#kazu-shiki

[indigosabyss]

it's "uno apologizer" anon again :"""D sorry for turning your question box into "anon debate box" but it's kinda fun

biggest questions for jyugo are: is there really place or person he could call "home" and would he able to keep his identity at all since elf consuming him

we learned that both sides: shiki under mashiro and kazu under hiiro - quite radical in their goals and methods

both don't bat an eye on casualties as long as there potential gain for them

mashiro most likely would use jyugo to create new world for togabito

hiiro practically tortured jyugo in order to keep close eye on him and to suppress elf

there's no "good" side, at least not yet, there no place where jyugo would be safe and with current information I don't see any good outcome for him

it's paradox of his existence

Pls pls keep sending me nanbaka asks its like enrichment for me.

I'd say the easy answer for the story to take would be that he escapes into the real world, out of the hands of these two warring factions.

But. The Outside in Nanbaka is constantly vilified as bad. Not in an organized sort of way. Just bad.

Noriko, Kujaku, Zakuro, Liang, Tsukumo, Kojiro, Sophia Valentine. These are but a scant number of people who were hurt by 'the normals'. (Zakuro is a little debatable bc we don't know how much of a role Kaazu played in the people hating him)

Obvs they did these things bc we need conflict that didn't come from either Shiki or Kaazu. But there's a precedent now for the main public to be just as shitty, if not more so.

I think following the patterns of the story, and what themes it highlights, Jyugo will eventually have to pick this third option.

He has to take the bad with the good, and accept it for what it is, because at least it's not an entire organization trying to control his very consciousness.

Because at least he got to make that choice on his own, that way.

[moonlight404-translates]

Hey, same person who told you which A3! VAs can rap, again. Just wanted to say Happy Birthday to A3!’s Kazu on 8/01, to ParaLive’s Shiki & SK♾️’s Reki on 8/08, to ParaLive’s Inukai on 8/12, to BLACKSTAR’s Hinata on 8/13, to TWST’s Ortho on 8/14, to VA Jin Ogasawara (VA for 18trip’s Renga & Fragaria Memories’s Chaco) on 8/16, to VA Tasuku Hatanaka on 8/17, to ParaLive’s Shogo on 8/20, BLACKSTAR’s Lico on 8/21, to TWST’s Riddle on 8/24, to ParaLive’s Yohei & BLACKSTAR’s Hari on 8/28, & to A3!’s Muku & B-Project’s Aizome on 8/30!

August BDs!! Kazu's BD gave me his new BD card after a bad luck strike. Hey, Shiki and Reki share BD, that's so nice. Today (12th) is Inukai's day! And then we have two more in a row!

I hope not to forget them, especially Ortho's and Shogo's BD. They are part of my favorite blue boys (´｡• ᵕ •｡`)

About the other ask, I did get it. I'm carefully writing the answer to it!

[demonslayerscript]

Episode 3 : Sabito and Makomo / 第三話『錆兎と真菰(Sabito to Makomo)』

＊Green colored words are only in anime, not in original manga, and we usually call them "ani-ori(anime-original)".

鱗滝左近次「行くぞ」

Urokodaki Sakonji “Yukuzo.”

Sakonji Urokodaki “Let’s go.”

鱗滝「鬼殺隊。その数およそ数百名。政府から正式に認められていない組織。だが、古より存在していて、今日も鬼を狩る。しかし、鬼殺隊を誰が率いているのかは謎に包まれていた」

Urokodaki “Kisatsu-tai. Sono kazu oyoso suhyaku-mei. Seifu-kara sei-shiki-ni mitome-rarete-inai soshiki. Daga, inishie-yori sonzai shite-ite, kon’nichimo onio karu. Shikashi, Kisatsu-tai’o darega hikiite-irunokawa nazoni tsutsumarete-ita.”

Urokodaki “The Demon Slayer Corps has around several hundred members. It’s an organization unrecognized by the government. Yet, it has existed since ancient times, and we continue to hunt demons today. But as for who’s leading the Demon Slayer Corps, that remains a mystery.”

鱗滝「鬼。主食・人間。人間を殺して喰べる。いつどこから現れたのかは不明。身体能力が高く、傷などもたちどころに治る。斬り落とされた肉も繋がり、手足を新たに生やすことも可能。体の形を変えたり、異能を持つ鬼もいる。太陽の光か、特別な刀で頸を斬り落とさない限り殺せない」

Urokodaki “Oni. Shushoku, ningen. Ningen’o koroshite taberu. Itsu doko-kara arawareta-nokawa fumei. Shintai-noryokuga takaku, kizu-nadomo tachi-dokoroni naoru. Kiri-otosareta nikumo tsunagari, teashio aratani hayasu kotomo kano. Karadano katachio kaetari, ino’o motsu onimo iru. Taiyono hikarika, tokubetsuna katanade kubio kiri-otosanai-kagiri korose-nai.”

Urokodaki “Demons. Staple food: humans! They kill humans and feed on them. No one knows when and where they first appeared. Their physical prowess is remarkable. Wounds heal in the blink of an eye. Fresh is restored after being hacked off, and libs can be newly regenerated. Some demons can shapeshift. Others have otherworldly powers. They can only be killed by sunlight or by decapitation with a special sword.”

鱗滝「鬼殺隊は生身の体で鬼に立ち向かう。人であるから傷の治りも遅く、失った手足が元に戻ることもない。それでも鬼に立ち向かう。人を守るために」

Urokodaki “Kisatsu-taiwa namamino karadade onini tachi-mukau. Hitode arukara kizuno naorimo osoku, ushinatta teashiga motoni modoru kotomo nai. Soredemo onini tachi-mukau. Hito’o mamoru tameni.”

Urokodaki “The Demon Slayers battle the demons with their own mortal bodies. Since they’re human, their wounds are slow to heal, and, once lost, their limbs don’t grow back! Even so, they battle the demons… to protect other humans.”

鱗滝「儂は『育手』だ。文字通り剣士を育てる。育手は山程いて、それぞれの場所、それぞれのやり方で剣士を育てている。鬼殺隊に入るためには、『藤襲山(ふじかさねやま)』で行われる『最終選別』で生き残らなければならない。最終選別を受けていいかどうかは儂が決める」

Urokodaki “Washiwa ‘sodate’ da. Moji-doori kenshio sodateru. Sodatewa yama-hodo ite, sore-zoreno basho, sore-zoreno yari-kata-de kenshio sodatete-iru. Kisatsu-taini hairu tame-niwa, ‘Fuji-kasane-yama’ de okonawa-reru ‘Saishu-Senbetsu’ de ikinokora-nakereba naranai. Saishu-Senbetsuo ukete iika dokawa washiga kimeru.”

Urokodaki “I am a trainer. I literally train swordsmen. There are many trainers, and each of them train their pupils with their own regimen in their location. To join the Demon Slayer Corps, you must survive the Final Selection process held on Mt.Fujikasane. Whether or not you’re eligible for the Final Selection is up to me.”

炭治郎（禰豆子に向けて、今日から日記をつけることにした。俺は今日も山を下るよ。最終選別で死なないために鍛え抜く）

Tanjiro (Nezukoni mukete, kyo-kara nikkio tsukeru kotoni shita. Orewa kyomo yamao kudaruyo. Saishu-Senbetsude shinanai-tameni kitae-nuku.)

Tanjiro (Starting today, I’m going to keep a journal for Nezuko. I’m descending the mountain again today. I’m going to train my hardest so I won’t die during the Final Selection.)

炭治郎（毎日毎日山下りを繰り返すと、随分罠を避けられるようになってきた。体力が向上したのと、鼻が前より鋭く匂いを捉えるようになったからだ。だけど…罠の難易度はどんどん上がる。俺を殺す気満々だ）

Tanjiro (Mai-nichi mai-nichi yama-kudario kurikaesuto, zuibun wanao yoke-rareru-yoni natte-kita. Tairyokuga kojo shitanoto, hanaga mae-yori surudoku nioio toraeru-yoni natta-karada. Dakedo… wanano nan’idowa don-don agaru. Oreo korosu-ki man-manda.)

Tanjiro (After repeatedly descending the mountain day after day, I’m starting to learn how to avoid most of the traps. It’s because I’m much stronger now, and because I’m even more adept at detecting scents than before. Even so… the traps are getting more and more difficult. He may really want to kill me!)

炭治郎（今日は、刀を持って山下り。これが本当に邪魔で、手ぶらじゃなくなると罠にかかりまくってしまう）

Tanjiro (Kyowa, katanao motte yama-kudari. Korega hontoni jamade, teburaja naku-naruto wanani kakari-makutte-shimau.)

Tanjiro (I made my descent today, sword in hand, but the sword really hampered my movement. With the sword, I can’t stop getting ensnared in all the traps!)

炭治郎（今日は刀の素振り。今日はと言うより、最近毎日素振り。山下りの後、腕がもげそうなほど素振り）

Tanjiro (Kyowa katanano suburi. Kyowato iu-yori, saikin mai-nichi suburi. Yama-kudarino ato, udega mogesona hodo suburi.)

Tanjiro (I swung the sword today. Well, it’s not just today. I’ve been swinging the sword every single day. After descending the mountain, I swing my sword until my arms nearly fall off.)

炭治郎「千！」

Tanjiro “Sen!”

Tanjiro “1,000!”

鱗滝「あと五百追加！」

Urokodaki “Ato gohyaku tsuika!”

Urokodaki “500 more!”

炭治郎「ああ…」

Tanjiro “Aa…”

Tanjiro “Gah!”

鱗滝「刀は折れやすい」

Urokodaki “Katanawa ore-yasui.”

Urokodaki “Swords break easily.”

炭治郎（…と最初に言われた。縦の力には強いけど、横の力には弱い。刀には、力を真っ直ぐに乗せること。刃の向きと、刀を振る時込める力の方向は、全く同じでなければならない。さらに、刀を破損、つまり刀を折ったりしたらだ。お前の骨も折るからなと、低めに脅される）

Tanjiro (…To saisho-ni iwareta. Tateno chikara-niwa tsuyoi-kedo, yokono chikara-niwa yowai. Katana-niwa, chikarao massuguni noseru-koto. Yaibano mukito, katanao furu-toki komeru chikarano hokowa, mattaku onajide nakereba naranai. Sarani, katanao hason, tsumari katanao ottari-shitarada. Omaeno honemo oru-karana-to hikumeni odosareru.)

