Let's get started about the Alice in Museum events, 2014, for their 10th Anniversary.
Let me start with when Shou came up to visit the museum first.
I got to the Museum early for many reasons. One, free AC. Two, I had a problem I needed to talk to the staff about. While I was waiting in the Museum I was standing against the wall and playing with my phone, when a group of girls screamed out, "Shou-kun!?"
This got me, and everyone around to look up and see Shou walking up to a table full of tour Tees, and he smiled at them and put his hand up in prayer, and in away saying, "pardon me, I'm just looking."
This made a lot of fans scream and flock to him, like lost puppies, and following him around while, he was looking at posters and all the displayed items.
I didn't follow him around, because I wasn't too interested, and I doubt I would have been able to see him very well anyway. I actually started laughing at how stupid the fans were being. So, Shou and his event guest, who was a very well known photographer, were talking and looking at all the posters and fliers. At the end of his visit, he went up the large poster, that was in the entrance of the Museum and signed it. (You all saw the photo's on twitter, and else where) And everyone clapped and said bye to Shou, and he waved bye and walked out through a secret passage. Which was the Tower Records employees only entrance.
Now, onto Hiroto's event.
Not gonna lie. It was great. It was funny. We all pretty much giggled through out the event. Not because Velvet lounge accessories are funny, but the owner and creator was making fun of Hiroto.
Hiroto connected his computer up to this large screen in the middle of the stage, so we could see what he wanted to show us. As he talked to us, and introduced himself, he mentioned that it had been awhile since he had done another fan event, like the single members event.
"Tadaima!" and everyone shyly responded with, "welcome back!" which made him laugh at how slow and responsive we were to him. And then he called out his guest, who I caught him name as Yuki(?) if anyone knows, please write a comment below.
So, Yuki, the guy who co-owns and creates a lot of the Nine Lable items, came out and greeted us and Hiroto. Hiroto eventually asked him why he was wearing sunglasses, because Hiroto was only wearing his trendy and fashionable black clothes and hat. In which Yuki said,
"Yeah! Well, I can't be like you with your trendy hat and make up, so I wear the sunglasses." Which Hiroto smiled sheepishly. "You weren't wearing make up earlier, and then when it came for you to do your event, you got all dressed up(what's up with that?)."
I'm sure Hiroto had an explanation for it, which I am sorry to say, I forget what he said. But they moved on to talk about the items, because all the events were one hour long. However, Hiroto being Hiroto and loves talking, went on talking about stuff, and it was Yuki who kept reminding him, "Yo, Hiroto, we don't have time. We only have an hour."
But they started off talking about how Hiroto found Velvet lounge, which Aki(SID) introduced the brand to Hiroto.
Yuki's only comments were that Hiroto does buy a lot of stuff from them, and Hiroto loses all of their stuff at lives. Or breaks them. Which made us laugh. Hiroto laughed too, and all the girls screamed out, "Cute!" Hiroto, however, still has the first ring he ever bought from them, which was around $200. And he really takes care of that ring, but he did mention at lives, he will get really pumped up and point his hand out to the crowd, and as he does that, his rings will go flying off into the crowd. Leaving Hiroto feeling guilty and shocked, but laughing all the same.
The first item was "Feeling", and Hiroto and Yuki started talking about. Yuki went into talking about this item, which was nice, and refreshing to hear his opinion. Hiroto wanted him to talk more about it as well. Yuki said that it was fairly difficult because of the way that it functioned.
The silk ribbon and the snake heart pendent, and how it was all meant to have meaning symbolism.
After talking about the ribbons colour, and how they are meant to give off the band's image, Hiroto got up and wanted to go into detail about the snakes head. However, I was lost as to why he wanted to talk about the snakes head, I didn't know how it was going to tie into what Yuki was talking about, and I'm sure Yuki also didn't get where Hiroto was going. I'm sure Yuki knows Hiroto more, and sensed him getting distracted by details.
"Hiroto! We only have an hour!" Hiroto looked at Yuki, and ran back to his computer, from the large TV display, and clicked on the next item. Everyone started laughing and calling Hiroto cute. Hiroto was smiling too, I am guessing he was a little embarrassed that he was going off on tangents. Poor Hiroto, and this goes on for the whole event.
The next item of discussion was "Shooting Star", the ring that was released last year.
I don't know why, but they didn't go into too much detail on this item. Meaning they didn't talk too much about it. Hiroto did talk about it, and how much he did want to make a ring like it.
Yuki madea quick wit comment. haha this man earns my respect.
"You are all about the trends and fashion, Hiroto. This ring proved it to me that you only care about fashion." (that was paraphrased) In meaning, Hiroto wanted to make a cute and trendy ring, that was the reason why it was made. Hiroto and Yuki commented on Shou's hand model-ing, which Yuki made the comment.
"Shou's grinning and proud of this. I saw him back stage and he was grinning a lot over his use in the Velvet lounge advertisement." Hiroto and everyone started laughing. So, Yuki wasn't out to make Hiroto look bad, but targeted Shou too. Then we moved onto the 10th Anniversary items.
