#i think what yumi did was awesome but like. actually i have no complaints about yumi. wait no i do. kazama was a shitass for marrying her

[theygotmewhipped]

Skin - 9. The Top

Word Count: 3 213

“Aren’t you missing something?” Chanyeol entered the room questioning me. I was sitting on the sofa playing Sims on my laptop with TV on as a background.

“Hmm…” I looked around myself. “Not really.” I turned at Chanyeol.

“You left your phone on the toilette again.” Ha waved with it.

“Oh, I was wondering where it was.” I remembered I hadn’t seen it in a while.

“So why didn’t you try to find it?” He raised an eyebrow.

“I guess I just figured it would show up somewhere eventually…Obviously, I was right.” I put the laptop aside.

“Or you were just too lazy to look for it.” He smirked while nagging me.

“Yeah, well, that too, I suppose.” I shrugged. “Gimme.” I lifted my hands up.

“You’re welcome, by the way.” He lightly threw it at me. The second it landed in my hands it started ringing and vibrating.

“Aaaa…” I was screaming because it scared me.

“Aaa…” Chanyeol jumped a little and screamed back. “Why are you screaming?! You startled me!” He grabbed his chest, his eyes wide open.

“It’s just started ringing out of nowhere when it landed.” I explained with pitched voice.

“That’s what phones do. They play a tune when someone’s calling you.” He stared at me like I’m complete idiot. When did we exchange the roles in this household? I’m supposed to be the sarcastic annoyed smartass and he’s the dumbass. Not the other way around. “Are you planning to pick up?” He asked after few seconds of no action with the phone loudly ringing.

“Yeah, right. Good point.” I waved my index finger realizing it still hasn’t stopped. I stood up and headed to my room. “Yo, wassup?” I picked up the call.

“Hey, the love of your life speaking.” A cheerful voice greeted me.

“Hi, love of my life. Let’s break up.” I rolled my eyes and crawled on to the bed.

“Ouch.” He giggled. “Anyway, I just wanted to check up on you since you haven’t showed up for quite some time. Should I come to visit you and your cute sis to make sure you haven’t died or grown roots to the couch?” He said with a playful voice.

“Oh god, Hobs. Could you please stop calling my sister cute? She’s not cute, definitely not after what she did to me, and she has a boyfriend, remember?” I complained.

“That weirdo can hardly be called boyfriend. Who the fuck talks to the trees anyway?”

“I know, right? But tough luck, mate, she doesn’t live with me anymore so no more flirting for you when you come over.” I chuckled.

“Tsch.” He affected. “Soo…Should I come live with you now that you live alone?” He joked.

“First of all, who said I live alone and secondly, you wish.” I grinned to myself.

“Wait, so there is a new cutie living with you?” He asked excited.

“If you consider a grown ass man a cutie, then yes. Although some cute quiet introverted girl would be like winning jackpot right now. Cos my new “roomie” is annoying more than you. He’s always smiling and laughing and doing shit and whatnot.” I confided in him. When I think about it, since Chanyeol moved in I haven’t spoken with anyone about all this.

“Whoa, you live with a guy now? How did that happen?” He was fazed.

“Well, yeah, but it’s kind of a long story so I’ll save it for another time. Let’s just say my sister is a bitch.” I murmured.

“Is that the reason you haven’t showed up for so long?” He asked concerned.

“Kinda, because he always wants to do stuff and makes me do it with him and then I’m exhausted to even breathe. Not that I have time to catch a breath with him always having energy to do something.” I continued my complaints.

“What?! Is he harassing you? Should I come beat some sense into him?” He suddenly turned completely serious.

“What?! Hobi, no! He’s not harassing me.” I quickly corrected him. “I don’t think he’s even capable of something like that. He has mind as innocent as a five years old. He’s a really, really big puppy in a human body.” All of a sudden I was defending Chanyeol. Chanyeol actually protects me a lot when it comes down to it. It’s like having a human bumper around me.

“…if you say so. But if he dares to so much as lay a finger on you I’m calling Yoongi to make him disappear.” He said in a deep voice.

“Geez, Hobi, you are crazy.” I chuckled.

“I’m not joking, Yumi. One word and he’s gone.” He was dead serious. I gulped down.

“Okay.” I peeped.

“I won’t let anyone harm my precious little girl.” He said in cutesy style this time.

