Get Together☆🎵

Yes... I had to take a pic of my biases together. XD

The interesting thing about this event was that when you apply for tickets, you can apply for a Karasuno seat or a Shiratorizawa seat. From the audience’s point of view, half of the left side is all Karasuno seats and the right half is all Shiratorizawa seats. I had a Shiratorizawa seat.

The event started with a picture of chibi Shiratorizawa team talking followed by Karasuno. They basically say that we should cheer them on. It was nice to see the left side with a lot of orange penlights and the right side with a lot of purple penlights.

Then Burnout Syndrome came out and sang the third season opening: “Hikari Are.” Then they sang Fly High. I really love that song!! They were so cool!!!

After that, all of the seiyuu came out one by one in their respective team’s shirts (Karasuno wore bright orange and Shiratorizawa wore purple) that were sold at the venue. Karasuno seiyuu came out first. They were fairly normal. I remember Ishikai jumped when he came out. When Shiratorizawa came out, it was like bam! LOL Tosshi came out without glasses and did a pose with both his hands above his head, arms folded against one another (I believe this is Shirabu’s pose on the visual). He was wearing mustard yellow pants. When Subaru was coming out, he looked like he was about to come out but went past the entrance backstage. LOL

The order from left to right was Soma, Ucchi, Ishikai, Ayumu, Takeuchi, Subaru, Shinba and Tosshi.

Each of the seiyuu gave an introduction.

For Soma’s introduction, he went “Tsukki!!!” Of course… he did that. xD Then he did a call and response. (Call and response is very common in self introductions). He said, “When I say ‘Gomen ne (Sorry)!!’ please say, “Tsukki!” And we did it. xDDD

Ishikai stumbled over his introduction LOOOL. xD

Karasuno sorta “bullied” Shiratorizawa by mentioning that they won a lot (referring to the Karasuno vs Shiratorizawa match). All of the Shiratorizawa seiyuu started throwing a tantrum by stomping their feet and looking frustrated. Hahaha. XD

Subaru got shorts that came down to his knee and matched his T-shirt. Someone commented that he looked like a crayon. Subaru also did a call and response. I believe it’s his catchphrase. He said, “When I say this, say that!” He didn’t even say the lines because we should know it and we said something with “kokoro.”

For Shinba’s self intro, it’s apparently his first time ever attending an official seiyuu event! He’s so cute! He did a call and response and went, “Hajimemashite! (Nice to meet you!)” And we said it back. Someone commented that Shinba can only say that once because it’s his first event ever. XD (And saying “Nice to meet you” would be strange.) Shinba wore the complete Shiratorizawa jersey (jacket and pants) and said that he wears it to his recordings too. <333 How cute is that? XD

For Tosshi’s self intro, he said, “I am Shirabu Kenjiro.” LOOOL. XD Eventually he suddenly said, “When Ushijima (Takeuchi) says, “Right!” we turn right and when he says, “Left!” we turn left. LOL So Takeuchi started saying, “Right, left, front, and “wave” and the other Shiratorizawa members did it as if they were in the army with their backs straight and hands to their sides. XD This was when I thought, man… Shiratorizawa seiyuu are so crazy but so interesting and fun! They get along so well!

Then I think… it was this part but both teams chose a “leader.” Karasuno chose Ayumu and Shiratorizawa chose Takeuchi. They both went to the front and greeted us and put their hands in the air while saying their names and so on. Shiratorizawa had their hands over their hearts while this was happening.

Then they had us do the cheer that the fans do in the bleachers in the anime. Ishikai led the Karasuno side of the audience. Fans had to say, “Go go Karasuno, Push push Karasuno!” That side did a practice round and because Ishikai is a strict teacher, he went,” That was only 20 points,” and had them do it again XD Subaru led the Shiratorizawa side. (I couldn’t remember how the chant went for Shiratorizawa but eventually got the hang of it). Shiratorizawa fans go, “Shiii, ratorizawa!” And clap three times, then once, and then twice. XD It was really fun doing the chant.

After that, they left the stage for the staff members to set up the stage.

For the Haikyuu!! event, there were five sets, as if they were playing a volleyball match in the finals (think Karasuno vs Shiratorizawa match). The MC said that there will be a chance to make a comeback in the end, Someone went, “Is it really okay to say that already?” And another commented, “So even if we are in the lead, the opponent in the fifth set can suddenly make a comeback?” Basically implying that all their hard work from the first to the fourth seat won’t even make a difference. XD This is really common though. xD The winning team wins high-quality and expensive meat tickets (not exactly coupons…but you get what I mean)!

First Set: Best Scene

Each character had a best scene. The results were based on the fans votes for the best scene for each character. This was actually an online survey that fan could vote on. Then the seiyuu who voiced that character talks about it. 1st place gets 3 points for their team and the top 2 to 5 get 1 point for their team.

The MC announced the top five, from number five to number 1.

5. Ushijima scene where he goes, “Like Tendo always says, “Nottekita.”

4. Hinata scene where it looks like he grew a pair of wings.

3. Shirabu scene where he’s focused on giving his all for Ushijima.

2. Kageyama scene where he failed to get the ball and Tendo tried to provoke him but it didn’t work.

1. The obvious number 1 was, of course, the Tsukki scene where he yells. During this scene, Soma screamed, “Tsukki!!!!” It was super adorable. XD

The MC asked the seiyuu/characters that weren’t in the top five about their thoughts. Shinba was so cute when he said, “Oh, I was shocked that I wasn’t up there…” He said it all genuinely and like a kicked puppy, all disappointed. Asldk XD Ishikai said Tendo was basically in every best scene shown and had the most lines in there too! At one point, he imitated Tendo’s moves. Subaru also talked about how he was a test recording or something (they kept saying test.. not sure what that means) and he wasn’t sure how he was supposed to sing his signature little song with heart breaking in the lyrics. He had read the manga and everything but he wasn’t given any direction as to how to do it. Apparently the director just left the song up to him. He could do it however he wanted. And this was how it ended up. Subaru wondered if how he did the song fit the character and we clapped (meaning it really did!).

At this point, Karasuno was in the lead, 5-2.

Second Set: Ball Control

Each team chooses one member to represent them. That person has to hold 4 volleyballs (the balls are HUGE) first and the other members add a ball and hold all of them for five seconds (the au before another ball is added. If the person drops the ball, then it’s over. The person gets the number of points equal to the number of balls he manages to hold.

Karasuno went up first and Ishikai got chosen. Ishikai only got to a total of 6 or 7 before a ball slipped from his arms. Ayumu apologized to him saying it was his fault. When he placed an additional ball, that was when Ishikai dropped the balls.

Shiratorizawa team took off their jackets to prove that they were serious about winning. Takeuchi was chosen for Shiratorizawa and he suddenly laid down!!! Karasuno went, “Wait, is that even allowed??” And the MC said it was okay as long as the balls don’t touch the ground. Takeuchi managed to get to a total of 12 balls!!! It was really amusing seeing the balls on his body.

Someone suggested that Ishikai do it again except laying down this time and the MC said that was fine but he would get no points for doing it. Ishikai reluctantly did it and held 15!! Ishikai said that he couldn’t even keep track of how many balls were being placed on him and Takeuchi said that once they put a ball on your face, then all is lost (like you can’t think anymore). XD

Third Set: Quiz

They show a scene and then ask a question relating to the scene. Karasuno and Shiratorizawa has to write down the answer on the sketchbook provided. Both teams were given one sketchbook so each team had to work together to come up with an answer. Let me tell you, Shiratorizawa team was overall very interesting to watch. XDD

1. What is the kanji for Reon?

This question took a lot of time for both teams to answer. xD Shiratorizawa tried to cheat by asking the audience and looking over at Karasuno’s table… Karasuno tried to do the same thing too. XD At one point, Tosshi tried peeking and a few fans pointed him out. Then Tosshi said, “ You’re not supposed to rat me out! Because I’m supposed to be plain and not noticeable (reference to Shirabu’s character where he doesn’t stand out).

Both teams ended up getting the answer right.

2. What did Kiyoko say after Suga exclaimed, “Wait until we marry!” when she held Suga’s hands to calm him down.  

Both teams tried peeking again. XDDD

When they both revealed their answers, they were both VERY similar except Shiratorizawa team added in “because.” Ishikai said he has confidence because he loves Kiyoko and that’s why he remembers what she said. XD

Answer: “No thank you. I don’t plan on getting married with you.” Although both of their answers weren’t written exactly as said, a point was given to Karasuno for giving the closest answer. XD

3. What did Semi (Terashii) say after Tendo sing-songed weirdly?

Karasuno wrote, “Crow field.” I kid you not; Crow field was written in English props to Ayumu. XD Ayumu explained the answer as “Karasuno.”

Subaru saved the day. He wrote, “Block,” which was the correct answer. XD

4. What did Yamaguchi say to Tsukki which got him mad?

Answer: “Don’t lose to Hinata!”

Both teams got it right. I was really surprised because Shiratorizawa wrote down the answer pretty fast.

5. What is Reon and Semi eating in the cafeteria scene?

The food that they were eating was covered with a white fuzzy spots. But a slight hint was given because there was a salad on Semi’s plate and a huge bowl or rice on Reon’s plate. It was actually a difficult question. The MC gave them a hint, saying that the food on their plates were both different and Reon was eating something high in calories.

Ishikai was drawing the answer to the question. His fellow members went, “What’s that!?” and laughing uncontrollably. At one point, Ishikai stomped off the stage out of anger and then came back after the Karasuno members told him to come back. Ishikai put the blame on Soma. XD At another point, Ucchi tried peeking at Shiratorizawa’s answer and Subaru blocked his view. XD And when Ucchi went back and looked at Ishikai’s drawing, he went, “Wait, what happened!? What’s this?” Hahaha. XDDD

Ishikai finally showed his drawing. The drawing of their guess for Semi was a bit weird. Hahaha but it was a drawing of curry and rice. XDD They guessed that Reon was eating fried fish or something. Then Ayumu showed us Ishikai’s first original drawing and said that he improved greatly. When we looked at the first drawing, we were like, “Oh my god… what’s that??” And Ishikai got really embarrassed and sat under the super small table they were using, all huddled up with his knees up against his chest and looking sad. XDDD Dawww

Shiratorizawa answered with “Semi” (actually I’m not sure why that was the answer) and oil (because the MC said it was something high in calories). XDDD

Answer: Curry and karaage (chicken)

1 point went to Karasuno.

For one of the questions, someone on the Shiratorizawa team started to do the fan chant and had us (Shiratorizawa side) join in. Then there was a Shiratorizawa fans vs Karasuno fans chant face-off. XDDD

For one of the questions (don’t remember which one), Subaru tried acting confident that he knew the answer. The other seiyuu noticed that he was sweating a LOT and Soma kindly went to grab a towel, and gently wiped the sweat off Subaru’s face. And Subaru said, “KYUN <333333” (sfx for heart skipping a beat) A member of Karasuno went, “What’s with this lovey dovey atmosphere!?” LOOOL X

I believe they did a time-out after the third set so the seiyuu went off the stage while the MC gave us announcements. When the seiyuu came back, Shiratorizawa was acting all serious, cool and mature. XDDDD LOOOL And the Karasuno team said something like, “Wait, what happened? Isn’t that a totally different attitude than before??”

Fourth Set: Gesture Game (Charades)

Each team chooses a representative. That person has to do gestures and make his teammates guess the word. The person has to do as many in one minute and only can say “pass” twice.

Ayumu was chosen for the Karasuno team. When Ishikai said it can only be Ayumu, he started imitated how Ayumu danced and moved his body, showing that he was the best one for doing the gestures.

