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It's funny how different things can be in hindsight. Skimming through A Museum, I really get a lot of TA Limited Tour 2003 vibes, which was right before this. At the time I really wouldn't say I saw any similarities (and visually there really are none).
Also re-watching the Dearest performance...I was really disappointed in it when this first came out. She did so amazingly with all the TV live performances when Dearest was a single, and this is when her voice was getting deeper and hoarser, and I just felt like it was a let-down. But listening now, it is actually still a really nice performance, if you take it out of the context of the original release.
Looking through some of the Japanese comments on the different tours, they are overwhelmingly positive. The biggest and most consistent complaint I see is that she has too many dancers now - someone even made a distinction of her now doing shows (vs. concerts). I think these releases are really a great reminder for people of her true star power. It may not help her in the long run to gain fans back or sell more, but I think the public opinion of her will continues its uptick for a while.
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