CRYING AT THE RESPONSE TO MY LAST POST. oh my god. I hope you like tatsumayo too they are my loves.. tumblr even though I don’t know how you work I love the tiny people in my phone
ENSTARS FAN TRANSLATORS please put what music is playing in the background because oh my god nothing prepared me for the change away from the foreboding music over to the default, happy music when HiMERU started strangling Tatsumi
The idols have been asked to star as characters in the dating sim video game Love★Star. The filming is to be done in pairs, but HiMERU and Tatsumi seem to be having trouble... ❀
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Please note that I am NOT fluent in Japanese and that I did my best translating. Criticism is welcome but please be nice about it!
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HiMERU: Shall I silence you so that you’ll finally stop singing your own praises?⸺ “Tatsumi-senpai.”
Tatsumi: Those who live by the sword are said to die by the sword.
HiMERU: …………
Tatsumi: Fufu. Though in our case, wouldn’t it change to those who live by idols, die by idols?
You should cease to continue living the way you do now. Eventually your precious life will continue to dwindle until you draw your final breath.
I worry about you, HiMERU-san.
HiMERU: ⸺Be quiet.
Tatsumi: ………!
HiMERU: You’ve been nagging for a while now… At this point, you shouldn’t preach such shallow things and spew nonsense at “me,” you shitty clergyman.
Tatsumi: …………
HiMERU: Shall I silence you so that you’ll finally stop singing your own praises?⸺ “Tatsumi-senpai.”
Tatsumi: …………
…fufu. ♪
Aha. Haha. Ahahahahaha...☆
HiMERU: ⸺That isn’t something you should find amusing.
Tatsumi: My… My apologies. You’re right, it seems unfitting.
Ah, I didn’t expect HiMERU-san to say those things or behave that way, even your bloodlust is praying to be set free… ♪
HiMERU: …………
Tatsumi: To suddenly be called “Tatsumi-senpai” makes me happy and nostalgic of the past…
I was unsure of how to deal with such emotions and ended up reacting strangely.
It’s not your fault, HiMERU-san. It’s mine for making you stay longer than necessary. I apologize.
HiMERU: ⸺You don’t need to apologize. In any case, the blame lies with HiMERU as well.
HiMERU, himself, has been feeling irritated about it the entire time.
Ever since ES’s establishment, or rather, since becoming a member of Crazy:B, all of HiMERU’s previous work experience has ended up in vain compared to the work Crazy:B does.
This “job” has certainly been quite a nuisance.
Tatsumi: Is that so? During your time as a solo artist, the movies and dramas you appeared in were expected to be highly acclaimed.
HiMERU: ⸺That sort of thing only happens due to the scripts.
Besides that, a “correct” answer more or less exists. Thoroughly analyzing the performances of those who came before us, their mannerisms, to an extent, are easy concepts to grasp.
But for this job, that is not the case.
Just in case, a situation like this has been prepared for. It has been entrusted to us performers that we act accordingly⸺
In all honesty, this is a field HiMERU has no interest in, which makes it rather difficult to start learning.
Tatsumi: Ah, I feel the same. As I thought, we’re quite similar, HiMERU-san. ♪
HiMERU: …………
Tatsumi: Throughout my entire life, I’ve hardly touched anything regarding games. The feeling of love is a concept foreign to me.
That sort of thing isn’t the same as love for God, right?*
HiMERU: They’re both very different. Games that endlessly preach agape are detestable.
Tatsumi: That’s right… Ah, I'm troubled.
Our job this time is to become “characters in a dating sim.”
Tatsumi: For some odd reason, whenever we attempt to even get close, they’d yell out, “Handsome men are coming closer, looking at them will destroy my eyes!” …Then they’d run away.
HiMERU: By the way, both Crazy:B and ALKALOID will appear as new characters in Love★Star.
It’s connected to a seasonal event they’ll add dedicated to Valentine’s Day.
Tatsumi: I see. Well as far I’m concerned, newcomers like us are grateful to be getting this much work.
HiMERU: We’re different though. Unlike you guys, it looks like ES doesn’t exactly like Crazy:B.
Tatsumi: No, it would be wise to exercise caution. Just when things seem to go well, you’ll be greeted by pitfalls you never saw coming.
HiMERU: Well look at you finally understanding what HiMERU is saying.
Tatsumi: What?
HiMERU: You’re wrong. If that were the case, then each unit would have been filmed separately.