I don’t remember all that he did but he did radio calisthenics (exercises), rolling thunder (Noya’s move!!), serve, monkey (a few members said “baka” (idiot) at first LOL) and the last one was “Oikawa Toru.” LOOOL Many fangirls screamed when they saw the name. Ayumu tried to do Oikawa’s signature serve and failed but none of his teammates could guess the answer and then time was up. When the answer was revealed, Ishikai… well more like “Kageyama” got “angry” and went something along of the lines of, “That’s supposed to be Oikawa!?” Then they had Ayumu repeatedly do “Oikawa.” Hahaha he tried to do the serve but it was just really cute to me. XDDD The Karasuno members told Ayumu, “Good job.” I also remember Soma was really good at guessing the answers! I was really surprised!

For Shiratorizawa, Shinba was chosen! He showed us a wonderful one-handed cartwheel! He was asked to do it again and he did it! He was so amazing!!! XD He did, brushing your teeth, receive, passed on Reon, tried to do “guess attack,” and passed on that one too. For the last one before time was up, he did “Synchro Attack!” Shiratorizawa team knew what he was doing but couldn’t remember the word for the special move. XDD

At this point, Shiratorizawa was in the lead, 24-22. It was a really close match!

Last Set: Collaboration with an Enormous Ball (I don’t even know how to translate this one to sound natural. LOL)

The audience has a chance to participate in this set! It’s up to the audience and the winner gets 50 points! XD The staff brought out two HUGE orange balloons and two HUGE pink balloons. XD Shiratorizawa commented, “Wait, is this supposed to be purple!?” when they were handed the pink balloons XDD LOOOL Anyway, the teams will pass the balloons to the audience and the audience has to move the balloons all the way to the back and then back to the front. Just imagine a rectangular U shape. The winner is determined when ONE of the balloons goes back on the stage.

You know how half of the venue was supposed to be Karasuno fans and the other half was supposed to be Shiratorizawa fans? Well actually part of the section of the back was full of Karasuno fans. XDDD Subaru pointed it out and jokingly said, “Since they’re rooting for Karasuno, they might try to pop the balloon!” Then Ishikai kindly said to that section, “Please help them,” and was all nice about it. He had this really nice pleading voice. XDDD Those fans were very kind and even changed their penlights from orange to purple!

It was overall pretty exciting although I didn’t have a chance to touch the balloon. xD And Shiratorizawa won! Actually both of the balloons got back to the stage while the orange balloons didn’t even go halfway up. It stayed around the front. XD

So that meant the ultimate winner was Shiratorizawa!!! :3 Shiratorizawa team had us do the Shiratorizawa fan chant and even the Karasuno side joined! LOL

For the awarding ceremony, they chose the MVP of the day! And Ishikai was chosen!! A member of Burnout Syndrome handed him a trophy. (Ishikai balancing the volleyballs part was seriously hilarious XD) Another member gave the trophy to Takeuchi, representative of Shiratorizawa team and Shinba accepted the high-end meat prize! XD

Then all the seiyuu gave their closing comments.

Subaru started “crying” and saying that he was proud of Shinba. XDDD

Takeuchi had green/blue hair and one of them said that he should explain to the audience why it’s that color. So Takeuchi explained that before, he dyed it pink and he actually wanted to dye it to purple for the event, so he went for blue hair dye, thinking that if you mix blue and pink together, you would get purple… but actually his hair just turned blue! LOOOL. XD

Ishikai and Ayumu said that it was fun doing this kind of event and it was their first time doing something like this: one team vs another team. XD

Ayumu requested us to yell out, “Otsukaresama (Good work!!!) and we did so and streamers shot out.

As they were leaving the stage, both teams high-fived each other as they passed by one another and said goodbye.

Overall, this was a wonderful 2.5 hour event!!! I managed to catch the last Shinkansen that would take me back and get to the last train going to my area although I was exhausted over work the next day! XD

It was my first time seeing Ucchi, Soma, Ishikai, Subaru, Takeuchi, and Shinba… now that I think about it, that’s like most of the cast! LOOOL

Ucchi seemed pretty laid-back and chill about everything but that doesn’t mean he’s super quiet either. XD

Soma was just adorableeee going “Tsukki! Tsukki!” all the time. LOOOL XD And he blew me away with guessing during the gestures game.

I had this image of Subaru being all cool and everything… appearance-wise but he’s really the mood-maker!! He was really funny and livened up the atmosphere. He’s a bit of a goofball. XD

I feel that Ishikai was the one that people liked to tease… what with the balancing balls and drawing incidents. XDDD

Takeuchi was very cool and seemed respected by everyone but I think he knows how to have a good time as well. XD

Shinba was just cuuuuute. He’s like a cinnamon roll and his voice is really nice too. XD

Ayumu never fails to make me think he’s so freaking adorableeee. His gestures were freaking cute especially when he was doing “Oikawa Toru” XD

Tosshi… he said that he was Shirabu Kenjiro again. XD And I can’t help but notice that’s considerably shorter than the others. XDDD But that’s what makes him cute. And he’s not the type to be teased either. XD I felt like he was like a senpai towards the others.. well he is! XD And he was part of what made Shiratorizawa team fun. XDDD

It was just so interesting seeing Shiratorizawa team interactions and Karasuno team interactions. It’s like the Shiratorizawa team is more childish although Karasuno team has younger members. LOLOLOL XD Karasuno was pretty much calm but I can tell they have a good relationship with each other. XD

Zoey and I took a taxi (my first taxi experience in Japan!) to Yokohama Arena. There were already girls lined up (what time did they get up and get there!?) but the line wasn’t too bad in my opinion. We waited for 4 hours and along the way, Misae joined us before they started selling at 8:45.

I only got one thing.

Once we got our goods, we went to Tully’s and stared at the pamphlet. Eventually, we killed some more time and we lined up to get in.

Of course I took pictures of the flower stands! xD

Even though I hit for the first application period, I got stands seats… orz but it turns out that the venue wasn’t too big!

After going in, I decided to go to the restroom and barely got to my seat right when they started.

I’m sure you can find a set-list for KiraFes somewhere! And as for my brief fan-report, I’m gonna just talk about songs for each group/singer that left an impression on me some parts will be out of order, okay? Each singer/group sings two or three songs and then change. xD

Trignal started things off this year with Update a Day. I think they were a bit nervous but I was really excited that they started off KiraFes! There was a cool 3D screen in addition to other screens. I didn’t like Wing’s hairstyle that much… even with his hair, I still love him. He gives out such great fanservice!! He waved to us a lot!! Egu’s mushroom hair was cute and Ryohei looked really good. <333

I screamed when I heard Blazing! I really love that song! (especially when it was performed at Trigal’s live with suit) but <333

Kamiya sang a few song that I thought was cute. He started off with a cute song as the second one up.

And of course the one that left an impression on me was that one song Ism Rhythm. A 40+ year old man doing hip thrusts and a sexy dance. He was holding the mic stand suggestively as well. And even did a hand motion to his err crotch. XD LOTS of screaming and fangirls dying. I was just really amused that he did it like it was nothing. XDDD

Oh and when he sang his official cover of “Nagareboshi,” it just made me miss Miyu. (Because it’s originally Miyu’s song but this is Kamiya’s cover… and it’s the rock version of it).

NamiDai was the third person up! XD

I remember he sang pretty cool songs! He danced a lot!! For one of his songs, a part of his jacket glowed in the dark! We were like oooooh!

Kakki was the fourth one up! My first thought was, “Oh, he was definitely a bit sick last year for KiraFes.” Because his voice was a lot deeper last year but this time, he sounded fine! He definitely has a unique way of singing! Othello was a really cool song! He put on a hat for the song.

Nobu was the next one up! At one point, he came out with a traditional Japanese outfit and did a cool dance with a Japanese fan! For another song, I clearly remembering thinking, “Wow… he can do body rolls.”

He was the last singer for KiraFes. Nobu talked about things that gave us a lot of FEELS… I can’t really remember what he said but they were very heartfelt. He talked about how there were many kinds of “Daijobu?” (Are you okay?) and how we are supported by those around us… that kind of talk. I think he also said the other members in Kiramune encouraged him to write the song. <3 Then he asked for everyone’s cooperation for the next song: 8piece. It’s a really great song!! He sang, “Daijobu” and the fans follow up with “Daijobu.” Nobu looked so emotional and looked as if he was gonna cry. AHHHHH ;w; As he was singing, these paper (actually I found out later that they were styrofoam) birds were released and flying around. I thought they were 3D images for some reason. XD Later I found out that some of them had signatures from the Kiramune members! XD

Yocchin looked really good! He sang while playing the guitar! At first it was acapella so it was nice. His voice also didn’t sound as rough as it usually did when he sung the song.

There was an ad-lib song… more like a song of him talking and he was using a megaphone for that song. XD I could hear him pretty clearly with the megaphone compared to the microphone. It was pretty interesting! I felt a bit confused because I had never heard such a song before.

Uncle Bomb!! sang pretty cool songs. There was this one song which sounded like a Spanish song… and they brought out these gold or silver capes and danced with them (think of bull-fighting capes).

The talk corner happened after every member/group sang two or three songs. It was a bit awkward with NamiDai trying to lead the convo. XDDD If you have seen him, you would know he’s the awkward one in the group and usually gets bullied by others… even by kouhais. XD The other members didn’t try to help. They couldn’t understand what he was trying to say and neither did we. XD

He even started a random topic going, “What do you do when you first enter a hotel?” So random! The other members thought it was a weird question as well. They were like, “What do you mean what do you do??” XD

At one point, Kamiya and NamiDai talked about something relating to their age and Wing went, “Shouldn’t you go, “Jiji janai!” (I’m not an old man!) in a cute voice. If you know Wing’s catch phrase… His catch phrase is “I’m not an old lady!” NamiDai asked him if he was a “bishojo (girl)” and he said he wasn’t. xDD When asked about the gender, Wing says that his gender is unidentified. XDDD He’s seriously so cuuuute!

When Kamiya left to get ready for the next song, I felt like the talk corner got even more awkward. Ryohei led the convo.at one point asking if there was anything the members wanted to try. NamiDai said he wanted to do something like the Tarzan kinda thing? XD

Anyway, after Nobu ended KiraFes, he left the stage and the fans began to chant, “Encore!” Though actually not everyone was saying it at the same time. XD

Encore time!

Then all the members came out and they sang Ever Dream!

Kakki started with Lesson A to B!!! You know how there was a break in the song? Well, Ryohei came onto the stage with other staff. The staff had an AB paper taped on his/her front or back? Kakki asked what they were doing here and Ryohei announced that they’re the AB team! Ryohei’s blood-type is AB. (Which made me miss Miyu because he’s AB too!!). Kakki asked Ryohei what a typical thing people with AB blood-type experience is. Ryohei answered, “When someone asks you, “What blood-type are you?” And then you answer, “Oh, AB.” And then he/she goes, “O-ohhh…” XDDD Like that reaction. It was really amusing. And then Kakki continued with the song and Ryohei joined in for a few parts! AHHHH

Wasshoi – Yocchin sang this song! And later on, Egu and Nobu joined and waved flags.

Panorama Soda – Trignal sang the song and toward the end of the song, the spotlight was on NamiDai and Kakki. And they were both laying down on beach chairs with sunglasses and sipping from a fancy glass with a flower on it (cocktail?). They were acting cool with the sunglasses. Trignal looked at them as if asking them, “What are you doing here? What are you doing?” kinda look. Ryohei tried to bother Kakki but Kakki just ignored him, acting cool. XD

Next was Kamiya with Harebare Heart!

