One Week BUTAOTOME 189: Bemani news, Spotify update and more

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I finally got a break from translating Fanbox posts no-stop, omg, thank you!!! Bemani and friends news BEMANI’s summer event is reaching its final phase, and an ending theme has been revelead. It’s a remix of the song Ren’ai Kansoku sung by all the singers of the competition! The video features each singer singing from their own studio booth, so… Read more »

Daily Bibibi – Let’s talk about the “special processing” of doujinshi! [01/09/2021]

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Original post This is a follow-up to Ranko’s previous post. Hi there, Daily Bibibi readers. I’m Ranko, the vocalist of BUTAOTOME. In this series of articles, I’m going to introduce you to things that I like, as I like them. Last time, I talked about my favorite “special paper” in relation to my favorite doujinshi. This time I’d like to… Read more »

One Week BUTAOTOME 188: a new original song and a sea of translated posts

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Wow, these last few days have been extremely packed… If you regularly check the homepage, you may have noticed there was a new post almost every day. Fanbox posts, plus Ranko’s newest Bibibi article. So, Touhou Danmaku Kagura gave BUTAOTOME a nice boost of popularity, and apparently, a lot of students have been subscribing to their Fanbox. In order to… Read more »

“Just wanted to talk about Uso to Doukoku” [Fanbox blog post, 24/08/2021]

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Original post (free) I was thinking of doing that.Out of nowhere.Ah, Ranko here. Is everyone okay? It’s been a while since the release of Touhou Danmaku Kagura. It includes three BUTAOTOME songs (Hakanaki Mono Ningen, Machibito wa Kozu. and Gekokujoujou, which it’s quite an unusual choice), but it’s not often that I get to hear my songs from other circles… Read more »

“Tasogare Elegy’s inside story” [Fanbox blog post, 23/08/2021]

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Original post (free) Part of a series of posts where Ane talks about the albums featured in the Ura Best. TL notes: “kayou” refers to “kayoukyoku“, which is pretty much the J-Pop of the Showa era.Parco is a Japanese chain of department stores. This is our 4th Touhou arrange CD.[Tasogare Elegy] After several years since release, we published a version… Read more »

“Long Skirt Panorama Girl’s inside story” [Fanbox blog post, 20/08/2021]

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Original post (free) Part of a series of posts where Ane talks about the albums featured in the Ura Best.send help This is our 3rd Touhou arrange CD.[Long Skirt Panorama Girl] This is the work we did when we participated in Comiket for the first time.First Comiket… Summer… Summer music…Reggae, sandy beach, big waves…It’s not that kind of CD… Title/Concept… Read more »

“Gensou Homo Ludens’s inside story” [Fanbox blog post, 19/08/2021]

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Original post (free) Part of a series of posts where Ane talks about the albums featured in the Ura Best. This is our 2nd Touhou arrange CD.[Gensou Homo Ludens] Ranko no Ane here.The obi tagline says “Touch me gently. Then, hold me.”What’s “then”? It’s mysterious.Comp came up with it. Title/Concept At the time there were a lot of people who… Read more »

“Touhou Kaiten Mokuba’s inside story” [Fanbox blog post, 17/08/2021]

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Original post (free) Part of a series of posts where Ane will talk about the albums featured in the Ura Best. Ranko no Ane here.I think I’ll be dropping some production stories from early albums for a while.Please forgive me for the lack of music-related talks.[Touhou Kaiten Mokuba] The copy text on the obi reads, “Nice to meet you, we… Read more »

Daily Bibibi – “Special paper nerds” can relate to this!? [16/08/2021]

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Original post In this month’s Daily Bibibi article, Ranko talks about various types of paper used for doujinshi!Note: the sample pics have descriptions of the featured paper, but since the pics are small and some parts are a bit hard to read, I don’t feel like translating them, sorry! Hi there, Daily Bibibi readers. I’m Ranko, the vocalist of BUTAOTOME…. Read more »

One Week BUTAOTOME 187: it’s Touhou Danmaku Kagura time!

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“Why can’t we sleep when we want to and stay awake when we want to? (I’m so sleepy I can’t keep my sanity)” (Ranko, 2021) The first recap of TC’s seventh year, woooo! DanKagu Are you playing the new game? I’ve wrote this completely honest review! BUTAOTOME did a small live during the celebratory livestream for the game’s release, where… Read more »