#OH LEIYA

[banqanas]

LEIYA’S SO HAPPY THAT KAMIKEN GOT THE PUNISHMENT GAME LMAOOO

[hopkei]

Fantastics 100 Questions & Answers! Pt.1

Source: Monthly Exile August 2020 (Part two)

🚨Warning: may contain inaccuracies!🚨 Feel free to share elsewhere but please credit me🌻

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Questions 1-10

1. What meal are you best at cooking? Sekai: Cup Ramen Taiki: Stir-fried bean sprouts Sawa: Carbonara Leiya: Motsunabe Hori: Chinese soup Keito: Curry Yusei: Garlic butter chicken stir-fry Sota: Meat and vegetable stir-fry! It’s totally unmatched!

2. What is a song excluding your own that you want to perform? Sekai: Sandaime JSB - S.A.K.U.R.A. Taiki: Finger Five: 学園天国 Sawa: Exile - Ti Amo Leiya: I want to sing GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE / 「One in Million -奇跡の夜に」 Hori: GENERATIONS vs BALLISTIK BOYZ - 「BREAK DOWN YA WALLS」 Keito: Sandaime JSB 冬空, Generations - Brand new story Yusei: EXILE / 「優しい光」 Sota: GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE / 「I Remember」

3. What was the most embarrassing moment in your life? Sekai: Every audition I’ve ever done  Taiki: At my photobook shoot when I went to the Hawaii for the first time in my life and I lost my money Sawa: I thought I was talking to my friend really excitedly but it was actually someone I didn’t know….. Leiya: The time I was rushing down the stairs to the underground by Shibuya Scramble Crossing on a rainy day and I slipped and fell all the way down the stairs on my butt Hori: The time I dreamed that I was walking down the street naked Keito: The time I got a hole in my pants during an EXPG STUDIO-era performance Yusei: The day I went walking in Shibuya and I wore my t-shirt backwards and totally different socks! (laughs) Sota: In elementary school, I went to onsen with my dad. I had gone to get in first, but accidentally got into the water intended for Kakeyu. A lot of older people were laughing at me, but I didn’t realize until my dad came that I was in the Kakeyu. (tn: a Kakeyu is a pre-rinse you do before getting into an onsen, it is typically done with a bucket, and this water is in a separate tub than the actual onsen)

4. Who is the person that makes you think “If I hadn’t met them, I wouldn’t have the life I do now?” Sekai: Everyone I’ve ever met Taiki: Hiro-san Sawa: Dance Teacher Leiya: Fukuoka dance teammates Hori: Hiro-san, Nakao Shota Keito: Ito-sensei from when I was in (Exile) Kids Class! Yusei: My friend that played the guitar in middle school Sota: My piano teacher. It was my start in music!

5. If you could switch lives with any LDH member who do you want to switch with? Sekai: Atsushi-san Taiki: Yoshino Hokuto. His private life is a mystery Sawa: Kobayashi Naoki-san Leiya: Iwata-san Hori: I want to switch with Shokichi-san and play instruments or write songs Keito: Iwata-san Yusei: Reo-san Sota: ELLY-san! I don't know how he lives at all so I’m really curious

6. Are you starting anything new with your free time at home? (tn: this interview was during the 2020 quarantine) Sekai: Making songs with MPC and finger drumming, I started drinking hot water Taiki: Harmonica Sawa: Animal crossing. (laughs) Leiya: Drawing on my clothes with POSCA markers to remake them Hori: Electric guitar Keito: Cooking, basketball Yusei: Cooking! Sota: Cooking and writing lyrics and composition!

7. What is something about yourself that makes you think, “In this, I can’t lose to anyone!”? Sekai: Persistence when I get into something I like Taiki: Maybe getting all of my senpais and kouhais together to have dinner every night lol Sawa: The beauty of my dance Leiya: My burning heart (passion) Hori: Stretching the skin on my neck Keito: Funny faces and positivity Yusei: Tenacity/determination Sota: Talking when I get up in the morning. I’m strong in the morning!

