Takarazuka meme

[winter]

From mizukusa:

Rules:
1. Comment and name the actress you want me to comment on. I'll comment back a few lines about what I have to say about her, as in what I like about her, my favourite role of her and so on.
2. If you comment, post this in your own journal, so that others have a chance to ask you as well.

(The above can also mean a character in a fandom we share. The tribulations of a multifandom existence...)

Comments

[winter]

Amazing is the one word that comes to mind. The very drive and determination and endurance she must have to deal with a career this long is staggering - from the first extra-quick promotion, to co-creating the Takarazuka Elisabeth, to each subsequent partner, until it totalled twelve years. I do think that without her, Takako may have never become top star at all - certainly not such a long-lasting one.

As for her performances - I prefer the early years, because as time went on I have the feeling that she stopped experimenting and pushing herself. It may be sacrilege, but with Takako, Mari seemed more focussed at making Takako look good than at finding ways to challenge herself acting-wise. With Maki and Zunko (I haven't seen Mari-Tom or Mari-Yuki yet), she was more about finding ways to be amazing on her own, exploring how high she could fly, and finding out it was very high indeed. (My suspicion seems borne out by her lack of stage-time since retirement, I think. It's no longer her greatest ambition.)

The one memory I'll always have of her will be this sweet girl standing next to Maki at her sayonara show curtain call, all in tears. First goodbyes are sweetest ♥

[wottie.livejournal.com]

Oh god, that scene you mention makes me cry all the time. I would icon it if it didn't feel so disrespectful. I agree with you - Takahana is one of my favourite combis, but it's no question that she and Ichiro reached a level of magnificence that she didn't have with anyone else. (Incidentally, are you interested in seeing her and Yuki? I'm sending off your stuff tomorrow so.. you know... i could tuck a surprise in there for you. ;) I love the way her eyes shone when she was on stage with Ichiro - they had such a stardrop quality to them that, even though she became more polished and more graceful and more perfect in later years, could always win me over with their sheer brilliance.

[winter]

*bats eyelashes* :D

(Also, do I owe you anything? I'm so busy these days that I forget!)