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tsuki-sennin · 1 year

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"ppl who celebrate character birthdays are annoying pass it on"

FUCK this post, and Happy Birthday Neon Kurama~! ...right, so you know it's all gonna go horribly wrong, but she's our friend! We support her!

Spoilers, I guess...

-What a massive L the Jyamato have taken.

-Garden Grandpa has become Construction Grandpa!

-OOOOOOOH

-Oh hey Daichi. Just sorta hangin' around, huh?

-I don't blame you tbh, I'd be sitting on my ass too.

-April 4th! That's two days from now!

-:)

-Happy Basuday~!

-...:(

-They kidnapped the poor girl on her birthday.

-"What do you even get the Celebrity 'It' Girl who has everything? ...aside from loving parents, treatment like a normal human being, a boyfriend who isn't over twice her age, and a break from creepy weirdos on the internet?"

-...three, five, and seven, huh?

-Keiwa's just totally numb to all of Ace's... Ace-iness.

-Toro, toro!

-It's a Toreador! Just like the ones referenced in that indie horror game from 2014! Octodad: Dadliest Catch!

-...is this just the Seito/Touto proxy battle arena from Build? I think it is, at least, I'm probably wrong.

-Beroba continues to Bull-y Michinaga for her entertainment.

-Fight!

-I swear, by my sword and capote, that I will once again prove victorious!

-Bullfight!

-Rook! Bishop! Buffa! All the most powerful chess pieces!

-Shut the fuck up Chirami, you ain't doing shit.

-"Happy Birthday :)"

-Na-Go Stans are wildin'

-We win, we party!

-Hot damn, Keiwa!

-Oooooh, disarming yourself for a shot? Clever.

-Oh, whoops! Bero be cheatin', who coulda guessed!

-"You cheated. You didn't learn, you didn't improve."

-Oh God, Beroba's gonna leak her DMs.

-Gotta win!

-Oh hello, Kyuun.

-"A present! For me~?"

-"No! >:( ...Maybe :("

-You're so full of crap, man.

-Free Boost~!

-Sweet and salty! Just like sea-salt ice cream!

-Word of advice lads, be honest.

-OH FUCK, IT'S DAD

-...I think I forgot his name, I'm just gonna call him Papa Naoto until I remember it.

-You're only like... marginally better a parent than your wife, man. And that's only because you don't hit her or constantly try restraining her.

-...man, I just realized, Neon suffers trauma from being kidnapped at a young age and her mother just... holds her captive. Irony at its most fucked up.

-To be quite honest, I don't think Kyuun'd be much better company than Jeff Pesos or whoever Izumi had in mind.

-Man, these supporter plotlines are so interesting, holy shit.

-Ah, yep. There's Ace. Looking into it.

-"Geats. How unexpected."

-...Waaaait...

-"I've had quite enough of family matters from last season, thank you very much."

-KOUSEI, THAT'S HIS NAME

-Ace, you don't just walk up to a girl and lay her backstory out like that.

-I'll give Kousei credit, he at least seems legitimately worried.

-Doesn't even seem to have a scratch on her. Seems a little at odds with the depiction of the kidnapping itself, huh?

-Man... Can't even cake.

-Time for the mountain lion to descend upon the bull.

-...shit, that was lame. Pretend you never noticed that.

-OH?

-Okay, it's Ace time!

-Beroba's such a scrublord. Or uh... scrublady, as the case may be.

-Ooooooh, boy!

-Set!

-Dual On! Ninja! Magnum!

-Ready, Fight!

-Get splashed, idiot!

-"Two, huh?"

-Set!

-Ooooooh, he's not going into Laser Boost, okay!

-That's neat! They kept that suit around!

-PNGTuber Beroba.

-Ohhhhhh noooo

-You're an absolutely horrendous excuse of human being, Beroba.

-Great job Takahashi, banger villain. Especially you Namika-san, you're putting in a fantastic performance <3

-Ohhh, Ace is MAD mad.

-Everybody loves Na-Go-san!

-...holy shit, that is so cruel. They just

-Instantly went on a targeted harassment campaign.

-AKARI?

-Ohhhh

-...that's

-That's depressing as fuck.

-...that goes a long way to explain why Izumi was so controlling and Kousei dumped all his money into... I'm gonna be completely honest, what's basically a snuff film ring.

-Why would he let Giroli pick Neon to play then?

-"She was lying" SHUT THE FUCK UP

-Completely ruined my homegirl's life.

-Fucking MURDER that thing, Ace.

-Oh shit, Kyuun! My dude!

-Next episode.

-#NaGoSweep!

