CONGRATS ON YOUR MARRIAGE, MAENO!!!

sakechan4ya:

This past AX was my first time attending, and Kami-sama was truly on my side. I was VERY fortunate to have gotten tickets to ALL of Kaji Yuki’s events including the autograph tickets for him and Maeno Tomoaki. 

I am really grateful to my friends that helped me out tremendously and Funimation, Aniplex and Kondasha for making all of this possible as well. Kaji Yuki is the ONLY reason why I came out to AX. It was totally worth it. I am going to break down my time at the con day-by-day. I spotted Daiki, how I meant Kaji-kun and Maeno-san at AX.

Bare with me, this is a really-lengthy post, but I giving a detailed account of my encounters. 

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Thursday July, 5th  

I arrived in L.A. very early Thursday morning. I arrived at the LA convention center around 9 a.m. and the lines to get inside where already wrapped twice around the center. I decided to wait to go in and find my Airbnb instead. Good thing, I waited, because I was able to settle in put down my stuff and finally head over to the con. My Airbnb allows the 420 rule, which being from Texas we have no such laws about smoking Cannabis legally. Thankfully, my hosts where very pleasant and put me up in one of their non-smoking rooms.  

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Daiki-spotting:

While I was hanging out at the Marriott that Thursday, I actually spotted Daiki-san with an entourage. I wasn’t too sure if that was him, but I happened to look down and saw that he had on Deku’s red shoes. Daiki is same-size as Deku. He’s very petite if that’s a good way to put it.

He was on his way out. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend his panel, the Bnh movie premier or his autograph session. Daiki, departed I think either that day or sometime on Friday for Japan. At least I got the chance to see him randomly in real-life.  

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Event one: Aniplex Cell’s at Work talk show. This was inside the event hall and fortunately my friends and I managed to find space in the front, and we got autograph tickets for Maeno Tomaki. The talk show event was more about promoting the anime, for which I hadn’t heard of. They bought out the cosplayers and someone from the production team. As soon as they announced they were giving out the autograph tickets, people started pushing and shoving. They told us if we keep doing that, they WILL NOT give out tickets. I just stood there, and I was handed a ticket. Being patient and quiet seems to pay-off. I was not going to get trampled, after-all.

Day one at AX ended on a great note. I finally got to meet one of my Twitter friends, we spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out. We ended up attending the Boku No Hero Academia Host Club event. We hit up the official Funimation party at Lucky Strike. Free bowling, drinks and appetizers. We spent the rest of the evening drinking, having fun and seiyuu spazzing.

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Friday, July 6th

Kaji-spotting:

Friday was D-day for the both of us. Kaji-kun’s panel and autograph session, in addition to Maeno’s panel and autograph session. We prioritize our respective plans, and decided to meet-up for Kaji’s AOT autograph after both the Seven Deadly Sins, and the Cells at Work panels. A couple hours prior to the 7 deadly sins panel. I decided to head out to the con early, since the event was being held at the Marriott, I headed over there early in the morning. While I was having breakfast and speaking with my mother on the phone. 

I happened to look up and I spotted Kaji-kun. He actually looked over in my direction. I recognized him right away. I was so surprised, that I was trying my best not to see where he was going. As I continued to sit there and mulling over seeing Kaji-kun, he passed by again presumably heading back to his room. I jokingly told my mom that I just spotted the person that I came to the con for and how I resisted the urge to jump over the rails and follow him. She proceeded to tell how I needed to remember that he is not an idol and only a human. Such a mom answer. Lol.

Event one: Seven Deadly Sins panel featuring both Bryce Papenbrook & Kaji Yuki. I sat front-row during this event. Kondasha actually live-tweeted during the panel and you can actually read some of both Bryce’s and Kaji-san’s answers. Kaji-kun was such a delight. He’s so pleasant and very aware of the atmosphere, the environment and the audience. Kaji-kun was very engaging with us the audience. I have watched Kaj-kun in other events, I am really grateful that he didn’t seem uncomfortable speaking mostly via a translator or being around a foreign audience.

I was very shocked at how much English Kaji-kun spoke, his English was actually was clear and concise. He walked into the panel and greeted us all in English. Kondasha are the publishers of the manga, that’s why they live tweeting the event. Funimation staff were the moderators of the event. One of the highlights for me, was the brief live manga reading. We got hear both the English and Japanese readings. Both were great. I do not know much about Bryce Papenbrook at all. I usually watch anime subbed, but I did enjoy AOT in English, but I did not know the English voice actor’s name.

Kaji-kun really has this amazing ability to keep the audience engage while, being cute, flirty all wrapped in this amazing package. He pointed out this awesome Ban cosplayer in the audience. He commented on his cosplay. One of the other highlights was one of the fan questions. A female fan asked Kaji-kun something about who was his favorite.

Kaji-kun hesitated and smiled and said, “Maybe you…?” Everyone swooned. I certainly did :) 

He did go on to answer the question. I must say I really enjoyed that, it was very cute and clever, I’m sure the fan was in complete awe as well. We got to preview a bit of the upcoming season. Overall, it was an awesome panel. Interestingly enough, while I was standing in line, I mentioned how I was only there to see Kaji-kun and the others did not have any idea who I was talking about. Whenever the panel finally started, it honestly felt as-if Bryce received more applaud than Kaji-kun. By no, means am I pointing this out as a bad thing at all. Maybe other die-hard Kaji fans simply couldn’t get into the panel.

In fact, I am happy that the English voice actors are getting much respect and love from fans, because they work extremely hard if not harder than their Japanese counterparts. Both Bryce and Kaji-kun seem to vibe and get along with one another.

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Event two: Attack on Titan autograph session. I was one of the earlier sessions. This was actually the one event that I came at least two hours early for. I was NOT going to miss my chance to see Kaji-san up close and personal.

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Kaji-kun-autograph session:

Once I finally got in line for the autograph session. It was interesting because they had Funimation folks standing in front, making sure that no one snuck in any pictures of photography at all. Needless to say, I was hella nervous. I had my Kaji-bananyas with me. Funimation provided us with the poster for both Bryce and Kaji-san to sign. I was surprised that they actually allowed for us to give them gifts. I handed mines for Kaji-kun over to one of the Funimation staff and they said they would give it to them. I had never meant Bryce before, he was super nice and pleasant.

Kaji-kun was next, he was really happy to see the Kaji-bananyasandhe said “Oh Bananya.” He smiled and said, “Thank you,” in English to me. He had a translator with next to him, in case someone wanted to ask him something. Kaji-kun is so freaking cute and adorable in real-life.

Kaji-san’s signature XD

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Event three: Cells at Work autograph session. I couldn’t indulge into meeting Kaji-san because I had to hurry to Maeno’s autograph session which was in completely different area of the convention center. Once I finally found Maeno’s autograph line, there was a lady standing near it, who directed me over to the line. It was already three other lines filled with people. Thankfully, someone came and we randomly started chatting.

There were many Japanese people in line for Maeno. Obviously, many of them were so happy to meet him. They sadly do not get these chances so in Japan. I’m sure he was taken aback that his fans would come all-the-way from Japan just to meet him. My new friend and I were some of the last people before they cut-off the line for his autograph. Once it was my turn. Those nerves came flaring up again. I actually spoke to Maeno in Japanese, and he replied back in Japanese, lol. It was funny whenever he was signing the Cells at work postcard, I blurted out “すごい.” “suggoii,” he laughed, and I told him thank you and nice meeting you and he thank me too.

Maeno was super nice and sweet too. He looks the same as he does in pictures. He is one of my seiyuu bias. He looked much younger in person I must say. I did not get a chance to attend Maeno’s panel, because it conflicted with the Seven Deadly Sins Panel. Anyone’s who’s been to AX knows how much you have to prioritize what events you want to do. In order to do things at AX you have to plans things out. Being the teacher that I am, I made myself a schedule of all the events, times, dates and the locations and printed out all the tickets of everything. For me, organization is an essential part of my life. 

Friday was hella busy day for me that’s for sure. Friday ended on another great note. My friend and I had separate plans. I headed back over to Funimation’s party at Lucky Strike, they kicked us out for the after-party. I randomly meant this really nice, cute guy and we ended up having dinner together. Later on that night, we ended up back at Lucky strike for the after party. Turns out some of the former Power Rangers were there, took pictures with them and my homie Polo was the dj. Then we got to party it up with both Polo, and Teddyloid. Awesome way to end the day.

