[Report] Kansai Johnny's Jr. Spring Special Show 2015 - March 31st - Part 1 (2)
>>> Introduction <<<
>>> Part 1 <<<
>>> Talk Parts <<<
>>> Part 2 <<<
>>> Encore <<<
As I LOVE KinKi songs, I was deligthed to hear the first notes of Ai no katamari ♥ After Yuuki 100%, the younger boys left the stage and it was left in the dark. One by one, Ren, Bunichi, Tôma, Kôji, Ryûta, Daigo and Ryûsei came to the front of the stage, each from different sides. Daigo and Ryûsei were (sadly...) the only ones who didn't get a solo line, so they arrived from the two side balconies while Ryûta was singing. The seven of them were wearing white suits which made a nice contrasting effect with the dark surroundings.
It made an even better visual effect when a red curtain was drawn down behind them just after the chorus. They were dancing in line in front of it and I remember Ryûsei and Daigo were next to each other in the center and Tôma was on the right side from my seat. I remember their positions because well, Daigo, and because I was literally mesmerized by Tôma.
I can't even describe how COOL he was that evening. At first I thought it was Bunichi since I didn't remember Tôma being that blonde (I guess he dyed his hair after his last MaiJani recording day). His dancing, his expression, he was FLAWLESS. I remember jokingly thinking to myself "That must be because he knows his family his watching him". Little did I know that wasn't the only reason why he was really into it...
Needless to say I enjoyed that performance a lot ♥ The coolness of it was a bit destroyed by Bunichi at the end though as when they gathered in the middle of the stage to take the last pose, he kneeled down next to Ryûsei and took his hand to kiss it (which explains the kyatting at the end of the recording). Oh well, that was cute, so forgiven~
I didn't notice Ren had left the stage (Too busy being hypnotized by Tôma) until the red curtain was drawn open and he was there, standing at the top of the back part of the stage that was lifted up once again.
I don't really know how to describe it well, but there was this spinning blue-ish spotlight behind him that had its rays directed right into my face. Visually, it was very nice. It made Ren have that very cool halo around him. The only problem is that the spotlight was turned on during most of the song so by the end of it, I was basically blind 8D;
Anyway, this one was also a great performance. I didn't know the song but apparently it's a solo of Tama from Dream Boys. Just before the bridge, all the lights went off for a couple of seconds. Only the Blinding Spotlight was turned on and Ren was swinging in the air, holding a white rope with a hole to put one of his feet into. It wasn't "proper" flying but it looked almost as cool.
The rope was slowly lowered to the stage level and when Ren was to remove the security rope around his wrist, he couldn't take it off. So one of the older Junior around him (I think it was Joichiro or Koja) had to stop dancing to help him. Once again, cute way to end a cool performance :3
For this one, Kôji and Tôma were wearing matching clothes, only Kôji's headband and oversized-old-fashioned jacket were blue and Tôma's were red. Well. Let's say that one was cool in its own way aha!
I really liked that one. Ryûta was singing at the center front of the stage and older Junior were dancing on the white movable stairs. One by one, each of them was literally given a moment of spotlight while the rest of the stage was in darkness. It kind of reminded me of Manatsu no yoru no hana's staging from Playzone 2012 that I like a lot, and also I love Full swing which I think fitted Ryûta 's voice ♥
Let's refer to the following four songs as the Osaka corner! It started with Taisei and Koshiro who came on stage running everywhere and screaming loudly right after Ryûta's solo ended. Taisei was dressed with a sort of white yukata with traditional Japanese black pants and he was holding a broom. Koshiro was wearing a Giants uniform and had a baseball bat.
The two of them were doing/saying random things that made absolutely no sense. They suddenly started pretending to be riding motorbikes and were trying to get Ryûta to play with them but Ryûta "got mad" at Taisei:
[00:02] (Ryûta) What is all this!?
(Taisei) Stop fooling around!
(Ryûta) You're the ones who are fooling around!
(Taisei) We're being serious! M-A-J-I: maji! (Japanese word for serious)
[00:11] (Ryûta) Seriously what's wrong with you? Give me a break! People from Osaka really like being like that...
(Taisei) Do you hate it?
(Ryûta) Don't look so sad! I don't hate it!
[00:22] (Taisei) Then say you like it please.
(Ryûta) I like it.
(Taisei) Say it again.
(Ryûta) I like it!
[00:27] (Taisei) What about me?
(Ryûta) I like you.
[00:31] (Taisei) Say "I like Taisei"?
