#I now imagine yuu/mc singing them

[m4rble5]

A TWST musical but only Yuu/MC sings

But it’s just Yuu/MC singing that makes rizzing the NRC boys go up to more meters up

What if Yuu/MC is ACTUALLY from OUR world? Like Disney movies, shows, and songs basically exist there. And Yuu/MC is just a big fan of them, ESPECIALLY if the singer Ross Lynch (Teen Beach, Austin & Ally).

Ross Lynch’s characters from the movie and show I mentioned in the previous paragraph has a lot of fanbase in the past, he’s basically a childhood crush. Yuu/MC is no exception and they like him through his songs that they sing his songs when they have free time or a break from school or whatnot (technically, we all don’t know Yuu’s backstory. Yet.)

What if Yuu/MC sings his songs, and as they sang, the NRC boys are basically having a crush on them because of any Ross Lynch song they sang? They’re now basically the Ross Lynch-unbeknownst to them-of NRC (or Twisted Wonderland, if one of their friends (Cater and Vil are possible candidates) for exposing their singing to Magicam).

(While Yuu/MC just likes to sing when they feel like it, Azul probably tries to make a profit from their singing talent [and/or tried to make them work for him], Vil tried to make them join the Film Research Club, and the Pop Music Club [Cater, Kalim, and Lilia] basically also tries to make them join their club as their vocalist)

I would pay to see fanart or read fanfic of Yuu/MC basically singing any Ross Lynch Disney songs and the NRC boys’ reactions to any songs Yuu/MC sang.

[squiddy-god]

Mmmmmm more twst x hsr thoughts but this time

Twst mc/yuu getting transported into hsr

Imagine it's after graduation, Crowley after years finally finds the best solution for everyone! You can travel back and forth between your world and twisted wonderland, amazing right? Wrong because the moment you step through the mirror your tumbling face first onto the floor of... A train? Huh? And staring back at you is 5- no 6 very confused faces a tall older man with brow hair that seems to be starting to grey, a beautiful woman with red hair, a cute girl with pink hair- a guy with black hair and another person with grey hair- and of course the most adorable bunny thing you have ever seen

The older man- welt- is immediately asking your business and where you came from- cane and black hole at the ready

You try to quickly explain that you came from the mirror- now mysteriously in the corner of the astral express lobby. And that you were just trying to get to your home world- rather home universe

You are confirmed not a threat and allowed to stay on the astral express, therefore becoming a nameless

When you aren't helping with trailblazing you travel back to twisted wonderland, telling the others about your adventures in this new world (deja vu anyone?)

The shenanigans are crazy, trying to explain that you went from a modern world, to medieval wizard BS, to the future is a harrowing experience already

Even funnier if you end up getting some kind of elemental ability/blessings from a aeon because now you finally have a leg to stand on

Whether or not the blessings work in twst is up to you

Some funny things I can see happening :

Welt being truly horrified at Crowley and his negligence

You/yuu managing to drink himekos coffee because you have suffered lilia's... Everything tbh

Showing March your magic camera (I feel like the camera isn't talked about enough in the twst fandom) and all the pictures you have taken

Grimm being jealous of the cat cakes because every time you come back you smell like them and also have pictures with them

Grim getting jealous of pompom (vise versa)

Being unfazed by the stellaron much to everyone's shock and dismay ("grim would probably try to eat it")

Being unfazed by boss fights and explaining that at least 8 people have tried to kill you and that's being on the low side

Seeing silver-wolf and thinking "ah shit not again" because it reminds you of idia

Being on the loufu and meeting Jin Yuan like "if I had a nickel for every :3 general I met with a sword son I'd have two nickels"

Seeing dang heng in his IL form and immediately blurting out "HORNTON?!" because Obviously

Telling malleus you met two new dragon

This interaction :

Twst!nameless : *completely unfazed by entering the dreamscape, honestly a little on edge*

Sunday : you seem on edge despite also seemingly being unfazed by entering the dreamscape for the first time, is something perhaps bothering you?

Twst! Nameless : well I've been in a dreamscape before- long story with a dragon- and the last time I was in one I fought in a war-

Sunday : WHAT????

Alternatively twst! Nameless being suspicious of Sunday for the entire time and once he reveals everything its just "see! Never trust a traumatised religious man with grey hair!" Rollo flash backs are real

Or twst! Nameless going "the last time I attended a important singing event/competition with a beautiful singer someone turned into a monster and everyone almost got poisoned and died, the whole place was wrecked... Thankfully we had a dragon to help but-" *the entire penacony quest happens* "I spoke to soon and cursed us"

Just another chaos maker on the astral express

[twistedroseytoesy]

Imagine if Yuu had to do a concert during VDC and they start singing The Party Isn't Over by JT Music alongside the light music club (Cater, Lilia and Kalim).

Oh, I love this idea! That behind NRC tribe's back, the mc went to the light music club along with kalim to do their own thing. When they go on stage after the NRC tribe, vil and the others start complaining about how the mc and Kalim betrayed them. But unlike the NRC tribe, they’re just there to have fun.

Slight AU at the end 'cause the results ended surprisingly differently than in-game. Also, the song was very long so had to write a more animatic style.

Everyone had taken their seats in the VIP area after their own successful performance. As they all gave a sigh of relief at the fact that the performance was over and done with, Jamil was looking around with an annoyed and worried face. grumbling that Kalim probably got lost again.

"hey, Jamil. I think I found him," deuce whispered to the anxious vice dormleader. He pointed to the stage and the group gasped in a mixture of shock and offense when they noticed Kalim and Mc on the stage with Cater and Lilia.

"Please give a warm welcome to the Light music club! They will be performing a song called 'Party Isn't Over!" The announcer boomed over the crowd. It became silent as the upbeat synth started.