I was so lucky not only to attend both Kaji’s panel and get his autograph, but I got to see Kaji-kun before he put on all the make-up and got all dolled-up for his events for the day.

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Saturday, July 7th

Kaji-kun sighting

I didn’t attend any events on Saturday. I couldn’t and refused to try and wallow through all the huge crowds, there wasn’t any Kaji-related events going on. My bestie and her sibs and I headed over to Gardena, to Book-off and spend some time at the Tokyo-Central market. I did miss the Sirius the Jaeger premier and another autograph session, but in the end, decided to hangout with my bestie for the day.

Later on that evening, I wanted to see what parties were going on. Some of them were paid, others were sold-out. My friend who I got both Maeno and Kaji-kun’s autograph with, decided to go to Marriott. I arrived there first, because I needed to go back to my Airbnb to grab some things, so I arrived there first at the Marriott. To my absolute surprise there was a party going on in the lobby at the Marriott.

As I sat there in the lobby waiting for my friend, I spotted Kaji-kun. He was with his entourage. I assume that they had came to check out the partying. For some reason Kami-sama was on my side, because their group walked right in front of me. 

I sat there for a second thinking, Kaji-kun is a few feet away from me. What the hell should I do…? 

So, I plucked up the courage, and I walked over to Kaji-kun. I tapped him on the shoulder and said, “すみません.” “Excuse me.” Yes, I touched Kaji-kun hehe. He turned around. I asked could I get take a picture. (I knew the answer would be no…but I needed a reason to speak to Kaji-kun). 

Once Kaji-kun realized what I asked, he responded in English, “No pictures, please.” 

Someone else, in his group, said, “Sorry.”

I suppose my disappoint was apparent. Kaji-kun reached out his hand to me, and shook my hand, and smiled at me. I walked back over to my seat. Kaji-kun and his entourage left soon after. 

I sat there for a moment, taking the fact, that I not only plucked up the courage to go over him, but I got to actually talk to him albeit briefly and got to shake his hand. My inner-fangirl was screaming ❤️I totally felt like those middle-school girls that said that they would never wash their hand again. 

I had to maintain my composure as I sat there. That was definitely not what I expected at all. I must admit that I was happy that I was looking really cute that day, and not in any Otaku gear at all, which I think helped me approach Kaji-kun.

My friend finally arrived and we proceeded to party a bit as it was my friend’s birthday. We ended up leaving the party early because we still had to attend the AOT premier panel the next morning.

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Sunday, July 8th  

Sunday was the final event featuring Kaji-kun. I lined up for the AOT panel, I started chatting with two others and after waiting for over hour or so, they finally let us inside the event hall. I managed to save my friend an aisle seat near the front so that she could have the perfect view of Kaji-kun. The AOT panel was moderated by another member of the Funimation staff. Another fun panel both Kaji-kun and Bryce were funny, engaging and entertaining. Kaji-kun greeted us all in English once again just as the 7th deadly sins panel.

The moderator asked some really awesome questions. She confirmed the ErenxLevi ship. She asked both Bryce and Kaji-kun who is the best boy and best girl. Both Bryce and Kaji-kun agreed that Levi-heichou but, I believe that Bryce mentioned something about Eren being best boy and they both said that Mikasa was the best girl. They revealed the opening, which even didn’t get to see, was sung by both Hyde and X-Japan.

We got to see the premier episode of season 3. The episode exceeded my expectations. Moderator asked both Bryce and Kaji-kun what they thought of the episode as they watched it backstage. They all agreed it was beyond good and couldn’t wait for the premier. Kaji-kun committed about how surprised he was at the reception from the foreign audience and how well-received AOT has been received overseas. The moderator made the mistake of telling the audience that we were going to do the salute, and that we should come closer to the stage, of course people rushed over to the stage.

So, we stood near our row, and moderator said that Kaji-kun would do the salute in Japanese for us. It was so cute, Kaji-kun said in English, “Put your left hand over your heart, and your…he turned to the translator she interpreted the rest. That was really funny and cute.

The panel ended soon afterwards sadly.

Spent the remainder of the day or rather what was left of the con, doing some last minute shopping. I bought the Hakuoki Kyoto Winds bonus pack from Idea Factory for $35. It came with the Vita game, bento box, artbook, furoshiki, soundtrack, reversible cover sheet. Honestly, I don’t do too much shopping at cons anymore, mostly because the items are redundant, much more expensive, and overpriced. I can usually get most the items I want via proxy, Mandarake, Amazon JP. Buyee. But, I do understand the instant gratification, but I also had to think of how to transport all those items home. Funimation and another company gave away these huge standees. All I wondered was how in the hell where they going to get those things home.

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Post-con July 9-11th

I didn’t leave LA till Wednesday. We had some time to relax after the con. My bestie’s hotel was smack in the middle of Lil Tokyo, in fact the hotel was directed connected to the Weller Courtyard. The Murakai market and the Kinokinya were in the same courtyard less than a 5 minute walk. I meant up with a good friend of mines from Anaheim. 

She was so happy that I got to meet Kaji-kun. I had an unfortunate incident with my iPhone. The charging port went completely out. After running around between T-mobile and another place, I was told of a place that specializes in fixing iPhones. My phone was repaired. I resumed enjoying my time in LA. I meant with another friend of mines, who I hadn’t seen in 7 years. We departed L.A. sadly on Wednesday.

Despite having to hit the ground sprinting, (my Japanese class started Thursday, my body flow training was this past weekend, getting together all my applications materials) I still have yet to completely wrap my head around the whirlwind of AX. I never ever imagine how much luck would be on my side, in not only getting into all the events, I wanted, but meeting Kaji-kun. 

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Kaji-discourse…

These are solely my own personal thoughts and opinions, of Kaji-san after meeting him and attending both 7 deadly sins and AOT panels.

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Kaji-vibe

I have to say, I understand why so many people like Kaji-kun. The director of One-Punch stated that, “Whenever Kaji-san is in the room the atmosphere changes.” I completely understand that now. Kaji-kun has the great ability to keep the audience engaged, and he’s very aware and always presence. There was never a moment, in either events where Kaji-kun looked distant, uninterested, or disconnected from us the audience. He was very engaging with the mods and the other guests. Kaji-kun certainly does have a pleasant, warm aurora about him.

I was pleasantly surprised that whenever I saw Kaji-kun around the hotel, he looked exactly what he looks like in pictures and on television. There was no smoke and mirrors so to speak. I suppose that’s why whenever I saw him I instantly recognized him. Kaji-kun always seem to have a bright smile on his face, and seem overall happy to meet us international fans. I wonder if our vibe is different from the Japanese fans. I wonder if Kaji-kun was able to relax a bit while he was in L.A. He didn’t have any events to attend on Saturday. He wasn’t covering up his face like usual. It must have been a bit of relief for him to have time to relax.

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To be or not to be straight…will the real Kaji Yuki please stand-up…

This is where my true personal discourse comes in. 

Whenever I saw Kaji-kun walking around the hotel, he was dressed very casually. If you follow Kaji-kun on social media, he’s usually dressed up in all these bright colors especially for his magazines covers. They usually have Kaji-kun dressed up looking all bright and cheerful. It was nice to see him more relaxed and casual.

Kaji-kun is so light and delicate, and comes as being very feminine, and there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with that at all. In fact, it would probably cause us ladies less headaches if men would stop trying to act so overly masculine and macho. Kaji-kun is not short, but not tall either, average height (5’7). I guess he’s tall to me, because I am really short (5’1). I’m petite so everyone is tall to me, lol.

Kaji-kun seems like the type of person, who really likes very cutesy, frilly things, and flowers, I mean lots of them. I guess typical things most people would associate with what women usually like. With that being said, I honestly do not think that Kaji-kun really has much interest in relationship with a woman…Seeing how very single he is… Let me try to put this in a different perspective. I am older than Kaji-kun. I do understand that thing about being a single unmarried 30+ something, and having an established life, and for whatever reason society has deemed that by the time you hit your thirties you are supposed to be established and married with children.  

That’s where all that talk about him wanting to get married and having a family stems from. It is one thing for a person to say what they want or rather what society is expecting them to say. We as fans have to understand that Kaji-kun has been placed on this extremely high pedestal. He is supposed to always be happy, bright, cheerful, hard-working, and always this obedient ruler follower. He’s life is so tightly-controlled by his career, management team, and societal expectations, so therefore the whole-marriage thing is no different.

