2019/09/28 XYZ Yokohama Arena
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tennokoeI went to XYZ's Yokohama Arena performance!! It was the finale to this year's summer tour. The performers for this night were luz, araki, kradness, mafumafu, meychan, nqrse, senra, shoose, soraru, and un:c. There were two new muffler towels specific to this performance being sold!
✦ The entire performance was non-stop, with no time for any MCing!! It really impressed me how easily one song flowed into the other, and how smoothly everyone rotated through the stage. sasuga organiser luz
✦ They started with the usual crew for Alice in NY!!
✦ meychan and senra sang Recollection Endroll, and suddenly araki and nqrse joined them?! They all did the dance part and we all screamed
✦ for soraru's I Fake Me, mafu was present to play the guitar!
✦ They then went into their duet, Black Christmas! the serifu lines were excellent as usual, thanks
✦ the lighting effects for ghost were so, so cool!! it looked kind of like spiderwebs covered the entire stage.
✦ nqrse and mafu's lung power during that song were amazing
✦ luz lifted shoose's shirt in Mixed Juice AGAIN, killing me instantly
✦ FIXER WAS GOOD (soraru and nqrse)
✦ nqrse called soraru out as either "oji" (uncle) or "ouji" (prince) and I couldn't tell which it was…. it sounded like prince to me…… later on he mentioned in his MC which one it was but i still couldn't tell LMAO
✦ There was a short DJ part, then they went into a nonstop medley of previous XYZ songs!! It was so much fun…..
✦ The first song in the set was USA!! kradness, meychan, araki, and shoose. I'm so glad they brought it back LOL i love seeing them dance to it
✦ shoose and senra did cat eye make, and shoose did pink cat and danced to it like usual and gave me a heart attack
✦ LUZ AND UN:C DID QUEEN OF HEARTS AAAHHHHHH luz knelt down to un:c and took his hand…. I'm pretty sure he also kissed it
✦ I also really loved gokuraku jodo to much!!! It was un:c, shoose, and senra!! There was one part where the camera was on un:c and it looked like he was singing directly at the camera…. he was motioning with his hands and looked SOO GOOD…..
✦ Araki's ECHO was awesome
✦ meychan and kradness' otome kaibou was in this medley so it wasn't the full song 0:
✦ Gigantic O.T.N. was shoose, meychan, senra, un:c, kradness, luz! senra was dancing wildly and shoose joined him??? I have no idea what the hell they were doing but they looked like crazy people
✦ I think this is where Shoose fell very impressively as they all headed back from the middle stage to the main stage…. right in front of the platform that everyone was standing on
✦ They helped him get up, and then while they all sang luz kept bending over to check his legs worriedly, it was cute
✦ WORLD'S END DANCEHALL!!! un:c came out without his jacket and was so energetic AHHHH he and araki really suited this song a lot!! At one point, unc sat down on the platform with one leg up on it and was like poiting at the audience…. he looked so cool…
✦ un:c's fansa was a blast as usual!!! He went to the middle stage to sing and i almost cried LNFKDJHD it's just such a perfect setting for that song... the middle of an arena surrounded by lightsticks
✦ kradness sparkled so much during his solo Inocho no Justitia….. he was especially good today, imo!!!
✦ Roki was araki, nqrse, mafu, and soraru!! Soraru sang the first part with a rather high voice and sounded so cute…….
✦ FANATIC was great, I was at the front of my row so I could headbang as hard as i wanted
✦ Mrs. Pumpkin's Comical Dream was the upload crew: nqrse, luz, mafu, soraru! So was Panda Hero. There were four narrow screens lined up at the back of the stage, so each performer was zoomed in on and featured on one screen. the effect was really really nice!
✦ Soraru sounded sooooo good in Mrs. Pumpkin…… That lovely low voice
✦ Every time they were on the middle stage together, luz would go drape himself over soraru
✦ un:c really waved so much at the audience…. He especially went to the sides a lot
✦ during one of the group songs where they were all lined up, un:c and shoose sang directly at each other even though they were on opposite sides of the stage??
