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hide8696 · 5 years ago

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Yuki Yoshida

"I am made of

memories"

I'm back again with another given character. This time let talk about our sunshine, Yuki Yoshida. Before we start this is just how I thought of Yuki so nothing serious here XD

Based on wiki I found out about Yuki name means : reason/cause (yu) and chronicle (ki) and there also meaning of Yuki right? Snow? Just as his name his story is as cold as snow yet beautiful and he is yes my second most favourite characters after Ugetsu.

So far before Mafuyu meet Uenoyama, he was caged in the never ending guilt since he thought he was the cause of Yuki's death and might can never move on since it was Mafuyu who casting the spell "Then will you die for me?" after their small fight. Again I lost focus XD I'm not going to talk about Mafuyu (maybe later) so yeah let proceed.

They first meeting was so cute btw XD Yuki found Mafuyu hiding under the tree looking so small as in protecting himself and bruised. At first it seems like Yuki wanted to just ignored Mafuyu and continuing playing and well not after Mafuyu replying him. Yuki seems like had a zero interest in Mafuyu at first.

"My dad hits me if I speak."

- Mafuyu

"I don't have a 'dad'."

- Yuki

I take it this is the first time Yuki had fallen in love with Mafuyu. It pretty early to say it since they were just a child but I'm going to stick with my opinions. This is where Yuki had fall in love with Mafuyu. Hard.

I guess it was Yuki's mother who had called a police and told them about the abused (which I guess Yuki who had told his mother). I guess Mafuyu's mother maybe afraid to making a report (maybe she was threatened cause Mafuyu's mother seems like a delicate lady). And look at Yuki's eyes. It was full of hates when he saw Mafuyu's father with the police.

They relationship is so pure as it almost a fairytale. Which is almost impossible to achieve. Always together and holding each other tight. Yuki himself is a sunshine and impossible not to love. As been stated by Hiiragi, Yuki was a flashy, dominant and moody. He was everyone friend. Everyone loves him. While Mafuyu was a submissive, introverted and reserved type. Which is their relationship itself is a complete attraction. Completely opposite. Which is lead to question by everyone just how they can become friend. But, they were a puzzle that complete each other. A soulmate.

"This and this and this."

Truthfully, they relationship remind me a lot of Achilles and Patroclus from "The song of Achilles" book. So in love. So young. So curious. But, unliked the book, this time it was Yuki (Achilles) who died. It was Mafuyu (Patroclus) who was mourning.

Yuki is so soft and gentle whenever he was with Mafuyu. He is type of a person who will sacrifice everything, anything for Mafuyu. Just to see him happy. Just to be happy with him. Since both of them was fatherless and rise by amazing women, Yuki and Mafuyu complete each other. I guess Hiiragi noticed it too it was impossible to enter Yuki and Mafuyu world. What makes it even amazing their mother approved of their relationship. So how perfect it can be?

"Name one hero who is happy."

Biggest mistake they both had committed is loving so much that every words, every act, every touch and every breath is serious. Nothing is a joke whenever it involves them.

Mafuyu is everything to Yuki. Mafuyu was his life. His, god. Every words of Mafuyu is sacred. His love for Mafuyu somehow had turn into his biggest weakness. His greatest blessing yet his biggest curse. Just like Ugetsu. They portraying each other. Their love for someone/something had turn into poison. Killing them slowly and surely. Parallel to each other. One who die for love and one who suffer for love.

"And perhaps it is the greater grief after all, to be left on earth when another is gone."

The parallel between Yuki and Ugetsu just my cup of tea.

Yuki who died for love, Ugetsu who suffer for love.

It was amazing how this story almost connected to each other yet so different.

When I read the scene Yuki and Mafuyu on the beach, it hurt like hell. As in Yuki knows about his own death and accept it. The way he speak it, he just let things happened. Like he wanted Mafuyu to remember about him even just a bit. He wanted Mafuyu to forever kept him in his heart even just for a bit. He seems like a person who will not tied someone their love but will still sacrifice even everything for someone their love. Even it means hurting themselves was the last things to do. Yuki is so innocent and like a tickling bomb which will blown anytime given and he did.

"Mafuyu was after all

his first and last love."

What if Yuki never left? What if Yuki becomes a famous musician? What if everything never happened? I guess Akihiko and Ugetsu will suffering much more? Uenoyama can never understand himself anymore? Haruki and Akihiko never happened? Or maybe all will happened but without Mafuyu in the picture? Ahhh. What I tried to think about it, it only leading me into unexplained pain and happiness but now with Yuki aren't here it still painful cause I also wanted Yuki to be happy. But, I also comes to love Mafuyu and Uenoyama. So hard to choose.

"When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him."

