#saki shows up in the opening and chapter 8!

[pjsk-story-summaries]

Wonderlands x Showtime Main Story Summary

TL;DR: Tenma Tsukasa, an egotistical aspiring actor, auditions for a cast member position at Phoenix Wonderland. He is picked up by Otori Emu, an optimistic dreamer, at the run-down Wonder Stage. They encounter the mysterious director Kamishiro Rui performing alone within the park, who upon invitation into the troupe also brings along his shy childhood friend Kusanagi Nene.

The four of them work to put on a show, but disaster strikes when Robonene runs out of battery halfway through the show. Tsukasa yells at Nene out of frustration, sparking Rui to leave the troupe.

Tsukasa goes to the SEKAI to reflect, where he finds Usa-chan, one of the plushies, crying. Through his attempts to cheer her up, he finally remembers the true reason he wanted to be a star: to make others smile, especially his dear younger sister.

Tsukasa apologizes to Emu and Nene, who both decide to rejoin the troupe; however, Rui is not convinced. The three of them put on a new show in the SEKAI that ultimately causes Rui a change of heart, officially re-forming Wonderlands x Showtime.

Official English Youtube upload / Song (The World Hasn't Even Started Yet) / Animation

Chapter 0: The story begins with Tsukasa narrating about the show he had seen as a little kid with Saki, sparking his dream to be a star that makes everybody smile. After a hard cut to the present day, we find Tsukasa preparing for an audition at Phoenix Wonderland. Saki comes up to talk to him, which eventually reaches her asking why he wanted to become a star in the first place. Tsukasa can't remember. Suddenly, his phone flashes with the new Untitled song, transporting him to SEKAI. Miku and KAITO introduce themselves and the place, but Tsukasa denies it all.

Chapter 1: Tsukasa arrives at his interview. He introduces himself with his standard stardom speech, shocking the interviewers but catching the ear of a certain onlooker. A short time later, Tsukasa receives his acceptance letter with arrogant pride. Both Rui and Nene overhear him talking to himself about it, but don't interact. Kigurumi (Mascot) leads Tsukasa over to the Wonder Stage, much to the latter's disappointment. Suddenly, Emu leaps down from the rooftop and reveals she's the one who invited Tsukasa.

Chapter 2: Emu had specially requested Tsukasa after he failed the initial audition. Tsukasa is less than impressed with the current state of the run-down stage and lack of an audience. He tries giving Emu his autograph before leaving, but Emu tackles him instead, saying she had made a promise to do shows at this stage specifically. Suddenly, the stage projector switched on to reveal Miku. When trying to call and resign, Emu finds Untitled and clicks it, sending the both of them to SEKAI.

Chapter 3: Tsukasa encounters Mikudayo, who soon reveals herself to be the actual Miku. She pushes him into the show tent, where KAITO and Emu are preparing for a show. The Virtual Singers explain the concept of SEKAI. Tsukasa insists he knows what his true feelings are, but the Virtual Singer's aren't so convinced. Usa-chan, a talking stuffed rabbit, also introduces herself. Tsukasa panics and passes out.

Chapter 4: After regaining consciousness, Tsukasa demands to leave the SEKAI. Emu promises to help find Tsukasa's phone only if he promises to do shows at the Wonder Stage with her, to which he reluctantly agrees. Back in the real world, Kigurumi attacks Tsukasa for "kidnapping" Emu, intimidating him to the point where he fears going back on his word to help her out. Tsukasa and Emu then set off to find more cast members. They find some small robots, who lead the pair to Rui's performance.

Chapter 5: Rui begins telling the tale of an alchemist who loves theater. However, his story is cut short by Security chasing him out. The next day, Tsukasa learned the strange performer is a new transfer to his school. Rui had been waiting for him on the rooftop, following his movements with a drone. Impressed, Tsukasa offers him a spot in his new troupe as director. Rui declines.

Chapter 6: Rui explains that he wants to do the shows he wants to do, ones that exist to make the audience happy. Tsukasa affirms that he'd perform any role given to him "to 12,000% satisfaction". Rui catches a glimpse of Nene walking down below. He decides to accept the offer, if and only if Tsukasa would take one other member. Later, Tsukasa takes Rui to the Wonder Stage and introduces him to Emu. The two instantly hit it off.