#kamen rider geats #kamen rider #kr geats #geats #geats spoilers #the world's next round: trick shot of desire for the grand victory

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crowberri · 2 years

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[OC] Mint slays in every aesthetic ever <3

context for the 3rd image: both @autumn-sweet-fae and i are dnd nerds and so after Everything everyone sit together and play a game of dnd (except for blaze for like a year or so bc he dipped to work at as an international police to avoid mint like the coward he is). In the past, Drayden used to DM for the boys and the two played twin clerics of the Mighty Thomarus the God of Safe Travels, Engineering and Invention. And so in the present, Drayden DMs again while Ingo gets to refresh his memories on the rules, and later he takes over the DM’s seat✨ Ingo is the type of DM to voice act all the NPCs but his face is entirely straight (so imagine Ingo with his old man frown going “Thank you so much for saving my partners from those terrible terrible people…” in like, a little girls voice) At the table were Akari, Iris, Emmet, Mint and Lady Sneasler with Akane (Akari’s Zoroark, we changed it bc it fits more than Marshmallow) as translator. Chandelure is the mood light <3

also, there are modules written based on each different region, and cameo gym leaders and champions. So when Akari returns from Hisui there is definitely a module written based on her adventures, and they are all super hyped to try that one out.

So, back to Mint; They would totally play a bard. College of tragedy for the extra dramatic effect, paired with a Very Tragic backstory: parents were killed in this horrible accident that was in some ironic way their own fault, as well as a love that was never meant to be (NPC cleArly modeled after blaze). Later, when Blaze joins the game, Mint totally forgot about that part until the NPC shows up again and both are equally embarrassed about it. When asked if they could retcon that part out of the story Ingo just goes “haha, no :)” and the twins totally lean into the whole conflict with the NPC lol

As for Blaze, he’d be the type to lean into the combat and tactics of the game unlike Mint, so wizard would fit him in that regard ✨ (complicated spells go brrrr) necromancers plays into his aesthetic and so he’d pair it up with flowers. ((maybe he gets to play the NPC for a lovers to enemies to lovers story hMM

Anyways this was a long ramble about a tiny side section of the AU ahaha (sorry not sorry <3

#pokemon #pokemon oc #submas wanted au #dnd #its funny how there is a whole ref sheet of Mint’s outfit yet i choose to draw them in whatever is in my visual library / pinterest board #zhenni.png #zhenni.txt #art #blaze #mint #also mint has a hUGe closet ranging from all kinds of aesthetic #mostly flowery though #definitely a corset #AND the costumes from their theatre plays #they were a theatre kid <3

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birdshummingthebeat · 3 months

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2024.01.19 release - "predawn" w/noda yuki

京都を中心に関西で活動されているエレクトロニカ、アンビエントアーティストnoda yukiさんのアルバム "Fading into yesterday"からの先行配信シングル "predawn" という曲でコラボさせていただきました。

nodaさんはrei harakamiなど京都の電子音楽家に共通する繊細かつ大胆なエディット、00年代のharuka nakamuraやakira kosemuraを彷彿とするノスタルジックなメロディとhiphop的ループ感覚とアンビエント、そしてスーパーカーやhomecomingsなどインディーロックのメロディー感覚まで幅広い感性をバランスよく表現する素晴らしいアーティスト。

Tsunami SoundsのコンピレーションアルバムAkari Vol.2に共に参加した際に僕の楽曲にDMでコメントいただいて、それ以来お互いの楽曲をチェックしながらSNSやDMなどで交流させていただいてましたが、今回SETO CHORD MUSICのOunakさんの提案でnodaさんの楽曲に手を加えさせていただくことになりました。

nodaさんの作ったアコギとピアノをベースとした素晴らしいループに導かれるままに後半に即興のピアノとギターループを重ね、淡いシンセサイザーのアンビエンスを加えさせていただいただけで、共作というには烏滸がましいくらいですが。

ノスタルジックで繊細で正に夜明けどきにループしたくなる素敵な楽曲に仕上がっているので是非聴いてもらいたいです。

本曲を含むnodaさんのフルアルバムは2/2リリース。こちらもぜひよろしくお願いします！！

🔳先行配信シングル "predawn" by noda yuki, birds humming the beat

🔳noda yuki - full album "Fading into yesterday"

#electronica #folktronica #ambient #indie music #japanese mood #soundscape #noda yuki #birds humming the beat #Bandcamp

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doodleimprovement · 2 years

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Whelp I colored it! Also bonus doodles

Akari and Ingo from “Drastically Misplaced” - which is still being written... that might end up being multi-chapter. Its turning into a bit of a beast

But!! Get a load of that (Pretend) Dad and his little Aipom of a (Pretend) Daughter

(Also I’m still trying to finalize Ingo’s scars so i mostly omitted them from the colored art. I’ll figure it out eventually)

