#anyway @ me when we get full version of machi

[reeeyachi]

ok i have no idea what to ask but STILL OK SO hit me with your best random headcanons about the adultrio

ok i know that i asked for this but to tell you the truth i only have crack headcanons for these three dorks. just. dumb stuff smh

hisoka:

dude loves makeup but he hates how his mascara or eyeliner smudges when he’s fighting so he had ‘em tattooed on his face

everything you see on his face are tattoos. he had his eyebrows shaved replaced with tattooed ones, tattooed lipstick, tattooed eyeliner. oh and the star and tear on his cheeks? tattooed, yup

on a normal day, he just sits on a bench at a park and sends random texts to everyone on his contacts. illumi receives most of the text but when he got kurapika’s number he sends him random messages as well. why? well, he’s bored and he’s actually having fun playing pranks and sending nudes

he doesn’t sent nudes to machi, tho. he sends her wholesome “good morning <3” texts and photos of spiders he’d see in his apartment with caption “this looks like danchou right? ^_^” because it’s only then that machi replies to him with a “???” and he laughs like he’s proud of his joke of something

hisoka holds the world record of largest house of cards ever built and he’s proud of it

illumi

just- *expensive taste*

illumi is the epitome of *rich bachelor* you know like those leading men in asian dramas who drive Mercedes Benz and wear designer clothes on a normal day

here to gracefully humiliate you with words for just plain existing. dude respects no one but his mom and dad and himself

has nightly skin care routine. also, don’t touch his hair if you don’t wanna DIE

hobbies: nothing

on a rest day, he just sleeps. he never puts his phone on silent because work might call so every single time it rings with a notification he checks, and every single one of them comes from hisoka. he doesn’t reply. well, except for that one text where hisoka said “knock knock ^_^” and illumi had to go to the front gate himself because he thought hisoka’s literally knocking on their door. he replied with “where are you?” then hisoka said “i’m inside your pants <3” and he’s just confused like “um, no you’re not”

later on he finds out that the “knock knock” was a joke but he just deadpans “ok”

on a more serious note: i headcanon 17 year-old illumi as floor master at heaven’s arena. like, he’s had that title for years that’s why he didn’t even think of getting a hunter license until he landed a job that required it

chrollo

has a bookshelf full of different versions and volumes of the Bible and memorizes where each one is specifically located

owns encyclopedias. in complete volumes

writes philosophical essays in the dark. is proud of himself for being *poetic*

is secretly proud of himself for impressing troupe members. he fucking loves the attention he loves the spotlight. it feels like a declamation and everyone claps for him at the end. it makes him feel validated and “Ahh~!”

reality is a social construct. everything is dispensable. nothing has a purpose. time is relative. human life is temporary. everything you own is not yours. money is but a piece of paper. a waste of natural resources. we will all die in the end anyway so YOLO

YOLO but does nothing but sit on the couch and read about vampires while stroking his chin and nodding and muttering “interesting...” under his breath

[putschki1969]

「KEIKO Live K002 ＊＊Lantana＊咲いたよ＊＊」Live Report

■KEIKO Live K002 ＊＊Lantana＊咲いたよ＊＊ Day & Time：2020/12/16　Doors open: 18:00／Start: 19:00 Venue：Zepp DiverCity TOKYO Live Stream Option: https://stagecrowd.live/4182631157/ Streaming Ticket Sale: 12/1 12:00～12/23 13:00 Ticket Price: 3,000円 Archive: 12/16～12/23

Everyone, SUPPORT Keiko and GO BUY a ticket if you haven’t yet!! (TUTORIAL) It was a REALLY cool live! Keiko was adorable! Koichi Korenaga and Hitoshi Konno added so much to so many songs with their guitar and violin. Also, we got May’n and KEIKO singing to the beginning, a May’n song AND a Christmas song together, all those collabs were AMAZING!!!

KEIKO in a leather jacket on stage. YESSSS!!! What more does a fangirl want? :P And she is wearing what seems to be a red skirt an embellished Christmas-y black top.

Find my first impression below the cut 〈(•ˇ‿ˇ•)-→

1.Be Yourself: Still doesn’t sound good live. Not at all. Her version from the first live performance might actually have been better than this. I think she shouldn’t start her lives with this song. I feel like she needs to be more warmed-up to go this high. 

