#Omoi can you not.

[atoriv-art]

u spend too much time thinking about naruto and you start fixating on random side characters. and its fun

[mochiajclayne]

Call this as my way to pickup my Japanese lessons or another One Piece meta post but I find it fascinating that Doflamingo consistently describes Law's motivations for fighting him in Dressrosa as resentment and revenge. On the other hand, Law uses several terms to encapsulate why he was truly there.

Doflamingo says 逆恨み (sakaurami) which means unjustified resentment or unreasonable grudge. Law, in turn, denies this and says he is there to fulfill that person's 本懐 (hon'kai) which means (one's) long-cherished desire.

What is that desire, you may ask? Corazon shared it when he spoke for the first time with Law: His purpose/motivation/goal is to stop Doflamingo's 暴走 (bousou), which is translated as rampage.

(Later on, it was further revealed in the flashback and confirmed by Doflamingo that Corazon was trying to save Dressrosa--and the ever manipulative little shit hoped to rattle Law's feelings about screwing up in passing the message that Corazon asked him to do 13 years ago but he was able to keep his calm.)

The next time that Law thought about his motivation, specifically, the moment that he will be truly free is the time that Corazon's 思い (omoi) will be fulfilled/granted/come to fruition. 思い (omoi) could be translated differently depending on the context. For this one, it refers to desire or wish--a nod to Corazon's purpose, to stop Doflamingo.

Doflamingo didn't even scrimp with his descriptions as he used both 恨み (urami) which means resentment, grudge, malice, bitterness​; and 復讐 (fukushuu) directly translated as revenge. He even says that Law is acting like Corazon's vengeful ghost. He views Law's persistent defiance to carry out Corazon's wish as pointless, even going through the effort of saying that Law has been overtaken with his feelings--however, when he saw the Corazon at the back of Law's coat, he riddled him with bullets and even saying that both Law and Corazon's curse have ended.

Lastly, and I think this is where Law's motivation reached its reveal in full circle. He says that he lived for the past 13 years to do this and he used 討つ (utsu) which, in this context, can be translated as to attack, to destroy, to defeat, and surprisingly, to avenge. This part is up for interpretation, really.

(My two cents on it is Law's main focus on wanting to take down Doflamingo stemmed from wanting to carry out Corazon's purpose, however, I am not necessarily dismissing the part of wanting to take responsibility and avenge Cora's death.)

Ending this self-indulgent meta post with Law giving the middle finger because Toei decided to not include this badass moment. LMAO.

[project-sekai-facts]

After seeing the fun fact about Becoming Potatoes, I now wonder how far back does the process of one event is from conceptualizing it to fully releasing it. Is it months? Years? I know development and planning can be long but how far back are things planned for Proseka's events in spesifics.

i have an extra fun fact about that song that i don't think i've mentioned before: it's the only song to never have a teaser before it's released in-game, probably because there was no point in it since the vocaloid version had been released months prior. annoyingly, neru never did a corocoro producer interview, so it's basically impossible for us to know what exactly went down in the development of that song.

here's some stuff i can tell you about event planning and such (most is song related lol bc there's far less interviews with the writers):

in an old Q&A around the 1st anniversary, the writers said it takes around 6-12 months to complete an event after conception

in the same question, they said they immediately have to prepare a summary after commissioning so they can pass it on, suggesting the commissioning stage comes first

i know i usually don't mention leaks but these aren't leaks anymore. back in early 2023 around the time of Little Bravers, the song titles and producers for commissions up until Samsa leaked. The producers for Hug and Regulus also leaked 1-2 months in advance. p sure there used to be a staff leaker LOL but at least they confirmed the comms are finished a fair amount in advance

for early events though, some accounts make it sound like vocaPs were being commissioned like years in advance. PinocchioP, Oster Project, NayutalieN did not receive a story summary.

NayutalieN also said that he was contacted very early on in development, only being shown character designs for MMJ. He literally says that "nothing had been decided and he was fed more details as they were finalised". and later in his interview mentions that the "omoi no kakera" lyric was not an intentional reference [to what is known as wish pieces on EN], since those didn't even exist yet.

Syudou says that Jackpot Sad Girl was made in 2020, not very long before the launch of the game, so there's a little less time there.

Surii said he was commissioned ~6 months before launch, so around a year before Pale Color ran. It's also worth noting that he was given story details at this point in time, meaning Pino/Oster/NayutalieN were commissioned before this point.

The designs were completed in early 2019 according to CGWorld's prsk feature, so we can assume that the vocaPs who weren't given story details were commissioned around this time

The story has a planned ending and has had this since early development. The overall story has always been decided but only as an outline, more specific details and the actual events are written as the game goes one.

However certain details, such as Mafuyu running away, were planned in advance.

Apparently it takes about a week to get to the final draft of an event story, after going through checks with other staff and re-drafting (same source as the "specific details" link)

Additionally: card art. According to that 1st anniversary q&a i mentioned earlier, the art team takes two months or more per card. might be longer now because of the higher art quality. The art team sometimes bases set themes off the commission (such as Hitsuji ga Ippiki & kiuan set), or off the event story, which again gives us an indicator of how far in advance this stuff is finished.

[utapri-translations-uuuu]

Drown in - Lyrics + Translation

Please do not repost/retranslate without permission.

Kanji:

響きあうのが常　溶け合う夢

魅かれて Love thing ときめく胸

上手に振舞っても　I can see your mind

仕草で惑わす　本音と嘘

愛を試す　駆け引きは

大人のフリじゃもう満たせないや

焼け付く傷を冷たく癒す

火照る頬濡らした True tears

爪痕が語る　Midnight

何度も聞きたい　切ない

甘い罠に雁字搦めの Miss you

痛みが織りなす Pleasure

知ってるから Habitually sweet

もどかしく求めて

どこまでも I'm going to drown

選択するまま　待てない　Limit

主役は Oneself 誰でもない

人生はカットなしの　ロングフィルム

切り取られた今日　戻らぬ過去

理想の明日はどこなのか？

目隠し外すのはやっぱり It's you

ため息の中　にじむ優しさ

くすぐった本能止まらない

本当を見せて　All night

思いは重なる絶対

時間の波に　誘われて Kiss you

受け止めあいたい Feelings

すれ違いさえ Turn it into a joy

どうすれば伝わる？

君なしじゃ Falling all the way down

触れた指と指　絡まり合い

秒針の Tick Tack 遠くなる

鼓動だけ２人包んで

爪痕が語る　Midnight

何度も聞きたい　切ない

甘い罠に雁字搦めの Miss you

痛みが織りなす Pleasure

知ってるから Habitually sweet

もどかしく求めて

酸いも甘いも　愛も悲哀も

手を取って一緒に Let's drown

Rōmaji:

Hibikiau no ga tsune tokeau yume

Hikarete Love thing tokimeku mune

Jōzu ni furumatte mo I can see your mind

Shigusa de madowasu hon'ne to uso

Ai o tamesu kakehiki wa

Otona no furi ja mō mitasenai ya

Yaketsuku kizu o tsumetaku iyasu

Hoteru hoho nurashita True tears

Tsumeato ga kataru Midnight

Nando mo kikitai setsunai

Amai wana ni ganjigarame no Miss you

Itami ga orinasu Pleasure

Shitteru kara Habitually sweet

Modokashiku motomete

Doko made mo I’m going to drown

Sentaku suru mama matenai Limit

Shuyaku wa Oneself dare demo nai

Jinsei wa katto nashi no rongu firumu

Kiritorareta kyō modoranu kako

Risō no asu wa doko na no ka?

Mekakushi hazusu no wa yappari It’s you

Tameiki no naka nijimu yasashi-sa

Kusugutta hon'nō tomaranai

Hontō o misete All night

Omoi wa kasanaru zettai

Jikan no nami ni izanawarete Kiss you

Uketome aitai Feelings

Surechigai sae Turn it into a joy

Dō sureba tsutawaru?

