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☆Silver☆ She/Her | 28 | Goth

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Bleu Etoile KAITO  chibi 

[slugtranslation-hypmic]

i was searching but couldnt find the translation to "Stick to my mic" so if you haven't, could you translate it?

Sure thing! Under a cut for length. Be aware this song is like 80% ship bait by weight.

This is in the same notes-y style as the last several song translations.

Title note: Both Fling Posse and Matenrou are characterized by outer personas that may--or may not--be at odds with inner, hidden personality features. This suggests that FP and MTR may not always be true to themselves, but they'll always "stick to" the words delivered via their mics.

All: Spit! [1] I know I'm a little strange, but I stick to my mic! Not for evil purposes, just to silence the haters I stick to my mic! Ramuda and Jakurai: Our raps, transcending language, Hifumi and Gentarou: will sniff out if you're true or false. Dice and Doppo: We'll find out the truth about you with both our inner and outer selves. All: I stick to my mic! Jakurai: It's a tragedy that my words have never managed to make an impression on you. Now, in return for a lecture you once gave me, I must inform you that you desperately need that sulky, embittered brain of yours surgically removed. [2] I offer you my truest intentions, and you throw them all back in my face, much like Anna Karenina, she who could've been saved. [3] Once, you reached out to me for help, and I let you go. Now, I take that reaching hand and hold it tight. So listen to me! Accept my help! Ramuda: You come crawling back to me just to be this condescending? And look, your whole point is beyond stupid. I don't understand why it is we never get through to each other, but stop rapping at me about my business--I didn't ask! I'm tired of hearing your oh-so informed opinion, oh mighty one. Know what I'd like instead? Want a real wild request? Here: send up the white flag and surrender the match. And maybe stop to consider that there's more to the world than your preconceived notions. [5] Hifumi: Preconceived notions, pooh! What a very heartless response. I'll have you know even battles have dress codes. [6] One beaming grin with my pearly whites, and all three of you will fall down dead. Watch as I take your silly formal vocabulary and walk all over it. [7] You may pretend to be soft-spoken, but you don't fool me. I think you just hate fitting in, conforming to the norm. Call yourself a classic Japanese beauty all you want-- all I see is a shut-in locked into his own study. [8] Gentarou: You're a rose fading to its ultimate end, [9] and I can't stand your thorns. You do know what happens when you become so dependent on your jacket? They say clothes make the man; here, I fear you're but an accessory to your clothes! [10] You'll find that the story of this match is still mine to write. [11] And I need not be in the right mind to plumb the depths of the right gold mine that is my imagination. [12] My raison d'être is my fire on the page. Now make way for me and vacate the stage!

All: Spit! I know I'm a little strange, but I stick to my mic! Not for evil purposes, just to silence the haters I stick to my mic! Ramuda and Jakurai: Our raps, transcending language, Hifumi and Gentarou: will sniff out if you're true or false. Dice and Doppo: We'll find out the truth about you with both our inner and outer selves. All: I stick to my mic! Doppo: Try and keep up, pipsqueak. You see this tie [13] around my neck? That's no dog collar; that's a detonation cord. Working my ass off lights the fuse. If it makes me rot in bed afterward, then at least I'm turning to compost--call that gaining value. [14] When're you gonna wake up and realize there ain't no such thing as free lunch? And then what you'll do? Go crying to your mommy? Let me lay down a new proposition in regard to hunting-- I can't speak for God, but these wolves are not dead. [15] Dice: Not too shabby, stuffed shirt. Free or no, you sure aren't missing any lunches...stuffed shirt. [16] It'll take more 'n that to change my mind 'cause I'm hungry for success in both meanings of the phrase. [17] Over the course of the journey, I've learned to drop shame and drop sick disses. [18] I've got my buddies behind me watching me go; No man, no cry [19]--I'm a defender! Hifumi: You expect me to think your shabby [20] crew can win? Doppo: Not compared to Matenrou, where nobody is ever left behind. [21] Hifumi: Doesn't matter who you are [22], from dust whence you came and to dust you shall be returned. Doppo: Slither up to us, the second coming of your nefarious ways, Hifumi and Doppo: and kiss our boots--after we grind you under them! [23] Gentarou: Actually, it's our differences that make us Dice: hard to beat super soldiers! [23.5] Gentarou: Aren't you forgetting something? Dice: You mean our general? He's the one who brings us all under his own banner--and you're next! Gentarou: Well, that's not very nice of him... Dice and Gentarou: And poor you! Jakurai: I fear the path you walk is dangerous, liable to cause harm to many--including yourself. I am trying to meet you halfway, but you, in your obstinacy, refuse. There is so much potential slipping through all our fingers, and I want nothing more than to grasp--to save--any of it. [24] Thus I refuse to relinquish my pain, and we, Matenrou, choose to walk forward. Ramuda: Then how come you don't understand me? How come we keep having to do this song and dance over and over? Ugh! You're so earnest it infuriates me. Stop acting like you're the only one who's gone and atoned. Our mistakes are all alike; everything else about us is different as it could possibly be. [25] But enough of that. Let's lay it out plain and simple: We, Fling Posse, are going to win. Hifumi and Doppo: Represent Shinjuku! The city that never sleeps Jakurai: and mesmerizes you with the power of attraction [26] MTR: We are Matenrou! Gentarou and Dice: Represent Shibuya! The city that always dances with you Ramuda: We're all the same in that we're all kings FP: We are Fling Posse!

