I saw that the Boys' Farewell won the #1 best scene last night in the Key Election 2025, so I decided it would probably be best to post this old translation (albeit brushed up where I could) of a blog post Midorikawa-san made in 2013 about Kyousuke during the airing of the Little Busters! Refrain anime.
(2013-12-15) Title: Natsume Kyousuke I thought I should talk about this a bit later, but I think the timing is about right. With that, I'll try not to spoil too much (strained laugh) 🌟To say this character is a culmination of Midorikawa Hikaru's work wouldn't be an exaggeration. He is a truly charming man who holds many faces. I've made full use of many of the characters I've acted as up to now for this role, it's quite fun♪ 🌟During the recording for the game, I was saying my lines on my own so I didn't have a full idea of the flow, and my tears wouldn't stop when I saw the scene in the game. I thought I was able to do it in one take with everything I had but there was noise, so I had to do another take. That was a regret I had for many years. 🌟With an anime adaptation, I was felt the delight that more people would know about this work, but at the same time I felt pressure to do that moving scene again. The better the scene was, the more anxious I got about portraying it even slightly differently. That said, if you do the work to trace a moving act as-is, it becomes clear you're doing defensive acting. So, with a 'I'll do the legendary 1 take that I've been regretting for years!'-like offensive determination, I stepped into the studio. 🌟But it was a big task. Most of the people want to witness that deep emotion again. Honestly, I think it's worth congratulating if you can get the same level of acting again. But if I'm doing it, I may as well go above expectations. I've done a lot of cry acting, it wasn't that hard, but it's an iconic scene I cry for real at every time, so I had to be careful not to cry too much. If you cry too much, there's a risk your lines might not be understandable. It's a taboo for cry acting. 🌟I thought from the beginning that I wouldn't be able to meet 100% of people's expectations, but when I looked at the thoughts on the net, I was thankful people were appreciating it. With this, the regret I had for many years has been resolved. JC-san, thank you for carefully making this. 🌟We still have until the final episode. Please make sure to watch it to the end. Addition (12-21) 🌟On the video we use for practicing, Haruka Kanata was already in it, I was always crying so much... I cried too much, I couldn't practice properly for a while. Really, it's like I'm left a crying mess every time I hear this song (strained laugh). 🌟I had such strong emotions put in, I would cry way too much no matter what. Then, when I recovered, my voice became nasal, it was honestly really lame (laugh). Well, it might be realistic, I don't think I could let you hear that (strained laugh). So, while saving the extent of the crying, I adjusted it so it wouldn't become nasally. 🌟The people who only appeared in the first half, before the second half, with Canna-kun at the helm, followed him out of the studio. It was honestly a huge help. The less the gallery, the more I can concentrate. Really, thank you for looking out for me so casually.
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I saw that the Boys' Farewell won the #1 best scene last night in the Key Election 2025, so I decided it would probably be best to post this old translation (albeit brushed up where I could) of a blog post Midorikawa-san made in 2013 about Kyousuke during the airing of the Little Busters! Refrain anime.
(2013-12-15)
Title: Natsume Kyousuke
I thought I should talk about this a bit later, but I think the timing is about right.
With that, I'll try not to spoil too much (strained laugh)
🌟To say this character is a culmination of Midorikawa Hikaru's work wouldn't be an exaggeration.
He is a truly charming man who holds many faces. I've made full use of many of the characters I've acted as up to now for this role, it's quite fun♪
🌟During the recording for the game, I was saying my lines on my own so I didn't have a full idea of the flow, and my tears wouldn't stop when I saw the scene in the game. I thought I was able to do it in one take with everything I had but there was noise, so I had to do another take. That was a regret I had for many years.
🌟With an anime adaptation, I was felt the delight that more people would know about this work, but at the same time I felt pressure to do that moving scene again. The better the scene was, the more anxious I got about portraying it even slightly differently. That said, if you do the work to trace a moving act as-is, it becomes clear you're doing defensive acting. So, with a 'I'll do the legendary 1 take that I've been regretting for years!'-like offensive determination, I stepped into the studio.
🌟But it was a big task. Most of the people want to witness that deep emotion again. Honestly, I think it's worth congratulating if you can get the same level of acting again. But if I'm doing it, I may as well go above expectations. I've done a lot of cry acting, it wasn't that hard, but it's an iconic scene I cry for real at every time, so I had to be careful not to cry too much. If you cry too much, there's a risk your lines might not be understandable. It's a taboo for cry acting.
🌟I thought from the beginning that I wouldn't be able to meet 100% of people's expectations, but when I looked at the thoughts on the net, I was thankful people were appreciating it. With this, the regret I had for many years has been resolved. JC-san, thank you for carefully making this.
🌟We still have until the final episode. Please make sure to watch it to the end.
Addition (12-21)
🌟On the video we use for practicing, Haruka Kanata was already in it, I was always crying so much... I cried too much, I couldn't practice properly for a while. Really, it's like I'm left a crying mess every time I hear this song (strained laugh).
🌟I had such strong emotions put in, I would cry way too much no matter what. Then, when I recovered, my voice became nasal, it was honestly really lame (laugh). Well, it might be realistic, I don't think I could let you hear that (strained laugh). So, while saving the extent of the crying, I adjusted it so it wouldn't become nasally.
🌟The people who only appeared in the first half, before the second half, with Canna-kun at the helm, followed him out of the studio. It was honestly a huge help. The less the gallery, the more I can concentrate. Really, thank you for looking out for me so casually.
Original blog post: hikaru23.hatenablog.com/entry/2013/12/15/012951
Try comparing the VN and anime versions and you'll hear the differences!
PS. Happy birthday, Natsume Kyousuke. And late happy birthday, Midorikawa Hikaru-san.
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