RAISON D'ETRE

MangaDex is down for an unknown amount of time so the chapter will be posted here, we’ll update this post with the MangaDex link once the site goes back up. Enjoy!

● Info: From Jan 20 - Feb 14, 2021, Aniplex offered a Valentine’s Day Gift where you could preorder a scarf & charm set of your Twst boy and send them a letter. These are the response cards that each of them send back to you. ● Note: All of these were originally in English; I didn’t translate or edit them in any way.

Here is a thread of all their signatures!

Riddle Dear friend, Thank you for the present. Your choice in gifts has absolutely delighted me. Tell you what, why don’t I invite you to a lovely afternoon tea later? Just as a way to express my gratitude. Of course, you won’t turn down the invitation, I trust?

♔ River/Doctor Appreciation Day 2017 || Happy Anniversary!

♔ River/Doctor Appreciation Day 2017 || Happy Anniversary!

♔ River/Doctor Appreciation Day 2017 || Happy Anniversary!

♔ River/Doctor Appreciation Day 2017 || Happy Anniversary! 

I really like this part about Dazai so I decided to translate it. I don’t mind it if you re-translate it but mind that I don’t speak either Japanese or English as my first language, and my vocabulary is pretty limited in both. 

I may post something else later, but I cannot promise anything. 

Stormbringer light novel image scans (set 2 of 2)

Stormbringer light novel image scans (set 1 of 2)

Text on the third image reads: “That is the 169th possibility. ‘You’re late, my younger brother.’”

Translated a short Chuuya scene from the first chapter! (Pages 41~46)

Please do NOT report this translation anywhere.

*The first 60 pages have been released for free preview in Book Walker

Official release of the whole novel is on February 27!

Context: For Chuuya’s first anniversary in the Mafia, his friends gave him some documents and “that” picture revealing his past

Under the cut for spoilers!

I suddenly feel so down and I don’t even remember the reason why so I have decided to translate all Asagiri’s forewords from vol 1-vol 20 of the manga. I never got the chance to read the English version so I don’t know if the foreword for every volume is included or not. If you have already seen a cleaner, nicer official translation of these, just kindly ignore me. If you have never seen them, I hope this makes your day a little bit brighter :)

Vol 1: The winter is so cold I cannot get out of the kotatsu. Kotatsu, this must be the greatest invention in the history. When I told my friend “I am so glad to be born in Japan where kotatsu is invented”, they told me “There is something similar in Iran called korsi too.” …Good job, Iran.

Vol 2: When summer comes and the kotatsu is put away, where should I work then? (teary-eyed)

Vol 3: I’m writing this in October, a season when everyone is still in short-sleeves and the coffee shops still have air conditioners on at noon, but I cannot take it anymore. I will take it out. Kotatsu.

Vol 4: When I went to the toilet, I came up with a new adjective called “dazai”, just like a divine revelation. Dear the God of toilet, I’m fine even with useless ideas like that, so please grant me some story ideas. What does that even mean? “Dazai”!

Vol 5: The shock that I received when being told “You are like the green peas on top of shumai” still remains even after 10 years has passed.

Vol 6: Sometimes when I am drowsing, an amazing idea sparks all of a sudden. But most of the time, I just continue to sleep and forget about it.  

Vol 7: You can put chestnuts in rice… That idea is amazing but I once had “rice with strawberry” for my school lunch. The strawberry was all crumpled.

Vol 8: The anime adaptation has been decided. I will also show up in every meeting. Please take care of me. 

Vol 9: I wrote a spin-off novel with one hell of a great title - “Bungou Stray Dogs Gaiden: Ayatsuji Yukito VS. Kyougoku Natsuhiko”. “That” character appears too.

Vol 10: After eating oyakodon with shichimi (TN: a Japanese spice mixture containing 7 ingredients), I unconsciously scratched my eye with the hand that touched shichimi and the world was engulfed in fire. 

Vol 11: Recently, when I am thinking about the story, it has become like the characters’ dialogue is automatically played in the anime seiyuus’ voices. This kind of happiness, we don’t get to see often. 

