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A3! Translation: The Prince of Three Good Deeds a Day (Happily Ever After)

Ohhhh boy. If you’re looking for some emotions here they are. Come get your emotions here. Muku bby I’m love you so much.

Please ignore that my name is Gawain lol I keep forgetting to change it back

The translation is under the cut. If you see anything that doesn’t seem right, please let me know!

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Sakyo: Thanks for the meal.

Izumi: Tonight’s dinner is fancy too~

Itaru: This pot pie is great.

Homare: The round fatty tuna, a tres bien, mellow innocence (1)… mm, inspiration is coming to me.

Omi: Glad to hear it.

Tenma: By the way, where’s Muku?

Misumi: He hasn’t eaten dinner yet, right~?

Yuki: We weren’t together today, so I haven’t seen him since coming home.

Kazunari: Looks like he hasn’t come home yet, huh. He hasn’t read my LIME either.

Izumi: Maybe he went to his parents’ house?

Kazunari: Guess I’ll try contacting him again.

Muku: I’m home.

Izumi: Oh, Muku-kun. Thank goodness.

Muku: ?

Tenma: We were worried, since it’s late and we couldn’t get in touch with you.

Muku: Ah! Really? I’m sorry!

Kazunari: Didja take a detour?

Muku: Actually, while I was walking, a lady’s dog got loose… we were looking for him together.

Izumi: That was a serious situation.

Misumi: Did you find Mr. Dog?

Muku: We did. He was playing with some kids in a nearby park.

Misumi: That’s great~

Kazunari: That’s our Mukkun!

Izumi: Great job.

Yuki: *sigh* It’s good to help others out, but doing it without contacting anyone until this late is too much.

Muku: Sorry…

Kazunari: Come on, Yukki, it’s ‘cause Mukkun’s a nice kid!

Yuki: Recently, Muku’s been helping people all the time as part of his role study for Prince Florence.

Tenma: Role study?

Muku: Yeah. I thought that if I’m as kind to people as I possibly can, I’d familiarize myself with Prince Florence’s mindset.

Tenma: That's not really necessary.

Izumi: Yeah. Even without trying, I think you’re the embodiment of Prince Florence, Muku.

Muku: My motto is “one good deed a day.”

Yuki: At school too, he gave his own eraser to someone who forgot theirs, so he was stuck without one after that, and he gave out the chocolates he was holding onto for later.

Yuki: He went hungry because he gave someone his bread during lunch too, just in general losing his own things all the time.

Tenma: That goes way beyond one good deed a day.

Yuki: He’s doing like twenty-one good deeds a day.

Muku: No, I’ve only done like… eighteen so far.

Yuki: That’s plenty.

Homare: You already have a self-sacrificing mindset.

Omi: You should tone it down so you don’t wear yourself out.

Itaru: Don’t overdo it.

Sakyo: These days, there are assholes with bad intentions that’ll take advantage of people’s goodwill too. You should be careful.

Izumi: How about doing just three good deeds a day?

Muku: Three good deeds… got it.

Itaru: Then, can I ask for one of those good deeds right now? A godlike pull with the power of good deeds…

Muku: Sure!

Tenma: That’s more of a waste of a good deed than it is anything else.

Izumi: Please don’t take advantage of the situation.

Omi: Here, Muku, you must be hungry too. I made some pot pie.

Muku: Thank you very much!

ー

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Izumi: (Guess I bought a little too much. Alright, let’s carry these babies home!)

Child: Thank you, Mister.

Mother: Really, thank you so much.

Muku: It’s no problem! Then, I’ll be going now.

Izumi: Ah, Muku-kun. Was that one of your good deeds for today?

Muku: Ah, yes. Um, that makes my first one for the day.

Muku: Did you go shopping, Director-san? I’ll carry your bags.

Izumi: But, I don’t want you to use up one of your good deeds on something like…

Muku: It’s only natural that I do this, so it doesn’t count.

Izumi: You sure? Thanks! Then, I’ll leave it to you.

ー

Old Woman: Owww…

Izumi: Huh? Ma’am, what happened?

Muku: Are you alright?

Old Woman: Yes, it looks like I strained my back a little is all…

Izumi: That’s awful…! We should go to the hospital!

Muku: I’ll carry you on my back.

Old Woman: No, it’s alright, I called a taxi.

Muku: In that case, we’ll wait for it with you.

Old Woman: I’m sorry for the trouble.

Old Woman: Ah, there IS one thing I’d like to ask of you, but…

Muku: Yes?

Old Woman: Well, I was planning to go support my grandson at his event today.

Old Woman: I promised him I’d bring him a bento, but then something like this happened…

Old Woman: If you have the time, would you deliver it for me…?

Muku: Of course.

Old Woman: Really? Thank goodness! Yeouchhh.

Izumi: A-Are you ok!?

Old Woman: I’m fine. Let me see, the event was at…

ー

Izumi: Who’d have thought that woman’s grandson was on a track team.

Muku: It really is a coincidence.

Muku: I went to this track a few times back when I was in my track club, so we were able to make it here without getting lost. I’m glad.

Izumi: (Muku-kun seems kind of nostalgic…)

Muku: We’re running low on time, so we’d better get this to him quickly.

Izumi: Where would the team members be?

Muku: Ah, the waiting area is over here.

Izumi: You said this is East Junior High, right?

Muku: That uniform is East Junior High’s.

Izumi: Spoken like a true former track club member.

Muku: Ehehe.

Male Student: …

Muku: Excuse me—do you know where Yoshino-kun is?

Male Student: Huh? Yoshino? He went that way.

Muku: Thank you.

ー

Izumi: Ah, there. Is that him?

Yoshino: —

Izumi: He’s doing a long run. I feel like that’s a little intense for a warm-up—

Muku: —Yoshino-kun, stop!

Yoshino: !?

Izumi: (Muku-kun doesn’t usually look this serious…)

Yoshino: Who are you…?

Izumi: Oh, we came to deliver this bento that your grandmother asked us to bring you.

Yoshino: Ohh, you guys are… I got a call from my grandma a little while ago.

Izumi: Great. Here you are.

Yoshino: Thank you very much.

Yoshino: Alright, there’s still some stuff I need to do so—

Muku: Hold on—um, Yoshino-kun, you’re a sprinter, right?

Yoshino: That’s right.

Muku: How many meets have you been to?

Yoshino: This is my first one. I was always a substitute before this, so…

Muku: I see. Then, you must be pretty nervous, right?

Yoshino: That’s… I can’t sit still when I get anxious. I should have practiced more.

Muku: Pushing yourself right before the meet isn’t going to do you any good.

Muku: It’ll be fine. The practice you’ve put in until now will help you enough.

Muku: Don’t think too hard about setting a good record or anything. Just show everyone the results of the practice you’ve done up to now.

Yoshino: …ok.

Muku: Practicing a lot is important too, but… you really need to be careful to not injure yourself. Do your best.

Yoshino: Thank you.

Izumi: (Muku-kun… this must overlap with what he went through in the past.)

ー

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Izumi: After cheering him on, it’s already gotten this late, huh.

Muku: I ended up getting really worked up seeing him.

Izumi: Good thing nothing I bought needed to be refrigerated. We should go home soon.

Muku: Ah, is it ok if we stay a little bit longer?

Izumi: Hm?

Muku: I wanted to walk on the track for a bit.

Izumi: I see… I’ll keep you company.

Muku: …

Izumi: Up until a little while ago a fierce competition was taking place here. It’s kind of strange.

Muku: Being able to walk here with this kind of calm feeling does feel strange, yeah.

Muku: Back when I was on the team, I’d end up thinking about stuff like meets and records.

Izumi: I guess being onstage would give you a similar feeling now.

Muku: Yeah, it does.

Muku: Come to think of it, there was one time that I laid down on the track back then.

Muku: My junior was so nervous that he couldn’t get his usual results, so he laid down and stayed like that without moving.

Muku: Everyone on the team laid down the same way around him… we understood what it was like to be so frustrated with yourself, so we couldn’t say anything to comfort him.

Muku: I’ll never forget the clear blue sky we saw that day.

Muku: Track meets were really fun. They were my youth.

Muku: That’s why losing it was really hard for me, but thanks to that I was able to meet everyone in the Summer Troupe.

Muku: I really am lucky.

Izumi: (Muku-kun’s smiling. He really has put this behind him now…)

Muku’s Friend A: Sakisaka?

Muku’s Friend B: Sakisaka, you were here too.

Muku: Oh, what’s up?

Muku’s Friend A: We were cheering on a junior. What about you?

Muku: I stopped by for a quick errand someone asked me to do.

