I find the duality of confidence and ambition vs doubt and fear of hurt (himself and others) compelling. I like he's confident in his skills and has many of them but he doesn't come off as arrogant about them. I sympathized with him when he said he's not confident in his decisions and he keeps mulling over them. They've seemingly led him and others in bad places (although I think he sees it more bleakly than it really is re: others because many people are grateful for what he has done for them).
But despite all that, he's willing to try again. That's admirable. I kinda got the feeling he was pretty desperate by the time of 4piece (which is really sad for a 15-year-old) and so, meeting Keito and Akatsuki meant *a lot*. That's really touching to me. I like he's doing everything he can to be worthy of them.
He seems carefree and easy-going, and he is, but he also cares about others. He absolutely defends his friends and family and strangers too if they are wronged. I like this duality again, first you look at him and think he just does whatever he wants despite others but he cares and wants to belong. But there's again that lingering trauma that makes him pull back if he thinks he's truly, truly going to inconvenience others. Keito has been telling him that they got his back, if he has troubles he's not inconveniencing them. It's pretty classic trope of "I'll help others but don't let others help me" but it's something that resonates with me.
I like he so earnestly tells/shows if he likes someone. Akatsuki senpais being the primary example of course, hugging Keito and trying to hug Souma (:D), telling Souma he loves his lyrics, saying he likes them all (I gotta post the Fan Thanx message, it's so cute).
And of course I like his relationship with the senpais, especially Souma. There's a reason everyone went kinda crazy for them after Butterfly. 😄 What I really appreciate is that they don't baby him even though he's quite a bit younger. (Kuro is a bit parental at times but it's more about "here's a band-aid for your scraped knee" and "don't eat too late", not excluding him)
I really like he's not afraid to say his opinions, it makes the conversations fun. I like he's smart and the "more mature than his years" type, but the tiny bit of childishness that comes out sometimes is adorable (I'll forever love the scene in Kagetsu, which is his unit 4* unbloomed, where he yells "bakaaaa!" at Keito and others 😆). And it's cute when he sulks lol.
He's also funny and cheeky in the way I like, Perfect Sundae was so great. "Meow~"
I like he can look both cool and cute. I like his character design.
This is kinda an extra thing but it absolutely adds to his charm for me that he is voiced by Chiaki Kobayashi. He's added a lot more emotion and variety to Ibuki's voice lines during these couple of years, the newer seasonal lines are so, so fun. And of course I like his singing too.
I find the duality of confidence and ambition vs doubt and fear of hurt (himself and others) compelling. I like he's confident in his skills and has many of them but he doesn't come off as arrogant about them. I sympathized with him when he said he's not confident in his decisions and he keeps mulling over them. They've seemingly led him and others in bad places (although I think he sees it more bleakly than it really is re: others because many people are grateful for what he has done for them).
But despite all that, he's willing to try again. That's admirable. I kinda got the feeling he was pretty desperate by the time of 4piece (which is really sad for a 15-year-old) and so, meeting Keito and Akatsuki meant *a lot*. That's really touching to me. I like he's doing everything he can to be worthy of them.
He seems carefree and easy-going, and he is, but he also cares about others. He absolutely defends his friends and family and strangers too if they are wronged. I like this duality again, first you look at him and think he just does whatever he wants despite others but he cares and wants to belong. But there's again that lingering trauma that makes him pull back if he thinks he's truly, truly going to inconvenience others. Keito has been telling him that they got his back, if he has troubles he's not inconveniencing them. It's pretty classic trope of "I'll help others but don't let others help me" but it's something that resonates with me.
I like he so earnestly tells/shows if he likes someone. Akatsuki senpais being the primary example of course, hugging Keito and trying to hug Souma (:D), telling Souma he loves his lyrics, saying he likes them all (I gotta post the Fan Thanx message, it's so cute).
