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Let's Talk About NatsuMikan: Mikan (pt. 29)

I cut this up strangely. This arc is a mess and I'm tired.

Today, we're back to the chaos of the Escape Arc or High School Arc or Mikan's Very Bad Day or the Events Arc (where a bunch of things happen one after another and poor Anya has no chance to analyze any of it) or whatever you want to call it. Mikan needs to reunite with her mom tonight, so she and her band of rebels will use foreign alices in order to fight their enemies and help her escape.

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Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Four

They return from their trip to see the HSP’s office empty and ransacked. They returned an hour after they left, meaning that a lot went down during that time. There’s a lot to do now, starting with tracking down everyone who is missing from the office, including Yuka. 

Oh so cute and sad.

Hayami appears to give some news, as he always does, telling them that the ESP is searching for Mikan and her mother. This mention of her mother reminds Mikan of the last thing Yuka heard her say, that she didn’t want to leave with her and that she was a bad person. Mikan is consumed with guilt that she can’t instantly apologize for what she said. She doesn’t like that Yuka has to wait before knowing the truth: that Mikan loves her and wants to be with her.

The situation is dire and Natsume stresses the importance of making sure Mikan escapes the school with Yuka as their main priority. Mikan is surprised by this since there’s important people who are missing, some of whom have even been captured, like Subaru. But Natsume says the same thing Noda had said before, that getting Yuka and Mikan away from the ESP is a priority in order to keep everyone safe. They can handle the other stuff later. And then he says, one more time, that he’ll protect her, no matter what happens. 

Mikan reacts only thinking his name, and I think that’s her allowing herself the smallest rush of affection for a night that will be stressful and chaotic, when she has already decided that she can’t look too closely at her feelings right now. 

This page will ALWAYS be famous.

The moment passes though, because there’s not much time. Everyone else sides with Natsume, agreeing to prioritize Mikan’s safety and escape with Yuka. Mikan is outvoted. Their mission now is clear.

Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Five

Mikan and company are on the run from the fuukitai, but they run into Goshima, a (supposedly) friendly face, who is here to give some information. The rest of the adults from the HSP’s office have scattered, with Subaru getting captured by the ESP. The plan now is for Yuka and Mikan to rendezvous to the warp-hole and escape together that way.

Mikan squeezing the letter... I'm going to pass away.

In the meantime, Yuka has left alice stones for Mikan, suspecting that Mikan might have the insertion alice as well. Mikan, excited to see her mother again, is touched to receive the letter. So far, her experiences watching Yuka in the time trip involved only one-sided communication, with Mikan simply witnessing Yuka’s life. They haven’t had the chance to truly talk yet, and this letter is one little taste of having her mother speak to her. She seems to treasure the letter, especially relieved that her mother is safe for now. 

But Mikan is still concerned about what might happen if she doesn’t have the insertion alice after all. Just like Yuka was anxious to try inserting alices into Himemiya without a clue if she had the ability to do so, Mikan feels put on the spot and worried, nervous that she might ruin things if she doesn’t have the ability. But while she worries, Tono sticks an alice stone in her mouth. She freaks out, naturally, because she wouldn’t have been expecting that, and also I think because, as we discussed from Chapter 77 on, Mikan is more aware of Tono’s occasionally sleazy behavior. She is no longer oblivious to that side of him and so she seems just as violated as everyone else for her sake.

But Tono asserts that he did it to amplify her potential insertion alice and give her a helpful push into awakening a previously dormant alice.

Turns out he’s right and Mikan gets to work inserting alices into her friends. She recalls Narumi’s advice that her alice can be helpful or harmful depending on her intentions, and that the key is to love and appreciate your own alice. She decides to believe in her alice and the alice she shares with her mother in order to be helpful.

My love of GA and Mikan as a character versus my dislike of Mikan having the Stealing Alice even though that's a plot point for more than half the manga... Am I the problem? No... it's the stealing alice that is wrong...

It’s not important but I really don’t like Mikan having the stealing/insertion alice. From here on out her nullification is pretty much entirely brushed aside. Mikan has, for most of the manga, felt dearly insecure about her nullification alice for not being useful enough or flashy enough or impressive enough to compare to her classmates’. She never got over this insecurity, which was a huge part of her arc, and now it’s entirely overshadowed by the stealing alice (and its twin, the insertion alice), which is useful and flashy and impressive all at once, with its only drawback being its taboo reputation. The narrative regarding her arc remains the same, with instances like this harkening to Narumi’s famous words reminding us that Mikan doesn’t always like her alice, potentially distracting us from the reality that Mikan’s feelings about the stealing alice and the nullification alice are completely different. Long story short, I don’t like the narrative about the stealing alice or the way it effectively sidelined her nullification alice. Poor nullification alice… you’ll always be my favorite.

Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Six

Mikan has inserted many alice stones into her friends. She has inserted into herself the teleportation alice stone, since she can resonate well with it. It is her mother’s alice, after all. She is happy to have the same alice as her mother for the time being, eager to connect with her in any way she can.

She is also exceedingly convinced she has inserted into herself some sort of stone for telepathy, because she feels like she can hear her mother’s voice, though she refrains from voicing this suspicion out loud to anyone.

I love how important multiple relationships are in GA, how large Mikan's heart is and how many people she loves (I ignore the finale chapter because it's stupid and garbage).

Their situation becomes complicated when the group realizes there’s a traitor on their side. The fuukitai pursuers find them and they are saved by Natsume’s alice. They are all forcibly separated for the time being, with Natsume staying behind with Tsubasa to fight off the pursuers. Mikan doesn’t want to separate but she can’t have what she wants tonight, not really for anything.

It seems like the best idea, until Tono suggests Noda take the enemies into time-space for the time being.

Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Seven

Tono convinces Noda to do as he requests and Noda is out of the running for a moment. (I know Tono suspects Noda is the traitor right now but I’m very amused by the knowledge that he is not, in fact, and just goes along with it anyway because he wants to help. Poor Noda.)

The issue of the traitor plaguing everyone’s minds is pretty significant because Mikan has always tried to heed Narumi’s advice from very early on in the manga, that she should find many friends to trust and cherish. The idea that one of those friends could have betrayed her is in direct contrast with Mikan’s worldview, particularly her black-and white view of people that I’ve described a few times so far. People are either good or bad. She can change her mind that a bad person is actually good, like with Natsume or Yuka, but she hasn’t actually changed her mind the other way around, that a person she cares for could be anything other than a great and trustworthy friend, let alone a traitorous enemy.

So even though Tono and the others start thinking hard about who is most suspicious, Mikan doesn’t work that way. She trusts wholeheartedly and is sad to see Noda go. But--again--there’s no time for thoughts or emotions because there’s more pursuers!

(I’m gonna be honest with y’all. This arc is exhausting. There’s so many revelations and no time to linger on any of them because there’s always something new happening on the next page. I understand this night is busy and chaotic and as a result Mikan has no time or energy to spend thinking about her feelings, not that she did that much anyway, but it’s hard for me. I am trying hard to write meaningful analysis with very little to work with. This is just an Events Arc, with things happening all the time but no introspection or time to let anything settle. Sigh.)

Mikan teleports away from the office with all of her friends, calling for her mother’s support as she does so. 

Mikan has the feeling that she is somehow telepathically communicating with her mother again, hearing Yuka’s voice softly in her head. Yuka can hear her too, and it’s the only thing tethering them at this moment as they work hard to reunite again. 

This is supposed to be a ship essay. I'm sorry.

Yuka’s voice gives her much-needed support because they manage to teleport into an ambush, surrounded on all sides by fellow students. They might not agree with the ESP, but they fight for him anyway, or else they risk becoming like the other part of the crowd, a large group of Luna’s specialty soul-sucked zombies. The crowd blames Mikan’s rebellion for this trouble and is more than willing to charge at her and her friends to punish them.

But Natsume creates what looks like a fire tornado, keeping the attackers at bay. Ruka protests, since some of the attackers are being controlled, and also since Natsume shouldn’t be using his alice so much if he’s sick. But Tsubasa is more distracted by Natsume’s new abilities with his fire, suggesting that he has Sakurano’s wish alice inserted into him. With this alice stone comes other abilities and Natsume summons all his allies closer, with only Mikan conveniently landing in his arms. He doesn’t waste time either. He tells Mikan exactly what to do and, flustered, she obeys, getting them all to teleport to a safer place.

I think Natsume is getting a bit bold since this is his last night with Mikan and he’s already gotten his biggest secrets off his chest. This new alice stone only gives him an extra boost. It’s just interesting the effect this boldness has on Mikan in particular. She spent much of their relationship thinking Natsume was much colder than he really was. Now that everything’s out in the open, he catches only her in an embrace, behavior that is so surprising it flusters her, and then immediately switches to bossing her around, keeping true to his original spirit and reminding her that he is indeed the same Natsume.

This is honestly one of my favorite pages in the whole manga, no joke. There's SO MUCH here.

He was hiding parts of himself, sure, but not everything has been a facade. It’s just interesting.

Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Eight

We finally get a quiet moment! Mikan is able to--due to Natsume’s bossy demand--teleport them to the woods where they can catch their breath for a minute. Ruka is revealed to have the barrier alice stone, which will come in handy. Meanwhile, Mikan decides to try out the new telepathy alice stone she suspects she possesses on Hotaru. 

When Hotaru responds, Mikan is happy to see that it’s true. It wasn’t just teleportation in Sakurano’s stone, but a little telepathy mixed in as well, giving her this highly convenient ability. This power doesn’t give her some upper hand against enemies or anything. It seems like she can only use it with people she cares about, like there needs to be some degree of resonance for their minds to connect, which is why she can communicate with Hotaru and her mother. Mikan doesn’t advertise this alice because it’s not necessarily useful for their goals right now, but…

Mikan shares that she’s been hearing a soft voice calling out to her, a sad and pained voice that she suspects is her mother’s. She blushes when she realizes she might be imagining it, or just hearing what she wants to hear, but Hotaru smiles and assures her that it is her mother calling for her. Mikan is happy to be validated in this way and holds onto Hotaru to confess that she wants to use this alice to communicate her feelings towards her mom--how sorry she is, how much she loves her, how much she wants to see her. And Hotaru assures her again: she can hear it.

My favorite Hotaru and Mikan moment in the whole manga. It's very soft and Hotaru reveals the softest parts of herself while Mikan lets herself be vulnerable about her mom. I love it.

It’s a very soft moment, where Mikan opens up with Hotaru about something that has nothing to do with the trouble at hand but is still weighing heavily on Mikan’s mind. And Hotaru doesn’t tease her or act detached the way she normally would. She is instead only kind, supportive, and reassuring, because she can see how embarrassed and insecure Mikan is to share these feelings, how badly she wants to believe she can communicate with her mom. Furthermore, Mikan is impatient to see her mother and this is what she needs to hold her over until they can finally see each other. She doesn’t want her mom to see her and be scared that Mikan hates her--she should know now, even when they’re separated, how loved she is.

Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Nine

The group is setting up to teleport again, but Nobara isn’t joining them. As they all disappear, Mikan hears Nobara thank her. Then they’re gone. 

Mikan insists on going back for Nobara, who is all on her own and probably in danger. Natsume stops her though, catching her by the arm. He says Nobara chose this, and that it doesn’t matter because their priority is still reuniting Mikan with Yuka. Nobara, who knows the DA class well, will confront them, and that helps their main goal of getting Mikan to escape that much easier. 

In this arc, Natsume is the voice of reason and Hotaru is the voice of soft reassurance. Meanwhile Ruka is defender of Mikan's agency! They all play an important emotional role for her tonight. Natsume will also play another role but not on purpose. We'll get into that later.

Mikan reluctantly agrees but tries to send well-wishes to Nobara. 

I think it’s very interesting that Natsume acts so consistently as the voice of reason for Mikan in this arc. He’s frequently the one stopping her and talking sense into her. He does it with compassion, but he doesn’t waste much time. And everytime he does this, Mikan understands. He is able to convince her. The roles Ruka, Hotaru, and Natsume are filling for Mikan right now are pretty interesting. Hotaru has been nothing but supportive and reassuring all night, Ruka has stood up for her and her agency, and Natsume talks sense into her and gets her moving. All of them have the same goal: to get Mikan out of the school with her mom. Natsume’s just very mission-oriented, as we know. He stays on task and he’s here to help Mikan do the same. That’s what she needs right now, too, even if it pains her to be separated from her friends, one by one.

Everyone is exhausted. Using foreign alices is draining. When they encounter the SA class, more bad news is shared since Misaki-senpai and many of their Class B friends have been captured by the ESP’s forces.

Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-One

The plot thickens!

Subaru has had his soul sucked by Luna. He is now mind-controlled on the enemy side. Mikan can see how upset this makes Hotaru. It’s not just a matter of somebody being mind-controlled, it’s Hotaru’s dear brother, right when they had made plans to start working on their sibling relationship in earnest. Mikan hates to see her friend upset so she decides to go into the fray, no matter the danger, to steal his alice and reunite the siblings.

An act of love!

Unfortunately, for all her gusto, Subaru unleashes his pain alice on her, inflicting her with agony and shattering her plans. And Subaru was used for a reason anyway, to trap Mikan into approaching him to save him. She’s saved by Jinno and Sakurano at the last moment, but the situation is still dire for Hotaru, who still has to watch her brother with his dull eyes, under Luna’s alice. 

