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Mediation

See Negotiation for more information.

If the negotiation lasts for too long, frustration may arise. Mediation is the act of bringing a third, neutral, party to a negotiation or a conflict in hope for it to help settle it.

They are 3 different types of conflict resolution: Mediation, Arbitration, and Litigation. Each of these methods requires the use of a mediator. Ideally, they are patient, creative and have the ability to develop a relationship of understanding, empathy, and trust.

## Conflict Mediation

### Types of mediation

There are different ways of mediating a conflict:

* **Facilitation:** the mediator is not part of the process but helps parties understand each other
* **Conciliation:** the mediator is not part of the negotiation but help circle the square
* **Mediation:** the mediator is part of negotiation
* **Arbitration** (non-binding, not obligatory): the mediator make a final decision that may or may not be followed
* **Arbitration, judge:** the mediator takes the final decision and this decision is binding.

### Role of the mediator

The mediator is a facilitator, not a judge. He can facilitate negotiations in different ways. The first role of a mediator is to set common rules if necessary. The rules should focus on cooperation, joint problem solving, no personal offense, etc. The Mediator should also offer an external point of view, allowing to perceive the emergence of new options, the sharing of new information, details, etc. Finally, by determining objective criteria, by involving anyone in the decision making and taking care of the losing side, the mediator should permit a softer landing of the negotiation.

### Is the manager a mediator or a judge

Depending on the culture, the power distance and the situation, a manager may either be a judge or a mediator. The key importance lies in the responsibilities. As a mediator, the responsibilities and accountabilities lie with the employee. If the manager becomes the judge and settles the issue himself, then he will have to take accountability for his decision. Removing most of the responsibility of his team.
Being a judge has other downfalls, the quality of the decision could be impaired by having access to only partial information. It does not solve the conflict and can even create resentment, finally, it does not help the employee develop the skills necessary to face the same situation in the future.

### Setting up a mediation

1. Planning: the mediator is the one setting up how the meeting should take place.
2. Introduction: The mediator introduces the parties, the process and lay up some ground rules.
3. Opening remarks: Each side has the opportunity to present its view, without interruption.
4. Joint discussion: Now everyone is free to ask questions only if it leads to a better understanding.
5. Caucus: if necessary, the parties are split again to listen to them separately and bring forward new information.
6. Negotiation: at this point, it should be able to generate alternative ideas.
Catch 22

From Wikipedia:

A **catch-22** is a paradoxical situation from which an individual cannot escape because of contradictory rules or limitations. The term was coined by Joseph Heller, who used it in his 1961 novel *Catch-22*.

An example is:

In needing the experience to get a job..."How can I get any experience until I get a job that *gives* me experience?" – Brantley Foster in *The Secret of My Success*.
Catch-22s often result from rules, regulations, or procedures that an individual is subject to, but has no control over because to fight the rule is to accept it. Another example is a situation in which someone is in need of something that can only be had by not being in need of it (*e.g*, the only way to qualify for a loan is to prove to the bank that you don't need a loan). One connotation of the term is that the creators of the "catch-22" situation have created arbitrary rules in order to justify and conceal their own abuse of power.

Even if Catch-22 is used satirically in the novel, Catch-22 can be used to illustrate several other situations in real life: like quantum physics. Quantum works as long as you are not watching it but as soon as you try to observe it stops working.

## Major major major major

In an exchange with Yossarian, MMMM makes several statements that I want to remember:

### *"Never say there is nothing you can do"*

As I see it, the sentence "There is nothing I can do" is a way to acknowledge your own lack of power. In some way, it shows you incompetency, it shows that you are useless in this situation.

On a personal level, this can be a heavy burden as no one want to admit his own uselessness. It is also a sign of giving up, of refusing to find a way. As a manager, it demises your role in itself, if you are not able to solve your employee problem, then why should they obey you. Once again, if you cannot help them, what is your purpose for them?

Refusing to say that "there is nothing you can do" is also a change in a state of mind. Not being able to say it means that you have to find something you can do. If the door is shut, you have to find the window. You cannot give up and you need to keep fighting. It reinforces the sense of accountability by removing the easy escape of dodging the responsibility. It does not prevent failures but blocks the easy acceptance of them.

### Individual behavior and group thinking

Yossarian approach MMMM with a fair statement. He wants an exception to go to war because he fears for his life. MMMM argues that he cannot do an exception because he is afraid of the consequences of everyone starting the same mindset.

Yossarian is brilliant in his response. If everyone was thinking the way he is, he would be a fool not to think the same way. If not everyone is thinking the same way, then there is no chance of spreading. In both cases, the logical answer seems to accommodate Yossarien request, unless changing the line of argumentation toward fairness, equality, rules, etc.
Change management

Individuals look to their leaders to get clues about how to behave. Leaders are especially important in times of changes, where usual habits and feedbacks are no longer usable.
People resist organizational change because they are afraid of what they will loose but do not know yet what they will gain. They focus on their own interest and not the organizational one's. If we remember that loss aversion makes losses 7 times stronger than potential gains, we need a solid value proposition to gain endorsement inside the company. Employees may fear that they will not be able to adapt or get the support they need to be successful

## Common barriers to change

* Insufficient leadership/sponsorship: Lack of involvement from top management
* Ineffective communication: the messages are not tailored to the audience. One fit all approach.
* Too much focus on the what and not on the how: not explaining how to use/behave in the new system.
* Not enough buy-in from users.
* No processes to address cross functional decisions
* Unprepared managers to address resistance (or may be resistant themself)
* Rush to "instal" rather than "implement"

The five stages of grief and how to react

 **Anger:** Looking for someone else to be at fault and lash out at.
 **Bargain:** Offering something to get out of the change
 **Depression**: Resign to the new fate
 **Acceptance:** Embracing the reality and what happened

1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargain
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
The prince

2 types de gouvernances :
1 prince et des esclaves: dure a conquerir faciel a maintenir.
L'autorité des itnermediaires est donnée par le prince. Plus de prince, plus d'autorité, donc fort interets de l'aider a rester en place.
Une fois destituer ou si changement d'allégeance, plus aucune autorité donc aucun intérêt.
Facil à maintenir car peut de tension interne et tous derriere le nouveau leader.

