#looked waaaaay better than the movie. and then seeing THIS AFTERWARDS it's like. night and day.

[moondove330]

OOOOOOHHH I JUST WATCHED THE PUSS IN BOOTS LAST WISH MOVIE. a true visual spectacle. i was in Awe of every frame. oh my GOD. it's so beautiful. and the story's really good too. oh my godddddd

[chocafe]

— kotaro as your boyfriend

pairing: boyfriend!kotaro x reader a/n: dedicated to and requested by kotaro’s #1 supporter @sanqyeongf (｡♥‿♥｡)

you may not notice it, but kotaro always compliments you

sometimes, you’re not able to hear it because he says it so quickly

and he even whispers it as if he doesn’t want you to hear it

“cute” he simply says

but you know he really means “SJSKJDJDLA YOURE SO CUTEEEEE”

“did you say something?” you would ask when he quietly compliments you

“it’s nothing.” he pushes it off to the side

he’s too shy to admit how cute you are

but if you’re ever wondering

24/7 he always thinks you’re cute

kotaro is notably known as one of the trainee who trains the most and longest

he arrives an hour earlier than everyone

and he even stays in hours afterwards, hitting the am spot on the clock

since he’s so busy training

you tend to miss him more than ever

he tries to make it up to you by calling you during his 10 minute breaks

he’ll also facetime you when he’s practicing on some dance moves

you guys might not talk during the facetime call because he’s a little too occupied with his practicing session

but it’s better than nothing

it’s just a screen, but you both feel like you’re in one another’s presence

you both understand this and came to appreciate the small things that you two do in order to stay by each others sides

following how much kotaro practices

you can see that he’s such a hard worker!!!

he’s a hard worker in the things that he likes and will always try his best to improve

he’s always practicing his singing and dancing skills

and since he likes you

he tries super hard to be the best boyfriend he can be for you

“kotaro, you don’t need to change yourself because i like you for being you!”

but that doesn’t stop him

he still runs to seunghun for relationship advice (bc he’s a love guru in the making)

“i just don’t know what to do.” kotaro sighs, clasping his hands together

“listen here.” seunghun places a hand on kotaro’s shoulder, showing him his support. “just buy them a diamond ring and they’ll be yours forever.”

“wait, are you serious?” kotaro asks with a shocking expression. seunghun was so amazing at giving advice that kotaro didn’t know if that was a serious response or not

“DON’T LISTEN TO HIM THIS IS THE SAME PERSON WHO WAS A SNAKE AND GAVE ME A BOX FOR CHRISTMAS!!!” keita yells out loud, as usual

if only kotaro listened to seunghun bc a diamond ring doesn’t sound so bad? right? hehehe

soooooo your guys first kiss? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

your first kiss with one another didn’t happen until a few weeks into the relationship

because kotaro was too shy to kiss you

and maybe you were pretty shy to start it off too

every time you two hung out, kotaro kept on pondering “is this the right time to kiss them?”

but he thought of that waaaaay too many times that it halted him from doing so

he started to watch korean drama’s kiss scenes to prepare him for when the day will come

“what are you watching?” you asked as you saw gongyoo and kim goeun, from the popular drama goblin, kiss each other on his laptop screen

you scared the living life out of kotaro

that he freaked out and immediately closed his laptop

“n-nothing.” he stuttered as he tried to play it off as if it was nothing

“okay~ whatever you say.”

ever since that incident, you knew he was anticipating your guys first kiss just as much as you

the first kiss between you two came very naturally!

it wasn’t anything over the top and it was pretty simple

but it’s just a first kiss, so ya’know (✿ ♥‿♥)

while the two of you were watching a movie (you were sitting in front of kotaro as he sat behind you, having his arms wrapped around your body)

you turned around to see if kotaro was still watching it, since he wasn’t saying anything about the movie

when you turned to look at him

he was staring directly at you

instead of turning his gaze away from you, most likely from embarrassment

he continued to stare at you as you both slowly and naturally leaned in

and planted a quick soft kiss on each other’s lip

that was the beginning of your guys kiss and more came after that ! ! !

kotaro is very honest with his answers

he doesn’t mean for it to come off as rude and blunt

but he just wants to be serious with you and never lie, no matter what the situation is

“does my hair look bad when it’s styled like this?”

“yeah, it does.”

