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fuckyeahgakuenheaven · 5 years

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*flops over* IT’S BEEN A BUSY DAY. I finally finished the fic that’s been making me question all my abilities as a writer, and I edited the FINAL GAKUEN HEAVEN 2 SHORT STORY.

Yeah, that’s right, this is the LAST (printed) short story for GH2 that we haven’t shared yet! There are still some preorder mini dramas, the translations of which are already in the works! :D

ANYWAY! Here’s the lovely Takato/Yuki story from Hot Hot Winter Heaven, the Comiket 87 GH/GH2 book. Seriously, Takato always gets THE BEST writing and I’m almost pissed on behalf of the other characters, lol. :D

THIS STORY CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR TAKATO’S ROUTE!

An Extravagant Day Off

Umm. After all, I got the feeling it was different when it came to books.

I had gotten lost in reading the new volume of ZombieChan that went on sale recently, and before I knew it, it was time for roll-call. Even after curfew, I turned on the bedside light and got absorbed in reading the rest of the book. ZombieChan was always so interesting. I knew the story since I'd been allowed to read the manuscript, but I still ended up crying at the same parts.

Still, it was strange. What part of Takato-san had this story come from? As I was thinking about it, I heard a soft knock.

"Asahina, may I come in?"

It was Takato-san! I hurriedly opened the door and Takato-san was standing in the darkened hallway, dressed casually. Maybe he'd just showered, since his hair was a bit wet.

"...May I come in?"

That low whisper was, to put it simply, that sort of invitation.

At my small nod, Takato-san slipped inside. He closed the door behind himself, and after locking it, his gaze stopped at the bed.

"I was just reading."

"...Is that so?" Takato-san's face relaxed into a faint smile. "This is perfect. Asahina, will you accompany me for a bit this weekend? We'll go carousing using the royalties."

Carousing? I tilted my head at the unfamiliar word.

"Let's have a night on the town. It's all my treat."

"Huh!? Is that okay!?"

"Of course. I want to have a good time with you."

A date with Takato-san. And one with carousing. I couldn't refuse. At my deep nod, Takato-san smiled an unusually happy smile and embraced me.

~~~

And so, on Saturday, once classes were over, Takato-san and I left the school island and went directly downtown.

"Let's start with shopping for clothes," Takato-san said and took me into a specialty store with an all-glass shop front. The inside was quiet with Western music playing softly, and the slightly mature atmosphere made me excited. The subdued colors of the shirts and jackets on display gave them a very different look from the clothes I was currently wearing.

Oh, but this t-shirt might be nice. I causally picked up the shirt that had caught my eye and glanced at the price.

...I wish I hadn't looked. It said 30,000 yen.

I drew back my hand in a panic, and behind me Takato-san was also looking at the shirts. But unlike me, who was flustered, he looked as calm as ever. "Asahina, how do you like this shirt?"

"I don't know..." I was scared by the prices and didn't feel comfortable shopping in a place like this. Well, everything I was wearing from coat to shoes, altogether it was about 10,000 yen.

"Did you forget? Today we're out carousing."

"But..."

If I was going to pay 30,000 yen for something, I'd rather go ten times to all-you-can-eat yakiniku.

"Asahina."

I flinched and Takato-san's expression suddenly softened.

"I want to get closure."

"Closure?"

"Yes. The new volume that just came out is the last novel I wrote before we started dating. The one I wrote when I was desperate to keep my mother and myself from being consumed," Takato-san replied, lowering his eyes slightly.

What feelings were going through his mind? But he didn't put it into words and just smiled.

"It's all in the past now. So I want to spend this money foolishly. Please allow me dress you up the way I like and go on a date with you."

It was like playing at My Fair Lady. Takato-san smiled. That self-deprecating smile made something suddenly click.

"Alright! Then, I won't think about the money. Instead, let's make nice memories."

"That's the spirit."

Anyway, it looked like my answer was correct. This time, Takato-san's smile was genuine. "...Let's go here next."

As he spoke with the sales staff, Takato-san picked out clothes for me one after another. First I tried on a British style outfit. The slim fitted suit looked really sharp and even I looked mature in it.

"But it's not quite playful enough."

We switched to a shop with slightly more casual clothes. I tried on all sorts of things like street style, designer fashions, and we finally settled on refined casual.

With the clothes decided, now we needed shoes. Now that it's winter, let's make it boots, Takato-san said, and picked out some narrow short boots. Next was a bag and a watch. Once we had bought some accessories like a scarf, we headed toward a salon where Takato-san had made an appointment.

We went inside the stylish shop which had a unified monotone color scheme and the male stylist asked what would you like today? But I didn't know what hairstyle would be good, so I answered, "Please make it something that goes with these clothes!"

He took a good long look at my clothing from head to toe and nodded promisingly, "Okay!"

Two hours later. I stood in front of a mirror, but I was like a different person.

"Not bad." The stylist seemed satisfied with the outcome after an uphill battle styling my wiry hair, but I wasn't used to new clothes or a different hairstyle, and I couldn't stop feeling anxious.

"Are you done over there too?" I turned around at the voice and saw Takato-san standing there. His bangs which were always up were now falling naturally. Maybe it was because of that, or because of the clothes, but Takato-san seemed different too. It felt like seeing each other reflected in the mirror got us both excited, like we were a couple on a proper date and it was embarrassing.

"It really suits you. You look cute." Takato-san placed his hand on my shoulder and whispered in my ear while pretending to look at the mirror.

