#weirdmasquerade

No i'm not crying, no I'm not still upset that Haneyuri and Takeya retired after this so that Strega really was their last performance, no Matsu crying didn't make me break down on stream with my friends I'm fiiine. Clips from Hawke's latest video. Go give them love nobody'd get to experience WM without them and fic-writing'd be way harder.

Figured I should post more of these since they get a lot of interest, but here's some of the photos from behind the scenes on P3:WM Act 2, provided by Yuichi Matsumoto (Jin) between August and September 2014. - This was his first time using a Kansai dialect! It took him some time to get used to it, though Takeya (Takaya) sort of took him under his wing during the rehearsals. - Matsu's not a summer fan. He was complaining about how hot it was travelling, but it was worth it for persona. - The cast all got along like a family during production, and went out for dinner together frequently. - Ray (Shinji) and Matsu went out for dinner one night. Something something Shadow Cry reference. - Haneyuri (Chidori)'s birthday fell during the performance of Act 2, so everyone celebrated it - A bunch of the cast went to Persona Live 2014 afterwards. Matsu mentions that he wished he could perform like that. Seeing everyone again was nice, too. - Matsu went to see Ray perform as Shibata Katsuie in Sengoku Basara's Stageplay in November 2014. "I learned that Strega has its own sense of justice. The lines I said to Takaya on stage this time 'Don't be reckless.' I would be happy if I could embody even a little bit of the significance of what Jin said to Takaya. These words saved Jin from the darkness. It's hard to put into words, but meeting Jin helped me grow a lot as a person." -Matsu More people need to appreciate this version of Persona and how much work was put into it. If you understand Japanese, please buy the DVDs and show your love, or watch the translated version on youtube by Hawke!