#maaya jewels

[maaya-fine-jewels]

Indian jewelry is more than ornamentation. It also symbolizes India's rich cultural heritage and traditions. It stands for grace, beauty, and cultural uniqueness. We promise that you will find the ideal piece of jewelry. We will ensure that it fits your taste and budget whether you buy in person or online.

Maaya Fine Jewels take pride in presenting the creativity and workmanship of Indian jewelry. We will examine the elegance and beauty of Indian jewelry in this article. Let us see how it combines glitz with heritage.

[regalfairytaleacademy]

RFA Staffs & Supporting OCs' Seiyuu

Staffs

Annabelle Paragon - Ayaki Takagaki

Elaina Camilla - Asami Seto

Athena Palladium - Yumiri Hanamori

Alexandria Layton - Kikuko Inoue

Adonis Roseo Avalon - Tomoaki Maeno

Rory Magnus - Nobuhiko Okamoto

Laurel Draconahearts - Miyuki Sawashiro

Caroline Ringelblume - Maaya Uchiha

Callum Jewel - Akira Ishida

➽──────────────❥

Supporting OCs

Cynthia Ryu - Ikue Otani

Mariella Edward-James - Megumi Han

[magicalgirlpictureencyclopedia]

I was looking into RPG characters and this girl came up! She's Arsia Poach (or is it Porch? The fan translation goes by Porch... hmm) from Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream (2000).

The game's soundtrack is noteworthy for being composed by Yoko Kanno, so that definitely caught my attention. While Arsia isn't a magical girl herself, the aesthetic of the character, fantastical clothing, and hairstyle really reminds me of the more unqiue designs seen in the genre back in the mid 90's and 2000's. I'm also not too sure what her weapon is supposed to be, but the game is a platformer so I'm gonna take a guess and say it's some kind of wand. She does hit enemies with it, at the least. Also, what's with that enormous jewel? I love it!

Also, Poach is voiced by fucking Maaya Sakamoto. Here she has some small voice clips, but she isn't fully voiced. Think of it like how some fighting games are with small lines during battles, I guess.

Also, I love how the game is referred to as "Lovely Pop Action-RPG", because that's exactly what it is. The plot is fairly simple and revolves a young girl being in a strange world after attending a night festival. I don't want the post to drag (and Tumblr deleted my original text for this as well), but you can read about the plot here. The game's production staff is also relevant to it being mainly consisting of women. There's this unapologetically feminine and girly energy to this game that I dig, as many games I come across do not have this aesthetic while sharing a female protagonist. And yes, I'd 100% believe someone if they had told me beforehand that Arsia's a magical girl, as her design is reminiscent of girls like this.

[waitformethistime]

Wow they really popped off with the Furuba dub. Not only are they taking care to pronounce all the names the same as the Japanese (no KaGOOra this time) but all the VA's that returned have improved so much since the 2001 anime.

Jerry Jewell has always been a King and my ideal Kyo but he gets a lot more Soft moments in the reboot and he just nails them. The scene where Kyo realizes he loves Tohru had me bawling (it had me bawling in the sub too but it hits different coming from Jewell).

Laura Bailey has obviously matured since her first debut but shes so much more lively this time around and she adds all these fun voice fluctuations and quirks that the sub doesn't have. Makes Tohru seem more like a real person and less generic.

I've always been hit or miss on Eric Vale as Yuki. I like him as a VA and I like his other roles but I feel like his Yuki always sounds too raspy or like hes straining to make his voice soft. It's the moments where Yuki actually speaks up and Eric uses a more natural tone for him is when hes really good. (Shimazaki is incomparable tho he was made for this role. Sorry Eric)

I like Uo and Hanas new VA's (though I feel like Hana's sometimes is too emotional)

Colleen Clinkenbeard as Akito? I had my doubts about this casting. Not because I dont think Colleen is good because she is and I've loved every role shes done but I wasnt sure if she could make Akito convincingly ambiguous irt to her gender (I had the same doubt about Maaya Sakamoto) but those doubts were unfounded because she truly just gets Akito. This might be the best role shes done.

Obviously Aaron Dismuke couldnt play an 11 year old boy anymore since hes an adult now (same reason they recasted Alphonse in FMA Brotherhood) but bringing him to play Kakeru? Inspired. Every moment hes on screen is a delight (I actually predicted he would play Kakeru before they even announced it). Hes perfect. It's really nice how the reboot wanted to include as many of the cast from the original as they could.

I never cared much about Kureno but I like Ian Sinclair. He makes him sound a bit more lively.

John Burgmeier and Chris Sabat are obviously incredible so nothing more needs to be said there.

Mikaela Krantz for Momiji. I dont...hate it. It's nice they're actually acknowledging Momijis heritage this time and I love all the little bilingual details with Momiji sometimes getting words mixed up ("apprehended" instead of "suspended", "bondage" instead of "bonding") but i admit that his accent is sometimes a bit distracting. It can be hard to take him seriously at times, but I appreciate what they were going for (the extra addition of him playing up the accent to feel closer to his mom was such 👌 10/10 thanks for the tears)

Brina Palencia for Rin. I was a bit perplexed by this choice because the only roles I really know from her are little girls. And I stayed kind of on the fence until the beach house arc where she yells at Yuki and Tohru and that won me over. She had the grit that I was looking for. I'm satisfied with that choice.

Tia Ballard as Kagura is a bit too cutesy and shrill for my taste but she gets the job done.

I havent heard enough of the other characters to make a judgement yet but overall this is a really solid dub. It took what was good about the 2001 anime (ie good cast but bad direction and limited experience) and evolved it.

Good on you, Funimation.

[lilyginnyblackv2]

The cast list for Episode 14 is up!

Characters listed are:

Towa

Setsuna

Moroha

Riku

Jyubei

Takechiyo

Tamano*

Homura

Mysterious Lady (I'm assuming) **

So, as we can see...no Sesshomaru. 🤡

Translation Notes:

* For Tamano's name they went with the kanji combination of "jewel, ball" + "from, possessive particle, whereupon, accordingly."

** For who I am assuming is the Mysterious Lady, we get the kanji combination of 是 (readings - kore, kono, koko, ze, shi), meaning: just so, this, right, justice and 露 (readings - tsuyu, ro, rou), meanings: dew, tears, expose, Russia.

When I search for the name, I don't get any clear reading for it. The kanji, when put together,can be read as "zero," and I did get a lot of zero related search results. But that seems a bit unlikely for a character name in Inuyasha, imo. So, yeah, I am uncertain and will wait for the episode and see how they pronounce it. I am fairly certain this is the mysterious lady though, since Maaya Sakamoto is listed, so this is likely a female character.