And of course I like his relationship with the senpais, especially Souma. There's a reason everyone went kinda crazy for them after Butterfly. 😄 What I really appreciate is that they don't baby him even though he's quite a bit younger. (Kuro is a bit parental at times but it's more about "here's a band-aid for your scraped knee" and "don't eat too late", not excluding him)
I really like he's not afraid to say his opinions, it makes the conversations fun. I like he's smart and the "more mature than his years" type, but the tiny bit of childishness that comes out sometimes is adorable (I'll forever love the scene in Kagetsu, which is his unit 4* unbloomed, where he yells "bakaaaa!" at Keito and others 😆). And it's cute when he sulks lol.
He's also funny and cheeky in the way I like, Perfect Sundae was so great. "Meow~"
I like he can look both cool and cute. I like his character design.
This is kinda an extra thing but it absolutely adds to his charm for me that he is voiced by Chiaki Kobayashi. He's added a lot more emotion and variety to Ibuki's voice lines during these couple of years, the newer seasonal lines are so, so fun. And of course I like his singing too.
Previously translated pair names that had been posted to Twitter. However corrections had to be made (misinterpretations & an instance of mistranslation), so this is version 2.
Note: This is the only translated thing I will be posting, I am not off hiatus. I had been meaning to archive this before my hiatus, but I also had to fix some things, which is why there was a delay.
Please consult to this post only regarding pair name translations done by me (82mitsu), any other posts or reposts you might see of this chart is the older version. (Previous version has been deleted, but I'm unaware how far the information had spread.)
If any other corrections need to be made, feel free to contact me and I'll make them as soon as possible.
Below follows an extreme lengthy TL note breaking down some pair names, it's a lot of text, so be warned once you unfold the read more.
A lot of research went into these due to 18TRIPs tendency to mix up words, use Gen-Z slang that hasn’t been picked up by everyone yet (or limited to TikTok) and make up their own words (“Omotenashisto” -> “Hospitalister”). I used dictionaries, searched forum results, looked up how people use these words on social media, went TikTok digging, etc.
I tried my best to localize in a way that should make sense even without added context. I only explained the ones that I thought might needed some more back-up in a cultural sense or because it was a specific JPN thing. Thus, not everything has been explained. However, I hope things are clearer compared to the first version that was posted.
For Renga & Yukikaze:
For ぽゆぽゆ (poyupoyu) there is no definition or anything for this word, but from context clues and digging through how people used it, I deduced that it means something soft and squishy like a plushie or cheeks, so to say.
For Renga & Liguang:
かりそめの宿縁 (karisome no shukuen) is a Japanese saying about a fated connection of bond that only lasts for a brief moment, but leaves a deep impact on your life.
For Renga & Raito:
Party is mispelled in the katakana as “paachii” and not the usual “paatii”. Renga has a tendecy to say English words wrong. While “friends” is spelled the correct way, both words have been “mispelled” to drive the point home.
For Renga & Kinari:
なぁぜなぁぜ (naaze, naaze) is JPN Gen-Z slang from Tiktok. It’s a statement made as an act for complaining, with a bit of sarcasm and irony thrown in at times. Like, “I said I wanna diet but I ate a big meal anyway! なぁぜなぁぜ” or “I’m an idol but I get more anxious doing improv than performances! なぁぜなぁぜ”. Best way I can describe the usage in this context is Renga is throwing a bit of a self-aware tantrum as to why Kinari would correct him. (As mentioned earlier, he isn’t good at English). I guessed a close equivalent would be “nuh-uh”, since that is a dismissal of someone else’s opinion without actual good reason, even if the other person has a point.
For Renga & Netaro:
まんまん (manman) means “a lot” but I also believe it’s a reference to meatbuns (nikuman).
For Kafka & Yodaka:
Hanbei is Takenaka Shigeharu, a Japanese samurai from the Sengoku era. He was known for being Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s strategist.
