Battle Chimera Volume 3 -Defeat Mamireta!- 11/14 @ Otsuka Live House Hearts+
Back to the same place I went for Yoshi’meer’s birthday last year. A26, pretty damn good.
I score second row centre, and of course people are circling for spot trades. For real this time. A lady asks me to switch for Tinkerbell Hatsuno, which I have no idea who he is, so okay…
Someone else just asks me which band I’m here for. Answer: all of them. Not giving up for anyone else.
Deigan are as to be expected. Gritty, distorted, heavy sound for most of the set. Half of Saizen didn’t know what to do for some parts of the songs. Furious cheering/barking for members in between songs and during walk on/walk off both in front of and behind me. Oddly enough, I’m feeling less sore after they’re done.
Z Clear seem to have gotten more popular than last time I saw them. Because there seems to be at least the first three rows solidly for them vs last year’s row and a bit during the 2 man with Superknova. Maybe signing with Starwave has boosted their profile outside of Hiroshima.
They seem to have at least updated their image to a more “casual street fashion” band with more prominent hair and neon paint splattered overalls and jackets.
They tease the intro for Oujama Shimasu behind the curtain. Opening with half of Hatchou Hidari Mawari, which is a “loop song” where they chant a bit about Mamireta and do fast paced furi, and then they go into Junkie as their first full song.
Playing a selection of others, their oldest being 2022s Misanga, they close off with their newest single Diner (getting flags out for some unique moves like moving them in a Z shaped movement) before finishing Hatchou Hidari Mawari.
Tinkerbell Hatsuno starts a soundcheck of sorts by teasing a song behind the curtain, leading his row and a bit, as well as a few stragglers in the rest of the house to wave their light sticks.
I know absolutely nothing about the guy. He seems to be a combination of comedy act, idol, VK-adjacent flyer designer, etc.
All I know is that I tried searching his full name, and this is what popped up.
Because you what now?
Recording is allowed for this portion of the show. First we get a song about what seems to be getting lost in a conbini, then one about riding the train to the tune of Taylor Swift’s We are Never getting back together.
He then calls out his first guest, Rusty-kun, a man with an absolute Chad, bordering on Hapsburgian jawline. After their first song together, he addresses the audience.
“Thank you…for coming to our concert…I just want to…go to Starbucks”
Thanks, I’m sure all two or three of us whose English is better than our Japanese appreciated the shout out.
The next song seems to be about Starbucks. He then invites another guest on to replace the first one, Ito-san, and one more song on his own before saying his farewells.
I’ve taken back my second row spot for Mamireta.
The curtain opens, phone messages playing, to find not Batsu kneeling on the centre platform, but the drummer, Morita, smiling in this deranged manner. He heads to the drums, and Batsu comes out, answering the imaginary phone and starting up Neko ni nari kirenakatta inu. Shiin: Mushi is next, Batsu’s “mene” line really getting the atmosphere and getting me pumped up for the furi.
I sound sarcastic, but I’m really not. Moshimoshi utilized some pretty fun, unique furi. Batsu keeps grabbing his crotch. Morita looks even more animated/metally unstable while playing his instrument than Batsu does.
After a few more, including a part where Batsu pretends to jerk off with a water bottle aimed right at me, we get Oujama Shimasu followed by Tonari no Seki no Hiwa-chan.
Final report tomorrow