2016.08.13 Seto Koji's Nurumeyu Tabi Solo Event Review! [Second Show]
So I was lucky enough (because I'm in the fanclub) to get able to go to Seto's Fanclub Solo event! I originally had two tickets because I'd also accidently got tickets for his show in Osaka xD But in Tokyo I had tickets for the Second Show of the day so after a quick 6 lessons at work, I ran over to Nippori (to a very nice hotel by the way!) got lunch and found the venue.
This is the set he had for his event. He plays 'Setti' who is like Seto Koji's failed twin brother or something xD It's hilarious how even though it's HIS event, he's playing a character and he/Setti even mentioned (as a joke) that even off stage Seto Koji plays a character xD BUT we're getting too far ahead.
PreShow
I got there just before the First show ended (it ended about 3pm) and the staff we luck enough to open the sales for the second show about 5 minutes early (they were supposed to start at 3) but, I was like the only one there and said 'Can I buy goods yet?' and they looked at the time and went 'yeah.. why not. 3 pm goods are open people!' xD Which was nice of them ^_^ For me I bought his shirt and bromides and then I bought the lunch bag and bromides for the lovely Tilmon <3
My friend Rika went to both shows so after buying good I waited for her to come out and we went to a cafe to spend time talking about the event before we went back for it. She talked about how she'd been to previous Seto Solo events and that this was the best one yet. She spoke about how it's a lot more fun with it being D Date and not just Seto and Araki/Horii (which was the last one I think). And she also said 'everything this time is so much better and interesting!' so naturally my already nervous self got even MORE nervous and excited.
At the venue, while waiting to go in, some girls sat next to me pulled out some Macarons and then Yasukawa's bromides from Wakasamagumi. So naturally I couldn't NOT get involved, especially cos the bag I'd brought had Kamakari and JP's badges from the stage on! (btw review here). So this was our conversation:
私/Me: 見ましたか？/ Did you watch it (Wakasamagumi)?
人/Them: (缶バッジ見て)あなたも見ました？/ *Sees the badges on my bag* You also saw it?
私: そうです。安川のファンですか？/ I did. Are you JP's fan?
人: そうです。/ I am
私: 私も！ / Me too!
人: いつ見ました？ / When did you watch it?
私: 今週の水曜 / This Wednesday
人: 今日見ました。明日は？ / I saw it today. Are you going tomorrow?
私: いいえ / No I'm not.
人: 明日も見ます / I'm seeing it tomorrow as well.
I hope the two of them had a good time! It was nice to find other fans of other things and be able to have a conversation with them xD at one point they also went 'kawaii / cute' to me and I'm still not used to it and don't believe it so I was like 'nah nah nah' xD
When I finally got it, turns out there's rows 1 - 7 BEFORE you get to row A - G. So even though I had Row F and thought I'd be towards the front, I was RIGHT at the back, but luckily there were only like 100 - 200 of us so it wasn't like we weren't close to him xD I got an aisle seat as well which was nice.
I didn't take a picture this time of my view - sorry!
Now to the show!
Overview
I didn't know what to expect as I knew it wasn't going to be a stage cos duh, it's an ACTOR SOLO EVENT but because he didn't post any information about the contents before the shows began, I was going in blind. All I knew what that there'd be a VTR of his last travel (this time with D Date) and that we'd either get a handshake or a high five at the end but even then I wasn't 100% we'd get that.
So let's have a break down first:
- Seto Introduction
- A Look at the Props around Seto
- Seto Character Ranking
- VTR Part 1
- VTR Part 2
- Singing Performance
- Find the Character
- 100 Names Challenge
- Story Book
I think that's all the sections so let's go full swing!
Opening
Just before the show starts, we're treated to a VTR of the staff knocking on his door and opening it to see him wrapped in a blanked and onions wrapped around the throat because he's 'ill' and they tell him to hurry up and he's like 'I'm coming...' and as he goes to stand up he starts do a little dancing with some words to make a beat xD It was pretty funny and then he slumped back down into his chair again xD
Finally they pulled the curtain away and reveal the set and he came out on stage. It was pretty funny the first few minutes because he was trying to talk but his mic was super in the way and right under his nose so we could hear all his breathing and he tried so hard, many times, to pull it down and away and we couldn't stop laughing as he tried to sort it out xD eventually he did and went back to his story. So as already mentioned Seto is pretending to be Setti, who is Koji's brother who failed to enter D-Boys while Koji did and so now Setti runs a Seto themed cafe and we were the customers at this cafe - great concept and idea in my opinion. And he also has a newspaper clipping up of the Japanese athelete who (at the time) was at the Rio olympics, 'representing' the Seto family cos the athelete too is called Seto and Setti was like 'we're so proud of him... awww he's so cute!' xD
He then picks up a handheld camera and shows us around (there's a screen above the stage where we're shown all the VTRS and videos etc. as you can see in the very first pic ^^^) the cafe and the things he collected. It was SUPER nostalgic! He had things like his first photobook there and his certificate from winning the D-Boys audition. He tells us that the only reason Koji got picked for D-Boys and Setti didn't is because Koji has duck lips to which he then proceeded to do a super close up on one of his posters on his lips and then did a close up of his own and was like 'see! No duck lips!' xD There were some bromides and he also had posters for Dekishina and Gasso up and like a lifesize poster of Seto from Asa ga Kita. On the table he also had the goods from this time around on the table. I had to giggle because he almost dropped the mug as he picked it up xD and he was like 'please go and purchase them from the entrance' xD
After showing us around, he asked if there's any new fans today who had joined within the past year and surprisingly (cos his popularity blew up cos of Dekishina this year) NO ONE put their hands up so he was like 'you're all long time fans then?' and we're all like 'yep!'. Then he asked if there was anyone who was at his event for the first time and obviously I put my hand up and about 4 other people did. I'd say about 90% of the people there had gone to at 1pm show that day too, and about 60% had gone to the shows in both Osaka AND Tokyo, which became obvious once he was going around the crowds at random points, and he (and his manager and other staff around) could recognise people. During the high five too, you could tell who he'd already spoken to and met already in the past xD
There was also another point where he was 'cleaning' the cafe with the dustpan and brush and when he went to place them down, they dropped. Little things like this amuse me okay!
