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Godzilla VS Kong - FULL REVIEW (HUGE SPOILER ALERT)

So I finished my third time watching Godzilla VS Kong (March 24 first, March 26 second, March 30 third). Since I grasped more of the story, visual, etc, so here I'll write my complete review of the movie. It's including the PLOT, so it will be a HUGE SPOILER.

But I’ll put the conclusion first here so you know what to expect for the movie:

CONCLUSION

It’s fast paced movie and more sci-fi than before. They totally delivered the monster-brawl scenes, the battle scenes are EPIC. It’s a movie for kids too, so please don’t expect a logical, life-changing, and meaningful story. Definitely a big screen movie.

For me it’s 9/10. Thank you so much Adam Wingard & Legendary! You and the other Monsterverse directors are my heroes! Now before you keep reading: If you haven’t watched it, you are warned. Or else just stop. No complaining. Thank you!

First of all, I am Team Godzilla for this movie (but I love Ghidorah more than Godzilla). Second, this movie is more about Kong's character development. Despite the title, you'll learn that this movie is focusing more on Kong. It's fair enough since Godzilla has two movies already. So no problem at all! PLOT

Let's go to the plot first, I might misplaced some moments in the exact order but here it is:

Kong was in his research containment facility dome, in Skull Island. He made a bond with a little girl named Jia, who was the last kind of Iwi people. Kong saved Jia from a disaster that happened in Skull Island before. Jia is also taken care of by Ilene, who is spending her time researching Kong etc.

Kong felt like being held in captivity and he doesn't like that. Eventually, he tries to break out of the dome.

Meanwhile, there's a facility of APEX in Pensacola, Florida. Godzilla suddenly comes and destroys the whole place. Bernie, a conspiracy theorist, ex-APEX worker, infiltrated the facility and discovered Mechagodzilla's eye during the Godzilla attack.

Bernie broadcasts his titan's theory podcast, and Madison is a loyal listener. Madison argues with his dad that Godzilla's being provoked by something, but Mark refuses to listen.

Walter Simmons & Ren Serizawa approach Dr. Nathan, proposing him to lead an expedition into Hollow Earth. And Dr. Nathan said that he need a Titan as both guide and guardian for the expedition. It ended up Dr. Nathan convinced Ilene to bring Kong along, saying that it would help humanity and Kong will find his true home. So they sedated Kong and bring him with an aircraft carrier and heading to Antarctica, the entrance to Hollow Earth. Maia, Walter's daughter hop aboard the carrier as APEX ambassador or something.

Kong finally reveals that he can communicate with Jia with sign languages.

Madison and Josh off to find Bernie. They are trying to find out the reason why Godzilla went rampage. Ended up they sneak into the Pensacola facility.

On the next day, Godzilla spotted Kong's squadrons. I'm pretty sure Kong is not in a sedation state like before. The human attack Godzilla first. Then Godzilla attack the human and Kong. They release Kong from his chain in the hope for theirs and Kong's survival. The humans helped Kong a lot but Kong still really at a severe disadvantage. Godzilla nearly drowned Kong but the humans help to distract Godzilla with some sort of bombs. Kong barely survives and lying weak on the ship. And then they played dead to escape from Godzilla, making Godzilla thinks he won. Godzilla leaves.

Madison and friends sneak into the facility and ended up inside a Skullcrawler eggs cargo. The facility sends the cargo to Hong Kong.

Kong was transported to Antarctica with choppers. He and the rest of Jia's team finally go into Hollow Earth. They are flying by HEAV.

In Hollow Earth, Kong fights with 2 Warbats. While he took the first one easily, the other Warbat takes the upper hand against Kong. But then humans help him by shooting missiles. Kong killed the Warbats, enjoying the head as his snack.

Kong and Jia's team finally reached a place that looks like a throne. There he got his axe and sitting on the throne. He put the axe on the ground and the axe charging itself with something that looks like Godzilla's atomic breath power.

Meanwhile in Madison and the team arrived in Hong Kong. They were led to a giant demonstration room for Mechagodzilla. Mechagodzilla got activated, piloted by Ren through the Ghidorah Skull. One Skullcrawler was thrown into the room for a fight test with Mechagodzilla. The mecha easily sliced Skullcrawler in half with his red laser beam, but then the mecha is out of energy and shutting down. They require more power to complete Mechagodzilla, which is that blue energy in Hollow Earth.