2.ミチテハカケル (?): New song. She did tease us on Twitter that there would be some new songs performed at the live but I wasn’t expecting this. Meh...Another more or less forgettable up-tempo song that is not really up my alley. Kinda like Change the World’s Color. Her vocals improved a bit though compared to Be Yourself.

MC: She promises to interact with her online audience once May’n comes on stage. YAY!

3. Hajimari wa: Finally we are getting somewhere. The start of the concert was a bit bumpy but this is a solid performance. 

4. 溜め息の消える街 (Tameiki no Kieru Machi): Another solid performance. By now you know this is not my cup of tea but the live version is enjoyable enough (especially since she is not singing super high).

MC: Hitoshi Konno comes on stage. Keiko remembers their first meeting back in the day. It was for a recording for the Sound Horizon live in 2008. Keiko was super excited to have live strings at the studio and she really idolised Konno back then for his gorgeous playing. She was dying to meet him because so far she had only heard his playing. She was imagining a figure like Tuxedo Mask from Sailor Moon coming out of the recording booth. But then only Konno came out XD Needless to say, Keiko was quite disappointed. Konno doesn’t seem to remember or he was barely listening to Keiko it seems XD He really has no idea why Keiko is telling us all of this. Keiko says she just wanted to try talking freely about something random.

5. Ray: Ohhhh, the first song I REALLY love from the performance. Ray benefits a lot from the added violin. And Keiko sounds great.

6. 夕顔 (Yugao): YESSSSSSSSS! I was hoping they would use Konno’s violin for this. The intro and bridge were so gorgeous. And the end literally killed me. I LOVED Keiko’s live rendition so much, her expressive vocals hit me right in the feels. 

7. 茜 (Akane): Live violin FTW. Will forever love the verses. The chorus sounds better than in her first live (still not good though - that nobashite mo and kawakasu are just a little too painful for my poor ears). 

MC: Let’s say hello to May’n. May’n is happy to have been asked to appear as guest in Keiko’s live. She is nervous and excited because it has been a while for her to do a live with an audience (+ a live stream). Keiko is going to sing Kalafina together with May’n! BANZAI. On a side note, they are so freaking cute together. May’n is complaining because Keiko so nonchalantly announced that they would be singing a Kalafina song. She thinks this is very special for all of us so it sould be announced accordinly :P Keiko is in a hurry to start singing :P

8. to the beginning: WOW, WOW, WOW! Keiko SLAYS!!! *sobs* The feels!!! And I don’t even like ttb all that much. Keiko got so emotional towards the end. And she sounded better than ever and was obviously so excited to sing a Kalafina song again. Didn’t reallypay much attention to May’n’s vocals. Obviously she is not Wakana.

MC: The excitement is real. May’n loves ttb and has listened to it MANY MANY times so to get to sing it together with Keiko was awesome. Keiko seems to share the sentiment. She is impressed by May’n stage presence and steadiness. Keiko then congratulates May’n on her 15th Anniversary. They finally take a look at the chat for a little while. Keiko is greeting everyone with “yahoo” which everyone in the chat seems to find hilarious because we have never really heard her say this. Someone watches from Korea so Keiko shares some Korean words she knows :P Lots of Macho-senpai talk XD Keiko explains the origin of macho-senpai. It’s from a program Kalafina atteneded and May’n hosted back in the day. Both of them like muscle training so May’n came up with the nickname of macho-senpai for Keiko even though Keiko isn’t even macho or anythin. May’n was shocked to realise that the nickname gained so much popularity and now it is even on Keiko’s Wikipedia page! May’n looks up to Keiko and wants to become macho like her which is why Keiko is “macho-senpai” for her. Keiko denies being macho but May’n is like, “you do so much sports, you are so cool, you love to eat meat, you generally eat a lot (and still stay so thin), you are definitely macho!!!” LOL Keiko thinks about calling May’n Maycho but May’n isn’t into it and she thinks the audience doesn’t like that nickname either even though they can’t see anyone’s face but she sees it in their eyes XD Her HOLA to Mexico is so cute. The tablet is getting heavy so they decide to return it. They are so touchy-feely with each other. And now they are singing a May’n song.

9. graphite / diamond: Never heard it but they rocked the stage together. SO COOL. 

