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Anyway, let's get on with the report!
(For report on LIVE HOME 2022 Road 01 at Hyogo, go [here]!)
(For report on LIVE HOME 2022 Road 05 at Saitama, go [here]!)
(For report on LIVE HOME 2022 Road 09 at Aichi, go [here]!)
(For report on LIVE HOME 2022 Road 10 at Aichi, go [here]!)
Goods
Went around for the mandatory live stand photo with the added Saitama 2nd day sign.
Before the concert
So the insanely amazing seats saga continues! We owe tonight's fabulous seats, which were not only close to the main stage but by the middle stage way as well, to my friend @Kaze who unfortunately couldn't be here to make use of these magical seats and as such this report will be dedicated to him!
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01. New Sensation
24. No Limit
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| Took the opportunity to visit the Sailor Moon Museum before tonight's concert! |
Outfit #1
Cowgirl
MC1
Tadaima! Nana declares she's home! She has returned to Saitama! She mentions again tonight that she wanted to include Saitama in the tour, since that’s where she restarted lives earlier this year with LIVE RUNNER. Nana also mentions that she started with typical encore songs to make us feel like we’ve come home too.
And Spiral also hit differently when we were right there, so watching Nana sing it kinda put me in a hyperfocus like trance. And that's where my woes for the evening began... since my resting bitch face game is strong.... ^^;; I snapped out of it, alarmed that if Nana or anyone happened to look my way they'd think I was having a bad time and tried my best to actively smile instead.... but it'd always slip away once I got really into a song. orz
Cherry Boys -showcase
I always tell myself I will try and catch more of these... but then I never do! Kado-D I remember every time since he's the first and this time his "this or that?" question was "Fate or Tsubasa?" to which he answered Tsubasa. Fire's is always food related I feel, though I can't remember what it specifically was. xD Kojiro was asked "Nishikawa or Takeda?" (as in which one has the better muscles, T.M.Revolution or Shinji Takeda lol) and he once again answers "Mishima" (aka Mishi-P). xD Then Ryotan kinda messed up the question to Kenny and Kenny takes the chance to not let him finish and instead just declares "Number 1!" already. Ryotan finishes off by saying that he of course prefers Fate.
MC2
Mawatte time! Nana is laughing that she is basically mawatte'ing already when she was turning around on the middle stage asking if we wanted a mawatte. Today’s mou ikkai is with Ryotan, because Nana could hear him giving his all on the Cheribo song. Ryotan says she should talk to Itaruvic too for some fun puns. Itaruvic says he always just makes the same pun in Saitama. Saitamaman? Idk, I didn't really catch it. D: Nana comments on how Kojiro has been replying "Mishi-P" these both nights. She wonders why he picked Mishi-P tonight though, since Nishikawa and Shinji are so buff and Mishi-P is quite the opposite. He’s been losing weight so she is worried. Then she mentions Shinji being here last night and that he lifted his shirt and was showing his abs to everyone and all that.
Then it's special corner time! Nana goes through all the previous songs in the corner so far again. Tonight it will be the first song Nana wrote herself! Tsubasa wo Hirogete!
08. つばさをひろげて
Not sure if I had heard this before, probably not! Definitely feels very early Nana and the lyrics are quite simple to what she'd do these days. I managed to dig it up from Niconico in case anyone would like to have a listen to it as well:
This song is from before Nana joined King Records. She tells us she wrote it when she was 19. Nana says there’s some weird phrasing in there that she wouldn’t use anymore so you could say it’s a good way to see how far she has come since then. She then tells us that it's time to return to present day.
Team Yo-Da -showcase
Finally I think I've managed to describe pretty much everything about this in previous reports without missing any more bits, phew!
MC3
Nana talks about the Persona connection throughout a bunch of things. As I was thinking, one of them was indeed the casino vibe. The outfit she is currently wearing is inspired by her character and Joker was of course connected to MARIA&JOKER. And then the car was her and the gang on their way to steal some hearts. Then it’s time for Nana's usual car talk - today it shows up on stage with a big Nanette wearing a cowboy hat on the driver’s seat and Nana is like ???? was there a big Nanette like that ever as part of the goods or something?? She says how her team made the Nanallac from scratch, but paid so much attention to even the little details like adding the Nanallac logo after she gave it that name in Hyogo.