All: Spit! I know I'm a little strange, but I stick to my mic! Not for evil purposes, just to silence the haters I stick to my mic! Ramuda and Jakurai: Our raps, transcending language, Hifumi and Gentarou: will sniff out if you're true or false. Dice and Doppo: We'll find out the truth about you with both our inner and outer selves. All: I stick to my mic! I know I'm a little strange, but I stick to my mic! Not for evil purposes, just to silence the haters I stick to my mic! Ramuda and Jakurai: Our raps, transcending language, Hifumi and Gentarou: will sniff out if you're true or false. Dice and Doppo: We'll find out the truth about you with both our inner and outer selves. All: I stick to my mic!

[1] As in spitting lyrics. Also suggestive of the JP verb 吐く which in this scenario means to speak with feeling. We should understand this as the first-person "We spit lyrics!" or "I spit lyrics!" instead of the second-person command "Go spit lyrics!"

[2] I believe he's alluding to Battle, Battle, Battle when Ramuda calls him Frankenstein.

[3] Jakurai is wilding in this one. (Very professional assessment) This line caused a fair amount of raised eyebrows on JP Twitter because it's a rather...biased take on Anna Karenina. Anna, the protagonist of the Tolstoy novel of the same name, is ostracized from society following an extramarital affair. Her "salvation" would be being accepted back into society's fold, but through the course of the novel, Anna chooses time and time again to scorn this possibility in favor of following her heart. While Tolstoy is critical of Anna's pursuit of romantic passion above all else, neither does he exonerate her self-righteous husband Alexei Karenin; "saving" Anna by forcing her to stay with a husband who does not put in the work or self-examine is never presented as a viable solution. The only person who, like Jakurai, espouses the view that Anna could be saved via ignoring her heart and staying in the marriage with Karenin...is her husband, Karenin. There are some interesting and valid comparisons to be made with these characters, as Ramuda is ruled by passion and self-interest, sometimes to the point of his own detriment, and Jakurai can be viewed as self-righteous or cold with his staunch moral code and distance kept from the rest of society. At the same time, it's an unequivocal comparison to a husband trying to get his wife back. Make of that what you will. [4]

[4] Might be good to mention this is the bit where Jakurai pins Ramuda on the floor.

[5] Literally "You're still being a frog that refuses to come out of its well," referencing the proverb "A frog in a well knows nothing of the ocean." A "there are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy" kind of idea.

[6] He's speaking to Gentarou.

[7] During the next line, Hifumi starts doing what I can only describe as a gay little dance designed to piss Gentarou off, which is presumably to illustrate trampling on Gentarou's vocabulary.

