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Gotta love a man who comes with his own personal ✨sparkle✨

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short translation of a chinese translation of chapter 49 (corresponds to "Beating the Heat" in the LN) in the GX manga because i like how they did this scene and what they added after maomao leaves the room... it feels like it hints a lot more explicitly at jinshi's secret than both the LN and the other manga, which is fun! also basen almost letting it slip before gaoshun slapped a hand over his mouth and again after their whispered conversation is extremely funny to me

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Thinking about.......... Them............

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The Many Faces of Jinshi

This one is my favorite one. He's so precious.

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Honestly I feel discouraged from fandom/FC stuff and if fans are not going to be the same after what's happened and can't meet due to events and life stuff... It will be harder for me to attend events to meet friends and get tickets with people's help. It was fun with them even tho it was brief. I'll focus away from going to starto events and just focus on working lame jobs and pay off my debt. I'm already racking into my savings and more cc debt with funemployment. I don't think I will get a stable office job again due to changes in my old work field. 😔

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2022.09.29 Endless SHOCK @ Hakataza Theater in Fukuoka

Posting on my Tumblr so I can delete the thread on my Twitter and it looks better here than a series of 10+ tweets haha. I'm sad I didn't hit for SHOCK 2023 so time to relive seeing it last year. I got lucky and decided to just YOLO by applying for the self guided tour visa before borders opened back up officially like two weeks later lmao. I HAD TO GO since I'm a KinKi and Kisumai fan!

Koichi Zachou is really an oujisama 😍 Loved red hair Mitsu as rival. Wish I could have seen more shows because there's so much happening in all the scenes. Glad I got close seats in the 2nd floor especially to see Koichi's flying scenes in the second act 😭

9/29 13:00 show

I was so focused on Koichi at the beginning and I'm so used to Kochan's stage voice so when Mitsu first spoke I was like who omg it's HIROMITSU

I was very impressed with Mitsu's stage acting and singing just like many fans reported! His singing is very clear & smooth 💯

Matsuzaki & HIROMITSU are too cute as buddies. Zaki telling Mitsu to put his arms around Rika at the rooftop🙈 A few scenes I just laughed at their buddy bro dynamic.

Mitsu in the ❤️ patterned suit is cute 🥰 when he comes in with the bouquet & dances with Rika during It's a Wonderful Day. Man got guts to wear that heart patterned suit. Haha he's so charai just like how he is as idol... watch Kisumai Busaiku! 🤣

I think HIROMITSU is the happy go lucky charai rival that is more on KOICHI's level. He doesn't seem to get angry and is more sly and calculated.

I laughed at the Everybody Go lines 😂 I love the little references/adlibs. For my show since it was the day of Travis Japan's "world debut" announcement. After the rooftop scene they are crossing the stage~

Matsuzaki: There's a group making a world debut!

Mitsu on roller skates: Ehh Tora Tora..! 🐯🐯

Overall HIROMITSU gets along with everyone and have fun in the Company.

The solo for the rival, MOVE ON is such a good fitting song. I felt Shori had the cool youngster brash charisma in the performance. So it's nice to see how Mitsu's version has a different aura that was his own... he totally owned the stage. Dancing & charisma. 💯💯

I need to review the previous rivals and watch more closely but I can definitely see how others say Mitsu's version is different. I felt his version was more calm, diligent, and mature and more of KOICHI's equal. He didn't crumble emotionally and descend into darkness/violence or acted brashly right away...

It was a slowburn but when he finds out, KOICHI is really dead... After the Shakespearean act, HIROMITSU is lying on the floor distraught. The piano melody for Don't Look Back 〜戻れない日々 plays (love this song composed by Koichi! could we get a new OST version with Shori and Mitsu as vocals *biased*). This part always gets me with the rival, KOICHI, and the owner singing. here is where I first started to get sobby/cry a bit. I also cried at the end of Yori no Umi, then and there's HIROMITSU and the cast... The flashbacks of memories with KOICHI is shown...

Shimada Kaho who Koichi worked with in Knights' Tale played the Owner for the first time. She's a lovely lady and has such a elegant presence 😍 she has a softer speaking voice than Maeda Bibari-san but a powerful beautiful singing voice.

As always the second act is just amazing with the Japanese dance and flying scenes.

And the end is just 😭😭😭

Doesn't HIROMITSU look so intense!

Even knowing the general story with the acts and various performances... I understand why people still want to see it every year even tho the general story is the same but how the script changes with the different rival and how it evolves... There's a different atmosphere with each new rival/cast. For me, seeing the cast ensemble makes it interesting to watch with the chairman leading. I really hope to see Endless SHOCK again one day.

Scans by me from digital Weekly TV Guide & TV Guide Alpha

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So amazing to see the creative team put this together!

Koichi's Willy Wonka: Compilation of designers' commentary (summarised)

Instagram: sho_konishi

The stick is peppero dipped in chocolate sauce. And the idea of WonKo's hat is it's made of chocolate and melts on him as he's wearing it, with the necklace being dips of gummy candies. Even the buttons for WonKo's coat is made with the idea of the rubies as candies. With dots and stripes to create an illusion to the viewer, a potrayal of eccentric WonKo with hidden personality

Instagram: nailsbymei

The idea for WonKo's nails is also similar, made of chocolate (+probably candies) that some melts as he's wearing it.

Instagram: sho_konishi

The pants-boot design was put in consideration to give best comfort when it comes to dancing even with heels, with the stripes to create even more dazzling illusion as the actor dances.

Imaginative, genius, and the Master of Sweets.

That is Sho's view on Willy Wonka after reading and watching the movies several times, which in a fashion sense will be seen to create funky and crazy visual. That's when he decided to add huge bow tie to Wonka's image. Sho later added a fine detail on the bow tie, which is the dots, to create this image of darkness and light as per Wonka's mysterious image. He stated his experience of sketching and creating the outfits "as if writing a poem about the character" ✍️🏻

Instagram: charlie_choco_jp

p/s: can't wait to see other casts + how WonKo will be potrayed (☆-☆)

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Kirin green-name

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“For the sake of understanding love, for the sake of loving others, we were born amidst this strong light.” - Family ~You are not alone~ Days when I talk about KinKi Kids. 

Had always been bugging me, whether it was done as an intentional pun or not. Strong light in japanese can be interpreted as：

つよい（し）＝ 剛　Tsuyoshi 光り（一）＝ 光一　Koichi And then the sentence would be：”We were born into this as Tsuyoshi and Koichi.”

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Bunbuboon #103 (2017.04.09): King of Prism Cheer Viewing Part 2

This episode in a nutshell:

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‘If Tsuyoshi produced a program starring Koichi, what type of show would it be?’

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[SONGS Spin-off]  This part unfold the actual secret plan behind Tsuyoshi’s Keyakizaka costume that he wears on Kouhaku. (No, if you think it was Tsuyoshi’s own idea, you’re hugely mistaken!) — Omake: 

The next day after Kouhaku, Koichi finally reveals the process of the costume making to everyone on their concert at Osaka 1.1.2017, and then:

Tsuyoshi: You are so involved (in this plan)! Koichi: I’m very worried I was watching (you) like forever!

かぶせ 大成功!  Kabuse Daiseikō! (ノ≧▽≦)ﾉ ⁾⁾*✭｡*ﾟ✧

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Koichi and Tsuyoshi do a backflip.

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It would have made more sense to start with a yonkoma about the Kinkis themselves but Pan is too cute, she takes the cake 🐾

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Goal: Get many Choromatsu pin buttons for an ita-bag