fade at THE UNIVERSE vol 91, Shinsaibashi Club DROP
19 September 2013
OVER YOU [The Departure] release tour-feat.THE UNIVERSE Vol'91-
Shinsaibashi Club DROP
Long time no speak~ wah two months without a fade live passed way too slowly but I have to say that they absolutely did not disappoint with their appearance on the 19th. I actually arrived in Osaka the day before, completely worn out and spent the day shopping with Bernie, Belle and Belle’s mom. If you haven’t met them yet, they are two of the most adorable people ever!!
Any who we met outside Drop at 1:30 the day, grabbed a bite before the show then finished getting ourselves ready to rock out to fade. I had bought a sort of short dress in Tokyo back in the end of July and I had told both Ka-chan and Emiko who were with me at the time, that I would wear it to my next live. So my outfit this time was a black dress that has piano keys on the skirt and a treble clef on the bodice. I also wore a red shirt underneath. If you check the pictures that have been put up from the staff then you’ll spot me pretty quickly haha~ any who because Belle is either a wonderful or terrible influence, we all decided to write on our chests. Needless to say that was the most skin I have ever shown the guys but Jon certainly enjoyed it~
The hilarity which ensued, I won’t cover since I’m pretty sure Belle and Bernie have covered everything about that. Instead I will probably skim over until the actual live stuff, because that’s the fun part. We got to see Nori outside with his hair flapping in the wind like some strange insect. This image sent all of us into a fit of giggles for quite a bit. After as we actually walked down to the doors of Drop Rui was on the phone in the stairwell, but we just sort of snuck past and he went on his way. All the guys, except Godo came out shortly before the doors opened and waved a bit walking by us, and then Godo came out after and we all waved. As he walked away Belle shouted “I Love You” and he oh so cutely leaned over the rail on his way up and gave a slight wave of his hand. We spent some time, cracking up and talking with Fade Family, and later earning nicknames. Once we were inside we met more people and naturally Fade fans had practically grabbed the entire first row from the moment we walked in the door.
I’ve heard so much about H”Palty from Bernie and Ka-chan that I was practically humming with excitement at the chance to hear them live. Belle, Bernie, Louise and myself all went straight to the front for them and seriously so enjoyed their performance. I mean talk about an adorably attractive group of guys, who happen to be quite open and willing to admit they are huge fade fans ;) anyway they give off a performance that’s seriously so much energy and bounciness you can’t help but smile. We also got to meet most of them after but I’ll mention that hilarity later. After they played it was time for fade and woo boy were we all more than ready.
They started with the intro of course, which I didn’t realize how fucking much I missed these past two months until it started and I was floored because “I’m finally fucking back” that sort of feeling. Anyway the set started with a bang and seriously if that doesn’t tell you something then think about Fade, if they start with a bang then they will end with one too.
I got to hear Yure no Naka for the first time and I think I may have made Godo and Nori laugh a bit because at the beginning I seriously was just speechless. The energy this damn song has. It’s that true rock sound that we all know and love about fade that their other two new songs don’t have. So this amazing song had everyone bouncing and rocking out. They played Crossroads and My Way next, and as Bernie has said they have seriously improved the sound from two months ago. These two, definitely a pair song that will always go together I think, seriously are very powerful pieces. They speak to you in the best way that music can do. The rest of the set kind of brought everyone down to a calm state of togetherness. Jon was pretty cheesy with the intro to some of the songs but it was the kind of cheesiness you expect from him. All in all it was such an incredible time.
Afterwards we all got drinks and sat out at the bar chatting with everyone, Bernie helped Louise and I buy albums from the adorable H”Palty boys, who proceeded to flail and thank us for our energy during their performance; apparently they could hear us quite clearly. O///o a little embarrassing but that’s ok. We each bought a set of three cds and got one signed a piece, funnily enough we all (Belle, Louise, Me) got a different one signed. We proceeded to have lots of interacting time with the guys this night, taking photos with all the members, who happily obliged. Can I say again that they are fucking adorable!!
Anyway Jon and Nori came out to go inside as we were at the bar and just… the comedy starts there. I had tweeted a photo to Jon of Belle earlier, but she had convinced herself he wouldn’t see it, but the moment he came out she showed his chest and he commented that she had writing elsewhere too. We followed them inside and Bernie whined to Jon about where was Kansei, and his reaction was to comment on her boobs. Yes I think Jon really appreciated the amount of cleavage he saw that night haha. As the others were with Jon I walked to Nori and I don’t know. I guess because it’s been two months and I had no energy to be nervous, I wasn’t my normal shy self. I walked up close to him and whined (yes like legitimately whined) his name which did earn me a bit of a snort.
H: Noooooriii~~
N: oh hey what’s up
H: Can I have a hug please!
N: Haha yea sure~
H: THANK YOU!! It’s been 2 fucking month since I saw you guys and I was dying
N: whoa that long~
H: Since the Start Line in July
N: wow.