Interestingly, it also lists others right after Maaya Sakamoto's name, but still for the (I presume) Mysterious Lady.

If anyone has more insight or info on the new name, etc. Please feel free to share and let me know.

[yukisohmasmokesweed]

So I’m rewatching all of season 2, but now through the dub format and it’s actually pretty good?? Like there are moments where it’s a little jarring, but mostly I’m impressed by everyone’s performance. Kureno’s VA is so good (!??!) like I wasn’t expecting to like his voice that much, but crickey, the English performance is amazing (makes me wish for the 100th time that they didn’t make his character a creep) I’m also really impressed with Tohru, kyo and shigure’s actors, they honestly portrayed all of their respective characters with such nuance and consideration! I was even impressed with Eric Vale, he’s a talented actor though his voice for Yuki does have those awkward moments, but it seems like he’s getting more comfortable with playing yuki! I’m honestly so hopeful and ready for the next couple of episodes, I’m excited to see how the voice acting will continue to improve and change

opinions on the dub? I dont speak eng irl so I always watch anime subbed. I know a lot of people hold emotional attachment to the dub since they grow up watching the 01 anime. I heard the main trio dubbed voices and I really liked kyos , sounds similar to his jp voice! I prefer tohru with her jp voice but the eng is not bad... and yuki... i absolutely dislike his dubbed voice and im sorry if i sound rude 🥺. Its just too deep? It lacks emotion imo

(combining these asks since they’re about the same topic)

i like the dub a lot! i hold somewhat of an emotional attachment to it since i grew up with the og dub, but i actually always hated eric vale’s yuki (but preferred him to his jpn va from the og who is a woman with a pretty high voice, though an amazing actor who also plays sailor mercury and miki from utena). vale’s reboot yuki has grown on me a lot and agreed that he still has awkward/stiff moments, and also agreed that his voice is too deep. overall i think eric vale was miscast as yuki, i would have preferred someone with a naturally higher voice because i think yuki just. has a naturally higher voice like shimazaki does. i also think eric vale relies too much on breathiness to try and make up for how deep his voice is but it comes off as exasperated or even creepy when he’s not meaning to be. i think his yuki has greatly improved over s2 and he’s settled a bit more in the role and taken out a lot of that breathiness, which i like, but it does mean that he’s speaking lower. besides that i do think vale is a good actor and he’s doing what he can with the role, but because of his vocal quality and because i’m constantly comparing him to shimazaki, who i think was absolutely perfectly cast as well as an incredible actor who deeply understands the role, i will never love vale’s yuki. but he’s fine.

i agree that jerry jewell actually sounds similar to yuuma uchida, but jerry jewell has a really specific vocal quality that uchida doesn’t have which makes them both unique from one another. jewell has a sort of throatiness to his voice that uchida doesn’t have and uchida is pretty growly with his kyo (and overall, i’ve heard him in other roles) but i really love both of them equally tbh! but jerry jewell will always be my kyo, when i read kyo i hear his voice. i like these two an equal amount and its very exciting to have two incredible actors who i love so much interpreting the same role. 

i LOOOOOVE love love love laura bailey’s tohru, i think she’s doing incredible work and i’m super looking forward to hearing tohru’s more serious scenes in english this season. i also really like manaka iwami, her performance is very understated and i think she captures the role perfectly. i don’t prefer one over the other but i definitely have a lot of nostalgia connected to bailey’s tohru.

also yes im glad you brought up kureno’s english va because I LOVE HIM??? i like kureno’s jpn va but i think his english va is perfectly cast, exactly what i think kureno should sound like. he has a great vocal quality for kureno and he seems like a good actor from what i’ve heard so far, very excited to hear more from him.

i also big love john burgmeir who plays shigure, i think he’s perfect for the role and he’s always gotten shigure’s humor really well but i’m enjoying all of his dramatic readings as well. colleen clinkenbeard’s akito is also great and i love hearing both actor’s versions of akito, i think she sounds pretty similar to maaya sakamoto vocally but the delivery is slightly different. another big one i love is justin cooke’s haru, i think he’s a great actor and perfectly cast and i always enjoy his line readings.

sometimes i have problems with momiji’s va but i have problems with his japanese va too, i like the english va’s vocal quality better but the accent irks me. other than that though i think fb has a very solid cast and i really enjoy watching the dub and hearing other actors’ takes on the same roles!

[imasallstars]

「Dazzling Summer! Galaxy of The Scarlet Jewel And Valkyrie」st@rt!

The new mobamasu gacha has started! This gacha is a ”Seasonal Limited Gacha“ featuring a bonus roulette pull that allows you to obtain various rewards based off the orb you get. You will also feature the July 2020 Limited Set ”The Fantastic Story That’ll Take You To The Summer Skies!“

This gacha will feature the following idols:

Akari Tsujino (cv. Megu Umezawa)

Ranko Kanzaki (cv. Maaya Uchida)

[ These cards will be scoutable in mobamasu until the 9th of July 14:59 JST, and may be able to be obtainable in a later date. ]

[zukadiary]

On The Twentieth Century ~ Snow Troupe 2019

Oh boy. Oh dear. If you'd like some background, here is a fairly comprehensive Wikipedia summary, but since all signs point to this show disappearing forever (a tragedy), I will do my best to go through it roughly scene by scene in hopes of extending the memory. 

“Perfect” is a word I’m still reserving for A-cast West Side Story ‘18, but boy is this close. It’s exactly what I’ve been waiting for, what in my wildest dreams I wanted Daimongumi to be, and feared it might never be. It’s hands down the best time I’ve had with my beloved Yukigumi since Chigi retired, and god I hope they continue on something even VAGUELY resembling this trajectory (tragic nihonmono, not optimistic, but,,,). I hope I can convey even a fraction of the joy that is this show.

Firstly, although it is the site of the first time I ever saw Komu live and thus a house of very treasured memories, I do NOT objectively like Theatre Orb. The third floor is too high for musical theater, the back of the second floor should not be A-seki, and the sound is abysmal. Unless you’re close to the front on the first floor, the instrumentals overpower the vocals, and everywhere I sat, including a pretty good S, there was an unpleasant echo. Like, if you can tamp down the power of DAIMON’S voice, something is wrong with your acoustics. The only time I had an improved experience I was on the extreme side of the 4th row and basically hugging a speaker, but if that’s the range for decent audio it’s a problem. And for some of the impressive songs in this show (and also just for Japanese comprehension of the speedy dialogue), it was a shame.

