INKT in Anime Friends Brazil 2015
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This is my messy and long and bad written fanreport about INKT in Brazil :)
I arrived in Sao Paulo on Friday, so I couldn't do the welcome for INKT in the airport (I thought hard about changing the flight ticket, but I didn't have more money! XD).
A friend of me (who didn't go to AF) told me to send her any information of INKT locations so she could help me to track them. After she saw Kei's pics in twitter, she discovered their hotel *_____*~ (THANK YOU KEI! XD) She also gave me all informations about it.
So in the morning of Saturday we went to the hotel to see if we had some luck. Just after we arrived, we saw SASSY waiting for the elevator alone! We got some seconds of "Let's go? No? Shall we? Ah fuck the world let's talk with him rn!". SASSY got really surprised when we greeted him and asked if he could give us an autograph and got amazed after he saw we got INKT's albuns with us <3 He did a happy and cute "SUGOI!!!!" <33333 Two INKT staff arrived (probably to check WTH was happining) and they also got amazed! LOL When the elevator arrived, the staffs got in, followed by SASSY, and we didn't get courage manage to ask for a photo.
We saw kissy eating breakfast. We didn't want to interrupt him. When kissy got up passing by the other side away from us, and again we got the "Let's go? Let's run after him?" but it'd be too awkward just cross the restaurant and lobby running after him as we didn't want to get (more) suspicious attention XD So we didn't do anything.
We stayed until we saw KOKI, Kei and all INKT staffs in the lobby! We greeted them and asked for autographs and pictures. Again, they got really amazed when they saw the CDs *-* KOKI was SO NICE and cute and dfghjghfgdfr and seeing him in front of me was really wonderful!! His smile is <3 <3 <3 <3 We only took a pic with KOKI, as Kei was talking with the staffs again after the autographs. BUUUUT... the picture got very blurry orz
KOKI and Kei went outside to smoke and we were trying to get courage to ask for another picture. I went to KOKI and asked again, showing the blurried photo in the camera and he said "Sure! No problem!" (in English. Always in English~ I don't know Japanese xD). This time we asked Kei to come with us and KOKI called him >w<
I'm taller than KOKI... they were standing on the sidewalk and I'm on the street xD (but let's pretend I'm smaller than him LOL!)
Funny moment was Rafa carrying her new skull scarf in her arm. She didn't wear it as it wasn't so cold. After thanking KOKI, she suddenly said "here for you!" and he got a big smile! We stepped back and I asked "Hey... that scarf isn't yours?!" "Yes! But I don't know what happened! I remebered he likes skulls and suddenly I offered it to him!" LOLOL!
The staffs went outside and we saw kissy and SASSY with them. SASSY went inside the car and kissy stayed outside. We also asked autograph and photo :D
(LOOK AT THAT CUTE FACE AFTER HE SAW THE CDS <3)
(don't ask about my weird face... I guess I was so nervous my face just froze)
mACKAz came out the hotel and we also asked for an autograph. All members were getting in the car, and when the driver started the engine, we didn't want to be a problem and didn't ask for a photo together >< (thankfully my friend took it anyway LOL!)
I was trembling so badly I couldn't put the booklet inside the CD after everything and was trying to not cry! XD
Here are our babies: Physalis is mine; INKT album is Rafa's. (as we decided very suddenly to go to their hotel, we couldn't buy a better pen for the autographs >.<' I should have offered to write it with my blood *bricked*)
So this ended our stalker adventure!! xD
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Before we got in AF, Jaq sent me PMs saying she was in the line to get in and she could listen to INKT doing rehearsal! (in Hyun's fanreport she also tells about how she listened to the rehearsal from her hotel room nearby). Unfortunately when we arrived, INKT already finished. But I could listen to KOKI's voice checking the sound, doing weird noises (saying "AH" in many different ways. Sometimes they sound like laughes and moans LOL)
Also... it rained for some hours :(
(always when I tried to record his more extreme noises, he stopped! lol)
While we were lining up for INKT's M&G, I started gathering messages in the flag I painted.
