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2010  告白

Confessions

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Title: Wolf Children

Rating: PG

Director: Mamoru Hosoda

Cast: Haru Kuroki, Yukito Nishii, Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa, Momoka Ohno, Amon Kabe, Takuma Hiraoka, Megumi Hayashibara, Tadashi Nakamura, Tamio Ohki, Tomie Kataoka, Hajime Inoue, Shota Sometani, Taichi Masu, Kumiko Aso, Bunta Sugawara

Release year: 2012

Genres: drama, adventure, fantasy, family

Blurb: After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits proves to be a challenge for her.

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“You’re the most lovely woman I’ve ever met.”

(This is heavily referenced from Hosoda’s Wolf Children. Hands are traced. Please watch the movie!!!! Note that if I ever reference something heavily or trace something, it is for personal art ONLY and will be publicly stated if posted)

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FIVE

Cinque...è meglio di uno!

Dopo Prince of Legend era giunto per me il momento di tornare tra le rassicuranti braccia di uno scolastico assurdo drama giapponese. Questi tipi di drama devono essere peggio della droga, altrimenti non capisco, come io mi infogni sempre in storie che sembrano uscite dal libro dell’Assurdo e ci sguazzi dentro contenta come una balena spiaggiata.

In questo caso la scelta è ricaduta su FIVE, drama da 8 episodi da 18 minuti l’uno reperibile sul forum delle sweetest devotion.

Ora, essendo della categoria sopracitata, mi aspettavo il devasto più totale: Concorsi di bellezza random, personaggi vestiti a caso e con atteggiamenti al limite del TSO, gare a chi fa la pipì più lontano, personaggi sottili come carta velina, stereotipi su due gambe che camminano  ecc ecc. 

Una bella Sagra dell’Ignoranza come solo i giapponesi sanno fare, insomma.

Tuttavia, FIVE mi ha sorpreso. Perché sì, ha al suo interno elementi tamarri ed inconcepibili all’umana comprensione, ma si vede lo sforzo di approfondire i personaggi e dare una parvenza di introspezione alla storia. 

Il drama narra le vicende di Hina, una studentessa liceale traferitasi per la millesima volta a causa del lavoro dei genitori e che si ritrova a frequentare la Classe SPECIAL A, ossia una classe di geni. 

Essendo l’unica ragazza dalla classe - e unica ragazza dotata di QI dell’intera scuola a quanto pare - viene subito idolatrata dai suoi compagni maschi che le affibbiano il soprannome di “Hime”, ossia Principessa. 

Chi invece vorrebbe Hina morta, magari sotto un camion, sono le ragazze della scuola, gelose non solo perché la ragazza sta nella classe più IN di tutte...ma anche perché viene presa in simpatia dai FIVE.

E mo’ questi chi sono?

Ma ovviamente sono gli F4/ i Flower Boys chiamali come ti pare... i TOP DELTOP della scuola: ossia i ragazzi più fighi, talentuosi, affascinanti [inserire aggettivo positivo qui] dell’Istituto. 

[Nei drama, se non ci mettono i ragazzetti più fighi della scuola che fanno l’entrata ad effetto sotto le luci del Signore, con le ragazze che svengono in preda all’estasi mistica mentre camminando, dividono la folla come Mosè divideva le acque...non sono soddisfatti.]

Dunque, il lead del gruppetto è Toshi (Sato Ryuji ), Casanova Liceale che passa il suo tempo a provarci con più ragazze insieme, senza sceglierne nessuna. Poi c’è Takui, classico ragazzo solare e spensierato, amante degli sport. Nao, il ragazzo kawaii che abbraccia tutti come fossero dei peluche, Kojiro imparentato forse con Goemon di Lupen III ed infine Jun, genio matematico ed hacker con l’hobby di far venire le paranoie al lead e per questo mio modello di vita e personaggio preferito della serie. 

Il drama tratta i temi dell’amicizia e della solitudine, del credere in se stessi, nel lavoro di squadra e di gruppo e sopratutto del godersi l’età dell’adolescenza. La sorpresa più grande per me, è stata il notare come queste tematiche siano state affrontate in modo leggero ma non superficiale - magari andando un pò nel didascalico ma va bene -  ma rimanendo il più naturale possibile. 

L’altra grande sorpresa - anzi due - è stata la lead. Hina infatti è una lead simpatica ed adorabile. Forte ad al tempo stesso fragile. E mi è piaciuto come la serie gli abbia dato spazio e approfondimento, non lasciandola come mero personaggio femminile che sta lì a fare presenza. Ma sopratutto non balbetta ogni 3X2, cosa che la posiziona nel mio personale Olimpo delle lead. 

