Nogizaka46’s 6th Single B-Side: 世界で一番 孤独なLover
St. Valentine’s Day comes around and I don’t really care. But watching idols doing idol things, you realize that on this day, idols do the idol thing that will have you all go “kyun!”
!= Me with Chocolate Melancholy.
I’ve bee sort of listening to this song off an on since it’s release. Not sure if I like or not. But I approve it to be played on St. Valentine’s Day.
I guess I was wrong on the last one. This one here is the most recent. It’s from last September which seems like a long time ago. This is from the last day of last summer’s national tour AKA Sakurai Reika Graduation concert. Captain’s graduation. Really, the end game for the 1st Generation Nogizaka members. It was a great run, and I will miss them, but long live Nogizaka46!
Is this the last version that I’ll show you? Perhaps. But if I find more, you can bet they’ll end up here.
The most recent one and, I believe, the one I watched over and over such that I decided to go with this theme. From 2019 and Nogizaka46’s 7th Year Birthday Live at Osaka Dome. Yamashita sporting twin-tails means this was on day 3 of 4. The last being Nanase’s graduation concert. Be thankful for having the full version. They don’t often do the full version, because for their birthday lives, they do their entire discography — 170+ at this time. This year it was 200 songs!
Maiyan may have graduated. Long live Maiyan!
This one is a mix of multiple versions. You’ve seen a few, and haven’t. Some are hard to find on YouTube. You may like it. I certainly do.
Can you dig it?
I can. Sometimes I think this is the best version of all. Sometimes.
The members at their peak. Tokyo Dome is what they strived for and after 6 years they reached it. It was great to see them there. Maybe it was all downhill from that point, but still we got Tokyo Dome in 2017.
Sorry about the low quality of the video. This is the only 2nd Year BD Live I can find on YouTube. Thank kami-sama I found it. Of course now that I’ve showed it to you, it’s ruined the flow. We have to go back in time to 2014. The best was but the best is still to come.
You know I think I remember this being one of the first Nogizaka46 concerts I watched either live as it was streaming or soon after from one of the idol video web pages. Most likely a day or two after since I didn’t know where or when someone would stream Japanese idol shows — not on YouTube as the algorithm hadn’t found out my obsession. Nowadays, it’s easy. There’s even some dudes that stream the Sakamichi block on Sunday morning — 3 shows from Nogizaka and her sister groups that usually air midnight JST Sunday. Although, the stream killers have been taking them down lately.
Maiyan would’ve graduated today. Instead, because of the rona, she’s still a member of Nogizaka46. I don’t know. I’m conflicted. On one hand, I’m happy to see her still part of the group. On the other hand, I really want to see the next phase of Nogizaka46 without the Absolute Ace. On the third hand, it has got to be very emotional for her, so I’ll continue to support her for forever.
Today’s version though has Saito Asuka in charge. It’s from their 2016 National Summer Tour. I think this one is a favorite. At least until we get further along… Yeah, also, Asuka’s in charge now.
This is about where I come in as a Nogizaka fan, around the summer of 2015. This is again their summer tour. I am hoping they will have it again this year, but most likely not. It makes me sad. Like Maiyan leaving and not getting a true graduation concert. Well she sort of postponed her graduation concert which would’ve taken place in Tokyo Dome from today, tomorrow, and Thursday. Instead we get to reminisce through today’s version. Enjoy.
