Fine, not deadly. Unless you’re using… I don’t know, mustard gas or something. But why the hell are you using that? …. Where did you even get it?
All righty, l’m splitting this into two parts. This part is for FACE UP materials, however this also applies for tattoos and other aesthetic, non-permanent mods and basic customizing.
THAT SAID, THIS IS STILL LONG AS SHIT. GODSPEED, READERS.
★ Main Story | Act 13 - Budding Spring | Chapter 13 - Take It Easier
Citron: Is this not a private theater?
Izumi: There aren’t a whole lot of theater companies that have their own theaters.
Izumi: And there’s even fewer companies that have their own theaters at the time of their debut.
Sakuya: When I do guest performances at other theater companies, they’re always jealous when I tell them we’ve got our own theater.
Izumi: I mean, it isn’t easy to prepare a rehearsal space for every single rehearsal.
Izumi: I’m guessing the competition for rehearsal spaces and theaters is going to be even fiercer now with the number of new theater companies created because of the Fleur Award…
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Sakuya: Ah, it’s almost time for it to start, right?
???: …Ahem, thank you so much for coming to the debut performance of “Indulgence In Working Overtime Gang”.
Mameda: I’m the supervisor, Mameda. And I’d like to say a few words before the show begins.
Mameda: First of all, I’m sure many of you thought the name of our troupe was a bit strange…
Mameda: Our troupe was created by myself and the other members. We used to do theater when we were in school, but we eventually started working as office workers.
Mameda: We watched the New Fleur Award Board of Directors press conference during a drinking party after working overtime. It was in the heat of the moment after watching it that we were able to create this troupe.
Mameda: Our motto is “Let’s take it easy and enjoy theater,” so some of us are more experienced and some of us are just beginners.
Mameda: We’re a mish-mash of people who came together simply because we want to do theater.
Mameda: For those of you who are frequent theater-goers, there might be some pretty cringe-worthy parts of our performance.
Mameda: We hope you’ll enjoy this performance as something you could watch while having a few drinks.
Mameda: Now then, please sit tight until the show starts.
Sakuya: …A mish-mash of people, huh? Kinda reminds me of MANKAI.
Izumi: Right? We had a mix of veterans and beginners at first, too.
Citron: I feel a sense of anonymity with them!
Izumi: I think you mean affinity.
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Sakuya: Maybe it was just because of the greeting from the supervisor, but there was a really warm atmosphere throughout the theater.
Izumi: There really was. I could tell some of them were beginners, but they all seemed like they were having a great time.
Citron: And the story depicting a realistic toxic work environment so comically was very interesting!
Sakuya: They really made the most of the company’s motif and strengths, given that there’s so many office workers in the troupe!
Izumi: It was really easy to watch and there was a lot to study from it. If they ever do any streams, let’s invite the other guys to watch.
Sakuya: Yeah!
Announcer: “And next, we bring you on-site news from the International Arts Festival.”
Citron: --.
News Anchor: “The whole city it excited to be hosting the International Arts Festival again this year.”
News Anchor: “Every year, notable figures representing the theater and film worlds of various countries, as well as celebrities from other countries, are invited to this event, which garners lots of attention.”
Izumi: The International Arts Festival, huh? Is the Kingdom of Zahra also participating?
Citron: This is the first time we have received an invitation, but we are still considering whether we will participate or not. This is an important time for the troupe, so I want to focus on that.
Citron: I am perhaps not a very good Minister of Arts and Culture.
Sakuya: When we performed in the Kingdom of Zahra, the people there were really happy thanks to you, Citron-san.
Sakuya: Because you’ve come to love our country…
Sakuya: And because you introduced it in such a friendly manner, everyone accepted us in the end.
Izumi: In a way, it’s like you’re building bridges to other countries through theater, Citron-kun.
Citron: I thank the both of you.
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3939-Sakuya
I always get hungry after seeing a play. Getting to talk about what you thought of it over a delicious meal is just another one of the fun parts of seeing a performance!
★ Main Story | Act 13 - Budding Spring | Chapter 10 - Forced to the Starting Gate
Itaru: (I think it’s about time to head out… ah, right.)
Itaru: (Now that I’ve got a rough idea of our performance schedule, I’d better apply for paid leave before I forget.)
Boss: Chigasaki-kun, may I borrow you for fifteen minutes?
Itaru: --Of course.
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Boss: It appears you’re all here.
Itaru: (Looks like there’s a few of my colleagues… and a handful of younger guys too.)
Boss: I called you all here to ask if you’d be interested in participating in an urban development project that our company is currently working on.
Boss: The project itself is already in its final stages, so what we’d like from you is to provide support in the form of an induction course.
Itaru: (So this is that large-scale overseas urban development project. The one about creating a theater establishment and developing the surrounding area to be a center of arts and culture…)
Itaru: (I checked out the outline since it was related to theater and sounded interesting.)