Muku’s Friend B: Huh~

Muku’s Friend A: Oh yeah, what kind of play are you guys doing this time?

Muku: Actually, I’m playing the lead this time around.

Muku’s Friend A: Whoa! Seriously!? That’s sick!

Muku’s Friend B: What kind of role is it?

Muku: Well…

Izumi: ?

Izumi: (Why is he suddenly facing me?)

Muku: “You’re beautiful today too, Princess. It’s like you’re the stars that light up the night sky.”

Izumi: —

Muku: …hehe, like that.

Muku’s Friend A: A prince!

Muku’s Friend B: Damn, that was cool!

Izumi: (That was so sudden, I was kind of taken off guard. Muku-kun, you’ve really embodied your role as a prince.)

Muku: Come see it, if you’d like.

Muku’s Friend A: I’ll go!

Muku’s Friend B: Break a leg!

ー

Izumi: You really saved my butt, carrying those bags for me. I had a lot of stuff to buy today, so—

Muku: AH!!

Izumi: !? What happened?

Muku: I just realized, I only did two good deeds today.

Izumi: Ahaha. So it was that. I thought I had forgotten to buy something.

Izumi: You don’t have to force yourself to do three good deeds a day.

Muku: I guess.

Hisoka: Zzz…

Muku: !?

Izumi: Hisoka-san, why are you sleeping in a place like this again…

Muku: I’ll carry him to his room.

Izumi: It’ll be tough to do it alone. I’ll call someone over.

Misumi: Triangle, triangle~ where did you go, triangle~

Muku: Misumi-san, are you looking for something?

Misumi: My sparkly triangle is missing~

Muku: After I move Hisoka-san, I’ll help you look for it.

Misumi: Ya~y! Muku, thank you~!

Muku: Umm, first up, moving Hisoka-san…

Izumi: (In the end, it looks like Muku’s “three” good deeds a day aren’t going to end any time soon.)

STORY CLEAR

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icharchivist · 11 months

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icha!! it’s been a while since I’ve sent one of these in but! I finally started summer troupe act 2! so. here’s my commentary lol. only gotten thru the first 8 episodes but so far my feeling is this: 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

that’s it. has anyone ever made the su(m)meragi pun yet. (I chose the first m in summer bc it’s the red m on tenma’s jacket)

ok for real this time I’ll go in chronological order but. I am naturally predisposed to like kumon I think bc seeing his sprite I immediately went oh I ADORE you in my head. like I saw him and was like YOU! I love you and I would kill for you. is that normal idc. also I had his bday card when I played a3 so special affection as he was the only rookie ssr I had. but it’s just! he’s just like :D how could I ever reject him?? he’s got such a lovely smile!!

these were the thoughts I had starting up and then. well and then I immediately bust out laughing bc.

me: nice to meet you kumon, my dearest, sweet summer child—

kumon, about natsugumi: “they only do comedy, right? no offense, but doing plays with nothing but stupid, empty gags sounds pretty lame to me.”

me: …ah. so you’ve chosen death, then.

just kidding I LOVE when characters r assholes. this doesn’t even make my initial impression wrong bc kumon is still such an absolute sweetheart but I think it’s so funny. immediately I was like. oh I cannot wait to throw tenma at him it would be hilarious. he’d take it as a personal challenge. and like he absolutely did so I was right lmao. juza chiding him immediately is very good. I do love how kumon is like banri hater #1 but speedruns his disinterest in like. 3 days it’s great. I just feel like even tho they’re very different ppl they actually would have things in common and hate to admit it. and kumon is like u have pretty hair! when he means to insult him lol. anyways the reactions to that comment r so good. yuki going “he sounds like a certain hack when he first joined” and then misumi doing an impression of tenma saying “im not a comedy guy” was sooo good, I definitely felt the voice was recognizably tenma even as I didn’t remember the line misumi was quoting so. that’s how u know it’s good.

I am sooo deeply interested in juza’s reluctance regarding kumon acting as well as how kumon brushes off his whole baseball team situation. like clearly it was more complex than him quitting. this is smthing I do have to say which is that I unfortunately got a little spoiled and so I know kumon has some kind of health issues, which I assume is the reason he quit. didn’t muku quit track and field due to a sports injury, too…? wild. but anyways the way kumon talks abt the baseball team and having that… settled is so. awkward and unsure and uncomfortable tho. made me remember like. ah. there’s a bunch of times I’ve not wanted to elaborate about suddenly fucking up something really badly, too…

idk. it’s very interesting bc juza clearly knows what’s up with kumon but seeing how he reacts to the baseball stuff I’m not sure if he knows… Everything? it makes me want to dig into their sibling dynamic a bit more

but then tenma steps in and invites kumon to the road show!! i clutched my heart I was like oh he’s come so far as a leader… sigh, even though summer troupe rightfully teases him, he’s quite reliable, isn’t he? im so going to extrapolate all of this into the tenma juza dynamic thoughts later ofc. but the way yuki and sakyo r both like “free labor” in response to tenma’s suggestion… adds one more point to my feeling that yuki probably has the like most financial knowledge regarding the troupe next to sakyo.

also ace pitcher for the baseball team!! that is really not something u just… quit. I am excited to see the full story there. it seems like kumon gets a lot of anxiety? which. extremely relatable i not only panic often but I can panic pretty hard. but tenma was so nice, being so oblivious like ah I bet u can’t sleep the night before a big trip! pfft. love that yuki knew he was looking up tourist info bc he could hear him muttering, but clearly since tenma didn’t know that he knew, it meant that yuki heard him and just. didn’t tell him to shut up. is he just used to ignoring tenma’s voice so he slept easily. idk.

like I said kumon and banri kinda feel similar in some ways to me. I rly love how they squabble. and that juza is like doing his own thing and they r like mutually fighting so jimins defense of his brother is kind of ineffective lol

i cheered when tenma was like oh guess I’m sitting with u kumon. and then I realized. ah. it’s rookie and leader as the leads. idiot. ofc they’re gonna set up a dynamic. the story was not responding to u wanting to throw tenma at kumon. (also, the train background also rly looks like an airplane?) but it’s been so long since I’ve seen the a3 kids and stuff that whenever tenma shows up I wanna reach through the screen and hug him. i love them.

also it’s so cute that kumon calls juza niichan. I get why the translation just has it as juza but. I can hear. and! kumon like almost immediately being proven wrong and apologizing was so fun. its also rly interesting to see how he’s sorta cautious and hesitant around tenma abt stuff while tenma is like. immediately nice! the kumon sprite when he’s nervous genuinely tugs at my heart so easily. it’s just like the side eye the uncomfortable vibes. please be okay. but I love seeing tenma be nice. like, kumon gushing over how cool juza is as lansky and then tenma praising juza’s fight choreography as due to his experience! he’s so. man he’s rly so. like it’s such a natural follow up to how very clearly tenma noticed and adored the specific quirks of his summer troupe in act 1… ofc he notices these things abt the other actors! not to get all teary abt it but. tenma… it’s kinda nice like this, yknow? to have someone that might be just excited abt what he has to say. although I love it when summer troupe teases him haha. but the way kumon was like oh wow! what was ur second play like! and tenma was like. we… we can talk about that later… like lmao no one wants to discuss sardine search.

again wild how ready kumon is to just square up with banri. I’m glad it did not actually happen. I was confused at first as to why kumon was to totally blown away by water me, and then I checked and it seemed like juza just came alone to see muku’s performance? tho muku obviously admires juza im kind of interested in exactly how close he was with kumon, since it doesn’t seem like they know each other That Well.

love how when homare is like let’s go to paris! for a road show, hisoka’s response is that it’s too far which is a pain. im taking the fact that he didn’t say anything else that he’s fluent in french and would be fine, so it’s literally just distance.

when kumon’s like asking to be tested to get in, juza tells him ”you can’t give up and quit in the middle like you did with your baseball team” which. I do think juza feels a lot of responsibility for mankai so I assume that’s part of him being a little harsh but I really feel the baseball thing is a bit more complicated. but yuki saying that kumon is tenmas responsibility… nice! honestly I was so surprised he actually had to ask to join natsugumi after he passed his audition bc like. I just assumed they’d adopted him already lol. anyways KUMON LIKES THE TRIANGLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they’re sharp and pointy like his brother! so sweet.

for the rehearsals kumons va was very good at showing how rough he is regarding acting! I feel like kumon in general has this like, overexcitement in his voice that rly bleeds thru like even when he’s improved a little? god I love the acting in this game. tenma coaching him was so good… the way like u could see kumon directly improve and then audibly smile when tenma complimented him… so sweet! tenmas gotten a lot nicer hasn’t he.

when igawa showed up I had a fear response just bc. I don’t like tenmas parents. I think tenma can deal with them fine but that doesn’t mean I like it for him. wish he wasn’t the lead. but an audition chance! very cool… the famed director that’s like known overseas is called shirasawa, and I have to wonder if that’s a reference to like. akira kurosawa films? like… kuro-sawa -> shiro-sawa -> shirasawa. just a thought lol bc he’s the only like. famous in the west japanese director i know, though the time period here is quite different. I made a lot of leaps. again kumon I feel is kinda hyper cautious? like he takes initiative to step back, worried he’s a burden, and then tenma is like. no. I’ll do everything I’m cool as hell. love him. also love chikage offering to set up covert bodyguards for him lol,, I rly feel like once he got over his this troupe is temporary I’m here to enact revenge! vibe he’s now like. ride or die for everyone lol. it is so funny to see yuki and tenma quietly talk to each other like. that’s… weird, right? subordinates? like it is so funny. outside of spring troupe how well does anyone sans hisoka know chikage.

