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Shiori Negishi, Modulo Smile

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Morose Mononokean II 1 | Mob Psycho 100 II 1 | Meiji Tokyo Renka 1 | My Roommate is a Cat 1 | Promised Neverland 1

I think I’ve got too many cute fluffy creatures this season...

Mononokean II 1

For some reason, before I started watching this I kept reminding myself of Tomodachi Metre and fearing the new OP (because there’s almost always a new OP when dealing with a second season) would be faster-paced…the song is faster-paced, but not in the way I thought it would be (I thought it was going to be hard rock kind of pace, but it’s at least a tad slower than that).

Utakuni is such a fluffy kitty!

Ah, Moja Moja is best moja, indeed. Gossamers from As Miss Beelzebub Likes just don’t compare, y’know?

The Legislator is practically the king of “You mad, bro?”. (LOL)

Okay-dokay, lemme explain. There are 3 arms of government (known as the separation of powers, in order to have a series of checks and balances) – the Legislative, Executive and the Judiciary, meaning we’re missing that final one at the moment…

I never knew Morose Mononokean was so obsessed with comedy…or maybe I’m just noticing it now that I have experience with comedy I get bored at…

Abeno’s face of disgust really sold that moment with Moja, LOL.

Well, by virtue of being a sequel to something I watched previously, it’s more likely to get coverage, but you can never say for certain until the first episodes are over and done. On to the next thing – Mob Psycho!

Mob Psycho 100 II 1

Alright, all these “II 1”s are going to make me confused someday, aren’t they…?

I think the dude’s Suisho simply means “water crystal”. But I’m only guessing as to what kanji are being used here, so I could be wrong.

The pixel art bit was good. More like that, please!

“Your life is your own” – is that Mob Psycho’s slogan, in the same way Symphogear has that thing about “holding courage to fist” and whatnot?

Unlike Mononokean, which you only need to know the very basics (which are in turn explained in the episode itself), it seems Mob Psycho is playing hardball in that department – if you don’t remember that time Kamuro started kicking his lackeys around, you’re going to have to watch it again. (Either that, or you watch the Reigen recap.)

Hmm…”[something to help Mob] grow” sounds a bit odd, but that’s a correct translation. That’s what seichou suru means.

Oh great…you know how I said I was cleaning out the house lately? Someone found an old copy of this book called Inventing Elliot, which I despised studying about (because it got me some of the lowest grades in my school life, aside from outright failures and close scrapes with failure). The problem is, I’m getting Inventing Elliot vibes from this particular plotline…and since that’s Mean Girls in a boys’ private school + Mob Psycho is all about the abuse of power, that’s completely a storyline the show would go with. *gulp*

Hey, they have actual eyecatches now! Hooray!

A certain kanji for “Emi” (with a mi in hiragana, IIRC) is “smile” in English, so I find it interesting they paired Mob up with a girl like her. (Then again, if it were a hiragana/kanji mix, that’s not a name.)

Oh yeah, the hitode (starfish) shirt.

Rinshi! Ekoda-chan 1

Why am I covering an R18+ series? It’s a long story…

The jokes are, as of this segment with the old lady, only about 50% hits. That seems to be a pretty bad track record. The thing about Ekoda being identified as 3 years older than what she really is is also relatable, since I don’t think I’ve grown much past a certain age.

Note there’s a Japanese store called JUSCO. There was one in Hong Kong, which was full of cool stationery.

Wait…that’s it? So why’s it 26 minutes??? Documentary…okay, I’m getting the heck out of here.

Meiji Tokyo Renka 1

I heard Ume was here…? More bishies and more Ume for me!

What’s up with the Haikara-san ga Tooru outfit, anyway?

Who dis boy? He kinda looks like Mikoshiba from Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun…Update: That’s Ougai.

At least the jazz music is cool. Also, the episode title should be “Suddenly, under a Strawberry Moon…” or something, since it went totsuzen ni.

*Mei checks her phone* - This is why you don’t text and walk across the road, kids!

Ougai…y’mean, Mori Ougai? The loli dude from Bungou Stray Dogs is this redhead?! EHHHHHHHHHHHH?

Oh great. Amnesia plotline…

Hishida Shunso…a painter.

Okay…that’s a really obvious point where you’d be able to insert your own name if you were a gal (or if you wante to play as a gal).

The age of the Rokumeikan seems to pin the timeline down to “after 1883”. For some reason, it sounded familiar, but I wasn’t familiar with why - so maybe I’ll learn about it someday.

“Little Squirrel”?(!) (lowkey laughs for all the wrong reasons) And here I thought “Little Flower” (from Magic-kyun’s Louis and Dame x Pri’s Vino) was awkward-sounding but still endearing.

Okay, second redhead. When I saw him in the OP, I swore he was Ancient Magus’ Bride’s Chise…

So the germophobe redhead is Izumi Kyoka…but I’m not sure who this Kawakami is…

I don’t know how anyone could make a germophobe endearing, much less make him romanceable…

Otojiro Kawakami. Comedian and actor.

Lafcadio…wuh? Update: (Patrick) Lafcadio Hearn, Greek dude with a Japanese penname. He seems to have written stuff on Japan as well as other places.

“…that collection of ghost stories…”

Everyone seems to have forgotten about the roast beef but the animators…LOL…oh, spoke too soon. Kawakami just walked it back to the table.

Wowwwwwwwwwwww, Mei is so easily distracted by roast beef and pretty boys who, to be honest, aren’t that pretty…I’m just waiting for the long-haired dude and/or Ume and I’ll kick my butt out of here.

I thought Fujita was voiced by a familiar voice and turns out I was right – it’s Fukuyama Jun.

Well, that was mildly unsatisfying. I think I spent more time watching Mei getting blushy at dudes and not feeling an attraction myself. Fujita was the only one I wanted and he didn’t even do much but swing a sword. Seriously, though, what the heck was Charlie doing turning off the lights all of a sudden?

My Roommate is a Cat 1

Well, it’s either that title or Dokyounin wa Hiza, Tokidoki Atame no Ue. …which is a lot to write in one shot.

Why’s the cat on Subaru’s…junk?

The cat appears to be typing out the Dancing Men from Sherlock Holmes…except they’re cats. The Dancing Men are basically what made me think I had a career in computer security in the first place, come to think of it…but I’ve abandoned that kind of thinking now. Modulos are way too hard for me.

Them spoilers! I know that feel.

Koguma = small bear, in a story about a small cat. LOL.

Hiroto…I thought about this during the funeral scene, but…why does he look like Suzaku from Code Geass???

