[Bad Wolf]

I liked it. I feel like the beginning few songs were fantastic, performance and vocal-wise. There was a bit of a slump in the middle during the ballads and where Ayu was really belting it out in a not-so-good way. I feel like that picked up nicely after "Because of you," but for the most part I was bored from everything starting with "momentum" up 'til "Because of you." However, she absolutely KILLED "teddy bear"--in a good way! Her voice was lovely, she refrained from screaming instead of singing--I thought she sounded pretty good, given that she was never the best singer.

Countdown Lives are never my favorite performances of Ayu's. They feel really rushed and slapdash for me, even if there are themes (Like "Future Classics" this time around..), and overall I just prefer the look, feel and production of her full tours. However, I liked this Countdown Live. I had to watch "I am..." three times because I couldn't believe what I was seeing and hearing.

I'd give it an 85 out of 100 (lol weird ranking I know~). Her voice could use some work on a few songs, and she really needs to tone it back with screaming during ballads (again, "teddy bear" was perfect IMO but "You were," "momentum" and "Pride" were so... blah) but other than that, it was a good show. I enjoyed it.

My other grievance were the flux of heavy/rock songs in the middle. I felt like it wasn't really.. balanced? And this is coming from a person who LOVES Ayu's rock songs. I just was feeling a little "meh" about them, and slightly bitter that "alterna" wasn't included XD