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2024 BL/GL/QL Round-Up Post

Since I did this last year, I thought for posterity I'd post another reflection on everything I watched that completed in 2024. For me, that means anything that started in 2023 but the last episode was in 2024 is on this list, but anything that was still be airing after 31 December 2024 11:59 my time (EST) is not on this list, even if the bulk of the show did air in 2024.

A few stats:

[The image is TL;DR for what follows lol]

I watched ~150 discrete pieces of new QL content in 2024 (series/films) that I tracked [It gets complicated with specials and split seasons but I did my best to be consistent]; plus 10 things that I would consider "adjacent". For contrast, I listed 110 pieces of discrete content in 2023; that's a 45% increase year over year!

This clocked in at an est. 900 hours of new BL/GL and adjacent content (up from ~600 in 2023--which also tells us that the content I tracked was a little longer overall because that's a full 50% increase in terms of hours spent).

The new content I watched came from 9 different countries [same as 2023]: (Cambodia [1], Philippines [2, down from 3], Hong Kong [1], Japan [32, up from 18 in 2023], Korea [20; was 19], Myanmar [2, up from 1], Taiwan [12, up from 6], Thailand [75; up from 56], Vietnam [4, down from 7]), China [5], and then 3 joint effort productions from Thailand/Korea [2] and Thailand/Taiwan [1]

This means just under ~47% of the content I watched on this list is from Thailand [close to the 50% in 2023]

So many more shows had multiple or varied distributions this year, but like last year ~85% of my content was on 3 platforms: YouTube [38%; down from 40%], GaGaOoLaLa [30%; up from 23%] and iQIYI [17%; down from 21%] Note: I'm in Canada and my access routes are sometimes affected by that.

As unbelievable as it sounds with all that, I did actually drop shows this year! I dropped 9 shows, which is I think more than I've dropped in my entire previous 20+ years watching queer asian media combined (that might be an exaggeration but I do really hate dropping shows); 4 Thai, 3 Filipino, 1 Taiwanese and 1 Japanese (listed at the very bottom of this post if you want to be messy). I didn't track any dropped shows in 2023.

And if you're wondering how many shows there are in the world in total, I am aware of an additional 11 shows I just did not have time to even start (2 from Cambodia, 4 from the Philippines, 3 from Thailand, and 1 each from Korea and Myanmar). That does not include the vertical short reels that I didn't track this year--see @ellsieee 's tracking post for these--as well as several GL shorts from JPC media YouTube channel and Sastra film app YouTube channel that I just have not had time to try or even keep track of, though I do peek in on them to see if there's anything that looks particularly good, and I do always link these folks in my GL round-ups.

All of this doesn't include re-watches or catching up on old shows, or non-QL queer media, or non-queer media (the hets sometimes do deserve rights); but does include films as well as shows.

I hope you all appreciate that with this much content, and with my general brand of being unable to make decisions, I really struggled to narrow down a top 10 list. What follows is the best I could do lol

Top 25 QLs I'd Recommend From This Year:

[Links are self-indulgently to what I thought was the most relevant post I'd made this year relevant to that series/media, mostly spoiler-free pitches]

She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat S2 (Tsukutabe) [GL]

Love in the Big City

Love For Love's Sake

Tadaima Okaeri [anime]

Ossan no pantsu ga nandatte ii janai ka (Oppan)

Marahuyo Project

Knock Knock Boys

Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo

Love is Like a Poison (Doku koi)

Ossan's Love Returns

Twilight out of Focus [anime]

At 25:00 in Akasaka

Cooking Crush

Cherry Magic [anime]

Cherry Magic Thailand

Takara no Vidro

Soul Sisters / Twin Rabbits [GL]

Perfect Propose

Unknown the series

Paradise of Thorns [film]

Blue Canvas of Youthful Days

The Secret of Us [GL]

Mr Mitsuya's Planned Feeding (Mitsuya-Sensei)

The Time of Fever

A Man Who Defies the World of BL S3

I tried to put these in some kind of order but honestly if you asked me to rank them the numbering would change all the time and I would combust. The ones I liked best are closer to the top of this list. I also debated back and forth on whether Paradise of Thorns counts as QL so many times. But in the end I decided the main character was queer and queer romance of a sort was at the heart of the drama, so I've left it in this list even though technically it should probably sit with the 'adjacent's.

Worth noting that though only ~20% of the content I watched was from Japan, ~45% of my favourites were from Japan.

+5 notable pulp offerings worth mentioning:

Bagan Beginning (Myanmar)

City of Stars (Thailand)

Gym Affairs (China)

To the Ex Who Hated Me (Korea, GL)

Under the Oak Tree (Vietnam)

I think I'll do a top 10 GL post separately since we had enough content to warrant a top 10 (yay!) but this is already long enough. I just want to take a second to acknowledge that this year was so much better than in 2023 when I didn't feel like I could recommend any of the new GL shows. Thank you content creators for better and more GL in 2024, please keep that energy for 2025!

Bonus: Not a QL but worth calling out:

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (Thai film)

I saw both this and Paradise of Thorns in theatres during the Toronto International Film Festival and they were both so powerful! Extremely different tones but they surprisingly hit on similar themes, and very beautifully filmed. HTMMBGD was a complicated film filled with very rounded and complex characters, and I still think about it all the time. Very excited for more folks to have access to both of these soon.

Sidenote: The fact that I watched 45% more shows in 2024 than I did in 2023 and still managed to keep my rec list to 30 (*cough1cough*) does seem to back up the general feeling that though we had more content, we didn't have a proportional rise in good content. I do want to crunch those numbers in another post.

Double Plus Bonus: Best Older QL Content I watched for the first time in 2024:

Life as a Girl / Joshi-teki Seikatsu (Japan, 2018; I'm so sad I missed out on this one for so long due to misinfo, it is fantastic! Thanks to @so-much-yet-to-learn for helping propel me to this one)

Iron Ladies (Thailand, 2000; thank you for the rec, @happypotato48)

Nacchan's Secret / Himitsu no Nacchan (Japan, 2023; thank you @furritsubs for making this watch possible)

Can I Buy Your Love From a Vending Machine / Sono Koi, Jihanki de Kaemasuka? (Japan, 2023; thanks to @nicks-den for making this watch possible)

I Fell In Love with the Villainness (Japan, 2023; watched because of a convo with @pilanthitasanilaphat)

Doi Boy (Thailand, 2023; this one I had on my list and just had to work up the energy to watch, but it was a beautiful film and I'm glad I did)

BL Metamorphosis (Japan, 2022; another thank you to @furritsubs)

Dear Dad (India, 2016; thanks to @neuroticbookworm for the rec!)

Salty Blue / Kakenuketara, Umi (Japan, 2023, thank you again @nicks-den!)

