テゴマスの青春～My Biggest Dream Come True!~

Debut (top) to now (bottom) as I've seen them

Welp.
My dream came true today. I finally got to see Tegomassu in person, while being on first row in front of stage. My favorite singer EVER knows my existence and waved AT ME twice and I'm pretty sure he read my sign and gave me a thumbs up during the first song when he looked my way. I was so close it was unreal. I legit cried when I first saw them and heard their voices when the side curtains dropped and only the few of us on the side could see them. I cried throughout the whole first song. Leading up to the concert in the day I became tired and very very hungry and couldn't get excited and for pretty much all of the concert I had a massive headache, but that didn't matter when I saw them, it finally hit me and I became excited all at once I got overwhelmed became nauseous and started crying.

Seriously never thought I would have the opportunity to go to their concert. I had dreamed about it for 8+ years saying "If I ever do make it to Japan, I have to find myself at a Johnny's concert and hopefully NewS" Well, look at me now. I went and saw my favorite duo in the world and from the front row at that! I still can't believe this. I kept telling my friend that in Japanese as soon as the lights went out and the reality set in. As mentioned in the first paragraph, we had been waiting in line for about 3 hours for goods (which I couldn't buy anyway because I'm poor) and even though I had eaten lunch, I slowly got hungrier and hungrier, but because I'm extremely broke I couldn't buy food. When we first got in line, the sun was out and there wasn't a cloud in sight, so it was really bright and hot. Then once we made it to a different side of the building the sun was out of view and the wind got stronger and it became really cold. By the time we made it inside the lobby of the arena, I was so tired and was developing a massive headache. Its a good thing my friend bought me an onigiri, because I probably could have passed out for the first time in my life. I didn't even have water to take headache medicine with. Also, the mass of people was overwhelming as well. So leading up to the concert, I couldn't get hyped up, it also hadn't really set in yet.

This concert was way more important to me than seeing any Kpop band ever. Here's a little backstory for you. In like the 7th grade my best friend and I became really big fans of Jpop, especially Johnny's Entertainment artists. I can't remember details, of course, about how we found them or why we chose NEWS as our favorite band, but these things just happen. As soon as I had learned their names and personalities, my focus was immediately on Masuda Takahisa (Massu). I think it was around the time that we became fans of NEWS that Tegomassu (the subgroup consisting of members Tegoshi Yuya and Masuda Takahisa) debuted. I fell in love with them ever so much more. Their voices match perfectly and they have one of the best harmonies I've ever heard. Massu's voice is so unique, there's really nothing like it, and what really gets me is his smile and eye-smile. Tegoshi's voice is amazing as well, also his vocal range is high.

Even as we went to our seats and stood there in shock about the position of where we were and how close we were didn't get me super excited. It wasn't until the lights went out and the side curtain dropped and I saw them in the dim lights before the main screen in front of them fell singing the into to the first song that it hit me. This duo that I've loved so much and had only seen on a computer screen (not so often because Johnny's strict copyrights and being almost completely shut off from the rest of the world) from the other side of the world are now in front of me in the same room. I didn't just tear-up, I went into full blown tears rolling down the cheeks can't see crying. I had cried a bit when I saw TVXQ in Las Vegas two years ago, but not like this. I wasn't this close to TVXQ as I was to Tegomassu.

Side stage they where Massu waved
and made direct eye-contact. (Angle from sitting) 

The concert was like none I'd ever been to before. It was so chill. Fans don't scream, because Tegomassu is a ballad group and they focus on showcasing their voices, therefore fans want to listen well. For the upbeat songs we all stood up of course and waved lights sticks to the beats and jumped up on certain beats when they did and things like that. Or on the songs that they would leave center stage and go to the sides, we would yell at the member who wasn't currently singing so they would look our way. Which for one song Massu had finally come to our side and he wasn't singing for a bit and my friends and I yelled his name and he looked at each of our faces and waved. The part that I did not realize they would do is for 3 songs we all sat with the penlights off and absolutely no talking. The first song they sang while like this was completely without mics and were accompanied only by a non-amplified acoustic guitar and a melodica (keyboard that you blow into thingy). It was so mind blowing how quiet it was and we could hear their natural voices. I wonder if the very back could hear well. Good thing I was in the front because it was absolutely perfect. It was a wonder that I didn't cry during that. I just closed my eyes and felt like it was just me in a room with them singing to me. Magical. The next song they scooted their chairs back a bit and were surrounded by candle
sticks of different heights which were actually all electric. Tegoshi lights a real candle in front of him and Massu before sitting down and the candles all around them flicker on. This ballad they sang with the actual band playing behind them again, but they still sat and sang softly and at the end Massu blows out the
candle and the rest turn off. Another magical song.

Then for two songs and two different times they went backstage and were then wheeled out into the crowds on moving platform things. The first time they were sitting in bowls with huge chopsticks while singing their debut song Miso Soup. The second time they came out sitting in the pocket? of the character that Massu drew to be the mascot for this concert tour which I am thinking is a kangaroo? Lol it is the closest animal I can come up with. Each time they were wheeled to the back of the arena and stood on a stage that came down from the ceiling. Unfortunately, they sang my favorite song (Kiss~Kaerimichi no Love Song) from that stage at the back. During that song though, they stopped singing and made us sing. I'm glad it was that song, because I know it by heart. It is actually one of the first Japanese songs I ever learned all the words to. The second time Massu waved at me directly was when he was coming back from the back of the arena on the character he made. They weren't singing then and were trying to focus on as many fans as they could. Well, with are super awesome luck, I happen to be right next to the path that they enter and exit on. Massu looked straight down at me, smiled his heart-melting smile and waved directly at me. I felt like I could just reach up and high-five him.
Despite having a massive headache throughout the concert and becoming nauseous at times, this is probably one of the best days ever and I'll never forget. I just wish that I could've had money to buy goods for keepsake and food to keep me from becoming insanely hungry.

"Fan from Texas"

Because of my fan-made personalized sign, I got noticed by Massu straight away with a double thumbs up and then cameramen filmed me during the concert at times. Afterward, one came up to me and asked about my sign and then asked me and my friends if he could film us for the DVD. HOLY CRAP! I am possibly going to be on a Tegomassu concert DVD. I really hope I played my gaijin card well and will get put on the DVD! I tried my best to use Japanese with him, but because I suck AND my concentration level was at 5% because of physical condition and concert overwhelmedness, I'm pretty sure my broken Japanese was worse than I thought it was. Oh well.

So after arriving home, I was so overcome with many feels and emotions I was just numb. I quickly drank so water and took a migraine pill to calm down. I could barely speak to people. I was to the point where I was so hungry I was nauseous and so tired. I knew I couldn't just go to bed without eating something. I waited around for a bit and then tried stomaching some leftover rice with nori and okonomiyaki sauce cause that's all I had, but I couldn't really eat. After the pill started kicking in, my friend gave me some fruit and I immediately felt better. Now, I'm at the point where I'm wide awake and wasting sleep time writing this long post. It's a good thing I wrote this now because otherwise I'd procrastinate like always and forget all my feels and have trouble recalling things.

Well...guess that's it for now.

I'll try this thing called sleep.


~Love,

The Happiest Girl In The World Despite Being Poorer Than Dirt