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Finally got up a download link for Kazama-hen 2019! Even if you have seen the previous Kazama-hen i highly reccomend it. 

Bungo Stray Dogs on Stage

That was absolutely horrifying and disgusting. As much as we expected sexism, I’m not sure how many of us actually knew it went to this extent. To me, it’s shocking that they not only intrude on sexism but on workplace rights. You would think that someone would’ve set up a guild or a union (besides agencies) that would fight for the rights of voice actors.

I don’t think these practices are as harsh since a lot of the events in the article take place a couple of decades ago, but it’s not like this was that long ago. She’s born in 1975 which makes her just a year younger than Takahiro Sakurai.

I wrote a bit here about some other things about inequality: https://natsspammityspamspamham.tumblr.com/post/182791600287/seiyuu-rant-gender-inequality

I’m just going to be tagging a few people who happen to be in the seiyuu group here on Tumblr (who don’t have Reddit which this was initially shared on). @akaskira @sarapyon @luxicity @fearooren84910407 @datenshi-luci @tattsunsan @jyuhachi1994 @msyuksanh @rinchin143 @levichan17

Here are some of the things endured by Konishi and her colleagues (which is probably the tip of the iceberg):

@datenshi-luci

Yup. I hear a lot about it in K-Pop. The entertainment business is especially rough with sexual harassment and assault. 

And yeah, the Arts Vision scandal was terrible. She was assaulted at only 16. This incident did occur in 2006, and he was released a few months later after his arrest. He stepped down as chairman in 2007. I feel like he wasn’t really held accountable. He apparently was released for medical reasons or something like that. Basically, bullshit

What’s even worse is the fact that he was the founder of the company, and this agency represents a lot of good voice actors Saki Fujita, Jun Fukushima, Souchirou Hoshi, Tomoaki Maeno, Kousuke Toriumi, Yuuichirou Umehara, and Daiki Yamashita just to name a few. It is also the parent company of I’m Enterprise which is another huge agency which houses Saori Hayami, Youko Hikasa, Kaede Hondo, Rie Kugimiya, Maria Naganawa, Mai Nakahara, Saori Oonishi, Ari Ozawa, Chiwa Saito, Ayane Sakura, Aya Suzaki, the Uchida siblings, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Hiro Shimono, and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka.

@akaskira

I couldn’t agree more. After reading the university scandal, where they deterred women who wanted to become doctors by discouraging them and manipulating their test scores, I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s why the childbirth rate is low (one of the many reasons). When you make a woman choose between her career and her family, it gives her an ultimatum that men don’t face as often. It’s truly disappointing, and I hope they begin to realize this. Shinzo Abe himself is quite a conservative person though, and he hires people who might not have liberal views (there have been controversies since they are anti-gender equality and anti-LGBTQ). 

@luxicity

I wouldn’t be surprised if they do know about it. Okamoto and Sugita should probably know about the darker sides of the industry. Some of these stories do make it up to the surface, but there isn’t a whole lot they can do about it. It’s pretty common knowledge that young female voice actors get hit on by the higher-ups and that sexual harassment is almost the norm in several industries. Okamoto and Sugita are both really nice guys (as far as we know). Despite what he says sometimes, Sugita is actually nice and treats younger voice actors to meals (which might’ve been because of Yukana), is down to do anything with Nakamura, and is encouraging of other people (not to mention his sense of humour). Okay, but he did give M.A.O. a not-so-nice drawing as a joke when she asked for his autograph. I think that was just a joke that missed though.

@natsthinkitythinkthinkthonk I’ve read Nana’s memoires and it was horrible what she had to go through, even more so since she was even abused at home. I thought Maaya started out as an child actress first and got into the singing and voice acting business. I don’t know if it’s different when you start out as a child actress and I’m not sure what kind of agency she’s affilitated with. Like, is it a theater group or school for talents, or a training school specifically for training voice actors and actresses?

