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ninhaoma-ya · 3 years ago

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Chapter 1052 — New morning

If the official translation doesn’t have it as “new dawn”, I’ll be sad. Although maybe there’s a difference in the Japanese as well and Oda chose ‘morning’ for a reason? We’ll have to wait and see, as with many other things in life as well.

But SUCH A BRILLIANT CHAPTER! Loved every single page and panel!

Serious spoiler warnings!

I do always tag with "spoiler" but in case that glitched: Go and read the chapter, then you can come back.

We’ll see if I can keep this to my customary one post or if I have to go multiposting for the first time.

To save space: the cover story keeps on delivering. Controversial take: I like Cesar Clown and the potential of him re-teaming with Judge under the Germa flag is.. something.

The Gorosei in da house!

Three things:

1. I haven’t noticed those tripartite logo/symbol/thingies up between the arches. Symbolising the balance between the three powers?

2. How are you going to bring Nico Robin anywhere? You couldn’t even catch her with two agents in the middle of a battle, where her focus is scattered? Does this mean they still have agents inside the country? Or are you just bluffing, nameless CP0? Which leads to number…

3. …is it an agent calling, having secured Robin? Or is it someone completely different?

Rest in peace, Hawkins.

Drake doesn’t appear to have long left either.

This is a very peculiar chapter and a great example of Oda’s storytelling skills. He manages to weave plot progression, hope and sorrow through every page. I really hope they publish a collectors edition or something of One Piece when it’s done. All the original books, no omnibus monstrosities and with all the correct names (I physically hurt when I see ‘Zolo’) as well as explanations of all the culture-specific things that the d’ablations do such a great job of explaining. I’d buy that in a heartbeat and then I could read this chapter as it is intended to be read, just to see how Oda does the mood shifts from one spread to the other.

Because after the jubilation in the capital (and the nod to the importance of <cough> impartial information and critical thinking skills in schoolchildren, Oda goes on to break your heart in the most beautiful way possible.

Rest in peace, Izo and Ashura.

And may the remaining scabbards find some peace without you.

I do hope that “something could happen to our heroes” doesn’t foreshadow anything happening to, to take a completely random example, Robin.

Deaths-in-story, not counting flashbacks, this arc:

Yasuie

Kanjuro

Orochi

Kaido*

Big Mom*

Hawkins

Ashura

Izo

*Until Oda shows something different, I will believe being dropped I a pool of magma will kill you

I’m still a bit uncertain that this is what Oda meant with “they’ll have to learn to cope with loss/war has a price”. Although that’s a lot of deaths (with Oda standards) there’s no-one particularly close to the Straw Hats. We’ll have to wait and see how (/if) he brings that back somehow, especially with Kin’emons comment regarding something happening to their saviours…

But to happier tidings!

Jinbe seems to have overcome his apprehension regarding Yamato from last week!

And in less pleasant parts of the page…

Aaaaand called it. The confusion regarding Momo’s actual age and physical age and behaviour is gaggified, as expected.

And continuing on the I told you so-train, next stop…

IN YOUR FACE REDDIT!

I really have no idea how much clearer Oda, the author of this thing we all love and obsess over, can make it: THIS IS HOW THESE PEOPLE PRESENT. Accept it! Move on! It’s not a big deal.

And still they keep calling Yamato “she”. Well, some people are so far up their own arse that they can use their nose as a whistle.

Also, love Zoro and Sanji bickering in the background.

And just because the whole next spread is a pure unadulterated delight, I will share it all!

Yamato, the guy, bathing with the guys! Momo, being a blushing 8-year old!

Kiku, the gal, bathing with the gals! Horselina, included in the family!

Usopp and Franky, being all handy and engineery and cool!

AND THE ALLIANCE’S REACTION TO GENERAL FRANKY! The vice-captains (and Bubblegum) being all impressed and starry-eyed! And Franky being very pleased with himself about that.

How does Oda manage these emotional U-turns? Sorrow and grief to relief to hilarity and joy with a few turns of the page?

I really want to know Apoo’s backstory with the numbers. Why are they so friendly?

Bounties next week, bounties next week..

(Unless Oda is trolling and keeps them for after the month-long break)

Ooo.. what’s classed as “unnecessary” by Akainu? Razing the country to the ground?

The ideas about the fifth admiral having a plant-based Devil Fruit seem to have been spot on. And how does that coat work, with the stem coming through it? Does it have a hole in the back?

I still say Kizaru’s entrance into the story is the coolest, but Ryokugyu’s is a nice one as well, well suited to the lighthearted tone of the chapter’s end. And the tension just keeps ramping up: who is this mystical fifth admiral, who we’ve only heard about (and seen one half-profile of) before, but who can clash with the mightiest? Is he there of his own will or did Akainu send him? What’s his goal?

Prediction time!

Next week:

- bounties revealed

- Kid and Law confirmed as emperors alongside Luffy

- Robin returns from having investigated the Poneglyphs

- party starts

- Ryokugyu’s presence revealed to the pirates OR them standing outside the banquet hall, not yet seen, but left as a cliffhanger for the break…

Great chapter! Plot progressing nicely and tidying up the lose ends, nice and clear statements from Oda regarding who people are. Art does leave a little something to be wished for, but it’s still cleaner and clearer than it was in the middle of the raid.

I give it a smile as wide as Horselina’s and a feeling of catharsis and the sweet relief of a good cry.

#one piece #ch 1052 #nin reads one piece #opspoilers #one piece spoilers

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nanashinohime · 4 years ago

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A few weeks ago, they`ve announced that Junjou Romantica by Nakamura Shungiku will finally have a stage play. However, it seems that only few people only know about it while some don't know what`s it all about/don`t know that there`s a stage play, so i`ve decided to translate some details about the stage play.

