I have been trying to write this post for three hours.
CAST LISTS FOR VALENCIA TOUR AND SECOND LIFE ARE OUT!!!!!!!
The two biggest points of note are that Eriko is in the tour and Chigi is in The Second Life. Which is basically what I expected / hoped for anyway. <3 <3 <3
I'm pretty certain that Eriko will get Rodrigo in the tour. (BATCHMATE LOVE between her and Machami YAY.) The question, then, is who will get her role / Chigi's role / Kimitsun's role (I didn't think about this at first, but actually Kimitsun gets about equal stage time to Chigi in Valencia). Also, the musumeyaku roles - Margarita (Tacchin's role) and Lola (Alice's role). Lastly, will they cut Suzuka-san's part or switch around a lot of the upperclassmen parts? At first I leaned toward the former, but when I think about it Suzuka-san's part is substantial enough that they might not want to take it out.
Here's my wishful-thinking cast picks for the "main" otokoyaku:
Rodrigo: Nanaho Hikaru
Don Juan: Nagina Ruumi
Marcos: Harukaze Misato
Leandro: Houshou Dai
...Actually I wish a little more for Dai-chan!Marcos and Mii-chan!Leandro, but Mii-chan is moving up faster these days so I think it more likely that she'll get Chigi's role. ^^;;;; Come to think of it, she's a year ahead of Kacha so maybe it's more likely that Mii-chan will get Don Juan. But Kacha did it in the shinko, and with all the Eriko Drama she was the one who got moved up, in favor of anyone else...
On musumeyaku:
I have been entertaining thoughts about Zono and Re-re taking giant leaps and getting their shinko roles in the national tour. Musumeyaku get promoted awfully young these days, and I would completely support those two moving up. <3 But maybe Margarita is a little Too Much of a leap for Zono. If it is, my first guess would be Miki-chan getting Margarita. And if not her... it's anyone's guess. Ecchan? Asu? Who's been doing well these days, besides Tacchin and my angel? Kuracchi got a decent part in Young Bloods... but Eri-chan got the nibante musumeyaku role in the shinko...
Anyway. For Lola, I'm actually far more certain that Re-re will get it. As much as I love Alice-chan it's actually not a big part, and it's not like Margarita which kind of requires a good singing voice. Not that I know much about Re-re's singing voice. I just know she was cute and feisty as Shinko!Lola and could totally be her in the tour. <3
Silly musumeyaku promotion being even less stable than otokoyaku promotion.
So my best guess right now is:
Margarita: Otono Izumi
Lola: Sumireno Rei
...Or... Ebi-chan could make a cute Lola too... *keeps changing mind*
On upperclassmen:
Suzuka-san is retiring before the national tour. So they either have to cut her part or give it to someone else. To me, if they keep Jorge, the natural order of things is just to move a bunch of the upperclassmen up a notch. Marietta-san, Susshii-san, Tama-tama, and maybe Natsu if the Hankyuu Gods are at all fair and kind. (I would put Tomoe in that list too, only I like her just where she is - as Tomu's sexy background dancer who gets to snog Ecchan and all.) So that would make it:
Jorge: Misato Maya
Leon: Kotobuki Tsukasa
Barca: Amou Tamaki
Casarus: Natsu Hiromi
*sigh* Actually, the more I think about it, it's much more likely that they'd move Tomoe up to Casarus instead. Not that I'd mind that so much either. I just want to see Natsu getting love so she doesn't go off and retire like Ukyokyo. ;____;
And the more I compare with other tour casts, it seems that there are likely to be more role-switches rather than less. ANGST. But mostly... EXCITING!! And I can't even BEGIN pondering all the potentially squeeful role-changes in Sora Fantasista!