Then he had a random VTR where he advertises Ketchup. And there were two versions; one where he's like 'ketchup is the best! You can put it on everything!' and another where he's like 'ketchup is the best! It even goes with mochi!' to which he then eats mochi with ketchup on it and you could see the disgust on his face yet he's like 'this is the best!' super short but super funny and super cute!
Character Ranking
Then he came to the right side of the stage and put on a labcoat and began 'Setti's Research!'. He listed the characters he's done over the past twelve months. We have:
- Fairy from Dekishina
- Kiriake from HOPE
- Igawa from Age Harassment
- Narisawa from Asa ga Kita
- Seto Koji
- Kairi from Yuhiden
- Hansel from Gretel's Cooking Show
I think I'm missing a person... but yes Seto Koji is an option here xD and so we had quite a few rankings to go through:
1. The person you don't want to be friends with:
Third Place: Kairi because he's kill you with his sword
Second Place: Kiriake from HOPE
Then he asked who you think is number one in this ranking and someone near me went 'Seto Koji!' and he was like '-___-' it was hilarious! This ended up turning into a running joke - you'll soon see.
First Place: Igawa from Age Harassment
He explained that he found this character had to play and it hurt him a little to play someone so mean and who has this hidden and dark side to him. He also takes this moment to admit 'I have no other side. You all see me completely as I am. I'm not two faced at all.' which I thought was very sweet and very open of him <3
2. The person you want to go on vacation with
Third Place: Fairy from Dekishina
At this point everyone was like 'what?!' and he was like 'well he seems the playboy type and would just go off and do his own thing or make plans with too many people' and we kinda agreed with him xD and he also did a 'I'm sorry Miyabi' and we all squealed xD
Second Place: Kiriake from Hope
We were all like 'WHAT?!' and he's like (smiling) 'you all hate him don't you' and we're like 'yes!' and then he said 'I KNOW this character. You'll start liking him in a few episodes, trust me. Also... he looks rich. He could have a holiday villa!' and we all agreed so easily >.<
For last place he had us guess again and of course someone yelled 'Seto Koji!', and at this point Seto was like 'Omaera! / Oi you guys!' xD Then revealed Last Place: Seto Koji and explained 'even on my days off I don't go anywhere, I'm learning lines or preparing for the next thing, so yeah I'd be super boring to go on holiday with... I mean Seto KOJI would be boring to go on holiday with, I'm Setti' xD
First Place: Narisawa from Asa ga Kita
This first place ranking I can't quiet remember but I have a feeling it was this cos he did talk about of Narisawa is a guy who can speak English and has this world knowledge so he'd be good to travel with. Before this First Place ranking he asked us again who it's be and most of us said Hansel because he knows the world of sweets and food so he'd be good to travel with right.
3. The person who wouldn't be scared of a ghost
Third Place: Hansel from Gretel's Cooking Show
Seto's defense 'he talks to a talking door. He isn't going to find a ghost scarey or anything out of the ordinary' xD good point!
Second Place: Kairi from Yuhiden
Seto: He fought those zombie looking things so after that he isn't going to be shocked if ghosts are about and he had a sword so he'll probably try to cut them down.
There was no last place even though he asked who would be and we said Seto Koji yet again xD
First Place: Narosawa from Asagakita
Seto: You've seen him right? He's an older man who is ruthless and strong and he would probably scare the ghost rather than the ghost scaring him. xD
4. Person who stripes to his pants as soon as he gets home
Third Place: Narisawa from Asagakita
Seto: You've all seen him to his pants. You've all seen that scene where I'm pretty much naked as him right! xD he definitely strips as soon as he gets home.
Two Place: Fairy from Dekishina
Seto then started to bend down and did 'hey Betty' and we all squealed xD and he's like 'yeah you've all seen this scene and me in my underwear yet again.'
