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i scream you scream we all scream for Grand Hotel

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2/3rds of a roll of paper later, crying like I've never cried in my life before, I'm probably closer to a raisin or a jellyfish washed ashore at high noon and left in direct sunlight for 5 hours, than to a human, but for now I am finally calm. I am grateful I was here for these 3 years of magic and beauty, the experiences I had and the friends I made along the way. I wish you all as much happiness and strength as *they* gave *me*. It is now a new dawn, literally and figuratively, the future is full of hope (希望) and I am most excited to see what it has in store. Congrats Daimon and Maaya! ❄💖

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list of -imo- good things about the next yukigumi national tour:

Daimon 100% killing the beautiful songs of the show (namely “Koi shite shimatta”, can’t wait)

Daimon for once being the infatuated one instead of the seducer

Yuki! otokoyaku! gigolos!

Yuki! musumeyaku! ladies-of-high-society-who-shamelessly-employ-said-gigolos!

honestly, “amber-hued rain” has a lot of characters, so many people will get their moment

HIME AS MADAME EVA, I DEMAND THIS OR CANCEL THE WHOLE THING

I’d also like Shou!Louis plzkthnx

Assuming Kiichan is Sharon, I absolutely cannot see it rn, but this role would push her off her comfort zone, and if she succeeds it’ll be great and very intresting to see

Daimon being called a 「世間知らずの坊や」

“She wants the “D” “ is about to get an entire different meaning for zuka fans

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fandom: forgets Caleb Hunt was even a thing, reacts "eh" when reminded

me: watches Caleb Hunt 5 times a day, writes up a thesis on how it's the best piece of theatre to ever grace the world, is *this* close to sending Masatsuka-sensei a 10-foot-long letter about how awesome he is with my eternal gratitude and also my firstborn

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¥ and ★ please!

Thank you :D

¥: If you could design one piece of Takarazuka merchandise, what would you make? What’s your favorite piece of merchandise (not inc. VHS/DVDs/BDs/CDs) in your own collection? What item is currently at the top of your “to buy” list?

-Phone cases for devices other than the latest iPhone *shakes fist at Japan’s obsession with iPhones*

- hmmmmm, idk, i’m not that big on goods that are not CDs/DVDs/Bluray/Photobooks and the like? I guess the 100th Anniversary Chie charm I always have on my bag, and Chigi’s grey bracelet that I always wear (yeah I’m a victim get off my lawn)

-THE FLIPPIN’ HOSHIAI BEAR, I NEED IT SO MUCH YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND

★: What show would you love to see restaged? What would you most like to see a Takarazuka adaption of? What do you hope there is never a Takarazuka adaption of?

-The Black Lizard needs to happen again tbh. Right now I dunno who could do it (with Chigimiyu and Mirion peacing out), but someday… also, current Sora Ocean’s 11, Urara can be Tess, she will look flawless

-Give Hitoko a Kaitou Kid Bow lead, and do it quick

-Hamilton. You are welcome to fight me, but trust me, you don’t want this. No one wants this. You may think you want this but you don’t really want this.

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☼, ♡, ✉️ please~

☼: Which sienne is your favorite? What do you like about them? Which role of theirs did you enjoy most?

-It’s clearly not Chigi? *slides in front of the Chigi calendar* I really don’t know what you’re talking about? *hastily crams the mountain of Chigigumi merch in the closet* Nope, really no idea? *covers the giant Roman Holiday poster on the wall* *sweats nervously*

-Her immense, versatile acting talent. Her straightforward-to-a-fault personality. Her bright, friendly attitude. The Herculean effort and immense passion she always pours into everything she does. Her unbreaking determination and love for zuka/being an otokoyaku. Her magnetic stage presence. Her smile that can light up an entire city for a month. How she’s a huge weirdo. Her sculpted-by-the-gods face.

-Everything? She has generally been blessed with some very good roles throughout her career, especially for her lead shows. I don’t think there’s a single lead of hers I did not enjoy (Berubara aside, because berubara is always a special case). Let’s say Haruoki tho, because that was the role that made me go from “I’m enjoying Chigi’s top run 500 times more than I expected, gj” to “top bias, i will support you forever”

♡: If you could dance with any sienne, who would you choose? What dance scene is your favorite? If you could see more of one particular dance style in Takarazuka, what would it be?

-Mayupon　(〃∇〃)

-Shining Cool Rhythm from “Shining Rhythm!” and the Scorpio solo from “Etoile de Takarazuka” come to mind rn

-More tap dancing and real ballet? It’s a shame that while everyone learns it in TMS they rarely ever get to show it off. It would also be cool to have them try tranditional dances from different countries around the world (like Riverdance, or Hopak or Zeibekiko lol or even stuff like Awa Odori from within Japan)

✉: Do you have any cool Takarazuka stuff in the mail to you right now? Have you ever written a letter to a sienne? If you had to send a Takarazuka-themed care package to another fan to cheer them up, what would you send them?

-My Tamarthur dvd and February Graph/Kageki are on their way to me as we speak, yay

-I’m working on it u___u Anxiety and shyness are terrible things and I have too much of both

-It depends on whom I’d be sending it to tbh? But it’d def include postcards/stage photos of their bias. Also a terrible handmade little comic with photos of them telling the fun in need of care motivational stuff in comic blurb baloons

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it’s kind of wild how if you say “Sagiri Seina Nozomi Fuuto” you’re actually mentioning 3 siennes by full stage name

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It's okay ^^ I checked and I didn't notice that you responded to it, so ☾ please. (and thank you!)

You were right at the time, I hadn’t published the ask yet! The other person was just faster than you ;; Now, again someone bet you to it, but I couldn’t possibly leave you hanging for the second time so let’s go for a round 2 \o/

☾: Do you prefer otokoyaku fashion or musumeyaku fashion? If you could put any five otokoyaku in a boy band together, who would you choose? Who are your three favorite musumeyaku? 

-This is as answered before. I am so in awe of how musumeyaku do their hair, in particular, and all on their own too (Mirion teach us your ways)

-You know, this one also really needs to happen. For real. Oricon won’t know what hit it

-Let’s go for my 3 favourite senior musumeyaku (onnayaku, lbr): HIME (Maisaki Rin), Seiko (Junya Chitose), Hanano Juria. Goals, all 3 of them, tbh.