She also tells us about conquering all 47 prefectures finally! She goes into this story of having taken a shower at the venue in Ibaraki before the bus ride back, since it’s a sports venue and had some showers and all, and then after leaving she got a LINE from her stylist and she was like oh that’s rare and thought her stylist was going to congratulate her for the 47 prefectures, but instead her stylist was like “hey you forgot your underwear” and Nana tells everyone to always remember to take their underwear with them lol. Tmi maybe? xD
Next it’s time for the only ballad. Nana says her songs are mostly about giving everyone a strong push on the back, but since everyone has been through a lot these past couple of years she made this song more with the image of her gently holding our hand and going forward one step at a time.
Family Sitcom - insert movie
Sugita and Nana again, but this time Sugita is the mom and dad + also one of the buff guys. The Nana son and Sugita mom talk about how they first “met” when doing Basilisk but didn’t actually have a chance to talk yet. They also of course make some Persona 5 jokes.
This time it ends with one of Nana's well-known Tsubasa lines「話はベッドで訊かせてもらう」
(=Hanashi wa beddo de kikasete morau) which literally means "I'll listen to what you wanna say in bed" but was used with the nuance of "I'll hear what you wanna say after I defeat you"... though with Tsubasa it could honestly mean either. xD
MC4
Nana talks about the sitcom as usual. I kinda felt like she was looking at me when she started kinda like she was worried about what us overseas fans might think of it xD so I gave her a slight nod of approval. She praises Sugita’s work saying he inserted a little bit of many of his roles in there. She also explains that she picked Sugita for this weekend since he is from Saitama. Nana says to look forward to who appears for Sendai and then Nagoya and that hopefully all the versions will be included in the Bluray since they are honestly all quite different.
She says the usual about next song and how it encompasses all her feelings from the pandemic.
Oh and another surprise for tonight! Apassionato! Nana went to the middle stage for it, which meant that we were looking at her back for most of it. Luckily Cheribos were there along the way to the mid stage facing the sides to keep us company... though I did kinda keep having my eyes drawn to her shoes since the heels she always sports are insane!
When ETERNAL BLAZE started up, Nana whirled around and started heading back towards the main stage and I am pretty sure she glanced our way and kinda smiled too. Ahhhh~! :3 Also it's been a while being this close to the stage where you can actually feel the heat from the stage flames when they burst up.
MC5
And then, it's time for last song. Nana says that the time just feels like it goes so fast since she was waiting for this for so long. She really awaits the day when we don’t have to mask up anymore (though still take care of your vaxxes!) for lives and thanks us for being there even in the midst of all the uncertainties and she hopes the day will come when everyone who couldn’t be there tonight will be able to be here again for lives. She is literally zenryoku dreaming (=dreaming with all she's got) for that day. And hence....
20. 全力DREAMER
I've kept saying every report pretty much how this was a good finisher for the live even if it wasn't one of my top favs from the new album, and honestly the more and more she explains about it each time the more I am feeling the feels she wants us to be associating with it. So I guess, it is winning me over more and more?
Encore!
MC6
SHASSU! Nana says how because of the shassu-call she always has a chance to talk about smile gang here. They've already passed 1000 episodes? But didn’t get to do anything special to celebrate the occasion, so they are trying to think of something to do soon. Then next it’s time to aim for 2000 eps!
Nana mentions how she wrote the next song based on how being back on stage felt to her in January for LIVE RUNNER.
And before I knew it, it was time for the actual last song. Nana mentions the usual about how its about her wishes for us to be able to get back to well, no limits.
24. No Limit
And once again, we have reached the limit of this limitlessly joyful time. (T^T) It really is just never enough.....
After all the thank yous, greetings and whatnot Nana tells everyone to change their masks to a clean one and wipe the sweat from our faces etc, essentially telling us to take care of ourselves in all the small ways we can.
And that's that for the fun and intense weekend - thanks Saitama! Till we meet again!
And the next stop will be..... Nagoya!
Looking forward to seeing Nanallac, and thank you for finding the song for the special corner! I need to put some time aside to listen to all those songs. And that tmi MC... LOL Nana!
ReplyDeleteP.S. The Sailor Moon Museum pictures look great! When will Japan open... T.T