#hirarin is cute as always

[cocotome]

Yashiro, Hirarin and Okitsu after OtoPa 2023 Day performance of Error Salvation!! Hirarin said in order to incorporate some of Lucas' putfit into his own, he wore a green shirt. His whole outfit looks really good!

[everything-laito]

I just listened to the para-selene if Laito and it was so cute and horrible and emotional. I am disappointed that it was so short but idc cuz Hirakawa as always did and AMAZING job at conveying emotions and managed to break the voice. I could tell easily that Laito while being cruel was desperetely trying to get MC to remember him and then he admitted being insecure and then didn't want to be forgotten by MC. And then it became sweet cuz MC remembered and he was so happy like genuenly happy

GOD I FUCKING LOVE PARA-SELENE SO MUUUUUUUUUCH UGH It’s just,,, it’s such a beautiful CD oh my god

I wholeheartedly agree on Hirarin’s acting in that scene (and just in general) cuz wow it’s so fucking good, this man has absolutely so much range and it SHOWS

lil shameful self promo of my Para-Selene analyses if you wanna check em out! [shorter one] [longer one]

[yakocchi]

Spring Love with the Prince (Royal Garden) // Voiced Mini Stories

Well, this event is nice because its contents (the avatars, the voice lines, etc.) appear to be new – as in it’s not all lazy reprinted crud from the ancient BMP1 platform. It seems like for 2020 they’ve managed to get a hold of all the seiyuu and recorded new voice lines haha yes

Translations and Event Fluff Behind the Cut!

Characters are organized by story order (the order you receive them)

Glenn (CV. Ishikawa Kaito)

[G]: “Ah, a hairy caterpillar-! … Just joking with you.” [G]: “…Could it be that you’re upset with me? Sorry.” [G]: “…Huh? You were just pretending to be mad? Haah… Thank goodness.” [G]: “I was thinking that you were upset because I made fun of you, so I got a bit flustered there.” [G]: “Really, I’m too weak when it comes to you. Even knowing that, I can’t change a thing about it and it’s frustrating.”

Zain (CV. Hirakawa Daisuke)

[Z]: “I’m completely mesmerized – not by… the cherry blossoms, but by My Lady mesmerized by the blossoms.” [Z]: “Stay still for a moment. A petal got in your hair...” (kiss) [Z]: “I lied. You standing still among the dancing flurry of the blossoms… was so beautiful, so naturally I simply… was swayed to want to do such a thing.” [Z]: “Would it be all right if I do it… some more?”

hirarin as zain is just……..

also there really was a kiss sfx but I cut it out by accident when editing lol whoopsies

Joshua (CV. Namikawa Daisuke)

[J]: “It is my first time partaking in this supposed ‘cherry blossom viewing’, but I could not possibly think that it would be this much fun.” [J]: “Somehow or another, I tend to naturally smile when it appears that you’re enjoying yourself.” [J]: “You, truly… I’m just no match for you.”

Edward (CV. Okitsu Kazuyuki)

[E]: “The descending, transient cherry blossoms truly are beautiful.” [E]: “Though it is only that way because I get to see something that is, indeed, always more gorgeous than these flowers.” [E]: “I may have never felt such an impression before.” [E]: “’What could that something be,’ you ask?” [E]: “…It is you – my beautiful partner who need not scatter away.”

Keith (CV. Kondo Takashi)

[K]: “Spring at Oriens is also pretty nice, huh.” [K]: “…Just a moment ago, you standing there in the midst of the storm of blossoms was so freakin’ stunning, I was honestly a bit enchanted by it.” [K]: “…Man, I’m all drunk on that blossom-viewing sake.” [K]: “I said something that was pretty out-of-character of me.”

Roberto (CV. Kimura Ryohei)

[R]: “It’s the perfect weather for cherry blossom viewing!” [R]: “Now, the bento you woke up early to make for me is also the best, but–“ [R]: “I missed the taste of your family’s dango!”