So, The stage play is held from April 29 to May 2, 2021 (8 performances). The ticket cost 9,800 yen and is held at Sougetsu Hall located in Akasaka, Tokyo.

Here's the schedule (the one with heart symbol means there's an “After Talk” event):

Here's the casts:

Takahashi Misaki 【高橋美咲】- Osaki Natsuki (大崎捺希)

Usami Akihiko 【宇佐見秋彦】 - Kimisawa Yuki (君沢ユウキ)

Takahashi Takahiro 【高橋孝浩】-Yusuke Seto (瀬戸祐介)

Aikawa Eri 【相川絵理】 - Tomita Maho (富田麻帆)

Sumi Keiichi- 【角圭一】-Yasui Kazuma (安井一真)

Isaka Ryuichiro 【井坂龍一郎】 - Maeuchi Takafumi (前内孝文)

Usami Haruhiko 【宇佐見春彦】 - Yagami Ren (八神蓮)

Here's the staff:

Director: Suehara Takuma (末原拓馬)

Screenplay: Ise Naohiro (伊勢直弘)

Music: Suehara Yasushi ( 末原康志)

Art: Takebe Natsuko ( 竹邊奈津子)

Stage director: Akasaka Yukiko ( 赤坂有紀子)

Lighting: Abe Masayuki ( 阿部将之)

Sound: Maeda Norihiro ( 前田規寛)

Hair Make: Kuratani Yui ( 車谷結)

Stylist: Sato Akari ( 佐藤朱香)

Assistant Director: Takahashi Masataka ( 高橋将貴)

Promotional art: Goto Eiichi ( 五島英一)

Production Producer: Sugita Tomohiko ( 杉田智彦)

Organizer: Avex Pictures Co., Ltd.

Based on the current casts list, it seems that the stage play will only focus on Junjou Romantica (Misaki and Usami`s story) because key characters from Junjou Mistake (Isaka is present but not Asahina), Junjou Egoist and Junjou Terrorist are not listed.

For the “after talk” event, they`ve announced it today. It's basically like an interview/Q&A event and is held after the stage play. They`ll also hand out some freebies for watching the show. The freebies varies depending on the day.

Here's the schedule of the “after talk” event

Basically all casts are present for the April 29 and 30 shows.

For May 1, 1pm show only Kimisawa Yuki (Usami Akihiko), Yusuke Seto (Takahashi Takahiro) and Yagami Ren (Usami Haruhiko) will attend

May 1, 6pm show only Osaki Natsuki ( Takahashi Misaki ), Yusuke Seto ( Takahashi Takahiro ) and Yasui Kazuma ( Sumi Keiichi) will attend

For May 2, 12pm show only Osaki Natsuki ( Takahashi Misaki ), Kimisawa Yuki (Usami Akihiko) , Maeuchi Takafumi (Isaka Ryuichiro) and Yagami Ren (Usami Haruhiko) will attend

Here's the freebies. (Note: Since this was just announce today/March 26, there`s no available images on what the freebies looks like. Will post the images as soon as they released it or after the stage event since i already bought tickets)

For April 29 show - Junjou Romantica Stage postcard

April 30 (2pm) show- Cast (Solo) Bromide. There`s 7 design/pictures. This will probably be a random/blind type item where you cannot choose the design)

April 30 (7pm) show- Cast (solo) paper bookmark. Also 7 types.

May 1 and 2- Cast (solo) post card. Also 7 types.

There's a chance that you`ll get a signed postcard or bromide.

You can check more details about Junjou Romantica stage play in their website here

#junjou romantica #junjou romantica stage #already got tickets for the april 29 may 1 and 2 show #anyone going too?#nakamura shungiku

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mugiwara-lucy · 5 years ago

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While Chapter 1000 was a great chapter, there was something that irked me and for those wondering what that something was, it’s these panels:

Yep, as we see, the Scabbards are now saved by Law.

(Sighs in annoyance and disappointment 🙄😑)

Ugh, this is something A LOT of people and myself included find a problem with in One Piece, the lack of deaths, I mean in real time.

Like...in flashbacks, Oda is a genocidal maniac!

But yet in real time, Oda seems barely willing to kill anybody where it matters! (Barring Ace and Whitebeard) Like...look at Bon Clay for example! That would’ve been a PERFECT way to send his character off:

Yet the cover page reveal of him revealed to still be alive COMPLETELY UNDERSELLS and UNDERMINES that moment.

And Pound? Do NOT get me started on Pount. That was such a great moment but the cover page reveal of him in 979 just takes the excitement and emotion of that scene.

Ugh...it’s to the point where I would NOT be surprised if Pedro came back at either the final war or the end of Wano. And yeah I know we saw the explosion but remember Pell?

Hell at this point, if YASUIE came back.....oh man...

Ugh it’s such a shame that Oda is such a great and talented writer but he’s so soft when it comes to death, especially when that’s the reason why Marineford was so beloved by fans was because Oda wasn’t scared of killing folks that fans cared for like Ace and Blackbeard.

People were saying the tragedy of Act 3 would be either Oden’s death (god forbid) or even worse, random no name people in the Flower Capital getting killed if Kaido manages to drop Onigashima on the Flower Capital.

Ugh....Sorry for the rant people but this is something really irking me. Especially with Wano being hyped as being “bigger and grander than Marineford” as well as being said to “make Marineford looking cute” and random fodder getting hit with the Mummy poison or Ice Oni doesn’t count.

Oda, it is OKAY to kill people and it is OKAY to kill fan favorite characters.

#one piece #I love you Oda but you gotta quit being so soft!#seriously fodder deaths do NOT matter #it’s okay to kill characters we love!

