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2017.04.26-29 HakuMyu Harada-Hen Review!

I cannot cope with this stage seriously! I was so lucky I got to go to the dress rehearsal AND I also managed to see it 4 times total!!

Before I say anything; when I see a play multiple times, I always enjoy it the first time and then the remaining times I will sit their counting how many points I want to make. And I know in at least one showing I had about 37 things to say about part one and 42 things to say about part two. Obviously I couldn’t and can’t remember them all BUT I hope that gives an insight into how much stuff I want to comment on in this stage! Also because I have so many effing points, I have already decided I AM going to do a Scene-By-Scene review and commentary when the DVD BR comes out! I seriously have SO much to say about each scene and moment but I won’t remember them all for this review. Sound good? Okay!

Official Website here Official Twitter here DVD and BR PreOrders here and here Press Coverage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Cast and Characters

Higashi (TonChan) Keisuke as Harada Sannosuke Isobe Karin as Yukimura Chizuru Matsuda Gaku as Hijikata Touji Aramaki (MakiChan) Yoshihiko as Okita Souji Naya (TakeChan/Patch-Kun) Takeru as Saitou Hajime Kizu Tsubasa as Toudou Heisuke Fukuyama Shoudai as Nagakura Shinpachi Teruma as Sannan Keisuke Takasaki (TakaChan) Shouta as Yamazaki Susumu Imata Taira as Kondou Isami Sasaki (Hide/HideSama) Hideyoshi as Kazama Chikage Soutarou as Amagiri Kyuujyu Kashiwagi Yuusuke as Shuranui Kyou Kawamoto Hiroyuki as Yukimura Koudou Ensemble: Sugawara Takeshi, Sato Yoshio, Hisada Yuki, Sakamoto Kazuki, Yoshida Yuuki and Maehara Masaki

NON-SPOILER REVIEW

Overall: Best musical and stage of the year so far!!! Holy crap it is amazing! I clapped so hard every night and I haven’t clapped hard in a LONG time (maybe since TouMyu 2?)! I even wanted to give them a standing ovation every freaking night! That’s how amazing it is! Everyone did phenomenal and all the scenes were amazing and the love the new cast, every single one of them and the songs! Holy moly the songs are amazing! Also we finally have a kickass, badass Chizuru! Best Chizuru we’ve had too! I’ve only ever seen the rest of the HakuMyus twice but I’ve already seen this four times! And I’m glad this was the one I saw four times! It’s definitely my favourite HakuMyu xD It’s been weeks and I’m still on a high from it. Rating: 9 - 9.5/10

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SPOILER REVIEW!

Okay is everyone ready for this monster? By the way, if you have alcohol on hand then take a drink every time I say Amazing or Gold xD you’re going to be a sanbaka by the end if you do though xD let’s go!

This is going to be split up in a really weird way. I’ve split it into Part One and Part Two (but it won’t be going in chronological order; my memory isn’t THAT good), then some notes and comments split by the different performances I went to and finally we have cast/acting break down comments too.. I imagine they’re been a Misc and a Goods section too xD I hope it’s not too confusing! >.< enjoy!

PART ONE

I am very glad I saw this in person because every time the opening main theme starts the sound crew SERIOUSLY cranked up that music, it shakes the room and it’s so powerful and amazing which is something you can’t really feel when you watch it at home! Gave me chills every time <3

This feels a lot darker too compared to the past HakuMyus which I think is why I enjoyed it so much. I remember the anime ripping my heart out and just being this amazing but depressing and dark story and I feel they really captured the real Hakuouki this time around <3

I really like the scene where Chizuru and Harada are out in town together and he captures someone and throws him back into the store/pub and we just hear this ‘すみません・ Sorry!’ xD everyone laughed every time. Another thing during this scene is there’s always a drunk guy at the back of the stage, and three out of the four performances he pretends to trip over nothing but on my third watch he pretends his hand gets stuck to the floor xD it amused me so much every time. It’s such a little thing but I love it xD All the ensemble were amazing! I saw some recogisable and regular faces too in them! <3

All the comedy hit well in this stage ^_^ we have the one scene mentioned above and then we also have the drinking scene comedy with Shinpachi, Harada and even Yamazaki, and in part two we have that wonderful Shinpachi.

Teruma's freaking solo. I really do love his solo. It’s so manic and amazing and the lighting and the smoke and Chizuru being scared to death and everything - it’s so good! Jesus, his scream seriously is amazing and gave me chills every time too! Also I think his performance of this song just got more wild every night which is awesome! In fact everyone’s screams were amazing! You could feel and hear their pain in the screams. Heisuke’s scream when he transformed is also really good! More on screaming in part two >.<

This Chizuru is kickass this one. It’s the first time I’ve actually liked Chizuru and I’m so glad I do because I really do like Karin! This Chizuru feels a lot more fearless and stronger and always staying with the guys and even goes to turn herself in to protect Shinsengumi. Maybe she has done this in all the others but this was personally my first time to really see Chizuru as this strong female. I have so many good scenes of her being a badass. One is when she tells the Oni she’ll go with them so long as they don’t hurt Shinsengumi. Another badass scene is when she even attacks and tries to kill her own father! She actually uses and takes out her sword on a number of occasions this time around which made me love her! THIS is the Chizuru I want and I got it!

And speaking of Karin as Chizuru, I love the slight song speed and tempo differences they made to fit Karin’s voice <3 By the way if you didn’t notice already this Chizuru and Karin are my all time favourite Chizuru’s! xD Both character and actress <3 I’ve liked Karin since K Stage so makes sense xD

Related to above; I LOVE when Harada says to Chizuru ‘それはかっこよかった・That was cool of you/You were cool then.’ after she tries to protect and save everyone <3 in general Harada has some great lines but that one definitely stood out to me every performance.

