#They Were 11
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based off a conversation with my friends
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frol and tada <3
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They Were Eleven, Continued: Horizon of the East, Eternity of the West (Musical)
This is such a weird manga to adapt into a musical. Like...an obscure sequel of a shoujo scifi from the 1970s? Why not! I can only assume it's more popular than I'm aware of. Then again, a lot of weird stuff gets adapted in Japan and that's part of what I love about Japanese media.
I definitely enjoyed this more than the all male production I previously posted about which covered the first book. This had the benefit of being a musical (which I'm a sucker for) and for having better aesthetics. Also, I think the sound quality was better because I had a far easier time understanding the unsubtitled Japanese. They had the budget.
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Very interesting to see an all male production and an all female production back-to-back like this with the same characters. I think it might be easier to pull off gender bending with an all female cast. So many women voice male anime characters that my brain is more easily convinced that they're playing a dude lol. I'm new to watching stage plays like this though, so not a very big sample size with which to judge.
I know absolutely nothing about Morning Musume other than that they're a big idol group that's been around forever. I have many questions. (How often are they cycled out? How many girls are there?) My primary question is...does singing ability matter or do they just scout cute girls? Some of the singing in this production sounded kinda...flat. I don't want to be mean but yeah, I couldn't help but notice.
The less than stellar singing might not really be the girls' faults because the songs were also just kinda awkward. Not terrible, just not very memorable. Every song kinda sounded the same to me and there weren't any huge standouts. The choreography was also very cheesy and melodramatic, but that was fun haha.
The special effects and costuming were really good (hair too). I could more easily distinguish between the characters this time. As for SFX I was impressed by the scene where the paper that the bad guy's holding catches fire. I was like "woah! How'd they do that?" lol
This diva:
My eyes were zeroed in on them whenever they were on screen and I was convinced "is this some token male that they invited to be in the show?" I did some research and they're that convincing because they're a former Takarazuka actress. Anyways, they're hot (and I'm dumb) lol.
The dance moves really made me laugh at times. A lot of arm wiggling mostly. There was one part where one girl had to spin in a circle while singing and her voice wobbled up and down haha.
Felt really bad for the actress playing Frol because her wig kept getting stuck on her face 😬
(She's stronger than me because I would be wiping my face with my hand constantly).
I don't know what a stage scream should sound like but some of the screaming in this was a little overdone I think. Like, too realistic or something? Kinda cool but out of place.
I really wonder if the audience was full of more They Were 11 fans or Morning Musume fans. I was a little concerned that the latter would be lost but then I saw that they did a recap/explanation before the musical for the uninitiated. I think I'd still be confused if I hadn't read the manga though lol.
It's authentic to the manga but it's kinda funny how this story becomes the Tada & Frol show when its not even their story. Like, poor King, stop upstaging him!
Tada and Frol share a stage kiss at the finale. I was like "boo! Kiss for real you cowards!!" but I get it. These young girls should do what make them comfortable. (How young are they exactly? I don't even know...)
So yeah, that's a wrap on They Were 11! For now anyways. There's actually a live action film and a drama CD, but I couldn't find those anywhere. I feel like I've become more knowledgeable about anime history :)
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just finished with They Were 11 ! some pages I loved :0 I absolutely adore Frol, his decision at the end really went against his character tho imo and made me really sad !! fwnbaw
#they were 11#they were eleven#11-nin iru!#11-nin iru#11 nin iru#frol#shoujo#shojo#shoujo manga#shojo manga#shoujo manga recommendations#vintage shoujo#manga#year 24#year 24 group#moto hagio
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spiraling
#my art#jujutsu kaisen#jjk#jjk fanart#jujutsu kaisen fanart#jjk art#megumi fushiguro#fushiguro megumi#gojo satoru#jjk spoilers#jjk manga spoilers#the minute i realized how tg coded the composition n colours were i decided to turn it up to 11#i was racking my brain trying 2 figure out how to get the layered tissue paper look tht i talked abt ishida's cover art having#cycled through all my usual layer modes n nothing ws Quite right#until wouldnt u know it . divide n subtract!!!!! i NEVER use divide or subtract bc theyre impossible#but fr this??? its like they were made for it oh my god#it makes the greys look translucent n all my textures pop in a way that makes them appear splotchy n Bruised#which ws the whole point thts the Look god i am so PLEASED#when the layer modes tht notoriously get No love finally find their niche <33 peace and love <333#filing this away fr later i am going 2 have a lot of fun with this new information i think#im very happy w how the colours look n i dont think anything else wld have kept the right Mood#but i am always so >:/ when i have to use a palette tht forces me into giving megumi blue eyes#had to set aside th green eyed megu agenda fr the Aesthetic unfortunately#anyway i knew from the minute i saw it that i wanted to do smth involving the opening panel of 268#bc that panel is S tier#i figured tht if nothing came 2 me i wld just redraw it as-is bc it's alr so good but as i ws sketching i was like#u know what u havent done in a while? art tht looks like u r going Insane#art tht makes ur family ask whether everything is ok#so i once again tucked megumi's knees up 2 his chest and apologized insincerely to him fr making the third megumi angst piece in a row#:)
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Lifespans.