Chapter 7: Rui introduces the other two to Robonene. Tsukasa is hesitant on the concept, but after Nene's display of skill, he reluctantly agrees to accept her in (though he's more worried of losing the limelight than anything else). Afterwards, Rui and Nene chat about the new adventure in front of them.

Chapter 8: Tsukasa and Saki chat. When things take a melancholy turn, Tsukasa begins reciting script lines to cheer her up. Saki thanks him and talks about how he always used to do shows like this when they were little, especially with a small bunny plushie. The next day, Tsukasa brings the rest of the troupe the newly completed show script, along with a proposal for a troupe name. It was bad and immediately shot down. Through Emu's ramblings, Rui suggests naming their troupe after the different worlds the stage can become through showtime. Emu adds an x to represent the multiplying wonderlands, giving birth to Wonderlands x Showtime.

Chapter 9: Rui runs over the script with everyone and suggests some extreme stunt ideas, much to Tsukasa's horror. Nene tells Emu about Rui's history with this, and how most people avoided him afterwards. Despite the outlandish ideas, Tsukasa and Emu warm up to them. Later, Nene comments on how much happier Rui looks now. The next day, the troupe works together on the show. Emu suggests going to "that place" to look for inspiration and sends the four of them to SEKAI.

Chapter 10: Rui immediately begins analyzing the SEKAI and wanders off. KAITO gives Tsukasa and Emu advice while Miku greets the real Nene hiding somewhere else. Nene's too shy to have a conversation, however. Before the four leave SEKAI, Miku again questions what being a star means to Tsukasa, who's true feelings are still unknown.

Chapter 11: Wonderlands x Showtime finishes rehearsals for their show. Emu thanks Tsukasa and the others for performing shows with her here at this stage. Rui and Nene stay late to rehearse a little longer. The next day arrives, and the show begins.

Chapter 12: The play starts off as a hit! Halfway through Nene's song, however, Robonene loses power and crashes into Tsukasa. They try their best to recover, but any momentum they had gained was lost. The play was ruined.

Chapter 13: Tsukasa lashes out at Nene for the mistake. Rui tries taking the blame instead, while Emu desperately tries keeping the peace. Despite Rui's insistence, Tsukasa continues his outrage. Nene runs off. Rui tells Tsukasa that "you can't stage great shows alone", and that Tsukasa's selfishness means he will never become a star. Rui officially quits the troupe. Later, Rui goes to apologize to Nene for making her join the troupe. Tsukasa goes to the SEKAI for advice.

Chapter 14: Tsukasa runs into Usa-chan crying. Though his dance only made things worse, he managed to distract her by immitating Emu's wonderhoy. He spins it to form an improv play and invites Usa-chan to join along, to which she happily agrees. After playing for some time, Tsukasa notices the name "Saki" written under her foot. Tsukasa finally realizes the SEKAI is full of things from his memories, and a memory of him cheering up a sick Saki in a hospital room. Tsukasa finally remembers his true wish to make others happy, and how grateful he is to have met the other members of Wonderlands x Showtime. Tsukasa resolves to set things right with them.

Chapter 15: Tsukasa finds Emu by the ferris wheel, so they ride together. Emu tells Tsukasa about how her grandfather had built Phoenix Wonderland and the Wonder Stage specifically, but had sadly passed away a year prior. Emu's family would save the Wonder Stage if Emu managed to attract enough visitors by the end of spring break, but since their show only made everyone sad, she'll have to say goodbye to it. Tsukasa tells Emu that she's a part of everyone needing to be happy and asks if they can try to save the stage one more time. Back at the Wonder Stage, Nene went to retrieve Robonene and reminisces on how much she'll miss theater again.

Chapter 16: Emu and Tsukasa find Nene singing on the stage. Nene runs away, causing the two to chase her around the park. After Emu catches her by jumping from a gate, Tsukasa formally apologizes for what he said and asks if she would want to rejoin the troupe. Nene tells the two about how she had messed up the lines of her performance when she was young and became too anxious to stand on the stage anymore. Tsukasa tells her that making mistakes is how we get better, and that he's truly sorry for yelling at her for trying to learn. Nene officially rejoins the troupe.

Chapter 17: Nene reveals she and Rui are neighbors and takes the two to meet him. They find him continuing the story of the alchemist on the street: the alchemist had found acceptance through their shows, though short-lived. The townsfolk and alchemist simply thought differently, so they left, leaving the alchemist all alone once again. Tsukasa tries to apologize to Rui, but he doesn't believe he's changed yet and leaves. Emu and Nene don't want to give up on him, either.

Chapter 18: Rui walks around the streets, remembering the fear and harsh words of his past classmates over his show ideas. Suddenly, Emu, Tsukasa, and Nene ambush him and send them all to SEKAI. They begin a play made specially for him. A traveling troupe consisting of an arrogant showman, stubborn clown, and shy songstress meet a lonely alchemist and invite him to the troupe. The alchemist builds a doll for the songstress to sing behind and other inventions. However, when the doll broke during a show, the showman lashed out and broke apart the troupe. A cute fairy had reminded the showman of his true desire to make people happy through shows, driving him to make ammends with the rest of his troupe. Though the clown and songstress agreed to come back, the alchemist didn't believe him. The three decided to make a play to show him their true feelings. KAITO asks Rui what he thinks will happen next, to which he questions if they thought this would really work through just a monologue. Fortunately, the alchemist is now here to help them improve.

Chapter 19: Suddenly, Tsukasa's phone flashes as Untitled changes into a song: The World Hasn't Even Started Yet. Tsukasa asks if the others would sing it with him, since the song is just as much theirs as it is his own. Afterwards, he thanks Miku and KAITO for their help before returning to the real world. Emu finally tells the others about the fate of the Wonder Stage, but they realize there's still hope to save it. They put their show back together and begin saving the stage once again with an enthusiastic wonderhoy!

Chapter 20: All of their remaining shows went spectacularly, even though they had to do so many in a row. Their efforts had paid off, however; the Wonder Stage was officially saved! Wonderlands x Showtime decides to keep putting on shows there, too. The story ends with Emu and Tsukasa's laughter echoing in the distance, all the way into SEKAI.

Card Stories: Tsukasa / Emu / Nene / Rui

Virtual Singer Chapter 1 (Pre-Chapter 0): Miku, KAITO, and the plushies prepare a show to help Tsukasa remember his true feelings. Miku runs off to put on the Mikudayo costume to match with the plushies. There's one of KAITO, too, but he refuses to put it on. Tsukasa finally arrives in the SEKAI, but Miku is now stuck in the Mikudayo costume.

Virtual Singer Chapter 2 (After Chapter 4): Miku is disappointed she couldn't put on a show with Tsukasa and Emu, so to cheer her up, KAITO puts on a magic show for her. KAITO teaches Miku some magic tricks after. Miku is a bit sad that the show has to end, but KAITO reminds her that without an ending, there can be no beginning.

Virtual Singer Chapter 3 (Concurrent with Chapter 14): Usa-chan is upset Tsukasa didn't remember her. Miku and KAITO decide to put on a show to cheer her up, but it doesn't work to well. Tsukasa arrives in the SEKAI halfway through, but before the Virtual Singers can greet him, they find a crying Usa-chan already talking to him. Miku goes to help, but KAITO stops her, opting to watch things play out instead.

Virtual Singer Chapter 4 (After Chapter 20): Wonderlands x Showtime goes to SEKAI to thank the Virtual Singers for their help, and to ask if they could watch one of their shows for inspiration. They decide to put one on in the flying train. Emu and Miku fall out the window, so Tsukasa, KAITO, Rui, and Nenerobo save them.

[bunnis-babes]

Something About the Stars Chapter 3: First Day Part 2

You stared blankly at the now empty gym. Morning practices had just ended and now you were patiently waiting for your guide, Kuroo, to finish changing. Your feelings about Kuroo were somewhat neutral at the moment. He seemed alright, he was very good looking despite his unkempt appearance, and he was funny in a teasing kind of way. Now that you thought of it, he reminded you of a black cat, which was fitting. You chuckled to yourself, very proud of your connection.

“What’s so funny?” you heard next to you.

You whipped your head to the voice and found none other than Kuroo. You let out a breath and shake your head. Yes - very much like a black cat.

“Nothing, just thought of something…” you trailed off awkwardly, not quite ready to be buddy-buddy with this - pretty much - stranger.

He shrugged off your response with a smirk.

“Alright. Now are you planning on sitting there the whole day, or are you going to let me show you around?”

You nodded and stood up, gesturing in front of you “Well lead the way, my guide.”

He chuckled and began walking with you alongside him. You made sure there was a respectable distance between the two of you as to not give anyone the wrong idea - rather, any ideas at all. The two of you walked in a mostly comfortable silence; Kuroo only piped up to either announce what part of the school you were at or give a comment when he deemed it necessary. Some of his more clever comments even made you hold back a giggle or two, and you somehow felt relaxed around him - it was all very strange to you.

“Do you know what your schedule is so I can, you know, show you around a bit better,” he said expectantly

You sighed and pulled your bag off your shoulder, shuffling through its contents until you pulled out a piece of paper with all your information on it. You handed to him and allowed him to scan through its contents with little hums of amusement. It felt like he was ridiculing you for a second, but he handed it back with a smirk.

“Looks like you really like torturing yourself,” he chuckled, you didn’t find it amusing, and you were sure to show him with the dead look on your face.

‘I’m kidding,” he threw his arms up in defense, “but seriously, you’re taking several college-level courses, that’s going to be tough.”

“I can handle tough.” you retort.

“And I never said you couldn’t. Anyway, we’ve got two classes together, so I can help you out with them if you need,”

You eye him suspiciously, “Which classes?”

“Physics and Calculus.”

You look at him in surprise, you didn’t take him for the hard-working smart type. Then again, who were you to judge, you probably looked like a dumb angsty first year to him.

“Wow, I’ve only known you for a couple of minutes and I’ve already left you speechless.” he teases, and you actually have to fight back a blush and a smile.

“Can you just show me to my classes, Kuroo.” you sigh.

He gives you a Cheshire grin that makes your stomach feel weird.

“Of course, my lady.”

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Your first and second-hour classes were uneventful, just the usual reintroducing students to a new school year. You knew absolutely no one in those classes, so you hardly interacted with anyone and sat silently in your seat doodling on your paper. Your third hour was Calculus with Kuroo. Once again the same thing, but this time you had Kuroo who occasionally spoke to you when he wasn’t catching up with other students. Fourth, fifth, and sixth you had with that excitable girl from earlier. Saki- Sara- Sachi- something like that. She tried her best to talk to you, and even get you to talk to some of her friends. Seventh hour you had Kuroo again, which was fine. Your teacher was much more interactive in this class than all the others, and you knew physics would be an enjoyable class here.

Finally, your classes were over, but you stayed in your seat for a moment. Clubs were about to begin, and you were struggling to decide on whether or not you wanted to join one. You were given a list of the clubs in a packet before school started, but you only find yourself interested in three. The volleyball club was tempting, but you knew Nekomas female team was mediocre at best so you scratched that off the list right away. You could go for art club, but you’d rather not interact with the art teacher more than you had - he gave off weird vibes. Finally, there was the student council, it seemed alright, if only it wasn’t writhing with the teacher's pets and suck-ups.

With a sigh, you stood. It was most likely best if clubs stayed on the back burner now, you should wait to see how well you can balance homework and homelife before you add in clubs. You walk yourself silently through the mostly empty halls and take in the school as a whole from what you’ve experienced. You decide you don’t hate Nekoma. Sure, it didn’t have Bokuto or Akaashi or anyone who could understand your soulmate dilemma, but it was alright.

You allow your mind to settle on this thought for a moment and walk yourself to the front gates.

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Your route home was the same route you took to school. It was also apparently the same route Kuroo took home as well - thus lead to your current situation of the two of you walking side by side to your houses. You lived in the same neighborhood as him and this was just the fastest route for both of you, you assumed. Still something bout this bothered you, you had so many coincidences with this guy it was getting strange. Then it clicked.

“Kuroo, why aren’t you at volleyball practice? I feel like as the captain, it's your responsibility to show up.” you mused.

Maybe things worked differently at Nekoma with club captains, but you highly doubted it.

“Coach decided to give us a break for the first day of school,” he said nonchalantly.

You hummed, that did make plenty of sense. Still, it was oddly convenient.

“Alright, it’s been bugging me for a while,” Kuroo suddenly spoke up “how’d you become friends with someone like Bokuto.”

“He didn’t tell you?” you questioned.

“I never asked him, never even thought to until I actually talked to you. You two don’t really seem like you’d fit together well.” he chuckled.

“Well, neither do him and Akaashi, but they make it work.” you counter

You wished you could ass ‘because they’re soulmates,’ but you didn’t know what his stance was on that subject, and you did not want to get into a heated debate with this guy.

“Touché,’ he chuckled, “but seriously tell me, you don’t have a forced reason to hang out with the guy.”

You nodded, he had a point.

“Well, it was my first year at Fukurodani, and I was never really social so I didn’t join any clubs. For the first half of the year I just… hid in teachers' rooms after school or went to Juku.

Then for some reason, I don’t even remember what, I decided I would just hide-out in the gym after school. I didn’t really pay much attention to the guys first, but I eventually found my attention captured by them and the sport, and so instead of doing homework I watched volleyball.” you paused for a moment, wondering how to explain Bokuto’s actions but was rudely interrupted.

“Is that why you were creeping on us today, you like Volleyball?” he teased.

You gave him a harsh glare.

“Yes and no, just shut up so I can explain.

As I was about to say, Bokuto approached me first, because I wasn’t about to talk to someone as intimidating as him. He just talked to me like a person, and we somehow melted into a friendship over our mutual love for volleyball and other things, as cheesy as that sounds.”

Kuroo hummed thoughtfully at your story.

“Believable, I feel like you watered down Bokuto’s forceful-friendship a bit, though.” he joked.

You laughed - laughed out loud at his blunt statement. It wasn’t funny because he was right, Bokuto was forceful with his being friends with you or anyone. There was something about it being said out-loud so blatantly, however, that made you want to laugh about it. Kuroo eventually started laughing along with you, once he got over his initial confusion. Surely both of you look like idiots, but it felt so nice to laugh with someone different that you can't bring yourself to care.

“S-sorry,” you said through giggles, “it’s just… r-really nice to laugh about something with someone different for once.”

“I get what you mean, it's nice to have different people around to talk to sometimes,” he assures.

“Ah- this is mine…” you said, a bit disappointed your chat with Kuroo was over.

Kuroo nodded and complimented your house politely, as most people who see it does. You both said your goodbyes and made your way in opposite directions. You were about to open the door when you heard Kuroo call out to you.

“You should come to tomorrow's practice, and I’ll walk you to school too!” he shouted.

“I don’t want to get up that early.” you retort.

He laughs at your stubbornness.

“Don’t worry, no morning practices tomorrow, just the one after school. What do you say?”

His offering is really considerate, and who are you to decline.

“Be outside my place at 8:30 sharp, or I’m leaving without you!” you manage to joke.

You feel your heart swell with pride in yourself when he smiles and gives you a thumbs up.

(I apologize for how sloppy this is, I’m incredibly tired right now.)

[dokidokivisual]

Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka? ~Sing For You~ BD review

It’s been a while since the new Gochiusa OVA has been released and everyone probably already watched it through various means, which is good since I will discuss some of the content in this review, so if you don’t want any spoilers, watch the OVA first.

So, I’ve got a limited edition Sing For You Blu-Ray ordered on Amazon with no store bonus, and it cost me 5660 yen + shipping. It comes in a nice thick box, the same size as Dear My Sister BD and thicker than Season 1 BD BOX. Which reminds me, did I ever do a Dear My Sister BD review? I thought I did for sure, but I can’t find anything... Anyway, let’s see what’s inside! 

The disks are contained in a special 3-fold packaging which initially looks like Cocoa/Chiya are on the front cover, but it folds out so you can see all the characters divided into sub-units (Furimawasare-tai, Chimame-tai and Furimaware-tai). There are also three booklets including a disk guide, script and a hardcover(!) score for Komorebi Seishunfu, one of the songs from OVA.

The included disks are Sing For You Blu-ray itself, a DVD-ROM with “high-definition audio” (basically it contains a bunch of .wav files!) and a regular CD Mix For You, which is a DJ mix produced by PandaBoY. It’s not often that you see Blu-ray, DVD and CD in the same packaging.

Let’s look at the booklets. The disk guide shows various costumes used in the episode, with commentary by Maya, Megu and Tippy. There’s also an interview with director Hiroyuki Hashimoto, producer Kentaro Hattori and sound producer Naotaka Fukihira. And also song lyrics and track lists for the 2 musical disks.

Next, just like with Dear My Sister, there’s a script book which is very useful if you’re like me and can read Japanese better than listen to it. The top half describes what happens on the screen and the bottom half is the characters’ lines.

Next we have the crown jewel of SFY limited edition blu-ray packaging which is a hardcover sheet music book containing the chorus arrangement of Komorebi Seishunfu. There are only 12 pages, but it feels very expensive. In the score there are four vocal melodies, which are Main Vocal (=Chino), Soprano, Mezzo Soprano and Alto, and there’s Piano accompaniment. The lyrics for vocal parts are written in hiragana. By the way, the lyrics are quite poetic and expand on the metaphor of “sunlight through the trees” representing “sheet music of our youth” which makes it rather fitting that an actual sheet music is provided.

Now a few words about the OVA itself. The first thing you might notice is that it’s quite short, just slightly longer than a regular episode, and it adapts only one chapter of the original manga (vol. 5 ch. 8 “Cup of Chino”). The animation apart from a few scenes doesn’t particularly stand out either, so you might wonder why couldn’t have this been a regular episode? Well the official answer is that a lot of songs had to be recorded for it. All the songs featured in the OVA, including Cocoa’s bread song, have a fully recorded version. Komorebi Seishunfu was recorded with Suginami Junior Choir. Some songs were reused though, such as Sharo/Rize and Cocoa/Chiya song. Interestingly while Sing a Song Poyapoya Melody is considered to be a “theme song” for this OVA, it’s not actually used in it (in fact there’s no OP song at all), except on Blu-Ray menu as an instrumental. However Petit Rabbit’s and Chimame-tai versions of this song are included on Disk 2.

The episode opens with a flashback sequence with little Chino humming a song which would clearly become plot relevant later, but also take note of Tippy’s eyebrows there. There’s a bit of inconsistency with the original Tippy depiction, because in s1e9 flashback Tippy looks identical to the current form, but in the manga at some point Koi have decided to draw original Tippy with different eyebrows and now it’s reflected in the anime version as well. Although maybe Tippy’s eyebrow change is related to Saki Kafuu’s passing somehow?

When Chiya’s grandmother calls her “modern-day Scheherazade”, this is a reference to Chiya’s name (千夜) having its roots in Japanese title for 1001 Nights (千夜一夜物語).

Another reference is Aoyama Blue Mountain referring to rakugo story Sanpo Ichiryoson (三方一両損, ”three sides lost 1 ryo [old unit of currency]”). In it, a character finds a wallet with 3 ryo and tries to return it to the owner, but the owner, being a true Tokyoite refuses. The guy who found it, also being a true Tokyoite insists on returning the wallet. Eventually they end up in front of the judge, who pitches in 1 ryo and gives 2 ryo to each. The guy who found the wallet found 3 ryo, but got 2 ryo, losing 1 ryo. The guy who lost the wallet also got back 2 ryo instead of 3 ryo, losing 1 ryo. And the judge also lost 1 ryo in the process.

Before the OVA was released, Nana Mizuki was announced as the voice of Saki Kafu. Nana Mizuki was basically an idol to Inori Minase (even her stage name is similar to Nana’s) so the casting is quite appropriate. However she doesn’t have any speaking lines until the very end of the OVA. In fact the first time we hear her voice is the song Gin no Spoon (”Silver Spoon”) which also serves as an ED. In the song she basically wishes for happiness of her daughter, Chino. This is also the song Chino hums in the beginning. In the ED they sing as a duet, but the original Saki Kafu single is also included on the music DVD. I thought the ending was quite moving and unexpected following the silly shenanigans of the OVA. Chino’s mother appears a few more times in the manga, even with speaking lines so I wonder if Nana Mizuki will come back for season 3.

By the way, did you notice that the flashback scenes have a different, wider aspect ratio? But just before the ED it switches to standard 16:9 ratio again.

Anyway, that was Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?? ~Sing For You~ and now let’s look forward to the new season of Gochiusa in 2020!

[thekaijudude]

So was R/B set in Orb’s universe or in a different universe that R/B and Orb happen to stumble on?

Hi!

I actually covered this in-depth in several posts but I would like to add in wake of Ep 0 and pv 2 as well as new information of the true origins of the R/B siblings

Before we take into account of the new Taiga info, lets examine this in chronological order, first with Orb which I highly recommend you read this first to grasp how complicated Orb’s universe by itself is:

https://thekaijudweeb.tumblr.com/post/177624078038/so-what-universe-is-rb-set-in-for-sure-i-want-to

Now I would like to supplement the above with new ideas as Orb was also shown the ability to harness the alternate forms of his fusion components while in a fusion as exemplified in SZ, and if we take a closer look at HS and ES, you would realize that the Zero component used had the Ultimate Bracelet equipped, which means that technically speaking, HS and ES would have access to the interdimensional travel ability of Ultimate Zero.

Or the Tiga and M78 Ultras in Orb’s universe could just be alternate versions of the main continuum as exemplified in the Superior 8 Brothers and X Movie

Now onto R/B, we still have no idea whether Cereza nor the R/B siblings has the ability to travel interdimensionally, nor did we get a concrete answer as to whether planet O-50 is even in the RB universe

But we do get new information on the true origins of the RB Siblings, apparently they were technically born on Planet Sanja but gained their powers from the VoL on O-50

Onto Taiga to close up this chronological loop, we see a scene where the Tri Squad is together with Taro and behind him was the LoL.

With all of that being said, its really difficult to give a concrete answer but here are the few possible answers to your qn:

1. R/B is set in Orb’s Universe

But this does not necessarily mean that O-50 is in said universe (To prove that it does or dosent, that’s opening a HUGE can of worms as youll see later)

This would also mean that there are possibly alternate versions of the M78 Ultras as well as Tiga but the original versions could possibly exists via interdimensional travel by M78 Ultras and/or Gaia movie logic for Tiga which has too many holes if that were the case

2. R/B is set in another Universe that Orb has not visited

This assumes that the VoL has the ability to send its warriors to other universes which would explain how Orb got to the main M78 Universe and R/B’s Universe to have a run in with Cereza

But this will also mean that Cereza has the ability to travel to other universes somehow which is quite a stretch

And this also means that the R/B siblings were transported by the VoL just like how Orb and Fuma was

3. R/B is set in a Universe that Orb HAS visited but is not the universe where Planet O-50 is situated

Now this will assume Cereza does not have the ability to travel to other universes

But this also assumes that the alternate/original versions of the M78 Ultras and Tiga also exists in the same universe which is plenty of issues with it in and of itself

This is a legit possibility as Saki was the first sibling to overheard the news of the VoL which grants the ability to become an Ultraman, this shows that somehow, people in this universe knows about the existence of an Ultraman

And this would assume that the VoL has the interdimensional transportation ability as previously mentioned

4. R/B is set in a universe that Orb HAS visited and IS the universe where Planet O-50 is situated

A Universe is pretty darn huge so its possible that Orb and the R/B siblings were teleported to different areas of the universe

This would help to fix the continuity issue that when the Triple Origium Ray was used, the figure of Orb Origin and not Orb Origin the First appeared behind them. And thus this would at least tell us that the events of R/B happens either between the end of Chapter 0 of the Orb Chronicle to current time.

But its really hard to explain the existence of the other Ultras in this universe

5. The VoL exists in every universe

This is the motherload, this helps to segregate Orb, R/B and Fuma events which means that we take the possibility of the individual capacity to be able to travel interdimensionally out of the equation (Not so much for Orb but its the best I can come up with at 1am lol) and isolate the continuity and universe hopping issues to each Ultra.

Which means that the events of Orb, ever since he hiked with JJ to the Warrior’s Peak took place in a separate universe with the canon universe hopping courtesy of Zero taking place exclusively to that Universe and the M78 Universe.

And the R/B siblings journey from Planet Sanja all the way to Reugosite in a separate Universe (This would also support the hypothesis that the VoL in each universe is linked as it patches up the holes in the Triple Origium Ray issue)

Fuma meeting Taiga and thus forming the Tri Squad happening possibly in the main M78 continuity??? Before being forcefully transported into another universe by Trigger

But this would mean that there are other Ultras that exists in the R/B Universe that have also got their Ultra forms from the VoL but Orb is NOT one of them

SO YEAH

Each possibility has their merits and otherwise

Theres plenty more different possibilities cause I literally had to exclude other different factors such as Trigger, the events that happen in the RB Movie, more facets of the VoL, alternate timelines and alternate Ultras etc and I purposely exclude other concerns of each possibility or else I wont finish this post but I provided the major issues with each one 

And this qn is made even harder to answer as the R/B siblings themselves have never came face to face with Orb or another Ultra prior to and within their series and Cereza isn’t really giving a good answer to that either

So its really, REALLY difficult to give a concrete answer to your qn

So as of now, all we can do is just not think about the continuity issue (At least that what im doing for now) and hope that Fuma or any subsequent O-50 Ultra would provide some clarity to this conundrum

Thanks for the question!

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Sorcerous Stabber Orphen Stage Play Returns with New Cast Members This Summer

    A new stage play adaptation of Yoshinobu Akita's fantasy light novel series Sorcerous Stabber Orphen, titled Sorcerous Stabber Orphen -The Stage- Ver.2, is set to be performed at Theater 1010 in Tokyo from July 23 to August 1, 2021.

  Along with the new TV anime series, it had two stage play shows in 2019, the first one Sorcerous Stabber Orphen -The Stage- in August and the second one Sorcerous Stabber Orphen -The Stage- The Tower of Fang Chapter in November.

  While the first two shows' script writer Takehiro Yoshida (Infini-T Force, W'z stage plays) and director Ichidai Matsuda (Magical Suite Prism Nana, Wake Up,Girls! stage plays) are confirmed to return, the main cast members will be changed. 22-year-old Hyuga Nakatani, a member of the nine-member performance unit Enjin, is newly cast as the protagonist Orphen. This is the first time he has played a leading role in a stage play.

  Applications for the official website's advance lottery for tickets will be accepted from June 19 to 27, then general sales will start at on July 17.

    舞台「魔術士オーフェン はぐれ旅 -The Stage- Ver.2」 2021年7月、上演決定！ ​ 【公演概要】 日程：2021年7月23日(金)〜8月1日(日) ※全14公演 劇場：シアター1010（東京） チケット：公式HP先行 6月19日(土)11:00〜 詳細は⇒公式HP https://t.co/5RMd7eOclr 　#オーフェンザステージ pic.twitter.com/Kw4Sw3gzAZ

— 舞台「魔術士オーフェン はぐれ旅 -The Stage- Ver.2」公式 (@ssorphen_stage) June 18, 2021

    Main cast:

  Orphen: Hyuga Nakatani

Claiomh Everlasting: Yumeri Ohta

Majic Lin: Kaito Kumagai

Kirilanchero Finlandi: Kazuki Soejima

Childman Powderfield: Iku Masaki

Komikron: Sol Miyazato

Hartia Ehrenford: Hinata Matsumoto

Azalie Ketsey: Miyako Maikawa

Forte Packingham: Shogo Maruyama

Letisha McCready: Saki Funaoka

Volcan: Sho Kadono

Dorchin: Masaru Kamigoe

Mariabelle Everlasting: Ayame Tsuzuki

    【出演①】 ​ オーフェン：中谷日向(円神) クリーオウ・エバーラスティン：太田夢莉 マジク・リン：熊谷魁人 キリランシェロ・フィンランディ：副島和樹 チャイルドマン・パウダーフィールド：正木郁 コミクロン：宮里ソル(円神) ​https://t.co/5RMd7eOclr ​#オーフェンザステージ pic.twitter.com/xw43rnvBO1

— 舞台「魔術士オーフェン はぐれ旅 -The Stage- Ver.2」公式 (@ssorphen_stage) June 18, 2021

      "Sorcerous Stabber Orphen -The Stage-" key visual (August 2019):

    Opening sequence:

    "Sorcerous Stabber Orphen -The Stage- The Tower of Fang Chapter" key visual (November 2019):

      Source: "Sorcerous Stabber Orphen -The Stage- Ver.2" official website / Twitter

  ©Yoshinobu Akita/TO Books/Stage Play "Sorcerous Stabber Orphen" Production Committee 

  By: Mikikazu Komatsu