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lol

really did not want to come back here but guess who can build up a modest following by posting stuff twocked off of japanese twitter users who don’t know the platform’s in its dying days

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Random music that i found

[euinsisto]

Posso dizer que essa Rádio Imaginação é um recurso desesperado pra amenizar a solidão. Esse mundo em que estou é resultado de quê? Assim que começo a pensar nisso, sinto que vou ficar maluco.

Rádio Imaginação | Seiko Ito

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Takashi Ito - Thunder

Actress Seiko Nakano, Music Takashi Inagaki

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I think any story of Junji ito could be an absolute banger when transformed into DanDaDan chapters.

Imagine: A new girl comes to Momo and Okarun school named Tomie. All the Boys start to act weird around this girl (this include Okarun, Jiji and so on). There's some little goofy romcom shenanigans where Aira and Momo act kinda jealous and Okarun says they're over reacting.

After that everything goes off the rails. Seiko understand that this girl Is bad news and some kind of spirit. Seiko either helps her grandchild or Says something that can help her and all the girls find themeself fighting not just the various Tomies but also their male friends and it's absolutely a crazy fight.

And during this fight Momo kinda connects with Tomie and there's like One or Two chapters of absolutely stunning art about Tomie backstory with almost zero dialogue that Will probably make you cry and will make Momo empathize with Tomie. With this, there's two possibilitys:

1. They are able to make Tomie finally rest in piece or Tomie just goes away because, this time, She bite more then She could chew. Cheezy One liner and She goes away.

Or 2. (My personal favorite) After the fight there's a scene where everybody eat togheter and now Tomie Just hangs around Momo house. Tomie Is either still normal self and sometimes She goes with the team when necessary or She became a little critter (like Turbo Granny or Mai) and one of the main cast now has some kind of Tomie related powers like regeneration or something related to beauty.

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ALIVE!: Part 1.

Ok! Everyone out!

Kyoko!?

*The ambulance truck, after Makoto makes his leave, continues it's journey until it finally arrives at one of the medical evac camps. Seiko immediately heads towards them as they start helping it's passengers out.

I was expecting the two of them to show up here after I got Byakuya's message...But...Where's Makoto?

Let's just say that Makoto recovered faster than we thought...He's fighting Yukari Koime somewhere else in the lab right now.

But...is that really a good idea? He might still be injured and exhausted from earlier.

You try and stop him. I couldn't.

Kyoko...That...

It's alright Sayaka.

I'm not especially happy that Makoto is still running ahead without us, but if he can stand and fight, he should be. We'll rendezvous with him later.

The situation right now is...

Here...!

*Uchui and Kouji wheel Kuripa out on a stretcher.

Oh my word...!

We don't know how long he has left before he goes comatose on us. We got him here as fast as we could.

Quickly, move him over here!

*Seiko takes the stretcher off of them and rolls it along with Kouji. Uchui steps back and is rubbed on the shoulder by Kibin.

How bad does it look?

His condition has been stabilized, thankfully. But I doubt he'll be able to fight any longer...

Thank goodness you got to him when you did, Mr Ito. You probably saved his life.

No, I don't deserve the credit. I'm just an apothecary doing what I can.

But I've had experience with taking care of K before. Does he do this often?

Too often.

By the way Seiko, I was quite sure that you had backup here. What happened to Mahiru and the others?

We were assaulted by a small army of Monokuma's. The 77th Class went to go deal with the source, and they should be back soon. Mikan went with them in case we needed a paramedic. So I'm just waiting for her to get back...

And...I'm glad that you showed up with Kuripa when you did. I really needed this.

Why's that?

Because...at least I get to save one person today...

W-Wait...What do you-?

*sniff*

Huh?

Ngh...

...

Kirumi? M-Maki? What's going...on...?

