#love the GRANRODEO mention

[reavenedges-lies]

Character asks: the only bsd name I know without looking is Chuuya so 5,10,15,20,25

5) What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

So technically the first song was "I Love You Like An Alcoholic" by The Taxpayers but thats more a Soukoku song than Chuuya so by that logic the first Chuuya song is "Super Massive Black Hole" by Muse. However, Chuuya's seiyuu is literally a singer/songwriter and lead vocalist of GranRodeo and did do vocals for his actual character song "Darkness My Sorrow" and that deserves and honorable mention

10) Could you be best friends with this character?

I love Chuuya but i'm like 99% sure he would hate me. Granted that means next to nothing with how much he says he hates Dazai but i don't think it would work well in most aspects. The upside is I could be wrong because Chuuya is not one of the many characters i look at and go "oh, this mirror fucking sucks"

15) What's your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.)

SOUKOKU, DOUBLE BLACK, TWIN DARK. Buckle Your Seatbelts guys because this is gonna be long. So I love Soukoku (双黒) not just on their individual characters but because of their trust in eachother. The whole Partner(相棒-Aibou 😭😭) nonsense kills me for outside of BSD reasons but they actually care about each other regardless of how much they say they dont (Chuuya in season two telling Dazai to go die then being immediately concerned when he get injured/ Dead Apple Chuuya punching Dazai to cure him of his poisoning/ Dead Apple Dazai Holding Chuuya gently during the fog scene after Chuuya saves him, ect) but like more than that right. If you get into it and actually look at the different spellings of soukoku you can get the Rival spelling (相克) but most of the time its spelled with the 'Always a Pair/Partner' spelling(双黒) with 双(sou/sō) having many uses in terms of soulmates. On the line of soulmates when you get farther into the series Chuuya struggles with his humanity and not truly knowing whether or not he is human and Dazai never has a doubt that Chuuya is more human than most, Stormbringer finally puts that to an end with Chuuya believing regardless of what he is told that he is human because he believes in humanity. Past that you get to Beast. In which we learn that there are infinite universes in BSD and in all of the ones we've seen Chuuya is Dazai's right hand man. They are Soukoku, They Are Double Black, they are together in every universe we see and they trust implicitly. They are soulmates, destined to be together in every universe for one reason or another, destined to bring out the humanity in each other and to not let themselves get caught in their own grief. Chuuya and Dazai's partnership is weird but looking at it from what i know now is interesting. Soukoku isn't just the ship its their dynamic, but maybe not their full one just yet because of the changes Dazai is and has gone through. Dazai doesn't have 'friends' because of how he was raised and what happened with Odasaku and Ango, but i think he is learning how to. His fondness of Chuuya and vice versa is showing more and more as the main series goes on.

20. Which other character is the ideal best friend for this character, the amount of screentime they share doesn't matter?

I feel bad cause @podcasts-8-my-heart immediately said Oda just to be shot down cause the Flags exist. The Flags (旗会) or Young Bloods as we heard they were called once we're a support group of friends within the PM. Piano Man, Lippman, Ice Man, Albatross, Doc and Chuuya. I wont get into specifics of it because it is Stormbringer content but their deaths nearly broke Chuuya. He still visits and maintains their graves outside of the city on the mountainside. Other than the Flags, some of his actual closest friends in the PM, but other than them? I'm at a loss. I think he would probably get along with Kunikida the best out of the ADA but with little to no screen time with them both i'm unsure at best.

25) What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

To quote WTNV: "A new man came in to town today. Who is he? What does he want from us? Why his perfect and beautiful haircut? Why his perfect and beautiful coat?" ... "He grinned, and everything about him was perfect, and I fell in love instantly." As for now? I love him, he goes through so much shit and the man deserves a hug, glass of wine and a week of undisturbed vacation. I will say, I wish we saw more of him outside of being a main source of plot armour built into the show, I want to see Stormbringer (Kinda, Im Not Ready For The Cry Fest) but more so I want to see more of him without PM orders.

Anyways I Love Him

[diagonal-queen]

and now, for some of the many thoughts dia had during the newest episode of bungou stray dogs (seasoned with heavy undertones of ranpo appreciation)

'if they were forced to choose, they would choose atsushi'

based kyouka and lucy

also ango being like 'if i had to fight kyouka and lucy i'd lose immediately' like yes dude. why are you the only one who acknowledges this. fucking fukuchi would lose in a fight against those two

ALSO THEM NOT WANTING TO EVEN MAKE ATSUSHI UNCOMFORTABLE BUT BEING FULLY READY TO JUST BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF ANGO LMAOOOOOO SAME GIRLS I'M ONE OF YALL (sorry ango fuckers) KYOUKA AND LUCY SUPERMACY 🛐🛐

THEY ANIMATED THE SIGLAI SCENE SO RIGHT!!! OMG HOHOL SO CUTE his voice actor deserves a trillion dollars for that scene alone also sigma so pretty he's beautiful

fukuzawa dilf fukuzawa dilf fukuzawa dilf fukuzawa dilf fukuzawa dilf fukuzawa dilf fukuzawa dilf fukuzawa dilf fukuzawa dilf fukuzawa dilf fukuzawa dilf fukuzawa dilf fukuzawa dilf fukuzawa dilf fukuzawa dilf

POE AND RANPO WERE READY FOR ALL THIS SHIT. they really said 'they fucked around and now they're finding out' JDAJJKAFHSKHFAKJFA also ranpo i missed hearing your voice so much bby i love you and i missed you please just one chance ranpo just one chance

ALSO dazai calling ranpo the strongest superhuman who exceeds the gifted lmao like be more right my guy he IS the strongest (one chance ranpo please). get fucked fyodor. also him being like 'i'm just here babysitting you to make sure you don't do anything annoying so my friends can fuck shit up' was both parts funny and hot for some reason

ALSO RANPO PARKOURED HIS WAY DOWN FROM THAT FUCKING BUILDING??? ONE CHANCE PLEASE RANPO YOU'RE LITERALLY PERFECT

kunikida getting the pretty treatment this season AS HE SHOULD. mans is sexy and deserves it

also i mentioned this to sewer rat earlier but when jouno bought out the pear and kunikida was like 'you gonna give that to me?' even though he doesn't say it in the manga i was entirely expecting jouno to reply with 'no, you need hands to eat a pear' LMAOOOOO ALSO HIS TURTLE SMILE MADE ME LAUGH SO FUCKING HARD LIKE YOU CAN'T DROP THAT SHIT ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCENE LIKE THIS BONES T-T

i have to wonder if poe has like an archive of pre-written novels just in case shit like this happens and he needs to transport people somewhere, or if he's deadass able to write 300-page-novels on the fly in a matter of hours. like it seems like it would be the former but the latter just feels like something bsd would pull yk

fukuzawa: LET'S SHUT THIS SHIT DOWN ranpo: proud son moment

ranpo said let's be bisexual for this mugshot (one chance ranpo pls???)

genuinely cannot believe all of this bullfuckery has happened in less than the span of a week

one glimpse into those beautiful jades and minoura knew the agency was entirely innocent. that's just the ranpo effect my friends. (ranpo seriously i'm begging you ONE chance)

oh yeah and tHAT FUCKING OPENING. GRANRODEO SWEEP ANIMATION ON POINT COLOURS EVERYWHERE me likey is what im saying.

that's all for this episode folks- tune in next time as dia loses their shit again...and again...and again...and aga

[loropetalums]

shuffle your on repeat playlist + write the first 10 songs that show up, then tag 10 people

Got tagged by the bestie @aligura u dare mention me? Smh. /j love u

- Imaginary -- Hoyomix

- Down the river -- the crane wives

- ribs -- the crane wives

- malie city -- GlitchxCity

- Eterna forest (lofi remix) --GlitchxCity

- Phantom -- Hoyomix

- Tetsu no Ori -- Granrodeo

- There beneath -- the oh hellos

- Lily - luck life

- Rubia -- Zhou Shen, Hoyomix

My shuffle is choosing favorites.. damn. Anyway. I know no one well enough to tag but if you want an excuse to do this [hands this over] go ahead

[pinerwash]