I did like that when juza and muku were discussing kumons condition, juza being like. we’ll be there for him and let him make his own choices. development compared to when he was like muku stay away from me without even like. taking his feelings into consideration. the scene where kumon is like my brother has perfect abs and trying to. show them. he rly loves his brother lol. it rly got me tho when he was talking to muku and went “the closer I get to everyone and the more they help me out, the more I really want to become a part of this company” tho!! the translation didn’t specify but I definitely heard him say tenma-san and natsugumi so I checked yaycupcake and that’s who kumon specifies as “they”? which I thought was so sweet. I rly like their dynamic. my vision is kumon panics at some point, locks himself in the panic closet, tenma goes to find him, gets locked there too, and they don’t really even have a deep heart to heart but tenma falls asleep there and kumon is moved anyways bc he kind of understands how deeply he’s being cared for, to the point that even if he ducks up they still like him. tho I don’t know kumon’s exact issues.

was worried muku was gonna talk abt kumon’s condition to summer troupe secretly so I was very glad he just said he was pressured! which literally anyone could notice. and I thought it was cute how summer troupe cheered him on. the moment I read kazuko and I was like ah… they’re all cute girls! one more tick towards my “all female summer troupe play” vision. love sakyo being like he’s got a lot of drive unlike SOMEONE abt kumon. and banri is like yeah I wonder who…? it’s great.

and kumons audition!! he reminds izumi of sakuyas first moments!!!! thinking abt how tenma joined summer troupe due to a deep admiration of sakuya in the first place. thinking abt how he’s teaching kumon now. and tenma calling him “student of mine” love it.

juza: …

izumi: he looks happy that his brother passed the audition!

me: …I think you might need some expression practice, izumi

again it’s so funny that kumon has to ask to join natsugumi bc I had totally assumed he already pivoted there post-road show. still this is very cute. and it’s wild that tenma is like oh? like he’s surprised. like. it’s so obvious how much he likes u guys lol. once again tho kumon’s a bit hesitant abt it and tenma and natsugumi r all like hell yeah kumon welcome on board. paused here bc it seemed like a good place to take a break! I am… very excited for what comes next.

KIRIII HI!!!! it's been so long but it's always a pleasure <33 take your time always, but what a pleasure to see your takes again!!

AND HELP. Someone should definitely make that pun, it's right here. come on.

AND HELP. I'd say yes it's normal to love Kumon at first sight, he's just So Shapped. He has a lovely smile, he looks radiant like the sun, he's a ball of energy, he's just. Everything about him is SO endearing i adore him. I'm so glad you felt like that right away, he deserves all the love (and i'm so glad he kept you company in the a3 server when you were playing!)

DLKFJDLKFJDF WHAT A FIRST INTRODUCTION THEN LMAO.

But yeah Kumon really has a stellar introduction, he's sweet but the way he immediately dismises Summer is like. hold on. no wait you don't know them like we do hold on. and yeah i love how they point out right away that it's just like Tenma because, yeah! it's just like Tenma! and now everyone can clown on BOTH Tenma AND Kumon at once! congratulation everyone! But god yeah i love how Kumon immediately goes to Banri's throat and then mostly is chill around him. i love how he can't insult anything other than his hair and how Banri is genuinely more affected by Kumon's comments on his hair than if Kumon had thrown real insult. so funny.

aw waaa 🥺🥺 of course i won't say a thing about all that's going on with the Hyodo, i'll just confirm to you that yes, Muku did leave the track team because of an injury yes! But for the rest, there's still so much to discover. But also oof mood on the "not wanting to elaborate suddenly on something you fucked up" thing.

:3c looking forward your reactions to the whole Hyodo arc then.

BUT YES YES YES!! This chapter really shows Tenma's growth so well and the way he tries to work it out with Kumon (while at this point, while we know Kumon is the Summer rookies, no one knows it yet, so Tenma is just helping out just because!! Probably also seeing himself out of the whole anti comedy thing like "oh my sweet sweet summer child" (literally) it's so sweet).

and yeah so true i think Yuki is the one with the most knowledge on that front, aside from Sakyo of course.

eheheh :3c. AND HELPP YEAH!! Tenma is so sweet and i love again how his dynamic with Yuki shines through in that bit like. truly the roommates who know each other too well at this point. rip.

AND DLKFJDFKL. the Kumon&Banri&Juza dynamic really is hilarious.

but waaa so cute :sob: so true on the hugs though, they really seem so huggable, and Tenma especially is so good this chapter. Like yeah of course the leader/rookie dynamic is expected but it's so nice to see them go through it rather organically.

YEAAH i love how he calls Juza niichan too <333 the perks of being able to catch a few of the words in Japanese when spoken. AND YEAH… Kumon at least completely speedrun his "comedy is alright actually" bit that Tenma half denied most of his own arc god bless. and you're SO right about everything you say about Tenma. Like, it really showcase just how far he has come and how he came to really notice and appreciate the good quirks everyone can have and ahhhhh he's so good. and i love that he can be here for Kumon and while Kumon is uncomfortable for now (probably the mix superstar + "i kinda insulted his whole troupe's thing while now i see i was wrong" embarassment) it's really sweet to see how into it he gets when they talk about those things. and they should talk about the sardine search more. Dance kitty cat dance.

yeah Juza came alone to Water Me. Oh if ever you feel like it, there's Juza's New Year SSR ( " SSR - [Chilling Out at Home] - "New Year's with the Hyodo Family") in the Archive that is set before Kumon's arrival, which showcase a bit the Hyodo/Sakisaka relationship before Kumon joined Mankai. obviously won't say much more about Muku and Kumon.

DLKFJDFLKDF i love this. Everything is a good reason to read more into Hisoka's multilanguage attributes.

oh the whole Hyodo drama muah. I LOVE how the summer troupe immediately steps in for Kumon though :sob: they really did imprint him on him right away didn't they. AND YEAH ANOTHER TRIANGLE ENJOYER HELL YEAH.

YEAAH the voice acting in a3 is so good at conveying so much character in how good or bad the whole acting is, like, how much you can feel them, as actors, behind those lines. Kumon especially since he's the personification of the sun itself so he just spills out sunshine everywhere when he talks he's so cute. and i LOVe how good Tenma is with him, he improved so much and got so much nicer :sob:

mood for Tenma's parents. and! for the diretor, That's actually very likely, that'd make sense at least :o could be just a reference without it being supposed to be modern and all. god this arc is good. And YEAH FOR CHIKAGE. really went from "this whole company means nothing to me and i will burn it down" to "anyway what can i do for my precious company right now", best character development. AND HELPPP. Yeah, i assume outside of spring and winter people don't know Chikage much aside from "he bailed on us at some point and we all saw him date the director, what was up with that". Spring at least knew something was off with him and Winter knew something was off with Hisoka because of him. but for the rest?? Esp the kids??? god Chikage speedrunning from weirdo stranger to weird uncle is incredible.

Juza and Muku working together for Kumon's sake 🥺 it's really so cute and it does show how they evolved in term of problem solving with other people. Kumon is so cute. And yeah this is so sweet!!! Summer really is doing a number on him right away!! Like it's just really soft how, Kumon wanted to join the company for Juza, to be with Juza, and all of that and just… how quickly Summer grew on him that now he's kinda here for himself instead. and for those people who cheered for him then. It's so soft. I love your vision on how this arc would go aaa

Muku is handling the situation so well!! honestly he deals with Kumon's situation with so much care i almost forgot he was younger than him at a time, Muku really tries hard to take care of him as he can there as a senpai. AND HELL YEAH for the all female summer troupe play. They're all ready for this. dFLKJDFDF SAKYO. And Banri is that Garfield picture isn't it.

