Hi, and welcome back to Luca993's Live Review. Today we are taking a look to μ's 5th GoGo LoveLive! 2015 dream sensation!
DISCLAIMER: Everything you will read is based ONLY on personal thoughts, I do not intend to belittle any person / live / song. I love Love Live and I will do everything in my power to get more people to love it. Everything you will read is written by me, so, I apologize in advance if there are grammar errors, I will try my best to use my B2 English as better as I can. If I will take some inspiration from the internet, I'll make sure to include the link to the webpage. That said, enjoy LLR
μ's 5th GoGo LoveLive! 2015 dream sensation! Is a live show that took place in Saitama Super Arena on January 31st and February 1st 2015. you cam find more info and the set list
here. I will review extensively day1 and the different songs performed in day2. I will also include the final mcs of day1 and day2. It's going to be a pretty long one, so get ready!
DAY1
The audience is HUUUGE. The VA are presented one by one with the anime girls.
Sore wa bokutachi: the costumes match the ones in the anime, the calls from the audience are REALLY loud. The girls are beautiful though a little tension can be seen by their not totally smooth dancing and singing.
Bokura wa ima no naka de: The girls are starting to relax singing a song that they are used to. Their vocal increases a lot. Once again it makes me realize how much they have grown and improved during the years.
MC: Usual stuff, self introduction, costume show etc. (the audience is huge, and when everyone changes colour is beautiful to see)
Music S.T.A.R.T. : the tension is totally gone, the calls are loud, nothing to say, flawless
Yume no tobira: beautiful lyrics, beautiful music, beautiful costumes, all is right. Good job to the cameraman for always including the video of the songs in the background when it's possible
MC: they explain the story of yume no tobira (referring to the second and third episode of season two, where the girls go in the training camp in the mountains and they split to find inspiration for the song)
Takaramonozu: one of my favourite SIF songs, I'm happy they decided to sing it live, and also they jumping on the carts while driving around Saitama Super Arena dancing with ponpons is funny and beautiful. Like the song
Shangri la shower: Another song from SIF,now they are in the middle of the audience, and the echo is really loud, Nanjolno almost falls down from the cart as soon as it starts to move XD. Other than that, the performance is good.
MC (KotoHonoUmi): they talk about how Honoka has became the council president. And they talk about their real school life. Entertaining. Then costume show. Then they talk about Okinawa (in the anime)
Love wing bell: The arena turns yellow, and like in the anime, Rippi is dressed like a bride and the other girls are dressed as grooms. Rippi is beautiful, I always get emotional while watching this son, the flashbacks from the anime hit me right in the feelings, I'm so happy again that they decided to sing this song. One of the best for this show for sure
MC (3rd years and 1st years): Rippi gets emotional as everyone is showing support to her. Again they refer to the anime, as they improvise a wedding march to come back to the main stage
Dancing stars on me: All the girls are wearing Halloween costumes, I really like Nico's, like a cat (though it was better on Rin!?!?) and Kussun's like a witch. The song is melodic and I like it
MC: they talk about their costumes ( Kotori and Rin as princesses, Hanayo as an angel, Eli, Umi and Honoka as pirates, Nozomi as a witch with Nico and Maki her familiar cat and bat, I think, i'm pretty unsure about Maki)
Moggyutto love de Sekkin Chuu: I won't repeat myself again, this song is sweet as pure sugar, and if you don't know is better for you if you go and listen to it XD
Colorful voice: Finally a new song, as the name says, it talks about the colors representing each girl. Good, although since it's like a “introduction” song, I would have put it at the beginning of the live.
Eternal friends: (Printemps) A song about friendship (heh, of course), I love the lyrics, talking about friends having to part ways and remembering about the good times spent together. It gets kind of melancholic but it's perfect for Printemps.
MC: they show their costumes (really “fuwa fuwa” as they say), Emitsun leaves the stage, rejoins immediately, and they talk about printemps “concept”, as three maidens. And the songs talks about friends, school and all that school girls usually do.
