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I wrote a lengthy blog post about my experiences in NY for the Japan Parade. I’m definitely the main character of my post, so don’t read if you don’t like that kind of stuff. The parts focusing on the Kimetsu float are between the ~~~ marks. Please also excuse any grammar and spelling mistakes 🙏
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I went to NYC this past weekend to see Sakamoto Shogo-kun as Tanjiro in the NYC Japan Parade. I don’t really read manga or watch anime anymore, so I’m mainly there to support Shogo-kun himself 🥰
I debated for a long time whether I would go. Planning a trip just for a celebrity is not really something I would usually do, but going to NYC alone IS exactly the type of thing I might do 😅 Because I love theater so much, I would honestly fly to NY just to wander around and watch a bunch of Broadway shows.
Anyways, so there is a little backstory of how I decided to go…
Last month was my birthday, and Shogo-kun happened to livestream on his Openrec account the day before. I sent him a paid comment telling him that it was my birthday and that I was happy to see him livestream right before my birthday 🥳 I had wanted to tell him “MAYBE I’ll see you in NY as well” just to be polite. I’m a very self-conscious, people-pleasing type of person. It seemed rude to me to write a comment just to point out how it was my birthday 😓 However, there was a character limit, and the stream was about to end. In a moment of panic, I just typed “See you in NYC” in English. Because I told him that, I thought I had to keep my promise and go 🥲 He even acknowledged it and said something along the lines of, “ah, I wonder if I would see you.” My friend asked me later why I didn’t just say “Have fun in NY.” Well… I can’t think clearly in a moment of panic, okay?! 😭
Anyways, so that was the reason. I’m not gonna lie, the entire time, I felt a little silly to be doing this. I honestly feel like I’m too old to still be chasing idols around and not focus on adult things that proper adults should be focusing on…
Before I went, my otaku friend told me I should make uchiwa with Shogo-kun’s name. I did plan on bringing a sign of some sort with Shogo-kun’s name, but I guess the proper way to do it was to make uchiwa, right? 😅 I wasn’t able to buy blank ones in the US nor did I order them in time to be shipped to me before the event; however, 13 years of US compulsory schooling taught me nothing but arts and crafts right?! (no, actually my middle/high school were very academically rigorous 🥲, but I also did do lots of arts and crafts!). I ended up making uchiwa from black poster board with popsicle sticks on the inside as structural support. It was a fairly easy crafts project until my superglue EXPLODED, and then it became a disaster. Up close, there was glue everywhere, but from far away, they looked alright.
But remember how I said I was a very self-conscious person? I was sooooo embarrassed by the thought of holding up the uchiwa’s but only because I knew I would probably be the only person who had them. If I went to a TouMyu show where everyone had uchiwa, I wouldn’t have minded at all. Anyways, it was with these kinds of feelings that I left for New York.
Before going to New York, I was really worried about the weather since it seemed like it would be cold and rainy [as a Californian, anything below 65F (18C???) is extremely cold 🥶]. BUT the weather was amazing on the day of the parade. It was literally cold and rainy the days before and after. Shogo-kun is really prone to sunburns though, so I hope he was alright. I hope the heavy stage makeup he wore protected him from the sun 😬
On the day of the parade, I got to the parade location very early. I knew I was going to be waiting around for a while since the Kimetsu float was scheduled to come out pretty late in the event, but I was already too tired from the previous couple of days to really want to be doing anything else, so I just waited and chatted with the volunteers. I ended up waiting about an hour before I saw the Kimetsu float. In the first hour, I spent some time waving to the kids in the parade and anyone else who looked excited to be a part of the parade. In my youth, I did a lot of performance arts (I also started doing them again as an adult!). I thought about how sad I would be if I were performing, but the patrons didn’t seem too excited to see me, so I tried my best to smile and wave at people in the parade even if I had no idea what their organization was all about 😅
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Finally, I saw the Kimetsu float! The official event website said it would be less crowded the farther away you are from 72nd street, so I made it up to 79th street. I held out my uchiwa’s as soon as I saw the float. I think Shogo-kun’s castmates saw them before he did 😅 When he finally saw them, he made a face like 😮 and started waving to me while mouthing “thank you” 🥰 It was my first time meeting him, and I wanted to appear as normal as possible 🤣 so all I did was smile and wave. He waved to me until I was out of his sight. After that, I tried to chase the float a little. I picked another spot down the street and waved my uchiwa’s at him again. He waved to me again until I was out of his sight. I tried to chase the float some more, but the farther down I got, the more crowded it became, so it was really impossible to chase the float anymore.
