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Imagine this
How Do You Sleep that
Have you considered the most interesting song on the Imagine album may be How?
George was right. The song deserves attention.
Tumblr search is zero help on this song because it only picks up How Do You Sleep. But has anyone ever written about it?
Given John’s “How? + Why?” response to Paul’s 12-page letter about dissolving the partnership, I think it’s worth looking at. That exchange is sometime in summer 1970.
Song Origins
The earliest version of How? is a home demo dated as late 1970. This demo only has the “we” part of the song:
How can we go forward
When we don’t know which way we're facing?
How can we go forward
When we don’t know which way to turn?
How can we be certain
About something we’re not sure of?
Oh, no, oh, no
In the final version, this part is the end of the song (the bolded words change slightly). This ending is a shift from the personal “I” used in the rest of the song. So he started with “we” in 1970 and then evolved it into more self-directed reflection over time.
The demo is very rough, he's still searching for the notes. But something about it made me think of Look At Me, which has a similar plaintive tone and features several existential questions to the listener (Who am I supposed to be? and Who are we?). Look at Me originates from India and has an earlier 1968 demo that captures a glimpse of John’s state of mind during this crucial time. The How? demo would be recorded around the same time John is revisiting Look At Me to record formally for the Plastic Ono Band album.
The added self-reflection verses continue the same format of existential questions, moving from feelings to love. It's a blatantly honest look at depression in the wake of a loss, which I think George would have noticed and in some sense seen himself in. It's unclear when these verses are added (John just says “last year” in 1971 for all the verses), but they are probably influenced by John's experience of undergoing Janov's primal scream therapy (April-September 1970?). Possibly the questions left unanswered at the end of those 6 months.
How can I have feeling when I don't know if it's a feeling?
How can I give love when I don't know what it is I'm giving?
All three verses include the idea of uncertainty (I don’t know), which could be its own essay on existentialism vs epistemology in the face of a destabilizing event. But for now, let’s focus on the emotional aspect. Here, two places ascribe blame to drive his uncertainty: his feelings have always been denied and love is something he never had. This seems to go a bit far, but remember depression is a liar and part of Janov's therapy was probably that John’s closest relationships had all been a lie.
John adds the middle eight during Imagine sessions. It balances the bleakness of depression with the will to live:
You know life can be long
And you got to be so strong
And the world is so tough
Sometimes I feel I've had enough
This middle eight repeats twice, and each time, the end fuses to the first word of the questioning verses, without the typical space of a few beats in between. This lack of space suggests a relationship, as if the questions are part of the fight to keep him going past the bleakness of feeling like giving up.
Its first recording is May 26, 1971, nine days after Ram is released. Take 31 and Take 40 (Raw Studio Mix) were released on the Ultimate release of the album but aren't too different from the final lyrics/melody wise.
Supposedly, another version of How? includes a question about home: “how can I go home when home is something I have never had” and it’s not clear which lines replace it. Perhaps “how can I give love when I don’t know what it is I’m giving?” Questions of home would be a result of Janov’s primal scream digging into his childhood and bringing forth old wounds. But in the absence of a physical home, it’s the people around you who become your home. This home line makes me think of that Get Back sessions moment, when John shares with Paul his excitement about getting Apple Studio functional and feeling like home. It's a picture of feelings being denied in action as Paul responds by changing the subject. For whatever reason, this home line gets cut by Take 31.
The placement of How? in the album tracklist is curious too, directly after the angry Paul-directed How Do You Sleep. Its title holds the same question but none of the anger. It’s like an echo of How Do You Sleep, informing the source of its anger and revealing what it masks: fear and indecision about the future.
Song Context
It’s interesting to place this song next to Ram, where the overwhelming theme is the exact opposite: grab life by the horns and move forward to find your own way. Ram sessions started in NYC in October 1970, around the same time as the How? demo. Each song, from Too Many People to Back Seat, reveals Paul’s mental exercise of extricating himself from his former life and moving on with his family in Scotland. Personally and professionally, Paul is building a new home away from John.
