Hanakage Arisu BaraAme Ochakai in Esprit Hall

[wao_wao]

So me, Manda, and Tegan went to Alice-chan's ochakai a couple of weekends ago.

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[wao_wao]

Eh heh. Yes, she said it was a gift. ;P

Photo book!!! *bounces too* ♥ ♥ ♥ Will definitely keep you informed about it. ^____^

[michiru42]

*squeals incoherently for several moments*

Thank you so, so much for this report! Oh, she's awesome! She's even more awesome than I knew! I so hope I can get back to Japan and see her live before she retires. Heck, I hope she never retires, but you can't have everything...

A question, though. You say Ume-chan and Alice-chan both talked about Masatsuka-sensei, which shows they don't like him as much? I don't think I get it. Why would they like him less? He tends to give musumeyaku more interesting characters than, say, Ueda-sensei or Tani-sensei. Or is he rude to them? And why would talking about him more mean they like him less?

I hope I'm not being too forward. If I am, feel no obligation to answer. :) I'm just curious, since I loved the parts he gave musumeyaku in Romance de Paris and Boxman.

[wao_wao]

Oh, of course just talking about someone doesn't mean you don't like them. But Ume-chan said that Masatsuka-sensei is very particular about the details in his productions, and that it's hard to create a character in "Masatsuka-sensei's world". It's hard to live up to his expectations, the images he has in his head.

Plus the stuff that Alice-chan said about the main character in the BaraAme being a jerk, and male audience members being able to relate to him more than females... She was like, "men and women are really different, huh..."

I shouldn't presume to know how Takarasiennes feel about their directors. But *my* relationship with Masatsuka-sensei is pretty rocky. :P Personally I was really unimpressed with the female characters in Mariposa, and as for Boxman... Other than the female lead, O-Hana, and her mother, a Senka member, the other most outstanding female character was... played by an otokoyaku? An otokoyaku I adore, admittedly, but still. The other musumeyaku characters were pretty minor, and not nearly as memorable

[michiru42]

Thanks for the answers. :)

(And granted, there were only two good musumeyaku parts in Boxman, but that's more than many plays, so I was happy.)

[muffin_song]

I feel like it's not just musumeyaku who have said that Masatsuka-sensei is er, "particular." I think Jen may have once heard something in regards to Masaki in the Magician no Yuutsu shinjinkouen? I think there's also a comment about it on his bio on the TakaWiki.

For the sake of argument, Magician no Yuutsu had decent-ish musumeyaku roles for people other than Mihoko. (Okay, so I really liked Ai-chan's character. And then Remi, Nene, and a few others got to play small, but fun roles).

And then there was Scout and Sakura Ichika as a demon...

In any case, as a whole, I'm never quite sure what to make of Masatsuka-sensei. His shows can get awfully wordy...

P.S. Obviously your ochakai post is also love. I need to make a proper comment eventually.

[amami_yuki]

Oooo, thank you for the report!! It was really interesting and I read the entire thing. I love all of the little details you put in, too - even the kind of cake,haha - yes I like reading about everything! ^_^

[wao_wao]

I'm impressed that you read and liked all my ridiculous little details!! ^___^ Thank you for commenting!!

[lliri_blanc]

mine was a yellow cake with cooked chestnuts.

...Like you all cared to know that. ;P

Are you kidding, food reports are awesome. :P

Thanks so much for the report. <3

[wao_wao]

It was my pleasure to write it, all the way down to the cake report. ;)

[skye_fall]

Long report of love, thank you so much ♥♥♥ She really does seem like such a wonderful person and I love reading these. ☆

'Siennes must really have the best surprise birthday parties. XD */random*

whenever seito say they went to an onsen or something together, I'm like ##*_______*##
XDDDD Have to agree with you there. X3