Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de Aru (Yuki Yuna is a Hero)

Ah, an anon uploaded a working version of Kokon Musou as well as the full version of Inori no Uta onto YouTube. Hopefully these don't get taken down.

edited 17th Apr '15 7:20:51 PM by MoreThanBored

Thanks, it's perfect

jesus togo, i love it

Okay, question. Yuki, Yuna: Which one is the family name here? It's bugging the hell out of me.

edited 19th Apr '15 10:13:38 PM by PhysicalStamina

Yuki is her family name, Yuna is her given name.

It's also important to note that Togo is Mimori's family name, but everybody in-universe calls her Togo-san by her request, even her best friend/lesbian crush

edited 19th Apr '15 11:47:31 PM by MoreThanBored

I see.

So Karin is totally voiced by Rie Kugimiya in Japanese, right? She's small, she a tsundere, she did the "shut up" x3 thing, that's pretty much the Kugimiya Pigeonhole checklist right there.

Karin's voiced by Juri Nagatsuma, actually.

If only. Gokumi doesn't have that kind of money, although for having a cast of mostly rookies this show has excellent voice work.

It does have HanaKana as Sonoko, though. If you're wondering who that is, then just wait till episode 8.

That's inevitable, though. All anime that contain any female characters are required to have HanaKana voice at least one of them.

I'd like to see Karin move in with the Inubozaki sisters in Season 2, it would give Karin the family life that she never really knew and it would allow her to have Itsuki as a little sister like she wanted and be pleasantly flustered when Fu dotes on her.

This isn't for shipping purposes, I swear!

edited 22nd Apr '15 3:43:24 PM by MoreThanBored

Ah, making me long for Season 2 news

I wasn't happy with the ending, but that sounds nice.

Doesn't Karin also have a brother?

Yep, his name's Harunobu and he works at the Taisha. In fact, he was basically a prodigy, causing Karin to be The Unfavorite and motivating her to train for years to become a Hero in the first place. The subject of one of the second Visual Novel's events is Karin's brother visiting Sanshu for an inspection, so that should be interesting.

Videos of the dub are up on Youtube, although probably not for long, if you want to check out what the dub is like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GCghlJIWB8

Not gonna lie, I don't really like Yuna's voice; it's too soft for a Genki Girl like her. Togo's is also a little off. Fu sounds about how you'd expect, and they took a more breathy approach to Itsuki's voice than the sub's squeakier voice. Karin's is probably the best, although it sounds a tad bit forced at times. She sounds meaner than sub!Karin, who sounded more annoyed. Yoshiteru also has a pretty neat voice. I just wonder who's going to play Sonoko?

Also, they made Nibosshi into Fishface. I laughed.

edited 22nd Apr '15 9:09:51 PM by MoreThanBored

Just a reminder that since it's Fuu's birthday today, if you load up the VN Itsuki has a special message for her.

What does she say to her, if I may ask?

They're using Japanese honorifics in English gaaaaah

Frankly I thought it was weird that the subs used "Shinju-sama" instead of "The World Tree", but for even the dub to be doing it...

edited 1st May '15 5:56:39 PM by Prime32

What's so bad about using Japanese honorifics in an English dub exactly?

"Onee-chan, happy birthday! Thank you for everything!"

edited 2nd May '15 8:06:59 AM by erebuskioku

Haruka Terui is doing another playthrough, this time of the second Visual Novel

• The mysterious KOKUBOU KAMEN (voiced by Suzuko Mimori) looks fucking baller.◊ But who could it possibly be?

• Fu apparently wants Karin to succeed her as club leader

• Itsuki found one of Sonoko's novels and "found it really exciting"

• Itsuki also passed through the live audition stages and is now going through training with the production company

• Yuna says that whenever she wakes up at night, she always turns to look at Togo's room (geez girl, I've added enough to the Les Yay section as it is)

edited 2nd May '15 9:41:37 AM by MoreThanBored

Ha, Togo KOKUBOU KAMEN looks epic, and she's channeling Raidou Kuzunoha, making her even more epic!

Also, three cheers for Itsuki!

edited 2nd May '15 1:21:59 PM by Diamite

Itsuki no

Fu is a grade older than the rest? And forgot that Yuna and Togo are next door neighbors.

Itsuki yes

Fu is a third year, Togo, Yuna, Karin and Sonoko are second years and Itsuki is a first year

@L Dragon: For some, having English voice actors address characters with Japanese honorifics just feels unnecessary and kinda jarring.

This article shows Sonoko's new look in casual clothes.

edited 3rd May '15 4:16:34 PM by erebuskioku

It looks pretty good on her, I say.

edited 3rd May '15 4:40:45 PM by Diamite

Is it me or is that Togo's outfit in purple? She even got a matching ribbon. And either Sonoko's even wearing pads or she built up a megalopolis of her own over those past two years (and those school outfits are really good at hiding things).

Sonoko is realllly glad to hang out with Wasshi again, huh?

edited 4th May '15 12:09:56 AM by MoreThanBored

Has she already made peace with that fact? Or is Togo also nice enough to let her keep calling her by her old name?