#shinee really did teach me a lot and improved my take on everything. and im so thankful that i found them. its been 7 years with them

[kumoriyami-xiuzhen]

Hakuoki Drama CD Flower and Oni Translation

First post of the month! so as always, I’ll once again start by asking you to please support me if you can either on ko-fi, through paypal or patreon  for access to my blog post translations or just to support me (current special access is my translation of the seventh Saito Ginsei no Shou chater)... also let me know if you have any hakuoki drama cds that you’d be willing to share that are on my looking for list since i either do not have audio for those cds or do not have audio that i can share... 

btw, was there an image of the sky in SSL that matches the one here? sorta want it for something but can’t exactly remember if it was in the game cuz i haven’t picked up my vita in a long while since i screwed mine up....

also, to whom it may it concern: 中秋快乐! slightly delayed tho lol.

Anyway, this is my translation of the Hakuoki MesseSanoh store exclusive drama cd  - Flower and Oni “���と鬼.”

one of the dramas i found back in june... at the time, i coincidentally obtained CH translations of all the other Tokuten cds that were released with the ps2 Hakuoki Shinsengumi Kitan game (based on info from tokio-fujita’s drama cd livejournal page). no idea when i’ll get to those.... since all the ones that haven’t been translated yet are +10min long (i did somehow manage to obtain the audio for all of them months before i got the CH tls for em).

Also, there was one sentence missing in the tl for this. had the translation of it commissioned from @jokertrap-ran​. left that text in bold.

enjoy~ final edits will be done when i do a video for it (i’m 90% sure the sighs/laughter and other misc sounds weren’t translated properly in the text i found but oh well).

Hakuoki MesseSanoh Store Exclusive Drama CD Flower and Oni

Translation by KumoriYami

Kondou: Hah......to be able to relax on the porch/corridor/veranda while enjoying the flowers, it really is nice.

Souji: Areh? Kondou-san? What are you doing over here?

Kondou: Oh, Souji, do you want a cup of tea? Come, sit here.

Souji: Are you appreciating the flowers right now?

Kondou: Although there are assignments, and despite how every day is recently bloody [reword later], it's really nice to be able to appreciate the flowers like this once in a while

Souji: It's really nice, the sun is warming and shining brightly, and the blooming sakura are beautiful.

Kondou: Yes

Souji: Nn, it's really nice [says comfortable/feeling well].

Kondou: haha, Souji, have another cup of tea.

(footsteps)

Souji: I won't be polite then.

Kondou: Nn, those footsteps are quite noisy.

Souji: Those footsteps, they're Hijikata-san's.

Hijikata: Really, everyone is like this......

Souji: Look, I guessed correctly.

Kondou: haha, that's really amazing.

Hijikata: What, it if isn't Kondou-san and Souji.

Kondou: You don't look that happy, Toshi, come have a cup of tea.

Hijikata: You two are really relaxed, to be drinking tea while enjoying the flowers. 

Souji: I think this is better than drinking, or it because we're not having sake that you're angry?

Hijikata: Kondou-san, this concerns the warriors who recently joined our ranks.

Kondou: Ah, it seems that a lot of people have gathered, so the Shinsengumi will get better and better in the future.

Hijikata: If only if that were the case.

Kondou: Nn, what's the problem?

Hijikata: I was training the new members just now. Although it's good there are many new recruits [says volunteers. if audio doesn't have xin in it, i'll change it to interested volunteers], a lot of them are lazy and completely useless, few of them can be used/can be put to use.

Souji: Isn't it your job to train them? Vice-commander Hijikata. [check for -san]

Hijikata: Souji don't just relax and drink tea, you should be training them with me. 

Souji: No/Don't wanna.

Hijikata: What?! For what reason?

Souji: Because I'm resting right now.

Hijikata: It doesn't matter if you are or aren't resting. If the executives don't take the lead, what is to be done? tell me [answer me]!

Souji: Really. Here we go again. It's because you take these arbitrary and out of place actions, that everyone gets annoyed [more literally: bored].

Hijkata: Oh, who's fed up with me [then]? I'll ask you to give me their names.

Souji: You didn't notice? Hijikata-san, you're unexpectedly slow.

Hijikata: Hey, I say [literal translation. i'm assuming this is more along the lines of 'say that again!']

Kondou: Come on, come on [im guessing the audio is 'ma, ma'], you two should let it be. Come, calm down and and look at the sakura......

Hijikata: don't say anything else Kondou-san, this is Souji's and my problem.

Souji: Sorry, Kondou-san, I don't want to bother you, you can look [at them] by yourself.

Kondou: Ah, is that so?

Souji: I've wonder, but is Hijikata-san's way of doing things really okay?

Hijikata: What? Souji. Do you have a problem/complaints with me? [Or] are you looking down on me/[Or it] just that you hate me?

Kondou:  What am I, your nanny!?

[will probably change that to ‘what are you, his nanny?’ for language flow]

Souji: No/That's not it? Anyway, I'm still the First Division Captain of the Shinsengumi.

Hijikata: If you're a captain, you should act like one, and take care of the team members.

Souji: I have taken care of it [that].

Kondou: To be fighting in front of beautiful flowers...... really what a headache. As a warrior/samurai, how can you not enjoy the cherry blossoms?!

Hijikata: What is there to look at/see, it's because of this that I work so hard.

Souji: You're not happy/Are you upset? I thought Hijikata-san was quite willing/happy to do this.

Hijikata: What?!

Kondou: Oh, right, I've thought of something good, both of you listen. As the chief of the Shinsengumi, I have a proposal.

Hijikata: What?

Souji: What?

Kondou: In order to promote friendlier relations within the team members, how about holding a hanami/sakura viewing party?

Hijikata: Kondou-san, do you know what time it is right now?

Souji: I approve/support that. I think that that the team members will improve after those that don't know each other are able to deepen their friendship.