Nightingale love song (Printemps) A huge bird cage appears in the screen behind,the song is relaxed and enjoyable, in sync to what they explained previously in the MC. Their voices is delicate and right for the song.
Aki no Anata no sora Tooku (Lily White): Their costumes are beautiful, I really like all three of them. The song talks about love and knowing each other's feeling. They are singing with the classical “ice cream mic”, and in the base of the mic there are some white lily's, a touch that makes the difference. These kind of microphones magnify their voices, that are, of course, amazing
MC: They talk about LW getting into melancholic melody, and they ask some questions to the audience. How the people came to see the live, if they enjoyed LW performance, who before coming to the live has climbed a mountain (!?!?!). They teach to draw a heart with the penlight to the audience during futari happiness
Futari Happiness (Lily White) relaxed song again talking about love, as they climb on the carts the cheers and the echo becomes deafening, but it's so good to see those girls “sailing” in a blue, pink and yellow sea of lights. The song is really good and I like it. Though I have to notice that no one is “drawing hearts” as they taught earlier.
Trouble busters (BiBi) and of course, the “noisy ones” are here.. to make some noise! Good rhythm, although the lyrics are not something to take note of, they appear on the carts with huge pistols (smoke guns). As they reach the centre stage, the lights go darker and the costumes are light up in LED with their colours on the profiles. Fun song
MC: The costumes turn off and the girls try to recharge it with “BiBi power”. Very hilarious that Maki reacts with “Nani sore? Imi wakannai” and Eli responds “hen yo!”. (referring to this, I don't remember the episode) To recharge the power, they have to do BiBi calls with everyone. In the end the costumes light up.
Fuyu ga Kureta (BiBi) It starts more seriously than the last song. Although it seems a little weird to hear BiBi singing a calm song, it works and I like it. Especially a song about love from BiBi. But it sounds so good XD
Kaguya no Shiro: Again, I can't get myself to like this song, I'm sorry. The costumes are really good, resembling a Yukata.
Datte Datte Aa Mujou: Fire effects light up the stage, electric guitars starts playing, I love the choreography, as they rotate the folding fan in sync. Good song.
Snow Halation: Although after all those fire on the stage, it's time for SH. All the stage turns blue as a sweet BGM is played while the girls changes costumes. Most of the cyalumes are now white, as it's now intuible from the BGM that SH is starting. Before the song is played the anime part (S2ep.9) where all the girls are thinking why are they singing this song. Touching moment. The costumes are matching the ones in the PV. I won't be saying if it's good or not, it's flawless in every way. The switch from white to orange is immediate. Good job audience! (big cheers)
Wonderful rush: again, a classic for them, perfect.
MC: They hype up the audience for the next song. And pretty well actually. Even I feel hyped XD
No brand girls: of course, jumping, hai hai hai and Oh yeah! I love this song. This time they didn't even teach the dance to the audience, as everybody knows the moves and this time all of them are participating
Kira Kira sensation: I like it, the beginning camera shots are perfect. I already analysed this song in the previous live, so I will just say this song really reassumes those girl's feelings.
ENCORE: the calls are loud, no doubt they heard it also from outside the stadium
Start:dash: Needless to say, this song sung in the school uniform is flawless and it inspires me every time! NEXT!
Happy maker: The choreography is AMAZING. They truly are Happy Maker. I like this song. As they get on the carts, the audience is, again, really loud. I recommend this song if you feel sad.
Oh, love and peace: Again, if you are sad listen also to this one (live is better). I think this song (after sunny day song, of course) reassumes school idols the best. Love and peace. That's what they are.
Dreamin' GoGo: a song about freedom and chances to be taken: inspiring. I like it!
Announcements: Movie, sale of the “best album vol II”
Final MC:
Soramaru: She had really fun and she does a last NicoNicoNi
Yurika: “only today can we gather everyone. Audience and members. This moment is unlike any other”. She is happy to be here
Kussun: She talks about her birthday being the day after (see day2 for more), she thanks everyone for their support, she thanks the staff.
Rippi: They had to prepare for long time for this live, and seeing that it went really well makes her happy.