Everything else was outstanding. I can’t describe how WONDERFUL it was to hear Yukigumi, the tragedy troupe no one asked for, get not just giggles but consistent roaring laughter again. The overall casting—both in taking a chance on giving this troupe this show, and assigning roles to some maybe unexpected people—was brilliant. I’ll get more into the individual performances as I go through the story, but in quick summary: 

Maaya was absolutely the star, in both the weight of her role and the extremely satisfying application of her many talents. Lily is, in my opinion, unquestionably the crown jewel of her Takarazuka career so far, and if something ever tops it we’ll be luckier than anyone has any right to be. I’d kill for more of this treatment going forward; she’s talented enough to carry a show, and I think the dynamic of the entire troupe improves when she’s in this strong of a position.  

Daimon, whom I love to death, was SO above and beyond what even I thought she’d be able to do with a comedy; I always suspected she could pull it off IF she had the perfect formula of support (which I wasn’t confident the current Yukigumi lineup could give her), but she was SO good and SO in charge and SUCH a tone-setter for the entire comedic situation, I was truly blown away.

Owen and Oliver are in my opinion the juiciest roles after Lily and Oscar, but maneuvering around rank to cast Aasa and Manaharu was brilliant. Aasa has been average for me after leaving a huge impression in Robespierre, but her performance as Owen was back to MVP status, and Oliver is an absolute jackpot role for Manaharu, who rarely gets to do much of anything. 

I wouldn’t have wanted to see Saki in any role but Bruce; he’s the big dumb just-a-pretty-face movie star, the butt of many jokes and the most slapstick of all the roles, and her exaggerated physicality was I think better suited to that style of comedy than the quick banter in the Oscar/Owen/Oliver group (also, for the sake of their dynamic, I wouldn’t have wanted Bruce to be someone physically smaller than Oscar).

That put Shou, who conceivably could have been cast higher, in the leftover train conductor role. It’s not as exciting a part, but it was perfect if only to clear the way for the other casting choices. She got to be the center of several musical numbers, and she got to tap dance!

After a little introductory tap number by the four main train boys (Tachibana, Suwa, Manomiya, and Seika), the show opens with famous Broadway producer Oscar Jaffe’s right hand men, Owen (Asami Jun) and Oliver (Mana Haruto), running from an angry mob of unpaid theater crew from Oscar's most recent abysmally failed production (again!). They all but crash into Daimon cameoing Al Capone (because Chicago in the 20s!) as he’s escorted away by a policeman. Owen is more laid back and pretty much always drunk; Oliver is high strung and also prone to drinking. As far as my off-the-cuff brain will take me, Aasa and Manaharu have not had much experience playing off each other, but they worked SO well together. They were so funny, so in sync, perfect foils for each other’s characters, even physically similar enough that they just really looked like a matching set of long-suffering assistants. Since Owen and Oliver don’t have any money, they give the angry mob the slip, and read a note from Oscar instructing them to meet him on the 20th Century Limited, a 16-hour luxury train ride from Chicago to New York, and secure Drawing Room A. Then we go into the prologue number (pics are from the little bit of digest video and like one online article they gave us).

Although in retrospect I think it kind of subconsciously stressed me out the first viewing, I LOVED the music and choreography in this. Almost all the numbers mimic the rhythm of a train chugging along, and much of the choreography—when it isn’t just tap literally designed to sound like a train—has a feeling of commuter busyness to it. It wasn’t just on theme, it also enhanced the chaotic screwball atmosphere. 

Owen and Oliver board the train to find Drawing Room A occupied. When their best middle-aged-white-lady-insisting-to-speak-to-a-manager voices claiming (falsely) that they booked the room weeks ago failed to work on the train staff, they deduce from some nearby luggage that Drawing Room A’s occupant is Congressman Lockwood (Touma Kazuki in a hilariously disgusting fat suit and combover with her shirt sticking out of her pants at all angles) reserved under a fake name. Suspicious, Owen and Oliver burst into the room under the pretense of delivering said luggage and catch the congressman fondling his much younger secretary (Sara Anna). They win the room by threatening to leak what they saw if he doesn’t leave—Riisha scrambling around in such a disheveled huff while Aasa loudly counts down from ten. Score! But just then the train starts moving and Oscar is still nowhere to be found.

Whoops. He loses his hat, Owen and Oliver pull him through the window, and despite his abject failures in both life and train boarding, he lands dramatically front and center, all pomp and ego, waxing lyrical about the glory awaiting them in New York. Poor Oliver, despite being generally more sober and organized, is also more abused.

Daimon, always so delicately pretty and deeply sad, nailed Oscar so hard I don’t have nearly enough words for it. Her eye makeup was stern and crazy (and pretty monochromatic, nice touch for the 20s vibe), her mustache was GROSS, her neurotic mannerisms were so on point and so funny. She AD LIBBED!! WELL!! I was CRYING of laughter on senshuuraku, and she wasn’t just reacting; she was DOING THE AD LIBBING. The way she fidgeted and flailed and whimpered and yelled and modulated her voice WAY high and back down again to drag us though Oscar’s manic journey was just soooooo perfect. Not that I had any doubt she’d kill the songs, but they were hard, so it was all the more impressive. As perfect as Aasa and Manaharu were together, the three of them played flawlessly off of each other too. 

Interrupting Owen and Oliver’s failing attempts to convince Oscar that they are in fact heading for insolvency rather than glory, the conductor informs the passengers that they are approaching Englewood and Oscar flips out. He reveals actress Lily Garland, his former protégé and lover, is boarding there and will be staying in Drawing Room B. He gleaned this information from a bellboy who told a maid and stalked Lily onto the train without her knowledge, but insists that in the 16 hours to NY he’ll be able to convince her to star in his next show, solving his financial problems. Owen and Oliver are Stressed.

This leads into my absolute favorite progression of scenes: a flashback introducing how Lily and Oscar came to meet. Oscar is auditioning Imelda Thornton (the goddess Satsuki Aina) for the role of Veronique, a Parisian street singer who refuses to sleep with Otto Von Bismarck so he attacks Paris and starts the Franco-Prussian war as revenge (men!). If only the photos from this scene showed the parts I want; Daimon was SO funny. Imagine like, the face you make when you try to give yourself 8 chins and take the ugliest low-angle selfie you can. Daimon was that + a thousand-yard stare of skepticism, fidgeting neurotically and tapping the arms of the director’s chair, with Oliver and Owen standing behind, simultaneously goofing off and keeping things running smoothly. Also in the picture at this point: Max Jacobs (Agata Sen), a successful Hollywood producer trying to sign Lily in the present, but in the flashback, Oscar’s (later fired) useless assistant who can’t even take Imelda’s coat correctly. Imelda, an all-ego-no-talent diva, is freaking out because her regular pianist was sick so she had to hire a substitute last minute and she’s late. Enter now Midred/soon to be Lily (Maaya) through the audience, in oversized glasses, tacky pink house dress, and matching hair cap, dropping her sheet music all over the place. Imelda is furious, Oscar is disgruntled, Max is Stressed. Mildred sits down at the piano, Imelda declares she’s going to sing “The Indian Maiden’s Lament,” and tries to begin but Mildred is still dramatically warming up her hands and shoulders. Finally she gives the ok and starts playing something completely different (Imelda, furious; Oscar, melting into a pile of gooey discontent). 