Hmm, yeah. I can see why Hiroto isn’t all that convinced – I’m a similar kind of person, with only a small pool of pursuits that keep me going for a long, long time. *looks at rabbit outside and remembers when I saw it in the darkness about 3 years ago*

Oh, so Subaru was so absorbed in his manuscript he forgot to eat, huh?

Kitty show too cute! Ehehehee… <- (ecstatic about having a new weekly dose of cuteness)

Promised Neverland 1

I’ve read the first volume of this. I’m not 100% in love with it, but if I can have bragging rights over finding the next big hit, why not?

Noitamina…now that’s a name I haven’t seen in a few years…*grumbles at Amazon*

For some reason Norman (white-haired boy) has this “betrayer” vibe written all over him. It’s because I know in BnHA and Ao no Exorcist, there are betrayals by certain people.

The aesthetic of this thing is like a fairytale and not like a typical anime. That’s probably one thing that convinced people to give it a shot.

LOL, there’s a Detective Conan door..well, it kind of looks like one.

The word for “tag” in Japanese is onigokko and “It” is an oni. That gives a whole new meaning to “playing tag with monsters”, doesn’t it?

Update: I can sort of feel my “this is popular, so I won’t like it” radar going off...so I’ll put it on hold until I get over that feeling.

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BELGRADO E' LA CITTA' DEL TURISMO ODONTOIATRICO

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TURISMO DENTALE IN SERBIA A BELGRADO

Belgrado da qualche anno è diventata la meta di moltissimi Italiani che l’hanno letteralmente presa d’assalto per le cure odontoiatriche di altissima qualità a costi Balcanici.

Col suo 1.700.000 abitanti, Belgrado è una cittá che non dorme mai: locali, boutiques, lounge bar, centri commerciali e casinó la rendono sempre viva e piacevole.

Dopo la caduta del regime nel lontano 1999, la città si è sviluppata rapidamente, ed è divenuta una delle città con più attività e divertimento dell’Europa dell’est. Oggi è considerata la Terza città più giovane d’Europa.

Il turismo odontoiatrico a pari passo si è sviluppato rapidamente. D’altronde si è sempre saputo che i dentisti della città Bianca (Belgrado) sono sempre stati i migliori dei Balcani, tanto che anche durante la Jugoslavia di Tito da tutta la Jugoslavia venivano i giovani per studiare nelle università della capitale medicina ed Odontoiatria.

Ancora oggi da queste università escono tra i migliori dentisti del mondo.Ma Belgrado come ti ho già accennato sopra non è solo turismo dentale ma è anche una città del divertimento. Belgrado ti travolgerà col suo fascino e ti conquisterà con la simpatia e la gentilezza della sua gente.

Non solo città di svago quindi, ma Belgrado è una delle città storiche più antiche in Europa, ricca di opere architettoniche e musei da visitare. Divertimento, buona cucina e tradizione vi sospingeranno lungo un viaggio che riporrete tra i ricordi più cari e piacevoli.

CURARSI, DIVERTIRSI E ALLOGGIARE AL MAJESTIC HOTEL DI BELGRADO

Nel cuore pulsante di Belgrado, sul corso principale della città, si trova una delle trutture più eleganti e confortevoli della capitale serba il Majestic Hotel . Potrete comodamente deliziare i vostri palati con squisite leccornìe, mentre dalle vetrate antistanti ammirerete l’incessante via-vai del corso; ed a fine giornata, il giusto riposo nelle accoglienti camere, ‘ove vigono impeccabile pulizia ed assoluto silenzio. Per i nostri pazienti esigiamo il meglio.. Majestic Hotel: un vincente connubio tra relax e gusto!

  Come Risparmiare fino al 70% dal dentista regalandoti una vacanza da sogno…

alcune testimonianze sugli ottimi interventi della clinica di Belgrado

Luisa Sedda, infermiera professionale dell’ospedale di Nuoro. Ha fatto una riabilitazione TOTALE, con grande rialzo del seno mascellare.

6 impianti sopra e 6 impianti sotto.

12 Corone sopra e 12 corone sotto.

Per lei ci sono voluti 4 step, forse uno dei casi piu’ complessi che abbiamo trattato.

In italia avrebbe speso 34.000 EURO solo per fare 2 Toronto, all on 4 sotto e all on 6 sopra. Riabilitazione riuscita, lei felice come una Pasqua!

  Agostino Canu di Siniscola in provincia di Nuoro , Pensionato.

“finalmente dopo 9 anni torno a riassaporare la carne dopo anni che avevo difficoltà di masticazione.”

Avevo un preventivo ITALIANO in mano per due toronto ( all on 4 sopra e sotto ) da 25.500 euro. Non sapevo come fare erno veramente tanti soldi per sistemarmi la bocca.

Poi un giorno ho trovato online la Clinica Smile Group™ su questo sito è ho speso solo 14.400euro con sinus lift a destra e sinistra.

Grazie a questo son riuscito a farmi sistemare la bocca una volta per tutte e a risparmiare ben 10.000 euro.

Devo dire che la clinica di Belgrado ha fatto un ottimo lavoro.

Nonostante il poco osso il medico Dentista è riuscito a sistemare lo stesso la mascella e a fare un fare sinus lift (rialzo del seno) e contestualmente gli impianti. Ha fatto il lavoro in due passaggi perche’ c’è stato l’innesto di osso. Totalmente riabilitato, 7 impianti sopra, 6 sotto. 12 corone sopra e 12 corone sotto.

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A lot of people critique anti-capitalism on the basis of the tragedy of the commons, which is interesting because capitalism creates the tragedy of the commons a lot of the time. 

Let me explain what I mean. Suppose you have a town with a largely self sustaining economy. Money comes in, money goes out, but the economic situation isn’t really getting better or worse. Now suppose that one particular shop in that town has to close down; businesses fail all the time, new businesses come about to replace them, free market and all of that. An out-of-town firm, Widgets, Inc. offers to buy the land where the shop used to operate from the shopkeeper, at a fair price. The shopkeeper needs the money more than the land, so she agrees to the trade. 

The town now has more money in circulation, the overall wealth of the population has increased, despite the loss of productivity from the shop closing down. Milton Friedman is smiling. Widgets, Inc. doesn’t do anything with the lot yet, but it starts buying out nearby lots for lots of money. It’s an economic boon to the town, at least in the short term. Every shopkeeper on the block can see that Widgets, Inc. is gearing up to build something big, but even if they don’t like it, they’re getting really lucrative offers and besides, if they don’t sell their lot then whatever Widgets, Inc. is building will still be built, just in a slightly different location. 

