Really, I'm probably not all that good at writing reports, but I thought I should write down some details that weren't mentioned in previous reports and ended up writing about the whole concert ^^; My friends are probably shivering in fear already because they know that I can write a whole book about the smallest details, so you should prepare yourself as well.
How about a warm tea, some cookies and a comfortable chair?
I hope you enjoy this =3
First of all: I wasn't supposed to be there. I didn't EXPECT to be there. That's why I enjoyed it at least twice as much as I would have under normal circumstances. Part of this thing happening were two people and before I start with the fun part, I would like to use this opportunity to say "thank you!"
Hanna! Thank you for the nice day <3 I guess I would have been happy enough even if I wouldn't have gone to the concert - as silly as it sounds - because hanging around with you was great fun =3 And I guess I wouldn't have stood there if it wouldn't have been for you, because you told me to try it several times the day before. Thank you!
Secondly, well, maybe primarly, I would like to thank the wheels of fate, the goddess of luck and a friendly old, japanese lady. If I could, I would thank you properly and send you tons of cookies everyday. Thank you for making my dream come true. =3
So, after the craziest happening ever, I arrived on my seat at around 17:40 and I was already REALLY excited. In order to enjoy the evening the most as possible, I quickly approached the girls sitting around me and they even remembered me. I went to the extent to bribe the girl next to me with new batteries for her penlight (hehe ^^) and we ended up chatting, dancing and shouting together. I strongly recommend making friends with the people next to you because you will have twice as much fun this way =]
Just for the sake of completeness, some pictures of my seat:
Not very close, but who am I to complain?!
Anyway, without further delay, let's continue with the report..!
[ FIRST HALF ]
The concert intro is a blast every time and Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi ~Acapella~ never fails to amaze me. The sea of red penlights and Arashi flying through the air is stunning and theres no sight similiar to this. They stayed in the air a little longer than usual and just got down in time for the member intro during Lucky men. Arashi switched to the hanamachi and passed by the audience, accompanied by lots of screaming and clapping. This time I managed to focus on Sho during his high-pitch solo part right at the end of Kaze no mukou e and witnessed that it's really him singing it - I still can't believe it. I love this <3
They were back on the main stage for We can make it with the full choreo.
Jun's intro was really nice this time <3
The audience did go nuts during Crazy Moon, especially at the dance parts and Juns little moment at the end of the song. He stayed behind a little while the others headed back to the mainstage and faced the camera for his... whatever he is saying ^^; He always enjoys the reaction of the audience so much and has this dorky smile on his face. Cute~!
Time for Aiba's Pikanchi !! It was really nice, as usual and I love to see this side of Aiba for a change. Unfortunately, the camera-people messed up Aiba's GREAT moment when he usually faces the cameras and looks like asdfghj!! ~ ~" But he was great anyway <3
More screaming. I still love the Allergy performances to pieces <3 Together with the girl next to me we did dance along to the "Doushitemo tomekomenaiii~" (sorry, I don't even know the lyrics oo") move X'D The background videos caused a lot of reactions as well.
They headed back to the mainstage during Kokoro Chirari on top of the moving stage. Aiba was jumping around LIKE MAD and did wave with both arms to the audience on the seats at the top <3 Thank you Aiba for remembering us!! =D
Carnival Night - just like the title makes it sound, one big carnival celebration song, so more screaming and more dancing.
Why was every song like this? >D
I'm always lost at words for Kotoba Yori Taisetsuna Mono, because there's not much to say about it despite Nino being awesome. Listen to it on theFancam /- recordings *cough* DVD! *makes a "douzo" pose*
The other members returned to the stage for the intro of the 5 x 10 orchestra. Nothing much to say about them, but the live music added a nice effect to the whole concert. Jun was still standing around in the dark and had some fun doing silly dances during the intro for the bassist? ILU, Dork!Jun <3
Without further delay, they started singing Everything, which seems to be the Subarashiki Sekai ~Kokuritsu '08~ equivalent for this tour. I love this version, especially the second verse, because it's kind of dramatic. Nino's parts are really great in live, because he puts so much strength into it. =3 At the end of the song they showed the Tokyo Dome at sunset with the 5 x 10 bus in front. I like this customized stuff, it makes the concert more "unique".
Next was Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy. Ohmiya allowed the fans to sing a little and the audience did a great job. It was really beautiful.*////* Afterwards they had their usual fanservice moment - this time Nino slowly put his arm on Ohnos shoulder and touched his face / messed up his hair in Nep League style once he had finished his solo part. Lol XD
While walking around the stage, they sang Aozora Pedaru <3
Unfortunately Sho's solo wasn't included, but I still love the song <3
After this slow-tempo song corner, they got the audience fired up again with Typhoon Generation. Nino's monologue made everyone scream and he was grinning proudly to himself >D He enjoys this moment a lot and you can tell by looking at him. Btw, I have a kink for Sho "whispering" his lines during the first part of the song... Anyone else in the same boat?! XD Fufufufufu <3
At the end of the song, Sho lifted the lower part of his outfit as if it would be a skirt and curtseyed - just like the one time he wore the maid dress in Shuukudai-kun - My corner was satisfied or rather: Was screaming like crazy X'D
Ohno stole himself away during Typhoon Generation (I witnessed how he was running backstage once and it's kind of funny, because usually you don't get to see that and everyone's attention is focused on the other members miracously) and got back in his colorful Utaoni costume, which makes him appear even smaller than he already is >D Anyway, Kumori Nochi Kasei was cute as ever. ^^
A bit unfortunate though that unlike Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy the audience didn't seem to know the lyrics for this song all to well and messed up during the call and response ^^;;; Nevermind, at the end, Riida jumped happily from the stage and made a little extra jump at the exit, which earned him another "kyah" from the audience.
