(BL)CD:TWO "Hearts"

2010 ushers in a no subtle-implications or hidden innuendos outright BL Drama based off of Natsume Souseki's famous literary work, KOKORO.

If the Japanese weren't cremated, he'd probably be rolling in his grave.

Or maybe not??

New Version: KOKORO

[ Summary ]
On the shores of a beach I met the "teacher", a man with a far-off look in his eyes.
I felt pierced by the depth in those eyes and gradually became drawn to the "teacher".
Yet, he saw behind me, his old friend, "K".
What was in the past between "K" and the "teacher".
What will become of the love between me and the "teacher"?

What direction will the two forbidden relationships take?

[ Cast ]
森川智之　～　Morikata Toshiyuki
平川大輔　～　Hirakawa Daisuke
小田井涼平　～　Odai Ryouhei

[ Pairing ]
平川大輔×森川智之

[ Author ・ Scenario Writer ]
Original Novel： 夏目漱石　～　Natsume Souseki
Scenario：　新條まゆ　～　Shinjou Mayu

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For comparison, the previously released Drama directly based off of the original Natsume Souseki story..

KOKORO

[ Summary ]
In response to the fervent requests of BL fans, the long anticipated drama CD version of Natsume Souseki's greatest literary masterpiece, KOKORO, has been released starring popular voice actors.

The end of the Meiji Era.
Unable to have faith in humans, and while having abundant knowledge, remaining unemployed, the "teacher" lives in reclusion with his beautiful wife. He carries a dark, unspeakable past.
The account of myself - one who is strongly drawn to the unusual "teacher" - and "K" - the best friend who left a deep wound in the "teacher's" heart.
What is the secret hidden in the teacher's past?

[ Cast ]
宮野真守　～　Miyano Mamoru
速水 奨　～　Hayami Shou
石田 彰　～　Ishida Akira
桑島法子　～　Kuwashima Houko

[ Author ・ Scenario Writer ]
夏目漱石　～　Natsume Souseki


Thanks for visiting!
Stay tuned and happy listening. (^_-)-☆

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BLCD: Nijyuu Rasen 4

No reviews as I am not really listening anymore, only translating more or less.
But no matter what it is, I just want to cry out...♡♡MIKI!!!♡♡

二重螺旋4 相思喪曖

[ Summary ]
Because you are my one and only -- a violation of TWO taboos, the hugely popular series, Masaki (older brother) X Naoto (younger brother). Now, in going so far as to throw aside common sense and morals to finally attain the heart of Naoto, his younger brother, there is nothing that exists for Masaki to fear.

Then one day, on top of finding out that the younger sister of their father's mistress is acquainted with Naoto, Naoto is injured! Driven to anger with worry and jealousy, for the first time Masaki shows himself doubting to Naoto. Even worse, the curious eyes of the media are putting pressure on the Shinomiya family.

Masaki (older brother) X Naoto (younger brother) -- the deep ecstasy of immorality, the Fourth release of this much awaited series!

[ Cast ]
三木眞一郎 ～ Miki Shinichirou ♡♡♡
緑川光 ～ Midorikawa Hikaru
阪口大助 ～ Sakaguchi Daisuke
遊佐浩二 ～ Yusa Kouji
浜田賢二 ～ Hamada Kenji
近藤隆 ～ Kondou Takashi

[ Pairing ]
三木眞一郎×緑川光
Miki Shinichirou x Midorikawa Hikaru

[ Author ・ Scenario Writer ]
吉原理恵子 ～ Yoshihara Rieko

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Thanks for visiting!
Stay tuned and happy listening. (^_-)-☆

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BL DRAMA CD: CHINTSUBU series

Talking... body parts.
This is really really good.
Seriously.

Chinko no Tsubuyaki

Chintsubu 01
[ Summary ]
俺のち●こが、こんなトコに!!
楽しい修学旅行が事故で一転。バスが突っ込んだ珍古神社の祟りか、綾瀬の股間にはなんと取手の意識を持ったモノが!一方、犬猿の仲の神谷と岩淵まで、互いの分身が入れ替わって――!高校生4人と3本のつぶやくちんこ達が繰り広げるギャグコメディ!