So, everyone agrees, all voluntary transactions, and eventually Widgets, co. has the land to build their thing. Maybe it’s a megastore, maybe it’s a factory, but whatever it is, it’s something. Now, because of the loss of productivity I alluded to, there’s a lot of unemployed people, and Widgets, Inc. offers a lot of them jobs. They don’t pay very well, but  they’re better than nothing. So people line up in droves to voluntarily sell their labor to Widgets, Inc. Widgets, Inc. makes profits of of the Factory/store/something, and that implies that most of the money it makes does not go to those directly employed by the Factory/store/something.

People in town have to shop out of town more, because the local shops closed down, but a lot of the money that Widgets, co. makes in the town, from widget wholesalers or importers or ordinary customers, leaves town. So now, overall, the local economy is losing money, even though the situation came about through trades which benefited both parties; the ordinary mechanics of supply and demand. 

If the money is largely going towards wealthier people, global utility has decreased, because of the law of decreasing marginal utility. This isn’t some contrived scenario; something like it, modulo a few variables, happens all the time, be it with a Walmart in the Midwest or a sweatshop in Indonesia. It happens in the U.S. even during periods where our economic policy is fairly Keynesian, it’s how successful local businesses grow into global corporations. 

Everyone with valuable land could sell it to Widgets, Inc., and the community would only lose one plot of land for it. If the community loses a lot of land, it’s bad for the economy. But if no one sells their land except you, you benefit overall, whereas if everyone sells their land except you, you lose out relative to the situation where you’ve sold your land also. This is isomorphic to tragedy of the commons, individual benefit and global cost, and it didn’t exist until capitalist enterprise created it.

So if you’re a capitalist, and you ever ask me “Haven’t you heard of the tragedy of the commons?”, I will say “Have you?”

[carguytimes]

【サーキット女子に聞いたモータースポーツの魅力】その2・立花サキさん「生の迫力を感じてほしい」

とかく男の世界と思われがちなモータースポーツの世界。ところが最近は競女カップやWシリーズなど、ドライバーを女性限定にしたカテゴリも発足するなど、モータースポーツに関わる女性も増えてきました。 そんなモータースポーツの中でも、ドライバーとしてではなく、あくまで主役を支えるかたちでモータースポーツに関わっている女性たちは、一体どんな��ころにモータースポーツの魅力を感じているのでしょう？　そんなちょっとした疑問を、実際にモータースポーツの現場にいる女性に聞いてみようというこ��企画。 第2回目は、元トップレースクイーンで、現在はモデルや女優として活動する傍ら、サーキットではレースクイーンのコントローラーをされている立花サキさんにお話を伺いました。 ── まずは立花さんの経歴から教えてください よろしくおねがいします、立花サキです。 私は2010年にスーパーGTで、GOOD SMILE RACING・レーシングミクサポーターズとしてレースクイーンデビューして3年間、そして2011年からはD1でアップガレージ・ドリフトエンジェルスとしても2年間活動させていただき、2012年にレースクイーンを引退しました。 ※その間、2011年度に日本レースクイーン大賞グランプリ、2012年にはレースクイーン・オブ・ザ・イヤー11-12を受賞。両タイトル獲得者は立花さんと佐野真彩さんの2名のみ 2013年からはレースクイーンをきっかけにタレントやモデルとして活動し、現在は女優を目指して頑張っています。 また、サーキットではレースクイーンのコントローラーというお仕事を2017年からやらせていただいて、今年で3シーズン目になります。 ── レースクイーン歴が3年と短いのは意外でした。どんなきっかけでレースクイーンになったのでしょう？ はい、私の父がタイヤ関係の仕事をしていて、小さい頃から車には慣れ親しんでいました。テレビでF1とかも観てましたね。 また宮城出身で、正直車がないと生活できないというのもあり、18歳で免許を取って周りの友達もみんな車に乗っていました。その頃はビッグセダンが流行っていて、同じ世代の男の子たちもドレスアップとかしていて、私はランクルに乗りたいと思っていました。 その後、父の仕事の都合で19歳で東京に出てきて普通に会社勤めしていたのですが、なんだか平凡な毎日がつまらなく感じていました。そんな時メイクアップアーティストになりたいという目標ができ、一大決心して会社を辞めてメイクの学校に通い出したんです。 ところがいざ学校に通ってみると自分には全く向いてない事がわかり、会社も辞めてしまったのにどうしよう…と悩んでいたところ、先輩に「バイト感覚でコンパニオンの仕事してみたら？」というお誘いを頂いて、事務所に入ることになりました。 そこで初めてその事務所の社長さんとお会いした時に「レースクイーンの仕事もあるけどオーディション受けてみるかい？」と言われたのがレースクイーンの世界に足を踏み入れることになったきっかけです。 なので父の転勤と先輩との出会い、この2つの偶然がなければこの世界には絶対出会えていなかったと思います。 ── なるほど。いろんな出来事が重なって、トップレースクイーンが誕生したわけですね。3年間のレースクイーンとしての活動の後、4年間離れたモータースポーツの現場に帰ってきたわけですが、それにはどんな理由があったのでしょう？ そうですね。引退してからはお客さんとして何度かサーキットに遊びに来ていました。 そんな時、現役時代のコントローラーさんからお話を頂いて、元々自分がお世話になったチームで仕事をさせていただけるのも嬉しい話だなというのと、それまで人を育てるっていう事をしたことがなくて、表に出る仕事もしていますけど、そういう事も勉強になると思い、今のコントローラーという仕事を始めさせていただきました。 そのコントローラーさんとの出会いやその後のつながりがなければ、今の仕事に就くことはなかったかもしれません。 ── ここでもやはり人とのつながりがあったからこそというわけですね。そんないろいろなつながりでモータースポーツと今現在も関わっているわけですが、立花さんの感じるモータースポーツの魅力ってどんなところだと思いますか？ テレビや、最近はインターネットでもレースは観ることができますが、やっぱりサーキットに来たときの生の音や迫力がぜんぜん違いますよね。 初めてレースクイーンとしてサーキットに来た時はすごくびっくりして、でも正直現役の時ってレースクイーンの仕事でいっぱいいっぱいでモータースポーツを満喫できなかったというのもありました。 実はコントローラーをやる前に1度、フォーミュラでマネージャーをやらせていただいた事があるのですが、そこでメカさんのかっこよさだったり、レースクイーンでいる時より近くで携わることで新しい魅力を知ることができ、そこで更にモータースポーツが好きになったと思います。 最近はエコとか若者の車離れなんて言われていて、ちょっと車のレースはっていうのはあるかもしれませんけど、サーキットに来るとある意味お祭りみたいに賑わっているので、画面で見るよりもやっぱり一度足を運んでもらって、生で見たときの感動を味わってもらいたいですね。 それからこの仕事をやっていて、女の子たちが成長していく過程を見ることができるのもとても楽しく、やりがいのある仕事だと感じています。 レースクイーンのイメージって、近寄りがたいとかちょっと気取ってるって思われがちかもしれませんけど、それぞれみんな仕事に対して一生懸命な子が多いので、女の子たちのそういう部分を知らない人にこそ、そういうところも見に来てほしいですね。 ちょっと話をしたりとか、会ってみると想像しているのとギャップがあったりして、とても魅力的な子ばかりだと思うので、男性にはいい意味で積極的になってほしいなと思います。 草食系男子なんて言葉もありますけど、私自身も自分からいけないほうなので、肉食系男子というか、例えば彼氏が車に乗って彼女とデートがてらサーキットに足を運んでもらって、一緒にレースを体感してもらえたら、車やレースの楽しさがさらに広がるんじゃないかとすごく思います。 なのでサーキットに来たことのない方には、今まで見たことのない新しい世界を観に、そして今までもサーキットに来てくれている方々やレースクイーンを応援してくれている方々には、今後も引き続きレース業界を盛り上げてほしいなと思います。 人とのつながりによって出会ったモータースポーツ。そこは単に車が走るだけでなく、新しい出会いや成長の場所でもあります。立花さんはそんなところに身を置くことで、自身もレースを楽しみながら成長していけることにも魅力を感じているようでした。 女優やモデルの時とはまた違う立花さんの活躍ぶりを見にサーキットに来るのもまた、一つのレースの楽しみ方と言っていいのではないでしょうか？ それではまた次回をお楽しみに！ （H@ty） 【関連記事】 【サーキット女子に聞いたモータースポーツの魅力】その1・佐野真彩さん「一体感に魅せられて」 https://clicccar.com/2019/08/02/895856/ あわせて読みたい * 史上初の競演！　スーパーGTとDTMの特別交流戦の詳細が発表 * 【SUPER GT 2019】富士500マイルでModulo 34号車が3位表彰台。64号車も10位完走でポイントゲット * 奇襲？奇策？予想外の展開でT-DASH ランボが富士500マイルで初優勝！【SUPER GT 2019】 * 2度のセーフティカーが明暗を分けたGT500は6号車WAKO’Sが2連勝！【SUPER GT 2019】 * 大混戦となったGT300は#87 T-DASH ランボルギーニ GT3がJLOCとして5年ぶりの優勝！【SUPER GT 2019】 http://dlvr.it/R9tL7l

