First I want to apologize it this turns out to be tl:dr post. And I also apologise for any mistakes and inaccuracy, my memory is really bad haha.
ROC SPECIAL in 渋谷公会堂 - Live Report.
I arrived at the hall around 10 minutes to 4pm, which is when the hall would be opened. I saw no sign of goods being sold so not knowing any better, I was relieved since I thought I was too late for the goods (I learned later on that they stopped selling the goods at 3pm T-T) but there was already a significant number of people. A LOT OF PEOPLE in fact, all dressed in ROC shirt or Eve’s parka or other ROC themed clothes/towel complete with roc and eve’s toto bags. It was quite scary for me, being all by myself haha. (I had waifuu with me for Gero’s live xD).
The hall finally opened at around 4pm and everyone made their way in. I found my seat and it was quite far from the stage but right at the end of the row. I was hoping so bad that ROC peeps will come out from the back so i can get a good look at them as it was my only chance to see them clearly. I didn’t realise that the live starts at 5pm so I spent an hour being bocchi sitting on my chair while other people bonded =‘D Everyone was super excited. Especially the groups behind me haha…
Finally 5pm came around and the lights were dimmed. Everyone squealed and got to their feet and the curtain raised….
Kradness ran on to the stage, starting the live with START and got the crowds going with his fist pumps! So much energy it was really great. He has his trademark cap on <3 Then… I think…. Eve? came to the stage? er… The next part was actually quite hazy for me since SOMETHING AWESOME HAPPENED!! See, there was a sudden commotion from behind me and when I looked back Natsushiro was there walking towards the stage from the back!!! He made a full turn to greet everyone right next to me and I got a close look of him. It was really quick though and I wished I had paid more attention ;A; He was wearing grey/white(?) shirt and white jacket, had the biggest smile on his face and was literally kira-kira-ing in front of me. I think I might have a tiny crush on him www No wonder he’s really popular xD
From the other side of the hall, S!N entered the hall from the back as well and made his way to meet natsu in the middle. He has shoulder length wavy hair and he was wearing grey/purple(?) shirt with black jacket. VERY otokomae. Again, no wonder he has a lot of fangirls despite his perverted personality xD By the time I looked back at the stage Yurin and KK were already there wwww. SO SNEAKY!!! Yurin was the tiniest of them all and as adorable as always with his fuwafuwa hair and baggy blouse-like shirt xD. Eve looks different from what I expected, he’s tall and and thin and has mushroom hair. He looks like his icon xD KK was sasuga ni awkward! wwww He was wearing a white shirt, a black jacket and black trousers. Everyone was jumping and moving around the stage but KK was just standing in one spot wwwww. But everyone was really ikemen!! <3333
The song ended and the stage lights went off (for each performances).
Then suddenly, Raspberry Monster started playing and Kradness stood in the middle of the stage bathed in Red lights. It was really cool! He hits the high notes so easily, sasuga 高音系男子! Great upbeat song for the beginning of live! IKEMEEEEEEN!!!
Next up was Natsushiro shining in yellow =D The crowd went crazy over him xDDD He sang Balleriko, one of my favourite cover by him <3333 Natsu was great live too. His voice was steady and his high notes were awesome. He did the rough yell like in the cover too. It was really cool. The girls behind me kept on going yabai after he finished xDD
Next was Yurin. Kyawaiiiii!! He had his guitar with him as always and he sang Yurufuwa Jukai Girl. Vocal wise, not his best performance but his guitar playing was cool. It was fun to watch him. We all sang the “se no!” together.
Then it was S!N’s turn. Right away the crowd’s energy went back to maximum. The stage shone darkly in purple lights as the intro to Mousou Shikkan Girl began. it was all very oshare, his song choice was so good /// His voice was a bit hard to hear during the soft parts and IMO his vocal wasn’t very strong live but he was definitely a performer, he was dancing along to the song and making good use of the stage.
