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Time for another annual recap since our previous post: https://lemmy.mods4ever.com/post/454

Downloads here: https://mods4ever.com/

If you don't know what Deus Ex Randomizer is, here's the trailer from v3.0 which gives an overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3mTcG6xeq4&list=PLZIQTa_kwZhBksj7UzcahPiRaHk87fWch&index=1

In the past year we've released v3.6, v3.6.1, v3.6.6.6, v3.6.7, v3.7, v3.7.1, and v3.8. We've been doing less frequent but larger updates, but still pushing out alpha/beta versions frequently in our Discord. When someone reports a bug we usually fix it quickly.

Some of the biggest additions in the past year:

• New game mode: Serious Rando. No memes, all Rando. This includes randomization of important goal locations, similar to Full Rando, but it excludes the silly ones and has memes disabled by default. Full list of game modes wiki page.
• Improved pool ball physics. This is great in combination with bingo.
• Many improvements for Revision, GMDX, and Vanilla? Madder. support.
• Halloween 2
  • Two new stalkers: Weeping Anna and Bobby.
  • New game mode: Mr. Page's Horrifying Bingo Machine. The Halloween version of Mean Bingo Machine. Play through the whole game, but you must complete a bingo line before being allowed to progress to the next mission. Once you get to the next mission, you are given a new bingo board! Now featuring Halloween stalkers and zombies.
  • Improvements to the Fixed/Limited saving modes. These are actually great outside of the Halloween modes, for players who want to kick the save-scumming habit. Wiki page.
• New password randomization styles! By default, passwords will now be randomized by picking a few words from word lists instead of purely random letters and numbers. In theory these passwords should be a bit easier to remember if not using autofill, as well as simply being more "fun".
• New game mode: Mr. Page's Nice Bingo Machine. You must complete a bingo line before being able to progress to the next mission. But this one is without goal location randomization. Good for learning bingo.
• New Game Presets: skip the complicated menus and just choose one of our most popular ways to play.
• New game mode: Speedrun Shuffle. Like Speedrun Mode, but also the mission order is shuffled! You will get a selection of about 3 to 5 missions, targeting a playtime of under 1 hour. Look at the splits to see which missions you drew, and see if you can beat the par time!
  • We will be starting a tournament for Speedrun Shuffle in July! Keep an eye on our YouTube and/or Discord!
• And many smaller improvements and bug fixes!

We also had a few tournaments: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZIQTa_kwZhDZjz905W-hpORQ4S1Rj3a6

Full release notes history here: https://github.com/Die4Ever/deus-ex-randomizer/releases

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Time for another annual recap since our previous post: https://lemmy.mods4ever.com/post/454

Downloads here: https://mods4ever.com/

If you don't know what Deus Ex Randomizer is, here's the trailer from v3.0 which gives an overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3mTcG6xeq4&list=PLZIQTa_kwZhBksj7UzcahPiRaHk87fWch&index=1

In the past year we've released v3.6, v3.6.1, v3.6.6.6, v3.6.7, v3.7, v3.7.1, and v3.8. We've been doing less frequent but larger updates, but still pushing out alpha/beta versions frequently in our Discord. When someone reports a bug we usually fix it quickly.

Some of the biggest additions in the past year:

• New game mode: Serious Rando. No memes, all Rando. This includes randomization of important goal locations, similar to Full Rando, but it excludes the silly ones and has memes disabled by default. Full list of game modes wiki page.
• Improved pool ball physics. This is great in combination with bingo.
• Many improvements for Revision, GMDX, and Vanilla? Madder. support.
• Halloween 2
  • Two new stalkers: Weeping Anna and Bobby.
  • New game mode: Mr. Page's Horrifying Bingo Machine. The Halloween version of Mean Bingo Machine. Play through the whole game, but you must complete a bingo line before being allowed to progress to the next mission. Once you get to the next mission, you are given a new bingo board! Now featuring Halloween stalkers and zombies.
  • Improvements to the Fixed/Limited saving modes. These are actually great outside of the Halloween modes, for players who want to kick the save-scumming habit. Wiki page.
• New password randomization styles! By default, passwords will now be randomized by picking a few words from word lists instead of purely random letters and numbers. In theory these passwords should be a bit easier to remember if not using autofill, as well as simply being more "fun".
• New game mode: Mr. Page's Nice Bingo Machine. You must complete a bingo line before being able to progress to the next mission. But this one is without goal location randomization. Good for learning bingo.
• New Game Presets: skip the complicated menus and just choose one of our most popular ways to play.
• New game mode: Speedrun Shuffle. Like Speedrun Mode, but also the mission order is shuffled! You will get a selection of about 3 to 5 missions, targeting a playtime of under 1 hour. Look at the splits to see which missions you drew, and see if you can beat the par time!
  • We will be starting a tournament for Speedrun Shuffle in July! Keep an eye on our YouTube and/or Discord!
• And many smaller improvements and bug fixes!

