my version of teniwoha's villain mv, featuring fictional transgender (as decided by me) footballer, michael kaiser! notes and credits under the cut:
original music: teniwoha
original illustration: nekoko
lyric translation and video art: me :3
check out ado's cover of the song! it rocks.
link to a google doc with all the sources for the photos used!
some translator's notes:
- i put the word "villain" in parentheses next to "corrupted" because they're homophones in japanese.
- speaking of which, a lot of translations use "inflamed," but corrupted is another translation, and i wanted to lean into commonly heard anti-lgbtq language (in american english, at least) for the translation, to convey more of the vibes of the original song.
- on that note, for "lifestyles (genders)," the word used there, does literally mean gender or sex, but can also mean nature or way of life. i chose lifestyles for the reason above.
- you'll notice some of the same lines are translated differently between the first and last chorus. the lines themselves were somewhat vague and could be translated both ways, so the switch is to convey the more triumphant turn the song takes.
- the lyrics say "dr duran duran" but the wiki says it's a reference to durand durand, the villain in the movie barbarella, who created a world destroying weapon. his name is pronounced duran duran in the japanese version.
-the song mentions edogawa ranpo, the japanese author, was also known for his interest in queer histiography and his friend's, iwata jun'ichi's, research on the history of homosexuality in japan (from his wikipedia article)
anyway michael kaiser is transgender in my heart of hearts. incredibly bare bones post i made talking about that. if you've read this far, thank you :]
“I figured it out,” he says, voice certain in a way that Tabito can’t say he’s heard before. He’ll wait for the words, but he’s already there - Hiori’s about to tell him he’s quitting soccer for- “What to expect from myself.”
Hiori drags Tabito out of his room to one of the practice fields in the middle of the night before the Bastard vs PXG game, and apparently, it's not for a one-on-one match.
when kenma said, "this hurts. this is painful. i don't want it to ever end" and when kageyama said, "but i wanted to go farther with this team" and when kai said, "I'll dream about that last rally and it keeps going on and on forever, until i wake up exhausted" and and and and
I like to imagine Niko finds a way to access the internet via his Blue Lock Issued Tablet & spends some of his free time showing his teammates Yu-Gi-Oh cards and making them guess the prices
i made a connections game that's haikyuu themed and sent it to my partner for funsies/to beta test. they have been working on this for *checks watch* half an hour. they have gotten none of them.