Then he asked us who was in first place and someone went 'Seto Daiya! (the athelete we mentioned at the beginning of the show)' and Seto was like 'he isn't on this list!!'
First Place: Seto Koji
He mentioned how he likes to relax as soon as he gets home so he is the type of strip straight away once he gets home and then someone yelled at him to do it now to show us an example and he looked at the person and then slowly pulled his coat a bi, but a split second later he was like 'やるか？！ / Like I'd do it here' XD Oh Seto <33
My memory is a little fuzzy for this ranking so I might be a little wrong but I'm pretty confident this is all right and correct but sorry if it's not correct! I'm sure it is though... anyway!
VTR
And then it was time for the VTR! This was split into two parts! During the first part. Seto is sat in an armchair on stage facing the VTR with the rest of us. Just before he started the VTR he took out his phone and was like 'are we okay for time?' xD so sweet!
Part 1
It's basically Seto exlaining that he goes somewhere relaxing and usually ends up at an Onsen and Horii turns up on screen and Setos' like 'oh you came last time too!' and then Araki turns up on screen and is like 'where we going? Let's go!' and he goes to get into the car and Seto is like 'hold on! There's one more person we're waiting for' 'who?' and the camera shoots around the show Tomo with his leg cocked up on a step and in this black outfit and glasses and is like 'for me!' and he starts doing this dance and thrusting his hips in such a comedic way; I was dying of laughter xD he's such an idiot. So finally they get into the car; Seto driver, Araki front passenger, Tomo behind Seto and Horii behind Araki.
Araki was in control of the handheld camera in the car and he kept thrusting the camera in different directions and to whoever was talking and because Seto and Tomo had a lot of back and forth, the camera was constantly moving and they added sound to it which was funny xD
They all try to guess where Seto is taking them and Tomo mentions a place and is like 'I was there 3 days ago. We can't go there. Don't go there!' and then they notice they're driving towards Sky tree and the three of them are like 'lets go there! I wanna go there!'
Seto: Ikenai yo / We're not going there.
Tomo: We should go there! It's fun!
Horii: I want to go!
Seto: Ikenai yo / We're not going
Araki: It'd be a lot of fun right?
Tomo: Yeah so we're going there right?
Seto: Ikanai yo! / We're not going there!
But then he stops near it and they all get out all excited. Seto goes to his tires and checks the pressure, stretches his arms and ho 'okay lets set off again' and they're all like 'seriously? We stopped just to check your tires?
Anyway, they went to a long street down in Tokyo, unfortunately I don't know which street it was. And as they go down the street Araki keeps turning off and going into food shops cos apparently he's super hungry xD Eventually they stopped and tried yakitori which the shop owner kindly just let them dip in the sauce and eat there and then and it was funny watching them trying to not get any sauce on their outfits (they were wearing a lot of white xD)
Then they went to another restaurant and there were four cards face down and one had each of their names on of who would pay for the meal and the guys were lucky and picked Seto's card xD he was not impressed.
The VTR stopped here. At this point the Seto on stage stands up, I can't remember what he said but he was bad mouthing the boys xD and then tells us to enjoy the second half as he goes off stage.
Part 2
Part 2 is SETOMO galore!!!
They go to an onsen together <3 Tomo had his towel wrapped around him like a woman and was like 'don't look!' and try to put his hands over his chest and private area >.<
Then they got into the bath and they were just talked about how long it's been since they debuted and how nice onsens are and stuff and half way through Seto talking, Tomo pushed Seto away slightly so he could sit with his legs stretched out and Seto completely lost his balance and was pushed away from Tomo xD
Then Seto tried the bubbling/jacuzzi section of the onsen and Tomo went over to him and sat on him xD seriously these two are the best best friends ever <3 I love their relatioship so much ^_^ they've always been together <3
Throughout the onsen experience, Tomo kept splashing water at Seto. Then he kindly scrubbed Seto's back ^_^
They also talked about tumbling and about Tomo's character (who's gay) and he's like! 'Yaku Janai / that's not an act' to which the entire crowd are like 'please don't be lying!' xD Then Tomo goes right up to the camera and says 'I know what's under there (indicating to Seto's towel) but I won't tell you' and Seto is like 'what you saying?!' oh man...
Seriously love these two together <3 I want them to do a bus tour together SO badly but as me and my friend Rika discussed after; there's too many Seto fans that it'd be uneven and too many would wanna go on the bus tour. But Makichan did a bus tour in June and cos there were like 200 applications he had to do two weekend with two different 60 (or so) girls. So if Maki can do like 2 weeks of 200 girls on his own, I'm quite sure SeTomo can do manage two buses of fangirls between them.
Then the VTR ended
Singing Performance
The next segment was a performance and singing section where he did a melody of a bunch of different songs. I didn't know any of them except the AKB song but the songs he chose were so good! For AKB he didn't sing, in fact he did the dance for Flying Get which was WEIRD to se. I'm so used to Seto being this manly, composed guy but this event made me see a COMPLETELY different side to him and it was great to see him as this happy, jumpy, (and a little) stupid guy <3 made me like him EVEN more than I already do!
