This isn’t what I’m supposed to be doing right now, but I think it’s important that we all take a moment to reflect on the fact that the climax of the Soul Society Arc B-side took place in socks. (Well, tabi. But SOCKS.)
Discovery of the murdered Council of 46? Socktown.
Dramatic rooftop chase, up to and including shikai release? Still socktown (for all the good it did those tiles, RIP).
They’re not even inside anymore, though I suppose they were all in a hurry. There are some other non-chase rooftop scenes where they’re not wearing sandals, but I’m not sure if the roofs are always an “indoor” sandal-free space or not.
If you had asked me what colour the monkey’s vest is, I would probably had said green. Because that’s what I’m used to seeing, that’s what the most featured productions have, that’s usually what the Monkey Girl in Masquerade wears. Then I started looking into what the individual productions featured, and lo and behold! Red seems just as common for the vest. Now, I’ve always known the Swedish/Danish one wore a red vest, but I thought it was an anormality. Turns out, he’s just one of many.
I think the main division is that the original West End production featured a red vest, and hence also many of the productions to follow in Europe, Australia and Japan. But then green was done for the original Broadway one, and so the US & Canadian productions did green shades. Both shades are in use today.
