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[Video] 浪漫活劇譚『艶漢』第三夜 (roman katsugeki banashi: adekan daisanya)

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Aoharu Tetsudou Rails Live 2019

I’m posting this really late... A week and I half ago I went to the Aoharu Tetsudou Rails live

The cast is: Nagayama Takashi, Kimeru, Kujirai Kousuke, Inagaki Seiya, Gomoto Naoya, Takahashi Yuuta, Watanabe Kouji, Takagi Shun, Yamamoto Ikkei, Itagaki Rihito, Hashimoto Taito, Kamisato Yuuki, Iwa Yoshito, Takiguchi Yukihiro, Baba Ryouma, Iwaki Naoya, Takasaki Shouta, Hashimoto Sei and Hijikata Yuzuki

The show was amazing and I wish I could go again. The performances were the best yet for most of the actors and the atmosphere was amazing.

Show breakdown under the cut.

Slight warning - This is what I wrote afterwards but I can’t be 100% sure I got all the scenes in the correct order

First was  Tsunagaru Aoharu Tetsudou 2019 ~ Opening

The trains who had solo lines in the song were Rinkai, IGR, Yamanote, Shinetsu, Hokuriku Shinkansen, Nagano Shinkansen, Chiyoda, Marunouchi, Joban, Ginza There was a short sung bit with Utsunomiya and Takasaki, like in Aoharu 3 and same with the Tokkaido brothers

They had a platform that rose up with all the actors on it at the start which was really cool. Both Watanabe Kouji and Kimeru did two character solos so they had to run off after singing their first one but it was done very neatly and I didn’t notice.

When Hokuriku Shinkansen sung, last, he rose up from a different platform at the back of the stage which was very cool

The next scene was the Tokkaido brothers and everyone else ran off the stage.

Tokkaido Shinkansen sang Tetsudou Hakubutsukan e yokoso from the first stage and they added a new verse for the live. The children joined again but I’m not sure if they were extras or members of the cast because from where I sat one looked really like Baba Ryouma There was also a Sanyo Shinkansen punching bag that they attacked a lot during the song Once the song was finished they discussed why the live is being held which was basically just because Tokkaido Shinkansen wanted to do it. He then made Tokkaido Honsen call people to ask for them to join.

Honsen first calls Takasaki and Utsunomiya. They agree, and Keihin-Tohoku is sharpening a knife at the side.  Utsunomiya scares Honsen off stage and Takasaki, Utsunomiya and Keihin-Tohoku come centre stage.

Utsunomiya says that he wants to sing but he and Takasaki don’t have a song so they sing Tobu and Chichibu's love song, Heikousen, which was hilarious as it meant Takasaki had to profess his love for Utsunomiya Tobu runs on very angry at the end of the song because they stole his and Chichibu’s song.  He is much shorter than both of them but steps forward to talk about the letter he wrote Chichitetsu, reference to the Seibu group play, and sings 'Chichitetsu My love’ with Seibu Chichibu.

Seibu Chichibu seems to like Tobu a lot but Tobu just ignores him as he only likes the non Seibu Chichibu

Next Marunouchi and Ginza come on and discuss the live. 

Ginza says he wants to participate just so he can talk about Hayakawa-san and the two sing both of their songs Then they leave together Akita comes on eating with Yamagata Shinkansen. He says he wants to eat and then starts to sing his solo song from the second play but stops very quickly and is just eating so Yamagata continues the song for him. Akita joins back in for the last verse and they duet the last bit of the song together

Then Yamanote comes on depressed because he thinks he isn’t important as he was a special guest in all previous appearances and not many people saw Takagi Shun’s first performance as Yamanote and the others, Utsunomiya, Takasaki and Keihin-Tohoku, kinda help to cheer him up He then sings his solo song ‘Guruguru mawaru kodoku na boku’ In all of Keihin-Tohoku’s scenes there were a lot of jokes about him not being in the original comics anymore

Chiyoda comes on and then Joban, in a sailor uniform 

Chiyoda is really confused and asks if he can sing their duet in that outfit He changes on stage, surprising Chiyoda, and they sing their duet song

Then it was Juniac Holmes featuring Rinkai, Keihin-Tohoku and Tokkaido Honsen Rinkai entered from the audience and shook hands with people, blew them kisses. He was really people’s signs and did what they asked him to do. Honsen only came in when Rinkai stood on stage and threw his shirt open Junaic Holmes song, Kujirai Kousuke’s voice sounds really good live Rinkai wants Honsen to look for Saikyo as Rinkai wants to sing his duet but he cant because Saikyo isn’t there So, Honsen suggests that they stand in for Saikyo and so Rinkai sings his song with Keihin-Tohoku 

Issho ni narou, so amazing. Ikkei’s voice live is something I will never forget, his voice is so soothing and nice.

Keihin-Tohoku plays along with the song and is kinda sweet to Rinkai and acts like Saikyo.

Then Seibu group came on: Seibu Ikebukuro, Seibu Shinjuku, Seibu Ahina, Seibu Sayama, Seibu Seibuen and Seibu Chichibu Leo liner was also brought back. I think he was played by Iwa Yoshito, which would make sense as he is not on very much

Sayama chased Leo onto the stage and Leo attacked him. Sayama died and had to be brought back by chanting Kaichou. He was killed once more later when Leo rips his heart out

They sang 3 songs in total, the first one being ‘Seibu butai no kibou no hikari’ Then Tobu came on angry that they got their own section and overpowered them with his aura and they became his back up dancers for flying Tojo.  After the song they all left then Ahina and Shinjuku came back on. Ahina is sad because his line was permanently suspended Shinjuku tries to reassure him then goes off to do something

Ahina goes back to the Seibu house and they sing ‘Happy haisen, omedeto Ahina’ Ahina is really upset at the end that they are celebrating his suspension and leaves The others don't act sad at all, reopening the door he slammed to wave goodbye before closing it again. Shinjuku comes back on with a marriage certificate so Ahina will join Shinjuku and doesn't have to go. Ahina is really happy and hugs Shinjuku. The others all opened the door to spy on them and looks fondly at the pair They then sing the Seibu group all members song, I can’t remember the name. And go off.

Then Tokkaido brothers come back on and announce the live has officially started. Honsen saying the live has been going for a while though. They sing refresh Nissan again with everyone, Utsunomiya, Takasaki, Keihin-Tohoku, Yamagata, Akita and Yamanote, as a back up dancer. 

After the song they all leave

Then Nagano Shinkansen comes on and reads a creepy letter from Shinetsu who then tries to hug Nagano  He punches him and then Shinetsu runs off He quickly comes back on and Hokuriku comes on and well Hokuriku starts squeezing Shinetsu's head but Nagano gets him to stop They then sing a new song called the future me. I thought it was really good and well sung. Rihito and Kouji’s voices sound really good together.

Then it was the Shinjuku and Ahina flashback from the seibu musical and they sang their duet.