Tanjiro (That’s what he told me beforehand. Though it’s strong vertically, it’s weak horizontally. You need to apply the force straight along the blade. The blade’s direction and the direction in which you apply the force must be exactly the same. And he added, ‘if you ever damage the blade, in other words, break it, I’ll snap your bones, as well,’ in a threatening voice.)

炭治郎「禰豆子…、兄ちゃんは頑張るぞ」

Tanjiro “Nezuko…, niichanwa ganbaruzo.”

Tanjiro “Nezuko… I’ll keep working hard, okay?”

炭治郎「えっ？うっ！」

Tanjiro “E? U!”

Tanjiro “Huh? Urk!”

炭治郎（今日は、転がし祭り。どんな体勢になっても受け身を取って、素早く起き上がる訓練。俺は刀を持ち、鱗滝さんを斬るつもりで向かっていく。対して、鱗滝さんは素手、丸腰）

Tanjiro (Kyowa, korogashi-matsuri. Donna taiseini nattemo ukemio totte, subayaku oki-agaru kunren. Orewa katanao mochi, Urokodaki-san’o kiru-tsumoride mukatte-iku. Taishite, Urokodaki-sanwa sude, maru-goshi.)

Tanjiro (Today, I did nothing but fall. Training to break my fall and get up quickly from any position. I wield my sword, and I charge Mr.Urokodaki, really trying to kill him. In contrast, Mr.Urokodaki is bare-handed and unarmed.)

炭治郎「ええっ？ええ～」

Tanjiro “Ee? Eeee”

Tanjiro “Huh? What?!”

炭治郎（でも、馬鹿みたいに強い。俺はいつもすぐぶん投げられて、地面に転がる）

Tanjiro (Demo, baka-mitaini tsuyoi. Orewa itsumo sugu bun-nage-rarete, jimenni korogaru.)

Tanjiro (But he’s ridiculously powerful! He flings me away to roll on the ground every time.)

炭治郎「ただいま、禰豆子」

Tanjiro “Tadaima, Nezuko.”

Tanjiro “I’m home, Nezuko.”

炭治郎（今日は、呼吸法と、型のようなものを習う）

Tanjiro (Kyowa, kokyu-hoto, katano-yona mono’o narau.)

Tanjiro (Today, I learned breathing techniques and some forms.)

炭治郎「全集中の呼吸？」

Tanjiro “Zen-shuchuno kokyu?”

Tanjiro “Total Concentration Breathing?”

鱗滝「そうだ。そして、拾ある水の型全てをお前に教える。体の隅々の細胞まで酸素が行き渡るよう、長い呼吸を意識しろ。体の自然治癒力を高め、精神の安定化と活性化をもたらす」

Urokodaki “Soda. Soshite, ju aru mizuno kata subeteo omaeni oshieru. Karadano sumi-zumino saibo-made sansoga iki-wataru-yo, nagai kokyuo ishiki shiro. Karadano shizen-chiyu-ryokuo takame, seishinno anteikato kasseikao motarasu.”

Urokodaki “That’s right. And I’m going to teach you all ten of the Water Breathing forms. Remember to take a long breath so the oxygen flows into every cell in your body. This will enhance your body’s natural healing power, and both stabilize and energize your spirit.”

鱗滝「上半身はゆったりと。下半身はどっしり構える。よし、呼吸！」

Urokodaki “Jo-hanshinwa yuttarito. Ka-hanshinwa dosshiri kamaeru. Yoshi, kokyu!”

Urokodaki “Relax your upper body while bracing your lower half. All right, breathe!”

炭治郎「ぐはあっ！」

Tanjiro “Guhaa!”

Tanjiro “Gah!”

鱗滝「違う！」

Urokodaki “Chigau!”

Urokodaki “Wrong!”

炭治郎「うええ…」

Tanjiro “Uee…”

Tanjiro “Agh…!”

鱗滝「次、型！」

Urokodaki “Tsugi, kata!”

Urokodaki “Next! Forms!”

炭治郎「はい。こうですか？」

Tanjiro “Hai. Ko-desuka?”

Tanjiro “Right! Like this?”

鱗滝「違う！」

Urokodaki “Chigau!”

Urokodaki “Wrong!”

炭治郎「こうですか？」

Tanjiro “Ko-desuka?”

Tanjiro “Like this?”

鱗滝「違う！」

Urokodaki “Chigau!”

Urokodaki “Wrong!”

炭治郎「こう？」

Tanjiro “Ko?”

Tanjiro “This?”

鱗滝「違う」

Urokodaki “Chigau.”

Urokodaki “Wrong.”

炭治郎「こう？」

Tanjiro “Ko?”

Tanjiro “This?”

鱗滝「違う！」

Urokodaki “Chigau!”

Urokodaki “Wrong!”

炭治郎（腹に力が入ってないって怒られて、お腹バンバン叩かれる）

Tanjiro (Harani chikaraga haitte-naitte okorarete, onaka ban-ban tatakareru.)

Tanjiro (I get yelled at for not bracing my stomach and an clobbered to a pulp.)

炭治郎（続いて、水と一つになれと言われる）

Tanjiro (Tsuzuite, mizuto hitotsuni nareto iwareru.)

Tanjiro (Next, he told me to become one with the water.)

鱗滝「早く行け」

Urokodaki “Hayaku ike.”

Urokodaki “Get in there!”

炭治郎「あっ！ああ～ね～ず～こ～」

Tanjiro “A! Aaaa, Neeezuuukooo…”

Tanjiro “Ah! Ahhh! Nezuko!!”

炭治郎「うおお～禰豆子～！俺は水だ～！ぐおお…」

Tanjiro “Uoooo, Nezukooo! Orewa mizudaaa! Guoo…”

Tanjiro “Ahhh! Nezuko! I am water!”

炭治郎（それから、禰豆子が目覚めなくなって半年経つ。鱗滝さんが、すぐ医者を呼んで診せてくれたけど、異常はなくて。でも…眠り続けるのはおかしい。怖かった。朝起きたら、コトンと死んでしまっているんじゃないか…そう考えない日はない）

Tanjiro (Sorekara, Nezukoga mezamenaku-natte han-toshi tatsu. Urokodaki-sanga sugu ishao yonde misete-kureta-kedo, ijowa nakute. Demo… nemuri-tsuzukeru-nowa okashii. Kowa-katta. Asa okitara, koton-to shinde-shimatte-irunja naika… So kangaenai hiwa nai.)

Tanjiro (And now it’s been six months since Nezuko was last awake. Mr.Urokodaki summoned the doctor right away and had him examine her, but he found nothing wrong. But it’s not normal for her to stay asleep like this. I was scared. I worry that one morning, I’ll wake up to find her dead. Not a day goes by that I don’t worry.)

炭治郎（山下りはもっと険しく、空気の薄い場所での訓練になる。死ぬかもしれないと何度も思う）

Tanjiro (Yama-kudariwa motto kewashiku, kukino usui basho-deno kunrenni naru. Shinu-kamo shirenaito nandomo omou.)

Tanjiro (My descents are getting more dangerous, and the air’s even thinner where I train. Time and time again, I think I might die.)

ーーーーー

鱗滝「もう教えることはない」

Urokodaki “Mo oshieru kotowa nai.”

Urokodaki “I have nothing to teach you.”

炭治郎（狭霧山に来て���年後、突然言われた）

Tanjiro (Sagiri-yamani kite ichi-nengo, totsuzen iwareta.)

Tanjiro (A year after I arrived at Mt.Sagiri, he told me all of a sudden.)

炭治郎「え？」

Tanjiro “E?”

Tanjiro “Huh?”

鱗滝「あとはお前次第だ。お前が儂の教えたことを昇華できるかどうか。ついてこい」

Urokodaki “Atowa omae-shidaida. Omaega washino oshieta-koto’o shoka dekiruka doka. Tsuite-koi.”

Urokodaki “The rest is up to you. Whether or not you can improve to the next level. Come with me!”

炭治郎「あっ」

Tanjiro “A”

Tanjiro “Ah…”

鱗滝「この岩を斬れたら、最終選別に行くのを許可する」

Urokodaki “Kono iwao kiretara, Saishu-Senbetsuni ikuno’o kyoka suru.”

Urokodaki “If you can slice this boulder, I will allow you to enter the Final Selection.”

炭治郎（岩って…斬るものだっけ？刀で斬れるものだっけ？斬れる気がしない。刀が折れる…）

Tanjiro (Iwatte…kiru-mono dakke? Katanade kireru-mono dakke? Kireru kiga shinai. Katanaga oreru…)

Tanjiro (Is a boulder… something you slice? Something you can slice with a sword? I don’t think I can do it. My sword will snap!)

炭治郎「あっ…鱗滝さん、待ってください！鱗滝さん！」

Tanjiro “A… Urokodaki-san, matte kudasai! Urokodaki-san!”

Tanjiro “Ah…! Mr.Urokodaki, please wait! Mr.Urokodaki!”

炭治郎（鱗滝さんは、それから何も教えてくれなくなった）

Tanjiro (Urokodaki-sanwa, sorekara nanimo oshiete kurenaku natta.)

Tanjiro (After that, Mr.Urokodaki never taught me anything again.)

ーーーーー

炭治郎（俺は、鱗滝さんに習ったことを毎日繰り返した。息止めや柔軟など基礎的なことも、日記に書いておいてよかったと思った）

Tanjiro (Orewa, Urokodaki-sanni naratta koto’o mai-nichi kuri-kaeshita. Iki-domeya junan-nado kiso-tekina kotomo, nikkini kaite-oite yokattato omotta.)

Tanjiro (Every day, I practiced over and over what I’d learned from Mr.Urokodaki. The basics like holding the breath and flexibility… I was glad I had written those down in my journal.)

炭治郎（ただ、半年経っても岩は斬れなかった。俺は焦る。足りない…まだ鍛錬が足りないんだ。もっとやらないと。もっと！）

Tanjiro (Tada, han-toshi tattemo iwawa kire-nakatta. Orewa aseru. Tarinai… Mada tanrenga tarinainda. Motto yaranaito. Motto!)

Tanjiro (But… even after six months had passed, I still couldn’t slice the boulder. I felt frustrated. Not enough! I’m not training hard enough! I gotta do more! More!)

