[ynadoesstuff-abandoned]

Got Nadera's new ref done for Peradventure!

Her info is under the cut.

General Info

Name: Nadera Mallory

    >Nadera means "Rare/Uncommon" and Mallory means "Misfortunate"

    > Her full name basically means "Rare Misfortunate," Nadera means that she was born with some sort of rare trait, or something happened in her life that rarely happens to others. Mallory means her family is known for misfortune since they are a forest mage family, this just means they are known for being nature mages with really bad luck.

Commonly Known Name: Okta Mallory

   >Okta means "Hero" which relates to her being known as an adventurer who will almost always help everyone who needs it.

   >Oddly enough, everyone in Iromni except for Kibou, Calla, Stanley, and a few others are the only ones who know her as "Nadera." Everyone else in Iromni knows her as "Okta," even the police. How she figured out how to trick the police of a completely different Identity is a mystery to most.

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Height: 5'6

Weight: 91 lbs

Birthday: June 6, 4007

Birthplace: Minaoqo, Iromni

Personality: The double coloring on her primary gem means she has two factors to her core personality. In Nadera's case, she really is double-sided. She can be rather cheerful and childlike, however, she switches to a colder or calmer tone rather quickly. She can be dangerous yet at the same time just act rather aloof. Either way, she is definitely a mystery.

Likes: Nature, singing, adventure, helping others, her pet raccoon Charlie, friends, family, actually being able to pay for her bills, strawberries.

Dislikes: Fire, angry yelling, hateful people, long chunks of text, monsters- more specifically the Taol, pineapple.

Physical Traits

Fur Color: Yellow

>Joy, optimism, happiness, danger, sunshine, idealism, imagination, hope, summer, gold, deceit, philosophy, dishonesty, cowardice, betrayal, jealousy, disease and warning.

>The fur color means that her family has a common fate of either joy or danger. So really, they have a 50/50 shot on getting either a good or bad life. However knowing their last name, their most likely fate is one of deceit and danger.

Eye Color: Garnet

>Nadera has no special eye types, but because of the double coloring in her Primary Gem, her eyes are garnet since it is the result of mixing the two colors together.

Primary Gem Colors: Red and Purple

>Red: Power, energy, passion, desire, speed, strength, power, heat, love, aggression, danger, fire, blood, war, violence, intensity, celebration, luck, stop or danger

>Purple: unusual and individual, creative and inventive, psychic and intuitive, humanitarian, selfless and unlimited, mystery, immaturity, being impractical, cynical and aloof, pompous and arrogant, fraudulent and corrupt, delusions of grandeur.

Secondary Gem Colors: Dark Blue, dark gray

>Dark Blue: associated with knowledge, power, integrity, and professionalism along with depression.

>Dark Grey: associated with self-denial and self-discipline.

>Secondary gems are only worn by Razfarrens if it has a purpose. The colors relate to both the job of the gems and also other factors of the Razfarren's personality.

Wing Type: Broken Pixie Wings

>The Pixie wing part has no meaning, however, since they are broken, this means that something has torn them off somehow. However...

Family Symbol: 4 may flowers and 4 poppy flowers in a bouquet with a white wrapping, held together with a red ribbon.

>Poppy flowers and may flowers are both known for bad luck if brought into a house. Both the fact they are plants and how they are in sets of 4, an unlucky number in Japan, it emphasizes the fact the Mallory family are a family well known for being forest mages with poor luck.

Markings/Tattoos: N/A

Damage: Both ears have tears, while there is no other visible damage, it doesn't mean she does not have anymore.

Magic Traits

Spirit Type: Semi-Light

>These spirits are people who either occasionally use Light Magic, or they are someone who has generally “pure” or “redeeming” ideals. When they die, they are generally given a blessing by Roune, the God of Death and Laisi, the Goddess of Life so that if they reincarnate, they have a higher chance of being reborn into a good life.

