233. Lovecen Presents V6 Live Tour 2015 ~ Since 1995 - Forever ~ Concert Report 10.31 (semi-11.01)
So this is going to be a lot shorter than my Yokohama reports, mostly because I spent the second half of the show in a total daze.
10.31
At the start of the show, where they start playing "MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE" and have the screens display the logo, they had a special Halloween one! The logo was in orange and then they had jack-o-lanterns all around it and I think bats and shit? It was a great touch.
During the first MC, Okada made a series of stupid faces when he talked about how they're selling the album there (after Inocchi asked us who'd bought it and who hadn't). Like, he'd lift up his leg and bend his arm and go "Please relax! We're selling it!" with the stupidest look on his face because he's a giant dork.
When Tonisen came out for "Honey Honey Honey," they still did the high fives and hug-off, but this time, Maa-kun basically ran out from under the stage and then on stage left just did a series of gravure poses while making a cheesy face because he's totally uncool and just a complete doof. Stupid sexy Sakamoto.
During the call for ages, we only got up into the 60s that night. Inocchi thought he might've heard someone who was in their 70s there that night, so he had them call out again, but he did not actually hear them. It was only in his heart that he heard them call out to them.
During the regular MC, they started off talking about how much the members of the group had changed over the years. Ken said Okada had completely changed, and they all said Ken hadn't, and then proceeded to call him a "miraculous old man" for the rest of the MC. It was pretty adorable, y'all.
I was trying SO HARD to remember everything because this was going to be my last time seeing V6 for the next like, 2 years, and now I can't hardly remember anything.
The fake-outs this time were Nagano and Go. Nagano had thE BIGGEST GRIN I HAVE EVER SEEN IN HIS LIFE AND HIS VOICE WAS ALL HIGH LIKE IT IS WHEN HE GETS EXCITED you should have heard it. I really REALLY hope they compile these on the DVD. Go's was adorable because Go is adorable. When it came time for the third one where Maa-kun actually gets to do his, he looked around all suspiciously, took a breath, and then didn't do it. He took another breath -- nothing. Another breath, and this time he laughed at himself (I saw some report saying Ken was like "Sakamoto-kun! Hurry up!"), but I didn't hear it and choose to believe he just faked himself out while trying to fake us all out. After that he FINALLY did it and then I died.
So for Yoyogi, what they'd do for "Mejirushi no Kioku" is have V6 on moving platforms that the staff pushes around in front of the second floor. I was told Maa-kun was going to be on my side right in front of me aaaaaand... he came out on the floor on the south block side (I was north), so my heart kind of sank to the centre of the earth. Lucky for me, they all went up on the moving platforms. Inocchi was right in front of us, Okada to the right of him (left of me) and Go to the left of Inocchi (right of me) (I was right in the centre, btw, one row in front of the spotlights in the last row of seats for my block). So they all came around and waved at us during "Mejirushi no Kioku" and "Jasmine" and during "Jasmine" I'm p sure it was, they switched sides, so everyone on my side ran to the other side, and everyone on the other side ran over to our side. I ... kind of had a freakout at ltgmars like "OH GOD HE'S COMING." Can I just take this moment, btw, to remind everyone how wonderful Inocchi's smile is? It's kind of the most radiant thing on this planet.
Anyway, they went down before "Chou" and did that and then the rest of the 39 Symphony. Before "KimiKimi," Inocchi was like "Nagano, you ready?" The night before, my friend told me how Inocchi had been like "Sakamoto-san, do you like me?" and Maa-kun was like "I do." and Nagano smacked him on the shoulder. What a bunch of stupids ♥
During the thank you messages, Inocchi quoted Okada's message from the last VTR from 1996 where they all read messags to each other, the "if it's the 6 of us" part. It was really cute. SPEAKING OF CUTE, YOU KNOW WHO WAS CUTE. You already know who I'm going to say. NO BUT I MEAN IT THIS TIME, OK. Near the end of his message, Maa-kun said he was thankful to have/be supported by such cute and beautiful fans and then said he was gonna say something embarrassing (half the arena gasped): "I love you all." Yeah, I may have made a very high-pitched squeaky noise.
During the first encore, everyone came up on lighted platforms to see everyone on the second floor (when I say lighted platforms, I mean they raised up to form a pyramid beneath them with the platform on top and there were lights in their colours around the bottom of the platform). Ken was right in front of us and this is the only time where I've ever felt like Ken actually saw me? even though I was so far back. Maa-kun was to the right of Ken, left of me, and I really hope he saw my uchiwa because we did some serious waving.