1 prince et des barons: L'autorité des intermédiaires vient de leur ancienté et expertise. Beaucoup de tension internes car chacuns a ses fideles.
Possible d'exploiter ces tensions pour prendre le pouvoir mais ces meme tension peuvent vous faire tomber de la même maniere.
Pour se maintenir, il faut tenir jusqu'à ce que les personnes oublient les barons et les dissidences.

Chapitre 5:
Gouverner des etat qui avaient leur propre lois:
1- Les detruires (le plus efficace, un peuple libre voudra toujours redevenir libre)
2- MArquer de sa presence
3- Creer un gouvernance local pour les contenir dans l'obeissance et la fidelité (cf gouvernance avec des esclaves,
Ce genre d'état est plus facilement gouvernanble par les siens)

Fortune ou talent. Si c'est fait au talent, il y a fort a penser que le chef est très habil et saurat se maintenir.
De plus il aura tendance habiter sa principauté, augmentant son succès.

Le plus grand challenge est de créer de nouvelles institution car tous ceux qui profitaient des anciennes deviennent enemies.
et seulement peu d'alliés (peur du changement et peur des autres).

Chapitre7
Acquerir par fortune ou les autres.
Facile a acquérir difficile a maintenir. Dépend de la fortune et de la volonté de ceux qui les y ont instalé
Debate

## Rules

The purpose of a debate is hardly to convince. Just remember how hard it is to change your own mind and you will realize how hard it is to change someone else's. A debate is about: 1) Understanding someone else's framework about a topic, 2) Challenging your own framework and test their consistency 3) Create spaces in others to let them proceed new information.

### We talk ideas not persons

You should not leat a belief that defines an entire person. If you do not defend people with opposite viewpoints from time to time, people will be right to call you a hater. Each situation is individual and context should be applied every time. Just because someone disagrees with you in the past, does not mean they will always be wrong, neither should you rejoice when they go through hardship. You must be able to highlight flaws and defend what is right.

It gives you more credibility when you denounce and when you defend. It is about the ideas, never the persons.
Job Interview

"The job you are applying for is not your final job. Rather, it's setting you up for the next job." Lax

## Negotiation in a job interview

See Negotiation for more information about them.

### Beyond salaries

Salaries are not the only thing on the table during an employment negotiation. They are actually only one part of the picture.

* You should also look for and negotiate your satisfaction. What will be your job responsibilities? how would you be spending your day? who will be your superior? are all legitimate questions to ask during an interview.
* Negotiate the fit. Can you negotiate an assistant for the tasks you hate? Ask for concerns about your skills and qualifications.
* Understand the policies. What happen to your predecessor? Why?
* Negotiate for long term success. Negotiate extra resources, support staff, title, anything that can set you up for a future career goal. Think outside the box, it can be training, conferences, network, etc.

Salary negotiation

See Salary Negotiation for more information.
Faced with complex, multisubject negotiations, we ask ourselves: Where should we begin?
The parties must agree on the agenda and the order of the issues to be negotiated.

Is it better to address first a difficult or an easy issue? Traditionally, dealing with an easy issue has been seen as more convenient, but solving the most complicated first can ease the whole following process. The difficult issues for one negotiator may be the easy ones for another. This allows trading off concessions in the issue package. Also, it creates value in the process of negotiating. In fact, when negotiations start with the most difficult issues, negotiators are open to making concessions in other points, which is equivalent to negotiating the entire package at once.

### Enrique Ogliastri's advice

1. Negotiate, do not pretend to be unselfish but be careful to not appear too selfish either. You are worth it.
2. Avoid involving yourself emotionally.
3. Research pay scales.
4. Clearly state your priorities, what is truly important or interesting about the job.
5. Establish a good rapport (positive human contact) with your interviewer and maintain your integrity as if it were a long-term relationship.
6. Ask for information about them, ask them about the company’s strategy and future perspective (and your role in those).
7. Find out and define the expected results of your work (% profit, productivity, etc.).
8. Do not exaggerate your achievements too much, but also do not fake modesty.
9. It is very important that you demonstrate interest in the position, but be careful to not appear desperate.
10. The company will probably treat you afterwards like it treated you in the interview. If you did not like it…reconsider.
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Exotic Mammy

It's Christmas 2018 in Finglas again, and Father Damien hosts an indoor Christmas decoration competition in order to raise funds for the Finglas Warriors football team. Agnes takes part, determined to win the prize (two tickets to see the Warriors in the finals), and suggests Hilary as one of the judges, alongside Dr. Flynn and Father McBride. Meanwhile, Dermot and Buster buy Agnes an Irish variant of Alexa, which she has trouble working, and Rory and Dino help prepare Buster for his date with a girl he met online.
Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!

Wacky Races/Sonic X - The Jetsons/Shakugan No Shana - The Flintstones/Hamtaro - Wheelie And The Chopper Bunch/Mix Master King Of Cards - The Book Of Pooh/Maya The Bee - Bear In The Big Blue House/Pac Man And The Ghostly Adventures - Its A Big Big World/Dinosaur Train - Animal Jam/Shelldon

   Poldy/Nascar - Family Home Entertainment/Show Me The Light - TrackMania/Brown Bear
4 As of effective communication

Analysis (define the real problem, hypothesis)

Attention (frame the problem in a compelling way, are they taking the problem seriously)

Agreement (create an internal commitment, do they agree that there is a problem worth addressing and that they need to change)

Action (decide on solutions, do they agree with the solution and is there a mechanism to insure accountability)
Story to illustrate

Black-out à la Défense

Production sheet

Visiting slaughterhouse

Xmas stories: Mme Perrier et Mr Assam

Beyblades tournament

Petit guide boucherie

Feuilles de commandes

Commandes papeteries handicapé

Buddie program

Tutoring classes

Class Reps / AE / French club coordinator

Increase profit

Decrease losses

Mitigate risks
Chapter 003

**Chapter 003** – third chapter of the Rifle Is Beautiful manga. It is in Volume 1.

## Summary

Erika Meinohama suddenly asks all girls to meet in the club room after school. When Hikari Kokura and Izumi Shibusawa come, it turns out that Erika and Yukio Igarashi surpised them with a greeting party. After the party, Izumi reminds Hikari of the upcoming tests.
Sayu Kaijima

**Sayu Kaijima** (貝島 沙由, *Kaijima Sayu*) is a side character in the Rifle Is Beautiful series. She is a member of the Shooting Club at Minesumi High School alongside Maho Kogomori and Serena Nitta.