The other members returned on the Hanamachi and stopped at hour side of the dome until Ohno got changed and joined them. I couldn't quite decide if I should scream for Sho or the "Ue no hoo" calls and ended up doing both. X'D (Pretty exhausting!). Once Ohno joined them again, they finally got started with A day in our life and progressed to the backstage. Nearly at the end of the song I realized that I was shouting "Hey - Hey - Hey - Heyhey" for all four times instead of "Way - Ue - Ne - Someday" because I was so excited ^^;;;;; Yup, I love this song and the tension <3
The next song was Hadashi no mirai - I was smiling since I remembered my experience from Sapporo Sunday *grin* Anyway, I believe Nino did something really funny and I can't remember. ;_; Sho ended up doing the otagei dance all by himself today, but he didn't mind and even did the "clap your hands in the air and jump in a circle" thing >D... So hilarious X'D
They progressed to the main stage for Oh Yeah! - I really can't remember anything besides waving during the chorus and having fun. Still on the tension - high from the previous songs, I guess? ^^;
Back on the main stage, they performed Step and Go with the full choreo and Jun did dorky stuff again. It's funny that he comes up with a different version everytime, but it's difficult to describe movements, so I leave it up to your imagination. XD
On a sidenote: It took me 2 and a half concert to noticed Riida's plunging neckline. How could I miss this all the time?! Oo" ... Really, really nice, riida! I will make sure to add a paparazzi photo of this to the entry as soon as possible >D
The tension cooled a bit down during Beautiful days. The overall stage setting and lightning was really pretty (stars? Can't remember . ."") and the audience sang along =3
[ MC ]
I had a really hard time to understand what they were saying, since I heard everything two times (echo of hell) and the girls beside be were chatting non-stop, so I couldn't concentrate. Here some interesting parts in no particular order.
When Jun undressed himself, Ohno jumped in front of him and covered him before the camera could take a real close up X'D
They made fun of Aiba for sweating like crazy and suggested him to get changed as well.
Then they did talk about drama filming, apparently Aiba cried during the crank up for My Girl and hid himself because he didn't wanted it to be in the making of footage. The others members scolded him, since the fans probably wanted to see this anyway, ne? - Loud reaction from the audience - Aiba gave in and said that there were a lot of cameras and that there MIGHT HAVE BEEN a camera who filmed him crying anyway.
Btw, he did mention how Koharu-chan had grown during the last months and said something along the lines of "feeling like a real parent while watching her grow up". The way he said it was very, very cute <3
Sho did talk about the My Girl filming side. Actually, he spent only one hour there, but he was introduced like a co-star and even got a bouquet for the crank up (after one hour!)... The other members were like "Eh?" and Sho said that he was really embarassed. Since it was the last day of filming, they even took a picture of the whole cast + staff and Sho ended up in the center right beside Aiba-chan. The other members asked for the picture, but he said he didn't get it yet and didn't want to ask for it either, since the whole thing was already embarassing enough. Aiba said he would show him the picture once he got it.
Talk about the "guts" pose Aiba tends to do often, Jun kind of didn't get the meaning behind it and asked Aiba for an explanation. I think this whole part was included in someone else report already in more detail, so I don't really feel the need to report it again. Sorry *laughs*
I don't really now what the question was about, but it was something regarding Sho and Aiba. Sho let do Aiba the talk, but after a few words Aiba seemed kind of lost and stopped all of sudden. The audience and members couldn't help another loud "EHHH?" again, Aiba dropped on his knees and got scolded by the other members. - Nino, I know you were excited and everything, but you don't mind shouting less the next time? My ears died several times during the MC thanks to you, dear <3
Ohno mentioned that he had heard rumors that he would be doing the cameo in My Girl instead of Sho and got really really excited (doki doki, he said it in a really cute way and had such an adorable expression), but in the end he wasn't chosen. Poor Oh-chan!
Aiba said something really good in between and got an applause from the audience. The other members were kind of surprised and made fun of him again ("How come you say something good like this all of sudden"-style)... You guys are mean!
On their way back to the main stage, Nino and Sho got kind of confused about some actors name and stopped there to discuss the topic further. It was kind of cute because they looked at each other in confusion. Once they had figured out who they were talking about, they nodded at each other in agreement and started to walk to the main stage again.
This time, Sho just disappeared without saying anything?
Again, some talk about the members projects. They mentioned the filming progress for Saigo no Yakuso and that Sho / Jun and Aiba / Nino were filming together, while Ohno did everything by himself. Apparently Ohno was the only one who already finished his work for Saigo no Yakuso, so they ended up asking him about his future projects and ambitions. Ohno could only reply that he was about to appear in Shuukudai-kun and VSArashi and the whole audience started to laugh. Nino scolded him again ("Those are no solo-projects, you know?"), but he continued with a "Oh, I will be in Himitsu as well!". I feel kind of sorry for him?
Anyway, he mentioned that his next big goal is this large Tuna and everyone cracked up. XDDD Ganbare, Oh-chan!
Aiba tried to get the audience fired up for the second half, but they only slowly got up from their seats and he started to tease the audience. "Do you want to continue while sitting? While standing? I don't mind though, but mabye standing would be better. What do you think? Getting excited?" and so on, until finally everyone was standing and screaming again X'D
[ END MC / SECOND HALF ]
For the first time during this show, they did make use of THE LASERS OF DOOM! And since I'm crazy about the whole stage-setting and lightning, I was totally excited about this. =3
So after the intro and some juniors walking around with strange silver balls - which remind me more of the Frog King story than of basketballs - glitter hoodie! Sho finally made his appearance for his solo Tomadoinagara. I know I'm biased here, but he is WAY TOO COOL X'D I can't help myself, I love his voice and I love to see him dance. Btw, I'm pretty sure that Sho added some movements at the beginning of his dance-break, because I always paid close attention and I had never seen them before. Nice !
The next song was Jun's solo, a very jazzy and classy version of Wish. I love this solo, I even think it became my favorite for some reason. The whole composition of colors and effects was really nice: The screens were showing some Las Vegas / theater style sceneries and water fontains in front of the main stage were illuminated in different colors - Jun knows best how to make use of the stage. And once again I was laughing about the fact that nobody seemed to care about Jun once the Hanadan footage was displayed on the screen >D That's the power of the allmighty Domyouji, I tell you!! XD Anyway, he only lost to a better part of himself here, so maybe it's not as bitter for him as I thought?!
