sorry for being a party pooper:
no way near the charm of Vol9.
I elect Rie Akagi as the star, Konno as the cheater (or rather the strings playback), Yuriko as the unfortunate (otherwise still my fav in general). Would want to see more of Keiko too.
my favourite parts were Rie playing in Storm and M23 but with mixed feelings since strings had a playback. What's the use for Konno then?
I guess Kimi ga Ita Monogatari and Gaika are good too. Otherwise, tbh I was disappointed with both luminous sword and absolute configuration. People here really liked it but comparing to the live, I prefer the originals with Remi and Hanae, respectively.
Edit: Wait till it loads on Bilibili completely then download it. It seems it works better that way.
Yes yes. I intended to wait until next Monday so I can watch my own BD but I gave in and watched it. I don't care for the new album songs but storytelling is surprisingly the most enjoyable of all. I still /meh about that song, though. storm is okay, love the flute. Sato shouldn't play the drum at all in Hitorigoto. The single songs are weaker than they were in live vol.9. Hanamori is good, save for the drumming (again). Thank god for the live flute. Like what I've said before, with so many songs with her as lead vocal, Kaori's vocal gets choppier and choppier as the concert goes to the point where she's not actually singing but spewing those notes because her legato is nonexistent in sweet song, imo. Sato is really scary in the end of sweet song, it's like he's saying "WITH THIS IT'S OVER!!!!". I think he's too old to play the drum for a whole concert because it feels like he's forcing his body to do so. Gaika
is okay sounds weird, especially those constant drumming with constant melody lines plus Wakana gradually losing power as the song goes (can't blame her, Gaika is a really demanding song) it becomes boring and tiring. Nohara is love save for the obvious mistakes Sato made. Agree with grunty regarding Kimi ga Ita. Wakana's voice just simply can't replace Chiaki, especially Chiaki sounds full of energy and enjoyable. This, not so much. The audio mixing is half-assed, imo but at least it gives more 'raw' feeling.
Dat Keiko and Yuriko engrish in Hitorigoto is probably my favorite part from the whole concert. Followed by M23, and then Nohara. sweet song is the most horrible performed song, what a way to end a concert lol.
I think my main problem with this BD is that I don't really like the new album song and most of the songs are repeat from their old DVDs and the previous DVDs are really good (or maybe polished, in live 2 and 4 case) I set my hope too high. Plus Wakana's voice isn't as lovely as it used to be and Kaori sounds sooo untrained without studio-polish. Add Yuriko sleeping/bored for most time of the concert, it leaves only Keiko to be the performer I can really enjoy the voice. Or maybe I'm just too biased, lol.
Favs :
The engrish and Keiko's solo in Hitorigoto save for the drumming
KnK Mirai Fukuin M23
Nohara save for the drumming
rising up
to lesser extent, Kimi ga Ita Monogatari.
All in all: the concert is boring. none of the utahimes look like they're really enjoying what they're doing. Kaori looks and sounds so unimpressed even though she's the main vocal for most songs. it really pales compare to how Keiko shines in live vol.9. Yuriko is sleeping, just like grunty said. Keiko and Wakana tried to enjoy what they're doing but it's not enough. Most songs sound emotionless, only Keiko puts emotion in Nohara but then again the drumming ruins it all. the drumming for most part sounds like sh*t.