Kimi nashi ja Falling all the way down

Fureta yubi to yubi karamari ai

Byōshin no Tick Tack tōku naru

Kodō dake futari tsutsunde

Tsumeato ga kataru Midnight

Nando mo kikitai setsunai

Amai wana ni ganjigarame no Miss you

Itami ga orinasu Pleasure

Shitteru kara Habitually sweet

Modokashiku motomete

Sui mo amai mo ai mo hiai mo

Te o totte issho ni Let’s drown

Translation:

Always resonating together, our dreams melt together

Attracted by this love thing, your heart throbs with excitement

Even if you pretend well, I can see your mind

Deceiving me with your gestures, your real intention and lies

Trying out love, this push and pull of

Pretending to be an adult is no longer enough

Healing my burning wounds with cold,

True tears dampen my flushed cheeks

Scratch marks tell the story of Midnight

I want to hear it over and over again. It’s painful

I’m completely stuck in the sweet trap that is missing you

Since I know the pleasure woven

From pain is Habitually sweet,

I impatiently yearn for it

I'm going to drown endlessly

You can’t wait to make your choices, there’s a Limit

The protagonist is Oneself, no one else

Life is a long film without cuts

Today is cut away, and the past won’t return

Where is the ideal tomorrow?

It's you, after all, who takes off your blindfold

Tenderness reveals itself through a sigh

I can’t control my newly aroused instincts

Show me your true self All night

Our feelings are overlapping, definitely

Drawn by the waves of time, I Kiss you

I want us to embrace each other’s Feelings

Let’s turn even our misunderstandings Into a joy

How can I make you understand?

Without you, I’m Falling all the way down

Our fingers touch and intertwine

The Tick Tack of the second hand grows distant

And only the beating of our hearts surrounds us

Scratch marks tell the story of Midnight

I want to hear it over and over again. It’s painful

I’m completely stuck in the sweet trap that is missing you

Since I know the pleasure woven

From pain is Habitually sweet,

I impatiently yearn for it

Both the sour and sweet, love and sorrow

Let’s hold hands and drown together

[slasherstation]

Do you know any mangas with good black representation ? Namely characters with black features because I feel it can be really tricky to implement them without seeming racist.

I think you can add black characters in manga without seeming racist!

Some manga with black rep would be

Hunter x Hunter (Canary)

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (Muhammad Avdol)

Michiko & Hatchin (Michiko is actually inspired by late black artist Aaliyah)

Cowboy Bebop (Coffee)

Bleach (Kaname Tōsen)

Soul Eater (Kiriku Rungu)

Naruto Shippuden (Karui Akimichi and Omoi)

Fire Force (Ogun Montgomery)

Afro Samurai (Afro Samurai)

Carole and Tuesday (Carole Stanley)

Honorable and very good mentions:

Attack on Titan (Onyankopon)

The Great Pretender (Dorothy)

Canon Busters (Created by a black man with black leads)

Witch Hat Atelier (Jujy)

Haikyuu!! (Aran Ojiro)

Sword Art Online (Agil)

Re-Main (Yutaka Babayaro Inomata)

And there are a few others too! I feel like anime and manga SHOULD add black characters without being racist or having weird and racist designs. I think anime and manga is moving in the right direction when it comes to black rep. And people should not be afraid to add characters like that. Many anime fans are black and love to see themselves!

Also a good account that posts black rep and dark skin rep would be @Blackanimechar on twitter (they haven’t posted since 2022) but it’s still good to look at

I believe the more diverse an anime is the better!

[absolutebl]

Hello ABL. First of all, let me just say, that I love your devotion to Seven Days. It was my very first bl and what got me to discover the genre. Of course it was all downhill from there lol. Just kidding. Maybe... Anyway. I've been doing this thing since the beginning of the year where I watch older jbls (usually before 2020, although that is not old by any stretch) to kinda get a broader view of the genre in Japan. I haven't been in this for that long so I'm still catching up. Some of the stuff I've watched so far. All the Pornographer series/films ; Dangerous Drugs of Sex; Takimu-kun 1 & 2; Junjou (2010); Athlete (2019) Udagawachou de Matteteyo (2015); Ai no Kotodama (2008) No Touching At All (2014) ; The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese (2020). I've also watched things like His (series and film), Restart coming back home, Life Love on the Line, and I'm probably missing a couple but not a lot. So I was wondering if you had more recs for me. Anything you can think would fit with what I'm trying to do.

Thanks so much for your time.

Rose💜

Hi darling!

You're missing Boys Love, both of them. If you can stomach it.

Did you see my History of Japan thingy? I'd say try to hit everything discussed in that post: (The top 10 is out of date tho)

And the ones I picked from Japan for the 101 Syllabus

Apart from that's I'm gonna just give you my list of older JBL stuff. I put a * next ones often referenced in the zeitgeist of weedy discussions here on Tumblr in particular, some of which you already mentioned but I just want it to be as complete as possible. These are by date (sort of).

Older Japanese BL (Live Action Yaoi)

* Boys Love 2006

* Boys Love: The Movie AKA Boys Love 2 AKA Schoolboy Crush 2007

Itsuka no Kimi e 2007

Asymmetry 2008

* Forbidden Love 2008

Gymnasium Baby AKA Taiikukan Baby 2008

Melody of Our Love AKA Bokura no Ai no Kanade 2008

Ai no Kotodama 2008

Ai no Kotodama 2: Sekai no Hate Made 2010

* Takumi-kun 1: And The Spring Breeze Whispers 2007

* Takumi-kun 2: Rainbow Colored Glass 2009

Takumi-kun 3: The Beauty of Detail 2010

Takumi-kun 4: Pure 2010

Takumi-kun 5: That, Sunny Blue Sky 2011

* Junjou: Pure Heart 2010

Fujimi Orchestra 2012

Shape of Happiness 1 AKA Love Place: Hakanaki Kata Omoi - Gaiya no Koi 2013

Shape of Happiness 2 AKA Love Place: Shiawase no Katachi 2013

Coming Out AKA Kamgu Auto 2014

* No Touching At All AKA Doushitemo Furetakunai 2014

* Same Difference AKA Docchi Mo Docchi 2014

Forever Summer 2015

* Wait For Me at Udagawachou AKA Udagawachou de Matteteyo 2015

Candy and Kiss 2015

* Seven Days AKA Seven Days: Monday-Thursday AND Seven Days: Friday-Sunday 2 parts 2015

* Double Mints 2017

* Silhouette of Your Voice AKA Hidamari ga Kikoeru 2017

* The Novelist AKA Pornographer (Pornographer series) 2018

Mood Indigo (Pornographer series) 2019

Pornographer Playback (Pornographer series) 2021

* Does the Flower Bloom? 2018

* Ossan's Love (original) 2018

* The Shortest Distance is Round (Noir) AKA Saitankyori wa Mawari Kudokute 2019

The Shortest Distance is Round (Blanc)

The Shortest Distance 3: Fallen Flowers AKA Saitankyori Wa Mawari Kudokute: Rakka Ryūsui 2020

The Shortest Distance is Round 2: Rain and Soda AKA Saitankyori wa Mawari Kudokute: Ame to Soda Mizu 2020

* His the series: I Didn't Think I Would Fall In Love AKA His - Koisuru Tsumori Nante Nakatta 2019

Athlete 2019

* What Did You Eat Yesterday? AKA Kinou Nani Tabeta? 2019

* The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese AKA Kyuso wa Chizu no Yume wo Miru 2020

* Dangerous Drugs of Sex AKA Sei no Gekiyaku 2020

* Love Stage!! AKA Rabu Suteiji 2020

The Reason Why He Fell In Love With Me AKA Kare ga Boku ni Koishita Wake 2020

The Reason Why He Fell In Love With Me 2 AKA Kare ga Boku ni Koishita Wake 2 2021

* His the movie 2020

* Life: Love on the Line AKA Life Senjou no Bokura 2020

* Restart AKA Restart After Come Back Home AKA Risutato wa tadaima no ato de 2020

* Cherry Magic AKA 30 Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard AKA 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii AKA Cheri Maho 2020

Post 2021 - A few lesser knows that might be worth it

Given 2021

Kiss Kiss Kiss series

The 8.2 Second Rule AKA 8.2 Byo no Hosoku

[pikahlua]

It's come to my attention that some people may like a clarification on this one line from chapter 403.

tagline 想いは今一つにーー‼︎ おもいはいまひとつにーー‼︎ omoi wa ima hitotsu ni--!! Their feelings* now [become] one--!! (*Note: This word has MANY meanings: "heart, mind, thoughts, feelings, desires, wishes, hopes, etc.")

