Glad to be know I am not the only one simping on Hiromi ( I mean Junya)
Lmao putting everything under a cut so I don't embarrass people with my gushing and simping
Tbf age-wise he's kinda my only choice? Junya's the only one close to my age (he's about 2 years older than me), while everyone else is way too young for my tastes lol XD
For real, I got super attached to Hiromi over the series. I think the moment I really went "Oh no, I really like him" was that scene of him standing at attention, face completely deadpan... and saying he finds Lovekov adorable. It was just so... unexpectedly cute and endearing.
That's how it always starts- I watch toku, I get attached to a tokuboy, then I start simping for the actor. Some of my mutuals can attest to this, the ones who've been following me since my Sento/Acchan and Shoutaro/Renn simping days XD
Plus, Junya's just a really good actor. He can do both the heavy drama scenes like in Dear Gaga, the off-the-wall-insane comedy scenes like in the Hyper Battle DVD and everything in between. He manages to have great chemistry with anyone he shares a scene in, from his gaga to the secondary Rider to a snake mascot demon. He can make that line of his sound ("I will lay down my life...") completely sincere yet utterly badass.
It's actually surprising how Kamen Rider got someone like him and managed to make him shine in everything they put him in.
This recent slew of episodes with him in the thick of the action actually got me to start writing fic again, after like a half year of being burnt out. And yes, most of that is shipfic (and smutty ones at that), but still. He's the reason I wrote 8.5k in one week.
Also I would die over and over again just to listen to his heavenly voice in the soundtrack. I'm so glad they gave him a solo piece, even if I end up ugly-crying at work listening to Without You.
the obscure tokuboy of the day is: Ogon Bat or Golden Bat from Ogon Bat (1966)
for those who don’t know: this the second film adaptation of the first Japanese superhero, also one of the first superheroes in general (predating superman) and first tokusatsu hero. Golden Bat was created in 1931 for the kamishibai (paper theater) and had the first live action adaptation in 1950 (four years before Godzilla) that is sadly lost to history. There’s a great video about him on yt if you want to learn more
i have neither the skill nor the patience to draw it right now but since today is apparently the day for cute tokuboys in thigh high stockings may i offer up the pleasant mental image of noel takao in LACE thigh highs