yami ga hirogaru showdown

[flower_ballet]

Star Troupe/Hoshigumi:

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Der Tod: Asaji Saki
Rudolph: Emao Yu

Thoughts:
Saki has an amazing appearance for Der Tod. Despite her rather feminine features, she manages the look and feeling of a man so well that by the end of this song, I'm ready to bet my hat that she really is the male personification of Death. However, this version of Yami ga

Comments

Lan is in your lj, watching your video links.

[wottie]

I've decided to comment on each of these as I watch, since I can't watch things without making comments to someone and you're not online. I'm also not reading your thoughts until I've typed out mine.

1. The actresses' voices are perfect here. They sing with this strength that really matches the mood of the song, and from a purely theatrical point of view it's impossible to find a complaint. That said, this song is all intensity and not enough emotion, which bothers me a little, because even though it's a musical there still needs to be a relateable emotional basis. It's interesting that Death here is very, very feminine, but carries her(?)self with the sharp ease of movement that's very stage!male. She's perfectly seductive without being sexually seductive and I love that.

2. Mm, somewhat dislike. It feels like neither actress is singing with everything she has - compared, especially, to Saki and Yu, whose voices are just so strong and powerful. This feels weak because it lacks both intense and emotional vocals and real, human

Lan should be in bed - GO TO BED, WOMAN!

[flower_ballet]

It all made perfect sense, actually. And I agree with everything you said and was happy to see that you'd made some of the same observations I had.

Now you just need to watch Sumire's version in the entry below this one... Even though I adore both Nao and Asato (and Ichiro for that matter), Sumire just pwns Der Tod. It's the crazy smirk, I tell you - the crazy smirk says it all. She blows me away, both in Yami ga Hirogaru and especially in Saigo no Dansu. She's really made that solo hers. The growl in her voice makes me purr...

Also, on another note... exam is going well! If you're lucky, I'll actually get around to write that Takarazuka!Haruka/Michiru drabble tomorrow afternoon. If I don't get too caught up in writing original fiction... or studying, which is what I really should be doing.

Lan: new and improved, now with sleep!

[wottie]

Yeah, I just read back over yours too. Great minds? Either that or the universal awesomeness of this song just transcends everything and everyone must fangirl it to the same level.

And yeeaaah, I'll get on to watching the other two. This song is incredibly hard to get out of your head.

... you know, you should study. XD but if you end up writing that drabble, or in fact original fiction, show! I love your writing. I'm also writing original fiction atm ( both the thing I'm writing for you and this other crazy piece that I've yet to make sense of ) so let's see how we go.

Since it's like midnight where you are, I'll assume you're in bed. <3 so, sleep well!