AKABEi SOFT2 Live 2011
30 January 2011 @Kanagawa Kenmin Hall

I only attended for 8 artists out of 20 and never heard most songs, because they’re all AKABEi SOFT2 eroge songs. It’s their 5th anniversary afterall.

Main purposes (L-R) Faylan, Sena, Hiromi-nee <3
Also Yuinyan, Ayane, Ishida Yoko, eufonius, and Rekka. Either didn’t know or didn’t care about the other 12. ^^;

Live.
As expected from eroge live, fangirl ratio was srsly sad but well I’m used to it. Akabei’s shachou and eroge seiyuu Serizono Miya greeted audience before live started.

1. Katakiri Rekka. 魂響 (Tamayura)
2. Ishida Yoko (NANA). コンチェルトノート (Concerto Note)
3. Ishida Yoko (NANA). Be_Natural
4. Inoue Naomi. Realize
5. Riryka. あの頃のように (Ano Koro no Youni)
6. Riryka. 宝物 (Takaramono)
7. Marie. Guardian Heart
8. Marie. Artemis Blue

-Had no idea how Rekka looks like, so I was kinda huh? seeing (no offense) round girl in kimono carrying katana.. with a really good voice! lol at how she waved katana to the beats.. that’s no penlight, dear. xD
-Ishida Yoko. Like Hiromi-nee’s live last year, Ishida filled in for NANA cuz the latter is too shy to perform.. lolwut. ^^; Their sweet voice indeed sounds similar tho. <3 Be_Natural!
-Riryka unusually sang only ballads. lol “Riryka-sama!” calls in MC.
-No idea who: Naomi had typical animegoe, while Marie was just typical. ^^;

9. Sakuragawa Megu. 竜たちノ夢 (Ryuutachi no Yume)
10. Sena. Long for…
11. Tamiyasu Tomoe. Rock My Soul
12. Tamiyasu Tomoe. what a wonder ending world
13. Afilia Saga East. ワタシ☆Loveな☆オトメ！(Watashi Love na Otome)
14. Afilia Saga East. ニーハイ・エゴイスト (Knee-high Egoist)
15. Super Sonico. Super orbital
16. eufonius. 比翼の羽根 (Hiyoku no Hane)
17. eufonius. 深遠の絆 (Shin’en no Kizuna)

-Sena. As expected, impressive!! I wish she’d sing more! >_< It was her last live as “Sena”, from now on all future activities will be under her real name Shihori. In case you haven’t noticed she composed Nana’s Chinmoku no Kajitsu, Dear Dream, and Musterion!

-eufonius. LOL Yosuga OP! Irrelevant song but loved it. MC on their upcoming single for latest AKABEi eroge (Koi dewanaku), they were given full freedom to compose anything.. indeed it sounded very eufonius. <3

-Afilia = 12 girls doing funny dance.. kinda LOL in a cute way, esp the 140cm girl. ^^; Finally after 12 unknown songs, I recognized these since they performed both in live5pb.
-Virtual idol Sonico talk+live on screen. Boobs animation was too well-done I couldn’t stop staring at them bouncing.. xD
-No idea who: Megu (better in CD), Tomoe (Akibapop meganekko! <3).

18. tohko. RUN
19. tohko. 想いの果て (Omoi no Hate)
20. tohko. Friends
21. Shimotsuki Haruka. Everywhere With You
22. Shimotsuki Haruka. Universalia
23. Suzuhara Chika. Dreamin’
24. Suzuhara Chika. Hinomaruuuuuurrrrry
25. Kahiena. The Divinity
26. Kahiena. 真実の翼－サダメのツバサ (Sadame no Tsubasa)
27. Kahiena. ReflectionS

Crap I only knew Shimotsukin in this batch. ^^;
-She and tohko were stable, but didn’t rly impress me.
-Hinomarury is must-hear! xD
-Surprised this was Kahiena’s first live appearance, pretty good.

10 mins break. Ran to toilet! xD Only bigger names left for 2nd part.

28. Ayane. 永遠の向こう (Eien no Mukou)
29. Ayane. Close your eyes
30. Faylan. Live in Despair
31. Faylan. 天国ト地獄ノ譚詩曲 (Tengoku to Jigoku no Tanshikyoku)
32. Faylan. 終末のフラクタル (Shuumatsu no Fractale)
33. Marika. 絆 (Kizuna)
34. Marika. 内なる雨 (Uchi naru Ame)
35. Satou Hiromi. 夏のファンタジア (Natsu no Fantasia)
36. Satou Hiromi. Dance in the Moment

-Ayane wearing all white. Nice ballads. Liked Eien no Mukou more (just heard it 3 weeks before lol) but Close your eyes probably had a better game judging from the crying dude next to me. ^^;

-Faylan. Good stalker won’t miss her first live in 2011! Both eroge songs had her usual dark image.. dammit wtb CD. >_< As usual Faylan was quite the airhead, greeting us with “Happy New Year” on end of Jan. ^^; And YAY first Fractale live━━キ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)タ━━!! Lived up to goddess PV <333

-Hiromi-nee. Shachooooou!! <3 looking as young as ever~xD lol MC fans requesting her to sing with Faylan ^^; Performed newest song for AKABEi’s latest eroge (partnering eufonius), liked it. :3

-No idea about Marika. Pretty good songs, but a friend swears she lipsynched. Couldn’t see clearly from my seat, but too bad if it’s true. Probably she was sick? Since she wore sunglasses even in encore.

37. Katakiri Rekka. 紅空恋歌 (Akazora Renka)
38. Katakiri Rekka. 少年少女よ、大志を抱け (Shonen Shojo yo, Taishi o Dake)
39. Katakiri Rekka. ラベンダーの純然 (Lavender no Jyunsen)
40. Katakiri Rekka. ラブ・パラダイス (Love Paradise)
41. Katakiri Rekka. HE∀Ting SΦul
42. Katakiri Rekka. Answer

I only knew few Rekka‘s songs from Elements Garden’s albums, so I was thrilled to get Answer! Surprisingly good in ballads and moe, so wonders why she’s only big in eroge/doujin world? Like many talented eroge seiyuu: she doesn’t live up to so-called physical standard (can’t even google her pic). Such a waste of talent!

43. Sakakibara Yui. 幻想の城 (Gensou no Shiro)
44. Sakakibara Yui. パーソナルスペース (Personal Space)
45. Sakakibara Yui. コンフォート (Comfort)
46. Sakakibara Yui. Eternal Destiny
47. Sakakibara Yui. メチャ恋らんまん☆ (Mecha Koi Ranman)
48. Sakakibara Yui. Get Love Power
49. Sakakibara Yui. Together

Yuinyan.

Obviously the star, with privilege to sing 2 songs from different eroge companies. Also the only one with 4 dancers (2 female + 2 very gay male) although Yuinyan danced better. Couldn’t take my eyes off her ass in Gensou no Shiro. xD She even made weird dance look hot! Eternal Destiny was such a blessing too.

