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addictedtomanga · 3 years

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Shoujo manga recommendations - unrequited love

1. 360 Degrees Material

Taki is the cool yet strange guy in Mio's class. She bumps into him at the subway station after school and saves him after he almost gets pushed onto the tracks. The next day, he returns the favor by saving her from an incoming car. This marks the start of Mio's love.

2. Ai Kara Hajimaru

Sakura Ai has always loved sunflowers, as they appear like the sun, which incidentally also was the name of her first crush, Taiyou, in the 3rd grade. From since then, Ai has never had another love and has also become quite introverted, but after meeting a guy with the same name, somethings will begin to change…

3. Anta Nante Okotowari

Yui has a deep love for her "older brother" (they're not actually siblings, but are related), and she is devastated when he gets married. While at the wedding, Yui meets a sobbing boy, Kaoru. It turns out that his cousin (that he was in love with) is the one Yui's brother is marrying. When Yui moves into a boy's dorm so she can seek out new love, she finds that the head of the dorm is none other than Kaoru!

4. Ao Haru Ride

Yoshioka Futaba has a few reasons why she wants to "reset" her image and life as a new high-school student. Because she's cute and had a demure personality she was ostracized by her female friends in junior high, and because of a series of misunderstandings and mishaps, she couldn't get her feeling across to the one boy she has always liked, Tanaka Kou. Now in high school, she is determined to be as unladylike as possible so that her friends won't be jealous of her. While living her life this way contentedly, she meets Tanaka-kun again, but he now goes under the name of Mabuchi Kou. He tells her that he felt the same way as she did when they were younger, but that they cannot go back. Will Futaba be able to continue her love that never even started from three years ago?

5. Awayuki no Namida

Ritsuka, who likes to watch the snow as it falls, has an unrequited love for Fubuki, who lives with an older woman. Ritsuka and Fubuki fall in love, but Fubuki still has past debts toward the older woman, who was his dead brother's fiancee.

6. Bambi to Dhole

Yukimi is her real name but everyone calls her Bambi. She is the student discipline committee member who locks students out of the school if they're a minute late, but sneaks cigarette breaks on the roof. Lone wolf transfer student Tetsu Nagasawa hops the fence after she locks it and breaks her cigarette in half when he finds her on the roof, but he's a super nice guy to a mother and baby on the train. Bambi already has a boyfriend but will the wolf steal her heart?

7. Celeste Blue

Eishi is one of those popular guys that are smart, good looking, and is good at sports. However, he thinks people and "love" are bothersome and would rather not deal with either of them. When his teacher told him to help this girl, Uta, to study, he dreaded the idea of having to stick with such an annoying girl. Soon, though, his heart starts to lighten up towards her.

8. Datte, Kimi ga Warau kara

Let’s get into a time machine and return to that time. Where it was always fun and you were always laughing, to that time... "I only have three more months to live" Yui who just transferred to a new school in the countryside becomes Ryo’s classmate. Yui who is suffering from an illness has a "wish" that she can’t tell anyone, but Ryo wants to grant her that wish but… After death, reality hits Ryo and Yui. This is the story of the eternal promise that was made by the two of them.

9. Eien no Mae

Arisa has had a crush on classmate Nageki since the school festival, but has never spoken to him. Will she be able to strike up a conversation before they part ways at graduation?

10. Futari no Himitsu

Saijou Kiki is a model and child star and with the release of her new commercial her popularity skyrockets. At school, she harbors feelings for Takumi-kun... but somehow ends up kissing his friend Teppei?! And what's more, they've switched bodies due to some sort of old legend?!

11. Getsuyoubi Kara Kataomoi

Despite his one-sided love, a prince at school encouraged his crush to confess to her crush. But he also could not resist confessing to her. What will happen?

12. Hachimitsu ni Hatsukoi

Koharu and Nacchan are childhood friends which many of their friends thought they are a dating couple. Soon, after getting into senior high school, Koharu feels something different with Nacchan. While Koharu tries to figure out her feelings, Nacchan's already falling in love with someone else, the beautiful Saionji, but his love doesn't stop him from caring for Koharu. Does what Nacchan feel towards Saionji really be love? Why can't he let Koharu go on a blind date?

13. Hatsukoi Hakusho

A collection of one shots.

14. Hiren Trip

Miyu, an ordinary new first-year student who hopes to become a mangaka meets the schools’ class president who seems to have a hidden side to him. While being pushed around by the cool but private class president, the curtain on Miyu's stormy school life is raised.

15. Katakoi Triangle

Sekiya-san of the cultural library has an unrequited love for Yuuki-kun. The one who cares about Sekiya-san is the popular Kasai-kun, who is also Yuuki-kun's friend! And, what's this? Yuuki-kun is rooting for Kasai-kun?! It seems that everyone's feelings are one-sided... or are they?

16. Kimi ga Inakya Dame tte Itte

Nayu and Oumi are childhood friends. Without realizing it, Nayu finds she has fallen for Oumi over the years. However, just as she comes to terms with her feelings, Oumi reveals himself to be in love with the pretty Tsuzuki-san in his class. How will Nayu deal with such heartbreak?