Boku wa boku no subete. Lots of screaming, because the members passed by on the Hanamachi once again ? Since I re-read the translation of the lyrics some days before the concert and cried my eyes out, this time the song really got me. It's really, really beautiful!
In between Aiba-chan seemed to have problems with the sound system and I saw him fumbling around with the headphones briefly. Fortunately he didn't have to sing right then, so this might have been minor stuff. - On this note, the sound was great today, I expected more problems after some stories of my friends, but everything was fine (apart from the MC, as mentioned earlier ^^;)
Next was the song I was looking forward the most ever since I heard the studio version. And even though I already saw it two times, nothing comes close to Attack it. The audience went all nuts here and the members put 200% energy into every line. From time to time they shouted louder or did some variations of their parts and everyone got caught in the heat of the song. The audience mastered the timing for the shouting parts and even screamed the most memorable parts of the lyrics, like "Kokoro nusunda ORERA WA HANIN!" or "Gaiya no kotoba wa shikato suru! HA HA!"... ! SO MUCH FUN ! And hell, Arashi are way toohot cool <3
Going with the flow of more recent songs and making people scream like crazy, they performed truth on the centerstage. More green lasers and general awesomeness. And fire. Arashi on fire? XD
Like always everyone got distracted by the cute chibi-pictures of the members during Ashita no Kioku ^^;; Previously I try to concentrate on the members voices anyway, but this time I couldn't help myself either. Fortunately my seat was located in the Sakumiya corner and we were spazzing and screaming together X'D So at least I got to hear all the parts that were sung when no pictures of Sho and Nino were displayed. ^^;
Next up was the 10th anniversary photobook / slideshow. Accompanied by a lullaby version of Ashita no Kioku, the five members recalled the happenings and events of 10 years band history. This part masw me tear up previously, but this time the fans next to me couldn't stop talking and kind of ruined the atmosphere - on the other hand it was pretty interesting to hear japanese die-hard fans talking about all those events and happenings, I heard a lot of "natsukashii~"s from the girls next to me. By the way, Kisarazu's Bambi seems to be very popular among japanese Sho fans. They did scream A LOT when the videos of Bambi appeared =D
Anyway, I went crazy even before the next song started and everyone else joined in once they realised that it was time for the ! see-through ! raincoats! :D A.ra.shi will forever be THE audience-favorite. SO. MUCH. FUN.
SO. MUCH. FUN. was a continuos theme for the next songs, so I basically can't remember anything other than having fun and screaming a lot. Please bear with me?
It got louder and louder and once again the explosions at the beginning for Jidai nearly disctracted me from Arashi themselves, but I managed to concentrate on the choreo! .... Anyway, no matter how hard I try, I can't stop myself from laughing during Oh-chans solo because his voice reminds me of a smurf ^^;;;;;; (Blame the effect-machine, not me!)
A warm welcome to the "I had to much fun to remember" corner!
Basically, I can't really recall who was on which stage for the last couple of songs, but my only contact with anyone - if there was any at all - must have been during this segment. Since this was in-between Kitto daijoubu and Love so sweet, nobody did really know what to do and most of the people where only looking, nobody really had his arms up or anything. Pretty much everyone was disctracted by Oh-chan (?) on the sidewalk at our side anyway, because the sidewalk was closer than the backstage.
So I was practically the only one to wave, and the only one to face the backstage, where Sho was located. Like always, Sho managed to face the exact opposite side / turn away, but all of sudden Nino started waving. I was kind of insecure, stopped shortly and did wave again and - as if it had been a response - he did more silly stuff (among them was Aiba-chan's pose he did earlier and jumping around, waving with both arms) and changed everytime I stopped, like to encourage me? So .. MAYBE, he saw me. But maybe my timing and someone elses on the stands one floor under me just overlapped? This way or another, it was kind of funny to see Nino trying so hard X'D
I clearly remember Nino jumping around on the sidewalk of the mainstage LIKE CRAZY. He was jumping as high as for the "lets all jump together in the air with the audience to finish the concert" jump, several times. He really, really enjoyed himself here =D So much fun to watch =D
When he was about to return to the main stage, Jun passed by and both stopped. They stood there slightly ducked down, facing each other while singing and did move their heads closer to each other while grinning. The audience went crazy, so they separated again, just to move closer to each other seconds later. Since the audience did scream even louder than before, they did this several times, causing a huge reaction everytime and grinning proudly to themselves. After 6 times or something, they finally parted and continued with the song. Somehow, I love this pretty subtle fanservice the best <3
Everyone assembled at the center stage again for the last breath-taking performance, packed with all the effects they could use, an amazing choreo, great lyrics, lovely vocals and Sakurap. Really, Believe live is a blast. I was stunned by all the effects once again and I couldn't stop myself from doing the Sakurap because - HOW AWESOME IS IT TO RAP "LIVE" TOGETHER" WITH SHO?! Anyway... *coughs* Leaving this aside, the performance is just great. And the fireworks are really pretty <3 And I love this. Did I mention that I love this? Oh I love this X'D...
[ END SPEECHES ]
Someone translated those, so there's no point in repeating them here, right?
When Aiba started his speech, the girls beside me started giggling and I wondered why, until took a look at the screens: Aiba's shirt became see-through because he was sweating like crazy and looked like he had come out of the pouringKokuritsu rain of doom. One girl even commented "Nanka. Ikisou na ki ga suru~!"... Lol!
Aiba's speech was pretty sweet as always - I just have to mention that, because I didn't found his speeches very interesting until I heard him live. I have a vivid memory of Sapporo Sunday and that I was totally tearing up there as well.
After Aiba finished his speech and returned to his place on the stage, Jun approached him and hugged / comforted him. They exchanged a few words and Jun went back to his spot. So cute <3 I guess most people didn't notice that, since Nino moved into the spotlight and started his speech.
