Title: sweet pool Drama CD -everblue- (29/06/2009)
Pairings:
Makoto x Youji (Kisho Daisuke x Hatano Wataru 岸尾だいすけ x 羽多野渉)
Zenya x Youji (Midorikawa Hikaru x Hatano Wataru 緑川光 x 羽多野渉)
Tetsuo x Youji (Kawahara Yoshihisa x Hatano Wataru 川原慶久 x 羽多野渉)
Cast:
崎山蓉司 Sakiyama Youji: 春野風 Hatano Wataru 羽多野涉
城沼哲雄 Shironuma Tetsuo： 鳩マン軍曹 Kawahara Yoshihisa 川原慶久
三田 睦 Mita Makoto： 空乃太陽 Kishio Daisuke 岸尾だいすけ
翁長善弥 Okinaga Zenya： Midorikawa Hikaru 緑川光,
姫谷浩平 Kitani Kouhei: 秋月秀行 Umezu Hideyuki 梅津秀行
Rating: Highly recommended (Warnings: violence and non-con)
Summary:
「悲しく、切なく、残酷で、でも優しく愛しい記憶の欠片――」
Based on Nitro+Chiral’s BL game Sweet Pool. This 2-disk drama CD dives deeper into the inner emotions of each character based on their respective episodes in the game.
Makoto’s 「‐regret‐」, Zenya’s 「-absolute-」 and Tetsuo’s 「-a moment-」
The three boys’ stories are presented in Omibus format in Disk 1 while Disk 2 gives us a rare scenario where Youji and the other boys go to a karaoke box together!? A comedic outing in 「-after school-」. Also includes a new song 「how」 by Pale Green, music artist for the game.
Comments:
Comments will contain SPOILERS to the sweet pool game but I’ll try to keep them to a minimum ^^
The dramatisation of Sweet Pool is excellent! If you’ve not played the game, this disk is a major spoiler but for those of us who have… gosh… it is awesome. I have -VERY- high expectations of this drama and it definitely didn’t disappoint. The drama shorts give us further insights to the inner thoughts of these boys. As I’m typing this entry, I’ve just finished listening to Makoto x Youji arc… Kisho Daisuke (Makoto) displayed an astonishing range of emotions, slipping seamlessly in and out of his usual cheerful disposition and growing darkness and torment as his obsession with Youji mounted… A true gem of a performance.
Stories of Makoto and Zenya in Sweet Pool are all about twisted love taken to the extreme…
Makoto’s 「‐regret‐」
“Why can’t it be me?”
This short drama has one of the most heart-wrenching sex-scenes I’ve ever heard for love gone seriously wrong.
Makoto started off wanting to be friends with Youji who had missed a year of school due to his weak health. Makoto is a bright and outgoing boy who eats a lot (lol~ he -is- a growing teenage boy indeed.) Youji, on the other hand seems like a loner and is quiet and subdued. As they spend more time together, Makoto becomes more and more attracted to him. “He smells so good… unlike the scent of perfume, it is something lighter and sweet.” Makoto thought and his heart begins to race whenever he sees Youji. As he struggles with his confused feelings for his friend, he also begins to develop an obsession for him. He just can’t get the boy out of his mind. When Makoto notices that Youji does not reject schoolmate, Tetsuo’s attention, his uncontrollable jealousy and possessiveness threaten to consume both Youji and himself…
You’ll probably be speechless by the time the ending theme for Makoto x Youji comes up.
[game spoiler start] Unbeknownst to Makoto, Youji’s body is “special”. He has the female reproductive ability of a mysterious organism and gives off phermones to attract the male counterpart. Prolonged exposure to that same phermone makes normal males go crazy (literally).[game spoiler end]
Zenya’s 「-absolute-」
“Be mine!”
Zenya kidnaps Youji and confines him in a secret room at his home. Although Zenya rapes Youji everyday, Youji realises that Zenya is a tortured soul within. He tries to reach out to Zenya but unfortunately, he is unable to get through to him…
Well… the sex was very good. It was rape ^^;;; but… otsukare Hatano-san~ hehe…
[game spoiler start] Zenya mentioned about wanting to make lots of babies with Youji… well in the game, Zenya is raised to become the male counterpart of a mysterious organism and his purpose is to procreate with the female counterpart. However, he is “artifically” nurtured by his father against his will and he suffers physically from his body’s rejection of the organism. If Youji had not met Tetsuo who is the natural male counterpart, perhaps the instinct of the organism within Youji would’ve accepted Zenya. [game spoiler end]
Tetsuo’s 「-a moment-」
“I’ve found you…”
Tetsuo x Youji is the only mutual love relationship in the game. The interaction between the two in the short drama is sweet but also oozing with sexy. Youji confesses to Tetsuo about feeling very happy to have met him as the guy finishes sewing a missing button onto his shirt for him. Rabu-rabu ne~ *whispers* but it seems that Tetsuo is the culprit as he is the one who ripped Youji’s shirt off lol~
Although this drama chooses to feature the “Best Ending” for Tetsuo x Youji arc which made me cry while playing the game, the impact isn’t as great here. Probably because it is too short. Please play the game! It is just too good to miss.