Dark shame granrodeo anime openin

#Dark shame granrodeo anime openin full#

Sure it’s the typical cute girls doing the cute things, in this case outdoor camping but nonetheless where it shined was not only it’s character interactions but blending that with it’s slice of life of camping in the outdoors.ġ. Yuru Camp△ – Ahh not only was Yuru Camp△ one of the best slice of life anime,s but it’s comedy made LA laughed ALOT. Even with the longer length LA liked how Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan 2 went and with a FInal Season slated, LA will be interested in how Saiki’s life goes…ģ. Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan 2 – More Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan 2 the more better and with some narrative focus in it’s new characters being introduced just made this second season all the more funny especially with the new characters changing directions for Saiki’s life to be that more morbidly mundane. If anything Last Period: Owarinaki Rasen no Monogatari is what KonoSuba is in the isekai genre as Last Period: Owarinaki Rasen no Monogatari is for mobile gaming adaptations.Ĥ. LA is F2P and LA knows the struggles of getting baited or having to save for that special banner and getting nothing *cough* FGO *cough*. Last Period: Owarinaki Rasen no Monogatari – An underrated mobile game to anime adaptation, LA might be in the minority here but this anime was actually pretty fun especially from someone plays ALOT of gacha-based mobile games and with this anime pretty poking fun at the concept of gacha games and being self aware of it kinda made this anime for LA. Pop Team Epic – Troll post the anime and it suckered LA in to it’s absurdist humor and it was just SOO MEMABLE….ĥ. LA just loved the character interactions and thus the comedy was better from the first season’s much more slower paced comedy.Ħ. Dagashi Kashi – Yeah, this second season might have a differing animation compared to it’s first season as well as being shorter but because of this, the comedy was much more focused and straight up, the comedy got MUCH more better. One Room 2nd Season – More one way communication POV anime…just ZZzzzZZZZZzzĪlrighty with the anime shorts out of the way, shall we move onto Comedy, Slice of Life, Drama and Action Genre?.firstħ. Nanatsu no Bitoku – Well Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai was pretty bad, but Nanatsu no Bitoku was ALSO bad, yeah it was the polar opposite of Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai but still it didn’t help, from the overexcessive fanservice to little to no plot and in the grand scheme of it being linked to Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai, it just makes the Seven Heavenly Virtues to essentially all cept Michael to only fluff around and do nothing, seriously Lucifer from Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai wasn’t kidding that these Seven Heavenly Virtues were stupid and this anime short clearly showed it.Ģ. Honorable Mentions – BanG Dream! Garupa☆Pico, Emiya-san Chi no Kyou no Gohanġ. Cinderella Girls Gekijou 3rd Season – More Gekijou is nothing but putting a smile on LA’s face Takuomi – girls drinking with some classic moe, absolutely!ĥ. Fumikiri Jikan – Random events happen on a railway crossing, bit sized hijinks ensues and LA just loved it!Ĥ. Gaikotsu Shotenin Honda-san – BOOKSELLER DAILY LIVES and having that charm as well as it’s trials and tribulations of being a bookseller.ģ. Yama no Susume 3rd Season – LA loved the first and second season but this 3rd season was great, though yeah some melodrama here and there but the focus was still on mountain climbing and it did itself well to earn this spot.Ģ. Next up is the best and worst anime shorts…ġ. Yeah…Nanatsu no Taizai : Battle of the Ten Commandments 1st OP was just sooo good, what did you expect from FLOW AND GRANRODEO TOGETHER! Now since LA is incorporating LA’s dailies into these lists, they will have their own section much later ut nonetheless LA will look at everything starting from Winter of 2018 to Fall 2018 BUT excluding any animes from Fall 2018 that is still going, like Index III to Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken won’t be on these lists.

#Dark shame granrodeo anime openin full#

2018 was…….another depressing year, with full of craziness and not in a good way, from gaming going into going downhill from you know…EA, Activision and of late Bethesda scamming players with micro transactions and lying to your customers and well 2018 was just a crap year, be it from everyone going more and more politically charged to the most first world problems to freakin’ Article 13 to Youtube being more corporate than it’s ever been.just why….īut how was LA’s year in anime for 2018, well LA watched 75 animes excluding movies and dailies while watching 52 daily animes, so a total of 127 animes LA looked at in 2018 and with this like last year LA ranks those 127 animes, be it the best or the worst animes and whatnot.

[dancingastralwitch]

[mfk-archived]

🔊(Because I’m curious which GRANRODEO songs remind you of TSG!)

Thank you, Jules!

🔊: Make a playlist between 2-8 songs long for your self ship

Tbf, 80% of GR's songs are SO ANGSTY but there are a few that make me think about the guys and that I associate with them:

Take it Easy: Very light hearted song, the lyrics are meaningful and make me think of how the Shinomiyas were so patient with me in the beginning and even now.

Fab Love: this song is about LOVING LOVE, of COURSE it's TSGcore!

Rain Beat: The lyrics of this one are emotional and melancholic but the sound of it gives me a lot of comfort, especially at the chorus

Koi wa Mirage: 😳😳😏😏 LOOK I think it's sexy and more NanSatsu than anything /lh

Wonder Color: Out of the GR songs I've listened to, this one fits NaNatsu pretty well! Good message and it sounds like what our styles are combined

modern strange cowboy: The lyrics are encouraging to me and it feels like a big push of motivation from the Shinomiyas hehe <333

MS Cowboy no Gyakushuu: If we're gonna mention the first one, we NEED the sequel!!! This one makes me think of the three of us and it has my perspective all over it

Honorable mentions would be Welcome to the World, Magical Story, and Brush the Scar Lemon!

[bakugohoex]

ゞ°✭・㋛┃ OK, yeah, hi, again, this message was sent at 12:00PM, don’t ask why, but, yeah, at the time you see this message, there’s a fifty per-cent chance that I’m doing something else other than simping for Kishou Taniyama characters, emo boys, tall guys with nice thighs, blondes, with glasses, fuck-boys, flirty boys, etc. HAHAHAPQNSLWNWDP, anyway, yeah, anyway, did you know that the KnB openings were sang by Kishou Taniyama, aka, GRANRODEO’s vocalist and Chuuya (BSD)/Himuro (KNB)/JEAN’S voice actor, like I mentioned before? God, are my ears blessed, whenever I hear one of the band’s songs. But, like, PLEASE, SOMEONE BETTER WRITE A BAND VOCALIST!JEAN FIC, PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. <丶´Д｀>ｹﾞｯｿﾘ

— 🌨

omg bby i hope you went to sleep after sending this message 😔 please tall boys with nice thighs and blonde are my favourite i can’t understand the infatuation with flirty boys as well 😏 please i never used to like the openings of any anime and would skip but bruh they’re such a banger like i need to listen to openings just to feel happy, i listen to aot season 4 one on repeat like 6 times a day 😩 but damn hearing jean sing is heaven to my ears please there probably is a band au of jean somewhere i’ve seen fanart of band au aot and it was so fucking good and it hard jean as the lead vocalist 🤤

[yukarisensei]

Spring Anime 2019

Hi everyone! Hisashiburi (Long time no see)! I apologize for being MIA in terms of anime and manga for the past 3 months. There’s a reason for this...I haven’t watched or read manga AT ALL this winter season. T^T This has never happened to me before and it shocks me that I’ve gone this long without indulging in anime/manga. Honestly, the closest I’ve gotten to reading “manga” is reading webtoons on the WEBTOON and Tapas apps. This season has been so crazy because of real life stuff: grad school, work, and family commitments. BUT...after looking at the anime that are airing this season, I have a VERY strong feeling that I’m going to break my anime slump. With that being said, I’m so ready for the SPRING ANIME SEASON!!!

Here are the shows that I am planning on watching:

- Fruits Basket

OH MY GOOOOOD!!! I’ve been waiting for this anime to air since it was announced months ago! This series was one of my first anime and manga I’ve ever watched and read so it holds a very special place in my heart. I never knew how much I wanted a reboot of this amazing series until I watched the first trailer. I apologize in advance because THIS is the anime I won’t shut up about for the next few months. For those of you who are going into this series for the first time...you are in for an amazing ride. Trust me. 

- One Punch Man 2

YAAAAASSSS! Everyone and their mother have been waiting for a second season of this series since the 1st season ended. When it was announced that OPM 2 was airing this year...I immediately put this on my watch list. However, I only realized after watching The Anime Man’s latest (as of writing this post) “What Will I Be Watching?” video that Madhouse will not be in charge of anime production this season. Although the animation is going to look different, I’m excited to watch the hilarious continuation of Saitama’s story. 