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koisurufortunecephalopod · 6 years ago

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A Comprehensive Guide to DESURABBITS

Hey guys, your friendly cephalopod here to tell you all about the group I’ve fallen in love with!

(ripping of shades sorry not sorry)

So what is this group?

Formed as DEATHRABBITS (デスラビッツ) in late 2013 when the idol group usa☆usa Shoujou Club (usa☆usa少女倶楽部) of Mochizuki Emi, Okawa Yuzu, and Yasui Karin did a crossover unit featuring the section chief of their indies label G-ANGLE RECORDS and vocalist of the digital hardcore unit AKIRADEATH, Kanzaki Akira. While “Bucho” supplies backing death metal screams and often stands around menacingly in the background, the girls sing and dance like any other idol group. Their style is often described as “Japanese Death Pop”, often compared to BABYMETAL and (OG) LADYBABY with how it has maybe a slight bit of an edge compared to other songs in the idol genre, plus metal influences.

For the past six years, they’ve evolved their sound in a variety of different ways, trying different styles with their latest released song “Sotsugyou Shoujo- Mirai E” taking on more of a rock influence. They’re one of those groups that tends to just throw stuff at the wall to see what sticks. One of these being “ramen editions” of their singles. Starting in 2016, the singles sold at their live shows are packaged with dry ramen, and purchasing one also sends packets of ramen to disenfranchised areas of Malaysia. Unfortunately as of 2019, this is being discontinued (although the members and staff have expressed interest in replacing this with ramen edition goods). They’ve also changed their name (confusingly) a few times as well-- to Desu.Rabbits (です。ラビッツ) in 2016, and recently to DESURABBITS (デスラビッツ) in February 2019. Either way, most fans affectionately refer to them either as “DesuRabi” or “Rabbits.”

Also fun fact, Bucho is bffs with Ladybeard because of course those two are friends. They crowdfunded a unit song that’s a collaboration between their groups called “DEADLIFT RABBITS”

Members!

Mochizuki Emi (望月愛実)

Currently 17 and about to start her final year in high school, Emi is the youngest member of the group and was only a sixth grader in elementary school when she joined. Her parents were both involved in the music industry, leading her to become interested in becoming a singer from an early age. She’s the lead vocalist of the group as well as the center of all currently released songs. She’s the one who gets all of the long solo parts and has always had a rather strong voice since she joined. Emi’s grown up A LOT since the early days (they’ve never posted heights on their profiles, so we’re not sure, but she has guessed that she’s grown about 15cm (~6 inches) and has gotten a much more mature hairstyle. As the baby of the group, in some of their older material, she would often come across as a little spoiled and quick-tempered and compared to that she’s really mellowed out, becoming more mature and cool-headed. Her English pronunciation is impeccable, but she actually isn’t very good at speaking it in conversation. Before member colors were abolished in 2019, her image color was pink! She also posts song covers on her personal Youtube channel, but it hasn’t been active for a while.

Okawa Yuzu (大川柚)

Yuzu is the leader and often the one tasked with leading MCs and acting as the spokesperson of the group. Since joining, her catchphrase has been “Always full of energy,” which is something that describes her well. While she isn’t necessarily a ball of sunshine bouncing off the walls, she has more of an intense “Let’s give 100% to everything” sort of energy to her. She takes her role as leader very seriously; consulting with staff about the direction of the group and recently dying her hair ash pink and requesting that her new costume look “strong and like she can fight in it” in order to really highlight how their new era is about taking a new direction. Since early childhood, Yuzu has aimed for a career in show business. Originally wanting to be a talent or a broadcaster, she eventually studied dance in order to become an idol. From there she made connections with singer-songwriter and producer of other idols and artists (such as KOTO, Terashima Yufu, and TsubasaFly), SAWA. She is the best dancer in the group, so look for her if there’s a dance break. Her voice is the deeper one out of the girls, although she doesn’t get as many solo parts as Emi. It was announced recently that she will be getting her first center song as the double A-side with “Sotsugyo Shoujo”, “Demo, Nigenna.” She’s also an avid bookworm and very studious, and will be attending university this spring. Her member color was previously purple!

Yasui Karin (安井夏鈴)

Karin is the oldest of the three girls and the mood maker. She’s carefree and my pace beyond my pace. If she actually speaks during an MC (and isn’t just staring off into space the entire time), she will most likely forget what she’s saying halfway through the sentence because she’s always off in “Kariko World” as she calls it. She has a very distinct way of speaking that’s very slowly rhythmic, so she will often get speaking lines in songs (and recently something of a rap verse). Her singing voice is also the most “idol-like” of the three-- high pitched and sweet-- but while she also doesn’t get many solos, it’s very easy to pick out. Also she has such sweet guitar skills. She and Tomo-zo should totally collaborate. Totally. I can’t find much about her background, but I do want to say on a personal note that she was the first member to remember my name and that I was a Bucho oshi after even the first time I saw them. And every time she’s the one taking the cheki, the camera “somehow” doesn’t have any film in it and you two just have to hold that pose for a bit. Karin will also be attending university in the spring and I am so proud of her. She used to be the green member!

