Thoughts on ASIA TOUR 2007 ~Tour of Secret~ DVD

[hiroshi_ben]

hmm did they interview the fans on each concert?i wanna know how they think of ayu's con..

[minna]

I loved that Tour
I started crying at the beginning
I would have loved to be there...seeing Ayu is my dream
so when they showed girls crying in one of the documentary, I started crying too

I loved evolution, the beginning was so cool!! it was so different, I loved it!
Vocally she was amazing! everything was so great!!! It was a fantastic Tour
I really enjoyed seeing the documentary even if I don't know japanese. it was great to see all the fans in Asia coming to see her (and yeah I started crying there too XD)
The costumes were A-MA-ZING! They were so beautifuL! I think my favorite is her evolution dress =)

I loved this Asia Tour! Couldn't stop crying during it
and I hope evenmore that I'll see her soon.

[~Amy~]

I'm sorry if you guys talked about this already but what's going on in the taskinst interlude? I still don't understand exactly. >.<

[truehappiness]

What do you mean?

The concept?

Basically, all of the girls have committed crimes of some sort. Midoring strangled/electrocuted/bludgeoned Zin (with a telephone) [her character seems to be a crazy *****], Kayanocchi stole some sort of important briefcase with Hide, but left him for "dead" in some sewer, Aki-chan is Gomi's lover, but they've a violent couple so she shoots him in self-defense, killing him, Chisa-chan is a clingy woman whose clinginess ends up killing Subaru, and Shu-ya shoots someone, but Ayu takes the blame for what he did.

Then 1 LOVE starts with all of the girls in "jail" / cages.

[minna]

yeah Midoring looked crazy in the video
and when she starts laughing it's worst !

[~Amy~]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

What do you mean?

The concept?

Basically, all of the girls have committed crimes of some sort. Midoring strangled/electrocuted/bludgeoned Zin (with a telephone) [her character seems to be a crazy *****], Kayanocchi stole some sort of important briefcase with Hide, but left him for "dead" in some sewer, Aki-chan is Gomi's lover, but they've a violent couple so she shoots him in self-defense, killing him, Chisa-chan is a clingy woman whose clinginess ends up killing Subaru, and Shu-ya shoots someone, but Ayu takes the blame for what he did.

Then 1 LOVE starts with all of the girls in "jail" / cages.

Ohhhh thank you so much for explaining! Now I understand. ^_^

[MeruChan]

I started having tears in my eyes when I saw Ayu descending down during Evolution! I was soo putting myself IN the concert! If I were there, I'd cry like a baby...It would be a dream come true...

I love seeing those chinese fan girls in the documentary! They are like sooo much more fanatic and crazy about Ayu than I am! lolx...And it show 2 girls crying and shouting Ayu's name during the opening of the concert and it was soo touching! I understand their feeling totally! To be able to see their idol...who have never ever perform outside of Japan is a once in a life time experience!

And during Ayu's Shanghai stop where she went to the temple, the monk just kept staring at her! It was like Ayu is a Buddha or something...And the monk looks cute and a lil pervert looking (hahaha no offence!). When they were bowing to the gods after putting the incense, the monk at the side kept looking at her! I am like " get your eyes off her!!!@"

[AyUmIXx]

guys.. a friend of mine who has watched the DVD said that there is a part where showing ayu was crying when she was having her outfits changed into the can can girl outfit which she needed to perform AUDIENCE and Boys & Girls..
my friend said that she was very uneasy and scared she might not look perfect because their time of changing the outfits were not enough, therefore, we all know that the can can girl outfit's feather was falling down during the show..
that was so sad...

[truehappiness]

That was at the first concert I believe..

I think that they ended up taking out the feathers until after SURREAL after that "mishap". That's why in the Fukuoka live, she doesn't have her headdress or the feather-waist-band-thing until someone possibly brought it on for her? Due to the fact that the documentary fades in and out between the concert, we won't know until someone who went tells us :<

[zoomzoom]

^ I'm glad she didnt wear the feathers for that performance, I liked it like that. Her on the elevated stage with the feathers.. it just wouldn't fit that well. It did kinda fit when she was with her dancers with feathers too.

[encore_peace]

Anyone knows how to watch only the whole concerts without the documentaries ?

[fuawas]

is it posible to watch the whole concert without documentary??