“Please, never call me that again.” I was disgusted. He just giggled.

“Anyways, I gotta go, Jimin needs something and is bothering me with it for over five minutes now.”

“Hey!” Jimin exclaimed in the background and then there were sounds of a fight.

“You should come over soon or I’ll retrieve you at your place and drag you here myself, you hear me?”

“Yes, boss.”

“Good, I’m your only hope at having a social life anyway.” He was definitely smirking. “I’m your hope. I’m – your – hope.” He repeated. “Feels right on the tongue, doesn’t it? Maybe I’ll use that.” I laughed at his contemplation.

“Alright, you do that, Jung Hope, and I’m gonna try to plant roots to the couch in the meantime.”

“You should come here then if you have time to do nothing.” He nagged me.

“No thanks. I’m happy to not do something at least for a day. Let me have it.” I responded exhausted.

“Yeah, okay. See you soon though.”

“Yep, bye.” I hung up.

“Yumi.” Chanyeol knocked on the door as soon as I finished the call.

“What?” He opened the door and peeked inside.

“Put on some long pants and sturdy shoes.” He gave me instructions without any explanation.

“Why would I do that?” I looked at him suspiciously.

“We’re going hiking.” He stated as if it wasn’t negotiable.

“Uhm, we’re not?” I stared at him in disagreement.

“Are we really gonna have this discussion even though we both know I’ll eventually convince you to go with me?” He raised eyebrows at me. I opened my mouth in affect and frowned at him.

“You…you piece of shit! That’s not true!” I slapped the mattress with both hands.

“Are you sure? Should I start giving the examples?” His dimple showed up.

“Argh, fine, I get it. I’m leaving my bed, see?” I dramatically slid off the bed ending up lying on the floor. Chanyeol just shook his head and chuckled at me.

“You’re crazy.”

“As if you aren’t. Now get out and let me get ready!” I commanded him from the floor. He giggled at my lazy ass and closed the door behind him.

 “I thought you said hiking not trying to climb a stairway to heaven.” I was looking up a steep hill incapable to see the top.

“It’s not as bad as it looks like. And you wouldn’t be allowed to enter heaven anyway.” He grinned at me.

“Well, aren’t you a savage bastard today?” I fakely smiled at him.

“I learnt from the best.” He kept grinning.

“Let’s just get this over and done with so I can get back to my bed.” I took first steps up the path entering the forest.

We walked alongside each other rather quietly only occasionally talking. After a moment of silence I turned at Chanyeol. He was looking around, taking in the nature with a light smile on his face. He’s really enjoying this, isn’t he? Just appreciating the moment and the beauty of the world with such easiness. I want to know how he does it. He seems so unbothered by anything.

“What?” He suddenly turned at me.

“What what?” I immediately looked away playing dumb.

“You were staring at me.” He chuckled.

“Pf, no, I wasn’t. I was just…looking at the trees behind you.” I came up with a poor excuse. “Don’t be so full of yourself.” I rolled my eyes.

“If you say so.” He cackled. His attitude got me thinking. He seems so confident around me lately like he knows something I don’t. Like he’s sure of his position, knows where he stands.

“Do you think I have a soft spot for you?” I asked curious referring to what Jongin has said.

“And don’t you?” He answered with a question looking at me like it was obvious. Is it because he thinks I’ll let him go away with anything? Because that’s not true.

“No, why would I?” I frowned at him and shot a question back at him as well.

“I don’t know, you tell me.” He shrugged with mirth. This is not going anywhere. He’s just turning it around at me, like he’s trying to push me to say something. I don’t know what he expects but I’m not gonna play this game.

“…when are we gonna reach the top?” I changed the subject after becoming displeased with the topic. “We’ve been walking for ages.” I complained out of breath.

“It hasn’t even been an hour yet. Instead of focusing on the destination why don’t you try to relish the journey?” What kind of Socrates bullcrap is this?

“I don’t know about you but insect, spiders and other disgusting and terrifying creatures along with dirt and hill climbing aren’t exactly my kind of jam.” What am I even doing here? I could be taking a nap right now, but nah, I have to go everywhere he does like I’m on the leash. Oh my god, did I become the dog?!

“So take in the trees, beautiful plants and fresh air. The calming sound of the nature and being away from the city. Don’t look for the negative side of things all the time.” He calmly argued with me.