## Appearance

Sayu has mid-back length brown hair that she wears in a low ponytail with bangs hanging on the left side and relaxed red-brown eyes.

## History

Sayu is a 3rd year and the daughter of a Grand Master of traditional Japanese art. She has a flirty personality and loves cute girls, and has a history of touching members and girl from other school. She also often gropes Serena, much to latter's dismay. She is loved by junior members except Serena.

She has a philosophy that "Shooting is Beauty" and is one of the most powerful people in Japan.

## Etymology

* The name **Sayu** means "sand" (沙) (**sa**) and "reason, case, cause" (由) (**yu**).
* Sayu's surname **Kaijima** means "shell/shellfish" (貝) (**kai**) and "island" (島) (**shima**/**jima**).
Chapter 007

**Chapter 007** – seventh chapter of the Rifle Is Beautiful manga. It is in Volume 1.

## Summary

Hikari Kokura wonders what her goal in shooting is. The girls in the Shooting Club talk about Olympics 2020 and interprefectural school preliminaries they might take part in. Yukio Igarashi suggests that before they participate in any tournament, they should set a practice match with another school. The rest of the team gladly agrees.
Sloth

Sloth is quiet, thoughtful, and takes his time in everything he does. He and Pusheen like to be lazy together. He enjoys doing yoga and looking out windows. His birthday is on August 8th. Although his facial expressions don't change much, his friends don't have any trouble understanding him. He is always there to support ones he care about.
Shooting Club

**Shooting Club** – a club at Chidori High. It's formed by students who train a rare competitive sport, shooting laser guns. It was disbanded, but the teacher allowed Hikari Kokura to try to reopen it by gathering four members. She reopened it by gathering three other girls with experience in this sport.

## Activities

The members usually train and exchange advice or thoughts about improving their skills.

## Members

* Erika Meinohama
* Izumi Shibusawa
* Hikari Kokura
* Yukio Igarashi

## Trivia

* Hikari went to Chidori High only because it has a shooting club.
What Are Beam Rifles?

**What Are Beam Rifles?** is the first episode of the Rifle is Beautiful anime.

## Characters

* Hikari Kokura
* Izumi Shibusawa
* Erika Meinohama
* Yukio Igarashi

## Summary

At Chidori High School, Hikari is keen to join the Rifle Shooting Club, only she is unable to find it. Found by her friend since elementary school, Izumi, together they learn that it has been closed down.

The club can be reopened if there are four members and Izumi remembers Erika and finding her, she is persuaded to join the club. Yukio comes across them and becomes the fourth member.

With the room prepared for the laser rifles they are using, the four members practice firing.

One week later, Hikari is telling classmates of the club she joined. She listens to ways the beam rifles can be explained to those unfamiliar with them.

With Erika offering her an old coat to wear she meets up with the club members to head to her house.

After Hikari chooses a coat she likes, Yukio suggests they spend time together. After buying snacks at a supermarket, at Izumi’s suggestion, Hiraki shares her bunny impression with them.
Rifle Is Beautiful

**Rifle Is Beautiful** (ライフル・イズ・ビューティフル, *Raifuru Izu Byūtifuru*) – a manga and anime about four girls in a Shooting Club. Hikari Kokura joined Chidori High only because it has this club, but then she found out the club was disbanded due to lack of members. She managed to find three other girls she previously encountered at a competition and reopen the club. The plot is about their adventures together.

* More information about the manga
* More information about the anime
Misa Kuroi

**Misa Kuroi** (黒井 ミサ, *Kuroi Misa*)is the vice president of the Asaka Academy Rifle Shooting Club and a side character in the Rifle Is Beautiful series.

## Appearance

Misa has medium length, honey blonde colored hair that reaches near her shoulders. Misa has a green headband which helps keep her hair out her face. She wears red, rectangular glasses with the upper frame absent over her violet eyes. Often seen in a long sleeved, dark navy blue zipper jacket that has parallel white lines running down the sleeves, Misa also wears a gray pleated short skirt. This is as well as long black socks reaching near her knees and burgundy colored, laceless shoes.

## Personality

Misa can come across as stern when interacting with others, but also apologetic when she feels responsible for a first year missing their shot on account of her.

## Story

Misa is at Asaka Academies beam rifle shooting club when she approaches Akira to ask why she was not informed about the practice match coming up.

She attempts to eavesdrop on Erika's conversation with Akira.

## Relationships

### Akira Shinonome

Attending the same academy together, Misa shows admiration for Akira, stating that she sounds like a real club president.

### Ryōko Mochizuki

At the same club and school together, Misa discusses with her how she was not expecting the other school to have such accomplished rifle shooting members.

## Etymology

* The name **Misa** is written in katakana (ミサ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (美沙, 海沙, 三幸 or 三桜), it could possibly mean:
	+ 美沙 - "beautiful" (美) (**mi**) and "sand" (沙) (**sa**).
	+ 海沙 - "sea, ocean" (海) (**mi**) and "sand" (沙) (**sa**).
	+ 三幸 - "three" (三) (**mi**) and "happiness, good luck" (幸) (**sa**).
	+ 三桜 - "three" (三) (**mi**) and "cherry blossom" (桜) (**sa**).
* Misa's surname **Kuroi** means "black" (黒) (**kuro**) and "well, mine shift, pit" (井) (**i**).

