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Ten Films I LOVE

tagged by my comedy partner in crime, the tsukkomi to my boke; @zurdoabsurdo

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1999 dir. Katsuhiro Ishii) This is my movie. Movie of all time. Rotten Tomatoes can eat my ass with their 25% rating. A yakuza on the run for stealing from the boss from a wacko cast of assassins with a clever girl in tow. It's what Tarantino wishes he could make.

Heat (1995 dir. Michael Mann) I mean, come on. AlPacino, Robert DeNiro, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Ashely Judd, Mykelti Williamson? This movie could not fail even if that was the goal.

The Accountant (2001 dir. Ray McKinnon) It's a short film, and Ray is actually from the town I've lived in the last twenty years, so I have a soft spot for him. Ray is so captivating as an actor, and this film was something else. It's somber but still moving.

Straight Talk (1992 dir. Barnet Kellman) It's a cornball romcom, but it's DOLLY PARTON'S romcom. I love this movie to pieces. I even have one of the original movie posters. Unfortunately I have to also look at James Woods' face lol.

Tombstone (1993 dir. George P. Cosmatos) Another that's like, be serious. I love westerns and the outlaw/lawman yeehaw bullshit. You know how it is with yeehaw bullshit.

Deadland Inferno/Zアイランド (2015 Hiroshi Shinagawa) An action zombie comedy. This one is for the yakuza gworls (gn). Basic we have a plan to get to safety from zombies and hijinks ensuse. Sho Aikawa, SHINGO TSURUMI MY BABY BOY BABY, Hideo Nakano, Hitoshi Ozawa, Sawa Suzuki. So like...dead souls but you're playing as Takasugi, Sagawa, Shibusawa, and Kuze LOL

The Bridges of Madison County (1995 dir. Clint Eastwood) Romance between an older couple, bittersweet partings, it's everything. I'm a closet die hard romantic.

My Dead Dad (2021 dir. Fabio Frey) I watched this for Raymond Cruz and wasn't expecting much but it really hit me. For reasons of my own dead dad that I was estranged from, but there were so many pieces that were like snapshots of my own teens years. The skate parks and ugly fucking skate shoes, weed, sour beer. It's also beautifully shot. It was my movie of 2022.

Grosse Pointe Blank (1997 dir. George Armitage) The soundtrack fucking rips. Probably one of my favorites ever. Joe Strummer put his whole pussy in it. A black comedy, John Cusack & Minnie Driver? Hot stuff

The Devil's Advocate (1997 dir. Taylor Hackford) MY GAY AWAKENING, A MOVIE I HAD NO BUSINESS WATCHING UNDER THE AGE OF TEN. I was obsessed with this movie. Tamara Tunie only had a small part man....she changed my life forever. If you love the tropes of good and evil, the devil, lawyers, Keanu Reeves with a terrible southern drawl, watch this :)

Tagging @necrotizer @coffeemakesmeahappybean @xyndario and anyone else that wants to share their favorite films <3

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Troga sword of truth

Remix of Go Rin No Sho, Heiho Kaden Sho, Fudochi Shinmo Roku & Taia Ki Tekst dotyczy buddyjskich korzeni kenjutsu, a jego wartość polega na bezpośrednim odwołaniu się do klasyków myśli samurajskiej – MUSASHI MIYAMOTY, TAKUANA SOHO, MUNENORI YAGYUīy Miyamoto Mushashi, Yagyu Munenori & Takuan Soho Mam przyjemność przedstawić ciekawy tekst opracowany przez Autora posługującego się pseudonimem : VIN AL KEN. KEN ZEN ICHI / MIECZ I ZEN TO JEDNOŚĆ – na podstawie klasyków myśli samurajskiej Takuan's book (one of most important work of " Kenjutsu -Ryu" Library) He has also been credited with the invention of the yellow pickled Daikon radish that carries the same name, "Takuan." His influence still permeates the work of many present-day exponents of Zen Buddhism and martial arts. His collected writings total 6 volumes and over 100 published poems, including his best known treatise, The Unfettered Mind. Known for his ascerbic wit and integrity of character, Takuan exerted himself to bring the spirit of Zen Buddhism to many and diverse aspects of Japanese culture, such as Japanese swordsmanship, gardening, Sumi-e, Shodo, and Tchado. With regards to his character, Takuan remained largely unaffected by his popularity and famed reputation. Yagyū Munenori (Daimyo and kenjutsu master, head of Yagyū Shinkage-ryū style of swordsmanship) - Takuan's writings to kenjutsu master, Lord Yagyū Munenori, are commonly studied by contemporary martial artists. It is stated that Takuan advised and befriended many persons, from all social strata of life. His tomb is located in the Shinagawa area of Tokyo at Oyama Cemetery of Tokaiji Temple. At the moment before his death, Takuan painted the Chinese character 夢 ("dream"), laid down his brush and died. Takuan Sōhō died in Edo (present-day Tokyo) in December of 1645. Later, Takuan was invited by Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604–51) to become the first abbot of Tokai-ji Temple in Edo, which was constructed especially for the Tokugawa family. By 1632, there was a general amnesty after the death of Hidetada Tokugawa and Takuan’s period of banishment came at an end. In 1629, Takuan was banished to northern Japan by the Shogunate of Hidetada Tokugawa due to his protest of political interference in Buddhist temple matters pertaining to ecclesiastical appointments. Throughout his journeys, Takuan raised and collected funds for the renovation of Daitoku-ji Temple and other Zen temples. Unfortunately, Takuan's appointment was shortened as he left for a prolonged period of traveling. By the age of 14 in 1587, Takuan started studying the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism under the tutelage of his sensei Shun-oku Soen.īy age 36 in 1608, Takuan was made abbot of the Daitoku-ji Temple in Kyoto, Japan. At the age of 8 in 1581 young Takuan began his religious studies and 2 years later he entered a Buddhist monastery. Takuan Sōhō was born into a family of farmers in the town of Izushi, located in what was at that time called Tajima province (present-day Hyōgo Prefecture). Takuan Sōhō (沢庵 宗彭, 1573–1645) was a major figure in the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. To umysł przenikający przez całe ciało i jaźń." "Czysty umysł nie jest skoncentrowany w żadnym miejscu, nie pochłania go zadna myśl. Takuan Soho - Buddhist Monk, Intellectual and Spiritual Mentor of MUNENORI YAGYU