[I can't believe I forgot this at first] The Miracle of Teddy Bear (Thailand, 2022, thanks for going on that journey and writing great meta with me and for calling me out for forgetting @lurkingshan!)

There is so much good content in the world and despite my best efforts I haven't seen everything! So grateful to the fansubbers and people who write about past shows so that those of us who missed them the first time still get a chance to see them.

In terms of my output based on all this input, I continued not lurking this year, and have enjoyed it very much; see my Top 10 posts from 2024 here as well as the content I linked in my recommended shows above--going through the process of adding those links really highlighted to me how much more I've written this year, and how much more motivated I am to write about shows I love. It's no surprise I had dedicated posts for most of my top shows! To highlight a few specific projects this year that I'm proud of, I participated in the Love in the Big City Book Club read and watch-alongs organized by @lurkingshan, which was such a fun project that I am grateful for, and I started my GL Odds and Ends posts (tagged with #gl recs) that I am still feeling out but am really enjoying seeing the impact whenever someone watches a show because they found out about it through one of my posts. I also made an appearance on several episodes of @the-conversation-pod and had an incredible time trying out different things in a quarterly 'Dispatch' and having some really rich conversations with @bengiyo and @shortpplfedup. I love this corner of tumblr that we've carved out for ourselves as a QL watching community, and I just want to say to everyone I've interacted with in 2024: Thank you, and wish good things for you all in 2025!

Full list of 2024 shows under the cut for anyone curious! [Mostly in order it completed but may be slightly off--if a special aired immediately after the final episode I only list them as one thing and count the airing of the special as the end date, for example].

Bagan Beginning

Love Senior the Series

After SunDown

VIP Only

Twins the Series

Last Twilight

Night Dream the Series

My Universe

Bake Me Please special episode

Sahara Sensei to Tori Kun / Mr Sahara and Toki-kun

Love for Love's Sake

7 Days Before Valentine

Happy Ending

PitBabe the series

For Him the series

Cooking Crush

The Sign

Chaser Game W

Playboyy the series

Perfect Propose

Ossan's Love Returns

Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna S2 / She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat

Cherry Magic Th

Dead Friend Forever

Sukidoya / Although I Love You and You / Sukiyaken kedo dou yaroka?

Healing Thingyan

Love You in Every Multiverse

Cherry Magic (anime)

Please Teach Me

Anti Reset

Jazz for Two

Blank the Series

A Secretly Love

To Be Continued the series

Love is Better the Second time around / Koi wo Surunara Nidome ga Joto

City of Stars

Sea You Soon

Human Too

Man Who Defies the World of BL s3

Gray Shelter / Gray Currents / Grey Current

Gym Affairs

1000 Years Old the Series

Love is Like a Cat

To the Ex Who Hated Me

Lady Boy Friends the series

Deep Night the series + Special Episode

Unknown the series

Memory in the Letter

You are My Star

Lonely Girls

Boys Be Brave / Roommates / I Can't Confess

Blossom Campus

Two Worlds

VIP Only special episode

Pray In Love

I Fell In Love with My Male Best Friend

Friend With Benefit

Stay By My Side special episode

23.5

You Made My Day

Living With Him

City Boy Log pt3

Anti-Reset special episode

The Time of Huan Nan

Xiao Xiang Yi Jiu

Inverse Identity

At 25:00 in Akasaka

Only Boo!

Tadaima Okaeri

Love Bully (Club Friday)

Blank the Series S2

Marahuyo Project

The Two of Us

Blue Boys

OMG Vampire!

My Stand-In

We Are the series

Ossan no pantsu ga nandatte ii janai ka / Oppan

Wandee Goodday

Under the Oak Tree

The Rebound

Love Enemy

Love in the Apocalypse

Bad Guy

My Marvellous Dream is You/ Dream the Series

Century of Love

Knock Knock Boys

Be Your Star

Meet You at the Blossom

BOYTOY

The Secret of Us

Ayaka is in love with Hiroko / Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko-sempai ni koi shiteru

My Love Mix-Up!

This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans

Love Sea the series

Cosmetic Playlover

City Boy Log s4

Sunset Vibes

Mr Mitsuya's Planned Feeding

Takara no Vidro / Takara's Treasure

Paradise of Thorns

I Hear the Sunspot

The Time of Fever / when your temperature reaches my fingertips

4 Minutes The Trainee

Twilight out of Focus

Happy of the End

The On1y One

Live in Love

Heaven'sxCandy

The Two of Us s2

Addicted Heroin

I Saw You In My Dream

Monster Next Door

Our Golden Times

Affair

First Note of Love

Battle of the Writers

Reverse 4 U

Unlock Your Love

Chaser Game W s2

Let free the Curse of Taekwondo

Uncle Unknown

The Hidden Moon the series

Love in the Big City [the series]

Smells Like Green Spirit

Red Whisper

Eccentric Romance/PT is Love

My Damn Business

Apple My Love

Dominant Yakuza and Wimpy Corporate Slave

The Nipple Talk

Kidnap the series

Every You Every Me

Jack & Joker

People Come Later

Blue Canvas of Youthful Days

The Loyal Pin

Let's Eat Together Aki and Haru 2

Love is Like a Poison / doku koi: doku mo sugireba koi to naru

Bad Guy My Boss

Haunted Hearts

Seoul Blues

The Renovation

Love Sick 2024

Love in the Big City [the film]

Spare Me Your Mercy / Euthanasia

Soul Sisters / Twin Rabbits

My Hot Butch Roommate

Whisper Me a Love Song / Sasayaku you ni koi wo utau

Boys' Christmas

Bonus: FuFuKnows bi-weekly shorts [every other week they post a short film, almost always a QL storyline; there were 23 in 2024]

And those QL-adjacent shows I mentioned [these are all adapted from QL media or starred QL actors or were part of a QL franchise but did not have a canon queer romance at the core of its storytelling]:

The Spirealm

Close Friend 3 - Soju Bomb

How to Make a Million Before Grandma Dies

Man Suang

High School Return Of A Gangster / I, a Gangster, Became a High Schooler

Kimi to Yukite Saku: Shinsengumi Seishunroku

Hoshikuzu Telepath

A Balloon's Landing

Peaceful Property

My Strawberry Film

The shows I dropped:

Time the series

Beside You

Sugar Dog Life

The Whisperer

Kiseki in Tokyo

Q18

Sky Valley

The Fate Trap

Dear Miss Becky

And as a shout-out in penance, the shows I had on my list to get to but haven't yet watched:

A Blue Sky (Cambodia)

Ending Friend (Cambodia)

Pretty Boys (Philippines - requires an access fee on VivaMax+)

Oh My Boo (Philippines)

The Perfect Heartbreak (Philippines)

Where I found You (Philippines)

My_ the series (Myanmar)

What's In My Bag (Korean GL - requires an access fee on Vimeo)

Complicated (Thai)

Club Friday: Hot Love Issue (Thai)

2nd Chance (Thai; not to be confused with Second Chance, this was a smaller 3-episode short series from this year)

Thank you for reading!

