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sambart93 · 7 years ago

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2017.10.11 Kansu Domino Review!

It’s been SUCH a long time since I’ve seen either IkeP or Seto in the flesh and on stage (Ike’s last was that disappointed called DANSUI, and Seto’s was the partially interesting Kanbotsu), and this play was getting a lot of good reviews and my friend who’s a Seto fan was keeping track of it all and said it looked good.

Official Site here Official Twitter here Press Coverage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 PreOrder DVD 1, 2

CAST and CHARACTERS

Seto Koji as Makabe Emoto Tokio as Samon Kojima Fujiko as Akiyama Suzuki (Zukki) Hiroki as Arata Yamada Yusuke as Toro Ikeoka Ryousuke as Tamiya Yahata Miyuki as Hiraoka Chiba Masako as Oono Katsumura Masanobu as Yokomichi

STORY

A rather strange car accident occurs. There was no traffic light next to the pedestrian crossing that Tamiya (Ikeoka) was next to. A car came flying around the corner and into a curb. But it stopped centimeters away from Tamiya; both Tamiya and the driver Arata (Suzuki) are either with no injury or small injuries. The person in the passenger seat however, Arata's wife, is in critical condition. Witnesses were Makabe (Seto), Akiyama (Kojima) and Samon (Emoto). It is now up to the insurance company to determine and find out what really happened when Makabe suggests Samon had created an invisible wall with his mind to stop the car from hitting his best friend Tamiya, which leads them to investigate under that hypothesis with the help from recently HIV positive confirmed victim Toro (Yamada).

NON-SPOILER REVIEW Overall: I was very surprised when the story decided to take a supernatural route. I was expecting it to be like the dorama Galileo where it’s could be explained completely with real science. But I was down for the whole ‘invisible wall’ supernaturalness but wasn’t what I expected. This stage was good; it was a solid story and a solid stage, the performances were as expected. But there was nothing...special about it nor was there any twist or anything amazing to it. They’re all very well establish actors and they all performed as expected and accordingly. The story is actual rather slow moving too; a lot of just simple talking in a room among themselves so I spent quite a lot of time with my eyes closed because they didn’t visually need my attention. But the scenes where it got real crazy or there was fighting or there was something happening, I was very much ears AND eyes focused. It’s a good stage. Just nothing... wow-factor. We all know how I feel about predictability. Rating: 7/10

SPOILER REVIEW

PreShow

I’m going to be totally honest, the moment I saw Naya freaking Takeru walk through the door, I mentally flipped my shit and fell out my seat (mentally). Me and Naya keep going to the same things on the same days - just like me and Shiramata xD he tried so hard to not look obvious; he was really shy and timid looking. But he has great style; I notice his signature jock-jackets anywhere! His fashion sense is so good! I always want his damn clothes xD anyway, so I saw him and I literally spent quite a bit of time flicking over to him >.<

Mikami was there too, along with Koudou Shouri from PATCH -- wait... why didn’t Shouri and Takeru sit together? ALSO why did Takeru clearly have a ticket and a set seat like a normal audience member, but Shouri changed his seat about three times because the staff were shuffling him and Mikami around... wtf?! That’s weird thinking back... did Mikami get in free cos he’s a D-Boys and his plus one was Shouri so they didn’t have a set seat cos they didn’t have to pay, but Naya had to fork out for a ticket?! Oh my if that’s true.... it’d make sense though, because one time Shuuto (Miyazaki) came to As You Like It and he literally got the most back seat available... unless they decided to come at the very last second so they paid but staff are like ‘whatever seat is available’.

Anyway, enough kangeki conspiracy theories and the weirdest that is WE Entertainment.

TO THE SHOW!

So the play ends up being about someone with supernatural powers and it’s called Domino because the powers only stay with one person temporarily until they pass on to another and this power can literally do anything if you will and want it enough. And that it what happens.

Like I said above, it surprised me that this ended up being more mysterious and supernatural and magic than I was expecting; BUT I’m glad they kind of throw that theme out there within the first 15 minutes or so.

I really like the set up; we started with some random characters here and there and then eventually they all came together. The biggest mystery I had was Yamada’s character; I didn’t realise for a while that he was working for Seto until he was in the same room with Seto. But I love how his character genuinely ended up liking Tamiya and co. so wanted to get away from Seto who was clearly messed up mentally and was giving off toxic vibes the entire time.

Seto did just as I expected; amazing, flawless acting. He really put himself into this character. He looked absolutely exhausted by the time the stage finished and I think it’s easy to see how mentally exhausting his character is.