Boss: It’s not mandatory, of course. It would just be something to do alongside your current jobs.
Boss: That said… there is a reason you all were chosen specifically.
Boss: As individuals who are important to the company’s future, I truly hope you consider becoming core members of this next project.
Itaru: (Eight racehorses competing in the promotion race line up at the gate. Favored to win is Communication Skills Demon, but My Parents Are Absolutely Loaded is also attracting quite a lot of attention.)
Coworker A: I’ll do my best to meet your expectations.
Coworker B: I’ve been interested in this project for quite some time now, so I’m honored to be part of it!
Itaru: (The gate has opened and both of the favored horses have taken off running.)
Coworker C: Considering the state of my current workload, I should be able to participate in the induction course.
Itaru: I… sorry, can I have a little more time to think about it?
Itaru: (If it weren’t for the timing, I probably would’ve been all in, but…)
Itaru: (Honestly, I’m so busy with the troupe and the Fleur Award right now that I just don’t have time to think about anything else.)
Boss: …Ah, because you have your own theater company to worry about, right, Chigasaki-kun? Please do consider it based on your schedule with that in mind.
Boss: However, the theme of this urban development project is the arts, which is why the other team members were really hoping to work with you, Chigasaki-kun.
Coworker A: …
Itaru: I thank them for considering me.
Boss: I’ll set up another opportunity at a later date to explain more on what the induction course entails and to introduce the project’s team members. I hope to see you there.
Itaru: I will seriously consider it.
*Door closes*
Itaru: …
Coworker B: He seriously can’t just say he’ll consider it and then refuse.
Coworker C: Must be nice being in a position where you can just quit the company if worse comes to worst.
Coworker A: Well, it is a popular theater company, and the fact that it’s generally well-known definitely doesn’t make it any easier for the company to deal with him.
Itaru: …
Itaru: (If you’re gonna say it, at least do it behind my back.)
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Chikage: I’m so sorry, but my hands are full at the moment.
Company Employee A: I see. I apologize for dropping it on you so suddenly.
Chikage: Let me know if there’s anything else I can help you with.
Itaru: …
Itaru: Wanna head somewhere a little nicer, Senpai?
Chikage: …I don’t even want to try and guess where that might be, but go on.
Itaru: The hell is that supposed to mean?
Chikage: Haah, I suppose I can’t say no. I’ll go with you.
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*Punching SFX*
Itaru: Start by cheesing it and then follow that up with a double finishing move and K.O.! Man, is there any greater high than this?
Chikage: If you’re going to try and hide the way you actually feel, do it a little better.
Itaru: …Ughh, this is so stupid. Why can’t it just be the people who actually wanna be part of the promotion race at the starting gate?
Itaru: I mean, they should dip if they don’t wanna do it. Directing hate at me isn’t gonna go anything.
Itaru: There’s supposed to be a fine line between noobs like them and a mid-tierer like me. Why is it that the more of a mid-ranker you are, the less human rights you get?
Chikage: There aren’t really that many mid-level people to begin with.
Itaru: The company knows what to expect from the “Elite Chigasaki-san”. That’s why they’re hiring guys fresh out of college to steadily raise them into the perfect corporate slaves.
Itaru: I get why my colleagues are so desperate to advance their careers by using their outer appearances and mild manners to do so.
Itaru: From their point of view, it’s gotta be infuriating to see a guy who acts so carelessly while chasing after both theater and a career.
Itaru: And hit ‘em with a triple combo finisher-- But I’m just trying to figure out where I stand, so just eff off.
Itaru: Must be nice for you, Senpai. You go overseas a lot and get to level up your career stats in the least complicated way possible.
Itaru: And the things people say about you aren’t nearly as harsh, either.
Itaru: Me, on the other hand, I’m just stuck being the “can-do guy” who does a little better than decent work around the office.
Itaru: At the end of the day, I’m just a mediocre handyman at best.
Itaru: Even if I’m not being treated like the favorite, I still don’t slack off with my work. I may not be the most motivated, but I’d like to think I’m still doing everything I’m supposed to.
Chikage: You sure move your mouth and your hands a lot.
Itaru: What am I even trying to do in the first place?
Itaru: Should I sell my soul and become a corporate slave like you, and aim so high that no one can ever possibly complain about me not being good enough, or should I try and attain a rank that’s purely “Itaru Chigasaki”?
Chikage: Dad jokes and pro-level dodging techniques, huh? (1)
Chikage: Anyway, shouldn’t your first step be thinking about what you want for yourself?
Itaru: What I want… Well, I guess just to maintain the status quo so I don’t have to deal with everyone’s complaints about me… No, actually, maybe I want to speedrun my way to early retirement with passive income…?
Chikage: Then stop spending money on pulls and start investing.
Itaru: Absolutely not.
Itaru: …I originally chose this job based on the benefits and was lucky enough just to get in, so it’s not like I have any real desire to climb the corporate ladder.
