HSJ in Hongkong 05/26/2012 report
It's my first time outside the Philippines and I specifically went to Hong Kong just to see Hey! Say! JUMP and boy, I wasn't disappointed. I went to their very first show overseas. Here's a brief report but I'm a Yamada fan so most of the time I'm looking at him.
Introduction first! I arrived at the venue at 2:30 (since we got lost riding the Ding Ding Tram and the line to the fee shuttle to KITEC is so long). What I did first is to search where I could buy some merchandise but unluckily I couldn't find one. Oh how I envy those girls who bought lots of merchandise. My seat is good and the person seated to my left is Chinese and also a Yamada fan. She was wearing a cute kimono and holding 3 handmade uchiwas for JUMP. She said that she's nervous because its also her first time to go to JUMP's concert and she really looked like she's going to cry.
Then we started calling for JUMP and without any warning, 2 juniors (sorry I don't know their names) went up the stage and then we shouted Hey! Say! JUMP. They sang UMP in which they emerged from the curtain much like what happened in their debut performance. The people here are standing until the end of the show. Yamachan was the only one flying at first and he was carrying a big fan. Then Yuto and Chinen also did that but they are together. Daiki was also a solo flyer. Anyways there's lots of flying both from HSJ and ABCZ. The very first member I saw was HIkaru since he was directly facing us but I don't like his hair... Anyways, I forgot the chronological order of their songs and I'm sure someone will post it so I'm just going to report my favorite ones..
SD - They are good dancers. There's the usual Yamajima thing but aaaargh!!!! I was really waiting for it but the girls near the stage are holding their uchiwas high up in the air so it blocked my view! ah, sorry to say but Chinen really dances weirdly at the chorus.
SURIRU - Best were holding bouquets so I'm preparing myself to catch one since I'm pretty sure that they're going to throw it. Nice song and choreography. They sang and danced like real grown-up (my babies huhu). Oh they did throw it and I envy those girls.
Wonderland Train - BEST were covered with blue cloth and 7 emerged sitting on chairs. They danced with chairs and sticks. Very good choreography although the exchange of sticks between Yuto and Keito was a fail because Keito didn't catch it (typical Keito! :) I think it's the only mistake in the entire show).
Mayonaka no Shadow Boy - This is my favorite performance. The effects were great! They were singing behind a thin curtain and their faces were magnified through the curtain (just like a projector) each time they sing. When Yamachan and Yuto said "shadow", only their eyes are magnified. It was so great that it's hard to explain. Funny thing is, during the last line of the song, only Yamachan's, Chinen's, Yuto's and Daiki's (not sure) faces were seen. Talk about favorites.
Over - After MNSB (they were wearing different colors of clothes at that time), the curtain fell down and they emerged wearing white costumes. Sorry but I really focused on Yamachan and he's REALLY good at dancing!
BEAT LINE - my favorite song. Everything was great. They sang the whole song and Yuto is always lovely with his drums. I forgot what they sang next but I'm surprised since they are singing and dancing nonstop.
MC part - I only understood little on this part (sorry my Japanese is bad). They talked first to each other and then to us and everytime they say something, the audience reacted. And Yabu was cute when he asked "Everyone, can you understand what we're saying?" haha. They said that the audience are allowed to ask questions. But since it will be hard to communicate with each other, they had a translator with them. I didn't get the first question but they started going in pairs Yamachan-Keito, Yuto-Chinen, Takaki-Yabu, Inoo-Daiki and Hikaru was left behind (he's so cute!). It's very funny because they are so concerned with language barrier but all the people who asked questions can speak and understand Japanese. Someone asked Takaki and Keito to hug. Takaki was so shy but they did it. And they asked her how was it and the girl said if they can hug her too (wise girl). Takaki and Keito went to the girl and shook hands with her. One fan is Yamachan's fan and she asked him if he got his driver's license which he said he didn't have one yet. Oh since there are lots of Yamachan's fans on my side, they shouted Ganbare! Next fan asked Yamachan and Yuto to hug. One fan told them that he's a Yamchan fan and Yamachan thanked her. But she added "Yuto daisuki!" and Yamachan was shocked and the members laughed. Yamachan kept asking about her statement and he couldn't accept it haha and Yuto seems very happy! Then Yamachan and Yuto walked up to the girl and asked her to choose only one but she can't because she likes both of them. This was so cute because Yamachan is concerned with his height so he stood on the part of stage with a higher level and they hugged. Keito was looking for someone who's an English speaker so I really tried hard for him to notice me but he's on the other side. The girl asked where would they like to go to HK and Keito said HK Disneyland. The members raised their hands too.