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Meet All The Cast Members of World Trigger 2nd Stage Play "Large-Scale Invasion Arc"

    Following the teaser visual featuring its four returning main cast members, the official website for World Trigger the Stage: Large-Scale Invasion Arc, the forthcoming second show of the stage play adaptation of Daisuke Ashihara's sci-fi action manga World Trigger, has posted individuals visuals of its all 26 cast members.

    Keisuke Ueda as Yuuma Kuga

Takuya Mizoguchi as Osamu Mikumo

Arisa Sonohara as Chika Amatori

Kensuke Takahashi as Yuichi Jin

      Shogo Tazuru as Reiji Kizaki

Ayano Hamaura as Kirie Konami

Shin Tamura as Kyosuke Karasuma

Rikuto Takahashi as Shun Midorikawa

      Shori Kondo as Kei Tachikawa

Yuta Iiyama as Kohei Izumi

Joji Kominami as Jun Arashiyama

Misato Kawauchi as Ai Kitora

      Ryota Hirono as Soya Kazama

Tsubasa Okuno as Ryo Utagawa

Hayate Miyao as Shiro Kikuchihara

Jouji Saotome as Masamune Kido

      Keito Sakurai as Shuji Miwa

Kou Kanegae as Yosuke Yoneya

Kazuya Yuuki as Toru Narasaka

Shiu Sato as Shohei Kodera

      Seijiro Nakamura as Hairein

Ryusei Maruyama as Enedra

Sho Arai as Lamvanein

Masakatsu Nemoto as Viza

Shogo Sakamoto as Hyuse

Tomomi Matsuba as Mira

      World Trigger the Stage: Large-Scale Invasion Arc is set to be performed at Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stellar Ball in Tokyo from August 5 to 14, 2022, and at the Kyoto-Gekijo theater in Kyoto from August 19 to 21. Its story is based on the manga's fourth arc of the same name. After advance sales from may 13 to June 19, general sales of the tickets will begin on July 2.

    Teaser visual:

    RELATED: World Trigger 2nd Stage Play "Large-Scale Invasion Arc" Unveils Striking Cast Visuals

    Source: "World Trigger the Stage" official website / Twitter

  © Daisuke Asakura/Shueisha

© "World Trigger the Stage" Production Committee

  By: Mikikazu Komatsu

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Ezo Republic - 2010 Japanese Wiki Entry

From the Japanese-English Bilingual Corpus of Wikipedia’s Kyoto Articles . This is a translation from the Ezo Republic’s Japanese wiki entry, exactly as it was in 2010. It is taken from HST00891 in that collection.

For information on the database and how to use it, please check this post.

Just like English wikipedia, none of this information is guaranteed to be accurate. It’s not a current version of the Japanese article either.

This article is really interesting but also a real mess of a translation. If you want to read the whole thing and understand some of its mangled English, I’d suggest first reading the entire Ezo Republic article on English Wikipedia for context.

However, if you just want to find out how many votes Hijikata Toshizo got in the Ezo election for president, or the exact structure of the Ezo military (including which battalion Iba Hachirou commanded), scroll down past the confusing bad translations. This article is a treasure.

The translated sentences used in this service contain English contents which are translated by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) from Japanese sentences on Wikipedia. My use of these translated sentences is licensed by the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Please refer to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or http://alaginrc.nict.go.jp/WikiCorpus/ for details.

Ezo Republic

The Ezo republic that was built in January 1869 was a familiar name of the Ezo Island Government, a political power belonging to Sabaku-ha which existed for a short time in Ezochi (inhabited area of Ainu) (Hokkaido). It ruined due to the end of the Battle of Hakodate on May 18, 1869.

Summary

In 1867 in the late Edo period, the Edo bakufu ruined due to the Taisei Hokan conducted by the 15th Seii Taishogun, Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA, then through the mediation of Tetsutaro YAMAOKA, the bloodless surrender of Edo Castle was decided at a meeting of Takamori SAIGO, a general officer of the grand government general, and Kaishu KATSU, president of the Tokugawa family's army.

