Mori Keaki – 120% Darling: Part 2 Chapter 3 – Being a man is really hard!?

Mori Keaki published this essay book the month before her retirement as Top Star of Snow Troupe. It is mainly a memoir of her personal journey in Takarazuka, as well as her early life. Her writing/formatting style is kind of unique, and I tried to reproduce or reflect it as much as possible.

It’s a really lovely book, that ended up making me cry many times. I hope you enjoy it!

For a table of contents with links to all the chapters, go here.

(In this chapter, she spends a while talking about her views on marriage and the relationships between men and women – please bear in mind that she grew up in the 1970s and this book was published in 1993. Also, please note that as far as I can tell Mori has never married.)

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Mori Keaki – 120% Darling: Part 2 Chapter 2 – I have to be like Dad!

Mori Keaki published this essay book the month before her retirement as Top Star of Snow Troupe. It is mainly a memoir of her personal journey in Takarazuka, as well as her early life. Her writing/formatting style is kind of unique, and I tried to reproduce or reflect it as much as possible.

It’s a really lovely book, that ended up making me cry many times. I hope you enjoy it!

For a table of contents with links to all the chapters, go here.

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Heartpounding and Exciting #1 – Ashizawa Jin interview with Maaya Kiho

Ashizawa Jin is an illustrator/columnist who seems to have worked for GRAPH since the 1960s (yes, you read that right). His interview column gets a new title every year but usually the format is fairly similar. The 2018 column was called Heartpounding and Exciting, and this interview with Maaya Kiho was published in the February 2018 issue.

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Mori Keaki – 120% Darling: Part 2 Chapter 1 – Dear My Family

Mori Keaki published this essay book the month before her retirement as Top Star of Snow Troupe. It is mainly a memoir of her personal journey in Takarazuka, as well as her early life. Her writing/formatting style is kind of unique, and I tried to reproduce or reflect it as much as possible.

It’s a really lovely book, that ended up making me cry many times. I hope you enjoy it!

For a table of contents with links to all the chapters, go here.

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Mori Keaki – 120% Darling: Part 1 Chapter 11 – Once again: I LOVE TAKARAZUKA

Mori Keaki published this essay book the month before her retirement as Top Star of Snow Troupe. It is mainly a memoir of her personal journey in Takarazuka, as well as her early life. Her writing/formatting style is kind of unique, and I tried to reproduce or reflect it as much as possible. 120% Darling has around 24 chapters, and I plan to post one every Friday.

It’s a really lovely book, that ended up making me cry many times. I hope you enjoy it!

For a table of contents with links to all the chapters, go here.

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GRAPH PETIT TALK: Ichika Sakura, Hanano Juria, Hatsuhime Saaya, Kayou Kirari

In this talk feature, several Flower Troupe members discuss in detail the philosophy of being a musumeyaku. It was published in the November 2011 issue of GRAPH.

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