im going to attach a screenshot to this because the heartattack this gave me by ending the sentence line with "making her fall in love with kei" until i saw the followup seiran.

steeples fingers. so the first thing to settle in this universe is how much is the same. using the case of kei (seiran): without her koharu suzu hisame senpais trying to understand Whats Up With Her, and without getting bullied lovingly by yakumo, would she end up on the same international theater production route as sakura?

or would she remain an angsty 'We Live In A Selfish Uncaring World' person doing videos to pass time- oh. oh no. ive solved it goddamn it yea alright there's an argument for chemistry between love bullet au kei (seiran) and sakura.

(btw for this au i think sakura ends up in the world of theater and it was first in remembrance of her oneechan. she's not being koharu, she can't replace her, she can't be anywhere as good of an actress as her, but her sister wanted SO much to show others how great theater is, and that? that's something sakura can do)

anyways sakura's passion for theater ignites kei(seiran)'s own interest in stage production, and kei (seiran)'s eye for camera work/framing would enable a hot debate on proper material for props. congrats, koharu, these dumbasses would gain a social link over fighting about carpentry and. wood grains probably

took me a moment to remember what The French was bc i first registered it to be the etymology of 'widescreen baroque' but lmao yeah

girlie was out there removing claudine's song from her Narration of revue starlight (unreliable), tells claudine that she talks too much for asking the very reasonable question, "what are you guys talking about," doing a flex of revealing shes learned FRENCH and she learned it BACKWARDS because she means the song to be a curse ー nana was soooooo pissed off at claudine and for WHAT!!!!!

like, honestly, nana's arcebic treatment of claudine is kinda jarring to look at bc shes meaner to claudine longer than she had that blast of active unhingeness at junna (while being nice to karen in such a weird way (compliment)) BUT MOST ESPECIALLY. because claudine doesnt really bother with it. claudine figured out the message and simply went Oh. Okay. so, truly, it hilariously reads like claudine looked at nana being weird and said That Sounds Like A You Problem and continued on with her gay life <3

oop i did not see this earlier 😶 but yes there is, and therell be an archive until nov 12. its through the ponycanyon zaiko (dot io) website (should be linked at the official revstar twt if ur wary of accidentally clicking the wrong site)
the process is pretty similar to previous e+ streaming but you'll need to create an account (dw its free) before u can buy a ticket that you'll pay with paypal or alipay or credit card, etc etc the usuals. you also need to be signed into that account to use n watch the ticket that u bought. the rest of the stuff you need to take note of for ur stream setup is also at the ticket page (available in english!!) so u can check the other requirements for having a smooth stream. goodluck and have fun!

mister bushimo tells me himself so every seiran thing i say is actual canonical seiran lore for realsies. wahhee :)

okay kidding aside thats so sweet of u to say thank you :D

for your question id say koharu and suzu are actually both p functional? its just theyre also stupit at the same time, in different flavors. suzu generally lacks shame and is very open about her affection and has no issue with flirting with her pretty friends (see: the amount of gay shit she puts hisame through). but, again, stupit (affectionate) so we also have her pulling the insane I WANT TO DRESS AS YOU FOR HALLOWEEN  kabedon she pulled on mahiru for her catfishing plans.  note too tho that we then see her wearing her crush's uniform afterwards with no issues so, ykno, competency in being a lesbian teen but u cannot ask her to do the taxes.

koharu on the otherhand is mega-repressed with the unfortunate neurodivergent combination of being bad at registering emotions (and sees the world through her brain's filter in the first place) and thus will never flirt for funsies lest she explodes. but shes also brutally honest from the start and has gotten much better at being open about her feelings (which are really pure lets be real holy shit this girl has the same degree of idealism as aijo karen does did you notice) so she's now less likely to explode and is truly just out there saying shit like "i like your voice" "your singing is beautiful" and "i care about you so i would eat poison if you asked"

oh i do have an answer for this. of a sort. so as a japanese highschool kid, koharu actually isnt supposed to have any piercings on during school. like ANY. even if theyre the lil simple round ones and not just the mega dangling ones.

the fact that class representative and department chief yanagi koharu does wear one along with her seiran jersey is an insane amount of delinquency that has never stopped being funny because the fact that its ONLY with the jersey means that shes been specifically putting it on During School

(koharu's dangling earring during revues gets a free pass because A) seiran trio matchies outfit do not separate and B) revue outfits cant really count because its questionable reality and also a metaphor and the standing implication is that participants dont consciously choose their revue outfits in the first place it just is)

as for why koharu can wear piercings in school outside of a costume we can only assume either that since seiran jerseys are for theater hours therefore koharu has loopholed (its during theater practice and thus IS a costume) the rules, or yakumo sensei (being yakumo kyoko) just decided koharu is allowed little a delinquency as a treat

3rd year seiran started in blue glitter/growth so id count that as the canon current time tbh,, so uhhh kinda just normal headcanons that i just havent mentioned as much i guess?

-koharu demi-ace actually
-hisame is kindof. culturally catholic. not in the "my family is very religious and i am also very religious" way but in the "as a kid i did choir in church so i get the vibes and know more abt catholicism than the average japanese". actually i did make a passing mention of it during the hisame hours of This Longing im still surprised nobody questioned catholic hisame. ig we all agree girlie has dredges of catholic guilt lol <3
-suzu keeps getting taller somehow. she's gone thru several uniforms actually in her three years of seiran over the combination of "i need bigger clothes" and "i may or may not have been mildly set on fire + other shenanigans"