(fast flag story:
We thought about doing this fanproject and we planned to print an another kind of flag. I did this design at first:
But it was very expensive to produce it and we didn't have time. So I offered to paint it, changed its design again, and speed painted it in 4 days.
IT DEFINITELY WAS THE BEST DECISION I EVER MADE!!!!)
While getting the messages, one of the INKT's staff was recording the M&G line and went by us asking to show the flag for him *-*~
I tried to get the max of messages, until I noticed everybody signed (or was asked to sign but declined XD) and M&G was ending.
Thank you everybody who signed it!!!!!! <3333333 I loved to see everybody excited with this project!!!!!
--
I was the 2nd person in the M&G line, but ended giving up as I noticed I'd take more than an hour getting all messages from all fans. No problem because I went with Carol (aka lady_nymus) in the penultimate group \o/
In the Meet & Greet you shake hand with each member, than take a photo with them and another 5 fans. As my group was supposed to be the last one, we were 4. (later another 2 people did another group. And before the concert, INKT did another small M&G for the fans who missed it earlier <3)
I gave the flag and a lame emotional letter for Koki to the staffs and shaked hand with all members. They recognized me from earlier and did like "Hey! YOU!" pointing at me when I was in front of them LOL! Everybody was very sweet, with big smiles! Kei was the last one and the most excited, he opened his arms and screamed before shaking hands LOLOL! He gave me the autographed INKT pic and I was so nervous I started to go away and the staffs called me back because it was photo turn HAHAHA
I stood between KOKI and SASSY, and didn't know what to do ;_; I ended up holding the autographed pic and regreted so much when another fans told me they put their arms on the members and hugged them ;A;~~ Anime Friends didn't post the pic until now... I'll update it here when I get it xD).
Edit: AF posted our pics in their facebook page :) I noticed there was a 5th person in my group which I didn't even remember!!! Oh my memory... orz)
In the end the members said "domo arigatou!" and we were "thank YOU!" and I told KOKI we did a big flag with messages for them and KOKI was like "Oh yeah! Thanks! *big smile and doing thumbs up*" sdfghjghfgdf
I cried.
After the M&G we started queuing for the hotzone line (because yes, we're desperated fans). As it was next to the stage, we listened to a metal concert, Kpop Cover Challenge and Cross Gene live...We stayed there for 5 hours, but it was really great because all fans were VERY NICE!! Really!!! I'm so glad I met wonderful fans in that day, making it even better! <3 I lost my voice just trying to keep talking xD
We were always looking twitter to see what INKT is doing and suddenly Emili tells us that they posted a pic of the flag. WE SCREAMED OUT LOUD AND I STARTED TO CRY HARD XD
(pic from INKT's blog and facebook)
The concert started without any delay and I was in the 1st row, between KOKI and Kei *-* I can't remember many details because I was just in ecstasy!!!
When the MCs said it was going to start in 4minutes I started to cry... it's funny how, after loving KOKI for the past years, meeting him and seeing him on stage are completly different intense feelings!!! When the live started I was sure that it was my best moment ever!!!!
I love INKT's songs, but I don't know the lyrics XD~ Just from Survivor, Nobody Knows and Iron Heart... whose they didn't sing ;3; And I always got so nervous when KOKI looked at my direction and I didn't know the lyrics!!! hahaha
Btw the setlist was amazing!!! The big surprise was Shingeki no Kyoujin opening theme cover!! They rocked it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KOKI's voice improved a lot, his stage presence is so powerful and I loved to notice every move of him <3 He used to dance a lot years ago, so he knows how to move his body, show his tongue in a fucking godammit sexy way (TONGUE MONSTER!)!!! Kei was also always in hype mode and jumped a lot (did some backvocals too!). Usually when I looked at mACKAz he was very concentrated on the bass. Unfortunately we barely saw SASSY and kissy :( It was so dark in the back so we only could see their silhouttes and sometimes kissy's cute smile face while everybody was hardcore mode LMAO
Chilean fans threw their flag on the stage. KOKI picked it up, holding it tightly in his fist, kissed it and and threw it back to the fans in a fast powerful wild sexy way!! (oh... the sound of ovaries explosions~~)
He always asked us to headbang like crazy... so I did. I GOT A MESS!! My hair was a nest and my back hurted so much after the show (and until now). But I don't regret anything! I don't know how he can move his head so fast without getting dizzy or feeling any pain! KOKI is a tongue rotation head in max speed monster!!!!! (Now it sounds I'm talking about a sex toy HAHAHA)
The peak moment for me was the encore. KOKI RETURNED COVERING HIS BACK WITH THE FANPROJECT FLAG!!!!!!!
