pics! ~ Misty Station

while checking my 'read it later' list I saw the link and remembered I did not finish screencapping (am I too brave to make a verb and even a gerund out of 'screencap'?)

BTW, 'read it later' is a very convenient thing. the only disadvantage of it is that the full mobile version costs money T____T

well, here they are, the photos! as for me, not all of them were successful... o_O well, I have favourites, too. the ones with costumes with obvious Scottish motives, for example, and also Kiriya-sama wearing lots of white and brown feathers. well, Aono-sama also looks great in white. now I realized it that light colours suit her much better than dark ones, compare with the black dress below
and the yellow coat in the end... *_____*

links! ~ Edward VIII TCA CD&DVD page

somehow I missed the day when the page was launched - even though I saw the date of release of CD&DVD (this fact should have urged me to look for something else!)... >____<

though 'tis not a huge present, a valuable thing there is a very good set of photos set with a short excerpt from the main song 

http://www.tca-pictures.net/shop/press/120223_edward8.html

I had to PrtScn them again, as the flash object is not destined to be saved as a vid or image...
I hope my screencaps are not bad...

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to be continued with Misty Station photos!

another big pic - Ryuu Masaki personal book 2010 cover

I am very slow but I finished another pic from Amazon, which can be previewed, but not in the full size

this one was very difficult to make, as the background is white and the suit is beige, and there are a lot of places where the colour almost doth not change, so I had nothing to make my 'landmark', therefore I had to place a  new square, then check the left one, the right one and the upper one, then I moved one of them and all the others began to seem to be on the wrong place, and the same problem with every new square (and there were almost 30 of them as far as I remember)

well, I am complainig too much about the work I volunteered to do...

here ye art

Happy Birthday

to future Ryuu-sama!

actially, this is the version of the image I made for my phone desktop, and I have lost where my original pic is... though, you can find it somewhere on Tumblr, and I would like to express my gratitude to the person who shared this, though I have forgotten thy name, my generous kindred spirit

hope I shall call her this way soon. I hope and pray every day so that no one stands in her way to the Top.
the worst thing I understood not so long ago is that, in case we have a Top Star from another Troupe, we might have another transfers, the ones which are much worse than transfers from another troupes to Moon - the ones FROM Moon. and those ones might be Masao and Mirio, as they both are obviously aiming to become Tops some time, unlike Morie, who seems to be moving towards becoming Moon kumichou one day (is it really likely that she would be transferred to another troupe after 13 years of loyalty to Moon?).
if there is any magician who is willing to make my wish come true, I pray you, make both Misao and Mirio stay in Moon...... they are such a wonderful couple and I want to see them as Top and nibante eventually... please...........

it is almost frightening...

the more I think over Troupes in the whole, and the next Top-Star in particular, the more I understand how much I love the Moon Troupe. it is as if I have been aware of them and a fan of them since my birth and as if there hath been a strond bond between us for ages.
I have already persuaded myself that Masao is likely to obtain the position she was striving for, but the possibility of a transfer grew from a mere possibility to the biggest fear I had recently felt. the fear so strong that it vergeth on hatred towards the other Troupes.
the funniest thing is that now that I am completely enchanted by the Moonies, I finally have the strength to watch performances of other Troupes, and I even managed to determine some siennas who make a positive impression on me, such as Yuzuki-sama or Haruno-sama among Tops and some others non-Tops. I can swear I start to like them. I am really interested in them and I respect them while constantly praying for no one of them to be transferred to Moon.
it is ok to transfer a sienna to Moon while she is in her initial stages and only in case she didn't develop any Troupe-ish peculiarities in her way of acting.
well, all I can is only to pray that Masao becometh the next Top. I shall have the hope till the very moment when it is already late

the future is dim...

it happened so that many of the 90s debutants stayed for long in Zuka, so that many transfers were made to make a former N-bante a new Top Star. well, Kiriya-sama became the Top quite naturally, but think of the others. Oozora was made to go Cosmos, then Ranju was made to go Flower, and that's not the end of the list, me is too lazy to check the others...
now we have a vacant place in Moon.

