In fact I have, like, A LOT of Elisabeth-related stuff.. Like arts and memes and shit.. But half of them include Ludwig and idk who cares about Ludwig lmao
Anyway. I translated some (cursed) memes into English so here you go
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THE FOOL - 初舞台性/debuting performer the innocent hatsubutaisei stands joyfully on the silver bridge. full of hopes and dreams, but with no real idea of the trials ahead. if she doesn’t watch her step, she could get injured - but if she trusts in the future before her, she could gain incredible wisdom and fulfilment. her journey begins!
THE MAGICIAN - アリスとルイス/alice’s lover even when you feel powerless and lost, there is always a faint light you’ll never lose. with the pure innocent power of your own talents, you can make something from nothing and bring your own story to life. if you have something to live for, you don’t have to sleep to dream. every day can be: “welcome to wonderland”!
THE PRIESTESS - オフィーリア/ophelia (you draw it reversed) blessed with incredible intuition - nobody is more perceptive. rosemary, pansies, fennel, rue - you know exactly what everyone is about. but due to your oppressive environment, you are surrounded by powerful actors. you strain to hold onto the string to your vast potential, to reality and to your very life…
THE EMPRESS - エリザベート/elisabeth (you draw it reversed) as free and true as a bird, somehow you ended up believing that femininity, motherhood and lavish abundance were the key to reclaiming that limitless power. but something has gone terribly wrong. is this what you came all this way for? sometimes you hear a familiar voice
To be honest… I thought the main character was one big Mary Sue. I don’t even like calling characters that, but it was the best way to put in words my issue with this story.
It’s got good songs and it doesn’t stretch, since the main character needs to always be on the move, so we’re always reaching new characters, new stories.
But beware of triggers. We have gun shooting, we have talks about camps and holocaust and antisemitism. The main character is at all times against all that, we barely have actual Nazi characters and that part of the plot goes away soon, but it’s there. So if that makes you feel bad, don’t watch it.
I’m not a Jew to judge the content, or close, my family came to America before the war, so I can’t tell you if it’s worth it.
Back to Takarazuka, we have a good cast, even if it’s made of so many young ones. We also have Shimon as a Senka member along with Natori Rei.
I believe this is made to be a heartwarming story, the type that gives you hope in people, in the future. At least, that was the result. There is romance, but it’s not prevalent. Even the sadder parts don’t last much.
And once more, many thanks to those who made this release possible!
It’s finally here! It’s been a while since I promised to do this. Thank you so much to all those who helped me get it done!
Note that timing is for the Bluray version, but the Sky Stage version uses the same footage, so you can retime it easily with online tools.
To be honest, this is a procedural but one of the detectives is one of the victims who got killed. And yet, it can be funny, it can be angsty, it can be a killer to anyone who was a Tamaki fan. Uekumi subtly crushed our hearts with Ouranki. Ishida will show you the hammer before doing it again and again. It’s not a really sad story, despite the emotional moments, but the subtext for Tamaki’s taidan is…. too much.
We also get to see Mayupon and Shimon before their transfer to Senka.
Note that Misono Sakura wasn’t in this show but in her Music Salon. The leading musumeyaku here was Amashi Juri (But the aiteyaku appears much more to be Chinatsu really, her line about having to say goodbye to TamakiKanzaki a second time was the one time this show made me cry).
I suck at trigger warning, but there’s a looot of focus on gun, of course there are deaths, there is gun shooting too. I hope I didn’t forget anything else.