Unfortunately, there is NO Kinniku Love -__- which is one of the tiny reasons why I haven’t rated it a 10 out of 10. This is like my favourite part in all the stages! So I was a little miffed! But we got a wonderful Drinking song and we got Harada and Shinpachi shirtless which was great! Also in the shirtless scene Shinpachi draws on Harada which is good fun >.< although why Shinpachi undressed also I have no idea why xD I ain’t complaining though!

Speaking of the Drinking song, YAMAZAKI in this song!!! TakaChan’s Yamazaki is good as always, however, especially when drunk xD it really cracked me up every time and I looked forward to it every time! He falls on the floor, he slumps onto the stairs, he has to rest a hand on the wall so he doesn’t throw up, it’s really so good xD I loved this performance every time!! It gave me such a giggle.

I love Okita’s coughing in this one. I know it’s not technically a good thing for Okita (xD) but MakiChan acting out the coughing and the different stages of it so well this stage! I am proud of my boy <3 I also love during one of the scene where everyone in Shinsengumi’s gathered and Okita is just sexily sat on the stairs with the sword between his legs <3 so sexy *dead*

OOOOO! I LOVE the song when it’s just Kondo, Okita and Hijikata! And they sing ‘その名前に誓う！・We’ll take that name’ and I sang along to it every time after the first time I saw the stage! I freaking love the song and I love that line!! <3

Shiranui FTW! don’t need to say more do I? Haha BUT seriously, he was so good in this and we got so much of him this time around! I was a happy bunny AND he got his own bromides whichi is just mind blowing! Furthermore, Shiranui’s costume is amazing! It’s so detailed! You can’t see the flower prints or the dark green on the DVDs and stuff so well but seeing it in person, it’s absolutely gorgeous! All of Shiranui’s interactions and scenes were great! I really love the slow mo fighting part during one of the Harada x Shiraniu fight scenes! Shiranui’s face every time is amazing in slowmo >.< Another scene I love is when he opens up towards the end and is like ‘there’s no such things as souls’ and Chizuru is like ‘I think you want to believe but you can’t because you’ve seen so many of your (human) friends die’ or something like that and it’s ... my feels!

The San Baka song is SO good! Especially when Shinpachi goes round punching everyone xD also it made my heart warm that Shinpachi enters the stage with a jump! During the HakuMyu Live 2 DVD event Fukuyama spoke of how he tried to copy Shuuto’s jump but Shuuto just has to much bounce and natural height to him when jumping that he couldn’t copy it, so seeing him really going for it in the stage made me very happy. I bet Shuuto giggled when he saw it just like me xD

I really, really, really, really love the new Shinsegumi group song and it’s dance <3 this song always made me cry at the end of part one quite a few times <3 it’s such a good song! I love ALL the new songs! They better bring out a CD this time around! For the love of god give me the CD of this!

Another song I loved was Kazama’s! It’s all rocky and it’s so good! I really like his new rock song ^_^ suits Hide very well. BUT, my entire thought process of Hide as Kazama was:

Round One: This Kazama is very much like the anime. Voice and all. Round Two: Yeah he’s exactly like anime Kazama, no wonder I don’t like him (the stage character not Hide!) Round Three: I fucking HATE Kazama! He’s so fucking annoying! I am SO done with this Kazama Round Four: I am beyond done and don’t care about you anymore.

So safe to say Hide did a perfect job of bringing the real, canon Kazama to life, but unfortunately that’s the type of Kazama I cannot stand xD

And the touching! Like when Yamazaki is grabbing Chizuru from the back and on her wrist to try and keep her out of the fight <3 in fact ALL the touches/grabs the guys had with Chizuru when trying to protect her! We had Yama x Chizuru and Shinpachi x Chizuru, also I think Saito x Chizuru and Heisuke x Chizuru touching too! It gave me so many feels <3 I loved it! I was so on bored with ALL the ships in this one >.< especially the Yama x Okita ship cos of MakiChan and TakaChan because after about the second or third watch, I’ve noticed that Okita and Yamazaki are together A LOT (meaning they keep pairing my TokiEnta boys together <3) and they have so many moments together that it was so fascinating just how many times! But course I thoroughly enjoyed that ^_^

One little comment is about in two different performance, Tonchan nearly lost his sheath during one of his fight scenes due to him spinning and moving fast xD he just grabbed it an threw it backstage when it happened.

PART TWO

The opening dream sequence is GOLD. I love it so much! Everytime this song comes on my music player I can see TonChan and his dance here so perfectly! Also I FUCKING love when Shinpachi and co. come on stage! The first time I saw it I was like ‘wtf?! Shinapachi isn’t supposed to drink the Ochimizu!!!’ and his evil face during that scene when he attacks Harada is so freaking amazing! His evil smile is so evil but also somewhat sexy xD but I guess that’s cos of my Shinpachi Hell xD

Back to the screaming! In this second half with Yamazaki’s scream! So amazing! <3 Also Hijikata’s scream! Just everyone screaming is amazing okay! I guess that’s the messed up sadistic side of me? Or just damn fine acting!

Speaking of Yamazaki! Yamazaki’s scene... ugh do we need to talk about this.. yes we do because I love Yamazaki! It broke my heart as usual! I cried like a bitch every time and sometimes I even started crying way before the scene even started! But he like climbs/crawls up the stairs... my heart is breaking right now! BUT I saw one person’s review saying ‘why can’t they just kill Yamazaki off stage, why does he need a scene’ or something like that and let me tell you: I LOVE Yamazaki, I LOVE TakaChan, I NEED this scene! My beautiful TakaChan needs ALL the stage time he can get, okay! But him not dying would be more preferable>o< << as I wrote in the questionnaires every performance xD I get why and how it would work to have him die off stage but I need these scenes no matter how heartbreaking they are.

