MY 4.22

[walt1112]

I'm here to share my great experience with you GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUYYYYYYYYS(AYU'S ACCENTS)

1 month ago, i could not believe that someday i was able to see ayu in shanghai, because of the damn time. i'm now 18 years old, senior 3. many chinese people describe senior 3 as a period of hell -- because of the study pressure. everyone is preparing for the most important tests in one's life, which will mostly definite your entire life. but i was lucky to avoid it, because i'm guarantteed(?) into a very nice university, so i don't need to study hard any more. as soon as i was sure of the fact, i ordered 2 ayu tickets with my mobile, and 3 days later, i got my tickets with excitement.

4.21! my mother and i flew from our city to shanghai. we usually do this twice a year for shopping, for my mother is a big shop-achoholic and shanghai is the nicest place for shopping in the mainland of china. this time, i promised i would shop with my mother and she promised to go to see ayu with me. so the first day. we'd been running through streets and big shopping malls carrying uncountable bags. once our taxi ran by ayu's hotel -- shanghai seasons hotel. i was so amazing to see that grand cool hotel, you know.

4.22!!!! the whole morning i was shopping with my mother in Huaihai Rd. and in some fashion shops i heard fairyland and dearest being played as the background music. secret's big posters hang in a bookstore there.

sorry, forgot to mention that ayu's just like a weather controller! 4.21 and 4.23 the weather was amazingly sunny and warm. just 4.22 it was grey, cold, cloudy and "oops, it began to rain!!" rainy girl -- ayu, so powerful, ha.
i took a digital camera and a big digital video camera with me. but my mother warned me not to take that big DV since it's tooo easy to be spotted. i followed her advice and only carried my dc to the live.

3:00pm. we arrived at shanghai arena, it's as huge as expected. there i found 200 or more people wearing all kinds of stuff waiting outside the gate. many people had the a mark on their cheeks. as soon as we joint the crowd, a administrator of ayuchina(AC) came over and handed us 2 sheets pf little lyrics paper(voyage's lyrics on them) then i knew we would sing voyage for ayu during the encore. suddenly i decided to hang around to find if there are something funny -- that's when i found the team waiting for ayu around the back gate of the arena. i waited there, in the front row. 45 minutes later ayu's big benz came over and...scream, hope you can imagine(hundreds of girls screamed with their higest voice) ayu wore a totally red dress and she waved to us! *screaming* she's just 20 meters away from me. so happy
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when we were screaming, there were ayu's camera men taking photos and video recording for us. i think maybe we will be seen in her visualized dvds.
almost 4:00 pm. my mother and i rushed into a starbucks beneath the arena, whose guests were all ayu fans. then 2 hours later we waited in the rain again outside the main gate -- so many girls have their eyes in ayu's style. and i had a nice chat with several ayu fans from tokyo. haha

the gate open was delayed and the crowds got a little annoyed and impatient. at first they shouted in chinese: give our money back, if you don't let us in! (i didn't say that) but just the same moment, i saw ayu's manager smiling to the annoyed audiece from inside the glass gates -- obviously, he misunderstood the complain as a bravo or something. but soon the crowd shouted: baka baka!! soon they realized the people was annoyed.
suddenly!!!the crowd began to scream!!!!!!!!!! i thought ayu came out(i could see nothing though). and the crowd screamed "ayu ayu ayu ayu...". but when i get entered, the boy from the front row told me that it was only ayu's bodyguards(people thought ayu's bodyguards appearing means that ayu's coming)
any way. it was like a messy and ...dunno how to describe. people pushed each other hardly when entering. and the bag check was only a simple question:"have you taken cameras?" of course i said "no", then i was allowed entering, even without a glance into my big bag. actually i had my dc tied on my legs(XD)

the goods....so little! no fans, no tshirts, no light sticks even. it was lucky that i bought a blue unofficial stick outside the arena. and it was a long queue which moves unbelievably slowly. there seemed to be only 30 people waiting in front of me though, but when it was my turn to order, the bags i love had been sold out already! so i just bought the pamphlet. i couldn't believe that ayupan was soooooo small (as big as your little finger)!

my seat was in front of the left heart thing on the stage. pretty close. and...
7:30 the live began on time!
as soon as the arena lights got dim, the people began to scream, in a way that you won't hear in japan, scream to death!
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labyrinth...i just need to say that my seat was also drowned by the mist from the stage. and the blue light which i used to think ugly on the dvds looked good. the sound effect was really amazing there. and the whole arena began to scream when the piano lines of evolution came out!
i couldn't believe my eyes. 7 years, from TV, DVD, to magazines. i've been dreaming of this fairy for uncountable nights and days. i saw her only a few meters away. a short figure which looks so tall on the stage, which looks so great there. like a smiling queen, sang her self-composed evolution with all her emotion(i'm sure that she didn't lip-synch!need not to explain anymore). and the at the end of the first chorus: she sang: wow yeah wow yeah wow wow wow wow yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! the loud beats bursted out!
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as you can easily imagine, evolution and unite were performed as usual. but it felt much cooler than watching dvds. i did all the motions for these 2 songs. and i still remember than ayu smiled to me when she came over to my area singing unite! ha so lucky! i'm sure that she was smiling to me but not the crowd around me, because i jumped so high with my arms waving and so easy to be spotted from the stage.

