Leo Tsukinaga Idol Story 1
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Season: Spring
Writer: Akira
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[Overseas Town]
Leo: ♪~♪~♪
Wahaha! I’m done, I’m done, and I did it well! What a genius I am!
Composer Leo Tsukinaga offers up this song to God—symphony number one hundred sixty...
Wait... What number was I on again? One, two, three...?
Ah, whatever! Any number’s good! God probably doesn’t sweat the details either!
No, rather—my songs would make anyone forget the complicated stuff as they rise up in a standing ovation! Wahahahaha! ☆
Alrighty, let’s get this baby typed up on the PC... Nghh, it’s kinda annoying having to write it twice.
Why does that one company only accept digital submissions? I’d much rather handwrite everything!
Well, it’s fine! While I’m typing, a ton of new ideas will come to my head, so I’ll just work ‘em in—wait, huh?
Oh? Anzu! Good to see you! Ucchu~☆
Wahaha! We’re in Florence, so I have to greet you in Florencian (?), I guess? The alien greeting’s still not catching on so well!
I even met the alien again recently, and they wrinkled their face and told me it sounded off!
...But anyway, more importantly—what are you doing out here, Anzu?
I mean, Producer? That’s what we’re supposed to call you now, right?
Well, that’s an annoying rule! It’s probably Tenshi or Keito who came up with that, right? They’re always so obsessed with these random names~ D’you think they believe words can change reality?
The moment the Tower of Babel collapsed, our bonds were cut as our languages split! However! In this transient world, as agonizing as the third circle of hell, what binds us together is music! [1]
Music is the shared language of the world! Wahaha! Ahh, it’s stirring, it’s stirring—my creative thirst...!
Sorry, I gotta write down this song I just thought of, so I dunno what you need from me, but wait a sec!
Hm-hm-hmm♪ Boom! Grrrrummm bang crash! So, that’s the sound of the Tower of Babel falling! And that’s God’s lightning striking! You hear it?
I taught you how to read music, after all—one look should have the melodies echoing in your pretty little head, right? Wahahahaha! ☆
...Wah! I told you to wait! Don’t yank on my ponytail, even if it doesn’t hurt!
My own little angel—my sister Ruka-tan—always does that too! I’m tellin’ you, my hair’s not a joystick you can use to move me around!
Whaaat? It’ll be over in a few minutes, so I have to listen to you? Ahh, how cruel! Pour one out for all the songs robbed from the world when you take a few minutes from me!
Nah, it’s fine! You’ve taken good care of me, so I’ll listen to what you say! Special for you, okay~? Oh, what am I gonna do with ya? ♪
So, what is it? Hmm... Knights are having a performance soon, so I should get going back to Japan?
Whoa! Did you really get on a plane and fly all the way over to another country just to tell me that?
Wow, producers really have it tough...
Huh? You couldn’t reach me by phone? Ah, sorry, I just noticed, but looks like I lost it somewhere!
It probably grew wings and fluttered away. ♪
Wahaha! That’s funny! And also ironic, in this society reliant on smartphones!
Ahhh, I’m sooooo happy... It’s come, it’s come—inspiration!
Huh? Okay, okay, I got it! I won’t start composing in the middle of our conversation! People always got mad at me for that, and even I’m capable of learning!
Just lemme get this one phrase down...♪
I can chat while composing anyway! Wahaha! Talking and composing use different sides of the brain, so I’ve heard!
I’m a lot more relaxed than I used to be, plus-- did you know? Most humans have two arms, so they can do two different things at the same time!
That aside! I know I have a bad track record, but you don’t have to worry so much, okay? I’ll make it there at just the right time!
Believe in me a little more, okay?
The world is big, but the internet connects us everywhere! I can practice anywhere!
Knights have been performing together all this time—all we gotta do is make sure we’re synchronized at the end!
Everyone’s an expert at jumping in cold now that they’ve worked with me, who arranges pretty much everything and even composes on the spot! I’m pretty sure you’re veeeery well aware of that too, right?
...Ah, speaking of which. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, but I really think having two “Kings” is confusing to our subjects.
If I spend too long squatting over there, I feel like I’m just gonna get in Suo~’s way.
Like because I’m there, he might not be able to do what he wanted to do after gaining royal authority... I feel kinda bad about that.
But if I ever said that to him, he’d probably be like, “Might I ask you not look down on me so much?! With or without you, I shall strike forth upon my own royal path!!” or something.
I can see him gettin’ so mad at me! Wahaha! ☆
...But, you know, what we have in Knights right now is unnatural.
I think we really need to draw a clear line somewhere. I mean, I thought we’d reached a conclusion a long time ago already, but...
It doesn’t seem like the people around us or the rest of the world have caught up to that yet.
I kept my head on by just a tiny shred of skin, but it’s about time to slice it clean off and move on to the next era—in a way that everyone agrees with, of course.
With a Knights-like duel... for example.
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[1] The original phrase Leo uses is 地獄の三丁目 (literally, third district ?? of hell) which could be a wordplay on the phrase 地獄の一丁目 ("first district of hell", an idiom to mean something is INCREDIBLY hellish). The origin of this phrase may be from the Eight Buddhist Hot/Cold Hells but since Leo is using a lot of biblical imagery here, I went for a more localized version. Dunno what goes on in the living world to make it the entire Third hell, but you do you, Leo.