Mikan is relieved to see Jinno, despite all he’s done so far, because she was touched to see how much he cared for her father. Again, Mikan is very much a black and white person. She rarely has conflicting feelings for people; they are either good or bad. Jinno made a good impression in the time trip despite being pretty terrible every other time, so he’s good in her book now.

They pressure Mikan and her group to leave, since they’ll handle this situation. But Mikan is one of the only two people with the stealing alice, the only known way to vanquish Luna’s alice. If Yuka or Mikan doesn’t help Subaru, there’s no way of making sure he can get back to normal. She’s reluctant to leave, but, yet again, there’s not much of a choice.

Another farewell.

But Hotaru is staying put, telling Mikan that she can’t leave, because she’d always regret it if she did. 

Conclusion

Things are happening! Things!

I'm tired and this Events Arc gets to me.

This has some NatsuMikan in it! But most of the NatsuMikan content of this arc will be in the next part. I tried going through my essay to see how many more parts you can expect. I came up with an estimate of 37 total parts. But that's a pretty conservative number on my part. I wanna think that highly of myself but... (Here's a summary of my personality and work ethic.) It'll probably be more parts because I'm a lazy and easily tired girl and I might not be able to do that much work for the next 9 days. We'll see how it goes.

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I finally watched the first Utena musical yayyy!!!

I had wanted to watch it for a long time, but I was always late to @empty-movement streams and I couldn’t find any other place to watch it... until today... (๑>◡<๑)

As with Three sisters, I made some gifs and I’m gonna say some things about the musical( ^ω^ ) (I think this will become a habit here on my blog hehe)!!!

LET’S BEGIN🌷✨

first we have UTENAAAA played by AMI NOUJOUUUU, who I really love!!! I met her as Jupiter and I’m really happy to see her again as UTENAAAA(*≧∀≦*) She played her so good, she really reminded me of her🥺💗

then we have YUKA ANGEL VOICE YAMAUCHI who played Anthy😩💕I met her in NogiMyu as well, but she doesn’t get any chance to sing properly😞BUT HAVE YOU HEARD THE COVERS SHE POSTS ON INSTAGRAM????? ALSO, she’s literally Anthyyyyy(*´꒳`*)I love her sm

next one is Touuuuga, played by Kimito Totani, (whom I didn’t know before this hehe) I don’t know what to say haha, he was great... it’s been a long time since I saw men acting so it was strange haha😛my mom said he was handsome(´･_･`) and I was like ಠ_ಠ but yeah... let’s continue

*sigh*( ´ ▽ ` ) saionjiiiiiiii (played by Shoujirou Yokoi) I loved him, I really did, I liked this Saionji better than the anime one (obviously) His voice was so so good, I really really liked it!!! Too bad they changed him for the second musical T^T

next one is Mikiiii (played by Natsuki Osaki) okay, so, first I’m gonna say that I would have casted a girl to play Miki, (Come on, am I the only one who thought Miki was a woman when he first appeared on the anime?) Natsuki was good, he’s a great actor, I liked him, but his voice just didn’t sound like Miki’s (>_<) (I’m just a little bit glad they changed him for the second musical, even though I don’t know yet how Yuta is as Miki)🤔

next is: JURIONAAAA \(//∇//)\

No, I’m not done with Riona yet!!!

RIONA MAKES MY HEART MELT EVERY TIME I SEE HER (〃ω〃) IM SO HAPPY TO FINALLY LISTEN TO RIONA’S VOICE!!! cause in Sera Myu she never sings alone🥺AND I AM AMAZED, HER VOICE IS WONDERFUL😩💗😍💕🥰

Then we have the THE QUEEN Arisa Suzukiiiii!!!!💛💛💛Omg SHE IS NANAMI, she literally IS(*^◯^*) I love her so much!!!! And her voice ahhh(*´꒳`*)

And last but not least we have: Yumeeee MY SWEET YUMEEEE, WHO better to play Wakaba than YUME TAKEUCHI? (´・ω・) now she just turned (along with Riona) into the person I’ve seen the most in musicals and plays!!!! And I’m so happy bout it T^T cause I really really really love Yume, she is so sweet and her voice is so PERFECT, it leaves me shocked every time I hear it!!!(●´ω｀●)

So yeah that’s it, on Tuesday we’ll be watching the second musical yayyy!!!! So look forward for other one of these(*^ω^*)

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Yuka Yamauchi’s Black Rose Cast Introductions!

