#-super cute and sweet but i Cannot envision them actually dating

[many-gay-magpies]

my realization of my own arospec identity has massively influenced my attitude towards ships in media because everyone in the toh tag is saying "raeda marriage" and "huntlow r dating" and im like "but why tho"

[zukadiary]

Hoshigumi Small Theaters ~ Spring 2019

I am five entire shows behind on reviews and I hate it!!

But I finally make it to Kansai!! I conveniently managed to see these guys on back to back days upstairs and downstairs in the same building. If nothing else I think I am 500% more educated on Hoshigumi after this trip.

Man from Algiers / Estrellas 2.0

Man from Algiers ticks all the National Tour buttons—old, done many times, ambiguous time period (useful for traveling costume recycling, i.e. why not just use the rainbow sports jackets we need for Estrellas anyway!)—and while I’m not surprised that Coto can make just about anything good, I was a bit surprised at how much I enjoyed the show itself (this was the first time I’d seen it at all, which was a blessing as the surprise ending was my favorite part). 

I can definitely envision it in all its original 70s glory, and it made me wonder if they really just wanted to exploit a West Side Story aesthetic’s swoon-inducing abilities and came up with the plot later; the opening looks and choreography were awfully familiar. Am I saying it didn’t work?

No I am not saying that.

(And the resulting prologue number was really cool).

The story, while dated, was simple and easy to follow, and does a great job of making sure you understand each character’s motivation with minimal info (difficult AND clutch for one-acts). There’s a good summary on the wiki, I’m including spoilers not mentioned there.

Team National Tour is definitely the lighter side of the troupe split, especially with regard to upperclassmen, but I thought Algiers was a good fit for this particular arrangement of members, and everyone really nailed their characters. Most notable: 

Julien is a despicable person, and it’s a testament to Coto’s pure heart and brimming talent that she made him a totally valid protagonist, complete with moments that made my heart lurch a little (when his old friends are bullying him in his cute little chauffeur outfit; how quickly he abandons everything to stand by Sabine when everything goes to hell at the end). 

It was very weird first not to see Aichan in Ocean’s and then to see her hanging out with a percentage of Hoshigumi, but this cast needed her. Her Jacques (albeit very reminiscent of her Bernardo) was a good balance for Coto; they both played unsavory people, but Aichan playing bad has kind of a darker streak that suits the more evil friend well, whereas Coto playing bad still has an undercurrent of goodness that gets you fully on board with his journey to reform.

Otoha Minori as Sabine was a good choice not only for her abs in the gold night club bikini dress, but for her maturity, which lended sincerity to Sabine’s fantasy-level selflessness in her concern for Julien and her desire to watch over him. When she shoots Jacques in her dressing room to get him out of the way so he can’t interfere with Julien’s new life, I was so impressed that it read as an act of sacrifice (however excessive and stupid) purely out of love and desire to see Julien continue to grow and succeed, instead of “look at what I did for you, come back to me!”

Asamizu Ryou played Bollinger, the dude who takes Julien in and grooms him for upper-crust success, opposite not just Coto (her senpai) but Shirotae Natsu (her mega-senpai), and she did it with a surprising amount of gravitas. She’s got that face which definitely helps, but she was a little scary and exuded a lot of authority. Shirotae Natsu was hilarious as the extraordinarily airheaded wife, and her interjections may have even been singlehandedly responsible for keeping the pacing of the show brisk and entertaining. 

Sakuraba Mai played the Bollingers’ daughter Elizabeth. She was detestable, but in the way that indicates a great acting job. She’s at that awkward spot where it looks like she’s getting almost heroine weight roles in small theaters and disappearing in grand theaters. I hope they keep pushing her because she’s very strong.

Number one heartbreaker Kozakura Honoka (voice of an angel!) played blind Annabel, daughter of Kumichou/a very influential duchess. She mostly stays inside alone, and then Julien woos her with the intention of climbing the social/political ladder (while developing feelings for Elizabeth and also really never getting over Sabine). Annabel overhears Julien confessing his feelings to Elizabeth and asks her attendant Andre (Kiwami Shin, in love with Annabel) to let her kill herself. Honoka apparently put an immense amount of time and research into acting blind and it showed. 