Nanjolno: also her remembers how much they worked hard for touching people's heart, but also remembers how much those people get her moved.
Pile: Thanks everybody, and thinks that this union between the members, the supporting staff and the audience is what makes Love Live true.
Ucchi: She is happy to have performed as Minami Kotori in this huge stadium, and then she quotes a line from kira Kira sensation:”This miracle is right here and now, Everyone's feeling led them to this place”. And she mentions that she dyed her hair like Kotori's
Mimorin: Everybody had a power up, she then thinks about the first live and how they didn't think they could fill a stadium like this.
Emitsun:she is speechless, she is happy and her heart is full, she feels blessed (big huge cheers)thanks the audience for letting them come back to Saitama.
Last song: Donna toki mo zutto: Perfect ending song, nothing else to say.
DAY2: The set list changes quite a bit, I won't take in consideration the song already sang during day1 (except one XD)
Bokura no live, kimi to no life: aaah, I missed this song in day1. Every live without this song feels like “incomplete”. As soon as the first notes of the song fills the audience, huge screams and cheers. I love it. Also played as second song, “the song of our beginning” is perfect
Natsuiro egao: The wide shots of the stadium jumping as the girls are singing, the rhythm, the song, the cheers, the summer. Although I'm in vacation on the Alps, for these 4 minutes is almost if I can feel the marine breeze. Good
Shiawase no smiling (Kosaka Honoka): Beautiful costume (reminds of Happy party train), lyrics on point on Honoka. Although I prefer Hajimemashite as song.
Zurui no magnetic today (Maki & Nico): or as I like to call them “the troublemakers Tsundere” I love those two singularly, and singing in couple this song is fantastic. Oh fun fact, the drawings that appear on the carts while they are singing are made by the seiyuus themselves.
Kurunn Miracle (Hoshizora Rin): It's a pity that this song is done before Love wing bell, as the lyrics are talking about Rin being a “new version of herself” and “being happy with a skirt on”. Rippi's voice is good and I love it
Storm in lover (Eli & Umi): Introduced by fire and trumpets, personally I think two of the best voices of μ's are singing this song, and that makes me really happy. I absolutely love this song, I could listen to it day and night.
Moshimo Kara Kitto (Tojou Nozomi): delicate song, Kussun's voice in the beginning is trembling a little, but as she sings she gets better and better. The best thing is the absolute silence from the audience. In my opinion, this is the highest point touched by Kussun, and I'm so happy to see her on her birthday singing this solo song. Almost gives a feeling of a piano bar.
Suki desu ka (Hanayo & Kotori).: Dressed as housewife, they do the famous sketch “welcome home, do you want dinner? Or would you like to take a bath? Or would you like...” I think this song is a bit out of context. I don't like it.
Susume tomorrow (2nd years): The calls from the audience almost cover the girl's voices. The song is flawless and beautiful as the lyrics.
Dancing stars on me: This time the finale is different. Instead of coming down, the platform on which they are dancing, leaves Kussun in the centre really high up. Her face is getting more and more confused.
MC: Kussun is lighted up alone on the stage. Emi: “Guys, whose birthday is today?” everybody: “Kussun's!” “Happy birthday” the face of Kussun turns from panic to cry when she understands what is going on, all the arena and the remaining eight girls sing “happy birthday” as Kussun descend and a huge cake is brought up on the stage. At this point Kussun is seriously in tears. As they unveil that the surprise was a success, they reveal that they decided to do it during her solo rehearsal. Nanjolno suggest that everybody hold their cyalumes up and Kussun should blow in circle, who is been in the direction of Kussun should take the cyalumes down, resembling a giant birthday cake. The effect is simple but still amazing. Her aspiration for this year is “not to catch any colds”.
Soshite Saigo: good song, good rhythm, I like it.
Encore for day2 is a little different:
Bokura wa ima no naka de: in day1 it was at the beginning
MC: They talk about how much the girls matured in the anime, and how the LL finals resembles the stage on which they are. As they hold the LL blade (cyalumes done for LL I guess) they ask the audience to wave with them as they sing Sentimental StepS
Sentimental StepS: Impressive choreography, done by just waving the cyalumes with the audience. I like the lyrics and the song. Talking about becoming adults.