Mechagodzilla activation somehow caught Godzilla's attention. He then swam to Hong Kong to look for the machine. There, he is probably connected to Hollow Earth’s blue energy and then he shot a mind-blowing atomic breath to the ground. And yes, it cut through the earth's surface all the way into Hollow Earth. Yeah, crazy.

Maia received the sample of the blue energy and sending the data online to Mechagodzilla's cockpit. She threats Jia, which causes Kong to get mad. Kong screams and the little bird-like monsters flying over the room to eat the humans. Maia tries to run but eventually got killed by Kong.

Godzilla's atomic breath suddenly blows through the room and surprises everyone inside. Kong then took his charged axe and leaves Hollow Earth to fight with Godzilla.

Godzilla is about to walk away from the giant hole (or tunnel) he made with his atomic breath. Kong jumped out and challenge him for another round. This time with his axe.

The second battle happens, Kong gives a good fight. The long battle scene ended with Kong using his magnificent axe to hit Godzilla's head like what we saw in the trailer. It did knocks Godzilla down, but also does throw Kong far away. Dr. Nathan said, "Looks like round 2 goes for Kong." but I personally don't see it like that. Why? Because in just around a minute (or less), Godzilla stands up like nothing happens (I'll have details about this later) while Kong is getting ready up in the building to jump like a wrestler. The battle continues but likes for only a minute or so. Godzilla attacks like a beast, and it ended up Godzilla stomping Kong's chest. They roar at each other as we saw in the trailer, but Godzilla spared Kong and he leaves Kong dying.

Madison and friends got caught up by APEX and they were brought to meet Walter. Walter explains that Mechagodzilla is the true alpha, an APEX. Since they got the data from his daughter, they can now fully activates Mechagodzilla. Ren refuses for security reasons but Walter insists.

Mechagodzilla got activated. But it has malfunctioned and goes rampage on its own. Killing both Walter and Ren. Madison and friends watch Mechagozilla breaking out of the facility and wreaking havoc in the city.

Godzilla who seems to be still wandering around looking for his target finally sees Mechagodzilla. They engage in battle.

The dying Kong got revived by Dr. Nathan, blowing HEAV as defibrillator on his chest. Jia then tells Kong that his enemy is not Godzilla, but Mechagodzilla. Kong fixes his broken left arm and helps Godzilla.

Godzilla really at a terrible disadvantage against Mechagodzilla. Just the moment before Mecha about to do Kiss of Death to Godzilla, Kong jumps off and saves him. They both finally teamed up together to fight Mechagodzilla.

Mecha is about to drill Kong's head. Then Josh uses the alcohol to break down the computer that connects to Mechagodzilla. Mecha's drill tail stopped functioning, Godzilla shoots his atomic breath to Kong's axe, charging the weapon with his energy. Kong delivers the final blow to MechaG and pulled the mecha spine out of its body. Then he fell to the ground, exhausted from the battle.

Madison reunites with his dad. Dr. Nathan, Illene and Jia are about to take a rest for a while, but suddenly Godzilla roaring again and stands up. Kong stands up in super exhausted condition, he roars back while Godzilla keep getting close. Until Godzilla stands still, Kong looks at his axe and then he drops it. Godzilla roars one more time and swims back to the sea.

The movie ends with Kong finally back home in Hollow Earth and seemingly becomes the King there. And the humans finally built a facility there.

The battle analysis, who is stronger and the winner according to the movie.

Since I’ve watched it three times, I paid more attention to the visual aspects. Monster expressions and stuff. I'll write down some points here from what I saw that might clarify some things:

Their expressions and gesture. Kong expresses his feeling like humans. He expresses fear, panic, and pain when battling with Godzilla. It's obvious and undeniable. First, when Godzilla stomps Kong in the second battle, Kong's expression truly breaks my heart. You'll get to think like "Okay Godzilla, enough." or at least I did. Second, right after the battle with MechaG finished, Godzilla is standing up and roaring, and Kong immediately getting ready. But you can tell when he’s holding the axe, he's in fear since he's very exhausted. You'll get sympathetic with Kong, you just can't help that. Godzilla on the other hand only expresses angry, angry, and angry expressions. And angry again. The only time we see him in fear is only when he was saved by Kong from MechaG who is about to kill him with Kiss of Death. He also in pain when MechaG hits him with the red beam. Oh, he also grins when his atomic breath hits Kong. Please pay attention to their expressions, it does say a lot!