## References

1. ↑ Rifle is Beautiful Anime Reveals 9 More Cast Members 26th September, 2019
Haruna Tani

**Haruna Tani** (谷 春菜, *Tani Haruna*) is a character in the Rifle Is Beautiful series.

## Appearance

She has medium length brown hair with a yellow hair clip held in the right section of her fringe.

## Story

Standing with Kozakura, they observe the rifle firing club members members from other schools.

## Etymology

* The name **Haruna (1)** means "spring" (春) (**haru**) and "vegetables, greens" (菜) (**na**).
* Haruna's surname **Tani** means "valley" (谷).
Chapter 002

**Chapter 002** – second chapter of the Rifle Is Beautiful manga. It is in Volume 1.

## Summary

The girls put on the rifle jackets and practice for the first time in the Shooting Club. They share advice about aiming and get to know each other better. They visit Erika Meinohama's house and see her vast collection of rifle jackets.
Chapter 001

**Chapter 001** – first chapter of the Rifle Is Beautiful manga. It is in Volume 1.

## Summary

It's Hikari Kokura's first day at Chidori High, the school she went to because she wanted to join the Shooting Club. She finds out the club has been disbanded. However, she has a chance to restore it. The teacher says she has one day to create the club with four members. She finds other first-year girls whom she previously met at a rifle shooting competition: Izumi Shibusawa, Erika Meinohama and Yukio Igarashi. Therefore, Hikari reopens the club.
Nodoka Ogura

**Nodoka Ogura** (小倉 のどか, *Ogura Nodoka*) is one of the characters in the Rifle Is Beautiful series. She is one of the teachers in Chidori High School and the mother of Hikari Kokura.

## Etymology

* The name **Nodoka** means "Peaceful" (のどか) in Hiragana.
	+ However, when written in kanji (和, 長閑, 和花, 和華, 和香, 和佳, 温花, 温華, 温香, 温佳, 悠花, 悠華, 悠香, 悠佳, 望花, 望華, 望香 or 望佳), it could possibly mean:
		- 和 - "harmony, peace".
		- 長閑 - "quiet/long quiet".
		- 和花 - "Japanese flower".
		- 和華 - "harmony, peace" (和) (**nodo**) and "flower, petal" (華) (**ka**).
		- 和香 - "harmony, peace" (和) (**nodo**) and "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (**ka**).
		- 和佳 - "harmony, peace" (和) (**nodo**) and "good, beautiful" (佳) (**ka**).
		- 温花 - "warm" (温) (**nodo**) and "flower, blossom" (花) (**ka**).
		- 温華 - "warm" (温) (**nodo**) and "flower, petal" (華) (**ka**).
		- 温香 - "warm" (温) (**nodo**) and "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (**ka**).
		- 温佳 - "warm" (温) (**nodo**) and "good, beautiful" (佳) (**ka**).
		- 悠花 - "permanence" (悠) (**nodo**) and "flower, blossom" (花) (**ka**).
		- 悠華 - "permanence" (悠) (**nodo**) and "flower, petal" (華) (**ka**).
		- 悠香 - "permanence" (悠) (**nodo**) and "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (**ka**).
		- 悠佳 - "permanence" (悠) (**nodo**) and "good, beautiful" (佳) (**ka**).
		- 望花 - "wish, desire, hope" (望) (**nodo**) and "flower, blossom" (花) (**ka**).
		- 望華 - "wish, desire, hope" (望) (**nodo**) and "flower, petal" (華) (**ka**).
		- 望香 - "wish, desire, hope" (望) (**nodo**) and "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (**ka**).
		- 望佳 - "wish, desire, hope" (望) (**nodo**) and "good, beautiful" (佳) (**ka**).
* Nodoka's surname **Ogura** means "small" (小) (**o**) and "warehouse, storehouse, barn, treasury, granary, cellar, magazine, godown, depository, elevator, storage place, repository, supply shed, grain elevator, stockpile, arsenal" (倉) (**kura**/**gura**).

## References

1. ↑ Rifle is Beautiful Anime Reveals 9 More Cast Members 26th September, 2019
Karen Sakashita

**Karen Sakashita** (坂下 花恋, *Sakashita Karen*) is a side character in the Rifle Is Beautiful series.

## Appearance

She has long brown hair that she wears in a ponytail on her left. Karen has yellow eyes and is seen wearing a zipper jacket along with a gray pleated skirt. In addition she has long white socks and brown shoes.

## Personality

Karen is a polite and courteous girl who shows commitment to practicing and speaks well of others when observing them.

## Story

Karen is practising shooting before appearing slightly distracted by the conversation occurring behind her.

With Ryōko she considers the competition and is surprised to hear that they are a newly formed club.

## Relationships

### Ryōko Mochizuki

A fellow first years student who she is seen with during practice.

### Akira Shinonome

The president of the rifle shooting club at her school.

### Misa Kuroi

The vice president of the club, Karen is told to relax by her when she appears nervous about the competition.

### Hikari Kokura

She introduces herself to Hikari after a practice match.

## Etymology

* The name **Karen** means "flower, blossom" (花) (**ka**) and "love" (恋) (**ren**).
* Karen's surname **Sakashita** means "slope, hill" (坂) (**saka**) and "under, below" (下) (**shita**).

## References

1. ↑ Rifle is Beautiful Anime Reveals 9 More Cast Members 26th September, 2019
2. ↑ Episode 3
Yūko Tsurumaki

**Yūko Tsurumaki** (鶴巻 裕子 *Tsurumaki Yūko*)is one of the characters in the Rifle Is Beautiful series. She is a teacher at Chidori High School and the advisor for the Rifle Shooting Club.

## Appearance

She has long brown hair reaching down to her back, and golden brown colored eyes. Yūko wears orange rectangular framed glasses with the upper section of the frame absent. She also has a beige colored cardigan over a white collared top.

## Personality

Somewhat absent minded, she is quick to critique herself feeling she does not have what it takes to be a teacher.

