Rebirth and the good Doctor
The weekend thus far has...had its ups and downs. Yesterday, hughes_maes came over at 9:30 in the morning (I don't think either of us has slept in on a Saturday since she got here XD;;;) so that we could attack Lawsons to get *pnish* room advance sales tickets at 10 AM.
That failed on three fronts: Paula was working the machine while I was dialing the phone number and nikki_aino was on the website front. None of us got through at all, so the ticket-getting was an utter failure >_> There's still next week, though, when general sales start, and then of course there's...auctions >_< Gonna keep trying!!
After that, we got lunch from lawson's and went back to my apartment to drown our sorrows by watching Rebirth (I will NEVER get used to it, dammit) Historica. Was quite entertaining, since I hadn't seen it since April, and I'm eager to see how everyone else likes it too XD It's definitely one of their harder-to-understand plays because if you're not familiar with the Incident at Honnouji Temple (like every schoolchild here is) then you'll be preeeeetty lost. Still, it was really entertaining, and made me realize how much I maybe almost ship Tsuda and Kawakami *____* They have such an almost manzai-like relationship, it's so cute XD
Paula had to run off after we finished, and I took my time getting ready for the evening's show: Hakase to Tarou ni Ijou na Aijou, Nagayan's new play! Senshuuraku is actually today XD
I hadn't heard good things about the play from Mitsuru (mostly that the directing was bad, even though Nagayan himself was really good), so I was kind of concerned, but after meeting up with Mizuno-san and Takada-san before the show to gab a little, I realized what was the problem, and think I agree.
Before I get into that, though, a little news we discussed: Nagayan is a sudden cast addition to the show at the end of the month that Araki (of D-boys) is in, Shatou. I'd think about going, but the tickets are 5800, and they're the only people I really care about XD So I'll probably pass, but interesting still!
Also picked up a flyer for the Nagayan FC onsen trip, and saw this: "バースデイカウントダウン（オッシャレしてきてね）" ("Birthday Countdown [make sure you dress up!])
Uuuuuhhhh. Define "dress up"--none of us could figure out exactly what he meant, but we're all thinking, "...so we're supposed to bring dresses or something??" and I DO NOT HAVE ANY DRESSES. Nothing really nice at least. I have some dress shoes, and a nice skirt, but not shirt to go with it, and a dress would still be nicer...ARGH. GREAT. SOMETHING ELSE TO WORRY ABOUT.
In still other news, we were discussing TeniMyu, and apparently 5th cast GP were amaaaaaazing at the Fukushima senshuuraku (they got to go) and that makes me really really happy 8D Also, apparently there are rumors flying around that the next one will be ANOTHER double-cast on both Seigaku and Hyoutei's part o_O As in, 4/5th cast Seigaku alternating, with Hyoutei A and B coming back now and then for guest appearances. WHAAAAAAT. Are they trying to kill 4th cast, who will only have finished this show they're doing right now barely a month before the next one?! Sheesh...
But now on to Nagayan's show!
I have but one thing to say: NAGAYAMA TAKASHI. IS IT PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO STAR IN A PLAY THAT DOES NOT END IN EVERYONE DYING OR GOING CRAZY?!
Because you would THINK that was the case seeing all his stuff so far (SPOILERS!): Switch--rocks falleveryone dies. Aru Hi--he kills everyone and goes crazy himself. Hakase to Tarou--a couple of people die and EVERYONE GOES CRAZY, INCLUDING NAGAYAN.
THE HELL, MAN. This was actually a really difficult to understand show; I THINK the main plot was Nagayan was a film student making a movie, but went over budget, so to make some quick cash he took part in this scientific study on dreaming where he was stuck in a room with some other subjects for a week, and they had to go to sleep when a buzzer sounded and then report what they saw in their dreams.
There was a lot of weird stuff going on--people freely going in and out of other people's dreams, the random weird doctor in charge of the study that people only saw in their dreams, Airu being gay ('scuse me, he said he wasn't gay, it just happened that the people he fell in love with sometimes happened to be guys, and he tried to rape one of the other study subjects but wound up killing himself in the end WHAAAAAT.), Nagayan getting a hard-on on stage (on quite possibly the CUTEST fashion ever, in which his girlfriend puckered up like she was waiting for him to kiss her, and his eyes went wide, he looked down, then crossed his legs and covered his crotch XDDDD), and while the first half was really full of hilarious stuff, the second half was daaaaark dark dark full of blood and killing and weird crap >_>
The reason I think the directing was a little to blame for it being "bad" was that the play was performed in Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space in Ikebukuro (also where Secret Box was :D) in the small hall, which is...a flat theater. As in, there is no slope to the seats, and so it's really hard to see in front of you. To make matters worse, the floor of the stage was really low, and lots of action took place with characters lying down, so everyone was constantly weaving to and fro to try and see. I was in the third row, very middle--so a quite-good seat, but it was still hard to see at parts because of this.
I scanned in Nagayan's images from the pamphlet, because boy looks hooooooot *____*
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3 (XD he's wearing a NagaJo shirt in these pics)
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This is his costume (everyone wears almost the same thing, pajama-like getups), and this is how his hair is styled, it was really cute *___*
I'll probably buy the DVD when it comes out, because I have a thing for Nagayan in angsty shows (and boy was he a screamer in this show o_O).