"I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me. If I had had words to speak such a thing, I would have. But there were none that seemed big enough for it, to hold that swelling truth. As if he had heard me, he reached for my hand. I did not need to look; his fingers were etched into my memory, slender and petal-veined, strong and quick and never wrong. “Patroclus,” he said. He was always better with words than I."

"He smiled, and his face was like the sun."

The Song of Achilles and Yuki&Mafuyu just amazingly perfect for me. (let praying someone will write something about this two) 😂

Credit to the first picture @metiredlr

#given mafuyu #given yuki #Given #mafuyu satou #yuki yoshida #the song of achilles #Yuki and Mafuyu #Yuki is always my beautiful baby even he no longer with us #Murata Ugetsu #uenoyama ritsuka #haruki given

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crybabysunflower · 4 years ago

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Given characters as N.flying members

Introduction

Since I personally don't know the N flying members well, this blog is based on the perception of most of the other fellow fans I know. I will also be giving a short description on both the band and the anime series,

N flying is a South Korean rock band formed under FNC entertainment in 2013, the group had released its first digital indie single "Basket" in Japan on October 1 2013, the group debuted in Korea on May 20 2015, with their first EP including the lead single "Awesome". The group currently consists of the following members:-

Lee Seunghyub (Leader, vocalist, main rapper, rhythm guitarist), Cha Hoon (Lead guitarist, sub vocalist), Kim Jaehyun (Drummer), Yoo Hweseung (Lead vocalist) and Seo Dongsung (Bassist, Maknae).

Given is the anime which is based on the manga of the same name by Natsuki Kizu, the story follows around the lives of Ritsuka Uenoyama and his bandmates. One fine day Uenoyama comes across Mafuyu Sato who was sleeping on his favorite napping spot with a broken guitar, being desperate to defend his napping spot, Uenoyama decides to repair the broken guitar after which Mafuyu, being impressed, tries to persuade him several times to teach him to play the guitar, to which Uenoyama reluctantly agrees. After hearing Mafuyu's singing voice, Uenoyama was deeply moved by it and decides to recruit Mafuyu in his band as the lead vocalist, but Mafuyu's tragic past is holding him back.

The Members as the characters

Lee Seunghyub as Hiiragi Kashima

Hiiragi is described as a sweet guy who deeply cares for his friends, and as a leader, Seughyub is quite caring towards the rest of his bandmates, and sometimes for his fans when needed, like he had once saved one of his fans from a creepy stalker, because of their caring nature, both of them have a tendency to worry too much about others, after Mafuyu goes away and Shizusumi comes to comfort Hiiragi, he opens up about not being able to stop worrying, in one of the recent statement by Seunghyub where he wrote about being exhempted from his mandatory military service, he sounded quite apprehensive because, he was probably worried about offending his fans. One of the most prominent trait shared by both Hiiragi and Seunghyub is their "needy" nature, the fans often joke about how needy Seunghyub is for his younger members' affection. In Hiiragi's case, he seemed quite needy towards Mafuyu, because we often see him trying to meet Mafuyu over and over and talk to him, since he was quite desperate for Mafuyu's forgiveness.

Finally both of them are well known for nagging others, we see Hiiragi nagging Mafuyu from time to time, and Seunghyub is well known as the "King of Scolding" among the members and the fans alike.

Cha Hun as Ritsuka Uenoyama

At first glance, Uenoyama seemed like someone who is serious, aloof and the most "normal" member of his band, and this is usually the new fans' first impression of Hoon because, like Uenoyama he is pretty much of a grumpy cat and both of them can be quite scary at times. They are both described to be quite lazy, we see Uenoyama dozing off from time to time and let's not forget that he found Mafuyu at his favorite spot where he SLEEPS, as for Hoon we often see him mentioning that he hates to work out despite claiming to be athletic as a teen (this also reminds me of the fact that Uenoyama is in the basketball team, but we don't get to see him play that much), however they are both quite passionate towards their respective bands as the lead guitarists (both of them are highly skilled guitarists). Despite being a "cold" person we see Uenoyama warming up, showing his real, affectionate side as the story progresses. This also reminds me of Hoon because, he is actually quite soft and affectionate as well, especially towards his cat Romang and his bandmates.