## Story

Yūko is sitting in the faculty office and confirms that she is not advising any clubs. She hears that it is important to bond with her students nonetheless.

In class she finds herself distracted and after considers that she cannot even run that right.

## Relationships

### Yukio Igarashi

She accidentally bumps into this student at her school.

## Etymology

* The name **Yūko** means "abundant" (裕) (**yū**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
* Yūko's surname **Tsurumaki** means "crane, stork" (鶴) (**tsuru**) and "volume, roll, reel, book" (巻) (**maki**).

## References

1. ↑ Rifle is Beautiful Anime Reveals 9 More Cast Members 26th September, 2019
2. ↑ Episode 4
64 Zoo Lane

**64 Zoo Lane** is an American children's cartoon series by An Vrombaut. The series was produced by Millimages S.A., Zoo Lane Productions. It aired on Fox Family (During It's Itsy Bitsy Time), Noggin and Universal Kids in the United States for the first and the second seasons in 1999 and 2000.

## Cast

* Ciara Janson (American with an American accent)
* Dian Perry
* Megg Nicol
* Lewis MacLeod
* Anna Bentinck
* Keith Wickham
* Bob Saker
* Dan Russell
* Adrienne Posta
Ako Tōma

**Ako Tōma** (当麻 あこ, *Tōma Ako*) is one of the characters in the Rifle Is Beautiful series.

## Etymology

* The name **Ako (4)** is written in hiragana (あこ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (亜古, 亜子, 亜心, 亜都, 亜虹, 亜恋 or 亜湖), it could possibly mean:
	+ 亜古 - "second, Asia" (亜) (**a**) and "old, antiquity, ancient time, used, secondhand" (古) (**ko**).
	+ 亜子 - "second, Asia" (亜) (**a**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 亜心 - "second, Asia" (亜) (**a**) and "heart, mind, soul" (心) (**ko**).
	+ 亜都 - "second, Asia" (亜) (**a**) and "metropolis, capital" (都) (**ko**).
	+ 亜虹 - "second, Asia" (亜) (**a**) and "rainbow" (虹) (**ko**).
	+ 亜恋 - "second, Asia" (亜) (**a**) and "love" (恋) (**ko**).
	+ 亜湖 - "second, Asia" (亜) (**a**) and "lake" (湖) (**ko**).
* Ako's surname **Tōma** means "this, hit, right, appropriate, himself" (当) (**tō**) and "hemp, flax" (麻) (**ma**).

## References

1. ↑ Rifle is Beautiful Anime Reveals 9 More Cast Members 26th September, 2019
Chapter 8

**Chapter 008** – eighth chapter of the Rifle Is Beautiful manga. It is in Volume 1.

## Summary

The Shooting Club members at Chidori High get their first reply from a competing team. The Asaka Academy shooting club agreed to organize a training match. The girls visit the academy to practice with the excellent team that won or took second place in multiple rifle shooting tournaments.
Rifle Is Beautiful (manga)

**Rifle Is Beautiful** (ライフル・イズ・ビューティフル, *Raifuru Izu Byūtifuru*) – a 4-koma manga about four girls attending a Shooting Club at Chidori High written by Akki Sarumi.

The first chapter of the manga was launched on Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website in April 2015. The manga is ongoing with the fourth volume having been released in October.

It had an anime adaptation by studio 3Hz released on October 13, 2019.

## Plot

Hikari Kokura, a first-year at Chidori High, loves rifle shooting. She entered this school because of its shooting club, but finds out that the club was disbanded due to lack of members. The teacher allows her to try to reopen the club by gathering four members. She finds three other girls she previously met at a competition and who are also first-years. The club successfully reopens and the girls begin their rifle shooting.

## Volumes and Chapters

### Volume 1 (released May 19, 2016)

ISBN 978-4-08-890357-6

Volume 1 contains the following chapters:

* Chapter 1
* Chapter 2
* Chapter 3
* Chapter 4
* Chapter 5
* Chapter 6
* Chapter 7
* Chapter 8
Beam rifle

**Beam rifle** – a type of rifle that the girls in the Shooting Club use.

## Technology

Beam rifles use a xenon lamp to "shoot" without bullets. The "shots" are registered by a special target to determine where the rifle was aimed.

The sound the rifles make is simply played by speakers and can be changed.

The size of the 10-point mark on the target is about 1 milimeter.

It's recommended to wear a rifle jacket for better aim.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapter 4
2. ↑ Chapter 2
Let's go! Rifling 4!!!!

**Let's go! Rifling 4!!!!** is the opening theme song for the Rifle Is Beautiful anime that was released October 13, 2019. Rifling 4, the idol group consists of the four main voice actresses perform the song.

## Track listing

The lyrics written by KOH and the composition and arrangement was also by KOH.

1. **Let's go! Life Ring 4 !!!!**
2. BANG! BANG! BANG!
3. **Let's go! Life Ring 4 !!!!** (Instrumental)
4. BANG! BANG! BANG! (Instrumental)

## Lyrics

* Kanji
* English

Let’s go!さあLet’s go!

どこまでも

信じる気持ち抱きしめよう

Yeah!

いつかなんて思いは捨ててしまおう

見えない世界なんてない

勇気を出して　初めてを今

キラメキに　変えていくんだ

口笛吹いて(clapして)　変顔し合って(smiling)

大好きな今日がずっと(ずっと)

続きますように

Let’s go!さあLet’s go!

どこまでも

みんな一緒なら　何も怖くない

Yes glow! and　最強!

羽ばたくの

信じる気持ち抱きしめよう

全力疾走有言実行勝利狙い撃ち

Yeah!

Go!x4

Fuuu!

同じ歩幅でいて　そう願っていても

本音は負けたくない

一緒に闘って　ワクワクしたぶん

トキメキに　出会えたんだ

ボルト上げて(落ち着いて)　狙い定めたら(shooting)

大切な今を君と(君と)

感じていたいな

Let’s go!さあLet’s go!

いつまでも

胸に走った　痛み忘れない

Yes glow! and　必勝!