I was deeply impressed by Nino this time. Something was different about his expression and his voice sounded a little different as well. For a few moments, he didn't hide himself behind a sneaky smile and bratty comments, he was just Nino, the real one. I was amazed when I realized it, but just a moment later he put up the masquerade again and ruined the mood with another Mario joke (I can't even blame him, because I secretly had been waiting the whole evening for this XD). Nino, you better never change, but showing us your true self was a nice surprise. ILU <3
[ / END SPEECHES]
When Jun announced 5 x 10, a girl close-by screamed like crazy in one moment and was crying her eyes out the next. This totally made me bawl like crazy as well, for the first time during this song. There is nothing much to say, this song is just super beautiful and touchy and you've got to love it. Again the audience sang the chorus in full volume.
When they were about to disappear from the stage, Sho decided to have fun till the very last moment and followed the others upstairs in a very silly way (again, this is hard to describe, just imagine something funny here ^^;). The platform they were standing on was lowered down until they couldn't be seen anymore, but on the way down one after another did jump out of this "hole" and made the audience laugh till the very last moment. X'D Silly boys <3
[ ENCORE 1 ]
It didn't take long until the guys returned to the stage to perform Pikanchi Double, which was once my favorite song ^^; I still love it, but somehow the tension live is totally different than I imagined before. Maybe it's just because I don't dare to shout "Hey!" during Oh-chans solo because it's super great and I want to remember it the best I can. Anyway, it's a great song nonetheless^^
Arashi did change to the Hanamachi for Ashita ni Mukatta once again. This song is stuck in my head ever since the concert for some reason, maybe because it's cute? Yeah, it is. <3
Dekiru Dake... *lowers her head in shame*... BASICALLY... I did only scream like mad during this song. A friend of mine totally cracked up when I sent her the audio recording.
(Btw, is someone interested in those? The quality is okay, but there is a really annoying sound in the background - -; AND I'm only going to share those songs that aren't too embarassing for me - so no, you don't get a chance to hear me scream during Dekiru Dake XD - But you can send me your requests for every other song you like ^^)
... Back to the topic... *cough* Actually.... there is nothing more to say about this song...^^;; LOLMAO XD
Next in line, One Love - Sho did the choreo at the beginning with a totally serious expression on his face and Nino cracked up so bad that he bend over laughing X'D A few moments later someone joined Sho, I believe it was either Aiba or Ohno. Lol >D
- Somewhere during the song I saw Sho in close-up with glittering eyes. Wahhhh ;___;
On this note, I don't know where exactly it was, so I just add it here: Ohno did bite his lips several times and looked like he was fighting himself as well. I don't really know if I should be happy or start crying seeing them in this state. ;___;
Before his solo started, Jun bowed once to each member and they "praised" him making exagerrated movements with their arms. (My corner couldn't stop laughing XD) Jun returned the honor with an outstanding version of his part, it was GREAT. I read once that they play the original CD recording for this part because Jun always messes up, but I paid extra attention and I don't really think so. (And I'm no Jun-bait, so I'm absolutely NOT biased.) - Keep it up, Jun <3 You're great!
They waved, bowed all together and Jun made everyone scream "ARASHI!!!" as a response to his "Ore no namae wa na-n-da??!" =] I like this. At the exit, Sho did make his silly pose AGAIN.
[ ENCORE 2 ]
One song obviously couldn't be left out! Fight SOOOONG! Audience went crazy once again and Arashi had fun messing around with their parts. Nino and Aiba did spoke their parts, Jun sang. Sho sang as well and added his usual pose at the end (the one Nino does for the intro of "Typhoon Generation") facing the camera and everyone screamed reaaallyy loud (maybe I only think so because my corner, including myself, went crazy every time he did something cool XD - Btw, he did this every time Arashi left the stage - see above - and we were spazzing EVERY TIME.) Ohno did the high-pitch version of his lines again <3 I love this <3
During Gori Muchuu, everyone just went crazy - this seems like a repetetive pattern in this report, right? Anyway, who needs rain for having fun?!?! ^^
When they were about to leave the stage, they made the audience jump three times until Jun finally decided to put an end to this and called for the final jump. They left and, like I mentioned, Sho did his silly pose right into the camera AGAIN. He really couldn't help himself on Friday X'D
[ ENCORE 3 ]
They returned to the stage nearly inmediately and Aiba "scolded" the audience that they wouldn't made it in time for My Girl if they continued any longer. He made sure we really wanted another song and everyone was like "ARE YOU KIDDING OBVIOUSLY WE WANT YOU TO CONTINUE HERE RIGHT NOW!" ...
Jun was kind of lost of words and kept on blinking a lot - we know you Jun, we know what that means. Anyway, he managed to pull himself together and they sang My Girl <3 I got so attached to this song... <33
With this, they waved some more and said there last bye-byes until they left the stage. Sho did his pose once again while leaving and the Sakumiya corner screamed a last time in approval >DD
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Didn't I tell you this was going to befun long?!
Basically, this ends my Arashi matsuri and a lot of trouble I had this year. I can proudly say that I don't have any regrets, because I went all out screaming and waving, jumping, dancing and screaming a little more. My voice was hoarse for two full days, even though I knew that it wouldn't lead me anywhere to scream the boys' names, but I did it for the general atmosphere and for the sake of seeing the boys smile.
Well, anyway. I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I did writing it down. I'm pretty sure there was a lot going on that I didn't notice (because bascially I try to focus my attention on Sho XD) and some parts that weren't all that interesting to read, but thanks for reading it anyway >D I hope I could share my love and my excitement a little ! =3
I'm looking forward to your comments on this, because it really feels like reading a book and I need to hear some "I loved reading aobut part xy" right now XD
- On a sidenote, I will be in Tokyo for quite some time now, so if anyone still wants to meet up after reading this and maybe realizing what kind of person I am, I would be more than happy to do so = ]
Gyah, anyway~! Bye-bye!
How about a warm tea, some cookies and a comfortable chair?
