#note: rakuen.

[slamdunktheories]

Slam Dunk: So Who Won the IH after Sannoh Lost?

There are a lot of theories out there as to who actually clinched the Inter-High championship after Sannoh took a shock loss to Shohoku. What we do know is that Inoue 1) has a specific school/winner in mind and 2) most likely had decided who it was by the time he drew the IH bracket in the manga (he's shared this in another interview that I'll post about another day). Let’s look at who might’ve won the IH today :)

The biggest hints come from a 2017 interview, where Inoue was asked who won the IH and he stated that it was a team that was never depicted in Slam Dunk.

Clip of the interview here; question starts around the 5:10 mark. No English subtitles there but I've transcribed the interview:

Q: By the way, who won the national championship? A: Ah, about that... Q: Oh, should I not have asked that? A: Well, it's not that. It's just... (hesitates) Q: Kainan was #2, right? A: Kainan was #2. Q: So my guess is that maybe Meihou won the championship? A: Oh no, that's not the case. Q: Oh so there is a champion [in your mind]. A: Yes, in my mind there's a specific winner. Q: Mm... A: But the winning team is not one that has ever been described or appeared. Q: A team that has never appeared? A: (nods) It's a team that has never appeared. And if Meihou won the championship, that would be pretty annoying. Q: Yes. A: They have the talent and capability, but I think to let such a team win would really be pretty annoying. Q: I seem to have gotten the best answer, no?

Someone from Hong Kong then did a hyper detailed analysis in Chinese to get to the bottom of it, and deduced that the eventual champion was...

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Hakata.

I read the essay in the native format (see essay here) and loved it because it made a ton of sense, then I tried to do a Google translate to see if the English was ok. Answer: IT WAS NOT. It came out completely garbled. But if you want to try reading the article, I'd recommend using ChatGPT; both the free and Pro versions translate a lot more smoothly and accurately than DeepL, which in turn is a cut above Google Translate.

For a super simplified/condensed version of the article, the main logic for a Hakata win goes as follows:

According to the IH bracket, there're 5 seeds for this year's tournament and we know the seeding reflects the performance of the previous year's IH tournament. The top 4 seeds this year are the top 4 teams of the previous year and those seeds can be easily identified in the bracket as they got to skip the first round matches this year.

The bracket shows the top 4 seeds being: Sannoh (top left quadrant of bracket), Kainan (bottom left), Hakata (top right; but in the English translation there's a weird typo showing "Hakuta"), and Meihou (bottom right). Note: Meihou wasn't a top 4 team last year; Aiwa was, according to Maki. So presumably, since Meihou beat Aiwa this year to take the #1 position in their prefecture tournament, Meihou took their place in the IH seeding too.

The 5th seed who also got to skip the first round match was Rakuen, somewhere in the middle on the left side bracket. They were probably the best performing team amongst the Top 8 last year so got the 5th seed this year as a result.

We also know that last year Sannoh was the champion and Kainan lost to them in the semi finals. And since Aiwa was #4 last year, Kainan must have been #3 as it's impossible to lose to Sannoh in the semis and be any higher than #3. That means the one team remaining (Hakata) must've been #2 last year, after facing Sannoh in the finals but had clearly lost.

With Sannoh out of the way this year, it’s entirely feasible for a strong team that already has the experience of playing deep into the IH tournament to actually win the championship this year. There may have also been sentimental reasons as to why Inoue picked Hakata as the winner - Inoue is a Kyushu native (having been born and bred there) and Hakata is also in Kyushu.

IMO not depicting the eventual champion is a really great approach and is a testament to Inoue's storytelling skills. In the minds of many SD fans, the national champions that year ought to be a team that's more impressive than Sannoh and Shohoku because even with Sannoh out of the way they'll still need to beat plenty of strong teams en route.

How would/should such a team look like? It'll be impossible to convey the power of such a team with just a few manga panels - especially since every SD reader will have their own expectations of what such a team would/should look like.

So Inoue goes for the opposite approach: offer nothing. Without depicting the winning team at all, he preserves the reader's ability to imagine everything and anything they want to about the team. The canvas stays empty, and we have the paint.

[micalpixel]

May Flowers Game - June 2024 Progress Report

Another month has passed, so here’s another update on my gamedev journey. The goal is to create my first video game using the Godot game engine.

(Prior Updates: May, Initial)

Research

The main goal for June was research. Play other character/exploration-focused games with no farming or combat elements and see what they do to keep things fun. Here’s what I played (or watched others play)

A Short Hike: A game about a penguin climbing a mountain. Finding new people, new areas, and moving/gliding were very enjoyable. The game’s 3D environment with pixelated graphics was also a new experience for me. A very nice cozy game.