✦ some songs had fire jets on stage, and one time there were even fireworks! Those surprised the hell out of me
✦ Last song was Finale!! It was the actual upload crew, which was pretty neat
Encore
✦ The encore started with secret answer! Everyone was on stage for it. Mafu was actually playing the guitar for it, which I thought was a neat touch. un:c did the death metal scream B^)
✦ During deriheru, as they were walking back to the main stage, luz kept clinging to soraru's back and holding on the back of his jacket then soraru pulled away from him and said something like "yada kono hito…." he said it twice LOL
✦ during the band introductions (deriheru) they all sat down, but the notable ones were senra and mafu, sitting next to each other very properly seiza with their backs ramrod straight and hands on their laps….. then right next to them was soraru, crosslegged and casually hunched over HAHAHA i thought it was such a funny contrast
✦ there was a different bassist today!! nqrse said he and this guy looked alike
✦ when they resumed singing deriheru, they brought the dj in to sing as well!! During un:c and luz's usual part, he was sitting with luz, then un:c ran in and took him, sitting next to him on the platform that everyone else had jumped onto and sharing a mic until the end!!
✦ balloons in everyone's colours were released onto the audience in the middle of one of the group songs!! I was in the stands very far up, so no balloons came my way, but I got to see the amazing view of thousands of colourful ballons floating down…… It looked like a fantasy festival!!! I really liked it….
✦ luz told us to sit down for the MC portion~ mafu sat down and then they yelled at him so he got up, but then when our attention was off him we noticed soraru had also decided to sit down LOL they yelled at him too
✦ people wanted to stand for the picture and he was like WOW you guys sure have energy!!
✦ shoose MC: He said he's not good at talking, and that this is the first time he's talked in front of this many people. Again, he acted like most of the audience wouldn't know who he was and introduced himself very politely…. He said he had an announcement: He fell
✦ Apparently there's something wrong with his knee…? I hope he's okay but he seemed to be alright.
✦ I don't remember a lot of the MCs…….. most of them were pretty short and general about XYZ's history and how far it's come from then. A lot of them said they thought really hard about what to say today. They also made sure to mention that XYZ is more than just the people present on stage today!!
✦ araki MC: When he stepped up to talk, he made a sort of yelp that wasn't into the mic at all but we all could still hear him loud and clear? incredible.
✦ a few of them (mostly nqrse) told him not to use the mic but luckily he kept it this time LOL
✦ ever the mature one, he talked pretty seriously about XYZ and how far it's come, and that it's thanks to all of us. As he walked back, nqrse jumped in suddenly and said that araki was way more like a rapper than he was?! and started rapping the last few words he said LOL
✦ soraru MC: He said he was honoured? to be standing on stage with these 10 people, then corrected it to 9 (minus himself) and people giggled at that... Someone in the audienfe shouted something at him and he went his usual "eh…?" and lost his thread a little, it was cute
✦ He said that people told him he wasn't allowed to have a 10 minute mc, so he thought long and hard about what to do and came up with sonething. He told all of us to stand up and held a rock paper scissors championship! If you lost or tied with him you must sit down (i lost immediately….) He kept going for a while, until there were about 5 left? one girl in the middle kept winning and they even spotlighted her LOL she got so many cheers every time she won…… Eventually she lost and everyone was sitting down? then soraru asked, how many rounds was that…? And there was silence because he didn't even count himself…… then he was like yeah okay thanks everyone and everyone was like WHAT, THAT'S IT??? so he went, "fine, the last few winners get a present from luz after this" and someone else yelled "THATS DEFINITELY A LIE OKAY GUYS"
✦ meychan MC: he went to the middle and greeted us, then soraru interrupted him and said that he's? new? so he'd tell him what to do. He motioned for meychan to go to him and then whispered something. meychan returned to the front of the stage and looked like he really didn't want to do whatever it was….. I didn't understand what he said at all but some people started making hissing sounds IT WAS SUPER WEIRD and meychan was like I DONT LIKE THIS
✦ un:c MC: He said that he couldn't think of what to say today and ended up not sleeping much last night. He talked seriously a bit about how XYZ started and everything, and how it's amazing that they're at an arena now. There was one part where he suddenly stopped talking and waved the mic away from his face? i wasn't sure if he messed up or if he was close to crying or something but the audience all cheered him on and he laughed. He then said he had something he wanted to do and everyone was like OHHH?? mafu interrupted and yelled something at him but i don't remember what it was exactly…… They all went to the back to sit down and watch, and un:c took to the middle stage!! He said asked if we were all feeling good, then said he felt good to and that live was SEX!!!! (the audience joined in as well) He then stood there looking very pleased with himself, and ran back to join the others
✦ luz MC: He was talking very softly and seemed to have trouble getting some of the words out…... I couldn't tell if he was crying, but he was at the very least very close to it….. he kept fiddling with his earpiece/face with his left hand as he talked….. He said he's not that good with words and thought a lot about what to say last night
✦ He talked about how XYZ started, and that as the organiser he was supported a lot by nqrse in particular. He mentioned that XYZ is not just the performers that were on stage today, but many many more as well. It's thanks to them and the people that go watch them that they were here today! He said that he'd never forget the view today, and we all quietly waved our white penlights for him
✦ last song was cocktail, luz announced it very softly
✦ i could hear people were wailing softly at his solo….