“..... ok……”

dates are pretty realistic and nothing over the top

the two of you just do things that you both enjoy doing

do you like painting? shopping? cooking?

whatever you like, kotaro is always down to base your dates off of things you have a hobby for or for what you like!

for example: kotaro loves swimming, playing soccer and watching movies

during the summer, you two spend a bunch of time at the beach as you two swim and splash water at one another

he doesn’t like swimming where there’s a lot of people

so you two usually move to a more secluded and empty area at the beach

he likes it like this because it feels like it’s only you two in the whole entire area

and you guys can do whatever you please to do

which is kissing in the water as the sun sets hehe

you can’t play a full game of soccer with only two people

therefore, you guys would just playfully kick the ball towards one another and try to see who can kick the ball into the goal first

sometimes, kotaro pretends to be really bad at soccer

so you can win a few times against him

“don’t pretend that you’re bad! play rough!” you yell out to him, as if you’re nagging

well, it’s your words

the next moment, he’s kicking the ball away from you and scores 10 points in a row

maybe you shouldn’t have mentioned anything because the loser was supposed to pay for dinner

but even though you lost

he still buys you dinner with his own pocket money <3

movie nights happen quite a lot

when you visit his dormitory, you guys would watch a movie

since kotaro is more open to you now

compared to the past

he enjoys to leave pecks of kisses all around your face while the two of you are watching a movie

“are you watching the movie?” you asked even though you knew he wasn’t since he was too busy doing something else that you will not mention

“why would i watch the movie when you’re right in front of me?” he says with such a wide and silly smile before he smothers your lips with his

[chibalein]

Kalafina Live Review - 10th Anniversary

Finally it’s available and I watched the whole 10th Anniversary Live (again and again), so I thought I’d give a review on it. Here is my original Live Report -> click. My opinions didn’t really change much, though, so I’ll be repeating myself here and there :p Here we go!

Ring your bell ~ in the silence

I love that intro, especially with those flags opening

other than that, boring entrance -> the 9+ONE intro would have PERFECT for that occasion

Ring your bell

fuck that song

However, I like the performance, surely one of their best, I love their bright smiles and movements

 BUT it gave me reminder of why I don’t like this song: the final “ring your bell”s, Wakana always makes me cringe

Quick opinion: I really came to hate Keiko’s dress. Not the colors or the golden/black pattern, that’s pretty cool: it’s those lace shoulder pads and the leather corsage. They make her chest area look super bulky and the chest part of the dress is not form-fitting at all. She has such a beautiful body but this dress just doesn’t support it.

Mirai

Fuck that sooong and everyone who voted for it

But even I have to say, I have a lot of fun watching them perform, they move around, interact with the audience, it’s lovely and more carefree

Lirica

Definitely one highlight of the night

I realized for the first time that the Strings are actually plucking their instruments lol I thought it was a background sound by the manipulator

I barely hear Hikaru in the chorus, is she singing high or low? xD

Keiko is the best here, so deep and dramatic!

Booooring stage show. No movements by the girls is one thing, but no special light show or anything? They could have been so creative with this dark piece..

Manten

OMG some choreography

Wakana is greeeeeat

Yane no mukou ni

First performance where I almost cried during the actual live, perfect and emotional

Still don’t like Hikaru here, she sounds like she is shouting which kills all emotions she might have had while singing

Cool plucking violins at the end, never noticed they do this

Hikari no senritsu

overplaaaayed

OMG light dude, DO SOMETHING

Best flute solo of all time

Quick opinion: all the performances where I criticise the lack of creativity, movement etc. look actually great on the DVD, because we have the cameras. Changing angles, focus on each girl, their faces, the audience and the band give variety and it makes it look a lot more interesting. But sitting in the actual audience is absolutely tiring, because there is just nothing happening on stage. It’s just like you listen to a CD, especially if you had a seat in the far back and could only rely on the screen. Such a shame and waste.

Storia

oh god no

their steps in the middle part are all over the place XD

fun and good performance

Quick opinion: almost all songs by now have been completely or partly illuminated in blue light. Uncreative? Yes.

Natsu no Ringo

Hikaru again sounds strange and shouting, she definitely was edited

Other than that super beautiful performance, Wakana was in top form that night

Serenato

Another big highlight, one of the best performances Kalafina ever did

Actually a nice, refreshing intro by the accordion, but I personally find it kinda dominant throughout the song, which was a bit distracting and which I didn’t really feel in the actual live

ARIA

Hikaru sings lower and I like it a lot, although they definitely enhanced her voice to sound a bit “prettier”

she did such an emotional and sad performance, you could see that is not struggling as hard as e.g. in Red Day

Sprinter

that Keiko hug

finally some action on stage and interaction with fans!

super fun to watch and OMG Keiko is using the pedestal

Oblivious

still bad place in the setlist

great AMV and surely also a highlight, sadly this is the only special treatment for their debut song, should have been celebrated more

Poor Hikaru gets always ignored during WaKei duet lol

Kizuato

Great performance, I adore that song

Keiko’s voice a bit too cute for me here

Kimi ga Hikari ni Kaeteyuku

Keiko’s stupid cutesy voice

Very emotional and those sad faces at the end kill me every time

I just realized that they have sung all Kara no Kyoukai songs in a row XD

Quick opinion: It’s like they only have red, white and green filters, all while the light technician’s finger is apparently stuck on the blue light button. This is BUDOKAN! This is ALL you can deliver?!

