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yukamichi is a kawaii slime s2
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i like speculative fiction and tabletop rpgs
japanese -> english translator
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I really like this one random event in Meikyuu Kingdom because I feel like it's a good example of using kishotenketsu in RPG scene structuring. It even comes with a built-in fortune-in-the-middle setup.
(My favorite example of this is Character B walks in on you sorting your Dungeon Duel cards)
You crawl into your tent and slip into something more comfortable, hoping it will ease your tired body. Just then, someone enters... Choose a member of the Court at random and roll 1D6. If the result is odd, you scream, and each member of the Court increases their cool Bond with that character by 1. If the result is even, you and that character each increase your warm Bond with each other by 1.
December 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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excited to read this book i just bought except that i have so many other books that i'm in the middle of reading and making no progress on so i'm probably just going to crash out and be sad and not touch it for a year instead
(The Casual Koten Classroom: Otaku Are Just Heian Nobility)
An image of a book cover. A drawing of a silver-haired girl wearing a blue and white kimono and holding a book in her right hand. Small images of people wearing Heian-era clothes (and one fox) spill out of the pages on little clouds. The left side of the image holds the title: ゆるゆる古典教室　オタクは実質、平安貴族 as well as the supervisor and author: 監督　加藤昌嘉　著者　栞葉るり
December 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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continuing my insistence that 'basketball for dummies' really is the best name for this manga

also the best part of every sports manga is the monster movie assortment of weirdos on the opposing teams and i'm glad hanabasu understands that
Three panels from a black and white comic strip. Panel 1: A girl wearing a jersey and with her hair held back by a headband shouts: "A hero who has the power of the heart on their side can never lose!! That's what I learned from my Japanese animes!! And in front of her is a small panel that reads: "Goen High School / Year 2 / Number:20 / Alexandra Diamond (Allie) Panel 2: A shot of a ponytail from behind. Two word bubbles: "When my nakama and I join forces" ... "Nobody can defeat us" Panel 3: The girl from the first panel beams with her arms held high and says: "Look at me, delivering a speech before battle!" "I've always wanted to star in my own anime!" Behind her, two girls with short dark hair and wearing the same style jersey talk to each other. One says: "God help us, she's weebing out"
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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it want to make a tabletop game that feels exactly like this when you're playing it
A screenshot of a low-resolution game with old-fashioned pixel graphics. In the upper left corner is the text "Doki Doki Card League", the O's replaced with baseballs. A girl with a purple pony tail is underneath, with text describing her name position and stats. The middle of the screen has a picture of a girl wearing a baseball glove diving and catching a ball. Underneath are four cards with pictures of a winged baseball with a smiling face on it, and each listing a different pitch type and power. The upper right of the screen has a picture of a baseball diamond, and beneath that another player portrait representing the pitcher and her stats.
December 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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i want this shirt so bad
A cropped image from a black and white comic. A girl with her hair in a pony tail is wearing a gray t-shirt and holding a basketball. The t-shirt says "HAIBOKU WO OSHIETE" in very simple block letters, printed off-center.
November 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Nina and the Rabbits and the Magical Tank 1

It's Metal Max but with more magic and more lesbians.
Nina was sold into servitude at the age of 7 and forced to join the crew of a magical tank. But they abuse her so she runs away and ends up joining a cooler, gayer tank crew instead.
An image of a book cover. The art extends to all sides, and consists of two girls sitting next to each other, wearing black uniforms. Text on the top says "Nina & the Rabbits", while other text slapped across the image include "ニーナとうさぎと魔法の戦車" as well as the names of the author and illustrator: 兎月竜之介 and BUNBUN respectively.
November 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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For example, if you use the School Idol job table, there are more "off" days where you have no gigs. This represents the differing levels of professionalism between "professional" idols and a school club, but also drives play with the latter towards more lighthearted interpersonal relationships.
