[ENG] AKB48 17-19th Generation Concert in Osaka - Behind the Scenes
Backstage footage from AKB48 17th Generation Promotion Commemoration LIVE! Shin Member Aisatsu Mawari ~Watashitachi, AKB48 desu~ (in Osaka) held on August 3, 2024.
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Original video source: https://youtu.be/daMNuH-DrRI
"Mamushi" is a song by American rapper Megan Thee Stallion featuring Japanese rapper Yuki Chiba, released on July 30, 2024 as the fourth single from the former's third studio album Megan (2024). Produced by Koshy and written by Megan, Chiba, and Koshiro Ota, "Mamushi" sees both Megan and Chiba rapping in English and Japanese. Its title refers to a mamushi, a type of snake mainly found in Japan, which continues the snake-related imagery and metaphors in Megan's previous singles "Cobra", "Hiss", and "Boa". The music video for "Mamushi", directed by Kevin "Onda" Leyva, premiered on August 9, 2024 and was filmed in part at both Tsurumaki Onsen Jinya and Engaku-ji Temple.
"Mamushi" debuted at number 68 on the US Billboard Hot 100 with 7.3 million streams and 1,000 downloads sold in its opening week, later peaking at number 36. It also debuted at number 18 on Hot Rap Songs and number 21 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The song marked Chiba's first-ever entry on the Billboard Hot 100. The following week, it also became both Megan and Chiba's first-ever number 1 on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart.
"Mamushi" received a total of 51,8% yes votes. :'(
putting together a list of matches available online featuring chris and drew either teaming together or against each other bc i have no life! and also for my fellow chrisdrew heads bc we gotta stick together.
some of these links will be behind a paywall, but i will try my best to find options that are not!! they'll be in order of year and organized by promotion. i have not been able to find any of their matches pre-2017, but i will continue my search until the day i die.
LUCHA FOREVER -
the dawning of forever -> cck + chief deputy dunne vs. drew, bea priestley, + el ligero (2:15:00 timestamp)
ATTACK PRO WRESTLING -
damplified -> cck vs. drew and shax
dear maria tag me in -> chris and pete dunne vs. drew and elijah
lifestyles of the weird and the wonderful -> chris vs. drew
nonstop feeling (pressure to succeed) -> chris, chief deputy dunne + wild boar vs. drew, lk mezinger + mike bird
live at the dome 3 -> chris vs. drew
**unfortunately, most attack pro shows are not available anywhere else other than the linked site, as far as i've found. the good thing is, the sub price isn't too steep, however they don't have all of their shows available, so some chris&drew matches are missing :(
PWC -
the chaos element -> chris vs. drew (1:22:00 timestamp)
PROGRESS -
chapter 82: unboxing day -> chris vs. drew, no dq (1:20:35 timestamp)
IPW -
tuesday night graps forever -> cck + (inflatable) pete dunne vs. drew, el phantasmo, + the invisible man (45:30 timestamp) also with aussie open on comms. a good time
DDT -
summer vacation 2020 -> chris + drew vs. damnation (57:40 timestamp)
get alive 2020 -> chris vs. drew, no dq for the universal title (1:34:20 timestamp)
who's gonna top? 2020 -> chris + drew vs. yuki ueno + naomi yoshimura (1:02:25 timestamp)
d-oh grand prix 2021 in ota-ku - chris + drew vs. mao + shunma (1:30:20 timestamp)
super encounter #1 - chris + drew vs. mao + shunma streetfight
super encounter #6 - chris + drew vs. mao + shunma vs. saki akai + hagane shinno
This is as many birthdays as I could find for all the games I have played and anime's I have watched. Trust me there are more characters but some have no birthday dates posted. I will update this list as I go but you can always find this on my pinned post to come back and check the birthday calendars for each. I did want to do a calendar itself for each month but when so many have the same birthdate I found this harder to do so chose to just do a master list instead.
There was so many birthdays I had to start a 2nd list here is the link to the 2nd one HERE
I would be happy enough if it ended here - I can't believe I get 3 more episodes! Looking forward to seeing what's next.