“Geez, you’re starting to sound like Hyojong. I hope you haven’t been spending time with him as well since you like to gossip with my sister about me so much.” I murmured.

“That was one time.” He defended himself. I stopped in my tracks and raised my brows at him. He stopped few steps ahead as well and turned at me. “Okay, maybe twice.” I started walking again after his confession.

“Seems like neither of us would be admitted in to the heaven.” I passed him with my head high.

“You…” Chanyeol was about to say something when my phone started ringing. I quickly took it out surprised to even have a signal here.

“Mom?” I picked it up not expecting her to be the one calling.

“Hi, baby. How are you? How’s school? Is everything okay?” Awesome timing to make a parental call, mom. Chanyeol observed my confused face.

“I’m fine. Everything is fine.” I replied shortly.

“Are you sure? You never even call anymore.” She nagged me.

“Yes, mom, I’m sure.” I rolled my eyes and motioned to Chanyeol to start walking again because this’s gonna take a while.

“Okay then. MinMin was here yesterday. She brought that sweet boy Hyojong with her as well. They are so cute together, I can’t wait for the grandkids. I bet they are going to be just as lovely as their parents, don’t you think?” She was basically melting into the microphone.

“Sure, ma, the loveliest.” I responded curtly, rolling my eyes for like tenth time in a past minute.

“You should come over soon. Your dad and I would really love to see you.” Back to the nagging. “You haven’t visited your poor old parents for so long. Minha comes over every now and then but you won’t show up. How long has it been, huh?”

“I don’t know, ma.” I sighed.

“See? You don’t even remember. That’s how long you haven’t been here. Make sure to show up soon.” Why is she so aggressive about it?

“Yes, mom, will do.”

“And bring along your boyfriend. We’d like to meet him as well.” I’m sure she was an army general in her previous life.

“Huh? What are you talking about? I don’t have a boyfriend.” I was perplexed.

“No need to keep it a secret, Mimi. Minha has already told us you have a new boy.” Oh, Minha told you? Well, Minha is dead to me more than she was before. “She said he’s a really charming and warmhearted. Your dad and I are so happy that you are finally giving a chance to love again. And if he is as nice as Minha says that makes us even more happy and proud.” Oh God, this is going in a direction of an emotional lecture with emphasizing the importance of human connections.

“Mom.” I tried to put a stop to her.

“Is he treating you well?” She tried to get more information out of me.

“Mom!” I raised my voice.

“Oh sorry, honey. What are you doing anyway? I hope I didn’t interrupted you at something important.” A little too late to ask that, don’t you think?

“No, ma. It’s okay.” I answered exhausted thinking about the rest of the mountain in front of me.

“Okay, okay. See you soon then. And don’t forget to take the boy with you.” I heaved a frustrated sigh. “Bye, baby. I love you.”

“Love you, too.” I hung up. “Jesus Christ, I’m barely breathing and she has to call in the middle of the mountain.” I grumbled.

“So…we’re dating, huh?” Chanyeol chuckled.

“You heard that?” I squeaked.

“Yep, all of it. All about how awesome I am.” He mocked me.

“You know what? Screw it, I’m just gonna hang myself on one of these trees right here right now.” I said out of frustration.

“Don’t worry about it. It’s just moms being moms.” He brushed it off.

“But still…argh.” I let out a fed up shriek. And me being me I tripped over something and staggered.

“Careful!” Chanyeol reflexively caught my arm and steadied me, then immediately let go of me. “Sorry, but I had…” He started apologizing.

“It’s okay. Thank you.” I cut him off.

“Are you sure you are alright?” He looked at me doubtfully.

“Yes, it didn’t hurt and everything is fine. Satisfied?” I said annoyed. I know he’s just trying to be nice but I feel like I am out of glass or something.

“Yeah, we’re almost at the top so let’s go.”                                                                

“Finally!” I exclaimed after we left the forest and entered a clearing on top. I looked around and saw few cars parked on the other side of the meadow. “Are you shitting me?” I turned around at Chanyeol, full of anger. “Why the fuck did we spend hours going through that forest full of nasty stuff when we could have easily just drive all the way up here?!” I yelled at him.

“That wouldn’t be fun. Moreover, hiking has health benefits opposed to driving.” He smiled innocently.

“My malfunctioning lungs and throbbing muscles say otherwise.” I grumbled.