[nonbinary-sticks-the-badger]

kinda wanna explain my song choices in this playlist like usual but as i said im trying to be annoying and pretentious and cryptic here so instead im just gonna say how much each song fits

1. DINNER! femtanyl

fits very well!

2. LOVESICK, CANNIBAL! femtanyl

being frank im not entirely sure what this song is about but i can tell it doesnt really fit that well beyond the title (which also doesnt fit perfectly)

3. PUSH UR T3MPRR femtanyl

i mean vaguely, yes

4. Virtual Paradise Machine Girl

FREE PASS - INSTRUMENTAL

5. S33K H3LP femtanyl

i mean its technically not instrumental but the lyrics are so vague i can make them into whatever i want. also you can barely tell what she's saying

edit: ok since posting this i found out this heavily samples head in the ceiling fan by title fight. which fits really well..

6. ...Because I'm Young Arrogant and Hate Everything You Stand For Machine Girl

not really no

7. Lost Umbrella INABAKUMORI

i still havent got around to looking up a translation so it's mostly vibes (which also are a stretch)

8. 1:15 8485

YES YEAH YAYYYYYYYY PRETTY MUCH PERFECT FIT

9. Black Is The New Black Goreshit

if any breakcore purists get at me for including a goreshit song then i dont careeeee. i havent listened to any of his other songs nor do i know about him as a person so if people hate goreshit for genuine reasons then my bad. also no this doesnt even slightly fit

10. Doku Hakushi Hasegawa

this song has pretty vague lyrics iirc so i can do what i like

11. People Eater Sodikken

it does FIT but also i dont think it works well with the general sound of the playlist :(

12. Liquid Smooth Mitski

yes but it's not the focus of the au

13. Townie Mitski

YES YES ABSOLUTELY

14. Fuck Me (I Didn't Know How To Say) Crawlers

yes and no??? it does fit but id just like to clarify the sexual part doesnt??? but the sex part is vital to the plot of the song. idk how to explain this but ANYWAY!!!

there are a lot of songs in this playlist with heavy sexual themes because they fit the narrative HOWEVER i promise there are no sexual themes in the narrative

15. Fly Away Teddyloid

i have no idea why i even added this in the first place i just dont wanna take it out

16. Just For Me Pink Pantheress

i mean yes but at the same time i always felt like the obsession in this song feels deeply unhealthy and im kinda worried nobody else interprets it that way so id just like to clarify that's how i interpret it

17. Come Over (Again) Crawlers

only a little bit (i mostly added it because i havent listened to crawlers in ages)

18. GIRL HELL 1999 femtanyl

im like 99% sure this is about being a trans woman so itt doesnt really link to the themes im thinking of but i like this song so i can do what i like

19. AM FM Vertigoaway

FREE PASS - INSTRUMENTAL

20. Brk.Temp Graham Kartna

FREE PASS - INSTRUMENTAL (also this is sort of hard to listen to which is absolutely perfect)

21. Nimbasa CORE plasterbrain

only a little bit

22. KATAMARI femtanyl

no not really

23. GOT UR NUMB3R (v2) bugcried

a bit too sweet and cheesy for this but whatever

24. Lovefool The Cardigans

YES YEAH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH YES IT DOES YESSSSSSS

25. Head in the Ceiling Fan Title Fight

as i said earlier. yeah absolutely

26. FUKOUNA GIRL STOMACH BOOK

once again im pretty sure this is about being transfemme which doesnt fully fit but it also kinda does. whatever if i can relate despite not being transfem then i can put it in

[weekly-tea]

20.5. - 26.5.2024.

The Kardashians 5. sezona je počela, pa će me to narednih devet tjedana okupirati. Nije guilty pleasure, već samo pleasure.

HBO:

Paradise Lost trilogy

Izdvajam ovaj doku koji sam prvi put pred osam godina pogledala, prije svih silnih streaminga, koji je jedan od glavnih da me zaintrigirao za ovakav žanr.

Da bih ponovno mogla pogledati taj slučaj me podsjetio podcast ''Mjesto zločina''.

Prvi film iz 1996. je najbolji i legendaran, onaj iz 2000. najslabiji, a zadnji iz 2011. je kruna svega. Mogli bi novi napraviti, čisto da vidimo kakav je mindset danas. Blažene devedesete i posebno ozračje. Rasadnik.

Pjesma:

Luka Silni - istoimena pjesma

Ovo mislim da je čak i guilty pleasure haha. Tolika debilana i urušavanje društva da je naravno zarazno.

[technicolorfoxx]

These two have been sitting on my desk for the week. I need to take them out for real photos. They're both so nice to look at. I still need a name for my Ruca...

[vainglorious-eden]

( @thenymphtrainer - Hi! Since I don’t know your character yet, this is a little generic, but I can improve on it once I have more to go off! ^^ )

Aether Paradise isn’t open to the public in the same way that - well, nearly everything else in Alola - is. That doesn’t mean, however, that there’s no way to gain access to it. There are certain people, even beyond the employees, who are given a rein as free as that of the President’s children - the Champion of Alola, for example, or the local Pokémon Professors. For someone less well-connected, there are the occasional tours - accompanied by guides and allowed to view only certain approved areas, but it’s still the closest most people will ever get to the floating island.

Today is one of those days. The current group is made up primarily of students and teachers from the Trainers’ School, but there are also one or two overprotective parents, a reporter, and even a few people who’d won tickets during a radio show (”You’re surfing with K-LOL! What’s the phrase that pays?”). Lusamine has asked Lillie and Gladion to consider being present and they’ve agreed, and all three, along with Wicke, are spread throughout the conservatory, offering greetings and answering questions - mostly the questions of very young trainers, and mostly about where and how Pokémon go potty. Lusamine is trying her best not to descend into horrified laughter every time the subject comes up - “Oh, goodness, wouldn’t you rather meet this lovely little Bulbasaur here? It’s from the Kanto region!”

“Miss Lusamine! Miss Lusamine! How does it -”

Halp.