Magic Type: Elemental

>The type of element she uses is forest magic. Which means while she cannot bend the earth and deform rocks, she can manipulate and communicate with plant matter

Magical Items: N/A

Extra Info

Random Info: Nadera herself enjoys things like pottery and sightseeing. She is relatively skilled in range weapons, yet semi-decent with hand to hand combat and melee weapons.  She sometimes gets a part-time job at the local library, however, most of the time her job is a commission adventurer. You can see her often with Kibou and Calla, who call her Nadera when no one is around. However, everyone else seems to only know her as Okta, a relative of Nadera. Why she feels the need to keep a front up like that, no one knows...

Quote: "I'm always alright! No need to worry!"

[xbuster]

I was thinking about the connections I made between the Fresh girls’ names and their Cure themes and how this applies to Setsuna. Like Peach is the Precure of Love and that is also Love’s name. Berry is the Precure of Hope and the “ki” in Miki means “hope.” Pine is the Precure of Faith and “Inori” means “prayer.” These are all the characters’ given names. So looking at Setsuna’s, Setsuna can mean “miserable,” which is the opposite of her role as the Precure of Happiness. This might be the intended connection between her theme and name, but I looked to her surname to see if there was anything I could find there. Objectively, no.

Her surname “Higashi” just uses the character for “east,” referencing her former identity Eas. “Shi” is also the beginning of “shiawase” (happiness), so I thought it might use the kanji for happiness like Miki’s “ki” uses the kanji for hope (kibou). This isn’t the case, but maybe the “shi” in “Higashi” is still supposed to elicit a connection to shiawase by sound. Though it is more likely her name is supposed to be ironic that “Setsuna” is counter to her Precure theme.

[jinjojess]

I think both games have their merits. I'm just sick to goddamn death of certain places assuming the second game is the highpoint of the franchise, no room for argument, and never backing that up. Honestly I don't think the characters are objectively better in either game, it just comes down to which set you prefer. I like more conservative designs and realistic (though exaggerated) personalities. Other people like complicated designs and hyper-exaggerated personalities. I felt the issues the characters in the first game struggled with--old family wounds, the heavy burden of expectation, recognizing when to advance and when to yield, etc.--were more similar to my own life experiences, whereas other people feel more represented by the questions of identity and belonging brought up in the second game. Plotwise the stories are also both solid in my opinion, albeit different in scope. Why is SDR2's automatically way better? I'm interested in your reasoning for that. I can think of several points in both games where the narrative stumbles, which all things do because they aren't perfect. The twists are equally "so dumb it's great"…unless you think "The Matrix" is somehow an objectively better reveal than "my evil(er) twin did it," in which case: why? (Remember too that any narrative significance from the second game is pretty soundly undone by Kibou-hen, but for argument's sake let's pretend it doesn't exist.) I have no issue with someone saying they like one or the other better. "I relate a lot to Hinata so the second game is way better in my opinion" or "I think the second game is better because it subverts the expectation of a game centered on murder by having the setting be a sunny, tropical island" or "I think games with bigger stories have more impact" for instance are completely valid arguments. "It's better because it is" is not. My issue is that people try to argue that SDR2 is objectively better no matter what, and they very rarely show any proof. There are undoubtedly certain things the second game does much better than the first and vice versa, but when I say I prefer the first game or DR:AE, I always have to prove why over and over--and at the end of it, some idiot boils it down to some ancillary issue anyway (e.g., "you only like AE because you're gay"). My frustration is with this widespread belief that no one needs to question why SDR2 is "the best"--it just is and everyone needs to go along with that.

[mamurl]

OK I PROMISE THIS IS THE LAST SALT I WILL GO BACK TO BEING DEAD but it’s always bothered me how nanami (i’m pretty sure it’s her) suggests that maybe the traitor can’t reveal their identity, but then.. she reveals it? at the end of the 5th trial?

call me whatever but after reading that post about manipulative writing (between @shsluckymushroom and @rirururu i believe?) regarding nams in the story i can’t help but see it as nanami spewing excuses so she can avoid being called out on being an asshole and not telling them, because if not for that and the whole narrative portraying her as a cinnamon then that’s how she’d be treated. then they throw in a scene of her using her id to check if it’ll stop the car to make it nice and even again, look guys she was gonna risk [absolutely nothing]! when it’s like.. what’s honestly the point of that if not just to portray nanami as a good girl again.

