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galaxydawn · 7 years ago

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Games I played in 2017

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· Bakumatsu Rock Ultra Soul (VITA) It was an okay visual novel with likable characters and low-key humor. Not the best choice if you’re looking for a good rhythm game, though.

· Bioshock (PC) The story was kind of weak, especially the ending. But the surprises in store were totally worth experiencing.

· Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (IOS) I know a lot of fans dislike this one, but it was my favorite of the series so far o_o I loved how everything came together in the end, and it made me really like Naruhodo as a character. Plus, I didn’t think the leaps of logic were that bad compared to the previous games.

· Dropsy (PC) It was enjoyable at first. But then the puzzles got really obtuse and that ending was just bizarre.

· Dragon Quest Builders (VITA) It got pretty challenging but it was also really fun! · Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (VITA) Ugh... I guess I did enjoy the puzzle-solving parts, although it would be better if the game didn’t give you hints right away. But the ending didn’t really make sense, and also I was just appalled by how the game treated its female characters :( · The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC Evolution (VITA) This is not only my favorite game that I played this year, but my favorite game of ALL TIME. The story was engaging, the music and sound effects were great, and the characters were very likable- especially Joshua <3 But most of all, the turn-based combat was just unbelievably, ridiculously fun. Will definitely play the sequel someday!

· Hatsune Miku Project Mirai DX (3DS) Now THIS is a good rhythm game. I’ve never been drawn to the aesthetics of the regular Miku games, but I can definitely get down with this adorable nendroid style! :3 I’m also glad this game introduced me to a lot of good vocaloid songs.

· Odin Sphere Leifthrasir (VITA) I was enjoying this game quite a bit- the beat-em-up style gameplay was great for stress relief lol. But unfortunately all the bosses at the end took the fun out of it, especially since you need to beat them multiple times. Also, I am NOT a fan of the ending.

· Persona 4 Dancing All Night (VITA) Another good rhythm game, while simultaneously being a good visual novel. It was so nice to revisit these characters and re-witness their friendship :)

· Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) My friend forced me to play this game since I finally got a 3DS. I enjoyed it for about two months before deciding that was enough. Good, peaceful times.

· Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) I know this game is pretty much worshipped, but I’m so bad at platformers that I found it frustrating rather than fun. I’m proud of myself for finishing it despite the many rage-quits, though.

· Kingdom Hearts Final Mix (PS4) I was really looking forward to this one, but it has nothing but flaws. The combat is mostly button mashing. The camera sucks. It’s super annoying that the enemies keep respawning because you can’t open chests, activate trinities or even change your inventory when they’re around. The story isn’t that good. I’m not even sure if I like the main characters. But still... I can’t hate this game. The power of friendship and the determination to do the right thing showcased by Sora, Goofy and (sometimes) Donald are just too pure. Oh, and BEAST’S LOVE FOR BELLE IS NEXT LEVEL. Basically, the game’s only redeeming quality is its theme, but somehow that’s enough. I guess I’m just a sucker for this stuff :P

· Rhythm Heaven (Wii) It was fun. Nothing much to add. The songs with lyrics are fun to sing at karaoke lol.

Otome games I played in 2017

· Snow Bound Land (PSP) I understand how some people might find this game boring. It’s definitely slow-paced and fairy-tale-esque, but overall I thought it was a nice and enjoyable story. My favorite character was Craes the cutie :3

· Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk (VITA) I hated this game. In fact, I still hate this game. Which is a shame because Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly is my favorite otome game of all time, alongside Amnesia. But this game doesn’t understand the fact that you can’t do whatever you want just because your genre is fantasy. YOU STILL HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE RULES WITHIN YOUR FICTIONAL WORLD. Like, in the ‘true ending’ a character solves this huge problem, but the game doesn’t tell you how he solved it? We’re just supposed to focus on the fact that it was solved and be satisfied because it’s a happy ending? There are so many instances of this, and I’ve never been so insulted as a gamer. Just thinking about this game makes my blood boil. Don’t write fantasy if you can’t world build and then see that world through.

· Amnesia Crowd (VITA) A much more satisfactory fandisc than Amnesia Later. I liked the cute, comical vignettes and the CGs were especially beautiful.

