Maybe I should mention her more even just talking about Anime in that Q&A last year, but hey, happy birthday Hanazawa Kana!! I mean, how can you NOT know her at this point and how adorable this married woman is? *silence* I should just stop lol I mean I didn't even write Fanfiction of her this week-

Also, it's as if "Majo to Yajuu" realized that the new "GREAT PRETENDER" series is dropping by and knew to skip a week of airing their new episode, we shall see them next month I guess. Meanwhile, maybe let's get back to that Confidence Man lore picking up where we left off. Yeah, pick up as in that old couple picked up Dorothy washed up on to Chinese Taiwanese shores or something instead of pronounced dead. But who knows, I only watched the trailer. *laughs*

Another week of Anime and music, folks! The new package is coming soon, I promise. *wink*

Yeah, gotta show off that action scene again, that's all we got. *giggles* Because in this new episode though we will NOT be talking about action what is that weeb trash anyways haha (#KanaTen07), instead we are talking about what happened afterwards. Hell yeah ANGEL DEMON S*X LETS GO- Hold on a minute, guys, it's not what you think. *laughs* Story goes that because I might as well do a quick summary here, we just defeated whatever possessed that avatar which lives inside Akutsu's seal which is super obvious it's preventing him from going into the public baths (lol), was not supposed to go berserk until we found out it was controlled by a certain someone. Putting that aside at this rate we might as well find out who that is a few more weeks later, but heck, both of them were kinda injured and tired after all this so... I like Akutsu made the right choice(?) of bringing Lily-chan to her place instead of his just in case that purple-haired nut head decided to appear again lmao. Still, he probably didn't have a way to enter in through the door so I assumed he destroyed the lock on the balcony to get her in using some of his demon powers. Be thankful for that I guess, Lily-chan, who told you to live in a private apartment. *giggles* Speaking of, that's also how it's possible for them to do... whatever they were doing haha, namely Lily-chan asking Akutsu to stay so he did and started fantasizing on everything even the sensei and his alternate self started to challenge him into whether he understood women, but turns out all of them don't anyways it's all him, because Lily was definitely saying that on impulse since which tsundere will ever do something and admit they did it? *dabs* Anyways haha, she did recall upon a lot of things though, though even we can't prove a lot of them since Akutsu could have done a piggyback on her back to her place (instead of a prince hug lol), dreamt about whatever he was dreaming of which included the word "hug" (I know right, on the sensei too?? Yeah he is totally gay btw) and led Lily-chan to assume he really had to repay the favour to her servant for helping her out this time? And then he still told her to hurry to do it as Lily-chan was just sitting in front of him under pressure out of someone else's dream? BRUH. *laughs* This can only happen in Anime- Or my own literary work, I do those sometimes. *giggles* But yeah, hugs are great, Lily-chan. No one's going to give that to me though, not even my parents. *silence* Anyhow, this is a fun episode to watch despite it's slower and totally unrelated to the action pace, and well I was thinking when these two (not a couple btw) will get caught by the other classmates so I guess we won't have to wait until next episode to get that at least. *giggles* Though at this point I'm not too sure what the romance antics here are hinting towards, it's definitely great to realize that after so long, that this series really isn't about the war against angels and demons screw that shit haha, and I'll be glad to see the end of this. Maybe we will get some action at the end considering who we are going against, likely the antagonist of the season. See you then.

P.S. "Wait a minute, am I actually... a nice guy?" Yeah Akutsu I guess you are considering you are still alive and some angel's slave lol "In other words, sleeping in that bed right now is a girl who likes me?" How can you say something so bold in front of Lily-chan lmao

P.P.S. "It'll be more hug-like if I can fit in there" That's what she said *laughs*