you can literally just put it vs komaeda. he was an asshole for not telling them they were shsl despair and that’s where it ended. the fact that despite his ideology being extreme, he was technically doing the world pretty fucking good by trying to kill them since despite what we’ve seen, they could still be damn dangerous to the world (no kibou talk). and because he doesn’t get that extra screen time and chance to show he’s technically in the right so he’s Not Good, but since nanami does she’s Good.

like seriously, dotty suggested that maybe she needs to have hinata point it out. but for one thing, what kind of mechanic would that be? ‘so like they can’t know she’s an ai but if someone points it out she can be like yup it me’ it just doesn’t make sense, but the lack of logic and incredible hetness of it may be just it. 

[ainaraoftime]

hey so! @iamg1004 asked me about Danganronpa -what it is, any warnings, how long it is, how to get into it, etc etc- so here’s a very long answer under the cut

WHAT IS IT?

“ Danganronpa is a series of "high-speed mystery action adventure" visual novels created by Kazutaka Kodaka, and released by Spike (Now Spike Chunsoft) for the PSP, PS Vita and Steam. The games combine mystery-solving with elements of shooting and even rhythm gameplay.” -TVtropes

basically, the “main” danganronpa games (there’s 3 of them, i’ll get into the other stuff afterwards) are murder-mystery visual novels (i.e. videogames that are much heavier on dialog than gameplay) the premise is that there’s this academy: Hope’s Peak Academy/Kibougamine (the thing is that the game had fan translations before the official translations, so fans use different terms for stuff hah) that recruits high school students that are the best at one specific field. (the official translation is “ultimate”, but a lot of people, myself included, use SHSL, for the literal translation of Super High School Level). the SHSL Swimmer, the SHSL Programmer, etc etc (some of the titles are pretty... out there, but you gotta keep things interesting, i guess). the newest batch of Hope’s Peak students get trapped in the apparently deserted academy (~~plot~~), and are told that they’ll only be freed if they murder one of their classmates, and if they’re not caught. that is, after a murder happens, there’s a Class Trial (the most interactive aspect of the game- this is the part that is fully voice-acted), where you attempt to figure out who did it. at the end of a trial, people vote for a culprit, and the rules are: if the culprit gets the most votes, he/she gets executed. if people vote wrong, however, everyone except for the culprit will be executed, and the culprit will be allowed to leave freely. (i think the official translation of culprit is “blackened”, bc it’s a translation of a Japanese pun. idk). and of course there’s the mystery of solving who put them all in this situation

so! those are the premises of the main 3 games: Dangan Ronpa, Super Dangan Ronpa 2 (officially translated as danganronpa 2, but a lot of us still call it SDR2 after the original title), and New Dangan Ronpa V3. however (other than a ton of light novels, none of which i’ve read) there’s two other noteworthy things: Danganronpa: Another Episode (Absolute Despair Girls) (a videogame) and Danganronpa 3: The end of Hope’s Peak Academy (an anime). i guess DR:AE and DR3 are not necessary to understand NDRV3 (don’t take my word for it, though, i’m still only at chapter 2 of NDRV3). so there’s two choices:

Danganronpa > Danganronpa 2 > New Danganronpa V3 or:

Danganronpa > Danganronpa 2 > Danganronpa: Another Episode > Danganronpa 3 > New Danganronpa V3

Danganronpa: Another Episode is a videogame, but instead of a murder-mystery visual novel it’s kinda like... a shooter? starring the sister of the first game’s protagonist. so, if you want to understand the story, i guess you could find a Let’s Play, skip the gameplay and just watch the cutscenes :P (there’s plenty)