AND YEEEE ON THE IMPRESSION IZUMI HAS OF KUMON. associating him with Sakuya's enthusiasm and everything and having Tenma mentoring him… it's all very sweet.

AND HELP. hey maybe Izumi is right, we don't know (yet) what's in Juza's head! who knows!

AND RIGHT… Natsugumi really just took care of Kumon just because as if it wouldn't cause him to Be Attached just as quickly for it. it's so sweet.

Thank you once again for your detailled thoughts, it's a blast to read through and it makes me relive those arcs which is always so good. I'm glad you're having fun and are totally getting into the stuff that are being set up!! it's going to be a trip!

Always looking forward more of your thoughts, and thank you again for sharing <3333 Take care!

#long post for ts #ichareply #aranarumei #ichafantalks a3

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beyondtheborderridiculous · 2 years

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Mankai Stage Summer 2022

Aaaaah, this is a review that is long overdue, and since it’s been a while since I’ve watched it, I won’t even be able to do it justice. But life got away from me, so I haven’t really been active in the Tumblr and A3/Mankai Stage community for a while, and I miss it so much!!! And I haven’t had much time to translate, so Autumn is taking longer than it should, and apologies to everyone who’s been waiting!

But alas, onto the review.

First of all, I am continually amazed by how the casting is just so... PERFECT!!! The actor for Kumon, is just, so perfectly Kumon.

The performance opens with Kumon having an anxiety attack. And then as the lights dim, we transition to a very different opening scene.

The scene opens with Kumon’s point of view, as he’s recording all the happenings that’s going on backstage while Natsugumi is performing Water Me. And I don’t know if I can explain this scene well, but it’s just. So well done. It’s so creative how they did this and I absolutely adore it! You can see the actors both backstage and onstage, and it must’ve taken a lot of coordination to be able to pull that off.

Then a rewind in time happens, where we first see Kumon get introduced to the company, saying he wants to join Akigumi. Everything that happens after pretty much follows the story.

And gahhh, I wish I wrote this review sooner, because I can’t remember much of it, so I might just rewrite this review when I watch it again once it comes out on DVD.

But anyway, I stinking looove the relationship between the Hyodo-Sakisaka cousins!!! It’s so beautiful to finally be able to see it on stage!

One of my favorite scenes has got to be Misumi introducing his room to his new roommate. The song was very cute, and just the staging for it is phenomenal. It’s so different from their previous stages, that I’m still thrown off, but still, it’s so good!

Azami also got introduced, and omfggg... He’s so perfect as Azami too! And it was also funny to watch the troupe realize that he’s super influenced by Sakyo. He and Kumon just become such cute friends.

Also, I’m really surprised by how big this franchise has gone. In their other stages, they would only hire one extra (Mizuno, Ryou, Madoka) that wasn’t really part of the main reoccurring cast (Matsukawa, Yuzo). But here we had both Igawa (Tenma’s manager) and Yamaguchi (Kumon’s club friend). But then again, in Spring, Masumi’s dad had his secretary too, and he had a speaking role as well. Oh geez, look how much this franchise has grown.

Also, another favorite scene of my hands down, has got to be Natsugumi dressing up as girls to cheer Kumon up! Kazunari went all out with the trends, throwing the gyaru peace sign here and there, lol. And then JUZA!!! Juza tries so hard to act like a girl, and it’s just so awkward, and clumsy and so hilarious!!! I died, lololol. It was soooo cute too.

The play portion was also very cute. Yuki was super adorable as usual. But to be honest, it’s not my favorite play from the game, probably because I’m not really that much of a sports person. But to my memory, the stage’s play was pretty faithful to the play in the game.

Overall, I enjoyed this play very very much. I love Kumon, and I love his story, since I relate to crippling anxiety so much. And I just think Mankai Stage did my baby justice, just like usual.

#Mankai stage #a3!#natsugumi #fan review

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(insert Adele song) Hello, its me.

It wasn't actually an ask, it was more like I wanted to reply normally, but Im scared of that aggressive anon to get at me, so I am hiding as Anon.

I was basically trying to school that mofo. It was as if Anon wanted another mental breakdown from Yashiro, and till then it's obvious he regrets it all, and not with a smug smile? That Anon to me felt like they read the manga in one night, and focus only on what they want and not what they should.

They forget Yashiro IS a natural liar. Lies are his shield. Lies has been one of the things that made him survive. He lied for decades about his masochism, his love for pain. DECADES of lies. You cant expect him to suddenly tell truths to someone he meet again for days.

Your AA (aggressive anon) also seem to forget Yashiro is starve of love, to the point he doesn't know what that is. How that feels. Obviously he doesn't know how to react when he received that, or when finally he understands that, or when he is slowly accepting that. Yashiro right now is still in an accepting phase.

Remember he lived in a love-less environment and was only done violence since 8yo. Imagine living in that kind of life... cause I cant. Even Misumi treats him that way, I hope AA didnt ignore that. Least not forget he has lived under the care of Yakuzas since his teenage years? Living and breathing that kind of life is only natural to expect him to exhale violence as well, like shooting Doumeki or hitting that Hirata crew with a stick.

It was a shocker to him to realise that 'thing' that we normal people call love exists. In referencing the forbbiden fruit panel, which is Doumeki. He he has known it just cant admit. Not without self-loathing attached.

Yashiro is confusing? of course he is, thats the point! Doumeki confuses the hell outta him? Didn't you (AA) see how he acts differently towards Doumeki compare to everyone else? Doumeki scares him. And still is! I dont know if this is obvious, but to me Yashiro is flustered whenever Doumeki is around. He doesn't know what to do with himself, that he may seem cold or casual, but he's really terrified.

And yes, this is Yashiro's story of self-healing. It's slow but then when have you seen a BIG wound that healed over night?

The cage bird is Yashiro and he will always be cage and in the dark for as long as Misumi has him bound to this world and Doumeki is that shimmering light that attracted him...so yeah be kind to Yashiro and let him have that glimpses of light. ( Im referencing those glitters when he thought of Doumeki. It was kinda cute. ) Lets all wait and celebrate now he's slowly healing. So much of himself he has admitted.

AA should study and broaden their understanding of trauma. How that affects people. Watch documentaries of real people. Grow some human sympathy. Saezuru must be so overwhelming to them compare to other BLs that focuses on smut. It irk me when they pass the word "suicidal" so easily like a comedy skit. In case it's not obvious, AA, this is also tag as psychological.

Anyway... that's basically it. Saezuru is not for everyone. I never have thought I would see someone like AA strolling in here, thought they only crawl in twitter and mangasites. lol

I wish you a good day, Cos. (:

Hi anaon, and thank you so much for sending in your message again! I'm really sorry I deleted it the first time, as you obviously put a lot of thought and effort into it.

And everything you said, is 100% correct.

With Yashiro, it's imperative, in order to understand his character, to also have a grasp on his background, the way he grew up, the environment in which he was raised, the abuse he suffered, and continues to suffer. You can't ever understand his character, or why he is the way he is, or why he does the things he does, without first understanding those other things. And it seems painfully clear to me that that other anon doesn't understand any of it.

And yes, exactly, lying and deflecting are tools with which Yashiro has learned to defend himself. Truly, the ONLY way he's ever had of defending himself. It's HIMSELF he lies primarily to, in fact, as a means of coping with the horrific abuse he's suffered in his life. By convincing himself he's always wanted it, that he's always liked it. It isn't out of some malicious intent, it's out of self-preservation.

And yes, again, Yashiro was raised in an environment of violence, being sexually and physically assaulted by his step-father starting at eight years old, and lasting until he was, what, 16? That kind of horror isn't even conceivable to most of us. We can only look at it at a remove, and understand objectively that it's awful. But we can never know the true pain and terror and misery of that kind of abuse unless we ourselves have experienced it. So when I see these kinds of idiots like this anon going off about how unfair Yashiro is being to Doumeki, or how he's "using" Doumeki, or whatever other tripe they were spouting, I get seriously pissed. It's just a breathtaking lack of compassion on display. And indeed, the violence of Yashiro's world continued on into adulthood. He was taken in and entrapped in the world of the Yakuza, and it was either adapt or die at that point. His entire life has been filled with violence. The only example he's ever been set in terms of solving problems, or getting out of situations, is through violence. It's all he knows. It's one of Yashiro's great tragedies, that he's a genuinely kind and compassionate person who, through no fault of his own, was born into and then later further trapped in a world of cruelty and violence. And you make a great point, when you say that for someone who's grown up knowing only cruelty and violence, it's absurd to expect them to know how to react or deal with it when someone, for the first time in their life, shows them genuine love and affection. Yashiro has never know the like. He's never been treated as anything but a punching bag and a joke. Of course it would befuddle him, to be treated, for the first time in his 36 years of life, like an actual human being. And of course it scared him, because he was also being forced, through that love, to face the reality of how he'd been treated before. To face the truth, that what was done to him was wrong, and irrevocably damaged him.

