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Originally Posted by maikaru
I was watching A Museum recently, and a lot of her power and performance style comes from her eyes in the earlier tours. Here, she has the same eyes almost for the entire show. I don't FEEL anything from them, whereas when she was younger, her eyes conveyed everything. I think that's what's changed. I dunno. I found myself kind of fast forwarding through a lot. But she put a lot of time and effort into this, I can see that... I just wish I could connect with her again... ahhhh. This is frustrating that I can't watch what you guys are watching. Like I mean, a good solid performance. This is just really "Meh..." to me.
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I do agree with the general sentiment that she seems "checked out", CDL1314 felt that way to me too until we got to the Love song performance. I think the contacts she wears might be part of it too. There's something about them that definitely lessens how much emotion shows through her eyes.
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Originally Posted by Tom Punks
I felt underwhelmed with the concert, too. It was just... a whole lot of nothing until she finally seemed to liven up a little in the last 20-25 minutes. But by then, I was so bored I ended up tuning the rest out, which is a shame because NOW & 4EVA was the song I looked forward to the most.
I'm disappointed because the concert looked great from the previews and I expected to enjoy it as much as I did the past few concerts, but it was just so underwhelming. Nothing really happened, there was no real performance or set pieces, it was sort of just her standing there on stage with people dancing around her for two hours, lol. And... that works for some songs, but not for an entire concert.
The highlight for me was Angel, but even there I thought the execution could have been a lot better.
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Originally Posted by Miltonic
^ I felt the same way, she really did seem like she just did what she had to get done with the show. I began to feel her presence on NOW & 4EVA and the last few songs though. I think Ayu is really at point that she keeps doing this for her fans even though she herself might not want to anymore...
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Technically speaking, the concert was great. It was fun to see some things she never did before, and I was *so* proud of the way she pulled off the tissue dance, though she looked a little bit stiff at some parts. (Probably nerves, and I can't blame her for that.)
But I feel the same way you guys do. There's a marked difference between her performance in this tour (and, to an extent, the past couple years) and her earlier shows where it just feels like she's missing that spark she had. You can see it, or the lack of it, in her eyes. And even in this tour, during the last few songs when she really did start to get into it more...even THEN you can tell that she is actually enjoying herself, and it really stands out when you compare it to how she acted through the first 'act' of this concert.
Something else that really stood out to me this time was the 'choreography'. And I don't mean the dance routines, I mean...it just seemed like every single move that Ayu made was choreographed, be it lifting her hand at one point, or flipping her hair there, and it made it look so rehearsed and kind of stale. (NEVER EVER and Because of You particularly come to mind.) I don't really think I'm doing a good job of explaining myself. But I will also say that I largely prefer seeing her shows that are NOT filmed for the DVD, as she doesn't go quite so over-the-top with her acting. I think she definitely hams it up for the cameras at the final performance, and it's almost always to her detriment because she tends to overdo it and look absolutely ridiculous. It's been a problem for the past 5 or 6 years I think but, especially with Rock'n'Roll Circus, it's become extremely noticeable...and distracting.
ETA: Oh, thank god Koh stepped in to fill the I-love-Ayu-and-she's-over-there-crying-because-we-can't-be-together role now that Shuya's gone! I was worried for a while there.
I swear to god, if we never see another performance like that it'll be too soon.