- Bungou Stray Dogs 3

I honestly did not expect this show to get a third season so soon...but I was incredibly happy to hear that it was. I was also happy to hear that GRANRODEO and Luck Life are returning to do the opening and ending songs! I may have to rewatch a few episodes of the first two seasons to refresh my memory. I did read the manga from where the last season left off...but I don’t remember what I read AT ALL so I guess I’ll be going into this season blind. That doesn’t mean that I’m not hyped as heck for this new season. ^_^

- Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2

Ooookay. I gotta be honest, I haven’t watched the first part of season 3 at all so I need to watch that before going into this. Judging from this amazing poster and what I’ve heard online and from my AoT fanatic friends, this next season is going to be crazier than the last. I loved the first two seasons so I really want to catch up with the series, especially since Isayama-sensei is going to end the series soon. Until then...I’ve got some catching up to do. 

- Kono Oto Tomare!

I’ve been keeping an eye on this series since I first read the synopsis when it didn’t have a set air date. When it was announced to air this season, I put it on my watch list without even watching the trailer or knowing who was part of the voice cast. But OMG once I saw Yuuma Uchida as part of the main cast AND singing the ending song, I completely freaked out! Even the queen Shouta Aoi is blessing us with his voice for the opening song! Needless to say, I’m really excited for this show.

- Carole and Tuesday

I’ve kept a watch over this show as well after I first read the synopsis. I was even more interested after I saw that this show is an original anime by the studio Bones and that it saw that was labeled as a music, romance anime. Someone please correct me if I am wrong but I think this is the first time Bones is animating an original romance anime with two leading female characters. Either way, I’m excited to see the direction that Bones will take to tell the story of these two beautiful girls. 

Movies:

- Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love Kingdom

Ah yes. Utapri. It finally took them 4 seasons to make a movie for this series. 4. FREAKING. SEASONS. There’s no clear synopsis of the movie yet, but I’m guessing from the trailer that it’ll pick up right where the last season left off. As a forever Utapri fan, I’m so excited to see the continuation of one of my favorite reverse harem shows. 

- Kimi to, Nami ni Noretara

I watched the trailer for this movie the other day and it looks like a really sweet romance movie with a fantasy-like twist. Fans of Devilman Crybaby would probably recognize the animation. Watch the trailer and you’ll know what I’m talking about. I really hope there will be a showing for this film here in California (maybe at Anime Expo) because if there is, I’d definitely want to see it. 

Whew. My watch list is pretty short this season, but my comments were a bit lengthier than my normal anime list posts. I guess I wanted to make up for my lack of posting last season. Plus, I feel that the older I become the more picky I get when choosing which anime to watch. I’m really excited for all of the anime I listed here and hopeful that I’ll be able to get out of my anime slump. I have less than two months before I’m done with grad school this semester so I’ll definitely have more time to watch these shows afterwards and, hopefully, catch up on previous shows I’ve mentioned in past posts. Again, I’m an otaku for life so I’m never going to fall out of my love for anime. Anyway, let me know what you guys think of the shows that are airing this season. What are you watching? Please let me know! Thanks for reading!

[aoinakahara]

for people who don't know yet, in 2008 GRANRODEO has a song that mentions Chuuya in the lyrics, if we listen carefully, we will know that this song was inspired by Chuuya's poetry. Old but really a good song~ please take a listen! Download the full album in HERE

 SUGAR -GRANRODEO

Peaceful na risou kakage ikitte mite mo

dareka ga yurushite kunnakya susumanai

aiso nashi kamisama o ogan derunnara

nai chie shibotte genjitsu to taiji shiyou

toukaku senjou ni aru erai meishi ni mo

furetara itai kako datte andarou

isshokusokuhatsuna mudo darake no yo ni

amai amai sugar mabushite okureyo

sugar in my brain

trigger is my pain

genjou ni manzoku shitai dakena ndesu

sugar in my brain

trigger is my bane

korekara mo tsutsuganaku ikitai nodesu

What’s sugar? You or me?

Kizuguchi ni satou o nuri konde kure

taisouna yume bakaride ii no dakeredo

nanika o shitsu kusanaito maa kidzukanai

toumeikan o daiji ni torawaretemashita

chotto yogoretatte sonna no kekkaron

kansei juutakugai no karisuma shufu ni datte

midarana receipt no hitotsu kurai andarou

yotei chouwa no naka de kibanda menzai fu ni

amai amai sugar mabushite okureyo

sugar in your brain

trigger is your pain

naishin wa heiwa o aishitai ndesu

sugar in your brain

trigger is your bane

itsu made mo anshin ga hoshii nodesu

What’s sugar? You or me?

Kizuguchi ni satō o nuri konde kure

“zenryaku Nakahara Chuuya-sama

boku no kanashimi nante yogorecchimatta mitaidesu

fukisusabu arashi no mae ni tobutori mo nakanu ikioidesu”

sugar in my brain

trigger is my pain

genjou ni manzokushitaidake nandesu

sugar in my brain

trigger is my bane

korekara mo tsutsuganaku ikitai nodesu

sugar in your brain

trigger is your pain

naishin wa heiwa o aishitai ndesu

sugar in your brain

trigger is your bane

itsu made mo anshin ga hoshii nodesu

What’s sugar? You or me?

Kizuguchi ni satou o nuri konde kure

mayoi o hikisaite kure

  Translation:

 Even if I try to advocate peaceful ideals

I can’t proceed if i have to forgive someone

If I have to pray to an unloving God

I will rack my brains and face up to reality

Even the awesome celebrity on the edge of certain victory

has a painful past, don’t they

In a world full of explosive moods

Sprinkle sweet, sweet sugar

Sugar in my brain

Trigger is my pain

I just want to be satisfied with the current situation

Sugar in my brain

Trigger is my bane

I also want to live peacefully from now on

What’s sugar? you or me?

Apply the wound with sugar

It is alright to have exaggerated dreams, but

to do so without losing anything, well, I didn’t notice

I was fascinated by the sense of transparency

Is sort of tainted, this kind of hindsight

Even a charismatic housewife in a quiet residential district

at least have an indecent recipe, doesn’t she

In the yellowish acclaim in the planned harmony

Sprinkle sweet, sweet sugar

Sugar in your brain

Trigger is your pain

I want to love peace from the bottom of my heart

Sugar in your brain

Trigger is your bane

I would always want an ease of mind

What’s sugar? you or me?

Apply sugar with to the wound

“Foreword Nakahara Chuuya-sama

It seems like my sorrow already tainted

Before the raging storm

The strength of a bird in flight that doesn’t cry out”

Sugar in my brain

Trigger is my pain

I just want to be satisfied with the current situation

Sugar in my brain

Trigger is my bane

I also want to live peacefully from now on

Sugar in your brain

Trigger is your pain

I want to love peace from the bottom of my heart

Sugar in your brain

Trigger is your bane

I would always want an ease of mind

What’s sugar? you or me?

Apply sugar to the wound

Tear up my hestitation

[setsuna-no-ai]

Eight people I’d like to get to know better

I was tagged by @kotobukink and @trashfordemidolbois Name/Alias: Ai (bc Ai means love and I like spreading the love. I'm also that KISHOW bitch. I’m also not sharing my real name unless i know you) Birthday: 6th November Zodiac: Scorpio Height: 173 cm Hobbies: Jamming out to music of all kinds at all moments of the day, even in my sleep Favourite colours: purples and blues are my most favorite. Favourite books: I haven't read in a while simply becasue I moved recently and still havent unpacked my books. but I am a bookworm Last song I listened to: Maji Love 1000% (i woke up to it) Last movie I watched: Detective Pikachu Inspiration: I'm inspired by a lot of people. One i will mention is J. Michael Tatum as he's helped me with the confidence in being who i am despite society. Dream career: I just want to be able to pay my bills and make people happy. Meaning of my URL: "Setsuna no Ai" is the name of the OP song for the third season of Bungo Stray Dogs. It's performed by GRANRODEO. Tag 8 people: @captdrobvious @anime-music-ships @btamamura and anyone else who wants to do it.

[hoshees]

omg i love recommending songs, for anime ops and eds i recommend bungou stray dogs' the ops are usually sung by granrodeo and the eds by luck life and both bands have amazing songs as well!!! ao no exorcist op and eds are amazing as well!! my faces are core pride and itteki no eikyo by UVERworld and i'm pretty sure u already received recommendations such as haikyuu, noragami, fma etc so as for jpop/jrock i recommend: frederic, yorushika, kana-boon and lucky tapes!

omg thank u!!!!! this is fantastic!! i’m not familiar with most of the ones you mentioned so i’ll be sure to give them a listen. and i agree sharing song recs is so much fun!! feel free to exchange music w me any time!!! :)

[kotosnoozy]

Ten Fave Songs Tag

tagged by @pastpassages​ - thank you!! :> i’m bad at picking all-time favourites so these are 50% just ones i love a lot at the moment skjfhkjds the ones that are all-time favourites are marked with a star!!