Kondou: Nn, thats it/like that, I also wanted to say that.

Souji: That's just like Kondou-san, you're different from a certain someone who is difficult to deal with.

Hijikata: Souji, say that again!

Souji: What?

Hijikata: well, i finally understand. compared to those new guys, souji, you're the one that's useless.

Souji: If yo're too harsh, the new recruits will run away. Hijikata-san, drink some tea and calm down.

Hijikata: You!

Kondou: Toshi, take a teacup and quickly drink.

Hijikata: Ah.

Souji: then i should probably go back to training.

Kondou: You're going, Souji?

Souji: Yes, Kondou-san. But, don't let everyone run away from the training grounds again. [tho that's an accurate tl, i'm guess this should be more among the lines of "But I can't help it/it's not my fault if everyone runs away from the training grounds again/ But make sure that no one runs away from the training grounds again]

Kondou: Oh?

Souji: they all ran away as soon as they saw my face Why is that?

Hijikata: That's because you're way of teaching is extremely bad. Really, your swordsmanship is better than everyone else's/you are one of the best swordsmen, but why are you so incapable? Listen Kondou-san, rather than training other people, this guy loves fighting way more. Everyone was beaten to the point where they could't get up off the ground.

Kondou: Then it's understandable for why the team members are unwilling.

Souji: Ahaha, to speak of being gentle, I really didn't expect those words from the demon vice-commander.

Kondou: What, in fact Toshi is a very gentle man, right, Toshi?

Hijikata: Hn, who knows.

Kondou: That's how it is, be gentle to everyone.

Souji: Yes yes, but, i've really been gentle with everyone. Then I'll be going. Kondou-san, thank you for your hospitality.

Kondou: Ah, I'll be counting on you [tl literally: please requesting you. check audio]

Souji: Yes.

(souji walks away)

Hijikata: Hah, well, never mind that guy.

Kondou: Do you want another cup of tea?

HIjikaa: Ah, another cup.

Kondou: Then I'll have another as well.

Hijikata: Souji's way of teaching is extremely rough/cruel, so it's unclear if he's actually training other people, or using them for himself to practice.

Kondou: That's because he takes what he does for granted/his success for granted, which is why it's impossible for him to understand those who are unable to.

Hijikata: That guy is still a child, he sticks his foot into everything, but always gets bored immediately after.

Kondou: You don't quite understand souji.

Hijikata: everyone will probably run away again [?].

Kondou: If you're worried, you should go and see.

Hijikata: Eh, there's nothing to be done about that/no way around it then, I'll be going then/I'll be going.

Kondou: I'll go too.

Hijikata: No need, Kondou-san you should just stay here and relax.

Kondou: Nn?

Hijikata: It's because you're the face of the Shinsengumi. The trivial matters of the troop, it's best for you not to be involved in them at all, I'll deal with everything.

Kondou: Nn, is that so? I'm sorry.

Hijikata: the tea was verry good. Then I'll see you later.

(hijikata leaves)

Kondou:　Oh. It seems that the beauty of sakura has no effect on an oni. Heh. Good grief.

　 Hijikata Toshizou, Miki Shin'ichirō Okita Souji, Morikubo Shōtaro  Shōtarō Kondou Isami, Ōkawa Tōru

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image from suruga-ya.

[briarrosescurse]

(dances) 📖 what if, idol au 4 all ur beebs

i may know shit abt idols and how everything works BUT id die on a hill for this au (dances with u)

also pls dont mind my inner kpoppie coming out, my bias for certain styles is rlly shining through... IM ALSO NO EXPERT, SO DONT JUDGE ME

idols au

roza: she is in an unit but occasionally releases single albums due to her astounding popularity! roza follows usually girl crush concepts or concepts focused around love (including heartbreak) but her fans also adore it when she deviates from that and takes another turn - for example, in their latest comebacks (and roza’s solo), their concepts changed more into self-love!

despite that, people are so surprised to find out how much of a playful sweetheart she actually is. due to her clueless but entertaining personality, people love seeing her in interviews or shows.

roza is vocally quite strong and is usually praised for her range. she definitely has room for improvement in the dance apartment, but in her unit, she is the main vocalist. other people would consider her to be the visual alongside with another member.

examples would be; blackpink and mamamoo but as well as heize and iu

xiang: this man works as a solo idol and he is known for his more mature, sensual and sometimes rather explicit concepts. his albums are always a... sight to behold, honestly. let’s just say, they follow rather risque ideas - but hey, the producers and managers can’t complain, he’s bringing in the cash.

xiang is most definitely a more visual and dance heavy idol - his good looks attract attention and not to mention his build allows for some rather unique wardrobe choices. fancams of those love to go viral and they make people’s jaws drop.

other than that, he is actually excelling quite well at demanding dances - people like to praise him for keeping up a great vocal performance despite the difficult dances.

compared to actor au, however, he is viewed with a much more critical eye; xiang’s bold and doesn’t hold back his tongue, after all. not to mention, his fans grow quite jealous of him being possibly involved in love affairs.

if i had to give examples of the type of music he’d have, i’d say... wonho - it’s exactly what i imagine for xiang. other than that, i’d add taemin, nct or vixx

theodor: sweet lil’ theo is in an unit! his height brings him a bit at an disadvantage but his vocal abilities are very outstanding for that. he very much fits in more cheerful and crush themes - people eat that shit up and think his unit’s eras with those concepts is where he shines.

people love to gift him plushies of alpacas or llamas during fanmeets. he keeps every single one of them and the amount of photos that he posts of them with himself is astounding - not to mention during the fanmeets, you can see him hugging them for almost the whole duration.

watching the dance practices is usually pretty fun because you can see theodor making funny faces; he always brings a lot of sunshine with that cute face of his into the room and that makes him a huuuuge fan favorite for the stans of his group.

