#and i’m really excited to see what they did with the ramuda clones!!!!!!!

[akkivee]

seeing first reactions about the stage and what has me kinda like 👀👀👀

the ameyume is strong in this play (my time has come)

mtc has a much weaker presence in this play compared to fp but their scenes come with impact

like we get a new juto solo that compares to his track 4 number that i only think about a normal amount hahaha

yasui-san’s ramuda portrayal absolutely blows it out of the park

nemu’s presence was Felt in the play and yet we still do not have a stage nemu 😔✊

the audience screaming when certain numbers hit 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[slugtranslation-hypmic]

What are some of your favourite moments from the HypMic mangas so far?

There is going to be some bias in this list, namely that which starts with “R” and ends with “amuda”.

The splash page for TDD 9 is one of my favorites. I love the phrasing on that page (esp. the “Do or die” - that was written in English already) because it sums up Ramuda’s situation so succinctly.  Also the stark contrast between the eager Ramuda in the mirror and the frowning Ramuda in the foreground... ahhhh I love it.

Also from that chapter, Ramuda’s emotional outburst and Jakurai’s response to that. This was one of the first times the manga showed Ramuda’s facade slipping, and it was the first time anyone reacted favorably to it. What a powerful moment.

Seeing the clones growing in their tanks in TDD 12 was super cool.

Ramuda acknowledging the TDD 9 scene in TDD 13 was a great confirmation that that scene was as powerful to him as I had thought it was.

We don’t have it up yet, but the splash page on TDD 14 is gorgeous. I really liked a lot of the raps in that one too. TDD raps are my least favorite because they typically sound like nonsense to me, but these guys were emotional heavy hitters. I’ve been obsessively editing the English raps to compensate.

BB/MTC 7 is one of my favorite chapters over all, even though it was kind of challenging for me to work on. I’ve liked Riou for a very long time for his strong sense of honor and deep respect for life which manifests in his almost contradictory role as a soldier. He takes great pride in his ability, so I was amazed to see a scene in which he distrusted his skills. We got to learn something very valuable about his character in that part. I also love the Major’s speech to death. That chapter is very well-illustrated as well imo.

Honorable mention to BB/MTC 11 for the “The popo? More like the poopoo!” line.

The splash page for FP/M 11 is one of my very favorite pages over all.

The ending of FP/M 11 is also great. If I had to pick one single definitive moment to say, “This is what sucked me in,” it was this.

I was so, so, so, so excited for FP/M 13, and I cheered like a mad man when I read the ending. The fact that Ramuda chose to die on his own terms versus ending his life for the Party of Words meant the world to me.

The entirety of FP/M 14, especially the FP half, really did it for me. I think this is my favorite chapter overall (not to mention, it was very fun for me to work on) between the meal, the farewell, and Ramuda facing the Party.

There are a lot more parts that I enjoyed the fuck out of because I got to work on them, but I don’t think that’s what you were asking. As I flipped through the manga just now to find these favorite parts, lots and lots of memories came crawling out of the woodwork. It’s a little (read: a lot) embarrassing to read older chapters and wince at the poor translations, but I wouldn’t have gotten to where I am today without that practice, and I’m excited to see where this practice can take me tomorrow. So thanks for sticking around along the way, and I can’t wait to keep translating more.

[ethereal-galaxies]

@magical-lollipops

Samatoki sighed, his expression one of annoyance, but there was something else beneath it, something far softer. "A'ight, but you owe me one, Ramuda."

This made the pinkette smile softly. He knew he could count on his old teammate. Sure. He wasn't part of Ramuda's true posse, but they were still friends. He let out a relieved breath. Things were going to be okay for now. "Thanks, Toki~!" he said in his usual cutesy tone again. Things had worked out at least and he really didn't have to go into anything too deep.

"Yeah yeah... I'm gunna get. It'll look real suspicious if I stick around. Stay here. If you gotta go anywhere, text. I'll send a guy out for whatever. Don't answer that door for anyone unless I text first. Got it?" instructed the yakuza as he gripped the doorknob.

"'Kay! See ya later!!" Ramuda giggled. What the white haired male said had made sense. And honestly, they had what they needed in the suite. But this left a glaring problem even then. He popped a sucker into his mouth as he thought. He had enough to last a few days if he rationed properly, but once he was out... Shit. If they could nab some off a clone, things would be okay for a little longer. But even that was a temporary solution and wouldn't entirely fix the problem.

With a nod, Samatoki left, intent on keeping his word. Ramuda was a strange one who seemed to have connections where one wouldn't expect. So having him owe a favor was a good prospect.