Encore.
50. Sakakibara Yui & Katakiri Rekka. Love&Kiss
Final MC.

Cuuute original song made for this event :3 Jumped high for the last song!
MC Miyacchi joined stage to call each performer one-by-one for last messages. Hiromi-nee informed that Ishida Yoko and Faylan went home earlier. Weirdly enough Hiromi-nee pointed to my direction then hinting she approves of someone’s shirt.. most people wore AKABEi shirt, so I was 70% sure she was referring to my Faylan shirt (or the fact that there IS female attendee) but who knows? :p

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Impressions.
My first eroge live with 20 artists, 50 songs, FIVE HOURS! Most artists performed more than expected # of songs (written on website). Big satisfaction for 5,800yen. :3

Srsly, now I understand why Yuinyan is the best eroge singer.. she’s got talent AND looks, which is rare seeing most of them are either talented-but-ugly OR cute-but-can’t-sing. ^^; I’m actually saying eroge world earns +1 respect compared to anison world. Untalented cuties exist in any world, but unattractive girls won’t have their way like they could in eroge world…. tho maybe it’s simply because most fans are only into 2D? ^^;;

I barely recognized any songs but I ended up wanting their 5th Anniversary CD-BOX. >_> Eroge songs exceeded my expectation a lot, and since they showed montage of eroge CGs, they look interesting.. maybe I should play one! :3

My first live in 2011!
Ayane Live 2011, 9 January 2011 @Shibuya-AX.

Before the live.
I misread the live schedule and was 20 mins late off entrance time, thankfully they were even later lol. When I arrived only penlight is still in stock so I only got it. Kinda surprised it’s white not pink (Ayane’s default color) .

First-timer in Shibuya-AX, it has decent view wherever you stand. I stood behind the middle handrail, which seems to divide the hardcore fans (front) and those who are afraid of them (back) lol. It wasn’t full, about 1200-ish people, which is weird since Ayane was awesome. xD

Photos from MyCom.

Live.
Opened with video of Ayane in a maid costume (!!) welcoming us to the live. Dammit her bunny teeth are so freaking cute.. xD

Starting with the only new song in the album Shining gate! Weird set-up with transparent curtain for PV projection and Ayane singing behind it, honestly I couldn’t rly see her.. orz. Curtain drops and first epic song appears: Angelic bright! Jumped like mad~ xD

Ayane welcomed us to the live, also a “Happy New Year!”~ Then she put on…….GLASSES. Fffffff—toocute$!@#!@#! Of course it’s for Megane na Riyuu, a really sweet song that’s too good for the stupid OVA. Followed by quiet ballad Shizuka naru shunkan no naka de.. too bad without glasses ;_;

Ayane left stage, then screen shows Shining gate PV making lol? I think everyone there bought the album and watched it. Kinda dozed off here before Ayane reappeared in black long-sleeved gothic outfit.. Then a very familiar, epic intro starts.. Arrival of Tears! Instantly broke like 8 red lights. DARN AWESOME. m(_ _m)

Took off the black jacket (yay) for cheerful Sono Saki ni Aru, Dareka no Egao no Tame ni that really brought smile to everyone. Short MC on how she was so excited for today, finally a live after 1 year and 4 months! Ummm.. I’ve been waiting for like 4 years? lol.

MemoOff fans went crazy for popfun Zutto Isshoni Motto Tooku Made, while I went crazier for next epic piece Endless Tears..! Calming down with nice ballad Eien no Mukou next. Ayane left stage for costume change, we get band & dancer introduction! Pretty solid back-up with guitarist, bassist, drummer, keyboardist, violinist, 2 chorus and 4 dancers. Romancing Story instrumental version was great, if only Ayane sings it.. >_<

Ayane returned in very Ayane-ish, all-red gothic outfit I’m sure I’ve seen before just can’t remember where. Latest single Juujika ni Sasagu Shichijuusou was pretty damn cool, and Ano Sora no Hate Made proves that Ayane’s MemoOff songs are gooood :3

MC. Apparently Ayane wrote lyrics for more than half of the latest album’s songs.. impressive. She said whenever she reads fan letters/comments on how her words have affected them, she feels grateful to be alive. Aaw~what a nice girl. Appropriately ballad time follows. Melancholic Tada Nagaruru Mama ni and gentle Omoide wa yubikiri no kioku e totally gripped my heart..

Back to powerful beats with Drive on dragoon. Sadly announced next song is the last… lolwut sew short?! >_< Saved the complaints to cheer for GRAVITY ERROR. After she left, in-between ENCORE shouts, I heard murmurs why it’s so short .__. 15 songs.. man.

Encore was long, which was understandable since she was crossdressing to Shining gate’s prince costume!! Even more surprise as she covers TMR’s Gundam song Ignited!!!! My sweet Ayane can’t be this cool~xD I totally girl-screamed lol. Apparently this alter-ego is named Ayato (alternate reading for Ayane 彩音). Then special privilege to hear Shinjitsu e no Requiem, first sung live!

Short break when Ayane changes to black live shirt + orange headpiece from baseball team Giants. Apparently Ayane always sings Complex Image with fans singing-along in encore, but this time we get 2004-release ORANGE!! She taught us to sing “Kimi e todoku kana” verse, loads of fun! I thought it would end there but no, completing Tears series with Lunatic Tears..! Woooot she sang everything I wanted to hear! <3

..

I enjoyed every second of this live, and jumped a lot more violently than I thought I would… but it was way too short!! Okay 2.5 hours wasn’t too bad but it felt much shorter. Especially for a solo live after a long while, 4-5 more songs would be nice. MC was short too, tho I think that’s because Ayane’s rather shy when not singing.. ^^; she speaks politely and slowly which is cute, but yeah not much of an MC person. Great costumes tho, especially Ayato :3 and that meganeeeee… really too bad this wasn’t recorded. >_<

Anyway, glad this was my first live in 2011. :3

Setlist.

1. Shining gate
2. Angelic bright
MC
3. 眼鏡な理由 (Megane na Riyuu)
4. 静かなる瞬間の中で (Shizuka naru shunkan no naka de)
MC
5. Arrival of Tears
6. その先にある、誰かの笑顔のために (Sono saki ni aru, dareka no egao no tame ni)
MC
7. ずっと一緒に もっと遠くまで (Zutto issho ni motto tooku made)
8. Endless Tears…
9. 永遠の向こう (Eien no mukou)
Band & Dancer Intro (ロマンシングストーリー Romancing Story Inst.)
10. 十字架に捧ぐ七重奏 (Juujika ni sasagu shichijuusou)
11. あの空の果てまで (Ano sora no hate made)
MC
12. ただ流るるままに (Tada nagaruru mama ni)
13. 想い出はゆびきりの記憶へ (Omoide wa yubikiri no kioku e)
MC
14. Drive on dragoon
15. GRAVITY ERROR
Encore
16. ignited-イグナイテッド-(TM Revolution cover)
MC
17. 真実への鎮魂歌 (Shinjitsu e no Requiem)
MC
18. ORANGE
19. Lunatic Tears…

Last live and last report of the year!!
I want to make a summary post but I’ve been spending the past 2 days in Disneyland with my family.. all the while queuing while thinking about winter Comiket lol. ;__; Let’s see if I can write it today before going for Kohaku (supporting from outside the hall :3).