#pla #pokemon legends arceus #pla akari #akari #pla ingo #ingo #submas ingo #submas #drastically misplaced au #dm ingo #dm akari #dad ingo

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franstastic-ideas · 6 months

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Lmao, that was a joke!! Because I was vibing with you so much I called you a mutual, but then followed up with clarifying that I just found your blog. Interesting! I may need to look into this LA fic 👀

Also felt. Re: special bond for reasons, but it’ll get a bit wordy if I explained it. And FELT she should’ve been up there if you played as Lyra, or my personal ideal: you can’t see the figure on Mt Silver bc they’re covered by fog, and a text option pops up going “There’s a blurry figure. It looks like a girl/boy.” So that way you can choose!! Without needing to play the whole game as one gender, AND they had the animation quality to do it and make the fog clear up if they could animate the Legendary summoning. And these text options they’ve been doing since Gen 1 such a missed opportunity :( oh well, she’s canon in my heart and the insane AU fic series I’ve been building for years. If you want to talk my ear off about your own AU, I’d be willing to listen through posts on your blog or DMs (at a later date tho, headaches and exams kicking my butt rn)

HELLO??? VoloKari and no ship name. Wild, Wieldershipping sounds about right! Man, pairs so rare you gotta name them yourself, an age old fandom battle for sure. I accidentally stumbled upon a Leaf x Leon aroace soulmate fic on Ao3 and walked out of there going…huh. Leon’s about 20 in canon right. They say he held the title for a decade. Kids start at age 10. If I’m making 6 years pass since S1 of the anime, and Leaf’s older than Ash then technically…I have zero ideas for a ship name but man it sure is funny to think about in a Dad Lance context where he’s all “hey look, here’s someone like you who won the Championship young!” And Leaf just sees a weird goof with tacky fashion. Until she finds out he has “I’m too strong angst” in the way Red did. Who ran off to an ice mountain for three years. Then nothing is funny anymore. And everything with Rose. AND he has a little brother. That’s great because Lance is a father of two with Silver(? maybe in the non-anime centered fic) as well. Relatable. Younger siblings becoming the Chosen Ones all the time sure is wild huh? (Technically Ash unless if I bring in side-media) and it’s just plain funny to hear how annoyed Lance gets at her complimenting Leon’s cape as a joke but calling his an oversized bib on the wrong side and whatever else. Silly dragon man wannabe superhero Dracula looking- lmao. I noticed you have a love triangle with Leaf, Green, and Brock. Totally valid :D it’s cool co-existing with everyone and their different takes. I personally write Leaf and Brock’s relationship like the one between a law student and a med student.

“Jumping the Sharpedo, Packed like Wishiwashi, Bullying a Dragon-Type” lmaoo these are so good, and such good descriptions. But my favorite HAS to be the one about The Renegade. Oh that is incredible. It’s been fun talking with you :D

My LA fic is currently in progress, but I'll be posting it on my sideblog 'sweet-hearts-and-destiny-knots'.

'What Once We Were' or WOWW for brevity's sake, takes place post postgame about eight months following The Spear Pillar Incident. After telling Laventon that the two of them would likely never cross paths again, Volo suddenly appears before Akari, on his hands and knees, pleading for her forgiveness with a look in his eye that can only be described as reverence...

Things get weirder before they get better.

It's funny that you mention Leon x Leaf, because I was just telling a friend the other day how I think I'm the only person on the face of the earth who's thought about them as a pair. I envisioned the two of them meeting when Leaf and Green take a trip to Galar together sometime before the events of SwSh, and Leon is quickly smitten.

Leaf is just as silent as her brother, but she's an extrovert and makes friends with ease wherever she goes.

I have no idea what the shipping name for them would even be either. The closest I came was 'KanlarChampionshipping' (Kanto + Galar), but it's kind of misleading because neither of them are Champions later down the line - the current Champion of the Indigo League is probably still Kotone/Lyra or Hibiki/Ethan, not Leaf at the very least, and Leon loses his title by the end of SwSh.

So if anybody has any ideas for what their shipping name could be, I'm open to suggestions!

#I am almost always open to talk about my Pokémon ships and AU #Every time someone asks me something about Sisterhood I turn into an unskippable cutscene

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faolanrune · 1 year

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Hello! My name is Faolan and I’m an aspiring author! I am currently working on a fantasy novel titled “People of Akari” and I’m sharing my work on its conlang here.

I have also gotten back into writing fanfics, Ghost and Baldurs Gate 3 being that reason. Lots of Astarion fics to write and I plan on making others for different characters too.

I do take requests, but I will refuse if they cross a boundary of mine or I don’t have the experiences to write it well.

I’m on Ao3! Runix57 is my username

(He/him) pronouns pls!

