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Kamen Rider Gotchard Producers Symposium PART 1 Translation

i got! another producer roundtable translation!! this one is only the first part of 3 of the gotchard roundtable. i will have the next parts translated soon. thank you TTFC for formatting it this way

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Kamen Rider Gotchard: TV Series Conclusion Commemoration Toei Producer Team Special Roundtable (First Edition)

“Kamen Rider Gotchard” will soon be at its climax! With that, we are delivering a Toei producer symposium like usual, split into three parts. Furthermore, the first and second volumes will be released one week before the final episode airs. The three-part talk totaled up to over 30,000 words. The participants are, of course, Producer Yosuke Minato and Assistant Producers Daigo Matsuura and Kaho Miyashima. In this first volume, we returned to the start of the show’s planning…!

Act 1: The Starting Point Was Part 2 of Kamen Rider What?!

Today is the TTFC tradition for all of you Toei producers and assistant producers gather and think back on the course of this year and then some, so I hoped that the three of you will start, Minato, Matsuura, and Harashima. But… speaking of the number “3”, there were talks of that becoming a main point of “Kamen Rider Gotchard”.

Minato: The original idea was alchemy.

[Footnote: Please also see “Furasu High School Bulletin Board” episode 28 as a reference.]

The number “3” is written to be essential in alchemy-related texts. In Hotaro and others’ henshin poses, their movements form a triangle for that reason. The “Philosopher’s Stone” is said to need “sulfur”, “mercury”, and one more—“salt”, which has the power to combine that sulfur and mercury, so “3” was a big motif. So I thought that, if we do Kamen Riders who use alchemy, it would be interesting to put the number “3” in a lot of places.

TTFC: So was the decision to have three main Kamen Riders (Gotchard, Majade, and Valvarad) also…?

Matsuura: Actually, that was completely unrelated (Laughs).

Minato: Yes, completely separate. We just wanted to make it like “Kamen Rider Agito” (2001) (Laughs). We wanted that before we decided on the motif of “Alchemy”. Since we were planning it to be “(Kamen Rider) Agito 2”, we decided to have three Kamen Riders, and those three would each transform with their own different belts (Drivers) and cards.

TTFC: Hm? “Agito 2”?

Matsuura: For about how long were we calling it “Agito 2”? Was it about a week?

Minato: No, “Agito 2” was about a month (Laughs). From that, we had a main Kamen Rider, an animal Rider, a mecha Rider… it was that mental image. “Alchemy” was decided after that. So, results-wise there were also parts that changed form when the plans were changed.

Matsuura: With that logic, is Majade (Kamen Rider) Gills?

Minato: Yes, that’s true, their positions are similar. It doesn’t even stop with their base forms. Majade gets her power passed down from her father too (Laughs). Harashima, you joined when we were planning, but you really wanted to see something like “Agito”.

Harashima: I watched “Agito”. But, when I formally joined, filming was already about to start, so I wasn’t there during the “Agito 2” era and only learned about it just now (Laughs).

Matsuura: What, you didn’t know (Laughs). However, you fit with “Agito”. I remember hearing, “That’s interesting!”.

Harashima: That’s right.

Minato: When you asked “Are there any good works to watch since I’m in charge of the new Kamen Rider season?”, I feel like I just recommended my favorite works (Laughs).

Matsuura: What were the other ones you watched?

Harashima: “(Kamen Rider) Fourze” (2011) and “(Kamen Rider) Decade” (2009). I was also watching Geats originally. I think “Fourze” was because “Gotchard” was already decided to be a school season. “Decade” was related to Kamen Rider Legend. But I dropped “Decade” midway through (Laughs).

Minato: If a Rider newbie watches “Decade”, they’ll have a hard time understanding it (Laughs).

TTFC: Regarding “Agito 2”, that wasn’t simply just the idea of “Let’s do a sequel”.

Minato: That’s right. This is an example from another company, but it’s like with “Ultraman Tiga” (1996) in contrast with “Ultraman Trigger” (2021). There’s always been a question of how to make an IP (intellectual property) like Kamen Rider spread across the world more than ever, and for that approach, the method of a “reboot” like with “Kamen Rider Black Sun” (2022) from “Kamen Rider Black” (1987) is being utilized well. It’s not a sequel but rather a new work that inherits the original’s place. Even when planning the TV series, that’s a pattern we try to have from the start. It felt like we only thought about “Agito 2” as a direction for a brief amount of time. I certainly liked “Agito”, and two of “Agito”’s former producers (Shinichiro) Shirakura and (Hideaki) Tsukada were in charge of the planning conference, so there wasn’t a reason to drop it if they said they liked it (Laughs).

Matsuura: But, that period was only about a month. It’s not unreasonable that Harashima didn’t know about it (Laughs).

Minato: Personally, I watched “Kamen Rider Kuuga” (2000) too, but what I watched faithfully was its successor “Agito”, so that personal experience was strong. So, at the beginning planning stage, “Playing background tracks” and “Defeating enemies with Rider Kicks” and the like had already been decided. As the plan was progressing, it became what we know to be “Kamen Rider Gotchard”. I received lots of advice and warnings from many different seniors before broadcasting, but I stuck to the two points I mentioned until the end.

TTFC: Because this was the first work you’ve been the main producer for, Minato.

Minato: After all, the Kamen Rider series is an important content for Toei, it has a long history, and it’s accumulated various success stories, failures and the like. So for about half a year, the screenwriter (Hiroki) Uchida and I would consider each point while talking with seniors. Nobody said “Stop that!”. They would talk about their personal experiences with things like that and say, “Please consider what you will do.”

Matsuura: That was because you had a lot of ideas for Gotchard Daybreak, and you had to make a choice soon (Laughs).

Minato: True, true (Laughs). However, it’s not easy to choose that sort of stuff. I would use one for a little bit, and if I thought, “It’s wrong after all…”, I would throw away that component. There was a time when I kept working on that.

Act 2: A Kamen Rider Who Fails to What Every Time?!

TTFC: Uchida’s name has appeared now, but he was helping with plans from a fairly early time.

Minato: I’m new to being a producer, so I wanted somebody to help me. Even if it was sandbagging, I wanted someone that could take the punches with me (Laughs). So with Uchida, we really discussed a lot of things. What came from that was also connected to “Agito”’s Shoichi Tsugami— a pure amnesiac protagonist who is influenced by the people around him. I think we made good use of that for Hotaro Ichinose afterwards. Actually, there was a part about losing memories too (Laughs). Going back to what we were talking about, I was picky about the number “3”, but there were many unexpected and natural things that became the number “3”. Having three Toei producers (including assistant producers) is normal, and along with (Keiichi) Hasegawa and (Akiko) Inoue there were three scriptwriters, and honestly that was coincidence (Laughs). It wasn’t an intentional thing.