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いとうせいこう「POEM FOR GAZA」

いとうせいこうさんの「POEM FOR GAZA」についてのドキュメンタリー映像（NHK WORLD）が配信され、見ることができるようになりました。15分間。

4月6日、池袋西口公園で初披露された、ガザの友人に書かれた詩のダブ・リーディング。その舞台裏に密着しています。

2019年に「国境なき医師団」の取材でいとうせいこうさんがガザを訪れたときに出会った人たちの話や、今回の作品「POEM FOR GAZA」を書いた意味についてのインタビューも。 日本で歌うことに意義はあるのだろうかという疑問にも次の言葉が答えていました。

「極東でも気にしている人がいるんだ、ということを伝えたい。それはすごく大きなことなんだ。気にされてないと思ってたんですよね、ガザの人は。ヤセルさんは特に。あなたたちは我々のことを知らないでしょって。無視されているというのは一番きついよな。誰かが自分を気にしている。この状態はおかしいと言ってる。それが伝わるか伝わらないか。届くと思うんですよ、ガザの人にも。ガザの人がこれを聴いて『日本の誰かが言っていて、それにすごくかっこいい音楽が付いてるんだ』と思うことは決して小さなことではないと信じてる。」（いとうせいこう）

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40th Anniversary

Yukiko Okada: FIRST DATE (1984.04.21)

Considering how few years Yukiko Okada spent in the Japanese pop industry as an idol, she left a very long and lasting impression on her listeners and fans -- so much so, that she continues to gain new followers despite having passed away in 1986. In fact, it's that tragedy that I suspect helps continue to draw in and fascinate both listeners and casual passers-by.

Yukiko Okada was discovered on the famous Star Tanjou! program in 1983 and was immediately picked up by the major label Pony Canyon to release her debut single "FIRST DATE" one year later. Okada had an undeniable, special quality about her, one that prompted both critics and audiences to draw parallels to the then-incomparable Seiko Matsuda, who had already made a massive impact, earning her high accolades and adoration despite just three years on the scene herself (massive is an understatement -- by this point she had already released five albums and was well on her way to earning the title of the nation's forever-idol). You can see it -- both singers had a genuine innocence and inner light combined with raw stage presence that made them catnip to a receptive audience always on the lookout for another young woman to venerate and project heaps of unhealthy and borderline-sociopathic expectations onto. But there was obviously something else, too, some ineffable quality that also attracted some of the top songwriters and producers to her, including prolific and beloved songwriter Mariya Takeuchi, now of "PLASTIC LOVE" fame (in fact, Takeuchi would release the album that included the song only four days later), and Masaaki Omura, who here pen the A- and B-side respectively.

Takeuchi's approach to "FIRST DATE" is pretty on-the-nose: like a lot of her songs in the 80s, it's influenced by 1950s teen-pop. The production and sentiment is typical 80s Golden Age idol, with its lyrics about a girl who's flattered to be asked out on a date despite being feeling like nobody special, and the excited and nervous feelings that the event conjures. It's cute, if almost too cute, but it also makes a genuine attempt to dodge being treacly, territory that someone like Tsukasa Ito would barrel headfirst into. It's also the perfect debut single: the singer evokes the feeling of getting to know someone for the first time, just as a listener is metaphorically getting to know a new artist or idol. The B-side, "Soyokaze no PEPPERMINT," is less literal, and more generic -- I don't necessarily see this as anything more than an extremely competent song that could has been given to any number of higher-tier idols, but that's mostly the power of Omura, who was pretty much a pro at this point, and who would go on to shape the sound of Showa-era pop for another decade to come.

Catalog Number: 7A0368

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5 Crime J-Dramas You Could Watch

Investigation dramas that have a good mix of seriousness and comedy with strong chemistry among the casts.

1) Hakozume ~Tatakau! Kouban Joshi (2021)

Pic by Tokyo Hive

20 year old rookie police office Kawai Mai (Mei Nagano) joins the police force out of family expectations for her to be a civil servant and as such she does not have the right motivation to push through when things get tough when she becomes physically and mentally drained.

