ARENA TOUR 2012 A ~HOTEL Love songs~ information thread [II]

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by JEWELian

SunshineSlayer, thanks for your report ! The show didn't run any longer than 2.5 hours did it (if you remember)?

I'm just wondering whether I should stay in Shizuoka overnight or bother try and get the last train back to Tokyo after the concert...

The show was about 2 hours and 15 minutes so you should be fine.

2 more things I forgot to mention - Yeah, I kinda miss the MC too. There was a short one where her and Timmy talked basically about nothing for a minute.

The other thing I remember is in my section, there were several fans that were laughing during the abusive relationship videos and that section of the concert on stage because it did come across as too over the top imo.

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

The show was about 2 hours and 15 minutes so you should be fine.

2 more things I forgot to mention - Yeah, I kinda miss the MC too. There was a short one where her and Timmy talked basically about nothing for a minute.

Funny, cuz I remember u complaining Ayu's MCs weren't like Namie's (AKA, inexistent) xDDD

I always love watching her useless talking during MCs when I have subtitles... But as this not the case most of the time (and I know zero Japanese), I just skip it most of the time...

[SunshineSlayer]

^ Well and it kinda feels like it goes on for a long time - like people started snickering because they didn't need to keep getting beaten over the head with the message.(metaphorically speaking of course)

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Funny, cuz I remember u complaining Ayu's MCs weren't like Namie's (AKA, inexistent) xDDD

hahaha, well the thing is, she DID have an MC but it just seemed so pointless. It was like 'Hey Timmy, today we are in Yokohama!''Yeah, we are in Yokohama today aren't we? Nice weather today, huh?' And that's it. That's not exactly what they said of course but that was the feeling of it. I was like, either cut it out entirely or at least make it something interesting. But then I also didn't like when she used to really go onnn, and on and on in the MC's either. I want a happy medium somewhere.

Originally Posted by polka-dot-jewel

And @SunshineSlayer - Funny how people weren't responsive for NaNaNa at these shows. People were in AWE during the performances - mostly by all the laser lights and the "tick tick tock" dancing parts. Other than that, yeah, it wasn't THAT great of a performance, but certainly not a lackluster performance, either.

That was probably cause those were the first shows. A lot of the same fans that went to the Saitama shows went to the Yokohama ones as well since they are in roughly the same area. You could tell by the number of people who already had the t-shirts, sweat towels etc at the train station before even getting to the arena. So I think by and large this audience already knew what to expect beforehand.