Danganronpa 3 is an anime with two parts: Side Future (mirai-hen) and Side Despair (zetsubou-hen). the order is like. Future Ep 1 > Despair Ep 1 > Future Ep 2 > Despair Ep 2, etc etc. and then one Side Hope at the end i think

basically, DR:AE fills in the gap between Danganronpa 1 and Danganronpa 2, while Danganronpa 3 tells you a little of what happened before both games (Side Despair) and after both games (Side Future). it also features a little of DR:AE’s characters. so i guess they’re only required watching if you become really attached to the DR1 and DR2 cast and wanna know what happened to them! :p

oh, one last thing: DR1 has an anime adaptation, but it’s generally agreed to be bad (you can’t satisfactorily cram 6 mysteries into 13 episodes...). if you wanna watch it, watch it afterwards, don’t spoil the game for yourself

ANY WARNING?

oomph, yeah. it’s very heavy on fanservice (the 1st game, not so much), especially at the expense of female characters. i personally shrug it off easily (it bothers me, but it’s not a dealbreaker), but it’s worth mentioning (also bad shit happens but that goes without saying, it’s a murder mystery). DR:AE, however, very heavily deals with child sexual abuse/sexualization as a main theme, and DR:AE became very divisive because a lot of people thought it was treated so flippantly that it crossed the line into uncomfortable “fanservice” sometimes. (i’m personally in the camp of “they seem to be criticizing it, but jfc do i have to put some big doses of good faith into it”). it also deals with child abuse in general. umm... some other minor stuff: at some point there’s a character that people can feel is a parody of people with Dissociative Identity Disorder. there’s also a character that caused a lot of heavy arguing about their gender, but that’s more of a fandom thing. oh, also this isn’t really a warning, but so it doesn’t catch you by surprise: the blood is hot pink, apparently because the age rating in Japan is lower if the blood isn’t red. shrugs

IS IT TIME CONSUMING

eehh.... well, i guess that depends on how much time you have on your hands. each of the main games has 6 chapters, and let’s say each of them is 5 hours long. that’s about 30 hours for danganronpa (ofc it varies on how completionist you are), another 30 for danganronpa 2, another 30 for new danganronpa v3. let’s say 20 hours for Another Episode (though a good chunk of it is shooter gameplay). and Danganronpa 3 is 24/25? anime episodes, which are 25 minutes each or so. so, there’s certainly quite a lot of it, but i wouldn’t call it, say, homestuck levels of daunting

IS IT GOOD

well that’s just personal opinion isn’t it :p of course, i personally do like them, but i understand they’re not for everyone. i think danganronpa is very good at creating interesting characters but often falls short in developing them, which, i guess at least is fitting for the story since 70% of the cast gets killed off in the span of a few days. but there’s a lot of meat there if you enjoy fan content and analysis, that’s for sure

RESOURCES

as i said, danganronpa is a series of videogames BUT i personally haven’t played em! and actually... every friend i know that is into danganronpa got into it through let’s plays instead of playing it themselves. that’s the benefit of a visual novel, i guess, that watching it is very close to playing it. the only real change is that if you play you get to solve the mysteries yourself i guess, but you can still do that with videos if you wanna :p so, if you wanna get into it through playing, then all i can say is “buy it”, but if you wanna get into it through LPs like the rest of us heathens, I’M YOUR WOMAN (these are all silent LPs, if you’re the kinda person who enjoys commentary, shrugs. i think NicoB is the most popular danganronpa Let’s Player, but I found him kind of annoying haha. nothing against him, he’s just not my style)

Danganronpa 1

Fan translation: English subs, Japanese Audio (this patch is how most people got into it before the official translation, hah)

NISAmerica’s translation: English subs, Japanese Audio (for some reason this person put the profiles of the characters at the beginning of the first video, shrugs. skip to 4 minutes in if you wanna)

NISAmerica’s translation: English subs, English Audio

another one with the official translation and Japanese voice acting. i think this one might be better than the 2nd link

1. at the end of the day, it’s up to you whether you prefer the japanese or the english voice actors

2. an important thing! Danganronpa games have free time events, which basically means “spending time with a character”. each let’s player chooses different characters to have FTEs with, but of course there’s compilations fof each character.