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It’s REVIEW TIME

So oh man – how soon did you know when you started this, that the gatehouse wouldn’t be like the gatehouse at all? 

It makes a frightful amount of sense– assuming prioryau!Angel has a fairly similar backstory to 70s!Angel but modulo meeting Blondie and Tuco in New Mexico; and coming to hide out at the priory for other reasons – he’d have no heart in prettifying the place, and instead ascetic practicalism would seem to him to suit where he’d ended up. Plus, I think he’d suppose Alma would approve.

The gatehouse was always softened to Tuco’s tastes sigh. 

And as far as working off his surprise goes, maybe there had been something there, because the silence here had made him ache. Cold stone walls, a pad set along one wall with rough woolen coverlet. Closet with a few sober outfits, moldering on tarnished brass. The kitchen cupboards have the same cheap tin pans he remembers being here from cleaning out the place last summer.

He’s wracking his brains now- what had made him think that this man was spoilt, comfortable, happier than himself? - and nothing is exactly springing to mind.

Just…aww Tuco. Tucooo. I get the sense that the bubble has popped a little here, that he’s realizing how much of his crush was projection of desire and trying to figure out how much is real. And then he cries, poor sweetie. I do love it when men get a good cathartic cry in. 

I super loved the way Angel came in to all of this: 

The voice, though gruff, is less so than it might be; and yet he can’t quite explain how merely hearing it wipes everything away, that the mere pleasure of listening will make his tear-racked face clean again, as soon as his body can catch up with what he’s hearing.

“I was feeling sad for you,” he manages eventually, which is only after all truth.

“Wasted on me.”

He looks terribly tall, gazing down from his full height.

“Don’t say that. There’s not one of God’s creatures, who love is wasted on…” he trails off, feeling sheepish and uncouth, theological when he should be direct, worldly, insistent. Hard not to think in the way of habits.

“I recognise that you monks are instructed in devotion like army drill, but doesn’t this seem extravagant for one solitary drifter like myself?”

Tuco considers. “No.”

Just, siiigh for Tuco’s softness and honesty. I love how Angel describes himself, so simple and that’s it. Doesn’t let himself have much else to his name. And I also enjoyed the implication that even Susan doesn’t really have a good handle on who he is. I think that tracks quite well for sweaterboy who never had Manco wander in to his life– of course he’d get more distant and strange.

The ENDING the ENDING aaaaah I love Tuco so much I could kiss him! 

Thank you so much this was a brilliant birthday gift and I have reread it so many times today with a soft smile. I love them. 

Dear Syb: happy birthday

It wasn’t meant to be like this. Not the way he’d planned.

Heart so full of love it felt like bursting in his chest for sheer happiness, he’d come to the gatehouse during Mass (Angel Eyes is so attentive for those, more than he is even). Curiosity- some half-shamed impulse in him that said he should get his gawping out of the way before making pretty speeches. Not to be distracted by lace curtains or a chocolate mint growth, but just throwing himself on bent knees to confess his longing. Or, well…something, anyway. Playing it by ear.

And as far as working off his surprise goes, maybe there had been something there, because the silence here had made him ache. Cold stone walls, a pad set along one wall with rough woolen coverlet. Closet with a few sober outfits, moldering on tarnished brass. The kitchen cupboards have the same cheap tin pans he remembers being here from cleaning out the place last summer.

He’s wracking his brains now- what had made him think that this man was spoilt, comfortable, happier than himself? - and nothing is exactly springing to mind. Though of course Pablo generally only rents out the cottages to well-heeled worshipers. And Wallace had said something, how gentlemanly he’d seemed- well, maybe that’s his fault, for assuming that went with money. Or thinking Wallace would make that assumption, anyway- yes, perhaps he’ll be worth a confession later.

“Along with house-breaking. Along with desire, and lust, and wantonness,” he’d murmured the words while nestling down on the mattress. Softest place to wait he could find.

(There’s this in him that wanted to be found here, caught in all his foolish desires, made to bear the consequences.)

But the minutes are ticking by slowly, and nobody’s here and maybe nobody’s coming- perhaps Angel’s packed to leave and left, perhaps he’ll just be waiting for nobody forever. The agony of it is like a live thing to be put down, strangulated, fought with in breathless agony- for one more sight of that silly waxed mustache! Whole worlds, to hear the light quiet drawl of his beloved again, not that he has them-

and so it is that when the door does open, finally, it finds him strung out with grief, his body fraught with sobs and buried in the intoxicating scent of a worn pillow.

