Tenimyu Four: More Than Limit St. Rudolph Gakuen

New Cast Members
Akazawa Yoshirō – Aoki Kenji
Fuji Yūta – KENN
Kaneda Ichirō – Ōtake Yuki
Kawamura Takashi – Kitamura Eiki
Kisarazu Atsushi – Kato Ryosuke
Mizuki Hajime – Shiozawa Hidemasa
Tezuka Kunimitsu – Ōkuchi Kengo
Yanagisawa Shinya – Shinoda Mitsuyoshi

Returning Cast Members
Echizen Nanjirō – Ueshima Yukio
Echizen Ryōma – Endō Yuya
Fuji Shūsuke – Kimeru
Horio Satoshi – Ishibashi Yūsuke
Inui Sadaharu – Aoyama Sōta
Kaidō Kaoru – Gōmoto Naoya
Katō Kachirō – Toyonaga Toshiyuki
Kikumaru Eiji – Nagayama Takashi
Mizuno Katsuo – Hotta Masaru
Momoshiro Takeshi – Moriyama Eiji
Ōishi Shūichirō – Tsuchiya Yūichi

--------2----Arii & Kelfin----2--------

ACT ONE

We are having trouble finding a version of SeiRuu that is subbed. D: I spent the time watching videos of Kanesaki Kentarou! ♥





Ugh, we have to watch this without subtitles. I plan to be disgruntled by this.






Aw, disappointment. :(






Meanwhile, Horio & co. are wandering through the audience, whining. What do you think, Arii, has the “play in the audience” thing been overdone yet?






By the ichinen? Never. By Golden Pair? Yes. By Rikkai? No, they have taste. By Shitenhouji? No, they're hilarious.

But... Aww... The Ichinen! They are... crying and trying to snuggle... Cuuuuuute!


1.1 Kore ga Totaikai da!

Fanny packs are for dorks. ♥






OMG YES. I LOVE THE ICHINEN. THEY ARE SO MUCH FUN. This time they're wearing awesome sunglasses. They're awesome. So awesome.
Look at this dancing--it's great.




1.2 Aoku Moeru Honō

Oooh, synthesizer! It's almost like magic. Ugh, Tsuchiya-san, you are awful at singing! Moriyama-san and Aoyama-san are also... What's going on?! It's like we're trapped in a world of musical fail. They're not usually this bad. Oh, Nagayama-san... Thank you.



You know. I don't think we actually NEED subs to this. We already know basically what they're saying, and half of the words are in English anyway.

I am learning so much about music, watching these myus with Kelfin! I learn that when people sound bad, it is because they are "flat" or "sharp!" So exciting, all these fancyfancy musical terminologies.

Yes, fancyfancy. :D

Kitamura-san (the new Taka-san) is so creepy looking. He reminds me of an extra-wimpy version of my puny cousin Erich. I don't know if it's the blank smile, the oddly effeminate-yet-unattractive features, or the needs-to-eat-a-brownie skinniness, but he definitely gives off serial killer vibes.

This is a ridiculously boring song—it sounds just like all the other Tenimyu songs before it. You could probably have fun with it if you did some opium, though. Or crystal meth.

Kimeru -- I wish he'd miss a note just once. Fucking goodie-two-shoes perfect little bitch.

Nagayan -- cutest boy in this show. I want to pinch his cheeks!

Kimeru is wearing eyeliner. I hate him.

They are all wearing eyeliner, Arii.

Sometimes I wonder about the taste of people like us—people who enjoy Prince of Tennis. What is it that we see in this? (Besides the gay. Because I refuse to believe that I am pathetic enough that I am actually at the point where all I seek in entertainment is innuendo.)

I honestly have no fucking clue. I haven't ever had a clue about why I'm watching this. Around episode 15, I just...sort of... started caring. A Lot. Because it ate my soul.




Yeah, mine, too. ♥

Okay, now it's time for our St. Rudolph boys! Wow, KENN (Yūta) is kinda cute.




EEEEE YES HE IS Oh oh oh oh oh. This is going to be a good myu. I have long held the belief that while Rikkai has the best dancers (the crown prince of whom is, of course, Nakagauchi Masataka, bless his boots) and Hyoutei has the best songs, SeiRuu has the best choreography. Seriously. I'll point it out when we get there. :D (In hindsight--It's actually in Yamabuki-myu. T_T Whoops)


Although Shiozawa-san (Mizuki) is wearing baffling pants, his lips are mesmerizing. His lip gloss is just the perfect amount of shiny, and his jacket looks so snuggly and warm, and his eyes are all--OMG AOKI-SAN! (Akazawa) is the ugliest person on earth. He looks like a gross camp counselor with an orange fake tan.


