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Black Garden Special Episodes Translation Bonus Stories from Novelty cards exclusively distributed at the HEAVENS GARDEN Pop-up Shop in Japan.

Cast:

Eiichi Otori as Abel

Kira Sumeragi as Keith

Nagi Mikado as Mika

Eiji Otori as Eric

Van Kiryuin as Virgil

Yamato Hyuga as Hugo

Shion Amakusa as Simon

[otosugar]

its really hard to find eiioto fans omg hi

Aaaaa, I'm sorry anon

I wasn't on tumblr when you send me this

But yeah, I love EiiOto

Hi

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Beautiful Memories Q&A, a series I started translating in 2021 and finally finished earlier this year. This is a series of mini-interviews printed on the back of novelty cards distributed at the AGF 2020 pop-up shop. There were 22 cards in total, one of each idol as a child and the other recreated as adults. I grouped the translations by senior/junior units.

[queenkeiji]

first snow ❄️ got the chance to draw otoya from uta no prince-sama! ❤️

[utaprilovee]

Ittoki Otoya Reapeat LOVE CGs

This post will contain spoilers for Otoya's route in Repeat LOVE! If you would like to avoid spoilers at all costs don't continue reading this post!

At the time of writing I'm still missing a few CGs but I'll update this post as I get them.

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Explaining UtaPri's Next Door

Next Door is the 9th episode of the season 4 of Uta no Prince Sama anime and it impacted a lot of people when it aired and still does to this day However, I will share my thoughts on this specific episode and why it made me obsess over the main protags of this episode, Otoya and Eiichi

Creating the Soul shaking song

The duet project got some very good songs and honestly I can't say there is a loser on the batch So of course Otoya and Eiichi wanted to stand out too Haruka also did a good job give her credits too!

Eiichi's side of the story

So I will take this clear: Eiichi shouldn't have done everything that he did to Otoya, but there is actually some background around this, of course, again, he should have shared his feelings to Otoya in a better way

The implications that his dad isn't one of the best ones in the franchise started here on this episode, and it continued on the next ones, with Raging telling to him that he should destroy Starish, in front of the entire group no less, and in Maji Love Kingdom, Ranmaru says that Eiichi is scared of a shadow, what ever happened to Eiichi and Eiji should be revealed, sooner or later, but his relationship with his dad is definitively not on the best terms

Maybe because of this abuse thing Eiichi endured for years got to his head during the duet, and because of that he had a weird way to share his feelings to Otoya, because he projected himself onto him, Otoya reminded of him when he was more, innocent

The way his dad wanted to end him and Starish as a whole made him feel conflicted, he genuinely wanted to stay with Otoya, but he also feared what his dad could do to him and his group as a whole if he didn't obey him, as Heavens is his family too, Otoya had similar feelings to him that weren't destroyed by his dad, but he knew more about his group, he loved them a lot and he always was here for them

Later in the season we see the consequences Heavens took over disobeying Raging: the man was willing to ruin the reputation and the group he formed because they rebelled on him by erasing them from the public, until they once again, rebelled on him

Eiichi was also a victim of circunstances, and because of that, he exploded his negative feelings onto Otoya, because again, he was similar to him

Otoya's side of the story

We all saw what Otoya endured in this episode, he wanted to help with the song too, but Eiichi wasn't convinced of it, I want to believe all his unused lyrics for Next Door were used in Brilliant Days, after going out of the road of trauma he got into

Otoya is an orphan, since he was a child he didn't knew who their parents where and even got told that they were death, this was carried from the game, something I don't quite remember was if his aunt was in the game too, as he has a rosario from his mom in the games and in Pirates of the Frontier

It was said that Otoya was a sad kid when he got in the orphanage, and with such a trauma, who doesn't, we know his dad and mom are alive, but he doesn't, Starish goes to that orphanage in Smile Magic, but they probably thought Otoya was here because he just wanted to cheer up some kids, as he is a very happy person, not because it was the place he was raised in and they weren't told that, or Otoya never told them that was his house for his fear of reliving the memories again

Now on the episode Otoya gets constantly frustrated over not getting the lyrics, he wanted to make Haruka Happy, he wanted to sing with Eiichi, he wanted to enjoy things, but he just wasn't having fun during that, and he instead slowly got his bad memories again, because Eiichi wanted to know if he was as similar to him

I believe Otoya is, at the end of the day, genuinely happy with his life, but he still hasn't gotten over the loss and sadness he got when he was a child, and Eiichi bringing them back to surface just broke him, while we get that Eiichi wanted to make a good song and know more about Otoya, this is not the way for going into that

He eventually got better, and everyone loves him regardless of what he thought of himself, and at the end, they won!!!!!! Which honestly, as much as I loved God's star and Fumetsu no Inferno, he should have his win after his scar got harshly open