Anyway, back to AniDori. It was a solid live!

Before the live… Ura-theme Yukarin ramen!
I arrived at 6am with overnight bus… Niigata had nothing! I walked 30 mins around the station and couldn’t find any net cafe. Meeting my friends around noon to eat Yukarin ramen in Ittouya!!

Yukarin had one during her SCS tour in Niigata! It was delicious for the rather cheap price… that pork slice was huuuge. ^__^ I saw so many Anidori people eating this ramen too lolol.

Entrance.
Very spacey hall, but only 70% used for the concert. About 35 rows to the back, and 100 seats per row. All center block was Girls’ Area, more than 600 girls!! And more girls scattering in general seats too.. maybe about 30% were girls? Obviously thanks to GRANRODEO, though I did see many girls in JAM shirts and a few in Faylan’s (including me lol). Oh, my seat was 1st pre-order lottery for Girls’ Area, so awesomely row 4, in the center!!

As usual for pics, Faylan snapped plenty~!

1. JAM Project x GRANRODEO / SOULTAKER
Too busy jumping I didn’t remember what exactly they wore, but everyone were in black. xD Anidori spoiled collaboration plans beforehand, but didn’t make it any less awesome. Kishow’s voice blend in well with JAM, hot start!

Hashimoto Miyuki (site)

2. Glossy:MMM
3. 未来回帰線 (Mirai Kaikisen)
4. Faze to love

First time seeing Miyuki-chan.. Santa Miyuki too damn cute! I like some of her songs though her good songs are for (ero)ge not animu, so maybe not so well-known internationally? Mirai Kaikisen is <333 Her MC was rather plain tho. ^^;

5. Hashimoto Miyuki x Faylan / 微熱S.O.S!! (Binetsu S.O.S!!)
Feinyan joined in! She wore her pink 1st costume in Polaris live.. leeegs <333 Binetsu is a Miyuki-chan song I like, though I hated the anime it came from (pseudo-IM@S). They’re cute together in MC, though it was more like Feinyan being too rabu-rabu to Miyuki-chan. Oy oy. xD

Faylan

6. Last vision for last
7. 本能のDOUBT (Honnou no DOUBT)
8. mind As Judgement

Basically LisAni setlist (and just 4 days before) so while I totally went crazy, there’s nothing new to write here lol. I noticed fangirls were like, “who?” though I heard “Ero-kakkoii~~~” and “She’s good” murmurs. :3

Yousei Teikoku

9. 鮮血の誓い (Senketsu no Chikai)
10. ザ・クリエーター (The Creator)
11. Baptize
12. Patriot Anthem

Glad I could meet Yui-sama again this year, since she missed Anisama and I missed their solo in September. SOOO happy for MagiPoka OP!! That’s how I discovered them 3-4 years(?) ago! Baptize was damn cool too.

As usual AWSM MC with repeat self-plug of their new album and Yui-sama being herself (in fairy chara). ^^;; She taught us to do Patriot Anthem call: “WE ARE MARTYR. WE ARE BELIEVER. AND WE JUST BELIEVE THE FAIRY.” .. It’s long and hard and especially in English so people were a bit confused.. in the middle of practicing Yui-sama gave up, “Whatever let’s just do half.” ^^;;; But the real thing was great! We did metal hand sign too \m/ I believe the fairy!!

Shiina Hekiru

13. Reincarnation
14. FIGHTING BOY
15. Let me Say YEAH!!!!

First time seeing Hekiru.. I understand why she was the first seiyuu to get Budokan (3 years before Nana!) though strangely rather inactive in the past 3-4 years. No idea about the songs, but powerful voice and stable live performance.. also cute/airhead MC (“Ah. So many girls. You know what, I like girls.” lolwut? xD) and definitely way too cute to be 36. Given more songs I might fall for her :3

BREAK surprisingly 30 mins.. I was expecting 10 lol, besides it was only after 15 songs, not even 2 hours.. but totally understandable after seeing how long the girl’s toilet queue was.. O_o;;

Misato Aki

16. 君が空だった (Kimi ga Sora Datta)
17. 最後のエデン (Saigo no Eden)
18. 僕らの自由 (Bokura no Jiyuu)

I was expecting StoPani, but yuri song fulfilled with KimiSora (ShizNat!!). I like Aki-chan’s husky singing voice, so even I didn’t know her newer Saigo no Eden (no idea MuvLuv is still ongoing lol), I enjoyed it.  Also <3 the SuperRobotWars-ish Bokura no Jiyuu too.

GRANRODEO

19. HEAVEN

….totally distracted with 2 fangirls in santa one-piece in front of me doing crazy headbanging. ^^;;;; As expected of the girls, but GRANRODEO has plenty fanboys too. Well, they’re pretty cool with real ani-rock songs.

20. GRANRODEO x Misato Aki / シャニムニ (Shanimuni)～Scarlet Bomb!
Surprise!! Aki-chan joined in after the first verse of Shanimuni. Both are the same song with different lyrics (Scarlet Bomb! is the original NEEDLESS song, then GRANRODEO covered/altered it). Both artists probably did their own lyrics? though I don’t memorize it. ^^; Loved the duet!

21. Infinite Love
22. modern strange cowboy
23. ROSE HIP-BULLET

Back to GRANRODEO solo, they performed all these in Anisama so I could totally enjoy them, especially MS Cowboy! <33 Okay to be honest I bought their albums lol ssshh. xD I didn’t do KII♥YAAAAAA♥N shouts though, believe me! The santa fangirls were still on crack btw.

JAM Project

24. MAXON
25. TRANSFORMERS EVO.
26. レスキューファイアー (Rescue Fire)
27. GONG～SKILL

Everyone in black (pics@blog Makkun, Endoh, Dani). Epic songs one after another.. towel song TRANSFORMERS, my personal fave Rescue Fire too! It was 2 degree cold rainstorm outside the hall, but everyone inside was only raining sweat… too hot! Looooved GONG karaoke (I didn’t realize I memorized it xD) before breaking into THE only way to end a JAM solo… I CAN FRY! HEY! WE CAN FRY! HEY! MOTTO MOTTO!!! ヾ(*≧∀≦*)ﾉ

ENCORE～FINAL MC.
Everyone wore live shirts (JAM in black, girls in white) except Yui-sama who’s still in her full costume.. probably too hard with that gothic get-up? ^^;; Santa Miyuki’s santa-cape moved to Hekiru now. xD Each artists gave a short message, ending with Kageyama thanking us for coming, summarizing how this Christmas eve eve was a success! And promising a successor next year…. XD

28. All Artists / HERO
There’s no Anidori-special song, but didn’t stop them to perform an encore song together with JAM Project’s cheerful HERO! Now I see why some artists were holding papers.. lyrics. ^^; Really funny to see Yui-sama trying to keep her cool fairy image while singing a JAM song. Ending the live with a very good, relaxed feeling! ( ´∀｀ ) Everyone spent some time waving goodbye to fans too.