“What on earth’s the matter?”

The voice, though gruff, is less so than it might be; and yet he can’t quite explain how merely hearing it wipes everything away, that the mere pleasure of listening will make his tear-racked face clean again, as soon as his body can catch up with what he’s hearing.

“I was feeling sad for you,” he manages eventually, which is only after all truth.

“Wasted on me.”

He looks terribly tall, gazing down from his full height.

“Don’t say that. There’s not one of God’s creatures, who love is wasted on…” he trails off, feeling sheepish and uncouth, theological when he should be direct, worldly, insistent. Hard not to think in the way of habits.

“I recognise that you monks are instructed in devotion like army drill, but doesn’t this seem extravagent for one solitary drifter like myself?”

Tuco considers. “No.”

A laugh, then; but it’s crisp, and directed as much at its progenitor as himself. “I’ll say this for you. Life I’ve had, you’re refreshingly blunt- even that brother of yours doesn’t cut it. I can see in his eyes, the way he looks me up and down…” Angel kneels down then, level with him. “Questions he wants to ask and doesn’t. Same with Joseph, and the rest of you…even Susan- what do you want from me, eh? A biography? Money? My death?”

It takes all the nerve he has, to still an instinctive trembling- so clear in that moment that he could have exactly that if he asked for it, that the mystery before him would dissolve, tear itself into voluntary shreds, and to hold such delicacy in his hands is beyond obscene.

“I’d like to be kind with you.”

He doesn’t know why that, instead of love. It hangs in the air a long time, while his eyes smart and the rough weave of the blanket begins to chafe against his hands. Long enough that it begins to seem ridiculous, an impossible fancy. He lies down again, head flat against the worn pad, and wishes for warmth.

“I’d better fix us some coffee.”

To hear that, it’s better than the Hallelujah Chorus.

[cykragnostic]

COSMOSITY ZETA REDACTULI .'. Dept . DRAGOMANRY \ KRITIK .'. ARXIVE Cent \ SYNTACTIC MONAD .'. TARJAMAAT.lang:Ualdani>Yakku.koine modulo 3rd.Uranic

[ Dept. of Dragomanry [ Reptiles' Required Reading - [R.W.P.Hwnerkamp]]]

+++ ATTN DOCENTS et al., mnemonic sequencing begins here:

Call the Amir the Cap'n: Zwawa Touareginald, comptroller of the blood of the house of Kha. Even though amir is the word in the primeval Clareloquence language for COMMANDER, one who commands; officer, administrator, & sooner or latter PRINCE sovereign ruler and supreme executive who does not need the noise of wearing "king." Very like Latin dux 'war leader, theatre commander in chief' -> duke, which was also very like a king, but not so in one's face. Military rank, position -> monarchical dictatorship, political and military power a type of inheritable property. The Cap'n is our amir, and never you mind that a commander with us is the Amir of smaller ships and less important missions!

Cap'n Zwawa held a book of the local style at arm's length, reading aloud in a hollow archaic chaunt. "...that polity, and the worlds of the star system of that polity, did however achieve a record, a wonder never recorded across the Terhumene diaspora: seven centuries, seven it was, seven were the centuries of respite before... COLLAPSE." The Amir vibrated the syllables of the baleful word like a sorceror invoking a fiend. "...And the record they did achieve was the... COLLAPSE... of their polity, and all the worlds of the star system of that polity, together with its peoples, and all their treasures, knowledges, and wisdom... COLLAPSED... together." He pivoted hips, torso and head to face the Dragoman directly again, and parenthesized, "A very shocking state of affairs, if true, but our Jaded chronicler is quite immune from shock -- shakes a doleful magisterial head and edifies us with an aphorism and a joke. Classical quotations, totally different style of orthography, or two styles? weird long word forms... you may take an full watch hermeneuticking each of 'em, Dragoman, and don't you pop in on me every twelve minutes with updates and ideas for active measures, hear me, Arxivist?" The Amir's smile flashed from the shadow of the azure hood and mantle of Burj Kha, letting the Dragoman know two or three capers each watch he would forgive, as being cunning strokes beyond the minds of mensch or machinic to sit on until change of watch.

"Certainly, Cap'n, quotations -- two quotations -- full watch per, and my clerks and droids to deal with the rest. Any departure from the narrative form is passing rare in the Chronicle, passing strange. A joke, my Amir? The Chronicler, and joking, is it now. It was not reduced to jokes and epigrams when that Flower of Parting xenodrome breached and killed a round two billion people inside a month, I believe. And yet, you know, the public speech of the Highest Jade oligarchs, the diplomats' conversation at table and the antiquarian one-upmanship that passes for parliamentary process, to say nothing of the manner of dialog in popular entertainment: sentimental declarations in the parlor, racy folk songs on the flight deck of the yacht--"

"I can well see it: the plucky comscan techs are both secretly oligarch brats slumming it to snub their families, and they make innuendo as they stick code cylinders into holes on their terminals."

"Just so. An aphorism, and a joke. I shall sit, as in respect for edification, and as precaution against the injuries of untimely hillarity."

"So," Cap'n Zwawa discarded the archaic singsong and went on,"'Never does a world Collapse, without it murders another.' Fair enough; nigh universally acknowledged, I believe. Going on: 'A witticism: The owner of a palace, its architect, and the chief builder watched the inspector of new construction. As the inspector climbed ladders and tapped walls, those inspected grew vexed with the prolongation of palpating and measuring.

"The architect knew the crack would appear because of discreet negotiations with the builder and with the mongers of metal and stucco, but had made piecemeal reinforcements as a salve to scruple.

"The chief builder had seen the crack, and ordered it concealed with paint, lest the architect discover the results of even more discreet negotiations.

"The owner of the palace did not have the means to finish paying the architect and builder, and had bribed the masons to discourage any gauchery on the part of their bosses, but meant to be taking the waters abroad when the next dispersal came due.

"The inspector despised the owner as a vain and showy arriviste, a rogue on the make ignorant of the douceur customary to an inspector of new buildings, without which there would be no vails for the masons. The inspector wondered if this would be a quick arriviste or a stupid one, and jabbed a probe into the crack.

"The crack opened instantly, down to the floor and up to the roof, and as the roof and the walls fell all about them, the architect cried out, "You fool! You've killed us all!"