Also, this anon acts like Doumeki is the gentlest soul to ever walk, and has never engaged in or displayed violent behavior in his life. lol, okay. Doumeki is way more violent than Yashiro. For one, Yashiro hasn't, that we've ever seen, killed anybody. But Doumeki sure as hell has. He killed an entire group of men, in fact. The one's who kidnapped Niki. He beat his father nearly to death (not that it wasn't deserved), he routinely attacks and assaults people with no hesitation. Doumeki is a pretty violent person. That's not to say he's a bad person, because he's not. He's a good person. But he isn't some wilting flower that Yashiro has been oh so mean to. They whine about Yashiro shooting Doumeki without taking into any consideration the mental state Yashiro was in when he did that. The fact Yashiro was suicidal, that he was going to try and make a serious attempt to end his own life. Like you said, they toss that word around like it's some kind of joke, like it's not a big deal. It exposes just how bereft of compassion for psychological suffering they are, that they couldn't see or just didn't care how much pain Yashiro was in at that point in his life. He wanted to DIE. He genuinely did. He shot Doumeki because he was desperate. He needed to keep him away, because he knew Doumeki would intervene and prevent him from being killed, and possibly get himself killed in the process. Doumeki wasn't listening, wasn't going away, words weren't working at that point, despite Yashiro's best efforts to drive him away with them, and so he fell to the last resort of violence. He was trying to protect Doumeki, and give himself the chance to end his own life. But, again, this anon clearly doesn't understand ANY of that. As you said, this manga isn't just BL, it's a psychological study of the affects of trauma and child abuse. It deals in a serious manner with very serious subjects. If they can't handle that, then they should stop reading, right now.

Anyway, thank you for resending your message! I really appreciate it!

#saezuru tori wa habatakanai #twittering birds never fly #Yashiro #Doumeki

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joshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh · 1 year

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Hey I watched this finally! The first Progressive movie, Aria of a Starless Night. Pretty title.

My thoughts on the movie are very hmmm. I think, the music hard carried, it was really fantastic and elevated every scene. The visuals definitely had some really good highlights though, the production was kind of on par with just strong TV anime as opposed to full on movie? Quite a few goofy looking faces even in close ups, and a few awkward stilted animation moments. Oh well.

And then narratively this was, fucking strange honestly. There’s actually quite a lot it did really well - Asuna has a really concrete arc that’s reasonably well set up from even just the start of the movie, for a start. Her new purple haired girlfriend before Yuuki - Misumi - is a neat character that Asuna has quite a fun relationship with. I think the moment to moment writing is actually quite solid sometimes and the dialogue actually feels quite lively - there’s a secne where Kirito and Asuna are just talking about the walk towards a dungeon and it’s just fun to listen to actually. They also do Kirito quite differently in this movie - he’s not the protagonist and instead kind of gets to be almost a mentor figure to Asuna during her joker arc, because Asuna really goes through it in this movie which was wild lol. If they’re keeping Kirito as relatively flat as he is at this part of the narrative then relegating him to more of a supporting role works quite well.

Though... the one thing I couldn’t quite shake watching this movie is that. It’s all kind of fluff, in a sense? And what I mean by that is it still fundamentally retains every core plot beat of the original SAO story. So while the moment to moment writing is very much there? It’s still just surrounding what was originally and is still bad in original SAO. They still have Diabel refuse Kirito’s potion. They still don’t have anyone bring up that games change between beta and final release. They still have Kirito call himself a beater. They’ll do more to justify these things, make them make a bit more sense, but you know what they say about polishing a turd. Progressive doesn’t set out to change SAO - it just sets out to add more stuff around it. I think what it adds is certainly of value personally, but really, your mileage may vary. Because the things that sucked in SAO are still present and still suck here.

2nd Progressive movie is still on its JP theatrical run. Can only hope that when it comes out for the rest of us losers it’s a bit more willing to break away from the original storyline. I get that the Progressive LNs are Kawahara’s way of kind of “redeeming” the original SAO, but like they’re in their own canon anyway dude aren’t they? You don’t need to hold yourself to those early choices, do something a bit more interesting. We’ll see how it plays out.

#sao #16.11.22

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paroleswerespoken · 2 years

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Moving something is Yashiro

Part 2: Misumi

Though we could discuss whether Misumi is good or bad he does have a lot of sense when it comes to Yashiro. He saw right through Yashiro since their first encounter, when Yashiro told him he was a masochist he says to him “Say that again when you’re almost dead.” To me it seemed like Misumi always understood Yashiro's self-destructive nature. When they’re at the restaurant in chapter 1 and were recalling the past Yashiro said the day when he was getting ganged banged (raped) was his golden age and Misumi soon exclaimed “You mean your dark age.” Of course, even if Misumi did noticed that Yashiro needed help in some way, he didn’t just help him purely out the goodness of his heart. Misumi wanted to somehow raise Yashiro from the ashes and keep him tied down to him, even when Yashiro brings up the possibility of him becoming a normal citizen and leaving the yakuza makes Misumi cry out in disapproval. Why? Just because he has a sense of ownership towards Yashiro, Yashiro sees him as a brother and Misumi sometimes calls himself Yashiro’s father (That gives me the creeps honestly though I know it’s a yakuza thing but still lol.) Misumi gave Yashiro direction or even more so a distraction; Yashiro recognizes that and is grateful, but he has also in multiple occasions mentioned his desire to move on and live a different life. Misumi is very perceptive when it comes to Yashiro, he knew what Kageyama meant or that he meant something to Yashiro (One thing I found funny is how Misumi knew that Doumeki was Yashiro’s type since the moment he saw him and wanted Yashiro to fire him lol) and of course he can tell that he can’t keep Yashiro tied to him much longer (At least not on good terms) he makes it known every time he gets a chance that he wants Yashiro to work for him; though Yashiro frowns at the idea since he knows he’ll become a bird on a cage the day that happens. It’s quite debatable whether what sparked an interest in Misumi was sexual or not (I don’t think it was, at the beginning he even expressed disgust at the idea of being with a man. They ended up being partners because it was another way to control Yashiro) but what is clear is that he saw Yashiro as someone who was going to be useful to him in some way. He took someone so vulnerable under his wing knowing that he would be a lifelong asset or so he would like to think. Misumi in Yashiro’s eyes is someone important some who he is grateful for even though Misumi has not been complete upright with Yashiro, he’s one if not the only person who knows almost everything about him (It is true that Misumi has the advantage of knowing Yashiro for a long time though.) He is also one of the few people who treat Yashiro with respect, he actually told Yashiro once that he wasn’t going to make Yashiro suffer for no reason, since he liked him as a person and even compared him to his late wife. (This statement might be a bit debatable but compared to others Misumi doesn’t treat Yashiro as bad.) I think Misumi might play an important part on how the story plays out in the end or maybe not, the truth is that even after the time skip, he’s still persistent on wanting Yashiro to work for him so we’ll see how that plays out.

#saezuru #saezuru tori wa habatakanai #yashiro #doumeki #misumi #twittering birds never fly #Kou Yoneda

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mushroomjar · 2 years

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Tagged by @tortademaracuya

Rules: shuffle one of your playlists with a lot of songs, and share the first ten. no cheating.

Spider on the Wall 2022 ver. - Ghost and Pals

Kimagure Mercy - Hachioji-P

Saigo no Bansan (Last Supper) - Misumi

Six Trillion Years And Overnight Story - kemu

Coward Mont Blanc - DECO*27

The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku - MIKUNOPOLIS At Los Angeles Live - cosMo@BouSou-P

shake it! - emon(Tes.)

Bless Your Breath - Wadatakeaki

Newly Edgy Idols - Mitchie M

Psychokinesis - Utsu-P

Tagging @loverlesbian @thatqueerweirdo @nb-wei-ying @lostlovepunk and anyone else who wants to participate, just act like I tagged you lol

#i've been listening to nothing but my vocaloid playlist for many days straight so you'll have to forgive me lmao #i'd say it has a lot of songs it's like almost 24 hours long #i have longer playlists but i don't want to listen to another playlist lol #cat rambles #tag games

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the-himawari · 2 years

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Hey, same person who said Sand Cat Muku is cute, again. Continuing from the last ask, Malleus is my No.1 fave, but my other TWST faves are Deuce, Epel, Riddle, Trey, Jack, Jade, Floyd, & Ortho. Also, my fave dorms are Diasomnia & Heartslabyul. Unrelated, Sakuya, Misumi, Masumi, Banri, Azami, & Tsumugi are participating in the A3! Bridesgroom Battle Royal event, which made me remember that Tsumugi’s VA sang a serenade…for tube cat yokai, but it doesn’t work on ghost brides.