Anthy’s actress is a prolific blogger, and posted a series of introductions to various cast members during the rehearsals of Musical Utena ~ Blooming Rose of Deepest Black. Nagumo was kind enough to translate many of them, and you can read them here! They’re a wholesome look into this talented actress, the production team, and the group dynamics and process of creating the musical. 

“When Yume wants to have a certain timbre and singing voice for Wakaba, she imagines it in her head over and over again so that the scene is just perfect. From the first production to this second one, she's been thinking the best way to present the scene until she's figured it all out without even stopping to think about it. I have nothing but respect for her.” (About Yume Takeuchi, Wakaba’s 19 YEAR OLD ACTRESS JFC.)

“Those who've seen the previous production's extras know all about Riona's terrible impersonation skills. Today we've heard her terrible impersonation for the first time after so long and it made everyone laugh. Her flair for impersonation is fatally lacking. (laugh)” (About Riona Tatemichi, who plays Juri)

“Everyone is like this, but with Arisa you can't find the word 'compromise' or label her as someone who does things by halves, she does everything with her utmost effort. If you saw the first production, you know that her voice, appearance, mannerism, and knowledge of the anime was better than anyone's. She was aiming to constantly improve her performance right up to the end.” (About Arisa Suzuki, who plays Nanami)

“This is the second time we've costarred but I think the distance between us has narrowed from last time. (...) When we lock eyes on stage, we typically find ourselves corpsing and trying not to burst out laughing, we sometimes end up losing our composure so completely we can't get back to work.” (About Yu Yoshioka, who plays Akio) Enjoy, and look forward to our streams of the new musical, translated and ready for us all to lose our damn minds over! :D

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Yuka Yamauchi, 12/23/17

Revolutionary Girl Utena TV Anime 20th Anniversary Exhibition

Attempted translation under the readmore

Thank you for your support today.

Recently I was allowed to write an article on Revolutionary Girl Utena’s stage production.

On Twitter and in blog comments too, there were a lot of responses; I tensed up all over again. And then I was shaking with the feelings of excitement and anticipation, too. Practice is still a ways away, but I feel I want to go through extensive preparation.

I had taken the first step of this preparation before the announcement. I went to see the Revolutionary Girl Utena TV Anime 20th Anniversary Exhibition!

From the moment I set foot there, a very sacred place spread before me. And it was adorned with flowing music, and I felt my breath should quiet in the beauty of the scene.

My imagination expands as I think about what forms this various scenery might take on stage. I took as many photographs as I could.

I left at the very last moment of the last day; with the number of people still there, I wonder how many had come before.

I love the work Revolutionary Girl Utena from the bottom of my heart.

In the same space, you could see displays and images. It was a truly valuable time. I can still feel it within me, extremely precious.

As I listened to the flowing music, I found myself standing still; time was unknown. It was a space of good feelings.

Best regards from here on. How many of Anthy’s paintings have been greeted gently/how many have been greeted gently by Anthy’s paintings?

Finally, I bought a keychain that was randomly selected, without knowing what would come out, and an Utena keychain came out!

I was thinking I would show it to Noujo-san on the day of the photoshoot, but the courage didn’t come to me. That goes here only.

Now, I’ve placed it carefully above my desk. It’s my decoration ^^

While I place my trust in many people, all the same, as Anthy, I feel it is a work that I must struggle with alone no matter what wind I might face.

May all those who entered that space hold on to it tightly in their hearts.

Even before practice, there are things I can do. I’m gathering, gathering these experiences, so that I can put that much more into my practice.

I'm looking forward to it. I’m already looking forward to it after just one day.

I’ve heard from the people who know me from days past, “Yuka-chan! Your voice has so much heart in it!” I did not know I had reached such warmth. Thank you so much.

Since I am allowed to make replies to comments, please read them if you’d like. ^^ I will always write when I can. But I wonder if it is polite to ask this. If the message is conveyed, that’s fine.

P.S. Above all, I’m happy that we can enjoy this together. I wish you happiness with your own things so that you and your friends can keep celebrating. (TN: I really don’t know what that last sentence was, actually, and I wanted to move on, so I went with this; it’s probably wrong).

Awaiting the future.

