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sinnesspiel) wrote2023-02-23 11:38 pm
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Odd Taxi - 2019 - Prelude Twitter Comic
Page 1 -
Sekiguchi: Yano-san, what shall we eat today? I'm really hungry...
(Radio: When it comes to it, people always say, "If only we could turn back time." or something along those lines.)
Yano: I'm great, I'm strong, building yourself up's what rap's all about. In other words, if I hear something too delicate, if this was Judo, I'd hit the tatami, tap out, GIVE UP about now.
Put on an American song. Bad food smells like crayon.
Sekiguchi: Yano-san, what shall we eat today? I'm really hungry...
(Radio: When it comes to it, people always say, "If only we could turn back time." or something along those lines.)
Yano: I'm great, I'm strong, building yourself up's what rap's all about. In other words, if I hear something too delicate, if this was Judo, I'd hit the tatami, tap out, GIVE UP about now.
Put on an American song. Bad food smells like crayon.
(Ore sugee, ore tsuee 'tte jigajisan shite koso no rappu.
Tsumari ore ga kiku ni wa DELICATE sugite Judou dattara tatami wo tappu shite GIVE UP shiteru toko.
Amerika no kyoku wo kakete kure yo. Mazui meshi SMELLS LIKE kureyon.)
(Radio: Because I know the future won't be too mad at me.)
Yano: What's this song called?
Page 2 -
Sekiguchi: Punpee's 'Ride in a Time Machine.'
(Radio: But nobody can fix it, it can't be fixed.)
(Radio: That's how it's always been.)
(Radio: Guess it can't be helped. I'm sure what's ahead is murky and uncertain.)
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Yamamoto: I can see about being your.... No, I will be your intermediary. I'll work out something.
Sekiguchi: You know what this's about, right?
PUNPEE: I heard, but.... You came too fast, or should I say.... I have other work I have to do too, so...
Page 4 -
Yano:
If we're gonna make it, do it by the million.
This is the bare minimum for the mission.
The greatest mission.
Is my target emotionally overflowing teens?
Or is the Volume Zone* the 40s?
Must be out your damn mind.
What I've got my eye on is all man kind.
The songs' pulse is the impulse to tap play.
In other words, the play count is near equal to
the biological limit of times its heart beats: its lifetime.
I don't know if you're PUNPEE or Pumpkin or whatever,
but half cut the chords, Pete Rock resampling,
and if the beat ain't fat I'll force feed it to you heavy.
(Volume Zone - an Engrish term made up of loan words to create vocabulary not actually used in English to refer to a concept equivalent to the actually used phrase 'target demographic.' Doesn't always refer to age, may also be price point, etc.)
(Pete Rock - A rapper and hip-hop producer who began performing in the late eighties. His career is mostly defined by resampling work.)
Note: Page 2 in the original Japanese print has a typo where 'na' is included twice; once in the expected noasenai kanji and once as hiragana before that.
Tsumari ore ga kiku ni wa DELICATE sugite Judou dattara tatami wo tappu shite GIVE UP shiteru toko.
Amerika no kyoku wo kakete kure yo. Mazui meshi SMELLS LIKE kureyon.)
(Radio: Because I know the future won't be too mad at me.)
Yano: What's this song called?
Page 2 -
Sekiguchi: Punpee's 'Ride in a Time Machine.'
(Radio: But nobody can fix it, it can't be fixed.)
(Radio: That's how it's always been.)
(Radio: Guess it can't be helped. I'm sure what's ahead is murky and uncertain.)
Page 3 -
Yamamoto: I can see about being your.... No, I will be your intermediary. I'll work out something.
Sekiguchi: You know what this's about, right?
PUNPEE: I heard, but.... You came too fast, or should I say.... I have other work I have to do too, so...
Page 4 -
Yano:
If we're gonna make it, do it by the million.
This is the bare minimum for the mission.
The greatest mission.
Is my target emotionally overflowing teens?
Or is the Volume Zone* the 40s?
Must be out your damn mind.
What I've got my eye on is all man kind.
The songs' pulse is the impulse to tap play.
In other words, the play count is near equal to
the biological limit of times its heart beats: its lifetime.
I don't know if you're PUNPEE or Pumpkin or whatever,
but half cut the chords, Pete Rock resampling,
and if the beat ain't fat I'll force feed it to you heavy.
(Tsukuru kara ni wa MIRION
kore saitei de hissu no MISSHON.
Saidai no MISSHON.
Taagetto wa kanjou yutaka na juudai?
OR boryuumu zoon no yonjuu dai?
'nna wake nee darou.
Ore ga misueteru no wa zenjinrui.
Shinpakkusuu koso ga saisei TAPPU suru INPARUSU.
Tsumari wa saisei suu nia riicooru shinzo no
seibutsu gakuteki isshougai genkai koudou suu
PUNPEE da ka PANPUKIN da ka shiranee kedo
Koodo wa han nuki Piito Rokku wa risanpuringu
Biito futtoku nakya kurawasu zo tappuri)
kore saitei de hissu no MISSHON.
Saidai no MISSHON.
Taagetto wa kanjou yutaka na juudai?
OR boryuumu zoon no yonjuu dai?
'nna wake nee darou.
Ore ga misueteru no wa zenjinrui.
Shinpakkusuu koso ga saisei TAPPU suru INPARUSU.
Tsumari wa saisei suu nia riicooru shinzo no
seibutsu gakuteki isshougai genkai koudou suu
PUNPEE da ka PANPUKIN da ka shiranee kedo
Koodo wa han nuki Piito Rokku wa risanpuringu
Biito futtoku nakya kurawasu zo tappuri)
(Volume Zone - an Engrish term made up of loan words to create vocabulary not actually used in English to refer to a concept equivalent to the actually used phrase 'target demographic.' Doesn't always refer to age, may also be price point, etc.)
(Pete Rock - A rapper and hip-hop producer who began performing in the late eighties. His career is mostly defined by resampling work.)
Note: Page 2 in the original Japanese print has a typo where 'na' is included twice; once in the expected noasenai kanji and once as hiragana before that.