Takarazuka Journal

Adieu Marseille
Flower, 2007

Leads: Haruno Sumire & Sakurano Ayane

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Summary on the Takarazuka Wikipedia.

What I Thought:

I am probably the last person on the planet to see this show, but here you go anyway.... ;)

LOVE.

It peddled to all of my weaknesses: Osa in pinstripe suits, gangsters in pinstripe suits, Hatchi in pinstripe suits, Un-chan in pinstripe suits (are we sensing a theme here?)... No, but seriously, the otokoyaku wardrobes? Deadly. The musumeyaku outfits were probably very pretty, but I- Wait, wait, I remember Lucia's repeated mention of little red... hats? No, no, that was Tuxedo Jazz. I definitely remember Sakurano in a little red dress, so it was a little red something. The sets blended in and don't stick out in my memory, except for the station, of course, and the sewers. Slightly subdued for a Grand Theater show. Music and lyrics were done in a safe, lovely style that suited Osa's gorgeous voice to a T.

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Overall, this show is now my second-favorite Osa show (after Kurotokage). The plot might not be Tony-award wining material, and I felt the musumeyaku were in many ways after-thoughts, but the suits, and the otokoyaku, and the shoulder holsters, and Mattsu's mustache, and Hatchi's tattoo (yes, I have weird kinks, leave me alone)... Ngh. And Osa was as powerful as ever, making a grand ... adieu.



PS - Someone needs to add the staff to the TakaWiki page! >:/

Scout
Flower Bow Hall, 2006

Leads: Ranju Tomu, Kashiro Kiho

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I'd been ready to love and adore this show from the moment the poster for it was first put up... and then it never got released on DVD. T_T Thank heavens for Sky Stage.

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What I Thought:

Dear lord in heaven. ( Jen votes this Best Show From 2006.... Or she would, but that would be disloyal to Masao, so she'll vote it Second Best. )

I loved it all. I don't have a single thing to nit-pick. And to top it all off, it had the Gabe Seal of Approval. He wandered in to see why I was laughing my head off and commenced to make me squee with a constant flow of compliments as he watched the ending with me, starting from "this music is pretty cool" and on to compliment: the costumes (particularly Miwatchi's), the singing, the dancing, and the acting. I even was allowed to rewind it to show him key scenes he had missed. <3<3<3 And referred to Tomu as "he" the whole time.