He sung half of The Gift wearing it and I cried non stop. I had to remove my glasses and didn't see the performance so cleary and sometimes it was even hard to keep my head up because I was crying too much >_<'
pics credit: @CameoSugoi
I tried to record it and failed. I broke crying and the same time I was trying to jump.. so of course didn't manage to keep at least my camera on any direction XD~ SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE BAD AUDIO, CRY, AND FLASHES OF LIGHT FROM AN UNSTABLE CAMERA, I guess you shall not try to watch this hahahaha XD
sadly the memory got full and this video is not complete. >.>'
The concert ended so quickly and I couldn't walk because I stilled crying xD
I didn't manage to take any good pic and the fancams are horrible because I didn't priorize the camera XD I just let it on and checked it sometimes (to notice I was recording the ceiling LMAO!!!)
This was probably the less worse pic I managed to take :v
edit: here are two of my fancams (youtube's anti shaking feature managed to turn those kinda watchable! ...kinda.)
Fight for freedom:
Trigger:
For some amazing pics, take a look at @CameoSugoi's twitter feed or her FB; Piera's FB album; @YukiDeh's twitter
I also tried to list all fancams I know here. Piera posted many HD videos on her FB
J-rock Brasil posted *A LOT* of wonderful pics on their FB album and in their site (their FB has more pics)
So I just need to talk about some details that weren't so nice....
some details got me sad/mad about Anime Friends, like the lack of lights on SASSY and kissy;
Staffs RUSHED the M&G. It was like 30-40minutes, only. We expected 1+ hour (this is why some few people missed it at first) There was no need to rush it so much >_>''
I expected more people :/ Exactly what was my biggest fear which I commented it months ago actually happened: It was a huge mistake from Yamato to put INKT in the same day as K-Pop. They only thought about KOKI being an ex-KAT-TUN and thought the K-pop fans would like J-pop? But INKT isn't even J-POP! And ~even~ if they were... welll... we know how much people from k-pop and j-pop fans dislike each other (I like both, but I always see this fight). Many anime fans also don't like K-pop and some of my friends listened some people complaning how Anime Friends wasn't a place for Kpop. This surely made many people who didn't know INKT not get curiosity to stay until night (it was cold and INKT concert started at 8pm... concerts usually to start at 7pm. It's kinda dangerous to walk that area at night, so people leave earlier). Kpop fans went there to see Cross Gene and gone after it. So I can't judge it was INKT's fault because they're an unknown band and got put in the wrong day. :/ Also it was the first weekend of AF... it usually doesn't have many public.
I'm sure if they return any day, they'll get more public!! Be sure that of those 2000 people, probably not even 1/5 knew them :P And people who never listened to them, in the end jumped and enjoyed the show :) It's easy to find people praising their performance even without knowing the band before!!!
It was the best day of my life and for many another fans!
And INKT was incredible nice and took a lot of pics with fans outside the M&G :)
I hope to see them again and I hope so much they can go to another countries too!!!
PS: it was also very nice to see INKT members using fans gifts! INKT/Brazil shirt was a gift from Emili and Sanae, Koki's ring was a gift from Caah, Brazilian flag on Koki's hip was a present from Michelly. (edit) Bracelets were from Joyce (thanks for the reminder, Hyun!)
pic credit: @CameoSugoi
pic from Kei's twitter
This is my messy and long and bad written fanreport about INKT in Brazil :)
I arrived in Sao Paulo on Friday, so I couldn't do the welcome for INKT in the airport (I thought hard about changing the flight ticket, but I didn't have more money! XD).