His character is an oddball. He’s seeing a doctor/therapist who is also his mother(?) but I cannot remember why he’s going.. at first when he suggests the invisible wall, he just says it rather off-handishly but thinks it’s interesting enough to investigate; but then you see he’s forced Yamada to install cameras and listening devices into this innocent person’s house (Samon) and he’s forcing Yamada to lie to a group he’s genuinely become friends with. And then Seto starts to get very controlling and possessive like he’s the leader of the group, even overpowering the insurance investigator(!). And we lead to the climax which is; turns out Seto is the Domino and was all along; it was him that created the invisible wall, it was him who ends up curing Yamada of HIV, it’s him that willed Tamiya to have unrequited love from Oono who ends up falling for Samon. This is one massive plot that he wanted to happen and therefore did happen. Which leads him to lose control of his power a little at the end by smashing a few lights and almost(?) killing Akiyama in a rage, and being unable to fix her so he mentally breaks down hard on stage.

I really wish they hadn’t made it so much ‘SETO IS THE MAIN CHARACTER’ even down to the poster, because it just made it completely predictable and obvious that he was gunna be the Domino. So I wasn’t shocked when literally RIGHT at the end they all learn and realise it’s him. It kind of took away from Seto having his breakdown; would’ve been more impactful if we had all gone through the breakdown together with the character at the end.

It was a really interesting play as you can clearly read above, BUT a lot of it is just talking in a room about what they should do and how they should prove that Samon is the Domino - who made the wall in order to save his friend Tamiya during the crash - so I didn’t miss anything by having my eyes closed most of the time because the main acting and information was coming through their voices.

AND! The scenes that did have action or something happening, I was totally absorbed in it! For example, there’s at least two great scenes with Zukki who is just desperate for the Domino to be revealed and to use the Domino to heal his wife as she’s pretty much in a coma and heavily injured, one time is when he approaches Samon on the street one day and starts calm like ‘will you come see my wife?’ and of course Samon is like ‘....why? Why me?’ but Zukki quickly cracks and tries to drag him but luckily Yamada turns up in time and pushes Zukki away; unfortunately this reveals to Samon and Tamiya that Yamada knows Zukki. Another point is when they’re watching the video of Samon and co but none of them will make a move and obviously this pisses him off - he wants his wife saved NOW. He did great being this depressed and easily-angered character. The end scene is very good too! The last 10/15 minutes are very action packed when Seto’s having his breakdown.

Emoto is an actor who I’ve always enjoyed and he did well in this too. He was playing a writer who know one knew his face. And I really enjoyed Zukki and Yamada’s scene together. And Yamada just being a HIV character in this was great and the character talks about his struggles and when he begs Samon to wish for him to be cured and how Samon doesn’t freak out when he learns Yamada has HIV. The way they dealt with the HIV was very well done. No one ran for the hills when he told them (except Zukki); everyone was really accepting and that ‘it’s no longer a life sentence’ etc which was really nice -- especially in Japan where most diseases are very hushush and shunned.

Unfortunately, Ikeoka didn’t get nearly as much exposure onstage as I would’ve wanted/liked BUT it was refreshing to see him play a character who didn’t have any comedy in him. It was nice seeing him play completely serious for once and he did it really well! I just wish he got a hell of a lot more work because I personally feel he deserves it. Hopefully this stage gives him that exposure to managers and casting directors etc.

Finally:

They filmed the day I went, but don’t think it’ll be used, as someone’s phone went off literally 4 mins into the damn play -__-

After the Show

Naya was adorable! He tried so hard to sneak out. And then when I left, he was right at the entrance which a manager, so I ‘casually’ walked right past him and right in front of him. But to be honest, he wasn’t the one having the problem of sticking out; I was! Everyone was looking at me; either cos I’m white or cos of how tired I may have looked(?). But even the shit ton of kankeishas were pausing to look at me *sweats*. It’s been a while since I’ve had this much gaijin pressure on me...

But anyway, yes Naya! ADORABLE! And I want his jacket! xD

GOODS

I went to the OOO store after the stage xD

Course I had to get Naya’s! xD

And I’m done!

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sambart93 · 8 years ago

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2017.05.16 Dansui Stage Review!

I went to see this a few weeks ago and I was pretty excited to see it because of the dorama; it was a decent dorama and I enjoyed all the characters. Also who doesn’t want to drool at about 20 almost naked men for 2 hours?