炭治郎（俺…駄目なのかな？禰豆子はあのまま死ぬのか？ああっ、くじけそう！負けそう！）

Tanjiro (Ore… Dame nano-kana? Nezukowa ano-mama shinu-noka? Aa, kujikeso! Makeso!)

Tanjiro (Am I… hopeless? Is Nezuko going to die without ever waking up? Ahh! I’ll almost give in! I’m breaking down!)

炭治郎「頑張れ俺!!頑張れ!!!」

Tanjiro “Ganbare ore!! Ganbare!!!”

Tanjiro “Keep working, Tanjiro! You can do it!”

錆兎「うるさい！」

Sabito “Urusai!”

Sabito “Shut up!”

炭治郎「ハッ！」

Tanjiro “Ha!”

Tanjiro “Ah…!”

錆兎「男が喚くな、見苦しい」

Sabito “Otokoga wamekuna, migurushii.”

Sabito “A man shouldn’t whine. It’s unseemly.”

炭治郎（いつの間に!!匂いがしない。狐の面…）

Tanjiro (Itsuno mani!! Nioiga shinai. Kitsuneno men…)

Tanjiro (When did he show up? There’s no scent. A fox mask?)

錆兎「どんな苦しみにも黙って耐えろ。お前が男なら…男に生まれたなら」

Sabito “Donna kurushimi-nimo damatte taero. Omaega otoko-nara… Otokoni umareta-nara.”

Sabito “No matter how you suffer, bear it in silence… if you’re a man. If you call yourself a man.”

錆兎「鈍い。弱い。未熟…。そんなものは男ではない」

Sabito “Nibui. Yowai. Mijuku… Sonna monowa otoko-dewa nai.”

Sabito “Slow. Weak. Immature. That’s not what you call a man.”

炭治郎「急に何するんだ！」

Tanjiro “Kyuni nani surunda!”

Tanjiro “What are you doing?”

錆兎「お前の方こそ何をしている」

Sabito “Omaeno ho-koso nanio shiteiru.”

Sabito “I’d like to know what you think you’re doing.”

炭治郎「何って、鍛錬を…」

Tanjiro “Nanitte, tanren’o…”

Tanjiro “What do you mean? I’m training.”

錆兎「いつまで地面に尻をついているのか。構えもせずに」

Sabito “Itsu-made jimenni shirio tsuite-irunoka. Kamaemo sezuni.”

Sabito “How long do you plan to keep your butt on the ground without taking a stance?”

炭治郎「あっ…くっ」

Tanjiro “A…Ku.”

Tanjiro “Ah…! Ngh!”

錆兎「さあ、かかってこい」

Sabito “Saa, kakatte koi.”

Sabito “Come on. Come at me.”

炭治郎「でも、君は木刀で、俺は真剣だ」

Tanjiro “Demo, kimiwa bokutode, orewa shinkenda.”

Tanjiro “But you have a wooden sword, and I have a real sword!”

錆兎「フフフ…ハハハ…ハハハハ…アハハハ」

Sabito “Fufufu… Hahaha… Hahahaha… Ahahaha”

Sabito “Hahaha… Hahaha!”

炭治郎「あ？」

Tanjiro “A?”

Tanjiro “Huh?”

錆兎「それはそれは…心配していただいてありがたいことだ。お前は俺に怪我をさせると思っているわけだ」

Sabito “Sorewa sorewa… Shinpai shite itadaite arigatai kotoda. Omaewa oreni kegao saseruto omotte-iru wakeda.”

Sabito “Well, well! Thank you for worrying about me. So you think you’re actually going to injure me!”

錆兎「心の底から安心しろ！俺はお前より強い！岩を斬ってるからな!!」

Sabito “Kokorono soko-kara anshin shiro! Orewa omae-yori tsuyoi! Iwao kitteru-karana!!”

Sabito “Well, you have absolutely nothing to worry about! I’m more powerful than you because I’ve sliced that boulder!”

炭治郎（岩を斬った?!）

Tanjiro (Iwao kitta?!)

Tanjiro (He sliced that boulder?)

錆兎「お前は何も身につけてない。何も自分のものにしていない！特に、鱗滝さんに習った呼吸術。全集中の呼吸」

Sabito “Omaewa nanimo mini tsukete-inai. Nanimo jibunno mononi shite-inai! Tokuni, Urokodaki-sanni naratta kokyu-jutsu. Zen-shuchuno kokyu.”

Sabito “You’ve learned nothing. You haven’t mastered a single thing! Particularly, the breathing technique Mr.Urokodaki taught you… Total Concentration Breathing.”

炭治郎（鱗滝さんを知ってる？呼吸も…）

Tanjiro (Urokodaki-san’o shitteru? Kokyumo…)

Tanjiro (He knows Mr.Urokodaki? And the breathing technique, too?)

錆兎「お前は知識としてそれを覚えただけだ。お前の体は何も分かってない。一年半もの間、何をやっていた?!」

Sabito “Omaewa chishikito-shite soreo oboeta-dakeda. Omaeno karadawa nanimo wakatte-nai. Ichinen-han-mono aida, nanio yatte-ita?!”

Sabito “All you did was memorize it as fact. Your body has no clue what it needs to do. What the hell were you doing for a whole year and a half?)

錆兎「お前の血肉に叩き込め！もっと、もっと…もっと！鱗滝さんが教えてくれた全ての極意を、決して忘れることなど無いように！骨の髄まで叩き込むんだ!!」

Sabito “Omaeno chinikuni tataki-kome! Motto, motto…motto! Urokodaki-sanga oshiete kureta subeteno gokuio, kesshite wasureru koto-nado nai-yoni! Honeno zui-made tataki-komunda!!”

Sabito “Slam it into your flesh! More! More! More! So that you’ll never forget the secrets Mr.Urokodaki taught you! Pound it into the marrow of your bones!”

炭治郎「やってる！毎日やってる、必死で!!でも、全然駄目なんだ。前に進めない、これ以上」

Tanjiro “Yatteru! Mai-nichi yatteru, hisshide!! Demo, zen-zen dame-nanda. Maeni susume-nai, kore-ijo.”

Tanjiro “I’m trying! I’m trying ever single day! With everything I’ve got! But I’m not making any headway! I just can’t go any further!”

錆兎「進め!!男なら！男に生まれたなら！進む以外の道などない!!かかって来い!!お前の力を見せてみろ!!」

Sabito “Susume!! Otoko-nara! Otokoni umareta-nara! Susumu igaino michi-nado nai!! Kakatte koi!! Omaeno chikarao misete-miro!!”

Sabito “Go further! If you’re a man! If you call yourself a man! There’s no other way to go but forward! Bring it on! Show me what you’re capable of!”

錆兎「後は任せるぞ」

Sabito “Atowa makaseruzo.”

Sabito “I’m leaving the rest to you.”

真菰「うん」

Makomo “Un.”

Makomo “Yeah.”

真菰「大丈夫？」

Makomo “Daijobu?”

Makomo “Are you all right?”

炭治郎「あっ…さっきの見たか？」

Tanjiro “A… Sakkino mitaka?”

Tanjiro “Ah! Did you see that just now?”

真菰「ん？」

Makomo “N?”

Makomo “Huh?”

炭治郎「すごい一撃だった！無駄な動きが少しもない！本当に綺麗だった！あんな風になりたい、俺も！なれるかな？あんな風に」

Tanjiro “Sugoi ichi-geki datta! Mudana ugokiga sukoshimo nai! Hontoni kirei datta! Anna-funi naritai, oremo! Nareru-kana? Anna-funi.”

Tanjiro “What a strike that was! Not a single bit of wasted motion! It was really beautiful! I want to become like him?”

真菰「きっとなれるよ。私が見てあげるもの」

Makomo “Kitto nareruyo. Watashiga mite ageru-mono.”

Makomo ”I’m sure you can… since I’ll be looking after you.”

炭治郎（…かわいらしい）

Tanjiro (…Kawai-rashii…)

Tanjiro (She’s so cute…)

炭治郎「君は誰だろう？」

Tanjiro “Kimiwa dare-daro?”

Tanjiro “Who are you?”

炭治郎（その女の子は『真菰』と言った。あの少年は『錆兎』だと教えてくれた。さらに、真菰は俺の悪いところを指摘してくれた。無駄な動きをしているところや、癖がついてるのを直してくれる。なぜそうしてくれるのか、どこから来たのか聞いても教えてくれない）

Tanjiro (Sono on’nanokowa ‘Makomo’to itta. Ano shonenwa ‘Sabito’ dato oshiete kureta. Sarani, Makomowa oreno warui tokoro’o shiteki shite kureta. Mudana ugokio shite-iru tokoroya, kusega tsuite-iruno’o naoshite kureru. Naze so shite-kureru-noka, doko-kara kitanoka kiitemo oshiete kurenai.)

Tanjiro (This girl’s name was Makomo. She told me the boy’s name was Sabito. Makomo also pointed out my defects. She corrected my unnecessary movements and bad habits. But when I asked her why she was doing that, and where she came from, she don’t tell me anything.)

真菰「私たち、鱗滝さんが大好きなんだ」

Makomo “Watashi-tachi, Urokodaki-sanga daisuki nanda.”

Makomo “Both he and I love Mr.Urokodaki very much.”

炭治郎（この言葉は真菰の口癖だった。二人は兄弟ではない。孤児だったのを鱗滝さんが育てたそうだ）

Tanjiro (Kono kotobawa Makomono kuchi-guse datta. Futariwa kyodai-dewa nai. Koji dattano’o Urokodaki-sanga sodateta-soda.)

Tanjiro (That was Makomo’s pet phrase. She and Sabito weren’t siblings. She said Mr.Urokodaki raised them after they’d been orphaned.)

真菰「子供たちは他にもまだいるんだよ。いつも炭治郎を見てるよ」

Makomo “Kodomo-tachiwa hokanimo mada irundayo. Itsumo Tanjiro’o miteruyo.”

Makomo “There are other children besides us. They’re always watching you, Tanjiro.”

炭治郎（真菰は少し変わった子だった。言うことがふわふわしている）

Tanjiro (Makomowa sukoshi kawatta kodatta. Iu-kotoga fuwa-fuwa shite-iru.)

Tanjiro (Makomo is a somewhat strange girl. She speaks in such an abstract, dreamy way.)