I hope you enjoy this =3
First of all: I wasn't supposed to be there. I didn't EXPECT to be there. That's why I enjoyed it at least twice as much as I would have under normal circumstances. Part of this thing happening were two people and before I start with the fun part, I would like to use this opportunity to say "thank you!"
Hanna! Thank you for the nice day <3 I guess I would have been happy enough even if I wouldn't have gone to the concert - as silly as it sounds - because hanging around with you was great fun =3 And I guess I wouldn't have stood there if it wouldn't have been for you, because you told me to try it several times the day before. Thank you!
Secondly, well, maybe primarly, I would like to thank the wheels of fate, the goddess of luck and a friendly old, japanese lady. If I could, I would thank you properly and send you tons of cookies everyday. Thank you for making my dream come true. =3
So, after the craziest happening ever, I arrived on my seat at around 17:40 and I was already REALLY excited. In order to enjoy the evening the most as possible, I quickly approached the girls sitting around me and they even remembered me. I went to the extent to bribe the girl next to me with new batteries for her penlight (hehe ^^) and we ended up chatting, dancing and shouting together. I strongly recommend making friends with the people next to you because you will have twice as much fun this way =]
Just for the sake of completeness, some pictures of my seat:
Not very close, but who am I to complain?!
Anyway, without further delay, let's continue with the report..!
[ FIRST HALF ]
The concert intro is a blast every time and Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi ~Acapella~ never fails to amaze me. The sea of red penlights and Arashi flying through the air is stunning and theres no sight similiar to this. They stayed in the air a little longer than usual and just got down in time for the member intro during Lucky men. Arashi switched to the hanamachi and passed by the audience, accompanied by lots of screaming and clapping. This time I managed to focus on Sho during his high-pitch solo part right at the end of Kaze no mukou e and witnessed that it's really him singing it - I still can't believe it. I love this <3
They were back on the main stage for We can make it with the full choreo.
Jun's intro was really nice this time <3
The audience did go nuts during Crazy Moon, especially at the dance parts and Juns little moment at the end of the song. He stayed behind a little while the others headed back to the mainstage and faced the camera for his... whatever he is saying ^^; He always enjoys the reaction of the audience so much and has this dorky smile on his face. Cute~!
Time for Aiba's Pikanchi !! It was really nice, as usual and I love to see this side of Aiba for a change. Unfortunately, the camera-people messed up Aiba's GREAT moment when he usually faces the cameras and looks like asdfghj!! ~ ~" But he was great anyway <3
More screaming. I still love the Allergy performances to pieces <3 Together with the girl next to me we did dance along to the "Doushitemo tomekomenaiii~" (sorry, I don't even know the lyrics oo") move X'D The background videos caused a lot of reactions as well.
They headed back to the mainstage during Kokoro Chirari on top of the moving stage. Aiba was jumping around LIKE MAD and did wave with both arms to the audience on the seats at the top <3 Thank you Aiba for remembering us!! =D
Carnival Night - just like the title makes it sound, one big carnival celebration song, so more screaming and more dancing.
Why was every song like this? >D
I'm always lost at words for Kotoba Yori Taisetsuna Mono, because there's not much to say about it despite Nino being awesome. Listen to it on the
The other members returned to the stage for the intro of the 5 x 10 orchestra. Nothing much to say about them, but the live music added a nice effect to the whole concert. Jun was still standing around in the dark and had some fun doing silly dances during the intro for the bassist? ILU, Dork!Jun <3
Without further delay, they started singing Everything, which seems to be the Subarashiki Sekai ~Kokuritsu '08~ equivalent for this tour. I love this version, especially the second verse, because it's kind of dramatic. Nino's parts are really great in live, because he puts so much strength into it. =3 At the end of the song they showed the Tokyo Dome at sunset with the 5 x 10 bus in front. I like this customized stuff, it makes the concert more "unique".
Next was Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy. Ohmiya allowed the fans to sing a little and the audience did a great job. It was really beautiful.*////* Afterwards they had their usual fanservice moment - this time Nino slowly put his arm on Ohnos shoulder and touched his face / messed up his hair in Nep League style once he had finished his solo part. Lol XD
While walking around the stage, they sang Aozora Pedaru <3
Unfortunately Sho's solo wasn't included, but I still love the song <3
After this slow-tempo song corner, they got the audience fired up again with Typhoon Generation. Nino's monologue made everyone scream and he was grinning proudly to himself >D He enjoys this moment a lot and you can tell by looking at him. Btw, I have a kink for Sho "whispering" his lines during the first part of the song... Anyone else in the same boat?! XD Fufufufufu <3
At the end of the song, Sho lifted the lower part of his outfit as if it would be a skirt and curtseyed - just like the one time he wore the maid dress in Shuukudai-kun - My corner was satisfied or rather: Was screaming like crazy X'D
Ohno stole himself away during Typhoon Generation (I witnessed how he was running backstage once and it's kind of funny, because usually you don't get to see that and everyone's attention is focused on the other members miracously) and got back in his colorful Utaoni costume, which makes him appear even smaller than he already is >D Anyway, Kumori Nochi Kasei was cute as ever. ^^
A bit unfortunate though that unlike Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy the audience didn't seem to know the lyrics for this song all to well and messed up during the call and response ^^;;; Nevermind, at the end, Riida jumped happily from the stage and made a little extra jump at the exit, which earned him another "kyah" from the audience.