Rakuen: I love this game. You play as a kid stuck in a hospital, trying to help other sick patients, while also exploring a fantasy world described in a book. Lots of exploration, puzzles, and focus on characters. Catchy music too. Kind of exactly what I was looking for. I think Undertale fans would enjoy this one.

The Stanley Parable: A choose-your-own-adventure game. No NPCs, just movement and a very entertaining and well-crafted narrator.

Potion Permit: You play as a chemist who just moved into a town, and must make a living brewing potions while getting to know the town, its people, and the wilderness. The first life-sim game I’ve actually beaten. The lack of time limits was greatly appreciated.

Shenmue (Watched not Played): An important piece of gaming history. I watched a playthrough of this one, just so I could see this game at its best, and not miss any important events.

Freddi Fish 2 (Watched not Played): A point-and-click adventure for children??!… What’s this doing here?!?! Well, this one wasn’t on my original list, but I realized the point-and-click game genre had many similarities with the walk/talk/trade-items gameplay I originally envisioned. Plus this one had no game-overs and no frustrating trial-and-error like many do. Studying how a different genre handled that kind of gameplay, while making it very accessible and entertaining, was a good learning experience.

Kena: Bridge of Spirits (WIP): I started this one, more for fun than research, but haven’t finished it yet. Beautiful game. As others have noted, it’s like playing a Pixar movie.

OneShot (Not Started Yet): Ran out of time. 😒 Next month. Really looking forward to this one.

All in all, I took 10 pages of notes. Things I noticed, liked, disliked, wanted to think about.

Prototype

On June 20, I began work on an actual prototype (“Prototype 1”). Code from my earlier Godot projects was collected, combined, and improved. The goal is to implement every important mechanic in the game. Everything the player should be able to DO in the game, the prototype should have at least ONE place where the player can do it. In a very condensed environment that's easy to test. Physics and graphics can be fine-tuned later. This prototype is all about functionality. For example:

Walk in 8 directions.

Talk to an NPC.

Choose an answer when the NPC asks a question which triggers different outcomes.

Walk to the edge of a room and appear in an adjacent room.

And overall, things have gone very well! I have a page-long checklist of everything I want to implement in this prototype, and it’s about half-done. :D

Except menus.

And except puzzles.

Puzzle mechanics aren’t added yet. I realized the mechanics I was planning did not have much synergy and were very simple. I also want to review the notes I took during research and study puzzles in general. So, back to the drawing board, for now. Puzzles are the next major step. And I think I have a pretty good idea how I want to change them.

Audio

I made a text-blip sound effect (hear it in the video above) and a placeholder “song” of 6 notes to use for testing music. Since this game’s art style is based on the Game Boy, I did some research on the Game Boy’s sound capabilities.

It has four “instruments” that can play sounds simultaneously, aka “channels”:

Channel 1 and 2: Pulse Channel. Each can emit a quadrangular wave

Channel 3: “Wave” channel with user-definable waveform

Channel 4: A noise wave (think static)

Channel 3 is the most fascinating imo. You can define your own timbre of the sound to be played. If you ever played a Game Boy game that had a unique-sounding song that, chances are it was a custom waveform via this channel. (Also, if you ever played Mother 3, the movie theater part with the retro-sounding music did in fact use the original Game Boy audio capabilities in the Game Boy Advance, and also includes these sounds.)

There is software that can reproduce the capabilities described above in order to create Game Boy-sounding music on a PC. I’d like to experiment with that in the coming weeks. The Game Boy was capable of some really good music. Limiting my scope to its capabilities for the same of my own sanity, plus the flexibility of that wave channel to create custom sounds, seems like it can produce some really nice results, which is very appealing to me.

Graphics

I made a font! It only includes English letters, for now, but it works! I used it in the “Save Pointy” art earlier this week and the prototype video above, and intend to use it for everything going forward.

Closing

And that’s June! Have a nice July, everyone!

[nec-romantic-nightmare]

I don't know if I explained this

But for my character building I decided to do for Rao as if she hadn't suffered enough in canon and my fanon

She has mommy issues lmao

In more,,,serious notes

She was abandoned at like 7-9 by a neglectful mother who felt Rao ruined her life and having some kid following around made her,,,undesirable(all you need to know is she was selfish).

She plopped Rao on the steps of ankoku temple and then never came back when she was 9 at most. The old head priest took her in and raised her the rest of her life to take over as head priestess after him.

