#shiraishi is still my best boy regardless

[xtaibhse]

I swear, Yanagi has a lot of spicy CGs with Ichika in his route. And it’s fluffy and romantic…

Whereas I only got hurt with Shiraishi’s route lol.

[deus-ex-mona]

100% not-serious event summary for the hiyori event (to tide you over until a translation comes out)!!

(written in second person because i don’t want to assume shiraishi-sensei’s gender)

chapter 1:

you are shiraishi-sensei, a math teacher in training.

you meet akechi-sensei in the hallway and think he’s a nice person.

you enter class 1-4 (the class of the lipxlip trio).

after introducing yourself, you decide to conduct a “simple” test to gauge the students’ mathematical abilities.

barely 5 minutes after starting the test, you notice that a student, suzumi hiyori, has fallen asleep (and is sleep-talking about food).

hiyori apologises. you say “as long as you know what you did, it’s fine!”

suddenly, you realise that two boys, someya and shibasaki, are whispering to each other about hiyori’s napping with “nasty looks on their faces”. hiyori is embarrassed by this.

“and that was how my first meeting with suzumi hiyori went.”

chapter 2:

you are still shiraishi-sensei, and you are now helping out at the track and field club.

hiyori set a new personal best timing! setoguchi hina praises her!

hiyori asks to be timed for another round. you ask if she’s fine to keep on going. she’s like “yeah!!!”, so off she goes~!

hina praises hiyori’s attitude and gets motivated to do better!

you reflect on your first meeting with hiyori and express concern over the fact that someya and shibasaki were making fun of hiyori (when she fell asleep during the test).

you muse about the fact that someya and shibasaki seem to be popular students, always smiling around other students, only to suddenly turn nasty around hiyori.

hiyori’s cry of “oh no! the time! i have to leave for today!” brings you back to reality.

hina sends her off, teasing “could it be that you’re meeting your boyfriend?”. hiyori goes “what? no! i don’t have such a nice person in my life... rather than that, it’s the opposite...” in response.

“the opposite?” hina asks. “n-nothing! i’m leaving!” hiyori bids everyone farewell before leaving.

:concernedshiraishi:

you ask hina if she knows why hiyori left in such a hurry. hina speculates that she left to the supermarket to make it for the bargain sales.

“that’s possible. she does live alone!” - impressed teacher, shiraishi-sensei.

“yeah! hiyori is amazing! though it’s strange... i just went to the bargain sale with her yesterday... just what could she be up to today?” :hinadoubt:

:concernedshiraishi: intensifies.

and so, you decide to follow hiyori to find out what’s going on...

chapter 3:

you are still shiraishi-sensei.

you have now followed hiyori onto the train. despite the evening peak hours, you still (somehow) manage to keep an eye on her.

you notice that hiyori was listening to music on the train with earphones.

you follow hiyori as she leaves the train.

you follow hiyori as she wanders around like a little lost lamb for a while.

:concernedshiraishi: further intensifies.

suddenly, hiyori’s face lights up. “so there it is!” she smiles.

so you follow her to... a live house!

you see a lot of girls enter the live house. hiyori is one of them.

“she’s going to such a place after school?!” - concerned teacher, shiraishi-sensei.

“it’s not that it’s bad to enjoy music... it’s the fact that she’s alone at this hour of the day that concerns me!” - concerned teacher, shiraishi-sensei.

overflowing with concern, you buy a ticket to the live.

“‘LIPxLIP’? like ‘lip’ times ‘lip’?? it looks like a formula.” - typical math teacher, shiraishi-sensei.

regardless, you’ve resolved to follow hiyori, so into the live house you go!!

you spot hiyori trying to find her way around the live house.

“eh?? these are the lockers? eh??? these are the toilets?? where’s the live arena??” - local lost lamb, suzumi hiyori.

“...don’t tell me she doesn’t know how to find the live arena??” - extremely concerned teacher, shiraishi-sensei.

you start mentally directing hiyori to the correct door (not that it helps or anything).

eventually, hiyori does find the correct door. after seeing hiyori enter, you enter the arena yourself...

chapter 4:

you are still shiraishi-sensei!!

you are surprised at how packed the arena is.