Cater: I can be your superstar Kalim: We're electric-charged tonight Lilia: Like the amp on my guitar! Mc: And sparks are really starting to fly!

Cater: You opened up my heart and I let you inside My song lacked soul, but you played the part that so long I've been longing to find

Lilia: You really got me feelin' awful hungry for love I promise, I'm not gonna bite! And despite my claws and my shiny jaws You can bring out my acoustic slide

Kalim: Oh, who is this that I see? It's a brand new friend! Who goes out with others to help amend Mc: I'm a bit lost, it's true! I've adapted and grew As I've gone through this over and over and over again

Kalim: Comе make new friends tonight! Then we can party all night! All: With Kalim, Cater, Lilia, last but not least, Mc! Lilia: The party was over, but we're gonna throw it again! Cater and clones: Do it over and over and over again! Cater and clones: It's our show and you know that it won't ever end! Mc: Don't look too close, because then you knew All: 'Cause the party isn't over for you!

The crowd oohed and awed as the students used a mix of magic and dancing to create quite an amazing spectacle. The group on stage laughed joyously as they continued to sing.

Cater: Emergency alert, Look out for the leech! Lilia: Listen up, on guard, look out you three! Mc: Wrong place, wrong time, we just happened to be! Mc: Don't need magic to be attendin' for free Mc: honestly wish for a normal day, pretty please? Mc: I'm in charge of this school to a degree! Mc: I promise to try and keep some peace Mc: Please just keep me alive and kicking Mc: Oh seven, that sounded wrong! Nevermind, let's go fix this Mc: With how these students have gone Mc: There's just so much that we cant dismiss Mc: But the different fights aren't much danger Mc: Compared to meeting so many strangers Mc: Stay away from crazy students! Mc: they might just spring or snap into mutants!

Kalim: Don't be afraid, you're a superstar! Lilia: You're gonna rock on 'til the end! Cater: After all, it was you who lit a spark in my heart All: Now the party is starting all over again!

Kalim: Comе make new friends tonight! Then we can party all night! All: With Kalim, Cater, Lilia, last but not least, Mc! Lilia: The party was over, but we're gonna throw it again! Cater and clones: Do it over and over and over again! Cater and clones: It's our show and you know that it won't ever end! Mc: Don't look too close, because then you knew All: 'Cause the party isn't over for you!

Cater: Who's here enjoying this song? Kalim: somethings just not quite right? Lilia: I been alive for oh so long! Mc: I never asked for this kinda life!

All: Do it over and over and over again After a few small minutes, now we know it won't end It's our coffin with often others making problems again Hit the lights, come to life, no more time to pretend!

Kalim: Comе make new friends tonight! Then we can party all night! All: With Kalim, Cater, Lilia, last but not least, Mc! Lilia: The party was over, but we're gonna throw it again! Cater and clones: Do it over and over and over again! Cater and clones: It's our show and you know that it won't ever end! Mc: Don't look too close, because then you knew All: 'Cause the party isn't over for you!

The crowd erupted into cheers, as many screamed and clapped, some even demanding an encore. The group on stage thanked everyone as they moved off stage. The group hugged and congratulated each other for the fun performance and tricks they did via magic. They hurried to their seats to watch the rest of the show.

The group bantered and whispered to each other in the VIP seats, ace and deuce saying how mc betrayed them. while Jamil talked with Kalim, somewhat impressed at how he kept it a secret from him.

Once all the shows were over the groups were brought onto the stage for crowd voting. Kalim happily stood between the two groups of the light music club and the NRC tribe.

"Thank you all for your patience! Please scan the QR code on the screens and brochures to cast your vote for your favorite performance this fine afternoon." The stadium fell into silence and quiet murmuring as people casted their digital votes. The two groups on stage were sweating, anxious to know if they won. "Thank you to all those that voted! we are tallying the results now. Drumroll please!" The announcer boomed as a drumroll was played. "Congratulations to... The light music club! With RSA and NRC taking 2nd and third place respectively. It's incredible that the groups are only one point apart from each other! Give it up folks for the winners!" The crowd exploded into cheers and screams as fireworks of gold, pink, and red went off in the sky. Magical sparkles swirling over the crowd as many surged toward the wining group. Swept away in the crowd they all laughed merrily as they celibrated, singing along with the recorded music of their preformance.

The NRC tribe watched in shock from the stage, Ace and deuce whining how unfair that was, Vil gritted his teeth, and the others slouched in defeat and watched Jamil run after his dorm leader being swept away into the crowd. Crowley was briming with tears of joy at a victory, paling a bit when he recieved a message from the Mc.

*the others dont want the money, I asked. So you owe me $50,000. See you later crow man*

Was it worth it going behind the NRC tribe's back and sneaking Kalim carefully out every night to practice till early morning, to prove themselves, and get the money they deserved for their hard work? Absolutely. And they would do it again.

[no-greater-agony]

If the events in the Classic Disney movies are historic events, then that means the song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” is also in the Twisted Wonderland universe. Timone and Pumba sang it in The Lion King.

Now, when I read the part where Leona complains about them keeping him up all night to force his cooperation against Azul, all I can hear is that song. I imagine Yuu/MC and Grim singing that, off-key and loudly all night.

[emmorphine]

Im addicted to hades town rn and just hear me out

Wait for me ll

Pomefiore - three fates

Malleus x yuu/oc/mc - Hades and Persephone

Your favorite ship/character x mc - Orpheus and Eurydice

Lilia - Hermes

Or

Idia - Hermes

OH MY GOD WAIT

KALIM AND JAMIL - ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE

AAAAHHH IMAGINE

Jamil doesnt work for the Al-Asims but theres still a difference in status between the two, in the scalding sands it barely rains at all

(Orpheus)Kalim just being awe struck when he firsts sees (Eurydice)Jamil, (Hermes)Lilia knowing whats goin on just looks at him and says

"Dont come out too strong young one"

*cue come home with me*

Kalim saying how he'll bring water, rain, to the dry land of sands

Then Jamil just being like

"it hasnt rained for years"

"thats why, my song, ill right wrongs, rain for everyone to enjoy, and no one will get hurt just because of status"

"well good luck with that-"

"then you'll be my wife!"

