I was so incredibly lucky to attend two of Kisumai's concerts from their Kis-My-MiNT tour: the 4/5 show in Nagoya and the 4/8 show in Tokyo Dome. I've eventually got around to writing down a little about them, mostly for my own personal keeping ♥. They've been two of the best days in my life. I'd already seen Kisumai in theatre shows (Dream Boys in 2007 and Takizawa Kakumei in 2010) but these were my first concerts, and I'm so glad for everything that happened there and the wonderful people I got to share my experience with.
This is NOT a report. It's not objective, it's like my own personal diary of the concert. I am a Miyata fan, so I looked pretty much only at him. Please understand that it won't be an unbiased report.
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We arrived at Gaishi Hall about 16:30 wearing our Miya-T that we made for the occasion :D My two friends
un_sanzo and noella84 do not list Miyacchi as their favourite, but love him lots and we decided to wear matching T-shirts. I was also carrying his uchiwa (the one from the official goods; I hadn't had time to make one, but made one later for Dome!) There were lots of girls in various levels of cosplay, lots of girls had the black-and-sequined sweats (special mention for the girl with Tama's sweats, but who lined the inside of the hoodie with purple sequins and wore a purple tanktop under it XD Miyatama fan much?), and for a girl with a perfect replica of the Tension outfit.
The venue was smaller than expected and our seats were really good! Second row of the stands, right on the corridor that circles the arena where the guys run around during songs, and with perfect view of every part of the stage. Even when they were on the main stage, which was the furthest from us, we could see them pretty well.
I was super intimidated by the Japanese fans because my experiences in Tokyo had never been memorable (aside the older ladies who are like Koichi or Takki's fans), but here, bar the compulsory judging fangirl, lots of girls talked to us and were super lovely! The girls who were sitting in front of us were ADORABLE (and one of them recognized me from Waratte Koraete XDDDDDD), the two girls next to me were very kind, too, and they pointed at me whenever Miyacchi passed ♥
And during We Never Give Up, it happened ;__; Miyacchi saw us!! He was looking at my general direction and smiling a generic "I'm-waving-at-the-fans" smile, then he saw these three girls wearing Miya-T, one of them with a Miyacchi uchiwa and the look of love in her eyes, and he lit up and smiled and waved to us super broadly ç_______ç as soon as he eventually left I collapsed down in my seat and almost cried for happiness. He's so unbelievably more handsome irl than on screen. I already knew that but now that all the growth spurts are gone and he's turned into such an ikemen, seeing him in person was like AHHHHHHH HE'S TOO HANDSOME HOW DO I HANDLE IT ç___ç (I am a 27 year old woman. I should probably express my love in a way that's more suitable to my age but I just don't know how, so please bear with me).
Moving to the con itself! Songs and my impressions:
Overture → a very well made VTR of Kisumai commanding a space ship was shown on the screen.
Girl is mine → the guys appeared wearing silver outfits on some platforms hovering above the centre stage. Do you remember the (terrible ._.) Fire Beat perf from Everybody go con? Those same hovering things, but this time, all of them were on them. The performance was really cool but unfortunately Miyacchi was the furthest from me and looking at the opposite direction.
She! Her! Her! → They got off those hovering things and sang on the centre stage. There's this bit of the routine where SMy2 kneel down in the chorus, when it goes "hanasanai~ hanarenai~", and Miyacchi, who was already back to black hair (much to my delight), looked like a real prince ♥ his mom would be happy lol. It was the first of many "kyun"s of the night.
Everybody Go → on rollerskates. Shouting "Kisumai go!" back at them felt like a dream come true... They also passed in front of us for the first time! They moved back to the centre stage and introduced themselves here. Only KiFT I think.
Tension → skates! tricks! High tension! Mada mada kore kara! I didn't know the hand furi that EVERYONE else in the whole venue knew, and it sucked but that's what it means to be a foreign fan .__. During the song SMy2 introduced themselves if I remember correctly.
Inori → SUPER PRETTY a cappella intro! With harmonizing voices! It was beautiful. Then the normal song started. The routine changed a bit... They were also wearing some weird kind of Dante Alighieri-like red tunic.
Dancing Star → extremely cool, with flames and video effects *__* Senga has a dance solo!! That looks just right. Kenchan is Kisumai's dancing star ♥
Sanagi → I'll admit he sang better than the previous day, but that's no great accomplishment lol (we listened to a part of the 4/4 con behind the venue and his live singing was torture)
Kickin'it → Tama and Taisuke joined in with matching outfits. Lively choreography to match the song, and they kicked signed balls to the audience.