We also had a few tournaments: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZIQTa_kwZhDZjz905W-hpORQ4S1Rj3a6

Full release notes history here: https://github.com/Die4Ever/deus-ex-randomizer/releases

Follow on Mastodon @[email protected] or BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/die4ever.bsky.social

Download from Mods4Ever.com.

Use vanilla/GOTY (optionally with Lay D Denton) to get all of the Randomizer's features, best QoL improvements, and the most polished experience. Our installer has an option to install Lay D Denton for you automatically. We also support Revision, GMDX, HX, and Vanilla? Madder.

If you're experiencing objects warping and drawing on top of each other incorrectly when using the D3D10 renderer, you can use the D3D9 or OpenGL renderer (and check the Rando ➜ Visuals menu for Brightness Boost).

Trailers

::: spoiler Click to show trailers

If you don't know what Deus Ex Randomizer is, then here's our trailer which shows a breakdown of how it works:

Here are trailers for our Halloween modes, WaltonWare, and Vanilla Fixer/Zero Rando:

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See the full README here. Also check out our Discord and Mods4Ever.com

And make sure to check out our ongoing DXRando speedrun tournament! Also on PeerTube here.

Major Changes

• New game mode: Speedrun Shuffle! This is the same as Speedrun Mode, but you only play a few missions, in random order.
  • You will get a selection of about 3 to 5 missions, targeting a playtime of under 1 hour. Look at the splits to see which missions you drew, and see if you can beat the par time!
  • We will be starting a tournament for Speedrun Shuffle in July! Keep an eye on our YouTube and/or Discord!
• Significant fixes and improvements to GMDXv9 Randomizer!
• Fixes to support Vanilla? Madder! 2.0

