#mika yamamoto

[tnbscans]

Interview with Kenji Hayama, Norihiro Itagaki, and Mika Yamamoto from The Rising Superfan Book included in The Rising King of Works.

A few tidbits are translated here:

[anamon-book]

中継されなかったバグダッド　山本美香 小学館 装幀＝真舘嘉浩（WATERS）

[vampire-wizard-solidarity]

this is still yuri

[kuroi-tsuki]

Haikyuu-bu!! Chapter 148: Cerita Guru Cengeng di Kelas yang Tidak Terpublikasi

Sampai jumpa di chapter berikutnya~

[phantombanquet]

【Ikemen Zunka】 [Dress rehearsal report] Theatrical Company Dramatica ACT 4 / Witch and Gingerbread House

Original Article

translated by phantombanquet

The first day of Theatrical Company Dramatica ACT 4 / Witch and Gingerbread House has kicked off at Shinagawa Stellar Ball on August 23, 2024! Here is a report on the stage rehearsal.

※ Please note that the report below the cut contains spoilers

For ACT 4, “Witch and Gingerbread House” will be performed based on Grimms’ Fairy Tale “Hansel and Gretel”!

This work is an original story by the theater circle and theatrical company ‘Dramatica’ organized by Wataru Hibiki, a character appearing in the idol produce game Ensemble Stars!!.

The appeal of the theatrical company Dramatica is its ‘double theatrical structure’ in which the characters from the game play the roles. This is a stage where fans of the game hold high expectations as they will be aboe to see a new side of the characters.

Another popular stage project of Enstars!!, which has continued to adapt stage projects since the first performance of ACT 1 in 2021, will depict a new story based on the fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel”!

We bring to you a detailed report on the stage, where the audience was captivated by the singing, dancing, and acting!

Wandering through the forest, the brothers arrive at an ‘unfinished gingerbread house.’

The play begins with a scene in which Hansel (played by Mika Kagehira / Hiroki Ino) and Gretel (played by Nazuna Nito / Natsuki Osaki), who were abandoned by their step-mother, wandered into a forest, huddled up together.

Hansel and Gretel realize that they have been abandoned, and try to act cheerful to shake off their sadness.

As they travel deeper into the forest, they discover a strange house. The house made up ‘sweets.’ In there, Patty (played by Wataru Hibiki / Kazuma Yasui) and Ark (played by Hokuto Hidaka / Ikkei Yamamoto) were are arguing over something.

The cause of their argument is that they cannot compromise to their commitment to each other in order to fulfill the request of “creating the ultimate gingerbread house.” When Hansel hears their argument, he offers to help build the gingerbread house.

Hansel is first asked to pick fruit for the raw ingredient of sugar. As he heads into the forest with his ‘taming whistle’ to ward off beasts, he is immediately attacked by a beast. Hansel was given a ‘taming whistle,’ but is unable to tame the beast because he has not been taught how to blow it.

In a tight spot, the witch Dicey (played by Shu Itsuki / Taiki Yamazaki) appears.

Dicey plays a beautiful tune and tames the beast in the blink of an eye. The beautiful sound and the kindness shown by Dicey captivated Hansel as if “time had stopped.”

Hansel is fascinated Dicey and asks to be his apprentice. Even though Dicey refuses, saying, “You are not a witch to begin with,” Hansel—with all his strength—pushes his way into Dicey’s house. Thus, Hansel became Dicey’s helper.

Just when it seems that they are living in peace, something strange begins to happen to Dicey. It appears that the ‘secret’ that the witches possess is affecting them. Once the ‘secret’ is revealed, their relationship begins to change.

A suspicious figure watches over Dicey. Lao (played by Tsumugi Aoba / Hiromu Kudo) calls himself “a strange person who likes to take walks,” but what exactly is his true identity and purpose...

Theatrical Company Dramatica ACT 4 is based on the Grimms’ fairy tale Hansel and Gretel and begins with a new story involving the strange encounter between a witch and children. Please enjoy the ‘miracle’ they create in the theater☆

Cast Comments:

Dicey (Shu Itsuki) played by Taiki Yamazaki

I thought that this work, Dramatica ACT 4, which was challenged under a new organization, was a result of fearless triar and error. Although this work is derived from Ensemble Stars!!, I think it has been completed as a single story, and I feel that we are getting closer to the real ‘Dramatica’ one step at a time. I would be happy if you could come visit the theater.