3D Girl/Hair medley → on the centre stage. Large rings lined with coloured lightbulbs appeared from the stage and the choreography involved jumping over or inside them. It was really spectacular and once again I appreciated how in synch they are.
S.O.KISS → good perf, as usual though
Ame → I didn't expect them to sing it as it wasn't on Kis-My-Zero so it was a pleasant surprise. They were scattered on the various stages and got off stage one by one during the song; only Kitayama was left in the end. Btw I never understood why fans kyaa when he taps his finger on the ground during the bridge. Not because it's Kitamitsu, it's the gesture itself, I don't see what's kyaa-worthy in it?
Sing for you → this was the ABSOLUTE CUTEST THING. They wore white outfits decorated with colourful flowers and started the song on the main stage, with a stage prop that looked like a flower meadow; then they moved to the centre stage where something like a tree with flowers on it appeared, and they also did some magic tricks; Tama changed a flower into a butterfly and kissed it, it was ADORABLE ç_ç The three of them looked so happy and enjoying themselves, Miyacchi was shining, he had a lovely smile ;_; even though here (or in Catch & Go? Why are memories already starting to fade?) his ear monitor wasn't properly fixed so he was trying as best as he could to fix it, but to no avail. Anyway, the furi is really lovely, too. I hope this concert gets released on dvd because I want to rewatch this perf a hundred times ç__ç.
Tabidachi no uta / Kis-My-Venus → for this song sequence, they had new rollerskates that lit up in different colours in time with their dance steps, it was amazing. In the end the light changed for each member to his member colour. The correct one. *__* I was very pleased with that. It was a fun number.
Tell me why → They changed back to shoes and sang this song on stand microphones. Each mic stand was surrounded by a metal spiral that lit up on the respective member's colour. I don't like the song much so I was glad when they cut the second verse XD; the hand routine was cute, though.
Jr Corner → Jrs were Yasui, Anderson, Masuda, Takada, Sharufu and someone else. XD; 8 in total. They sang Bokura no machi de and Weeeek. Yasui and Masuda were centre.
We never give up! → these new outfits were SO CUTE!! They all had a different jacket and each member had their correct colour, but the rest of the outfit was kind of random in a good way? Miyacchi had a bowtie, knee-lenght trousers and some weird leggings; Tama had a bowtie too and his jacket was a lovely shade of yellow, almost pastel; Taisuke had pink sunglasses and a pink-lined leopard cloth hanging from his hips; can't remember the others much XD;
Love is you → Same outfit. They were playing with racks with clothes hanging on them. Miyacchi and Tama wrapped one scarf around their necks and looked so happy and lovely! Senga goes to disrupt and push Miyata aside, then as if to soothe him Tama gives him a fake banana XD. In the end they entered a pink tent and they reemerged from it dressed as girls. XD;; Then some kind of beauty contest started. They were all wearing white clothes and very fake looking wigs. (I think you've all seen the papa pics). Miyacchi wore a light purple short wig (his real hair was showing under it XD); Tama had a pink wig; Taisuke had a deep red wig; Kenchan had this kind of ponytail-ish wig that made him look more and more like A~chan's lost brother; Wataru had a white bob wig; Nika-chan was wearing a long, wavy blue wig; lastly, Kitayama had a curly platinum blonde wig that was right out from the 80s. The contest itself was kind of fun; Toshiko (Miyacchi) was voted as the prettiest, but the other 'girls' didn't agree so they competed once again with the theme "say something that would make a man swoon". In the end Kitamitsu emerges with a tanktop with "otoko" (man) written on it, everyone realizes they're men, and Love is you starts again. It was really silly XD;; SMy2 disappear from the stage but reappear on screen, each doing something peculiar to them, while KiFT sing the end of the song; in the end KiFT wear Miya-T and leave the stage. (Actually only Tama wore it, Kitayama and Fujigaya just placed it in front of their chests.)
Catch&Go → lively and fun ♥ rollerskates, too! They were wearing plaid outfits and looked really lovely. The song started on the main stage, then around the middle of the song they did a game. Each member had to jump over a ramp and catch a ball thrown by the Jrs, then land on a sports mat. Yokoo-san jumped gracefully and caught it, Nikachan did a flip and caught it, Kenchan rolled on himself in mid-air and caught it... Miyacchi fell face first on the mat and the Jrs threw the ball later than it would be necessary for him to catch it, so he wonderfully failed \o/ Also, there is a little "catching" hand furi that we did with the boys. It was a fun and enjoyable number, all in all.