GMDXv9 Changes

::: spoiler Click to expand GMDX Changes

• Enable "Flickering Lights" setting
• Enabled "Goal Textures" setting to allow adjusting the textures on some randomized goal computers for better visibility.
• Augbots will now properly show with their blue skin and will glow red by default.
• Medical Bots will now properly count their number of uses.
• The window for recharging at a Repair Bot now properly updates the bio energy bar immediately.
• The value of the Stealth skill is now shown in a more interpretable format (based on your walk speed).
• More useful descriptions of the randomized values of the "EMSP" (Dash) and "Energy Transference" augs are now shown.
• Beheaded corpses that are trying to zombify will no longer cause error messages, but will also no longer try to be reanimated. Zombie rules say that if the head is gone, they can't come back.
• Scripted grenades that get thrown into vents will not be set off by Aggressive Defense System before being thrown.
• Minor randomized goal location adjustments to account for items or geometry in GMDX maps that aren't present in vanilla maps.
• Hardcore settings become unlocked when you finish the game.
• Upgrades to the EUAS (IFF) aug will actually display on screen (Light level and environmental hazard warnings).
• Map tweaks will no longer sometimes unintentionally receive tweaks intended for the Revision versions of the maps.
• Weapons with alternate ammo types that fire projectiles (like the mini crossbow) will have their firing rate randomized based on the original firing rate.
• GEP guns that were received from conversations or from crates will no longer float inside of you after moving to a new level.
• Fixes when using the scope on the GEP gun:
  • The regular scope overlay will no longer be drawn over top of the rocket view.
  • The scope will close after each shot, even if you have multiple shots in the clip.
  • The GEP gun will not force a reload after every scoped shot if you have multiple shots in a clip.
  • The FOV of the game will not get stuck in a zoomed in state after firing a scoped GEP shot with "Weapon Auto Reload" disabled.
• Computers will maintain their original security levels (determining whether or not you are allowed to hack them without a NUKE virus).
• All payphones can now be interacted with like a regular phone (Primarily for bingo purposes).
• GMDX Map Fixes:
  • The first conversation with Paul (Mission 1) is no longer skipped. Instead, the option to get the free weapon from him is stitched out of the conversation (like in Vanilla Rando), and you can still speak with him to get the map of the island.
  • Doors on medbot crates on Liberty Island (Mission 1) are removed properly when medical bots are randomized.
  • Gate near the top of the dock on Liberty Island (Mission 1) is now opened as appropriate (basically always).
  • A random wooden pallet on Liberty Island (Mission 1) can no longer be highlighted like a door.
  • The police boat in Battery Park (Mission 2) is now easier to highlight and speak to. This makes it easier to take the boat back to HQ after destroying the generator.
  • Removed lasers that were originally attached to patrolling robots just before the Airfield Helibase (Mission 3) that got left floating in the air after enemy locations were randomized.
  • Trying to send the signal at NSF HQ (Mission 4) without aligning the dishes first will cause Paul to call you and tell you the dishes need to be aligned first.
  • Successfully sending the signal at NSF HQ (Mission 4) when goal randomization is enabled will cause Walton Simons to immediately call you and make the troopers hostile.
  • The button behind the Flight Deck door in the Hong Kong Helibase (Mission 6) now actually opens the flight deck door instead of a vent in the barracks.
  • Added an exit button to the Hong Kong Helibase barracks (Mission 6).
  • Boxes near the end of Versalife Level 2 Labs (Mission 6) will no longer be randomized to prevent softlocks when unmovable items are randomized into those locations.
  • Datacube added with the Lucky Money (Mission 6) security computer login details will no longer be able to randomize into the locked store/apartment off the side of the mall.
  • Freezer door in the Lucky Money (Mission 6) is properly attached to the button added inside the freezer as well as the security computer on the meeting room desk.
  • UNATCO Troops in the streets of Mission 8 will now start out of the world and will appear as riot cops die (This matches the vanilla behaviour of this mission).
  • Smugglers bots in Mission 8 are no longer permanently hostile when Moderate Map Balance changes are enabled. They will only be hostile if you have not spoken to Smuggler before this mission.
  • Some inaccessible items in the Paris Cathedral (Mission 11) will no longer be randomized.
  • Teleporter to exit Vandenberg Tunnels (Mission 12) is now placed in the correct location.
  • Tiffany Savage is now fearless, so she won't try to run out into an active firefight while you try to save her (Mission 12).
  • The "Jump! You can make it!" infolink in Area 51 has a larger radius (to match the size in vanilla, making it more likely to play when you're on top of the vent).

