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INTERDIMENSION FESTIVAL: IDOLM@STER★♥LOVE LIVE! UTA GASSEN

Information regarding the first IJIGEN FES 2023 live has been revealed! The live will occur in the TOKYO DOME on the 9th and 10th of December 2023. This first fes will feature three branches of IDOLM@STER performing with four branches of Love Live!

The voice providers participating in this stop are as follows:

DAY 1 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Kotomi Aihara (Shiki Ichinose), Hiromi Igarashi (Anzu Futaba), Asami Takano (Frederica Miyamoto), Yuki Nakashima (Yuuki Otokura), Yuko Iida (Kanade Hayami), Honoka Inoue (Nanami Asari), Sumire Uesaka (Anastasia), Aya Suzaki (Minami Nitta), Miyu Tomita (Akira Sunazuka), Ru Thing (Syuko Shiomi), Teru Ikuta (Natalia), Hina Tachibana (Nagi Hisakawa), Nanami Yamashita (Yui Ohtsuki) IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Haruka Yamazaki (Mirai Kasuga), Azusa Tadokoro (Shizuka Mogami), Machico (Tsubasa Ibuki), Momo Asakura (Serika Hakozaki), Kotori Koiwai (Tomoka Tenkubashi), Atsuki Nakamura (Roco Handa), Emi Hirayama (Reika Kitakami), Yui Watanabe (Nao Yokoyama) IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　Karin Isobe (Kogane Tsukioka), Chisa Suginuma (Mamimi Tanaka), Anna Yamaki (Sakuya Shirase), Shio Watanabe (Yuika Mitsumine), Yuina Mizuki (Kiriko Yukoku), Honoka Kuroki (Amana Osaki), Ryoko Maekawa (Tenka Osaki), Noriko Shibasaki (Chiyuki Kuwayama), Yuu Wakui (Toru Asakura), Rio Tsuchiya (Madoka Higuchi), Saran Tajima (Koito Fukumaru), Miho Okasaki (Hinana Ichikawa), Azusa Shizuki (Nichika Nanakusa), Aya Yamane (Mikoto Aketa)

DAY 2 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Ayaka Ohashi (Uzuki Shimamura), Ayaka Fukuhara (Rin Shibuya), Sayuri Hara (Mio Honda), Amina Sato (Arisu Tachibana), Tomoyo Kurosawa (Miria Akagi), Hana Tamegai (Risa Matoba), Makoto Koichi (Haru Yuuki), Asaka Imai (Chie Sasaki), Natsumi Haruse (Kaoru Ryuzaki), Misaki Kuno (Nina Ichihara), Yuri Komori (Koharu Koga), Mina Nakazawa (Yukimi Sajo), Maki Hanatani (Kozue Yusa) IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Aimi (Julia), Miku Itou (Yuriko Nanao), Ibuki Kido (Kana Yabuki), Arisa Kori (Kaori Sakuramori), Yuri Komagata (Sayoko Takayama), Rie Suegara (Fuka Toyokawa), Saki Minami (Tsumugi Shiraishi), Rikako Yamaguchi (Rio Momose) IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　Hitomi Sekine (Mano Sakuragi), Reina Kondo (Hiori Kazano), Mayu Mineda (Meguru Hachimiya), Hiyori Konno (Kaho Komiya), Haruka Shiraishi (Chiyoko Sonoda), Mariko Nagai (Juri Saijo), Wakana Maruoka (Rinze Morino), Akiho Suzumoto (Natsuha Arisugawa), Yuki Tanaka (Asahi Serizawa), Eri Yukimura (Fuyuko Mayuzumi), Sayaka Kitahara (Mei Izumi), Rina Kawaguchi (Luca Ikaruga), Haruna Mikawa (Hana Suzuki), Rena Ozawa (Haruki Iketa)