Love meee → JESUS CHRIST. If you believe that Taisuke dancing with a teddy bear on a flying bed is ridiculous, it's because you haven't seen this perf. It was. Nghhh. Hot. Sometimes I wonder how does he even manage to come up with this shit and still make it look gorgeous.
Take over / FIRE BEAT → unsuspectedly cart songs! They were introduced by Tama and Kitayama on screen talking to the audience while the other screens showed frames from the audience, especially of young children. Then they appeared on the carts in the venue's outer ring (so not in front of us, but behind us). The headbanging for Fire Beat was pretty tentative XD.
Winning run → classic Hikagen closing number! They skated around the whole venue carrying large Kis-My-Ft2 flags. I am a sucker for Hikagen songs so this was appreciated~
Good night → it was beautiful. They went back to the main stage, without changing back to shoes but keeping static positions. At the end seven white chairs come up from a stage trap and they sit down on them and pretend to be asleep (Miyacchi laying his head on Nika's shoulder, he looked so cute ç_ç), and the chairs disappear back into the stage marking the end of the main show.
Kis-My-Me-Mine → the voices of the boys asking "Are you asleep yet? I can't sleep~" could be heard, and then they came out back on stage like immediately in the same position on the chairs that they had when they disappeared and sang My-Me-Mine. On skates, obviously. They still wore the silver trousers from the latest outfit, but they had a rearranged tour T-shirt. Pretty sure you've all seen the pics. Miyacchi's was simple with "Kimoi danshi wa utsukushii" written on his back ♥.
SHE!HER!HER! → last song, no matter how much we called for a double encore after they left D: it was lovely, though. They barely sang and just joked with the audience ♥
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And now the bit you were all waiting for (?): the MCs. XD
I've noted them down on evernote as soon as I left the venue so they are pretty accurate; albeit, obviously, selective. Sorry if it doesn't have enough of your favourite. In my defense, Yokoo fans, he basically does NOT speak at the MCs. He just watches over the members.
In random order.
♥ T: I'll be on a drama with Nakai-san, called "ATARU", on Saturdays on TBS!
M: I'll record it without fail!
T: *glares* Watch it in real time.
M: *fretting* I'll watch it in real time too! And record it as I watch it and then rewatch every episode a thousand times!!
♥ T: In the drama I'll be an idai-sei (Medical school student)
M: Wow, how idai (great)!
T: *cracks* (way more than one should for such a lame joke)
♥ Kitayama, Miyata and Tamamori were in the same hotel room. Kitayama proceeded to tell us that the three of them usually take a bath together in the same tub, lining side by side, then he recounted us this anecdote.
Ki: Tamamori and I slept on the regular beds, and Miyata on the rollover bed. We were about to fall asleep when Tamamori whined with an annoying voice: "Oi, Miyata, are you asleep!" When Miyata didn't reply, Tamamori climbed over him on his bed and started hitting him. Miyata was all "Stop it~" without sounding half as annoyed as he should. Then after a while Tamamori started asking Miyata "Oi, are you asleep?" again. This time he stood up on his bed and started kicking Miyata, only to fall in the gap between their beds XDD. Then Miyata eventually turned his way to show him he wasn't sleeping, and Tamamori was all "Oi don't look at me, gross!"
M: This guy is so tsundere... feels so good~ ♥
♥ M: I have three best friends.
T: *looking indignant* Oh, I see, you have as many as three!
M: *tries to explain* I have three BEST friends, then I have normal ranking friends.
Ki: You have a friendship ranking? You're terrible!
Someone I don't remember: This guy is definitely ranking us too, secretly.
F: C'mon, rank us here and now if you can.
M: NO NO NO NO NO *panicking*
F: Tama will be first, then Kitayama, Nika, Senga... Wataru and I are definitely at the bottom!
(then Fujigaya kept continuously teasing Miyata about ranking things)
♥ Ki: The two of you (Nikaido and Senga), what have you done at the hotel?
2: Adult things.
(subsequent explanations reveal that "adult thing" was to order a steak from room service and eat it in the room. Also they took a bath together, too, but unlike KiMT, they were facing each other in the tub. Ki: "But you can see each other's everything?" S: "Yeah, so what?")
♥ S: The other morning I woke up with something warm and heavy over me... it was Nika who had climbed over me and was trying to wake me up by touching my face and going "Kento... Kento...". I was so surprised that I hugged him tight ♥
♥ S: As Nika and I were in the van to move from the hotel to the venue we passed through the neighbourhood where we grew up. So I was showing him the places, and when we passed in front of my grandmother's house, my grandmother was right there! I was so excited!
(Kenchan was TOO CUTE here. ;_;)
♥ More Nagoyan!Senga talk. The members affectionatedly joking that he's Nagoya's star.