· Abunai Koi no Sousashitsu (PSP) This game should have stayed a mobile game lol. I was actually impressed because the male characters were surprisingly unique and not cliche, but the overall quality was just pitiful, and the storylines weren’t fun to follow. Ogasawara and Kenji are hella cute, though.

· Moshi, Kono Sekai ni Kamisama ga Iru to Suru naraba (VITA) Wow this game is shockingly dark. I enjoyed it as a horror game, but don’t go in expecting a dating sim. I ended up not really liking any of the male characters anyway. On the plus side, I’m interested in Japanese mythology now.

· Beast Master and Prince ~Flower and Snow~ (VITA) Another fandisc. I’m sure I enjoyed it at the time, but it was pretty forgettable.

· Tokyo Yamanote Boys (PSP) This game was a drag. It wasn’t necessarily awful but it wasn’t fun either. They should have made it a full-on comedy game instead of trying to have a serious plot with these ridiculous characters. (Remember: never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing.) Surprisingly, my favorites ended up being Takumi and Yuuto. Tetsu was the most my type but his route was way too boring :< I’m just glad I got the PSP games for cheap instead of buying the new Vita version.

Mobile games I enjoyed throughout 2017

· Fire Emblem Heroes I’ve never played Fire Emblem before, but now I definitely want to try it, thanks to this mobage. The gameplay is really fun, and it’s also pretty generous with gacha tickets. I wanted to get Marth because his voice actor is Midorikawa-san, and I finally got him after months :D Before that I was maining Chrom, who’s voiced by Sugita-san. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that both of these characters are quite prominent in the series, because again, I had no idea lol.

· Stand My Heroes It’s mostly an otome game, but the puzzle gameplay is solid. I always skip the story so I don’t know any of the characters’ names, but my favorite is the one voiced by Kakihara-san :)

#gaming #otome games #review

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sohmariku · 7 years ago

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End-of-Year Butai/Musical Ask

So, I was tagged by @allyyyyy0619, so let’s answer some questions. Honestly, I spend a lot more time on answering these questions than I should have!

Firstly, how did you manage to find out about 2.5D butai/musical? Which butai/musical was your first and your impression of it?

In all honestly, I have trouble remembering, but… I think the very first musical I watched was Rock Musical Bleach. And I don’t mean the 2016 version, I’m talking about the musicals that were in the theater over 10 years ago! I probably stumbled upon it somewhere on youtube. I absolutely loved Bleach around that time, so… yeah, let’s just blame youtube. The first couple Bleach musicals weren’t the best, but for whatever reason I still got hooked on it. Then, since the cast of the original Bleach run is more or less identical to the first Seigaku cast, I discovered Tenimyu… despite a previous negative experience with the anime, I decided to give the musicals a try.

This is actually a funny story, I wonder If I ever told anyone about this. The whole reason I learned about the Prince of Tennis anime series is… BECAUSE I COULDN’T REMEMBER THE NAME OF AN AMERICAN TV SHOW PROPERLY! My friend was hooked on some show and I was planning to watch it too and tried to find it online. At this moment I’m still unsure what show I tried to find, but I happened to be looking for “Prince of Tenis”… Anyway, I watched the first episode, didn’t like it and dropped the series. The Prince of Tennis musicals really quickly grew on me though, so I gave the anime another try later. I concluded the first episode was just crap and the rest of the series was rather awesome!

And that’s how I ended up in the world of 2.5D and couldn’t leave anymore… at least, that’s how I remember it…

Who was your first favourite 2.5D actor/actress? Why?

Um, Nagayama Takashi I suppose? I really like(d) Hitsugaya as a character, so the moment I started watching the musical I was already biased towards him, but also really did a good job! Then, Kikumaru also basically became my favorite Tenipuri character, so… Nagayama Takashi it is! And probably Kimeru, because Fuji was my second favorite Tenipuri character and god, that guy knows how to sing! Although I can’t actually call myself a fan of either anymore, I’m always happy to see Kimeru on stage. His voice is still as amazing as ever!

