#hakumyu shitan kazama hakuouki musical

[kuro71]

Hands Down for Hakumyu Shitan Kazama-Hen

I’ve always a simp and followed Hakumyu since Saito-hen 2012 (their first production) so seeing the new casts it’s a bit hard for me, moreover I already attached to them especially on their early production of Kazama and Heisuke-hen

To me their production at that time were the best and no other version can beat it.

And then Reimeroku came, it gave me bitter taste seeing the new casts didn’t exceed my expectations. Shinsengumi Kitan came, Harada-hen, Hijikata-hen (2018), and then finally Shitan Kazama-hen (2019)

At first I didn’t watch it instantly, I still love the old cast, you can say I’m very adore and love the og. But after clearing up my head and watching it with an empty mind (no bias). Oh god... hands down to Shitan Kazama-hen!

I don’t think we give enough credits for this production, therefor I am going to talk about this stage because it gives me so much nostalgia, happiness, and satisfying feelings

Overall score:

Script ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ Casts ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ Production ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Songs ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ Chemistry ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆

I’m going to give my own reviews and opinions so there will be lots of spoilers. Disclaimer: English is not my first language, so I am very sorry if there are tons of grammatical errors

Second disclaimer: this review will be very bias by how I perceived musical (usually I accentuate more on the actors/actress acting and singing ability than the production). Also I learn a little bit about theater hopes my knowledge helps the reliability of this review.

1. Acting + Singing Ability 

Nakagauchi Masataka as Kazama Chikage

At first I thought no one can beat Suzuki Shogo as Kazama Chikage, his voice and acting already imprint on my head. Suzuki really potrays such a maniac and obsessive in early production, but in his own Kazama-hen he really give his best shot by understanding the character and gosh his singing ability totally improved! So after Suzuki being replaced by Sasaki, Suzuki still won because I think he lives for Kazama role. Yet, when Nakagauchi came, he really came to wreck my bias list. HIS SINGING?! ACTING?!!?!?! damn I think I might’ve like Nakagauchi more as Kazama than Suzuki. There are some parts in the beginning he was a little bit awkward, his sword ability is below than what I anticipated. But Nakagauchi really potrays anime and game Kazama. Stoic, reserved, cold, yet caring. But he lack the manic and obsessiveness towards Oni pride (?) unlike Suzuki. There is this part where Nakagauchi sang acapella when he fought with Hijikata and ~oh god~ it truly blows my mind away.

Motonoshi Sakiho as Yukimura Chizuru

is this really her? she looks different on stage anyways, hmmm... *cough* (okay start with compliment, start with compliment)

SO, 

Motonoshi realllllly the embodiment of Yukimura Chizuru. All this time I thought Isobe or Tanoue are the best. Well they are, but there are this spirit and perseverance in Motonoshi when she portrays Chizuru. I don’t know maybe it’s because Kazama-hen story, so Chizuru must be very stubborn or how she potrays Chizuru that’s why there is this strong willed personality in her -which I like it so much- But what I can’t stand from her are I think she is a rookie actress on stage / musical play. You can see how awkward she is when she’s LITERALLY STANDING ON THE STAGE or BEING SLASHED BY THE ENEMY, I think she’s confused what to do, don’t know where to stand etc etc. And her acting is quite stiff. But here’s where I find it interesting. Whenever she sings she can act like normal, like chizuru, she can portray Chizuru very well WHEN SHE SINGS. And I love her voice, her voice trully blend with Nakagauchi. Is she the best Chizuru? She is, when she sings. But if I have to compare her with Tomita Maho, I guess love them both but in acting skills I prefer Tomita but Motonoshi for singing.

Wada Masanari as Hijikata Toshizo

I don’t need to say anything about him actually. He’s very positive from me. Green light. Wada Masanari have a great singing ability, I knew him from Tousute and how he portrays Hasebe really remind me of Hijikata, so I’m not surprised when he got the role. I’m more surprised by how good he is when he’s on stage. I can say he’s almost equal to our beloved captain Piroshi. His singing ability is also top notch.