"Oh! I'm such a dummy! I forgot to tell you guys I texted Samasama! Ahahaha! Sowwy!" he giggled to his teammates, standing now to rock on his heels a bit. "Daisu! No gambling while we're here, okaaayyy~? That's a big no-no! You can get into some big trouble here!" Yes. He was quite sure Dice was well aware of this, but he wanted to seem like his usual self and he was worried. He couldn't have either Dice nor Gentaro going off on their own. Not with them wanting to get ahold of the two. He wouldn't ever be able to forgive himself if that were to happen...

That was when another thought struck him and he absolutely had to continue the conversation from earlier that had so abruptly been cut off by Samatoki's loud series of knocks against the hotel room's door. "Hey, hey, Gentaro! You didn't get a chance to answer me earlier!! I wanna know how you blackmailed Iruma Jyuto~!" He was a very curious one and really wanted to know the answer to this question. Why, his curiosity had sparked excitement so much that he had started bouncing a little. Not that he was one for stillness ever, but it was worth noting that this stimming was caused by his excitability.

Meanwhile, Samatoki was exiting the hotel, his thoughts buzzing. Chuoku was after Ramuda's teammates of all people and they actually wanted the short one dead? What on earth had happened? This was highly unusual and as it stood, he really didn't quite understand it. Yet he was determined to get to the bottom of this and to make sure that Fling Posse was safe for now. Perhaps he should speak with the government's little bunny rabbit to see if there was any word about this circulating at all. He doubted Chuoku would let that information go live easily and yet it was a lead he had to follow up on.

He called up another taxi, heading back to his office. Once inside the vehicle, he typed out a text to Jyuto and hit send. 'We gotta meet. I got somethin' I wanna ask you. Meet me in my office in two hours.' Once he was sure the text was received according to his messaging app's delivered status beside the text, he leaned back against the backseat of the cab. Man. What an incredibly exhausting way to start off the day.

Dice tapped his arm as they were crossed. This bites. Gentaro watched the door after Samatoki left. “You really want to know why I was blackmailing Iruma Jyuto?” the novelist sighed. “Well, let’s just say if I didn’t, I would’ve spent the night in a jail cell.”

“Whaaat? You blackmailed that cop so you wouldn’t go to jail? What did you do??” Dice butted in. He’d never heard this sort of news from Gentaro before.

Gentaro shut both of his eyes and used his hands to emphasize his crime, but did not say what it was. “I dare not speak of such things.”

Dice looked immensely confused. “Yo, usually you’re the one bailing those situations off my back!” He put two hands over his head and with wide eyes asked, “Is this why Chuoku’s after you?!”

Gentaro shrugged, smiling now, “Well, it’s a lie anyway, there’s really nothing to say.” 

Dice rubbed his face. “Seriously?? You just-” 

Dice always fell for that. Gentaro locked the hotel door. Jokes aside, you’d think by now he’d catch on to the signs when Gentaro was lying, right?

“So we’re supposed to just hide out here?” Dice sighed, then looked over to Gentaro and Ramuda again. Again keeping up his own typical personality as not to further worry or stress Ramuda, he let out a big frustrated sigh, then threw his fists into the air. “ALRIGHT THEN! You two are gonna have to gamble here with me, c’mon! Gentaro, you order room service. We’re gonna need breakfast and a tray of donuts!”

--

“Sir-- about the downtown case...” an officer approached Jyuto’s desk.

Jyuto had just read Samatoki’s message. It wasn’t at all surprising to him, as this sort of thing was the norm. He didn’t respond to it, only looked up from his phone.

The officer continued, “I’ve got the case file here, they just need you to overlook everything. Currently, we can’t tie Takahashi to the case... so we’re going to need another lead, or something to keep him in custody.”

Jyuto held out his hand. “I’ll take care of it.” He took the case and opened it up, overlooking the various pictures and files. It appeared to be a homicide case.

[thatsnotbeautiful]

hypmic Secret Santa 2018 requests

hi! thanks so much for making me a thing, i’m excited to see what you come up with!

i’ll go into more detail about what i might like for different hypmic characters and/or ships below, but you can also look at my general likes/dislikes and nsfw likes/dislikes. (some of my prompt ideas are nsfw but i’ll flag them accordingly) 

i tend to be pretty long-winded with my exchange requests, but please know that all of these are intended as suggestions or as jumping-off points for you to brainstorm ideas, if that sort of thing helps you. i’d say the only thing you “have” to read are my general dislikes, i.e. things i definitely do not want to see in a fic.

i’ve lumped my ideas according to crew/ship because it was easier for me to organize everything that way, but i’d also be happy with single-character-centric or platonic/gen fic, it doesn’t necessarily have to be shippy!

