Your AKB48 Experiences

Figured I should do the fandom a service and post up my 48-related experiences over the month I stayed in Japan.

NMB48 3rd Generation KKS Theatre

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So, first event ever for me was the NMB48 3rd generation KKS theatre performance in Yes Namba. My Japanese is rudimentary at best so I had no idea what I should have been doing. Turned up when tickets started being sold and was ushered down the hole in the ground that is the NMB48 theatre. Exchanged money and showed my email and passport to the staff for a small ticket and armband. I had lots of time to spare so I returned to the hotel to drop off my bags instead of using the lockers. By the time I returned, the whole place had changed! Some comedy event was occuring at the same time right next to the hole in the ground. Asked one of the nmb staff what I should do and he showed me to a stuffy stairwell where I had to line up in according to my ticket number. Just short of suffocating and dying in there, the line started moving and we were finally being brought down into the theatre!

I went in not knowing a single girl and came out being able to recognize about 1/3rd of them. They're a really capable bunch who put on a very good performance which I enjoyed thoroughly. It was Togo Sora's (now graduated wtf) seitansai and she got the whole seitansai deal: a cake, a bouquet of flowers, a letter from a friend as well as her mom, and a birthday song. For the high touch later, the girls were really enthusiastic. Most of them slapped my hand really hard and said the thank you and yoroshiku loudly. I almost walked off at the end but one of the staff shoved me back into Togo Sora's arms for a thing where the girls lightly massage on your shoulders for a few seconds.

NMB48 Virginity 2shot event

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The next day was the NMB48 2shot event for Virginity. I managed to get 2 tickets after a very unlucky streak of losses so I would only be there for a short while. Met a friendly wota who spoke decent English and was eager to show me the ropes with 48-related events.

The first 2shot was with Jo Eriko (now graduated. again, wtf). This was her final 2shot/handshake event ever and I could sense the angst amongst her fans in the queue. Went in the booth and woah, she's gotten really tanned! She said to do the fighting pose she does in her catchphrase so I did, told her good luck, and left. Next was Kondo Rina. I let her know I was from Australia and she asked me how was Japan in very clumsy English. Sweet girl.

Maeda Atsuko Mini-live

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I then hastily left the venue for Kobe where I would be attending a Maeda Atsuko mini-live which I got tickets for from redeeming codes found in her 2nd solo single. The queue was massive and went on for 4hrs with pre-queues of pre-queues going on. Acchan pretty much sang all the songs from the 1st single and a few from the 2nd single, as well as a cover of YUI's Goodbye Days. A double encore yielded a 2nd performance of Kimi wa Boku da and finally, Flower. The staff at this event had prepped us all with free lightsticks to use in Flower specifically and it was quite a nice sight. Acchan got the crowd going by saying that she wants to do this again next year. Lets hope that dream comes true.

AKB48 album theatre version handshake/2shot

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I went for the AKB48 album theatre version handshake/2shot event armed with (only?) 7 tickets! This would be my very first AKB handshake event which followed my very first NMB event, visit to the NMB theatre, and visit to the AKB theatre so maybe it's not all that special anymore. The way the whole thing works is quite similar to what I experienced at the NMB shameru event, which a kind wota guided me through back then, so I was able to plan out my strategy to get the most out of all my tickets.

First thing in the morning was a ticket for SKE's Suda Akari. As I didn't arrive early enough to be in front of the pre-queue, I had a lot of time to figure out how best to get a 2shot stub which turned out to be relatively simple. The 2shots are all scattered on top of a pile of handshake stubs and usually only halfheartedly mixed by the staff. So all you have to do is be on of the first 20 or so people in the line and pick stubs from the corners and right on top. Got my 2shot stub for Suda and promptly panicked all the way to the booth. She lovingly took care of my shellshocked self, leading me from the table to the 2shot area with a firm grip on my hands, talking at me the whole time. I felt kinda bad so I steeled myself for when I went back for a handshake in the next block. That time I was able to tell her where I came from, to which she suddenly stuck her face right in mine and said "Thank You!" in English.

Next was AKB's Watanabe Mayu. Getting a ticket for her was totally unexpected back when I put out a bunch of random bids in the resale bidding block that I thought I wouldn't win. I'm not that big a fan of hers and I had no idea what she'd be like. Picked up a 2shot stub and had a bunch of wota look at me enviously whilst I went "ohshi- what do I do?" I had initially planned on telling her that 0048 was great but when I was pushed into the booth and faced with the great cyborg herself, I clammed up. She's got this overwhelmingly intimidating aura that was only augmented when she decided to be really formal with me. Managed a weak hello that she answered with 'konnichiwa, yoroshiku onegaishimasu' and a 'i'm from australia' that she answered with 'ah! yoroshiku onegaishimasu'. Took the 2shot and left after she said 'yoroshiku onegaishimasu' again but with a handshake this time.