They sang Thank you. Keito explained in English (you're a savior) that last year, a big disaster happened in Japan wherein many people lost their lives. He said that HK was one who immediately gave help and as representatives from Jpan, they would like to express their gratitude. This is really touching, They were showing the pictures of members with photos courtesy of Yuto. The pictures were great! My 2 best pictures were of Chinen scrunching his face looking like he's in pain and Yabu checking out his teeth in the mirror!
My notes:
- Johnny-san was there but I didn't see him.
- They are really gorgeous in person! Flawless skin and very handsome. Their faces are very, very similar with what we see in videos! But, since I love Yamachan, I don't know why but my eyes kept focusing on him all throughout the show! He's such a performer. Oh he's always at the spotlight but I don't mind. But the gap is really surprising. Throughout the show HSJ were very serious in their performances but I spotted him during the Your Seed dance poking Keito's back wahaha. And he's the only one (I think) who kept making weird faces for the fans. The other members just kept on smiling and waving but he will stop at one point make a weird face and laugh.
- JUMP band is really nice. They are good at each of their instruments. I was enjoying the show when I noticed Inoo wasn't there. I found him at the right side of the stage, quite hidden sad to say (unfair!) Yamachan is really good with saxophone. He really looked professional! His saxophone really matches the band.
- They really sounded nice. My best singer out of them was Yuto and I wasn't disappointed with his voice (it's so deep). But, (no bias here) I'm surprised with Yamachan's voice. It was really, really good! Daiki too! I also liked Daiki voice before because it's clear but there's nothing special. But when I heard him sing live, oh my, it's so soothing! These are now my top 3 though Yamachan and Yuto exchanged places :)
-Oh I spotted Yabu scratching his butt during the MC haha! They were quite reserved during the MC because of language barrier.
-JUMP is great! They really have good stamina. Even in the first part, I clearly noticed them breathing heavily but that didn't stop them from performing. Their routines and moves were very tiring and they only got little time to rest.
My first experience was unforgettable. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you JUMP for a wonderful show and I'm sure I will go to your next concerts (hopefully next year).
Introduction first! I arrived at the venue at 2:30 (since we got lost riding the Ding Ding Tram and the line to the fee shuttle to KITEC is so long). What I did first is to search where I could buy some merchandise but unluckily I couldn't find one. Oh how I envy those girls who bought lots of merchandise. My seat is good and the person seated to my left is Chinese and also a Yamada fan. She was wearing a cute kimono and holding 3 handmade uchiwas for JUMP. She said that she's nervous because its also her first time to go to JUMP's concert and she really looked like she's going to cry.
Then we started calling for JUMP and without any warning, 2 juniors (sorry I don't know their names) went up the stage and then we shouted Hey! Say! JUMP. They sang UMP in which they emerged from the curtain much like what happened in their debut performance. The people here are standing until the end of the show. Yamachan was the only one flying at first and he was carrying a big fan. Then Yuto and Chinen also did that but they are together. Daiki was also a solo flyer. Anyways there's lots of flying both from HSJ and ABCZ. The very first member I saw was HIkaru since he was directly facing us but I don't like his hair... Anyways, I forgot the chronological order of their songs and I'm sure someone will post it so I'm just going to report my favorite ones..
SD - They are good dancers. There's the usual Yamajima thing but aaaargh!!!! I was really waiting for it but the girls near the stage are holding their uchiwas high up in the air so it blocked my view! ah, sorry to say but Chinen really dances weirdly at the chorus.
SURIRU - Best were holding bouquets so I'm preparing myself to catch one since I'm pretty sure that they're going to throw it. Nice song and choreography. They sang and danced like real grown-up (my babies huhu). Oh they did throw it and I envy those girls.
Wonderland Train - BEST were covered with blue cloth and 7 emerged sitting on chairs. They danced with chairs and sticks. Very good choreography although the exchange of sticks between Yuto and Keito was a fail because Keito didn't catch it (typical Keito! :) I think it's the only mistake in the entire show).
