I should really be studying =.=
Firstly, 私の失敗。 I haven't try connecting the Flet's Hikari thing but when the Biglobe person called, I told her everything is working fine. (Plus I wasn't at home and is busy mugging with the sea wind...)
Well obviously it's not.
The installation CD is only for Japanese OS... Wah thanks man. Yar. So. Sigh. Have to call them again. (Iyada DDDD: And not like they can help me much with it. Shall see what they have to suggest. Wonder if they will have an installation disc for english OS...)
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Overheard on the way back.
Random passerby: "あのオッキーを見るために来たと思ってきた!"
Firstly, I regret YET AGAIN going too early and having too much time to buy goods. (Read: Spent more than I intented to.)
Secondly, the rest of the waiting time was spent sitting at one corner outside the hall away from the sea mugging 組織と人的資源. The Biglobe person called me at this point of time. I curse her.
Ok to begin with! This time's A La Mode's theme was 夏祭り! So on the official site they announced that they will be giving souvenirs to those who come to the event in yukata. And there was really a LOT of ppl who came in yukata! 華やかですな~ There were also ppl who came in chara's wig + yukata so it's rather interesting.
Then thanks to my 衝動... I had a S-seki and is on the 1st floor which I am really not very used to (I like to be behind/on 2nd-3rd floor) but OMG I THANK MY RASHNESS. I was right in the middle of my row (7th seat of the row) but 2 of the seats on my left side was empty, so when the cast enter from the aisle on my left hand side we all moved towards the aisle and I was only like 5 persons away from Tori-san!!! (No I didn't reach out my hand yar.) I was too high over Torikou to notice who else came this side but I think Tanaka-san was, Itouken was... and I don't remember le. Hahaha.
You probably noticed, but the main sell-point of A La Mode is the amount of time the cast spends in the aisles! Lolx.
Oh yar before the cast came in there was a 前説-like short OP talk by Masayan and Okki who introduced themselves as "Hihi we are from Aoni Production!" 知っとるわ! I must say that the main reason why I chose day 2 was because Masayan is only there on day 2 and I desperately, desperately wanted to see Masayan♥ So for this Aoni combi who have been working together for a long time, their OP talk was really very 息ぴったり. And this is the start of the オッキー可愛すぎる legend. Firstly it is his clothes. As it was well, natsumatsuri, not only the audience but the cast also were in yukatas! (Except for Kenyuu-san, Tanaka-san and special guest Nao-chan who weren't in yukata at all.) And Okki's. OMG. The colour... is like Haruka 4's Chihiro's image blue colour, with a strip of medium-sized white flowers on each side. Plus a white obi. AND A REALLY BIG WHITE FLOWER DECORATION ON THE OBI. Well, sasuga Okki and his flowers obsession but I must say, he looked very, very, VERY pretty. Masayan... I have more impression of the yukata that he changed into afterwards but not the one he wore here? Haha. It MIGHT be the one that he had on in the pamphlet. OK this is getting too long. They were speaking for too long too, and Masayan was like "stop telling me to hurry up!!"
