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A small-scale concert celebrating the 5th anniversary of Musical Touken Ranbu, replacing Shinken Ranbu Sai in 2021.


  • A Day in the Limelight: While the event isn't as story heavy as Uta Awase due to being a look back at past performances, Mikazuki is treated as the central character, appears in the most group songs, and performs several solos.
  • Big Finale Crowd Song: The musical's theme song "Touken Ranbu" is initially sung toward the end of the play in unison by all Touken Danshi except Mikazuki Munechika, who only joins in near the end of the first verse.
  • Call-Back: The play is a series of these due to being a look back on all previous musicals.
  • The Cameo: During the second act of the performance, the Touken Danshi who were not present (Ishikirimaru, Monoyoshi, Iwatooshi, Imanotsurugi, Nikkari, Horikawa, and Higekiri) appeared in short video messages to commemorate the fifth anniversary.
  • Connected All Along: This event, which also happened to be their first on-screen encounter, confirmed that Mikazuki and Tsurumaru have a personal relationship, something that previous musicals had only hinted at from Tsurumaru's point of view. However, Michi no Oku would reveal that the dynamic they have in this play is more reminiscent of how they behaved toward each other in the past, with their current relationship being more strained.
  • Different in Every Episode: The sparring scene was performed with a different pair of characters and dialogue in each performance of the play, even of those that took place on the same day. This also applied to the characters who were given solos on different days.
  • Framing Device: The first half of the performance is framed by Mikazuki and Kogitsunemaru reminiscing on the various sorties the Touken Danshi have gone on since the start of Tou Myu. Each team also has a "flashback" performance in which they perform a song from their respective musical.
  • Manly Tears: Mikazuki nearly cries numerous times during the performance, though given his actors' efforts to hold them back, it could have been unintentional and not actually a part of the script.
  • Milestone Celebration: This play commemorates the fifth anniversary of Musical Touken Ranbu and, through the framing of Mikazuki Munechika reminiscing, looks back on all of the previous sorties the Touken Danshi have gone on in the past five years. This is also the reason the Touken Danshi all dress up in fancy suits instead of their usual idol costumes during the second half of the performance. invoked
  • Sharp-Dressed Man: During the second half performance, all of the Touken Danshi wear fancy, customized tuxes that reflect various aspects of their original character designs. They also "strip down" as they do in other live performances, but instead of more revealing outfits, they wear white shirts and suspenders, which look very dapper.

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