Takeaki ENOMOTO, the Vice-President of Navy, who made sure that Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA left the capital for Shizuoka, went away form Edo for Ezo leading eight military ships on Kaiyomaru as a flagship from off Shinagawa on August 19, 1868, for the purpose of rescue of former retainers of shogun and protection of Hokuhen. On the way, in Sendai, he merged the remnants of Denshutai (Edo shogunate's army) which was put to rout in the Aizu War, Old Shinsengumi and Shogitai, then reached Kitakami and Morimachi (Hokkaido) where he suppressed each region, captured Goryokaku, got the Prefectural Governor, Kinnaru SHIMIZUDANI, on the run and put the whole Ezo Island under his control.

The person who used the term Ezo 'Republic' for the first time was a foreigner. It was Adams, a diplomat of the British Legation, who accompanied the Captain of Anglo-French warship and met ENOMOTO in Nonvember 1868. In the book 'History of Japan' he wrote in 1874, he introduced Hakodate Seicho as a "Republic", and after that, the people who used his expression got the majority. This political power is also just called Hakodate Government, but this naming is not appropriate because it did never aim at a sovereign independence nor defending local authority. ENOMOTO and others did not called it 'Ezo Republic', nor declared it was an independent sovereign state. There is also another theory that states that it should be called 'the territory of a group of surviving retainers of the Ezo Tokugawa Shogun Family', considering their purpose and the circumstances.

It is often said that 'the Enomoto Government' was admitted as 'Authorities De Facto' by foreign countries, and here is the actual background. On November 4, 1868 after the Enomoto's army occupied Hakodate, the British warship Satellite and the French warship Venius entered the Hakodate port together with Adams, Secretary of British Legation, on board, following the directive of Harry Parkes, British Minister. At this time, a salute was fired at Benten Daiba to welcome the both worships, but they ignored it.

On November 5, the British and French consuls stationed on the spot and the captains of the two warships held a meeting, and at this this, the two captains were highly evaluating the Enomoto's Army. After a while, Naoyuki NAGAI, a Hakodate bugyo administering the Hakodate port, came over and asked them to wait for a while until Enomoto came back from his business trip to Matsumae. NAGAI had a lot of experience of diplomacy, and his attitude gave a good impression to not only the British and French consuls but also the captains of the British and French warships. During the meeting, Enomoto Fleet's flagship Kaiyomaru fired a twenty-one-gun salute to welcome the visit of guests. The American, Russian and Prussian consuls looked at this and made a courtesy call on Kaiyomaru without going to the British and French warships.

On November 8, Enomoto met the British and French consuls and the captains of the British and French warships. The claims of the British and French side were severe, but he could do nothing but accept it taking into account of the public law. After the meeting, Enomoto demanded a memorandom, and the captains of British and French warships accepted it. A few days later, they sent Enomoto a memorandam shown below.

We maintain neutrarity about this domestic issue. We do not approve any privileges as a 'warring group'. We approve it as Authorities De Facto.

That means, it was actually nothing but a mamorandam made freely by the captains of the British and French warshipsl, who had a good impression on Enomoto and ignored the intention of their countries (although the use of the terms as above was carefully avoided in the directive made by the British Minister Harry Parkes.) An elementary mistake was made despite the presence of Secretary Adams.

But, once Enomoto read it, he was delighted saying 'This is a useful description. We can take it in any way'. He thought about this memorandam as follows. In the diplomatic terms, 'strict neutrarity' can be used only in case of 'outside neutrarity', and in case of 'domestic issue', it means 'nonintervention of domestic affairs' (that means, it is strange to say 'strict neutrarity' for 'domestic affairs').

A 'warring group' can be used in case of attempting separation and independence from Japan or overthrow of the government, therefore, any use of the force for a demand such as taking away someone's land is not serious and is not applable (Enomoto had no intention to attempt 'separation and independence' from Japan nor 'overthrow of the government', so his group did not need to be certified as a 'warring group'.)

Authorities De Facto' means the one which has completed occupation, settled down sufficiently and nearly formed a country. In this case, it had not got there yet, so probably they used these terms because of not getting used to the terms and their good impression on Hakodate that made them careless about it.

The first 'public bid' in Japan took place in order to organize Ezo Island Government.

Furthermore, it was separated into two groups, 'Army group' and 'Navy group', and the 'Army group' was further divided into small groups such as 'Shogitai' and 'Sho-shogitai (small Shogitai)', therefore, the entire army was not a monolithic organization. Because of this, the first 'public bid' in Japan was decided to take place modeling after the oversea political system such as America. The persons who took part in the vote were the leaders (commissioned officers) and the higher ranking officials of the Old Bakufu Deserters' Army, and noncomissioned officers and soldiers were excluded, and of course, Hakodate residents did not take part in it, neither.

On December 15, 1868, the first 'bid (election)' of Japan took place when the New Government was established.

The details of 856 votes at total were as follows. 

