Yumemiru Adolescence Welcome New Days Ahead With Success of Nakano Sun Plaza Tour Final!

| Idol | Posted by Kai Okudara on Apr.27.2015

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Yumemiru Adolescence stepped up to their biggest challenge of 2015 when they took the stage for the final performance of their Yumemiru Adolescence “#Yume-Tomo no Wa Tour 2015 Haru” at the legendary Nakano Sun Plaza on April 25th.

As soon as the house lights dimmed and the familiar “OVERTURE” ran out through the venue, the “Yumetomo” (literally “friend of yume”, it is a term for Yumemiru Adolescence’s fans) came alive as their chants were mixed in and penlights in the five members’ colors waved steadily. Stepping onto the stage, Yumemiru Adolescence did a short dance solo as their names flashed on a screen behind them.

Changing from their usual opening song, Yumemiru Adolescence jumped right into their major debut single “Bye Bye My Days”, waving their handkerchiefs and radiating the power gained from the whirlwind of events they had experienced in 2015 so far. Continuing with “Mawaru Sekai”, they waved their arms and rocked back and forth as the Yumetomo clapped along to the beats and danced along.

After a short self-introduction, leader Karin Ogino called out to the crowd and asked if they were excited, the reply coming in a roar! Akari Yamada called out with a “Piyo Piyo!” and Kyoka gave a cheerful “San-Kyoka!” (a combination of the Japanese pronunciation of “thank you” (sankyuu) and her name)

Strutting and kicking up their heels to the steady mid-tempo rock of “Doko ni demo iru, Itatte Futsuu”, Yumemiru Adolescence shifted from live house to night club as the beats of “Junjou Marionette” thumped heavier than usual and the synth melody sliced through the air.

Asking which Yumetomo came from the furthest away, there were several shouts of “Thailand!”, “Hong Kong!”, and “Malaysia!”, mixed in with the ever popular “Saitama!” (it’s a joke because Saitama is right outside Tokyo but also where Kyoka and Rei Kobayashi are from). Urging the international Yumetomo to go out and increase their ranks, Yumemiru Adolescence slowed things as they stood behind microphone stands and sung the “vaguely ballad-like” slow rock song “Himitsu”, showing off the lower registers of their vocal range.

Moving to the chairs set up at the front of the stage backed by lighting that looked like a star-filled night sky, a stripped down version of “Namida ga Deru kurai Tsutaetai Omoi” that was mostly piano and vocals smoothed out the mood even further. The stage went dark and a video showing Karin starting to talk about the tour goods was interrupted by Yuumi Shida dressed as Kokoro Tsumuguru from the animation RPG Xuccess Heaven attempting to hijack the conversation. Deciding to settle things with a janken battle, Karin eventually won but time ran out and the members returned to the stage in black sleeveless dresses with pink trim to perform the cute “DREAM COUNT FIVE”.

With Kyoka winding up the imaginary music box, the pace began to pick up with “Hanamomo” before jumping into hyperdrive with the infectious fan favorite “Candy-chan”. Moving their arms like a speeding locomotive and leading the Yumetomo in an extended call and response, it felt like the concert was reaching its climax!

Transitioning seamlessly into “Nakimushi Sniper→”, Yumemiru Adolescence shot signed plastic balls into the audience in addition to their already deadly finger guns as they aimed for the hearts of all the Yumetomo in attendance.

Allowing the audience and themselves to cool off a little, they went into a quiz show segment hosted by Akari Yamada. Yuumi Shida had problems sitting because her stack of cushions was so high but in the ended up losing them all. Topics ranged from naming terrible super powers to have or reimagining the Statue of Liberty doing a cute pose. There were also endless attempts to curry favor with Akari by using her “Piyo Piyo” catch phrase in the answers.

As the loser of the game, Yuumi was subjected to a painful foot massage, a common punishment on Japanese variety shows.

As she squirmed and screamed, the others couldn’t contain their laughter! Karin, who had won with a total of 28 cushions asked where her prize was but, was offered a foot massage since that was all there was!

Despite asking what would happen if she were to end up unable to dance, Yuumi had no problems as Yumemiru Adolescence launched into “Stealth Bukai 25:00”, movements sharpened through repetition.

Positioning themselves in front of the bright black and white static and retro computer graphics on the screen at the back of the stage, the smoke machines erupted as they moved on to the anthemic “Shoumei Teenager”.

After reminiscing about their first Tokyo/Nagoya/Osaka tour experiences, Yumemiru Adolescence hit the last stretch of the concert with “17:30 no Anime”, an illustrated castle appearing on the screen during the bridge of the song.

Taking out their towels, the Yumetomo all knew what time it was and did their best to jump along in the theater seating as metallic gold tinsel burst from the stage and Nakano Sun Plaza became a colorful sea of waving terry cloth.

The encore chant began as soon as Yumemiru Adolescence left the stage, started by the Yumetomo at the front of the stage, waving their penlights during the short break. Returning a few minutes later, Karin tossed her signed balls into the audience as her cannon has malfunctioned during “Nakimushi Sniper→”. The big announcement of the night was that their second major label single would be released on July 15th. Other announcements were Yuumi appearing at Girls Award and Rei acting in a stage play which opens in June.

At long last, they performed the full version of “Photosynthesis”, having done partial versions of it along the tour. As expected as a song made through a collaboration of Sho Watanabe and Kazunori Watanabe, it straddles the border between 2D and 3D, just as the choreography alternates between graceful and mechanical.

The encore came to an end with the cute and encouraging “Himawari Heart”, Yumemiru Adolescence shaking gold pom poms and paper hearts slowly gliding down from the ceiling. After releasing their major label debut single “Bye Bye My Days”, their first “one-man” at the legendary Nakano Sun Plaza was a huge stepping stone in the progress of Yumemiru Adolescence. Based on the performance they gave on that warm spring evening, increasing the ring of “Yumetomo” to where they can go and visit them wherever they may be in the world seems to be closer than ever!

Set List
00 OVERTURE
01 Bye Bye My Days
02 Mawaru Sekai
03 Doko ni demo iru, Itatte Futsuu
04 Junjou Marionette
05 Heroine
06 Himitsu
07 Namida ga Deru kurai Tsutaetai Omoi
08 DATE COUNT FIVE
09 Hanamomo
10 Candy-chan
11 Nakimushi Sniper→
12 Stealth Bukai 25:00
13 Shoumei Teenager
14 Zettaiteki Sympathy
15 17:30 no Anime
16 JUMP!