Here’s just some basic rules for the page

DNI if ur transphobic, homophobic, or think polyamory is morally wrong

DNI if ur against furries or a zoophile.

Most of the content I plan on posting is cool if ur under 18, if something isn’t I’ll put a warning at the top. HOWEVER, whether you are a mutual or not don’t dm me or anything like that if you are under 18, I will block you. I don’t mind you interacting with my art or writing but I draw the line at dming me or anything of that sort.

TW ahead of time: death, swearing, suicide mention, some transphobic assholes, toxic/abusive people, maybe some smoking and/or alcohol but not sure yet

Topics I will NEVER include in my writing: rape, incest, detrans, super heavy descriptions of violence/gore (more will be added to this list just can’t come up with anymore rn)

Overall don’t be an ass and feel free to ask questions whether about the fandoms I like or the conlang I’m working on or just general stuff

If you see a listing here without a link, it means it has yet to be posted but is in the works. I can only type so much and certain parts take more planning on my end as I write them out.

ALSO feel free to ask questions to clarify on anything I put in here, as long as they are polite and respectful questions I don’t mind answering stuff.

Everything is color coordinated. So if you see Green it is for Baldurs Gate Fics, Purple for People of Akari, and Pink for Ghost. Blue is for my I was a Teenage Exocolonist Brainrot Music Stuff. Orange is for any of my Art

Akian Language

Part 1: Sounds and Grammar Bits

Part 2: Characters and how to write them

Part 3: Introductions, Days of the Week, Months, Time Markers

Part 4: Numbers

Part 4b: Number Characters

Part 5: Relationship Markers

IWATEX Music Fics

Colors of Vertumna

Show Must Go On

Hope

Dancing and the Dreaming

Smells Like Teen Spirit

March of Cambreadth

Ghost!

Life Eternal Fic

BG3

It’s Not Fair: Astarion/GN Tav

Sing of the Moon: Astarion/GN Tav

Art

Tarot Card master list

OC Masterlist

Fandom Art Masterlist

#fiction #writing #fantasy #author #adventure #original chracter #peopleofakari #conlang #original character #iwatec #sym iwatex #iwatex #sym #order of the Abnormals #kanaka legion

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fourphoenixfeathers · 2 years

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I hope that means you don't mind more questions about Homestuck AU!

Because I have a few and will likely come up with more as they get answered.

Is anyone else involved (Iridia, Adaman, Kamado, any pokemon, etc)?

Does anyone get to keep godmode powers?

Could Ingo and Emmet maybe fuse and unfuse at will after the whole misadventure (I just thought it would be funny for sibling shenanigans)?

How does entering their worlds go?

What does everyone fight with?

What are all their worlds like?

How do they even play without any computers? Or did Arceus just. Godpowers them some computers?

How does Ei react to becoming Ei (I am assuming the memories of being seperate are kept in this AU)?

Of course i don't mind! I love questions. :>

This is a really long one though, so I'm just gonna plop it under a readmore.

The only people involved in the session are Ingo, Akari, Emmet, and Elesa, with the creation trio + Arceus trying to help through dms. Everyone gets to take their teams with them when they enter, though. I'm replacing the sylladex mechanic with pokemon mechanics. Imps other monsters in the incipisphere fight like pokemon, so "strifes" play out like normal pokemon battles. Although, i am not opposed to arming them with weapons for emergencies... That's something to think about later.

Everyone keeps god mode powers! I see no reason for them not to, and it's gonna be really hilarious when Elesa and Ei show up in Nimbasa with a missing person and powers that rival legendary pokemon. Absolutely wild.

About Ei's status after the whole ordeal... I haven't decided yet. I'm torn between having Arceus separate them so they can fuse at will, and having it be out of Arceus' power to do so. The latter is definitely the more evil option, but I don't know if i can do that to them. However, the first option might invalidate some of Ei's struggles in his journey. For now, prepare for the worst. ::>

I'm sure you already saw it, but for people who haven't, i described the gang's lands in another post here.

Arceus just gives the hisui gang some arclaptops to use. Complete with infinite battery charge.

And lastly, how Ei reacts to being a fusion. That is a huge can of worms and I'm not entirely organized on that front, so I think I want to go into that on a separate post. There is just too much there and I'm sure that I would be zoning out reading this post by now.

#submas #homestuck #ingo #emmet #elesa #akari #oh man i have so much to say about ei #ei my son ei #but i need to get organized real quick #and i have some work to do today #ei #kat answers #gear session

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ghostypetrainer · 2 years

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Imagine: Social Media Role Swap AU

Ingo tweeting about his cool Aunt, Emmet very confused about his new Aunt and Ingo's life.

