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the-damnedest-creature · 8 years ago

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G.L.A.M.S at Magnificon, Kraków - 2017/05/27

As per usual - this is part report, part diary entry. Read at your own risk, may contain some unrelated things or not be all that objective :) The report is divided into sections, so if you do not care about the entire thing, just scroll to the ones that interest you. I have not betaread this - I really do not have the stamina to betaread these like 12,000+ characters after writing it for hours, lol. You will live. Enjoy.

This is the first concert we were attending in this tour, we are supposed to see them twice this year, going o Prague this Thurday too, since they are FINALLY coming to Czech Republic. Overall it was my 5th time seeing Mikaru; 3rd time with G.L.A.M.S. (once I only saw him solo, once with DIO.)

Once again I was reminded how ridiculously happy this man makes me. I fucking love him. I am literally incapable of being anything other than overwhelmed with joy when he is nearby. Precious guy.

Planning, journey, arrival - Friday

We’d decided to spend 2 nights in Kraków. Even though we’d known for the longest time that we’d be going, we only bought everything (train tickets, hostel) like a week prior to departure, and... actually heavily underestimated planning, or we are too dead inside to care, not sure. Since like 381927983 things kept getting fucked up all the time, lol, and we got lost in Kraków like 5 times. I left from Olomouc on 12:41 on Friday, was joined by Durcenwe 30 minutes later at her stop. ..We spent the 5+ hour journey laughing at stupidly dirty stuff (because on the inside we are old men), and making retarded jokes that seem ridiculously funny to me still (like calling Bidoh from Elysion Bidet, the theory that Aryu → Ryoga →Bidoh(...Bidet) is a Pokemon evolution of Tsuzuku’s potential boyfriend, each with an increasing chance of punching you in the face if you slap his ass). Over the weekend we may have also conjured a new personal meme. Or three, even. We arrived at around 6pm, and set out for our hostel. Met a really damn cool cemetery on the way, like REALLY cool. Mana needs to come to Kraków. He’d dig this shit.

We were planning to go to the convention right after tossing our bags, since it seemed we’d need the 3day tickets. A very nice Polish organiser (love herrrr) promised to help if we had any trouble, but fortunately, we had none! ...Bullshit, took us 2 hours to get to the expo center, because we’d decided to walk it, it was like 6-7km, and we got insanely lost /twice/. But with the entry we had no trouble,... and fortunately it started raining only AFTER we’d gone inside. Like ... we got our convention entry bracelet thingies (I forget if those paper one-time waterproof festival bracelets have a specific name or not) in like 3 minutes it started pouring like fuck. Lucky we hadn’t gotten MORE lost, aha.

We spent a while just getting accustomed to the convention grounds,.... buying a couple pieces of absolutely useless Jojo bullshit like the Dio cup holder thing I am now the owner of, and being JJBA trash with every cosplayer in sight.

-When you pose so hard it almost blows your Johnny away in the blast

It wa a little challenging to get back to the hostel, but we managed. (Bus, tram, walking.) We even played some G.L.A.M.S on the way on my phone, it was sweet.

Saturday - before the first meetup with the band

It took us a litle time to find the tram stop we needed to get back to the convention, because we may be just a little bit retarded may have been underprepared. We did a little walking around the historical center, made a meme out of calling all nuns a good or bad Kyo cosplay, and we were at the convention at approximately 11. Merch stand not yet up, so we went to do our make-up and eat something. There were supposed to be a short band meetup at ca 1pm there. By 12:15 we were plopped by the merch stand watching them unpack, or not really even watching kinda just sitting by the official banner they had there, doing nothing much aside from laughing at seeing ourselves at the banner and listening to the sound check. Behold.

If you by chance do not remember what I look like, I’m the blonde idiot in glasses by Mikaru’s head. (This photo is from his solo live in Poznan last year.) Easy way to tell if I was at the concert, lol. Do you see a blonde idiot by Mikaru’s head? Y/N. Yes => I was there.

