tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095BleachnessYour Daily Noodlesbleachness2012-01-07T12:58:00Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:639375ext_50515Cute Kubo Blurbs2012-01-07T12:58:00Z2012-01-07T12:58:00Zpublic13Posted by: <span lj:user='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=52100&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' rel='nofollow'><b>http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/</b></a></span><br /><br /><br />Some adorable Kubo blurbs published in WSJ over the years, found by<span style="font-weight: bold;"> spiderkiss</span>, translated by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/'><b>mezzo_marinaio</b></a></span>and posted here:<br /><br /><a href="http://deathberry.com/index.php?topic=34.msg1292#msg1292">http://deathberry.com/index.php?topic=34.msg1292#msg1292</a><br /><br />And awww, Sensei: <strong><em>I really love seeing my own characters drawn by other people.</em></strong><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=639375" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:620731ext_50515IshiHime (w/IchiRuki) scanlated comic2011-09-26T06:20:00Z2011-09-26T06:20:00Zhappypublic38Posted by: <span lj:user='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=52100&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' rel='nofollow'><b>http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/</b></a></span><br /><br /><span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/'><b>mezzo_marinaio</b></a></span> scanlated an adorable IshiHime (w/IchiRuki) comic excerpt by <b>Soul Love</b> (<b>Rui</b> on Pixiv) as a gift to <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://la-kalaka.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://la-kalaka.livejournal.com/'><b>la_kalaka</b></a></span><br />for becoming the new owner of the <a href="http://bleachasylum.com/threads/18348-IshiHime-Fanclub-Version-8">The IshiHime FanClub</a>.<br /><br />I'm happy to have founded the club and been owner for almost 8 versions but ENY WILL BE A GREAT NEW OWNER. IshiHime will always be my OTP <3<br /><br />This comic is love. (read Japanese style right to left)<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/620731.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=620731" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:614001ext_171113Chapter 459 and 460 - The Abridged Versions2011-08-28T15:53:00Z2011-08-28T15:53:00Zpublic17Posted by: <span lj:user='mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=185467&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/614001.html#cutid1">A special, double-issue edition to celebrate the sheer awesomeness of these two chapters. :3</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=614001" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:605313ext_50515Kubo Tweets "more manga-ka like"2011-07-12T17:35:00Z2011-07-12T17:35:00Zpublic10Posted by: <span lj:user='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=52100&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' rel='nofollow'><b>http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/</b></a></span><br /><br /><br /><br />translations by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/'><b>mezzo_marinaio</b></a></span> <br /><br />Latest Bleach tweets from Sensei. He's recommending the anime to those who were shocked by the absence of IchiRuki's farewell scene from the anime, LOL. Apparently the "Bleach My Soul" scene meets with his approval?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><br /> <i>侵軍篇最終話と新章第一話の脚本チェック終了。良い感じ。</i><br /> <br /> "The check up of the scenario for the final episode of the Invading Army arc and for the first episode of the new arc is finished. It gives me a good feeling."<br /> <br /> <i>侵軍篇最終話は、侵軍篇から原作の破面篇最終話のラストシーンへとリンクする内容なんですが、これが良くで きてます。アニメを観て、一護とルキアの別れのシーンが無かった事にショックを受けた人、楽しみにしてて下 さい。納得のいく繋がり方になっているんじゃないかと思います。</i><br /> <br /> "In the final episode of the Invading Army arc, we cut from that arc to content linked with the final scene of the last chapter in the original Arrancar arc... but it's done very well. Everyone who was shocked at the absence of Ichigo and Rukia's farewell scene, please watch the anime and enjoy yourself. I thought, well, weren't they tied together quite satisfactorily?"<br /> <br /> <i>最近、アニメ新章絡みの仕事が楽しいから、ツイートの内容が結構ちゃんと漫画家らしくなってる 気がする。</i><br /> <br /> "Recently, since the work involved with the new arc in the anime is so fun, I feel like the contents of my tweets are becoming somewhat more proper and mangaka-like." <br /></span><br />and earlier, because I thought this was adorable--Sensei tweeted about <em>KiKi's Delivery Service</em>, a movie I love, and while it may not be relevant at all to Ichigo's current situation, Sensei's thoughts about adults relationship to kids interested me:<br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><br />魔女の宅急便観逃した。 </span><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><br /> <br />I missed 'Kiki's Delivery Service'. <br /> <br />魔女の宅急便で1番好きなシーンは、憎たらしい子供が、お婆ちゃんのニシンのパイまずいからいらないのよねーとか言うシーン。自分に子供ができたら、小さいうちに、あのシーンの為にこの映画を観せておきたい。 </span><br /> <br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">In 'Kiki's Delivery Service', my favourite scene is the one when that odious child says that he doesn't need his grandma's herring pie, because it's so awful... should I ever have children of my own, I'd like to show them this movie while they're little for that scene alone. <br /> <br />沢山の子に訊いてインパクトある20人を抽出したんだろうけど、それにしても面白い。 そして、子供の時分に「自分は愛されてる」と確信できてるってのは、とても幸せで、大切なことなんだなぁ、と再確認した。周りの大人がしっかり大人になっ ていないと、その確信もおかしなものになってしまうけど。 <br /> <br />I guess they probably asked many kids, and then took a sample of 20 people with some impact... but still. It's interesting. Besides, when you're a child, being able to have confidence in the fact that you're loved is an important thing, it makes you happy... I can reconfirm that. But if the adults near you don't become reliable adults, that confidence also becomes an odd thing. <br /> <br />どうやら、見逃した筈の魔女の宅急便の感傷を引きずっている。 <br /> <br />Somehow or other, even though I should have missed it, I'm dragging out the sentimentality of 'Kiki's Delivery Service'. <br /> <br /> </span><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=605313" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:604358ext_171113Chapter 455 - The Abridged Version2011-07-11T13:05:00Z2011-07-11T13:05:00Zpublic27Posted by: <span lj:user='mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=185467&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br /><p><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/604358.html#cutid1">I think bleach is a pretty cool guy... eh kills pacin' and doesn't afraid of anything.</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div> </p><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=604358" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:602786ext_171113Chapter 454 - The Abridged Version2011-07-04T01:34:00Z2011-07-04T01:34:00Zpublic19Posted by: <span lj:user='mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=185467&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/602786.html#cutid1">Wherein poor Ichigo quite understandably loses his cool...