“And you got to experience the nature in its full beauty.” He gave another reason ignoring my complaints.

“I could’ve done that through the car window as well without getting attacked by bloodthirsty flying little scumbags.” I deflected.

“This way we got to spend some quality time together.” He said happily.

“We could have done that in a comfort of our living room. Not to mention that I’ve never asked to spend time with you.” I growled.

“You have an answer to anything, don’t you?” He gave me a sidesmile.

“Of course I do! I’ve been climbing a fucking mountain for hours, torturing my body just to find out I could have just call an Uber to get here!” I raised my voice again.

“Well, you could have done that but believe me, you’ll enjoy the view from up here way more after you made an effort to get here.” He tried to persuade me.

“Let’s find out then!” I dramatically raised my hands and turned around. I was gonna go see that impressive view he praised so much but the picture in front of me stabbed me right in the gut stopping me from going anywhere. “Please tell me I’m hallucinating.” I said hopelessly. What have I done so wrong in my previous life?

“Cha-nyeo-laaah!!” Baekhyun came running towards us, jumping at Chanyeol while Jongdae was waving at us like a helicopter from a parking lot with Sehun taking something out of the car. I regarded Chanyeol with a dead-stare.

“Surprise?” He made jazz hands and grinned at me with Baekhyun clasped to him like a koala.

“You have no idea how much I hate you.” I starred daggers at him. I’m living out my nightmares.

“Don’t be so mean, Mimi.” Baekhyun let go of Chanyeol and pouted at me.

“What are you doing here anyway?” I asked Baekhyun, full of frustration. “And don’t call me that.”

“We’re having picnic, of course. We talked about it in the groupchat.” Baekhyun cheerfully smiled. My gaze slid to Chanyeol.

“What? It’s not my fault you turned off the notifications and don’t read it.” He defensively lifted his hands. The fucker exploited the fact and used it against me to get me here on foot!

“You all wouldn’t shut up for five minutes, of course I did turn it off.” Maybe I should have left the chat altogether. But they would definitely add me back again.

“Stop arguing, poopheads. Let’s go set up the feast.” Baekhyun happily skipped on the grass back to the car. I took a deep breath and left Chanyeol alone, going to a wooden platform to take a look. I climbed up the stairs, great, more climbing, two storeys high, hyperventilating at the top.

“Sweet Jesus.” I mumbled between the breaths. I’m too old for this much physical activity in one day. I straightened up and supported myself on the rails. Welp, this is actually a truly nice view. Not bad at all. I scanned the shape of the country below.

“Breathtaking, right?” Chanyeol said from behind me. I flinched a little but didn’t turn around to look at him.

“Quite literally thanks to the stairs.” I replied. He snickered and moved next to me. Out of nowhere a sound of a camera shutter clicked. “What the…” I looked beside me. Chanyeol’s phone was aimed at me and the shutter clicked again. “What do you think you’re doing?” I said menacingly. He put away the phone and looked away from me.

“Sorry, you just looked so enticing. I couldn’t help it.” He said embarrassed, his cheeks and ears catching a red shade.

“…oh…aha…okay…yeah…cool…” I couldn’t come up with a proper response and looked away from him embarrassed as well.

“We should probably…” Chanyeol began to speak after an awkward silence.

“Yeah, totally.” I replied knowing what he wants to say since both of us wanted to escape this situation.

“They are probably waiting for us.” Chanyeol motioned in a direction of the others.

“Definitely. Baekhyun can’t even breathe without you. So we should go.” I agreed.

“Yeah, let’s go.” Chanyeol smiled a little and we left the platform.

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Chenhun:

We are nearing the end, folks :)

[shenanigumi]

Some thoughts on Harada-hen

I’ll reserve final judgment for a more polished cut, like a DVD rip, but in the meantime…

Not that too many of you care at all, but it’s always easier for me to determine my opinion if I write it down! Throwing it under a read-more because length; sorry to any mobile users out there…

Re: our new actors –

New Chizuru (Isobe Karin): her voice isn’t quite my cup of tea, but she definitely hits the notes, and it’s ultimately just a stylistic difference so I’m ranking her a tentative tied-for-second with Fujikoso Yumi. She is very Chizuru-esque, after all—and props for drawing her sword once in awhile!!—but there’s simply no beating Tanoue Marina.