W-encore: Like day1 encore until the MC
Announcements: like day1 and new live in the winter. (no title and location, but we know it, and I'm starting to feel nostalgic now)
Final MC:
Soramaru: (she has teary eyes): the concert went by really fast, and she remembered many times when she was almost to tears. She then thanks all the love livers and the staff.
Yurika: she points out the steps forward that μ's made, and thanks the man who put the screws on the sliding platform. She is happy to have done this live.
Kussun: She starts crying as she thinks back at her birthday celebrated in this stadium, “a birthday like this probably only comes once in a lifetime, that's why it's been a really wonderful day” (her smile is so pure, so cute)
Rippi: She remembers how much time staff and μ's worked for this live, and she thanks all the supporters. And a huge applause to the staff
Nanjolno: She talks about how difficult it was to put down the rehearsal schedules as everyone got slowly busier and how the rehearsal were “difficult and tough times”. She was really tired at the end but she kept on dancing. As everyone applauds she gets emotional but she manages not to cry.
Pile: she remembers the first times singing at Blitz, they didn't know how many people there were. This time she knew and she was really surprised. Also she is used to sing solo, and she now is happy that such a large number of staff and supporters are there helping them out.
Ucchi: “Love Live it's fun!!” (Huge cheers) she remembers then that as she was starting her career as a V.A. She only had this role, and thinking how many people love Kotori and Love Live makes her really happy.
Mimorin: She says she is happy to have met everyone, and she says is quite difficult to remember all the lyrics of so many songs, but she is happy that this live is gone without a hitch.
Emitsun: “Thinking about the time when LL was started, This scene today, really seems like I'm inside a dream. I still wonder if I haven't woken up yet. There are a lot of things that I still can't believe even now. Yesterday, having the nine of us sing the lyrics of Kira Kira sensation, We've been led to this place by everyone, it's a story we've brought to life together. This place, this moment today, has made me realize that all over again. In such a large stadium, we even managed to celebrate Kussun's birthday. It's really thanks to a lot of people that I have so many memories of Love Live granting my dreams” (huge cheers and applause) then talks about the announcements. “with the happiness of this continuing story and our gratitude towards everyone, here's a song for everyone:
Aishiteru banzai (piano version): The emotions starts to overflow as this simple but amazing song is played. As everyone's starting to sing with the girls, their voices becomes one. The camera job is amazing, capturing every emotion on each girl. Amazing shot of Soramaru who starts tearing up as the camera is on her, you can clearly see the tear falling down and her trying to wipe it. This is what I call “true emotions” in fact there is a big applause at the end of this.
Donna wa toki mo zutto: as the song begins Emitsun and Ucchi are in tears too. They hug during the song, and it's so wholesome. As feathers falls down on the audience, everyone is moved.
Before leaving the stage: Everybody is shouting “arigato” really loud, there is a really big applause as the girls leave the stage.
MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS LIVE: Oh, wow! So many things to say! I'll start form the beginning, seeing those lights in such a big audience is a shock. I get what Emi said in the last MC. Yume no tobira's lyrics, and the girls explaining how the song came together in the anime are a strong point of this live. Love wing bell made me emotional, I don't know how Rippi managed to remain calm until the end, I would have got overwhelmed by emotions. I guess she knows how to do her job XD. I liked the unit song of day1. Snow Halation with the introduction from the anime, beautiful. But I think the best comes with day2. Finally we get to hear bokura no life and Natsuiro Egao. I missed those songs. For the solo/duo songs I would like to point out again Kussun's Moshimo. Getting to sing this song on her birthday. I think there's no better present for her. Also the beautiful party for her, I think she will never forget it. Good job μ's. The last MC is pretty short, and I usually like long last MC. But this one is perfect. Because Aishiteru Banzai can express all the words and feelings they didn't have time to say. This is my favourite song of this live. Piano, μ's voices and the audience singing with them. If I was in the audience, I bet I would have cried from the beginning to the end (and it happened watching the live). To be honest, this is the second time I watched this show, and the first one didn't hit me like this. I thought it was just an average live. But with this re-watch, I find this live amazing. Oh, if I didn't screw up, in this live μ's sung almost 30 different songs. Just imagine remembering all the lyrics. Now add all the choreography for each song. My best praises to μ's, I guess being a Idol is not all fun and games. And we all know what next live will be. There will be more tears and melancholy. I have to get ready and prepare myself, try not to get too emotional there.