examples would be: shinee and got7

balgair: ASSUMING balgair would be in stagrove as a sort of. subunit? OR AT LEAST in a group with a similar style. i’d say he is definitely a dance heavy idol. most likely lead dancer AT LEAST. i think of like... very on point and synchronized. definitely also pretty rebellious and bad boy concepts going on.

like i said, i'd deem balgair to be a lead dancer - people would say he is rather underappreciated and deserves a lot more recognition. they also complain about the lack of his lines. but further than that, balgair's got a very charming and charismatic character - he only lets his mischievous side show during shows or interviews. he also appears to be fluent in a few foreign languages, so international fans always joke about him having a secret account to see what content the fans produce for him.

during fanmeets people LOVE talking to him, just because of how extroverted and friendly he is. they also comment on how, close up, you can really notice his unique fox-like face structures.

examples: nct and block b

chloe: she's a rather more 'unknown' idol, if you are not part of the community, but still has a certain reputation. as a solo artist, she goes against the typical girl crush concept and follows something more gender stereotype breaking.

she's very heavy on the vocal parts and also is praised for her pretty face, despite the lack of facial expressions she shows during lives or interviews. however, according to her fans, the longer you follow her and her content, the more you realize she's just a very awkward girl, bad at expressing her feelings - but that's what makes her so loveable.

she isn't the most actice idol, thus comebacks are rather not frequent for her, but you can very often see ads where she participates.

examples: moonbyul

madeline: good ol' maddy is the visual of his group. his vocal range is outstanding, but he is only considered as the lead vocal in his unit. he's another one where people like to say that his dancing leaves room for improvement; it's an inside joke in his fanbase that he is stiff like a log during dance practice.

madeline was formerly just an actor before he switched branches. his fanbase carried over as well, so he already made a name for himself. people did enjoy watching his growth, though; at first, it was hard for him getting used to teamwork, as he appeared to see it all as a competition instead of a group project, thus he was rather hostile in his trainee days. but he grew and developed and his fanbase really enjoys pointing that out about him.

his concepts are often a bit more on the emotional side; showing a rather vulnerable side of love, so to say. other than, his concepts are a lot more 'artsy' and tend to carry a convoluted plotline throughout the album. it's unusual, but certainly unique.

examples: bts and exo

briar: and lastly! our pricky prick himself! briar is one of the unexpectedly older idols but for that he is pretty much a talent in all fields - dancing, singing and even his visuals are nothing to complain about. he is a bit more... controversial, so to say? a lot of multistans think he is rather arrogant and really unfriendly - while they recognize his talent, they are critical of his attitude.

his concepts are varying, but it's usually also more of a bad boy and mature theme. his dance routines are fun to watch. sometimes, behind the scenes, you can see him teaching other members or helping them out. it's not too unusual for people to believe he is the leader of the unit.

examples: nu'est and 2pm

[resbang-bookclub]

AMA Transcript: Simple Melody

For our final AMA of Resbang 2017, @alliope, @bbbutterfingers & @daciafu stopped in to answer questions about their Resbang, Simple Melody! Here’s some of what went down:

Q: My first question for Allie is what inspired you to do this AU?

Allie: Well I've generally had the idea for an Over the Garden Wall AU for a while, not necessarily for SE, but as the first check-ins deadline was approaching I ended up rewatching bits of Over the Garden Wall and it just kinda clicked? Mainly I think it came from Crona's betrayal and Beatrice's betrayal and everything fell into place from there. I thought the eerie atmospheres would work well together! So I ended up scrapping my previous idea and wrote 3k plus a summary like three days before the first check-ins, rip.

Q: For butter/dacia, what went into how you decided which scene(s) to art?

butterfingers: HM well there was some chitchat when we started about what kind of work we wanted to do and I said that I loved the Boom comics covers, and then I shouted WHAT IF I MADE  COMIC BOOK COVERS! and I think Dacia went WHAT IF I DID BACKGROUNDS and I guess we just approached it as if we were doing something comic-y haha!

Allie: You two were the power duo.

daciafu: I've always been in love with the style of the backgrounds of OTGW since that's where all those cozy and spooky feelings of fall and the Unknown really shine and I'm honestly HORRIBLE at designing backgrounds so I wanted to take the challenge and push myself to get better! Mimicking other people's styles really helps me break down how they make their choices and teaches me how to make things look Decent so I was super hyped to pick up the OTGW style! And then when Butters and I were trying to figure out What Do and she said she wanted to tackle covers, I decided to do background-heavy scenes. 😊

Q: What is generally your guys’ process (writing for Allie and arting for butters and dacia)?

Allie: Well, I wrote in little scenes, like I would get an idea for a scene and just go for it, the fic wasn't at all coherent until maybe a few days before posting. This actually posed a problem since linking scenes took longer than I thought it would. Because I had most of my scenes written, I thought I had more finished than I really did. By the end of Resbang, I had 56k written but only 20k remotely post-able. I'm a super obsessive planner though, so my whole fic was outlined in detail early on, which was nice cause I knew what I was doing lol

butterfingers: I loved going through Allie's notes, I was always excited to see how they'd connect the dots! My art process is as follows: scribble something, put it aside, look at it a lot throughout the day with the thought that maybe I can surprise myself into seeing something new, find something I hate, fix it, rinse and repeat. For this project I actually... have a friend who works with Boom Comics and she was able to hook me up with a nice little gallery of illustrations for the OTGW comic so I got to go through and put together my mood board for it 😊

daciafu: I read over the gloriousness that was Allie's draft and immediately picked out some neat scenes or wanted to reimagine the classic OTWG ones. I spent a lot of time studying first! Looking at the art books, and poring over the show’s scenes and kind of getting a feel for the color palettes, textures and compositions. Then I watched a tutorial on Youtube where someone just deadass uploaded their painting process on a piece of official art that made it into the show. So that was EXTREMELY helpful to watch the way they painted back-to-front and kind of blended the planes without like, losing depth?? The internet is so, so wonderful. And then I got to work! Started with a soft brush for lineart so it wouldn't be too prevalent, moved onto base colors, then shading, and then really trying to establish textures and make the atmosphere Just Right(tm).

butterfingers: Genius!! Oh damn that sounds like such great advice vis à vis backgrounds. /takes notes

Q: You sound like the dream art partner Allie, I weep for my artists and my last minute HERE IS 10K I JUST TYPED UP BC IM A MESS.