飛び立つの

昨日より今日を抱きしめよう

Yes(Yes)all right!(all right!)

気持ち上げていこう

Yes(Yes)high five!(high five!)

盛り上げていこう

Just(Just)all right!(all right!)　準備はいいか??

溢れ出るパワー　今すぐ解放we ah!

Let’s go!　さあLet’s go!

どこまでも

みんな一緒なら　何も怖くない

Yes glow! and　最強!

羽ばたくの

信じる気持ち抱きしめよう

全力疾走有言実行

完全燃焼猪突猛進

一連托生七転八起勝利狙い撃ち

Yeah!

Go!x4

Fuuu!

Let's go! Let's go!

Yeah!

I'll abandon my thoughts someday I'll take the courage of an unseen world and change my first time into glitter

Whistling (clap), smiling each other (smiling) so that my favorite day will continue (forever)

Let's go! Let's go! If everyone is together, nothing is scary Yes glow! And the strongest!

Yeah! go! x4 Fuuu!

Even though I hoped that I had the same stride, I didn't really want to lose.

Raise the bolt (calm down) If you're aiming (shooting) I want to feel important with you (with you)

Let's go! Let's go! I ran in my heart forever I won't forget the pain Yes glow! And Victory! Embrace today from yesterday

Yes (Yes) all right! (All right!) Let's lift up Yes (Yes) high five! (High five!) Let's lift up Just (Just) all right! (All right!) Are you ready?? Power to be released now ah!

Let's go! Let's go! If everyone is together, nothing is afraid Yes glow! And the strongest!

Yeah! go! x4 Fuuu!

## Gallery

The group is made up of the four main voice actresses
Maho Kogomori

**Maho Kogomori** (小々森 真帆, *Kogomori Maho*) is a side character in the Rifle Is Beautiful series. She is a member of the Shooting Club at Minesumi High School alongside Sayu Kaijima and Serena Nitta.

## Appearance

Maho has neck-length dark-brown hair that is parted on the left side, blue eyes and she has a stern face.

## History

Maho is a 3rd year and the president of the shooting club. She has a self-defense official father and has a well-trained body. She has been nicknamed *The Queen of Beam Rifle* because of her amazing ability to perform under pressure which lead to her team being the winning school she demonstrated the year prior. She is the No. 1 active high school shooter who won the national tournament and the all-Japan selection.

## Etymology

* The name **Maho** means "full sail" (真帆).
* Maho's surname **Kogomori** means "small" (小) (**ko**) and "forest" (森) (**mori**).
Serena Nitta

**Serena Nitta** (新田 瀬玲奈, *Nitta Serena*) is a side character in the Rifle Is Beautiful series. She is a member of the Shooting Club at Minesumi High School alongside Maho Kogomori and Sayu Kaijima.

## Appearance

Serena has waist-length light-gray hair that has blunt square bangs with chest-length hair strands hanging on either side and sharp olive-green eyes.

## History

Serena has a serious and difficult personality, but is more enthusiastic about shooting and completing in national competitions. She gets annoyed with Sayu's constant groping. She is a big fan of rock bands, particularly one called Evil Eden.

## Etymology

* The name **Serena** means "swift current, rapids" (瀬) (**se**), "the tinkling of jade" (玲) (**re**) and "apple tree" (奈) (**na**).
* Serena's surname **Nitta** means "fresh, new" (新) (**nit**) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (**ta**).
Stormy

Stormy is Pusheen's younger sister and also her best friend. She also has a younger brother named Pip. She loves adventures, just like Pusheen, and grooming herself. Pusheen is her idol, and she tries her best to be a good role model for Pip. Her birthday is on October 1st, and her best feature is that her fur is very curly.
Akira Shinonome

**Akira Shinonome** (東雲 あきら, *Shinonome Akira*) is the president of the Asaka Academy Rifle Shooting Club and a side character in Rifle is Beautiful.

## Appearance

She has a large amount of volume to her relatively short black hair. Her similarly colored eyebrows are visible above her burgundy red eyes.

Akira is seen wearing a dark navy blue, jacket that she wears unzipped. The long sleeves have parallel white lines running from the shoulders to the wrist. Underneath this jacket Akira wears a buttoned, collared, white shirt that has a blue ribbon tied in a bow around the collar area. This shirt is tucked into a pleated gray shirt. She also wears dark blue, long socks reaching near to her knees and laceless black shoes.

## Personality

Akirs is considered a good club president and demonstrates that by helping others with rifle shooting. Her helpful nature extends to agreeing to a practice match to assist in others training.

## Story

Akira is at Asaka Academy in the evening and receives a phone call. She agrees to the practice match in rifle shooting.

Over-watching others practice, she explains to Misa Kuroi that she simply did not tell her about the upcoming match.

She introduces herself to Hikari, Isumi, Yukio who have arrived with Erika to her school.

## Relationships

### Misa Kuroi

The vice president who she works with in the rifle shooting club.

### Erika Meinohama

She is Erika's cousin and is contacted by her to arrange a practice match.

## Etymology

* The name **Akira** is written in hiragana (あきら), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (昭, 明, 亮 or 晶), it could possibly mean:
	+ 昭 - "shining, bright".
	+ 明 - "bright, light, clear".
	+ 亮 - "clear".
	+ 晶 - "clear, crystal".
* Akira's surname **Shinonome** means "dawn, daybreak, sunrise, dayspring, aurora, cockcrow" (東雲).

## References

1. ↑ Rifle is Beautiful Anime Reveals 9 More Cast Members
Rei Asakura

**Rei Asakura** (朝倉 零, *Asakura Rei*) is one of the characters in the Rifle Is Beautiful series. She is Kiritani First's club president.

## Appearance

Rei has back-length light-brown hair that has an overall messy style and orange eyes.

She wears her school uniform consisting of a sleeveless jumper worn over a short sleeved, light blue collared T-shirt, with a dark blue tie. In addition to a pale green pleated skirt and dark blue socks, and brown shoes.

