( this was so hard to work on I swear I have the worst memory)
Oh fun fact this was all actually broadcasted on Nico Nico, both panel and concert! (I think for the panel it was, but I’m definitely sure about the concert)
I came to the anifest for the anime.
Specifically the utaites 😏
There was also f'hana, Suzuki Konomi, May'n, and Usagi, but I’m not too familiar with them lol so I won’t write about them.
Also I’ll be writing about what they said to the audience but my Japanese isn’t… Perfect. I can understand it sometimes, but reading and writing is… Not good.
S O R R Y.
Also because this was held in Indonesia I’ll be using Indonesian words when they spoke it, but in brackets I’ll put the English. I’ll also recap a few personally funny things that happened to me, specifically with my cousin that I brought along. (She isn’t even in a fandom, and doesn’t even know what utaites are)
NOW LET’S GO. (WARNING: LONG POST)
I could only attend one day (Saturday), because of something I like to call hell school. Which I’m kind of sad about since Kradness is performing the second day and well, he’s the first utaite I’ve ever listened too. I’d go but there’s no way I’d be allowed to miss school Hahah :^)
The anifest exhibition, filled with little booths selling cute drawings, keychains, and a whole lot of Yuri on Ice yaoi. Official (?) booths include: Black Butler, Fate Apocalypse, some others I’m sure, but most were fan-run (?) booths. (I bought a set of Koi Yuri on Ice keychains that were adorable lol)
Of course that’s not what I came for. I came for the anisong concert.
Specifically Tomohisa Sako.
The event began at 10:00 am. I arrived at 2:30 and bought the VIP tickets. To my dismay, T-kun had an autograph session at 12:30.
U N L U C K Y
To be fair was on the plane. Yes jakarta is not where I live. I live in another city boohoo. Flew out but missed autographs.
And since I arrived late to purchase the tickets, the closest seats were row N. But at least had wasn’t in the standing area hahahahah. (Those who stood for three hours at the very back sorrymasen.)
There was about five hours until concert doors opened. What can you do for five hours??
I took a look at the schedule.
Wait. What’s this?
At 3:30 pm the beginning of nico nico panel!!? (Mind you I didn’t know this was happening.) I only came for the concert. This was great, I had some way to spend the time while waiting for the concert doors to open.
But who was performing? Was it anyone I knew? YES IT WAS.
Natsushiro Takaaki, Eve, and CleaNero (Clear and Nero.)
L U C K Y.
I was so excited I stood in front of the small open stage thirty minutes early. Also because I wanted to be at the front. Then it happened. It begun. The crowd started to thicken.
Anytime nico nico was mentioned me and a few other girls screamed like mad.
(No pictures cause obviously they’re forbidden)
I think the only downside of this short panel was that the time between each performance was really long XD. We had to wait around half an hour more or less for the next performer to come up. But they did provide entertainment in the middle of that wait.
Usagi was the first performer. She sang a song that I know the melody of but not the words or the title. (Shazam didn’t help either)
After her was my dear dear dearest Ikemennnnnnnnnnnn NATSUSHIRO TAKAAKI. He looked so good and ugh it was just amazing like how can someone be so cool lol. He came up on stage and pulled out a piece of paper. (a recurring theme.)
“Selamat siang! (Good afternoon)” he said. Or tried to say, but he was cute for trying. “Nama saya Takaaki Natsushiro. (My name is Takaaki Natsushiro.)” he struggled to say it but we were patient. I was grinning so hard because him trying was so adorable. (”Ganbatte!” the crowd shouted in encouragement)
Then he proceeded to speak in Japanese. “Do you understand Japanese?” he asked first.
“We do!” the crowd, and me, answered. His smile grew like a little puppy as he complimented us it was amazing. (and adorable, they all were so dorky aa)
Okay here is where I apologize. I don’t remember any of the songs he sang. I KNOW I’M TERRIBLE BUT SERIOUSLY MY MIND BLANKED OUT. (I kept staring at his face I guess lol that’s not a valid excuse.)
I think. THINK. He sang: 世界の真ん中を歩く(sekai no mannaka wo aruku)
BUT He was so enthusiastic as well, always getting the crowd to shout with the song, or clap our hands. (My cousin’s comment: How can he sing so perfectly while jumping?) ALSO DID I MENTION HOW STYLISH HIS OUTFIT WAS? HE WAS WEARING WHITE CLOTHES AND IT WAS WAS WAS COOLLLL.