[[ work in progress specifically to resume here, where I commenced writing. ]]

had nor wit nor stonesand the respite followed upon rockfall upon that planet, until the polity upon that to Collapse." Flimshaw! Poh! Okay, first, it wasn't a Collapse. It was bad, but not Collapse-bad, and second, this not-great-but-not-Collapse took seven hundred-odd of Highest Jade's long, long, tiresomely long orbits making for seven -- epocha, let's call them. I challenge you to tell me how much that is in real money without looking it up. I dare say a Jade century is exactly how long indifferent clever barbarians like Perpetual Secretary Shehnaz or I need to calculate it.

You & the Perpetual Secretary, maybe! What are the numbers? Yes, what ARE the numbers? Quick! Dragoman Ypse!

What, I'm right here. Uh, Captain.

Ypse bach, Ypseji, Terhumeneutics & Tactical Pragmatics specialist Ypse, Qorbin love...

No, Captain, we have no information on their calendrics, the charts they give us take no notice of the units of time such poor slobs as their trading partners and neighbors right here in the Lace use, their texts and discourse in general largely avoids quantifying time, names of days, months, or whatever their Short Great Year, Long Great Year, and Great Jade Years are, other than when certain spectacles and athletic events happen, and degrees of exaggeration when a shipment is late. How late? Shipping contracts specify due date, delivery time, variables, you would say. You would say that, Captain, you and Shehnaz-sama, but in the actual very fact, Highest Jade contracts do not specify time, they only penalize tardiness.

"The shippers and clients can both work out transit times. They understand their business, we're all in the where's-that-planet-now game, I believe. Just so, Captain bach, and as a pilot, or a former pilot, I should say, Captain, as an experienced observer of pilots and other personnel who do things like push buttons and read samples of Highest Jade legal documents in the Yakku language which is no biggie, written not in the Old Yakku figure, not in the Late Old, but in Early Late Old Yakku orthography..."

"I need one for my gre-gre-gre-grandam. This is just how she taught me to draw spiders and creepy crawlies, modulo if she'd taught me to draw very, very ill or intoxicated spiders. She's a cartoonist, you know, & shall laugh at all these sickly, stoned spiders cramming together in rows; with the blessing, and I don't fly us into a star."

"Take any of these. No, take this one: not only will she have her close-packed rack of bad trip bugs, she'll have all these fancy seals and painstakingly fancy signatures, because why? Because it is an historical document, and these people clutching their pens too hard and scattering these ink blots were historical too.

[eventicatanzaro-blog]

2° Raduno Smile&Cosplay - 6° Edizione

http://eventicatanzaro.it/event/2-raduno-smilecosplay-6-edizione/

WINTER IS COMING! Ma prima di rimboccarvi sotto i piumoni, fate un salto al raduno Smile&Cosplay di Ottobre! In quest’edizione introdurremo ancora novità, oltre a un grande “coming back”: il raduno torna infatti alla “sua” sede al chiuso: il Centro Polivalente di Catanzaro! Qui sotto troverete invece tutte le altre novità (in continuo aggiornamento) di questo raduno dedicato al gioco da tavolo, senza scordarci ovviamente del contest cosplay per decretare i nuovi cosplay champions!

Inoltre, 3 ospiti d’eccezione ci aiuteranno a scegliere coloro che saranno degni del titolo: Gianluca Costa, Rossana Petruzza e Lucius Hyuga!

—————————————————————————————— SIETE DELLE PARTI DI REGGIO E NON SAPETE COME ARRIVARE AL RADUNO? Nessun problema, abbiamo attivato una navetta apposta per voi! L’evento per prenotarsi è questo: https://www.facebook.com/events/358429111262874/

Che ne dite di una bella sessione di GDR? Iscrivetevi qui allora: https://www.facebook.com/events/156170684973863/ !!! —————————————————————————————— *** DOWNLOAD ALLEGATI ***

LIBERATORIA FOTO E VIDEO (OBBLIGATORIA PER TUTTI): https://mega.nz/#!UGYmlbTa!oCrM8WQVXW8RLuz7kA-VN1DfIUAMrjXlLfnBfn2psCI

REGOLAMENTO CONTEST: https://mega.nz/#!EK50xIBZ!ZzAL_3KHCrM9OKBhjFutVO7ttFz8z9BxcM12dNdCuSM

MODULO DI ISCRIZIONE: https://mega.nz/#!1Sh20D7Z!6_9_oBEmFmObr5PdamHoCTGQQnQN2_YPEMDEtq0Wano

*** PROGRAMMA DEL RADUNO *** 11:00: apertura e inizio attività 12:30: sfilata fuori contest (area palco) 14:00->15:00: bento time! (pausa pranzo) 15:00->16:30: inizio cosplay contest 17:00: premiazioni contest *** IN AGGIORNAMENTO ***

*Ci teniamo a ricordare che gli orari sono indicativi, pertanto la programmazione può essere soggetta a variazioni*

*** IMPORTANTE *** Le vivande non saranno disponibili all’interno della struttura, consigliamo perciò il pranzo a sacco. Eventualmente possono essere disponibili anche dei locali vicino al centro, per maggiori informazioni rivolgetevi pure allo staff. AGGIORNAMENTO: stiamo lavorando per includere un punto ristoro all’interno del polivalente, solo per voi!

AREE DEL RADUNO – AREA CHECK-IN: il cancello per il paese dei balocchi: registratevi consegnando la liberatoria e fatevi timbrare, mi raccomando! Inoltre, al check-in potrete registrarvi al contest cosplay (fino alla pausa pranzo) e prenotarvi per il set fotografico nell’Area Foto! – AREA PALCO: qui si svolgeranno tutte le attività cosplay e delle attività collaterali come il karaoke o altri giochi! – AREA DISEGNATORI: alcuni disegnatori saranno con noi a esporre le loro opere e disegnare dal vivo! Potrete anche far loro tutte le domande che volete sulla loro tecnica o sulla loro passione: insomma, un’ottima occasione per imparare qualcosa in più! – AREA MOSTRE: 3 le mostre di questo raduno, che potrete trovare vicino l’area disegnatori: la prima è dedicata proprio a questi ultimi, con una selezione delle opere migliori dei nostri bravissimi ospiti; la seconda è una mostra per dire no al cyberbullismo; la terza è dedicata alla storia della SMACk: cercatevi tra le nostre foto! – AREA GIOCHI: una grande area dedicata ai giochi da tavolo e all’abandonware! Potrete giocare al vostro gioco preferito o provarne di nuovi, il tutto sotto la guida dei nostri bravissimi animatori e dei Masters of Comics! – AREA FOTO: un corner strutturato come un piccolo studio fotografico, per mettere il più possibile in risalto i vostri cosplay! Che aspettate a prenotarvi?