S: This is my home! This is my living room *points at audience*... and this is my veranda *points at stage*
♥ 2: I'm so fired up! I won't stop! Literally, cause I've lost my skate's brake!
(one of his skate's brakes just took off somewhere during Tabidachi no uta XD)
♥ At a certain point of the MC, Yokoo and Fujigaya enter the stage holding hands.
Ki: What are you doing?
F: Huh? This is how we normally walk when we're together, ne? ♥
Ki: I bet you won't be seen in Shibuya like that
♥ F: Hey, tell them what you dreamed about tonight *nudges*
Y: I had a dream about Fujigaya. I was at Taisuke's home, but he wasn't there, instead there were his mother and the two members of Tunnels (the owarai duo) and they just kept prasing Taisuke for hours on end. At the end I was getting kind of irritated.
F: *looking pleased as punch*
♥ F: So tell me, do you eat hitsumabushi every day? (a eel dish, Nagoyan speciality)
S and audience: No!
F: *looking genuinely puzzled* What do you eat, then?
S: For my household, hitsumabushi is something we went out to eat when there was something worth celebrating. But I did have tenmusu at the school cafeteria. (another Nagoyan speciality, onigiri with a tenpura filling)
M: Tenmutsu? (mutsu = diaper)
T: *cracks REALLY badly*
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I was really positively impressed with how good at fanservice all of Kisumai are. (I mean fanservice in the original meaning of doing something to please the fans, not necessarily in the members-touching-each-other kind of meaning). I must say I'm really proud of my tantou because he is constantly trying to look at the up/behind seats, to make everyone feel part of the show ♥. But all of the guys, who more, who less, were really lovely with the fans. Anyway, Toshiya ♥. He's so handsome, and his smile!! His adorable, genuine smile from up close is worth swooning ♥ and he got so MUCH better at dancing than the last time I saw him. Maybe his movements look a bit too large for TV, but they work perfectly on stage, especially on such a big stage. And he got really slimmer :O I'm a fan of squishy Miyata, ngl, but he just looked so good and pretty and ahhhhh *floats away to Miyata heaven*
Talking about fanservice, Wataru is PERFECT in this respect. He won't let an uchiwa or a request directed to him unnoticed. And oh gosh, he's really handsome irl. His eyes are SO BLACK! And he looks less skinny than he looks in TV, or at least way more healthy. And he just has a certain aura I can't describe, but boy is he a pleasure to look at.
Kenchan was really shining on this show, considering it's his hometown and all! He's adorable. I want him as my younger brother ;_;. The girl in front of me was a Senga fan and she had one of her uchiwa reading "call me Erena" (her name), and Kenchan stopped in front of her, looked her in the eyes and called her by name!!! It was incredibly sweet.
I also witnessed Nika being a really good sport at fanservice. Also, there are no words to describe how beautiful his face is. You would think it's obvious, but no, seeing him irl takes it to a whole new level. I am positive when I state he's the best looking member in Kisumai. That delightful little mouth...
Oh adorable little Tama! Tama is the portrait of prettiness. His face is so softly pretty! and he's too cute to be actually real! Except he is! XD He does try to look cool, but apparently it's too tiresome for him to keep doing it for a long time and he drops it faster than lightning, lol XD. He looks pretty much out of it most of the time, bouncing around and looking oblivious, if blissfully happy; but then you see him flash a peace sign or a wave as per uchiwa request and realize that he's actually looking, it just doesn't show.
Taisuke is a wonderful tsundere with the audience, and he constantly looks like he's having the time of his life. ♥ I really enjoyed looking at him, not only because he is a very good looking young man (his eyebrows where just a tiny bit too thin though) but because of how much of him he puts into performing. He's a real star, not seldom did he remind me of Kimura in the early SMAP times. I can't help having high hopes over this boy. He has the largest number of fans by large, but he's so charming, so charismatic that I definitely do see why he does.
And Kitayama fans: the best way to have service from him is to glare at him. I won't go into detail, but it works. It worked multiple times on both days, except I wanted none of his service, I was just genuinely glaring. He's also really small. I can vouch he's a couple cms shorter than me and I'm barely 165 cm. But yeah seeing him live didn't help my opinion of him grow much, sorry :| Well, at least, I'm glad for my friends who like him that he came close so many times XD
Special note for Yasui and Takada. Yasui IS THE CUTEST TINY LITTLE THING. I'm sorry but I'll never believe he's a day older than 14. He's got such a pretty smile and he's such a pro at dealing with the fans, I was really impressed. I didn't know much about Takada but his dancing skills and good looks left me wanting to know more about him, so yeah, I'll keep an eye on him ♥
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That's it I think?