The first signing session started at approximately 13:30. They came out all... without their costumes, looking representatively hungover as fuck and a little grumpy. I was worried Mikaru would be grumpy all day, but it took him exactly one (1) whole fan to cheer up and shine like a little sun. Precious. When I approached them for signing (there weren’t all that many people at this time), I asked them if they’d slept well... they told me they had, I choose to believe them, although they did probably lie. XD I finally asked Mikaru the burning question me and D had had since last autumn - whether DIO’s band name was based on DIO from Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure. He didn’t understand at first, I had to repeat the manga title in Japanese, Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken, for him to get it. Then he denied it, laughed, and laghed even more, all surprised, when I told him about Erina’s name being the same as the name of a character from JJBA: Phantom Blood & Battle Tendency...I’ll need to ask Erina about it in Prague. “Oh no, no, but I like Jojo no kimyou na bouken!” “Oh really, you’ve read it?” “Yes! I read all the parts.” “Really?? Which Jojo do you like best?” *thinks for a sec* “I think.. Jotaro is my favorite.” I think this is how that piece of convo went. Made me really happy, as Jotaro is my fav Jojo too, alongside Johnny.

...Mikaru also couldn’t get any damn marker to work, it was cute. “Careul about it,” he told D after he signed her thing. ...And gave her the marker. As if to pass it on? Lol. We shook some hands~ ....This was overall very brief, they went to have lunch soon... But not before we got to laugh at Mikaru’s characteristic silly shoes.

Before the concert

We spent the day mostly ... fucking around. Sitting outside studying lyrics while looking stupid on the grass, eating and making jokes about “chicken-or-fish” (...Mikaru joke), ...hunting for a power outlet... Also eating curious but quite tasty burgers with pickled ginger. Nice. Another new meme. Shambala Bimbala this time. (Stemming from literally no one being able to sing Mikaru’s Salagadoola mechicka boola with a straight face.) ...At approx 18:30 we went to secure our spot at the main stage by seeing two program panels before the live and boi was that excruciating. First we had to stand through this ... concert of .. varying questionable moral judgment (not good, not good), then by the time the cosplay contest started, we were in the first row as intended, behind a buncha photographers. It started at around 20:40? I’ve never been more bored out of my skull than I was at that cosplay contest. The only highlight was he masterfully acted The Witcher scene. If those guys didn’t win, there is no justice in the world.

Because of various reasons, the concert was about 50 minutes delayed. I kept being worried they’d have to cut it short or Mikaru would come out grumpy because of the problems. Fortunately, no such thing. I was in the first row, center - with about a 1m gap from the stage that we were told to keep. We watched the guys frick around with things on stage for a bit while they connected everything.

The live itself

First thing that occured to me after the announcement. The audience... didn’t scream at all. There were people there who’d clearly come for the live knowing Mikaru, but nobody made any sounds!! Here we are, me and D yelling, one of the organisers/staff whispering to me to scream, and there’s the crowd... just not joining in. ...Guys. Don’t do that. Fortunately it took them about 2 songs to warm up and start making some fuckin’ noise, but ... don’t do that!! I hate this ‘the band will come out anyway’ mindset. Make them feel wanted, dang it.

First thing that came to my mind was regarding Denka, honestly. (I have a problem with calling him Syu, since I and Durcenwe call him Zdeňka as a joke and it stuck XD) - he was looking weirdly hot that evening. Like sexy hot. Not sure who did his makeup and hair, but BOI I’d never been attracted to Denka before, now I seem to be. ...Idk what song it was for (I think 12:00AM?), but he couldn’t find the correct set of drumsticks for a while and it was midlly funny and cute. :D

They played... all G.L.A.M.S. songs, I think. Three DIO songs. I don’t remember the exact order, They opened with The Other Side of Th Moon, Call My Name and 12:00AM. In the main program they played one song by DIO that I do not know, and Carry Dawn, in between scattered G.L.A.M.S songs. The main program ended with Be Alone, I think. For the encore they played God Forsaken, and ended the whole live with The Light of My Life.