Text: Job Table (D66) 11 Off 12 Handshake Event. This is a major part of being an idol, so give it your all. 13 You're doing a promo for one of your partner player's "Dislikes". I wonder if she'll be okay...? 14 You're booked on a program related to one of your "Likes". This is gonna be wild! 15 You've got a job showing off your partner player's "Fashion Sense". 16 A client is suggesting you promote your partner player's "Physical Trait." 22 Off 23 You're shooting a high school drama! I wonder what kind of characters you'll be cast as. 24 You're shooting an action scene. The two of you can get through this. 25 You're appearing in an emotional drama. What kind of talent could they be looking for? 26 You're appearing in a segment about hobbies. Who knew this was so popular? 33 Off 34 It's an idol variety show contest! Try to get the highest score! 35 It's your job to spice up this sports broadcast! Do you know anything about sports? 36 The two of you are guests on a quiz show. Will you work together to win, or use it as a chance to show off? 44 Off 45 You're appearing on a cooking show. I wonder what you'll have to cook? 46 It's an autograph session at a record store. Can you make your fans happy? 55 Off 56 The two of you are doing a photo shoot. Is this a chance to show off your body? 66 Off Text: Idol Club Job Table (D66) 11 Off 12 A teacher asks you to show some prospective new students around the school. 13 You're in charge of a major school event. Will you manage to get it off without a hitch? 14 You're performing on a schoolwide broadcast. Don't choke in front of the entire school. 15 You show up to cheer on one of the other clubs. It's a long match, and it's gonna come down to endurance. 16 A reporter comes to write an article about the club. Will you manage to get across what you do? 22 Off 23 You're asked to perform at a local pre-school, face-to-face with those little kids... 24 You're doing a maid cafe, and one of your partner player's likes is at the top of the menu. 25 The new is covering a school event, but when one of your partner player's dislikes comes up... 26 Show off your partner player's unique fashion in a school-wide fashion show. 33 Off 34 A local store asks if you can help out. Let's make the city shine. 35 A local performance. Put your hometown pride to the test! 36 You get a job offer from a business totally taken in by your partner player's physical trait! 44 Off 45 Off 46 Off 55 Off 56 Off 66 Off
November 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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The final perfomance consists of a number of smaller performances, bookended by both an Opening and a Finale. There's some complex dice-poker stuff involved in this that's too complicated to get into here, but suffice it's a time for cashing in currencies for re-rolls, burning items, relying on the
An image of the Beginning Idol Setlist Sheet Three boxes across the top list Scenario, Venue, and Fan Target. Next to them is a small box defining the Key Personality: Name, Fan Power, Criteria, Ability Score, and Sway. The center of the sheet lists the various performances. Each act has a Title, a specified Trait, and a corresponding Ability Score. In between them is a spot for the Intermission, which allows one Producer Action. The bottom of the sheet has spots to list the Group Name, Pressure, and Effect, as well as boxes for "Turnout": one for each PC to list the number of fans they drew.
November 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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For example, if your character's whole shtick is that she's a vampire, then even in a situation where she might have to participate in a refined dinner party, she can always try to get through a situation by spitting out her catchphrase, "I want to suck your blood!"
A screenshot from a n anime. A light-haired girl with large curly twintails and wearing a blue school uniform leans forward and gestures angrily. The closed captions read: それ以上いったら血を吸うわよ！
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Like other Saikoro Fiction games, the real heart of the system lies in the characters' skills/traits. These flesh out the character, but more importantly they function like Fate approaches, defining the way your character _does_ whatever they do in each of those scenes.
