【Review 2】24(fushi) Mandala Day 2 / Susumu Hirasawa + EJIN

April 29th

This is a continuation of the previous article.

【Review 1】24(fushi) Mandala Day 1 / Susumu Hirasawa + EJIN

I woke up feeling good.

I had to check out of the hotel around noon, so I headed for Osaka Station.

The weather was rainy. His concerts are always held in bad weather. (lol)

00:00 p.m.

Beef Katsu for lunch. Finally, I ate something typical of western Japan! It was delicious.

After that, I took a walk to find a place where I could relax.

3:30 p.m.

I found a place of peace.

I have eaten a lot since I came to Osaka.

5:00 p.m.

I entered early to listen to the background music.

24(fushi) Mandala Day 2　Set List

1 TOWN-0 PHASE-5

2 幽霊飛行機 – GHOST AEROPLANE

3 高貴な城 – High-Minded Castle

4 空転G – Circular

G 5 脳動説 – Brain-Centric Theory

6 回路OFF回路ON – Circuit OFF Circuit ON

7 Gemini

8 スノーブラインド – SNOWBLIND

9 MURAMASA

10 アヴァター・アローン – Avatar Alone

11 ロタティオン(LOTUS-2) – Rotation (LOTUS-2)

12 遮眼大師 – SHAGAN DAISHI

13 排時光 – Time-eliminating Light

14 AURORA 2021

15 Amputee ガーベラ – Amputee Gerbera

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1 Kingdom 

2 TIMELINEの終わり – The End of TIMELINE

In this article, I will focus on the differences between Day 1 and Day 2.

The first song is TOWN-0 PHASE-5!

Fuji Rock 2019 also started with this song, so I was not expecting the new arrangement so soon! And the arrangement was different from the first day.

The second song was different from the first day, from “Kai = Kai” to ghost planes!
Is it a contrast to the logical air force of the first day…?

From here on, the same songs as the day before were played. This was probably to adjust the number of hits. Overall, I felt that the voices sounded better than the day before.

The eleventh song was Rotation (LOTUS-2).　This song was the beginning of the first day. Interestingly, this song was also arranged differently from the first day. There was no guitar solo, but a drum solo was added. Yuji’s drumming is really cool.

And at the end of the concert, AURORA 2021. I remember that there were more than 7,000 hits left.

Then, as expected, the extension part started. Hirasawa and SSHO joined in to make the number of hits with the synthesizer of TAZZ.

Yuji’s drumming was so fast that I had an illusion that he was playing with a bunch of pasta.

One last hit!

Yuji, caught by SSHO!

Hirasawa dropped the red duct tape on the concert tam!

240000！！！！

The audience applauded!　I have checked the archives, but nothing can compare to the power of a live performance. I could not speak, but I felt like everyone’s heart was united.

Then the last song of the concert, Amputee Gerbera. How beautiful it was to see him drinking the stars along with the lyrics…

The audience applauded again. It was time for the MC. Another big announcement!

After singing Kingdom as he did on the first day, he was going to play a new song “The End of TIMELINE”.

This song is very impressive with its Asian melody and beautiful guitar sound, which is very typical of Hirasawa.

The drums are completely different from the original version, and I would love to listen to the live sound version again.

8:00 p.m.

After the concert, the rain had stopped.
I felt a great power.

On the Shinkansen, I watched the archives and came back to reality.

Throughout Two Days.

I took a closer look at the setlist for this concert.
The first day starts with Rotation (Lotus-2), the ending of the millennium actress, and ends with BEACON from the new album.

And the second day started with the opening of Fuji Rock 2019, the beginning of the golden decade cycle, TOWN-0 PHASE-5, and ended with the new song, the End of TIMELINE.

This is just my own interpretation, it was definitely a very interesting setlist.

I can only thank Mr. Hirasawa and the management for organizing this event.

Epilogue

I fell in love with Yuji’s drumming and bought a CD and a key chain.

I also bought a CD by nakaitoshifumi, who worked on the logo and stage direction for this concert!

Just this last one.
We are waiting for 24 mandala goods, memorial cards, and DVDs!
To be continued on the web!