…………sir this is not as heartfelt as the others im gonna need u to return home-

Wilfred (CV. Sakurai Takahiro)

[W]: “Apparently in your country there’s a saying that goes along the lines of ‘the dango over the flowers.’” [W]: “From my angle, it’s you over the flowers and over the dango.” [W]: “The cherry blossoms are indeed very beautiful; but when I get to see things with you, simply anything and everything ends up looking beautiful.”

The saying he’s talking about 「花より団子」has a meaning that’s kind of like “choosing substance over style”, or preferring practicality over aesthetics and/or style. Mind, it’s not used as a positive thing to describe someone haha. It’s kind of like criticizing someone for not appreciating or understanding the beauty of something

Yakov (CV. Yasumoto Hiroki)

[Y]: “These ‘cherry blossoms’ come and fall rather fleetingly.” [Y]: “However, simply the scattering of all these petals at once is a magnificent sight.” [Y]: “I like it. I want to see these blossoms with you for next year as well. It’s a promise.”

Brief Event Fluff

This event is in their relatively-new “Royal Garden” format. It’s just a revamp of collection events, but it’s cute bc you can take their pets out to war to bring back some extra points every three hours. This is probably the most official “rendition” of the BMP1 character’s “pets��. They’re not like the BMP2 charas (where most everyone has an actual pet) so lol with some of them:

wil’s is a terrifying prince rabbit doll bc… carrots or something. somebody retcon in a bootleg lassie for him please i hate looking at this thing

keith is his dumb lion fursona like kevin’s. it even stands upright and everything

roberto has a legit rabbit, which i think has been his motif for a long time and was then further solidified with the rabbit doll in his time travel bday story.

joshua’s is Kyuu. idr if kyuu made any named appearances in his English content, but kyuu is that same grey cat ↓

(there’s more but u get the message) sieg’s cat is “Kyuu the Third” where Sieg’s cat is related to this Kyuu lol

glenn has a hamster(?). kuon has a squirrel (and i think shion the chipmunk?) so it might be a bootleg mascot of that

ed has a pegasus-type-looking horse. I think Arionne exists only in the non-social continuity, and the one BMP fansite master I look to claims that the horse is named Raphael. idk I never really bothered to play much ed content so hmmm

yakov obv has Daifuku which still cracks me up bc it is among the smallest and least threatening of the animals. charas like ivan and ryuo have wolves and tigers which are still cool but cute but the guy with hunting and shooting as his listed hobbies has a very small owl that doesn’t do anything cool except be a klepto and bother him at work

zain has a panther-like cat, identical to jin. but if I really want to go wehhh zain master race zain had the black cat motif in his avatar items before they even bothered to make jin a major character iirc. the fansite master seems to think it’s supposed to be a call to Suzu (the cat in Zain’s time travel bday route) but hmmm idk

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BLCD Review: Kuro ka Shiro ka 1 & 2

Title: Kuro ka Shiro ka 1 & 2 ( ���か白か 1 & 2)

Author/Artist: Sachimo

Release Date: 2019/03/80 & 2019/10/25

Cast:

Hirakawa Daisuke x Itou Kento

Okitsu Kazuyuki

Tamaru Atsushi

Toriumi Kousuke

Tadokoro Hinata

Synopsis: Himemiya Shin has always wanted to become an actor ever since he was in high school. Now, he is an up and coming actor who only gets roles for the bad guys. Tatebayashi Kazushige has always wanted to go to college, but instead he became an actor. Now, he is an up and coming ikemen who only gets the likable roles. These two opposites may look like they have nothing in common on the outside, however, what secrets lay on the inside? Follow these two as their mysterious show business secret love unfolds. (Exiled Rebels Scans)

Review Proper

You can’t expect me not to listen to this after Kusabi Keri. 😂 No, but seriously, this is the only work Sachimo has that’s really drawn me in post KD. Can you believe that it’s going to be four years since it came out??? Anyway, Flaver and Principle were fine—I’m still disappointed with Flaver’s casting, though. I love you, Yusa but I’m so sorry! Which brings us to my biggest gripe on this adaptation: the voice work.