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=602786" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:599392ext_50515Dumb Poll and many other little Bleach thingies2011-06-20T09:26:00Z2011-06-20T09:26:00Zdrainedpublic49Posted by: <span lj:user='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=52100&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' rel='nofollow'><b>http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/</b></a></span><br /><br />[<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/poll/?id=1753768">Poll #1753768</a>]<br /><br /><br />And something else sort of interesting from Sensei's twitter that I was reluctant to post because he was rather vague and I thought there might be over-interpretation. What I gathered from the tweets was that Sensei was having ... uh .. a kinda artistic late night pondering and state of defiance over something. When questioned by fans "you're not talking about Bleach are you?" he claimed to be talking about music, lol, but said that his opinions about manga were the same. And he said that he's just trying to sort out his thoughts on Twitter and to read his thoughts with that in mind.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/599392.html#cutid1">Kubo says</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=599392" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:599233ext_171113Chapter 452 - The Abridged Version2011-06-18T02:51:00Z2011-06-18T02:51:00Zpublic17Posted by: <span lj:user='mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=185467&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/599233.html#cutid1">Once again, I thought I'd give a quick summary of the latest victim of Kubo's pacing... :3</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=599233" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:594125ext_50515The Lost Readers Arc? Also, Kubo Tweets Translated.2011-05-19T10:24:00Z2011-05-19T10:24:00Zpublic81Posted by: <span lj:user='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=52100&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' rel='nofollow'><b>http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/</b></a></span><br /><br /><br /><br />Feel better about the new arc yet? Have the pacing and storyline of the last two chapters won you over?<br /><br />Looks to me like Sensei’s done his homework and pushed the pace like he said he would. Reader feedback and dire numbers and less than spectacular sales seem to be putting the pressure on to keep Bleach a success story.<br /><br />WSJ rankings usually don’t get a lot of discussion but lately <a href="http://bleachasylum.com/threads/13274-Weekly-Shounen-Jump-News-2011?p=2766591#post2766591">the Bleach Asylum thread for the WSJ rankings</a> has been alive and kicking. People have been concerned about Bleach’s dropping popularity, and we discussed the matter here at <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://bleachness.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/></a><a href='http://bleachness.livejournal.com/'><b>bleachness</b></a></span> after I posted <a href="http://bleachness.livejournal.com/639216.html"> a new arc poll</a> a couple weeks ago.<br /><br />According to <strong>czeliate</strong> and others who follow 2ch, the Japanese have redubbed this arc <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em>"the lost agent arc" to be "the lost reader arc" (読者消失篇)--> meaning, an arc that losing the readers </em></span><br /><br />The WSJ rankings, which are determined by reader feedback and editorial decision both, tell the story the most dramatically--ever since the current arc began, Bleach has had to struggle to win favor.<br /><br />The link to that WSJ graph of the Big Three I posted weeks ago got lost, but I saved it when it was reposted at BA this time and uploaded it to my own LJ scrapbook. As you can see below, Bleach’s ratings have been ALL OVER. It hasn’t rated as high (2nd) since the end of the Arrancar Arc with the “Bleach My Soul” chapter. It rated low as 13th last week (for the Orihime vs Tsukishima face off) . The Valentine’s issue when Ichigo got his fullbring hubcab power was a healthy 5th place ranking.<br /><br />Posted <a href="http://bleachasylum.com/threads/13274-Weekly-Shounen-Jump-News-2011?p=2765959&viewfull=1#post2765959"> here</a> by <strong>tatai</strong> who credits <strong>Tarouch</strong> for the graph:<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/594125.html#cutid1">GRAPH</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />Now, something of interest to those who follow Kubo-sensei's interviews and Twitter remarks and like to discuss his authorial intent and/or his responses to reader feedback and how audiences effect his work. A couple of his tweets this week interested me. <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/'><b>mezzo_marinaio</b></a></span> translated. From the sound of things (and I realize I'm a fangirl), Sensei sounds endearingly insecure about feedback. Ah, if I only had a nickle for every artist I've sat up nights with talking about his or her perceived lack of talent. But from these vague statements, I also get the idea that idea that while Sensei doesn't like to hear judgements about his work, he's open to suggestions that include constructive criticism, that value judgements aren't worthwhile unless they include some help or encouragement on how to improve.<br /><br />Anyway, judge for yourself:<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em><br />「好きか、嫌いか」ではなく「良いか、悪いか」って論調で何かを語る時、「自分ならこうする」という代案の提示無しに「あれはつまらん」「あれは綺麗じゃない」と語ってるのを聞くと、それが例え友人でもガッカリする。文章然り、デザイン然り。<br /><br />When I talk about something and my tone doesn't imply the question 'Do you like it, do you hate it?', but instead something like 'Is it good, or is it bad?', hearing responses such as 'That's dull', or 'That's not pretty' - things that don't really present me with an alternate plan of the 'If it were me I'd do this' variety - makes me feel really dejected... even if those responses come from my friends. Like a certain writing style, or a certain design.<br /><br />俺の中で、そういう時に即座に代案を提示できないのは「自分には才能がありませんが、何か?」と言ってるのと同じなので、その気構えにガッカリするんだろうな。きっと。<br /><br />Since not immediately presenting me with an alternate plan in those moments is akin to saying 'I have no talent, but so what?'... well, you know. Inside myself I get dejected at that kind of attitude. Obviously.<br /><br />まぁ、そもそも「良いか、悪いか」で何かを語ること自体が好きじゃないんだけど。<br /><br />Well, it's not as if I like the idea of talking about something with a tone of 'Is it good, or is it bad?' in the first place. <br /></em></span><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=594125" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:591627ext_50515My Ishida Orihime Pretties Let Me Show You2011-05-07T07:14:00Z2011-05-07T07:14:00Zpublic6Posted by: <span lj:user='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=52100&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' rel='nofollow'><b>http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/</b></a></span><br /><br /><br />First, a belated birthday present from <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://enychan.