MC: Time for Koichi Korenaga. Lots of cat talk (fyi Kore-chan owns a cat). It’s called JOJO (Jocchan) and Kore-chan often posts pictures on Twitter. Keiko could talk forever about JOJO with Kore-chan.

10. 笑ってやる (Waratte Yaru): Another new song! With lots of English lyrics! Liking this A LOT more than ミチテハカケル I think. So badass. I am into it.

11. エンドロール (End Roll): Is still freaking cool. A mic-stand makes everything better!! Great transition from Waratte Yaru. 

12. Change the World’s Color: While I am not a big fan of the studio live I do quite enjoy her live performances due to her being so enthusiastic. But End Roll and Waratte Yaru are much superior!

MC: Korenaga is about to leave when Keiko reminds him there is one more song to sing XD But before that: Band member introduction. She forgot the guitarist’s full name :P

13: 七色のフィナーレ (Nanairo no Finale):  With both Koichi Korenaga and Hitoshi Konno. BANZAI. Sounds even more like a YK song now. Konno adds so much to the arrangement. Although I think they should have gotten rid of some of the super pop-ish elements of the arrangement to fit the violin more but oh well, it didn’t take away from my listening pleasure. Her final lalala part and the last bit hit differently. So emotional. She obviously felt at home with Konno and Korenaga at her side. So beautiful. Her vocals were a tiny bit better during K001 though and she did make a mistake at one point where her voice literally broke but I am not sure if it was because she was emotional or if she was just exhausted from singing so many up-tempo and high-key songs in a row.

ENCORE: An instrumental of Jingle Bells. May’n is back on stage with Keiko. They want to eat yakiniku for Christmas, not chicken but beef! YAY. MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Keiko loves May’n’s pants and is close to stripping her XD Keiko points out that the slit is very high. I think what she is doing counts as molestation :P Anyways, May’n is super excited to see a new side of Keiko in the future. She has known her for so long but there are still so many new things to discover and that makes her very curious and she feels like it will be the same for all of her fans. Keiko is touched by May’n’s heartfelt little message. Since it’s almost Christmas they need to sing a Christmas song

EN 1. 荒野の果てに (Angels We Have Heard on High): AHHHHHHHHH, one of my favourite Christmas songs. The beginning was FLAWLESS!! Actually loved the pop arrangement even though I usually prefer a more classical one. How I wish I had gotten to hear Kalafina sing this T_T But either way, their collab was great!! I will never like May’n’s voice and it doesn’t go too well with Keiko’s imo but hey, she still did fine.[What I would give to hear Wakana sing this with Keiko. We got a mini version during Kalafina Club once and even that sounded amazing]

EN2. 命の花 (Inochi no Hana): Really loved it.

MC: Keiko says she has many fun things planned for next year so we should look forward to it.

[koisurufortunecephalopod]

170115 Team 8 Full Group Concert Live Viewing Report

not exactly the same as a live report but you know. had some thoughts i wanted to go through with this. 

So first up being the intro with the East General Rinrin and West General Oonao, I’m really glad those two got these positions since-- despite my gunning for Oonao as 8 captain, she has said she’s not fully comfortable with the idea. But at the same time, she DOES act like a captain to the group and the idea of splitting the responsibility makes a lot of sense, especially with how Rinrin has stepped up for the East as of late. 

It was also really cute because they started up a chant of “East!” or “West!” depending on who you were “rooting” for and Oonao got confused halfway through and started chanting “East”

OP1. Ice no Kuchizuke (Sakaguchi Nagisa, Kuranoo Narumi, Oguri Yui, Yamada Nanami, Nakano Ikumi, Yokomichi Yuri, Sato Nanami) cute performance, but i did really like this choice of lineup

M01. RIVER okay this started everything off really well especially since it had some of the most intense dancing for this that i’ve seen in a while, especially from Nagi, Naru, and Ikumin. also surprisingly, Riona (not that it’s surprising that she’s a good dancer, more surprising that she was visible tbh) it also had the whole east vs. west theme going and really built hype

M03. Hoshizora wo Kimi ni (Team EAST) & M04. Shishunki no Adrenaline (Team WEST) Maybe it’s just my preferences but honestly pretty sure Shishunki won in this matchup just with how much energy they had. It’s a very energetic number, yeah, which definitely did give them a leg up so i’ll cede that. 

