REVIEW: autumn troupe live - a3! mankai stage

NOTE: this review is about the stage play, not its game, anime, movie or other media adaptations.

REVIEW #16: Mankai Stage - Autumn Troupe Live

Content Type: Stage Play (Live Performance)

Media/Franchise: A3! 

overall thoughts: 

• I watched the first third of this live months ago and it really took a while before I got back to it 💀 anyway I'm happy to see my Akigumi babees again!! I also missed watching the A3! Mankai stage play 😔 
• I absolutely LOVE their new outfits towards the end of the live!! 😩🤩 they were also so dramatic for tossing off their coats onstage like that lmfaoo

• Mizue Kenta-kun's Banri is so so attractive and OH he has the most captivating face card ever. literally just feel like the "blah blah blah... proper name... place name..." audio meme every time he's in focus 😩🥴 II'm so happy to finally see him perform "Muse" live!! I utterly adored the raw passion behind his performance 😔💖 ALSO UGDJHF him and his cute smiles, his enthusiastic thank-yous, and OUUU his flirty-ass flying kiss 💔 I hope Banri dies a horrible tragic death (lovingly)  
• AAA I missed seeing Nakamura Taro-kun's Juza!! he's such a cool dancer and I adore his charismatic vibes 😭💖 JUZA YOU'RE MY FAVORITE ILY!!
• Azakawa Ryotaro-kun's Taichi IS SO ADORABLE like I love how he looks like he's just three apples tall. it's so endearing watching him hop around and wave excitedly at the audience ouuu I'm going to miss Ryotaro-kun as Taichi sooo much 🥺💗
• I missed seeing Seiya Inagaki-san's Omi!! I will never get tired of his beautiful, radiant smile and his overall sunshiney vibes like oh... he's so mother 😔🙏 also I can't help but notice how he's an absolute giant onstage. tol boi. ALSO FJDBFJ IT WAS SO SILLY when he accidentally tripped on the staircase and he just blinked slowly with his beeg eyes 😭
• WAAHH Ray Fujita-san's Sakyo is so so cool ✊ (I'm with Sakoda on here lmao, we really are the Sakyo fangirl team) I love how he just fusses around the other Akigumi members like ok dad 😁💞
• also Sakoda's stage actor is so silly, and I love his enthusiastic grins!! his intermission bits where he "hosts" a mini radio show just has so much whimsical vibes 🥺 also WHOA he absolutely SLAYED his part in the curtain call where Sakyo asks Sakoda to do a little dance number like the ensemble folks 👀

• OHH I just wanted to give Taichi a big hug during the scene where he was moping about not receiving fan letters from girls 😔 Taichi deserves all of the love and recognition!! but I found it funny how there was One Guy who genuinely fanboyed over Taichi during Akigumi's street act and even gave him a fan letter. like it's ok Taichi the boys love you <3 
• ALSO SAKODA WAS HILARIOUS for being the one who actually sent Taichi the prettily-designed fan letter 💔😭 he looked so proud to have been the secret admirer with the "K" initial too lmaoo. also the way Sakyo and Omi just had to huddle together (father and mother fr) to make it clear that they're NOT telling this ever to Taichi 
• AAAMDNSMFB OMG THEY ADAPTED PICTURESQUE AGAIN 😍 I SWEAR I'm so infatuated with Banri's Luciano (alsoo Kenta-kun's stunt work?? phenomenal) 😔 also the part where Capone smashes in Dewey's head with his cane like a golf bat was ICONIC. every single time I see Picturesque I'm just reminded by how amazing Akigumi is