Once Flying Get was done he went back stage to grab a mic stand and as he was setting up he's just stood there out of breath 'that (as in Flying Get) takes a lot of energy' xD For the final song he walked around the front area of the audience and high fived a little as he sang and then got us to sing too. I got a little teary eyed in the last one. AND he's so good at singing! Voice of an angel! I always knew he was a good singer cos of Kiva and Tenimyu and D-DATE but DAMN he's improved so much!! I was so impressed with his singing here!
After the singing performance he spoke again about he has no hidden face and that he shows everything and said: 'you can probably tell from my blog that I don't hide anything. The words (on there) are heavy aren't they? They're always heavy. Sorry' Don't apologise Seto! It's because of your blog that I've come to love you even more! You're not just an amazing actor but the topics and the way you express yourself on your blog is what touches my heart the most and makes me respect you so much!
At the end of this he pulled out his phone again and was like 'are we okay for the last train?' to which we all laughed cos it must've only been like 7pm and the last train is always around midnight xD
SettiOlympics
Now we have SettiOlympics! Obviously inspired by the current (or was current) Olympics and he had two games in this.
1. Find the Person
He did this two times. He had to face away from the audience with an eye mask on while his special guest a.k.a his manager, picked someone to dress up as a famous person. The first person was right at the back of the room so it took him ages to go searching and find the person and it was a girl who he's already met before and they had a little discussion together . Then the second one was a famous violinist and the girl had a paper violin and a afro wig on. So we ALL thought he'd get it straight away. You'd think right? This boy was such a fail xD He must have bad eyesight cos he's like 'is it at the back again?' and was searching really hard and we'reall like 'eeeeeeehhhh?!?!!?' and he's like 'What? Why you eeeehing?' and when he finally spotted her, he's like 'ah! So close!' cos she was like in the 3rd row but he was frantically looking towards and at the back xD it was someone he hadn't met before so they had a little talk too ^_^
2. 100 Name Call
This was straight forward; before going in we had to write our first names on a piece of paper which would be used in this segment. 100 of those papers were chosen and he was timed to see how quickly he could say the 100 names. He took just under 2 minutes xD
Final Segment: Story book
He sat down and read to us a book/story he'd made and drawn himself and as he spoke the images from the story book came out on the screen. It was about 3 (animal) friends who meet a human and they were taught not to trust humans but hang out with him and it backfires when the human steals their friend rabbit but they rescue her and run back to their land. It was pretty dark - as you can tell - but it was also cute as it was about friends working together and helping each other to save friends ^_^
And thus the event ended. OH but not before we got pics taken:
Can you see me? I'm here!:
And all was left was to sit until we were told we could stand up and go to high five Seto ^_^
The High Five
I'm very luckily in that my emotions are always all over the place before and after but never during something. So I was super freaking out during the entire show after high fiving Seto but when it happened I was totally calm and as soon as I was out of the venue I was freaking out and jumping all over the place. I've always been like these; same with presentations, exams, stage plays, doctors appointments etc. which I'm thankful for. Hopefully it'll work when I go and meet MakiChan next month >.< ANYWAY!
While I was waiting for my turn, I was surprised (I shouldn't have been) at how many older women, and (older) mother and (20/30-something) daughter, and young kids were there! With the kids he always patted their heads which was super cute!! And I found it hilarious at the one staff person who, if the fan as stood there for even a split second, they would automatically try to push them away so the line could keep going xD It is a big unfair cos a handshake would naturally automatically give a fan a long amount of time but I thought it was so ridiculous that I started giggling xD It was hilarious to watch the one woman trying to push the fans away as they're clearly trying to have a conversation with Seto and he clearly wants to answer them xD What was the point woman? xD Oh well!
It finally got to my turn:
Me: ありがとうございました / *Japanese* thank you
Seto: *Japanese* ありがとう/thanks, *switches to English* oh, thank you very much!
His pronunciation was spot on <3 he was definitely taken aback by me mwahahaha anyway! So that's what happened!
After the event, me and Rika went to KFC, cos she really wanted to eat it and we spent like 2 hours fangirling there ^_^
Also while in the KFC, Seto twitted out something interesting. Either it actually happened or I left an impression but didn't wanna be obvious that it was about me:
こうじです。今、外国人の店員さんに英語で話しかけたら普通に流暢な日本語で返されたとです。こうじです...こうじです...この後、21時から放送される『栄光なき天才たち』に出演します。是非、ご覧ください！
This is Koji. Now, when I spoke to a foreign shop work in English, they replied perfectly and normally in Japanese. I'm Koji. I'm Koji. After this I'll be on Eikou Naki Tensai Tachi at 9pm. Please watch it!
If it isn't about me then it can at least be confirmed that BECAUSE he met me this day, he felt motivated to try out his English more.
Goods!