The final version of How? is produced more in the vein of The Long and Winding Road, the song at the nexus of the breakup. Its beginning is marked by the same distinct stop-start syncopated beat and the instrumentation builds across the song to make a bleak song more palatable. If Paul didn’t turn off the record the moment he heard John’s diss track, he would have almost certainly picked up How?’s link to TL&WR. That song being his own plaintive moment of fearing the future, considering life without the band that was his world. And the last straw when Spector remixed it without his approval.
In his April 1971 LIFE interview that precedes the Ram release, Paul shares a recent exchange between him and John. John recalls the infamous “bubble bursting” question, and Paul corrects him in the past tense: the bubble has already burst. This is one of several exchanges where Paul’s saying catch up, it’s done, let me go and John’s saying what does that even mean?!
Hearing Paul’s declaration of independence on Ram made John angry. He calls How Do You Sleep “an outburst” in response to Ram and not reflective of how he thinks of Paul all the time. But Ram also gave him a direction forward that McCartney did not. If John thought the album had messages to taunt him, he almost certainly heard the taunt in Monkberry Moon Delight:
Catch up!
Cats and kittens
Don’t get left behind
I don’t know about you, but hearing that taunt from my ex-partner/BFF/lover/whatever would certainly make me angry, hot enough to ignite my competitive streak and get to work.
It reminds me of the moment Fred Seaman recalls in 1980, when John hears Paul's Coming Up:
John told me that Paul was the only musician who could scare him into writing great songs, and vice versa.
Imagine is hardly my favorite John solo album. I'm not about to dismiss the terrible things John said about Paul or Ram or forget how the bad press buried the album for years. But I think in focusing on the anger, we can miss the simple fact that Ram inspiring John to write anything was actually the biggest compliment he could give. Sometimes, anger is the only fuel available to drive you forward, where anything is preferable to nothing. It’s not ideal or fair, and it’s up to you to pick up the mess of your storm later, but it’s something. Like a basic survival instinct kicking in in the midst of drowning. Any fight that pushing you back to the surface is preferable over laying down and dying.
In that way, I think John was being honest when he later admitted that How Do You Sleep was about himself. Not in the exact lines specific to Paul but in the action, to write (or accept), record, and release them. How? as an echo to this anger shows the before and after, how John used Paul as a punching bag in response. That action was all about John himself.
#song wars#john and paul#diss track#how do you sleep#and its plaintive echo#how?#i know that tags gonna be useless so#how#the breakup#1971#1970#jp letters#imagine album#my text#john solo era#tumblr ate my edits boo#this new editor is the pits#idk where i was going with this#im not satisfied with it but its been in my drafts all week so posting just to keep track of it#they really just misunderstood what game they were playing i think was my point#idk if either really wanted to play each others game and yet its all they know and in the indecision its the default they turn to#john responds to HDYS criticism initially like if pauls angry i’ll know and then a month later he’s panicking bc all he’s heard is silence
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Dear Father Hexmas…
#belzebubs#trve kvlt#black metal#jp ahonen#chrono#webcomics#comic#kids#band life#hexmas#christmas#xmas#letter#penpals
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JP's Memories and Bond Art
#That fucked up JP is gonna be my icon for everything now kcjdjc#Street Fighter#JP Street Fighter#Johan Petrovic#Johann Petrovich#I am adding those letter back god dammit
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Man. Mashiro's letter.
It's okay. It's okay if you stop being a Precure, it's okay if you stop fighting. Just rest at home. I want you to feel better.
Like, of course narratively, and character-wise, Sora would bounce back. Of course she would. We know she would. But Mashiro accepting Sora's decision regardless, Mashiro saying, essentially: it's okay to stop, what matters is your well-being....
I'll admit, I teared up at that.
#precure#hirogaru sky precure#cure sky#cure prism#episodes that hit harder because i'm going through something similar i guess#the letter is paraphrased bcs the subs aren't out yet on the site im using. my jp's decent enough to get the gist of it
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Oh oh! Hornton hey!
Remember those little tsums of Sebek and Lilia that visited? (Lilia's tsum coming only for jp servers for now wah)
Next time the little beans visit, I highly suggest you make them sneeze :3 especially if Lilia's lil tsum comes back~
I have no idea why you may suggest this, but since you are almost always right, I will do as you say. We'll see where that takes me.