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[Image ID: A three-way venn diagram floating against a starfield. The circles are coloured; one yellow, one light blue, one a darker shade of blue. The yellow is the smallest, the two blue ones over double its size, with the darker blue the biggest. The yellow is half covered by the two blue circles, while it takes up a small amount of the two blues. The centre overlap between all three is labelled "the precious few years we three were together".
There is very little overlap between the yellow and the darker blue without the lighter blue.
The work is signed 'aerialworms'./End ID]
#star trek#mcspirk#star trek fanart#star trek the original series#leonard mccoy#james t kirk#spock#i drew this after that short film came out last year#I don't usually acknowledge ge nerations for my own sanity but it got me thinking about how jim only knew spock for 25 years before he die#bones for 35ish#less than half his life. and then they just had to live on without him#spirk#mckirk#spones#bones and spock knew each other for far longer together than they were with jim#but they came together because of him#their relationship after he disappeared must have been in some way changed by his absence#and i really can't get over the fact that bones lived for so long as well. like he got to over double jim's age when he disappeared#they all probably thought they'd be together forever#and then.#and don't get me started on bones dying and spock immediately leaving for romulus#by my calculations (yes i did a shitton of maths for this and then took artistic liberty with the diagram anyway)#(yes i was also using rough guesstimate and headcanon for dates and ages bc canon is so conflicting)#they were all three together for 25 years. it was 28 years from jim taking command to him entering the nexus#minus three for the pre-Motion Picture divorce years. 25 years they actually got to be together as a triumvirate. not fucking fair.#also please note jim was 60 when he entered the nexus. bones lived to be 141 and spock got to 161. they were all together for 25 years.#i put the k/s overlap as only a few years because i haven't watched snw and figured there were probably only a few years cumulative where#they were together without bones being around too#mckirk overlap is roughly 11 years bc of personal headcanon that they were friends before the 5ym AHH BASTARD TUMBLR DELETED MY TAGS#Please see my reblog if you want the rest of these tags!!!
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does anyone realize how crazy it is to have the actor of a mostly headcanoned queer ship say the fans were never crazy and they were right all along after 10+ years of everyone just absolutely going nuts over the said queerbaited ship
#supernatural#dean winchester#spn#destiel#castiel#deancas#misha collins#im 20 i have been Experiencing supernatural and johnlock since i was 12 and merthur since wayy before that i have fought Wars#this is crazy#i love u hannibal i love u 911 (if u make eddie gay)#for the love of god by 'mostly headcanoned' i dont mean that it was never intentional#i am aware that they put the subtext in on purpose#they knew what they were doing#but my focus here is on the actor actually saying it because like#if its not mostly headcanoned then y was the entire cast denying it for years AND YEARS#like do yall not remember what jared and jenesn used to say#there have been many many many instances where the cast has made us feel crazy/stupid for saying anything abt destiel#im just saying TO ME its crazy that actors and creators talk so openly about these things now !!! again i was raised on merlin and sherlock#ok also im confused on the queerbaiting part#everyones saying its queer coding and not queer baiting but cant they be true at the same time ?#im not being dumb on purpose i swear im just confused#like yes dean is very much bi coded and their relationship is queer coded but if the creators deny everything#and we only get a last minute confession after 11 years#that doesnt count as queer baiting ?#someone smart explain this to me 🙏
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day 10
#tf2#medic tf2#tf2 medic#this and the next day are really short because those days were HARD I was fighting for my life /hj#btw tumblr is 2 days behind#you can see day 11 and 12 on either twt ot bluesky
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They Were 11: Horizon of the East, Eternity of the West
This is the sequel manga to "They Were 11." Another one shot with even fewer chapters than the first (nice). It honestly felt like highly condensed epic. Moto Hagio packed so much into a tiny volume and I salute her. This seems ultra obscure to me in 2024, but it got its own stage adaptation, which shows it had staying power in Japan. Glad to be introduced onto this hidden classic :) (see, going through all of MAL blindly has its perks!)
Ch. 1
Damn that was one chonky chapter! Really good though. I think a true sci fi aficionado would laugh at me if I called this "high sci fi," but it was very lore heavy for me. And I love lore so I was riveted lol
I think this was a really smart direction to take for a sequel manga. The scope feels somewhat narrower since they're focusing on one of the eleven's planets. If this series was bigger I think I would have enjoyed other such spin-offs on other planets. Learning about space culture is fascinating haha.
This chapter was religion and politics heavy and they're intertwined on King's planet because it's theocratic. It's funny because most of the characters don't actually seem to believe in their own religion? They kept mentioning that the phenomenon that decides their ruler is probably just a natural occurrence rather than a sign from God. It seems like they play along when it benefits them...oh wait, that's just how it works in the real world LOL (jk, I know some people actually believe in their religions wholeheartedly IRL)
Lots of talk of progressives and conservatives which felt too real 😭 This fan translation was really good by the way! I can tell that some lines were localized really smoothly (like injecting slang and English expressions very naturally).