[8] Because almost all of Hifumi's raps are filtered through the lens of his host work, the "classic Japanese beauty" doesn't come entirely out of left field--he sometimes treats his rap opponents like clients, but not usually to this degree. This should be taken as ship bait, because it is. Hifumi is joking about Gentarou's outer persona being more reserved than most of the cast and evocative of Meiji era dress and mannerisms by comparing him to the Yamato nadeshiko archetype. The shut-in part is referring to a real world phenomenon wherein someone retreats from society for mental health reasons (which happens all across the globe; it's just more in Japan's social consciousness than in some other parts of the world), but here he means it in a colloquial sense to call Gentarou a loser. Some Japanese fans have also drawn parallels between "Japanese beauty" and a type of rose called American Beauty. (This rose's name in Japanese is also American Beauty, and it's stylized the same.) It could also be a nod to the film American Beauty, which uses rose imagery. The rose idea comes up again in Gentarou's response verse.

[9] "Ultimate end" is synonymous with "period," as in the period that ends a sentence. Appropriate for Gentarou.

[10] Literally: "Oh? I'm not sure which is wearing which..." A play on a phrase "the clothes wear the person," which implies the clothes are better than the person wearing them.

[11] A note that Gentarou uses an irregular pronoun for himself here (boku), but this is 99.9% certainly just for rhyme. "Mine to write" (boku jidai). See note 12.

[12] Similarly nonsensical string of wordplay. "I don't need gold to enjoy myself (kyoujitai) in my mad era (kyou jidai)." Also rhymes with the previous line (see note 11) and is a play on the word for "gold rush," literally a "golden mad era"--that is, a time when a mania for gold seizes the population.

[13] Unspoken; he's clearly gesturing to his neck, but I'm not 100% sure if he means his shirt collar, tie, or lanyard. Either way, he's alluding to a symbol of the corporate adult world that Dice is not a part of and would perceive as "collaring" Doppo.

[14] Slight wordplay; more literally it's "If it makes me depressed..." because the word for depression is synonymous with rotting.

[15] Referencing the Death of God theology and Nietzsche's "God is dead." Essentially, Doppo is comparing working in an office to earn his daily bread to being a wolf (see Matenrou's logo) catching its prey.

[16] Clever rhyme in the original; literally "Not too shabby, pops. You certainly look like you eat well." "Not too shabby" (ii me shite) and "eat well" (ii meshi)

[17] The word with double meaning in JP, kuenai, means both full of cunning and being unable to support oneself. It also builds on the food/eating theme; Doppo uses this word in his verse in the "When're you gonna wake up..." line.

[18] Again, very good rhyme on the verbs--kakisute the shame, to discard, and hakisute the disses, to say with feeling.

[19] While there are songs labeled "No Man, No Cry," this is presumably a reference to the Bob Marley and the Wailers' song "No Woman, No Cry," as Bob Marley is hugely influential in the JP rap scene. I would assume this sentiment (don't cry, man) is directed at Fling Posse, like "Don't cry; I'm here to defend you."

[20] It's worth mentioning that the word Hifumi uses for "shabby", baraketa, contains the word for rose, "bara." Appropriate for both Hifumi and FP's later song, Bunch of Roses.

[21] Right after this line, Hifumi puts his arm around Doppo's shoulders. [22] Literally "doesn't matter what color," once again a nod to the rose imagery.

[23] Biblical imagery intentional. Roses, the notion of returning to ashes/dust, the "second coming," and a comparison of Fling Posse's "nefarious" ways to a creature with venomous fangs (which I handled by having FP "slither").

[23.5] Whoops; forgot to mention this is the part where Dice also puts his arm around Gentarou.

[24] The first four lines are unequivocally addressed at Ramuda, but because the subject drops here, I interpreted this as a broader statement (because he talks about Matenrou at the end, which is a broader topic than his personal feud with Ramuda) and made it "all our fingers."

[25] Appears to be referencing the opening line of Anna Karenina, "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." See note 3.

[26] Referencing Shinjuku's redlight and entertainment district.

