Minori Chihara Live 2011 Final & Countdown Live 2011-2012

..so yeah apparently I am getting very lazy in writing reports lol so here goes setlist and some notes.

Sooo.. last event of 2011 and first event of 2012! Minori Chihara Live 2011 Final & Countdown Live 2011-2012 in Kanagawa Kenmin Hall.

First, setlist!

Minori Chihara Live 2011 Final

1. HYPER NEW WORLD
2. Tomorrow’s chance
3. 雨上がりの花よ咲け (Ameagari no Hana yo Sake)
4. Voyager train
5. 君がくれたあの日 (Kimi ga Kureta Ano Hi)
6. Melty tale storage
7. PRECIOUS ONE
-costume change-
8. 通し道歌 (Tooshi Douka)
9. TERMINATED
10. raison pour la saison
11. Planet patrol
12. Final Moratorium
13. Defection
14. 輪舞-revolution (Rondo-revolution)
15. 赤い棘のギルティ (Akai Ibara no Guilty)
16. Paradise Lost
17. 純白サンクチュアリィ (Junpaku Sanctuary)
-ENCORE-
18. Flag medley (Lush march!!～Best mark smile～Lush march!!)
19. 巡り逢い～かけがえのないもの (Meguriai~kakegaenaimono)
20. Freedom Dreamer

Minori Chihara Countdown Live 2011-2012

1. Tomorrow’s chance
2. 詩人の旅 (Shijin no Tabi)
3. Voyager train
4. 君がくれたあの日 (Kimi ga Kureta Ano Hi)
5.  優しい忘却 (Yasashii Boukyaku)
6. PRECIOUS ONE
-costume change-
7. 通し道歌 (Tooshi Douka)
8. TERMINATED
9. raison pour la saison
COUNTDOWN
-put on happi coat-
10. HYPER NEW WORLD
11. KEY FOR LIFE
-took off happi coat-
12. Final Moratorium
13. Defection
14. 輪舞-revolution (Rondo-revolution)
15. 赤い棘のギルティ (Akai Ibara no Guilty)
16. Paradise Lost
17. 純白サンクチュアリィ (Junpaku Sanctuary)
-ENCORE-
18. Flag medley (Lush march!!～Best mark smile～Lush march!!)
19. 巡り逢い～かけがえのないもの (Meguriai~kakegaenaimono)
20. Freedom Dreamer

Difference marked in blue.
My FC seats were pretty good, row 12 center (Final) and 14 right-side (Countdown). Hall was pretty small with decent sound system, so it was great. :3 Would be perfect if I didn’t have a fever lol.

Songs/setlist

-There were many mini-TV on stage, which should be for countdown use, but apparently affected the song choices too… they chose songs with music videos so they have something to stream on those tiny screens…. orz. ^^;; I was hoping for rarer songs but it was like a single compilation live..

-I haven’t watched Horizon (oops) but Tooshi Douka (IN song?) acapella was nice.

-Right after New Year Countdown, as the confetti exploded everyone shouted AkeOme (meanwhile Minorin put on a happi coat) then intro to Hyper New World!! First song in 2012!

-Very happy to get Moratorium (tho its obvious) and especially enjoyed raison, tho I’ve been in love with it since KFD Live ^^;

-People were expecting Sunshine flower (although its freezing cold winter) but in the end we’re just happy with Key For Life (yellow cyalumes not going to waste! xD)

-Guilty‘s choreography is JUST. DARN. HAWT. AND. AWESOME. What nosebleed? Those made me vomit blood. +that “Ah~” was FFFFFFFF(;´Д｀)’ハァハァ you’ll understand when the footage is out, I’m NOT overreacting.

-Minorin asked us to sing along during Junpaku. Most people remembers the lyrics, way more than purest note during its PV recording in Summer Camp lol.

-Flag medley was great!! Rearranged only the best parts (those with flag waving lol) ^^

Notes/MC

-Scheduled to start 3 pm (Final) / 10.30 pm (Countdown), both started 15 mins late.

-A staff appeared on stage to read the rules because nobody did, and emphasized on the new rules: 1) NO custom penlights (cyalumes, official penlights, those not-so-bright sold in shops are OK), 2) 1 light in 1 hand at 1 time, and 3) NO excessive moves.

I’m happy with 2 and 3 (annoying when it’S like seeing Minorin behind windscreen wiper), but kinda ;_; on rule 1.. as much as I like breaking cyalumes, they are expensive.

-Can’t remember the 1st costume well besides it being ugly and colorful lol. The 2nd costume though, was really good. Black/yellow checkered and showed enough legs. =D

-Band members: Dai-sensei (violin), Nabe-chan (guitar), Dai-chan (guitar), Naoyan (bass), Kenny (keyboard, leader), and Gan-chan (drum). It got hilarious when people start calling Dai-sensei “Musshu” (=Monseiur in Engrish or should I say Frenrish), his new nickname as a member of Nana’s band (since Live Castle).

-MC topic for member introduction (includes Minorin): 2011 reflection (Final), and 2012 resolutions (Countdown). Minorin mentioned Summer Camp 3 was a hard challenge.. and I’m still hating myself for not attending the first day when she covered AKB’s Ponytail to Shushu.

-Liked Minorin being the usual airhead… she said “2011 yoroshiku!!” after New Year then Kenny corrected her “It’s 2012….” LOL I love this girl. She also still hasn’t done her year-end cleaning (and had no intention too).

-Minorin established a new routine that she will wear her favorite yellow sneakers for encore.

-Both lives lasted about 2.5 hours, shorter than usual but it’s understandable since she has to perform twice. Glad it gave me just the right break time to watch Kohaku in electronic shop Yodobashi in Yokohama. ^^; Well huge TV is much better than the mobile phone alternative, and I’m just happy I can make it to watch AKB’s and Nana’s solo parts.

Goods

Only got a flag, a penlight-flag (flag is switchable), and a charity band.

Many interesting stuff like 3D poster, karuta (card-game) and candy drops, or wtf stuff like smartphone-use gloves, very ugly T-shirts, and ultra expensive girls pack (hairband and mirror for 4000 seriously?).

Announcements:
1. New single out 21 March 2012!
Composer Agematsu (EleGa) and lyricist Takarano Alika (ALI Project).. yep gonna be an epic song with very complicated lyrics lol. Title was written in flyer “Celestial Diva“, tie-up with Square Enix iPhone game “Chaos Ring II”.

2. New album is titled “Dream World Formation”
After both lives, we got a first-hand PV screening of the lead track “D-Formation“. It’s the usual fast-paced Elements Garden song (Defection-style), but what intrigued me was how strikingly similar the PV was with Nana’s Synchrogazer. The only problem was who the hell suggested a purple skirt for a cyborg orz. Tempted to do another Nana/Minorin crossover post lol.

Later we found out the price from the flyer.. wtf is 6300 for Bluray set! I want my Acoustic Live in full glory but still wtf.

3. Live tour 2012 “D-Formation”
Crazy schedule here. FIFTEEN lives within 2 months. Best of luck for friends who are going to all lives (and Minorin’s health too). ^^; For now I’m planning to attend Kanagawa (7 April, opening day) and Tochigi (21 April) since they’re not far. I don’t dare to plan for May before Nana’s summer tour schedule is out.. would like to attend Saitama (6 May) too. I hate Tokyo’s NHK Hall (bad sound system). Everyone’s betting there’s an addition final live sometime in June, could be 2 days in Budokan?

Oh, as usual Minorin closed both lives with “Min~na~~~ daaaaaisuki♥”
(and the rest of us screaming insanely)