Sparkling Time: Tenju Mitsuki and Sumiki Sayato

Sparkling TIME is a long-running Kageki talk feature which includes a photoshoot (designed by the participants) and talk between performers. Tenju’s and Sumiki’s was published in the October 2017 issue.

Some outtakes from the back of the magazine are also included.

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Sparkling TIME: Akatsuki Chisei, Amahana Ema, Rukaze Hikaru

Sparkling TIME is a long-running Kageki talk feature which includes a photoshoot (designed by the participants) and talk between performers, usually classmates. Akatsuki, Amahana, and Rukaze’s was published in the October 2017 issue.

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ESPECIAL TIME: As you like it – Ayanagi Shou and Miya Rurika

ESPECIAL TIME is a long-running invitation talk feature in GRAPH, where one sienne is given the opportunity to invite someone else.

Ayanagi Shou’s feature, where she invited Miya Rurika, was published in the February 2018 issue.

There is also an outtake from the feature that was printed in the back of the magazine.

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Star Troupe Troupe Report (December 2017)

Troupe Report is a Kageki feature where an appointed reporter will write about current events in the troupe or ask troupe members for questions to answers sent in by readers. Reporters are generally only replaced on retirement, unlike other backstage features that rotate monthly or quarterly.

Star Troupe’s Troupe Report has been written by Kisaragi Ren since 2015. The December 2017 edition focuses on Ichijo Azusa, who retired from Star Troupe with the show closing that month.

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Backstage Journal: Takato Chiaki (Land of the Gods/Classical Bijou)

Backstage Journal is a short Kageki feature where very young cast members write anecdotes about what’s going on behind the scenes of the productions. They’re not very deep, being full of emojis and more like blog entries than articles, but they are a good way to get to know the newest actresses in each troupe.

This one is by Cosmos Troupe member Takato Chiaki (of the 101st class), and was published in the December 2017 issue.

I have only seen this show once, so I do not have much context to go on and relied on Takato’s details.

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