[darkrooklobby]

A bit of a late post for Lucky Guy's birthday! (November 22)!!! 🎂🍰🕯️🕯️🕯️from identity v! 😊

Happy b-day to you, my favorite dyslexic lucky bruh 💚🍀💚✨(he's so basic I love him. ESPECIALLY the maid outfit, can you tell, CAN YOU TELL--)

Also! Did you know he's a Sagittarius (nov 22) but his zodiac icon is a scorpio??? (oct 23 to nov 21) ??? Wild how the game didn't care about my fav character to get that right 😂

lol 😂

[teem-boo]

Persona? in MY yaoi? more likely than you'd think

[slugtranslation-hypmic]

Hi anon! Let me answer the second part now since it's only two lines.

ラストソングともに歌おうか 不滅の愛で僕一二三が悩殺する Care to join me in singing this last song-- Where I, Hifumi, will steal your heart with my indefatigable love? Ngl the phrase "indefatigable love" hits different coming from Hifumi.

[pomkiscorner-deactivated2026031]

I can't describe how much I love them

[slugtranslation-hypmic]

hii slug! very much appreciate all the work you and the team does for the fandom ;w; if it's not too much trouble, whenever you have the time, I'd love to read a translation for matenrou's newest song Bless You if possible! Haven't seen anyone translate the movie songs yet and I'm dying to know what the lyrics are 💙

is it possible for you to translate bless you by matenro... no rush of course, i just cant find any translations anywhere else 💔 matenro is so peak

Yes, thank you for your patience! Under a cut for length

Style notes: This song is largely written in everyday language with only a very small handful of fancier words introduced for rhyme. This achieves a conversational, yet beautiful effect. I've attempted to do similar with simple, natural language. The words which mainly exist to establish rhyme (musical key, Raphael, etc.) have been absorbed into the main text. I'm also not going to fuss too much over fidelity on the word level in favor of capturing the broader meaning and tone (tiny things like "how much we bleed" vs "how much we hurt" etc).

Pronoun/agent notes: Some portions of this song are explicitly focused outward (particularly Hifumi's) or narrated in first-person. Others are implied first-person or second-/third-person (see the first two lines of Doppo's first verse, which are most intuitively first-person, and the second two lines, which are most intuitively about Matenrou). However, most of Jakurai's verses are more vague and could easily be read in either first- or third-person. Given the PV, I've chosen to write them in first-person, but feel free to recast the agent in those lines to the "you" audience.

Doppo: I know I swore I'd stop, but here I am apologizing again. You're like family to me, with the way you make up for all my faults and the way you're always there for me. Hifumi: So why don't we sit down and talk it out? The world turns on our joy, and I have a message for you if today has reduced you to silent tears: I love you, today and everyday, no matter your insecurities. Jakurai: In both times of joy and times when pain renders you immobile, I let these notes carry me until everything is all right again. Doppo: And for all of us who've lost Jakurai: the warmth of companionship, we must take these gentle words. We must know that it's all right to be different. We must know that it's all right to be wrong. For this song was written for the express purpose of helping us all move past this. Chorus: No matter how much we struggle, no matter how much we bleed, everything will be different tomorrow. And that lets us keep on keeping on. Times may be awful and we may have much to grieve, but at the end of the day, no one's ever alone. And isn't that all we need? Doppo: Oh, I'm just so stupid. I can't do anything right. God, tell me: Is there any point to me being here? Hifumi: I'm no god, but I'd be glad to answer: I'm happy that you're still with us, partner. Doppo: You saying that will get me through another day. You still believe in me, despite everything wrong with me. Nothing I apologize for fazes you, and with that, we can make a brighter tomorrow come just that little bit faster. Hifumi: You and I are both cut to the bone with harsh traumas, but let every cut be another reason to lean on me. Let's you and me take all our abundant love and turn it to song, painting the tomorrows we'd like to live in. Jakurai: We all have those moments when we stand on the cusp of abandoning everything, when we've all but abandoned hope. But as for myself, I'm at the point where I'd prefer instead to weather these hardships, to transform this planet into one of love, to seek the final, lasting peace-- and to do it together. Chorus: No matter how much we struggle, no matter how much we bleed, everything will be different tomorrow. And that lets us keep on keeping on. Times may be awful and we may have much to grieve, but at the end of the day, no one's ever alone. And isn't that all we need? Jakurai: I love you and want to keep you free from harm, all by myself, all by my own two hands. [1] Hifumi: But you're not all by yourself. And don't you think we feel the same way about you? Doppo: I'm going to be the change I want to see. And if I can do it, what's going to stop the whole world from coming together for the better? [2] Jakurai: But then why do people still fight one another? If only this message would reach them: You're not alone. Doppo: If only we all just made that first step, all of us together now, we'd end all our problems this instant. Hifumi: It's all right now. Listen; can't you hear this song of love? Wouldn't it be wonderful to take it in? To really believe it? [3] Jakurai: Imagine what we could do if we could treat with one another without reservation, if we could start again after countless setbacks, if we could trust in these words of love and come together. All: So what are you waiting for? Let it go. You're the lead role now. You're the one who has to do it. Let it go, let it go, let it go. [4] Take my hand, and let's go achieve peace for ourselves. Let's all set off together for that brighter tomorrow. Bring your loved ones. Follow the light. Go! Hifumi: And no one gets left behind! Jakurai: Indeed. Now let's go. Chorus: No matter how much we struggle, no matter how much we bleed, everything will be different tomorrow. And that lets us keep on keeping on. Times may be awful and we may have much to grieve, but at the end of the day, no one's ever alone. And isn't that all we need?