The battle damages. While Godzilla does split some blood when he got hits by Kong, the fact that the atomic axe epic blow did almost nothing serious to Godzilla really surprised me. Godzilla did knocked out by the blow, just to rise up again in the next minute. You just can't see serious battle damage on Godzilla despite his legs got stabbed by the axe, or after getting that epic atomic axe blow. Nothing to be seen, nothing. We even a close up shot of Godzilla’s face after that, like literally no damage to be seen. And I say that those two are the most critical hits given by Kong that pisses off Godzilla. However, you can tell that Godzilla is in big trouble once he fights the OP MechaG. Compare how impactful that fully charged atomic axe final blow to MechaG’s red beam damage. Atomic axe explodes EXACTLY in Godzilla’s face and you can’t see any damage in his face when we have a close up shot of his face later on. While MechaG’s red beam hits Godzilla on his chest and the damage looks obvious, even Godzilla expresses pain. Yes, did I mention that expressions will say a lot before? Kong, on the other hand, has obvious battle damages from Godzilla's fight and even more so when fighting with MechaG.

Kong really gives a good fight. Kong lands many hits to Godzilla but you won’t find one that can throw the lizard away. In the other hand, Godzilla sent Kong flying more than one time. Kong uses a circle rooftop of a building as his shield like a buckler to defend himself from atomic breath, that was awesome movie shot indeed! Godzilla undeniably stronger but I gotta give props for all Kong’s agility and cool maneuvers! I mean, he has those human-like heroic moves!

In terms of intelligence and thinking. I believe Godzilla also analyzes his fight with Kong, while this is just my opinion. Godzilla learned that Kong’s axe can absorb his atomic breath. That is probably why he goes to feral mode and not using his atomic breath but instead moves so fast to play at the same pace with Kong. YET I don’t believe that Godzilla is roaring to make Kong bows to him. It’s more likely he is telling Kong that he’s not looking for him, so just stay away. And Kong’s respond is just being like a kid who will never listen to everyone (except Jia).

Adam Wingard said there is one winner, then I clearly see what he meant. Godzilla will fight Kong in 2 matches;

A. Aircraft carrier scene where Kong almost drowns by Godzilla. Note that Kong only got sedated on the first day he was brought to the carrier. When Godzilla comes, he was in full force already but the humans just still locked him. Unbreakable chains due to sedation effect? Well, even in full stamina Kong find it hard to pull out his axe from the building right after he missed his first attack in Hong Kong.

B. Hong Kong battle where Godzilla stomps him. If you watch carefully, note that Godzilla was not intended to fight Kong. He’s about to walk away to seek for his true target, yet Kong roars at him. Godzilla only bluff with his tail slap to the ground, only to get an intimidating response from Kong. Who charges first? Kong.

Godzilla won both, but the second round will have a clearer outcome.

So the winner of the battles is definitely Godzilla. BUT... Kong’s level of expressions and the way of how the plot goes, Kong is definitely the STAR/HERO in the movie. I mean we can see Godzilla does grin (for the first time ever) after he hits Kong with his atomic breath. In the other hand, we see Kong smiles when he eats a lot of fishes during the Aircraft Carrier. From here, we can see which one is more brutal and which one is more adorable. That is why I said Kong is like a kid. I admit I am Team Godzilla all the way, but I can’t help to like Kong after watching this movie.

Yes, the movie starts with Kong and it ends with Kong.

MECHAGODZILLA

Let’s come to Mechagodzilla. Starting from his design.

He looks like a hybrid of Terminator x Godzilla. He has long arms, incredibly powerful red laser beam, missile launchers, drill-tail, and some sort of jet-pack booster on his back. He is definitely bigger than Godzilla, and the strongest of all these three. He easily split Skull-crawler into half. Like, literally OP.