Chintsubu 02
[ Summary ]
高校生4人と3本のつぶやくちんこ達が繰り広げるギャグコメディ! あの話題の人気作品のドラマCD第2弾がついに登場! 原作者は人気作家の大和名瀬。ドラマは、発売中のコミックスと商業誌未収録作品をまとめた内容です。
綾瀬のことが好きな取手は、修学旅行のバスで隣の席に座れ楽しい旅行になるはずだったが、みんなが乗ったバスが事故に巻き込まれてしまう。意識不明の重体になった取手だったが、バスが突っ込んだ珍古神社の祟りのせいか、なんと綾瀬の股間の分身に取り憑いてしまった! 取手は綾瀬の股間から、綾瀬に告白をし晴れて付き合うことに。一方、同じ事故に巻き込まれた犬猿の仲の神谷と岩淵まで、互いの分身が入れ替わってしまっていて――!


Chintsubu 03
[ Summary ]
修学旅行中に起きたバス事故で、意識不明の重体となった取手は、なんと想い人・綾瀬の分身に取り憑いた! かたや犬猿の仲の岩淵と神谷もお互いのモノが入れ替わってしまい…。悩みながらも案外楽しく、そしてちょっぴりキュンとする関係を続ける少年4人と分身3 本。綾瀬と取手のバカップル度は過激さを増し、岩淵と神谷の仲は超接近。そして災難だらけの取手には新たな受難が…。常識を越えた可愛さと面白さ、つぶやくちんこ達が織り成す、愛と苦悩と笑いの青春疾走ストーリー!

Absolutely no chance of translations this time. For some reason it's OK to read it in Japanese, but I get all red and embarassed just thinking about how I am supposed to phrase these things. Sorry!

[ Cast ]
置鮎龍太郎 ~ Okiayu Ryoutarou ♡♡
宮田幸季 ~ Miyata Kouki
遊佐浩二 ~ Yusa Kouji
櫻井孝宏 ~ Sakurai Takahiro ♡♡
岸尾大輔 ~ Kishio Daisuke
沢海陽子 ~ Soumi Youko
木内秀信 ~ Kiuchi Hidenobu
大畑伸太郎 ~ Oohata Shintarou
加瀬康之 ~ Kase Yasuyuki
川上未遊 ~ Kawakami Miyuu
小林ゆう ~ Kobayashi Yuu

[ Pairing ]
Okiayu Ryoutarou x Miyata Kouki
Yusa Kouji x Sakurai Takahiro

[ Author ・ Scenario Writer ]
大和名瀬 ~ Yamato Nase

[ Release Date ]
2004/01/31
2007/01/26
2008/08/29

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Do not listen to in bed. You will fall out from laughing too hard.
This is seriously, as one person put it - EXTREME CRACK.
It is just so far out there... There are no words to describe this. Don't get me wrong; it is great fun. I recommend it highly. Easy listening, a mood lifter if you will. Nothing heavy, but nothing you want to listen to in a public bus or before bed time.

Stay tuned and happy listening~! (^_-)-☆

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BL DRAMA CD: GENZAI series

I decided to introduce this series in one post because there's not much to say about it. Not that it is bad quality or anything, just it is what it is - a very well-acted but typical BL Drama. There are more novels that continue the story, about four to date. There may even be more CDs to come given the huge lag time betwen release of part one (Yuuzai) and part two (Genzai).

有罪

[ Summary for Yuuzai ]
桜井透也は念願の売れっ子ミステリー作家・穂高櫂の担当編集に抜擢される。だが会社命令で予定より早く本を出すことに…。気難しい穂高を説得するうち、透也は原稿と交換条件に穂高と肉体関係をもってしまう。仕事のための恥ずべき行為が躯が感じてくるにつれ、透也は次第に戸惑いと苦しさを感じはじめて―…? 甘く切ないラブストーリー...
TRANSLATION WITHIN THE DAY.

原罪

[ Summary for Genzai ]
編集の桜井透也は、担当作家の穂高櫂とプライベートで親密な関係にある。憧れの作家と恋愛をしていること自体、透也にとっては信じられない上に、仕事の立場で、肉体関係をもっている相手にどう接していいのか戸惑っていた。そんな時、透也は新人作家の担当になる。新鮮な気持ちで仕事に夢中になる透也だが、穂高に会う時間が少なくなり…。
TRANSLATION WITHIN THE DAY.

