Clutter
Character (s): Gotou Matabei, Kanbei Kuroda
Word Count: 956
Warnings: N/A
Notes: This was drabble prompt for domestic activities requested by @dai-rokuten-maou . It takes place before Kanbei went to gay baby jail and before Matabei had this pride crushed, but while they were with the Toyotomi. I based a part of it on this tweet
It was the first warm day of the year and snow was long out of sight. Seeing how the colours of the bloomed Winter Cress and the orange sunrise over the horizon blended together gave kanbei enough vigour to perform a chore he had long put off; reorganizing his office. He already elected to take half the day off to enjoy the weather, so doing some simple, mindless, tasks will help the afternoon feel well spent.
Kanbei stacked his dishes from lunch together then roared a long yawn as he stretched in the new warmth on the engawa. Sighing contently and patting his full belly. ‘Time to get to work,’ he thought to himself, walking to his office and leaving the door open to let in the breeze.
Satisfied with the setup, Kanbei sat and surveyed his desk in near disbelief at the mess that had grown: out of date documents, books, opened envelopes, misshapen brushes, and useless ink nubs. Kanbei pressed his lips and grunted softly in his mouth. He couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed in himself for letting debris gather up, especially in a place he spends hours at every day.
Kanbei exhaled sharply before diving into the task. He laid down a large cloth on the floor next to him and started tossing the envelopes and ink onto it. He slowly waded through the mess, pausing at the brushes to contemplate if they could be put back into shape. ‘Nah,’ he thought ‘These are easy to come by.’ and added them to the pile. After the basic trash was picked up, Kanbei set aside the books for later organization and began examining each paper to determine what was worth keeping. He had become preoccupied with letters of an old conversation between him and his father that he didn’t notice his subordinate enter his room.
“Kanbei-san, what are you doing? Whatever it is, your mess is disgusting,” Matabei mocked, wrinkling his nose at the garbage pile on the cloth.
“Eh?” Kanbei griped “Disgusting? That’s kinda rude. I’m just cleaning my desk. What’d you come in here for anyway? No way you came just to insult me.”
“Nee! I can insult you if I please. I came to deliver a message, here,” Matabei explained, grabbing an envelope from his sleeve.
“Ah, thank you.” Kanbei took the letter and opened it. As he read, Matabei took advantage of his distraction to peer curiously at the discarded papers.
He shuffled through the heap slowly, trying to not make any noise. The last thing Matabei wanted was for Kanbei to think he had any interest in what he was doing. The mass was mostly filled with worthless scraps and letters he didn’t have the attention span to read. Matabei squinted and frowned, feeling a little foolish for his curiosity. Without realizing, he had allowed a particularly fat letter to fall on the floor.
Matabei jumped at the soft fwap, spinning his head to see if Kanbei had heard; but he hadn’t moved an inch, still peacefully absolved in nostalgia. Matabei watched Kanbei a moment longer to make sure he stayed unaware. He sighed quietly in relief and continued his snooping. Eventually, he came across a map of a recent campaign he had taken part in; examining the markings and notions scrawled around it. It painted memories of that day, and if memory serves, Kanbei let that campaign turn fruitless.
It had happened around the beginning of March and Kanbei was ordered to quell a small uprising in the Ukita territory. He would normally leave Matabei back in Osaka to take care of any business that may come up in his absence, but during this particular campaign, Kanbei had decided to take Matabei with him. However, Kanbei was told there would be fewer troops then was present and was outnumbered, forcing him to retreat.
Matabei tsked in spite of himself. ‘How dare he,’ Matabei scorned in his mind, ‘Idiot probably knew how many troops there were and dragged me along just to humiliate me. Stupid! Idiot! Aho-Kan!’ In frustration he crumpled the map and threw it at Kanbei, hitting him square on the head.
“Hey! What was that for!?” Kanbei shouted, rubbing his head even though it couldn’t possibly hurt. Matabei only scoffed and hurled more paper.
“Stop that! You’re making more of a mess-,” Kanbei asserted, trying to block the onslaught, but was cut off by a brush hitting his nose. Kanbei grunted and covered his face.
