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ikusayu-no-hana · 2 years ago

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139th & 140th touken radio sessions translation ~

U = Umetsu Mizuki, W = Wada Takuma. [ ] = my inputs.

139th session!

W: In 2205 AD, the History Revisionists launched attacks into the past in an attempt to alter history. In order to stop them, the Time Government, dispatched Saniwa to every time period. Saniwa have the ability to awaken the hearts of inanimate objects and bestow fighting power unto them. The tsukumogami born thus are called “Touken Danshi”. Touken Ranbu, shall we begin? How will you spend today? Touken Ranbu, 2.5 radio!!

W: Good evening! This is Kasen Kanesada’s actor, Wada Takuma, from Butai Touken Ranbu.

U: Good evening! This is Yamanbagiri Chougi’s actor, Umetsu Mizuki, from Butai Touken Ranbu. This is a program that alternates between the casts of Butai Touken Ranbu, aka Tousute, and Musical Touken Ranbu, aka Toumyu. This month is Butai Touken Ranbu’s turn! (<- very excitedly).

W: What happened today? (laughs) You’ve got completely different energy from usual.

U: Hahaha, Last time, during the mic check, I was told “please be more spirited!” since it was morning.

W: So you tried to improve? (U: yes) It seems that tomorrow is the spring equinox, and we’ll gradually start experiencing spring weather soon. What are some moments that make Ume-chan feel “spring has come!”?

U: Let’s see…. it’s when my eyelids start closing.

W: …what the heck! (U: hahaha) So anyways, this time the two of us are planning to do a challenge. [Ume-chan starts laughing again bc Kuma starts talking quickly and cuts off what he was saying, and Kuma also laughs.] You too, can do the challenge on twitter. The program’s hashtag is toukenranbu2_5. Please enjoy all the way to the end tonight!

W: This time there’s a special idea (U: oh?); Touken Ranbu 2.5 radio Cult Quiz!

U: Waaaa a cult quiz?

W: Yes. The recordings of guest casts from the previous sessions until now will be played. You have to remember what the guest talked about, and guess what they said in that particular portion. The two of us have to compete on guessing what the redacted section says.

U: I wonder from how long ago they’ll be…

W: There’ve been so many [sessions].

U: As a member of the radio, it’s been two years…

W: Right, so if a recording comes from before that –

U: well, as expected, [inaudible]

W: Well, let’s get to it quickly with the first question. The first question is: from the 75th radio session, featuring Kikkou Sadamune’s actor Matsui Yuho as guest. Ume-chan was the personality [back then] so I hope you’ll will answer well.

U: I see.

W: Oh yeah, if you can’t remember I’ll back you up :)

U: (laughs) Please do.

W: Let’s hear the first recording.

M: Being Sho-kun’s, um, understudy and substitute, was the worst. U: (laughs) why?! M: ww No, I love Sho-kun, I like him a lot, but I couldn’t ever match Sho-kun’s ◯◯◯◯.

W: So: ‘couldn’t match Sho-kun’s ◯◯◯◯’, like Matsui-kun is envious.

U: I don’t remember hearing ‘Sho-kun’ before so I thought ‘who could that be?’ but it’s Kato Sho!

W: Ah! Kato Sho?!

U: This is the first time I’m hearing him being called ‘Sho-kun’ (W: right). Hm, let’s see. Gifted acting skills? (buzz)

W: Wrong. Something that can’t be done except by him, I think I sort of know what it is.

U: Yeah, it’s that isn’t it. I’m trying to think of how Yuho-san worded it.

W: Comebacks? (buzz) Wrong.

U: Wrong, huh………………..Amazing determination? (buzz)

W: Wrong. The hint is: ‘instantaneous.’

U: Instantaneous….?

W: Instantaneous ◯◯◯◯.

U: Instantaneous determination? (buzz) Eh? Instantaneous…

W: I don’t know. The answer is, ‘instantaneous exploding power.’

U: Aaaaah so it was the power of explosion.

W: Back then during Jiden, Matsui Yuho had nine roles to remember as an understudy. From those nine he was particularly concerned with being Kato Sho-kun’s understudy, and that was when he said he felt he couldn’t match Sho-kun’s exploding power.

U: Somehow it wasn’t full-on exploding power was it? (W: that’s right) Hahaha.

W: That’s a really extraordinary thing.

U: The next question is from the 92nd session – my solo talk – for Wadakkuma-san (W: sure.) this session I talk about my mindset post-Kahakugeki Butai Touken Ranbu /Tomoshibi: Kiden Ikusayu no Adabana Ikusayu no Adabana no Kioku. The question will be from this talk. Let’s hear the clip.

U: Speaking of the play, I might call it wildly ambitious. Like everyone’s saying, the meaning in whether we’re able to keep the fire in the lamp burning and safely ◯◯◯◯ was the thing that caused greatest concern.

U: Yes. So, what did I say in place of that didididididi (mimicking the sound) right now?

W: To keep the fire in the lamp burning…..Knowing Ume-chan, I know you’ve used fancy words from your vocabulary.

U: (giggles cutely)

W: ‘Keep going ceaselessly’ is it? (U: oh?) (buzz) Ah, wrong.

U: Wrong.

W: For us to keep burning the flame beautifully like the burner of a spirit lamp used in science experiments?

U: (buzz) Nah that’s wrong. You’d call that beautiful? (laughs)

W: Made you deadpan right?

U: (laughs) It seems that it’s about a specific Thing.

W: A thing? (U: yes) To keep – to keep the firewood incoming? [he’s taking the fire metaphor sooo seriously] (buzz)

U: Haha. Wrong

W: Eh why? What is it… (repeating the phrase to himself)

U: ‘To uphold something’ is the hint.

W: Uphold?

U: Something that’s upheld. Upheld.

W: A torch! (buzz)

U: Wrong.

W: Ughhhhh. Something that’s upheld…

U: To hold up something.

W: Uphold… [they’re just going around in circles lol]

U: Can’t figure it out huh? So the answer is (W: what is it??): to be able to uphold the banner

W: AH! I see.

U: “Suemitsu-san had said: ‘We may be the first to resume such large-scale performances.’ Keeping at it in the midst of a delicate situation isn’t a small thing.” That was what I said.

W: To uphold the banner, right?

U: Really, that was the feel of it.

W: I do remember Suemitsu-san saying that, during the dress rehearsals.

U: It feels nostalgic.

W: At that level, doing a performance feels tantamount to standing on the battlefield.

U: Yeah, like meeting everyone’s frustrations and disappointments head-on. Onto the third question; the 121st session, when Matsuda Ryo came as a guest (W: oh!). Wadakkuma-san was the personality for the session. There’s a written question for this so I’ll read it out: Matsuda Ryo-san and Wadakkuma-san agreed on two things. One was to work on a production together. What was the other thing?

W: …... eh? The other one? It’ll be something unexpectedly simple (U: oh?). Having a drink together. (buzz)

U: Something more mutually engaging [lit. something they both have mutual affection for].

W: More? I did want to co-star…

U: To live as roommates. (buzz)

W: …no. (U: Hahahahaha) That’s – haha, that’s too much like a college student thing. There was something, what was it? (sounds of puzzlement). Something common about a performance. He said something about having calculated and done something… it’s hard to remember when asked about it.

U: Calculated and done…something related to Suemitsu-san?

W: I got it. (snaps finger smugly) I’ve remembered. In Tousute, in terms of doing Touken Danshi, he can act out the character as long as he reads the script itself. (Ding ding ding!)

U & W: Woahhhhhh!

M: Speaking for myself – I don’t know if Suemitsu-san thinks the same – but what he’s thought of, what he’s expecting, his supportiveness, is all written in the script. There isn’t too much discussion. It’s a matter of talking through my portrayal. W: I think so too. M: Ah! Really? W: I don’t talk extensively with Suemitsu-san about what to do or what I want to do. If the things written in the script – if you read the script, you realize Suemitsu-san’s the type to put in the things he wants into the nature of it.

W: I remembered…

U: Correct! That’s amazing.

W: Listening to it again is making me cringe so hard. But truthfully, if you look at it that way, of course there are times when you consult for improvement, but Suemitsu-san’s image of the script is quite clear cut. In that sense, I think that everything is properly written in the script, but that was still super embarrassing.

U: We had a talk on precisely that during this rehearsal, right? (W: right.) In other words, the correct answer was the reading from Suemitsu-san’s manuscript.

W: Ahhh, we’ve come a long way.

U: We have.

W: Because, this is the 139th session.

U: The session Matsuda Ryo-san came as guest was the 121st

W: The one from before with Yuho was…

U: 70th…..

W: Alright. So that was Touken Ranbu’s 2.5 Cult Quiz!

[Next is the Tousute information corner, where they read out the performance dates, locations, streaming details, Kiden’s DVD release, Tousute’s 5th Anniversary Books]

~Ending Comments [abridged]~

U: Saniwa, listen well! Prepare for the Great Invasion. For more information, please check out Touken Ranbu’s official twitter page!

W: It’s become time to end…Next session is going to be the last.

U: (dramatic) EH? WHAT DID YOU SAY?

W: You already knew that!

U: Hahahahaha

W: Noo!!! Nooooooo

U: Damn it! Hahaha

W: How many times? How long will you continue this for? If it’s about money I’ll hand it over!!!

U: AHAHAHAHA (leaning away from the mic) how about that, Nippon Housou-san?

W: I don’t have that much money on hand but if it’ll solve the problem, I’ll give it!

U: I’m actually in the process of saving up –

W: Oi oi oi, senpai! Ah, it’s so sad.

U: It’s just now that I’m thinking of it.

W: Right? The cult quiz we did earlier really made us look back. Just like Touken Ranbu, our history has accumulated, hasn’t it?

U: Well, but still, there definitely will be a next time.

W: That’s right. We’ll begin again someday [quoting Manba from Hiden’s last scene.] We’ll do our best to improve and return along with this program!

U: Yes, we’ve got next week as well!

W: That’s right. (Realization hits) That’s right!!! We’ve still got next week!!!! [can’t make out this part bc they’re laughing so much)

[…] U: Your companions up till now have been Yamanbagiri Chougi’s Umetsu Mizuki and –

W: Kasen Kanesada’s Wada Takuma!

U&W: Bye bye!!

[Giden’s OP fades away]

140th session!

U: In 2205 AD, the History Revisionists launched attacks into the past in an attempt to alter history. In order to stop them, the Time Government, dispatched Saniwa to every time period. Saniwa have the ability to awaken the hearts of inanimate objects and bestow fighting power unto them. The tsukumogami born thus are called “Touken Danshi”. Touken Ranbu, shall we begin? Kept you waiting, huh? Touken Ranbu, 2.5 Radio!!

U: At last, we’ve reached Senshuuraku.

W: Nope.

U: Nope?

W: No way.

U: No way?

W: No way!

U: Shall we –

W: Continue?

U: Go on recording like this?

W: You know, even if I don’t get picked up on the radio waves, I’ll keep on continuing this back-and-forth.

U: Hahaha, Is there any meaning in that?

W: It’ll be a solo talk. It’s over…...

U: It’s ending isn’t it.

W: I haven’t been with Aramaki-senpai even once! We were together on All-Night Nippon Zero but,

U: But that was last year’s event.

W: Why the heck is the club being disbanded without the senpai?

U: And they aren’t even here for this last session. (W: really!!!) I wonder why…You’d think Makki-san would be invited.

W: It means it’s not over yet.

U: That’s right, not until Makki-san comes (W: Until he comes!) Yes, so please do enjoy this last session on the program’s twitter! The program’s hashtag is toukenranbu2_5. Please enjoy all the way to the end tonight as well.

U: […] Touken Ranbu 2.5 Radio began in 2019.

W: Like a club activity.

U: Haha, isn’t it like a graduation?

W: I’m a first-year, I’ve still got two more years. All the senpai will be graduating one by one, but I’ll still be here.

U: The alumni keep coming to the club activities even if they don’t have to! (*both laugh*) They’re still with us.

W: Do you remember the first time you MCed?

U: The time I solo MCed, I had to search for keywords in the studio. That was 26th January 2019, so around two years ago. (W: woah) I remember it well. There was a brawny bodyguard standing at the entrance of the studio who didn’t let me out until I found the keyword. (*both laugh*)

W: Is that right? But did you ever imagine you’d become an MC?

U: No, I hadn’t. After all, even now, I’m not used to it.

W: Nah but I’m used to it though.

U: That’s fast! Hahaha, Isn’t that an SS-rank adaptability power? By the way, Wadakkuma-san became an MC on 18th July 2021, when Aoki Jin came.

W: Right, right. So around a year and a half later than Ume-chan.

U: That’s right, but you’ve appeared as a guest on 19th July and 26th July 2020. That was your introduction (W: That’s right). From then on, the radio appearances didn’t stop.

W: Um, I’ve come many times. I knew that Makki was the personality back then. So, in terms of sequential order, I wondered if that was my Sole Chance™ to make an appearance. When I saw Ume-chan (U: *already laughing*), I went “OI. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?!” For a second, I thought that I couldn’t come [again].

U: Hahahaha, When you say it like that, I feel like I should apologize. (*both laugh*) Sorry. (W: No there’s no need.) It was fun…

W: We had fun. Later on, we had Nippon Zero’s live broadcast.

U: That’s nostalgic. Everyone got more and more drowsy as it went on. Hahaha, I remember it clearly. But really, did you not feel sleepy?

W: No, you see, I came by bicycle, so it was already too late for that.

U: So your body was energized?

W: Yeah, I was energized. We also had an Automatone didn’t we? (U: right) I heard from someone from the staff that when Maywa Denki’s [the company that makes the Automatones] president woke up on the morning after the broadcast, he was shocked at the rise in sales. [It was even trending on Japanese twitter!]

U: That must’ve been a good morning.

W: Ume-chan was magnificent though. [It was Ume-chan who brought the Automatone lol.]

U: If you do something like this people are sure to go ‘we’ll buy that!’

W: Should we do a commercial?

U: Definitely. I look forward to it. Let’s have everyone in the radio club play it [the Automatone].

W: That’d be interesting.

U: Ahahaha, Speaking of, wasn’t Wadakkuma-san cold being outside?

W: That’s right! (U: *laughs*) Why was I, at the start, with Tamura Shin-kun [Myu’s Mutsu]…. the two of us (U: Where were you?) were outdoors. [pic of the two of them btw.]

U: I really still don’t get why the two of you were outside, hahahaha. It was fun. By the way, there are various inputs that’ve piled up from mail that was addressed to Touken Ranbu 2.5 Radio. Let’s start going through them right away. Ok, let’s start from this. From Saniwa Mio-san.

W: Thank you very much.

U: Thank you very much. “I have a question about something I’m very curious about. Everyone is busy doing intense combat and running from one end of the stage to the other in a great hurry, but I get surprised when you reappear from the wings with the makeup restored (*both laugh* W: Is there a reason for that?!) In particular, Kasen-san who is played by Wada-san. His makeup up change in his Uchiban being faithful to the original deeply moved me. (W: Ohh!) Does the makeup-san come to the stage wings to instantly fix it? I’d like to hear stories about the makeup scene in Butai Touken Ranbu.”

W: (impressed) Amazing. You’ve got a good eye (U: That’s right). You know, that really is the case. The makeup in the normal costume is changed in the Uchiban costume. Uchiban has a brighter colour of eyeshadow applied over the eyelids (U: eh…) It’s quickly changed makeup.

U: There is always more of a hurry when putting on the Uchiban clothes.

W: It’s a big hurry. That’s why the makeup staff is on standby in the wings, and after the exit, while we’re changing costumes, the regular makeup is removed, and then between that and putting on the Uchiban makeup, the costume is put on. It’s… a Great Construction™

U: Great Construction™! Hahahaha

W: But you really did notice it very well.

U: It’s amazing, they’re looking very closely. There are definitely moments when there’s a close-up and it makes you go ‘hmmm….’

W: Right… wah, I should be more careful…

U: Haha, about what?

W: I’ve already been very careful until now but I’m happy that you’re watching and noticing to that extent. I’ll also pass it on to the makeup staff. I’m glad…

U: Above all else, isn’t eye makeup quite difficult to fix?

W: That’s right. They really fix my face firmly in one position and that bodily experience is profound. (*Ume-chan losing it*) I can’t move my face at all and all of it is stripped off.

U: [can’t make out what he’s saying but it makes both of them laugh T-T]

W: Exactly, exactly, exactly. Shall we do one more? Saniwa name: Recently-Ate-Ichigo-Daifuku-For-The-First-Time (U: That’s a lie, right? w. Thank you very much). “I once played Momotarou in a brass band concert.”

U: ‘Played Momotarou in a brass band concert…’

W: It’s interesting because its different, right? “At that time, it wasn’t to the same extent as proper sword fighting, but there was a little sword fighting. Back then, I hadn’t been introduced to either Touken Ranbu or Tousute, and I thought that if it had been now, I would have done my best in that scene. Do you two ever have moments where you think ‘back then, if I was into Touken Ranbu, I would have done OO’? I’m looking forward to Kiden!”

U: I don’t think I’d like that at a concert. Taking a clarinet or a trombone and going bang bang bang.

W: Are you that type of guy?!?!?!

U: Hahaha, I’d be told to let everyone concentrate on the musical performance.

W: I wonder how it was, a wind instrument band that played Momotarou. Did you do Momotarou while you were playing, or did you act while the rest of the band was playing at the back? (U: What did they do, the person-who-ate-Ichigo-daifuku-for-the-first-time?) Tro – surely the trombone wasn’t used as a weapon, right?

U: Swinging the trombone around a lot!

W: No supervising brass band club supervising teacher will forgive that!

U: Because it’s so expensive.

W: “You’re the wrong person to learn it!!”

U: “Don’t you dare touch that!!” (Both laugh)

W: But is there? If you had known Touken Ranbu or Tousute before becoming an actor,

U: What would have been?

W: Would it have affected anything?

U: For example, if I had known in elementary school, I’d swing [an umbrella] around on rainy days.

W: That’s expected. If I had known Touken Ranbu, I’d have swung stuff around like it was a sword as part of my school shenanigans. (U: No doubt) Also, doesn’t Touken Ranbu cover history in depth? While repeating dialogue, I’d realize that this certain thing happened in this certain period. In that sense, if I’d known Touken Ranbu in school, I’d have a better score in social studies.

U: Hahaha, those will be limited opportunities though! Truth be told, that would be the cue to pique interest in history. Yes, so thank you to everyone who e-mailed us with your passion for the program. Next is the Tousute Information Corner!

[They announce Kiden performance dates, DVD etc, screening of Tousute performances in cinema theatres for the fifth anniversary.]

W: A message from the Government, and Mikazuki Munechika’s lamented white moon. For further information, please check out Touken Ranbu’s official twitter page!

~[Ending Comments]~

U: FM 93, AM 1242, 2.5 Touken Ranbu Radio, which has been brought to you by NHK from Tokyo Yūrakuchō, has finally reached its climax.

W: Let’s stall for time. (U: HAHAHA) Lets buy as much time as possible.

U: How are you feeling?

W: I’m thinking I can still do more. (U: You can do more?) Like I said last time, if money can solve the problem, I'll put money into it! I want to tamper with this history.

U: Oh. Can we say that?

W: For the time being, I want to become a revisionist. I want to change this historyyyy!!

U: You’ll become an Oboro (W: Hahahaha, an oboro!) An Oboro Wadakkuma [referencing the Oboro characters from Iden]

W: I was, after all, an Oboro! [Probably someone’s dialogue from Iden, idr whose]

U: Hahaha, that’s a line that’s full of mourning for the last session. Ahh, somehow the last session is more energetic than the last. Is there anyone Wadakkuma-san’d like to invite? I’ll guess. (W: ??) As an example, Suzuki Hiroki-san. Suzuki Hiroki-san, that’s right, he hasn’t come yet.

W: He hasn’t been a guest on this radio. I’d like to talk with him, we’re guys who are the same age. What about Ume-chan?

U: Concerning those of the same age, there are many I’d like to invite, but (W: Apart from those of the same age) on a one-on-one basis that I haven’t talked to…..Takeshi Naoki. Naoki and I haven’t talked a lot together, so I’ve been meaning to do so.

W: Well surely, if, someday, 2.5 radio returns, those who haven’t come until now will be called as guests.

U: Well, even the water that’s sipped out from the earth will return to it.

W: So cool…. I really like this uncouth side of Ume-chan’s.

U: Thank you very much! Hahaha, anyway, instead of “in just a small amount of time”, it’s a “someday, once again,” so please wait a little. […] Your companions up till now have been Yamanbagiri Chougi’s Umetsu Mizuki and –

W: Kasen Kanesada’s Wada Takuma!

U & W: Thank you very much!!!

[Jiden's ED fades out]

#WHEW FINALLY DONE WITH THIS #touraji #tousute #umetsu mizuki #wada takuma #my translations #wow is it easy to make umechan laugh. get tickled emo boy!#yea kasens meiku is diff but for me he still has eyeshadow on in his sentou. ok. for sexy reasons.

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froksck · 2 years ago

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2023.7.2 (SUN)

at Kieth Flack 1-2F

OPEN 17:00

FEE ¥2,400 (1drink order)

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■DJ:

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ハイボール'21

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princess-viola · 2 years ago

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I wanna infodump about Sukeban Deka, specifically I wanna (ultimately) talk about a random bit of Sukeban Deka trivia I found out a few days ago that I find interesting.

OK so first: what is Sukeban Deka? Sukeban Deka is a franchise originally created by mangaka Shinji Wada. It's about a 17 year old incarcerated sukeban (female juvenile delinquent) named Saki Asamiya who basically gets blackmailed by the government and promised her freedom if she works as an undercover cop for them in order to infiltrate high schools and deal with youth and is given a yo-yo, which she uses as a weapon and also contains her badge identifying her as a member of the police.

The franchise began as a manga that was originally serialized in the shoujo magazine Hana to Yume from 1975 until 1982. The series originally concluded in January 1978 but, after the disappointing reception to Wada's new manga Pygmalio, Sukeban Deka resumed serialization in February 1979, which Wada regarded as 'Part 2' and was promoted as a new series in Hana to Yume, where it continued to run until coming to its final conclusion in 1982.

A few years after the conclusion of the manga, Toei and Fuji TV adapted Sukeban Deka into a live-action drama series starring idol singer Yuki Saito as Saki Asamiya. The series ran for 24 episodes from April to October 1985 and, because of its popularity, a second season of Sukeban Deka was commisioned.

The second season of Sukeban Deka, officially titled Sukeban Deka II: Shoujo Tekkamen Densetsu (Legend of the Iron Mask Girl), can be regarded as an entirely separate series from the first season, as Saito decided against returning to the role in order to focus on her singing career. Instead, Toei cast idol singer Yoko Minamino and, instead of pretending that Minamino (who obviously looks nothing like Saito) was the same character, turned the name of 'Saki Asamiya' from the characters actual name into a codename, with Minamino's character actually being named Yoko Godai and taking the codename of Saki Asamiya and becoming Sukeban Deka II.

Sukeban Deka II was much more popular than the first season and ran for 42 episodes from November 1985 to October 1986.

After Sukeban Deka II, Toei planned on airing a spin-off series entitled 'Sukeban Ninpucho', which would have focused around ninjas and have taken inspiration from the ninja movies of Sho Kosugi, Wada's own manga Ninja Flight, and Star Wars, with a proper Sukeban Deka III series airing after the conclusion of this spin-off.

However, for one reason or another, this didn't happen and Toei instead combined Sukeban Ninpucho and Sukeban Deka III into a single TV series: Sukeban Deka III: Shoujo Ninpojo Densetsu (Legend of the Girl Ninja Scroll). Just like with Sukeban Deka II, Sukeban Deka III featured a new actress as the main character: idol singer Yui Asaka as Yui Kazama (unlike Yoko Godai, Yui Kazama more often than not was referred to by her real name, rather than the Saki Asamiya name). The series also starred idol singers Yuka Onishi and Yuma Nakamura as Yui's sisters, Yuka and Yuma. Considering the origins of Sukeban Deka III, it ultimately had a much more fantasy bent compared to the urban crime themes of the previous two seasons and, because of these changes, while the series did run for its full-run of 42 episodes from October 1986 to October 1987, it ultimately didn't do too well in terms of audience reception (although the 9th episode of the series was the 8th highest rated episode of any Fuji TV drama series broadcast during the 1980s, with a rating of 21.3%). Original creator Shinji Wada was also critical of Sukeban Deka III, stating that they didn't understand why Sukeban Deka was the way that it was and that if they wanted to do a superhero program, they should have done it elsewhere. (It should also be noted that Wada was disappointed in the first series as well, as he thought it was too different from his vision, but he loved Sukeban Deka II and joked that he would've become a fan of it if it had aired when he was a student).

Meanwhile, during the broadcast of Sukeban Deka III, a movie version of the series was released in theatres in February 1987, simply entitled Sukeban Deka. While this film was released during the airing of the third series, it more serves as a sequel to Sukeban Deka II (as its set after the end of that series), although Yui Kazama also appears in the series.

A movie sequel to Sukeban Deka III was released in February 1988, entitled Sukeban Deka: Kazama San Shimai no Gyakushuu (Counterattack of the Kazama Sisters). In contrast to the TV series, Counterattack of the Kazama Sisters abandoned the fantasy elements and returned the series to the realistic drama and action that made it popular (well, as realistic as a series about a teenage detective who fights with a yo-yo can be).

I feel I also need to briefly mention Shoujo Commando Izumi here as well. Shoujo Commando Izumi is the series that replaced Sukeban Deka III in its timeslot and was originally planned as Sukeban Deka IV but was ultimately retooled into its own thing due to the negative reception to Sukeban Deka III. Unfortunately, Shoujo Commando Izumi was ultimately cancelled due to low ratings and only aired for 15 episodes from November 1987 until February 1988. (Shoujo Commando Izumi ultimately had an average audience rating of 7.12%, compared to a 13.98% average for Sukeban Deka III, 14.3% for Sukeban Deka II, and 13.04% for Sukeban Deka). (I can also, much more briefly, mention Hana no Asuka-gumi [The Glorious Asuka Gang], another sukeban series based on a manga that was produced by Toei and Fuji TV and aired for 23 episodes from April to September 1988. I only briefly mention this one as it was Toei and Fuji TV returning to the sukeban genre, but the series itself isn't at-all related to Sukeban Deka, beyond the genre, like Shoujo Commando Izumi was)

While there may be some debate over this, I personally consider the Sukeban Deka TV series and movies (as well as Shoujo Commando Izumi) to fall under the 'tokusatsu' label and I mean, there's also this:

A book about tokusatsu heroes of the 1980s that features the second Saki Asamiya on the very front cover and covers the series within the book:

(Photo shamelessly stolen from this Mercari listing)

So I think it's fair to call it tokusatsu and I will continue to do so.

Anyways, since the conclusion of Sukeban Deka III in November 1987 and the release of Counterattack of the Kazama Sisters in February 1988, the series has had several releases and revivals, although it's nowhere near the level of popularity it was back in the 1980s.

In 1991, a two episode Sukeban Deka OVA was released that adapted the original story arc of the manga, with character designs based on Wada's original manga designs.

Wada also published two one-shot Sukeban Deka chapters set in a parallel universe in the shoujo magazine Melody in 1997 and 1998, two more chapters were published in 2003 in the seinen magazine Monthly Comic Flapper and all four chapters would be published as a tankobon and given the title Sukeban Deka If.

In 2006, Sukeban Deka would return to the big screen with the release of the film Sukeban Deka: Codename = Saki Asamiya, starring Aya Matsuura as K AKA the new Sukeban Deka. The movie also features Hiroyuki Nagato reprising his role as the Dark Director from the 1980s series and Yuki Saito as Saki's mother.

In 2021, ten years after Shinji Wada passed away due to ischaemic heart disease at the age of 61, three new Sukeban Deka series began serialization in the shoujo magazine Monthly Princess: - The Sukeban Deka Who Leapt Through Time - As far as I can tell, this series is about a girl in the modern day who ends up finding a mysterious yo-yo and ends up travelling back in time and having to work with the original Saki. This series began serialization in the February 2021 issue and is written and illustrated by Saori Muronaga - Re: Sukeban Deka - A straight remake of the original Sukeban Deka series with new art. This series began serialization in the March 2021 issue and is written and illustrated by Ashibi Fukui. - Sukeban Deka Pretend: A magical girl/henshin hero based take on the Sukeban Deka concept (and something I am 100% here for) This series began illustration in the September 2021 issue and is written by Sai Ihara and illustrated by Shingi Hosokawa.

If you want to read or watch any Sukeban Deka media, well you are somewhat in luck as several things from this series have been both officially and unofficially translated into English.

As far as official English Sukeban Deka releases go, the two 1980s movies were released by Media Blasters under their Tokyo Shock label in the mid-2000s, ADV released the 1991 OVA on video in 1996 (and later released it on DVD in 2003), and the 2006 film was released on DVD by Magnolia Pictures in 2007 under the title Yo-Yo Girl Cop (which should be noted is the official English name for the 2006 movie. You can easily find copies of all of these on eBay and other online sites (there's also rips of the 80s movies and 90s OVA on Nyaa, but no rip of the 2006 film - so you have to buy a copy of that if you want to see it [unless there's some other site that has a rip or upload of it, I haven't checked admittedly])

As far as unofficial English releases go: the first season of Sukeban Deka has two fansubbed releases: one by Skeweds Translations that is hardsubbed and was released in 2015 and an older softsub release translated by taroroot on D-Addicts in 2009 (unfortunately, I will admit to not having seen the TV series yet, so I can't say which version is better), Sukeban Deka II has been fansubbed by The Skaro Hunting Society, the original Sukeban Deka manga is (currently) being scanlated by HappyScans, with the most recent release being Chapters 23, 24, and 25 back in November. In addition, the two Sukeban Deka video games have also been translated into English.

As of right now, Sukeban Deka III has not been translated into English nor have any of the later spin-off manga been translated.

Now, to finally get to talking about the random bit of Sukeban Deka trivia I learned about recently: let's talk merchandise. During the time of the three Sukeban Deka TV series, the franchise was merchandised. It wasn't as heavily merchandised as other tokusatsu series were, but it still existed.

There were keshigomu figures (I've seen some things online refer to them as SD Sukeban Deka, but I can't find any actual products that label them with that name, so I assume it's just a fan nickname), a Sukeban Deka game (aptly called Sukeban Deka Game) that utilized these figures, a figure of Yoko Godai/Saki Asamiya II was released as part of the Lovely Gals Collection (a line of 1/6 scale figures that also included figures of Kei and Yuri from Dirty Pair and Yu Morisawa/Creamy Mami from Creamy Mami), and figures of Yui, Yuma, and Yuka Kazama from Sukeban Deka III were released part of the Pretty Idol Collection line (another line of 1/6 scale figures that, as far as I can tell from my research [googling the name of the line in Japanese], only consisted of these three figures). There also existed various model and garage kits (the garage kits, as well as the Pretty Idol Collection figures, were all released under Bandai's B-Club line, which was also the name of Bandai's model magazine).

In addition to these physical goods (as well as things like photo cards and albums considering these shows all starred idol singers in the main roles), there was also a Sukeban Deka II video game for the Sega Mark III and a Sukeban Deka III video game for the Famicom.

But there was one piece of merchandise that they didn't make, and it was the merchandise that anyone who even has a vague knowledge of Sukeban Deka would expect that they'd have made because it's the most obvious and would probably be the most popular merch too: they never made merchandise off of Saki's yo-yo.

That's right, despite it being the most iconic element of the entire franchise, there were no Sukeban Deka yo-yo toys released during the 1980s.

Why is that? The answer is simple: Shinji Wada thought that it would be too dangerous because kids would likely try and copy the moves they saw Saki doing with the yo-yo on the TV series and might hurt themselves.

Now, that's not to say there were no officially licensed Sukeban Deka yo-yos at the time, but the two licensed yo-yos were both model kits one by General Products and the other by Bandai.

But if you wanted a full-size Sukeban Deka yo-yo back in the 80s? Well, other companies obviously knew about the series' popularity and wanted to capitalize on the trend, so bootlegs galore:

(I just shamelessly stole these pics off various Japanese auction site listings and there's obviously tons more bootleg Sukeban Deka yo-yos from the 1980s than just these four)

Eventually, after years of fans clamoring for an official Sukeban Deka yo-yo (even with the end of the TV dramas and the sukeban genre boom), Bandai finally gave fans what they'd been asking for for years.

In 2006, with Shinji Wada's approval, Bandai released two official Sukeban Deka yo-yos, in time for the release of the Codename = Saki Asamiya film.

The first yo-yo, released in October 2006, was this one:

Sukeban Deka Codename = Saki Asamiya 1/1 Yo-Yo, which was obviously modeled after the yo-yo used in the 2006 movie.

The second yo-yo, released in November 2006, was this one:

Sukeban Deka 80's Yo-Yo + Iron Mask Deluxe Set, which included two yo-yos (a metal yo-yo meant as a display piece [the yo-yo in the series is made of metal] and a plastic yo-yo that can be used as an actual yo-yo) and a 1/6 size replica of the iron mask worn by Yoko Godai in Sukeban Deka II.

Unfortunately, if you want to buy these on the aftermarket, well you're in luck if you want the 2006 yo-yo! I've seen that sell online for anywhere from the equivalent of $20-30 (for the record, it retailed for ¥2090).

But if you want the 80s yo-yo set? Yeah that set easily goes for $150+ dollars nowadays (and on US eBay, people want $300 for it) (for context, it retailed for ¥5500).

And so that's it, that's the random Sukeban Deka fact that I learned recently that I found interesting: they didn't release a full-size Sukeban Deka yo-yo, despite it being the most iconic element of the series, during the 1980s when the franchise was at its most popular because original creator didn't want kids to get hurt, but they then finally released one over 20 years later in 2006 because of the new live-action movie.

(Maybe in the future if they ever do something with the Sukeban Deka franchise beyond those spin-off manga, Bandai [or some other company] will release new Sukeban Deka yo-yos)

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Touken Ranbu Stage Play Jiden: Hibi No Ha Yo Chiruramu OP Lyrics (Romaji + Japanese + English Translation)

Attention: This is not the official lyrics. Neither English nor Japanese is my first language so the translation may not be accurate. Please let me know if there are any mistakes.

Enjoy!

koko kara hajime youka ここから始めようか Let’s begin here

mada shiranai hibiha まだ知ら��い日々は Days that are still in unknown

tsuneni utsuri yuku 常に移り行く Are elapsing at all times

aikawarazu no kurashi wo (kurashi wo) 相変わらずの暮らしを（暮らしを） Living as usual

itsumo doori sorega ii いつも通りそれがいい That’s good to be just the same as always

Hitosujinawa deha ikanai (ikanai) 一筋縄ではいかない（いかない） It can’t be dealt with by ordinary means

sewa no yakeru hommaru da 世話の焼ける本丸だ What a troublesome citadel

yorokobi moete 喜びもえて With pleasure

kizen to ikinuku tameni ha 毅然と生き抜くためには In order to live courageously

kanashimi goete ima wo 悲しみ越えて今を Overcome the sorrow now

tada hitotsu no kachi no aru mono ni shiyou ただ一つの価値のあるものにしよう Let’s take it as the one and only precious thing

saa kyou mo さあ今日も Here we go today

itonami ha todome donaku 営みは止めどなく Working endlessly as well

kakegae nonai kisetsu kaori kaze tsukami motomete ita 掛け替えのない季節　香り　風掴み求めていた In pursuit of grabbing the irreplaceable seasons, scents and winds

koko kara hajime youka ここから始めようか From now on let’s get started

mada shiranai hibi ha まだ知らない日々は The days that are not yet known

tsuneni utsuri yuku 常に移り行く Are changing all the time

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2019.06.18 Touken Ranbu: Jiden Hibi no Ha yo Chiruramu [Review]

Hey guys!! I am sure this one was highly anticipated but I am seriously in a slumb when it comes to writing these things now so this is going to be super simple! I hope you don’t mind!

Official Website here Official Twitter here Press Coverage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

CAST and CHARACTERS

Aramaki Yoshihiko as Yamanbagiri Kunihiro Wada Masanari as Heshigiri Hasebe Kento as Tsurumaru Kuninaga Maeyama Takahisa as Uguisumaru Kato Sho as Ookanehira Kawakami Shota as Daihannya Nagamitsu Tanimizu Riki as Nansen Ichimonji Isono Dai as Oodenta Mitsuyo Iiyama Yuuta as Sohayatsurumaru Kizu Tsubasa as Hakata Toushiro Oosaki Natsuki as Maeda Toushiro Shitara Ginga as Gokotai Yokoyama Masafumi as Yamabushi Kunihiro Takeshi Naoki as Doudanuki Kobayashi Ryo as Tarou Tachi Kosaka Ryoutaru as Jirou Tachi Umetsu Mizuki as Yamanbagiri Chougi Aoki Jin as Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki

Location Cast Change: Naya Takeru as Sayo Samonji (for Tokyo First Round) Kitagawa Naoya as Honebami Toushiro (for Osaka Round) Shiina Taizou as Fudou Yukimitsu (for Hyogo Round) Wada Takuma as Kasen Kanesada (Tokyo Gaisen Round)

NON-SPOILER REVIEW Overall: I did enjoy myself. There is a lot of comedy in this one. It’s at least 50 - 60% comedy so everyone is laughing from start to finish. It’s about 80% scripted comedy and 20% improve comedy. It was very entertaining and very enjoyable. We all laughed the entire time. So if you just want to enjoy, laugh, have a good time, you are going to LOVE this stage! It’s just one long Hanamaru (the anime) episode to be honest. My favourite parts of the whole stage were definitely Manba and co’s dynamics and relationship. I really, really loved Sayo and Manba’s relationship and body language and small gestures towards each other throughout the play which really shows how close they’ve gotten. It’s really sad that Sayo is only there for the first Tokyo run because the little things he did for and towards Manba just melted my heart. Also, I really, really loved Manba and Doudanuki’s dynamic in this show too! I absolutely adored how Douda treated Manba this time around. However, personally, that’s not what I want from Touken Ranbu. I want pain, I want fighting, I want history, I want conflict. That does not happen in this stage. So this is not what I wanted. I started to get really bored and I got over the jokes after about 45 minutes into the show (the show is 145 minutes long). They repeat the same group/set of jokes about 10 times, so obviously I got bored of them. I feel like this plot could’ve been done in about 30 minutes. The fact they take the entire 145 minutes for this one simple plot line (it’s a really simple story), it really gets boring in some spots. The lack of fighting (which is less than 10 minutes long for the entirety of the play), the lack of history, the lack of conflict (even between the Touken Danshi!) really got to me and this just wasn’t what I wanted. Like I said, I did enjoy myself and I did laugh throughout and I did have a good time. But when Touken has set this ‘dark, despair, historical, fighting’ theme for so long, you can’t expect us to not expect that this time around, AND when we don’t get it, you can’t expect me not to be bored and disappointed. Which is what I am. Disappointed. Again. Rating: 5/10 (if you enjoy comedy and lighthearted stuff then this’d be about 8/10)

SPOILER REVIEW

Story: The story takes place after the events of the game (see details here). So we follow Chougi joining the gang at the Honmaru, but a lot of the gang are against Chougi and Manbachan (Yamanbagiri Kunihiro) meeting because Chougi is the ‘true’ Yamanbagiri sword. So they try to delay and play tricks so they can’t meet. And we follow those shenanigans.

I am going to break this down into three groups: ☆ The Good, × The Bad and △ the Neutral/General/Both-Good-and-Bad Comments! So get ready! I’ll do Good first!

☆ It’s difficult to describe, but I loved Sayo and Manba relationship in this one. There was a lot of body language and actions that showed just how much Sayo cared for Manba. There were many moments when he would sit next to Manba and look at him worried, checked if he was okay. When Chougi was trying to verbally attack Manba, Sayo was right by his side, ready to kick Chougi’s ass. Just the small things Sayo did for Manba throughout this play were just so pure and so adorable to watch. It’s such a shame that he’s only there for the Tokyo Shows because I would love see this development between these two’s relationship.

☆ Another relationship I loved in this one was Doudanuki and Manba. If you remember back in Mitsu/JyoDen, Doudan and Manba were always butting heads, but in this one, Doudan wouldn’t leave Manba’s side. He tried SO hard to protect Manba from Chougi, and he tried to hard to keep Chougi away from Manba throughout the entire play, which just shows how much he care for Manba! It was adorable!!

☆ Dounauki on his own is just so great in this stage series! I love Naoki’s performance of him every time!!

☆ At the end of the play, Manba finally got sent off to be Kiwame’d!! So in the next stage we’ll be getting Kiwame ManbaChan!! I cannot wait!

☆ Being able to see Aoki Jin’s acrobatics again was so good! He’s still got it!

☆ Riki as Nansei was adorable! He was really good at showing the catish characteristics he has! And his cat speech was adorable too!

☆ The Manba VS 6 Touken Danshi fight scene was very impressive on MakiChan’s part and it fit completely. Both MakiChan and ManbaChan could’ve wooped all their asses after all the years of training they’ve both technically done in sword fighting.

△ This is a mix of good and bad but, we cannot deny just how amazing MakiChan is at this point when to comes to sword fighting. His movements and his choreography is so good and such a high level by this point! But this is also a bad thing because... it makes it super obvious just how beginner everyone else (especially Chougi’s actor) is at sword fighting when he’s against them. I could painfully see the difference in their choreography levels, especially when MakiChan had fighting scenes against Chougi, and when he was fighting against 6 of the swords at the same time. Their movements and choreography just looks so mediocre and so clumsy and just don’t flow naturally at all next to him.

△ There were mentions of Ookurikara, Yagen and Jiji throughout the play, so definitely hints they’ll come back in future plays(?). I am excited for Ookuri and Yagen but we all know how I feel about Jiji -_____-

△ Ginga as Gokotai was.... fine. He definitely got the voice and intimidated body language right but... boy’s pretty tall... would’ve been better to find a shorter person?

△ There were no ensemble this time at all.

△ There are no set changes at all. It all takes place at the Honmaru. The set is really big actually! I like how they used all parts of the set, even the upper levels!

△ The umbrellas this time have no names on them! It’s all projection mapped (their names) onto white umbrellas instead this time around.

△ Why are they performing an Autumn/Winter themed play in the middle of summer? The play constantly talks about how Autumn is coming to an end, so why did they perform this in Summer?! That’s hella stupid.

△ I really did enjoy a lot of the comedy parts and I did enjoy my time BUT this isn’t what I wanted from TouStage; this isn’t what I expect from TouStage.

△ What was the point of Maeda playing the narrator in this? And why was it split into chapters throughout the play?

× Because it’s just a comedy that is heavily scripted and nothing major really happens, I see no rewatchability value unfortunately. Once was enough.

× The Opening is very long. It’s a ten minute VIDEO of them fighting and finding Chougi. Why they made it a video instead of actually on stage, I don’t understand. Why it was such a long video? I also don’t understand.

× I strongly feel like they expanded and stretched what could’ve been a 45 minute story into 145 minutes. There was no need for this Chougi vs Manba conflict to go on for the entirety of the the stage. It got very repetitive, and it dragged quite a bit.

× Also the second storyline about Gokotai? It felt very unnecessary and very much a throw away. It wasn’t needed for the point it was used for. It was used to reintroduce and set-up Jiji into the series and how they all miss him and want him back. But we really didn’t need Gokotai for it. In fact...

× ...50% of this cast is entirely unneeded and unnecessary! I have no idea why half of them were there! When they were all gathered on stage, I could easily look at them and pick out who could’ve been straight up removed.

If you had to ask me who actually brought something to the story, I would say: Manba, Chougi, Sayo, Doudanuki, and Nansei. Kento was good for the comedy parts. So literally everyone else you could’ve cut out.

× It bothers me that once again, Suemitsu is just stealing from another idea. The Gokotai storyline is basically from Hanamaru, and of course the Chougi backstory is taken straight from the Game Event (which is not the point that bothers me). He seriously cannot make up his own ideas. He hasn’t written a good stage since TRUMP seriously (K Stage doesn’t count because it’s just a carbon copy of the anime). And WHY is he even back?! Hiden was supposed to be his last one! Everyone said! So WHY is he back? Give other writers a chance!

× It really infuriated me how they waited and expected the audience to applause at certain times. One or two times where it’s expected is FINE but the fact they pause and wait SO many times for the audience to clap was just cringey and ewwy. I understand that some jokes are positioned so the audience claps, but when it’s the amount that it is in this play? No thank you. Just makes the actors look cheap and egotistical.

× The soundtrack is completely forgettable this time around! I cannot remember one single tune that stuck to me. I’m a huge Soundtrack lover so the fact nothing caught my ears and nothing caught my attention nor stayed with me is just.... bad.

× This play seriously made me hate Chougi! I like Chougi in the game but in this? He’s just a pompous, ignorant prick. I walked out absolutely HATING him! How dare he treat Manba and the rest of them like that! Motherf-ker.

× Personally, I found no moving, no emotional, no sad moment in the play this time. That’s bad and boring writing in my opinion.

× I’ve said this many times already but, they repeat the same 4 or 5 jokes about 10 times within the first 75 minutes of the play. That is total overkill. It got old fast, I quickly got bored (the 45 minute point was when it was starting to grate on me).

× There is all of ONE fight scene the entire play, and (I timed it) it takes up less than 15 minutes of the entire play. And it was glaringly obvious to see the skill level difference between MakiChan and everyone else (in all honesty).

× Another personal thing for me, but I find Kato Sho completely exhausting. He’s so damn loud and so over the top as Ookanehira. He just exhausts me. He’s great as himself but as Ookane? Just no thank you.

× Chougi and Manba don’t meet until the 75 minute part. Which is excessively late. You could’ve had them meet up about 30 minutes in. It really was stretched out too far.

× The theatre itself was freezing as FACK! Absolutely freezing in there!

And that’s all! In conclusion, it could’ve been much better and wasn’t what I wanted. But I feel like I say this EVERY TIME. Maybe I really should just stop. Why do I even say I like TouStage when it’s evident I’m disappointed like... every time! *sigh*

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