M06. 47 no Suteki na Machi e (Full version 47 members) : ‘ ) The fact that this is the first version with the full 47 in so long and the last with all 47 for a while makes me very sad. Emotional on that level, but honestly not the best 47 performance I’ve seen by a long shot. 

M07. Kiseki ma awanai (Hayasaka Tsumugi, Abe Mei, Yoshikawa Nanase) Okay so literally in the middle of the MC Tsumugi interrupted to be like “Hey so I have to go catch a plane like right now so that I can take an exam so even though we’re still in the same costumes and just grabbed some trillbys we’re doing our unit now.” 

They also mentioned in the MC that they’d only been practicing since this morning and you could kinda tell they were out of sync. 

Also worth mentioning is that Tsucchan very nearly dropped her hat during the toss and then just threw it out into the audience anyways.

M09. Hone Hone Waltz (Utada Hatsuka, Noda Hinano, Takahashi Sayaka, Hirano Hikaru) I just want to say that honestly this is one of my least favorite songs ever and petition for Team 8 to sTOP PERFORMING THIS PLEASE. WHY DID YOU WRITE A SONG ABOUT BONES AKI-P

Other than that, since it’s all of the new girls, they opened with self introductions, since the main concert didn’t have that. 

M10. Escape (Yokoyama Yui, Yokomichi Yuri, Yamada Nanami, Nakano Ikumi) Okay hands down best part of the concert for me, and honestly I am not too into the cool dance-heavy numbers. All of these girls were seriously skilled and got to show off their own strengths really well. Lip-syncing was awful but it was fairly clear that that was not what they were going for anyways

I want this concert to be released JUST for that number

After the music faded out and they all turn to walk offstage, Yamada turned around

“I’m sorry everyone, but, I have something to say. Actually, I... have school in the morning so I have to leave right now.”

This then kind of tied into the next number because she then had a spiel about “While I’m gone, you can play with my figures!” and dragged out the members for the next number who, of course had a little dialog about how they’re figures that can’t move when humans are watching (bc Nageki no Figure)

M15. Wimbledon e tsureteite (Oguri Yui, Sakaguchi Nagisa, Kuranoo Narumi) OH MAN THIS WAS A BIT OF A MESS HONESTLY

And I kind of hope it’s not just my memory exaggerating things

But right before they started they had a short skit sort of thing about Oguri talking about how she wanted to confess to her senpai and Nagi encouraging her 

And then Naru interrupting just flat out being “Well I mean if you’re not going to do it, then I’ll do it. And I’ll also take your position in AKB senbatsu.”

They all had a bit of a back and forth about that before launching in and oh man

Maybe I was just imagining it and I’m sure the live venue atmosphere might have been different but just??? It really felt like after that Naru was trying to show up Oguri. 

Their dancing was so out of sync. Naru was just going hard and outdancing the other two while Oguri was... honestly just doing an okay job which looked really bad next to Naru and especially in the center

Meanwhile Nagi is just dancing normally

Then they all got on the trolley things and at the end Naru stumbled trying to get off of hers onto Nagi’s and Oguri’s

And also they sung all of it live

Because we all know how well the solo concerts went amirite

M16. Kima wa Melody (Oda Erina, Chou Kurena - guitar) Honestly not the best OdaEri performance especially at the beginning, buuuuut p sure it was because she started sitting down which yeah why would you do that. By the end when she stood up it was really pretty. 

East and West Deputy Commander MC: Nakano Ikumi and Takahashi Ayane These two as Deputy Commanders make a lot of sense. But the MC itself was pretty awkward, mostly about being how they’d never actually talked before other than “Good morning” and “Good work” and such. Ayane even called Ikumin “Nakano-san” the entire time.

They did quiz each other on facts about themselves which was cute. The best part was Ayane asking about her old catchphrase and saying that it had been too embarrassing and Ikumin was just like “Your current one isn’t embarrassing? lol” like Ikumin you aRE NOT ONE TO TALK

M17. 1!2!3!4! Yoroshiku (Team EAST) & M18. Seishun no Laptime (Team WEST) (Center: Oota Nao) & M19. Max toki 315-go (Team WEST) & M20. Melon Juice (Team EAST) (Center: Yuiyui, Nagi) All of these wen tH ARD. Special mention to Seishun no Laptime which was just perfect for West and the Oonao center. Melon Juice was also very great. 