(Ryûta) I like Taisei!
(Taisei) Once again?
(Ryûta) I like Taisei!
(Taisei) Thank you very much~ (He said that bowing to Ryûta in a comical way)
After Ryûta introduced Sukiyanen, Osaka, all the boys came on stage and they were all disguised or wearing colorful clothes. I remember Ren was wearing a policeman uniform, Ryûsei had this cute red hat, some Junior were wearing funny wigs,...but two of them particularly caught my eye.
First was Tôma. He was wearing this long furred black and white coat with sunglasses which instantly reminded me of his Mom's. I guess it's like they say: like mother like son xD The second one was Daigo who was dressed in this adorable maid outfit. It's not breaking news that Daigo basically looks more girly than us real girls with a wig and a dress on. But after having seen him live, trust me, it's almost scary how much he REALLY looks like a girl. Like if he tried to put on a real girly voice, I would totally buy it xD
I had never heard that song before but I loved it! The stage was made to look like an Osaka street with food stalls lining up. During the bridge, Ren was slowly walking past each stall in which there were some of the boys eating for real (Lucky!).
Towards the end of the song, a table and two chairs were brought to the center of the stage. On the table were two sets of at least 6, maybe 8, takoyaki. Tôma and Ryûta were chosen by Bunichi to eat them all as fast as possible during the next song...
So, there were Tôma and Ryûta with a little less than a minute and a half to finish their takoyaki. Tôma ate maybe 2 or 3 and he then decided to give the remaining ones to some of the boys who were around around him while Ryûta was REALLY struggling to finish his takoyaki alone. And the poor boy was trying so hard I don't even think he saw what Tôma did...
In the end, Ryûta couldn't finish eating them all and Tôma won, but I know you actually cheated, boy xD Also while they were eating, I clearly remember seeing Ren drinking water from a bottle. Full explanation about why I mention that in the part about the MC ;p
Not related to the performance itself, but if the girl who was on my right ever happens to read this: I apologize once again for bumping into your uchiwa so many times with my penlight as I got a little bit too excited with the hand moves...I kept apologizing every time it happened but thankfully, she didn't look mad about it ^_^;)>
This corner put me in such a great mood I was almost sad it had to end...I had a big smile on my face throughout the four songs and it was so nice to watch the boys fooling around and just having fun on stage ♥
>>> Part 1 <<<
>>> Talk Parts <<<
>>> Part 2 <<<
>>> Encore <<<
As I LOVE KinKi songs, I was deligthed to hear the first notes of Ai no katamari ♥ After Yuuki 100%, the younger boys left the stage and it was left in the dark. One by one, Ren, Bunichi, Tôma, Kôji, Ryûta, Daigo and Ryûsei came to the front of the stage, each from different sides. Daigo and Ryûsei were (sadly...) the only ones who didn't get a solo line, so they arrived from the two side balconies while Ryûta was singing. The seven of them were wearing white suits which made a nice contrasting effect with the dark surroundings.
It made an even better visual effect when a red curtain was drawn down behind them just after the chorus. They were dancing in line in front of it and I remember Ryûsei and Daigo were next to each other in the center and Tôma was on the right side from my seat. I remember their positions because well, Daigo, and because I was literally mesmerized by Tôma.
I can't even describe how COOL he was that evening. At first I thought it was Bunichi since I didn't remember Tôma being that blonde (I guess he dyed his hair after his last MaiJani recording day). His dancing, his expression, he was FLAWLESS. I remember jokingly thinking to myself "That must be because he knows his family his watching him". Little did I know that wasn't the only reason why he was really into it...
Needless to say I enjoyed that performance a lot ♥ The coolness of it was a bit destroyed by Bunichi at the end though as when they gathered in the middle of the stage to take the last pose, he kneeled down next to Ryûsei and took his hand to kiss it (which explains the kyatting at the end of the recording). Oh well, that was cute, so forgiven~
I didn't notice Ren had left the stage (Too busy being hypnotized by Tôma) until the red curtain was drawn open and he was there, standing at the top of the back part of the stage that was lifted up once again.
I don't really know how to describe it well, but there was this spinning blue-ish spotlight behind him that had its rays directed right into my face. Visually, it was very nice. It made Ren have that very cool halo around him. The only problem is that the spotlight was turned on during most of the song so by the end of it, I was basically blind 8D;
Anyway, this one was also a great performance. I didn't know the song but apparently it's a solo of Tama from Dream Boys. Just before the bridge, all the lights went off for a couple of seconds. Only the Blinding Spotlight was turned on and Ren was swinging in the air, holding a white rope with a hole to put one of his feet into. It wasn't "proper" flying but it looked almost as cool.