Season: Spring
Writer: Akira
---
[Overseas Town]
Leo: ♪~♪~♪
Wahaha! I’m done, I’m done, and I did it well! What a genius I am!
Composer Leo Tsukinaga offers up this song to God—symphony number one hundred sixty...
Wait... What number was I on again? One, two, three...?
Ah, whatever! Any number’s good! God probably doesn’t sweat the details either!
No, rather—my songs would make anyone forget the complicated stuff as they rise up in a standing ovation! Wahahahaha! ☆
Alrighty, let’s get this baby typed up on the PC... Nghh, it’s kinda annoying having to write it twice.
Why does that one company only accept digital submissions? I’d much rather handwrite everything!
Well, it’s fine! While I’m typing, a ton of new ideas will come to my head, so I’ll just work ‘em in—wait, huh?
Oh? Anzu! Good to see you! Ucchu~☆
Wahaha! We’re in Florence, so I have to greet you in Florencian (?), I guess? The alien greeting’s still not catching on so well!
I even met the alien again recently, and they wrinkled their face and told me it sounded off!
...But anyway, more importantly—what are you doing out here, Anzu?
I mean, Producer? That’s what we’re supposed to call you now, right?
Well, that’s an annoying rule! It’s probably Tenshi or Keito who came up with that, right? They’re always so obsessed with these random names~ D’you think they believe words can change reality?
The moment the Tower of Babel collapsed, our bonds were cut as our languages split! However! In this transient world, as agonizing as the third circle of hell, what binds us together is music! [1]
Music is the shared language of the world! Wahaha! Ahh, it’s stirring, it’s stirring—my creative thirst...!
Sorry, I gotta write down this song I just thought of, so I dunno what you need from me, but wait a sec!
Hm-hm-hmm♪ Boom! Grrrrummm bang crash! So, that’s the sound of the Tower of Babel falling! And that’s God’s lightning striking! You hear it?
I taught you how to read music, after all—one look should have the melodies echoing in your pretty little head, right? Wahahahaha! ☆
...Wah! I told you to wait! Don’t yank on my ponytail, even if it doesn’t hurt!
My own little angel—my sister Ruka-tan—always does that too! I’m tellin’ you, my hair’s not a joystick you can use to move me around!
Whaaat? It’ll be over in a few minutes, so I have to listen to you? Ahh, how cruel! Pour one out for all the songs robbed from the world when you take a few minutes from me!
Nah, it’s fine! You’ve taken good care of me, so I’ll listen to what you say! Special for you, okay~? Oh, what am I gonna do with ya? ♪
So, what is it? Hmm... Knights are having a performance soon, so I should get going back to Japan?
Whoa! Did you really get on a plane and fly all the way over to another country just to tell me that?
Wow, producers really have it tough...
Huh? You couldn’t reach me by phone? Ah, sorry, I just noticed, but looks like I lost it somewhere!
It probably grew wings and fluttered away. ♪
Wahaha! That’s funny! And also ironic, in this society reliant on smartphones!
Ahhh, I’m sooooo happy... It’s come, it’s come—inspiration!
Huh? Okay, okay, I got it! I won’t start composing in the middle of our conversation! People always got mad at me for that, and even I’m capable of learning!
Just lemme get this one phrase down...♪
I can chat while composing anyway! Wahaha! Talking and composing use different sides of the brain, so I’ve heard!
I’m a lot more relaxed than I used to be, plus-- did you know? Most humans have two arms, so they can do two different things at the same time!
That aside! I know I have a bad track record, but you don’t have to worry so much, okay? I’ll make it there at just the right time!
Believe in me a little more, okay?
The world is big, but the internet connects us everywhere! I can practice anywhere!
Knights have been performing together all this time—all we gotta do is make sure we’re synchronized at the end!
Everyone’s an expert at jumping in cold now that they’ve worked with me, who arranges pretty much everything and even composes on the spot! I’m pretty sure you’re veeeery well aware of that too, right?
...Ah, speaking of which. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, but I really think having two “Kings” is confusing to our subjects.
If I spend too long squatting over there, I feel like I’m just gonna get in Suo~’s way.
Like because I’m there, he might not be able to do what he wanted to do after gaining royal authority... I feel kinda bad about that.
But if I ever said that to him, he’d probably be like, “Might I ask you not look down on me so much?! With or without you, I shall strike forth upon my own royal path!!” or something.
I can see him gettin’ so mad at me! Wahaha! ☆
...But, you know, what we have in Knights right now is unnatural.
I think we really need to draw a clear line somewhere. I mean, I thought we’d reached a conclusion a long time ago already, but...
It doesn’t seem like the people around us or the rest of the world have caught up to that yet.
I kept my head on by just a tiny shred of skin, but it’s about time to slice it clean off and move on to the next era—in a way that everyone agrees with, of course.
With a Knights-like duel... for example.
---
[1] The original phrase Leo uses is 地獄の三丁目 (literally, third district ?? of hell) which could be a wordplay on the phrase 地獄の一丁目 ("first district of hell", an idiom to mean something is INCREDIBLY hellish). The origin of this phrase may be from the Eight Buddhist Hot/Cold Hells but since Leo is using a lot of biblical imagery here, I went for a more localized version. Dunno what goes on in the living world to make it the entire Third hell, but you do you, Leo.