Then after they finished this rampage of sister group East vs. West songs they were basically just like “Okay let’s get along or whatever”

M21. High Tension Tsucchan casually showing up in the background in the Kiseki wa ma Awanai costume. In the MC afterwards she said she missed her plane. 

East vs West moe serifu battle: Yoshikawa Nanase, Oguri Yui, Sato Shiori vs. Gyouten Yurina, Yamamoto Ruka, Kuranoo Narumi They had to make up a moe line based on a single syllable. Highlight of this was Nanase (I think????? It might have been Shiorin now that I think about it) being given “mi” so she literally just took Oguri’s catchphrase 

M22. Kegareteiru Shinjitsu (Yokoyama Yui, Honda Hitomi, Sakaguchi Nagisa, Nakano Ikumi, Oguri Yui, Sato Nanami, Yokomichi Yuri, Tanikawa Hijiri, Kuranoo Narumi, Nagano Serika) & M23. Amanojaku batta & M24. Aisatsu kara hajimeyou & M25. Isshou no aida ni nannin to deaeru no darou & M26. Yume e no Route (Recording allowed) honestly just wanted to say that I love Team 8′s choreo and they are always so into dancing they are just wonderful to watch but where is my henachoko

So after the main show ended and before the encore call, Top Lead came out to do a drawing, basically one of the movie theaters with the live viewing got a special chance to attend a live show at the AKB Theater. Clearly, the one I was in did not get chosen. 

So my summarizing thoughts are:

As a concert it was pretty solid if only for how engaged everyone in Team 8 is and the level of some of the performances. Others unfortunately fell flat and honestly just looking back on the setlist, it’s kind of lackluster. The majority of these songs are just recycled from previous concerts. 

From a logical standpoint, I totally get that though. It must be hell to try to schedule rehearsals for a team of 47 girls who may or may not live in very different parts of the country, and also have to worry about potentially school and of course, other arrangements including another concert earlier that day, and for a certain three, an additional solo concert the day before. 

So I do kind of understand, and again, the enthusiasm here does definitely help make up for it, but I feel like the West or East concerts by themselves would have made up in the surprise or interest factor. 

Additionally a lot of the hype that built up at the beginning just... kinda faded especially when the East vs. West concept they built up didn’t really amount to anything except a couple of the group songs. 

The encore itself was super forgettable, so what I’m taking from this is that they need a good encore song for their next original song. Or to bring back Henachoko honestly. 

[putschki1969]

Kalafina Club 2017/07/11

Note: There’s a new episode for Kalafina’s regular radio show “Kalafina Club”. So here you go! This won’t be a super detailed translation or anything. I guess you could consider it a sort of summary but hey, you know me, my summaries usually tend to be quite detailed XD As always be aware that my listening comprehension sucks so take everything you see here with a pinch of salt.

Let’s get right to it 〈(•ˇ‿ˇ•)-→

Day duty: Keiko

Song: JEALOUSYを眠らせて by Kyosuke Himuro [1990]

抱き合う指に　眠れないジェラシー おまえのすべてを　奪うものがあれば　許せない Baby I'm in blue　いつだってジェラシー 離しはしないさ　Just fall in love この世界が終わっても……

The girls are talking about how cool the song is and how they really like the title. They talk a bit about the feeling of jealousy and how it can be really strong to the point where you lose control. Keiko is joking that tonight none of them will be able to sleep (referencing the lyrics where someone is so jealous that they can’t sleep anymore)

Drumrolls, the Japanese fans were right! They played the FULL version of 「Hyakka Ryouran」 tonight!!! BANZAI!!! (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

Hyakka Ryouran

The instrumental intro seems to be a bit longer but it’s hard to hear since Keiko is talking over it. We get a pretty epic Kajiurago bridge after the TV-version part. Is that Eri Ito, Remi or maybe Hanae Tomaru? Pretty sure it’s not Yuriko Kaida. Hikaru cuts into the bridge being her badass self. Soon she is joined by Keiko. All the while you can still hear bits and pieces of the bridge and then Wakana joins too blending the bridge and verse together. YAY, we get another glorious stanza lead by Keiko, this one ends a little differently than the first one. Keiko ends it with a long note and then we get an instrumental part which I don’t particularly love. Lastly we are back to the original arrangment with a stanza led first by Hikaru (more badass than in the TV-version) and then by Wakana + a slightly changed chorus. The end is as abrupt as it sounds in the TV-version which is a real bummer. I wanted more of that tradirional Japanese vibe. Send me a message if you’d like to listen to it (low-quality rip)

Keiko says that the song makes her feel very strong and it makes you get into battle mode XD

Mail corner:  The fan is talking about the war between Kinoko and Takenoko and wonders if the girls know about it.