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This wasn't a play so no overall section nor rating is needed! I'm so glad I went and I got to see some more sides to Seto that I've never seen before and it was great to finally meet this guy who I've been watching grow up for like 6/7 years! He really is the sweetest person and he's so funny and I hope I get a chance to meet him again and for a longer amount of time next time! ^_^
This is the set he had for his event. He plays 'Setti' who is like Seto Koji's failed twin brother or something xD It's hilarious how even though it's HIS event, he's playing a character and he/Setti even mentioned (as a joke) that even off stage Seto Koji plays a character xD BUT we're getting too far ahead.
PreShow
I got there just before the First show ended (it ended about 3pm) and the staff we luck enough to open the sales for the second show about 5 minutes early (they were supposed to start at 3) but, I was like the only one there and said 'Can I buy goods yet?' and they looked at the time and went 'yeah.. why not. 3 pm goods are open people!' xD Which was nice of them ^_^ For me I bought his shirt and bromides and then I bought the lunch bag and bromides for the lovely Tilmon <3
My friend Rika went to both shows so after buying good I waited for her to come out and we went to a cafe to spend time talking about the event before we went back for it. She talked about how she'd been to previous Seto Solo events and that this was the best one yet. She spoke about how it's a lot more fun with it being D Date and not just Seto and Araki/Horii (which was the last one I think). And she also said 'everything this time is so much better and interesting!' so naturally my already nervous self got even MORE nervous and excited.
At the venue, while waiting to go in, some girls sat next to me pulled out some Macarons and then Yasukawa's bromides from Wakasamagumi. So naturally I couldn't NOT get involved, especially cos the bag I'd brought had Kamakari and JP's badges from the stage on! (btw review here). So this was our conversation:
私/Me: 見ましたか？/ Did you watch it (Wakasamagumi)?
人/Them: (缶バッジ見て)あなたも見ました？/ *Sees the badges on my bag* You also saw it?
私: そうです。安川のファンですか？/ I did. Are you JP's fan?
人: そうです。/ I am
私: 私も！ / Me too!
人: いつ見ました？ / When did you watch it?
私: 今週の水曜 / This Wednesday
人: 今日見ました。明日は？ / I saw it today. Are you going tomorrow?
私: いいえ / No I'm not.
人: 明日も見ます / I'm seeing it tomorrow as well.
I hope the two of them had a good time! It was nice to find other fans of other things and be able to have a conversation with them xD at one point they also went 'kawaii / cute' to me and I'm still not used to it and don't believe it so I was like 'nah nah nah' xD
When I finally got it, turns out there's rows 1 - 7 BEFORE you get to row A - G. So even though I had Row F and thought I'd be towards the front, I was RIGHT at the back, but luckily there were only like 100 - 200 of us so it wasn't like we weren't close to him xD I got an aisle seat as well which was nice.
I didn't take a picture this time of my view - sorry!
Now to the show!
Overview
I didn't know what to expect as I knew it wasn't going to be a stage cos duh, it's an ACTOR SOLO EVENT but because he didn't post any information about the contents before the shows began, I was going in blind. All I knew what that there'd be a VTR of his last travel (this time with D Date) and that we'd either get a handshake or a high five at the end but even then I wasn't 100% we'd get that.
So let's have a break down first:
- Seto Introduction
- A Look at the Props around Seto
- Seto Character Ranking
- VTR Part 1
- VTR Part 2
- Singing Performance
- Find the Character
- 100 Names Challenge
- Story Book
I think that's all the sections so let's go full swing!
Opening
Just before the show starts, we're treated to a VTR of the staff knocking on his door and opening it to see him wrapped in a blanked and onions wrapped around the throat because he's 'ill' and they tell him to hurry up and he's like 'I'm coming...' and as he goes to stand up he starts do a little dancing with some words to make a beat xD It was pretty funny and then he slumped back down into his chair again xD
Finally they pulled the curtain away and reveal the set and he came out on stage. It was pretty funny the first few minutes because he was trying to talk but his mic was super in the way and right under his nose so we could hear all his breathing and he tried so hard, many times, to pull it down and away and we couldn't stop laughing as he tried to sort it out xD eventually he did and went back to his story. So as already mentioned Seto is pretending to be Setti, who is Koji's brother who failed to enter D-Boys while Koji did and so now Setti runs a Seto themed cafe and we were the customers at this cafe - great concept and idea in my opinion. And he also has a newspaper clipping up of the Japanese athelete who (at the time) was at the Rio olympics, 'representing' the Seto family cos the athelete too is called Seto and Setti was like 'we're so proud of him... awww he's so cute!' xD
He then picks up a handheld camera and shows us around (there's a screen above the stage where we're shown all the VTRS and videos etc. as you can see in the very first pic ^^^) the cafe and the things he collected. It was SUPER nostalgic! He had things like his first photobook there and his certificate from winning the D-Boys audition. He tells us that the only reason Koji got picked for D-Boys and Setti didn't is because Koji has duck lips to which he then proceeded to do a super close up on one of his posters on his lips and then did a close up of his own and was like 'see! No duck lips!' xD There were some bromides and he also had posters for Dekishina and Gasso up and like a lifesize poster of Seto from Asa ga Kita. On the table he also had the goods from this time around on the table. I had to giggle because he almost dropped the mug as he picked it up xD and he was like 'please go and purchase them from the entrance' xD
After showing us around, he asked if there's any new fans today who had joined within the past year and surprisingly (cos his popularity blew up cos of Dekishina this year) NO ONE put their hands up so he was like 'you're all long time fans then?' and we're all like 'yep!'. Then he asked if there was anyone who was at his event for the first time and obviously I put my hand up and about 4 other people did. I'd say about 90% of the people there had gone to at 1pm show that day too, and about 60% had gone to the shows in both Osaka AND Tokyo, which became obvious once he was going around the crowds at random points, and he (and his manager and other staff around) could recognise people. During the high five too, you could tell who he'd already spoken to and met already in the past xD
There was also another point where he was 'cleaning' the cafe with the dustpan and brush and when he went to place them down, they dropped. Little things like this amuse me okay!