He seriously looks like the drawings of him. Like with long white coat-thing with black underneath. And of course, a smile all the time. SO CUTE AGHHH
If anyone who was there knows any of the songs he sang please tell me ww I need help.
Fun fact: during the performance I was looking at him then in the far corner I saw a guy wearing a mask. I stared for three seconds before almost, ALMOST shouting, “EVE.”
Eve was watching the performance from a door to backstage it was so cute ww.
A N D
Eve was also the next performance. There was this one girl who seriously loved him, she kept shouting ‘kakkoi or kawaii’ when he came on stage ww and throughout the performance. So since no photos are allowed I have their faces branded into my brain haha. Okay but. Eve looks exactly like his avatar. Like the hair, the body shape, etc. I was gushing over it for the entire performance. He was wearing this blue patterned shirt with a floral jacket-thing over it, I think the pants matched the jacket. Why are Japanese people so stylish???
Now the performance. Not in correct order but he sang:
ユニバース (Universe)
スパークル(Sparkle from Your Name/Kimi no Nawa.)
惑星ループ (Wakusei Loop)
Now this cute boy also pulled out that fated paper. He stared at it sometime, trying to pronounce the first few syllables.
“Se- Sela? se se... (G- Goo? G-Good...)” he kept trying, eventually people starting shouting in encouragement but he held his hand out like ‘please be quiet I must focus.’
He then said it properly (well kind of). “Selamat siang! (Good afternoon)” When we cheered in response he looked so relieved that he had done it w. After that he sang another song. The poor boy was starting to get sweaty, and when he ended the song we could see he was really out of breath. To play it off adorably he panted into the microphone. “Haah haah, it’s hot...” he said (In japanese). (Cue squeals, it was so adorable.) And then he asked for a towel.
While waiting for the towel he decided to speak a little to us, albeit in Japanese. He said, “before I came on stage I was really nervous!” (That’s what I think he sort of said. Could be wrong) We all aww-ed and someone yelled (in Japanese) for him not to be nervous, which he obviously in turn replied with a thank you.
I felt so sorry for my poor sweaty boy, and they didn’t have any towels to give him, so I half-jokingly told my cousin that I wanted to throw him some tissues. (She then kept trying to take my tissues and throw them upstage. I WAS IN THE FRONT ROW I SWEAR HE COULD SEE THIS HAPPENING IT WAS VERYYY EMBARRASSING.)
During Universe he got us to sing along to the ‘woah woah yeah yeah’ parts in the song, and during the instrumental breaks the crowd was shouting like, ‘HEY HEY HEY.” It was really nice.
Wakusei Loop started playing and I screamed because I love that song. Immediately the crowd goes ‘ tuttururuttu ruttutturu’ along with the song. And some rhythmic clapping during choruses/ instrumentals.
When he left the stage I got so sad jeez. But i remembered that there was still CLEANERO.
I mean, there was two of them! Both, one package. Win win right?
And they ran up on stage, instead of having that little paper scene, they went straight into the first song.
The songs they sang (that I remember) are:
Butterfly
Cotton Candy Cloud
That One Song That Goes ‘Lalalalala’ And They Got The Crowd to Sing With Them. (Aka idk)
And I’m sure there were more but I forgot song
But the thing about Clear and Nero is: THEIR HARMONIES. They are so beautiful i felt like shedding a tear seriously. It was like the heavenly voices came down to bless me on that anime day.
But these two knew how to interact with fans more while performing. Although Nero more than Clear. They always stood on the front and one time Nero pointed at at an audience member while singing.
But after two songs they took a break, and the paper came out. Clear was cackling while Nero tried to pronounce the words. He did so pretty well actually.
“Selamat siang (good afternoon) Jakarta!” he yelled, which in reply we cheered, but then he handed the paper to Clear, who stopped laughing as soon as he realized what he had to do.
Clear said the exact same thing as Nero, but with stuttering and a heavy accent.You could tell he was really embarrassed, especially when some of us giggled. Luckily MOST of us were very encouraging and cheered for him instead.