That's why I made her,,,motherly in personality to most and especially Rak and so quick to not want to see the worst in people,,,,a part of her still has self blame for her mother leaving and why when she died she was just anguished and miserable for "leaving" Rakuen behind.

Also to make it hurt. Rao kinda looks like her mom tehe

[sparx-png]

blog intro! let's be moots!

I've had this blog for a while, but I realized I've never made an introduction and I love doing that. So here we go.

name: sparx

gender & pronouns: bigender/two-spirit, they/[any]

ethnicity: mixed-race latino

languages: english, spanish

age: 22

blog type: multifandom

interests: video games, anime, movies, tv, webcomics/comics, etc.

video games

• genres: RPGs, JRPGs, visual novels, platformers

• favorites: kingdom hearts, the world ends with you, devil may cry, mortal kombat, our life, mystic messenger, rakuen, ori and the blind forest, final fantasy, persona, our life: beginnings and always

anime

• blue exorcist, erased, tokyo revengers, jojo's bizarre adventure, attack on titan, ouran high school host club, angel beats, free!, hell girl, to your eternity, death note, tanaka-kun is always listless, afro samurai, devil may cry (2007), from me to you, delicious in dungeon, etc.

movies

• genres: animation, comedy, romance, romcom, fantasy, action, adventure, horror, martial arts

• favorites: scott pilgrim vs. the world, inception, studio ghibli films, gkids films, lord of the rings, knives out, the mummy, fantastic beasts and where to find them, the matrix, encanto, old 2D disney movies, insidious, old dreamworks movies, x-men, etc.

tv

• genres: animation, fantasy, sci-fi, action, adventure

• favorites: invincible, over the garden wall, the legend of vox machina, avatar: the last airbender, twin peaks, our flag means death, clone high, etc.

webcomics/webtoons/manhwa/manga

• omniscient reader, blue hearts, surviving romance, let's play, i'm the queen in this life, blue exorcist, death is the only ending for the villainess, i love yoo, my deepest secret, the guy upstairs, kiss him not me, age matters, batman: wayne family adventures, lost and found, comedown machine, etc.

other

• music, hello kitty, garfield, books, poetry/lyrics, liminal space, glowwave, backrooms, reality shifting (don't judge my escapism tactics aaa), language learning, stand-up comedy etc.

dni list

• homophobes, xenophobes/racists, transphobes, and any type of bigot I guess lmao

• i'd prefer to interact with 18+ users instead of minors, but I'm not super strict

And that's pretty much it! I'll likely be continuously updating the list of interests over time. By the way, this is my secondary blog. If we become moots, I'll follow you from my primary (@eightb-all) that I don't use much. Tumblr sucks at secondary blog capabilities :,)

Nice to meet you all!

[kanasmusings]

[Masterpost] TsukiPro “Taikyoku Denki” Pamphlet Translations

Hello, hello~! Here are the translations for the “Taikyoku Denki” pamphlet that TsukiPro released a few months back~! They added new profiles, and updated the lore that they initially released for Tsukiuta~! It’s a really interesting world, and the lore is equally rich and beautifully established! They planned on using Taikyoku Denki for another ProSta before it got postponed/cancelled, and I hope that they’ll pick it back up again soon!

What we know from TsukiSta 10th is definitely expanded on and updated within this pamphlet, and it was so interesting to see how they connected all of that to already established information~! It’s so great seeing SQ, ALIVE, VAZZROCK, and infinit0 joining in on this world, too~! They definitely add some spice and a whole lotta wholesomeness and chaos into this world.

I hope that you get to enjoy them as much as I did, too~! It’s a really rich world that opens up the imagination, for sure! ( ´ ▽ ` ).｡ｏ♡

Thank you to Rakuen for helping me get my copy, as well as for generally helping me with some terms~!

Notes, and masterpost under the cut, enjoy~!

A few notes:

Some of SQ and ALIVE don’t have pictures (for now) because their official Twitter didn’t seem to post everyone’s profiles, and we didn’t want to scan the pamphlet for fear of ruining the binding >< I will update them when I get a clearer picture set!

The SQ Twitter posted about answering questions/messages regarding the pamphlet, but they haven’t posted anything about it since they’ve been consecutively busy with AGF, SQS8, and then their “Ano Koro” CD updates. I will update this post when they release their Q & A as well!

