OrePara 2012 Ryogoku
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This past weekend was OrePara in Ryogoku! It was very rainy and cold on Saturday. Sunday was better weather-wise.
OnoD’s outfit for the first day as a black and white checkered suit. The pattern was very… busy… Each square had a silhouette of a man’s profile. ^^; OnoD’s set list included Lunar Maria, Akatsuki no Wadachi, “Arigatou,“ Netsuretsu ANSWER, and Daisuki.
I felt he kind of missed the high notes for Lunar Maria but other than that, it was great. The venue was green for Lunar Maria, red for Akatsuki no Wadachi, and yellow for Netsuretsu ANSWER. After Akatsuki no Wadachi,there was an MC part and OnoD mentioned that he has a lot of people to say “arigatou” to, which caught everyone’s attention. I’m sure many people, including myself, were hoping that he would sing “Arigatou.” In the middle his voice started to shake and you can tell he was getting emotional. Wahhh!! It was so moving to hear him sing the song! The two songs I wanted to hear live the most were Kinmokusei and “Arigatou” so I’m very glad I could hear both of them this year.
After the song, OnoD ran off stage and there was a short instrumental intermission. A minute or so later, dancers came on stage! And then OnoD came back with a mic headset! Team D was introduced and then OnoD declared that the venue was going to be turned into a dance hall. Cue Netsuretsu ANSWER and the whole place was lit up with yellow pen lights. It’s always fun to do the dance and since my seats were in the back of the 2nd floor, I could pretty much see the entire arena dancing too. X3 For the “kageki na shigeki” parts, OnoD did a really sexy movement with his hips, which prompted many screams from the crowd, LoL. During the riff, the dancers carried OnoD around the stage to yells of “wasshoi!” After the song they went directly to Daisuki. Near the end, Iwata came out in a cheer leader uniform, similar to in Kobe, but this time SuzuKen and Morikubo also came out. XD SuzuKen was dressed like a hero in a jean jacket and red bandana, and Morikubo was dressed sort of like a gangster iirc. It was pretty hilarious. They were called “Gekidan Daisuke” (Theatre Troupe Daisuke).
The encore of course included Galaxy Bus and Nemuru Mono tachi he. After Galaxy Bus was the focus corner on one of the members. In Kobe was Morikubo and SuzuKen, so Saturday was OnoD. The first was “OrePara shinka no shouchou” (symbol of OrePara’s evolution) by Morikubo. OnoD talked about how he though Morikubo looked scary at first, and Morikubo went on about how OnoD has a way of reaching out to people and making the entire venue his “home.” OnoD said that next year it’ll be “MosuPara.” XD Next was SuzuKen. I can’t remember the phrase he chose, but he talked about how OnoD is a very honest person, etc. Last was Iwata with “zabuton” (floor cushion). This referred to the first year they held OrePara at Ryogoku. Ryogoku Kokugikan is a sumo arena so in the green room there are huge zabuton for the wrestlers. After OnoD’s performance, he was really tired and dove head first into one of the cushions, basically smothering his face in it. The others thought it was cute at first but then realized that it was a cushion for sumo wrestlers, which means they sit on it with their sweaty butts after a match, so it was like OnoD sticking his face into the butt of a wrestler. XDDD Oops…
Lastly was the singing of Nemuru Mono tachi he. I guess they liked OnoD’s idea of doing requests for who sings the parts where the audience sings. OnoD requested everyone who was wearing a Santa costume or hat, Terashima requested everyone who is glad they are an otaku, Hirakawa requested the people who have attended OrePara all 5 years, Iwata requested all people 40+ years old, SuzuKen requested all the people who have someone named “Daisuke” in their family, and Morikubo requested everyone who will be attending OrePara next year. After the song there were hugs between the members and the event ended.