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://enychan.livejournal.com/'><b>enychan</b></a></span> that warms my heart. She was going to save this to post on the weekend fanworks post but I couldn't wait to share it here ... BECAUSE I CAN. XD. Behold my IshiHime present:<br /><br /><br />[Invalid lj-embed id 207]<br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/207860262/">IshiHime EGA</a> by *<a href="http://kala-k.deviantart.com/" class="u">kala-k</a> on <a href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviant</a><a href="http://www.deviantart.com">ART</a><br /><br />Also, the most marvelous plushie maker in the universe, <a href="http://pheleon.deviantart.com">http://pheleon.deviantart.com</a> has completed two more Ishida and Orihime plush dolls commissioned by me AND YESTERDAY THE POSTMAN BROUGHT THEM TO MY DOOR. They're my cutest Bleach plushies yet! Only 10 inches tall (like my lil Ulquiorra). I'm so in love. A picspam below the cut. Lots of images. SILLY.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/591627.html#cutid1">warning for cuteness below cut</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><br />OH! One more thing! <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/'><b>mezzo_marinaio</b></a></span> sent me caaaaaaake all the way from Italy the other day and one of the cool things she does is illustrate her letters to me. These IshiHime drawings were too precious not to share. <br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___2" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/591627.html#cutid2">cute by mezzo</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___2" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=591627" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:591412ext_50515Cute Kubo Tweets Re Characters2011-05-05T19:01:00Z2011-05-05T19:01:00Zstill hungrypublic12Posted by: <span lj:user='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=52100&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' rel='nofollow'><b>http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/</b></a></span><br /><br /><br />Kubo-sensei tweeted the cutest stuff about being at a cocktail party the other day and mentioned how he doesn't know how he comes up with his characters. Translation by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/'><b>mezzo_marinaio</b></a></span> :<br /> <i><br /> 新人さんの居る飲み会に行くと必ず「どうやってキャラを作ってるんですか?」と訊かれるんだけど、上手く答 えられた試しが無い。自分でもどうやって作ってるかよく分かってないからだ。ていうか、話を聞くとパターン にハメてキャラを作ってる人が多くて驚く。そんな器用なこと俺にはできん。<br /> <br /> Whenever I go to a drinking party and meet some new faces, without fail I'm asked "How do you create your characters?"... but there hasn't been a single instance where I was able to answer that question skillfully. That's because I myself don't understand exactly how I create them. I mean, I've heard stories... and I'm surprised that there are so many people who fall right into a pattern while creating their characters. I can't do things that skillfully.<br /> <br /> キャラは「なんか知らないけど、いつのまにかできてる」ってのが1番正確な表現だと思うんだけど、それ言っ ても大体「??」みたいな顔をされるので、なんかそれっぽい、納得できそうな、漫画家っぽいことを言って、 毎度言い逃れてる。すまん、みんな。<br /> <br /> On the subject of characters... I think the most accurate representation would be if I answered "I don't really understand it myself... but before I know it, they've been created". However, even with an answer like that I get "??" faces as a response. So I say something similar to that, something that would be more understandable - you know, some sort of mangaka answer. And each time, I say that and run away. Sorry, everyone.</i><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=591412" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:585294ext_50515THE OFFICIAL CHAD!FEST POST2011-04-06T13:28:00Z2011-04-06T13:28:00Zfestive!public41Posted by: <span lj:user='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=52100&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' rel='nofollow'><b>http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/</b></a></span><br /><br />Yes folks, as I type this it is already Chad's birthday in Japan and we here at <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://bleachness.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/></a><a href='http://bleachness.livejournal.com/'><b>bleachness</b></a></span> will be celebrating until it is no longer his birthday in any part of the world. You are invited to post your offerings to our big wonderful muchacho in comments here. Please be patient with LJ as it site struggles with its DDoS issues and if your comment doesn't post, wait a while and it will post ... eventually. XD <br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><strong><em>FANWORKS NEW OR OLD, CONGRATS IN GLITTER TEXT, DOODLES, GRAPHICS, PIE, LOVE IN ALL FORMS WELCOME IN THE COMMENTS. Please use discretion and warn for all not-safe-for-work offerings and put them behind links. <br /></em></strong></span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong><span style="font-size: larger;">CONTEST!</span></strong></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Post a manga panel (manga only, not anime) in which Chad appears and write a comment about why Chad rocks your world in this panel. </span><a href="../../../support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=6&view=full"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">How to post an image in a Live Journal Comment</span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">. If all else fails in posting your panel, describe the moment in the manga vividly along with your comment. <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://bleachness.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/></a><a href='http://bleachness.livejournal.com/'><b>bleachness</b></a></span> mods will choose 3 winners later on and you guys will get some groovy regalos (I have a cutie plush, an Amore e Morte tat, and a widdle Sado-kun sticker). I'll start with the first offering. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><br />This Chad!Fest is dedicated to a dear friend who has been campaigning for a Chad arc for years now. She may never get to see her guy in a white dress but at least she can get the following--a special art from </span><span style="white-space: nowrap;" lj:user="imlikat" class="ljuser ljuser-name_"><a href="http://imlikat.livejournal.com/profile"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><img width="17" height="17" style="vertical-align: bottom; border: 0pt none; padding-right: 1px;" alt="[info]" src="http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=2" /></span></a><a href="http://imlikat.livejournal.com/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><b>imlikat</b></span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> ! </span><span style="white-space: nowrap;" lj:user="mezzo_marinaio" class="ljuser ljuser-name_"><a href="http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/profile"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><img width="17" height="17" style="vertical-align: bottom; border: 0pt none; padding-right: 1px;" alt="[info]" src="http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=2" /></span></a><a href="http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><b>mezzo_marinaio</b></span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> was absent from fandom for a few months but she's back now and here ya go, honey-- </span><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/585294.html#cutid1">with love</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div> <br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I'll say more about the birthday boy later. Gah, I love you Sado Yasutora.