8. What song do you think of when you hear the word “summer”? Sekai: Wada Koji -  「Butter-Fly」, Yamashita Tatsuro / 「Atom no Ko」 Taiki: Orange Range-san! Any of their songs! I really like them! Sawa: Yuzu - 夏色 (Natsuiro) Leiya: Ketsumeishi - 夏の思い出 (Natsu no Omoide) Hori: DOBERMAN INFINITY / 「SUPER BALL」 Keito: 掌の砂 (Tenohiranosune) / Exile-san Yusei: Def Tech / 「My Way」 Sota: Hirai Dai - Slow&Easy

9. If you were to get a pet what animal would you choose? Sekai: A dog and a cat Taiki: A pug or an Arowana (tn: an arowana is a fish) Sawa: French Bulldog Leiya: Bichon Frise Hori: Dog Keito: Pomeranian Yusei: Husky Sota: If it’s at my parents house, a dog! (because I’ve had experience with big things at my parents house). If it’s at my own house, then I want to get a fish!

10. Favorite color? Sekai: White, black, red, gold, silver, green Taiki: Red Sawa: BLACK Leiya: Red Hori: Black Keito: Checker pattern Yusei: Black Sota: Blue tones!

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL - 2023 Begins!

Jan 20232 Wk 1

Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs. Organized by which ones (in each category) I’m enjoying most.

Ongoing Series - Thai

Never Let Me Go (Tues YT) 4 of 12 - I keep saying this, but I can’t get over how delighted I am to have Perth back on my screen, and under the GMMTV umbrella. He is a stellar actor. I like that the first kiss of this show wasn’t btw the leads. Felt more realistic to high school. Big drama next week!

My School President (Fri YT) 5 of 10 - I missed these two so much last week. But also there was A MUSICAL INCIDENT and it caused a bit of a rant from yours truly. 

Between Us (Sun iQIYI) 9 of 12 - no ep this week, resumes tomorrow WATCH ALONG HERE.

609 Bedtime Story (Fri WeTV) 7 of 11 - Game remains my spirit animal (pushy fucker), and the plot of the main couple is interesting even if I don’t like the cheating component. 

Cutie Pie 2 You (special) 1 of 4 - Oh it’s a full on special. Very very pretty and, is possible, more sappy and full of manufactured angst. Nuea protecting Hia’s interests was sweet. Lots of making out. So... more of the same, basically. What year are we in now, anyway?

I Will Knock You (Fri Gaga) 8 of 12 - (note from my Thai language spy rgr ep 5: the writing on the stone tablets was their names + 2 family members) And now we are suddenly firmly in BL territory and baby Dom is just a baby Seme. No bisexual identity crisis needed... just diving into cheese fest. 

Remember Me (Sun Gaga) 13 of 14 - I would have kept JaFirst apart for longer, quite frankly. I mean otherwise why bother split them up in the first place? Please just end this show already. 

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

The New Employee (Korea Weds Viki) 3 of 8 - I love them so much, and they are so cute, and this is not open to discussion. Viva la age gap! 

The Director Who Buys Me Dinner (Korea Weds iQIYI) 7-8 of 10 - There is a lot implied about the leads history together, but it was still nice to get backstory plus GAT KISSES. I love it when they flip the dynamic and give the uke agency. I’m really enjoying this show now, I’m even invested in the love triangle.

HIStory 5: Love in the Future (Taiwan Weds Viki) 2 of 10 - Side couple ascension: Daddy Long Legs trope, it’s been a while since I have seen this in ANY romance drama. I’m not really into the main couple, at least not yet (and I totally missed that they hadn’t met each other in person yet), but I really love the side dishes. It’s like H4 all over again only with less dub con.

Candy Color Paradox AKA Ameiro Paradox (Japan Fri Gaga) 4 of 8 - nothing this week. 

It’s Airing But I’m Not Watching It

Love Bill (Vietnam Sat YT) - Bah Vinh is back but I’m too distracted. Also there’s a lot of fund raising stuff going on with them. I can wait.

The Star Always Follow You (Vietnam YT) - same Team RL peeps we have seen before (Sunshine, Stupid)

Moonlight Chicken GMMTV’s Midnight series (Weds YT) 1 of 8 eventually - first segment has begun bit it’s not the EarthMix messy gays. Sorry all, I’m so not interested in messy hets, so I’m waiting until they grace my screen.

Questions!!! 

Should I watch The Warp Effect? Tublr seems excited about it and BL bits look good? Will they end happy? Thoughts anyone? 

