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While I read that the next episode next week will be a special compilation, a recap, of all the things that happened (from episodes 1 to 13) complete with behind the scenes and the audio commentaries of the voice actors of Yukiya (Matsumi Tamura), Asebi (Rina Honnizumi) and Hamayu (Hiroki Nanami), I came across an article from NHK that came out early this month, an interview of Miyu Irino (Wakamiya/Nazukihiko) and Eiji Takeuchi (Sumio).

The recap, some people hate it bc it is a filler, I think, is necessary as it signals that we are probably going to move on to another arc. It means they will also possibly animate the other key points of the other volumes in the novel series.

These are only excerpts. (Like always, a very rough translation.)

What kind of person was played for each role?

Irino Miyu (hereinafter referred to as Irino): Wakamiya is a mysterious man. I look beautiful and am smart, and I don't have any favourites. But I am also called "utsuke" (a fool) by the people around me. Wakamiya is a man who calculates that much that he's showing that he's a good person, or that, he thinks he can be.

Eiji Takeuchi (hereinafter referred to as Takeuchi): Sumio is a person that takes on the role of a "worker," who safeguards Wakamiya alone.

Irino: He’s the perfect person and a perfect escort for Wakamiya, so at first, it runs flawlessly with only these two people.

Takeuchi: Moreover, there is an underlying reason there is only one escort.

Irino: The only reliable person for Wakamiya is Sumio at the beginning, so when Yukiya comes in as Wakamiya’s new servant, a change in the dynamic is born.

How did Yukiya, who is both noisy and loving, capture the changes caused by his entry between these two?

Irino: I feel that Yukiya is the best partner for Wakamiya. Especially as the story progresses, Yukiya brings out the good in Wakamiya, and Wakamiya brings out the good points and potential parts of Yukiya. In the case of Wakamiya, it is while driving Yukiya into a rough pinch (laughs). I felt that it was interesting to play the way the good points were brought out by the synergistic effect.

Takeuchi: From Sumio's point of view, I think he was very happy that Yukiya came. I think there was only one escort for Wakamiya, or rather, only one person could be placed. Meanwhile, Wakamiya recognises and trusts Yukiya's ability so much that he wants to install him as his kinju. On the other hand, I think Sumio was just happy, and considering that Yukiya is there too, Wakamiya doesn’t need to be the only one with Sumio, who is fine that Yukiya comes along too. Of course, he should be there as support for Yukiya.

Irino: Wakamiya and Sumio are the types who keep their thoughts to themselves with a reason, but Yukiya is the type who drives by his emotions.

Takeuchi: That's right, his position and personality are different from the two of us.

Irino: I'm excited to see the three of us becoming a team by making up for each other. I want you to look forward to this dynamic because it will also be an element that moves the story.

…

Irino: As the story progresses, all the characters will change more and more from the first impression. That's one of the charms of this story. Each relationship will change greatly, so I want you to look forward to that change. " This character was actually like this!?" It's full of it.

…

Takeuchi: From Sumio’s point of view, Wakamiya seems to be quite changing.

Irino: Really? Is that so? (lol)

Takeuchi: Especially when I see you interact with Yukiya. In the beginning, Wakamiya was only saying the facts, so if you say, ‘I won't change….’ Sumio is not the type to put out his thoughts, so I don't think you can feel much change, but please look forward to what will happen there on.

Today there are a couple of events before the 13th episode screening where the VAs of Yukiya, Matsuma Tamura, and Asebi are radio guests and Hamayu’s VA, Nanami, as a guest of Yuki Kaji for a radio play.

And yesterday they unveiled the first batch of merchandise!! Yayyayyyay!

[byneddiedingo]

Children Who Chase Lost Voices (Makoto Shinkai, 2011)

Cast: Voices of Hisako Kanemoto, Miyu Irino, Kazuhiko Inoue, Junko Takeuchi, Fumiko Orikasa, Sumi Shimamoto. Screenplay: Makoto Shinkai. Cinematography: Makoto Shinkai. Art direction: Takumi Tanji. Film editing: Aya Hida, Makoto Shinkai. Music: Tenmon. 

