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a3! annotation hcs (spring troupe part 2!)

here’s the rest of act 1 of the spring troupe! friendly reminder that you can request hcs for a character even before i get to their troupe!

Itaru: ok, if he hasn’t lost his script in two days, it's a miracle. He might accidentally pick up someone else’s script and only notice when he realizes he’s never taken that many notes. minimal notes, like cues and entrances. Later on he does get much better at taking notes! 

Citron: lots of color!! he would assign everyone a highlighter color and mark everyone’s lines. He might get a little carried away with the gel pens and doodle in the margins while memorizing lines, but the script looks very bright and fun!!

Spring Troupe with a kinda tsundere-ish (not in an abusive way but cute denial) s/o please?

ahh this was cute!! thanks for sending this in and being so patient, hope you like it!!! 

Sakuya : he’s a bit surprised at first!! The first time they kinda turned away from him abruptly during a conversation (he was talking about the costumes for their upcoming performance and *omg his eyes are sparkling?? Why is he so cute??ghkjfhkngjndk I can't take this oh god*) he worried for a second that he might have upset them, which is the last thing he’d want to do!!! He stepped over to see their face properly and he kinda shut down and got more confused when he realised they were blushing??? Poor kid just could not figure out for the life of him why they were blushing when he was just talking about a play until itaru explained that he was being vv adorable. Once he learns this, he proceeds to become a blushin little mess whenever he realises they’re blushing and then it's just a never ending cycle until someone says something.

Masumi: oo i paused for a second writing this one, but i think masu would adore this!!!! He’s grinning and blushing bc he adoreeees seeing his s/o all flustered and stubborn. He’d be stubborn right back at his s/o until they give in (ex: complimenting them until they’re red in the face) because it makes him vv happy :>

Citron: a bit confused at first, but once he remembers the concept of ‘tsundere’, he’s all here for it!! He’d be the one to call his s/o a tsundere to their face because he thinks it's a cute nickname! He will lightheartedly tease his s/o but he would always assure them afterwards that he wasn't trying to be mean! They’re just too cute!

Itaru: HE IS LOVING THIS OMG!!!!! He recognised it right away!!!! Every now and then they say something that's almost word for word what a tsundere character in one of his games says to the protagonist and aaaAAAHHHHHH!!!! He giggles so hard!!! And he will purposely flirt just to see their reaction bc yoo!!!! They’re so cute!!! Masumi says ew at itaru every single time, but gamer boy wouldn’t have it any other way <3

Tsuzuru: Honestly, I think for tsuzu he’d try and learn his s/o’s behavior and habits, and before you know it, tsuzu gets smooth as hell??? No one saw it coming?? But! with all his writing, he’s gotten really good at character analysis and he’s come to learn a lot of their ‘lines’ and can read body language like a book so he knows exactly which buttons to push and when to tease his s/o without being mean

Chikage: (note for this one! As of writing this, I've only just met chikage in-story, so I apologise if this is a bit ooc!) ok, cabbage man takes this as a personal challenge. Chikage definitely likes having the upperhand in knowing that anytime he wants he can turn the argument in his favor if he just flirts a little bit. He’s always smiling with this cocky little look on his face and ahfdhjaskmds its the WORST uk what i mean?

Izumi has had to shout “IF IT’S NOT YOUR PROP, DON’T TOUCH IT” so many times that she has

1) painted a piece of cardboard with those words and hung it up on, both sides of the wings, the storage room, and the dressing room

and

2) taken an audio recording of sakoda shouting it and she plays it at full volume if she sees anyone goofing off with props. (rip itaru, izumi does not play around)

hewwo howdy! could a request some fluff hcs of itaru and a affectionate s/o (gender neutral if possible)? thank u ☆

I also do love our resident gamer! I wanna give everyone in mankai a hug so bad aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. (and dw! unless otherwise specified, i always do gender neutral requests!)

[also, sorry this was so late! i got super caught up with work so im a litttleee behind on requests]

-Itaru LOVES physical affection

-Often when he’s gaming he’ll have you lean against him or cuddle up in his lap

-He has acquired a hoard of blankets (fandom merch bc yes) and plushies of his favorite characters so his bed is much softer and comfier than you’d imagine (but yes, there are crumbs on his bed, you’d have to hound him to get him to dust it off)

“ ‘Taru bby please, I'm begging you, stop eating doritos in bed.”

“You still love me tho, right?”

“Yes?”

“Then deal with it <3”

-I’m pretty sure that proportionally muku is stronger than he is, so if you fall asleep on him he’s stuck.,,.but he wouldn’t move anyways because likes u~~~

-But you might be woken up by his furious button mashing

-I think he’d also get so into gaming that on occasion he doesn't speak for like, hours. So if he wants you to scoot closer he’ll just pull on your shirt

-Also! You know how itaru has that mini ponytail? I know from experience that having your hair up for a while kind of hurts, so if you kinda run your hands through his hair after he takes out the ponytail he will melt (the first time he will pull out some money bc there was no way you were doing this for free, right?)