Itaru: Most of the troupe have more than one thing on their hand, but they all have dreams and love what they do.
Itaru: And then there’s me who’s job is just a source of income. I feel like I really don’t have a whole lot to bring back to the troupe.
Itaru: It’s an important time for Spring Troupe to compete, and here I am getting caught up in a promotion race while all my coworkers talk behind my back.
Chikage: So you’re in a position where your hobby is more useful to the troupe.
Itaru: Exactly. To be honest, I wonder if there’s even any point in me continuing to be an office worker, but I don’t have the backbone or the self-confidence to just quit and do theater as my full-time job.
Itaru: Basically, I just wanna have something to fall back on.
Itaru: Ugh~, who would’ve thought I’d still be having these kinds of student problems even now… You ever think about this kinda stuff, Senpai?
Chikage: Well… there’s a variety of upsides to my job.
Itaru: A variety?
Chikage: A variety.
Itaru: Oh, okay. By all means, don’t elaborate or anything.
Chikage: No matter where you are, there are always two sides to things. There’s the side where you’re appreciated and the side where you’re disrespected. It’s not just you.
Chikage: The same goes for me, just with a different set of people. I guess I’m just glad to even be able to do theater activities in the first place.
Itaru: But if we’re actually nominated for the Fleur Award this time around, I doubt the company’s gonna be too eager to accommodate for that.
Chikage: Well, the company does have a performance-based evaluation system. If you can’t contribute to improving the company’s image, you’ll be told you need to be giving your work your undivided attention.
Chikage: At any rate, that doesn’t change the fact that we need the results of our next performance to be good too.
Itaru: I guess you’re ri… Hell yeah, I win! Haaah, I feel better now.
Itaru: Oh, right, didn’t you get asked to do something annoying too, Senpai?
Chikage: Ah… I was asked to accompany a client on an overseas business trip as an interpreter, but I had to decline because I just don’t have the time for that right now.
Itaru: Guess even cheaters like you have it hard sometimes. But y’know, I’m sure there’s tons of people who would kill to have the opportunity to do some sightseeing while all you have to do is be an interpreter.
Chikage: Well, it’s not to a country that I particularly want to go to.
Itaru: But you know the language, don’t you?
Chikage: I guess.
Itaru: Yeah, okay, we get it, you’re cheater.
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T/N:
(1) Itaru says “役職 『茅ヶ崎至』 に至る” (yakushoku “chigasaki itaru” ni itaru), literally “Attain the position of “Itaru Chigasaki”. The joke is that the verb “to attain” (至る; itaru) and Itaru’s name are the same kanji and have the same pronunciation, hence why Chikage mentions dad jokes.
Aitsu ga Kamite de Shimote ga Boku de Season 1 English Subtitles
hi. do you like shows about how difficult it is wanting to succeed onstage? do you like comedy of the variety where the joke is really stupid you can't help but laugh anyway?
do you like characters whose relationships to each other can be described as not quite friend, not quite family, not quite lover, but in fact none other than Commitment to the Bit?
if you answered yes to any or all of these questions, i'd like to offer you my personal favourite drama for the past five years, aitsu ga kamite de shimote ga boku de (he's on stage left and on stage right it's me)
(or if you check the few official english sources, two peas in a pod???)
the show follows a comedian, tokiura (aramaki yoshihiko), as he gets sent off to a theatre known for housing only the worst performers. there he meets shima (wada masanari), who asks to be his manzai partner after seeing him onstage only once.
alongside the rest of the cast--shima's previous partner narimiya (sakiyama tsubasa) now working with hebiya (torigoe yuki), childhood friends wanno (hashimoto shohei) and inukai (tanaka ryousei) trying to break from their cutesy image, and genda (jinnai sho) in a temporary partnership with amano (umetsu mizuki)--
--this theatre kind of sucks. and everyone is bad at their job. but god if they aren't going to try to make it big anyways.
links and more miscellaneous yapping under the cut!
it's taken me several months of smacking my head against a wall because it's so hard translating jokes from one language into another (WHICH IS WHY I ALSO DIDN'T DO THIS FOR FIVE YEARS) but i suffered through all that because i love this stupidass drama so much.
and like this is my first Real subtitling project that isn't just short clips so please everyone bear with me. i'm also sorry about what i've done to the kansaiben speakers if you want to blame anyone then blame azumanga daioh and ace attorney.
i'll try to get through the stageplays and seasons 2-3 as well, but for now season 1 can be found here!
it also includes my doc of translation notes because there's just so much stuff where i'm like do i have to explain this. i don't know. i'm going to put it in here anyway.
anyway! please enjoy! let me know your opinions! i love my stupid comedians!
I’ve had art block literally ALL summer… got back into dead by daylight.. bought the legion comic and suddenly my art block is gone bc I just love Susie so much hehe.
I’ve been collecting some of my favorite shots of the legion comic characters because I always only see the unfortunate shots online and the art in the comics needs to be appreciated more.