</span><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=585294" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:547799ext_171113More fan reports about the movie2010-12-08T22:07:00Z2010-12-08T22:07:00Zpublic28Posted by: <span lj:user='mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=185467&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br /><br /><br />Okay, so here's a translation of <strong><a href="http://mblg.tv/m0nsuke/entry/385/extended">Novacaine</a></strong>'s follow-up post about the second half of the movie.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/547799.html#cutid1">Warning for lots of squeeling and IchiRuki jokes, lol. XD</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=547799" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:546554ext_50515interesting things? movie summary, gum cards, Ishida review2010-12-06T14:11:00Z2010-12-06T14:11:00Zpublic27Posted by: <span lj:user='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=52100&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' rel='nofollow'><b>http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/</b></a></span><br /><br />More thingies for you all. First, Annie IMed me early this morning with scans of the new butler maid gum cards and said "don't ask me for HQs--I don't have them yet!" LOL. I was happy because we weren't expecting these to be released until the 30th. Just look at Ishida here pouring the tea like Sebastian! Renji is carrying a tray (are there seaweed ambassador cookies under the lid? Taiyaki?) and we have maid!Rukia at last.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/546554.html#cutid1">low quality scan</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />I'd been waiting patiently for Ishida fans to blog and review Hellverse since from first reports most reviews I'd been hearing had been going on about shipping stuffs and naked!Rukia. XD <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://pony-rocks.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://pony-rocks.livejournal.com/'><b>pony_rocks</b></a></span> posted links in the Ishida FC this morning to blogs from Ishida fans. She's a professional translator so I didn't think to bother her, but mezzo was kind enough to translate! Ishida gushing from blog under cut. Movie spoilers of course (but yeah movie spoilers are all over this community--I'm not really hiding them well).<br /><em><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___2" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/546554.html#cutid2">Ishida!Ishida!Ishida!</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___2" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><br />LOL, Ishida, also Nii-sama. I swear, Nii-sama's scene with Ichigo may be one of the scenes I'm most looking forward to in the movie. Apparently many reviewers have said that it's powerful. There's a good summary in English at animesuki from Langus who went to see the movie <a href="http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?p=3377359#post3377359">HERE</a> (I like that place, even though it often posts stuffs from here w/o credit to Mezz et al) and with all due respect to Langus, I don't think he got Bya's character right in that scene. <br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___3" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/546554.html#cutid3">read more and spoilers</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___3" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />more amazing mezzo translations about final battle <a href="http://bleachasylum.com/threads/17278-v49-IchiRuki-FC-The-Story-of-Destiny-Begins?p=2621837&viewfull=1#post2621837">HERE</a><br /><br />eta: higher quality scans of gum cards found by <b> 12domba </b> of IshiHime FC at BA<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___4" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/546554.html#cutid4">higher quality scans</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___4" aria-live="assertive"></div></em><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=546554" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:527287ext_50515Kubo Tweets About HellVerse Bleach Movie 4!2010-11-18T17:43:00Z2010-11-18T17:43:00Zpublic23Posted by: <span lj:user='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=52100&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' rel='nofollow'><b>http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/</b></a></span><br /><br /><br />He's seen the whole thing! And Kubo-sensei tweeted about it today! A treat for the fanboys it seems! And I'm so looking forward to the animation! (Ishida!Ishida!Ishida in a mooooovie! *spazzes*)<br /><br />Translation by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/'><b>mezzo_marinaio</b></a></span> :<br /><br /><br /> <em><br />帰宅しましたー!映画、凄かった!一言で言うと、全編アクション!!です。 <br /> <br />“I’ve retuuuurned! The movie was amazing! To be brief, it was aaaaaaal action!” <br /> <br />全編アクションって言っても、大抵のアクション映画ってアクション部分て半分くらいだったりするけど、今回の映画はまじでアクションじゃないシー ンが10分とか15分くらいしかありません。しかもアクションのクオリティが高い高い。アニメスタッフさんの苦労は尋常じゃなかったと思います。 <br /> <br />“Though action movies are generally labelled like that, the action parts usually span about half of the movie… in this movie, though, the scenes that couldn’t be labelled ‘action’ must have been about 10-15 minutes at the most. Furthermore, the action quality was high, high. I think that the anime staff must have had some unusual trouble for this one.” <br /> <br />映画の冒頭で原作の一護VSウルキオラのバトルを再構成したバトルシーンが数分間だけ描かれるんですが、俺はその数分だけで完全に持ってかれました。あそこは一護とウルキオラのどっちかに少しでも興味がある人は絶対に観た方がいいです。 <br /> <br />“At the beginning of the movie, there is a battle scene between Ichigo and Ulquiorra – which is basically a remake of their canon battle; it’s just a few minutes long, but I think those few minutes reached a level of perfection. The people who have even just a little interest in either Ichigo or Ulquiorra should definitely watch it.” <br /> <br />@norider1965 とんでもない!今回の映画は絵の力がものすごく大きいです!自分のやれたことなんてごくわずか。本当に、スタッフさん一人一人にお礼を言いたいくらいです。 <br /> <br />“No way! This time, the movie had earth-shatteringly beautiful drawings! There is little to any difference with my own drawings. I’d really like to thank the movie staff one by one.” <br /> <br />そして今回特に印象的だったのは、あの描くのが難しい一護が、全編通して本当にカッコ良く描かれていたこと。これは本当に嬉しかった。今回は一護を中心に据えたストーリーだから尚の事。 <br /> <br />“And then, what particularly impressed me this time was that they drew Ichigo – who is very hard to draw – very well, and made him cool-looking for the entire time. I was really happy about that. All the more because this time, Ichigo was set firmly at the centre of the story.” <br /> <br />ストーリー的には、これまでのBLEACHの映画って、BLEACHらしさはあるけど正直ジャンプっぽさは薄かったと思うんです。