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BLCD Review Special: Zariya Ranmaru - Coyote

Title: Coyote (コヨーテ)

Release Date: 2018/08/22

Author/Artist: Zariya Ranmaru 

Cast: Okitsu Kazuyuki x Ono Yuuki (I know. I was wrong)

Synopsis: Mingling in the human world, wolves that hide in the shadows. This new series by Zariya Ranmaru tells us the story of Lili (Coyote), a mysterious boy and Marlene, a piano player who’s eager to know what’s hidden behind those amber eyes. (BakaUpdates)

Review Proper

Hmm.

I actually wasn’t so invested in Coyote when I first read it, but yous know how I’m Zariya trash, mates. Of course I had some interest in this. But I actually don’t even remember how the manga went and if I actually finished it or not. (I didn’t so I had to reread it along with listening to the CD 😂). Also this bitch took to long to arrive at my doorstep. I already had Liquor & Cigarettes for weeks!

By reading the manga, I remembered why it didn’t grab me as much as the other two - Marlene’s (or should I say Joshua?) feelings for Coyote were already established and in quite a fast and odd way too. It just seems a little half-assed for me. Even Royce’s feelings would look faultless when compared to Marlene’s. 😂 But well, we’ll just have to see what happens in volume 2.

Back to the CD commentary -

Yo, I remember being pumped up about this when I saw the cast list for the first time and thought that Okitsu was going to bottom, but turns out that I was wrong. 😂 Anyway, I didn’t think Ono Yuuki was going to be a good match for an Okitsu bottom because he tends to match Okitsu’s range sometimes. 

So how was my man’s performance you ask?

WOW.

Have some mercy on me, Okitsu Kazuyuki. He’s got me hands up in praise to the Lord! 🙌🙌🙌

I mean, what the fuck me pls? If you couldn’t get enough of his Shiina in Fruits Gateau then, Merry Christmas, hoes! Whoever thought of casting him as Marlene deserves a raise. 👏👏👏 He’s honestly the man to turn to for a role like this. Give it up for Shingaki Tarusuke and Okitsu Kazuyuki to handle roles like this (and raising the Zariya banner in the BLCD industry). I’m sure that Ono Yuuki could’ve done well as Marlene, but I’m sure that he couldn’t pull what Okitsu just did. Thank God I was wrong. 😌🙏

Ono Yuuki also did a fine job as Coyote and I’m pleasantly surprised that I didn’t hear his Junta at any point of the BLCD considering I’m also tuning in to the DakaOtoko anime. Well done, my boy. His voice was perfect for the role as it was a little deeper which I had expected him to sound in my imagination. And boyyy does this man flip a switch when he goes into heat - where was this when it was needed in Koubutsu wa? 😂

I’m actually on the fence about which was more interesting of a plot, this or Nemuri Otoko to Koi Otoko? The voice work here is phenomenal and sliiiiggghhhtly better than that other work. But you should know that Nemuri Otoko is my favorite Zariya series as a whole. Sorry, Okitsu. 😂🙏

Anyway, this being the only one not produced by Marine Ent., Frontier Works did their best to make this story alive. I cannot stress how important it is for the producers to be able to replicate that feeling we get when we see Zariya’s beautiful settings enough. I don’t know how they do it, but they all manage to get that air in in all the BLCD adaptations of her work. 👏 I did have a slight issue of being confused of the period this story happens. I initially thought that Coyote is set in the early 20th century because of the buildings in their town and then I suddenly hear a modern ambulance so I was shook. 😂 I was freaking out thinking that Frontier might have change the timeline, but I quickly realized that I was just an idiot. Now, I did say that I’ve never finished reading this before so I didn’t see their phones until I reread it. 😂

So we’ve got excellent plot execution (this also has ad libs but no cut outs and major changes) and great voice work and chemistry. Another A++ here - no surprise there. I highly recommend reading the manga while listening to this so you could relive the pain of the cliffhanger in the end but it’s fine listening to it alone too.

No, I’m not going to talk about Void here bugger off.

Anyway, here’s a bonus compilation of Zariya’s semes to tick Tumblr’s bot off.

Merry Christmas!  😂