Official thread of your thoughts on (ARENA TOUR 2009) #1

[jean-baptiste]

the show was absolutely wonderful. i loved everything about it. although i did get kinda bored during the encore part, i can't really complain cause that's how it always is with the encores. xD

and VERY weirdly i TEARED UP during the ballad section with HOPE or PAIN, GREEN and Days (i think around Days, not too sure.) and during Sunset. no actual tears rolled down my face, but my eyes watered. xD

the only thing i was "dissapointed" (for lack of a better word) about was that, idk if it's just me, but i felt like the music drowned out her voice a lot of the time. idk if it was the editing or the actual show or just my ears xD but the music felt a little loud at some parts.

[AyUta]

OMG, just watched it with my best friend! She sang SIGNAL, total surprise for us XD AND she sang it WELL I was thrilled!

[ExodusUK]

LOL at the dancers during the UNITE! middle eight. Sack the choreographer, seriously!

[truehappiness]

Choreographers for this tour in general were pretty much all the dancers + PECO, haha.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

Originally Posted by jean-baptiste

the only thing i was "dissapointed" (for lack of a better word) about was that, idk if it's just me, but i felt like the music drowned out her voice a lot of the time. idk if it was the editing or the actual show or just my ears xD but the music felt a little loud at some parts.

ohhh that happened with at07 i think... specially when she sang part of me.

i think it is the editing.

[Midori-chan]

I watched the DVD yesterday and I have to say...this tour is EPIC!
It's so much fun watching it!

I LOVE that Ayu did all the songs from "NEXT LEVEL" and some others, which are great too.
The outfits are wonderful (Ayu looks so sexy in some of them, without losing her elegance!) and you can see how much fun Ayu, the dancers and the band had on this tour!!

My favourite performances are:

1. Rule
Great start for this tour! I love the asian elements in this performance. VERY powerful!
2. rollin' & Sparkle
So trashy and that's why I love them! LOVE the "No! No! No!" and the hand movements at the end of "Sparkle". AWESOME!
3. EnergizE & Sunrise
Just Fun! Fun! Fun! and Ayu looks so cute in this outfit! I hope, I get the Ayupan with this outfit!!
She still has such a beautiful body!
4. NEXT LEVEL
I LOVE the song and the performance was beautiful. Ayu's outfit was gorgoues and I feel peaceful whenever I watch this one (but "NEXT LEVEL" always makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside!).
5. MY ALL
Crying together with Ayu is one of the best things ever. She was crying so hard, but still looked happy!

It was an amazing tour in my eyes. Everything was perfect: the setlist, Ayu's voice, the outfits, the performances and the MCs were very funny and interesting again!

I don't regret, that I've bought this DVD!

[nanakopy87]

i'm glad that more and more people love this tour!
this proves that she can do a great job even without the giant props XD

[mobius]

Grrr, I holding myself back from DL this tour from the DL section.

I wished they would release OS version already!

[CHE.R.RY]

I'm thrilled so far!!!! I haven't finished watching it yet (me and AyUta were watching it last night ), but it's amazing!!! Ayu actually tried when she sang UNITE! and evolution so it wasn't annoying afterall!! Overall, Ayu is doing a splendid job with her vocals. The only slightly poor performance so far was rollin'.

[Heavenly]

i just watch my DVD this afternoon and WOAH! it was just like i re-discovered the Live *0*
the montage is fantastic compared to the TV, but there's on moment that i miss: the end of Sparkle and the crazy dance of Ayu didn't appear on the DVD
The performances i loved :
- Rule -> really cool editing, very dynamic ^^
- LOVE'n'HATE/identity-> fierce ^^
- In the corner -> the MOST classy, smart, chic performance of Ayu since a long time ago *.*
- rollin'/Sparkle -> just perfect, except the lack of the "crazy dance", and such a loo~ng "No No No" part -__-
- Curtain Call -> so emotional

BUT i didn't like the ENCORE (i never like the encore part ^^'), and there are just 2 SCREEN video on the 3rd DVD ??? :O WTF? Where are Bridge to the sky and HOPE or PAIN ?

[gallowsCalibrator]

I finished watching the concert, and I thought it was awesome!!! I was sad because the costumes weren't my favorites (especially the split pants ), except for a few, like the NEXT LEVEL one (so sparkly! )!