Till the World Ends (Thai YT) finished at 10 eps, the heat looked good but I don’t know about the ending with that kind of title, so did anyone risk it and want to tell me what they thought? I haven’t seen much chatter on my feed so I am not optimistic. 

In Case You Missed It

2022′s The Usual Night (Twitter account) from Japan is a 10-ep fake documentary series starring the members of Jpop group the Fantastics. It flew under everyone’s radars but apparently has a BL subplot featuring Yagi Yusei (My Beautiful Man) and Seguchi Leiya. This officially means they beat OnlyOneOf to the punch as the first inter-group BL pairing. Keito Kimura (Onoe from Candy Color Paradox) is also a member of Fantastics and in the show. Source reddit. No word on official international release. Japan is like that. 

OnlyOneOf’s Nine dropped the last (?) in their BL Kpop series, 'beyOnd' (be #6) 

I posted all my 2022 wraps, top picks, industry stats, etc.. 

Next Week Looks Like This:

Jan 19: Individual Circumstances 8 eps - A reunion romance between a movie director who was once promising and a writer who disappeared due to past wounds. Stars JunQ (main rapper of 2nd gen group MYNAME) and Han Jung Wan (Mr International Korea winner).

2023 forthcoming BL master post is in the works... wait for it... I had to finish all the 2022 wrap ups first. Also waiting for the last of the studio announcements.

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

Never Let Me Go

Ah the love triangle. 

The Director Who Buys Me Dinner caught himself a live one. 

(last week)

Current Kpop earworm? You gotta check out VIXX (sub unit) new single. Gonna Be Alright = 2 BL stars in one croon. (Hyuk Color Rush 2 & Leo Happy ending Romance). *props chin on hand and bats eyes winsomely at Ken* So?

[yousayusei]

saw fantastics6 perf of sakuranbo and i just [scream] [cries] [punches the floor]

its just half of the song but oh my god

yusesota vocals [bows down]

keito bby lemme pinch ur cheekies

horinatsu and leiya singing along huhu

(i wondered if they were backing vocals?? cz they have mics?? idk im not familiar with j-idol group cultures yet hngg)

sawanatsu being his own right of cuteness dancing like that

them going (❛⁠‿⁠❛)👌 at the "atashi sakuranbo" line

((ok but the difference in hairstyle for the two days huhu one day of yusei's straight hair and another day of slightly wavy hair yusei))

((kinda same with sota huhu))

to conclude

yusesota's "atashi sakuranbo" line is my weakness

[thistaleisabloodyone]

Finally managed to watch Jiggy Paradise and Leiya continues to be in all of the MVs - at this point, I won't be surprised if he's in Habanero, even if I really can't think of a reason for it.

Unsorted thoughts:

Ryota finally showed up with his crystal! He has a green one. So now we're only missing 4 Psychic Fever crystals - Tsurugi, Ryushin, Kokoro and Ren. We'll probably see those tomorrow. There haven't been any repeats - no one has a crystal twice.

Ryota didn't have a crystal in Beautiful Liar, but got his in Jiggy Paradise; Kazuma had a crystal in Beautiful Liar and didn't have one in Justice is Blind; Riku didn't have a crystal in Justice is Blind, but had a crystal in Black Magic.

Unsure if the crystals are an Aesthetic thing, I'm not sure what theme is or is not happening with them. I just know everyone has them. Jiggy Paradise introduced at least one new color - Yoshi has a blue crystal. For the 'at least' part, I'm not sure if Ryuta or Ryusei have new colors. Ryuta's crystal could be yellow or orange - if it's yellow, it's a new crystal color; if it's orange, Jimmy and Weesa had orange crystals in Black Magic yesterday. Ryusei's crystal honestly looked more like a hunk of silver than a crystal, which would - be unique and new. So if it's silver, new color. If it's white, which is the only other possibility in my mind, then it's not a new color.

I have a document tracking who has what color crystal and what video they got their crystal in, but I'm again on mobile and that document is inaccessible at this time.

Kazuma showed up in Jiggy Paradise, much to my surprise! He had a shot unsheathing a katana.