The other members returned on the Hanamachi and stopped at hour side of the dome until Ohno got changed and joined them. I couldn't quite decide if I should scream for Sho or the "Ue no hoo" calls and ended up doing both. X'D (Pretty exhausting!). Once Ohno joined them again, they finally got started with A day in our life and progressed to the backstage. Nearly at the end of the song I realized that I was shouting "Hey - Hey - Hey - Heyhey" for all four times instead of "Way - Ue - Ne - Someday" because I was so excited ^^;;;;; Yup, I love this song and the tension <3
The next song was Hadashi no mirai - I was smiling since I remembered my experience from Sapporo Sunday *grin* Anyway, I believe Nino did something really funny and I can't remember. ;_; Sho ended up doing the otagei dance all by himself today, but he didn't mind and even did the "clap your hands in the air and jump in a circle" thing >D... So hilarious X'D
They progressed to the main stage for Oh Yeah! - I really can't remember anything besides waving during the chorus and having fun. Still on the tension - high from the previous songs, I guess? ^^;
Back on the main stage, they performed Step and Go with the full choreo and Jun did dorky stuff again. It's funny that he comes up with a different version everytime, but it's difficult to describe movements, so I leave it up to your imagination. XD
On a sidenote: It took me 2 and a half concert to noticed Riida's plunging neckline. How could I miss this all the time?! Oo" ... Really, really nice, riida! I will make sure to add a paparazzi photo of this to the entry as soon as possible >D
The tension cooled a bit down during Beautiful days. The overall stage setting and lightning was really pretty (stars? Can't remember . ."") and the audience sang along =3
[ MC ]
I had a really hard time to understand what they were saying, since I heard everything two times (echo of hell) and the girls beside be were chatting non-stop, so I couldn't concentrate. Here some interesting parts in no particular order.
When Jun undressed himself, Ohno jumped in front of him and covered him before the camera could take a real close up X'D
They made fun of Aiba for sweating like crazy and suggested him to get changed as well.
Then they did talk about drama filming, apparently Aiba cried during the crank up for My Girl and hid himself because he didn't wanted it to be in the making of footage. The others members scolded him, since the fans probably wanted to see this anyway, ne? - Loud reaction from the audience - Aiba gave in and said that there were a lot of cameras and that there MIGHT HAVE BEEN a camera who filmed him crying anyway.
Btw, he did mention how Koharu-chan had grown during the last months and said something along the lines of "feeling like a real parent while watching her grow up". The way he said it was very, very cute <3
Sho did talk about the My Girl filming side. Actually, he spent only one hour there, but he was introduced like a co-star and even got a bouquet for the crank up (after one hour!)... The other members were like "Eh?" and Sho said that he was really embarassed. Since it was the last day of filming, they even took a picture of the whole cast + staff and Sho ended up in the center right beside Aiba-chan. The other members asked for the picture, but he said he didn't get it yet and didn't want to ask for it either, since the whole thing was already embarassing enough. Aiba said he would show him the picture once he got it.
Talk about the "guts" pose Aiba tends to do often, Jun kind of didn't get the meaning behind it and asked Aiba for an explanation. I think this whole part was included in someone else report already in more detail, so I don't really feel the need to report it again. Sorry *laughs*
I don't really now what the question was about, but it was something regarding Sho and Aiba. Sho let do Aiba the talk, but after a few words Aiba seemed kind of lost and stopped all of sudden. The audience and members couldn't help another loud "EHHH?" again, Aiba dropped on his knees and got scolded by the other members. - Nino, I know you were excited and everything, but you don't mind shouting less the next time? My ears died several times during the MC thanks to you, dear <3
Ohno mentioned that he had heard rumors that he would be doing the cameo in My Girl instead of Sho and got really really excited (doki doki, he said it in a really cute way and had such an adorable expression), but in the end he wasn't chosen. Poor Oh-chan!
Aiba said something really good in between and got an applause from the audience. The other members were kind of surprised and made fun of him again ("How come you say something good like this all of sudden"-style)... You guys are mean!
On their way back to the main stage, Nino and Sho got kind of confused about some actors name and stopped there to discuss the topic further. It was kind of cute because they looked at each other in confusion. Once they had figured out who they were talking about, they nodded at each other in agreement and started to walk to the main stage again.
This time, Sho just disappeared without saying anything?
Again, some talk about the members projects. They mentioned the filming progress for Saigo no Yakuso and that Sho / Jun and Aiba / Nino were filming together, while Ohno did everything by himself. Apparently Ohno was the only one who already finished his work for Saigo no Yakuso, so they ended up asking him about his future projects and ambitions. Ohno could only reply that he was about to appear in Shuukudai-kun and VSArashi and the whole audience started to laugh. Nino scolded him again ("Those are no solo-projects, you know?"), but he continued with a "Oh, I will be in Himitsu as well!". I feel kind of sorry for him?
Anyway, he mentioned that his next big goal is this large Tuna and everyone cracked up. XDDD Ganbare, Oh-chan!
Aiba tried to get the audience fired up for the second half, but they only slowly got up from their seats and he started to tease the audience. "Do you want to continue while sitting? While standing? I don't mind though, but mabye standing would be better. What do you think? Getting excited?" and so on, until finally everyone was standing and screaming again X'D
[ END MC / SECOND HALF ]
For the first time during this show, they did make use of THE LASERS OF DOOM! And since I'm crazy about the whole stage-setting and lightning, I was totally excited about this. =3
So after the intro and some juniors walking around with strange silver balls - which remind me more of the Frog King story than of basketballs - glitter hoodie! Sho finally made his appearance for his solo Tomadoinagara. I know I'm biased here, but he is WAY TOO COOL X'D I can't help myself, I love his voice and I love to see him dance. Btw, I'm pretty sure that Sho added some movements at the beginning of his dance-break, because I always paid close attention and I had never seen them before. Nice !
The next song was Jun's solo, a very jazzy and classy version of Wish. I love this solo, I even think it became my favorite for some reason. The whole composition of colors and effects was really nice: The screens were showing some Las Vegas / theater style sceneries and water fontains in front of the main stage were illuminated in different colors - Jun knows best how to make use of the stage. And once again I was laughing about the fact that nobody seemed to care about Jun once the Hanadan footage was displayed on the screen >D That's the power of the allmighty Domyouji, I tell you!! XD Anyway, he only lost to a better part of himself here, so maybe it's not as bitter for him as I thought?!
Boku wa boku no subete. Lots of screaming, because the members passed by on the Hanamachi once again ? Since I re-read the translation of the lyrics some days before the concert and cried my eyes out, this time the song really got me. It's really, really beautiful!