*cue lilia laughing his ass off*

Staring at the white haired boy in front of him, Jamil can only sigh and think this guys a total idiot. But that idiot brought a feeling Jamil almost never felt, Jamil felt....alive

Timeskip idk which event or song comes first so basically

Wait for me l

Kalim being so caught up to prove how he can achieve his dreams to be able to be with jamil despite of family status but what he doesnt know is that his beloved jamil is now sixth feet below...

"jamil..."

"are you willing to go that deep for him? Theres always the option of looki- "

"NO"

"....then you have a long journey ahead of you Kalim"

"Jamil...wait for me, im coming"

Then time skip to Epic l-lll

Lilia surprised Kalim knows the song King Malleus(Hades) had sung to his precious queen. Kalim saying he once learned it from one of the books in their library after hearing about their story

The story of how the king of thorns (can be changed can remain). Fell in love with Persephone(Yuu/Mc) while strolling around one night looking for some peace and quiet, for a small little break. The cold known king all just smittenly in love with this human who has caught his heart, his treasure, his world. The cold king, arms outsretched to the woman he loves, singing la la la la la la la...

Wait for me ll

Just KALIM AND JAMIL FLUFF PLS! JAMIL JUST SIGHS AND LOOKS AT THE FOOLISH BOY WHO CLAIMS TO MARRY HIM

"dont look back dearie"

"wait for me kalim"

"i will, for you"

Pomefiore can be the three fates-

OH MY GOD NO WAIT LETS MAKE IT OCTAVINELLE HAHAHAHAHAAH

idk where to put the ace duo and grim but i wanna add them somewhere and i dont know the full musical since i havent watched it yet but YES TWST HADESTOWN IDEAS ANYONE?

[bluesylveon2]

Sigh....Another Mamma Mia Idea (TWST edition)

I blame this on listening to the soundtrack and playing Twisted Wonderland (I swear I'm gonna have another MM idea next year or something)

Anyways!

Yuu/MC (who is female) is obviously Donna but the plot will be slightly different.

THERE WILL BE 7 GUYS!!! Sorry MC (aka the housewardens or any guy of anyone's choosing)

It would honestly be so chaotic lmao. Imagine MC's kid inviting seven guys with very different personalities to their wedding....it will be a hot mess. I can just see Leona trying to fight Malleus, Azul trying to make a business deal with MC, Idia wanting to leave, Vil applying sunscreen a lot, and Malleus just being happy to be invited somewhere. (Idk what Riddle and Kalim would be doing. Sorry!)

I considered having Ortho as MC's kid but that would be very huge giveaway about who his father is 😂

Of course, there will be drama and humor, but MC has her friends (aka the first year group.) to support her (they're like her protective brothers. Imagine them singing and dancing to Dancing Queen tho lmao)

Now the staff will be there at the wedding scene (probably not Crowley cause yall know how he is) and they will all be shocked to find out who MC is marrying (and the fact that she was with 7 guys! Crewel would faint)

Now who MC gets with at the end....who knows? 😂

Oh and I can't forget about Grim! He is MC's pet cat who constantly swipes at her suitors unless they give him tuna

[twstrose913]

I was wondering if you can do a Diasomnia reaction of MC singing Once Upon a Dream, thinking they're alone?

Of course! I hope you enjoy these; I had fun doing them.

Malleus:

“I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream. I know you, the gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam.”

Malleus had been on his way to the Ramshackle Dorm when he heard Yuu’s familiar voice singing the song many believed a princess and her prince sang to one another.

Curious, he crept forward and did indeed find the prefect dancing with an imaginary prince. For a moment, Malleus merely watched; wishing he had brought a violin so he could play along with your tune.

The dorm leader was in the mist of debating if he should reveal himself when Yuu’s eyes finally fell on him.

“Tsunotarou! How long have you been there?”

Tsunotarou gives no answer. Instead, he offers only a smile and compliments for her singing and dancing.

Lilia:

“Yet I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem, but if I know you, I know what you'll do. You'll love me at once. The way you did once upon a dream.”

Lilia was passing by to deliver a card when his sharp ears caught the sound of a familiar tune. One he’d know anywhere. (It had been an extremely popular song in his ‘youth.’ A certain memory or two resurfacing).

He smirks as he spies Yuu dancing in front of the Ramshackle Dorm. Unable to resist, Lilia decides to join in.

“But if I know you, I know what you'll do. You'll love me at once--” “The way you did once upon a dream.”

Yuu’s face was as red as a rose on a midsummer’s day as her audience made himself known. With a smile, Lilia continued the age-old song in the hopes she’d sing again.

“I know you. I walked with you once upon a dream. I know you. The gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam.”

Silver:

“But if I know you, I know what you'll do. You'll love me at once. The way you did once upon a dream.”

Silver felt himself stir in the middle of the courtyard; awakening as a song rang out in the air.

Sitting up, he sought the source of the singing. Not out of irritation, mind you; merely out of curiosity.

It didn’t take him long to track it down. Though he was surprised to find Yuu singing and dancing without a single care in the world.

The song itself wasn’t anything new for him; he had heard it many a time. Yet, listening to it now, gave the verse a whole new meaning.

One can imagine Yuu’s surprise when she found Silver laying at the base of a tree, out like a light. He had been asleep the whole time... right?

Sebek:

It had been during class when Sebek first heard Yuu sing.