I really love when they mix up the end credits to get the boys in there. Shinta I have loved from the beginning; Yuki had to grow on me but now I adore him.
I like this living in the same apartment building deal... I do imagine a 3 bedroom apt/house scenario and wonder how that would work out. After seeing how Aiko sleeps (lol) I want her and Yuki to please please get a bigger bed (I recently shared a like king sized bed in a hotel with a friend and omg ??? There's so much space we may as well have been in separate beds) (not sure you can find apartments in Japan with room for that though idk) in one room but also still have separate rooms like they talked about. And of course I want Tomoko and Aiko to keep living together. What I'm curious about is how Tomoko and Yuki would feel about living together... would that work out or would everyone dislike it? The current arrangement seems good, I just wonder.
it's a shame hyphenating their surnames doesn't seem to be an option. I mean ideally they could get married with no one changing their name but if the rule is registered families must share a name it seems like Ota-Seguira could be an option. But I guess that just isn't done. But I also wondered if they can't legally change their name and then keep using their old surname professionally and personally. But anyway pulling out rock paper scissors at the family dinner was fucking iconic. Seguira-soon-to-be-Ota Yuki you are a legend. He really said "if the Seguira family traditions are going to make Aiko unhappy then we will simply not be the Seguira family" and I respect him for it greatly. (also I feel like I'm spelling that surname wrong am I missing a vowel or inserting an extra one? Idk)
also I hope one of these remaining 3 episodes gives some more room for Shinta. He's a star.
also also: shoutout to Japanese dramas making up fun new ways to say "queerplatonic partners" / "platonic life partners". Kazoku kazu kakari / Family (Subject to Change) has a deeply special place in my heart to the point that genuinely if I did ever form a partnership I would probably refer to it that way sometimes. But Clownfish-Anemone makes me smile a lot :) yes! Mutualism! Symbiotic partnership!
People make fun of Sakakibara for throwing two of his biggest stars in there to get KOed by an old Floyd Mayweather but that is the way JMMA is. J-kick and boxing too but it’s really bad in MMA, probably in large part because of Sakakibara and his team.
You find someone who might be a big star for you, then you load them into a cannon and fire them into a brick wall. Like Sakakibara got himself a genuine Olympic hero in Shinobu Ota. A silver medalist at the 2016 games and a world champion. Someone who’s a legit blue chip prospect. And for his very first fight, Sakakibara gave him Hideo Tokoro - a man with 60+ fights, who’s basically gone 50-50 his entire career based solely on the fact he can submit basically anyone. And then Hideo subs Ota. Then, after Ota gets two wins, they give him a former champion in Yuki Motoya. This is the heart of a lot of JMMA
1, 3 and 8 for any fandom you're currently really into
Tbh I'm not really super into any fandoms at the moment I'm just hopping around various interests as a treat so I'm just kinda gonna with whatever fandom I think I have a good answer
1.the character everyone gets wrong
The answer is Komaeda Nagito but that's ONLY because no 2 people actually 100% fully agree on Komaeda Nagito. Every single person has their own perception of Komaeda as a character and while some bits might overlap there's almost always one aspect that someone won't agree with. And arguable this is true of any character from everything ever but I have never this phenomenon than with Komaeda. No one is right about Komaeda because every single person, myself included, just fully believe in out own vision of him and I think that's almost beautiful, you know?
3.screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr
Okay so like there's this post I've seen in the Gakkou Gurashi!/School-Live tag about how it's unrealistic that the manga ends with all 4 main girls still alive and a happy ending which like is media illiterate to what the series is going for. Like School-Live is most known for the anime's shocking twist of a first episode revealing that the "moe slice of life comedy" is actually a zombie apocalypse story the the main character Yuki is just hallucinating a happier life to fucking cope (tm). But what the rest of the series is about isn't horror or shock-value, it's about 4 girls coping during a shitty situation and doing their best to not just survive but to live. And that's why it's important that they live in the end and that the world improves, they were able to live and thrive as best they can because they had each other and man that thematic cohesion and that feeling of caring for your loved ones no matter what is SO much more important than gritty "realism" (which who's to say what would be realistic in a zombie story anyway, zombies aren't fucking real).
