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SENGOKU MUSOU!!! This is the second installment to the series (it's 2.5 theatre so lets assume this is now gunna be a series). I watched the first one back in May and really enjoyed it. I enjoyed it a LOT more than Basara (both have Sengoku in their titles amd I'm pretty sure both games are by the SAME company so I'm naturally gunna compare the stages between them too. I think the stages are the same company too *runs to check* Musou is Marv so it's clearly a 2.5 production... BASARA seems to be produced by CAPCOM themselves so... but anyway, I'm comparing okay!)
Pre-Show Worries
I was a little worried, as I always am with historical stages with how much I'll understand and for Musou, I was going in knowing nothing except I knew the cast, I knew it was the sengoku period, I knew it was at Shikoku BUT I actually couldn't find any historical info on this Shikoku event - probably because it wasn't called Shikoku at the time- so I went in knowing nothing. LUCKILY, I was able to understand at least 50% of what was going on... the other 50% I was either lost (mainly too many names to try to remember especially when in Sengoku their characters look COMPLETELY different to what they would've looked like in real life) or I've forgotten cos I'm a stupid ass that doesn't write complete notes after a play anymore -__- I need to fix that... so yes because I had SUCH a hard time (and disappointment) with the first BASARA (see review here) I was worried about this one BUT I had watched the first Musou stage and understood it pretty completely so it was half dread, half excitement, cos y'know, Maki-Chan xD I'm waffling now, let's move on.
So let's get down to the important parts.
The Story
( ( I fail at understanding history ) )
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Overall: This was very entertaining! I loved the action and the choreography was great! The comedy was spot on and was rather frequent and added to my entertainment value. Ueda is a freaking giant god on stage with that presence and voice of his <3 MakiChan was so smiley and his role was cute! ^_^ But I felt the stage time was a little odd and I felt everyone didn't get enough time and I hope there's a third installment where we get more stage time from people and more character development. Also, due to my own lack of research prior to the play, I got a little lost in the story. I look forward to the DVD!
Rating: 7/10
Pre-Show Worries
I was a little worried, as I always am with historical stages with how much I'll understand and for Musou, I was going in knowing nothing except I knew the cast, I knew it was the sengoku period, I knew it was at Shikoku BUT I actually couldn't find any historical info on this Shikoku event - probably because it wasn't called Shikoku at the time- so I went in knowing nothing. LUCKILY, I was able to understand at least 50% of what was going on... the other 50% I was either lost (mainly too many names to try to remember especially when in Sengoku their characters look COMPLETELY different to what they would've looked like in real life) or I've forgotten cos I'm a stupid ass that doesn't write complete notes after a play anymore -__- I need to fix that... so yes because I had SUCH a hard time (and disappointment) with the first BASARA (see review here) I was worried about this one BUT I had watched the first Musou stage and understood it pretty completely so it was half dread, half excitement, cos y'know, Maki-Chan xD I'm waffling now, let's move on.
So let's get down to the important parts.
The Story
( ( I fail at understanding history ) )
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Overall: This was very entertaining! I loved the action and the choreography was great! The comedy was spot on and was rather frequent and added to my entertainment value. Ueda is a freaking giant god on stage with that presence and voice of his <3 MakiChan was so smiley and his role was cute! ^_^ But I felt the stage time was a little odd and I felt everyone didn't get enough time and I hope there's a third installment where we get more stage time from people and more character development. Also, due to my own lack of research prior to the play, I got a little lost in the story. I look forward to the DVD!
Rating: 7/10
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