Allie: Ahh geez, these two were the dream partners honestly, like I'm so glad they could gather stuff from my notes, cause I've always got everything together in my head, but then it gets out there and it's a mess, these two deserve all the love.

butterfingers: There was one thing I regret that I didn't have the chance to draw and it was like a throwaway line somewhere in your notes about Maka presenting Soul with a praying mantis and him freaking out. I resonated with that so hard hahaha.

Q: What was the hardest scene for you to write?

Allie: The hardest scene to write that's actually posted was anything with Justin really, I don't get his character and it was tough to write him. There were a few scenes that were hard to write because I rushed them, but I wouldn't say they were genuinely difficult scenes, I just gotta rewrite 'em! But overall the ending scene I'm still struggling to write and there's a dream scene that occurs which has been difficult to write just for making it dream-like enough?

Q: And what was the hardest to art? :o

butterfingers: I had a hard time with Maka's expressions. I had many scribbles designing a Ragnarok lantern, too, but it was very fun!!

Allie: Your design for the Ragnarok lantern was so good, I still cry over it.

butterfingers: Ahaha thank you! He was very Calcifer inspired ;)

daciafu: I struggled quite a bit with the first one I painted, just because it was all so new to me. I had to base color 3 different times because the soft lineart bothered me if something extended too far, or there was white background peeking through. And then reimagining the texture in the leaves and the ground to try to separate the planes there but also wanting them to be cohesive was a bit of a headache. If I had to go back and do that one over again I think I'd be more prepared to deal with the foliage lmao.

butterfingers: Your textures were very excellent, that was a quality I struggled with as well!

daciafu: The first one I painted was the Golden Light scene where Maka and Soul are leaving the woods and entering the fields.

butterfingers: Trees r hard.

Allie: They all came out so incredible though, I'm in awe of how you were able to create those leaves.

daciafu: Omg ;;;;; At the same time trees are so organic and flowy and the chances of getting them wrong are pretty slim considering they can get janked as hell lol they're super fun to just zone out to. "I’ll just put a happy little leaf here, ooh and how’s about another one right next to it. They can be happy friends. Oh look, the squad showed up!!" Channeling my inner Bob Ross... but yeah you can just do whatever with them and they somehow come together.

Q: Daciafu how do u.....background, like you did so well and all I hear from art friends is various levels of pterodactyl screeching when the word background is mentioned.

daciafu: I heavily based the Leafing the Forest scene and the church scene after stills from the show so I don't get composition points there, but I built the pumpkin fields just based off of the environment’s design elements. I really wanted to push the depth of that scene but also give it that same never-ending quality to it, and I'm super happy with the results. Another note is that I omitted the characters entirely while building the backgrounds. Since I'm usually a pretty character-heavy artist, I wanted to tackle it like I was preparing the scene for an animator later. And then once they were done, I added in our sweet kids. Doing it that way first really helped to cement the characters in the space rather than my usual "character is done, how can I put them in an interesting physical space?" struggle lmao.

Q: Did you guys feel like your writing/arting changed at all or that you learned anything/picked up new skills/honed old ones etc. etc. during Resbang?

Allie: Gosh yeah, it changed a lot. In hindsight a bad idea, but this was the first fic I'd ever written with intention of posting and the longest piece I'd ever written. Before this I had written very little and my longest piece was maybe 10k. Throughout Resbang I've learned most of everything from the ground up, it's taught me a lot about my limits, how I work and writing in general. I've definitely improved a lot from the experience!

butterfingers: Let me tell you all about the airbrush tool that I discovered during Resbang. Amazing. Incredible.

daciafu: I learned how to paint backgrounds!!! Which is something I've always wanted to get better at. And I got super comfortable in Clip Studio (I'd just gotten it) as well as using texture brushes, so overall it was a very helpful and wonderful experience as a Resbang participant and as an arteest.

Q: Oh that reminds me butters, what program do you use?

butterfingers: Paint Tool SAI for the most part, and then Photoshop for color correction, borders, and, like, finesse things! :)

Q: Did you guys listen to any music that inspired you or helped you create?

Allie: Ah, yeah! I had a playlist actually! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjTCaFkFU6rkD1edJwCZmHvJiUwlSUeGZ

If you want I can explain some bits of it? I use music a lot when writing aha. I like to associate certain songs with characters and character relationships, so most of the songs are connected to a particular part of the story. The Monroe Transfer, Wayfaring Stranger, and Mountains were all more general atmosphere stuff. Blame was very much related to Maka, which may not be apparent now, but yeah. Ragnarok I actually connected a lot with Willow Tree March. Soul was probably closest with A Lady. Crona had a lot of songs, but Neptune was most specific to them, as was probably Ghost Towns. Some character relationships I associated with certain songs, Crona-Ragnarok and Soul-Maka were both pretty connected to Always Gold, especially that dang last line "there were holes in you, the kind that I could not mend" oh man. Crona-Maka was definitely We Could Be Friends, Bloom, and Spell. Meet Me in The Woods I thought was a pretty good group song! Those are just some general bits of my thinking with the music aha.

daciafu: Definitely checked out Allie's dope playlist. For most of my working time, tho, I was either listening to TAZ: Commitment or MBMBaM oddly enough lol. I will forever think of Justin's uproarious laughter whenever I look at them lmao.

Q: Were any of the relationships difficult to characterize?