I’M SO SORRY, HIRARIN BUT YOU WEREN’T A GOOD FIT FOR THAT ROLE😭😭😭

I personally think that Shige should have been voiced by someone who had a higher pitch than Hirarin. Like Okitsu or Shingaki Tarusuke for example. HAHAHAHA I MEAN, IF THEY MANAGED TO RECYCLE OKITSU FOR ANOTHER SACHIMO WORK, MIGHT AS WELL MAKE HIM THE SEME! 😂 Same goes for Shingaki Tarusuke. I know that he was a lead in Principle, but I know that he’d be a perfect fit for Shige. Okitsu and Shingaki are the ones to turn to when you want a troubled prince. Hirarin voicing Shige is like making Maeno Tomoaki voice Miyauchi, ya dig? I thought that Hirarin would grow on me since I’d be listening to the two CDs subsequently, but he really didn’t. Doesn’t help the fact that I didn’t want to say this you can feel him struggle sometimes. 

You see, Hirarin’s mainly uses a cute/onee tone (Mito-san from Secret XXX) for princely roles and though Shige’s personality call for a cooler and more seductive voice, I can forgive that. In brood mode, Hirarin switches to his Aozora Hayato tone which I like, but there’s this part where he and Shin fights, right? Put on a scale of one to ten with his prince tone at one, Hirarin’s brooding is at four, but when he’s angry, IT GOES UP TO A TEN IVAN FIORE FUCK SHIT SHIT SODOM NO NAKAMA. Let’s just say that the fight scene was awkward because you could hear him force himself to tone it down. 

Speaking of that fight scene, Itou Kento was just as awkward as Hirarin then.  😂 I actually thought that he was going to be swallowed whole by Hirarin’s acting, but he did surprisingly better than I hoped he would. However, I would be lying if I said that his performance was consistent. You can feel like he’s just reading off the script sometimes, and oof there were some parts of the mattress mambos where he just placed an unnecessary amount of extra “ahs” in there.  😂 It’s kinda disappointing considering that their performance in the second CD hasn’t improved much from the first. 

The extras were perfect, though! I mean, it’s Okitsu my man! But I feel so bad because not only does his character look like Miyauchi, HE EVEN SOUNDS LIKE HIM. THANKS FOR MAKING MIYAUCHI SUFFER AGAIN, SACHIMO. THIS ISN’T WHAT I MEANT WHEN I SAID I WANTED MORE MIYAUCHI IN MY LIFE. smh. What if he gets his own sequel??? I mean, I do ship him with Hanasaki-san, but I want someone to take care of him like Kudo. 😭😭😭 But I’ve no qualms if Hanasaki-san tops him. PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN. Also, isn’t it so funny that Toriumi Kousuke always gets the manager role? He’s in a similar role in DakaOtoko, so I’m wishing for a story for his equally stuck up ass, too! 😂 Maybe with Shige’s manager? If it’s Tatara, I’m sure that he’ll bottom lol. 

So this review is really just me spazzing over the voice actors. 👍 Overall, the execution was fine; the voice work on the leads’ part needs some serious improvement; there are a few jumps here and there and a considerable amount of adlibs in the BLCD, so I think that it’d be a little difficult to catch up while reading the manga esp if you’re a beginner. I still do recommend listening to it if you’re a fan of the series, though, because there are also a lot of extras which aren’t included in the manga which are in the BLCD, so that’s a treat. I just really have to say that the voice work (esp on Hirarin’s part) is awkward. I do hope he grows on me before the next CD, but I think that’s bleak. 😂

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Drama CD: [幽幻ロマンチカ・真骨頂] ≁Bakeneko Arahagi・Inugami Toneri≁

No audio track this time sorry! But anyway, I’ve made sizeable progress on the Yuuroma series: Hifumi + Utashiro’s Hatenkou, Zakuro, Toneri, and a bunch of tokuten for everybody (/*^-^)/. I’ll do the 2nd Shinkocchou first, for continuity.