真菰「全集中の呼吸はね、体中の血の巡りと、心臓の鼓動を速くするの。そしたらすごく体温が上がって、人間のまま、鬼のように強くなれるの。とにかく肺を大きくすること。血の中に、たくさんたくさん空気を取り込んで、血が吃驚(びっくり)した時、骨と筋肉が慌てて熱くなって、強くなる」

Makomo “Zen-shuchuno kokyu-wane, karadajuno chino megurito, shinzono kodo’o hayaku suruno. Soshitara sugoku taionga agatte, ningenno mama, onino-yoni tsuyoku nareruno. Tonikaku haio ookiku suru-koto. Chino nakani, takusan takusan kukio tori-konde, chiga bikkuri shita-toki, honeto kinnikuga awatete atsuku-natte, tsuyoku naru.”

Makomo “See, Total Concentration Breathing accelerates your blood circulation and your heart rate. That causes your body temperature to spike, making you as strong as a demon while staying human. The most important thing is to expand your lung capacity. When you bring lots of air into your blood, and when your blood gets excited, your bones and muscles scurry to heat up and grow stronger.”

炭治郎（よく分からない…）

Tanjiro (Yoku wakaranai…)

Tanjiro (I’m not sure I get that.)

炭治郎「どうやったらできるかな？」

Tanjiro “Do yattara dekiru-kana?”

Tanjiro “How can I do that?”

真菰「死ぬほど鍛える。結局それ以外にできることないと思うよ」

Makomo “Shinu-hodo kitaeru. Kekkyoku sore-igaini dekiru koto naito omouyo.”

Makomo ”Train to death. At the end of the day, there’s nothing else you can do.”

炭治郎（腕が、足が、ちぎれそうなほど。肺が、心臓が、破れそうなほど刀を振った。それでも…錆兎には勝てなかった。半年…経つまでは）

Tanjiro (Udega, ashiga, chigire-sona-hodo. Haiga, shinzoga, yabure-sona hodo katanao futta. Sore-demo… Sabito-niwa kate-nakatta. Han-toshi… tatsu-madewa.)

Tanjiro (Until my arms and legs were ready to fall off… Until my lungs and heart were ready to burst, I swung my sword. But still… I just couldn’t beat Sabito. Not until six months later.)

ーーーーー

炭治郎（その日、俺が挑みに行くと、錆兎は真剣を持っていて）

Tanjiro (Sononi, orega idomini ikuto, Sabitowa shinken’o motte-ite.)

Tanjiro (When I challenged him that day, Sabito was wielding a real sword.)

錆兎「半年でやっと…男の顔になったな」

Sabito “Han-toshide yatto… otokono kaoni nattana.”

Sabito “After six months, finally, you have the look of a man.”

炭治郎「今日こそ勝つ！」

Tanjiro “Kyo-koso katsu!”

Tanjiro “Today’s the day I win!”

炭治郎（真正面からの勝負は単純だ。より強く、より速い方が勝つ）

Tanjiro (Mashomen karano shobuwa tanjunda. Yori tsuyoku, yori hayai-hoga katsu.)

Tanjiro (Head-on battles are simple. Whoever’s stronger and faster wins.)

炭治郎（一瞬で勝負は決まった。この日、この瞬間初めて、俺の刃が先に錆兎に届いた）

Tanjiro (Isshunde shobuwa kimatta. Konohi, kono shunkan hajimete, oreno yaibaga sakini Sabitoni todoita.)

Tanjiro (The battle was over in an instant. On this day, in this moment, for the first time, my blade reached Sabito first.)

炭治郎（俺が勝った時、錆兎は笑った。泣きそうな、嬉しそうな、安心したような笑顔だった）

Tanjiro (Orega katta-toki, Sabitowa waratta. Nakisona, ureshisona, anshin shita-yona egao datta.)

Tanjiro (The moment I won, Sabito smiled. He looked sad and happy. A relieved kind of smile.)

真菰「炭治郎。よくやったね。今のを忘れないで。勝ってね、炭治郎。あいつにも…」

Makomo “Tanjiro. Yoku yattane. Imano’o wasure-naide. Kattene, Tanjiro. Aitsu-nimo…”

Makomo (Tanjiro… You did great. Don’t forget what you just did. Win, okay, Tanjiro? Beat that guy, too.)

炭治郎「ああっ…おっ！」

Tanjiro “Aa…O！”

Tanjiro “Ah… Ah…!”

炭治郎（気付くと錆兎は消えていて、錆兎の面を斬ったはずの俺の刀は…岩を斬っていた）

Tanjiro (Kizukuto Sabitowa kiete-ite, Sabitono men’o kitta-hazuno oreno katanawa… Iwao kitte-ita.)

Tanjiro (The next thing I knew, Sabito was gone… and my sword, which I was sure had slashed Sabito’s mask… had sliced the boulder.)

ーーーーー

大正コソコソ噂話/Taisho Secret　その２

炭治郎「うん、自分でもびっくりだ。あんな大岩を斬れるなんて。これも錆兎と真菰のおかげだよ。二人には感謝しなきゃな」

Tanjiro “Un, jibun demo bikkurida. Anna oo-iwao kireru nante. Koremo Sabitoto Macomo no okage-dayo. Futari-niwa kansha shinakyana.”

Tanjiro “Yeah, I was shocked, too. *[I could cut such a large rock.] I couldn’t have done it without Sabito and Makomo. I can’t thank them enough.

炭治郎「ここで、大正コソコソ噂話。鱗滝さんが何故お面をしているのか、その理由は顔だちがとても優しくて、鬼に馬鹿にされたため…らしいですよ」

Tanjiro “Kokode, Taisho koso-koso uwasa-banashi. Urokodaki-sanga naze omen’o shite-irunoka. Sono riyuwa kaodachiga totemo yasashikute, onini bakani sareta-tame… rashii desuyo.”

Tanjiro “Now, it’s time for a Taisho secret! Why does Mr.Urokodaki wear a mask? I heard that’s because demons used to make fun of his face for looking too kind.

炭治郎「錆兎、真菰、鱗滝さん。俺、禰豆子を人間に戻すために頑張るよ」

Tanjiro “Sabito, Makomo, Urokodaki-san. Ore, Nezuko’o ningenni modosu-tameni ganbaruyo.”

Tanjiro “Sabito, Makomo, and Mr.Urokodaki, I’ll work harder to turn Nezuko back into a human.”

炭治郎「次回、第四話『最終選別』」

Tanjiro “Jikai, dai-yonwa, ‘Saishu Senbetsu’.”

Tanjiro “Next, episode 4, ‘Final Selection’.”

(Continue to episode 4)

*Sentence in [ ] is my rough translation, since I couldn’t find real English subtitle of that part in You Tube. (I can see Japanese subtitle only in my recorded TV program and Amazon Prime Video, so I’m looking for English subtitle in You Tube of overseas anime reactors. I would be very grateful if anyone of you can let me know the real sentence of English subtitle.)

[315imagines]

Aaaaaah I love your imagines so much.... could I please get some HaruShiki headcanons? No matter if as a ship or just as friends, you can choose, I will be happy with anything :D

Thank you for requesting this...I have been waiting for someone to make this request...

Nothing much would change in their relationship once they start dating. They’re still dumb and playful around each other, but much more intimate. Lots of sneaky kisses and hugs and secretly holding hand under the table while Jun is giving them the piano lecture. Overall just being touchy-feely~

Whenever arguments happen, neither of them could really stay mad at each other, so it will easily be resolved with an apology once they talk after cooling their heads. Then they treat each other to snacks~

Shiki both loves and hates cuddling with Haruna. The drummer is really gentle and snuggly when holding him, but once he’s fallen asleep he starts drooling....

They always share each others snacks during lunch time. Would even feed each other because that’s what couples do apparently lol

Haruna liked spoiling Shiki and would sometimes splurge his hard earned savings just to spend expensive gifts on him. Of course, Shiki feels guilty receiving them, and kept telling Haruna that he didn’t need to go overboard with the presents. They eventually agreed to compromise in the end though

[hisazuki]

Hana to Yume New Year cards 2018

1) Modomu Akagawara

2) Iruka Asami

3) Kazue Arahira

4) Kaoru Inai

5) Hisamu Oto

6) Tatsuya Kiuchi

7) Mizuho Kusanagi

8) Kaede Kouchi

9) Takami Konohana

10) Ren Sakuma

11) Dai Shiina

12) Yuki Shibamiya

13) Yuki Shiwasu

14) Julietta Suzuki

15) Shiki Chitose

16) Izumi Tsubaki

17) Yuu Tomofuji

18) Yoshiki Nakamura

19) Banri Hidaka

20) Ryouko Fukuyama

21) Yuuki Fujimoto

22) Saki Matsubara

23) Mitsubachi Miyuki

24) Iro Yugi

25) Alto Yukimura

[lavandar-castle]

Ask game:

Which animanga char do you think your Mutuals would get along with?

Ohhh ok semi realistically but also I’m currently in my lecture 💀

@shujisluvr

Baji, Kazu, Chifuyu

- considering how similar personality they are and also it seems as ur own personal friend group u told me similarly resembles them. Also this would be a semi healthy friendship also the fact u punch a kid and stab a kid so-

- haru too the middle child dynamic duo and the whole stabbing duo

- so would Shiki a healthy friendship is what you need in life

@sscarchiyo

- you know Kakucho would be a good friend to have along to learn to cook from a time u send me a photo of muffins you made

- I wanna say too Mikado in a sense of judgment. it’s good to have a friend who knows when it’s not their or ur business but it’s also good to have a friend who can vouch for you when ut comes to how you view worldly things

[junkyard-gifs]

Fourth production for my CATS 40th anniversary series:

Shiki/Japan 1983! This clip is the Jellicle Ball, from the 2000 bootleg in Nagoya.

This is technically a replica, but many elements of set, costume design, and choreography are significantly altered from Napier, Lynne, and Nunn's original. The Jellicle Ball is a good example of these changes, with its shifts in pacing and blocking from the Western traditions of the ball.  

One particularly noticeable example is that it's the psychic 'twins' who dance the closest equivalent to the pas de deux - although they have swapped names with Cassandra and Tumblebrutus, and are often played as lovers rather than twins.  