Allie: Mmm this may sound weird but early Maka-Crona was weird for me, cause they were kinda at that point where they want to (or at least Maka wants to) like each other, but they don’t like or trust each other at all and it's a weird spot for them. I'm used to writing them as at least interested by one another, if not enemies or already fond of one another, so this felt like a very odd place to start with them.

Q: Do you guys have future plans for writing/drawing? Aside from polishing and posting the rest of the fic!

Allie: I have,,, too many plans,, I need less plans,, someone please take them away from me, I can't be trusted with them,,,, I do want to do a sequel for this when I get it finished, playing on the detail about crows memory lasting five years so. Beyond that I have a SoMa fic to finish for the prompt challenge!! I'm working on a gift for Crescentcrona, which is a fantasy Kirona fic called Eat The Rich. I have polyam week fics that I'm cleaning up, I think my favorite so far is a Azusa/Naigus/Sid/Mifune one for Through The Seasons. And God I have so many CroMa fics I want to write, I gotta fill the AO3 tag. I think the biggest one right now is a wings-related soulmates au that I've been working on on the side since October I think?

daciafu: Yo there's one scene that I'm like sUPER hyped to do if Allie does the sequel because I already know exactly how I wanna draw it but I wasn't able to fit that in near the end, and it didn't end up in the first part. But there are a couple of other scenes Allie and I workshopped that would be super fun to do and I would love to draw them. Other than that, my drawing plans are pretty much working on commissions as they come in. Surprisingly my queue has been maxed out and I just got a full time job so of course now I'm like.... hm.... I'll get 'em done eventually!!

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That’s the end of the AMAs for the 2017 season! Thanks again for reading along with us, and see you next year! :)

[anmuya]

‘Okay, garlic’

His smile will be his legacy. His radiant smile and his genius music. His incredible songs that always resonated with us. His kindness and his passion and his love for everything that existed. Or didnt, for that matter, even things that were an idea were beautiful to him. Everything was his inspiration, because he saw the beauty in everything. From winter walks to a pair of cockroaches to the affection offered by Roo to the super moon to a candle burning. And he helped us see that beauty, he helped us feel and recognize all the tiny details that life adorns to make itself more beautiful. And thats not even half of it. Because Jonghyun was winter melanchony and spring happiness and he was oversized sweaters and giant shoes and puppy eyes and giant smiles and 'okay garlic’ and 'rainbow roll cake’ and cheesy lockets and impossible high notes and so much more. He was strength and confidence and hope and comfort. He was an amazing human being, one of those precious people who restore your faith in humanity. And he helped us all appreciate everything so much; the small everyday acts that bring joy, the comfort that can be offered by simple words, the importance of our emotions and how to do them justice. And that is how i’ll remember him. His memory and his legacy will live on through us, his smile will live on in ours, his love will live on through the love we give away.

[apsbicepstraining]

Wladimir Klitschko:’ This know it sounds insolent, but I am like Mount Everest’

The 41 -year-olds training camp in the Alps looks like the create for a fright movie and he tells Sachin Nakrani he is in the mood to give Anthony Joshua a scare when they meet on 29 April at Wembley

Stanglwirt is a sprawling bio-hotel located in the Austrian Alps and which at first glance consider this to be the determine for a slow-burning, creepy-crawly fright movie. With its mountainous background and somewhat kitsch interior heavy wood panelling, stripy sofas it brought by recognitions of the Overlook Hotel from Stephen Kings The Shining. Walk through the foyer, past the staff garmented in lederhosen, and it is like merely a matter of time until a clock “re going away”, a jackas springs out and a organization falls down the stairs.

But on this spring visit there is no fright to be had. Instead, amid the restaurants sector and barrooms, the spas, saunas and swimming pool, resides a legend of saving. Or, as Wladimir Klitschko employs it, fulfilling an obsession.

The heavyweight is here to prepare for his bout with Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium on 29 April. Stanglwirt has been his pre-fight basi since 2003 and a situate he describes as a residence away from home. It is easy to see the are calling for all its Heres Johnny! excellences, the complex , now more than 250 years old, is a beautiful target to invest some time. Pristine, picturesque, heated, friendly and with spate to do and expend. For Klitschko it is somewhere to get his brain and torso right, which now more than ever is important for a boxing great who, as he declares, is about to take on a career-defining challenge.

Klitschko has not fought since his shock defeat to Tyson Fury in Dsseldorf 17 few months ago. It was an outcome that is not simply stripped the Ukrainian of his WBA, IBF and WBO claims but likewise of his conceal of near-invincibility. Dr Steelhammer, a fighter who had locked 53 of his 64 victories across a 27 -year career by knockout, was outgunned by a man who garmented as Batman for one of their pre-fight press conference. Fury was a prank, yet after a unanimous levels decision on 28 November 2015 he was the one laughing.

Much has happened to Fury since that night and one of the consequences has been Klitschko missing out on a rematch that would have supplied him with a chance to prove he is no busted blush after a fourth demolish since revolving professional in 1996. Unfinished business, as he puts it. Now, eventually, comes the chance for him to go again against a British fighter.

Wladimir Klitschko and his physio Aldo Vetere at the Stanglwirt hotel. Photograph: Johann Groder/ AFP/ Getty Images

Joshua, the IBF champion, poses a different threat to Fury a year younger at 27, stronger and more deadly. Then there is the settled: a stadium Klitschko has never fought at, in front of a 90,000 sellout bunch. He goes there on the back of his longest period of stagnation since first lacing up a duo of gauntlets, and having only returned 41. Little wonder this most assured of men is full of questions, full of mistrusts, as he spoke at Stanglwirt.

This fight is 50 -5 0, Klitschko said. Can the younger guy make it? Has the older guy still got it? Interrogation brands are making this event really interesting. Ive never had a pause for a year and a half. Is it bad? Is it good? Will I have rust? I want the answers myself.