それが今回は BLEACH らしさをしっかり持ちつつも、いかにもジャンプ映画らしいストーリーと演出で、子供の頃にジャンプ映画を観た時のような気持ちになれました。 <br /> <br />“Story-wise, I think that the Bleach movies up until now gave off a Bleach-like feeling, but their Jump-like essence was very sparse. This time, however – while the movie is firmly grounded in the spirit of Bleach – the story produced really gives off a feeling of being a typical Jump movie… so I was able to return to the emotions I felt when I saw Jump movies in my childhood.” <br /> <br /> <br /> </em><strong>On another note, the merchandising for this movie is out of this world. I've found myself lusting for cork coasters and buttons and mousepads like never before, but ohhh I really really REALLY WANT </strong><a href="http://www.parco-city.com/shop/99par084/99par084/item/view/shop_product_code/1011-bleach-005"><strong>THIS</strong></a><strong>.</strong><br /><br />And don't forget:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em><strong>THE DAY TO POST ENTRIES IN THE ISHIDA AND ORIHIME FANWORKS CONTEST IS TOMORROW, NOVEMBER 19. </strong>See </em></span><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/bleachness/548304.html"><strong><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em>HERE</em></span></strong></a><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em> for the original post. Please remember to put as the subject heading for your post <strong>THE TITLE OF WORK </strong>and its <strong>CATEGORY (FANART OR FANFIC).</strong> Please remember to tag your post </em><strong><em>ISHIHIME BIRTHDAY CONTEST.</em></strong></span> <br /><br /><em><br /></em> You can start posting entries at Midnight CST, I suppose--I'm not strict. I do hope we get some entries even though some of you have said you're behind and will post later. Last night my daughter found my stash of pumpkin Pocky I was saving to send out with prizes this year and ATE IT ALL, LOL but I managed to deep-hide the Japanese milk caramels! In any event, I hope the new Bleach arc will inspire more fanworks all year long, not just for this contest, and that you won't need candies for incentives! I just like to throw candies into the air on my bday is all!<br /><br />Oh wow, next week will be such a Thanksgiving treat--two Bleach chapters, a color page, the special freaky filler anime episode with kinky!maid Rukia and movie costume designer!Ishida and then news of the movie! <em><strong>Can 2011 be even better?!!</strong></em><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=527287" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:516571ext_50515Kubo Tweets2010-10-27T15:28:00Z2010-10-27T15:28:00Zflirtypublic48Posted by: <span lj:user='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=52100&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' rel='nofollow'><b>http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/</b></a></span><br /><br /><br />Sensei does tweet about things other than food and breasts--sometimes he tweets about Bleach. Just today (and I swear if I didn't know better I would guess that someone cued him in on the fact that a certain insistent part of American fandom was identifying Rukia as "a geisha" and Orihime as a "samurai's wife" in the new 2011 anime B calendar <img border="0" src="http://bleachasylum.com/images/smilies/lmao.gif" alt="" title="Lmao" class="inlineimg" />) Sensei tweeted that he loved the calendar featuring "historical figures," that it was his favorite but being ignorant of history, he could tell who everyone but Rukia and Orihime were.<br /><br /><br /><strong>tite_kubo:</strong><br /><br />ただ、俺が歴史に疎いせいか、ルキアと織姫の元ネタだけが誰だか分かりません。 about 3 hours ago via Echofon<br /><br /> <br />来年のアニメ版カレンダーが届いたんだけど、これ凄くいい!!今までで一番好きかも。歴史上の人物に扮したキャラが筆のような筆致で描かれてて、みんなすげーかっこ良い! about 3 hours ago via Echofon<br /><br />Several fans (mostly Japanese) wrote back to identify Rukia as princess AtsuHime (not a fancy prostitute) amd Orihime as <span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">Murasaki Shikibu, author of <em>The Tale of Genji </em>THE WORLD'S FIRST NOVEL </span></span></span>(not an anonymous Samurai's wife). Of course those fans identifying the girls as such also claim to be doing such things in order to annoy the IchiRuki fandom. Mature, ne?<br /><br />Also, remember when Sensei tweeted that he was drawing panties for the first time in his life and he got us all curious as to WHOSE panties they could be? (He said he wanted to make them flesh-colored! <img border="0" src="http://bleachasylum.com/images/smilies/lmao.gif" alt="" title="Lmao" class="inlineimg" /> )<br /><br />Alas, he wasn't talking about Bleach. Translation by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/'><b>mezzo_marinaio</b></a></span> :<br /><br /><strong>Sensei: </strong>@hekky3 確かに子供用の水着って困りますよね。やちるの水着姿描いた時も困りました。そういや俺こないだ生まれて初 めてパンチラ描きましたよ。BLEACHじゃないですが(笑)。<br /><br /><i>To hekky3: "I definitely have some trouble with child swimsuits. I had some trouble when I drew Yachiru's swimsuit as well. By the way, the other day I drew someone showing their underwear for the first time in my life. Ah, but I'm not talking about Bleach." (laugh)</i><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">(Mezz: </span><em><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">Awwwww, looks like he wasn't drawing IchiRuki pantsu after all. XD<br /> <br /> I wonder what he was talking about, then...?<br /> <br /> Lol, maybe he really IS starting a Kubo underwear line! XDDD)</span></em><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=516571" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:481041ext_171113Seductive!Orihime and Napping!Ishida2010-09-09T23:55:00Z2010-09-09T23:55:00Zpublic17Posted by: <span lj:user='mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=185467&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br /><br /><br />Well, I appear to be a little late for Orihime's birthday... but in the end, no Orihime fanart is bad fanart, right? :3 <br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/481041.html#cutid1">So, a happy late birthday, Orihime! XD</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=481041" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:500235ext_171113Some Masked translations2010-08-22T18:33:00Z2010-08-22T18:33:00Zpublic80Posted by: <span lj:user='mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=185467&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br /><br /><br />Well, I'm still in the process of translating Ishida's pages - though for now they don't seem to be particularly interesting, just a brief recap. *sighs*<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/500235.html#cutid1">In the meantime, here, have some more of Kubo's interview! :D</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </p><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=500235" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:472872ext_171113Bleach 416 - A couple of cleaned panels2010-08-21T15:56:00Z2010-08-21T15:56:00Zpublic12Posted by: <span lj:user='mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=185467&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/472872.html#cutid1">For colouring