輝彩 － Various Fireworks

Yesterday was the Kagrra live at Osaka Big Cat. Going in I figured it wasn't that big of a place since I knew the building it was in and my assumptions were true. The stage was a fairly decent size and the room istelf held probably about 500 people all standing. Probably about 15 metres by 15 metres I'd say which is a fantastic size. Having a good half a foot on the rest of the crowd which was probably about 98% high school girls was a nice plus as well. There were a few other guys but few and far between. There was actually a salaryman in front of Andy and I with his girlfriend and there were some guys at the back who looked like either friends of the band or members of some other visual band. Anyway being so tall in comparison with everyone else gave Andy and I a perfect view to the stage even standing towards the back end of the crowd.

As for the concert itself it was fantastic. The guys came out all looking very casual normal style jeans/pants and t-shirts/collared shirts and got down to business right away playing for a full two hours with only one five minute break or so. They played a lot of their older indies day stuff as well as a lot of B-sides from both their indies and major label stuff which was really cool since a lot of those songs are my favourites. It looked to me like they were having a lot of fun with it not really taking things to seriously and just jamming.

Halfway through the show the lights went down at the end of a song the lights went down and Andy turned to me and said "Did you just hit my head?" and I said "No, but Akiya just threw out a pick so maybe that's what hit you" and sure enough when we had a bit of light to see there it was lying on the floor just behind Andy. He picked it up and gave it to me since Akiya is my favourite guy. Very cool on his part. Thanks again Andy and reat distance on that pick toss Akiya.

Being so tall and the only foreign males in the crowd made us stick out a bit and I'm quite sure that Akiya recognized us and remembered us from the HMV fan event in the winter where we were once again the only foriegn males in the crowd, and again 6 inches above everyone else. At the end of the show as the were all making their exits he looked right at Andy and I and gave us a little salute and we returned the favour and he gave a little smile.

All in all a fantastic live experience. I am extremely satified to have finally seen a Kagrra live in person. Simply put, they do a great show.