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Taeil doesn’t like who he is 

He’s the leader of a group of boys who barely even know today’s date 

How could he ever like who and what he is?

he wakes up every morning in the middle of Seoul with nothing but a frown on his face 

because he knows that he won’t enjoy the day ahead of him

It starts with meeting Ten and his recruits 

It ends with Johnny and Taeyong complaining about everything he could do better 

It feels like sometimes, he’s a bit hopeless in his position as the leader of NCT

“fearless” they call them, but Taeil the furthest from fearless 

all that Taeil has ever wanted to do is protect the people around him 

and that’s what he plans on doing, even with bad press for himself

Taeil always wanted to return NCT to the triad it used to be 

No one really knows what Moon Taeil looks like outside of NCT which he thinks is good

Effectively Taeil can go whenever he wants, whenever he wants without causing harm

Especially on nights where he’s drinking away his problems, it’s a good thing

He likes this bar near to Sejong university which is usually quite quiet 

Aside from the occasional university student who just act like he isn’t there 

He’s still young enough to seem like a student who secluded himself enough to be unknown 

and that identity is one that he takes on whenever anyone approaches him from across the bar 

Which is rarely, surprisingly 

Girls and guys alike don’t like a 24 year old who looks like he hasn’t slept in days, if you didn’t know already

Taeil is sipping on some whiskey when the seat next to him is taken one night

It’s only around eleven but Taeil is so tired he can barely even hear his own thoughts 

He’s been using the whiskey to sooth the problems for far far too long now

Ten is telling him that there’s no one willing to join NCT

Johnny is telling him that there’s no incentive to the younger members 

Taeil needs a distraction and that distraction ends up being you

this isn’t how his usual evening where he finds someone goes though 

He’s not pulled out of the bar and into a cab having his scars traced and hair pulled

Instead he finds himself listening to you recite a quote over and over with a strange look on his face 

He has no damn clue who you are or what you’re doing 

But he thinks you have the most beautiful voice 

so much so that when you stop talking and shut your eyes to try and memorise it, he asks you what the quote is from

‘it’s from pride and prejudice.. have you read it?’

Taeil feels intimidated by the English words but shakes his head no

‘what does it say in korean?’

‘A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us’

He realises you’re smart unlike the others here and takes a liking to you

The way you brush your hair softly back from your eyes and how you smile gently

as it turns out you’re studying at Sejong university, you’re almost finished with your degree 

but Taeil has a moment of panic when you ask him what he’s studying 

and he realises it’s stupid, but he tells you that he’s studying history to not feel awkward

Taeil stupidly thinks that you won’t like him if he isn’t like you

He doesn’t feel like it’s all bad because he ends up taking your number at the end of the night

and he sleeps easy, for once, with something else on his mind

like.. when are you going to call him?

when are you going to text him back?

the next morning is the answer, and you ask if he’s free that evening because you’re bored 

Taeil wishes he knew what bored felt like

He meets up with you and forgets his responsibilities with NCT for a while

You’d have never recognised him once he left his apartment in Seoul and met you at the park you suggested 

His bright yellow jumper and yellow hat that matched somehow made him blend in 

he feels like that kid who got to live his university dream for once and he loves it 

he also.. quite enjoys the sound of your voice and your laughter and your gaze on him

He’s a leader, he’s learnt to be loud and have his voice heard 

But when he’s with you he can go back to being quiet and listen to you 

he loves it all so much

the relationship between you two starts off as friends

Taeil is so happy to have someone he can call a friend that it’s unreal 

Even if his only friend doesn’t know one thing that’s true about him

Other than his name, age and how he feels about you

Taeil knows how badly he fucked up with you by telling you he was a university student but it’s too late to take it back 

Especially when you’re hanging out with him in the library and one of the staffs is carrying out checks 

they ask to see his university card and he has to lie that he left it at home

Somehow it works and they tell him to remember it next time

that’s when Taeil starts to suggest that the two of you avoid university places 

Or rather he says he’d prefer to do less educational activities and spend more time with you

He doesn’t know why exactly it came out like that but it did 

Taeil realises a week or so later that he said he wanted to spend more time with you because he wanted you

Not the act of having a friend, it was the effect he had on you

But all lies have to be outed eventually, Taeil is hanging on with everything he can for you not to find out he’s Moon Tae Il

but in the meantime, you two are becoming closer and closer each day 

You think you know everything about him, and you almost do

Just not his identity or job or anything like that

Not what his real person could do to you 

Or hurt you, even

Taeil’s crush becomes no joke when he finds himself becoming protective 

It’s nothing that he’s noticed happening to you, but he realises he cares when he starts checking you’re locking your doors 

That you don’t leave windows open 

‘because you never know who’s looking for a place to break into’

He’s not stupid enough to think his life won’t interfere with yours 

But it takes a few months for one of his rivals to find you 

Luckily the two of you are together and when the guy approaches you Taeil stands in front of you

You have no idea what’s going on but Taeil is getting angry and the other guy too

It’s the first time Taeil has ever been anything but happy and calm in front of you

When the other guy leaves you’re a bit shaken and taeil knows he has to be somewhat honest

He says that it’s someone he’s not at all friendly with but you’re not stupid 

You leave it for a couple of days before you’re with Taeil again and he kinda..realises you’re off

He asks you what’s wrong and he’s surprised to hear you ask

‘what’s NCT?’

and he panics because he has to try and explain everything, he doesn’t even answer you

not until you carry on and leave him no other choice

‘Online it said they were a triad.. why was that guy asking you about a triad?’