Ohh gotcha, thanks! 👌

Pomefiore is definitely my favourite dorm with Diasomnia as a close second - I just love them all so much 😭😭 but I also love basically all the second years.... and first years...... it's so hard to choose 😂

Also LOL what is a tube cat yokai 😂 I haven't read the ghost bride event yet but I can't wait to experience tsundere Ace now that I know him more now 😆

#ask #my soul belongs in pomefiore lmao #like if the dark mirror doesn't sort me there then something's wack #i will follow vil schoenheit to the ends of the earth #i literally ordered vil's nendoroid like 2 days ago #this is how far i've fallen already #eyeing malleus's too..........

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autisticmisumi · 2 years

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Hey, same person who thanked you for the Misumi 4th anniversary card, again. I just saw the A3! twitter account & wanted to say good luck on getting Homare’s card through event points.

Thank yooou ☆*:.｡.o(≧▽≦)o.｡.:*☆ I'm really excited since it's his first event SSR since December 2019 (I remember that distinctly because it was right after I started playing EN lol) and the cg being with Citron makes it seem like the event story will be really fun...

#ive been too worn out to translate recently but i might see if i can do like a simple summary of the event story #since im really excited for it so ill want other people to know whats happening #but i cant imagine anyone else being willing to fully tl a homare citron event because. they are the WORST characters to translate lol #wont push myself to tl anything tho ill just see if my hype carries me through #i imagine ill be too busy playing the event to do anything before it ends #❔

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a-stars-art-blog · 3 years

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This is a Misumi appreciation post! He’s underrated AS FUCK

The newest episode did him so dirty I got so mad lolol

#misumi kyouhei #burning kabaddi #shakunetsu kabaddi #anime #i love him a lot #he's my favorite #at first I was like he's ight. Kinda pretty #but i needed SOMEONE to be my favorite #but then...It started growing #and now i'm like oh shit I actually love him #Idk if the anime is gonna just be 12 episodes or more or maybe there's gonna be more seasons but #Misumi has gotten quite a bit of screentime #Probably the most other then the main character and the captain perhaps #more then I thought for a side character in what I am assuming is a 12 episode season #he even got his own episode but perhaps if the anime is gonna have more then 12 episodes then other characters are gonna get their spotlight #Misumi was just first lol #his episode just made me fall for him even more and realize that I actually relate to him haha #not that I was a former delinquent but the part of feeling useless on the team and feeling it'd be better if I wasn't on there #that hit close to home #Also it made me so happy when we found out he was an ex delinquent because I love tropes like that and I also love feral characters #HE HAD A TONGUE RING??? MORE FERAL MISUMI PLEASE AND THANK YOU #he also wears a lot of pink and for a himbo that is very sexy of him #hismomisalsogoodlooking/nowonderMisumiisaprettyboy

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poialamode · 4 years

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🔺 sankaku!

#a3 game #act! addict! actors!#misumi ikaruga #sankakuuuu #this is my first a3 fanart lol #i just think hes neat #art

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hey icha! back again w/ a3 Thoughts, lol. this will be short as its just abt into the night! i was so confused at first bc i was like is this an ALL MEMBERS event but then after they split into teams i felt much more normal abt it lol... anyways the clothing store f&f. i wondered if thats supposed to be like, h&m but i was thinking like. what are the possibilities of what each f stands for... fashion fur flawless fabulous frills forever theres a whole lot of things. but i think the funniest option for me is that f&f stands for 4 and 5 and nobody knows why. im glad we got to follow the group we did but i would love to have just. seen a birds eye view of the masumi group because sakuya taichi and kazunari in one and sakuya running after him... it is funny to me. also im obsessed with yuki being part of running the punishment. sakyo you are letting this fourteen year old run WILD. anyways loved the part before they got in costume where yuki was like "ya they were gone a while ago. i didn’t say anything tho." *points affectionately at him* middle schooler. i was also pleasantly surprised the main cg was banri and yuki? like, i was totally expecting itaru to feature and perhaps get in a conflict with yuki but this was actually a really subdued event! that felt really fresh to me, that it didnt like escalate into heavy drama or anything. also the cg was soooo cute. like banri and yuki smiling!! having fun!!! i also really liked that it was banri to give yuki advice since hes not even that much older than yuki so it makes it like, More Meaningful. the way in highschool the people i was friends with who were one or two years older than me did sooooo much to help me figure out applications to university! uhhh other notes i had... the part where izumi decides the theme was 'pet shop' while staring at tsuzuru and yuki was hilarious. its like. the event itself pauses for a long enough time that i was staring at yuki and tsuzuru and it really felt like a horror movie zoom even before izumi announced the theme. again i also liked that none of the acting challenges posed a problem! like there wasnt any huge conflict going on just a bunch of little things and that was a rly cool vibe. the aaron guy who challenged them,, hes funny. he gives me "was a chuuni" vibes but then again theatre kids are just Like That so maybe he's just accurate rep yknow. also itaru's alex in wonderland outfit complements his eyes sooooo well for real. homare lending azuma marshmellows to coax hisoka for the duration of the event is so funny. them specifially worrying about a marshmellow scarcity also makes me laugh. like... im just sitting there like. do u think homare sat down and calculated like "hm... this is probably how many marshmallows they need" i want to know how this went. also while the no signal is realistic i cant beleive banri and itaru had to sit down while playing. like sorry if im built different but i always play gacha games while walking. also i do want to say at the end while they were talking abt while tenma was last i was like "bet he got scared of the forest/a ghost and ran" and then they were like shitty sense of direction but later misumi said he was scared of the forest and i felt so vindicated. anyways i liked that itaru takes them to f&f at the end! thats the power of a working adult huh... it did make me think tho like. does yuki approve of banris fashion choices. bc they are Choices.

HEYAA!! welcome back :D a pleasure to see you back again!!

Oh man i LOVE Into the Night, i'm glad you got to reach it! usually events do tend to always limit the charas to focus on, imagine having to follow all of them. I mean i kinda wish we knew what happened with everyone but…

(obvs under the cut bc the whole ask got long, and also i gushed a bit about Into the Night bc i love this event)

and omg your brain fr f&f. I'm sure Fashion is one of them for sure. THOUGH I DO LOVE THE 4 AND 5 JUST TO FUCK WITH PEOPLE LMAO.

Masumi's group does seem to have been pretty funny. Just 3 sunshine boys trying their damnest to keep the broody one in place for more than 5minutes. I imagine them always having a big smile planing their play and then suddenly being "wait where did Masumi go OH NO". Plus, cat Sakuya and cat Kazunari together.

I also ADORE Yuki being part of the running punishment, the Yakuza really just saw a middle schooler and went "wait this guy can be my assistant in punishment" and he was right. It's esp another layer of funny considering how much Sakyo is always fighting him about the budget for their costumes, so he both knows that Yuki is restless when he prepares quality stuff, and, while he's so stingy about spending money, just went "listen i'll give you any money you want for the most high quality ridiculous costumes you can put anyone in" and Yuki just couldn't let the once-in-a-lifetime situation run away from him. Those two are a deadly duo.

dFDKJFLD Yuki is SO funny i love him so much.

And yeah omg this event really was low on drama but i did love the themes it explores and the dynamic they decided to have shine. Banri and Yuki probably have one of my favorite friendship in the story because of this specific event. (and their CG is SO CUTE i’ll never be over it i love it SO much, probably one of my fav event CG of all time)

The idea of Banri, who said himself he had a hard time understanding why people were struggling with anything, who generally doesn't really plan ahead or gets excited about anything about the future…. ended up not only doing the effort to understand Yuki (and, ever since Banri has been doing theater he's much better at understanding people's struggle anyway), but also have Yuki's drive and passion inspires HIM, the guy who never had any to start with… it makes me so emo. Yuki usually keeps his worries for himself so it was so nice to see this upperclassman whom Yuki actually respects (in a way), recognizes Yuki's strength completely unprompted and tell him that he'll always be here to cheer for him, and that he was inspired to be serious about what he loves because of him… it means SO much to me.