In between Aiba-chan seemed to have problems with the sound system and I saw him fumbling around with the headphones briefly. Fortunately he didn't have to sing right then, so this might have been minor stuff. - On this note, the sound was great today, I expected more problems after some stories of my friends, but everything was fine (apart from the MC, as mentioned earlier ^^;)
Next was the song I was looking forward the most ever since I heard the studio version. And even though I already saw it two times, nothing comes close to Attack it. The audience went all nuts here and the members put 200% energy into every line. From time to time they shouted louder or did some variations of their parts and everyone got caught in the heat of the song. The audience mastered the timing for the shouting parts and even screamed the most memorable parts of the lyrics, like "Kokoro nusunda ORERA WA HANIN!" or "Gaiya no kotoba wa shikato suru! HA HA!"... ! SO MUCH FUN ! And hell, Arashi are way too
Going with the flow of more recent songs and making people scream like crazy, they performed truth on the centerstage. More green lasers and general awesomeness. And fire. Arashi on fire? XD
Like always everyone got distracted by the cute chibi-pictures of the members during Ashita no Kioku ^^;; Previously I try to concentrate on the members voices anyway, but this time I couldn't help myself either. Fortunately my seat was located in the Sakumiya corner and we were spazzing and screaming together X'D So at least I got to hear all the parts that were sung when no pictures of Sho and Nino were displayed. ^^;
Next up was the 10th anniversary photobook / slideshow. Accompanied by a lullaby version of Ashita no Kioku, the five members recalled the happenings and events of 10 years band history. This part masw me tear up previously, but this time the fans next to me couldn't stop talking and kind of ruined the atmosphere - on the other hand it was pretty interesting to hear japanese die-hard fans talking about all those events and happenings, I heard a lot of "natsukashii~"s from the girls next to me. By the way, Kisarazu's Bambi seems to be very popular among japanese Sho fans. They did scream A LOT when the videos of Bambi appeared =D
Anyway, I went crazy even before the next song started and everyone else joined in once they realised that it was time for the ! see-through ! raincoats! :D A.ra.shi will forever be THE audience-favorite. SO. MUCH. FUN.
SO. MUCH. FUN. was a continuos theme for the next songs, so I basically can't remember anything other than having fun and screaming a lot. Please bear with me?
- Sunrise Nippon. Cannot not remember for the life of it. D:
- Kimi no Tame ni Boku ga iru. Sho pointed at his chikubi while saying "Check it out" and I totally cracked up >D At the end of the song, Aiba und Nino did Aiba-chans pose together again and Nino put one hand to his mouth to send a flying kiss. <3
It got louder and louder and once again the explosions at the beginning for Jidai nearly disctracted me from Arashi themselves, but I managed to concentrate on the choreo! .... Anyway, no matter how hard I try, I can't stop myself from laughing during Oh-chans solo because his voice reminds me of a smurf ^^;;;;;; (Blame the effect-machine, not me!)
A warm welcome to the "I had to much fun to remember" corner!
- Nice na kokoroiki. The furi is really easy and fun XD
- Pikanchi. Whatever happened there. ^^;
- Tomadoinagara
- Kotoba Yori Taisetsuna Mono
- Hero
- Sakura Sake
- Wish. Please, someone record the furi for this one! I always try to get it right and fail, which totally disctracts me from our dear boys. Help!
- Kitto daijoubu. After a comedian made a monomane of him - this was during the latest Himitsu VIP Room, right? - it seemed like Sho did change the style of his intro-rap a little, but maybe that's just me X'D Anyway, he was cool <3
Basically, I can't really recall who was on which stage for the last couple of songs, but my only contact with anyone - if there was any at all - must have been during this segment. Since this was in-between Kitto daijoubu and Love so sweet, nobody did really know what to do and most of the people where only looking, nobody really had his arms up or anything. Pretty much everyone was disctracted by Oh-chan (?) on the sidewalk at our side anyway, because the sidewalk was closer than the backstage.
So I was practically the only one to wave, and the only one to face the backstage, where Sho was located. Like always, Sho managed to face the exact opposite side / turn away, but all of sudden Nino started waving. I was kind of insecure, stopped shortly and did wave again and - as if it had been a response - he did more silly stuff (among them was Aiba-chan's pose he did earlier and jumping around, waving with both arms) and changed everytime I stopped, like to encourage me? So .. MAYBE, he saw me. But maybe my timing and someone elses on the stands one floor under me just overlapped? This way or another, it was kind of funny to see Nino trying so hard X'D
- Love so sweet
- Happiness
I clearly remember Nino jumping around on the sidewalk of the mainstage LIKE CRAZY. He was jumping as high as for the "lets all jump together in the air with the audience to finish the concert" jump, several times. He really, really enjoyed himself here =D So much fun to watch =D
When he was about to return to the main stage, Jun passed by and both stopped. They stood there slightly ducked down, facing each other while singing and did move their heads closer to each other while grinning. The audience went crazy, so they separated again, just to move closer to each other seconds later. Since the audience did scream even louder than before, they did this several times, causing a huge reaction everytime and grinning proudly to themselves. After 6 times or something, they finally parted and continued with the song. Somehow, I love this pretty subtle fanservice the best <3
Everyone assembled at the center stage again for the last breath-taking performance, packed with all the effects they could use, an amazing choreo, great lyrics, lovely vocals and Sakurap. Really, Believe live is a blast. I was stunned by all the effects once again and I couldn't stop myself from doing the Sakurap because - HOW AWESOME IS IT TO RAP "LIVE" TOGETHER" WITH SHO?! Anyway... *coughs* Leaving this aside, the performance is just great. And the fireworks are really pretty <3 And I love this. Did I mention that I love this? Oh I love this X'D...
[ END SPEECHES ]
Someone translated those, so there's no point in repeating them here, right?
When Aiba started his speech, the girls beside me started giggling and I wondered why, until took a look at the screens: Aiba's shirt became see-through because he was sweating like crazy and looked like he had come out of the pouring
Aiba's speech was pretty sweet as always - I just have to mention that, because I didn't found his speeches very interesting until I heard him live. I have a vivid memory of Sapporo Sunday and that I was totally tearing up there as well.
