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30 december 2008

one of my most eventful days in year 2008. sadly.

met up with my mom and my sister, and Edmund, at Shibuya’s Kobeya. talked about his stay in Japan, film festivals, his newest short film and such.

at 3pm, we split up - my sister and i stayed in Shibuya in search of a Softbank store. time to repair my mobile phone. it shuts down and restarts every minute, and restarts whenever i want to send a message. we thought we had enough time before the Ohmiya concert hall’s doors open (5pm).

but it turned out that an hour wasn’t enough. we wasted some time walking around the display section, and finally queued up at 3.30pm. the notice board said, “expected wait time: 60 minutes”. ……………sigh. in the end we waited till 4.40pm. dashed out of Softbank at 5pm.

by the way the concert’s called ｢ニコニコ年忘れ大感謝祭2008～Music2.0の息吹～｣ and it’s held at the big hall of Ohmiya Sonic City. we reached at 6pm, and half of the event goods were sold out. 1,600 people crowded around the entrance waiting for the concert to start, including some of the Niconico Artists like… Jigiru, Zekkyouken, etc…

the 2^nd floor seats were quite empty. actually, only the first 3 or 4 rows were filled. good view (didn’t have to use the binocular because there was a huge screen above the stage), although 1^st floor looked much more alive and fun. the image is something like this…

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*scream* *mroarr* *aaaah* 　s i l e n t 　g a i j i n 　t e a m 　*silence* sis me *silence*

*scream* *mroarr* *aaaah* *silence* *silence* old lady *s i l e n c e* gomu

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*chaos* *chaos* *chaos* *chaos* *chaos* *chaos* *chaos* *chaos* *chaos* *chaos*

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S T A G E

umm yeah, i was obviously the noisiest person on the right side. the guys on both sides were uber silent and stone’d it looked as if they were watching a TV documentary. i was so pressured that i couldn’t stand up and cheer for even a split second. the lady sitting next to gomu (he came after his session ended) kept turning back and staring at us. they must have thought that i was very extreme and high. but isn’t that the point of a “band concert”? compared to those downstairs, we 2F residents were like moqsuitoes… and yes, there were middle-aged audiences everywhere, and also a group of foreigners sitting quietly, right at the center.

speaking of foreigners. someone came all the way from San Fransisco for this concert. dang, we Southeast Asians lost. lol…

did i mention our camera was confiscated at the entrance? neways, here’s the song list…

1^st Stage - 海闘使馬馬ゴ縞兎 (kai-tou-shi-ba-ba-..go-shima-usagi??)

vocalists: gomu, zebra, usako

band: kaizokuou, toukon, shito, ogunya, nakamura ine

1. Omoide wa Okusenman - can’t miss this if it’s gomu’s concert. you can find this song even in karaoke.

2. World is Mine - hatsune miku’s song. told ya they’ll sing this.

3. Time Signal - hatsune miku’s song. 1,600 people’s cheerful “NI~CONICO DOUGA!!” shoutout was awesome.

4. you - a beautiful song from Higurashi. super zebra time *drools*

5. Black Rock Shooter - hatsune miku’s song.

2^nd Stage - 嫉妬厨 (shittochuu)

vocalists: yuge, yonji, yamadan, sekihan

band: prkr, sandai, tissue-shi, ogunya, akai ryuusei

1. We Are! - one of the opening themes from One Piece.

2. Dancing Samurai - kamui gakupo’s song.

3. CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA - the hint was “national anime song” so i thought it’s gonna be Kyojin no Hoshi hahahahaha… turned out it’s Dragonball.

4. Makka na Chikai - opening theme of Busou Renkin.

5. Koi no Minoru Densetsu - from… Lucky Star?

6. Airman ga Taosenai - a Rockman song. can’t miss this too if you have yamadan.

3^rd Stage - absorb

is it just me being over-sensitive or there weren’t many absorb fans that day? i know there are a lot of anti-absorb in niconico because absorb had their “major debut”, thus not “one of them” anymore. then again, most of their songs are original, and a lot of us didn’t know how to sing along… i knew only window, sakura and fire flower.

1. missing

2. window

3. Sakura no Ame - perfect song for graduation.

4. Fire◎Flower - kagamine rin’s song.

5. Bless You

4^th Stage - 王族バンド (ouzoku band)

vocalists: piko, puriko

band: kaizokuou, [TEST], tissue-hime, intel ouji, akai ryuusei

1. Kira★Kira - opening theme of Kira★Kira. puriko has a nice voice, but it’s too squeaky that i went deaf for a sec…

2. Seikan Hikou - insert song of Macross Frontier. 1,600 “kira★” poses was fun to watch. oh wait, i forgot the dude beside me was stone’d all the while.

3. Butter-fly - opening theme of Digimon. this is when piko came in *kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa*

4. Koi wa Sensou - hatsune miku’s song. the megaphone part (after 1^st chorus) was cool. piko kakkokawaii……

5. Lion - another song from Macross Frontier.

6. God Knows… - famous song from Haruhi.

Encore

vocalists, band: everyone

1. TRUTH - guitar duet of kaizokuou and [TEST]. kakkoii!!

2. Melt - hatsune miku’s song. as expected LOL. piko and sekihan stuck with each other when singing the song *kya*

list of songs that can be found in youtube:

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to me, it was like a mass karaoke session, because i barely stopped singing (shouting) throughout the concert (apart from Time Signal, missing and Bless You, which i’m not that familiar with). unfortunately we were at 2F so we didn’t get any souvenirs. but we saw tissue-hime’s smile on the screen, was very pretty *shy*… and piko was carried by 3 guys (someone said he got kissed by Jigiru but i didn’t see it). then, kaizokuou, toukon and shito threw their guitar picks into the crowd, and also lost their T-shirts.

and so the concert ended. while my sister looked for her confiscated camera, i attempted (but failed miserably) to queue up for signature. which was impossible. i was just a metre away from zebra but the crowd was just… whoah. so i gave up, grabbed my sister, and we headed for the train station. my sister missed her golden opportunity to take a picture of tissue-shi, who materialized right beside her (some 30cm away from her). we saw sandai right in front of us too, but he got ambushed by this team of crazy fangirls. one of the girls was so touched she gave him a bear hug and squashed him. we couldn’t wait till we see piko and sekihan and the other guitarists, because it was already 10pm (had to catch the train fast before it’s overwhelmed by nicochu’s).

it was an hour’s journey to Hotel Komaba Eminence. Ohmiya - Shibuya - Komaba Toudai-mae. got out of the wrong exit, wandered for a bit, bought some food at the conbini, and finally arrived at the hotel. i had an assignment due 31^st Dec (yes, New Year’s Eve!) so i was supposed to sleep immediately after supper and return home early in the morning. but we were too excited even a few hours after the concert… in the end, i had only 3 or 4 hours of sleep.

crap, this report is effing long.

(to be continued…)