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Minor Changes

::: spoiler Click to expand Minor Changes

• NPCs will now react to projectiles regardless of whether they're immune or not if "Glitches for Speedruns" is set to "Allowed"
• When the "Camera Mode" is set to "Third Person", the camera will now shake when heavy enemies (such as Military Bots) walk near you.
• More interesting camera angles when talking to The Merchant (or Le Merchant).
• "Use x Rebreathers" bingo goal will only be available in Mission 3 when Entrance Randomization is enabled.
• "Invert Mouse" Crowd Control effect will now properly restore your mouse controls if you load a save made during the effect after the effect ends.
• Teleporters between maps will now properly show whether the destination map is mirrored or not (The arrow in the icon will point left for mirrored maps, or right for normal maps).
• The Crowd Control setting in the Randomizer Setup or Advanced Settings pages will now be automatically enabled if Crowd Control connects to the game while in those menus.
• Barrels will no longer play their push sound forever after being pushed once.
• Crowd Control effects will no longer sometimes set off grenades planted by the player.
• Randomly spawned "SecurityBot4" (The treaded bot with yellow shoulders) will now use a modified texture with gray shoulders instead. In GMDX, this helps to distinguish these bots from the similar looking ones that have rockets and can cloak.
• "Flickering Lights" setting now prevents electricity emitters from flickering as well.
• Bingo goals that require using a ranged weapon to shoot something will no longer be given when using loadouts that don't allow any ranged weapons to be used.
• Bingo goals that require looking at an image will be marked as soon as the image is viewed, instead of when the window is closed. This also fixes an issue where sometimes the image wouldn't get marked as viewed, depending on how the window was closed.
• The "New Image" icon in the list on the "Images" menu will disappear when you click off of the image to another one.
• "The Three Leg Augs" and "My Vision Is Augmented" loadouts will now default to Balanced Aug Slot Randomization instead of Unbalanced.
• "Goal Locations" and "Goal Spoilers" buttons will no longer appear on the "Images" menu when you have no images to view.
• Items that are randomized into a location "inside" a crate (Or if a crate is randomized into a location that overlaps an item) will get pushed to the top of the crate instead of being hidden inside it.
• New "Death Cam" options under Rando > Visuals (Vanilla and Revision only).
  • "Spinning Camera (Original)": When you die the camera will spin over your dead body.
  • "Spinning Camera (Slowed)": When you die the camera will spin over your dead body more slowly.
  • "Overhead Camera (No Spin)": When you die the camera will hover over your dead body.
  • "Show Killer (Kill Cam)": When you die, the camera will follow the person who killed you.
• Regular spinning death cameras will continue to spin forever, instead of stopping after 8 seconds (Vanilla and Revision only).
• When the "Flickering Lights" setting is set to "Epilepsy Safe", lights that flicker extremely quickly will now pulse at a slower rate to ensure they don't still look like they're flickering.
• "My Buddy Vinny" and "Play the Detective" bingo goals should no longer occasionally fail and then succeed. The failure will only happen in a real failure scenario.
• Randomized dialog in the intro and outro will be spoken by the original character speaking the line.
• Clones spawned from Crowd Control will now shoot fire extinguishers that they use in front of them, instead of in an arbitrary direction.
• When using Password Assistance, the Known Accounts window will automatically select the first account in the list that you know the password to, instead of the last account.
• Tracer Tong's randomized location at Vandenberg Command Front Gate is now closer to the vending machine, to better balance the speedrun.
• Re-added the Autosaves-Only mode. This was previously removed in favor of Limited Saves and Fixed Saves.
• Utility bots now have a smarter retry when they fail to spawn, potentially improving races/tournaments.
• Stunned pawns (rubbing their eyes from gas, or shaking from taser) will now receive back attacks for the full 10x damage. (Except for Zero Rando or Balance Changes disabled.)
• Moderate map balance changes are now enabled by default for Zero Rando Plus.
• Randomly moved autoturrets are more likely to successfully move to their new location.
• Randomly added autoturrets are more likely to successfully spawn in their intended location.
• Shadows will no longer sometimes be left behind on the ground after NPC locations are randomized.
• A large number of bingo goals can now be recompleted if a new bingo board is generated.
• A large number of bingo goals will now be immediately marked as failed if a new bingo board is generated and the goal is unable to be completed (Such as when entering a new mission in Mean Bingo Machine, or using the New Board button mid-game).
• General Map Fixes:
  • Leo Gold (the terrorist commander in Mission 1) will now be fearless in all game modes, instead of only when Goal Randomization is enabled.
  • The conversation with the hostages in the Battery Park subway station (Mission 2) will no longer start as you approach them. Instead, you need to actually interact with them for the conversation to begin.
  • The level transition from Airfield to the Hangar (Mission 3) is no longer able to be used from the outside of the bridge when "Glitches for Speedruns" are set to "Allowed".