The Saito x Souji fight is GOLD and amazing! Their singing and song during it too is great! Apparently this song and scene has already been done before but clearly this version was a lot better and obviously stood out to me. Everything about this scene, the song, their voices, the choreography, the lighting, it’s all really good here!

I love when Shinpachi decides to leave Shinsengumi and comes back on stage like ‘Hiji don’t stop me! I’m going whether you like (Hiji: I know, I’m letting you go) it or not--- what?!’ and then he turns to Harada ‘I made up my mind!’ ‘I know.. we’re leaving too...’ ‘...what?! ... what?! Explain it to me so I can understand! What do you mean! Cos we’re friends right?!’ xD I died every time. Such a good moment <3

And then we have the Shinpachi x Harada fight that’s also GOLD! Just give me Shinpachi and Harada scenes all day okay! But also my love for the new Shinachi helps me love this scene too.

Oh jesus, oh my! The Okita crying after he finds out about Kondou’s execution and his scream crying scene broke me every time. Although I feel like MakiChan’s performance during my third time wasn’t as good as the other times, but lets assume it was just the mid-performance slump between the first and last performance day hype and adrenaline. But seriously this scene is so well acted from both MakiChan and Gaku! It’s such a raw and heartbreaking scene and yet it has so much love in it too! Like when Hijikata put his hand on Okita while Okita was lent on him and grabbing on him for dear life as he cried. My brain was just like ‘HIJI X OKITA!!!”. It’s just a small thing but omg Okita needs something like that to reassure him in that moment <3 So many minute things happen in this scene that make it all so perfect but ripping your heart out at the same time.

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I finally finished my two parter comments. Now to some Performance differences or accidents or curtain calls and such. The tenses might be a little weird here but bare with me:

2017.04.26 14:00 Preview/Dress Rehearsal

Straight after it finished:

I remember why I hate Hakuouki so much....my emotions right now. I am fecking ruined! The second half just killed me.

2017.04.27 19:00

I was at the very very back this night next to one kankeisha and the lighting and sound crew xD it was awesome! Also I’d say the back overall is a great view even though it’s a little far.

SHIRAMATA IS HERE!!!

I cried at the opening this night.

Everything went wrong this night and it was hilarious because it was nothing major:

First Hijikata’s sword broke! It was perfectly timing too when Kazama and him smacked swords but his sword part fell leaving him with just the handle in his hand and Gaku very smoothing just threw the handle away and finished the fight with (literally) blade in hand xD when it broke, me and several others (in our heads) thought ‘NO! Kane-san!!!’ xD and then because Gaku hadn’t thrown it far enough, during the next scene which was Saito’s you could just see this hand on the floor trying to grab the handle quickly but we ALL saw it xD

Another one was Kondou and Sannan slightly fell UP the stairs towards the audience xD

And the last mishap was towards the end of the drinking song where Yamazaki and Shinpachi pass each other BUT TakaChan was a bit too close and flips the sake plate out of Fukuyama’s hand and he tried to catch it about 4 times before just letting it dropped and (smoothly in character) pointed at Yamazaki to pick it up so did and clean it on his shirt xD it was very in character and a good moment BUT it definitely wasn’t part of the scene xD was definitely an accident.

The curtain call was so emotional - already(!) which is not good. The speaker for the curtain call today was Teruma. Teruma spoke about how he was happy to be back and commented about Tonchan being the zachou and doing a great job to which Tonchan hugged Teruma after his speech <3 Teruma also said that he’d been watching Karin through the performances and rehearsals and said she was great but then he quickly added ‘I’m not a hentai! I promise! I don’t mean it that way!’ And thus got Karin crying and then poor Tsubasa was a wreck (every night he cried actually) and I saw MakiChan wiping tears away from his face too. It just got out of control this night with the tears xD it was only their second Tokyo performance! xD

Also, I think it was this one where at the end of the second curtain call MakiChan and Imata hugged at the side of the stage before MakiChan skipped off xD

Apparently this performance is the one when I realised (and I quote) ‘I am so in love with this Shinpachi! He might have even over taken Shuuto!!’

Double curtain call.

2017.04.28 19:00

You know when I said being at the back had the best view? I was right! This night I was row 18 but me and the girl next to me were a LOT shorter compared to the two in front of us so even though we had center seats we had to constantly more left and right the entire show and I can still see this giant head blocking my view in my memory. It was so distracting! I know it’s not their fault they’re tall but jesus.... at least slump down! I always do just incase I get a tiny person behind me.

I think TakaChan missed his mark during the group song and came in a little too late xD

Also I think poor Tsubasa forgot his line during the first San baka scene. Sounded like he tripped over his words for a millisecond.

TonChan dropped his yari in a fight scene!!!! But luckily he smoothly grabbed it and the fight sounds continued to perfectly match him, well done sound crew.

I was able to sing along to some of the songs this night which made me happy xD

I cried at the end of part one this night xD

Curtain call was a triple curtain call and tonight’s speaker was Yamazaki/TakaChan. He spoke about it being 5 years since the first stage and he was like ‘we’ll d Yamazaki-hen okay! *everyone cheers* I’ll also go and see it’ WTF Takachan?! xD but that does means he read my damn letter about me wanting him to do Yamazaki-hen xD Also freaking MakiChanbbeing the comfortable troll he is, everytime TakaChan said something wrong in his speech he was immediately replying to him and giving him crap xD I love these boys so much. but I can imagine none TokiEnta fans wouldn’t have realised they were good friends and in the same company and stuff. But it made me happy seeing just how comfortable MakiChan was with being himself in front of everyone and just being himself with TakaChan on stage xD

Makichan did so well with Tsubasa. Every night he’d put his arm around him or he’d hug him or give him a pat on the back. He was so supportive while Tsubasa just stood there crying his heart out every night <3

Also I freaking realised from the back of his head but I KNEW ShoSan had turned up! He had!! I was right mwahaha I promise I’m not creeping...