Yamazaki Shogo as Okita Souji

Yamazaki Shogo really surprise me when he showed up and start to talk. His voice sound similar as Daisuke, and his cunning looks similar to Okita itself. He’s good, I have nothing negative thing to say about him (minus his laugh tho it sounds so forced). Aside from it his portrayal as Okita is really good. There’s a scene where Okita learned about Kondou death, it’s really heartbreaking and Yamazaki acting and singing skills really build up the emotions

Akazawa Tomoru as Saito Hajime

Who is Saito Hajime? It’s Akazawa Tomoru 👉🏼😎👉🏼 ........ get it? In all seriousness Akazawa is the epitome of Saito Hajime. I LOVEEEE Matsuda Ryo’s portrayal, but I also love Akazawa’s portrayal as a loner and loyal samurai in here. There are some part that he kinda overwhelm by others (like you won’t notice he’s there) but there are times where he really outshine others. I think he’s my second favorite Satio Hajime actor after Matsuda :)

Higuchi Yuta as Toudou Heisuke

No one can beat Ikeda Junya ask Toudou Heisuke, but that doesn’t mean Higuchi Yuta doesn’t do a great job as Heisuke. When I watch his scene, he has his own charisma that makes me wanted to protect him. On the stage he really can act like “I will protect you chizuru senpai” but there are also some moments where he went serious (but I can’t take him serious bcs he’s just too cute). Also I did not expect his duet with Chizuru before the battle with Rasetsu in ??? Castle. It gives me a nostalgia moment about Heisuke route :( 

Mizushi Atomu as Harada Sanosuke

Hands down to Mizushi Atomu who plays as Harada Sanosuke. In this stage production, Mizushi didn’t exaggerate Harada character AT ALL. Like if he want to be funny, he act funny, if he irrated by Heisuke, he just punch Heisuke in normal (?) way. ALSO DO I HAVE TO REMIND U HOW EFFORTLESSLY SEXY HE IS?! His charisma on stage didn’t overwhelm, eventho somehow I feel like his screentime and lines are more less than in 2015 production, but he manage tho. HE MANAGE TO SHINE TILL THE END <3

Kishimoto Yuuta as Nagakura Shinpachi

To be honest I don’t really pay attention anyone who play as Nagakura Shinpachi. I don’t even remember much from all actors who play as Nagakura bcs they’re all the same to me... lowkey, trying not to outshine other characters, and that’s it I guess? But from all who played as Nagakura Shinpachi, Kishimoto Yuuta have the best singing ability. 

Teruma as Sanan Keisuke

:)  Just..... Where have you been in my entire life Teruma? :) TERUMA TOTALLY STOLE THE SHOW No LIKE SERIOUSLY I don’t think no one can ever top Teruma as Sanan Keisuke. He’s scary, cunning, wicked, gray area character, and unpredictable. I know Teruma lack of Sannan’s kindness, some post said that Teruma portray it better it Souma-hen so I can not wait to see it happened. Also I DO AGREE if Sannan has his own route. Played by Teruma of course ;)

I just want to tell you guys, prepare your body and soul when Teruma do his solo. My jaw dropped really hard when I saw it. 

2. Charisma

Having charisma between two main characters, enemies, and the Shinsengumi it’s not easy. Not all stage productions can nail it. But in here, our two main characters really pull it off. I know Motonoshi is a lil bit stiff playing as Chizuru, but whenever she interact with Kazama, it felt like she know what to do (stubborn Chizuru who doesn’t want to hear what Kazama said lol) and she is like a pure and naive girl about l-o-v-e around Kazama. Yet, Kazama is like the bad boy prodigy when he’s with Chizuru. SO yeah, their dynamic is like bad boy who fall in love with a good girl. Ok. 

Also I love ^ that scene where Kazama slowly hugging Chizuru (maybe out of concern and wanted to comfort her) it shows how Kazama deeply care to his own kin. What I really like in this stage production Kazama didn’t force himself to Chizuru and their chemistry really building up till the end of the show.

But I still found it weird, where Kazama kissed Chizuru AFTER he killed Hijikata like tf

The Shinsengumi they also have strong bond to each other, the trio idiots (that’s what I called them ehe) they don’t really emphasize it that much but I can still feel how genuine they are towards each other. I love Hijikata and Kondou relationship, I really bawled my eyes out when he dies :D.. see in this stage production I dont really feel the closeness as Shinsengumi, moreover as a UNIT. The trio, Hijikata and Kondou, Souji and Okita, the Oni’s, even Sannan felt like an outcast. Maybe it’s because they fasten up the pace, we can not see more interactions in the daily lives of Shinsengumi, which it’s kinda shame.

