Wednesday, October 15, 2014

[translation] 140920 BoA LIVE TOUR 2014 WHO'S BACK? Osaka concert MC

This is BoA's MC from BoA LIVE TOUR 2014 WHO'S BACK? Osaka concert, translated from @SENA_110530's blog post.

BoA saw many children at the concert.
"There're many who came with children today too. Aren't your arms hurt? LOL"
"Kids, have fun! But they're not listening!!! LOL"
BoA, always ignored by kids. ^^;

"Now it's time I'd like to talk a long talk with you guys"
MC time but...
"Ehh...what should I talk about?..."
"It's boring speaking the same things every time. LOL"


"I arrived Osaka this morning. After Nagoya concert, I went to London for work."
"It was 2nights 4days trip. Can you believe it? I spent 24 hours on the plane!"

"But I feel refreshed seeing the scenery."
"If they let me stay longer, I could have made a song..." 
"Got it! Staff-san! Let's do recording in London ♡"
cutely requesting the staff
"Well, in the end it's always in Shibuya."

A fan asked about food.
"Just before, I received the most famous pudding in Osaka!"
fans asked her to upload to instagram
"Eh? what? Instagram? I'm not using it now. Guess I'll use it again like nothing happened 2 months later though."
noisy audience LOL
"We adults got issues, ya know?"
better leave it at that before BoA gets any more gangsterish LOL

"What kind of pudding? Heard that it was the most famous in Tokyo."
Tokyo? Osaka? Tokyo? everyone is confused.
"No. It's from a shop in Osaka. Why would I receive Tokyo stuff in Osaka?!"
BoA didn't realize her own mistake. LOL

"But I cant eat milk and milk products before singing, so I put it in the fridge to eat after the concert.♡" 
girlish BoA

"So yes, BoA came from London to Nagoya this morning."
Fans protest saying it's Osaka.
"Ah! but Nagoya is only one stop before Osaka, if we take Shinkansen...."
"Things happen so rapidly, my memory stops at the end of Nagoya concert! I feel as if I went to somewhere in Japan that resembles London."
Silence. you could hear a pin drop.
no idea of what to make of what BoA's just said.

"You don't understand, right?!"
yes we don't. LOL
after writing it down, I somehow understand what you're trying to say though. sorry I couldn't back then.

"I want to eat Osaka famous food like Takoyaki"
still confused from earlier, audience remained silent.
"Osaka, why so quiet?! Too quiet! Osaka's supposed to be more lively, no?"

"I thought maybe Takoyaki wasn't Osaka famous food (because everyone fell silent). You guys are angry because I said Nagoya earlier? LOL"
I don't understand the silence either. But today audience are more quiet than usual.

So between the songs when there's silence, when a girl screams "BoA-chan!!!", the sound echo throughout the hall. BoA laughed looking very pleased. They're so cute, the girl and BoA.

The song where she made the fans sing
"Osaka, I know you can do better."
relatively mild words compared to other concerts.

But when the music stops and she's done drinking
"Osaka, will you sing with me? If you sing then I'll sing" 
fans went wild
"Really?(Osaka dialect)"
fans went more wild
"Gotcha"
so cute the way she said it.

In previous concerts, she's not been very pleased but this time,
"Osaka so energetic! Thank you!"
BoA complimented the crowd. She truly knows how to use her carrots and sticks.

After sitting time is over,
"Everyone? I'm already standing though?"
totally love how she can't beat around the bush. LOL

but then
"Sitting just for a bit made your legs feel a little better, right?"
Is she being kind? I don't know anymore. LOL

Today she reacted to fans' speaking more than usual, not with "hm?" or "eh?", but with
"huh?" sounding slightly annoyed. my personal favorite. LOL

At the karaoke scene when the score screen came out,
"Score coming up! Score! tadaimano..(reading Japanese from screen) I don't know these Kanji characters. Is it tensuu?"
seems like she can't read 得点(tokuten=score earned)
after that she asked her dancers
"These Kanji's, can you read?"
bambi-san told her but seemed BoA still didn't understand.

Today she also played with(bullied?) Hosshii-san the keyboardist that seems to be her favorite.
At band introduction
"Your bangs, don't they get in the way? LOL"

Today she talked about a lot of things,
"VALENTI (and the likes) are songs from 11 years ago! I want everyone to bring back your youth. LOL"
"L2MH is from 12 or 13 years ago! I've shaken my hips again in a while." 

At encore entrance, like in Nagoya, she came with Osaka-style MC.
"Isn't Osaka heat something!" (said in Osaka dialect)
"Leaving now since I'm craving some takoyaki♪"

After encore,
"This time, time really flies!"
honestly, each concert feels shorter and shorter. I fear Fukuoka concert would be over in an instant. LOL

Talking about the new song,
"It's a song...that...I...made."
embarrassed BoA
"I'm always at a loss about how to explain songs. I suck."

"Making this song, I thought that it was so me, not too positive, and not too negative either. It sound realistic. LOL"

When she was about to leave and fans sang their hearts out,
"Can't hear. Can't hear."
"Louder!"
BoA is like this til the end.


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feel free to ask me if you find anything unclear. sena wrote her live report for hardcore fans and also avoid spoiler so not everything is explained. non-fans and casual-fans might find some parts hard to understand. (but since when do they visit my blog? LOL)