And I haven’t listened to the two individual discs before this, so I had no idea who they are... or that their names are actually Arahagi (cat demon; cv. Kaji Yuuki) and Toneri (dog deity; cv, Hirakawa Daisuke) until about 3/4 into the story, since they kept calling each other ‘Stupid Cat’ and ‘Stupid Dog’. Orz

Obvsly this time there is no bromance like in the 1st disc and they fight like... err... cats and dogs (for lack of a better description XD).

As before, hidden messages from the both of them:

１．壱、都市伝説『二次元カレシ』 ２．弐、手が<か>りはどこ？ ３．参、そこは見せか<け>の幸福世界 ４．四、ここにず<っ>といよう ５．伍、意地でも負<け>られない ６．六、この世界が壊れ<る>としても ７．七、 都市伝説『二次元カレシ』看破 ８．キャストトーク

Arahagi: bold⋆ spells 「どこにでも」 (‘No matter where [you are]...’)

Toneri: <⋆> spells 「かけつける」 (‘...I will rush to your side’)

...うれしいィィ！！ありがとね、二人とも～^^

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[The Second Rumour: Urban Legend ‘2D Boyfriend’]

All the girls at your school are addicted to a mobile otome game app. Rumour has it that players can end up getting trapped in the game world, and their bodies are found in sleeping position holding their phones in one hand.

Toilet Guy has again asked Arahagi and Toneri to investigate. This time your team name is: the Pitch-Black Executors ~DARK (K)NIGHT MESSIAH~. Σ_(꒪ཀ꒪」∠)_. And both your animal manservants have the good sense to hate this abomination of a name. But it will come in handy later on...

So. First order of business is to throw *you* into the virtual world. It’s been rumoured that collecting a full set of accessories from one game character can accomplish this, so your animal bfs possess your body and go shopping.

They push a bunch of bling on you (Toneri makes you wear a choker that reminds him of a dog collar XD), and eventually you can’t take it anymore and run out of the store because you don’t wanna turn into the lovechild of Katy Perry and Flavor Flav. And anyway it didn’t work. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ RIP Operation BringTheBling1.

Plan #2: There is another rumour that players get sucked in when they access the app at midnight. So Catboy and Dogman (henceforth ‘CatDog’) camp over in your bed, and sure enough, when the clock strikes 12, you fall into a deep sleep and enter the game world.

The game is set in a high school that’s an *exact* replica of Nanagiri, with two characters who sound (and look) exactly like your Cat and Dog bfs. [Hirarin is the senpai and Kaji is the kouhai, ofc.] You are shocked by this unfolding of events, and the two of them think you have a cold and need to go to the nurse’s office to rest.

You take this as an opportunity to escape, and as you are running you hear Arahagi and Toneri’s voices from the other side. They successfully possess your sleeping body and enter the virtual world as well.

Senpai and Kouhai can see the demons possessing you. They forcibly exorcise the duo and drag you away. As the exorcised duo come to, they find themselves turned into their chibi forms XDD. Meanwhile, Senpai and Kouhai have taken you to the nurse’s office. As they are trying to approach you, you spray the fire extinguisher at them and make your escape. Niceee.

You manage to find Arahagi and Toneri hiding in the courtyard. They repossess your body to regain their powers and apologise for not being able to protect you. But you have come up with a battle plan: Operation LoveLetter1. Dun dun DUNNN.

The plan is to put a love letter in their shoe locker asking Senpai and Kouhai to meet with you next evening. Being in an otome game, they can only do as they are told to unlock the love event. (Also what is with this 3P-harem setting where you can confess and unlock event for two characters at once?? I need to get in on dis yo. ¬‿¬)

You and CatDog stay up all night to discuss the battle plan, and Arahagi thinks this whole game reeks of the work of a human being. He figures out that they can rob the game characters of their powers by stealing their phones. (Why do even the characters have phones inside the game??) And to power-up themselves, CatDog trade hugs and kisses with each other (I WISH!!) you to feed off of your human energy.

Next day, Senpai and Kouhai show up at the arranged meeting time, and CatDog appear to start a riot. They throw out your team name Pitch-Black Executors ~DARK (K)NIGHT MESSIAH~, which confuses their opponents and gives them the perfect opportunity to steal the opponents’ phones.