[bluudhound]

itsumo toori minareta　kagami no kimi wa kizuitenai

nemuta gena sekai wo　mujakina mama utagai mo sezu ni

sore wa maru de shousetsu ya　screen no naka de dake to

muboubi na hodo ni　hitogoto mitai na kao shite

shikaketa no wa

kimi no sei sa

hitomi ga hoshigatta kara

amai doku ga

mawaru koro ni

kizuite mo teokure

Oh, Trap for you sarigenaku kawashita shisen ni hisonda

yuuwaku no　Whisper

Whisper

subete wa hajimatteru

Oh, Trap for you jiwajiwa to heart no jiyuu wo ubatte

mou nogarerarenai atsui yume wo ageru yo

fuan sou ni mitsumete　sore demo dokoka yudan shite

kokoro ni kiite goran

hontou wa doushite hoshii no?

shihai sarete

nomikomarete

kairaku ni oboreteku

rakuen made

mou sukoshi sa

me wo tojite ireba ii

Trap for you　fumikonde　kakushinhan wo kidorou

machiwabita　Moment

Moment

kikenna ai ga ii ne

Oh, Trap for you　kimi dake ni　shikaketa wana da to shitte yo

mou hikikaesenai　atsui yume wo odorou

toiki goto　Falling in the paradise

dakishimete　Falling in the paradise

shikaketa no wa

kimi no sei sa

hitomi ga hoshigatta kara

amai doku ni

saa

mi wo makasete mite

shihai sarete

nomikomarete

kairaku ni oboreteku

yubisaki made

toriko ni naru

saa, ai wo misete yo

Oh, Trap for you　sarigenaku　kawashita shisen ni hisonda

yuuwaku no　Whisper

Whisper

hontou wa wakattan darou?

Oh, Trap for you　jiwajiwa to　heart no jiyuu wo ubatte

mou nogarerarenai

atsui yume wo ageru yo

mou hikikaesenai

atsui yume wo odorou ka

Get Trap for You’d -Hifu (a Hiyori fictive)

[fajoblog]

Los geht’s

Von mehreren Seiten wurde mir die Doku-Serie Tiger King (USA 2020) empfohlen: Darin gebe es tolle, unvorhersehbare Wendungen und spannende Protagonist*innen. Mein Seheindruck war allerdings ein anderer.

Bis zum Ende habe ich nicht verstanden, worum es eigentlich geht. Die Serie springt von einem Spektakel zum nächsten, ohne einen für mich ersichtlichen roten Faden. Ein wirkliches Interesse für die Protagonist*innen und ihre Faszination für Großwild konnte ich auch nicht erkennen. Außerdem verletzt der Regisseur elementare Regeln des Dokumentarischen, wenn er Menschen zu Ereignissen befragt, die sie selbst nicht erlebt haben (z.B. wird „Joe Exotic“ in Folge 3 zum Kronzeugen für den angeblich Mord von Carole Baskins Ehemann). Am meisten stört mich aber die Tendenz, alle Protagonist*innen auf ihre niedrigsten Bewegründe zu reduzieren. Obwohl die Serie häufig auf sehr wackliger Basis argumentiert, gibt es kaum Raum für Ungewissheiten. Alles ist sehr eindeutig und vor allem sind die Gezeigten eindeutig schlecht. Auch wenn das angesichts der Behandlung der Tiere vielleicht als gerechte Strafe erscheinen mag, das Ausstellen von Menschen finde ich dokumentarisch doch eher uninteressant. Die Serie erinnerte mich allerdings an einen Text, den ich vor einigen Jahren mal für einen anvisierten, aber niemals realisierten Fajo-Empfehlungsblog geschrieben habe. In dem Beitrag empfehle ich einen Dokumentarfilm, der das alles hat, was Tiger King mir nicht bieten konnte: Komplexe Erzählweisen, unglaubliche Wendungen, Ambivalenzen und ein Interesse für Menschen. Alle drei Teile der empfohlenen Dokumentation lassen sich immer mal wieder auf einem großen, werbefinanzierten Videoportal mit den Buchstaben Y und T im Namen finden.

Da es unter uns Fajo-Mitarbeitenden das Bedürfnis gibt, sich auch mal nichtwissenschaftlich auszudrücken, wollte ich deshalb meinen alten Text nutzen, um einen neuen Versuch für einen Fajo-Blog zu starten. In unregelmäßigen Abständen werden hier also hoffentlich Beiträge erscheinen, die beachtet werden wollen. Los geht’s mit diesem:

„Oh my god, look at his T-Shirt!“ lautete die missbilligende Bemerkung, mit der eine amerikanischen Touristin fingerzeigend ihr Kind auf mich aufmerksam machte. Im Jahr 1996 trug ich im Urlaub in Florenz stolz meine neueste Merchandise-Erwerbung der amerikanischen Death-Metal-Band Deicide spazieren. Darauf zu sehen, war ein auf dem Rücken liegender, aufgeschlitzter Jesus. Der Kauf hatte sich also gelohnt. Im selben Jahr erschien in den USA die Dokumentation Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (USA 1996), die ich kürzlich wiederentdeckte und die mich bleibend beeindruckte. Der Film dokumentiert den Prozess dreier Jugendlicher, die vor allem aufgrund ihres Musikgeschmacks und ihrer Kleidung verdächtigt werden, drei achtjährige Jungen sexuell missbraucht und grausam ermordet zu haben. Die Dokumentation ist aus mehreren Gründen bemerkenswert, nicht zuletzt, weil der Film Teil der Geschichte geworden ist, von der er erzählt.

Amateurkamera-Aufnahmen von einem Fluss, Bildunterschrift: „Police Crime Scene Video, May 6, 1993 – Robin Hood Hills, West Memphis, Arkansas.“ Über die Original-Tonspur der Polizistengespräche und Funksprüche legen sich Flageolettöne, der Beginn von Metallicas Welcome Home erklingt. Die Kamera schwenkt neben das Flussbett auf zwei nackte, totenstarre Kinderkörper, ein dritter folgt.

Schon zu Beginn der Dokumentation zeigen sich einige ihrer Wesensmerkmale. Der Film geht sehr nah heran, vor allem weil die Regisseure Joe Berlinger und Bruce Sinofsky das Vertrauen aller relevanten Beteiligten gewinnen konnten. Wir sehen Interviews mit den Angeklagten, ihren Familien und Anwälten sowie mit den Angehörigen der Opfer. Die Kamera läuft aber auch bei den Strategiebesprechungen der Verteidigung und – aufgrund des besonders öffentlichkeitsfreundlichen US-Rechtssystems – auch im Gerichtssaal. Gleichzeitig bleiben Berlinger und Sinofsky unsichtbar und stumm. Statt eines Voice-Over hört der Zuschauer Metallica-Songs als Kommentar zu den Interviewpassagen. Es war der erste Film, der Lieder der Band nutzen durfte und diese Musik ist hier nicht neutral. War ihr Konsum es doch, der den Angeklagten zum Verhängnis wurde. Ohne Kommentare macht der Film das Publikum zum Richter: Den Zuschauenden wird abverlangt, selbst ein Urteil zu fällen, wobei die präsentierte Faktenlage eine Lesart sehr wahrscheinlich macht.

