Hakumyu in 2025

With Hakumyu currently running in the theatre and the current cast being active on twitter, there have been some clues flying around who's next with standing in the centre of attention and being recipient of Chizuru's affection.

There are categories to chances:

1. Cast members popularity

2. After a HijiHen a 〇〇Hen always followed

3. Routes that haven't been done yet

4. Spoilers/ character gets a spotlight with Chizuru in the current show

Within these categories are:

1) OkiHen, TouHen, KazaHen

2)KazaHen

3) IbaHen, SakaHen

4) (under the cut)

KazaHen appearing twice doesn't mean he has that much of an advantage over the others.

I personally think that IbaHen and SakaHen are currently the most likely. Even though OkiHen and TouHen aren't unlikely either considering how popular Kento and Yuta became.

KazaHen's possiblity is quite high, too, due to Sasaki Yoshihide's popularity and himself posting on twitter in a cryptic way he wants to do KazaHen.

4) again Heisuke Hen, maybe Yamazaki Hen as well (as he gets a harmonised song with Chizuru for the first time), maybe in the near future but not necessarily next year Nagakura Hen.

Hakuoki - Record of Curious Tales: Katana and Samurai #1, 11th Generation Izuminokami Kanesada

Well... guess who ended up spending their non-gaming time timing the first of Hakumyu Hijikata-hen's extras instead of translating? lol. even while splitting the work, timing is quite time-consuming... and my understanding of spoken Japanese only goes so far. Not that it'll be an issue with the final version since I'm not the only one editing the extras.

anyway, this translation is for one of five stories I have tl for concerning some of the Shinsengumi's weapons. Aside from Hijikata, I've got tl for Souji, Heisuke, Harada and Sannan... though I can scan the others as they were reprinted in the 薄桜鬼 十周年記念本 -桜花爛漫- book. Any scans I make however will probably be on the lower quality side since the text is smaller...

This story was originally published in 電撃Girl’s Style 2015年11月号. Special thanks to @koto-wari for translating the title since I didn't have it. Also, I'm fairly certain that no new images were published alongside these stories in their original printings since the 10th anniversary book doesn't have any graphic that I don't recognize alongside these respective stories.

Hakuoki - Record of Curious Tales: Katana and Samurai #1, 11th Generation Izuminokami Kanesada

Translation by KumoriYami

3rd year of Bunkyu——. After the political upheaval that occurred in the Imperial Palace during the eight month and the Serizawa Incident in the ninth month, the relationship between the Shinsengumi and the Aizu clan became even closer. However, at this time, the Shinsengumi and the Aizu Domain were not yet in a relationship with mutual trust, rather they were trying to secretly analyze each other's intentions and financial situations, and observing each other attitudes. It was precisely at this time, someone from the Aizu Domain, took a step towards the Shinsengumi. This person was the the ninth lord of the Aizu clan, Matsudaira Katamori, who at the time, was the Military Commissioner of Kyoto. During the fourth month, while watching a match and performance at Konkai Komoyoji Temple at Kurodani, he became interested in the Roshigumi, and heard about their swift actions during the imperial coop during the eighth month, which lead to him giving the name "Shinsengumi." Although there were many demands from the Aizu clan during this time, the Shinsengumi underwent a major internal reorganization and purged its opposition. When Matsudaira Katamori learned about this from a senior vassal, everything was already over. The vassal said that this would make the Shinsengumi easier to handle, but Katamori just listened silently, and did not say anything.

Thus a period of calm passed, and soon it was time for the autumn winds to blow. Kondou, the Chief of the Shinsengumi, and Hijikata, the Vice-Commander of the Shinsengumi, were summoned to Kinrenji Temple in Kurotani, the headquarters of the Aizu clan. The Aizu clan did not inform them of the reason for the summons, but only stated that they wanted the two of them to come alone. Kondou and Hijikata sighed softly as they looked at each other in dismay, as it was difficult to not feel uneasy. It was less than a month since the Serizawa incident, so what sort of difficulties would this summons present? On the following afternoon of the next day, the two arrived at the Kinrenji Temple at the appointed time and were led into a room facing a courtyard. As the two of them sat side by side, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Aizu clan's officials. After sitting for a while, Kondou looked somewhat nervously at Hijikata and opened his mouth. "Um... what are we going to be talking about today."