17. Kimi o Omou Toki

What does it mean to love? Most of the time, I don't know... Falling in love with someone always ends up with a farewell. Encounters in which you can meet a kind man are very rare. For someone to tell me, "Momo-chan, I love you very much~ ♪" and to caress me with a smile... I don't understand the meaning of those things. Still, that kind of behavior gives me a warm feeling and makes my head spin.

18. Kimi to Kyun Koi, Shiyou

A collection of one shots.

19. Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai

The comedy starts when the cross-dressing begins! The Kobayashi twins, Mego and Mitsuru, were named after historical figures, but only Mego has grown up with a taste for history. So when Mitsuru is in danger of losing his weekends to extra history classes, he convinces his sister to swap clothes with him and ace his tests! After all, how hard can it be for them to play each other? But Mego can’t rely on just her book smarts in Mitsuru’s all-boys, delinquents’ paradise of a high school. And Mitsuru finds life as a high school girl to be much more complicated than he expected!

20. Koi dano Ai dano

After constantly transferring during middle school (Warau Kanoko-Sama), Naedoko has entered Takara No Tani High along with Tsubaki. Follow her adventures as she tries to restore the Newspaper Club's status without being noticed by the Broadcasting Club or Student Council...!

21. Koi ni Dokubari

Youthful, real love between a pure girl x sharp-tongued boy. ‘The boy I’ve had a long unrequited love for has found himself a girlfriend. On top of that, she’s my best friend. Even though I’m the one who met him and fell in love with him first. Why did he not choose me…?’ Heart-broken Aya meets Ryuu, an unpredictable, older boy. Aya gradually begins to be drawn to this sharp-tongued, but kind Ryuu. However, this love isn’t straightforward at all. “When you fall in love, you can’t keep being a ‘kind, good girl’.” Ryuu’s words pierce her heart, doesn’t disappear and is painful, but…?

22. Last Game

Yanagi is rich, smart, a girl-magnet, and always at the top of his class... well, until Kujou transferred in his primary school. She was quiet, plain, and poor, yet not once has she failed at beating Yanagi, both in academics and sports! Yanagi has made it his life goal to defeat her and thus, followed her from elementary until college over the past 10 years. Only when he decides to change the rules might he finally win. Here comes their last game!

23. Love so Life

Shiharu is a high-school student who loves kids, lives in an orphanage, and works at a daycare... Until the handsome uncle of two-year-old twins offers her a raise if she'll be their babysitter. Often relying on memories of her mother's actions for guidance, Shiharu quickly finds herself falling in love with her new makeshift family.

24. Mako to Aki-chan no Koigokoro

A collection of one shots.

25. Metallic Colors

The story of a stylish and gaudy girl who strives to win the heart of the boy she likes.

26. Nonchan to Watashi

Risa and Takumi are childhood friends, but due to a fight in the past, they stopped talking to each other. Now university students, Takumi is a famous playboy who goes out with a different girl every day, and Risa still regrets not having been able to apologize for what she did six years ago...

27. Orange

In the Spring she was 16, Takamiya Naho receives a strange, but detailed letter from herself, ten years in the future. At first she thinks the letter is a prank, but then the things written in the letter actually happen, including the new transfer student that sits next to her in class, Naruse Kakeru. The letter reads just like her diary entries, down to the same characters. It is not till two weeks later, when Kakeru shows back up at school, that Naho finishes the letter. In the letter, her 27-year-old self tells her 16-year-old self that her biggest regret is that Kakeru is no longer with them in the future, and asks her to watch him closely.

28. Propose no Okite

A high school girl becomes a wife?! And her husband is the worst man? Because she had to pay her family’s debt, she married! The husband is the son of a big Hotel company. The first time she saw him she said "You got a wife thanks to your money! You’re the worst!" "I maybe the worst", he said "but you’ll have to live all your life by my side…"

29. Saboten no Himitsu

Miku Yamada has a longtime crush on classmate Kyohei Fujioka. But no matter how many times she tries to show him how she feels, clueless Kyohei just doesn't get it. Frustrated, Miku gives up on him, only to have him start calling her "Cactus" for being prickly when he's around. Will Kyohei ever figure out Cactus's secret?

30. Shitsuren Biyoushitsu

A collection of one shots.

31. SP x Baby

A romantic comedy about a privileged man and his kickass female bodyguard. Tamaki Hasegawa misses an interview for a much-needed job in order to stop an assault on a man running for his life! The man—Kagetora Sugo, the prime minister’s nephew—then asks Tamaki to become his bodyguard. Tamaki isn’t sure she’s cut out to be a bodyguard, but Kagetora has another reason for wanting to hire her. Unbeknownst to her, they’ve met before…

32. Special A

Her whole life, Hikari Hanazono has been consumed with the desire to win against her school rival, Kei Takishima--at anything. He always comes out on top no matter what he does, and Hikari is determined to do whatever it takes to beat this guy!

33. Suki desu Suzuki-kun

Suzuki Hikaru, Hoshino Sayaka, Ito Chihiro and Suzuki Shinobu are all new students who have just entered the same middle school. Sayaka is a shy girl who secretly loves acting. Hikaru is an energetic boy who loves basketball. Incidentally, he shares the same last name with Shinobu, a popular rich boy who would be perfect if not for his rotten personality. Chihiro is Hikaru’s childhood friend and has long had a crush on him.