Der Film steht in der Tradition des Direct Cinema von Albert und David Maysles, bei deren Dokumentarfilm Gray Gardens (USA 1975) Berlinger und Sinofsky auch mitgeholfen hatten. Er ist aber vor allem auch ein Vorläufer, des True-Crime-Booms, den wir seit der Ausstrahlung des US-Podcasts Serial 2014 erleben. Paradise Lost erzählt schon sehr früh und ungeplant seriell eine komplexe Geschichte mit unglaublichen Wendungen und sehr dankbaren Charakteren, da dem Film noch zwei weitere über die angeklagten und schließlich verurteilten sog. West Memphis Three folgten. Fast sieben Stunden verfolgte ich also gebannt das Leben von Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin und Jessie Misskelley.

Es sind nicht die menschlichen Abgründe der Tatmotive für die Kindermorde, die im Zentrum des Films stehen, sondern das Milieu, in dem Jugendliche aufgrund ihrer Andersartigkeit kaum eine Chance auf Gerechtigkeit haben. Die Regisseure zeigen scheinbar neutral alle Perspektiven auf dieses Justizdrama. Doch haben sie eine Haltung, ihnen geht es darum, die Unschuldsvermutung zu bergen, die bei diesem Prozess durch Vorurteile verschüttet wurde.

Mir ging der sehr gut gemachte Film vor allem auch deshalb so nahe, weil darin deutlich wird, wie jugendliche Provokation bzw. vielleicht sogar einfach nur Andersartigkeit verhängnisvolle Folgen haben kann. Das gewissermaßen das Tragen eines T-Shirts Menschen für Jahre hinter Gitter bringen kann. Für einen kurzen Moment trat in meinem Kopf eine alternative Biografie hervor, die mich erschaudern ließ.

Florian Hannig

[missoneminute]

Hi, sorry to bother ,could you please paste the new German interview of Peter and the Puta Madres here or somewhere? Since I myself fail to get access to that link with my PC, my phone and my ipad. Don't know why. But I'm just dying to take a look at it. It would be great if you'd bother to paste it...Thanks!! xxxxx

Hello it’s below!

"Das Paradiiies ist genau vor deiner Naaase!"

Pete Doherty, damals noch mit den Libertines, beim Tramlines Festival in Sheffield.

Wie geht's eigentlich Pete Doherty, dem ewig strauchelnden Supertalent des Indierock? Ein Treffen mit ihm, zwei Hunden und ein paar Randexistenzen, die sich fröhlich Hurenmütter schimpfen.

Von Juliane Liebert

Pete Doherty ist quicklebendig. Falls sich jemand gefragt haben sollte. Eine Stunde vor seiner Show in Berlin steht er oberkörperfrei im Backstage des Astra. Stellt erst seine zwei Hunde, Zeus und Narco, vor, dann seine Band. Die Puta Madres, nach den Libertines und den Babyshambles sein neues Bandprojekt.

Ohne seine Band will er nicht mehr interviewt werden, vermutlich, weil er zu oft gefragt wurde, ob und warum er noch nicht tot ist. Dem britischen NME erzählte er kürzlich, eine Frau habe eine Dokumentation über ihn machen wollen, "und die Jahre vergingen. Es kam das 16. Jahr, und da kam mir der Gedanke, dass sie darauf wartet, dass ich sterbe. Das ganze Thema der Doku war Dunkelheit. Es gab viele Spritzen, Wunden und Leute, die rückfällig wurden und in Säcken abtransportiert wurden. Das einzig logische Ende dieser Geschichte wäre, dass ich sterbe".

Im Augenblick scheint er davon weit entfernt. Er signiert eine Platte für jemanden. "Für deine Freundin? Sie ist Krankenschwester, oder?" - "Nein, Doktor!" - Er singt: "Doctor, Doctor!" Greift seine Gitarre und beginnt gedankenverloren zu spielen. "Alle hinsetzen! Wir müssen dieses Interview machen!" Der Drummer und der Hund lecken sich die Gesichter ab. Doherty hört auf zu reden und spielt lieber wieder Gitarre, diesmal mit Gesang. Das Gespräch verwandelt sich in einen Song. Er singt zwei, drei Minuten. Alle freuen sich.

Peter Doherty ist der berühmteste Junkie des Indierock. Beim Konzert mit den "Puta Madres" findet er wie nebenbei zu virtuoser Schönheit. Typisch.  Von Jan Jekal

Auf dem neuen Album, "Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres", sind ihm die Einflüsse seiner Musik beinahe aus der Balance geraten. Es klingt, als hätte er alle Stilelemente und Instrumente, die in seinem Werdegang eine Rolle gespielt haben, zusammengerührt. Erratisches Gefiedel über hüpfender Polka plus Gitarrengeklimper, wie man es von den Libertines kennt. Dann Einbruch von Metal-Folk-Pathos mit Orgelklängen. Dann zirpen wieder abwechselnd Gitarren und Fiedeln. Auch in echt wirken die Madres wie eine Hippiefamilie. Gefragt, wie lange sie schon auf Tour sind, wissen sie zunächst keine Antwort. Diskutieren eine Weile, bis schließlich Doherty sehr überzeugt verlautet: "Wir wissen es nicht. Es geht so auf und ab. Aber es war super. Besonders der erste Gig. In Belfast."

"Aber natürlich passiert das nur in meinem Kopf"

Gelächter. Der Gig in Belfast hat nicht stattgefunden, erklärt er. Warum? "Das Übliche. Die Paranoia und die Psychose, die vom Schlafmangel kommt und vom mangelnden Glauben an den Kernimpuls, der die Band und unser Leben bestimmt. Wenn die Person, der du am meisten vertrauen musst, in deinen paranoiden Gedanken beginnt, unzuverlässig zu sein (singt auf einmal laut los:) DAMDADA-DAMDAAAAAM! (Wird wieder ernst:) Aber natürlich passiert das nur in meinem Kopf."

Vor ein paar Jahren dachte man, das wär's. Ab und an gab's Bilder von Pete aus einer thailändischen Rehabilitationsklinik. Schon lange betrachtete die Öffentlichkeit ihn mit jener Mischung aus Spott und zugleich Verehrung, die bis zu ihrem Tod auch Amy Winehouse zuteil wurde. Der Unterschied zu Amy Winehouse ist, dass sie bei allem Voyeurismus doch eher als tragische Gestalt wahrgenommen wurde. Bei Doherty befürchtet man nicht nur, er könnte morgen sterben, sondern sieht ihn irgendwie auch als Narr. Es erinnert ein bisschen an das Mozart-Klischee, wie es von Miloš Forman in Szene gesetzt wurde: das kindische Genie.

