[truehappiness]

I have yet to see the concert in full but I am blown away so far. It's not as theatrical or as in your face as Rock'n'Roll Circus Tour... but WOW. Everything is so polished and well done, from the outfits to the interludes to the way the screens were utilized and more... it's like they took elements from her best performances and honed them until they were their absolute best! I will say though that this concert reminded me of a COUNTDOWN LIVE somewhat but with an extremely high budget, haha.

Such goodness, really. Will probably do a more in-depth critique or something later?

Opening (lyric clips) - why did they choose certain tracks' lyrics? Were they trying to say something?

Timmy/Chorus pre-ASFXX - what is Timmy saying? The effect of all the dancers being chained up in their masks is pretty awesome. The Ayu reveal is also quite epic. I wish they showed more of her in that red mask! I like Timmy, but he needs to be taken away from these front-and-center English roles. It was okay for HOTEL Love songs, but seeing him in a-nations and now this... I don't want him around like this.

ASFXX - Perfection.

Memorial address - " " (see above). (the screens were to die for here)

Massive Trance Station - I need this track NOW. (maybe not with Timmy's Rule bit)

pre-poker face - Yay, she's writing messages to fans again. I think they had to do with the poker face lyrics loosely?

poker face - Very adorable. It's a more mature version of the performance she had for A MUSEUM and I think I prefer this one completely. That coat! Though I don't know about how live this was since the vocals were 100% perfect but they could be?

Fly high - I am usually not very fond of Fly high performances, but this felt incredibly fresh and I wanted to watch it in full! Maybe it's just because it wasn't in the encore? That ending hop with the transition with the male dancers/performers is neat.

HONEY - Ayu in glasses! We need more of this in our lives. Awkward geeky Ayu never ceases to be entertaining. I think more of Ayu's schoolgirl performances need to be like this. Sometimes things look a little haphazard but in the years since she started (2007-2008?) doing this type of performance, they really have it down. It was probably the most rough looking for AT09 (baseball/cheerleaders) thinking back, though I could be overlooking some.

Will talk about the rest later! Please share your thoughts here if you can!

EDITED TO ADD because I'll probably forget later: 2-YAN... WTF y u wearin' beats? Also, I feel like they could have done an 'A' [logo] moment there... Ayu needs to release her own brand of headphones. Oh, and seeing older women jamming out during the 2-YAN trance session makes me feel all tingly inside.