A short explanation: This is about the battle between Kinoko No Yama and Takenoko No Sato (Japanese snacks by the brand Meiji). That’s why Keiko is reading the mail really passionately, I mean, it’s about candy, of course she would be totally into that. Anyways, Kinoko No Yama are the ones that look like little mushrooms with cookie stem and the top covered in chocolate. Takenoko No Sato are modelled after the top of bamboo shoots. Basically those two are the same, they are the same cookies with the same chocolate coating but for some reason there are two factions who believe that their chosen snack is the superior one. Wakana likes both. Hikaru is part of the Takenoko faction XD Keiko is usually part of that faction too but once in a while she will buy Kinoko too. Wakana asks why they prefer it. Keiko explains it’s because there’s much mire chocholate when it comes to Takenoko since the whole thingy is coated in chocolate. With Kinoko she tends to only eat the chocolate part XD She does the same with Pocky. XD For Hikaru the reasoning is slightly different. She isn’t the biggest fan of too much chocolate so she likes the fact that there is a bigger chunk of cookie with Takenoko. She also likes that the chocolate is slightly bitter. The girls also mention different tastes like strawberry and matcha. They continue mentioning other snacks, Wakana is very much in love with Pai no Mi. Hikaru mentions Koala no Machi and all three girls agree that those are super yummy!! (funnily enough, Keiko talked about the Koalas in today’s blogpost). They get a little side-tracked fangirling over the koalas and then they remember that the mail was originally about the Takenoko/Kinoko war. Keiko is pretty sad about this war, can’t we just love both?? Wakana interrupts with a question, “Aren’t they releasing a carrot version too?” LOL...Keiko suggests to release a fusion of the two competing products in order to stop the war. “Just stick a Takenoko to the Kinoko mushroom stem. This way you’ll get a small dumbbell!” Wakana is intrigued XD With all this talk about chocolate, Keiko advices the listeners to watch their nightly chocolate intake XD

Natsu no Asa

Kalafina Memorial: Favourite anime from your childhood days? Keiko is all like, “ohhh, the two of you are gonna have so much fun with this topic! Please go on and tell us!!” Wakana loved Sailor Moon of course, I mean who didn’t? Then she starts to sing various songs in her cutesy voice (e.g. the OP of Soar High! Isami,  ハートを磨くっきゃない). Keiko is impressed she knows all the lyrics.

Naturally Wakana can’t talk about anime without mentioning Ghibli. The first anime she watched was Totoro. But there were so many other amazing animes during her childhood. She considers it the “golden era” of anime. She loves sll the World Masterpiece Theater animes, for example Romeo’s Blue Skies [OMG, that was one of my favourites!!! The music is just so gorgeous!!! Really, all the World Masterpiece Theater animes are great! I have very fond memories of watching those]. LOL at Keiko being totally clueless. Wakana is sorry for talking so much [no surprise there XD] and then it’s Hikaru’s turn. Her first anime was also Totoro. She watched her video so often that the tape wore out. Of course she also loved Sailor Moon and Nintama Rantarou (Wakana apparently loved it too according to her enthusiastic scream). Once again, Wakana breaks into song! As she has mentioned many times before, Hikaru also loved Magic Knight Rayearth and Conan (up to this day, she still watches the movies). Hikaru has also watched lots of anime from the next generation like Hamtaro and Doremi. She watched all those shows together with her younger sister. Both of them enjoy stories about young girls growing up.

All three girls agree that the transformation scenes in magical girl animes are the best thing ever!! Keiko in particular really loves them.

Hoshi no Utai

Random info as always. No news on the 「Hyakka Ryouran」 launch event. Also no mention of Hikaru’s birthday. >_<