#ooc: why can't i read japanese i wanna read the jp events and chapters firsthand 😭😭😭😭#malleus draconia#twisted wonderland#twst roleplay#twst rp#malleus draconia rp#malleus's letters#blind0raven
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Pokeddexy 2024 | Day 22 - Eeveelution (Espeon)
"Worried that you'll get a low score on your next exam? Anxious that your love life is not working out? Well look no further than Elfie the Psychic! With her trusty crystal ball, she can see years into the future! So don't hesitate to call xxxx-xxx-xxxx or go to ▉▉▉▉▉! It will only be 1000 Pokedollars to hear about your future!"
-An advertisement from approximately 20 years ago, the validity of this fortune teller is unknown, and her whereabouts has not been known since 5 years ago, after her small shop in Johto closed.
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If Taka (the H!Typhlosion from day 20) is the 1800s conman, than ig she can be the 2000s conwoman. She can definitely do fortune-telling, it's just that any "future" further than 1 week is just her bluffing, lol.
#got so lazy at naming I just took Effie (Espeon's jp name) and swapped out 1 letter lol#pokemon#pokemon fanart#fanart#pokemon gijinka#pokémon#pokeddexy#art#pkg pokeddexy#ally's ocs#Elfie the Espeon
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it’s amazing that you came up with an english equivalent that was both 30 characters and makes sense
Viva la Candlejack for coming in clutch for Ch137′s translation and that one panel in particular!
(and yes the original also asked for 30 characters)
#mod grolia#mod candlejack#candlejack answers#ask#anonymous#the difference is that the JP only counted the letters themselves whereas we had the Eng include punctuation/spaces for convenience#as CJ notes it's easier for JP to carry a lot of content in a limited number of characters compared to English#the English is more simplified but basically conveys the same thing as the original JP
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Hey i want to point out something here. (if you don't mind! ) but Walt Disney was very interested by Alice Wonderland book, he made a series (Alice's Comedies) who was his "first" work (even he made 5 little short before...) and a point he created his company (which is celebrating 100 years right now! Coincidence? ) which they are two characters (a little creature and Alice) who looks like Grim and Yuu, more later, he wanted to create an Alice movie instead of Snow White movie! ( https://lostmediawiki.com/Alice_in_Wonderland_(partially_lost_original_draft_of_Disney_animated_film;_1939 ) it was dark and at the end of the movie, alice is carried away by one of the executioners with the red queen who wanted to cut off his head ( https://lostmediawiki.com/File:Off_With_Her_Head.jpg ), so they scrapped and put back later in 1951 with new ideas, Walt disney wanted on one of his interviews to be the white knight. (which parallel with Lewis Caroll role in the book.), but scrapped that idea. ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Knight_(Through_the_Looking-Glass) ), Also Disney thinking his movie was not perfect to his idea, so i defenitevely think Yana wanted to pay homage not only with Lewis works but to Walt Disney works. And that's super interesting! And definitely think the character of Phantom Blot can play an interesting role... (since he's twisted from Walt Disney.) and they defetively put tons of details in his presence in the game. Like the lonesome ghosts was based on the comic "the seven ghosts" in reality. ( https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/The_Seven_Ghosts ), who was created by Floyd Gottfredson, the same creator of Phantom Blot, so well, is Ramshackle based of Phantom Blot? Probably...Especially since these ghosts on twst have the same outfit as Crowley's. Uhm...
Hello anon! Sorry it took me for a while to reply your message because you just gave me information I didn't know and I need to arrange my thoughts to answer your message properly, because I think you might have solved one mystery of Twisted Wonderland!
I didn't pay attention to Disney's side of Alice in Wonderland because all twst analysis and theory that I did previously are only based on Lewis Carroll's work. What you pointed out anon, it all makes sense now why Ramshackle dorm, the dorm that I suspect to be the dorm of Through the Looking Glass is older than Pomefiore but somehow also forgotten. It's because Alice Wonderland was supposed to be Disney's first movie and was actually the starting point of Disney company, even it's already there far before Snow White or even Mickey.