「-after school-」
The sweet pool boys visit a karaoke box after school. It turns out that both Youji and Zenya have never been to one before. Makoto leads the pack by singing and dedicating a song to Youji to amusing effect. One after another, each boy takes his turn to sing. How will the outing turn out? And who is the surprisingly best singer among the four?
Makoto really shines in this short drama lol~ his personality pretty much dominates the whole story and he has the best lines in here. I’m very glad that Nitro+ wrote this story ^^ I really enjoyed listening to it. Maybe they took into account the complaints by fans regarding Lamento dramas and put in extra effort to add value to this one.
Conclusion
Top-notch voice acting and nose-bleeding H-scenes. Highly recommended :) I think listeners who have not played the game would enjoy it too.
Btw, ordering the CD from ComiComi will also bag you a lovely Sweet Pool postcard featuring the four boys.
It was revealed in this CD that a new drama 「sweet pool ~駒波学園 学園祭」 will be coming our way soon. It is probably the same one that was delayed previously. According to the short summary, it’ll be a comedy set during the school’s festival. Really looking forward to it ^^
Catalog: HBDC-071 (HOBiRECORDS)
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Glad to help! ^^
both ending themes of [-regret-] and [-a moment-] was sang by pale green?what’s the name of the song?the melody of [-a moment-] is shiawase~~
Hi BLAC-K! The song names for the 3 dramas are:
1 Kiss Of The Sky (by VERTUEUX) (Makoto’s theme)
2 Killing Look (by Kazuhiro Watanabe) (Zenya’s theme)
3 prove my love (by Pale Green) (Tetsuo’s theme) ^^
what’s the song in[-regret-]?it’s very nice!!
Oh, I want this CD so bad.. *3*
I still haven’t figured out how to get to the one (or is there two? i don’t know..) ending I’m missing.. >____< I'm missing two CG's. Gyaah. I'm angry. I don't want to listen the CD before I've finished with the game.
And also in Lamento I'm still missing one of the Bardo endings. Nooo~~ :—DD
Thanks for the review!
Hi Ribika! Thanks for dropping by ^^ The Miracles may ending? :O I think many people have difficulty capturing it. Which capture guide are you using? I used this one: http://half-a.net/games1/sweetpool.html and it helped me clear all the endings.
I haven’t found the time to finish Lamento yet *_* Gaaa…
Thanks for the spoilers and the info websites, Ponytale-san!! Lol, that was MUCH more disturbing an ending than I had thought…but glad to know my guess was half right.
Glad to help! Yeah, Makoto’s ending was quite o_O but it’s appropriate for his characterisation once taken to the extreme ^^ I think the writers are brilliant.
WaW you can use photoshop that very good, as for me I really don’t know how to use it and on top of that I don’t have it in my computer.
say again how much is the Lelouch figure that you brought and from where? if you don’t mind asking, I would like to buy one but I can’t find them and they are sure is expensive.
As for painting figure, I do not know how to draw anything at all, and not really a fan of art, but I will buy the model and the tool and see if it’s interst me.
Oh you don’t have PSP then do you play games or you are “only” anime fan.
I’m still playing the game, the story continuo, I hope I can finish it.
About the figures yes I know they are expensive, for some rare figure a collector dosen’t really care about the price, he\she care about owning the item.
for me if it is a very very rare figure and I will die to have that figure I would pay a lot for it.
LOL you like action figures, what you like playing barbie with them XP, I’m sorry for saying that, but really I would like to know that great about action figure, mayde if you known I would buy them.
I love amazon, I always shop from them, I really don’t like ebay at all, but I only buy from ebay if there is something I can’t find somewhere else.
LOL see this link and give a comment about it, okey ^_*
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Clockstar-Time-Travel-Theory-Project_W0QQitemZ140301996147QQcategoryZ1310QQcmdZViewItem
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I would like to know if you have some favorite shop you always buy from? as for me I like Amazon that will never change.
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I’m very sorry, I really do talk to much, if I were a bother, do tell me ^^
last if I will upload the pictures I will put all the pictures in a ZIP folder, you see my camera is digital so the size of the photo is 140MP if you have High speed connection I will upload it in some site so you can download it.
please do tell me?
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Hey do you read Yaoi manga or not because I would like to recommend you to read some manga that it’s good.
WaW I really took so long
Thank you, I’m sorry next time I will not talk this much
I bought my lelouch from an online store: http://www.hlj.com/product/MEDPBM-013 ^^ I would like to play more games but nowadays, I don’t have much time for them *sigh* I read Yaoi manga too but don’t blog about them much. There are so many good titles to write about and gaa~ no time for it.
