Back from the concert. Kind of mixed feelings at the moment, but overall I'm still all excited and hot inside.
My biggest disappointment right now is the lack of a few songs that you could clearly hear them sing during the rehearsal. To be more precise they did Omoi no Uta, Forever Remember and Koigokoro which also happen to be three of my favorite songs. The ending was also a bit half-assed. As if that wasn't enough, the announcing of the #1 Idoling!!! song poll is for tomorrow...
#1 (To be announced 9/23)
#2 Like a shooting star
#3 Lemon Drop (Idoling!!! band)
#4 Ganbare Otome
#5 Shokugyou: Idol
Now for the good points!
First of all the intro was fucking awesome. It showed the 15 of them being in a prison located on an island and each one in their personal cell, except for 4-5 of them. There's not much of a story behind it, since they basically just break out and that's it. Umeko was the only one treated as a psychopath.
Lemon Drop was pretty good. Umeko was the only one who'd never touched a guitar before, but she kept her cool (She borrowed her dad's guitar, by the way.
). Maipuru and Rurika didn't fail to deliver as expected, but out of the two of them I'd have to say Rurika stood out the most with her drumming. They all performed while wearing their usual frilly stage costumes which was a nice touch.
Speaking of live band, they were backed up by two guitarists, a bassist, two trumpets, a sax, drums and a keyboardist. It couldn't get any better, most of the songs sounded better than usual even, but I guess the atmosphere played a big part as well. All of the performed songs were supported by the band except for Puyopuyo 7. Out of the bunch and from what I could remember I'd have to say I liked Royal Milk Girl the most, which had guest appearances by Morimoto and Hasegawa.
During the first half Masuno was doing some corner called "Idoling!!! files" where he basically introduced the girls with slogans and spoiled some latest info which had some hilarious moments.
If I remember correctly it should be something like this, with some stuff I don't remember here and there:
#3: Shows no emotion, thus nicknamed the Woman of Steel. Has only showed tears once, to which she personally responded "Why is there water coming out of my eyes...?"
#6: Is going as an orthodox idol this year, as opposed to her Miraccho-like route last year. The staff don't really care anymore what she's going as, though.
#7: Weight: 2 tons. Because of her thick eyebrows she's been nicknamed "Yoshizumi" recently. (Reference:
Ishihara Yoshizumi) Also, the staff have been thinking of utilizing the smell of her feet as a new punishment for the show.
#8: Dyed her hair back to black to get away from her delinquent character. According to the members she's still a delinquent but with black hair.
#9: Height: 196cm. Weight: 88kg - Rumors says a couple of scouts for some baseball teams attended today's concert.
#11: Remember Suu-chan's corner from last year where she gave people advice? Well, apparently she's keen on doing it again insistently asking the members if they have any problems they'd like resolved.
#12: Refuses to go out with members because she dislikes the train fees. Recently sent out a group mail to all 14 members asking them to lend her some CDs because she doesn't have any other friends in Tokyo. The mail had an attachment with a list of CDs.
#13: It seems like ever since Kaede joined she's been having a change in characters taking a break from Puni-puni and Oha-lucky.
#14: Lately she's been speaking in a Tokyo accent backstage. She now also has a Miyazaki-ben dictionary with her.
#15: Her favorite comedic duo lately is Fruits Punch.
#16: For some reason she had Kadosawa smell her feet.
#17: Has been cold towards Masuno lately. Masuno explained her attitude as a teenager in puberty being cold towards her dad.
#19: Her appeal goes down if she gets her face wet, i.e without make-up.
#20: Professional ass-licker. It's been exposed that a lot of her ass-licking are lies, such as her "When I sit beside Amimi my heart starts to pound" towards Kikuchi Ami.
#21: Looks down upon Kawamura and Fonchi, calling them "Umeko" and "Fonchi" respectively.
Possible incomplete setlist:
(Opening VTR)
01 Mujouken Koufuku
02 Soushoku-kei Carnival草食系
03 Tokimeki DREAMingときドリ
MC - Member introductions, everyone had their own theme song
04 Hyakkaryoutan Idoling!!!
Idoling!!! File #1
05 Houkago Telepathy
Idoling!!! File #2
06 Hannin wa Anata Desu // Furifuri Idoling!!!
Idoling!!! File #3
07 U
MC - Band introduction
08 Royal Milk Girl (w/ Morimoto, Hasegawa)
MC - Maipuru & Suu-chan
09 Love Magic Fever // Puyopuyo Idoling!!!
Idoling!!! Song Poll Top 5
10 Shokugyou: Idol (#5)
11 Ganbare Otome (Warai) (#4)
12 Lemon Drop (Idoling!!! band) (#3)
13 Like a shooting star (#2)
Encore
14 Kimi ga Suki
15 Moteki no Uta
Ah well, the more I recall and write about this the more depressed I get knowing I'll be missing out on tomorrow.
Let's hope there won't be any announcements. Anyway, there's probably something I've missed but this concludes my report for now.
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