Impressions.
Can’t help not comparing Anidori with Lisani… for me personally, Anidori definitely won: 3 collaborations out of 7 artists, final MC with final song performed by all artists, a very get-together feel. Maybe unfair to compare them with JAM’s involvement in Anidori. ^^; Shows how different it is when artists produce the event (Anidori) vs. companies (Lisani).

In terms of fans, I realized it’s unavoidable to have fans coming only for certain artists in this kind of event… so there will be non-supporters just spacing out. Though being out-of-nowhere they couldn’t run away in the middle of the live. ^^; I thought most fangirls will only cheer for GRANRODEO, but they showed decent support to everyone.

The only drawback was location.. Niigata isn’t too far but if Anidori gets bigger they might have problems. Hard to think they’ll move since it’s obviously Niigata city tourism plan. Well they haven’t fully utilize this hall yet (max capacity 6000) so it’s too soon to worry.

Great end to 2010. Looking forward to Anidori 2nd ACTION!

Towel, memorial books, and real autograph from CD booth!

I’m not sure how famous Hiromi-nee is in international world, but those with interest, please read this! ^.^ This was the most inspiring and satisfying live I’ve attended in a while, and that’s saying something since this is just a week after Nana’s event and I go to a lot of things. ^^; Hiromi-nee is now officially one of the only 2 artists I really respect! (the other being Makkun lol)

It was a celebration live for her 10th career anniversary and 40th birthday (10 Dec). I decided to go after seeing her live in Girls’ Night and realized I knew more songs than I thought. ^^; I immediately bought her 2 best albums Ever Green and Sky Blue, which I should have bought earlier to get the limited bonus DVD of Aozora PV (obviously gone within short time).

Anyway to the live! View photos here. Check out linked artist’s blogs too for their pics :3 They got along too well.. so many pics!

Entrance.
Being a free-standing live, I chose to be in Girls’ Area though I could have gotten a pretty good spot with entrance order 190. Turns out to be a good decision; it’s a bit more elevated so I had a really good center view all time, and got to know a great person! A cute, short girl who suddenly complimented my custom penlights lol and we talked for a while. Super-hardcore fan for 10 years (!!!), now married with 2 kids but left them (she lives outside Tokyo) to attend this ^^; Her name is also Hiromi! xD

The hall was actually full, considering she “begged” people to buy the remaining 300 tickets a few days before. Not damn-full-I-can’t-move ala Faylan, but nicely full.

OPENING.. 2 big screens on both sides showed montage photos titled Hiromi’s History!! with nice BGM by Elements Garden and narrated by seiyuu Ogata Megumi!

Hiromi’s History 2000-2003
1. シールド (Shield)
2. みずいろ (Mizuiro)
3. Guri Guri
MC
4. Second Flight (feat. Kotoko)

History on the start of her career, how she was worried for debuting in game-song world at 30-yo. Shield was a rather slow song to start a live, but it’s her first debut song! Mizuiro had everyone waved blue lights!! I noticed the big group in center-front were surely hardcore fans for years–they were hugging shoulders while swaying ^^; But even VIP guests in 2F also waved blue sticks!! Hiromi-nee thanked us for the blue sea, and showed first sign of almost crying. I loved being in this atmosphere already :3

…then Guri Guri bang!! Prepared green lights just for this! It’s probably the song that got me to know her (GreenGreen sucked tho). Hey boy! Hey girl! was a hella fun! xD Hiromi-nee thanked us again for the greens. ^_^

Hiromi-nee recognized a fangirl from the center-front group! I couldn’t believe it, an idol actually remembering a fan she met in events etc to her name?! And greeted her in MC?! XD

KOTOKO joined MC. Their duet was in 2003 but they seem to get along really well even after; calling each other Kotoko-chan and Hiromin and hugging while singing. ^^; Onegai Twins OP Second Flight was more I’ve-ish style with techno influence, great song. Apparently the last time they sang it was 5 years ago in Budokan (Hiromi-nee wore the same costume!).. so this was a rare performance! Next time in 5 years? lol.

Also noticed that band members are all-female, including the ultra-cool drummer in AnisamaGN!! Kyaaa~~<33 Also onee-san guitarist with glasses.. hnnng. xD And that there’s no camera around.. must treasure the moments!

Hiromi’s History 2004-2005
5. Angelic Symphony
6. 暁ノ空ヲ翔ル (Akatsuki no Sora o Kakeru)
7. ZERO
MC
8. 時代の無双花 (Toki no Musoubana)

History how she met Elements Garden composers and started to work closely with them… and oh, apparently EG leader Agematsu was amongst the hardcore center-front group cheering as a fan! WTH ^^;;;;

Hiromi-nee changed to white goddess dress, befitting Agematsu-composed song Angelic Symphony kitaaaaaa!!! Made me wanted to watch Galaxy Angel again~ :3 Next Akatsuki and ZERO, starting to get hot with PPPH.. I noticed that Hiromi-chan (the fan) did headbanging while holding handrail… sasuga. ^^;;;

Recognized another fan during MC, a fanboy of 10 years. :3

Faylan joined MC. Black get-up in contrast to Hiromi-nee’s for their first duet ever!! Hiromi-nee said that Toki no Musoubana‘s lyrics is really about Faylan. I was hoping for Campanella but this does suit them better. Their bond is way stronger than mere agency boss and signed artist.. Faylan is continuing Hiromi-nee’s dream as an anison singer! Hiromi-nee wants Faylan to bloom like a peerless flower (musoubana), and Faylan often says she believes there’s no other shachou in this world as nice and emphatic as Hiromi-nee.. (*´∀`*) Their singing style is so different but they have similar personality and warmth (= cry everywhere? xD).

Hiromi’s History 2006-2007
9. Cause your love～白いmelody～ (Amai)
10. Venus Dream
11. GoAHEAD
MC
12. Flower

History mostly her decision and struggles to form her own company. Re-entered stage wearing a cute white mini-dress for another Galaxy Angel Cause your love oh so sweet. Venus Dream was too cute! Goes a bit more up-tempo with GoAHEAD.. nice lyrics!