8.common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about
Gen saying he's like a dad to amame but then actually having romantic feelings for her is not fucking incest people. Sometimes people try to justify their romantic feelings as something else because they don't want it be romantic for whatever reason (denial or feeling it would be unrequited). I've literally had people around my age say I'm a mom friend and even some cases call me mom and that doesn't actually make me their parent you know? On a related note just because Gen has a deep voice and is built like a tank doesn't necessarily mean he's that much older than amame? I know his age is a mystery which I get how it can make people iffy but if ota can be like 24 and look 12 and lien can look 30 at 22 then looks aren't indicative of age in aitsf/aini.
hello and thank you for entrusting me with this task, i feel honored and under prepared, but incredibly excited. yippee!
**linking all of the matches via wrestle universe, which i highly highly recommend for the amount of content you get for the price! i believe you can also do a free trial (which got me when i wanted to watch zack on noah and then i spiraled from there. but i digress.) and if you don't dig it you can cancel it! ALSO i'm sure these are mostly available via different avenues if you're like ok we get it shut up about wrestle universe.**
DDT ~
i made a chris brookes specific match rec list a few months back, which are still a lot of my favorite matches and ones i recommend for getting into ddt, so i will send you there before listing off some more! (also want to rec ueno vs higuchi from the king of ddt show as well!)
STREET WRESTLING at IZU-KOGEN GRANILLUMI - one of the first ddt shows i ever watched and i literally had the time of my life. so much silly fun that i feel really encompasses ddt.
TAKESHITA, SASAKI, & KANON vs. MAO, UENO, & TO-Y at SUMMER VACATION 2023 - a solid match as well as solid storytelling within 37kamiina !!
UENO vs. SAKAGUCHI at KAWASAKI STRONG 2021 - really really really good match... ueno suffers so beautifully at the hands of sakaguchi. (unfortunately sakaguchi recently retired and i've been sad about it every day since)
SAKAGUCHI vs. HIGUCHI at GOD BLESS DDT 2022 - a true banger i'm gonna be honest here
CHRISDREW vs. SHUNMAO at D-OH GRAND PRIX 2021 IN OTA-KU - it is a hardcore match so there is use of unconventional weapons (see: legos and plastic bins) and blood, so be warned if that's not your thing! a comfort match for me tbh..
there is also a rumble style match where everyone is in swim trunks that i want to rec but i cannot for the life of me find it rn. so anyways. these are some great ones to start with, i think. i also recommend just watching like, a big show and seeing who catches your fancy as my lists are often skewed by my biases lol. ultimate party 2023 is a good one to start with if you go that route!
TJPW ~
MIYU YAMASHITA vs. MIU WATANABE at GRAND PRINCESS '24 - SO GOOD. so good. so so so good. one of those matches you remember feeling every single emotion ever. if that makes sense
RINA YAMASHITA vs. MAKI ITOH at TJPW '24 - super fun, as you would expect. rina and maki have a cute-off and everything. there is also blood so a warning for that!
YUKI KAMIFUKU vs. VIVA VAN at WE ARE TJPW - i haven't watched this since seeing it live, but i remember really enjoying it and it's one of the matches that really made me love kamiyu..i already loved her from the ddt street wrestling show mentioned above, but this match was a standout from her (for me)
MIZUKI & HIMAWARI vs. POM HARAJUKU & SHOKO NAKAJIMA at SUMMER FESTIVAL 2023 - the sillies!!
MIZUKI ALL AROUND BATTLE ROYAL at ANGEL AND RABBIT - everyone is mizuki and it's incredible. if anything, watch for pom's attempt at whirling candy and also her bridge out of a pin <3
POM HARAJUKU vs. YUKI ARAI at MAX HEART PRINCESS TOURNAMENT - the match that started it all for me, i think. pom in all of her goofy glory.
again, recommending watching one of the big shows and seeing what moves you! grand princess '24 would probably be a good place to start!!
and hopefully these are enough to make you want to watch bc both promotions are just so good. like.. i cannot recommend them enough, literally begging everyone to start watching them bc i am SOOOOO glad that i did!