It's difficult to name cast members for Shiki, as maintain two or three alternates for each role almost all the time. We do know some names, however, and judging by those I think the date is probably c. 20/07/2000:  

Kensan Ishi (Old Deuteronomy), Chie Inoue (Jellylorum), Yoko Ishi (Jennyanydots), Shoichi Fukui (Munkustrap), Shinobu Aikawa (Rumpleteazer), Yuka Takizawa (Demeter), Hitoshi Tsuzi (Mungojerrie), Eliko Mulata (Sillabub), Emi Takakula (Tantomile), Kazue Haruhara (Jemima), Kyoko Sato (Victoria), Masashi Kikuchi (Carbucketty), Koji Tomita (Cassandra).  ?Toshihide Mura (Gus), ?Tokihiko Sakamoto (Mistoffelees).

[chanoyu-to-wa]

Nampō Roku, Book 5 (58):  Two Poetic Aphorisms Related to the Practice of Kane-wari, Attributed to Rikyū¹.

58) [Two aphorisms in poetic form related to the practice of kane-wari, that were written on the back side of the document translated in the previous post; and attributed to Rikyū by Tachibana Jitsuzan².]

￮ [From] the chigai-dana [違棚], ō-toko [大床], shoin [書院], [to the] wabi-zashiki [ワヒ座シキ = ワビ座敷], [the arrangement of the utensils] is based on the five kane of the daisu³.

￮ In the small room, as well as in a room of one-thousand mats, the numbers of objects [displayed] should be based on the daisu’s nanatsu-kumi [七つ組]⁴.

(These two poems were written on the back of the sheet of paper on which the previous manuscript was written.  The poems were composed by Rikyū, and inscribed with his own brush⁵.)

_________________________ ◎ As with the previous document (on which they were written), these poems are probably spurious, since the first utilizes the five-kane system (that was, in fact, favored by Rikyū), rather than the eleven-kane system that was mentioned in the document to which these poems were supposedly appended)*; while the language of the second one conflicts directly with details that are found in several of Rikyū’s own densho. ___________ *This does not necessarily preclude this poem’s having been composed by Rikyū.  Indeed, writing a poem that was commonly believed (at that time) to have been written by Rikyū would argue for the authenticity of a forgery.

¹According to the postscript appended to this entry, the poems were attributed to Rikyū by Tachibana Jitsuzan, apparently based on the handwriting, and the fact that they were written on the back of the letter (or densho) explaining the different kinds of kane-wari -- that was translated in the previous post.

²This entry was not provided with a title in the Enkaku-ji manuscript (or in any of the other versions of the text).

    The use of the waka form was intended to make the details easier to remember.  This is why teachings (especially those that were important for the beginner) were often stated in poetic form.

³The first poem reads:

chigai-dana・ō-toko・shoin・wabi-zashiki     moto ha daisu no itsutsu-kane nari

[違棚・大床・書院・ワヒ座シキ     モトハ臺子ノ五ツカネナリ].

    “The chigai-dana, the ō-toko, the shoin, [and] the wabi-zashiki:  the foundation of these are the five-kane of the daisu.”

⁴The text of the second poem is:

ko-zashiki mo sen-jō-shiki mo mono-kazu no     moto ha daisu no nanatsu-kumi nari

[小座鋪モ千疊敷モ物數ノ     モトハ臺子ノ七ツ組ナリ].

    “Also in the small room*, also in the thousand-mat room, the number of objects is based on the nanatsu-gumi of the daisu.”

    Mono-kazu [物數] means the number of objects, how many things.

    Nanatsu-gumi [七ツ組] is a machi-shū term, used in the Nampō Roku†, that refers to the “complete” arrangement of objects on the daisu:  on the ji-ita, the furo, mizusashi, shaku-tate, koboshi, and futaoki; and on the ten-ita, the chaire and chawan.

    In other words, the arrangement of objects on the chigai-dana, in the ō-toko, on the dashi-fu-zukue [出し文机] (the built-in writing desk, sometimes referred to as the tsuke-shoin [付書院] today), as well as in the wabi setting, all of these are based on the idea that the numbers should be yang (odd)‡ -- since yang numbers are auspicious.

    About this poem, Tanaka Senshō writes**:  “The number seven is a yang [i.e., an odd] number.  Such numbers as seven, five, three, and so on, are auspicious numbers. For this reason, even in the small room, the toko, tana, and [things placed directly on the floor of the] room, the total number of objects displayed should follow the same pattern as the seven [utensils] that are displayed [on the daisu]. (It is important to point out that this [use of the number seven] has nothing to do with the seven-kane system that is employed in the inakama; therefore, one should be careful [not to confuse the one with the other].)

    “But, having said that, the nanatsu-gumi of the daisu, and the seven-kane that are employed on the inakama-daisu:  both make use the auspicious number seven.  Likewise, this number seven is also found in the mitsu-ori [by adding the four interstitial kane], in the four seasons††, and so forth.

    “When divided into two parts, [seven] yields three and four; or two and five.  The number of objects can also be broken down into sets that have an auspicious meaning:  one, two, three; or, seven, five, three, and so on.  When you think about it, the root number is always the seven objects arranged on the daisu:  from this [example of the daisu] comes the teaching that is described in this poem.”   

    However, the difficulty in accepting the authenticity of this poem has less to do with the meaning (which may well be authentic to the point of being a truism -- assuming we do not take the number “seven” too literally -- at least during the daytime), than with the terminology used in this poem -- which pointedly deviates from the usages prescribed, in detail, in several of Rikyū’s own densho‡‡. __________ *Ko-zashiki [小座鋪] is another way to write ko-zashiki [小座敷] that seems to have been favored (in certain circles) during the Edo period.

†This is used as an example used in the support of the argument that the Nampō Roku was written by Tachibana Jitsuzan by those scholars (who are by and large not affiliated with any of the modern tea schools) who prefer to hold that opinion.  (Often these people prefer to keep this opinion to themselves, since publishing such things, in Japan, would be tantamount to committing professional suicide -- as can be attested by the repeated attacks that have been made on this blog, initiated by people affiliated with a certain modern school.)

‡Perhaps the full count should be yin (even) at night.

**此七ツの数は陽の数で、七五三抔と云ふて芽出度い数である。故に小座敷でも、床、棚、座敷、此合計の道具数を七ツ飾る事がある。是は田舎間の七ツ曲尺の問題とは何の関係も無い事である事に注意せねばならぬ。

    けれども、台子の七ツ組、田舎間台子の七ツ曲尺、共に七と云ふ数の吉数である事には共通の思想がある。又此七ツを三ツ折、四季抔云ふて、三と四に二分したり、二と五に二分して、一二三、七五三抔と祝意を表する数に分解するのも、考へて見ると、其根元の数は台子の七ツ組と云ふ故実から起源して居ると云へると云ふ歌意である。

††Perhaps Tanaka is referring to the seven classical “seasons” that traditionally governed the practice of chanoyu:

◦ shun [春], spring (the planting season);

◦ u-zen [雨前], the month or so before the rainy-season begins (characterized by increasingly frequent overcast skies and rain);

◦ u-chū [雨中], during the rainy-season;

◦ u-go [雨後], the spell of intense heat that follows the end of the rainy-season;

◦ shū [秋], autumn (the harvest season);

◦ shō-kan [小寒], early winter;

◦ dai-kan [大寒], the period of intense cold that occurs around the beginning of the new year.

     Or, perhaps (since he characterizes this as “the four seasons,” when, in fact, there are seven) he was not really clear about this ancient (and secret) series, and was simply relating something that his source (one of the last surviving of the Enkaku-ji scholars) had mentioned to him in passing (without that person’s having gone into the details).

    This series of seasons is extremely important, since it defines the way that we stage a gathering at any given point during the year -- including how we select the utensils.  Unfortunately, this is another teaching that has been lost to many of the modern schools.

‡‡According to Rikyū, nanatsu-kazari [七ツ餝] refers to the (1) kama, (2) furo, (3) mizusashi, (4) hishaku, (5) shaku-tate, (6) koboshi, and (7) futaoki (rather than to the (1) kama-furo, (2) mizusashi, (3) shaku-tate, (4) koboshi, (5) futaoki, (6) chaire, and (7) chawan, as used by the machi-shū).

    Furthermore, he continues that the word kazari [餝] should be used when talking about the things arranged on the ji-ita, while kumi [組] should be used when discussing the things displayed on the ten-ita.

    He then goes on to explain that this was all a secret teaching, the purpose of which was expressly to distinguish those persons who had been initiated into the orthodox teachings of the daisu, from those who had not -- the latter (he writes) being people who use nanatsu-gumi (to mean the furo and kaigu, plus the chaire and the chawan).

    The machi-shū affiliated with Imai Sōkyū appear to have preferred this later terminology, and that is why it is commonly used by the modern schools.

    It is because of differences such as these, between Rikyū's actual writings and what is found in the secondary sources (the Nampō Roku is, at best, a secondary source), that certain modern schools argue that Rikyū's actual writings are fake, while the documents that they cherish (which are largely the writings derived from the machi-shū tradition) are the only true representation of the ancient teachings.

⁵Kono uta ni-shu ha migi no kami no hiki-kaeshi tokoro ni ari.  Rikyū no ji-ei ji-hitsu [此歌二首ハ右ノ紙ノ引カヘシノ所ニアリ、利休自詠自筆].

    “With respect to these two poems, they were [found] on the back side of the page mentioned at the right.  [They were] self-composed [and] self-written by Rikyū.”

    The poems were written on the back side of the sheet on which the drawings of the various sorts of kane-wari were found.  Rikyū both composed the poems, and inscribed them there “with his own brush.”

    According to Shibayama Fugen, this note was appended by Tachibana Jitsuzan.  Tanaka Senshō, while he does not explicitly ascribe the authorship to Jitsuzan, notes that it was written in the margin of the page, in red ink.

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Netflix Reveals Upcoming Slate of Anime Titles for 2021

  Additional reporting by Daryl Harding

  During the Netflix Anime Festival 2020, the streaming company announced 16 anime titles coming to the service. Hosted by Hisanori Yoshida with special guest Rio Uchida, the two walked through the company’s upcoming anime from previously announced series to upcoming features. The announcements below are in alphabetical order. 

  Baki Hanma

  The story of the strongest parent-child fight in history comes to its climax in the 3rd part of the Baki Hanma series, subtitled ‘Son of Orge,’ premiering on Netflix in 2021. Manga creator Keisuke Itagaki drew a special illustration of Baki for the announcement.

  The most dysfunctional father-son relationship of all time reaches its climax when Baki Hanma faces off against the Ogre himself in next year’s season of Keisuke Itagaki’s brutal fight series! pic.twitter.com/Y0mEC8PmS8

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) October 27, 2020

  B the Beginning Succession

  The second season of the popular B the Beginning anime series was announced during the presentation, entitled B the Beginning Succession. Netflix showcased the first images from the series as well as the new staff members.