3. Production 

-stage- 

In terms of production, yes they’re more high quality than the 2015 one. Their choreo are more various, have props (like fans) for dancing, oh and the GodDamn Sakura Tree is beautiful. But what I found it unfortunate is the atmosphere. I still remember when I watched the 2015 I get the chills from the opening, eerie vibes in Chizuru and Kodo duet song, Sannan attack Chizuru, and the sad atmosphere in the song where Hijikata got shot. But when I watched the Shitan Kazama-hen... I felt, somewhat, someway bland. 

Yes Hijikata shot scene are sad and I got teary. Harada duet with Kiranui (?) are more heart wrenching. But what I’m looking for are the eerie, creepy, painful vibes in this one. It’s because our focus are the demons so It’s normal for me to expect something unexpected or inhuman vibes from the stage production. But I didn’t get any. On the other hand, the last fight where Kazama and Hijikata fought under the sakura tree it felt very grand but sad at the same time. 

Kudos for the big sakura tree and and their acting too.. 

-songs-

The songs majority are rearranged, which I don’t find it really that disturbing, they also try to bring back Saito, Okita, Hijikata, and Heisuke iconic songs (but where is Harada song goddamnit) I think there are also new songs? But I don’t quite remember is it really a new songs or it’s just another rearranged songs. They sang Yaisa tho, that’s more than enough :D

There are also some songs that were toned down and some songs get rock versions and stuff. What totally blown me away are Heisuke sudden duet song, Sannan’s solo, and Kazama acapella. I also love Chizuru harmony and adlib, she sing very good and very light like a feather 

That is all for my review.. This is all based on my own opinions and bias so I you don’t agree to what I say in this post feel free to comment on it (without forcing onto me or anyone else) I would like to say sorry for my messy English, hope you guys understand what I’m trying to say here. Now, excuse me I want to watch Souma-hen :) ✨✨✨

[funjoushi]

HakuMyu Kazama Shitan(2019) subs/dld

okay I swear this is the last one. But here is the link to my final Kazama-shitan subs. These are adjusted so that they can work with any rip and not just my own(also generally edited and refined). But of course, a download and soundtrack is still included

download here

[sandreeen]

[Hakuouki Shitan: Hijikata Toshizou Route (2018) Musical Curtain Call] Kazama’s actor just dissed the whole cast’s singing ability!😂 (Himself included!) Nakagauchi-san, no!😂

[yukimuraruki-art]

Nakagauchi Masataka as Kazama Chikage

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It's finished!! Actually since March 3rd, but for some reason I didn't scan it before  Anyways, it is online now and I love it so much!Although I think I could have done better, but since it's Nakagauchi Masataka portraying Kazama Chikage, I think I will never be satisfied. I've been a huge fan of Nakagauchi-san since 2007 or 2006 even, when he debuted as Niou Masaharu in the Prince of Tennis musicals - also Niou Masaharu is one of my top 5 characters of all time and TeniPuri xD And since one of my favourite actors plays now one of my favourite charatcers, it's kind of huge xD So, since I had again access to my charcoals and other drawing materials, I decided to do this portrait. It's drawn on a thicker kind of copy paper, since I wasn't sure how my qater colour paper would react to charcoal. In the end I would have had a better and far easier time if I tried it then, but it's not the worst outcome here either. The flowers are done with pencils and markers, so they would make a nice popping contrast to the overall dark and monochrome picture. I think I didn't capture all the shadows in the best manner, but well... I tried and I will try again His expression is kind of not the same, I think on the photo he looks a bit more arrogant, so here, have my slightly more civilized Kazama xDIt might be the case that many people will look at this and facepalm because I chose to draw Camellia Japonica in the background. Well it's an intentional choice to draw the no-go flowers of the swordsmen in old Japan. The bromide is from Hijikata-hen, so Kazama dies in the end - it's a farewell in that story. For those who do not know the reason: the camellia japonica whithers in a way that looks as if the flower is beheaded - not a good sign for swordsmen. For women on the other hand, the flower means love.

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[kumoriyami-xiuzhen]

Accessing Hakumyu Guide

Okay. So I’ve had a number of people ask me for “How to watch Hakumyu” help as I am one of the individuals who is willing to share files to the fandom and who is also on the LJ... so I wrote a guide for the FAQ I get. 

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First, files uploaded on the Hakumyu LJ and the Hakumyu files that are shared by others are not to be streamed, shared or uploaded elsewhere, but directing someone to the respective website/persons is acceptable.

The Hakumyu community relies on people’s generosity to get translations and subtitle files created, and for the musicals to be shared... so don’t go ruining it. Translating and subtitling can take a significant amount of time to do, and the musicals themselves are not cheap to buy and ship.