Every night during the ending song MakiChan would go to TakaChan and would do something stupid like poke him and stuff but this night TakaChan tried so hard to just ignore him xD it was so funny.

Also I have a note and a tweet that says ‘Guys... I’ve been kidnapped by this little shizzer...’and this is very Shinpachi hell really begins... I’ve posted enough pics of him throughout this post to prove it xD

Also this was definitely the performance where ‘I’m so effing done with this Kazama’s BULLSHIT’ xD

2017.04.29 19:00

The entire fucking old cast showed up! Shuuto, Ryo, Ono, Yazak and Edogawa. As soon as they walked in until the show actually started and between the breaks and after it finished literally the ENTIRE crowd was staring and talking about them. Serious kudos to the boys for completely not phasing at it at all, and just continuing their conversations between themselves and enjoying themselves in their conversations. Especially this one girl, who clearly obviously waited until the very last second to walk back in during the break so she could go up the stares nod a look at them and go to her seat. You THINK about doing these things, not actually do them! But having said that, on the first day me and my friend accidentally turned up 2 hours early instead of one hour and saw the cast go into the theatre. And we saw them running up and down the stairs at the back. Thank the lord for my very very sharp glasses xD yeah... we’re the creepy ones really aren’t we xD

Anyway back to this night:

I cried a crap ton.

Luckily the girl next to me was a Shinpachi fan so we could talk about him a lot before and after the play and during the break xD

During the final ending song this night MakiChan got a piggyback from the ensemble cast xD

Poor baby Tsubasa cried his little heart out again just like every night xD

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And done! Now onto acting!! The rest of this should be short ^_^ thank god.

ACTING

TonChan: He is the perfect Harada! He’s tall, slim and yet still bares muscle and he dances pretty smoothly too and he’s so sexy as Harada. He did amazing in this and I definitely brought Harada-Hen to justice, but I’ve never played the game so don’t take my word xD

Karin: I already expressed my love for Karin and her Chizuru <3

Gakkun: I feel in this one Gaku finally had a complete grasp on his Hijikata and I feel he’s finally made Hijikata his own <3

MakiChan: MakiChan’s acting has improved once again as evidently seen in the way he builds up the coughs and such, and his scene with Hijikata is truelly an amazing and powerful performance. Him and Naya have great chemistry for the Okita x Saito conflict too. I feel MakiChan’s Okita is a lot more playful with that streak of evil in it which I’m really loving. He still shows this vulnerable childish and selfish Okita perfectly at times too. He has this great balance of the two sides of Okita going on <3

TakeChan: I LOVE TakeChan as Saito! As soon as he came on stage I was like ‘This IS Saito!’ he does it so perfectly and flawlessly. I was one of the rare ones who never really liked Shohei as Saito; something just didn’t sit well with me with his Saito. But Naya? He’s perfect! He took this role completely I feel like everyone saw Saito straight away rather than TakeChan or even his Saayo. I wish he had more stage time but I understand to ease him into HakuMyu and it’s audience you have to do it slowly at a time. I hope in the next stage he gets a LOT more time on stage, I really wanna see what he does with Saito <3 I dare say I think I prefer him over Ryo!!

Tsubasa: Oh my this angel! He IS ADORABLE as Heisuke! i freaking adore his Heisuke! He’s so cute! And he’s such a cute baby for crying every night <3 He was even adorable during the HakuMyu Live 2 DVD event I went to. As actors him and Naya are defo tied for most adorable and cute! I wanna see his Heisuke so much more! He has a good dynamic with Shoudai at least and I wanna see more San Bakaness with the three actors we currently have. I’m glad he was fully recovered this time too (he was injured throughout Live 2) so we could see him do some great action scenes!

Fukuyama Shoudai: This son of a bitch. This son of a bitch! Oh my I am in LOVE with his Shinpachi! He’s perfect! Absolutely perfect! I am SO into his Shinpachi! If they ever do Shinpachi-hen THIS GUY PLEASE! Oh my god I can’t <3 again, I think he’s beaten Shuuto for me personally as Shinpachi! Just everything about him! Every scene he was in he was so asmuing and I loved his and TonChan’s scenes and we finally see him be Shinpachi after not really seeing him in Live 2 and seeing at the HakuMyu Live 2 DVD event and hearing a lot of his thoughts and how difficult Live 2 was because he and Tsubasa were just told to copy the others and now finally get a chance to show off his Shinpachi and hearing how hard he worked to get Shinpachi right (watching Shuuto’s performances on DVD and such) - I am a happy bunny! Oh guys I cant’t with his Shinpachi.... I’ve never fallen so HARD for a character in my life.

Teruma: Lets admit it. Teruma is DAMN good at everything he does! Especially when it comes to song performances. And I’m glad he came back at Sannan. He freaking did an amazing job! That solo guys, that solo!

TakaChan: I am so glad he got to play a drunk Yamazaki and we got to see him more involved with the others this time. And like I said; ALL the Okita and Yamazaki interactions <3 But please can we stop killing YamaChan?! xD JUST ONCE! And when it’s NOT his Hen! xD

Imata Taira as Kondou Isami: Perfect as always! I think everyone in the audience loves him as Kondou and he proves that even though he’s older he’s just as loved and as popular in the HakuMyu fandom and he can do everything the other guys do just as well. He never disappoints me and he’s such a great guy <3

Hide: Like I said: The perfect (anime) Kazama which unfortunately is the type of Kazama I despise.