Then he had a random VTR where he advertises Ketchup. And there were two versions; one where he's like 'ketchup is the best! You can put it on everything!' and another where he's like 'ketchup is the best! It even goes with mochi!' to which he then eats mochi with ketchup on it and you could see the disgust on his face yet he's like 'this is the best!' super short but super funny and super cute!
Character Ranking
Then he came to the right side of the stage and put on a labcoat and began 'Setti's Research!'. He listed the characters he's done over the past twelve months. We have:
- Fairy from Dekishina
- Kiriake from HOPE
- Igawa from Age Harassment
- Narisawa from Asa ga Kita
- Seto Koji
- Kairi from Yuhiden
- Hansel from Gretel's Cooking Show
I think I'm missing a person... but yes Seto Koji is an option here xD and so we had quite a few rankings to go through:
1. The person you don't want to be friends with:
Third Place: Kairi because he's kill you with his sword
Second Place: Kiriake from HOPE
Then he asked who you think is number one in this ranking and someone near me went 'Seto Koji!' and he was like '-___-' it was hilarious! This ended up turning into a running joke - you'll soon see.
First Place: Igawa from Age Harassment
He explained that he found this character had to play and it hurt him a little to play someone so mean and who has this hidden and dark side to him. He also takes this moment to admit 'I have no other side. You all see me completely as I am. I'm not two faced at all.' which I thought was very sweet and very open of him <3
2. The person you want to go on vacation with
Third Place: Fairy from Dekishina
At this point everyone was like 'what?!' and he was like 'well he seems the playboy type and would just go off and do his own thing or make plans with too many people' and we kinda agreed with him xD and he also did a 'I'm sorry Miyabi' and we all squealed xD
Second Place: Kiriake from Hope
We were all like 'WHAT?!' and he's like (smiling) 'you all hate him don't you' and we're like 'yes!' and then he said 'I KNOW this character. You'll start liking him in a few episodes, trust me. Also... he looks rich. He could have a holiday villa!' and we all agreed so easily >.<
For last place he had us guess again and of course someone yelled 'Seto Koji!', and at this point Seto was like 'Omaera! / Oi you guys!' xD Then revealed Last Place: Seto Koji and explained 'even on my days off I don't go anywhere, I'm learning lines or preparing for the next thing, so yeah I'd be super boring to go on holiday with... I mean Seto KOJI would be boring to go on holiday with, I'm Setti' xD
First Place: Narisawa from Asa ga Kita
This first place ranking I can't quiet remember but I have a feeling it was this cos he did talk about of Narisawa is a guy who can speak English and has this world knowledge so he'd be good to travel with. Before this First Place ranking he asked us again who it's be and most of us said Hansel because he knows the world of sweets and food so he'd be good to travel with right.
3. The person who wouldn't be scared of a ghost
Third Place: Hansel from Gretel's Cooking Show
Seto's defense 'he talks to a talking door. He isn't going to find a ghost scarey or anything out of the ordinary' xD good point!
Second Place: Kairi from Yuhiden
Seto: He fought those zombie looking things so after that he isn't going to be shocked if ghosts are about and he had a sword so he'll probably try to cut them down.
There was no last place even though he asked who would be and we said Seto Koji yet again xD
First Place: Narosawa from Asagakita
Seto: You've seen him right? He's an older man who is ruthless and strong and he would probably scare the ghost rather than the ghost scaring him. xD
4. Person who stripes to his pants as soon as he gets home
Third Place: Narisawa from Asagakita
Seto: You've all seen him to his pants. You've all seen that scene where I'm pretty much naked as him right! xD he definitely strips as soon as he gets home.
Two Place: Fairy from Dekishina
Seto then started to bend down and did 'hey Betty' and we all squealed xD and he's like 'yeah you've all seen this scene and me in my underwear yet again.'
Then he asked us who was in first place and someone went 'Seto Daiya! (the athelete we mentioned at the beginning of the show)' and Seto was like 'he isn't on this list!!'