Kanzaki Akira (神崎晃) Bucho (部長)

The 41-year-old section head (or “bucho” in Japanese) at the record label G-ANGLE RECORDS with a background in singing in metal, grindcore, enka, and classical styles who was a vocalist in a handful of metal and rock bands from high school that never went anywhere, Bucho officially emerged in the music world in 2006 with the underground digital hardcore duo AKIRADEATH. As such, Bucho’s role in DESURABBITS is to provide backing death metal vocals (and rap). At 190cm (~6′5′’) with his gas mask and body armor, he can strike an intimidating figure. Despite this, he usually plays the part of a bumbling goofball of an “uncle” figure to the rebellious teenage girls. He himself is a huge idol wotaku (which is really annoying at events when you’re trying to get a two-shot with him and he’s wandered off to get in line for a different idol group. The girls however seem to find it hilarious to yell across the very crowded room for him to get back here because Loren wants to take a cheki with him) and has done video streams talking about the state of the idol industry. While he definitely doesn’t dance (but is incorporated into the choreography sometimes), he does his best in the back to kind of furi-copy or give gestures for the wota-gei if he’s not bumping into things. As technically a part of the record label staff, there is something of a debate over his status of a member. Since the early days of the group, there was a theme of “Emi, Yuzu, and Karin vs. Bucho,” with even several of their one-man concerts being titled as such and given the caveat of “if tickets sell out, Bucho will be fired.” However, as of their 2019 makeover, it was announced that they will be “graduating” from this image and “allowing” Bucho to be a member. In the earlier singles, his involvement was a lot larger (often having full verses), but his vocal parts have been scaled down a lot since 2015. Since 2018, he has remedied this by often having a DJ set up behind the girls and DJing live along with their performances (doing some sick mashups while singing, it’s pretty sweet), and their most recent song plays this up. He also does solo DJing as “DJ Bucho.” Not to be confused with “DJ Akira,” which is just what he calls himself when he talks in an “ikemen voice.” His member color was black!

Okay, so what about their music?

WELL I’M GLAD YOU ASKED. HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF MY OPINIONS.

“Idol STAR WARS”

Their very first song. The girls are at peak baby. Emi is a literal fetus.

I actually really like the instrumental for this, it has a bit of a gritty electronic edge to it. It sets the precedent for their style of “cute but with a screaming man”, but is a bit more so, because Bucho actually has verses???

The chorus is pure sugar pop though I love it

But what I love more is Bucho just hecking going off with the verbal keysmash screams after the final chorus. Fucking spectacular you funky bastard.

I’m pretty sure they only filmed like seven minutes of video for the music video. I’m not convinced Bucho and the girls were ever in the same building.

“Hell Near Bucho ~ Ugokisugi da yo Nihonjin 2013 ~”

The B-side off of Idol STAR WARS, so still pretty old form with the line distribution but

Bucho screaming about having a hernia for four minutes

ngl because of the title being partly in English and the album version having a random-ass intro with an American woman talking about Bucho battling an endless battle with the enemy of “hell near” i didn’t actually make the connection for months and thought this was like. DesuRabi Lore.

OKAY BUT THAT CHORUS IS SO CATCHY AND PEAK IDOL I LOVE IT

And A+ screaming I love it

I really want to see it live at least once because the “Hell! Near! Bucho!” chant part sounds like it would go so hard

“Koisuru Kisetsu”

Second single, getting into their style a bit more

But they still acknowledge that like... Bucho has a name.

I highly recommend checking out the subbed version because the things Bucho is screaming about are just. What.

Literal Rabbits to represent Emi, Yuzu, and Karin

Emi, Yuzu and Karin just being like “The lyrics are kinda dark... Bucho’s singing about his love life again lmao let’s just hecking change this song because we wanna sing something else

Just hecking shove him behind some fake cherry trees. He’ll be fine.

“Omatsuri JAPAN!! Kokuhaku Night”

This is probably their most straight-up idol song. Like you could legit just have this song without him grunting in the background, but why would you want that.

Like that sounds weird by itself but trust me it really pumps up the energy of the song

It’s one of the songs that’s an absolute bop at lives, especially when they shuffle around who does the “Daisuki desu” line. And then we mosh.

Listen it just has such a great energy that you don’t always get in the “cute summer love song” niche of idol songs and I greatly appreciate this

“DESURABBITS Gun no 7 Kajou”

Another one I highly recommend watching the subbed version for because it outlines the “Seven rules of the DESURABBITS Army”, and is basically the theme song and list of principals for the group and fans.

Music and MV aside, I want to say that this was one of the things that REALLY sold me on the group, as the rules are all “do your best at your life outside lives, be kind to one another and the live venue” and the fanbase really reflects that. Like they’ve welcomed me more than Gachamen/pinkos which is kind of an accomplishment.

Like you don’t gotta make your edgy idol group 2edgy4me, you can still be about respecting the fans of other groups and the other fans and just having a good time.

ANyways

Yuzu: Yeah we have no idea what the fuck Bucho is ever saying

Emi’s vocals in the pv are really great for her age and I wish there were better quality live versions for it recently bc dang she’s improved so much

This is another goes absolutely insane at lives with the “WE! ARE! DESURABBITS! DESU!” chant it’s amazing

I do kinda love the bit where it looks like they’re going to go into a dance break and all they do is... spin.

Also they call Bucho a mascot character

“Usagi no Kimochi”

Honestly this song is just kind of hilarious once you realize that it’s basically just “don’t talk shit online and come watch our shows”

Complete with Bucho fucking murdering the Twitter bird

They’re starting to change their styles a bit with many tonal shifts and fewer Bucho parts. I’m not personally too into the verses, but I do like the choruses

I really dig the way they go in on the “pyons” at the beginning as well as the piano parts

DJ AKIRA GA KONNICHIWA

“Chuuni no Natsu. Ojisan no Natsu.”

This is a very good summery idol song just in general and mood which I love, with that lovely piano, string, and Emi-solo intro. Very refreshing and nostalgic with a good energy to it.

THEY LET BUCHO SING!!!! About how much he wants to go to the beach but can’t because he has work just let him go.

But for real, I really love his singing voice here. It matches well and has a bit of a punk rock sound to it which is my jam outside of idols. Also in the last chorus the way all four of them harmonize is surprisingly nice!

Also as a song that really sums up the relationship between Bucho and Emi, Yuzu, and Karin, it’s hilariously fitting.