Then it was the Takasaki and Utsunomiya flashback from the 3rd musical which Utsunomiya wanted to do but Takasaki was reluctant so Utsunomiya had to talk him into it.

Then Joetsu comes on and says he's feeling lonely without Joetsu Shinkansen and IGR comes on and says the same.  Again, all the non Seibu lines come on and they sing a new song about not being alone and having a party. 

I absolutely loved this song and it’s probably one of my favourite from the entire musical.  At the end there is a video with Joetsu Shinkansen saying a message for Joetsu.

They then sing Tokkaido brothers song, newly remixed for 2019, with all of the non Seibu others as back up dancers

Then they say that that's the end and they only have one song left The sing tsunagaru ending - Yokosuka, Seibu shinjuku, Yamagata Shinkansen, Akita Shinkansen, Utsunomiya, Takasaki, Keihin-Tohoku, Tokkaido Honsen, Tokkaido Shinkansen.

  They then leave but come back on and sing the party song again. Tokkaido shinkansen told everyone to sing along but then Honsen said ‘How can they sing along? It’s a new song, no one knows the words’ and everyone laughed a lot.

I was so glad they sang this song again and it was fun seeing it with everyone at the end.

Then they sing the real final song which was also new I think it was called Rails live 2019. I remember one line that was repeated a lot and was in English ‘Happiness is a way of travel, not just a destination’

I thought it sounded a bit weird for like a day until I realised that was because in English the word order would usually be the other way around I think.

Overall thoughts: I was so impressed by Takasaki Shouta, he did make some mistakes with the dances and didn’t sing all of the lines new songs but I think he had less than half the rehearsal time of everyone else as he was originally not going to be in it. So, definitely well done to him. Yamamoto Ikkei and Takki were my absolute standouts. The latter, completely to my surprise. Yamamoto makes his two characters so distinctive and different, and his singing is amazing and so different in both characters. His voice is definitely my favourite out of everyone’s and it was amazing to hear live.  Takki was really funny. I loved his interactions with Takasaki Shouta the most so I think if Shouta hadn't been there I wouldn't have liked him even half as much. It’s kinda showed as though Tojo only have eyes for Chichibu Tetsudou but Seibu Chichibu has feelings for Tojo and was trying to make him notice him.  I thought Taito's voice sounded forced anytime I heard it on DVD but I don’t think that anymore. I think his singing voice has this weird quality to it which doesn't work for me on DVD but sounds amazing live Ahina and Shinjuku were super cute. They actually signed the marriage contract in this show so they are officially married. I was reassured about Shin’etsu who I always found rather creepy and I always heard people laughing on the DVD But when I saw it they weren't laughing at Shin’etsu being creepy, they laughed when he got punched It is kinda weird but super cute how Shouta and Nagano's actor are so close and such good friends Everyone seemed so happy to have Shouta there and he did a very short speech at the end saying he was so happy to be there. And he definitely worked super hard for this play and really wanted to be in it even though he is meant to be at Osomatsu rehearsals.

I loved this show and am 100% buying the DVD when it comes out. Which is sadly in March. 

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2018.07.31 Danshi wa Tsurakunai yo? / Being a Boy Isn’t Hard? [Review]

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CAST and CHARACTERS

Present Selves Harashima Motohisa Ishiwatari Masshu Akisawa Kentaro Jounin Tatsuki Matsumura Taiichiro

Past Selves Masaki Kaoru Higuchi Yuta Kimura Atsushi Takenaka Ryouhei Fukazawa Taiga

Classmates Takasaki Shungo Iwa Yoshito Tanaka Hiroki Oikawa Kou Horita Reo Sato Nobunaga Yamagata Takumi

Teachers Mende Tomoyuki Murakami Kouhei Nishioka Daisuke Kitadai Takashi Kanesaki Kentaro Totani Kimito

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NON-SPOILER REVIEW Overall: This is a lot of fun. Many times the audience were dying in hysterics of laughter. It's a simple story but it's very funny, packed full with comedy and hilarious moments. The characters are interesting and it has some ridiculous moments. I can't really say anythnig else about it other than say it's entertaining and very funny! ALSO I am very thankful for the high-touch at the end of show! I got to high touch with so many actors that I like!! It appears this stage isn't selling out which makes me sad because it's got some really great names in it and it's a lot of fun! Rating: 8.5/10

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SPOILER REVIEW

PRE-SHOW Well this place is fancy as fuck... << was the first thoughts that went through my mind xD also I quickly realised that ‘Oh, it's also where Wakasamagumi is going to be this time around!’ which got me excited although I probably won’t be going. I forgot how many damn actors that I love that are in this! And there was a high touch after this so I was super nervous because I like a LOT of actors who were in this!!

MAIN PLOT

So five friends decide to meet up for their 10th year High School anniversary, especially one of them (Masshu) is adamant on them getting their seishun/youth feeling back. So they go back to the place where they all met and were forced to spend one month as a summer extra curriculum activity. While at first, as students, they hated the idea of having to spend a month of their summer holiday doing classes and cleaning and spending time with people they don't know or like, especially our main character Naoki (Harashima Motohisa and Masaki Kaoru) who has no interest at all in making friends or even continuing being with them after the activity is done. But as the summer classes go on, they all genuinely begin to bond and enjoy their time and by the end, they don't want to depart and want to end their summer by making a festival, which will hopefully attract all the nearby schools which all happen to be ALL-GIRL schools (while they're stuck in an all-boys school).

THE SHOW ITSELF

Oh this was so funny! Unfortunately I spent the first 30 minutes of this play in a LOT of pain with my back from some reason so I couldn't fully immerse or get into the story even though I really wanted to laugh along with everyone else! *cries* but once the back-pain passed, I did not stop laughing and there were so many rounds of applause from the audience because so many parts were absolutely hilarious! I was dying of laughter as was everyone else and some of them on stage were dying too - I'm looking right at you Higuchi! He could not contain he laughter at some times xD this little shit.

I'll do my usual, go through actors and hopefully talk about their characters and what I thought and some scenes that stood out to me.

I was so surprised to see Harashima Motohisa (he plays future Naoki) in this! He's one actor who I love no matter what he does but I don't go out of my way to see him so it's always pleasantly surprising when I see him pop up in stuff that I'm watching. I really love how much his cringed at his past self and his past blogs that he used to write and upload. Also I love how at the beginning his suspiciously says 'my job? .... I'm a... I'm a salaryman.' but then towards the end he completely loses it and yells 'I LIED!!! I'm a salaryman!!! I don't want to be normal!!!! I tried being an actor.. I tried being a youtuber... I tried having part time jobs!' and he just blows and it's so funny! 

When I first saw Masaki Kaoru, I wasn't keen just purely from me being vain and basing people on their looks. I'd never seen him before so I should've been a bit more open. But I quickly opened up to him and I really enjoyed how ridiculous his character was. Every time he came on stage to narate the next day or the next part of the story, he would always introduce himself as someone else, like 'Good morning, I'm Bob Dylan! That's a lie. I'm Naoki!' and then would proceed along with the story. He ended up being really cute and his character was really nice. I'm glad his character development ended up being good and him learning to appreciate his friends, but also his reaction to his future self was hilarious (more on that later). He's an Amuse kid and he was in ODAC's HOME when I watched it last week (I still haven't released that review have I?! Jesus just how far behind am I... damn K-TV taking up all my time).  One scene in this I really liked was when Higuchi brought some snacks and games for them to bond over and they break the sweets pack out and over into the audience, so the first 6 rows or such had a chance of getting sweets from them! And once they were thrown Masaki was sweet enough to be like ‘there’s still a packet on the floor over there’ and such.

Masshu's character was so adorable. I was surprised that him and Higuchi were playing the same character but it makes sense. They're both super funny and entertaining. I love how ridiculous this character was! Especially with Masshu randomly throwing out random English like 'let's find our.... blue spring ('seishun' instead of 'youth')' and he would be like '...why?! ... why??' in English instead. It cracked me up a lot. But I did get worried because in this story past self, Higuchi, spends a lot in the hospital and can't join in on activities because of doctor's orders so I was super worried that we were going to get a 'I wanted us 5 to do this trip because I'm dying'' kind of plot line -- but thank god, turns out his future self is doing well.

As for Higuchi, lets be real, he was just playing himself. There was a scene where Taiga goes mental because he got his game system taken away from him so he goes on a mental pillow hitting streak on the members and Higuchi was just in the corner dying of laughter to himself along with the entirity of the audience. His character was annoying and in your face but in a good way; he just wanted to be friends with everyone! And because he was clearly a weak or sick child he wanted to make lots of friends and be normal and make meaningful memories - he reminded me very much of Kamen Rider Fourzes' Gen and his mission to make 100 friends!

Moving onto the Jounin/Takenaka pair. I personally, if you know me and remember, I don't particularly like Jounin as an actor; whenever I've seen him, I've always felt annoyed or underwhelmed by his character/acting. But in this one, I felt he did just fine. He was alright and did just a fine job. But he didn't exactly stand out either. Takenaka on the other hand; I focused on him more than I did Jounin; and I really liked his introduction where we're immediately told that he was once the main lead in Meitantei Jun and everyone around him wants handshakes and such and he's just like 'I'm used to it. You can ask, don't worry about it,' and we also see glimpses of teachers coming to him and saying, 'your mother called, won't you answer?' and he always replies 'tell her I'm busy' because (as he explains) she's only calling because she wants him to take more auditions because he just keeps failing them all. Jounin remembers his past self and gets annoyed because by now his mother has already past away (5 years ago) and when he finally go the courage to tell her that he didn't want to act anymore and to finally tell her he found a normal job etc. she was so happy to hear and congratulated him. But she soon passed after that. So when these two finally meet, of course Jounin is like 'you should answer your mother's calls. You should just tell her how you feel' etc. But more on that later.

4th in line is Matsumura and Taiga. They are the polar opposites; Taiga is obsessed with playing games and finds so much positivity and joy in life even from the smallest of things; while Matsumura, even though he got his dream of being the CEO of a gaming company, he finds it boring, nothing is interesting in his life. Seeing this polar opposite was very interesting. I really enjoyed Taiga's character and I love how mental he went when he didn't have a game to play in his hands xD I also love that he just enjoys whatever! I didn't realise, until the high touch event, who Matsumura was and then I saw him and I was like 'damn your Makoto from EnStage!'. He looks MUCH better in this stage than he does in EnStage.

Finally we have Kimura and Akisawa. These two were very similar in their present and past selves. It was very hilarious to see them two because they didn't change much. Both of them were scared of ghosts and both were loud and pretending they weren't scared of ghosts. They had... a lot of passion < is the best way to put it xD they created a lot of the comedy when it was just the five boys on stage together. This character is constantly moving and it's in a very yankee way and he's also always twisting and being super fast moving etc. it was very comedic and fun to watch! OH and another ridiculous thing about him; Akisawa has kids and they're called Donald, Minnie and Mickey, which is already ridiculous enough, but then it's later revealed that they're all boys!

Towards the end, the present selves manage to contact their past selves so they end up having one on one battles with each other which is just absolutely hilarious. So we had Harashima and Masaki going head to head against each other and Harashima is like 'you're my black past!!! Why didn't you enjoy it?! Why did you have to be so crazy?!' and Masaki is like 'you're a salaryman?!?! You're my black future!! Why did I become like this?!?!'

We had Masshu and Higuchi getting along very well and just talking about how's life and Masshu explains 'you get really sick for about 4 years, but don't worry, I'm all good now'.

Jounin keeps asking Takenaka about their mum and why he won't answer her calls while he's on this summer trip and tells her that he should be honest about his feelings of not wanting to be an actor anymore and that he should talk to his mother more. Also he asks him if ghosts are real and Takenaka is like 'they're not' and Jounin admits he believes in them.

Then we had Matsumura and Taiga; Taiga is so happy and fascinated that he became the CEO of a gaming company and asks Matsumura to play a game with him. But Taiga keeps losing but because Taiga is so happy about playing games and Matsumura can see the happy life his old self is leading that he says Taiga is the real winner and he now wants to find fun in his life again.

Finally we have Kimura and Akisawa who are just being absolutely ridiculous and going all headbutty and fighting on top of each other a lot and Kimura is annoyed that Akisawa is considering divorcing his wife and Kimura is like 'I thought I was cooler than this!!! I'm supposed to love my one and only girl for the rest of my life like a cool guy!!! If I find a woman I love then she surely deserves it all!' and finally Akisawa is like 'damn past me is so damn cool! What was I thinking divorcing her!'

Another scene I really loved with our main five boys is in a past scene; where they five boys and their teacher Tani-sensei and the Kendo sensei are all together and Higuchi randomly asks 'who here are virgins? Come on, admit it' and at first only Tani-sensei raises his hand, so naturally the audience start laughing, and then all the boys except Higuchi raise their hands and finally, he's turned away from the boys so they can't see but the Kendo sensei raises his hand a little too, and the entire audience EXPLODED in laughter. So naturally all the boys are like 'come on (Higuchi), raise your hand too! You're a virgin too!.... right? ... you're a virgin, right? ... wait what?! WHEN?! TELL US EVERYTHING!'

Now I'll get down to the more minor characters, starting with Iwa Yoshito! His character stood out because everytime he was on stage and with the rest of the class, for some reason they really wanted to just strip him off all his clothing and while they didn't show it the first few times, there's one part where the 5 MCs are in the foreground and you can see some of the students using their shirts to block the view and when they stop doing that, Iwa is just stood completely shirtless. And then towards the end of the show he just takes his shirt off himself and everyone's like 'why did you do that?' and he's like 'I give up!' and walks off xD

Takasaki Shungo’s character was very interesting. He was the ONE guy in their school year and in the summer school who was in touch with girls and the first scene with him, we see him on the phone to a bunch of girls and making dates to go to the summer festival with them. Naturally, all the other boys are super jealous! He is also the one who really gets into Kendo sensei’s ‘Special Class’ and he starts practising at night when everyone else is asleep and he wants to learn more so he starts trailing the sensei at night (which is hilarious). And then when they do the cultural event slash festival at the end, he’s the one who’s able to invite the all-girl schools to go and watch (we, the audience, as treated as those students at the end) them perform.

Hiroki's character was so funny! He was adorable too with these two cute pink pins in his hair. His part was smaller than I would've wanted but you can't win them all can you xD he had a main part of this story which was tormenting the PE(?) teacher and constantly making banana jokes around him. He asks the teacher where his banana is and the teacher is like '???' and Hiroki replies 'well you look like a monkey'. Then in a later scene, the teacher has a yellow towel around his neck and Hiroki goes 'why do you have a banana around your neck?' and every time this joke happens the teacher tries to attack him and yells 'It's not a banana!'. But in the very final scene for him, he's actually holding a banana and Hiroki approaches him and just says 'thank you for teaching me so much teacher!' and of course the teacher gets pissed because that's not what he was expecting and is like 'OI! I have a banana! Are you not going to say it?!' and Hiroki is like 'nah I gave up on that joke' and Hiroki runs because the teacher tries to attack him again xD it was really funny and really hilarious. Especially considering how many monkey jokes get thrown at Hiroki himself from his coworkers and friends xD

Now onto the teachers - who are BAT SHIT CRAZY!

Murakami Kouhei plays the headteacher (or at least is the more senior within this group) and he's perculiar in that he quotes many different and famous people through the entirity of the play and acts very stoic. But then when they do the festival at the end, he goes a little loopy because he gets to play one of the final bosses and has two swords to fight the boys with (as expected of a Kamen Rider actor!).

Nishioka Daisuke is just the most perverted teacher ever! He's Murakami's right hand man and of course obeys and respects everything about Murakami but he's also like 'oi, you should introduce me to the students at the All Girls tachibana school' and things like that. He's just a pervert xD

Mende Tomoyuki plays the 'robot' teacher. Everyone thinks he's a robot because his movements and his talking is so monotone and so rigid but of course he isn't. He's a very strict teacher and doesn't show much emotion.

I am pretty sure it's Kitadai Takashi who plays the aggressive and abusive PE teacher. Whenever he tries to attack and hurt the students, Murakami is always by the side and he looks over to him and stops attacking the students xD

Kanesaki Kentaro ends up playing the Kendo sensei who everyone in the audience absolutely fell in love with, He is absolutely hilarious! At first we see him teaching the 'Special Class' and we just think he's normal but then in a later scene we seen him on a scooter with a helmet and just skating across the stage all silently which was just bizarre. And then in a later scene he's off scootering and a student tries to talk to him but he continues skating like he never saw him xD and finally towards the end when he joins up with the MCs, he just gets ridiculously funny; the virgin scene and then him getting happy about girl schools coming to the festival and he's all trigger happy when he has a wooden sword in his hand. He totally became the audience's favourite by the end of the show! He was such a barrel of laughs. Seriously, my notes of him were just 'The kendo sensei being crazy as fuck'.

Totani Kimito plays the new homeroom teacher 'Tani' (which is a pun becaue in Japanese homeroom teacher means Tanin and he's like 'I"m the tanin, Tani. No that's not my name on purpose' xD I really liked him. He was very sweet and very easily lovable. But I was suspicious of him because he bumps into the boys in the future just after they talk about 'are ghosts real?' so for the majority of the play, I assumed present Tani was actually a ghost reciding in that place, but I was wrong. There was no catch. He was just there with another year of school summer activity students.

One thing I am thankful about is the fact that there was surprisingly nothing sad in this play, thank god! I was waiting for it. Especially when we had Higuchi being sent to hospital and we learn that Jounin's mother passed away. But there was no big sad moment and no tears so (thank god) it was a completely comedic and positive play which -- guys -- it's been a while.

Unfortunately none of the other boys particularly stood out but after googling them, I recognise a lot or can say I've seen and/or know about some of the stuff they've done. 

AFTER EVENT!

As in per usual style of mine, I had no idea there was an aftershow event until I was at the damn show! It was a high-touch/high-five event with all the main characters/actors! So I got to high-five:

Harashima Motohisa Ishiwatari Masshu Akisawa Kentaro Jounin Tatsuki Matsumura Taiichiro Masaki Kaoru Higuchi Yuta Kimura Atsushi Takenaka Ryouhei Fukazawa Taiga

And it went in order of Matsumura-Taiga-Akisawa-Kimura-Takenaka-Jounin-Masshu-Higuchi-Harashima-Masaki along the line. I am so super happy that I got to get high-touches with Taiga (I remember he had such a great smile on his face), Masshu (my friend is his fan so he's used to seeing white foreigners in front of his face now xD), Higuchi (I was super nervous high-touching him... I honestly think this is the FIRST stage I've ever seen him live in the flesh too! DAMN), Kimura (he was cute, obviously! I've always wanted to see him on stage but our schedules and stages just don't tend to match xD) and Harashima (I was super nervous high-touching him too!). Also the line slowed down about Higuchi/Masshu/Jounin around so that didn't help my nerves with Higuchi! Haha MAsaki always greeted me with this huge smile right at the end of the line which was adorable! But of course I was sad that Hiroki was NOT in the line xD

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GOODS

I was so thankful that Hiroki only has one bromide set this time. BUT I did feel a little upset he didn't have at least two sets xD I think this is the cheapest he's ever cost me!

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And we are done!

[sakurasakiyama]

More photos from the Tenimyu 7th Gen reunion last night! You can find the other lot that have also posted the main group photos so far here!

Sources:

Mario

Shohei

Yusuke 

Seiya

Yoshito 

[whitesnowfoxy]

😭😭😭

my boys finally make their yearly reunion agaiiinnn... this what i waiting for..

even though they missing 2 members, but that’s okay.. at least they make it.. they always make it.. they always manage to make a gathering once a year.. 

and their smiles.. 😄😄 egao miseyooo... 🎶🎶

source : 

ogoe yuuki

tawada hideya

 yata yusuke 1 2

inagaki seiya

shohey 1 2

ishiwatari mashu

kuroba mario

iwa yoshito 

[save-the-data]

This title will be released on August 29, 2018.

[mikazukirin]

[Reunioun] SEIGAKU 7th

2015

2017

So good to see them still had a time to meet.. but we missed 2 person this year :(

[kyoupann]

ヴィジュアルブック「theater of fairytale」‏

[leenaevilin-birthday-calendar]

[February] J-Actors Birthday Calendar

♪ February 1st

◎ Yoshizawa Ryou 吉沢亮 1994

♪ February 2nd 

◎ Amasaka Ryouta 雨坂亮汰 2001

◎ Kawakubo Yuuki 川久保雄基 1991

◎ Kazuuchi Yuu 一内侑 1981

◎ Kiriyama Ren 桐山漣 1985

◎ Kitamura Eiki 北村栄基 1981

◎ Nanba Shouhei 南羽翔平 1991

♪ February 3rd 

◎ Irei Kanata 伊礼彼方 1982

◎ Isaka Ikumi 井阪郁巳 1996

◎ Murase Fuminori 村瀬文宣 1992

♪ February 4th

◎ Funaki Masahide 船木政秀 1992

◎ Suzuki Shougo 鈴木勝吾 1989

♪ February 5th 

◎ Aramaki Yoshihiko 荒牧慶彦 1990

◎ Shinohara Ryuu 篠原立 1999

♪ February 6th 

◎ Ichihara Hayato 市原隼人 1987

◎ Tsuchiya Yuuichi 土屋佑壱 1979

◎ Yoshida Chihiro 吉田知央 1999

♪ February 7th 

◎ Kojima Kotori 小島ことり

◎ Maeyama Takahisa 前山剛久 1991

◎ Mukai Osamu 向井理 1982

♪ February 8th 

◎ Morinaga Ayato 森永彩斗

◎ Nakazawa Takanori 中澤隆範 1976

◎ Oohira Shunya 大平峻也 1994

◎ Sakurai Keito 櫻井圭登 1993

◎ Washio Noboru 鷲尾昇 1977

◎ Yanagawa Rui 柳川瑠衣 1998

♪ February 9th 

◎ Kitazono Ryou 北園涼 1992

♪ February 10th 

◎

♪ February 11th

◎ Hosokawa Akihiro 細川晃弘 1986

◎ Mitsuya Ryou 三津谷亮 1988

♪ February 12th 

◎ Nakamura Ryuusuke 中村龍介 1985

◎ Yasui Kazuma 安井一真 1994

♪ February 13th

◎ Fukushima Kaita 福島海太 1998

◎ Katou Ryou 加藤諒 1990

◎ Okada Ryousuke 岡田亮輔 1983

◎ Terumi 輝海 1986

◎ Usui Takuya 臼井琢也 1975

♪ February 14th

◎ Higuchi Yuuta 樋口裕太 1995

◎ Hirose Tomoki 廣瀬智紀 1987

◎ Satou Hisanori 佐藤永典 1990

◎ Takizawa Ryou 滝澤諒 1998

♪ February 15th 

◎ Aoki Kenji 青木堅治 1980

♪ February 16th 

◎ Juri 寿里 1981

◎ Miura Ryousuke 三浦涼介 1987

♪ February 17th 

◎ Kamakari Kenta 鎌苅健太 1984

◎ Matsubara Rin 松原凛

♪ February 18th

◎ Naitou Taiki 内藤大希 1988

◎ Takahashi Rio 高橋里央 1994

◎ Taguchi Ryou 田口涼 1989

♪ February 19th 

◎

♪ February 20th

◎ Koide Keisuke 小出恵介 1984

◎ Konishi Ryousei 小西遼生 1982

◎ Murakami Wataru 村上渉 1995

◎ Tanaka Hiroki 田中宏輝 1994

♪ February 21st

◎ Kaname Jun 要潤 1981

◎ Sakuraba Haruto 桜庭大翔 1996

◎ Suda Masaki 菅田将暉 1993

◎ Tsuji Daiki 辻大樹 1992

♪ February 22nd

◎

♪ February 23rd 

◎ Tanabe Ken 田邊謙 1994

♪ February 24th 

◎

♪ February 25th

◎ Kamimura Kaisei 上村海成 1997

◎ Katou Keiki 加藤圭貴 1985

◎ Sana Hiroki 佐奈宏紀 1997

♪ February 26th

◎ Aoki Ryou 青木瞭 1996

◎ Hiramaki Jin 平牧仁 1987

◎ Iwa Yoshito 岩義人 1996

♪ February 27th

◎ Matsumoto Yuuichi 松本祐一 1990

◎ Satou Ryuuta 佐藤隆太 1980

♪ February 28th 

◎

♪ February 29th 

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See Photos from "NARUTO & BORUTO SHINOBI-ZATO" Attraction's Opening Day

The Nijigen no Mori theme park in Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, opens its new attraction "NARUTO & BORUTO SHINOBI-ZATO" featuring the world and characters from Masashi Kishimoto's internationally popular ninja action manga series Naruto and its sequel Boruto: Naruto Next Generations today on April 20.

    The attraction recreates the "Konohagakure no Sato" village with a giant Hokage Iwa/Hokage Rock and 1/1 scale character statues. In addition, a shop offering original goods and a restaurant inspired by "Ramen Ichiraku," the ramen restaurant in Konohagakure, also open in the area.

    The attraction's official Twitter has been posting photos introducing its cosplay staff and various areas. 

本日の淡路島は晴天です????☀️ 『#NARUTO＆#BORUTO #忍里』本日オープンしました❗️ 特典付QRチケット????https://t.co/ojwAET50HS CM????https://t.co/81PYuv2tV0 WEBサイト???? https://t.co/uzlplhKAw9… #shinobizato #ナルト #ボルト #ニジゲンノモリ #淡路島 pic.twitter.com/wX3HQG1DJS

— NARUTO＆BORUTO 忍里(SHINOBI-ZATO)公式 (@nb_shinobizato) 2019年4月20日

  Shinji Rachi, who has played Itachi Uchiha in the Naruto stage plays and served as Nijigen no Mori's

ambassador of friendship, also visited the attraction.

#NARUTO #BORUTO #忍里 本日オープンです????✨ なんと���んと、ニジゲンノモリ親善大使でもあり、2.5次元舞台でうちはイタチ役を演じている良知真次さんが #忍里 まで来てくれました???? ありがとうございます〜???? 当日券は本日20:30までまだまだ販売中なので、現地券売機でお買い求めください???????? pic.twitter.com/q4tyG6N1VC

— NARUTO＆BORUTO 忍里(SHINOBI-ZATO)公式 (@nb_shinobizato) 2019年4月20日

  『#NARUTO＆#BORUTO #忍里』【本日 10:00】オープン???? 本日はBORUTOスタッフがグリーティングを行います☺️写真撮影????です❗️ 特典付QRチケット????https://t.co/ojwAET50HS CM????https://t.co/81PYuv2tV0 WEBサイト???? https://t.co/uzlplhKAw9… #shinobizato #ナルト #ボルト #ニジゲンノモリ #淡路島 pic.twitter.com/UJNqWmniab

— NARUTO＆BORUTO 忍里(SHINOBI-ZATO)公式 (@nb_shinobizato) 2019年4月20日

   "Konoha Shouten" goods store

【グッズ情報】 『#NARUTO＆#BORUTO #忍里』の木ノ葉商店では、たくさんのグッズをご用意してお待ちしております☺️ 忍里オリジナルグッズはまだまだありますので、引き続き投稿していきます❗️????#shinobizatogoods #shinobizato #ニジゲンノモリ #淡路島 pic.twitter.com/x7JQBzlZNS

— NARUTO＆BORUTO 忍里(SHINOBI-ZATO)公式 (@nb_shinobizato) 2019年4月19日

     "NARUTO & BORUTO SHINOBI-ZATO" has two main playable areas:

   1. "NARUTO Athletic - Chi no Maki (The Earth Chapter)"

 - Participants can experience the worldview of Naruto by challenging various activities to gather the missing

"Fuuin no Kakera (The pieces of the seal)."

   2. "BORUTO Maze - Ten no Maki (The Sky Chapter)"

 - Solid maze that recreates the world of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. Participants join the training course

of the Ninja Academy from which Boruto graduated, and find an exit from the maze using their brain and body.

  プレミアム先行体験会1日目、お越しいただきありがとうございました✨ 先行体験会は4/18まで開催中です❗️ 『#NARUTO＆#BORUTO #忍里』は【4/20】グランドオープン???? 詳細はこちら???? https://t.co/6OATNaWxSd#shinobizato #ナルト #ボルト #ニジゲンノモリ #淡路島 pic.twitter.com/XNRYqngOuI

— NARUTO＆BORUTO 忍里(SHINOBI-ZATO)公式 (@nb_shinobizato) 2019年4月15日

  『#NARUTO＆#BORUTO #忍里』オープンまで【あと3日】☺️ 園内には小ネタも色々あるので、是非見つけてみてください???? オープン直前ですがグッズ情報もそろそろ出てきます❗️ 忍里WEBサイト????https://t.co/f3eTCi2EMk#shinobizato #ナルト #ボルト #ニジゲンノモリ #淡路島 pic.twitter.com/ScrVnuiejV

— NARUTO＆BORUTO 忍里(SHINOBI-ZATO)公式 (@nb_shinobizato) 2019年4月17日

     60-second official PV

    30-second CM

    "NARUTO & BORUTO SHINOBI-ZATO" main visual 

    Collaboration menu including the "Ichiraku Ramen" appeared in the story

     The Nijigen no Mori (literally means two-dimensional forest) theme park dedicated to Japanese pop

culture contents, mainly manga and anime, opened in Awaji Island (Awaji-shima), the biggest island

in the Seto Inland Sea, in July 2017. Its facilities include a 1.2km long projection mapping inspired

by Osamu Tezuka's representative manga work Phoenix and an adventure park area based on the

characters and film worlds of Yoshito Usui's Crayon Shin-chan.

     Map

    Source: Pasona Group press release, "NARUTO & BORUTO SHINOBI-ZATO" official Twitter

  ©Masashi Kishimoto Scoot/Shueisha, TV Tokyo, Pierrot

  By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com

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[Announcement] 浪漫活劇譚『艶漢』第三夜 (roman katsugeki banashi: adekan daisanya)

the DVD will be available from October 30th, 2019 ☆ ☆ ☆

Sakurai Keito Mikami Shun

[nyxravessnow]

Seigaku cast ranking

I decided to do my ranking of the Seigaku characters and then their respective actors 

1. Kaidoh

- Sana Hiroki

- Kujirai Kousuke

- Kimura Tatsunari

- Yanagishita Tomo

- Ikeoka Ryosuke

- Hayashi Akihiro

- Nakajima Takuto

- Makishima Hikaru

- Gomoto Naoya

- Hirata Yuichirou

 2. Eiji

- Honda Reo

- Seto Koji

- Koseki Yuuta

- Kuroba Mario

- Taguchi Tsukasa

- Takasaki Shouta

- Nagayama Takashi

- Osamu Adachi

- Hamao Kyousuke

- Yamazaki Ichitaro

- Nagata Seiichiro

 3. Oishi

- Ishida Shun

- Hiramaki Jin

- Takiguchi Yukihiro

- Yamamoto Ikkei

- Tsujimoto Yuki

- Matsumura Yu

- Todoya Yuuya

- Suzuki Hiroki

- Ezoe Takanori

- Tsuchiya Yuichi

 4. Momo

- Yoshimura Shunsaku

- Mashima Shuuto

- Kamitsuru Toru

- Makita Tetsuya

- Nobuyama Toshihiro

- Shinpei Takagi

- Moriyama Eiji

- Kaji Masaki

- Ishiwatari Mashu

- Okubo Tatsuki

 5. Tezuka

- Zaiki Takuma

- Watanabe Daisuke

- Wada Takuma

- Tawada Hideya

- Baba Ryouma

- Aoki Ryo

- Uno Yuuya

- Shirota Yu

- Minami Keisuke

- Takigawa Eiji

- Okuchi Kengo

 6. Inui

- Teruma

- Tanaka Ryousei

- Takahashi Yuuta

- Nakayama Masei

- Arai Yuusuke

- Kato Sho

- Inagaki Seiya

- Takenouchi Daisuke

- Aoyama Sota

- Araki Hirofumi

 7. Taka-san

- Suzuki Masaya

- Takikawa Koudai

- Watanabe Kouji

- Abe Yoshitsugu

- Kitamura Eiki

- Ogasawara Hiroaki

- Ikkou Chou

- Kon Teyu

- Iwata Tomoki

- Shohei

- Yaguchi Sora

- Kotani Yoshikazu

 8. Echizen

- Sakamoto Shogo

- Takahashi Ryuki

- Furuta Kazuki

- Ogoe Yuuki

- Sakurada Dori

- Yanagi Kotaro

- Nichika Akutsu

- Kimeru

- Endo Yuya

 9. Fuji

- Furukawa Yuuta

- Hashimoto Taito

- Yata Yusuke

- Kamisato Yuki

- Kimeru

- Aiba Hiroki

- Nagayama Takashi

- Ibu Minaki

- Sadamoto Fuuma

- Mitsuya Ryo

 10. Kachiro

- Shinohara Ryu

- Ohira Shunya

- Ito Tsubasa

- Kawamoto Ryo

- Okui Nagato

- Hirai Hiroki

- Mori Yuya

- Toyonaga Toshiyuki

- Mitsui Ryo

- Nakamigawa Toshiki

 11. Katsuo

- Sarashima Arata

- Watanabe Masashi

- Eguchi Koichi

- Takahashi Rio

- Okamoto Yuki

- Hatakeyama Shion

- Ono Mizuki

- Kobayashi Mizuki

- Hotta Masaru

- Okuda Yumeto

 12. Horio

- Shimo Seiya

- Yamada Ryo

- Hara Masaki

- Iwa Yoshito

- Masui Kento

- Maruyama Shun

- Souma Shinta

- Ishibashi Yusuke

- Ryuga

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2018.04.18 Marker Light Blue: Blessed Review!

This is the FOURTH installment of their series!

First Stage Deeper Crimson

And now this one!

Official Site here Official Twitter here Press Coverage 1, 2, 3, 4 Online Shop here

CAST and CHARACTERS

Jyounin Tatsuki as Saphir Sugie Masahiro as Verite Oguri Ryo as Honette Furuhata Keisuke as Affection Iwa Yoshito as Tendress Tanaka Hiroki as Chasete Tenma Shoto as Horace / Orasu Kobayashi Mizuki as Roro/Roro Tominaga Yuya as Ruby Shiokawa Wataru as Dignite Kurotaka as Beaute Takeda Tomohiro as Walter Tsuji Ryo as Sanom Akiba Yusuke as Inutile Ukai Mondo as Diamant Kida Keisuke as Serieux (Seryuu) Uchino Futo as Shounen/Boy

NON-SPOILER REVIEW Overall: As expected this was so good! I think it might even be better than Crimson! I have so many feels about this one that I don't know where to start. As usual the story was very interesting and again they went in a completely different direction to what I was expecting! There was a lot of emotion and a lot of heartbreak, which is expected, and I cried so hard towards the end (probably the entire last 30 minutes). I love being in this world so much and I love the characters and every time they bring new characters in it's so interesting! BUT it definitely felt like this was the 'THE END' stage. Especially with the ending, it feels like they're closing the book on this one BUT I did ask them to please continue this series and perhaps bring or focus on OTHER characters and make other characters the MAIN character next time rather than Safire. His story is definitely complete and feels finished but I would love like a Red Clan spin off or a stage that focuses on the two brothers or a stage that completely focuses on Walter or something! I love so many characters and this world and I just want MORE! They're always leaving me wanting MORE! Rating: 8.5-9/10 <<< as you can see my freaking rating is going up every time too!

*

SPOILER REVIEW

Like I said in my non-spoiler, where the fuck do I begin with this stage...

STORY - major spoilers for previous stages.

So it's set after all the other stages so far and somehow all the people who died so far how been brought back to life. But something is VERY different about them all. They're colder, they don't care for anyone but themselves, they don't care about who they left behind; Verite, Safire, Roro, Ruby etc. Soon we find out that they're merely puppets. Their bodies were brought back but their heart and minds are lost. We learn that a man called Diamant has brought them back and while he's adamant he knows Safire, Safire has no knowledge or memory of him. So now they're left to figure out 'how do we stop our friends without killing them by our own hands? How do we get their memories and their heart back?' and stuff like that. I won't spoil anymore but if that intrigues you enough then PLEASE WATCH AND SUPPORT THIS! It's so good okay!

CAST/CHARACTERS

Jyounin Tatsuki as Saphir: I've watched Jyounin in a number of plays, including this being the third time I've seen him in Marker. But I finally decided this time around; I just don't like this boy's acting. Something just doesn't work for me. Maybe it's his character?! But he just doesn't impress me and he bores me. I definitely remember him the least in ALL of these Marker stages and I'm kind of glad we're DONE with his story; I'd much rather see and learn about someone else because everyone else is a far better and far more interesting character/actor. I'm sorry to his fans but I just don't see it. Like I said, could just be the character.

Sugie Masahiro as Verite: After seeing him in Lucky Dog, my views of Verite changed a little. He's always been so cool but he's always seemed so proper and kind of... teachery-like. But I do like the actor and after seeing him doing something completely different in Lucky Dog (review here), I could see the attractiveness in Verite more. OHHH!! And there's scene in this where his hair is tied up and I loved it!! Has he done this in previous ones? He should do this ALL the time!

Oguri Ryo as Honette: We ALLLLL know I love Oguri Ryo! I cannot give the boy ANY more praise than what I already give him! But as usual his Honette was so bad ass and cool! There's a moment where he jumps down the stage and even though he's one of the older ones there, he does it so flawlessly and looks so cool doing it! Naturally it made me upset seeing him and Chasete not getting along but there are two moments in this stage where him and Chasete are sat next to each other top right of the upper stage, and they're just being so cutesy and sweet together and have a secret discussion and smiling and Chasete was poking Honette at one point too(!!!) -- It just filled me with so many feels! They were SO cute together. As expected his fighting scenes and choreography were so good and his fight with Verite was so much fun, though it was hurting my heart.

Furuhata Keisuke as Affection and Iwa Yoshito as Tendress: I have to put these two together because their characters are twins. And because of the circumstances this time around, seeing them just being completely brutal and not caring and physically hurting each other in this really hit me in the feels. It was disgusting to see the lack of emotion and care they had for each other. So much so that it became a competition with them during the fight scenes; they each wanted to win so while also attacking their enemy, they would attack and sabotage each other!! I much prefer Iwa between these two and it became more evident this time around when I could clearly see this huge ability gap between them when it came to dancing and the fighting choreography and their flexibility etc. It was really obvious this time. Also I enjoyed Iwa's dancing SO MUCH! He's so good!!

Tanaka Hiroki as Chasete: This time around Chasete is still his bitchy, mean self but it feels different. It doesn't feel like he's hurting and manipulating because he has a motivation or a reason to. You can see this time he's doing it just because! And what I loved about Chasete this time around is that because of their lack of soul/heart/memories Chasete did NOT give a shit about who had brought him back to life. It was hilarious! He'd get these orders and he's like 'why should I do what you say? I have no reason to fight for you' which is just like 'ahhh my sassy Chasete!'. He was great!

I also noticed this time around that his outfit had some extra accessories and such. He had this chain around his jeans and on the end of it was a clock and I really liked that new and extra touch. It really suited him and to be honest, I kind of want one too!

Tenma Shoto as Horace / Orasu: Horace is still trying to get over his pubescent emotions and feelings during this one. He gets really jealous! Towards the beginning of the stage, straight away he's like 'why is everyone fighting for Saphire? Why is everyone running to help him?!' and he makes a DAMN VALID point! Why IS everyone risking themselves for this mystery student who showed up like 3 months ago. But of course the answer is obvious: friendship. And Horace's jealous and hate towards Saphire stems from two things; Verite pays less attention to Horace with Saphire around -- this is due to A. Verite and Saphire having an actual spiritual/magical connection with each other and B. Verite is like the one who should be leading, who should be protecting everyone so yes he is going to push away a young student who looks up to him so he can protect him. and C. Horace, at the end of the day, still has major feelings for Chasete even after all the manipulating and trickery that happened to him because of Chasete and then when Chasete gets killed BECAUSE he went off to help fight with Saphire, you can totally understand why he's just like 'ah fuck this guy' towards Saphire. But obviously his character arch this time is to move past that and understand why and get to know Saphire more etc.

OH there is another reason why Horace is so mean and that's with the next character...