purposes. :3</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div> <br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=472872" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:470812ext_50515Cruel Tweets Don't Bother Sensei! Do Not Worry, he says!2010-08-16T13:55:00Z2010-08-16T13:55:00Zrelievedpublic72Posted by: <span lj:user='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=52100&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' rel='nofollow'><b>http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/</b></a></span><br /><br /> <p class="MsoNormal">Just for the record, there’s been some confusion about Sensei’s tweets today regarding Orihime and some fan criticism of her. No, Sensei was not addressing Orihime hate in general in Bleach fandom. For some days now a tweeter claiming to be a Rukia fan has been sending Kubo-sensei, Kudo-san and Morita-kun tweets saying horrible things about the character of Orihime and calling for Orihime’s death among other things. A recent tweet said that if Orihime had a large part in the movie this tweeter would not go to the movie. The tweeter linked Kubo-sensei to the Orihime 2ch hate thread. Sensei mildly warned the tweeter not long ago and sent private notes to fans concerned about the messages telling them not to worry. When the messages started up again with more verocity, I tweeted him last night:<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/470812.html#cutid1">read more</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div> <br /><br /><br /><br />I just don't want people to get the idea that these tweets from Kubo have anything to do with the ohmygawdOrihimeisFAILbecauseshedoesn't useTsubaki! criticism! one may see in fandom and that in fact it was <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://bleachness.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/></a><a href='http://bleachness.livejournal.com/'><b>bleachness</b></a></span> members such as Annie and Syn and Amy and myself and others who wrote Sensei appalled by this tweeter's hatred of Orihime.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><strong>ETA: mezzo's direct translation of Kubo's tweet (not summary like Ku's--although thank you very much Ku). The first translation made me LOL with its particular colorfulness. <3</strong></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><em><br />才能も無く、努力もせず、そのくせ与えられるものに不平を言って、努力する人間の足しか引っ張れないような奴は、目を瞑ってどっか隅っこに挟まって、口だけ開けて雨と埃だけ食って辛うじて生きてろ。<br /><br />Talentless people who don’t make any personal effort and yet complain about the things that they are given – when they can’t drag other, hard-working people to follow their lead – shut their eyes tightly and end up somewhere in a corner, just barely managing to survive by opening their mouth and eating nothing but rain and dust.<br /><br />そんなとこかな。あと言っとくことあったかなぁ。<br /><br />So it’s like that, eh? I might have been warned about it before.<br /><br />あ、前にチラッとこういうことがあった時、手紙やリプライで物凄い心配されたけど、特に怒ってる訳でもショック受けてる訳でもないので、心配しなくて大丈夫ですよ。<br /><br />Before, when this kind of thing happened by accident, I got some terribly worried letters and replies… but there is no reason to get especially angry or shocked – it’s okay, don’t worry.<br /><br />毎週世界中の人間が読む状況で、10年近く週一で漫画描いてる人間の中に、この程度でアタフタするような奴は居ません。丁度いいタイミングだったので、意思表明に使わせて貰いました。<br /><br />In this kind of situation, when every week people from all around the world read your words, no one among the ones who’ve been writing manga every week for almost ten years would be so hasty. Because the timing was just right, I was led to speak a manifestation of my intentions.<br /><br />それから、下の子のツイート見て、普通のルキアファンは(下の子は「ルキアが好きで、織姫が嫌い」な子です。)ショックを受けるかも知れないけど、あれで俺の中のルキアファンの心証が悪くなることは無いから安心して下さい。<br /><br />And then, after seeing that child’s tweet, normal Rukia fans (the child was the ‘I like Rukia, I hate Orihime’ type) probably were shocked – but that won’t damage the impression of Rukia fans I hold inside me – so please, don’t worry.<br /><br />俺がRTしたことで雑言を見てしまった織姫のファンや、気楽にBLEACHを楽しんでる読者のみんなも、申し訳ない。ただ、他人の意見で俺の描き方が変わる可能性はゼロなので、そこは心配しないで下さい。<br /><br />I’m truly sorry, for the Orihime fans who had to see such foul language in one of my RT and for all BLEACH readers who enjoy the manga at their comfort. But since there is zero chance that my writing style will change because of other people’s comments, please don’t worry about it.<br /><br />一部だろうが全部だろうが、受け手に媚びて漫画を描くという事は、責任を受け手に押し付けるという事です。自分が心から面白いと思っていない作品で、他人に金を払わせる事は、詐欺です。それが俺の考えです。<br /><br />Be it just in one part or in the entire thing, currying favor with the readers while writing a manga means pushing the blame on the readers. Making other people pay money for something I don’t find interesting from the bottom of my heart would be a fraud.<br /><br />この考えについて、議論する気はありません。勿論、違う考えがあっても結構。5年10年と何かを作り続けて得た考えであれば、それはその人の作り手としての生き方です。否定する事はありません。このツイートを読んで思うところあれば、その時点でこのツイートの意義は満たされるのです。<br /><br />About that idea, I don’t feel like discussing it. Naturally, it’s great that there are differing thoughts. If someone keeps making something for five, ten years and there are many opinions, that is that person’s way of life as a creator. I’m not denying that. If I read that tweet and it makes me think something, in that moment the tweet’s significance is satisfied completely.<br /><br />以上。それでは原稿に戻ります!<br /><br />No less. In that situation, I’d return the manuscript! </em></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=470812" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:441508ext_50515Kubo-sensei and Morita-kun tweet spoilers! :32010-06-08T16:33:00Z2010-06-08T16:33:00Zpublic71Posted by: <span lj:user='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=52100&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' rel='nofollow'><b>http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/</b></a></span><br /><br /><br />Hahaha, Morita-kun has Twitter now, and he's a spammer just like Sensei. The two are adorable together as always and today they tweeted some hints, not really spoilerly, about upcoming Bleach!<br /><br />translation as always by the lovely <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/'><b>mezzo_marinaio</b></a></span> and <em><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">her comments in red.</span></em><br /><br /> <strong><em>今週の原稿は、久しぶりに描いたキャラが動き回ってる回なので、描くのがいつにも増して楽しい。なんか、「久しぶりだけど、元気そうで良かった」って気持 ちだ。 about 2 hours ago via Echofon <br /><br />大丈夫!最近俺が描いてる辺りは一護出ずっぱりですぜ!RT @edokko_dey: ありがとうございます!タグ使います!…で、すんません出番なかったっす。しかし!BLEACHキャラはみんなが主役の如き個性派揃い!毎回必ず楽しんで 頂けます。…でもやっぱ出たひ。 #BLEACH about 5 hours ago via Echofon <br /><br /><br />@edokko_dey: "Thank you so much! I'll use the 'tag' option from now on! ...ah, sorry, it wasn't my turn. But! The characters in BLEACH are all (a set of definite individualities), as if they were all leading actors! I can always find enjoyment in them, every time. Aah, noes! As expected, it came out..." <br /> <br />@tite_kubo: "Oh, it's alright! Lately, in the things I've been drawing (in the vicinity), Ichigo has been on stage without respite!" <br /> <br /> <br />@tite_kubo: "In this week's manuscript, since a character I haven't drawn for a long time is moving around, drawing feels more fun than usual. I don't know, it's like a feeling of 'Well, it's been a while, but you seem full of energy, so I'm happy!'" <br /> <br /> </em></strong><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em><br />I'M SO EXCITED! <br /> <br />...but watch the old character turn out to be Ganju's pig, lol. XD <br /><br /></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">eta: Deb here. oh the "tag option" seems to refer to Kubo's previously telling Morita something like "you're IT" in some game they play.