See you next Wednesday for another episode of LLR!
one of the 5 high general of the science army, and Gran Axia's No.1 gunslinger! Eli is a respected and respectful general, a very smart and diplomatic woman despite her young age, she is well known for making near-to-flawless battle strategies and for being an "ice princess" on the battlefield. she is known to have no mercy toward any who have done wrong, her guns are named Boreas the right and Frigo the left respectively, both being able to shot out cold bullets to the enemy at 2X the speed of sound. upon hearing the start of the mass gem hunt Eli doesn't want to be left out, she searched for those gems with the help of thousands of soldier and researchers through out the lands, but she could find none, her boss gave her a good scolding upon this matter and told her that if she couldn't find those gems she's fired from being the general, no downgrades, no punishment, just fired. later on Eli manage to get an info that a large number of gems are held within the same area and by the same group (Honoka's gang) Eli immediately starts her move to retrieve those gems from Honoka, but she constanly fails, she tried everything, from all out attacks to a one on one duel, but she always seemed overpowered by Honoka's gang (which has been boosted by the gems) in the end Eli was desperate enough to use the method way she hated the most, stealing the gems, and surprisingly it worked! while Honoka's gang was asleep, she snuck into their camp and stole all 7 gems from them and gave them to her boss. but upon hearing her boss's true plan she decided that she has done something VERY VERY wrong, the night before the leader of the science path decided to destroy the magic path and the nulls, Eli snuck in the heavily guarded gem chamber and took it back, however she was found out at the end and attacked, she barely managed to escape in the forest where Honoka's gang found her fainted near a river after washing her wounds, after Honoka's gang cured her, Eli decided to join Honoka's gang to stop the nulls and the mad leader of science once and for all, upon making her resolution Eli found the second to gemstone there is, The Diamond of ice element, the gemstones that enhances her cyrokinesis (ice bending) and allows her to transform her bullets from cold steel into real freezing diamonds, a bullet made of diamond that could freeze ANYTHING upon contact when the bullet was shot at a high enough speed!
"you have cleared your heart and mind from the doubts and problems of this world. now you shall shine like a true diamond! take me on your journey and let us cleanse this world of filth and wrongs with the cold ice of justice!" -meeting quote from Diamond to Eli
my thoughts on the character: OK, gotta admit Eli was the most FUN character to make in this whole entire story! from her background story to her powers and abilities, the whole concept of Eli's character development was fun and exciting to create, and she's also on my top 3! inspiration for Eli's character:
Noel Vermillion from Blazblue Childhood friend of Eli and a great self proclaimed and proven "love doctor" she was famous throughout the land for being a science descendant who could understand the mysterious concept of "love" she has been in many TV shows as guess star and she also has a weekly TV program herself, "through the lens of pure love" was the name of the TV show, and it was a great hit! but even though Nozomi has such a public publicity and popularity, she hid but one truth that only Eli and herself knew, she was secretly a necromancer, yup! an undead specializing doctor. she was secretly doing a research on how to rise the dead, how to manipulate the dead to make them into a reliable army to destroy the nulls and the magic path! but soon after hearing that Eli left the army to join Honoka on her quest, Nozomi quickly followed but was not allowed by the leaders of the Science path, she tried to rebel but at the end she fell under capture and was sent to the dungeon for causing trouble in the midst of chaos between the 3 forces. Eli however remembered Nozomi and wanted to ask her to join, but when she couldn't find her, Eli got suspicious and started to investigate, after some thorough investigation she knew that Nozomi was being held at the dungeon, and quickly went to the rescue Nozomi from the dungeon with the help from Honoka's gang, later on as they escaped the prison the last gemstone was found by Nozomi, the amethyst of dark element. the stone gave her full access to umbrakinesis (darkness bending) as well as REAL undead summoning, she could summon various types of monster to fight under her command, starting from undead skeletons, warriors, animals, reptiles, to even undead dragons, angels, and demons! her death scythe wielding ability is also a strong part of her fighting skill despite being a magic based combat user!
