#viewpoint b

They had one conversation, that's it. But it was enough that Ai felt closer to her than anyone else in the group. And that one conversation is enough time for Ai to spill her guts, share what the reader knows are some of her deepest anxieties.

And it's not all about Ai; Kyun gets something out of this, too. She expresses frustration at having a relationship with some guy who doesn't understand the troubles of being an idol, but Ai obviously does. And Ai pushes Kyun to make music instead of just performing it.

Kyun pushes back, and by the end she wrote a melody to match Ai's lyrics. "Lying Me". And despite its obscurity and unpopularity, Kyun finds herself humming it more than a decade after Ai's death.

lyric book chapter four is out!

Hello everyone! With the absolutely incredible audio drama adaptation of Viewpoint B dropping earlier this week, I was able to revisit my initial translation of Viewpoint B and make various tweaks and improvements – my hearing comprehension is uh a lot better than my reading comprehension so the audio drama was incredibly useful in clearing some things up for me.

My next goal will be to complete my own translation of 45510 to go alongside Viewpoint B and I am also interested in translating some of the Bluray and artbook materials if anyone is able to provide them. If you have anything official you think would be cool to see translated, feel free to drop it into my DMs!

TL NOTES:

1) As mentioned previously but is worth reiterating here: in the process of adapting Viewpoint B into English, there are places here and there where I lightly reordered or combined certain sentences in to flow a little better in English. For example, there's times where a character's monologue will be interrupted by some single sentence aside in the narration that makes things read a little stuttery and occasionally confusing as to which character was speaking. The content should still be largely the same, I just wanted to make sure nobody got lost in the more dialogue heavy exchanges (as I almost did!)

2) Various tweaks to spelling, phrasing and word choice were made. Nothing is massively different but with the audio drama to reference, I had a better idea of dialogue tone and mood and made some changes to my phrasing to better match Takahashi's interpretation of the text.

3) Ai's age is referenced twice in this story, once as fourteen and once as fifteen. I initially assumed this was a typo either in the original text or transcription of the pamphlet as the relatively short timeframe the story takes place in makes it unlikely she would've had a birthday without comment. However, Takahashi can clearly be heard saying both 14才 (juuyonsai) and 15才 (juugosai) in the audio drama so I have no idea what to believe anymore!!! As such, I kept my initial translation of 'fourteen' when her age is first mentioned and changed the second occurrence to the more neutral 'teenage girl' because I genuinely don't know what the intention is here. Unless the birthday celebration that gets mentioned in the story is Ai's?? Is Ai's birthday that close to Christmas???? I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE

4) There are a few sentences and lines of dialogue that were a little ambiguous in terms of subject and who was speaking. Two of these lines I accidentally mistranslated or misattributed (Kanan's first speaking line, a mention of management dictating B-Komachi's romance-first focus) have now been fixed.

the lyric book and other short stories

by hexcodeaquamarine

also on squidgeworld

Relationships: Hoshino Ai & Kyun, Hoshino Ai & Hoshino Aquamarine & Hoshino Ruby

Characters: Kyun (Oshi no Ko), Meimei (Oshi no Ko), Hoshino Ai, B-Komachi (Oshi no Ko), Amamiya Gorou, Hoshino Aquamarine, Hoshino Ruby, Saitou Miyako, Saitou Ichigo, Gotanda Taishi

Additional Tags: Hoshino Ai Lives, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, ai and kyun just missed each other in vb. what if they didnt?, i give ai friends because she deserves them, Slice of Life, aka oshi no ko if ai didnt die, Healing, Friendship, Snapshots, Slow To Update, Other Additional Tags to Be Added,Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, stories referenced are viewpoint b and 45510, havent read the spica novel yet so probably not going to reference it, Non-Linear Narrative, POV First Person, it might switch to third person sometimes but i dont know

Chapter: 1/?

Summary:

The book sits on my desk, white cover proudly boasting the words "LYRIC BOOK" written in chunky magic marker. I had set it down when I got home, placing it with a carefulness I didn't usually show. The book felt important for some reason, something like a treasure.