Emmet has SO many questions. First of all. He's certain they don't have an Aunt. He asked Uncle Drayden. He definitely doesn't have any (living) sisters, so who is this Akari person??? And where the hell is Ingo???? What is with all the giant Pokemon with glowing red eyes??? Is that an extinct Pokemon variant??? WHERE IS HE AND WHY ISN'T HE RESPONDING TO ANY OF HIS DMS?

Meanwhile Ingo is just instinctively posting to twitter but Arceus has locked him out of his DMs and notifications. He's just vibing.

#asks #pla roleswap au #submas #ingo casually posting a photo of the alpha rapidash and emmet loses is mind #WHY IS IT SO BIG #ingo's twitter going viral without him knowing it

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goingtothebeds · 1 year

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Interview with LYSM x SACHIKO (FLiP) | Their first mini album ∞ shows a fresh new side, with SACHIKO’s feelings entrusted in the five members (October 26th, 2022) [Natalie Interview Translation]

Original Interview

LYSM’s first mini album “∞” has been released. The idol group that celebrated their 1st anniversary in August of this year, LYSM. In their first mini album “∞” you can catch a glimpse at LYSM’s various sides, from pleasant pop numbers to live-like upbeat songs, compositions of various tastes have been recorded. To commemorate the release of “∞”, Ongaku Natalie has interviewed LYSM. We also met with SACHIKO (FLiP), who has worked on many of LYSM’s songs, including ones from the mini album like “Disconnection Code”, “BABY BABY”, and “One Room Parade”. We talked about her impressions of the 5 members and her thoughts about LYSM. Interview / Words: Nakanishi Kyuu Photography: Oshiro Tameki Translation: me :3

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A 2022 supported by “Disconnection Code”

— It’s a bit early to summarize the year, but as the release of your first album “Love You So Much” kicked off 2022, what kind of year has it been for LYSM?

Tōmine Akari: To start, it was a big year. Right after our album’s release, each of us got covid one after another. During the most important time for us, we had to cancel and postpone various events and lives. With that timing, not being able to work was a bit tough for us mentally.

Kuon Maria: Since it was the timing of “LYSM starts now!”

Amabe Rinka: We weren't even able to do a live at Shimokitazawa Shangri-La, which was the venue of our debut live. But at the tour final of our next tour (“LYSM 1st ONEMAN TOUR REVENGE ~Digital Single ‘Disconnection Code’ Release Tour”, held from April to June), we were able to do one again at Shangri-La, which was the live this year that has left the most impressions.

Akari: Before that tour, in addition to the streaming release of “Disconnection Code”, we held four consecutive days of free lives in Kanagawa, Osaka, Aichi, and Tokyo. It was pretty tiring with that kind of schedule, but it left a lot of impressions because of that. Now there’s a lot of new fans, I think it was really an event that left a memory that we have the power to get fans.

Ichimiya Emma: We had the tour and regular lives and various things kept going at a fairly quick pace, so I felt a chaotic “oh no, oh no” feeling as I was thinking of how to maintain this state of mind. But thanks to “Disconnection Code” I felt like “alright, we can do this song at a one-man!”

LYSM

— As your free time was spent thinking about all the things you should do and you couldn’t sort out your feelings, “Disconnection Code” became a key point for your image, right?

Akari: That’s right.

Emma: For sure, it feels like the song itself has become really special to us.

SACHIKO (FLiP): I’m glad!

Akari: Since the melody until now had a totally different feeling, can it be said that singing the song is like playing the role of the protagonist in a video game? …That could be said about the entire mini album. I think “playing a role” may have become one theme of the mini album. On stage, we each play our own parts and I think that’s really important in terms of creating the best performances. I feel like it’s been a year in which we noticed that.

Did you entrust LYSM with songs you wanted to sing?

— Since SACHIKO, who has written many of the lyrics and music for LYSM, is here today as well, it’s a great opportunity to ask: Why is SACHIKO so involved with LYSM?

SACHIKO: Is that right? (laughs) Why have I been so involved with them until now… Originally, during the time I was doing lots of lives, we had many taibans and tours with bands LYSM’s company president, Kabumoto Tetsu, had managed, so we were already acquainted. After that time, when I had stopped my band activities and my work as a musician multiplied, I had tweeted “I write really good songs, someone please let me write for them,” immediately I got a DM from him (laughs). That was how it all started. As it was right when LYSM was being formed, it was like fate. I thought I had to do my absolute best.

— So you confronted it a little differently from “simply providing music to an artist”?

SACHIKO: Yes, the LYSM team’s order gave me quite a bit of creative freedom; they only requested I stick to the emotional theme of ‘I want to convey these feelings to fans'. Since they entrusted me with the specifics of the words and shape of the melody, these songs were really easy to write. Also, the group’s approach to music is very honest and sincere, I really feel there’s overlap between their approach and mine when I was in a band. So, I have a feeling that I can honestly say that if I were in a band now, these are the kinds of songs I would be writing.