I provided the "many meanings" for the word omoi because it's a very...big word. It's one of those words that refers to a generic emotional or spiritual concept that doesn't have the easiest translation into English. Its vagueness is similar to how "kokoro" and "ki" work. A Japanese person wouldn't hear the word and just automatically translate it into one of those meanings, you see. All the extra meanings I included were to make clear the general vibe of the word.

It is not the same word as kokoro. It does not mean "heart" in that definitive sense. It also doesn't refer to the heart organ (that would be shinzou).

In my experience, omoi most often means something along the lines of feelings/thoughts/will. (Japan often has words that conflate emotions with thoughts.)

The sentiment expressed in the line is a common enough one I've seen in other anime and Japanese media. My reading of this particular line would be something with a meaning like: "Their wills become one, they want the same thing, they share the same goal, they are in sync."

(Dare I say...One For All and All For One, as the lines were originally meant before MHA utilized them?)

The line evokes themes we've seen before like from here:

Or perhaps even more aptly like from here:

So yeah, we're getting to that part of the manga where the Heroes Rising vibes are returning.

Additionally, I see some people upset about the line's exclusion in the official English release. Just to be clear, these opening and ending taglines in the Japanese version? They're for the Weekly Shounen Jump serialization. I don't think I've ever seen any of these taglines in any of the official English releases. In fact, I wanna say they're not even included in the Japanese tankoban releases whenever those come out later.

They're kinda like tonal tags for the weekly readers. It gives you an idea of how to read the vibe of the scene in case it's ambiguous. I imagine they would wanna do that for short weekly releases because of the weird pacing short weekly chapters can often cause.

[animemusicbrackets]

Vocaloid Song Showdown!!!: Prelims Part B Brackets

You can find the preliminary brackets, as well as the full list of submissions here

ALL MATCHES CAN BE FOUND AT THIS LINK

All prelim matches were made with a random sorter. They will all be posted at noon EST, and will last for one week. There will be one winner per match that will advance (17 total winners).

The Preliminaries Part B will be released as follows:

Saturday, February 10th

Match 1:

"Honey I'm Home" by GHOST; feat. DEX

"Hyperventilation Dance" by Nashimoto We; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Spinning Sky Rabbit" by Orangestar; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Marshall Maximizer" by Hiiragi Magnetite; feat. KAFU

"Children Record" by Jin; feat. IA

Match 2:

"Remote Control" by WONDERFUL☆OPPORTUNITY; feat. Kagamine Rin & Len

"Unicorn" by Teniwoha; feat. flower

"DEAD HAND" by Ferry; feat. Yuzuki Yukari

"Drowning in a Wave of Sadness" by Neru; feat. Kagamine Len

"Mozaik Role" by DECO*27; feat. GUMI

Match 3:

"Proto Disco" by nulut; feat. flower (with KurageP, Bis, MatuMotoMoti, *Shimi, nulut)

"Meteor" by Jonsann; feat. Hatsune Miku

"SUSHI-GO-ROUND" by Utsu-P; feat. ROSE

"Town of Jade" by Mel; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Kaisei" by Orangestar; feat. IA

Monday, February 12th

Match 4:

"The Liar Witch and Gray Rainbow" by Soraru; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Testament" by Hiiragi Magnetite; feat. Hatsune Miku

"ROKI" by Mikito-P; feat. Kagamine Rin and Mikito-P

"BRING IT ON" by Giga-P; feat. Kagamine Rin & Len (with MEIKO)

"World is Mine" by ryo; feat. Hatsune Miku

Match 5:

"Mermaid" by Somari; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Waltz of Anomalies" by Hoehoe-P; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Magic Mirror" by teamOS; feat. Kagamine Rin & Len

"Doctor=Funk Beat" by nyanyannya; feat. KAITO (with maimie, Shindou Gaku, Amaoto Junca, and Dashio)

"Mirage" by Harumaki Gohan; feat. Hatsune Miku

Match 6:

"Hate it Hate it! Huge Ego!" by Wada Takeaki; feat. Otomachi Una

"*Hello, Planet." by sasakure.UK; feat. Hatsune Miku

"The Last Revolver" by MOTHY; feat. GUMI

"You’re Telling Me A SHRIMP Fried This Rice?!" by Jamie Paige; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Vita" by Hiiragi Kirai; feat. flower

Match 7:

"Witch" by Suzuki-P and Ryotai; feat. Megurine Luka (with Camui Gackpo, Kagamine Len, Kagamine Rin, Hatsune Miku)

"MONSTER" by KIRA; feat. GUMI

"Karakuri Pierrot " by 40mP; feat. Hatsune Miku (with GUMI)

"Kakome, Kakome" by Zawazawa-P; feat. Hatsune Miku and Megurine Luka

"Parade of Mediocre People" by Wada Takeaki; feat. Otomachi Una

Wednesday, February 14th

Match 8:

"Dreaming Chuchu" by emon(Tes.); feat. Megurine Luka (with Hatsune Miku and Kagamine Rin)

"iNSaNiTY" by CircusP and Azuralunar; feat. KAITO and SF-A2

"RRRRafflesia" by Utsu-P; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Spinning Song" by DATEKEN; feat. Kagamine Rin & Len

"Common World Domination" by Pinocchio-P; feat. Hatsune Miku

Match 9:

"The Intense Singing Voice of Hatsune Miku" by CosMo; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Heavenly You" by LonePi; feat. REML

"The Madness of Duke Venomania" by MOTHY; feat. Camui Gackpo (with KAITO, GUMI, MEIKO, Megurine Luka, and Hatsune Miku)

"Heart Democracy" by Mikito-P; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Fake Fake Psychotropic" by Kairiki Bear; feat. GUMI

Match 10:

"Jitterbug" by Kuriyama Yuri; feat. Hatsune Miku and MEIKO

"LIAR DANCE" by DECO*27; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Unfriendly Hater" by Meddmia; feat. Hatsune Miku and KAFU

"HITO mania" by Haraguchi Sasuke; feat. Kasane Teto

"Teo" by Omoi; feat. Hatsune Miku (with Kagamine Rin, GUMI, IA)

Friday, February 16th

Match 11:

"Shunran" by john; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Sand Planet" by Hachi; feat. Hatsune Miku (with Hachi)

"Triple Baka" by LamazeP; feat. Hatsune Miku (with Kasane Teto)

"Blessed Messiah and the Tower of AI" by teamOS; feat. Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Len, Kagamine Rin, Megurine Luka, Camui Gackpo, GUMI, IA, MAYU, MEIKO, and KAITO

"Datte" by Yuyoyuppe; feat. Natsuki Karin

Match 12:

"oyasumination" by ippo.tsk; feat. Eleanor Forte

"I’m Gonna Buy! Buy! Buy! " by Signal-E; feat. Luo Tianyi

"Propose" by Naisho no Pierced; feat. KAFU

"Neo-Neon" by DECO*27 and TeddyLoid; feat. Hatsune Miku (with Shiho)