taskinist...it was almost black and white such a cool video....defenitely ayu's style. the first 4 female dancers killed the men coupling with them. the first man was locked into a room with deadly air, the second man was beat by glasses and a lot of stuff which were thrown by the girl. third one -- oops forgot. the forth one, the man tried to escape from the woman but finally fell down from a high floor. then shuya, who seemed to have seen all those scenes ran away from ayu.

then 1 love, and until that day, you guys must have know the details, just need to mention that the firewroks and bursts were pretty cool! the audience screamed when ayu had some hot motions with shuya on the evelated round stage.

miyazaki's piano solo -- nothing special. there would be better if another video had been arranged here.

it's pretty rare for me to see ayu wearing shoes instead of boots singing. nothing special here during m. just the whole arena were singing m and appears with ayu like a biig chorus. during the end of appears, ayu danced with shuya very elegantly, it's my first time to see that ayu dance in that ballet way. then ayu and shuya embraced *screaming*
there were fires coming up from the main stage while the male dancers dancing there, i have to say that Gomi-- that most ugly dancer did a big mistake! the 5 dancers threw their flags up and everyone except for gomi got the flag bag in thier right hands. he's..ah...never mind

video for part of me. this was amazing, like a mix with the pv of part of me and the ayu-mi-x 4 CM. ayu wearing her pink kimono, used the lip of her index to draw some very elegant effects(like some red ink poured into the water). ayu and shuya tried to embrace but they went through each other's body...very beautiful, i couldn't give any more description for it, hope you can understand.

then ayu appeared at the center of main stage. i have to say that the LIVE camera was also amazing. the background controller mixed 2 scenes -- ayu and shuya-- together. ayu, singing with shuya's hand rising up, they went through each other's body again -- this is the real live effects! very cool! the rest of part of me was the same way that moment did 2 years ago.
Secret...this song was very famous here, so the whole arena sang with ayu! in the end, there were several red fabrics fell down from the ceiling, along with some hoops. so when ayu disappeared, the dancers performed a sort of hoops show. very nice!

miyazaki again -- vampire style piano solo.
suddenly, ayu was rised up to the runway alone. she wore that weird thing...but if you look at it in person, it's pretty cool, i just felt that costume doesn't do good on pictures.
before kiss o'kill began, ayu along with peco and princess sang a lot of "Wuuuuuu" with the hard beats. then she walked to the round stage alone. the first line of kiss o'kill began. all the dancers came to the main stage wearing thats sort of horribel costumes with their eyes covered. after the 1st chorus. ayu returned to the main stage and wore a big black robe. she kneeled and almost lay there singing -- her motion was very cool. then you know she was trapped and a lot of dancers dancing around her as the light got dimmed. just 1 minute later she appeared on that big silver crucifix! the crucifix seemed to be bigger than the one of CDL 05-06. and it looks much thicker and grander. the whole arena was amazed at what they saw. it was soooo queenyyyyyyyyy.
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at first, the scene of the video went through some grey branches of a dead tree --- quite horrible...
then it was the kaleidoscope-styled effects. very colorful. very bright, you can see dozens of ayu's nice eyes blinking on the screen. ayu's hairdress was pretty similar with the ones for inspire(AT 05 and PV). the green ray was very cool. actually i used to hate that lighting effects, it looks so ugly on the dvd, and it is a ancient stage technique which has been used in many simple artists' concerts. but it felt amazing when i saw the rays flashing in front of me, as if the arena was reflecting them to all directions.

surreal: my FAVORITE FAVORITE(*10000000000）！as you may already learn. ayu, along with yochan enrique and the bg vocals went to the round stage. the stage was elevated with deluxe glass curtains around it -- carols in AT 05. waving hands during the climax...very high!
Audience, and boys & girls...as usual...i love ayu's shoes, very special boots. quite different with the previous simple white boots.! and we just sing b&Gvery loudly..ayu was pleased with us.
in the end, there were colorful paper bits pouring down from the ceiling and the red curtains went down. over?no! the curtains rised once more with ayu and her dancers singing the la la la of B&G again.

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encore! i love it!
there seemed to be only 5 minutes between the main performance and encore. the audience kept doing such "ayu *** ayu ***"("*" means claping hands)
soon, we heard that electronic hand clapping. and that funny male voice "Ayu aaa ayuaaa ayu"(can you guys tell me what he said here : are you ready for the ???)
then we saw that dancing A mark on the screens on both sides. it was soo funny. that A wore a chinese dress(what ayu wore at the conference before the show) with a hand holding a cook, inside which there was ayu's favorite shanghai food "xiao long bao" . another one: A used a chinese feather pen writing "shanghai, hallo "in chinese. another: A holding a fan. and a pink panda holding a bamboo branch -- they exchanged what they were holding in hands and were very friendly!
the funniest one! A held a Kongfu stick, tried to do chinese kongfu, but she hurt herself leaving a big egg on the head -- and there floated a chinese word over the egg: "it hurts!!!!" the whole arena laughed to death... so funny!
the "ayu aaa ayu aaa" voice turned down with the curtains rising up again. momentum began! we were soooooooo surprised to hear it! i thought it was memorial address again. i almost cried out(no i didn't!!) hearing ayu singing the first lines....it was perfect!! sounds much better than the cd ver.!!
this live version was pretty similar with the live ver. for no way to say. during the first chorus, the drum beats was very slow and slight, the second third returned to the normal speed.