1. White Whale - Everything Everything ★

2. Sanctuary - Hikaru Utada ★

3. Tears in love - Natsuki Shinomiya (Kishou Taniyama) 

4. SEA OF STARS - GRANRODEO both versions ★

5. Marigold - M2U + Guriri

6. My Cutie... Drive Me Crazy! - Van Kiryuin (Takahashi Hidenori)

7. Ring a Bell - BONNIE PINK ★

8. Starlings - Elbow ★

9. Baby - Clean Bandit, Marina + Luis Fonzi

10. One and Only... Two of Us - Reiji Kotobuki (Toshiyuki Someya) and Natsuki Shinomiya (Hiroki Tagawa) (and honourable mention since i’d be a sham to my username if i didn’t mention it)

11. KILLER KISS - Reiji Kotobuki (Showtaro Morikubo) + Camus (Tomoaki Maeno) i’m taggingggggg the whole squad jhdksjhfsd @ringomom @transpiplup @asingularglove @moment-ring @marsversusmars @a-literal-bear @pocket-flowers feel free not to do it if you don’t want to!!!

[redzeverin]

Taggity tag tag~

Tagged by @chubbychicken1412​!! 

Aaaaa The perfect time to throw down the shizz I’ve been putting on replay for the past 6 days //kicked. Thankchuu for the tag nyaHAHAHAH!!!!!!! 

ps. IM ALSO A BIG WEAB WEEEEEEEEEEE (this doesn’t have to be in order right?)

1. “Howling” - Granrodeo X Flow 

(I havent really watched Nanatsu no Taizai, but aiosdhqiwdSADHP I LOVE THIS SONG BECAUSE MY CHILDHOOD BAND WITH GRANRODEO IS HHHHH)

2. “Bokura” - Luck Life 

(You know that feels when I cry everytime I listen to this because ughh I havent even watched the movie but I neED THE FEELS)

3. “Found and Lost” - Survive Said the Prophet 

(A.k.a. Banana Fish opening song that I’m dyING FoR the fuLL vErSioN NOw plEaSE hnnnn. On a side note, I actually fell in love with the band after checking the rest of their songs!!)

4. “Darlin” - Granrodeo

 (The catchy tune got to me, so I ended up checking the English translation and oh my GHOD it’s beaUTIFUL AND SO ROMANTIC AND shnaidoQWHDIP--- Especially... that last part where Kishow said “My Darling~” *kiss sound* I’M DEAD OK)

5. “Let me Hear” - Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas

(I didn’t really get into Parasyte, but I tell you it was a good ride. This song stuck to me even after what? 3-ish years?)

6. “Inochi ni Kirawarete iru“ (”Hated by Life itself”) - ver. Mafumafu

(I have no qualms with the original version but ghods, does Mafumafu bring out all the emotions that are portrayed in the song. Especially that last line of “LIVE!”. OH BOI---)

7. “What’s this” -  ULTRA SOULS / Bakumatsu Rock

(I really needed that Kishow and Tattsun duet even with all the other characters //kicked. But ghods This song is LIT) 

8. “Deadly Drive”- Granrodeo

(HELLO, from the moment the trailer for Dead Apple showed up and this song started playING IM CRYING ALREADY. It’s just so beautiful and so powerful and just so CHUUYA //cough/ I mean, KISHOW ILY OKAY RUN ME OVER HHH-)

9. “Hare Hare Fanfare” - Mimi Meme MIMI

(This is literally the song I play when I walk to school, especially on a stupidly sunny day, because for one thing, I can’t stand the heat, but at least with this song, I actually feel the need to skip?! It’s so lighthearted and cute and my heart cant take such cuteness!)

10. “Heading To Over” - Oldcodex

(I got chills the first time the Free -Dive to the Future- Op played also because ghods, it gets more and more intense with each opening song!! Tattsun aaaaAAA keep being such a great Mako-chan~!)

Special mentions to: “Smoke and Guns” (Nathan Sharp), “Nada Sou Sou” (Against the Current cover ver.), “Don’t Stop” (Foster the People / The Fat Rat remix), “ Hadaka no Kokoro/The Naked Heart” (Yumeiro Cast), and the Login Theme of the Dark Era version of Bungou Stray Dogs Mayoi Inu Kaikaitan Game. xD

For now I’ll just tag these peeps cuz I’m bad at remembering tumblr names: @smallhappiness23, @petrichor-note, @3rdgymbros, @petrichor-note, @thatbungoustray, @elliotthezubat and anyone else who wants to do this!!

[pamy92]

KnB Stage Play 3: IGNITE-ZONE (Fan Report)

I attended the evening show on April 7th held at Sunshine Theatre Hall, Ikebukuro (Tokyo). Personal & official stage pictures and my report under the cut! And yes, that is my personalised KagaKuro Itabag!

FRONT OF HOUSE 

I applied for the pre-sale lottery a few months back and scored a seat on Row 12 at the theatre. The hall itself is pretty small and cosy (about 850-ish seats in total) so I had a very good and close view of the cast on the stage! 

At the lobby, we had the usual ticket checks and up ahead was a present box table for fans to leave letters and gifts to the cast.

I am a fan of Ono Kensho so I did write a fan letter to him! This is my 2nd letter to him since I have attended two of his live appearances - MBS Anime Fes 2017 and of course this stage play. He visited Singapore a few years back, so I decided to use one of my several Singapore postcards to write him an encouraging message! #singaporerepresent . 

On the right was a pretty long queue for merch and the DVD/Blu-Ray preorders booth. I bought a t-shirt for myself since that is usually the only merch I buy at live shows/events! 

STAGE SETTING & ZONE LIGHTING EFFECTS 

Onwards into the hall and taking my seat, we can immediately see an outdoor basketball court setting with fences and four 3-metre high warped walls at all four corners of the stage. 

Alas no rotating stage floor this time, but I promise you this set is probably one of the nicest sets out of the 3 stage plays! 

The back half of the stage also has a slight incline to create the illusion of height. There are white lines running from the floor (basketball court markings), streaking across the warped walls and curving up towards the ceiling. And yes, they light up to create the effect of the ZONE!

(You can see all the white stripes lighting up and flashing around in red as Kagami entered the ZONE. It’s super cool!The same lights flash around as Kagami executed his Meteor Jam shot too!)

THE CAST 

The cast was perfect and everybody really did their best to deliver their character roles in this super strenuous 2-hour play. I swear they have perfected the squat and have thighs & calves of steel from all that semi-squat poses they have to do! 

In the first two plays, we had the stage-hands/back-up cast in those tacky black raincoats. In the 3rd play, these backup cast (called Igniters) were dressed in black pants and a black hoodie. I guess they have to be in athletic wear because they help the main cast with their stunts (lifting Kagami and Murasakibara, as well as using their bodies as launch-pad for Kuroko to jump off from). 

I want to do a special shout-out to Riko (Asami Tano)! She has the BEST facial expression during the dance number, and she was super energetic! She really really shined on stage! 

Other special mentions go to the three main boys - Ono Kensho (Kuroko), Asato Yuya (Kagami), Onuma Shouta (Aomine), they really breathed life into their characters. 

If you watch each actor close enough, you can see the boys doing something special before every match.

Ono Kensho - He likes to wipe the palm of his hands on the soles of both shoes (i guess to wipe off any sweat from the ground), before a match.

Asato Yuya - He taps the front of his shoes (the toes) with two fingers to ready his feet (or maybe to check his shoelaces).

Kawai Ryunosuke (Kiyoshi) - He likes to hit the sides of his thighs with his fists to relief his thigh muscles before each match.

I am not sure if these are their personal stage rituals or something the real character does in the anime/manga, but it was pretty cool to notice!

THE PLAY 

I won’t be going through the play scene by scene because I honestly cannot remember every single thing. Midori has written a very detailed review so you can check hers out. But I will pick out my favourite scenes from the entire play! 

And yes, we had Tsuchida (Kajimoto Daiki) warn us not to throw the ball back on stage, a staff or himself will come and get it. This announcement did come pretty late because Himuro’s ball rebounded against the curved ceiling structures and flew towards the left of the audience before the warning. Thankfully no one was hurt! 

~  KAGAMI MEETS HIMURO SCENE ~

The play opens with a KagaKuro scene where Kuroko (Ono Kensho) asks about Kagami’s (Asato Yuya) ring necklace, and  Kiyoshi Teppei (Kawai Ryunosuke) interrupts the two lovers boys’ alone time. The three of them decided to play street basketball together. 