Kim Jaehyun as Yuki Yoshida

If I really have to describe both of these young men in one word, it would be A Ray Of Sunshine, Yuki is described to be a really loud, cheerful guy who always seemed happy and is loved by everyone, these words can also be applied to Jaehyun as well because Jaehyun is no less charismatic than Yuki (Jaehyun really makes variety shows fun to watch). Both of them like to make other people smile, in the beach episode we see Yuki immediately apologising for saying "the ocean is gonna kill him" and then said that the ocean is awesome (in the beach episode it was evidient that he was trying his best to cheer Mafuyu up). Another common trait shared by both of them is that they like to "show off", Hiiragi describes Yuki as a flashy person who likes to show off, which reminds me of Hweseung once yelling that Jaehyun brags too much. However behind their cheerful aura, both of them are quite soft hearted, in Jaehyun's case, the first time fans saw him crying was when N flying won the award for their song Rooftop, and Yuki is well known to put on a brave face to hide his pain. Finally Jaehyun is described to be someone who is quite carefree in nature and the fact that Yuki nonchalantly told Mafuyu that he wants to make out with him in the bathroom at the beach in broad daylight shows that he is quite carefree as well.

Yoo Hweseung as Haruki Nakayama

Haruki is described to be a pure, kindhearted young man who is cheerful and carefree in his interactions, which is kind of similar to Hweseung, however Haruki can actually be quite shy and easily blushes when flattered, and despite having an extroverted personality, Hweseung was actually quite shy back in 2017 when he had joined the band as the lead vocalist. They are both super affectionate towards their bandmates because of which we see Haruki often spoiling his friends, Hweseung often talks about how hard his hyungs work and had also once mentioned how he wants to teach and take care of Dongsung more . Haruki is described to be the mediator of the band who often resolves conflicts which also reminds me of Hweseung being the "moderator" of the band. However both of them are sometimes seen to be quite insecure about their musical skills, Haruki is sometimes seen to be insecure about his skills compared to other members, which reminds me of Hweseung mentioning how he wants to improve more (despite have a very emotional yet powerful voice). They are sometimes seen teasing their bandmates, we once see Haruki was teasing Uenoyama with Akihiko by repeatedly calling him a "good boy", as for Hweseung, being one of the youngest members, he is well known for annoying his bandmates.

Seo Dongsung as Mafuyu Sato

Mafuyu is described to be a shy, introverted and reserved boy who has a hard time expressing himself, which reminds me of Dongsung who, being the new member of the band is no less reserved than Mafuyu because of which both of them appear to be quite mysterious. Mafuyu is shown to be a really obedient boy who goes to the Light Music club after Uenoyama tells him to learn guitar from them instead and his obedience is also shown when he goes for searching for a part time job after the day when the rest of his bandmates tells him to do so. In Dongsung's case he is described to be an obedient maknae as well. One of the prominent traits shared by both Mafuyu and Dongsung is their strong desire to learn, Hweseung once appreciated this trait of Dongsung and despite being shy, Mafuyu was actually quite determined about learning to play the guitar from Uenoyama and thus had repeatedly pursued him for that purpose. Their strong desire to learn makes both of them diligient when it comes to their respective bands and both of them are quick learners.

However despite being shy and sweet, they can at times be quite savage towards others, we see Mafuyu mocking at Hiiragi when he told that he (Hiiragi) is the vocalist, this reminded me of the time when Dongsung repeatedly posted "Hoon hyung is dumb" during one of their lives.

Conclusion

To be honest, I was not really confident about this blog because I thought that it might come off as innacurate and short, although it did not turn out to be short but I hope that it turned out good, I had been planning to post this for a long time although I initially thought of using Day6 members but, I found that N flying members are more suitable for the thread. I also want to give some credits to instagram page @dowoons_mom who had helped me to know more about the N flying members.

#given anime #mafuyu satou #ritsuka uenoyama #yuki yoshida #haruki nakayama #akihiko kaji #mafuyu given #uenoyama kun #yuki yoshida given #nflying #lee seunghyub #cha hun #cha hun nflying #kim jaehyun nflying #seo dongsung #yoo hweseung

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sambart93 · 8 years ago

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2017.04.26-29 HakuMyu Harada-Hen Review!

I cannot cope with this stage seriously! I was so lucky I got to go to the dress rehearsal AND I also managed to see it 4 times total!!

Before I say anything; when I see a play multiple times, I always enjoy it the first time and then the remaining times I will sit their counting how many points I want to make. And I know in at least one showing I had about 37 things to say about part one and 42 things to say about part two. Obviously I couldn’t and can’t remember them all BUT I hope that gives an insight into how much stuff I want to comment on in this stage! Also because I have so many effing points, I have already decided I AM going to do a Scene-By-Scene review and commentary when the DVD BR comes out! I seriously have SO much to say about each scene and moment but I won’t remember them all for this review. Sound good? Okay!