AHAH AH AHAH. Mizuki is PERFECT. Akazawa is not as ugly as Kelfin says he is. Yuuta's racket!!! I HAVE that racket! That EXACT ONE. 1.3 Erabareshi Elite Shūdan.




That's kind of cool. ^^ We should play tennis sometime. I bet you're good at it.

Hey, St. Rudolph can sing without offending the ears! Shiozawa-san sings like a child, but pleasantly, and he has obviously studied Mizuki's poses.



Oh. Oh. Oh my. They're.... They're GOOD. They sound very sweet without being sharp. Okay, so Mizuki isn't the best soloist, but when they're all together!





This song is nice, though it reminds one of a spy movie...






Mizuki is a PERFECT Mizuki.

I dunno about you guys, but I have Two Years' Japanese Experience and I am following along pretty well. "And Singles one will be... me."



Lol.






1.4 Rival Ijō Teki Miman

Gōmoto-san's legs are great. And also very long. Obviously this leads him and Moriyama-san to English Country Dance.





*dies laughing* You thought it looked like English country dance?!






Pretty much. I swear I saw them set-and-turn.

The ECD is followed by... unicycles. And a badly-played recorder. Sadly, this is my favorite song so far.

Moriyama-san, listen to yourself and stay in tune.

This is kind of a boring song. I suppose it's better to be boring but competant then to try to make it interesting and publicly embarass yourself.





Oh dear god, Shiozawa-san's distractingly beautiful lips. I can't... I can't look away! He's just standing there waiting for Momo and Kaidō to make out, and all I can do is stare at his mouth.

Yay, a GP match! Poor Eiji with his poor, hurty eyes and his... OMFG. That almost looks like...


Yeah.






SPANKING. IT LOOKS LIKE SPANKING.

IN CASE YOU DIDN'T GET IT.




1.5 Bunseki

LOL, Nagayama-san's expressions.






Nagayan has REAL facial expressions. It's pretty cool, but Kelfin's laughing.






I want this song to stop so I can see Inui and Mizuki TAKE IT OUTSIDE!!! FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!!!




He is totally cute.






Oh yeah he is. ♥






... We're talking about Mizuki, right?






Oh. I was talking about Inui.






Also totally cute.






But Mizuki is too.

And, grrr, Ōishi is so cool! I want him as a boyfriend. Australian formation is great, and between every play, Nagayama-san and Tsuchiya-san zoom back toward each other like the pole ends of two magnets.

Ōtake (Kaneda) is cute, too, though. He has girly eyes, and he's so adorable with his passion and his screaming! It's like kittens.

1.6 Tennis ni Scenario wa nai

I hate this Taka. He's creepy and I don't like it. Also, why is there a bow on his back?

Kimeru is especially breathy here... He's like Marilyn Monroe.

And all this love drama is embarrassing me. Oooh! Speaking of middle school love, this made me think of all our boys.

This is an incredibly boring myu. I don't have anything to say about it. Well, I guess I do. This interesting two-level stage is the first of the Unnecessary Budget Blowing we see. I suppose that is something.




1.7 Depend on Me

Don't make Tsuchiya-san sing and run around at the same time!! You know he can't do it!!! It's so mean... You know, I think this might be a good song, but I can't really tell what the pitches are supposed to be. Tsuchiya-san, can you hear the music? Are you listening to yourself? You don't usually suck this much.

Every time Mizuki does his evil laugh, I'm compelled to giggle.

Mizuki has DSL. I want to see him making out with someone.






Yūta. Now.

(And yes... he does have DSL.)

That boing! for Eiji is the best sound effect ever.


1.8 Jyūden Kanryō

Yay for my OTP! Yay for an Eiji who can actually do acrobatics! (But Nagayama-san, must you swing your hips just like that?) Nagayama-san's singing isn't as bad as Tsuchiya-san's, even though he is also being forced to bounce around while he does it, but that could be because this song is easier to sing.

Wait, are they frolicking and chasing each other through the audience? Oh Golden Pair. Look! Kaneda and Akazawa are becoming snugglier the longer they are in contact with them. GP is obviously contagious.