## Personality

Described as dignified and delicate, Rei prepares herself mentally by isolating herself in concentration before a match.

## Story

Rei is getting ready for the rifle club matches and observed by others, she is noted to be an incredible athlete.

Making eye contact with Akira Shinonome, Rei 'compliments' her on having the guts to come to the tournament.

## Relationships

### Akira Shinonome

Like Rei, she is the president of the rifle shooting club at her own school.

## Etymology

* The name **Rei** means "zero, nought" (零).
* Rei's surname **Asakura** means "morning" (朝) (**asa**) and "warehouse, storehouse, barn, treasury, granary, cellar, magazine, godown, depository, elevator, storage place, repository, supply shed, grain elevator, stockpile, arsenal" (倉) (**kura**).

## References

1. ↑ Rifle is Beautiful Anime Reveals 9 More Cast Members 26th September, 2019
2. ↑ Episode 5
Volume 3

## Volume Navigation

### Next

Volume 4

**Volume 3** – the third volume of the Rifle Is Beautiful manga.

## Chapters

* Page 3: Chapter 037
* Page 11: Chapter 038
* Page 19: Chapter 039
* Page 27: Chapter 040
* Page 035: Chapter 041
* Page 43: Chapter 42
* Page 51: Chapter 043
* Page 59: Chaper 044
* Page 67: Chapter 045
* Page 75: Chapter 046
* Page 83: Chapter 047
* Page 91: Chapter 048
* Page 99: Chapter 049
* Page 107: Chapter 050
* Page 115: Chapter 051
* Page 123: Chapter 052
* Page 131: Chapter 053
* Page 139: Chapter 054
* Page 147: Chapter 055
* Page 155: bonus material
Marina Tsuji

**Marina Tsuji** (辻 まりな, *Tsuji Marina*) is a minor character in the Rifle Is Beautiful series.

## Etymology

* The name **Marina** is written in hiragana (まりな), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (真里奈), it could possibly mean "real, genuine" (真) (**ma**), "village" (里) (**ri**) and "apple tree" (奈) (**na**).
* Marina's surname **Tsuji** means "street, crossroad" (辻).

## References

1. ↑ Rifle is Beautiful Anime Reveals 9 More Cast Members 26th September, 2019
Rifle Is Beautiful (anime)

**Rifle Is Beautiful** (ライフル・イズ・ビューティフル, Raifuru Izu Byūtifuru) is the anime based on the manga with the same title. It is about four girls attending a Shooting Club at Chidori High.

The four main cast members (Hikari Kokura, Izumi Shibusawa, Erika Meinohama, Yukio Igarashi) also formed an idol unit related to the series called Rifling 4 and perform the opening and ending songs .

Sentai Filmworks has licensed the anime in North America under the title *Chidori RSC*.

## Plot

Hikari Kokura, a first-year at Chidori High, loves rifle shooting. She entered this school because of its shooting club, but finds out that the club was disbanded due to lack of members. The teacher allows her to try to reopen the club by gathering four members. She finds three other girls she previously met at a competition and who are also first-years. The club successfully reopens and the girls begin their rifle shooting.

## Characters and Voice Cast

* Hikari Kokura (小倉ひかり *Kokura Hikari*) - Machico/Brittney Karbowski
* Izumi Shibusawa (渋沢泉水 *Shibusawa Izumi*) - Akane Kumada/Juliet Simmons
* Erika Meinohama (姪浜エリカ *Meinohama Erika*) - Saki Minami/Patricia Duran
* Yukio Igarashi (五十嵐雪緒 *Igarashi Yukio*) - Anna Yamaki/Genevieve Simmons
* Yūko Tsurumaki (鶴巻裕子 *Tsurumaki Yūko*) - Yukiyo Fujii/Avery Smithhart
* Akira Shinonome (東雲あきら *Shinonome Akira*) - Natsumi Fujiwara/Alyssa Simmons
* Misa Kuroi (黒井ミサ *Kuroi Misa*) - Reina Ueda/Maggie Flecknoe
* Karen Sakashita (坂下花恋 *Sakashita Karen*) - Minami Takahashi/Christina Kelly
* Ryōko Mochizuki (望月涼子 *Mochizuki Ryōko*) - Manaka Iwami/Natalie Rial
* Rei Asakura (朝倉零 *Asakura Rei*) - M.A.O/Olivia Swasey
* Marina Tsuji (辻まりな *Tsuji Marina*) -  Azusa Tadokoro/Melissa Molano
* Ako Tōma (当麻あこ *Tōma Ako*) - Hiyori Kono/Heidi Hinkle
* Nodoka Ogura (小倉のどか *Ogura Nodoka*) - Kaori Nazuka/Joanne Bonasso

## Episodes

1. What are Beam Rifles?
2. Club is Funny
3. Our Competitors are Powerful
4. Our Advisor is a Beginner
5. Qualifiers are Exciting
6. Our Target is Nationals
7. Studying is Hard
8. Our Battlefield is Tsutsuga
9. Hozumi is the Reigning Champ
10. Hime in Crisis
11. Shooting is Our Dream
12. The Finals Are Beginning

**Note:** There is a recap episode in between Episode 7 and Episode 8, Episode 7.5. It is titled Nationals are Right Before Us.