✦ He went to put his arm around nqrse as they sang and in a rare turn of events nqrse missed his line? it seemed like he was a little choked up too…….
✦ shoose's voice and style really is suited to this song
✦ I ttthink this is where they lit up the stage with disco balls…. it looked super impressive
✦ They waved goodbye with rhe band members, and i saw about half of them greet the band members and give them hugs before they left… cute
✦ when waving goodbye, they started at the front, then went to greet the people to the sides. they all lined up and then the bgm was lowered as if they were gonna say something, but I guess they weren't because mafu was like "ummm it's ok to turn on the music…..! [slightly panicked and in English] SOUND UP"
✦ as they walked from the left side of the stage to the middle, meychan and unc brought up the rear. meychan was so clearly crying the entire time lol………. he kept looking up and laughing (at himself?) and unc patted him on the back as they walked, then ruffled his hair
✦ when they walked to the middle stage, they couldn't figure out how to line up and ended up in a circle, but soraru got left out somehow and wandered the middle looking for a spot…. then luz grabbed him and dragged him next to mafu and they all rearranged themselves into a kind of line
✦ when they returned to the main stage they all bowed at the front again, but they put their hands together and said sayonara to us LMAO luz said something about it being the XYZ way
✦ while some people were milling about waving just a little bit more before leaving, luz bowed at us alone one last time, for a very long time
I had such a blast!! It was such an emotional end. I'm very proud of them.
✦ The entire performance was non-stop, with no time for any MCing!! It really impressed me how easily one song flowed into the other, and how smoothly everyone rotated through the stage. sasuga organiser luz
✦ They started with the usual crew for Alice in NY!!
✦ meychan and senra sang Recollection Endroll, and suddenly araki and nqrse joined them?! They all did the dance part and we all screamed
✦ for soraru's I Fake Me, mafu was present to play the guitar!
✦ They then went into their duet, Black Christmas! the serifu lines were excellent as usual, thanks
✦ the lighting effects for ghost were so, so cool!! it looked kind of like spiderwebs covered the entire stage.
✦ nqrse and mafu's lung power during that song were amazing
✦ luz lifted shoose's shirt in Mixed Juice AGAIN, killing me instantly
✦ FIXER WAS GOOD (soraru and nqrse)
✦ nqrse called soraru out as either "oji" (uncle) or "ouji" (prince) and I couldn't tell which it was…. it sounded like prince to me…… later on he mentioned in his MC which one it was but i still couldn't tell LMAO
✦ There was a short DJ part, then they went into a nonstop medley of previous XYZ songs!! It was so much fun…..
✦ The first song in the set was USA!! kradness, meychan, araki, and shoose. I'm so glad they brought it back LOL i love seeing them dance to it
✦ shoose and senra did cat eye make, and shoose did pink cat and danced to it like usual and gave me a heart attack
✦ LUZ AND UN:C DID QUEEN OF HEARTS AAAHHHHHH luz knelt down to un:c and took his hand…. I'm pretty sure he also kissed it
✦ I also really loved gokuraku jodo to much!!! It was un:c, shoose, and senra!! There was one part where the camera was on un:c and it looked like he was singing directly at the camera…. he was motioning with his hands and looked SOO GOOD…..