However, if we start talking about the first actor I actually liked enough to start buying merchandise it was probably Aiba Hiroki? (I’m not sure why, I just liked him…) Then came Furukawa Yuta (I loved his voice!) and after that Sasaki Yoshihide (he can sing, he can dance, he’s adorable!) …all of this happened quite a long time ago. While it’s a bit harder (let’s say, impossible) to say for the others, I can still remember the exact moment I completely fell for Sasaki Yoshihide… (Have I ever told that story?)

Top 3 (or more) favourite butai of the year?

Wait, you’re expecting me to remember everything I’ve seen this year? And even rank them? Um, let me just list down a couple of plays I remember watching this year and enjoying!

So, in no particular order: Stage Play Touken Ranbu (Moeyuru Honnouji Saien, Akatsuki no Dokuganryu, Kono Yora no Odawara), Rengoku ni Warau, Noragami (Kami to Negai), Kujira no Kora wa Sajo ni utau, Present5 (All), CHaCK-UP (+ Episode.0), Yowamushi pedal (Everything up to “The Winner”), Live Spectacle Naruto (2015/2016), Tokyo Ghoul (2017), Ensemble stars (on Stage / Judge of Knights). (Note: this is not a complete list of everything I’ve seen. It’s a list of plays I remember thoroughly enjoying. Not saying I didn’t enjoy those other plays, just saying I enjoyed these more in comparison.)

All right, let me attempt a bit of a ranking.

1) Stage Play Touken Ranbu -Moeyuru Honnouji- (Saien) Shiina Taizo made me fall in love with Fudo Yukimitsu. You can say whatever you want, but having Fudo/Taizo in this play is probably the reason I’m ranking it first. Well, I guess it’s actually the entire cast & staff that earned this play a No.1 spot. (I probably prefer (the cast of) the original run btw.)

2) Stage Play Touken Ranbu - Akatsuki no Dokuganryu- And this play comes at No.2, because I can still remember how extremely excited I felt when I left the theater after watching it. This play was great! The Date swords kind of grew on me, and my love for Yamanbagiri and Sayo only deepened!

3) Stage Play Touken Ranbu -Kono Yora no Odawara- Can I list this? I know it’s super short, but… the story was just super cute! I’m totally in love with Sayo and Yamanbagiri and having them and Hasebe being the focus of the story just…! These boys are too amazing!

4) CHaCK-UP (Episode.0) I’m not entirely sure why I’m putting this on No.4, but it probably has something to do with the absolute ridiculousness of this play. (This is a play, right?) I haven’t quite seen all of this “series”, but I’ve seen enough to think it’s absolutely hilarious. Whenever I have money available, I guess I’ll check out what else DMM has available for rent…　

5) Rengoku ni Warau / Kujira no Kora wa Sajo ni utau No.5 is a tie. Both series are up here, because these plays did give me an urge to actually look into the series behind them. Currently gathering all the Rengoku ni Warau manga volumes & following the Kujira no Kora wa Sajo ni utau anime series. And yes, the plays were pretty great too!

Top 3 (or more) least favourite butai of the year?

No ranking, but since I feel like I have to name some, I’d say Patalliro and Rusted Armors. Patalliro is a great play, absolutely! But I’m not familiar enough with the series to be super excited about it, nor did it give me the urge to look into the series. (And yet I did enjoy it enough to accept a friend’s request to subtitle it.) Rusted Armor was pretty good too, I loved the costumes & acting! It’s just, I still have trouble understanding the story (I watched it when I was super tired, so I missed half of what was going on), hence it’s among my least favorites of this year. Once I find some time to watch it again and possibly understand the story better, its rank might change. Really, what I mostly remember is Teruma’s ridiculous outfit, yet amazing vocals! Wait, they were all singing…? Why the heck do they call this a stage play! It’s a fricking musical!

Top 3 (or more) favourite musical of the year?