First Place: Seto Koji
He mentioned how he likes to relax as soon as he gets home so he is the type of strip straight away once he gets home and then someone yelled at him to do it now to show us an example and he looked at the person and then slowly pulled his coat a bi, but a split second later he was like 'やるか？！ / Like I'd do it here' XD Oh Seto <33
My memory is a little fuzzy for this ranking so I might be a little wrong but I'm pretty confident this is all right and correct but sorry if it's not correct! I'm sure it is though... anyway!
VTR
And then it was time for the VTR! This was split into two parts! During the first part. Seto is sat in an armchair on stage facing the VTR with the rest of us. Just before he started the VTR he took out his phone and was like 'are we okay for time?' xD so sweet!
Part 1
It's basically Seto exlaining that he goes somewhere relaxing and usually ends up at an Onsen and Horii turns up on screen and Setos' like 'oh you came last time too!' and then Araki turns up on screen and is like 'where we going? Let's go!' and he goes to get into the car and Seto is like 'hold on! There's one more person we're waiting for' 'who?' and the camera shoots around the show Tomo with his leg cocked up on a step and in this black outfit and glasses and is like 'for me!' and he starts doing this dance and thrusting his hips in such a comedic way; I was dying of laughter xD he's such an idiot. So finally they get into the car; Seto driver, Araki front passenger, Tomo behind Seto and Horii behind Araki.
Araki was in control of the handheld camera in the car and he kept thrusting the camera in different directions and to whoever was talking and because Seto and Tomo had a lot of back and forth, the camera was constantly moving and they added sound to it which was funny xD
They all try to guess where Seto is taking them and Tomo mentions a place and is like 'I was there 3 days ago. We can't go there. Don't go there!' and then they notice they're driving towards Sky tree and the three of them are like 'lets go there! I wanna go there!'
Seto: Ikenai yo / We're not going there.
Tomo: We should go there! It's fun!
Horii: I want to go!
Seto: Ikenai yo / We're not going
Araki: It'd be a lot of fun right?
Tomo: Yeah so we're going there right?
Seto: Ikanai yo! / We're not going there!
But then he stops near it and they all get out all excited. Seto goes to his tires and checks the pressure, stretches his arms and ho 'okay lets set off again' and they're all like 'seriously? We stopped just to check your tires?
Anyway, they went to a long street down in Tokyo, unfortunately I don't know which street it was. And as they go down the street Araki keeps turning off and going into food shops cos apparently he's super hungry xD Eventually they stopped and tried yakitori which the shop owner kindly just let them dip in the sauce and eat there and then and it was funny watching them trying to not get any sauce on their outfits (they were wearing a lot of white xD)
Then they went to another restaurant and there were four cards face down and one had each of their names on of who would pay for the meal and the guys were lucky and picked Seto's card xD he was not impressed.
The VTR stopped here. At this point the Seto on stage stands up, I can't remember what he said but he was bad mouthing the boys xD and then tells us to enjoy the second half as he goes off stage.
Part 2
Part 2 is SETOMO galore!!!
They go to an onsen together <3 Tomo had his towel wrapped around him like a woman and was like 'don't look!' and try to put his hands over his chest and private area >.<
Then they got into the bath and they were just talked about how long it's been since they debuted and how nice onsens are and stuff and half way through Seto talking, Tomo pushed Seto away slightly so he could sit with his legs stretched out and Seto completely lost his balance and was pushed away from Tomo xD
Then Seto tried the bubbling/jacuzzi section of the onsen and Tomo went over to him and sat on him xD seriously these two are the best best friends ever <3 I love their relatioship so much ^_^ they've always been together <3
Throughout the onsen experience, Tomo kept splashing water at Seto. Then he kindly scrubbed Seto's back ^_^
They also talked about tumbling and about Tomo's character (who's gay) and he's like! 'Yaku Janai / that's not an act' to which the entire crowd are like 'please don't be lying!' xD Then Tomo goes right up to the camera and says 'I know what's under there (indicating to Seto's towel) but I won't tell you' and Seto is like 'what you saying?!' oh man...
Seriously love these two together <3 I want them to do a bus tour together SO badly but as me and my friend Rika discussed after; there's too many Seto fans that it'd be uneven and too many would wanna go on the bus tour. But Makichan did a bus tour in June and cos there were like 200 applications he had to do two weekend with two different 60 (or so) girls. So if Maki can do like 2 weeks of 200 girls on his own, I'm quite sure SeTomo can do manage two buses of fangirls between them.
Then the VTR ended
Singing Performance
The next segment was a performance and singing section where he did a melody of a bunch of different songs. I didn't know any of them except the AKB song but the songs he chose were so good! For AKB he didn't sing, in fact he did the dance for Flying Get which was WEIRD to se. I'm so used to Seto being this manly, composed guy but this event made me see a COMPLETELY different side to him and it was great to see him as this happy, jumpy, (and a little) stupid guy <3 made me like him EVEN more than I already do!