TTFC: Did Uchida join before Matsuura did?

Minato: Speaking chronologically, until I was told to do the series that would come after “Geats”, I was doing “Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger”. I left before the filming started, so I wasn’t listed in the credits (Laughs). Uchida and I got in touch on the day I approached him. It was officially decided that Matsuura would join as an assistant producer during filming for the V-Cinext “Avataro Sentai Donbrothers vs. Zenkaiger” (2023).

Matsuura: That’s right. At that point, the era of “Agito 2” was already ending (Laughs), and the idea of an alchemy Kamen Rider was being decided.

Minato: Then, the alchemy books that I’d stopped reading had to be studied.

Matsuura: At that time, what I heard was “a Rider who fails to transform every time” (Laughs). “Because alchemy has a history of failure.” I laughed at that.

Minato: I was indeed saying that. In any case, speaking of “relationships”, I wanted something to be a hook, and had many ideas for that. At that point, the creation of “wild mode” had already appeared. I guess that was “If you henshin you’ll turn into a grasshopper!”. We have “henshins” that are “when you open your eyes, you’ve turned into a giant poisonous bug” in Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”, but when connecting it to the motif of “alchemy” well, you mix it with the usage of various cards and such, and the idea of “failing to henshin” didn’t look interesting. There were times when I was worried about it. I eventually gave up on that direction, so I guess it in itself was a failure (Laughs).

TTFC: That was already in 2023, right?

Minato: It took until the end of March to finalize the plan. I’d already intended to ask Uchida to be the main writer, and he’d actually been looking over the story in its entirety for more than a year at this point. But at the time of writing the scripts for the so-called “pilot” episodes 1-2, we contacted Keiichi Hasegawa on May 1st. His first preparatory meeting was May 8th, and he was finishing the draft script at the beginning of June. Filming started in late June. The specific day we started that was actually my birthday (Laughs).

Matsuura: I never heard about it at the time. Why didn’t you say so?

Minato: No, it was hard to say “It’s actually my birthday…” while everyone was focusing on the shoot (Laughs). After all, that day was decided at the last minute. I thought, “Oh, it’s on my birthday…”, but I still didn’t have a chance to say that. In the end, Junsei (Motojima) received flowers from his manager on the very same day a year later.

TTFC: Uchida and Hasegawa were listed as writing episodes 1 and 2 together.

Minato: Before Hasegawa joined, there was a script that Uchida was writing. I feel like Hasegawa looked at that and dyed it in “Hasegawa colors”. At that rate, episodes 3 through 6 were also being written by Hasegawa.

TTFC: At what point did Harashima join?

Minato: She was already helping when we started shooting, right?

Matsuura: What about the last audition?

Harashima: At that point it still wasn’t decided (that I would join). In the spring of that year (2023), all of the new employees observed the last audition of “Gotchard” for training, and I was only one of them… I think it was three days before the start of filming when I officially joined.

Minato: It was that kind of last-minute timing (Laughs). I remember that the head of the department Tsukada said “It’s because she’s an excellent and capable person” at the time.

Harashima: I don’t know what made him say that at all (Laughs).

TTFC: You joined the company last year (2023).

Harashima: I’m not a new graduate, but I’m a recent graduate. How it went was that my training period was from April to the end of May last year, I was assigned to the drama department on June 1st, and I became an assistant producer for “Gotchard” in the last third of June. So that’s why there are a lot of things I’ve never heard about before now (Laughs).

Act 3: A Mysterious Phone Number

TTFC: So Hasegawa joined hastily.

Minato: To be more accurate, I was asking Hasegawa to join as a backup writer from the start. I have a feeling I called him about that a little too fast. Episodes 7 and 8 were the first two-part set of episodes, so I had decided to ask Uchida to do them. But there was also the winter movie, so it seemed like his schedule was getting pretty tight. So I realized a third scriptwriter would be necessary…

TTFC: And that was how Akiko Inoue arrived.

[Footnote: Akiko Inoue is a screenwriter and novelist. Her grandfather was Masaru Igami, the main writer for “Kamen Rider” (1971), “Kamen Rider V3” (1973), and others. Her father is Toshiki Inoue, the main writer for “Kamen Rider Agito” (2001), “Kamen Rider 555” (2003), “Avataro Sentai Donbrothers” (2022), and others. TTFC members probably don’t need this to be explained to them, but just in case…]

Matsuura: For Akiko, we called her at an early time too. Though it hadn’t been decided which area she would be writing from. At the start, our legend of the “impolite phone number” had already begun… (Laughs).

Minato: That’s right. We didn’t know whose phone number it was that Toshiki Inoue gave (Laughs).

Matsuura: I went to drink with the great teacher (Toshiki Inoue) when I asked, “I have an offer for your daughter, so could you tell me her phone number?”. Then he readily agreed, but the phone number that he thought was it was registered with only the three letters (in Japanese, hiragana rather than the kanji Akiko’s name is usually written with) “Akiko”, and the great teacher himself smiled and said, “Sorry if this is the wrong guy”, so I told Minato that part.

Minato: So frankly, while I was thinking about what to do with this snack “Akiko’s” number, I nervously called the phone. The way I started talking was, “Ummm… do you know Toshiki Inoue?”.

Matsuura: It seems like Akiko thought it was a scam call at the start (Laughs).

Minato: It was difficult, but it was the real person’s number, so it turned out good. Then, I thought about her joining various times, but her results were adjusting the whole of the series’ structure, and I asked her to start with a one-shot episode: episode 19, which has Majade’s television debut. Speaking even more minutely, I was first thinking about having her write two Gotchard Daybreak episodes, 16 and 17, but it didn’t seem like she would fit with two episodes (a two-episode arc?) at all. So, it became that episodes 16-18 would be written by Uchida, so she instead started with only one episode.

Act 4: The Legendary “Chemy-kko Gurashi” ?!

TTFC: What structure made it so that Majade debuted ahead of time in the winter movie and then again in the TV series at the beginning of the year?

Minato: It’s a balance between story progression and the schedule for the sale of related items. As the production side, I want to set Majade’s role as this work’s “secondary Rider” in stone. I was particular about that. On the other hand, the timing for Spanner becoming Kamen Rider Valvarad was also arranged for merchandising development, and we moved it back considerably. Again, what we could do within the year in the structure of the series was limited. That is to say, there wasn’t a gap where we could take our time making the story where Rinne becomes Majade. In the midst of that, the preparatory meetings for the winter movie began, so I proposed, “Let’s do Kamen Rider Majade’s debut ahead of time here!”. That passed, so it went as you all have seen.