On occasions where Tsuzuru is dead tired but still conscious, he tends to speak in really vague, incomplete sentences. The spring troupe got used to it pretty quickly, and will automatically respond to Tsuzu’s “.,mmmnmnmnm....day?” with Citron jubilantly shouting “Saturday!” and Itaru checking his phone to give the exact date and time (bc let’s be honest, Tsuzuru has woken up at 1 pm before and fully believed it was morning until Kazu teased him for still eating cereal in his pajamas so late in the day).

i thought this'd be funny asf omg so can you sort mankai actors by whether they can whistle or not?? it's okay if u don't but i just think it'd be rlly funny lmaooo

Ajdkfhdnkd this was fun!! I also threw in izumi, matsukawa, and sakoda for funsies!

Can whistle and is good at it: itaru, citron, chikage, tsuzuru, misumi, banri, taichi, azuma, guy, matsukawa, tetsuro

Can whistle mostly well: yuki, kazunari, omi, azami, homare, sakoda

Cannot whistle and is fine with it: sakuya, masumi, muku, juza, sakyo, tsumugi, hisoka

Cannot whistle and is furious/upset about it: tenma, kumon, tasuku, Izumi

Can i request hcs for a cosplayer s/o and itaru? please take care~

-Omgggg he is your number one fan!!!!!!

-Hyping you up 24/7!

-You look awesome!!!!!!! Woooooooo!!!

-He’ll always try to help in any way he can in terms of putting together looks.

-Is this prop accurate? He’s already pulling up high-quality images of the character’s prop from at least 3 angles for you to check.

-Having trouble carrying your bags at an event while decked out in foam armor? He’s got all of them don't worry bby!!

-He’s very useful in terms of helping to check the accuracy of little details with his encyclopedic knowledge of all the things he’s interested in.

-He will also nag you to make sure that whatever you’re wearing is comfortable, and that if you wear any makeup, you always check for harsh chemicals and clean it off properly as soon as you can. <3

-He tends to chill out with any physical affection when you’re cosplaying because he doesn't want to mess up any of it, so he’ll stick to just holding your hand (cutieeee waaa)

-He seems to keep better tabs on your inventory than you do, so every now and then he’ll throw a mini palette at you or a bottle of foundation or whatever product you’re running low on.

-“Yo, you don’t have any nice purple shades left and I know you’re about to put together a cosplay of that alien character, so I got you this palette. I think it should be good enough. Oh right! I also got a bottle of that mi-cellular water thing you use, this one should be gentler on your skin.” (he can never remember how to say ‘micellar water’)

-Also super good at cleaning makeup brushes, so if you’re exhausted at the end of the day you can pretty much just toss them all to him and pass out, when you wake up they’ll all be nice and clean!

OH THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!! FANTASTIC!!!

Have you listened to Itaru's new solo? Or Chikage's? They have me crying all the time bc of the character growth

I LOVE BOTH OF THEM <33333 i could go talking about the solos for hours since both of them has so so many layers, but here’s a quick rundown :D

seeds

compared to petenshi no yuutsu, it sounds a lot less frantic and happier. it sounds relaxed and it gives an image of floating in the clouds (for me). 

the first part sounds like he’s kinda holding himself back in front of the public since it sounds like something you'd find in a cafe. then it picks up a bit, building up to the chorus, which i imagine to reflect the time after [redacted] died. chikage repeats the lyrics of “things” which could allude to the words he wanted to say to [redacted], or the words he used to tell to himself to keep himself afloat from grief.

THEN THE CHORUS!!! UUUUU it has me in emotional tatters especially the line with their (his family’s) sweetness becoming his spice!!! it means that he’s willing to let himself get loved now, instead of still rolling in grief and anger.

AND THE line with the “they might be odd, not quite normal companions/but they will become my precious family”!!! it’s such a huge development because it means everyone in mankai instead of a few. HE CARES SO MUCH FOR THEM!!

also pinocchioP :DD some of my favorite vocaloid songs (common world domination and nobody makes sense) were made by them too

i also remember the recent harugumi livestream!! wataru hatano said that it took them multiple tries to properly express the emotions in seeds and i love the absolute care they put into producing the song .

seeds woah woah woah seeds yeah yeah yeah seeds woah woah woah seeds oh seeds 

real luck

the real luck we found is in our friends

i am putting this song on when cramming stuff because it’s great grinding music . it’s frantic but in the way of grinding a game, not petenshi frantic where you’re trying to run away.

i love how it still keeps elements from gamer’s high but also introduces new elements (in the music and lyrics). THE CALLBACK TO GAMER’S HIGH TOO!!! IT WAS MAKING ME SO EMOTIONAL AT 11 PM.

also if you notice, itaru’s voice sounds deeper compared to gamer’s high. itaru actually pitches his voice up when he’s faking (see voiced kniroun and when he talked to tonooka), and this also signifies that he completely trusts mankai too. he sounds raw-er than what he’d sound if he’s putting up a front.