Even through Japanese society is slowly changing, many elements in their society are still quite prevalent regarding men and women’s place in society. Japan is a patriarchal society, therefore, as the only son he is still expected to carry on the family name because that is what the collective society and his family expects him to do. If Kaji-kun doesn’t meet these expectations he will be deemed a failure, for not meeting and exceeding those imposed expectations.

I hope no one takes this as I don’t want to see him get married. Honesty, it does not matter to me, but what I am trying to explain is that I feel that the Kaji-kun that WEdon’t get to see that often, probably doesn’t necessarily care for marriage, and probably be happy being with living his 恋人 (lover). Kaji-kun just didn’t come off as someone who was interested in women to me. Which is why I’m surprised I was able to approach him and get a handshake. I don’t think that he is homosexual but rather: pan, bi, demi, but certainly not straight.

We should understand that we only see one aspect of Kaji-kun’s persona, and outside of all the copious amount of events, photo-shoots, interviews, radio-shows, and social media that he’s a completely different person. These days more and more people are opening up and becoming much more aware of their sexuality, therefore you cannot simply assume that someone is hetero.

Again after seeing Kaji-kun in real-life and watching his interactions, I really got the feeling that he is not interested in women or maybe a relationship in general. Kaji-kun is married to his career at the moment. 

Perhaps this is why Kaji-kun made the comment about not being sure if he would get married, because he’s so busy with his career, but then again the REALKaji-kun probably isn’t really interested in marriage or rather is indifferent about marriage. 

Again my personal opinions as a thirty-something who has lived abroad before, and traveled to Japan, so I am not just speaking solely on flighty opinions, but rather personal experiences, and as someone who’s older and has life experiences and been in relationships.

Random note: There’s a show that aired on VICE called “Gaycation.” Their first episode was filmed in Japan. They divulged into the LGBQT community in Japan. It was very enlighten and eye-opening that’s for sure. 

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Phew…  

So much control…please set Kaji-san free…

“I’m like a bird. 

I only fly away. 

I don’t know where my soul is. 

I don’t know where my home is.” 

“I’m like a Bird” singer, Nelly Furtado. 

I made the comments early about how connected and aware Kaji-kun was during the panels, but I suppose at the same time I couldn’t help but to think that there was an element of control and him being so acutely aware of his body language and answers to the questions. I feel that practically everything Kaji-kun does is being strongly controlled. Funimation was responsible for being Kaji-kun over, so I suppose in order for them to get him over that they had to adhere to the strict rules set-forth by his management company. (Such as the strict no-pictures policy)

It almost seems like everything is so tightly controlled and restricted for him. I wouldn’t be surprised if they scheduled in time for him to breathe and take a bathroom breaks. It makes me wonder if there will ever be a time whenever Kaji-kun can truly be himself. He must envy some of his other friends, such as Tatsu. Tatsu is a chain-smoking, acid tongue, death-metal rocker star. He gives no fucks, swears all-the time, and is known for not following stage directions well, and tells it like-it-is. Tatsu is who he is and makes no apologies about it. I completely commend him for being himself especially within a society that places all these cultural implications and expectations on members of their society.

I truly hope that one-day that Kaji-kun will be allowed to be who he is truly is and who he wants to be one day. Kaji-kun commented that in another life he would be a monk. Poor guy. I think that’s him secretly calling out to the fact, that if he probably strives for a more peaceful and quiet existence. I bet if Kaji-kun had it his way, he would simply be a seiyuu without all the photo-shoots, the constant barrage of promotions, television and radio appearances and social media updates. As much as I love all of the visual aspects that come with being a Kaji fan, if there was anything that I want for Kaji-kun, is for one day he will completely be free.

I obviously cannot tell anyone what to do or how to support their bias, but if there was anything that I wish other hardcore Kaji fans to do is to continue to support him. I truly think that Kaji-kun does appreciate it very much, I think it makes him feel that everything that he is doing is so worthwhile no matter how tired and stressful it maybe for him.

I also hope that he will able to truly live a peaceful and not-so-controlled existence, while still doing what he truly loves, and free to love who he wants.

semitranslatedseiyuublog:

r/seiyuu - Maeno Tomoaki, Komatsu Mikako announce marriage

Congrats to Mikakoshi and Maeno on their marriage!

I guess it’s time for the Aoharu x Kikanjuu fandom to go wild over this news

Here you can read the translation of their official marriage announcements and oh my gosh they’re so sweet (≧◡≦) ♡

Someone in the comments said that they probably wrote them together and I think so too~~~

QUARTET★NIGHT members on Maenu’s marriage

Morikubo Showtaro:

It’s a happy news

★ ☆ ★ ☆

Suzuki Tatsuhisa:

Maeno, congrats. Be foolishly happy to the point that everyone around you would feel envious!!

☆ ★ ☆ ★ 

Aoi Shouta:

Tomo-nii!

Congratulations!
What a joyous occasion!

To you wonderful people!

I wish for the happiness of you both (*☻-☻*)

kanozuzu:

Maenu and Mikakoshi

結婚おめでとう！╰(*´︶`*)╯♡*･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･ .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･*

yukinamizuki:

Maeno Tomoaki and Komatsu Mikako Married

Today (2020/05/12) Maeno and Komatsu announce it in their agency website that they’re married.

Maeno voice Camus from Uta no Prince sama, Decim from Death Parade, White Blood Cell from Hataraku Saibou (Cells at Work!), and many more.

Komatsu voice Rose from Tales of Zesteria the X, Joey from Heroman, Neko from K, and many more.

They act together in Aoharu x Machinegun as Tachibana Hotaru (Komatsu) and Matsuoka Masamune (Maeno), both are main role.

In this hard condition, let’s support and pray the best for them!!

Woah congratulations!!! (*ฅ́˘ฅ̀*)♡

So I attended the Aoharu x Kikanjuu event: Let’s have a nabe party at Yukki’s place night session. I went there with Edel! :3 Note: Ryohei-biased report for obvious reasons. xP And ignore my grammar mistakes as usual. And started to forget some details as days passed. XD

In the morning, we got to the venue: Ebisu Garden Hall before 9 to line up for goods.

Goods sales started at 12. It was a bit chilly outside but we somehow survived. xD And the line wasn’t too bad when we got there before 9, too! I don’t know how long the line was though… And there were 4 lines.

Finally it was 12! They let in 4 or 8 people at a time. And I got the goods that I wanted! I bought 5 can badges (that was the max plus it was only sold at the venue), 4 rubber straps, and the special CD!

The can badges and straps were random so when I opened the blinds, I got mostly Toy Gun Gun members. xDDD So since I wanted all of the Fujimon and some Midori, I traded with fans at the venue. It was pretty easy to trade and get everything that I wanted. I was surprised Hotaru was really popular since I managed to trade both of my rubber straps for Midori and Fujimon easily. XD Eventually I sold one of my can badges to a fangirl and one of my straps to Edel so she could have the Hoshishiro set. xD The

The idol!version of the can badges were shiny/glittery. XD But I thought Midori looked a bit weird while singing so… XD Plus I prefer the ones on top!

We could get into the venue at 6:30pm so we went to Ikebukuro until 5:30 or so. We got to the venue and waited until we could go in. While we were waiting, the staff members gave us this paper to fill out.

They called it a survey. You could write any question relating to your thoughts of the anime or radio, the atmosphere of the venue, and so on. I thought, “Oh, I guess they just want this in general?” I did hear some fans say that they were gonna use these questions for the event but I thought that they wouldn’t even have time to do that! Anyway, I did my best and wrote a lot… XD We had to turn in our surveys before going into the hall.

I took pictures of the flower stands. There were only two: one from GFantasy and the other for Komatsu-san.

Our seats were pretty close to the stage! :3

They started the event at 7:30pm. At first, we heard Ichi’s voice and she talked about the rules and manners. Then the seiyuu came out one by one. RYOHEI LOOKED SO GOOOOD AND CUUUTE. XD He was wearing this long knit that went down to his knees and the sleeves were so long, it covered his hands. He also had a long necklace dangling as well. (You can just check twitter for what they wore). Komatsu-san looked really cuute! The MC James Panda Jr wore a mask… I wouldn’t call it a panda though… and his shoes… OMG they had these panda plush face on them! The rest of the cast was cute too!!