[TAIKYOKU DENKI]

Taikyoku Denki Introduction and Worldview

Cast Presentation: Six Gravity

Cast Presentation: Procellarum

Twitter Q & A: Tsukiuta Version

Cast Presentation: Solids

Cast Presentation: QUELL

Twitter Q & A: SQ Version [TBA]

Cast Presentation: infinit0

Cast Presentation: SOARA

Cast Presentation: Growth

Twitter Q & A: ALIVE Version

Cast Presentation: VAZZY

Cast Presentation: ROCK DOWN

Twitter Q & A: VAZZROCK Version

Lore Update: Golden Orchid Pacts

※ Please don’t re-post and re-translate these without permission!!!

If you enjoyed this, please consider buying me a ko-fi here to support my work! It’ll be a really big help. (o^▽^o)Thank you!!

[captainfunk]

MER - Soul Funk Ska Moods (Album Sampler) on SoundCloud

Model Electronic Records, led by Tatsuya Oe, has released a new album under the moniker of MER. "Soul Funk Ska Moods" includes groovy & upbeat ska/rocksteady mixes of Tatsuya's past songs, also deep downbeat tracks reminiscent of traditional UK & Jamaican dub sounds. Melodies in the songs such as "Avalon Ska" and "Hey Boy Ska" should be familiar to his fans. Get this album and enjoy your summer with these grooves!

[News] Button Down Radio – Ska and Northern Soul, a radio broadcasting from Manchester, UK, chose MER and this album “Featured This Week.” https://www.buttondownradio.com/

Downloads & Streaming Services -

Apple Music: https://apple.co/3rMyYCV Spotify: https://spoti.fi/477cn48 Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/3q7rkCE Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/3qeQ0sN Other links and details: https://s.tatsuyaoe.com/3OhONZS

Album Info -

Artist Name: MER Album Title: “Soul Funk Ska Moods: Groovy Ska and Rocksteady Mixes” Release Date: July 28, 2023 Format: Digital (No physical release) Product No: MER-3007 UPC Code: 198025651717 Label: Model Electronic Records https://www.model-electronic.com/ All tracks composed and produced by Tatsuya Oe (JASRAC)

Tracklist -

Avalon Ska

Desperado Ska

Hey Boy Ska

Rakuen Rocksteady

Sweet Sensation Rocksteady

Dub Me Do

Unchained Ska

Dub You More

Summer Nights Ska

Hollow Stone Dub

Note for Sync Licensing -

If you're interested in obtaining a license of music included in this album for your TV/Film/Advertising project, please request a quote from https://www.model-electronic.com/license-our-music/license-form/

[lovesongbracket]

PRELIMINARY ROUND A - Match 26

This is a nomination round. The top songs across ALL preliminary round polls will become our 64 competitors in Round 1.

Note: It’s about the song, not the recording. The artists/specific tracks provided are either the original, most popular, or suggested by a submitter. If you prefer a different version, a cover of the song, you like the song but not the artist etc, don’t let that deter you.

Youtube videos of all songs & submitter notes are under the cut.

Build A Little World With Me - from Rakuen

Fields of Gold - Sting

Green Light - Lorde

I See the Light - from Tangled

I Wanna Be Yours - Arctic Monkeys

I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles

Love Trial - 40Meter-P feat. Hatsune Miku

Pretty Little Things - The Crane Wives

Stray Italian Greyhound - Vienna Teng

Valentine - Laufey

✨I'm seconds away from a heart attack ✨

[rollivelo]

