I picked a really boring release image.
Here it is!
Man, I really like the do-re-mi line.
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Why can’t I think of anything to write about? Are Aikatsu release posts always this hard to write?
Uh… Ichigo’s name still means strawberry.
Yeah, there we go.
Episode 51: Torrent
Those irreplaceable memories and uneventful days…
So here we are at the last episode of the season. Let me tell you (because I typed up the bottom part first and forgot to put this in), I was not expecting Aikatsu to be 50 goddamn episodes. We learned this I think 7 episodes in, and resolved to finish it no matter what. Well, here we are, staring at the face of another 50 long episodes. Let’s see if our resolve doesn’t waver as time goes on.
Akatsukin (TL, timer, QC, TS, kfx (some), song TL (some)):
One year ago, I was inspired to start a fansubbing group. Etoce and I had played with the idea earlier, but neither of us had taken initiative until that time. I regularly checked fansubdb, looking to see if there were any show that was interesting, not too difficult, and not taken by another group. The first week of the 2012 Fall season came around, and I started downloading several raws for the first time. That’s when I stumbled upon a new idol show called Aikatsu! Nobody else was doing it, I knew I liked idols from AKB0048 and idolm@ster, and because it was a children’s show I knew it wouldn’t be too hard for our first subbing enterprise. Most importantly, I fell in love with Ichigo almost immediately.
I still remember that first week, desperately figuring out how to use aegisub, scrambling to make a website that looked good, and most importantly, coming up with a name for our group. If I remember correctly, it must’ve taken at least two full days of thinking (while all the while worried my efforts would go to waste) before I was inspired. I thought long and hard about what we could be called that also related to idols—and then it hit me. We would be “Mezashite!”, in honor of the girls who were ever aiming to become the top idol. I ran it by Eto (who rejected my alternative “Mezase!”), and our group was born. Yuyu joined us after the second episode, appalled that we didn’t have a proper encoder.
It hasn’t quite been a full year yet, but a lot has happened, and I’m glad we’re here today. We may still have a long way to the top, but we’ll keep on Aikatsu-ing all the way.
Etoce (Editing, TS, kfx, song TL (most))
Everything I can say about that first week is pretty much the same as what Akatsukin said, except that I wasn’t too enthusiastic about the name “Mezashite!”. I suppose one grows to like one’s name, though. I did, at least. My leading alternative was “Orbit”, which was an astrological term, a brand of chewing gum, and a vowel-starting-with word. The best fansub group ever had a name with those qualities, so I thought that taking that name would make us awesome for sure. (The main downside with “Orbit” being that it sounded pretty bad.)
As for Aikatsu, I liked it.
Yuyu (Encoding, “moral support”)
Episode 50 (END): Torrent
An angel has descended upon us
I don’t know how to feel about this second to last episode. I mean, I know how to feel about the episode (which, by the way, is euphoria), but not about how I’ve been doing this for the last 49 weeks. At least I know that Etoce wishes I knew how to actually formulate questions properly instead of sticking question marks onto sentences.
Ok, there are definitely TL notes this time. Suppose I’ll put them after the break, along with my usual fun image time.
Episode 49: Torrent
My collective face this episode, minus the tears
Praise the Sunrise, this is everything I ever wanted and more.
Episode 47: Torrent
This is the face of a girl who will grow up to bring idols to her home and feed them her coach’s bitter juice
Excellent, one more for the collection. And finally, this time for real, I think they’re going to be fulfilling my absolute favorite loose end. I’m counting on you Sunrise, don’t screw this one up.
Episode 46: Torrent
Chouzetsu kawaii!
Pool episode! There may or may not be TL notes later when I don’t have to sleep for work, and there may or may not be a ton more images at some point. God, Sunrise is pretty much hitting up every single loose thread in the series in this last run. I have no doubt that it’ll be a perfect ending leading into the next season.
Episode 45: Torrent
Thought I’d write up something short inbetween my long rants to break it up a bit.
Let’s see how many weeks in a row I can keep putting new lolis up
Alice in Wonderland episode! Holy crap this is great! Also, you may not know this (I actually forgot it myself), but the March Hare’s friend is not once referred to as the “Mad Hatter” in Lewis Carol’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Had to go back and fix at least one of those.
Episode 43: Torrent
More images after the break (minor spoilers).