Per tutti saranno disponibili inoltre i bagni presenti all’interno del centro.I propri effetti potranno essere depositati in un’apposita area, facendo richiesta direttamente a qualcuno dello staff, il quale vi accompagnerà fino alla suddetta. —————————————————————————————— REGOLE COMPORTAMENTALI E LEGALI DEL RADUNO SMILE&COSPLAY

Il raduno Smile&Cosplay nasce dall’intenzione di avere un punto di aggregazione tra i ragazzi per poter condividere le proprie passioni nel rispetto del buonsenso e della legalità. Le seguenti regole sono state redatte per creare un ambiente piacevole per tutti.

Le 4 regole del buon cosplayer (e non solo…):

UN BUON COSPLAYER RISPETTA SEMPRE LE PERSONE, GLI ANIMALI E L’AMBIENTE: non molesta gli animali del parco, non imbratta e non distrugge nulla, non disturba i visitatori e lascia sempre tutto pulito!

UN BUON COSPLAYER NON HA BISOGNO DI ALCOOL O DROGHE PER DIVERTIRSI!

UN BUON COSPLAYER E’ SEMPRE EDUCATO: evitate quindi di bestemmiare o essere troppo volgari, è un evento in cui ci sono anche bambini!

UN BUON COSPLAYER AMA TANTO MA CON DISCREZIONE: non esagerate con le coccole…

—————————————————————————————— Essendo il raduno Smile&Cosplay un evento pubblico, fotografie e video che vengono prodotti durante i raduni sono soggetti alle leggi di tutela dell’immagine, pertanto:

– TUTTI I PARTECIPANTI DEVONO REGISTRARE LA PROPRIA PRESENZA – TUTTI I PARTECIPANTI DEVONO FIRMARE LA LIBERATORIA A NORMA DI LEGGE – LE LIBERATORIE DOVRANNO ESSERE CONSEGNATE AI RESPONSABILI ADDETTI ALLA SEGRETERIA IL GIORNO DEL RADUNO – I MINORENNI DOVRANNO FAR FIRMARE LE LIBERATORIE DAI PROPRI GENITORI O CHI NE FA LE VECI. – OGNI COSPLAYER DOTATO DI ARMI IN METALLO, LEGNO, O QUALSIASI ALTRO MATERIALE CHE PUO’ RECARE POSSIBILE DANNO A TERZI (COSE, ANIMALI, PERSONE) DOVRA’ CONSEGNARE LA PROPRIA ARMA PRESSO IL CHECK-IN. QUESTA SARA’ TENUTA IN CUSTODIA NEL DEPOSITO PREDISPOSTO, FERMO RESTANDO LA DISPONIBILITA’ A RESTITUIRLA AL LEGITTIMO PROPRIETARIO DURANTE I PHOTOTOUR, IL CONTEST E AL MOMENTO IN CUI IL PARTECIPANTE VA VIA DAL RADUNO.

[racequeenparadise]

Shiori Hoshizawa, Kenwood Lady with Shiori Negishi and Yuri Ikenaga, Modulo Smile

[marinagalatioto]

Buona serata! Amo le foto librose, e voi? 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 📖 In questa oltre al mio romanzo, Le disavventure di Alice, a breve in ristampa, anche una meraviglia di astuccio e gioielli nichel free di cui ora vi parlo. . Braccialetto, orecchini, anello 💍 e collana da indossare insieme oppure singolarmente. A me personalmente piace l'idea di indossare un tema, in questo caso il rosso dell'amore. 💓 . L'astuccio, invece, è per i miei tanti oggetti da scrittrice. Il tappo in alto non è solo per bellezza, nasconde il temperino! Una meraviglia, non è vero? Per questo trovi in link in BIO. . I gioielli, invece, puoi acquistarli attraverso il profilo Instagram di @outletdeisogni a prezzi scontatissimi. . . . . * * * * * * * * per info e collaborazioni potete contattarmi in 📥 , tramite mail 📩 oppure utilizzando il modulo di contatto che trovate nella mia BIO * * * * * * * * . . . #bigiotteria #gioielli #nickelfree #outletdeisogni #smile #sorridere #astuccio #rosa #lelibriciie #libri #fotolibrose #braccialetto #anello #cuore #amore #offerte #bookblogger #adv #ads #pink #fragole #leggere #leggeresempre #leggereovunque #lettureconsigliate #ticonsigliounlibro #vitadascrittrice (presso Vita da Scrittrice) https://www.instagram.com/p/BydTu7-l43s/?igshid=ypo6kinukut3

[racequeenparadise]

Yuri Ikenaga, Modulo Smile

[racequeenparadise]

Miyuki Naka and Yuri Ikenaga, Modulo Smile with Tomomi Tsuda, Kenwood Lady

[racequeenparadise]

Arisa Nagasaka (D1GP Shark Girl), Yui Arata (Shibta Race Queen), Asumi Kawata (WinG, K-tunes Racing), Kira Asano (Racing Miku Supporters), Sena Maeda (Up Garage Honeys), Izumi Natukawa (Realize Girls), Yuri Ikenaga (Modulo Smile), Rina Sakurada (Subaru Brz), Anna Kamezawa (Astemo Ambassador), Naka Miyuki (Modulo Smile), Chimu Ikuta (Wako's Girls), Tsukasa Arai (Goodsmile Racing Miku Supporters), Oda Mina (Realize Girls), Mami Hinami (Stanley Race Ambassador), Misato Ueunten (JLOC Ambassador), Riri Tachibana (Sunco Image Girl), Ririka Moriwaki (Shibatyre Team), Ezaki Roa (Airbuster Ambassador), Sanpo Aguna (Drift Star Racing), Shiori Hoshizawa (Blue Link Victory Cats), Rie Yuma (It's Me! Racing Queen), Asuka Aizawa (Queen's Angels) and Kaede Saki (KCMG Support Girls), Motor Fan Festa 2024, Fuji Speedway

[racequeenparadise]

Minori Sasaki, Noko Ichinose, Tsujikado Anera, Kako Ogawa, Yuka Ichinose and Remu Hayashi, raffinee Lady with Hirose Anyu and RiO, raffinee μs

Nitan Clinic Race Ambassador Award 2024 Costume Division Grand Prix Winner Announced

The Nitan Clinic Race Ambassador Awards 2024 Costume Division determines the most popular costume among race queens, race ambassadors and team ambassadors who appeared in major Japanese motor racing categories in 2024 via a public vote.

Pre-voting was done on the Gals Paradise official website with 50 teams nominated. Starting with the early on-site voting at the 4th round of the Super GT held at Fuji Speedway in early August, with online voting in mid August as well as mail-in voting using the voting ticket in the "Gals Paradise 2024 Top Race Queen Edition" magazine released in late August.

