Just watched this for the first time (watched it online-- and I excitedly await my bluray in the mail!!! Now I just need a bluray player lol), and wow! Some thoughts I typed out as I was watching, chunked according to each segment of the concert:
Moi dix Mois
-Am so happy to hear Dialogue Symphonie again!! Takes me back.
-Seiji is solid, he really is! Awesome to think back on this man's now very long career as a vocalist!
-I also would love tell to tell Seiji about the magic that Olaplex can work for bleached hair skskkssksk
-I am defs feeling Mana's Moi dix Mois outfit.
-Mayonaka ni Kawashita Yakusoku is one of my absolute favorite songs and Seiji did it justice! Nice to hear it with some guitar, too.
ZIZ
-ZIZ is a TOTAL highlight, their energy????????
-Közi is fucking cool
-The man in white (Jiro?) has a true look going.
-Chargeeeeee... reminds me of C.C. DeVille's early looks/styling in Poison, hahaha, and I'm here for it.
-Közi, again, is cool and awesome and I very much admire him artistically.
Trio Mizer
-I teared up when they kicked off the Malice Mizer segment of the concert by standing there holding out roses....wooooooo!!!
-Kyomu no naka de no Yuugiajksdknaksnjdjkdas THE LITTLE BLINKY LIGHTS that's all I've got.
Shuji Mizer
-Okay Shuji is nabbing that Testu style down hard with styling and vocals???
-Man. Kioku to Sora is a great song!!!!!
-Shuji is really doing some hover hand with Mana during the more ~homoerotic~ portions of Illuminati, isn't he? His choice. Maybe he felt too awkward to get in there (Közi didn't, on the other hand aksjdnaksndmjkasd). Totally highlights to me though just how theatrical Grrrrackt used to be about it back in the day
-Yu~ki looked like he was having so much fun during the Illuminati performance and that gives me life!!!!
Kamijo Mizer
-Kamijo is radiating with passion and love and respect for this music
-He's taking us to Paris y'all.
-I feel like Kamijo really practiced/made a determined effort to get all the little vocal flourishes in and wow, much appreciated.
-Typical Kamijo jacket/coat swishes, and I'm here for it.
-Also here for Kamijo teasing Mana-- that was funny.
-Honestly, I think Bel Air requires some real vocal dynamism (and complain as we may about Grarrrararakt, his vocals were off the hook during this period)... but Kamijo gave it a great effort and supplied plenty of passion and true frontmanship WOOHOO! <3
-I have an admiring affection for Kamijo. He did us a solid!
Hitomi Mizer
-Okay so I'm not really familiar with Hitomi/Fatima/Moran/Umiyuri but I'm defs gonna check them out after this.
-Hitomi gives something of the air Voyage-era Gackt did, and I think he was an excellent choice for this portion of the concert!
-Madrigal is one of my favorite songs of all time and this performance was AWESOME!!!!!! Aw, Mana and the teddy bear and flowers, YES!
-I can't believe they did Nps Ngs, lmfao, yes, god is good. But really this performance was energetic and kewl! Yu~ki coming up front was a treat. Also, once again, Közi is cool.
-Sakura brought it with the drums and the passion and the respect!!! So glad a mentor of Kami's could join!
Sing-a-long Mizer
-Interesting having the Gackt footage up. I wonder what he thinks of this whole thing in general
Group Chorus Mizer
-Wow!!!!!! So emotional hearing Ma chérie like this ;.; Wonderful song, WONDERFUL VIBES!!!!
-Want to mention, Yu~ki's outfit is super cool.
-The little hop/skip/kick Kamijo does when he begins singing is worth the price of the bluray I've ordered alone.
-This is beautiful. Such good vibes.
-Okay the end of Ma chérie where they lights go out, except for Közi's, and he sings the last line? I'M TEARING UP AGAIN OUT OF HAPPINESS AND GOODFEELS!
Ending Bows
-Woooo the feels and the love for their craft all of these people have??? I am HUMBLED!!!!
-So sweet but so difficult watching the three of them hold each other and walk off stage :')
-The purple lights on the drums for Unmei no Deai was beautiful.
Overall thoughts:
I feel a bit hollow now that it's over, but that was such a loving tribute to their legacy a group, and a very enjoyable concert! Highlights: the support they received from fellow friends/colleagues, the fact this happened at all, all the thought put into how to approach each song esp how they'd even do a lot of the same moves they used to, ZIZ!!!!, Közi being cool, Yu~ki having fun, and Mana everlasting.
EDIT: Aside from Közi still being cool, I wish I could have an album version of this live! Esp for the ZIZ cover of Seraph. Maybe a fan will clip and convert the concert into mp3s??