Himuro enters the scene as the trio made their way to the ‘basketball court’, which then led to Kagami and Himuro’s beautiful English-only exchange!!!! Saito Hidenori (Himuro’s actor) pronunciation was super spot on! Asato/Kagami, you did your best too! Still a lovely treat to hear them speak English! 

Himuro: Yo, Taiga.

Kagami: Tatsuya! It’s been a while...

Himuro: Why the poker face? Aren’t you glad to see me? 

And of course Kiyoshi Teppei (Kawai Ryunosuke) interrupts their tense exchange, which led to this hilarious moment in that scene:

Kiyoshi: Er...Hello, my name is Kiyoshi Teppei. Nice to meet you. Kiyoshi means Iron..er..flat. Teppei means err, good!

Himuro: 日本語でいいよ。(You can use Japanese.)

Kagami then explained how he met Himuro in America and how they were like brothers. We also had Murasakibara enter the stage from the audience seats and eating a bag of chips (Ayukawa Taiyo really had actual chips that he was eating on stage!! And he is suuuuuuper tall gosh). 

Kuroko and Murasakibara had a tense exchange, with Kuroko smacking off Murasakibara’s hand each time the giant tried to grab his head. 

Kiyoshi went up to reintroduce himself to Murasakibara but the tall giant could not remember him. 

Himuro then demonstrates his Mirage shot with Murasakibara (omiously) looking forward to seeing them at the Winter Cup as they left. 

~  OPENING DANCE ~

The whole cast (save for Akashi because he is too cool to dance) danced to  The Other Self by Granrodeo. Each school ( Seirin High, Touou Gakuen, Shuutoku High, Yosen High) had a few minutes of team dance in the song.

As the song enters the last chorus, the entire cast came back on stage to finish the dance. 

Unfortunately, during my evening show, the huge cloth banner with the play title/logo did not fall properly, one end was still caught in the ceiling. It was left hanging there awkwardly for a few seconds before they blackout the stage, and the Igniters came rushing over, jumping and yanking the banner off from the ceiling. 

The audience was super gracious and applauded really loudly to give the cast huge encouragement for the early mishap. I am a dancer and regularly perform on stage multiple times a year, and I know small things like these can really affect the cast. I was super touched that the audience was understanding and super encouraging with their loud applause. 

~  ONSEN SCENE ~

Ahhh, the infamous onsen scene. IT WAS HILARIOUS!

So while the Igniters were jumping to tear the stuck banner off from the ceiling, the Seirin boys shuffled onto the stage and jokingly rambled...

“Ahhh, our bad　(悪いな）! Got stuck, hahaha, our bad” 

... with only the blue cloth (onsen water) covering their lower half towards the middle of the stage. But the audience was understanding and applauded, and laughed even harder at their entrance and ad-libbed lines. 

The scene began with them relaxing in the water ( we could hear the girls laughing and splashing water from a distance), and suddenly Kuroko pops up from under the cloth, all woozy from the heat. The senpais then told Kagami to take him out from the water to rest outside. And Kagami and Kuroko dived underwater (lmao) to exit the scene. 

Izuki Shun  (Matsui Yuuho) did a super lame pun which made everyone giggle in the audience.

Izuki: Ofuro, all for you.

There was one point in this scene where some boys purposely dropped the cloth which made the audience laugh so hard (we could see them wearing towels around their waist, don’t worry)

Hyuuga: OI! Misdirection up here, not down there!

Then the Touou rival team suddenly popped up like daisies from beneath the water (making the bath really crowded but super funny because everyone is all naked). And Sakurai pulled out the official match sheet from beneath the water. Seirin team was like wtf magic paper while Hyuuga teasingly reached over to touch the magic paper which did not disintegrate under the water (LMAO). 

Everyone then ‘rolled’ their way inside, omg this is so hard to describe but you know how you roll a burrito? The boys rolled themselves inwards so all of them can peer at the match assignments. IT WAS SUPER FUNNY. 

The onsen scene ends with us seeing Kagami slinging Kuroko over his shoulders, and helping him onto a bench to get a sports drink for his bae. Aomine then enters the scene, offering a Pocari Sweat to him. This scene is exactly like the anime/manga!

~  AKASHI SCISSORS SCENE ~

Kuroko goes off to meet Akashi and the GoM outside the stadium, and we had 5 banners fall from the ceiling with Midorima holding a pair of scissors, Kise holding his mobile phone, Aomine with his sneer and Murasakibara with a bar of chocolate. Of course the 4 GoM started arguing through voice-over playback and the middle banner suddenly lit up with Akashi’s silhouette.

Akashi: Sorry to keep you waiting. 

And the banner dramatically falls to show Akashi standing behind it. 

Kuroko and Akashi had some words of exchange, and of course, Kagami had to come barging in to rescue Kuroko. 

Akashi borrowed Midorima’s lucky scissors to attack Kagami, and poor baby fell to the ground in shock. Akashi then started dramatically snipping his hair which was super cool but pretty scary to watch (he had an evil/maniac air to the way he delivered his lines and cut his hair).

It was a really good scene, pretty artistically done too! 

~  TOUOU vs SEIRIN SCENE ~

O.M.G What a match! It was exhilarating to watch! SO much energy and sprinting around! It was really well choreographed! 

Aomine & Kagami went into the ZONE and the white lines running through the floor to the warped walls and ceilings lit up in red and blue flowing lights! It was so beautiful to watch! 

Of course, Touou lost the match and Aomine disappeared to sulk by himself while Momoi ran off to find him. We had the Touou captain Imayoshi (Hayashi Akihiro) make an encouraging speech to his team while many girls in the audience started sobbing. 

The scene with Momoi and Aomine was pretty sad too because Aomine was really depressed after losing the match. 

~ AOKURO TEIKOU FLASHBACK ~

I really love this scene of Aomine’s happier days in Teikou, when he genuinely still loved basketball. He (Onuma Shouta) was smiling so much!

 Momoi said there is a ghost playing in the gym and this innocent baby went to check it out, not minding a match with the unseen entity. 

Of course, when he opened the sliding doors to the gym, it was pitch black and there was no one there. The stage lighting effects was super good for this scene! OnoK/Kuroko then entered the stage and stood close behind Aomine, greeting him. Aomine freaked out and started praying on the ground. It was super cute!

Kuroko then demonstrated his shooting skills (because Aomine didn’t believe he was on the team) - missing entirely (the Igniter purposely shifted the hoop/board so the ball misses) 

But when it came to Aomine’s turn, Onuma really missed the hoop and everyone started laughing so hard.

Kuroko: Aomine-kun is really good.  Audience: *laughs harder* Aomine: *tries not to break character but he did and was biting back his laughter so hard*

We then had had the scene shift to Aomine and Kuroko being all happy practising basketball together until one day Kuroko confided that he wanted to quit and Aomine talked him out of it with some jokes:

Aomine: There is nothing bad about basketball....and (about) myself too.

The GoM and Akashi finally met Kuroko, saying that Kuroko is an interesting character to watch out for. 

~ INTERMISSION BREAK ~

FAN-SERVICE TIME!! I read on Twitter that other people experienced different versions of the intermission ad-lib, but I am so glad mine is the best!!

Kagami: I want a break.

Kuroko: ...120minutes! *runs and falls flat on his face, continues lying on the ground^

Kagami: 20 minutes! *runs over and smacks Kuroko’s ass^ Oi, get up!

(Both runs off)

~  CROSS-DRESSING SCENE ~

So Midorima and Takao cross-dressed at Midorin and Takako joshikoseis lmao (High School girls). OMG IT WAS SO FUNNY I CANNOT!!!! The spoke in falsetto voices, which was super funny! AND THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL OKAY!!!

Midorin: Himuro-san? I am a big fan, can we take a picture together>

Himuro: Sure.

Midorin: Taka-chan~ Hurry~ 

Takako: Mi-chan, wait! (all 3 pose for photos together LMAO)

~  KAGAMI & HIMURO’S RING SCENE ~ 

The sound effect that plays each time they hold up their ring necklaces was super cool. A lot of Kagami x Himuro angst and pining in this play, but it was beautifully executed each time! 

Kagami did give his ring necklace and told Kuroko to throw it away, but Kuroko kept it and returned it to him at the end of the match! It was beautiful to watch! 

~  YOSEN vs SEIRIN SCENE ~

Again, another super intense match! I am so glad the boys managed to catch some rest during the 20-minute intermission because the 2nd match was the toughest (choreographically-speaking) with all the stunts. It was so intense that Izuki (Matsui Yuuho)’s shoe flew off his foot when the team surrounded Murasakibara to mark him. Poor boy had to run and grab his shoe, put it on and deliver his lines immediately without skipping a beat. 