Oh this just dropped by real quick so let's watch it all at once! Thank goodness we didn't have a four-parter I was kind of worried when I saw the episode numbers on their social media posts. Still, rather excited to watch this sequel of an original Anime series considering they changed from being exclusive on Netflix to DMM don't worry about it, because in this new story (#GREATPRETENDERRazbliuto) hey Dorothy is back!! Well, sorta. Oh, I'm going to refer to her as Dorothy from here on though, not doing that Xiang-Xiang thing this is not "Koukyuu no Karasu" anyways. *giggles* Just be reminded that this new version of Dorothy does not know of her scammer genius past, but she is still genius in that part. Story goes that someone was trying to get her adopted mom to sign a travel package, you know, to keep her company since the old man is gone RIP, but then realized this man (ah) didn't have enough confidence (ah hey) (haha) to pull this off properly, and got questioned by Dorothy real hard, he ended up apologizing for what he did, she even took a photo of his ID just in case he tries something funny to someone else again. This, however, did get the attention of higher authorities considering he may or may not be a lackey for the local mafia (still Chinese mafia, but now based in Taiwan) (it will make sense later while I figure this out, I promise) involving his buddy Jay who is enjoying his life because, wink wink, he is the adopted son of the Chinese mafia's head, Wang. *silence* Ring a bell yet? Don't though if you know what's up, keep that gong away. *laughs* Jay here decided to cover for his buddy who just got his ID snapped by some black... woman... lol I'm sorry girl, then ended up enjoying an afternoon with her and EVEN A NIGHT?? BRO WHY YOU SLAYING PUSS- I know right, compared to his friend he's got all the other big stuff. His build, his- Head, the one thing which included his brain, he slipped and hit it on the bath, ooh that must have hurt. More than s*x- ANYHOW haha, somehow this lack of communication with the dad and the mafia got him into more trouble, leading the mafia to think that Dorothy might have done something to him just because he isn't contactable. Worst off, since Jay got his memory kicked back in in no time (unlike Dorothy *OOF*), he did try to keep his memory loss a secret while still trying to avoid getting spotted by the people who are hunting him down? Yeah, they are going to think it's all Dorothy's fault but it's actually Jay doing his 200 IQ moves which honestly is valid, just that the others ALL thought this woman abducted him or something for him to be uncontactable. Get it? Drama!! *giggles* 

And so, this brings us to a trip into getting out of the country (of Taiwan, if you need a reminder) into Kyoto which *wink wink* will make this storytelling much easier and don't ask me why I don't know where Laurent and his guys are based at *laughs*, but suffice it to say it was wise for Jay to make sure his buddy and Dorothy are out of the place so he can get caught and not worry about the others being implicated. Which isn't wrong in his perspective (because I will for now not talk about how Dorothy is still fully protected all this time) as he learns to take down the people trying to hunt him down while still being able to hold his helm and get his acquaintances to help him out like Bingyan who likely is on his side even though she is the one talking to the bosses around here, and Lin who did bail him out on several occasions while still listening to his boss Tsai who seriously does not give a damn unless it's about drugs. *laughs* Though he is still caught by his dad in the end, Jay did play along good enough even with a GPS tracker on his possession which he could've thrown away. (Dorothy, problem is if you throw it away they will hunt you down, but keeping it and then going the wrong way will buy you time)

Last but not least, let's talk about the unveiling of this scam and the betrayal. In case you have been following closely on Wang's side as much as Bingyan had *wink*, you would know that he is due to do somewhat of a representative investment (I don't know what you call that, I don't dabble in investments tbh) in Singapore (I don't know what you call that, I don't-) (JOKES!! Haha) which I assume isn't small amount or else why would Laurent give a damn. *laughs* But yeah, don't let the story fool you too fast, but it did take some time before Wang did manage to snatch a broker who would do this deal in place of Cynthia- Oops. *giggles* But it wasn't until Wang realized that the people around him can't be trusted including old ones who are probably wiser than him especially when Tsai being candid about the investment being suspicious and all. Too bad the boss made a special visit to his place, and now Tsai is dead in a sea of white powder. *silence* I mean, kill people you don't trust, right? Like, does Wang know he has been duped before to try to trust his underlings on their instincts? BRUH. *laughs* Turns out he was mighty and in control even so, as Jay surrenders himself to his dad by nightfall because he didn't manage to get Dorothy back just because he couldn't contact his buddy (because their phone was stolen constantly lmao) (which led them to that African café which I'm sure Laurent knows it's Dorothy's favourite *giggles* ah hey) but also, that Jay didn't intend to surrender himself anyways. Ironically, Dorothy did appear though to drag some time in, but what?? SHE GOT SHOT?? Haha I know right, Edamura got shot with the same bullets so many times too. *giggles* Anyways, and this is where Wang fell short, where (1) his son Jay will never concede to whatever his dad does of course also knowing this empire might be in better hands that isn't Wang and his only hand lol gottem, and (2) Bingyan was also a traitor which I almost thought it was Abby or Cynthia in disguise haha that would've be funnier ngl, and (3) Wang's empire is probably all wiped clean by now considering he put all his money to invest in our glorious nation so that we can continue to be in headlines and in Japanese animation (specifically this series) for years to come. *giggles*

