The adventures of 3 bonklers!!!

So the first ever seiyuu live I’ve been to is now over, and doing a post-mortem now I still gotta pinch myself. Damn bloody surreal, these 3 days. Probably the most tiring few weeks I’ve gone through in my life but the payoff was so awesome I’d do it 20,000 times over.

Aftermath:
1. My right arm aches (frantic lightstick waving)
2. My calves ache (frantic jumping)
3. My brain has totally shut down (2 weeks of sleeplessness catches up with you)

Actually my arm started aching 2 songs in but it got better after that and I didn’t feel a thing by Junpaku Sanctuary. Probably adrenaline. Straight after the live I fell asleep on one of the chairs outside the hall, completely drained of any remaining energy I had… but I still had to drive the long drive back to the city.

By the time I got back from my flight on Monday morning I was dog tired, nothing anyone said to me entered my brain - stuff just went in the left ear and out the right. Had to rush to a meeting the same afternoon, where I amusingly gave one of my best presentations ever yet (MINORIN-POWAAARDE ADRENALINE RUSHHU!!!) before going back home and collapsing in bed. Slept 11 hours between 3pm-6am - that’s 11 out of 14 hours, lol) but I’m still sleepy - 15 days’ worth of sleep debt can’t be repaid easily!

Setlist
1.Contact~Shijin no Tabi
2.Fragment~Shooting Star of the Origin~
3.Yuki, Muon, Madobe nite
4.Junpaku Sanctuary
5.Kimi ga Kureta Ano hi
6.Aoi Kotou
7.Paradise Lost -at next nest-
8.Tomorrow’s Chance
9.Prism in The Name of Hope
10.Everlasting
Encore:
11.Voyager Train
12.Ameagari no Hana yo Sake
13.Contact 13th

Notes

The Actual Live
The live was an exhilarating experience as you would expect, Minorin was total quality, belting out song after song perfectly and the atmosphere (where I was standing) was pretty electric. But hey, what you hear from a live performance is oh so very different from what you get on record - stuff you never used to like (Voyager Train, Ameagari…) suddenly sound a zillion times better when performed right in front of you, and the interaction with the fans makes things so much more special. Time flew by so quickly, I was like…. ‘oh shit’ when Tomorrow’s chance rolled around, knowing the live was drawing to an end.

Front row seats are always gonna be awesome - a prime view of Minorin in her glorious get-up!!! …though at this point I only remember the boots cos the kebaya blew my mind off its perch. Obviously at the front you’re afforded a bit more space to manuever round but apologies to J*c*, I still managed to bang her on the head a few times with my elbow thanks to overenthusiastic waving. And yes I shouldn’t have worn bloody jeans, jumping around like an arse meant they kept falling to my ankles. Yeah the 3 of us bonkurasu were all standing right at the front, probably the only crazy hardcore female Minorin fans as well - the after live group pic consisting of the fans is so…. testosterone-dominated xD

Favourite parts of the live - the mesmerising Junpaku Sanctuary as well as the double whammy of Aoi Kotou & Paradise Lost - really frantic lightstick action during the latter! I’m glad all my fave Minorin songs were performed - the three I just listed + Shijin no Tabi and Contact 13th, which is always a perfect choice for an encore with its sing-a-long-ability.

Other comments

Man, I really can’t believe it’s over so fast. This was a one-in-a-lifetime chance, with plenty of great times had - memories are stuff money can’t buy and I’ll take them with me to my grave (together with Minorin, hopefully). I hope the live made more people Minorin fans, she’s just a really awesome person and deserves all the success she can get.

Time to plan for the next few live events, now I’ve got a bit more $$$s in my pocket I can afford to do whatever I want! And I know I want moaarrr of this kind of live energy….. shit am I losing my rationality (and my 5-digit bank balance).