The two of them had been partnered up; both focused on their parts. That is until Yuu began softly singing to herself.

Sebek recognized the words neigh instantly. How had she known them? Was there another version somewhere in her world?

“You'll love me at once. The way you did once upon a dream.”

With everyone else being far apart, Sebek wondered if Yuu had forgotten she wasn’t as alone as she thought?

Clearing his throat, he tried to remind her of his presence. Yuu had all but jumped as a blush started to form. Feeling his face enter a similar state, Sebek was quick to return to the task at hand. Secretly, he wished he could be able to listen to his singing once more.

[joshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

Love Live! Superstar!!

Yeah so episode 1 huh? Watched the Team ONIBE upload - gonna get Funi upload tomorrow to load myself up on screenies since this 720p TV rip was a bit lacking.

Tbh I don’t totally know where to start since this is kind of of a weird entry in the franchise. So I might just rattle off some notes.

Obviously there’s the inherent structural difference of only having 5 girls to deal with, though that’s obviously less pronounced in this very introductory episode.

The return of School Idol Project’s director is very much felt throughout the episode I’d say - there’s equal parts pretty money shots of the characters as it were, alongside big goofy expressions and cutaways and whatnot.

Love Live is of course generally a feelgood easy show though I think it’d be fair to say that from Sunshine onwards and even in the Niji anime we have been getting quite a self-serious feel sometimes? So this slightly more down to earth approach feels almost unusual. I’m into it but hey.

What’s actually feeling like the biggest difference at the moment is with our protagonist. Honoka and Chika are similar archetypes and fit the mould well; within episode 1 of Niji their more surface level personalities and protagonist position almost feel divvied up between Yuu and Ayumu so that works as expected; Kanon is quite a different beast though. She’s the cool girl with the guitar and great singing voice - she’s got a bit of snark to her based on how she talks to her family and she’s pretty vocal about things she has a problem with based on her conversation with Ren. That being said she’s also suffered from stage fright her entire life and backed away from music entirely after she couldn’t get into the music course. She’ll locks herself away in her headphones to escape reality and whatnot. There’s a lot more established internal conflict for her very early on when compared to Honoka or Chika or Yuupomu as a singular entity. She does seem to basically overcome that hangup after our first big song and dance number? We’ll see how that holds over next episode though.

On that note this might be my favourite episode 1 song in Love Live? I really like Susume Tomorrow so you might need to get back to me on this one but still, the song really fucked and yeah Kanon’s voice is really damn impressive really early on, fuckin huge pog moment.

Keke’s kind of the only other relevant girl this episode. She’s very cute, she says lots of entire sentences in Chinese, and she feels closer in role to a Love Live MC than Kanon by virtue of trying to get the school idol group off the ground and stuff - only not being the MC because her hair isn’t orange and she has less screentime than Kanon. The people that already love Keke are gonna be happy with how she is here. Personally I just think she’s fine, not really any more or less endeared than I was before. Prim’s gonna be happy with her though uwu.

Chisato is relegated to basic childhood friend lines with her maybe 2 minutes total screentime. Sumire just seems tsundere atm. Ren finds school idols inappropriate for a reason I imagine we’ll get into. Fair enough with it only being episode 1 though. Excited to see what’s done with them.

I didn’t take loads of screenshots for the aforementioned reasons but this is a really screenshottable show I can already tell, like so many good faces and pretty artworks and great backgrounds and good visual gags and whatnot. Liella as a project has been really easy to follow so far prior to this anime and doing so has been great, seeing magazine scans and early promo art be reflected in the anime is kind of just a cool feeling.

Yeah idk. Getting late now, I’m getting tired, will invariably rewatch soon so might have more thoughts then. 

[aoimori]

02.26.2017 MERRY Morning Live @ Holiday Shinjuku

So Merry had a morning show in Shinjuku. Doors at 7:30am, show at 8:00am. (They also had a fanclub only show that night too, report is over here)   As you can probably imagine, it was incredible and just such a Merry thing to experience. Here is my report including VIDEO EVIDENCE of a little something called radio calisthenics with Gara.

PLEASE ENJOY 👏👏👏👏👏

PRE SHOW

I’m amazed that this even happened. But I guess if anyone is going to do a show at 8am, it’s Merry. They actually started a little late but I had a feeling they would lol. It was an interesting feeling standing outside of this tiny tiny venue so early in the morning, in Kabukicho, with a bunch of other fans. I loved it 

Before the show started they were playing rain sounds with their own rain-themed songs mixed in. Reminded me of Shinjuku Blues! 

I was in front of Yuu for this show, started about 5 rows back and ended up in 3rd.

MORNING EXERCISES !?!?

While we were waiting there was suddenly an announcement over the speakers. Small venues like this generally don’t play that generic pre-performance announcement (honjitsu wa) that lists the rules of the venue etc. So it wasn’t that. It was Gara. 

He very politely told us that we were going to do rajio taisou (radio calisthenics - the kind that old people do in the park in the morning lol). He asked if we had a little bit of space to move around in, with mixed responses, so he said even if you don’t have space it’s okay lol. Today’s calisthenics will be led by… Super Merrys’ MAMURASAKI (aka Gara)

So Gara/Mamurasaku comes out wearing his Tenga shirt and rabbit head mask, the music/instructions come on, and we all followed his lead and did calisthenics together at like 8am in a tiny livehouse in Kabukicho…

There’s actually video of all of this (looks like it was livestreamed) so I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you all watch it and have this experience. It was wild. I laughed so much lol. We actually tried our best to follow him!!