New Kodo (Kawamoto Hiroyuki): I really don’t have an opinion, other than Edogawa Manji was better and crazier. Although it’s worth noting that Kawamoto-san’s bald cap is on point, if he’s even wearing one.

New Saito (Naya Takeru): he does an awesome job for a newbie!! (Does anyone know whether he’s actually left-handed?) Honestly, he reads more like Saito than Hashimoto Shohei ever did to me, although of course not as much as Matsuda Ryo since we all know there’s no surpassing him.

New Nagakura (Fukuyama Shoudai): I know he was also in LIVE 2, but I resolved to wait until he played a more central role. I remain unimpressed by his singing, mostly because his voice is so gravelly I can’t really hear the tune. However, acting-wise, he’s spot-on, so I’m extremely happy about that.

New Heisuke (Kizu Tsubasa): likewise, I’ve been waiting for him to shine since LIVE 2. He’s not Ikeda Junya, but he’s cute, and he meshes well with the other two. Also, my big sister senses go off whenever any Heisuke at all drinks the Water of Life or gets emotional, so his non-Junyaness doesn’t stop me from tearing up at crucial moments.

New Sanan (Teruma): I know he was in Reimeiroku, but I only watched it once and had no idea what was going on. I personally think he does an amazing, if more than a little theatrical, job with the fury madness.

New Kazama (Sasaki Yoshihide): I will never not see Suzuki Shogo as canon!Kazama, which doesn’t help my impression of anyone else in the role. Sasaki-san carries the part fine and hits the notes he aims for, but it seems to me like he’s trying a little too hard to imitate Tsuda Kenji in his dialogue.

New Amagiri (Soutaro): …he’s good. I still prefer Gomoto Naoya, but Soutaro-san’s good. Like, he has major resting bitch face, which makes him seem a bit more menacing, but that’s fine considering the character.

Re: the soundtrack –

…I’m a little bit concerned about how quickly Higashi Keisuke seems to run out of breath. Not that it interfered with my enjoyment at all, just something I noticed.

It still kinda hurts in some cases to hear the new cast sing old songs, but they kept that to a merciful minimum (Sasaki Yoshihide singing the last part of “Orokamono Domo Yo” was objectively fine since he hit the notes but PLEASE DO NOT REMIND ME THAT SUZUKI SHOGO IS GONE). I loved the leitmotif-references though…

I really like Saito’s first, teeny-tiny song tbh

The “BEAUTIFUL DRUNKARDS” equivalent doesn’t sound quite upbeat enough to be a real party, but I can forgive it due to the adorable as fuck drunk ninja staggering around in the background, and also because Matsuda Gaku’s hips don’t lie. (Also my literal out-loud reaction to Harada taking off his mini-haori-whatever was “OH JESUS”.)

They brought back “Ano Hi no Chikai” AND ADDED SOME OF THAT SWEET HARMONY HELL YES. They’ve totally upped their harmonizing game since the reboot.

OH MY GOD SHIRANUI GETS A FUCKING SOLO THAT ISN’T A VERSE IN SOMEONE ELSE’S SONG. FINALLY. IT ONLY TOOK LITERALLY 10 MUSICALS JFC. Actually, make that two, counting the one close to the end. Also, is it me, or does he only ever sing about Takasugi? That’s a man in love if ever I’ve seen one (although I’m not sure I’ve seen one). I’m just gonna say Shiranui/Takasugi is motherfucking canon at this point. At the very least, it fits in flawlessly.

NEXT GEN “GIVE ME THE POWER” OH YEAH!!! Different Souji, different Saito, and I actually really like the way these two sound together, although Nayu-san’s voice isn’t as ‘strong’ a foundation for the duet/harmony as Hashimoto-san. Honestly, I was happy because it gave me something I could sing along to.

Sano and Shinpachi’s duet when they were dueling was actually awesome, mostly because of all that amazing harmony~

Re: complaints –

Most of my “but y tho” probably stems from a lack of subtitles and understanding of the Japanese language, so I won’t be mentioning too much of that since they’re minor issues anyway.

It’s usual for them to focus on Chizuru’s interactions with the guy whose route it is, but it still jars me a little that her only interaction after joining the Shinsengumi is with Harada even some time after Ikedaya. In fact, the pacing in general seems a little weird in this one, given that Heisuke and Saito barely even leave before they’re brought back—but of course, that’s certainly not to say this is the only musical with an ‘off’ pace. HakuMyu in general seems to be like that in most cases.