Her vocals were amazing, too!!!! I almost cried at some parts

I think this was a very good tour, and I just wish I could have seen it live

[Key ~eternal tie~]

I just watched it last night and I absolutely loved it. It was much better than I'd expected. I cried many times as well especially during Sunset and MY ALL when Ayu cries too.
Overall a very enjoyable concert, Ayu looked really nice too, her hair in Rule was so cool and I loved the Rule and identity performances. My only complaint is that Green seemed a bit weird and Ayu was overacting a bit, maybe it's cos I preferred her pcdl performance and that goes for in the corner too.
For me, it was definitely an improvement from Asia Tour 2008, now I can't wait til countdown live 09-10 comes out on DVD, we just can't get enough of Ayu, lol

[noisy_harmony]

I was amazed after watching TV version, I'm still amazed after watching DVD version. It became my favourite live of her, together with Arena '06 right now (I haven't watched all concerts yet >,<). EnergizE~Sunrise is her best cutesy part ever. LOVE 'n'HATE~identity... I jizzed in my parts, seriously. She was there the hottest and most sexy she have been wherever and whenever. And rollin'~Sparkle made me speechless.
Only 3 things I could complain about:
- vocal editing. In that case I could hear more in TV version, LOL

Originally Posted by GRACE

they actually made her vocals worse on the DVD, like the TV version I felt like had stronger vocals, and the production team on the DVD ****ed it up x_x...

I have to agree with this.
- ballad section. It was so boooooring. And I HATE when I don't know when she's crying for real and when she's acting.
- encore... CURTAIN CALL AND SUNSET WERE SANG PERFECTLY but the rest of the encore was kinda meh. I don't care about these games and MC section, because it wasn't that bad and I LOVE SUBARU AND ZIN TO DEATH FOR THEIR ENTER. Subaru should release solo single xD, and Zin made the best impersionation of Ayu ever. I don't like performances for other songs, I felt lack of energy there. Ending was pretty and heartwhelming as usual, but I don't like MY ALL so much so I didn't care. xD

What a pity that only 2 screens are on DVD... I would love to see ballad section screen in full.

[Suteisi]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Basically, this tour is glorious shining win. Anyone who says otherwise hasn't watched the DVD, haha.

The MC section is amazingly HILARIOUS.

"It's Tokyo Tower!"

This made me laugh the most, that was the MC to one of the show I was at. I haven't watched the DVD yet, but I can't wait.

Shu-ya's so funny "TOKYOTOWER TOKYOTOWER!" every time he doesn't know what it is XD Hahahaha~


And I agree it's full of win. I LOVE this tour And not just because I attended..... Lol

[nanakopy87]

argh.i just pre-ordered HK press and they are going to release it on 27th!I need to wait until May only can watch

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by nanakopy87

i'm glad that more and more people love this tour!
this proves that she can do a great job even without the giant props XD

My thoughts exactly lol.

I was watching this with my youngest brother and we kept referring to Ayu as "Goddess." These are his comments, "Goddess never looks tired, Goddess looks the same from the time she got on stage until she gets off. Look at her face, not a blemish in sight (looks like he noticed her nice skin as well ) Her songs are also way too long. Heaven has to be full of music because her songs never end."

Don't you love how my insane fandom is influencing the minds of younger generations?

[AyuGAME]

Originally Posted by Heavenly

but there's on moment that i miss: the end of Sparkle and the crazy dance of Ayu didn't appear on the DVD

- rollin'/Sparkle -> just perfect, except the lack of the "crazy dance", and such a loo~ng "No No No" part -__-

HUH seriously? they cut the ending part of sparkle? i really like the no...no...no...and the crazy dance!!!

so sad...wonder why they cut it out

[truehappiness]

They show the crazy dance for a second or two.

[Mai82Go]

I didn't watch the show on TV or downloaded it or anything I just bought the DVD and finally got to watch it!

I LOVED it. I was prepared to be disappointed and all, after all the negativity surrounding NEXT LEVEL tour, like horrible customes and no new ideas. Of course, Ayu used stuff and did stuff she had before, recycled a few Countdown Live 2008-2009 performances but all in all the whole show was a great thing and Ayu looked like she had the time of her life! I even liked the MC which I found pretty boring in the last tours. That game was so funny. And that reference from Yo-chan to 20th Century Boys and the look on Ayus face Just great!

The concert was so colourful! Disco-themed and fun. Not too tragic even in the ballad section. I really like NEXT LEVEL as an album so I enjoyed every song she did. It was probably my favourite concert since 2006's miss(understood) tour. It seems like Ayu has to do one thing to make her tours that good, things she didn't do with Secret (first Asia Tour, even though called Tour of Secret - doesn't really leave the "Secret" impression on me, though I like Secret, the album) and GUILTY (was more of an anniversary thing, it was even called 10th anniversary tour and not GUILTY Tour). What is it? For me it is sticking to an album, having a theme. And she did that with the colourful funkiness that is NEXT LEVEL. She also didn't go to Asia with this tour, so maybe this is another factor that made the show more enjoyable to me. Anyway, I loved it and I'm happy I bought the DVD, so I can enjoy it again.

And almost forgotten: chibi-ayu picture! What a cute baby she was!

[Yumsushi]

I just watched some of the DVD and what the heck happened to her voice? I thought he DVD would fix it but she sounds worse than in the TV version. I also really dislike the camera angles, espicially during ID, Rollin' and Sparkle.
I astill have to watch the last 2 DVDs but Im not as excited about it anymore.