The started with the gem bracelets, which I personally love the blue stones and design. It looks like something I would wear. Yuki made comments about the different stones and detailed designs. The stars and other piece. (I didn't catch what he called the other design. Circle, maybe?)
"All these items main shape is stars." Hiroto smiled and nodded his head. Yuki said he didn't really mind it, but it was a lot of stars in all of the items.
Hiroto got from his computer again and pointed to the blue gem bracelet, made from turquoise, and pointed to the black on some of the random pieces and looked at us on amazement.
"Look at how detail Yuki was, and how pretty it is." He was talking about the black patterns, and Yuki starts laughing.
"Hiroto, it's turquoise. That's what it does. I didn't make that." Everyone started laughing as Hiroto went back to his computer. I don't want to think Hiroto is stupid, he isn't. But I think he was just too excited and happy to being talking about his own personal designs and items that he may have forgotten. But let me remind you, Hiroto is the only person I know that also doesn't know Harry Potter. So it's possible that he just simply didn't know.
All the girls started crying out, "CUTE CUTE!" Which Yuki looked out to the crowd and started laughing.
"He's cute isn't he? He's very cute." And started calling Hiroto cute as well. Hiroto stood at his computer and just laughed it off, looking at little focused on clicking on the next image with was the star bracelet. This was more interesting than the gem one, because Yuki was also interested in it. So, he said, "Once again we have the stars as the main design." Which he he said with the feeling of like, as typical of Hiroto to design stars.
Hiroto was proud of all of these items, the bracelet and the rings, plus the necklaces.
Yuki talked about the red Star on the bracelet and asked Hiroto why it was red. And at one point it was pink, but Hiroto didn't like it, and turned it red. And Yuki pointed out something that I didn't notice which was that it's adjustable, and you can make the bracelet fit your wrist. Which I, along with everyone else, was happy to learn about. I think it's a cool feature to add, since I know not everyone is the same size.
The next item was the "Shinning" necklace, which is the cross pendent and moon with stars. Hiroto does love crosses and moon with stars. And Yuki said this was the most detailed and the diamond in the middle was another detail that he thought added to the piece.
Someone mentioned that when the items were shown to all the members of Alice Nine, Tora couldn't see the stars that are aligned on the sides of the cross. Since it was too narrow and Tora is blind. But, Tora picked it up and thought, cool. This the stars pointed out to him, and Hiroto and everyone was shocked that he couldn't see it. But it shows how small the details are.
They didn't talk about the rings, because it's the same design as the bracelet. Yuki wanted to talk about the Time Machine necklace. I got the hint that Hiroto was very proud and happy with the Shinning necklace, and Yuki was proud of the Time Machine necklace.
Yuki explained that it was to represent the 10 years of Alice Nine and made the clock highlight the 10, and shaped into the moon. And it was also arranged to show 11 and 12, meaning the time will keep going. And Yuki was proud. He had to work on it, and I'm proud from him too.
He said it was the hardest piece he had worked on because of the clock, but he likes it because of how it all ties together for Alice Nine.
I don't know if I didn't catch it, or that maybe Hiroto wasn't too interested in, but he was just not too into talk about it as much as Yuki was. Don't get me wrong, Hiroto was talking about it, and how it does celebrate Alice Nine's 10 years.
Then, we got on the topic of Shou modeling these items, and how little clothes he was wearing, and the poses he was making. Yuki called them "erotic" and almost pornographic. He said that Hiroto was there during the photoshoot, standing behind the camera man, saying, "good, good!" "That's good Shou, keeping going." Which, in Japanese can also be said during sex. So, Yuki started joking that Hiroto was groaning them out to Shou, and he kept doing it through out the photoshoot.
Hiroto tried explaining himself, but realised he was in trouble.
So, he rolled with it, and he started groaning them out into the mic, I was close to blushing and falling out of my chair. I was laughing and just it was too much for me.
And apparently, Hiroto was saying those things to Shou, and Shou finally looked at Hiroto, and asked him to stop. Everyone was laughing it was too much.
They went back to talking about the necklaces, and finished it up with how they really enjoyed working on them, and then it was Question corner time.
I am sorry to say, but this part I forget most of the questions.
But the question about Shou's posing came up again, and everyone noticed and knew how strange it was for Shou to be shirtless and posing in such ways, for just wearing accessories. Hiroto knew it, Yuki knew it, and they realised the fans noticed too. So, it was talked about for a little bit more.
Finally, after Yuki left the stage, and we all said thank you, Hiroto was left to leave us with announcements for the Anniversary live, and the Museum.
He said that there were some songs on display that you can listen to, but there were only 4, two were SEVEN, twice. So he asked us what we wanted to listen to.
One fan screamed out Yami ni Chiru Sakura. Which got everyone to start laughing.
And he asked for more requests, and I got the courage to ask for Time Machine. And he fucking heard me. I was thinking he wouldn't but after we quieted down, he looked at all of us, and he was like "Time Machine? You guys really want to hear those songs? Then we will work on it." And left us with that.
It was over all a good talk, and fairly interesting and entertaining.
-Nihongochick2
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