Fellow American Sayaka Rin had probably the most lines she’s had yet, in a role formerly held by both Takashio Tomoe and Hyuuga Kaoru <3 

My personal MVPs of this show were Shidou Ryuu and Kiwami Shin, Shidou not even for doing anything particularly spectacular, but just just for having grown so much since I first became aware of her existence via the Koumori shinko 3+ years ago. She’s always going to be on the cute side rather than the devastating side IMO, but she’s developed enough confidence and control in her acting that she’s become a really lovable best friend/brother type; her character’s relationship with Julien and secret-but-obvious admiration of his far superior coolness was really adorable. Andre (Shin) isn’t a super juicy role until the very end, but the way Shin did Andre’s quiet breakdown when Annabel was explaining she didn’t want to live anymore, and then her poise when Andre came out of nowhere and shot Julien just as he and Sabine were trying to run away from shooting Jacques (?!??!) was like, my jaw actually dropped. Granted she’s still super young, but Shin isn’t someone who has thus far impressed me proportionately to the amount they’re pushing her, so this mini breakout was nice to see. 

Estrellas (a revue that I loved!), like all tour revues with less than half the cast and no staircase, felt quite small, at least from the B-seki side box. But in the smallness, normally unseen people get to shine, and there were moments that had me bouncing in my chair. Amato Kanon is going to grow up dangerous (if Tennis Daughter doesn’t just consume all the otokoyaku below 98th); in the opening with everyone else beaming she was smoldering. Aichan and Anru took Kai’s medley (with different songs) and made it a very cute douki thing. Sazanami Reira needs to dance closer to the front more often. Ruri Hanaka (who, bless her heart, cannot sing, at least not like a musumeyaku) somehow snagged Airi’s part in Tonight is What it Means to be Young, and despite the singing, absolutely killed it; that girl can DANCE and she’s got sass and arm muscles for days and a look in her eye like she’ll superglue you to your makeup table if you cross her. 

And boy, Coto looks good in that top position. The talent is really stupid, but on top of that she has such warmth. I’m really excited for her Hoshigumi.

Kamatari

Kamatari accomplished a feat, because admittedly I went in having already biased myself against it; I thought Beni and Airi getting a weird nihonmono for their last small theater was dumb and just about as NOT THEM as you can get.

But I take it back! It was lovely!

For starters it was visually stunning, which feels like the thing you say when you’re trying to convince yourself that you liked a nihonmono you didn’t actually understand a word of... but in this case, it really was just a bonus. The story (summary here) is not actually all that complicated, and the dialogue was even on the friendly side for nihonmono—no weird dialects (beyond what it always takes to decipher Beni), no 12th level keigo. 

Act 1 introduces Kamatari (Beni) and Soga no Iruka (Hanagata Hikaru) meeting as youths in school and developing a friendship, and then takes us, as far as I can tell, fairly historically accurately through the events leading up to and including the Isshi Incident. Act 2 was a little harder for me to follow; but it seems to be just a progression of Kamatari’s struggles living under the new post-incident emperor Naka no Oe (Seocchi), with whom he’d conspired to eliminate Soga no Iruka, and the former empress/Naka no Oe’s mother (Kuracchi), who wants to see Kamatari suffer, because she both loved Iruka and couldn’t side against her son. 

Most of the roles were pretty small so there are fewer standouts, but here they are:

This was the third in a progression of Hoshi shows I saw live (the other two being Another World and Elbe) that really helped cement my respect for Beni and Airi’s brand of chemistry. At the beginning of her top run, I was skeptical about Beni’s ability to generate romantic chemistry with anyone at all (Scarlet Pimpernel didn’t really help me with that, and I haven’t seen anything between that and Another World). They definitely don’t have sizzling hot chemistry, and they don’t have that cute newlywed chemistry either, but I noticed watching Kamatari that in the last few Hoshi things I’ve seen, I’ve found it very easy to believe how deeply Beni loves Airi in whatever world they’re portraying. They have like, comfortable old married couple chemistry (yes, even when they’re playing love at first sight). Their moments in Kamatari were very tender, but in a wholesome “aw, she cooked for him” kind of way. Yoshiko (Airi) also had a lovely part at the end, where the two of them are old, and Kamatari’s health is failing, and they go back to the spot where they met, and she says their life wasn’t always easy, and they suffered, and they struggled, but in the end she can honestly say she had fun, and she’s truly happy. I teared up! It was sweet and meta! That alone convinced me it wasn’t a bad last small theater for them.