Toneri ties the two characters up with chains and Arahagi drops a bunch of machinery and shit on top of them, but dis ain’t ovah ya’ll. The two of them go into *dark mode*. They change the backdrop and damage the data of Arahagi and Toneri’s bodies. As they bury CatDog alive and take you away, you tell them that you believe in CatDog, which gives them the power they need to free themselves from entombment and destroy the game characters.

...When the smoke clears, they see a student that was sucked into the game world. Strangely enough, *it’s a boy*, and they figure that he must be the human that the game monster is possessing and feeding off of.

It turns out that the boy offered himself as a human sacrifice to the urban legend and created this game world to shield his younger sister from the harsh reality. The game world begins to disintegrate, and Toneri tells the boy to face his sister properly instead of doing this stupid shit in the name of ‘protection’. To Toneri and Arahagi, who come into this world all alone, every little detail of the familial bonds and ties between humans seems magical and deserves to be treasured.

The three of you wake up in your bed, and CatDog wonder if the boy’s little sister is going to be alright. You devise a plan... for the two of them to appear to her in a dream pretending to be the two game characters. Toneri flubs his lines and gets beaten up by Arahagi XD. They tell the girl they are relieved that she has finally awoken from her slumber, and invite her to play the game again whenever she is feeling down.

Now a new urban legend has arisen: that whenever a girl gets sucked into the game world, her 2D boyfriend tells her to get out or else she won’t make it to her own wedding in the future. (#meirl XDD.) What’s more, CatDog have erased the oniisan’s memories of the whole incident, and both he and his sister have returned to school as usual.

*Meanwhile*, YOU have become addicted to this game app XD. After unsuccessfully trying to snatch your phone out of your hands, CatDog tease you with kisses and promise to make your real life more exciting than any game ever... yes please Hirarin and Kaji the two of you can come and possess me any time I don’t mind fufufufu~~~ (´┓`*)

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[Thoughts] ⋆敬称略⋆

Ok so this was my first introduction to both characters (Arahagi/Toneri). I kept thinking as I was listening to it: wouldn’t it be great if Kaji and Hirarin switched roles? Doesn’t it feel like Kaji has more of an excitable puppy-like personality (or quality to his voice, rather), and Hirarin has more of a slow, cat-like temperament??

In fact in the Free Talk when Hirarin said that he is 100% a Cat Person and he thinks Arahagi is really cute, I was all ready to jump out of my chair all like, ‘I KNEW IT!!!’ #notoverreactingatall._(:3」∠)_. ...I guess Rejet wanted to switch it up a little? Or maybe Kimura Ryouhei was busy, because Toneri [yandere + dog ears] sounds like the job for him. Also I can’t help but wonder how perfect Hirarin would be as Utashiro lulling me to sleep with his soothing voice...

(*ฅ́˘ฅ̀*)♡

But all this fantasy casting aside, every time I hear Toneri’s adorable grumpy/growling noises that he makes when he’s dissatisfied, I feel like they made the right casting choice after all. #omgWANT ლ(⁰⊖⁰ლ)

What else, what else... HmMMmMmm, the story and characters/pair dynamics this time round is a bit more childish and less ‘tight’ than before. So idk, I didn’t feel as much of *Deh Romantic Feelz* towards Arahagi/Toneri like I did for Hifumi/Utashiro. Although I still enjoyed it because I am immature.

The doppelganger bit was pretty kewl though. Although the battle scene kind of got resolved in a very #WTF kind of way and left me wanting more. Also the overprotective older brother story would’ve benefited from a better explanation/backstory of why he did what he did, no? Overall just kind of #わけわかんない, and not a very tight story, like I said.

The otome game theme was kind of relevant and interesting, esp the senpai character in the game who kept emphasising the use of this kind of romance fantasies as a form of escapism. ...Which got a bit philosophical/personal in a way, although I’m not sure if Toneri was the best person to expound on this because he’s so... erm... simple-minded XD.

Nonetheless, the overall message was clear: that it’s always better to face things head-on, and you have limitless potential as a human being. +++

But *then again* this series isn’t meant to be analysed very deeply. It’s more just for ya’ll to enjoy the cute huggable chibi things and the powerful demons protecting the fuck out of you. Yeah? Yeahh.