[leenaevilin]

[Announcement] ミュージカル 少女革命ウテナ ～深く綻ぶ黒薔薇の～ (musical shoujo kakumei utena ~fukaku hokorobu kurobara no~)

the show will be running from June 29th, 2019 to July 7th, 2019 (Tokyo) @ 東京ドームシティ シアターGロッソ (Tokyo Dome City Theater G-Rosso)

Cast:

Noujou Ami as Tenjoo Utena  (天上ウテナ) Yamauchi Yuka as Himemiya Anshii (姫宮アンシー) Yoshizawa Tsubasa as Saionji Kyouichi (西園寺莢一) Tatemichi Riona as Arisugawa Juri (有栖川樹璃) Higuchi Yuuta as Kaoru Miki (薫幹) Suzuki Arisa as Kiryuu Nanami (桐生七実) Takeuchi Yume as Shinohara Wakaba (篠原若葉)

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10 Characters Tag

Rules! List 10 of your favorite characters from 10 different fandoms (in no particular order) and the tag 10 others! Tagged by @pottagaldrars I’m counting different KR seasons as being different fandoms. Bite me.

1. Maki Ryota (Ossan’s Love)

Just the best. Not just of this year, but one of the best of all time. He’s amazing!!!

2. Rocky (High & Low)

A gang leader whose sole purpose is to protect and respect women. Like..c’mon. Also, I named my turtle after him.

3. Kitaoka & Gorou-chan (Kamen Rider Ryuki)

These two are a packaged set, and are best when they’re together. Also my username is one of them.

4. Ankh (Kamen Rider OOO)

Know what I love? Stories of non-human characters wanting to become human. And Ankh’s story is that plus the added bonus of him becoming human meaning he is experiencing senses fully for the first time. Also he’s a borb.

5. Aikawa Hajime (Kamen Rider Blade)

KNOW WHAT I LOVE? NON-HUMAN CHARACTERS WANTING TO BECOME HUMAN. Except this time it’s a small angry bug wo learns what selfless love means.

6.Himemiya Anthy (Utena)

She is the heart of the series to me, and Utena is my favorite anime. I’m not sure if another one will ever top it.

7. Fudou Leo (GARO)

He’s one of the tallest people I’ve ever seen, but he’s a timid and kind Makai Priest. I wish we had more of him. (Sorry Rei, he kicked you out of your spot)

8. Joe Gibken (Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger)

I always love the Blue Rangers, and Gokaiger was my first Sentai. His story was very compelling. 9. Osada Yuka (Kamen Rider 555)

(tumblr isn’t being nice and giving me gifs of her) Has a character ever just resonated so strongly with you, and their story got a bit too real at times? That’s Yuka for me. She’s a pretty damn realistic portrayal of a victim of extended periods of bullying and abuse. Also she’s a borb. 10. Philip (Kamen Rider W)

Basically  a humanized sentient search engine. He’s cute, funny, heartbreaking, and lovable. Love that philly cheesesteak. Do this if you want, I’m not into tagging others.

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27-year-old Yuka Yamauchi Stars in Ouran High School Host Club Musical

    The official website for the forthcoming musical adaptation of Bisco Hatori's romantic comedy manga Ouran High School Host Club has posted a main visual to introduce its seven main cast members, including 27-year-old Yuka Yamauchi as the protagonist Haruhi Fujioka.

  Yamauchi is best known as Anthy Himemiya in the Revolutionary Girl Utena musical in 2018-2019 and Naru Osaka in the Nogizaka46 edition Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon musical in 2018-2019. She wrote on her latest blog post after the announcement, "I was really happy when I was chosen to perform, and at the same time, I had a lot of tension, responsibility, and pressure. But there were also many things that I myself had seen and felt in the past, and many things that I thought were wonderful and learned when I read the manga again as an adult. So now, I am genuinely trying my best to deliver the goodness and charm of the work."

  Musical Ouran High School Host Club is set to be performed at The Galaxy Theater in Tokyo from January 15 to 23, 2022, and at Mielparque Hall Osaka on January 29 and 30. After the advance sales from October 4 to November 30, general sales of the tickets will start at 12:00 p.m. on December 11 (JST).

    Main visual:

    Yuka Yamauchi as Haruhi Fujioka:

    Main cast:

  Haruhi Fujioka: Yuka Yamauchi

Tamaki Suoh: Junya Komatsu

Kyoya Ohtori: Masamichi Satonaka

Hikaru Hitachiin: Yu Futaba

Kaoru Hitachiin: Kaname Futaba

Mitsukuni Haninotsuka: Eito Konishi

Takashi Harunozuka: Sho Kato

Umehito Nekozawa: Shoichiro Oumi

Renge Houshakuji: Mizuki Saito

Takeshi Kuze: Yusuke Kashiwagi

Ryoji "Ranka" Fujioka Ryouji: Kohei Houzuki

        歌劇『桜蘭高校ホスト部』メインビジュアル＆キャラクタービジュアル発表！#藤岡ハルヒ 役:#山内優花 #猫澤梅人 役:#大海将一郎　#宝積寺れんげ 役:#斉藤瑞季　#九瀬猛 役:#柏木佑介　#藤岡涼二 #蘭花 役:#法月康平　の出演が決定！ 公式HP⇒https://t.co/2lC5iKPo9D#桜蘭高校ホスト部 #ホスミュ pic.twitter.com/FEJzq4lCIC