DAY 1&2

AQOURS (LOVE LIVE! SUNSHINE!!) 　Anju Inami (Chika Takami), Rikako Aida (Riko Sakurauchi), Nanaka Suwa (Kana Matsuura), Arisa Komiya (Dia Kurosawa), Shukai Saito (You Watanabe), Aika Kobayashi (Yoshiko Tsushima), Kanako Takatsuki (Hanamaru Kunikida), Aina Suzuki (Mari Ohara), Ai Furihata (Ruby Kurosawa) NIJIGASAKU SCHOOL IDOL CLUB 　Aguri Ohnishi (Ayumu Uehara), Mayu Sagara (Kasumi Nakasu), Kaori Maede (Shizuku Osaka), Miyu Kubota (Karin Asaka), Natsumi Murakami (Ai Miyashia), Akari Kito (Kanata Konoe), Coco Hayashi (Setsuna Imura), Maria Sashide (Emma Verde), Chiemi Tanaka (Rina Tennoji), Moeka Koizumi (Shioriko Mifune), Shu Uchida (Mia Taylor), Akina Homoto (Zhong Lanzhu). 　Support Member: Hinaki Yano (Yu Takasaki) Liella! (LOVE LIVE! SUPERSTAR!!) 　Sayuri Date (Kanon Shibuya), Liyuu (Keke Tang), Nako Misaki (Chisato Arashi), Naomi Payton (Sumire Heanna), Nagisa Aoyama (Ren Hazuki), Nozomi Suzuhara (Kinako Sakurakoji), Akana Yabushima (Mei Yoneme), Wakana Okuma (Shiki Wakana), Aya Emori (Natsumi Onitsuka), Yuina (Wien Margarete), Sakura Sakakura (Tomari Onitsuka) HASUNOSORA SCHOOL IDOL CLUB 　Nirei Nozomi (Kaho Hinoshita), Kokona Nonaka (Sayaka Murano), Nina Hanamiya (Kozue Otomune), Kotoka Sasaki (Tsuzuri Yugiri), Kanna Kan (Rurino Osawa), Kona Tsukine (Megumi Fujishima)

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I figure I'll put my videogame thoughts here on Tumblr, so I can establish a pattern.

Anyways, I'm a couple hours into 428: Shibuya Scramble trying to grasp the larger context it provides for the short anime series called Canaan.

Much of the setup in this game is prior to Canaan's storyline. For the longest time the most salient connection to Canaan seemed to be the reporter Minorikawa. And despite the transition from anime to live action it's really him, and his mannerisms bring it across quite well that he's the same guy. In the anime he was working with his photographer Maria Osawa, but he doesn't mention her, so I get the feeling they haven't met yet.

Next closest connection to the Canaan anime is Maria Osawa... who's been a hostage offscreen in the starting scenario. She's been quite literally not in the game other than as a plot device. Maria is friends with Canaan... so far there's been no sign of Canaan... Gee, what's Canaan up to these days?

Instead we've been following Achi, a dude who's helping Hitomi Osawa; Maria's sister. They've been running in circles evading capture by the syndicate. Hitomi was told where to go find Maria and so far... the Syndicate has been trying to add her to the hostage situation; That's no good.

Meanwhile Mr. Osawa, the Bio researcher studying the Ua virus (AHA! a major backstory connection) is nervous at home because his daughter Maria is a hostage, and his other daughter Hitomi was taking the ransom money and now no one knows if Hitomi's okay (except Achi), and the bad guys have the ransom money. Mr. Osawa is a nervous wreck, but he likes to calm himself with this cool singers music...

I remember there was a taxi driver in Canaan who had this cool singer whose music he liked to jam with while driving high tension style off the ends of unfinished bridges... (He's not been in the game but it's a crazy fun and ridiculous anime partially due to his scenes. Anyways, I don't think it's the same singer, but the concept is close in terms of delivery.)

Then there's the syndicate, the closest I've seen the situation get to Alphard (Canaan's archnemesis from the Canaan anime) is a dark encounter with a shadowy figure who stabbed one of the protagonists- (Kano) during a bad end (You can try to change the story in this game... sometimes you get to keep going, sometimes you kill the protagonist) I think it's her, but I don't know so yet.

Right, I haven't brought up that guy, the protagonist shadowing members of the syndicate is Kano, the detective on the case to rescue Maria from the Hostage situation... his father in law to be is looking for every excuse to not be his father in law and just might find it because Kano keeps hanging up on his calls... which Kano is very sad about, because he does want to marry his girlfriend. It's never the right time to take a call from some father in law when Maria Osawa's life is on the line

And that brings me to Tama the mascot cat. Tama just wants to buy a necklace, so Tama got a shady part time job working for a guy trying to scam people so he can afford to pay off the very large bill for some scam merchandise he bought. Tama's storyline seems only vaguely adjacent to Canaan in that Tama has a mascot head on that seems like the headgear the unblooms were wearing in the anime. Tama has held a secret, who is Tama? Why is this storyline in the 428 game, what connection does Burning Hammer diet drink have to do with Canaan? Why can't Tama take the costume head off? Is Tama an unbloom?

I got to the part where Tama gets to buy the necklace, and... I just found out who Tama is.

Keep Out! (a cheeky reference to the games use of caution tape when a threshold of the storyline has been crossed and certain conditions haven't been met yet.)