Feeling unappreciated serving the ungrateful and rude citizens, she contemplates her life and considers quitting, until she was assigned to an enigmatic and fearless senior officer, 30 year old Fuji Seiko (Erika Toda) , who is said to be a former ace detective who was demoted.

After going on patrols with Fuji, Kawai became inspired by her driven nature and wishes to be like her. Over the course of the series, they solve numerous realistic ordinary cases that everyday police officers faced, unlike the typical armed robbery cases you often see on TV series. 

2) Tengoku to Jigoku: Psychona Futari (2021)

Pic by IMDB

Mochizuki Ayako (Haruka Ayase) is a determined and passionate 35 year old who is the only female detective in her department that she works hard to earn herself a name and seek justice to hunt down law breakers like the shrewd Hidaka Haruto (Issei Takahashi) who often gets away with his crimes.

Ayako has come close to apprehending Haruto under the full moon when something mysterious happens that knock them both unconscious. When they re-awakened, they discovered that they have swap bodies, much to Haruto's delight. Now Haruto in Ayako’s body is arresting Ayako in Haruto’s body!

The game begins as one tries to outwit the other as Ayako tries to buy time to figure out what happened and how to get her body back while Haruto takes the opportunity of being a police officer to frame Ayako for the crimes instead so that when their bodies switched, Ayako will be arrested instead of Haruto. 

3) Unnatural (2018)

Pic by Drama Wiki

Misumi Mikoto (Satomi Ishihara) is a forensic investigator who works for the special department that investigates unnatural cause of death, solving dead-end cases or re-opening cases due to requests from police departments or family members of the deceased who wants a full closure .

She works with her team of misfits of different characters and backgrounds, from arrogant veteran investigator who has record breaking of solving numerous cases to a young part time officer, fresh from school who wants to work to gain experience and learn the ropes of becoming an investigator .

I think it is the most interesting show out of the five here as each episode are like puzzle solving where the story start off with one assumption leading you think that it might be this case but halfway through it makes you think that it might be that case but eventually it turns out to be something unexpected.

4) Hello, Detective Hedgehog (2017)

Pic by Asian Wiki

Goro Nanase (Eita) and Kyusaku Kogure (Go Morita) are private detectives at Akatsuka Detective Agency, which is led by Kaoru Kaze (Tomoko Yamaguchi) . They handle dead-end or weird cases that the police do not want to handle, from corporate conspiracy, to treasure hunting and ghost sightings.

On their bad days when they are struggling to pay the space rent of their agency, they even perform non-investigative cases like fulfilling strange requests from clients which eventually turned into a genuine criminal case when some mishap happen along the way.

Their days of being private detective changes when they assisted Ranko Shidawara (Kyoko Fukada) who believes that her father was murdered and did not commit suicide as the police and company led her to believe. Their antics alone are worth watching as it's meant to be a lighthearted show.

5) You're Under Arrest (2002)

The story revolves around two police officers, Natsumi Tsujimoto (Misaki Ito) and Miyuki Kobayakawa (Sachie Hara) . Being an officer is not as glamorous as you would think, just like any other jobs, there are the good days and there are the bad days on the job, dealing with difficult people and challenging tasks.

Although they are with the traffic police department, but their line of work often cross path with criminal in progress activities that they decide to take matters into their own hands instead of waiting for the respective back up team to arrive which cause jurisdiction problems with the other department.

I love their complex relationships as they have opposing personalities, mindset and way of doing things, which makes them conflict each other from time to time but once they learn to set aside their differences to work together, they're an unstoppable pair.

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"The Demon Girl Next Door": A Comedic Anime Worth Watching

What if one day you woke up and were a demon? Yuko experiences this dilemma in The Demon Girl Next Door. She tries to get a hold of her new form and is tasked with defeating the local magical girl... but not everything is as it seems.