34. Wana Love - Wanna be the Honey Trap

Mayuko is a model. She's acting like a beauty in front of guys but in fact she's suffering of an unrequited love with the cameraman Nagumo...Will she reveal her true nature through his lens...?

35. Yoshiwara Hana Oboro

Hana is a normal teenager who goes to school normally, that is until she gets run over by a car... or did she? Suddenly, she finds herself in a weird place known as the "Red Light District"... in EDO PERIOD?! Trying to find a way to get back to her own time, she somehow gets mistaken for a prostitute and has to escape. Not expecting to be saved by a gentleman, she suddenly ends up in a geisha house.. but then she is bought by the same guy who helped her earlier?!

36. Yumemiru Taiyou

While loitering in the park, Shimana Kameko, who intended to run away from home and skipped school, meets a suspicious man in a kimono. This man, who had been locked out of his house, offers Shimana a place to stay. However, he requests she fulfill three conditions in exchange for her tenancy?!

#manga #shoujo recommendation #unrequited love #romance #ao haru ride #bambi to dhole #kobayashi ga kawai sugite tsurai #last game #love so life #orange #special a #suki desu suzuki kun #yumemiru taiyou #one shot #sherlock #shoujo manga #mangacap #mitsuki kako #wana love

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thatsaweirdwaytospellundead · 3 years

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Winter Troupe’s 7th Play: Hotel Compass 2/4

In a certain region, in a certain town lies Hotel Compass.

Established over one hundred years ago, the hotel sits far from popular tourist destinations and even the nearest train station. Unfortunately with its poor location, competing hotels have quickly snatched up many potential guests and this once grand hotel has begun to fall into disrepair.

The hotel has also been short staffed for quite some time, forcing the owner, Owari, and manager, Tsuzuki, to perform the majority of the maintenance and upkeep of the hotel. They spend each day tending to the needs of their few, but always eccentric guests.

Characters

Note: The theme of this play is “compass” with all the characters have direction-based names. I have included the character’s names in Kanji along with the double-meaning.

Azuma as Owari (尾張, sounds like “終わり, End”)

Guy as Tsuzuki (津々木, sounds like “続き,Continuation”)

Homare as Higashikawa (東川, East river)

Tasuku as Minami (三波, sounds like “南, South”)

Hisoka as Nishi (西, west)

Tsumugi as Kitami (北見, north view)

Due to the length of this play, I will be posting it in 4 parts.

[ Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 ]

Owari

What is it this time, Higashikawa?

Higashikawa

We have an emergency in room #302!

Hurry. come quick!

Owari

OH NO!

Tsuzuki

Looks like a flood...

Owari

Mr. Nishi!

Nishi

My apologies... I really had no idea this was going to happen.

The utilities here are so outdated I didn’t know how to properly use them.

Owari

.... My apologies for not explaining how they work.

Can we get Maeda from housekeeping up here?

Tsuzuki

He is currently out today for personal reasons.

Owari

... Alright then, I’ll leave it to you, Tsuzuki.

Tsuzuki

.... Understood.

Azuma

Please allow me to show you to a different room, Mr. Nishi. Follow me.

Owari and Tsuzuki rush to Nishi’s room after getting a call from Higashikawa. The guest from the future tells Owari that he was not familiar with how the utilities in the hotel worked and thus flooded the room. Owari quickly moves Nishi to another room.

Despite his initial shock, Owari apologies for not explaining how to use the utilities to his time traveling guest.

Higashikawa

May I have a moment, owner?

Owari

What is it?

Higashikawa

It’s about that Mr. Nishi...

Something about him seemed a bit.... off....

The way he holds himself, kinda makes me think he may also be in the hotel business. I get the feeling he could be a spy for one of our rivals.

Owari

What could anyone gain by spying on us?

Higashikawa

Well, I guess.... You’re right.

Without knowing, Nishi’s posture and way of carrying himself tips Higashikawa off that he could from a rival hotel.

Higashikawa tells Owari that Nishi seems to act and move like someone who works at a hotel and that he suspects the mysterious traveler of being a spy.

Despite brushing off Higashikawa’s concerns, claiming there was no reason anyone would spy on them, Owari decides to keep an eye on Nishi as well.

Minami

Hello....?

Ahh ahh, no, I’m on the verge of death...

No no, in a couple days, no, in two weeks..

I don’t think I will even have a pen with me...

No, there is no need to worry.

You don’t need to come over here.

I will definitely send it to you.

I promise.

Huh!? C-Can you see me?

W-Where are you watching me from....??

Kitami

....

Minami

C-Could it be..... No way...

Have you been there this whole time... ?

It’s no use!

THIS IS FINALLY THE END FOR ME!

Owari

MR. MINAMI!

Please refrain from trying to crush yourself under the sofa.

Minami

IT’S OVER!

The reaper will be coming for me soon.

Owari

Reaper...?

Minami

That man over there is my manager, Kuroda.

He is here to give me an ultimatum! He’s been watching me this whole time...!!

Owari

You mean that man over there...? He is a guest here at the hotel.

Minami

I know it’s him. Kuroda is a man who would do whatever it takes to get me to hand over a rough draft. He once climbed up the wall of my house to sneak inside. And he once pretended to be a delivery man so he could break into my house!!!