Take 2, Mildred begins playing the correct song beautifully, while Imelda sings horrendously and Oscar tries violently and wordlessly to convey to Owen and Oliver in moments of Imelda’s averted gaze that they need to stop this somehow. Imelda hits a sour note that’s just the last straw for Mildred, and she stops playing and corrects her (gorgeously, flawlessly, Maaya’s voice is a treasure). Imelda, flustered, thanks her and tries again, but isn’t any better. Mildred keeps stopping and correcting her, eventually just singing the end of the song herself, while Oscar, moving his chair closer with hilarious little Flintstone car footsteps, stares at her agape and then gives her a standing ovation. Imelda loses her cool and fires Mildred on the spot for ruining her audition; Mildred hulks out and demands her pay for the day plus train fare (Oscar, fully Team Mildred at this point, is mimicking all her movements behind her). Imelda pays and storms off, telling her assistant to call her an ambulance. Just as Mildred starts packing her things to go, Oscar declares he wants her for Veronique and asks her name.

I wish I could share with you all the sound that both of them made saying “Mildred Plotka,” pronounced “Mildred BLEGCH” with copious spit. I’m embarrassed to admit I just spent a good 30 minutes? trying to chase down a vivid childhood memory—I was 11, and watching Spaceballs on TV with my bff, and in the combing the desert scene they censored “we ain’t found shit” not with a bleep but with some absurd SCHMUSCHSG noise, and my bff and I laughed for approximately 8 days, because we were 11 and probably eating Gushers—and in my memory this and Mildred BLEGCH were the exact same sound, and I wanted you to experience it so much I watched every combing the desert clip on youtube fruitlessly, hoping one would be this exact censorship (sorry... I’m just... Daimon was funny??? and I’m very emotional about it????). Anyway, since no one can say Mildred BLEGCH, Oscar decides her new name will be Lily Garland. After some hemming and hawing about not being an actress, Lily decides to give it a shot. The house dress tears away and we have the snazzy number “Veronique.”

Maaya was absolutely brilliant throughout the entire show, but this number hit me extra hard. Not only was she exceptional vocally through a very challenging song (dancing all the while), but her aura of a freshly hatched starlet, packed with youth and hope and freshness and naiveté and raw unpolished talent, contrasted so vividly with the successful Hollywood actress still fueled by Mildred Plotka spitfire that we see in the rest of the show; I found it VERY striking. It was subtle but so effective and truly masterful acting. Veronique ends, Daimon re-enters from the audience and tosses a bouquet (the first time I saw it she missed the stage, and Maaya, fully in character and without missing a beat, just parkour’d off the stage and grabbed it and hopped back on), and we’re ushered back into the present.

The conductor enters Oscar’s room to inform everyone that a religious nut is vandalizing the train with REPENT FOR THE TIME IS AT HAND stickers, but not to worry because they’re doing everything they can to catch the culprit; and to drop off a play that he’s written about a day in the life of a conductor (to Oscar’s annoyance). Then the train arrives at Englewood station, and Lily boards with a flurry of paparazzi, her assistant Agnes (Chikaze Karen), and her attention-whoring movie actor boyfriend Bruce (Ayakaze Sakina). Maaya (in a GORGEOUS dress) is instantly the Hollywood diva instead of the wide-eyed starlet; Saki is the comic relief in what’s already a screwball comedy. Oscar is a terrible person, so if you can imagine how big and dumb and sappy and suffocating and clumsy Bruce has to be to make you root for Oscar, Saki was all that. 

The two lovebirds put on quite a show of excessive PDA for the photographers while Agnes rolls her eyes, until it’s time for Bruce to leave the train. 

Lily falls to the floor dramatically, wailing oh WHAT will I do without him, when Bruce bursts back into the room, declaring he can’t possibly let the love of his life go to NY all by herself (Lily, all sorrow a minute before, is not 2 seconds later annoyed to see him). So he’s now along for the ride to witness Oscar’s whole scheme.

Owen and Oliver, trying to take matters into their own hands, show up in Lily’s room to beg her sincerely to do a play with Oscar, hoping she’ll pity him and his dire financial situation enough to do him a favor. 

Lily sings a whole song about how that’s never ever ever going to happen, and Bruce freaks out to learn that Oscar is on the train. Lily insists they have no romantic history, and then immediately lights up when she hears Oscar’s voice in her head. They sing a lovey duet representing that they’re still clearly both on each other’s minds. Despite the comedic and not at all tender nature of this show, and the love-hate relationship between these two characters, Daimon and Maaya’s chemistry, in my opinion, has never been better. I wouldn’t have thought it would take playing two self-centered assholes who both despise and desperately want each other to send the sparks flying, but BOY did it do the trick. 

Meanwhile, the REPENT sticker situation is getting worse, and the audience at this point realizes that the culprit is the unassuming little old Letitia Primrose—played brilliantly by Kyou Misa. 

She sings about how she’s taken it as her mission to encourage young people to repent for their sins. 

Oscar hears from Owen and Oliver that Lily is with Bruce and is despondent; he declares that he still loves her will definitely steal her back from both him and Hollywood. Oliver is fed up with his nonsense and tells Oscar he’s off his rocker (bless Manaharu and her ability to simultaneously look like a squirrelly little dude in her suit and bowtie and also not only stand up to Daimon but rile her up and get even more out of her). They get into a big fight and as Oliver storms out of the room, Oscar notices a giant REPENT sticker on Oliver’s back and chases after him to remove it. When he removes and reads it, he’s struck with divine inspiration for a new play about Mary Magdalene, a part so good Lily can’t possibly resist it.

Oscar is so sure this will work he instructs Owen to go buy him a bible so he can start writing the script immediately. Owen reminds Oscar that the train is in fact moving and they can’t really do anything at all, when they see Ms. Primrose’s bible on a chair (and all fall dramatically to the ground). Oscar takes that as a second miracle, insisting this means there will be a third, and Owen and Oliver agree to play along with his demands.

Oscar, now filled with renewed confidence, and Bruce, just as big and dumb as ever, sing a duet about how Lily is theirs (not at each other, separately in their own rooms). Both of them are just awful men.