Taeil realises he has to either be honesty or he has to lie to you again

And really, lying to you is exhausting and he hates it so so much

So he goes for a third option which he makes up on his own

‘I don’t know, I really don’t. I think he was trying to scare me’

Taeil isn’t exactly telling the truth but he isn’t directly lying either

Truth is he has no idea to the identity of the man who came up to you two anyway

he’s glad you accept it, but he knows it’s ok your mind a lot

Because whenever you two are out together you’re always checking people

You seem on edge and taeil feels bad for it

He made you worried about all of this and he needs to make you feel safe

To protect you, like he was always meant to do with NCT

So he decides to take you out one day to ask you something

Well, tell you that he has feelings for you that are beyond friendship 

You’re meant to meet him at a park nearby but Taeil decides to meet at yours instead 

He hears from Youngho that someone is planning something around Taeil

Who heard from Chenle when he was trying to plant some recording devices in his home

so Taeil is in a little bit of a panic mode about you

He’s so paranoid in fact, when he sees you open the door and you’re wearing the most beautiful yellow dress

Which coincidentally match the bunch of tulips which he got for you

he just says it to you straight

‘I’m NCT’s leader’

It’s not what he meant to say but it was the first thing on his mind 

That and how beautiful you looked but.. Taeil knows what he has to do

He realised that he couldn’t be in a relationship with you and confess unless he was honest

As much as that could take away from him

You’re unmistakably a little confused by his words and you invite him in to tell you everything

which he does

He tells you how he’s been in NCT since he was young and when the old generation started to die

He was elected as the new leader 

and that he has all the other members under his control

That he didn’t want to tell you in case you saw him differently

He tells you that he didn’t want to be known as Moon Tae Il but rather just taeil 

The guy who likes weird movies and enjoys strange music and doesn’t have too much stress

Even if you’re annoyed at him, it’s a lot to take in from one confession

He doesn’t even get to tell you that he likes you

Partially because he doesn’t want you to return to him with pity for him you know?

So you don’t see him for a few days to think over things

Taeil isn’t going to leave you on your own, don’t worry

He makes sure you’re okay and if he’s not available he has Youngho or Taeyong do it too 

Most people are far too chicken to have a run in with Moon Tae Il so they leave him alone

And most importantly you too

He doesn’t expect to see you back for a while though

One day when he’s on the way to the library to sit a few desks away from you

You bump into him and he has to hide the smile on his face from finally getting to see you up close

Absence really does make the heart grow fonder

‘Did you not think that I’d notice you and the other two always following me around?’

Taeil feels a bit awkward after that 

‘Thanks, though. For making sure I was okay. You made me feel less scared, like I was being protected’

And if you want to tell Taeil that you’re okay with what he does that’s up to you

But he’d be the best boyfriend

And an even better protector for you

Because no one fucks with Moon Taeil

These are probably things you didn’t know about NCT 127. We have asked about it from them!

Q: Who sleeps the most?

The members pointed towards Taeil without hesitation Taeil: I sleep whenever I can. I tend to wake up late.

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* 　 GIVEWAY　 *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Hello! So here it is. I’m giving away 1 Empathy & 1 Cherry Bomb album (haven’t opened them they are still in the exact way i got them)

There will be 2 winners

Please don’t be a giveway blog

You can reblog/like/reply as many times as you want, i really don’t mind

You don’t need to message me or anything, please don’t feel like you have to

Everyone has the same chances to win 

I can ship it everywhere (don’t worry you won’t pay anything extra or anything at all to be more specific)

 If you are under 18 make sure that it’s okay to take part

The winners will be announced on the 27th of August (it will be a present for me to you since it will also be my birthday)

Since it’s another 3 months (which is a lot of time) if they release another (mini) album during that time, i’ll try to include it as well (so there will be more winners)

That’s all if you want to ask something feel free to 

Good luck and thank you for taking part!