Voting for the final stage took place from 18 to 30 September with 10 teams competing in the final round. On 17 September the 10 remaining teams units vied for the Grand Prix on Galpara TV. The points from the final stage were tallied from the PR broadcast viewer-only votes and the Gals Paradise official website and the Race Ambassador Award official website.

The finalists have been announced;

3rd place: Modulo Smile 2nd place: ZENTsweeties

Grand Prize: raffinee Lady / raffinee μ’s

The winner of the Nitan Clinic Race Ambassador Award 2024 Costume Division Grand Prix, raffinee Lady/raffinee μ's, serve as race queens for TEAM ZEROONE in the Super Taikyu Series.

In 2024 the eight members of raffinee Lady / raffinee μ's are Minori Sasaki, Noko Ichinose, Tsujikado Anera, Kako Ogawa, Yuka Ichinose and Remu Hayashi, Hirose Anyu and RiO. This is the second time they have won the Costume Division Grand Prix, following their first victory in 2022.

The Costume Division Grand Prix winner will be awarded at the Nitan Clinic Race Ambassador Award 2024 Awards Ceremony, which will be held on the main stage of Tokyo Auto Salon 2025, one of the world's largest custom car shows, at Makuhari Messe in January 2025.

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現役レースクイーンのデビューレースは壮絶バトル!?　安藤麻貴さん、予選を突破して見事完走

8月18日開催のN-ONE OWNER’S CUP第11戦・ツインリンクもてぎで、サーキットレースにデビューした現役レースクイーン・Modulo Smileの安藤麻貴さん。本人曰く、レースは感動の連続だったようです。 今回のレース、出場46台に対し決勝に進出できるのは45台。8月17日に行われたフリー走行では予選落ちかもしれないというタイムしか出せていなかった安藤麻貴さんですが、「どうせ予選落ちするならツインリンクもてぎを楽しんで帰ろうかな」というリラックスした気持ちで予選に臨んだとのこと。 朝9時から予選が始まりますが、その予選で大きな異変が起こります。前日のフリー走行よりも3秒も早い2分58秒台で周回を続けているのです。 N-ONE OWNER’S CUPのドライビングコーチとして大会に参加していたSUPER GTドライバーの中山友貴さんにアドバイスしてもらったことをもとに、宇都宮餃子を食べながら一生懸命にフリー走行の反省と復習をしていたという安藤麻貴さん。その成果が実って、ベストラップは2分56秒台！前日より5秒以上もタイムアップしました。 予選は43番手でデビューレースの予選突破！「56秒台が出て予選通過がわかると、ホッとしたというか安心したというか、最後のほうで涙が出てきちゃいました」という彼女。確かにマシンから降りてきた彼女は涙ぐんでいました。しかし気を取り直して、予選通過の喜びのポーズも飛び出します。 そしてこの日の午後の最初のレースとなる決勝へと臨む安藤麻貴さん。 彼女のポジション、43番グリッドはホームストレートを超えて最終コーナーに差し掛かる場所にあり、なおかつ登り坂。彼女のグリッドの写真の背景にはセカンドアンダーブリッジが写るほどの後方。ツインリンクもてぎの35番から後ろのグリッドは坂道発進となり、ほかのサーキットよりもスタートが難しいといわれています。 午後1時30分、決勝スタート。難しいといわれた後方からの登り坂スタートを絶妙に決めた彼女は第3コーナーに差し掛かる頃には3台も抜いて40位までポジションアップ！ 「レーシングカートでスタートのときは真ん中を突っ切るとうまく決まるので、そのつもりでやってみました。でもグリッドが後方過ぎてシグナルが見なくて周りの動きに合わせてのスタートでした。シグナルと同時に動ければもう2台くらい抜けたかも」とスタート時の状況を語る彼女。さすがカート経験者は心構えが違います。 その後も順調に周回を重ねていた彼女ですが、涼しくなったとはいえ夏のもてぎ、マシンが熱ダレしてきてしまったようで思うようにタイムが出てこなくなってしまいます。そうなると徐々に後続車に抜かれていまいます… 予選と同じ43番手までポジションを落としてしまった彼女の背後にSUPER GTのGT500クラス、KEIHIN NSX-GTと同じカラーリングのマシンが背後に迫ってきます。ドライバーはSUPER GT公式応援団長のこにわさん。「もう抜かれたくない一心で、第一コーナーではガッツリとインを閉めちゃいました」と彼女が言うほどの壮絶？なバトルがラスト2周で展開されます。 そのバトルを制して、予選と同じ順位でチェッカーを受けた安藤麻貴さん。「チェッカーを受けてピットに戻るときに何人かのコースオフィシャルの方が89って書いたボードを出してくれていて、いろんな方に見ていてもらっていたんだなという実感で涙が出てきちゃいました」と語ります。 「レースクイーンだと土日しかサーキットにいませんが、自分でレースに出てみてレースって土日だけのものじゃないんだなという実感がわきました。 レースウィークの週末だけではなく、練習とかも含めてその前に色々な準備があって、サーキットにいるときはその準備などの集大成なんだっていう実感です。実際に走ることでドライバーだけではなくチームのスタッフさんたちが苦労してレースを作り上げていることがわかったと思います。 レースクイーンとしてサーキットにいるときはスポンサーさんのPRは当然として、それと同じくらいかそれ以上にレースそのもの、レースって素晴らしいなということを伝えていきたいかなって思いました」 と語る安藤麻貴さん。レースに出場して得るものは大きかったようです。 そんな印象を語る彼女のもとへ、壮絶バトルを繰り広げたこにわさんがやってきます。「いやぁ、バトル楽しかったですよ。負けちゃいましたけど」と語るこにわさん。悔しい！といいながらも、お互いでモータースポーツの理解を深めながら広げていきたいということで固く握手。 レースを走る喜びを覚えてしまった安藤麻貴さん、年内にぜひまた出たいと意欲を燃やしています。その願いがかなうかどうか、今後の動向に注目です。 （写真・文：松永和浩） あわせて読みたい * 【ホンダ・N-VAN試乗】街中中心ならNAモデルでも必要十分でも、ベストチョイスはターボモデル!? * 【ホンダ・PCXハイブリッド試乗】電気とエンジンのイイトコ取り!? 乗ってわかったハイブリットバイクの魅力とは？ * ホンダ・N-VANは「自分だけの一台」に仕上げていくクルマ。キャンパー仕様にもできる、 純正アクセサリーの信頼度 * 現役Moduloレースクイーンがサーキットレースデビュー！安藤麻貴さんがN-ONEオーナーズカップに出場 * レースクイーン・宮本りおちゃんがお色気封印でガチメンテ！「しとりでオイル交換できるもん！」編【V-OPT CHANNEL新作紹介】 http://dlvr.it/QgMLwM