Official Website here Dorama Official Site here Official Twitter here Press Coverage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Videos 1, 2, 3 PreOrder DVD/BR here, here, here and here Order Dorama DVD/BR here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here Order the Soundtrack CD here and here

Cast and Characters

Matsuda Ryo as Shuhei Miyazaki Shuuto as Daiki Anzai Shintarou as Reo Akazawa Tomoru (aka Tomorun) akazaas Harumi Sato Hisanori as Yuuta Ozawa Ren (aka RenRen) as Mitsuki Kuroba Mario as Homare Ikeoka Ryousuke (aka IkeP) as Ichitora Kaminaga Keisuke as Daniel Saitou Kyouhei as Masaki Nasuda Yuudai as Eisuke Tsukayama Hisanao as Ichiro Sakurai Keisuke as Jirou Kamimura Kaisei as Shintarou Moro Moroaka as Shinichiro Hirose Tomoki as Ryouya

NON-SPOILER REVIEW:

Overall: This was a huge disappointment. The stage is essentially the entire dorama put into one two-hour segment with the last 15 minutes or so barely continuing from where the dorama finale ended. I went into the stage expecting it to be a continuation of the story, but I was completely wrong. It got about 20minutes into the stage when I realised ‘his isn’t just a big flashback opening, they’re actually doing ALL the scenes from the dorama again!’ and so once I realised that.... I was very bored. And disappointed. The saving grace of this stage is that we get more scenes from the competitor team (Ryuuhou) so more character development for them and the other saving grace were the comedy scenes because they were hilarious. For the best viewing experience either watch the drama or watch the stage but don’t watch both. Especially when one was free to watch and one cost me 8000yen -__- Rating: 4/10. Excluding my personal feeling and rating purely on the stage itself then I’d give it a 7/10.

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Now onto the spoiler section! I’ll try and stay as positive as possible.

SPOILER REVIEW:

Okay quickie negatives out the way first! As already stated in my overall review, I was disappointed in this stage. If you’ve seen the dorama then don’t bother with the stage. Same with if you’ve seen the stage then don’t bother with the dorama. It’s the EXACT same. I was bored for most of it because I’d already scene the dorama. I went in with the expectation of ‘yeah the dorama ended on a cliff hanger and we’re going to get this amazing 2 hour ending and we might even reach nationals at the end!’ but no. Nadda. Nothing. Just one BIG 2 hour recap of the dorama on stage -__- It’s just a rerun of the dorama with some extra scenes and so continuation right at the very end. Seriously only the last 15-20minutes go PAST the dorama so I was annoyed and by that point I was so bored I didn’t really pay attention as to whether it continued or not. Isn’t that what the stage was supposed to be? Seeing the swimming results and doing kantou finals or national finals? Was I the only one assuming this? I don’t understand (other than it being a money maker and giving the other school a bit more ‘screen’/stage time and development) why they chose to just redo the entire dorama on stage... we all watched the stage for free on television, I don’t want to pay another 8000yen a ticket to resee that when I was under the assumption I was paying for a decent finale and resolution and possible nationals beginning! -__- I’m pissed, safe to say. AND they ‘reacted’ the flashback scene from when Shuhei, Daiki and Reo were in Middle school SO many times... with the stage and dorama flashbacks of this combined, I'm SO bored and over it. Lastly: I’ll tell you a surprise disappointment I had: Hirose! I was freaking in LOVE with his character in the dorama but for some reason in this stage A. his stage time was ridiculously small, like ten minutes(!!!) and B. he was super super pissy and moody in the stage version. I hated him in the stage! Where’s my sexy, mysterious, logically-mean but supportive Ryouya at?!

MOVING ON TO THE POSITIVE!

I had a really good seat though! I was SMACK in the middle so I had center view which was perfect!

I enjoyed Anzai’s character Reo a lot more in the stage compared to the dorama. I feel we got to see more from his side and he seemed a lot softer in the stage version.

Of course Tomorun as Harumi was freaking adorable! I love how he’s in love with Shuhei and how protective he is when people like RenRen go towards Shuhei, and he tries to pull Shuhei and Daiki away from them xD I also liked the little extra scene we got of him being bullied and called girly and how he’s happy he could be the manager. Tomorun’s Harumi is probably my second favourite character has was always my second/third favourite the entire series/drama/stage.

Kamimura Kaisei is the one guy who caught my eye even in the dorama! He’s a cute character and the stage time he got too made me happy xD I’ve been told he’s completely different in real life though,like a little devil I believe I heard xD

I liked the three ensemble kids they cast to be the young versions of Shuhei, Daiki and Reo and I liked that during the flashback scenes they’d have all six of them onstage and like mirroring each others actions. It was cool.

Also ensemble did an amazing job in general. A lot of stunts for they had to do and during the swimming scenes they might use fabric land creative waves with them and there was also a lot of dancing from them which for the most part was really good. HOWEVER I did spot ONE ensemble cast guy who wasn’t putting as much energy into the dances and you could (if you’e good at spotting these kinds of things) see the lack of energy and powering his dancing compared to the other ensemble around him. It was personally distracting and annoying for me and I just wanted to yell ‘why you not matching your crew?! You must put the same height, the same power, the same exaggeration into your moments!’ I’m not even a dancer yet I really noticed the difference in his performance.