Official Website here Official Twitter here DVD and BR PreOrders here and here Press Coverage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Cast and Characters

Higashi (TonChan) Keisuke as Harada Sannosuke Isobe Karin as Yukimura Chizuru Matsuda Gaku as Hijikata Touji Aramaki (MakiChan) Yoshihiko as Okita Souji Naya (TakeChan/Patch-Kun) Takeru as Saitou Hajime Kizu Tsubasa as Toudou Heisuke Fukuyama Shoudai as Nagakura Shinpachi Teruma as Sannan Keisuke Takasaki (TakaChan) Shouta as Yamazaki Susumu Imata Taira as Kondou Isami Sasaki (Hide/HideSama) Hideyoshi as Kazama Chikage Soutarou as Amagiri Kyuujyu Kashiwagi Yuusuke as Shuranui Kyou Kawamoto Hiroyuki as Yukimura Koudou Ensemble: Sugawara Takeshi, Sato Yoshio, Hisada Yuki, Sakamoto Kazuki, Yoshida Yuuki and Maehara Masaki

NON-SPOILER REVIEW

Overall: Best musical and stage of the year so far!!! Holy crap it is amazing! I clapped so hard every night and I haven’t clapped hard in a LONG time (maybe since TouMyu 2?)! I even wanted to give them a standing ovation every freaking night! That’s how amazing it is! Everyone did phenomenal and all the scenes were amazing and the love the new cast, every single one of them and the songs! Holy moly the songs are amazing! Also we finally have a kickass, badass Chizuru! Best Chizuru we’ve had too! I’ve only ever seen the rest of the HakuMyus twice but I’ve already seen this four times! And I’m glad this was the one I saw four times! It’s definitely my favourite HakuMyu xD It’s been weeks and I’m still on a high from it. Rating: 9 - 9.5/10

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SPOILER REVIEW!

Okay is everyone ready for this monster? By the way, if you have alcohol on hand then take a drink every time I say Amazing or Gold xD you’re going to be a sanbaka by the end if you do though xD let’s go!

This is going to be split up in a really weird way. I’ve split it into Part One and Part Two (but it won’t be going in chronological order; my memory isn’t THAT good), then some notes and comments split by the different performances I went to and finally we have cast/acting break down comments too.. I imagine they’re been a Misc and a Goods section too xD I hope it’s not too confusing! >.< enjoy!

PART ONE

I am very glad I saw this in person because every time the opening main theme starts the sound crew SERIOUSLY cranked up that music, it shakes the room and it’s so powerful and amazing which is something you can’t really feel when you watch it at home! Gave me chills every time <3

This feels a lot darker too compared to the past HakuMyus which I think is why I enjoyed it so much. I remember the anime ripping my heart out and just being this amazing but depressing and dark story and I feel they really captured the real Hakuouki this time around <3

I really like the scene where Chizuru and Harada are out in town together and he captures someone and throws him back into the store/pub and we just hear this ‘すみません・ Sorry!’ xD everyone laughed every time. Another thing during this scene is there’s always a drunk guy at the back of the stage, and three out of the four performances he pretends to trip over nothing but on my third watch he pretends his hand gets stuck to the floor xD it amused me so much every time. It’s such a little thing but I love it xD All the ensemble were amazing! I saw some recogisable and regular faces too in them! <3

All the comedy hit well in this stage ^_^ we have the one scene mentioned above and then we also have the drinking scene comedy with Shinpachi, Harada and even Yamazaki, and in part two we have that wonderful Shinpachi.

Teruma's freaking solo. I really do love his solo. It’s so manic and amazing and the lighting and the smoke and Chizuru being scared to death and everything - it’s so good! Jesus, his scream seriously is amazing and gave me chills every time too! Also I think his performance of this song just got more wild every night which is awesome! In fact everyone’s screams were amazing! You could feel and hear their pain in the screams. Heisuke’s scream when he transformed is also really good! More on screaming in part two >.<

This Chizuru is kickass this one. It’s the first time I’ve actually liked Chizuru and I’m so glad I do because I really do like Karin! This Chizuru feels a lot more fearless and stronger and always staying with the guys and even goes to turn herself in to protect Shinsengumi. Maybe she has done this in all the others but this was personally my first time to really see Chizuru as this strong female. I have so many good scenes of her being a badass. One is when she tells the Oni she’ll go with them so long as they don’t hurt Shinsengumi. Another badass scene is when she even attacks and tries to kill her own father! She actually uses and takes out her sword on a number of occasions this time around which made me love her! THIS is the Chizuru I want and I got it!

And speaking of Karin as Chizuru, I love the slight song speed and tempo differences they made to fit Karin’s voice <3 By the way if you didn’t notice already this Chizuru and Karin are my all time favourite Chizuru’s! xD Both character and actress <3 I’ve liked Karin since K Stage so makes sense xD

Related to above; I LOVE when Harada says to Chizuru ‘それはかっこよかった・That was cool of you/You were cool then.’ after she tries to protect and save everyone <3 in general Harada has some great lines but that one definitely stood out to me every performance.