Myth-making anime fantasy, crafted with Makoto Shinkai's usual opulence, Children Who Chase Lost Voices draws on a variety of legends about the underworld, including Orpheus's journey to Hades to reclaim Eurydice. The protagonist is a young girl, Asuna, who finds herself in a subterranean land called Agartha, accompanied by her teacher, Mr. Morisaki, who knows a good deal, though not enough, about Agartha. He wants to go there to see if he can bring his dead wife back to life. Asuna is driven by curiosity about a strange boy named Shun, whom she met on her wanderings in the hills near her village. They discover that they have to deal with the animosity of the residents of Agartha toward people from the upper world. (The subtitles call them "Topsiders," which for me has a distracting footwear overtone.) It's too creepy and violent for younger kids, and some of its plot points, such as the suggestion that Agartha has been exploited by malign upper-world forces like the Nazis, need better context. But it's never boring and always a treat for the eye. 

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Dog Signal Episode 8 Review - Having Two Dogs

I was wondering when an issue regarding multiple dogs would pop up, but I didn’t expect it to happen in this episode. I actually learned a lot about dogs’ behavior when it comes to breeds and social hierarchy. The character of the day, Kadota, was also a real treat to watch.

The development from the previous episode is implemented here. Niwa calls Miyu by his first name now and Miyu’s knowledge of dogs increase as he is now implementing knowledge he is learning onto the customers. He’s still not ready to train dogs yet, but he’s still improving. I do like that Niwa is being a bit nicer towards Miyu, but he’s still grouchy and rude towards customers. I hope that improves later on because Niwa should stop doing that if he wants to pay rent and such.

I like how energetic Kadota is. She just runs past the dog training center, asks if she could come in, ramble about her dog’s name to Miyu, talk about her problems and then peaces out. She’s very free-spirited. She happens to be the story’s first walk-in customer, so that’s quite a feat in itself. I do find it interesting that while she’s a veteran dog owner, there were still things she was unaware of when it came to her two dogs. It shows that even if you are a long-time dog owner, you will still learn new things when it comes to dogs. I think the most surprising thing about Kadota is the fact that she’s voiced by the one and only Junko Takeuchi. Yes, Naruto Uzumaki is an energetic lady with two dogs—befitting as Naruto has two kids (and one adopted kid). Funny because Minato Namikaze, Naruto’s dad, was in Episode 6 was Niwa’s dad.

Her two dogs are the stars of this episode. She has a 1 year old female Dalmatian named Kumi, written with Kanji, a rarity for dogs as they prefer katakana or hiragana. Kumi was named after a former volleyball coach that she admired. Anyways, Kumi has an issue as she barks excessively whenever the doorbell rings. It turns out that she’s following the commands of Kadota’s other dog, a 5-year-old male Chihuahua named Jeany. The reason why Jeany does this is because he is possessive of Kadota and doesn’t like it when her attention is fixated on other people or dogs. Because he’s too small to chase away Kumi, he made her his subordinate in a way to show off he’s the top dog in the house. Jeany does this so that he can get Kadota’s attention and love while she reprimands Kumi for barking. In all honesty, I find this rather interesting; it’s fascinating to see how a dog’s psyche works. I even learned new things about Chihuahuas that I never knew before.

I honestly don’t like Chihuahuas due to my childhood experience with my cousin’s. She was always barking and chasing me around my cousin’s house whenever I moved around. But now, I understand why she did it. She was territorial and only liked my cousin. It’s strange how an anime made me learn about Chihuahuas’ behaviors. It’s also fascinating in a way to know that dogs can be resocialized. It makes me want to assemble the stroller I bought for my dog and be able to go on longer walks with my dogs; I want to broaden their horizons before they lose their vision completely. Dalmatians are honestly so adorable. I have a fondness for them, but I don’t think I could ever raise one due to me not being an active person while Dalmatians are an active breed. I do like how Jeany has changed in behavior once Kadota started taking him out on walks more.

This was an interesting case and I hope that there will be more cases with multiple dogs soon. It was also nice seeing Mrs. Miyake and Eguchi befriending Kadota. I noticed that the customers that come to Proud Dog have all been female so far; well, Mr. Miyake is an exception since Mrs. Miyake is the main caretaker for Ricochet. Will we get a male customer soon?