Takeaki ENOMOTO : 156 Taro MATSUDAIRA : 120 Naoyuki NAGAI : 116 Keisuke OTORI : 86 Shirojiro MATSUOKA : 82 Toshizo HIJIKATA : 73 Sadaaki MATSUDAIRA : 55 Saemon KASUGA : 43 Emon SEKIHIRO : 38 Makino Bingo No Kami : 35 Katsukiyo ITAKURA : 26 Nagamichi OGASAWARA : 25 Michiaki ENOMOTO (Tsushima) : 1

As it is shown, Takeaki ENOMOTO obtained the largest number of votes. However, it was less than 20% of the entire votes, not a majority, and the votes were dispersed to each group. Referring to the results of the 'bid', primary cabinet members were selected as follows.

President, Takeaki ENOMOTO Vice-President, Taro MATSUDAIRA Navy Bugyo, Ikunosuke ARAI Army Bugyo, Keisuke OTORI Army Bugyo Nami, Toshizo HIJIKATA Hakodate Bugyo, Naoyuki NAGAI Hakodate Bugyo Nami, Saburosuke NAKAJIMA Esashi Bugyo, Shirojiro MATSUOKA Esashi Bugyo Nami, Masanoshin KOSUGI Matsumae Bugyo, Katsutaro HITOMI Reclamation Bugyo, Tarozaemon SAWA Accounting Bugyo, Michiaki ENOMOTO (Tsushima) Accounting Bugyo, Rokushiro KAWAMURA Head of warship, Gengo KAGA Head of infantry, Sakuzaemon FURUYA Trial Chief of Army and Navy, Shigekata TAKENAKA Trial Chief of Army and Navy, Nobuo IMAI

Not all of the candidates who gained the votes could become the cabinet members, and the poll was not entirely reflected on the selection. Thus, they could make a form of government, but the financial situtation deteriorated, and the war funds they had raised were running short. So, Michiaki ENOMOTO, Accounting Bugyo who had ever been in charge of fund raising at the Old Bakufu, and Taro MATSUDAIRA, Vice-President, counterfeited money for circulation, and they became notorious for 'Deserter's money' for this reason,

Furthermore, they even did bad things, such as demanding unreasonable commissions to stall keepers at fairs, pestering hush money in exchange of tolerating gambles, imposing tax on prostitutes and collecting passage fee from women and children at the gates set up in the city, all of which provoked residents' antipathy. When the financial situation finally got to the deadend, the leaders of the Old Bakufu planned to collect money and valuables from wealthy merchants in Hakodate, but Toshizo HIJIKATA was strongly againt it, and the plan was turned down. However, residents' antipathy to the Old Bakufu was increasing, and some of them joined the 'Yuguntai', a guerrilla standing on the new government side, or worked as spies for the new government army.

The Old Bakufu was separated into Army and Navy taking the organization as follows.

For your information, rejiman ("列士満" (レジマン)) means 'Regiment' in French, and Japanese phonetic-equivalent characters were used.

Army

(Army Bugyo: Keisuke OTORI, Army Bugyo Nami: Toshizo HIJIKATA)

The First Regiment: the First Battalion (Mitsutaro TAKIGAWA, four platoons, Troop of Denshu commissioned officers, Shoshogi-tai, Shinboku-tai), the Second Battalion (Hachiro IBA, seven platoons, Commando unit, Shinsengumi, Shogitai).

The Second Regiment (Koshichiro HONDA): the First Battalion (Shojiro OKAWA, four platoons, Denshu Infantry), the Second Battalion (Shirojiro MATSUOKA, five platoons, Ichiren-tai).

The Third Regiment: the First Battalion (Saemon KASUGA, four platoons, Kasuga-tai), the Second Battalion (Juntaro HOSHI, four platoons, Gakuhei-tai).

The Fourth Regiment (Sakuzaemon FURUYA): the First Battalion (Kakushinsai NAGAI, five platoons, Shoho-tai), the Second Battalion (Shintaro AMANO, five platoons, Shoto-tai).

Artillery unit: Hiroemon SEKI Engineering Brigade: Shinnosuke KOSUGE, Yushiro YOSHIZAWA Mechanic: Ichinosuke MIYASHIGE Hospital service: Ryoun TAKAMATSU

Navy (Navy Bugyo: Ikunosuke ARAI)

Kaiyomaru (Tarozaemon SAWA, sank off Esashi in November 1868) Kaitenmaru (Gengo KOKA, later Seikichi NEZU, self-burned at the Hakodate port in May 1869) Takaomaru (Kenzo OGASAWARA, self-burned at the Kunohe port in March 1869) Banryumaru (Bankichi MATSUOKA, self-burned at the Hakodate port in May 1869) Chiyogatamaru (Hirosaku MORIMOTO, aground at the Hakodate port in April 1869) Shinsokumaru (Shinzo NISHIKAWA, sank off Esashi in November 1868) Transport Ship : Oemaru, Chogeimaru, Hoomaru, Nagasakimaru, Mikahomaru, Kaishunmaru

About ten soldiers including Assistant Chief Jules Brunet, Captain of Artillery Unit, deserted French Military Advisory Team which was giving a military drill to Bakufu Denshutai (Edo shogunate's army) at Ota Jinya (regional government office) in Yokohama City from 1867, and abandoned the French national army to join the Ezo Government. Jules Brunet was appointed as assistant of Keisuke OTORI Army Bugyo, and four 'brigades' were led by french commanders, Arthur Fortant, Jean Marlin, Andre Cazeneuve and François Bouffier. The French soldiers who got involved escaped to a French ship being at anchor off Hakodate calling for protection before the fall of the Goryokaku.