Funny seeing that Tada and Frol haven't changed much (well, not much time has passed). Frol's personality kinda reminds me of Miss Piggy or something. Very hot headed. I found them annoying in the OG manga but at this point, I see their appeal. They started this chapter as she/her and ended as he/him. It was really funny how much more popular they were as a boy. Accurate 😂
Why does Tada and Frol's pilot school just casually have a Goddess in their faculty? This series seems a little confused about how mystical it wants to be.
The thought of two planets wanting to go to war but both of them are too poor to do so is kinda a funny image (yet they found a way to go to war anyways I guess)
We get some Tada x Frol fluff and while Frol is in boy-mode no less :D <3
Frol declaring "we're here to pick up babes!" was really cute.
Ch. 2
The drama, the intrigue!! This chapter was mostly the gang on the run as fugitives but with also a big war-inciting incident. It honestly reminded me a lot of the current season of Arcane which I've also been watching as I read this. They both have this "point of no return" moment where it looks like there will never be peace between the two factions.
Although he's the "masculine one" I noticed that the mangaka puts Tada in some pretty girly looking outfits. It is a classic shoujo after all! Everyone looks ~fabulous~
Frol saying "YOLO" and crashing into the side of the academy building cracked me up.
I feel like the vibes of the Fourth being forced to poison the King feel very Shakespearean tragedy
We get another silly name with a woman named "Chu Chu" (how am I supposed to take her seriously? lol)
They nerfed Tada by making him instantly fall asleep after he uses his powers. I didn't really think they were OP enough to need nerfing, but okay...
Ch. 3
That was so majestic! Honestly, I didn't completely follow the (somewhat convoluted) plot but I don't think it mattered. All I really needed to know is who was bad, who was good, and that some corruption was goin down. Other than that, the vibes and the beautiful art did most of the heavy lifting.
This was kinda like the Fantastic Beasts sequels where the protagonists don't really have a reason to be a part of the plot, but they're there for the audience lol. Honestly, we could have probably just had this story just be all about King and his people, but I understand the desire to bridge the two stories with familiar faces.
Some of this gave me Game of Thrones vibes with the various kingdoms and politics. It takes place in space but felt smack in the middle of fantasy and sci-fi. Maybe because things were more planet-side this time around?
I really liked the design of the Priestess. She had an almost masculine look despite her really long hair. It was refreshing.
King marrying Chu Chu in the end was a little cheesy. Not everything needs to end with marriage -_- (well, it is shoujo...)
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I CAN USE MY LAPTOP AGAIN
This is my response to the student relations who refused to answer my mails and calls through friday to monday only to just reply with "Go to the IT" and to the IT team who were nowhere to be found during work hours and caused me to waste half my day in campus:
#i understand not wanting to work during weekends#but if you were just going to give a 3 word replay couldn't you do that before I had to contact the head of my department#never use your student mail to get windows 11 guys
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you all asked for more, here you go yall
I have four additional (lower effort) doodles for the concept done cuz god DAMN did yall go nuts over the last post and while im slightly overwhelmed by the attention i am VERY appreciative of it
ANYWAY, TO THE DOODLES & CONCEPT RAMBLES
Firstly, i've decided that the Cosmo player will be able to move, but with a VERY limited range - a similar model to Razzle & Dazzle's vines but with thorns and maybe single thick vines rather than several smaller ones? That would act as how far Cosmo can go, and the place for other players to avoid or else they'll be damaged by Sprout
I also had the thought of maybe, Sprout could heal the Cosmo he takes? But only when he attacks one of the other players - so like a reverse of Cosmo's usual mechanic! One heart healed per player hit, maxing out at 2 hearts since the Cosmo can't get damaged while in Sprout's circle
Speaking of his heals - He wouldn't be able to do so! Even if he's able to reach a player without leaving the circle nor the other person getting damaged, he'll be stopped from using it since healing people damages him
And finally - The cosmo can try to leave, technically. But will be stopped each time up to a point. Eventually, though.. Sprout will become agitated. Why is his friend trying to leave? Why is he abandoning him like this? So, after enough attempts, he'll let him go... but he'll go on a rampage trying to kill everyone in sight. It is INCREDIBLY difficult to outrun him, and he has a very high attention span too. He's P I S S E D.
It is not advised for the Cosmo to try to leave Sprout
There might be a part 3 to this at some point, i dunno yet but we'll see! do you like my ideas and storytelling based on this? you may be interested in the dandy's world ask/story blog i started!
#certified wally post#dandys world#dandys world cosmo#dandys world sprout#in the last post i said main tags are scary but yall were so overwhelmingly nice that im not nervous anymore#edit 11/17/24 im shamelessly using the popularity of this post to promote my other dandy related work
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Do you think Jesus ever felt homesick. Do you think he missed his mom
#wolfy religious tedtalks#thinking about tjat time i went to china for like two months#for a study program#and i had a banger time it was great#but when i went to bed at night id sort of just sit around#and it was already like 11 pm and my parents were asleep#i couldnt really call them#but id sit and read or watch some videos or eat noodles and check the clock and look at that its 2am#what i wouldnt give for a hug right about now#do you think that after all his miracles he would crawl into an unfamiliar bed and he would think of his own in nazareth
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