So...
So, front row (almost in the middle), a tour tee and a Yossi photoset. Not bad.
Trying to put my thoughts together in the train. This is straight from my lovely Marvel notebook. There might be some mistakes because translating is always awkward.
For those on my Friends List who don't know Morning Musume (= everyone), Hitomi Yoshizawa = Yossi = Yocchan = HANGRY, Rika Ishikawa = Rika = Charmy = ANGRY and 1444 = IshiYoshi = Rika Ishikawa + Hitomi Yoshizawa.
Coming down, coming down hard.
H&A didn't have a warm-up band, so they showed us H!P PVs on a really big screen. Momoko on the turbo screen = squee. About fifteen minutes before the gig they showed us Kill Me Kiss Me and, surprise surprise, the crowd went nuts.
Then a freaking long video explaining the history of IshiYoshi with comments from Gaki-san, Ai-chan and NONO (♥ ♥ ♥). Nono was so adorable! "Sometimes they seem like mom and dad."
Then. This tall Japanese ecchi wota man started shouting. HANGURII~ ANGURII~ Girls screamed for Hangry and the grown men shouted Angry, well, because, Rika.
When the girls came on stage Yossi spun Rika around a few times and Rika did a pirouette straight into Yossi's arms. I became a 1444 fan straight away. Before I've totally ignored the IshiYoshi hype but awww.
They started with Top Secret. The crowd was crazy. Yossi was on our side of the crowd.
I couldn't get my eyes off her. At some point I actually started to doubt my sexual preferences. She was 4 times prettier, tinier and thinner than I expected and still so Yossi. Charmy was, well, Charmy with her frilly loli dress but Yocchan was a rock star. She was so far from the H!P idol she used to be, her old image. I stared at her even when she was on the other side of the stage and screamed "YOSSSIIIIII~" every time I had a chance. There was a Yocchan fan right next to me, we screamed together. Most people screamed for Rika.
I think I actually said "kakkoiiii" out loud more than once, she was so cool. Seriously, she's everything I look up to and I don't even know.
Then Sadistic Dance. More fanservice. This song is about seducing someone and that was totally what it was. Goddamnit. (P.S. The boob grab in the Kill Me Kiss Me PV got the crowd freakishly hyped up. As did the almost-kiss. P.P.S. Yossi was totally flat. Like a boy. And my calf is as thick as her thigh. She was so tiny.)
Then came Mr. Monkey. Not a lot to say. I messed up the lyrics when Yossi came and the hand thing during the chorus was incredibly cute.
The crowd jumped non-stop during Romantic Ni Violence and I was dying at this point trying to breathe, sing and keep my photoset safe. I stopped pumping my fist whenever Rika was in front of us trying to catch my breath and Yossi noticed and gestured me to keep going. Kinda embarrassing.
Giza Giza. I was so excited but they just swayed together in the middle of the stage. But it was good ♥
Shake Me was so cute! The hand move ♥ Charmy was so adorable.
Wall Flower. Jumping up and down again. So energetic and the lights were awesome at the "taiyoooooou no hikari" part.
Angelia~ It was so good! I almost cried. Some more fanservice and jumping around.
Lady Madonna had the fan thing but I didn't buy one so I just used my photoset :D Rika was so cute, swaying around and smiling like crazy. Yocchan was all calm and collected. Paris Paris Paris Paris~
Kill Me Kiss Me was too awesome. The crowd was sick. Kill me, *kill me*, kiss me, *kiss me*. I screamed so hard. I think this is where Rika ran her hand up and down Yossi's leg and thigh. Every man in the crowd suddenly got a nosebleed.
Then some screaming. En-co-re, en-co-re. And it came. I think there was an MC part first, Rika's English MC (she was so stressed out, just stared at the paper and took a deep breath, the whole crowd went awwww). Minä rakastan teitä! Yossi had one too. They were cute.
Then they performed THE☆PEACE (an old Momusu song). Words aren't enough to describe the feeling. The moshing parts were horrible, I tried to mosh and pay attention to the stage at the same time :DD I gave up eventually. Everyone knew the lyrics.
A few music videos again. (The fanservice in Top Secret, 1444 is sooooooooooooo true.)
They came back to answer some fan questions and tried so hard to speak English. Especially Rika. Cutest thing ever. Yossi looked shocked every time the crowd got something in Japanese before it was translated. For example, Rika's super power joke. I cracked up so hard. Some people asked their questions in Japanese and the girls were happy and thanked them in Finnish. Kiitos kiitos.