For communication to the French soldiers, Masachika TAJIMA who had learned French at Yokohama Futsugo Denshu Sho (French school under direct control of Bakufu) and others were in charge of interpreters. Keisuke OTORI left favorable comments in his Nanki Kiko, saying, Brunet is 'still young but quite smart', Cazeneuve is 'very brave and often showed a great performance in the military advance to Matsumae'.

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ICHI English translations

Unofficial translations of ICHI’s lyrics

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夢と星 (Yume to Hoshi)/Written by KENGO 

(Title meaning: Dreams and Stars)

Far, far away, in the corner of a street I don’t know, a wish resurfaces Trying to let out one voice, just to hide the bleeding uncertainty again The world in the city of Kyoto touched by a haunted finger Right now, starts telling me its tale With colours that never fade, the fragments of the mesmerising dream Never have been let go of in my heart Even if I were to stop moving forward, as long as I have you I won’t be scared of anything I wanna be your star I wanna be your star In this heart that has been sinking deep and drowning My wish starts swimming up yet again As I weakly grab onto the ray of light hoping to reach a place where I can walk more easily The promise I believed in, the feelings we vowed Will be granted here and now Our feelings that keep blooming and never wilt Have never changed and never will Even if I were to lose my way, As long as I have you I will not lose myself I wanna be your star I wanna be your star Until the faint light from my dream shines a little further ahead I will keep singing without fail Time is a flowing river, there is no such thing as “forever” There is always a meaning to people meeting and parting If we will meet again at this place Then I will wait as I am, to welcome you no matter how many times With colours that never fade, the fragments of the dream that mesmerised me Have never been forgotten in my heart Even if I were to stop moving forward, as long as I have you I won’t be scared of anything Because I can be myself I wanna be your star I wanna be your star

咲螺 - サクラ (Sakura)/Written by Kondou Takafumi

Right now I can see the overlapping cherry petals dancing across the sky No matter how many thousands times, if we ever crossed paths again I will never let you go a second time For eternity... with these cherry blossoms Ours was a love like spring breeze together with your gentle tears Our meeting was like fate My heart yearns for you ever since Why is it that even though we were always so close But those clear eyes felt so distant, and lonely? The hazy moon hides away your profile If I had held you tight back then Would our future have changed? Right now I can see the overlapping cherry petals dancing across the sky No matter how many thousands times If we ever crossed paths again I will never let you go a second time, For eternity... with these cherry blossoms Ours was a love like spring breeze together with your gentle tears Will I get over these feelings one day? I have always wanted to stay closer by your side A world without you, a future without you How am I supposed to go on and face tomorrow from here? The night takes away each moment The sorrow only getting deeper Could it be even if I had regrets at that moment... My thoughts would only have collected over time Just like seasons go round and round again, the cherry petals draw up a circle As the tempest dyes the May clouds in their folds Will these blossoms bring back the days of the two of us who can no longer meet Ours was a love like petals that caressed your faintly coloured cheeks I won't forget you, always I have loved you, Sakura Right now I can see the overlapping cherry petals dancing across the sky No matter how many thousands times If we ever crossed paths again Let's never separate a second time for eternity... Sakura Ours was a love like spring breeze together with your gentle tears

虹を描いて (Niji wo egaite)/Written by 井手コウジ (Ide Kouji)

(Title meaning: Draw a rainbow)

Wow oh Draw your own rainbow Wow oh With your colour Wow oh Draw your own rainbow Among endless choices and possibilities, why is it that I am rushing to find a perfect spot for me to fit If I don't have any interests in these colour palettes lining up before me Then let's create our own matching shades! Each of us one colour Each with our own slope to climb (so far away) Shall we? (to higher) Even when our tears fall Like a wind with no name, blow this world away! No matter how many years it takes, draw a rainbow for only yourself Wow oh Draw your own rainbow Wow oh With your colour Wow oh Draw your own rainbow Draw your own rainbow If you just look at the entangled reality at a slightly different angle The world we look at upside down becomes a totally different scenery Monochrome, pure white, black and grey, there are so many colours Let's take in even more new values! Each of us one colour Each with our own aspiration We struggle (so far away), yes we do (to higher) Though our dream seems to have withered The colour from the melody we have believed and played It might be distorted, but let it echo away! Unleash the sadness toward the rainbows The abandoned incomplete dreams Let's redraw curiosity onto these hands once more! Each of us one colour Each with a slope to climb (so far away) Shall we? (to higher) Even when our tears may fall Like a wind with no name, blow this world away! No matter how long it takes, let your heart go And draw your own rainbow Wow oh Draw your own rainbow Wow oh With your colour Wow oh Draw your own rainbow Draw a rainbow

