The iDOLM@STER: Million Live!

[MetalPredat0r]

I'm interested since typesetting of the ML Gessan manga kinda ceased for some reason.

[animagic4u]

Okay, might take me a while to get through it, but I can go on a chapter by chapter basis.
Since I think the entire first book is probably already uploaded somewhere, I can just post a little summary of what happens there before posting what happens in the second one.

[DeviantProtagonist]

So I've heard Elena Shimabara for the first time, and I swear to lord almighty she's like Hibiki Ganaha who took a full dose of helium.

Never expected the difference for an art-to-voice basis, I love it. :3

[animagic4u]

Million 4th has been announced for next March with all the performers at budoukan. Discuss.

[chaos176]

Million 4th has been announced for next March with all the performers at budoukan. Discuss.

武道館来たぞおおおおおおおおおおお！！！！

I'll definitely attend it. I wouldn't miss it for the world.

[animagic4u]

武道館来たぞおおおおおおおおおおお！！！！

I'll definitely attend it. I wouldn't miss it for the world.

Saaaaaame!!!!

[Maka]

Also there's a new drama CD/song series. Copypasting this from tumblr.

A new and very interesting project was announced at the latest ML concert! Ever want to see your fave ML girl play a hero or villain in a canon AU? Yes? No? Well, either way, it’s happening.

So basically the way that this works is that there are 3 dramas you can “cast” each girl in. You pick who you want to be casted thru voting and the votes for each role determine who will play each part.

Each drama has five roles, each with their own description. Voting is done similarly to CG’s General Election.

Each will have an associated new CD that contains a theme song for the drama (probably starring all 5 elected girls?)

Drama 1: Yakuza Film
Role 1: Wanderer
Description: Becomes a guest of the Million (spelled with kanji that sounds like Mirion) Gang by chance.
Role 2: Heiress
The only daughter of the late head of the Million Gang.
Role 3: Gang Member
A member of the Gang loyal to the Heiress.
Role 4: Evil Gang Leader
The head of an evil gang terrorizing the masses.
Role 5: Bodyguard
The muscle of the the evil gang.

Drama 2: School Horror (think Corpse Party)
Role 1: Ordinary Girl
A girl who seemed ordinary in all aspects… Until… One day…
Role 2: Childhood Friend
The main girl’s best friend… By her side… Always and forever…
Role 3: Transfer Student
A transfer student that suddenly and mysteriously arrived…
Role 4: President
President of the Occult Research Club.
Role 5: Spirit
Fufufu…

Drama 3: Swords and Magic Fantasy
Role 1: Hero
A hero who will decide the fate of the world!
Role 2: Demon Lord
A terrifying demon lord threatening the world!
Role 3: Fairy
A cute fairy helping our hero~
Role 4: Sub-boss (basically The Dragon if you’re familiar w tvtropes terms lol)
The demon lord’s right-hand-lady, standing in the hero’s way!
Role 5: Villager
A villager.

[DeviantProtagonist]

And here I'll cross fingers for a drama starring all the BFF trio for once -- Megumi, Elena and Kotoha.

[MetalPredat0r]

And here I'll cross fingers for a drama starring all the BFF trio for once -- Megumi, Elena and Kotoha.

Not too far from the truth since all three are winning by a landslide to star in the School Horror CD, so it's safe to say it's finally gonna happen.

[DeviantProtagonist]

Awesome, I always dug my Corpse Party. Have the roles been predefined yet? Kotoha's looking pretty yandere if she's #4.

[MetalPredat0r]

Awesome, I always dug my Corpse Party. Have the roles been predefined yet? Kotoha's looking pretty yandere if she's #4.

Kotoha's 1, Megumi's 2, Elena's 3. I don't remember who's 4 but 5 is looking neck and neck between Sayoko and Reika.

[DeviantProtagonist]

Sayoko would be so perfect, ermahgerd. :3

[Maka]

My votes, with who's winning in parantheses

Wanderer: No preference (Julia, who I can see)
Heiress: Chizuru (Momoko)
Gang Member: Eh (Tamaki)
Evil leader: Matsuri (Matsuri, neck and neck with Hinata)
Bodyguard: Ayumu (Noriko)

I really want the BFF trio for the school horror film, but if not:
Girl: Kotoha (Kotoha)
Friend: Subaru or Minako (Megumi, neck and neck with Minako)
Transfer Student: Shizuka (Karen JUST snagged it from Elena)
Club Prez: Mizuki or Sayoko (Mizuki)
Spirit: Reika or Emily (Sayoko)

Hero: Kana (Anna or Yuriko)
Demon Lord: Tomoka (Tomoka)
Fairy: Akane or Tsubasa (Serika)
Sub-boss: Rio (between Nao and Arisa)
Villager: no preference (Roco)

[Tengu B]

I find it amusing they went for Four Lords as the name of the sub boss. Like, they could have given us three more roles right there...

Someone made a twitter bot that posts the current votes every hour: https://twitter.com/ml_castvote

Anyway what's going on with the voting

Wanderer: Julia in the lead with Tsubasa somewhat coming up second  Iku third with a quite bit
Heiress: Momoko leading with Chizuru and Emily having a fair showing
Gang Member: Tamaki in the lead because she calls Producer Oyabun a lot and the roll's name is Kobun (Mirai in second)
Evil leader: Matsuri and Hinata swapping first all the time, even though Hinata Ps came up with the idea after a while
Bodyguard: Noriko leading, with Shiho in second and Umi in third.

Oridinary Girl: Kotoha due to perceived normalness, trailed by Kana
Childhood Friend: Megumi and Minako swapping first, Megumi because Tristar and friendliness, Minako because cooking/personality
Transfer Student: Elena and Karen vying for first, Elena Ps want new roles for Elena and also Tristar, Karen for timidness
Club President: Mizuki leading with competition from Konomi
Spirit: Reika and Sayoko from the start with almost the same amount of votes

Hero: Yuriko and Anna going for top because they're gamers, although Anna Ps were initially so split they weren't winning anything
Demon Lord: Tomoka in first, because it's Tomoka (Matsuri's trailing in second)
Fairy: Serika ran away with it
Sub-boss: Nao and Arisa going for first, both on the assumption that they will be comically defeated
Villager: Roco ran away with it from the start when Roco Ps figured out what to do early, also Roco can stand out even as Villager A.


Reika ghost would hilarious to see, but I'm hoping for Kotoha-Megumi-Elena ultimately.

[DeviantProtagonist]

The casting's either going to be a Godsend or the heartbreaker in my eyes.

Call me late, but I've also now just dug into the Million Live manga. It's a fine read, made more pleasant by the surprising Kotoha relevance. To my knowledge there's at least three volumes so far, but I was only able to find the first one. Halp pls? :3

Thinking of it now, I'm certain they've bundled dramas. That'd be nice, too.