I… don’t understand why they had Yamazaki drink the Water of Life at Toba-Fushimi. Like, Harada’s musical is the definitive feel-good route, so why include something from The Darkest route/musical? You could just as easily have offed Yamazaki offstage, or otherwise had him die in passing, the same way he did in Toudou-hen…

I also don’t know why they decided to transition into the epilogue with Hijikata vs Kazama and a Yaisa! reprise. Like, typically that’s a final-battle interlude, not post-final-battle. Also, it’s completely irrelevant to Harada’s route. Although I’ll own that the Yamazaki-Kondou-Sanan dead-people trio was a nice touch.

Re: highlights –

…Okay, I’m never not gonna think Shiranui figuring out Chizuru is a demon first is the most hilarious thing ever. Like, he never even showed up at Ikedaya in the game, yet here he is going “what’s a demon like you doing in a place like this” in Kazama’s stead. Perfect.

NOT GONNA LIE, LIKE 90% OF WHY I WATCHED THIS MUSICAL IS BECAUSE SHIRANUI IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. I WILL NEVER, EVER, GET TIRED OF HIS LAUGHTER AND HIS LITTLE “EH?” AND “HUH?” NOISES AND OH MY GOD. ALSO ONE OF HIS R’S ROLLED AND I THINK I MAY HAVE DIED A LITTLE. I’M MAKING A NOISE LIKE A TRAIN WHISTLE. I JUST. WOW WHAT A CUTIE

It’s kind of a small thing, but I love how subtly Okita’s tuberculosis is introduced. A cough-laugh, then a coughing fit, both quickly cut off by other events, and finally the revelation. Nicely done for a musical that doesn’t focus on him.

I also appreciate how not-prude and curious Chizuru is shown to be from the beginning. Any Chizuru who participates in a drinking song without being coerced, and even carries a sake cup of her own instead of just pouring others’, is 100% fine by me.

I’m in absolute fucking love with how they handle Shiranui’s interactions with Chizuru. Just the right mix of antagonism and playfulness.

OH MY GOD HARADA HAS TO BEND PRACTICALLY FUCKING DOUBLE TO KISS CHIZURU. THIS IS ADORABLE

Speaking of adorable, Nagakura’s confusion during the “we’re leaving the Shinsengumi” scene is priceless. I have no idea what’s happening, but it’s really fucking cute.

It’s kinda nice to see where Kazama’s loyalties really lie on Harada’s route, since we never see that in-game. Like, Shiranui thinks he’s on Kodo’s side, so that colors our perception, but… evidently not. Of course, it could just be that they’re apparently integrating Sanan’s treachery into Harada’s route too, but…

HOLY SHIT THE EMOTION IN OKITA’S VOICE WHEN HE CONFRONTS HIJIKATA AFTER KONDOU’S DEATH. It takes a lot of skill to make me tear up at a scene I’ve seen acted out like 50,000 times before in the previous installments of HakuMyu. You can really see the 8-year-old Souji shining through. AND THEN THAT PUNCH OUT OF NOWHERE!! ON POINT.

Edit: Oh I guess I should spare a mention for the fact that The Scene actually happened, yup. Not that I’m not happy with what foreplay we were given, since I thought for sure they’d just shove it offstage, but it was so… stationary? Although letting Chizuru top before the fadeout was definitely a nice touch.

I am a-ok with Kazama offing Sanan tbfh although it did leave the non-Junya cinnamon roll an orphan of sorts. Also Hijikata as mama bear is the best thing. Honestly, I really like the interpersonal dynamics between members of the Shinsengumi as they’re portrayed here.

GOOD JOB STABBING YOUR EVIL FATHER CHIZURU!!!!!!!! That’s more than any other Chizuru ever did, even Heisuke’s spunky gal~

CURTAIN CALL MOMENTS: Kazama and Hijikata doing the nightclub two-step and staring into one another’s eyes; the extras jumping around and high-fiving one another and one of them spinning Souji around; some confrontation between Harada and an extra over Chizuru; Shiranui getting really emotional about having been around since the beginning (AW POOR BABY WITH THE BROKEN VOICE); Harada having moments with both Shiranui and Chizuru (I’m beginning to form a polyamorous OT3)