"More like a ritual than a performance. First performance of the Cosmos Troupe's 'Casino Royale'" > 자유게시판

June 10, 2023, 3:30pm performance (last performance)

I woke up early in the morning, slowly got ready...I felt more like I was participating in a ceremony than watching a play, so I put on my clothes, put on makeup, and checked my belongings...

And so it was like this until halfway through, but I forgot to prepare my macaron light, and I frantically looked for it and ended up sweating (no showers allowed).

When I came back from the final performance at the Grand Theater, I immediately checked my macaron light, thinking, "I have to bring this next time!", and put it away so carefully that I forgot where I put it... (laughs).

I finally found it, put in the batteries and tested it, but one of them wouldn't light up! Is it a bad battery? That's strange, I checked it the other day... I have to buy some at the convenience store!

And so it was a hectic time before I went out.

On this day before the final performance, the place was filled with Yurika fans, and some were already in tears at the announcement of the start of the performance...

I watched the familiar "Casino Royale" while watching Kiki-chan and Zun-chan,

simulating, "Oh, so this is the group we'll be going with from now on."

Of course, there was not even a micron of uncertainty, and the new Cosmos troupe was rock solid. No, it might still be too crowded...

In the second half of the Tokyo performance, Yurika-chan... looked a little lonely (← maybe it's just my imagination), and I sometimes felt sad thinking about the time left.

But on this day, she was smiling, smiling.

Her smile was so beautiful...

One thing I think is typical of Takarazuka is the red lipstick she wears in the show.

In plays (I didn't know about the past), male roles have a natural beige-like mouth, but in the show, they wear crimson... not necessarily crimson, but a reddish lipstick, which is very sexy.

A fictional man, beautiful as a dream, wears rouge. It shakes the axis of gender perception within me.

This shaking of the axis occurs because gender is firmly established, but such things don't matter, as long as they are ultimately beautiful... That's the paradox I find myself thinking.

What I look for in Takarazuka is not just the skill of singing and dancing, but a dreamlike feeling.

No matter how much I admire them when I go to see musicals or ballets and say, "They're so good, they're amazing," there is always another strong, almost poisonous charm, 1-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku.

In the finale, Makaze Suzuho adds a touch of red to his mouth and is truly beautiful and seductive... When he comes down the stairs with his arms on the shoulders of the female actor, smiling, it causes a slight cognitive distortion (lol).

In the end, they didn't wear black tailcoats for the finale, the farewell show, or even the speech at the main theater, which was a little sad, but I guess the current Cosmos troupe looks good in a stylish suit with a strong beat.

And, this isn't limited to the graduation performance, but the top star leaves the male troupe and the dance becomes even younger and more intense, with the second-in-command at the top.

It seems to point to the near future, like an eternal succession, so to speak.

Well, it's time to change clothes for the duet dance (lol), but even so, I think it's well done. I've thought it about 1000 times.

I think the song that had a lot of people crying at the farewell show was Anastasia's "When She Comes." Me too. It's a piece I love, and there are probably people who can sing it better than Yurika, but when she sings it, I remember a lot of things... this beautiful song. A song that is transparent and sparkling, and contains drama. It's in a major key, but somehow sad. A song that hides longing.

I also managed to wave the much-anticipated macaron light around without any problems, and the previous performance ended simply.

Today is the final performance.

It's raining tears in Tokyo. I will be there to witness the culmination of Makaze Suzuho's performance as the otokoyaku I have been watching over for so long.