Some disjointed Chunichi "Heat on Beat" thoughts

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It's always a little weird watching revues in their touring/Chunichi/etc. versions.  I like how lower ranked people get bigger parts, but it's hard for the troupe not to feel like it's at half power simply because of it being cut in half number-wise.

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I noticed the same thing with Yuuhi's version of Apasionado!! -- and Yuu-san's versions of, er, several things -- I wish they wouldn't put new tops in somebody else's revues; it just doesn't feel right.

I think it depends on the revue...some are easier to slip into than others. I've always found it especially unfair to do a sayonara revue *right* after the previous star has retired :/

Three years is a long, long time in Takarazuka...

It's an eternity, really.

I hope beautiful Heian Kiriyan will be of some consolation. ♥

Oh, I'm sure she will be ♥

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Due to exam-flail I haven't watched Heat on Beat yet, or entirety of Yukariko, but the beginning I did watch was intense - witty and very well-acted, and Sonoka killed me (while Morie smoulders very well). I tend to prefer smaller shows, but you're right, the revue parts of them can be hit and miss...

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I tend to prefer smaller shows, but you're right, the revue parts of them can be hit and miss...

Sometimes they can be really fun, as you get to mix up the troupe dynamic. Even within a single revue individual scenes can be hit or miss, IMO.

I'm excited about Yukariko because it seems to have more Morie *___________* (Not to mention Sonoka, Magee, etc)

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To be completely honest, for all that I am excited that Kiriyan has become top, she hasn't become top of the troupe that I fell in love with three years ago.

I feel the same way. I'm so disconnected from the Tsukigumi of the past three years. I'm hoping, though, that under Kiriyan's lead the troupe will gain a sense of solidity once more.

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Me too. Honestly, it's not so much that tsukigumi changed as much the troupe dynamics were *very* screwed up for a year and a half (no top musumeyaku, no real sanbante...) Even if tsukigumi now has two very young otokoyaku sharing the nibante position, at least it seems to have a clear direction.

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I think you may change your opinion on Marimo once you see her really leading (I hope). I was rather stunned by her as Marguerite in Pimpernel, so I'd like for others to have similar good impressions. They make a powerful voice combi, which is a nice. ♥

I agree with you about it not being really her revue though. I look forward to one that is too.

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I actually saw Marimo in the hoshigumi shinko several years ago, and I was impressed with her then. I'm definitely open to giving her a shot for Pimpernel ♥