## ​Production Staff

* Original Creator: Saimiakki
* Director: Masanori Takahashi
* Theme Song by:
	+ Akane Kumada
	+ Machico
	+ Saki Minami
	+ Anna Yamaki
* Series Composition: Tatsuya Takahashi
* Prop Design and Art Design: Jyu Ishiguchi
* Art Director: Tatsurō Ōnishi
* Color Design: Akiko Inoue
* HOA: Tri-Slash
* Graphic Art: Hirofumi Araki
* Director of Photography: Kazumasa Someya

## References

1. ↑ Rifle is Beautiful TV Anime Zeroes in on an October 2019 Release
2. ↑ Chidori RSC Official English Dub Cast List
3. ↑ Sentai Filmworks Unveils Chidori RSC Anime's English Dub Cast
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Rifle is Beautiful Anime Reveals 9 More Cast Members (26th September, 2019)

## External links

* Anime
* Wikipedia
Volume 2

## Volume Navigation

### Next

Volume 3

**Volume 2** – the second volume of the Rifle Is Beautiful manga.

## Chapters

* Page 3: Chapter 020
* Page 11: Chapter 021
* Page 19: Chapter 022
* Page 27: Chapter 023
* Page 36: Chapter 024
* Page 43: Chapter 025
* Page 51: Chapter 026
* Page 59: Chapter 027
	+ Page 67: bonus material
	+ Page 75: bonus material
* Page 83: Chapter 028
* Page 91: Chapter 029
* Page 99: Chapter 030
* Page 107: Chapter 031
* Page 115: Chapter 032
* Page 123: Chapter 033
* Page 131: Chapter 034
* Page 139: Chapter 035
	+ Page 148: bonus materials
* Page 153: Chapter 036
Komachi Enomoto

**Komachi Enomoto**  (榎本 こまち, *Enomoto Komachi*) is a side character in Rifle Is Beautiful. She is on the Kiritani Daiichi High School Shooting Club, along with Rei.

## Appearance

Enomoto has black hair that is parted in the middle of her head, violet eyes and she seems to always be wearing a white mask. The score of the inter-high prefecture qualifying was 407.3.

## Etymology

* Komachi's surname **Enomoto** means "lotus tree, nettle tree, hackberry" (榎) (**eno**) and "base, root, origin, source" (本) (**moto**).
Cheek

Cheek is a small yellow hamster with a light pink blush on his cheeks. His birthday is on May 10th and his best feature is his mysterious cheeks. What does he even keep in there? He loves baking in his miniature-sized kitchen, and then sharing his masterpieces with his larger friends. He still hasn't noticed that his creations are bite-sized, and everyone is to nice to point it out to him.
Yūyake Friends

**Yūyake Friends** or **Sunset Friends**, is the ending theme song for the Rifle Is Beautiful anime. The official release of this song was November 6th 2019.

## Track listing

The lyrics written by Mayu Miyazaki and the composition and arrangement was also by KOH. The String Arrangement is by Yasuma Bando.

1. **Yūyake Friends**
2. 4SHOOTERS !!
3. **Yūyake Friends** (Instrumental)
4. 4SHOOTERS !! (Instrumental)

## Lyrics

* Kanji
* English

Hah

オレンジ遊歩道

足音のリズム

4つ並んだ影が

ひらり揺れてる

あんなに疲れ切って

クタクタになって

でもね帰り道は

忘れちゃうよね

楽しかった今日も

一人ずつバイバイ

じゃあ　ここでね

(じゃあ　笑って)

また明日も会えるよ

Ah

大きく手を振った後は

さみしくなる

でもきっと

また新しい毎日が

ページを彩ってくから

同じ時を感じたい

ずっと

My best friend

Hah

目覚めて一番に

思い浮かぶのは

いつもの場所にいる

いつもの笑顔

いたずら秒針が

チクタク刻んで

放課後までのカウントダウン

早く会いたいな

昨日より今日が

今日より明日が

ねえ　素敵に

(ねえ　なるよね)

予感に胸弾むよ

Ah

ただ手と手を重ねたら

強くなれる

そんな魔法

わたし達は特別な

絆でつながってるから

みんなと一緒に歩くよ

ずっと

幸せってきっと

今みたいな瞬間

ねえ　明日も

(ねえ　未来も)

この夕焼けを見ようね

Ah

ただ手と手を重ねたら

強くなれる

そんな魔法

わたし達は特別な

絆でつながってるから

大きく手を振った後は

さみしくなる

でもきっと

また新しい毎日が

ページを彩ってくから

みんなで夢を描こう

ずっと

My best friend

Hah

Orange boardwalk

Footstep rhythm

4 shadows lined up

Swinging

So exhausted

Become a tact

But the way back is

I'll forget

It was fun today

One by one

See you here

(Now laugh)

See you tomorrow

Ah

After shaking your hand greatly

Become miserable

But surely

New daily life

I'm coloring the page

I want to feel the same time

All the time

My best friend

Hah

Wake up first

What comes to mind

Be in the usual place

Usual smile

Naughty second hand

Chopped

Countdown until after school

I want to meet soon

Today is more than yesterday

Tomorrow than today

Hey, nicely

(Hey, it will be)

I'm excited about the feeling

Ah

Just put your hands together

Can be strong

Such magic

We are special

Because they are connected by bonds

I'll walk with you

All the time

I'm sure I'm happy

Moments like now

Hey tomorrow

(Hey, the future)

Let's see this sunset

Ah

Just put your hands together

Can be strong

Such magic

We are special

Because they are connected by bonds

After shaking your hand greatly

Become miserable

But surely

New daily life

I'm coloring the page

Let's draw a dream together

All the time

My best friend
Minecraft - 1.4.2 (Bedrock)

Fixes:

* Fixed a crash that occurred when creating a world on Windows 10 Mobile devices
* Fixed a crash that occurred when creating a world on mid-tier and low-end iOS devices
* Fixed an issue that prevented content from being downloaded on Android devices
* Fixed some worlds not properly updating to 1.4
Kozakura Konno

**Kozakura Konno** (紺野 小桜, *Kon'no Kozakura*) is a character in the Rifle Is Beautiful series. She is the president of the shooting club at Isegaoka High School.

## Appearance

Kozakura has bob length black hair with the fringe trimmed virtually straight across her forehead and golden-brown eyes.

## History

Kozakura started practicing shooting by accident, with excellent grades and is respected by fellow members.

## Story

Kozakura spots Maho Kogomori, who won first place in the practice match against Asaka.

## Etymology

* The name **Kozakura** means "small" (小) (**ko**) and "cherry blossom" (桜) (**sakura**/**zakura**).
* Kozakura's surname **Konno** means "navy blue" (紺) (**kon**) and "field, wilderness" (野) (**no**).