11.01
I spent the whole day in front of Harajuku Station/Meiji-Jingu Mae Station with my sign trying to get ticket (holla if you saw the lone white girl!). I had a couple very nice people talk to me! When I first got set up, an older Sexy Zone fan came up, marvelled at my sign, and wished me luck. A dude waiting for his girlfriend came up and leaned against the wall with me and asked about why I liked V6 and how else had I tried to get tickets and holy crap, I can't believe they're that expensive. He actually called out "someone sell her a ticket!" Thanks, guy ♥ You were very nice and helped make the experience less soul-crushing. A couple girls who were also trying to get tickets later in the day saw my uchiwa (I had them hanging out of my bag on the ground) and came up and one was like "do you like Sakamoto?" I said I did and she said "I don't have a ticket for today, but you can have this" and gave me her mikuji from the night before. I was shocked and apologized that I had nothing for her, but she just said it was OK and wished me luck and then I almost cried and started shaking because that was just so nice ;_; The other V6 fan next to me was like "wow, wasn't that nice!" THANK YOU, NICE GIRLS, WHOEVER YOU WERE! I APPRECIATE YOU!
So, as you can guess, I didn't get a ticket. I thought to stick around the arena, but I hadn't sat in 7 hours, hadn't eaten in almost 20 (I stocked up on snacks and drinks but was too nervous to eat all day (also holding my sign made it difficult to eat)), so I went to a taproom I'd been wanting to check out just off Takeshita and met up with my one friend and calmed down some. Near the end of the show, we wandered back to the arena just to be back there and found the crowd of somewhere between 500 and 1,000 fans all sitting and standing around listening to the show. We could see through the doors the LED lights they had going around the second floor, and you'd randomly see someone's shadow as they went around the arena. At one point, we did hear everyone freak out and rush forward, and I'm guessing that's when Okada ran out to us outside. My friend who actually hit for FC tickets for 11/1 told us he'd called out to us at some point but we couldn't hear him clearly and didn't respond (sorry, bb!). When the fans inside were cheering for one more song, we all yelled out "one more time!" too. I'm really glad I got to be there in that space with everyone, even if I couldn't get in for the actual show. It was good just to be there, with people who also love them a lot, and just feel that atmosphere. I'm mad at myself for being so dazed the night before (I started crying after the first VTR before "Orange" and then let it all out during "Dasenai Tegami"), but the more I think about it, I'm just glad I went and got to be there to celebrate with them. Who knows if/when I'll be back, you know? And this year was special.
Thanks to all the wonderful friends who came with me this time! It was really great to meet so many people who understand these (sometimes irrational) feelings and to share such great times with everyone ♥
For those who didn't go, do you all want picture posts of goods and of the arenas and stuff? I'd have to get them off my phone and from my two twitter accounts but I can totally do that if you want. Thanks for reading! And sorry I can't remmeber hardly anything. I wrote down a bunch of things, but I can't really remember anything outside of those things.
10.31
At the start of the show, where they start playing "MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE" and have the screens display the logo, they had a special Halloween one! The logo was in orange and then they had jack-o-lanterns all around it and I think bats and shit? It was a great touch.
During the first MC, Okada made a series of stupid faces when he talked about how they're selling the album there (after Inocchi asked us who'd bought it and who hadn't). Like, he'd lift up his leg and bend his arm and go "Please relax! We're selling it!" with the stupidest look on his face because he's a giant dork.
When Tonisen came out for "Honey Honey Honey," they still did the high fives and hug-off, but this time, Maa-kun basically ran out from under the stage and then on stage left just did a series of gravure poses while making a cheesy face because he's totally uncool and just a complete doof. Stupid sexy Sakamoto.
During the call for ages, we only got up into the 60s that night. Inocchi thought he might've heard someone who was in their 70s there that night, so he had them call out again, but he did not actually hear them. It was only in his heart that he heard them call out to them.
During the regular MC, they started off talking about how much the members of the group had changed over the years. Ken said Okada had completely changed, and they all said Ken hadn't, and then proceeded to call him a "miraculous old man" for the rest of the MC. It was pretty adorable, y'all.
I was trying SO HARD to remember everything because this was going to be my last time seeing V6 for the next like, 2 years, and now I can't hardly remember anything.
The fake-outs this time were Nagano and Go. Nagano had thE BIGGEST GRIN I HAVE EVER SEEN IN HIS LIFE AND HIS VOICE WAS ALL HIGH LIKE IT IS WHEN HE GETS EXCITED you should have heard it. I really REALLY hope they compile these on the DVD. Go's was adorable because Go is adorable. When it came time for the third one where Maa-kun actually gets to do his, he looked around all suspiciously, took a breath, and then didn't do it. He took another breath -- nothing. Another breath, and this time he laughed at himself (I saw some report saying Ken was like "Sakamoto-kun! Hurry up!"), but I didn't hear it and choose to believe he just faked himself out while trying to fake us all out. After that he FINALLY did it and then I died.