I'll be back very soon with the Dome report ♥ Thank you for reading and I hope that among all the flailing and nonsense there was something that entertained you!
This is NOT a report. It's not objective, it's like my own personal diary of the concert. I am a Miyata fan, so I looked pretty much only at him. Please understand that it won't be an unbiased report.
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We arrived at Gaishi Hall about 16:30 wearing our Miya-T that we made for the occasion :D My two friends
un_sanzo and noella84 do not list Miyacchi as their favourite, but love him lots and we decided to wear matching T-shirts. I was also carrying his uchiwa (the one from the official goods; I hadn't had time to make one, but made one later for Dome!) There were lots of girls in various levels of cosplay, lots of girls had the black-and-sequined sweats (special mention for the girl with Tama's sweats, but who lined the inside of the hoodie with purple sequins and wore a purple tanktop under it XD Miyatama fan much?), and for a girl with a perfect replica of the Tension outfit.The venue was smaller than expected and our seats were really good! Second row of the stands, right on the corridor that circles the arena where the guys run around during songs, and with perfect view of every part of the stage. Even when they were on the main stage, which was the furthest from us, we could see them pretty well.
I was super intimidated by the Japanese fans because my experiences in Tokyo had never been memorable (aside the older ladies who are like Koichi or Takki's fans), but here, bar the compulsory judging fangirl, lots of girls talked to us and were super lovely! The girls who were sitting in front of us were ADORABLE (and one of them recognized me from Waratte Koraete XDDDDDD), the two girls next to me were very kind, too, and they pointed at me whenever Miyacchi passed ♥
And during We Never Give Up, it happened ;__; Miyacchi saw us!! He was looking at my general direction and smiling a generic "I'm-waving-at-the-fans" smile, then he saw these three girls wearing Miya-T, one of them with a Miyacchi uchiwa and the look of love in her eyes, and he lit up and smiled and waved to us super broadly ç_______ç as soon as he eventually left I collapsed down in my seat and almost cried for happiness. He's so unbelievably more handsome irl than on screen. I already knew that but now that all the growth spurts are gone and he's turned into such an ikemen, seeing him in person was like AHHHHHHH HE'S TOO HANDSOME HOW DO I HANDLE IT ç___ç (I am a 27 year old woman. I should probably express my love in a way that's more suitable to my age but I just don't know how, so please bear with me).
Moving to the con itself! Songs and my impressions:
Overture → a very well made VTR of Kisumai commanding a space ship was shown on the screen.
Girl is mine → the guys appeared wearing silver outfits on some platforms hovering above the centre stage. Do you remember the (terrible ._.) Fire Beat perf from Everybody go con? Those same hovering things, but this time, all of them were on them. The performance was really cool but unfortunately Miyacchi was the furthest from me and looking at the opposite direction.
She! Her! Her! → They got off those hovering things and sang on the centre stage. There's this bit of the routine where SMy2 kneel down in the chorus, when it goes "hanasanai~ hanarenai~", and Miyacchi, who was already back to black hair (much to my delight), looked like a real prince ♥ his mom would be happy lol. It was the first of many "kyun"s of the night.
Everybody Go → on rollerskates. Shouting "Kisumai go!" back at them felt like a dream come true... They also passed in front of us for the first time! They moved back to the centre stage and introduced themselves here. Only KiFT I think.
Tension → skates! tricks! High tension! Mada mada kore kara! I didn't know the hand furi that EVERYONE else in the whole venue knew, and it sucked but that's what it means to be a foreign fan .__. During the song SMy2 introduced themselves if I remember correctly.
Inori → SUPER PRETTY a cappella intro! With harmonizing voices! It was beautiful. Then the normal song started. The routine changed a bit... They were also wearing some weird kind of Dante Alighieri-like red tunic.
Dancing Star → extremely cool, with flames and video effects *__* Senga has a dance solo!! That looks just right. Kenchan is Kisumai's dancing star ♥
Sanagi → I'll admit he sang better than the previous day, but that's no great accomplishment lol (we listened to a part of the 4/4 con behind the venue and his live singing was torture)
Kickin'it → Tama and Taisuke joined in with matching outfits. Lively choreography to match the song, and they kicked signed balls to the audience.
3D Girl/Hair medley → on the centre stage. Large rings lined with coloured lightbulbs appeared from the stage and the choreography involved jumping over or inside them. It was really spectacular and once again I appreciated how in synch they are.