~~~

"Was it a successful mission?"

"Even better than I expected."

Once the discomfort I had at first with the unfamiliar hairstyle disappeared, I felt it really suited me. And if Takato-san thought it wasn't bad, then I was really satisfied.

Takato-san had used the word closure. The guilt he harbored about his mother, his disappointment with reality, if he could put those in the past, I wanted to help him however I could. Looking back, this would be a nice memory, the way Takato-san wanted.

And this game. I'd started to enjoy it.

"Come on, let's go. Next is your long-awaited dinner."

"Woohoo!" I set off down the street, led by Takato-san. Suddenly, someone tapped me on the shoulder from behind.

"Hey, excuse me, do you have a minute?" A man held out a business card as I blinked at him. "As you can see, I'm an agent. Would you like to try modelling?"

"Oh, no! No thanks!!" I flusteredly ran off in surprise. Takato-san was stopped a little ahead of me and I rushed up to him. "Ah, that startled me. What does he mean, modelling...?"

"What does it say on the card?"

The card I received had the name of a men's fashion magazine even I was familiar with. Did that mean something like amateur modelling? It was impossible. No one had ever said anything like that to me. "...These clothes are awesome," my true feelings unconsciously slipped out. This had to be because of the clothes and hair.

But Takato-san's brows drew together as if I'd said something upsetting. "No, it's not because of the clothes. It's because you're handsome, Asahina."

"Haha. No way," I laughed without thinking. Me, handsome. No matter how infatuated he was, that wasn't true.

"No, it's just hard to see because of your expression and bearing, but you have an attractive face."

"Don't you mean Kuya-san?"

"No, well, Kuya is the same way... but I'm talking about you."

"Takato-san, you need better glasses. Anyway, if we're talking about handsome, I think you're more handsome than me."

"Good grief, you need glasses too."

It didn't look like Takato-san would ever change his mind, but that's how I felt. I thought the word handsome fit people with faces like Joker-san and Kuya-san.

"Then let me put it another way. ...To me, your face is beautiful. It's just the sort I like."

"Ugh..." He said that so calmly right to my face, so I didn't know how I should react. It was the first time in my life someone told me they liked my face.

But, oh. So Takato-san liked my face. My cheeks grew warm and even my ears started to tingle.

"One of things that's interesting about you is how you get embarrassed."

"Normally, anyone would get embarrassed being told they're beautiful and you like their face."

"There's also the common reaction of getting angry because you think I just like your appearance."

"That may be true, but I'm embarrassed."

"You're so innocent."

"Well, excuse me."

"I like that about you too."

Ugh... Takato-san's attack power was high as usual. I turned away my reddened face and a soothing voice meant to cheer me up drifted to my ears. "We're here. This is the restaurant."

The restaurant had a facade that looked just like an art museum. The restaurant's name was written in small elegant letters on the snow-white wall and there was nothing else apart from a silver door. The theme was white inside the restaurant too, with a very simple interior. Only the inside was spacious, with a very high ceiling. I could tell at a glance that this was a high-class restaurant.