Fanta showing up around Miku surprised me at first, then Itsuki showed up and I remembered that Miku's character, Future, has ties to both Astro9 and Kisaragi (Itsuki's character) - Future and Kisaragi both grew up in the same wealthy social circle. And Future's father is, I think, the owner of the park where Astro9 performs. Future's father is, at the least, Very Important to the park.

That shot of Masa grabbing Ryushin intrigues me - the facial expression he had seemed to be some form of "Got you", but not like - a surprised got you? A I know you and I've caught you kinda got you. Ryushin's expression also didn't catch me as "Oh, no, a strange enemy has grabbed my arm!"

I really need to, like, rewatch the prior MVs to look into the lion's head pen. It's been in all of them so far and Ryuta capping the pen is the shot that transitioned into Kazuma unsheathing the katana, which may be related, may just be the best place to do the transition.

Also, there was a shot that looked to me like Miku was having a clairvoyant moment and it included a shot from one of the 2019 videos - I'll have to rewatch those three to figure out which one eventually.

I think the background object is some sort of vault door, maybe? Other option is big ass turntable, but that doesn't seem right. Every other background is tied to the novels in some way - Mad Jesters have one of the Books of Chaos; Rowdy Shogun has the Black Diamond; and Astro9 has the mirror (that I cannot recall the name of) - and I'm fairly certain there is a vault of importance, while there aren't any big turntables.

Once again, there was the page flying through left to right with everyone watching it go. This has been a shot in every MV so far, since Ryota tore a page out of the book and threw it, and I'm wondering if the page keeps flying in Habanero or if maybe someone grabs it? Either one would work, but I feel like grabbing it would be a better ending. There haven't really been any - returning themes in the music videos between generations of BOT, so I feel like the flying page would be ending in this BOT generation.

But those are my initial, unsorted thoughts on this bad boy. Can't wait until Habanero's out and I have the full set to repeatedly watch for details. 😂

[nodokasia]

Oh no! They killed Leiya with bad CG!!😱

[theninthdoor]

Hello, how are you doing today hun? I would love to participate in your game 🤍.

Sarah S.

Aries Moon. Taurus Venus.

Natsuki Sawamoto

Leiya Seguchi

Natsuki Hori

Itsuki Fujiwara

New posts : I would love to see maybe more PAC? And maybe more about what kind of lovers they are?

What I love about the blog is their idea types readings.

Natsuki Sawamoto || six of wands: NICE. I think he'd be a big fan of yours, actually.

Leiya Seguchi || king of cups: NICE. oh, he'd looove your whole vibe. 100%.

Natsuki Hori || ten of swords: NAUGHTY. nope nope nope. you wouldn't vibe with each other, at all.

Itsuki Fujiwara || ace of wands: NICE. yeah, I see some interest. mainly creative, tho.

[littletinyghost]

I need reassurance that it's okay to be 23, not in school (not really a drop out; but more so that I didn't know what I wanted to do so I stopped going) and just working at a full time job :-( I just feel so depressed cause I don't know what I want to do with my life.

Dearest Anon,

I apologize if this is getting back to you so late. I don’t get notifications from Tumblr so I have no idea when this was sent. I hope you see this.

But, anyways, I want to tell you it’s absolutely okay to be where you are at right now. Please don’t beat yourself up, or let the expectations of others get you down or compare yourself to others. Everyone takes their own path, and for some of us it’s not going to be on the same timeline. I’ve been in your shoes, and even though I’m almost 25 now I’ll be finally finishing my degree this spring. I even want to go back for a second degree later on, because I’ve FINALLY figured out what I want to do, I still don’t regret anything.

School is so expensive and definitely a commitment not just for the time being but it can feel like you’re locking yourself in for a career. And it’s totally okay to not know what career you want for the rest of your life. I didn’t. I think what you’re doing is smart. And working full time in the meantime is giving you valuable work experience for your resume, even if it may or may not relate to what you might end up pursuing. It will still show that you are loyal, hard working, and committed. You aren’t just doing nothing. There is no time limit to this! I made the mistake of committing too early to one major, only to find out it wasn’t for me and made an expensive switch in schools because of it. I was working full time for about 7 months in between the two schools.