What followed would be a mad rush to see Milky, Ainyan, and Yui, before I had to leave asap since it was getting late and I had other plans. Prioritised Milky (NMB's Watanabe Miyuki) and pre-queued for her. I was 4th in line and had 2 tickets so I had hopes for a 2shot. The wota in front and behind me all got handshakes and they urged me to open my stubs so I did in front of them and got... 2x 2shots! Would have traded one for a handshake to spread the love but they only had single tickets and the stubs were all labelled. Went into the booth and Milky greeted me with an extremely weird-sounding phrase in kansai-ben. I had no idea what it was and it completely threw me off. So she stared into my eyes while holding my hand before I was able to stammer out that I'm from Australia. She replied that that's where her beloved Koalas are from then led me to the 2shot area. After the first 2shot, which was taken by strangely happy and giggly staff, Milky somehow tripped on the flat ground into me. Lots of epic fanservice since this allowed me to catch her for a second or two. I asked if she was alright and she said 'un' and continued staring into my eyes while the female staff giggled over in the corner. It seemed like forever before I realized I still have another 2shot to take so I asked her to decide on the pose. She showed me what to do and explained it slowly, took the 2shot, said goodbye and I left. I was in there for what could possibly have been a full 2 minutes thanks to the friendly staff! 2 minutes of heaven, I say.

Hopped over to NMB's Fukumoto Aina's line and picked up a handshake stub. Went in to say hello, told her I'm from Australia and that she's awesome. She started the usual 'oh wow overseas?!' and then proceeded to yell over in my direction about how cool that was as the staff pushed me out of the booth.

AKB's Yokoyama Yui was last. The line proceeded really quickly and I sadly only picked up a handshake stub since I didn't finish with Milky and Ainyan quickly enough to be in front of the pre-queue. Got in the booth to have my eyes destroyed by her extremely blue onepiece dress. I said hello, she said hello, and then I was thrown out of the booth. It was probably only 3 seconds compared to the 10-15 seconds I got with the other members.

tl;dr Milky was frigging awesome and I don't care if it's all a trap

 

Great write-ups everyone - it's great to see this thread so active.

(I really need to get HS tickets for Milky lol)

Will have a write-up of the 100th performance of A6 and a NotTV show in a couple days myself. My theater luck continues to be strong

 

Not exactly an experience but...

So at my uni right now in the UK, there are students from unis in Kansai who are here on exchange.

So not too long ago, I was talking to one of these girls, and it was brought up that I'm a NMB and Sayanee fan.
And so she randomly commented:
"Oh, nmb. my friend's younger sister is in nmb."
And I was like ehsss really?? And I asked her who.

And she said "Shiroma Miru" lol.
Woots a Team N girl
And she didn't seem to know any other nmb girl other than mirurun and sayanee (the kansai girls I have met here here generally seem to all know nmb but as for member only sayanee and that's it lol.)

haha cool story anyway, didn't think it'll ever happen to me but it did so XD

So in terms of degrees of separation, I'm just 3 degrees away from mirurun.
And 4 degrees away from my oshi and the rest of nmb. *shot*

 

Team A - Mokugekisha - 10/11/2012

I ended up with a last minute, somewhat unplanned trip to Tokyo this October. My original plan was to see Ayu's final show of her tour at Yoyogi, but my AKB48 Theater luck came through once again. Even though I could only apply for 3 shows, I snagged an ippan win for Team A.

Finally - after winning B5 so many times, a chance to relive my first Theater Stage.

As usual, I got to the Theater early to check in. Ended up with ticket #40 - but kicking myself for not getting there even earlier (more on that in a moment). The audience mix was interesting - lots of women for this show. I almost wondered if I had accidentally applied for a women-only show. Took my obligatory wristband/ticket picture and hung out in Donki waiting for the time to line-up.

I noticed there were a lot of VIPs for the show. A few were even taken into the theater for a bit (guess maybe a mini-tour). Then they were parked off to the side until it was time to start seating. VIPs went in first (probably about 10 in total), then 3 Super Enpou (yes - you read that correctly), then the women, families, couples, and enpou. Before they even started calling groups, the entire middle section was nearly full except for the first few rows.

