Ad-Live 2022 [Night Session] - Chiba
Premise:
Producer named Jin (Shimazaki) is tasked with ensuring the success of live advertisements, but doesn't have the data to do so.
Blade (Enoki) is a man with a cursed “disease”, whereby his genitals have morphed into a sword. He’s looking for way to cure himself, to get back to his wife ‘Saya’.
Aramaton (Aramaki) is a man dressed in a sheep plush hoodie, who keeps asking if people “remember him”. His intentions are unclear.
Suzumura is the higher-up who checks on them.
Jin must enlist in the help of these two to achieve at least 30% viewership in the advertisement broadcasts, in order to keep the studio in money for making Jin’s favourite anime show about “Magical Galaxy Girl Desuko”, and to prevent the "higher-ups" from killing them.
Official preview video [here] / Day Session [here]
Some Funny parts & Ending below cut!
[ KEYS: E = Enoki Junya / N = Shimazaki Nobunaga / M = Aramaki Yoshihiko (or Mackey) / S = Suzumura Kenichi ]
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M: your name is Omata Blade? (stares intently)
N: Oi why are you making fun of people's names?
E: What about you, dressed like that?
M: I was doing nothing outside the studio when I was brought in as an extra.
E: That's not a costume anyone loiters in...
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(every time E sheathes/unsheathes his “sword”)
N: That's such a good sound!
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S: (squints at M, E) Actually, what's wrong with you two?
E: (ad-lib cue) Just as you would imagine.
S: NEVER IN MY LIFE COULD I IMAGINE SOMETHING LIKE THIS! ESPECIALLY YOU!
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M: (takes giant spoon prop between legs to match E's "disease") Now that we match, we look like a unit don't we?
E: (touched) I'm so happy! This is the first time I feel understood!
(hug and accidentally poke each other with “swords”)
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S: (tries to style them)
E: Oh lemme try this on. (puts coat over sword)
(everyone piles on coats excessively to hide E's sword)
E: No stop! My identity is being erased!
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(advertising products, E and M have sword fight with their respective *ahem* props)
E: These amazing products can even make music!
S: (frantic whispering from sidelines, RIP head producer) STOP STOP STOP!
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N: We have to attain 30% viewership to save Desuko's show!
M, E: Who's Desuko?
S: (rushes to them) No no no no no!
N: (simp mode activated) DESUKO IS THE BEST MAGICAL SPACE GALAXY GIRL IN THE UNIVERSE, HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW?!
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Just E jabbing at everything with his sword -- including N's face on a poster
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(Advertisement viewership = 5%)
M: Well, this is kinda mine and E's fault...
E: Yes, we're very sorry for the trouble we've caused.
M: In fact, N did an excellent job portraying the magical girl character!
S: (bursts in) WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? 5% ONLY?!!!
M,E: (points to blame N immediately) It's this guy's fault!
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M: (threatening) I’m looking for the person who ate my dear friend Aramaton.
E: Aren't you "Aramaton"?
M: No, that's the name of my pet sheep.
E:??????
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N: (enthusing about job) What exactly is “entertainment”?
E: It's hurting people for amusement and fun isn't it? [*Enoki PLS]
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M: (threateningly, holding out picture) Do you recognise this sheep?
N: No…
E: (stage whispers, innocently) It’s the delicious one!
M: OI. YOU BASTARD.
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M: (takes out gun for revenge and starts shooting at feet)
S: (jumping so much for his age) WHY ARE THERE UNLIMITED BULLETS?
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M: Revenge on N for eating Aramaton is mine!
E: No, revenge on N for causing this disease is mine!
M: You think you can dodge my *tama (= bullets) ?
E: (dramatically unsheathes) I may not have any *tama (= balls) left, but I'll definitely slice yours!
(Fight like children as the audience laughs wildly)
S: Okay this is actually impressive… Quick! (smacks N) We’ve gotta film this! (starts recording on phone)
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(audience laughing very loudly, echoing sounds)
M: Goodness, what was that?
N: It's probably the voice of the universe!
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N: What happened to Aramaton?
M: (ad-lib cue) Aramaton didn’t pay his rent! Now all my money is gone!
N: You’re not avenging Aramaton for love, but for money?!
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E: I’m going to the toilet.
M: Eh? How’d you go with (points) that?
E: (accidentally bangs sword against door, monotonous) Ah.
N: Isn’t that supposed to be painful???
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N: (during after talk, praises staff for drawing a wonderful poster for the imaginary “Desuko” anime he mentioned)
M: (praises staff for preparing the props, esp the list of people he killed for revenge and the pot)
S: The staff are amazing at their preparation, thank you everyone. But what’s most shocking is that (E’s sword)! He even brought it from home!
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Ending:
(The last 10 minutes were honestly so chaotic; they nearly missed the threads of their stories, but made it back in time.)
The "higher-ups" are an actual superior alien race, monitoring the humans via TV broadcasting. If the broadcast fails, it proves humanity isn't worth it, and everyone will be killed.
Jin is actually an alien who loves anime, and doesn't want to see humanity be destroyed. That's why he's so intent on making TV studios a success.
Aramaton is actually the name of Mackey's character's pet sheep. To avenge the death of Aramaton, Mackey kills a list of people who presumable ate Aramaton at a restaurant.
But, Jin confesses he recognised Aramaton because the sheep wasn't eaten–it was Jin who abducted Aramaton for an alien experiment. Aramaton is still alive.
Blade is not blade. "Saya" is not his wife. Blade IS Saya.
Mackey unknowingly killed Saya before this event, and Saya was so revengeful that her soul was absorbed into a male alien vessel. The sword as a disease was also fake. Her main aim is to kill Mackey.
Jin is forced to finish the final broadcast, in which he pleads for everyone to forget their grievances and forgive each other, so everyone can move forward. All the characters are moved.
Final push comes from a phone call for Blade/Saya: Let all aliens and humans live in peace together.
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