Mermaid melody pichi pichi pitch

#Mermaid melody pichi pichi pitch license#

#Mermaid melody pichi pichi pitch series#

#Mermaid melody pichi pichi pitch tv#

Elsewhere, a beautiful emerald found in the ruins of Rina's kingdom becomes the star attraction of a cruise liner gallery, and Eriru attempts to steal it to lure the mermaid princesses to her. When Lucia hears a rumor that Kaito is dating an older girl, she sets out to investigate. As Lucia plans to light a candle with Kaito's name on it, she also experiences conflicting emotions when she realizes Kaito still hasn't yet discovered she is his precious mermaid. Nikora tells Lucia and Hanon a legend about a cave that grants true love to anyone who lights a candle with the bearer and his/her true love on it. When a young pink dolphin named Momo is separated from his mother and placed in the local aquarium, Lucia and company journey there to offer their help. The three mermaids become known as the trio teen idols. Rina reveals herself to be the mermaid princess of the North Atlantic and then makes acquaintances with Lucia and Hanon. Meanwhile, one of Lucia's idols checks into the hotel under a secret identity.Ī new sea demon, Yuri, appears during a concert given by Taro and uses her music to hypnotize the attendees and attack the mermaid princesses, who are also there. A new transfer student in Lucia's class, Rina Toin, finds Kaito suspicious. Hanon finds out that the handsome man she met at the festival is her music teacher, Taro Mitsuki. Hanon's mermaid form is also revealed as the South Atlantic Mermaid Princess. The mermaid Lucia prays Kaito to "find" her. Despite this, during a festival later, Hanon, too, finds love. Hanon Hosho airs her disapproval to Lucia's new relationship with Kaito, since mermaids cannot reveal their identities to a human directly, as this will cause them to turn into sea foam. Mermaid Lucia and Kaito have a lovely reunion. This is the first time she has transformed into Pink Pearl Voice, and she is able to use music to cast away the sea demon Izuru. She finds him, Kaito Domoto, but does not know it is him until later. Lucia Nanami, the mermaid princess of the North Pacific, sets out to land to find the surfer boy to whom she entrusted her pearl seven years ago. "The Place Where Morning Comes First") by Nakata, Hitomi Terakado, and Mayumi Asano, are the second opening and ending themes respectively. For the rest of the season, "Rainbow Notes♪" by Kanbe and "Sekai de Ichiban Hayaku Asa ga kuru Basho" ( 世界で一番早く朝が来る場所, lit. "Important Treasure Box") by Asumi Nakata, are used in the first 28 episodes. "Paradise of the Sun ~Promised Land~") by Miyuki Kanbe, and the first ending theme "Daiji na Takarabako" ( 大事な宝箱, lit. The first opening theme, "Taiyō no Rakuen ~Promised Land~" ( 太陽の楽園 ~Promised Land~, lit. There are four theme songs used in this season. It chronicles the basic premise mentioned above and adapts stories from the first twenty chapters of the manga.

#Mermaid melody pichi pichi pitch tv#

The first season, simply known as Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, aired on Japan's TV Tokyo Network (through TV Aichi) between April 5, 2003, and March 27, 2004.

1.2 Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch PureĮpisode list Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch.

Most of them were compiled into a total of nine singles and four "vocal collection" albums (two for each season), as well as soundtrack albums for the two seasons. The anime also uses six theme songs, as well as several mermaid battle and image songs and tunes sung by other characters. The anime is composed of 91 episodes, divided into two seasons listed below. That is because as of 2009, the anime has been completely dubbed but is being held by TV Aichi.

#Mermaid melody pichi pichi pitch license#

While the acquisition of the license and English localization of anime predated that of the manga, it is unknown if a release will occur. The story basically follows the main character Lucia Nanami, Mermaid Princess of the North Pacific Ocean, searches for and woos Kaito Dōmoto, a boy she rescued seven years before, while at the same time, she and Hanon Hōshō and Rina Tōin, Princesses of the South and North Atlantic Ocean respectively, battle a minion sea monsters using their voices and some magic microphones.ĪDV Films acquired the license to the anime on June 2004 for its North American release, but was eventually dropped due to difficulty in finding backers and securing a TV airing deal. The episodes, produced by the animation studios Actas and Synergy Japan, are directed by Yoshitaka Fujimoto, written by Junki Takegami, and features character design by Kazuaki Makida, who based the designs on illustrations by Pink Hanamori.

#Mermaid melody pichi pichi pitch series#

The Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch animated television series is based on the shōjo manga of the same name created by Michiko Yokote. Clockwise from upper left: Seira, Coco, Caren, Lucia, Hanon, Rina, Noel. Melody little mermaid 2 doll.The Mermaid Princesses as of Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure.

[hostingdemo]

Grisaia no meikyuu visual novel english

Yuuji goes in depth on how difficult and traumatic his childhood was like. The story telling of his childhood was so enticing, listening to him tell his story while watching the flashbacks and memories was perfect. Wanting to pursue a promotion within the CIRS company Yuuji must submit documents as part of the promotion process explaining his own past. Grisaia no Meikyuu is a complicated arc from the main story of the Visual novel/anime (Grisaia no Kajitsu) the story is told by the main protagonist himself Kazami, Yuuji. I know it's very late to start hyping Grisaia again at this point, but you know what they say: better late than never. Furthermore I still believe 13 episodes or so should be just barely enough for Rakuen as well so in the end I would still recommend people who managed to finish Kajitsu's anime to give the sequels a chance. It's captivating and interesting, and I can't really think of much that could have been adapted better either. Overall, I'm sure a lot of people lost all hope for the Grisaia trilogy's adaptation after how Kajitsu turned out, but I think Meikyuu gives some hope back. You'll notice this much more so in Rakuen, but even here it's already a pretty clear difference.