Then the first group was called and it was... 1 - 9! The entire place went "oooooooooooohhhhhh". Then after what seemed to take forever (or pretty much half the groups), our group was called. Thankfully the lobby was quiet so I could actually hear our group being called - because I had the lead.

When I got in there wasn't much time to figure out where to go. All the seats were taken - even the pillar blocked ones, the center standing section was 2 deep, and the others were filling fast. I went straight forward and managed to nab the last front spot at the rail on the left side. Center stage was still pillar blocked, but I had a clear shot to stage right. Unfortunately, several of the girls decided to park behind me - therefore giving them a 'mobile pillar of death' to contend with as well. I was almost going to offer to let them move in front of me - but realized that it would technically be a violation of theater rules.

'Miniskirt no yosei' was all 14th gen, very solid performance. Kind of hoping that Nakkii would be there, but the performance was from Hikari, Kojimako, and Naachan.

Once Team A came out, I realized I picked the right spot to stand. I pretty much had Mocchi and Wasamin in front of me for most of the show. In fact, I think I was grinning from ear to ear for most of the first set. I completely forget to even look to center or the right. I stared at them so much, I was worried it was going to be too noticeable.

The audience was really into the show. I ended up clapping throughout the entire performance, something I rarely do. Had a little pressure to do this, as I was in clear sight of the girls on stage the entire time. The girls around me felt the same. They were trying to dance and wave as much as possible in the tight confines. Many were big Mariko, Nattsumi, and Haachan fans, they would shout louder than anyone whenever either had a solo line.

I noticed there was a lot of live singing that night, which was good. The dance performances were a bit rough, but once the MCs started it became obvious that some of the members were a bit under the weather. Shiichan could barely talk (she really deserves props for performing that night at all)

It was definitely a blast seeing this stage live again. I love the first set, and for units, I got a double-dose of Mocchi and Rabutan, covering both of the ballads. Haachan did a good job with Takamina's solo (that is a hard song to do live). Though for me the highlight of the units was Enjou Rosen. I still feel that the second set is a bit slower, but the encore makes up for that. (by the way, took a long time to get it going that night. The girl next to me is the one who actually ended up kicking it off).

The final song was Gingham Check, and then while we waited to exit they played the UZA PV (which I could see absolutely none of due to the pillar).

Then it was time for the high-touch.

I got out the door and bam there was Wasamin. I got a quick arigatou in before I moved past. She did let out a little 'oh' when she realized I wasn't Japanese, but I doubt that she remembers me from March. Then it was down the line to Mocchi...

Which is when the magic happened.

We did the high touch and suddenly her eyes went wide. She completely lit up, her smile got twice as big, and she gave me a big 'oohhh - hisashiburi desu ne!' and then waved as I moved down the line. I missed the next three-four girls in line as I looked back and said 'hisashiburi' back to her (she was still looking at me even as other fans were going by). Then I believe it was Mariko who turned to her and asked "Hisashiburi?!?!"

I'll be honest - that's about all I remember from the theater. I literally was in a complete daze as I headed out of Donki and over to the Cafe for dinner.

However, this is not the end of my Team A adventures this trip. More on that in my next post...

 

^I think I just literally died from your post, getting a "hisashiburi" from Mocchi would be awesome.

I can't wait for Sunday, a friend got me some handshake tickets (2 to be precise) my first handshake event

 

thanks for the feedback

i thought i was a real akb fan because i went to a theater performance once,

but when i look at your profile i feel like a total NOOB lol
My respect, sir.

 

She is completely awesome and really deserves a lot more attention than she gets IMHO. In fact if I wasn't so devoted to Yui, I would oshihen in a heartbeat.

@Cristafari - really happy that you won a show, especially since it's one of the 'waiting stages'. Keeping my fingers crossed for my next trip. Really hope that Wasamin saw or at least heard about the show on Saturday - looking forward to that HS event report!

 

Pretty late posting this lol...

So i won a KKS Boku no Taiyou 1800 show last sunday (4 Nov). This would be my seventh theater show i've seen... 7 is a good luck number right? lol.Got to the theater with plenty of time to spare. Went ahead and bought my ticket and was kinda surprised that they don't do wristbands anymore (HRP informed me later on that TGSK had announced this change a while back.) So now the tickets has your name (located to the right of your zip code):



While waiting for people to start lining up to their designated numbers, i went ahead and filled out birthday cards for Miichan and Okada Nana since their birthdays were coming up pretty soon. After I got done, i went ahead and lined up with the rest. I looked at my ticket number and it was 39, the last show i went to i had number 49 and the 30-39 group went in first, i always wondered what it would be like to be up the front center row, i would think that it would be literally the best seat in the theater.