Players/Written by KENGO

Yeah- We are Samurai Boys Kyoto to the World Clap your hands up Here we go Yo Welcome to the Samurai Boys Above and beyond your wildest imagination, boiling up with agility on the golden stage Wielding light lasers breakbeats, let it ring clap clap, come on make a beat with me Don't even have time to blink, the absolute best future is always calling us from the other side (Paint my world) No frame can contain this extraordinary mission Even if you get bored Come back here anytime and make some noise, High-five! We'll meet here again anyway Throw away all reason, I want to go crazy with you and hope for a world with no limit On your marks Players, it's a start of an unprecedented story With a fire hidden in our hearts, surpass the generations right now Scatter all over From Kyoto to the world I'm always waiting here (Just wanna be your star)

You can't forget about me, go crazy about me This is (the) Players (Just wanna be your star) With inimitable high quality Shoot out at you (Just wanna be your star) With a world breaking concept, To the place our hearts turn towards Step up with mesmerising excitement and always believe (Just wanna be your star) It's unstoppable, the sensation of piercing impact My soul is the truth, no one can get in the way of the scenery I want to feel again and again Deep enough to feel even in dreams, give me, love me Even if you get bored Any time go back, forget shyness and make some noise, High-five! We'll meet here again anyway If you throw away all anxiety, if we hope for it together, we can connect with this feelin' On your marks Players, an unprecedented Story With a fire hidden in our hearts, let’s surpass history right now Scatter all over, From Kyoto to the world We'll be waiting here always (Just wanna be your star)

Just look all you haters, I'm the Only one to capture everything (This is (the) Players) The Only world achieved from this stage, echoing away Until my voice reaches you, I'll keep on singing On your marks Players, we'll start an unprecedented Story With a fire hidden in our hearts, let’s surpass history right now Scatter all over, From Kyoto to the world We'll be waiting here always (Just wanna be your star) You can't forget about me, go crazy about me This is (the) Players (Just wanna be your star) With inimitable high quality Shoot out at you (Just wanna be your star) With a world breaking concept, To the place our hearts turn towards Step up with mesmerising excitement and always believe (Just wanna be your star)

侍Brotherhood/Written by 井手コウジ (Ide Kouji)

(Title meaning: Samurai Brotherhood)

Yeah, Get up, Get up, Kyoto Samurai Boys C'mon Just like This Samurai Brotherhood C'mon Just like This Kiri-sute-gomen(*) Making mo' some noise, give the signal Resonating the Samurai's voice Let's gather here my fellow fighters, make a heated shout my warriors Not gonna let the world swallow me, I'll scratch my legs No surrender Shirahana Ryoran mainstream Tear it to shreds and get away now Kiri-sute-gomen(*) Push the gorgeous city of Kyoto forward, open the way and kick out the jams Until we break, polish the original flavour and don't look back So, be my witness, we'll get drunk tonight Drink to the flowers and butterflies Aim to the beautiful future So come with me, let's go straight out Reiwa Restoration, Brotherhood Reiwa Restoration, gracefully destroy all boundaries Go Big Buster, Go Big Buster, Go Big Buster, Brotherhood Quit your whining, I won't hear it Do yourself a favour and believe in yourself right now With a love for the limelight, we're breaking through With a gorgeous flash light, turn up the beat Make full blooms out of those scattering buds Do it fair and square, Fight on fight! Samurai Brotherhood, a display of a man's valour Samurai Brotherhood, you gotta see to believe, oh multicoloured lion Split the path open and change the world Well then, light up a spark in the lost heart, on a verge of ignition kick out all boring hesitation My sword sharpened, my soul a translucent tempest, Check this out All the light of our life, in one instant ignite it all up We've found the proof of our existence So follow my lead, let's go straight out Reiwa Restoration, Brotherhood Reiwa Restoration, gracefully destroy all boundaries Go Big Buster, Go Big Buster, Go Big Buster, Brotherhood Buck up the courage to have doubt, break the habit to blame someone else

With a love for the limelight, we're breaking through With a gorgeous flash light, turn up the beat Make full blooms out of those scattering buds Do it fair and square, Fight on fight! Samurai Brotherhood, a display of a man's valour Samurai Brotherhood, you gotta see to believe, oh multicoloured lion Split the path open and change the world

We the warriors gather, push the gorgeous city of Kyoto forward Polish the original flavour, until everything topples don't look back! Samurai brotherhood C'mon Just like This Kiri-sute-gomen(*) Split the path open and change the world *切り捨て御免: the right of Samurai in the Edo period to kill commoners for perceived affronts

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KSB members’ Twitter and Instagram links

Team Tsubaki:

1. Fukuzawa Yuu (leader): https://twitter.com/fukuzawayuu (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yuu_fukuzawa/) 2. Iizuka Hiromu: https://twitter.com/hiromu_1221 (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hiromu_iizuka/) 3. NUY: https://twitter.com/NUY_SE (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nuy_styleelements/) 4. Yamagata Yuuki: https://twitter.com/yuki_y_1012 5. Takesako Yuuki: https://twitter.com/yuki_takesako46 (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/takestagram__1201/) 6. Yamaguchi Kouki: https://twitter.com/koooki_jpymc