So take this time to really reflect on yourself! Through all of the jobs I’ve worked, I’ve been able to learn about my strengths and weaknesses, which is great but most importantly and about some things I do or do NOT want to do in the future. The key thing is about what you WANT. This is your life! If you’re gonna go to school, study something you WANT to study about. What interests you? What are you passionate about?? One tip I have to give is to look through your school’s list of courses offered -don’t worry about whatever it was you were studying prior to this- look at everything! See what stands out to you, and makes you go, oh wow, I wish I could take this class or learn more about that.

For me, my path has been super windy and weird but it’s okay. I finally had my “a-ha!” moment last year - I needed to take a few random upper division courses outside of my major. I looked and looked, and found there was a Paleontology course offered through my school’s Geology department. I immediately freaked out. I’ve been obsessed with dinosaurs for my entire life. I didn’t even have the pre-req for it but I emailed the professor and he let me into the course. It was one of the best courses I’ve ever taken, in my life. It made me completely rethink my career options. I feel okay with the degree I’ll be getting in June (design), but I know I will absolutely regret it if I don’t try to pursue paleontology before I die. So it will happen one day. If I could have figured that out when I was in your position, trust me, I would have made the switch then and there. But for now I’m just moving forward.

I really hope that this helps you feel a bit more hopeful. I don’t know what will happen for you but I believe in you! I hope that everything will fall into place soon. If you ever need to talk to me, please don’t hesitate, and feel free to come off anon!

Best,Leiya

[nerdarchy-blog]

I went on a fantastical adventure in Manhattan in New York City. The Cauldron is a magical gastropub experience located on 47 Stone St., New York City. It’s a pub  catering to the nerdier elements of the city. One of the first sights to greet me as I entered the establishment was two young ladies playing Operation. That’s right, the game with a red-nosed guy who lights up and buzzes annoyingly when you fail to remove a piece from him without touching the sides.  The Cauldron’s aesthetic is that of a magical tavern as I made my way deeper in to see a 15 foot tree in the center of the bar. This is no ordinary tree — it has beer taps coming out of it. Magical wands activate the taps so patrons of this magical place can dispense their own ale. A true beauty to behold.

As cool as the surroundings are, I wasn’t on a sightseeing trip or even visiting to participate in the potion classes they hold. Oh, no, I came for the Dungeons & Dragons. Along with sharing my experience below including a photo gallery, you can watch the first episode of Cantrips & Casters I attended live in Manhattan.

  Dungeons & Dragons — from game to show

Cantrips & Casters is the brain child of Anna Hogan from The Cauldron team and Anne Richmond of the Active Player Network. Both convinced their perspective companies of the benefit to this adventure together. Casters & Cantrips is a live Dungeons & Dragons show with a six episode pilot. I was fortunate enough to catch the first episode live and in person.

Even if you can’t make it in person they stream live to Twitch. A cast of gamers with theater and performing experience was assembled to entertain with a game of 5E D&D.

  I was super impressed with the game and show. The Casters & Cantrips group seems like they’ve played together for years. Before I get into more of the game there is one thing worth noting. It’s an interactive experience.

With your purchase of a $40 event ticket you get a drink and favor tokens. The favor tokens allow you to affect the game. You give them to one of the players. At a certain number of favors a player is granted a flask. Any given player can have up to 3 flasks. At what would be a fourth, their flask overflows.

1 Flask = Auto success when the player chooses to drink the flask

2 Flasks = Maximum damage or healing effect on a spell

3 Flasks = Trigger super power

4 Flask A.K.A Overflow = Same as 3 flask plus a chaos effect — the person who triggers it receives a potion on the house, plus rolls a d10 to determine chaos effect

This way the audience can interact with the game, and let me tell you we did. A lot. And in ways the players and Dungeon Master didn’t expect. You can acquire more favors by purchasing drinks known as potions off the menu as well as by ordering food. At other times the DM calls for votes from the audience by a show of wands.

Professional Dungeon Master Miles Duffield kicks off the game set in modern-day New York City. As for the rest of our adventuring party:

Donovaine (Fire Genasi Bard): Chris Bailey

Leiya (Half-Orc Paladin): Amy Chrzanowski

Portia (Drow Artificer): Anne Richmond

Jyn (Dragonborn Ranger): Dexter Warren

Other crucial members making the show run smoothly:

Director of Photography: Deanna Amoia

Event Coordinator for The Cauldron: Anna Hogan

Short interviews with the team are up over on the Active Players Network website. The first episode is already up on YouTube.