  • Sam Carter only gives you one case of shotgun shells instead of 3 in Mission 4.
  • Items beyond the teleporter at NSF HQ (Mission 4) will no longer be randomized.
  • When Moderate Map Balance Changes are enabled, a prisoner manifest will be left on the desk in the Mission 5 jail, listing the items that were taken away from you.
  • Removed infolink trigger near the exit door of the MJ12 Lab (Mission 5) that referenced an infolink that doesn't exist, which caused an error message to appear.
  • More locations for items to be randomized around Maggie's and Jock's apartments (Mission 6).
  • The datacube with Maggie's birthday is guaranteed to be in her apartment (Mission 6).
  • "Experimental Subject Cells" Key in the Versalife Level 1 Labs (Mission 6) will no longer randomize into the locked cabinet in the lab.
  • "UC Shutdown Code" datacube in the Versalife Level 1 Labs (Mission 6) will no longer randomize into any locked areas.
  • Tong will no longer tell you that you've found one of the weld points if you've already destroyed one (Mission 9).
  • The instant death zone in the fan shaft on the surface of Area 51 (Mission 15) will always be gone after loading a game if the fan was destroyed. This was a bug that popped up intermittently, related to specific save timing after destroying the fan.
  • One book in Area 51 Sector 3 (Mission 15) will now be properly switched from Jacob's Shadow to The Man Who Was Thursday for both Male and Female JC (Previously, Female JC would still see Jacob's Shadow).
  • Area 51 Page UC enemy spawner reduction no longer applies to Zero Rando Plus, Rando Lite, or Rando Medium (Mission 15).
• Non-Vanilla fixes and improvements:
  • A large number of bingo goals have had their available missions adjusted in GMDX and Revision to match which missions they can actually be completed in.
  • Non-Vanilla mods can now use the fully enhanced Randomizer "Show Classes" window in the "Legend" cheat window.
  • Non-Vanilla mods now get an "open doors" symbol in elevators with an "open door" button.
  • When entering a map for the first time with the password or code to a computer or keypad, the password will be correctly marked as known.
  • GMDX and VMD 2.0 will no longer incorrectly assign a hotkey to passive augs that don't need to be toggled.
  • Inventory and Augs are no longer completely removed after new game plus.
  • Projectile damage will now be randomized based on the default damage in the particular version of the game you are randomizing, instead of always being based on vanilla damage stats.
  • The "Known Accounts" window will now close when you finish hacking a security computer.
  • When playing a mod that uses Confix (Such as GMDX or Vanilla? Madder!), Harley talk to you after finishing Mission 1 if you didn't talk to him or Paul before finishing the mission.
  • Cloned NPCs that start the level out of the world such as the hotel raid (Mission 4) or the MJ12 ambush (Mission 8) should now be able to be given randomized weapons.
  • BeamTriggers (blue lasers) will no longer be replaced with LaserTriggers (red lasers), in Hong Kong Level 2 Labs (Mission 6) or Vandenberg Tunnels (Mission 12)
• Revision fixes and improvements:
  • Revision can no longer change the "Gameplay Style" to "Vanilla" by cycling through the options backwards.
  • Revision now shows more useful descriptions of the randomized values of the "Life Leech", "Radiation Discharge", "Auto-Counter", and "AimBot" augs.
• Vanilla? Madder! 2.0 fixes and improvements
  • Objects will no longer be sometimes left without collision when they are replaced by the Randomizer.
  • The conversation in the intro will actually start playing.
  • Backing out of the New Game screen will no longer cause the game to crash.
  • The "Character Setup" screen will now be considered a title screen, so Crowd Control effects will not function there, and Crowd Control will be able to connect while on that screen.
  • Skill costs shown on the "Character Setup" screen will now match the ones you see when you enter the game.
  • Turrets that have been moved will now have their guns placed in the correct location.
  • Scopes (Either binoculars or on a weapon) will now properly mark bingo goals.
  • Scopes (Either binoculars or on a weapon) will now look the same as they do in non-randomized Vanilla? Madder!
  • Key location randomization rules for Ocean Lab "Storage" key (Mission 14) will now be properly applied.
  • Skill Talents are now reset on new game plus.
• New Bingo Goals:
  • "Advertising Works!": Look at enough advertising billboards through the game with binoculars or a scope.
  • "Support Local Business": Look at enough "Old China Hand" signs through Hong Kong with binoculars or a scope.
  • "Catch the News": Watch enough TV newscasts through the game with binoculars or a scope.
  • "Signs of the End": Look at the signs marking the different endings in Area 51 Sector 4.
  • "Construction Inspector": Look at the UC Control signs in Area 51 Sector 4.
  • "Fire it up!": Use the pipe flame button in the coolant area of Area 51 Sector 4 (Mission 15).
• Bingo Viewer changes:
  • Goals can be marked to help you keep track of what line you're aiming for.
    • Left click to mark a goal
    • Right click to unmark a goal
    • Drag to mark/unmark an entire bingo line
  • The window no longer locks up temporarily when moved or resized on certain systems.
  • Font size more accurately scales to best fit the tile size.
  • The green progress bars now fit to the edges of their tile
  • The Bingo Viewer now has a window and file icon: a dynamic portrait of Walton Simons.

