I think the story was that she actually wrote the lyrics for someone who had passed away recently (SAKURA was the name of a restaurant they used to go together), i'm not entirely sure but that's what i remember reading. Since the song held so much meaning and maybe pain for her she decided to cut it for the final, same thing happened with Return Road at AT12, idk why she decides to only cut them off for the final instead of not singing them at all.

YAAAAAS!!! Still no outfits/stage photos :(

Happy to see she still remembers Real me. Am I the only one who likes when does the Britney Spears-esque choreography for the song?

It's always nice when she does it, but it reminds me of how stiff she is sometimes, lol.

"ayu, please put all songs in DVD.."

ayu: "The most important thing is we are all alive.. it doesn't matter which songs I put on DVD."

Ayu would be the best troll for all.

^ LOL.

LOL. Well, ayu is known for her deeply dramatic yet profound sentiments.

"Of course, I have all these on DVD but private is private."

"I love my almost-never-sang-songs performances... so I'll keep it to myself"

I applied for second floor tickets for one show, and got the front row isle seat! So happy I'll have a great view and no issues with the crowd around me. I hated the pit atmosphere. Just not for me. Though for the second show I attend its the first floor haha.

seriously, where the f are the photos?

Since it's TA, I doubt many are trying to take pics. Maybe when the people that sell pictures are at the Tokyo shows get to go.

There weren't really pictures last year, either.

The venues are small, so the stage show is not projected on any monitors anywhere. So to get a good picture, you'd have to be pretty close to the stage, and it is 1) kind of a mosh-pit atmosphere where it would be difficult to takes pics, and 2) there are staff immediately telling people to put their phones away -- even before the show actually starts, they don't allow pics of the stage.

i get it, but what about media? we usually get a report on the live or two from some media thing. Maybe its still early for that?
I don't care for the stage though, i just wanna see the costumes.

Reports tend to come from the finals if ever.

at 2015 we got early report because of her birthday

I don't like the seltlist and I have a ticket for tomorrow show in Osaka :(

Can we expect a report?

Too bad taking photo are forbid. I want some outfit photos.

Yep, that's the problem. I wouldn't have dared to take a picture. Too many people of her staff who looked more than ready to snatch smartphones if they saw one...

Don't expect too much from her outfits. They were not at all special... I only liked the one she wore during the first part. Of course, maybe she changed them in Fukuoka, but her Sapporo outfits were meh. Same for the stage... Don't expect a great stage or whatever. There was basically nothing lol.