Logically you can argue Godzilla is tired after his fight with Kong, but the visual indicates the opposite (look at how he still in a prime condition during daylight, I’ve watched the movie three times and I’m failing to miss any obvious battle damage after his second fight with Kong). But well, Godzilla has no chance against MechaG anyway. It’s a fact that if not because of the humans, MechaG would kill both Kong and Godzilla. He is KO-ing Godzilla first and right after that, he is about to make a hole on Kong’s head with his drill-tail. I feel like MechaG needs more screen-time, but well, the title is Godzilla VS Kong so it’s understandable.

It’s lovely to be able to see Ghidorah (Kevin) skull in the movie by the way. MechaG cockpit was indeed Ghidorah’s skull. Good homage to the original movies. Just to remind you again that I was more into Ghidorah than Godzilla. HUMANS

Team Kong: Jia, Ilene, and Dr. Nathan. Transporting him here and there, help the Kong’s fight against Warbat and Godzilla, etc. They really support Kong to the fullest. As for Jia, SHE IS THE HUMAN STAR. Her relationship with Kong reminds me of Toothless and Hiccup. Very innocence and pure-heart. Sounds like the main protagonists? Because they are in my opinion.

Team Godzilla: Madison, Bernie, and Josh. Godzilla barely got help from humans. Ouch. Madison and her friends are not helping Godzilla in a meaningful way like humans did to Kong. Instead, they are just investigating what is actually going on and have faith that Godzilla is not the bad guy. Team Mechagodzilla: Ren, Walter and Maia. This is not official, I just made it up since they are the APEX guy. They are the one who responsible for Godzilla’s rampage. Walter is the owner of APEX and Maia is his daughter. Ren is the pilot of Mechagodzilla. The name APEX seems to represent that human is actually the ‘apex species’.

But here’s the thing, Josh and Bernie (Team Godzilla) who were actually saved Kong from MechaG. When MechaG is about to drill Kong’s head, they are the one who throws alcohol into MechaG consoles, making the MechaG goes malfunctions. During that scene, Godzilla is already knocked out.

I have to disagree when people said the humans had nothing to do with the plot. No, they played big role for the monsters. They helped Kong a lot, and they help us to understand Kong’s character development. They also build MechaG, so technically they help us to to Godzilla went rampage. They are the actual trouble. hahaha HOMAGE ELEMENTS

1. In TOHO movie Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II; MechaG was built based on the corpse of MechaGhidorah. Here MechaG is piloted through Ghidorah skull.

2. Eat your vegetables. Kong made Godzilla eat his Axe handle.

BATTLE RESULT:

1. Aircraft Carrier: Godzilla leaves while Kong is lying weak on the aircraft carrier.

2. Hong Kong: Godzilla leaves while Kong is dying.

3. MechaG: Godzilla & Kong had to team up. But Godzilla is the underdog here. Kong does the final blow to MechaG, thanks to Josh and Godzilla.

4. Post MechaG: Kong drops his axe and stays silent. He’s not even punching his chest. Godzilla took the final roar and leaves. Kong then happily jumping around in Hollow Earth, there he does punching his chest. Godzilla won against Kong on their 1v1 rounds, but Kong is undeniably the main-star and the hero. He won people’s heart, including me as Team Godzilla. I’m happy that he finally got his home and kingdom to rule in Hollow Earth.

THINGS THAT IS NOT MY CUP OF TEA

It’s too personal, but the act where Kong explores Hollow Earth is not really my cup of tea. It still works fine for me, but once the Warbat fight scene is over, I think it became the low point of the story. Probably because the pace is really fast before and suddenly it goes really slow. That is the only flaw for me personally. Other than that, I’m good!

PLOT-QUESTIONS

There are few plot questions that hopefully have the answers if the Monsterverse continues:

1. When Kong and his team enter Hollow Earth, they are going through some sort of wormhole. But when Godzilla shot his Atomic Breath from the Earth’s surface straight into Hollow Earth, does it cut through the wormhole? Because if it does, then Godzilla’s Atomic Breath is insane.