I sacrificed my lottery ticket to get in the front row, I didn't have time to fill it, but it didn't matter that much. People won polaroid photos with the girls and signed posters.
Rika was so adorable when she picked the winners, she made a drumming sound with her lips and went "bingg" when she pulled the ticket out. She dropped one and blushed. Yossi was so cool, she just went "durr", rolled her eyes and said "jjjang". Kakkoiii.
The camera ran out of film and Rika got frustrated, going "muzukashii" and Yossi pointed at her calmly from the back and went "Angry wa angry!" ♥
Now random highlights. I can't remember when these happened. The girls said "kyuuto DJ" and Yossi said "cute" with a perfect American accent and freaking beamed, she was so proud of her little achievement. Flail. Someone shouted "kawaii" and the girls got all excited.
Everyone went awwwww everytime Charmy did something. One of the fans went "Rika-chan, happii~!" and did the hand thing. You could practically see a light bulb appear above her head when she remembered the thing and both Rika and the crowd kept doing it for the rest of the gig.
"I love Moomin", says Charmy and the crowd rolls on the ground.
They sounded better live than on CDs, even Giza Giza's high notes were completely perfect! I've always loved Yossi's voice but ♥_____♥
Yossi grabbed Rika by the waist at one point and when Rika tried to get away after a while Yocchan wouldn't let her go. It was too cute. 1444!
They want to do a Death Tracks version of Shabondama! I almost fainted when Yossi said that. And then Rika sang "chimata de uwasa no SEKUSHII ua ua" + the hand moves and the crowd and Yossi were totally excited. Then she forced Yossi to sing this incredibly cute poppoppo song and Yossi looked pissed off.
I loved all the old Momusu jokes.
Yossi looked me in the eyes so many times! I was so happy. Rika zoomed over me every time, it felt like she looked at everyone else but me.
It was the most awesome night ever. Something I had never even dared to wish for came true. Seeing Yossi live was fucking mind-blowing. Years of looking up to her and all of a sudden she's standing in front of me.
They walked past us when we were lining up. I stayed and waited for them after the gig. Rika had pulled her hood over her head Kenny style and Yossi had her fierce hair pulled back. She was so cute, staring out of the car window with incredibly wide eyes, squeezing the seat in front of her. Aww.
She looked me in the eyes and said arigato!
♥ ♥ ♥
I'm still totally high.
Trying to put my thoughts together in the train. This is straight from my lovely Marvel notebook. There might be some mistakes because translating is always awkward.
For those on my Friends List who don't know Morning Musume (= everyone), Hitomi Yoshizawa = Yossi = Yocchan = HANGRY, Rika Ishikawa = Rika = Charmy = ANGRY and 1444 = IshiYoshi = Rika Ishikawa + Hitomi Yoshizawa.
Coming down, coming down hard.
H&A didn't have a warm-up band, so they showed us H!P PVs on a really big screen. Momoko on the turbo screen = squee. About fifteen minutes before the gig they showed us Kill Me Kiss Me and, surprise surprise, the crowd went nuts.
Then a freaking long video explaining the history of IshiYoshi with comments from Gaki-san, Ai-chan and NONO (♥ ♥ ♥). Nono was so adorable! "Sometimes they seem like mom and dad."
Then. This tall Japanese ecchi wota man started shouting. HANGURII~ ANGURII~ Girls screamed for Hangry and the grown men shouted Angry, well, because, Rika.
When the girls came on stage Yossi spun Rika around a few times and Rika did a pirouette straight into Yossi's arms. I became a 1444 fan straight away. Before I've totally ignored the IshiYoshi hype but awww.
They started with Top Secret. The crowd was crazy. Yossi was on our side of the crowd.
I couldn't get my eyes off her. At some point I actually started to doubt my sexual preferences. She was 4 times prettier, tinier and thinner than I expected and still so Yossi. Charmy was, well, Charmy with her frilly loli dress but Yocchan was a rock star. She was so far from the H!P idol she used to be, her old image. I stared at her even when she was on the other side of the stage and screamed "YOSSSIIIIII~" every time I had a chance. There was a Yocchan fan right next to me, we screamed together. Most people screamed for Rika.
I think I actually said "kakkoiiii" out loud more than once, she was so cool. Seriously, she's everything I look up to and I don't even know.
Then Sadistic Dance. More fanservice. This song is about seducing someone and that was totally what it was. Goddamnit. (P.S. The boob grab in the Kill Me Kiss Me PV got the crowd freakishly hyped up. As did the almost-kiss. P.P.S. Yossi was totally flat. Like a boy. And my calf is as thick as her thigh. She was so tiny.)