— 歌劇『桜蘭高校ホスト部』 (@ouran_m) September 22, 2021

    Sources: "Ouran High School Host Club" musical official website / Twitter, Yuka Yamauchi blog

  ©Bisco Hatori, HAKUSENSHA/"Musical Ouran High School Host Club" Production Committee

  By: Mikikazu Komatsu

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Shoujo Kakumei Utena presenta el reparto de su musical - La web oficial de La fillette révolutionaire Utena ~Shiroki Bara no Tsubomi~, la adaptación a musical de teatro del anime Shoujo Kakumei Utena, ha anunciado su reparto y ha presentado una imagen promocional.

El reparto es el siguiente:

Ami Nojo como Utena Tenjo. Yuka Yamauchi como Anthy Himemiya. Shojiro Yokoi como Kyoichi Saionji. Riona Tatemichi como Juri Arisugawa. Natsuki Osaki como Miki Kaoru. Arisa Suzuki como Nanami Kiryu. Yume Takeuchi como Wakaba Shinohara. Airi Kumata como Shadow Girl A. NENE como Shadow Girl B. Kenshin Ikeda como Toga (niño). Ryohei Yamauchi como Saionji (niño). Os recordamos que la obra se estrenará el 8 de marzo en Tokio. https://www.facebook.com/Shiro.No.Desaina/photos/a.1710607612558808.1073741828.1710602552559314/2051714255114807/?type=3

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Anime Limited Acquires ‘Revolutionary Girl Utena’

#Figureskate #TakeshiHonda [The Fandom Post]The Japanese cast includes Tomoko Kawakami as Utena Tenjou, Yuriko Fuchizaki as Anthy Himemiya, Aya Hisakawa as Miki Kaoru, Chieko Honda as Kozue Kaoru ... Takehito Koyasu as Touga Kiryuu, Takeshi Kusao as Kyoichi Saionji, Yuka Imai as Wakaba Shinohara ...

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Anime Limited Acquires ‘Revolutionary Girl Utena’

#Figureskate #TakeshiHonda [The Fandom Post]The Japanese cast includes Tomoko Kawakami as Utena Tenjou, Yuriko Fuchizaki as Anthy Himemiya, Aya Hisakawa as Miki Kaoru, Chieko Honda as Kozue Kaoru … Takehito Koyasu as Touga Kiryuu, Takeshi Kusao as Kyoichi Saionji, Yuka Imai as Wakaba Shinohara …

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MUSICAL UTENA: DEEPEST BLACK HYPE HYPE

So the first image for the new Utena musical released yesterday, and tonight me and ? HOLY SHIT LIKE TEN OTHER PEOPLE ? are going to find out the ticket receiving situation from the first round lottery for access to this epicness.  What do we know so far? So far, as confirmed before, we have Utena, Anthy, Wakaka, Juri, and Nanami all returning from the first musical to reprise their roles, with Miki and Saionji being replaced by new actors.  C-ko will be played by the lovely young woman that played as A-ko (the brunette) in the first musical, and casting has been done now for Mikage, Mamiya, Akio, and Shiori. The full cast as of now, compiled by Stefani_msp of the Discord: Ami Noujo as Utena Tenjou Yuka Yamauchi as Anthy Himemiya Tsubasa Yoshizawa as Saionji Kyouichi Riona Tatemichi as Juri Arisugawa Yûta Higuchi as Miki Kaoru Arisa Suzuki as Nanami Kiryuu Yume Takeuchi as Wakaba Shinohara Fuyuna Asakura as Shiori Takatsuki Yohdi Kondo as Mamiya Chida Airi Kumata as Shadow Girl Yū Yoshioka as Akio Ohtori Hidenori Tokuyama as Mikage 

Yohdi Kondo appears to be far and away the most popular figure in this lot, with 250k odd followers on Twitter...a sum that dwarfs literally everyone else including Ikuhara himself. So that will be interesting and almost definitely involve bringing more butts into seats, similarly to how (and I can attest to this), Ami Noujo, having been a founding member of Nogizaka46, drew a fanbase of people who were clearly there to see her more than Utena. Also, Yuka Yamauchi has already tweeted a mention of Yuu Yoshioka as someone who ‘was already like a brother to her,’ and confirmed that these two at least have worked together in the past.