2. What happened to the previous titans that were stated ‘defeated’ at the opening of the movie? 3. Kong’s Axe origins and that glowing Godzilla symbol that circles in Hollow Earth?

And for the final question, I got it from my friend but I find it pretty interesting;

4. The humans explain alpha titans here and there. Well, that is according to humans. BUT who is the true alpha according to the titans themselves?

All in all, it’s a blast to see the movie. You should watch it on the BIG SCREEN. And to end this review: Long live the King. And by king I mean the Atomic Lizard.~

#godzilla #kong #godzilla vs kong

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mp100secretsanta2017-blog · 6 years

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From: Nyx

To: tumblr user grocerystorephobic

A/N: This is a ficlet in which Serizawa has to be alone for a day! It ended up being serirei, which was not intended, but I hope you like it. ☆☆☆

The warmth that he had wrapped himself around began to struggle. He groaned, and held onto it more tightly. Nonetheless, it escaped his grasp, leaving him cold and shivering. He curled up, pulling this blankets closer to him, forming a cocoon. Processing that he was awake, he slowly opened his eyes, only for them to be covered by something soft and warm.

“Shhh, it’s okay, go back to sleep,” a voice said.

He complied, closing his eyes and snuggling further into his nest of blankets.

“I’ll be gone for a while, but I promise I’ll be back tonight, okay Katsuya? I love you,” Reigen whispered, before kissing him on the forehead.

As footsteps faded away, so did his consciousness, and he drifted back into a peaceful sleep.

When he next woke up, he woke up with a jolt, and there was no one there. He sat up, breathing until his heart rate slowed. He swallowed deeply. He looked at the clock. 12:24. Had he really slept that long? When had Reigen left? It seemed like it had been fairly early. He reluctantly got up.

He made his way to the bathroom. He turned the shower on, removed his pyjamas - which got thrown on the floor - and hopped in. He let the still cold water wash over him, waking him up. As it warmed up, it seeped into his bones, loosening his sore muscles. Sighing, he washed his hair and scrubbed his body. Letting himself soak in the warmth one last time, he turned it off, and grabbed a towel.

He boredly brushed his teeth, staring blankly at the mirror until his brain caught up with what he was seeing. He snorted. “Ah, my phone, where did I put my phone?” he murmured. When he found it, he snapped a picture of his face, hair going every which way, curls as big as ever.

[To: Arataka ? (；´д｀)ゞ

From: Serizawa

Subject: Hair

I took a shower and this is what my hair looks like now. Look! 〔´∇｀〕]

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He hit the send button and beamed at his phone. As the moment passed, his shoulders sagged. He put the phone down and walked away.

He grabbed some comfortable clothes. Once he had dressed, he noticed the light blinking from his cell.

[To: Serizawa

From: Arataka ? (；´д｀)ゞ

Subject: Re: Hair

I think it looks cute!

Remember to eat something! love you ☆☆☆]

“Ah,” he said aloud, remembering only now that he had yet to eat anything.

He looked in the fridge, to find a disappointing lack of edibles. Milk, a half eaten cake, beers, and a couple fruits. Not really something he could make into a good healthy breakfast, unless he wanted to have a fruit salad or something along those lines. And what about dinner tonight?

He looked up in the cupboard at the castle of instant ramen. That wasn’t particularly appealing, either. He gulped.

He did have money on him, enough to go get groceries, but that…that meant going outside, and interacting with other people that he wasn’t familiar with. That meant the possibility of being stuck in a crowd, without Reigen there to ground him, keep him safe, keep those around him safe.

He couldn’t. He wasn’t ready for that, his power level wasn’t high enough. A fruit smoothie might be nice after all, but then he’d still be hungry. And what about dinner? Was Reigen going to get something for them? Were they going out tonight? His fingers twitched. He could call, just to make sure, but he had a sinking feeling in his gut that kept him from reaching for his phone.

That wasn’t any good. Reigen said it was fine, but he knew that he had to get over this somehow. This could be how he started that. It was just be quick trip, in and out. Easy.

He put on a coat, grabbed his wallet and umbrella, and walked out. And then he froze.

The sun was bright today, hurting his eyes. And there were people.