So the lottery starts, and the theater staff calls out...

Group 30 to 39!

It took a moment to realize that i will be seeing the show UP CLOSE! I went inside and when i got to the front it looked like the front center row was taken up and i was about to settle for the Super Enpou seats... then a theater staff up front was saying that there is a seat available in the front center... and there, i rushed(speed-walked) to the available seat. SCORE! I was pretty much two seats to the right of the center stage position. It still felt so unreal to be seating up front(I've mostly been standing for majority of the time I've been inside the theater, which isn't bad to be honest).

Kage-ana was done by Yukarun, and i told myself, "for this girl to do kage-ana, i'm gonna be in for a great experience!" LOL and boy was i right. The theater was cold that night, and the girls warmed me up with their performance. During the first set of songs, i was looking at mostly Hirari and Moe (Miyupon here and there when she was infront of me) but this one girl would always make eye contact with me and smile, and I "hooked in" by Mikichan (Nishino Miki) seriously, throughout this whole stage we would both make eye contact, and she would just make me smile, and i can't control it lol! During Himawari (Mikichan's unit), she would often look at my direction and give me a smile while singing and even during their MC afterwards... she was so adorable! She is seriously turning into one of my favorite KKS then. Overall another great Boku no Taiyou performance.

For the Hi-Touch, it went by smoothly, with hardly any pushing from the staff lol. Usually it's just a regular high five, but some girls are gently grasping your hand with a beautiful smile on their faces. when i came up to Mikichan, she lit up with a huge smile... BAM! she got me... after that show, on my train ride back, i went ahead and applied to get a HS ticket with her for the Janken single... I can't wait now!!!

So long story short...



ONE OF THE BEST THEATER SHOWS I'VE SEEN!!!!

 

NOTTV - AKB48 no anta dare? - 10/12/2012

The last Friday I was in Tokyo, I spent most of the day hanging with folks from the Fuji TV show and Memorybreak. We decided to all head over to Akihabara in the afternoon to eat at the Cafe, and try to get into a NOTTV broadcast.

For those not familiar, NOTTV is a service for Docomo Mobile customers, that broadcasts TV shows and other content. AKB48 has been pretty heavily involved, hosting a live show weekdays from 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm. They film it at the theater area in the AKB48 Cafe, and anyone can line up for a chance to watch and participate in the taping.

Each show usually features 4 members. Today it was supposed to be Aamin, Rabutan, Nattsumi, and Haachan. But Aamin wasn't feeling well (I had noticed that a bit the night before at the Team A show), and Chiichan replaced her.

In order to attend, all you need to do is wait outside the Cafe at 4:00 pm and let the staff know you want to see the show. They line everyone up in rows in the order that you arrive, and give everyone a number. There is about 40 seats or so in the theater area, and on an average day about 120 people show up. Not great odds, but still better than the theater.

We all lined up - though I ended way behind everyone else because a fan from Korea recognized me from the TV Show in July - even had a photo of me on his phone Then they started calling out numbers, and in the end it was only myself and Melody (Ebi48) who won tickets to the show.

Once your number is called, you go to the take-out counter and turn in your number and get a ticket for the show and a drink ticket (you select what type of drink you want basically). You are then lined up in the order that you won, and after a short wait are led into the theater area.

I was one of the last people in, so ended up in the back row. Melody was a little ahead of me and to the right. There was a survey they wanted us to fill out (which would be used later in the show). Unfortunately, it was a ton of kanji and while I had a vague idea of what they were asking (which of the member do you want to be your girlfriend and who do you not want to be your girlfriend), I ended up just writing down an explanation that I couldn't read kanji (in hiragana no less). Then I turned in my survey and the waitress came by to drop off my ginger ale.

The director gave a basic explanation of what was going to happen, how we would participate (basically shouting Anta Dare!), and asked who wasn't from the Tokyo area. There were a few from outside of Tokyo, and then Melody and myself. Melody attracted a lot of attention being from France (and very cute to boot), whereas I got stuck behind the one guy taller than me (and pretty much couldn't be seen for most of the show). That's when we were told that we were in for a special surprise, Rabutan was also not feeling well (lol - if you watch the LOD from the Team A show, Shiichan planted a big kiss on her cheek. Not surprised), and Wasamin was filling in and was going to sing).