From left, Tsukishiro Seina, SACHIKO, Tōmine Akari

— Since you say that, for you LYSM is like a part of yourself?

SACHIKO: Ah, yes. I think it’s just like that.

Akari: Yay!

SACHIKO: It’s like I give them the kinds of songs I’d like to sing myself. There’s a great sense of ‘entrusting’. Like the song “Hanare Banare” from their 1st album was originally a demo I had made just as my band went on hiatus. I made it thinking “if I’m ever in a band again, I want to do this kind of song”, but I gave it to them.

Rinka: I’ve told SACHIKO before, but I really love ‘Hanare Banare’! The recording overlapped just as a friend had left to study abroad, so I felt like my situation and the lyrics were synchronized… (moved to tears)

SACHIKO: When you told me that story before, I also cried. And just like that, while entrusting them with my feelings, I always consciously write melodies, lyrics, expressions, and messages in which each of them can shine.

Analysis of each LYSM member according to SACHIKO

— SACHIKO, what kind of vocalists do you see each of the five members as?

Akari: I’d like to hear!

SACHIKO: Hmm… to start, Akari is definitely the “song pillar”. I think only she can create stinging tension in a song. This may be a clumsy way to put it, but I think since she’s the type of vocalist who really appeals to fans who prefer “lifespan shortening”-like emotional rock, I want her to maintain her unwavering self confidence without comparing herself to others. As that’s something you can’t do even if you wanted to.

Akari: I’m so happy I could cry. I might’ve cried a bit (laughs). Since I’m most aware of the ‘emotional’ aspect, I’m really so happy SACHIKO recognizes that too!

SACHIKO: As for Emma, I understood her when I watched a live MC, she’s very natural

Emma: (Laughs)

SACHIKO: I think comparing that naturalness to others is harmless, as she luckily relieves the tension in a song. Like even though Akari’s singing creates a stinging feeling, Emma singing just one line in between that suddenly relieves the tension just like that. I think she has that kind of position in the group, I really think she’s a vocalist who has a stress-free quality to her voice.

Emma: I’ve always thought my singing had no personality, like no matter how much I practiced, I wasn’t able to get lines, so I wondered many times “where should my voice be?”… It was a bit of a relief to be told I have such a role.

From the top, Amabe Rinka, Kuon Maria, Ichimiya Emma

SACHIKO: Don’t worry, we all have roles to play.

Emma: (With tears in her eyes) thank you… I’ll do my best.

SACHIKO: As for Seina… recently I saw Akari say on Twitter “Is there not just one song pillar anymore?” I definitely think they are the two top pillars, but I think they’re opposite types of pillars. In contrast to the emotional Akari, Seina is cold, not emotional. That’s not to say she has no substance- rather, she has no bad thoughts, that her innocence goes straight to the heart. So I also wondered if that’s why her member color is white. Seina’s the youngest out of the members, right?

Tsukishiro Seina: I am.

SACHIKO: And since she’s the youngest, I think she’s a vocalist who can express the innocent-like parts. That might be the case when deciding the line distribution too… The company president (Kabumoto) is the one deciding that, not me, but I think she has that kind of innocence where she fits right into the not too emotional and not too cute parts. With that said, I wonder if I’ve been leaving the first lines in songs for Seina.

Seina: When we were first starting out, our choreographer also told me “your singing style goes straight into people’s hearts”, being told the same thing by SACHIKO, I thought “man it’s really that kind of feeling.” I’m even conscious of having a singing style like that, so I’m glad that feeling has been getting through.

Tsukishiro Seina

SACHIKO: I’ve been sweating (laughs). Everyone's been giving me really serious looks…

LYSM: Ahahaha (laughing).

SACHIKO: And Maria is undeniably gorgeous.

Maria: (laughs)

SACHIKO: Her appearance and voice are totally linked, she has the most sex appeal. People’s lives come out in their singing voice, so hers makes me wonder if she’s been through a lot. Like before singing technique and everything, she was born with a “sexy” voice in the first place (laughs). In idol groups who have multiple people singing at the same time, the more varied everyone’s singing voices are, the better. In that sense, I think she’s a vocalist whose unique sex appeal can come out.

Maria: I don’t have much life experience though (laughs). I think this is the first time someone has said that about the role of my voice, I’m glad.

SACHIKO: Also, as the leader, she’s great at looking at things from a bird’s eye view. I think holding steady that kind of courage and her stage presence is a big part of her charm.