In that moment, he considered going back inside. But he told himself he was going to do this, so he would. For integrating into society again. For Reigen. He took another step, gripping the clear umbrella like a lifeline. And another, his heart beating like a drum in his chest. He finally set a pace for himself, making his way down the street, trying his best to ignore the stares he was sure were coming his way.

The store wasn’t too far away, but he felt as though he had ran a marathon by the time he got there. It’s just a bit longer, he told himself. Just a bit longer. He took a deep breath before entering.

Shrill music played faintly in the distance, heightening his anxiety. The fluorescent lights made him feel even less welcome.

As he walked further in, he made a mental checklist of what he needed. Meat, rice, some vegetables… Eggs would be nice. And they were low on cooking oil, weren’t they?

He hummed as he gathered ingredients. As he wandered the isles, he spotted a bag of the chocolates Reigen always got. That would be nice after a long day of work, right? He was so focused on retrieving it that he didn’t notice the person in his trajectory.

“Ouch!”

A loud crash.

He got up, gathering his ingredients. He did not bother to look at the other person’s face before bowing profusely, his powers bubbling beneath his skin as his anxiety rose.

“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, so sorry,” he said repeatedly, holding back tears.

“Woah, woah, it’s fine, you don’t need to apologize so much,” an unfamiliar voice hushed him. He looked up to see a young boy in a gakuran. Did he go to the same school as Kageyama?

When Serizawa didn’t respond, the boy continued, “just watch where you’re going. Geez,” before patting him on the shoulder and moving on.

He stood there for a few moments, breathing in and out. Right. It’s fine. Nothing is wrong. It’s fine. He hasn’t hurt anyone. (Yet.)

He continued silently, only talking to the cashier on his way out when it was necessary, and then excused himself from the store. Why was this so hard? He could talk to Kageyama, and he could be around the others at school. But it was just the walk home, now. Just a few city blocks, no interaction required. Just a while longer. Just a while longer. Just a whi -

A distant shriek interrupted his thoughts. His head filled with static, but he immediately jumped into action, running towards the source of it. Who was it? Who?

He twisted through streets and alleys, his groceries trailing behind him as he tried to find whoever had screamed. He needed to help them.

He could hear the blood rushing through his ears when he arrived at a young woman crying for help, being cornered by a giant wolf-like monster.

An evil spirit.

“Ah, just, hang on, you’ll be okay,” he shouted to the lady, lifting his hand to use his powers.

This, however, caught the spirit’s attention, who turned to him, bearing its teeth and lunging at him. He swiftly dodged, and it crashed face first into a building. He winced at the sound, but took the opportunity to wrap the creature in his powers, lifting it up before closing his hand into a fist, crushing it. It made one more strangled yowl before disappearing into nothing.

He breathed a sigh of relief. He noticed the young lady approaching him, and he mustered up a smile.

“You saved me,” she said, “thank you.”

“It’s no problem,” he replied, taking a bashful bow.

She smiled sweetly at him. “Still, it means a lot. Well… You’d ought to head home, Serizawa,” she said.

“Yes,” he agreed, hoisting his groceries back up into his arms.

He walked away, not noticing the girl fading away into a blue light. It took him a minute before he realized what had just happened.

He had gone out in public, without Reigen, used his powers, and no one got hurt! In fact, he saved someone! And when he talked to them, he didn’t even stutter! Giddy, he ran the rest of the way home, not caring if anyone saw him.

When Reigen got home, he was greeted by the wonderful scent of home cooked curry.

“Wow, you’ve really outdone yourself this time, Katsuya,” he said after stuffing his face with the beef and vegetables.

“Thank you,” Serizawa replied, meekly. “Um… A-Arataka, can I tell you something?”

Reigen beamed when the other finished recounting the story.

“I’m so proud. Your power level has grown so much! All by yourself, huh? Don’t push yourself too much, though,” he said, hugging his boyfriend close, who was laughing.

“There’s one thing I don’t get, though.”

“Hm?” Serizawa murmured.

“How did that lady know your name?”

Serizawa blinked dumbly.

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sambart93 · 7 years

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Hakumyu Tag Game!

