Litche☆Hikari Club Review!
And here we have my second stage review of the week! Enjoy!! (Btw, this picture above was taken at the cafe at the theater, they had a Litche themed cafe menu and everything!)
But yes, lets get talking about this big boy!!
HOLY SHIT THIS WAS SO GOOD!!!! Where do I start.... This was so good! We start with the teacher obviously being bossy and the hits her in the fact when she gets caught and killed by the Club, and then in the dance sequence (in underwear only) she's poledancing while the boys sing and do this amazing robo-techono dance <3
The story is the exact same as the manga and the previous play but this was just a whole lot better! Maybe because I'm more familiar with the story now than what I was when I watched the 2013 version a month ago... But back to the interesting points.
This play was sexy as FUUUUUUUUCCCCKKK!!! Like holy SHIT! It was sweaty hot sexy! Like Zera and Jaibo actually kiss and Jaibo actually kissing down Zera's naked torso and like it REALISTICALLY looks like Jaibo is giving him a nice mouth job (for some reason I'm too shine to say the real word! xD) minus the fact the pants stay on. AND OMG! (I think) Duff's masturbation part was more realistic this time too and goes on for a LONG time and the moans are SO life like. Just holy shit, this was fecking hot!
And the dances! OMG the dances! And the music!!! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO it's all so good! IkeP can fucking dance! They call kind! It's serious hiphop type stuff and omg!!!
I didn't really know any of the other actors (although I recognise the two slightly shorter but large actors) so I had no expectations of them but I have to say; they all did amazing! Zera definitely. He held such an air and his moments towards the end were gold! His acting was superb. I also really liked Jaibo's, Duff and Kaneda's performance. Tamiya I prefer in the 2013 version but he still did a good job here but I felt he didn't have as much of a presence or at least he didn't feel as important in this version. And of course IkeP was amazing, his comedy came from playing a really camp personality to then having his voice really deep whenever he was angry which was hilarious xD And just like in Yuhiden, he is able to make his entire body language fit the character which adds to the extra atmosphere and memorance of his character <3
I really like the flashback scene they did as well as the scene when Tamiya and co are at the beach and it has a pervy scene going on at the same time on stage and it's amazing how the characters act like they're in one scene but another scene is happening at the exact same time. It's difficult to explain but I like how they did it.
I also prefered Kanon and Litche's relationship more in this version. There's a scene where she teaches him to play the piano and it's so beautiful as well as her voice!
OH! Also the whole yelling "Zera! Zera! Zera! Zera!" was always a great moment.
This version/time instead of blood spurting all over the audience, we had tons of water fall from the cieling which was great! They were running around and fighting and you could just see the front 3 rows trying to shield themselves from it xD If you don't want that seat I'll bloody take it!!! I personally am I fan of running through heavy water and just allowing it cos jump up and completely soak me and my surroundings and I think the actors did too cos there were so many spins and stuff during the water scene and it just went absolutely everywhere!
I really love Zera's break down in this play. And just yeah, he acting when he goes totally mental is on point - think Kubota's Light Yagami level cos it was close to it! - and it just felt so good (we all know I'm messed up and enjoy the evil character scenes so much more xD). I also love Jaibo's death scene, the way the blood just completely goes into his face rather than towards the audience xD
Which other death scenes were great... Zera's demise and ultimate death was great obvious xD Duff's death was both great but sad cos Tamiya was forced to kill him. Tamiya's almost death, then epic return, then fight scene, then ultimate death was great too!
OMG I just remembered! Niko's eye loss scene was actually cringed worthy and had me a little 'am I queazy?' moment! IkeP's was too short and not bloody enough but the way he landed and stayed dead was great xD I kept my eye on him to see if he'd move or fidget xD like a true actor, he didn't ^_^
There's a scene right at the end when all the dead bodies come back to like as almost like robots and while Zera is going crazy their dance (from the beginning of the show) is really messed up and wrong, almost like a robot overloading, and I think IkeP did amazing, his legs were wobbling about and everything so it added extra messed up-ness and the way everyone fell at the end was again awesome!
The ending song, omg it was so beautiful (even though it was depressing as FUCK), it got me crying a little <3
Like I said earlier: This version is SO much better than the 2013 version, but that could be because I knew nothing about Litche when I watched the 2013 and while it had a bunch of amazing actors, I don't like them the same level I like IkeP, but having said that IkeP was the only actor I knew so it's interesting that I'd like this one more... BUT I have to say, making it into a musical? Best. Decision. Ever! The dances were amazing, the songs were amazing, the music was phenominal! It was SO good!