Highlights/observations from the live? -Mikaru jumped around like crazy, several times he almost tripped over the mic wire. He did do his raptor mating ritual dansu. (For reference, see minute two of Forgive me MV) Did it a lot, actually. -He’d watch me and D a lot, saw me sing and dance with him, and it made him grin a lot. He was clearly very amused by that. -He wasn’t very contact during the live; made no effort to reach into the crowd or anything. However, he seemed to be enjoying himself VERY much and was very hyper, and frequently went to the sides of the stage, even to the very right side to sing to the staff. He also made eye contact a lot. -Tetsuto seemed very disinterested through the live -Before Let’s Fly Away to the Stars: “This is a love song. I want you to listen to it with your boyriend or girlriend...” -In one song he noticed that I was unintentionally copying hi with my dance. He seemed very amused and immediately began making silly moves to see if people would copy that. We did. This made him laugh. -Before he taught people the Our Freak Show chant, he asked how many times we’d seen him. Also think he said some stuff in Polish somewhere. -”I hope to return to Poland... wait we’re doing one more live in Poland..?” or something of the like, haha. “1st... no, 8th of...” ....then he proceeded to forget the word for June. -He asked people to sing the funky parts of Be Alone with him (bibbidi-bobbidi... you know.), so if you don’t know the lyrics yet, go check them out ;3) -He introduced the members, but not himself. “WHAT’S MY FUCKING NAME?!” .. the crowd did successfully yell it back at him. -Before the encore, Denka Syu whipped out such a powerful erection-inducing drum solo that I think I’m a drumsexual now. I didn’t even know he had that in him. Erina and Tetsuto joined him soon, and Erina showed off on guitar too. Then eventually Mikaru came back out with a “DO YOU WANT SOME MOTHERFUCKING MORE? THEN MAKE SOME F U C K I N G N O I S E !” We did. -When they went to take a photo, everyone came up to the stage. I could smell Mikaru’s hair. Not like creepily sniff it, o k , he just came up real close. It smelled so goddamn nice.

-From Mikaru’s FB. I’m not sure what is it that Erina’s doing with his life over there, lol. Probably trying not to look short

Also - My new sexuality is Mikaru’s thighs and ass. So much running has been paying off. Legs to die for. Damn. I’malsoconvincedhehadabonerthroughouthalfthelive

They tossed some stuff, we didn’t catch anything, doesn’t matter much. Signing and cheki were next.

The signing & cheki session

We were worried that they’d rush the session because they had to be in Germany the next day and would be leaving very soon

Fortunately, this wasn’t the case, and they were being major cuties, talking with everyone and being sweet. First we took cheki. Mikaru and Denka Syu told me a really cute Hi when I wen to stand between them for the pic. I was the first to hug Mikaru too, somehow it hadn’t occured to anybody before, aha. After that, hugs became a standard for the cheki takers. For not being very contact on stage on his own (from experience I know that he does not pull away from touch if you do touch him, though.), he’s really sweetly huggy. For the signing session they were sitting at first, then they stood up so that they could hug people. When I went up to the table to get my cheki and CD signed (At the first session I only had the photos signed), Mikaru greeted me with: “You know a lot of songs! Awesome!.” ...I thanked him. It made me so fuzzy though, omg. I asked him about coming to Prague and what he’d like as a present. He said something along the lines of “Yeah, Prague ! I’m excited to come finally! See you there!”I asked him whether he remembered the “Czech” themed present we’d given him in Poznan (October 2016). He did!!! Even said, “I liked your selection.” And said he liked czech beer. I hugged him. When I hugged Tetsuto and told him (in Japanese) that the live had been awesome, he jumped in surprise, lol. Did the same with Erina too, minus the WTF NIHONGO lol. When I was saying See you in Prague, Denka Syu suddenly goes, “Oh, you’re coming??” ...Sweet. Told him yes, we’ll see each other on Thursday. Hugged the little guy too. Or not so little. Actually this live made me realize that Denka is a little taller than I used to think. Probably because he hung out next to Erina. Ahaha.

They spent a while talking to a group of probably newly gained otaku fans in Japanese, then bowed a lot and walked out. I and D were watching from nearby (at one point I walked up to them to see what language they were speaking, Mikaru made a surprised smiley face). We sat by the barriers on the floor, chilling, so they’d pass as they were leaving. Mikaru laughed at us a bit, told us a surprised baibai, and we finished that off with some see you in Prague. Sweet guys.

My cheki:

..My knees were bent a bit, usually Denka is barely taller. Taller, but not much. Jeez I even look shorter than Erina here, ahaha.

Return & Final thoughts

....We walked. It seemed somehow shorter without getting lost. Our train left at 10:20 the next day. I’d write more, but it’s all unimportant things, my hands are legit tired from typing, and my PC has reached the temperature of approximately Satan’s asshole, hah.

Final thoughts - totally fucking worth it. Mikaru makes me so happy. I love the guy. Like not even that fangirl omg daddy fok meh kinda type, I just adore the guy, I love making him happy (knowing songs, being a dedicated fan) - if you do not have Mikaru in your life, you are missing out. He is a treasure. And the rest of G.L.A.M.S are lil treasures too~ I wanna be their friend T ^ T

If you can still catch a concert, since only three took place so far, definitely do go! Mikaru is so so so worth it. If you need songs or lyrics to prepare for the live, shoot me a PM, I’ll provide you with all.