"Jailbreak" by Neru; feat. Kagamine Rin

Match 13:

"Play" by shr and itsuki; feat. Matsudappoiyo

"Reckless Battery Burns" by GHOST and Vane; feat. Kevin

"Hungry Nicole" by Niru Kajitsu; feat. flower

"Tell Your World" by kz; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Gehenna" by wotaku; feat. Hatsune Miku

Match 14:

"Abstract Nonsense" by Neru; feat. Kagamine Rin

"Electric Angel (Giga-P Arrangement)" by Yasuo-P and Giga-P; feat. Kagamine Rin & Len

"Mind Brand" by MARETU; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Vampire" by DECO*27; feat. Hatsune Miku

"makka" by Yuyoyuppe; feat. Natsuki Karin

Sunday, February 18th

Match 15:

"Can't I Even Dream" by Fumii; feat. Hatsune Miku

"hand" by Avogado6; feat. Asane Ema

"Weenywalker" by youman; feat. GUMI

"Schadenfreude" by Guchiry; feat. Otomachi Una

"Alter Ego" by Misumi; feat. Hatsune Miku

Match 16:

"All I Need are Things I Like" by Pinocchio-P; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Machine Gun" by KIRA; feat. GUMI

"Love Me, Love Me, Love Me" by Kikuo; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Kimagure Mercy" by Hachioji-P and q*Left; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Seraphim on the Ring" by Mitchie M; feat. Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, KAITO (with Kagamine Len)

Match 17:

"Super Nuko World" by Mafumafu; feat. IA (with Kagamine Rin)

"Love! Snow! Really Magic" by Mitchie M; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Crazy ∞ nighT" by teamOS; feat. Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Len, Kagamine Rin, GUMI, Camui Gackpo, Megurine Luka, KAITO, and MEIKO

"Nobody Makes Sense" by Pinocchio-P; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Reincarnation Apple" by Pinocchio-P; feat. Hatsune Miku

[krdc]

koe ni naranaiyo — はじめては全部君がいい (wanna give you all my firsts) — full version

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(lyrics & official translation below)

拝啓、ありきたりな日常。

haikei, arikitarina nichijou.

dear ordinary everyday

ドラマのワンシーンに変わったあの日から

dorama no wan shiin ni kawatta ano hi kara

until that day it became a scene out of a tv show

揺れる心のときめきに

yureru kokoro no tokimeki ni

in response to the excitement of my wavering heart

気の利いた言葉が出てこないな

ki no kiita kotoba ga detekonaina

i can't think of anything clever to say

考えたってわからない

kangaetatte wakaranai

no matter how much i think about it, i won't know

怖がったって進まない

kowagattatte susumanai

i won't make any progress if i'm afraid

だけどはじめては全部君がいい

dakedo hajimete wa zenbu kimi ga ii

but i want you to be all my firsts

逆らえない想いがここにあって

sakaraenai omoi ga koko ni atte

there's a feeling here i can't resist

絵空のような恋があって

e sora no youna koi ga atte

a love like a castle in the sky

真っ直ぐで不器用な僕らのストーリー

massugu de bukiyouna bokura no sutori

our awkwardly honest story

触れたい 聴きたい もっと知りたい

furetai kikitai motto shiritai

i want to touch, i want to listen, i want to know more

この想いはもう止まらないから

kono omoi wa mou tomaranaikara

because these feelings can't be stopped anymore

拝啓、曖昧な日常。

haikei, aimaina nichijou.

dear ambiguous everyday

君が心に触れてきたあの日から

kimi ga kokoro ni furetekita ano hi kara

until that day you touched my heart

抑えきれないドキドキに

osaekirenai dokidoki ni

in response to this excitement i can't control

我儘な言葉しか出てこないな

wagamamana kotoba shika detekonaina

all i can come up with are selfish words

焦ったって変わらない

asettatte kawaranai

being anxious won't change anything

嫉妬したって仕方ない

shitto shitatte shikatanai

being jealous won't help anything

だけど君のはじめては僕がいい

dakedo kimi no hajimete wa boku ga ii

but i want to be your first

もどかしい想いがここにあって

modokashii omoi ga koko ni atte

i have these impatient feelings

きっと報われない恋なんだろう

kitto mukuwarenai koinandarou

i doubt this love will come to fruition

それでもこの幸せだけは譲れないから

soredemo kono shiawase dake wa yuzurenaikara

but still i can't give up this happiness

逆らえない想いがここにあって

sakaraenai omoi ga koko ni atte

there's a feeling here i can't resist

絵空のような恋があって

e sora no youna koi ga atte

a love like a castle in the sky

真っ直ぐで不器用な僕らのストーリー

massugu de bukiyouna bokura no sutori

our awkwardly honest story

触れたい 聴きたい もっと知りたい

furetai kikitai motto shiritai

i want to touch, i want to listen, i want to know more

この想いはもう止まらないから

kono omoi wa mou tomaranaikara

because these feelings can't be stopped anymore

[sueske]

sakura and hinata are written as beards while they're also used to signpost sns' feelings for each other.

naruto is introduced as having a 'crush' on sakura in chapter 3 - but he said he only started to understand what he liked about sakura after she spoke about doing anything for sasuke's acknowledgement, not because he found her cute, because that wasn't enough for him to understand why he liked her. she was mean to him for years after all and only started being nicer to him once sasuke told her off about it and once naruto 'proved' himself to her. most of naruto and sakura's conversations revolve around sasuke anyways lol. in shippuden naruto can't confess his 'real feelings' to sakura because of a promise that in the end doesn't even matter. a promise that sakura thought naruto made because of her, not because of sasuke. and naruto frequently asked sakura out on dates so where was the barrier there? it's literally used as an excuse because kishimoto would rather use something as unserious as the promise that naruto says never even mattered than writing something genuine about naruto's 'love for sakura', which never deepened, which sai only brought up on the premise of naruto smiling a lot around her. wow. and the dates themselves are often used as a smokescreen so.

and then kishimoto mirrors naruto's feelings towards sasuke with sakura's 'acceptable' romantic ones. sakura suffers from loving sasuke? yeah naruto hurts for sasuke actually. and who does sasuke recipocrate those feelings to? naruto. 

then hinata. lol. kishimoto makes her confess at the worst possible moment even after she was told not to interfere and was one-panelled. of course during her heartfelt confession itself (which naruto later ignores), naruto takes that in and says the same thing to sasuke during the kage summit arc. after vowing to die with sasuke. after omoi referenced a romantic double suicide at the beginning of the arc. 

but hey kishimoto needs to give the people a nh moment right? again, instead of choosing to write a genuine moment between them he makes neji die for them by 'playing cupid' to bring them together 😬 not to mention the words naruto says "it was thanks to you standing by my side" are like wrong cuz hinata didn't. and kishimoto gave that role to sasuke later. also the hand naruto held with hinata? that's right. blown off during vote2 with sasuke's left arm. * insert heart shaped pool of blood statement here*.

sakura and hinata can explicitly say I love you - so kishimoto mirrors sns' words/actions to that but in more genuine and meaningful ways, while also ensuring any ss/nh moments are unserious at best and hilarious at worst.

[houkagokappa]

More Yuri, More Manga

It's been a year since I embarked on my journey to read more yuri manga and it's time for a second update!

After all the yuri manga I read for my previous post, I set my eyes on josei and came to the conclusion that josei that either focuses on wlw or contains wlw relationships, is the best kind of manga there is. I read a lot of josei, and as for works that were also yuri, I read Love My Life, Indigo Blue and Free Soul by Yamaji Ebine, based on a recommendation from @theurbanfuturesoftherecentpast (thank you!!!). Yamaji Ebine has a neat minimalist style and she writes messy complex characters. All her manga had a realistic feel to them, which I enjoyed.