“are these all fans of ‘LIPxLIP’?”

you notice the fact that they are mostly girls...

and then music plays!!

you get a shock when you see who this ‘LIPxLIP’ are.

“this ‘yujiro’ and this ‘aizo’... they have the same name as someya and shibasaki! SOMEYA AND SHIBASAKI ARE IDOLS!?”

you are shocked for a moment... then you remembered that you came here for hiyori.

“EH? SHE’S OVER THERE?” - shiraishi-sensei, upon seeing hiyori standing in the wings of the stage instead of in the audience.

you notice that hiyori is holding towels and water bottles... and staring at someya and shibasaki.

you finally conclude that hiyori was at the event as a staff member.

“maybe the music she was listening to on the train was these two’s songs...”

meanwhile, the last LIPxLIP song of the day is “romeo”. as the audience gets hyped, you notice that hiyori has begun to smile.

looking at the stage, you think “those two... no. those three are amazing.”

chapter 5:

once again, you are still shiraishi-sensei.

the chapter opens with LIPxLIP bidding the juliettas farewell.

as you leave the live house, you reflect on how amazing the live was.

you stand in wait for the three of them at the back of the live house, a convenience store bag in hand.

the trio eventually turns up.

hiyori: why didn’t you hold the door open for me?

someya: why should we?

hiyori: i can’t see in front of me while carrying this large baggage pile!

shibasaki: it can’t be helped. i’ll hold it open for you. hurry up.

hiyori: thanks, shibasaki! ah, the baggage is falling!

shiraishi-sensei to the rescue! you help her to support the item on her large baggage stack.

hiyori thanks you... before she realises that you are her teacher.

you casually greet all three of them.

someya asks why you’re there.

shibasaki accuses the local potato girl of telling others that she’s working with them. she denies it.

before shibasaki can get angrier, you step in with a “suzumi is not at fault here.” and confess that you’ve been tailing her out of worry.

“really? i didn’t notice you at all!” - local oblivious bean, suzumi hiyori.

and so, hiyori admits that she’s working as the manager of LIPxLIP.

you reassure them that you would not spread this information around, before handing out drinks (from within your convenience store bag) to the three of them.

you congratulate them on their good work and tell them that that was the first idol live you’ve ever seen.

shibasaki asks how you found the live.

“i was moved by the live. everyone was dazzling.” - local complimentor, shiraishi-sensei.

shibasaki is embarrassed by this genuine compliment. he thanks you awkwardly (blushing all the way). someya gives a stilted thanks.

“it wasn’t just someya and shibasaki who were amazing. suzumi was as well!” - local hiyori stan, shiraishi-sensei

cue surprised hiyori.

you advise hiyori on her track and field activities (just a “don’t overdo it!” kinda thing) before apologising for following her.

hiyori thanks you (for your concern? for your praise? either way, hiyori is a good bean).

shibasaki reassures you with a “this girl has more guts and physical strength than anyone else.”. someya agrees with him with a “just guts and physical strength, though.”.

hiyori complains with a “geez! our teacher is praising me, so don’t ruin it!”

someya says “hey, if you get mad, the baggage will fall.”

you watch them leave and all but go “ah. youth.” at their retreating backs.

epilogue:

like always, you are shiraishi-sensei, and today is your last day as a teacher in training at sakuragaoka.

you are alone in a classroom with hiyori, where she’s struggling with a (presumably math) test.

hiyori cheers as she completes the test. you congratulate her.

hiyori celebrates the end of the testing season as she prepares to leave for her club activities.

you stop hiyori as she is about to leave the classroom with all her belongings.

hiyori goes “oh right! today is your last day as a teacher in training... how sad...”

“i’m sad about it too... but don’t make that face. suzumi, i’d like to thank you.”

“eh? what are you thanking me for?”

you laugh her question off, before asking her what her dreams are.

“my dream? of course it’s to qualify for the hurdles event in the interhigh!” - hiyori with a smile, running shoes held in her left hand.