A friend of me (who didn't go to AF) told me to send her any information of INKT locations so she could help me to track them. After she saw Kei's pics in twitter, she discovered their hotel *_____*~ (THANK YOU KEI! XD) She also gave me all informations about it.
So in the morning of Saturday we went to the hotel to see if we had some luck. Just after we arrived, we saw SASSY waiting for the elevator alone! We got some seconds of "Let's go? No? Shall we? Ah fuck the world let's talk with him rn!". SASSY got really surprised when we greeted him and asked if he could give us an autograph and got amazed after he saw we got INKT's albuns with us <3 He did a happy and cute "SUGOI!!!!" <33333 Two INKT staff arrived (probably to check WTH was happining) and they also got amazed! LOL When the elevator arrived, the staffs got in, followed by SASSY, and we didn't get courage manage to ask for a photo.
We saw kissy eating breakfast. We didn't want to interrupt him. When kissy got up passing by the other side away from us, and again we got the "Let's go? Let's run after him?" but it'd be too awkward just cross the restaurant and lobby running after him as we didn't want to get (more) suspicious attention XD So we didn't do anything.
We stayed until we saw KOKI, Kei and all INKT staffs in the lobby! We greeted them and asked for autographs and pictures. Again, they got really amazed when they saw the CDs *-* KOKI was SO NICE and cute and dfghjghfgdfr and seeing him in front of me was really wonderful!! His smile is <3 <3 <3 <3 We only took a pic with KOKI, as Kei was talking with the staffs again after the autographs. BUUUUT... the picture got very blurry orz
KOKI and Kei went outside to smoke and we were trying to get courage to ask for another picture. I went to KOKI and asked again, showing the blurried photo in the camera and he said "Sure! No problem!" (in English. Always in English~ I don't know Japanese xD). This time we asked Kei to come with us and KOKI called him >w<
I'm taller than KOKI... they were standing on the sidewalk and I'm on the street xD (but let's pretend I'm smaller than him LOL!)
Funny moment was Rafa carrying her new skull scarf in her arm. She didn't wear it as it wasn't so cold. After thanking KOKI, she suddenly said "here for you!" and he got a big smile! We stepped back and I asked "Hey... that scarf isn't yours?!" "Yes! But I don't know what happened! I remebered he likes skulls and suddenly I offered it to him!" LOLOL!
The staffs went outside and we saw kissy and SASSY with them. SASSY went inside the car and kissy stayed outside. We also asked autograph and photo :D
(LOOK AT THAT CUTE FACE AFTER HE SAW THE CDS <3)
(don't ask about my weird face... I guess I was so nervous my face just froze)
mACKAz came out the hotel and we also asked for an autograph. All members were getting in the car, and when the driver started the engine, we didn't want to be a problem and didn't ask for a photo together >< (thankfully my friend took it anyway LOL!)
I was trembling so badly I couldn't put the booklet inside the CD after everything and was trying to not cry! XD
Here are our babies: Physalis is mine; INKT album is Rafa's. (as we decided very suddenly to go to their hotel, we couldn't buy a better pen for the autographs >.<' I should have offered to write it with my blood *bricked*)
So this ended our stalker adventure!! xD
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Before we got in AF, Jaq sent me PMs saying she was in the line to get in and she could listen to INKT doing rehearsal! (in Hyun's fanreport she also tells about how she listened to the rehearsal from her hotel room nearby). Unfortunately when we arrived, INKT already finished. But I could listen to KOKI's voice checking the sound, doing weird noises (saying "AH" in many different ways. Sometimes they sound like laughes and moans LOL)
Also... it rained for some hours :(
Click to view(always when I tried to record his more extreme noises, he stopped! lol)
While we were lining up for INKT's M&G, I started gathering messages in the flag I painted.
