#l4mps

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”.

…At least that’s what I’d like to say, but Netaro still isn’t here. Do you mind entertaining yourselves for a bit while I go find him?

Toi: Okay!

Ryui: Hold on, Hachinoya. It’s actually better if Yowa isn’t here.

Yodaka: Is there something we can’t discuss with him present?

Ryui: Sure is. I wanna talk about how we’re gonna put a stop to those god-fucking-awful inventions of his.

Do you have any idea of the type of shit I’ve been through cause’ve ‘em?

Toi: (I feel bad for Ani-sama…but! There’s CGs that I’m going to miss out on if I can’t see him experimented on!)

Nagi: I know how you feel…I mean, more so than his inventions, sometimes it’s his hunger that makes me fear for my life.

Ryui: He’s roughed you up too, huh? Guess we do see eye to eye sometimes.

Netaro: —The wait iz over, boys!

Ryui: Tch, couldn’t stay away, could he?

Yodaka: A bit late, aren’t you?

Netaro: I was busy working on a new meat bun flavour for you all to try! Feast your eyes on my latest work! Ta-da~!

Toi: Oo, they smell amazing! They must be freshly-made!

Yodaka: Oh, how nice of you to bring us a snack. Let’s eat them while they’re still hot.

Nagi: Thank youuu…*munch*

Ryui: Wait a sec, Toi. Let me check them for poison first.

Netaro: Poison? Have some faith in me...

*L4mps eating sounds*

Nagi: !

Yodaka: Nagi? Are you alright?

Nagi: So…hot…

Ryui: Huh?

Nagi: My body’s…on…fire...

I can’t…control it…

HAH—!

Toi: Oh my gosh! Nagi-kun just threw open his shirt!

Ryui: He already walks around with it barely buttoned up, but now he’s gone and undone it all the way down to his navel!

Nagi: Kabedon~

Netaro…please don’t look away.

Don’t pay attention to anyone else…look at me.

Ryui: W h a t.

Toi: I-It’s really happening! The fabled kabedon and chin lift pose that girls dream of!

Netaro: Ah, except Gii iz shorter than me so the only thing he’z making me look at right now iz the ceiling.

Nagi: Look at me…look at me…

Toi: Wait, isn’t the sexy and self-absorbed way he's acting straight out of that otome game we played yesterday!?

Netaro: Bingo! With these 2D-ifying meat buns, anyone that eats them turns into an otome game character and tries to make me theirs!

Ryui: Wh—WHAT!? WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU FEED ME!?

Yodaka: I’ll make you mine~! My, how adorable you are, Netaro~! And those braids…so sweet~!

Ryui: N-Natsume!?

Yodaka: What do you say we get out of here and take a trip downtown~? You and me~?

Toi: This is the type of character who acts frivolous but will love you unconditionally!

Nagi & Yodaka: Kabedon~!

Nagi: Netaro? Won’t you look at me?

Yodaka: Who would you rather have some fun with?

Netaro: KYAAA! I can’t choose~!

Nagi & Yodaka: Kabedon~!

Nagi: Please?

Yodaka: You and me~?

Nagi & Yodaka: Kabedon~!

Nagi: Have you made your choice?

Yodaka: You and me~?

Ryui: Fuck, I’ve gotta do something, I’m gonna be next if I don’t throw up—

—Ggah!

Toi: Ani-sama…?

Netaro: Seems like Ryui’z about to be affected too~?

Ryui: Ne…Netaro...

(My mouth’s…moving on it’s own—)

...Netaro...onii-chan.

Will you play with me?

Toi: AWWWWW!

HHAAHWHHAAWAWAHH—Ani-sama, you’ve…you’ve turned into Otouto-sama!

Netaro: He’z grabbing the hem of my clothes and looking up at me with big round puppy eyes!

Yodaka: My, you’re awfully cute too.

Ryui: If you don’t pay attention to me, I’ll get so lonely…that I’ll cry…

Toi: *hyperventilating sounds* Ani-sama’s crying face!!! *more hyperventilating sounds* Otouto-sama’s—*gasping for air*—crying faaace!!!!

Ryui: Y-You’re making me cr—

—Ggh, ghh, agh, aaaaghgaaAAAAAAAAAA—

*Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!*

Netaro: Ryui’z kabedon-ing the wall with his face!

Toi: Ani-sama!? What’re you doing!? Stop that!!!

Ryui: hah, hah…it’s okay…i’m…all good now...toi…

Netaro: Ooo, he’s turned himself back to normal! Nice job, I’m impressed!

Ryui: you’re…fucking…dead…later…

*Ryui falls to the floor.*

Nagi: —And that’s why we’re going to try and remedy the meeting that fell apart the other day.

Today, I’d like to talk about the transformation that happened to me…so, I actually think it was a pretty good change, hm, yes, what if maybe, we considered eating those meat buns again—

Ryui: NOTHING ABOUT THAT WAS 'GOOD', DUMBASS!!!

Yodaka: I’m afraid I end up with a headache whenever I try to remember what happened—

Toi: (I hope Ani-sama plays a genius-type character next time.)

(I want to hear him say things like “The likelihood of you falling for me is 18000%”~!)

Nagi: Hey, where’s Netaro?

Netaro: —The wait iz over, boys!

Ryui: Fuck, he's here!

Yodaka: A bit late, aren’t you?

Netaro: I was busy working on a new meat bun flavour for you all to try! Feast your eyes on my latest work! Ta-da~!