Although!! From the cast commentaries it seems like the seiyuu themselves can’t/won’t actually protect you from anything in the event of an actual urban legend/haunting. It’s funny how they voice all these powerful/scary demon and spirit characters, but when they see an actual horror programme or whatever on TV they quickly look away and change the channel!! (-_-|||) SENSEI I AM DISAPPOINT. 

The only exception so far is Sakurai Takahiro, who spouted off a bunch of kaidan-banashi from his old high school enthusiastically when asked. Like, everyone else is a wimp and he is the One True Hero. He even has ‘he[/i]ro’ in his name!!

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Blog Post Translation: February 6th, 2019: 36* Dance with Someone

Enjoy, and please don’t repost without credit!

BEYOOOOONDS This is Satoyoshi Utano! <3

Green costume! I thought that you couldn't properly see it in yesterday's photo!! The sleeves and belt, and even though you can't see it, the socks too! It was sparkly <3 <3 **

The blue-green sparkly sleeves are cute, and that's my favourite point <3 <3 <3 <3

(It's blurry because I stretched my arm out as much as I could since I wanted to show everyone this)

It's been a while since it rained, huh!!!

I think that there are two different smells for rain, it was a bit chilly, but I like the smell in the air when there's a little bit of rain... Are there people who get that...? (Kobayashi Ho-chan said to me, "doesn't it smell like dust?"...She's wrong)

Since it was too cold today, somehow the smell couldn't really be recognized! Lololololol

On a rainy day, I like to listen to the sound of the rain from inside my house... (After all, I'm an indoor person :))

Today, I did lessons!! I was with Takase Kurumi-chan, Maeda Kokoro-chan, Hirai Miyo-chan and Kobayashi Honoka-chan <3 <3

It was so cold today that I wondered what would happen if I was frozen stiff...

It was the first time that I did the trampoline, so I was able to go to the lesson with a really fresh feeling!

Before I joined Hello, I was learning dance with girls the same age as me at the dance training school, and at the normal dance studio.

When I did lessons at the normal dance studio, basically, there isn't a relationship with the others, or rather, you're only confronting yourself?

I practiced the basics, received choreography, instantly remembered the moves and then, In front of the mirror before and after the lessons, how much can I make these moves my own, I would take in the advice that I received, and got a feeling of devotion. So, the experience of those lessons was "on your own."

But, at the lessons at the dance training school, After getting the choreography, we'd be placed into random groups, Everyone thought of a formation with the moves, We'd add new choreography, put in solo parts... and, We weren't just dancing the choreography, there was practice like, "think on your own, and dance with someone," and that's what I really love. Along with seniors, juniors, and those of your age, you'd be learning as "friends."

At today's lesson, At the end, we danced with the 5 of us in formation, And since I was able to see everyone's movements, "I'll go before that, so I don't hit them with this move," And so on, It was different than the rehearsals for Hello songs, And at that time, I thought, this has the sense of "dance with someone."

I could feel the power from everyone's breathing and bodies...... *

Today, I remembered the feelings from those days, And after all, it's fun to dance with everyone <3

News

BEYOOOOONDS first stage play http://gekijyo.net/Gekipro/stage/2018/12/post-56.html I’ll be in my first play!! I’m really excited <3 I’ll do my best!

FC Event "Hello Pro ANNEX ~Kobushi Factory x BEYOOOOONDS=Sweet ♪~" I'll be appearing on the 28th I'll do my best! <3 * Tickets are out for pre-order!! We'll be waiting for you!