A picture of an RPG character sheet with most of the sheet blacked out. The highlighted version consists of a 6 x 12 matrix of boxes. Height: 125cm / 131cm / 136cm / 141cm / 146cm / 156cm / 166cm / 171cm / 176cm / 180cm / 190cm Nature: Local / Dark / Sexy / Feminine / Cute / Plain / Pop / Passion / Burning / Cool / Star Talent: Foreign / Figure / Focus / Guts / Stamina / Smile / Reflexes / Compassion / Smarts / Class / Expression Character: Chuunibyou / Quirky / Independent / Free Spirit / Catchphrase / [Blank] / Energetic / Stubborn / Polite / Clumsy / Silly Hobby: Occult / Pets / Sports / Fashion / Cooking / [Blank] / Shopping / Dance / Gaming / Music / Idols Hometown: Okinawa / Kyushu / Shikoku / Chugoku / Kansai / Chubu / Kanto / Hokuriku / Tohoku / Hokkaido / Overseas Beneath the matrix are three boxes labeled "Gimmick," "Target," and "Harmony".
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Beginning Idol is an RPG by Hirano Ruiji, released in 2015 by Adventure Planning Service. Players take on the role of idols, singers/dancers/actors/etc who are a fixture of the Japanese entertainment world. It's based on APS's Saikoro Fiction framework (Shinobigami et al).
A book cover. A drawing of three young women wearing dark blazers and short pleated skirts, along with head-mounted microphones and stage monitors. The top of the image has the Role&Roll Books trade dress. Beneath that is the title: 駆け出しアイドルRPG ビギニングアイドル チャレンジガールズ（Challenge Girls） 著　平野累次／冒険企画局
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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schroedinger's cat experiment states that you can't know if there's a schroedinger's cat reference in a piece of japanese media until you read it and see for yourself
An image of vertical Japanese text that reads: 「観測者問題、っていうのよね。こういうの」 母の口から出た意外な一言に浅場が顔を上げ、 「は？」 「テレビでやってたの。でもお母さんは毒ガスの出る箱に猫を入れるのは反対。だってかわいそうだから」
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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that time that the locomotive decided to just fuck off for a few days so tetsurou maetel and conductor had to film a bottle episode
A page from a black and white comic. It consists of two panels, divided by a diagonal line that splits the page vertically into approximately 1/3 (top) and 2/3 (bottom). The top panel shoes the inside of an old-fashioned train car. On the left, a woman with long hair and wearing a black fur coat and fur hat is playing an acoustic guitar. In the middle, a short man wearing a uniform is dancing. On the right, a boy claps along. The floor of the train car is covered in books. The bottom panel is a long shot of a line of train cars against the backdrop of stars. Speech bubbles are coming out of the train, showing musical notes and "Ole!"
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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A still from the movie The Blues Brothers. A woman with a beaufont hairdo stands in front of a shelf of liquor bottles at a bar. A caption on the image says, "We got both kinds." Below that is another line that has been crossed out with a heavy black line.
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
An image of the box for the Airfix 1:72 scale TSR2.MS model from the anime Stratos 4. The box art shows a white jet with a long, thin fuselage and comparatively stubby wings near the back, with twin engines on either side and one very large missile mounted underneath. It's placed again an image of the blue sky with clouds underneath. Four girls in white, form-fitting flight suits are arranged in the corner. A 3D model of the Black Manta from Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu. It has a complex fuselage with a number of thin, wing-like structures emerging from it at various angles. It's painted black with orange highlights. Sunlight glints off the canopy in the center. (Image courtesy of Sparrow. If you know you know.) A screenshot of the Odette II from Bodacious Space Pirates. It has a long, spindle-shaped fuselage that terminates in one end on a large solar sail consisting of an array of interlocking reflective hexagonal plates. A black and white image of a Convair B-58 Hustler with the words "Space Planning" stenciled on the fuselage above the wing. Underneath is slung a small lifting-body craft also emblazoned with the words "Space Planning". It sits on the tarmac underneath heavy spotlights, set against the night sky. A number of hoses are connected to both the plane and the lifting body.