Hansel (Mika Kagehira) played by Hiroki Ino

First of all, I am happy to be involved in Enstars!! once again. I would like to take on the baton firmly and pass it on to the next in hopes that the series of works that have been performed and weaved will continue to be loved for many years to come! The result is a typical fun and pop-like work of Dramatica. I know this is personal... But I am sure I’ll be able to show you a side of myself that can only be seen in this work.... (Laughs). Everyone in this company is looking forward to your sweets.... No, or rather, your ‘visit’!

Gretel (Nazuna Nito) played by Natsuki Osaki

Since it was my first time to join Dramatica, I was quite nervous until rehearsals started, but I read the script, shared lines with everyone, and had a lot of fun being engaged during the rehearsals. This is Gretel, not played by Natsuki Osaki, but played by Nazuna Nito. I would like to bring you the fresh ideas born out of our imagination during rehearsals!!

Lao (Tsumugi Aoba) played by Hiromu Kudo

This will be Tsumugi's first time participating in Dramatica troupe, and I am very much looking forward to playing him as completely different from the Tsumugi Aoba in Enstage, which I did in the past! This work is based on ‘Hansel and Gretel,’ a fantasy filled with a human touch. I look forward to working with Tsumugi to figure out how to portray this original role of Lao. I will do my best to convey a wonderful work and show you a new side of Tsumugi Aoba. Please look forward to it!

Patty (Wataru Hibiki) played by Kazuma Yasui

I am truly grateful that this theatrical company Dramatica has continued to ACT 4 and that I am still able to play the role of Wataru Hibiki! ACT 1, 2, 3 each had their own unique color, and we will bring you another unique color this time as well! Please enjoy the newly directed and powered-up Dramatica by Ikkei-kun, who plays the role of Hokuto!

Ark (Hokuto Hidaka) played by Ikkei Yamamoto

Finally! Theatrical Company Dramatica ACT 4 / Witch and Gingerbread House has begun! A new fairy tale story based on Hansel and Gretel. The entire company has been working hard during rehearsals to create a work that will remain in everyone's hearts. In this work, the characters of Enstars!!, each played by a different person, faced their own thoughts and worries about their roles, and the answers to their worries are found in this work. I hope that you will remember each and every one of them in your hearts. I would like to deliver this production without missing a single person until the final performance, so we appreciate your support until the very end!

[weirdlookindog]

Noroi no yakata: Chi o suu me/呪いの館 血吸う眼 (1971)

AKA Lake of Dracula; Bloodthirsty Eyes

[touteytout]

hq girlies

[brand-upon-the-brain]

Evil of Dracula (Michio Yamamoto, 1974)

[classybeardbluebird]

NEW JUMP SQ ONS ART BY YAMAMOTO

[bigbrainbiology]

Sometime true love is just you and your eyeball bf <3

Ref/Vol 30 cover ->

[mariocki]

Noroi no yakata: Chi o suu me (Lake of Dracula, 1971)

"Kyusaku... why did you do that to me yesterday?"

"What do you mean, Miss? What did I do?"

"Who was the stranger I saw here the night before? Who was it?"

"My master."

"Master? But I know your master well."

"He's changed."

[lady-of-ocs]

*Through tears* hEY BESTIE GUESS WHO WATCHED THE MOVIE AGAIN (pt. 3 - The Finale)

I'm so sorry I took so many screenshots from the movie. I have a problem, I think

OKAY HERE WE GO LAST PART YOU GUYS.

Yeah a lot of these first few are just from one scene because this scene has imprinted itself onto my brain forever

Oh my boy. I have no words

The fact that he recognized that nothing all that extraordinary happened but he still had fun (after saying that he doesn't really enjoy volleyball that much and mostly just plays because Kuroo does and it makes him happy). I'M GETTING EMOTIONAL JUST THINKING ABOUT IT IF THAT TELLS YOU HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT

Oh you are so beautiful

THE SWEETNESS AND JOY IN KENMA’S VOICE WHEN HE THANKS KUROO FOR TEACHING HIM HOW TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL MY HEART-

AND KUROO BEING SO SHOCKED BY IT AT FIRST AND THEN CRYING. FUCK

ME TOO, KUROO

I AM TWO SECONDS FROM CRYING STOP IT

YOU ARE A BLESSING TO MY EYES AND HEART AND SOUL

A FINAL KISS FOR TENDOU, MY FRIENDS

The subtitles say that Kuroo and Daichi “grunt affectionately” when they hug and I. Am on the floor

BEATING MY HANDS AGAINST THE WALL

The Tanaka and Yamamoto friendship is highly underrated. I absolutely MUST know what Tora's reaction was when Tanaka fucking MARRIED KIYOKO

ALL THE FRIENDSHIP HAPPENING IN ONE FRAME. FUKUNAGA HUGGING KINOSHITA? YAMAGUCHI CHECKING ON HALF DEAD KENMA? HINATA AND INUOKA COMPLIMENTING EACH OTHER? KUROO PATTING TSUKKI’S BACK? KAI AND KAGEYAMA TALKING? I LOVE THESE BOYS. I LOVE THEM ALL

I NEED AN OLD UKAI AND NEKOMATA BACKSTORY STAT

The Nekoma boys respect their coach so much CRYING

AND KAI MAKING YAKU AND KUROO ALL TEARY I’M GONNA THROW MYSELF OUT A WINDOW

And Kuroo and Kai picking up Yaku PUNCHING THE WALL

THE HINATA AND KENMA FRIENDSHIP IS GOING TO DESTROY ME

LOOK AT THIS TANGERINE AND HIS BLACK CAT BESTIE

GOODBYE MY SWEETEST BOY

I may never see him animated again after this and that makes me feel a certain way. Sad. It makes me really fucking sad

Aaaand credits...

OH LOOK ANOTHER SCENE-

DAISHOU DO YOU WANT TO FIGHT

“And here we see the wild Daishou cursing loudly in public” never change, Kuroo

Daishou changing his tune the second that Mika is around is fucking HILARIOUS

Nekoma third years bullying Daishou my beloved

Aaaand there’s Hoshiumi who will ultimately beat my boys and make me cry

In all this time, I don’t think I ever noticed the crow in the foreground until RIGHT NOW. FORESHADOWING DIRECTLY IN MY FACE AND I JUST SAW IT

And that’s that. No more Haikyuu for me. It's all over

She said, as if she's not going to rewatch the show again and isn't already planning fanart and ocs and shit

But, yeah. Okay. Here we are, everyone. Thank you so much for reading through my many rambles about this show over the past few months! I've enjoyed writing them a lot!

LET ME BLOW A FINAL KISS TO THE HAIKYUU BOYS AND THANK THEM FOR IMPROVING MY LIFE <3

[3ugene]

helllloooo it's mika here super excited to bring you ki yujin eugene!! i havent managed to scraggle up a bio or plots page just yet (thx to my timeliness i see) but i have a mini stats page up here and some waaaaaay too long info under the cut abt this 28 year old prim painter turned runaway tattoo artist living in apt #2b ^_^ v v excited to get to know everyone and their muses so please like this and i'll hit up your dms!!

𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙: her childhood memories are clouded entirely by nannies, a subsisting feeling of boredom and the cold marble tiles of her house. having two famous artists as parents (mom a sculptor and dad an ex-90s-idol turned ceo of an idol company) meant they were never really in the house nor did they spare her a glance until ...

it became noticeable to them that eugene shared their proclivity for the arts. suddenly, her scribbles were forced to have structure and introspection behind them (which sucked to say the least when her doodles were meant to be for fun)

she was subsequently shoved into every arts class possible

entered into a bunch of national and international art competitions from the age of 5-18 (came first-third every time 👍👍) but always felt restricted since every artwork of hers that the public saw and were submitted to competitions (think light watercolours, flowers, nature) were carefully picked by her parents and she never felt that it was really a representation of her

got super burned out at 18 from all these competitions so she applied to snu undergrad for fine arts and got in!! (🎉🎉🎉)

incredibly formative years for her and her work -- she met a bunch of people who thought like her and felt that she could be herself for the first time, experimenting with different styles, mediums, etc

inspired her art a LOT n she grew to develop her own style that she still carries forward to this day (main style is a ukiyo-e inspired watercolour paintings mixed with gothic/horror ideas ie imagine a softer takato yamamoto)

after snu she told her parents she was doing a masters in fine art at yonsei when in reality she was just jetting off between jpn and kr and interning at multiple tattoo studios LOL

after "finishing" the year, she held a bunch of exhibitions and galleries. her parents got super excited because they thought she was finally taking art seriously ...

and then they found out what she had been doing for the last year. insert ugly screaming plates smashing argument where years of resentment and bottled up feelings came to the surface!!

ended up with her getting cut off and kicked out of the family aged 22, and now they pretend like she never existed. she still hasn't unpacked how she feels about it/how traumatic it was. will she? find out never :^)

luckily she had made quite a lot of money from her exhibitions (all part of the plan👍) and used that to fund her next actions which were a) move out into a studio apartment and b) guesting at even more tattoo studios

eventually formed a loyal client base who followed her when she opened up her own tattoo studio 캔버스 (canvas) in hongdae around three/two years ago!! 15% student discount just make sure to book in advance :D

moved into gyeogang street lofts a couple of years ago because it was cheaper but also for convenience purposes (closer to studio and she also needs her morning coffee before doing anything)

sort of here there everywhere and nowhere all at once

𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙚: notable aesthetics include early morning cigarettes, the sound of pen scratching against paper, ink on your fingertips, late night drives, biting your bottom lip until it bleeds, headphones constantly pulled over ears, piles of sketchbooks haphazardly stacked, wine stained lips, half-finished journals and mood boards

not the most likeable person. reserved, has a short temper, pessimistic, blunt and doesn't tend to talk much (attributed to the fact that she didn't really have friends her age until she was 19). the little that she does say can come across as snarky until you realise that's just how she talks, but she is trying to do her best to remedy that and initiate conversations first since she realises it's not the best trait of hers. her 2025 resolution was to be more approachable but she's spoken to approximately two people that weren't her clients so far, and one of them was a barista at brewed awakenings

important to note that her abrasiveness never stems from actual ill-wish or anger, she's just unware of how to explain her feelings or communicate very effectively. many of her harsh corners are rounded if you look close enough

loves loves loves her work, however, and any discussion about art or tattooing means her eyes will immediately start shining

𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙠-𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙨: sry lack of organisation means i dont have a plots page set up yet but throwing some ideas out so regulars at canvas (she loves u and the only way she can show it is giving u strawberry mogu mogu before every session); first time tattoo-getters (she also loves u); friends from university; fellow artists; childhood friends that she heavily relies on and has seen her at her best and worst; ex-bestfs; fwbs; fwbs getting messier by the second; exes; exes with lingering feelings; situationships; gamer friends; a "muse" for her; someone who's willing to be her practice canvas; someone guesting/interning at canvas; someone who simply doesn't like her and vice versa; found brother/sister; someone she keeps snapping at because you keep catching her on a bad day she's so sorry she promises she's not a bitc-

[radishly]

Haikyuu Characters and what type of nen auras I think they’d have if they were in some strange Hunter x Hunter au (pls ask me questions pls pls pls, I want to explain my thinking)

Enhancers

Azumane Asahi

Hisashi Kinoshita

Ryunosuke Tanaka

Taketora Yamamoto

Kentaro Kyotani

Yutaro Kindaichi

Kotaro Bokuto

Kaori Suzumeda

Wakatoshi Ushijima

Tsutomu Goshiki

Aran Ojiro

Takanobu Aone

Transmuters

Sawamura Daichi

Yu Nishinoya

Tadashi Yamaguchi

Hitoka Yachi

Tamahiko Teshiro

Hajime Iwaizumi

Yukie Shirofuku

Reon Ohira

Eita Semi

Emitters

Tobio Kageyama

Tetsuro Kuroo

Morisuke Yaku

So Inuoka

Issei Matsukawa & Takahiro Hanamaki

Akinori Konoha

Haruki Komi

Hayato Yamagata

Taichi Kawanishi

Rintaro Suna

Kiyoomi Sakusa

Suguru Daisho

Conjurers

Koshi Sugawara

Kazuhito Narita

Kozume Kenma

Toru Oikawa

Shigeru Yahaba

Tatsuki Washio

Kenjiro Shirabu

Osamu Miya

Kanji Koganegawa

Kenji Futakuchi

Mika Yamaka

Manipulators

Chikara Ennoshita

Kei Tsukishima

Nobuyuki Kai

Yuki Shibayama

Akira Kunimi

Atsumu Miya

Specialists

Shimizu Kiyoko

Shohei Fukunaga

Keiji Akaashi

Satori Tendo

Motoya Komori

Dual Affinities

Shoyo Hinata - Enhancer leaning towards Transmutation

Lev Haiba - Emitter leaning towards Enhancement

Shinsuke Kita - Conjurer leaning towards Transmutation

[kuroi-tsuki]

Haikyuu-bu!! Chapter 116: Nohebi Sekarat, Jangan Mati, Nekoma

Sampai jumpa di chapter berikutnya~

[bentbent05]

Haikyuu Cooking Skills Tier List

⚠️ INCLUDES MANGA SPOILERS SO VIEW AT YOUR OWN RISK ⚠️

Haikyuu Cooking Tier List (1st Attempt)

Years ago I made this tier list for fun! But then I looked back on this tier list and realized I made a LOT of flaws on this so I deleted the original one and made a new one! Check it out!

Haikyuu Cooking Tier List (2nd Attempt- NEWLY UPDATED VERSION)

So now that I updated my tier list, I also updated my Headcannons. Like I said this is just for fun so it’s probably still not very accurate! Again it’s not serious and is just for fun.

The tier list also applies to BOTH cookers and bakers!

Now here are my personal headcannons:

As we all know in the timeskip, Osamu owns his own restaurant and Tendo is a famous chocolatier. So ofc they’re the amazing cooks and bakers!

Fukunaga in the timeskip is a comedian in his own restaurant so he’s definitely up there but I still think Osamu and Tendo would be the better cooks.

We saw a quick glance of Kiyoko in the kitchen and I can assume she is an AMAZING cook! I think she’s just lowkey good at everything TBH because she’s the IT girl who is athletic (from running and jumping hurtles), organized (obv since she’s a manager), beautiful (again obv), and skilled while cooking!

Kita could be a creative cook but because of his methodical character, I think he would prefer following recipes.

Akaashi is a great cook but he either is at work or is at Bokuto’s games the majority of the time so he just either prefers to make simple on-the-go recipes or ordering out. Obviously Onigiri Miya is his favorite and I think he makes every excuse just to see Osamu (they’re besties your honor)!

I really ended up changing Kageyama’s tier drastically because of another cooking tier like this! Since Kageyama and his sister really seem to take care of themselves, and I think both him and Miwa switch days on who cooks. It made so much more sense since when I thought about it because I don’t really see Kageyama’s parents around them.

I think since Sakusa is so close with Atsumu and the Inarizarki team, I don’t think he really ever has to cook. He just eats what Osamu and Kita makes like Atsumu does. He just offers to help clean up since he finds cleaning relaxing (compared to cooking).

Ushijima, Hirugami, Yaku, Semi, and Iwaizumi are so “career focused” and have their careers take up the majority of their lives so they really don’t think about cooking.

Daishou probably loathes cooking but does it on the days Mika is tired like a sweet husband should!

Kenma also probably hates cooking (since he canonically has a small appetite) and is probably too busy to cook the majority of the time (because HE HAS TOO MANY JOBS AHFJRA). But there are days he will do it just because he knows Kuroo will lecture him if he doesn’t eat.

The whole Nekoma team including Kenma probably meet up at Fukunaga’s comedy bar to eat and hang out with each other as a team weekly! I can imagine Kenma and Yamamoto telling Fukunaga how proud they are of him as their fellow second year.

Makki and Mattsun always order out, because both of them are either not the best cooks or are just too lazy to cook.

I literally cannot see Suna cook! I think he would also lowkey abuse the fact that Osamu is such a great cook (I mean I would too lowkey).

And you cannot tell me that Hinata and Lev wouldn’t burn the kitchen down together! Not to mention, the chaotic trio (Noya, Tanaka, and Yamamoto) probably burned the kitchen down at one point too.

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