1997.05.01 🦗 飛電 或人 (Aruto Hiden) "はい、アルトじゃないと!" Happy 29th birthday to my favourite goofy man 💗
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1997.05.01 🦗 飛電 或人 (Aruto Hiden) "はい、アルトじゃないと!" Happy 29th birthday to my favourite goofy man 💗
It's interesting how social class in Perfect Crown is less of a "see how our male lead, superior in everything from lineage and education to natural talent, chose the commoner female lead no one would bat an eye at, doesn't that show how amazing he is" thing, and more of a "what level of social status - the only quality Huijoo 'lacks' - would benefit the female lead, and if she were to obtain it must be iron-clad, so someone like the Prime Minister whose status is 'weak' (which reflects his true character imo) is useless and incapable of helping with her ambitions" thing
Zeztz is getting its first character photobook, SECRET MISSION IN A DREAM 😌 (remember the days when photobooks used to go for about 2,500yen a piece and not 3,300yen :D)
Set for release on April 2, 2026!
Contents include:
Ryutaro Imai (Baku Yorozu) "cool agent" in CODE HQ & "real world" location solo photoshoots
Yuki Furukawa (Nox) in CODE agent gear solo photoshoot
Two-shot photoshoot of Maho Horiguchi (Nemu) & Miki Yagi (Minami Yorozu) in cute pajamas
Two-shot photoshoot of Kenta Mishima (Tetsuya Fujimi) & Rina Onuki (Nasuka Nagumo) doing Black Case detective work
Cast interviews looking back at episodes 1~28 (solo for Ryutaro Imai and Yuki Furukawa, joint interviews for Maho Horiguchi & Miki Yagi + Kenta Mishima & Rina Onuki)
Some behind-the-scenes interviews
Interview with Yuya Takahashi (head writer)
You can also get store-specific bromides as a pre-order bonus! (so far only two stores have released details)
Rakuten Books has three options: 1) Baku Yorozu 2) Nox, and 3) Baku & Nox
Seven Net Shopping has two options (previews not disclosed as of writing): 1) Nemu, and 2) Minami Yorozu
Now who are you 😳
(When I first saw this character poster, I thought he gave off Geats Ziit vibes. Turns out, the character's actor is friends with Ryuji Sato (Ziit's actor) irl :D And as terrifyingly violent as Ziit was, he - did make me swoon too haha (the aura and charisma of a live-stage actor is hard to resist 😅))
reiwa fancam mode glotta stomach (gavv) | episode 2~5 & 7
Imagine spending eighteen years wondering why your mother got eaten/abducted in front of you by a monster, with only a drawing you made at the time as reference, and turns out it's because she loved you and it made her happy, therefore she was the perfect ingredient for said monsters' evil snack production
An elegant woman who's also a rabbit-themed Rider - how I've longed for this day 🥹🥰
(Going by her character description, I'm a little wary (the one Rider who happens to be a woman being devoted to the (male) leader of an organization...), but the first episode hasn't even aired yet so I'm going into this with an open mind :] )
Toei were on such a roll from Zero One (Yua as the first "main cast" lady Rider) to Gotchard (Rinne being the first secondary lady Rider) that I thought having at least one woman be part of the main Rider ensemble was the new Reiwa Rider series staple. Then it stopped for a while - two years at that* T-T I do appreciate Gavv and Zeztz having lower Rider numbers, but I would've loved it more had they let a woman henshin because, well, there's already enough random men being given a belt only to get killed ten episodes later 😅
*Kureha's a Rider and deserves her flowers (not the "she died for real" kind) but she doesn't count for me because 1) She's more of a side character than a main cast character (one could argue Saber Reika's in a similar position, but there are things I had to learn unprompted, both times, in real time, on my timeline...) 2) From what I could gather, the production relied on Yuzuki Hirakawa's KingOhger fame instead of establishing Kureha as a character in her own right, and Yuzuki had other schedules that prevented Kureha from being fully involved in the story. I'll reserve my full judgement for when I can catch up with Zeztz though