Unfortunately, there is NO Kinniku Love -__- which is one of the tiny reasons why I haven’t rated it a 10 out of 10. This is like my favourite part in all the stages! So I was a little miffed! But we got a wonderful Drinking song and we got Harada and Shinpachi shirtless which was great! Also in the shirtless scene Shinpachi draws on Harada which is good fun >.< although why Shinpachi undressed also I have no idea why xD I ain’t complaining though!

Speaking of the Drinking song, YAMAZAKI in this song!!! TakaChan’s Yamazaki is good as always, however, especially when drunk xD it really cracked me up every time and I looked forward to it every time! He falls on the floor, he slumps onto the stairs, he has to rest a hand on the wall so he doesn’t throw up, it’s really so good xD I loved this performance every time!! It gave me such a giggle.

I love Okita’s coughing in this one. I know it’s not technically a good thing for Okita (xD) but MakiChan acting out the coughing and the different stages of it so well this stage! I am proud of my boy <3 I also love during one of the scene where everyone in Shinsengumi’s gathered and Okita is just sexily sat on the stairs with the sword between his legs <3 so sexy *dead*

OOOOO! I LOVE the song when it’s just Kondo, Okita and Hijikata! And they sing ‘その名前に誓う！・We’ll take that name’ and I sang along to it every time after the first time I saw the stage! I freaking love the song and I love that line!! <3

Shiranui FTW! don’t need to say more do I? Haha BUT seriously, he was so good in this and we got so much of him this time around! I was a happy bunny AND he got his own bromides whichi is just mind blowing! Furthermore, Shiranui’s costume is amazing! It’s so detailed! You can’t see the flower prints or the dark green on the DVDs and stuff so well but seeing it in person, it’s absolutely gorgeous! All of Shiranui’s interactions and scenes were great! I really love the slow mo fighting part during one of the Harada x Shiraniu fight scenes! Shiranui’s face every time is amazing in slowmo >.< Another scene I love is when he opens up towards the end and is like ‘there’s no such things as souls’ and Chizuru is like ‘I think you want to believe but you can’t because you’ve seen so many of your (human) friends die’ or something like that and it’s ... my feels!

The San Baka song is SO good! Especially when Shinpachi goes round punching everyone xD also it made my heart warm that Shinpachi enters the stage with a jump! During the HakuMyu Live 2 DVD event Fukuyama spoke of how he tried to copy Shuuto’s jump but Shuuto just has to much bounce and natural height to him when jumping that he couldn’t copy it, so seeing him really going for it in the stage made me very happy. I bet Shuuto giggled when he saw it just like me xD

I really, really, really, really love the new Shinsegumi group song and it’s dance <3 this song always made me cry at the end of part one quite a few times <3 it’s such a good song! I love ALL the new songs! They better bring out a CD this time around! For the love of god give me the CD of this!

Another song I loved was Kazama’s! It’s all rocky and it’s so good! I really like his new rock song ^_^ suits Hide very well. BUT, my entire thought process of Hide as Kazama was:

Round One: This Kazama is very much like the anime. Voice and all. Round Two: Yeah he’s exactly like anime Kazama, no wonder I don’t like him (the stage character not Hide!) Round Three: I fucking HATE Kazama! He’s so fucking annoying! I am SO done with this Kazama Round Four: I am beyond done and don’t care about you anymore.

So safe to say Hide did a perfect job of bringing the real, canon Kazama to life, but unfortunately that’s the type of Kazama I cannot stand xD

And the touching! Like when Yamazaki is grabbing Chizuru from the back and on her wrist to try and keep her out of the fight <3 in fact ALL the touches/grabs the guys had with Chizuru when trying to protect her! We had Yama x Chizuru and Shinpachi x Chizuru, also I think Saito x Chizuru and Heisuke x Chizuru touching too! It gave me so many feels <3 I loved it! I was so on bored with ALL the ships in this one >.< especially the Yama x Okita ship cos of MakiChan and TakaChan because after about the second or third watch, I’ve noticed that Okita and Yamazaki are together A LOT (meaning they keep pairing my TokiEnta boys together <3) and they have so many moments together that it was so fascinating just how many times! But course I thoroughly enjoyed that ^_^

One little comment is about in two different performance, Tonchan nearly lost his sheath during one of his fight scenes due to him spinning and moving fast xD he just grabbed it an threw it backstage when it happened.

