(Not posting that many pictures because they're all aine's and I expect him to post them later)
Before the concert:
I didn't get to meet them because I came late and all the autograph tickets were gone. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... ryalot.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':danceman:' />
They performed Friday and Saturday. I arrived just a few hours before the Saturday concert. When me and aine were walking to the concert hall, the girls were walking around in one of the expo halls advertising their concert. I quickly ran up to them and called a few of the girl's names. And they responded to me! OMG I didn't expect to see them up so close. I was only expecting a concert at best... I was so happy. I called one girl's name, "SASSHI!" And she responded and waved at me, "OH SUGOI!" (Sounds so horrible and cliche, but she was looking straight in my eyes! She knew I existed! I totally melted <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... ryalot.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':popper:' />)
Here's a picture of the event <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':hmph:' /> :
SASSHI waving at me! <3
Me and my big fat head with a few of the girls.
After walking with them awhile and fangirling out like no tomorrow, I decided it would be best to meet up with DS and his Klubhouse buddies at the front of the line for the concert. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... iggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D/' /> After waiting one and half hours or so, they let us in! And the security guards told us to not run. Did any of us listen? Heck no. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... /noway.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':wub:' /> A security guard touched my boob trying to stop me from running. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... ek3run.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':weeeh:' /> We still got in the 3rd row or so from the front due to fan club and press people be there already.
Concert:
And then the concert started. It was so surreal seeing it all in real... They sang 3 songs, I believe in English. 1 song with chorus in French and another song with talking parts in French. Their English wasn't GREAT, but I consider it good for Japanese people. The pronunciation was good. It's still much better than RA-BU instead of LOVE. I was rather impressed because it felt like they actually tried to cater towards us! Not just wota! And the MC's were in French. They had written what they were saying on their palms, it was really so cute! Also, I totally became a wota during the concert. I was singing loudly to every song and calling every girl's name. They were really happy if you knew anything about them at all... so I felt really happy to give them my appreciation! And the fact that most of the girls that came were underdogs... I just can't imagine how they felt!
Some random pictures of the concert:
Me & Aine at the concert!
After they finished singing Aitakatta, I believe.
Kasai Tomomi~
Sakura no Hanabiratachi (video)
I swear one of the girls was smiling at me when I messed up the hand motions of the song! XD MOENO~ (the one in my avatar <3)
Signing
I didn't get a ticket... but at least I was outside the booths. I was with DS who had lots of guts interacting with the girls. He kept calling the girl's names and telling them random things, like "I like you in your song called blah blah!" And we got tons of pictures of them. They posed for us. The girls were smiling at me straight into my eyes! I can't put into words just how good these moments felt. There was one girl, Kana, who wasn't having a good time though, lol. DS tried talking to her, but she didn't seem amused at all. Otherwise, most of the others were, like !!!! REALLY??? You heard my song before? OMG! <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... >/ohmy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /> It just felt so touching for them to see they have foreign fans. And I'm pretty sure some of the girls remember me now! It's so amazing. I just feel I have to go to New York again to remind them again how they have foreign fans. And besides, they might remember me! <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... iggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' /> I'm glad the undergirls came instead actually, I don't feel like the front girls would have appreciated our love for them as much since they get so much already <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' />
I wish I had more guts because I knew enough about the girls as well to shout at them and tell them how much I liked their songs... my Japanese sucks, but I wish I could do that at least. I know song names! If there is a New York, I don't think I will hold back. Because I have my regrets now.
Here's some nice pictures of the girls!
Anyways, I got some favorites now since this happened. My favorite used to be Rinatin, but she graduated into obscurity despite being a front girl for some time ;_;
Sasshi was great... when DS mentioned that he liked her song to her. She was so happy and she started doing the dance too! It was so cute.
Moeno was great too... she seemed so shy during the signing, but I swear she kept staring and smiling at me. It was so adorable. This girl is kind of ugly, I'll admit it, but I really like the vibe she gave me.
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Random thoughts I meant to post in the AKB thread, but I feel like I wrote this whole review with this in mind, so I'm sticking it here.
I know a lot of people don't really care about AKB here, but they were really, really good. Which makes me kind of sad.
I know it's a whole lot of girls to get to know, but once you find one girl to like, you really just want to support them. After watching some of their shows, hearing them talk, I really feel each girl has to try their best to get support from fans considering how many girls they have competition with. Either way, I have a new appreciation for a lot of the girls after going to Paris. It's really darn silly, but I often feel like tearing up when they perform their debut single, Sakura no Hanabiratachi. It's an uplifting song and motivating... and somehow reminds me of how each of the girls try. Some of them don't try as hard... of course. The front girls, sometimes I wonder about. But that's another story.
And I daresay a lot of girl's lives are basically AKB. They perform everyday, I'm not sure how each individual girl performs each week, but I think 3-4? And they have new stages occassionally, which is like 2 albums a year or so? On top of that, they have tv shows (if the girl is popular enough) and concerts as well. I think they all really do try their best. It's touching to me somehow.
AKB48 has gone the HAPPY HAPPY single route and I hate it. I liked them for being able to do cool songs good. Either way, to really get into AKB, stage songs are where it's at.