S.O.KISS → good perf, as usual though
Ame → I didn't expect them to sing it as it wasn't on Kis-My-Zero so it was a pleasant surprise. They were scattered on the various stages and got off stage one by one during the song; only Kitayama was left in the end. Btw I never understood why fans kyaa when he taps his finger on the ground during the bridge. Not because it's Kitamitsu, it's the gesture itself, I don't see what's kyaa-worthy in it?
Sing for you → this was the ABSOLUTE CUTEST THING. They wore white outfits decorated with colourful flowers and started the song on the main stage, with a stage prop that looked like a flower meadow; then they moved to the centre stage where something like a tree with flowers on it appeared, and they also did some magic tricks; Tama changed a flower into a butterfly and kissed it, it was ADORABLE ç_ç The three of them looked so happy and enjoying themselves, Miyacchi was shining, he had a lovely smile ;_; even though here (or in Catch & Go? Why are memories already starting to fade?) his ear monitor wasn't properly fixed so he was trying as best as he could to fix it, but to no avail. Anyway, the furi is really lovely, too. I hope this concert gets released on dvd because I want to rewatch this perf a hundred times ç__ç.
Tabidachi no uta / Kis-My-Venus → for this song sequence, they had new rollerskates that lit up in different colours in time with their dance steps, it was amazing. In the end the light changed for each member to his member colour. The correct one. *__* I was very pleased with that. It was a fun number.
Tell me why → They changed back to shoes and sang this song on stand microphones. Each mic stand was surrounded by a metal spiral that lit up on the respective member's colour. I don't like the song much so I was glad when they cut the second verse XD; the hand routine was cute, though.
Jr Corner → Jrs were Yasui, Anderson, Masuda, Takada, Sharufu and someone else. XD; 8 in total. They sang Bokura no machi de and Weeeek. Yasui and Masuda were centre.
We never give up! → these new outfits were SO CUTE!! They all had a different jacket and each member had their correct colour, but the rest of the outfit was kind of random in a good way? Miyacchi had a bowtie, knee-lenght trousers and some weird leggings; Tama had a bowtie too and his jacket was a lovely shade of yellow, almost pastel; Taisuke had pink sunglasses and a pink-lined leopard cloth hanging from his hips; can't remember the others much XD;
Love is you → Same outfit. They were playing with racks with clothes hanging on them. Miyacchi and Tama wrapped one scarf around their necks and looked so happy and lovely! Senga goes to disrupt and push Miyata aside, then as if to soothe him Tama gives him a fake banana XD. In the end they entered a pink tent and they reemerged from it dressed as girls. XD;; Then some kind of beauty contest started. They were all wearing white clothes and very fake looking wigs. (I think you've all seen the papa pics). Miyacchi wore a light purple short wig (his real hair was showing under it XD); Tama had a pink wig; Taisuke had a deep red wig; Kenchan had this kind of ponytail-ish wig that made him look more and more like A~chan's lost brother; Wataru had a white bob wig; Nika-chan was wearing a long, wavy blue wig; lastly, Kitayama had a curly platinum blonde wig that was right out from the 80s. The contest itself was kind of fun; Toshiko (Miyacchi) was voted as the prettiest, but the other 'girls' didn't agree so they competed once again with the theme "say something that would make a man swoon". In the end Kitamitsu emerges with a tanktop with "otoko" (man) written on it, everyone realizes they're men, and Love is you starts again. It was really silly XD;; SMy2 disappear from the stage but reappear on screen, each doing something peculiar to them, while KiFT sing the end of the song; in the end KiFT wear Miya-T and leave the stage. (Actually only Tama wore it, Kitayama and Fujigaya just placed it in front of their chests.)
Catch&Go → lively and fun ♥ rollerskates, too! They were wearing plaid outfits and looked really lovely. The song started on the main stage, then around the middle of the song they did a game. Each member had to jump over a ramp and catch a ball thrown by the Jrs, then land on a sports mat. Yokoo-san jumped gracefully and caught it, Nikachan did a flip and caught it, Kenchan rolled on himself in mid-air and caught it... Miyacchi fell face first on the mat and the Jrs threw the ball later than it would be necessary for him to catch it, so he wonderfully failed \o/ Also, there is a little "catching" hand furi that we did with the boys. It was a fun and enjoyable number, all in all.
Love meee → JESUS CHRIST. If you believe that Taisuke dancing with a teddy bear on a flying bed is ridiculous, it's because you haven't seen this perf. It was. Nghhh. Hot. Sometimes I wonder how does he even manage to come up with this shit and still make it look gorgeous.
