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i went to see the new kuromyu in osaka on the 13th and it was so amazing!!!
some people said yes when i asked so here are the notes i took after both acts! these include some plot related notes as well as some personal opinions so please keep that in mind and of course,
Spoiler Warning:
Namushitsuji 9/13 Osaka
Act 1
- Opening song by Baba sama is suuuper cool, a really epic start
- Interesting way to include the contract scene, it’s after opening scene of them entering the forest and it leads into the main title song
- Toshiki’s Sebastian kinda always feels like he’s lamenting(?) now
- Sullivan’s voice is soooo good, she’s gotten a lot of song moments
- They definitely switched some stuff up structurally, like they talk about the outside world at the dining table for example, and no language barrier
- Sullivan gets a cutesy song during her perv scene lol
- Really cool screen use when she’s cleansing Sebastian and Ciel after they go outside. It looks like water behind her and toward the end they include a recording of Ciel floating in the water
- Ciel is sooo cute, his singing is really good too. He might be one of the best Ciel singers
- SERVANT SONG IS SO CUTE bocchan no tame ni~
- Finny solo so good too it’s so emotional, his high notes in chorus are so good???
- When Sullivan imagines going to the outside world and all the characters are dancing happily around her, even Ciel in all his gauze lolol. A favorite moment
- Oh my goddd Sebastian solo when almost ending contract. The switch into lower octave during chorus shocked me. It’s so cool and dark
- Lots of cool dancing from Ciel and “cult people”. They make it look like Ciel is being moved all around tormented. He’s a good dancer
- Switches into Ciel’s mind after that, screen has “other Ciel”. The sudden switch of “other Ciel” in regular outfit to bloody shirt stunned me
- He sings twin duet here as the past arc characters also appear on the screen, Sebastian sings some here too
- Ciel has really good note at the end when he’s being like boku no tame niiii
- Ciel is seriously so good, he could end up a fan favorite
- Overall structure feels most similar to Circus musical. I think like lots of different things happening back to back, given the source arc it’s hard to create a musical with as good of a plot-flow as Campania imo
- Toshiki’s voice definitely shines when he’s doing high or low notes compared to the mid range
- Intermission song title song reprise, when they take Sullivan from her room. Her note at the end is reallyyyy good
Act 2
- Oh my god Baba sama’s song right after intermission left me stunned. It’s her and all the women in their military fits now and it’s just so amazing. She’s all like 見ろ~ smth I forgot the words already, as they’re doing the werewolf stuff and get discovered by Sullivan
- Ciel, Sebastian, and Sullivan come down right (stage left) aisle
- BABA SAMA’S FLASHBACK SONG omg it’s like madam red level. She was def the standout. Might be my favorite song
- Her and Sullivan share this same motif that Sullivan uses when singing about the outside world where she’s vocalizing like “turururu” but when Sullivan does it it’s wistful and dreamy and Baba sama’s desperate and dark
- Sebastian really does sing Ahhh from Campania, when fighting the soldiers, some changed lyrics and he also goes higher at the end. I guess they’re making that his battle theme now cause the instrumental also plays some later when fighting Wolfram
- Ciel + Sullivan’s do you wanna live moment is really good
- Ciel orders all the servants and then they reprise their bocchan no tame ni song from earlier but epic version. Soldier ladies verse is really cool and they do part of a dance that I swear was used by the cult people in Circus or the zombies in Campania (but I’ll have to rewatch those to verify) and then some really cool march style moves
- Each servant gets a verse as they’re fighting
- CIEL IN THE DRESS IS SOOO CUTE
- Cuts away from them as he shoots at Wolfram, goes to Sullivan and Finny
- Finny lil flashback moment continuing his lil song and also about getting his name from Ciel
- No Diedrich, Sebastian saves Ciel from Wolfram and they have a really good fighting duet
- Funny moment where Sebastian is shaking Ciel around from behind by his shoulders, some dress banter
- Preparing the train pretty much goes same as original, then Wolfram has song after getting shot
- Surprisingly not using the cinematic record screen much like they used to? It was a lot more minimalistic in those scenes (except Baba sama’s hers had a lot going on)
- Sullivan saves Wolframs life, they have a really good song together about going to the outside world (reprise of Sullivan song from earlier)
- Switches to Sebastian and Ciel being on boat back to UK, some conversation, then the rest come out and reprise main theme
so sorry if i never got to someone’s message on here, i just checked and there’s some old ones that i somehow never saw before now?? maybe i’m just bad at tumblr but i swear they weren’t appearing in my messages before now
hey…i hope i am not late to ask about discord things…i found your community (thx tumblr) but i don’t understand. is the link still working and is there anybody alive in that server? (and thk u!!)
hello! i believe the link is still working but if it isn’t here it is again! currently there’s 150 members and i believe the last message was a couple days ago but it’s typically pretty active!
Here’s a photo of the Patalliro statue, which is currently at the Hana to Yume 50th Anniversary Exhibition. Additionally, there are Patalliro omikuji/fortunes that you can pull.
(some of the fortunes have maraich on them, when i go i will try to pull some and post a photo!)
On August 28 I and 2 friends went to a viewing of the 2019 Patalliro movie in a small theatre in Yokohama that only sat 20-something people. The most exciting part about the event was that Maya sensei was going to be there to do a talk session, signing, and photos. I’ve never once thought I would have the opportunity to meet such a legend so this was honestly such a crazy experience.
We got to the theatre so early and quickly took some photos before finding a place to eat (which there weren’t many options for since it was in a kind of residential area lol), and after that we quickly headed back to the theatre and went in. We were definitely the youngest people there (I especially) and the other fans were sooo friendly. It was such a casual event that before it started and the staff were telling us the general rules that the staff yelled back into the other room to check with the other staff on some things. First we watched the movie, which was of course amazing, especially seeing it on a big screen for the second time since I saw it in a theatre in 2019. Then after the movie Maya sensei and his assistant came out to talk for a while. I can’t disclose what he spoke about but it was super interesting to hear about the series from the man who created it himself. After that the staff went in order taking items from everyone for him to sign, and I got a postcard of Maraich signed (I still can’t believe he wrote my name lol). Then he signed a giant poster for the movie that had been up on the door (see below) and everyone took turns taking photos with him and holding the poster if they desired.
After the event ended and he left many of the other fans there came over to my friend and I and asked to take photos of our ita bags. I was so surprised and they were all so sweet, I was really happy that they liked our bags too. Someone else even waited at the door to give us some Japanese snacks. The three of us ended up being the last people to leave the theatre because we started talking to his assistant, and this is when the craziest thing happened.
As we were walking out the door the staff stopped us and asked if we wanted the previously mentioned huge signed movie poster??? I literally started crying as I stood outside holding it, it just felt so surreal. I feel so lucky to have experienced this and to meet someone I look up to so much.
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