Okui Masami joined MC. Another contrast look with black mini-dress, though it somehow matches Hiromi-nee’s white mini-dress… which was apparently a gift from Makkun. Now now I see what you did there! xD Both of them have a lot of similarities, as strong women working behind and in-scene of anison world.. both head their own companies while still active as a singer. AnisamaGN was all thanks to their izakaya nights too lol. m(_ _m) Though 2 years older with longer career, there’s a bit of senpai/kouhai thing here, they call each other “Masami-san” and “Hiromi-chan”.. soeur relationship? lolol.

During MC, Hiromi-nee called for Girls’ Area!! Finally!! Hiromi-chan(fan) shouted enthusiastically and Hiromi-nee recognized her!! Even knew she has kids etc since Hiromi-chan sends lots of letters lololol too awesome! xD

Their duet was Makkun’s song Flower because Hiromi-nee personally loves the song, especially the lyrics. It’s a really beautiful, inspiring song to keep on trying our bests and support each other even at the worst times. Both of them were crying while singing in the middle of the song. I’m only half their ages so I can’t imagine what they’ve been through, but I shed a bit of tears too.. I’m not shy to admit it since some big adult guys totally wailed, and everyone in girls area.. even Faylan in backstage (via blog) ^^;;; At the end, Hiromi-nee and Makkun held hands to backstage..

Hiromi’s History 2007-2009
13. REVOLUTION－超革命－(Chou-kakumei)
14. 生きる (Ikiru)
15. MUSIC
MC
16. 祝福のカンパネラ (Shukufuku no Campanella)

History revealed more of her works as Hiromi-shachou, mostly about Faylan if you ask me. ^^; Then suddenly hot hot REVOLUTION!! But the next song was the most emotional, breathtaking performance of the day: Ikiru (“Living”), really reflecting Hiromi-nee’s struggles to achieve her dream no matter what happens. Wailing fans pt 2. The CD version is nothing compared to this.. everyone stood in awe. Another Hiromi-song MUSIC was happier, but I was still affected with Ikiru. ^^;

Ishida Yoko joined MC, really lifting the mood up with the best MC jokes ever. ^^;; Yoko said she’s just there to replace NANA (not Mizuki but a regular Elements Garden singer too) who couldn’t come for some reasons. Yoko’s picked because they have similar voice LOL (they do actually), and everyone laughed everytime she ended every sentence with “…as NANA said.” in a really funny way lololol. Campanella is my favorite Hiromi-nee song so I went all out!! Cooool. XD

After Yoko left stage, Hiromi-nee announced the last 2 songs would be new songs out this year!! Fans rejoice but I was like, crap I wouldn’t know those! ^^;;

17. 夏のファンタジア (Natsu no Fantasia)
18. Believe forever

Natsu no Fantasia was good though it was my first time hearing it, need to find the CD!! Then Believe forever… oooh wait I know that! From Elements Garden 3rd album! Nice upbeat songs to end the main setlist. :3

ENCORE
Hiromi’s History Next Stage
19. 青空 (Aozora)
MC
20. EVER
MC
21. ラブレター (Love Letter)
ENDING

History on her future dreams! This time that dream has me as a loyal supporter :3

Now wearing live shirt, Hiromi-nee performed Aozora with an acoustic guitar! Aozora got me wanting to attend this live when I first heard it, but there were too many things going on then. ^^; Laid-back tune with lots of friendship love, everyone sang along! Her guitar skill isn’t perfect, but that’s because she just started learning a year ago. One of Hiromi-nee’s dream is to be able to sing anywhere just by bringing one guitar. Coool~!

EVER was the slow ending song.. but the best part was yet to come. Last MC, all 4 guests ran bringing flowers and hug her!! Hiromi-nee cried again.. ^^; Final talk (teasing?) with each guests one-by-one, everyone seemed to get along really well. :3 Hiromi-nee called backstage staffs including Lantis producer Saito-P to join the stage.. also Agematsu got pulled up stage from audience seat xD (omg he looked like a giant compared to the girls).

Everyone’s up for the final Love Letter!! BEST CALL EVER, though I didn’t know before I could follow-up easily :3 Tho call-sheet was included in freebies bag, I didn’t know. ^^;

HIROMI HIROMI LOVE LETTER HIROMI HIROMI I LOVE YOU!! xD

No it hasn’t ended… out of nowhere about TWENTY people running to Hiromi-nee on stage, showering her with flowers and hugs… SURPRISE!! Mostly artists in Aozora PV who were sitting in VIP floor, and extra “surprises” like Ogata Megumi who told Hiromi-nee personally she couldn’t attend. I noticed yozuca*, milktub’s bamboo, all Elements Garden members, etc… Hiromi-nee REALLY broke into tears this time, understandably. Even I felt really touched too, for someone to be loved this much.. feels nice just by watching!

Impressions
I wouldn’t lie that a part of me wanted to come for Faylan, but I totally forgot that intention even when she was on stage, and really appreciated Hiromi-nee as the sole star of the night. I love how she puts all her emotion into her songs. Her life struggles and journey were really inspiring too, how she keep fighting for her dreams. And the final surprise was simply the best!! Won’t happen twice for any other artist!

Also appreciate how I was TOTALLY enjoying it, though it was my first Hiromi-nee live, and that almost everyone there were pros. Thanks to Hiromi-chan(fan) too! I’m still amazed at how she remembers her fans’ faces and names… I can’t even remember my highschool classmates @_@ *bows*

After attending this, I realize that I’m not only expecting songs in anisong live, but more importantly the atmosphere and some meaning into it. Not many lives can have a lasting impact even after it ended.. especially for those who attend too many crap. ^^; Hiromi-nee’s Birth live definitely excelled in all aspects! Priceless experience!! I went home with my heart filled with this warm and fuzzy feeling~ :3 Until next time!

Continuation from DAY stage, NIGHT Stage started 6.30pm until 10pm. I gathered with a lot of Minorin fans, so not sure if they reopened the hall entrance on time, but everyone managed to get in pretty quickly.

Pamphlet and confetti from NIGHT Stage, orange print!

Overall LisAni thoughts down there so this post gets a bit long.

This time my seat was around row 18 on right-hand side, which actually didn’t have that much difference from the first one, both felt a bit far from stage and dang even further from side-stage now. ^^; Oh well.

OPENING, exactly the same video just different artist list.

Girls Dead Monster starring LiSA (blog)

1. Crow Song
2. Shine Days
3. Day Game
4. Little Braver

GirlDemo was top batter again, but this time Crow Song goes first! 2 song changes, I love Little Braver! Unlike DAY, LiSA didn’t teach us Day Game calls but well big part of the audience are the same DAY people anyway. Even more audience interaction during songs.