I still felt intimidated when we were shown to our table. I was looking forward to delicious food, but I still was a bit uncomfortable. But the moment I saw the appetizer placed on the table, that feeling was swept away. It was food so beautiful I'd never seen anything like it. The two small fried fish filets on the clear plate were arranged just as if they were swimming. Snow was represented by pure white mousse. It looked more like art than food. And it was really delicious. With just one bite, I felt like I had awakened, like something would erupt from the crown of my head.

I couldn't care less about how this place was high class, and how we were a little out of place. The world was as one before such deliciousness.

"It's awesome, it's awesome, Takato-san. Everything they bring out is so delicious it's like a dream come true!"

The abalone, whole chicken, and ham consomme soup was clear and sparkling, but the moment I put it in my mouth, the complex and rich flavor filled my whole body. The dish of foie gras with strawberries was rich, but I felt refreshed by the tartness of the fruit and it was delicious like nothing I'd ever eaten before.

"I'm in heaven..." I murmured in ecstasy and the corners of Takato's eyes crinkled with a soft smile.

"Yes, indeed."

"The horsemeat carpaccio was delicious too."

"The dressing was the best."

"It was! The parts with the walnuts inside were so fragrant and it went amazingly well with the meat..."

Eating delicious food with the person I loved, telling each other it was delicious, this was truly the awesomest luxury. Long live carousing!

It was too delicious and I ended up gushing about how impressed I was to the waiter who brought the main meat course. As we finished the course, the waiter brought a man in a chef's coat.

"I'm very happy you enjoyed it."

Was this man the chef-owner!? I was surprised but happy, since I wanted to show him my feelings of gratitude. And so I ardently went on and on about how delicious it was, far more than I told the waiter before. I thought he hadn't understood my feelings, but the chef smiled brightly and gave an instruction to the waiter.

"Bring the special dessert for my charming guest."

The special dessert was truly special. It was cake and ice cream magnificently decorated with various fruit.

"I'm astonished."

I leaned forward at Takato-san's murmur in a rare enchanted tone. "Me too. This special dessert is really amazing!"

"No, by you."

"Me?"

"Yes. By your enthusiasm. By your energy to move people. I find that part of you truly irresistible."

Unexpectedly, the eyes behind the glasses narrowed with passion. At that moment, I felt like the background colors had instantly faded. Only Takato-san's gaze, no longer hiding a sexual tinge, was extremely vivid. Suddenly, Takato-san extended his hand. The fingertips that reached across the table touched my lips. "There's cream on you."

There was a little whipped cream on the fingers which moved away. My eyes followed the white cream in a daze and in front of me, Takato-san's tongue stretched out to lick the cream off his own fingers. I got a peek of his red tongue. That crude gesture was extremely erotic. A shiver ran down my spine and I unconsciously lowered my eyes.

"By the way, Asahina. Shall we end dinner now?" Takato-san's voice was low. I was sure I already knew what came after those words. "Of course, we'll be staying at a hotel after this."

Saying 'shall we go?', Takato-san offered me his hand across the table. I could see his fingers at the edge of my vision and with a small nod, I took his hand with the knowing look of an accomplice.

FIN.

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sambart93 · 7 years

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2017.05.12 Touken Ranbu Stage DVD Release Event Tokyo Round Two

When I walked into the theatre they had the giant cardboard prints of the characters at the front and everyone was lining up to take pictures <3 We could also take shots of the title screen ^_^

I was row 19 on the first floor which is about 3 from the back and the upstairs was full too!

The seating went (L - R): Kento, DaiChan, Naya, Hide, Suzuki, MakiChan, Seto, Shiina, TonChan

So lets break it down by the different Corners/Segments they had:

1. CORNER ONE: KODAWARI SCENE

How would you even translate ‘Kodawari’? It means so many things... It’s like the one scene they each specifically liked, and they had to choose a scene they were in. If it had been me I would’ve been like ‘I hate watching myself so I picked a scene that I love that I’m not in’ xD but I guess they HAD to choose? I imagine some of them don’t like watching themselves perform...right?