Then came Mr. Monkey. Not a lot to say. I messed up the lyrics when Yossi came and the hand thing during the chorus was incredibly cute.
The crowd jumped non-stop during Romantic Ni Violence and I was dying at this point trying to breathe, sing and keep my photoset safe. I stopped pumping my fist whenever Rika was in front of us trying to catch my breath and Yossi noticed and gestured me to keep going. Kinda embarrassing.
Giza Giza. I was so excited but they just swayed together in the middle of the stage. But it was good ♥
Shake Me was so cute! The hand move ♥ Charmy was so adorable.
Wall Flower. Jumping up and down again. So energetic and the lights were awesome at the "taiyoooooou no hikari" part.
Angelia~ It was so good! I almost cried. Some more fanservice and jumping around.
Lady Madonna had the fan thing but I didn't buy one so I just used my photoset :D Rika was so cute, swaying around and smiling like crazy. Yocchan was all calm and collected. Paris Paris Paris Paris~
Kill Me Kiss Me was too awesome. The crowd was sick. Kill me, *kill me*, kiss me, *kiss me*. I screamed so hard. I think this is where Rika ran her hand up and down Yossi's leg and thigh. Every man in the crowd suddenly got a nosebleed.
Then some screaming. En-co-re, en-co-re. And it came. I think there was an MC part first, Rika's English MC (she was so stressed out, just stared at the paper and took a deep breath, the whole crowd went awwww). Minä rakastan teitä! Yossi had one too. They were cute.
Then they performed THE☆PEACE (an old Momusu song). Words aren't enough to describe the feeling. The moshing parts were horrible, I tried to mosh and pay attention to the stage at the same time :DD I gave up eventually. Everyone knew the lyrics.
A few music videos again. (The fanservice in Top Secret, 1444 is sooooooooooooo true.)
They came back to answer some fan questions and tried so hard to speak English. Especially Rika. Cutest thing ever. Yossi looked shocked every time the crowd got something in Japanese before it was translated. For example, Rika's super power joke. I cracked up so hard. Some people asked their questions in Japanese and the girls were happy and thanked them in Finnish. Kiitos kiitos.
I sacrificed my lottery ticket to get in the front row, I didn't have time to fill it, but it didn't matter that much. People won polaroid photos with the girls and signed posters.
Rika was so adorable when she picked the winners, she made a drumming sound with her lips and went "bingg" when she pulled the ticket out. She dropped one and blushed. Yossi was so cool, she just went "durr", rolled her eyes and said "jjjang". Kakkoiii.
The camera ran out of film and Rika got frustrated, going "muzukashii" and Yossi pointed at her calmly from the back and went "Angry wa angry!" ♥
Now random highlights. I can't remember when these happened. The girls said "kyuuto DJ" and Yossi said "cute" with a perfect American accent and freaking beamed, she was so proud of her little achievement. Flail. Someone shouted "kawaii" and the girls got all excited.
Everyone went awwwww everytime Charmy did something. One of the fans went "Rika-chan, happii~!" and did the hand thing. You could practically see a light bulb appear above her head when she remembered the thing and both Rika and the crowd kept doing it for the rest of the gig.
"I love Moomin", says Charmy and the crowd rolls on the ground.
They sounded better live than on CDs, even Giza Giza's high notes were completely perfect! I've always loved Yossi's voice but ♥_____♥
Yossi grabbed Rika by the waist at one point and when Rika tried to get away after a while Yocchan wouldn't let her go. It was too cute. 1444!
They want to do a Death Tracks version of Shabondama! I almost fainted when Yossi said that. And then Rika sang "chimata de uwasa no SEKUSHII ua ua" + the hand moves and the crowd and Yossi were totally excited. Then she forced Yossi to sing this incredibly cute poppoppo song and Yossi looked pissed off.
I loved all the old Momusu jokes.
Yossi looked me in the eyes so many times! I was so happy. Rika zoomed over me every time, it felt like she looked at everyone else but me.
It was the most awesome night ever. Something I had never even dared to wish for came true. Seeing Yossi live was fucking mind-blowing. Years of looking up to her and all of a sudden she's standing in front of me.
They walked past us when we were lining up. I stayed and waited for them after the gig. Rika had pulled her hood over her head Kenny style and Yossi had her fierce hair pulled back. She was so cute, staring out of the car window with incredibly wide eyes, squeezing the seat in front of her. Aww.
She looked me in the eyes and said arigato!
♥ ♥ ♥
I'm still totally high.