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This is not a repo. This is my personal feeling towards the concert. I record it by my memory and with my interpretation so please do read it for leisure. Thanks.
- Staging and Lighting: This is the model for how staging and lighting could work. 100 thumbs up for MatsuJun. He said he was "bit confident" about the concert design in Enjoy before the concert, he was so so humble about this. This is far more than "bit confident". This is unbelievable. The staging and lighting was several levels higher than ARENA Tour, I have a feeling that every time MatsuJun reviews his works and improves and he enjoys this process so much. It must be a very beautiful scene to look at those magnificent lighting from the perspective of ARASHI. And the staging and lighting are not just beautiful. They help tell the stories of each song. And they don't overdo or underdo, they uplift the performance in a just-fine delicate degree, a delicacy you could imagine from MatsuJun. It's really a very great staging and lighting this time.
- Script between the songs: There are scripts in-between the songs to link them. Some of the scripts are lyrics of the songs in this album. The main theme of the scripts is people meeting people, people treasuring people, which is to me one of the main themes of ARASHI’s songs. Each member read out the script in a low, tender voice. There are some lines I can remember:
“There is timing for people meeting another”
“Dot and dot meet to form a line, and then they want to know more about each other”
“In the time we pass together, there are happy things, there are sad things, and in that, there is love”
“We are influenced by people around us, and no matter we are aware or not, we change”
“I see your dream. In it, you smile”
“Even this world comes to the end, I don’t want to lose you”
- Masaki Birthday before opening: While we were waiting, fans turned the penlights to green. First of all there were just scattered green, and then, gradually fans did it manually. It was tremendously tear-bursting because it was really very warm.
- Masaki Birthday MC: Sho-san brought up the penlight topic and MatsuJun said he was really touched. I was so happy that they liked this idea. Masaki was angel-like to say that some fans might do it to celebrate his birthday and it’s fine that they changed the colour back to their favourite members. He was so humble. And the talk went on with the colour change game that penlights changed to the colours of the member who was talking. This was so interesting. Sho-san wanted to take photo for four members and Nino called him to be in the photo too. Masaki-san gave X’mas gifts to Leader and Sho-san (Bazuri Night Tees) and Sho-san said Masaki-san was so nice, it was his birthday but he gave gifts to others. Sho-san asked Leader why he was so happy receiving the gift, Leader replied that he was so happy because the gift was precious that there are only three such tees in this world. They talked about that Sho-san and Nino rarely have birthday celebration in concerts. Leader said that perhaps next time they schedule the concert to be on 25th Jan.
- Masaki dance: Watching Masaki-san dance make me love him more and more. He dances to his full strength, such devotion is really touching and good-looking.
- ARASHI: Nino talked to Masaki-san during the song and Masaki-san was, as always, removed his earphone and bowed a bit to listen to Nino.
- Sakurap: Sakurap on live always reminds me the days of earrings and navel pierce.
- Kanata he: In the dark, not being filmed, Sakurai-san gave a deep bow to the fans on 2nd stand. At the end Sho-san stood at a position out of screen and Nino and Leader asked him to stand closer so he could be filmed, Sho-san apologised to them.
- Sakurai-san fan service: I watched this live twice, in one I sat at 2nd stand, in another I sat at 1st stand (and managed to get the tape), and I experienced the distinguished Sakurai-san’s fan service which really focus on the 2nd stand. He very frequently look at the 2nd stand and wave to us. I remembered that once he was already back to the main stage which was very far away from us, and he waved at 2nd stand, and our block waved our penlights crazily to respond him. He was about to put down his hand, but when he saw us wave so hard he waved at us for few more seconds, seemingly that he noticed that we were responding him. When they were in the moving car, he almost looked at the 2nd stand all the time. This is so warm, really.
- Nino: Nino sang very very sexily in this concert. He has a great reserve of variety of way of singing. So enjoyable listening to his various ways of singing.
Every time I say I look forward to the DVD so much. This time is no exception. They are progressing. What would ARASHI be in 19 years old, 20 years old, 21st years old... Things change but there is one thing that would never change, their core and their "you are my soul". I am so touched by this progress-but-not-change balance. I didn’t scream much in this concert, but I clapped a lot. I held my breath in many songs including the unit songs and “Song For You”.
Thanks ARASHI for such a great show. Wish everything goes fine with no one hurt and everyone enjoys the show. Thanks soul soul much.
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Date: 2018-01-03 02:22 pm (UTC)