People were sooooo excited to see Kimetsu, I was honestly pretty surprised. I didn’t know us Americans were THIS into Kimetsu haha. There were kids and adults, men and women who shouted “Tanjiro!” and “Inosuke!” at the top of their lungs. There were people professing their love to all the characters 😅 There was even a Japanese girl on stilts (she might have been in the parade) who was going CRAZY for Tanjiro. I’m happy to see people being this passionate about Kimetsu 😆 It would have sucked to come all this way to a lackluster crowd.
At the end of the parade, the cast of Kimetsu sang a little bit and performed a couple fight scenes. The people who got to see them from the front all wore a badge of some sort. They were probably important city officials and event planners or the press. Most of the fans only got a side view or a back view. It’s not a big deal, though, since the portions I couldn’t see well were all captured by the press and posted online. I was standing on the west side at this point where it was very crowded. I ended up crossing the street after the performance to the east side where it was less crowded. After the show, the Kimetsu cast did a prolonged interview session. At this point, I couldn’t see them at all, but I was too lazy 😅 to cross the street again. Also, I did not want stand where I could have been captured in pictures or videos with my uchiwa’s by the press 🫣 The fans on the west side were able to see their backs. Around this time, some fans holding signs for Sato Yugo-kun and Yazaki Hiroshi-san spotted my uchiwa’s, and we started excitedly waving and giggling at each other 🤭. It was so nice to make a connection with other fans of the actors!! I was also super glad (and no longer embarrassed 😅) that I brought the uchiwa’s ☺️. Would Shogo-kun have been sad if there were supporters of Yugo-kun and Yazaki-san but not himself??
At the end of the interview, Shogo-kun ran up to the fans standing on the west side and high-fived them all! He was particularly excited to see the fans who came out to support Yugo-kun and Yazaki-san 😊 Finally, he came to my side. He saw my uchiwa’s again and waved to me while mouthing “thank you” again. He did this even after he got back on the float to leave the event 🥺 I told him “Thank you for coming!” I hope he heard me 😅
Shogo-Kun really brought his best fanservice game. He smiled SO randiantly and waved a lot and said some phrases in English and Japanese like “How are you, New York?!” and “Thank you!” I’m sure he said more things that fans were able to see in the online streams, but it was so hectic that I personally don’t really remember what else he said 😓
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I kind of regret not trying to high five him when he got close enough, but as I have mentioned, I’m, uhhhh, very self-conscious people-pleasing 😭 Shogo-kun is very people-shy, right? I honestly didn’t want to make him feel uncomfortable 🥺 just in case he didn’t want to shake hands or whatever. I also didn’t want to shout his name. I don’t know if himself or people who came to see Kimetsu would have minded that I would be breaking his character a little. There were a couple girls who were shouting “Shogo-kun” though. And also grown ass men shouting “Tanjiro I love you!” and doing finger hearts 🤣
Because I was holding uchiwa’s and trying to wave to Shogo-kun, I couldn’t take any videos of our interactions. I also thought it would have been impolite to stick a camera in his face while he was making eye contact with me (self-conscious people-pleasing amirite or amirite 😳). Because of this, our interactions only live inside my memories (and maybe his????? 🤷🏻♀️). From what I can remember, every time I brought out my uchiwa’s, he only waved at me and no one else. Whether that’s true or not, I don’t know, but that’s how I remember it. I wonder if anyone next to me at the time who came to see Tanjiro felt disappointed at all that he only waved to me 😬 I hope they also got their fair share of fanservice 😬😬
Shogo-kun and his castmates really worked sooooo hard on this trip. They arrived midday Thursday, attended a rehearsal on Friday, and the event was on Saturday. They flew back to Japan midday Sunday and have all arrived safely 😊 They barely had time to go sightseeing at all, and at least Shogo-kun and Yugo-kun were suffering from pretty terrible jet-lag, so they might have spent a lot of time sleeping 😢 I also thought the event planners would at least spend a day showing them around the city since they were literal guests to the city and were supported by the Japanese-American consulate, but it seemed like they were on their own 🙁 I also don’t know if all of their meals got reimbursed! That’s crazy! I treat my guests much better!! I hope they all had fun regardless, and I hope they can visit again someday in a more relaxed fashion!