Reprinted from The Geekiary, my History Hermann WordPress blog (it will be published there on Dec. 20), and Wayback Machine. This was the thirty-ninth article I wrote for The Geekiary. This post was originally published on May 18, 2022.

The Demon Girl Next Door is a supernatural and magical girl anime directed by Hiroaki Sakurai. It is based on Izumo Itō's manga parody series, is also known as "Street Corner Demon", and is filled with comedic moments from beginning to end.

As a warning, this recommendation discusses some spoilers for the first 19 episodes of The Demon Girl Next Door.

Yuko begins transforming into her crisis management form

The Demon Girl Next Door, builds off the usual story, where someone wakes up and is different from who they were when they went to sleep. One day, Yuko Yoshida (voiced by Konomi Kohara) comes to the frightening realization that she has a tail and horns. She learns that she is the descendant of a demon cursed to live in poverty by an opposing clan.

In order to restore the clan's honor, her mother, Seiko Yoshida tasks her with defeating the local magical girl of the town, Momo Chiyoda. This is easier said than done. Yuko is assisted by her ancestor, Lilith, who is trapped in a totem, and occasionally by her sister, Ryoko Yoshida.

However, Yuko is beset with a dilemma after Momo (voiced by Akari Kito) saves her from certain death. This is made even worse when she realizes that Momo attends the same high school as her! Luckily, she is helped by her school friends Anri Sata (voiced by Sayaka Senbongi) and Sion Ogura (voiced by Ayaka Suwa). Some call her "Shamiko" or by her full name "Shadow Master Yuko."

Sion is into the occult as much as Yoshiko Tsushima in Love Live!! Sunshine! who believes she is a "fallen angel" named "Yohane" and Rie Maruyama in Cue! who calls itself a demon from hell named "Ellis."

The series shares many similarities with The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!, where a powerful demon named Jahy lives in a ratty apartment and tries to gain all of the mana crystals to restore her powers. Yuko also lives on the edge of poverty with her sister Ryoko (voiced by Hitomi Ohwada) and mother, Seiko Yoshida (voiced by Sayaka Ohara).

Similar to the aforementioned series, in The Demon Girl Next Door Yuko becomes friends with Momo and her friend from another town, Mikan Hinatsuki (voiced by Tomoyo Takayanagi). In a unique twist, Mikan has been afflicted by a "guardian spirit" that attacks whenever Mikan's heart is racing, resulting in those around her to experience calamities. This is akin to the misfortune that the magical girl faces when she uses the mana crystals in The Great Jahy.

Later in the series, it is comically revealed that Yuko and Ryoko's father, Joshua (voiced by Hideyuki Umezu) was sealed inside a cardboard citrus box by another magical girl. It turns out that the family uses this box every day to cook their meals on a hibachi!

That magical girl is named Sakura Chiyoda (voiced by Hisako Kanemoto) and the stepsister of Momo. She disappeared ten years ago after she manipulated a sacred seal to ensure she stayed in good health. It later becomes Momo, Mikan, and Yuko's mission to find her. And she does appear in one of the show's most recent episodes. Mikan, on the other hand, has a familiar named Ugallu.

In another parallel with The Great Jahy, for some time Yuko begins working at a cafe run by a demon tapir named Shirosawa (voiced by Takashi Matsuyama) which has a chef and waitress named Lico (voiced by Ayassa Ito). Although Yuko goes there to garner information about Sakura, she becomes poisoned by the food, which makes her a work zombie, until she is saved by her more-than-a-friend Momo.

Mikan (left) gives Yuko (middle) a lemon while Momo (right) watches Yuko, and Yuko's ancestor sits on a nearby table

On the one hand, the series has plot lines focused on mindscapes, reminding me of scenes in The Owl House, Steven Universe, and Inside Job where characters travel inside the minds of other characters, either on purpose or by accident.