I'm enjoying this game, the connections to Canaan the anime are still cloaked in mystery, but little by little the pieces are falling into place. It's not immediately apparent, but I'm slowly getting how Kinoko Nasu might have pulled his Canaan anime storyline out of 428: Shibuya Scramble.

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everything will be alright 🎶 (happy 4/28!)

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For Kanako Osawa, model by Hitomi Shindo, assistant by Minami Yokoyama

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428 protags likability ranking:

Minorikawa - “Asshole who’s kind at heart” is an endearing archetype, and I like how Minorikawa plays it out. His opening scene is really strong and the story keeps a good balance of having him be kind of unpleasant and inflammatory while still being a fundamentally good person.

Achi - A little too stupid for my tastes, but endearing in his own way. The story could’ve been waaaay more obnoxious about his romance with Hitomi than it is, but it honestly does well at only having him remark “oh she’s cute” at moments where it actually feels appropriate. The lengths the story goes to establish that yeah, Achi really is like that, he isn’t just helping Hitomi out because he likes her but because this is just what he does for people earns him a lot of points.

Tama - Completely unremarkable. She should’ve gotten points for being the only female protagonist but she’s kind of just a nothing character.

Kano - A cop.

Osawa - My dad in real life.

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428: Shibuya Scramble Review

It’s actually surprising it took ten years for this game to be released outside of Japan. (The spin-off anime Canaan was dubbed and released in 2010 by Sentai Filmworks even!) Originally available on the Wii, it’s now a PS4 and PC title. I’ve been playing the PC version, though as a visual novel certain things like frame rates don’t apply. There aren’t any reasons for recommending one over the other. 

For a visual novel, Shibuya Scramble has a unique presentation and game play style. The visuals are made up of photographs of live actors rather than 2D characters. It gives it a certain extra layer of realism-the tone is closer to a television dram than a typical visual novel. A lot of care and attention clearly went into accurately depicting Shibuya and the neighborhoods that make it up. There are numerous notes with facts about real world locations players can choose to read within the dialog or text. These may also have information on side characters to introduce them or remind you who they are if they feature more prominently on another route.

Different characters routes make up the core of Shibuya Scramble’s gameplay. Unlike a dating sim, the routes take place simultaneously and you must switch between regularly to progress. Actions in one route will lead to changes in another. For example, the first major decision is to determine if a detective should pursue a suspect or follow orders and let others do it. If you choose to follow orders, an encounter with another playable character leads to him becoming suspicious of them; a bad ending occurs when the other playable character arrested. You must make decisions on both routes to avoid this happening. 

Gameplay proved to have something of a learning curve for me. The game autosaves periodically and always before and after making a decision. (Manual saving is not an option, at least in the PC version. Autosaving occurs often enough that I didn’t find this to be a problem for the most part.) After making a decision, it is up to the player to decide if they should switch to another route to see if it had consequences there. This becomes more difficult when after a somewhat lengthy introductory section, there are five routes to manage simultaneously. An important point for new players to note is to read the hints provided at bad ends carefully. You will experience one during a tutorial, though likely many more.

I’m not going to go in-depth on the plot to avoid spoilers, though I will briefly discuss the first two characters who routes players are give access to. Shinya Kano is the detective mentioned previously, an honest cop who takes his job very seriously. The other is Achi Endo, former street-gang leader. Achi is easily my favorite character. He spends time picking up trash and stopping thugs from harassing passersby. (Especially young women, as Achi is very chivalrous.) Shinya is part of a large task-force responding to the kidnapping of a young woman named Maria Osawa. When Maria’s twin sister is waiting to hand off the ransom, Achi stumbles on the scene.

The kidnapping kicks off the plot offering the player a number of questions immediately. Who kidnapped Maria and why? They specifically order her sister Hitomi to make the ransom hand-off, for reasons that do not become clear for quite some time into the game. I’ll leave it at that to avoid any spoilers, though I will say it is engrossing and goes in unexpected directions. It also does an excellent job of leaving clues for the attentive mystery fan to pick up on. 

Overall, I cannot recommend Shibuya Scarmble enough to mystery and visual novels. This is especially true for someone looking to play a visual novel tha tis not a dating sim.

Score: A     

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Last week photos...with Hitomi, Akiko Koizumi and Rio Osawa

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Starstruck (Canaan/Osawa Maria)

Fandom(s): CANAAN Characters: Canaan, Osawa Maria Words: 755 A/N: Also on AO3. I dreamed of this nearly 3 years ago and I finally put in the effort to finish the initial draft from back then. I could not make this up on my own lmao. Domestic fluff.

You could say Canaan is starstruck. 

“Maria, come here please."

