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Hikikimori demo FES ga Shitai at MetLife Dome! Performers were mafumafu, soraru, luz, araki, un:c, nqrse, senra, urata, shima, sakata, eve, sou, amatsuki, and shounenT! the secret guest was meychan

• The lineup for goods was CRAZY long. I got there around 10/11am, but they were telling us even then that we wouldn’t make it for the start of the show if we lined up at that point? The show started at 3pm……….
• I decided to try my luck anyways!! The line started from near the dome, but the actual food and merch was far away in a baseball field……. The line split when you got there, but the goods line still wound around and around

• There were flower stands lining the walkway to the dome, but there were also a bunch at the baseball field!
• Someone in the line faaar away from me had stuck on of amatsukis puppets on a stick and was waving it around above the crowd…. I thought it was funny

• I waited for hours but it became clear that I really wouldn’t make it in time…. I left the line about 45 minutes from start and grabbed un:c’s collab drink instead, since the line for food was really short! It had an…… interesting consistency……… it sure matched the name

• There was a big banner with the promo illustrations at the entrance to the dome! Inside, there was normal arena food.

• My seat was on the arena floor, but almost all the way in the back! The cart passed by pretty close to me, at least
• There was a countdown to the start of the concert, on the big screens at the front!
• For each portion of the performance, the screen would show what group was coming up next. Between each portion was a small break where we’d all sit back in our seats for a few minutes

Amatsuki/ShounenT

• Amatsuki was the very first up,with his backup dancers! He was so energetic and cute…. He really brought in the high energy from the get-go, and I was super impressed
• He seems like the type of act that’d be a hit with younger kids
• T-kun joined amatsuki for some duets, then did some solos!
• He brought his guitar to play
• He was very soft :)

USSS

• Oh boy there was lots of shrieking behind me for these guys
• They had one original where they had a bunch of swordfighting going on?! It was super cool and they had stuntmen doing backflips and shit all over the place i was blown away by the showmanship
• There was this moving platform that they got on for a song and it moved OVER the audience to the middle of the arena?! It was so cool omfg
• They sang senbonzakura and the energy of the audience was pumped to max!!!

EveSou

• Eve sang nonsense bungaku ahhhhhh!!!!! I was really happy to hear it from him!
• Sou was very small and cute!! You could feel his refreshing youth
• The two of them dueted quite a bit of nayutalien!

XYZ

• XYZ started with Alice in NY and???? MEYCHAN WAS REVEALED!! I was in such shock i just kept going WHAT??? WHAT??? As I strained trying to get a good look at them LOL
• I’m really happy though!! I didn’t think they’d sing it because they were missing him, but I guess this was the plan all along
• Performers for XYZ were luz, araki, un:c, nqrse, senra, and meychan!
• Luz’s outfit was so good…. Apparently he chose it to match the Alice in NY illustration! A white suit with red half gloves, excellent
• Nqrse was also in white, which I found kind of unusual! He looked really good though
• I also liked un:c’s outfit!!! It was very casual but showy! red shoes!!
• They did a non-stop medley of songs from their usual setlist and it was LIT AF I JUMPED AROUND SO MUCH
• Meychan, araki, un:c, and senra did USA
• They performed deriheru and gigantic OTN on the moving platform!!
• There was a lot of chaos amongst them while they were on there LMAO lots of waving to the audience and messing around with each other!! I’m pretty sure I saw someone kneeling for someone else at some point… it was probably luz and unc during deriheru but I don’t actually remember……
• There was something wild going on with luz and senra too
• un:c was like half whipping off his jacket off his shoulder…………..
• When they returned to the main stage, they sang CocktaiL to end their portion!

After the Rain

• Soraru came out alone and sang some solos!
• He sang Eureka, but it seems like the speakers werent working? We couldn’t hear him and i could only hear the band very very faintly….. He didn’t notice because he had the earpieces in, so he continued singing until like the first chorus
• He had to stall for some time while they got things fixed! He mentioned that something similar happened during his tour earlier this year, so this feels kind of nostalgic
• He sat down on the stool kind of old-man; straddled it and then squatted down
• He almost pulled his legs into a crisscross but the audience made an endeared fuss at that so he noticed and stopped LMAO
• I really do like eureka
• Mafu joined him on guitar for ai fake me!
• They were wearing inverse colours, which I thought was really neat! Soraru in all white, mafu in all black
• They did some duets after that, then soraru left he stage and mafu did some solos!
• Mafu told us to call out “the red guy” for a duet with him, and then amatsuki walked out telling him he really needed to be more specific because there was definitely more than one “red guy” guest that day?! (he specifically brought up araki but there’s also sakata….)
• They sang kamatte choudai on the moving platform!! They even danced and were so cute omfg i think they did nya poses?
• When i first saw that platform, I was wondering if they were gonna make soraru ride it as well, but i guess they spared him LOL

Encore

• This was the group portion of the performance!
• Secret answer was sung with XYZ and AtR!
• I think un:c did sekihan’s death metal scream?! Which surprised the heck out of me
• The entire cast joined in for super nuko ni naritai, on a moving cart that went around the arena!!
• They were all made to put on the cat hoods
• un:c knelt down for someone to put it on him
• I think mafu was at the front, and luz was at the very back! It was a really huge cart so it was hard to see everyone…. Besides those two, I remember being able to see meychan in particular
• Mafu wouldn’t let anyone take off the hoods until after the commemorative photo hahaha
• After the photo, everyone started taking theirs off but luz just kind of stood there with it on, staring at us?
• Last words from everyone!
• Soraru: when he goes to see other peoples’ performances, he always ends up wanting to see that same view from the stage, so going to mafumafu’s one-man yesterday and then immediately being able to perform on the same stage today was like an instantly granted wish
• ShounenT: he called the dome melonpan and then everyone after him down the line adopted the name as well
• Luz: he called the hikifes participants the Avengers LOL
• Araki: he used to play baseball as a kid, and mentioned something about dreaming of playing at the dome? But now he’s singing here instead
• They finished with world domination!!
• un:c and araki looked like they were having an absolute blast singing together to the side of the stage, they were like arm in arm
• Urata was getting piggybacked as everyone waved goodbye, then he got off for a bit
• Luz then picked him up for a piggyback and carried him offstage at the very end LOL

i went back for merch after he performance and the line was much more reasonable!! I was able to get everything I wanted so I'm pleased... I just wish i had some of it for the actual performance LOL
It was a really fun night!! They're all such impressive performers and it was cool to see so many of them together in one place