I am so sad and depressed all of a sudden. I turned on some of the Rikkai myu to play in the background and I'm all... sad. I MISS RIKKAI. T___T I WANT THEM TO BE HERE. Why are we spending so much time on cuddling doubles pairs from other teams? I don't even care...



*austerely* I care.

Yay St. Rudolph! I love Shiozawa-san; I want him to have my babies. Shinoda-san's (Yagagisawa's) overacting is funny and interesting. And I want to put Kato-san (Kisarazu) in a babydoll dress.

Endō-kun, must you take in great gaspy breaths just so you can sigh later? It's not very elegant.

1.9 Sanjūshō

Tsuchiya-san... you suck today. Is this supposed to be harmony? This is vicariously humiliating. Thank goodness for KENN, seriously. At least it—Oh, wow. Everything magically gets better when there are no solos.




*sighs great hufty, mournful sighs* It does get better.






ACT TWO

GP is so cute. Is that Tokyo in the background? It looks like an atomic wasteland. But Nagayama-san clambers up and over like it's nothing—I want one!





Nagayan is adorable. But you know who is more adorable? Akaya. And Baba. And Masa. And Kane-chan. But Rikkai isn't here yet. :( :((((





2.1 Golden Pair Part 2

Just what we needed—a slow version of this song, complete with pink spotlight. Gag.

(I LOVE IT.)



*is melancholy and morose*






2.2 Hand in Hand

...Kimeru's pensive moment alone. Is this a music video? (I have shown you guys this particular vid before, so I hesitated to use it here, but compared to all his other PVs, this is by far the best at showing off his ability to dramatically clutch his own chest.) His hand on his heart, the slow lift of his lashes... it's so appropriately timed and precisely perfect that it's almost frightening rather than attractive. But damn, he's actually good-sounding. Especially in his low range! Why doesn't he get to sing down there more often? It's kind of sexy, actually. O.O


Kelfin is laughing at this. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN BE LAUGHING AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. T_T





Because trite overacting is hilarious, that's why! Besides, if I don't laugh at things like this, I'd be crying all the time.

*perks up* Yūta? OH PLEASE TURN INTO A DUET WITH KENN, PLEASE!

No?

Sad.

2.3 Ore wa Ore no Namae de Yobaretai

KENN's very pretty, isn't he? His eyes are so glittery and his voice is so smooth and his legs are so... totally hot. (Weird eyebrows, though.)





Yuuta, you're beautiful, you have a great voice, you're in tune, and you have EXPRESSION. You're the only thing pulling me out of this bottomless pit of despair.




Also he is a damn fine singer. I had been hoping that this would turn into a duet with Shiozawa-san, because I like duets and I love Mizuki, but now I don't even care. KENN is talented and expressive. Whoever is directing obviously appreciates this: note the good blocking choices for singing. They don't expect KENN to dance and sing at the same time. They just put him in the middle and wait for him to open his mouth. Was that actual vibrato? Not, you know, his voice shaking because it's weak, but actual vibrato? And he can change registers! And he can hold out long notes! And! And! And!!!!

I'm going out right now to buy all of his records.

BTW, dear readers, the essence of that song was in the chorus. For those of you also watching without subs and no experience with Japanese, Yuuta said "Ore wa ore no namae de yobaretai", which means "I want to be called by my name" (as opposed to being "Tensai Fuji's little brother"). HEART. HEART HEART HEART.


OMG Yūta. I want to go read Yūta/Mizuki slash right now.

(AND I DID.)




2.4 Omae wa Seigaku no Hashira ni Nare

I kind of hate this Tezuka (Ōkuchi-san); his hair looks so bad. Or maybe it's just his face that's ugly. Also this song wasn't that good the first time, and the duet is out of tune. That part is Endō-kun's fault, though neither of them is even attempting to blend. *bitch bitch bitch*

Even though I know what's going to happen here, I'm still rooting for Yūta. I hope he kicks Ryōma's ass. Wait... is Yūta's scar drawn on with black sharpie?

Over there by the bleachers, Inui and Horio are being adorable. Has Aoyama-san ever had a solo? *muses* Maybe that's why I still like him...

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Shiozawa-san's arms are so perfect, so elegant, so effete, so unnatural... That's it. I'm making him my wife.

AHAHA--*claps hand over mouth* Ohh my god. I've read that fic. It is here.






*pauses to read fic*

BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

I've always loved Sakaki. *wicked grin*

You know, the St. Rudolph uniforms should not have zippers on the front. It is far too tempting. I am getting distracted looking at them.

