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LAZARUS director shinichiro watanabe ✴ action director chad stahelski studio mappa ✴ produced by sola entertainment ✴ adult swim

Takarazuka Revue Flower Troupe Top Star Yuzuka Rei does sayonara performance in home base "I ran with all of my youth"

(Source from Daily Co)

Takarazuka Revue Flower Troupe Top Star Yuzuka Rei will be graduating from Takarazuka Revue on May 26, and she performed on the closing performance of their graduation performance "Arc en ciel" on 24 March, saying goodbye at the home base.

The sayonara show after the original performance was around 30 minutes. The sayonara show began with one of her representative performances "Haikara-san ga Tooru" and appeared in the military uniform. Also graduating is Top Musumeyaku Hoshikaze Madoka to whom they sang a song of "Genroku Baroque Rock" and had a duet dance later*. And with Towaki Sea who is the next Top Star, they sang from "A Battlefield for the Two of Us" and as if passing on the last baton, they shook hands.

(*note: the article was wrong because the duet dance was from "TOP HAT" and not "Genroku Baroque Rock", so I changed this bit.)

"Since it's the formal otokoyaku costume", Yuzuka chose the black tails and went down the grand staircase. Senka star Minami Maito who supported Yuzuka for a long time came to give flowers as her classmate.

Yuzuka thanked the audience and delivered the following speech.

"I just kept on running. It was a journey that I devoted all of my youth to. I have only continued running with all my might. Facing uphills and downhills, even after there was finally a clear road for me, I have been in deep frustrations. When I faced muddy paths, my footsteps become heavy, and there were days when I couldn't move forward. But in the midst of running these paths, many wonderful sceneries are waiting for me. Either it's how we all became united as one, or that I accomplished something, at each turning point, there were sceneries that were imprinted in my heart. In the road ahead, there will definitely be sceneries that I've worked hard for, waiting for me. And that scenery is something I can see on this stage now. To me, this scenery is my favourite one. Be it the dazzling eyes of the audience, the shining scenery as far as my eyes could see...If I could see such happy scenery in the place I've arrived in, I have no regrets in remain. I will never forget this wonderful scenery!"

Έχω γίνει ειδικός στο να χάνομαι γενικώς

I have promised @eralkfang a great while ago to post my scans of Mitsuru. As an apology, I now present all her postcards I've collected by far with no watermarks. Still a long way to go...

Please do not repost them outside Tumblr.

Colored in a little doodle of my grave cleric Senka from a couple weeks back,

and now i'm brainstorming some new outfit ideas for her. I am just. never satisfied with my initial pass at characters anymore lmao

I feel like the outfit on the left is the better fit for her aesthetically, but man, do i love the outfit on the right fhdjsk. doctor-turned-dungeon-crawler over here.

I'd trust 'em.

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— let me express my gratitude. thanks to you all, our country has become this strong!

GINTAMA: THE FINAL (2021) by sorachi hideaki

LAZARUS director shinichiro watanabe ✴ action director chad stahelski studio mappa ✴ produced by sola entertainment ✴ adult swim

Minami Maito "ME AND MY GIRL" Opening and Closing performance speech

Shonichi (Opening performance)

Everyone, thank you very much for coming to the opening performance of Star Troupe "ME AND MY GIRL". I am Minami Maito of Senka troupe of Takarazuka Revue.

The world of "ME AND MY GIRL" is a happy production illustrated by different kinds of love. We hope that the audience could enjoy "ME AND MY GIRL" dearly created by 40 members, including [the director] Miki (Akio)-sensei, the staff members, our star troupe members and myself. And for you to be happy, we will cherish every time, and devote our hearts into this.

Working with everyone today, and supporting each other, we'll be all together in this, so please look forward to us before the closing performance comes. Thank you so much today."

Senshuuraku (Closing performance)

Everyone, thank you very much for coming to the closing performance of Star Troupe "ME AND MY GIRL". I am Minami Maito of Senka troupe of Takarazuka Revue.

First of all, I'm very happy that we could finish the closing performance safely, that with everyone’s love and support we could finish the performances, and the days I've been spending with this company of performers and with everyone is firmly imprinted in my heart.

In the past days, many people have come to the theatre to watch us, to guide us, to give us warm rounds of applause and to laugh a lot. and the audience has loved and created this performance together with us until today, so I am sincerely grateful for that.

I will remember all that I have learnt in “ME AND MY GIRL” and devote all of my body and soul to continue delivering the love, joy and happiness to those who love Takarazuka Revue. So I ask for your support in the future as well.

I'm truly delighted to perform in Hakataza, to meet with everyone in this space and spend the ever lovely time. Thank you so much.

Akatsuki Chisei (Ari) Closing performance speech (excerpt)

Ari: And this time, I performed with Minami-san. You're always so kind, considering things around you. You're so kind a person and there’s too many things you helped me with and I learnt from. Thank you.

Maiti: Thank you too.