  They might have solved their last case, but Keith and Koku aren’t finished yet. Here’s your first glimpse at B: The Beginning Succession’s story of detectives and killers in a high-tech world, arriving next year. @ProductionIGinc pic.twitter.com/spcWDOFUh7

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) October 27, 2020

  Ichiro Kawasaki takes over from Kazuto Nakazawa as the director of B the Beginning Succession at Production I.G. with Nakazawa returning in a supervisory role and the rest of the staff and cast returning for the second season that is scheduled to stream in 2021.

  Eden

  Netflix released a brand new trailer and visual for the four-episode original series Eden, directed by Yasuhiro Irie with animation production by Qubic Pictures, coming in May 2021.

  Sometimes a family is a human girl, a robot, and another robot. EDEN follows Sarah and her mechanical adoptive parents as she confronts a strange, beautiful world, arriving May 2021. pic.twitter.com/1foOcAT8Eh

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) October 27, 2020

  Godzilla: Singular Point

  During the presentation, the first visual and teaser trailer for the upcoming Godzilla: Singular Point anime series from Studio Orange and Bones roared its way through the presentation hall.

  When danger comes up from the depths, only young geniuses Mei, Yun, and their team can face the threat in Godzilla Singular Point! Take a first look at next year’s new series featuring the classic monster. @CG_Orange_eng @TOHO_GODZILLA pic.twitter.com/B7VWyGb3ZZ

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) October 27, 2020

  The series will feature character designs by Kazue Kato (Blue Exorcist) and a new Godzilla design by Ghibli animator Eiji Yamamori. The series is currently scheduled to broadcast in April 2021.

  High Rise Invasion

  Netflix will release an anime adaptation of High Rise Invasion, based on the manga series by Takahiro Oba and Tsuina Miura (Ajin), in February 2021. The first two visuals of the series was released as well as the staff and cast. Directed by Masahiro Takata, with animation production by Zero-G.

  As Yuri finds herself in a bizarre world of endless buildings and masked killers, she’ll do whatever it takes to find her brother and escape. Next year, discover the secret of the skyscrapers in action horror series High-Rise Invasion. pic.twitter.com/ShFLIYsKHL

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) October 27, 2020

  Yoichi Ueda does the character designs, while Toko Machida works on the series composition, with music from tatsuo and Yoichi Sakai. Haruka Shiraishi, Shiki Aoki, Akira Sekine, Junya Enoki, and Yuichiro Umehara all lend their voices to the anime series.

  Pacific Rim: The Black

  After being announced in 2018, the first animated visuals and images of Pacific Rim: The Black anime series, based on the cult film series from Legendary Pictures, was released. The presentation showed off the opening title sequence of the 2021 series from Polygon Pictures and co-showrunners Craig Kyle and Greg Johnson.

  Long ago, humanity defeated the Kaiju. Now, they’re evacuating Australia. In 2021 join a pair of siblings and their battered, long-abandoned Jaegar as they battle across a continent of danger in Pacific Rim: The Black. @Legendary @POLYGONPICTURES pic.twitter.com/P5ZHZYv9OQ

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) October 27, 2020

    Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness

  Announced in September, TMS Entertainment and Quebico (the same studio behind Resident Evil: Vendetta) will be producing a brand new original series based on the Resident Evil franchise, featuring Resident Evil main characters Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield. 

  When biohazards run wild, only a pair of veteran zombie slayers can get the job done. Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness is a new original series set in the canon of @CapcomUSA_’s classic survival horror franchise @RE_Games, coming next year. pic.twitter.com/nuBKVgXuzp

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) October 27, 2020

  Rilakkuma's Theme Park Adventure

  A continuation of the Netflix anime series, directed by Masahito Kobayashi with animation production by dwarf studios and San-X Co., Ltd.

  Grab your tickets and get in line for a new series of stop-motion adventures with Rilakkuma and Kaoru! Join Rilakkuma, Korilakkuma, Kiiroitori, and Kaoru as they explore an amusement park in its closing hours when Rilakkuma’s Theme Park Adventure arrives next year. pic.twitter.com/qU2qzSl7pH

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) October 27, 2020

  Spriggan

  After originally being announced on October 5, Netflix released the first trailer and visual for the newest adaptation of Spriggan. Based on the 1980s to 1990s manga series written by Hiroshi Takashige and drawn by Ryoji Minagawa, the new adaptation will be released on the platform in 2021.

  As the armies of man battle over ancient relics, one organization will do all it can to seal them away. Here’s a first look at 2021’s anime series adaptation of legendary action manga Spriggan in action! @DPInc_official pic.twitter.com/ukTzI0nlMS

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) October 27, 2020

  Spriggan is directed by Hiroshi Kobayashi (Kiznaiver), with character designs from Shuhei Handa (Little Witch Academia) and series composition from Hiroshi Seko (Mob Psycho 100), and will be produced at david productions.

  The Way of the House Husband

  Based on the award-winning manga by Kousuke Oono, J.C.Staff will head the production of The Way of the House Husband. The series will be directed by Chiaki Kon, with Kenjiro Tsuda playing the main character Tatsu.

  Japan’s most evil yakuza makes its cutest househusband! Follow Tatsu’s journey from underworld legend to domestic bliss when the anime adaptation of Kousuke Oono’s hit comedy manga The Way of the Househusband premieres in 2021. pic.twitter.com/V7tdVIaYVc

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) October 27, 2020

  Thermae Romae Novae

  A new season of the award-winning Thermae Romae series was announced during the presentation, entitled Thermae Romae Novae (novae means new!). A visual for the upcoming series was released. Mari Yamazaki will be drawing new episodes for the series. Production by NAZ.

  When Roman Empire bath designer Lucius ends up in modern Japan, he’ll find the two cultures aren’t so different after all. The anime adaptation of Mari Yamazaki’s bathhouse comedy Thermae Romae Novae hits the screen in 2021! pic.twitter.com/SeS1ZMS83W

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) October 27, 2020

  Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan

  All four episodes of the OVA anime series for JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure spin-off Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan will be coming to Netflix in 2021.

  To truly capture the ways of the world, this manga artist will scour the globe for inspiration! All four episodes of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure spin-off Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan make their Netflix debut 2021. pic.twitter.com/cONOzo0d3B

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) October 27, 2020

  Transformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy

  Netflix announced during the live stream that the second chapter of Rooster Teeth's Transformers: War For Cybertron will be coming soon.

  With the Allspark lost and Decepticons trapped on a dying Cybertron, Optimus Prime pushes the Autobots to the limit in the depths of space. EARTHRISE, the second chapter of the Transformers: War for Cybertron trilogy, is coming soon. @RoosterTeeth @Hasbro pic.twitter.com/up6g4Qt3QB

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) October 27, 2020

  TRESE

  New anime series based in Manila, TRESE, was announced. The stream noted that because the series is being created in the Philippines, the creators will have a different perspective of Manila than someone not from the city.

  Aswangs of Manila, beware: Alexandra Trese is coming for you. Enjoy this very first look at TRESE, coming soon on Netflix. ???????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/BpiRc6WhjQ

— Netflix Philippines (@Netflix_PH) October 27, 2020

  Vampire in the Garden

  Vampire in the Garden, a new original anime series from WIT STUDIO, was announced by Netflix. The vampire series, which is being directed by Ryotaro Makihara (The Empire of Corpses), with character designs and animation direction Tetsuya Nishio (Naruto) and art direction from Shunichiro Yoshihara (Attack on Titan), will be out on the platform in 2021.

  Once, vampires and humans lived in harmony. Now, a young girl and a vampire queen will search for that Paradise once again. Here’s your first look at Vampire in the Garden, an original story from @WIT_STUDIO premiering next year. pic.twitter.com/9Z55Cn3ijV

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) October 27, 2020

  Yasuke

  Yasuke, headed by MAPPA and directed by LeSean Thomas, released the first character sheets of the Black samurai Yasuke as well as the legendary Oda Nobunaga, both drawn by character designer Takeshi Koike.

  A village in danger, a mysterious child, warring daimyo, and the greatest ronin never known all clash in a Japan of magic and mechs. Learn the story of the first African samurai when LeSean Thomas’s Yasuke, voiced by Lakeith Stanfield, arrives next year. pic.twitter.com/jCabzutMIv

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) October 27, 2020

  Lakeith Stanfield will voice Yasuke, with animation produced at MAPPA and music produced by Flying Lotus. Yasuke is scheduled for 2021 on the platform.

  Netflix also discussed the current state of anime on the platform, saying that over 100 million households in nearly 100 countries around the world watch anime on the platform – which has one of the widest reaches of all streaming services –. In Japan, “almost 1 out of 2” households watch at least five hours of anime on the service every month, equal to at least one season of a 12 episode show.

        Kyle Cardine is an Editor for Crunchyroll. You can find his Twitter here.

By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com

[kazoo-ma]

My contribution to Yato Day in form of edits because art block..

Here’s Yato in random scenes from The Idolm@ster SideM, especially together with Shiki Iseya because they just look so similar to each other xD If you ever wanna watch something wholesome and heartwarming, please watch SideM, you won’t be disappointed! 

Most Yato transparents were made by @everyato, thank you for these <3 

Shameless self-promo time: if you’re interested in SideM, please check out my second blog @kazu-shiki, thank you!

Happy Yato Day everyone!! 

