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Kuromyu I - My review
Jul. 19th, 2015 05:06 pmFans of KS are lucky enough to have TWO! subbed of it -so far- 4 musicals. Kuroshitsuji the Musical That Butler, Friendship was the first one, and after seeing the second one first, it is impossible not to make some comparisons.
They obviously improved for the next musical. I would say that, what I love about the first Kuromyu, were: 1) the boy who played Ciel. He was handsome and had a decent voice. In fact, he sounded very similar to the second Ciel, only less nasally. 2) More lines for Undertaker. True, he was very OoC some parts, but that made it funnier. 3) Lots of fighting scenes. Matsushita as Sebastian did it excellent, it was like watching a dance. I love the one with Grell -mostly because I love Grell!- but the winner of all battles was Mey-Rin. WOW, she was a pro, so effortlessly! Like she wasn't thinking when she was making these awesome moves. Kudos for her. 4) Lao is here, as well as Agni and Soma (but for the last two, their scenes were tiny, tiny). And although Tanaka is not really there, his role is more important and very funny.
As for the things I did not like: 1) the story. I did not care a bit about Yuuki and Kirito and the brother. And their parts were huge, larger than Grell's and Undertaker's and the servants. Heck, even larger than Ciel's. I wanted to fast forward all their scenes, but it would have meant missing 70% of the musical, so I didn't. 2) Less musical, more play. Not too many songs, and the little they were, weren't as good as in the second musical (remember The Shinigami song one?). The best one I think it was "Black vs. Red", but I may be biased, because it was a Sebastian vs. Grell one. 3) Matsushita improved so much for the second kuromyu, especially in his voice. In this musical, he sounded weaker. His voice did not sound so good; it was more high-pitched and nothing at all like Sebastian. 4) The scenery, being smaller, did not give room to more dynamic. So it made the musical slower and with pauses between each number (which did not happen in the second musical).
I wonder how come Uehara Takuya is so famous as Grell if he isn't allowed to shine more! His role is so tiny, it left me wanting more. His clothes.. his voice... his charisma... wow, more Grell please. Other than him and Undertaker, I love the actress who played Meyrin. She was wonderful! The same annoying voice, and of course, that memorable fight scene.
I also prefer the end of the second musical. It was more bittersweet, and the applauses for the actors were better -as in, the actors took their time to receive the congratulations of the audience. For this musical, it just... ended. Bow + bow, and the end.
To people who did not watch the musicals yet, I would recommend to start with the 2nd one. It was better and it was the one who made me a fan of the musicals.
They obviously improved for the next musical. I would say that, what I love about the first Kuromyu, were: 1) the boy who played Ciel. He was handsome and had a decent voice. In fact, he sounded very similar to the second Ciel, only less nasally. 2) More lines for Undertaker. True, he was very OoC some parts, but that made it funnier. 3) Lots of fighting scenes. Matsushita as Sebastian did it excellent, it was like watching a dance. I love the one with Grell -mostly because I love Grell!- but the winner of all battles was Mey-Rin. WOW, she was a pro, so effortlessly! Like she wasn't thinking when she was making these awesome moves. Kudos for her. 4) Lao is here, as well as Agni and Soma (but for the last two, their scenes were tiny, tiny). And although Tanaka is not really there, his role is more important and very funny.
As for the things I did not like: 1) the story. I did not care a bit about Yuuki and Kirito and the brother. And their parts were huge, larger than Grell's and Undertaker's and the servants. Heck, even larger than Ciel's. I wanted to fast forward all their scenes, but it would have meant missing 70% of the musical, so I didn't. 2) Less musical, more play. Not too many songs, and the little they were, weren't as good as in the second musical (remember The Shinigami song one?). The best one I think it was "Black vs. Red", but I may be biased, because it was a Sebastian vs. Grell one. 3) Matsushita improved so much for the second kuromyu, especially in his voice. In this musical, he sounded weaker. His voice did not sound so good; it was more high-pitched and nothing at all like Sebastian. 4) The scenery, being smaller, did not give room to more dynamic. So it made the musical slower and with pauses between each number (which did not happen in the second musical).
I wonder how come Uehara Takuya is so famous as Grell if he isn't allowed to shine more! His role is so tiny, it left me wanting more. His clothes.. his voice... his charisma... wow, more Grell please. Other than him and Undertaker, I love the actress who played Meyrin. She was wonderful! The same annoying voice, and of course, that memorable fight scene.
I also prefer the end of the second musical. It was more bittersweet, and the applauses for the actors were better -as in, the actors took their time to receive the congratulations of the audience. For this musical, it just... ended. Bow + bow, and the end.
To people who did not watch the musicals yet, I would recommend to start with the 2nd one. It was better and it was the one who made me a fan of the musicals.
**My rating: 7.5/10**