The only negatives is, there's three extra dancers that just leark the entire play and it just felt like they weren't needed at all. The boys proved they could damn well dance so why were these three extra dancers needed? I know their main point was to be a sort of entertainment for us while the boys got changed and stuff but... they really weren't need. And my only other negative is, the FUCKING woman next to me fucking nodded her head the ENTIRE time and it was FUCKING distracting as FUCK! I almost held her head in place at one point! Fucking hell... And she was making the seat row bounce along with her! Fucking rage!!! But yes those two are the only negatives! OH and I wanted another hour of it. The strange this about LHC is that it was only even a one volume manga yet it got a spin off mini Anime series and two MAJOR plays with MAJOR actors in it! And it's like 'write some fucking more manga artist!' cos I seriously need fucking more of LHC!!!! I cannot cope! I need more information, more stories, more character development, more sexy moments, more... everything!!
And omg now you have to hear about the aftermath event!!
So I've already announced this EVERYWHERE but I 'met' Inaba Yu!!! YES, THE INABA YU!!!
This boy:
This is how it went down:
So after the play ended, I went to my friends (we were all in different seats around the theater) and I noticed there were looking up Inaba Yu on wiki and I said 'Why you looking up Inaba Yu?' and they said 'you know him?'
'Yeah,I like him'
'Well he's here today'
'WHAT? SERIOUSLY?! HE'S HERE?! HE'S HERE?! HE'S HERE?' (I was yelling this in the lobby btw surrounded by all the audience)
'You like him?'
'I LOVE HIM!'
'Well do you wanna wait and see if he comes out? He probably hasn't left yet.'
'I don't wanna look like a stalker,'
'Well do you?'
*nods*
So we waited outside and low and behold he comes out ten minutes later with two friends. They start walking down the path from the theater and out the gates towards the main road, where we're waiting, and obviously not to make it obvious, I try and act like I'm just idolly waiting for someone so I happily swiny back and forth looking both ways, BUT as he walks past he looks at me and obviously I can't not stop looking! So he walks past and we wait like 30 seconds so he's quite a way away. Then my friend says 'lets go?' so we do. All I remember is, his hair was in a black beanie hat, he had these awful baggy dark green pants/jeans on and I think a white sports-type back. His friend, I remember, his like long bright blue hair up in a high ponytail. So I notice we're taking the same route back as him but we cross the road just out of convinience and I look sight of him, no biggie I was never gunna do anything about seeing him anyway, so I stopped looking for him. THEN at the main traffic lights about 10 minutes away from the theater, he is literally back on the same side of the road as me and about 6 people down the row from me. SO our eyes solidly meet again, but this time I don't wanna look creepy so I focus me complete attention on my friend (who happens to be to the side of me that is towards him) and I notice out of the corner of my eye that he looks back at me but obviously I'm focusing on my friend so it doesn't become weird! And the lights turn green and we loss him for good in the mass that is Shibuya at 9pm at night.
And THAT is my story!
So yes I met (SHHHH I did!!) Inaba Yu and we locked eyes solidly at least two times and he could either have thought I was a complete fan and stalker OR the fact that I'm white and wearing a BRIGHT red coat caught his attention xD I am hoping the latter xD
And I know you're thinking 'but Alex you see actors ALL the time on stage! Nijiro was even 10 feet away from you a few days ago!' I'm sorry but it's completely different when they're within like 4 meters of you! AND look at you!!
My friend did ask why I didn't talk to him and here is the logic that I have had for year: if he (or any actor I ever like and meet) finds out I'm a fan then the chances of me ever getting to date him are completely gone! And THAT is why I will never go to a handshake event! I am white as FUCK, you can bet you're ass they ain't ever gunna forget 'that white ass chick who told them she was a huge fan' of them! So I'd rather just forever look at them from a distance than even have them know I'm a fan - am I just weird as fuck or is there method to my madness? xD
But that is my tale that is LITCHE HIKARI CLUB <3 and it was gorgeous and for the remaining two days it was on show I was just complaining (cos I'd already made plans) to my friends the entire time "We could be getting out tickets right now. We could be sitting in the theater right now. We could be watching it right now. Ah shit it's ended and I've missed it and it's all your fault cos you made plans with me" they were taking any of my shit and were just going 'yeah, yeah. We got no interest so keep complaining' xD
And that is ALL! xD
Pictures from the venue and the play itself (most of the none professional pics are mine!)
^ This was good but so small ='[
The goods I bought:
I didn't get IkeP's badge at the Gaccha nor did I get lucky and get a signed photoset ='[
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Overall:: I fucking loved this! I ate it up, spat it out and ate it again! It was so good!!! This version is SO much better than the 2013 version!! I have to say, making it into a musical? Best. Decision. Ever! The dances, the songs, the music were ALL phenominal! It was SO good! IkeP's character <3 I originally thought he'd be Jaibo and tbh, I think he's suit the role perfectly, but he performed amazingly at Zua (I think that's how you pronounce his name) and he was so cute and his singing was great and omg his dancing was just WOW! <3 Zera's actor was just spot on and omg his freak out scene was beautiful! I wanted to see it again! But I had fucking plans 26th and 27th -_- so coudln't... GRRR!!! But my friends damn well heard me complaints xD
Naturally I've already preordered the DVD xD