Went to Kashiwa, once again, to see Inugami Circus dan
for a friend. This event was a little more interesting than the first two, but
overall was great.
This wasn’t a one-man like DuelJewel were, but I didn’t recognize
the names of the other two acts. This time I had a really good place in line
but found out it wasn’t particularly necessary. Once I was inside, I saw that
the merch booths were in the same room as the stage instead of upstairs like
they had been. Sadly nobody was manning the Inugami booth so I had to wait to
buy things. :/ The larger booth by the bar had imperial flags all over the
place, which I found a little odd, but obviously it was related to the artist.
What was even more peculiar was that despite the merch booths taking up all
this space along the side, the audience wasn’t sardined in like they were
before. There was personal space, and even places on the floor marked with
belongings. It all seemed very private, and I was looking forward to that.
I made my way near the front (in a roughly 30-foot
distance), and marked my territory, noting a few girls that seemed like they
were going to need the actual stage front to fan girl properly. Respect, yo. Got
my rum and Coke that’s still the best I’ve ever had and waited for the show to
start, periodically checking with my friend to see what merch she wanted and
how much she was able to spend.
Then the first act started, and it was a solo dude that
came out with an oni mask on… The nature of masks being what it is, that didn’t
last too long and it never came back on. This guy had a lot of energy and
showmanship, and his fangirls ate it up. They formed a mini mosh pit that…
consisted of them periodically prancing and skipping in an ellipse because
there wasn’t enough room for a proper circle. When it came time to head bang,
they instead grabbed onto the guardrails at the stage, lifted themselves off
the ground, and bent themselves in half over the rail, and then righted
themselves back on the floor. This was really
bizarre to watch, and they all did it in sync with each other (the music,
obviously), but it was all fairly slow. I personally had just come back to
Japan with a hair cut so I fluffed it out and whipped it back and forth as is
proper where I come from. At this point I’ll mention that two girls in
particular were wearing pastel sweets Lolita-type wear, with mismatching crocs and
cotton candy wigs covered in useless accessories.
One of the next songs was dedicated to breasts, however,
and apparently the girls in the audience were encouraged to show their
appreciation for their own mammary glands by cupping them and swaying with the
music… When the lights came on the musician caught a glimpse of me, and
promptly pointed and shouted, “INTANATIONAL OPPAI [boobs]!!” and pantomimed
that he wanted me to join in the fun. I finally did and he cheered XP Probably
didn’t hurt that my cup size goes past B, unlike the majority of the audience. A
few songs later, he wrapped up and made way for the next band.
Meanwhile I mosied over and made my purchases at Inugami’s
booth, as well as Mr. Boobies’. This kind lady, larger than your typical
Japanese woman, with long hair, glasses, and a face mask, was helping me with
the selection of items as I went through what was available, and I had a
sneaking suspicion that it was Kyouko, Inugami’s singer, but how could she be?
Isn’t she supposed to perform in a few minutes? She went and got me a guy to
take my money, and he either miscalculated or the band told him to cut me a
deal since I bought pretty much one of everything they had. O____O
Then Inugami themselves came on stage, but they were
without Kyouko. I looked over at the merch booth and she was still there. It
made me wonder what was going on (Turns out she had hurt herself and was still
required to take it easy). I told my friend and she reminisced that they make
really good instrumentals, but no… They were singing. George II was, anyway. As
much as I love Kyouko, I was enjoying their music profoundly more with it just
being the three boys. <_< They had
a brief MC explaining that Kyouko wasn’t there (no shit, Sherlock) and
presumably why, but I couldn’t catch that part. It was also their first time in
Kashiwa, apparently.
After their performance, the audience started to shift
around and the girls made room for men. And out came the imperial flag dude.
After about ten minutes it clicked that this was going to be a comedy act, so I
left and went home early.