A mix and match of negative emotions in a song

I'm tired of Next Door being treated as a forbidden song of sorts, I know the context of how the song got created is depressing, but we shouldn't forget, that this song was something created from the development of these two guys

That smiling mask Tear it all off A raging new world will devastate you

This part of Eiichi starts the song on a very dark way compared to other utapri songs, but again, he is projecting himself onto Otoya in this moment

In the total darkness I see Blooming sunflowers ahh… Dancing to pieces As my song burns

And here we see Otoya singing about how emotionally hurt he is, from all his trauma and memories surfacing once again

And the song keeps going on dark until the bridge and last verse

A true smiling face I mistook the meaning The sorrow in your chest Is not something to hide My heart beats My whole body beats The joy in today’s sky Shows the limit in the wind of life All you can have Can be caught in feathers Fluttering dream

NEXT DOOR Open the door to tomorrow NEXT DOOR Let’s laugh together On the same stage

I will not hesitate anymore Fly away now Go To the future To the shining sun Don’t be defeated

NEXT DOOR NEXT DOOR

The song ends on a positive note, being happy is always great, but spilling your feelings like sadness, grief, anger or fear shouldn't be seen as bad, and, after all that grief, there is always the sunlight watching over us They even got Raging and Shining dropped on each verse, thought they used Kagayaki instead of shining, but it's still a cute way for ending such a strong song

The aftermath

Otoya runs away, he is in a very depressive state, Eiichi feels guilty over this and isn't taking it well at all, despite trying to hide his worries, which shows that he has a mask of his own, Starish cheer up Otoya, Heavens got punished after defying Raging, Eiichi was completely devasted for making such a decision he considered going on to his dad let him control his group despite he was teh one who started this rebellion, but thanks to Otoya and his friends, they come back after all they got, Starish gave them enough light to shine, Starish won, Heavens got onto Maji Love Kingdom, and after all this we got to the present, together, as friends or lovers, whatever suits you

What I say from this, is that, while the actions of Eiichi to make the song were questionable, it didn't got into worse events, yeah the anime of Utapri is fluff, but it doesn't mean bad things can't happen

Conclution

I have traumas, I have done questionable things while avoiding or confronting them, I relate to Otoya and Eiichi, I love Otoya and Eiichi, It took a big while to know that I love them, Next Door switched on a part of me I didn't knew I had, the performances of the song are really strong, specially on stage 6, I have never felt so connected to some characters as I have been with Otoya and Eiichi, I don't want to force people onto loving the same characters as I do, I want them to know why I love them so much

Otoya is cute, energetic, and always brings joy to me, Eiichi is a fire, eccentric, always has something to show off, each one had a different way to cope with their trauma, and that is why I love them, both of their side that they show to the world, and the dark side they hide from the world

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Did my fav boys as maids

I love them

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Yamato drawingssss!!!!!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY OTOYA~❤️🎈

Ft. Otoya & bb Otoya ))

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Twt: Bebibreb

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Lycoris no Mori Otoya!

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Eiichi as the Wizard of Oz thanks to that announcement and i can't wait for the song

[utxpri]

hi! could you do a harem au with a reader who seems bashful and nervous around eiichi (who, i imagine, is laying it on pretty thick with trying to seduce them) until they confess their feelings to him one day? thank you!!

UwU Can do~

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Eiichi is absolutely laying it on thick. He really doesn’t stop. Seducing you is how he secures his safety and future, so that’s his primary focus. He’ll do anything he has to to make you want him. And yeah, he’s thought about what it would be like for you to want him around for who he is as a person, but that’s not reality, and making himself as appealing as possible is the only option there is. Eiichi sees your shyness as either disinterest or playing hard to get. It’s a sign, to him, that he just needs to make a better effort to impress you. And that he does. Over-the-top efforts to please you are in order, and all centering around an increasingly nervous Eiichi who’s having trouble keeping it together. 

Just when he’s starting to think that he’s doing something completely wrong your confession comes. Eiichi is stunned. As in, it takes him a full minute or two to find the words to respond. He can barely believe it. After all of this time of worrying if he’s just making you hate him, he’s learning that it was the opposite all along. Once he can compose himself, Eiichi accepts your feelings... very dramatically. As in kneeling before you, taking your hand, and kissing it while praising your bravery for confessing to him. He’s trying his best to look like he has some control over himself— even when the reality is that he’s shaking and turning increasingly red from how happy he is. Your feelings are the best thing he could have ever received. 

[grapeeuphoria]

A soul moving song

I wanted to draw that feeling

[midorikawawas]

Listening to "Heavens Sky" it's not enough I need all Heavens members to come out and beat me up

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I did this Otoya yesterday amd now I will share it

He is so cute 😭

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otoya ittoki icons

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