[ Cast ]
小杉十郎太 ~ Kosugi Jurouta ♡♡♡　
井上和彦 ~ Inoue Kazuhiko ♡♡
緑川 光 ~ Midorikawa Hikaru
長沢美樹 ~ Nagasawa Miki
深見梨加 ~ Fukami Rika

[ Pairing ]
Kosugi Juurouta x Midorikawa Hikaru

[ Author ・ Scenario Writer ]
和泉桂 ~ Izumi Katsura

[ Release Date ]
2005/07/22 {Yuuzai}
2008/02/29 {Genzai}

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As much as I love Kosugi-seme - what a voice - he comes off as really flat this time. It's not a fault of Kosugi's voice acting though; it's the character he is portraying. So in a roundabout way to say Kosugi sounds flat and lifeless is a compliment. His character is not able to associate normally with people merely because he never learned how so he comes off as distant and uninterested in others. Unemotional to sum it up in one word. And Kosugi carries it off beautifully.

Midorikawa plays the younger uke and he does a great job, too. I'm not in particular a fan of Midorin, but I can't see anyone else fitting this part as well as he does. I only wish Kazuhiko had a larger role.

Oh, and in case you were hanging on wondering... LOTS of smex. Yet they manage to work in a lot of smex without turning it into a completely PWP drama like Big Gun wo Motsu Otoko. o.o

Anyway, back to packing.
Stay tuned and happy listening~! (^_-)-☆

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BL DRAMA CD: Kanraku no Miyako 2

♡Miki Shin'ichirou♡ is my personal obsession.
And now I am personally mad at him.
Not really, but before I go into details, let us wander through and take a peek at the second installment of the Kanraku no Miyako series.

譚詩曲の流れゆく 歓楽の都 2

[ Summary ]
ロンドンの“歓楽の都”レーンに住む美しき『宝石』の青年ショウは、ダドリーという純朴な大学生を保護する。彼は友人と殺人計画の密談を聞いてしまい、レーンに逃げ込んだのだという。その友人がレーンで死体で発見される。口封じのためか?街に殺し屋が侵入を?自分も殺されるのかと脅えるダドリーを、ショウは“友人”の医者レイと共に、自分の部屋に匿うことにするが—。友情以上恋愛未満なコンビが、危険な陰謀に挑む。

[ Cast ]
三木眞一郎 ~ Miki Shin'ichirou ♡♡♡
櫻井孝宏 ~ Sakurai Takahiro ♡
関俊彦 ~ Seki Toshihiko ♡♡
田中敦子 ~ Tanaka Atsuko
堀内賢雄 ~ Horiuchi Kenyuu
鈴村健一 ~ Suzumura Kenichi

[ Pairing ]
Miki Shin'ichirou x Sakurai Takahiro

[ Author Name ]
駒崎優

[ Release Date ]
2005/10/26

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OK. I have had it. Even if the third novel was released as a drama cd...
well, ok, I would listen, but fair warning--HAVE NO EXPECTATIONS.
The intrigue/murder part of the story is just as good as the first one, but frankly there is not much to say about Mikishin and Sakurai's relationship. Forget any ideas you had of seeing some development. Quite the opposite, Sakurai ends up sleeping with someone else. {No juicy details here either to compensate for the lack of progress between him and Mikishin.} And for me the ultimate kicker--Mikishin hardly even appears in this one >.>

If you are looking for something safe to listen to in a public place or something that won't make you fall off the treadmill, you can listen to this without fear of exposure. If you are looking for something more involved, your time is better spent elsewhere.

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BL DRAMA CD: 1K Apa-to no Koi

Without further ado, a light drama cd for your entertainment. Once again Mikishin and Sakurai from Alice? are working together.