Einer der Hunde entkommt durch die Hintertür und jemand, der eventuell Jay heißt, rennt ihm hinterher. "Scott, kann ich eine Zigarette haben!", ruft Doherty, der sich inzwischen statt Pete lieber ganz bürgerlich Peter nennt, und spielt einen Akkord. "Ich hab ja versucht, nach Belfast zu fahren", erklärt er sich unvermittelt, "14 Stunden Fahrt. Ich habe zehn Stunden gebraucht, um aus Margate rauszukommen. Ich hatte den perfekten Plan, ich hatte sogar eine große Nase Calvin Klein (Anmerkung: Mischung aus Koks und Ketamin) gezogen. Ich hatte acht Espressoshots in einem, drei Tonnen Zucker - ein gewaltiger Wesley Snipes - und als ich losfahren wollte, verschüttete ich den kompletten Kaffee über mich, über die Hunde. Von da an ging's bergab. Ich war noch nicht wieder trocken, als sie mich auf einem Rastplatz fanden, in meinen leeren Kaffeebecher weinend. (Spielt ein paar Akkorde.) Oh yes! Wie geht's dir eigentlich so?"

Er findet es beinahe beleidigend, wie viele Leute überrascht davon sind, wie gut die Band ist

Er findet es beinahe beleidigend, wie viele Leute überrascht davon sind, wie gut die Band ist. Sie sind alle auch als Straßenmusiker erprobt. Die Atmosphäre ist gelöst, Doherty klimpert die ganze Zeit auf seiner Gitarre, malt auf seinem Schuh, verbindet sich die linke Hand neu. Es spricht viel dafür, dass seine Musik wirklich größtenteils so entsteht - die Gitarre ist immer dabei, ein Spielzeug, was zum Festhalten und innerlichen Loslassen - wie ein Joint. Ein Mittel, die absurde Welt verständlich zu machen. Ein kommunikativer Kanal. Musik kippt in Gespräch in Musik.

Wenn er eine Songidee hat, stellt er der Band seine Idee vor. "Wenn die Idee zu gut ist, um ignoriert zu werden, verfolgen wir sie. Wenn Kat oder Jack eine Idee haben, arbeiten wir mit der. Aber normalerweise muss es eine Idee sein, bei der ALLE außer mir sagen: 'Das ist nicht zu langweilig. Ich könnte es jeden Abend spielen, wenn es sein muss.'"

Man glaubt es ihm. Vor Jahren auf dem Berlin Festival trotzte er als Solokünstler im Hangar des Flughafens Tempelhof sowohl seiner Dauerkrise als auch der miserablen Akustik.

Und auch mit den Puta Madres gewinnt er das Publikum sofort für sich. Drogenabstürze und bedenkliche Anekdoten hin oder her, auf der Bühne ist er kein Opfer, sondern durch sein genialisch-linkisches Gitarrengeklimper ein sehr überzeugender Botschafter eines alternativen Lebensmodells, das prekär sein mag, aber auch eine Freiheit bedeutet, in der sich Randexistenzen zu einer Band zusammenfinden und sich fröhlich Hurenmütter schimpfen.

Sein neues Album ergibt eigentlich nur live gespielt wirklich Sinn, als soziale Performance. Aber auch die besonderen Momente aus Libertines- und frühen Babyshambles-Zeiten, die seinem großen, aber auch zerzausten Talent eher zu unterlaufen schienen, finden sich. Wie etwa der verlorene Gesang am Ende von "Merry Go Round", auf dem ersten Babyshambles-Album, wenn der Song zerfällt, bis nur noch Petes Stimme und das Schlagzeug übrig sind, bis es laut rappelt, weil er vermutlich den Mikrofonständer umgeworfen hat. Dohertys Mikrofonständer hat es auch heute noch nicht einfach.

Aber vielleicht ist das gemeinschaftliche Musizieren eben das, was ihn derzeit am Leben hält. Die Anmut ist immer noch da, an kreativem Chaos mangelt es auch nicht. Immer wieder reden alle durcheinander.

Dohertys Schwester, die mit auf Tour ist, kommt mit einem Geschenk reingelaufen. "Ja. JA. Let's have a drink? Do you wanna have a drink? Es ist erst halb acht. (jubelnd) WE'VE GOT ALL THE TIME IN THE WOOOORLD. YEEEEEEEH!" Er verteilt Bier an alle. Öffnet die Bierflasche mit dem Augenlid. Alle diskutieren, ob und wer in der Band miteinander schläft.

Katia DeVidas, die Keyboarderin, in der aktuellen Besetzung die einzige Frau, sagt: "So ist das nicht. Ist doch egal, welches Geschlecht. Männer und Männer können Sex haben, Frauen und Frauen können Sex haben." Pete: "Und Hunde? Ich hab darüber nachgedacht. Aber ich würde nie Sex mit einem Hund haben!" Großer allgemeiner Tumult.

"Ja." stellt Pete Doherty abschließend fest "Pete Doherty ist ein Albtraum. Er hat vermutlich Sex mit Hunden. Oder mit ... Fledermäusen." Der Manager bringt Zettel mit den Lyrics zu "Paradise Is Under Your Nose", die Pete und der Gitarrist signieren sollen. Doherty will wissen, was "Paradise" auf Deutsch heißt. Mit dem Ergebnis zufrieden, beginnt er Zeilen auf Deutsch zu singen "Geeeeh nicht zu weeeeit. Nicht geh zu weit. Geh nicht zu weit! Geeheeh nicht zu weeheeeit."

Die Puta Madres zerstreuen sich. Sie wirken wie eine glückliche Band und er wie ihr erstgeborener Sohn. Ein ziemlich fröhliches Kind. Er beginnt wieder zu spielen. "Das Paradiiies ist ... genau vor deiner Naaase."

[kanasmusings]

[Kanji/Romaji/Eng Lyrics] UtaPri - Lycoris no Mori

OMG this is my most favorite out of all the Shining Masterpiece songs that I translated! I love the dark theme of this song~  Since I love it so much, I’ll translate the drama CD that comes with it, too ^^

森は見つめている mori wa mitsumeteiru The forest will be watching.

Full lyrics under the cut, enjoy~

[リコリスの森] “Forest of Lycoris”

  「何故？」と問う少年がいました [naze?] to tou shounen ga imashita An innocent boy once asked me “Why?”

罪のない純粋な瞳で tsumi no nai junsuina hitomi de With eyes so pure and free of sin.

「それは･･･」と答え還らない時間 [sore wa…] to kaerarenai jikan “That’s…” I couldn’t answer him.

痛みさえ喜び･･･ itami sae yorokobi… Even pain can bring pleasure.

真っ赤になる愛と��悪 makka ni naru ai to zouou Love and hate are being dyed crimson.

  人のウラ hito no ura A person’s other side,

それも人と sore mo hito to is still a part of him.

裏切りのLoveも生の性 uragiri no love mo nama no sei A traitor’s love and raw nature are one and

メビウスの輪捩(よじ)れても mebiusu no yojiretemo even if the Mobius’s wheels have become twisted…

そう何も変わることなく sou nani mo kawaru koto naku Yes, nothing really has changed.

