MM305 said:

I'm sure a lot of us here knows that momotaka. But for the folks who are unaware of this guy, he is the starting pitcher (and ace) for the New York Yankees since getting signed in 2014, and is known for being a mononofu back at his old pitching days in Japan. He''s the guy who appeared at MCZ Christmas 20014 Day 2 where he had a fun little against Kanako (as in pitcher vs batter battle), not to mention that eating show the year before, and has een/talked to them a bunch of times actually. Here's a video of another Tanaka and MCZ moment:

Spoiler:

By the way, did the girls gave ANY reference/mentioned to Tanaka? Did they perform My Dear Fellow?

Yes, they did perform My Dear Fellow as an encore song and they mentioned him before performing the song.

I think I recognized him as one of the drummers from the toujinsai concerts

MizukiChan said:

Azureus said:

Omg, I got choke up seeing you cry. I'm so happy for you to meet and hug Reni and thank you for the Kanako pin badge.

No problem! And I pretty much cried throughout the entire VIP session since it was too real for my emotions to handle. I have to apologize to Reni if I see her again since I tried to run away... Felt so bad later since she probably thought I was terrified of her.

Don't worry Tammy, if ANYONE could understand what it's like to be extremely emotional about satisfying events, it's Momoclo. I mean seriously, you know how many times they cried in the Hajimete No Momoclo documentary? And there were for accomplishments like reaching #11/#6/#1 on oricon daily charts! Anyway, despite you "being done" with me, I just wanted to say congratulations for meeting your oishi and having the BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE!!!

A quick question though: what does "SEKAI NO MOMOCLO NUMBER 1!" mean?

Ah, thanks!

it's such a pleasure hearing how nice the girls are. i know that's kinda in the job description for an idol, but if they went half as far as some of these accounts are saying, everyone would have been perfectly happy. I wonder if a part of them kinda liked the smaller crowds because it allowed for more interactions with the fans.

I gotta say, I was definitely out of the demographic there and was not prepared for any of it. But, it was the best concert I've been to. Even though my feet were killing me from standing for so long, I couldn't see all that much and I was sweating so much they made it very very enjoyable. The chants were easy to get a hang of and as much as I didn't like the setlist I understand why they picked it. I hope they come back to the states sometime soon!

momotaka said:

── Can you tell us a bit about the setlist?

Ayaka: I produced the setlist for this show, hoping to express the four seasons of Japan. I hope that American fans can experience Japanese tradition such as cherry blossoms, Japanese drums, and summer festivals through this setlist./

Ah, so it was Ayaka was the one who decided the setlist for the 3 shows (or at least played a factor in it). I like her intent on it (and of course, ANY setlist will still satisfied any mononofu in attendance), but I still believe that the list could have had more firepower!!

I know folks, of course there will still be songs that are loved dearly to be left out on the tour nd I do love just about every song played in the tour, but it is really striking how many "classic/most successful" MCZ songs were left for the tour: Mungen no Ai, Roudou Sanka, Saraba, Otome Sensou, Z Densetsu, GOUNN, Naitdemo Iindayo, etc. I don't think all of them needs to get played, but it just shocks me how many did not make the tour. You would think that because this maybe one of the only intances MCZ will perform in America, that they will prioritize on presenting folks how epic they can truly be (NOT that I'm saying they weren't that during the tour although I wouldn't know since I wasn't there).

So in the end, I liked and understand Ayaka's idea and intent for the setlist, but I personally believed it could have been improved. Still, I'm sure just seeing them perform anyway is still a tremendous experience for any attending mononofus (no matter what songs they played)!!

Let's all hope that they got the message when the NY crowd got the "please come back!" chant going after the 2nd encore. I'm pretty sure they acknowledged it but i couldn't hear what they said as we were just too loud at that point.

superninjaerica said:

Who was the drummer from New York yesterday?

That was Issai Hidano



Edit: It's also not a coincidence, he is Mr Shuuichi Hidano's son. Also if you look carefully you can see him performing at all the Toujinsai's

Very nice entry in Reni-Chan's blog
http://ameblo.jp/takagi-sd/entry-12221552988.html