The Grisaia sequels have many new tracks added to its repertoire and I personally thought it was a lot better than Kajitsu's when I was playing them about a year ago. The animation is identical to the one of Kajitsu, but the soundtrack is not. This is simply because the story of Meikyuu and Rakuen is effectively one and the same, merely that it's divided up between two different visual novels (like a part 1 and part 2), and thus changing the exact cutoff point for their respective anime adaptations doesn't really make any difference. It should be noted though that this special doesn't actually cover the entire story from the visual novel, however what is left will simply be adapted in the beginning of Rakuen's adaptation instead so there's nothing to worry about. In all honesty I think 8bit did a quite respectable job with the amount of content they were able to squeeze into merely 45 or so minutes of screen time. It's fast, but not so fast that you can't keep up with the plot. The pacing is still fast, but compared to Kajitsu's adaptation it's nowhere even remotely close. There are also numerous sensitive topics touched upon in this story such as incest, rape, pedophilia, homosexuality, forced crossdressing and more. Meikyuu tells the sinister tale of the countless hardships Yuuji had to live through when he was a kid, starting out with the heavy abuse he received form his father, and then over time becomes more of a shocking life and death drama (that's about all I can say without spoiling anything). Many people like to refer to this as "the Yuuji route", as none of the main heroines of Grisaia really make an appearance in this route other than Kazuki. In the past and is told by Yuuji himself as one long flashback to his and Kazuki's childhood and history. And as it turns out, that was actually all that was needed because what we have here is actually a perfectly legitimate and very well made adaptation of Grisaia no Meikyuu. Personally I don't think there was any reason to have faith in 8bit at this point, but the sequels come with the one advantage of being extremely short in comparison and thus being almost impossible to rush. Other subreddits you may like /r/visualnovels /r/vns /r/vnsuggest /r/VNMusic Have a question? It might be answered in our FAQ.After the absolute disaster that was Studio 8bit's adaptation of Grisaia no Kajitsu, I'm sure the question on everybody's mind was whether or not the sequels would face the same treatment as well. Please see this post for information on the updated spoiler tags. Outdated tags: Blue for Red for Green for (#spoilers-k "Kajitsu") You may use them, but it's often recommended you just use reddit's newer native spoiler tags ( >!spoiler text!

r/Grisaia Discord server - paste this invite link into your Discord app or follow the link in your web browser. Feel free to contribute by adding more information. Useful Links Grisaia Trilogy FAQ by /u/Dead_Sparrow - if you have a question, check if it's answered in the FAQ before making a post about it! Le Wiki de la Grisaia - a work in progress, unofficial Grisaia wiki. Any spoilers you read are done at your own risk.Īlso, please take a couple minutes to go over our very simple rules. Please keep in mind that not everyone has finished the games and may not want to be spoiled. Feel free to discuss anything about the Grisaia franchise (the games, anime, manga, or anything else).

[triplicemedia]

Haven Ent. revela planos de comeback de ARCHANGEL

Nesta manhã, a Haven Entertainment anunciou seus planos para o ARCHANGEL, sub-unit masculina de seu grupo, RAKUEN.

"Assim como o SERAPH, ARCHANGEL possui planos de um comeback para o início do mês de Setembro, seguindo a linha de sua unit feminina.", revelou um representante. "ARCHANGEL já está em fase final de preparações, gravando seu MV."

Esse será o primeiro comeback de ARCHANGEL desde seu debut, após um ano de hiatos, deixando o público com expectativas altas para seu novo lançamento. 

para comentar a notícia, nos mandem uma ask com a tag: #noteth424.

[tokyo-camera-style]

Seen:  Rakuen 楽園

Who: Nobuyoshi Araki  荒木経惟

Where: Art Space AM, Harajuku (map)

When: January 11 - March 3, 2021 (Open 1-7pm.  Closed Mondays, Tuesdays)  

Rakuen (paradise) is the latest in a long line of Nobuyoshi Araki’s exhibitions at Artspace AM in Harajuku.  I think there’s been at least twenty-two Araki shows here since independent curator Hisako Motoo opened the gallery in 2014.  Motoo-san is a longtime collaborator of Araki- she’s produced at least twenty of his books- and is, in my opinion, the best editor of his work after the photographer himself. 

