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Old 3rd December 2009, 07:13 PM
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As for me, this is my thoughts based on what I've seen so far...

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Pieces of SEVEN: The guitar parts are bit different from originals, very good opening, and so epic, and this intro seems to bring "factorial" or "futuristic" theme i think, but the special screens are a bit weird for me.

Rule: Good opening, and heating up the atmosphere very well, the explosions near the end are also works very well, the only problem for me is, her voice during first verse are somewhat off or something like that, and perhaps too many dancers? She looks really small in the crowd of the dancers i think.

UNITE!: Doesn't flow smoothly from the song before, but seems heating up the atmosphere very well. This song always catch the audience attention, no comments so far for me. Still good enough~

Disco-munication + EnergizE: Nice and Cute screens, and for the performance itself still cannot beat HONEY in AT05 i think, but still good enough, the choreography also very good!

Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~: "WTF?" i was surprised when this song come out after EnergizE, because it flows very well, i didn't expect this performance also containing cute scene or something like that, but it's okay though, in the screen also appears that A Logo doing the choreography, cool~

Load of the SHUGYO + LOVE 'n' HATE: The theme for this screens are... well, a bit scary i think
And, oh no, it's Shu-ya again... The performancce og LOVE 'n' HATE itself doesn't as good as the song i think, some parts of the choreography has a bit similarity with until that Day... from AT07 and (don't) Leave me alone from AT08, i didn't expecting that much from this performance, a kind of boring for me, btw, the screen for the song are good indeed~

identity: At first, i was hoping very much from one of my favorite song in NEXT LEVEL, this song, identity, wonders about choreography and such, but in the end, Ayu x Shu-ya duet? I'm sick of these, even though the performance and her voice are not bad. I'm a bit disappointed after see this performance. No clapping from the audience when the interludes playing too.

In The Corner: Even though i don't like this song, this performance make me love this song. When the intro starts, it remind me Free & Easy from CDL 06-07. Nice decorations, nothing much to say for me, this performance is really cool!

HOPE or PAIN: The intro are awesome, i wonder if they make the song from that intro!
And hey! That's Maro! The intro scene are very cool, but the performance was just good, nothing special except her expression and passion when singing, i loved that.
And yeah, the ending of this performance, awesome!

GREEN: too much expression, because this song doesn't really need it very much i think and this song sounds "off" a bit, in PCDL are better, she just wandering around between that part of the stage which make me think, she run out of idea for this performance, too bad.

Days: I love this song and performance very well, perfect expression and emotion at the same time, nothing much to say anymore~ Very good Indeed! Btw, during short break between GREEN and Days, her costume changed into Pink, doesn't that really fast?
Maybe she wears 2 clothes at the same time?

evolution: Energetic as always, but doesn't catch my interests that much, the one in AT07 seems better, but this time, still good enough for me~

SIGNAL: I didn't remember this song very well even from PCDL one, old song but new vocal, if being compared from the past, this one exactly better, nice performance, nice choreography~

rollin':The break were short, but they changed that fast? It's all the dancers and Ayu herself changed that fast? My first thoughts when the song starts.
The outfit seems...well so-so, not good and not bad. The choreo seems fun and weird at the same time, but easy to remember. She forgot the lyrics also!
The lalalala parts in the first verse were just a bit funny followed by her movements are just a dumb
Anyway, this is also one of the best performance i think~

Sparkle: Catchy as always even the chorography~
This song really catch the audience attention, maybe because the choreography and Ayu acts. Her vocals seems softer than rollin' but still good enough~
Another one of the best performance~

Bridge to the sky + NEXT LEVEL: A symbolic chair and a photo album, does make sense, and the chair into the screen, also the white theme, are perfect enough for this song, her vocals are good, but seems a bit off, anyway, i loved the choreography at the end, using the featherly fan (?) something like that~


Between AT08 and AT09, it seems they have a bit similarity if i compared this:
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Depend on you - Fly high = EnergizE - Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~
Load of the SHUGYO - LOVE 'n' HATE - identity = (dont') Leave me alone - decision - my name's WOMEN
Just my opinion, AT09 is better, NEXT LEVEL has many interludes as GUILTY did, i think they made that because of the concerts, a lot of interludes were use during the break, maybe to made the concerts theme flows smoothly as the screen story, but i don't now the true reason yet.
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