both Masao and Mirio advanced quite soon to be ni-san-bante, eh? just compare, Kiriya-sama was somewhat of a sanbante in  the year of grace 2004, let me judge from the anniversary competition video. it means 10ken for that moment. Masao became a nibante in 2010 with the 8 or 9ken, is me right? well, me agrees that 8 and 10 are quite close. and there's also a saying that it takes 10 years to become a Top.
can Masao do this having precisely 11 in her stage story, one year more than 'necessary'? oh, she can! in terms of her capacities, the thing which is called 'talant', but which me preferres to call a natural aptitude multiplied by personal efforts.
however, can she do this in terms of equilibrium? that's not quite clear. while Ranju-sama became a Top this year, though she obviously was prepared for this long ago, and she is not going to leave soon, Oozora-sama is really awaited to retire, not by me because me dislikes her, but by many others. after her retirement there will also be an option, who will replace her. me doesn't make a 150% sure statement that something like this will happen, but when we have two positions vacant we can really have transfers, cannot we? me means, if only Kiriya-sama retired it would be natural for nibante to succeed, but the fact that two Tops are about to quit can make the High Zuka Officials think 'what 'bout that and how 'bout this?'
the only thing that makes me sigh with relief is that there are not many siennas currently who seem to be suitable to become the next Top in terms of their ken, though it might matter nothing at all, as we know how surprising can the way of thinking of Zuka's people be. but if we do have a transfer...
this means, we could have a star from another Troupe, who wouldn't know how to work in Moon, who wouldn't feel the same we do, we the lovers of Moon and the members of Moon as well. how would she compliment the others... and how would she come to appreciate the atmosphere of Tsukigumi?
me honourable guests may remember the case of Aono-chan, who is also a transferred sienna, but methinks her to fit the Tsukigumi greatly, as if she was destined to come there once.
would there be an otokoyaku-san as strong and cheerful as the previous Moonies were? would there be as interesting and perky girls to become a Top Musumeyaku?
me comes to the only conclusion. the golden age is ending. me feels it even when looking at photos of the last Zuka school graduates. there are not many faces which seem to be strong and daring, promising to create a really unusual Top that we could remember for ages. mostly they look alike, and no, me is not confusing the make-up and clothers, me speaks of the impression, which really doesn't radiate any special aura.
the next century of Zuka will bring a lot of changes.
the changes are necessary to evolve and to be alive. nothing can exist intact.
changing is the basic principle of the Earth.
'tis me who doesn't want some certain things to chage.
but it doesn't matter at all

my intuition

it either exists in an obvious way, or abandones me giving no hint, no tip and no advice.
now, however, me would like to speak of my intuition working.
why is that almost all the girls me grows fond of happen to be of Tsukigumi?
me speaks nothing of Kiriya-sama, who was the reason me had the interest in Moon Troupe, but of the others me would like to mention the following
it turned out me loves the nibante and sanbante very much. well, me calls Masao nibante and Mirio sanbante, though 'tis obvious that everything is not that easy in the Troupe. however, let your humble servant consider the things to be just as they are stated by him.
if me isn't mistaken once again, my beautiful Suzukaze-sama was also a part of Moon in her time. and if the attention me payed to Masao and Mirio is generally explained by the fact me saw them in the first Zuka's performance ever, Suzukaze-sama's case is a REAL coincidence.
the more me read the list of the other Troupes, the more me was astonished with the fact me cannot love all the actors in the other Troupes. e. g. in case we speak of Yuzuki-sama, me cannot say the others attract me that much, though me conclusion still is based on the pics only, and awaits it's provement by watching. if me honourable guests ask me about the Cosmos, me shall answer me dislikes Oozora-san as usual, however 'tis nibante who attracts me attention and who was a kind of compensation for the possible prospects of the necessity of watching Cosmos perfomance in Tokyo.
me should say a couple of words 'bout the musumeyaku-san too. though me doesn't pay much attention to them usually, me really likes Marimo-chan, her voice and her face expressions are, well, one of the best me have ever seen, though me lacks the experience to say for all of them.
the list, however, doesn't end here. the voice of Shizuki Asato astonished me from the very beginning of the 'kimi no na o yobeba'. and though she changed Troupes, she was also a part of Moonies once.
the most surprising thing is that Sawaki Rizu happens to be a Moonie too! and it was her voice that seemed the most unique on the '14 covers' album to your humble servant. me cannot say why me is so glad, as Sawaki-chan doesn't mean anything to me as for now, but me is really pleased that Tsukigumi collects the most interesting personalities and appearances and voices. well, the only thing that doesn't please me is that Oozora was a part of Moonies, too, and she was even ahead of Kiriya-sama. me is so glad she was transferred to the Cosmos. she suits it quite well, and moreover she suits her musumeyaku too. that means, also, that me dislikes the musumeyaku almost as much as me does towards Oozora-san, though this attitude may alter someday (but quite unlikely!)

I love Moon Troupe. why shouldn't I?

it IS funny. and it WAS funny back then in... every performance I see. OMG I LOVE IT
I love their irony and bantering. I love their style. I love the appearance of most of the siennas. I love all the other things as well.
I'm a complete fan of Tsukigumi...... *_____*
just look!
a pic from the 2004's anniversary. THEY WON BTW ^___^

and this is A-Rex. YES it's about Alexander of Macedonia ^o^
brutal military Alex ho-ho-ho
and left on the pic - my beloved Masaki as Hephaestion ^.^
 nnyahahaaa, Hephaestion with her lovely feminine catwalk

OMG I LOVE THE LOOK when she turns her head *_____*
*fangirl-fangirl*

and this one

and many others ^.^