Tsurune illustrations from the December issues of Animage and Newtype. [Source]
Haikyuu!! “What do you want for Christmas?” part 2/6
01 Powerful Swimming Style
Contrary to his gentle appearance, his swimming style capitalizes on his physique and is hearty and strong. You can even compare his swimming to an orca’s. He’s grown rapidly since primary school through middle school! Has the baby orca that used to be smaller than a dolphin become king of the ocean!?
02 A dream he finally sees
As an extension of his dream to show children the joy of swimming, he found his path as a trainer. He’s now working vigorously towards his goal!
03 He loves games
He likes games, and he’s especially good at shooting games. Except for scary games such as horror, they’re a no-go! When he plays games he would wear his glasses and switch to hardcore mode!
04 Everybody loves Mako-chan
He’s super popular in his neighborhood, from children to grandmas! He’s received countless treats on his way to his part-time job or school. The line-up of treats is rather old fashioned, such as dried squid, dried fish and manjuu.
05 Connect people together
He doesn’t like it when people get into fights or become awkward around each other. In high school, he worried about Rin, and in university, he tried to mediate Ikuya and Hiyori’s relationship with Haruka. He’s always busy with these things in his heart!
06 Ordinary imagination?
He’s the type who can’t come up with any outstanding ideas even after thinking long and hard! Coupled with the fact that he’s not good at handling unexpected situations, he was once told by Nagisa that his ideas were “ordinary”…
07 Extraordinary clumsiness
He’s your typical clumsy guy that mistakes sugar for salt and draws art that gets comments like “it’s kinda meh.”
08 He’s strict at times!
It’s important to follow rules at the swimming pool where dangers lurk! He’s able to kindly but strictly caution people that “no means no.”
09 He’s very curious about fashion
He’s the type who naturally follows fashion trends, and his clothes are all chosen from magazines! He especially likes bright colors such as orange or yellow-green.
(image courtesy of heyfuturefeesh)
11 January 2019
Two performances were done!
To everyone who watched, thank you very much!
Thank you for attending the after talk too! (x, x, x, x)
Theme 04: “What kind of person is Makoto Tachibana?”
Misaki Kuramoto
Coach Tachibana is big and cool, and he gives me lots of advice, I love him! He tells me things I wouldn’t notice myself, and also things like my body balance and breathing. Coach Serizawa was awesome, too, so I really think university students are amazing. Also, it seems like Coach Tachibana is not very good at putting back the kickboards and pull buoys, and the girls would help him out when he couldn’t fit all of them on the shelves. …I’m not good at it either, so I’m not the one to talk. Ah! Also, a while ago I saw him talking to his friend Nanase-san and an old guy who was eating snacks!
Ren Tachibana / Ran Tachibana
Ran: Onii-chan calls us lots, and he’s always so nice and we’re really proud of him! Right?
Ren: Eeeh, but you got to talk to him the whole time yesterday, Ran! You wouldn’t give me the phone at all…let me talk to him, too!
Ran: But you always talk for so long on the phone.
Ren: Speak for yourself!?
Ran: I can do it! Because I have so much I want to say to Onii-chan!
Ren: Geez, that’s so unfair…
Ran: There’s so much that I have to tell him, like what’s happening at school, or the new clothes that I got! Also, I need to listen to what Onii-chan has to say too, right? And since he can’t cook, I need to worry about his dinner, too.
Ren: But Haru-chan is there, so he’ll be fine~ C'mon, Ran, let me speak on the phone, too~!
Ran: Geez, fine! Well then, Ren, make sure you ask Onii-chan how he’s doing too, okay?
Ren: Okay! Yay!
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“Last I heard he was arrested for buying large amounts of cocaine. My mom let me know. She called me one day and said: ‘I don’t want you to find out by Googling your name.’ It wasn’t a huge surprise, actually. It explained a lot of his behavior. He promised to pay for our school, then didn’t. He never wanted to pay child support. He started calling less and less. I haven’t heard from him in years. But I have a really, really great stepdad. I just call him Andrew. My first memory of him was when I was ten years old. I just thought he was a nice older guy at the New Year’s Eve party. But my mom got hammered, and the whole ride home, she kept saying: ‘Isn’t he so great? Isn’t he so cute?’ Two years later he moved in with us. He never tried to discipline me. He’d leave that to my mom. He always had the attitude of: ‘I’m not your father.’ But he was another adult in the house that I could rely on. And I’d never had that before. He’d cook meals for us. And he’d really work hard on them. And he’d drive me places. I think 95% of my needs at the time were cooking and driving. Even today, I could call him if I need a ride anywhere. If he’s not able to do it himself, he’ll pay for a cab. Or he’ll figure out another solution. It’s the kind of attention that makes you feel like you’re deserving of someone else’s time. He’s far from perfect. He works too much. He snores. He doesn’t do his laundry. But when I think of the qualities of a good man, or dad, or just person, Andrew’s got them.”
Live broadcast, Rehearsal report, Genepro report photos
Sources: x, x, Theatertainment, Stage Natalie