Eve was next singing Donut Hole. It wasn’t great haha. But It wasn’t bad either. I find his voice less annoying during live xD So I guess that’s a plus sign. From afar he looked the least impressive imo so I wasn’t really paying attention to him =P
Finally it was KK’s turn. The stage glowed in white lights. KK stood in the middle and the crowd went silent as he started singing NightGale. We were clapping along to the song but other than that everyone just… listened. I guess KK has that mesmerising effect with his performance haha. His voice was simply … yabakatta. Such a clear and powerful voice, resonating throughout the hall.
I really love how everyone is so DIFFERENT in ROC. Kradness with his energetic and strong perfomance. Natsushiro and his solid and bright performance. Yurin with his easygoing band cover. Eve’s… er… it’s hard to describe eve xDDD laidback? S!N with his alluring bad boy image and finally KK with his clear and powerful voice that goes straight to your heart.
Next, it was the members turn to sing their ROC’s song and introduce themselves.
S!N was up first and he did some mc-ing. Introducing ROC as a group and asking how everyone was doing so far. Promoting ROC’s album, asking how many of us has the album, etc. He’s really good at announcement and pimping stuff haha. And then came Exodus! Everyone was head-banging during the bridge, literally everyone except a very few people including me (the girl in front of my n beside me were not head-banging n i felt bad if i accidentally whip them with my hair wwww I can feel the girl behind me head-banging against my back wwwww) It was very amusing to watch I have to say xDDDD Overall it was very cool. It was one of my favourite song from S!N <3
Next up was Eve with Insomnia and I can’t for the life of me remember what he said during his introduction wwwww
Yosh, tsugi! ww Yurin’s turn for introduction and he was asking everyone again who has roc album and we all raised our hands! He then introduced himself as the member who never uploads anything www and apologised for it (memory quite hazy, might be from another section of the live). He then started singing Hitokuchi Choudai.
By this time, we were all getting kinda tired and the tension was kinda hikui. Some people including me were leaning on our seat, half standing-half sitting. But then it was natsushiro’s turn with his guitar this time and people went kyaaa again xDDD He asked how everyone was doing and hoped everyone was have a blast with that big grin on his face again. II EGAO!!! He then pretty much said what he wrote on twitter when he uploaded Fuurai, how it was written when he was feeling down and that he hoped the song will cheer us up as well. Natsushiro is definitely one of the strong vocalist of ROC, it was another solid performance. It wasn’t a very energetic song tho and the tension was still on the lower side though on our side.
KK was next with Diary <333333 He also had his guitar with him. He explained how he wrote diary based on his past self. It was beautiful //// So happy I got to hear diary live. I was singing along with him the whole time ;;;;; He glowed on the stage yet again. KK TENSHI!!
Last one was Kradness, he didn’t have his cap on this time. He said he now started to sing ballad and of course Left Behind was one of them. By this time everyone was all mellow and calm.
Then everyone got to sing another solo song. Yurin with Bungaku Shounen (he didn’t quite hit the high notes and I think in the end he went nanou-sensei gomenasai as he walked off), Eve with Sakura no Zenya (Eve was really flat during the key change >.<), KK with Payment (GODLY, his falsetto was so beautiful ;;;;;), Natsushiro with Fill light message (great performance again), and finally S!N with Waltz of Anomalies.
It’s like everyone already knows how cool S!N’s waltz of anomalies is and the crowd just suddenly jumped up and all the mellowness were gone in an instant. The energy was just amazing for that one song. AGAIN with the head-banging. I have to admit S!N can definitely get the crowds going. IT WAS REALLY COOL! =‘D
(my memory is quite hazy, I can’t say what I’m going to write is accurate)
When he finished, he asked if everyone’s feet were sore and we all went yeah! ww and then he told us it’s okay for us to sit down and to open our legs so he can take a peek at our panties wwww. Stupid perverted guy. He justified himself by saying that this was such a rare opportunity to have us sitting down instead of standing in live houses. xD He then went “I’m sure you guys didn’t come her for me right?” There was a lot of noise of protests but he said again “I’m sure you guys came for u-hu-hu-hu instead of me” and told us to call “him” and everyone got a clue and went ooooh!! xD
S!N: “Se no!”
Half of us: “NATSUSHIRO!!”
The other half: “TAKAAKI!!”
