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Voice in Blue Guest Messages

translation on (09/22/2023)

From the Voice in Blue concert booklet

Messages from Asumi Rio's four top musumeyaku, and her classmate!

Content below the cut

Ranno Hana

Q1. What comes to mind when you think of Asumi Rio?

In the past, meat! The day before a shinjin kouen or shonichi she would take me out to eat some meat and then we’d quickly disperse! Ah... I wish I could say something cuter. Asumi, how are you doing now?

Q2. If you could appear together in a show together again, what kind of relationship would you like to play?

I love her Matsugae Kiyoaki in Spring Snow, so an extremely sadistic and arrogant person...... No, wait, I’d like to bicker on stage with an extremely arrogant Asumi (laughs)!

Q3. A message for Asumi Rio’s 20th Anniversary

Asumi, congratulations on your 20th anniversary. From her hatsubutai in Senor Don Juan, even when I was a fan, I always watched Asumi shining on stage...... Then I too became a part of Moon Troupe, and we were paired together for the first time in Fancy Dance’s chuuzume, then from there it was every performance. Then there was the Yume no Ukihashi shinjin kouen, then my transfer, and then finally our fateful reunion in Flower Troupe. She also had that truly unexpected Elisabeth ohirome. I was happy from the bottom of my heart to be able to sing, dance, and act with her again.

Asumi Rio is a glimmer of hopeful light!! Throughout these 20 years, I’ve always felt this way. Today I’d like to celebrate with all of my love with the other former wives and you guys!

Kano Maria

Q1. What comes to mind when you think of Asumi Rio?

Courage.

I was able to study under and be guided by such an incredibly courageous person known as Asumi Rio. Even after accomplishing a beautiful change from otokoyaku to actress, the way I see courage in her is everlasting. She would give me advice on how to be better on stage while wiping away my tears, and when I almost fell down the stairs in stage rehearsals she firmly grabbed me and saved me...... There’s too many times like that to list where her courage was on display!

Q2. If you could appear together in a show together again, what kind of relationship would you like to play?

Something unlike in our Takarazuka era with a simple set, like a play dialogue heavy show, and our roles being close to one another (what a luxury that would be). Something like a relationship between two people who happened to be sitting next to each other on the shinkansen, or two regular customers to a cozy cafe...... My dreams are endless.

Q3. A message for Asumi Rio’s 20th Anniversary

Congratulations on your 20th anniversary. I am truly honored to be able to be a part of your celebratory concert. Asumi will always be my driving force. For that ever-shining person, from the bottom of my heart here is my utmost respect and thanks. Here’s to a wonderful concert!

Senna Ayase

Q1. What comes to mind when you think of Asumi Rio?

Hydrangeas!

I heard that she liked them, and whenever hydrangeas come in season and begin to bloom I always think of Asumi. Nowadays, whenever I see a pretty one blooming on the roadside I always get happy and take a picture...... so now my phone’s camera roll is full of pictures (laughs). At some point they became one of my favorite flowers!

Q2. If you could appear together in a show together again, what kind of relationship would you like to play?

Childhood friends! I think it would be really fun to play an affectionate drinking scene talking to each other. I always thought that scenes where Asumi was drunk were so excellent and impressive, so the fans must also love it, right?!

Q3. A message for Asumi Rio’s 20th Anniversary

Congratulations on your 20th anniversary! I have been so moved and inspired by the way you always think so thoroughly about your roles and pour all the love that you have into playing each and every one. To be able to celebrate such a momentous anniversary with you makes me truly happy. I’ll sing with every bit of heart and care.

Yuki Hana

Q1. What comes to mind when you think of Asumi Rio?

She never compromises anything no matter what.

If she has the slightest bit of time, she’s training, practicing her singing, it’s an image that’s seared into my brain... her after rehearsals alone doing those voluntary trainings. Of course her costumes and accessories as well, and her specific angles, etc; she’s particular about everything down to the millimeter. Witnessing that part of Asumi up close, spending those years with her, it gave me truly invaluable experiences in my life.

Q2. If you could appear together in a show together again, what kind of relationship would you like to play?

I really love Asumi singing “Ai wo tomenai de” in her concert Love Arena (I love any Asumi though) just before she retired, and I think the lyrics, “Because I will protect you no matter what,” were a nosebleed moment for everyone else too. Just like these lyrics, my delusion is wanting to see a delinquent Asumi, and get taken out on a date by said delinquent Asumi...

Q3. A message for Asumi Rio’s 20th Anniversary

Asumi, congratulations on your 20th anniversary. I am truly happy to be able to celebrate with you like this. I am the utmost grateful for the miracle of having Asumi come to live as Asumi Rio, and being able to meet and hold such a relationship like this. I will continue to pray for Asumi’s continued health and happiness from here on.

Nagina Ruumi

Q1. What comes to mind when you think of Asumi Rio?

A translucent being. Going back to around 23 years ago, on the day of Takarazuka’s entrance exam day, I passed by Sayumi* in the hallway and I had to look again because she was shining with cuteness and beauty. ‘These are the kind of girls that get accepted,’ I thought. Our examination numbers were close, and we also sat opposite of each other once, such translucent skin and beauty, I just sat there and gazed at her without thinking. Even now this hasn’t changed a bit, when we had the chance to do a job together for the first time in forever the other day, I excitedly threw out a barrage of questions like, “Why are you so cute!” “Why do you just glow like that!” (laughs).

Q2. If you could appear together in a show together again, what kind of relationship would you like to play?

When we performed together we were parent and child, so something outside of that, as long as the roles are sufficiently intertwined with each other!

Q3. A message for Asumi Rio’s 20th Anniversary

Congrats on your 20th anniversary concert. When you think about it, we have a 20-some year relationship. Not just your translucent beauty, but also that translucent* heart you have always had continues to heal me. An actress that with such translucence added on top of the talent of working hard, has the charm of being able to be painted in any role. I have nothing but respect for her. I’m truly happy to have been classmates with Sayumi, and now once again be able to star with her like this. She has an irreplaceable existence. Here’s to eternity, from now until we become (grandpas?) grandmas.

I’m truly looking forward to Sayumi’s continued growth in her life as an actress. Notes:

*Mirio's real name is Sayumi, so this is what her classmates call her.

*What Kacha means by 'translucent heart' likely some sens of 'pure', but she uses the same word she used to describe her beauty so I kept it for effect.

Wow long time no post... It's not that I haven't been trying to translate I've just never finished anything lol. But yes its been a crazy year both in terms of Mirio and just normal life!! I'm sure most of you know my Mirio happenings (if you don't just know I'm living my best life), and who would have guessed that even though theater is so much fun, going on top of school and work stills drains so much energy out of you. I'm going to do my best to translate more things out of this concert booklet because it honestly has so much content and the concert was just, long story short, amazing. Thanks for reading!!

[animepopheart]

★ 【Say HANa】 「 Persona 3 Reload 」 ☆ ✔ republished w/permission ⊳ ⊳ follow me on twitter

[gemhoundwings]

Which couple is your favorite?

someone take the poll option away from me o.o

[bleghxy]

When someone criticises Gege Akutami for their poor writing of women don't bring up Maki. Maki's originality died after the arc where she massacred her clan and Mai's death. After that arc it's been continuously pointing her as Female Toji. She has no originality anymore. She's continuously compared to Toji. It's directly saying that this woman is solely there to be a replacement for Toji. And if you only have one character to bring up when defending Gege, that already points out how much underutilized their female characters are. They brought out good female characters earlier in the story and forgot how to deal with them. Nobara and Maki in Shibuya arc were so underutilized, it hurt to watch. Making Nobara fight Mahito only to kill her off in front of Itadori for his character growth was so disappointing. Maki barely got screentime in Shibuya arc. Shoko is the strongest user of reverse cursed technique and she doesn't get any screentime. Jjk has so many female characters and yet barely any of them showed up in culling games. Hana's character deserved more than being an obsessive girl in love. Tsumiki was brought back only to be possessed by an obsessive woman. I don't even wanna talk about Yuki cause I'm so upset with the way she was dealt with. Kyoto female students are barely there... And saying many shonen don't have strong women is a bad take cause I assure you there are shonen mangas that do.

[diebootzenkatzen]

Remember when people praised JJK for having a good female cast

[prick-love-for-arting]

Managers! really, what would the world do without them?

[embarrassinglastwords]

my sister: people who cry over jjk r so embarrassing

me: well i mean there are sad moments-

my sister: like the manga literally ended with Itadori going back in time and saving everyone

SHES HILARIOUS I LOVE HER

[hotwaterandmilk]

Series: Tenshi Kinryouku Artist: Kaori Yuki Publication: Hana to Yume #1 (01/1997) Details: 1997 Hana to Yume Original Calendar (November-December) Source: Scanned from my personal collection

[tanuki-kimono]

Refined shibori yukata, with kanji parable “setsugekka” ("Snow, Moon, and Flower").

It references a Chinese poem written by Bai Juyi (Tang dynasty) where the beginning of a verse goes “I remember you especially when snow, the moon or flowers are beautiful”.  

During Edo period, this expression came to represent the passing of seasons (winter snow, autumn moon, spring flowers), and was a popular theme for ukiyoe prints series. Here is one, pretty litteral, by Sakai Hôitsu:

And here is another one, with famous poetesses embodying the concepts (from left to right: Sei Shônagon, Murasaki Shikibu, Ono no Komachi):

You can find more examples on Wikipedia :)

[hatsumishinogu]

Tamon-kun ima Docchi!? Vol.7

[highresshojosei]

Cain Saga On the cover of Hana to Yume - April 1993

[sees-text-shenans]

SEES Usernames

Minato: messiahsdoor

Kotone: hotkoko

Yukari: tyuka92

Junpei: junpeidaman

Akihiko: boxingking

Mitsuru: mitsuruk

Fuuka: yamanohana

Aigis: seesaigis

Ken: feathermanorange

Shinjiro: aragakis

Ryoji: tarot13

Mitsuru forced them to use their real names in the sees chat 😔

[pupperish]

Propaganda and cheating is allowed

[mangahdplus]

Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 20 - 26 - PFP

[epickiya722]

Before anyone ask, we're respecting pronouns here.

If you chose the Maki & Mai option, you can say who in the tags if you just like one.

I put the Zenin twins in the same slot because well, they're twins and I wanted to put as much of the other female characters as I can on the poll. Of course, I couldn't put every single female character on here even though I wanted to.

[kenjaku]

If I had a nickel for every blonde woman in jjk with a volume cover who was viscerally hated by misogynists for talking to a black haired emo guy doomed by the narrative in a way that fans didn't like, I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.