KUSAI, KUSAI!

O-Ji-SA-N!

“Nande?”

First things first the video is amazing like could you guys not shoot on the same day who came up with the story what is going on who believes Bucho could fight ninjas

But honestly that’s kind of the point

ngl this is my favorite DesuRabbi song, because:

A) HOOKS FOR DAYS. From the “nande naze nande naze nande naze” to the “chikirichi, chikirichi, chikirichi” to the “nande, nee, nande”

B) honestly joining the fandom I was in the mindset where I needed something to express my “why what what the fuck what why what”

and this song supports that that is okay. If you can’t have a happy idol song that is just like “lmao we don’t know what’s going on and that’s fine” idk you’re a stronger person than me I guess??

Also the video

This also really marks the shift into Bucho taking a backseat to the girls, which ye Emi’s voice is clearly getting stronger

But tbh the highlight for me is Karin’s solo at the start of the bridge. Her voice is perfect for the whimsical tone they’re going for at that part of like “hey it doesn’t matter my dude!”

“Shitsuren Shitara Wasabi”

Okay, just gonna be up front, I’m not the biggest fan of their 2016-2018 “です。ラビッツ” era songs. They tried experimenting with songs a lot more with tone changes and different styles, and honestly I just found them lacking the same energy. However, I love this song a lot as it has that with that same “throw a bunch of things at the wall at once”

The tone is a lot more mature than their older material, but you still get the energy, especially in that chorus

The girls are the focus, and even though Emi still has ALL OF THE SOLOS, Yuzu gets some spots too, especially her spoken line which kind of makes this “her song” among her oshis and I’m really happy that she got that since she was the only one who didn’t have that before this

The lyrics are just so hopeful and good??? Idk maybe I’ll translate someday

WASABI WASABI WASABI KURE

“Sotsugyou Shojo-Mirai E-”

Or as I like to call it “When the heck did you guys get a budget???”

This is the first song with a different producer and uh... yeah you can tell. It’s radically different with a darker, rock image, but the lyrics are really hopeful and nice. I translated them over on my jp twitter if you’re interested??

THAT BASS THO

Yuzu’s voice suits this well with her very short solos. I feel like Karin’s solo singing part barely sounds like her, but I do like her little “rap”

And of course Bucho’s rap. What a nerd I love him.

Seriously where did they get a music video budget

I’m more into their old stuff just because that’s what I like, but I do really appreciate that they went for a harder sound but keeping the hooks and the hopeful outlook and the weird old man who stands behind them

This is most definitely the most intense dance they’ve done. Emi and Karin tried very hard.

Okay we get it so how do we follow them?

Unfortunately, on one hand, DesuRabi very much are focused on live performances as part of the underground idol tradition. They don’t have a very active release schedule, and while their Youtube channel sometimes posts live videos, it’s a bit sporadic. HOWEVER, they are a group that if you somehow manage to get to Japan, I would HIGHLY recommend checking out, if only for the fact that they have lives almost every weekend which are very cheap and very easy to get tickets to. Unless it’s a larger event or through a different event planner, usually you just reserve under a name and email and pay at the door. The DesuRabi Army is super nice and accepting and I will possibly be there.

But other than that: uh yeah, social media.

Official Youtube

Official Website

Twitter (group)

Twitter (Emi)

Twitter (Yuzu)

Twitter (Karin)

Twitter (Bucho)

They’re all fairly active on twitter (although Karin will sometimes just kind of... fade from existence). Emi, Yuzu, and Karin seem to have SOME rules on when they can reply, but Bucho just replies whenever he wants, which is often. Even sometimes when he isn’t tagged in the conversation or following you. They’re always very excited to see foreign fans, so tell them Loren sent you!

#desurabbits #desu rabbits #death rabbits #this is a bucho appreciation blog #idols #idol #jpop idol #with the kind of person bucho is there is always a 60% chance he will find this #please do not #but anyways please love them

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sambart93 · 7 years ago

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2018.09.22 Ensemble Stars ‘EnStage’ Live in Yokohama [Report]

Official Website here Official Twitter here Press Coverage 1, 2, 3, 4 PreOrder DVD (Strangely they haven’t released any Animate Online or Amazon dvd preorder even though I’m sure they had DVD Reservations at the venue...)

CAST and CHARACTERS

TRICKSTAR

Ozawa Ren as Akehoshi Subaru Yamamoto Ikkei as Hidaka Hokuto Tanimizu Riki as Isara Mao Matsumura Taiichirou as Yuuki Makoto

UNDEAD

Konami Koji as Sakama Rei Chihiro Okutani as Hakaze Karou Akazawa Ryoutaro as Oogami Koga Akira as Otogari Adonis

FINE

Maeyama Takahisa as Tenshouin Eichi Yasui Kazuma as Hibiki Wataru Watanabe Takaki as Fushimi Yuzuru Hoshimoto Yuzuki as Himemiya Toori

2WINK

Yamanaka Kenta as Aoi Hinata Yamanaka Shouta as Aoi Yuuta

RYUUSEITAI

Saeki Ryou as Morisawa Chiaki Hori Kaito as Takamine Midori Fukazawa Taiga as Sengoku Shinobu Konishi Seiya as Nagumo Tetori Murakawa Shoichi as Shinkai Kanata

RA*BITS

Oosaki Natsuki as Nito Nazuna Sakurai Keito as Shino Hajime Miyazaki Kiyuu as Mashiro Tomoya Okui Nagato as Tenma Mitsuru

AKATSUKI

Higuchi Yuta as Kanzaki Souma Komatsu Junya as Hasumi Keito Ueda Kandai as Kiryu Kuro

KNIGHTS

Hashimoto Shohei as Tsukinaga Reo Takasaki Shouta as Sena Izumi Kitamura Ryo as Narukami Arashi Aramaki Yoshihiko as Sakama Ritsu Kitagawa Naoya as Suou Tsukasa

REPORT

Long story short: It was not worth the 12,000 yen I paid for an arena seat but it had some nice moments...