Hello! Project Kenshuusei Recital 2019 March ~SUN~ http://www.helloproject.com/event/detail/a233a63452eef76ccd841b7a98fab8dfefa2fbb7 BEYOOOOONDS will be appearing at the Kenshuusei recital <3 Please work well with me

“Hello Pro Maruwakari BOOK 2019 WINTER” http://www.helloproject.com/news/9696/ The first time I wore a sailor uniform! BEYOOOOONDS gakuen...? <3 <3 <3 Since there's a lot of content, please check it out

BEYOOOOONDS official HP http://www.helloproject.com/beyooooonds/

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Please definitely check those out <3

This week's Hello! Project concert February 9th In Sendai Sun Plaza Hall! The content is a little bit different than the usual YOU&I performance, look forward to it * <3

Miyorin! Hirai! Hirarin! A lot of the costumes in BEYOOOOONDS match the concept of each member, So no matter what the costume is for the song (Megane no Otoko no Ko, Atsui and so on), the two of us have a sense of unity lolololol (My left eye was a little scary but I wanted to post this <3 <3)

On the way back, I finally watched the first episode of Star Twinkle Precure!!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3

Thank you very much for always commenting and leaving lots of likes <3 <3 Tomorrow, I'll be practicing the graduation song!! (t/n: for school lol) I'll do my best with the power from everyone! <3

Well then! Since today is cold, I'll get into a warm bath! I'll do my best tomorrow too! Okay! <3

See ya!

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Wahhh! A 14min video interview with Hirarin for hi character APPLe in Reverse:1999!!

In the beginning he mentions how he looked through images of the game and noticed there were a lot of cute girls. That made him wonder what type of character he'd be voicing. Then he was surprised when he saw it was an apple lol! He said he's voiced characters in games like this before but voicing an apple would be a first for him.

I love how even he was shocked that he'd be voicing a piece of fruit XD However, there are other inanimate objects that can speak like armor and radios so it's not so weird considering the game.

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It's official! I'm gonna start a petition for MiyaKen's face to be in the dictionary next to the entry "cinnamon roll"! He's so relaxed and cute! I've noticed that he's typically pretty serious but when Hirarin is there with him he turns into the squishiest fanboy and I'm here for it! Even Hirarin can't resist him! I've always though MiyaKen was the silent type but I was completely wrong haha! Cast: Hirakawa Daisuke Miyake Kenta *Translations aren't perfect but I try** by COCOtome

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I have to admit that YES IT'S Me is one of the most ridiculous blcds I've listed to! Hirarin's character, Touma, is so full of himself it's hilarious! Paired with Waccha's character, Enoki, who literally can't even begin to care, they're perfect for each other! The free talks with these are always so wholesome and cute! Cast: Hirakawa Daisuke Hatano Wataru *Translations aren't perfect but I try* by COCOtome

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HDB vs MB Laito + my opinions

There’s been a lot of opinions about Laito’s abrupt shift in his character between HDB and MB. I’m gonna break it down first, and then talk about it. Whole essay under the cut!

To begin with, let’s start with the contrasts between HDB and MB in general. This is a short list, there’s definitely more.

Laito’s route in Haunted Dark Bridal 

Darker, isolating, focusing on the mysteries around Laito and le Sakamakis as a whole

Hints pretty heavily at Laito’s masochism

Voice drops and manic laughs and sadism galore

Stomach knotting content

Laito’s route in MB

Not as an isolating feeling; not as dark compared to HDB; different focus on Yui’s placement in the Sakamakis and now the Mukamis, along with some Karlheinz development. Focuses on interactions with the Mukamis as well in the plot scenarios

Laito? A masochist? Who is she???? Where’d she go??? She not here

Stomach knotting but more of “oh god what the fuck why” @ the toothbrush scene 

Focuses on Laito’s perverseness; not as sadistic as he was, but still uses objects for,,, unconventional things

What they kept with both: 

Laito’s poetic and cryptid phrases with double meanings

Laito’s lust vs love motifs; more prominent in MB 

In Laito’s route in More Blood there isn’t an instance where you go into the dungeon (except in his brute route I think?)… Which is… interesting… Because he took you there a good handful of times in Haunted Dark Bridal. I found the fact that in HDB you RARELY saw any other of the brothers. I don’t even think you saw Shuu in that route aside from the prologue. That whole route was isolating, like I said, and that just added to the whole twisted experience. More Blood wasn’t as isolating; you saw Kou or mentioned Kou in the plot oriented scenarios. 

