To me, this is shaping to be the most entertaining Request Hour yet.
Thus far I haven't watched live, but I'm watching same day. All my evenings, magically gone!
Unit Matsuri was AWESOME. Lots of fun. Blue Rose with Aamin, Reinyan, Abe, and Natsu was EPIC. AnRiRe doing Pajama Drive was really interesting, worked well. Faint with Jurina was pretty cool, too. Otona Jellybeans with Sasshi and Yukirin blew me away, so out of left field. Just REALLY good overall. Loved it.
Edit: Oh, and Jean D'Arc with Sayanee and
Okada Nana was kickass!
Day 1 was full of surprises. I was amazed to see so many A-sides rank this low, but I guess with all this AKB content constantly flowing in we're bound to see some songs fall to the wayside. I'm glad to see Gomen ne Summer still rank, even if just barely. Bacchikoi K was a surprise. You could vote for the Wasshoi B derivatives?
Manazashi Sayonara was the highlight of the night for me. I personally would have preferred it in the top 25, but to see it rank period was a joy and the performance was
HOT. Airin and Ogichan were on top of their game, looked beautiful, I was totally moved by their performance. It was amazing. I was happy to see Oh my God! rank. I was thinking it may not make it this year.
Tenshi no Shippo was fun, too. B3 still tearing it up.
The MC's were also great. Electric pens, Ricchan getting buried in marshmallows.. gotta love it.
Day 1 makes me eager for the next few days. An upgraded level of fun and some definite surprises coming rank-wise too!