Wow it still feels so surreal to me that I actually saw them perform live haha. I mean, I used to talk about wanting to see them back when I was still in High School and now that I have….just wow.

I hadn’t listened to any of The GazettE’s music in a while, years actually. I haven’t been following that scene as much as I used too but…listening to their new album and seeing this live…there was just such a sense of nostalgia for me and it really rekindled my love for this genre of music.

I didn’t get a VIP ticket, just a general admissions one, but I heard that the meet and greet was amazing because the boys are all just…beautiful in person haha.

I got there roughly around 3:40ish-4 PM ish and talked to some people on line and made friends while we waited. @lacieleia showed up a couple hours later and there were a few moments when we all thought it was going to rain on us (I never did actually get the names of the people I was talking too…and I never gave mine either OTL).

We skipped the merch line to go get some spot in the mosh pit area, and I thought it was a pretty good spot, just off to the side and pretty close to the stage. Of course, when the concert really did start I was even closer to the stage and got to stare at Uruha even closer and just…gosh. That man is beautiful and just really knew how to work the crowd haha. Reita and Aoi came over a few times too. And Ruki came over so often, I was just amazed at how close I had been able to get to the stage…not that it wasn’t without it’s pain though.

I have to say that I didn’t really enjoy having two guys bigger than me resting their entire body weights on me for the majority of the concert because they wanted to push in front of me.There was a lot of shoving and pushing because people wanted to get closer to the stage. One girl fainted and like 4 or 5 people were pulled out for trying to crowd-surf. It was absolute chaos honestly. Every time there was a lull, people behind me kept shoving the rest of us forward or tried to elbow their way past us. A guy fainted on the merch line too actually.

Aside from that though, the live itself was just amazing. I haven’t really attended very many concerts before, I think this makes my 3rd or 4th concert?, and the only other concert that was in the same general genre was the X Japan concert I went to, but I was in the seating areas for that one.

I was screaming, and we were all so tightly pressed against each other that when the people around me were jumping, I honestly didn’t even have to try jumping, I literally had to. We were so close to the speakers and the lights, I’m positive I started going lightheaded at some point from it all plus the excitement.

Ruki and Uruha both spit water into the crowd and from where I was standing I got hit by both haha. I’m not quite sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing? And then I think Kai threw water at us too…i’m not too sure cause I was trying to keep my footing at that moment. But it was just really great seeing them perform.

And even though I’m sitting here in a new hoodie typing this up, with my feet, back, and neck in complete pain…it still feels like such a surreal experience. It was great and i would love to see them again one day~