~ MATENROU ~  - i ship all three of them in any combo tbh, including OT3  - i’d love to see soft domestic moments together, literal sleeping together, or anything relaxing with any ship combo tbh - i like supernatural elements in general, but i quite like the idea of Jakurai in particular being some sort of supernatural or immortal being living among humans (e.g. Shinigami, vampire, some sort of monster person) - please don’t include suicide/suicidal ideation for Doppo. 

hifudo - i really like their whole semi-codependent dynamic where they help each other with things they’re bad at and fill in the gaps for each other (Doppo reigning Hifumi in when he gets out of hand, Hifumi taking care of/standing up for Doppo)  - silly roommate shenanigans - how did they become roommates anyway? what were the early days of them living together and getting used to sharing a space like?  - i really like intimacy and knowing each other really well, better than most other people know you, so, anything with that? - one of them going on a trip and the other missing his presence?  - maybe Doppo doing something to show his appreciation for everything Hifumi does at home??  - going on vacation together! - get-together fic! i especially like UST and/or mutual pining (them living together for a while but not realizing they’re into each other) or them like... basically dating, or everyone around them thinking they’re dating, before the two of them realize oh that’s p much what they’re doing huh?  - that Hifumi apparently wants guys to call him “Hifumin” as well is too cute... Doppo call him “Hifumin” already. please. 

nsfw ideas:  - sleepy languid sex after one/both of them come home from work and scoot into bed together; exhausted sex  - somnophilia if you wanna take that a lil further (Doppo gets so little sleep......)  - Doppo groping/sexing Hifumi up bc he’s stressed out from work and this is a good release, lol. (i’ve seen so many fanarts from Japanese artists of Doppo just, coming home and tiredly squeezing Hifumi’s ass bc he’s stressed and, it’s good,)  - smooching in the kitchen while Hifumi is in the middle of cooking a meal or sth like the good house husband he is  - (tbh i 100% feel like Hifumi is the kind of person who would start cooking dinner in nothing but an apron for Doppo to come home to as a surprise lmao)  - nsfw offshoot of the nickname thing — Doppo calling Hifumi “Hifumin”, but Hifumi gets off on it. i especially love the idea of Doppo wanting to but being kinda embarrassed about it, and doing it really tentatively in Hifumi’s ear when they’re just lazing in bed or something, and Hifumi fucking shivers  - they’ve been best friends forever, i can’t imagine that they wouldn’t have gotten off together at least once as an ~experiment~ or bc they were pent-up university students and it was convenient. and if there’s UST/mutual pining, even better. if the sex is awkward bc they’re awkward and inexperienced, but feels super good anyway bc they’re both that into it/each other, even better - some sort of scenario with multiple Hifumis (magic? clones?)  - Hifumi selfcest???  - Doppo -> Hifumi watersports. and uh by “watersports” i mean Doppo peeing on Hifumi and Hifumi enjoying it. i’m sorry it’s just... the champagne thing......

jakudoppo  - the way i envision their dynamic is very, Doppo deeply respecting Jakurai as this mentor/role model/authority figure, but also thirsting after/crushing on him so hard he doesn’t know what to do w/himself, and lowkey being unable to reconcile the two (thirsting after your role model is rude/disrespectful, isn’t it??)  - buuut he does work thru it eventually bc i don’t want this to turn into full-fledged angst, tho some (perceived as one-sided) pining could be good - but yeah like... Doppo just, reacting really intensely to the smallest goddamn things. Jakurai sitting there but the sunlight hits him in this nice kind of way and makes him look really handsome. Jakurai patting his head or kissing his cheek. chaste kisses.  - my ship manifesto for them is essentially “Doppo dies a lot” - meanwhile, i really like how Jakurai takes care of Doppo, talks him through his anxieties, etc (both in a gen or a romantic way)  - i also feel like neither of them have done much romantically... (or at least for Jakurai it’s been a while) Doppo because he’s too busy and stressed to make time for dates and Jakurai because i don’t really see him dating casually... if he’s really into the person he’ll date them but otherwise he doesn’t go out of his way to find people to date? i guess what this means is: them getting together and Doppo being relatively inexperienced and Jakurai being rusty so they have to kinda fumble through it a bit, at least at the beginning  - get together fic! who confesses to who? how does Doppo even get past his anxiety to talk about it??  - Doppo in Jakurai’s lap is a good image  nsfw ideas:  - with the above ship dynamic stuff in mind... this lends itself very well to Doppo being cool with doing “anything” for Jakurai (not in the sense of, agreeing to things he doesn’t want to do, but perhaps agreeing to more than he can actually handle and ending up being sort of out of his depth)  - i like... a lot of kinks for them, honestly. it’s real easy to fit other kinks into this D/s sort of framework. e.g.s bondage, breathplay (obvs), fingering/prostate milking, edging, overstimulation, being overwhelmed, fisting, even something more AU or supernatural like naga!Jakurai and tailsex or oviposition  - also just D/s in general or Jakurai service-topping Doppo and wanting to take good care of him in a sex way  - that said, i see them both switching rather than Doppo being bottom all the time — Doppo would prob really be into making Jakurai feel good  - kink negotiation; Doppo being nervous/embarrassed about explaining to Jakurai that he’s into a thing (and Jakurai probably sort of guessing from the beginning anyway)  - Doppo’s anxiety compounding with arousal in general  - Doppo being a virgin or, at least not having done very much (e.g. trading handjobs with Hifumi once or twice but nothing else) and Jakurai being his "first” for a lot of sexual experiences  - Jakurai not being that great at sex bc he’s rusty but Doppo being really into it anyways bc it’s Jakurai - Doppo kinking on Jakurai’s hands/hair 