Want You – Nobu sang the song and was eventually joined by Yocchin and Kamiya… and they even did the cute dance!!! Then they gathered together and Nobu suggested that they danced together so they did! Then Nobu suggested that they blow a kiss at the “I want you!” part. And each of them did it!! Kamiya did it with an unsure face. Yocchin seemed to exaggerate it if I remember? Then they did it together at the end!!

Funky Wave – NamiDai sang it and we participated in the wave! It’s a really fun song! Then toward the end, Trignal came out with a big electric fan and aimed it at NamiDai while Kakki threw big pieces of paper at him, which hit his face. All of the Kiramune members minus Kamiya joined in for the dance for Funky Wave. The dance moves looked like fish flopping. XD And Kamiya came at the end to do a tsukkomi.

I was so happy to hear Get Together! It’s one of my favorite songs

Then each of them gave a closing comment.

And finally, announcements were made!

Kiramune fan-meeting in Kyoto on July 30th!!! Egu, Ryohei, Kamiya, Yocchin, and NamiDai will attend!

And Trignal and Nobu joint live on September 30th and October 1st!!! When it was Trignal’s turn to give announcements, Ryohei dragged Nobu to read them. XD OMGGG Nobugnal! This is the first time I’ve ever heard of a joint live so I’m really excited!

I always enjoy attending KiraFes!!! It’s great to see all of them singing their songs although I missed Miyu. ;w; I will apply for the Kiramune fan meeting and try for Trignal and Nobu’s joint live if possible! I wonder what it will be like… xD

I waited for over 3 hours in the cold (It was February and the venue is literally next to the sea so the wind was no joke. I was FREEZING. I got there around 8:30 or 8:45… This is when I realized I HAVE to take the first train and stuff if I want to get the goods I want…) before giving up on the goods. The T-shirt I wanted ended up being sold out while I was waiting anyway and I wouldn’t have made it in time for the afternoon session if I continued to wait.

Plus I had to meet up with the person who was willing to sell me the ticket and I didn’t want to keep her waiting! I wasn’t planning on getting much anyway so it was fine. But never again… XD Plus it’s not fun when you’re waiting alone.

Flower stands!

Right, I intended to write a BRIEF fan-report though I ended up ranting. Haha.

The cast who appeared in the event:

Uemura Yuto

Miyano Mamoru

Taniyama Kishow

Ono Kensho

Toyonaga Toshiyuki

Hosoya Yoshimasa

Kamiya Hiroshi

Kawanishi Kengo

It started off with four of the characters in chibi form talking (Dazai, Chuya, Atsushi, and Akutagawa).

A MC led the session. Then the cast was introduced one by one, more like they each gave a self-introduction. Everyone else looked good overall!

Uemura started off (it was my first time seeing him) and he looked really cute! I guess he’s my image of a cinnamon roll… or a friendly person? He was wearing an outfit like what Atsushi would wear: white collared shirt, fancy black vest and those COOL black gloves. He looked really good! He was so cute and fluffy and nervous because he messed up. He said something like, “Please go home and enjoy the event,” 楽しんでかえってください instead of “Please enjoy the event.” 楽しんできてください(Trying to explain Japanese grammar is difficult).

Next, Mamo went up but he copied Uemura and teased him. This was my first time seeing Mamo and I thought he looked really cute especially with that smile.

Hosoya was told, “Ganbare!! (Do your best!) by the audience and the cast. XD Then Hosoya goes, “I’m doing my best!” Hahaha. He always seems to fumble with his words and got teased.

Tosshi wore mostly beige while everyone else wore darker colors.

I didn’t approve of Kensho’s hair but I’m assuming it was inspired by Akutagawa. And he wore a long black cape… like Akutagawa. xD He was pretty energetic (I was worried because the Kensho x Hanazawa news came out the day before).

I remember Mamo and Kishow had good chemistry. XD

The staff brought in desks and the cast was told to sit down. Except Mamo sat… more like laid down on his side with his elbow bent and posed sexily. XDDDD Then Kishow and Kensho proceeded to do a sexy pose as well. They both had their backs to the audience and stuck out their butts with a hand on their hips and turned their heads. XD

Once they sat down, they showed main/favorite scenes chosen by the manga artist and/or directors? The seiyuu commented while it was shown.

First was the Detective Agency scene. It was the scene where Rampo and the others were on standby and Chuya was destroying the cameras one by one.

Next was Port Mafia. It was the Hatano and lemon bombs scene. XDDD The cast commented, “No one from that scene is here!” Kishow and Kensho were asked to make comments. Kensho saw the recording and said that Hatano got fired up doing those lines.

Next was the Guild. The scene was the first appearance of John and Lovecraft. You see the grape vine coming from John’s neck.

Then there was the Tanizaki doing anything for Naomi scene!!! My favorite scene overall!!! It was when Tanizaki and Doppo were working together. They both end up trapped with John’s vines and were held up in the air. Then Joe noticed a truck coming… and if you remember, Tanizaki said he would do anything for Naomi and that was when John realized that the truck driver couldn’t see them because of Tanizaki’s ability!!! AAHHHH love that scene. If you haven’t noticed, my favorite character is Tanizaki. xD Hosoya and Tosshi were asked to comment about the scene. Hosoya tried to comment but failed overall. He did mention that he liked working with Tosshi.

Another scene that was shown was the Chuya and Dazai scene. xD I thought it was a pretty cool scene!! Kishow said Dazai took all the good parts because he defeated Lovecraft. Though Mamo said that thanks to Chuya, he destroyed Lovecraft completely.

Mamo and the others kept doing Lovecraft’s impersonation, like the way he talks. They kept on talking like that. XD

Another scene shown was of course, the Atsushi working together with Akutagawa scene.

In between, there were live performances in between by GRANRODEO, Screen Mode, and Luck Life too! They were all very cool! And they showed scenes of Oda… even the sad ones.

There were also special video messages from Fukujun, Miki, and Suwabe!

Fukujun always seems to enjoy playing his sneaky characters. XD

Suwabe told us something that wasn’t mentioned but told us the director purposely added in the scene where you see the kids crying for help inside that truck and the next thing you see is it exploding… it was to add more impact… I think Suwabe was also asked if his voice was okay.

Game time! They had to take an “exam.”

They brought in desks and had to answer questions about the anime. They had the write down the answer on the sketchbook they were given. They can also get points for interesting answers. Mamo interpreted this as, “You get points for writing interesting answers” instead of the correct answer. The MC told him that wasn’t the goal but he ignored him. Mamo and Kishow started to draw before the MC asked the first question. They actually draw the MC. XD

First question: They showed a picture of John, “What is he holding in his hand?” It got blurred out.

Kamiya answered with pudding. Tosshi answered with Naomi. Uemura wrote, grapes. Of course Kawanashi (John’s seiyuu) got it right. It was actually a potato. XD

Another question: “How many times does Akutagawa say “Yatsugare” (a really old way of saying, I) from episodes 17-23? XDDD He actually does say it a lot… Of course crazy answers were written… I think the most popular answer was around 60… For the answer, they actually showed all the scenes where he said, “Yatsugare.” XDDDD And Kamiya… freaking Kamiya got it right!!! The answer was 17 times! I was so surprised! He’s amazing. XD We clapped for the staff’s efforts of collecting all of those scenes. XD

For the third question, “What is Kyoka holding?” It was when they were having a party and were saying, “Cheers!” and you see a scene of them with many hands and drinks.

Someone… Hosoya maybe.. he said blood? I dunno… and Tosshi answered, “the liquid form of Naomi.” XDDD Apparently it was not a drink but a fruit. Actually it was a tomato and Kamiya got the answer eventually.

For the last question, “What is Elizabeth drawing?” Uemura answered with a drawing of a werecat. It was a very… err… artistic drawing. XD The hint given was it was already shown as an answer earlier. Hosoya realized what the answer was and tried use the drawing of his potato (it was one of the answers earlier but not the right one) but MC said he had to draw a new one and he did so furiously but Kamiya beat him to it. Answer was lemon.

Tosshi kept on saying Naomi as the answer. Kamiya kept on saying pudding.

Kamiya won the game with 75 percent correct.

Hosoya was really funny because he kept spacing out. The MC commented that Hosoya didn’t listen. At one point, he tried answering a question but it was for the previous question.

At one point, Kishow told Mamo to smile and he cutely smiled! He said that he bullies Hosoya all the time.

Lastly, everyone said a closing comment. Tosshi said he was emphasizing how much he loved Naomi. XD

There was also a special announcement! There is gonna be a movie for Bungou Stray Dogs! They showed a visual for it and you see the silhouette of Dazai and Chuya!!!! OMGGGGG ALSKJDKL

It ended with the last four chibis that didn’t appear in the beginning. Doppo kept on saying stuff and someone interpreted and said, “He means don’t go home too late and to be safe.”

The only thing I was sad about was that in order to take pictures of these special displays of Bungo Stray Dogs, you had to go through the goods line. I didn’t want to wait again... but all was not lost with the goods because I actually got my hands on the pamphlet inside the venue! They were selling only pamphlets inside the venue after the event so I got it! 

I might post pictures of the pamphlet later. :3

For the Kiramune fan meetings, only those who are in the fanclub can attend the fan meeting. I just remembered that you can actually apply up to two tickets but your friend has to be in the fanclub as well and you need to provide your friend’s information (Kiramune FC club member number, etc).

And if you’re wondering how I still remember these details even though it has been four months, it’s because I typed some notes down in my phone. Truthfully, I don’t remember much now but looking at them now brought back some memories!

I went there by shinkansen.

I thought I had enough time to get goods since it’s a smaller venue. There were two separate lines; one for goods and the other for gacha for can badges. But for some reason, it took way more time than I thought it would. I thought to myself, I should just take the first train to get goods from now on especially if you’re going to the afternoon session (except for another event later on, I didn’t do it and hence regrets again. This only happens when I go alone). The line for the fan meeting was a bit crazy especially for the gacha. Can badges were sold out pretty fast and many fangirls gave up waiting for goods even though they waited for a while because they weren’t gonna make it in time for the afternoon session. And I barely got the goods I wanted in time.

The material for the scrunchies are really nice! They’re like kimono sorta cloth? (Kanazawa is also known as a mini Kyoto too by the way).

I managed to take pictures of the displays really fast!

Their signatures! <3

When I handed them my ticket, I was given this special postcard as a present!

I rushed to find my seat after getting the goods, which was thankfully in the last row near the aisle. It was easy to find. I didn’t have much time to recover before it started.

Only five out of all the members appeared for the fan meeting.

Kamiya Hiroshi

Irino Miyu

Yonaga Tsubasa

Eguchi Takuya

Yoshino Hiroyuki

I think you’re surprised to see no Ryohei. xP But I’m actually a Miyu fan as well (I would’ve totally gone to his live if it wasn’t for the fact that he had them in the middle of the week)! He’s my second favorite artist in Kiramune though I like KAmiYU as well. I also wanted to attend a Kiramune fan meeting at least!

Anyway, they first came out one by one. For their self-introduction, they had to say their name, Kiramune color and birthplace. Wing joked around and said he was from Ibaraki.

They started the fan meeting by talking about famous tourist spots in Kanazawa. They showed pictures of them as well and commented on them. Kamiya led this segment. Apparently Miyu went exploring and went to many places without the other members. xD For a lot of pictures, Miyu said he already went there and that the scenery was pretty.