For Liguang & Yodaka:
闘牌伝 (touhaiden) is related to Mahjong stuff. 闘牌伝 seems to be an old timey Mahjong video game with RPG elements. Rekka is a fighting game term, and I will quote the website The Fighting Game Glossary by Infil on this: “A type of special move that has multiple stages, as long as you input more commands to continue the sequence. Not all multi-part specials can be called rekkas though; a rekka tends to have exactly three distinct parts and will move your character forward along the ground with each new input.”
For Akuta & Nanaki:
They went to the same kindergarten and were grouped together in the “Oden Class”. Japanese kindergartens, from my understanding from researching, tend to have a name for their class, rather than a number. To give an idea what such names could be, in 2019 the website hyenasclubs hosted a poll of most commonly used names for classes, and the top 3 were “baby chick” (hiyoko), “peach” (momo) and “dandelion” (tanpopo).
For Akuta & Muneuji:
My take on はっけよい輝矢部屋 (hakkeyoi kaguya heya) is a bit of an elaborate bit joking with Princess Kaguya of the Moon (from Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) because I was wondering why they suddenly opted for Muneuji’s last name instead of first. (I might’ve also just overestimated Kaguya Heya being some joke on Kaguya Hime). Hakkeyoi is what a referee shouts at the start of a sumo wrestling match.
For Akuta & Ushio:
I think ポジティブに腕押し (positive ni ude oshi) is a take on 暖簾に腕押し (noren ni ude oshi) that means something has no effect or is pointless. Lit. it means “pushing a curtain with one's arm”.
For Akuta & Tao:
Akuta Nine is a joke on the baseball movie Gyakkyo Nine which is an adaptation of the manga of the same series, I believe. The movie is referred to as GK9, hence I made it AKT9.
For Akuta & Ryui:
The original is OYAxKOBU which comes from 親分子分 (oyabunkobun) meaning “boss and his underlings”. Akuta also calls Ryui by “Oyabun”.
For Kiroku & Nanaki:
Weebs who watch highschool anime should be familiar with this, but emergency staircase refers to the hallway stairs in a JPN highschool that are sometimes used as chilling out spots by students.
For Kiroku & Chihiro:
TuRyStA is the clothing brand they wear. 18TRIP has a various selection of clothing brands, which each character having a preference for one or another.
For Kiroku & Yodaka:
Zhao Yun, as quoted by Wikipedia, “was a military general who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty and early Three Kingdoms period of China.”
For Ushio & Raito:
Some heavy freedom was taken with バスボムしゅわリスト (basubamu shuwaristo). After considering how to approach it in the most sensical way, I decided to translate it as “bubblist” due the other options being “hand sign list” or “bubble list”. I thought リスト might function as in -ist, like dentist, artist, guitarist. しゅわ comes from しゅわしゅわ which means bubbly. Although bubblist isn’t not that common, it is sometimes referred to entertainers that do bubble performances (in English). And I think it made more sense than “hand sign list” or “bubble list” to say the least. This was also taking in consideration how 18TRIP, as explained in the intro, gets very creative with its language usage.
For Raito & Nagi:
Mandarin ducks symbolize “soulmates” of some kind in China. In other words, Mandarin Duck Touring is more along the lines of “Motorcycle touring soulmates”. However, I find the mandarin duck reference and interesting pull compared to just “soulmates”, so it was kept as is.
For Kinari & Ryui:
“Super Darling Gap Inspection” is more along the original lines. “Gap” in Japanese is usually used in the context of when someone acts one way, but unexpectedly, can act a different way. Ex. A very shy person shows they can be super vulgar, that can be considered a “gap” of some kind. In English, people are more familiar with “gap moe”, thus gap moe was used.
For Tao & Nagi:
Might be a reference to Yokohama’s Zo-no-hana (Elephant Nose) Park.
For Toi & Yodaka:
The original is more along the lines of, in the most literal sense, “going around raisins circle (of friends).” Toi likes raisins, but Yodaka doesn’t, so Yodaka passes them onto Toi. I’ve turned into on a play on “sharing is caring” since that’s a common concept in English.
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