Let’s just get the crappy parts out of the way okay? BUT if you wanna skip it just CTRL F to ‘the few good parts’.

First, the massive mess up about the goods! If you didn’t hear, they announced about 3 days before the show starts that we would have to APPLY for a LOTTERY for a CHANCE to buy goods! And that the event venue and the goods venue were going to be at least 30 minutes apart (depending on your mode of transport). So we had people not hitting for the goods lottery meaning they couldn’t get any goods even though they might’ve been seeing it that day, so they were going without penlights, tshirts etc. So naturally people were pissed. It got worse when 8 minutes into the goods starting; penlights were sold out. And they were not going to get a new batch in until about 3 hours later. So again, people were losing their shit. There were people who could ONLY get goods at 10am because they were going to the afternoon show but within MINUTES one of the main wanted goods was sold out? Again, people lost their shit. It just got worse as the day went on... By the time the shows actually started, no one gave a shit about anything the official EnStage twitter had to say, everyone had lost their trust in the staff and company. Luckily, I had smooth sailing; I hit for goods, I got all my goods. But just imagining people who didn’t even HIT for the goods lottery but were going to the shows, just broke my heart. It made me just as angry as those who were being left out. OH and they did NOT prepare any trading area this time; why the fuck are you selling RANDOM and TRADING goods if you’re not going to provide a fucking trading area? Idiots...

The second mess up was, when the first show was about to begin, lots of tweets came out saying ‘there’s been a mistake in the seating plans, first row has NO seats, and they’re moving people’ well what a fuck up that is. How can you not have enough seats?! You know how big the room is, you know how many tickets you sold, you know how many people are coming; how did you fuck up the seating plan, not have enough seats and then have the audacity to MOVE a front row ticket holder to other parts of the room?! What the fuck. Again, I was lucky, I had a seat and there were no such problems at the night show I went to.

The next one is more to do with me personally. I am barely 159cm and I never wear heels to any events, even concerts, because I know how tiny some Japanese women can be and if one is behind me, I don’t want to be blocking them more than I should be. But because of this, I could not see the main stage AT ALL. The entire show I had to WATCH the screen even though I was to the left of the front stage. I could not see the main stage at all! So I was pissed! But also that meant that not only me, who paid 12,000 yen for an arena seat which should be one of the best seats, but others too weren’t able to see the stage. What’s the point paying 12,000 yen if I can’t see the whole fucking stage? GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK! I seriously think those in the stands and second floor had the best view for any of these performances. It was easy for them to see the stage, sitting or standing.

The next part, which is apparently my fault again, but apparently (no matter who I talk to) it’s ‘COMMON KNOWLEDGE’ that every stage/musical concert/live that you go to is lipsynced. Well I’m sorry but I DID NOT KNOW and they didn’t tell us it would be And if I HAD KNOWN, I wouldn’t have bothered paying for a ticket at all, let alone a 12,000 YEN SEAT(!). But apparently ‘everyone else knew it was going to be lipsynced’. WTF?! I realised straight away (during TRICKSTAR’S first song) that they were lipsyncing, so it wasn’t even GOOD lipsyncing! It really rubbed me the wrong way. Like A LOT. What did I pay 12000yen for? What did EVERYONE pay 9000+ yen for?! If you’re not going to PERFORM?! I did not pay a ridiculous amount of money to watch people LIPSYNC for 2 and a half hours. I paid that much money to be entertained, to be able to see everything, to enjoy myself, to hear the beautiful voices that people like Ikkei, Kandai, Kazuma and Yuzuki possess(!). To hear the booming voices of RenRen and Shohei who are SO damn loud, there’s no point giving them a mic - but again, because their voices were strangely the same volume as the melody when they were ‘singing’ was also obvious proof that they were lipsyncing -, to hear bad singers like TakaChan and KitaMu sing badly (because I fucking love hearing people live REGARDLESS of how shitty they are!). That’s what I want! I want a LIVE concert performance, and they gave me..... Higuchi barely trying to lipsync in time, for example ---- seriously he BARELY moved his mouth!!!!!

OH and they didn’t even sing ALL the songs. WTF?! You just play the group songs and... why?! Judge of Knights was such a success and you’re not even going to put in any battle or Knight Killers songs?! Oh please fuck off. I’m sorry but that is NOT a performance! That is 30+ people barely putting in any effort and getting paid for it. Oh I was SO PISSED for the entirety of the show when I figured it out STRAIGHT away. No wonder I sat down for most of the concert; I couldn’t see the main stage whether I stood or not, they were lipsyncing so I don’t really need to watch them, I can just listen to them like I’d listen to a CD because that’s what they fucking were anyway! Again, why did I pay 12,000 yen to listen to a CD recording of them?! what the fuck....

Yeah, I’m still going! At this point I might as well let it ALL OUT. But the audience sucked as well. The cast was trying to get us to ‘oi!’ and yell chants at some of the songs but EVERY TIME, as soon as the boys stopped yelling it out, the audience went quiet again and I’m like ‘FUCKERS CONTINUE!’ it was obvious we could still keep cheering along, they wanted us to continue. The audience fucking sucked. OH god and every time KNIGHTS came out..... FYI I fucking HATE KNIGHTS at this point. I fucking hate Ritsu with a passion and ALWAYS have <<< feels so nice to finally admit how much I can’t stand and have never stood Ritsu. But the audience volume change and the squeal change when KNIGHTS came on compared to the REST of the groups is just so fucking bias and I am so fucking over it. OH and another part that really pissed me off, Rei and Ritsu did the ‘15 minutes before the show rules announcement’ and it started with Ritsu yawning but apparently everyone in that room was dumb as fuck because I knew that was Maki straight away, but it wasn’t until he spoke an actual line that everyone else realised it was Ritsu and then everyone started to lose their shit and scream -______________- . It was obvious it was him. -____________- idiots.... <<< like I said, I might as well let it all out.