Matabei burst out into laughter and slapped his knee,“Ke! That’s for my pride!” he chortled.
Kanbei grumbled, gritting his teeth but letting it pass. Though he had no idea what Matabei could be referring to, “Well, whatever. Since I’m cleaning up it’ll be a good time to burn that incense that Hanbei-san gave me. He said it’s supposed to ward off bad spirits, so let’s see.”
Kanbei rummaged in his drawers to pull out a stick of incense and bamboo holder. He lit the end of the stick, pinching it to let it smoulder, and set it on the holder; licking the small scorch on his soft fingertips.
Kanbei sat back and smiled at the thin smoke rising from the charring stick.
“Ah,” he breathed, taking a deep inhale through his nose to enjoy the smell, “Hey, it’s pretty-”
“It reeks!” Matabei interrupted “Stupid bear, your incense stinks,” he scolded, pinching his nose and waving his hand in front of his face.
Kanbei turned to him with a quizzical look, but only saw Matabei stomp dramatically out of his room. He sat watching the empty door a moment to see if Matabei would come back. Realising he probably wasn’t, Kanbei shook his head and sighed; returning to his chore.
“That is a weird guy.”
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Additional cast and theme songs for TV Anime "Gakuen Basara" revealed!
<Additional Cast>
Tsuruhime (CV Ami Koshimizu)
Magoichi Saika (CV Sayaka Ohara)
Yoshitsugu Ootani (CV Fumihiko Tachiki)
Hideaki Kobayakawa (CV Jun Fukuyama)
Itsuki (CV Miyuki Sawashiro)
Sakon Shima (CV Yuuichi Nakamura)
Kasue Shibata (CV Nobuhiko Okamoto)
Matabei Gotou (CV Shinichiro Miki)
Opening Song: "Hokore Kitakaki Utsukushiki, Ikizama wo" by EIGHT OF TRIANGLE
Ending Song: "Be Affected" by Takanori Nishikawa and Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas
src: https://natalie.mu/comic/news/299004
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Cast and characters for some BSP plays
in chronological order
BSP「壬生狼」
“Miburo” / “The Wolves of Mibu” (2014.1)
Info: site, DVD, PV
CAST:
Matsuda Gaku - Hijikata Toshizou
Tabuchi Noriaki - Okita Souji
Aoki Takeshi - Kondou Isami
Tokura Yuuki - Serizawa Kamo
Kanegae Kou - Yamanami Keisuke
Yamamoto Masahiro - Saitou Hajime
Tanaka Naoki - Toudou Heisuke
Kitaguchi Shouhei - Harada Sanosuke
Hirayama Shou - Nagakura Shinpachi
Yamasaki Touma - Tachikawa Chikara
Umebayashi Ryouta - Katsura Kogorou
Yamamoto Kenji - Sakamoto Ryouma, etc.
Director: Ootsuka Masashi
Music: Wada Shunsuke, Matoda Hideya
Choreography: Kakitani Yui
BSP「幸村」-真田戦記-
“YUKIMURA - Sanada Senki” / “YUKIMURA - Sanada’s War History” (2015.3,5)
Info: site, DVD, PV
CAST:
Matsuda Gaku - Sanada Nobushige (a.k.a. Yukimura)
Tabuchi Noriaki - Tokugawa Ieyasu, Yodo-dono
Tanaka Naoki - Sarutobi Sasuke
Umebayashi Ryouta - Mouri Katsunaga
Aoki Takeshi - Gotou Matabei
Ishida Naoya - Toyotomi Hideyori
Yamamoto Masahiro - Chousokabe Morichika
Kanegae Kou - Akashi Teruzumi
Yamamoto Kenji - Oono Harunaga
Kitaguchi Shouhei - Tokugawa Hidetada
Kuroda Yousuke - Kirigakure Saizou
Nakauchi Tenma - Sanada Daisuke
Ogawa Katsuya - Sanada Nobuyuki, etc.
Director: Ootsuka Masashi
Music: Wada Shunsuke
Choreography: Kakitani Yui
Theme Song: "Glorious Death"
Lyrics: Ootsuka Masashi; music: Wada Shunsuke; vocal: Niira Etsuko
BSP「雪の女王」(BSP版)
“Yuki no Joou” / “The Snow Queen” (BSP edition) (2015.9-11)
Info: site, DVD, PV
CAST:
Hanafusa Chika - Karen
Terashita Remi - Anna
Matsuda Gaku - Chris
Aoki Takeshi - Carl
Umebayashi Ryouta - Gert
Ishida Naoya - Abel
Hara Kouki - Elmer
Tabuchi Noriaki - Chris' Shadow
Yamamoto Masahiro - Carl's Shadow
Tanaka Naoki - Gert's Shadow
Harada Kenji - Abel's Shadow
Shin Masatoshi - Elmer's Shadow
Yamamoto Kenji - the nonexistent
Director: Ootsuka Masashi
Music: Matoda Hideya
Choreography: Kakitani Yui
BSP「 真田幸村 」
“Sanada Yukimura” (2016.3-4)
Info: site, DVD, PV
CAST:
Matsuda Gaku - Sanada Nobushige, Takeda Shingen
Tabuchi Noriaki - Tokugawa Ieyasu, Yodo-dono
Umebayashi Ryouta - Uesugi Kagekatsu, Sanada Nobuyuki
Tanaka Naoki - Sarutobi Sasuke, Sanada Daisuke
Ishida Naoya - Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Sen-hime
Aoki Takeshi - Gotou Matabei, Miyoshi Seikai Nyuudou
Kanegae Kou - Oda Nobunaga, Mochizuki Chiyome
Yamamoto Masahiro - Toyotomi Hideyori, Kirigakure Saizou
Kuroda Yousuke - Nezu Jinpachi, Chousokabe Morichika
Ogawa Katsuya - Mochizuki Rokurou, Mouri Katsunaga
Yamamoto Kenji - Sanada Masayuki, Tokugawa Hidetada
Tokura Yuuki - Hattori Hanzou, Oono Harunaga, etc.
Director: Ootsuka Masashi
Music: Wada Shunsuke
Choreography: Kakitani Yui
BSP「龍の羅針盤」
“Ryuu no Rashinban” / “Dragon Compass”
第一部 幕末死闘篇 (2016.11-12)
Part 1 - Bakumatsu shitou hen / Bakumatsu death battle
第二部 維新回天篇 (2017.2)
Part 2 - Ishin kaiten hen / The changing world of the [Meiji] Restoration
Info: site, DVD1, DVD2, PV, OP dance part 1, part 2
CAST:
Matsuda Gaku - Sakamoto Ryouma
Tabuchi Noriaki - Thomas Blake Glover
Umebayashi Ryouta - Katsu Kaishuu
Ishida Naoya - Iwasaki Yatarou
Aoki Takeshi - Takechi Hanpeita, Ookubo Toshimichi
Yamamoto Masahiro - Takasugi Shinsaku
Kuroda Yousuke - Saitou Hajime
Ikenoue Yoritsugu - Gotou Shoujirou
Nakauchi Tenma - Itou Hirobumi
Shin Masatoshi - Kondou Choujirou
Fujita Kyouhei - Mochizuki Kameyata
Sawada Makoto - Murata Shinpachi
Yamamoto Kenji - Saigou Takamori
Part 2 only:
Tanaka Naoki - Nakaoka Shintarou
Kanegae Kou - Katsura Kogorou
Tokura Yuuki - Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Director: Ootsuka Masashi
Music: Wada Shunsuke, Matoda Hideya, Toyoda Kensuke
Choreography: Kakitani Yui
Theme Songs:
Part 1: "Tasogare no Umi no Ryuu" 「黄昏の海の龍」
Lyrics: Ootsuka Masashi; music: Wada Shunsuke; vocal: Niira Etsuko
Part 2: "Suiheisen ni Kieta Rashinban" 「水平線に消えた羅針盤」
Lyrics: Ootsuka Masashi; music: Toyoda Kensuke; vocal: Niira Etsuko
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