I WILL NEVER GET OVER HOW HE SEES MANKAI AS THE BEST EVER GUILD. he’s not protecting himself from getting hurt now because he knows they won’t turn their backs on itaru and itaru trusts them. “i’m not giving up anymore” UEUEUEUUEUE when you watch the anime, you’ll see how far he’s come.

“that’s right, i now have something i’m serious about and i now have a place to belong” “i can trust them and they won’t betray me. we’re like a family.”“ [autotuned baby noises]

mawase mase mase mase mase mase mase mase mase

adorable!!!!!!! i feel like itaru and hisoka have seen him do this and they were so blown away by the cuteTM that they assumed they hallucinated it

Hey you know how when your glasses slide down your nose you can scrunch up and wiggle your nose a bit to readjust them, like a little rabbit?

Do you think

Do you think Chikage does this when his hands are full and he thinks no one's watching?

How they act when you’re overworked, Spring Troupe version!

(oh my goodness I only realised after the fact that I made almost every character bring you food.,.,,. I guess I was hungry while writing lol)

Sakuya: Saku-saku will actually be very concerned if you’re stressed and overworked. Will continually ask how you’re feeling and if you need anything. Will gently pull you aside every so often to take a nap if you’re falling asleep on your textbook. You don't know when it happened, but you realise that at some point he put his sweater on you and it was super cozy and smelled really good.,.,.,an all around sweetie <3

Masumi: ok, one of two options here, he either acts like he doesn’t care but you will find snacks and drinks on your desk while you work (he has thrown them at your head before and Sakuya made him apologize for that ) OR he will be after you 24/7 to make sure you’re taking care of yourself, he will never leave your room until you’re done.

Tsuzuru: horribly hypocritical, you will get a lecture if you stay up late. But, he will supply you with snacks and very basic meals if you have classes and/or work so you don’t crash

Citron: he tends to just sit next to you, lean against you, keep you company. This’ll be one of the few times he isn’t chattering away or singing something to you out of respect for your concentration. If you get cold he will crawl onto you like a lap-dog, it's just so comfy cozy! Drapes his big warm scarves over your shoulders. Sometimes brings you tea, he brews it himself <3

Itaru: hands you an energy drink or black coffee. “awww poor thing. You’ll be fine tho”,.,.,.meanie /lh. If you want company while you work he’ll sit next to you and play his games without the volume on so he won't disturb you too much.

Chikage: will regularly bring meals in for you. Ok, by meals I mean curry but you knew that already. Hands you a plate of spicy tripe curry and tells you that it cures all symptoms of fatigue but it will also tinge your skin blue from the excess of selenium and zinc (false, that will not happen i promise you). You just squinted at him as menacingly as possible while taking the plate. He does cook really well and the spice has the added side effect of making you drink more water, thus making you hydrated! Evil mastermind behavior right here!!

due to their horrendous fucking posture kazu, tsuzu, itaru, tsumugi, and homare all have lower back issues for days.,.soooOO! sakuya and muku worked together to make bean-sock heat packs for them all :))) + kazu and tsumu are actually weirdly good at giving massages?? so they will help out the besties <333 + PLUS!!! azuma eventually catches wind of the sitch and buys a heated back massager and everyone takes turns using it

Spring Troupe

Sakuya

- script annotation hcs

- saku’s greetings (mini hc/analysis)

- saku, muku, homare and Shakespeare (mini hc)

- tsundere s/o (hcs)

- juza and saku being buddies! (hcs)

- surrounded by love

-overworked s/o (hcs)

Tsuzuru

- script annotation hcs

- domestic fluff (x reader hcs)

-tsundere s/o (hcs)

- got any grapes?

- autopilot big brother

-sleeby,,

-sleeby part 2 :”D

-overworked s/o (hcs)

-playwriting shenanigans, pt1

Itaru

- script annotation hcs

-tsundere s/o (hcs)

- fluffy ‘taru (x reader hcs)

-cosplayer s/o (hcs)

-overworked s/o (hcs)

Citron

-script annotation hcs

- juggling!!

- homare and citron as language learning buddies

-tsundere s/o (hcs)

- got any grapes?

- citron and lil kids!

-scarves n perfumes <3

-overworked s/o (hcs)

-musings on being muslim-coded

Masumi

- script annotation hcs

-tsundere s/o (hcs)

-overworked s/o (hcs)

Chikage

-tsundere s/o (hcs)

-scarves n perfumes <3

-overworked s/o (hcs)

Itaru is probably that kid who asked, “You got games on your phone?”

Gaming buds

Levi,Idia,Itaru and Banri

Strict disciplinary implementors

Lucifer,Riddle and Sakyou

Smol and sassy trio

Luke,Epel, and Yuki