Okay, so the concert isn't very fresh in my head, but here's what I can remember:
Sun Plaza in Nakano was very easy to find, thankfully. I went over at 3pm and lined up outside in the rain to get some goods:
For the record, I didn't see a single foreigner there, only Japanese people, so I felt a little out of place.
After about 45 minutes I bought my goods, then I went off to wander around then came back at around 5:15pm. They had this little thing set up:
I didn't want to ask someone to take a picture of me though so I went without. The foyer was really packed, and later on in the concert I couldn't see a single spare seat. I had no idea where my seat was, it was labelled row 0, seat 50. I was like, wth? So I asked this random salaryman if he knew where it was, he had no idea either, so he took me to one of the staff and they had a conversation in Japanese, then the salaryman took me into the venue and showed me to my seat. I would have been totally lost without him, I was soooo grateful! Here's where I was sitting:
3 rows from the stage. I died!! At 6pm the lights went down and the band came out. All the audience would have been content to sit, but the guitarist motioned for everyone to stand up so we, then Maaya came out and we all cheered. She looked amazing, so cute and womanly at the same time. She was wearing a black dress that had these really vivid sunburst designs, and she was wearing this blue feather collar/should pads that were kind of strange. And sneakers. She opened up with Triangler and the whole crowd was dancing and clapping, it was so energetic. Here's the setlist:
1. Triangler
2. DOWN TOWN
3. Spica
4. Ame ga Furu
5. Okaerinasai
6. More than Words (had screens in the background, really amazing)
7. Praline
8. Kimi ni ai ni Ikou
9. Pilot
10. Saigo no Kajitsu (was performed with only a piano accompanying)
11. Bike (right in the middle, Maaya left for about 3 minutes then came back with a costume change. I don't really remember what her second outfit was, sorry!)
12. Buddy
13. action!
14. Private Sky (we all sang the "you be my boyfriend, I'll be your girlfriend" part, so much fun!)
15. Get No Satisfaction!
16. Magic Number
17. Kazemachi Jet (there was a dance!! Very easy to learn and we all danced with Maaya!)
18. Nekoze
19. Loop
20. Pocket wo kara ni shite (we all sang along here, I cried
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ENCORE
21. Mistubachi to Kagakusha
22. Yakusoku wa Iranai
23. Dekoboko March (Tairetsu wa Kimi ni Tsuzuku)
The last song was amazing, possibly my favourite part of the night, Maaya and her band walked down into the aisle and marched along like a marching band, she was waving her own flag like a banner and her musicians and singers followed her. When she got back to the stage, she had us all singing the "lah-lah-lah-lah-lah part while she sang the rest of the song. When she first walked down into the aisle she was 2 metres away from me, I smiled and waved at her and she smiled back at me briefly, I died once again.
At the end she waved goodbye to us all and threw her flag into the audience. It landed nowhere near me, of course. I could see she had signed the back as well, I would have given anything to catch her flag!!
I have to say, all the fast energetic songs had everyone dancing and clapping. There was a woman in her 40's or so next to me, and next to her I think was her husband, he must have been pushing 50 or so, and he was constantly dancing along to every single song that he could. Everyone had so much power and energy, I was really surprised.
I was sneaky and took a pic of the stage at the end:
It finished at around 9pm, so it was 3 solid hours, actually longer than the Ayu concert I attended the night before. It was truly a once in a lifetime experience, I'm so grateful I got my ticket randomly on YAJ and ended up in the 3rd row. There are just no words to fully describe Maaya's voice live, she has so much power and strength in her voice, there was NO audible issues or wavering anywhere, she was just totally perfect.
When my stuff arrives (I had to send them home via EMS) I will take pics of my goodies and everything that came with them. Sorry if my review isn't very detailed, but its been 2 weeks since the concert and most of the finer details have faded from my memory.