Owari

O-Oh, I see...

Minami

THIS IS THE END FOR ME! LET ME DIE!

Owari

P-Please hold on a moment!

I will make sure that Mr. Kuroda does not get to you, Mr. Minami, do not worry.

In the lobby, Minami talks with his editor on the phone. His editor demands that he hand over his rough draft for his latest work and tells him that he has been watching him from afar this whole time. Right after the conversation, the masked guest, Kitami, enters the scene. In a panic, Minami throws himself under a nearby sofa and attempts to crush himself before Owari steps in.

Minami tells Owari he suspects that Kitami is actually his editor in disguise. However, even after hearing Minami’s ramblings, Owari is still not convinced.

Minami continues to try and persuade the hotel owner, telling him that his editor is the type of person to go to extremes to get what he wants. He recalls a time when his editor even climbed up the side of his house to retrieve his latest draft. He is convinced that Kitami is his editor in disguise. Despite his own opinion, Owari promises Minami that he will keep Kitami away from him as long as he does not try and kill himself again.

It is from that point forward that Owari begins to pay close attention to Kitami. He watches the masked guest closely for any suspicious behavior or signs that he is trying to find Minami. Even without seeming to have a specific goal in mind, Owari causes quite a stir throughout the hotel around the employee entrances and exits.

Higashikawa

Owner!

Do you have a moment?

Owari

What is it?

Higashikawa

I knew it all along.

Mr. Nishi is a spy!

I saw him behind the front desk!

Owari

Behind the front desk?

Tsuzuki

And that is why we have brought him here to have a word with us, however his story is a bit....

Owari

I see, then I will listen as well.

Tsuzuki

Please do.

Owari

Our apologies to have kept you waiting.

Nishi

No no, I should be the one apologising.

I am the one who went behind the front desk without permission.

Owari

Why did you do that?

Nishi

.... Well you see....

I am also an employee at a hotel.

But please do not read this the wrong way.

I am from a hotel in the future so I am not from any of your rivals.

Owari

Hmmm....

Nishi

I am learning about the history of this hotel.

So I thought it would be a good idea to try and spend a night here.

I then booked my room and came here.

However me being me, I naturally felt the need to want to help out around here.

Owari

Well if that’s the case, we are currently accepting applications for guest relations--

Tsuzuki

But Owner...

Nishi

Well I am sorry to say, but I will only be here until tomorrow.

Owari

Oh, I see.

Nishi

I am sorry to cause you trouble. Would it be alright if I stay here the rest of the night?

Owari

You are welcome to do so.

Nishi

Thank you so much!

Tsuzuki

Are you sure about this, owner?

Owari

Of course, it will work out.

Minami

.... A hotel worker... from the future? That is..

I feel some inspiration coming on!

Whilst Owari is investigating Kitami, Higashikawa calls him to the lobby. Higashikawa tells Owari that he found Nishi behind the front desk and he is now fully convinced that Nishi is a spy. Owari and Tsuzuki meet in the lobby to hear what Nishi has to say.

Nishi tells the group that he works in a hotel in the future and that he is conducting research into the history of Hotel Compass. As part of his research, he came to spend a night at the hotel.

Nishi denies that he is a spy from a rival hotel and his story supports that claim. Despite Owari’s bewilderment at Nishi’s claims, he decides to accept his story and continue his stay at the hotel.

To be continued... Read part 3 here!

#a3 #エースリー #a3! translation #play:hotel compass #a3:guy #a3:azuma #c:play

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vapormaison · 4 years

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2019 Best Press 3/4: カタカナ・タイトル + Kanji Title by TANUKI

While for many vaporwave vinyl is doubtless equal parts collector’s item and audio source, I don’t want to lose sight of the goal of this blog here: developing a canon of the genre for high fidelity enjoyment. That said, when I come across something remarkable or noteworthy about a particular piece of wax, even if it is not a “purely audiophile” object, I want to make mention of it.

And TANUKI’s カタカナ・タイトル + Kanji Title wax release is not only noteworthy, but contends for hi-fi consideration despite it’s status as a picture disc.

But let’s back up slightly.

Going back to the previous thesis on why we buy records, sometimes you just want to own a vinyl just because. Just because you’re a collector trying to compile a discography on wax — or, better yet, just because you truly love the album art. For me, カタカナ・タイトル + Kanji Title (Double EP) was undoubtedly all of the three “just be-causes”.

A while back, I noticed that the LP was going into its 3rd press, and decided to snap up a copy because I like Tanuki, I like Lum, and because of those other just becauses. Unfortunately the only format available was not the pink vinyl, but the picture disc. As I’m sure is well-known (because audiophiles are very loud about things they dislike), picture-discs are a big no-no in the audiophile community. This is because while a beautiful objet d’art, a serious listening session of a picture disc release will usually produce greater amounts of surface noise than any other type of vinyl. You can, of course, with the right system, neutralize and mitigate this process slightly, but true-blue hi-fi heads pursuing that elusive muse of “pure sound” would never give a picture disc a second look.

I’m not one of those people.