THIS VIDEO: https://twitter.com/merry_official/status/835628885647597568

Please enjoy his antics

After he walked off stage he got back on the announcements and asked us to wait a liiittle while longer

THE SICKEST SETLIST

SE: Merry March Oriental BL Circus Charlie TOP

Lost generation Atama ga zakuro Zetsubou Jiishiki kajougata deku ningen Tick tack Heijitsu no onna Kasa to ame stupidxcupid Carnival Japanese modernist Chiyodasen democracy

Encore Touzasareta rakuen Happy life Violet harenchi Kasa to ame (acoustic)

THIS SHOW !!!!!!

I thought that since this was a morning show that they would either A) do calmer songs/acoustics or B) go abnormally hard.  

After the SE they immediately came on stage and exploded into Oriental BL Circus. Clearly B was the correct prediction lol

Yuu looked REALLY CUTE. He had his hair styled all crazy to look like bedhead and had heavy black makeup under his eyes to look like he had extreme dark circles from not sleeping. He walked out with this big grin like he was proud of his look

(from his twitter)

Oriental BL Circus is always really fun and I love the call and response parts in the beginning (I finally learned all the words HA) But it was also a REALLY EXTREME way to start a show in the morning – Gara and Yuu yelling, all of us yelling back lol

I GOT TO HEAR CHARLIE LIVE!!! AAA!!! It’s so so so so so fun and super high energy from start to finish. And so is TOP!! Seriously this show was HYPEEE from the very beginning.

Thennnn atama ga zakuro is actually the first Merry song I ever heard and TO THINK I GOT TO HEAR IT LIVE!?

Also lord help me all I did was watch Gara perform this song and I feel full of sin. Actually during this entire show he was a little nastier than usual lol. Putting his mic between his legs multiple times and enjoying himself, having REAL QUALITY MOMENTS up against his mic stand… he is committed to realism tbqh. IS THIS HOW YOU ARE IN THE MORNING ? ? ? 

ANYWAY. I also got to hear Tick Tack for the first time!! What an old song!! It’s so nice live, everyone was swaying back and forth. And I’m going to love Heijitsu no onna until the day I die, so. You can probably guess what I have to say about that. Gara putting on lipstick and rubbing it off with the back of his hand with the saddest smile…

I just wanna say right now that I LOVE KASA TO AME. If for some reason you haven’t listened to it, please go do it right now. Both versions are great. I own 5 copies of this single. Listen to it. Buy it. LOVE IT.

I forgot my towel for the morning show so I had to participate in Carnival without one for the first time!! Carnival, Japanese modernist and Chiyodasen are ALWAYS fun though. They just kept hitting us with JAMS.

During one song (don’t remember which) when Yuu had a speaking part he ended up just making comments about the show instead of following the lyrics, it was pretty funny lol

I love Touzasareta rakuen live. The vibe is just so good? Gara said something about this being an older song but it has the kind of energy they want to have as they work toward Hibiya Yaon

And then Happy life gets me EVERY TIME. Gara sang the last line without his mic. I’m always really impressed by how he expresses such raw emotion. He just puts it ALL out there as strongly as he physically can, every time. He had the biggest smile right after this song. Like really genuine. Have I mentioned... that I love this band...??

During Violet harenchi Gara and Yuu were back to back in the center of the stage!!! Yuu was in the center and Gara saw him and immediately rushed over. Yuu also likes to go sit on Gara’s desk lol. Later Tetsu was standing in front of me on a monitor and Yuu came over and was standing against his leg and it was REALLY CUTE. Tetsu is an actual mountain btw

(from gara’s blog)

MC CONTENT BECAUSE MERRY ALWAYS DELIVERS 

Gara and Yuu both said good morning to us a few times (and said wow, saying good morning at a live house feels good huh…)

Gara asked each member what they did the night before...

Nero: so worried that he’d oversleep and get a call from the band on stage asking where he was that he could barely sleep at all

Tetsu: eating meat (this is all he said lol, at first Gara didn’t understand him)

Kenichi: Hesitant to answer, but… said he went to Mankitsu (a manga café?) Gara asked what he was reading and Kenichi was just silent… so Gara asked AGAIN and Kenichi still said nothing LOL

Yuu: Nothing out of the ordinary. He went home, then took the first train in the morning to the venue. Gara said he was sorry he asked

Gara: Didn’t sleep at all because if he slept and then woke up in the morning before the show his voice wouldn’t be in good condition.  He said he actually went home the night before just… never slept lol . ((He posted on his blog about eating mcdonalds actually... but are any of us really surprised by this??))

He made an extended bandoman joke that continued into the next show... something about introducing himself as “bandoman A” from a tabloid story about a celebrity having an affair. But then said instead of having an affair he actually wants to be served by blonde foreign women... and if the tabloids come to him for an interview, he’ll tell everything.

I feel like I missed something here lol but he said he’d better stop talking about this because there were foreigners in the audience (me?? the most blonde foreigner of all?? lol) 

The singing MC was set to the beginning of Kasa to ame (it used to be heijitsu no onna). So each member would start playing as Gara introduced them and did a really short mini solo. Merry has the best MCs.

Gara said that this morning live felt really good so if we liked it, please tweet them, and they’ll show the tweets to their company, and then maybe they can do more events like this. They are always trying to get us to promo them to someone lol

He also wants to do a 24 hour show. The rest of the band did not seem into this idea. He said everyone could have their own little space where they could sit or stand, bring a TV or something, leave and come back whenever they pleased, etc. The band would work in shifts sometimes so someone could sleep. Or go to the onsen. But Nero couldn’t come with them (tattoos) so he’d just have to watch while they rest of them relax. POOR NERO.

They were talking about where they’d be in 20 years? Gara said he’ll still be singing but he might need to sit down… and need someone to help hold him steady as he walked… and to whisper the lyrics in his ear, and tap him on the shoulder when a new song started lol. Yuu just called him an ojiichan

Gara turned the page of his setlist with his foot and it was cute

Between songs Gara said all of us that came to a show this early in the morning must be ACTUALLY crazy. TRUE. During an MC he also told us that we all must be a little atama ga okashii nee… crazy/touched in the head lol. ALSO TRUE.

(@merry_official)

DOKUDOKU TIME!!!!!!!! SPECIAL EVENT FEAT GARA

The band had a dokudoku campaign for this tour. The idea was to create more Merry chuudokusha (addicts) so at each show a certain member was tasked with doing something fun. Giving things away, taking pictures with fans, etc. Gara was in charge of this show.

He gave away his tenga shirt (signed) which he had also worn during the radio taisou spectacle. He was giving it away on behalf of Mamurasaki, of course.

So before the encore he came on stage and said it was dokudoku time, but then found out that the staff still hadn’t collected all the ticket stubs for him to choose one winner from. So he stalled for a while and just talked about random stuff, asked us if we had any questions, and then would occasionally look back to the staff and be like STILL??? STILL NOTHING? Awkward and angry and adorable lol

One of his topics of conversation was his tenga shirt. He read it out loud and explained it lol. He also said that he received an egg type one from a fan for Valentines day, but he still hasn’t used it. He’s thinking about using it in March for White Day…

Eventually staff brought an envelope to him and he chose a winner. While he was looking at the stubs he said these aren’t all Core tickets… they’re not Core tickets~ in this cute irritated singsong voice lol. Anyway he picked one stub and gave away the shirt. Then he gave away the paper Mamurasaki signed (he said it looked like Mamurasaki had written “iwai/celebrate” wrong and crossed it out and wrote it again… and now it looks like it says “Nero”).

Since he didn’t have a photo to give away too, he decided to do something special. So he turned around and went to find his lipstick that he uses during Heijitsu no onna, came back to the front and put some on. And then kissed the paper. And then chose someone to give it to. He understands a fan’s heart so well…

(@merry_official) 

AFTER THE SET

After the show I was watching all the members throwing things to the crowd. I think I was watching Gara in the center of the stage when I decided to turn around and face forward again and SUDDEN TETSU RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES!! He was standing up on one of the monitors looking down at us. HE IS HUGE. SUCH A TOWERING MOUNTAIN!! But so kind lol

Gara was standing on a monitor and then jumped up to his desk and did the LONGEST HEADSTAND + FOOT CLAPPING COMBO I HAVE EVER SEEN. He was up there FOREVER. We were all watching and clapping but then gradually starting to think like… Gara… Gara are you okay… GET DOWN FROM THERE GARA!!!

He was SO INTO this entire show lol. The mood was SO good. Maybe the band + the fans were kind of overcompensating for the fact that it was such a strange hour, but we all went REAL HARD.

I then left the show not knowing what time it was, went to Starbucks for breakfast (apparently Gara handed out sandwiches!! But I didn’t know / didn’t see anything even though I waited in the venue for a long time), then went to Shimokita where I spent the rest of the day until the CORE SHOW. Which was really fun, but then turned emotional...

I will never forget this show though 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[snow-okki]

Why don't more people like Okki? I'm really confused he's a giant seriously awkward teddybear 😍

Good question. It’s something I have pondered over for as long as I’ve known Okki (which is like a few months but that doesn’t mean anything)

Here’s why more people should like Okki:

Reason 1

Reason 2

Here’s why people don’t like Okki so much:

In short:

He’s not a typical beauty

He doesn’t have a special talent,

His personality can be very, very cringeworthy

In long: Teddy Bear is a flawed idol

Another long analysis ahead~

EDIT: It seems that my cut wasn’t working. WHAI.

Point 1: Not a typical beauty

Just compare Okki to the rest of the Messiah casts and you can see how he sticks out like a sore thumb: mainly his large body frame, and his more masculine face features. While the other actors can easily pull off dressing as females (and some indeed have), I dare you to imagine Okki doing the same XD

The main selling point of actors is ultimately their looks. And what sells nowadays is the godly androgynous look (and body) that unfortunately Okki doesn’t have those.

Not saying that Okki is ugly or anything. He’s blessed with such a youthful face, and he takes very good care of his body. Okki’s a dragon fruit, but people demand strawberries.

Point 2: Nothing special

In the world of stage play where hundreds or thousands of actors have very beautiful faces, being a pretty boy alone is definitely not enough. If your looks alone are not good enough to charm, you have to make it up with talent.

I’ll take Tenimyu for example, the stage play that has churned many amateurs into stars for the past decade. For dancing, we have Nakagauchi Masataka, Aiba Hiroki or Sasaki Yoshihide. For singing, we have KIMERU, KENN, Kato Kazuki, Shirota Yuu, or Mamoru Miyano. These guys are beautiful, but their talents help them to stand out against the equally or even more gorgeous actors

(My personal bias includes Nakayama Masei, Mikata Ryosuke, and Onoda Ryunosuke. The first two are ikemens without special talents, the last one is a very talented guy with not-so-ikemen look. And none of them are in any way ‘popular’ compared to the names I listed above)

So, back to Okki. He can dance, but it’s nowhere near godly, and unfortunately dancing doesn’t look as good with a body his size. He can sing, tolerably. That leaves us to the last point: personality.

Point 3: Cringeworthy personality

This is a list of recommendations that come up when you search for Okki’s name:

Besides his roles, the ones that come up include ‘crybaby’ and ‘airhead’

Ok, that’s not so bad, right? I mean Okki can totally pull off a crybaby with that adorably cute baby face of his. And airhead actors are not despised or anything (Matsuda Ryo also called himself an airhead).

But Okki is also the ‘bullied’ character. I believe this is where it gets polarizing.

I wrote a bit on Okki’s character (Yamaoki Yuuki Analysis) before, explaining this ‘bullied’ character along with his seriousness. What I didn’t mention was that I find Okki’s personality to be fake.

Fake is a very harsh word. ‘Tailored’ would be more precise.

From what I see, Okki always, always tailors his words and actions to please others, whether it be his workmates or his fans. From how he apologizes when his fellow actors are teasing him, to how he makes sure to post pictures of every single one of his fan letters and gifts. These are very obvious attempt from Okki to please people. And while I can only speculate how much of this is really his true personality, it can come across as fake.

Crying because of a surprise birthday party? Oh come on, he’s overreacting. Apologizing when his turn to speak was jokingly skipped by the MC? He can’t read the mood. Liking every single fan comment on his twitter? He’s just desperate for fans.

However, rather than being fake, I see Okki as someone who is actually very afraid of being socially isolated, but also equally afraid of becoming too close, and the cringe worthiness of his actions are the result of him trying too hard to balance this scale. There is no scene in Tenimyu where he tried to appeal to fans by being very close to his doubles partner. So far there is zero post regarding his Messiah, his 'partner for life’ (Ryoki has posted one). Even though it’s common knowledge now that fangirls like it when actors get 'close’, Okki has never deliberately posted any (except this particularly interesting one).

I like Nagae Ryoki because he’s a very pretty, talented, witty little kid. That’s who I wish I can become. I like Akazawa Tomoru and Ono Kento and Matsuda Ryo. Those are the people I wish I’m friends with. I like Izawa Yuuki and Hamao Kyosuke because they’re freaking handsome from head to toe.

But I freaking love Okki because he’s none of the above. He’s awkward; very, extremely bad at speaking without a script; and a total cry baby. He’s not a dancing machine or a singing goddess. He may be blessed with eternal youth, but he has to struggle for everything else. You may be able to find someone like him in your school or your neighborhood. Yet the fact that Okki is where he is now and not some nobody makes him very endearing. It’s what makes me like him so much.

To conclude, this Teddy Bear is a flawed idol. Not the socially acceptable flawsome kind, but actual flaws that many struggle against: A body size that is larger than normal, a non-androgynous face that looks younger than most (for good and for bad), and socializing issues. In Japan, being different is bad. Not so much in the international fandom, but these flaws form Okki’s character and…some people just don’t idolize someone who shares their weaknesses. After all, to idolize someone is to look up to that person. We like zero to hero, but not so much 0 to 0.5.

It’s really just a matter of preferences :D

I hope I answered your question. Thank you for reading this far. Here, have an Okki being cute~

One of these days I’m gonna publish a freaking biographical essay on Okki, just you wait and see XD

[sambart93]

2018.09.07 Saiyuuki [Review]

Official Website here Official Twitter here and here Online Store here Press Coverage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

CAST and CHARACTERS

Tamura Shin as Houmei Onuma Shouta as Toudai Fukazawa Taiga as Genkai

Furuya Yamato as Seiran Maekawa Yuuki as Toutaku Futaba Yuu as Jyuuan Tsuoka Hirokazu as Ganpuku Saitou Kenshin as Shou-un Fukui Shouta as Gichou

Yato Ryouta as Ryuuzen Ujisuke as Jikaku

Karahashi Mitsuru as Ukoku Sanzo Mikami Shun as Koumyou Sanzo

NON-SPOILER REVIEW Overall: This was so much fun! I thoroughly enjoyed it! It reminded me a lot of Tenimyu where everything but the main topic (e.g. tennis, or in this case.... going to the west? Becoming gods? Becoming priests?) happens. There's so many ridiculous and funny moments in this hat's just so unrelated to the main plot. It was very funny, there were quite a bit of adlib or higawari (daily changes) as far as I could tell and it was a hella lot of fun! It really made me want to pick up the manga once I finished watching this! Rating: 8/10

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SPOILER REVIEW

For once I just enjoyed the play rather than making lots of mental and critical notes through out it, so my review may be shorter than normal.

PLOT We follow Ukoku and Koumyou as they reminisce about their training days, they also somehow manage to go back into the past and be part of it so sometimes they have to run away and hide from their younger selves. Also, I'm not a Saiyuuki fan so I could be fuzzy here, the main plot between the two of them is that Koumyou is attempting to kill Ukoku so he can get the ultimate blessing or something (y'know that mark on Ukoku's head).

This is the summary of the story for the Wikia: At a training temple buried deep in the snowy mountains, eleven apprentice monks battle each other in order to become the next highest ranking monk, a Sanzo Priest. ---Among them, there was one genius.

THE STAGE

There was so much charm in this stage! So many parts of this was just so charming and so much fun!

☆ The opening scene is really good because it's where Ukoku and Koumyou are talking seriously with Jikaku about their mission and what must be done, but Jikaku is just ripping into Koumyou like there's no tomorrow. He was very funny!! There was one point where Jikaku asks 'and how old are you?' and Koumyou replies 'I'm 16/18' and the entire audience died in laughter. It continued for a good enough time. Then Jikaku kept getting Koumyou's name wrong too.

☆ Then there's the opening song where they wear cat masks and I really enjoyed that visual of them! I really should read the manga so I can understand what it all means.

☆ And so we follow them through the training and they have two trainings; the first one which is the day before their final test or at least one of their big training tests.

☆ We’re introduced to young boys who are in the middle of training and they have to fight while staying out of the water, or else you’ll be out. I really liked the projection mapping when they 'fell' to the lower part of the stage and the mapping showed the water splashes on the wall behind them. It was neat!

So the night before their big test, they get into a crap ton of ridiculous stuff. So let's break that down!

☆ First we have bath time! And the public bath owner won't let Houmei, Genkai and Toudai take a bath because Jyuuan is in there and he's clearly more important than them three xD When Jyuuan comes out, he has a slow dance and song about his bath time and how gorgeous his hair is but obviously Houmei just doesn't care and sneaks into the bath while Jyuuan is prancing about xD Then Jyuuan realises there's a knot in his hair and he has a hissy fit and runs off trying to fix it xD

☆ Also during the shower scene, I remember someone (I want to say Jyuuan but I don't think it was) falling on top of Houmei and it was the very comedic moment of a split second of silence before he gave the biggest high-pitched screen ever; it was absolutely hilarious.