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I love this album! (well, except Vacuum Garden lol)

OK, let's try this again. My post got auto-filtered. Maybe the image triggered something? Anyways, apologies if this isn't the right sub for this. I wanted to get an outsider's perspective on my experience on Lemmy.

Every. Single. Thread. has the word “capitalism” or “Trump” in it somewhere. I’m sick to death of it. Even though I agree with a lot of the sentiment, the erosion of the middle class, the concentration of wealth, the consolidation of media, the “you will own nothing and be happy” mentality permeating the consumer space. In many ways that’s why I joined Lemmy, but dang it that doesn’t mean I want to talk about absolutely nothing else. Someone once defined a fanatic as "Someone who won't change their mind and won't change the subject" and that fits the average Lemming to a T.

And the only communities devoid of politics are also devoid of content. I do a lot of worldbuilding stuff, and I’ve tried to make the worldbuilding community there more active, but sometimes I feel like I’m the only poster. Then I look at r/worldbuilding, and there’s a glut of really interesting posts showcasing people’s imagination and creativity, and nary a mention of Musk or Epstein in sight.

I understand that people's political opinions are bound to show up obliquely in even unrelated communities, but I can't overstate how monomaniacal Lemmings are about it. The pic I originally tried to post was a screenshot of a completely non sequitur post in an unrelated community (sorry for the vagueness I think the specifics may have also tripped the auto filter). And Lemmings are always "on". If you go to mildlyinteresting on lemmy.world right now, you'll see maybe one or two posts about things like yellow stop signs or three-chambered peanuts, you know, stuff that's actually mildly interesting, and every other post is stuff like "French president explains the political consequences of AI". Is that important and worth discussing? Absolutely. What it isn't is mildly interesting.

When I bring this up on Lemmy, the response is always "Politics is everything and we should never shut up ever!" But even Anne Frank wrote about other stuff in her diary sometimes.

And then there’s the tech side of things. Hope you like Linux, cuz that’s all you’re going to see. And if you dare suggest that Linux may not be the right choice for your blind grandmother, you get eviscerated in the comments.

Granted, Reddit itself used to have a similar problem. It attracted a very specific type of user (neckbeards) and the experience wasn’t great if you weren’t one, but ironically the same popularization of Reddit that lead to its platform decay also solved this homogeneity problem. Similarly, Tankies and their ilk seem to flock to Lemmy, explaining the tone of the discourse.

Others have pointed out that Reddit alternatives tend to attract people who were banned from Reddit (remember Voat?) and I think that explains a lot.

In summary, Lemmy seems great if you're a Marxist who uses Linux, but pretty much nobody else. Am I crazy? Should I try to stick with it in the hope it gets better?

so how do we get this guy on Linux? lol

my favorite track on the new Inferno album

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/anime/p/1517624/frieren-beyond-journey-s-end-mini-anime-the-magic-of-usj-special-edition-the-magic-of-imme

TV Anime “Freiren: Beyond Journey's End”
Mini-Anime “~The Magic of ●●~”
Presenting USJ Collaboration Special Episode “The Magic of Immersing Yourself in Your Dreams”!

“Freiren: Beyond Journey's End” × Universal Studios Japan Collaboration
Running from Saturday, 30 May, 2026, to Monday, 11 January, 2027
Special Website
▶ https://www.usj.co.jp/web/ja/jp/events/universal-cool-japan-2026/frieren
TM & © 2026 Universal Studios. All rights reserved.