While the two of them are non-confrontationally fighting over the same woman, Owen is in the bar trying to write a press release about the triumphant return of golden duo Oscar Jaffee and Lily Garland. Ms. Primrose picks up a crumpled draft from the floor and muses that she’d love nothing more than to sponsor some big artistic project. That gets Owen’s attention, and she reveals to him that she runs a patent medicine company and doesn’t know what to do with all her money. Owen calls to Oliver that they’ve found their third miracle!

Back in her room, Lily emerges in lime green negligee, to Bruce’s delight. Things are just getting uh sexy I guess when Oscar interrupts them and actually confronts Lily for the first time.

Bruce is furious that Lily lied about her history with Oscar, who is sitting on the couch in back of the room drinking their champagne and eating all the olives out of their martini glass as they argue. Bruce eventually storms off, slapping his headshot onto the wall as he leaves the room (Oscar immediately stands and tears it up). Lily sits down on the couch, now arguing with Oscar and angrily joining him in eating olives. Their hands touch going for the glass at the same time; Lily sternly tells him to let her go but then turns around and caresses her hand happily. Oscar takes this moment to spring his play idea on her; Lily reveals that she heard the whole story of his bankruptcy from Owen and Oliver and tells him she’s on her way to NY to sign with a reliable producer (the formerly useless Max Jacobs who Oscar himself fired). Realizing he’s out of game, Oscar starts hurling insults and they sing another spark-flying duet—Lily insisting she has everything, and Oscar insisting movies are beneath her talents and she’ll rot in Hollywood and fall into obscurity. 

Lily eventually kicks Oscar out, EARNESTLY throwing and smashing a champagne bottle against the door behind him. Oscar, without even taking a breath between Lily’s room and his, screams at his two traitors for ruining his plan and strangles poor Oliver (on senshuuraku Daimon held on for a comically long time, and Manaharu, refusing to concede that ad lib, then played dead on the floor for a good minute). Oliver and Owen save their own asses by telling Oscar about the sponsor they managed to find on board, and THAT’S ACT ONE (right before curtain, we see a tiny little plane labeled “Max Jacobs” flying above the train).

During the big ensemble number (”Life is Like a Train”) that opens act 2 we discover that the train is now absolutely covered in REPENT stickers, then Owen and Oliver take Oscar to meet Ms. Primrose.

I can’t stress enough how delightful Kyou Misa was, the perfect little ostensibly earnest but just subtly batty old lady; the way she stiffly hobbled around was adorable too. Ms. Primrose is thrilled to work with the great Oscar Jaffee, and even more thrilled to share the story of Mary Magdalene with the world, and asks him how much money he needs. Oscar nervously asks for $20,000, at which Ms. Primrose balks that that CAN’T possibly be enough and writes a check for $200,000. Oscar, Owen, and Oliver giddily sing “Five Zeros” in a manner not unlike Scrooge McDuck swimming in his gold coins, and over the course of the song Ms. Primrose bumps it up to $20,000,000 (in the 1920s!). Now they’re sure they’ll be able to lure Lily back. 

Oscar is about to go grab Lily and introduce her to Ms. Primrose when the train doctor Dr. Johnson (Kujou Asu) busts into his room with yet another manuscript (A day in the life of a doctor!). I mention this mostly because a) I LOVE ASU DEEPLY, she is so underused, and b) the three musketeers leverage this manuscript situation later on in my other favorite scene. They get rid of Johnson and Oscar finds that Lily wants to see him also. She sits him down and asks Bruce to give them some time alone (on his way out, he goes to replace his torn head shot with a new one that comically unfolds into five headshots before Oscar violently chases him the rest of the way out the door). Oscar is fuming, and Lily tenderly asks him to sit, which he does with a grumpy face and a flamboyant kick as he reluctantly crosses his legs on the sofa. Lily explains that she’s embarrassed by her behavior so far, is so grateful to Oscar for her career, and wants to help him after all... so she reaches into her bra and pulls out a check for $35 so at least he’s not dead broke. Oscar, amused, stands up and, acting as if he’s a magician, folds up the $35 check and dramatically asks Lily to blow on his hand. Out comes the $20,000,000 check.

Oscar ushers Lily into his room to prove to her that Ms. Primrose is in fact a real person who wants to sponsor his new play, if she’ll star in it. Lily, despite still generally feeling like she’d rather die than work with Oscar again, is now enticed both by the role of Mary Magdalene, which is much juicier than what she’s been allowed to do on screen, and the prospect of raking in this much money without being beholden to the jerks who run Hollywood. Faithful Oliver has already prepared a contract, and we get “Sign It Lily,” probably both the most difficult/impressive song and biggest earworm of the show. Not the best version but here, have a listen.

Oscar, Owen, Oliver, and Ms. Primrose are all bombarding Lily trying to get her to put her name on the thing (I truly don’t know when Daimon breathes), while simultaneously trying to keep Bruce and his contrary agenda out of the room (Saki gets repeatedly slammed into doors and walls, closed into closets, suffocated with pillows, etc). Lily gets overwhelmed and runs back to her room, pursued by a cocky triumphant Bruce, who yells behind him that they’ll never get her back away from movies.

Oscar gets a lightbulb moment at the word movie, and the team files one by one back into Lily’s room, smashing Bruce in the head with the door each time. Oscar tells Lily that if she agrees to do the play, he’ll shop the movie rights to whatever studio she wants (to which Ms. Primrose responds WHY BOTHER, she’ll fund the movie too). That pushes her over to yes, and she takes the contract to read carefully. The conductor enters the room notifies everyone that they are approaching Cleveland, and that Ms. Primrose’s nephew and his wife sent a telegram ahead that they’d be boarding the train there to meet her. She turns cold and hurries off alone. 

Owen, out for a celebratory entire bottle of wine, coincidentally runs into Ms. Primrose’s nephew (Machi Yuuka), who is frantically searching for his aunt. He says she hasn’t been all there since she stepped down from her position as company president, and just escaped from her mental institution. Owen asks about her money, the nephew says there is none, and Owen realizes they’re fucked.

In the frantic search for the missing Ms. Primrose, Bruce overhears Owen breaking the news to Oscar and Oliver, and tells Lily that Oscar deceived her again. She’s furious, and Oscar probably only escapes with his life because just at that exact moment, the formerly useless and fired but currently hot and successful Max Jacobs bursts through the door (Oscar yells MAX JACOBS like he’s going to burst every single blood vessel in his head and neck).

Max hopped a private plane to Cleveland to meet the train, because he has a brand new play written just for Lily (called “Babette”), and he’s so excited he can’t wait for her to get all the way to New York. Babette is a glamorous high society type role about a woman in love with two men. Lily starts reading the script, but finds herself wondering out loud if it can be changed to be more like Oscar’s. Max is incredulous and starts trash talking Oscar, and Lily slaps him REAL HARD in the face. She then catches herself yet again and and asks to be left alone to read the Babette script more carefully.