Did I mention I’m terrible at rankings? So, again… some musical I enjoyed in no particular order: Ultra Musical Bakumatsu Rock (Kurofune Raiko, Climax live), Musical Touken Ranbu (Mihotose no Komoriuta, Tsuwamonodomo ga yume no ato, Shinken Ranbu Sai 2017), Rock Musical Bleach 2016, Namashitsuji (Noah’s Arc Circus), Datsugoku Kageki Nanabaka, Saiyuki Kagekiden (Burial, Reload) , Tenimyu (Hyotei Team Live, Dream Live 2017, Seigaku/Rokkaku Team Party) (Note: this is not a complete list of everything I’ve seen. It’s a list of musicals I remember thoroughly enjoying. Not saying I didn’t enjoy those other musicals, just saying I enjoyed these more in comparison.)

Good, and if I attempt a ranking:

1) Musical Touken Ranbu -Mihotose no Komoriuta- First I had some doubts about this cast, so many unfamiliar names and characters I hardly know, but god… I fell in love with all these guys! Watching it in the theater was just absolutely amazing! Yes, I think Team Mihotose may be my favorite at this moment! The character dynamics are just really great. (Thank you Mokkun/Sengo Muramasa!)

2) …

Good, this isn’t working! I can’t seem to rank the musicals!

Top 3 (or more) least favourite musical of the year?

Yeah, a ranking is not happening… If I have to call out some musicals as my least favorite of this year, it would be Live Spectacle Naruto -Akatsuki no shirabe- and Musical Hakuoki -Sano-hen- at this moment.

Don’t get me wrong, I loved Live Spectacle Naruto! Unfortunately, from my seat in the theater most of the projections didn’t line up, so I haven’t had a chance to enjoy this musical in it’s full glory. (I’m calling it a musical btw. Too many songs to call it a play!) And there is still the pacing of the play that slightly bothers me. But I really hope to watch it again some time. So, if anyone has the DVD or BD and is willing to share a rip with me… (Please?)

Musical Hakuoki -Sano-hen- is here, because no matter how much I love that cast, there is just something about the pacing or the way the story is told that doesn’t work for me. It’s not just this musical, I’ve had it with more of them. Somehow this musical series just doesn’t work for me, even though the cast is amazing. (I think I mentioned before sometime that I can only seem to enjoy Reimeiroku…)

Top 3 (or more) favourite actors/actress of the year?

Not another ranking! I’m terrible at rankings!

Sasaki Yoshihide Yeah, after all this time I guess Hide is still my No.1

Sakiyama Tsubasa This guys is too adorable! I love how he can be serious, but is super immature at the same time.

Aramaki Yoshihiko He is too adorable (too)! How can a guy be that cute!?

Shiina Taizo / Suzuki Hiroki I can’t chose, so I just put them down on a shared No.4. They are both just amazing!

Ota Motohiro His Sengo Muramasa was probably my favorite thing of this year! He went beyond all my expectations of what Sengo could be!

Top 3 (or more) rookie actors/rising actors whom you’ve high hopes for in the future?

Um, I honestly don’t know who we would still call rookie actors and who aren’t. Really, pretty much any actor that wasn’t part of Tenimyu season one still counts as a rookie for me… So, I’ll just be listing a couple actors I hope to see more of in the future…

Sato Ryuji All right, he’s like super popular already, I know. But his rise in fame went pretty quick. I’m really interested to see if he can keep this up or not. Of course, I hope he’ll do good!

Sakiyama Tsubasa After taking on the role of captain in Mihotose, his popularity appears to be on the rise too. Since I’ve come to like him quite a bit, I’m really interested to see what he can do from here on.

Ohira Shunya Maybe this is just a personal thing, but I have this feeling that Shunya’s been improving incredibly in a short amount of time, especially in his vocals. And I really feel he’s gaining more and more popularity. Aside from that, I think he’s adorable, so yes, I hope he’ll keep rising and improving!

Aramaki Yoshihiko This guy is too adorable and I hope he’ll be able to stick around for a while in the 2.5D business!

Top 3 (or more) favourite butai/musical related drama/movie of the year?

I very much feel like I haven’t really watched any related drama or movies…

Yowamushi Pedal drama (1st season)…? I think it may have been last year that I watched this one actually? Pretty much watched it, just because… Well, I guess I knew a couple of the actors in it… hadn’t seen the musicals yet.