Maria: I’m glad I’ve been the leader (laughs). Since I’m quite conscious of watching everyone from one step behind them, you bringing that up has strengthened my self-awareness of my position as a leader.

Kuon Maria

SACHIKO: I’ve thought that ever since your first live.

Maria: I’m so glad.

SACHIKO: And Rinka’s member color is sure enough pink… Ahh what was it? We chatted about it just before the interview, “Walking…”

Akari: “Walking Cute and Innocent Museum”

LYSM: (laughs)

SACHIKO: Yes that (laughs). As she can play that role without being unpleasant, I think her position is that she can appeal the most to people who like “The Idol”. She understands that herself. I think out of the five, she’s the vocalist whose ‘cuteness’ comes out above all the rest.

Rinka: I’m even conscious of that myself, like even if there’s a cool song, I make sure to sing with a bit of a cute feeling. I said this in our last interview, but I originally didn’t like my own voice. Thanks to fans complimenting my voice, gradually I was able to let out my quirks without hiding them, so now I’m really glad to have been born with this kind of voice.

SACHIKO: Even though everyone’s personalities are clearly distinct, that “cute and innocent” wording is… not so good (laughs). I want you to keep up your cuteness.

Rinka: “Cute and innocent” is okay! (laughs)

Like “woah” and “wow”

— Now I’m going to ask about the new mini album “∞”. My impression after listening to each of the 5 songs is that they’re all the kinds of songs you wouldn’t expect.

LYSM: (Nodding in agreement)

Akari: There’s really a sense that all 5 songs are totally different.

— From a singing standpoint, there were a lot of quite tough parts, weren't there?

LYSM: It was tough!

Akari: Basically, the prep time between when we were given the songs and recording them was super short, so it was tough to understand the lyrics within ourselves. Also, you have to go as far as how to express it in song too, don’t you? So after going into the recording booth, I really felt we had to deepen our understanding while singing.

Tōmine Akari

— From the composition side of things, did you intend to give them something at a slightly higher level, rather than something they could do now?

SACHIKO: I didn’t have that in mind at all… perhaps the melodies I wrote were hard to sing.

Akari: They were! (laughs)

SACHIKO: I’ve been told that for a long time. I don’t think they’re hard for me… but that gap will forever be unfilled (laughs). If anything, since they gain understanding while always dealing with short recording times, I’ve been writing while conscious of trying to make the most catchy and easy to sing songs.

— With that said, did you feel surprised that they had concerns like that?

SACHIKO: That’s right. In fact, they send the tracks right after recording, every time I get a strong feeling that they can really properly sing them.

— So SACHIKO can know everyone’s concerns, could everyone tell the song they were the most concerned about?

LYSM: Hahaha

Seina: For me, “BABY BABY” was tough. At the part where the melody calms down, I was worrying about how I should put in my feelings… how I should make my low voice easy to hear, how I could resonate with people’s hearts, etc. There were just about 1 or 2 days until we recorded after we got the lyrics, so I thought “shit, what should I do, what should I do” while trying to deal with it. But each time I sang, I felt like I was able to see it little by little, so in the end I was able to record a song I was satisfied with. Like, “oh wow, I really sang well”.

Emma: For me, I think “Mugendai Actor” was the hardest. Our manager at the time told me “You don’t understand the meaning of the lyrics when you sing” and I had a strong resolution that I did understand them, but the sentiment the lyrics were written in were like ‘wow’ and ‘woah’.

Akari: Don’t just imitate the sound (laughs).

Emma: Since I understood the meaning of the lyrics, I may have linked them too much with my own feelings. But since I think it’s the song that those who hear it feel it’s the most “I got a sense of LYSM’s attitude towards life!” type of song, I want to keep singing it with the feeling that “this is LYSM!”

Ichimiya Emma

Akari: The one I had trouble with was “One Room Parade”. I’ve loved rock music from the start, so it’s all I really listen to and sing; that’s why it was hard for me to sing such a cute song cutely. Also, considering my vocal range, when it came to especially tough lines, I was at a point like “If I can barely sing it in practice, will I even be able to sing it live?” On top of that, if I tried to sing with a cute voice, no matter what my throat would tighten and I wouldn’t be able to sing. I seriously didn’t get it. The lyrics were also so cute I couldn’t identify with them (laughs), like I’m not living such a cute life!

LYSM: Hahaha

Akari: So I thought “I can’t sing this as myself” and I threw myself aside for a bit. By thinking things like “this isn’t me, this isn’t me”, “I am the cute girl in the lyrics”, “I am cute”, I was able to overcome it.

SACHIKO: You were cute.

Akari: I’m glad! (laughs)

Maria: For me, the solo part I was given in “BABY BABY” had a crazy melody…

Seina: Should you say that in front of the composer?