TTFC: After Majade’s early debut became a surprise factor for the winter movie, the TV series at the start of the year also became chaotic with Gotchard Daybreak, Fire Gotchard, Majade, and (Kamen Rider) Valvarad.

Minato: The winter movie, in true winter movie fashion, had many ups and downs too. Opinions from each of us three were partially adopted.

Matsuura: Even during it, Harashima didn’t know why we were doing a Kamen Rider movie in the winter at the start.

Harashima: (Laughs).

Matsuura: For Shirakura, that seemed like a fairly critical opinion, and said, “Opinions from someone like you (assistant producer Harashima) are the most important!”.

Minato: Then, at the time of hon-uchi (preparatory meetings for scriptwriting), when we gathered ideas, she came and wrote an extremely long sentence.

Harashima: To be more accurate, we weren’t meeting the deadline… It was finished fairly hurriedly, so at the place of the meeting, I said, “Is it okay if I send this to everyone right now?”. So I mailed it, and said it verbally afterwards, that’s how I explained it. In the meantime, everyone was making a scene (Laughs). That time was incredibly nervous.

Minato: “Majade’s early debut” remained as my opinion, and now for Matsuura’s “Sumikko Gurashi”— I mean, “Chemy-kko Gurashi”?

Matsuura: The third movie was screening right as we were planning (Laughs). That movie was really good, so I paid respect to Pak… er, its vision (Laughs). You don’t expect it from things like “Sumikko Gurashi” and “Chiikawa”, but that was a story that made me cry. So from the advance advertisement step, with the Geats Chemy and Hopper1 standing at the front, I said I thought it was leaning more kids-oriented than usual, and couldn’t we do a movie that’s actually deeply profound? I mainly proposed parts that would fit the movie itself.

Harashima: As for me, in the story that I proposed, the “Geats” characters other than Ace Ukiyo are transformed into Chemies and become entangled with “Gotchard’s” characters— I was thinking of things like that.

Minato: The parts that the three of us thought of took on an amazingly fitting form.

TTFC: Minato and Matsuura, you worked as a duo from “Donbrothers”, but does it feel like that relationship has developed even further?

Minato: No, for “Donbrothers”, there wasn’t really a hon-uchi phase where everyone would discuss it. We received scripts from the great teacher Inoue, and we would do our things after that, like casting guest actors. There were times we wanted to surprise him, I guess. Compared to that, in “Gotchard”, we talked about a lot of things. Us two are alike in being nerds (Laughs), but our viewpoints are still different, so Matsuura notices the things I don’t, and if that’s enough, we know that’s an important component… We help each other in that sense. Regarding Harashima, I think she was especially difficult at the start. From a place where she didn’t know Kamen Rider very well to begin, she was suddenly put in charge, and if she came to meetings nevertheless, more names she doesn’t know like “The Big O” and Space Runway Ideon” are flying around (Laughs). I worried that she didn’t think this work was fun, but her opinions were useful in planning for the winter movie, so she actively tried to make more comments going forward. That was very difficult. For things like episode 19, too, we pretty much left it to Inoue and Harashima to depict Rinne’s feelings. That course of events was similar for the Zukyunpire episodes (22-23) soon afterward too.

TTFC: Minato’s “Majade early debut” idea and Matsuura’s technique of “getting ideas from the promo images” somehow remind me of the “Shirakura method”…

Minato: That’s because we were “Shirakura followers” prior to joining Toei, so I don’t know if there were things we took from him without realizing it. In various works, I have a history of being shocked by strong “tricks” and ending up going to the theater (Laughs). So, we made the new visuals at the start of the year, but before deciding concrete contents, we ourselves had also decided ahead of time that we would “launch” it as “get even more excited from the start of the year!”. It took about one month to decide the real structure of episodes 16-18, and that was difficult, but we left it to the three writers, Uchida, Hasegawa, and Akiko, to make the contents interesting, and I was always paying attention to the “tricks” with more energy. Of course, the fact that we made new visuals for a series while doing it that way— that was done just before by “Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger”, so that show was very much referenced. But the Kamen Rider series is something that has to start a new season in September every year, and the end and beginning of the year couldn’t help becoming an important timing point.

Matsuura: It’s hard. There were many things at the year’s end and beginning that were carelessly left out of what made it to broadcasting, but then, when you have new elements, it’s harder for viewers to follow what’s going on next time they watch. So there’s also a good aspect to having things that don’t change…

Minato: The way you enjoy a work changes with how you remember it. For “Gotchard”, as the ground rule of collecting the Chemies doesn’t change, we wanted to go higher than that one step. What came from that was really strong, the idea to have another Gotchard appear. There were those things, and then the first main reason for the Gotchaigniter toy package to exist isn’t Gotchard Daybreak like it should be. Because he was a person who didn’t originally exist for merchandising.

TTFC: Hotaro transmuted his own Gotchaigniter, and Kyoka further examined that and attached the same unit parts to the Valvaradriver.

Minato: So, with that really time-dependent point, the timing of Kamen Rider Valvarad’s debut changed. Thinking back on it, that area was really hurried (Laughs). The timing for the Gotchaigniter sale that allowed for Kamen Rider Valvarad’s steel to be packaged, in total, was Kamen Rider Valvarad’s visual release. Still, I think that device, even not being in the initial plan, was good in terms of results.

TTFC: Riders like Gotchard Daybreak which are color-change versions of the lead Rider have been seen before, but in the story, when it’s held a great meaning up to now, the presence becomes different.

Minato: We’ve had black versions of Sentai robos and such, as methods; it’s not really a new thing. Of course, the “way it looks” is pretty different. Because in the beginning, the establishment of Daybreak as “future Hotaro” wasn’t decided. In any case, because it started from the idea of “bringing forth a strong Gotchard”, there was a possibility that Daybreak’s identity could have been Mr. Minato [the character, not the producer] or Fuga Kudo.

Matsuura: Well, there are parts of “a strong guy coming from the future at a turning point of the story” that are inspired by a certain super-famous work (Laughs). [TN: this is probably referring to dragon ball or something but i will choose to believe matsuura is a homestuck]

Minato: Well, it’s natural, but we didn’t want to take that path exactly. So we decided that the person who came from the future was a future version of the protagonist himself.

TTFC: It’s a rather bold development, and more than having done it that way, you can’t just abandon the plot point halfway through. And that’s why I’m able to say it was admirably recovered in the summer movie.