From allyyyyy0619. Ever since Harada-hen many people were discussing about Hakumyu in many social medias. And I had this thought of creating a hakumyu tag game (yes it’s pretty random xD) Actually if anyone has seen something like this that has been done before pls let me know and I’ll probably just delete this xD. Alright, here are some questions and have fun! :D

1. Which musical was the first that you have watched? Your impressions on the overall production?

I’m pretty sure I went in order so the first one for me was obviously Saitou-Hen. I’ve had a strange relationship with HakuMyu. I watched Saito - Shinsengumi Kitan within the space of like two weeks so it’s all mashed together in my mind. I only just recently did a proper rewatch of the entire series where I took my time on each stage. It’s clearly obvious to see the massive production value step up they’ve had over the years. I’ve always enjoyed the songs though; the songs have always been top-notch. Naturally some dodgy casting choices also but we can forgive them because the overall product is great fun even if it’s a ‘rip out your heart and feels’ kind of fun.

2. Which musical is your favourite in terms of the song performances and why?

3. Which musical is your favourite in terms of the storyline and why?

I’m putting two and three together because it’s the same answer for me: Harada-Hen.

Just putting it out there. I’ve only seen two HakuMyus in person (Live 2 and HaradaHen) and they are definitely my favourite two. Harada-Hen was this MASSIVE change and step up. It’s phenomenal how different the entire production is in Harada-Hen.

Also with the previous HakuMyus I struggle to get past the half way point without wanting/needing to turn it off and take a break from it. Not because they’re boring just because I naturally can’t watch a full stage in one sitting at home. I’ve gotten into the habit of turning stages off at the half way point and leaving the rest til the next day. So I naturally get fidgety and stuff now after about an hour and I have to say that’s MY fault and just ruining my own enjoyment of stages xD I’m weird okay...

But I saw HaradaHen FOUR times (and in the flesh) and was not bored at all in fact I hated when we got to the break so it’s definitely a special HakuMyu to me/ Same with Live 2.

Also can I get the CD of all the songs from HaradaHen asap?! Seriously the songs this time around were all amazing! I easily accepted all the new songs straight away!

AND we finally got a proper happy ending in HaradaHen too so it wins int erms of story for happy endings xD

4. Which musical is your least favourite in terms of the song performances and why?

I’ve been relistening to the soundtracks constantly recently trying to figure out which are best and such, and let me tell you: the OkitaHen songs and soundtrack is SO bad!

Usually I delete songs if I don’t like them one-by-one on my iPhone and seriously I think my OkitaHen album has only about 3 songs left in it, all the others (Hijikata-Hen, Live, Saito-Hen etc.) are still full albums on my iPhone xD just OkitaHen songs, just no.

5. Which musical is your least favourite in terms of the storyline and why?

HA this one is easy: Kazama-Hen. Without getting too hatey - Chizuru is a fucking dumb bitch iwho is responsible for everyone’s deaths and unhappiness in this one. I am never rewatching Kazama-Hen just because of how ANGRY her and her choices make me in this one.

6. The musical that you didn’t initially love, but has/have grown on you?

Pretty much all of them? First time around they were all just one big mush but rewatching them for a second time, I’ve started seeing their differences and each one’s charm. But the biggest surprise... Reimeiroku. First time around I was like ‘wtf we need this?!’ and then the second time around I got to know Serizawa more and realised he had this whole disease and stuff going on and I was immediately totally into it!

7. Original or latest casts?

LATEST! Seriously, after Harada-Hen my ranking has changed completely! Before HaradaHen I was like ‘NO ONE can surpass Shuuto as Shinpachi! NO ONE! He is perfect!’ and then I left HaradaHen and was like ‘Shuuto who? He got nothing in Fukuyama!’ xD and we all know my deep dislike for 2nd Gen Shinsengumi like Shohei and RenRen (not the actors themselves but as the HakuMyu characters). I am SO in love with Fukuyama, Tsubasa and Naya as their HakuMyu characters <3 they’re perfect.

8. Live 1 or Live 2?

LIVE 2!!!!!!!! << I’m MakiChan bias and we got to see him shirtless and it was my first HakuMyu in the flesh so yeah, LIVE 2!!!