Tangentially, I’ve heard whispers of ghosts of rumors from when I was living in Shenzen, China — that various record suppliers (small batch Makers) are working out manufacturing and material processes that minimize these issues on pic discs to create appealing records that cover all the bases: hi-fi suitability, collector oriented visual esoterica, and price. I should also admit I have no idea where those companies are in terms of R&D and/or producing these. I end up catching a lot of very fast talk from extremely motivated enthusiasts, but Chinese is still as elusive a language to me at times as “pure sound” can be. With that in mind, however, it’s logical to surmise that advances in technology will eventually render the differences between picture discs and traditional black wax undistinguishable. So long as the world isn’t destroyed in some cataclysmic climate disaster (very real possibility), or -- as we are watching evolve now: World War 3. My view is that it’d be pointless to dismiss the format out of hand when there are active attempts to innovate it as we speak.

That all said, I know what to expect when a contemporary, big-label picture disc plays. During my college days, I used to spin wax at the university radio station. One of the previous catalog managers had a fetish for this “collectible” format, and was convinced he was doing the station a favor by purchasing all these vinyls, noting a pre-supposed resale value later. I remember throwing these on the well-worn Technics SP-10 we had as our main turntable, and listening to the occasional scratch, frequent popping, and constant surface noise, that for the uninitiated (bless you), sounds like a sustained “cracking” in your Rice Krispies — or for those born in the analog age, CRTV static.

So when I sat down with the Tanuki picture disc, I had this laundry list of preconceptions and prejudices about the format. I thought that I could listen to a moderately scratchy record once or twice, keep it as more a visual boutique item and then eventually include in an article where I bemoan the poor quality of the genre’s releases.

But then, I actually listened.

And it sounded… well, I won’t get ahead of myself. Here’s the full review:

THE MUSIC

BABYBABYの夢 — is doubtless the reason why many of us have bought the EP from a sonic perspective —especially if the band-camp reviews are indicative of trends. I still maintain that this is the Mariya Takeuchi sample/remix work par excellence. Tanuki hits all the essential notes here, a genuine respect and love for the sound-staging of its original source, Yume No Tsuzuki. I still get echoes of the original arrangement in my system, (ever so slightly) with a bright and dance-infused collection of unique sounds — particularly in that delicious, wide mid-range — that flesh out the track into its own sort of masterpiece.

何がGoin' On — the curatorial and conspiratorial side of my brain tells me that Goin’ On will probably go down as one the under-appreciated vintage bangers of this era of future funk. I can envision hipsters two or three decades from now sussing out a neophyte with pretentious questions about this track’s pitch-shifted sample draws from. It has that sort of vibe that you know hits with a certain subset of electronica fans — rich & vibrant, making the tweeters on your system work out in all the best ways — it’s just great.

がんばれ — Tanuki is at his best when he gets playful with brass samples. I firmly believe that the titans in this genre each have their go-to piece in their best arrangement — like Dan Mason’s creative vocal array, or greyL’s manipulation of micro-samples. For Tanuki, it’s whenever her gets a horn — synthesized or otherwise, into his production workflow.

ファンクOFF — continues Tanuki’s magic act, taking another city pop track more iconic for its soulful electric guitar riff and turning it into the most slap-worthy single on this EP. I prefer it when Japanese pop samples are fundamentally re-imagined, although I can see how the perfectionist tweaking of someone like Yung Bae is more appealing for some. Tanuki is undoubtedly one of the innovators of this genre, and there’s no more solid evidence of that talent than this track.

腕の中でDancin’ — if I ended up hosting a sort of mythical vaporwave grammies or something like that, (I’m available, folks!) I would probably go off on a Ricky Gervais style rant on how artists aren’t in touch with “the people” (read: me) because all we really want are more remixes of Meiko Nakahara songs — who given her impact on City Pop should have way more play in this genre than she does. This one, like most of the Meiko mixes I’ve heard, is a banger with an absolute fire bass riff punctuated throughout.

Radiant Memories — this might be my first certified “hot take” in the publication (they’ll be many more, I imagine) — but as far as I’m concerned this is the superior Plastic Love edit. I’ll just leave my thoughts there, so they can soak in with a portion of the fanbase who split my reddit account on an open fire of downvotes for suggesting that other artists than Macross 82-99 (Praise be upon him!) are allowed to touch this song as well. While Macross’s mix is definitely the more up-temo of the two, and that for some is the very essence of the genre, this slightly down-mixed version is both the perfect conclusion for the EP and ideal antithesis.

THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE

Signal to Raise ratio on the following albums:

カタカナ・タイトル + Kanji Title: ~61.9db (1 db MoE)

Tron Legacy, Daft Punk: 58.4db

Love Trip, Takako Mamiya, Kitty Records Press: 65.8db

(ratings based on averages 5 minutes of sustained play on the testing unit, the machine actually complied this data on its preset, which is another fascinating part about this sort of vintage press-testing tech). The margin of error is because the machine, according to my mentor Dr. Juuso Ottala formerly of Harman International, informs me it was never meant to give accurate readings of picture discs, and to add about a dB of error margin.