So they started off by introducing themselves. Now I can’t remember the details but I do remember they were all cute. XD Especially Ryohei!!! I remembered he danced a little bit. Okitsu mentioned green and since some of the fans brought penlights/blades, we waved the green at him. (I was also waving green for Fujimon but I did it for him too). And Matsuoka… oh my god… I knew that he was a bit awkward so he was a bit slow in introducing himself. xD And Panda Jr said he was essentially NAOE sensei herself.  Unfortunately Ichi’s seiyuu, Kitamura couldn’t make it. >__< But Kimura Ryohei, Okitsu Kazuyuki, Komatsu Mikako, Matsuoka Yoshitsugu, and Maeno Tomoaki were there.

After the introductions, they changed the setting! They brought in kotatsu tables! O_O Apparently they made this setting with the image of Yukki’s apartment in mind.

When they were told to sit, Ryohei and Komatsu quickly went in front and sat down, posing coolly. XDDD

There were two kotatsu tables: one table for Team Hoshishiro and one for Team Toy Gun Gun. They actually took off their shoes and sat there. Team Hoshishiro was sitting on the table on the left side while Team Toy Gun Gun sat on the right side. So the seating arrangement was Okitsu and Ryohei and then Maenu, Komatsu, and Matsuoka. For the first segment, Panda Jr joined Team Hoshishiro to even things out.
https://twitter.com/aoharu_anime/status/693778221876183041

They commented on how Panda Jr didn’t take off his shoes! XD Apparently it was difficult for Panda Jr to put them on and he did ask the staff if he could just go on with them on. xP So a staff member filled in for Panda Jr as MC. He sat down next to Okitsu.

The first segment started off with Ichi introducing the segment! The titles were a bit difficult for me to understand but it was related to food. Basically Team Hoshishiro and Team Toy Gun Gun will go against each other, playing games. When one team wins, they choose one of the two foods that are shown. Apparently the food that they choose will go into the nabe they will bring out later.

Ryohei decided to put his head down and pretend to sleep. xDD The other members commented on that. xP And Ryohei just said that it felt so nice being under the kotatsu table. And Komatsu said, “But the kotatsu isn’t even on.” XDDD

For the first part, they showed two types of seaweed, “konbu” and “Okinawa mozugu”.. XD The mozugu did not look as appealing… especially if you have to put it in nabe. And you usually put konbu in nabe so… XD

For the first game, the team members have to do or say the same thing at the same time. For the first round, the MC will say a theme. All 3 members of the team have to say the same word (whatever comes to mind) at the same time. If they do, they get a point. So Toy Gun Gun was the first one. The theme was basically an event related to spring. Toy Gun Gun all said “hanami (refers to cherry blossom viewing)” and got a point. Komatsu and Matsuoka commented on how Maenu was different for the night session. Komatsu said Maenu was the “dark horse” during the afternoon session. I’m guessing that for the afternoon session, Matsuoka and Komatsu had said the same thing but Maenu said something totally different for this game. Maenu said he’s different at night time (hinting that he’s basically a perv. I get the feeling he said some innuendos too… something about dessert). XDDD The other members went, “Are you okay?” xD

Then it was Hoshishiro’s turn. They were given the same theme but for autumn. Ryohei said how they can easily say the same word… because Toy Gun Gun said “hanami” so the obvious choice would be… At that time, I was thinking, “Well obviously that would be kouyou (autumn foliage… where all the leaves turn red, yellow and orange) right?”  And they all ended up saying different event. Panda Jr said sports day, Okitsu said a festival (maybe a local one in his hometown???), and Ryohei said “momijigari”. Basically the kouyou thing but that’s the term for the viewing of autumn foliage. XDDD And Ryohei said, “Wasn’t it obvious?” XD He was obvious hinting that since if they said hanami, it would make sense to think of the autumn foliage for autumn. XD He looked like he was gonna give up for the next question since he didn’t seem as hyped up.

For the next theme for Toy Gun Gun, the MC said, “Something you shoot with” or something along those lines. Komatsu and Maenu said the same thing, “gun” in Japanese while Matsuoka said “My Gun”. XD Since they’re basically the same thing, they got a point! Next was Hoshishiro’s turn and the MC said, “Something gun is useless against?”  Something along those lines. Sorry, I can’t explain it well. I think the literal meaning was “opposite” and since it was an easy question, all three of them said “zombies”. XD Both teams each got a point.

For the next theme, the MC says a phrase but this time, the teams have to do the same pose. The theme for Toy Gun Gun was “Being shot by a gun” so they have to make the same pose for when they’re shot by a gun. So they stood up and went in front of the stage. All three of them made totally different poses. Maenu’s pose was as if he was being shot consecutively nonstop (think of Fujimon’s gun). Komatsu’s pose was as if she got shot by a sniper and fell to the ground. And Matsuoka’s pose was just so cute.. He put both of his hands like on his stomach and his butt was sticking out a bit too. XDDDD Each of them had to explain their pose. And the other members commented on Matsuoka, saying, “Isn’t that just a stomachache!?” XD So no points for them this time.

Then it was Hoshishiro’s turn. Toy Gun Gun commented that since their theme was being shot by a gun… isn’t it obvious that Hoshishiro’s would be “that”? Basically it would be easy for Hoshishiro. And their theme was “Shooting with a gun”. And yes, that was exactly “that”. In the end, Panda Jr and Okitsu made the same pose. I think they extended one arm out and made a gun shape with their hands. But Ryohei made an entirely different pose. He bent down and made a pose with a “bazooka” apparently. Well, that’s what Ryohei said. XD Just think of Fujimon’s pose for many merchandise so far for Aoharu x Kikanjuu. Then he switched to the same pose as the other two. xDD But of course, they didn’t get the point.

So Toy Gun Gun won this round with two points and they chose the konbu. Which meant Hoshishiro got the Okinawa mozugu.

The second batch of food was raw salmon and smoked salmon. (Raw salmon is put in nabe while smoked salmon is not).

For the second game, they chose a leader. They were given this plastic gun, a plastic ring, and two long straws with a smaller part of it bent. The other members have to put the long straws in their mouth, with the longer part in their mouth and the bent end sticking up. The leader puts the plastic ring on one of the member’s straw. Then the other members have to transfer the ring using their mouths. Then the second member transfers the ring to the gun the leader is holding. While the MC was explaining, Ryohei, Okitsu, Matsuoka, and Maenu started playing with the straws. XDD They put the straws in their mouths and started moving it up and down. XDDD Panda Jr and Komatsu were just watching. Eventually they were told to stop. XDD

Panda Jr and Komatsu were the leaders this time. And Toy Gun Gun won so easily. XDDD Ryohei barely managed to transfer it onto Okitsu’s straw while Toy Gun Gun finished. Okitsu looked sad. xD

So Toy Gun Gun won this round. They went back to their kotatsu. Komatsu said since she likes Kirimi-chan… she wanted the raw salmon. (The salmon mascot Kirimi-chan is voiced by Yonaga Tsubasa). They mentioned Yonaga and Ryohei did a Wing (Yonaga Tsubasa) monomane. He seriously sounded like Wing when he went “I’m not Kirimi-chan!” or something like that. Everyone looked a bit confused and Okitsu pointed to Ryohei. XD And Hoshishiro got the smoked salmon.

The last batch of food was shrimp balls and shrimp chips.

They had to do a PK with these plastic guns and rubber bands. They use these guns to shoot the rubber band and knock down something. They only get five rubber bands, so five shots.

One member from Hoshishiro and one member from Toy Gun Gun did rock, paper, scissors. Ryohei and Matsuoka did it and Ryohei won with rock. Hoshishiro was given the choice to go first or second. They decided to go first. Then they chose the order in their team and the order was Panda Jr, Ryohei, and Okitsu.