So for Yoyogi, what they'd do for "Mejirushi no Kioku" is have V6 on moving platforms that the staff pushes around in front of the second floor. I was told Maa-kun was going to be on my side right in front of me aaaaaand... he came out on the floor on the south block side (I was north), so my heart kind of sank to the centre of the earth. Lucky for me, they all went up on the moving platforms. Inocchi was right in front of us, Okada to the right of him (left of me) and Go to the left of Inocchi (right of me) (I was right in the centre, btw, one row in front of the spotlights in the last row of seats for my block). So they all came around and waved at us during "Mejirushi no Kioku" and "Jasmine" and during "Jasmine" I'm p sure it was, they switched sides, so everyone on my side ran to the other side, and everyone on the other side ran over to our side. I ... kind of had a freakout at ltgmars like "OH GOD HE'S COMING." Can I just take this moment, btw, to remind everyone how wonderful Inocchi's smile is? It's kind of the most radiant thing on this planet.
Anyway, they went down before "Chou" and did that and then the rest of the 39 Symphony. Before "KimiKimi," Inocchi was like "Nagano, you ready?" The night before, my friend told me how Inocchi had been like "Sakamoto-san, do you like me?" and Maa-kun was like "I do." and Nagano smacked him on the shoulder. What a bunch of stupids ♥
During the thank you messages, Inocchi quoted Okada's message from the last VTR from 1996 where they all read messags to each other, the "if it's the 6 of us" part. It was really cute. SPEAKING OF CUTE, YOU KNOW WHO WAS CUTE. You already know who I'm going to say. NO BUT I MEAN IT THIS TIME, OK. Near the end of his message, Maa-kun said he was thankful to have/be supported by such cute and beautiful fans and then said he was gonna say something embarrassing (half the arena gasped): "I love you all." Yeah, I may have made a very high-pitched squeaky noise.
During the first encore, everyone came up on lighted platforms to see everyone on the second floor (when I say lighted platforms, I mean they raised up to form a pyramid beneath them with the platform on top and there were lights in their colours around the bottom of the platform). Ken was right in front of us and this is the only time where I've ever felt like Ken actually saw me? even though I was so far back. Maa-kun was to the right of Ken, left of me, and I really hope he saw my uchiwa because we did some serious waving.
11.01
I spent the whole day in front of Harajuku Station/Meiji-Jingu Mae Station with my sign trying to get ticket (holla if you saw the lone white girl!). I had a couple very nice people talk to me! When I first got set up, an older Sexy Zone fan came up, marvelled at my sign, and wished me luck. A dude waiting for his girlfriend came up and leaned against the wall with me and asked about why I liked V6 and how else had I tried to get tickets and holy crap, I can't believe they're that expensive. He actually called out "someone sell her a ticket!" Thanks, guy ♥ You were very nice and helped make the experience less soul-crushing. A couple girls who were also trying to get tickets later in the day saw my uchiwa (I had them hanging out of my bag on the ground) and came up and one was like "do you like Sakamoto?" I said I did and she said "I don't have a ticket for today, but you can have this" and gave me her mikuji from the night before. I was shocked and apologized that I had nothing for her, but she just said it was OK and wished me luck and then I almost cried and started shaking because that was just so nice ;_; The other V6 fan next to me was like "wow, wasn't that nice!" THANK YOU, NICE GIRLS, WHOEVER YOU WERE! I APPRECIATE YOU!
So, as you can guess, I didn't get a ticket. I thought to stick around the arena, but I hadn't sat in 7 hours, hadn't eaten in almost 20 (I stocked up on snacks and drinks but was too nervous to eat all day (also holding my sign made it difficult to eat)), so I went to a taproom I'd been wanting to check out just off Takeshita and met up with my one friend and calmed down some. Near the end of the show, we wandered back to the arena just to be back there and found the crowd of somewhere between 500 and 1,000 fans all sitting and standing around listening to the show. We could see through the doors the LED lights they had going around the second floor, and you'd randomly see someone's shadow as they went around the arena. At one point, we did hear everyone freak out and rush forward, and I'm guessing that's when Okada ran out to us outside. My friend who actually hit for FC tickets for 11/1 told us he'd called out to us at some point but we couldn't hear him clearly and didn't respond (sorry, bb!). When the fans inside were cheering for one more song, we all yelled out "one more time!" too. I'm really glad I got to be there in that space with everyone, even if I couldn't get in for the actual show. It was good just to be there, with people who also love them a lot, and just feel that atmosphere. I'm mad at myself for being so dazed the night before (I started crying after the first VTR before "Orange" and then let it all out during "Dasenai Tegami"), but the more I think about it, I'm just glad I went and got to be there to celebrate with them. Who knows if/when I'll be back, you know? And this year was special.
Thanks to all the wonderful friends who came with me this time! It was really great to meet so many people who understand these (sometimes irrational) feelings and to share such great times with everyone ♥
For those who didn't go, do you all want picture posts of goods and of the arenas and stuff? I'd have to get them off my phone and from my two twitter accounts but I can totally do that if you want. Thanks for reading! And sorry I can't remmeber hardly anything. I wrote down a bunch of things, but I can't really remember anything outside of those things.