There were tons of jumps, sprinting up the warped walls, dashing from stage left to right! The boys were really sweating hard by then (ooo sparkly skin). This match was also emotionally hard with many intense scenes and all the actors delivered it very well. 

Also...HELLO GORGEOUS BLACK SEIRIN UNIFORMS!!! <3 

Kiyoshi and Murasakibara’s scene was very true to the manga/anime. Murasakibara did hold Kiyoshi up by one hand, and it was heartbreaking to watch! Kudos to both actors! 

A couple of girls also started sobbing at Teppei’s speech - when he had to sit out of the game after injuring himself. 

When Murasakibara entered the zone, he had purple lights swirling around him and the Igniters did a breakdance around him to create this swirling energy effect, it was really cool! 

Asato/Kagami and Ayukawa/ Murasakibara were lifted by the Igniters to make it look like they have jumped really high in the air! The effect looked really good, and it made Murasakibara’s jumps and landing look even more monstrous! 

OnoK/Kuroko also debuted his Misdirection Overflow with the help of the ZONE lights! But poor Kensho had to keep sprinting from stage left to right with the blue lights trailing after him to show his ‘powers’. I think he did it a couple of times, and each time I was praying he doesn’t trip and fall with that inhumanly-fast sprinting.   

Murasakibara’s crying scene (with the towel over his head) was also really sad and many people in the audience cried. I was close enough to the stage to really see the actor crying! It was heartbreaking to watch!

This match was more intense than the Touou match in my opinion, and I found myself holding my breath in anticipation! It was so GOOD!  

~ CURTAIN CALL ~

At the end of the play, the cast did the same opening dance but this time with Akashi finally joining in to dance! 

During curtain call, the cast took their bows to Ono Kensho’s song ‘My Story’, and all of us in the audience clapped along to the beat! 

Ono Kensho then made a speech on behalf of the cast/crew, thanking us for attending the play. He also apologised to the side of the audience where the ball was sent flying. 

He told us that while the cast will do their best in the matches on the stage, he was glad that the audience did their best defence from the seats too (LOL). 

So during their final bow, I decided to wave wildly at Ono Kensho (while everyone else was clapping to the beat of the song). He spotted my waving and actually locked eyes with me and nodded his head in acknowledgement with a smile, as he moved off the stage with the cast. OMG! I was fangirling so hard!!!

~ FINAL THOUGHTS ~  

All in all, I have to say that the play really improved this year as compared to the previous two plays! 

The choreography, stunts, costumes...everything was so beautiful! I really applaud the director for pushing the actors really hard in the 3rd play. It was like seeing the characters come to life on stage! 

 All the boys worked really hard during rehearsals and I read that they do have (very) minor accidents on stage on Twitter in every show.

If you do not know, the supporting cast and the crew in 2.5D stages DO NOT GET PAID during rehearsals.In fact, the entire cast and crew earn their income from ticket and DVD/Blu-Ray sales. 

If you want to support them, please please PLEASE buy a copy of the DVD/Blu-Ray.  Please stop pirating online. The boys really worked their butts off and they go home almost fainting from exhaustion at the end of each performance day. Asato mentioned he was so tired he fell asleep immediately when he got home. 

I believe you can also watch the live-streams and/or download the play through DMM. They should be releasing information on the Grand Finale live-viewing soon! There are tons of ways to support the industry and the boys, so there is no excuse to pirate. 

I will be watching their last third show in May again to support my boys since I will be in Tokyo that weekend. 

I can’t wait to get my hands on the DVD as well. It will be released on September 26th. 

Thanks for reading all the way to the end, I am happy to take any questions! 

——-

Official pictures courtesy of Stage Natalie and Smart Boys

[shsl-painful]

Hello~ I just came by to ask if you have a top 10 male seiyuu list, which is pretty hard to make but I’m interested if you have faves :>

Wow! Hi! I never thought someone would actually send me an ask XD But yeah, that's a hard question and my answer usually changes or the rankings shift somewhat often, but I'll give you my top 10 in no particular order as of now~!1. Mamoru MiyanoOk, so this man's voice is so unique to me and versatile, plus he can sing! He's got the voice of an angel~! (or maybe the devil in disguise 👀) I enjoy how eccentric he appears to be too, in real life as well as his persona on screen, makes things funnier especially for different characters he plays~ Definitely a seiyuu that stays in my top 5 always.Favorite role would probably be Osamu Dazai from Bungou Stray Dogs.2. Kishou TaniyamaOk, so I'll admit, I knew about this guy and appreciated his work, but his role as Chuuya Nakahara in Bungou Stray Dogs and Natsuki Shinomiya in Uta no Prince-Sama was what truly won me over. Not to mention he's another singer and sings for his band, GRANRODEO who's done countless openings/endings over the year. If Mamo-chan has a voice of an angel, Kishou Taniyama's voice is the embodiment of power itself.Favorite role would probably by Chuuya Nakahara from Bungou Stray Dogs.3. KENN (Kenichirou Oohashi)I think I've been watching this guy since his baby days in voice acting so I feel kinda attached to him xD I remember the first role I watched him as was Roppongi from Miracle Train and he has a certain nasally (in a good way) quality in his voice that makes it unique in a world such as voice acting. He was originally a singer before he started voice acting too so lots of his roles are idol genre so lots of singing to listen to from him as well~Favorite role would probably be Ronald Knox from Kuroshitsuji.4. Yuuichi NakamuraOnly really learned about this guy from Osomatsu-San where he played Karamatsu Matsuno, but that won me over cause I love my painful blue boy xD He's an older seiyuu so his works go back into some of the early 2000's with notable roles like Ikuto Tsukiyomi from Shugo Chara or Tomoya Okazaki from Clannad, but he's got a good handful of more modern roles that are loved too like Gray Fullbuster from Fairy Tail, Tetsurou Kuroo from Haikyuu, Yoshiyuki Hatori from Sekaiichi Hatsukoi (or maybe just me and my love for trash BL). One role I'd like to note is from Sweetness and Lightning where he plays this widowed single father named Kohei Inuzuka. This role really captured the softness in Namakura's voice that I'd never heard before and made me gain more respect for him as a seiyuu.Favorite role is probably Karamatsu Matsuno from Osomatsu-san or Tetsurou Kuroo from Haikyuu.5. Yoshimasa HosoyaOk, so I have a theme of picking seiyuus that have pretty/versatile singing voices and Yoshimasa Hosoya is definitely one of them. Not only can he change his voice to fit a character, but he can also change his voice to sing as that character! Like wtf! I have mad respect for this guy just for that alone but his performances are always really good too so he's another that stays in my top 5 always~Favorite role would probably be Kazuichi Souda from the Danganronpa series or Musashi from Nanbaka.6. Junichi SuwabeYknow that stereotypical ladies man in most animes? Well this guy is another older seiyuu and is probably one of the handful of voices behind those characters or at least from the anime I've consumed xD He's got a deep richness to his voice that really goes with the womanizer characters, but even if the character isn't like that, the refined deepness has a very strong masculine quality to it that when partnered with a softer, higher toned voice compliments it and makes each voice distinctly distinguishable.Favorite role is probably Daiki Aomine from Kuroko no Basuke or Juzo Sakakura from Danganronpa 3.7. Tatsuhisa SuzukiThe seiyuu of many colors. Of course many seiyuus get many different roles with differing personalities that they're asked to portray, but I always find Tatsuhisa Suzuki's the best for shock value when I tell people about him. When you go from characters like Makoto Tachibana from Free! and Yuuji Sakamoto from Baka and Test to characters like Ban from Seven Deadly Sins and Ranmaru Kurosaki from Uta no Prince-sama it's kinda shocking to think that those characters are the same person at first. He's also the lead vocalist for a band called OLDCODEX and they've done a god handful of openings and endings for animes~.Favorite character would probably be Kazunari Takao from Kuroko no Basuke.8. Toshiki MasudaI don't know much about him quite yet, but he's caught my attention with getting more idol genre roles as well as the general bishie shows like Touken Ranbu Hanamaru. His voice, again, is another unique sounding one to me and I look forward to seeing more work from him~Favorite role is probably Kiyomitsu Kashuu from Touken Ranbu.9. Yuuto UemuraAnother guy that doesn't have much work yet, but he's a new up and comer! His break out role was Atsushi Nakajima from Bungou Stray Dogs and he was also Jyugo, the main in Nanbaka! I'm excited to see what else he's gonna be doing in the future~Favorite role is probably Jyugo from Nanbaka.10. Jun FukuyamaWhere do I even begin with this man... He's another one of the "older" bunch and has voiced countless roles, big roles at that over the years. He has about 3 staple voices he uses, but even with all the characters it still feels fresh and new every time. Also typically you can find him lumped in with Daisuke Ono and Hiroshi Kamiya on a lot of projects xDFavorite role is probably Kimihiro Watanuki from xxxHOLiC or King/Harlequin from Seven Deadly Sins.Well that's 10~ I'm only really knowledgeable about male seiyuus so I hope you're not offended I didn't add any female or English voice actors! I love learning about all the different roles they've been in and I'm slowly starting to learn their personality from interviews and seiyuu events I've seen~Thanks so much for sending an ask, it honestly made my day~

[aja154ever]

High School Star Musical/ Starmyu Event – 10/08/2017 Evening

Uwaaa. It’s been quite a long time since my last seiyuu event. I’ve only been attending GRANRODEO lives these past months (but that’s not bad at all!). Anyway, this fan report is quite late, because of work and stuff, but ofc I need to make this post for the record, and for my feelings. Also, thanks to fans who gave tweet reports that helped me remember more things.