PART TWO

The opening dream sequence is GOLD. I love it so much! Everytime this song comes on my music player I can see TonChan and his dance here so perfectly! Also I FUCKING love when Shinpachi and co. come on stage! The first time I saw it I was like ‘wtf?! Shinapachi isn’t supposed to drink the Ochimizu!!!’ and his evil face during that scene when he attacks Harada is so freaking amazing! His evil smile is so evil but also somewhat sexy xD but I guess that’s cos of my Shinpachi Hell xD

Back to the screaming! In this second half with Yamazaki’s scream! So amazing! <3 Also Hijikata’s scream! Just everyone screaming is amazing okay! I guess that’s the messed up sadistic side of me? Or just damn fine acting!

Speaking of Yamazaki! Yamazaki’s scene... ugh do we need to talk about this.. yes we do because I love Yamazaki! It broke my heart as usual! I cried like a bitch every time and sometimes I even started crying way before the scene even started! But he like climbs/crawls up the stairs... my heart is breaking right now! BUT I saw one person’s review saying ‘why can’t they just kill Yamazaki off stage, why does he need a scene’ or something like that and let me tell you: I LOVE Yamazaki, I LOVE TakaChan, I NEED this scene! My beautiful TakaChan needs ALL the stage time he can get, okay! But him not dying would be more preferable>o< << as I wrote in the questionnaires every performance xD I get why and how it would work to have him die off stage but I need these scenes no matter how heartbreaking they are.

The Saito x Souji fight is GOLD and amazing! Their singing and song during it too is great! Apparently this song and scene has already been done before but clearly this version was a lot better and obviously stood out to me. Everything about this scene, the song, their voices, the choreography, the lighting, it’s all really good here!

I love when Shinpachi decides to leave Shinsengumi and comes back on stage like ‘Hiji don’t stop me! I’m going whether you like (Hiji: I know, I’m letting you go) it or not--- what?!’ and then he turns to Harada ‘I made up my mind!’ ‘I know.. we’re leaving too...’ ‘...what?! ... what?! Explain it to me so I can understand! What do you mean! Cos we’re friends right?!’ xD I died every time. Such a good moment <3

And then we have the Shinpachi x Harada fight that’s also GOLD! Just give me Shinpachi and Harada scenes all day okay! But also my love for the new Shinachi helps me love this scene too.

Oh jesus, oh my! The Okita crying after he finds out about Kondou’s execution and his scream crying scene broke me every time. Although I feel like MakiChan’s performance during my third time wasn’t as good as the other times, but lets assume it was just the mid-performance slump between the first and last performance day hype and adrenaline. But seriously this scene is so well acted from both MakiChan and Gaku! It’s such a raw and heartbreaking scene and yet it has so much love in it too! Like when Hijikata put his hand on Okita while Okita was lent on him and grabbing on him for dear life as he cried. My brain was just like ‘HIJI X OKITA!!!”. It’s just a small thing but omg Okita needs something like that to reassure him in that moment <3 So many minute things happen in this scene that make it all so perfect but ripping your heart out at the same time.

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I finally finished my two parter comments. Now to some Performance differences or accidents or curtain calls and such. The tenses might be a little weird here but bare with me:

2017.04.26 14:00 Preview/Dress Rehearsal

Straight after it finished:

I remember why I hate Hakuouki so much....my emotions right now. I am fecking ruined! The second half just killed me.

2017.04.27 19:00

I was at the very very back this night next to one kankeisha and the lighting and sound crew xD it was awesome! Also I’d say the back overall is a great view even though it’s a little far.

SHIRAMATA IS HERE!!!

I cried at the opening this night.

Everything went wrong this night and it was hilarious because it was nothing major:

First Hijikata’s sword broke! It was perfectly timing too when Kazama and him smacked swords but his sword part fell leaving him with just the handle in his hand and Gaku very smoothing just threw the handle away and finished the fight with (literally) blade in hand xD when it broke, me and several others (in our heads) thought ‘NO! Kane-san!!!’ xD and then because Gaku hadn’t thrown it far enough, during the next scene which was Saito’s you could just see this hand on the floor trying to grab the handle quickly but we ALL saw it xD

Another one was Kondou and Sannan slightly fell UP the stairs towards the audience xD

And the last mishap was towards the end of the drinking song where Yamazaki and Shinpachi pass each other BUT TakaChan was a bit too close and flips the sake plate out of Fukuyama’s hand and he tried to catch it about 4 times before just letting it dropped and (smoothly in character) pointed at Yamazaki to pick it up so did and clean it on his shirt xD it was very in character and a good moment BUT it definitely wasn’t part of the scene xD was definitely an accident.

