Team 8 3rd Anniversary Concert in Saitama 17/4/2 (evening show) Live Report
okay so starting out i just want to point out
that in the bag of concert brochure and other things they gave us as we went in
there was a brochure for winglets
also the sign i got was onishi’s which yay that’s pretty great
they also gave us a random lettered sticker for what block we would go to for the matsuri games
i got d and forgot to look up who was doing what booth so i just went to the menko booth.
i had no idea what that was but hikarun and hijirin were running it and were very cute
i also couldn’t really figure out the game by the time it was my turn and i just kind of accidentally dropped the coaster thing they gave me but it knocked down something else so i won a keychain
for the concert my seat was in the third level so i didn’t get any up-close idol but it was cool to see how the entire stage was set up the entire time
before the pre-show started there was a pre-pre-show skit
it featured top lead (one was a teacher, the other was a father, i can’t remember who was who i’m sorry i’m here for the idols) while takita kayoko made an appearance as the mother and she and the top lead father introduced their “daughters” to their new teacher
these were riona (who only spoke in english), pena (who did an impression i think of kyoka?), harupyon (who jumped a lot), and kurenyan (who did a moe line)
then pre-show with the kanto members
they said in an mc that ayane chose the setlist for the pre-show
ayane getting the spotlight here was so great, she was the center for everything
and i have been wanting her in kimi no c/w forever so i’m so glad
aisatsu kara hajimeyou through 47 no machi e were all part of a skit about ikumin confessing
it was a smaller amount of girls (ikumin, hiichan, and moka were there at least... probably around 12 total?) with ikumin at the center which was great
also they were all wearing different school uniforms and for whatever reason they gave ikumin the majigaku 4/5 uniform??? like at first i thought this was gonna turn into a majisuka gakuen au
in between river and 47 machi e there was a short break with ikumin doing a version of oogoe diamond with odaeri singing harmony
ikumin.... at least your singing has improved i guess...
then during 47 no machi e she was like “OKAY I’LL CONFESS” and then rode a bike down the stage and ran to one of the stands and gave a random fan a love letter
at the end all the members were also doing the gacchikoi chant along with the fans that was great
and then everyone came in during nounai paradise
end roll was absolutely amazing
like listen team 8 has some fantastic dancers and dang these girls are top tier
during the dance bridge the music cut out and this beatboxer guy came out and well, beatboxed and they danced to just that. first solo and then as a group and man it was awesome
hatsukoi dash started off with ayane being the only one on time and everyone else late and at the other end of the stadium
as an apology kaorumba just. took out violin and started playing it. and harupyon started doing a rubix cube
ayane was having none of this nonsense and was just like “if you want to apologize just run over here. and as punishment you gotta yell out a confession as you do it”
harupyon finished her rubix cube by her turn
for she’s gone it started out with a “saitama collection”, aka all of the girls in the unit doing like a mini fashion show down to center stage
tonari no banana was probably my favorite unit of the night???
because it started with naru coming out and being like “let’s introduce our new member...”
and then yamada nanami walked out
they then got kyoka to come out and gosh she’s adorable. still totally raw but she’s got a sort of ksgk vibe to her and i love her
after the first chorus they brought out this box and kyoka’s just like “here’s a present for you, naru! get in!” and naru went in and...
it opened again and pena was in the box instead
kyoka’s reaction was just like
“hm guess i got it wrong oh well” and they just finished the song with the two of them
where did naru go????? never explained, just went on to the next song
tsundere opened with hijirin calling the “tanis” to assemble, and called the unit members
moka was not thrilled about being called the “tanis” because she’s “yaguchi”, not “taniguchi”
they also did a tsundere moe line during the middle, moka’s was “geez, stop calling me taniguchi, it’s annoying. just call me moka.”
look you guys know me, i’m not too into the cool dance numbers but dang dance8 just killed uza and make noise
between the two numbers there was another dance breakdown with bgm courtesy of beatboxing guy
adult8 didn’t have too much dancing or anything, a lot of their stuff was just kinda walking around looking sexy
but during innocence odaeri actually sang the solo lines and dang
the eightles were definitely the highlight of the concert for me
definitely not the best band i’ve ever heard, but i liked how they had the violin in there from rumba
odaeri probably would have been a better vocalist, but rin was just having so much fun and had so much energy that it really pumped up the crowd
at the beginning of heavy rotation it sounded like there was some dissonance between the violin and keyboard?? not sure what happened there
top lead being announced as making the setlist for 83 got the biggest reaction from the crowd of the news and let me tell you i am so hyped