Love in a 1K sized Apartment

[ Summary ]
Room 202 - Kouno
Room 203 - Kei and Naomichi
クリスマスの日に酔った勢いでSEXしてしまった夏と河野。その後もカラダの関係は続くが、河野の夏を好きな気持ちは置き去りで……。

[ Cast ]
野島健児 ~ Nojima Kenji
櫻井孝宏 ~ Sakurai Takahiro ♡
三木眞一郎 ~ Miki Shin'ichirou ♡♡♡
伊藤健太郎 ~ Itou Kentarou
野島裕史 ~ Nojima Hirofumi
保村真 ~ Yasumura Makoto
飯田佳代 ~ Iida Kayo
川崎恵理子 ~ Kawasaki Eriko

[ Pairing ]
Nojima Kenji x Sakurai Takahiro
Miki Shin'ichirou x Itou Kentarou

[ Author Name ]
富士山ひょうた ~ Fujiyama Hyouta

[ Release Date ]
2002/8/25

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Actaully two separate but related stories about two high school aged couples. However that is merelyly incidental. It tells more of a slice of life story than a gakuen tale. And to say "slice of life" may not be completely accurate either as the whole plot revolves around the relationships between the individual couples and the intertwining relationships between the neighbors.

It is not suprisingly a basic story. Simplistic, easy listening about childhood friends whose relationsihp takes a turn into something else. The first couple that appears in the first track is Nojima Kenji x Sakurai Takahiro. The second couple is Miki Shinichirou x Itou Kentarou. And then the tale switches back and forth between the two couples and even overlaps in places as the story becomes more developed. In Mikishin's case, he admits his feelings for Itou first. Itou then comes around after a misunderstanding which leads him to consult with the couple { Nojima and Sakurai } next door.

Mikishin's voice is his "normal" version.　　どうせ普通の人を演じるからバッチリ〜。♡

Stay tuned and happy listening~! (^_-)-☆

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BL DRAMA CD: Kanraku no Miyako

♡Miki Shin'ichirou♡ is my personal obsession.

AND he happens to appear in several IM label releases including the newest KIRI series, I decided to present one of the bl drama cds that has appeared in. An older one, and frankly, I have so many I could not even remember who was cast in this beyond Mikishin nor even what the story was about. Yet would you believe of all the cds I have with him, I just happened to pick the one where he plays opposite of Sakurai?? {Alice? from Are you Alice? series}

Does it get any more perfect than that? (^_-)-☆
So let's have a look.

手折られた青い百合～歓楽の都～

[ Summary ]
ロンドンの自治地区レーンは“歓楽の都”。そこの住人ショウは、美しくも誇り高い、トップクラスの『宝石』の少年だ。ある日、レーンに新しい医師レイがやってくる。「あんた、優しいねえ」貴族出身らしい隠やかなその青年と、ショウは徐々に親しくなっていくが、そんな中、レーンにあやしい薬が持ち込まれる事件が相次ぐ。ついには住人のあいだに死者もでて、ショウはレイと共に、危険な薬物密売のルートを暴こうとするが。

[ Cast ]
三木眞一郎 ~ Miki Shinichirou ♡♡♡
櫻井孝宏 ~ Sakurai Takahiro ♡
関俊彦 ~ Seki Toshihiko ♡♡
田中敦子 ~ Tanaka Atsuko
堀内賢雄 ~ Horiuchi Kenyuu
鈴村健一 ~ Suzumura Kenichi

[ Pairing ]
Miki Shinichirou x Sakurai Takahiro

[ Author Name ]
駒崎優

[ Release Date ]
2004/10/27

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There are so far four novels in the original series. The newest having been released last November after a dead period of several years.

How to describe Mikishin's performance... He doesn't use his entrancing Jiei voice {shinayaka series}, nor his lighter, innocent voice like from the Candy Quartz Apartment series. Neither does he use his deep, menacing/somewhat obsessive-crazed voice like from the Kage no Yakata series.　Probably the best way from me to give you an idea of what is like is to say it's close to the voice he uses in ON-KAI which was just released last year.

I was quite pleasantly surprised by this. But as I said, I had no idea what it was about so I was not carrying any preconceptions or biases. {Frankly, if I had remembered what the cover looked like, I may have passed this up. Not my preference for style.} The story is relatively simple though it does involve intrigue and murder on the side. I would also call it quite fantastic in that it takes place in "historical" London. More specifically in a place where brothels and prostitution are not just legal, but celebrated.

I will say this as a warning of sorts - there is no smex in this first one in the series.
If you're looking for it, you're only looking to be disappointed.
Maybe we'll see some in the next release.

Stay tuned and happy listening~! (^_-)-☆

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