Vivid BAD SQUAD - Unit of Street Musicians

 

"A talented group of street artists who teamed up to surpass a legend."

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Last week I discussed the mobile game "Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE ft Hatsune Miku", which in this music-themed game has 5 sub-units. One of them is Vivid BAD SQUAD. And this time I will discuss one of my unit's favorites.

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Vivid BAD SQUAD, often abbreviated to VBS, is a unit of street musicians formed together with the goal of surpassing the legendary event RAD WEEKEND.

Vivid BAD SQUAD has 4 main members, namely Kohane Azusawa, Shiraishi An, Shinonome Akito and Aoyagi Toya. Then there are 6 additional members who come from Virtual Singer or Vocaloid, namely Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Len, Kagamine Rin, and MEIKO.

The four characters, of course have their respective voice actors. and the following photos are the four voice actors of the characters Vivid BAD SQUAD

From the left is Fumiya Imai the voice actor of Shinonome Akito (male character with orange hair).

His twitter account is : @imai1005

Then next to him is Tomomi Jiena Sumi, the voice actor of Shiraishi An (a female character who has black and blue hair). Her twitter account is : @jiena_gaim

Next her is Akina, the voice actor of Azusawa Kohane ( Leader of Vivid BAD SQUAD, A female character wearing a hat ). Her twitter account is : @Akina_1102

And the last is Kent Itō, the voice actor of Aoyagi Toya ( male character who has two hair colors ). His twitter account is : @21s_ken

Background of Vivid BAD SQUAD

Azusawa Kohane gets lost in the streets while trying to purchase a CD for her mom, stumbling upon Shiraishi An and her fellow musicians performing inside Weekend Garage's backstage area. Though captivated by their singing, she runs away out of shyness when confronted by An. After coming back a week later, An still remembers Kohane and performs for her, also inviting the girl to sing. An realizes the potential Kohane has when singing, inviting her to form a band in her dream to surpass a legendary music event dubbed RAD WEEKEND. She agrees, thus forming their duo group, Vivids. They also happen to meet BAD DOGS, Shinonome Akito and Aoyagi Toya, on the same day.

Akito invites the girls to attend an event, both girls accepting the offer. While forming a set list of songs in a playlist, Kohane discovers a song without a title, "Untitled." Upon attempting to download the song, An and Kohane get transported to SEKAI. The girls are greeted by Hatsune Miku, then MEIKO, who came to investigate the area. While resting in the Crase Cafe and being explained of their situation, Kagamine Len bursts into the conversation complaining about Kagamine Rin. In the middle of introductions, An realizes that she left Weekend Garage unattended, forcing an end to their time together. Kohane and An give their thanks for the singers' time, and leave.

SEKAI

The Street SEKAI is a multiple-alleyway area with walls of graffiti and posters, some of which are old flyers for RAD WEEKEND. As referenced in an area conversation,^[1] there are multiple secret alleys to enter and exit from. One of the streets is known to have good acoustics, which Hatsune Miku frequently sings at. Going down into the alleyway leads to a cafe MEIKO operates, named Crase Cafe.

Crase Cafe is located at the end of what seems to be three to four alleyways, one of which being the usual location where the members enter their SEKAI. Outside of the cafe, there are two wooden round tables with red chairs set up. Inside, there is a corner island with several red stool bar chairs. There are two rows of cabinets, the lower row being completely visible with different cups, jars, and bottles. There is a pale grey couch at the back of the cafe with two pillows on one side, one pale blue and pastel orange, with a chalkboard menu and a bookshelf hanging above it.^[2] There are four tables inside with multiple different styled chairs. The main light sources are the windows, though there are assorted overhead lamps and lightbulbs.

Oddly enough, the cafe has two different types of doors. In the game's SEKAI world, the cafe uses sliding collapsible glass doors, which are open and free to walk through at any time. In the main story and card story episodes, the door changes to a French full glass panel door with long or paneled windows, the characters having to manually open the door to enter. The reason why the doors are designed like this is unknown; however, it could be due to make the story seem more realistic with pull doors instead of being left wide open. Also, the sliding doors allow players to see the inside of Crase Cafe in the game.

The SEKAI can be decorated with a cafe signboard reading "Weekend Garage," an old DJing set, Ken's CDs, a pair of microphones, a cafe handbell, Len's headphones, a coffee grinder, RAD WEEKEND flyers, Vivid Street graffiti, and music speakers.

And this is a live performance from the voice actors for the 2nd Anniversary

Even though they are just a character, there is still a real show from their concert in the form of a hologram, this is one of their performances during the concert in commemoration of the 1st anniversary:

Also then these are some of the MVs of the songs they sing

 

Of the four characters, the one I like the most is Shiraishi An. I started getting to know Shiraishi An one year before the game was released, when they announced the game through trailers and so on. My first glance immediately fell on Shiraishi An.

I channeled my love for him through games and also by buying official merchandise featuring Shiriashi An. My merchandise collection includes many types, ranging from CDs, Standees, Can badges, Posters, Clear files and so on.

And these are all of them :

These are my two CDs namely 1st Single and 2nd Single from Vivid BAD SQUAD. The price per CD item is ¥1540 excluding shipping and Customs taxes. For this CD, we will get a bonus in the form of a poster (a poster image similar to a CD cover) with a size of B5, which is very large. And also a random Photocard bonus from the four members.On these 2 CDs, I got 2 of Shinonome Akito's photocards, though I was hoping to get Shiraishi An.

Then next is the standee, this standee is a display made of acrylic. Each stand is priced at ¥1650 excluding shipping costs to Indonesia and customs taxes.

Then those are Wafer Cards, Bookmarks and Post cards.

All of this merchandise is a bonus from buying goods directly in Japan, because I have never been to Japan, so I have to buy them directly from Japanese people. These items range in price from ¥200 to ¥400.

And this time it is the traditional Uchiwa or Fan. Priced at ¥700 excluding shipping costs to Indonesia and customs taxes.

This is the Long Clear File. spread at the time about W620 × H220mm when folded about W310mm × H220mm (A4 size)

And some of the items above are Clear Files. Which is commonly used to store paper documents and so on. Sold for ¥440 except for the long version which retails for ¥900 excluding shipping costs to Indonesia and customs taxes.

And this is Shitajiki, Shitajiki is a Japanese word for various types of materials placed under a sheet of paper for writing, either to prevent marking on the sheets below or to provide a better surface for writing. They are usually referred to as pencil boards in English. ¥385 per item.

and the last one is the Can Badge, which we usually use for display on clothes or bags. Each item costs between ¥440 - ¥660 excluding shipping costs to Indonesia and customs taxes.

I bought all of the above items directly sent from Japan, but I bought them through a proxy from Indonesia.

This is the end of my post this time. See you in my next post..

Thank you and sorry for reading my cringe post.