I get it why Disney was so obsessed with Alice in Wonderland that it became his first work out of all and revived the discarded idea of making a movie of it back after the enormous success of Snow White. As someone who love Carroll's Alice in Wonderland series and know some answer to the riddles in it, I want to say there's a reason why Alice in Wonderland (and it's prequel Through the Looking Glass) is one of the greatest books of all time in the world. For those who doesn't know, it's just a children book full of nonsense but for those who knows the secret behind it and at least managed to solve some of the riddle, they'll know that Alice in Wonderland is like a time capsule keeping a lot of secret information behind it, unscathed by time. From math, to mythology, to alchemy, to theology, even culture at that time, everything is there as the logic behind it that built nonsense called Alice in Wonderland itself.
I suppose in the past Disney tried to replicate what Carroll did and revived it as a movie but although it was one of his successfull movie, the critics and even Disney himself was not satisfied by it. It's because Disney himself said the "Alice in Wonderland" that he made doesn't have a heart at all. Even decades after he died, when live action Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass was made, it wasn't even as satisfying in the eyes of critics even though the graphics was admittedly incredible.
We can say that all this time, Disney's versions of Alice in Wonderland are all a failure because even though it's good, it's still not good enough to do Lewis Carroll's work justice. So when there's a rumor saying "Twisted Wonderland was supposed to be released for celebrating the birthday of Disney company" and from what you said anon, if it's true then that's very sweet of Disney JP to pay tribute to both Lewis Carroll and Walt Disney and even tried to fullfil Walt Disney's lifetime wish that was failed to become reality. This is the best gift Disney JP could give to its founder and they did a right choice hiring Yana as she did her job really well of doing Lewis Carroll's work justice in my opinion by re-creating Wonderland of her own version, a world full of wonder that would make us question what's going to happen next after we read the story accompanied with beautiful graphics. She did what the predecessor of Alice in Wonderland couldn't do, and in my eyes, that's very incredible.
And lastly it's just my opinion, but you said "the lonesome ghost was based on the comic 'The Seven Ghosts' " but somehow I just have a feeling that 'The Seven Ghosts' might actually the main inspiration/concept of the seven dorm leaders who are overbloting since the ink monster behind them is called "Phantom". I don't know how to explain, but as we know a character in twst can be a combination of two or more of Disney character in a concept (like Idia for example, who is the combination of Hades and Megara), we can't dismiss the posibility that Yana used The Seven Ghosts as one of the concept for overblot.
Anyways, thank you for your ask anon! I'm really grateful you let me know because I've learned so much from you things that I didn't know!
And Happy 3rd Anniversary twst JP! 🎉🎊
#twisted wonderland#twst thoughts#twst theory#twst theories#letter from ayu#twst yuu#twst grim#twst#Happy 3rd anniversary twst JP🎉
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god beating up jack stans (they are born to suffer) (his valentines letter is always one of the last ones to be found/posted) (some are still trying to decipher what his letter says because it's too blurred)
#also i saw a tweet from a jp person saying theres an issue with some of the letters#like some ppl ordered jack's mirror but it came with ruggies letter instead? 😭#me and the other 10 jack howl stans when we want to have nice things (theywont let us)
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at church reading the hymn lyrics like "hey i learned that word from genshin!" and "hey i learned that word from genshin!" and "hey i learned that word from translating song lyrics so that i could write genshin fic!" and "hey i learned that word from genshin!" and finally "omg i learned that word from the king's avatar"
#花話#it's funny bc i Objectively know more cn than the last time i was here seven years ago which is great#bc the last time i learned any cn in a classroom was seven years ago lol#and i think that's probably a combination of Very Much Not Wanting To Lose What Skills I Have +gnshn n similar giving me occasional practice#but yeah of the words i Remember where i learned them it's like 85% gnshn 14% lyric translation n 1% king's avatar lmao#been trying to connect my laptop to the mobile hotspot i have here and Suffering(tm)... pain and agonie#i mentioned this on main but apparently i just Cannot have a line acct for w/e reason#(i suspect it's bc i made an acct in america on my phone number but temp sim card --> diff phone number here)#(and since i didn't expect this i didn't tie the acct to an email --> i am unable to have line)#however my mother and i have graduated past emails and are now just using regular texting to communicate it seems#ANYWAY i get to see the jade cabbage today. i hope. and other things i also hope!!#i was going somewhere w/the line thing OH it's bc on the way home from church my mom saw a sign that said 元氣 and was like 'genki desu!'#it is always kind of a surprise to hear my mom speak jp bc it sounds simultaneously clumsy and full of confidence#she has friends in japan (college roommate + old pen pal + i have no idea she's lived Quite a life i feel) n i once found her old letters#and was kind of surprised bc they were like entirely in jp so obviously she could read n understand a lot#but anyway my mom went on to talk abt how taiwan continues to have significant japanese influence to this day n i was like yes... weebs c':#it's also interesting bc we'll go sightseeing n she'll be like “ye that's from american/jp occupation times but they gave back the land'#'so now it's xyz' n i'll be like. almost 'tails.jpg A Colonialism.'