“but... now i have one more dream.” - local overachiever, suzumi hiyori.

“those two...” - local cryptic statement maker, suzumi hiyori.

“those two?”

“no, it’s nothing!” - local backpeddler, suzumi hiyori.

“i see. no matter what your dream is, you’ll definitely be able to achieve it, suzumi.” - local hiyori stan, shiraishi-sensei.

“hehe, i’ll have to do my best then!” - local precious bean, suzumi hiyori.

hiyori then makes her way to the door of the classroom. but before she leaves, she turns to face you.

“sensei! thank you for today! if my dream comes true, you’ll be the first person i’ll inform! that’s why, i won’t say ‘bye bye’ to you! see you later, sensei!” - local precious bean, suzumi hiyori

smiling, hiyori leaves for her club activities.

you reflect on hiyori’s “see you later”, while crying.

suddenly, akechi-sensei appears in the classroom, remarking that he was looking for you in the staff room.

you apologise to him, while internally panicking over the possibility of him seeing your tears.

akechi-sensei smiles and asks if you had a good encounter during your training period at sakuragaoka.

you agree, saying that you learned a lot of important lessons while you were there.

“i have always dreamed of becoming a good teacher. ‘a strict but good teacher who is able to guide their students well’. but now, i dream of becoming ‘a teacher who is able to support their students’ dreams’.” - newly-motivated shiraishi-sensei.

“...i see.” - akechi-sensei, with a smile.

“SENSEIIII OPEN THE WINDOW!!” - hiyori, from somewhere outside.

and so, you open the window...

“i’ll do my very best from now on! so, sensei, be sure to do your best as well!” - hiyori, shouting from the track and field grounds.

when you smile back at hiyori, she began to run with all her might.

“her back seemed to be shining.” - local hiyori stan, shiraishi-sensei.

“may your dream... may everyone’s dream come true some day.” - local student cheerleader, shiraishi-sensei.

[popipopipopopipopi]

Headcanons with some of the Golden Kamuy boys with rythm games

I really like rythm games (although I just play for fun, nothing serious lol) and I had this dumb idea a few days ago and I didn't have anywhere to write these headcanons so yea, I decided to post them. This is my first time writing about the gk characters, and also English is not my first language!! So please, forgive me if I do the characters a little bit ooc or commit a mistake with the grammar

Sugimoto Saichi

He's not the best but he's not the worst

Literally average and it's only good in arcade rythm games (except DDR, guitarfreak, beatmania... ) because he is physically uncapable of playing on a phone nor computer. Basically he's really bad in small screens

I'm so sorry sugi you're an average bitch ily regardless

He'd be good in rythm games with the mechanic of like, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva

Shiraishi Yoshitake

He'd be bad as fu- jk he'd be surprisingly good

He'd like arcade rythm games like beatmania bc he feels like a DJ and probs laughs like an idiot while playing it, also would probably like O. N. G. E. K. I bc of the anime girls and the cool stick thing

Apart from arcade games, he does play computer rythm games a lot, mostly OSU, Muse Dash (just for the anime girls lol) and maybe Love Live! Even though I think he wouldn't like playing on phone; he'd play on the subway or his way home just to not get bored???

He'd like the classics too, like PaRappa the rapper and Guitar Hero and i tell u 100% ASAP he sings along the music in PaRappa the rapper

He'd loooooove Friday Night Funkin' and probs loves to make stupid mods as well

Tanigaki Genjirou

,,,, ily bby boy but you do not have rythm in your body,,,,

Overall, he wouldn't like rythm games??? Like, he'd just play them if he went out with the boys™ to an arcade or sum. He'd also, as well as Sugimoto, cannot play on a phone screen or a pc because his fingers would be too big and will probably miss all the notes,,,,

It'd be so cute seeing him play bc he tries his hardest to concentrate but because of the flashy and fast colors he cannot focus on the actual notes and he'd press so hard the buttons he probably accidentally breaks them.