Soutarou as Amagiri Kyuujyu: We didn’t get to see much of him but then again we never do. I’m holding out verdict for him still. Hopefully he’s in the next one and I can make a solid opinion. But he did fine in this.

Kashiwagi: SHIRANUI!!!! My perfect bundle of perfectness <3 he’s flawless as Shiranui. He’s amazing as Shiranui. He did a perfect job and I am so happy with how much time he got on stage and he was dying to do HaradaHen too and I’m happy for him that he’s happy he could finally do it! I really love how Shiranui opens up towards the end with the whole soul thing. Kashi please don’t leave us after this one....

Kawamoto Hiroyuki as Yukimura Koudou: He was fine but I personally felt he was AWFULLY young to be playing her father, but I guess I’m still used to Edogawa and his older man looks xD He had a little song and he sounded great, and his performance was fine. Holding the verdict out on him still too.

Ensemble: They did an amazing job and had so much action to deal with and so much choreography (like everyone else) and so many roles to do! A special mention to Sugawara Takeshi who’s a reoccurring ensemble member for HakuMyu (and some other stages me thinks) and he got most of the ensemble lines and main extra roles whenever there was one.

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And finally onto the last section:

GOODS

I ended up getting all of Shinpachi’s stuff too but I can’t find my pic of them anywhere. Anyway here’s what my bag looked like most of the time too!

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Well that was LONG. How drunk is everyone now? xD If you managed to get through and read ALL that then goddammit you’re good. Hope you enjoyed it!

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widemushroom · 2 months ago

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There is a theory that three people always loved Chizuru from the beginning secretly. I'm speaking about Okita, Saitou, and Yamazaki.

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widemushroom · 2 years ago

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#hakuouki #hakuoki #yukimura chizuru #kazama chikage #hijikata toshizo #otome game #saito hajime #anime #hijikata x chizuru #hakuouki shinkai #yamazaki susume #yamazaki susumu

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bubblesthemonsterartist · 3 years ago

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Seven Nights, Chapter 4

In the damp, predawn air, Chizuru awakens.

Rain taps a steady rhythm upon the roof, and in the courtyard just beyond her bed, leaves rustling wetly beneath their weight. Cracking her eyes open, just barely, she finds everything dark, muted for this time of the morning. The walls, the shelves, the scrolls lining the wall are all cast in shades of gray, but it is a fair trade for how cool the breeze feels across her face, how comforting it is to lay on her futon with a light, freshly laundered blanket draped over her skin and to not break out in a sweat.

Slowly, she stretches her arms overhead, fingers and toes splaying in opposite directions, muscles straining deliciously before relaxing once more.

With a soft sigh, she slips her arms back under the blanket once more. Just a few more minutes spent lazing in bed listening to the rustle of rain would not be an overindulgence. The work would still be waiting should she close her eyes a bit more. After all, it is not as if Yamazaki was awake.

Something warm brushes her ankle.

Eyes fluttering open in confusion, Chizuru blinks the sleep out of her eyes, scanning down the length of her body and there, right where her foot peeks from beneath the pale blue of her blanket, another slightly larger, slightly paler foot sneaks out from beneath its own blanket and hooks itself around her ankle.

“Ah.” Her heart scampers about inside her chest, arrested by the sight. Who knew that such a small thing could feel so… intimate. Cheeks warmer than they were mere moments ago, Chizuru lifts her gaze, meeting two dark eyes sparkling beneath a net of lashes.

“Uhm.” His instep curls against her chilled toes, the gentle heat of his body seeping into hers. “G- good morning.”

“Mmph.” Yamazaki’s eyes fall shut once again, cheek nuzzling the crease of his elbow. With a grunt, he shifts closer, air puffing softly from his parted lips.

She may- she may stop breathing. For a bit. He- he’s so close, body just the space of one of his kunai between them. It would be so easy to fill that space, to tuck herself against his chest and-

“D- did you sleep well?” she asks, maybe a smidge too loud.

He doesn’t even flinch. “It’s raining,” he slurs. “‘S nice.”

#bubbleswrites #hakuouki #yamachi #yamazaki susumu #yukimura chizuru #yamazaki x chizuru #okay this is the end of my head start #from here on out i have chapters that are outlined but need to be finished #at least you're getting an abundance of kisses XD

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flowerynameslover · 5 years ago

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K.S.

#yamazaki x chizuru #yamachi #yukimura chizuru #yamazaki susumu #my edits #hakuoki #hakuokiedit

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amoura-eternia · 5 years ago

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Stories of the Shinsengumi 2: Ryouma Sakamoto

Should I go in? It might be a better spot to eavesdrop from and I may be able to ask them some more questions about it if I was careful. Maybe I should go talk to Saito-san and Yamazaki-san about that? After all doing such a thing could end badly if I got caught, I was unsure if Saito-san and Yamazaki-san would be able to come to my aid in time if something were to go awry.

“Chizuru?” I jumped and bit down on my lip to prevent a startled yelp from escaping. I turned around and saw exactly the person I was expecting to see.

Standing up, I glanced cautiously to the room next to me hoping no one inside had heard us out here. “Sakamoto-san?” I whispered, I had been surprised to hear his voice, I hadn’t known he was in Kyoto.

“Chizuru what are you-” I grabbed his hand cutting him off, we couldn’t talk here, I couldn’t risk getting caught.

“Let’s talk somewhere else okay?” With that I started pulling him towards another, thankfully close by, room. The room I took him to was the one Kimigiku-san had gotten for me so I knew it to be empty. Sakamoto-san gave me a teasing smirk but he didn’t say anything as he allowed himself to be pulled out of the hallway.

I pulled him in the room and hurriedly closed the door, releasing a sigh of relief. I don’t think anyone noticed us, that was good.

Sakamoto-san chuckled and I turned to look at me. He grinned at me. “That was rather bold of you.”