As far as The Second Life, I have no idea because I haven't read the summary. ^^;;; But yay for Chigi obviously getting the nibante role, plus Chigi and Tacchin not being broken up (Soragumi really does protect its mini-combis <333), and Kimitsun and Risa-chan and Kasshii and Carrot-chan and Tara-chan and Kasuga and Mayu-chan and Eri-chan and Akkii and Neo and Tonika and everyone getting to be in a shiny Bow show. ^___^
And Aoi-san. And Natori Rei-san. And what, did I list everyone but Micchan? Oops. ;-P
The two biggest points of note are that Eriko is in the tour and Chigi is in The Second Life. Which is basically what I expected / hoped for anyway. <3 <3 <3
I'm pretty certain that Eriko will get Rodrigo in the tour. (BATCHMATE LOVE between her and Machami YAY.) The question, then, is who will get her role / Chigi's role / Kimitsun's role (I didn't think about this at first, but actually Kimitsun gets about equal stage time to Chigi in Valencia). Also, the musumeyaku roles - Margarita (Tacchin's role) and Lola (Alice's role). Lastly, will they cut Suzuka-san's part or switch around a lot of the upperclassmen parts? At first I leaned toward the former, but when I think about it Suzuka-san's part is substantial enough that they might not want to take it out.
Here's my wishful-thinking cast picks for the "main" otokoyaku:
Rodrigo: Nanaho Hikaru
Don Juan: Nagina Ruumi
Marcos: Harukaze Misato
Leandro: Houshou Dai
...Actually I wish a little more for Dai-chan!Marcos and Mii-chan!Leandro, but Mii-chan is moving up faster these days so I think it more likely that she'll get Chigi's role. ^^;;;; Come to think of it, she's a year ahead of Kacha so maybe it's more likely that Mii-chan will get Don Juan. But Kacha did it in the shinko, and with all the Eriko Drama she was the one who got moved up, in favor of anyone else...
On musumeyaku:
I have been entertaining thoughts about Zono and Re-re taking giant leaps and getting their shinko roles in the national tour. Musumeyaku get promoted awfully young these days, and I would completely support those two moving up. <3 But maybe Margarita is a little Too Much of a leap for Zono. If it is, my first guess would be Miki-chan getting Margarita. And if not her... it's anyone's guess. Ecchan? Asu? Who's been doing well these days, besides Tacchin and my angel? Kuracchi got a decent part in Young Bloods... but Eri-chan got the nibante musumeyaku role in the shinko...
Anyway. For Lola, I'm actually far more certain that Re-re will get it. As much as I love Alice-chan it's actually not a big part, and it's not like Margarita which kind of requires a good singing voice. Not that I know much about Re-re's singing voice. I just know she was cute and feisty as Shinko!Lola and could totally be her in the tour. <3
Silly musumeyaku promotion being even less stable than otokoyaku promotion.
So my best guess right now is:
Margarita: Otono Izumi
Lola: Sumireno Rei
...Or... Ebi-chan could make a cute Lola too... *keeps changing mind*
On upperclassmen:
Suzuka-san is retiring before the national tour. So they either have to cut her part or give it to someone else. To me, if they keep Jorge, the natural order of things is just to move a bunch of the upperclassmen up a notch. Marietta-san, Susshii-san, Tama-tama, and maybe Natsu if the Hankyuu Gods are at all fair and kind. (I would put Tomoe in that list too, only I like her just where she is - as Tomu's sexy background dancer who gets to snog Ecchan and all.) So that would make it:
Jorge: Misato Maya
Leon: Kotobuki Tsukasa
Barca: Amou Tamaki
Casarus: Natsu Hiromi
*sigh* Actually, the more I think about it, it's much more likely that they'd move Tomoe up to Casarus instead. Not that I'd mind that so much either. I just want to see Natsu getting love so she doesn't go off and retire like Ukyokyo. ;____;
And the more I compare with other tour casts, it seems that there are likely to be more role-switches rather than less. ANGST. But mostly... EXCITING!! And I can't even BEGIN pondering all the potentially squeeful role-changes in Sora Fantasista!
As far as The Second Life, I have no idea because I haven't read the summary. ^^;;; But yay for Chigi obviously getting the nibante role, plus Chigi and Tacchin not being broken up (Soragumi really does protect its mini-combis <333), and Kimitsun and Risa-chan and Kasshii and Carrot-chan and Tara-chan and Kasuga and Mayu-chan and Eri-chan and Akkii and Neo and Tonika and everyone getting to be in a shiny Bow show. ^___^
And Aoi-san. And Natori Rei-san. And what, did I list everyone but Micchan? Oops. ;-P