seasons! big chorus! especially during that la-la-i~ we loved that song so much!
so the first 2 ballads finishes
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i'm back
MC talking
ayu: hallo shanghai(cutely)
audience: *&^$$#*(like hallo or something)
ayu: hallo shanghai(very sexy tune)
audience:@#$%&&*(ditto)
ayu" HALLO SHANGHAAAAAAAAIIIIIII!
AUDIENCEITTO

it seemed that ayu forgot her english:i, you know, um so, happy to be with you guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyys!
then she said:the first day when i arrived here, i went to yuhosu?(should be yufosi in chinese pronounciation) i prayed for the success of this concert, i prayed for**sorry forgot*, i also prayed for one more thing, i prayed for asia is One, we are all ONE! then she told us to scream yo-chan's name out. then yochan leaded that regular"yeah...yeah yeah... yeah yeah yeah...yeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeah yeah*couphing*"
ayu and yo-chan talked in japanese, and i only understand that yo-chan said he liked shanghai food! and ayu tried to say "hallo, i'm ayumi hamasaki" in shanghai chinese(shanghai chinese is very different with the simplified chinese). then the keyboarder miyazaki wanted to show his chinese(he is always that lazy-feeling)
miyazaki in chinese: hallo, very glad to meet you. yoroshiku(no english sentence can stand for its meaning)....today tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, let's continue this show ok?
audience: yeah!
miyazaki: without ayu?
audience: no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hearing miyazaki's chinese, ayu was confused becus she had no idea what we'd been talking about.
at this moment, the second floor's left side began to scream "ayu ayu ayu ayu ayu ayu". hearing that bravo, ayu seemed to be a little confused. soon she found that fabric which reads"we will sing a song for ayu, please say"se-no"".
ayu was very happy to say se-no and began to sing voyage for ayu. ayu was very happy to hear our weird singing.

after this 10-minute mc talking. ayu said: are you ready? ok! one two one two three four...independent began , then humming 7/4

i'm proud to say that eventually i learned how to dance in independent after the 1st chorus.

who...as usual!

i can't believe that everthing had began so suddenly, and come to an end even more suddenly. when i realized how everything had been going, ayu had already stood at the center of the mainstage, with her eyes closed. i tried to keep silence, but i couldn'0t, i shouted "ayu ganbare!" during the brief silence of audience shouting to her and she must have heard that.

1 minute later, she shouted "arigatougozaimashita!!!!!!!" it was soo clear and aloud!

still raining outside. i remained silence in the taxi with my mum. i know that how unforgettable and meaningful the past 2 hours meant to me.

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[ayu_ayu301]

excited to read your full review ^^ ...

I saw Ayu concert in her HK stop and I got row 11 for seatings .. and it was amazing .. too bad we didn't get momentum ..

[AyuGAME]

great review..waiting for your review updates...
post some pics and maybe a video?

[Qt Mashi]

ahh! finally a review!! thanks am waiting

can't wait to see the pics also

[freedreamer]

yay! thanks for the review...lookin forward to more

[walt1112]

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[987654321987]

yes it is just like the one i saw in hong kong, reading your review, my felling come back~~
thanks!

[extepan]

^ same here!!
i hope i will see ayu again soon!

[AyuGAME]

wow..nice update...waiting for another update...

[Qt Mashi]

lol thanks for the update! very interesting~~~

[walt1112]

not very clear pics

hope you like'em

[AyuHamasaki01]

thank you for the pics... only they're a little big

[WillofDusk]

your pics died~
You are bloody lucky~

[AyuHamasaki01]

Originally Posted by mizu_akira_ayu

your pics died~
You are bloody lucky~

[Sim']

Thanks for your report =)

[Qt Mashi]

thanks for your full report!

[evolution7931]

Oh! What's that place that she prayed at? This could give us an indication of Ayu's religionn! Maybe she's buddhist after all

[AyuHamasaki01]

Originally Posted by evolution7931

Oh! What's that place that she prayed at? This could give us an indication of Ayu's religionn! Maybe she's buddhist after all

Did I miss something???

Where did she pray? when?

[evolution7931]

^Look! In the first post hehe

then she said:the first day when i arrived here, i went to yuhosu?(should be yufosi in chinese pronounciation) i prayed for the success of this concert, i prayed for**sorry forgot*, i also prayed for one more thing, i prayed for asia is One, we are all ONE

Yufosi is this temple: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Buddha_Temple Buddhist!

[AyuHamasaki01]

Originally Posted by evolution7931

^Look! In the first post hehe



Yufosi is this temple: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Buddha_Temple Buddhist!

ow, okay... I didn't read the whole first post yet...

and about the "funny male voice", I always though the said something like... Ayu ready to rock?