Suzuki: The Opening when he says ‘Hajimeyo’

He spoke about how when doing the rehearsals the first time and when he did the ‘hajimeyo!’ he didn’t really get it but as soon as Shonichi came and he did it and felt the audience’s presence, he felt just how powerful those words are. MakiChan being the sabotager he is was like ‘it’s the one line you can’t mess up. What if you were like ‘Touken Ranbu haji-ha-ah-HAJIMEYO!’ then you’ve ruined the entire play’ xD

Kento: His fight

I watched this scene like I’d never seen it before, I was like ‘what’s this?! I haven’t seen this scene before! Ohhh he’s so pretty! Wow this fighting style is great!’. Obviously it’s on the DVD but clearly I’ve never paid proper attention to anything in TouStage that isn’t Makichan or Fudou pretty much xD also I still have Someya’s fighting scenes like BURNED in my mind still xD I’ve seen the Shoen like ten times more than the Saien.. maybe I should rewatch it tonight... but yeah I was totally mesmerized by the clip Kento showed... he looked so pretty and it looked so good... this is the downfall of BUYING BRs but not having a laptop with a BluRay HD quality display.... I miss all this prettiness. Kento mentioned that before this he hadn’t done any fighting scenes or choreography so he would practise with Seto, especially because they were the newbies in the group.

Naya: His entrance in the beginning

Naya’s scene was when Kosetsu is fighting and Saya slides in from the top stage and I admit it’s pretty cool xD he also spoke about how the stage in Galaxy Theatre is really bouncy so when he would jump down he would bounce up again a little but in the theatre in Osaka the floor wasn’t bouncy so it took him some time to get used to.

DaiChan: Sugie and DaiChan’s duet

DaiChan wanted to show this because (he explains) in the shoen him and Sugie sang together but when it came to the Saien they both realised they couldn’t really keep in time and their styles of singing are very different so they decided to split it apart. He said fans were wondering why they suddenly weren’t singing together so here he explained why.

Hide: His solo fight

When his character had shinken’d and all the guys (started by Aramaki and TonChan and Shiina), everytime he had a close up, were like ‘Wooooo! wooooow! Oooooooh!’ and then everyone joined in HAA and MakiChan was like ‘kakkoii! // so cool!’, especially towards the end of the scene where Souza does the multiple sword swings in high speed at once. Hide said he saw MakiChan’s Manba’s fighting style and wanted to add a bit of it into his style during the saien. Also he mentioned how MakiChan practises fighting choreography in front of the mirror a lot xD

2. CORNER TWO: DICE GAME

They had a bunch of different topic they had to talk about or do depending on what number the dice landed on and three of the numbers would give one of the audience members a chance to win a complete signed TouStage Staff T-Shirt (like this one vvv)

And Naya was the one who landed on one of those numbers and a girl on the second floor won it ^_^ lucky her. The TouStage TShirts are so awesome(!)

Other things they landed on were mainly things like ‘Tell us a story from your Osaka shows’ or ‘tell us a story from keiko/rehearsals’ etc so stuff like:

Hide admitted he’s never cooked in his life until they did it for the DVD and the guys were like ‘even cup ramen?’ and he’s like ‘no, I eat out. I never cook at home even though I have all the kitchen utensils’ and they were like ‘what a rich kid’ xD

DaiChan has a habit of waiting for his coworkers just off stage and hugging them when they come off xD

Yuusuke spoke about what it was like with him and Kento only being the newbies and they spent a lot of time together and it was hard for Seto to get to know the rest of the cast because they were already all so close and it wasn’t until the performances actually started that he got to know them all.

Another one was ‘I Have Some Big News!’ which they landed on and MakiChan was like ‘well not for me but for US! We have a Backstage DVD coming out July 19th!’ and everyone clapped and then the MC was like ‘you weren’t suppose to tell everyone yet! Now you’ve ruined our final corner!’ and MakiChan was like ‘oh... sorry?’ xD

3. CORNER THREE: GESTURE GAME (with Items)

This was the same as what they did for the first dvd event you can see the digest of it on the Saiene DVD xD) but this time they had to gestures while holding and using items too! So we had things like fishing nets and plungers and recorders xD it was very, very funny but more difficult this time I think. It was very funny and absolutely ridiculous. But MakiChan’s team won by like DOUBLE the points xD I was super impressed that MakiChan improvised and opened the recorder when he had to gesture ‘Lipstick/lipgloss’ xD

The losing team had to do a bastu/punishment game and it was ‘The Pose that represents my life’ or something similar. The four losers did these flamboyant ridiculous posts like they were from Sailor Moon xD It was TonChan, Hiroki (<< these two I remember because I focused on them), and I think Shiina and Yuuske.