Panda Jr was getting nervous since he was the first one up. He had to aim for this small panel of Matsuoka Masamune from a certain distance. And someone started to say, “Panda, Panda” and the fans joined in chanting Panda. But that just got him even more nervous. LOL Unfortunately he missed. >__< Then it was Ryohei’s turn. Maenu was standing near the Matsuoka cardboard panel and Ryohei said a really cool comment. But he actually just aimed for Maenu’s crotch (or maybe it wasn’t on purpose but I doubt it). XDDDDDDDDDDDDDD And he was definitely on target. ROFL Oh god, evil Ryohei. Then it was Okitsu’s turn. Maenu purposely stood behind the cardboard and from where I was sitting, it looked like the cardboard was covering his crotch part. His face looked like he was saying, “Bring it on” and Ryohei dragged him away. Unfortunately, he missed as well. Ryohei went, “Midori-sa~n!” in that whiny Fujimon voice. <333

Then it was Toy Gun Gun’s turn. When asked who would go first, Matsuoka said in a cool voice that he should do it. He’s so cute… So the order was Matsuoka, Komatsu, and Maenu. The small panel got changed to Midori-san (that one pose where he’s sitting down with his legs wide open). Toy Gun Gun said that was unfair because of the shape of the panel and that it was harder to knock down. Unfortunately he missed all five shots. Then it was Komatsu’s turn. And she missed all five shots too and even got a rubber band and shot it with her fingers but Midori-san still wouldn’t go down. Then it was Maenu’s turn and he said some cool lines about having to take down Midori-san and Okitsu said some lines back in that Midori-san voice. XD And he missed too! (Actually for some of them, they hit the panel but it wouldn’t go down).

Which meant they had to do it again. This time, the MC told them that they could stand closer. Panda Jr knocked Mattsun down. Ryohei shot him down with one try. <333 Okitsu purposely went super close to it and was told “That’s too close!” XD But he shot him down as well. Then all of Toy Gun Gun managed to shoot down the Midori-san panel.

Which meant they had to do it again. The cast mentioned, “Oh, this is what it means by PK.” They have to play until one of the team wins.

This time, the distance was a bit farther and they only had 3 shots. And the MC asked them which character panel would be better, Midori or Mattsun. The cast said either was fine so the MC chose Midori. This means both teams would try to shoot down Midori.

Team Hoshishiro went up and were close to shooting him down but failed to do so. >__< And same with Toy Gun Gun. XDD

So the MC told them to just do rock, paper, scissors to settle this game. Both teams chose a representative. So Hoshishiro chose Okitsu. And because of that, Maenu said, “That means I have to go” They went in front of the stage and sat down. XDD The other cast members were like !? It’s like they’re old men, having a talk. XD So they did it. At first, it was a tie but then Okitsu won. XD Which means Hoshishiro won this game!

They went back to their kotatsu and Hoshishiro chose the shrimp dumpling balls. Which meant Toy Gun Gun got the shrimp chips.

Nabe pots were brought out along with the ingredients. They had to throw in the ingredients that each team got. XD Okitsu looked weirded out when he threw in the Okinawa mozugu. And one of the Toy Gun Gun members threw in the entire bag ofshrimp chips and let me say… wow. XDD It was interesting. Ryohei took out his smartphone and started taking pictures of the nabe. They threw everything in and put the lid on top. (The audience couldn’t see what the nabe actually looked like but the Aoharu twitter uploaded pictures after the event ended!).

So while they waited for both nabe pots to be cooked and ready, the temporary MC left and Panda Jr went back to being the main MC. The staff members brought in a box. And guess what was in the box? The “surveys” that they had the fans fill out. XDDD At this point, I thought, “Oh crap. I really hope they don’t read mine’s.” XD

Panda Jr put his hand in the box and took out one. (I don’t remember the order of the questions though).

When they read a survey, they also read off the penname first and asked where that person was in the audience. XD Those lucky fans~

One question was about what made all the seiyuu happy recently. (And this is when I realized you were only supposed to write a question and your pen name, not your real name. XD). First Ryohei started off and he ended up saying something like being here with all the fans and seeing their smiles here made him happy. He’s really great at fanservice. XD Then it was Okitsu’s turn and he said a similar thing. Along with Maenu and Komatsu. Then it was Matsuoka’s turn and there was a bit too long pregnant pause and then he said the fact he was able to be here with the rest of the cast. And we all went dawwww.  

There were two questions that were similar asking the seiyuus what their favorite song is. Ryohei commented on how the Hoshishiro song is really cool. He asked the audience if they have heard it. He said it’s mostly him and Okitsu singing with a little bit of Kitamura (though I can’t really hear her). It’s a very Hoshishiro-like song… very powerful. XD The other song question was about what their favorite image song was. And since Panda Jr didn’t have an image song, to please make an image song. XDDD Maenu mentioned how he liked “Oretachi no Za Daiseikou”. That song got stuck in my head especially the beginning part since it starts off with “Babababababa”. He sung the beginning for a little bit. Then they talked about how Yukki’s image song would be erotic and Matsuoka sort of rapped/said “EROHON!” LOL Komatsu added on how he would also have Ichi in the background as well but would probably beat Yukki up.

Another survey said, “Midori is the most DO-S (sadistic) in AxK. How about among the seiyuus?” All the seiyuus agreed on one person. Even Komatsu said, “It’s obviously that one person.” It was Ryohei. XDDDDDD When he was asked to explain, he said, “Well, if I had to choose between Do-S or Do-M… I would be Do-S.” He even asked the fans as well. XD  He explained how people who are Do-S like being complimented and if you can’t take a compliment and bask in it, then you can’t be a Do-S. XD Ryohei said to Komatsu, “You’re really cute today” and Komatsu got all embarrassed and then Ryohei did too. XD It was to prove his point though. Then each seiyuu started saying whether they were masochistic or sadistic. Okitsu is a S. Maenu… well he’s both. I’m guessing he was a M in the day and an S at night. xP Komatsu is obviously a M and I don’t think they really got to Matsuoka… XDDD I think he tried saying something.. but I don’t remember. But I think he’s an M either way. XDD

Another question asked with the character that they voice, what was their favorite line? They said that’s embarrassing! XD Because it’s their own lines. Okitsu said, “Kimochi warui na~ (In the anime, he said this when Fujimon asked him to pet him. Basically, “You’re disgusting” but not in such a bad connotation here). He kept on saying it and fans were going crazy. He commented how everyone is a masochist. XD Ryohei said he didn’t really say one? At least I didn’t catch what he said… Maenu said “OPPAI OPPAI!” (Breasts). He said it was his first line in the anime, too. LOL (When he was on the phone). Komatsu said a line related to playing survival games with everyone? I don’t remember. Then a fan yelled out for her to say it. And Maenu just went “Oppai!” And the others and the fans were like “…” Obviously the fans were asking Komatsu to say her lines, not Maenu! LOL In the end, she didn’t do it. Matsuoka said a really meaningful line…. <3

Panda Jr looked at the staff to ask if there was time for another question at least twice. XD

Finally the segment was over and they opened the lid of the nabe! They tried the nabe and both teams had an unsure look on their faces but said it was delicious.

This was Toy Gun Gun’s nabe!
https://twitter.com/aoharu_anime/status/693778872395915265

And Hoshishiro’s nabe for the night session!
https://twitter.com/aoharu_anime/status/693780364955783168

For Toy Gun Gun’s nabe, the shrimp chips dissolved in the nabe. XDDD Ryohei kept smelling Toy Gun Gun’s nabe.

Ryohei asked Okitsu to feed him AND HE DID. ASLDKFJAW;EJLFK IT WAS SO CUTE.

Ryohei told Maenu to try some of their nabe. So he went over to Okitsu and Okitsu fed him. Maenu sorta had an awkward pose while doing so. XD Then he went back to Toy Gun Gun’s kotatsu table and Okitsu, with a Midori-san voice said, “Masamune, how was it? Say it.” Or something like that. And Maenu acted in role of Masamune and was like, “Oh-oh… uhh… good.” Or something like that. XD Gotta love this fanservice. Thank you Ryohei. XD

Ryohei tried Toy Gun Gun’s nabe, more like took Maenu’s bowl and ate some. He makes an unsure face and thinks it’s good.

They mentioned how during the afternoon session, the nabe didn’t go as well. XD (I saw pictures and let’s just say Hoshishiro’s nabe turned VERY SWEET. I believe it had maple syrup and chocolate in there… the picture almost looked like curry).

Ryohei went back to Toy Gun Gun’s nabe and ate some more. Apparently he took a liking to it. XD

So then this segment ended.

Panda Jr made announcements regarding AxK. He actually started off with reading all of it really fast. It was seriously a lot of text. XDDDD Eventually he gave up towards the end but it was really impressive.