After Aiba finished his speech and returned to his place on the stage, Jun approached him and hugged / comforted him. They exchanged a few words and Jun went back to his spot. So cute <3 I guess most people didn't notice that, since Nino moved into the spotlight and started his speech.
I was deeply impressed by Nino this time. Something was different about his expression and his voice sounded a little different as well. For a few moments, he didn't hide himself behind a sneaky smile and bratty comments, he was just Nino, the real one. I was amazed when I realized it, but just a moment later he put up the masquerade again and ruined the mood with another Mario joke (
[ / END SPEECHES]
When Jun announced 5 x 10, a girl close-by screamed like crazy in one moment and was crying her eyes out the next. This totally made me bawl like crazy as well, for the first time during this song. There is nothing much to say, this song is just super beautiful and touchy and you've got to love it. Again the audience sang the chorus in full volume.
When they were about to disappear from the stage, Sho decided to have fun till the very last moment and followed the others upstairs in a very silly way (again, this is hard to describe, just imagine something funny here ^^;). The platform they were standing on was lowered down until they couldn't be seen anymore, but on the way down one after another did jump out of this "hole" and made the audience laugh till the very last moment. X'D Silly boys <3
[ ENCORE 1 ]
It didn't take long until the guys returned to the stage to perform Pikanchi Double, which was once my favorite song ^^; I still love it, but somehow the tension live is totally different than I imagined before. Maybe it's just because I don't dare to shout "Hey!" during Oh-chans solo because it's super great and I want to remember it the best I can. Anyway, it's a great song nonetheless^^
Arashi did change to the Hanamachi for Ashita ni Mukatta once again. This song is stuck in my head ever since the concert for some reason, maybe because it's cute? Yeah, it is. <3
Dekiru Dake... *lowers her head in shame*... BASICALLY... I did only scream like mad during this song. A friend of mine totally cracked up when I sent her the audio recording.
(Btw, is someone interested in those? The quality is okay, but there is a really annoying sound in the background - -; AND I'm only going to share those songs that aren't too embarassing for me - so no, you don't get a chance to hear me scream during Dekiru Dake XD - But you can send me your requests for every other song you like ^^)
... Back to the topic... *cough* Actually.... there is nothing more to say about this song...^^;; LOLMAO XD
Next in line, One Love - Sho did the choreo at the beginning with a totally serious expression on his face and Nino cracked up so bad that he bend over laughing X'D A few moments later someone joined Sho, I believe it was either Aiba or Ohno. Lol >D
- Somewhere during the song I saw Sho in close-up with glittering eyes. Wahhhh ;___;
On this note, I don't know where exactly it was, so I just add it here: Ohno did bite his lips several times and looked like he was fighting himself as well. I don't really know if I should be happy or start crying seeing them in this state. ;___;
Before his solo started, Jun bowed once to each member and they "praised" him making exagerrated movements with their arms. (My corner couldn't stop laughing XD) Jun returned the honor with an outstanding version of his part, it was GREAT. I read once that they play the original CD recording for this part because Jun always messes up, but I paid extra attention and I don't really think so. (And I'm no Jun-bait, so I'm absolutely NOT biased.) - Keep it up, Jun <3 You're great!
They waved, bowed all together and Jun made everyone scream "ARASHI!!!" as a response to his "Ore no namae wa na-n-da??!" =] I like this. At the exit, Sho did make his silly pose AGAIN.
[ ENCORE 2 ]
One song obviously couldn't be left out! Fight SOOOONG! Audience went crazy once again and Arashi had fun messing around with their parts. Nino and Aiba did spoke their parts, Jun sang. Sho sang as well and added his usual pose at the end (the one Nino does for the intro of "Typhoon Generation") facing the camera and everyone screamed reaaallyy loud (maybe I only think so because my corner, including myself, went crazy every time he did something cool XD - Btw, he did this every time Arashi left the stage - see above - and we were spazzing EVERY TIME.) Ohno did the high-pitch version of his lines again <3 I love this <3
During Gori Muchuu, everyone just went crazy - this seems like a repetetive pattern in this report, right? Anyway, who needs rain for having fun?!?! ^^
When they were about to leave the stage, they made the audience jump three times until Jun finally decided to put an end to this and called for the final jump. They left and, like I mentioned, Sho did his silly pose right into the camera AGAIN. He really couldn't help himself on Friday X'D
[ ENCORE 3 ]
They returned to the stage nearly inmediately and Aiba "scolded" the audience that they wouldn't made it in time for My Girl if they continued any longer. He made sure we really wanted another song and everyone was like "ARE YOU KIDDING OBVIOUSLY WE WANT YOU TO CONTINUE HERE RIGHT NOW!" ...
Jun was kind of lost of words and kept on blinking a lot - we know you Jun, we know what that means. Anyway, he managed to pull himself together and they sang My Girl <3 I got so attached to this song... <33
With this, they waved some more and said there last bye-byes until they left the stage. Sho did his pose once again while leaving and the Sakumiya corner screamed a last time in approval >DD
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Didn't I tell you this was going to be
Basically, this ends my Arashi matsuri and a lot of trouble I had this year. I can proudly say that I don't have any regrets, because I went all out screaming and waving, jumping, dancing and screaming a little more. My voice was hoarse for two full days, even though I knew that it wouldn't lead me anywhere to scream the boys' names, but I did it for the general atmosphere and for the sake of seeing the boys smile.
Well, anyway. I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I did writing it down. I'm pretty sure there was a lot going on that I didn't notice (because bascially I try to focus my attention on Sho XD) and some parts that weren't all that interesting to read, but thanks for reading it anyway >D I hope I could share my love and my excitement a little ! =3
I'm looking forward to your comments on this, because it really feels like reading a book and I need to hear some "I loved reading aobut part xy" right now XD
- On a sidenote, I will be in Tokyo for quite some time now, so if anyone still wants to meet up after reading this and maybe realizing what kind of person I am, I would be more than happy to do so = ]
Gyah, anyway~! Bye-bye!
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