So ok the first corner was the usual photo corner! Hosted by NeoAnge team (Rayne, J.D., Bernard) and participants are Kazuhiko-san, Okki, Matsukaze-san (ok I really don't know this person well so I shall be よそよそしい lolx). First up was Kazuhiko-san's photo which has him with back facing the camera, sitting on a grass slope facing the sea, with a shirt that says umanchuu (海人). He had everyone guessed where the picture was taken and it turns out to be Saipan. He talks about how at that time he wasn't good enough (at wind-surfing) to reach the island opposite (around 7-8km away!!) but now he can. Okki's pictures are him as a toddler~ (OK I kind of recognized him, remember those seiyuu baby photos that you can find online? It's probably not the same photos but looked a bit similar.) *start of super Aoni combi time* The emcees were supposed to ask "who is in the photo?" and let the person own up, but Masayan was totally like "Who~ is in the photo? Okki!" LOLX. Masayan was commenting on how the photos really look like a girl especially the hair in the second photo (which is a bit older... kindergarten I think?) and Okki says it's probably because his hair was cut at home. And then Masayan says that it probably have something to do with how his siblings are all girls and that is why his personality is like this now (ちょっと気になる何それ!?) lolx! The first photo had Okki crying open-mouthed and Okki says it's probably cos he was alone and he doesn't like to be alone, and the Masayan comments that "I am not scared to be alone at all", and then Hiroki-san was like "wouldn't that be because you have been alone for too long?" Lolx. And then they make Okki mimic the crying expression in the photo and OMG IT WAS SO DARN CUTE♥♥♥♥♥ *end super Aoni combi time* (But it's really obvious that they are really close xD) Matsukaze-san's photo was one where he looked like he got fatally wounded (oops). Lolx. Apparently this was taken after some event at Makuhari Messe but he totally didn't remember what happened before/after the photo was taken. He insisted that he made the expression timed nicely looking at the photographer pressing the button, and acted out live how this was carried out with Okki as the photographer. ここのオッキーも可愛かった>////< Maa anyway they spent too long on this corner! Again! Lolx.
Drama time~ Ange team (Oscar, Clavis, Leonard) was at a matsuri and it started raining, so they went into a cafe to hide from the rain. The cafe turns out to be a shitsuji (!!!) cafe owned by some totally ossan person played by Tori-san. Ange team decides to thank the master for letting them hide from the rain by helping out at the cafe. First Oscar goes out to gather customers, and master says "as this is a shitsuji cafe, you have to address our customers as 'ojou-sama'." Oscar was like "but I've been saying 'ojou-CHAN' for like a million times o.O" And true enough he said 'ojou-chan' instead of 'ojou-sama' in his line. Oops. *insert laughter* So they took turns serving the customers acting as butlers. Clavis saying 'ojou-sama'!!! OMG RARE SCENE♥ Leonard was somehow very high and twirled to the other end of the stage. Lolx. The master thanked them and started serving the customers and you can totally see the switch from an ossan to a graceful butler. I THINK it's ad lib because while Tori-san was saying all the 'okaerinasaimase ojou-sama' things the spotlight wasn't on him at all xD So as the shugosei left, Leonard was like, "didn't think you will be that on, Clavis." Clavis: "早く歩け。" Then Oscar turns to say something and Clavis: "お前も早く歩け、オスカー." It was amusing.
Bon-odori corner! So if you look at the A La Mode official site you can see the
dance steps for the new NeoRoma song "ネオロマンス音頭". Everyone practiced together once, and Masayan, who got 吐槽-ed that he couldn't dance it at all in the afternoon show during the OP talk, went "I can do it, right?" at Hira-chan who was next to him. So the cast spreaded out among the aisles and the stage, and the one near my area was Yuuya-san, and he exchanged with Hira-chan who was at the next block near the end. Yuuya-san was super high and jumping around xD So cute! I was looking at Hiroki-san who was at the middle of the stage most of time though. Lolx. I've only seen the dance video 2 times at home, 1 time before the show and once during the practice so... maa I was rather 手忙腳亂. After the dance, Kenyuu-san was saying how the people in from of him kept on mouthing "chigau chigau!!" and he got a shock, but later realized they were actually looking at Masayan. Lolx. やっぱり間違えたのかい!ある意味期待を裏切らない男だな! Oh and this is the only part where Nao-chan appeared in the main show! Other then the cast intro. =.=
After the dance session was the song corner! Itouken sang Yagizawa's new song "海霧のかなたへ" and he was like, this is super hard after all the dancing xD Did I mention that his yukata was totally 至誠館 colour and with the school badge on it big big? ♥ Then it was Rikiya-san with Matenrou Tightrope and Kenyuu-san with Glamorous Venus. FIREEEEEEEEEEE!!! It's probably the only Oscar song that I can sing a bit to. Then there was also Tori-san with Yasuhira's Sadame no Fune ni Norite. (OK so other than Itouken being first I can't really rmb the rest's order. But anyway when the staff brought a micstand on stage the girl next to me was like "eh? Tori-san??" LOLX!