The rope was slowly lowered to the stage level and when Ren was to remove the security rope around his wrist, he couldn't take it off. So one of the older Junior around him (I think it was Joichiro or Koja) had to stop dancing to help him. Once again, cute way to end a cool performance :3
For this one, Kôji and Tôma were wearing matching clothes, only Kôji's headband and oversized-old-fashioned jacket were blue and Tôma's were red. Well. Let's say that one was cool in its own way aha!
I really liked that one. Ryûta was singing at the center front of the stage and older Junior were dancing on the white movable stairs. One by one, each of them was literally given a moment of spotlight while the rest of the stage was in darkness. It kind of reminded me of Manatsu no yoru no hana's staging from Playzone 2012 that I like a lot, and also I love Full swing which I think fitted Ryûta 's voice ♥
Let's refer to the following four songs as the Osaka corner! It started with Taisei and Koshiro who came on stage running everywhere and screaming loudly right after Ryûta's solo ended. Taisei was dressed with a sort of white yukata with traditional Japanese black pants and he was holding a broom. Koshiro was wearing a Giants uniform and had a baseball bat.
The two of them were doing/saying random things that made absolutely no sense. They suddenly started pretending to be riding motorbikes and were trying to get Ryûta to play with them but Ryûta "got mad" at Taisei:
[00:02] (Ryûta) What is all this!?
(Taisei) Stop fooling around!
(Ryûta) You're the ones who are fooling around!
(Taisei) We're being serious! M-A-J-I: maji! (Japanese word for serious)
[00:11] (Ryûta) Seriously what's wrong with you? Give me a break! People from Osaka really like being like that...
(Taisei) Do you hate it?
(Ryûta) Don't look so sad! I don't hate it!
[00:22] (Taisei) Then say you like it please.
(Ryûta) I like it.
(Taisei) Say it again.
(Ryûta) I like it!
[00:27] (Taisei) What about me?
(Ryûta) I like you.
[00:31] (Taisei) Say "I like Taisei"?
(Ryûta) I like Taisei!
(Taisei) Once again?
(Ryûta) I like Taisei!
(Taisei) Thank you very much~ (He said that bowing to Ryûta in a comical way)
After Ryûta introduced Sukiyanen, Osaka, all the boys came on stage and they were all disguised or wearing colorful clothes. I remember Ren was wearing a policeman uniform, Ryûsei had this cute red hat, some Junior were wearing funny wigs,...but two of them particularly caught my eye.
First was Tôma. He was wearing this long furred black and white coat with sunglasses which instantly reminded me of his Mom's. I guess it's like they say: like mother like son xD The second one was Daigo who was dressed in this adorable maid outfit. It's not breaking news that Daigo basically looks more girly than us real girls with a wig and a dress on. But after having seen him live, trust me, it's almost scary how much he REALLY looks like a girl. Like if he tried to put on a real girly voice, I would totally buy it xD
I had never heard that song before but I loved it! The stage was made to look like an Osaka street with food stalls lining up. During the bridge, Ren was slowly walking past each stall in which there were some of the boys eating for real (Lucky!).
Towards the end of the song, a table and two chairs were brought to the center of the stage. On the table were two sets of at least 6, maybe 8, takoyaki. Tôma and Ryûta were chosen by Bunichi to eat them all as fast as possible during the next song...
So, there were Tôma and Ryûta with a little less than a minute and a half to finish their takoyaki. Tôma ate maybe 2 or 3 and he then decided to give the remaining ones to some of the boys who were around around him while Ryûta was REALLY struggling to finish his takoyaki alone. And the poor boy was trying so hard I don't even think he saw what Tôma did...
In the end, Ryûta couldn't finish eating them all and Tôma won, but I know you actually cheated, boy xD Also while they were eating, I clearly remember seeing Ren drinking water from a bottle. Full explanation about why I mention that in the part about the MC ;p
Not related to the performance itself, but if the girl who was on my right ever happens to read this: I apologize once again for bumping into your uchiwa so many times with my penlight as I got a little bit too excited with the hand moves...I kept apologizing every time it happened but thankfully, she didn't look mad about it ^_^;)>
This corner put me in such a great mood I was almost sad it had to end...I had a big smile on my face throughout the four songs and it was so nice to watch the boys fooling around and just having fun on stage ♥