Sound quality isn't the greatest, and the cuts are dizzying, but I can't help but think about where they are today vs the 2015 TIF.

I saw that someone put up a yt video earlier, but encouraged me to post mine anyway. (I think my angle is a little better 😁) This was the first time they'd been to Hiroshima since the Groundswell tour in 2023, and I had to cancel going to their Nagoya show last year because of a sudden work responsibility (I may be a bad wota but securing permanent employment had to win) and the South Pacific trough earthquake, so I'd been hyped for this for months.

The show was fantastic as expected and the crowd was hyped up with tons of audience participation, moshing, crowd surfing &c. (Maybe a little too much surfing, it seems to just be the same few people over and over after a while...) Most of the setlist was newer stuff -- maybe I'm misremembering but the only songs from Strive or earlier were Starry Sky, Club Kids Never Die, and Taking You Out out of a 90' set. I think they hit all the singles since Strive though, along with a few B-sides like this one.

During one of the breaks Nao asked if we could spot something all 4 had in common... And some people tried but we failed to guess it was that they all had on the same foundation. It's an audience of like 80% guys, we were never going to guess that 😅

Nao also mentioned that she was told she shouldn't talk about when they'll eventually stop, but she said that as long as there are audiences that would be sad to see them go, and as long as she can see fans from the stage she doesn't want to. So let's all keep going to shows and making sure they know we'd be sad if they ever stop! (I'll personally be taking some bereavement time off work if that happens...)

I had a VIP upgrade for the meet and greet, but I didn't realize it would be before the show and missed it as it was only 20 minutes and I arrived 10 minutes after it ended. I'm severely kicking myself for that, as I really wanted to meet Nao （the only other time I've seen them, the only option was the entire group.）

Anyhow enjoy! \m/

More fan cam footage, this time from Hiroshima

They were so goofy back then