[alternarist]

guys.. i haven watch the DVD but i went for the concert.. the HK one (not the last concert in Japan).

ayu did not have feathers during SURREAL. she performed SURREAL on the circular stage. after that, Yoko, Peco, Enrique and Yo-chan performed together while ayu went down to put on the feathers.. it was during AUDIENCE, ayu den appeared with the feathers..

does that answer you guys' queries? (i hope)

[AyUmIXx]

Originally Posted by alternarist

guys.. i haven watch the DVD but i went for the concert.. the HK one (not the last concert in Japan).

ayu did not have feathers during SURREAL. she performed SURREAL on the circular stage. after that, Yoko, Peco, Enrique and Yo-chan performed together while ayu went down to put on the feathers.. it was during AUDIENCE, ayu den appeared with the feathers..

does that answer you guys' queries? (i hope)

yeap, i noticed that too because i was at HK concert too..

and since when that Ayu didn't wear her "feathers" on her can can girl outfit at Japan concert??

the part where the "feathers" felt down was during one of the Japan concert one right? but which one? the last day of the concert or....?
i heard that the DVD is the Fukuoka stop one..so that the "falling feathers" incident was occured at Fukuoka?

[Ayappe]

This concert is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!! I really loved all the concert! I loved seeing Ayu dancing!*_*
My favorite performances??
Well:
1LOVE
Secret
Appears
M.

The only thing that I wanna complain is the absence of English subtitles XDDD
I'd like to know what happened during the documentary... When the dancing crew and Ayu cry.. O_O

[zoomzoom]

Originally Posted by AyUmIXx

the part where the "feathers" felt down was during one of the Japan concert one right? but which one? the last day of the concert or....?
i heard that the DVD is the Fukuoka stop one..so that the "falling feathers" incident was occured at Fukuoka?

Yea, it was filmed in Fukuoka

[hightea_xx]

i am just finishing off the documentary side of the dvd now as they are being put up in the download section and i have to say that at the end of the "overseas" part document, where ayu says she prayed for asia to be one at the temple, i was about to cry. i thought that was so important, because there has always been so much tension between the peoples of eastern/pacific asia. even if it was a stunt to boost her popularity, i think it's a very important message to send.

[cloud♥honey]

The most amazing concert I've seen in all my life. It is supreme. But I still think there was a bit of playback on there. Don't kill me! XD

[taskinillusion]

Originally Posted by ian_ayumi

is it posible to watch the whole concert without documentary??

No, you either have to watch them all together continuously, or skip through the documentaries by pressing the "next" button on your remote to watch just the concert parts.

Originally Posted by Cloud_Honey

The most amazing concert I've seen in all my life. It is supreme. But I still think there was a bit of playback on there. Don't kill me! XD

What do you mean by "playback?"

I really enjoyed the concert! Just watched it for the first time last night. I really loved the documentary stuff! Gave the concert so much more meaning when reminded of all the endless hours of hard work Ayu and her staff puts into the concert. I can hardly understand all of the work that goes into ALL of those details. Really insane.

I was quite shocked when I saw Ayu break down in the dressing room like that.... Was a specific reason discussed? I know Ayu had a voice over where she talked about it... I really want to know what happened or if she just felt overwhelmed at the moment. I half wonder if it really did have to do with her feather costume because the camera zoomed in on her ears when she came out on stage after getting dressed and her ears looked SO RED like her hat thing was really hurting her!! But they didn't have time to fix it before she had to be on stage... ;_; I felt so bad for her.

And I felt bad when her feather tail drooped down like that! I LOLed at Go-mi trying to fix it though. I do wish there was a way to watch JUST the concert, but I really enjoyed watching the documentaries with it. I wondered how they got her on that cross so soon and I thought the "Ayu" in the mask didn't look like her, so that's cool they used a body double! :O The fans in Taiwan and whatnot were crazy! I thought it was so cute when that one girl goes, "Ayu I lub you forehbar!!!" It's so awesome seeing how many people love and support her all over the world.

And her vocals... O_O WOW did she sound amazing the ENTIRE time!!! I was floored by how perfect she sounded! I couldn't help but wonder if she actually sounded that perfect during the concert of if they touched things up a bit, but regardless, she was amazing.

You know, I didn't really miss the talk sessions of the encore since I never have any idea what they're talking about anyway, but I did kinda miss her enteractions with Yo-chan at least. I thought it was so great when the audience sang "Poker Face" to her though! She looked so shocked! I can't help but wonder if she actually ever eats a piece of that huge cake though... She either has to be completely exhausted after a show or so hyped up on adrenaline that she can't sleep... or both.

I still think my favorite actual concert is "(miss)understood", but these were my favorite documentaries, definitely! Overall, it's definitely worth buying!

[hamasaki_edwin]

my copy just arrived (gosh i'm so late @_@) btw guys do you notice there are also 2 scenes where ayu was crying beside that can can dress scene? the 1st one is from the documentary & i think it's about the ring performance for secret. the 2nd one is in the credits (around 1:40 if i'm correct) but i dunno why cos suddenly they show her crying and then they skip it to another scene. anyone know why? oh yeah did she hurt her knee during rehearsal?? it was swollen in the doc part