So for those who didn’t know, On the 10th of July 2015, I went to the Silent Siren concert at Shibuya Public Hall (Shibuko/C.C Lemon Hall) in Tokyo :D First of all I should start by saying that getting to see SaiSai in person was an absolute dream come true and something that I never thought I’d ever get to do.

Even more surreal was the fact that I discovered the band back in June of last year via a random oricon charts youtube video…the song that showed up was “Lucky Girl” and I fell in love :) It was at that point that I dashed out to buy their first concert bluray from Zepp Tokyo and…I think not long after I started buying their albums. Crazy to think that a band that I found purely by chance would become one of my favourite bands and I’d get to see them live a little over a year later!

So first off, the ticket! I had my ticket voucher in hand and went down to a 7/11 to get it all sorted out, I was then issued with the ticket! :D I’ve censored out my name but I figured showing you the rest of the ticket would be fine…, also for further proof I’ve attached the much later crumpled up version of what the ticket looks like now and I’ve literally handwritten my username and the subreddit name on it :P So I think that covers that haha.

Next up the pre-show…I’m not going to lie I was feeling a little nervous before the show because I didn’t know anyone and despite being able to speak a decent amount of Japanese I was still too shy to really approach anyone…>.> Also I’ll add, I was the only foreign guy there…and then things became a little weirder when someone randomly yelled out in surprise 「外国人!?」(foreigner), I looked towards the person who yelled it and saw a person who was part of that group stare at me sheepishly like they’d figured out I could understand them, but it was possible they could have been talking about someone else even though I was the only foreigner around but either way I guess it was no big deal.

I’ve included some pictures of one of the displays that was set up in front of Shibuko. :)

There was also a table which had labelled boxes for each SaiSai member which people could place presents into and of course they also had tables for all the tour merch….such as t-shirts, towels, wristbands etc etc. They had two styles of shirt…the pink one which Ainyan had designed and a plain white style that Suu had designed. Given that most people wear/were wearing the pink shirts and scarves…I opted for Ainyan’s design. Here are pictures of the front and the back of the shirt :)

Then of course I’ve included a picture of the pink scarf I bought as well (There was a grey variant but that was also less common.)

The lining up process was pretty straight forward, but once you entered the venue, you were issued a small bag that included some promo material in it, I’ve included a picture which shows off said material…

You’re also given a “watch-like” device to borrow, if you’ve seen any of the concert blurays, you’ll know what these look like, I was too dumb to remember to take a picture, sorry :(. I thought they were pretty cool because they seemed to be wirelessly synced to something which manipulated what colour they would turn and if the light flickered or not.

Now as for the seat, as you can see from the ticket I was on the 2nd floor…which actually wasn’t all that bad, here’s a sneaky picture I took before the show started so you can get a general feel of stage visibility…

We stood for most of the show so the view was even better than the view you can see here. I kind of wish I’d taken more pictures of the view, but oh well, hopefully that gives a general idea anyway.

The show itself was amazing! I’m a little embarrassed to admit it but basically what happened first is everything went quiet and the lights were turned down and then they slowly faded in 「無音の警告」and I suddenly became very overwhelmed and I cried >.> I felt like I was dreaming and to realise this was all actually happening made me very happy. Then the lights suddenly came on and there were the girls on stage, meanwhile I’m standing there thinking “oh god, someone turn off the lights! I don’t want people to see me crying haha…”

As expected they then transitioned from that into 「Kakumei」it felt so unreal that they were performing right in front of me, I think I might have pinched myself at one point haha. I was asked to speak about the MC, I’ll be honest, my memory is a little hazy on the details but I guess the parts that stick out in my memory are the girls talking about a penalty game of sorts which I -think- may have been tied in with the “SaiSai family” fanclub (pretty much all those people who had seats on the first floor right near the stage) I think a vote may have been involved, anyway this resulted in us getting to watch a short video of Suu bungie jumping which was rather amusing. There was also a quick game where the girls had cards with a particular “theme” on it…if memory serves me correctly Yukarun’s card said “twintails” and I -think- it was Suu’s card that said “Highschool girl”, (can’t remember what Ainyan and Hinanchu had on their cards) but basically they had to find an audience member that matched that category…which I guess was pretty exciting for those fanclub members in the front row seats who got dragged on stage and got to have a brief talk to the girls. I also remember getting a little bit excited when Suu asked the audience if it was anyone’s first time coming to a Silent Siren live, and there’s me grinning like an idiot with my hand raised. There was other stuff going on as well but sadly I don’t remember much else from it right now :( But I thought I’d share the little bits I remembered at least.

