ARENA TOUR 2016 A ～MADE IN JAPAN～ [IV]

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I don't think she lip synched anything this time around, even WARNING

[Surreal17]

I love this tour. I haven't felt like this with an Ayu Arena Tour since Power of Music 2011. The setlist is amazing, the chapters work really well together. I usually have some songs that I want out but here I'm ok with almost all of them. until that Day.. is a song that I love but I wasn't too satisfied with the live.
The new arrangements are rich and magic, definitely a must watch section of the tour.
Her vocals are good to great and wow..those high notes!
Favourites : GREEN - FLOWER - rainy day - BRILLANTE - Mad World - Endless Sorrow- Survivor - evolution~SURREAL - vogue - You are the only one

[Aderianu]

I like the fact that ayu use old outfits. She's not a diva who never wear one dress twice

We have thread about this somewhere here...

[SayukiChoco]

Yes, she indeed shouted a little bit more during BRILLANTE in Osaka but it really wasn't that bad. It was still an enjoyable performance. INSPIRE was okay for me concerning the shouting, Endless sorrow was worse. It was alright though.

And what's so special about Cdm? I haven't attended the tour but it didn't seem THAT great to me (maybe her GAME performance). She performed more songs yes but when I look at what it did to her voice at the end of last year I'm glad she chose not singing so much this time.

[luna7996]

Just finished watching and personally I found the first half of the show disappointing (dare I say boring?). I really enjoyed almost everything after Brillante tho. Brillante itself was haunting and beautifull. Fantastic performance for a fantastic song. The whole Brillante-Mad World- Endless Sorrow section was perfection. Evolution was surprisingly nice but tasky, Flower and Survivor deserved better. Overall nice concert but definetly not my fave from her.

[truehappiness]

I think that guy is Ayu's new favorite. He usually does Cirque performances it seems.

[!Lawi!]

I like when she changes the "main" dancers. RnRC was so great for that, when they all came dressed like during their segment at the end!

[rainbow_smile]

Riki used to work at Cirque du soleil actually lol

I think Zin and Lico are Ayu's favourite dancers though

[attractive nausea]

^ Really? I didn't know! That makes me like him even more haaaa.

[Uknow!]

KO and Kazuma are taking Shuya's spot.

I love Kazu and Ayu. Wake me up (ABL), Because of you (AT2010), 1LOVE (AT2015) <-- That one was hot.

[krtman2002]

I attended the final at Yoyogi and the first one in osaka (when she fell during you and me) and the acoustic in Yoyogi was horrible so I enjoyed the osaka one the most.

Even though ayu was out of tune sometimes she sang really well in both concerts. Brillante was stunning and flower too. I'd have preferred she danced during flower but I saw her there as a diva, so I loved that performance too.

It was a great show but still thinking rnrc tour is the best one.

[Ryusei]

Watched the boradcast yesterday and i was positively surprised. I liked the themes of the different sections and she sounded really good. Brillante was def. A highlight for me it looked so spectacular and since the song is so epic it just made the performance even better. She sounded best during MOON and you are the only one imo she nailed these songsI think the only reason why she can never do you were... right is because of crying. those hard to hit notes in the chorus and crying just dont work. Otherwise she would sound totally fine I think and it's one of my fave ayu ballads so i'm glad she sang it.
In conclusion i'd say it's not as good as CdM but then again that's like her best tour ever IMO but it was still a solid 8.5/10 for me. Can't wait to see the unbroadcasted songs too. I wonder what she sounded like during boys & girls because IMO she sounded better during evolution than usually.

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by Ryusei

Watched the boradcast yesterday and i was positively surprised. I liked the themes of the different sections and she sounded really good. Brillante was def. A highlight for me it looked so spectacular and since the song is so epic it just made the performance even better. She sounded best during MOON and you are the only one imo she nailed these songsI think the only reason why she can never do you were... right is because of crying. those hard to hit notes in the chorus and crying just dont work. Otherwise she would sound totally fine I think and it's one of my fave ayu ballads so i'm glad she sang it.
In conclusion i'd say it's not as good as CdM but then again that's like her best tour ever IMO but it was still a solid 8.5/10 for me. Can't wait to see the unbroadcasted songs too. I wonder what she sounded like during boys & girls because IMO she sounded better during evolution than usually.

She shouts the entire chorus of You were... even in the studio version, it's the main reason I just cannot stomach the song. I am the biggest fan of Japanese winter-themed songs (ballads, midtempos, etc.), but You were... was seriously such a letdown for me when it was released. I still can't listen to it - when the chorus hits I always feel like "I need to turn this off." What a vast difference the emotions and thoughts I feel while listening to the magical No way to say. In that case, I'm always thinking "I NEED TO TURN THIS UP~"

[rainbow_smile]

She actually sounded really good in You were... during the quieter chorus (the one after "Yasashikute atataka sugiru omoide ga") at one of the concerts that I attended, so yes, she could totally nail the song if she wanted to.

[js_surrealism]

For me it's definitely not her best tour ever, but it's still miles better than the joke that was Cirque du minuit.

[Refix]

After watching the MC session in CDM, I really hoping LICO and Kazuma came back in this concert MC, they're hilarious to watch!!!

[Cahz-]

Such a good concert, my favorite part is the Japanese section, rainy day and Endless sorrow. An that ever free performance was truly captivating.

[EndOfTheWorld]

After watching the concert I felt very satisfied with everything.
But to be honest, I don't know why people are saying that the vocals have been so edited. I just don't hear it. I usually can tell but this time I can't. It just sounds like a normal live concert recording. I feel like when artist use some kind of edit or processing system, it seems pretty obvious. Overall though, the vocal performances were great to my ears. Not the best ever but pretty damn good

I thought the tracklist was great. Still hoping for a live performance of Mr. Darling and Breakdown at Countdown. I think the whole concert really benefitted from having a slightly shorter tracklist. I mean the Cirque de Minuit FINAL had over 20 songs! My only complaint is Survivor. I don't think it really fit in with Autumn, it just doesn't have the right sound. Especially coming in after the beautiful ever free.

As for the stage designs and everything. I thought it was amazing. I didn't think the stage was too flat. Not all concerts need multiple levels. The stuff with the projector was very nice! It was very gorgeous and at times very immersive. But I felt there were some draw backs to using this method for the screen/video. When the lights were low, it was so immersive and vibrant, but once the lights turned on it just made it very obvious that it was a projection on a screen. It kind of just pulled me out of the experience. I understand that they need to illuminate Ayu so we can see her and her dancers and Ayu need to see where they are going on stage but, I wish they could have found a way to do that without effecting the screen. I'll add pictures to show what I mean.

Overall I really liked everything. The songs, the vocals, the outfits, the stage, and so on. Oddly one of my favorite moments was the ever free part. I thought that was so beautiful and well done. I think this tour is one of my most liked out of the ones from the past few years. Really since Power of Music.

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[Chibi-Chan]

Just watched the tour with a friend who's also an Ayu fan and who I met a few years ago trough ahs. We both agree, this was her weakest show in a long time. Very disappointing. Recyled performance after recycled performance. The only cool thing was the new arrangement for evolution. Oh and vogue was great too.

[truehappiness]

I think she just had a very stripped down vision in mind for this show which was planned from the get go, so it isn't as flashy as previous tours. Despite that, I'd say that from BRILLANTE to ever free may be one of her best sets ever. That shadowplay section was amazing~