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Rollo Flamme is autistic. I had a suspicions about it but after reading his vignette I heard a voice in my head confirming it. God has told me the truth and I must spread the word
He would also be ok with Batman, if he's not his most favoured hero. Oh and he also probably has PTSD and depression. Thanks for coming to my ted talk
#twisted wonderland#rollo flamme#twst#okay hear me out#jp spoilers#spoilers of Rollo's vignette❗❗❗#This mf keeps count of each grape he eats. 16. No more. No less.#they could have just generalized and say he eats a bunch of grapes but no. he SPECIFIES how many he eats#+ 2 croissants and a coffee with milk. That's his lunch every single day#(very implied or canon) he always goes to the same store. to buy the same envelope and letter paper < that's canon#he goes through a schedule and he's comfortable having the same routine#one of his hyperfixations is hating mages and magic. another one is his liking towards croissants and grape (comfort foods)#another possible special interest is history. given how he reacts in history classes and how much historical lore he knows of the city#another special interest could be flowers because both in the event and vignette is shown he's exceptionally good at cultivating plants and#i think he mentioned in the vignette one of the things he likes of Fleur city is the landscape tho his con is that the flowers initially --#were cultivated with magic#a perfectionist who brushes it off but his grades and efforts to make everything right despite the questionable morals of his says it all#and the most important thing: it gives me autism vibes#Now about the second statement: he doesn't read comics or scifi in general#but mc explains him some hero lore and talks about a hero who beats villain asses w/o superpowers#and who keeps an eye in every superhero but specially in this guy called superman#because bat believes super is so OP he could make a disaster if he turned to be a bad guy#bat also has reserves of an element that removes superman powers and bets SUPER villains using his brains and weapons he has created himsel#his morals are somewhat different to other heroes and most of them don't understand him but he's ok doing it his own way#and Rollo is sold. No he probably won't ever touch anything related to heroes but this called Batman is right and superior#and most importantly. If MC says Batman is the best with that alone he agrees. With proof he only joins MC more#“Magicless people rule” – Rollo Flamme#the part of Rollo having depression and PTSD or some sort of illness induced by trauma is self explanatory if you have read the event#shut up noko
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/rbs three year old gifsets/ now everyone knows I played the godforsaken handheld console spinoffs
#persona q#persona q2#pq#pq2#zen persona#rei persona#hikari persona#nagi persona#//gay ppl without last names sorry this happened to you#//anyway sorry for the shitty lettering it's my sore spot and my jp is still craggly i am so sorry#//whatever. look at them. have to be the one to draw my silly guys since no one draws my silly guys#// 'stop liking obscure characters' i choose to deal with my hubris
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🎍行く年来る年毎日楽曲追加キャンペーン開催決定🎊
年末年始に様々な楽曲を追加していきます🎶
収録楽曲は12月26日（火）の生放送で発表📢
【#プロセカ収録楽曲予想】をつけて、ぜひ予想してみてくださいね🌈
[Google Translated Vers.]