After they were done I headed to the main stage where the concert was being held.
That’s when I entered and realized, “Oh no it started already?!?”
I swear they began early. So we headed to out seats and May’n was performing. While she was singing my cousin pointed to the poster-thing, where the performers were lined up in this order from bottom to top:
Tomohisa Sako
May’n
Konomi Suzuki
f’hana
She told me that if it was in the order of the pictures then that would mean that T-kun already performed. CUE PANIC. I tried to stay calm and enjoy the show but my mind was going a quadrillion miles per hour thinking of what would be of my life if I had indeed missed Tomohisa perform.
May’n finished and left the stage and I sat down while waiting for the next performer to come up. We were sitting there staring at the screen playing advertisements when it flashed and in very loud volume it played:
COMING UP NEXT: TOMOHISA SAKO
I SCREAMED SO LOUDLY AND TEARED UP. SERIOUSLY. MY HEART EXPLODED AND I JUST FELT LIKE AAAAAAAAAAAA IT WAS PURE BLISS HOLY CRAP.
T-kun ran onto stage, and the girls were deafening. I tried to calm myself but how could I?!?! HOW COULD I?!?
T-kun sang many songs, but instead of listing them I’ll go through them.
(Although maybe not in correct order.)
So he sang Renai Saiban (Love Trial) and it reminded me of the little medley he did with Amatan and I was singing along like a little bird that doesn’t really know all the lyrics ww.
He sang Mezase Pokemon Master and mad us shout that pikachu part LIKE FIVE TIMES. HE EVEN CALLED OUT SOMEONE. “Ahh... You only! You only, okay?” he said in english. It was cute and I was SO JEALOUS OF THAT PERSON.
He sang Get a Ban Ban and I THINK I JUMPED ALL MY FAT AWAY WHILE SINGING WITH HIM BECAUSE I WAS SO ENERGETIC.
Sugar Song and Bitter Step. At the beginning he trailed off one of the lyrics and twirled his finger at the audience... Thinking about it still makes my heart beat aa it was wonderful.
He sang Floria and I felt a little nostalgic since I haven’t listened to that song in awhile it was so nice. T-kun really is cute and sweet...
And he sang Blue Bird!! I SWEAR THE CROWD WAS THE MOST ENERGETIC FOR THIS SONG, I SWUNG MY LIGHTSTICK AROUND UNTIL I FELT LIKE MY ARM WAS GOING TO FALL OFF.
Some other things that happened.
Him trying so hard to speak in Indonesian. While he was trying someone in the crowd yelled, “ T-kun daisuki!” and he was startled and replied, “a~a~ arigato!”
He told us, “Saya makan nasi goreng. Enak sekali. (I ate fried rice. It was really good.)”
Then he asked us what foods we liked, and my cousin shouted, “INDOMIE!” (Instant noodles ww) I swear the people by us were cracking up.
Seriously my boy was so pure and I had so much fun I just felt so blessed the entire time ww.
IKEMEN BOYSSSS <3
I want to follow them forever!
(I want to translate the footage of T-kun’s performance but I must brush up on my Japanese ww. I can do the Indonesian. Hopefully I can though.)
C3 ANIFEST WAS AMAZING I MISS THEM SO MUCH. I WANT TO WATCH MORE OF MY UTAITE BABIES I HOPE THEY CONTINUE COMING TO INDONESIA!!