4. CORNER FOUR: NEW DVD!

Finally(!) They announced the Backstage and Higawari DVD, due out. Preorder here and here, here and here. But because MakiChan had already spoiled this, the MC was like ‘you gotta do it again’ so without his mic MakiChan yelled it out to the entire crowd ‘WE HAVE A BACKSTAGE DVD OUT JULY 19TH! I’M SORRY I SPOILED IT BEFOREHAND! PLEASE BUY IT!’ xD

They previewed and showed some of it to the audience and all the cast turned around and was like ‘we wanna see it too!’. When they moved most of them turned their chairs around, but DaiChan kept his chair straight towards the audience and just turned his body around to face the screen. MakiChan just sat on the chair backwards so naturally and looked really sexy and we got a good butt shot. TonChan and Shiina put their chairs together and then Shiina put his head on TonChan while TonChan put his arm around him, and MakiChan was next to them like ‘what’s this?! What’s going on?! You’re a couple?!’, they didn’t really react, they were just like ‘....yeah why not...’ xD

During the preview they showed Sugie doing a crane dance backstage just before he had to go on during the opening, and everyone in the room was dying of laughter and DaiChan was like ‘why isn’t Sugie here to see this?!’ xD

They showed us one of the higawaris too where everyone pretty much got up and left MakiChan on his own on stage like ‘guys? ... guys?!?!?!’ xD

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Some other comments and moments I remember but not sure exactly where they were in the event:

Naya is ADORABLE! I cannot cope with him seriously! And he KNOWS he’s cute and he’ll be EXTRA cute on purpose <3

Naya, DaiChan and Kento came on with Fudou makeup and had red cheeks. When they came on, DaiChan asked ‘can people at the back SEE the red/pink on our faces? We’re Fudou!’ and everyone could see xD

DaiChan legit said Seto Koji instead of Seto Yuusuke and I absolutely died of laughter. I think he 10000% said it by accident rather than purposely. He got so much shit from everyone, and me loving D-Boys and Seto Koji was right at the back PISSING myself and laughing so hard that I had to put my hand over my mouth. I was giggling over it for AGES.

I really, really love the way Suzuki presents himself and how he talks and everything.

I also really like how fast DaiCha talks like he’s on speed. He’s a super fast talker but I magically understood everything he said ^_^

Just before the second show, MakiChan did Naya’s hair but the stylist had to redo it for him afterwards. MakiChan said look forward to seeing what style I gave him on twitter later:

TonChan spent the entire time hardly lifting the mic to his mouth and everyone could still hear. At one point MakiChan turned around and said ‘Even your voice is so loud (in Japanese he used ‘dekai/big’ which can be used for both height and volume) that you don’t need a mic!’, and TonChan is like ‘yup!’ xD

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Sorry if this is too MakiChan centric for some people but you must know my bias is MakiChan by now mwahahaha i loved his cardigan at the event...

Anyway hope you enjoyed it!

#touken ranbu #touken danshi #tousute #toustage #touken ranbu stage #naya takeru #horise daisuke #suzuki hiroki #aramaki yoshihiko #yoshihiko aramaki #kento #sugie taishi #higashi keisuke #seto yuusuke #shiina taizo #review #dvd release event

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The holiday weekend – Black Friday through Cyber Monday – has decimated our stock, the local post office and, potentially, my marriage. My wife has been fulfilling orders around the clock for four straight days now. Cruel and unusual? Maybe a little. But she’s getting two meals per day and adequate hydration.

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The First Joel

They are in-stock! They have also been shipping out since Monday, with at least two carloads going out today. That’s the good news. The bad news is that when our stock showed up on Saturday, part of a full 26-box shipment, the printer, for reasons unknown to sane humans, used the wrong size screen on shirts sizes large and up, which led to the following series of events:

Me, open box and immediately notice that the print size looked like a hand stamp in the middle of a super-soft, warm sweatshirt

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Most t-shirts and hoodies will be going out next week, as noted on the product pages.

Questions:

When do new orders ship?

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Is Christmas in jeopardy?

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