In the end, all of my doubts and feelings of “what am I doing” dissipated. I’m so glad I made the trip all the way across the country 😅 I don’t think there will be many more events where I can see my oshi up close and freely take pictures and videos. I wish I was a bit more daring and appeared more passionate about meeting Shogo-kun, but I hope he felt my support regardless 🥰
As a bonus, I also saw some amazing Broadway shows and did some fun shopping! I saw Back to the Future on Broadway, which Shogo-kun, Yugo-kun, and Yazaki-san also saw. While it was fun, I really wish they saw a more renowned show like The Lion King. I really think the quality is different!!
Alright. That’s it. Thanks to those who have made it this far. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about anything!
#sakamoto shogo#sakamoto shougo#japanparade2024#Kimetsu#kimetsu no yaiba#demon slayer#阪本奨悟#鬼滅の刃#舞台鬼滅の刃
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This drama has been generating some hype it seems like. I’m so happy my Oshi Sakamoto Shogo-kun is in it! Playing Hijikata Toshizo of all people! Please check out their official TikTok full of cute cast content 🥰
#sakamoto shougo#sakamoto shogo#kimi to yukite saku#maeda kentaro#oku tomoya#KimiYuki#阪本奨悟#前田拳太郎#奥智哉#君とゆきて咲く
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Are there any Sakamoto Shogo fans out there? Shogo-kun has been diligently posting acoustic covers of popular songs to his brand new TikTok. And there is always a longer version in his fan club Fanicon page. Please take a look when you have a chance!!
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I just streamed the Muramasa Souki. It was beautiful but hard to understand (even for people fluent in Japanese apparently, according to Twitter). Past 1 was like an interpretive modern art piece.
But my biggest complaint is… it was so short?!?! I don’t remember other Souki’s being this short. It was 80 minutes if I’m being generous. Part 1 was over, and I literally thought it was just an intro. There were no solos and no MCs, and this was so disappointing for me because spi and Mokkun are such strong, amazing singers, and Mokkun is so good at ad libbing!!
Muramasa Ha is definitely at the top of my heart, and both actors’ talent was TITILLATING. My heart aches because I just wanted MORE!
#also#what is this dominatrix outfit#musical touken ranbu#touken danshi#toumyu#sengo muramasa#tonbokiri
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Me texting my friend while watching the TouMyu live stream pretty much sums up all my feelings tonight.
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There are still a few more days to buy a re-stream!! Now you can use this spreadsheet I made to decide which stream you want :)
Here is a spreadsheet I made a while ago including every Musical Touken Ranbu song that was included in a single or album. I did not include songs from Kousui, but it does include songs from PARAISO. The PARAISO album will be released later this month. My source is the official Touken Ranbu website.
I apologize in advance if I misspelled anything.
Some things to note:
There is a column that tells you in which single you can find the karaoke/instrumental version of a certain song.
Every time an old song is included in a new album, I denoted which version it is, e.g. “SOGA ver.” -“SOGA” was used instead of “Higekiri Hizamaru” or “Minamoto” because, well, it’s shorter.
Some portions of album names and phrases like “song by” were omitted on purpose to keep the spreadsheet short.
The full names of swords were not used also for the same reason.
Basically, many wording choices were made to try to keep the list short.
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so i’ve been watching TONS of touken ranbu and i was wondering exactly how tall all of the characters are so i made a comprehensive chart of their heights instead of studying for midterms
the only height that i’m missing is chiyoganemaru, but since he is categorized as a tachi and based on his build, i think that he’s around the same height as mikazuki munechika
EDIT AS OF 2/7/19 still no sign of chiyoganemaru, chougi, or buzen’s heights and no word of nenekirimaru’s height but i’ve guestimated and will update again when the official heights come out!!
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Shizuka no Umi no PARAISO Thoughts and Feels (Spoilers)
So I finally finished watching the TouMyu stage Shizuka no Umi no PARAISO thanks to subtitles from @waterlinkedgirl. It’s taken me this long because I rarely have time to sit and watch something with subtitles :(
I want to say that this is almost a perfect stage and definitely my favorite TouMyu show that I have seen so far. Perhaps it’s because I am partial to Okamiya Kurumu and his character Tsurumaru, but I would like to think it’s because I found the storyline the most cohesive and compelling out of the shows I have seen so far.
