Those of you following me on LiveJournal and Google+ know this already, but it seems appropriate to share here as well (I swear I meant to do this a lot earlier).
As you may or may not know, I help run the official Gachapin facebook. It was a simple fanmade page at first, but their management contacted me, and they wanted me to keep doing what I was doing (though, admittedly, I'm not contributing much at the moment). I was floored by this, as I was sure they would tell me to GTFO if they ever found it. So I felt humbled and thankful.
Then earlier this summer, I went to Tokyo for my (much needed) summer vacation. There had been talk of getting me in to see a Gachapin show, and I was very excited. I was, however, not at all prepared for the fact that I would get to meet them as well.
But I did.
And I was not prepared. Hahahha. I ended up sitting backstage in their dressing room just staring at them, being a complete creeper 8| but it was fun. They all shook my hand and thanked me for spreading the word. Hana pointed at me and told me she remembered me from last year (I attended her DVD release event). It was all a bit overwhelming, really. I'm the one who should be thanking them. I felt in the way and like I was a bother, because they were preparing to go on stage (!!!), but yeah. It was awesome getting to see them prepare for the show, listening in on the pre-show discussions and just generally soaking in the backstage atmosphere. It was incredibly cool to be able to be a part of that (they had brand spanking new costumes for this show, and they were all walking around worrying if it looked good/would we uncomfortable on stage, haha!).
I rushed downstairs so that I'd be able to actually see the show as well. I was blown away.
Their music videos are great and all, but they don't really capture the energy of Gachapin. It's completely wild, and kind of unexpected. I mean, they
do look like just another anime-music band, but that's so not what they are on stage. Armmy was really working the crowd, she even jumped into the audience at one point during the absolutely epic Ben Jan Dan to
dance with us. It was amazing. We all linked arms and jumped from side to side.
Tomo-zo was adorable. Weird though, she was on "my" side of the stage, but I never really noticed her? Hhaha. I was jumping around like crazy, though.
KOGA did an epic MC, and I'm told that this is how she does all her MCs. No microphone, standing on top of a feedback monitor, screaming out a long ass speech to the audience. I seem to remember she talked about their second anniversary tour, which is what they're doing currently, and everything they've achieved as a band along the way. Memories from her old band, and such...
Hana? Well, this is her new costume. You tell me that isn't just the most awesome thing ever
(they totally went over this move with her after the show, I got to see her do it over and over 8D)
This is KOGA's new stage costume;
(that picture was taken in the dressing room while I was there 8D)
Armmy's new costume;
(..... it's so fitting that she does a song called I'M SEXY~ and yeah, that's from the show I went to)
So... yeah. It was epic. Over way too fast, but awesome.
I saw them again after the show, took a picture with them in their dressing room;
Showing off their new t-shirts. The girls have their own colours now! (as shown by the shirts). They also
gave me a shirt of my choice (I chose Hana's colour). KOGA handed it to me going "PRESENT FROM HANA~". XDDDD It felt so wrong. I was all "..... no, no let me pay for merchandise, omggggg" (I didn't actually say that, but I wanted to D:). And then later, Hana gave me one of her headbands o___o;;; I'LL TREASURE IT, OMG.
I also met their manager, he also shook my hand and
thanked me. I was completely speechless.
So... yeah. It was an awesome experience, but I still look back and facepalm of my inability to TALK. I did not manage to say anything at all... though thinking it over, I'm not quite sure what I would have wanted to tell them, so I guess it all worked out. Even though they probably think I'm the biggest weirdo, but whatever.
;;; I should get them some silly souvenirs and send them to them. To make up for my awkwardness!
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