So, it turns out I misunderstood the date of the event. It is not Thursday but it was today! And I happened to be in Odaiba today!!
The event was for Kotone Mai (who?) and the special guests were Momoi Haruko (who?) and ASE!
The first live was Mai and Momoi, which was OK. Momoi had a Keytar and everything was pretty lively.
More importantly, it was a chance for me to see how the event went, since ASE was not up until 5PM.
Turned out I had to buy Mai`s new single and you would get a ticket with a random number.
The higher the better and I lucked out with 035 out of around 250! This meant I had a seat on the second row, right in the center!
Kohime spotted me during the rehearsal and she gave me a quick wave. When they came she did it again. Epic.
They were all there, except Karen
Aw well, I can not complain.
They did 5 songs!
- La la la Revolution
- Knee High Egoist
- Latest single
- New single? Platinum or something? I think it is a cover album, because they did Nakagawa Shoko - Aozora Days (or whatever it is called lol)
- Watashi Love na Otome
Then Kotone Mai did her thing, which was nice. There was a one minute sample of her song on loop for hours, so I got sick of that one pretty quickly lmao. Then she performed it live, of course.
Then it was time for... HANDSHAKES! I figured it was only for Kotone Mai, but Afilia came out as well!!! Holy crap, did not expect that.
I will write a proper review later, but the girls who left a good impression were Louise, Yukafin and Emiu. Some of them tried to speak English too lol. Kurumi is pretty cool, but not as pretty as I hoped lol. Biggest disappointment was Aria
She was not that into it on stage and she was like a corpse during the handshake. Barely any reaction and I even called out her name.
Biggest winners are Kohime and Miku. Kohime immediately recognized me and gave me a quick wave during rehearsal and again when they came out during the live. At the handshake she yelled out BARRIE!!, took both my hands and jumped up and down a little. Holy epic. A great final ASE memory.
Mikudoll is gorgeous. Very very pretty, seriously. During the handshake I did the gao thing and she went GAOOOO. Super cute.
Pics werent allowed, but I sneaked in some shots from a distance. I have around 15 out of focus pics lol. I will check and post some of them later.
After the event two guys came up to me and recorgnized me from the ASE Ikebukuro cafe, lmao. I also noticed some fans had cards with hand written messages by their fav member. It turns out you get one if you spend a zillion yen at the Ueno cafe. lol
What a great trip. I am loving Japan. I did not plan any of these events in advance and I already shook hands with 21 idols.