The curtain call was so emotional - already(!) which is not good. The speaker for the curtain call today was Teruma. Teruma spoke about how he was happy to be back and commented about Tonchan being the zachou and doing a great job to which Tonchan hugged Teruma after his speech <3 Teruma also said that he’d been watching Karin through the performances and rehearsals and said she was great but then he quickly added ‘I’m not a hentai! I promise! I don’t mean it that way!’ And thus got Karin crying and then poor Tsubasa was a wreck (every night he cried actually) and I saw MakiChan wiping tears away from his face too. It just got out of control this night with the tears xD it was only their second Tokyo performance! xD

Also, I think it was this one where at the end of the second curtain call MakiChan and Imata hugged at the side of the stage before MakiChan skipped off xD

Apparently this performance is the one when I realised (and I quote) ‘I am so in love with this Shinpachi! He might have even over taken Shuuto!!’

Double curtain call.

2017.04.28 19:00

You know when I said being at the back had the best view? I was right! This night I was row 18 but me and the girl next to me were a LOT shorter compared to the two in front of us so even though we had center seats we had to constantly more left and right the entire show and I can still see this giant head blocking my view in my memory. It was so distracting! I know it’s not their fault they’re tall but jesus.... at least slump down! I always do just incase I get a tiny person behind me.

I think TakaChan missed his mark during the group song and came in a little too late xD

Also I think poor Tsubasa forgot his line during the first San baka scene. Sounded like he tripped over his words for a millisecond.

TonChan dropped his yari in a fight scene!!!! But luckily he smoothly grabbed it and the fight sounds continued to perfectly match him, well done sound crew.

I was able to sing along to some of the songs this night which made me happy xD

I cried at the end of part one this night xD

Curtain call was a triple curtain call and tonight’s speaker was Yamazaki/TakaChan. He spoke about it being 5 years since the first stage and he was like ‘we’ll d Yamazaki-hen okay! *everyone cheers* I’ll also go and see it’ WTF Takachan?! xD but that does means he read my damn letter about me wanting him to do Yamazaki-hen xD Also freaking MakiChanbbeing the comfortable troll he is, everytime TakaChan said something wrong in his speech he was immediately replying to him and giving him crap xD I love these boys so much. but I can imagine none TokiEnta fans wouldn’t have realised they were good friends and in the same company and stuff. But it made me happy seeing just how comfortable MakiChan was with being himself in front of everyone and just being himself with TakaChan on stage xD

Makichan did so well with Tsubasa. Every night he’d put his arm around him or he’d hug him or give him a pat on the back. He was so supportive while Tsubasa just stood there crying his heart out every night <3

Also I freaking realised from the back of his head but I KNEW ShoSan had turned up! He had!! I was right mwahaha I promise I’m not creeping...

Every night during the ending song MakiChan would go to TakaChan and would do something stupid like poke him and stuff but this night TakaChan tried so hard to just ignore him xD it was so funny.

Also I have a note and a tweet that says ‘Guys... I’ve been kidnapped by this little shizzer...’and this is very Shinpachi hell really begins... I’ve posted enough pics of him throughout this post to prove it xD

Also this was definitely the performance where ‘I’m so effing done with this Kazama’s BULLSHIT’ xD

2017.04.29 19:00

The entire fucking old cast showed up! Shuuto, Ryo, Ono, Yazak and Edogawa. As soon as they walked in until the show actually started and between the breaks and after it finished literally the ENTIRE crowd was staring and talking about them. Serious kudos to the boys for completely not phasing at it at all, and just continuing their conversations between themselves and enjoying themselves in their conversations. Especially this one girl, who clearly obviously waited until the very last second to walk back in during the break so she could go up the stares nod a look at them and go to her seat. You THINK about doing these things, not actually do them! But having said that, on the first day me and my friend accidentally turned up 2 hours early instead of one hour and saw the cast go into the theatre. And we saw them running up and down the stairs at the back. Thank the lord for my very very sharp glasses xD yeah... we’re the creepy ones really aren’t we xD

Anyway back to this night:

I cried a crap ton.

Luckily the girl next to me was a Shinpachi fan so we could talk about him a lot before and after the play and during the break xD

During the final ending song this night MakiChan got a piggyback from the ensemble cast xD

Poor baby Tsubasa cried his little heart out again just like every night xD

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And done! Now onto acting!! The rest of this should be short ^_^ thank god.