La seconda sorpresa è stata la storia d’amore perché si, è un drama adolescenziale sulla scuola quindi è ovvio che ci sia la storia d’amore: carina, divertente, con buoni momenti di tensione e sopratutto costruita nel corso della serie. ( eh..Prince of Legends???...coff coff)

Molto carina anche la bromance tra i ragazzi, semplice ma molto naturale.

Ovviamente, essendo questa serie ripresa da un manga mantiene tutte quelle assurdità, atmosfere e momenti tipici dei manga, ma sapendolo ci si fa il callo. Insomma, è abitudine.

 Dove invece non si riesce - o almeno io non sono riuscita - a lasciar perdere, è il finale. Esattamente come Die Now managgia a tutti i troll il finale presuppone una seconda stagione che mai e poi mai, secondo me, verrà portata a termine. Mi mangio le mani.

TOP MOMENTI ASSURDI:

Quale scegliere?

Forse uno dei FIVE, Kojiro che va in giro con una katana senza avere il porto d’armi? Nao che viene rapito dalla sua promessa sposa ed ammanettato per fargli firmare a forza il contratto matrimoniale? La scuola che organizza Festival Sportivi a mo’ di Battle Royal, tutti contro tutti, consigliando di portare le armi? Il Presidente del Consiglio Studentesco che tenta di abbracciare il lead ogni 5 minuti professandogli il suo amore? la lead che quando beve il caffè gli viene un cambio di personalità diventando bipolare?

Voto il Preside della Scuola che durante il Festival Culturale fa fare un test di Economia Politica dando ai ragazzi un budget da spendere e dove i ragazzi ne devono guadagnare il doppio durante il Festival. L’assurdità? Il Preside che fa rapinare gli studenti che tengono i soldi per vedere come se la cavano e risolvono il problema. Ma che scuola è?! 

Ultimi ma non meno importanti sono tutti i momenti in cui Jun, il tizio matematico del gruppo, tormenta il povero lead sulla sua storia d’amore con Hina. Poichè Toshi la tira per le lunghe, nascondendo la palesissima infatuazione per la ragazza, Jun passa il tempo nel drama:

1) Osservare le interazioni tra i due lead come farebbe uno scienziato con una cavia particolarmente affascinante.

2) Dire a Toshi frasi come:-” ...ma la lasci andare via così? e se trova uno? e se quello diventa il suo fidanzato? e se ci prova prima lui e lei accetta? hai visto quanto è carina oggi Hina? secondo me, oggi trova il ragazzo. Oddio, ma l’ho vista chiacchierare con un ragazzo prima...che sia il suo fidanzato... o uno che vorrebbe esserlo? Non hai intenzione di fare nulla?”  #madòleparanoie 

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[GIF Set] Drama ‘FIVE’ (ファイブ) Character Introductions 

Cast: 

Sato Ryuji as Shimizu Toshi

Kuroba Mario as Tairaku Jun

Matsuoka Koudai as Iwabuchi Takui

Nishii Yukito as Arisawa Nao

Negishi Takuya as Yauchi Kojirou

Arisawa Nana (SUPER☆GiRLS) as Asou Hina

Totani Kimito as Yamachika Tooru

Okamoto Anri as Nakagome Etsu

Mizuta Kouki as Nakagome Mitsu

Kayano as Komoro Kana

BONUS GIF - Sakurai Keito as Masato

Character introduction GIFs are in scene/episode order of when they appear, and the quality had to be dropped a fair bit or slightly in some of the GIFs to fit the limit. 

Please DO NOT repost the GIFs!

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Dear @lunitamoon​​,

First of all, I am sorry it took so long to get to you, but thank you very much for your sweet compliments! The day you sent the ask was great, and so is today. I hope your life is good to you too.

But now without further ado, your question.

Uchikawa Reo

I think Reo is a very good actor. My first opinion of him when I saw him in Noah’s Ark Circus 2016 was that he has a lot of talent. Some of these talents were not polished yet, (his singing being one example, but given his young age I couldn’t possibly blame him), while other talents were already polished to a sparkling gem. When people talk about Reo, it is usually “cuteee, so tiny!!!” or compliments of the like. His looks make people shove his remarkableness as an actor under these irrelevant external qualities. That is a shame, so please allow me to highlight a few things that are remarkable about this boy.