Minato: I said it before, but being a first-time producer, many seniors gave me various advice. I feel that each view has its own individual philosophy, and I think none are wrong. But if you apply it all to Gotchard, they don’t all fit together. So then I decided on one big pillar, left to me by TV Asahi’s (Chihiro) Inoue, the fundamental policy that “This work’s protagonist (Hotaro) will be one who grows alongside the child viewers”. Because of that, we decided not to make him strong because of something that happened in his past. But still, while the conversation progressed, the opinions of “Isn’t it good for Hotaro to have a reason to be strong?” and “That’s not it, don’t the kids long for Hotaro?” came from all over. In the midst of that, while I thought about how Hotaro would become stronger, I finally arrived at the point of “meeting his future self!”.

TTFC: There being nothing in the past, you wanted a “reason for power” in the future.

Minato: That’s right. That meaning, I think there is a point that guided us there as we came to fight against the said “adults’ opinions”. Well, we’re adults too (Laughs), but it’s a denial towards the idea “stop changing things and look for stability”, even with age-related things. Hotaro acts as a protagonist who embodies that. While looking at past successes in various ways, we held the clear intent to not be the same thing as those, and that’s the motivation that helped us arrive at where we are now.

[magicmorningmeteora]

Who is your H!P birthday oshi? ~Late August 2024 Pt 2~

[who-do-i-know-this-man-s3]

⚠️Vote for whomever YOU DO NOT KNOW⚠️‼️

[maboroshi-if]

Since in your intro post, you said the MC will have a weapon since chakra can't be used 24/7, may I request those knuckeduster blades that Asuma Sarutobi had? And how jealous will Chihiro will be when I have that?

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 I might put 'em in there (not Asuma's exact one but just some dusters lol)

But Chihiro might end up "borrowing" them for an extended period of time 👀👀

[jasvvy]

AHHHHHHHHHH

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Avataro Sentai Donbrothers: Final Live Tour Memorial Photo Report with Main Cast Farewell Messages ft. Special Contribution from Toshiki Inoue (pages and translations below)

Publication: September 2023

"Memories of Donbrothers" from Toshiki Inoue

"Would you like to do next year's Sentai?"

In the Summer of 2021, I recieved a LINE from Toei's Producer Shirakura.

"Alright," I responded.

This is basically how it was decided that I would be working with Producer Shirakura on this. That might have seemed like a ridiculously easy decision, but it actually held unspoken implications. Ultimately, what Producer Shirakura meant was, "Hey, Inoue, give yourself to me for a year. I hope your skills haven't gotten rusty. Better not do anything that'll disappoint me." As for myself, I though, "Relax, do you not know who you're talking to?" Basically, a serious competition had already begun with the first exchange of LINES. We held our first meeting at a bar, along with Assistant Producer Minato. It may seem inappropriate to hold it at a bar, but in a way, it's a necessary ritual to share a year's worth of drinks.

It was there that I first learned of the title,

"Avataro Sentai Donbrothers."

I couldn't do anything about my rapidly declining excitement for the Sentai I hadn't seen in such a long time.

"Avataro? Donbro? Are you screwing with me? This some kind of bad joke?"

No, no, I began to rethink as I sipped my whiskey.

It's fine, isn't it? When you first hear such a title, you won't forget it, and most importantly, it gave me the determination to do something new. To be honest, at the time, I had already secretly made up my mind.

Okay, let's start off the first episode of Donbrothers with a high school girl. We'll have a slightly dysfunctional high school girl drag the story along.

As far as I know, this was a first for Sentai.

This is because it's long been a taboo for Sentai that has boys as its main target. This time, we'll challenge the taboo. All because it's Avataro Sentai Donbrothers.

After many general meetings, when I'd finished the first draft of the first episode, as expected, many staff members raised their concerns, or rather, they decided by going, "….."

Is this really ok? Is this really Sentai?

I wouldn't argue. I had confidence. If my manuscript had power, that power would persuade those in the lower ranks, no, the entire staff, to go along with it. Well, it sounded idealistic, but the truth is that time ran out, and filming began while everyone was still in doubt.

Donbrothers is a bizarre show, and by the time we got to the fifth episode, the lower ranks, no, the entire staff was lost. Moving past the question of whether this was really Sentai, the feeling was more, "What is this show even about?"

With the fifth episode, "The hide away dog," the TV station's Producer Inoue (Chihiro) said, "I don't know what this show is about, but it's interesting. this is good." with that, most people began to agree with him.

Finally, let me tell you of an episode that happened after the show ended.

One night, as is the usual case, I was drinking alone at the bar.

The bartender there was a weirdo who was a huge Donbrothers fan that would buy me a drink if I told him about the next story. Naturally, when I went to that bar, I drank for free.

He was generous enough to give me a bottle as a gift for writing the last episode.

Then, the patron next to me started talking to me.

Patron: "Is it possible, are you the screenwriter Inoue-san?"

Me: "Yes" (said in English)

Patron: "I'm a big fan of Donbrothers. My girlfriend recommended I watch it, and I became hooked."

Me: "What a wonderful girlfriend."

Patron: "Actually, I've been addicted to XX for a long time."

It would be best for me to not disclose what XX is.

But, I'll stop myself at saying that many of the customer's teeth were chipped to the point of looking like they were completely missing.

Patron: "You see, that's the thing. I've recovered from my XX addiction. After watching Donbrothers, I think I've got a positive outlook on life."

I opened the bottle that the bartender gave me. Then, I proceeded to drink with the patron until morning. _ Higuchi Kohei (Momoi Taro)

After I graduated high school, I spent my time as a trainee player for a professional soccer team. I had no desire to join the entertainment industry at all. Ever since I was in elementary school, all I would think about was becoming a pro. During the Fall, at 19 years old, when I was told by my coach that I wouldn't be able to go pro, my face went pale and I shut down. There were times where I would wake up thinking it's 6 a.m., only to realize it was 9 p.m.

But, I wish I could tell myself this at the time:

"Three years from now, you'll become a hero. You'll be taking in amazing scenery."

Once again, I'd like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to those that I'm most thankful for. To MORISAKI WIN-san. He sang wonderful songs for a whole year, songs that both gave me goose bumps every day, and that made really happy. And to the cast of eight who really supported me. I'd also like to say this to my old self: "You can make it with this cast. You're going to be truly blessed with such amazing members. Please be happy to be alive."

For the past year and a half of "Avataro Sentai Donbrothers," thank you all so, so much for your support! _ Beppu Yuuki (Shinichi Saruhara)

First off, Let's all laugh, shall we? Donbrothers is a piece of work that's made me once again realize how much it's taught me. It's allowed me to grow alot.