Eighty-one this year, the pandemic has kept Araki at home but it hasn’t hampered his output. As with most of his AM shows, Rakuen is a presentation of recent photographs- expressions of Araki’s view of paradise- odd worlds of decaying flowers populated by bizzare, often broken, dolls and dinosaurs. These he sets up and shoots with his Pentax 67 at home.  AM shows also have at least three hundred of his Polaroids- the handsome square frames hold 99 Polaroids each. Those under glass are a mixture of mid-2000′s actresses and housewives from two different magazine serializations. Interspersed are recent instant snaps of dolls and flowers. 

These AM shows are interesting- obviously the venue is unlike anything else in the city but they often have other details and items to see.  In this particular one viewers can see the Araki-themed Rakuen jacket and large tote bag from the recent COMME des GARÇONS X SWITCH magazine “People of the Year” collaboration project. These are available in Tokyo at Dover Street Market, in Ginza. 

[butnobodycame627]

doodle of No Holds Bard

[apollos-boyfriend]

oooo id like the full list! ive recently gotten back into rpg horror games and would love some recommendations ^_^

there's 81 of them in all! it's important to note that she skipped adding the ones either of us had already played for the sake of time, but some of those include: OFF, end roll, yumme nikki, mad father, ib, corpse party. each title is separated by a | and have back-and-forth bolding to help space them out easier!!

aria's story | cat in the box | hello charlotte ep1-ep3 | fleshchild | amayado bus stop | angels of death | hylics | stray cat crossing | witch's heart | tales of the black forest | the sand man | the faceless double | painted heart | awnsered prayers | alone | hello hello world | time traverler at the tale end | yume 2kki | capellas promise | blood soup | deul of the mirror | suits | melting c moon | lucid dream | fantasy maidens odd hideout | dream graphiti | purgatory | azura 999 | penpals | underworld capital incident | oneshot | akemitan | .flow | lilo | the endless empty | noel the mortal fates | dreaming mary | red haze | jimmy and the pulsating mass | the forrest of drizzling rain | the dark side of red riding room | space funeral | the crooked man | the huntress of | palette | 1bitheart | rekinder | rakuen | farethere city | hero daughter | truamrei | its not me its my basement | mikoto nikki | to the moon | standstill girl | isukiri | beuels painting | liar jeannie | yume nishi | ghost sburb two | alicemare | middens | towlket | mothlight | little red riding hoods wolf | divinity fatum | black souls | hello? | turtle head | grims hollow | lieat | faust | midnight train | dream farer | walking on/star unkown | pocket mirror | me | mermaid swamp

[nec-romantic-nightmare]

You know how people use to, think they still do, ask my character(s) or this character(insert one they really like)

What if I did that

But Rakuen

Just Ask Rakuen in the notes and I sketch her response gjdjjvjx whatever that may be

And this could be for all versions, aus included(i.e Broken Fate AU, her Rao and Himiko survive and have children

Survived AU, only she survived and she ends up with the Oina

and lastly Love, Lust and Greed AU, her Rao and Himiko make a deal with Ninetails because they just don't want to lose each other.

Maybe? Good idea? I dunno 😵‍💫

[lyricalive]

Touhou 14   (Illusionary Joururi)

—English fanlyrics—

Benben: lori-hime

Yatsuhashi: asa-turney

From the days of glory, so we start the story once again.

「MUKASHI MUKASHI」 KARA   Let's begin.

When you hear BEN-BEN NO OTO, o-biwa and koto, now and then,

MADA 「MEDETASHI」 MADE   Listen in.

As one humble voice sings...

As the call of thunder rings...

Now, we must release this tension in our strings.  (ああ...)

Back ninety-nine years,

Noble chords graced noble ears.

Worn bodies recall,

Having recorded it all there.

We must embrace this tension in the air.  (ああ...)

Take this world by storm!!  (YAMIKUMO NI)

These magic clouds of fate, gathering late, rise as a stage which seeks its actor.

Take this brand-new form!!  (TSUKUMOGAMI)

Return with classical lyric spirit into the modern age, and ever after.

Cry a song of war!!  (SENSOU WO SHIYOU)

Nostalgic notes will chime, signal the time, ancient emotions resonating.

Long-lost sounds of yore!!  (GENSOU NO OTO)

Are flowing straight from a source untarnished, rich as a dream itself but never fading.

Harmony is strong!!  (GAKKI NO RAKUEN)

We two are joined with a goal, kindred of soul, if not of blood, we find our way to...

Right what once was wrong!!  (RAKKII NA GYAKUTEN)

We will rebel over selfish players, choose for ourselves at last the song we want to play!

Joyous rebirth-day!

Praise to the tools rising on this reverse-day!

Ah...  Our music shall not pass away.