Talk Corner, Repeat talk of GirlDemo Last Live, but the breaking up part was more emotional, since LisAni NIGHT was really the 2nd last stage for GirlDemo. LiSA shed a bit of tears.. Aww that’s sad, I almost considered to go ^^; but I’ve heard everything I wanted from them. xD

Kurosaki Maon (blog)

5. Magic∞world
6. ANSWER
7. 君と太陽が死んだ日 (Kimi to Taiyou ga Shinda Hi)
8. The Eternal Song

I noticed 2 of her 4 dancers performed in fripSide Festival! The real dancers not the cosplayers. ^^; Tho it means they’re related to DearStage too. Maon’s singing was stable and energetic, loved Magic∞world! She has pretty good crowd control in MC too, as expected from DS graduate. ^^ HotD ED are pretty good too, first and last ED respectively, though I listened to the album once and pretty sure there were better songs in the middle.

Maon is on left-most with furs.
Talk Corner. Mentioned how Maon had her Akiba dream came true since she worked in DearStage before getting a major debut. Her 50Q survey answers reveal her otaku-self! Like.. Q: “Which country do you want to go?” A: “Yukari Kingdom.” LOLOL fellow citizen!! She received loud cheers and waves of pink lights for this, which somehow turned into Melon corner! She did “Maooooon” lololol interesting girl. ^^
-Promoted new Index ED out next year.

Takagaki Ayahi (blog)

9. 光のフィルメント (Hikari no Filament)
10. 君がいる場所 (Kimi ga Iru Basho)
11. キグルミ惑星 Live Ver. (Kigurumi Wakusei)
12. You Raise Me Up

Much better singer than I had expected. Her 2 singles were good, especially Kimi Iru (Elements Garden’s song?). MC was kinda aimless, is she a doji-chara? ^^; She informed us that she’s a seiyuu in case some didn’t know, then went on explaining what the word “seiyuu” means to 5000 anime fans.. Oy. Then what a “character song” meant blabla, before shocking non-fans with live extended version of Kigurumi!! I didn’t watch Hanamaru so I had no idea about this hilarious loli-opera!! You Raise Me Up was okay, tho she could fix some pronunciation.. glad almost nobody waved pink (her Sphere color) in this song.

Talk Corner, Yoshida praised Ayahi too much it got rather lolwut to listen to (“Have a solo opera live overseas” etc) though “Nobody else can sing Kigurumi” part sounds about right. ^^;
-Ayahi was sooo short I couldn’t see anything so I sat down and watched the screen.

Kalafina

13. adore
14. 輝く空の静寂には (Kagayaku Sora no Shijima ni ha)
15. 光の旋律 (Hikari no Senritsu)
16. sprinter
17. Magia

One word: flawless. m(_ _m) Extra song instead of another secret guest thankfully. 2 songs altered more to my liking actually, I looove Kagayaku Sora!!! And finally the new song out next year Magia live! Surprisingly pretty up-tempo and fun. Keiko used this chance to take advantage dance closely with Wakana then moving to Hikaru~ (´∀｀∩) Costume change to pic below. ↓

Interesting Talk Corner related to pamphlet survey again. Question was “Lately, your most embarrassing moment is….”
Hikaru “often almost trip while walking even if there’s nothing”.. ^^;;
Wakana was shopping by herself, found really cute clothes and wanted to buy it though it looked kinda small… brought it to cashier who whispered to her, “Miss, that’s for kids…” LOLOL so Wakana was just “Ah is that so? I see, I see..” as she quickly ran out of the shop. ^^;; Keiko laughed until she squatted down. ^^;

Keiko “can’t think of any…” which got the other 2 members burst into laughing. ^^;; Yoshida said Keiko does seem like the most get-together person (lol), but Hikaru and Wakana quickly said “But she’s very amusing!” and was asked to give examples. Hikaru said Keiko likes to walk jumpily to them with a bright smile with no reason LOL I think Hikaru’s attempt to copy Keiko doing that was more hilarious. ^^;; Then Wakana added some more details until Keiko (now red-faced) cut them with shouting 「終ー了！！」ヽ(￣Д￣)/ (End of taaalk!!). Uhm did we just witness Keiko’s latest embarrassing moment? xD

Never knew Kalafina girls are so interesting! I’m sold. :3

PS. I’m happy that they let Kalafina sing an extra song, but secret guest in DAY and none in NIGHT? lol sounds even more dodgy now.. (see conspiracy theory in DAY report XD)

Chihara Minori

18. Tomorrow’s chance
19. Final Moratorium
20. 優しい忘却 (Yasashii Boukyaku)
21. Paradise Lost

Totally awesome of course, I jumped only with adrenaline (and UO for TomoChan and green-powered FaiMora!). Promoted Haruhi movie BD/DVD that was out 12/18 before Boukyaku. Glad to see many white lights for Yuki-chan! Follows right-away with everyone’s favorite ParaLost!

Like Kawada Mami in DAY, Yoshida joined Minorin on stage for a Talk Corner (shorter again, since the previous artist talk dragged on), promoting new singles next year, then pumping audience for the new song that was just recorded last week! Yay live version! Btw Makkun wrote the lyrics.

22. Defection
23. Sunshine flower

Defection started with English techno-ramblings, before breaking into some strings then fast-paced Kikuta-style (Radio ver here).
-Final MC, she said that the final song would be a song specially made for lives, so she wanted us to enjoy it together.. uh didn’t bring yellow stick. It’s really SunFlo! Jumping around in this freezing December as if it was summer! Expected nothing less from sunny girl (晴れ女) :3

Ending also had similar video like DAY, listing all performers and band members. “See you next!”.

..

Thoughts.
Okay it was a solid anisong live, but I’m not sure what they’re trying to achieve.. a winter counterpart of Animelo Summer? If so, their real problem was no sense of unison. No duets at all made me feel a bit cheated lol. I did sorta guess since the line-up seems pretty hard to mix-match, but not impossible!

They gathered more variations of artists.. which just resulted in many fans only coming for specific person(s) with little to no interest in others. Not necessarily bad, but some people just have no respect, like those going home after certain artist, or sitting down until certain artist.. :-/ Pretty sad fangirl ratio too, though a bit more in NIGHT (Minorin?), but well the line-up did scream “Angel Beats, Index, Sphere” .. ^^;

Long (20 mins?) talk corner in between each performer made it felt like a few separate lives put together (each artist even brought their own band). Could cut them a bit for, say, final greetings at the end? Closing with a video was rather cold even for winter, especially for an anison live! Big names gathering but no interaction with each other at all? Gives the impression they signed up, rehearsed separately, come to sing and talk with Yoshida, then go home? Not even a photo together in blogs (total opposite of this LOL), did they even talk with each other in backstage? ^^; Who knows?

Oh well, in the end of the day, it was great (can’t go wrong with most artists) with plenty high moments (for each artist separately lol). I saw some big recording cameras so this might get a release or at least footage..

Hoping for a better LisAni in 2011!