One thing I believe is I dont find my age. Its not empty words. I am get in the best figure of “peoples lives”, physically and mentally. I dont hear Im deposit and not improving, even in a boast Ive been involved with for so long. Thats what interests and elicits me.

Klitschko surely gazed well as he expressed, flanked by his director, Bernd Bnte, and his teach, Johnathon Banks.

The body abides foisting and defined, his look chiselled and those hands continue to look like weapons of mass destruction. Asked to predict how the fight with Joshua will go, Klitschko conjured his fists and nodded towards them in turn. Funeral or infirmary? Hospital or funeral? I dont need numerous pierces to knock a person out.

That was a rare minute of trash-talking bravado from the veteran( alongside the moment he claimed Joshua get confidence from his muscles and is better are in accordance with bodybuilding ).

Generally Klitschko was respectful of his opposing, endure partly out of the fact Joshua goes into their fight on the back of a perfect professional preserve 18 prevails from 18 campaigns, all reached via knockout and partly because of the respect Klitschko developed for “the mens” from Watford, having invited him to be a sparring partner in November 2014, before taking on the Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev.

He amazed me with his attitude, Klitschko says. He was in the background and memorizing. Sometimes you need to be quiet and just watch, and he was find everything. He could also container, so I granted him credit and I was there in the arena when he triumphed golden[ at London 2012 ]~ ATAGEND. Every medallist in the super-heavyweight disagreement at the Olympics has to be considered successful. He has a lot of potential and so far has done good.

Unlike Fury, Joshua is likely to engage with Klitschko from the first bell, would be interested to bush his feet and unload bombs as frequently as possible. On one hand that provides the challenger with a digesting target not to mention a supposedly susceptible chin but on the other it makes he will have to engage himself, something Klitschko did simply in the 12 th round of the Fury fight when his uncharacteristic indecision against a moving target “ve been given” him no choice but to go for disintegrate. Eventually it was too little, too late.

Klitschko insists he has learned from his mistakes and will be fully prepared for current challenges by the time he arrives in London on 26 April. Until then it is a event of working hard and biding focused, something that was there to recognized at Stanglwirt.

The scene was a altered tennis court in the bowels of the hotel. In the middle put a hoop while at one back were three punchbags hung in ascending order and at another a basketball cyberspace where, at around 8am, Banks killed bands with another member of backroom crew as Klitschko went through a series of unfolding practises. Two television screens had been put up establishing Joshuas previous pushes, everything taking place to the sound of Motown classics. It was a tighten start.

Banks and Klitschko eventually underwent some pad work inside the ring. It was, in keeping with the humor of the morning, a comparatively gentle conference but the music of thudding fists carried enough of an repetition to prompt onlookers of the power coming Joshuas way later this month. The 27 -year-old is the favourite with most bookmakers but self-complacency would be foolish against a human who has been there, said and done, and is entering the ring not because he necessity the money but because he is determined to remind “the worlds” he remains one of “the worlds largest” sturdy heavyweights and, yet again, has what it takes to be a champion.

Wladimir Klitschko was uncharacteristically shy against Tyson Fury in 2015. Photo: Kai Pfaffenbach/ Reuters

Failure is an experience and Im coming after a win[ against Fury] with a quite different stance, Klitschko says. I learned more about myself, about boxing, through that win. Unfortunately I cannot change it, or have a second shot like in golf theres no mulligan for me. But Im not a destroyed man.

This may sound arrogant but I am like Mount Everest. You can clamber it during a certain period of time during two weeks in April I conceive and say: I curbed Everest. Then youve got to run down because its going to take you down if you miss the time.

Some make it back but a lot of beings croak, so is Mount Everest demolished? No, its still here and its going to take another life this April.

Sky Sports Box Office will show Joshua v Klitschko alone live on 29 April. To book going to see www.skysports.com/ joshua

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Wladimir Klitschko:’ This know it sounds insolent, but I am like Mount Everest’

The 41 -year-olds training camp in the Alps looks like the create for a fright movie and he tells Sachin Nakrani he is in the mood to give Anthony Joshua a scare when they meet on 29 April at Wembley

Stanglwirt is a sprawling bio-hotel located in the Austrian Alps and which at first glance consider this to be the determine for a slow-burning, creepy-crawly fright movie. With its mountainous background and somewhat kitsch interior heavy wood panelling, stripy sofas it brought by recognitions of the Overlook Hotel from Stephen Kings The Shining. Walk through the foyer, past the staff garmented in lederhosen, and it is like merely a matter of time until a clock “re going away”, a jackas springs out and a organization falls down the stairs.

But on this spring visit there is no fright to be had. Instead, amid the restaurants sector and barrooms, the spas, saunas and swimming pool, resides a legend of saving. Or, as Wladimir Klitschko employs it, fulfilling an obsession.

The heavyweight is here to prepare for his bout with Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium on 29 April. Stanglwirt has been his pre-fight basi since 2003 and a situate he describes as a residence away from home. It is easy to see the are calling for all its Heres Johnny! excellences, the complex , now more than 250 years old, is a beautiful target to invest some time. Pristine, picturesque, heated, friendly and with spate to do and expend. For Klitschko it is somewhere to get his brain and torso right, which now more than ever is important for a boxing great who, as he declares, is about to take on a career-defining challenge.

Klitschko has not fought since his shock defeat to Tyson Fury in Dsseldorf 17 few months ago. It was an outcome that is not simply stripped the Ukrainian of his WBA, IBF and WBO claims but likewise of his conceal of near-invincibility. Dr Steelhammer, a fighter who had locked 53 of his 64 victories across a 27 -year career by knockout, was outgunned by a man who garmented as Batman for one of their pre-fight press conference. Fury was a prank, yet after a unanimous levels decision on 28 November 2015 he was the one laughing.