I explored other queer works and stumbled upon Yuri to Koe to Kaze Matoi by Renjouji Mei, which is a yuri manga focused on two asexual women and their relationship. Once again, I found the characters highly relatable and realistic. It's nice to see some asexual representation, but at the same time, I wouldn't have minded more development between them, although that might be on me and the expectations I have when I pick up a new yuri title, that unfortunately didn't fit this manga or topic. Both characters were ace, but the protagonist felt romantic attraction whereas her crush didn't. While they got a happy ending, I didn't feel fully satisfied, and would've liked if the manga had explored the partially unresolved feelings more, mostly due to personal reasons, even if the conclusion would've been the same (which it probably would've).

Back to some high school yuri, I finished Omoi no Kakera by Takemiya Jin, which I actually started reading early last year. It's another manga that's relatable to me, as it portrays characters with different sexualities, who befriend each other due to the shared experience of being young, closeted queer people. We got wlw/mlm solidarity, and characters who are more secure with their sexualities looking over those who are still trying to figure theirs out. The interactions and communities reminded me of the queer youth group I used to be part of :') In addition to that, I liked the portrayal of different kinds of attraction, and how the focus was on the life of a queer person, rather than a specific romance they experienced, since there's indeed more to being queer than some singular love story. Out of all the manga on this list, this is one of my top recommendations, and at some point I should check out Takemiya's other works. She's out as a lesbian, and you can tell she writes based on lived queer experiences.

One day when I didn't have anything else to read, I picked up Luminous=Blue by Iwami Kyoko (same author as Kyou wa Kanojo ga Inai kara). It had the same beautiful artstyle as Kyou wa Kanojo ga Inai kara, was slightly less toxic, but equally messy when it came to the relationships. Luminous=Blue is about a transfer student who loves photography. She starts taking photos of her two new classmates, who unbeknownst to her used to go out with each other, and still harbour some lingering feelings towards each other. I was a fan of the different relationship dynamics and happy with the direction the manga and the relationships took, although the last pages included a twist which felt a little out of place. It's a shame, because if it had been given more time, it could've been a very interesting and welcome development, and I'm curious if Kyou wa Kanojo ga Inai kara will go in a similar direction, since it has the prerequisites for it.

I also read Toumei na Usui Mizuiro ni by the same author, which had an interesting premise of a girl with a crush on her female childhood friend, who was dating their other, male childhood friend. Normally I like this kind of setting with love triangles that include both straight and queer relationships, but since this was only 3 chapters long, the characters and their dynamics weren't established enough for the story to feel as cohesive and satisfying as it could've. At least the art was gorgeous once again, and I enjoyed the messy relationships. The volume contained two one shots as well, which I think were kinda fun, but I cannot remember that well anymore.

Next up, I read Moonlight Flowers by Tsukumo Mutsumi, based on a personal recommendation from someone who has since escaped tumblr. It's one of the older yuri works there are, as it was written in 1989. It's only one volume long and contains two stories about women who are pressured to marry men, and end up in miserable marriages, until they decide to leave their husbands to be with the women they love. It has a strong feminist message and I've seen a lot of people praise it online, but I wasn't too fond of it. I couldn't quite connect with the characters, and because of that, I didn't particularly enjoy reading about women lacking rights, or homosexuality not being socially accepted. However, I can see how others might be able to feel inspired or empowered reading about characters who overcome the obstacles in their way. It was also quite dramatic, but I will always be in favour of that (even when it's ridiculous, like it was here).

I continued with Sakura no Sono by Yoshida Akimi, which was another recommendation from the same person. It's another old manga, first published in 1985, about the romances of four girls in a drama club of an all girls high school. I found Yoshida's style charming, but it's not among my personal favourites. Some characters looked quite similar and were hard to distinguish. It was disappointing to realise that only one chapter focused on a girl crushing on another girl, while the other romances and the majority of the manga were about straight characters/relationships. If I would've known that from the start, I could've adjusted my expectations accordingly, which is a shame, because now I'm mostly disappointed by the lack of yuri, and it's harder for me to appreciate the work as a whole. It was decent, but quite forgettable.

Then I completed Watashi no Muchi na Watashi no Michi by Momono Moto (same author as Yuunagi Marbled and Kimi Koi Limit from my previous post). I first started reading it 5 years ago, but didn't finish it due to the scanlation taking its sweet time. Now I read it from start to finish. It's about a woman in her early 20's, who's spent all her life pleasing others, and is on the path to marry a male childhood friend of hers, simply out of duty to him and her mom, before her female coworker steps in and swoops her away. The manga takes a weird turn after that, as it turns out the coworker might've had some ulterior motives getting close to our protagonist, but it's interesting, until a somewhat abrupt ending. It was nice to read about a young adult who never cared for romance until she fell in love with her coworker, and for once I didn't even mind the plot point where she was about to marry a man, since it made sense for them and he wasn't overly vilified for how he reacted to her rejection or the reveal of her relationship with another woman (not that it was great either). The art was nice and I liked all the characters. It wasn't anything groundbreaking, but it was a fun read.

Another recommendation from @theurbanfuturesoftherecentpast was Maka-Maka by Kishi Torajiro, an adult manga about the close relationship between two best friends, Jun and Nene. The manga is two volumes long with short chapters in full colour, which required some adjustment from me as I'm usually only reading manga in black and white. It didn't feel like any other yuri I've read, in a good way! My absolute favourite part was how comfortable Jun and Nene were with each other, with a strong mental connection, and frequent, casual sexual encounters. Their relationship felt real and I loved how they kept smiling throughout the sex scenes, which made for an interesting combination of wholesome and horny. I highly recommend this manga, as I'm still thinking about it months later...

Next up, I read Watashi no Sekai wo Kousei suru Chiri no You na Nani ka. by Amano Shuninta. It's about seven university students and their ever changing relationships. Once again, the protagonist was a whole mood as she complained about all her friends having boyfriends which she hated, having a very relatable crush on one of said friends, before getting to live the fantasy of ending up with her. I looooved the inclusion of a toxic lesbian (and her toxic lesbian clique) who would sleep around and toy with others, letting lesbians be flawed people too, but also having wholesome and genuinely good people in the cast, as a counterbalance and showcase of the whole spectrum of different people with different views on love and sex (especially fitting for the university age/setting). There were happy times, but also angst and heartbreak, and bittersweet love, between women who truly cared for each other, but weren't suitable for each other as they had different needs when it came to their relationship and sex life. At first it was a little challenging to keep track of seven different characters, but by the end of it I really enjoyed the various relationship dynamics and the somewhat unlikely friendships that formed between them.

I also read Sweet Guilty Love Bites by Amano Shuninta, which consisted of three short stories about four cabaret girls. The first story was about one of the cabaret girls taking in a random woman she came across, which I didn't care for that much. The second story was about a single mother who unknown to her, hooked up with her child's kindergarten teacher. First she freaked out, thinking she'd be judged for her profession, but the kindergarten teacher was chill and only looking to date her. It was very sweet to see them take care of the child together. I also loved the third story about two cabaret girls who were best friends and roommates, with one of them being very vocal about her love towards women and other cabaret girls, which is a trait I always appreciate. Seeing her pining for her friend/roommate/coworker was great, and precisely the kind of stuff I love! Amano has a lot more in her library and after enjoying these two manga, I think the rest are worth checking out as well. I especially like how her characters are allowed to be horny, but there’s more to her manga than just sex.

