BLCD Review: Change World
Title: Change World (チェンジワールド)
Author/Artist: Minaduki Yuu
Okitsu Kazuyuki x Furukawa Makoto
Synopsis: Arimura Ikou and Itou Yousuke have been going out for several months after Ikou confessed his love to Yousuke. Yousuke is the most worried about their relationship because he feels like he cannot express his love as well as Ikou. Will he be able to finally shower Ikou with his love forever? (Exiled Rebel Scans)
So the cast is basically Kitahala Lyee’s semes.
Yeah, like, no one deserved to see this, but it is what it is.
On the topic of the plot, they were really in line from the manga from start to finish, but they did kinda skip on a few minor things from time to time. I would have appreciated it if they included all of Masato’s monologue so that it’d give me hope that they’d adapt Love Nest into a CD too 😭 . Also, they left out that scene where Iku tells his parents that he has someone he loves and that he’d tell them when the time is right - that was a very important scene for me, so I’m still confused as to why they cut it out. Anyway, I guess my only major gripe with the CD was that everything was too fast paced and it felt like they were just rushing it to get things over with. 😂
The voice acting was never an issue with me (albeit I couldn’t help but laugh out loud at times because my two of my ultimate semes and ukes are reversed and I’ve just re-listened to some BLCDs where they play their respective fortes) because they executed their roles well - I guess they’re even now since Okitsu tops in Change World and Sayonara Game while Furukawa tops in Sasakure Memorial and Mayonaka Love Alliance. 🤷😂 I’m not well acquainted with Furukawa Makoto’s uke voice since there aren’t many opportunities that I’ve come across a BLCD that he bottoms in except for Sayonara Game and Kazoku ni Narouyo, (which I can’t remember if he executed his role there well) but so far he does great (I’d argue that his Yousuke’s better than a lot of his seme roles). 🙊
So we’ve got good plot execution, great voice work and chemistry (their mattress mambos were 🔥). It is indeed possible to listen to this while reading the manga, but please be warned that it’s a little fast, so you may have to jump from chapter to chapter. 👍