Kobayashi Mizuki as Roro/Roro: He actually gets a MAJOR development point in this stage and that is: HE FINALLY GETS HIS POWERS!! He spends the first half of the play with Saphire going 'when you have time, I have something I want to tell you!' and then just before Saphire, Verite and co go into battle he's like 'I finally got my powers!' and he uses them to help during the final battle! It was so satisfying and so great to see Roro finally get his powers! The first few stages he was always somewhat worried that his powers would never come and would always feel like 'why was I accepted into this school when I can't even do anything?!' so to have him finally gain powers made me so happy! And his damn power is so good! He can tansport to pretty much anywhere! It was so coooool!!

So yes, this reason of 'now Horace is the only one without a developed power' causes Horace to be even more mean and cold towards everyone and causes him to lash out etc.

Roro is just SO DAMN ADORABLE! And I am so happy that Kobayashi ended up playing him this time around because he is so damn cute too! ***Shortly after this stage, Kobayashi announced his going to 'take a break' (he never said quit) from acting to pursue other work and other experiences. He's so cute and he's such a great actor so if you ever have time, please take some time out to watch some of his performances on DVD! I recommend Tenimyu, BASARA, Marker Light Blue, IkazuchigaOka and Yuhi no Shinobi.

Tominaga Yuya as Ruby:

I'm going to be honest, I had NO idea this character's actor had changed until I looked at the pamphelt! They did really well replacing this one! And I thought the actor was very faithful as Ruby! I have no qualms about him.

Shiokawa Wataru as Dignite: I really like this character. I think he’s so cool with a slight stupid side to him. But because of the events that occur, he’s cold and fighting side really comes out this time. Especially because with the story being centered on the Blue group, the Reds are kind of left to figure out what the hell Beaute is up to, which finally comes to light this time around. So there’s a lot of Dignite vs Beaute in this; and I love both of them so it’s kind of difficult for my heart xD

Kurotaka as Beaute: I have to say......... I COULD NOT un-see Domoto as Beaute. Like this guy was talking but my brain was like translating and changing it all into how Domoto would say it and how he would sound. And there's a part where *MAJOR SPOILERS COMING* Beaute is finally defeated and he's on his last few breaths and of course, Reds been sweeties at heart, Ruby is holding him up and Beaute is just like 'You're the one I hate the most' and it was SUCH a good moment and my brain was just like 'arrrghhhh Domoto would've said that line SO WELL! I can totally see Domoto nailing that moment!!!' so as much as the new actor tried -- he had a very Sephiroth feel to him in his movements and his voice, and obviously the hair -- and he did a good job, I just couldn't unsee Domoto as Beaute and my brain was just like 'I wish Domoto was here playing Beaute' and 'oh Domoto would've done this moment like this' sorry but, I'm bias!  But Beaute getting his comeuppance was so good! When it was all finally revealed, it felt so satisfying and I really like how he ended and he was such a good little shit. And that line he says to Ruby is just PERFECT.

Takeda Tomohiro as Walter: I very obviously miss the original cast for Walter but this guy did great too! But he was a lot more manly than the last one. With the previous actor, Katou Mao, I felt like we knew he was TRYING to be tough and cold but we could see the soft side in him. This time around I definitely felt he was more cold than  closet softie. But he did a good job nonetheless. I'm just a sucker for changes and tend to really hate (especially cast) changes.

Tsuji Ryo as Sanom:

I am glad we got a replacement here because I don't particularly like Oshima Ryo or at least what I've seen him in I haven't really warmed to him. And this guy did fine. He was definitely the better actor but there was nothing that really stood out to me about him or his role. OH! There IS a moment where he explains his story and it's like TEN MINUTES LONG, it's a really long storytelling sequence and I just felt like we could've done without that. It felt like a waste of time to me. And I really do not like Sanom's outfit. I really don't! It looks like it would give you the BIGGEST wedgie in the world! OH no thank you...

Akiba Yusuke as Inutile: Well, SPOILERS but, Inutile is.... dead. So Akiba couldn't really do much during this stage and his part was really small. The only parts where he was necessary is when Sanom is using his new curing power -- thanks to Inutile giving up his life and giving it to him -- because they do the power and the movements together. But that's about it. I really wanted Akiba to have a much bigger role both in this one AND in Crimson but I guess the writers didn't think the same. I hope I can see him in a much bigger role in the future. He deserves it.

I felt the brothers were pretty pointless this time around, especially because their actual story is set BEFORE Marker Light Blue Deeper even happens (so before everyone dies) and to have them randomly show up after ALL that has happened. I didn't think it worked but obviously you needed them for certain plot points (Walter and Beaute).

Ukai Mondo as Diamant: I’m having trouble writing this one because Mondo is the fucking MVP of this whole god damn stage! He was absolutely amazing! His character at first appears to be this super evil guy with this really crazy laugh. But then as the show goes on, we see him very quickly remembering his past and having a conscious and he starts to break and becomes this crying mess with this small quivering voice. It was amazing seeing him switch SO flawlessly on stage! His two personalities were so amazing and very believable and so well done!

One moment I really loved was when Serieux was going to attack Beaute but for his protection Diamant stops him! It was such a good moment!

He met my expectations, went PAST that, gave me this amazing performance and I just wept and enjoyed his character so freaking much! I cannot fault this boy. He was PER-FECT-ION! Seriously, go and support this boy!

Kida Keisuke as Serieux (Seryuu): Oooooohhhh I like this boy's acting STRAIGHT away! He reminds me of an elf; he's tall and very proper and has this pride and arrogance about him. He was a really interesting character to me. There's also this mysterious side to him because we see him making an effort in trying to stop Mondo/Diamant from remembering who he is, or the memories and such, and we don't know why until much later.Then when we get to the scene where his motives come to light and he's like 'I only did it to protect you! I've always been by your side and yet you're so obsessed with reconnecting with Saphire! Am I not good enough for you?!' and I was just in streams of tears. He pretty much goes OBERYN STYLE when he’s yelling at Diamat (as in just yelling the same thing like three times to his face). And then he's just holding onto Mondo for dear life when Mondo is dying and just my heart could not take it! He died in him arms! I also really love the character visual and his staff and his whole personality is interesting too. I was really impressed with both the character and the actor one this one.

Uchino Futo as Shounen/Boy: Uchino was really good. For some reason my expectations are always somewhat lower for younger actors but he did great! He had a very emotional and very dark role to play and I think he did it very well! SPOILERS >>> he was so good as the child version of Diamant. His mirroring with Mondo was so good! I absolutely loved the scene where they hug each other.

AFTER EVENT

The after event was a photo session so here’s the one’s I snapped:

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GOODS

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And there we go! My June (from now really) is pretty empty so fingers crossed I actually get my reviews and shit done.

[tomykentaro]

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[whitesnowfoxy]

YESS YEESS YEESS.. SEIGAKU 7TH MAKE A REUNION AGAIINN.. They called it new years party.. haha.. But there're no masyu and mario.. it's sad.. and i hope next time, they can go.. I ever wish they will have a reunion again since their last reunion was in 2015. But then bam.. they make it.. haha..

[yukimari]

Yoshito went to see Onaji Basho!!