Niwa does make a point that if Miyu wants to become a dog trainer, he needs to learn how to train Singe. Singe has been in the back burner for a while, so hopefully, next episode will be focused on him. He needs to be potty trained! What are your thoughts on this episode?

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Produce Finalists List

Produce 101 Season 1

Jeon Somi

Kim Sejeong

Choi Yoojung

Kim Chungha

Kim Sohye

Zhou Jieqiong

Jung Chaeyeon

Kim Doyeon

Kang Mina

Im Nayoung

Yoo Yeonjung

Han Hyeri

Lee Suhyun

Kim Nayoung

Kim Sohee

Yoon Chaekyung

Lee Haein

Park Soyeon

Ki Huihyeon

Jeon Soyeon

Jung Eunwoo

Kang Sira

Produce 101 Season 2

Kang Daniel

Park Jihoon

Lee Daehwi

Kim Jaehwan

Ong Seongwu

Park Woojin

Lai Kuanlin

Yoon Jisung

Hwang Minhyun

Bae Jinyoung

Ha Sungwoon

Jeong Sewoon

Kang Dongho

Kim Jonghyun

Im Youngmin

Ahn Hyeongseop

Yoo Seonho

Ju Haknyeon

Choi Minki

Produce 48

Jang Wonyoung

Sakura Miwayaki

Jo Yuri

Choi Yena

Ahn Yujin

Nako Yabuki

Kwon Eunbi

Kang Hyewon

Hitomi Honda

Kim Chaewon

Kim Minju

Lee Chaeyeon

Han Chowon

Lee Gaeun

Miho Miyazaki

Juri Takahashi

Miyu Takeuchi

Miu Shitao

Park Haeyoon

Miru Shiroma

Produce x 101

Kim Yohan

Kim Wooseok

Han Seungwoo

Song Hyeongjun

Cho Seungyoun

Son Dongpyo

Lee Hangyul

Cha Junho

Kang Minhee

Lee Eunsang

Kim Minkyu

Gu Jungmo

Lee Jinhyuk

Song Yuvin

Ham Wonjin

Keum Donghyun

Hwang Yunseong

Lee Sejin

Tony

[suanderland]

𝙈͟𝙚͟𝙚͟𝙩͟ 𝙈͟𝙮͟𝙨͟𝙩͟𝙞͟𝙘͟ 𝙍͟𝙤͟𝙤͟𝙠͟𝙞͟𝙚͟𝙨͟!

Mystic Rookies were annouced to be debuted in 2020 with 7 members including Moon Sua and Suhyeon. (here)

1. Takeuchi Miyu (竹内 美宥 / 타케우치 미유)

Japanese

January 12, 1996

Former AKB48 member

Former Produce48 contestant

Joined Mystic Story around March 2019

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Instagram

Leave Mystic Story early 2021

2. Lee Soomin (이수민)

Korean

March 27, 1999

Was born in China

10 years of training

Former Fantagio and Fave Ent. trainee

Former contestant of KPOP Star, Produce 101 season 1, and Mix Nine

Joined Mystic Story around January 2019

Instagram

Leave Mystic Story mid 2020

Currently being a theatre actress(?)

3. Moon Sua (문수아)

Korean

September 9, 1999

Younger sister of ASTRO Moon Bin✝︎

Former YG trainee (2009-2019)

Former member of Future 2NE1 as CL

Third Runner-up of Unpretty Rapstar 2

Joined Mystic Story around October 2019

Instagram

Debut with Billlie November 10, 2021

4. Kim Suhyeon (김수현)

Korean

January 15, 2000

The longest trainee who left in Mystic Story

Participated in Produce 101 season 1 and Mix Nine

Was a known actress

Known as Yeo Boram of ATEEN 1 & 2

Instagram

Debut with Billlie on November 10, 2021

5. Kim Haram (김하람)

Korean

January 13, 2001

The Winner of SM Everysing Contest

Got a vocal training in SM but she 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 be their trainee, Mystic Story is her first company

Joined Mystic Story around April 2019

Debut with Billlie on November 10, 2021

Instagram

6. Fukutomi Tsuki (福富つき / 후쿠토미 츠키)

Japanese

September 21, 2002

Former SM trainee (known as Ravi)

Winner of Popteen Magazine Contest

Joined Mystic Story around September 2019

Former member of Magicour

Debut with Billlie on November 10, 2021

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Instagram

7. Kim Siyoon (김시윤)

Korean

February 16, 2005

Participated in Popteen Magazine Contest along with Tsuki

Was a student in DEF Dance Academy & MDA Prior

Debut with Billlie on November 10, 2021

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Instagram

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The Great Produce 48 Rewatch: Ep 4, High Tension (AKB48) Challenge

Welcome back to the thing I’m doing for some reason: The Great Produce48 Rewatch Recap-ma-jig! When we left off in the previous post, we saw team Mamma Mia sort of… generally disappoint, alas. But now we’re going to dive in to team High Tension, and get to see Yunjin from Le Sserafim, Dayeon from Kep1er, and Suyun from Rocket Punch!! Woot! It’s a pretty short segment so it’ll be a pretty short post. Let’s do it!

This whole segment is a little different from the segments for each of the other pairings, because we don’t spend time with each group individually. Instead, we sort of see both groups preparing, then each group right after each other performs, and then we get the results. It’s really short. 

So, let’s remember our two teams. This is the same screenshot I used for the previous post about it, but it’s appropriate for this circumstance as well. 

Top row, team 1, LTR:  Nakano Ikumi, Mogi Shinobu, Iwate Saho, Cho Yeoungin, Kim Dayeon, Yoon Haesol

Bottom row, team 2: Takeuchi Miyu, Cho Ahyoung, Huh Yunjin, Kim Suyun, Oda Erina

Team 1:

Cho Yeongin, 16, who auditioned alongside Lee Chaeyeong, moved from B to C and is ranked 62.

Iwatate Saho, 23, who auditioned with Miyu to Dancing Hero, moved from B to D and is ranked 24th.

Kim Dayeon,15, future Kep1er, B class mainstay and ranked 65

Mogi Shinobu, 21, the living meme, who moved up from F to D and is ranked 59

Nakano Ikumi, 17, “known for her dancing”, who moved up from D to B and is ranked 53rd.

Yoon Haesol, 20, who auditioned with Question Mark, moved down from B to D, and is ranked 50th.

Saho was the chooser for this team and was chosen to be the center, and Youngin is the leader. When we left off with this team, we were being reminded that Saho performs this song in her role as a member of AKB48, but she has never been chosen to be center, and she’s hoping that she can get people’s attention finally as center in this performance. 

Team 2:

Takeuchi Miyu, 22, the one who auditioned in the awesome orange bulls eye dress, fell from A to B but is still ranked pretty high at 11th place. 

Cho Ahyeong, 16, who auditioned with future Cherry Bullet Haeyoon, rose from C to B and is ranked 78th. 

Huh Yunjin, 16, future Le Sserafim, who somehow fell from C to F, was ranked 15th

Kim Suyun, 17, future Rocket Punch badass, has lived in class C and is ranked 51.

Oda Erina, 21, who was supposedly known for her singing, fell from C to F and was ranked 67th.

This group was formed 6th, and the chooser was Oda Erina. It was Erina who suggested that they should choose a Korean girl to be center, to create a new style of the song. Erina and Miyu talked it over and chose Huh Yunjin to be center, and I just have to reuse this picture as well because it’s just the best. 

When we pick up with the teams, they’re at dance practice with Psychopath. 

The narrative, as presented by the MNET editors, is that this isn’t really a group battle -- it’s a battle of the centers. 

Yunjin’s team goes first, and Psychopath begins yelling at them while they’re still dancing. When he’s done, he says “you wouldn’t be able to go on stage as you are now.” Yes, and you can’t eat eggs until you’ve cooked them. What is your point, sir? He goes on to talk about how centers are very important, with the suggestion being that Yunjin was a bad center, and seriously, fuck you very much. Yunjin begins to lose her confidence.

Saho’s team goes next, and she doesn’t understand Korean or his vague instructions as he tries to get her to move to a center position. They do their best, and then Psychopath absolutely tears Saho to shreds when they’re done. He says, “Saho, I think that you have a lot of shortcomings as the center. I don’t think you command the stage very much as a center, and I’m not even sure if giving you more time on this will allow you to improve.” He tells the team that they either have to replace Saho, or make her into a “super player” (English phrase). Her teammates promise to help her, and the Superman theme song plays as Saho considers: can she do it? 

(not my edit)

Meanwhile, Yunjin is asking her team if they want to put someone else in the center, and they all reassure her that they believe in her.  Suyun from future-Rocket-Punch tells her, “He’s just saying that you can become better by doing certain things.” IDK, he sounded like he was saying that they were all terrible and deserve to feel bad about it. But he should have told them to work on it, so let’s pretend he did! Suyun says, “Don’t lose your confidence over that.”

“Rather, I think it’d be better for you to show him the sharp end of a knife. He might get the idea then.”

Yunjin is touched by how much her chingu-duri believe in her. I wonder if Suyun and Yunjin are still friendly when they run into each other at music shows and stuff? 

Saho’s team is helping her as well. 

A few days later, the girls meet with Psychopath again, and this time they do a lot better. He tells Saho she’s like a totally different person, and tells Yunjin he didn’t think it was possible for her to improve that much. He says the teams are now neck and neck. 

Saho interviews that the two teams will just put on different styles of performance, and thinks that the song suits her group better. So who will reign supreme??

It’s time for the performances!

Unfortunately, that angel PD48 Edits didn’t do a blessed edit of this performance, so we’re stuck with yucky MNET. Sigh. 

Here’s the link.

Cho Youngin (stripes/purple), Nakano Ikumi (pink/polka dots), Kim Dayeon (red), Iwatate Saho, Yoon Haeseol (red skirt), Mogi Shinobu (green and purple)

I don’t know why the resolution has to be so terrible for the performances. I tried my best. 

Here’s Kim Dayeon, future Kep1er:

Here’s her fancam if you’re curious.

My thoughts: 

Overall, pretty good. It doesn’t seem like too hard of a song to sing, and the choreo is pretty easy, but it’s all so silly and high energy that you need a lot of energy and charisma to pull it off. I thought they more or less did, though it’s hard to imagine a debuted k-pop group performing a song like this. It’s just so obviously J-pop that my brain is kind of stuck. 

I couldn’t help but focus a bit on Dayeon, given her future destiny. She looked a little scared or something -- her smile didn’t quite reach her eyes, and sometimes she looks down. But she throws herself right into the dancing and all the performing. 

For me the biggest discovery was main vocal Yoon Haesol. She sounded fantastic. 

Iwate Saho smiled and threw herself into her center position, but she didn’t stand out in particular, unfortunately. I feel for the girl. Charisma is so random -- you have it, or you don’t. I have a lot of charisma when I’m just standing around, for some reason, but when I get on stage it evaporates. Who knows why? 

Anyway, when the team is over, the other team goes up almost immediately. 

Team 2:

Here’s the MNET link.

LTR: Oda Erina, Kim Suyun, Yunjin, Takeuchi Miyu, Cho Ahyeong

Suyun

Fancam

Miyu

Yunjin (fancam)

My thoughts:

The groups were both pretty close, in that most of the members of most groups were pretty strong. I think this group pulls ahead of the other group partly because the formation just looks better with five girls than it does with six, and partly because they had Yunjin.

Yunjin looks like she was born to perform this. I think it was at about this point in my first watch that I became a Yunjin one-pick. She can sing really well, she dances well, she looks great on stage, she oozes charisma, and she also is just really pretty. She also seems nice and hard working. Saho sang just fine, but Yunjin sang well enough that you specifically notice her voice. In other words, this team had two members who were main vocal quality, and that gave them the edge.

Miyu does fantastic, but I knew even on my first watch that Miyu couldn’t possibly be that successful in Kpop despite her voice and talents, because she just doesn’t meet the Korean beauty standard. It’s a shame because she has a fantastic voice and also just generally does well on stage. Why should the bones underneath our facial skin matter this much? Life is weird. But I think she did great here and I am glad we can keep hearing her sing even in 2024.

Imagine if they had edited this to be about the battle of these two main vocals? Both main vocals really did great in this song. And Miyu was the leader of this team, too. She deserved better. She also deserved better than this unflattering outfit. 

I became a Suyun fan during Queendom Puzzle -- I had also noticed her in Rocket Punch videos but didn’t know she was the one I kept noticing because she looks so different when she does her hair differently. I think she’s great at just about everything, and she actually does really fantastic here too. She’s cute as hell, with a great smile and just looks like she’s having a great time. She sparkles -- what can I say? 

Erina’s singing voice got a lot better in the short time she was on the show, and she looks cute here, even if sometimes her smile looked a bit forced. 

Cho Ahyeong was maybe doing a bit too much with her facial expressions and it made her look a little manic on stage, but maybe that’s a good thing for this song? Hard to say. Her rapping seemed fine, with a good tone (Cheetah agrees with me!) but my Japanese isn’t strong enough to be sure of her pronunciation. She looked really cute, regardless. 

The MNET edit of both performances is relatively unobtrusive -- hardly any instant replays, and only a few reaction shots from the other trainees or judges. It’s as if they wanted to get this whole segment in under ten minutes or something. Maybe it’s just because they were worried the audience wouldn’t stick around for an AKB48 song? The first group seemed to be edited relatively fairly, but in the second group, I noticed that they showed Yunjin a lot, and we hardly ever get to see Miyu, even when she’s singing. 

After the second group, the judges comment to each other that they can hardly believe that Yunjin was in F-group. I mean, she probably just had a systems failure from not sleeping for two days and having to learn the song in Korean and Japanese when she’s most comfortable in English. 

When the groups are both done, the audience votes and then they go back to the men’s bathroom Results Zone.

They reveal the result of the center, and… 

…. Yunjin got 188 votes. Saho got only 56. Yunjin wonders if she’s dreaming, and Saho is heartbroken. 

Full voting results:

Team 1: Average: 46.3  Cho Yeongin 28 Iwatate Saho 56 Kim Dayeon 46 Mogi Shinobu 58 Nakano Ikumi 50 Yoon Haesol 40

Team 2: Average: 101.2 Cho Ahyeong 160 Huh Yunjin 188 Kim Suyun 12 Oda Erina 60 Takeuchi Miyu 84

It’s a blow out. Team 2’s average is more than double Team 1’s. 

On team one, no one really stood out, and the votes were distributed almost evenly. Meanwhile, in team two, I’m glad to see that Miyu got some love, surprised at how much love Ahyeong got, and sad on Suyun’s behalf. 

The two teams applaud for each other, and Yunjin sheds some tears of relief. She said that she lost confidence after falling to F class and she thanks her team for believing in her. 

And that's it for this post! Thanks as always for reading along -- you're a good egg. Hope you're warm and cozy and see you in the next one, when we come face to face with.... HELLBAYAH.

[ljaesch]

Anime Film Review: Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero is the second film to be released with the Dragon Ball Super branding, and it is the 21st Dragon Ball feature film overall. Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Directed by: Tetsuro Kodama Written by: Akira Toriyama Starring: Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Ryo Horikawa, Hiroshi Kamiya, Mamoru Miyano, Miyu Irino,, Volcano Ota, Ryota Takeuchi, Takeshi Kusao, Miki Ito, Bin…

[sun-and-yue]

48 48Group songs 

Top 12 MVs

#10: 永遠プレッシャー (Eternal Pressure) by AKB48 Janken Senbatsu

There are some wacky 48G MVs out there. I hold this one up as one of the wackiest. I think it wasn’t well received when it came out? I can’t imagine why, I find the song and MV delightful and fresh (and I know the suitcase gag is the oldest one in the book but I will never not find it funny).

This song was also a Top 12 A-side contender!

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Takeuchi Miyu -”Shouldn't Do That” (Monthly Yoon Jongshin Repair - February 2021)

[illknight]

wooo new miyu

[senseisy]

I know where I belong to.

[edilys]

# miyu packs ..... like or reblog if u save pls !!

or © komuais on twitter

[da6hye]

❏ miyu icons ˒ ✦

⩩ like/reblog if saved or used

[ayeonz]

this is still my favourite evaluation performance of any survival show ever