Well, cos after being a collector for a couple of years, I’ve come to realise that most figures in the figure world isn’t really that to-die-for-must-have after all ^^;;; Every few years, there are re-issues of old releases to milk a new generation of buyers. And do people really care about 1st editions of these figures and pay a premium for them? I think they’re the minority. And it’s also because of the reality of lack of $$$. Imagine blowing everything on one figure and then losing out on all the other figures I also like *_* Anyway, what an emo thought XD
Yep! The barbie-like quality of Real Action Heroes figures is one of the main reasons I like action figures. I enjoy dressing Lelouch up in different clothes a lot! Lol~ And he is very photogenic XD
And another thing about buying figures off ebay… you never know if you’re getting the real thing or bootlegs *_* Anyway Check out my mini online store buying guide
What is the total size of your photo zip? Can you save them in separate zips so that the files are not so big. Try uploading to http://www.yousendit.com.
And as for the time travel thing… oh well ^^ let’s wait and see if some billionaire decides to give it a try and sponsors this guy hehehe
Thank you for the fast reply =^_^=
And I do know the Junjou Romantica couple “Hiroki” and “Nowaki” I favorite them more than ” Misaki” and “Akihiko”.
Time to time I had the thought of buying “Lelouch Project BM figure” but I have other items That I want in the time being.
And other thing, do you paint “figure model kit” because when you said that recoloured his hair. If you did I would like to see some of your models.
I’m trying to buy the “Chobit chii Model Resin Kit” as a start of painting figures.
About the sweety pool psp game,
NO there it’s a PSP version, the company didn’t make a PSP version.
but you see the PSP version was made by some chinese guy(illegal) and try to format it into PSP, I really don’t remamber where or when I download this game, but I do have it in my computer and would give it to you but it’s 300 MB so I don’t know how to give it to you, The game is not japanese language it’s chinese.
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Sorry I do talk to much,
at last about the figure, you see the place for the figure is not online store it’s ebay :
you know that “Togainu no chi” and “Lamento” figure are very RARE, hard to find and too expansive. No one know this but me, *try so hard to collect them*.
if you want the Shiki black dress figure it’s in this link
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Akira red blood in his hand on this link
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Togainu no Chi: Shiki Military Uni PVC Statue
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Lamento BEYOND THE VOID 1/10 Scale Painted Figure KONOE
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Lamento BEYOND THE VOID 1/10 Scale Painted Figure -RAI-
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LAMENTO Beyond The Void BARDO PVC Figure Statue
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And if you want the last one in Lamento figures
you can’t find “Asato” in ebay you can find it in “Anime wild” but they website shows that the figure is out stock, so you can find in, amazon by the same seller :
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so that all for the “togainu no chi” and “lamento” figures and where to buy them.
the last figure that it’s so so so rare and can’t be find is the “Togainu no Chi: Akira Military Uni PVC Statue”.
I’m very very very sorry for talking too mcuh.
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I know my post is too long but If you don’t mind I would like to ask something from you?!
I was in your “Mini Figure Gallery” that you are very good with doing pictures on computer AND I don’t, so if you don’t mind me asking, I had many pictures of one of my figure, that I would like to have some movment in it. if you agreed I will try to give you the pictures, so you can pic one and work on it.
then again I’m sorry for taking your time, and have a nice day.
Alessa
Hi Alessa, I only digitally “altered” Lelouch’s hair colour in the photo using photoshop lol~ I’ve not tried real painting on figures or resin kits before. The Lelouch figure is too expensive for me to experiment on ^^;;; I want to learn too but not sure where to start :(
oo~ so Sweet Pool PSP version is unofficial lol~ ^^ amazing things fans do XD no worries about the link cos I don’t have a PSP. Have you completed the game yet?
Thanks for sharing the links! Hmm, I think the ebay listings of these figures are really over-priced so I personally won’t spend so much for them. For more serious collectors, maybe the price is still ok. Amazon prices are still acceptable tho’… Generally for my buying decisions, between an action figure and a PVC statue, I’ll prefer getting the action figure cos I can play with it hehe.
Can you upload your figure pics to photobucket or flicker? I can take a look. If time allows, I’ll see how I can help :)
Hello there love your website,
it’s werid every time I try to search something your website shows o_O?
anyway I’m here mostly every day.
wanted to ask some thing from you?
the picture on the right that sayes “hiro-san”
what kind of figure is that?
and about sweety pool game, I have it on my PSP
and other thing I want to inform you is, if you want togainu no chi SHIKI black dress or 1/10 kenone figure, I can give you a link on where they are selling it now.