jakuhifu - admittedly i haven’t thought about them as much as hifudo and jakudoppo, but i still like it as a ship... i especially like thinking about Hifumi being really overt about wanting Jakurai’s attention, sort of as an extension of how he acts in canon (just swinging into Jakurai’s office, going fishing together etc) - i see their regard for each other kinda like jakudoppo, but without any of Doppo’s hangups about it since it’s Hifumi, lol. Hifumi respects Jakurai and crushes on Jakurai and! it’s fine!  - pat his head and spoil him, sensei! 

nsfw ideas: - D/s and petplay is... a really good thought for this ship 

OT3 - please let them go fishing together/do something relaxing together - established hifudo and fitting Jakurai into their relationship  - established hifudo talking about how into Jakurai they are  - h/c or healing each other up after receiving battle damage  - i have this really persistent mental image of them all laying in bed together and hifudo just on either side of Jakurai curling into him... 

nsfw ideas: - hifudo talking about how into Jakurai they are while they get off together - taking “competing for Jakurai’s attention” to a sexual level (who can make sensei feel better?)  - Jakurai getting hifudo off using his hypmic/voice 

~ JYUTODOPPO ~  - the basis for this ship is mostly the fact that they knew each other before and the stuff in Death Respect tbh - riling each other up or angry UST - what they say to each other in Death Respect seems... really personal to me, like they used to know each other way better than just a casual acquaintanceship and/or reading up on each other before the battle. how did they know each other? - i really like knowing each other p well but also being enemies, and weaponizing all the shit that you know about each other  - moving away from the Death Respect/enemy dynamic, Jyuto being a really smooth flirt and Doppo being drawn into it in spite of himself is good too  - or, actually liking each other romantically and managing that relationship on top of being on rival rap battle teams 

nsfw ideas: - angry sex - pain kink, blood  - using sex as a means to feel powerful/dominant over the other  - suit kink; hand/glove kink (it is Jyuto after all)  - semi-public sex  - Jyuto on his knees reducing Doppo to nothing via BJ while Doppo grabs his hair 

~ DICE SHIPS ~ - ...namely: Ramuda, Rio, Doppo (& Hifumi) - tbh mostly i like thinking about the others “adopting” Dice in some way (i mean, for Ramuda this is basically canon lol since Dice goes to live in his house)  - Ramuda just thinking Dice is a teammate (and then maybe an FWB) but unexpectedly catching feelings and not knowing wtf to do about it  - Ramuda using Dice to model his fashion designs  - Rio/Dice and the adventure of living in the woods, Rio feeding Dice and Dice enjoying his cooking etc - tbh out of all of them i actually think Rio/Dice would be the most stable romantic relationship? i just like thinking about them being cute domestic loving boyfriends. Rio seems like he’d be a good rock for Dice’s erratic Dice-ness  - Dice being an actual catboy that gets adopted (i particularly like this one for Doppo + Hifumi) 

nsfw ideas:  - taking the “adopting Dice” idea a step further to sugar baby Dice, except he’s not really a good sugar baby like... at all. instead of coming home to find him being all sexy in bed or something the other person just finds him lounging on the couch with empty chip packets everywhere  - Dice has a thing for thrills and risking himself/risking being in danger and i can definitely see that extending to sex as well. 

~ JAKURAMU ~  - supernatural AU with either or both of them being some sort of monster person (again, Jakurai being a naga. Ramuda being a fae or a changeling. but basically open to any supernatural creature possibility, not even necessarily humanoid ones)  - full-on fantasy AU where they’re not even in the hypmic ‘verse anymore  - i’m really curious about why they hate each other so much or why they both feel betrayed by the other. the common idea is that one broke the other’s heart or left the other, but i’d be interested to see other ideas of what might have lead to this deep betrayal, to the extent that Jakurai thinks of Ramuda as lacking humanity and Ramuda can’t even bear to talk about Jakurai anymore  - both of them seem to have? potential shadiness about them? Ramuda bc of the reveal that he’s connected to the govt (and just, general fake cute fronting, what is it exactly that he has to hide?) and Jakurai bc to me at times it feels like his saintliness is almost too good to be true, plus if he’s such a good person, what exactly did he do to make Ramuda so angry at him? it’d be interesting to explore that as well