For me, last summer I wasn't that confident with the character of Shinichi Saruhara, as I wasn't able to do what I wanted. I'm sorry to say this to all of you who love Donbrothers, but there was a time where I was on the verge of giving up. I don't understand what Shinichi Saruhara is thinking, he's alone all the time, and I don't get why he can't touch money. And yet, something about him made the people who watched smile.

At the time, what gave me the most support was the letters I received from everyone. Sending letters isn't that common these days, but everyone worked so hard to write me so, so many of them. Every single one of them really helped me.

Without this cast, I don't think Shinichi Saruhara would be standing so confidently here before you. Donbrothers is a piece of work that suits any emotion, whether you're experiencing something difficult or something happy. It's a work that I'll cherish for the rest of my life. I also met members whom I'll cherish for the rest of my life. Thank you all so very much. _ Shida Kohaku (Haruka Kito)

For the support of Donbrothers over the past year, for coming to see us at the venue today, and to everyone who is watching the stream, thank you all so much.

Many things have happened over the past year, ofcourse there were fun times, but there were also times of hardship and alot of worrying. In the beginning, I sometimes expressed my complaints to my mother. However, I've been able to work very hard to get to this point thanks to everyone who came to these venues, my beloved members here who are like my big brothers and sister, and the staff who support me.

Donbrothers is loved by so many people. There has not been a single time that I've taken this love for granted. I will continue to cherish the love, courage, and energy that I've received from all of you, and will do my best to return as a bigger and better Donbrother. Thank you all very much again for the past year. I love you all so much. _ Totaro (Tsubasa Inuzuka)

The past year and a half seemed like a long time, yet it was incredibly short. Tsubasa Inuzuka has been pursuing love, busy with love, conflicted with love…..That's the kind of year it's been. It was a year in which I also truly thought about love.

For the past year, many of you have loved Donbrothers and have been coming to the venues. The world is truly full of so much love. I really felt that Donbrothers was loved alot. As you can tell from everyone's speeches, the love for Donbrothers is very strong. It was a truly wonderful production, we talked about how we could've done it better, had alot of arguments, struggled alot, and we all shared the same moments together.

The past year and a half has truly been the most important time of my life. Because I really didn't want to leave the set, I didn't want to go home, I just wanted to keep watching everyone act. I felt that everyone worked hard, so thank you very much for the opportunity to perform in such a pleasant environment. And to everyone watching me here now, with this cast by my side, it was truly a wonderful experience. Thank you for all the happiness. _ Suzuki Hirofumi (Tsuyoshi Kijino)

I've been an actor for alittle longer than the others, but I have no experience at all. I was never given a chance to perform in front of the cameras. In the few occasions where I would, I'd say a few words and that would be it. There was no need for the makeup artists to do me. So, I usually had to do my own makeup, travel to the site by myself, and prepare and bring my own costumes.

The wonderful, dedicated staff here worked from morning until night, and always put us first. I could've never imagined so many people coming to these venues to support us, or the support we've received behind the scenes. I've never experienced anything like this before, and I'm very pleased with the past year. I'm so grateful. There wasn't a day where I felt ungrateful.

For most of the past year, these eight people have been with me every day, more than my family, the members of my agency, and more than the teams I once belonged to. I love these eight people so much. When I look to my side, they're always there. I really, truly think that the faces of these eight will be the ones that I'll remember before I die. Thank you for letting me be apart of Donbrothers. And to everyone in this audience, to all the staff involved with the show, and to everyone behind the screen, for such a nobody like me, thank you for having me. As an actor who's graduated from Donbrothers, I'll live the rest of my life as an actor with pride. _ Ishikawa Raizou (Momotani Jiro)

I was in the dark until Donbrothers began. Whatever I did, it wouldn't continue for too long. I had nothing where I could say, "I feel confident about this!"

I've been walking alone in the dark from a place where there was truly nothing, that was until the bright light of "Donbrothers" suddenly flashed before me. I though, "Wow, guess I have no choice but to go along with this!" but, I was really nervous in the beginning because I had the role of the additional warrior, a role that you take on around the middle of the show. Furthermore, Donbrothers takes place in a world where you don't know what's going on just by watching one or two episodes.

Even still, everyone in this cast is upbeat and has fun, they have an unbelievable amount of enthusiasm for this show. I love them all and Donbrothers so much. I've heard that people will sometimes meet together like this. I was also very excited about filming and had alot of fun. Donbrothers is the kind of show that made me imagine a new, slightly brighter future, even though I've been unable to see anything until now. I'd like to thank all of the fans, everyone here today, the staff, and all the performers of Donbrothers for making it possible for us to be here today. Thank you all so much. _ Tominaga Yuya (Sonoi)

I've been crying so much that my head is alittle fuzzy, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to keep it together.

For the past year and a half, I've sincerely enjoyed my time here. Now, we, the cast, are going our separate ways. I'm more than sure that in the years and decades to come, you'll find something you love more than Donbrothers. For example, if it were Sonoza, he would become a manga editor, for Sonoi, she would run away with Tsubasa Inuzuka to know love, and Sonoi would meet up with Tarou and fall in love with oden together. The future is bright, because each of us can make our own decisions and find our own form of happiness. Just as I was able to become a member of Donbrothers because I continued to be an actor, the experience of working on Donbrothers has made me realize of the many possible opportunities ahead.

I will always love Donbrothers. Even if I quit acting or go down a different path, I'll never forget these bonds for the rest of my life. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. _ Miyazaki Amisa (Sononi)

First of all, I'm happy to have been able to attend this farewell performance. This may be abit personal, but Donbrothers was my acting debut. In the beginning, I was always thinking about the negatives, like whether I could actually play Sononi or why I couldn't do it every time we'd start filming. There were many times when I wondered if I was even suited for the job, and times where I didn't want to go on set.

Even so, I received kind words of encouragement and support from everyone in the cast. Sonoi and Sonoza especially helped me out alot. Thank you both so much. Throughout Donbrothers run, I started to enjoy acting alot more, and I started to think that I would like to pursue this kind of career in the future.

I'm sure everyone has their own dreams and goals, and I truly hope that Donbrothers can support you in your journey. We hope to be a Sentai that is loved by everyone and that you will continue to think of even in the future. Thank you all so much. _ Takahashi Shinnosuke (Sonoza)

I know I don't have enough time to express my gratitude, but there are still some people I haven't properly thanked. I've written a letter. I'd like to take this opportunity to quickly read it.

Donbrothers. As the name implies, it's always overwhelming with its disorderly rampages.

Even though I'm the Chief Editor, she'll cheerfully drag me along. Even though she's easygoing, she's the most considerate. Even though she's the youngest, I'm always touched by her serious attitude. There are also those who seem to be "soft" but actually support you from the shadows. There's someone who'll laugh with you from beginning to end. Or, someone who joined us late, but we admire the way they say they don't want to be outdone.