Niconico | Official Youtube upload
Vocals: Amatsuki
Music: ShounenT
Lyrics: Amatsuki & ShounenT
This song is so sweet and cute, I couldn’t let it go untranslated!! :3 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all! Please enjoy~
街が真っ白に色づいた頃
消えない明かりが灯る
約束の木の下待ち合わせ
今日はこの街の誰もが
解けない魔法にかかる
machi ga masshiro ni irozuita koro
kienai akari ga tomoru
yakusoku no ki no shita machiawase
kyou wa kono machi no dare mo ga
tokenai mahou ni kakaru
When the town becomes clad in white
A light that never fades will glow
Underneath the tree, where we promised to meet
Today, a spell that no one can break
Is cast upon our town
君は少し遅れて駆け足で
白い息でやってきた
僕の頬が赤く染まるのは
いつもよりも脈が早いのは
寒さのせいだけじゃない
kimi wa sukoshi okurete kakeashi de
shiroi iki de yattekita
boku no hoho ga akaku somaru no wa
itsumo yori mo myaku ga hayai no wa
samusa no sei dake ja nai
You showed up a little bit late
Your breath was white in the air
When my cheeks started to turn red
And my heart sped up a bit
That wasn’t just because of the cold
今日は数えきれない物語が
この街でキセキを紡いでゆく
きみのこと こんなにも
愛しいと思えるほど
kyou wa kazoekirenai monogatari ga
kono machi de kiseki wo tsumuideyuku
kimi no koto konna ni mo
itoshii to omoeru hodo
Today, so many stories that we can’t count them all
Are spinning miracles in this town
There’s enough for me
To find you as loveable as I do
そうさ 世界中探したって君以上なんて
きっといないって
君がただ 笑ってくれるだけでほら
僕の世界は色を変えてゆく
君しか見えなくなる
sou sa sekaijuu sagashitatte kimi ijou nante
kitto inai tte
kimi ga tada warattekureru dake de hora
boku no sekai wa iro wo kaeteyuku
kimi shika mienakunaru
Yes, even if I searched the whole world
I’m sure there’s no one better than you
All you have to do is smile, and see
You change the color of my whole world
And I can only see you
very very Merry Christmas to you!!
待ちゆく恋人達を横目に
今日は僕も大胆に
この胸のドキドキを抑えて
君のその手を奪って
ポケットにしまい込む
machiyuku koibitotachi wo yokome ni
kyou wa boku mo daitan ni
kono mune no dokidoki wo osaete
kimi no sono te wo ubatte
poketto ni shimaikomu
Staring at all the couples out of the corner of my eye
I decide to do something bold
Gaining control of my racing heart
I take hold of your hand
And tuck it away in my pocket
ずっと 君が探している景色は
いつの日か僕が全部あげるから
僕の手を 握り返した
君の手を離さない
zutto kimi ga sagashiteiru keshiki wa
itsuno hi ka boku ga zenbu ageru kara
boku no te wo nigiri kaeshita
kimi no te wo hanasanai
The sights you’ve always been searching for
Someday I’ll show you all of them
You squeezed my hand back
So I won’t let go of yours
そうさ 世界中探したって僕以上なんて
きっといないって
君もそう思ってくれるだけで ほら
どんな季節も夢で溢れてく
君だけを好きでいる
sou sa sekaijuu sagashitatte boku ijou nante
kitto inai tte
kimi mo sou omottekureru dake de hora
donna kisetsu mo yume de afureteku
kimi dake wo suki de iru
Yes, even if you searched the whole world
There would be no one better than me
If you thought that about me too, then see
All of our seasons will overflow with dreams
And I’ll love no one other than you
very very merry Christmas to you!!
世界中探したって君以上なんて
きっといないって
僕らそう思っていられたなら ほら
時が止まるくらいの幸せが
そう いつまでも
sekaijuu sagashitatte kimi ijou nante
kitto inai tte
bokura sou omotteirareta nara hora
toki ga tomaru kurai no shiawase ga
sou itsumademo
Yes, even if I searched the whole world
I’m sure there’s no one better than you
If we can think that together, then see
We’ll be so happy forever
That we could practically stop time
I love you!!
世界中探したって君以上なんて
きっといないって
君がただ 笑ってくれるだけでほら
僕の世界は色を変えてゆく
君しか見えなくなる
sekaijuu sagashita tte kimi ijou nante
kitto inai tte
kimi ga tada warattekureru dake de hora
boku no sekai wa iro wo kaeteyuku
kimi shika mienakunaru
Yes, even if I searched the whole world
I’m sure there’s no one better than you
All you have to do is smile, and see
You change the color of my whole world
And I can only see you
very very Merry Christmas to you!!
T-kun: This is... I was extremeley happy...
Of how, Morishita Suu （@natiyan92）sensei had taken the trouble to come here ! ! (T_T)
Hibi Chouchou! Moreover seeing this... Suiren-chan... doing the getta banban ! ! ! ! (T_T) It’s too cute...
@syounen_t_sako: このすいれんちゃん、何度見ても愛おしい…。
T-kun: Suiren-chan in this... how many times I look at her she's adorable...