Sorry for certain people who’s waiting I planned to finish this yesterday morning in Niigata but couldn’t find any internet cafe around the station though I walked more than 30 mins before giving up >_>

Anyways, DAY Stage started at 1.30pm until 5pm! I was only planning to attend NIGHT but they added Faylan on the last minute… so yeah both stages it is. ^^;

The pamphlet and confetti from DAY Stage, blue print!

Kokusai Forum is famous for being a crappy hall for the big distance between audience seats and the narrow stage. Glad mine was pretty good since they omitted the first 3 rows for stage-extension/cameras, making it about row 6~7 I think. And right in the center! But still have the “far” feeling. Can’t imagine those in row 40.. I’d rather be in 2F. ^^;

OPENING with a countdown video and listing all artists. Then they proceeded to show who goes first.. yep spoilers on screen before performance.. uh.

Girls Dead Monster starring LiSA (blog)

1. Thousand Enemies
2. Alchemy
3. Day Game
4. Crow Song

I like them from Angel Beats influence, but after Anisama I do appreciate their live! Especially LiSA, very energetic and always try to interact with fans as much as possible. She taught us Day Game calls (1-2-3-4 and wow~oh~oh).. then of course Crow Song sing-along! She has an adorable smile. :3

Talk Corner
On left-side of the hall (about row 7~15), there’s a mini-stage. Yoshida Hisanori (All Night Nippon radio announcer) hosts a mini talk corner with each artist after performance. Mostly trying to sell the pamphlet if you ask me. xD Interview shown on half of the screen too (or most of us wouldn’t be able to see it), with the other half showing photos (pamphlet shots, CD covers, etc).

-LiSA’s talk was mainly about GirlDemo’s Last Live on Dec 27 before breaking up.
-Yoshida praised how LiSA has good interaction with fans on stage, and LiSA said that’s because she thinks of a live as a “date” with fans. Cuuuute!

Faylan (blog)

5. Last vision for last
6. 本能のDOUBT (Honnou no DOUBT)
7. SERIOUS-AGE
8. mind as Judgement

My main target of LisAni DAY. Powerful show as always, she rocked all her songs and definitely shot up the hall temperature! I think you’re tired of me going gaga over how M I became everytime I see Honnou no DOUBT live.. sorry but it IS a whip! ^^; Non-stop jumping in all 4 songs!

Talk Corner, first thing Yoshida said was how the whip actually suits Faylan a lot. xD
-Faylan’s staff suggested a special event using whip… instead of a handshake event, let’s make a whipping event!! ^^;; Yoshida said it sounds like a totally “different” event with fans coming up to say “Please hit me!” LOLOL hey I want that! xD
-Promoted new single out January, with some shots of her first PV ever. Goddess!

Kalafina (blog)

9. Adore
10. 光の旋律 (Hikari no Senritsu)
11. Lacrimosa
12. sprinter

In normal Kalafina or Fiction Junction lives, penlights are banned, so I appreciated that and didn’t use any. No pics on their blog of the DAY costume, but it was Red Moon’s costume. Not my first time seeing Kalafina live but boy they’re really captivating. I felt like in a dreamy other world (well they do speak Kajiura language) and before you knew it 4 songs were over. >_<

Talk Corner, Yoshida praised how amazing their vocal and harmony are, which is why he was speechless after reading the 50Q survey answers in pamphlet… pro-comedians. ^^;; He took the pamphlet and read a question “Who would you like to meet the most?” and the girls’ answers were:
Wakana: “Miyazaki Hayao, I love his work.”
Keiko: “Shoujo Jidai. I want to see their legs.” LOLOLOL she got a point!
Hikaru: “My past-self.” ^^;;;;; Hikaru lives in her own dimension, srsly.
Impressive way to sell the pamphlet or for me to actually read it since I bought it for the original photoshoots. xD

[Secret Guest] 9Nine (site)

13. Cross Over

Out of nowhere we got a secret guest (not listed in website).. which I failed to recognize until I heard the song.. ah the Star Driver thing. ^^; Very average idol song and I’m pretty sure they were lipsynching to do the PV dance. It didn’t help that they performed right after Kalafina and only 1/5 is cute (the one looking like grade-schooler). Kiraboshi☆

This might be rude but I couldn’t shrug it off as a mere “new idol promotion” since they’re not new.. and lol “secret guest”? ^^; Discussed with some friends how this could be a conspiracy? Using them to bridge Kalafina and the upcoming artist so she doesn’t sound too bad. Since all 3 are under Sony Though it’s completely unnecessary since I believe Toma had the most fans coming only for her. I see quite a number of people went home right after Tomatsu’s part. :-/

Tomatsu Haruka (blog)

14. Baby Baby Love
15. Girls, Be Ambitious.
16. 七色みちしるべ (Nanairo Michishirube)
17. motto☆派手にね！ (Motto Hade ni ne!)

Kannagi OP nice! Tomatsu’s really cute! I didn’t know the first 3 songs but I was thinking it had a nice tune before realizing how creepy it is for this playful tempo get full-blown UO cheers. ^^; I know her Sphere color is orange, but there’s normal orange too. No comment on her singing… but she’s cute! *runs* xD

Talk Corner, something about Raw-meat Club she established for those who loves eating raw meats obviously. But nobody wanted to join, well except Kotobuki Minako. ^^; Oh she also did Kiraboshi☆ cuter than all 9nine girls combined. :3

Kawada Mami (blog)

18. No buts!
19. Prophecy
20. triangle
21. masterpiece

My first time seeing Mami live! I don’t really follow her latest works but I totally enjoyed all of them.  She has a good presence on stage, rather fierce though her voice is cute and the song is techno, but I guess that’s I’ve Sound style?

Talk Corner wasn’t in side-stage anymore, Yoshida joined Mami on real stage! Pretty short talk since they’re running out of time, but good stuff. Apparently Mami reads every single short-novel of the original work before writing the song lyrics for anime. Respect+1.

22. 緋色の空 (Hishoku no Sora)
23. JOINT

Two songs I wanted to hear the most from Mami!! Really glad they made it to the setlist. Confetti (top pic) exploded during JOINT. Awesome!

Ending was a video listing all artists and each band members… ended with a text saying “See you next!” and the light’s back on.. leaving most of us confused. Okay so the last extra 2 songs were the encore? ^^;; Oh well.

Continue to NIGHT stage and overall impressions.

5 December 2010 @Shinagawa Stellar Ball.

Technically fripSide’s first one-man live, but since it was too close to their 1st album release (1 Dec), they didn’t have time to practice all songs, and not like they have enough for a solo.. It ended up a fripSide “Festival” with guest performers and DJ mixes.

I was darn tired since it’s 1 day after this and that.. ^^; only arrived 15 minutes before entrance. No interest in goods. Oh, I luckily got a God-ticket: first row right in the center lololol.

Photos in Nanjolno’s blog.

