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dokidokivisual · 4 years ago

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Gochiusa BLOOM episode 7 impressions

Previously: 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1

In real world Halloween might have been a month ago, but in the world of Is The Order a Rabbit it’s exactly the season for all things spooky. And maybe things become a little too supernatural for a slice of life show. In the last episode we’ve seen how BLOOM symbolizes the growth of the characters. And as we enter the second half of the season, another meaning is revealed...

But first let’s visit Ama Usa An, where horror-loving Chiya is decorating the traditional Japanese teahouse for Halloween. Since Halloween is decidedly not a traditional Japanese holiday, it looks kinda surreal, but Chiya’s grandmother is more worried about souls of the dead coming back to life, especially that of Chino’s grandfather (see season 2 episode 9 for more of their backstory). Of course the soul of Chino’s grandfather isn’t actually dead, but is inhabiting the body of a rabbit. It’s not clear how exactly this happened and Cocoa might have been involved.

Speaking of Cocoa, we see her practicing with the magic set she bought in the first episode of the season. She tries to make something appear in her hand, but nothing happens. Clearly you can’t just learn to summon matter into existence in Gochiusa world, or can you? Anyway the shot focuses on a candy laying on a table before the opening sequence cuts in. This must be the object Cocoa has tried to summon and it’s also clearly a foreshadowing for something.

Meanwhile, Maya and Megu are trick-or-treating in matching werewolf(?) outfits hoping to score some free candy. Interestingly the tradition of giving out candy on Halloween has descended from a medieval practice of sharing so-called “soul cakes” which represented the souls of the dead.

Meanwhile the staff of Rabbit House are dressed as vampires. The theme of vampires fighting werewolves brings up to mind the Twilight series although I’m sure the idea came up many times throughout history. If you look closer, you’ll notice that Cocoa, Rize and Megu have fake fangs (I think Maya’s is natural), although they’re not consistently drawn between scenes, even though in the manga they’re drawn correctly. Maybe they’ll fix this in BD. The only one whose fang is not shown is Chino, and ironically she is the one who actually bites somebody.

Also the flashback of Chino “roaring” at the mirror reminded me of the scene from Celestial Method where Noel (also voiced by Minase Inori) roars at a dinosaur standee. To be fair it sounds completely different but I just can’t help but compare them.

Also while I was browsing through my copy of volume 6 I found a cute illustration card that seems to be relevant to this episode, but includes Mocha and Cocoa as the wolves and Chino as the vampire (here’s a highres version).

I think I bought this particular volume in Japan on the day it was released. Good times...

Next MaMe go to Fleur de Lapin and are greeted by Sharo dressed as Little Red Riding Hood (bunny version). This costume appeared earlier in an illustration for the rabbit chapter from the previous episode.

This is also a rare scene where other employees of Fleur de Lapin can be seen, as usually Sharo is shown working there alone. Even in the manga, Sharo is the only employee shown in this scene. In the end it turns out that Sharo is a wolf in disguise and craving for some meat. Which is weird because Sharo hasn’t been shown eating or cooking any meat before.

Anyway, next stop is Ama Usa An, which is called the Witch’s Mansion now. Chiya mentions the beginning of the Sabbath, and the manga chapter’s title 今宵は甘兎サバト also mentions the Sabbath. This might be confusing because in Judaism and Christianity the Sabbath is the day of rest and happens weekly (on Saturday or Sunday). However since we’re talking about witches, this actually references the Wiccan concept of sabbat, or one of eight festivals in the Wiccan calendar. In particular, Samhain, one of the four Greater Sabbats pretty much coincides with Halloween and celebrates the beginning of winter.

Chiya does this thing where the protagonist’s hand hurts only to awaken their dark powers, I’m not really sure where this trope comes from but I’ve seen it referenced in anime before and it’s a common chuunibyo stereotype. In this case, Chiya did really just hurt her hand. There’s also some sort of runic circle drawn on her bandages, but if you look closer it says shiratama anmitsu matcha parfait in hiragana.

Maya and Megu agree to help Chiya, and become her “familiars”. Even though familiars are better known as a video game mechanic today (which is what the “level up” scene references), witches were associated with familiar spirits since medieval times. A familiar often took form of a small animal, such as a cat. Unfortunately MaMe don’t even know which animal they are, so clearly they didn’t take their backstory as seriously as Chiya did. Their ears and tails look canine to me, so I can see Megu being a fox spirit, but Maya being a cat is less believable. Also during their confrontation Megu confirms that Maya’s fang is her yaeba (snaggle tooth).

As a revenge for the trick MaMe pulled on her, Chiya gives them a selection of pumpkin tarts, one of which is laced with wasabi (which she calls ”Russian roulette”). This seems like a common thing for her, since she did the same with botamochi in season 2 episode 6, and with green tea in season 2 episode 7 (except she used aojiru instead of wasabi). However this time, it was Chiya’s grandmother who put wasabi in two of the tarts, unbeknownst to Chiya. By the way in the manga it wasn’t shown that Chiya got one of the wasabi tarts.

Chiya goes shopping for some pumpkins, but is helped by Rize, and later Sharo gives her anti-pain medications, reminding her of how Chiya tended for her when she was sick in season 1 episode 12. It’s not mentioned in the anime, but Rize also had a “motivation” for helping Chiya, as she hurt her leg before (see season 2 episode 2). Chiya invites Rize and Sharo to dinner and brings up the wasabi-laced pumpkin tarts. According to Chiya the probability of getting wasabi is 1/3. Initially there were 7 tarts, of which 2 had wasabi. Megu, Maya and Chiya eat one each, with Chiya’s having wasabi in it. That leaves 4 tarts with 1 wasabi, so either Chiya’s calculation is incorrect, or somebody ate one more tart.

Apparently last day was just a warm up to Halloween (All Hallow’s Eve’s Eve?), so next day Megu and Maya come to Chiya again and try to summon something. A larger and slightly different version of the runic circle previously seen on Chiya’s hand starts glowing and we see that the 3 white rabbits correspond to three people holding hands. There’s also Anko corresponding to the black rabbit in the middle. By the way, in the manga the sign on Chiya’s hand was just a hexagram, and the summoning ritual didn’t have any visible symbols.

Anyway, they want to summon a messenger from demon world/hell, and coincidentally Cocoa and Chino come in (dressed as vampires) and try to attack (cuddle) them. Chiya, Maya and Megu form New Chimame-tai which works because Chiya and Chino have the same first syllable. However Chi is written with kanji instead of katakana in this version (because Chiya’s name 千夜 is one of the few given names among Gochiusa characters that’s always written with kanji). This defeats Chino, and Chiya consoling Chino like a big sister defeats Cocoa as well.

Ok let’s move on to part B, which is the really important part of the episode. The streets of the town are filled with people dressed in various costumes. Cocoa’s classmates can be seen among the crowd, and Aoyama and Rin are enjoying a boat ride on River Sanzu.

Our main character have also prepared some new costumes for the occasion. First we see Chino, dressing up as Phantom Thief Lapin, while Rize is going as a police officer. Soon Chiya and Sharo join them, who somehow independently of each other also went with a Lapin costume. At least Sharo had a good excuse. For Chiya, Lapin’s gloves obscure the bandage on her hand, so maybe that’s why she chose this costume. But what about Cocoa?

Well, she kinda got lost and we find her at the location that you will recognize if you read my episode 5 review. Cocoa says it looks a little different than usual, almost like a different world (isekai). Well, there’s a lot of evidence to support this hypothesis. First, in a scene that parallels episode 1, Cocoa finds a lost child and tries to calm her down with a magic trick. However you might notice that the child’s head is literally a pumpkin with a moving mouth.

And her mother is also a pumpkinhead. Cocoa doesn’t encounter any other people during this segment, even though you’d think a spot that overlooks the town like this would be quite popular. Well, she does encounter one more person, a mysterious masked magician with an angora rabbit on her head. She also wears a G-clef pendant indicating some sort of music connection.

Now, since y’all had already watched the episode, it wouldn’t be a spoiler to say that this is the ghost of Chino’s mother, Saki. The rabbit on her head is the ghost of the original Tippy before its body was taken over by Chino’s grandfather. The original Tippy was a female rabbit, by the way, a fact established early on in the series. In Sing for You OVA (for which I wrote a not-very-detailed review by the way) it’s established that Saki was a singer and even had a record released.

Anyway, as a ghost, Saki doesn’t speak (although she still can giggle and such) and doesn’t physically interact with Cocoa (only indirectly, by casting candies at Cocoa). Nevertheless she does teach Cocoa how to do the candy trick correctly.

Meanwhile, the rest of the group tries to call Cocoa’s phone but she doesn’t answer. This is another evidence for isekai theory. Cocoa is just out of range, you see. Rize and Sharo swap their costumes (the most unrealistic part of the episode) and Sharo starts “policing” the Lapins on how the real Lapin would talk. Chiya has a bright idea to shout out for Cocoa and call her big sister. However Cocoa would obviously only react if Chino calls her that, so Rize encourages Chino to say it louder (referencing her training for the choir in Sing for You).

Cocoa and Saki hear Chino, and Saki looks at her daughter from the terrace. Chino also looks up... but doesn’t see anything. She does get a hunch that there’s something up there though, so the group finds Cocoa eventually. Meanwhile Saki feels like her time is up and makes for a quick exit, literally disappearing.

This is where Cocoa returns to the “real world”, as the current Tippy calls out for her. Why was Tippy with Cocoa anyway in the first place? Cocoa looks around and there are in fact lots of people there as expected.

Cocoa thinks that Tippy speaking is an evidence of a ghost, despite her interacting with a real ghost just a few moments before. The 3 Lapins arrive and start arguing who is the real Lapin. Chino says that it’s the one who gets away with everything in the end, implying she will take the whole Cocoa for herself. However Sharo arrests Cocoa for making everyone worry.

On the way back, Chiya recalls the legend which was also mentioned by her grandmother at the beginning of the episode about the spirits of the ancestors coming back for this one day and then returning to heavens. Chino looks up to the sky, while Tippy gives her a solace in the fact that he was once again turned away, implying that he expected to return to heaven with the other spirits.

Tippy also seemed to know what Cocoa was talking about in an earlier scene where Cocoa said she forgot to give thanks to somebody. Just what’s up with Tippy and why is he not allowed to enter Heaven is a big mystery here.

Cocoa also notices Chino being distressed and shows her the magic trick with the candy. It turns out Chino remembers this trick from her childhood, and we get to see a full flashback with Chino’s mother even getting a few speaking lines (delivered by none other but Nana Mizuki). Since the candy was probably a part of the magic set, it’s no coincidence that it has the exact same wrapper in the flashback. The color of the candy matches with Chino’s clothes at the time but you can also think of it as a combination of Saki’s white and Chino’s blue.

By the way, in the manga Cocoa conjures up two candies, and they have a plain wrapping so there wasn’t One Specific Candy like in the anime. Also in the flashback, Chino is carried by her grandfather. His face is not shown, but Takahiro is seen in the background (with Rize’s dad) so by exclusion it had to be him. And in the current scene Chino is the one carrying Tippy like this.

The episode ends with Cocoa asking Chino to tell her more about her mother, while a star is seen rising in the sky, presumably symbolizing Saki’s spirit.

Let’s go back to Cocoa meeting Saki scene one more time. Like I explained, it’s heavily implied that Cocoa isn’t really in the same world as the other characters when she meets Saki’s ghost. Of course Gochiusa had supernatural elements from the start, such as a certain talking rabbit who happens to be Chino’s grandfather. But now we have a ghost of Chino’s mother and Cocoa is the only one who can see her, but Chino can’t? Just what the heck is going on here?

But wait, there is a rational explanation for all of this! Cocoa had a hallucination triggered by all the Halloween celebrations. She imagines helping a lost child just like Chino did before (and told Cocoa about it later) and then imagines the ghost of Saki teaching her magic, because subconsciously she wants to be like Saki. She had seen Saki before on a photograph, but haven’t heard her speak, which is why the ghost can’t talk to her. Hearing Chino call her onee-chan brings Cocoa back to her senses. But how did Cocoa learn the trick if it was just her imagination? Well, consider the fact that she was practicing this exact trick at the beginning of the episode. By the time she shows it to Chino, she has already practiced it a lot of times, but maybe she only realized the crucial part (feint) during the hallucination. Either way, the blue striped candy wasn’t given to Cocoa by Saki, she had it from the start, as part of the magic set! The candies that Saki uses to show the trick to Cocoa all disappear when Cocoa returns to reality.

Saki appears one more time in the bar time scene with Takahiro, who is listening to her record Silver Spoon from Sing for You OVA and then calls her by name. I think this is the only time the name “Saki” is mentioned in the show itself, and it’s not mentioned in the manga at all (unless maybe in some recent chapters which I haven’t read yet). The first time it was revealed was during April Fool’s day Clockwork Rabbit event, as a solution to a “puzzle”. Her name is written in katakana as サキ, however one of possible readings of the word “saki” is 咲き which means “bloom”. Now consider how the last few seconds of the opening animation it cuts from a blooming field of dandelions to Saki:

The dandelions connection to Saki was previously seen in season 2 episode 1 and Sing for You. Saki’s character design doesn’t really say “blooming of dandelions” to me, but consider that a dandelion turns into this:

Now that’s more like it! Although it reminds me of Tippy as well. Anyway, that was a very mysterious episode of Gochiusa BLOOM and let’s see what happens next! Only 5 episodes remain...

#gochiusa #gochuumon wa usagi desu ka?#is the order a rabbit?#review

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marx48 · 8 years ago

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#okada nana #taniguchi megu #akb48 #151111 akb48 soichiro tahara do-naru! do-suru! live 1830 (okada nana bd)#nanamegu #naamegu

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elk64 · 7 years ago

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Hello les gens ! ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ Un petit message ici pour vous informer que megu et moi-même seront à Japan Expo cette année encore. Gros changement cependant, cette année on test le coin Jeune Créa, dans le Hall 5 ! Pour cette occasion nous avons fait un énorme travail sur la déco du stand, et on a fait de jolis packagings pour les porte-clés. On a hâte de mettre tout ça en place ! Pour ceux et celles qui sont intéressé(e)s par les originaux, nous avons réalisé une petite collection d'aquarelles et encres, vous pouvez d'ailleurs avoir un aperçu sur les photos ! D'autres originaux en plus de ceux en photos seront disponible.

J'ai également sorti un nouveau petit artbook d'aquarelles dans la veine de Bestia AB Aquis : Bestiae Ex Terra.

Et bien sûr il y aura toujours les classiques : posters, cartes A6, badges, marque-pages, carnet à croquis, gros artbooks, mini artbooks (Bestiae + inktobook), BD Child of the Swan et le spin-off R-18 … et des dessins à la commande faits par notre cher ami et accompagnateur Tyron's Gearing ! D'ailleurs il aura avec lui ses deux sketchbooks !

Je pourrais prendre normalement quelques commission, dans ce cas là n'oubliez pas d'amener des références (personnage comme animal). Ce sera par contre limité et en fonction de l'occupation générale du stand : )

Bref, on espère vous voir nombreux ! Retrouvez-nous au stand Matryoshka, N° E 213 ! ♥

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A little message to inform that I'll be this year again at Japan Expo, but in the young creator area ! I'll be selling our usual stuff, my new book and some originals. I hope to see you there ! booth number E 213 <3

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otakunews01 · 7 years ago

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Comercial para OVA del Anime ‘Bang Dream!’

La OVA también será televisada el 19 de agosto antes de lanzarse en BD/DVD el 22 de noviembre

La web oficial del Anime para televisión adaptación del proyecto multimedia BanG Dream!, comenzó la transmisión de un comercial para su próximo episodios OVA el martes. El episodio OVA será incluido con el séptimo volumen BD/DVD de la serie, a la venta el 22 de noviembre, y será estrenado primero en televisión Japonesa el 19 de agosto de este año. El Anime para televisión se estrenó el pasado 21 de enero en Japón y contó con 13 episodios.

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CAST

Poppin’Party

Manami como Kasumi Toyama (guitarrista y vocal)

Sae Otsuka como Tae Hanazono (guitarrista)

Rimi Nishimoto como Rimi Ushigome Limited (bajista)

Ayaka Ohashi como Yamabuki Saaya (baterista)

Ayasa Itou como Ichigaya Arisa (pianista)

Roselia

Aina Aiba como Minato Yurina (Vocalista)

Haruka Kudou como Hikawa Sayo (Guitarrista)

Yurika Endou como Udagawa Ako (Baterista)

Megu Sakuragawa como Imai Lisa (Bajista)

Satomi Akesaka como Shirokane Rinko (Tecladista)

Afterglow

Ayane Sakura como Mitake Ran(guitarista y vocalista)

Sachika Misawa como Aoba Moca (guitarrista)

Emiri Katou como Uehara Himari (bajista)

Youko Hikasa como Udakawa Tomoe (Batarista)

Hisako Kanemoto como Hazawa Tsugumi (tecladista)

Pastel Palettes

Maeshima Ami como Aya Maruyama (vocalista)

Ozawa Ari como Hina Hikawa (guitarrista)

Uesaka Sumire como Chisato Shirasagi (bajista)

Nakagami Ikumi como Chisato Shirasagi (baterista)

Hata Sawako como Eve Wakamiya (pianista)

Hello, Happy World

Itou Miku como Kokoro Tsurumaki (vocalsta)

Tadokoro Azusa como Kaoru Seta (guitarrista)

Yoshida Yuri como Hagumi Kitazawa (bajista)

Toyota Moe como Kanon Matsubara (baterista)

Kurosawa Tomoyo como Michelle/Misaki Okusawa (DJ)

STAFF

Director: Atsushi Ootsuki

Composición de la serie: Yuniko Ayana

Música: Noriyasu Agematsu y Junpei Fujita

Estudios de animación: ISSEN×XEBEC

BanG Dream! es un proyecto multimedia que Bushiroad lanzó en enero del 2016. Hakuto Shiroi también dibuja una adaptación a Manga del proyecto basado en una planificación original de Kou Nakamura y Hitowa diseñará los personajes. El Manga comenzó su publicación en 2016.

#Bang Dream!#anime #ova

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kpopmatome-jp-blog · 6 years ago

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random48fan · 7 years ago

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#Komiyama Haruka #Fukuoka Seina #Mukaichi Mion #Taniguchi Megu #Iwatate Saho #Kawamoto Saya #Okada Nana #Kojima Mako #Kato Rena #AKB48 #Komiharu BDS

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random48fan · 7 years ago

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#Miyawaki Sakura #Komiyama Haruka #Okada Nana #Kawamoto Saya #Mukaichi Mion #Onishi Momoka #Chiba Erii #Ichikawa Manami #Fukuoka Seina #Taniguchi Megu #HKT48 #AKB48 #Sakura BDS

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dokidokivisual · 5 years ago

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Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka? ~Sing For You~ BD review

It’s been a while since the new Gochiusa OVA has been released and everyone probably already watched it through various means, which is good since I will discuss some of the content in this review, so if you don’t want any spoilers, watch the OVA first.

So, I’ve got a limited edition Sing For You Blu-Ray ordered on Amazon with no store bonus, and it cost me 5660 yen + shipping. It comes in a nice thick box, the same size as Dear My Sister BD and thicker than Season 1 BD BOX. Which reminds me, did I ever do a Dear My Sister BD review? I thought I did for sure, but I can’t find anything... Anyway, let’s see what’s inside!

The disks are contained in a special 3-fold packaging which initially looks like Cocoa/Chiya are on the front cover, but it folds out so you can see all the characters divided into sub-units (Furimawasare-tai, Chimame-tai and Furimaware-tai). There are also three booklets including a disk guide, script and a hardcover(!) score for Komorebi Seishunfu, one of the songs from OVA.

The included disks are Sing For You Blu-ray itself, a DVD-ROM with “high-definition audio” (basically it contains a bunch of .wav files!) and a regular CD Mix For You, which is a DJ mix produced by PandaBoY. It’s not often that you see Blu-ray, DVD and CD in the same packaging.

Let’s look at the booklets. The disk guide shows various costumes used in the episode, with commentary by Maya, Megu and Tippy. There’s also an interview with director Hiroyuki Hashimoto, producer Kentaro Hattori and sound producer Naotaka Fukihira. And also song lyrics and track lists for the 2 musical disks.

Next, just like with Dear My Sister, there’s a script book which is very useful if you’re like me and can read Japanese better than listen to it. The top half describes what happens on the screen and the bottom half is the characters’ lines.

Next we have the crown jewel of SFY limited edition blu-ray packaging which is a hardcover sheet music book containing the chorus arrangement of Komorebi Seishunfu. There are only 12 pages, but it feels very expensive. In the score there are four vocal melodies, which are Main Vocal (=Chino), Soprano, Mezzo Soprano and Alto, and there’s Piano accompaniment. The lyrics for vocal parts are written in hiragana. By the way, the lyrics are quite poetic and expand on the metaphor of “sunlight through the trees” representing “sheet music of our youth” which makes it rather fitting that an actual sheet music is provided.

Now a few words about the OVA itself. The first thing you might notice is that it’s quite short, just slightly longer than a regular episode, and it adapts only one chapter of the original manga (vol. 5 ch. 8 “Cup of Chino”). The animation apart from a few scenes doesn’t particularly stand out either, so you might wonder why couldn’t have this been a regular episode? Well the official answer is that a lot of songs had to be recorded for it. All the songs featured in the OVA, including Cocoa’s bread song, have a fully recorded version. Komorebi Seishunfu was recorded with Suginami Junior Choir. Some songs were reused though, such as Sharo/Rize and Cocoa/Chiya song. Interestingly while Sing a Song Poyapoya Melody is considered to be a “theme song” for this OVA, it’s not actually used in it (in fact there’s no OP song at all), except on Blu-Ray menu as an instrumental. However Petit Rabbit’s and Chimame-tai versions of this song are included on Disk 2.

The episode opens with a flashback sequence with little Chino humming a song which would clearly become plot relevant later, but also take note of Tippy’s eyebrows there. There’s a bit of inconsistency with the original Tippy depiction, because in s1e9 flashback Tippy looks identical to the current form, but in the manga at some point Koi have decided to draw original Tippy with different eyebrows and now it’s reflected in the anime version as well. Although maybe Tippy’s eyebrow change is related to Saki Kafuu’s passing somehow?

When Chiya’s grandmother calls her “modern-day Scheherazade”, this is a reference to Chiya’s name (千夜) having its roots in Japanese title for 1001 Nights (千夜一夜物語).

Another reference is Aoyama Blue Mountain referring to rakugo story Sanpo Ichiryoson (三方一両損, ”three sides lost 1 ryo [old unit of currency]”). In it, a character finds a wallet with 3 ryo and tries to return it to the owner, but the owner, being a true Tokyoite refuses. The guy who found it, also being a true Tokyoite insists on returning the wallet. Eventually they end up in front of the judge, who pitches in 1 ryo and gives 2 ryo to each. The guy who found the wallet found 3 ryo, but got 2 ryo, losing 1 ryo. The guy who lost the wallet also got back 2 ryo instead of 3 ryo, losing 1 ryo. And the judge also lost 1 ryo in the process.

Before the OVA was released, Nana Mizuki was announced as the voice of Saki Kafu. Nana Mizuki was basically an idol to Inori Minase (even her stage name is similar to Nana’s) so the casting is quite appropriate. However she doesn’t have any speaking lines until the very end of the OVA. In fact the first time we hear her voice is the song Gin no Spoon (”Silver Spoon”) which also serves as an ED. In the song she basically wishes for happiness of her daughter, Chino. This is also the song Chino hums in the beginning. In the ED they sing as a duet, but the original Saki Kafu single is also included on the music DVD. I thought the ending was quite moving and unexpected following the silly shenanigans of the OVA. Chino’s mother appears a few more times in the manga, even with speaking lines so I wonder if Nana Mizuki will come back for season 3.

By the way, did you notice that the flashback scenes have a different, wider aspect ratio? But just before the ED it switches to standard 16:9 ratio again.

Anyway, that was Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?? ~Sing For You~ and now let’s look forward to the new season of Gochiusa in 2020!

#gochiusa #gochuumon wa usagi desu ka?#is the order a rabbit?#review

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marx48 · 8 years ago

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#uchiyama natsuki #okada nana #taniguchi megu #akb48 #151111 akb48 soichiro tahara do-naru! do-suru! live 1830 (okada nana bd)#naamegu

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matt0xp · 3 years ago

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🎈Birthday Events (PINK CRES.)🍰

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💜MIYABI BIRTHDAY💜

August 24, 2017 ~25 years~ - Tokyo Kirigirisu (solo) - Shining Power - Watashi no Mirai no Danna-sama - Chu! Natsu Pa~rty

August 25, 2018 ~26 years~ - GOOD BYE Natsuo (solo) - Kokuhaku Kinenbi - Piriri to Yukou! - Semi - Senkou Hanabi - Koi wa Hippari Dako August 18, 2019 ~27 years~ - BABY! Koi ni KNOCK OUT! - LOVE Namida Iro - Helation Summer - Uwaki na Honey Pie - Zentaiteki ni Daisuki Desu。

August 25, 2020 ~28 years~ - Tea Break - Anshinkan - Haru wa Kuru - Lemon Iro to Milk Tea (dueto)

August 28, 2021 ~29 years~ - TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY - Jiriri Kiteru - Lady Panther (solo) - 100kai no Kiss - My Days for You

August 27, 2022 ~30 years~ - Zutto Suki de Ii Desu Ka (solo) - Darling I LOVE YOU - Semi - Heart Burn - Otona na no yo! - Kimi ga Ireba

🧡HIKARU BIRTHDAY🧡

April 22, 2017 ~23 years~ - Celebrado en "PINK CRES. 2nd One Man Live ~Pink Stamp~"

April 21, 2018 ~24 years~ - Campus Life ~Umarete Kite Yokatta~ (solo) - Sprinter! (H&N) - Rottara Rottara - Tsukiatteru no ni Kataomoi

April 27, 2019 ~25 years~ - Girls Times (solo) - Darling I LOVE YOU (solo) - Kasa wo Sasu Senpai (solo) - Sakura→Nyuugakushiki - Koi wo Shichaimashita! - Chokotto LOVE

August 25 (late April, 19), 2020 ~26 years~ - Tea Break - Anshinkan - Haru wa Kuru - Lemon Iro to Milk Tea (dueto)

April 24, 2021 ~27 years~ - Mou Gaman Dekinai wa ~Love ice cream~ (solo) - Sungoi My Birthday - Moshimo... - KoiING - Kokoro no Tamago - Itsuka Dokoka de。

April 23, 2022 ~28 years~ - Watarasebashi (solo) - Itoshima Distance - Umbrella (solo) - Datte Ikitekanakucha - Oshare!

🩵NIKKI BIRTHDAY🩵

October 28, 2017 ~22 years~ - Celebrado en "PINK CRES. LIVE ~Halloween Special!~"

October 28, 2018 ~23 years~ - Hero Arawaru! (solo) - Genshoku GAL Hade ni Yukube! (solo) - Succhaka Mecchaka~ (solo) - Kousui - Otome no Gyakushuu

October 30, 2019 ~24 years~ - It's You (solo) - Suhada Pichipichi - Boogie Train '03 - Kisoku Tadashiku Utsukushiku

October 31, 2020 ~25 years~ - Romantic Ukare Mode (solo) - 21ji Made no Cinderella - Lady Panther (solo) - Sexy Cat no Enzetsu - Bo Peep Bo Peep - School Days - The Middle Management ~Josei Chuukan Kanrishoku~

October 30, 2021 ~26 years~ - DO YOU LOVE ME? (solo) - Hajimete no Happy Birthday! - BO$$ BITCH - C\C (Cinderella\Complex) - Kioku no Meiro

October 28, 2022 ~27 years~ - Mr. Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~ - The☆Treasure Box - Narcissus Kamatte-chan Kyousoukyoku Dai 5ban (solo) - Onegai Miwaku no Target - Magical Future!

OTRAS: • Koi no Telephone GOAL 💜 • Natsu Wakame 💜 • Maji Natsu Sugiru 💜 • Samui kara Fuyu da mon! ~Doumokou mo Naissu yo Matitty~ 💜 • dearest. 🧡 • My alright sky 🧡 • Bagel ni Ham and Cheese 🧡 • Amazuppai Haru ni Sakura Saku 🧡 • Kimi no Suki na Hito🧡 • Kimi wa Jitensha Watashi wa Densha de Kitaku 🧡 • Hajimete Kuchibiru wo Kasaneta Yoru 🩵 • Motto Zutto Issho ni Itakatta 🩵 • Wind Flower 🩵 • Ame 🩵 • Boyfriend 🩵 • Song for the DATE 🩵 • Aishite Aishite Ato Ippun 🩵 • Suna wo Kamu You ni… NAMIDA • Amasugita Kajitsu • Jounetsuyuki Miraisen • Dakishimete... Namida

🧡Hiyashi (some) BDE:🧡

Onna no Pride /Mashiroi (solo)

Early Bird

Koi wa Magnet

Sakura no Hana ga Saku Koro (solo)

Pasta ni Kandou

Jankenpyon!

🩵Nikki (some) BDE🩵

Icchoume Rock!

Moriagaru Shikanai Desho!

Akuma de FAKE

Aegekai ni Dakarete

Majokko Megu-chan

22 (2014) último BD celebrado. 2015 (23), 2016 (24) sin BD Event por formación de PK.

#pinkcres #pinkcres.#pink cres #pink cres.#natsuyaki miyabi #kobayashi hikaru #nihei yuuka

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dokidokivisual · 7 years ago

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Chimame March in Osaka report

Ok, so it finally happened. As I wrote before, I have managed to obtain a ticket to Chimame-tai live in Zepp Namba, Osaka. Again, thanks to Japan Concert Tickets without whose services this wouldn’t be possible. The show was supposed to start at 17:00 with the doors opening at 16:00.

I turned up to the venue, a nondescript gray box hidden on the far outskirts of Namba district, at 15:30. There were already a lot of people, as well as a gigantic queue to the goods stall. Some goods like penlight were already sold out. It doesn’t help that even people who didn’t have a ticket could buy them. In the end I passed up on the merch given that I already have too much from this trip alone. Next came the queuing for entry. This is where I realized that my ticket B-322 was a pretty bad position, because there were 1000 of A tickets before that, and the venue can hold maximum 2000 people. The B ticket holders were lined up around a corner, while A’s were queued near the entrance. After waiting a lot of time out in the cold, during which I listened to the entire “chimame march” album (which was a good idea since I didn’t remember most of the songs in it), B’s were moved to the entrance too. By the time I got in, the concert hall was packed like sardines. First floor was standing-only, and it seemed like it already reached its capacity. The place I ended up in was quite far from the stage (like 3/4 from front to back).

Anyway, after a warning not to record anything or take any photos, the show has begun. A video played presenting Chino, Maya and Megu, then the scene was covered in smoke and from it appeared the main performers, dressed in Chimame March outfits, like this:

They were on top of the stairs which was the only time I could see them well. As they descended onto the stage, it became very difficult to see anything. The standing floor at this venue has barely any incline at all, so if anyone tall is blocking your view, you’re screwed. Anyway the first song (track 1 from “chimame march”) had a cool choreography, too bad I mostly couldn’t see it. Besides the Chimames there were also 2 background dancers. They got blue and red Rabbit House flags installed to the sides of the stage.

After a quick introduction, the second song was CANDY COLOR DAYS (track 2 from “chimame march”) which is more idol-ish kind of track with “calls” and everyone shaking penlights in rhythm (most of audience seemed to have one or several of them).

There was a short break after this with the video screen showing a Chimame clip show from the TV series. After that Chino and Maya appeared for track 3, except this time there was a live all-girl backing band! They were (left to right) bass, drums, synthesizer and guitar. Maybe because I stayed on the left side, the bass was very loud and prominent on each song. The band would stay until the end from this point.

Chimame march songs continued with track 4 (Chino/Megu), after which Maya returned in Chimame school outfit for a solo song (track 6), and Megu followed her (track 5). Then it was Megu/Maya (track 7) and Chino (track 8). Then all Chimames were together, talked for a bit about random stuff, then a “Chimame medley” started, which was:

わくわくDIARY (Maya) おもちゃ箱ハピズム♪ (Megu) お菓子な夢をおひとつどうぞ♪ (Chino) Kirakira everyday (Chimame-tai)

Then a large amount of streamers were dropped onto the audience and WELCOME【う・さ！】 was played. Also the band was introduced with each member getting a solo (I didn’t catch their names though).

The next song was Poppin’ jump which had everyone feeling nostalgic for season 1. After talking about season 1, they were like “now we’ll play our last song” to the disappointed sigh from the audience. The “last song” was actually the last song of “chimame march”, track 9. Chimames thanked everyone for coming, and left the stage (and so did the band). Everyone started shouting “Encore! Encore!” which continued for several minutes. Now obviously the continuation was planned, and after a while, the video screen showed another clip show from TV series and then Chimame-tai appeared on top of the stairs again, in a new outfit: black shirts (these ones) and color-coded skirts (blue=Chino, red=Megu, yellow=Maya).

They proceeded to perform Pyon’s Purin Purun and then asked if anyone heard the new Chimame/Chimame single. Almost everyone raised their hands; I have only heard the previews though so this was the first time I heard ♡♡ケーキをもうひとつ？ in full. It was a very catchy song, and could be one of my favorites by Chimame-tai (unfortunately they didn��t play my #1 favorite, お手伝いのラララン添えはいかがですか？).

Anyway, the real last song was S2 ED, Tokimeki Poporon. After that everyone on stage posed for a commemorative photo and then thanked the audience (right, left and the middle separately) and talked about future releases like duet song album, S2 BD BOX and “order the songs 2″ compilation. Throughout the show they kept teasing stuff like S3 announcement, but in the end nothing was announced. However Tokui Sora has “accidentally slipped” a hint of a next Chimame-tai live, so I think that will happen at some point. Otherwise they were just vaguely saying stuff like “madamada tenkai dess”. After they left the stage, it seemed like now there will be some announcement, but it was just an audio clip of “Chimame Chronicle” Chimames thanking everybody for coming.

Outside the hall there were a few bouquet installations, one of them presented by director Hashimoto.There was a big one outside of the building, commissioned by the fans. The art is by @Nagomi_yyd.

And that was it! I wish I had a better view of the stage, but it was still pretty fun. The sound was great and the live band was adding another dimension not present on the recordings. The fans were all super into it and bought all the merch, so it’s probably not the last Chimame-tai show. Which makes me think, how much people can a Petit Rabbit’s show attract? Tokyo Dome when?

#gochuumon wa usagi desu ka?#is the order a rabbit?#gochiusa #chimame #liveblog

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