9. Favourite actors/characters?

Do I even need to answer this?

10. Actor/actress whom you think has the best vocal skills?

Ooooh this one is a juicy question... I’ve actually enjoyed Kikuchi Mika, Fujikoso Yumi and Isobe Karin as Chizuru, but the best...

Actor would be naturally either Yazaki or Shougo

Actress would be... I’m going to stay bias and say Karin <3 I freaking love her and her arrangement was a little different to previous Myus too which was interesting. After Karin then Yumi me thinks.

11. Actor/actress whom you think did the best in bringing out the character into life

Oh jesus this one is hard... The actor who straight away nailed their character I think is Fukuyama Shoudai and Ikeda Junya. Everyone else seemed to take about 2 or 3 Myus to really understand their character. MakiChan is almost there, Gaku finally got it down this time around. Even Yazakai and Shougo took a few Myus to get their characters just right also.

12. HIjikata,Souji,Saito or Harada,Shinpachi,Heisuke?

This is interesting... I’m going to the San Bakas just because my deep deep hate for Hijikata is never going to go, sorry Okita xD -- Yes, I HATE Hijikata! Always have, always will! Come at me!

13. Favourite minor character?

What do we class as Minor? DOES YAMAZAKI COUNT?! IF SO THEN:

YAAAMMMMAAAAZZZAAAKKKIII!!!!

14. Favourite Shinsengumi member?

As in character or actor bias?

Character: Yamazaki. FOR-E-VA!

Actor Bias: MakiChan as Okita <3 and Fukuyama as Shinpachi <3

15. Favourite demon character?

Shi

16. Favourite Chizuru?

I already answered this: Karin

17. The actors/characters that you didn’t initially love, but has/have grown on you?

Fukuyama Shoudai and Kizu Tsubasa. I had like NO opinion of them after and during Live 2 but thanks to the DVD release event and HaradaHen, I am so in love with them as their characters!

18. Least favourite actors/characters? Why?

I already mentioned this too: Second Gen Saito and Heisuke. Shohei and RenRen are perfectly fine actors, but they were just NOT suitable for these roles and characters. Espceially when you compare them to Ryo, Naya, Ikeda and Tsubasa. AND we can all agree was Hide’s Hijikata was a mistake too, right?

19. Favourite solo song?

PAINT IT BLOOD!!

20. Favourite duet?

This is hard... Okita x Saito? I think it’s called We are the power or something?

21. Favourite group song?

The new group song from HaradaHen - I don’t know the title. They sing it twice in Part One though. And Kinniku Love will always be in my heart.

22. Which Yaisa! is the best?

I’m so confused as to what this means... Do you mean the opening or the ending song? All Yaisas are amazing.

23. The songs that you didn’t initially love, but has/have grown on you?

Chizuru’s Yoiyami no Machi -- I am so in love with this son! Any time it comes on I try my bloody hardest to sing it even though I’m tone deaf xD

Kazama’s Itsuka Makotoni is a great song too! I didn’t like it so much at first but I love the Hijikata version with Chizuru’s screaming and shouting in it xD

Also the new Eating song from Shinsengumi Kitan I HATED at first but now I love doing the little dance bob along with the cast and stuff. It’s no drinking song or kinniku love but it’s fun xD

24. Which production are you most looking forward to?

One where Yamazaki doesn’t die xD

Also I really want Yamazaki-Hen and Shinpachi-Hen SO LONG as TakaChan and Shoudai are the leads.

25. What does Hakumyu means to you?

Oh this is difficult. I haven’t even been in this fandom one year yet! I guess I’m only just starting to figure out what HakuMyu is to me. I mean it has things I love: It’s a musical, it has some of my (now) fav actors in, it’s got demons, it has both amazing feelings and also rip your heart out feelings. I think the main charm of HakuMyu is that although it’s technically an awful story, they make it fun and enjoyable and you enjoy going through that pain with the characters and every time the stages are a little different and the songs (we all know) are amazing. But yeah.. I’m still figuring out what it means to me. Definitely HaradaHen 10000% captured the real and true heart of Hakuouki for me personally.

I personally tag @coffee-scramble and @masayume85

Alright! I’m Done!

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