Then the girls came out to greet everyone, and completely went nuts over Melody (lots of waving). The show itself is pretty much broken into 4 segments, with each girl getting an appeal segment at the end.

- Segment 1 was Chiichan's. The theme was explaining things to a guy, first one of the other girls would make and attempt and then Chiichan had to do the 'sexy oneesan' version. I will say this - she is a very sexy oneesan

- Segment 2 was Haachan. There was a box with a number of balls in it. From what I can gather, all but one required her to do something fans on G+ had suggested. Her goal was to get to the one that didn't have the G+ request, and of course she kept pulling those requests. Essentially she had to keep saying one embarrassing thing after another - which got her more and more flustered. But it was a riot to watch.

- Segment 3 was everyone, but was really the Wasamin segment. The girls had to act out an MC at their first solo live, introducing their first solo hit (which they had to name on the spot and I think had to involve food), and then sing the first verse and chorus (which they had to make up I think). I'm trying to remember now, but I believe Chiichan sang a song about broccoli, Haachan's was something about chicken, and Wasamin did a variant of Mujin Eki. Then everyone started shouting Encore for Wasamin, and she did a solo live of Aiko's 'Kira Kira'. Which as an Aiko fan I can say is a hard song to pull off, and Wasamin was amazing. (Also explains why we heard it playing in the Cafe earlier that afternoon).

- Segment 4 was the results of the survey, where the girls had to guess who was the most popular and least popular in terms of fans wanting them to be their girlfriend. I kind of lost track at this point, but it was pretty much the Nattsumi segment.

One thing I found a lot of fun was the appeal segments. Each girl would go off to the side to film it, and you couldn't really see that much other than what was broadcast on the screen. But while they were doing that 3 minute appeal, they would play some random AKB48 song in the background. Which naturally got the girls waiting on stage dancing. It was really cute to watch them doing the various dances to each song (and you could tell they were having a blast doing it).

The final thing before the end was the group photo:



(I'm below the Lucky sign and Melody is the 2nd person back in between Wasamin and Haachan - gold hair and doing the V )

Then the show was over, and as the girls were leaving Melody got a lot of waves (especially from Wasamin and Chiichan). Then we exited and got a little souvenir keychain (Aamin) and I think a discount coupon for Docomo service.

It was a lot of fun, and I'm going to recommend anyone visiting Tokyo try to get into one of the shows!

 

I can't write my experience for now because I have other things to do... but I will after, for now I can just tell you I went to the handshake event and picked Takamina and Akicha and Harugon... one word... amazing!

 

First handshake event ever for me:

Gingham check, 11 November at the Seibu dome.

I was really nervous and excited about the event. Luckily I didn't got lost on my way to the dome, and when I saw people with AKB buttons and a man cosplaying an AKB48 member with make up and everything, I knew I was going the right way. but before... how I got my tickets? a dorm mate told me she had a lot of extra tickets and needed the money, so she wanted to sell some tickets, so since she saw I was a big fan of AKB48 she decided to sold me two. I was so excited when I received them, it was going to be my first AKB48 event ever.


When I got off the train, I was pleased to know Seibu Dome was literally besides the station, which made things a lot easier. I got there about 9:30 AM (the event was scheduled for 12:30). There were about 10,000 people lining up already, so I was really surprised how many people were coming to the event. The thing that pleased me the most was that there were lots of kids with their mothers and couples holding hands, really, people who say AKB48 is just for nerdy and perverted old men disgust me...

I had the intention of buying a light stick and a takamina towel if they had, but the line for the goods was really long and the entrance one was packed, so before I would get an awful seat or denied the entrance I decided to line up. I tried to contact my friend from the dorm and some other friend that loves AKB and lives in Japan, but neither of them had arrived yet, so they told me to just line up. People were looking at me really weird when I was speaking at the phone... maybe because they didn't knew what language I was speaking in

After the long wait (I would say about an hour) and seeing lots of cute fanmade AKB48 uniforms that kids about 8 years old, I got exchanged one of my handshake tickets for the actual ticket and the first handshake one. They told me after the first handshake I could retrieve the other ticket I had. Anyways, I asked a security staff to help me find my seat and they were really nice explaining to me my seat. I got in the seats of the left hand side (viewed from the stage) and in row 12, so I wasn't in a really bad seat (AKB48 looked like cute ants dancing though...) afterall. I discovered they gave the seats in cronological order depending on the time of arrival because the man with the AKB48 cosplay was seating infront of me and a person I saw in the line was besides me.