「爽快ロック」was pretty exciting…because as one can do when it’s a live performance, Suu was able to play around with it…so the lights dimmed and she slowly sung the first part getting us all hyped up and then the lights turned right back up and then the song carried on like normal. Let’s see what else…「手をつないで」had us all link hands and raise them whenever Suu sung the 「手をつないで～」part like how they do in the music video. Also 「DanceMusicQ」had crowd interaction as well…although to be fair, a lot of the songs had us jumping/getting involved somehow but I guess the other songs required you to do something with the people next to you :P I knew a number of the movements from having watched previous show blurays but if I got lost, I remembered exactly what I’d seen from show blurays also “Just watch Yukarun, she usually is doing the actions so you can copy her.” And she did exactly that this time as well, although it was pretty crazy to be able to think “Just watch Yukarun if you get lost” and realise she was actually in the same room as me along with all the other members :) Oh, and yes, she went over the choreography with everyone for “Love Fighter” as well :P

There were a few surprises with the set list, the list I posted a few weeks back whilst it was mostly the same, had a few changes… “Happy Marry” got moved further up the set list and they actually performed “Clap!” as well, which was pretty great. And of course! The song that I’d been watching the PV of over and over during any brief downtime I had in Japan and a song that I’ve completely fallen in love with, it was none other than the unreleased 「八月の夜」which was played as part of the encore :) I was sooooo happy to get to hear and see it live. (Guess it worked out with the release being so close.)

Another highlight as well was whilst they were playing 「女子校戦争」they actually had a PV for it playing in the background which I’d never seen before! :0 I couldn’t even find it online or with any of the limited edition stuff I’ve bought so it was a rare treat to see it, it was a combination of both amusing and awesome at the same time :) I hope they decide to officially release it at some stage.

After the show there was a “high touch” (high five) meeting with the girls, so I guess you were able to go high five them all and briefly say something. However, unfortunately I didn’t take part in it for a few reasons… I noticed not everyone who’d been at the concert was in line and I saw a bunch of people holding yellow pieces of paper so I wasn’t sure if they’d gotten a special ticket or something which allowed them the privilege, in hindsight, I probably should have just asked >.> Also it was getting a little late and the line was rather big and hadn’t even begun to move and my hotel was on the other side of Tokyo, so I wanted to make sure I was able to get back on time before the train lines closed. I was also expecting once the line started to move I’d be in for a long wait time as well…which tied into the biggest problem….nature called and I think it would have been safe to say it wouldn’t have ended up well if I’d stuck around for too long haha. So whilst unfortunate, I figured it was best I left. I did tweet to the girls afterwards though to say thank you and let them know I was a foreign fan and I had experienced my first live Silent Siren performance. (Writing it all in Japanese might have buried the comment but I hope at least one of them read it. )

I also stopped by a store which sold second hand idol goods and just so happened to also come across some of the random Silent Siren photos that you can find inside the albums/singles on sale, here’s a quick snap of some :)

Also, here’s the crowd picture that was taken at the concert itself. My position was the second floor on the left hand side of the picture near the stairs. :) If I zoom in well enough I can see myself, but it’s very hard with all the pink shirts haha.



Anyway, I hope my report was of interest to someone, I’m not the best storyteller but I wanted to share what was one of the best nights of my life with SaiSai fans who might not have the chance to see the girls perform live. It’s possible I may have missed something, so if I think of something I’ll probably add them to the reddit thread and if you have any questions, feel free to ask and I’ll do my best to answer. :)

Thank you for reading.

(I should add that C.C Lemon quickly became one of my favourite soft drinks in Japan…although alas, its Vitamin C goodness did not save me from catching a cold part way into my second week. Vitamin C of 50 lemons, my arse :P)