For Kenrokuen Garden, one of Japan’s three most beautiful gardens (I went there afterwards and totally agree that it’s beautiful!), Kamiya said that he got there at 7:30. Apparently admission is free until 7:45 and the staff asked what he wanted to do: either wait 15 minutes or go in and come back out and pay. Kamiya said that he would just go in. Time went by fast because when he looked at the time, he saw that it was nearing 7:45 so he hurried back to the entrance and paid the entrance fee. xD I just found this cute for some reason. xP

The next segment was called “treasured photos” led by Egu. I actually couldn’t see the pictures that well but they’re pictures taken by the members (most likely) of the other members. I don’t quite remember them and they were top secret after all… so xP Egu was told he wasn’t interesting at all (kinda implying that he sucked at doing the MC thing? XD)

Wing led the next segment: Ranking quiz!  Actually, for those FC members that got tickets, we were sent an e-mail with a survey. I actually filled it out. xD Each member was given a sketchbook and marker and they had to guess the top 5 answers for each category and these answers were based on the Kiramune fan club members’ answers! Whoever got the most points wins a prize.

Q1: What is “the” word of this year (2016)? Basically, what are the top 5 most popular words/phrases of this year?

Miyu was really cute and knew one immediately. I saw him writing PPAP and he showed the answer. Egu thought the same thing and drew the answer. A few other words that were in the top 5 included Pokemon Go (Egu’s drew a VERY artistic Pikachu LOL) and Perfect Human (a popular comedy act).

Q2: What is a food you want to eat in winter?

The top five answers included nabe (hot pot), stew, ice cream, mikan (a kind of orange) and one more that I forgot.

Q3: What are events/things that you do in winter?

The top five answers included Christmas, New Year’s, hatsumode (first shrine/temple visit of the year), eating mikan under a kotatsu and one more.

Throughout all of this, Kamiya kept on saying the correct answers instead of writing them down while Miyu hurried and wrote down the answers Kamiya said. XD Miyu was really adorable, trying to be competitive and win. Yocchin didn’t participate much. LOL Egu kept on drawing his guesses.

When they were tallying up the points, Miyu was too cute!! He was hoping that he would win and put his hands together, praying that he would win. In the end, Kamiya won the game with the most points and got a prize. xD I really wanted you to win, Miyu… XD

Next was the Q&A session. In the survey sent out to those attending the fan meeting, there was a section where you can ask any question. They brought out a box and inside were those questions written by the Kiramune FC members. Each member pulled a question from the box except Yocchin because he didn’t want to do it. He was actually pretty quiet overall… @w@

Questions included...

1. If you became a ninja, what would you want to do?

My memory is pretty fuzzy but I think one of them said they wanted to walk on water or something? xD

2. If you could become another member in Kiramune, who would you want to be and not want to be? I don’t remember what they said…

3. Egu was asked, “What are the advantages and disadvantages to being tall?”

All I remember is Egu said he hit his head a lot. And the thing that surprised me the most was when he told us that apparently his parents forced him to drink milk for all three meals even for traditional Japanese meals… They didn’t have juice or soda or anything. (He did live in the countryside…). Now we know why he is so tall! I think he said his entire family is tall as well! (Well, no wonder… with all that milk.)

4. Yocchin got asked a question about sports, something like, “Do you still play soccer?”

I think he said he doesn’t play anymore but he watches it a lot on TV. (He’s a sport fanatic).

5. If Miyu and Egu hung out, what would they want to do?

Egu said he wanted to go camping. He said he could make fire and grab fruits and other things from trees. Then Egu asked, “Oh, what if Kamiya and I hung out?” Kamiya answered that he didn’t want to hang out with him…. (poor Egu. xD). Kamiya eventually answered that he would want to go to a restaurant that Egu recommended and go alone because all the restaurants that Egu recommended to him before were great. Wing said that all of those recommendations were originally Ryohei’s recommendations. XDDDD

They ran out of time and next was a video message by the other Kiramune members who weren’t present! Ryohei and Nobu together, Kakki, and finally NamiDai.

Next was the live segment! Each of them sang a song!

Kamiya – Kage mo Mata Shin nari

Wing – Rhapsody in You

Egu – Enchosenjo no Friends

Yocchin – Dramatic Surf Coaster

He came out with a guitar and Wing brought in a microphone stand for him! Then Yocchin sang while playing it.

Miyu – Ryusei no Kimi e

Towards the end of the song, all of the other members came out. He gathered everyone and they were confused as to what to do for the ending pose. XDDD

Each said a closing speech and promoted their CDs and/or live tours.

Miyu said, “Home ga aru kara,” lyrics to Get Together. The other members asked which song will they sing. And Miyu kept on saying Home ga aru kara. I feel that he trolled me because I was really hoping for Get Together and Miyu finally said, “The other one,” and they sang Ever Dream. XD (I don’t know why the Kiramune Fan website says only Get Together because that was for the night session only).

After the session ended, I took a few more pictures.

Overall, I really enjoyed my first Kiramune fan meeting! I have only seen them in KiraFes or Reading live so it was nice to see the members interact with one another!

I don’t know why Ryohei and Wing look angry... XD

And like the previous year, the venue was at Pacifico Yokohama! Really brought back memories! :3

Lined up for goods as usual! :3 And I got these three items.

On the 14th, I decided to do the gacha and tried my luck for “Atari” which would’ve said the date and had all 3 of them on one badge but no luck. ;w; I wore Ryohei’s hat pin and the Trignal pin as well. :3

Flower stands for Trignal!

For day 1 (8/13), my seat was right behind the sound equipment!! But there was space so I hoped Trignal would come by at some point! We were the “first” row in the middle!

Anyway since it has been over half a year since it happened, I don’t remember MUCH! The only thing I remember now is... It was really awesomeeee!!!  

In the beginning, I remember they mentioned that they would be filming!! (They didn’t announce a DVD then).

In Party Beat, Egu had a float around himself and danced with it. Ryohei had a water gun fight with a few dancers and Wing was playing with a ball.

For Win-Possible, all three of them were in the car with Egu as the driver. Wing was in the passenger seat and Ryohei was in the backseat. The license plate was of their birthdays combined together if I remember correctly. It was a really cute song and they did movements like turning their heads at the same time. In the background, there was a CG going around.

My favorite performance has got to be Blazing! They all looked SO GOOOOOD and FIIIINE and I just loved the dance and everything. They were wearing suits for this song. :3

For a song, they shot out streamers so I got out of my seats to get them!!! Two fangirls next to me looked at me and we had this mental connection and I got them streamers as well. XD

And I saw all of them REALLY close at one point, like I could touch them distance! Especially for the song, Sunny Shiny Days! Wing passed by that aisle!!!!!  And the moment I will never forget in my entire LIFE...  RYOHEI WAS SO FREAKING CLOSE. Just thinking about it makes me all aslkdfjaw. A staff member started to set up a box in front. And RYOHEI freaking RYOHEI stood on that box. How was close was he? THREE or FOUR seats down!!! The girl to the right on me was freaking out too because she was a Ryohei fan as well. We had this connection. XD We fangirled together and but oh my god... I’m so happy I got those seats... it was the best early birthday present ever AND he asked a Ryohei fangirl for her name and wrote her name on a red ball. I  took a pic of it after the live ended!!

Let me emphasize, I DID NOT get this ball. But the really really lucky fangirl a few seats down from me did. She looked like she could die right there and then and she was very kind to let me take a pic of it.

So THIS happened on the first day, which will be out on DVD on April 19 so please buy it! Crap, I hope I don’t see my FACE on the DVD  

On day 2 (8/14), my seat was toward the back but I got an aisle seat. And EGU walked by!!! He was so close, I could smell his cologne? He smelled like powder or very clean. XD And that’s all I remember!

I was really happy to be able to go to both sessions!  Actually, I didn’t win tickets for the first application period. But before applying, I asked Emi if she wanted to go together. I was going to apply for two tickets anyways because I didn’t want to go alone. >__< She said yes! I figured it would be better if we both applied for two tickets, just in case. Good thing that happened because I didn’t win the tickets but Emi did! And thank god for Emi’s luck because we got really AWESOME seats for the afternoon session. Block D and row 4!!! I didn’t even need to look at the screen at all. And they were so close!!! >/////////////<

Anyway, I decided I should apply for the night session for the second application period. I was originally planning to go to only one session but I had gotten two serial numbers, one from the first DVD and one from the second DVD. I thought, why not? This would be my first time going to both the afternoon and night session of an anime seiyuu event (not counting lives). Again, I applied for two tickets but for the night session. Truthfully, I didn’t think that I would win tickets but I actually did!

I planned to just post on twitter and ask if anyone wanted to come with me since Emi wouldn’t be able to make it. Luckily, Emi’s friend, Jessa, wanted to go so we went together! :3

On the day of, Emi, Jessa, and I planned to meet at Tokyo Station at the platform heading to Maihama Station around 8:15. So we got on and headed there. Even though I went to Maihama Amphitheater for Kiramune’s Reading Live, it was such a long time ago so I didn’t remember the way. Luckily, Emi did so we just followed her.

Surprisingly, for the goods this time, only people who had the Prince of Stride event ticket could buy the goods. I’ve never gone to an event that had done that... so it was interesting. It was kind of nice, too. When we got there, the line didn’t seem bad at all so we just sat down. The weather was surprisingly cool as well. The venue is near the sea so it was cooler. Plus, it was a bit cloudy and really windy.

We got to know each other a bit more while waiting! The staff passed out the goods form to make the transactions smoother. You have to write down how many you wanted of each item. They also lent us these pencils. There were also extra goods that weren’t listed on the official website!

I felt a bit tempted to buy more stuff but I was able to control myself. I’m sorry, wallet… you’ve been through a lot… what with Starmyu and KiraFes. XD

I decided to just get the pamphlet. That’s it. XD I’m a pamphlet collector. xP It’s the first picture of this post.

The staff eventually announced that they would start selling goods at 10:30 instead of 11:00 so yay! I think it took around an hour to get the goods because they only let in around 20 people at a time. After that, Jessa left to go to a dj event. Emi and I decided to go to Tully’s and eat something before the event started.

After we ate, we decided to look at the pamphlet (I’ll take pictures of it soon). XD AHHHHHH RYOHEI AND NOBU. <333 Ryohei looks really good. We fangirled and talked for a bit before heading back to the venue.

We started lining up and I was surprised to see that not many fans had lined up yet. Although the venue is small, it was still a surprise.

Though I found out that wasn’t the main reason… Jessa had messaged Emi about how the trains hadn’t been running for a while… I realized that many fans probably went somewhere else and couldn’t come back to the venue because the trains weren’t running. Even Suwabe tweeted about his concern about the trains not running… Luckily, the staff pushed back the time to 14:30. It was supposed to start at 14:00 but the staff was considerate to change the time due to the train problem.

So Emi and I headed in.

We found the present boxes! They’re adorable!

It was nice that it wasn’t that crowded yet and we took pictures of the flower bouquets and stands!

There were also tapestries, too!

Next is the Galaxy Standard portraits!! And they were signed by the seiyuu as well!! <3

Mamo’s handwriting is just so <333

Wow... I’m impressed because he wrote the kanji for “Thank you” *___*

Oh god... Egu... XD

Looks like it’s part of his jacket design. XD

Niiiice!

Haha.. cute!

We decided to head to our seats!

It was easy to find our seats and I was freaking out over the fact we were SOOOO CLOSE. XD And I had a REALLY AWESOME time with Emi during the afternoon session. Thank you so much, Emi!!! <333

It lasted for around two hours. After it ended, we waited for Jessa. We managed to meet up and went back to the venue. Unfortunately, Jessa and I had to say good-bye to Emi. ;w;

I thought that they might push back the time for the night session but they didn’t. When we got in, there were a lot more people and it was a bit more orderly as well. We got in line to take pictures of the Galaxy Standard members. Well, I already took pictures of them but I figured I could take better ones plus there was still time before the event started.

