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Kumon Hyodo [ 兵頭九門 ] ([personal profile] 9mon) wrote2022-02-20 10:47 am
slashay: (build it into pinnacles and shrines)

[personal profile] slashay 2022-02-23 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Nodding along! Hell yeah, he also thinks it's good.]

Right? You can help yourself!

[But for now, he'll reorient himself so he's facing the couch like the rest of the living room is a stage area, smoothing down the front of his fancy idol outfit.]

Hm... Should I start with the one about flowers first?
slashay: (and i think of the distant past)

[personal profile] slashay 2022-02-23 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Well! Kashuu clears his throat, quiet for a beat or two...

And after a few seconds, he starts to sing this song! It's a mournful kind of thing, poetic in its celebration and memorialization of how fleeting life can be, and how lovely it is when it's around.

Kashuu himself as a singer is quite good, too! Like in a literal "talented at singing" sort of way, and also in the way he can put himself into a song, singing out the emotions behind it even without a piano to back him up. He pantomimes many of the lyrics, swaying at the mention of the gentle willow, making popping motions with his fingers when he talks about sparkling and cracking, and dancing across the makeshift "stage" to chase non-existent, scattering petals.

He really just said "I'm gonna try hard from the VERY START".]
slashay: (oh?)

[personal profile] slashay 2022-02-24 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Holy shit that was so fast. This man has a heart tendie like chicken nuggets...

Kashuu will give a little reflexive bow once he's done singing and promptly trot off to go get some tissues, plopping down next to him and holding it out.]


--So I'm guessing that was a good one, huh?
slashay: (i don't play i slay)

[personal profile] slashay 2022-02-24 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Gently pats his knee...]

You sure you're up for it? I saved the sadder one for second!
slashay: (build it into pinnacles and shrines)

1/2

[personal profile] slashay 2022-02-25 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
Mm... I think I've heard that before, too. So I guess it's gotta have some truth!

[DOES IT?? It's fine though, he's hopping back up and dusting his skirts off again before taking his spot back at the front.]

O-kay, gimme a second... [To clear his throat and get back into the mood!]
slashay: (leave me in the afterglow)

[personal profile] slashay 2022-02-25 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Once he does, he'll start singing this tune instead - a much slower, softer piece, with fewer dramatic vocalizations and less poetic lyrics.

There's something about it that seems quite personal though, in a way the first song wasn't.]
slashay: (goodbye you shit)

[personal profile] slashay 2022-02-25 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[KUMON IS SO SWEET... THIS IS KILLING HIM... Honestly an ideal audience reaction, he's gonna have to write this in his sword idol notes later to present to his fellow sword idols.

After his little bow, he's once again making his way over with a tissue.]


I've never actually been able to see anyone's reactions to those up close before... It's pretty moving for me, too!
slashay: (build it into pinnacles and shrines)

[personal profile] slashay 2022-02-26 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
[All teenagers should be like Kumon, in Kashuu's humble opinion.]

Thanks, thanks! But yeah, it definitely is... Maybe I should do one-on-one concerts more often! Or at least smaller group ones. The feedback's great!