Vol 12: There is a cat outside my house that always growls with a longgg voice. It is so long that I become worried every time, like “Wil you take a breath…Is your breath okay? Eh? You’re still going? Are you okay?” The other day I tried competing with it by growling just as longgg back and then it became quiet. Somehow, I’m sorry.

Vol 13: I received the samples for the merchandises, so I went out with a merchandised pen case, a merchandised clear file, a merchandised glasses case, a merchandised smartphone cover, and a merchandised T-shirt. People looked at me on the train and in the coffee shop like, “That person must be a super big fan.”

Vol 14: I was looking for something to help me put my headphones on the table nicely, but in the end I found a banana hanger.

Vol 15: Being involved in the production of the DEAD APPLE anime movie was a once in a lifetime amazing experience. Honestly, thank you so much, everyone!

Vol 16: I used to speak sarcasm towards people who were born in Shikoku but cannot name Shikoku’s four prefectures. However, when I mistook my friend’s wedding in Kouchi and arrived at Koumatsu instead, I felt like I have lost that qualification. 

Vol 17: I will also participate in writing the scripts for Season 3 of the anime! This season is amazing too, you know!

Vol 18: In a seafood rice bowl restaurant, all of a sudden the staff shouted “Saa, mondai desu!” (TN: In English, “Okay, I have a question!”) so I got all excited and waited for the question but in the end, it’s just the big salmon bowl (TN: In Japanese, “Saamon Dai desu.”) that came. Now let’s start volume 18. 

Vol 19: I don’t know how to read the name of 匝瑳 city in Chiba prefecture, so I searched for “Chiba prefecture something-city” on the Internet and that city came up as the top result. So people… can not read it either, right? I felt like I have become one with the world.

A while back I got tired of endlessly flipping through BSD manga to find out who called whom what, and who uses which pronouns and which honorifics, so I uh… reread the whole thing and made a spreadsheet with this information, like the colossal nerd I am.

This song plays when you’re on the ‘Album’ screen after going to the general settings. I didn’t know what else to call it, so “Album Screen” it is lol

New official art by Harukawa-sensei 😍

Rook’s Nicknames

Himself → Le chasseur d’amour

Yuu → Trickster

Grim → Monsieur Fuzzball

Riddle → Roi du Rose

Ace → Monsieur Heart

Deuce → Monsieur Spade

Cater → Monsieur Magicam

Trey → Chevalier

Leona → Roi du Léon

Ruggie → Monsieur Dandelion

Azul → Roi de Fort

Jade → Monsieur Schemer

Floyd → Monsieur Kills for Thrills

Kalim → Roi d’Or

Vil → Roi du Poison

Epel → Monsieur Little Apple

Idia → Roi de Ta Chambre

Malleus → Roi du Dragon

Lilia → Monsieur Curiosity

Floyd’s Nicknames

Yuu → Shrimpy (Koebi-chan)

Grim → Baby Seal (Azarashi-chan)

Riddle → Goldfish (Kingyo-chan)

Ace → Crab (Kani-chan)

Deuce → Mackerel (Saba-chan)

Cater → Sea Bream (Hanadai-kun)

Jack → Sea Urchin (Uni-chan)

Ruggie → Suckerfish (Kobanzame-chan)

Kalim → Sea Otter (Rakko-chan)

Jamil → Sea Snake (Umihebi-kun)

Vil → Betta Fish (Beta-chan-senpai)

Rook → Seagull (Umineko-kun)

Idia → Firefly Squid (Hotaru Ika-senpai)

Ortho → Sea Angel (Clione-chan)

Silver → Jellyfish (Kurage-chan)

Crewel → Mr. Beakfish (Ishidai-sensei)

Sam → Seahorse (Umiuma-kun)

Others

Grim to Yuu → (My) Henchman

Leona to Yuu → Herbivore

Leona about Riddle → The Red Young Master

Leona about Azul → Octopunk

Leona about Idia → Emo guy

Vil to the Pomefiore 1st years → Baby Potatoes

Sebek to Malleus → Young Master

Silver to Lilia → Father / Old Man