Constantly blushing like crazy because the other mfs are laughing at him or teasing him

He'd leave the arcade machine with tears in his eyes because he did horrible

Kiroranke

He thinks it's childish, but he'd gladly watch other people play

He'd think it's really satisfying when other people play good, if not, he'll just laugh of the person playing but will still encourage them

If you're in the boys™ group and you like rythm games, he'll tease you a lot by calling you a baby

Tsukishima Hajime

He doesn't like rythm games EXCEPT Taiko no tatsujin

He's bad in tons of rythm games but nobody, and I say, NOBODY, can beat him in Taiko no tatsujin

I don't know why he'd be good, but it brings me vibes that he'd KILL it

He has the Nintendo Switch version with an actual drum fight me

It was a secret of him, but he was forced to play it on the arcade and he wasn't gonna fool around, man. The entire group was perplexed when they saw him play

If you live with him, he'd hide the drum in his room and will only play it when you're out. He wouldn't like to disturb you with the drum and also, he wouldn't want you to see him play cause he'd be embarrassed

Ogata Hyakunosuke

.....I do not want to admit it but he'd be really good,,,,,,,,, in any kind lf rythm games,,,,,,

Like, he doesn't play them often cause he'd be into survival shooter games, but if someone dares him to play a rythm game after a few bucks you bet your ass he'll get the higher score

Bitch doesn't even blink while playing, he'd make it seem so easy and doesn't really even move that much

Brags a lot like the bastard he is

Sugimoto is jealous of him

Sorry if this one was too short,,, but if you want to suggest some more characters, please let me know!! I don't know if I'll do this regularly,,,, maybe if some idea comes into mind I'll probably write them here

Thanks for reading!!!

[courage-a-word-of-justice]

SSSS.Gridman 3 - 4 | Double Decker 5 - 6 | Golden Kamuy 15 - 16 | Zombieland Saga 4 - 5 | Merc Storia 3 - 4

Gridman 3

Samurai Calibur is literally what pulled me back into the show – after all, he’s an indicator that despite this show’s serious demeanour, it is campy at heart. So it’s great to see him have a big role, even if he has to look stupid to do so.

Uh…by the way, kaiju (Anti?). What’s so cool about Wolverine blades? I mean, Wolverine himself has healing factor to back that up, but you’re just a kaiju…

That star explosion! There’s the Trigger we know and love!

“A kaiju that eats breakfast with me.”

I always love how anime deal with isolation through framing and other visual techniques. In this case, it’s Utsumi and Rikka in two mirrors of different shapes.

“…over, right?” I thought, as Utsumi said, “…disbanded.” – Close enough.

Literally everyone in this show has blue eyes. It’s striking, but it’s a bit much…? I personally like a mix of eye colours for characters, especially those eyes which seem to have flecks of different colours in them. Not that I’ve ever had an excuse to give any character I’ve created eyes like that (since it’s easier to describe single-coloured eyes), but it would be nice to have an opportunity to. Update: Apparently it’s a homage to something. A Transformers thing, actually.

This ED…hmm, it kinda looks like the Sarazanmai ads I’ve seen around lately. Just without the stylised background people and with Akane and Rikka.

Double Decker 5

“The Derick Special!” – Welp, aside from forgetting the E in “potatoes”, they got the spelling right, LOL.

I wonder if Kirill’s sister looks anything like him?

…Hmm. I noticed the license plate on that blue car has BNY. Maybe it stands for “bunny” or “Barnaby”?

*Kirill headbutts Doug* - Well…uh, that’s one way to use your head…

“My first partner died.” – Wait, but if that’s (Doug’s first partner) not Derick…then who is it??? The one before Derick? Update: Yep, I was right.

I just realised the motorbike (? car?) Max rides has her name on the license plate. At least in the ED it does.

It seems like the next episode is a breather ep…hmm.

Golden Kamuy 15

Kibushi is number 8 on this page.

“Bat man”…? Like the superhero?

I can’t believe I actually don’t mind the Blingee fire at this moment in the season…urgh. Why did I just say that? I might regret it later…

Oh my gosh…woodcock birds are adorable!

Inkarmat likes Cikapasi’s cover story? Even the bit about…boob-grabbing…?