🎍We will be holding a campaign to add songs every day next year🎊
We will be adding various songs during the year-end and New Year holidays🎶
The recorded songs will be announced live on December 26th (Tuesday) 📢
Please make your predictions by adding [#Proseca Song Prediction] 🌈
#mod minori#official#jp sekai#project sekai#source: twitter#Ooooo#Predicing that 3 character one might be My R#Edit - Nvm I forgor my r had a Japanese name thats 7 letters#cause they don't use the kanji for watashi in the title
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every time pmoon puts out a notice i am prepared to feel deep disdain but lol. lmao. holy fuck.
#the accusation of political motivation on the user group but not the fucking incels. the conflicting statements regarding the dismissal.#the fact that they put up en/jp translations of their notice from TWO MONTHS AGO immediately afterward so it looks even more#like they're doubling down on a deeply fucked decision. the threat of legal action Again.#all that just to fail hilariously at brushing this away before tgs. incredible. kim jihoon spontaneously combust challenge#ein babbles#yes i uninstalled the game yes i do keep up with official updates because im invested in seeing where this shit#ESPECIALLY if anything actually happens in regards to like. legal ramifications on any side#they're so stupid and they think we are even stupider. incredible to watch.#HFDGJKAHFGD THEY TWEETED AGAIN.#'stop being mean to us for real we WILL sue you' yeah ok. 'we're trying to protect our employees' ok. like the translators? translator.#if they could they would have had cancel culture buzzwords everywhere in that english notice.#they reuploaded the draft letter that the union said they wouldn't be publishing. what are you Doing over there...#like. all of this and not a single word about how the tweets that started this mess were deleted and couldnt possibly be reasonably counted#against vellmori re:company policy. and no action is apparently being taken against the dcinsider losers who went to the company.#their targets for legal retaliation make it very clear what their priorities are it's so. lmao.
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happy wrapped day 🎉 5-10!!
yaaay happy wrapped day!!
5. who are you?- Jinnie
6. I’ll Be There- DACEY
7. Kirari- Fujii Kaze
8. Paprika- Yonezu Kenshi
9. Wonder- ADOY
10. The More, The Better- Ryohu
#paprika is one of my favorite songs tbh it will deffo be on there next year#wonder is on its second or third year in my top songs#the more the better is so good too but it’s a weird song#also u can see my gravitation back towards japanese music with this pick… i haven’t listened to this much jp music in ages#we just got a letter#thank u onion :)
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Persona 5 (Royal) EN VAs in Genshin!
Itto as Ryuji, Venti as Ann, Yelan as Kasumi, and Rosaria as Sae even though she sounds like Makoto to me—
YO YO YO NGL i don't rlly rmbr the voices of the others much but VENTI AS ANN I RLLY SEE IT !! 🫣💖 and for the others oh man i shld def listen to their voicelines soon then >:)) TY FOR SHARING MARI HEHE
#ALSO HELLOOO THIS EDIT IS SO COOL RIUEUWUDIWJ all out attack but w these guys damn#i mostly listen to EN but i like JP too tbh >.> dunno how it sounds like vv well but i do know ayato is the same va as p3 male protag#...which is not p5 but still persona so LMAO ^^#oh. HELP I FORGOT THAT ZHONGLI WAS SHIDO ROWHWINDOWJD I RMBR MY FRIENDS JUST BEIN LIKR ayo... D: /lh so funny o#help im searchin up a bit more n these arent the thieves but#mishima and diluc WHAT THE FUCK I WAS NOT GENUINELY EXPECTING THAT#ah wait hangon i just listened to a line of rosaria ... def sounds more like makoto to me too OFHWIDBWK#ryuji and itto tbh even w/o hearing itto's voicelines it just fits so well LMAO <4#ayo tbh this is all p interesting HELP dainsleif and yosuke p4 ... did not expect that#i await the day when. robbie (akechi's va) voices someone in genshin ...#that will be the day i will finally rlly properly w all that i have save primos to get <3 IFHEIWHIDSJKS /lh#⋯ ꒰ა my galaxy ໒꒱ *·˚#⋯ ꒰ა letters of stardust ໒꒱ *·˚#— mari! ♡
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