[missmyloko]

Kyōmai

An event of legendary proportions, the Kyōmai is an event that’s seldom been staged over the years, with the last one taking place 19 years ago! Unlike a normal odori, this one takes place at the National Theatre in Tokyo and features the masters of Inoue Kyōmai together on stage. It is one of the rare instances where Yachiyo Inoue will dance in public, and her pieces are always the highlight of the event. Also unlike odori, each performance features different pieces, so you could see all 3 of them and be treated to a new experience! Kyōmai will be taking place on November 29th and 30th at the National Theatre in Tokyo. November 29th, 3pm Piece 1: Kyō No Shiki (京の四季) - The Four Seasons of Kyoto Dancers: Koeri (小衿), Katsuhana (佳つ花), Mamekinu (まめ衣), Mitsuki (美月), Kohana (小花), Tomoko (朋子), Konami (小なみ), and Mametama (豆珠). Piece 2: Ashikari (芦刈) - Reed Cutting Dancer: Inoue Yoko (井上葉子) Piece 3: Kayō Kami (通う神) - Attendants of The Gods Dancers: Inoue Takazuru (井上孝鶴) and Inoue Fukue (井上フク愛) Piece 4: Matsu No Hagoromo (松羽衣) - Hagoromo In The Pines Dancers:  Fisherman (漁夫): Inoue Terutoyo (井上照豊) Heavenly Maiden (天人): Inoue Mamechizu (井上豆千鶴) Piece 5: Azusa (梓) - The Spider Woman Dancer: Inoue Mamezuru (井上まめ鶴) Piece 6: Mitsumen Wankyū (三つ面椀久) - The Three Masks of Wankyū Dancers: Wankyū (椀久): Inoue Yachiyo (井上八千代) Omōru (面売): Inoue Yasuko (井上安寿子) Piece 7: Kuruwa No Nigiwai (廓の賑) - Pieces of The Flourishing District Pieces: Shichifukujin (七福神) - The Seven Lucky Gods and Shakkyō (石橋) - Stone Bridge Performers: Mamezuru (まめ鶴), Koman (小萬), Sonomi (そ乃美), Takazuru (孝鶴), Mameka (豆花), Korin (小りん), Fukue (フク愛), Mamechizu (豆千鶴), Terutoyo (照豊), Fukuha (福葉), Mameya (まめ弥), Kokimi (小喜美), Kogiku (小菊), Yukako (有佳子), Ichiyuri (市有里), and Kosen (小扇). Fue: Mamesuzu (まめ鈴) Taiko: Satomi (里美) and Mao (真生) Singers: Komasu (小ます), Komomo (小桃), Yukizono (幸苑), Danka (だん香), and Yoshimame (芳豆) Shamisen: Emiji (恵美二), Danyū (だん祐), Masuho (ます穂), Kimizuru (君鶴), and Mahori (まほ璃) November 30th, 11am Piece 1: Kyō No Shiki (京の四季) - The Four Seasons of Kyoto Dancers: Koeri (小衿), Katsuhana (佳つ花), Mamekinu (まめ衣), Mitsuki (美月), Kohana (小花), Tomoko (朋子), Konami (小なみ), and Mametama (豆珠) Piece 2: Mizugakami (水鏡) - Reflection of Water Dancers: Inoue Korin (井上小りん) and Inoue Mameryō (井上豆涼) Piece 3: Yumi Nagashi Monogatari (弓流し物語) - Tale of The Arrow Festival Dancer: Inoue Koman (井上小萬) Piece 4: Masazuki (正月) - New Year Dancers: Inoue Mameka (井上豆花), Inoue Fukue (井上フク愛), Inoue Mamechizu (井上豆千鶴), and Inoue Terutoyo (井上照豊) Piece 5: Chitose No Haru (千歳の春) - 1,000 Years of Spring Dancer: Inoue Kazue (井上和枝) Piece 6: Mitsumen Wankyū (三つ面椀久) - The Three Masks of Wankyū Dancers: Wankyū (椀久): Inoue Yachiyo (井上八千代) Omouru (面売): Inoue Yasuko (井上安寿子) Piece 7: Jūnitsuki (十二月) - Twelve Months Dancers: Inoue Fukuha (井上福葉), Inoue Satomi (井上里美), Inoue Mameya (井上まめ弥), Inoue Kokimi (井上小喜美), Inoue Kogiku (井上小菊), Inoue Mamesuzu (井上まめ鈴), Inoue Mihoko (井上美帆子), Inoue Koai (井上小愛), Inoue Mao (井上真生), Inoue Yukako (井上有佳子), Inoue Makiko (井上槇子), Inoue Ichiyuri (井上市有里), Inoue Koyō (井上小耀), Inoue Kosen (井上小扇), and Inoue Sayaka (井上紗矢佳). November 30th, 3pm Piece 1: Manzai (萬歳) - 10,000 Years Dancers: Kohana (小花), Tomoko (朋子), Konami (小なみ), Mametama (豆珠), Tatsuha (多都葉), Yuriha (ゆり葉), Mamesaya (豆沙弥), and Katsuharu (佳つ春). Piece 2: Sangoku Ichi (三国一) - Unparalleled In Asia Dancers: Inoue Fukuha (井上福葉) and Inoue Satomi (井上里美) Piece 3: Toribe Yama (鳥辺山) - Mount Toribe Dancers: Osome (お染): Inoue Mamehiro (井上豆弘) Hankurō (半九郎): Inoue Mameka (井上豆花) Piece 4: Shin Kyō No Shiki (新京の四季) - New Four Seasons of Kyoto Dancers: Inoue Sonomi (井上そ乃美), Inoue Mameya (井上まめ弥), Inoue Kokimi (井上小喜美), Koeri (小衿), Katsuhana (佳つ花), Mamekinu (まめ衣), and Mitsuki (美月). Piece 5: Shino (信乃) - Your Fidelity Dancer: Inoue Yasuko (井上安寿子) Piece 6: Mushi No Ne (虫の音) - The Sound of Insects Dancer: Inoue Yachiyo (井上八千代) Piece 7: Kuruwa No Nigiwai (廓の賑) - Pieces of The Flourishing District Pieces: Shichifukujin (七福神) - The Seven Lucky Gods and Hana Zukushi (花づくし) - Many Flowers Performers: Mamezuru (まめ鶴), Koman (小萬), Sonomi (そ乃美), Mamehiro (豆弘), Takazuru (孝鶴), Mameka (豆花), Korin (小りん), Fukue (フク愛), Terutoyo (照豊), Fukuha (福葉), Satomi (里美), Mameya (まめ弥), Kokimi (小喜美), Kogiku (小菊), Mihoko (美帆子), Koai (小愛), Yukako (有佳子), Makiko (槇子), Ichiyuri (市有里), Koyō (小耀), Kosen (小扇), and Sayaka (紗矢佳). Fue: Mamesuzu (まめ鈴) Taiko: Mao (真生), Masaki (真咲), and Mameroku (豆六) Singers: Komasu (小ます), Komomo (小桃), Masuho (ます穂), Danka (だん香), Yukizono (幸苑), and Danmitsu (だん満) Shamisen: Emiji (恵美二), Danyū (だん祐), Kimizuru (君鶴), Fukunami (福奈美), Mahori (まほ璃), and Emino (恵美乃) Jikata Performers Gion Kobu: Komasu (小ます), Emiji (恵美二), Kimiya (君彌), Komomo (小桃), Danyū (だん祐), Mamechiyo (豆千代), Yoshimame (芳豆), Kimizuru (君鶴), Danka (だん香), Fukunami (福奈美), Masuho (ます穂), Yukizono (幸苑), Danmitsu (だん満), Mahori (まほ璃), Emino (恵美乃), Fumino (章乃), Satsuki (紗月), Mamesumi (豆純), Tomichiyo (斗美千代), Masaki (真咲), and Mameroku (豆六). Outside Performers: Takemoto Komanosuke (竹本駒之助), Tsuruzawa Tsukazu ( 鶴澤津賀寿), Uji Haru (宇治はる), Uji Oto (宇治をと), Umetsuji Rie (梅辻理恵), Koike Noriko (小池典子), Kondo Masako (今藤政子), Kondo Tamami (今藤珠美), and Tōsha Rosen (藤舎呂船).

[moonlight404-translates]

Hey, same person who told you which A3! VAs can rap, again. TY for responding earlier.

I just check the info on BLACKSTAR’s version of Journey to the West on which charas they are on the hero team. The Sanzo chara is the audience member & the feat. charas in the Japanese names are Son Goku for Akira, Cho Hakkai for Ran, Sha Gojou for Rindou, Gyokuryu(Yu Long in Chinese), a dragon prince, for Sinju, & Kanseonbosatsu(Guanyin), a Buddhist deity, for Takami.

After learning which charas the hero team portrays, it made me want to compare it with the A3! Journey to the West charas on who portrays the role better: A3!’s Kumon vs. BLACKSTAR’s Akira for Son Goku; A3!’s Yuki vs. BLACKSTAR’s Ran for Cho Hakkai; & A3!’s Misumi’s vs. BLACKSTAR’s Rindou for Sha Gojou. But since BLACKSTAR made Sanzo the audience members where there’s a mix of genders in all ages for a hero show, I can’t make a comparison w/ A3!’s Kazunari’s Sanzo, but just in case I’ll compare A3!’s Kazu’s Sanzo w/ BLACKSTAR’s Takami’s Kanseonbosatsu for the spiritual advisor role.

Unfortunately, I don’t have info on which Journey to the West charas the villains team play, other than Yoshino playing a gender switch role of Princess Iron Fan, so for now it’ll just be A3!’s Tenma’s Kinkaku & A3!’s Muku’s Ginkaku vs. BLACKSTAR’s villain team for the villain roles.

Also the BLACKSTAR songs based on Journey to the West are “Call me, Baby!” for the hero team & “Period..” for the villain team.

Hello! Sorry for not answering this earlier. I finally got some time to spare (´｡• ᵕ •｡`)

Thanks to the comparison I got better which one is which. I'm not good with names (ーvー;). I think this would be very interesting though! Costume wise both looks great.

Hey, same person who told you which A3! VAs can rap, again. Just wanted to say Happy Birthday to ParaLive’s Shiki & SK8’s Reki on 08/08! Also, congratulations to the 3 ParaLive groups for reaching the finals + Happy Birthday to ParaLive’s Inukai on 08/12 & to TWST’s Ortho on 08/14!

Yey, first half of August birthdays! I didn't know Shiki and Reki shared BD. Wait, the paralive results are out?! Aah, congrats to them. I'm so excited for the final round!

[roastedlizlow]

DAY THIRTEEN - RAIN PAIR: Shiki/Kazuha  WC: 1053 NOTE: I will promise you all, Shiki is, well, Shiki. He’s really just, how do I really describe it. For a final route in a game that did come overseas, it’s quite an experience. Both times I played through Period:Cube, I had to pause at certain points. ToriKou does really well, but like he’s... Well, thanks for fun and memorable times, pcube!

“Rain, huh?”

He supposes many of these little fools will be scrambling to take one of those elusive special quests, if they’ve gotten the location and timing right. Not that they really matter too much, in the end. Frolic, struggle, die for all he cares. Any so daring as to defy his code is trash, anyhow.