  くるくる廻る kuru kuru mawaru Spinning and spinning around.

  滴(したた)るように　傾(かし)げ微笑む shitataru me ni kashige hohoemu Dripping down and tilting as it does,

リコリスの紅き花が rikorisu no akaki hana ga are the red lycoris flowers.

「永久(とわ)」を匂わせ [towa] wo niowase Imitating this “immortality”,

問いて嬲(なぶ)る toite naburu as it continues to torment.

Ah...美しい魅惑の夢 ah… utsukushii miwaku no yume Ah… What a beautiful and fascinating dream.

  抉られる程　深すぎた愛 egurareru hodo fuka sugita ai A love that’s too deep to be brought to light

禁断の選択へと kindan no sentaku e to makes me choose the forbidden route.

  全ての駒が subete no koma ga All the pieces have

Ah...揃いて ah… soroite ah… gathered.

楽園か？漆黒か？ rakuen ka? shikoku ka? Will it be paradise? Will it be dyed jet black?

森は見つめている mori wa mitsumeteiru The forest will be watching.

  新しい世界を探しにと atarashii sekai wo sagashi ni to While I continue to search for a new world,

寄り添ったひとときの安寧 yorisotta hitotoki no annei I feel a momentary feeling of peace.

「あの瞬間を永遠にする」と [ano shunkan wo eien ni suru] to “I’ll make that moment last an eternity,” I say,

希望の名の毒が kibou no na no doku go as this poison called “hope”

甘く闇に誘(いざな)った amaku yami ni izanatta tempts me sweetly into the darkness.

  生まれるのも umareru no mo Being born and

死を待つのも shi wo matsu no mo waiting to die,

一人ぼっちで迎えるもの hitoribocchi de mukaeru mono are things that we can face alone.

だとしても datoshitemo But even so,

共にいたい tomo ni itai I want to be with you.

もういっそ命閉じて mou isso inochi tojite Even as my life closes.

  天へとゆこう ten e to yukou Let’s go to heaven.

誰かの手へと　渡るくらいなら dareka no te he to wataru kurai nara If I hold on to someone’s hand

リコリスの暗き森で rikorisu no kuraki mori de as I walk in this dark lycoris forest,

「永久(とわ)」の花に [towa] no hana ni The flowers of “immortality”

血を飲ませよう chi wo nomaseme will feast on my blood.

Ah...惹かれる闇へのキス ah… hikareru yami e no kisu Ah… A kiss for the temptation of darkness.

  風が運んだ　花の薫りは kaze ga hakonda hana no kaori wa The fragrance of the flowers the wind carried…

罪を何処に連れて行く？ tsumi wo doko ni tsureteiku? Where will it carry all these sins?

咲いては熟れて saite wa urete When it blooms fully,

散る時には chiru toki ni wa and it scatters…

安らぎか？地獄か？ yasuragi ka? jigoku ka? Will it bring tranquility? Will it lead to hell?

何を教えるのか･･･ nani wo oshieru no ka… I wonder what it will show us…

  愛ゆえ廻る ai yue mawaru It spins around like love does.

滴(したた)るように　傾(かし)げ泣いてる shitataru you ni kashige naiteru Dripping down and tilting as it does,

リコリスの紅き花が rikorisu no akaki hana ga are the red lycoris flowers.

「永久(とわ)」を終わらせ [towa] no owarase Once this “immortality” ends,

解いて屠(ほふ)る hodoite hofuru I’ll slaughter myself.

Ah...麗しい魅惑の夢 ah… uruwashi miwaku no yume Ah… what a beautiful and enchanting dream.

  抉られる程　深すぎた愛 egurareru hodo fuka sugita ai A love that’s too deep to be brought to light

禁断の選択へと kindan no sentaku e to makes me choose the forbidden route.

全ての駒が subete no koma ga All the pieces have

Ah...揃いて ah… soroite ah… gathered.

楽園か？漆黒か？ rakuen ka? shikkoku ka? Will it be paradise? Will it be dyed jet black?

  森は見つめている mori wa mitsumeteiru The forest will be watching.

**Please don’t re-upload the lyrics anywhere without permission ^^ **

[crystalcanon]

nanowrimo meme, day 2

one day late for april 2020.

DAY 2 - What’s the title of your story? Why did you choose the name you did?

nothing i’m working on rn actually has a title yet haha, so here’s the answer for stories i worked on in past nano’s:

- bnha fanfic Poisoned Paradise is 100% a reference to toxic by britney spears, lolll. i was browsing around for things related to poison because of saki’s quirk and that song sorta stuck. it worked out better than imagined though because it also foreshadows how saki finds ua less ideal than it seems… but no spoilers :p

- pokemon alpha sapphire nuzlocke Holding out for Friday is meant to evoke that feeling of trudging through the work week, ready for the weekend. ayaka didn’t feel that way about school, but she certainly feels that way about her pokemon journey.

and whilst we’re at it, here’s the reasoning behind my rp blog urls:

- to repeat the explanation of @/bootlcg, my dangan ronpa beta!chiaki rp blog, from here: bootleg(ged) games are knockoffs of the original which don’t always function the same way, which is how chika feels about herself in comparison to chiaki. also, it’s short and snappy *shrug*.

- bnha rp blog @/dokuseiseki is a combination of the japanese words “doku” (poison), “dokusei” (toxic) and “seiseki” (become/grow/reach; achievement/results), alluding to how saki is a poisonous hero-in-training. i did just google those translations though, so take them with a pinch salt.

- and finally, mystic messenger rp blog @/leadmedal is a pun on “lead” as in the main character or route, and “lead” as in the metal, which is sometimes used in fourth-place medals - fitting, given that hyejin is mc4.

i try to put a lot of thought into my titles, so hopefully these give you extra some food for thought!

[technicolorfoxx]

After months of gathering everything I needed, she's finally finished. Meet Usagi. A Doku Paradise Cyclops head on a DollZone MSD body.(don't mind the Ruca butt in the background, lol) Face up by: AngelToast

[punchyfan21]

March 23RD, Happy Birthday Hambone!

Hambone is a member of the pirate crew of Captain Hamstern. He is the second tallest member after Hamstern himself. 

Hambone is defined as a bit of a slob and is the bass guitar player in the Captain’s band. He also appears to be getting on in years and is possibly the second oldest of the crew after Hambeard.  

Just like the other members of the crew (aside the Captain) his birthday falls on the 23rd creating a pattern between them as in addition to all their birthdays being on the same date they’re all one month apart. In Hambone’s case his birthday is third in line. 

His Japanese name is Doku Hamu which might translate to Doc Hamster? This might suggest that he’s the ship’s doctor. Again, I’m not sure as I’m not good at Japanese so if anyone knows what his name translates to let me know. (Aside from doc the other translations I got for it were poison/malice/ill will which I’m pretty sure don’t make sense for his character.) 