I love all of you.

And then there's these two Noto's, warriors who I've fought together with in the face of an uncertain future. You spoke passionately about your thoughts and feelings, and I was able to do my best because of it. You were "soft" but dangerous, and I saw you genuinely trying your best, and that in turn made me try my best too. I love you both so much.

Thank you for letting me be one of you. I was very happy to be with you guys.

[demifiendrsa]

Ranma ½ (2024 TV anime) - PV1

The new TV anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 manga will premiere on October 5, 2024 at 24:55 JST (effectively, October 6 at 12:55 a.m. JST). The anime will exclusively stream on Netflix after its broadcast.

ano will perform the anime's opening theme song.

Key visual

Cast

Kappei Yamaguchi as male Ranma

Megumi Hayashibara as female Ranma

Noriko Hidaka as Akane Tendō

Minami Takayama as Nabiki Tendō

Kikuko Inoue as Kasumi Tendō

Kōichi Yamadera as Ryōga Hibiki

Rei Sakuma as Shampoo

Akio Ōtsuka as Sōun Tendō

Chō as Genma Saotome and Narrator

Staff

Kōnosuke Uda (One Piece: Dead End film, DAYS) is directing the new series at MAPPA. Kimiko Ueno (Delicious in Dungeon, Astro Note) is in charge of series scripts, and Hiromi Taniguchi (Kurage no Shokudō) is designing the characters.

Additional staff includes:

Original Creator: Rumiko Takahashi

Director: Kōnosuke Uda

Script: Kimiko Ueno

Character Design: Hiromi Taniguchi

Chief Animation Directors: Hiromi Taniguchi, Takeshi Yoshioka, Yoshiko Saitō, Nao Ōtsu

Main Animators: Nao Naitō, Rie Aoki

POP Artwork: Minami Kitamura

Art Director: Chihiro Ōkawa

Color Key Artist: Yukiko Kakita

Compositing Director of Photography: Atsushi Kanō

Editing: Keisuke Yanagi

Sound Director: Kōnosuke Uda

Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa

Music Selection: Makiko Chihara

Sound Production: dugout

Music: Kaoru Wada

Anime Production: MAPPA

Planning Production: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions

[mysteries-of-galaxies]

Ocs list:

PAWNOTE - Clubmates that decided to try and protest against Animal abuse using music!

Emi Satoshi

Chikao Haminari 

Kairi Hashuren

Yui Miki

DISC - A group of DJS who originally didnt have dreams before.

Jodi Tanaka

Haruki Kazama

Kaida Akamine

Koji Funai

Fantasia - People who hope that their magic tricks and shows give people joy , along with their fantasies.

Chihiro Haminari

Touji Uyeno

Aiko Shima

Suki Kioshi

Our morning's glory - a group of friends who do Orchestras with other people, dreaming to surpass the orchestra they saw in the past.

Taiyo Nakahara

Seiji Higa

Kaiko Oishi

Inari Tanoe

Flower3tte - A very old nightcord group,

The first group with Yuune and Hydra disbanded, so Himi and Sei were the only ones left.

But they managed to find Chi and Kira....

Koyo Tanaka (Himi)

Chiharu Minamoto (Chi)

Not mine : Aoi Maruyama (Sei), Kirara Hittori (Kira)

Un/lock - my friend will figure this out even tho my oc is the leader

Himiko Shimizu

Not mine: Kei Hoshino

Neo Glow -( The online names are based on KOMI CANT COMMUNICATE characters!)

A group of game developers that want their games to give people fun.

Misato Nagihara (Agari)

Naomi Moromiya (Najimi)

Saaya Airamatsu (Yamai)

Reika Fujimura (Nakanaka)

ST4RBLAST !! - A group of people who dream of space and sing just to get that feeling of being inside a galaxy.

Jiro Yoshida

Tsukimi Aikawa

Anzu Suzuki

Masami Watanabe

Late _ Night _ Owlzz - A group on nightcord that stay all night every single night...

Denki Ono

Makoto Yamada

Makima Kato

Koko Yoruzo

Dream! chasers ! - Singers who sing to help others regain or chase their dreams.

Ayato Saito

Muichiro Hayashi

Karumi Takahashi

Sayaka Orino

3rrXr (the online names dont make sense but they're... Hackers fyi)

An anonymous trio of Hackers who posts music out of nowhere.

Yana Inoue (XOXO)

Chiyo Kato (X-X)

Kimi Tairo (X1)

MIC! DROP! - Basically your average Enstars group (im lying)

Yuta Kimura

Kazuto Minamoto

Hikari Fujiwara

Zuko Yoruzo

Love Life Pop! <3 - A group of VTUBERS (i am not making models for) who sings for their content!

Kaede Kobayashi

Aira Haimaru

Nami Ootake

Seko Hiyori

MIXED 0FF! - Group of Graffiti Artists that found out singing was a thing and decided to be street artists as well.

Shuichi Shirai

Midori Ootaki

Itsuki Yachi

Ayano Shio

[a-student-out-of-time]

So everyone in season 53 had connections to someone from our time that helped prevent the tragedy minus Rantaro and Omigawa since they were the survivors from last season? That means Himiko must be related to one of us one way or another

So, wait, you don't know who all their relatives are?

No, and that's the frustrating part. We know most of them, but a few others are missing.

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Time travel analysis also isn't omniscient. We can't just zoom in and find someone, we need data. We need an idea of who we're looking for.

Might help to refresh everyone's memories as well. Here's who we've got:

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KNOWN RELATIVES:

Akamatsu Kaede and Erika- Grandchildren of Hinata Hajime and Otonokoji Hibiki; Kuzuryu Natsumi

Saihara Shuichi- Grandson of Kurosaki Taro and Kamii Tsubasa; Kobayashi Eito and Kimura Tomoe

Momota Kaito- Grandchild of Inoue Sunako

Chabashira Tenko- Grandchild of Deguchi Estu and Tamon Mayumi

Ouma Kokichi- Grandson of Ouma Hirota and Naegi Komaru

Shinguji Korekiyo- Grandson of Kutsuki Kikue

Yonaga Angie- Great-Granddaughter of Yonaga Mio

Iruma Miu- Granddaughter of Mori Miwa and Fujimori Fumio

Hoshi Ryoma- Grandson of Hanamura Kojikoji

Tojo Kiurmi- Granddaughter of Yomiuri Nikei and Taira Akane

Harukawa Maki- Granddaughter of Esumi Masa and Harukawa Naoyuki

Gokuhara Gonta- Grandson of Owari Teruko; Ibarazaki Ai

K1-B0- Third-generation model created by Souda Kazuichi, Fujisaki Chihiro and Arima Ayumi

UNKNOWN:

Amami Rantaro

Omigawa Kiko

Yumeno Himiko

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So nothing much has changed...although I do see some new names.