Hanagata Hikaru was SO much the star of Act 1 that it had me wondering if this was gonna turn out to be HER taidan present (but then she died and didn’t appear in Act 2 at all). I can’t complain because she kicked ass. I feel like I said this exact thing re: Another World, but Mitsuru is normally about as vanilla as it gets for me, but she blew me away. The pompous genius school kid to the idealistic young man to the uncertainty that comes with the reality of seizing power to the change to tyranny mixed with love for the empress and complicated feelings for his childhood friend all flowed seamlessly.

Not that I’ve watched a ton of Hoshi recently, but this was the best role Tenju Mitsuki has gotten in GOD I can’t even remember how long. Esaka is in service of the (state? empire?) as a historical record keeper, and serves kind of as a narrator as well (along with Itsuki Chihiro). I don’t even know how to describe how she characterized him... he’s odd? Maybe a little off? Regardless, she was brilliant. Watch it.

Arisa Hitomi has that empress energy for sure. I read up on the history of the events afterwards, and the explanation of why she had to give up the throne after witnessing such violence (the idea back then that an empress couldn’t be sullied by such things), and that made the sensitivity with which Kuracchi portrayed her feel even more poignant the more I sat with it afterwards.

This was the first show where to me Seocchi felt like she belonged up there with Beni and Mitsuru. She definitely put some weight behind Naka no Oe and was very princely. NOW I wanna see her tackle a more interesting/challenging (and tbh more Hoshigumi) role from up in this spot. 

All in all now I’m a little sad I won’t be around for God of Stars.

[huangfilms]

Barista!Donghyuck

summary: i don’t usually go to this cafe but i’m glad i did cause you’re pretty cute and i guess i said a pick up line and now we’re just going back and forth with pick up lines i think i like you??

requested by: a lovely anon❤️ thank you!

(A/N) WOOP HERE WE GO !! THANKS FOR WAITING SO PATIENTLY !! AND THANKS FOR REQUESTING!! i hope this is what u envisioned anon i luv u !!! please leave me some feedback and i just wanted to say: thank you all for supporting my work even tho most of it is Trash i love u all with all of my heart!! thanks for existing and following my trash blog too!!!! please excuse my poor skills at making a decent summary!! i hope u enjoy <3

here we go ladies!!! i love barista AUs

would he b a baristo???

uhhh Fuck whatever

anyway!! so donghyuck got this job cause he wanted money

honest to god he hates the smell of coffee but ca$h is ca$h

so he took the job the closest to where he lives

anyway hes had this job for like what??

3 months now??? sure we’ll say that

and so he knows a lot of the regulars

he Loves To Joke Around with them

especially this customer mark

but anywho

so he just KNOWS everyone who comes in and out of this place

he knows their names and what they order

even tho he only started three months ago he Pays Attention

but then he sees u

and he just kNOWS that u arent a regular there cause HELLO !!

hes never seen u before

never seen u during his shift anyway

okay well so hes never seen u before,, but he just Looks At You because youre so,,, gorgeous???

what even??? he really is questioning if youre real or just his imagination

when you walk up to the counter though, he cant even talk,,, like hes frozen

and then when youre trying to get his attention you just wave your hand in his face and snap ur fingers

that doesnt really work out so u just look at his name tag and say his name a few times

‘donghyuck!’

and then he just about melts but then he Snaps out of it because he isnt getting paid to stare at customers

so u order whatever u get at a coffee shop,, thats up 2 u

then he asks for ur name, u give him one,, and then he becomes Confident

‘do i know you from somewhere??’

‘oh i,, i dont think so?? why?’ and ur just confused cause uve never seen him b4 why is he saying that LMAO

‘its just that u look A LOT like my next boyfriend/girlfriend’

AND U BOTH VISIBLY REDDEN LIKE ITS ADORABLE

AND HYUCK IS JUST STUTTERING CAUSE WOW HE JUST S AID THAT CJDJ

BUT THEN U JUST SMILE

and then u walk over to sit somewhere and u just!! hcjsjd

u think about it and ur all like ,,, hmmmmmmmm

hmMmmMmmMmmMMM

your name gets called for your drink by hyuck and u Take Your Chance

‘apart from being cute, what do u do for a living?’

REDNESS PT 2

AND THEN U RUSH OUT BEFORE HE CAN SAY ANYTHING CJDJ

and hyuck just Thinks about it All The Time

cause u dont come back for a week

but when u do come back

hes Red In The Face

all of his coworkers (read chenle and jisung) start to make fun of him

this time tho he takes ur oder right quicc

but he doesnt say anyhing 😪

ur a lil disappointed but i m e a n

its whatever😔😔

anyway!! so u get called for ur drink and then u just hang out in a booth

just sippin ur drink

and then u turn ur cup

then u see it

‘hi. im a theif. i have come to steal your heart : )’

AND U CHOke

but then u start to quietly laugh cause chsjjdjs HE JUSTXHS

and hyuck sees the whole thing

‘donghyuck ur not being paid to just stand around u MORON’ -jisung

and he blushes Again !!! wow !!!

hyuck then sees u walk up to the counter

and then u say ‘do u have an extra heart? mine was just stolen ;)’ AND U WINK

both of u: Shook

u cannot believe u just—

yall really b doing this to urselves😪

anywho

and then u Ru n again

flight or fight?? just flight. thats it.

but the next day u come in again

and honestly hyuck was up all night writing down pick up lines cause that seems to be what u two r doing now

OKAY well anyway !!

he sees u right away cause u stand out from the crowd 😪😪

and hes mentally picking a pick up line to use this time

nd so u order or whatever and he makes the drink

and when he calls u over he says ‘careful,, the drink is hot. but not as hot as u ; )’

AND UR JUST RED CJJSJD

and HES RED

and chenle and jisung are making fun of him again

AND SO U SMILE AND U SIT DOWN

but right after u sit down u deadass get back up and go to him JUST to say

‘excuse me, i got the worst tongue burn. i think i need mouth-to-mouth’

and its dead silent from where chenle and jisung r standing cause they just hear EVERYTHING

but everything is still going on around u its just silent BEHINd the counter

honestly ur ego is too high for this one cause hyuck! is! speechless! so u couldnt care less about the stares

and donghyuck just blushes DARK RED

he doesn’t say anything but just Stare In Shock and so you just give him a cute grin, take ur drink and g o

AND HYUCK IS STILL THInKING ABOUT THAT LMAODFSDKJFH

so anyway time skip like 2 months

in those two months u guys get to know each other as well,,, but 

EVERYONE knows that u guys just say pick up lines to each other when u come in

like,,, sometimes theres no actual conversation,,, it headass goes like this: u come in, either u or him say a pick up line, then u guys get Flustered, then  the one who didnt Attac first waits a few minutes before shooting Their Shot

and then thats it.

thats the interaction

and honestly everyone knows that you guys have heart eyes for each other

like????

get ur SHIT together u guys smhhhhsdkjfhksd

and honestly hyuck: thinks Its Time

he’s getting his shit together,,,, what about you?????

when you go to the cafe again

you don’t say anything to hyuck,,,, he doesn’t say anything 2 you

everyone is confused LMAOOO

but he just gives you a big Smile and then you wait patiently for ur order

when u receive ur order u go and hang out a bit before you leave

and you look at your cup

‘will u be the coffee to my creamer?’

and you’re just,,,, smiling so hard,,,,,,, wtfdhkajsdlah

ad everyone is just ??? they really b looking like a maniac why are they smiling like that to themselves???

when you walk up to the counter you go nd ask him ‘is black coffee bitter?’ 

and hes confused but he says yes cause,,, black coffee,,,,,, yikes

BUT ANYWHO when he says yes you pull him by the collar and Kiss Him

AND EVERYONE: SHOOK

CHENLE AND JISUNG: GAGGING

literally everyone is cheering because ur Stupid Pining is Over

and then u pull away because wow u done did that in Public

but then u write ur number on a napkin and ur all like,,, text me!! : )

and u grin

ur both grinning

its cute

and then u leave and hyuck texts u about plans because,,, u guys didnt hang out,,, ever,,, u only saw him when he worked LMAO

anyway!! when u guys do finally hang out,, you guys are like,,, super cheesy with each other 

but hyuck is a Sarcastic Asshole so there’s some of that throughout the date

but honestly you guys have such a good time

time skip like a few months!!

anyway!! u guys are dating !! wow cute much cute very cute

when you visit him at work you guys Still Say pick up lines to each other

chenle and jisung regret taking this job because this is the sappiest they’ve seen hyuck

hey ca$h is ca$h LMAO

but when you guys would hang out, outside of his job, he would be all lovely but Still a Sarcastic Asshole

you would sometimes wait for his shift to be over and go with him to his house just to hang out

like you guys would change into something comfy (u have ur own drawer!! but its useless cause u steal his clothes)

and then u guys would cuddle up in his bed and just Talk for a while

and then one of you would fall asleep

honestly this is hitting me right in my uwus i--

and the other would Be So Soft shdskjfh that they would lowkey squeal and then would hold the other closer and just Sleep

anyw ho

donghyuck :( is :( so :( cute :(

he :( deserves :( the :( whole :( world :(

so !! ending notes: barista!donghyuck is a trope that I Love

honestly he could b any kind of barista i just chose him to be a flustered, and flirty one slkdfj

AND THEN HIM AS UR BF??? SASSY AND SWEET !! WHAT A COMBO!!!

and thats a wrap!! end!!

Masterlist

[vvlin91]

Stage Patalliro -Stardust Project- Super Long Ass Review Pt.2

It’s because of love - oh jealousy♪ - the BanMara perspective

Pt.1 What makes Patalliro so special compared to other 2.5D productions?

Suggested reading : Beauty is Sin for sufficient context from the 1st play to understand why BanMara is where they are in the 2nd story.

In the manga, Bancoran was introduced first in the story and didn't meet Maraich until a few more chapters later. Thus readers had a better understanding of who Bancoran is before Maraich came into his life (i.e. when he's still single and whoring around). Maya-sensei didn't initially create Maraich to be a reoccurring character so it took him time to incorporate Maraich into the story as a regular instead of killing him off as he originally intended. But because Maraich became such an important character to the series later on, the stageplay will have no time for the pre-Maraich side stories. Not only must Bancoran and Maraich be introduced into the story at the same time, but Bancoran's playboy lifestyle was also significantly toned down. That explains why in the 1st play, they fell in love at first sight and spent the rest of the play chasing each other.

（(^w -)—❤; 2016）

Similarly, after they became a couple, there were a number of manga chapters that illustrated Bancoran's paradoxical attitude towards Maraich. On one hand he always tries to get away with cheating, but on the other hand he remains deeply, deeply in love with Maraich. Bancoran's infidelity is a running gag in the manga, but to tell the truth, what matters most to fans is that he still sees Maraich as the love of his life DESPITE his uncontrollable dick, so eventually we tolerated this character flaw even though nobody actually likes that about him. But in the play, the audience simply do not have the time to digest how Bancoran can be devoted and unfaithful at the same time. The anime likely saw the same issue, so in both anime and stage, Bancoran never once cheated on Maraich, only intentionally/unintentionally flirted with others from time to time.

Along with the toning down/elimination of Bancoran's philandering, the play also made Bancoran more expressive. In manga/anime, though we know Bancoran is very in love with Maraich, he is stoic and seldom voices his feelings, especially in the Stardust Project arc where he never properly addressed whether he was over his dead ex (whom he killed btw) so Maraich was left hanging all the way till the end. The manga had other chapters to follow to make up for that, but in a play such subplots need to be properly wrapped up. On top of that, Tsune sees Maraich as crucial in his portrayal of Bancoran. He has repeatedly explained in interviews how Bancoran cannot exist as a character without the presence of Maraich. So he really sees Bancoran's love for Maraich as an indispensable part of the character. With that in mind, Tsunecoran is not only a lot more affectionate towards Maraich, but he is also constantly reminding you that he is proud to love and be loved by Maraich.

And then there is Maraich. In the manga/anime, before he met Bancoran, Maraich was also rather cold. He seldom smiled and liked wearing monochrome outfits. To put it in his own words, his life before he met Bancoran was like a "nightmare" every single day. But after they started dating, Maraich showed his more emotional and even hysteric side. He started to dress in colorful and adorable clothes. He threw childish tantrums to his older lover (keep in mind that Maraich was still a teenager in the canon). All because he finally found love and shelter in Bancoran with whom he no longer had to twist himself to please someone just to survive. Bancoran is the light of his life and loves him for who he is. 

Sana read the entire manga, so he obviously understood this very well. That's why just like Tsune, Sana also puts Maraich's love for Bancoran at the center of his approach. Since the 1st play in 2016, Sana spent more than a year to prepare for this role, and his biggest focus was on Maraich's love for Bancoran. He put a lot of thoughts into it. He envisioned their life together, what their shared home would look like, how they'd interact like any ordinary couple... In the 1st play, Maraich was desperate and scared but ultimately saved by Bancoran's love. In the 2nd play, not only did Sana perfectly portray the "paranoid lover" Maraich, he also added his very own boyish, bratty demeanor into the mix, making him distinct from the anime Mariach who was voiced by a woman.

（(｡•ˇ‸ˇ•｡); 2018）

Putting all these factors together, what was initially marketed as a "love triangle" in the 2nd play didn't feel all that obvious.Because for every moment that implied Tsunecoran's conflicted feelings towards Andresen, there were three other instances where he explicitly voiced his love for Maraich. So there really isn't a place where you felt that Bancoran was indecisive. There was never really any doubt that Maraich was the one on his mind.

In the 1st play, BanMara passionately kissed and made out to show you how they fell in love. In the 2nd play, they did not kiss for the entirety of their Tokyo tour, and only added a brief peck on the lips in the last 5 performances in Osaka which I was lucky enough to see.

But the brilliance of the 2nd play is that you actually don't need to see them kiss and fuck to know how in love they are. On stage, they are almost always standing close to each other and lovingly touching each other's hair. And because they omitted Bancoran's pre-Maraich life in the 1st play and reduced Bjorn's presence to a short flashback in the 2nd, it really feels as if Tsunecoran has never truly loved anyone before he met Sanaich. In the manga/anime, Bancoran almost never blushed in front of Maraich(I can remember only 2 or 3 instances in the entire story). But on stage, Tsunecoran looks at Sanaich with such pride and tenderness in his eyes, even to the point of flustering like a teenager, you honestly do not need to see them get physically intimate to know how in love and inseparable they are. In the manga/anime, Bancoran can get all workaholic and neglect Maraich's needs and feelings. However, you really cannot imagine Tsunecoran be that kind of guy because he is so attentive and Sanaich seemed to be absolutely spoiled with love.

（Patalliro cockblocking his gay parents; 2018）

One important difference the play made to the original manga story is that it gave Maraich a bigger voice. In the manga/anime Stardust arc, Maraich's role was very much marginalized and his feelings were not properly responded to by Bancoran. But the playwright(a shipper) made sure to give Maraich the center stage and all the time he needs to address his feelings to Bancoran, as well as let Bancoran answer to those feelings in a clear, unambiguous manner. They adore each other, remain supportive of each other throughout, and both had an outfit with their partner's name printed on it because they are disgustingly cheesy like that. They are each other's biggest fan.

（The secret outfit that will not be in the DVD; 2018）

Underneath their sweet interactions was a strong sense of trust in each other. They are both very flawed and problematic human beings, but neither pretended to be someone they are not in front of their partner. They love each other despite their flaws, and opened themselves up for the other to become their biggest weakness. That is especially obvious in Tsunecoran who otherwise is an invincible man with no weak point either physically or mentally. But just like what I told Tsune in my fan letter, Bancoran's greatest courage came in the form of his love for Maraich, that he was willing to make himself vulnerable because he fell in love. That's where his true bravery lies and it really shines through in the plays. Last time, he purposely missed a shot to save Maraich's life, and this time, he is willing to make mistakes and even risk his own life to do the same.

（The moment when you forgot this was a comedy; 2016）

And Sana's performance just makes it so clear why Maraich is so special to Bancoran. Sana has this insane ability to swim all over the masculine-feminine spectrum, making a thousand faces and changing multiple voices in the same song. His Maraich has such a strong presence on stage I can never take my eyes off of him. He can be both delicate and rough, lovesick and strong-minded, cute and vulgar, understanding and jealous. It's so much fun to watch him on stage because you have no idea which mode he'd enter into in the next moment, but you just know whichever face he decides to show, he will make sure you never forget it before changing to another face and surprises you again.

And like I have said in the past, Maraich is unique because his love for Bancoran is so straightforward and dignified. He exposes his true self to Bancoran, loving him with all his heart and demands to be loved with the same force. Sana's natural boyishness gives this love such a raw, unstoppable energy that is both hilarious and extremely endearing.

（Tfw you just called your boyfriend an asshole but you also don’t want to hear other people call him an asshole; 2018）

In the end, the underlying message from Stardust Project is not so different from all the other stories BanMara got themselves into in the manga: there is nothing in the world that could break Bancoran and Maraich apart, and anyone who dare to stand between them will end very, very, very badly.

Oh and by the way, Maraich is totally pregnant.