I like the technique where it appears Nagakura and Toshizou have deaged. It really gives the scene emotional impact and emphasises the fact this episode is called “Let’s Talk About the Past”.

Zombieland Saga 4

I always imagine Lily’s voice to be extremely high pitched. So high pitched, it’s almost silly…but maybe that’s just what happens when I turn off the volume and try to imagine their voices that way.

Chatsumi means “tea picking”. As in picking tea leaves.

Bikubiku just means Junko is trembling from fear. She probably has a fear of heights…

Hey wait, I thought slapping Saganship Z on people who aren’t zombies is called “administering medicine”…

The CGI…I don’t think it’s entirely hideous, but it’s still vaguely obvious.

Marutchi/Tamatchi -> Yes, it’s another Tamagotchi joke from Saki.

Merc Storia 3

Oh my goodness…this (the queen) is the fairy I got hyped for way back when this show first had its ED showcased! She’s basically the anime version of a Shirley Barber fairy! She’s gorgeous!

Princess, didn’t the tale of Excalibur teach you not to pull swords from stones?

There are a lot of princesses in this, to the point where it makes me feel like a kid again. Then again, all good anime makes me giggly like a kid. Not to mention this actually is aimed at kids…

Who’s a healer, Merc? Jamo? (Yeah, yeah, I’m kidding, but seriously, get Merc to do a better indication of who she’s talking about.)

Oh, how did I not think of this? Yuu’s name is Yuu because he’s you, geddit? The player character?...Okay, stop booing…

Seriously, all the fairies, regardless of their gender, are gorgeous…! Except the bartender and the butler. The bartender looks like Tank from Brave Beats and the butler’s just an old guy. The background characters are only decent looking, too, but I’m talking about (most of) the main characters here. The princess is kinda cute, but not enough to awaken a moe instinct in me, y’know?

I didn’t notice this until now, but Paristos has pointy ears…hmm.

Wait, that was a dude fairy??? The black one, i.e. “one that knows the land”??? Update: Sorry. I listened to his voice and then realised…that is a dude. Sorry. He even kind of sounds like Ume…Update 2: A-hah! That’s why The One That Knows the Land (that is literally what he’s credited as) sounded familiar. It was Junichi Suwabe! Update 3: His name is in the next ep, it’s Zephrodai.

SSSS.Gridman 4

I noticed Akane has a Surume card. It’s probably a pun on Suika (Watermelon) cards. Apparently the pun is that tapping the card on and off is like water swishing (sui sui), hence the name. Update: It would be also nice to say they were a pun on Hong Kong’s Octopus cards, but the visuals on the cards are all wrong…

See? They’re (Namiko and Hass) using their phones like normal kids. So why didn’t Rikka remember to use her phone last ep?

Rumour has it Borr is a dude, which makes the fact he’s questioning why girls like older guys make a lot more sense. Then again, you could just headcanon him as a lesbian instead. I’m not going to stop you from thinking that way if you do.

Honest to stars above, this feels like Kiznaiver Round 2. I didn’t mind Kiznaiver but though it could be better. The drama felt a little too…melodramatic, y’know?

See? This episode just proves Calibur is best boi…until further notice, when they introduce that other Neon Genesis bishonen for real.

So if Borr -> Buster Borr, Max -> Tracto Max and Samurai Calibur -> Calibur, then Sky Vitter…either Sky or Vit. I already know the answer is “Vit” because I saw it on the wiki, but it makes a bit more sense now. Anyways, I was wondering…what happened to the 3 dudes from Arcadia? Max is the strongest, eh? So many questions, not enough time, y’know???

Double Decker! 6

“Good Noodles”, LOL.

The line that appears when the subs say “Let’s take this to our car” actually says something along the lines of, “For the moment, let’s take this to our car, shall we?”

Interestingly, the word “guinea pig” (as in, the “we’re being tested on” sort) translates directly – you can read the word morumotto (guinea pig) in the text.