Ai-san too, huh?

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I'm afraid so.

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Seems like a lot of people we know, huh?

Hmmm...

The list is incomplete either way. You've got just a few listed here, not both sets of grandparents.

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As I've said, we can only extrapolate so much without any clear data. We're relying a lot of them from you all.

[gayest-persona-character]

Round 1!

Rules

Vote for who you think is more queer/gay (doesn't matter if you think they're bi, pan, gay, lesbian, etc. Who's the most not straight!)

I will allow propaganda in the form of asks or notes (tags and comments)

Be nice and respectful. Not everyone has the same headcanons.

Remember, this is mostly just for fun! We have a few submitted characters for this exact purpose, so don't take things too seriously. (It doesn't matter what the results are, most persona characters will be queer-coded in my heart)

The list of polls is as follows:

Labrys vs. Daisuke Todoroki

Principal Kobayakawa vs. Yukiko Amagi

Mayumi Yamano vs. Suguru Kamoshida

Bebe vs. Sho Minazuki

Isako Toriumi (Maya) vs. Ann Takamaki

Ichiryusai Madarame vs. Ichiko Ohya

Chihiro Fushimi vs. Ai Ebihara

Philemon vs.Shibusawa

Kou Ichijo vs. Fuuka Yamagishi

Munehisa Iwai vs. Miyabi Hanakouji

President Tanaka vs. Akihiko Sanada

Ryuji Sakamoto vs. Taro Namatame

Kanami Mashita vs. Haru Okumura

Nozomi Suemitsu vs. Angel and Julian

Ryotaro Dojima vs. Rio Iwasaki

Sadayo Kawakami vs. Maya Amano

Nagi vs. Saori Hasegawa

Cashier from Peace Diner vs. Junpei Iori

Chizuru Ishigami vs. Minoru Inoue

Chihaya Mifune vs. Mamoru Hayase

Misuzu Hiiragi vs. Lala Escargot

Setsuko Sonomura vs. Junko Kurosu

Eri Minami vs. Tae Takemi

Zen vs. Kenji Tomochika

Eriko Kirishima vs. Takeharu Kirijo

Mika vs. Metis

Junya Kaneshiro vs. Takuto Maruki

Moel Gas Station Attendant vs. Hanako Ohtani

Maya Okamura vs. Igor

Sayoko Uehara vs. Makoto Yuki

Lesbian Student from P3 vs. Mami Shibata

Shunsuke Fujii vs. Saki Konishi

Tatsuya Suou vs. Akinari Kashihara

Miho Ogishima vs. Kinshiro Morooka

Hisano Kuroda vs. Ayane Matsunaga

Kanji Tatsumi vs. Makoto Nijiima

Marie vs. Tatsuya Sudou

SIU Director vs. Reiji Kido

Baofu vs. Takahisa Kandori

Yuuki Mishima vs. Tamaki Uchida

Zenkichi Hasegawa vs. Yosuke Hanamura

Mitsuo Kubo vs. Aigis

Kei Nanjo vs. Margaret

Masao Inaba vs. Noriko Katayama

Yukino Mayuzumi vs. Saeko Takami

Tadashi Satomi vs. Chidori Yoshino

Yumi Ozawa vs. Gay Demons P2

Kasumi Yoshizawa vs. Yuka Ayase

Hidetoshi Odagiri vs. Mutatsu

Shinjiro Aragaki vs. Kazushi Miyamoto

Localized version of Naoya vs. Ren Amamiya

Coach Hiraguchi vs. Chie Satonaka

Shuji Ikutsuki vs. Shiho Suzui

Futaba Sakura vs. Naoto Shirogane

Jin Shirato vs. Hifumi Togo

Keisuke Hiraga vs. Eikichi Mishina

Maki Sonomura vs. Toranosuke Yoshida

Rise Kujikawa vs. Elizabeth

Goro Akechi vs. Yuko Nishiwaki

Noriko Kashiwagi vs. Ulala Serizawa

Yuko Himeno vs. Anna Yoshizaka

Hikari vs. Joker (IS)

Mitsuru Kirijo vs. Hidehiko Uesugi

Masayoshi Shido vs. Youichi Makimura

[abyssalchronicles]

Tales of Festival 2023's guest voice actor cast has been revealed! 

Tales of Festival 2023 will be held on June 10-11, 2023 at Yokohama Arena.

Day One Cast (June 10, Saturday)

Masaya Onosaka (Zelos Wilder - Tales of Symphonia) - MC

Katsuyuki Konoshi (Lloyd Irving - Tales of Symphonia)

Chihiro Suzuki (Luke fon Fabre - Tales of the Abyss)

Akiko Kimura (Ruca Milda - Tales of Innocence R)

Yuko Sasamoto (Iria Animi - Tales of Innocence R)

Kosuke Toriumi (Yuri Lowell - Tales of Vesperia)

Rika Morinaga (Rita Mordio - Tales of Vesperia)

Marina Inoue (Kohaku Hearts - Tales of Hearts R)

Masaya Matsukaze (Hisui Hearts - Tales of Hearts R)

Rina Satou (Velvet Crowe - Tales of Berseria)

Azumi Asakura (Laphicet - Tales of Berseria)

Natsuki Hanae (Ix Nieves/Ickx Neve - Tales of the Rays)

Takuya Satou (Alphen - Tales of Arise)

Shino Shimoji (Shionne - Tales of Arise)

Day Two Cast (June 11, Sunday)

Masaya Onosaka (Zelos Wilder - Tales of Symphonia) - MC

Ryoka Yuzuki (Reala - Tales of Destiny 2)

Toshihiko Seki (Loni Dunamis - Tales of Destiny 2)

Katsuyuki Konoshi (Lloyd Irving - Tales of Symphonia)

Ryo Hirohashi (Shirley Fennes - Tales of Legendia)

Ryoko Shiraishi (Jay - Tales of Legendia)

Masumi Asano (Chloe Valens - Tales of Legendia)

Chihiro Suzuki (Luke fon Fabre - Tales of the Abyss)

Yukana (Tear Grants - Tales of the Abyss)

Eiji Takemoto (Raven - Tales of Vesperia)

Takashi Kondo (Ludger Will Kresnik - Tales of Xillia 2)

Mariya Ise (Elle Mel Marta - Tales of Xillia 2)

Kohei Amasaki (Kanata Hjuger - Tales of Crestoria)