          (MEDETASHI, MEDETASHI~)

[harukapan]

EMPIRE DOMINATOR - Lyrics and translation

EMPIRE DOMINATOR by BUD VIRGIN LOGIC

TL note: First 3 lines are German words. I won’t translate them in the lyrics but if you’re curious what they mean, Antreten = Line up, Bist du bereit? = Are you ready?, Fangen Sie an! = Begin!. Well at least according to DeepL translate. Sorry, I have absolutely no German knowledge.

Romaji

Antreten Bist du bereit? Fangen Sie an!

Saidan no kage ri eikaku na PIRIODO Uzou muzou gukou kui arasu Guuzou suuhai no fukusanbutsu sorosoro Oshimai

Kuchihateta kansei wo seiippai kushi shite goran O-WA-KA-RI?

Haribote no koe uzuku uro utsuro Kuukan wo suberu kono shirabe ni kashizu ke Chi wo hai agame rakuen no souzou Kowaku koso waga sadame

Saigo ni warau no wa, dare.

Bun fusou ouna utsuwa nado sashidase Gensou musou shosen esoragoto Mukuro to nare yomi no hate e todoroku Requiem

Kokatsu shita KATARUSHISU wo sosoi de ageru wa O-KA-WA-RI?

Danmatsuma no kyou ifu no manako Motometeta kyouraku wo motto motto choudai Mukuna hitsuji yo yurushi wo koe Seibatsu no toki wa kita

Saigo ni naku no wa, anata.

Kanshou no POEMU to shinjuusuru ga ii Shouri koso seigi da kensei wo Aa koko de makubiki no kokugen Zetsubou no SHINARIO

O-WA-KA-RI?

Haribote no koe uzuku utsuro Kuukan wo suberu kono shirabe ni kashizu ke Chi wo hai agame rakuen no souzou Kowaku koso waga sadame

Shukuhai ni yoi shiremashou

~

English Translation

Antreten Bist du bereit? Fangen Sie an!

The fading of the altar, time for the sharp edged Period The foolish masses, foolishly consumes Byproducts of worship, it’s about time for the end

Use your decaying senses to your utmost ability Do you understand?

The unauthorised voices ache with emptiness In this empty space, I’ll govern it all Crawl and worship me on the ground, create a paradise Being glamorous is my fate

Let’s see who will have the last laugh.

Not worthy of these vessels Fantasy is only a figment of imagination Turn into a corpse, roar to the end of Hades, Requiem

All the catharsis that’s you’ve been missing, I’ll pour them out for you Want seconds?

The madness of the doomed, filled with awe inspiring eyes This pleasure that I’ve been looking for, give me more of it All of you innocent sheep, beg for my forgiveness now The time for conquest has come

The last one to cry will be you.

Stuck in a sentimental poem, your heart should stay broken Only victory is justice’s power Ah, it’s time to put this to an end A despairingly scenario

Do you understand?

The unauthorised voices ache with emptiness In this empty space, I’ll govern it all Crawl and worship me on the ground, create a paradise Being glamorous is my fate

I shall celebrate and get drunk now

~

Kanji

1 Antreten 2 Bist du bereit？ 3 Fangen Sie an！

祭壇の翳(かげ)り　鋭角なピリオド 有象無象　愚行　喰い荒らす 偶像崇拝の副産物　そろそろ お終い-The END

朽ち果てた感性を　精一杯駆使してご覧 オ・ワ・カ・リ？

張りぼての聲(こえ)　疼く虚(うつろ) 空間を統べる　この調べに　傅(かしず)け 地を這い崇め　楽園の創造 蠱惑(こわく)こそ　我が運命(さだめ)

最後に笑うのは、誰。

分不相応な　器など差し出せ 幻想夢想　所詮　絵空事 骸(むくろ)と成れ　黄泉の果てへ轟く 鎮魂歌-Requiem

枯渇したカタルシスを　注いであげるわ オ・カ・ワ・リ？

断末魔の狂　畏怖(いふ)の眼 求めてた享楽を　もっともっと　頂戴 無垢な羊よ　許しを乞え 征伐の時は　来た

最後に泣くのは、貴方。

感傷のポエムと　心中するがいい 勝利こそ正義だ　権勢を 嗚呼　此処で幕引きの　刻限 絶望のシナリオ

オ・ワ・カ・リ？

張りぼての聲(こえ)　疼く虚(うつろ) 空間を統べる　この調べに　傅(かしず)け 地を這い崇め　楽園の創造 蠱惑(こわく)こそ　我が運命(さだめ)

祝杯に　酔い痴れましょう