I flushed speaking up before he could say anything more. “No! That’s not it! I just-” I cut myself off, I couldn’t tell him why I actually pulled him in here, I was on a mission after all. “Um… I just… wanted to talk to you.”

“Oh really? You couldn’t have done that out there?” Sakamoto-san questioned me, his eyes twinkling mischievously.

“We would have been in the way!” I said hurriedly. It was definitely a logical excuse after all we had been in the hallway where people would be trying to walk through.

“Hmmm, perhaps but why are you dressed like a Geisha?” Sakamoto-san’s tone suddenly turned serious, I froze and my eyes widened, I didn’t have any excuses for that. What could I say that would sound believable?

Before I could come up with an answer Sakamoto-san continued speaking. “You were spying on them right?” Something in my expression must have told the truth because his expression turned into a reassuring smile. “Don’t worry I won’t tell anyone.”

I hesitated, was it alright to admit that I was? I suppose if Sakamoto-san already knows there isn’t much point in trying to hide it. “...Really?”

“Your secret’s safe with me.” Sakamoto-san nodded and I felt myself relax. He didn’t seem to be lying. If he was going to expose me he likely would have done so already, I certainly wouldn’t have been able to do anything to stop him and I’m sure Sakamoto-san is aware of that.

“Thank you.” I bowed to him in my gratitude and glanced back to the door leading out of the room. I should probably get back to my job the longer I spend here the higher the chance they leave. “I have to get back now. Goodbye.”

“Ah, Chizuru. You look really good in that getup.” Sakamoto-san called out to me before I had managed to fully open the door. I was glad my back was turned to him because I was positive my face was bright red, red enough to be seen even through the make-up.

“Thank you.” I thanked him once more, not turning around and I hurriedly stepped out of the room closing the door behind me. I stayed there for a moment waiting for my cheeks to lose their redness before I entered the room the group of ronin were in. Feeling more comfortable doing so now I knew someone was nearby. I was admittedly unsure if Sakamoto-san would come to my rescue if they caught me but his presence still made me feel safer about going in there.

I was relatively confident they wouldn’t suspect a thing after all they were likely drunk by now and Yamazaki-san had told me before the mission had started that I had an innocent air about me and because of that people were more likely to let their guard down.

Both things seemed to hold true as when I entered the room the men had clearly been drinking for a while and were all drunk. They answered my questions with little hesitation thanks to a combination of that and thinking I couldn’t possible be up to anything judging by what one of the men had told me before he started telling me about their plans to attack the Shinsengumi headquarters.

With that information I focused on finding an opportunity to leave so I could inform Saito-san and Yamazaki-san about their plans. “Um… the bottle is empty… I shall go get a new one.” I told them inching backwards, standing up and walking as calmly as I could out of the room.

What I wasn’t expecting was one of them to follow me out of the room. I took one look at the expression on his face and backed up. “How about you come with me? We’ll have a good time.” He stepped closer and I backed up even more.

“I-I don’t want to. Please leave me alone.”

“Aw, don’t be like that.” The ronin said making a grab for me I released a scream and slapped his hand away, stumbling backwards into the wall behind me.

“Oi, is that any way to treat a lady?” Sakamoto-san interjected stepping in between me and the man, pushing him backwards in the process.

“You are… Sakamoto Ryouma!”

“That’s right but not the point. Can’t you see she doesn’t like that? Leave her alone.” Sakamoto-san told him, he seemed relaxed but… his hand was resting on his sword, perhaps as a warning but it also indicated he was ready to fight should he need to.

It was clear the man had noticed it too as he stepped backwards and placed his hand on his sword but made no move to draw it. Clearly he didn’t want to fight, I guess he must have recognised Sakamoto-san because I doubt he would have had a problem doing so if he hadn’t. I found it unlikely the man could risk fighting Sakamoto-san without facing some kind of repercussion for doing so.

“...Fine.” The man huffed and returned to the room he came from, I released a sigh of relief.

“You alright?” Sakamoto-san asked me turning to face me, his serious air was still up. I guess he didn’t want to go back to being more lighthearted until he was assured that I was okay.

I nodded. “I’m fine. Thank you for helping me.” I bowed to him in gratitude once more.

“Aw, no need to thank me. It wouldn’t have been right of me to let that continue.” Sakamoto-san told me, afterwards his serious expression shifted back into the lighthearted one I was so familiar with. “However, if you must thank me-”

Whatever he was about to say was cut off by Yamazaki-san’s voice. “Yukimura-kun are you alright?” Yamazaki-san asked me, him and Saito-san glaring at Sakamoto-san.

“Ah, you’ve got it all wrong! Sakamoto-san was just protecting me!” I told them stepping in front of them to try to appease them. I didn’t want any trouble between them especially since Sakamoto-san hadn’t done anything wrong. I quickly explained what had happened and they eased up.

“Well, I should be taking my leave. Hope to see you soon, Chizuru.”

“Y-yes. Goodbye Sakamoto-san.” I looked towards him and gave him a smile. With that Sakamoto-san waved and left, I waved back while Yamazaki-san and Saito-san stood quietly off to the side. As soon as he was gone they asked me what I had learned from the ronin, the information I had gathered was enough to mobilise on and the ronin were captured without a hitch from there.

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I was walking back to the Shinsengumi compounds after having dropped off the kimono I had borrowed for the mission with Kimigiku-san when I, quite literally, bumped into Sakamoto-san.

“Whoa there, you okay?” He asked me after having caught me, preventing me from hitting the ground.

“Sakamoto-san, you’re still here?” I asked, so surprised to see him again so soon that I forgot to thank him for catching me or answer his question.

He didn’t seem to mind though as he just grinned. “Course, I said I’d see you again soon, didn’t I?”