ACTING

TonChan: He is the perfect Harada! He’s tall, slim and yet still bares muscle and he dances pretty smoothly too and he’s so sexy as Harada. He did amazing in this and I definitely brought Harada-Hen to justice, but I’ve never played the game so don’t take my word xD

Karin: I already expressed my love for Karin and her Chizuru <3

Gakkun: I feel in this one Gaku finally had a complete grasp on his Hijikata and I feel he’s finally made Hijikata his own <3

MakiChan: MakiChan’s acting has improved once again as evidently seen in the way he builds up the coughs and such, and his scene with Hijikata is truelly an amazing and powerful performance. Him and Naya have great chemistry for the Okita x Saito conflict too. I feel MakiChan’s Okita is a lot more playful with that streak of evil in it which I’m really loving. He still shows this vulnerable childish and selfish Okita perfectly at times too. He has this great balance of the two sides of Okita going on <3

TakeChan: I LOVE TakeChan as Saito! As soon as he came on stage I was like ‘This IS Saito!’ he does it so perfectly and flawlessly. I was one of the rare ones who never really liked Shohei as Saito; something just didn’t sit well with me with his Saito. But Naya? He’s perfect! He took this role completely I feel like everyone saw Saito straight away rather than TakeChan or even his Saayo. I wish he had more stage time but I understand to ease him into HakuMyu and it’s audience you have to do it slowly at a time. I hope in the next stage he gets a LOT more time on stage, I really wanna see what he does with Saito <3 I dare say I think I prefer him over Ryo!!

Tsubasa: Oh my this angel! He IS ADORABLE as Heisuke! i freaking adore his Heisuke! He’s so cute! And he’s such a cute baby for crying every night <3 He was even adorable during the HakuMyu Live 2 DVD event I went to. As actors him and Naya are defo tied for most adorable and cute! I wanna see his Heisuke so much more! He has a good dynamic with Shoudai at least and I wanna see more San Bakaness with the three actors we currently have. I’m glad he was fully recovered this time too (he was injured throughout Live 2) so we could see him do some great action scenes!

Fukuyama Shoudai: This son of a bitch. This son of a bitch! Oh my I am in LOVE with his Shinpachi! He’s perfect! Absolutely perfect! I am SO into his Shinpachi! If they ever do Shinpachi-hen THIS GUY PLEASE! Oh my god I can’t <3 again, I think he’s beaten Shuuto for me personally as Shinpachi! Just everything about him! Every scene he was in he was so asmuing and I loved his and TonChan’s scenes and we finally see him be Shinpachi after not really seeing him in Live 2 and seeing at the HakuMyu Live 2 DVD event and hearing a lot of his thoughts and how difficult Live 2 was because he and Tsubasa were just told to copy the others and now finally get a chance to show off his Shinpachi and hearing how hard he worked to get Shinpachi right (watching Shuuto’s performances on DVD and such) - I am a happy bunny! Oh guys I cant’t with his Shinpachi.... I’ve never fallen so HARD for a character in my life.

Teruma: Lets admit it. Teruma is DAMN good at everything he does! Especially when it comes to song performances. And I’m glad he came back at Sannan. He freaking did an amazing job! That solo guys, that solo!

TakaChan: I am so glad he got to play a drunk Yamazaki and we got to see him more involved with the others this time. And like I said; ALL the Okita and Yamazaki interactions <3 But please can we stop killing YamaChan?! xD JUST ONCE! And when it’s NOT his Hen! xD

Imata Taira as Kondou Isami: Perfect as always! I think everyone in the audience loves him as Kondou and he proves that even though he’s older he’s just as loved and as popular in the HakuMyu fandom and he can do everything the other guys do just as well. He never disappoints me and he’s such a great guy <3

Hide: Like I said: The perfect (anime) Kazama which unfortunately is the type of Kazama I despise.

Soutarou as Amagiri Kyuujyu: We didn’t get to see much of him but then again we never do. I’m holding out verdict for him still. Hopefully he’s in the next one and I can make a solid opinion. But he did fine in this.

Kashiwagi: SHIRANUI!!!! My perfect bundle of perfectness <3 he’s flawless as Shiranui. He’s amazing as Shiranui. He did a perfect job and I am so happy with how much time he got on stage and he was dying to do HaradaHen too and I’m happy for him that he’s happy he could finally do it! I really love how Shiranui opens up towards the end with the whole soul thing. Kashi please don’t leave us after this one....

Kawamoto Hiroyuki as Yukimura Koudou: He was fine but I personally felt he was AWFULLY young to be playing her father, but I guess I’m still used to Edogawa and his older man looks xD He had a little song and he sounded great, and his performance was fine. Holding the verdict out on him still too.

Ensemble: They did an amazing job and had so much action to deal with and so much choreography (like everyone else) and so many roles to do! A special mention to Sugawara Takeshi who’s a reoccurring ensemble member for HakuMyu (and some other stages me thinks) and he got most of the ensemble lines and main extra roles whenever there was one.

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And finally onto the last section:

GOODS

I ended up getting all of Shinpachi’s stuff too but I can’t find my pic of them anywhere. Anyway here’s what my bag looked like most of the time too!

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Well that was LONG. How drunk is everyone now? xD If you managed to get through and read ALL that then goddammit you’re good. Hope you enjoyed it!

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