LiSA Another Great Day

LiSA, the Japanese pop singer known for the theme song of Demon Slayer, a Japanese manga comic and TV series, makes vague references to upsetting media coverage of her "personal life." The hardship that coverage caused her is a subject raised early in LiSA: ANOTHER GREAT DAY. It was especially troubling, she says, because the news came out the day before gave a concert, so she was "going through a lot." The nature of the personal business is never described, leaving viewers in the dark. And when she observes that, "Bad things come at me, one after another," it's left to the imagination to conjure what those bad things are. In contrast, the performances and rehearsals captured here are mostly upbeat, with celebratory choreography and costumes on display, as well as the usual rock concert extravaganza of lighting and visual effects in snippets from performances. To underscore her refusal to succumb to self-pity, she repeats a mantra she learned from her sunny mother: "Good things will happen if you believe that today is another great day."

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Follow LiSA's journey through the ups and downs of her life as she heads into this new phase that is represented by her 10th anniversary project. We explore the true face of LiSA as she creates music, performs and tries to make every new day another great day.(Source: IMDb) Edit Translation

I did not know everything that could through the mind of Oribe Risa behind the scenery. Have the opportunity to see her point of view and hear her telling her story, how was struggling with herself or how was losing parts of her life but the music and singing were her only support were touching, there is a lot of people fighting for their dreams and hear her how overcame her problems and be ready to face the future problems, makes me want to support her even more day by day. As a fan of her music that is the only way I have to thank that every day when a hear her music makes my day another great day.

The audience went absolutely crazy when LiSA started off right away with Crossing Field from Sword Art Online, one of her most popular songs among fans here, followed by Oath Sign from Fate/Zero, another crowd favorite. She got to perform 10 songs during the almost-hour-and-a-half concert. She never held back anything for her Filipino audience. She had some help from her guitarist, Co-K-san, who was equally eager and entertaining and was instantly popular with the crowd.

There were actually 5 polaroid photos but one winner had already claimed his/her prize. And great job to my friend who stealthily took a photo while I was picking my prize. (Lol!) The lower right photo was the polaroid photo I got by the way.

I wasn't expecting the photos to be autographed by LiSA because JMF never mentioned about it and the photos they posted a few hours before the concert were just clean and plain polaroids of LiSA. So it was a real surprise for me as I flipped the polaroid I've chosen. A staff also took a photo of us with my prize. (I wonder where they posted it since I can't find it on the JMF page.) Before heading inside, I asked one of the staff if where should I leave my gift for LiSA and the staff's reply made me scream in delight internally when she said that we can give our gifts to LiSA personally during the handing over of posters after the concert. So we happily went to the Lower Level Entrance where we presented our tickets and got our hand stamped. We were then escorted by a staff to our seats. I personally thought there were still very few people inside the venue because I couldn't hear any noise from the entrance except for LiSA's song playing but when we made our turn at the corner I was taken aback because the lower ground area was full-packed and I was very worried that we might be sitting somewhere at the backmost area and I wasn't wrong. We were given seats at the second to the last row. Anyway, upon seeing the stage, the first thing I noticed was LiSA's favorite pink frog stuffed toy Momoco and a mini Launcher bazooka along with some bottles of water on the table at the center of the stage. Five minutes before six, we went down to the lobby to buy whatever food there is because it was only then we realize we haven't taken our lunch yet! We ate our food real fast since we only have less than five minutes left.

Before I proceed to narrate the concert, let me share this video of My Hero Nation's interview with LiSA last June 26, 2015.