Free Time Events (English dub)

Free Time Events (Fan Translation, Japanese dubs)

3. there’s also the bonus mode School Mode, which is kind of... a dating sim, really. for after you beat the game and whatnot. i’ve never been into most of them, but i guess they’re useful if there’s a character you really like and you want to see more dialog with them, so here’s a compilation of some School Mode stuff

(Super) Danganronpa 2

MY FAVORITE ONE (unless NVDR3 takes the throne). same gist, except that, unlike with DR1, the official translation came out before there was any solid fan-translated patch. but there’s still the dub choice. also, Island Mode instead of school mode

NISAmerica’s translation (English subs, Japanese audio)

NISAmerica’s translation (English subs, English audio)

i think the English voice actors are very good, but i can’t help but feel kinda bitter about it, since my favorite danganronpa character had a great voice that p much made up half of his characterization, and his english voice acting pretty much gives off the opposite characterization. but don’t listen to my bias X)

NISAmerica’s translation of Free Time Events

Playlist of a ton of Island Mode stuff

Another Episode: Absolute Despair Girls

again, this is partly a third person shooter so there’s scenes you can probably skip

NISAmerica’s translation (Japanese Audio)

NISAmerica’s translation (English Audio) this is the best video i could find and instead of splitting it into parts this person went ahead and did a 11-hours-long video jesus christ. there’s timestamps in the comments

Danganronpa 3

it’s an anime translated by Crunchyroll, you can find it from a free source with some googling like you’d find any other anime, i don’t want the FBI to find me :p again, remember, Mirai-hen episode 1 > Zetsubou-hen episode 1 > Mirai-hen episode 2, etc etc. and then “kibou-hen” (or “side hope”) as an epilogue

New Danganronpa V3

okay, here’s the thing: this game came out about a month ago, and it’ll be translated by NISAmerica in September 20-something. any fan translation of the game is still ongoing. i mean... if you start getting into danganronpa now, by the time you’ve gotten into ndrv3, either the NISAmerica translation will be very close, or fan translations will be very advanced, so i wouldn’t worry about it just yet. but just in case, the two best i’ve found

Jess is bilingual, living in Japan, and she translates everything very good and very fast as she plays. She’s the one I’m currently watching (also i have fun using twitch instead of youtube and watching the chat’s reactions :P)

For a silent, subbed-instead-of-spoken translation, this person’s- but I don’t personally watch it, so I can’t tell you whether the translation is as good as Jess’s

AND THAT’S IT, i’ll edit this afterwards if there’s something i remember. thaaank you for your interest, and if at some point you need the feel to scream at someone about danganronpa, by all means you’re welcome into my inbox. i love people’s reactions

OH OF COURSE, to block spoilers. #dr spoilers for the first game, #sdr2 spoilers for the second one, #drae spoilers for DR:AE, #dr3 spoilers for the DR3 anime, #ndrv3 spoilers for the newest game. if you wanna avoid spoilers, blacklist those!

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Blood Opera Crescendo (RPG Horror) - Part 3 | Flare Let's Play:

This is the end to the demo of Blood Opera Crescendo, a horror-classical adventure game made in RPG Maker MV by Kibou Entertainment. We play as former orchestra conductor Heinrich Steiner who suffered brain fever which bedridden Heinrich for two years, one day after recovering, he was walking back home when he saw a shadow enter the theatre. From then on, Heinrich's life changed.

"Year 17XX - Austria: former orchestra conductor Heinrich Steiner accidentally discovers the horribly mutilated corpse of an unknown person into the local theater. Someone turned that body into a working musical instrument. Heinrich, a passionate musical composer, is stunned: how can someone create something like this? Obsessed with the murderer and his musical skills, Heinrich is going to discover a tremendous truth hidden behind the luxurious curtain that covers the entire city. Who is the killer? Why is he doing all this? And more importantly: will Heinrich be able to discover his identity without being killed?"

Game: https://kibou-entertainment.itch.io/blood-opera-crescendo-kickstarter-demo Developer(s): https://twitter.com/KibouEntertainm

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