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I was with my husband at A2. Not German though, but maybe it was us? He lifted one of the crowd-surfing girls on his shoulders at some point. It was so much fun, but it could've been a lot crazier - something just didn't feel right with the energy there. Maybe they should've let more people into the standing block, because it felt like there were only 4-5 very active rows and the people behind us were just... hanging there. XD

I think the thing they did with Myakuhaku as closing/ending is all about the polarity of the two shows - life, death, everything is connected blahblah (<-- reads too much into poetic vkei stunts lol). But I get where you're coming from.

media no juusei is epic, but i think some of the magic is lost in a big venue. when they did it at club citta last month i gained about 10 years of life. plus Tatsurou's theatricality throughout the song adds a lot to it - the crazy man talking with himself and the scary faces. Speaking of - do you remember which song it was yesterday when Tatsurou was alone on stage and just did a scary face with creepy lighting etc. (i was mesmerized XD but for some reason my memory is very foggy on this one).

And holy shit yes! At this point I'm about to go from 'shut up and take my money' to 'take my credit card and do what you need to do'.   But seriously speaking, I hope this year doesn't burn them out. All these releases (even if they're remasters/re-recordings/compilations) and 4 tours? They better take a break after this.

It must be you guys then, maybe French? I remember the guy tried to help/push when one girl just suddenly faint there, was it him?

From the first floor today the ground looked much more crazy (like everyone active) though with less "crowd surfers"

I dont remember that exact moment from Tatsurou, maybe it was in the "minibreak" they did when only him and Sato reminded in the stage for a few seconds?

Taking into account they sales are not as good as it used to be...is a bit risky all this releases...3 compilation albums in 1 year, + 2 remasters (at least), +1 tribute album, the LP reedition, + at least 1 live dvd (I guess it be a box set, like the "live chronicles" series) and 1 MV dvd, pfff sounds way too much, and there is still one "egg" to be discovered, hope they take some rest after it.

But this Friday I go back to Beijing (I was in Tokyo for just 10 days) so the anniversary lives part is done for me

possibly us then!

2nd day had less crowd-surfing songs and more... general headbanging/moshing ones? to be honest, although i like the 1st day setlist more, the 2nd day felt a lot more like i thought Budokan would feel like.

yeah, i'm not sure where they're going with all these releases. plus rumors about oishi masahiro screwing l'arc over makes me wonder where all the money they will make off these releases is going anyway. and yes, they should rest. the bangya will live without seeing them for a couple months lmao

glad you got to go to both days! hope you have more cool opportunities like this soon.