“Well, yes, but I didn’t think you meant this soon.” I told him, I rarely ever saw him so soon after the last time I did, usually there was quite a bit of time in between.

“Hmmm, but damn, you were beautiful that night. Too bad I probably won’t see you dressed up like that again anytime soon.” I blushed, this time I didn’t have my back to him, and he could absolutely see it. I found myself not minding too much though. Of course Sakamoto-san had already told me he liked it and he said things like this often, that didn’t change how it made me feel, I still found my heart beating faster every time.

“But the Shinsengumi are bastards. Making a woman do their work like that.” Sakamoto-san huffed and I rushed to clear up some facts to him.

“Actually, Sakamoto-san, I volunteered. I was doing it because I wanted to help them. They didn't make me do anything.” Sakamoto-san hummed, he still seemed a little annoyed but he must have accepted the explanation because he didn’t say anything more about it.

“Well, would you like to go get some dango with me?” He asked, changing the subject.

“Huh? Oh no, I’m sorry, I can’t. I have to get back to headquarters.” I shook my head, I wanted to but I couldn’t. The Shinsengumi were expecting me back I just didn’t have the time to get dango with Sakamoto-san.

“...Alright. S’pose I don’t really have the time either. I’d be pushing it.” Sakamoto-san told me, I blinked.

“You’re leaving soon?” I asked, disappointment must have been clear in my voice because Sakamoto-san smiled at me. His smile was a cross between teasing and disappointment of his own, did Sakamoto-san want to stay a little longer too? If so that made me happy.

“We’ll see each other again soon enough, I’ll make sure to write to you yeah. Next time we meet we should go get that dango.”

I gave him a smile of my own. “I’ll be looking forward to it.”

#hakuouki #ryouma sakamoto #chizuru yukimura #sakachi #sakamoto x chizuru #susumu yamazaki #hajime saito

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amoura-eternia · 5 years ago

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Stories of the Shinengumi 2: Kazue Souma

Yamazaki-san and Saito-san had left to gather some more information, leaving Souma-kun and I alone in the room. He stared at me, his face red.

"Souma-kun?" I prompted tilting my head in question. Why was he staring at me like that? He jolted and turned his gaze away.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to stare, Yukimura-senpai!” Now Souma-kun’s eyes darted around. I could tell he was trying to look me in the eyes while we were talking but he couldn’t quite bring himself to do it.

"It's alright but why were you staring?" I looked down at my kimono and moved my hands to my face to check for anything out of place. "Is there something on my face?"

"Ah no, it's nothing like that! There's nothing wrong!" Souma-kun shook his head rapidly in denial. So that wasn't it, if there was something out of place Souma-kun would have mentioned it just now but he didn't so it was something else.

Then… What could it be? There was really only one other thing I could think of. "Do you… Think I look pretty?" I asked nervously.

Souma-kun said nothing only turning his face away from me, giving up attempting to look me in the eyes. I flinched, of course that wasn't it. Souma-kun likely thought I looked unnatural dressed like this.

"I'm sorry I-"

About to apologise for my assumption I was abruptly cut of by Souma-kun, who appeared not to have noticed I was saying something, "Yes." He still refused to look at me instead his eyes focused on the ground but his cheeks burned even hotter and I could feel my own start to flush.

“Thank you.” Thinking about it I suppose these kinds of clothes could make most people look pretty but even so the fact that Souma-kun thought I looked pretty in such a fancy get-up and not unnatural or plain made me really happy.

“Um, Yukimura-senpei-” Souma-kun was abruptly cut off when a boisterous voice coming from nearby laughed.

“Those Shinsengumi rats are gonna get it!” The man was clearly talking to someone so there were at least two people there, his words were slurred so he was clearly drunk, hopefully the same could be said for the person or people accompanying him.

Souma-kun frowned in the direction of the door and quickly but quietly moved to block me from the door. Neither of us had any way of knowing if those men would enter this room but it would be best to be cautious, if they found out either of us were part of the Shinsengumi there would surely be a fight.

“Yeah! They won’t know what hit ‘em when we raid their headquarters!” Another voice answered laughing, as far as I could tell there seemed to only be two people there, that was good. The less people there are the better, if there was a fight it would be best if Souma-kun and I weren’t too outnumbered.

They were definitely apart of the group I had been sent to investigate but how did they get here? Saito-san and Yamazaki-san had left to gather more information on that group, there’s no way they would have let two people just walk right out. I had concluded that they must have left the room before Saito-san and Yamazaki-san had gotten there when the door opened revealing the two men we had heard talking in the hallway.

“Eh, there’s people here already?” The first men noticed us immediately, we were kind of hard to miss we were sat in the middle of the room staring straight at them.

“Oi! Leave.” The second stepped into the room followed by his companion and stood over us, glaring. Souma-kun glared back and got to his feet, staring down the much larger men in front of him. I stood up and gave them a glare of their own, though I certainly wasn’t what one would call intimidating, so I doubted it had much of an effect.

“Hahahahaha, isn’t that sweet?” One man laughed mockingly. “They think they can intimidate us.”

“Ha, they’re so puny they couldn’t do shit to us!” The other joined his companion in his laughter, they both seemed to find our attempts laughable. In some ways, I supposed, that was a good thing. They were underestimating us and that would give us an advantage.

“I am Kazue Souma of the Shinsengumi. Did I hear you say you were going to attack the Shinsengumi headquarters?”

The men just laughed harder at that. “Ha, never heard of you. The Shinsengumi aren’t as intimidating as they say if this brat is allowed in their ranks.”

“But if he’s a part of the Shinsengumi…”

“Yeah, let’s get rid of him. We can’t have him telling his superiors what he heard tonight.”