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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least gay girls' sports manga
(hanabasu: kokeishi hanae's basketball for dummies)
(yes i'm going to insist on calling it that until i can't get away with it anymore)
Four panels from a black and white comic. Panel 1: A girl with dark skin and short leached hair throws her arms around another girl with short black hair and wearing a black shirt. Two text bubbles read, "THANK YOU!!" and "I'm lucky to have a kouhai like you" Panel 2: The black-haired girl has an overwhelmed look on her face, and flowers bloom in the background. Panel 3: An overhead shot of the two embracing. We can see that the dark-skinned girl is much taller, and she's practically lying over top the dark-haired girl. Panel 4: The dark-skinned girl's face in profile, looking contemplative. A speech bubble: "......"
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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after months of research i've compiled the definitive timeline of the magical girl genre. be sure to show all your friends who like magical girls

(during those months of research i also happened to learn that sugar sugar rune is getting a new anime? hell yeah more people should know about it)
Two images and some text set against a gray background. On the left: 1994, a small image of the cover of a manga volume of Kaitou Saint Tail, "First magical girl show ever" A line extends to the right with the text: "cardcaptor sakura or some shit i dont fuckin kn" Then: 2003, a small image oc the cover of the first volume of the Sugar Sugar Rune manga, "Subversion of the genre" Another line extends to the right edge of the image with the text "they stopped making them after this"
November 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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In case anybody else has, like me, spent way too much time thinking about how to translate 中学校
A screenshot of a google ngram comparison of "middle school" versus "junior high". They are relatively equal in usage (minimal) up until 1910, wen junior high skyrockets, peaking around 1930 before dipping. There's a minor bump around 1960, followed by gradual decline over time. "Middle school", on the other hand, stays relatively low until 1950, when it gradually increases. The two terms crossover in 1990, when "middle school" overtakes "junior high".
November 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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this one
A photograph of the cover of a book. The title reads: 神々の砂漠　風の白猿神《ハヌマーン》 and the author is listed as 滝川羊 The cover has the standard old Fujimi Fantasia Bunko trade dress, with a large white border along the top, bottom, and spine, while the cover image sits in the middle and extends to the fore-edge. The cover image shows a young man wearing a white jumpsuit and blue gloves, with a large bird of prey perched on his shoulder. He has long, spiky, black hair and is wearing a yellow headband. He is superimposed on top of an image of a woman's face; she is lying back, her eyes closed, and her long flowing hair is spread out messily.
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Urayama no Uchuusen by Sasamoto Yuuichi
A group of high schoolers find an ancient spaceship in the mountains where they live after a landslide exposes part of it, and spend their summer vacation digging it up. Very by-the-book juvenile SF sort of thing.
The cover of the book 裏山の宇宙船 （後篇） by 笹本祐一 The cover shows two young girls, one wearing white shorts and a pink shirt, the other with uncannily large eyes, cat ears, and wearing orange pajamas. Behind them in the distance is a rocket ship blasting off into space over a mountain range.
November 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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A photograph of two plastic models of the power armor from Starship Troopers, based on the designs by Miyatake Kazutaka. They have the bulky outline of a human body with smooth, cylindrical armor plating around the limbs. The helmets are round and have wide viewports, and there is a boxy apparatus surrounding the shoulders, with the barrel of some sort of weapon (possibly a mortar or recoilless rifle) sticking up over the right shoulder.
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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post a non-religious image you think of as holy
A photograph of two scale plastic figures. Nagisa and Honoka from Futari wa Precure, wearing pink and blue wedding dresses respectively; their arms are linked, and each of them is holding a bouquet.
November 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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oh no
A screenshot of the Notepad++ "Find" dialogue window. A text box labeled, "Find what:" has a semicolon in it. Beneath that, circled in red, are the words, "Count: 77 matches in entire file"
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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✕ digimon beatbreak
○ digimon breakbeats
A photograph of the "Digimon Song Best of Koji Wada" vinyl album slipcover. It shows an image of an angelic male figure with flowing blonde hair and wearing silver armor, floating in the sky.
October 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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every translator's perverse dream: when the source text serves you up a meme on a silver platter
A screenshot of Japanese text that reads: 「当然でしょ。わかってるとおもうけど、答え丸写しするような真似しないでね」
October 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM