#suonuma

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my suonuma agenda

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Bringing this post back just to say that the cast successfully won me over 🙂‍↕️.

(As if there was any doubt to begin with lmao)

My thoughts now:

Ishikawa's performance as Sakura was absolutely incredible!! From the mannerisms to vocals (esp his singing voice!! like sir take my entire heart in your hands please), he killed it!! They did so well in translating his fighting choreography to stage and they def preserved his defying gravity kicks. The gags he finds himself in with the other characters especially Sugishita, they're almost always pressed up against each other in the first half. And ahh his duet with Takahashi (Kotoha) made me tear up.

Speaking of, Takahashi K. put her all in the role and exceeded my expectations! Her Kotoha was lovely to watch and loved every single moment she was on stage. She gives off so much nee-san vibes, i love herr.

THEN WE HAVE ANDO AND YOKOYAMA! Y'all these two post the funniest photos online & they're feeding the SuoNire nation so good. I see you Ando (Suo), I see through your agenda with your "beloved disciple" and "Nirei cute cute". Back to their performance, I have gushed about Ando's earring twirl & mannerisms but I have yet to talk about Yokoyama's (Nirei) rapping?!?! LIKE HE WAS SO CUTE THE ENTIRE TIME. I was vibing and jamming, like go king 💅. They both did their characters justice (like everyone else did) and i can't wait to see more of their interactions and works.

When I tell you Sana (Ume) grabbed my heart and told me to follow my dreams, I followed it straight to him. I'm a converted believer in SanaMiya like he captured Umemiya's big brother so well and his VOICE. HIS SOLO AND THEN DUET WITH ISHIKAWA. I might as well be just as obsessed as Nakamoto (Sugi) is with him. During in their curtain call, Nakamoto started a call-and-response with "Umemiya-san" aND I GAVE HIM MY VOICE. Also did y'all see the photo he took holding up SanaMiya merch?? Cuz he's so valid for that. ALSO Sana's interactions with Takahashi S. (Hiragi) WERE THE BEST, MY UMEHIRA SENSES WERE GOING OFF. The way every single time Ume gets on Hiragi's nerves and the latter starts hacking sent me laughing hysterically multiple times. HE EVEN PUSHED HIM ON THEIR WAY TO CURTAIN CALL LIKE HELLO?!?! THEY'RE SO FUCKING CUTE. Also my new roman empire is Sana and Takahashi S. holding hands in a rehersal photo.

NOW SHISHITOREN, GOD ALL OF SHISHITOREN CAST WAS MORE THAN WORDS CAN POSSIBILY SAY.

Satonaka (Togame) has the voice of an angel. My god, I could not take my eyes off of him. Was just sitting there, mouth agape, clutching my Togame-nui in one hand, enraptured. He was like if a divine being personally came blessed to him. I love him actually, like I BE KNEW WHEN I FIRST HEARD HIM AS BLUEWER! HE GAVE THIS PERFORMANCE SO MUCH. I LOVE his interactions with Ishikawa (Sakura) and Imamaki (Choji), they really didnt have to get that close to each other. BUT. THEY. DID.

AND IMAMAKI WAS THE PERFECT CHOJI! He kept that energy throughout the entire play and I was in awe. His Choji was so much more chaotic and terrifying than I initially expected and I loved every single bit of it. Him & Satonaka cranked up the TogaChoji moments to a 100% and was living for it. Like sleeping on Togame's lap, jumping for a piggy back ride, and so much more. ALSO VISUALS. THE RAFTER VISUALS AND CHOJI'S MINDSCAPE IM CRYING.

WHICH REMINDS ME, YUKI (Sako)!! Yuki, I freaking love Yuki and his performance in the Sako vs Hiragi fight was just amazing. I love how they did the backstory sequence and just the desperation from his Sako was a tearjerker. AND THE WAY HIRAGI HANDLED HIM WHEN HE WAS PASSED OUT I WAS BAWLING. LIKE IF THAT ISNT LOVE IDK WHAT IS.

I love how Chatani (Kanuma) and Kawano (Arima) handled their roles as well. I kept thinking these two did so well in getting me to adore them right away like Chatani's way of speaking for Kanuma and his banter with Ando's Suo was one of my many highlights. My SuoNuma heart was singing for joy. AND KAWANO'S SOLO MY GOODNESS. They ate and took no crumbs at all.

My favorite part about the Shishitoren cast is just their chemistry with each other (not to say Bofurin didnt have one, they did but SSTR's was a lot more noticable to me in my first watch). Like just the little things that made it like "Ah yes, my dysfunctional lil found family".

ALL IN ALL, I REALLY LOVED THE PLAY AND DEF GONNA REWATCH IT AGAIN.

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