Finally watched the L'Anniversary live. To be honest this has to be the first time I feel kind of disappointed by Laruku.
Concept. There was none. I mean with the 15th L'Anniversary they had this great concept of time travel with video footage and costumes and some very special songs nobody expected to hear. And this time there was nothing. The video was half-assed and the stage was very plain, nothing that would look remotely festive. You do have to give them credit for carrying out the gig in such a weather, but that's Japanese for you.
The playlist was kind of boring. I mean, sure all the songs were good, but it was so damn predictable. The only good surprise was Dune, but that was about it really.
I'd be a liar if I said Hyde isn't one of the most important factors at any live. And he really bothers me lately. I'm afraid he is turning into Hakuei. Those outrageous clothes, that hair and too much make-up. Not to mention he showed off more that usual. It was obscene and for the first time Hyde became something that made it harder for me to enjoy the concert. I'm really hoping it's
But the way he looked wasn't by far the only thing that bothered me. He sang most songs very differently, especially on the second day. Now some may say it's good, it's improvised or something, but to me it looked like he's being lazy. I mean, he's one of my favourite vocalists, but here it looked like he wasn't using half of his potential. Either that or he couldn't which I don't even want to consider.
Ken was enjoying himself as always and on one hand it was good to see, but on the other to me it seemed like he was in a world of him own, as if he didn't give a damn whether he was playing at a stadium or in his bedroom. He really looked like a lunatic going crazy in the rain.
The banana ritual at the end was cute, but... I don't know. It just ended like that. I guess I expected hugs and tears and just something more... Maybe I just watched too many A9 lives. But yeah, I was left with a feeling of something lacking.
Overall probably one of my least favourite concerts of them. Not saying it was bad, of course, it's just that they set the bar so high and on such an occasion I expected something really grandiose.