Team Kikyou: 1. Satonaka Masamichi (leader): https://twitter.com/M_S_CLIONE (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/s_msmc14/) 2. Lil Noah: https://twitter.com/lil_noah_se (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lil_noah_se/) 3. RANMA: https://twitter.com/ranma_sellout (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ranma0222/) 4. BISKE: https://twitter.com/biske_SE (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biske.se/) 5. Ryota Kamiya: https://twitter.com/ea5st (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryt_kamiya/) 6. Shinagawa Sho: https://twitter.com/16sho (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shinagawa_sho/)

Team Wakaba: 1. Yasue Kazuaki (leader): https://twitter.com/kazuaki_yasue (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_______kazuaki/) 2. RAYSHY: https://twitter.com/rayshy_se (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rayshy_se/) 3. R_NE (prounced Ri-ne): https://twitter.com/r_ne_se (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/r_ne_se/) 4. Iida Torayoshi: https://twitter.com/tolife1996 (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tolife1996) 5. Shimoda Sora: https://twitter.com/w_en76 (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/s_o_r_a_18811/) 6. Kawashima Tatsuki: https://twitter.com/kwtatsuki (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/k__tatsu/)

Album "Ichi" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/473hvFoSw3m9JFXPLscGRP…

KSB home page https://www.samuraiboys-project.com/

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26 Cast Members Gather in World Trigger 2nd Stage Play "Large-Scale Invasion Arc" Main Visual

    Three months ahead of its opening in Tokyo, the official website for World Trigger the Stage: Large-Scale Invasion Arc, the forthcoming second show of the stage play adaptation of Daisuke Ashihara's sci-fi action manga World Trigger, has posted a main visual featuring its 26 main cat members altogether. It depicts the members of Border as they fight off a large-scale invasion launched by Aftokrator, one of the largest military powers in the Neighbor World.

        『#ワールドトリガー the Stage』大規模侵攻編 メインビジュアル解禁／ #茜屋日海夏 さん＆ #鯨井康介 さんの声の出演が決定???? 8/5(金)～14(日)品川プリンスホテル ステラボール 8/19(金)～21(日)京都劇場https://t.co/BE2SpWulvu 公演PVを公開しました????https://t.co/KP0V0xQzIW#ワーステ pic.twitter.com/M0X2LbNgUT

— 『ワールドトリガー the Stage』公式 (@W_Trigger_Stage) June 3, 2022

    Also, Himika Akaneya (Laala Manaka in Idol Time Pripara) and Kosuke Kujirai (Junta Teshima in Yowamushi Pedal stage plays) are confirmed to make their voice appearance as Shiori Isami and Replica/Takumi Rindo, respectively.

  World Trigger the Stage: Large-Scale Invasion Arc is set to be performed at Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stellar Ball in Tokyo from August 5 to 14, 2022, and at the Kyoto-Gekijo theater in Kyoto from August 19 to 21. Its story is based on the manga's fourth arc of the same name. After advance sales from May 13 to June 19, general sales of the tickets will begin on July 2.

    Main cast: 

  Keisuke Ueda as Yuuma Kuga

Takuya Mizoguchi as Osamu Mikumo

Arisa Sonohara as Chika Amatori

Kensuke Takahashi as Yuichi Jin

Shogo Tazuru as Reiji Kizaki

Ayano Hamaura as Kirie Konami

Shin Tamura as Kyosuke Karasuma

Rikuto Takahashi as Shun Midorikawa

Shori Kondo as Kei Tachikawa

Yuta Iiyama as Kohei Izumi

Joji Kominami as Jun Arashiyama

Misato Kawauchi as Ai Kitora

Ryota Hirono as Soya Kazama

Tsubasa Okuno as Ryo Utagawa

Hayate Miyao as Shiro Kikuchihara

Jouji Saotome as Masamune Kido

Keito Sakurai as Shuji Miwa

Kou Kanegae as Yosuke Yoneya

Kazuya Yuuki as Toru Narasaka

Shiu Sato as Shohei Kodera

Seijiro Nakamura as Hairein

Ryusei Maruyama as Enedra

Sho Arai as Lamvanein

Masakatsu Nemoto as Viza

Shogo Sakamoto as Hyuse

Tomomi Matsuba as Mira

    Teaser visual:

    RELATED: World Trigger 2nd Stage Play "Large-Scale Invasion Arc" Unveils Striking Cast Visuals

    Source: "World Trigger the Stage" official website / Twitter

  © Daisuke Asakura/Shueisha

© "World Trigger the Stage" Production Committee

  By: Mikikazu Komatsu

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KSB members update 7 May 2020

NUY and Tora’s live went on at 9pm Japan Time, RANMA + Shou + BISKE went live together around 11pm Japan Time.

NUY and Tora

For some reason these 2 call themselves Caramels (kyarameruzu) and their mission is to make Yamagata Yuuki happy.

So they decided they’d make a bird with clay and race with each other.