[1] Note the PV focusing on Jakurai's hands on this line. It is also significant that, during the chorus, Doppo and Hifumi save Jakurai from drowning by grabbing those same hands, thus cementing Hifumi's next line into fact.

[2] I'm doing some heavy lifting in regards to the imagery here. More literally, it's "if [I] can change, the earth will bloom with morning glories." "Blooming" evokes an image of smiling, a common companion to images of world peace and brotherhood. Morning glories, apart from fitting the rhyme, symbolize love and solidarity. Thus, Doppo is saying the whole world can follow in his footsteps and achieve the same peace, love, and harmony he's learning to embrace. I was a bit torn on removing the image altogether, as it's quite a pretty one, but I wanted to ensure the broader meaning would be understood unequivocally.

[3] Hifumi's diction throughout the song is largely that of his host persona. Here, it switches almost jarringly to his bubbly, Doppo-focused persona. I didn't make an effort to reflect that here because their character voices are all much more muted in this song than in straight dialogue, and I thought leaning too hard into something poppy in English would ruin this line's ability to be taken seriously. That seemed more counterintuitive to the song's intended purpose than dropping the character voice marker.

[4] In the PV, it is on this line that Doppo grabs Jakurai by the arm, forcing Jakurai to let go of the painting that is all but burdening him throughout the song.

[ikezuyawa]

New Doukyuusei Series pop up shop to be held in Shinjuku in April, and Namba in May. More info to come.

[gthswrld]

I love them a lot I think people would know it if i didn't draw Ramuda all the time 😭😭😭

[aetheriumenjoyer-deactivated202]

drew luckyqi bc I'm insane

[kodyksstuff]

SO UHMMM.... William/Lucky? kind of! My friend introduced to that ship, i liked it, as any other ship with Lucky guy, not popular and no content at all with them, so yeaaah, its my destiny to do silly sketches

[kodyksstuff]

some sketches of my lovely ship EliLucky<3

[intoekinzone-deactivated2024071]

My Felony

[mihuzeyo]

🔞(🥂👔) HifuDo say gex

full on poipiku because I do not want to risk getting banned <3

[absentmindedadmirer]

Hifumi's the type of guy that when he proposes he just forgets the fucking ring. He spent hours, days, weeks, months agonising over what ring to buy, when to propose, how to propose, should he keep the jacket on??? or off??? And then he fucking forgot the ring somewhere. He could've comically tripped and had the unluckiest sequence of events that left the ring in a ditch somewhere but no, he just forgot it. So he stares into Doppo's eyes holding his hands in between Hifumi's own and then just takes his own off and slides them on. (He's forgotten to wait for the answer, not that he even needed to ask in the first place) And when he tries to give the actual ring, Doppo refuses to give Hifumi's own back, keeping them on his hands forever.