Then I picked up Kimi to Shiranai Natsu ni Naru by Keyyan, thanks to the premise which sounded relatable. It’s about two women who are at the end of their university studies and looking for work in Tokyo, facing rejection after rejection. They’ve had enough of it and decide to run away from all the expectations and responsibilities to a small island. First of all, what a mood. Second, I really liked the art, especially the character expressions, and how well their excitement was conveyed. The island setting was also A+, and I loved the portrayal of young adults who were in an established relationship, with no uncertainty or drama about the same-sex relationship itself. They were devoted to each other, and the reason both of them wanted to work hard, so they could provide for one another. Besides that, my feelings towards this manga went back and forth quite a lot. First I enjoyed the escapism, but then I had to take a break because it became too idealised with conveniences you can't count on in real life. Once I picked it back up again, I realised that the story actually does stick to reality, when the characters start to worry about money and finding permanent work on the island. While I was happy with that development, it backfired as I was reading this while I was away from home myself, and anxious about my own future in regards to my education and employment, so reading about their struggles felt a bit too real and stressful. Unfortunately, it seems like the series got axed, because the ending was sudden and can be interpreted in two opposing ways, one depressing, one hopeful, and neither fits the story I can only assume the series wanted to tell. It's still a manga worth reading, but maybe in the right mindset.

Although I try to stay away from ongoing works, Dore ga Koi ka ga Wakaranai by Oku Tamamushi seemed fun, so I couldn't help but check it out. It’s about a girl who is unable to confess to her high school crush of 3 years, and starts university determined to find a girlfriend. And oh boy does she find potential girlfriends! She instantly meets and falls for five different women, who also become enamoured with her. What follows is a bunch of flirting, some deliberate, some accidental. The catch is, she doesn't know which one to pursue seriously. The tone is lighthearted and comedic, and the series is best described by the tagline to one of the chapters as "an endless conveyor belt of yuri encounters". I like all the girls, the girls and their embarrassed or flustered expressions are very cute, and instead of the setting falling apart with five people never confessing or trying to seriously pursue the main girl, some do, while others have believable reasons to hold back. The pace is quick enough for any interruptions or miscommunications to not feel aggravating, with several encounters each chapter. I'm curious to see how the manga will continue and potentially end, with some ships seeming more likely than others, since there has been some actual development! I'll also throw it out there, that this manga is a good example of why dark haired girl/light haired girl is an established pairing, since the main pursuer at the moment has light hair and bangs like the protagonist, and it can be a little difficult to tell them apart from some panels or angles.

Another ongoing work I began reading because it ticked the right boxes for me was Sukeban to Tenkousei by Fujichika. As the name suggests, it’s about the somewhat unlikely relationship between a delinquent girl and a sweet transfer student. The manga is set in the Showa era in the 80s and has very charming art. I thought it would be pretty lighthearted and fun, opposites attract type of story, but then one of the characters saw how romantic love was defined as feelings towards the opposite sex, heartbroken by the fact there wasn't a name for her feelings, and I was in tears thinking of anyone who's ever felt that pain. Otherwise, it's mostly a comedy and a fun, easy read, with not that many chapters out yet.

Finally, reaching the anniversary of my year long yuri journey, I finished reading the manga adaptation of Murasakiiro no Qualia, by Ueo Hisamitsu and Tsunashima Shirou. It's a sci-fi series with psychological and mystery elements, about Yukari, a girl with purple eyes who sees humans as robots, and Gaku, the protagonist who befriends her. There are a lot of twists and turns to the story, and it gets gory and dark, as Yukari uses her abilities to help the police solve murder cases and later gets involved with a secret organisation. It's also very philosophical and a bit difficult/slow to read at times, when characters get surprisingly deep into quantum mechanics. I liked the narration a lot, because there's a lot of repetition and Gaku, who's telling the story, jumps back and forth on the timeline, giving the reader more context and insights each time. I was also a huge fan of the character development she went through, starting to exhibit truly unhinged behavior to a level that's hard to find elsewhere, but also oddly reminiscent of Madoka Magica? The ending was satisfying, and it was cool to see it circle back to the beginning. I didn't know anything about this manga beforehand and after a curious start, it kept getting better and better. I originally found out about it in the tags of a tumblr post complaining about variety in yuri, so this is me giving back to the community and passing on the recommendation.

...That was a lot more yuri to add to the library, and there are still so many different works I look forward to reading! I don't know if I'll continue documenting my journey, as I'm probably going to slow down on the yuri a bit, but who knows if the bug bites me again and I won't read anything else for months on end! Again, thank you for reading through all this, I hope you're inspired to read some yuri yourself, and if you have any recommendations I'm always happy to hear them!

[kyururun]

Kyururin te shitemite - Love Kyun♡Wanted (Lyrics + ENG Translation)

ROMAJI

Are you ready? RABU Kyun ♡ Wanted "Nee nee kimi ni tsugeru! Shuui wa mou houi sareten no!" "nigeru no nante akiramete?" "kimi wo ichiban suki na no wa watashi da mon!!" "Aa~ doko iku no?! sekaichuu ni shimei tehai shiteyaru~~!!"

kawaii ko nara dare demo ii no? (sou! PURINSESU wa hitori de OK!) warui ko wa tejou shinakya ne (INSUTA FOROO wa juuzai!!) Kyou mo Hide & Seek mitsuketa nantsuu IIJII GEEMU (omoi wa omoi joushiki ◎) kimi kentei wa hyakuten watashi shika katan no desu

joshi da toka danshi toka, kankei nai yakimochi motto hitori jime sasete yo (iya!! watashi ni dake yasashiku sun no!!) yappa yappa yaba yaba see no de nerai uchi ♡ (ban♡ ban♡)

shuki chu bakyun!! HAATO meichuu RABU sugite tsumi tsumimi (ban♡ ban♡) doki chou makyuu, wa! gorinjuu soku taiho desu (wanted♡ wanted♡)

doushiyokka Merry sore tomo Killing docchi tomo eien da ne wagamama datte nakimushi datte, zenbu wo aishite ne Are you ready? RABU Kyun ♡ Wanted

sansei!! numaru kei ni shiteyaru ♡ hantai!! "kao wa ii" tte hometenai yo ne?! koi kogare chuu demo (hai~) reiji ni wa nemasu ♡ sensei!! ganbaru mon, ashita kara, ita!!

Aa~ mou High & Sick barechatta wan tsuu EGOSAACHI "teiki haishin chuu BADDO MOODO" shoubu wa mata gyakuten kimi no omoi doori nan desu

koutei mo hitei mo todokanai unmei datte kamisama ga kimeta no (uso! akai ito nakutatte shinjin no) yappa yappa yaba yaba see no de midare uchi (ban♡ ban♡)

shuki tte babu? HAATO meikyuu menbure shite daru KIRUMII (ban♡ ban♡) doki tte bagu, ma! muchuu ichuu soku taiho desu (wanted♡ wanted♡)

koi tte sa Beauty sore tomo Dirty docchi demo bigaku da ne konna hiroi sekai sagasechau kurai zenbu wo ashiteru Are you ready? RABU Kyun ♡ Wanted

ichizu wa seigi desho YES ka ne YES kotaete nari hibiku SAIREN tokimeki bousou chuu!

shuki chu bakyun!! HAATO meichuu RABU sugite tsumi tsumimi (ban♡ ban♡) doki chou makyuu, wa! gorinjuu soku taiho desu (wanted♡ wanted♡)

doushiyokka Merry sore tomo Killing docchi tomo eien da ne wagamama datte nakimushi datte, zenbu wo aishite ne Are you ready? RABU Kyun ♡ Wanted

♡♡♡

EN TL

Are you ready? Love Kyun ♡ Wanted

Hey, hey, I'm telling you, you're surrounded. Can't you just give up on running? After all, I'm the one who loves you the most! Aah~! Where are you going? I'll make you wanted all over the world!

Anyone's fine as long as they're a cute girl? (Right, only one princess is OK!) Bad girls need to be handcuffed, right (Instagram following is a huge crime!)

It's hide & seek again today, I found you ♡ What an easy game "Feelings are a heavy common sense" ◎ You get 100 test points There's no one better than me!