Kantankatan

I honestly wonder why this song made it into the setlist. Hyakka Ryouran sure, being their most recent single, but why this B-side song (and e.g. why not Tombo?). Since fans couldn’t vote for it, it makes me think that the girls just really love this song and wanted it included in their last recorded live performance.

Wakana is simply perfect, Hikaru... well... she’s there. Where has her “neverending” voice gone to?

Where is the second violin dude? Toilet break?

This song becomes so much better when the Strings join in the last part

Symphonia

I still hate Keiko’s dress

omg girls, please move around or something

good and nice performance

Red Moon

finally SOME DARK SONG and finally something for the eye with the video

Hikaru still sounds kinda weak, but during the actual live she was barely audible, so I guess that’s a plus here

Keiko is amazing, you can hear her so clearly! Wakana too! Epic performance

Waaaaay too much blue for a song called Red Moon

Adore

Flashback to After Eden with Red Moon -> Adore xD

Wakana is suuuper!

What the hell is wrong with you Hikaru? What happened after After Eden? She’s sooo shouty, this is definitely her weakest performance of the night

Great violin solo

OMG they use the pedestals FOR THE FIRST TIME and they use it for GODDAMN 12 SECONDS

And I noticed they actually played some video -> good!

To the beginning

finally after way too long, an upbeat song since Sprinter (which is 6 songs ago)

It took me years to realize that they sing “down to zero we go”, however Hikaru sounds suuuper strange singing that line

finally some light action, took you long enough, eh

That Keiko punch at the end xD Not enough of those cool shots

Progressive

YEAH SOME REAL ACTION

also one of the best performances of the night, I love Keiko here, she’s moving so much and having so much fun, it’s infectious

Hikaru killed it and that very last line is awesome

Ongaku

Aaaaw that hug in the beginning

of course, Ongaku is a must, I still think this would have been a better entrance or encore song

look at this power, fantastic

those band solos are the best thing of the whole concert, honestly I love them so hard

however, accordion solo is so out of place and unnecessary beyond belief

Bongo duuuuuuude, LOOK AT HIS FACE I can’t even xD

KONNO HITOSHI VIOLIN EPICNESS!!!!!!! With great justice he got the best reaction from the audience

They edited that Keiko jump/hug, it took her much longer to reach Wakana xD

The interaction between the girls is gorgeous, something we have been missing overall a bit

they included the flute at the end too, very nice (I suppose the accordion too, but fuck that)

that was the best Ongaku performance they ever did

Heavenly Blue

they still should have gone to MC after Ongaku

other than that, good performance I guess

Into the World

well hello there blue filter, it’s been a while

is it just me or has Keiko been made more dominant than she is supposed to be in the beginning?

Nightmare Ballet

come one, at least do that Zaregoto BGM THAT SOME ASSHOLE CUT FROM 9+ONE!

Great intro by accordion though, her duet with Sakurada is so cute

I feel I should take that blue spotlights to a date by now, because I have spent more time with them today than with my boyfriend

Great performance by the band, though too late into the concert in my opinion

Hikari Furu

best performance of this song of all time

Wakana kills it so hard, I feel bad for the others

fantastic mix of normal and acoustic version

that epic pause, THAT EPIC PAUSE

Quick opinion: I am not the biggest fan of those white “wedding” dresses. While their “final” version is pretty cool, I don’t like the veils, simply because they serve no purpose, especially since they’ll be thrown away immediately afterwards.

Hyakka Ryouran

nice flute intro

Red-Blue-Red-Blue-Red-Blue FUCK YOU

Ah, that middle HiKei dance, now you finally can see what I was talking about in my live reports. Wakana would have been better standing on the middle stairs though... #needless nitpicking

the flags are waving, that’s admittedly pretty cool

great performance of everyone, good that this song made it into the setlist

Alleluia

this doesn’t have many live recordings I think, so I am really glad that Alleluia made it as the last and most popular song of the night

definitely a marvellous farewell song for Keiko

look how powerful she sings, she knew this was her last big performance and she delivered

- Why is the manipulator celebrated to heavily? Is he particularly popular or something? XD

- Ehm, Wakana’s dress are actually pants? Do I have that correct? XD

- They should have thrown in “snow falling” as a surprise encore, just for the joke

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+ the musicians brought in so much variety and creativity even in highly overplayed songs, they made this truly a special concert

+ very good camera work, some great and cute shots and not so many cuts like in 9+ONE for example

- apparently an intern did the lighting here, I can’t explain this amateur work otherwise

- it’s a pity that there wasn’t any extra content included like some kind of Making Of or something on the Commemoration Lives. Sure, they reserved it for the movie, but still, at least something would have been nice

I really love this Live, although I had a lot of criticism. Kalafina delivered and they gave some of their best performances of their career. It was worth it all and it’s simply sad that this is their last concert. They deserved better treatment for this and it should have been even more special, with more effort and creativity by the staff/the agency.

