Bakuken 2 Returns February 2022!

The other day, the official Bakuken Twitter released the first news regarding next year’s Bakuken 2 news!

Translation of the above tweet:

Winter 2022. In the capital city of Tokyo, when people’s hopes and dreams have become stagnant… There within the shadows, untouched by the light of the moon, a man is murdered… a man known as “Oda Nobunaga”… What sights will these reincarnated swordfighters discover in the present age, 100 years later…?

Bakuken ~Tokyo Reincarnation Death Match~
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For those of you who haven’t heard of the Bakuken stage play yet, please check out this post from March earlier this year.

Although the setting has shifted to the modern day this time, the cast of historical characters are all largely the same!

Losing the following cast members:

  • Maikawa Miyako as Sasaki Setsu — Maikawa recently “graduated” from DearStage, the company involved in the majority of Yoko’s plays, and has since become a freelance actress.
  • Koga Ruito as Sasaki Kojiro
  • Kadono Sho as Togo Shigekata

Gaining the following cast members:

  • Matsubara Rin (Anemone, YoRHa Ver.1.3a) as Kondo Isami Kondō Isami was a Japanese swordsman and official of the late Edo period. He was the fourth generation master of Tennen Rishin-ryū and was famed for his role as commander of the Shinsengumi. [Wikipedia]
  • Tsurumi Moe (No4, YoRHa Girls Ver.1.1a) as Shirou Amakusa Amakusa Shirō, often romanized as Shirou, was a Japanese Christian of the Edo period and leader of the Shimabara Rebellion, an uprising of Japanese Roman Catholics against the Shogunate. His imina is Tokisada and he is also known as Masuda Shirō. [Wikipedia]

And for anyone wondering what this stage play is, the first one was held last March. You can read more about it here.

YoRHa Girls Ver.1.1a Stage Play – Act 1 Officially Available on YouTube

The official YouTube account for the YoRHa stage plays has uploaded the 1st Act of the latest and final YoRHa stage play: YoRHa Girls Ver.1.1a. You can read more about this version of the play here.

Please note that only ACT 1 has been made publicly available for free at this time. Because of how sudden this video was dropped, we may hear about the official Blu-ray release date soon.

The English subtitles provided here are likely done by the same individual who translated Yoko’s latest stage play “Bakuken.” More information about this will be updated later when more becomes known.

「YoRHa Girls Ver1.1a Stage Play」 —- first half —-

  • [Original / Screenplay] Yoko Taro
  • [Direction] Matsuda Ichidai
  • [Music] Keiichi Okabe (MONACA)

[Cast]

  • No.9 / Momoka Onishi
  • No.2 / Shiki Aoki
  • No.21 / Moeka Koizumi
  • No.22 / Aika Sonoda
  • No.6 / Megu Taniguchi
  • No.3 / Ayaki Matsuda
  • No.4 / Moe Tsurumi
  • Instructor / Mao Noguchi
  • Haou (Cactus) / Mayu Sekiya
  • Suiren (Lotus) / Non Harusaki
  • Tsuruhana (Phlox) / Yuka Nihei

[Musical Performance]

  • Violin 1st / Mitsuri Shimada
  • Violin 2nd / yurika
  • Viola / Moe Aoyagi
  • Cello / Moe Oura
  • Piano / Hirata Yuna
  • Chorus / Luna Goami
  • Chorus / Marie Kocho

[Links]

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Yoko Taro’s New Stage Play “Bakuken” Has English Subtitles!

Yoko Taro’s latest stage play endeavour will not only be streamed live on NicoNico, but it will also come with English subtitles, courtesy of 8-4!

NOTE: Please be aware that the link to the English subtitled stream is DIFFERENT from the normal Japanese broadcast.

For more information on this stage play, please see my initial post about it here.

Below is a quick run-down of the various streams that will be available on NicoNico. All information you may need to purchase a NET Ticket for the English subtitled version is listed on the NicoNico page.

When you go to any of the pages on NicoNico listed above, the page will automatically sync with the location/time zone of your system (ie. If you are in Japan, it will list all times in JST. If you are in Eastern Time Zone, it will list everything in EST). Please check the page to see when each show will be available for your specific time zone.

YoRHa Girls Ver.1.1a Stage Play

YoRHa Girls Ver.1.1a Stage Play – yorha.com

Check out the link below for my YoRHa Girls Ver.1.1a stage play recap! It includes information on the creators and performers, details about the story, new insights into the world of YoRHa, and much more!

YoRHa Girls Ver.1.1a Stage Play