☆ The next ridiculous thing to happen is about Shou-un; he acts all tough and like he hates everyone but then Ryuuzen comes on stage with a mic and is like 'he acts all tought but in fact......... he's really a nice person!' and then there's a song of how cute and nice Shou-un really is and this makes Shou-un really angry and embarrassed and he's like 'I'm not nice!! I'm a tough guy! I'm mean!!!' and then mid-way through the song, three of the cast come down (one of them being Gichou who's pretending to be a marathon runner, and the other two being supporters) from the back of the theatre room and down the stairs, pretending they're in a marathon and Gichou collapses in the mid-section of the audience seating area and he's like 'I can't go on anymore' but the audience start clapping and cheering for him to continue you, Ryuuzen is like an MC /Commentator at this point for the song and audience and this ridiculous skit. So Gichou finds the strength to get back up and makes his way to the main stage where he collapses again and the commentator is like 'can you continue on? For you family?! Your wife?! Your daughter?!' but he's down on the floor. So here, Shou-un breaks and gets down on the floor next to Gichou and starts supporting him and telling him to go on and Ryuuzen is like 'see he's nice!' and so Gichou finishes his marathon and the song about Shou-un being nice continues and finishes. I was dying of laughter this entire time. The ending of this scene was the best because Ryuuzen is like 'god guys, why you so loud! Some of us are trying to sleep!' and storms off and Houmei, Genkai and Toudai are just stood there in shock like '...but you were the one making all the noise!' xD it was very perfect timing and very funny and I enjoyed this so much!

☆ Then we had Ukoku and Koumyou randomly cross-dressing and working at a hostess club -- the audience went absolutely mental when they saw Koumyou/Mikami Shun in his dress becuase he damn he looks so gorgeous and so beautiful in it! And everyone died of laughter when Ukoku/Karahashi Mitsuru came out because he still had his stumble and he was bow-legged and he kept his deep voice and instead of tending to the customers, he was busy pouring him and drinking his own drinks xD And then it got even more hilarious by the amount of times he said 'omoshiroi na / isn't this interesting (in a very masculine way)' and the customers were so baffled by him but Koumyou was trying really hard to keep their cover safe while Ukoku just didn't give a shit xD and then it got even more ridiculous when Ukoku lifted his dress all the way up so we could see his skinny, hair legs and his black boxers -- and he did it twice and we were just dying of laughter and poor Koumyou was like 'get out! let's get out now!'  xD what the point was of this scene, I have no fucking idea xD I think it was just the boys imagining what it's like in a hostess club? But I swear to god that one of the 'girls' was YuuKun.... but if it's not, I need to find out who the fuck it was because DAMN they were damn pretty and had the nicest legs and arms!!

☆ And then we get to the boys' sleeping quarters where they're all clearly wide awake and none of them can or want to sleep so they start doing stupid things like throwing pillows at each other; especially between Shou-un and Jyuuan xD they also ended up singing, obviously.

☆ We get some slower moments around this point; we get a partially solo song from Genkai because he has special powers which allow him to see the future and he remembers how his parents died (they were slaughtered and killed which is sad) and then during this song we also have some of the other boys like Jyuuan singing the troubles they've been through. Also Genkai is bullied somewhat during his training his because he's not human like the rest of them.

So finally we get to the day of the test:

☆ Which started off very nicely because all the boys stripped off the top half of their costumes so we could see ALL their torso and arm muscles and of course they all looked great! But of course I was gooooooogly too much at YuuKun - in fact I didn't really watch anyone else when he was on stage because I AM BIAS!

☆ I really liked how in the fight scene, they soon learnt that fighting together makes them stronger and it was great seeing them go off into pairs.

☆ During this test scene, we cut back to Ukoku and Koumyou, and Ukoku finally tries and attempts to attack Koumyou and it was very beautifully done but of course Ukoku admits that's it's impossible because of how strong and talented Koumyou is in comparison.

☆ We get to the climax of the stage which is a GIANT SNOWMAN! Their final enemy! And Houmei quickly realises that they should ALL join together in order to defeat it, so they all join hands and combine their power to defeat it! I really loved this scene because many parts of the stage at this point 'collapsed' and 'fell down' so everything looked very messes and it fitted the whole 'there's avalanches everywhere because the snowman is raging and breaking everything'.

☆ BUT one thing in this scene confused me, probably just because I haven't read the manga but; when they joined forces, Genkai didn't join in. In fact, he just hopped onto Toudai's back and Toudai carried him for the entirety of that final battle scene; so is it that he doesn't have any powers similar to them and that's why he couldn't join in, but he's obviously an important nakama (comrade xD) so they wanted to protect him.

☆ I like how for their final attack, they are at the top most set of the stage. way way at the back and behind a railing, and they're all in a line and it was a great way to finish it. But the boys had such a short time to get from the bottom stage, up to the top stage so you could tell they're ran up and some of them were hard breathing -- most likely partially acting but I bet some of it was true haha

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I did have one slightly negative thing to say but it doesn't seem that worthwhile to say.... but in case you wanted to know; I was a tad underwhelmed by Taiga in this. I don't think he was all that able to show off much n this one but that could just be his character? Because he’s great in EnStage, he’s great in YowaMushi, I’ve heard he’s great in Daiya no A, he was great in Danshi ha Tsurakunai yo? so maybe it was just this one. I think his character just wasn’t developed enough for this stage. I wanted to know more - about all of them actually.

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GOODS

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And I think that is all!