 As usual, I used the seiyuu’s nicknames for convenience. Loooong report under the cut!              

Hoshitani Yuuta – Hanae Natsuki Nayuki Toru – Ono Kensho Tsukigami Kaito – Lounsbery Arthur Tengenji Kakeru – Hosoya Yoshimasa Kuga Shuu – Maeno Tomoaki Tatsumi Rui  – Okamoto Nobuhiko Sawatari Eigo  – Uchida Yuuma Inumine Seishiro  – Okitsu Kazuyuki Toraishi Izumi  – KENN Ugawa Akira – Matsuoka Yoshitsugu Ageha Riku – Shimazaki Nobunaga Hachiya So – Takanashi Kengo Kitahara Ren – Umehara Yuichiro Nanjo Koki – Takeuchi Shunsuke Otori Itsuki – Suwabe Junichi Yuzuriha Christian Lion – Toriumi Kousuke Saotome Ritsu – Okiayu Ryoutarou Futaba Taiga – Hoshi Souichiro

Honestly, I am not very much into Starmyu so I actually do not remember everyone’s names. I also do not know all the seiyuu. But don’t get me wrong, I like the anime as the story about working hard for dreams is just so close to heart. But the main reason why I decided to go to this event is because of the precious baby I’m protecting against the world, Hosoya Yoshimasa. Hosoyan is baaaaaaaaaaackkkkk!!!! I need to welcome him back so I wanted to show my support literally so I badly, really wanted to be there.

And I’m so glad I did. The event turned out to be more fun than I thought as I loved the characters and the seiyuu more.

Introduction

The cast first appeared in the following order:

Ancient, Kao Council, Team Sazanami and Yuzuriha, Team Hiragi, Team Otori

Team Otori gathered at the center to make the Stardust pose OMG!!!

Anyway, I would just like to give special mention to Tori-san’s live speaking in Yuzuriha way. His accent is really entertaining. Also, Kensho as Nayuki OMG seeing and hearing it live is just soooo cute; I’m not even a fan of Nayuki and Kensho but I really liked it! Another one I found cute was Noburin! I’ve always loved his voice as Haikyuu’s Noya and his real voice is actually close to that anyway, so it’s really refreshing to see and hear him as Tatsumi.

Also, SuwaJun called out the boys in the audience, with his Otori-senpai voice and tone, and surprisingly there were a good number of boys in the crowd who responded well. He then also called out the girls and was ofc answered with a loud yeyyyyy. 

Game Corner

The cast was divided into two teams, A and B, with members decided through drawing lots.

The game was basically guessing who is the person standing behind you as the guesser wears Tengenji’s eye mask (lol so cute).

SuwaJun and Tori-san took the MC roles in this part so the players were the remaining 16 cast.

Team A first sat on their respective chairs as they put their eye masks on. Team B then went behind them to attach their names on the stand behind Team A members. They were free to choose to whom they want to attach it.

The guessing team then asks one question so they can get hints on who the person is. However, a voice changer is used on the answerer so they cannot guess based on their voices.

They asked interesting out-of-this-world questions that I do not know how they managed to get hints from such. The ones that I got left in my memory were:

Guesser Uchida: If you would carry me, would it be bridal style or piggyback style? Umehara: My hips would ache if I carry you bridal style, so piggyback, but anyway lose weight first!

((Ume-san was so harsh really lol))

Guesser Okiayu: Regarding date plans, what’s a good word to ask a girl out on a date? Kensho: Ahmmm… Okiayu: In a cool way so don’t say “ahmmmm”! Kensho: On the 17th… are you free?

((Kensho was so cute damn it, acting like he’s shy))

Guesser Noburin: What’s your favorite Gundam? Hosoyan: Barbatos

((Take note that most of the seiyuu present has been a cast in the Gundam series, so you can get the hint based on the answer. Hosoyan played a character in Gundam Iron-blooded Orphans where Barbatos is the main mobile suit))

Zakki was next to guess then he asked the same thing Hoshi: Strike Freedom!

((Hoshi-san played as Kira Yamato in Gundam SEED where he piloted Strike Freedom))

Guesser Maenu: What do you think about Maeno Tomoaki? KENN: He’s not always honest, he’s bad-mouthed, but I like him.

((The whole venue screams KYAAAAAAAAA))

Team A got 50 points in total, 5/8 correct answers.

 Next is Team B.

Guesser Hosoyan: This is a serious question. Which do you prefer, a do-S or do-M girl? Noburin: I usually prefer do-S but sometimes I would also like a do-M

((What is up with this “serious” question Hosoyan???))

Guesser Umehara: What’s the weakest part of your body? Zakki didn’t answer first as he consulted with Tori-san regarding his answer. Zakki: Ahmmm… the left… Tori-san touched/poked Zakki’s left chest/nipple. Zakki shyly laughs as he steps backward. SuwaJun: Okay. It’s his left nipple, right?

((LOL I was laughing so hard Zakki please why are you like that!!))

Guesser Hoshi: What’s the kind of relationship you have with me? Hanae: Ahmmm… 15 years ago I was an entrance examinee for high school. On the other hand, (laughs uncontrollably), I can’t say anything more than that! SuwaJun: (repeats Hanae’s answer) So on the other hand 15 years ago ufufufufufu he can’t say anything more

((So basically Hanae-san was implying about the difference in their ages lol))

Guesser KENN: What do you think about me? Maenu: This ikemen! But I like him.

((The whole venue screams again KYAAAAAAAAA))

Guesser Okiayu: What song do you sing when you take a bath? Yoshitsugu-san also consulted Tori-san first before answering. Then he hums a melody as his answer. SuwaJun: It seems like a very sad song.

Team B only got 3/8 correct answers. So Team A won! Anyway, Okiayu-san’s answer after hearing Yoshitsugu-san’s sad hum was, “I want to hug this person right now.”

 Live Drama Voice Acting

The drama was basically about a contest (I’m sorry I missed the main word about what kind it is), but they were divided into teams of four.

The first part was about Hoshitani, Nayuki, Tsukigami, Shuu, and Tengenji talking about it. They were looking for other members to join Tsukigami and Nayuki and they found Tatsumi and Eigo.

The scene cuts to Eigo waking up sleeping Tatsumi.

Eigo: Ne, Tatsumi, wake up Tatsumi: Give me five more hours…

Eigo talks about the beauty of things when Tatsumi wakes up but Tatsumi says that those truly beautiful are things he can feel even when he’s asleep.

Then they started to sing ZOMG I didn’t expect that they would have a live performance WAIT OMG

Noburin and Uchida-kun sang The ELEGANCE.

Team Otori appeared after, astounded by the two.

Tengenji: Amazing. Do you do that (singing) every morning?

So Tatsumi and Eigo ended up joining Tsukigami and Nayuki in the team. They then performed Aozora SEASONS.

So on the day of the contest…

Toraishi and Inumine were the MCs of the contest.

Ancient and Kao council were on the same team together.

Tsukigami, Nayuki, Tatsumi, and Eigo were a team.

Hoshitani and Shuu were just part of the audience.

Well Tatsumi and Eigo were supposed to join, but they got into an unexpected affair on the day of the contest so they called saying they can’t go.

“Unexpected” affair being a sudden wedding.

Tengenji: A sudden wedding? What the hell is that?