Tora had green clay (his team, Wakaba’s color). NUY had blue.

So they thought of what to build but NUY wanted to make something that is neither green nor blue.

NUY: What is neither green nor blue? There is only one such thing

Tora: Only one such thing, what is it?

NUY: Yamagata Yuuki

They kept smelling the clay while saying it smells bad as if you are in a car. But they kept smelling it. And say it smells bad. And smell it again.

R-NE joined in the chat for a while until he said “Bye, imma go to drink protein powder”.

After a while, NUY made something and said it is scary (he only finished the head)? He kept saying エルモだよ！(Elmo da yo!)

Kakashi-sensei...

Tora’s was still a sphere (fans say it is an egg) after NUY finished the head.

Tora asked NUY to turn around (turns out he had a red clay on his hands. He showed it to fans but hid again when NUY turned back).

Tora: What was the most fun time you had with me? NUY: Am i your girlfriend? Why so suddenly?

NUY remembered something but with Tatsuki. Tora asked again that he meant something only 2 of them did together. NUY asked for hint but the two of them couldn’t think of anything.

After all the time passed, Tora made a flat face like a disc with 3 circles...

Tora: What was the hardest thing you have ever experienced in KSB?

NUY: Everything, wasn’t it? Isn’t it tough acting without lines? We need to show only with our expressions. There are lots of dance, lots of pressure

NUY had same role as Yuu in their stage performance so he had lots of pressure.

He tried his best and it was fun even though it was tough. He said Yuu is really gentle and confident of himself.

Fans said they like his “Stop~” (Tora said so too - i am crying i didn’t get to watch it).

Fans told Tora to stick to the bird topic because it seems he was building something else.

Tora made something that looks like an airplane and said it was bird’s parts, his parts are all separate.

Tora was the enemy/boss in their stage performance.

NUY said Tora is the most hard working to him.

They said everyone helps each other out.

My favourite fan comment of the session is: KSBの ファンになって良かった - i am glad i became a fan of KSB.

They said first radio session was at Take-chan’s house.

Take has a very serious looking face.

They took turn to imitate Take-chan’s cute voice.

NUY: Take is really cute

Tora in the end made something he called red kitsune + green tanuki and whatever in between.

NUY had Kakashi stickers on his head the whole time.

NUY’s result.

Source

Honestly Tora’s looks like a kappa to me...

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RANMA + Sho + BISKE

RANMA had a live when he opened a bottle of sake out of nowhere.

He cannot remove the cork. He was in a pinch. So his brothers jumped in to help.

Shou: Let me google, wait a bit Biske: I’ll go buy a cork opener (they were in the same house)

He succeeded!

Shou joined in after he opened.

The Shinagawa Brotherhood is complete! OMG Shou’s hair...

Now Shou’s the pink one...

Shou said he watched lots of movies and anime.

RANMA said according to the news, number of corona cases daily in Japan is decreasing.

i don’t understand the rest of the small talk they made but it is just nice to see them laughing freely together.

It was close to 12am in Japan, and still 60 people watched them.

Kikyo had a Zoom session earlier in the day.

The 3 was cut from insta after 1 hour so they continued with Zoom, and RANMA finished the sake bottle...

Shou likes Mickey.

RANMA likes Toy story.

Fan’s question: What is your favorite type of girl?

Shou and RANMA: One who smiles a lot (BTW Hiromu said he likes the cool type)

BISKE: kenpo type (honestly i have no idea what he means, kenpo can mean something with second line of work)

At some point somehow all 3 of them put on sunglasses...

RANMA said Lil Noah looked at first like someone who doesn’t need to try hard while Sho is the opposite. Hhe said Ryota looks like Mario?

Sounds like Ryota wants to feed all of them (Fan: Ryota mama...)

They are all proud about their team.

RANMA: I don’t like being suddenly woken up (eg people ascending the stairs) Shou: I don’t like insect. Especially cicadas Biske: I cannot swim

So what happened next, is that 3 of them got cut out of Insta live again, but RANMA still wanted to talk, so he asked for one more session. 50 people remained in the last session.

BISKE (the others call him Bi-chan) was sleepy but he stayed until the end - talk about good friends. In the end he lay down with his phone in his hands (Fans: please don’t drop your phone...)

Turns out 3 of them have each a key holder with the same sakura design (NUY has one too).

RANMA finished another can of beer.

He straight out wiped tears during the damn live video with 50 fans watching. i don’t know if he was drunk, but he did silly things like showing his leg up while keeping on saying “I just thought, if only these 50 people see me like this just once, isn’t it fine?” (i got seriously worried there my baby please don’t think that much it’s normal to suffer at times like this and please rely on your fans sometimes)

At 3.30AM since fans got worried and asked them to go to sleep, RANMA agrees to stop the live. He said since the activities suspension, he and the other KSB members wanted to ensure fans that they are alright, that is why they have live sessions, but he ended up making fans worry instead and he is sorry to have had made people stay awake at this hour.

i just hope he feels better soon and that all artists getting affected by this pandemic will be able to find avenues for their own living and have lots of fans’ support for both their living and emotional wellbeing.

This is your admin, signing off