It brings me back also to how Banri is a fashionista (i know we judge him with western standards but from what i figured doing some researches he's apparently on top of fashion regarding Japanese trends. I have a friend, who knows a lot more about Japan's day to day life, who upon hearing that people clowned Banri for his fashion, reacted to me going "i've seen so many people in Shibuya with his exact clothes what"). For a Japanese audience at least it is supposed to be implied Banri has a good eye for fashion and Yuki is responsive to it.

Anyway i also bring it up bc remember how in the Autumn Chapter when Taichi destroyed all of Yuki's costumes, Banri gets very angry not because their show was ruined, but because "how DARE they attack YUKI'S HARDWORK". He gets upset on Yuki's behalf. And at this point they didn't exactly connect or anything, Banri was just fashionista enough to recognize Yuki was fantastic.

So after this event establish how much he respects Yuki and how he decided to protect him and encourage him i'm just… soft…. i genuinely love their dynamic so much.

Forever ago i've found a fanart on twitter (which mean i LOST IT and will NEVER RECOVER IT, Twitter lack of saving feater is my curse and burden) of Yuki, as an adult, preparing his first runaway as a fashion designer and getting nervous, until Banri comes in and puts a hand on his shoulder and smiles going "see i told you you'd get here. I'm so proud of you" and i'm crying in the club.

When i first started a3 i did have a really hard time to get into Banri's chara (which is a SHOCKER now considering he's very high on my top chara now), and by the end of Autumn i was just okay he's on thin ice but i'll be willing to listen to him. But Into the Night really was the event where he totally won me over. It really showcases his sweetness and willingness to help, especially the younger people in Mankai.

And it also speaks volumes about how now that he found a passion that really set his heart ablaze, he would do ANYTHING to protect this passion in the heart of people too. It showcases so much how Banri has grown and how much just finding a way to appreciate life and passion became so precious to him.

I have so much thoughts about this event in general it makes me teary.

I've also seen so many bad faith fandom takes back where shitting on Banri was the norm on tumblr (ie the reason i don't go in the tags) about Banri being a bully and would "probably be a bully to Yuki" and stuff like that and it would always enrage me in a "oh i BET you didn't read Into the Night." rage. Imagine being so wrong. So yeah this event means a LOT to me it's just so much.

But also as you say i think it's just so lovely to have just, healthy dynamic between "senpai and kohai" in a way, to really see how just having someone a couple years older than you guide you and help you… is really nice. Tho yeah Banri is just as guided by Yuki than Yuki is guided by Banri and i find it SO soft.

Yuki and his group of older teenagers who'd fight for his hope and dreams.

THE PET SHOP PART WAS SO FUNNY YOU'RE SO RIGHT ABOUT THE HORROR MOVIE PATHING LMAO. Just Tsuzuru and Yuki slowly dying inside.

but yeah the event having such cool vibes was really soft. The "battle type" events are usually laid back that way, with a random guy NPC (though it's often Aaron) challenging to act off, bc this was the new mechanism of the gameplay itself, so it's really superfluous to the plot but still pretty funny. Aaron is definitely a bit Chuuni yes. Accurate theater nerd rep.

Itaru's costume is sOO good you're so right. Another Yuki wins in term of costume designs.

YEAH OMG THE MARSHMELLOW THING. It's so fucking funny. I can totally see Homare calculating it very carefully knowing exactly Hisoka's pace and stuff and giving just as needed and a little more. Meanwhile, Hisoka, like a cat he is, knows that without his usual owner he can pretends to be starved and never have eaten in hIS LIFE to get more. This is literally Homare getting a list of "here's what you need to feed my cat at each hours" to Azuma, while Hisoka is just "actually those doses are left to starve me by my unloving father. I am dying. I am knowing level of starvation no cats should ever go through save me". And Azuma who's just a good sports is just "aw but what's one more treats!" which makes him a very easy target to the cat starvation tactic.

This is the Homare/Hisoka/Azuma dynamic in a nutshell and this event shows it off.

Also i genuinely love in this event how Tsuzuru has to "big brother up" Hisoka, having to carry him around. this event really was "the teens are carrying the team and the adults are the most useless people you might run into". Azuma didn't even try and tbh i respect that about him so much, kings of knowing his limits.

(tbh there's something i can't mention there but there's something about Hisoka's future arc that made me return to this event and fucking yell during his bits. I will of course not say anything and it is probably vague enough. But i genuinely ended up crying rereading this event bc of that. "but Icha, you always cry when Hisoka is involved" MAYBE BUT SHUSH.)

Banri and Itaru sitting down for their games is really funny yes, tho i believe it's a mix of they've been walking all night and only have a little break so they're gonna rest as they can (esp Itaru who's not made for walking). And prob the fact they're afraid to lose their connection while walking. But else mood, playing gacha while walking ftw.

DLKFJKLDFJ THE FACT YOU NAILED DOWN WHY TENMA GOT LOST. PERFECT. I love how Misumi points it out, once again with how he's babying Tenma is just muah. Poor Tenma. It's so onbrand that it hurts.

And i LOVE that about Itaru too. I love that he felt genuinely guilty and could see how much Banri and Yuki worked for it. I think it also speaks volumes about Itaru in general becoming more and more of a team player while being a "solo player" for the longest time. Even there he realizes he dragged them down and he needs to amke it up to them.

But anyway back on your last comment, like i mentioned, Banri fits Japanese standards for the fashionista lmao, and everything else in game (from mini chat to backstage to coin talks) points to Yuki really liking Banri's style. There's one, i think Mini Chat? about how he thinks Banri always have a good eye for clothes and his advices is super valuable because of that.

So i know we all want to dunk on Banri but the friendship between Yuki and Banri is pure and sweet and Yuki genuinely thinks Banri is one of the most fashionable people in the company whom he can trust with shopping and fashion advice. We all have to live with it and if we insist on Banri's fashion sucking i'm afraid we also have to say the same of Yuki's because those two are bird of feathers.

Thank you once again for sharing your thoughts it makes me so happy <33 It's always a pleasure :3c

Hope you have a nice day <33

#ichareply #ichafantalks a3 #aranarumei

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huhwhatyak · 2 years

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some mankai holiday/ christmas headcanons

everyone has their own personalized christmas stocking hung in the corridor right outside their rooms

the personalized stockings were actually kazu's idea when they had their first christmas together as a company, and everyone got to decorate their own

putting up the tree and decorating is a calendar event at mankai. evening practice is cancelled that day and there's always some movie or cheesy christmas songs playing in the background as they decorate, and everyone chips in one way or the other

citron was in charge of putting up the letters to spell "here comes Santa" in the balcony but ended up mixing up the letters and spelling out "here comes Satan" instead

no one knows if he did it on purpose or not

banri and juza fought about who was taller so they could put the star on top of the tree, so now kamekichi is the one responsible for putting the star up there lol

itaru puts a few of his extra kniroun keychains on the tree because it's cute and it's great kniroun propaganda

misumi and kumon have their own little christmas tree from the dollar store in their room, but instead of a star on top they have Santa sankaku

in year 1, the kids managed to convince sakyo to buy a log cake as a celebration treat. but it's sakyo and "christmas log cakes are so expensive they're just cakes shaped like a log, why can't we just ask Fushimi to make one at home blah blah blah" so he only bought one (1) log cake for everyone (read: 26 people and bird) to share

omi got to practice his sashimi cutting skills that night trying to cut enough slices for everyone from that one singular log cake

"sakyo-nii the slice is so thin I can practically see through it ><" "stop being dramatic"

they have a tradition of staying up on the eve of christmas so they can open one gift when the clock strikes 12 midnight on christmas day

masumi was rather reluctant about that at first since he likes to go to bed early, until kazu pointed out that he could open izumi's gift for him the minute christmas started and now he's the most excited about this tradition

taichi and kumon are usually the ones most excited to open gifts on christmas day, and always wake everyone up a bit too early for their likings to gather for gift unwrapping because it's more fun when everyone's together!