Oops, that became longer than intended, sorry! Thanks for reading!

[bthenoise]

Noiseworthy: Here’s Why Noisemakers Superbloom Are Your Next Grunge Revival Obsession

As much as you think it might be an easy task, it’s not always that simple to showcase new, up-and-coming artists. We mean, usually when it comes to these sorts of things if you aren’t familiar with the artist’s name, what’s going to make you click our story versus the 512 Best Vacation Spots For Introverted Millennials? Yeah, not always that simple.

However, putting all doubts aside, we’re going to start highlighting emerging bands we believe in. Bands that stand out against the tiring monotony of our music scene. You know, bands like Brooklyn grunge revivalists Superbloom.

Similar to bands like Superheaven and Teenage Wrist, Superbloom provides listeners a nostalgic 90′s vibe but with updated production and musicianship -- you know, like all those Disney live-action remakes but waaaaay better. With last year’s debut EP No Requests under their belt, the New York four-piece is looking to keep their momentum going by releasing new music in 2019. 

That’s where we come in. Today, The Noise is stoked to not only be featuring Superbloom as a Noiseworthy artist but also premiering their brand new, vibe-heavy single “Leash.”         

To get to know a little bit more about the emerging rock outfit and check out their moving new single and accompanying music video, be sure to check out our interview with vocalist/guitarist Dave Hoon and guitarist Tim Choate below.  Afterward, for more from Superbloom, head here.

Where did you grow up? And was there a music scene where you grew up?

TC: Dave and I grew up outside of Boston where there was an amazing music scene. The punk and hardcore scene changed my life there, I would try to catch every show I could. It’s cool thinking back on that time in the scene where you could see bands like Converge and Cave In play in VFWs. When I was in high school I would invite touring bands to come crash at my house when they needed it, like one I night I brought home Ion Dissonance and my mom made them scallion pancakes.

DH: Tim's story is better than mine. My first concert was TLC.

What were you and/or your bandmates doing before your band formed? Jobs? School?

DH: We were all working in the city and still are. I think that was actually a big part of forming the band, I think we all wanted an outlet.

Who or what influenced you to start playing music?

TC: I was probably like a lot of kids when I first picked up a guitar and learned Nevermind straight through. I was always playing in bands and mostly with Dave. The biggest influence recently was going from straight-up hardcore and metal bands to hearing bands like Superheaven, Big Jesus, Basement, Teenage Wrist -- it all gave me a familiar but new feeling that I loved.

DH: I agree with all that. Obviously Nevermind. Dookie, 40oz to Freedom and Smash by the Offspring too for sure. And I'm behind the curve but since we've been playing again I've discovered bands like Title Fight, Narrow Head and rediscovered Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana.

If you could collaborate with any artist of your choice who would it be?

TC: For me, I’d want to collab with Alex Dow and Alex Henry from Fiddlehead. I love their guitar writing. But I think as a band we’d want to work with someone like Matt Hyde or Will Yip who’ve worked with so many bands we love and get a 5th member thing going.

What’s the best live performance you’ve seen?

DH: General admission floor for System Of A Down in a sold-out arena was fucking crazy. I lost my shirt.

Are there any recent releases or performances that have inspired you?

TC: We played with Greet Death when they came through NYC and they’re the best show I’ve seen in a while. Tones were great, harmonies were great, we were all pretty blown away.

If you could have one of your songs be on a TV show or movie of your choice what would it be?

DH: Not a movie but Tony Hawk Pro Skater. “Saints” bumping in The Warehouse [level]. COME ON.

Three bands or artists that would be your dream to tour with?

TC: Right now, I would honestly go with anyone who offered to take us on tour. I think we’re all dying to play outside of Brooklyn and NYC. For me, it would be Quicksand and Failure.

DH: Agreed. Anyone cool. I'll buzz and dye my hair cheetah print. But for me Basement / Teenage Wrist.

The best thing currently on YouTube is?

TC: I watch a lot of Audiotree and other live studio performances. And for some reason, Hot Ones makes me really want to eat suicidally spicy wings.