(fast flag story:
We thought about doing this fanproject and we planned to print an another kind of flag. I did this design at first:
But it was very expensive to produce it and we didn't have time. So I offered to paint it, changed its design again, and speed painted it in 4 days.
IT DEFINITELY WAS THE BEST DECISION I EVER MADE!!!!)
While getting the messages, one of the INKT's staff was recording the M&G line and went by us asking to show the flag for him *-*~
I tried to get the max of messages, until I noticed everybody signed (or was asked to sign but declined XD) and M&G was ending.
Thank you everybody who signed it!!!!!! <3333333 I loved to see everybody excited with this project!!!!!
--
I was the 2nd person in the M&G line, but ended giving up as I noticed I'd take more than an hour getting all messages from all fans. No problem because I went with Carol (aka lady_nymus) in the penultimate group \o/
In the Meet & Greet you shake hand with each member, than take a photo with them and another 5 fans. As my group was supposed to be the last one, we were 4. (later another 2 people did another group. And before the concert, INKT did another small M&G for the fans who missed it earlier <3)
I gave the flag and a lame emotional letter for Koki to the staffs and shaked hand with all members. They recognized me from earlier and did like "Hey! YOU!" pointing at me when I was in front of them LOL! Everybody was very sweet, with big smiles! Kei was the last one and the most excited, he opened his arms and screamed before shaking hands LOLOL! He gave me the autographed INKT pic and I was so nervous I started to go away and the staffs called me back because it was photo turn HAHAHA
I stood between KOKI and SASSY, and didn't know what to do ;_; I ended up holding the autographed pic and regreted so much when another fans told me they put their arms on the members and hugged them ;A;~~ Anime Friends didn't post the pic until now... I'll update it here when I get it xD).
Edit: AF posted our pics in their facebook page :) I noticed there was a 5th person in my group which I didn't even remember!!! Oh my memory... orz)
In the end the members said "domo arigatou!" and we were "thank YOU!" and I told KOKI we did a big flag with messages for them and KOKI was like "Oh yeah! Thanks! *big smile and doing thumbs up*" sdfghjghfgdf
I cried.
After the M&G we started queuing for the hotzone line (because yes, we're desperated fans). As it was next to the stage, we listened to a metal concert, Kpop Cover Challenge and Cross Gene live...We stayed there for 5 hours, but it was really great because all fans were VERY NICE!! Really!!! I'm so glad I met wonderful fans in that day, making it even better! <3 I lost my voice just trying to keep talking xD
We were always looking twitter to see what INKT is doing and suddenly Emili tells us that they posted a pic of the flag. WE SCREAMED OUT LOUD AND I STARTED TO CRY HARD XD
(pic from INKT's blog and facebook)
The concert started without any delay and I was in the 1st row, between KOKI and Kei *-* I can't remember many details because I was just in ecstasy!!!
When the MCs said it was going to start in 4minutes I started to cry... it's funny how, after loving KOKI for the past years, meeting him and seeing him on stage are completly different intense feelings!!! When the live started I was sure that it was my best moment ever!!!!
I love INKT's songs, but I don't know the lyrics XD~ Just from Survivor, Nobody Knows and Iron Heart... whose they didn't sing ;3; And I always got so nervous when KOKI looked at my direction and I didn't know the lyrics!!! hahaha
Btw the setlist was amazing!!! The big surprise was Shingeki no Kyoujin opening theme cover!! They rocked it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KOKI's voice improved a lot, his stage presence is so powerful and I loved to notice every move of him <3 He used to dance a lot years ago, so he knows how to move his body, show his tongue in a fucking godammit sexy way (TONGUE MONSTER!)!!! Kei was also always in hype mode and jumped a lot (did some backvocals too!). Usually when I looked at mACKAz he was very concentrated on the bass. Unfortunately we barely saw SASSY and kissy :( It was so dark in the back so we only could see their silhouttes and sometimes kissy's cute smile face while everybody was hardcore mode LMAO
Chilean fans threw their flag on the stage. KOKI picked it up, holding it tightly in his fist, kissed it and and threw it back to the fans in a fast powerful wild sexy way!! (oh... the sound of ovaries explosions~~)
He always asked us to headbang like crazy... so I did. I GOT A MESS!! My hair was a nest and my back hurted so much after the show (and until now). But I don't regret anything! I don't know how he can move his head so fast without getting dizzy or feeling any pain! KOKI is a tongue rotation head in max speed monster!!!!! (Now it sounds I'm talking about a sex toy HAHAHA)
The peak moment for me was the encore. KOKI RETURNED COVERING HIS BACK WITH THE FANPROJECT FLAG!!!!!!!
