[pedronekoi]

Here's a mini review:

I went there around 2:30pm to see how crowded it was and it was actually nice. There were some people sitting on chairs and picnic mats but it was okay. I went to walk around and found out that they did a mini goods booth on the parade selling the Defend collaboration, lightstick, towels and other items. I didn't get the numbered ticket so I get back to the area of the concert and i was just 4 people away from the gate. It was 3:00pm. At some point they started to enter the people with numbered tickets and after all the people enter there, the space was not full at all. And I was not sure that there were 1000 people inside the limited area. So they decided to put general people inside but not the people that were there waiting for 2hours or even more, they decided to put people that were near the entrance. And then the shit started. lol The people near me started t get piss off because they were waiting there as well and they weren't given the chance to enter the "limited area". So people started screaming with the Tokyo Rainbow staff. And then the staff decided to get off the people that entered after. And then the shit got uglier. lol Because now the people that entered after everyone else were pissed that they wouldn't be able to stay there and then the securities/staff came to take a men off. Literally 3 guys trying to get this old man off the limited area.

And then 5:00pm. Everyone was crazy about seeing Ayu, screaming her name, doing the "Ayu, ayu, ayu" chant. And then 30min later the show starts. Her entrance was just amazing! The gayest way of entering a stage in a gay parade: being carried in the air by the shirtless dancers lol It was EPIC. Everyone was screaming. And then STEP you! More screaming. I couldn't even listen to her voice during the 3 first songs. I don't know if her mic was not working or the people were singing too loud. But it was really good. And then Curtain Call with the piano and also in the beginning of HBYA she couldn't sing because she started crying. It felt really legit. Her words were really sweet and touching. It was a short concert but really nice experience. It can't be compared to going to her arena concerts (of course) but it was nice.

BUT there were two guys standing next to me that were sooo mean during all the concert. They were reading her to filthy. Even tho they were fans (they sang all the songs - what was a bit annoying because I was hearing them louder than Ayu), they were screaming some weird stuff like "where's your voice?? we can't hear you!! don't sing curtain call!!!". SO RUDE. And also they were mimmicking her vibratto and her lines like "minna de/senkyu/ikkuyo". And everyone was giving them hateful eyes but no one said anything to them. I literally had to ask them to shut up. so so rude.

Other detail: the space was located near a baseball field or something and the wind was crazy so there was a HUGE sand storm. Everyone was just dying while waiting there lol