Yui Ishikawa (Misella - Tales of Crestoria)

[mizukimatsuda]

アイナ・ジ・エンド × 坂東祐大 - 創造

一部衣装制作させていただきました

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AiNA THE END

Creative Director / Kota Tohata

Planner / Mami Koyama

Art Director / Yasunari Abe

Director / Kyotaro Hayashi

Assistant Director / Toshimasa Kumagai , Yuzuha Kashihara , Masaru Ito

Steadicam Operator / Yasutomo Kevin Yoshida

1st Camera Assistant / Mayu Miyahara

2nd Camera Assistant / Megu Ishihara

Focus Puller / Shingo Ito

Key Grip / Tetsuya Tomohisa

Assistant Grip / Kazuhito Ohtsubo , Soichiro Kawase , Miyabi Tanaka

DIT / Seiji Kogami

Lighting Director / Naoto Tanoue

1st Lighting Assistant / Ryoichi Kurihara

Lighting Assistant /

Shimizu Kenichi , Isamu Suzuki , Satoshi Ikai , Kento Fuda ,

Masayuki Kawata , Kenichi Asaura , Morikawa Hisashi , Masateru Furukawa ,

Takashi Yamaguchi , Takashi Goda , Kei Katsuma , Shinozaki Seiji

Light Board Operator / Kanako Shida

Assistant Operator / Sara Yamada , Hiroki Kodama

Production Designer・Costume Design / Chihiro Matsumoto

Production Design Chief / Masayuki Nakayama

Production Design Assistant / Takumu Ishii , Momo Kawasaki , Ayaka Mori , Nono Saito   

Costume Work / Yuko Makino

Set Carpenter / Koyuki Matsuo , Mei Inoue , Akihito Mineyama , Nozomi Sekiguchi

Special Effect / Keiichi Nishioka , Kineko Sasamori , Hiroto Suzuki

Hair & Makeup <AiNA THE END> / Tamayo Yamamoto

Hair & Makeup <dancer> / Yurika Ichihashi

Hair & Makeup Assistant / Misaki Oka , Honoka Fuse , Kanematsu , Hina Nagamoto

Stylist <AiNA THE END> / Ai Suganuma

Stylist <dancer> / Koji Oyamada

Stylist Assistant / Ayane Saito , Ayumi Takahashi , Reki Tanaka

Costume Design /

KANEHIRO , Tsukasa Koyama , Syo Nomura Sachiko Tahara (Lazy Hours) , Mizuki Matsuda

Choreographer / YOH UENO

Assistant Choreographer / KAYAKO

Dancer / Doto Saya , Yamato Yoshida , Wait(Taiki) , Yuka Otani , isono , miu__________ ,

isa , Yumi , Tokiwa , YU-NA , Sassy , Yumiho , Haru , YOULI , SAYA , Ayaka Matsumoto , ninaricci , chihiro , Mizuka Imanishi , Nao Oishi , Mei , Saki Kato , Hikari , Shin , hinano , calpas , KIM SAYA , Anzu , Miyuu , Ami

Offline Editor/ Masayuki Kubo

Online Editor / Yoshihumi Hashimoto

Mixer / Showsuke Asada

#commissioned

[maboroshi-if]

So what kind of a love trope is Chihiro? I'm betting she's the type that becomes flustered as soon as the MC is being smooth with her

Ooo, good guess!

She's actually the oblivious/last to know love troupe.

She's been friends with MC for so long, and has been through so much with them that she thinks what she feels for them is just deep friendship. It’s not until the end of Part 1, when MC leaves/is taken from the village, that she starts to realize she may have a crush on them.

[yuki-tamura-studio]

2023年度member

M２： 井尻 歌衣　　　　Kai Ijiri 加藤 拓真　　　　Takuma Kato 佐藤 可武人　　　Kabuto Sato 野島 太一　　　　Taichi Nojima

M１： 岩﨑 淳司　　　　Iwasaki Atushi 大塚 昴　　　　　Otsuka Subaru 加藤 千尋　　　　Kato Chihiro 栗原 美希　　　　Kurihara Miki 中田 遥　　　　　Nakada Haruka 舟窪 麻友美　　　Funakubo Mayumi

B４： 上枝 鈴奈　　　　Ueeda Suzuna 柏﨑 有紀　　　　Kashiwazaki Yuki 久野 水菜美　　　Kuno Minami 小池 流駆　　　　Koike Riku 佐藤 宏星　　　　Sato Kosei 杉山 鈴菜　　　　Sugiyama Suzuna 中原 未玖　　　　Nakahara Miku 永井 拳心　　　　Nagai Kenshin 長井 智奈慧　　　Nagai Sanae 長池 陽希　　　　Nagaike Haruki 藤原 禎之　　　　Fujiwara Yoshiyuki 保坂 一成　　　　Hosaka Issei

B３： 赤津 拓実　　　　Akatsu Takumi 荒井 亮雅　　　　Arai Ryoga 井上 弦汰　　　　Inoue Genta 大島 遥　　　　　Oshima Haruka 工藤 考史　　　　Kudo Takashi 坂本 晃也　　　　Sakamoto Koya ZHOU ZINAN　　Zhou Zinan 髙橋 奏大　　　　Takahashi Kanata 竹安 優太朗　　　Takeyasu Yutaro 天間 桃誉　　　　Temma Momoyo 山下 美郁　　　　Yamashita Miku

[reselection]

[love-toxin]

For your oc’s, their sexual orientations? Like what gender they prefer for their darling to be?

one could say the yanderes are.....darlingsexual. most of them are somewhat on a sliding scale between bisexual and pansexual, but they do have some slight preferences that aren't necessarily dealbreakers, since ultimately they will love their darling no matter who they are or what they look like. but since you asked, some of their particular partialities include the following:

Lilith, Isabelle, Seiko, and Morgan all have a fondness for women and fem-presenting people.

Elias and Leo are more inclined towards men and masc people.

Makoi likes women older than him, and moms or motherly people.

Ingrid and Umi like people around their age. Leigh likes people a couple years older or younger than him.

Suki likes shy or submissive people.

Adrian likes anyone with dark hair, freckles, or scars.

Chihiro and Tsubasa have a tendency to like free-spirited people.

Nina likes creative people (artists, musicians, dancers) and anyone with a dominant personality.

Seóirse likes plus-size people.

Kaito loves maid costumes. Doesn't matter who's in them.

Thorn, Ilya, and Conrad adore kind, affectionate people. They also tend to go for people shorter than they are, and so does Avi.

Noel likes cute, yet aggressive girls.

Mel and Jiyu like tall people.

Hyun likes people younger than him.