AyuHikaru wrote:IS THAT WHAT THAT WAS? I thought it was so weird we were all going "Ganbatte!" and she suddenly went "Ganbaru!" I figured she was correcting everyone.
(Though I have to admit I enjoyed the perceived sassy-ness)
Ever since New York my liking of Riho has increased like 10 fold. Shaking her hand was fun and we actually talked and she seemed really happy to be there (The times when she was on my corner of the stage, she was super focused at first - not looking at anyone, then she started scanning the audience as the concert wore on and kept smirking throughout the whole thing.. which I now assume was her nerves.)
No little ace, don't you dare start winning me over.
I've definitely come to appreciate her more too lol. When watching a live DVD, if Riho's voice wavers, normally I would be hyper critical lol. But being so close to the stage, when her voice cracked a bit I totally didn't care. The entire experience of being so close, and doing the chants, and seeing them in person just made everything the best ever hahaha.
I felt a bit distant from the current line-up, but after this I love them all a bit more. Harunan, Kuduu and Daiishi all shot up in my rankings after this, with as much as they came over and waved lol. Harunan's concentrated face while dancing during the encore made me want to root for her more (or was she tearing up? idk idk). But yeah. Seeing them so close, especially Sayumi after being a fan for all of these years was a bit surreal. She uses a lot of blush lol.
Also, I saw Riho's "Ganbaru! Ganbaru!" as more of a response to fans cheering her on. We were saying, "You can do it!" and she was replying with "I'm trying my best, I'm trying!"