So for this year, I’ve seen half of FIVE… pretty much started watching it, because everyone was talking about it (Well, about Sato Ryuji and Kuroba Mario being part of the cast), but then couldn’t find time to watch the second half…

And, I kind of started watching the anime of Sengoku Night Blood (ah, they’re turning it in a play, aren’t they?), because of some familiar names in the voice actor cast… aka, Sasaki Yoshihide, Kitamura Ryo and Aramaki Yoshihiko) I haven’t watched more than 2-3 episodes at this moment though, because storywise it’s not extremely captivating (yet)…

Um, yes… that wasn’t a top 3 or anything, just me randomly mentioning what I’ve seen…

Top 3 (or more) actors/actress that you think have the best singing voice?

Um, you’re asking for a top 3? I doubt I could give you a top 10! There are many, many amazing singers to be found in the 2.5D world! So, I’m just randomly going to throw out some names here, all right?

Itokawa Yojiro, holy shit that guy just blew me away with his vocal performance during the Bakumatsu Rock climax live!

Kimeru, he’s been doing amazing ever since Tenimyu.

Spi, all I’ve heard him sing in Toumyu was flawless! This guy’s voice is incredible!

Teruma, recently I noticed how amazing he has become! Really!

Sasaki Yoshihide, he isn’t always quite flawless, but I’m biased! And he does have an amazing voice!

Ogoe Yuki, he’s good! He’s really good!

Sato Ryuji, he’s good and he’s still improving! He’s amazing!

Ohira Shunya, surpise!? No, this kid can really sing well if you feed him the right song!

Ota Motohiro, he’s not quite flawless, but I remember being quite impressed by his Mihotose no Komoriuta performance.

Sakiyama Tsubasa, yes, he’s not flawless on stage, but given the right song he sounds absolute

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Yeah, shall I just stop here? Even though I could probably go on for a while…

A (or more) butai/musical that you didn’t initially love, but has/have grown on you?

I think that would be Present5. I took quite some effort to make it through the first play and it took me a long, long time to attempt watching the other plays. But, somehow these guys grew on my and I eventually really enjoyed watching all of them!

Top 3 (or more) anime/manga/game that you would love to see being adapted into a butai/musical in the future?

I’m very much afraid that I’m the type who starts looking up the original source after she’s seen the play… So, I’m a little out of materials I’d like to see adapted, since they are already adapted…

Top 3 (or more) favourite fandom on the year?

Musical Touken Ranbu

Stage Play Touken Ranbu

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For this whole year I would say that Toumyu and Tousute are basically the only fandoms I’ve really been in. Yes, I’ve seen some Tenimyu, I’ve seen some Namashitsuji, I’ve seen a lot… but, I don’t really count myself as an active member of those fandoms, I’m just passing by… and moving on and sometimes coming back…

How long have you been in the 2.5D fandom?

I’ve been in the 2.5D fandom for nearly 10 years now… (I’ve been part of this fandom from since before we started calling it 2.5D! I think it was early 2008 that I fell down the rabbit hole…) Yes, that’s a really long time! First all the actors were nearly 10 years older than me, now they are suddenly 10 years younger than me! (I’m looking at you, Miura Hiroki! How are you that young!)

Never imagined all those years ago I’d become so obsessed with this I’d still be here after such a long time.

Lastly, what is your overall opinion of the 2.5D fandom so far?

After all these years I can say the 2.5D community is probably one of the most friendly and peaceful I’ve ever seen. This is possibly the case, since all the fights and wars take place in the tags of the source materials and don’t make their way into the 2.5D world. There are some occasional stir-ups, but… Yes, so many friendly people who are willing to share the goodies they have. I’m really happy to be part of this place…

I can however see how the community has changed over the years. When we started this fandom was basically a free for all. Since only the very few in Japan had access to the DVDs, once you uploaded something everyone could do with it what they wanted. There weren’t any rules (for as far as I remember) and barely any watermarks. But yes, with the 2.5D producers slowly turning their eyes outside Asia, I suppose it’s only a given that we thread with a little more caution now. After all, we want them to make it easier for us to watch all the goodness, not make it harder! (Come on, remove the region block from those online streaming services already! I don’t want to be stuck with a VPN forever!)

Anyway, I really hope this community will stay like this for many, many years to come!