All in all... colour me impressed, because this was indeed awesome! I can't cover all the script unlike Laurent and his gang can *wink*, but I am once reminded of the fantastic overall production value to the storytelling, especially the animation and music, all those years ago. (Is there new soundtrack? I don't know, honestly) (Edit: It's new, can't find names from the credits in the soundtrack) Maybe there isn't enough lore explanation to talk about, like say, how everything is tied together but at least we know now that fat dude's name is Ayi (haha ikr) and as he has explained briefly at the end, you just have to remember who are the real victims who have never seen the script before, and you are good. *giggles* Yeah, hints for people who have not seen the original and don't want to be spoiled. *laughs* Then again coming back to this, I don't think we will ever know about Jay's life now that he likely just gave away his adopted father's empire? And we might not know of the fates of some of them considering Dorothy may have enough deja vu from all of this to remember that all of this that ex-lover did was to protect her, and NOW you are going off with another man maybe?? I don't know Laurent, maybe in the sequel we actually kill Dorothy. *laughs* But yeah, great little sequel that doesn't outstay its welcome, it's no love story or scam drama or Edamame Edamura actually getting duped (lmao) but this is good enough, even for Laurent's standards. I don't have this much confidence (ah) as a man (ah hey) to say this is for everyone, but damn, this gets into me as much as Tsai overdosing on... whatever he is smoking I don't do drugs don't ask me. *dabs* Haha

[TL:DR; Since I didn't do this in the actual 4 story arcs, I will tell you honestly that, the point where I realized something was wrong ie. it's Laurent's gang's writing the script, when I heard "Where's Cynthia?" and someone's filling her in LMAO YOU GOTTA REALIZE THIS IS A SCAM OLD MAN]

P.S. "What's the word from Shanghai?" "They report no signs of the crew" OH YEAH WE LEFT THEM ON A DESERTED ISLAND WITH A MAKESHIFT TOWER HAHA oh damn you gotta watch the original series to know of this joke

P.P.S. "Black female. Large lips with a frog face" Oh yeah Jay you got that right Dorothy does have that face which I don't like haha ah-

[Also, gentle reminder to revise yourself on Laurent's arc in the original series before watching this (which I didn't) because it will touch on a lot of lore you might have missed since this is technically the continuation of that story. Oh well, might as well watch back now haha I can barely understand sh*t even watching this all afternoon tbh- GIF FEVER!!!!!]

This is a quiet week in Klassic Note but that's fine, I've got enough of this month already I already have to review two CDs by next month. *giggles* wacci's new single is alright it's not a deal breaker but it's a lot better than I thought, I also gave a B-side which ironically I have listened to last year so that isn't a surprise, since I didn't give the final track on the list which is new and I didn't fancy so no new CD review again, thank goodness. *laughs* Ieiri Leo's new song in collaboration with Asakura Momo (yep not surprised if you know the latter because that's me haha) is kinda meh considering this is written by the former artist which I wasn't interested in anyways, so yeah, will take a skip on this one. Mocho better off singing love songs, you feel me? *dabs* And we don't care about Humbreaders' new album who f**king cares if they don't want to release the full list on music streaming services it's 2024 dude your album trailer is already unimpressive and you play this?? *laughs*