<br /><br /></span><em><br /> </em></span><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=441508" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:499649ext_50515Two Bleach-related Q/A Tweets from Kubo-sensei!2010-06-03T09:02:00Z2010-06-03T09:02:00Zpublic14Posted by: <span lj:user='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=52100&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' rel='nofollow'><b>http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/</b></a></span><br /><br /><br /><br />Sensei rarely RARELY answers Bleach questions on Twitter but <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/'><b>mezzo_marinaio</b></a></span> was kind enough to translate the last couple times he did answer a couple. Yesterday and a few weeks ago he answered questions regarding whether he checks the Quincy Encyclopaedia part of the anime and whether he's the one who comes up with the characters' birthdates. <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">Comments after the tweets by Mezz.</span> XD :<br /><br /><br /><br /><o:smarttagtype name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Tweet #1</strong><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><strong>@suffre: </strong><em>"@tite_kubo, about the Ishida house and its tsundere parent and child... (won't you check on them/are they to be checked/are they checked)? Because at the beginning, when I first saw Ryuuken-san in the </em></span><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><em>Quincy</em></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><em> encyclopedia, it was really a shock!" </em><br /> <br /> <strong>@tite_kubo:</strong> <em>"Ah, things like the big shinigami illustrated encyclopedia or the </em></span><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><em>Quincy</em></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><em> encyclopedia, they're left unchecked by me. Since they're parts meant for playing, I'd like for you to do as you wish." </em></span><em><br /> </em><br /> <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><br /> P.S. I love how he doesn't deny the tsundere part, lol. XDDD</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> <br /><strong>Tweet #2</strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><br /></span></o:p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><strong>RT</strong> <strong>@twittdog_jp:</strong> <em>"@tite_kubo, sorry to trouble you with such a silly question, but who decides the characters' birthdays?" </em><br /> <strong>@tite_kubo:</strong> <em>"I'm the one that decides all of them. Though I write a memo and then immediately forget them, eh." </em></span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><br /> <br /> Lol, okay, so now I'm imagining his house full of sticky notes with characters' birthdays written on them. XD</span></p> <br /><br />Heh, personally (this is Deb speaking now) I get the feeling from Sensei's response to the first tweet that he's saying "interpret as you wish" which was part of his playful answer to the question at Jump Festa last December when he was asked if Ulquiorra was really dead. I know that a lot of people were surprised at Ryuuken's "tsundere" response to his son being impaled by Ichigo, but I wasn't! I never doubted that Ryuuken cared about his son. Ha, for me it's canon that he does. Kubo wrote a long-ago scene where widdle Uryuu asks his grandfather what does Ryuuken want to protect--is it money? And <a href="http://www.onemanga.com/Bleach/124/11/">Souken gives Uryuu a telling look</a>. So I'm surprised whenever people whenever people tell me that they think Ryuuken is some kind of Monster!Daddy.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=499649" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:410906ext_50515kubo comments about Warner Brothers possible movie2010-03-24T16:18:00Z2010-03-24T16:18:00Zpublic32Posted by: <span lj:user='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=52100&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' rel='nofollow'><b>http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/</b></a></span><br /><br /><br />So, there's been talk about a <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/bleachness/461176.html">Bleach Live Action movie</a> and people have been tweeting Kubo about the news.<br /><o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Kubo on </strong><st1:place w:st="on"><strong>Hollywood</strong></st1:place><strong> movie</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tweet translated by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/'><b>mezzo_marinaio</b></a></span> :<o:p></o:p><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">シカトで通そうと思ってたけど、結構関連ツイートが増えてきたので書いときます。映画の件ですが、随分前から話はあります。が、今まで何も発言していない</span> <span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">ことから分かる通り、何も言えません。公式発表を待ってください。ご理解お願いします。以降、この件に関して一切発言する事はありません。<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em>"I was thinking of ignoring or overlooking this matter, but there's been an increase of tweets about it, so I'll write down (what I think). The matter in question is a movie, but there've been discussions going on since much earlier. From what I understand, though - since there has been no talk about it yet - I can't say anything. Please await the official announcement. I trust you'll understand the situation. From now on, there won't be any talking about this matter here."</em></p> He sounds ... reticent as always. <br /><br /><br /> ETA--and Irene translated some other tweets by Kubo from the other day too that were about Bleach and its readers and too cute not to share! <br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/410906.html#cutid1">other tweets by Kubo</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div>
