Characters: Rosho Tsutsujimori, Original Character (mentioned)
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Handling a class is not an easy task, especially when things are going on at the moment. Each time class is in session the whispering did not stop and there was at least one pair discussing the matters. Eventually one had to speak up and that was exactly what Rosho had decided to do, though there would be not necessary as class had been suddenly interrupted without any type of warning, the moment one of the students had decided to lift themself of their chair and ask: “Teach, ya gonna go face O!?”
It had come out of literal nowhere and had caught him right off guard. He was at a loss, not being exactly sure what that meant. O? What O!?
“Yes yes! If someone can show O his place, it’s gotta be Sensei and the crew he’s in!”
“Yeah! That guy’s gonna get it before he sees it comin’! O’s gonna be smashed into pieces!”
“But he already defeated half the crews in the area…”
“No way!? By himself?”
“Yeah, all by himself. No one’s got the guts to face him at that point.”
“Guh… Teach, you gotta show him then! Any plans!?”
“What if he–”
“P… Ple… Please q… quiet down!” Rocho interrupted the conversation fairly quickly, loud yet slightly stuttered all the same. He felt the pressure building up at that moment yet couldn’t let it get to him. The thought of it, facing a champion like this in front of a crowd, being expected to rap them into the gro— Wait that was not the point right now! What are those kids even talking about all of a sudden!? The last class was talking about it non stop as well! “B… Besides… Who is this… O?”
“Oh, you haven’t heard Teach?” One of the students asked, a little bit shocked for a shot moment. “I thought you’d know for sure! He’s almost everywhere after all!”
“A… Almost everywhere!?” What is that supposed to mean!?
“Yeah. A man in a long, black coat, always lurking on the streets with his green eyes and walking around. Then again, he disappears before anyone knows. Wonder where he always goes.”
A guy who wanders the streets yet disappears before knowing it? That may as well be straight out of a movie, wasn’t it? Or one of those absurd urban legends one could easily poke fun at. Oh he knows someone who could do so without issue to be honest… Actually, if the students know… Does Sasara know? He couldn’t ask now, obviously. Not to mention the description sounded a little suspicious, to say the least. That guy being bad news was not very unlikely to be honest… No, if it was true what they say he definitely is bad news… This O guy…
“R… Re… Really… Now?” Rosho brought up, a little weakly as he had still been in disbelief about this. Best would be to avoid this guy. But then again– Actually, as long as he had no business with him or Dotsuitare Hompo as a whole. It would just be annoying to deal with to be honest. That was the only thing on his mind. Well, he had not been approached so it should be fine… Should.
“Yeah, for real! Bet it’d be nothing for you though!”
Nothing? These kids… Someone like this shouldn’t be taken lightly. But alas, as much fun as it was to see them this invested in the local problems, there was something else…
“S… Save that con… versation for l… la… ter. We still have… A lot to cover.”
It was met with slight groan but agreement shortly after, There was not much else to say or perhaps talk about, let alone point out… But the thought of O was hard to leave the mind once it had entered right then and there.
O sounds like a big deal, even Rosho would agree with that. But getting involved in this… Too little time. It sounded more trouble than it was worth. Besides, even when walking home Rosho could not see or notice anything off… Maybe his students had been exaggerating today. Maybe this ‘O’ guy was not that big of a deal, at least not as much as one would think. Yeah, it could have been just that. And yet, he had some gut feeling that this would not leave him alone for the time being, even if only today. At the time he didn't know that it would have come up just at the right time… Because he was not the only one who had heard of this mysterious guy. But of course it would not just stay at learning about him… Not even close. But what else was new?
notes: I did this a while ago wondering "if the boys had instagram, what would their bios be like?" and decided to post it?? what else to say, I hope you'll like it :)
Hi, Slug! No need to respond if you're busy, but if you were to have members of different divisions sing another's character song (just for fun), which would you want to see? I thought about this bc I was listening to FACES and was thinking, "Imagine if Jakurai sang this... imagine Jakurai saying 'gotta drip', 'keep ballin', and 'I RUN THIS SHIT BRUH!'" On one hand, that would be hilarious, but I do think there are songs that would sound good being sung by different people just for fun's sake.
(Cont) For example, I think Gentaro's voice would be HEAVENLY singing Tigrida and it would suit him so well! 💖 I think Rosho would sound pretty good singing Party wo Tomenaide for some reason even tho the song itself doesn't suit his personality at all lmao. Hifumi would sound really cute singing "Drops" imo, and maybe Samatoki could sing Labyrinth Wall, etc. That's in terms of how I'd think it'd sound btw, not necessarily fitting in terms of personality. 😅
God, what a great question. You have such creative thoughts on this! So I tried giving it a go, simply using the first set of solo songs, as there are far too many songs overall to switch everyone around, yet my answers were perhaps a bit... less serious than yours.
I’m Ichirou: For maximum comedy potential, the entire cast except for Ichirou should cover this one.
This Means War: I want Samatoki to cover this one so he can sit in the recording booth, absolutely seething, as he’s forced to wax poetic about the power of the Buster Bros.
New Star: This song is best left uncovered and forgotten about.
G Anthem of Y City: Since this song is named GAY City, I think Matenrou of Shinjuku, aka the ward home to the center of Tokyo LGBT culture, is the most qualified team to cover this.
Bayside Smoking Blues: Dotsuitare Hompo is covering this one because they, too, are in the building.
What’s My Name?: At risk of running a repeat of Ichirou‘s, I think that this song is best left in the hands of a really enthusiastic hype squad to handle the “RI-OU” portions. Dice is hypeman enough for the job.
Drops: Doppo’s covering this so he can get up on stage, say the opening line, “Yo, yo, yo, minna genki?” and immediately follow it with, “Because I’m not!” and a crying fit.
Scenario Liar: Gentarou told the producers he found someone to cover this song but lied so this, too, goes uncovered.
3$EVEN: Hifumi covers this one and when it gets to the “Party, Party, Party” line segues immediately into “Don’t Stop the Party”, resulting in the most ambitious crossover yet in Hypmic history.
Labryinth Wall: Saburou and all his opera singers from Requiem are about to blow this bad boy out of the water.
Champagne Gold: Ramuda’s got this one in the bag because he’s the only cast member who can convincingly play both Hifumi and the background singer girl at the same time.
Tigridia: I would like Yotsutsuji to cover this one so he can nail the classic line, “I just want to sleep.”
the dh song that came with the first volume, naniwa paradi-shu, was as much of a banger as it was just a fun song to listen to!!!! rosho was absolutely smashed and like, just stopped singing halfway through it until the end to ramble drunkenly lmao and it was puns galore even rei was being punny 🤣
and the drama track was fun too!! after rosho comes home to find sarara and rei have broken into his home and are drinking his alcohol again are paying him a visit, sasara and rosho tell the tale of how they got the name dotsuitare hompo!! it involves a haunted building, scaredy-cat rosho, sasara punning away the fear, a mysterious female voice and an old man ‘ghost’ who they thought was going to knock ‘em out (get it?? cause dotsuitare hompo means knock ‘em out hq?? get it?? lol)
✦The minus 4° cold temperature is a mock for cold jokes
✦Red spider lily (higanbana) - In hanakotoba it means a final goodbye/death/reincarnation
✦Naniwa is a former name of Osaka
✦Sasara and Rei's parts involve some wordplay regarding their names. including 真っさらに塗るで (Massara ni Nurude), and いつでも雨宿れ (Itsudemo AmayadoRe)
✦袋のネズミちゃんがまだ - fukuro no nezumi-chan ga mada (this is also a wordplay on Ikebukuro. Fukuro/bukuro no nezumi-chan. and they purposely left the lyrics for "ga mada" where it sounds like "Yamada". Making it sound like "the little mice from Bukuro"
✦Rosho's lyrics contains puns like the other two's but in english translation I try to maintain the original meaning as possible. Like "chalk, slipper" is supposed to form "choke sleeper, i.e. chokehold" but it doesn't really make sense in english.
✦The whip of love, double slap in face and chokehold are probably reference to fighting games like Street Fighter