Also, fucking hate UnDead. Hate their songs too. You’re welcome to like them and everyone was super yelling and into their songs (the audience actually yelled and cheered during their songs which was nice) but ugh... just no for me.

New Yuzuru was so robotic whenever he spoke his lines. He didn’t really get a good reaction from the audience the night I watched. But he has time to improve, I think he’s a newbie anyway and he wasn’t on stage long enough to give people an impression really.

No Encore... seriously? No Greetings/Curtain Call... seriously? Ugh....

Sigh.... I think I’m done ranting.. let’s get to the few good parts...

The actual ensemble cast were a dream! The actual ensemble cast were so good and they were all so good looking! I spent MORE time watching them than I did with the actual cast. They were so much fun! Their dances were great, I loved how they tried to encourage the audience (but were obviously being ignored by everyone else) with claps and cheers constantly, they were good looking, they were just a great ensemble cast! I really, really liked all of them!

There was about 50% live singing when it came to the new FINE, Akatsuki and All Cast song. Knights Escort was 50% live too. But everything else was not. The two new group songs were good. BUT they were obvious goodbye songs and their lines before their songs were obviously scripted ‘graduation’ lines which just made me sigh. If it’s scripted then it just ruins their actual graduation if I’m going to be honest. Making them do the same ‘goodbye / graduation’ lines every show just ruins it. Okay, I’ll stop complaining now.... maybe...

There were so few interactions between people (as in groups mixing and interacting), it was just group song, after group song, after group song. BUT I did enjoy the few interactions that did happen; Ritsu running away from Rei, Ritsu falling asleep on Mao, Ra*bits hugging each other during their songs. But, looking at twitter reports, it was ALL scripted so again, it just cheapens it. BORING.

EVERYONE LOVES KNEW MITSURU! EVERYONE! When he first came out for his group songs, everyone was yelling ‘kawaii / cute’ and cheering for him and when it was his ‘singing’ parts, everyone gave him so much support! It was absolutely adorable and so great to watch. I’m glad everyone was already so ready and welcoming for him!

Rei messed up his line just before their first UnDead song and everyone died laughing and Kaoru started making fun of him and pointed it out ‘you messed up’ and Rei tried so hard just to ignore it xD

I really liked when it got emotional with FINE and Akatsuki towards the end, there was great (scripted) timing from Reo when he finished writing his song on the floor and popped up like ‘I DID IT!’ and it helped break that tension and sadness and brought laugher back to everyone, which was a nice touch.

Kandai made SUCH an effort even during the lipsyncing parts. You could tell he was actually singing even though his voice wasn’t going to come through the mic. You could tell in his neck movements and his throat and his neck veins were popping out. He really gave it his all even though he wasn’t going to be heard. But I appreciate how much effort he put into it regardless! He’s a star seriously. He looked the most legit out of everyone ‘performing’.

During the final song, Keito was near my side of the blocks and gave everyone attention as he ‘sang’ the end of one of the Shooting Star chorus’, everyone around him sucked it all in.

TakaChan took his moment to congratulate Ritsu on his birthday and Maki replied ‘oh you say it HERE?!’ and we all yelled happy birthday to him.

And I think that’s all. Like I said, NOT worth the amount of money I paid but I’m glad most other people seemed to enjoy it.

#ensemble stars #enstage #ensute #review #report #aramaki yoshihiko #kitamura ryo #takasaki shouta #kitagawa naoya #ozawa ren #yamamoto ikkei #tanimizu riki #ueda kandai #higuchi yuta #sakurai keito

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flowersandcandy06 · 11 months ago

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Oh yeah!! Here's some art I made on June 5th as well :0

Idk why my art peaked on the Yasui art, uhhm. Men moment, I guess,, -v-;; anyways-- -

And here's some art I made based on an emoji in a Discord server I'm in because I think it's pretty funny lol

#flowerposting #flower art #doodle #doodle gone serioused #actual flower posting #randomness #randomness webcomic #randomness-realnotfake #yasui randomness

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enstarsstage · 7 years ago

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“My grandmother’s house is decorated with Wataru. It’s so natural that I didn’t even notice to begin with.” - Yasui Kazuma (Hibiki Wataru) Random mod note: During the Take Your Marks shows in Osaka I was sat beside his grandmother in the theater lobby, and she had Wataru’s manjuu attached to her bag. It seems she has quite a selection of goods.

#yasui kazuma

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tsuppashire · 8 years ago

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Dress_No. 1st No.

I don’t usually share CDs of small groups like this because I want to encourage people to buy them themselves. However, this CD was hand made by the group and limited to only 200 copies which were only sold at the Bancho Boys Live on February 25th, so the chance of anyone else being able to get one was basically zero. I really want to spread the word that this group exists, so I’m willing to share my copy. You can download it here:

https://mega.nz/#!MlknzTaC!y5yzbMtlulbmWeFB6j1vJqzOxd4cvZCN8e_fYu98q_4

Aside from that, I have ONE extra copy that I’m willing to give for free (shipping by regular airmail included). If you are interested in the CD, please reblog this post to spread the word. I will choose one random person to receive the CD at the end of March 10th. Please also feel free to reblog if you do NOT want the CD. If you happen to get chosen and do not want it, I can choose another person.