In fact, Sakura, another magical girl, helps Yuko out of her nightmare in the fifth and sixth episodes of the show's most recent season, appearing as a mirage of sorts. The audience also learns that Sakura sacrifices herself so that Yuko could live; a noble sacrifice.

This series also features main characters with cool magical transformations. This is coupled with comedy, which is integral to the show.

This is not an off-the-wall comedy like the hilarious three-season slice-of-life yuri comedy, YuruYuri, for which the protagonist complains about her lack of presence, even resulting in her becoming translucent at times. Neither is it like romantic comedies such as the currently airing Kaguya-sama: Love Is War and Love After Domination, or a recently-ended isekei comedy with transgender themes, Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout.

Instead, there is situational comedy either based around interactions between Yuko, her family and school friends, and family, or with her magical girl friends, Mikan and Momo. As a person who loves to eat sliced oranges as a snack, I have to give props to Mikan, whose family owns a fruit company, for constantly, and somehow, finding fruit. She slices up oranges and lemons and chomps on them when they hang out or brings fruit to eat while she is on the go. Are there any other characters who do this? I can't even think of one.

Even more hilarious is the fact that Mikan's hair color fits directly with her love of citrus, as it has the same color as an orange-dyed orange. It also connects with her bubbly, excitable personality and her orange-themed magical transformation.

The same can be said for Momo whose hair color is pink, a color often associated with "innocence and uncomplicated childhood", who has incredible strength and can quickly transform.

Unlike some other series, Momo has no interest in remaining a magical girl, feeling that having such power is too much responsibility for her. Yuko attempts to take advantage of this and recruit Momo as her "vassal." While Momo turns this down, she remains on friendly terms and there are hints in the season 2 introduction that she may go down that route in the future. All the while Yuko continues to declare "don't think this means you won" after Momo "defeats" Yuko in some way.

This is series is not unique in flipping generally understood values, like magical girls seen as "good" and demons as "bad." In fact, the 2017 supernatural slice-of-life and comedy anime, Gabriel DropOut, has angels act like demons, and demons act like angels. Helluva Boss has the demons act like jerks but be relatable and care about each other, while the angels are utter jerks who only care about themselves.

It is even a bit funny that Yuko's magical girl-esque transformation is called "crisis management". It gives her a somewhat scantily clad uniform akin to the lead in The Great Jahy, but it only slightly improves her abilities. This is different than Jahy, as it only helps her a little bit. Due to this, however, Momo helps train her on how to hone her abilities and improve herself. Instead of magical girls and demons fighting one another, they are both on the same side, working together for common goals.

Image from the Season 2 opening of the two protagonists, Momo and Yuko

In the process, the series plays on the common magical girl elements, often associated with female interests like romance, femininity, and child-rearing, with cute appearances of characters resembling idol singers or princesses. When they are in their transformations, Momo, Yuko, and Mikan clearly transform into versions of themselves that seem more mature and prettier, with magical powers. However, Momo and Yuko have items that allow them to use their powers outside of their transformations.

Most powerfully, and apart from any other character in the series, Yuko has the ability to enter other people's minds. She does it often with a wand that sometimes transforms into silly items like a pen, a super-heavy trident, or anything else that does not help her in the slightest. She is also very expressive, with her demon tail telling as much about her emotions as the cat ears of Blake Belladonna in RWBY say about what she is thinking from minute to minute.

Yuko's demon features are often exploited by other characters, who hold her back by her tail, making it hard for her to move, or hold her horns like handles. This is even more painful than someone grabbing onto her tail.

I further found it funny that Yuko's younger sister, Ryoko, is more skilled with technology than her. In fact, she is just as skilled with technology as the underclassman angel Tapris in Gabriel DropOut.

At the same time, her ancestor, Lilith (voiced by Minami Takahashi), can be bought out of her totem into small forms which are like dolls. Hilariously, Momo can easily control her movements, angering Lilith, who is trapped inside the totem. She can only leave to occupy Yuko's body from time to time, which slightly changes Yuko's personality and even her tail in the process. Similar to many characters, she has a weakness for alcohol, which makes it easy to subdue her.