✦ Araki's ECHO was awesome
✦ meychan and kradness' otome kaibou was in this medley so it wasn't the full song 0:
✦ Gigantic O.T.N. was shoose, meychan, senra, un:c, kradness, luz! senra was dancing wildly and shoose joined him??? I have no idea what the hell they were doing but they looked like crazy people
✦ I think this is where Shoose fell very impressively as they all headed back from the middle stage to the main stage…. right in front of the platform that everyone was standing on
✦ They helped him get up, and then while they all sang luz kept bending over to check his legs worriedly, it was cute
✦ WORLD'S END DANCEHALL!!! un:c came out without his jacket and was so energetic AHHHH he and araki really suited this song a lot!! At one point, unc sat down on the platform with one leg up on it and was like poiting at the audience…. he looked so cool…
✦ un:c's fansa was a blast as usual!!! He went to the middle stage to sing and i almost cried LNFKDJHD it's just such a perfect setting for that song... the middle of an arena surrounded by lightsticks
✦ kradness sparkled so much during his solo Inocho no Justitia….. he was especially good today, imo!!!
✦ Roki was araki, nqrse, mafu, and soraru!! Soraru sang the first part with a rather high voice and sounded so cute…….
✦ FANATIC was great, I was at the front of my row so I could headbang as hard as i wanted
✦ Mrs. Pumpkin's Comical Dream was the upload crew: nqrse, luz, mafu, soraru! So was Panda Hero. There were four narrow screens lined up at the back of the stage, so each performer was zoomed in on and featured on one screen. the effect was really really nice!
✦ Soraru sounded sooooo good in Mrs. Pumpkin…… That lovely low voice
✦ Every time they were on the middle stage together, luz would go drape himself over soraru
✦ un:c really waved so much at the audience…. He especially went to the sides a lot
✦ during one of the group songs where they were all lined up, un:c and shoose sang directly at each other even though they were on opposite sides of the stage??
✦ some songs had fire jets on stage, and one time there were even fireworks! Those surprised the hell out of me
✦ Last song was Finale!! It was the actual upload crew, which was pretty neat
Encore
✦ The encore started with secret answer! Everyone was on stage for it. Mafu was actually playing the guitar for it, which I thought was a neat touch. un:c did the death metal scream B^)
✦ During deriheru, as they were walking back to the main stage, luz kept clinging to soraru's back and holding on the back of his jacket then soraru pulled away from him and said something like "yada kono hito…." he said it twice LOL
✦ during the band introductions (deriheru) they all sat down, but the notable ones were senra and mafu, sitting next to each other very properly seiza with their backs ramrod straight and hands on their laps….. then right next to them was soraru, crosslegged and casually hunched over HAHAHA i thought it was such a funny contrast
✦ there was a different bassist today!! nqrse said he and this guy looked alike
✦ when they resumed singing deriheru, they brought the dj in to sing as well!! During un:c and luz's usual part, he was sitting with luz, then un:c ran in and took him, sitting next to him on the platform that everyone else had jumped onto and sharing a mic until the end!!
✦ balloons in everyone's colours were released onto the audience in the middle of one of the group songs!! I was in the stands very far up, so no balloons came my way, but I got to see the amazing view of thousands of colourful ballons floating down…… It looked like a fantasy festival!!! I really liked it….
✦ luz told us to sit down for the MC portion~ mafu sat down and then they yelled at him so he got up, but then when our attention was off him we noticed soraru had also decided to sit down LOL they yelled at him too
✦ people wanted to stand for the picture and he was like WOW you guys sure have energy!!
✦ shoose MC: He said he's not good at talking, and that this is the first time he's talked in front of this many people. Again, he acted like most of the audience wouldn't know who he was and introduced himself very politely…. He said he had an announcement: He fell
✦ Apparently there's something wrong with his knee…? I hope he's okay but he seemed to be alright.
✦ I don't remember a lot of the MCs…….. most of them were pretty short and general about XYZ's history and how far it's come from then. A lot of them said they thought really hard about what to say today. They also made sure to mention that XYZ is more than just the people present on stage today!!
✦ araki MC: When he stepped up to talk, he made a sort of yelp that wasn't into the mic at all but we all could still hear him loud and clear? incredible.