Then he said that they would play the beginning of the AxK special CD soundtrack while they prepared for the mini live. It started off with Toy Gun Gun at an amusement park. They went to go on a ferris wheel but ferris wheels are only for two people. Yukki suggested that they just take turns going in pairs but Hotaru is sad since she wants to go with all of them at once. Meanwhile you hear Hoshishiro and Ichi and Fujimon are fighting over who gets to go with Midori on the ferris wheel. Hotaru goes, “Hmm… those voices sound familiar.” Hotaru and Fujimon are buddy buddy, talking about their problem. Fujimon suggests that Toy Gun Gun and Hoshishiro get together so they can even out the number but other members go EHH!? And suddenly Midori suggests they have a competition with each other at the amusement park and the other members go EHH? And they cut it off here. (When I have time, I’ll listen to the entire thing.).

Then Komatsu came out with a microphone and the stage all clear. The fans got out the penlights. Mostly everyone waved blue and some did orange like me. She started off by singing the first ending song, Gunjou Survival. She was so amazing… her voice… *___*

After singing, she was saying how during the afternoon session, because of the nabe, she felt kinda sick/bad. In addition, there was some audio problems.

Then she sang “Locker” and it was seriously a beautiful song. >__<

Then it was finally the last song! Maenu and Matsuoka came out.

Somehow it got to the topic of Maenu stripping. He asked the audience, ‘What? You want me to strip?” And we went, “Yes!!” And then said, “If I strip, then I can’t stand on this stage!” Basically he would get in trouble with his agency. XDDD

They sang Bravest Destiny! At one point in the song, Komatsu and Maenu pushed Matsuoka in the middle and he looked confused and a bit awkward but it was really cute. XD And Maenu put an arm around Matsuoka and they were all cute. Asldfa;jwelkf And at the end, Matsuoka hugged Maenu from behind and it was just so adorable!!! Als;dfjkawef LOL

Then the rest of the cast came out. They each said their closing thoughts.  

And Matsuoka was just so adorable. We thought he was going to say something serious but he said that his current outfit was practically the same as his pajamas and that they were really comfortable. XDDD When he was under the kotatsu, he really did feel like he was at home. XD

Okitsu mentioned “twins” and said, “Kimochi warui na” but even then, he still likes everyone. XD The fans went crazy of course.

They mentioned how it was unfortunate that all of them couldn’t make it. They couldn’t complete Hoshishiro. And that they hope we could meet again… something along those lines. >___<

Then they left the stage one by one… and the last 3 members (Toy Gun Gun), bowed at the same time.

It seriously went too fast!!! The event felt like it so short. And when I checked the time, one hour and a half passed. To me, it felt short since I’ve been going to 2 hours+ events. XD

And one part I didn’t know where to put it in.

Ryohei was buddy buddy with almost everyone. XD He leaned against Okitsu. He sorta pushed Maenu. I don’t remember if he had an interaction with Matsuoka… So cuuuute.

I was really glad I got to go to the event especially with Edel!! Ryohei looked so good as usual!!! Komatsu was really cute!! Okitsu seemed like a mature and cool person! Matsuoka was just so adorable!!! Maenu was… a dork XD Panda Jr is an interesting MC! I felt that they had good chemistry with each other, too!! It was really nice!! I can only hope for a second season in the far future and I look forward to the manga as well! I’ll continue support NAOE sensei! ^w^

It has been a few weeks since the event so some things might be out of order. XD My memory is a bit fuzzy, too… and my Japanese… I looked at a few past tweets as well… And this is why I should write a report ASAP and not procrastinate. Anyway, please enjoy this long post of text and some pictures (not beta-ed at all).

The Starmyu event was held in Yomiuri Hall, close to Yurakucho Station.

So I woke up pretty early for the event! And my itabag that I prepared for the event! :3 I’m sure you can tell who my bias is. XDDD

Actually, I had planned to meet up with a girl that I met on Twitter. I waited for her and she came along with two other Twitter friends. I thought it would be awkward because I’m the only non-Japanese person there and my Japanese isn’t the best but they treated me nicely! It didn’t feel so awkward. So I met Shoko-chan, Chi-chan, and Reiha-chan. We sat down in the queue around 8 though we had trouble finding the place where they sold the goods. The line didn’t seem so bad most likely because they sold the Starmyu goods the day before as well.

We killed time by talking and finally it was 11:00! And it was crazy… All of the T-shirts were sold out within 30 minutes! How could it have been sold out so fast!?

I got the Starmyu pamphlet (which I posted), the star-shaped penlight (I was disappointed that it only had blue and green. I thought it would at least have all of Team Otori’s colors) and two random blinds for can badges. For every 3000yen you spend, you get a blind for wristbands so I got two. I didn’t get Nayuki but thanks to my newly made friends, we traded and I got the Nayuki can badge I wanted as well as two Nayuki wristbands. I even got an extra one… Hahaha. 

Anyway, after that, we stood around, trying to trade the badges. We walked around for quite a bit. Another twitter friend called Nacchan joined us. A girl approached me and asked if I wanted to buy the Nayuki acrylic strap. I was a bit on the fence because it was 700yen but decided to buy it. XD Also on twitter, I found a tweet selling these other acrylic straps which only came in a set with the other members but I only wanted Nayuki. I managed to get them!

Eventually, we went to a convenience store, sat down, and ate. Then we went to be “confirmed” or in other words “checked in”. Basically, reselling tickets is not allowed so if you’re not the owner of the ticket(s), you can’t enter the venue. The process went really fast. I gave them my ticket and my ID. They had this folder and I assume that it has all our information. Then they put a specially made wristband (and I can say, it’s practically impossible to take off unless you have scissors). For the night session, the wristbands were gold and apparently for the afternoon session, it was silver.

Then we killed some more time by walking around, trading, and sitting, talking. We also looked at the pamphlet!

Then we went to Yomiuri Hall before 17:20, which was surprisingly in the same building as Bic Camera, an electronic store as well as other stores and cafes. We walked up basically 7 flights of stairs because Yomiuri Hall is on the 7^thfloor.

We didn’t have much time to take pictures so I only managed to take pictures of some flower stands. Click HERE for pictures.

I couldn’t find the present boxes and eventually had to go back to put in my letter to Kensho. XD

I found my seat and it wasn’t so bad because the venue was fairly small! The setup of the venue was really interesting, too!

And finally the event started at 18:00! I think it started off with Ugawa, Toraishi and Inumine talking. They went over the rules: no camera, recording, etc…

Then Hanae, Kensho and Arthur came out and did a little skit. They talked about how they’re gonna do a “Mr. Ayanagi Contest” for the school cultural festival. The winner of the contest will receive “Yabosuke goods”, “blue-ray disc of Tengenji’s plays.. all 10 of them”, his photobook, his can badges and even rubber straps! XD Nayuki, Tsukigami, and Hoshitani weren’t too thrilled with the prizes. XDDD Hoshitani introduces by saying they were going to start the festival. The three of them left the stage.

And Gero came out and he sung the opening song and had backup dancers. He was wearing green and white jacket and white pants (the exact same outfit in the pamphlet). They played clips from the anime on the screen while he was singing.  

Then each seiyuu got introduced. They started off with the “We are the Kao Council” song playing in the background. As the song played in the background, the screen showed clips of the Kao Council members. One by one, the seiyuu came out. Suwabe came out first and said something that Otori would say. XD Then he stood at the left. He was followed by Hirakawa and then Hatano.

Next, “Star of Star” played in the background.  Okitsu popped up, acting all dorky. I have never seen him like this (because the first time I saw him was at the Aoharu x Kikanjuu event and you know how he plays Midori…) He said, “Eh eh” and pointed the mic to the audience and we said, “Ooohhhh!!” Then KENN came out and he’s just so freaking cool and handsome. AHHHH!! He said, “Koneko-chan” in a sexy voice. XD And of course we all went crazy. Then Matsuoka popped up.

And finally, “Seishun Countdown” played. First off was Maeno and of course, he was cool! Then Hosoya and came out and said a famous Tengenji line and pointed the mic to the audience and then we yelled out, “Yabosuke!” Hahaha. He was followed by Arthur, who seemed very cool. After that was Kensho who said,  可愛いは作れる！ (literally, “You can make cuteness!” ) in a very very cute voice. AHH He’s so adorable. And of course, lastly, Hanae who just seemed so happy go lucky and had a lovely smile.

