fripSide FESTIVAL 2010

Almost forgot I attended this. ^^;;;

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?