(L~R: Kazuma, Takumi, Yutaka, Shogo, Yapp, Yuta)

If you are interested in the group, you can see the following Twitter links:

Official Twitter - @DRESS_No_OSAKA

Yapp! (leader) - @1016Kn

Yasui Kazuma - @xoxo_kid616

Nozaki Yutaka - @nyyr59313

SHOGO - @xxshoodragonxx

Kano Takumi - @takumi_dress_no

Yuta (new member) - @YUTA_dctxxx

Also, if you click this Youtube link, you can find their PVs and lyric videos:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dress_no

#ドレスノ #dress_no.#dress_no

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altleaf17 · 7 years ago

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100 Questions

Tagged by: @crownstealer

1. What is your nickname? usually people just shorten to cam or purposely pronounce cameron in a strange way

2. How old are you? im turning 18 in 2 weeks

3. What is your birth month? june

4. What is your zodiac sign? gemini

5. What is your favorite color? peach, indigo, and silver

6. What’s your lucky number? 17

7. Do you have any pets? 1 kitty

8. Where are you from? oregon

9. How tall are you? 5′4

10. What shoe size are you? like an 8 idk

11. How many pairs of shoes do you own? like 4? i usually just wear one of those tho

12. Are you random? i guess

13. Last person you texted? a new group chat

14. Are you psychic in any way? does being empath count?

15. Last TV show watched? the carbanaro effect (how do u spell that)

6. Favorite movie? id k i watch so many random movies

17. Favourite show from your childhood? i dont remember

18. Do you want children? not really

19. Do you want a church wedding? ehhh no, not big on marriage in general

20. What is your religion? was raised with my whole family being some kind of christian but im not religeous now

21. Have you ever been to the hospital? instead of emotionally supporting me my mother would randomly take me to the ER for mental health evaluation so,,, yeah

22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law? nope

23. How is life? oof

24. Baths or showers? baths if i dont have energy to stand that long

25. What color socks are you wearing? not wearing any rn but my socks can never match

26. Have you ever been famous? not really

27. Would you like to be a big celebrity? probably not

28. What type of music do you like? too many kinds

29. Have you ever been skinny dipping? kind of,,

30. How many pillows do you sleep with? like 5 lol

31. What position do you usually sleep in? i move a lot idk

32. How big is your house? uhh theres like 4 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms

33. What do you typically have for breakfast? if anything just something small

34. Have you ever left the country? yeah ive been to mexico a few times

35. Have you ever tried archery? yeah i was decent at it

36. Do you like anyone? i dont think so?.

37. Favorite swear word? idfk

38. When do you fall asleep? when my brain finally decides to shut tf up

39. Do you have any scars? quite a lot

40. Sexual orientation? idk that shit fluid,,, i like nb people and guys

41. Are you a good liar? idk

42. What languages would you like to learn? i wish i had the brain space to keep learning french

43. Top 10 songs? this too much work i dont have the spoons,,,

44. Do you like your country? nah

45. Do you have friends from the web? a couple

46. What is your personality type? INFJ

47. Hogwarts House? slitherclaw

48. Can you curl your tongue? yea

49. Pick one fictional character you can relate to? i always relate a little to everyone i guess idk

50. Left or right handed? right

51. Are you scared of spiders? i don’t like most bugs

52. Favorite food? i like fruits

53. Favorite foreign food? idk i dont eat anything that isnt pretty much kid food

54. Are you a clean or messy person? i love organizing but i rarely have the energy

55. If you could switch your gender for a day, what would you do? already done that, wouldnt go back

56. What color underwear? blue

57. How long does it take for you to get ready? not long like 30 mins maybe

58. Do you have much of an ego? no

59. Do you suck or bite lollipops? both?

60. Do you talk to yourself? i guess i have a lot of internal dialogue

61. Do you sing to yourself? only to my cat, no one else

62. Are you a good singer? eh

63. Biggest Fears? dishonesty, perminance

64. Are you a gossip? not really

65. Are you a grammar nazi? sometimes.

66. Do you have long or short hair? short

67. Can you name all 50 states of America? maybe if i had to

68. Favorite school subject? math and science

69. Extrovert or Introvert? introvert

70. Have you ever been scuba diving? just snorkeling

71. What makes you nervous? just about everything. i dont function well

72. Are you scared of the dark? not much

73. Do you correct people when they make mistakes? depends

74. Are you ticklish? sometimes

75. Have you ever started a rumor? no

76. Have you ever been out of your home country? yeah

77. Have you ever drank underage? not more than a couple sips

78. Have you ever done drugs? no

79. What do you fantasize about? being in love lol im lame

80. How many piercings do you have? 6 so far

81. Can you roll your R’s? i can make a kind of purring noise but not really with words

82. How fast can you type? decently fast but im not great at touch typing

83. How fast can you run? i havent ran in soo long idk

84. What color is your hair? brown

85. What color are your eyes? blueish

86. What are you allergic to? i have seasonal allergies and some cats/dogs

87. Do you keep a journal? just on tumblr i guesss lol

88. Are you depressed about anything? oof

89. Do you like your age? it’s alright

90. What makes you angry? i dont get angry much

91. Do you like your own name? not as much as i used to

92. Did you ever get a foreign object up your nose? probably not? idk lol

93. Do you want a boy or a girl for a child? i dont really want kids but if i did i wouldnt care

94. What talents do you have? photography and organizing

95. Sun or moon? moon

96. How did you get your name? idk it just came to mind and i chose it

97. Are you religious? nope

98. Have you ever been to a therapist? for most of my life yes

99. Color of your bedspread? i got a dark blue weighted blanket rn

100. Color of your room? mostly white and some light green im gonna hopefully get it all redone soon

tagging: @koware-yasui

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