::: spoiler Transcript (Japanese)

1
00:00:00,700 --> 00:00:04,657
葬送のフリーレン～●●の魔法～

2
00:00:06,340 --> 00:00:09,232
憧れにひたれる魔法

3
00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:18,600
フリーレン、さっきダンジョンで見つけた魔導書、憧れにひたれる魔法ってどんな魔法なんでしょうね。

4
00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:24,535
そもそも憧れにひたるってこと自体私はよくわからないんだよね。

5
00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,299
例えばみんなだったらどういう憧れにひたりたいの?

6
00:00:29,580 --> 00:00:35,779
そうですね。私はお酒が飲み放題の世界にひたりたいですね。

7
00:00:36,220 --> 00:00:37,981
予想通りすぎる。

8
00:00:38,199 --> 00:00:41,414
ずっと2日酔いで使い物にならなくなる。

9
00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:43,222
勘弁して。

10
00:00:43,422 --> 00:00:54,648
その点、僕は安心だ。やはりこのイケメンぶりが永遠に語り継がれるように僕の彫刻や絵画が星の数ほど溢れる世界かな。

11
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それは何がどう安心なんだ?

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まさか星の数ほどポーズするつもり?

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完成する前に寿命が来ちゃいそうです。

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俺は世界中の葡萄が全部すごく酸っぱい世界がいい。

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ええっ……

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酸っぱいのだけなんですか?

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私甘いの食べたい。

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魔導書には何って書いてあるんですか?

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そっか。えっとね、

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USJ、だれもがワクワクするぼうけんができるばしょ。

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そのUSJという場所に行ける魔法ということなのか。ワクワク。いいじゃないか。難易度が高いダンジョンがたくさんあるかも。

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ワクワクというのは人によって違いますからね。誰でもということはそれぞれがワクワクにひたれるんでしょう。

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そんな冒険にひたれるなら俺も大歓迎だぞ。フリーレンもまだ見つけてない憧れにひたれるんじゃないか。

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そうかもね。ちょっと試しに使ってみようか。

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よし、憧れにひたろう。その場所で。

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うん。じゃあ行くよ。

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ユニバーサルクールジャパン。

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じゃあ行こうか。

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それは、思い出を辿どる旅。当たり前が大切だったことに気づく旅。

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ひたろう。この冒険に。葬送のフリーレン追憶の旅。

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No limit!

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::: spoiler English translation by DeepL

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Freiren: The Magic of ●●

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The Magic of Immersing Yourself in Your Dreams

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Freiren, that grimoire we found in the dungeon earlier — what kind of magic is this “Magic of Immersing Yourself in Your Dreams”?

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To be honest, I don’t really understand what it means to “immersing yourself in your dreams” in the first place.

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For example, what kind of fantasy would you guys want to immerse yourselves in?

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Hmm. I’d like to lose myself in a world with all-you-can-drink alcohol.

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That’s way too predictable.

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You’d be hungover all the time and be completely useless.

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Give me a break.

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In that regard, you'll be safe with me. I guess it’d be a world overflowing with countless sculptures and paintings of me, so that my good looks would be talked about forever.

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What exactly is so reassuring about that?

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You’re not seriously planning to strike as many poses as there are stars, are you?

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Your lifespan would probably end before you could finish them all.

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I’d prefer a world where every single grape is incredibly sour.

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Huh...

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Only sour ones?

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I want to eat sweet ones.

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What does the grimoire say?

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Oh, I see. Well, um...

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『USJ』 — a place where everyone can go on exciting adventures.

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So it’s a spell that lets you go to this place called USJ? Exciting. That sounds great. There might be lots of high-difficulty dungeons there.

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What gets people excited varies from person to person, after all. When you say “everyone,” I guess that means everyone can immerse themselves in their own excitement.

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If I can immerse myself in an adventure like that, I’d be all for it. Maybe Freiren can immerse herself in a dream she hasn’t found yet, too.

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Maybe so. Let’s give it a try.

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Alright, let’s immerse ourselves in our dreams. Over there.

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Yeah. Let’s go, then.

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Universal Cool Japan.

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Well then, let’s go.

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It’s a journey to retrace memories. A journey to realize how important the ordinary things were.

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Immerse yourselves. Into this adventure. Freiren: A Journey of Remembrance.

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No limit!

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