It was barabara wwwww. Natsushiro came onto the stage (without his jacket this time) complaining about it wwww. You could tell that Natsu is really close to S!N. He asked S!N what’s with the head-banging and S!N was all “that’s skinship” wwww S!N then started again with his shimoneta about how during the head-bang part it would awesome to see panties flying onto the stage. Everyone was laughing and Natsu went “Minna igai ni shimoneta suki da yo na. Kono hito no tweet yabakunai?” wwww He then said that since S!N is ikemen and otokomae there’s no problem but imagine if S!N is fat and ugly xD And then they started making impression of fat guy saying all the dirty things S!N usually says wwww In the end they just went “utaou!” xD Their song was Dust.
Natsushiro left the stage and S!N called the leader of hikari team, Kradness xD They mention that this pairing was really unusual and everyone was all wktk about it. They announced their song “Tokyo Teddy Bear!!!” and we all screamed and jumped to our feet! xDDD IT WAS SO COOL GAAAAAAAH SO SO SO COOL!! Kura x S!N was such an awesome combo. ////////
The awesomeness didn’t end there, for the next song Natsu came back on to the stage taking
S!N’s place and it was the Hikari team’s turn to perform. Natsu was saying that since they are the hikari team, the rest of the group are from the dark side with KK leading them xD And then Kura said shouldn’t it be S!N who is the leader of the dark side xD And Natsu just stared at him for a bit before going, “see this is the kinda of guy he is, once he has an idea in his mind he won’t think of anything else” (ie, kuuki yomenai xD). Natsu was trying to lead the topic of the conversation towards the rest of the members especially KK and Kura brought it back to S!N who already had his share of performance www. Kura got flustered and started blabbering away and Natsu was “it’s okay it’s okay we know what you mean.” wwww ChanKura kawaiiiiii. And so they got into the next song which is, Yobanashi Deceived! KYAAAAAAAAAAA ///////// These two made a great pair too, so energetic. SASUGA TEAM HIKARI!! xD
They then called the oyasumi team once the song has ended. Two cuties xD Eve asked how everyone was doing, and said that we didn’t have to stand all the time. We could sit down at least while they were talking. So we sat, and Yurin went “ah… suwarun da…” in a disappointed voice wwww. Kawaiiiiiii!!! So since we all sat down, they were forced to talk a bit longer before going into the song for our sake xD They said that from this point on the songs were going to gradually mellow out but they didn’t want us to lose our voice and to keep on cheering for them. And then they announced their song, Migi ni Magaaru.
At the end of the song Yurin left the stage leaving Eve by himself. Eve started singing Ikanaide. During the second verse KK joins him. The difference in singing power wwwww (sorry eve xD).
And then Eve left and KK went straight on to the next song without saying anything xD It was 11回目の宇宙とラヴェレ. This time Yurin joined him halfway through the song. KK was clearly the better singer here yet again, but I do love yurin’s voice. And you could tell he was singing his best. His voice actually sounded really good and matched well with KK’s voice in terms of quality. KK just had more power and drowned Yurin’s singing a bit >.< Otherwise, it was a nice duet <333
And then it was KK by himself. This time he introduced himself as the dark side leader xD The song was Bokura no yukue. He forgot the lyrics to the first verse xD And only started singing seriously during the chorus and second verse haha. Still good tho. He narrated the last part of the song.
Eve sung 蜃気楼 next. I wasn’t familiar with the song. Didn’t really remember how the performance went frankly orz (SO SORRY EVE) And then Yurin with Zzz… (how do you read this again? xD)
Next is Natsushiro’s turn (you can tell Natsu and S!N are the most popular one from the loudness of the fangirl call whenever they come on to the stage =P). He was back in his jacket singing Marshall no Kyousei and then S!N with Abstract Nonsense.
AND THEN two of my favourites of the lives, Kradness with Critical Line and WAVE in a row. I love dance/techno, and I love these two songs. Kradness is a powerful singer seriously. And he sounded amazing with techno songs. Both songs were solid. We all sang during WAVE too!!