Speaking of stunts the main cast to did a great job with the stunts they had like jumping off boards.

Now to the COMEDY! They had a lot of comedy scenes which were very good. This seriously was the savior of the entire stage for me:

Some comedy scenes were like the re-occurrence of Kaminaga/Daniel constantly getting hit with slippers and hands and stuff especially from Harumi and Ichitora/IkeP. I giggled a lot every time. Sometimes it sounded like he was honestly going to have bruises around his head by the end.

I loved whenever Daniel and Ichitora met. Especially the first time because it’s when Ichitora overhears Daniel claiming he’s good with girls and Ichitora just goes all tiger mood (as his name does mean ‘First Tiger’ xD) on him and growling. Daniel is quietly talking to the guys from Ryuhou while Ichitora is growling, and walking off /on stage about 10 times before Daniel notices him and Ichitora tries to be normal again. I’m not doing the scene justice but it was VERY funny. Especially because on the other side of the stage Shuhei and co. are having a serious discussion and they’re suppose to be the center of that scene but I was way too busy looking at the hilarity in the background between Daniel and Ichitora xD Quite a few of us were laughing hard and over the boys serious talk xD

Also Ichitora had a habit of not getting Daniel’s name quite right. Every time, whatever name he would yell out that was suppose to be Daniel was hilarious.

The day I went, I think IkeP got thrown off his chair. Looking at the Dress Rehearsal videos he is supposed to get knocked over and out of his chair, BUT the show I saw, he kind of went across the stage a little and RenRen paused before apologising. Ike just looked at him and laughed at himself. Also after he got up he started rubbing him arm and leg. So maybe they over did it by accident that show.

I enjoyed the fall over scenes they had. One scene is where the Ryuuhou team fell over in like disbelief and Ichitora fell onto Homare and then because they were going up stairs when this happened, one of the guys failed falling onto the steps and ended up going off the stairs and onto the main stage. Everyone was laughing. Don’t worry, the steps were on like 4 or 5 steps high xD

ALSO! After some of the races at the end, Ichitora confessed his love to Mario/Homare at the end!! He was like ‘I love you!’ and Homare is like ‘I don’t love you!’ Homare rejecting him was purely funny! I didn’t even cotton on that chitora liked Homare or was somewhat gay... BUT now I’m on board with him being in love with Homare! *dead*

Also Ike (can you tell I love Ike? Yeah I’m talking about him a lot because I’m Ike bias and the reason why I watched the drama anyway!) during one of the training scenes, the first years fell behind so he told them to do some impersonations. It was the first years on stage while the rest of Ryuuhou were against the wall of the left side door exit. Ike and Mario were literally on the floor laughing. All the Ryuuhou actors were honestly cracking up so hard. Ike was the worst out of them all and he was like ‘nah carry on, keep going’ and Mario is like ‘we HAVE to move on!’ xD I hope on the DVD there’s somewhat a higwari section because that was definitely it.

Oooooo another loveboat/ship I can get onto it RenRen and Ryo aka Mitsuki x Shuhei! Not joking you, Renen grabs and holds Ryo’s hand on at least 3 different occasions! His character is definitely in love with Ryo, just like Tomorun’s character xD

By the way did you follow the Dansui twitter as the show was on? Their photos every damn day were hilarious! Here’s a teaser:

Onto a more shallow topic: I changed my mind on who’s body I like the most! When I first saw all the press pics I decided that Mario had the best body in my opinion. I’m a girl who doesn’t like visible muscles so people like RenRen and Ryo and Shuuto who have visible stomach muscles and such, I don’t like it (I like them! But not so much their bodies xD). I am very much a ‘are they slim? do they have muscles but not obvious ones? Kool that’s my boy!’ and that’s why originally I went in with ‘yes Mario’s body!’ feel. BUT coming out...Before I say who lets just appreciate ALL their bodies okay? xD

Have you guessed who I fell for body-wise?

So the one who caught my eye was:

I am ALL over Anzai’s body! He’s got that stomach where it curves out at the bottom and I like to call that section ‘pudge’ and I freaking LOOOOVE pudge (MakiChan has it too) and it was so cute! I just wanted to grab that tiny little bit of pudge. I think it’s adorable. So Anzai wins the Best Body Award in Dansui for me! Yes I am creepy and weird and need counselling... ANYWAY!

I was thnking of doing a ranking for the Dansui boys but after like IkeP Tomorun, Ryouya, Daniel, Anzai, then I get stuck xD

I think that’s me done for the review. It’s a strange one.

GOODS

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Another review done! Sorry if you were expecting a great review for this one...

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