He made his debut alongside his crew in the third movie, “Miracle in Aurora Valley”. After that he appeared in the Ham-Ham Games OVA and the accompanying video game for Game Boy Advance. In the latter he’s a member of Team Sea Hams, which is the medium difficulty of the game. 

Relationships

While he doesn’t have any love interests he is very good friends with Hambeard, possibly due to them being the older members of the group, and often is the one who wakes him up when the Captain wants to get them together for morning training. I also assume he has a good relationship with the others since he spends most to all of his time with them. 

I want to wish our lanky hamster a happy birthday! 

*I probably won’t make anymore birthday posts and only did Hambone’s to help Ham Ham Paradise out since they didn’t have time to make an updated one. 

[astral-multiverse]

Celes sends a telepathic message to Brandon and opens a portal for him to come into the Cosmic Paradise

"Surprised you weren't napping again" Bella teased with a giggle

"Very funny, now what's the problem?" Brandon asked as he adjusted his cap

"We made a sword that can finish off that demon Takioshi has been dealing with for years, but apparently he can't weild it due to a curse the demon placed on him" Celes answered

"Ah I see, so you want me to take the sword and help you fight Doku. Well, I'd have to be heartless to turn that down" Brandon said before accepting the sword

"Whoa, I can feel the sword's power flowing through me" He commented

"Well it was enhanced with my powers" Celes told him

The Loss and Return of a Great Warrior (Closed RP)

@astral-multiverse

It had been 5 months since Takioshi's and Bella's wedding. He had been enjoying the time spent with her, a time he never thought was possible for a warrior like him.

However, one day, he couldn't shake a terrible feeling as he laid in the grass on a cloudy day, staring up at the sky with a rather somber look on his face

[constellationtranslations]

Hades:The end translation

Artist: 妖精帝國 (Yousei Teikoku; Fairy Empire) 

Song: Hades:The end 

Album: Hades:The other world 

Year: 2014

燻りし薫り立つ金の香爐に

葬るは純潔の亡骸よ

Ibushi kaori tatsu kin no kooro ni

Hafuru wa junketsu nakigara wo

A smoldering scent rises from the golden incense burner

It’s the burial of his untainted corpse

願わくは安寧を

心空にして生を喰われる

Negawaku wa annei wo

Shin kuu ni shite sei wo kuwareru

Hopefully he is at peace

His empty heart has been eaten alive

汚穢飲み干して

滾る痛みよ

己が堰き止めて

限れよ

Kegare nomihoshite

Tagiru itami yo

Onore seki tomete

Nemure yo

He has drunk impurity

to stop the boiling pain

in himself

and sleep

罪業地の圏谷“Hades”

滅びよその命

Zaigou chi no tani“Hades”

Horobiyo sono inochi

From the valley of the sinful land: “Hades”

He has perished

焔の如き静寂に

歪んだ狂気が満ちる

白き祈りで焼き盡す

不浄な霊魂の滲みよ

Honoo no gotoki seijaku ni

Hizunda kyouki ga michiru

Shiroki inori de yaki tsukusu

Fujouna kokoro no shimi yo

Just like the silent flames

filled with distorted madness

are the white prayers burning inexhaustible

and is my impure heart bleeding

選ばれし愛し子の

生命は散る

Erabareshi itoshigo no

Inochi wa chiru

The life of the chosen beloved child

scatters

何處に在ろうとも限りなく生く

最後に広がる楽園よ

Izuko ni aroutomo kagiri naku iku

Iyahate ni hirogaru rakuen yo

I want to live in this place without limits, wherever it may be

At the end, the paradise unfolds

虚偽の栄華でも

心空にして生を喰われる

Itsuwari no eiga demo

Shin kuu ni shite sei wo kuwareru

Even if it’s false glory

My empty heart has been eaten alive

汚穢駆け巡り

爛る���体は

触れし者さえも

死に至る

Kegare kake meguri

Tadaru karada wa

Fureshi mono sae mo

Shi ni itaru

The impurities circulate quickly

through my sore body

Even if this person is touching me

I am reaching for death

永劫地の果て“Hades”

抗え終焉るまで

Eigo chi no hate“Hades”

Are kare ou aju made

From the end of the eternal land:“Hades”

Resisting until the end

 懐きし胸の王笏に

宿るは聖なる孤高

抉りし心臓捧ぐのか

気高き供物の毒血よ

Idakishi mune no ou shaku ni

Yadoru wa seinaru kokou

Egurishi kokoro sasagu no ka?

Kedakaki kumotsu no doku yo

Holding the kings scepter against my chest

The sacred loneliness is the place where I belong

Is my gouged out heart used as a sacrifice?

The sublime offer is my impure blood

祝福の盃で

我が身よ咲け

Shukufuku no sakazuki de

Waga mi yo sake

In the blessed sake cup

my body is blooming

罪苦 生意

苛酷 罪科

亀鏡 血染

罪苦 死屍

Zaiku seii

Kakoku zaika

Kikyou chizome

Zaiku shishi

Suffering from its sins, the resolve to live

and the harsh feelings of guild

The blood-stained mirror reflects

the lion suffering from its sins

懐きし胸の王笏に

宿るは聖なる孤高

Idakishi mune no ou shaku ni

Yadoru wa seinaru kokou

Holding the kings scepter against my chest

The sacred loneliness is the place where I belong

 焔の如き静寂に

歪んだ狂気が満ちる

白き祈りで焼き盡す

不浄な霊魂の滲みよ

Honoo no gotoki seijaki no

Hizunda kyouki ga michiru

Shiroki inori de yakitsukusu

Fujouna kokoro no shimi yo

Just like the silent flames

filled with distorted madness

are the white prayers burning inexhaustible

and is my impure heart bleeding

選ばれし愛し子の

生命は散る

Erabareshi itoshigo no

Inochi wa chiru

The life of the chosen beloved child

scatters

この世の果てを臨みし我は

懼れし獣従え

蔓延る悪を愁いて

尊貴命

供犠に捧げて鎮めん

Kono yo no hate wo nozomoshi ga wa

Usureshi komono shitagae

Habikoru aku wo ureite

Toutoki inochi

Kugi ni sasagete shizumen

When I faced the end of this world

I was afraid to be accompanied by a beast

And that, infested by this evil,

my noble life

wouldn’t be an appeasing sacrifice

Translators’ Note:

This was actually my first song translation ever! I think it was a pretty easy song to start with. Right now, I see some mistakes here and there but I don’t really feel like correcting them. Like... this way it is visible for me what mistakes I made. 

Expect a LOT of Yousei Teikoku Translations, at least for now. In the future I will translate a lot more, even from different artists. But I got translations of the whole SHADOW CORPS[e] album in my ‘translations’ folder, so look out for them!

(You should watch the Hades:The end PV too!)

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