After that he called Eve to the stage and for some reason he started blabbering on again, probably nervous and having tension okashii moment www. Eve was just… un, yea, calm down xD. He told kura-kun that since kura-kun already sang 2 songs in a row Eve would be in charge of talking so Kura-kun can just rest wwww Kradness is really cute I swear xDDD
So the next song was…. Yi er fanclub!! EEEEEEEK! We got to sing the lines!!! And it was so much fuuuuun!!! And then at the end the rest of the members joined in to sing and everyone in the hall was singing together “WO AI NI IERU KA NAAAAA” Definitely one of the highlights of the live!
Yurin was next with Sumertime Record, and Natsu with World Lampshade and as the ending, KK with Afterglow. Again the whole members joined in at the end. And we all sang the Lalala part together. I was just feeling super lucky about it since I was so disappointed when I missed the chance to be part of the chorus in KK’s afterglow cover. So this was like another chance for me to be part of it. Meccha kandou shichatta ;;;;; It was a great ending!!
Everyone said their goodbye then and left the stage.
The hall stayed dark and it was time for the encore call =DDDDD
After a while, ROC members came back wearing their official jumper and lining up on the stage. They thanked everyone for coming, Natsushiro did all of the talking xD, and said that before they got on with the singing, he was sure that everyone had some kokuchi to do, to which everyone stayed silent wwww So he went “I HAVE ONE”, he announced his upcoming album with buzz G etc. After that S!N hopped sideways towards the middle where Natsu stood and they swapped place (so nakayoshi!). He announced his upcoming album too etc. Then they called “Matrix” i.e. Kradness www and so he announced his album again in his awkward way xD. Then the oyasumi team, i swear they looked like brothers wwww. Eve did most of the talking while Yurin was just agreeing away =P. Finally KK, he only said that he’ll have a big announcement to do in the near future. Yurin then suddenly went “AH! I have something to say too!” And KK was “Eh? Didn’t we agree that I’m suppose to be the last one?” xD Natsu and S!N were squatting and laughing on the side while Yurin apologised for having just remembering it then xDD He also said he has something to announce in the near future. Pretty much exactly the same thing that KK said wwwwww.
Then they got to say proper goodbyes one by one starting with Kradness. He was blabbering again about how nervous he was xDDD Everyone laughed and teased him about it and he repeated what he said again, this time adding “meccha" in front of the words to make them sound different wwwww (SO CUTE!!!) Next was Eve. Before he did his goodbye (not sure if it was then or if it it was during the kokuchi though) Natsu approached him and whispered something to him really close and long and all the girls were squealing xD Eve told him that he didn’t have to whisper so close wwww. Next was Yurin, S!N, KK and last Natsushiro. They pretty much thank everyone for coming and how it was us that made this ROC live special. And last but not least the picture!!! (arrow pointing at me xD)
They got on to the last song which was of course, RIOT OF COLOUR! Everyone was waving their hands in the air except for KK wwww (KK WHY ARE YOU SO AWKWARD?! XDDD <3). After Natsu finished his line and chorus both him and S!N disappeared, everyone was all sowa sowa wondering where they went and then a commotion came from the second level and while everyone was distracted by Natsu and S!N upstair, Eve made his way down from the stage and walked to the end of the hall TOWARDS MY SIDE!!! I was prepared so this time had a better look. Up close Eve is such a cute pretty boy xD Ah, so glad I got the last seat in the row ///// They all made their way back to the stage and S!N made just in time for his lines. Next was KK’s line and the music was softer here and you could hear KK’s beautiful voice loud and clear. And we all sung the chorus together <3333 The music continued to play in the end while all the members each got a bag of signed balls that they threw towards the audience. Everyone tried to throw towards the second floor but not one made it except for KK’s ball xD SUCH STRENGTH!!! xD Sadly none of the ball came close to me ;A; They made their way out of the stage in the end still with the music going and surrounded by our calls. And the moment the curtain closed everyone rushed out to get the leftover goods from the afternoon. I was one of the one who left early coz I had to meet my friend anyway, and I got my Eve’s parka and s!n’s badges. Sadly KK’s mug and badges were sold out. And I didn’t see kumao’s case ;;;;;; CRIES!!!!! By the time I got my goods the line for it was crazy long. Like, CRAZY LONG! Hahahaha, so glad I left right away!!
So that’s my report! I probably blabbered on too much like kradness, sorry xDD