The higher-ups of Love★Star had a demand for us, which is why we have to act in pairs.
We’ll have to act all lovey-dovey like the script tells us to.
Perhaps they wanted to do something new and use pairings between the two units rather than members from the same unit.
The first being “Rinne Amagi and Hiiro Amagi”
Tatsumi: Love between siblings… That sort of thing is taboo, it is forbidden by God.
HiMERU: Next is “Kohaku Oukawa and Aira Shiratori”
Tatsumi: Those two are very good friends, which is completely different from a romantic relationship, right?
HiMERU: After that, it’s “Niki Shiina and Mayoi Ayase”
Tatsumi: Both of their names are in katakana!
HiMERU: Shut up! You don’t have to reply back every time! HiMERU is only talking to organize his thoughts properly!
Tatsumi: Fufu, I understand. My bad. ♪
HiMERU: ⸺Last but certaintly not least, the problem, “HiMERU and Tatsumi Kazehaya”
Tatsumi: I wonder if us being paired together had anything to do with the fact we’re both from Reimei Academy.
HiMERU: HiMERU isn’t sure of their plans. He can’t help but suspect that the higher-ups have evil desires with the pairings they decided.
Tatsumi: Desires?
HiMERU: There seems to be a select audience that will be happy to see their favorite idols getting along with each other.
Tatsumi: I, too, like seeing people I care about getting along.
HiMERU: That’s not what HiMERU meant.
Anyway, everyone else besides us two have finished recording.
HiMERU feels regrettable that we are both “useless” with this job.
Tatsumi: Yes, you’re right. I’ve always tried to act like an amazing senior, but this seems to be a hurdle I can’t quite get past.
HiMERU: It’s not your fault, Tatsumi. Or rather, no, it is your fault for behaving so recklessly, but more importantly, there’s still a bigger problem at hand.
Filming will never end unless the producers are satisfied with our filming.
And regardless of how awful our acting is, as long as the producer likes it, it’s alright. Likewise, if they don’t like it, they’ll say it’s unusable.
For instance, our Shiina and ALKALOID's Ayase were terrible as well.
A hungry Shiina had endlessly chased around a crying Ayase or something like that.
“That’s exactly what I was looking for!” is the kind of thing we should hear when we get it right first try.
Tatsumi: Fufu. The younger two* were just casually talking about sweets, but they were immediately told their take was good, right?
Tatsumi: And yet, why can’t we get any good takes?
HiMERU: Perhaps we could figure out what the producers consider a good or a bad take and adapt to get the right shot. HiMERU doesn’t understand what their criteria for a good take even is.
It’s baffling. With the Amagi brothers, Crazy:B’s Amagi acted like he was actively trying to seduce your Amagi.
The producers didn’t like that sort of thing and the Amagis struggled to get an okay take as well.
Tatsumi: Yes, they really were struggling. The other two groups quickly left after their filming, and that left us with the Amagis.
I encouraged Hiiro-san by jokingly challenging him, saying something like, “I wonder which one of us will get to leave first.”
HiMERU: They have a close relationship. But when they were talking during their break, the younger brother, drained from work he’s not used to, got closer to his older brother.
And were given the OK as soon as he started acting like a child who wished to be doted on by their older brother. It looks like that was what the producers were after.
Tatsumi: Fufu. The older brother was caught off guard and was taken aback. I wonder if that’s similar to the unusual public appearances the producers wanted to see.
If that’s the case, I really wish they would’ve said something, I don’t know what those producers are doing.
Everything is supposed to be surprising and unexpected but I still haven’t gotten used to your aggressive tone.
Himeru: …………
Tatsumi: As expected, we still can’t get the OK sign and that continues to be a problem. Perhaps I, too, should change how I speak and mimic the way Koga-san talks.
“Repent, you lowly heathens!”
HiMERU: ⸺Who knows if doing anything unexpected would even work.
Tatsumi: Hmm. Asking the producers directly for what they want would be nice but…
For some odd reason, whenever we attempt to even get close, they’d yell out, “Handsome men are coming closer, looking at them will destroy my eyes!” …Then they’d run away.
HIMERU: HiMERU wondered what that was… How is an eccentric-like person in such a position of producer? Surely that goes to show how they’re more than capable in the game production field.
This truly is nothing but a nuisance. We have no choice but to take a shot in the dark. If we’re unlucky**, then our job will never be complete even if we had eternity.
