Intro:
Wow. Low, low production values on the opening VTR. I guess it was only to let the audience know what they couldn’t do during the show. But why did they include that on the DVD? I don’t know. It’s weird. The recap animation was cool though, even though I haven’t followed the show. I’m sure it was really special for those who were there and had been watching it for the whole time, though.
01. Koi☆Ka na / Tsukishima Kirari
Koharu is full of genki today, as you would expect. This song is great, and I like that she doesn’t sing it too squeaky like her later stuff, although she started to sing it more like that as time went on. I’m about 90% sure she’s singing live, and she sounds great.
MC 1
Usual opening MC, getting the crowd pumped up. Since this is a kid show, wouldn’t it make sense to have, like, a kids-only-no-wota show to record for the DVD? I know they’ve done that with other Kirarin live things, and I’m surprised they didn’t do it this time. Koharu’s sparkly makeup looks nice…
02. Balalaika / Tsukishima Kirari
This song is so awesome, in the weirdest way. I like it because it’s low enough that it forces Koharu not to be squeaky, and is definitely easier on the ears that some of her other stuff. But WHY did they only do the verse and the chorus? This song deserves more than that. I was pretty disappointed. Boo.
MC 2
Recap of some of the Kirarin live drama stuff, which was pretty entertaining, despite being really low budget. I’m starting to notice how little I like Koharu’s lip color… it’s too dark, I think.
03. Happy☆彡 / Tsukishima Kirari
Not a big fan of this song, since it is one of those Koha-squeak ones. I’m almost certain she isn’t singing it live… and I’m pretty sure she’s been singing everything else live… so what’s the deal? Why this song? I guess it would be kind of hard to sing it, with those longer notes at the end and stuff. But almost all Kirarin live shows or appearances up until now have been lip-synched, so I really wanted for ONCE to hear them sung live. I guess it won’t happen for all of them.
04. Chance! / Tsukishima Kirari
Once again, I’m pretty sure she’s not singing live. Are my ears just bad, and has she really not been singing live the whole time? But this song is awesome so I’ll let it slide. A squeak song that doesn’t bother me! Yay! I never get tired of that outfit change, I can tell you that.
05.
Wow, LIP SYNCHING. I haven’t seen that many perfs that it was that obvious. I don’t really have much more to say, since I don’t follow this group at all… *skips over* PS, are those boys from Jhonnys? I forget if they are or not…
MC 3
Man, I never liked those first Milky Way outfits. I know everyone said the second outfits were over the top, but man, I really don’t like these. The ruffles just look so cheap. But they show off the Super-Saya-Abs so I guess it’s not all bad. Anyway, another recap of the formation of Milky Way in the show, I guess. I really don’t like the animation in Kirarin at this point, the CG is just awful. The girls have some kind of disagreement or something, and the audience thinks it’s funny, but I can’t tell you what it is, because I can’t pick up a word. Sorry. I think Saya was having trouble staying in character… you can tell she just wanted to giggle normally.
06. Anataboshi / MilkyWay
Let me just start by saying I LOVE this song. It’s one of the highest played on my iTunes and I think one of the best things to come out of H!P in 2008. So it definitely deserved more than a half-way performance. And, it’s weird because to me it sounds like they aren’t singing live sometimes and are other times. During the chorus it sounds recorded, but during the pre-chorus it doesn’t… hmmm… I’ll never solve this mystery!
07. Gamu Shalala / MilkyWay
Even though it wasn’t sung live (I’m about 99.5% sure), this song really pumped up the crowd (and me), maybe because the lights got darker or the bass got louder or something. But they totally killed the groove by ending the song too early. Grr. I know it’s just a b-side, but seriously, just do the whole song if it’s a good one, which this is.
MC 4
Wow, nice hot-red-plastic-sparkle pants, SHIPS. That little mascot thing makes an appearance. Seriously, what is that and how did it end up in the show?? It must have told Koharu something bad because she ran off after they talked to each other. Then they played this game where they showed some of Koharu’s single outfits and had them guess which one it was from. Of course all the wota knew it right away. (I guess I did too…) Then there was this picture of Koha in a suit and I didn’t pick up where that was from… sorry. It was totally awesome when Mai-chan made her appearance! I was cheering a little in my bean bag chair!!