I was really anxious and my heart was pounding, I was finally meeting AKB48. It is an experience I will never forget. I started talking with a man besides me, he asked me first if I spoke japanese and I told him "yes, but just basic though". Nevertheless, I could also reflect my japanese is really improving and I could talk with him during all the event and at the end we interchanged phone numbers. His oshi is Yui and he had been supporting AKB48 for the same time as me (2 years). He was really nice and he was really amazed I knew about the senbatsu and that Yui cries a lot during her speeches. Before the event there was a radio program with Karen and other girls chatting and such... there was a segment were they focused wotas and little kids at the cameras, there was one girl with the heavy rotation PV costume and the wotas did some hardcore wotagei infront of the cameras,it was really funny. I really liked the environment. There were some security guards, but not as annoying like in other events I have gone in Japan were they are stalking you if you try to take a picture or something.

When it was 12: 30, a man came up stage and apologized of the delay, so he told us to wait a little more. It is nice they appreciate and care about giving an advice, usually in other concerts I have gone, the artists appears an hour after the planned (and sings for less than the planned) but after 20 minutes, the smoke was turned on and the overture started. I did the mixes as much as I could, so I was happy about it.

The songs they played were : Oogoe diamond, Manatsu no sounds good, flying get, ghingam check and Dareka no tameni. They seemed to be EXTREMELY tired, Yuko was not so energic and Takamina had make up covering her shiners. The chants were extremely fun and I think the enviroment that it creates is the best thing in the world, I really enjoyed it, even during the dareka no tameni I was about to cry [blush] it was really a dream come true.

In the MC they were doing some sketches with 4 words chosen by the public and then Yuko draw from a box the members that had to play the sketches. The people chose name members and words like: solo debut, Alpaca and ace. The first sketch wasnt so funny, but still people laughed, or maybe I didnt get it. The second one was EXTREMELY funny, Yuko pulled a ball that said "okama san" the man that serves as a judge in the janken, he did his fast tounge thing that creeped the girls. Yui imitated an alpaca by putting her hands like ears near hear face and moving her head and tounge, it was funny.

After the MC they played the rest of the songs ending with a speech from takamina and the Dareka no tameni song. Then an announcement... Yukirin release solo date and brand release "Yukiring". I was so happy there is finally an official date, but I hope they release the takamina one soon too.

Then of them leaving the stage I went to buy something to eat and I must mention it was really cold and rainy, I got wet when having to leave to re enter and when leaving to the train. I waited to meet with my dorm friend and then of a while, the numbers jumped from the 12,000 number to the 15,000 so it was my turn (I was almost the 14,000).

I was thinking of what to say to Takamina, I knew it would be fast, so I needed to be quick, when I saw her from 3 people left, my heart was pounding, she looked really tired and a bit sleepy, but when it was my turn she got a little surprised and I told her " I will always support you, I am from mexico" in japanese and she replied "oh!, thank you!" in japanese and I got pushed away LOL, it was so worth the wait, I finally shaked my hands with my oshi she is so slim and small, but she is really cute and nice, she was not in het best mood though, but I understand she being tired and all, afterall she is a human being; nevertheless, she treated me nice.

After that I was thinking of going with takamina again, but after the last message to fans from Akicha and Harugon (and Sae and Mariya) I was a little bit bad for Akicha, because I really liked her, so since I could go to a handshake with her, I decided to go for it. First, Harugon was really nice, she smiled to me and I was speechless and I told her I was from mexico and she replied "OH!" and I told Akicha "jakarta ganbatte kudasai" which she replied "thank you" and she was really nice, but as well looked tired. I didn't regret going with them, they were really nice and I figured I would not see them in a long time, so I wanted to say to them some words before leaving to Jakarta.

After that, I went home because it was getting really cold, and I can say it was the best that of my idol-fan days. The girls are really fun and the environment is the best, even if you literally see them close about 2 seconds and the mini live is small, it is nice they are still close to some extent with their fans.

Hope you enjoyed reading this and sorry if I exagerated, it was my first live event and I was really excited.

 

Nice review guys , glad you guys enjoyed the events .
Meanwhile i'm really jealous of Christafari , you shook hands with miorin and you saw her on the street
Happy for you guys though. [party]

 

@ Cristafari - sounds like another awesome trip, you did a ton!

@ luckyone - Gratz on your first handshake and live event - great write-up. Hope you get the chance to experience more while you are there.