I will start this weekly news update by collating all the winners I've known from an Anison Awards... from last year, from some TV programme just to give you an idea of what counts as Anison doesn't count in Klassic Note just because. *dabs* Anyways, don't agree with a lot of them, but the ones I know? Yes, they are good. Thanks to Niitsu Yui (RYTHEM) who informed me about Tainaka Sachi's recent live, we now know that Tainaka Sachi is releasing a new song next week featuring YUKA-san the vocalist of moumoon which is also a band I've not heard in years, so maybe this might get me back into her, Tainaka that is. She is also revamping her YouTube channel so let's hope that means we can get more music videos on the docket. SPYAIR's new video on THE FIRST TAKE YouTube channel seems to be the new hot sensation right now, garnering views for their new song which has been plenty good I have mentioned that last week, so hopefully they get to ride this high a little longer. Looks like SIX LOUNGE is releasing a new EP in a month (along with live Blu-Ray but who cares about that lol) and that's kind hype considering they released an album just last year, hopefully we get to hear more good stuff from them. Ryokuoushoku Shakai's new music video is a meh but man much of them this past year is that too but they are getting credit from Anime so I shall not complain much, we shall see this when their new single appears in 2 weeks. LUCK LIFE's new teaser video is a sneak peek into their new song releasing next week, and it sounds fine even though it's not much, we shall see about that next week then. This might be over by the time you see this, but w.o.d. aired their last year's live video on YouTube which is available until the end of the week ie. it's over, featuring many songs I know especially on the second half really, so if you did hear of them you can have a look at what they sound like. Yeah, forgetting lyrics though? *laughs* Sangatsu no Phantasia's new music video is definitely more tuned to my tastes this time around for the song it's spring themed too, and yeah, new EP coming or will that be bundled with the novel series you have been writing? Either way, remind me when that happens, will you? *wink* Niitsu Yui's live digest from a camp live in 2015 in preparation of a new one done in the similar camping format sure is interesting and represented the songs from that time when she was still under the name "Neat's", and there are other news from RYTHEM and the two members but heck, I will just touch on this instead. *giggles* SPECIAL OTHERS ACOUSTIC is celebrating their 10th anniversary (ALREADY??) with surprise surprise, a new song 25th of each month leading up to a new album in October (getting deja vu now?) starting with one new song today which isn't too bad, but damn with all these tunes just printed like it's AI now really is getting me worried of their quality. I mean, I'm not complaining, but I wish they would take things slow...er, if you know what I mean. Scarcity, you know? Scenarioart also is celebrating their 15th anniversary today with a few new announcements including a new album due in June so yay more Secnarioart I can't wait, and they released a new live music video to celebrate the occasion too, very reminiscent of their earlier days turning independent label, this is going to be fun. As if the news aren't going to end haha we got more, mol-74's new album will release in May which is as much excitement for me to put them on the ranks this year as much as my worry to even comprehend their album title because damn, I rather it be the percent sign now if you don't mind. *giggles* 

So next week, if I care I will listen to LUCK LIFE's new song and Tainaka Sachi's new song which most likely will be a flop but I would like to be surprised, and if I care more then I will take a listen to spira.spica's new EP featuring just the one vocalist if you would recall she's all that is left of this "band" *ugh* haha, and Fujifabric's new album because we gave that one collaboration song with frederic last year.

And this shall be it! Oh, don't mind me, just watching back Anime "TanMoshi" instead of "GREAT PRETENDER" lol because I really, REALLY miss Miyashita Saki's voice, I want Siesta's voice to sit on me, if possible. *giggles* No really, if you need an example of someone who I do not fancy in image but love their voice, it's... actually all in this series, dude. From Miyashita to Ayachi to Nonnon to Naganawa, it's ALL the great voices I want in my romance Anime- Haha just joking maybe just Ayachi. *laughs* See you guys next week then, pain is still pain in real life so I will avoid talking about the meaninglessness of that *cringe*, and welcome the new month as we move on to... I don't know to be honest, thinking of picking up a new hobby at some point, maybe drums? I can't guitar but maybe something else can get me a better job that won't be replaced by AI. *silence* Until next time!