Although there is a goal for magical girls to have romance that leads to marriage, it is unlikely this would happen in The Demon Girl Next Door. No notable male characters appear in the series.  Although Yuko and Momo seem to have some feelings for each other, it is unlikely that Yuko and Momo would marry one another.

In later episodes, they will likely become even closer. After all, in the most recent episode, she became Yuko's vassal (temporarily) and came over the the "dark side", nicknamed "Darkness Peach" by Mikan, to save her from a nightmare. In an unexpected twist, she becomes a dual-class holder whose physical class is light while her spiritual class is light. They both agree to work together to protect the city.

Rather, these characters could be shown ambiguously together and walking off into the sunset akin to the end of Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times. It is even less likely that there would any possible marriage, like that hinted between office worker, Kobayashi, and a dragon girl, Tohru, in the final episode of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid.

All in all, The Demon Girl Next Door is a must-see, especially for those interested in demons, magical girls, and supernatural comedies.

The series is currently streaming on HIDIVE. The next episode will air on May 26, 2022.

© 2022-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

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ofc i like katamari music. its like the musical lovechild of seiko ito and masayoshi takanaka and doopee time

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Rádio Imaginação | Seiko Ito

Já tinha ouvido falar do livro: Rádio Imaginação, mas não sabia muito dessa história e foi mais interessante ler sabendo tão pouco. Foi legal ir descobrindo sobre o que era a rádio imaginação e os relatos de seus ouvintes. De cima de uma árvore a transmissão da Rádio Imaginação começa, o seu locutor está empolgado e aos poucos muitos ouvintes vão dando seu depoimento sobre o que aconteceu para…

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世界のポップス1991　いとうせいこう JICC出版局 装幀＝秋田和徳、表紙画＝ジェームス・アンソール

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So who exactly is here then? If the FreeFo are here, are the rest of teh FF's allies here too?

Hm...Let me think...Komaru and I are on our way to meet up with one of our squadrons. That's the Warriors of Hope, Akeru, Kanon Nakajima and Leona Vasquez from the FreeFo.

Kyoko, Sayaka and Hifumi are getting Makoto and Kuripa to safety. We have some emergency medical camps that Mikan Tsumiki set up around the factory in case we need EMTs. Kouji Ito and Four Kaiden are set up at one of them, and so is Kibin Hatsudoki.

As you saw back there, Hina, Byakuya, Leon, Chihiro, Mondo, Taka, Sakura, Miaya, Munakata, Yuta, Maya, Hunter and Oliver are dealing with the main threats from the source.

As for our other squads, Kaede's squad is comprised of Hoshi, Chabashira, Gokuhara, Himuro...and that weird pet dog she has, Lune.

Shuichi's squad is Harukawa, Momota, and Tojo. Also, Kokichi Ouma, the manager of the High Roller was called in as backup...or rather he wanted to get in on the action and we couldn't exactly refuse extra help. He also brought Hashimoto, Nijiue and Hayamoto with him.

Akane, Nekomaru, Ryuji, Gundham, Bandai and Ryota are dealing with threats on the lower levels.

Kinjo and his Kisaragi forces were also split into two to cover more ground on the middle levels. Kinjo, Kurokawa, Chiebukuro, Otonokoji and Ando are one group, and the other is Mekaru, Otori, Maki, Iranami, Yamaguchi, Tomori and Kisaragi.

Sonia, Mahiru, Peko, Ibuki, Mikan and Seiko are the one's running the medical evac team. Hopefully Inori can help them if they end up rendevouzing. Iruma, Keebo, Mii-Yu and Mona elected to stay back at the tower and control the weapon supplies going to and from the base.

And lastly...Izuru is god knows where, and Chiaki's with him.

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Wonderful Paradise (2020)