I love how Kubo-sensei says he writes for the sake of the characters and not for the audience because that's how I feel about writing too, and um... I'm kind of embarrassed about my envelopes at the moments. XD XD XD Those of you who've gotten packages from me will know why. XD<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=410906" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:462167ext_50515Kubo tweets about Aizen & fanmail2010-02-27T19:19:00Z2010-02-27T19:19:00Zpublic45Posted by: <span lj:user='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=52100&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' rel='nofollow'><b>http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/</b></a></span><br /><br />Since there was an interest in Kubo's tweets.... ^_^<br />His last ones today were really sweet and mentioned Aizen and his fan mail<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bleachness.dreamwidth.org/462167.html#cutid1">Kubo Tweets 3/01/2010</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=462167" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-25:1265095:397453ext_50515Bleachness Valentine's Fic Contest Results!2010-02-23T20:30:00Z2010-02-23T20:30:00Zpublic25Posted by: <span lj:user='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=52100&t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/' rel='nofollow'><b>http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/</b></a></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em><strong>Winners, winners, we have winners!</strong></em></span><br /><br />First of all, let me say that in a contest such as this one the real winners are those who get to enjoy the fanworks. Thank you ALL who wrote stories, left comments for the authors, volunteered prizes, re-typed up long lists of html (I'm looking at YOU, <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://karena.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://karena.livejournal.com/'><b>karena</b></a></span> ! <3) and gave your time to judge, reread, tally points and score fics.<br /><br />We had a theme, "Breaking Up and Making Up," that some of our writers called "deceptively simple" and which led to quite a variety of fic. 23 very different stories in fact. We had two contests for those 23 stories--a popular poll and a judged contest. The popular poll was closed today and the results are <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/bleachness/443806.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em><strong>THE RUNAWAY WINNER OF THE POPULAR POLL AND THE PRIZE OF A ONE YEAR LJ ACCOUNT SUBSCRIPTION IS ENISY FOR HER STORY </strong></em></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/bleachness/441176.html"><em><strong>"SO THAT HE MAY ASCEND"</strong></em></a><em><strong>.</strong></em></span><br /><br />And now for the winners of the judged contest. You guys gave the secret panel of English majors a fun time. We can now reveal this motley crew. I recruited them because of their wonderful attention to details, experience in writing and grading, familiarity with Bleach canon, and because I knew they couldn't say no to me. XD Special thanks to <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://nehalenia.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://nehalenia.livejournal.com/'><b>nehalenia</b></a></span> who while being a judge got accepted into a creative writing graduate program with a teaching assistantship and a scholarship! I appreciated her time and opinions given that she's on the front lines of writing workshops and so busy these days. And she also had time to write a gift fic <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/bleachness/442363.html">"I Want to Apologize to You"</a> that was not in the competition for prizes. Thank you also to <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://jaina.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://jaina.livejournal.com/'><b>jaina</b></a></span> who is a bastion of good sense and professionalism, to <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://karenai.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://karenai.livejournal.com/'><b>karenai</b></a></span> with her hawkeye for characterization, and to <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://vayshti.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://vayshti.livejournal.com/'><b>vayshti</b></a></span> who established the criteria worksheets and had more fun with the fics that with the usual papers she grades, I'm sure. We all appreciated the joy and effort that fans put into making stories about the characters they love.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em><strong>FIRST PLACE WINNER, </strong></em></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/bleachness/434152.html"><em><strong>THE THAW</strong></em></a><em><strong> BY <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://yet-adored.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://yet-adored.livejournal.com/'><b>yet_adored</b></a></span> PRIZE CHOSEN: A ROMANTIC ISHIHIME FIC BY <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://-debbiechan-.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://-debbiechan-.livejournal.com/'><b>_debbiechan_</b></a></span> <br /></strong></em></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em><strong>SECOND PLACE WINNER, </strong></em></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/bleachness/424643.html"><em><strong>THE DYING LIGHT</strong></em></a><em><strong> BY <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://vitiates.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://vitiates.livejournal.com/'><b>vitiates</b></a></span> PRIZE CHOSEN: A ONE YEAR LJ ACCOUNT SUBSCRIPTION<br /></strong></em></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em><strong>THIRD PLACE WINNER, </strong></em></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/bleachness/441176.html"><em><strong>SO THAT HE MAY ASCEND</strong></em></a><em><strong> BY <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://enisy.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://enisy.livejournal.com/'><b>enisy</b></a></span> PRIZE CHOSEN: A SMUTTY FIC BY <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://nehalenia.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://nehalenia.livejournal.com/'><b>nehalenia</b></a></span> <br /></strong></em></span><br />and because there were just too many good fics, we decided to award<br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em><strong><br />HONORABLE MENTION TO </strong></em></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/bleachness/426078.html"><em><strong>DON'T THINK I'LL FORGIVE YOU JUST CUZ YOU'RE ME</strong></em></a><em><strong> BY <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://balladbird.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://balladbird.livejournal.com/'><b>balladbird</b></a></span> PRIZE CHOSEN: $25 ANIME STORE GIFT COUPON</strong></em></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em><strong><br />HONORABLE MENTION TO </strong></em></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/bleachness/441455.html"><em><strong>A GUIDE AT THE THRESHOLD</strong></em></a><em><strong> BY <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://sagebrush-2008.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://sagebrush-2008.livejournal.com/'><b>sagebrush_2008</b></a></span> PRIZE CHOSEN: A GIFT ART BY THE AMAZING <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com/'><b>mezzo_marinaio</b></a></span> </strong></em></span><br /><br />note--in the event that the fic writers become too busy to fulfill their prize requests, the lovely <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://vayshti.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://vayshti.livejournal.com/'><b>vayshti</b></a></span> has offered to step in as a back-up writer. Deb and Neha are raring to go with their charges so far though! Again, thanks to all who participated! See you at the next contest!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bleachness&ditemid=397453" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments