#MUSICAL 憂国のモリアーティ

[opoxun]

Op.4 のミルヴァートン  <3

[universe-nero]

Low quality MTP Pt 38

THE OP5 END. THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE YEARS OF MORIMU!

[toripar]

Roguish rizzler, Sherlock-‘violintshr’-Holmes, looks to score with the enigmatic TA yet is soon forced to listen to the foreign score of his heart. Except that he is not the only one who will have to face the music. Kindled and enkindling, William dares Sherlock to keep up if he can yet helplessly goes from being Sherlock's tempter, to his tempest, to his temple.

Still, this slow-burning tune has never been about the violence of the storm—it’s about the dark star, the slow dive, the cold play, and, most importantly, it’s about their bloody valentine.

for the love of god this fic probably changed me forever

[hikachin]

Voice Animage: Furukawa Makoto Summary

Before I gave a summary, the context of this interview was about his EP/mini album, "ROOM Of No Name". In here, he talks about each songs that are in the EP/mini album and how it came to be. "ROOM Of No Name" was released in November 17, 2021.

Source:

※Note: I would've translate the whole article if my Japanese skills are smooth, alas my skills aren't that smooth. If I translate an article, it can take me hours if not days to finish. Which is why I decided to make a summary instead. And as usual, I need to warn you that I am not an expert in Japanese and still learning. So some might be inaccurate, but still has the same meaning as the actual sentence itself.

※I personally don't know if this article has been translated or not. But I personally did this for my own sake and interest. I don't mind if you don't find this useful at all~

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Title: What Furukawa Makoto wanted to convey in his habit-intensive "craving" mini album *⑴

The interview starts with introducing Furukawa Makoto to the readers with some of his famous roles such as Saitama from One Punch Man and Sherlock Holmes from Moriarty the Patriot.

"The five new songs from the mini album, "ROOM Of No Name" were written by Furukawa-san. Please tell us why you decided to make a mini album with lyrics of your own, following your previous work (album), "from Fairytale"."

➔Furukawa mentioned that the staff mentioned they'll start making new songs, but asked what will they do for the lyrics. Furukawa immediately said "I'll do it" lol.

➔He mentioned that even though he's not good at writing lyrics, he still likes doing it. But this time it was quite challenging for him since he had so little time to do so which was different than when he had to work on "from Fairytale" where he had a lot of time to work on.

"That sounds hard! What was the theme of the album anyways?"

➔The staff said they'll make a mini album instead. When asked what music he wanted to make, Furukawa list down the genres he love/his taste in music. He mentioned he wanted to do light pop, rockabilly, and many more.

➔He was suggested to make a tarot themed mini album, but refused it. He said that if in the future he wants to make a tarot themed album, it will be much more harder to write the lyrics for it.

"There are 78 tarot cards. At what point did you decided on the theme (for the mini album)?"

➔Furukawa said the theme was decided right before recording started. He said he started feeling "entrapped" due to Covid. He wanted to create an image of being "restrained" in a room.

"That is how you came up with the title "ROOM". Are the lyrics written first this time as well?"

➔He said he wrote the lyrics after the song and fit the verses according to the image of the song.

"Do you put the lyrics first?"

➔He said he's never been the lyricist and thought it's a little different when he wrote it and say "This is the kind of music I want you to write". *⑵

➔He said it's smoother to go ahead with the song rather than making few detailed changes to it in the process. *⑶

➔"But if I had the opportunity and time to scrutinize each sound on the spot, I would like to try my hand at the lyrics. It seems difficult, though." *⑷

He was asked to talk about the new songs in the mini album. With Forsaken Kiss being first, he was asked if the lyrics were written in Japanese first with the assumption that it will be translated to English. FYI: Forsaken Kiss' lyrics are fully sung in English.

➔"That's right." He said he was concerned about how the lyrics will turn out in English. He left it to the translators because he believed they would find the right phrases. He said the English lyrics he came up with might not fit.

➔"I want to sing something like this! I'm a little stuck on the number of notes here in Japanese, but I think the magic works in English, so please help me out!"

He was asked how he liked the translated lyrics

➔He said the English lyrics were a lot more wordy than he expected. But he also said the lyrics were more cool and informative than the original lyrics. He also knew it would be tough to sing it.

"Did you have a hard time with the pronunciation in English?"

➔He said he was provided with the English song (I think he meant a demo of it) and practiced it while listening to it. Though he said he practiced, he said it's impossible to sing it at home and said it's too noisy.

➔He practiced while taking a bath and blurting it out in his mask while waiting, but said he wasn't able to practice with a full volume. He gave himself a 50 for his pronunciation and said that it's frustrating. (But you did your best 😭)

The interviewer can't believe he gave a 50 for himself because they thought he did the pronunciation well.

➔He admits he isn't good at it, but he said he's the type to feel comfortable reading English with a good pronunciation. He does look up how to pronounce the words correctly.

The interviewer said they saw the lyrics before it was translated and described it as aggressive and sexy

➔He said that since the Japanese lyrics will not be added in the album, he wouldn't be embarrassed in writing such lyrics so he wrote it anyways. Quote: "I wrote something embarrassing in its own way."

➔He said there was a theory that lines that sounds bad in Japanese will sound good in English. He said although he wrote the lyrics and sang it, it doesn't mean he thinks THAT way. (*ahem*)

➔He wrote it in such a way because he has something to express and assumes he doesn't think that way. That is why he said he can express himself in such ways. He does it under the guise of "this guy's a work of art"

The interviewer mentioned that the next song, "Hai Glass", is THE Furukawa Makoto song. They questioned if the choice of words and other aspects of his musical career have become more defined.

➔He said that he likes music that leaned towards the adult-oriented side and was no longer afraid to write adult-oriented lyrics. He doesn't want to admit that this is a fixed point in his mind lol.

"Are there any other tendencies you were aware of?"

➔He tends to use "Night" a lot. Quote: "There's no such thing as daylight! You can think of it as the exact opposite of the word "midsummer sun"."

"This time, "Hai Glass" had an "adult" feel. But what theme did you write about in here?"

➔When he received the song, he already had a tentative lyric that was based on the image of "a woman who is so greedy that she has become distorted". He had that image when he wrote the lyrics.

➔When he wrote it with that image combined with the music, it goes on and on, and ended up in a "slutty" or "lewd" direction (LMAOOOO)

➔He repeatedly wrote and erased the lyrics in his phone, but would always end up in a situation where he thinks "that's not what I meant". But the more that happened, the image of "Cinderella" came up.

➔He said the has no means of being "open ended" and has a "tied up" feel to it. He goes on to talk about the story of Cinderella (how before she gets her happily ever after, she was bullied by her step mother and sisters). So he thinks of Cinderella as a distorted character.

➔"Featuring her distortion and the process of getting to the ball, I wrote the lyrics about Cinderella wondering if the day would come soon when she would be able to go to the ball."

"The shouts in the middle of the song, for example, bring out the charm of the singer's voice to the fullest, but do you have a particular favorite phrase when singing?"

➔He loved the part where he sang "Utaeya, Utaeya" and "Tonaeya, Tonaeya" *⑸ cause he said it sounds like black magic.

➔He said the hardest part to sing is the chorus itself. It's nice and rhythmical when he listened to it, but find it hard where he needs to put the energy and when to hold his breath. He was told he should've noticed this when writing it and admits he didn't noticed it lol.

The interviewer asked if the song took a long time to record

➔"Nope. There was another thing that was hard."

"We'll ask about that later, but it's about "Yurikago to Clover" now."

➔"Yes! This song is the one I had a hard time with!!"

"The gentle singing style and lyrics of this song are amazing, but what was the part that you had a hard time with?"

➔He continues to say that the lyrics for this song wasn't done until just before the recording started. But even during the recording he felt like something was off and that is why he spent a lot of time in it.

"In what way did you have trouble writing the lyrics?"

➔"The song talks about two non humans; homunculus-like people who escaped and lived a happy and quiet life. Nothing too fancy. But I had a clear vision with this (song) up to the point where one of them pass away. Unfortunately from there, I can't think of a vision of how the person left behind could be happy. I don't want to end the song with a feeling of restlessness/no conclusion. I wanted to show something wonderful to the people who were "left behind" and I want them to move on from that point. So I was very worried about the words I put in."

"You wanted to make them happy, but was it difficult to find a way to make them happy?"

➔ "Yes, I agree. But as for the ending, I came up with the idea to at least give a beautiful "clover view". But it was also difficult to mold the sound to get there. I thought about a few things and chose my words wisely.. like how they eat while they are alone, but there is the fact that they are not human. They are in the state of waiting for the end to come without doing anything."

The interview goes to mention that the song was filled with Furukawa's kindness. They then moved on to "Yuunagi wo Tsurete", where the song talks about "growing older" and asked what were his thoughts when he wrote the lyrics.

➔He mentioned he was worried about getting old (like joint pains, double vision of things, and more). He mentioned how he was a teenager up until he reached his 30s and how everyone around him is also growing up.

➔His parents will one day pass away (his words not mine) and the town he used to live in will surely change. He felt afraid about these stuff.

➔The past has good memories but didn't want those memories to fade away any further. Which is why he wrote the lyrics and it turned up that way.

➔"Time will surely pass even if you do nothing, and you can't keep looking behind you. Time can't be rewound. The lyrics are about living life to the fullest/doing our best to live."

The interviewer asked what he liked about getting older

➔He likes that more of his juniors and people around became more respectful towards him. He is grateful that they're very caring towards him.

This is about "Craving", the last song in the mini album. He was asked what was his first impression on the song.

➔He said that he had an impression of a "galactic railroad" running through the area, but said he can't find cool phrases related to it and gave up on the idea.

➔He could see the image of the song going from dark to light. From there, he expressed his strong desire to crawl out of a world where he's trapped and unable to be fully free due to Covid.

➔"I think the idea of what I want to do myself was strongly expressed in this song."

Is that why the title was named "Craving"?

➔He said he wrote the lyrics with the image of "craving" one's desire from the bottom of their hearts, the type of "craving" that is filled with "hunger". But also said it got closer to his favorite series, "Fate/Stay Night"

➔He loves and admires Emiya Shirou's (The protagonist in Fate/Stay Night) way of thinking and how he grants wishes(?). He wrote the lyrics in hopes of being Emiya and the lyrics ended up sounding like something out of the Fate Series.

The interviewer said they'll listen to it again with that image in mind and thanks him for his hardwork in writing the lyrics for the 5 songs. He was also asked if he had any "companions" when writing the lyrics.

➔He has his earphones that he uses to listen to the songs and humming to it. He said he also had 2 litres of black tea a day. (Ah yes... high-five Makonyan we're the same)

"TWO LITRES!?"

➔His "usual" beverage is now black tea (that is, in the timing of when this article was written). He said he would grab two bottles of black or lemon tea before he goes to his next work. So in total, he estimated to drink about 2-3 litres of it a day. He even drinks tea in coffee shops.

He was asked about the image that was in the album jacket.

➔The jacket was still in theme with the title of the album, so it was shot inside of a room. He wanted to express the idea of being "trapped" so the lighting was made to resemble iron bars.

➔"Not something like "fresh! Fun! Cool!" But rather a look that says "Bored. I'm tied up in here." something like that."

・"How did the shooting of the jacket went?"

➔"It went well.. except for the fact that I went there without being well-rested"

"The limited edition includes a recording of your online live performance in April. How was the live performance?"

➔He said he was excited to sing his own songs and was giving all his energy in his rehearsals. It was up to the point where someone points out he was giving too much energy for the rehearsals. It resulted in throat pains and a painful lesson for him.

➔He said the last song, "For Fairytale" was very impressive.

➔It was an online live and there was no audience, but the staff brought pen lights (light sticks) and waved them around for him (Awwww)

➔He couldn't help but cry and cry because he felt frustrated. The stage was supposed to be empty, but there was light sticks waving in his performance (STAFF-SAN 😭😭)

➔He said the view was really, really beautiful view. He said if there are actual audience, he would cry even more; some ragged tears will come out. He sang as best as he could to return the kind gesture.

"In the recording, we might be able to see Furukawa-san's crying face."

➔If it's possible, he hoped that the frame wasn't pointed to his crying face (or had a close-up of that moment) (I THINK I'LL CRY IF I SEE IT)

He was asked if he had any last messages for the readers.

➔He said the words "anata" *⑹ and "kimi" *⑺ popped up a lot.

➔"If you read it as "the tomorrow I wish I had hoped for," I think you will understand the consistency conveyed in this mini-album."

➔"In "Yurikago to Clover", that tomorrow had died. And in "Yuunagi wo Tsurete", it felt like we're waiting for that tomorrow. That is how I wrote the lyrics. There is no doubt that this is a very expansive album"

➔He goes on to mention that the lineup for this album has "strong habits" in it. He's sure that at least one of the songs from the five will stick out to his listeners.

➔"Compared to the previous full album, the number of songs is indeed lesser, but the content is as rich as it gets, so we hope you will continue to support us. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!"

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⑴. I hope I got that translation right 😂

⑵, ⑶, ⑷. I kinda had a hard time translating these parts so it might sound like it doesn't make sense. I'm sorry if that's the case 😭

⑸. These words are translated in my translation of "Hai Glass". "Utaeya, Utaeya": "Sing it, Sing it. "Tonaeya, Tonaeya": "Chant it, chant it"

⑹. "anata" (あなた) means "you". Most foreigners will definitely say this, but in reality, the typical Japanese people doesn't say it that much. In my understanding, "anata" is indeed formal, but it's usually used intimately. "Anata" can also mean darling depending on the context. Like I said, it is based on my understanding.

⑺. "Kimi" (君) also has the same meaning as "anata". "Kimi" is usually much more casual and used amongst friends (in my understanding, that is). But then again, in Japan, they tend to just use people's family name, at least that is what's common.

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My personal thoughts: "ROOM of No Name" is a must have/must listen album even for those who doesn't stan Furukawa Makoto. This album has a really "touching" feel in my opinion. There was a roller coaster of emotions put into it. Starting from the upbeat "Forsaken Kiss" to the gentle melody of "Yurikago to Clover" and back to the fast-paced rock in "Craving", you'll be taken into this journey of being "entrapped". My personal favorite out of all the 5 is definitely "Yurikago to Clover". This doesn't mean I don't like the other songs though! I love the other 4 songs, too! But "Yurikago to Clover" had a special place in my heart and will always have. In this interview, I felt like he really gave his all to make sure he was able to convey what he feels in his lyrics. I feel like it did just that. Even if he claims he's not good in writing lyrics, I feel like his skill in writing lyrics are very good, if not one of the best there is. I look forward to more of his music works in the near future!

You can listen to the full mini-album here!

[methpring]

CD's from Moriarty the Patriot anime and musical! #moriartythepatriot #憂国のモリアーティミュージカル #憂国のモリアーティ #patrioottimoriarty #moriartythepatriotanime #moriartythepatriotmusical https://www.instagram.com/p/CiwwG8PryBF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[morimyulyrics]

This is the track that really made me love Suzuki Shougo (William)’s musical actor. His vocals here are just OFF. THE. CHARTS. Goodness, listen to that chorus over and over. Also, the piano here is just a pure masterpiece. I’d love to play this piece one day.

Again, the English includes dialogue translation.

Akuma wo sabaku wa | Making the devils pay

Characters: William James Moriarty, Fred Porlock, Louis James Moriarty, Sebastian Moran

Kanji

William: 悪魔は弱気ものの魂を 食らえておのれの肉取らす この心は悪より冷たき刃 我は悪魔がりの処刑人

嘆きの声を効かぬ者よ 悲しみの呻き捩じ失せる者よ 天使の剣より鋭き刃で 悪しき魂に裁きをくだそう

弱き者の叫びが この豎子を震わせる 悪魔に掛ける慈悲はない

悪魔よ　地上を枯らされ Lay land to waste 悪魔よ　裁きを受けよう 悪魔よ　地上を枯らされ 悪魔よ　裁きを受けよう

Fred: 音無き命を弄ぶ 醜き貴族に死の制裁を 悪魔を裁くは

お前たちの命だ 憎いを受けろ

(Louis) 神が定めた大罪に (Moran) 染まる悪魔を狩りに行く

Moran: 同じ人の腹から生まれ出て 何故人はこうも醜くなり果てる 拭う事を出来ぬその罪 命とともに散らしてあら　Ah

Louis: どっち死んで選んでください 炎か　血か

恐なき人の見続けてきた 恐ろしき悪魔 邪悪な魔だと 滅びおう消え去れこの世界から 兄さんの美しい世界のため

L&M: 生けるものの命を弄ぶ 醜き貴族に死の制裁を 悪魔を裁くは

Moran: セバスチャンモランは死んだ お前が見たのは　死神だ

Fred: 音無き命を弄ぶ 醜き貴族に死の制裁を 悪魔を裁くは

William: 悪魔よ　地上を枯らされ 悪魔よ　裁きを受けよう

Fred, Louis, Moran: 生けるものの命を弄ぶ 醜き貴族に死の制裁を 悪魔を裁くは

William: 悪魔よ　地上を枯らされ 悪魔よ　裁きを受けよう

全ての悪魔を一掃で切るなら それも悪くない

***

Romaji

William: Akuma wa yowaki mono no tamashii wo Kuraete onore no niku torasu Kono kokoro wa aku yori tsumetaki yaiba Ware wa akuma gari no shokeinin

Nageki no koe wo kikanu mono yo Kanashimi no umeki neji useru mono yo Tenshi no tsurugi yori surudoki yaiba de Ashiki tamashii ni sabaki wo kudasou

Yowaki mono no sakebi ga Kono jushi wo furuwaseru Akuma ni kakeru jihi wa nai

Akuma yo   chijou wo karasare Akuma yo   sabaki wo ukeyou Akuma yo   chijou wo karasare Akuma yo   sabaki wo ukeyou

Fred:  Oto naki inochi wo moteasobu Minikuki kizoku ni shi no seisai wo Akuma wo sabaku wa

Omaetachi no inochi da Nikui wo ukero

(Louis) Kami ga sadameta taizai ni (Moran) Somaru akuma wo kari ni yuku

Moran: Onaji hito no hara kara umarede te Naze hito wa kou mo mi niku ku nari hateru Nuguu koto wo dekinu sono tsumi Inochi to tomo ni chirashite ara Ah

Louis:  Docchi shinde erande kudasai Honou ka   chi ka

Osonaki hito no mitsuzuketekita Osoroshiki akuma jaaku na ma da to Horobiou kiesare kono sekai kara Nii-san no utsukushii sekai no tame

L&M: Ikeru mono no inochi wo mote asobu Minikuki kizoku ni shi no seisai wo Akuma wo sabaku wa

Moran: Sebastian Moran wa shinda Omae ga mita no wa   shinigami da

Fred: Oto naki inochi wo moteasobu Minikuki kizoku ni shi no seisai wo Akuma wo sabaku wa

William: Akuma yo   chijou wo karasare Akuma yo   sabaki wo ukeyou

Fred, Louis, Moran: Ikeru mono no inochi wo mote asobu Minikuki kizoku ni shi no seisai wo Akuma wo sabaku wa

William: Akuma yo   chijou wo karasare Akuma yo   sabaki wo ukeyou

Subete no akuma wo issou de kiru nara Sore mo warukunai

***

English (lyrics+dialogue)

[William] Devils eat the weak’s souls not even leaving their meat This heart of mine is colder than evil’s sword And we are the devils’ executioners

Oh, you who are deaf to their mournful cries Oh, you who twists their sorrowful sobs Receive punishment onto your evil-tarnished souls by a blade sharper than an angel’s sword

The weak’s cries makes even a child shiver There’s no mercy for the devil

Oh, devil   Lay waste to this land Oh, devil   Receive your punishment Oh, devil   Lay waste to this land Oh, devil   Receive your punishment

Lackey: Who are you!? Fred: You don’t need to know. Lackey: You little shit!

[Fred] You toy around with the lives of these people not making a sound Die as punishment, filthy noble Make the devils pay

Lackey: Wait, I’ll give you anything you want.

[Fred] I want your life Accept this hatred

[Louis] Grave sins by god’s decree [Moran] The increasing number of devils shall be hunted

Girl: No! No, please! Save me! Lackey: What is it? Give me a bit more time. I just love to burn things. But someone who’s never experienced it wouldn’t understand. Girl: Please stop! Louis: I have. Lackey: Who are you!? Louis: I’ve burned down a noble’s mansion before, and I felt nothing. Relief by death. Should it serve my brothers well, I’d gladly burn anything down. Lackey: Just who are you? Louis: Well then.

[Moran] Born from the same person Why must they be so vile? This sin, which cannot be washed away shall disappear along with their life Ah

Louis: If you pull that knife out, you’ll bleed to death. And if you stay there, you’ll just burn to death.

[Louis] Please choose your death by flames, or by blood loss?

Lackey: I’ll treat you very well. Moran: How well? Lackey: Huh? Who are you? Moran: You unsavory pig. Lackey: You! Aren’t you Sebastian Moran? It’s me! Verano. Weren’t we classmates at Oxford University? Moran: Sorry, can’t remember.

[Louis] Throughout life, we’ve seen such frightening people Frightening devils, wicked devils Fall to ruin, disappear from this world For the beautiful world my brother envisions

[Louis & Moran] You toy with the lives of these people just living Die as punishment, filthy noble Make the devils pay

Lackey: Moran, weren’t you killed in the Afghanistan war? Moran: Oi. Yeah.

[Moran] Sebastian Moran has died What you saw was   the grim reaper

Moran: Alright. Just one left. Louis: Nii-san.

Baskerville: Wonderful! These children have become so beautiful! These are offerings to god. You, too, will become part of this work of art. Girl: Someone! Help! Baskerville: Oh, god. Surely you will be pleased when you see my offerings. Who’s there? Don’t disturb me.

[Fred] You toy around with the lives of these people not making a sound Die as punishment, filthy noble Make the devils pay

[William] Oh, devil   Lay waste to this land Oh, devil   Receive your punishment

[Fred, Louis & Moran] You toy with the lives of these people just living Die as punishment, filthy noble Make the devils pay

[William] Oh, devil   Lay waste to this land Oh, devil   Receive your punishment

Baskerville: The collection I prepared for god has been cut down by the devil! William: I’m a devil?

[William] If I could make all devils disappear in one slice That wouldn’t be bad at all

[issalesnunes]

Okay, I officially declare that I sold my soul to Sherliam!

My love for Sherliam is so intense that I even made a playlist...

[trixiegalaxy]

Moriarty The Patriot OP 1 - DYING WISH

[princessbutler1316]

[2centsoframblings]

Two cents of ramblings on “Yūkoku no Moriarty” (‘Moriarty The Patriot’) (Anime) - Season 1...

...and why I STRONGLY recommend it.

GENERAL DATA

Title: Yūkoku no Moriarty (憂国のモリアーティ “Moriarty The Patriot”)

Media: Anime television series

Adaptation of: Yūkoku no Moriarty (憂国のモリアーティ “Moriarty The Patriot”) shōnen manga by Takeuchi Ryōsuke, illustrated by Miyoshi Hikaru.

Genre: Crime, Mystery

Directed by: Nomura Kazuya

Written by: Zappa Gō

Studio: Production I.G

Original run: October 11, 2020 December 20, 2020

Episodes: 11

WARNINGS: There's murder, drug abuse, mistreatment of minors, discrimination, implication of sexual abuse of minors.

The plot in short: The story is a very loose retelling of “Sherlock Holmes” by Conan Doyle, however this time the main protagonist is professor William J. Moriarty, who’s now represented as a man committing crimes in an attempt to fight the corruption of the English nobles so as to create a better world.

HOW DID I STUMBLE INTO IT

The title got me curious and since Studio I.G usually makes very good series I decided to try it out.

THINGS YOU MIGHT WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE TACKLING THIS

I’ll reference the manga version on which this anime is based, the manga “Fushiji Fushiji” (ふしぎふしぎ ‘Wonder wonder’) by Yamazaki Hiroshi, the manga “Death Note” by Ōba Tsugumi and illustrated by Obata Takeshi, the anime “Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch” (コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ ‘Code Geass: Lelouch of the rebellion’). Oh and the movie “The silence of the lambs”.

MY TWO CENTS ON IT

THE SHORT VERSION… or what I can tell you about this while trying to keep spoilers at the very bare minimum.

Opening & ending: The series uses as opening “DYING WISH” by Tasuku Hatanaka, and, as ending theme, “ALPHA” by STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION. I quite liked both song and I love, love, love, both the opening and the ending. They’re both awesomely drawn and well matching with the songs, the opening is filled with symbolism and foreshadowing which makes it pretty intriguing. The ending, if possible, is drawn even better, even though it’s mostly a panning of still images and it too drives forward an interesting message.

The plot: This first season loosely covers the first 4 volumes of the manga (and a chapter from vol 5). Loosely because they actually skipped 3 arcs and added one. Each arc is a case the Moriarty brothers take, but the structure of its presentation might differ from case to case. This season works mostly an introduction to the characters and the story but we also see an evolution in the situation as the characters start to interact and the Moriarty brothers’ plan begins to unfold. Personally I enjoyed the series both for the overarching plot that it starts and for the episodic plots that it contains.

The characters: As this season covers only a small part of the manga we get introduced only to a part of the full cast and since not all the arcs of the manga are covered Fred and Moran are less developed than their manga counterparts, the anime focusing more on the Moriarty brothers as well as on Holmes and Watson. Still, the characters come out as interesting and likeable and there’s a care in depicting the minor characters involved in the various stories, even though they often get to end up being simplified a bit, often either to tame down the story or due to time constraints.

The visual: Personally I think the anime did a good work of reproducing Miyoshi Hikaru’s work. The character design is faithful enough to the one of the manga and there’s this amazing cure in the background which I really love. Here and there however I feel the quality is a little less than good though it will probably get fixed in the dvd release. There are some interesting stylistic choices too so it’s still very pleasurable to watch.

The BGM: Oh, no doubt I love it. I truly enjoyed Tachibana Asami’s work on this series, the music well underline the mood, stays with you and it’s pleasurable to hear.

Overall: It’s a good, well done and intriguing first season. I would personally wish it had been longer, so as not to cut arcs and take more time exploring the characters but nowadays seasons are mostly short so I guess they couldn’t do things differently. It’s still a good work and a good transposition, even though if you want to know more about the characters I recommend you to read the manga.

THE LONG VERSION… or what I loved and hated about this with, of course, TONS OF SPOILERS.

Let me dig a moment into the opening and the endings as I think they really did a good job here. The opening really get you in the mood of the series and gifts you with little gems of foreshadowing and symbolism.

It starts with the sun disappearing so we find ourselves in the dark side of the day and of London. Then it well introduces the Moriarty brothers and their helpers (Fred and Moran) and then send them walking for the night streets of London.

The scene is interrupted by the nobles entertaining themselves with a masked ball… uncaring of how a lily (usually used as symbol of purity and innocence) lays in a pool of blood. The only one who pays it any mind and picks it up is William Moriarty, which basically foreshadows the whole plot of the story, the nobility is uncaring of other people’s suffering while he wants to help. As the lily seems to redden further in blood we basically get a flashback of a poor girl selling lilies having her flowers tossed on the ground a noble deliberately stepping on them with cruelty while she’s desperate and then disappears in red petals. The lily in William’s hand, now completely red, burns.

I mean, this whole scene isn’t just beautifully drawn and takes care to match with the music in both melody and lyrics but it’s of an awesome symbolism for the series down to how London will burn in the following season.

We’re treated with some more symbolism, fruits which quickly grow rotten, a poor street and a cemetery, a statue of the angel of death then, in a maze of thin threads, Sherlock appears and this too symbolizes how he’ll have to untangle the skein of the Moriarty case. Sherlock runs with Watson and the next we know is he and William are pointing their respective guns at each other head, foreshadowing another scene in the next season.

Then a bird flies above them (birds, I’m not sure if they’re crows or ravens, are used to symbolizes the Moriarty brothers) and, superimposed to it, we see hands being joined and then the other 2 Moriarty brothers and William and Fred, so as to symbolize how they’ll join forces with William.

We get a flashback of the Moriarty house burning down and then of William’s eyes. To better tie him to the bird, his eyes are then covered by bird’s wings and we see 3 birds (symbolizing the Moriarty brothers) fly away. The song’s pace get fast and we’re showing Fred and Moran fighting, Albert smiling (as he basically fights from behind the scenes, using his own power to aid his brother’s plan) and then Louis fighting as well.

William then, in a scene that reminds me a lot of the opening of “Zankyō no Terror” let himself be fall from what we’ll discover is the big bang tower, watching the city as it burns, and foreshadowing how he plans to end his plan. As if this foreshadowing isn’t enough, the scene switches again, William joins his companions in a room and points a gun at his own head. All this is beautiful animation, smooth transitions and intriguing storytelling that well fit with the music and the lyrics of the song which I recommend to read as you enjoy it. And I love it.

And what to say of the ending?

It starts depicting a simple episode of the Moriarty brothers’ childhood. They’re just having fun painting some walls with beautiful scenery (which is symbolism for how they are hoping in real life that, with their actions, they can paint a beautiful world).

I love how they did the colouring, it reminds me of watercolours, I liked how they had bright colours all over the characters, how the clear colouring of the scenery makes it look like as if everything is filled with light. Although it’s made by still images on which the camera pans, it has its own dynamism, the characters in motion and expressive. It reminds me of the manga “Fushiji Fushiji” (ふしぎふしぎ ‘Wonder wonder’) by Yamazaki Hiroshi whose message was just to discover the wonderful beauty of the ordinary all around you.

There’s an interesting contrast between the lyrics and this calm and happy moment, well harmonized by the music that still seems happy and dynamic but it has a purpose.

In fact the hopefulness and the wonder are kind of shattered when, at the end, we have a really clever transition.

The image moves from the brothers looking at the painting they made in front of them, to the beautiful images painted behind them, as if to hint those images, those happy moments will become their past, something they’ll leave behind, and then the image quickly shift and we see the three brothers, now adults, under the rain and among ruins (are those the ruins of the place they painted?). Albert has a bittersweet expression, the corner of his lips are turned up but the rain makes it look as if he’s crying,

Louis keeps his face down, in the shadows and is not smiling,

William is smiling but it’s a smile that doesn’t reach his eyes, which are on the ground, a forced smile.

The rain soaks them like tears, in a way it washes away the memory of the colours that covered them because, despite their beautiful hopes and dreams, what they had to do was dark and painful and definitely not nice, the sad contrast between idealism and realty.

The songs end showing the Moriarty coat of arms on the ground, in a giant puddle (or outright under water) the words ‘Je crois en moi’ (“I believe in myself”) clearly visible as the song ends with “There is no turning back” which fits so well with how the Moriarty brothers can’t return to that time of their childhood… how they can only advance until the end.

So okay, said this let’s move on the story.

As I said the anime starts with an original only episode. Why this choice when they instead cut manga arcs? Why not to animate another manga arc instead than create a new one that’s loosely based on “The hunting of the Baskervilles”? Why not to just animate “The hunting of the Baskervilles” instead? Why did we ended up having “The earl’s crime” instead?

My guess is that the anime was very invested in making sure we would know we’ve to root for the Moriarty brothers, but also that we were aware that, although they want to create a new world, they’re not Yagami Light from “Death Note” but are closer to Lelouch Lamperouge from “Code Geass”.

So what they do?

They first remember us who was Professor Moriarty, the Lord of Crime in Conan Doyle’s tales by starting the story showing us a kid reading “Sherlock Holmes – The final problem” book and, as his father gives the book a look, his gaze falls on a photo of Professor Moriarty (and the image of Moriarty is a copy of the illustration by Sidney Paget which accompanied the original publication of “The Final Problem”) and then we hear…

Narrator: This is the tale of the man who confounded even the great detective Sherlock Holmes… Professor Moriarty, the Lord of Crime.

…and, as we hear so the image switches from the picture of the book to an image of William Moriarty as we’ll see him in the series, all busy writing mathematic expressions on a blackboard, but then everything seems to take fire as he keeps on writing and then everything fades to black.

From this start we might even think the story was going to represent Moriarty as we know him from the books… an evil mastermind… though the story would start from his past, as the Moriarty we see writing on the blackboard is clearly younger.

And this is a device to raise interest. Then the opening starts.

I’ve discussed about how awesome the opening is above, but when you first see it, you might not catch up all the symbolism or only part of it and therefore fail to see the full picture and this too is a good idea.

Then the episode starts and in a nightmarish red atmosphere (as every image is painted with a red filter) someone chases a poor kid, captures him and makes clear he’s going to make something terrible to him.

We don’t clearly see who’s doing this so we might be tricked into thinking it’s Moriarty himself… but then it turns out the guy implied to be a young Moriarty is reading on the newspaper about the kidnapping and this can divide the audience in 2 groups, those who realizes by the glimpses we saw of the abuser he can’t be Moriarty and those who didn’t.

And here the anime does another clever thing with this bit of dialogue.

Louis: It’s hard to believe a human being could do such a thing. William: (smiling) It’s human to think that this could not be the work of a man.

The fact William can smile in such a way for such topic feels suspicious, the anime plays with our pre-existing ideas of how professor Moriarty is evil. Is he bragging when he talks with Louis? Or is he genuinely analyzing the case? Or is he planning to offer his services to the child murderer?

And then, as he studies the case we get this line…

William: People’s fancies do not get taken by that which is out of view. They want what they see.

…and doesn’t all this starts to look like a reference to “The silence of the lambs”?

Clarice Starling: The thing is that Lecter said everything we need to catch him is in these pages. Ardelia Mapp: Dr Lecter said a lot of things. Clarice Starling: He's here, Ardelia. Ardelia Mapp: Is this Lecter's handwriting? "Clarice, doesn't this random scattering of sites seem desperately random - like the elaborations of a bad liar? Ta, Hannibal Lecter." Clarice Starling: "Desperately random." What does he mean? Ardelia Mapp: Not random at all, maybe. Like there's some pattern here...? Clarice Starling: But there is no pattern or the computers would've nailed it. They're even found in random order. Ardelia Mapp: Random because of the one girl. The one he weighted down. Clarice Starling: Oh, Fredrica Bimmel, from... Belvedere, Ohio. First girl taken, third body found. Why? Ardelia Mapp: 'Cause she didn't drift. He weighted her down. Clarice Starling: What did Lecter say about..."First principles"? Ardelia Mapp: Simplicity... Clarice Starling: What does this guy do, he "covets". How do we first start to covet? Ardelia Mapp: "We covet what we see -" Clarice Starling: " - every day." Ardelia Mapp: Hot damn, Clarice. Clarice Starling: He knew her.

Now, child murder is one of those crimes that are considered morally terrible by a lot of people included criminals. If you add to this a comparison between the criminal and the culprit of “The Silence of the Lambs” you create in people’s mind the image of a monster.

And, as William keep on talking, it’s clear he’s not the culprit, but the fact he claims…

William: This may be a case in which we become involved.

…might still make people to wonder on how he would get involved.

Professor Moriarty wasn’t a detective, he was a crime consultant, a lord of crime, so what is he up to?

And there’s also something else that’s incredibly smart, the whole mention of how a victim was an orphan with William discussing the lack of relation between noble men and orphans.

Louis: Still, one of the victims… …appears to have been an orphan who slept on the streets. What of him? William: Ah, yes. Noblemen and orphans—there is nothing quite so far removed as the two worlds in which they live. Assuming that’s the case, it could be the clue that leads us to our culprit.

And at this point the dynamic between the two starts to resemble the one people would expect between Holmes and Watson but there’s more in this line that just that, the foreshadowing William knows personally the distance between nobles and orphans.

And then Albert appears and goes visiting the father of one of the victims, Eden, but who pays attention to the discussion might notice that he’s an earl… and the episode’s title was “The Earl's Crime” so is he the culprit?

Meanwhile as we are introduced to the poor father, we start to pity him. That man is destroyed from pain for his loss… and he’s a nice, humble man, a loving father who lost a beloved child. We sympathize with him, we want justice for him.

Then William approaches a boy… but in case we still have doubt it’s clear he’s merely doing so to investigate on the case… and then William and Louis are joined by Albert and their goal is made clear, provide the poor father with a chance of vengeance.

So, now we know for sure William, Louis and Albert aren’t involved in the child murders and are hunting the culprit… and we all side with them because what he did was terrible… but just in case we need an extra push let’s have Earl of Argleton, aka the culprit, be introduced… and at the same time William confirm what we assumed, that he is William James MORIARTY.

Then William, engaging conversation with the Earl, acting as if he were Sherlock Holmes (to the point even the Earl observes he seems a detective) points out from where the various objects the Earl is wearing come. The Earl is impressed by his deductions but for us, viewers, the scene is a further proof the Earl is guilty because all those objects come from the shops from which worked the murdered kids. And, as William progresses, even the Earl realizes that’s the point he’s trying to make.

And then we’ve William say this.

William: You prefer the meat of young hares, yes? Tender, not yet fully developed, and so fresh that it still drips with blood, which you take your time to savour, nice and slow.

And, as he says so, we see the shapes of young boys running, and they seem naked, and they’re smiling and it’s clear that’s how the earl sees them… Previously we were merely said the killer ‘target young boys for their amusement, and then, after they’re done, slaughter them’.

You might even think the amusement was in the hunt… but now it has been made clear the Earl lusts for those young boys. And if killing a child is considered one of the worst crimes, it pales to sexually abuse a child. The series as now successfully painted the Earl as the most disgusting monster ever.

So why is this so very important?

Because you ends up agreeing with William that this person deserves to be killed, that the world would be better without him. And this means that in the viewers’ eyes the figure of Moriarty despite being called ‘crime lord’ and ‘crime consultant’ will be viewed as someone who bring justice, not something like Yagami Light who forced his own justice to the world, but something we all agreed upon is justice.

The Earl is a monster. He deserves to die.

This episode also becomes a chance to let us glimpse Lois in action. In the manga he would start to be more active much later, ironically exactly in “The hunting of the Baskervilles” while the anime decided to put him immediately at work. While this choice sacrifices part of the character arc of both Louis and William (there was a reason why Louis wasn’t as active at the start), since “The hunting of the Baskervilles” was cut, it made sense to put it here.

There’s also the beautiful artistic choice to show William arriving driving a coach as the scene is completely covered by fog with the sounds somewhat muffled.

It feels creepy, like the death itself is getting on that place. And then it turns out the tables are turned, the coach was likely Earl of Argleton’s one and this time it was his turn to be kidnapped, taken there and tied over as he had done countless times with the boys… and it’s William, instead than him, the one who gets inside the place, his red eyes shining as he gets inside.

And really, the colouring is so brilliant here because it’s mostly greyish brown and white but then there are some colours that shine and are clearly visible.

William’s eyes and tie which are red… his blond hair… Eden’s red tie and his empty blue eyes… the Earl’s fear filled blue eyes…

And then there’s a flashback in which William is shown talking with Eden.

Eden: Are you certain you can grant my wish… …Sir William? William: Mr Eden, what you are proposing to do Is unfortunately categorized by this twisted world as a crime. Knowing this, does your resolve remain unchanged?

We’ve a flashback in a flashback, with Eden thinking at what happened to his poor son before he nods.

William: Very well. Then I, crime consultant William James Moriarty, accept your request.

And with this we go back to the present and to Eden pulling out a pair of scissors. It’s clear what he wants to do and William urges him to be quick about it. We see nothing of the gruesome scene that happened after, just darkness and a scream, but we’ve gotten to a point where few of us would deny a poor father the chance to avenge his own son abused and murdered by such a monster.

Light returns as William lights a match and this too symbolizes how William’s actions bring light in a world filled with darkness. Birds fly away and raven’s feather flutter around him so that we now will get the symbolism in the opening.

Eden joins him and William kindly offers him his tissue so he can clean up before he personally takes care to close the door of the place in which Earl of Argleton was killed. We don’t see the Earl, just some blood but it’s clear it should have been a gruesome mess and this too is clever.

Some anime like to show things up but merely implying is much more powerful because you can actually imagine a scenario as bad as you prefer.

The episode ends showing Eden being back to normal. Although this is kind of a dangerous message to give out (vengeance by murder bringing you peace, I mean) it makes sense.

The ending for this episode is just a black screen on which credits runs but it makes sense to postpone seeing the images in the ending AFTER this episode, when we’ve seen “The scarlet eyes” and got to know the young versions of the Moriarty brothers.

After the ending the anime leaves a final bit explaining how the Moriarty brothers went through the trouble of erasing everything so that the death of the Earl and his coachman don’t even make it to the news, so that they successfully created the perfect crime.

With this the episode ends and now the series has successfully created a mind setting in which we know William helps people in committing terrible crimes… but in a way we see him as Robin Hood, as if those crimes were an act of justice because those people were terrible but due to social differences and privileges they were also untouchable and this was the only way to punish them.

William is not Yagami Light, who passed judgement on people because he felt better than them, he really feels a lot more like someone who brings justice were none can be obtained but with terrible methods. Like Lelouch Lamperouge, he took what was helpless and gave him power so that they could obtain justice.

Long story short, this episode exist to make as easy as possible to see William as a good guy despite committing crimes and “The scarlet eyes” couldn’t quite drive to the same result.

It’s not solely just because the anime tamed it down, so that the nobles involved seem less abusive than in the manga, but because that’s what those nobles are. In “The earl’s crime” we have a paedophile murderer, so it’s easy to say he deserved a horrible death but in “The scarlet eyes” we just have abusive people.

They’re bad, mind you, but this could still lead to the discussion ‘did they deserve to be murdered like that though?’ They were Albert’s real family after all. They were horrible but they hadn’t killed anyone yet. And the decision to murder them is taken by three children who all benefit from their death. And what about young William preaching to kill all the bad nobles to a group of children?

Mind you, I’m not saying that the “The scarlet eyes” is bad, in truth it’s a lot more interesting than “The earl’s crime” but it moves on a huge grey area… which is great if you want to think things through but if you’re handling a short anime and need your viewers to immediately stick with the main character… well, it doesn’t work so well.

So yeah, “The earl’s crime” might not be quite as good but it works well as first episode, and it serves well to make viewers understand to what William is referring when he gives his speech about wanting to fight the whole country.

William: Our lives should have the same value… Everyone should have an equal right to happiness… But in this country, that doesn’t exist. This class system places a curse upon people. Because of it, people’s hearts are tainted and twisted, giving rise to devils. In which case, the opposite is also true. Once the devils are cast out, people’s hearts become clear again, and the curse is lifted. The country will assuredly be beautiful.

And if you hear all this and think to episode 1, you see how the unfairness of a class system allowed a man to abuse and murder young poor boys and how murdering him fixed everything. It’s an easy to understand, immediate message and one that can easily be shared by the viewers.

So yeah, it works. It’s not great and morally elaborate like the other episodes but that’s exactly its purpose. To be as straightforward as possible to drive home a concept.

So, yeah, I think they did a very clever thing with episode 1… though, on the opposite side, I hate how, due to the limited episode number, its existence meant to further cutting chapters from being transposed. And it’s not just that chapters were cut… even those that were transposed were often changed so as to make them short and simpler.

Mind you, the episodes still remains powerful and well done but they’re actually a lot less strong than the original.

For example in “A rare breed” which is the transposition of “The one grapefruit pie” all William does is to cause the viscount’s death because he let a child die. In the manga he lowered the rents the townspeople had to pay to live on his newly acquired property, stole the control of the town from an evil baron (in the anime they decided to turn Baron Dublin into Viscount of Belfor), forced him to regret denying to the parents of the sick child a glass of water by causing him to feel sick and desperately needing water, write down a formal apology to the child as well as a testament that, once he were to die, his tenant farmers would inherit his lands and then caused the baron’s death.

It’s a much bigger accomplishment for a more complicate plot which is much more tied to the state of society than the one of the anime, who merely focus on a noble’s wrongdoing toward a poor family… but “A rare breed” is still a very good episode, even if simpler than what gave it inspiration.

Another downside of the cuts is that, as I mentioned before, the characters gets less fleshed out than in the manga, which is something that strikes hard for the minor characters. Moneypenny gets cut off and the same goes for Von Herder and Mycroft Holmes (although they’ll manage to recover the two of them for season 2), while Fred and Moran will get a lot less characterization.

Major characters will also be affected by the cuts, although they won’t have it as bad as the minors.

Still…

William James Moriarty, Albert James Moriarty, Louis James Moriarty, Fred Porlock, Sebastian Moran, Sherlock Holmes, John H. Watson, Miss Hudson, George Lestrade, I loved them all. They might be not as fleshed out as in the manga but they’re still interesting and very likable, especially William and Sherlock. I love those two guys they’re perfect.

Now… for who’s not familiar with “Sherlock Holmes” and doesn’t get why this story involves the ‘Moriarty brothers’ instead than just professor Moriarty, that is because Takeuchi Ryōsuke, the manga author, found an interesting way to solve the contradictory information about Professor Moriarty. Professor Moriarty has no given name in the first story in which he appeared (“The Final Problem”) but gives him a brother, Colonel James Moriarty. However, according to another story (“The Adventure of the Empty House”) it’s said that is professor Moriarty who’s named James and his brother is not a Colonel but a station master. So Takeuchi Ryōsuke decided to interpret all this as Moriarty having two brothers, one of which is a Colonel (Albert) and giving to the three siblings the middle name of ‘James’ so that when they play the role of Lord of crime the three of them can say they are ‘James Moriarty’, which is quite clever if you ask me.

And then, because repetita iuvant, the visual is so very great, from the art used for the background to the way the scenes are framed. Really I love this.

So, to sum it up, the first season of this series is a very good first season and actually I hope the fact that it differs slightly from the manga will also work to persuade you to read the manga because boys, the manga is awesome.

And now let's end this with an AMV about this series I recommend watching: Confrontation

[opoxun]

“I hear...a sweet melody...”

 One of my favourite moments from Op2.

[universe-nero]

Liam...Christ...?

11/02/22

[recentanimenews]

Moriarty and Holmes Pondering the Mystery in Moriarty the Patriot Musical Third Arc PV

    The official website for the musical adaptation project based on Ryosuke Takeuchi (story) and Miyoshi Hikaru (art)'s Moriarty The Patriot mystery manga series has posted a 60-second PV for its forthcoming third show Op.3 - The Ghost of Whitechapel. The clip features Shogo Suzuki as William James Moriarty and Ryo Hirano as Sherlock Holmes, who are pondering in separate rooms, as well as other cast members. 

        Following the first show Musical Moriarty The Patriot in May 2019 and the second show Musical Moriarty The Patriot Op.2 - A Scandal in British Empire in the summer of 2020, the highly-anticipated third show is scheduled to be performed at Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stellar Ball in Tokyo from August 8 to 15, 2021, then at Sankei Hall Breeze in Osaka from August 19 to 22. After advance sales from June 7 to July 4, general sales of the tickets will begin on July 17.

    ミュージカル『憂国のモリアーティ』Op.3 -ホワイトチャペルの亡霊-公演告知CMを公開しました。https://t.co/9UE9rifkLB マベメン先行にてチケットお申込み受付中！お申込みは6/13（日）23:59まで。#モリミュ pic.twitter.com/Hycn6I7Q36

— ミュージカル『憂国のモリアーティ』 (@mu_moriarty) June 7, 2021

    William James Moriarty: Shogo Suzuki

    Sherlock Holmes: Ryo Hirano

    Teaser visual:

    Source: "Moriarty the Patriot Musical" official website

  ©Ryosuke Takeuchi, Miyoshi Hikaru/Shueisha　

©Musical "Moriarty The Patriot" Project

    By: Mikikazu Komatsu

[leenaevilin-stage-calendar]

[Stages] AUGUST 2021

♪ August 1st, 2021 ~ August 22nd, 2021 舞台 デュラララ!! ～円首方足の章～ (butai durarara!! ~enshuhousoku no shou~)

♪ August 5th, 2021 ~ August 14th, 2021 KingLEAR&MACBETH2021

♪ August 5th, 2021 ~ August 22nd, 2021 ミュージカル「憂国のモリアーティ」Op.3 -ホワイトチャペルの亡霊- (musical yuukoku no moriarty op.3 -white chapel no bourei-)

♪ August 6th, 2021 ~ August 15th, 2021 舞台『モブサイコ100』～激突！爪第7支部～ (butai mob psycho 100 ~gekitotsu! tsume dai 7 shibu~)

♪ August 6th, 2021 ~ August 22nd, 2021 舞台「東京リベンジャーズ」(butai tokyo revengers)

♪ August 7th, 2021 ~ August 31st, 2021 舞台「鬼滅の刃」 其ノ弐 絆 (butai kimetsu no yaiba sono ni kizuna)

♪ August 8th, 2021 ~ August 29th, 2021 ミュージカル「ジェイミー」(musical jamie)

♪ August 11th, 2021 ~ August 18th, 2021 恋を読むinクリエ 『逃げるは恥だが役に立つ』(koi wo yomu in clie nigeru wa haji da ga yaku ni tatsu)

♪ August 12th, 2021 ~ August 17th, 2021 舞台「One Night Butterfly」(butai one night butterfly)

♪ August 14th, 2021 ~ August 25th, 2021『ヒプノシスマイク-Division Rap Battle-』 Rule the Stage -Battle of Pride- (hypnosis mic -division rap battle- rule the stage -battle of pride-)

♪ August 18th, 2021 ~ August 22nd, 2021 MANKAI STAGE『A3!』Troupe LIVE ～SPRING 2021～

♪ August 19th, 2021 ~ August 23rd, 2021 イケメン戦国 THE STAGE ~連合軍VS“戦乱の亡者”雑賀孫一編~ (ikemen sengoku the stage rengougun vs ‘senran no mouja’ suzuki magoichi hen) CANCELED

♪ August 21st, 2021 ~ August 29th, 2021 Live Musical「SHOW BY ROCK!!」-DO 根性北学園編- 夜と黒のReflection (live musical show by rock!! -do konjou kitagakuen hen- yoru to kuro no reflection)

♪ August 26th, 2021 ~ September 11th, 2021 ミュージカル「リトル・ショップ・オブ・ホラーズ」(musical little shop of horrors)

♪ August 28th, 2021 ~ September 5th, 2021 SF時代活劇「虹色とうがらし」(sf jidai katsugeki nijiiro tougarashi)

♪ August 30th, 2021 ~ August 31st, 2021 朗読劇「学園デスパネル2021」(roudokugeki gakuen death panel 2021)

[leenaevilin]

[Fun] Advent Calendar Day 6

Q6: what are your top 3 (or more) jmusicals 2019?

① ミュージカル「スタミュ」スピンオフ team柊 単独レビュー公演「Caribbean Groove」(musical starmyu spin off team hiiragi tandoku revue kouen ~ caribbean groove) [May 30th - June 2nd]

② ミュージカル『刀剣乱舞』髭切膝丸 双騎出陣2019 ~SOGA~ (musical touken ranbu higekiri hizamaru souki shutsujin 2019 ~soga~) [July 4th - July 14th]

③ ミュージカル「憂国のモリアーティ」(musical yuukoku no moriarty) [May 10th - June 26th]

④ ミュージカル「スタミュ」3 (musical starmyu 3) [August 12th ~ September 1st]

⑤ ミュージカル スタミュ スピンオフ SHUFFLE REVUE (musical starmyu spin off shuffle revue) [January 23rd - February 3rd]

[笑 last years no1 and this years no1 are the same笑]

→ if you feel like it, you can write your answer in the comments, reblog it or even make your own post (+ #advent calendar & @leenaevilin so I can see your post^^)♡

let’s have some fun together (((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o)))♡

if you wanna know about my ranking from last year: >>Advent Calendar Day 6 ~ 2018<<

[chiisanahoshi]

畠中 祐 / DYING WISH -Music Clip Short ver.- (TVアニメ『憂国のモリアーティ』オープニング主題歌)