Take over / FIRE BEAT → unsuspectedly cart songs! They were introduced by Tama and Kitayama on screen talking to the audience while the other screens showed frames from the audience, especially of young children. Then they appeared on the carts in the venue's outer ring (so not in front of us, but behind us). The headbanging for Fire Beat was pretty tentative XD.
Winning run → classic Hikagen closing number! They skated around the whole venue carrying large Kis-My-Ft2 flags. I am a sucker for Hikagen songs so this was appreciated~
Good night → it was beautiful. They went back to the main stage, without changing back to shoes but keeping static positions. At the end seven white chairs come up from a stage trap and they sit down on them and pretend to be asleep (Miyacchi laying his head on Nika's shoulder, he looked so cute ç_ç), and the chairs disappear back into the stage marking the end of the main show.
Kis-My-Me-Mine → the voices of the boys asking "Are you asleep yet? I can't sleep~" could be heard, and then they came out back on stage like immediately in the same position on the chairs that they had when they disappeared and sang My-Me-Mine. On skates, obviously. They still wore the silver trousers from the latest outfit, but they had a rearranged tour T-shirt. Pretty sure you've all seen the pics. Miyacchi's was simple with "Kimoi danshi wa utsukushii" written on his back ♥.
SHE!HER!HER! → last song, no matter how much we called for a double encore after they left D: it was lovely, though. They barely sang and just joked with the audience ♥
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And now the bit you were all waiting for (?): the MCs. XD
I've noted them down on evernote as soon as I left the venue so they are pretty accurate; albeit, obviously, selective. Sorry if it doesn't have enough of your favourite. In my defense, Yokoo fans, he basically does NOT speak at the MCs. He just watches over the members.
In random order.
♥ T: I'll be on a drama with Nakai-san, called "ATARU", on Saturdays on TBS!
M: I'll record it without fail!
T: *glares* Watch it in real time.
M: *fretting* I'll watch it in real time too! And record it as I watch it and then rewatch every episode a thousand times!!
♥ T: In the drama I'll be an idai-sei (Medical school student)
M: Wow, how idai (great)!
T: *cracks* (way more than one should for such a lame joke)
♥ Kitayama, Miyata and Tamamori were in the same hotel room. Kitayama proceeded to tell us that the three of them usually take a bath together in the same tub, lining side by side, then he recounted us this anecdote.
Ki: Tamamori and I slept on the regular beds, and Miyata on the rollover bed. We were about to fall asleep when Tamamori whined with an annoying voice: "Oi, Miyata, are you asleep!" When Miyata didn't reply, Tamamori climbed over him on his bed and started hitting him. Miyata was all "Stop it~" without sounding half as annoyed as he should. Then after a while Tamamori started asking Miyata "Oi, are you asleep?" again. This time he stood up on his bed and started kicking Miyata, only to fall in the gap between their beds XDD. Then Miyata eventually turned his way to show him he wasn't sleeping, and Tamamori was all "Oi don't look at me, gross!"
M: This guy is so tsundere... feels so good~ ♥
♥ M: I have three best friends.
T: *looking indignant* Oh, I see, you have as many as three!
M: *tries to explain* I have three BEST friends, then I have normal ranking friends.
Ki: You have a friendship ranking? You're terrible!
Someone I don't remember: This guy is definitely ranking us too, secretly.
F: C'mon, rank us here and now if you can.
M: NO NO NO NO NO *panicking*
F: Tama will be first, then Kitayama, Nika, Senga... Wataru and I are definitely at the bottom!
(then Fujigaya kept continuously teasing Miyata about ranking things)
♥ Ki: The two of you (Nikaido and Senga), what have you done at the hotel?
2: Adult things.
(subsequent explanations reveal that "adult thing" was to order a steak from room service and eat it in the room. Also they took a bath together, too, but unlike KiMT, they were facing each other in the tub. Ki: "But you can see each other's everything?" S: "Yeah, so what?")
♥ S: The other morning I woke up with something warm and heavy over me... it was Nika who had climbed over me and was trying to wake me up by touching my face and going "Kento... Kento...". I was so surprised that I hugged him tight ♥
♥ S: As Nika and I were in the van to move from the hotel to the venue we passed through the neighbourhood where we grew up. So I was showing him the places, and when we passed in front of my grandmother's house, my grandmother was right there! I was so excited!
(Kenchan was TOO CUTE here. ;_;)
♥ More Nagoyan!Senga talk. The members affectionatedly joking that he's Nagoya's star.
S: This is my home! This is my living room *points at audience*... and this is my veranda *points at stage*
♥ 2: I'm so fired up! I won't stop! Literally, cause I've lost my skate's brake!
