2013-12-19 LIVE TOUR 13 [BEAUTIFUL DEFORMITY] - MAGNIFICENT MALFORMED BOX - ORIX Theater, Osaka
people lining up in the park outside of the hall
I see an analogy in regards to great concerts at locations starting with an 'O' - Omiya, Okayama, Osaka!! XD
Today's concert had the right amount of everything to be counted as great. Though, how a concert turns out depends mostly on the audience. So every locations has more or less an equal chance of making it a memorable event. :)
concert 6/9
start: 18:36
end: 20:55
seating: 1st floor, row 5, seat 31, between Aoi and Reita
Foreign attendees counted: about 25 scattered around throughout the whole hall, though mainly situated in center row 5 and 6
Set list
18:36 - 20:00
SE MALFORMED BOX
01. INSIDE BEAST
02. UNTIL IT BURNS OUT
-MC-
03. FADELESS
04. 鴉
05. CLEVER MONKEY
06. 13 Stairs [-1]
07. DEVOURING ONE ANOTHER
08. LOSS
09. REDO
10. LAST HEAVEN
-MC-
11. IN BLOSSOM
12. THE STUPID TINY INSECT
13. ATTITUDE
-MC-
14. 黒く澄んだ空と残骸と片翅
15. MAGGOTS
16. DISCHARGE
17. TO DAZZLING DARKNESS
18. CODA
ENCORE
20:10 - 20:42
E01. Ride with the Rockers
E02. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
-MC-
E03. HYENA
E04. Cockroach
E05. Filth in the Beauty
WEN
20:47
Linda ~candydive pinky heaven~
- near the end of Clever Monkey Aoi grabbed his groin and rubbed it provocatively, he definitely knows how to rile up the audience with little snippets of action these days
- Aoi uses a small red light indicating the beat as a support while playing Last Heaven, probably because he sets the rhythm for everybody else in that song
- did I ever mention that the stage lights for Last Heaven are awesome? they're like tiny little stars on the firmament ^^
- during In Blossom Ruki groaned sexily into the mic - he has quite an impressive voice - and Aoi spun one hand around to drive on the crowd
- OMG, the smiles! Aoi's smiles of appreciation are the most precious. you cannot help but grin in return
- first time I could actually make out what the audience is screaming in unison at the very beginning of Attitude.... it's "Attitude"! *headdesk* gotta love the folks lol 8D
- during Attitude Aoi approached the edge of the stage with a smirk and mouthed encouragements to the audience, he also made some rolling movements with his hand a few times and motivated everybody by clapping his hands to the rhythm
- the MCs were fun, especially the one where Ruki confused the 3rd with the 2nd floor. but cannot blame the guy, I'd have guessed it to be 3rd floor as well. you see, the outer parts of the 2nd and 3rd floor where slightly lowered in comparison to the main parts of these floors. turned out that the seats on the outer parts of the 3rd floor were actually 2nd floor tickets. so when he prompted the 3rd floor to scream and the outer parts did not, he asked them "what's up with you? aren't you guys 3rd floor?" they denied hotly, so he went "ah, so you are 2nd floor? I see..." and smiled :)
- another time Ruki asked an older man on the 2nd floor if he's alright, since he was sitting down whereas everybody else was standing. the man waved aside his concern and shook his head in defeat. he was clearly powered out from the previous songs
- Aoi struck a proud me-pose during the MC XD
- during the breaks between songs or shortly before MCs start Aoi is almost always the first one who is ready for the next round. it amuses me every time when he looks towards the other guys and finds them still adjusting their equipment, which in turn obviously bores him greatly XD
- he also tends to lean against his amps with crossed arms while listening only half-heartedly to whatever Ruki is talking about, but you can make out that through this bored stance he still intently registers every move the audience makes. being the cool guy is his 2nd nature, I guess
- during Discharge Ruki was showering the audience with water and Aoi kept nodding his head with a small smirk and continuously urged everybody on to keep headbanging
- Uruha joined Aoi on his side of the stage this time and they played facing each other for a while, nodding and looking at each other. they appear to be really comfortable at these times. Aoi keeps smiling/smirking and Uruha is always sporting a little pout, though more one of an encouraging nature ^^
- Ruki can be a mischievous bastard when he wants to be XD
During Hyena he and Uruha huddled together on the front pedestal when he started to finger at Uruha's shirt, pulled it down somewhat and slowly poured the water from his water bottle down Uruha's chest and inside his shirt while grinning. Uruha opened his mouth in shock and grinned widely while telling Ruki that he is an ass and that he better stop pouring the water in. It only made Ruki grin all the more. Respect to Uruha for not missing even one beat during this intermezzo XDD
- surprise surprise, this time it was not Aoi who entered the stage for the last encore with a can in his hand but Kai, which he later threw into the audience! :)
worth mentioning:
supatrakaew and her unbelievable luck at catching Kai's drum sticks! So let me tell you, she caught one drum stick at the live in Kobe and the next one at the live in Osaka. How much luck can one person have?? XD
My dear, enjoy your remaining days in Japan and let's meet again at one of the next tours! It's always a pleasure to attend lives with you. ^^