Much has happened to Fury since that night and one of the consequences has been Klitschko missing out on a rematch that would have supplied him with a chance to prove he is no busted blush after a fourth demolish since revolving professional in 1996. Unfinished business, as he puts it. Now, eventually, comes the chance for him to go again against a British fighter.

Wladimir Klitschko and his physio Aldo Vetere at the Stanglwirt hotel. Photograph: Johann Groder/ AFP/ Getty Images

Joshua, the IBF champion, poses a different threat to Fury a year younger at 27, stronger and more deadly. Then there is the settled: a stadium Klitschko has never fought at, in front of a 90,000 sellout bunch. He goes there on the back of his longest period of stagnation since first lacing up a duo of gauntlets, and having only returned 41. Little wonder this most assured of men is full of questions, full of mistrusts, as he spoke at Stanglwirt.

This fight is 50 -5 0, Klitschko said. Can the younger guy make it? Has the older guy still got it? Interrogation brands are making this event really interesting. Ive never had a pause for a year and a half. Is it bad? Is it good? Will I have rust? I want the answers myself.

One thing I believe is I dont find my age. Its not empty words. I am get in the best figure of “peoples lives”, physically and mentally. I dont hear Im deposit and not improving, even in a boast Ive been involved with for so long. Thats what interests and elicits me.

Klitschko surely gazed well as he expressed, flanked by his director, Bernd Bnte, and his teach, Johnathon Banks.

The body abides foisting and defined, his look chiselled and those hands continue to look like weapons of mass destruction. Asked to predict how the fight with Joshua will go, Klitschko conjured his fists and nodded towards them in turn. Funeral or infirmary? Hospital or funeral? I dont need numerous pierces to knock a person out.

That was a rare minute of trash-talking bravado from the veteran( alongside the moment he claimed Joshua get confidence from his muscles and is better are in accordance with bodybuilding ).

Generally Klitschko was respectful of his opposing, endure partly out of the fact Joshua goes into their fight on the back of a perfect professional preserve 18 prevails from 18 campaigns, all reached via knockout and partly because of the respect Klitschko developed for “the mens” from Watford, having invited him to be a sparring partner in November 2014, before taking on the Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev.

He amazed me with his attitude, Klitschko says. He was in the background and memorizing. Sometimes you need to be quiet and just watch, and he was find everything. He could also container, so I granted him credit and I was there in the arena when he triumphed golden[ at London 2012 ]~ ATAGEND. Every medallist in the super-heavyweight disagreement at the Olympics has to be considered successful. He has a lot of potential and so far has done good.

Unlike Fury, Joshua is likely to engage with Klitschko from the first bell, would be interested to bush his feet and unload bombs as frequently as possible. On one hand that provides the challenger with a digesting target not to mention a supposedly susceptible chin but on the other it makes he will have to engage himself, something Klitschko did simply in the 12 th round of the Fury fight when his uncharacteristic indecision against a moving target “ve been given” him no choice but to go for disintegrate. Eventually it was too little, too late.

Klitschko insists he has learned from his mistakes and will be fully prepared for current challenges by the time he arrives in London on 26 April. Until then it is a event of working hard and biding focused, something that was there to recognized at Stanglwirt.

The scene was a altered tennis court in the bowels of the hotel. In the middle put a hoop while at one back were three punchbags hung in ascending order and at another a basketball cyberspace where, at around 8am, Banks killed bands with another member of backroom crew as Klitschko went through a series of unfolding practises. Two television screens had been put up establishing Joshuas previous pushes, everything taking place to the sound of Motown classics. It was a tighten start.

Banks and Klitschko eventually underwent some pad work inside the ring. It was, in keeping with the humor of the morning, a comparatively gentle conference but the music of thudding fists carried enough of an repetition to prompt onlookers of the power coming Joshuas way later this month. The 27 -year-old is the favourite with most bookmakers but self-complacency would be foolish against a human who has been there, said and done, and is entering the ring not because he necessity the money but because he is determined to remind “the worlds” he remains one of “the worlds largest” sturdy heavyweights and, yet again, has what it takes to be a champion.

Wladimir Klitschko was uncharacteristically shy against Tyson Fury in 2015. Photo: Kai Pfaffenbach/ Reuters

Failure is an experience and Im coming after a win[ against Fury] with a quite different stance, Klitschko says. I learned more about myself, about boxing, through that win. Unfortunately I cannot change it, or have a second shot like in golf theres no mulligan for me. But Im not a destroyed man.

This may sound arrogant but I am like Mount Everest. You can clamber it during a certain period of time during two weeks in April I conceive and say: I curbed Everest. Then youve got to run down because its going to take you down if you miss the time.

Some make it back but a lot of beings croak, so is Mount Everest demolished? No, its still here and its going to take another life this April.

Sky Sports Box Office will show Joshua v Klitschko alone live on 29 April. To book going to see www.skysports.com/ joshua

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Wladimir Klitschko:’ This know it sounds insolent, but I am like Mount Everest’

The 41 -year-olds training camp in the Alps looks like the create for a fright movie and he tells Sachin Nakrani he is in the mood to give Anthony Joshua a scare when they meet on 29 April at Wembley

Stanglwirt is a sprawling bio-hotel located in the Austrian Alps and which at first glance consider this to be the determine for a slow-burning, creepy-crawly fright movie. With its mountainous background and somewhat kitsch interior heavy wood panelling, stripy sofas it brought by recognitions of the Overlook Hotel from Stephen Kings The Shining. Walk through the foyer, past the staff garmented in lederhosen, and it is like merely a matter of time until a clock “re going away”, a jackas springs out and a organization falls down the stairs.

But on this spring visit there is no fright to be had. Instead, amid the restaurants sector and barrooms, the spas, saunas and swimming pool, resides a legend of saving. Or, as Wladimir Klitschko employs it, fulfilling an obsession.