"for the longest of time you have shrouded your true self within the dark, you fear that others would despise you if they were to know who you REALLY are...well, now, fear no more child, for I, amethyst, shall grant you darkness beyond darkness! you shall no longer hide your true self from your enemies, rather, embrace the darkness within you and let your enemies fear the TRUE you..." meeting quote from amethyst to Nozomi
My thoughts on the character: Nozomi was a true masterpiece character of mine in this story, she has that Yandere vibe that I Love and my fav RPG weapon of all, the death scythe, she was the last of the muse to join in Honoka's group but is also one of the strongest characters, with BADASS abilities to summon upon the dead, she is my dream female RPG character. inspiration for Nozomi's characer:
Inferno Elza from Brave Frontier game Maki is a freelance elite sniper who works for neither paths, she's a calm person who thinks rationally and smartly before doing any of her works, she has done countless amount assassinations throughout her life and she never misses her target, known as "the burning bullet of hell", she's a hunter that every criminal fear, but that doesn't mean Maki's not taking any order that criminals gave to her! as long as there's money she'll do any job and she'll do it good without fail. but as emotionless as she could get, the truth is one, she was BORED with life! killing is the one thing that she did best, and she sticks with it, she has no other interest but her job and surviving the chaotic world until its ends, until one day she was assigned to assassinate Honoka by the orders of a criminal gang who's chasing after the gems, without any further questions Maki did the job, but much to her surprise, Maki's bullet didn't even put a scratch on Honoka! (cause of her Topaz gem) Honoka quickly find where Maki was hiding and took her down, later on Umi starts interrogating Maki for information, Maki sat down quietly with no words coming from her mouth, Umi was losing her cool, but just as Umi was about to wreck Maki, she said this "I failed..." adn repeated it countless times again, it was a new sensation for her, the feel of lost was a whole new concept in her life, she was finally able to break free from the paradox wheel that is, eat, sleep, and kill. after regaining her sanity Maki had a serious chat with Umi, and at the end she decided to join Honoka's gang in hopes of new adventure waiting for her, new enemies to fight, new areas to explore, and everything new to her! later on she found her Gemstone, Ruby of the fire element, the stone that grants her pyrokinesis (fire bending) and evolving her normal bullets into burning ruby bullets (the opposite of Eli's freezing diamond bullets) these bullets fires at tremendous speed and accuracy! with the effect to instantly burn anything in contact with the bullets, the Ruby also grant Maki one of her assets, her night vision! as a sniper seeing the enemy is everything, so the Ruby gave her the night vision ability! allowing her to see clearly at night! also later in the story Maki was given the Garuda Knife by Rin the blacksmith for physical protection and close quarter combat
"your passion for adventures and discovery burns bright and hot! I like it! please let me accompany you onto this "new world" of yours, I promise to be a great help for you all! anything wrong with our journey, we'll just burn them all to the ground! from now on, we're running straight towards the "new world!" -meeting quote from Ruby to Maki
My thoughts on the character: I find it hard for me to describe Maki's scenario without making her seems like a retarded seal, (those constant "I failed..." sentence) but to tell you the truth I wasn't trying to mock Maki (she's No 2 on my list!) its just a bit hard to describe her! think of it like this, you're whole life only consist of 3 things: eat, sleep, kill. then one day you found out that in this life, that you could actually fail in what you're supposed to be living for! and now you wanna see the rest of the world behind that eat, sleep, kill door! I hope it made sense, if not then I'm sorry to the Maki fans for offending our red headed tsundere princess. inspiration for Maki's character:
Sinon from SAO2