Boys or girls it doesn't matter, I get jealous either way Let me keep you to myself more (No way! Only be nice to me!) After all, afer all, it's bad bad 1, 2 - I'm aiming for you (Bang♡ Bang♡ )

I wuv you, mwah, shoot~! A direct hit to the heart I love you so much my crimes are at the limit (Bang♡ Bang♡ ) Heart thumps, a super miracle ball. Wah, I'm on my deathbed I'm going to arrest you immediately! (Wanted♡ Wanted♡)

What should I do, merry or killing? Both will last for eternity right? Love all of me even if I'm selfish or a crybaby Are you ready? Love Kyun ♡ Wanted

In favour of! Sentencing you to being obsessed with me Objection! It's not a compliment saying "you're pretty", is it?! Even if I'm deeply yearning for you (Okay~) I'll be in bed by midnight I declare! I'll try hard as of tomorrow (ugh)

Ahh, I'm high & sick. I've been found out 1, 2 and search up my name online "Bad mode during the scheduled live broadcast", the match is back to square one It's exactly as your feelings say

A destiny that neither affirmation nor denail can reach After all, it's all decided by God (No way! I believe in the red string even if it's not there) After all, afer all, it's bad bad 1, 2 - I'm gonna shoot like crazy (Bang♡ Bang♡ )

I wuv you, am I being childish? My heart is a maze I'm losing my mind, how cringe, kill me (Bang♡ Bang♡ ) My heart thumping is a bug, well! I'm totally obsessed I'm going to arrest you immediately! (Wanted♡ Wanted♡)

Love is, y'know, beauty or dirty. Both are just aesthetics, right I love everything about you so much I'd go to the ends of the world to find you Are you ready? Love Kyun ♡ Wanted

Being earnestly devoted is justice, right? Yes, right? Say yes A resouding siren, I'm being reckless with heart-pounding emotion!

I wuv you, mwah, shoot~! A direct hit to the heart I love you so much my crimes are at the limit (Bang♡ Bang♡ ) Heart thumps, a super miracle ball. Wah, I'm on my deathbed I'm going to arrest you immediately! (Wanted♡ Wanted♡)

What should I do, merry or killing? Both will last for eternity right? Love all of me even if I'm selfish or a crybaby Are you ready? Love Kyun ♡ Wanted

[shameless-fujoshi]

Can you translate Sasuke's monologue about Naruto in chapter 699.

YES 😃

It took me all afternoon but it was 100% worth it! 😁

Romaji: Naruto... ...kono toki no ore wa ano omae no kotoba wo omoidashiteita

My Trans: Naruto... ...the me at this time recalled your words

Official Trans: Naruto... At this time I recalled those words you said here once before.

Romaji: Ore to iru toki kyoudai ga iru no wa konna kanjina noka to omou to...

My Trans: When I'm with you, I wonder (if this is) what it's like to have a brother.

Official Trans: How when you're with me you wonder if this is what it's like to have a brother.

Romaji: sono kankaku ga......

My Trans: That feeling is......

Official Trans: That feeling of yours...

Romaji: Kono toki yatto wakattanda.

My Trans: This time I finally understand.

Official Trans: ...I think I finally get what you meant.

Romaji: Ore wa tabi wo shi seikai wo megutte iru to......

My Trans: (As) I'm traveling around the world...

Official Trans: As I travel far and wide across the world...

Romaji: Ano toki no koto wo yoku omoidasu.

My Trans: I recall that time well.

Official Trans: ...I often reflect back on those days.

Romaji: Oretachi wa kodoku de ai ni ue

My Trans: We were lonely and love-starved

Official Trans: We started out as lonely brats...

Romaji: Nikushimi wo tsunoraseta gaki datta.

My Trans: We were brats fueled by hatred.

Official Trans: ...starved for love and fostering hate.

Romaji: Sokokara oretachi wa tagai ni chigau michi he iki......tatakatta

My Trans: From there we took different roads......We fought.

Official Trans: We chose different paths to walk...and battled each other

Romaji: Daga toki ga tatta ima kouomou

My Trans: But now that time (where we fought) has passed, I think.

Official Trans: But now that time has passed...

Romaji: Chichi ya Haha......

My Trans: Father, mother...

Official Trans: It's just like...

NOTE: “や” between nouns means a non-exhaustive list

Romaji: Sore ni kyoudai datta Itachi no kurushimi ya omoi ga

My Trans: also my brother Itachi's suffering and wishes,

Official Trans: ...how I came to feel father, mother, and my brother Itachi's pain and emotions... NOTE: I want to make it clear here, Kishi uses "想い" here which can translate as "thoughts, mind, heart, desire, wish, hopes, expectations, love, feelings, emotion, sentiment, experience, etc." so I think this word is specifically used to refer to Itachi's wishes to protect the village.

Romaji: Ore ni tsutawatte kita no to onaji you ni

My Trans: ...has been passed down to me (to become mine)

Official Trans: ...how I came to feel father, mother, and my brother Itachi's pain and emotions... NOTE: I think what he's saying here is that the pain, suffering, hopes, and wishes for the future that they experienced have now been passed on to Sasuke and he is agreeing to take them on as his own pain, suffering, hope, and wishes for the future. It's difficult to translate this in a way that gets this across in the few boxes they have.

Romaji: Ima wa Naruto...omae no kurushimi ya omoi ga onaji you ni tsutawattekuru darouto

My Trans: And now you, Naruto...your suffering and wishes have been passed on to me, also.

Official Trans: I'll now start knowing your pain and feelings too, Naruto.

Romaji: Omae wa kesshite ore wo kirazu

My Trans: You never cut me off.

Official Trans: You never cut me off...

Romaji: Zutto ore no kokoro ni chikadzuite kitekureta

My Trans: The whole time you came into my heart.

Official Trans: In fact, you kept trying to get closer to me. NOTE: It's difficult to translate this one, but it has the feeling of like, "You kept trying to get into my heart this whole time." I think the Official Translation gets close to it.

Romaji: Ore ni nikushimi wo butsukete kitemo okashikunakatta hazunanoni

My Trans: It wouldn't have been odd for you to throw all of your hatred at me.

Official Trans: You could've justifiably come charging at me with hatred...

Romaji: Omae wa zutto ore no koto wo tomoda to itta

My Trans: But the whole time you called me your friend.

Official Trans: ...but you never stopped calling me your friend.

Romaji: Ore wa sono omoi sura kirou to shitatte no ni...

My Trans: Even though I tried to sever that emotion...

Official Trans: Even though I tried to sever those feelings myself... NOTE: Kishi uses the same "想い" here as he uses above.

Romaji: ...soshite kataude wo ushinatte made

My Trans: You...lost an arm

Official Trans: You stopped me, as a friend...

Romaji: Ore wo tomo toshite tometekureta

My Trans: To stop me, as your friend.

Official Trans: ...even at the cost of your hand.

Romaji: Omae no okagede ore wa sukuwareta

My Trans: I was saved, thanks to you.

Official Trans: And I was saved thanks to you.

NOTE: I'm not gonna lie, I prefer my translation here, lol. The emphasis here is is that Naruto never tried to stop Sasuke as anything BUT as his friend, and because of that, Sasuke was saved, and that's SO DAMN beautiful 🥹

Romaji: Igami atteta chippokena oretachi ga

My Trans: We used to quarrel over petty things...

Official Trans: We were insignificant little things who used to clash...

Romaji: Ima wa tagai no kokoro wo itamiau koto ga dekiru

My Trans: ...and now we can merge each other's pain.

Official Trans: ...and now we're able to claim each other's pain. NOTE: I took this to mean they can feel one another's' pain, as if they were one entity

Romaji: Soshite tabi wo tooshi sekai wo mite kou omotta...

My Trans: And then I saw the world through my travels and thought...

Official Trans: After seeing the world via my travels...

Romaji: Kono koto wa oretachi dake janaku motto ookina mono ni mo ieru koto nano kamo shirenai koto

My Trans: It’s not just us. It’s possible to bring this (concept) to things even bigger (than us).