I really love your site , very intersting and coloring,
and….*I don’t understand what this word mean but they always say it*
it’s -Kawaii-
Hi Alessa, Thanks for dropping by ^^ Glad you found this site useful. The hiro-san pic was inspired by Junjou Romantica couple Nowaki x Hiroki. I took a pic of my Lelouch Project BM figure At that angle… I discovered that both Hiroki and Lelouch have similar hairstyle! I took the photo and recoloured his black hair brown. The duck is the official Junjou Romantica duck XD Related post here
Oh~ wow is there a PSP version of sweet pool? :O I didn’t know that! Where did you get it? And do share the link to Shiki. I’m always on a look out for good online stores.
Kawaii means “cute” in Japanese ^^
So the story is basically like that of Sex Pistols? Lol. Actually thanks to your blog, I was exposed to these two works, started reading Sex Pistols last night. I’m not hot about mpreggers storylines, but they are a hoot in their own right.
For Sweet Pool: Ack, I’m sorry, I meant track 1! I typed too fast. I kinda figured out the unpleasantness that was going on in track 2. Can you spoil me for the end of track 1?? It sounded extremely bloody so I have a feeling my guess is right.
But I TOTALLY want to play the game! I’m sure I’ll always end up with the unhappy ending since I’ll just be guessing my way through but do you have any idea how I may get my hands on it? Can you recommend a site where I can purchase it from?? Thanks!!
Sweet Pool is very different from Sex Pistols if you’re talking about mpreg lol~ ^^ I’m also not that keen about mpreg stories either but I found Sweet Pool and Sex Pistols pretty good :D
Oh~ Sweet Pool track 1… the ending is definitely a big spoiler. **** SPOILER ALERT ****
Makoto killed and ate Youji in the endThe game has a further short development of this ending which I won’t spoil for you if you’re going to play it.You can get Sweet Pool at a reasonable price from comi-comi studio ^^ Do a search for sweet pool in the site cos direct linking to the individual product page doesn’t work :) http://www.comicomi-studio.com/home.html
Also, you can use a sweet pool capture guide to help you along with all the endings ^^ http://half-a.net/games1/sweetpool.html
Thank you so much for the summary!! After listening to the CDs, I totally want to play the game now even though I’m completely Japanese-illiterate! There’s no way to avoid spoilers if you answer me this, but I’m dying to know, what happened at the end of track 2? Did what happen to Youji exactly as it sounds like?
Glad you found the summary useful! The ending for track 2 is the similar to what happened in the game. *****SPOILER*****
Youji is unable to escape and Zenya imprisons him, makes sure he is kept alive (feeds him, etc). and rapes him everyday *_* There aren’t any babies born for the two of them tho… Zenya wasn’t the chosen one. But I guess we wouldn’t know since this story arc ended here.hopes the strikethrough line makes it a bit more difficult to read and hide the spoiler better XP@phatoo8: Glad to help! I’m not sure how to explain the blood well without spoilers… it is mainly caused by the organism inside Youji… ^^
Thank so much for sharing the summary, without this…i’d be totally lost. After viewing some of the cgs, it’s really graphic too, why is there so much blood? I just finished listening, so i’ll just let my imagination fill in the gaps*blush* Thank you!
Thank you so much for posting this! I would have been lost without it XDD
May I ask you about the game..
is it PS console? or PC Game?
Thanks for dropping by!
@ami: Sweet Pool is a PC game ^^
@keleosnoonna: Glad to help! XD
i did not read this post so I listened to Sweet Pool without any knowledge of what it is all about… It was a very very wrong move. =S
I was listening to it as a nightcap but as the tracks went on, my eyes got wider and sleep was so our of the question And yes, I was speechless by the time the theme song for the first story came up. O.O WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!? The stories freaked me out and I had to stop by the 2nd track, I really need to sleep and the stories were just too disturbing.
So the game is like a psychological thriller of sort? The only good ending is with Tetsuo? How about the others? Do they get good endings if you choose it correctly or are they all scary tragedies like the ones featured in the drama cd?
Oo~ its definitely not a drama to go to sleep with ^^;;; cos the first 2 stories are very disturbing. Hmm… yeah its kinda like a psychological thriller…
Tetsuo x Youji is the “official” pairing… but even the “Best Ending” doesn’t end in the usual happily-ever-after kind of way… It is very touching tho. Trying to go for the other boys only ends in tragedy. That’s why the cd is a major spoiler (and probably really shocking in your case) for people who haven’t played the game.
The comedy in the last drama is a completely new story tho’ so its good ^^ helps to lighten up the overall atmosphere.
Not related to your post ^ but wanted to let you know I’ve been extremely busy, Pony-chan xd! Sorry for not replying lately ^^* will get back to you asap <3
@Sigma: (^///^) yep yep! It’s a must listen!
@Kaz: no worries, I figured you’re busy XD but glad you’re back. Take care!
Sounds good~! Can’t wait to hear~^w^