We’re taken to Lily’s wistful daydream of a classy party taking place in the Babette universe as she tries to wrap her head around the show and imagine herself in the title role. But she finds it dull, and every few pages, she has an intrusive thought about the more inspiring Mary Magdalene—one minute she’s milling through the impeccably dressed party guests, and the next she’s face to face with Owen or Oliver or Ms. Primrose dressed like an Apostle, until finally Oscar dressed as Calaf Jesus crashes the whole thing from behind. 

(Yup that’s a screenshot of the bromide sample page).

But Lily brings herself to her senses yet again, drives away all thoughts of Oscar, and agrees to sign with Max.

Oscar has lost and he’s despondent. He walks into the train bar to find Oliver sulking behind Owen who is passed out drunk in a chair. He takes out a gun (Oliver tries frantically to wake Owen), and begins a melodramatic monologue about how it’s better just to end his life now because no one wants to see him become a beggar in times square. 

Daimon hilariously mimes Oscar begging, then people throwing garbage at him, then dodging the thrown bits (on senshuuraku Aasa and Manaharu joined in with pretending to throw things). Eventually he leaves the room in despair, and Oliver asks Owen if he thinks boss would really kill himself. Owen is in the middle of saying absolutely no way when they hear a gunshot and run into the next room.

Oscar, now in a comical panic rather than a depression, is clutching his side and gasping that he’s been shot, and the heretofore still missing Ms. Primrose is in the corner of the room holding the gun by her fingertips, crying that she was just trying to put it away when it went off. 

Oliver runs to get Dr. Johnson while Owen tends to Oscar who is (again, comically) writhing in a chair and complaining that being shot by a crazy granny is not how he wanted to go, and this is my second favorite progression of scenes.

Owen offers to call the pastor for Oscar (who, by the way, cannot identify WHERE he has been shot), and Oscar gets mad. Owen then offers him ice cream. Oliver sticks his head back in the door to ask of Oscar is dead yet. Owen says not yet and brings in Dr. Johnson (Asu, my love) who at first giggles and assumes that because it’s Mr. Jaffee he’s just acting. Owen and Oliver assure him this is real, and begin moaning and wailing as Dr. Johnson examines Oscar in earnest.

He stands up, and Owen and Oliver take this to mean it’s a hopeless case, and it’s time for them to say goodbye. On senshuuraku, Daimon verrrrrrrrry slowly slid all the way down the chair, so that Aasa had to hold her up by the arms to keep her from wiping out, AND had to kick her foot to a lower step of the stage so she could stand up again. The raku digest thankfully shows a bit of this, along with the Matrix move Daimon had to pull to jump to her feet when Dr. Johnson declares that Oscar hasn’t been shot at all.

(It does not, however, convey how drawn out and hilarious this was, nor does it show the chair then toppling onto poor Aasa, and it taking her at least 3 tries to get it off her again).

Oscar then gets another harebrained idea, and tells Dr. Johnson that he read his manuscript from before and that it’s SO GOOD he wants to give him an acting lesson right then and there. Dr. Johnson is stoked. Oscar tells him to just sit in the chair, stare at him solemnly, and shake his head back and forth if anyone looks at him (Asu, over the next few minutes, gives what my admittedly biased heart firmly believes is the award winning performance of the show). Oliver and Owen are to pretend Oscar is dying. The cherry on top of senshuuraku was in the moment before this all commenced, Daimon, immediately after the chair debacle, took an extra long pause before delivering (completely straight-faced) her usual line of “I don’t want to see any hammy acting,” after which the others took a comically long pause before replying, “Yep.”

Dr. Johnson takes his place in the formerly toppled chair, Oscar grabs a pillow and lays down on the floor, Oliver and Owen go fetch Lily and start wailing again. Agnes and Bruce also follow Lily into the room and start crying themselves at the sight of Oscar “dying” on the floor. Dr. Johnson looks around from person to person in a panic and starts hyperventilating. Owen and Oliver mime at him to look sadder, Asu licks her finger and dabs tears on her cheeks and then makes the dumbest crying face I’ve ever seen, shaking her head increasingly aggressively each time someone in the room looks at her. Daimon and Maaya are weepily singing “Lilyyyyyyyy, Oscaaaaarrrr” back and forth for deadass three entire minutes. I can’t believe how much vocal control Daimon has even lying on her back on the damn floor.

Lily eventually signs the contract as Oscar’s dying wish. When Max enters the room, Oscar immediately jumps up to rub it in his face, and Lily once again is furious at being deceived. Oscar claims that with no money to offer, the only way he could rescue her from a rotted career was through trickery. **I FORGOT BECAUSE I FINISHED THIS AT 6AM AFTER BEING UP ALL NIGHT that Lily gets the last word because she hasn’t actually signed her name at all but written PETER RABBIT. They throw things and hurl vicious insults at each other and then finally realize they’re just too hot for each other after all and throw open their arms and get married.

The finale opened with Agata in a top hat and tails dancing with a stick and a bunch of musumeyaku, then there was a huge golden group tap number and a lovely waltz for the duet dance. 

I’ve been pretty upset that I had to miss BeruBara 45 and that I booked the trip I’m currently on before finding out Komu and Wataru would be returning to Bow Hall this summer, but being able to see this, especially since we’ll never see it again, was so so worth it. It was certainly a much needed boost for me personally, and it seems like it was a boost for the troupe and for Daimon and Maaya as a combi as well. I’m always torn about Broadway shows like this, because they’re SO good, and I WANT them to take on these kinds of challenges, especially when the result is so spectacular, but it’s such a bummer when they disappear forever. Many points to Harada for fitting this weird musical to Yukigumi like a perfect cozy little glove. 

[biffhofosho]

HIIIIIIIIIIIIII (said as if we haven’t talked in ages)

I know the last few months have been INSANE, but I am here and I am gonna catch up and Imma start with this absolute jewel of a fic and something that I have been waiting for since the first hint… the bowling fic!!!!!!!!

A few lines in and I am already drooling like a fucking animal. Why is he so perfect? He is the perfect boyfriend indeed

Ex boyfriend Kun, interesting

COMPETITIVE SLEEPING! I am cackling!!!

Maaya sighed. “Fine, it’s your funeral. Stakes?”

“How about a favor to be named later?” he suggested.

GIRL , BYE, you know that’s a trap!!!!!!

 “Let’s go to Lovers’ Lanes. It’s close to campus, and they have cosmic bowling.”