Official Trans: ...I believe this concept can be applied to even bigger things than just us.

Romaji: ...daga omae no you niwa nakanaka dekiru mono janai

My Trans: It can’t be done easily like you did it

Official Trans: But it’s not something that can be done as easily as you were able to.

Romaji: Sou kantan niwa ikanaidarou oretachi jishin ga soudatta you ni

My Trans: It won’t be so easy, just like with us.

Official Trans: I never assumed it would be simple, just like it wasn’t with the two of us. 

Romaji: Ookina mono nara naosarana

My Trans: Especially with something so big.

Official Trans: Especially with something so big.

Romaji: Sore wa inori nimo nita omoi da

My Trans: This wish is similar to a prayer.

Official Trans: It’s kind of like a prayer.

NOTE: the kanji used here for “wish” is again “想い”

Romaji: Sore demo sore ga dekiru made tae shino n de iku

My Trans: To persevere until it’s done completely

Official Trans: To keep enduring until it comes to be, no matter what.

NOTE: The kanji used in the bolded word is the same kanji used for “ninja” 忍

Romaji: Sono sama wo makasareta monotachi...... sore ga oretachi...

My Trans: Maybe those entrusted with that task...maybe that is why we...

Official Trans: And to those whom that task falls on...perhaps that’s what it means...

Romaji: Ninja nano kamona

My Trans: ...are called ninja.

Official Trans: ...to be ninja.

[project-sekai-facts]

I have a theory of fragment SEKAI's and card sets: Card sets happen at a fragment SEKAI.

1 - We learn from the first miku colorfes and from the SEKAI Cherry event that Fragment SEKAI's are like glowing orbs/crystals and that they appear by very strong feelings/memories

just like the gacha ones 2 - In Journey to Blom "HOPE" we get an animated version of Haruka's transformation, which in the game was represented by showing a cut-scene with a trained card, there by we learn that SEKAI can change someones clothing and hairstyle (for show purposes ig) like in the live aftershow

3 - Again from Miku ColorFes and SEKAI Cherry event, we discover a special SEKAI, connected to everyother SEKAI. Anyone from various SEKAI'S can access it via a Fragment by touching it

not to say that the orbs in miku's card look like the gacha orbs So it could be possible that after an event story takes place, the characters, when in SEKAI (after the aftershow maybe), could find that fragment and enter it. This is possible for same unit (VBS Len and MEIKO in Cherry event) or diferent ones. 4 - Another evidence could be the fact that this theory explains sets being in related places and card cameos, Trained card cameos, such as:

Had this in my mind for a long time

Is it a plausible theory?

Oooh yeah i've had this idea for a couple years actually!! while i don't think they're canon, i think they're meant to be fragment sekai. actually i'm assuming this is where the idea of fragment sekai even comes from, since omoi no kakera the in-game wish piece resource came about a little while before omoi no kakera the in-story fragment of feelings (i'm not entirely sure how long the gap between wish pieces being implemented and kanade/mafuyu fes stories being written is, probably a few months to a year). i wonder if they looked at the cards and were like "what if we wrote a story about that".

the artists always talk about how the cards represent what the characters are feeling, and you picked out some good examples. imo they're like fragment sekai that only the player character (that i constantly forget exists) can see, we get to see a little bit about how the characters feel during certain scenarios.

[utapri-translations-uuuu]

Ambivalent - Lyrics + Translation

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Kanji:

(Flawless entity or flawed entity)

(Flawless entity or flawed entity)

雁字搦めな想いは空へ

憧れという希望を抱く

未完成な願い綺麗にしまって

ブランクを埋めるプラグ

相反してる feeling

理解したつもりで　自分さえわからない

ボクは本当にここにいるの？

Ambivalent　殻を破り　孵化する鳥のように

怯えないで可能性へ飛び立てる

誰もが目に見えない心を探りながら

愛を歌っている Come on, with me

(Flawless entity or flawed entity)

自分に都合のいい

(Flawless entity or flawed entity)

選択で構わない

求められて描くホログラム

どっちのボクがモデルだろう？

どちらも変わらず　受け入れてくれる？

欲望裏腹　臆病になりながら

それでも望まずにいられない

Ambivalent　解放から　得られる世界はまだ

不安定で形もない I can't find balance

君が認めてくれた　だからここにいるんだ

存在の証明 Only I know...

一つの体に　渦巻く Struggle

二つの気持ちが　すれ違う心地よさ

自分だけが知ってる Pleasure

Ambivalent　殻を破り　孵化する鳥のように

怯えないで可能性へ飛び立てる

誰もが目に見えない心を探りながら

愛を歌っている Come on, with me

(Flawless entity or flawed entity)

君に愛されたい

(Flawless entity or flawed entity)

それだけが真実

Rōmaji:

(Flawless entity or flawed entity)

(Flawless entity or flawed entity)

Ganjigarame na omoi wa sora e

Akogare to iu kibō o idaku

Mikansei na negai kirei ni shimatte

Buranku o umeru puragu

Aihan shiteru feeling

Rikai shita tsumori de jibun sae wakaranai

Boku wa hontō ni koko ni iru no?

Ambivalent kara o yaburi fuka suru tori no yō ni

Obienaide kanōsei e tobitateru

Dare mo ga me ni mienai kokoro o saguri nagara

Ai o utatte iru Come on, with me

(Flawless entity or flawed entity)

Jibun ni tsugō no ī

(Flawless entity or flawed entity)

Sentaku de kamawanai

Motomerarete egaku horoguramu

Dotchi no boku ga moderu darō?

Dochira mo kawarazu ukeirete kureru?

Yokubō urahara okubyō ni nari nagara

Soredemo nozomazu ni irarenai

Ambivalent kaihō kara erareru sekai wa mada

Fuantei de katachi mo nai I can’t find balance

Kimi ga mitomete kureta dakara koko ni iru nda

Sonzai no shōmei Only I know...

Hitotsu no karada ni uzumaku Struggle

Futatsu no kimochi ga surechigau

Kokochiyo-sa jibun dake ga shitteru Pleasure

Ambivalent kara o yaburi fuka suru tori no yō ni

Obienaide kanōsei e tobitateru

Dare mo ga me ni mienai kokoro o saguri nagara

Ai o utatte iru Come on, with me

(Flawless entity or flawed entity)

Kimi ni aisaretai

(Flawless entity or flawed entity)

Sore dake ga shinjitsu

Translation:

(Flawless entity or flawed entity)

(Flawless entity or flawed entity)

My firmly bound feelings are heading for the sky

I embrace the hope of longing

And neatly put away my unfulfilled wishes

A plug that fills in the blank

A conflicting feeling

I think I understand it, but I don’t even get myself

Am I really here?

Ambivalent Like a bird that has broken out of its shell and hatched,

I will fly into new possibilities without fear

Everyone is singing of love

While searching for an intangible heart Come on, with me

(Flawless entity or flawed entity)

You can make the choice

(Flawless entity or flawed entity)

That suits you the best

A hologram created on request

Which me is it modeled on?

Will you accept both of them the same?

Even though I feel timid contrary to my desire,

I can't help but want it

Ambivalent The world that results from setting myself free is still

Unstable and shapeless. I can't find balance

You acknowledged me, therefore I am here

The proof of my existence Only I know…

Struggle swirling within one body

The comfort of two emotions that cross paths

The pleasure that only I know

Ambivalent Like a bird that has broken out of its shell and hatched,

I will fly into new possibilities without fear

Everyone is singing of love

While searching for an intangible heart Come on, with me

(Flawless entity or flawed entity)

I want to be loved by you

(Flawless entity or flawed entity)

That’s the only truth

[chronosatelier]

"Even if one day, you feel everything is an illusion

The fragments of feelings still sleep in your heart"

- Omoi no Kakera by Switch

Natsume, can you cast a spell of good luck for us? ;w; Happy how this one turned out~!