08. Hana wo Pu~n! / Kira☆Pika
This song is weird.
09. Futari wa NS / Kira☆Pika
Yay, live singing. They sounded really good. This kind of song makes me wish H!P did a lot more duo units, because it lets them do cool things with the vocals, like this one does, that groups larger than two just can’t do as well. Probably my favorite performance so far.
10. Makenki! Tsuyoki! Genki! Maemuki! / Yukino Noel
I’ve never heard this song before… it must be a character song or maybe something from a Kirarin album. I don’t think this was sung live, and if it wasn’t, even the recording didn’t sound good. Saya’s voice sounded pretty hoarse when she yelled out to the crowd, so I don’t know, maybe she was singing.
11. Hate na Hate na / Hanasaki Cobeni
Another one I haven’t heard. I don’t really like the song, and I assume is also not live, but Yuu’s voice sounds good on the recording. She’s a really good singer, I hope she gets in more units soon!
12. SUGAO-flavor / Tsukishima Kirari
Another one I haven’t heard, but I guess it’s the b-side to Koi Ka na. Not a great song, but Koharu did actually sing on this one and she sounded very nice.
13. Himawari / Tsukishima Kirari
Another album track I haven’t heard, but this one is really catchy and fun. I might have to download one of those albums someday… I don’t get why they cut a lot of these songs in half. I feel like they should just ditch the b-sides or less important songs and let them sing the full version of the single tracks.
14. Papancake / Tsukishima Kirari
Oh man, here it is. The squeaks above all other squeaks. This song gives me a headache sometimes. But it was fun to watch and a pretty exciting tune, and the audience seemed happy about it. I wish she would have sung this one, just because I’ve heard her sing it before (at the H!P 2008 summer show) and she sounded good! She’s already proved that she can do it, so why don’t they let her?
15. Happy☆Happy Sunday / Tsukishima Kirari
This is my favorite Koharu solo song ever. It’s so catchy, I just love it. And YAY she sung it live! Or, at least, it sounded like during the chorus she just sung over the original recording. And she sounded really good! Good job Koha! Another costume-change one (sort of), which I love. Gotta love that sparkly cape and those wings.
There were two SHIPS songs in here, but I’m skipping them because I’m tired.
18. Tan Tan Taan! / MilkyWay
I’ve forgotten how much I like this song. They did a full version, they all sang live, and it sounded great! The counting part of the song is always fun, I couldn’t help counting along. I got a little emotional in the last line of the song, “Bye Bye Tan Tan Taan”… like I’m saying goodbye to Milky Way, a unit I really enjoyed listening to. Great performance. My favorite so far. These new outfits are okay, if they would strip off some of the mile of shrink-wrap (or whatever that is).
19. Sansan GOGO / MilkyWay
Wow, awesome. This song is a great last number, and all the girls sang it really well.
Encore
Wow, they have real microphones this time for some reason instead of the headsets… I wonder why. But it was cool because the lights got all dark and when they lightened up… hey, it’s the guy from OhaSta! That was fun for me since I really liked all of Milky Way’s OhaSta appearances. Wow, the girls were actually crying at this! Not fake crying, believe me. Koharu looked really touched. Then SHIPS did a reprise of their first single, and one of them did break dancing which REALLY caught me off guard but was pretty cool. Then Milky Way sang SanSan GoGo again… which was kind of unnecessary… wasn’t a fan of this. But Koharu finally broke down crying at the end (only Yuu and Saya had been crying before). She read a farewell letter or something like that… Then Milky Way put their tambourines down… and walked off stage.
So that’s it. As far as performances go, this isn’t anything great, but the emotional aspect made it worth watching. Whether you like Koharu or not, this show shaped her career and I’m sure she’s sad to be leaving it. And it got us better acquainted with two great Eggs that I hope to see do more in the future.
Thanks for reading! Bye bye, Tan Tan Taaan!!
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