So they had to make a way to fill up the members however the names cannot be changed so Tengenji and Ugawa ended up pretending to be Eigo and Tatsumi, respectively. This was really funny OMG esp with Tengenji because you know his usual way of speaking sounds proud and impolite, but he has to restrain and speak calmly and politely like Eigo. He would tend to speak in his usual way, then Ugawa would subtly remind him, “ne, Eigo?” To which he would respond, “So-sou desu ne, Tatsumi.”

((This live drama part really assured me that Hosoyan is already really okay. He spoke many lines and his role was more complicated than the others. You see, he was acting in the acting. I’m so proud of you Hosoyanby!))    

At first, only the two teams were originally part of the contest, but right before it began, the other team made a sudden appearance as Ageha, Hachiya, Kitahara, and Nanjo performed Storytellers.

((OMG if you didn’t know, Zakki is my ultimate husband in another world (being Nanase Haruka) so hearing him sing live for the first time is just too much for my heart. T.T He sounds pretty much the same in recorded and in live. Good voice Zakki huhuhu))

 So they then joined the contest.

Anyway, KENN as Toraishi was providing a lot of fan service, with his “koneko-chan” calls, winks, and kisses. Srsly KENN is so ikemen tho huhuhu

At first, Ageha thought that Hoshitani was part of the contest so he lost his will to join when he found out that Hoshitani is just watching.

The MCs then explained that the questions would be about Uozumi and Haruto, and that the prize of the winner is Uozumi and Haruto’s sign. With that, Ageha’s determination to join went back in a flash.

Ancient and Kao got the first question right about Haruto’s favorite sports being team sports since he’s not good in anything that doesn’t involve music.

Tsukigami team then got the second one about Uozumi’s favorite food being cold food. Nayuki cited an incident when Uozumi didn’t want his curry heated before eating.

Ageha has been giving really adorable reactions with gasps and short comments, expressing his worry and excitement in getting the prize. When the second question turned out to be about Uozumi, he coldly answered with, “I don’t know.”

The third question turned out to be the last, and so Nanjo and Kitahara started complaining that they haven’t gotten a point yet, and their extra performance earlier would be worthless if they don’t even get a point. They also added that if they happen to get the point, no one would be declared a winner as the teams would all be tied. So they suggested that the last question be worth ten thousand points. The MCs then agreed after they got the audience to chant “ten thousand points!”

Ancient and Kao ended up getting the point about Haruto. Anyway, for some reason (I forgot or I just didn’t understand) their team got disqualified. That made the Tsukigami team the winner with one point, but then the others complained that they should also be disqualified for the pretending Tengenji and Ugawa. So in the end, because the two other teams got disqualified, the remaining team won though they didn’t have any points! Ageha was so happy and with his loveable reaction, I believe everyone in the venue also got happy for him T.T

VTR parts in between

VTR clips were played in between segments. The characters appeared in their chibi forms, grouped together for free talk.

Some things I remember:

The Hardy group (Tengenji, Hachiya, Inumine, Todo, Chigira) used to eat together during audition break times. They would also casually teach one another. They teased Tengenji that they’re glad that he has gotten more friends. Ofc, tsundere Tengenji refuses to accept that he already calls them as friends. He also said that Todo and Chigira have other business today so they can’t attend the event. So apparently, he contacted them.

Inumine: As expected of Tengenji! Tengenji: Be-betsuni! I’m just doing it as the leader of the Hardy group… I’m not doing it for your sake, okay!

Hoshitani, Tsukigami, Shuu, and Toraishi were talking about their Middle School days. Hoshitani claimed that he wasn’t popular with girls at that time, but he had many friends who are girls. They would give him snacks, make bentos for him, and come to cheer for him in club events.

Tsukigami, Shuu, Toraishi: So he was just dense…

Apparently, Hoshitani was pretty popular lol

Ageha, Nayuki, And Ugawa were put together. Nayuki said that their combination is kind of weird and they wondered what they have in common.

Ageha: Ah! I found our common feature! Nayuki, Ugawa: What is it? Ageha: We’re all small (in height). *awkward laughing from the two* Ugawa: Well, that’s true but… Ageha: That’s fine, we’ll still get to grow taller Nayuki: Is Ageha’s family tall? Ageha: Yes Nayuki: I see. My family is generally small Ugawa: Mine is relatively normal, but recently since I’ve always been with Inumine, when I came home last time I think my family has gotten smaller Ugawa: My ideal height is Kuga’s Nayuki: Since I don’t grow muscle that much, my ideal build would be Yuzuriha-senpai’s. Ageha’s would of course be, Haruto-san’s height, right? Ageha: 187 cm… Ah, I still have to grow 23 more centimeters.

 The last VTR revealed the announcements:

Blu-ray Box of the first season out on Spring 2018

OVA for October 2018

Season 3 on 2019

KYAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Last Greeting

The cast then went back on stage now dressed in the Shadow and Lights Event shirt. It’s Hoshitani’s birthday on the 10th so they brought out a cake (see picture below!). They then said their words of goodbye one by one.

Maenu said that in the future, he would want to hold an event like this again, but hopefully with Hirakawa Daisuke-san and the other seiyuu as well.

((Aww Maenu so sweet T.T))

It was Arthur-san’s fourth performance of the day, as he was also in the musical and then in the noon event. But he said he got the energy to go on from the fans, and he feels that he can still go on for another performance.

((Srsly, otsukare-sama Arthur-san! You’re so adorable huhu. I can feel your love for Starmyu. Thank you!!!))

SuwaJun sang a few lines, earning KYAAAAAAAAAA from the crowd, as he wished to hold another event in the future.

Ume-san has ofc used his signature line, “guilty”, in every chance he got in the event, so ofc he ended the night with that. KYAAAAAAA

KENN/Toraishi: If we’re talking about stars, then it is here *points to self* *winks* *flying kiss* fangirls died* Okitsu-san repeats the same line with ever-energetic Inumine! Uchida-kun/Eigo: If we’re talking about stars, then it is here *gestures hand to Noburin/Tatsumi* Noburin/Tatsumi: Hi. I’m the star.

((KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAHAHA I officially declare Tatsumi x Eigo as canon because these two have been teasing flirting from the start, in the VTR, in the drama parts OMG. I did not even notice them in the anime but I’m telling you their seiyuus are the captains of this ship so I’m really happy for the shippers of this fandom!))

Ok. That flow of goodbye greetings was really entertaining. Lol. Anyway, Hanae ended the greetings, with, “I don’t know of a way to give up on my dream!”

Awwww. Then they ended the night as the whole cast performed Gift.

As soon as the music started, SuwaJun came to Hanae’s side, putting his arm over Hanae’s shoulder. That was such a lovely sight! Otori-senpai and Hoshitani!!!!!!!!! T.T

Okay, so I’m a huge fan of Hosoyan’s singing voice (I have a whole blog post dedicated to that here) so I was really delighted when we got live performances earlier as I assumed that I would finally get to hear Hosoyan sing live later. So everyone actually sang in Gift, however, Hosoyan didn’t sing with the mic. Lol what. He was just smiling and waving his hands, singing in some parts, but all the time he was pointing the mic to the audience. Somehow, I came to the conclusion that due to medical conditions, maybe he cannot sing that much yet. I’m really worried, but Hosoyan still looked so happy. He was the only one who walked around the whole stage, going far to the right and left sides as he continued waving to the audience. Ok now I want to cry

In the end, team Otori with Otori-senpai gathered in the center, Hosoyan being late as he was busy waving on the left side of the stage, but then they put him in the center as they all put their arms over their shoulders. BEAUTIFUL.BEAUTIFUL. Welcome back Hosoyan!!!!!!!!

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Uwaaaaaa. I didn’t really expect to enjoy the event this much as again I’m not that attached to Starmyu unlike the other seiyuu events I’ve attended. But then I found myself laughing all throughout the event. I really had a good time. But the most important thing to me is that I got to see Hosoyan. This isn’t the first time as I saw him in the BSD event last February, but seeing him in this event carries SO much meaning after his hiatus. He’s well, he’s fine, he’s okay. I literally had tears in my eyes when he appeared in the beginning. He has repeatedly said that he’s gonna take good care of his health during the intro and final greetings assuring the fans. He may not be 100% yet but what matters most is that he’s back, doing the things he loves. I also felt that his waving around the stage was like him saying, “I missed you! Please be assured that I’m okay now!”

Anyway, though waiting until 2019 is kinda hard, we got an OVA coming soon! I’m really happy that the story of our boys continues! Uwaaaa Starmyu gets to have a third season! Isn’t that amazing?

“When I receive something precious from Starmyu, I feel that I am cherished by Starmyu.”

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