One of the benefits of growing up in New England and, subsequently, New York, is that there are no shortage of heritage professional audio brand HQs in operation around a 200 mile radius from Manhattan to Boston. Off the top of my head, there’s Harman/Kardon, Boston Acoustics, Bose, NuMark, Marantz, and Rane headquarters within an hour’s drive from my two hometowns. Early on in my audiophile quest, I got my hands on some cool vintage gear — vinyl lathe testing equipment that has collected dust in both an old Harman technician’s storage unit, and now my parent’s basement. Over the holiday, I recently brought it out to do some surface noise testing on it to get a rough confirmation of what I was explaining in yesterday’s hi-fi guide. The innards of the machine looks eerily like a plinth-less linear tonearm and plate pair attached to a monitor. After making sure I’m not violating some kind of Harman International trade secret, I’ll post it on instagram.

Wanting to also get a firm idea on just how good my ear-test sounded, I grabbed another picture disc vinyl I had received as a gift a few years ago from my brother — the Tron Legacy OST. While I found the film passably enjoyable, my own preconceptions about pic discs, and a general exhaustion with french house — left me with no discernible desire to spin the thing. I hadn’t even broken the seal on the plastic wrap, so it seemed like as good as a blind test as any. I also grabbed what my ears tell me is a “good”, “heavy” press, a 1982 original dead-stock copy of Takako Mamiya’s Love Trip LP pressed by Kitty Records Japan. I’ve played it maybe a half dozen times since I bought it, so it’s as close to “new” 80s audiophile pop record as you can get. The Japanese are infamously anal about low SNR on their vinyl.

And, well, the results speak for themselves. The sweet spot for most black vinyl records is between 60-70db depending on age, weight, and a host of other frankly uncontrollable factors that aren’t worth getting into detail here, as I’d go on forever. The main takeaway here is that Neoncity’s and Tanuki’s record sat at the low end of the audiophile vinyl reference spectrum. Which in itself is a remarkable achievement for a pic disc. It’s worth taking a look at Tron Legacy, which just barely scratches 8db above a cassette tape, and 7db a Japanese vinyl from 1982.

This is all in an effort to say: damn, this is pretty good.

This also somewhat counters the usual “picture discs sound like shit” narrative that’s prevailed pretty consistently in the audiophile community. Tron Legacy? Yeah, that probably sounds like shit if I could bother to suffer through a listen. But whoever Hong-Kong based Neoncity is using actually makes “good” — if such a qualifier needs to be attached — image-pressed records. And that devotion to audio fidelity should be rewarded.

It might be time for me to re-asses picture discs on the whole, and that mind-expanding moment is something I owe to the fine folks at Neoncity.

#bestof2019 #bestpress

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baronvonriktenstein · 5 years

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@lepetiterik

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“Any questions about my AUs I can make up answers to on the spot?”

PLEASE tell be both of those AUs because they sound amazing. Like I need it

I can give you little things I may or may not have mentioned on here before (the Hide+Gojyo one was so long ago, I really can’t remember) but if you wanted to know some little specifics I can work with it lol. What follows are some kinda… messy vague rundowns on what I would think about.

Shinigami Kanan AU is… simply a Yami no Matsuei crossover (Except ignoring the fact that the YnM cast would be stationed in Japan and not fucking Shangri-la/China)

As for which Universe it’s set in… depends on my universe but here it is. It stems from me thinking it’d be funny if Hakkai dated a Shinigami because they couldn’t die on him and then—– So post death, Kanan realizes she’s like super fucked up with remorse and/or other things tying her to the mortal world, and is approached with an opportunity to be a Shinigami. It’s fairly mundane, though. It’s just like… a job. But she makes friends with the other Shinigami (bonding with Tsuzuki Asato over sins of the past, and an inability to cook, …there’s more to it than that but if you’re not familiar with YnM I won’t bother going into it). The real deal is that, of course, she’s not really supposed to interact with people she knew while alive. Because there would be questions.

At some point, though it’d just be super interesting if she and her partner/team while on a Shinigami case just happened to cross paths with the Sanzo party. I haven’t thought that much about what happens at this point, except Sanzo probably knows Shinigami exist so… like, whatever. Kanan’s still not allowed to just… do what she wants, with the living… but I mean she and Hakkai would absolutely have to just have… a long and deep discussion and idk… something. Haha~~~

As for the Hide + Gojyo being childhood friends bit, Kaneki doesn’t exist in this AU because IDK Hide just really seems like the type of guy to really zero in on one friend who needs him and like… not get that extremely close to other people. (Though he’d have other friends but…) I drew an art on this one once..

Gojyo’s a lonely kid who’s only got his older brother to look out for him (of course). Hide’s some obnoxious kid that moved into town and approached him out of nowhere. There’s an age difference of at least two but no more than four years because I feel like it (A younger kid looking out for an older kid is cute? idk).

Hide, little insightful thing that he is, picks up on rumors and bruises and Gojyo’s general reaction to things. He also decides it’s his job to make this older kid happy! He invites him to sleepovers and stuff. I also like the idea of him uhhhhh being a little shit to snooty adults in town, but being so cute about it they don’t notice. But that’s just me. Jien likes him though, that much I got.

Gojyo ends up running away or being taken from his home when he’s about 12 and he doesn’t meet Hide again until like 8-10 years later. They reconnect kinda easily. As an aside, Hakkai’s fond of Hide because he’s thankful to him for looking out for Gojyo all those years ago~~~

This is very, very self-indulgent.