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[doppotranslations]

Alcohol, Sakura and Kangaroo ~Cherry Blossom Evening Stroll~ - Part 1

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Hypmic ARB in-game event story (Doppo, Hifumi, Jyuto), Rio, Rei, Hitoya

Recording Link: https://youtu.be/u9RnJaY2gfI (in case you wanna read along with the in-game voice lines and sound effects :D)

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Chapter 1

[At the Police Station]

Jyuto: I deeply apologize…

Detective: Hey now… Iruma-san, you're going to have to assume responsibility for that case…

Jyuto: Be more careful in the future, for my sake as well......

Rio: ……

Jyuto: Well then, I’ll be off…...

[Outside]

Jyuto: *lights a cigarette* Phew… that whole debacle from before was solved thanks to Samatoki… Rio, why did it have to be in Shinjuku......?

Rio: How many times do I have to say it? I came here to look for a kangaroo.

Jyuto: …... what I meant was that I don’t get your reasoning at all, so why did you have to drag me into this? If I didn’t know you, I’d probably end up interrogating you too. Furthermore, what is it about this wallaby that would make it worth being taken in by the police for…... 

Rio: It’s not a wallaby, it’s a kangaroo.

Jyuto: *sighs* …... I don’t care which one it is…...

Rio: Getting accurate information about this is important.

Jyuto: If there really was a kangaroo in this city, there would immediately be a fuss about it. Don't you think so too?

Rio: In that case even I’d find out about it, wouldn’t I?

Jyuto: *sighs*...... That’s right…...

Rio: Though it’s true that I have brought you trouble. Jyuto, I apologize.

Jyuto: Don’t worry about it. What are friends for after all…... it was a cheap arrest too. After all, it was all thanks to that idiot Samatoki being used to getting people out of trouble.

Rio: Right.

Jyuto: Well, what do you say? Since we ended up in Shinjuku and all, shall we go drinking in this golden city?

Rio: Hm…... I would love to join you, but I must look for that kangaroo.

Jyuto: …...and if you happened to find it, what would you do?

Rio: That’s a weird thing to ask. I’d make a meal out of it, of course.

Jyuto: I see…

Rio: Kangaroos…... Their meat is easy to cook and delicious. There surely must be a stray kangaroo somewhere around Japan…...

Jyuto: …...just please don’t get arrested again.

Rio: Got it. Well then, I’ll be off.

Jyuto: Then…... guess I’ll be drinking alone, huh?

[At a Temple]

Doppo: (Aah…... The manager of the company I was doing business with today…... was so cruel…... What do you mean by “You look like you’re emanating an aura of misery so much so that it’s annoying. If you let me slap you, I’ll buy what you’re selling.” W-well,  it can't be helped. If it’s for the sake of my company, I’ll take the hit… but if it’s just one hit I promised, why do you have to go all in… What do you mean “I was only joking when I said I’d buy it!”...) Fuck……………………………………… Fuck fuck……………………………………… Fuck fuck fuck……………………………………… FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKING HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELL!!

???: Wait…...

Doppo: THIS IS BULLSHIT! EVEN THOUGH HE SLAPPED ME!! THAT ASSHOLE STILL DIDN’T FUCKING GIVE ANYTHING IN RETURN!!! IT’S TOO MUCH, MAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!

???: You over there!

Doppo: HYAH, HYAAAH!!!

Jyuto: I was thinking some idiot was screaming around here, but it was just you, Kannonzaka-san.

Doppo: I-Iruma-san… A-are you by any chance here to arrest me for being so loud…? I was being a bother, wasn’t I?

Jyuto: I’m not really impressed by the screaming, but I’m not gonna arrest you either.

Doppo: I-I’m glad…

Jyuto: By the way, Kannonzaka-san.

Doppo: Yes?

Jyuto: You seem to be feeling pretty stressed about something, don’t you? So, how about I treat you to a drink.

Doppo: Sounds great! Let’s go!

Chapter 2

[At Hifumi’s host club]

Hifumi: …...Um? What the?

Host A: Old man! Quit being so arrogant! The table isn’t a foot stool!

Host B: What the hell do you want!?