He sung half of The Gift wearing it and I cried non stop. I had to remove my glasses and didn't see the performance so cleary and sometimes it was even hard to keep my head up because I was crying too much >_<'
pics credit: @CameoSugoi
I tried to record it and failed. I broke crying and the same time I was trying to jump.. so of course didn't manage to keep at least my camera on any direction XD~ SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE BAD AUDIO, CRY, AND FLASHES OF LIGHT FROM AN UNSTABLE CAMERA, I guess you shall not try to watch this hahahaha XD
sadly the memory got full and this video is not complete. >.>'
The concert ended so quickly and I couldn't walk because I stilled crying xD
I didn't manage to take any good pic and the fancams are horrible because I didn't priorize the camera XD I just let it on and checked it sometimes (to notice I was recording the ceiling LMAO!!!)
This was probably the less worse pic I managed to take :v
edit: here are two of my fancams (youtube's anti shaking feature managed to turn those kinda watchable! ...kinda.)
Fight for freedom:
Trigger:
For some amazing pics, take a look at @CameoSugoi's twitter feed or her FB; Piera's FB album; @YukiDeh's twitter
I also tried to list all fancams I know here. Piera posted many HD videos on her FB
J-rock Brasil posted *A LOT* of wonderful pics on their FB album and in their site (their FB has more pics)
So I just need to talk about some details that weren't so nice....
some details got me sad/mad about Anime Friends, like the lack of lights on SASSY and kissy;
Staffs RUSHED the M&G. It was like 30-40minutes, only. We expected 1+ hour (this is why some few people missed it at first) There was no need to rush it so much >_>''
I expected more people :/ Exactly what was my biggest fear which I commented it months ago actually happened: It was a huge mistake from Yamato to put INKT in the same day as K-Pop. They only thought about KOKI being an ex-KAT-TUN and thought the K-pop fans would like J-pop? But INKT isn't even J-POP! And ~even~ if they were... welll... we know how much people from k-pop and j-pop fans dislike each other (I like both, but I always see this fight). Many anime fans also don't like K-pop and some of my friends listened some people complaning how Anime Friends wasn't a place for Kpop. This surely made many people who didn't know INKT not get curiosity to stay until night (it was cold and INKT concert started at 8pm... concerts usually to start at 7pm. It's kinda dangerous to walk that area at night, so people leave earlier). Kpop fans went there to see Cross Gene and gone after it. So I can't judge it was INKT's fault because they're an unknown band and got put in the wrong day. :/ Also it was the first weekend of AF... it usually doesn't have many public.
I'm sure if they return any day, they'll get more public!! Be sure that of those 2000 people, probably not even 1/5 knew them :P And people who never listened to them, in the end jumped and enjoyed the show :) It's easy to find people praising their performance even without knowing the band before!!!
It was the best day of my life and for many another fans!
And INKT was incredible nice and took a lot of pics with fans outside the M&G :)
I hope to see them again and I hope so much they can go to another countries too!!!
PS: it was also very nice to see INKT members using fans gifts! INKT/Brazil shirt was a gift from Emili and Sanae, Koki's ring was a gift from Caah, Brazilian flag on Koki's hip was a present from Michelly. (edit) Bracelets were from Joyce (thanks for the reminder, Hyun!)
pic credit: @CameoSugoi
pic from Kei's twitter