ALL THE SIGNS ARE THERE

OMG He is smooth and charming, and If she doesn’t want him I DO, move over Maaya

VERNON????? Woooow  definitely not expecting a mention 

YISUS Hyungwon is so irresistible!! You really know how to write all his charms, anyone would fall in love with him in a heartbeat.

“She watched with bated breath as his slender fingers slid up his own bicep to his shoulder, and she shook her head meekly.”

OMG stop, I am already dead!!!!!!!

“Dude, wait. Is your waist seriously smaller than mine? How have I never noticed! You’re giving me all kinds of complexes tonight, Wonnie.”

“It’s just because my shoulders have gotten bigger,” he asserted.

FUCK YOU, SIR. 

And now that hug? I am foaming at the mouth!!!! Frothing even!!!!

Him teaching her to play?????? Just kill me now, won’t you???

Oh, man, he is so in love with her!!!!

“That was until four cute guys walked in, the last one particularly striking with his full lips and cocky swagger. In his backwards ballcap and loose hoody, he was ridiculously attractive. And he was looking right back at her.”

Uh-oh, we have a new player….

Ohhhhhhh he is sneaky, sneaky!!! An innocent kiss, omg, that’s game over, right there.

Poor dimples!!!! I will look after you, no worries!

I mean I’d to to hell and back for you, Wonnie

“You start dating that guy, and it’s goodbye for another three months,” Hyungwon continued bitterly. “Just the random meet-up at a bar every other week before you go home to Dimples while I finish my soju in silence. So I’ll start dating someone, too, just so I’m not lonely, and you’ll break up and so will I, and then it’ll start all over again. Why is it never just us, Maaya?”

Also this was like a bucket of ice water, thank you very much

LORD HE EVEN CLEANED HIS ROOM FOR HER????

“She was so distracted by his silver fillings-showcasing grin that she hadn’t realized his tee had come untucked and ridden up his tummy, revealing another little bullet point of why her best friend was the most stunning man in the world—a very cute, very edible freckle right beside his hip.”

OF COURSE YOU HAD TO MENTION THE FRECKLE

“Good. All I want is to make you feel good.”

nope NONONONONONONONO (PLEASE YES, MORE, PLEASE AND THANKS)

Fuck me that wss the most beautiful thing i have ever read, HER LOVE REALISATION? THE WAY HE KNOWS HER SO WELL? THE KISS???? CALL THE AMBULANCE, I HAVE FALLEN AND i CAN’T GET UP

“Do you want this? Do you want me?” His forehead touched hers as his eyes closed. His next words were a whisper, dancing across her skin. “Say yes. Please.”

I MEAN THIS???? What is this I AM ANGERY?????

OMG this, THIS. the dialogue, the LOVE???? He really just wants to make her feel good????

The whole scene!!! All the kissing, this is too much for me after months of abstinence from your wonderful work!!!!!!

“I’ve waited long enough,” Hyungwon replied in his gravelly voice. “I need you to cum, princess, because I don’t think I can wait any longer to be inside you.”

“Hyungwon—”

LORDT PLEASE HAVE MERCY

OMG after that? The domesticity? How easy is this for them? How there's no going back to being friends? HIM NAKEY???? NAKEY?????

I am crying, sobbing!!!

His desperation to just be inside of her!!! Oiafvo;ndfoof\

Half naked sex is just to…. Sexy

Hyungwon lifted off her, and her whole body froze where his sweaty skin had once been ironed. One of his hands grabbed her breast and the other clamped to her waist so he could rut frantically into her.

SERIOUSLY, CALL THE DOCTOR

 his eyes rolled back just before they screwed shut. His lips curled into the most luscious snarl as a wretched whine echoed in the bedroom. It had to be the sexiest fucking thing Maaya had ever heard in her life.

911?????

THE LIST OF EXES!! I CAN’T!!!!!

“Wait until you meet doting, sex-crazed boyfriend Hyungwon.”

WHERE DO I GET ONE OF THOSE??????

OMGGGG this was sososososooooo GOOD, like a hot, delicious meal after you’ve been starving. I felt like I came home to your stories. How much I have missed them, my dearest friend!

Also, I love how we’re all benefiting from your self-indulgence, hehehe

And I am sorry it took me this freaking long to read it, but now I was able to do it at my own pace and enjoy the heck out of it!!!

My friend, you made it at last to my pride and joy! <3 I am so happy you finally got to read it and that you fell in love right alongside me. :D

If I'm not mistaken, the bet was your idea? I think when I first pitched the premise to you, you made a comment about a bet, and I just made it romantic. :) Everything took instant shape from there, so THANK YOU!

Yes, once Wonnie lets you in, I feel like he's the smoothest operator around. I'm just, like, crazy in love at this point though so.....

And, yes, Vernon always catches my eye, and since this piece is literally just super-indulgent, I gave him some public love. heh heh

Hahahaha the waist thing popped into my head out of the blue one night, and I was just begging to experience it. *sob* I WANT HIM, MOM!!!

Jealous Hyungwon is a serious, serious vibe for me. He's freely admitted to being the jealous, possessive type, and I just ran with that ish. I'm sorry that it had to be over Jooheon (my other best friends-to-lovers king), but her heart was already committed, so we can at least thank him for showing it to her.

Oh, girl, you know me. I'm a slut for bringing up those buried emotions when you least expect it. I love unexpected confessions so much omfg.

YES, HE CLEANED HIS ROOM FOR HER. THANKS FOR PICKING UP ON THAT LITTLE DETAIL. <3

Girl, if you done think I'm gonna neglect that little tummy freckle ever...

Hahaha Maaya's love revelation is really just altverse me coming to terms with this shit. I have a bias. There, I said it. I'm finally free to admit it.

I put a lot of kissing in this fic, but that's probably just cuz I wanna kiss Hyungwon all the fucking time. *shrugs*

Domesticity and nakey Wonnie FTW!!!

Girl, yes, I love that urgent passion shit. I really wanted this to be a mix of making love and needy fucking, and I dare say I achieved my end goal.

Hyungwon's sounds are a callback to that beloved Inssa Oppa workout moment that I in no way, shape, or form watched religiously until the sounds were on perma-loop in my brain.....................

GIRL, BYE. WHERE DO *I* GET ONE OF THOSE??? ;)

Awwwwwwww! "Coming home" to my stories? Where's my sobbing emoji????? Thank youuuuuuuuuu! I'm so glad we became such close friends through storytelling. <3

I don't care that it took you a while to read it because at least you finally got the chance. I know how busy of a lady you are. Friends or no, thank you for always taking the time to interact with my work. Love you!!!