That failed on three fronts: Paula was working the machine while I was dialing the phone number and nikki_aino was on the website front. None of us got through at all, so the ticket-getting was an utter failure >_> There's still next week, though, when general sales start, and then of course there's...auctions >_< Gonna keep trying!!
After that, we got lunch from lawson's and went back to my apartment to drown our sorrows by watching Rebirth (I will NEVER get used to it, dammit) Historica. Was quite entertaining, since I hadn't seen it since April, and I'm eager to see how everyone else likes it too XD It's definitely one of their harder-to-understand plays because if you're not familiar with the Incident at Honnouji Temple (like every schoolchild here is) then you'll be preeeeetty lost. Still, it was really entertaining, and made me realize how much I maybe almost ship Tsuda and Kawakami *____* They have such an almost manzai-like relationship, it's so cute XD
Paula had to run off after we finished, and I took my time getting ready for the evening's show: Hakase to Tarou ni Ijou na Aijou, Nagayan's new play! Senshuuraku is actually today XD
I hadn't heard good things about the play from Mitsuru (mostly that the directing was bad, even though Nagayan himself was really good), so I was kind of concerned, but after meeting up with Mizuno-san and Takada-san before the show to gab a little, I realized what was the problem, and think I agree.
Before I get into that, though, a little news we discussed: Nagayan is a sudden cast addition to the show at the end of the month that Araki (of D-boys) is in, Shatou. I'd think about going, but the tickets are 5800, and they're the only people I really care about XD So I'll probably pass, but interesting still!
Also picked up a flyer for the Nagayan FC onsen trip, and saw this: "バースデイカウントダウン（オッシャレしてきてね）" ("Birthday Countdown [make sure you dress up!])
Uuuuuhhhh. Define "dress up"--none of us could figure out exactly what he meant, but we're all thinking, "...so we're supposed to bring dresses or something??" and I DO NOT HAVE ANY DRESSES. Nothing really nice at least. I have some dress shoes, and a nice skirt, but not shirt to go with it, and a dress would still be nicer...ARGH. GREAT. SOMETHING ELSE TO WORRY ABOUT.
In still other news, we were discussing TeniMyu, and apparently 5th cast GP were amaaaaaazing at the Fukushima senshuuraku (they got to go) and that makes me really really happy 8D Also, apparently there are rumors flying around that the next one will be ANOTHER double-cast on both Seigaku and Hyoutei's part o_O As in, 4/5th cast Seigaku alternating, with Hyoutei A and B coming back now and then for guest appearances. WHAAAAAAT. Are they trying to kill 4th cast, who will only have finished this show they're doing right now barely a month before the next one?! Sheesh...
But now on to Nagayan's show!
I have but one thing to say: NAGAYAMA TAKASHI. IS IT PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO STAR IN A PLAY THAT DOES NOT END IN EVERYONE DYING OR GOING CRAZY?!
Because you would THINK that was the case seeing all his stuff so far (SPOILERS!): Switch--rocks falleveryone dies. Aru Hi--he kills everyone and goes crazy himself. Hakase to Tarou--a couple of people die and EVERYONE GOES CRAZY, INCLUDING NAGAYAN.
THE HELL, MAN. This was actually a really difficult to understand show; I THINK the main plot was Nagayan was a film student making a movie, but went over budget, so to make some quick cash he took part in this scientific study on dreaming where he was stuck in a room with some other subjects for a week, and they had to go to sleep when a buzzer sounded and then report what they saw in their dreams.
There was a lot of weird stuff going on--people freely going in and out of other people's dreams, the random weird doctor in charge of the study that people only saw in their dreams, Airu being gay ('scuse me, he said he wasn't gay, it just happened that the people he fell in love with sometimes happened to be guys, and he tried to rape one of the other study subjects but wound up killing himself in the end WHAAAAAT.), Nagayan getting a hard-on on stage (on quite possibly the CUTEST fashion ever, in which his girlfriend puckered up like she was waiting for him to kiss her, and his eyes went wide, he looked down, then crossed his legs and covered his crotch XDDDD), and while the first half was really full of hilarious stuff, the second half was daaaaark dark dark full of blood and killing and weird crap >_>
The reason I think the directing was a little to blame for it being "bad" was that the play was performed in Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space in Ikebukuro (also where Secret Box was :D) in the small hall, which is...a flat theater. As in, there is no slope to the seats, and so it's really hard to see in front of you. To make matters worse, the floor of the stage was really low, and lots of action took place with characters lying down, so everyone was constantly weaving to and fro to try and see. I was in the third row, very middle--so a quite-good seat, but it was still hard to see at parts because of this.
I scanned in Nagayan's images from the pamphlet, because boy looks hooooooot *____*
1
2
3 (XD he's wearing a NagaJo shirt in these pics)
4
This is his costume (everyone wears almost the same thing, pajama-like getups), and this is how his hair is styled, it was really cute *___*
I'll probably buy the DVD when it comes out, because I have a thing for Nagayan in angsty shows (and boy was he a screamer in this show o_O).