Character interpretation and understanding

I think Reo understood the character of O!Ciel very well and he was able to deliver many of the nuances even his first time in the role. When hastily interpreted, O!Ciel’s character runs the risk of being taken for nothing but cranky, sulky and haughty. Reo however, even at the age of 12 managed to see that these three obvious traits have a much deeper root: ‘doneness’. O!Ciel is done with his butler’s sauciness, done with people around him imposing their opinions on him, done with the world. Uchikawa Reo managed to capture this fatigue quite well.

In the scene where Soma is altogether a bit too clingy, I think many would think O!Ciel would push the prince away or slap him away. Reo however, did not. He was trying to pull away Soma’s hands, but he never showed antagonism. Just doneness. Regardless of whether O!Ciel does or doesn’t see Soma as his ‘big brother figure’ and ‘friend’, he does care about him. Even when Reo-bocchan said: “I’m exhausted because of you,” there was no callousness in his voice; just irritation.

Reo managed to find a beautiful middle ground between ‘warm’ and ‘cold’ for O!Ciel, and that is exactly what I believe our Trash Baby Lord is. That is a lot more nuance in character study than I could possibly expect from most actors, let alone a 12 year old one.

Another example of Reo’s great understanding of his role is in the scene where he questions his butler whether he would be able to bring them to Baron Kelvin’s manor within an hour. Here he raised an eyebrow as he spoke. This raised eyebrow is very significant.

In the post ‘That Butler, Punchable‘, I discussed in detail how Sebastyun is constantly being very snarky at his master, presumably so because he did not consider the boy worthy of his full respect. In the scene of this example however, O!Ciel has earned the demon’s full respect, and he knows it.

Raising an eyebrow, O!Ciel shows that he has reestablished dominance as master, and that intellectually he is on the same playing field as the demon. He knows what he is doing, and unsurprisingly, the question asked was thusly phrased as a rhetorical one. Hence I did not translate this line as: “can you?” but instead as “you can, right?” Through this nuance, Reo-bocchan shows a great level of confidence and his grasp over the case.

Something else remarkable about 12-year-old Reo is his body-language. In the showdown between him and Baron Kelvin, Reo knew very well how to deliver his actions and the tension of the scene to even the people in the furthest back of the theatre. He takes his time to carry out every movement with meaningful decisiveness. One powerful kick. Re-assume stance. Walk behind his victim. Trap him under his foot. Point the gun at him. Had Reo just kicked Kelvin and stood on him in one consecutive movement, then the impact would have been broken.

I am not sure whether this was intentional, but before Reo pointed the gun at Kelvin, the hand that held the weapon was relaxed, which meant it would not attract attention away from his footwork. Only when the footwork was finished did Reo reveal his gun again from underneath his cape, effectively re-shifting attention back to the weapon when that should be the central focus again.  In theatre where audiences don’t view the production through edited and selected footage, it is vital that actors know where they should draw attention to, and reversely, where not to. Reo did well.

Reo’s natural flair for comedy is also noteworthy. O!Ciel’s character’s funniness is mostly his insane cuteness and inability to can at times; not because he has funny remarks to make. Trying too hard to be funny is a big theatre/movie sin, but Reo is luckily no sinner

As demonstrated above, Reo has an excellent understanding of his role and is careful in maintaining it even when the musical calls for comedy. Reo employed a very advanced technique of achieving comedy; namely discrepant solemness. He does not loosen up or start monkeying around; instead he maintains his usual up-tightness while tricking Aberline into saying his own name wrong. The brilliancy in this scene was not just Reo’s ability to employ this advanced comedy technique, but also that the nature of this skit was perfectly in character for this insidious, manipulative brat.

In Tango on the Campania Reo filled most of the ‘space for growth’ he still had in the previous musical. Even though Reo’s body language on stage was already great in Noah’s Ark Circus, he did have the tendency to stand idle when the scene’s focus was not on him. In the latest musical however, Reo would not forget to also act when he was in the background.

His singing also largely improved, and was able to prolong his notes as well as transitioning between the notes. He still had trouble hitting the highest of notes, but his voice would no longer die off mid-way in its ascending.

Fukuzaki Nayuta

I think Nayuta is a great actor too, and personally a seemingly very underrated gem. In the first run of the Lycoris that Blazes the Earth (2014) Nayuta was admittedly not the best actor ever seen in theatre history. However, he did up the game for Ciel actors even at the time. Acting style is more preference-bound, but undeniably Nayuta’s singing was more solid than any past Ciel performer before him. Despite him having outclassed past Ciels’ singing, Nayuta received a lot of hate from fans, most amounting to: “I can’t watch this, he is too ugly.” (Yes, very constructive, very legit. Ughum. The Kurofandom never fails to remind me how so many are here just for the pretttiiiiiiessss >_>)

In 2015, Nayuta’s voice was actively dropping, sending him in a constant swing between up-and-down. I don’t have experience with a dropping voice, but I heard from everyone who did that it is incredibly hard to control your voice in speaking, let alone singing. And yet, though his voice was rough at all times, Nayuta did manage to hit all the tones. I find that very impressive. I think technique-wise, Nayuta is the strongest singer among all Ciel stage-actors so far. I haven’t heard his singing after his voice-change was complete, but I can imagine him having become a very good singer now. His capacity for control over his voice is superb, after all.

Nayuta’s acting is very subtle but convincing. When Nayuta-bocchan was in his cage, he even added some little movements of the hand that would not be in people’s usual expectations given the situation. To me, this little quirk seemed to convey how despite already having hit rock bottom, the last straw had only fallen just now. This boy is not just scared and desperate, he is murderously angry and resolute.

Nayuta’s subtle and yet convincing body-language can be seen throughout the musical. To demonstrate what I mean by ‘convincing’, I wish to point at Tango on the Campania. Compare Nayuta’s shaking to the headbanging of the stand-in for O!Ciel... Nope. (This actress is not a child, so I can be harsher.)

Again, Nayuta’s acting is subtle, but it does mean it is easily missed, especially in a live theatre. (’Overacting’ is obviously a thing (see demonstration 1 above ⇈), but to the people who initially criticised Furukawa for “moving around too much”, that’s the theatre medium for you. Theatre was not made to be recorded and viewed in close proximity. Moving any less will basically be invisible in a theatre (see my analysis of Tamaki’s performance as Snake).)

Enough side-tracked, back to Nayuta. In the scene where Nayuta-bocchan just woke up, he performed the panic dying down slowly expertly. We can tell that the shaking and heavy breathing really got the better of him, but that the boy was actively trying not to show his butler.  This was probably not visible live, but we have footage of it, so let us savour the panic-dying-down for what it is.

Though I might go as far as to say Nayuta might be better suited as a film-actor than theatre-actor, what was not missed on live audiences was this iconic scene below ⇊ when it finally dawned in O!Ciel that he had been chasing the wrong tail all along.

The atmosphere he created was incredibly tense, and we could practically hear the gears grinding and suddenly coming to a shocking halt. Bravo. It is ultimately for this scene that I think Nayuta would make a phenomenal stage-actor with just a BIT more stage-oriented instructions from the director.

Another scene that also conveyed the tension excellently was when O!Ciel was putting up with the Viscount. Nayuta knew better than put on an insulting high-pitched voice in parody of “a girl’s voice”, instead he minded the intonation of speaking and subtler mannerisms girls are socialised to perform.

When the Viscount really got way too close, Sasaki’s acting was incredibly flamboyant and loud, and yet it never threatened to overshadow Nayuta’s performance. Nayuta knows very well how to keep people’s attention on him even when he doesn’t have lines to say. When the Viscount turned Nayuta-bocchan around, the boy’s facial expression spoke voluuuumes.

Sakamoto, Nishii and Tanaka

I don’t have footage of them, and I am not going to get them legally or illegally, so I will include no visual examples of them in this post.

I don’t want to be harsh on children, they all did their best I believe, but do allow me to say that I am not very enthusiastic about their performances.

Sakamoto’s performance of Ciel was not very memorable, but I think it mostly has something to do with his part in the script just not being memorable at all. To sum up; Ciel in ‘Friendship’ received some guests from Japan, played chess, and stared wide shifty-eyed until the case solved itself. Sakamoto’s singing was decent, though. I wish they capitalised more on that.

Nishii... I think many people were initially especially enthusiastic about him because he did not “look like Vincent Phantomhive”. He did his best, I could tell he had fun in the performance, but whatever acting-talent he might have, the musical never gave him any chance to shine. That musical gave his character ZERO nuance. Nishii’s singing was very unpolished, and in the mere 3 weeks of audition time, there was also no time to get it polished. But then again, the same goes for the singing of most of that cast.

Tanaka... I could tell he did his best, but perhaps he was doing his best not to f*ck up a bit too hard. The songs in this musical were rather challenging, and Tanaka always seemed very tense as he was trying to chase the notes. It was like he was desperately clinging to his spot within a safety-zone, which ultimately meant he didn’t explore any potentials outside the range of monotony. When it comes to acting, it also seemed like cranky outbursts were the only emotion he dared touch upon.

So that was that! Thanks for reading!

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Jdrama: Five (2017)

Episode 01: They introduce themselves to Aso Hina... she notes that these boys are the most popular in high school...

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[SUBTITLES] “FIVE” DVD Extended Uncut Version Episodes 07 and 08 (English Subbed, COMPLETE)

Cast:

Sato Ryuji as Shimizu Toshi

Kuroba Mario as Tairaku Jun

Matsuoka Koudai as Iwabuchi Takui

Nishii Yukito as Arisawa Nao

Negishi Takuya as Yauchi Kojirou

Asakawa Nana as Asou Hina

Totani Kimito as Yamachika Tooru

Okamoto Anri as Nakagome Etsu

Mizuta Kouki as Nakagome Mitsu

Kayano as Komoro Kana

Kizuki Hajime as Gundam

Sato Masahiro as Afro

A preview of some of the extended scenes:

Subtitles for “FIVE” Episodes 01 to 08 (Complete): HERE

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Confessions (2010)

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Kuroshitsuji Musical 2: The Most Beautiful DEATH in The World

Kuroshitsuji Musical 2: The Most Beautiful DEATH in The World-A Thousand Souls and a Fallen Shinigami (ミュージカル「黒執事」The Most Beautiful DEATH in The World 千の魂と堕ちた死神)

Romaji: Myujikaru Kuroshitsuji The Most Beautiful DEATH in The World Sen no Tamashi to Ochita Shinigami Other Names: Kuromyu 2, The Most Beautiful DEATH in The World Year(s): 2010, 2013 Summary: In this original storyline, Ciel and Sebastian investigate a series of deaths that, while peaceful, have supernatural undertones. Things become more complicated when the Grim Reaper Dispatch Society becomes involved.

For the full Cast please see the profile on ClockworkStage

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Every Episode of FIVE: DVD Extra Scenes

Sato Ryuji as Shimizu Toshi

Kuroba Mario as Tairaku Jun

Matsuoka Koudai as Iwabuchi Takui

Nishii Yukito as Arisawa Nao

Negishi Takuya as Yauchi Kojirou

Asakawa Nana as Asou Hina

Kayano as Komoro Kana

Okamoto Anri as Nakagome Etsu

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[DL] Gakuen Tengoku - Men's 5 with T.M. CD

I decided I’m going to share the “FIVE” Gakuen Tengoku - Men's 5 with T.M. CD with you. I bought the limited edition but I’m only giving you the tracks, so don’t ask for the video. Actually, this is the only thing about FIVE I’m going to share, so don’t ask me for the DVD either.

If you can, please consider to purchase the CD.

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PLEASE, READ THE RULES BELOW BEFORE ASKING FOR THE LINK

First of all, write the title of the stage/musical/movie/etc you want to get.

Ask me off anon (that is, having a Tumblr account with some posts or reblogs), saying that you read and will follow the rules.

As I said before, ask me only. That way I won’t skip any request.

I’m not giving my link to empty or suspicious tumblr accounts.

Don’t reupload on streaming sites like youtube, bilibili, weibo, dailymotion, etc. If I find out something mine over there, I’m just going to remove my link.

Don’t share the link. If someone else is interested, please direct them here to read these rules.

I’ll be changing the link every week, so please download the files as soon as possible.

Please be patient if I don’t answer right away.

Tell me who is your favorite character or actor.

Be kind and enjoy!

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Confessions/告白, 2010 (dir. by Tetsuya Nakashima)

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[Announcement] 舞台「ナナマル サンバツ THE QUIZ STAGE O」(butai nana maru san batsu the quiz stage o)

the show will be running from January 6th, 2021 to January 17th, 2021 (Tokyo) @ 博品館劇場 (Hakuhinkan Gekijou)

Cast:

Nishii Yukito as Koshiyama Shiki(越山識) Suzuki Ayane as Fukami Mari (深見真理) Ozawa Ryouta as Sasajima Gakuto (笹島学人) Nakamura Kaito as Mikuriya Chisato (御来屋千智) Yokoi Shoujirou as Fukami Seiji (深見誠司) Katou Yasuhisa Sana Hiroki Yumiki Nao Motoori Saikyou Satoshi Nakanishi Yuuki Ishida Gouta Sumita Takashi Tosa Kazunari Yoshida Hisanori

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