[recentanimenews]

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu – 27 (S2 02) – Showing What They’re Maid Of

Emilia and Subaru bid Crusch and Felix farewell with thanks, hearty handshakes and best wishes. With Crusch’s memories gone who knows what shape the royal selection will take, but for now the priority is returning home and getting some answers. But upon returning to the village, they learn Roswaal, Ram, and others have yet to return from the Sanctuary.

Upon arriving at Roswaal manor (driven there by Otto), Emilia and Subaru are surprised to be welcomed by new maid, a “beast-girl” named Frederica Baumann. I immediately recognized the dulcet tones of Nazuka Kaori (Eureka), which complement Frederica’s adorably sharp teeth quite well. Turns out Frederica worked for the mansion just before Subaru arrived, and had been on personal leave until Ram called her back.

Subaru pays Beatrice a visit, and we see that extended isolation has not made her more pleasant to deal with. She’s downright prickly with Subaru, especially when he presents the gospel he took off of the dead Betelgeuse. Beatrice seems to regard “Geuse” as a dear friend who, like others, left her behind. She also resents Subaru once again using her as a mere “tool of convenience”.

Could this mean Betelgeuse was once good, or just that Beako doesn’t see the world in terms of good and bad? In any case, she has no answers for him, only the means to seek them. Roswaal’s intentions, the meaning of the Gospel, and answers about this “Witch Factor” thing all lie in the Sanctuary, which Frederica has been instructed to tell Emilia and Subaru how to access.

Before heading to the Woods of Clemaldy where the Sanctuary is located, Subaru says goodbye to the sleeping Rem and tasks new Maid-in-Training Petra(!) with Rem’s care, and Frederica with Petra’s care. Petra doesn’t have the maid-like manner of speaking down yet, but she’s eager to prove she’s an adult upon whom people can depend.

Frederica presents Emilia with a jewel that will help them pass a magical barrier that impedes access to the sanctuary. Petra bashfully gives Subaru a handkerchief as a kind of old tradition with travelers; he’ll return it to her stained from his adventures when he comes back.

The journey into the woods is uneventful at first. Emilia is nervous, especially considering Puck isn’t answering her calls to come out (Puck did tell Subaru he’d be relying on him to take care of Lia). She’s also apprehensive about hte possibility of meeting other half-elves in Clemaldy, a stronghold of demi-humans.

Her barrier jewel starts to glow, and Subaru decides the proper thing to do is to yank it off of her, causing her to pass out. The next thing Subaru knows, Emilia, Otto, and the wagon are gone, and he’s lost in the lost woods…not a great situation to be in! He encounters a small pink-haired elf in a white tunic and when she runs off he gives chase.

He comes upon a clearing where a stone ruin stands, and starts to walk through the front door…as Frederica said, will and resolve are as necessary as magic and strength in the Sanctuary. That’s when he’s transported again, this time to Windows XP’s default background, Bliss.

Just above him on the crest of a hill sits a woman with long silver hair having tea under an ornate umbrella. She introduces herself as Echidna, AKA the Witch of Greed. While voiced by Sakamoto Maaya (always a good decision), Echidna looks an awful lot like Emilia. But wasn’t the witch she said she resembled named Satella?

While this was mostly a getting-from-A-to-B(-to-C) transitory episode with lots of goodbyes between characters (and no telling whether they’ll ever see each other again), the intro of Frederica, Maid Petra, and of course Echidna represented major developments, and the steady buildup of Clemaldy as no place for the weak was highly effective.

It will be interesting to see if Subaru has reached a new “save point” for his Return by Death, or if that little trick is already obsolete. For now, he seems separated from everyone and unable to protect anyone but himself…if that. In other words, he’s been thrown right back into the Shit!

By: magicalchurlsukui

[profoundbananacat-blog]

It takes more than just premium diamonds to make statement earrings like this is natural Tanzanite to make it exquisite. Maaya Fine Jewels designing beauty since 1975 where quality comes first.

[maaya-fine-jewels]

Design Ideas For Kerala Traditional Wedding Jewelry

Kerala has been deemed God's own country for centuries owing to its white sandy beaches, backwaters, wild rainforest, and vivid blue Hills. This land and its people are known for their simple living and high thinking abilities. The same mindset is portrayed when it comes to their traditional attire. As for women in Kerala, especially brides, this way of life and thinking has inspired their choice of bridal attire. On their big day, numerous brides choose a mixture of old and new styles of ornaments. Here are some traditional and modern South Indian jewelry designs that one can consider for brides in Kerala.

 - The Pathaka

As far as necklaces go, the Pathaka is one of the first choices of a bride from Kerala. This traditional piece came with a central pendant with an engraved symbol of the Goddess Lakshmi and was adorned with either diamonds or other special gemstones. This pendant is then strung along a thick gold chain.

 - The Pichimottu mala

For ages, the Jasmin flower has been a symbol of beauty, prosperity, and love among the Hindus. This point of view has been taken to great heights by the natives of Kerala. Their famous Pichimottu mala, also known as Mullamottu mala, depicts the elongated Jasmin buds and adds a regal look and feel to the bride's appearance.

 - The Avil mala

If it's modern and new jewelry designs prevalent in Kerala you want, then the Avil mala is the go-to option. Rice is a staple in the Indian subcontinent, especially in the Southern regions like Kerala. Here, the rice is puffed and flattened and is deemed a symbol of abundance and good health. This is why the Avil mala denotes the shape of the rice and is a must for brides in Kerala.

 - The Pulinakha mala

Numerous diamond jewelry sets are available in the market. However, the Pulinakha Mala is something quite different from the traditional designs. The beads resemble a tiger's actual claws and are called 'tiger claw mala.' This stunning piece offers a regal look and can be donned as a short choker or a long chain.

 - The Nagapada Thali

The last item to make the list of ornaments suitable for a bride from Kerala is the Nagpada Thali. This exquisite, long, and heavy neckpiece is a traditional design that has been common in Kerala for centuries. The unique aspect here is its centerpiece which comes in the shape of the hood of a king cobra. While it may seem odd at first, this depiction of the snake is because of its relation to Hindu mythology, where it represents three universal forces– creation, preservation, and destruction.

Conclusion

Numerous old and new pieces of jewelry are available out there that befit a bride from Kerala. As for the list mentioned above, these pieces can be found all across the nation and abroad, like a South Indian jewelry store in New Jersey. All one needs to do is pick the items that best suit their bridal wardrobe and add a personal touch.

[diamondjewelrycollection]

Bring in the spirit of wedding season with our glamorous uncut Diamond necklace set with emeralds, rubies & pearls. Get yours now! Visit our store for a free-consultation today!

[diamondringsinnj]

Along with a degree, she also deserves a precious gift. This elegant diamond ring will be a beautiful reminder of such a significant milestone in her life. To know more visit us online