Hijikata, who had been spoken to, turned to look at Kondou and answered without changing his expression.. "Hmm… we already handled Serizawa's matters in accordance with the Aizu Domain's instructions, but it'd be a bit unreasonable to get one request after another. Right now, the main problem I hope we can settle quickly concerns the maintenance costs for maintaining the troop…” Hearing this, Kondou's expression became anxious. "Do-Don't tell me that they can't pay? Iya, that's a real problem! For the matter of the salaries, if they don't even give us money to pay for food, the troop cannot be maintained!" "No, calm down, Kondou-san, you can't just decide that yet." Just as Kondou was so excited that he wanted to stand up, it seemed like someone was approaching the other side of the soji door. The two then quickly shut their mouths, straightened up, sat back down, and waited for someone to appear as if nothing happened. Soon, the sound of footsteps approached, and as the door opened, Kondou and Hijkata bowed their heads at the same time. Judging from the gait and atmosphere of the other party entering the room, it felt as if the other party was different from the usual public official. (As expected, it's going to be something unreasonable again…) With their heads lowered, Kondou and Hijikata inwardly worried, but as the other person didn't speak for along time, and seemed to be preoccupied solely with putting something on the tatami… After a while, they finally spoke up. "Raise your heads, Kondou-dono, Hijikata-dono." "Yes." Kondou and Hijikata answered in unison as they liifted their heads, and upon seeing the two swords that had been placed in front of them, they felt a little sadness and disappointment. Their previous uneasy premonition had indeed been true, and they would be forced to do something bloody again… "....These are the words from our lord." The official spoke slowly, as if it was difficult to speak, which made Kondou and Hijikata's faces even more tense. It seemed that there were orders from the lord of the domain this time. "You've worked extremely hard. However for the Shogunate and the peace and security of Kyoto and its people, I hope the Shinsengumi will continue to support the Aizu Domain in the future. Therefore, it was decided that these swords will be awarded to you. Please continue to work hard in the future." After listening to the official's words, Kondou and Hijikata's eyes widened in surprised, and they were stunned to the point that they could not move. They had been told something they couldn't even dare to imagine. Kondou, who finally breathed out a sigh, squeezed his voice out. "Then, this is..." "Yes, these are katana for the two of you——for Kondou-dono, Nagasone Kotetsu, and for Hijikata-dono, Aizu Kanesada." The moment they heard the sword inscriptions, the two of them instantly felt like something had pierced them, which caused their whole bodies to feel overcome with excitement. "From now on, please continue to support our Domain… no, our lord." "Yes——!" The two shouted together in unison and bowed their heads at the same time.

Now, Hijikata would wield the Aizu 11th generation Izuminokami Kanesada. After experiencing a strange fate, the sword ended up in Hijkata's hands.

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i kept the original breaks in the text so i guess the format looks a tad weird.

original title in the 10th anniversary book is:

異聞録 刀と侍一 和泉守兼定十一代

which I did not have tl for. the translation of the title I had was "Hakuoki Official Novel Shinsengumi Katana Side Story Hijikata Toshizou and the 11th Generation Izuminokami Kanesada".

also, to make this translation more accurate, i ended up checking the following sites:

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Hijikata_Toshizō https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsudaira_Katamori

I finished it! It can't believe I start this in February and finished it in October...

Here have my Hakumyu 3-shot.

11 Years of following one man's back

Hijikata's four musicals:

2013 OG Hijikata Hen

Director: Mouri Nobuhiro Composer: Sahashi Toshihiko

Lead: Yazaki Hiroshi

2016 Shinsengumi Kitan

Director: Mouri Nobuhiro Composer: Sahashi Toshihiko

Lead: Matsuda Gaku

2018 Shitan Hijikata Hen

Director: Nishida Daisuke Composer: Sahashi Toshihiko

Lead: Wada Masanari

2024 Shinkai Hijikata Hen

Director: Mouri Nobuhiro Composer: Sakabe Go

Lead: Kubota Hidetoshi

Let's play "Guess what" for Shinkai Hijikata Hen, while we wait for it to come:

New songs or old songs revised?

Mouri and Sakabe haven't yet cooperated, will they reuse songs from the Nishida era? I highly doubt that they will reuse a majority, this gives Mouri a greater freedom to create a script that's really his. I'm sure he will draw inspiration from Nishida, but at since he's the father of Hakumyu, you know?