✦ a few of them (mostly nqrse) told him not to use the mic but luckily he kept it this time LOL
✦ ever the mature one, he talked pretty seriously about XYZ and how far it's come, and that it's thanks to all of us. As he walked back, nqrse jumped in suddenly and said that araki was way more like a rapper than he was?! and started rapping the last few words he said LOL
✦ soraru MC: He said he was honoured? to be standing on stage with these 10 people, then corrected it to 9 (minus himself) and people giggled at that... Someone in the audienfe shouted something at him and he went his usual "eh…?" and lost his thread a little, it was cute
✦ He said that people told him he wasn't allowed to have a 10 minute mc, so he thought long and hard about what to do and came up with sonething. He told all of us to stand up and held a rock paper scissors championship! If you lost or tied with him you must sit down (i lost immediately….) He kept going for a while, until there were about 5 left? one girl in the middle kept winning and they even spotlighted her LOL she got so many cheers every time she won…… Eventually she lost and everyone was sitting down? then soraru asked, how many rounds was that…? And there was silence because he didn't even count himself…… then he was like yeah okay thanks everyone and everyone was like WHAT, THAT'S IT??? so he went, "fine, the last few winners get a present from luz after this" and someone else yelled "THATS DEFINITELY A LIE OKAY GUYS"
✦ meychan MC: he went to the middle and greeted us, then soraru interrupted him and said that he's? new? so he'd tell him what to do. He motioned for meychan to go to him and then whispered something. meychan returned to the front of the stage and looked like he really didn't want to do whatever it was….. I didn't understand what he said at all but some people started making hissing sounds IT WAS SUPER WEIRD and meychan was like I DONT LIKE THIS
✦ un:c MC: He said that he couldn't think of what to say today and ended up not sleeping much last night. He talked seriously a bit about how XYZ started and everything, and how it's amazing that they're at an arena now. There was one part where he suddenly stopped talking and waved the mic away from his face? i wasn't sure if he messed up or if he was close to crying or something but the audience all cheered him on and he laughed. He then said he had something he wanted to do and everyone was like OHHH?? mafu interrupted and yelled something at him but i don't remember what it was exactly…… They all went to the back to sit down and watch, and un:c took to the middle stage!! He said asked if we were all feeling good, then said he felt good to and that live was SEX!!!! (the audience joined in as well) He then stood there looking very pleased with himself, and ran back to join the others
✦ luz MC: He was talking very softly and seemed to have trouble getting some of the words out…... I couldn't tell if he was crying, but he was at the very least very close to it….. he kept fiddling with his earpiece/face with his left hand as he talked….. He said he's not that good with words and thought a lot about what to say last night
✦ He talked about how XYZ started, and that as the organiser he was supported a lot by nqrse in particular. He mentioned that XYZ is not just the performers that were on stage today, but many many more as well. It's thanks to them and the people that go watch them that they were here today! He said that he'd never forget the view today, and we all quietly waved our white penlights for him
✦ last song was cocktail, luz announced it very softly
✦ i could hear people were wailing softly at his solo….
✦ He went to put his arm around nqrse as they sang and in a rare turn of events nqrse missed his line? it seemed like he was a little choked up too…….
✦ shoose's voice and style really is suited to this song
✦ I ttthink this is where they lit up the stage with disco balls…. it looked super impressive
✦ They waved goodbye with rhe band members, and i saw about half of them greet the band members and give them hugs before they left… cute
✦ when waving goodbye, they started at the front, then went to greet the people to the sides. they all lined up and then the bgm was lowered as if they were gonna say something, but I guess they weren't because mafu was like "ummm it's ok to turn on the music…..! [slightly panicked and in English] SOUND UP"
✦ as they walked from the left side of the stage to the middle, meychan and unc brought up the rear. meychan was so clearly crying the entire time lol………. he kept looking up and laughing (at himself?) and unc patted him on the back as they walked, then ruffled his hair
✦ when they walked to the middle stage, they couldn't figure out how to line up and ended up in a circle, but soraru got left out somehow and wandered the middle looking for a spot…. then luz grabbed him and dragged him next to mafu and they all rearranged themselves into a kind of line
✦ when they returned to the main stage they all bowed at the front again, but they put their hands together and said sayonara to us LMAO luz said something about it being the XYZ way
✦ while some people were milling about waving just a little bit more before leaving, luz bowed at us alone one last time, for a very long time
I had such a blast!! It was such an emotional end. I'm very proud of them.