but the adults sometimes go overboard with drinking the night before, so sightings of hungover adults lying on the couch or floor with their gifts piled up on top of them aren't very uncommon

they had to enforce a gift budget rule after homare tried to buy izumi a hot air balloon after one of their drinking sessions where izumi offhandedly mentioned that it would be nice to travel anywhere she wanted in one

inter-troupe snow ball fights are also a must for the holiday season. but they're now held at some random field far away from the dorms and not in the courtyard after one stray snowball broke a window

the troupes also have their own little traditions

harugumi usually have a short staycation sponsored by itaru and chikage. sakuya happened to mention that he's never been skiing before and suddenly they're on their way to a skiing resort for the weekend

they also lost itaru on the slope

itaru: HELP HOW DO I STOP tsuzuru: V shape itaru-san itaru: ITS NOT WORKINGGG citron: pizza shape itaruu! you love pizzas! itaru: HELP ME AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA masumi: and he's gone

natsugumi have a secret midnight feast in one of their rooms (usually room 202) and kazu always blocks sakyo's instablam account from viewing his stories for that one day so they don't get scolded for eating in their rooms

akigumi usually volunteer together at a soup kitchen and then have a nice hotpot dinner back at the dorms in one of their rooms after

sometimes they go ice skating too but they usually end up playing a very intense game of tag on skates which kinda scares the other little kids there

once juza was gonna crash into a kid but he didn't know how to do a hockey stop on skates so he just picked the poor kid up and carried them until he braked completely before putting them down safely and then chasing after banri

they got kicked out and banned from that skating rink 5 minutes later

fuyugumi (attempt to) make gingerbread together and hisoka always sets aside a few for chikage, who complains about their sweetness but still eats them nonetheless

#HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!#a3! act! addict! actors!#christmas tw #a3 hc #*

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natsu-tte-noodle · 3 years

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Hey EN players who are gonna be playing the JP server with a screen translator! I heard the most convenient options use Google Translate, so--

You might find that Tenma is suddenly being referred to as the emperor, with titles like “Emperor Tenma” and “Imperial Tenma”. This is because Google Translate doesn’t know what to do with the name Sumeragi. He has not undergone a character arc we didn’t know about lol

There’s a few more names that consistently get butchered, so I’ll list them out here:

Names that are basically always safe: Sakuya, Masumi, Citron, Juza, Taichi, Sakyo, Tsumugi, Tasuku, Guy

Names that get messed up, but are always recognizable:

Tsuzuru: Basically, there are “k”s where there shouldn’t be, like in “Minaki” or “Tsuzuku”

Chikage: Utsuki usually becomes “Uki”. VERY rarely “Chikage” will change into something else

Tenma: If you remember he’s apparently the emperor you’ll be fine lol

Misumi: Misumi becomes “Triangle.” Pretty easy

Kumon: His name might be written as “Kyumon” instead

Names that get very butchered at times:

Itaru: Chigasaki is usually (but not always) safe, and Itaru kind of just spins a wheel to decide what it wants to be today. It might stay Itaru but it might also become “Toru.” Sometimes if it’s his full name they duplicate “Chigasaki” or drop the first name altogether. I think I also saw “Chiharu Kayagasaki” once so

Yuki: Yuki’s name becomes so many different things. Most often, Yuki will turn into “Sachi,” or “Fortunately,” but I’ve seen “Kou” too. “Ruri” is usually safe, but “Kawa” might stay “Kawa” or it might turn into “River”

Muku: He will very consistently be called “Kousaka Ryo(u)”, but a few variations might show up too, including “Shunsuke”

Kazunari: I think Miyoshi is safe, but Kazunari is translated as “Issei” about 80% of the time and “Kazushige” the other 20%

Banri: Banri is always translated as “Mari”

Omi: Omi’s usually safe, but I’ve seen “Minister” and “Vassal”

Azami: Azami becomes “Kaoru” a lot of the time. It might also become “Thistle” or just straight up stay 莇

Hisoka: Hisoka will become “dense”

Homare: Half the time Homare will stay the same, and the other half it’ll become “Honor”

Azuma: “Snow White East” is very consistently his full name

I hope this helps you understand who the heck they’re talking about lol

#a3!

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emilycollins00 · 3 years

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Their little habits towards you

I was doing these to get some inspiration into my brain and ended up liking the results.

Please enjoy! 💕

🌸 Sakuya has a habit of squeezing your elbow gently to get your attention whenever you’re doing something else. He wasn’t aware until someone mentioned it, making him blush.

🌸 Masumi has a habit of sitting silently next to you while listening to music. Whenever a song he likes pops up, he’ll unconsciusly take off one of his earbuds and place it on your ear, being his way of sharing things he likes.

🌸 Tsuzuru has a habit of rambling to you about details he learns from working on his scripts. If he notices it he usually groans and stops talking altogether, only for you to nudge him affectionately so he keeps going.

🌸 Citron has a habit of welcoming you with elaborated handshakes even though you two never plan them before-hand. He likes to see your face go from confusion to joy at the mess you make trying to follow his moves with a smile.

🌸 Itaru has a habit of naming or creating characters that resemble you as much as he can whenever he starts a new game. He uses it to test the first levels, sending pictures of said character defeating an enemy, trying garments, or just failing a path over and over to tease you.

“Lol it’s the 3rd time you died today, you okay?”

🌸 Chikage has a habit of subtly tugging you closer to his side whenever it gets too packed. Becomes hyper focused on the possibility of losing you in a crowd- not that he will show it.

🔆 Kazunari has a habit of calling you a different nickname almost every day: pumpkin, boo, sunshine… though at this point most of them are a bit of a stretch like art gallery, premium or goals, so you now end up responding to anything that might resemble him talking to you.

🔆 Tenma has a habit of sending a random ‘what are you doing’ or just texting complaints about how much the summer troupe messes with him whenever he misses you and wants to hang out, but is too embarrassed to say it.

🔆 Yuki has a habit of adjusting your clothes. No matter what, even if he’s talking to someone, if he sees you entering from the other side of the room he’ll eventually approach you to take care of your dishevelled shirts, jackets or rearranging your scarf.

“Good. Now you look decent”

🔆 Muku has a habit of calling for you whenever he bumps into things so you can personify them and he can properly apologize. Though it started as a joke from your part, now you can’t help but laugh at how immerse he gets into the conversations.

🔆 Kumon has a habit of playing with your fingers. If you two are sitting together he will definitely end up taking your hand in his at some point and unconsciously give you tiny massages.

🔆 Misumi has a habit of drawing tiny triangles on any paper or notebook you might leave on his sight next to a smiling face. Sometimes when you are visiting Mankai you feel something ticklish on the back of your hand, only to find Misumi drawing a cute triangle on it.

🍁 Juza has a habit of waiting for you when you are eating sweets together so that you both eat your last pieces at the same time. You insist he doesn’t have to, but he shrugs. They taste somewhat even sweeter this way.

🍁 Sakyo has a habit of messaging you the first part of a quote to make sure you have arrived at your place. When you reply with the end of the sentence that’s when he relaxes and knows you’re back safe and sound.

🍁 Omi has a habit of feeding you the very first bite of any meal he’s making when you are around, blowing it to cool it down. He likes to see your face light up, chuckling at your weird compliments.

“What do I get today?”

“Sir Omi, you just established the Empress of all grilled meats”

🍁 Azami has a habit of buying different creams and oils that he finds would be good for your skin. He then will give you pop quizzes from time to time to see if you are effectively following his instructions.

🍁 Taichi has a habit of looking for you before an important performance to exchange fighting poses in silence to hype himself up. The poses tend to get bigger and more extravagant until you both end up giggling so much Sakyo has to grab him to go backstage.

🍁 Banri has a habit of pinching your cheeks. It doesn’t matter if what you just said is the smartest thing in the world, a weird remark or asked for the weather, his hand will go directly to your cheek in seconds as he answers you.

“Ugh, can you please not?”

“Your fault for havin’ cheeks”

❄ Hisoka has a habit of resting his head on your shoulder. It doesn’t matter if you are standing up doing something or talking to someone, he’ll walk towards you and plop his head on it. Sometimes he even follows you when you resume walking and he’s too lazy to lift his head up.

❄ Tsumugi has a habit of singing happy birthday songs with you to the baby flowers on the courtyard when they bloom for the first time. You proposed it once and now he gets really excited whenever you visit, truly thinking they recognize the sound of your voices.

❄ Guy has a habit of offering his hand for you to support yourself at all times. When he opens a door and you are behind so you enter first, before sitting or when you are about to stand up.

❄ Azuma has a habit of drawing shapes on your back. It always makes you shiver and he chuckles, finding it cute. Sometimes he also writes words to which you’ll try to guess the meaning of.

“Wait, what did you just write?”

“Mhm? Ah, I wonder…”

❄ Tasuku has a habit of carrying stuff for you. Whether it’s bags or textbooks, he’ll always grab it for you at some point, sometimes forgetting to give it back and therefore bringing it to Mankai.

❄ Homare has a habit of placing his jacket on you, whether is to keep you from the cold, the rain or just as a comfort blanket if you ever feel upset. He sometimes might not know the right words to say, but hopes his presence and the weigh of his jacket makes you feel protected.

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Wishing you all a wonderful day! 💕

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