Next was the famous (?) Love Question corner! This time the ones who answered the question was Clavis, Rayne, J.D., Bernard, Roy. 天の声 was so cute that for one second I wondered who it was. But from how this post is going you probably can tell who it was right??? YES IT WAS THE CUTIE LEGEND OKKI. You need to hear the waves of "kawaiiiii" in the hall every time he commented on the answers. Anyway the question is "what is the future you paint like with your loved one?" Rayne's answer basically strikes what I'm studying now. The main gist = go to somewhere where they've never been to before, can see new things, learn new things, get in touch with other cultures = totally sound like what I'm learning in school now. Then Bernard was ultra-ずるい saying that he wants to buy back the house that he let go of and live there together with her, of course with her being the oyome-san. *insert squeal* Bernard's ending is, you know, the infamous only one with getting married in NeoAnge. (What's wrong with my english?) Roy is more or less like he will have her as his partner in everything. Somehow the whole hall don't seem to respond much to his chara. Is it because yappari not many people have played Love Summit? Clavis was like "thinking about future is dumb" (ok in a more Clavis way) and you know, Clavis is yami no shugosei so he talks about how she is like brightness (I can't say "light", because light is, of course, Julius) in his "yami" and he would want to go towards the "brightness" with her. J.D. goes like "cook and bake desserts with her... ah, isn't that the same as now?" and goes on daradara about this and that ending with "there are lots that I want to do!" So anyway the main point of this corner was Okki's comments: それはどきどきですね, 毎日キュンキュンですね toka... SUPER CUTE xDDD
Drama, side Corda 3. Yagizawa meets Sakaki at the matsuri, and Sakaki was selling masks in place of his friend who went to take a rest. Yagizawa: "Sakaki, you selling masks?" Sakaki: "Yes, yes... Obviously not right? I'm helping my friend out." Hmmm Sakaki's chara is really really dangerous lolx. On the brink of... Anyway. They decide to try to sell off all the masks. So they went to appeal to the customers. Sakaki brings out a "mask" in the form of white-framed specs. Catches a poor female passer-by, "why not get a mask as a good memory of the summer? Here, I'll put it on for you." Poor girl buys it, and Sakaki: "Ah, here, your change *flying kiss*" *insert squeal* Camera pans to Itouken who was laughing. Yagizawa: "ずるいです!" Then it was Yagizawa's turn to be salesboy. Yagizawa: "Given my chara it's a bit hard to do what Sakaki did, but I'll try my best!" Awwwww YAGIZAWA♥ He does generally the same thing, just saying the same thing differently. Then Sakaki reminds him: "the change, the change!" And Yagizawa does it xDDD It ends with them selling all the masks except one, and Yagizawa suggested they share and buy it for her. Sakaki says that shouldn't presents be from one person only? Yagizawa says that they should be fair for this time. Sakaki agrees, but inserts that he is serious about both music (the competition?) and her, so he won't go easy on him. Yagizawa accepts his challenge xDDD
Piece the code game! The cast goes into the audience looking for 5 hidden cards containing part of the code. Divided into 2 groups. I wasn't exactly paying a lot of attention cos it was rather 混乱 because of the cast running around. But I got the answer when the hint was group A: すい and B:いえの. Er the answers are different for each group. (Answer = A: スイカ割り and B:海の家.) Group B won btw.