(one of his skate's brakes just took off somewhere during Tabidachi no uta XD)
♥ At a certain point of the MC, Yokoo and Fujigaya enter the stage holding hands.
Ki: What are you doing?
F: Huh? This is how we normally walk when we're together, ne? ♥
Ki: I bet you won't be seen in Shibuya like that
♥ F: Hey, tell them what you dreamed about tonight *nudges*
Y: I had a dream about Fujigaya. I was at Taisuke's home, but he wasn't there, instead there were his mother and the two members of Tunnels (the owarai duo) and they just kept prasing Taisuke for hours on end. At the end I was getting kind of irritated.
F: *looking pleased as punch*
♥ F: So tell me, do you eat hitsumabushi every day? (a eel dish, Nagoyan speciality)
S and audience: No!
F: *looking genuinely puzzled* What do you eat, then?
S: For my household, hitsumabushi is something we went out to eat when there was something worth celebrating. But I did have tenmusu at the school cafeteria. (another Nagoyan speciality, onigiri with a tenpura filling)
M: Tenmutsu? (mutsu = diaper)
T: *cracks REALLY badly*
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I was really positively impressed with how good at fanservice all of Kisumai are. (I mean fanservice in the original meaning of doing something to please the fans, not necessarily in the members-touching-each-other kind of meaning). I must say I'm really proud of my tantou because he is constantly trying to look at the up/behind seats, to make everyone feel part of the show ♥. But all of the guys, who more, who less, were really lovely with the fans. Anyway, Toshiya ♥. He's so handsome, and his smile!! His adorable, genuine smile from up close is worth swooning ♥ and he got so MUCH better at dancing than the last time I saw him. Maybe his movements look a bit too large for TV, but they work perfectly on stage, especially on such a big stage. And he got really slimmer :O I'm a fan of squishy Miyata, ngl, but he just looked so good and pretty and ahhhhh *floats away to Miyata heaven*
Talking about fanservice, Wataru is PERFECT in this respect. He won't let an uchiwa or a request directed to him unnoticed. And oh gosh, he's really handsome irl. His eyes are SO BLACK! And he looks less skinny than he looks in TV, or at least way more healthy. And he just has a certain aura I can't describe, but boy is he a pleasure to look at.
Kenchan was really shining on this show, considering it's his hometown and all! He's adorable. I want him as my younger brother ;_;. The girl in front of me was a Senga fan and she had one of her uchiwa reading "call me Erena" (her name), and Kenchan stopped in front of her, looked her in the eyes and called her by name!!! It was incredibly sweet.
I also witnessed Nika being a really good sport at fanservice. Also, there are no words to describe how beautiful his face is. You would think it's obvious, but no, seeing him irl takes it to a whole new level. I am positive when I state he's the best looking member in Kisumai. That delightful little mouth...
Oh adorable little Tama! Tama is the portrait of prettiness. His face is so softly pretty! and he's too cute to be actually real! Except he is! XD He does try to look cool, but apparently it's too tiresome for him to keep doing it for a long time and he drops it faster than lightning, lol XD. He looks pretty much out of it most of the time, bouncing around and looking oblivious, if blissfully happy; but then you see him flash a peace sign or a wave as per uchiwa request and realize that he's actually looking, it just doesn't show.
Taisuke is a wonderful tsundere with the audience, and he constantly looks like he's having the time of his life. ♥ I really enjoyed looking at him, not only because he is a very good looking young man (his eyebrows where just a tiny bit too thin though) but because of how much of him he puts into performing. He's a real star, not seldom did he remind me of Kimura in the early SMAP times. I can't help having high hopes over this boy. He has the largest number of fans by large, but he's so charming, so charismatic that I definitely do see why he does.
And Kitayama fans: the best way to have service from him is to glare at him. I won't go into detail, but it works. It worked multiple times on both days, except I wanted none of his service, I was just genuinely glaring. He's also really small. I can vouch he's a couple cms shorter than me and I'm barely 165 cm. But yeah seeing him live didn't help my opinion of him grow much, sorry :| Well, at least, I'm glad for my friends who like him that he came close so many times XD
Special note for Yasui and Takada. Yasui IS THE CUTEST TINY LITTLE THING. I'm sorry but I'll never believe he's a day older than 14. He's got such a pretty smile and he's such a pro at dealing with the fans, I was really impressed. I didn't know much about Takada but his dancing skills and good looks left me wanting to know more about him, so yeah, I'll keep an eye on him ♥
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That's it I think?
I'll be back very soon with the Dome report ♥ Thank you for reading and I hope that among all the flailing and nonsense there was something that entertained you!
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