I do have the following thoughts though. Spoilers ahead...
Unless requested, I’m not going to do a full summary of the show. I’m only going to talk about the single scene in the whole show that confused me.
I am going to backtrack a little bit though...
PARAISO is about the Shimabara Rebellion, which is mainly known as a Christian peasant rebellion against the local domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate during the Edo period. It was a really tragic event where roughly 37,000 people were massacred, including women and children. The Touken Danshi are sent back to this period to preserve history, which means that they must ensure the massacre is carried through successfully.
I understood most of the themes of the show, such as the explanations of why history has to be preserved. The point of “we must not erase history but learn from it instead” is easy to understand. I even understood why Matsuigou has to to repeat his killings of the rebels even though this must have been PTSD-inducing. He needs to understand that his actions have a grander purpose in order to overcome his trauma. Unlike the first time, Buzengou is there to support him this time. I understood all that.
What I had trouble understanding, though, was the exchange between Tsurumaru and Matsudaira Nobutsuna. When I first watched this scene, I attributed my confusion to my minimal understanding of Japanese culture. Although I am Asian-American and can comprehend many aspects of Asian culture, my upbringing and education were foremost Western/American, and thus my ideals and moral compass align entirely with Western/American ideals.
During the exchange between Tsurumaru and Matsudaira, Tsuru asks him why he has decided to massacre all of the rebels. Matsudaira’s reply is that the people must feel regret to prevent similar tragedies from occuring in the future; that war is never the answer, but politics should be changed instead; that the way to end war is through war; that he does this in order to uphold Tokugawa Ieyasu’s ideals for peace (tying back to Kishou Hongi and Mihotose).
Tsurumaru agrees with the sentiments and says that he is glad that someone like Matsudaira exists in this era.
Now here is the part I didn’t understand at first. At face value, what Matsudaira says made sense. Especially in today’s nuclear bomb-armed world where a war can mean total destruction of humankind, pacifism seems to be the correct answer; however, thinking back to what I learned in 7th grade World History, wasn’t war a constant in feudal Japan? Instead of war, what were the people supposed to do? Stay silent while facing oppression? Here in the U.S., we are all about that religious freedom. Is the value I’m supposed to take away from this show, just shut up and accept oppression for the sake of peace?
But I guess those thoughts were because I didn’t understand the Shimabara Rebellion.
I was glad to find out that TouMyu actually did its research on history and historical analyses when writing this script instead of just taking the event at face value. For example, there were mentions of Christianity not being the sole reason for the uprising; that women and children died; that Toyotomi was not necessarily more lenient on the Christians; that Amakusa Shirou may or may not have been the actual leader behind the rebellion. All of these points are backed by historians.
What I didn’t realize until I did some deep, deep googling was that Matsudaira’s points of “politics need to be changed instead” and “Tokugawa Ieyasu wants to preserve peace” are also two sentiments that have been expressed by historians when talking about the Shimabara Rebellion.
While there are barely any English language sources that do a deep dive into the Shimabara Rebellion, I did find this article: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/ghj/vol15/iss1/7
In the above article, the author discusses that the normal way of the Daimyo during the Tokugawa Shogunate was actually to appease the peasants and not be too out-of-line in the exploitation of the working class in order to preserve peace and prevent rebellions; however, the Daimyo in the Shimabara and Amakusa regions took it too far, and the cruel exploitation of the peasant class, along with religious persecution, finally drove the peasants to rebel.
In the end, the lords of Shimabara and Amakusa committed seppuku due to the humiliation of the prolonged rebellion that resulted in surprisingly high casualties on the side of the Shogunate.
After the war, the Shogunate took measures that included appeasement and leniency toward the working class (although religious acceptance was not part of the deal) to prevent such tragedies from recurring.
After reading all of that, Matsudaira’s words began to make sense. He was sincere in his pacifism and his beliefs that changes in policy was the answer to resolve conflict and that Tokugawa was crucial to maintaining peace.
I hope I made sense in my explanations, but like the Touken Danshi said, Shimabara was a complex event that wasn’t all black or all white.
I probably should have planned a more cohesive essay, but instead I just word-vomited into a text box.
I do wish that the show gave a more explicit explanation of Matsudaira’s sentiments. Without the additional research, it was very easy for me to perceive the moral of the show as “just accept the oppression as a means to keep peace” while I was actually searching for a theme like “we need to show other human beings compassion despite differences in beliefs,” which can be seen as a very Americanized ideal.