The only thing that really matters is preserving her.

Oh, if only he didn’t have to blink, if only he could fill every last image of his sight with her. How unfair she is, how careless she is, to fall asleep so openly, as if inviting him to stare all he wishes. Aa-ah, he must have some self-control, mustn’t he? What if she is to wake up?

Just her breathing makes it harder and harder to resist her. A temptress, she really is.

How he’s missed her.

She wasn’t supposed to come here, but thanks to a certain boy who doesn’t listen, one whose name will be said with sweet vehement later.

But, stupid, foolish rats like him should go perish about the storm clouds. Perhaps a strike or two by lightning might get him to stop heeling to the wrong end. There are things in this world that are most certainly not as convenient as he’d like, and unfortunately his dear, sweet Kazuha is... attached to him. For worse, of course.

Too, too kind, for her own good.

“Kazuha, why are you like this?”

Unlike what his words may seem like, they hold her in no disdain. He knows well she cannot answer him -- she sleeps like a log, and he’s very grateful for it, in times like these.

“Falling asleep clutching Poyo-Poyo... Looking so terribly adorable...”

When his preparations are complete, he’ll be able to welcome her to the world he built, just for her. A special world, free of needless worries, where nothing that can scare her, worry her, should remain. A place where she can prosper, smile, be. A kind, beautiful world fill with anything and everything she likes.

It could be that she’s sleeping better because the rain is calming her. Or maybe it’s because he’s here right now, even if she can’t speak to him quite yet.

“What should I do?”

Once again, he speaks to the air, gently stroking her head, then moving to trace her spine. Looks like he’s running low on time. A pity.

Outside the downpour picks up. World V’s just as patterned as ever, but these are particularly noisy. Well, he did have to enact a few things, since things ended up off his initial plan. Nothing will harm her though, he’ll make sure of it.

That little group that’ll most certainly put her in danger soon, how will he make them kneel to him, and her.

Flash, crack, distress contorts her peaceful form, and he leans in, placing one hand over her eyes. The other goes to her hand, rubbing over it slowly. These faces she’s making, he wants to be the only one to see them all, special to him. More and more, he wants to explore more, see every expression she makes -- oh, what will she think of him afterwards? Will she still love him?

Now, now, calm down

“Say, Kazuha, you don’t need to worry. I’m here,” he says, gently. Only for her, solely for her.

Every sacrifice, mere stepping stones. What’s driven him here, the rivers fueled by pours and pours of her.

The outside weather lets up, just as the sun begins to rise. She’s at ease now, and will likely wake. It’s that time then, even if he doesn’t want it to be. He’s held back, so much, but she continues to tempt him, she continues to leave herself wide open.

Standing, he steps away from the bed. Examining himself one last time, and then glancing to her. The blood that’s stained his clothes -- he must clean that again soon -- each and everything second that’s passed since that day. Even his friend, the one that absolutely couldn’t meet her... He closes his eyes, and leaves.

Time for his alternate to enter the scene, the lovable, unassuming little character.

As he enters once more, Kazuha slowly opens her eyes, yawning and stretching out, before placing her hand to her heart. What is she thinking? He’s right, even these moments, precious.

“Poyo~?”

“Ah, good morning... Poyo-Poyo,” her voice still is laced with sleep,

“Hmhm, a very fantastic morning to you, Kazuha-chan, poyo! Did you sleep well, poyo? A sweet girl like you deserves the best rest, poyo.”

“Mm, I had a strange dream...”

“Yoyoyo... Care to tell little old Poyo-Poyo, poyo?”

“I don’t mind,” Kazuha speaks, rubbing her eyes and smiling at him, as if the sight of this cute mascot character relaxes her so dearly, despite the different words that may come from it. “It was pouring, so I hid in a cave. You were there, but you weren’t talking, so I held you...”

Kazuha... Dear him, dear him! Poyo-Poyo’s eyes might very well turn to hearts!

“Thunder started, and it got really scary, but then my eyes were covered, and I thought I heard Onii-san say it would be alright, and then I woke up. But, it really felt like he was there.”

“Kazuha-chan must just really miss him, poyo!”

“Yeah, that’s what I was thinking too. I hope I can find him...”

“Poyo-Poyo will be sure to help you all he can, poyo!”

Is there anything she’s not telling him? Secrets that are held in those pretty, bright eyes of hers? How innocent she is, how...

“I’m really grateful!”

There is it again, that smile of hers. Even if she’s worried about him, his whereabouts, she can’t help but smile, but trust what she knows of him. Soon, Kazuha, there’s so much I...

Her joys swells, and she once again takes hold of Poyo-Poyo, hugging him close to her chest. He wonders if she remembers a more distant time... but, Ah! Kazu--

Then, she squeezes.

“Gyaaaa! Too tight!”

“I’m sorry!” She releases him quickly, her cheeks turning pinker, and pinker still. She’s becoming so...

Kazuha’s gaze falls upon the window, and she chirps, “Oh, there’s no more rain now! I wonder if Ira-chan and the others are downstairs...”

“Uuu, Kazuha-chan, your cuteness probably made the clouds part, poyo~”

[315imagines]

Since the HaruShiki headcanons were so awesome, can I get HaruHai (Haruno/Haida) ones too? Pretty please? *v* Paranormal Academy is my fave event...

//Paranormal AU coming right up!

Haruno is actually quite the hit with the ladies. Jou had to constantly keep a close eye on him when he’s interacting with any living female. Haruno honestly finds it cute that he’s the jealous type, but assures Jou that he’d be faithful to him

Haruno would often visit the student council room to bother Jou whenever he felt like it. And though, Jou wont admit it, he appreciates Haruno’s company

In turn, Jou would casually crash in Haruno’s place lol

Of course, Haruno would make sure that Jou is bonding and getting along with his friends, Reiji and Shishio too

Their favorite pass time is taking naps together. With lots of cuddling of course~

[benichi]

Otome Game Walkthrough Masterlist

Here’s an overview of all the guides I’ve made (+ some extras for other games with romance). Usually they’re listed in the recommended play order unless there isn’t one. I’ll be updating this post whenever we get a new release!

ⓧ I put a lot of work into these Walkthroughs so please refrain from copying them

Nintendo Switch

Cafe Enchante [Canus Espada] [Ignis Carbunculus]  [Kaoru Rindo] [Il Fado de Rie] [Misyr Rex]

Collar x Malice - Unlimited - [System Explanation + ADONIS], [Mineo Enomoto], [Takeru Sasazuka], [Kei Okazaki],  [Kageyuki Shiraishi], [Aiji Yanagi]

Piofiore: Fated Memories [Nicola Francesca] [Yang] [Orlok] [Dante Falzone] [Gilbert Redford] [Finale]

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town [General Tips]

PC Games

Amnesia: Memories [Kent], [Toma], [Ikki], [Shin], [Ukyo]

Blood Code [General Tips], [Help getting endings]

Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome [Miki’s Walkthrough], [Saito’s Walkthrough + 3P Route]

Ozmafia!! [Scarlet], [Axel], [Soh], [Caramia], [Caesar], [Kyrie], [Robin Hood]

Hakuoki Edo Blossoms [Susumu Yamazaki], [Kazue Souma], [Keisuke Sanan], [Shinpachi Nagakura], [Ryouma Sakamoto], [Hachiro Iba]

[Hajime Saito], [Chikage Kazama], [Heisuke Toudou], [Sanosuke Harada], [Toshizo Hijikata], [Souji Okita]

Steam Prison [Ulrik Ferrie], [Eltcreed Valentin], [Adage], [Ines Heinrich Heine], [Yune Sekiei], [Grand Finale], [Fin Euclas]

Taisho x Alice Episode 1 [Cinderella] [Red Riding Hood]

Taisho x Alice Episode 2 [Kaguya] [Gretel]  

Taisho x Alice Episode 3 [Snow White] [Wizard]

PS Vita

7'scarlet [Hino Kagutsuchi], [Isora Amari], [Toa Kushinada],[Sosuke Tatehira], [Yuzuki Murakumo], [True Route + Secret Route + Additional Ending]

Bad Apple Wars [Higa], [Shikishima], [Satoru], [Alma], [White Mask]

Code: Realize Guardian of Rebirth [Impey Barbicane], [Abraham van Helsing], [Victor Frankenstein], [Saint-Germain], [Arsene Lupin]

Code Realize Future Blessings [Herlock Sholmes & Finis Walkthrough]

Collar x Malice [Mineo Enomoto], [Takeru Sasazuka], [Kei Okazaki],  [Kageyuki Shiraishi], [Aiji Yanagi], [Bad Ending Compilation]

London Detective Mysteria [Herlock Holmes], [William H. Watson], [Lupin], [Akechi], [Marple, Kobayashi & Secret], [Jack]

Norn9: Var Commons [Kakeru Yuiga], [Senri Ichinose], [Toya Masamune], [Sakuya Nijo], [Itsuki Kagami], [Natsuhiko Azuma], [Heishi Otomaru], [Akito Shukuri]

Period Cube ~Shackles of Amadeus~  [Radius], [Libera], [Zain], [Astrum], [Demento], [Hiroya], [Shiki]

Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly [Common Route], [Yamato], [Karasuba], [Kagiha], [Monshiro], [Hikage]

Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk [Common Route], [Lavan], [Levi], [Lugus] [Hugh]

Hakuoki Edo Blossoms [Susumu Yamazaki], [Kazue Souma], [Keisuke Sanan], [Shinpachi Nagakura], [Ryouma Sakamoto], [Hachiro Iba]

[Hajime Saito], [Chikage Kazama], [Heisuke Toudou], [Sanosuke Harada], [Toshizo Hijikata], [Souji Okita]

Mobile

Liar! Uncover the truth [1st Liar], [2nd Liar], [3rd Liar], [4th Liar], [5th Liar] [6th Liar], [7th Liar], [8th Liar], [9th Liar]

Liar! Scheming Socialites [Prologue], [Liar 1], [Liar 2], [Liar 3], [Liar 4], [Liar 5], [Liar 6], [Liar 7], [Liar 8], [Liar 9]

Uta no Prince-sama♪ Shining Live [Part 1], [Part 2], [Part 3]

3DS

Story of Seasons [Catching the Mitten Crab]

Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns [General Tips]

Rune Factory 4 (Reverse Proposals) [Arthur], [Dylas], [Leon], [Doug], [Kiel], [Vishnal]

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