Good ending or bad ending?

Hard to say, there's one play twice and one play not his route by name. I, of course, hope there'll be a good ending for Kubohide. They might go with a similar strategy as Collar X Malice did and have one evening a good ending and one evening a bad ending.

Guest talk?

I think it's highly likely. Considering that almost all former Hijikata-actors are still actively connected to Hakumyu. This includes Yazaki, Gaku and Izawa. (Sasahide will be there, too of course.) Maybe we get lucky and a former HijiChizuru appears, but I don't have high hopes for that, since none of them is really active in the acting business. Mika lives in Kochi Prefecture on top of that.

Personal hopes?

I hope the songs for Chizuru are good and let Ruri shine in her profession as traditional singer. Maybe they can even use them as a BGM even, when the scene of going to Ezo comes (she is born in Hokkaido and has sung old Hokkaidoer songs before)

My friend @koto-wari hopes for the onigiri scene to be adapted and that the former "Ore dake no yume" and "Katana ni komeyo" scenes gonna be good and be ripping our hearts apart.

And well the most essential thing has to be:

The lead dynamic: between Kubohide and Ruri

The group dynamic: between Kubohide and his friends, comrades and the Shinsengumi.

Feel free to use the comments as a room for speculations and your thoughts on the matter!

Love you

Lilith

Please have my prayers for the casts visuals

I need to trick a little bit, because everything else did look weird...

Because the post got too long, for further reading

Update:

So for the upcoming production in 2024, there are following options:

Okita

Iba

Sakamoto

Harada

Heisuke

The smaller possibilities:

Hijikata Shinkai

Kazama Shinkai

Yamazaki

Shinpachi

Not considered/surprising options:

Kitan

Reimeiroku

Why:

Okita Hen: Okita is one of the three most popular characters of Hakuouki, so considering that we had two Hijikata Hens and two Saito Hens, there's definitely a possibility.

Iba & Sakamoto: according to the muster he had right now, it could be either of these two. The only down in their possibility is that they aren't very popular routes and might be hard to adapt

Harada and Heisuke: these two routes could either get a Shitan or a Shinkai.

The smaller possibilities:

Hijikata and Kazama could always get a Shinkai Adaption looking at their popularity.

As for Shinpachi and Yamazaki: they haven't had a route yet. What makes them possible: they are closer to the story of all and probably easier to adapt. What makes them less possible: they are kinda close to Sannan as an old character new route characters.

I decided to contribute the translation for the LIVE3 this time.

I will do one for the Osaka performance and one for the official release (March 2023).

If you have recommendations for transcription programs please let me know.

I don't know, when I will be finished yet, but I let you know!

Please be patient with me.

宜しくお願い致します!!

We came a long way, let's walk further into the future

Thanks that Miki is finally a member of the Shinsengumi.

I feel like he's always separated... And put together with the Onis for some reasons!

A good afternoon, dear Hakumyu fans.

I got the possibility to record the Shinkai Saitou performance in Tokyo.

If you like to watch it, a link down below:

Disclaimer: Please respect the community guidelines and don't share this file on any other platform.

Only available til 25. August 2022

Yūta and Shōta being a chaotic duo for a whole interview.

Enjoy

(Cleared by @koto-wari, translated and typeset by me)

I went to karaoke today and sang Yaisa. Usually they have the Live-Versions, but guess which one they had?

Heisuke Hen Ver. !! - I mean I could sing it, but Ive been never been more confused. I mean why out of all versions we got?

THE FIRST VISUAL IS OUT!!!!!!!!

About the Live

Don't read if you want to be completely surprised what will come

By the way I contused my finger.... While cheering......🥲

Here just some eastereggs!

We get to some more bare chests!

Surprisingly much from Kazama hen

An Easter egg from Souma hen

Weird and funny lyrics

A LOT reasons to laugh

Cute character developments

Nakagauchi killing us all with his voice, as well as Itsuki

A lot of Solos! Even from side characters!

In the the first half you cry of joy in the second because of well you guess what...

I love it

I have the soundtrack from Saitou Shinkai.

It's not named, since I haven't seen my DVD yet, also it's split in 19 tracks instead of 17.

If you're interested, please DM me.

Also please DM me if you want to correct my files and rename them

Have a great day

Satisfaction