#lepetiterik #Saiyuki #sorry if you saw this last night already but i notticed things not showing up in tags...#even though there's no /external/ links #Baron's AUs #other stuff #crossovers #baron ragoon #i'm kind of embarrassed #these are AUs i'd like to build on but i'm bad at sticking to something and worldbuilding #these are things i'm open to spitballing for #lol

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atda-xperimental · 5 years

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Subjective Photography 190216-04 “ 町田駅周辺 Machida Station Around “ Tokyo Japan 2019 Akeo Tsuzuki.

#subjectivephotography #photo #streetphotography #Tokyo #machida #ricohgr

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recentanimenews · 2 years

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Voice Actor Shunichi Toki Gets Groovy in New Music Video "Good For"

The official YouTube channel for voice actor Shunichi Toki, best known as Kei Tsuzuki (The Idolm@ster SideM) and Glenn Leitbeit (Monster Girl Doctor), has started streaming a short version music video for "Good For," the lead track from his first full album of the same name to be released on May 18. The video has a retro quality reminiscent of old television, showing Toki taking over a TV station in a live scene with backing musicians.

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While working as a popular anime voice actor since 2013, he made his solo singer debut from Pony Canyon with his first single "Yakusoku no Overture" (Midnight Occult Civil Servants ED theme) in May 2019. The album "Good For" includes his first two single songs, "Yakusoku no Overture" and "Magokoro ni Kanade" (rearranged version / Taisho Otome Fairy Tale ED theme), as well as newly-recorded songs.

"Good For" first press limited edition:

Regular edition:

Canime edition:

"Yakusoku no Overture" short MV:

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"Magokoro ni Kanade" full MV:

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RELATED:Voice Actor Shunichi Toki Launces His Official YouTube Channel for Singer Activities

Source: Shunichi Toki official artist YouTube channel

By: Mikikazu Komatsu

#Anime #News #Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

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iida-photo · 6 years

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2018/04/19 横浜市都筑区茅ケ崎中央 * * _____________________________________________________________ #photo #photography #landscape #cityscape #instagood #instadiary #instalike #tflers #chigasaki #tsuzuki #yokohama #kanagawa #japan #茅ケ崎 #都筑区 #横浜市 #神奈川 _____________________________________________________________ (Center-Minami Station)

#instagood #tsuzuki #japan #instalike #instadiary #yokohama #kanagawa #landscape #photo #tflers #photography #神奈川 #chigasaki #茅ケ崎 #都筑区 #横浜市 #cityscape

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chiinoiserie · 7 years

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花と水飴、最終電車 [Hana to Mizuame, Saishuu Densha] Flowers and Syrup, The Last Train

Lyrics/Composition/Arrangement: n-buna Song: Hatsune Miku

From n-bunaさん’s album of the same name

晴れた雲を見ていた　昨日夜空に重ねた青を Hareta kumo wo miteita kinou yozora ni kasaneta ao wo I saw the clearing of clouds, blue piled up on yesterday’s night sky

浅く影に隠れた　君の描いた空が消えない Asaku kage ni kakureta kimi no egaita sora ga kienai Shallowly hidden in shadows, the sky you drew did not disappear

忘れたら君はいなくなるから　揺らいだ昨日を思い出せ wasuretara kimi wa inaku naru kara yuraida kinou wo omoidase If I forget because you’re gone, remember the wavering yesterday

あの夏にいつか届いたのなら　昨日に遠い　遠い花束 ano natsu ni itsuka todoita no nara kinou ni tooi tooi hanataba If that summer arrives someday, a far, far away bouquet from yesterday

落ちた花を見ていた　駅の傍クチナシの咲く ochita hana wo miteita eki no katawara kuchinashi no saku I saw flowers that fell beside the train station gardenias in bloom

海の底を歩いた　木漏れ日だけの浮かぶどこかで umi no soko wo aruita komorebi dake no ukabu doko ka de Only the filtered sunlight walked at the bottom of the ocean, floating to somewhere

夏の瀬に光る淡い火を見た　白んで浅い浅い夜 natsu no se ni hikaru awai hi wo mita shiran de asai asai yoru I can see the light of a faint fire in the summer’s shallows, a white and superficial night

あの夏に君が笑っているだけ　笑っているだけ ano natsu ni kimi ga waratteiru dake waratteiru dake That summer where you were just smiling, just smiling

忘れたら君を思い出すから　揺らいで青い青い空 wasuretara kimi wo omoidasu kara yurai de aoi aoi sora If I forget, I will remember you, the quivering blue, blue sky

あの夏にいつか届いたのなら　昨日に淡い花束を ano natsu ni itsuka todoita no nara kinou ni awai hanataba wo If that summer arrives someday, from yesterday, a faint bouquet

忘れても wasuretemo Even if I forget…

この話はこれで終わりだ　結局君を忘れないまま kono hanashi wa kore de owari da kekkyoku kimi wo wasurenai ma ma This is where this story ends, eventually I will not forget you

少しずつ大人になっていく　夏が終わるみたいに sukoshi zutsu otona ni natte iku　natsu ga owaru mitai ni Little by little I’m becoming an adult, it seems like summer is ending