Rei: Right, sorry for that. Looks like our precious prince charming here is pretty rotten.

Host C: Asshole…... are you messing with us…...?

Rei: *lights a cigarette* It’s pretty fun being a wild guy with a temper, you know?

Host A: Ah?

Rei: If you would give me the favor of getting involved, then I would say we’re about to have a pretty fun twist.

Host A: You bastard…...

Hifumi: That’s enough!

Host A: H-Hifumi-san!

Hifumi: You guys, what do you think you’re doing acting like that in the host club? As usual, you’re supposed to behave elegantly here.

Host A: M-my apologies!

Rei: Oh, at last mister number one showed his face, huh?

Hifumi: Huh? You’re Osaka’s… Why are you here?

Rei: I’m here to collect some debts.

Hifumi: Why are you doing that…?

Rei: It’s something I simply cannot turn down. You see, I am a pretty influential person of the nightlife in Kabuki.

Hifumi: …...really? You talk about needing to collect debts, but I don’t think there’s anything to collect from here, is there? 

Rei: That’s right…...

Hifumi: Then why did you come here?

Rei: See the chick in this photo? Ya get it now?

Hifumi: That woman…... Some time ago, she was a guest here and requested me…... What’s the matter with her?

Rei: She’s been messing around at this host club with borrowed money. And…...

Hifumi: She ran away because she couldn’t pay it back…...?

Rei: You got it. I came here to ask you if you know about the whereabouts of that hoe.

Hifumi: I know nothing about it…... And even if I did, I would not be able to share any information about my beloved clients.

Rei: Heh…... Well, since you say you don’t know anything, should I ask you what the truth is by force?

Hifumi: ……

Rei: Hahaha! Juuuust kidding! Lil’ old me only does such unreasonable things on special ocassions.

Hifumi: What do you plan to do if you find her…...?

Rei: Ummm. Let’s see… if she pays back the money it’s all good, but if she doesn’t…... ya dig?

Hifumi: !

Rei: Hey, don’t look at me like that! I don’t want to come face to face with a young woman that has a bright future about something like this either, you know. Though rules can’t be broken no matter how much you complain about it. Since you work at a place like this you get it, don’t you?

Hifumi: …...Yeah.

Rei: I mean, it would be good for you too if she paid up since she’s got a tab to pay for you, right?

Hifumi: …...I forbid my customers from putting their payments on a tab.

Rei: Heh...... that’s uncommon.

Hifumi: It’s because we don’t want problems like this with debt.

Rei: Nonsense. Well then, looks like I gotta bounce.

Hifumi: Wait a second…...

Rei: What’s up?

Hifumi: I simply cannot let this go by, having a woman I know be met with mean eyes. I will go too.

Rei: You’re coming to do what exactly?

Hifumi: Once we find her I shall scold her.

Rei: Scold…... huh? Haha, sounds fun. ‘s all good then. Come.

Hifumi: ……

Chapter 3

[Out in the city at night]

Hitoya: (*sighs*... The Supreme Court is so tiring…...) It’s still early, I could probably get a drink and go home...... (How about viewing the sakura trees while having a drink? Maybe I could find a nice place for that, huh.) Oh, right, Shinjuku Central Park is right around the corner. I’ll get going.

[At the park]

Hitoya: Woah…... this is pretty impressive, huh… Since I bought both a drink and something to eat, I can enjoy the evening in peace over here. *opens his drink* Gulp… gulp… gulp… Pwaah~. Having a drink after work is simply exceptional. (When I’m in Nagoya either Kuko or Jyushi always find a way to destroy my peace and quiet…... That’s why, I’ll make use of this alone time while I’m here.) …...This park seems to be pretty big and all, so I’ll go for a little walk around here.

[Somewhere else in the park]

Rio: According to the intel I gathered, that thing is lurking inside this park...… as expected…...

???: Gwooo… Gwooo… Gwooo…

Rio: Mm? That sound is…

Kangaroo: Gwooo… Gwooo… Gwooo…

Rio: Just as I thought, the information seems to not have been wrong… Goddamn…...

Kangaroo: !?