So our seats were pretty much in the back. XD K Block, Row 21 but still decent since it was a small venue. I did have to look at the screen more though. I was basically in the same area as the afternoon session but just farther back.

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And so the event started at 18:30!

First, you heard OnoYuu’s voice. He was on the phone with his nii-chan (brother). And then Egu and Tosshi joined in. (Yay Galaxy Standard!). I don’t remember what happened now…  (In the afternoon session, Ryohei, Hanazawa, and Nobu started it off and it was super adorableeee. They were like, “What? It already started?” kind of thing).

And then in the center of the stage… how do I describe it…? The center of the stage has a circle and so all the seiyuu appeared on stage slowly from below with a pose. XDDD

From the left, the order was Tosshi, Egu, Suwabe, Hanazawa, Ryohei, Nobu, Shimono, Okiayu, OnoYuu, and Matsuoka. Everyone was wearing the jerseys pertaining to their character.

Ryohei and Nobu led the fanmeeting and first off, they did introductions! They each introduced each other as “Prince of” something. XD

Ryohei started it off and then Nobu. I don’t quite remember what they said… XD

Then Hanazawa! A lot of us were yelling out that she was really cute! And she’s seriously so adorable and then she looked like she couldn’t take it anymore and screamed, “HAPPINESS!!!” She said she was the princess of eating bread (?). Haha she’s really cute.

Next up was Shimono! FREAKING ADORABLE. He was wearing glasses (Ayumu heehee)! He said he would also represent Hozumi in spirit! And he had that black kitty with a yellow scarf hanging from his pants and he showed us his back, which had this big can badge of Hozumi. DAWWWW <3333 I only remember in the afternoon session, he said he was prince of kimchi. XD I didn’t catch what he said during the night session. But he’s such a cutie. I was surprised he didn’t say he was prince of karaage. XD

Then Suwabe was next! Unfortunately, I don’t remember what he said. >__<

After that was Okiayu who said, “Please say kyaa!!!” and pointed the microphone to the audience. Then we went kyaa!! Hahaha. Then he said he was the prince of full of karaage. (reference to the afternoon session where he ate a whole plate of karaage). XD

Then Egu went he was the prince of debt (same as the afternoon session). Ryohei pointed out that that means that he must owe a lot of people money. XDDD Typical Egu…

Followed by OnoYuu who said, “Konbanwa!” and pointed the mic to the audience. We said it back! He said he was the prince of yo-yo. He’s really good at doing tricks with his yo-yo. xP

And then Tosshi… man HE’S FREAKING ADORABLE TOO. XD He ran around the stage first and then said, he was the prince of… and stumbled and said prince again. And the other seiyuu were like, “Prince of prince!?” Then he said he was the prince of megane (glasses). XD

Finally, Matsuoka. He was wearing a pink Ichijokan jersey to represent Hachiya Tetsu. (In the afternoon session, he wore a green Mihashi jersey to represent Kamoda Kei). He voices two characters in Prince of Stride so… XD I think he mentioned how he was the prince of doing his best (because he voiced both of his characters in the drama script reading for the afternoon session. And both of his characters were on the same team so you can imagine how he had to do a conversation with essentially himself XD It was pretty amusing and amazing).

I felt like the cast was really pumped up for the night session and I think the cast mentioned that as well. XD

Ryohei told us to say, 3, 2, 1 GO (in English) to start off the event!

So most of the members left the stage except for Matsuoka and OnoYuu. So first off was a mini-drama.

So Hachiya kept going on how he will buy goods for Himemiya and he would buy Himemiya goods. He went on and said he wanted the clearfile, bromides, etc.. He basically worships Himemiya. XD Asuma and Hachiya talked about the fan meeting goods. And Asuma went something along the lines of, “Wait, but there aren’t any Hime goods.” And Hachiya was like, “Yes there is! The clearfile,” and the screen suddenly did a zoom-in on the Himemiya clearfile. I think Hachiya wanted to buy more than one…

Then Asuma promoted the Prince of Stride DVDs. I remember Hachiya saying he has all the Prince of Stride DVDs as well and Asuma was impressed with that. XD I think Hachiya said he could watch Hime as much as he wanted. God… he’s such a Hime fanboy. XD

And then Asuma said he had an announcement. He kept us in suspense by saying, “Nanto (I can’t really translate this but it’s something along the lines of “It seems that…”) and then pausing. He did it a few times (during the afternoon session, Egu dragged it on longer and it was seriously adorable) and announced that this event will be on DVD!  AAHHHHHHH a;sjdkflawe

Next up was an original drama script reading corner called “Exhibition Match”. So this exhibition match is set in Smile Land (aka Disneyland. I kept thinking…. So that’s why the venue is in Maihama Amphitheater. We’re literally next to Disneyland. It’s perfect!).

So first, you see Tosshi, Shimono, Egu, and Nobu. On the screen, there was a picture of a blimp in the sky with balloons and bubbles of the characters on stage. Ayumu was talking very fast so I couldn’t keep up with the Japanese but he was just really cute. I just thought he was very random and sorta crazy (You know his character). I felt like he was doing some kind of weird comedy skit. At one point, his glasses flew off. XD Then Fujiwara said a famous line and then Ayumu did his infamous line where he said, “Stop! Line stealer!” and you hear that police siren. XD

I remember Okumura was just being a freaking adorable Kuga-senpai fanboy and there was a picture of Kuga on the screen. Eventually, Ayumu got interrupted when there was a sudden strong wind. Okumura said that the wind must mean that Kuga is near. More fanboying. And then Suwabe joined them. More fanboying. Okumura is SO FREAKING ADORABLE. He even did this SQUEAL… I don’t even know how to describe it.

Then Okiayu joined in and said they would do an exhibition match. One of them was like, “Wait, but there are only 5 members. How are we going to do a match?” Dan-sensei said, “Look again.” Then they started to count and only got up to five. Then Dan-sensei said he would participate in this match! The other members were surprised at this! Okumura was freaking out, fanboying, and wondered if he would be on the same team as Kuga. He sounded like he would die out of happiness if that happened. Okiayu announced the two teams.

Team Ayumu: Ayumu (relationer), Ban-chan, and Fujiwara

Team Dan-sensei: Dan-sensei (relationer), Okumura, and Kuga

And you don’t know how much Okumura was freaking out being on the same team as Kuga. SOOO CUUUTE. XD And Kuga seemed a bit overwhelmed with the fanboying. XD I think Kuga told Okumura to do his best and Okumura was very earnest to do that.

The first runners would be Ban-chan vs Okumura. And the last runners would be Fujiwara vs Kuga. Fujiwara said he would not lose to Kuga. Then the match started. At first, Ban-chan was in the lead. But Okumura got motivated by Kuga and I think he got in the lead. When they touched hands to change runners, Okumura started fanboying by saying Kuga’s hand was big. At one point, Okumura even said he wanted to “bathe in Kuga-senpai’s sweat.” HE LITERALLY SAID THAT AND I WAS LIKE OMFG. XD And Kuga was very freaked out. XD

There was actually a buzzer when Ban-chan tried to relay to Fujiwara… I’m guessing they weren’t successful? So Okumura got ahead but Ban-chan managed to touch hands with Fujiwara afterwards.

Ayumu and Ban-chan decided to sing a song to motivate Fujiwara. XD It was a bit weird… and Fujiwara seemed a bit put off with it and then Ayumu said he should do this for Hozumi! And Fujiwara got into it.

Eventually, Okumura heard Team Ayumu singing and wanted to sing for Kuga, too, to motivate him. He started wondering what he should sing and what type of music Kuga liked. He went, “Classical? But it seems that he likes enka.” Kuga heard all of this and quickly said something before Okumura started singing. XDDD He said that Okumura didn’t need to do anything. Just his feelings were enough. And Okumura squealed at this. XDD God, I love fanboys. XD

It was a really close match and they both reached the finish line at the same time. When they looked at the times, they found out that… Team Ayumu won!!

After they left the stage, you see Hanazawa and Ryohei at the center of the stage. Another mini-drama!

They were both super cute!! They started off by going, “Ping pong (onomatopoeia for doorbells) in very cute voices. <333 AHHH Then Sakura said they had a announcement and that they should do the drumroll like Hozumi! Riku seemed a bit reluctant and Sakura just did the sound effect and Riku awkwardly joining. XDDD And they announced that Prince of Stride would be getting character songs!!! Just one good news after another huh? XD

Then they left the stage and next, the screen showed a picture of Reiji with the Yagami yakisoba bread. I think he mentioned that you should only eat up to 3. XD So we heard Mamo’s voice and they showed a video message by Mamo himself!

He apologized that he couldn’t make it to the event. He was asked about a memorable moment in doing Prince of Stride. He talked about how he enjoyed talking with Hanazawa and also, there was a part where he had to sing live at the recording studio. Then he said, “Speaking of songs…” XD (In the afternoon session, Shimono had to do his infamous impromptu singing so I thought oh god… poor Shimono). “Speaking of songs… oh no, I’m not the one who will be singing but… you know, that person… who is famous for impromptu singing… and makes you cry(?)..” Then he paused… and suddenly said, “Tosshi!” He said his name a few times and hoped that we would enjoy the event until the end.  

I don’t remember when the seiyuu came on stage but I clearly remember seeing Tosshi on stage, looking absolutely flabbergasted. XDDDD He was like, “What!?” I’m pretty sure everyone was expecting him to say Shimono’s name (like in the afternoon session). Apparently Shimono went, “Yes! Hehe” at this. XD Tosshi looked really reluctant to do it but he decided to do it. He dragged Hanazawa to do it with him. XD And let’s just say… impromptu singing is really difficult because they both failed. XD At one point, Tosshi sang, “Machu Picchu is a world heritage site~” It was just so random. XDDD Then he let Hanazawa continue it but failed. XD

Anyway, they were all seated. Ryohei and Nobu led the session. At one point, they were talking about Okumura fanboying and how he made this incredible squeal. XD Ryohei asked OnoYuu to try to do it. When OnoYuu tried, he made this really creepy sound. XD Also, Tosshi accidentally called Kuga “Kuga-chan” instead of Kuga-senpai. He got teased for making this mistake. XDDD They were wondering how their relationship got to that point, from senpai to chan.

Next, Ryohei or Nobu said that there was this one song in the OST. They played the song, which is called “Trust.” It’s that one song that gives you many feels and goes, “You gotta show me… you make me feel okay.~” They usually played this during an emotional scene and apparently, it’s only played in five scenes throughout the anime! I could’ve sworn I heard it more times! They played the first two scenes during the afternoon session and for the night session, they would play the rest of the three scenes! Then they talk about the scene afterwards.

I think before each scene, Ryohei told us to say, 3, 2, 1 GO!

The scene where Ayumu injures himself in the match so he could relay to Hozumi. ;w; I think this scene is pretty self-explanatory. It’s seriously sad… and gives me so many feels. ;w; I think many of the seiyuu like this scene as well…

The successful relation between Hozumi and Kuga. I believe Suwabe said that he actually went to the station where that relation was done (he might have said this during the afternoon session).

Lastly, of course, the last episode with the relation between Riku and Fujiwara. <3

Next up, they would do a variety corner, which means they would play games and compete for a prize! They split into two teams. Team Ryohei and Team Nobu!

