My friends said that watching "Senbonzakura" musical without knowing the language and basic understanding of the plot is a great idea...
Well, mes amis, surprisingly, it was..! Hilarious, cute and with soothing voices! And it was also quite easy to understand!
Also, I learned that "Jougen no tsuki" originated from this musical. Of course my KaiMei senses were more than just shocked to learn that Kaito sings it twice.
First is during the time when Meiko (or Akane Meiko according to musical) is acting as an oiran. Kaito (or Seine Kaito) and his general (?) come to one particular place where Meiko overactingly tries to use annoying techniques on general in an attempt to crack him up (it is hilarious). When it doesn't work she walks away, so does the general. Kaito suddenly starts singing the first verse of "Jougen" and then Meiko comes back. And that's when fun begins. Because she knows exactly how to annoy him. Because he knows exactly who she truly is.
He even friendly kicks her twice when she tries to seduce him (yeah, right after the hug). Why is he so angrily annoyed? Well... When he calls her by her military name she suddenly changes voice and greets him with a smile:
Then they discuss some stuff that she learned while undercover (?). And after Kaito walks out Meiko returns to her acting behaviour.
While Kaito is fighting an enemy he gets almost knocked out. THAT'S WHEN MEIKO IN HER UNIFORM COMES. Long story short, she gets injured while protecting him (gasping "Taicho..!") then Kaito gets injured while trying to save them both (also worryingly saying "Meiko..!"). He has a nightmare where everyone turned against him.
YeAh, I love lighting in this show👀
~several emergencies later~
Kaito wakes up and (after noticing that he is in care of Doctor who will later betray them) screams "Meiko" so desperately that his wounds open again. Huh, I got more KaiMei than I wanted, what the heck this show is trying to do to me?
*some evil and depressing plot points later*
Miku checks on both of them in some kind of a hospital (calling unconscious M and depressed K "Meiko-nee" and "Kaito-nii-sama" respectively, she is so cute). While checking on Kaito (it starts off as funny because Luka, Rin and Len are there but turns dark really fast when he screams at them) she confesses tearingly that he is her family, tells him about everyone else and runs away.
And that's when Kaito, deep in his own thoughts, starts shakingly singing "Jougen" from the second verse. When it starts snowing he runs to Meiko's bed in desperation, trying to wake her up to no avail. When the song ends he raises his head to the sky trying not cry. Finally, Meiko wakes up raising her hand with closed eyes and saying "Kaito!" (Aawww). Of course he immediately goes "Meiko!!!", they are very delighted to see each other again. She tells him about her dream ("I had a dream...About thousands of cherry trees ("Senbonzakura" >:D)...") which is very relevant to the plot. They look at each other happily... and then the siren screams.
What happens later? In a nutshell, Kaito is brainwashed for a while but Miku (i love her in this musical, okay?) saves him (it contains hugging in the end!!!). Doctor becomes a good guy and goes away. Everyone gathers in one place after the fight and then Meiko comes in with a flower pot containing sakura tree. All guys ask her if she's okay and she answers positively, gives sakura tree to Kaito and "Senbonzakura" starts playing again.
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