Once Flying Get was done he went back stage to grab a mic stand and as he was setting up he's just stood there out of breath 'that (as in Flying Get) takes a lot of energy' xD For the final song he walked around the front area of the audience and high fived a little as he sang and then got us to sing too. I got a little teary eyed in the last one. AND he's so good at singing! Voice of an angel! I always knew he was a good singer cos of Kiva and Tenimyu and D-DATE but DAMN he's improved so much!! I was so impressed with his singing here!
After the singing performance he spoke again about he has no hidden face and that he shows everything and said: 'you can probably tell from my blog that I don't hide anything. The words (on there) are heavy aren't they? They're always heavy. Sorry' Don't apologise Seto! It's because of your blog that I've come to love you even more! You're not just an amazing actor but the topics and the way you express yourself on your blog is what touches my heart the most and makes me respect you so much!
At the end of this he pulled out his phone again and was like 'are we okay for the last train?' to which we all laughed cos it must've only been like 7pm and the last train is always around midnight xD
SettiOlympics
Now we have SettiOlympics! Obviously inspired by the current (or was current) Olympics and he had two games in this.
1. Find the Person
He did this two times. He had to face away from the audience with an eye mask on while his special guest a.k.a his manager, picked someone to dress up as a famous person. The first person was right at the back of the room so it took him ages to go searching and find the person and it was a girl who he's already met before and they had a little discussion together . Then the second one was a famous violinist and the girl had a paper violin and a afro wig on. So we ALL thought he'd get it straight away. You'd think right? This boy was such a fail xD He must have bad eyesight cos he's like 'is it at the back again?' and was searching really hard and we'reall like 'eeeeeeehhhh?!?!!?' and he's like 'What? Why you eeeehing?' and when he finally spotted her, he's like 'ah! So close!' cos she was like in the 3rd row but he was frantically looking towards and at the back xD it was someone he hadn't met before so they had a little talk too ^_^
2. 100 Name Call
This was straight forward; before going in we had to write our first names on a piece of paper which would be used in this segment. 100 of those papers were chosen and he was timed to see how quickly he could say the 100 names. He took just under 2 minutes xD
Final Segment: Story book
He sat down and read to us a book/story he'd made and drawn himself and as he spoke the images from the story book came out on the screen. It was about 3 (animal) friends who meet a human and they were taught not to trust humans but hang out with him and it backfires when the human steals their friend rabbit but they rescue her and run back to their land. It was pretty dark - as you can tell - but it was also cute as it was about friends working together and helping each other to save friends ^_^
And thus the event ended. OH but not before we got pics taken:
Can you see me? I'm here!:
And all was left was to sit until we were told we could stand up and go to high five Seto ^_^
The High Five
I'm very luckily in that my emotions are always all over the place before and after but never during something. So I was super freaking out during the entire show after high fiving Seto but when it happened I was totally calm and as soon as I was out of the venue I was freaking out and jumping all over the place. I've always been like these; same with presentations, exams, stage plays, doctors appointments etc. which I'm thankful for. Hopefully it'll work when I go and meet MakiChan next month >.< ANYWAY!
While I was waiting for my turn, I was surprised (I shouldn't have been) at how many older women, and (older) mother and (20/30-something) daughter, and young kids were there! With the kids he always patted their heads which was super cute!! And I found it hilarious at the one staff person who, if the fan as stood there for even a split second, they would automatically try to push them away so the line could keep going xD It is a big unfair cos a handshake would naturally automatically give a fan a long amount of time but I thought it was so ridiculous that I started giggling xD It was hilarious to watch the one woman trying to push the fans away as they're clearly trying to have a conversation with Seto and he clearly wants to answer them xD What was the point woman? xD Oh well!
It finally got to my turn:
Me: ありがとうございました / *Japanese* thank you
Seto: *Japanese* ありがとう/thanks, *switches to English* oh, thank you very much!
His pronunciation was spot on <3 he was definitely taken aback by me mwahahaha anyway! So that's what happened!
After the event, me and Rika went to KFC, cos she really wanted to eat it and we spent like 2 hours fangirling there ^_^
Also while in the KFC, Seto twitted out something interesting. Either it actually happened or I left an impression but didn't wanna be obvious that it was about me:
こうじです。今、外国人の店員さんに英語で話しかけたら普通に流暢な日本語で返されたとです。こうじです...こうじです...この後、21時から放送される『栄光なき天才たち』に出演します。是非、ご覧ください！
This is Koji. Now, when I spoke to a foreign shop work in English, they replied perfectly and normally in Japanese. I'm Koji. I'm Koji. After this I'll be on Eikou Naki Tensai Tachi at 9pm. Please watch it!
If it isn't about me then it can at least be confirmed that BECAUSE he met me this day, he felt motivated to try out his English more.
Goods!
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This wasn't a play so no overall section nor rating is needed! I'm so glad I went and I got to see some more sides to Seto that I've never seen before and it was great to finally meet this guy who I've been watching grow up for like 6/7 years! He really is the sweetest person and he's so funny and I hope I get a chance to meet him again and for a longer amount of time next time! ^_^