This whole conversation happened with me hugging him and basically whining and pouting at him. To give him credit he was not in the least bit annoyed by my actions. Cause I was pretty whiny and just like my head was screaming “Nori Nori Nori Nori” lmao. I failed to mention earlier but damn he was freaking hawt as fuck that night. I spent quite a bit chatting with him, and he just sat there conversing with me, actually there weren’t a lot of people around so the guys were able to spent a while talking to everyone. I commented on his lenses which kind of surprised him. I asked if he had changed the color and he said no they were the same. Which led me to ramble about how Ka-chan and I would call them dead fish lenses cause they make him seem much harder to approach and talk to. I think he was a little bit floored and amused by this comment but that’s ok, he laughed which oh man~~ *fangirl squeal* unlike the others I made no mention of my chest, and simply asked him to sign a few things for me. I did ask if a photo together might be possible but as expected it wasn’t allowed.
I then went over to harass Jon with the others and listen to some very amusing comments from Belle.
Oh and mission accomplished, Hannah finally managed to get her own Fade towel <3 yes this is a big deal for me ^^ Jon was funny cause Louise pulled hers out to be signed and my reaction was “Oh shit! I still need to buy one” and I swear he laughed as I ran over to the merch table haha. But Towel get~ and Jon signed it for me. Actually about half the towel is signed by just Jon. When he was writing my name he wrote in his very kind of sloppy cursive and the two n’s kind of ran together… but instead of just going with it, Jon dear drew an X through them, wrote “n n” over and then drew a smiley face and a small signature before looking at me and saying “I’m okaying my mistake” I was too speechless to say much beside nod.
Anyway after that I danced (yes I literally mean like skipped, danced) out to the bar to grab Nori’s sign too. I really amused the Japanese fans though with my behavior and well it was just funny. He signed it for me, then I forgot that I to get a silver pen for him to sign a photo Bernie printed specially for me *sobs happily* I ran over the merch table and asked Miyagawa-san with help for a pen and then dashed back out to harass Nori some more XD He was super patient and then managed to floor me completely. Because normally when he signs things it’s just his signature, but he wrote the sweetest message on the photo, yes I will flail over that photo forever now.
The club staff was packing up by this point so the musicians still hanging around all moved out the lobby with fans. We compared hand sizes with the guys present and not to my surprise I matched up pretty well to even Jon, but the thing is I have big hands and long skinny fingers. So I kind of expected it, but it was still funny to see everyone’s eyes go a little wide when they saw it. Belle has tiny cute hands, it’s so adorable. Anyway I had compared hands to the H”Palty boys and Jon, then Bernie pointed out that Nori was being molested and I look over and sure enough the Japanese fans were just standing there feeling him up. And let me tell you, imagine Nori, who usually very cool and calm, all the sudden looking flustered. It’s fucking cute. Anyway I walked up and I just looked at him and he looked at me.
H: so why are they all molesting you
N: I don’t even know… it just happened
H: *joins the fun a bit and takes the opportunity to feel his muscles* well it’s not a bad thing you know
N: *snorts*
H: Oh so can I compare hand size to you
N: yea but I have pretty short fingers
We checked and his palm is bigger but my fingers are longer so we’re damn near even. Then a couple of the girls proceeded to pinch his ass and his eyes went super wide and he turned and scolded one of them, only to have another one do the other side and he scolded her, but god he was just adorable.
Finally Miyagawa-san was kind of herding them back towards the back when I realized I hadn’t mentioned my chest at all. So as he walked by me I just shouted out “Nori look!” and just teasing winked and laughed. He chuckled then Belle chimed in “You need to sign it” and just… the look on his face while being molested by the fans was cute, the look on his face as we both sort of looked at each other in slight awkwardness was priceless. I think he was super nervous until I pointed super high, close to my collar bone and was like “here over the heart” and I swear he let out a visible sigh of relief. So yes I think I was the first to ask him to sign my chest haha. But he didn’t refuse, however when Belle’s mom chimed it that it would be my first tattoo his eyebrows shot up and I was quick to dispel that.
SO they were all herding back stage and we all went upstairs to wait for them. We ran into one of the cuties (Shuma) from H”Palty and asked him for photos, and oh my gosh. The adorableness as he kept asking if we really wanted photos since he “isn’t the popular one”
Any who the guys finally did come up and as soon as Rui was up I ran over, with Belle following and stopped him. Now I have no shame in teasing and joking with Rui, it’s just too easy with him. So when he stopped I held out my arms and was like “I told you on twitter that I was requesting a hug tonight! It’s been 2 months!!” and he just laughed at me and hugged me. Belle was super cute and also asked for a hug from him and officially got over her fear of Rui haha.
Anyway I went to Godo next because my goal was also to ask him for a hug. So after he finished talking to one of the Japanese fans I sort of quietly called out to him. See Bernie, Belle and Louise were all talking to the others so I was totally on my own with him. And I know I looked terrified, I even tried to call out to Bernie but I finally managed to stutter out “Godo-san, ano Hug wa… daijoubu desu ka…” and kind of held my arms out to him looking seriously pathetic.
And I was surprised; because I think after he comprehended the question he smiled really brightly and kind of nodded his head stepping forward to give me a proper hug. I know I was smiling and probably red-faced from embarrassment as I muttered “arigatou” to him. Though I was even more touched cause as I started to pull away his hand at my back kept in place long enough to hear him say softly (cause he’s sooooo soft spoken) “arigatou… Thank you”
All in all it was simply an amazing night that I will not forget for a long time. I love these boys even more now than before and I have sooo much more to say than I could ever possible express.