一枚の花の絵を描いた ichimai no hana no e wo kaita I painted a picture of one flower

そんなこの話の続きは　きっときっと僕にしかわからない sonna kono hanashi no tsuzuki wa kitto kitto boku ni shika wakaranai The continuation of this story, surely, surely only I don’t understand

僕だけしか知らない boku dake shika shiranai Only I do not know

#花と水飴、最終電車 #n-buna #ナブナ #Hana to Mizuame Saishuu Densha #vocaloid #chii translates

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bonguri · 1 month

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20240413 Tenhama Line 4 by Bong Grit Via Flickr: 少し移動して都筑駅。いい感じの古さです。 @Tsuzuki station, Hamana ward, Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka pref. （静岡県浜松市浜名区都筑駅）

#Station building #Tsuzuki station #Tenhama Line #Tenryu Hamanako Railroad #Tenryu Hamanako line #Lake Hamana Cycling Road #Hama-Ichi #Mikkabi #Mikkabi area #Inasa #Hamana ward #Hamamatsu #Shizuoka #Japan #RICOH #RICOH GR3 #flickr

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townscope · 4 years

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Tsuzuki-Fureai-no-Oka Station

Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line

Yokohama City 横浜市

Kanagawa Pref 神奈川県

#yokohama #kanagawa #Yokohama Subway Green Line

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nherizu · 7 years

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OMG yes, we are NOT dead! We just, er, take our time to release new stuff. But man, I missed this, hahaha. How are you, guys? I hope you enjoy our newest release, a continuation of the manga we released a year ago. (Lol, I know, it's been SO long, isn't it?). But on the bright side, we've finished scanlating all the chapters. So look forward to the next chapter, kay? xD

*This was released a few days prior for our donors, and now is already open for public.

*The scans are in high quality, unlike the preview here on tumblr. Enjoy the HQ release by downloading it at our website.

Title: Koi no Tsuzuki ni Hitsuyou Nano wa, chapter #2 Mangaka: Matsumoto Azusa Rating: PG Language: English Status: On Going Summary: Aki tries to find the guy who helped him at the station three days ago. The only clues he has are the showy blond hair, the school uniform, and the weird stuffed toy. Download at http://dear-marionette.info/

#shounen ai #boys love #manga #scanlation #yaoi

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thatsaweirdwaytospellundead · 3 years

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Winter Troupe’s 7th Play: Hotel Compass 4/ 4

In a certain region, in a certain town lies Hotel Compass.

Characters

Note: The theme of this play is “compass” with all the characters have direction-based names. I have included the character’s names in Kanji along with the double-meaning.

Azuma as Owari (尾張, sounds like “終わり, End”)

Guy as Tsuzuki (津々木, sounds like “続き,Continuation”)

Homare as Higashikawa (東川, East river)

Tasuku as Minami (三波, sounds like “南, South”)

Hisoka as Nishi (西, west)

Tsumugi as Kitami (北見, north view)

Due to the length of this play, I will be posting it in 4 parts.

[ Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 ]

Owari

Are you really going to give yourself in?

Tsuzuki

Yes.

I am sorry for causing any trouble. My deepest apologies.

Owari

Don’t worry about it.... So why did you do it?

Tsuzuki

It was over something petty.

I was foolish.

It was during the time when I was taking care of my parents. I wasn’t able to work, so I was pretty low on funds. Shimoi tried to rob me of everything I had.

It wasn’t a lot, but when I tried to get him to give the money back, we got into a physical altercation.

I was able to escape, however in the end I could not be there before my parents passed.

Owari

I see..

Tsuzuki

....So I decided I first needed a place to hide, which is why I chose to come to this far removed hotel.

However over time, working alongside you and being with the other guests, I have become comfortable here and I would like to stay here forever.

But I have already made my decision....

It will remain just a dream...

Owari

This is a hotel that welcomes lost travelers..

And a place where those who come can recharge and get back on their feet.

We really owe a lot to you.

Once you have finished your time, we would love to have you back.

Tsuzuki

--- Thank you so much.

Minami

Thank you so much for letting me stay here so long.

Owari

Thank you so much for staying here.

Minami

Next time I will come here for a peaceful holiday.

Owari

We look forward to it.

Take care, we hope to see you again.

Owari

Thank you so much for staying here.

Nishi

And thanks to you too. Thank you so much for everything.

Owari

Take care, we hope to see you again.

Nishi

See you later, Grandpa Hii-hii~

Owari

HUH??

Higashikawa

Now that I think about it, Mr. Nishi kinda looks like you, Owner.

Owari

--- You don’t say.

Yes, hello? You have reached Hotel Compass. Yes, a reservation, alright.

END STORY

#a3 #エースリー #a3! translation #play:hotel compass #c:play #a3:guy #a3:azuma

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mangaredditdotcom · 4 years

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Koi No Tsuzuki Ni Hitsuyou Nano Wa.

Alternative: 恋のつづきに必要なのは、 ; Koi no Tsuzuki ni Hitsuyou na no wa

Description : Aki tries to find the guy who helped him at the station three days ago. the only clues he has are the showy blond hair, the school uniform, and the weird stuffed toy. from Dear Marionette #MangaReddit.com, #ReadFreeMangaOnline Read Free Manga Online at MangaReddit.com: https://mangareddit.com/p/koi-no-tsuzuki-ni-hitsuyou-nano-wa_1584431107.html