Finally, finally it is time for me to present the squee and love of Never Sleep to you all. ^_________^
A Whole Lot of Eriko and Alice Love This is the most important eight minutes the best part of the show, in my opinion. ;-) First you have Kimitsun being all snarky to Eriko. Then you have Eriko having a frankly fantastic solo of angstiness, although the bit with Arika is rather sad. ;____; But then there's Eriko and Tomu bantering, and Yucchi-san and Tara-chan and Alice-chan coming in and Alice filling up the stage with her angelicness. And, a little later, having naughty thoughts and filling up the stage with her adorableness. Et cetera, et cetera. <3 <3 <3
Specific points of love to watch for:
* All lines from Kimitsun (Yakumo Mika; in the gray suit). I've discovered a lot of love for her lately that can only be explained by how "otokomae" she is. <3
* Eriko's amazing voice and delicious angstiness. <3 <3
* Arika-chan (Maou Akito), the reason for Eriko's angst. ;_____; She's the one who retired in this show too. *sniffle*
* The extremely hot way in which Eriko cleans her glasses. <3
* The effortlessly hot way in which Tomu leans against things, waves around newspapers, etc. <3
* The very obvious way Eriko stops and looks up when she hears Alice's voice. <3 <3 <3
* The sweet way Alice looks at her "brother" with such angelic concern. <3 <3 <3
* Tomu's complete inability to think of a pose before the photo is taken. XD (Juxtaposed with Alice's cute and typical peace sign. <3)
* Tomu patting Alice-chan on the head. <3 <3
* Alice's multitude of naughty faces, and sneaky faces, and pouty faces, and... <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
* Tara-chan (Aihana Chisaki) should at least get a little shout-out for being Alice's partner-in-(near)-crime. <3
* Alice-chan's thorough approval of Eriko's new suit. (I could listen to that あらぁ~~♥♥♥♥♥ forever...) And how she subsequently follows Eriko with her eyes all across the room. Oh, how I love the way she Looks. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
* Have I had enough Alice points? The way she knowingly points her finger? The way she petulantly tosses her hair? The way she... does everything? *can't fit enough hearts on the page*
But, okay, I admit, this show is actually about Tomu. So to convince anyone who didn't know yet that Tomu is quite a dish herself, here are two Tomu solos. :-D
Boku wa Hoshikuzu - I left in Itsuki-san at the beginning for their A/L joke. It has to do with Tomu's detective story magazine.
Itsuki: "So? Is this one interesting?"
Tomu: "This month there's a new story about Lupin. I hear they're making a theater production."
Itsuki: *laughs* "You're out of the loop as usual. It ended yesterday."
(The A/L senshuuraku having been the day before the filming, and... you know, jokes are less funny when you explain them. T___T;;)
Anyway.
princesslucia says the clip is dangerous for those with weak hearts. ;-)
Sore shika Dekinai kara - Tomu's angsty "time to go save the girl!" solo. It's, well, angsty, but also full of hope and love! And her Determined Face! <3 Oh, Tomu, Tomu, Tomu. I so approve of you in my troupe. ^______^
And now I must say that it's taking a lot of restraint not to keep making clips. There is no Ban-san x Itsumine x Tama-tama x Chiyako x Go-kun number. There is no Machami vs. Tap-Dancing Gangsters number. There are no Ghosts of Itsuki Chihiro and Misato Maya haunting Tomu. You'll have to buy the DVD for those. ;-P
But here are
a bunch of screencaps from the first clip for anyone who wants to make icons for me. ;-D <3