They were awfully arrogant and didn’t seem too bothered by the fact they had been caught, Souma-kun didn’t have much of a reputation for himself and it was true he didn’t look all that intimidating, so maybe that was why. However Souma-kun wasn’t a bad swordsman and he definitely had the advantage in this fight. I had full confidence he could take care of himself.

“Yukimura-senpei, please allow me to handle this.” He asked me unsheathing the sword at his hip as the two burly men did the same.

“Yes.” I agreed and stepped away from him, if I stayed where I was, I would surely be in the way of the fight that was about to break out. I didn’t have my kodachi with me and I wouldn’t be of much help in a sword fight without it. Though my self-defence training wouldn’t really do much good in an actual fight anyway, I definitely wouldn’t be able to help without a sword or some kind of weapon on me. Of course should Souma-kun need help I would try everything in my power to do so.

The two men were moving rather quickly and precisely for how drunk they were but Souma-kun who wasn’t so much as tipsy moved much faster. The two men were clearly much bigger and stronger but Souma-kun was able to move much faster so that meant little in this fight and Souma-kun easily disarmed them both.

“So what were you saying about attacking the Shinsengumi headquarters?” Souma-kun asked them his sword pointed at them, he was ready to move if they tried to make a grab for their swords.

“Souma, I will take it from here.” Saito-san appeared in the doorway and Souma-kun nodded in acknowledgement sheathing his sword. Yamazaki-san wasn’t with him so I assume he was either still in the room these men had likely come from or had gone to report to headquarters.

“You were great, Souma-kun.” I complimented him when he came to stand beside me as we waited for Saito-san to deal with the drunken men that Souma-kun had defeated.

He smiled at me and I smiled back. I guess it was mission accomplished, if Saito-san was here I guess that must mean they’d gotten the information they were after and if they hadn’t they could get it from these two. So either way the men that were planning to attack headquarters had been stopped.

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A few days after the group of men planning to attack headquarters were caught I was cleaning outside with Souma-kun and Nomura-kun on the grass nearby, they had just finished training and were now discussing how it had gone.

“Hey that reminds me. Souma, Yukimura-senpei, you never did tell me all about that mission you guys were sent on.” Nomura sat up and looked back and forth between the two of us, pouting. “I heard you took out two men all by yourself, Souma. That’s amazing!”

“Ah, it really wasn’t all that impressive. I just had an advantage over them, that's all.” Souma answered, waving off the praise his friend was giving him.

I frowned. Sure Souma-kun had the advantage but that didn’t make what he did any less impressive. “I thought you were pretty impressive, Souma-kun. I certainly couldn’t have done that.”

“Ah, but you didn’t have a sword Yukimura-senpai and you aren’t a warrior. That’s different.” Souma-kun told me, while both of those things were true, it certainly didn’t mean Souma-kun hadn’t done well.

“You’re the one that caught them Souma-kun, you did well. Even Saito-san said so, remember?” I reminded him, Saito-san had told Souma-kun he had done a good job in disarming them before he got there, I was hoping Saito-san’s words would do a better job of convincing him then mine did.

“Yeah I remember. Still I wish I could have done… more you know?” I hummed, I knew how that felt. Souma-kun had done well and it seemed like he knew that but he wanted to have done better, admittedly I felt much the same way.

“I… You, Saito-san and Yamazaki-san caught them but all I did was bring you information that wasn’t even enough. You did far more than I did Souma-kun. So don’t worry alright?” Souma-kun’s head shot up to look at me, his eyes wide.

“N-no! Yukimura-senpei did more than enough! You confirmed they were planning something and you told Saito-san and Yamazaki-san where they were located and you dressed as a Geisha to get it. You were really brave to do that!” Souma-kun rushed to reassure me, I smiled. I could hear the sincerity behind his voice, he wasn’t just saying that, he genuinely believed I’d done a good job.

“Thank you but Souma-kun if I did a good job then you did an amazing job, okay?” I looked him in the eye as I said that and he blinked a couple of times in response.

“Hey Souma, you gonna accept the credit now or does she need to start listing all your accomplishments.” Nomura teased him patting him on the back good-naturally.

“...Yes, thank you.” Finally Souma-kun smiled, Nomura-kun and I smiled in turn, both glad he seemed happier with what he had accomplished during the mission.

“So, Yukimura-senpai, what was it like to dress as a Geisha?” Nomura-kun asked me, I blinked not expecting that question in the slightest.

“Hmm, it was a little strange, I’m not used to wearing such fancy clothing. Even when I wasn’t dressed as a man, the kimonos I wore were all rather simple. I’ve never worn make-up before either.” I told them thinking back to my experience, I didn’t dislike it, far from it, but I wasn’t sure if I’d ever dress up like that again unless it was for another mission. I didn’t feel like those kinds of clothes suited me at all.

“Yukimura-senpai was very pretty but I think Yukimura-senpai looks pretty the way she is too.” I gasped and my eyes went red, I felt my face getting hot. Did Souma-kun really think I looked pretty like this? He had said it rather quietly so maybe I misheard it but I was sure that was what I had heard.

“Um, can you repeat that?” I asked hesitantly, wanting to confirm what he had just said about me.

“Oh, well, er…” Souma-kun didn’t seem to want to repeat what he had said, I wasn’t entirely sure why or rather I didn’t want to get my hopes up with the reason I had come up with. I opened my mouth, about to tell him it didn’t matter, when Nomura-kun answered for him.

“He said you look pretty the way you are.” Nomura-kun grinned, looking over at Souma-kun with a teasing glint in his eye. So I had heard him right after all, that made me really happy. As Nomura-kun continued to tease Souma-kun I continued cleaning, a feeling of bliss took over me as I began to hum.

#hakuouki #kazue souma #chizuru yukimura #souchi #souma x chizuru #susumu yamazaki #hajime saito #risaburo nomura

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