I was waiting with high expecting, being in first row and really digging fripSide’s songs… then we suddenly heard “Looking the…” echoes which got everyone really pumped up! Curtain drops and we got a bunch of masked guys singing only my railgun. ^^;;;;; Nagareda-P is actually pretty good and spot on, being produced by Sat himself, but most people were expecting to see Nanjolno (including me) so I could see some disappointed or “crap my precious UO” face. Followed by instrumental remix of only my railgun with DJ shiny (really skinny and tall dude) and fripSide’s Sat. Felt like in a trance/pop club! Loved it!

And finally Nanjolno!! Starting with newest single future gazer from Railgun OVA!! Complete with 2 dancers cosplaying Mikoto and Kuroko! I actually noticed them immediately lol from Dear Stage. They only performed for Railgun songs though, in other songs we got 2 “real”, sexier dancers (like 30s lol but danced much better).

Wearing red/orange checkered one-piece, Nanjolno is daaaaamn cute as a button but her real-life presence was more calm and composed. Totally my type! (eh? xD) After late in autumn, in MC she asked “Who bought the album?” (everyone shouted) and “Who bought MonHan?” ^^;;; Apparently she tried really hard to hold herself not to buy it to focus on fripSide live, though she was dying to play it. Poor thing. xD Then meditations was special since Nanjolno penned the lyrics. Then she left stage.

IKU entered stage with simple white one-piece. Honestly I didn’t know how she looked like before.. so short and cute!! xD Index OP1 Rimless~Fuchinashi no Sekai~ and Hayate no Gotoku! ED Konome Kaze were good in a polished singer way. In MC, IKU told us that the first time she met Nanjolno in Dengeki Music Fes, she really wanted to be Nanjolno’s friend LOL…..wait, so writing lyrics for fripSide was just a camouflage? （ノ∀｀）b Respect! Then Nanjolno joined IKU for slow Kanashii Seiza duet (lyrics by IKU). Masterplan worked!

After IKU left, Nanjolno followed with album lead song everlasting (really good!!) and memory of snow. Oh, Nanjolno wore the album cover costume btw.. kinda reminds me of Lady Gaga just about 10 million times cuter. xD Hilarious MC when people shouted “Kawaiiiii~” and Nanjolno wasn’t sure the shouts were directed to her or Sat, so she asked “Who’s cuter, me or Sat?” but everyone shouted “SAAAAAT!!” which got Nanjolno orz ahahaha.

Next was … ELISA! HOLYFFF–HER DRESS!!@4!#!!! Now I’m glad I got first row…. Sadly she didn’t tweet any pic, but it was a long white dress with EXTREMELY low-cut “there” it made me felt guilty for staring…. xD It’s been a while for ebullient future (Anisama 09?) but I couldn’t listen properly.. totally forgot how Heaven’s Sky sounded like. Railgun OVA ED Special One had sudden tempo change lol but the real treat was Real Force!!

MC as usual full of narcissism. She asked if we would be her Santa Claus for her Xmas wish of getting 10k follower! About few hundreds to go.. and (un?)surprisingly within 2 days she did it. ^^; And of course ELISA Call.. that day’s special call was “Ore no Yome!!” (My bride!!) lol I couldn’t bring myself to shout it tho.

Next up.. we heard KOTOKO’s Re-sublimity streamed and filled with seeds of hope before Nagareda-P masked boys re-appeared to crush them again ^^;;; You see, they’re pretty good, just bad timing! Anison covers starting with Kawada Mami’s JOINT to Hirano Aya’s Super Driver (kya~) and ended with supercell’s Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari. Apparently all covered in their album. After they left, cooling(?) down time with another trance/pop Sat vs Shiny remix of LEVEL 5-judgelight-!

Nanjolno re-appeared with her gothic shota outfit she wore in Anisama this year (kyaaaaa!!) for trusty snow. During MC, Nanjolno asked if ELISA always does “that call” in her lives.. Nanjolno wanted to try too but she doesn’t know what to shout: “Definitely not Ore no Yome…. what, Aijin? (lover/mistress) No no, my relatives are here today lol…. Ah! Sawashiro Miyuki once called me a yousei (fairy)… so マジフェアリー? (Really Fairy!)” and so we did! Somehow Nanjolno call didn’t give narcissistic feel like ELISA. ^^;;

Nanjolno asked us to prepare UO for the last 2 songs in main setlist.. fortissimo -the ultimate crisis- and God finally LEVEL5 -judgelight-!!!! Mikoto/Kuroko dancers are back too! Everyone went really crazy!

Too tired to shout for ENCORE. Not long Nanjolno’s back in orange live shirt, Sat in black live jumper. closest love had really fun calls! In MC, Nanjolno said it’s her first time to sing this much by herself in a live.. and that she wanted us to sing together for the obvious final song.. long-awaited only my railgun!! This song always stays in top 3 of any anime karaoke ranking so everyone memorized the lyrics including me. ^^;; We sang a part of the chorus / everytime Nanjolno pointed her mike to us.

Lastly, all guest performers gave their short message / last greetings. Band members joined in for last banzai then everyone left except our 2 fripSide members. Sat threw some frisbee-looking thing with all artists’ signature. It was pretty big so many people caught it at once and scrambled.. scary shit. ^^; Final MC.. to everyone’s surprise Sat cried on his final MC (Nanjolno didn’t…) but indeed the success was mostly for producing the live! Good job!

Impressions.
Nanjolno’s too cute!! Sat’s pretty damn cool too! But with half of the setlist were guest performances, it wasn’t really fripSide solo live…. Overall nothing really mind-blowing (besides the obvious 2 songs), but it was really enjoyable. I know that fripSide songs sound rather similar to each other, but still loop-able material! Too bad they didn’t sing 4 songs from the album, I really wanted to hear lost answer. I’ll definitely go again next time!

Setlist. Marked blue are guest’s performances.

1. Nagareda-P / only my railgun
2. (DJ Play) only my railgun [sat vs shiny RMX]
3. future gazer
4. late in autumn
5. meditations
6. IKU / Rimless～フチナシノセカイ～ (Fuchinashi no Sekai)
7. IKU / 木の芽風 (Konome Kaze)
8. fripSide + IKU / 悲しい星座 (Kanashii Seiza)
9. everlasting
10. memory of snow
11. ELISA / ebullient future
12. ELISA / Heaven’s Sky
13. ELISA / Special One
14. ELISA / real force
15. Nagareda-P / JOINT
16. Nagareda-P / SUPER DRIVER
17. Nagareda-P / 君の知らない物語 (Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari)
18. (DJ Play) LEVEL5 -judgelight- [sat vs shiny RMX]
19. trusty snow
20. fortissimo -the ultimate crisis-
21. LEVEL5 -judgelight-
ENCORE
22. closest love
23. only my railgun

DVD release wasn’t announced but it was well-recorded so maybe included in next album?