Ok here are my thoughts on the performances. The bolded ones are the performances I enjoyed the most.. which is basically most of them
I am... - The intro with the drums was alright, kind of long.. I don't like how she reused the AT02 screen for the beginning, but I loved the fire and her VOICE. In some parts the sound seems weird though, where I can't hear her very well. Other than that I loved this.
Moments - YESS! I knew she could pull this off, this whole performance was so beautiful. I really think she has been focusing on her voice a lot more lately and I notice an improvement from last years CDL and AT09.
STEP you - LOL that outfit.. I actually really enjoyed this performance though, one of the reasons is because it sounds LIVE. Usually most of her STEP you performances seem lip synched, but this one it sounds like she's singing it live and doing a good job, and I think that's what she's doing. I kind of like the alice in wonderland theme now though seeing it in action.
EnergizE - Again, I think this was sung live which I wasn't expecting. I LOVE this performance WAY more than the one at AT09!! It was so cute, SHE was so cute.
About you - I never liked this song, BUT, I have to say the parts that she added, her signature "wow yeah" parts make the song so much better for me. She really rocked that stage and her voice was good. I think I'm warming up to the song now.
momentum - I love her use of Maro instead of Shuya, and Midoring too! I'd much rather see them act out the "lost love" thing instead of Ayu from now on. Ayu looked so pretty in that dress and I love the way she moved around the stage. There were some off moments with her vocals but she did better than I expected. You can tell she's trying her best.
You were... - Yay for a FULL live of this song! I hated the way they cut the intro in the TV lives. I kept thinking "where is shuya?" in the performance and expected him to pop out somewhere but he didn't! I LOVED it! It was just ayu singing and her vocals were great. What a beautiful performance.
Pride - OMG, this is so much better than Pride at AT06 where her voice was just SO bad. I expected her voice to be as bad as AT06 or worse, but she did WAY better. Idk, I think there were too many dancers on stage and it looked a bit too crowded.
INSPIRE - Oh my god I loved this lol, her dancing was so funny/cute, one of my favorite INSPIRE performances, definitely.
Because of you - Ahh her voice is pretty bad here
I do love the beginning though with her singing on the ground, I really like the whole idea of that so I don't mind the recycling here. It's a shame about her voice though, she really was off a lot.
1LOVE - She sounds SO good! And I think she's actually singing live for this one too. I loved this performance even though she has done it several times before. Something about this one seems different, it seems like she isn't trying so hard in it or something, she's just being herself.
until that Day... - SEXY, awesome, ETC. My favorite performance of until that Day... for sure. LOVED it.
Video thing before the countdown - ayu behind the scenes looked so cute! I loved watching this!
Humming 7/4 - The flags and drums were cool for this performance, and ayu owns the stage as usual. I wish I was there, this is such a fun crowd song. She messed up in some parts but it's Humming 7/4, so it's not a big deal. I love how she was just running around the stage, and the dancers didn't follow her.
evolution - She needs to improve on singing this song live or retire it IMO, it reminded me of the best artist performance with some very slight improvements. But the energy was great.
Startin' - She did really good with this song, much better than evolution, maybe because it suits her current voice better. Very good performance. I want to sing the "la la la la la la la" parts now lol
teddy bear - I love this song so much, and she did a good job singing it. I teared up when she put her head on the teddy bear.
Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~ - I LOVE this song and it's so great live, I hope she continues singing it again and again, it could replace evolution or something. I loved this live version of it <3 Her little messup was funny.
Boys & Girls - I always love this song live, and this performance was great and full of energy as usual
I loved when she banged on the floor lol
RED LINE ~for TA~ - This is a nice song to end her concerts with, I wonder if it will replace "MY ALL", I wouldn't mind. Another great performance.
Overall I enjoyed this CDL very much. Something seems different about this one.. it seems like it's just ayu being ayu, there's no overacting for anything and i didn't suspect any lip synching, and I really love that. She did mess up vocally in some songs, but most of them she did a really good job imo and I notice an improvement in her voice. Most of the time she toned down the yelling and didn't use too much vibrato. She just needs to work on staying in key. Anyway, I'm going to be watching a lot of these performances over and over again. Very good job ayu!