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when participating in the STR reanimate this year, I ended up looking reaaaaaaaaaaally closely at this dinner scene from Mekakucity Actors's 4th episode.

what's the deal with that TV? how many sofas are back there?? what lies behind that one door??? won't you join me on this fun journey of how it felt to search for art references from this specific place in Mekakucity Actors????

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Summertime Record Reimagined: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLGlUZJbrok

I got to participate in this one as well, and it's an honor to be part of the sendoff of these four collab reanimates of these Kagepro MVs!

Since I had free reign to animate whatever I felt fit, I went for "the members after the Mekatrio encountering the Mekakushi Dan somehow", since the part prior to mine in this collab is a flashback of Ayano and the Mekatrio!

Progress video: https://youtu.be/_PvtmA_sDIA?si=PLvyGteYxwx4OeyB

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Do u know song weilong

i don't think so, how come?

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Ahh I’m so happy you saw my ask!! That was me haha, I tried understanding it too but yeah it’s definitely a question after the second part. I have family who know fluent Japanese but it’s kinda awkward asking such an embarrassing favor. Thank you for checking it out. I love how in character they are!

that's fair yeah, since they talk over eachother after the 2nd chorus

for that instrumental break, they're saying smth like: (done with the help of whichever commenter transcribed it in japanese)

Seto: Well done~!

Mary: Amazing (x2)!

Ene: Master! Did I hear your voice crack just now?

Shintaro: That's not true at all!

Kano: Well then~

Kido: Come on, please don't look at me!

Momo: Urgh, Konoha-san, don't glare like that! (my guess is that he's looking at the screen or something? or maybe at the other members to think about the upcoming parts? i'm not 100% sure)

Hibiya: I'm not gonna lose to you, you got that? (said to Konoha)

Konoha: Oh.

Ene: Hm, what's wrong?

Konoha: The next part's about to start...

(and then there's confusion over who sings next, then Kido cues Mary in)

(after the last chorus when Shintaro sings the last line alone, they all sort of split off into saying their own things again, most notably, Kano and Ene re-enact that "card battle of other ppl's embarrassing secrets" they did in ep 5)

hopefully that helps out somewhat?

thanks again for the ask!!

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Not sure if you still use your tumblr, but I was saw this cover on niconico of by singers who were pretending to be the Mekakushi Dan doing karaoke of Daze. I lost it for years until I finally found it! I think you'll enjoy it, Sadly I can only understand just a bit, so there's no translation. Here's the id!! - sm23819711

late response but i still do use my tumblr, i just gotta post/reblog a bit more often to make that clearer oops

i don't think i've ever seen this video before despite liking these kind of Mekakushi Dan fandub groups that also do singing, but this video's pretty fun

they act out the chaos of the group pretty well, there's a good number of moments that made me chuckle, like members missing their cues, Ene calling Konoha 'nisemono', Konoha asking "mugamuchuu?" before the 2nd chorus like it's a question, nobody knowing who should sing during the bridge, Shintaro singing the very last line alone and getting embarrassed, etc.

if i had more time on my hands, i'd translate it, but tbh i think that most of it is very understandable through the voice acting (like, telling when a character misses a cue and panics, or when one is complimenting another, etc, just through tones of their voices)

thank you for sending it in the first place tho! idk how i've never seen it before, but it was a fun watch!

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torn between the opposing feelings of "i probably have some good combination of skills for a fitting job, something has to be out there" and "there's so many jobs during this process of searching that i'm not qualified for, am i doomed??"

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made a multi-anime AMV to Pinocchio-P's 'Beautiful Fiction'!

this song was just asking for this multi-series kind of AMV imo, it fits so perfectly, so it was fun to finally make!

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birthdayyyy

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almost forgot to post this here but did another one of those yearly anime recap videos!! enjoy some yapping!!

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happy kagepro dayyyyy

i did a silly little animation:

and was part of a big group cover of children record:

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A comically tall tree that I could see out of my window across the street had recently gotten chopped down. I'd stared at it for a couple of years now and admired its unique shape, so its absence brings about an empty feeling in me. Yet for some reason, the more and more I glance out of my window and see the blank space the tree had always preoccupied, the more and more I start to think there wasn't any tree there to begin with. Even though I have photos of the tree, even though I can physically prove it was there, my memories feel like they're being overwritten with what I see today.

I have gotten used enough to its presence to miss it, and used enough to its absence to forget it, and that contradiction baffles me.

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oh damn

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finances are really tight for my family atm, so i'm opening emergency commissions!

feel free to contact me here, on twitter (@DamnedLen), or on discord (thekagepro24) if you're interested in this sort of chibi artstyle and would like a commission drawn for you!

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yahoo!! birthday!

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made an AMV for Harumaki Gohan's 10th anniversary song full of other Harumaki Gohan MVs!!

and if you turn on ENG CC subs you can see that I also translated the song itself!!

Translation under cut:

I Can't Become a Lovely Girl / 僕は可憐な少女にはなれない - English Translation

I can’t become a lovely girl…

I know that, everyone knows that…

Why can’t I choose what my own body is like?

It’s not like it’s written in the rules of today 

If I was pretty enough to want to show off to everyone,

maybe it’d be weird to thank my parents for that.

It’s not just a matter of what we like,

the things we might hate are part of us too.

The ‘you’ who’s deeper than where the heart lies,

might understand what I mean.

I can’t become a lovely girl…

I know that, everyone knows that, but…

The reason I sing songs of those who are not me 

is because I couldn't be you.

Your beautiful hair that sways in the wind

is just one of the things I see in you which I lack.

With your beautiful voice that sways in the wind,

Just a bit, I sang out.

If life was as important as it was in the moment of being born, 

Then I’d offer to stop the time that passes by so easily.

And in the place of bad dreams, I’d be dormant.

Though the you of that day might scold me for that. 

It’s not just a matter of what’s a lie,

the things we believe in have to be decided upon as well.

And if there’s no voice there,

then I’ll buy it from the neighboring town.

So I can’t become a lovely girl…

Plans just keep piling up,

you probably understand that as well.

I can’t take your hand,

but this galaxy seems to have been drawn out.

There's no way I could forget.

After all, this is a town where monsters eat people.

And so I grabbed your sleeve and we ran off,

because you were the only human.

And from there, what I like, what I hate, and what I want to be in the future,

it should be obvious by now…

I wanted to be a lovely girl…

I can’t become a lovely girl…

I know that, everyone knows that, but…

Until one day when I can't walk anymore,

I ask of you to take me away somewhere.

Your beautiful hair that sways in the wind

is just one of the things I see in you which I lack.

With your beautiful voice that sways in the wind,

Just a bit, I became a girl.

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oh yeah i should probably post my PAFL doodles over time here too

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YT copyright took this off of YT sadly so uploading here as a backup to whoever wanted it (an AMV of 'exist' about the Divine Tree arc)

even after all the trouble i put in to make the footage fit the lyrics (and then adding eng CC in the YT upload)... i guess now you'll have to look up the translations and look at it side-by-side or smth i'm sorryyyyy