That’s it for today. I really hope I made sense.
On a lighter note, I really enjoyed the interactions between Tsurumaru and Ookurikara. I thought their personalities balanced each other very well. I can’t wait for Souki!!!
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Here is a spreadsheet I made a while ago including every Musical Touken Ranbu song that was included in a single or album. I did not include songs from Kousui, but it does include songs from PARAISO. The PARAISO album will be released later this month. My source is the official Touken Ranbu website.
I apologize in advance if I misspelled anything.
Some things to note:
There is a column that tells you in which single you can find the karaoke/instrumental version of a certain song.
Every time an old song is included in a new album, I denoted which version it is, e.g. "SOGA ver." -"SOGA" was used instead of "Higekiri Hizamaru" or "Minamoto" because, well, it's shorter.
Some portions of album names and phrases like "song by" were omitted on purpose to keep the spreadsheet short.
The full names of swords were not used also for the same reason.
Basically, many wording choices were made to try to keep the list short.
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Here is a spreadsheet I made during SRS22 that features the Setlist (minus Matsuri songs) for SRS22 for each show. The source I used was https://rainanolife.com/ and also Twitter feeds. I used it to help me decide which streams I wanted to buy. I probably should have shared it a long time ago. I’m not sure what you would use it for now ^_^;; but in case you were curious I guess.
Oh, and I apologize if choices of abbreviations are weird. I didn’t think too much about it as I made it.
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Whenever I watch any show or video, I’m always multitasking. It wasn’t until the 6th (or so) viewing, that I even noticed this gem.
It’s Muramasa doing Honmare Pon from the 05-19 Evening Show of SRS22
I’m too lazy to caption the gifs, but here is what’s going on
Imanotsurugi: “Sengo Muramasa, please do ‘that’ to Aruji”
Muramasa: Tells the camera to come closer. “Don’t be embarrassed,” he says. And then he does “Shippo Pon” xDDDD
Tonbokiri: Exasperated as always
Tsurumaru: wwwwwwwww
And then Muramasa finally does Homare Pon after messing with us (Tonbokiri?) 3 times
#God I love Mokkun so much#Tsuru-san losing it on the side gives me life#Touken Ranbu#Musical Touken Ranbu#TouMyu#Sengo Muramasa#tonbokiri#Tsurumaru Kuninaga#Shinken Ranbu Sai#SRS22#shinken ranbu sai 2022#刀剣乱舞#ミュージカル 刀剣乱舞#刀ミュ#真剣乱舞祭#真剣乱舞祭2022#千子村正#蜻蛉切#spi#もっくん#岡宮来夢
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I have bought a few Shinken Ranbu Sai 2022 lives and have been watching them on repeat. I noticed a couple scenes of Muramasa being adorable and thought I’d share :)
#I do wish Tonbokiri would flirt back tho ;-;#sengo muramasa#tonbokiri#musical touken ranbu#touken ranbu#touken danshi#shinken ranbu sai#SRS22#toumyu#千子村正#蜻蛉切#刀ミュ
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I love that every time Josh tries to date someone, or get someone to date Donna, the other person is like ”yeah idk I’ve known you for 5 minutes but I’m pretty sure you’re in love with your assistant”
And I just. I want a Josh/Donna of my own.
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Yup
Season 7 of Veep is the “Cursed Child” of the veep fandom
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i honestly don’t know how i feel. veep was one of my favorite shows, but it has been so terrible for so long, that i’m relieved that it’s finally over. i think i’m just having a hard time accepting that so many storylines and characters that i was heavily invested (ie. dan and amy, selina, kent, sue, etc.) were just given some of the most random and out of left field endings possible. amy marrying bill? selina pawning off her crimes on to gary and then never having to face any repercussions? dan being totally okay with not seeing amy again for over 24 years? mike becoming a successful news anchor? look, i could go on and on, but why waste my time. this final season was a complete disappointment and i cannot remember the last time i was this dissatisfied with how a tv series ended
#gilmore girls reboot was pretty disappointing#but of course not nearly as bad as veep#been watching the west wing lately and that show changed show runners for seasons 5-7 as well and it was fine#not even gonna watch the veep finale tbh
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Josh and Donna + affectionatesuggestion text posts
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