Team Ryohei – Matsuoka, OnoYuu, Suwabe, Shimono

Team Nobu – Hanazawa, Okiayu, Egu, Tosshi

First, they did Prince of Animation. For this corner, one of the seiyuu from the Prince of Stride cast made a ranking of the top 3 scenes they liked the best. Team Ryohei and Team Nobu will be given a list of 10 scenes and they each have to guess the top 3 scenes that that seiyuu has chosen. And they have to put it in the right order to get points. They will get 1 point for each one they get right. If they get all 3 in the correct order, that team will get 10 points. Since Ryohei and Nobu were leading the session, they would not participate so it’s up to the members in their teams. So the seiyuu this time is OnoD!

Each member had boards and these boxes of magnetic strips of the scenes. They only got like 10-20 seconds to think and then had to show their boards. Ryohei or Nobu gave out a hint that the scenes that OnoD chosen doesn’t necessarily have his character in it. XD

They actually started off with number 3, then number 2, and then number 1.

OnoD’s top 3 scenes 

The scene where Fujiwara yells (I believe he was running against Hachiya and was falling behind). OnoD chose this scene because Fujiwara is usually reserved and quiet but this is the first time he voiced out his frustration(?).

The scene where Ayumu injures himself in the match so he could relay to Hozumi. ;w;

The scene where Kuga and Heath are talking. Kuga said he would run home and then goes off running. Then Heath says, “Everyone is an idiot,” and he runs off as well. XDDD

When one of the seiyuu gets it right, Ryohei puts a sticker on the one they got correct. Egu had gotten one correct, but Ryohei bullied him by not giving him a sticker and simply ignored him when he went in his direction. Egu whined like a kicked puppy (which I found surprisingly cute because usually he usually complains in a loud voice). Eventually he gave him one. XD Sadistic Ryohei…

When Ryohei went to the left, Shimono had gotten one right and he simply gave him a sticker. I believe after seeing Egu’s treatment, Shimono told Ryohei, “I got one right! Praise me! Praise me!” God, Shimono was so cute. Then Ryohei pat him on the head and said, “Aww, you did a good job,” in this cute doting voice. AHHHHHH <3333

Apparently Suwabe and Okiayu managed to choose all the right scenes, just not in the correct order.

Team Ryohei – 3 (thanks to Suwabe, Matsuoka, and Shimono)

Team Nobu – 2 (thanks to Egu and Hanazawa?)

Next, they did jump roping! Two staff members came on stage with a long jump rope. Apparently they have to jump rope in teams! And they had the audience count!

First, Ryohei’s team took the challenge. They managed to do 11! Actually, one of Matsuoka’s shoes fell off while doing it. XDDD

Next, it was Nobu’s team’s turn! I think they asked Hanazawa if she would be okay jumping since she was wearing sandals but she said she would be okay. They made Egu go in the middle since he’s so tall. And they did 21! It was seriously amazing. Egu had to bend quite a bit to jump. XDDD Nobu also had to hold onto his pants because it was slipping. XD I think a few other members had to do so as well. XD

Then Shimono tried convincing Ryohei’s team to do it again. XD The rest of Ryohei’s team seemed reluctant because it’s seriously tiring. Suwabe was like, “I’m in my 40’s!” Then Nobu asked the audience what we wanted… and of course we asked them to do it again!!! XD

So they reluctantly tried to do it again. Matsuoka got asked if he wanted to jump rope with or without his shoes. XD They tried to convince him to just do it without the shoes but he said he could do it. This time, they only did 7 and it was OnoYuu’s fault. XD He started laughing but the rest of the team said it wasn’t a laughing matter! XD I think they asked if they could do it again and they did. XDDD And this time, they got 28! Man, they all looked so tired. XD

Nobu kneeled and requested to Ryohei’s team to give them a chance to do it again. I think Shimono said okay. They all looked pumped up and headed to the jump rope. And Egu dramatically threw his jersey down on the ground. But once they got in front of the rope, they bowed to Ryohei’s team and said they give up. XDDDDD And the main reason was because they were tired. XDDD And plus there would be one more activity coming up… which would be tiring as well.

And lastly… you can’t do a Prince of Stride event without a running quiz! XD Two treadmills appeared with a digital number counter attached to them. First, each team chooses a runner and they get on the treadmill. Then a question will be asked relating to Prince of Stride. The runners have to run to 50 meters, and the first to do so, their team has the chance to answer the question. If they answer correctly, they get one point. If they don’t, the other team’s runner has to run to 50 and then the other team has a chance to answer the question. Before the runners started, the audience counted, 3, 2, 1 GO! I don’t remember much of the questions in relation to the runners…but anyway…

Shimono had a lot of energy and he was moving like Funasshi…so Team Ryohei chose him to do the running first. XD For Nobu’s team, Okiayu volunteered to do it. Shimono ran to 50 meters first.

Then it was OnoYuu vs Nobu. And OnoYuu runs FAST. I didn’t think he could run that fast. XD He got to 50 in no time while Nobu looked like he would die. I think the question asked was… how many times does Kuga say, “The wind is coming”?, and he didn’t look sure and just said 2 times. It was wrong. So Nobu… already dead tired, ran up to 50 meters weirdly, looking like a zombie. Okiayu gave it a try and guessed 5 times, which was wrong. The actual answer was 6 times! The closest number to 6 would get the point this time so that means Nobu’s team got points! Suwabe asked, “Did I really say it that many times?” XDDD

Then Matsuoka vs Tosshi. They were worried about Matsuoka because of his pants. He was wearing one of those fashionable sagged pants. It looked like it would be hard to run in. And I think OnoYuu bent down and grabbed his crotch area of the pants (It’s sagged mid-thigh so it’s not as if he’s actually touching it but still). XDDD Poor Matsuoka getting violated like that. Matsuoka’s counter kept on going up before it started, too. XD Anway, Matsuoka easily won even though one of his shoes fell off. XDDDD I think Tosshi stopped early because he got a cramp?

I think one of them asked the audience who we wanted to see on the treadmill. I yelled out Ryohei. And then one of them went, Egu? I guess many fans yelled out Egu’s name. And told us to chant Egu’s name so we started chanting it. XDDDD When they got on the treadmill, Ryohei said he wouldn’t lose when it came to this kind of game. Egu looked tired and had a weird running pose and truthfully, I didn’t have high hopes for him because he was really slow during the afternoon session. XD But it was actually a very intense… close battle!! XD It was 49-50 meters, Egu’s win!! AHHHHH

I think the final battle was between Suwabe and Hanazawa. Suwabe who is 44… and they were worried that Hanazawa wouldn’t be okay because she was wearing sandals. She said she would be okay. Suwabe said he would give a handicap and run with one leg! And he actually won… I was SO IMPRESSED to see a 44 year old man running with one foot like that. It looked like he was hopping… It must have been tiring. XD The question was actually a bit difficult because they got asked, “Which side of Himemiya’s hair is black?” Ryohei’s team said it was up to Shimono to decide. Shimono asked if they were talking about Himemiya’s point of view or audience’s point of view. He was told to answer with the audience’s point of view. Shimono was very indecisive and Suwabe just answered left and it was correct! XD

So the end result was…. Ryohei Team – 44 / Nobu Team – 22

Yes, Ryohei’s team won… by double! XD (They lost during the afternoon session). And for the grand prize… they won tickets to “Smile Land” aka Disneyland! XD One of them said, this meant that all of them can go to Smile Land together!! I think Shimono got a bit too excited and asked when they should go together. XD

After that, they left the stage and the screen started showing something.

They promoted the upcoming Prince of Stride stageplay that would happen in Tokyo and Osaka. They showed Riku, Sakura, and Fujiwara. After that, they showed nice pictures of the Saisen members and announced that the Saisen members would have their own drama CDs!!! And furthermore, there will be a drama CD of the prologue of the Yagami brothers!!

Then OxT came out wearing the Honan jerseys!! OxT is really amusing. XD They really know how to make the talk interesting. I heard that Oishi Masayoshi has experience with comedy? XD Well, he was doing the talking mostly. He said that they came JUST for this ONE song. xDDD Anyway, they had some requests.

First, they wanted us to stand up. Then he explained how whenever fans say, “Stride!”, it sounds like “Soi”, so we might as well just say, “Soi!” And when we say “Soi!”, he wants us to jump and/or wave our penlights up. Not only with the “Soi” part, he said to just watch his hand movement. Whenever he raises it up, we should just jump and/or wave our penlights. Second, he said that we should have fun. Then whenever he says the words, “Maihama” or “amphitheater”, we should go, “Woo!” Lastly, they wanted us to do fanchants, basically sing some parts. He sang one part of the first verse, and most of the fans were able to sing after because of the opening. But then he sung the second verse and many fans didn’t know how it went. Oishi was like, “If you didn’t buy the single, you won’t know how the next part goes.” But he said, we can just hum it if we didn’t know the part. XDDD

Then they sang it!! There were many blue and red penlights all around! :3 It was really fun! They were so cool, too!!!

After they finished, Ryohei and Nobu came out. Ryohei came out with his jersey tied around his waist. <333 They thanked OxT for coming just to sing this one song. XD Then Be My Steady played in the background and all the other seiyuu came out.

They lined up in the same order as the introduction. Oishi was at the end of the left side and Tom H@ck (guitarist) was on the right side. This time, for the concluding thoughts, they started from the sides first, from right to left. My mind blanks out on what they said but…

Hanazawa said she was tired. And apparently she had always wanted to wear the jersey. She noticed that many fans wore it, too!

Shimono said he wanted to drag the real Hozumi aka Kensho next time if theres an event, not just the can badge. <333 And he suddenly put his glasses on the ground for some reason. XD

OnoYuu said he was “protected” by his brother and took out Shizuma’s acrylic charm from his pocket. OMG dawwww.

I think Egu and a few others mentioned how it would be nice if all of them could get together (all of Saisen, etc) next time if there’s an event.

Again, Matsuoka mentioned how he did his best voicing two characters. XD It must have been an interesting experience. XD

Ryohei was the last one to say his comment and he said that the staff worked hard to plan out this event. <333

Then they all said thank you and began to leave the stage. ;w; Ryohei and Nobu high fived each other! AHHHH I think Shimono left weirdly. XD And Ryohei, one of the last ones to disappear from our sights, bowed once more and left. ;____;

And then we heard Sakura. >__< At the end, she told everyone to gather! And everyone said, “For always supporting us… thank you very much!!!” AAAAHHH ;W; Too many feels… On the screen, there was a picture of the PoS characters in chibi form surrounding the words, “Many thanks to you!” (in English).

My thoughts:

Suwabe – Really cool as always!!!

Okiayu – I think he’s really handsome in person! xD I feel that he’ reliable.

Hanazawa – SHE’S SO CUTE!!!! <3

Matsuoka – Awkward but really cute!! I was really impressed when he voiced two characters!!

Egu – For the first time, I thought he sounded cute when he whined. XDDD And his character is really cute, too! I usually find him interesting or dorky… but not necessarily cute. XD But overall a dork. XD

OnoYuu – Not only is he good at yo-yo… he can run fast!! He has a really nice smile, too!

Tosshi – THIS FREAKING ADORABLE KUGA SENPAI FANBOY. AHHHH I think I grew to like Okumura… he’s seriously a cutie.

Nobu – Oh Nobu… XD Cute.

Shimono – SUPER ADORABLEEEE. AHHHH. When I see him in videos, I think he’s always gets bullied by others and interesting… but he was super cute in real life. In the afternoon session, he was the closest seiyuu to me and AHHHH. <3 He was waving to the fans as well. And bravo to his impromptu singing. xD

Ryohei – What can I say? XD MY BIAS <33333 Super adorableee. XD I never fail to see him bully Egu every time.

It was an awesome 2-hour event. I’m really glad I got to go to both sessions!!! Both sessions were really interesting!! And had so many awesome announcements!!! I can’t wait until it’s on DVD!!! :3 I look forward to the character songs as well! I hadn’t laughed so hard in so long.