Thus far we have no casted Kozue or any further characters, nor do we have new shadow characters. This production is in a theater with 950 odd seats to the original’s 242, though, with a significantly larger, more vertical stage. So I do suspect more people will be cast to fill that space out in the way they did for the original musical, with ‘flavor scenery’ about as songs were performed. Also, the choice to cast Mamiya explicitly instead of use a shadow or Anthy does indicate a more literal interpretation of the arc, more in line with the first one. Casting Akio, IMO, is a huge sign they do intend to finish the fucking show, now. Why? Because in the arc on its own, he only interacts literally with three other characters in any way, two of them remotely important. (LOL Kanae) He’d be easy to remove from a BRS musical, because the point of his presence is to set up further content later. Soo...FML, I guess.

In the meantime, please consider donating to our GoFundMe, which has been adjusted now that we’ve booked everything to more accurately reflect the main sting of this for us. We...honestly didn’t expect this was coming, since it wasn’t announced at the meet and greet last year that was held for people who bought the Blu-ray at the show. At this point, though, I’m just working on the assumption I have at least one, maybe two more of these damn things on my hands, god help me. D:

I mean also hype, but God WHY YOU DO THIS TO ME YOU KNOW I AM WEAK AND POOR

PS: Akio and Shiori fan TERROR solidarity, I don’t know what’s worse, if they nail them or they make a mess

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Musical Utena - Deepest Black Update

Actually anyone wanna give input on what to call this?  ～深く綻ぶ黒薔薇の～ There’s a lot of back and forth on the Discord about it. XD “Rose of the Deepest Black” seems to be the average!

Ahem. Anyway! We now have a full cast list!! (Thanks Stefani_msp for the romanizations!)

Ami Noujo as Utena Tenjou Yuka Yamauchi as Anthy Himemiya Tsubasa Yoshizawa as Saionji Kyouichi Riona Tatemichi as Juri Arisugawa Yûta Higuchi as Miki Kaoru Arisa Suzuki as Nanami Kiryuu Yume Takeuchi as Wakaba Shinohara 

Fuyuna Asakura as Shiori Takatsuki Yohdi Kondo as Mamiya Chida Airi Kumata as Shadow Girl Yū Yoshioka as Akio Ohtori Hidenori Tokuyama as Mikage 

With newly announced: Marina Tanoue as Kozue Kaoru  Syouji Nakada as Unknown Akira Tada as Unknown Mitsuki Goto as Unknown Mizuki Yoshida as Unknown 

We were getting really worried about there being no Kozue at all, but it looks like it was just casting that hadn’t been finished! This actress apparently just recently did Sailor Moon with Ami and Yuka, so this is quite a family reunion. The Four Unknown sound like they’re ‘ensemble’ cast, essentially likely to serve the function of the two SPGs, Young Touga, and Young Saionji in the first musical. Them plus C-ko coming back is a lot more bodies to provide setting flavor and such, which is a relief because I was starting to wonder what they were going to do with all this damn stage they’ve got goin’ on. Which is good because we’re bumping from a 240-odd seat theater to one with like 950 seats. The cast is bumped from 12 to 17. 

There are going to be a lot of us swooping down on this thing, and apparently we got their attention because the Twitter account even posted in English that overseas fans were welcome, and we’re like ‘we didn’t even ask lol we are so here.’

Now they need to announce merch, JESUS PPL

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[Pics] ミュージカル 少女革命ウテナ ～深く綻ぶ黒薔薇の～ (musical shoujo kakumei utena ~fukaku hokorobu kurobara no~)

visuals update under the cut^^

Cast:

Noujou Ami as Tenjoo Utena  (天上ウテナ)

Yamauchi Yuka as Himemiya Anshii (姫宮アンシー)

Yoshizawa Tsubasa as Saionji Kyouichi (西園寺莢一)

Tatemichi Riona as Arisugawa Juri (有栖川樹璃)

Higuchi Yuuta as Kaoru Miki (薫幹)

Suzuki Arisa as Kiryuu Nanami (桐生七実)

Takeuchi Yume as Shinohara Wakaba (篠原若葉)

Asakura Fuyuna as Takatsuki Shiori (高槻枝織)

Tanoue Marina as Kaoru Kozue (薫梢)

Kondou Yohdi as Chida Mamiya (千唾馬宮)

Kumata Airi as Shadow Picture Girl (影絵少女)

Yoshioka Yuu as Ootori Akio (鳳暁生)

Tokuyama Hidenori as Mikage Souji (御影草時)

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