Maybe I’m not familiar with terms aside from keiji/keibu etc. for policemen, but I’ve never seen a policeman being referred to as “omeguri-san”…

If we’re talking about noticing things…a post for this episode already spoilt for me that “Kirill now has a brother”, although I don’t know whether that comment was made in jest/deception or not. Also, that “sister” sure didn’t have any…er, secondary reproductive characteristics on the torso, to put it lightly.

Reminder, dear cowatchers: Doug is…kind of…an asshole.

*Milla’s disappearance involves getting on one of those double decker buses you see around Lisvaletta* - Welp, that puts another meaning to the name “Double Decker”, eh?

Apple Bieber (LOL) is so tsundere when people actually call him “Doctor”, haha.

Holy sisters, Batman! Milla even sounds like a man. I may be terrible at identifying voice actors from their voices alone, but heck if I can’t tell this “Milla” is a man! (The voice of “Milla” sounds familiar…who is it, though? I’ll skip forward and check. Update: Okay, it’s a name I don’t recognise, but it is a dude! The VA’s name is Yuki Fujiwara. But now that that’s established…I like Valery (sic…?) already. He’s definitely my type~.)

Soooooooooo…yeah. Kirill really does have a brother. Sorry for the spoilers.

Golden Kamuy 16

…Wait, so he’s (Shiraishi) actually getting captured this time?

I find it interesting there is a Japanese equivalent to “Kamuy” which means “residence of the gods”, to translate it somewhat loosely.

Shiraishi had such stupid faces in everyone’s heads…LOL.

I find Tsurumi wearing a proper outfit coloured like the 7th division (albeit more Chinese-looking) kinda strange. Tsurumi suits red more, methinks.

Opium, eh? I assume this talk about poppies and England has something to do with the Opium Wars.

Arisaka’s probably as bad as Brook from One Piece…at least, when it comes to skull jokes in the OP manga. Or like a group of dads having a meeting.

Nikaidou’s so petty…LOL. But it is a good idea to weaponise a fake leg – I mean, Toshizou could have the same advantage if he put a sword in his cane…but I think Toshizou thinks too highly of his Izuminokami Kanesada to do such a thing.

I laughed pretty hard when I learnt Ogata is meant to be part of the 27th. Probably because it wasn’t much of a coincidence in the first place.

Zombieland Saga 5

Wowee, what just happened to Tatsumi’s leg??? “The second you let your guard down, it can all fall apart!” – I think he was talking more about his leg rather than competitive baseball…Update: I swore the ball went through his leg. If you didn’t interpret it the same way, then…sorry.

So I heard you like KFC. Well, we’ll just grab Saga’s equivalent to KFC so you can have chicken in your anime while you eat chicken…or something like that…?

Shouldn’t that be “principles of Drive-In Tori”?

The fish eyecatch seems to involve a Karatsu-kun-chi…according to the banner in the back.

Google Translate tells me “Bonjour, Saga jeune” means something to the effect of “Hello, Saga youngster.”

They really like their live-action segments on this show, huh?

Seriously, which of these girls does Ookoba-san remember??? Is he the driver from episode 1’s Truck-kun? Update: It’s Junko, so that makes sense. If it were Policeman A recognising Junko, Ai or Sakura…we’d be in trouble.

I forgot why they were panicking, but then I remembered…they didn’t have their makeup on. Ah.

Eh? You’re kidding…the Gatalympics is legit!

Yugiri literally poledanced on that rope! Yipe, that’s stiff competition…

What is Tae eating in these in-between scenes, anyway…?

I believe I cannnnnn…*music cuts immediately* Fall…So much for the “I Believe I Can Fly” parody…

Merc Storia 4

Gah, that necklace looks like a Sims gem…

Okay, if I figured out what the next country is it won’t be so interesting. It’s the “country of the clan of few people”.

You can see Salodeah in the ED…and Fruedling (sp???)…but there are some other characters you don’t see in these fairy episodes. Now I’d like to meet the lady riding the spider and the blonde guy (you see them in the same screenshot). You can also see the dog girl from the animal in the ED (I forgot her name though, LOL). I’d also like to see the angel country…

I just realised the next ep previews are called Merc Yokoku (Next Ep Preview) Storia…hmm.