Suwabe was the MC and said that each seiyuu would give an introduction. They each introduce themselves. Suwabe started off and went, “Hey girls!” and the girls answered! After that, he went, “Hey boys!” And the cast and we were surprised to see like two fanboys. LOL I was really surprised to see fanboys (could they be boyfriends of fangirls?). And this is where my mind blanks out. XD I think Hosoya did the Yabosuke thing again and Okitsu did the “Eh eh” thing once more. And KENN did the “koneko chan” thing in that voice of his. <33

And then Suwabe called out for Gero who came in.  Apparently he is a Tengenji fan. XD He talks about how it’s his first time(?) being offered to sing at an event like this. And on Nico Nico Douga, there’s a video of what the lyrics sound like when Gero sings the song. So for the “D R E A M E R Dreamer”, it turned into Iie Iie , Ebi Kani Peaman (No, no, Shrimp, Crab, Green peppers)… I admit, Gero does have a unique way of singing. Then they left the stage.

Next skit was with Tengenji, Toraishi, and Ugawa. They were facing against each other to be the winner of the Mr Ayanagi contest. Eventually one of them asked about the whereabouts of Kuga and Toraishi commented on how Kuga just gets lost so easily. Tengenji and Ugawa tease Toraishi like crazy. XD It was really cute. Also, I’m pretty sure at this part, KENN, Hosoya, and Matsuoka messed up at least once with their lines (LOL) and when Matsuoka messed up, he just looked so cute and embarrassed because he bit his lip and looked to the side XD

The skit ended and everyone came out. Then Hanae comments on how “Yabosuke” hasn’t come out yet. I noticed that Hosoya didn’t come out and apparently that was a mistake on his part. XDDD Because Hosoya apologized after he came out a few seconds later XDDD

QUIZ TIME

Suwabe and Hirakawa led the next section… so game time!

They split into two teams: Team Otori and Team Hiiragi. Team Otori had 5 people and Team Hiiragi only had 3 so Hatano ended up joining Team Hiiragi. Then they joked around how that it wouldn’t be Team Hiiragi anymore and they jokingly changed the team name.. but I forgot what. XD Anyway they sat down at their respective chairs.

The first game was the “Intro Song Quiz”! Basically, they will play like a few seconds (more like a second) or so of one of the Starmyu songs and the teams have to guess it!

There were two podiums in front of each team. The teams surround their podium, which has a buzzer. First one to buzz in can guess. Someone from Team Otori pressed the buzzer for fun before the game started. XD

If one team gets a question correct, they get 1 point. 1 point = 1 ball, green balls for Team Otori and blue balls for Team Hiiragi. The pink balls were for answers deemed interesting by the MCs. Then the balls are put inside these two podiums placed side by side in the back. The left belonged to Team Otori and the right belonged to Team Hiiragi.

1. The MCs said that they would play a second of the beginning of a song. Arthur quickly buzzed in and got it right. It was “Stand By Dreams”. Arthur said he loved Starmyu (if you saw a previous tweet of Arthur, he tweeted asking where he could sing Starmyu songs and went to karaoke and sang a lot of the Starmyu songs XD) and Suwabe said that Arthur really loved Starmyu.  

2. For the second song, they played a few seconds of the chorus. Except at first, both teams looked really confused while the audience went, “Ehhh?” (Basically, we were surprised that they didn’t know it). But Hanae buzzed in and guessed it right. It was “Ayanagi Show Time (Otori arrangement).”

3. This time, 3 songs will be played at the same time. If they can guess one song, they can get 1 point. If they can guess all 3 songs in one try, they can get 5 points. Even I had a hard time recognizing one song. XD KENN buzzed in and since he’s just amazing, he managed to guess all 3. “Honey! Honey! Trap!”, “Caribbean Groove”, and “Star of Star”.

4. For the last song, they will play a song super fast (basically fast forward it). When they played the song, both teams looked confused and Kensho acted really cute/stupid pushed the buzzer and put it on top of his head. In the end, he didn’t guess the song. I think Hanae tried guessing the song and guessed it wrong but when he tried again, he got it right! It was “Eien Stage”!

By the way, while this “intro song” game was going on, Hosoya and Kensho were chilling and sitting around the podium. They kept talking to each other and their interactions are adorable. Hosoya commented that he and Kensho were talking and Kensho joked about putting the buzzer on his head. Hosoya said that Kensho should do it in front of everyone and so that’s why he did it! And when he put it on his head, he told Hosoya to look at him. XD

Next segment

For the next game, the MCs changed to Maenu! (Had to look back on a few tweets for this but couldn’t find many). Suwabe and Hirakawa joined their teams. And why is Maeno the MC? You know… how Kuga is an artist? I’m sure you’ve seen those blob drawings floating around! In teams, they have to guess what is happening in the picture drawn by “Kuga” which is why Maeno is the MC this time.

They give an example of blob!Nayuki and blob!Tengenji making some sort of food. You can only tell it’s Nayuki because you see yellow on the blob and red on Tengenji blob.

Then the teams have to decide and change the order for each round. Team Hiiragi ended up doing the order by playing rock, paper, scissors.

Each person is given a sketchbook and marker. Their order is important.

• 1^st person: “When (the picture happened)”
• 2^nd person: “Where”
• 3^rd person: “Who”
• 4^th person: “What they did (object)” [If you know Japanese, you’ll get what I mean. In Japanese, the verb comes last]
• 5^th person: “What they did (verb)”

It’s a bit hard to translate since Japanese grammar works in an interesting way but I’ll do my best to translate it XD

They decide to do an example. It’s revealed that blob!Nayuki and blob! Tengenji were making curry udon (I swear it looked like pasta). A lot of the audience went like “Ehhh? What?” XD

The last person in each team got asked to give any thoughts. Kensho said Team Otori’s teamwork is amazing. KENN said the same thing about his team and they were “Star of Star”. XD

Here are pictures that someone possibly drew. XD But these are basically what the pictures looked like.

https://twitter.com/st_twilight/status/736912289790496768

1^stRound:

Team Otori:

• When: Hanae (sorry, I forgot!)
• Where: Suwabe (sorry, I forgot!)
• Who: Toraishi and two animals/blobs (Hosoya didn’t explicitly write “animals” but that counter usually is used for animals like dogs) – Hosoya
• This answer was just so amusing. XD Poor Ugawa and Inumine XD
• What: Shumai - Arthur
• What: Ate - Kensho

Team Hiiragi:

• When:Cherry blossom season - Hirakawa – Nice one!!!
• Where:Hatano (sorry, I forgot!)
• Who: the sky, sea, and mountain – Matsuoka LOL
• What: Shouronpou – Okitsu  
• What: Ate – KENN

Answer:

• When:During the spring vacation
• Where: At Chinatown
• Who:Toraishi, Inumine and Ugawa
• What:Shouronpou     (a kind of dumpling eaten in some Asian countries. It’s a food specialty     in Taiwan)
• What:Ate

Hirakawa accept Arthur’s answer of “shumai” so they both got around the same amount of points. I was really surprised they managed to answer what they were eating! They just looked like circles XD

2^ndRound:

Team Hiiragi:

• When:Last summer (in katakana) - Hatano
• Where: At the sea - Hirakawa
• Who:Otori and Hiiragi - Matsuoka
• What: With a stick – KENN who wrote that on purpose when the obvious answer would be to put the correct answer. XD He said that he was debating between writing the correct answer and this. XD
• What:Smashed – Okitsu

Team Otori:

• When: (sorry, I forgot!)
• Where:(sorry, I forgot!)
• Who: (sorry, I forgot!)
• What:Watermelon smashing – Hanae. The fact that he wrote out this phrase is a bit interesting because if Hosoya answered normally, it would just be “smashed” but writing that would just be repetitive and then… xD
• What: Over and over / many times – Hosoya,
  

Maeno got a kick out of Hosoya’s and the audience too. XDD

Correct answer:

• When: During the summer vacation
• Where: At the beach
• Who: Otori and Hiiragi
• What: Watermelons
• What: Smashed

Although this picture was fairly obvious, I felt that they just had fun writing down answers. XD

3^rdRound:

Team Otori:

• When: That time where we could still gradually go with the flow - Hanae who wrote something that’s hard to translate! LOL Something like that..
• Where: That promised place – Kensho… poetic XD
• Who: The blobs that stepped aside – Arthur – Of course, they didn’t say blobs… it was more like “things”…
• What: The five blobs that just woke up – Hosoya – the obvious object should’ve been Inumine. XD
• What: As if trying to protect them (the five blobs) warmly, danced and expressed their kindness – Suwabe who wrote such a nice thing. XDDD Sadly, it didn’t make sense because of what Hosoya wrote. XD

Team Hiiragi:

• When: At that time – Matsuoka… vague indeed. XD
• Where: At Yomiuri Hall (the venue) – Okitsu – interesting one!
• Who: Stardust (referring to Team Otori) - Hatano
• What: Hoshitani – KENN… wait, what!??? XDDD
• What: heard that after they beat him (Hoshitani) up, they asked, “Is there anyone here that’s a doctor?”- Hirakawa

Maenu got a kick out of Hirakawa’s answer. I think he gave this team a pink ball. XD

Correct Answer:

• When: At their debut performance
• Where: At the venue
• Who: Team Otori
• What: Inumine
• What: Captured (Inumine)

I didn’t think they were capturing Inumine! I thought they were dancing around him! LOL WTF. XD Anyway…

Then Maenu lifted up the podiums in the back where you see a clear tube and balls. And Team Hiiragi won by one point! As a prize, they got T-shirts with the infamous Kuga’s drawing on them (the drawing is based on the visual for the pamphlet/event. Just look at the last page).

Next up was a skit between Inumine, Kuga, and Toraishi. I mostly remember Toraishi being teased/bullied again like crazy. XDDD

And this led to next major skit!

First you see Hatano come out. He talked about how there was a very bad flu… cold going around. And apparently that was why the other two Kao Council members aka, Morikubo and Toriumi, weren’t there. He also found it weird that no one was there…Suddenly he got a call… from Otori. Apparently both Hiiragi and Otori were both at the hospital. They had caught a cold! Otori asked Sazanami to take care of his pupils for the day as well as Hiiragi’s. Hiiragi gets on the phone and coughed like crazy. XDDDD Hiiragi was super sick.. he sounded like he was dying. XDDDD Oh Hirakawa…

So Sazanami waited for Team Otori and Team Hiiragi. When he asked where was Tatsumi and Sawatari, they said that they had caught the cold. And Inumine was missing… Anyway, the situation itself was already amusing itself.

Eventually, Tengenji and Ugawa got into a fight. XDDDD I’m pretty sure at this point, it was most likely adlibs. Ugawa kept saying, “baka baka (idiot)!!” many times. It was actually pretty cute. XD Tengenji retorted with “Chibi (pipsqueak)” as a comeback and then Ugawa said “Loner!” Tengenji then said “Girly face!” And Ugawa paused and finally said, “Loner!” again XDDD

And finally, Sazanami got mad at them. Man… he’s scary. XD

The others tried to calm him down. Eventually, Kuga showed Sazanami his wonderful drawing of him (Sazanami) and suddenly went, “My eyes!! My eyes!!” Poor Sazanami… the others tried to help him but it became worse.  

To try to help him, Nayuki panicked and gave him tea to calm him down.  Sazanami drank it but suddenly started “dying”. Then Tsukigami looked at it and went, “Oh no, it’s tea made specially for Nayuki.… that his sisters made…” And Nayuki went in extreme panic mode, going, “Oh my god!! I’m so so so so sorry!! My sisters are murderers!!!” Actually, it was extremely adorable. XDDDDDDDDDD

Eventually Inumine (who wasn’t present during all of this) skipped right in… and sang randomly.

And then eventually you hear ambulance noises. And the scene ended. The audience went like “EHHH? That’s it??” kinda thing.

Then Hirakawa and Suwabe came out and closed the skit. XD

Then you hear Hoshitani’s voice. After that, they showed the screen, showing a playback of the entire first season. It felt very nostalgic… (I think I got the order wrong with this one). Hoshitani came out and sung his solo (short version)!!! AHHHH!!!

Followed by sing Seishun Countdown!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THEY DID THE DANCE AND STUFF ALSDFKJAWE SHORT VERSION BUT AHHHH ASDLJFKAWE I WOULD KILL FOR THE FULL VERSION BUT AHHH. <3333 Kensho, Hanae, and Arthur wore the “Satisfy” shirts. XD

After the song, Kensho said how they actually did the star thing before coming out too! <3

Then they sung Eien Stage (short version) and bromance! We screamed seeing Kensho and Hanae putting their arms around each other. Then it was Tengenji and Tsukigami’s part and Arthur and Maeno were all buddy instead and it was like ?? eh? XD Wait.. it should have been Arthur and Hosoya instead… but eventually Arthur went over and put his arm around Hosoya and of course the fans went wild… including me. XD

Then the screen advertised Starmyu stuff like the two DVDs containing the OVAs!! And yes, 2nd season announcement came out!!! AHHH!!! They showed the visual of Team Otori one by one in their second year uniform and they looked really cool and AHHH!! So many feels!! <333

After that, all the seiyuu come out and gave their concluding thoughts. All of Team Otori wore colored T-shirts pertaining to their character’s color but they weren’t the T-shirts that were sold.

Hirakawa commented on how Tengenji has fun with “Yabosuke” and KENN with “Koneko-chan” and how he wanted Hiiragi to have something like that! XDDD

Matsuoka commented that because they will become 2^nd years, that Ugawa will have a voice change (because of puberty) and he did this low voice. XDD Then he said, “Of course that won’t happen” And also said that he’s a “small demon” now and he might become a “full-fledged demon” as a second year. XDDD

One of them mentioned how next time, if there’s another event, that they would like Nobu and Yuma to be there so there will be a full Team Hiiragi. XD Dawww

Suwabe announced that there was another big surprise! And a staff member brought in two cakes apparently shaped as stars! And everyone sung happy birthdaaaay to Hirakawa and Maenu!!! Their birthdays were close!! And they both gave comments. XD  Picture HERE

Apparently Team Otori has a line group (which got created the day before the event) and Kensho said it felt like a real team because Suwabe sent them a message (something Otori-like) and the rest went like “Yoroshiku!” I just thought that was super adorable. Dawwww <3

My memory fails in the rest of the comments.

At the end, every team did their set phrase and pose!

For the Kao Council, they went, “We are the Kao Council!” Then team Hiiragi went, “Star of star!” And lastly…  team Otori went “We are stardust!” and everyone lifted up one arm and pointed up except Hosoya!!! XDDDDDD HAHAHA He didn’t do it. XDDDDDDDD He looked really out of it and after everyone did it, Hosoya just looked confused and got embarrassed. We laughed at that though the others didn’t seem to notice. XDDDD Oh Hosoya…

Random picture of them HERE. That’s what they all wore for the most part except for Team Otori, who changed into those clothes at the end. XD

As I was leaving… I took these pictures!

And eventually, I met up with Reiha-chan, Nacchan, Shoko-chan, and Chi-chan again! And since there were five of us…　☆

And thus this ends my fanreport. God, this took way longer than I thought. XDDD Anyway, I’m so happy there’s gonna be a second season in the spring of 2017! It’s a long way from now but it’ll come in no time!!! New songs!! New characters!! <333 And hopefully another event where they can sing the songs?? XD

Everyone was just super adorable! Suwabe is so cool as always! Hatano amuses me to no end. Hirakawa is just an angel. Okitsu is such a dork. XD Matsuoka is adorably awkward and tries his best. KENN is SO COOL AND HANDSOME AND I LOVE HIS VOICE. XD (Now you know my second favorite character). Arthur seems cool but I realized he is a bit strange. XDDD Maeno is cool in his own way. Hanae has such a lovely smile. Hosoya… always looks nervous and out of it but that’s part of his charm. <3 And Kensho is just pure cuteness like Nayuki. <3 And Gero is really cool!

I’m really glad I got the chance to go to this event! I will definitely continue to support Starmyu!!! <333

Next up, KiraFes 2016 fanreport… which will take time. XD I don’t think I’ll finish it this week because I’m going to the Prince of Stride event this weekend… Anyway, look forward to it! Thanks to everyone who managed to read this whole text of fangirlness! (I should really do a self introduction post as well…)

Official MV of PROTECT U by Kyo (Maeno Tomoaki) x Nagi (Hirakawa Daisuke).

Features illustration by Komiya Kuniharu