Mayonaka no Shadow Boy - This is my favorite performance. The effects were great! They were singing behind a thin curtain and their faces were magnified through the curtain (just like a projector) each time they sing. When Yamachan and Yuto said "shadow", only their eyes are magnified. It was so great that it's hard to explain. Funny thing is, during the last line of the song, only Yamachan's, Chinen's, Yuto's and Daiki's (not sure) faces were seen. Talk about favorites.
Over - After MNSB (they were wearing different colors of clothes at that time), the curtain fell down and they emerged wearing white costumes. Sorry but I really focused on Yamachan and he's REALLY good at dancing!
BEAT LINE - my favorite song. Everything was great. They sang the whole song and Yuto is always lovely with his drums. I forgot what they sang next but I'm surprised since they are singing and dancing nonstop.
MC part - I only understood little on this part (sorry my Japanese is bad). They talked first to each other and then to us and everytime they say something, the audience reacted. And Yabu was cute when he asked "Everyone, can you understand what we're saying?" haha. They said that the audience are allowed to ask questions. But since it will be hard to communicate with each other, they had a translator with them. I didn't get the first question but they started going in pairs Yamachan-Keito, Yuto-Chinen, Takaki-Yabu, Inoo-Daiki and Hikaru was left behind (he's so cute!). It's very funny because they are so concerned with language barrier but all the people who asked questions can speak and understand Japanese. Someone asked Takaki and Keito to hug. Takaki was so shy but they did it. And they asked her how was it and the girl said if they can hug her too (wise girl). Takaki and Keito went to the girl and shook hands with her. One fan is Yamachan's fan and she asked him if he got his driver's license which he said he didn't have one yet. Oh since there are lots of Yamachan's fans on my side, they shouted Ganbare! Next fan asked Yamachan and Yuto to hug. One fan told them that he's a Yamchan fan and Yamachan thanked her. But she added "Yuto daisuki!" and Yamachan was shocked and the members laughed. Yamachan kept asking about her statement and he couldn't accept it haha and Yuto seems very happy! Then Yamachan and Yuto walked up to the girl and asked her to choose only one but she can't because she likes both of them. This was so cute because Yamachan is concerned with his height so he stood on the part of stage with a higher level and they hugged. Keito was looking for someone who's an English speaker so I really tried hard for him to notice me but he's on the other side. The girl asked where would they like to go to HK and Keito said HK Disneyland. The members raised their hands too.
They sang Thank you. Keito explained in English (you're a savior) that last year, a big disaster happened in Japan wherein many people lost their lives. He said that HK was one who immediately gave help and as representatives from Jpan, they would like to express their gratitude. This is really touching, They were showing the pictures of members with photos courtesy of Yuto. The pictures were great! My 2 best pictures were of Chinen scrunching his face looking like he's in pain and Yabu checking out his teeth in the mirror!
My notes:
- Johnny-san was there but I didn't see him.
- They are really gorgeous in person! Flawless skin and very handsome. Their faces are very, very similar with what we see in videos! But, since I love Yamachan, I don't know why but my eyes kept focusing on him all throughout the show! He's such a performer. Oh he's always at the spotlight but I don't mind. But the gap is really surprising. Throughout the show HSJ were very serious in their performances but I spotted him during the Your Seed dance poking Keito's back wahaha. And he's the only one (I think) who kept making weird faces for the fans. The other members just kept on smiling and waving but he will stop at one point make a weird face and laugh.
- JUMP band is really nice. They are good at each of their instruments. I was enjoying the show when I noticed Inoo wasn't there. I found him at the right side of the stage, quite hidden sad to say (unfair!) Yamachan is really good with saxophone. He really looked professional! His saxophone really matches the band.
- They really sounded nice. My best singer out of them was Yuto and I wasn't disappointed with his voice (it's so deep). But, (no bias here) I'm surprised with Yamachan's voice. It was really, really good! Daiki too! I also liked Daiki voice before because it's clear but there's nothing special. But when I heard him sing live, oh my, it's so soothing! These are now my top 3 though Yamachan and Yuto exchanged places :)
-Oh I spotted Yabu scratching his butt during the MC haha! They were quite reserved during the MC because of language barrier.
-JUMP is great! They really have good stamina. Even in the first part, I clearly noticed them breathing heavily but that didn't stop them from performing. Their routines and moves were very tiring and they only got little time to rest.
My first experience was unforgettable. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you JUMP for a wonderful show and I'm sure I will go to your next concerts (hopefully next year).