In case it needs to be stated, the term “Hakumyu” is a generally used term referring to the abbreviation of “Hakuoki Musical” or “Musical Hakuoki” even though there are “HAKU-MYU LIVE” musicals.

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Accessing Hakumyu

(I am assuming that anyone reading this will have prior knowledge of what Hakuoki musicals have been produced, though information on the what the first 12 musicals are can be found on the Wikia.)

The most common recommendation made to watch Hakumyu, is to join the Hakumyu LiveJournal community. It is also the same group that anyone referring to the Hakumyu fancom or Hakumyu LJ, is speaking of. 

The Fancom is a closed community that you must request membership to join in order to access its files, and requires the creation of a LiveJournal account. The post where membership requests are made is the “[MOD-POST MUST READ TO JOIN] Welcome, to the Land of sparkly Shinsengumi, Oni & Rasetsu!” post. Details on how to join the community are on that post. 

To locate what DVD rips and subtitle files have been shared directly to the Fancom, go to the “[DOWNLOADS MASTERPOST] Hakuouki Musicals Downloads” post. Additionally, the subtitles for the original Saito-hen can be found through the mirror link of the Saito-hen musical download (included this info as the file under the subtitles link still redirects to the hakumyu wikia). 

Alternatively, you can now join the newer back-up Hakumyu LJ fancom to access the majority of files that were shared to the original Hakumyu LJ if waiting for a membership request to go through... since that community only has one mod to process membership requests. However, like the original fancom, you must request access to join here.

In regards to the files that are NOT on the fancom, and therefore do not require membership to the Hakumyu LJ community, there are a number of them which can be found here on tumblr, which include (remove the slash “/” to get the usernames):

Subtitles for Hijikata-hen, LIVE, Shinsengumi Kitan and LIVE 2 are obtainable here (reposted and reuploaded with permission from @/janiesj)

Subtitles for Kazama-hen can be obtained via @/masayume85 (I think you might have to search for the post for them... 

Subtitles for Toudou-hen and Harada-hen can be obtained from @/lady-mug. They should be under the “subs" tag. lady-mug also shares DVD rips of LIVE 2, Toudou-hen, Reimeiroku, Harada-hen, Shinsengumi Kitan, Shitan Hijikata-hen and Shitan Kazama-hen, but you have to send her a direct message when making requests (also please be polite and follow her rules!).

Subtitles of Reimeiroku can be obtained via @/sohmariku under the “Hakumyu” tag.

Subtitles and DVD rips for Hakumyu Shitan Kazama and Souma-hen can be obtained from @/funjoushi, but you must ask them for their files (do not be anonymous when doing so).

@/legendary-girl-a shares assorted CD, soundtrack, DVD and Blu-ray rips of her files. You must ask them for their files by direct private message only. (tumblr no long available. their files are on the 2nd Hakumyu LJ)

I share Blu-ray rips and HD files of Hakumyu musicals, but I have my own rules that need to be followed and only receive requests through direct messages (sorry but I am not elaborating further on anything else given how many times I’ve already done that). 

Translations of Kazama-hen’s extras are here and LIVE extras are here. 

Also, since I have been asked this more than once, in terms of what order to watch the musicals, I would go Saito-hen -> Okita-hen -> Hijikata-hen -> LIVE -> Kazama-hen or Toudou-hen or Reimeiroku or Shinsengumi Kitan -> LIVE2 ->  Shitan Hijikata-hen or Shitan Kazama-hen -> Shinkai Souma-hen -> Shinkai Saito-hen -> LIVE 3

The order for that specific recommendation is due to how Saito-hen is the first musical (and it shows), while LIVE contains spoilers for Saito-hen, Okita-hen and Hijikata-hen, and LIVE 2 contains spoilers for Kazama-hen, Toudou-hen, Reimeiroku and Shinsengumi Kitan. 

p.s. if someone can think of something else that should be added to this, let me know.... since i get these sort of questions quite regularly.

[funjoushi]

you have no control who lives, who dies who tells your story

[sandreeen]

[Hakuouki Shitan: Kazama Chikage Route (2019) Musical] Ensemble wanted to do the blood drinking scene, but Kazama was like, "No. Excuse you, that's my waifu" while the Shinsengumi just felt like third wheelers in this situation.😂

[sandreeen]

I was staring at Wadanari during Kazama arc's Yaisa! Yaisa! Yaisa!

And why is he dancing so awkwardly?😂