Ironic, for a Catholic boy's private school. :D






Catholic boys...

*incapacitating nosebleed*




2.5 Ore wa Ue ni Iku yo

This music sounds super 1970s. I think it's actually a song by Chicago.

I'm bored. Endō-kun sucks, although he is at least not terrified to move any more.

You know what would make this better? Yūta and Mizuki should totally make out. Now. I mean, look at them: Yūta's so easy. Mizuki plays him like a tenor saxophone (which, in my opinion, is the easiest instrument ever—it practically leaps into your mouth and plays itself).

*sniggers* You said "into your mouth"! *giggle giggle titter* Ahahah I said titter! TITter! Tee hee. Yeah, I'm so bored. They totally should make out.





...Yeah. They should totally make out.

Tezuka, get offstage. St. Rudolph's problems are so not your business. (This is what comes of deleting Ryūzaki-sensei.)



2.6 Shizukanaru Tōshi

Alright, I have nothing else to say about this myu. Seriously. I'm done.






*sigh* Fine, I will do it.

Is this song necessary? I mean, Fuji just had a solo on the same topic (Yūta). Oh... this one has backup dancers. Well then.

So Mizuki and Fuji do the single bitchiest handshake I have ever been privileged to see. Kimeru moves his hand like it's hard to get the Mizuki off, lol.

Check out Kimeru's posture. It almost looks like he has boobs when he stands like that. You know, he's not very attractive as a boy, but think about it. If he were a girl, I would make out with him. On second thought, he seems like he might make a manipulative, bitchy sort of girl, and those people scare me.

Oh, Mizuki and his beautiful, painful aspirations. ♥ Don't you think it's interesting that Prince of Tennis expects us to enjoy seeing him get pulverized? Apparently disregarding the safety of others in a quest for personal gain is a serious violation of PoT ethics. That would be an interesting paper, wouldn't it? PoT ethics, I mean.

Mizuki, don't get angry! It shows him he won! Take it out on Akazawa instead. He's got an ugly face.

...And yet another TezFuji moment. I'm beginning to feel suspicious. This is not the usual “mix-up-the-team-for-fun-flavor!” random stuff that the myus like to do. It's more like... a ship.

Sometimes I remember with vague horror that there are people who actually ship them. It is very biased and unjust of me, so I want to state that everybody has the right to ship whoever they want, even if it is an unnecessarily, annoyingly every-hair-in-place pair like Tezuka and Fuji. But... *shudder*

RUN YŪTA!!! YOUR BROTHER IS COMING!!!!!

2.7 Aoku Moeru Honō 2

AGAIN?! Oh, it just starts as a Kimeru solo.






2.8 Dream Maker

The plot has ended, but if I know Tenimyu, this is not the curtain call.

Nope, it's a heartfelt solo for Ōkuchi-san (Tezuka). It really sounds like the stuff that's on the radio at 11:00 pm on Thursday nights on the Hits of the 90s station.

It's clearly a love song! I bet next, Kimeru comes on and has a verse, and then they sing together with Kimeru on melody and Ōkuchi-san on harmony, and—

OMFG IT HAPPENED

2.9 Now & Forever

It's interesting how this myu is still pretending that Echizen is the main character. When you look at stage time and number of solos, not to mention which characters receive attention from the plot and actually develop, the main character is obviously Fuji Shūsuke.



I don't care anymore. I just don't care. When I finish adding in my commentary, I'm going to go write a long essay on my LJ about Baba and Masa and The Evidence Supporting The Hypothesis that They Are In Love. Yes.




(You guys, Arii just showed me a video interview of "Baba and Masa", and they are pretty much obviously in love.)





Curtain Call

Lol, St. Rudy are having fun. They are dorkfaces. ...And from there, it just gets worse and worse with the showing off and the goofing off, and no one has taste, and it's awful. At least Endō-kun doesn't try to do anything “fun”.




Encore

Sad. Tsuchiya-san sucks at singing, but I still love him.

Oooh, I've never made it to the credits before. Oh, the slo-mo! Kimeru clutching his breast! Kitamura-san looking confused! The ichinen fanny packs! More GP spanking!

~*~

Ugh, it's like all I do here is complain about who can't sing and who is ugly. I feel so shallow. D:

On the plus side, I have found a bride!

♥ Kelfin's Wifey ♥

Oh, Kelfin. They grow up so quickly. *wipes away a tear*