Rio: Kh…!

[Somewhere else in the park]

Hitoya: Gulp… Gulp… Canned beer around the sakura blossoms at night… This is just the best, isn’t it? A night like this would make even cheap alcohol feel luxurious.

Kangaroo: Gwooo… Gwooo… Gwooo…

Hitoya: Hm? What was that sound…?

Kangaroo: Gwooo gwooo gwooo!

Hitoya: Wha!? A k-kangaroo!!????? Why is there a kangaroo in a place like this…...

???: Mm!!

Hitoya: Huh…? *gets hit and everything turns black* Gwah!

???: Guh!

Hitoya: *gets up* That hurts, man…

Rio: …...I apologize. I was in a hurry.

Hitoya: Right…... huh, you’re from Yokohama Division?

Rio: And you’re from Nagoya Division…?

Hitoya: What are you doing in a place like this?

Rio: I was chasing a kangaroo.

Hitoya: Chasing a kangaroo, you say… The hell kinda joke is this?

Rio: Looks like it completely got away…I know this is an embarrassing request to make but…...

Hitoya: …What is it?

Rio: Could you do me the favor of helping me catch that thing?

Hitoya: Why me… is what I would normally say, but I bumped into you and got in the way and all, so fine. I’ll help out.

Rio: …Thank you!

Hitoya: Was that kangaroo your pet or something?

Rio: No, it’s my food.

Hitoya: ???????????????????????????

Chapter 4

[Out in the city at night]

Hifumi: Is this the place?

Rei: According to what I was told, yeah. 

Hifumi: *tries to go in*

Rei: Wait a second.

Hifumi: Why…?

Rei: Just to be sure you’ll have to stay here. We’re in this together, so in case she tries to run away you’ll have to do something about it.

Hifumi: Got it…

Rei: Good, I’ll get going then.

[Inside the club]

Hifumi’s Former Client: I’ll have another drink, please~

Host: Which one would you like?

Hifumi’s Former Client: Open the bottle of Golden Dom Perignon~

Host: Really? A glass of Golden Dom Perignon then…

Rei: That order is canceled.

Hifumi’s Former Client: Huh? Who the hell are you…?

Rei: Who I am? Let’s see…

Host: That’s right, what’s with this jerk…?

Rei: Sorry to be a disturbance, but this young lady’s and Romeo’s little affair will have to wait. ‘Cause you see… I am a scary old man.

Host: Do you want to have your ass kicked…?

Rei: Haha! I like being threatened, lil old me is happy to hear that, you know?

Host: Hey…!

Manager: S-stop that…

Host: What was that?

Manager: Don’t you go yelling at that man!

Host: Is there a reason for that? The way we earn money here is by selling lots of drinks, you know?

Manager: That’s enough…! That man is Amayado-san and is one of the people who works in the shadows in this neighborhood.

Host: I-...i-in the shadows…?

Manager: Keep bothering him and our store will surely be shut down…

Host: R-really…?

Rei: Huh? You’re not gonna kick my ass anymore?

Host: A-ahaha…

Manager: P-please… enjoy your stay…

Rei: Oh, really? I’ll make sure to take my time then. *turns to the girl* Yo, sorry to have kept you waiting.

Hifumi’s Former Client: W-what do you want…?

Rei: What do I want…? You see, the reason a scary old man like me came here is… something you should know about as well, right?

Hifumi’s Former Client: ……

Rei: Oi oi… Don’t make me look like the bad guy here. Got it?

Manager: H-he’s talking about…...

Rei: You’ve got a debt to pay, so if you give me the favor of paying up right away nothing bad is gonna happen.

Hifumi’s Former Client: !!! *gets up*

Rei: !!

Host: Uwah!

Hifumi’s Former Client: *runs away*

Rei: *sighs* …What a pain in the ass…...

Hifumi’s Former Client: *pants*

Hifumi: You…...

Hifumi’s Former Client: H-Hifumi…...!

Hifumi: Why…...

Hifumi’s Former Client: !! *runs away*

Hifumi: Agh…...

Rei: Hey! Stop zoning out and let’s chase her!

Hifumi: ...…right.