Follow the pink runway...
And here we are - the final 3 hours of PASSPO☆ week. I'm interested to see what I think of this concert 12 months later...
We open with a flight announcement and the usual silliness; Orange is sleeping like always, while Yellow and Aqua are fighting over the bathroom. This is followed by a special video package showing PASSPO☆ through the years. The music is totally new. There are people in the crowd crying already. It's totally not me...
They open with the first PASSPO☆ single - Let It Go!! Holy shit, Yellow just did jumping splits? Now they rock the 少女飛行 and this is a great time for Yellow and Purple to do some choreography using luggage as props. I'm all for it. There is also clearly a lot of emotion in their voices tonight. Things get a bit heavier with WING and I find I miss the Ground Crew for this. But Purple makes up for it by absolutely belting it out to my surprise.
Time for the final introductions and White messes up the venue name. They're wearing the Cinema Trip classic-style blue flight attendant outfits complete with custom-coloured sashes. Hold up - Aqua's colour is actually Mint Green? WTF?? Since when?!?
7's Up is always fun and this time Purple uses her solo moment to harass a cameraman. Bah gawd she's the best.
Pretty Lie starts and HOLY SHIT the crowd are losing it! I know it's a great song, but I did not realise just how much the fans love it. Then they rock くちゃLOVE and Orange actually sounds really good in this. But then she has her one moment to do a fun trick with a smoke machine and totally fucks it up by going to her left instead of her right. It probably makes it funnier.
Band PASSPO☆ time!
I was skeptical of them doing BABY JUMP〜天国への搭乗便〜 last time, but I now I totally get it as the perfect Band PASSPO☆ song. During キャンディー・ルーム, Orange and Yellow go out into the crowd. Orange has a fake lollipop and sticks near the front, but Yellow just completely disappears and is not seen for the rest of the song. Orange makes it back for マテリアル Girl, but Yellow is still nowhere to be seen. Oh wait, a cameraman has finally tracked her down near the back of the hall - so she runs away to other side of the hall. And I do mean runs.
After that, Purple asks Yellow to warn her next time she's going to do that so she can remember to wear her glasses. Then Yellow gives a quick word about how much she loves to sing and that she wants to continue to sing together with White. Spoiler alert: they did one gig together a couple of months later, but haven't done anything since. I'm not happy about it. Then Band PASSPO☆ attempt 向日葵 - I admire the ambition.
Now it's time for lucky dip song choice!
They have a box with songs written on balls and each girl picks one out.
Orange picks Go On a Highway.
Blue picks LA LA LOVE TRAIN〜恋の片道切符〜 and the crowd erupts. And this is why I would never think I like the same songs as the fanbase.
Purple picks BREAKOUT!!
White picks じゃあね.
Huh - it's all songs from the first 2 albums. Purple wants to do BREAKOUT!! as Band PASSPO☆. It's actually really fun watching and listening to them work out how to transition between each song. Especially how they sound out the music while they work.
This Band PASSPO☆ version of BREAKOUT!! is awesome and should be the standard. I can barely hear LA LA LOVE TRAIN over the Otaku and their chanting. I'm not sure I'm too upset about that.
Yellow starts 無題 accapella again and it's pretty awesome. The whole performance is actually quite powerful. 「I」and You are next and they are both very emotional performances, before they finish off the main concert portion with Tracks - which is incredibly fitting. I really like the way they've shared out Yellow-Green's parts. No lie, this was the song that got me the most tonight.
Encore time! And more Band PASSPO☆!
Now it's time for the madness that is STEP&GO; Blue still can't ride the luggage scooter and tries to kamikaze into Aqua again - luckily, Yellow makes the save. And then they finish things off with Music Navigation and pose for photos at the front of the stage. But not before White has to wake up Orange.
But we aren't done yet - 2nd encore time!
Purple discusses how hard they've worked and all the challenges they've faced and how they had to work to overcome them. Then she says she'd like to do one last Band PASSPO☆ song, so they rock 少女飛行 one more time and even lead the crowd in a big sing-along. And then the final song - of their career, I guess - is バチェロレッテは終わらない. When
Then we fade to black and credits roll, featuring pictures of their journey throughout the last 9 years. And then finally, each girl has a message of thanks to all the passengers.
Ninjas be chopping onions on my couch, I tell ya...
Was this a perfect concert? No.
But it was a magical sendoff that celebrated the coolest band ever and the emotion was real.
Would I watch it again?
You bet your ass, I will!
Highlights:
Tracks, STEP&GO, バチェロレッテは終わらない being the surprise perfect ending
Lowlights:
No more PASSPO☆. It's obvious, but honestly a year later I still want them back
6 / 7 Glowsticks
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