Casters and Cantrips Session 1: An Interactive Dungeons and Dragons Show!

The very first episode was a fun three-hour adventure in a homebrew world inspired by The Cauldron of DM Miles creation. There were magical trees, taverns, dragons, goblins, and more. Anna wanted to turn the second floor of The Cauldron into a tavern you might find in a world of Dungeons & Dragons. If you ask me, she succeeded. The first event sold outof  it’s limited ticket run that took place on Oct. 7, 2019. The second one is slated for October 14. You can purchase tickets here. I was also delighted to learn their cast is a paid one. Happy to hear people are getting paid to do something they love to do.

I’d be remiss in my reporting if I didn’t mention the food and drinks are delicious. Alchoholic tea and potions that bubble over — need I say more?

  Meet in a tavern! #TheCauldronNYC is a magical gastropub where @ActivePlayerNet invites you to become part of the adventure #activeplayer #dnd #dnd5e #livednd I went on a fantastical adventure in Manhattan in New York City. The Cauldron is a magical gastropub experience located on 47 Stone St., New York City.

[banqanas]

Sawanatsu, Leiya and Horinatsu roasting a listener's boyfriend for 1 minute

From: [20201219] So Stoked for FANTASTICS radio episode

For Leiya anon 🐵💛

[hopkei]

leiyas photobook cover.......oh its so over for me........

[emilinecordiliaxoxo]

Chapter 1: Goodnight

Outside the night air was still and silent. The air chilly, but otherwise a nice fall evening. Leila pulled the blanket from her bus seat fort. Her sleep became broken by faint voices on the bus talking about the competition, but Leiya barely hear or understand anything being said. "Hey, we're back at school. You gotta wake up. " The voice sounded fuzzy and far off. Someone shook her. She let out a groan. Leiya opened her eyes, the world bleary around her. Everything looked distant and wobbly. She couldn't make sense of anything, but managed to grab her pillow and blanket and stumbled off the bus. Now on her feet, she watched the other kids walking around carrying equipment into the band room. She shivered and took a fumbling step forward, then another, making her way into the brightly lit room. It was loud inside. Voices echoed, sounds of people putting equipment and stuff away, laughter. As quickly as possible, she pulled out her step-dad's phone and called for a ride home. "I'm already here. I see you in the window." "Oh, okay, I'll be out in a minute." Her speech was slightly slurred. Taking her stuff, she went out, fighting not to pass out mid-step and climbed into her mom's pick-up. The ride home was dark, and her mom's chatter was fuzzy. Before she knew it, her mom was shaking her, telling her to go inside. The kitchen light, though far dimmer than those of the band room, were blinding. Walking was a hard labor, her stumbling now becoming a weaving stagger. Once halfway to the kitchen, she fell asleep mid-step and jolted awake only a moment later sprawled across the island. "Are you drunk? You're acting weirder than usual." "I'm fine, just tired. It's been a long day." The lie came out slurred. Her mom gave a look of disbelief, but said no more as Leiya picked herself up off the island and continued towards the basement door. A couple times, she fell down, but made it into the basement unharmed, and turned the flashlight on her iPod on. A few paces in, her iPod vibrated and began going off. Three messages and a few game notifications. She stopped and looked at the messages, then took a moment to reply and say goodbye. The pills failed, but she was determined that tonight would be the night.

[banqanas]

> playing someone’s fanta playlist in the background to help stream breakline MV

> came back to see kEITO HUGGING LEIYA???!???!!????????

EXCUSE ME???!???!!!!!!!!!! NO ONE TOLD ME THERES AN ACTUAL FOOTAGE OF KEITO HUGGING LEIYA???!?????? FOR THE WORLD TO SEE!!!!!!!!!!!

[banqanas]

KEITO LEIYA IN TANK TOPS???!??!????!!!!??? SOTASOTA I OWE YOU MY LIFEEEEE

[banqanas]

SAWAMOTO NATSUKI SHOWING SKIN?????? ON THE CAMERA?????????? GIANNA BOYFRIEND I OWE YOU MY LIFEEEEE

[banqanas]

Yusei's silly moments #16235: His favourite place to eat meat is ...

From: Susteina! Extra talk