The heavyweight is here to prepare for his bout with Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium on 29 April. Stanglwirt has been his pre-fight basi since 2003 and a situate he describes as a residence away from home. It is easy to see the are calling for all its Heres Johnny! excellences, the complex , now more than 250 years old, is a beautiful target to invest some time. Pristine, picturesque, heated, friendly and with spate to do and expend. For Klitschko it is somewhere to get his brain and torso right, which now more than ever is important for a boxing great who, as he declares, is about to take on a career-defining challenge.

Klitschko has not fought since his shock defeat to Tyson Fury in Dsseldorf 17 few months ago. It was an outcome that is not simply stripped the Ukrainian of his WBA, IBF and WBO claims but likewise of his conceal of near-invincibility. Dr Steelhammer, a fighter who had locked 53 of his 64 victories across a 27 -year career by knockout, was outgunned by a man who garmented as Batman for one of their pre-fight press conference. Fury was a prank, yet after a unanimous levels decision on 28 November 2015 he was the one laughing.

Much has happened to Fury since that night and one of the consequences has been Klitschko missing out on a rematch that would have supplied him with a chance to prove he is no busted blush after a fourth demolish since revolving professional in 1996. Unfinished business, as he puts it. Now, eventually, comes the chance for him to go again against a British fighter.

Wladimir Klitschko and his physio Aldo Vetere at the Stanglwirt hotel. Photograph: Johann Groder/ AFP/ Getty Images

Joshua, the IBF champion, poses a different threat to Fury a year younger at 27, stronger and more deadly. Then there is the settled: a stadium Klitschko has never fought at, in front of a 90,000 sellout bunch. He goes there on the back of his longest period of stagnation since first lacing up a duo of gauntlets, and having only returned 41. Little wonder this most assured of men is full of questions, full of mistrusts, as he spoke at Stanglwirt.

This fight is 50 -5 0, Klitschko said. Can the younger guy make it? Has the older guy still got it? Interrogation brands are making this event really interesting. Ive never had a pause for a year and a half. Is it bad? Is it good? Will I have rust? I want the answers myself.

One thing I believe is I dont find my age. Its not empty words. I am get in the best figure of “peoples lives”, physically and mentally. I dont hear Im deposit and not improving, even in a boast Ive been involved with for so long. Thats what interests and elicits me.

Klitschko surely gazed well as he expressed, flanked by his director, Bernd Bnte, and his teach, Johnathon Banks.

The body abides foisting and defined, his look chiselled and those hands continue to look like weapons of mass destruction. Asked to predict how the fight with Joshua will go, Klitschko conjured his fists and nodded towards them in turn. Funeral or infirmary? Hospital or funeral? I dont need numerous pierces to knock a person out.

That was a rare minute of trash-talking bravado from the veteran( alongside the moment he claimed Joshua get confidence from his muscles and is better are in accordance with bodybuilding ).

Generally Klitschko was respectful of his opposing, endure partly out of the fact Joshua goes into their fight on the back of a perfect professional preserve 18 prevails from 18 campaigns, all reached via knockout and partly because of the respect Klitschko developed for “the mens” from Watford, having invited him to be a sparring partner in November 2014, before taking on the Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev.

He amazed me with his attitude, Klitschko says. He was in the background and memorizing. Sometimes you need to be quiet and just watch, and he was find everything. He could also container, so I granted him credit and I was there in the arena when he triumphed golden[ at London 2012 ]~ ATAGEND. Every medallist in the super-heavyweight disagreement at the Olympics has to be considered successful. He has a lot of potential and so far has done good.

Unlike Fury, Joshua is likely to engage with Klitschko from the first bell, would be interested to bush his feet and unload bombs as frequently as possible. On one hand that provides the challenger with a digesting target not to mention a supposedly susceptible chin but on the other it makes he will have to engage himself, something Klitschko did simply in the 12 th round of the Fury fight when his uncharacteristic indecision against a moving target “ve been given” him no choice but to go for disintegrate. Eventually it was too little, too late.

Klitschko insists he has learned from his mistakes and will be fully prepared for current challenges by the time he arrives in London on 26 April. Until then it is a event of working hard and biding focused, something that was there to recognized at Stanglwirt.

The scene was a altered tennis court in the bowels of the hotel. In the middle put a hoop while at one back were three punchbags hung in ascending order and at another a basketball cyberspace where, at around 8am, Banks killed bands with another member of backroom crew as Klitschko went through a series of unfolding practises. Two television screens had been put up establishing Joshuas previous pushes, everything taking place to the sound of Motown classics. It was a tighten start.

Banks and Klitschko eventually underwent some pad work inside the ring. It was, in keeping with the humor of the morning, a comparatively gentle conference but the music of thudding fists carried enough of an repetition to prompt onlookers of the power coming Joshuas way later this month. The 27 -year-old is the favourite with most bookmakers but self-complacency would be foolish against a human who has been there, said and done, and is entering the ring not because he necessity the money but because he is determined to remind “the worlds” he remains one of “the worlds largest” sturdy heavyweights and, yet again, has what it takes to be a champion.

Wladimir Klitschko was uncharacteristically shy against Tyson Fury in 2015. Photo: Kai Pfaffenbach/ Reuters

Failure is an experience and Im coming after a win[ against Fury] with a quite different stance, Klitschko says. I learned more about myself, about boxing, through that win. Unfortunately I cannot change it, or have a second shot like in golf theres no mulligan for me. But Im not a destroyed man.

This may sound arrogant but I am like Mount Everest. You can clamber it during a certain period of time during two weeks in April I conceive and say: I curbed Everest. Then youve got to run down because its going to take you down if you miss the time.

Some make it back but a lot of beings croak, so is Mount Everest demolished? No, its still here and its going to take another life this April.

Sky Sports Box Office will show Joshua v Klitschko alone live on 29 April. To book going to see www.skysports.com/ joshua

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