I know More Blood focuses on the Mukamis too, whether you’re in a Sakamaki route or not. It also assumes a scenario where Yui didn’t choose any of the vampires like she did in HDB. She was just there, vibing. I did like how we got some Laito interactions with other characters, because that was barely a thing in HDB. 

More Blood was a lot more traditionally fanservicey, in my opinion, compared to HDB. It was oddly calmer too, with rare Laito mood switches, except in the maniac portion where Laito became more thirsty for Yui’s blood. He was in a writhing, screaming mess. What I do like about More Blood is his development towards the end. But the first half of that game was… oddly fluffy, for Laito’s HDB brand he created.

We did see another side of Laito in MB; a side we’ve never seen. He was in a begging, craved state (even more so in his HDB flashbacks; dear god Hirarin can scream and cry). He was very poised and calculating in HDB. He was a predator, had walls that Yui couldn’t even break; cuz Laito broke Yui before any of that happened. In More Blood, he was desperate, and ended up not wanting to drink Yui’s blood because it just made it worse for him. He was in an utter state of confusion, which made him more susceptible to Reiji’s words and his paranoia of Kou stealing Yui. 

As much as I don’t like Reiji as much (just a personal preference; don’t hurt me), I do like Reiji and Laito interactions, considering they contrast each other quite a bit (and it can be really funny and or constructive!). But Reiji was kinda done with Laito’s shit by the end and Yui ended up killing herself over it as a self sacrifice to Laito. Which was definitely different than her trying to kill herself in Haunted Dark Bridal. In HDB it was an act of escape, she hated Laito’s actions so much that she felt like that was her only choice (god that scene in HDB made my stomach shrink and invert). In More Blood, she had more of a positive (?) attachment to Laito compared to the HDB experience. 

In contrast to HDB, MB had Laito’s walls broken down by Yui. Karlheinz was like “haha nope you’re not dying wtf” and we got a beautiful, tragic scene of Laito being confused by his own tears over Yui’s death; and her unlocking his heart. Something that was never possible for HDB Laito, since he broke Yui and had her right where he wanted. He could mold her to his every desire. (Yes, she’s a strong character, but her being broken by Laito doesn’t mean she’s weak. She’s a human, and is capable of neuroplasticity; a neurological concept that means the brain can be molded negatively and positively no matter whatever the person’s previous circumstances are). 

More Blood Laito is kind of an antithesis to HDB Laito. We actually got a consensual sex scene at the end of ecstasy, which makes me cry every time. It was a really poetic scene; Laito guiding Yui through the process but Yui shows him the fuzzy wuzzies. (thanks to @/akuichansera for the translations as usual!)

Laito: So, love… …seems to be a good feeling of thing after all… …

I think… …you were asking to be loved.

Yui: … …Yeah… …it’s good. But, still.

Laito: Fufu… …I thought that Bitch-chan was saying so… ..It’s something you only know… …

But, I’m relieved… …to do things like this… …Nn… …

――Yui, only you.

As mentioned in my Hilde analysis, I was saying how he hated and rejected love, but grew to “like” it because he forced himself to just intake the physical pleasure. Which I do think is true to his HDB character as well. And in this quote in Ecstasy 10, it shows that he still likes pleasure (which he has to work on more of the emotional side, but hey, thats gradual development!) but has a positive correlation with it; which is that scene.

As for endings, his vampire ending was meh in my opinion as for Laito endings. It was cute, him trying out cute couple things, but it was too cheesy for my taste LOL, idk it was a weak ending too but that might just be me.

I know people are mad or disappointed by Laito’s fluffier character in MB. And I’m not exactly mad, because the events in MB make Laito less calculating and more erratic and emotional (because he’s craved with thirst). Which I like seeing that new side of him. Sure I like the dark sadism stuff in HDB and I will miss HDB Laito, but I do love seeing this man develop! One thing I hate more than writing abruptly changing for the audience cuz of business related things, is just having a stoic character. I still think he’s Dialover’s most complex character, even if they made him and the other boys less dark. 

Thanks for reading as always! Feel free to add on if you’d like! -Corn