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@ noidea: It's kinda hard to explain... and, no, we haven't seen it in pictures yet, because either Maro and Midoring are in it, or Ayu and Shu-ya are on top of it. But, remember the carousel-thing that appeared during Marionette last year? It's just like that, except without the fancy technical stuff, only with curtains on the side. It's green during "GREEN" and pink during "Days".

So... I also went to tonight's concert. I went with KillTime111 and Calico. I got incredibly better seats this time. I was in section C2, in seat 58, which is basically the fifth row, and the seats closer to the middle. I was about maybe 30-50 feet from the center stage. AYU LOOKS EVEN BETTER UP CLOSE!!!

During Rule, right before the last chorus, some fireworks shot up from the main stage. Also, right before the last chorus in identity, a firework was shot at the top of the stage.

Both EnergizE and rollin' have their own little dances. The EnergizE "dance" is more of a specific way of clapping during the "Put your hands up together" parts. The rollin' dance is very interesting. The first part is doing this wave-like thing with your arms and hands, and then in the second part, there's this moving you do around your head. I didn't see many people doing the second part yesterday, but I saw a lot more people doing it today.

Here's a better description of the HOPE or PAIN intro: Ayu appears to be alone at first, with snow falling around her. Maro suddenly appears, and they do this walk-thing, very similar to the walk that Ayu and that guy did in the TW... video. It starts to rain, and Ayu and Maro are hugging. (I have to admit, they both looked very good right there XD) Midoring appears on stage and does a dance. Soon Maro appears, and in the video, Ayu is crying. It's like she's looking right into you as she cries. Maro disappears, and Ayu appears, with Midoring behind her. They do similar movements.

During HOPE or PAIN, towards the end, when Midoring is on the stage behind Ayu, Maro is still at the end of the catwalk, on the center stage. Maro turns around, and starts dashing for Ayu. She just stands there, and he runs right past her and over to Midoring.

She also acted very goofy today during rollin'. She made quite a few faces and would dance in a funky way sometimes. It was very funny.

The beginning of the MC was a bit different, too. During the beginning of the A part, there was a notice that basically said, "See you in October!" Subaru and Zin came out, and they made Ayu introduce her dog, Maron! He was so cute! Ayu tried to make him talk, but he just kissed her face. Everyone was going "Aww!" He's a big of a large dog, and Ayu even joked about that as she picked him up. When Subaru and Zin were talking afterwards, Ayu kept messing with her nose. She said she could only smell dog! It was really funny, because the camera kept focusing on her messing with her nose.

They also played a new game today. I don't know the name of it, but there are six players, and three teams of two: Ayu and Shu-ya, Maro and Zin, and Enrique and Yo-chan. Ayu introduced Maro and Shu-ya, and Maro was carrying Shu-ya out via a piggyback ride. Enrique and Yo-chan were also introduced, and they were wearing sunglasses like the ones Ayu wears during rollin'. They also did the Sparkle dance, which made everyone laugh. The game goes like this: One word appears on the screen (in Japanese), and one person has to act out the word while the other guesses. (I guess this is like charades, haha.) They either pass or continue on until they get it right, and they switch places. Maro and Zin go first. They did okay. Ayu and Shu-ya go next. When they came up, everyone started screaming, saying things like "AYU!" and "GANBATTE!" (Of course, I just said, "GO AYU!" lol) Ayu and Shu-ya did really good! When it came to Enrique and Yo-chan, they said, "We don't want to play anymore" but they ended up playing, and they also did really well! So, it was basically now sudden death, between AyuxShu-ya and EnriquexYo-chan. They only had two words to guess, and to win, they had to actually guess the words, and in the quickest time. Ayu and Shu-ya took a little bit longer than Enrique and Yo-chan, so Yo-chan and Enrique were the winners!

There wasn't really anything else different about the performances tonight, except Ayu used her cute-sy / high-pitched voice less tonight.