I bid my farewell with some silly pictures from Saturday of me and D being stupid :) See you in Prague, if you’re comin’~. Or at MO in Wroclaw~.

-...Kono Dio ga....!

-Ginger burger

-Damn u, sun!!!

(owo)/~~

-N.

#Mikaru #GLAMS #concert report #Magnificon 2017 #personal

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the-damnedest-creature · 6 years ago

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Because seriously, it’s been too many and I’m starting to lose count. I can’t even remember them all anymore and therefore there’s a chance of me adding more later in case I forgot some.

I’m going to add more anyway as time goes by. 2010

Gackt (Munich)

D’espairsRay (Budapest)

2011

Gackt (Munich)

Dir en Grey (Budapest)

Versailles Philharmonic Quintet (Vienna)

2012

Kaya & Satsuki (Munich)

D (Vienna)

BLOOD (Prague)

Screw (Vienna)

ACE (Vienna)

ACE & Anli Pollicino (Prague)

Inoran (Vienna)

Crossfaith (Bratislava)

ZIZ & SPEECIES (Cologne)

2013

THE MICRO HEAD 4N’S (Munich)

Orochi (Prague)

Plunklock (Vienna)

Plunklock (Prague)

Satsuki (Munich)

Deathgaze (Vienna)

the GazettE (Munich)

GPK (Brno)

Crossfaith (Prague)

Eat You Alive (Prague)

2014

ADAMS (Prague)

heidi. (Prague)

heidi. (Vienna)

Mikaru & G.L.A.M.S (Vienna)

LOKA (Vienna)

BORN x Lycaon (Munich)

Sukekiyo (Berlin)

HITT (Vienna)

Satsuki (Vienna)

Satsuki (Prague)

2015

ADAMS (Prague)

DIR EN GREY (Berlin)

Mikaru & G.L.A.M.S (Vienna)

MIYAVI (Vienna)

SuG (Berlin)

[k-pop] SHINee & Red Velvet (Prague)

2016

Crossfaith (Prague)

Satsuki (Prague)

DIO & DIRTRUCKS (Wroclaw)

girugämesh (Munich)

the GazettE (Munich)

I Promised Once (+Jioda) (Vienna)

Nocturnal Bloodlust (Budapest)

GYZE (at a metal festival in Zvolenská Slatina, Slovakia)

Mikaru (Poznan @ Japanicon)

2017

Versailles Philharmonic Quintet (Warsaw)

PLASTICZOOMS (Prague)

Mikaru & G.L.A.M.S (Krakow @ Magnificon)

Mikaru & G.L.A.M.S (Prague)

S!N (Prague)

MORRIGAN (Munich)

MORRIGAN (Prague)

MORRIGAN (Warsaw)

LOKA (Prague)

2018

Mikaru solo run (Cologne)

Mikaru solo run (Brussels @ Made in Asia)

She, in the Haze (Brussels @ Made in Asia)

X Made Alcoholic Santaclaus (Prague)

REMNANT (Brno)

Mana (Helsinki @ Eternal Twilight)

KAMIJO (Helsinki)

DIR EN GREY (Warsaw)

DIR EN GREY (Munich)

DIR EN GREY (Cologne)

Mikaru & G.L.A.M.S (Prague)

Mikaru & G.L.A.M.S (Warsaw)

2019

Mikaru solo run (Cologne)

the GazettE (Munich)

[It is entirely possible something else happened in 2019 - but I have since forgotten, and apparently have not written it down, so it might be lost to time. :( ]

2020

DIR EN GREY (Berlin)

DIR EN GREY (Wroclaw)

Mikaru & G.L.A.M.S (Warsaw)

Mikaru & G.L.A.M.S (Prague)

=PLAGUE=

2024

DIR EN GREY (Warsaw)

2010: 2 | 2011: 3 | 2012: 9 | 2013: 10 | 2014: 10 | 2015: 5 | 2016: 9 2017: 9 | 2018: 14 | 2019: 2(?) | 2020: 4 | =PLAGUE= 2024: 2

Top artists (seen more than twice): Mikaru (15) DIR EN GREY (9) Satsuki (5) the GazettE (3) MORRIGAN (3) Crossfaith (3)

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Coming up: DIR EN GREY (Berlin) DIR EN GREY (Berlin) JILUKA (Bratislava) KAMIJO (Budapest)

Current live count: 79

J-rock concerts I have been to for my personal reference

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