Drama, side Haruka 4. Michiomi and Kazahaya were at a matsuri, and from far they see a familiar face making takoyaki... "Naasatiya!!" Lolx. (Point: The way Okki was cooking the takoyaki!! SO CUTE *dies*) So they go through a round of "You from Tokoyonokuni! Why are you here!" "Those from Nakatsunokuni! Why are YOU here!" And finally Kazahaya was like "if you tell me why you are here, we will leave." Michiomi 很狗腿地拍了風早的馬屁 lolx. So Naasatiya was finally "because Shaani wants to eat takoyaki..." Michiomi: "Yappari it's for his brothers..." Naasatiya: "This kind of food which can be poisoned so easily, I can't let him eat just any takoyaki! That's why I'm making takoyaki here." Kazahaya and Michiomi worries about whether he can really make takoyaki, even though Naasatiya says that he 偷師-ed from the owner of the stall before throwing him away from the stall. Naasatiya then suggests that they try his takoyaki to see whether he can cook, then starts his performance, drawing out his sword to cut ingredients, mix the batter, pouring the batter in, flipping the takoyaki and poked into it to put on the plate. Okki, of course, does all of this. Cutely. (I know I'm annoying with all the cute comments. But he was cute!!) He then lets Kazahaya and Michiomi eat the takoyaki and they were both o.O at how nice it is. Main point: ナーサティヤが異様にデレデレでした。やっぱりアラモードはキャラ崩壊の場?(笑)
特報! NEW NEOROMANCE SERIES IN THE MAKING!!! MORE DETAILS AT THE NEXT NEOROMA EVENT!!! They announced the cast. I forgot most of them after the (really really pleasant) surprise of SAIGA MITSUKI (ore no yome) so I went to Google-sensei. Lolx. As below:
Takahashi Mikako (the 3rd Takahashi in NeoRoma lolx): I wonder if she is playing a datable chara. Or the main chara?
Terashima Takuma: KTKR!!!! イベントに出たら絶対会いに行きます!!!
Abe Atsushi
Suzumura Kenichi: I've wanted to see Suzu in NR ever since before NeoAnge came out actually. Finally!!
Okamoto Nobuhiko
Takemoto Eiji
Shitanda Micheal: NAZO. Apparently he is in Koyasu's company?? はじめてみた名前。
Yasumoto Hiroki
Tachibana Shinnosuke
Shimono Hiro
SAIGA MITSUKI: 愛してます!!!全然考えてなかったので余計に嬉しい!!!
Suwabe Junichi
このキャストヤバいぞ! But thinking about the industry atm, I can really understand why it is this cast ^^; But yar... the question is... what else is there to do with?? Lolx. Setting wise I mean. 謎過ぎる。
Anyway the next event is NeoRomance events 10 years anniversary = NeoRomance 10 Years Love, rashii desu. 18-20 Sept @ Yokohama, I didn't hear the Osaka dates (2 days) oops. I have school on 18 and 20th but... I have the hunch that I'll pon to go if necessary... ^^; But I really am worrying about whether they can continue the events at such a pace. During the code game Matsukaze-san and Yuuya-san were at 2nd level so the cameras were there too... こりゃ…前代未聞の空っぶりだよ! It was really, really empty. Which leads to the currently unannounced new game... 's cast. I think their only event will really be 大盛況 but ne. I think those who will really have the 客集め力 is only the few... Hmmmmmm. Plus the too fast pace NeoRoma is having events... And the very strong OTHER otome games... Hmm. 心配ですな。
Ending comments. I only remember how Hiroki-san talked about how he learnt about there is a dance to the NeoRomance Ondo on the official site, and learnt the dance from the video too. Lolx. Okki talked about how every time when he has to attend a NeoRoma event he will start worrying about what to wear lolx. Then cos this time the theme was yukata he spent a lot of time looking for nice yukatas and ended up buying a lot (well everyone knows that that is just because he loves to buy clothes =.= Same with Masayan...). OK STOP. Kazuhiko-san talked about how he didn't do his signature "3kai aishiteru yo~" routine yesterday and Tori-san was asking him why he didn't. Tori-san was like "やりましょうよ" and agreed to do his "aishiteimasu~!!" too. And so they did. Ok that is really all I remember. Oh wait. I remember someone in the audience told Masayan to make us laugh. The look on Masayan's face was so precious!!! ♥
Then it was encore 1 = Promised Rainbow and encore 2 = NeoRomance Ondo. I wonder if there will be a chance to hear Bokutachi no Anniversary in a NeoRoma event anymore D:
But anyway! I'm glad I chose to go despite the tests. 1 in 6.5hours and another in 12.5hours. ネオロマ最高!!!
Seriously this is way too long xD
Spent 2 hours on this post. Sigh.
[Edit] The wind is roaring outside. It's rather scary (><)