#2.5D BUTAI/MUSICAL ASK

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vvlin91 · 7 years ago

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I want to see this play...

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WHERE CAN I BUY THIS PLAY ON DVD/BLURAY?

Here’s my personal list of recommended plays, mostly targeting at Kuromyu fans, ESPECIALLY people who watch Kuromyu exclusively and have little knowledge of other 2.5D stage productions. This is a VERY subjective list of productions that I believe could be of interest to many of my followers with limited understanding of 2.5D stage but are open to seeing their favorite Kuromyu actors in other roles. This is not a complete list of all the plays I have watched/bought over the years but some are just so-so and not worth recommending.

The links are all on Amazon.JP, which has two features:

Discount on most DVD/BD purchases

Ships worldwide (unless it’s out of stock because second-hand sellers don’t ship overseas)

If you are not used to using Amazon JP, many of the following items can also be bought on Animate International or CDJapan, please make good use of search functions.

Musical Kuroshitsuji:

Musical Dance-off Kuroshitsuji ~That Butler, Friendship~

Musical Kuroshitsuji -The Most Beautiful DEATH in The World- A Thousand Souls & the Fallen Reaper

Unfortunately the above two musicals are out of production which means you can only purchase them second-hand. And because they are highly sought after collector items, prices tend to be very high.

Musical Kuroshitsuji -The Most Beautiful DEATH in The World- A Thousand Souls & the Fallen Reaper (Rerun)

Musical Kuroshitsuji: Lycoris that Blazes the Earth

Musical Kuroshitsuji: Lycoris that Blazes the Earth 2015 (Rerun) DVD / BD

Musical Kuroshitsuji: Noah’s Ark Circus DVD / BD

Musical Bakumatsu Rock:

This is the play with the most Kuromyu boys next to Kuromyu itself. featuring: Rachi Shinji(Eric), Ota Motohiro(Grey), Yata Yusuke(Grey), Teruma(William), Sasaki Yoshihide(Druittt) and Mitsuya Ryo(Dagger). Born as a game and later anime but the musicals are widely seen as better than the anime. Awesome seiyuu cast and music, super fun and silly, and multi-shipper-friendly although the canon tendencies are pretty clear as well.

Ultra Musical Bakumatsu Rock

Super Ultra Musical Bakumatsu Rock (Rerun) DVD / BD

Ultra Musical Bakumatsu Rock: Kurofune Raikou DVD / BD

Litchi Hikari Club

Just a personal suggestion if you are into homoerotic, cultish gore that delivers thought lessons on autocracy, fascist behavior, twisted obsession and the rejection of adulthood. The manga has been scanlated and reading it can help you understand most of the following productions even without subtitles.

Stageplay (featuring Tamaki Yuki as Jaibo)

Musical (featuring Mikata Ryosuke as Dafu and Kato Ryo as Yakobu)

Live Action Movie DVD(collector edition) / DVD(standard edition) BD(collector edition) / BD(standard edition)

Stage Touken Ranbu:

Really one of the finest stageplays there is. If you don’t already play the original game, Touken Ranbu as a franchise requires a lot of read-ups if you start from scratch. People who intend to watch the stageplays/musicals almost never need any extra external encouragement. But for archiving purposes I list the following, in case any of you might be interested at a later time.

Kyoden Moyuru Honnoji (has Teruma and Hide) DVD / BD

Kyoden Moyuru Honnoji (Rerun) (no Teruma but still got Hide) DVD / BD

Giden Akatsuki no Dokuganryuu DVD / BD

Musical Touken Ranbu:

This is a COMPLETELY different production from Stage Touken Ranbu, and has MANY MANY different installments, not just the conventional musicals but also live performances of different kinds. Here I will only list its 3rd play because it features Kuromyu members Ota Motohiro(Grey), Araki Hirofumi(Lau) and Washio Noboru(Bard).

Touken Ranbu: Mihotose no Komoriuta DVD / BD

Stage Patalliro!

has absolutely nothing to do with Kuromyu but is a groundbreaking play with on stage yaoi kisses and dry humping

DVD

(posted on 17/8/16, because many of these franchises are still pumping out new plays, new listings are expected in a year or so)

#buy buy buy

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