A special thanks to Jessa for coming with me to the event!! <3 I had lots of fun!

I actually couldn’t sleep well the night before (most likely because of excitement). So I woke up around 5:30 or so and got ready. The place I was staying at was only a few stops away from Saitamashintoshin, the closest stop to Saitama Super Arena. I planned to meet up with Zoey ( @xpeppermin​ ) and Sam ( @bakedcrackers​ ). They were already queue-ing for goods and apparently it was already a crazy queue. Zoey told me that it would most likely be difficult to get in line with them.

When I got there, the venue wasn’t that difficult to find. Follow the fangirls and signs!

But I could see how it would be difficult to get in line… The line zigzagged like crazy.

Luckily, we managed to find each other. Actually, they spotted me standing there awkwardly. I wanted to join them in line but there was this line guide rope in the way and some staff members standing around. I thought it would be better to ask so I asked a staff member if I could join them but he said that wouldn’t really be fair to the others. Actually, I regretted asking in the first place… because I saw other girls just going under the rope anyways. Eventually I was able to join them suspiciously. XDDD Emi came later but it was hard to describe where we were at that time… so we couldn’t meet up in line.

So we waited in line, talking to each other. The staff passed out the goods paper as well. And I learned from last year to always bring a pen so I did... xP

Finally, we managed to get the goods within an hour or so. Nothing was sold out. I only got the pamphlet; I was surprised to see it was completely black and very thick, much thicker than last year’s and Ryohei’s can badge and charm set.

(My wallet was already crying since I went to the Starmyu event the week before and two weeks later, I would go to the Prince of Stride event… I swear I will write that fanreport soon, too!).

After that, we finally met up with Emi. It was so great to meet her even for a short time! We talked for a bit! Then she had to go.

Then Zoey, Sam, and I went to Omiya, one stop away, and ate something at a café. I got a savory salmon salad crepe. It was a bit weird but interesting. After eating, we decided to look at the KiraFes pamphlet. Instead of flipping it normally, we decided to take turns opening the pamphlet to a random page and awe over it. xD I kept on flipping to NamiDai…. But they all looked very good! <333 Ryoheeeei!

Eventually, we went back to the venue with Sam’s friend joining as well. We could enter at 14:00.

When we entered the venue, we saw flower stands and present boxes.

I took pictures of some of the flower stands. (I’ll just post Trignal’s)

Aww... Tsuda Kenjiro sent them flowers as well! :3

I was really surprised to see Nobugnal (Nobu + Trignal).

After that, we headed to our seats. We had to part with Sam and her friend.

Zoey was with me. I got the stands, level 200.

When we got there, I was surprised that it wasn’t as big as I thought it was going to be. Apparently Saitama Super Arena has more seats than Yokohama Arena but it wasn’t too bad. Actually, I thought Saitama Super Arena was a better venue overall. (I remember poles were blocking parts of the screen when I was in Yokohama Arena). The stage setup was interesting as well. It kind of reminded me of Tokyo Dome set up in a way. Also, our seats were pretty nice in my opinion!

While we were waiting, they showed advertisements of the Kiramune artists and also of anime that starred some Kiramune members as well! I remember many fans kept screaming when Nobu’s upcoming single, “Kimi no Egao, Boku no Egao” advertisement was shown. He looked very cute there. XD

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Finally, KiraFes 2016 started at 15:30!

I believe it started off with the screen showing the chibi version of the Kiramune members one by one, explaining the rules (no smoking, no high heels, etc..).  

Last year, KiraFes 2015 started off with NamiDai so I wondered who would start this year.

And it actually started off with Kamiya! Cue the purple penlights. He sung songs from his Haregou album.

-Zeitaku na Jikan (Extravagant Time)

-HARE? GO!

-VIVA LA FESTA!!

Next up was Nobu! Cue the white lights. He sung from his Questory album.

-Star Fanfare

-Want You - When I first heard this song, I thought it was such an adorable song. I was very happy to hear it sung live! It was seriously adorable. Especially when he said, “Want You!” in this cute voice.

Followed by Yocchin! Cute the hot pink lights! And he sung songs from CYCLE.

-Hajimari no Uta

-Wasshoi – Very fun song!! There were fanchants as well!

Then Kakki’s time! Green lights!

-Saichaina – I actually grew to like this song and have liked it since I saw it sung live in KiraFes last year. Some people used hot pink for this song to represent the sakura. It’s just a very pretty song~ The animation was just amazing as well. Very high tech.

-Lesson A to B – Man… when I first heard this song, I just thought this is one of the most random songs I have ever heard. It’s crazy! I do like one part of it but… anyway… to see it live… it was just damn amazing and full of win. Like seriously. Why??? Oh god, where do I even start? XD Basically the most awesome part was that they played a video behind on the screen as he was singing. Basically a PV. And it was a video with Kakki… cosplaying!!! Lots of cosplay outfits! God, I’m sure he had tons of fun with this song. So he was in different oufits including an old man and best of all… crossdressing. CROSSDRESSING. And he looked good!!! Very pretty! He crossdressed as a schoolgirl with straight, long hair, holding a… gun. Yes, he started shooting random stuff too. Did I mention it was super random? For some reason, I could’ve sworn I saw him cosplaying as a nurse as well. And then there was another crossdressing outfit he had on. And guess who he cosplayed? XD He cosplayed Marilyn Monroe… with that white dress and short blonde wig… and he even did that one famous scene where wind is blowing the dress. XDDD At one point, he took out the breast paddings from his chest and threw them somewhere. LOL Just so many things happened in that pv but it was fun overall. The crossdressing got to me the most. xD  

After that came Miyu! Yay for the red lights!

-Jewelry Day – AHHHH I didn’t think he would sing an old song but <333. It’s from the JUMP single.

I remembered he did an introduction after singing this song. He also asked the audience if it was anyone’s birthday. (It’s a birthday song). Then he said, coincidentally, it was his father’s birthday. Dawww <3

-I am I – It’s a pretty mellow song~ :3 So prettyyyy

He’s my second bias after Trignal. He has such a wonderful singing voice. >////< I seriously love his voice.

Then it was NamiDai’s turn. He sung songs from ELEVATION.

ELEVATION

Awaked

LIGHT RAY

I just remember that NamiDai was very cool, singing all these songs, which was a bit strange because I don’t associate him with cool that often.

Lastly, Trignal finally came out!! I was anticipating them for a while. XD And little did I know that they would start off with….

ESCOLTA - AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I remember Zoey was telling me that she hoped that they would sing this song for KiraFes and they actually did it!!! ASDLFJLAKWEF; IT’S SERIOUSLY SUCH A CUUUTE SONG. LOOOOVE IT!! <3333333333 All three of them were basically wearing all white with random lines of their colors within Trignal (so Ryohei = red, Egu = yellow, Wing = blue). Ryohei wore a hat as always! RYOHEI LOOKED SO GOOD!!! AND THEIR HIP SHAKING PART DAWWWW WING IS SO CUUUUUTE (though I’m not sure if I approved of his hair since it was a bit long) and Egu… was Egu. XDDDD The dance was as cute as I remembered!

They did an introduction after the song. And then said that their song would be a summer song…. Which means…

PANORAMA SODA – an upbeat song!! It kinda reminds me of Summer Magic. XD I think Wing messed up at one point here. XD

Time for the MC Talk corner! :3

So Kamiya led the MC!

I remember he asked the members something but I forgot what it was.

NamiDai got told to wipe off his sweat. You know how NamiDai is famous for sweating a lot? (Egu too). He was given a towel by Ryohei but before Ryohei gave it to him, Ryohei starting wiping off his sweat with the towel. <333

Also, at one point, they talk about Kakki. And Ryohei proceeded to touch Kakki’s abs and sorta hug him? XD Man, Ryohei is too good at this fanservice. XD AHHHHHHH

I also remember Miyu teasing…. bullying Egu. XDDDD Oh Miyu…

Oh and someone called Kakihara, “Tetsuya”! XD That was pretty interesting. XD

I only remember two topics in particular!

One topic was about food. People who have gotten better at cooking goes to the right side and people who haven’t goes to the left. Most of the members went to the right side. On the left side, there were only Egu, Miyu and Kakki.

Apparently Kakki doesn’t cook at all. O__O; I think the members were surprised Nobu was on the right side and Nobu tried explaining how he has cooked. I don’t really remember the contents but it was a weird explanation that didn’t count. So the members told Nobu to go on the left side. XDDD But then at one point, all the people on the left side tried to join the right side and leave Egu by himself. But he chased Miyu down. XDDD Miyu tried to run away from Egu. And Egu kept following Miyu!! XD Eventually Miyu got caught by Egu and got hugged by him XDDDD Fans were going crazy. XD

Unfortunately, Nobu had to leave early to prepare for his next song.

The final topic was alcohol. People who have gotten “stronger” with drinking (or basically can drink more) goes to the right and those who haven’t goes to the left. On the left, there was Ryohei, NamiDai, Wing, and one more. NamiDai explained that he has gotten “weaker” and how once you hit a certain age (over 30), you just can’t drink as much. People were surprised Ryohei was at the left side as well because he’s known for his love for drinking. When Ryohei was asked to explain, he said he agreed with NamiDai.

On the right side, Yocchin said he has gotten a bit stronger thanks to NamiDai. Apparently NamiDai invites him to go out to drink a lot (well, with Uncle Bomb and Kiramune Company XD). Yocchin said he likes drinking some kinda “hai” and recommended it to Kamiya.

Kamiya was on the right side and said he hated the taste of beer (I CAN TOTALLY RELATE). But recently, he is now able to drink two glasses of beer. But he gets red and tipsy easily. XDDD Ryohei proceeded to show us how Kamiya acted when he’s tipsy/drunk. Ryohei went to the middle of the stage and just sat down, legs sprawled and looking really out of it (I can totally imagine this).

When it was Wing’s turn to explain, he told Ryohei to show the audience how he (Wing) acted when he’s tipsy/drunk. Again, Ryohei went to the middle of the stage and sat in a very cute seiza (imagine how girls sit while doing tea ceremony) and looked very tired with his head sort of tilted and looking feminine with his hand position, too. Then suddenly, he became alert because he noticed someone’s glass was empty and asked what they wanted and ordered for them. (If you watched Kiramune Company’s episode with Ryohei… it’s basically that). XD Then it got to a conversation where Kamiya praised Wing for being really considerate when they go out to drink. Then they looked at Egu with a face. Egu suddenly got defensive and said he was considerate, too! And Wing went, “Uhh… when?” LOOOL God, I really want to see what they’re like when they’re tipsy/drunk. XD And that was the end of the MC talk portion!

Next up was Nobu’s second round of songs! All were from his Questory album.

-Shinjiru Kokoro

-HOLY HOLY - I’m pretty sure for this song…This song… so Nobu looked really cool in his outfit. There were “enemies” with weapons on the stage, closing in on him and on the screen, there was this really awesome animation of a dragon flying around. Eventually Nobu got a weapon and he FLEW. (I totally flashed on Johnny’s groups right away). What I mean by flew is that a rope and string(?) were attached around his waist and he flew. AHHHHHH. He even did backflips and beat the enemies. And before the song ended, he slayed the dragon!!! It was seriously really cool!!!

-Lost Universe

Then it was Kakki’s turn.

-Oresa

-Orange

-Call My Name

Followed by Uncle Bomb!! Apparently they sang from INFINITE.

-LOCUS

-Party Star

I remember the songs were super cool! The dance was really cool, too!

And then Miyu!

-Peppy Hopper!! – Another old song from his album, vivid. <333 AND I BELIEVE HE FLEW HERE LIKE WHAT NOBU DID. HE FLEW SO ELEGANTLY. OMG. ASJKLKFSD

And after the song, he said he had an announcement… he announced a new album coming up!!!! The title hasn’t been decided yet but it would come out this winter.  AND he said he would sing two songs from it.

-Ryusei no Kimi e

-Melody

Oh god… I really love his voice. >////< I remember one of them was a bit slow-ish? But I really liked it! I think I really liked “melody”… I could just close my eyes and feel so content listening to Miyu.

After that, Trignal came out!

Kiss Plus – AHHHHHHHH FINALLY. SERIOUSLY LOVE THIS PARTY SONG. I had been waiting for them to sing this song!! <3333 They were jumping as if they were at a party with music blasting. They also did hand motions… doing the peace sign when they sung “Futari (literally meaning two people)” I just thought it was really cool!! It makes me all hyped up too!!!

GREAT ESCAPE PARTY – I think Egu forgot his lines here. Because at one point there was silence when Egu should’ve been singing. XD Heehee but it was cute.

MISSION – Very cool as always!!

I think Ryohei didn’t wear a hat for these songs. <3333 AHHHH

Then Kamiya came out!!!

And there was so much awesomeness here!!!

-Danger Heaven? – First it started off with him on the stage. There was a desk with some papers on it. He was dressed up like a typical sort of scholar… well just think of his PV. As he was singing, he started writing and eventually threw papers in the back and in the front. Then he walked toward the middle, where you see this super HUGE book. He opened the book and then smoke came out of it. Suddenly, a ninja-like person with a big weapon appeared. Then Kamiya went to the book and there was smoke once again. And he came out with a cape (basically that other outfit from his PV. Kind of reminded me of Attack of the Titans for some reason). He got a sword somewhere and started fighting with that ninja-guy. And he won! The ninja-guy was on the ground for a while and eventually started dancing with Kamiya. XDD Man, it was seriously awesome. XD

After that, NamiDai came out in this extremely…. Gaudy outfit? XD I remember that I didn’t approve of his outfit much.

-UTAO – This is seriously such a cute and hyper song!!! I really love it and the fanchant as well!

-For Dear Light

Then it was Nobu’s turn again!

-Shunkan Beat – I really love this song… it’s just really cute and adorable. It makes you hyper! XD

And I believe Nobu announced he would sing from his new single releasing in July! And it’s called “Kimi no Egao, Boku no Egao (Your Smile, My Smile)”

-Kimi no Egao, Boku no Egao – I remember Nobu sung this song and smiled a LOT. He’s just so adorable.

Followed by Miyu!

-Uso to Mirai to – No words to describe this incredibly beautiful song. It gave me goosebumps. AHHHHH MIYUUUU <333

Then Kakki came out!

-Monogram

-Susumasero! - This song is really cool!!! XD Do it!!! XD And I believe for this song, he got on this podium thing that rises so I couldn’t exactly see the front of him. I suddenly heard screaming and I thought, wait, what happened? And when I looked at the screen, he had LIFTED UP HIS SHIRT AND FLASHED HIS BODY. He definitely has been working out that body… OMGGGG XDDD I NEVER THOUGHT THAT SORTA THING WAS ALLOWED. I DUNNO WHY I THINK THAT. XDDD But WOW. Great fanservice…. XD Sexy. xP

And Trignal came out!

-Hoshizora Sentiment

-RAINBOW

God… of all the songs they had to do… they had to choose the two songs that were ballads and gave me too many feels. >___< They were both very beautiful songs… and during Rainbow, there was an animation of a rainbow forming in the background. AHHHH… It’s like how I remembered it was… for Trignal’s live last year.

After that, Kamiya!

-Neverland Glitter

-Harenochi Hajimari no Hi – So actually, I don’t keep up with Kamiya’s songs but I do have this single!!! And I really like this song, too!! I was so happy to hear him sing it!!!

And finally, Yocchin finished it off. I was thinking that I didn’t see him as often compared to the other members! And he gave this emotional speech about how they do KiraFes every year as if it was their last time doing it (?) and his gratitude to the fans…. My feels… >______<

-Anthem

-Goodbye

-The End

Like seriously… ;w; ahhhh

We started to chant “Encore!” for a while.

And finally Trignal came out!!! They would start the encore!! (And I believe all the members wore the KiraFes 2016 T-shirts for the encore.) And I was really surprised to hear them singing…

-DARLING – IT’S SUCH A CUTE SONG. AND A SPECIAL APPEARANCE FROM NOBU! Nobugnal!!!! It was just full of fanservice!

Nobu appeared sitting in a chair. And the Trignal members were singing to him. Wing pushed Nobu towards Egu when he did his solo part. Then he pushed Nobu towards Ryohei when it was his solo part who proceeded to HUG him (and thus not singing his lines because he was hugging him with two arms. Wing tried putting his mic towards Ryohei). AHHHHHH. AJSDF;AKWELF Then when it was Wing’s part, Wing hugged Nobu from behind. AHHHHH SO CUUUTE ASLDKFJALWE. Towards the end, one by one, they sung, “My Darling” while kneeling in front of Nobu while offering a hand. Nobu looked very flattered and was looking at all 3 of them, trying to decide. And he looked like he was gonna take Egu’s hand but chose Wing in the end. LOOOL Poor Egu. Then Nobu grabbed onto Wing’s arm and they skipped happily.

After the song, they talked a bit and talked about how they wanted to do Nobungal one day and they finally did! I think they said for when Nobu chooses one of them, it’s really just up to him. And Nobu said, “Maybe I’ll choose Wing again next time.” And Ryohei started acting like a little spoiled kid who can’t get what he wants. XDDD By sorta stomping his feet. XDD You know how Ryohei loves Nobu. XD

And of course, Nobu was the next one to sing! :3

-ONE

I’m pretty sure Miyu must have joined him for this song though I don’t know why I don’t remember what happened here… XD

It was Miyu’s turn of course!

ZIP ROCK! – AAAAAAAHHHHHH I was so happy to hear this song sung live!!! <3333 It’s one of my favorite songs by Miyu so AS;FJKAWLE And towards the end, Kamiya joined him and they danced together!!!! A’SD;FJLKAWE

I had been hoping for KAmiYU to sing a song together throughout KiraFes and they finally did!!! YAAAAAY!!! XD

-my Proud my Play! - But what threw me off was the fact that I had never heard of the song they sung… I thought I had all of their songs because I really love KAmiYU… (Later, I found out it is from some tokuten… got to go find it…).

And of course, Kamiya was next!

-YELL – For this song, NamiDai joined him. Kamiya was running all around throughout the entire song (Wow, he has more stamina than me!) and NamiDai did the same but on the other side... But NamiDai looked like he was gonna DIE. He tried! XD Whenever they met in the middle, they high fived each other and when they met for the last time, Kamiya hugged NamiDai. Daawwwww I don’t think I see much skinship from Kamiya. XD

Then it was NamiDai’s turn!

-Gekiatsu Chouzetsu Saturday Night!! – And yes, it was indeed Saturday night. XD They attached this bungee jump kinda thing… And he was AMAZING. FLIPPING CONSECUTIVELY AND FAST. WHILE SINGING. I’M SO AMAZED WITH HIM. XD Yocchin came out and asked the audience if anyone had seen NamiDai. And I was surprised to hear Yocchin call NamiDai, “Daisuke”! While NamiDai was flipping, Yocchin had this WTF face like… what the hell are you doing? He was just shaking his head and when NamiDai finally stopped and his song ended, Yocchin still had that face on and NamiDai looked like a little kid who looked like he did something wrong. XD It was seriously priceless.

Of course, Yocchin was next!

Dream Flag – I believe this time, 3 Kiramune members joined him, carrying these big flags. They were waving them, too. I think there was Kakki, Miyu, and Wing(?). I thought that Miyu was very strong for being able to wave the flag constantly. XD

And finally Kakki!

-Hikouki Kumo – I remember this song was very nice to listen to~

And all the members came out, wearing the T-shirts. Yay for Kiramune All Stars!

I think it was here when they all said their concluding thoughts about KiraFes 2016 and promoted their recent singles, DVDs, live tours, etc..

I remember quite a few members almost forgot to promote. XDDD Unfortunately, I forgot most of this part…. I know I yelled out Ryohei when it was his turn to talk. Oh! and I do remember…

Nobu mentioned how it was great that he could do Nobugnal with Trignal. Cue Ryohei being unhappy. XD He also said how it would be cool if he and Kamiya could have a faceoff. XD And Kamiya looked at him with a serious face and basically went, “I accept your challenge.” XDDD

Kamiya was the last one and he said he had a big announcement. He was gonna have his second live! And it would be held in Makuhari Messe, same as last year! XD He asked us not to post the setlist and what happened during KiraFes 2016… basically spoilers on twitter or any social media. XD One of them commented that NamiDai always immediately posts things on his blog and he said he would not do that. XDDD

And of course for the finale… they all sung!

-EVER DREAM – AAAAAHHHHHH Lots of fanservice of course!!!

-Bokura no Egaku Mirai –Of course they would sing this song! <3 They started off on this circle… so they were in a circle and that circle rose and moved around slowly.

And during the encore with all the members, suddenly a purple ball was thrown in front of the girl a row in front of me…. but it bounced off the seat in front of her so a girl two rows in front of me got it and she looked like the happiest girl in the world. I believe she was a Kamiya fan, too. But OH MY GOD… I have NEVER seen a ball thrown that close to me before. XD It was nice of Kamiya to throw it in our direction too because we weren’t so close to the stage either. XD

They all said thank you and left the stage. >____<

It felt like it was all a dream…. >___< I wish I could’ve gone on the second day, too, but I had work on Monday and last year, I was so exhausted from KiraFes what with it being  a very loooong live.

But wow, it was an amazing 5.5 hours of my life!!! I was a bit more familiar with the songs this year compared to last year so that was nice. And I love the songs that they sang this year! I was a bit sad I didn’t get to hear Get Together!! (I heard that they sung that on day 2 instead of Ever Dream) and more KAmiYU songs. But overall, I loved it. I love the stage setup for Saitama Super Arena because the stage setup extends from one end to the other and the members all sang from different positions each time, in consideration of all the fans! And they did so many cool things this year such as flying and doing skit-like stuff!  I was glad to get the seats that I got. I got a good view of all the members in general! I didn’t have to look at the screen that much!

Kamiya - I really enjoyed Danger Heaven? And loved the fact he sung my favorite song by him!!!

Yocchin – So cool as usual!!! <3

NamiDai – I was surprised to see his cool side!!! XD

Kakki – Too much awesomeness from him especially Lesson AtoB! And what’s with the sexiness!? XD

Nobu – How can he be so cute and cool? XD

Miyu – I could listen to him all day…. I love his voice and songs… >///< I look forward to his new album!

Trignal – Egu – Oh god… such a dork as usual. XD

Wing is just SO ADORABLE AS ALWAYS. He was waving to the fans a lot!

Ryohei – ASJDF;AJKWEL AHHHHHH <333 My bias XD

Thanks Zoey and Sam!!! <3 I had fun seeing you guys again! And it was nice to meet you, Emi! And Rizu, unfortunately we didn’t get to meet but next time!!! I had tons of fun! I’m definitely going to KiraFes next year and I look forward to the DVD!

I’m gonna attend both days of Trignal’s live: Secret Garage in Yokohama in August. I actually won the tickets a while back. I will be going with Zoey, my Trignal buddy. XD And the last day is also my birthday so I’m really excited for that!!! AS;DJFLKAEW It’ll be the best birthday present. <3