I was around fifteenth in the line while my friend was next to me. My heart pounded and I felt nervous that I can't even properly construct words to say when I'm finally infront LiSA. The distribution of posters finally began and our line begin to move forward. As we turned a corner, I tried to bend to my side to peek infront to where LiSA's table was. I saw her handing out posters and again, I felt excitedly nervous. I can't believe that at any moment I'll be able to see her up close! I held the paper bag tight which contained my gifts while reminding myself to calm down and act normal. Even the staff told us to keep calm to prevent ourselves from fainting. (Lol!) So the time came for my turn! I walked forward infront of the table while LiSA was busy picking a poster. When she raised her head I immediately placed the paper bag on top of the table without saying a word and just smiled. I think my brains shrank at that very moment that all I could do was smile while staring at her eyes. She's more beautiful and cute up close! Anyway, I saw her face got a bit surprised when she saw the black paper bag. She peeked a little inside with one finger and said thank you before handing me a poster. I received it and slowly walked away wishing I could stay longer infront of her. As I was walking away from her table, I looked back and saw her peeking again on my gift. (My friend was then infront of LiSA waiting for her turn.) LiSA looked at me and asked, "Handmade?", I stopped and turned completely towards her and my very functional brain that moment took like two seconds before I was able to blurt out a word, "yes" while giving a bright smile. I turned my back and made my way to the exit. I thought everything was already over but then at the exit, a staff from Hero TV moved infront of me asking if she can interview me for awhile. I don't know what to do because I don't really want to get interviewed but my friend was already behind me and was pushing me slightly near the camera. (Why me! Haha!) I have no choice but to get interviewed! Anyway, I believe the interview with the fans wasn't shown on their program because I can't find it anywhere on the internet! Thank God!

(Before the concert, I also gave a Hello Kitty handmade doll to my friend which she held the entire concert. My friend told me LiSA kept staring at the doll when she was receiving her poster. Maybe LiSA was waiting for my friend to give it to her. Lol.)

After the interview, we went to the entrance area of Samsung Hall and had our pictures taken beside the sign stand of LiSA. We immediately left to eat our dinner but I didn't know LiSA still gave another goodbye after giving the posters.

SOUVENIRS FROM FILIPINO FANS

A few hours later, LiSA posted these photos above on her Twitter account thanking her Filipino fans. I was so happy seeing my gift in the picture. Can you guess which one is my gift? I also gave her a letter(The one with the ugliest design on the envelope, haha!), I hope she read it even though it was written in pure English. LiSA also received a banner filled with messages and greetings from her Filipino fans!

She also posted a video on her Facebook page expressing how great her concert was in Manila. She said she had so much fun and there were plenty of minions. (I'm glad that Minions were really a thing in the Philippines when she went here which made her enjoy her stay in the country even more!)

Anyway, here's a close up to my handmade gift for LiSA.

It wasn't just another great day, it was the greatest day ever! Overall, I would rate LiSA's Manila concert with perfect five stars! I'm so glad that the very first concert I had attended to was with LiSA's. I enjoyed it and was totally amazed with her voice that night. The way she sang her songs was even better than those of her studio recorded ones. I was really expecting to see her tired after a few songs because that's what I often notice on her videos I watch online but her voice that night was really something. It was totally definitely great and different in a very good way.

The crowd too was very lively and supportive. I just can't believe even for just a few hours, I was with everyone who shares the same taste in music as mine. Even though I had a hard time seeing LiSA from my seat(height problems!) and even though our arms were strained from non-stop cheering, I still and will forever consider it a very magnificent night. This is just one of those memories in my life that I will forever treasure and refuse to forget.

Right now, we, her fans from the Philippines are on watch of her concert announcements as she is already set to return to Taiwan and Mexico this September. I read somewhere on an interview last 2015 that she's hoping to return to the countries she had been to hopefully by the end of 2016. As of now, there are still no announcements of her shows for December so I'm really trying my best to keep updated so that I can save up for the tickets as soon as possible.

MORE PHOTOS OF LISA IN MANILA

For the mean time, I'm cutting my dramas off and will happily show you more of LiSA's pictures during her stay in Manila.

The success of the LiSA concert spells great things for the local anime community, as tour organizers and concert promoters now see the Philippines as a viable venue for future events. Singaporean organizers SOZO-Japan Music Festival and local partners COSPLAY.PH are already looking forward to holding more gigs, and are counting on the Philippine fans to make sure each and every concert is another groundbreaking event for anisong fans. Thanks to every one who made LiSA ANOTHER GREAT DAY in MANILA 2015 a stunning success, and we hope to see you all again in future JFM-CPH events!

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