#cendrillon no kuroi kawagutsu

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BLCD Review: BL Cinderella

Title: Cendrillon no Kuroi no Kawagatsu (サンドリヨンの黒い革靴)

Author: Haruo Inoue

Illustrator: Onoda Touya

Release Date: 2021/06/25

Cast: Hatano Wataru x Kumagai Kentarou

Synopsis: Haibara Ayumu, a talented parliamentary secretary, has no problems executing his work perfectly. However, he can’t help but feel that there’s just something missing in his life. On the way home one night, Ayumu loses his shoe on the crowded train, and the man who picks up his shoe, Hikami, turns out to totally be his type of man. To thank him for retrieving his shoe, Ayumu asks Hikami out for some drinks. One thing leads to another and they find themselves sharing a passionate night with each other. It was only supposed to be a one-time thing, but they soon find themselves reuniting at work?!

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Listen, you guys. The tension these two had the very first time they met on that train station was so thick, I could cut it with a knife. We all knew that they was ready to fuck each other, and I was just so oddly embarrassed ‘cause it made me feel like an intruder in their pre-coital thoughts. 😳 As y’all know, I’m a hoe who can’t read, so I didn’t realize that this was a reading CD until it started. If you’ve read my very first Brilliant Prin original, you’d know that I struggled with Netsuai Judge because they used so many complicated terms during the narration. Thankfully, however, Cendrillon was easier to understand and, uhh, hot. Y’all gotta hear them talk about each other, istg. The writing was so sjdkshjdsk I still get so flustered when I re-listen to it.

Hikami: “He dropped his shoe, his umbrella, and his guard... What’s next?”

Me: “His pants.”

Alas, the hype died down in like the second disk for whatever reason. So, I really wanted Ayumu to be the cool, mature power bottom queen, but he pretty much turned a little desperate for the mans. But I guess that’s just my bias for KumaKen’s Loki talking. 🤷 The action here was also... uhh... strange for a lack of a better word. For more context, Hikami is part of special? police forces assigned to bodyguard Ayumu’s boss from a stalker. I get that Ayumu’s boss was a high-profile man, but special forces for a stalker? Can’t you let regular polis to do that? Y’all know where this is going, right? We get to the climax and the stalker finally shows up and attacks Hikami with a... survival knife. I couldn’t help but laugh through it ‘cause Ayumu was so frantic thinking that he was gonna die the whole three mins of the fight.

SIS, IT’S JUST A KNIFE???

But then BLOOD! OH NO, HIKAMI GOT STABBED???!!! And Ayumu was also sobbing his eyes out at this point. I was like, “Hikami’s gonna say that it’s not his blood” and was fucking right cause the stalker was so bad with it that I guess he stabbed himself???

I mean, I probably shouldn’t judge ‘cause Japan has a gun ban, but it’s just a knife oh my god.

Well, plot aside, the voice work was great (save for KumaKen’s weird crying during the fight scene). Listening to the first disk was an experience, so I would implore y’all to check that out at least. KumaKen just be built differently, man. I think this is the highest I’ve ever heard him go. Again, I prefer his Loki smut more, but his Ayumu here was also the goddamn hoe. As for Wacchan, I’m 100% sure he got cast because of his Doumeki, so they really should’ve given the man a gun fight c’mon. HE WAS SO SEXAY THO AAAAA YOU GOTTA LISTEN TO HIM CHUCKLE WHAT THE FUCK. As this was a reading cd with 80% monologue, it felt like I was listening to an r18 otome cd esp with Wacchan monologuing like that. My confidence in handling Kawahara in my Pheromone Tantei has become 0. 

Also, I gotta say that the music they used here was weird. I get that they were going for something opera and ballet-ish because Cinderella and all, but it didn’t vibe well with the plot. Not to mention, the pieces they chose were a little too La Corda lmao. 

Hmm, I don’t think I have anything else that remotely comes close to Cinderella (Cinderella wa Shiranai was shit). Man, what I would give for fairytale BL (haji when???). Cinderella plots, however, are quite common. Y’all might be sick of hearing this, but if it’s a Cinderella plot you want, Kashikomarimashita: Destiny. HAHAHAHAHA

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