#dinner show

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The Days (2023) - 10 ✨

I just finished re-watching "The Days" for the nth time over on netflix. I watched it as a dinner show with Dad this time. It's about the Fukushima event, the miniseries follows the TOEPCO workers as they try to get the impending meltdown under control while still dealing with the after effects of the tsunami and the occasional aftershock from the earthquake that caused it all. We also get a look into the perspective of the politicians who tried to manage things behind the scenes, and all the help that was recieved throughout.

I really love this show, it's interesting and enthralling. It keeps you completely hooked and on the edge of your seat, whilst also remaining respectful to the disaster, the people involved and the truth of the events. They use moments of silence and stillness well.

I was impressed with how everyone did their best to keep calm and carry on whilst chaos went on around them. There were some crashouts, some extremely valid ones, but for the most part they kept calm and when they didn't they apologised and got right back to work. Considering it's, while dramatised, based on the real events and people as much as possible, that's worth some genuine respect. RIP to their Prime Minister though, he had the full crashouts, again they were very valid ones, but his looked a lot more like tantrums. I wonder what was said about him for him to be portrayed like that? 😅

Dad enjoyed it too. I wonder if it's purchaseable? I'll have to look around later.

The Days was directed by Masaki Nishiura and Hideo Nakata. It was written and produced by Jun Masumoto. They worked together to produce a faithful adaptation of the disaster by referring to 3 primary sources written up during the initial investigation and later research by other. They are;

The Yoshida Testimony - a first-hand account of the events shared by the station manager, Masao Yoshida, who was on-duty then

the official Fukushima Nuclear Accident Analysis Report

On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi, by Ryūshō Kadota (journalist), a bestselling novel written using extensive interviews with atleast 90 of the attending workers.

The Days has 1 season with 8 episodes, each 50ish minutes long. I watched it with english subtitles and the og japanese dub on Netflix.

Links

The Days: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes

Discover reviews, ratings, and trailers for The Days: Season 1 on Rotten Tomatoes. Stay updated with critic and audience scores today!

The Days (Japanese TV series) - Wikipedia

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22074484/

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I'd never swam in the Atlantic Ocean before, and it was surprisingly warm! I'm more familiar with the water temperature on the Oregon Coast 🥶

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GW Dinner Show @Gundam Cafe’ Tokyo

So last night I attended the event and it was super fun!

The event heads up here at the official website

Super long post,so...

Ok first, I was so pumped for this I choose a dress that reminds me the space and did some Relena-like hair style (though I’m not the hugest fan)

I reached Akihabara ahead of time to wander around a bit. Nothing new even if it was a while since the last time I went there (just covid- depression all around!)Then finally I met with my friend and we moved to the Cafe’.

First we had a stroll in the merchandise store but I was strong and didn’t buy anything (yet)

As you enter, they give you a face shield. It really makes it hard to eat, drink and look around you during the event, but hey, these are Covid times it can’t be helped!(You can also pay an extra fee and bring it home if you want, otherwise it will be disposed at the end of the event)

Upon entrance of restaurant area there is a display of the event related goods.

You can’t take pictures and videos inside, but basically there are a bunch of tables in front of a small stage with full screen wall.

It was Tuesday night so not too crowded, maybe around 20~30 people in total. You reserve in advance a set menu with appetizer and a main dish. There are 2 options available: Heero &Wufei team’s menu or Trowa and Duo’s team menu. Luckily there were 2 of us so me and my friend had one each (I got Heero&Wufei’s). The dinner show was from 18:30 to 20 ,1.30 hours total.

The show is an interactive one with animated characters from GW series and one real actor playing the show host’s role. Animation is more like Otome game graphics, the characters just show up one by one and only move their eyes and mouth, there is a preview video that shows it better.

As you reach your seat, the animation starts and Relena welcomes the audience as we were guests at this party night she arranged at St Gabriel’s academy. She is hosting this dinner event along with the real host guy which also shows up on the stage and introduces himself. 

The welcome drink tea is served and you get your first coaster as a gift. It comes in an envelope so you can’t choose your fav character’s coaster,it comes randomly.

I opened mine and I got Trowa’s one (how lucky!!),while my friend got Quatre’s. And because she is so kind and she knows how much I like him, she gave it to me! My 3x4 heart is fulfilled! 

If you order any additional drink on the menu, you can get another random coaster. I ordered Quatre’s drink, yeah again because I like him but also the drink looked delicious: mango,grapefruits and orange juice mix. As a coaster, I got Wufei’s one.

Anyway in the coaster’s envelope you might additionally find a Win ticket. What do you win, it will be explained later. Anyway me & friend didn’t get it.

Next showing up are Quatre and Duo,then Trowa,Wufei and Heero. They all are at the party because there is a secret mission for them (plus Quatre was the only one officially invited at the event, because he is an aristocratic brat eheh)

After some reunion chats - and Trowa bullying Heero because tank top and shorts are not an outfit for a party- Relena,who appearently knows nothing about the mission, asks them to cook for the audience.

They decide to split into 2 teams (Heero&Wufei,Trowa&Duo with Quatre supporting both teams here and there) and have a cooking contest to decide who can cook the most delicious and original dish.

It follows a real funny narration of the two teams wondering what to cook and asking advices to Quatre. We can see Heero sneaking inside Trowa and Duo’s kitchen for a second, pretending no one’s seeing him. Duo actually kind of notices but decides not to argue. Meanwhile the appetizer is served to us: a dish designed by Relena dedicated to the 5 pilots.

After that, there is a digest sequence of images from Anime and OAVs, recapping to the audience the original story from each pilot point of view and also including a short heads up on the main female characters (Relena,Lady Une,Noin,Dorothy,Catherine,Hilde)

Following, main dishes are served and each team does a short presentation of it, explaining the small references - such as the soup in Trowa’s team dish is inspired by her sister’s soup and so on.

Quatre points out how both teams used peppers and that makes Duo realizes what Heero was doing in their kitchen: stealing ingredients! Heero plays dumb on this one.

It follows public interaction where we decide who’s the winner by clapping hands. Winner yesterday was Trowa and Duo’s team, and the 2 of them have a short speech to thank the audience (I guess you could see also Heero and Wufei’s one if audience response is different)

But there isn’t time to relax, at this point the mission details are revealed: according to the pilot’s resources, someone attending the party is there to kill Relena. “Someone” means literally anyone can be addressed, so the guys start accusing each other of being a potential killer and..(surprise surprise) Heero punches Duo and send him K.O.

At this point the host guy (the real actor) super suspiciously offers Heero a special soup to congratulate him for stopping the killer. Heero accepts and drink it, but nothing happens...the host was expecting him to be poisoned.

However Wufei swapped the poisoned soup with a normal one while everyone was distracted looking at how Duo gets punched. So we discover that there is a sort of “clone” of the host guy who trapped the (poor) true host guy somewhere and approached the party to try to get Relena killed.

Trowa cuts down the light and the entire restaurant falls into the dark, pilots voices ask us to use any available light (like your phone’s) and point it to the killer to block him. After the guy is caught, lights back on and the true nice host guy comes back - while Duo complains it wasn’t necessary of him getting punched again.

The final part is (personal opinion) pure fan service: Relena now understands why the 5 guys all were there and feels relived her host guy is also back, however she wonders how they did caught such information. The guys explain they got it sneaking in some different schools. This is were Relena asks them to change to school uniforms to show us around.

The host guy explains us we are allowed to take pictures of the guys as they change into uniforms. As soon as the guys appear on the screen, we got our chance. It’s time for final greetings. We can only receive farewell from 2 pilots out of 5,so the choice is up to the 2 people who got the win ticket in the coaster envelope. 

Our winners of the day choose Wufei and Duo, therefore we saw their greetings (I guess you can see others if you go on a different date)

This ended the show, but we all were thrilled by it!

Sad note: I promised myself to behave and don’t buy the goods except this bottle. 

However I found out too late that this is available only at the cafeteria next by the restaurant, which was already closed by the time the show ended. I must go back and get it!!!

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To the guy that played the yellow pirate at Pirates Dinner Adventure in Orlando Florida on the weekend of December 11th, 2020, I Love You and I think about you every day

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Dinner Show

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Are you interested in cheesy dinner shows??? Because Pigeon Forge/Sevierville TN is the place for you

Specifically speaking of one show in particular Pirate's Voyage! It's new from ya girl Dolly Parton

This is the set! There's pirates! And mermaids! And sea lions! And macaws! And performing doggos! And "ghosts"!

The food is good(there are vegetarian and gluten free options) and they involve the kids in the fun! There are acrobatic sequences and musical numbers!

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Happy birthday to me!