It is not a plea of urgency, but Maria scurries over from the kitchen with wet hands anyways. The two of them just had lunch, and as Maria went to wash the dishes, Canaan moved from the table to the living room, too entranced by something she was reading on Maria’s tablet.

Over the years the two of them found a workable pattern to a life together. Maria’s apartment was turned into a permanent home base where Canaan would reside in between jobs. Job requests were irregular and their durations unpredictable, yet goodbyes were always bid with confidence: They would inevitably find their way back to each other, they were assured of that. Right now, it has been a month since Canaan returned from her latest mission, and she was comfortably settling back into a more domestic lifestyle.

Maria reaches the sofa Canaan is seated at, drying her hands to the sides of her jeans. “What is it?” she asks.

“Sit down," Canaan pets the spot beside her, still looking at the tablet screen, "I want to show you something.”

Maria plops down next to her girlfriend, leaning into her side to read what's on the tablet. Her shoulder and leg are pressed flush against Canaan's, who hardly even flinches - wet pants seemingly going unnoticed.

When she sees a particular word she whips her head back to Canaan: “Horoscopes? You know those aren't real, right?”

“But your sister talks about them all the time,” Canaan responds with slight confusion.

“Hitomi talks about a lot of things that aren't necessarily true,” Maria’s tone is laced with a hint of exhaustion, “I mean, they're fun to read, but most of the time they are completely random. Mine is even wrong most of the time.”

“This one is pretty accurate, though.”

Maria looks back at the screen and sees a drawing. That's a Pisces alright.

“Just listen as I read it, I'm sure you will agree with it.”

Sensing Canaan’s eagerness, Maria sits back and awaits the text. If this is Canaan’s newest curiosity, she will bear it, even though she’s already heard this a thousand times back when she shared a room with her sister. At least Canaan looks cute when she is this focused.

Canaan rests her hand on Maria's leg as she begins to read:

“This sign will love passionately and fiercely, believing he has found true love in his current partner. However, with the idealistic and impulsive nature of the Pisces, it is only a matter of time before he realises a different partner would suit his nature better. With his strong romantic nature, the Pisces dominates all relationships he’s in, and his partner usually has no choice but to follow along with his ever-so-changing needs. He has trouble setting boundaries and may not respect his partner’s need for personal space or privacy. Furthermore-”

“None of that sounds like me!” Maria interrupts in horror. That description is so awful that she actually feels offended. Does Canaan want to say something with this..?

“That's for men, now let's read the one for women.” Maria blinks. Why did she even read the men's one?

Canaan scrapes her throat. “When a Pisces is in love, her attention is fully devoted to the one she loves. She will put everything into making sure the relationship works out, such as celebrating anniversaries and special occasions. The Pisces is a natural giver, yet she wants to feel like her efforts are worthwhile, and looks for someone who appreciates what she does.”

Gradually, Canaan begins to smile.

“Being extremely intuitive and sensitive, lovers of Pisces are bound to feel loved and cherished. The selflessness of the Pisces often shines through in putting her partner’s needs before their own, and this could backfire on her if the relationship is a mismatch. Nevertheless, the Pisces believes her partner is worth it all, and if the relationship is a match, everything will feel just right.“

Silence falls heavy.

Canaan finally looks up from the tablet, still smiling. “Now, doesn't that sound like you?”

Maria is at a loss of words. She is sure her face is on fire. Canaan’s eyes on her, glowing with love and all sorts of sweet things, are not helping either. Suddenly overwhelmed by warmth, she digs her face in the crook of Canaan’s neck, closing her eyes and not planning to open them until the flush on her face is gone.

Canaan's shoulders shake from a chuckle. Then, slender fingers softly thread into blonde hair.

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الی آکیرا – بنیان

الی آکیرا زاده ۲۵ ژانویهٔ ۱۹۸۶ ‏(۳۲ سال) توکیو، ژاپن ملیت ژاپنی دیگر نام‌ها Akira Elly, Crystal Erie, Yuka Osawa (大沢佑香),[۱] Hitomi Nishikawa سال‌های فعالیت ۲۰۰۵-تاکنون قد ۱٫۵۳ متر (۵ فوت ۰ اینچ) وزن ۴۵ کیلوگرم (۹۹ پوند; ۷٫۱ سنگ) الی آکیرا (انگلیسی: Elly Akira؛ زاده ۲۵ ژانویهٔ ۱۹۸۶) یک بازیگر پورنوگرافی اهل ژاپن است.

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playing 428 shibuya scramble and from 12:00-14:00 while achi was thinking otherwise i was distracted by what i thought was some bizarre homewrecker plot going on