SACHIKO: That kind of thing is important!

Maria: (Laughs) When I heard the demo I didn’t think I could ever sing it, so when I had to go into the recording booth our company president told me “try singing this part” and I thought “ahh that’s the part I was least confident about.” But then I remembered that my previous vocal trainer had told me “Maria, it’ll all be okay as long as you stay confident in yourself” and I fought back against myself and sang. As I felt like “hey, wasn’t that good?”, I was told it was a good take.

— So you were able to experience “if you try, you’ll be able to do it” firsthand?

Maria: Yes! I got a really good experience out of it.

Rinka: My story is a little similar, I was also given a part in “Disconnection Code” I didn’t think I could ever sing. It was the second verse’s B melody, it’s the highest pitched part of the song, so I really couldn’t sing it at first. We were given direction by SACHIKO during its recording, so she went out of her way to come into the booth with me and guided me through it and somehow in just one take I was able to sing it. After that, I was able to gradually sing it live, so I feel like I’ve been able to grow along with the song. It was also the song in which I was able to come back to the hardest part, so I have a strong attachment to it.

Amabe Rinka

I want them to take 1 to 100

— So, tell us about your enthusiasm towards the “∞” release tour happening from October to November

Maria: First and foremost, I want our final performance at Shinjuku FATE to be sold out. FATE is the livehouse we’ve been able to make our home, so it’s a really precious place to all of us. That’s why I definitely want it to be sold out.

Akari: We haven’t experienced a sold out live before and I know how tall of a hurdle it is to sell out, but it’s precisely for that reason that we’ve decided to say our goal outloud.

— It’s not just in the music, it’s because you want to keep challenging “a little bit bigger than us” in other areas like that too?

Akari: That’s right! But FATE is our home, so I think it’s a venue that even out of those who wouldn’t come see a normal LYSM one-man would think to come just because it’s at FATE. So I want to do a tour where our doors are wide open, so even that kind of casual audience is able to come.

Emma: Also, for me, since it’s a tour that includes a triumphant return hometown live… actually while saying that I realized everyone has a triumphant return hometown live on this tour.

Seina: I don’t (laughs).

Akari: Yeah, there isn’t actually a tour stop in Yokohama.

Emma: (Laughs) Rather than being like “we’ll do this kind of live!”, I just really want people to come see and hear us. I’m really excited to see what kinds of reactions we’ll get for our new songs.

Rinka: Since I’m from Tokyo, I haven’t even had one triumphant return live…

— LYSM’s based in Tokyo, so there’s no such thing as a “triumphant return” for you?

Rinka: Yes (laughs). But even though I say I’m from Tokyo, I’m not from any of the 23 wards, so if we even did a live in a place like Kichijoji, it’ll feel like a hometown live (laughs). A live in Kichijoji isn’t included in the tour though, but next tour I’d like to try to do a live in Kichijoji… wait this isn’t about this tour (laughs). Well, since this is our first tour where we have 3 new songs, I want to say “look forward to the new LYSM!”

LYSM

Maria: Also, this is a bit private, but a new manager joined us in October. LYSM will be breaking into our 2nd year too, so we’ll be growing together. I think we’ll get along well with our new manager before the tour.

Akari: Have we not gotten along well with her yet? (laughs)

Maria: We’ll just get along even better.

Seina: I also planned to say that we’ve entered our 2nd yearrrr.

Maria: Well then you can take it. Let’s make it something you said (laughs).

Seina: Ahh alright, alright (laughs)… Ah, that’s it! In our mini album there’s 2 songs in which I’m in charge of the lower harmony of the main melody… the lower harmonies are tough, aren’t they? So as a new challenge in this 2nd year, I’d really like to have a presence where I’m able to support our song pillar Akarin from below. It’s a personal goal, but in order to go higher as a group, each of us must get stronger.

— Thank you. SACHIKO, do you have any encouraging words for the five?

SACHIKO: When I was able to go see your 1st anniversary live in August, during “Haru ni Tou, Kimi ni Kou” I really felt a sense of unity in the venue, I ended up crying so hard even people around me noticed. LYSM raised that song to such a level that their singing power was undeniable, and with such sincerity too, to be able to do that is really an amazing thing. From now on, I’d like you all to raise all your songs to that level, I think only LYSM can do it. You’ve gone past going from 0 to 1, so I’d really like you all to take your 1 to 100.

LYSM: Thank you! We’ll do our best!

— SACHIKO’s words were totally 6th member-like.

SACHIKO: It feels close to something like that doesn’t it? That’s why I am able to write lyrics with words I want all of them to sing, without embellishing them.

Akari: I’m really glad SACHIKO is the one writing our songs.

SACHIKO: Yay! I’m really glad!

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