Ideal and Horizon

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to go out with my dearest friend ♡ we strolled for the city looking for a place to finally celebrate together the next International Lolita Day (we even have been planning our coord for almost three years now, lol).

For the occasion we decided to wear finally our A9 tees from their latest tour!♡ They are incredibly long! Looked like a dress! (We even thought about wearing them as one next time, lol) I was wearing IDEAL BLACK TEE and my friend HORIZON WHITE TEE. Twinning but in different colour.

Finally we decided to go to a café we already knew, we took a look at the place and the menu, which counts with vegetarian options! I tried a vegetarian panini with salad and berries smoothie, then we decided that will be the place for our next meeting in Lolita!♡

Something I like about this place is that it has a huge mirror in the restrooms so we were able to take our mirror selfie! haha.

It was a lovely evening with one of my favourite persons ever, we cannot meet frequently but when we can it is amazing!♡

By the way, I was wearing a wig she gave me as a birthday present years ago!

Thank you for being born.♡

At this moment, in Japan is already July 5th. And? Why is it important? Why is it so important for me? Well, on this day my favourite human, the most important person for me was born.

It will sound ridiculous for many, how is it that the person you care the most about does not even know you? But believe me, he has given to me true happiness that nobody never gave me.

It is not a secret my favorite band is A9 and definitely not another one about my love for Shou, the vocalist. I still remember perfectly the firs time I heard and watched a video of Alice Nine (yes, they were Alice Nine before) and I immediately fell totally in love with them!♡ The music, the aesthetic, the video, the lyrics: everything was just perfect! I have never in my life liked a band so much! And I never thought they would become an incredibly important part of my life.

Since that very first moment Shou caught my eye, I found his voice just so beautiful for this world and when I discovered he was the writer of all the lyrics I felt even more inspired by him! How can a person write such magical, delightful words?♡ Lyrics in music have always been so important for me –that is one of the reasons why I dislike such current music with no feeling– and every song he writes is just full of feeling, full of pictures. I dare say I consider him a modern poet of our time; i have cried, smiled and laughed with his lyrics, and even more! They are just a huge bomb of feelings for me!

This year is even more important because finally, after following him for eight years (eight!!) I was able to see him in person, to hear his voice in a live!♡ And I already talked about the concert and how I felt but this is my most precious memory and do not want to forget it! Every day since that day I smile back at the image of him singing, talking, smiling in front of me!♡

I express you my gratitude not only for that beautiful moment, but also for all others that you, with the power of your music, has given to me. Every song, every lyric, every video, every concert and every program fill my every-day with joy and grace.♡

Thank you for your smile. a smile that seems like a ray of sunshine passing through the gray clouds, a smile with a sweetest smell than a thousand flowers, a smile that feels like the fresh scent of a summer adventure into the woods, a smile that warms my heart like a thousand suns. The smile that blows sadness away. Because just one picture of your smile is enough for me to be happy the rest of the week.♡

Thank you for the silly moments, my Devil King♡ thank you for the care you have for your friends and the fans, thank you for the effort you make every day to prove your best. Thank you for being yourself and do what makes you happy, because if you are happy, I am happy.

It is hard for me not being able to go to every single of your concerts (even if that is what I desire the most in life!) but wherever I am, I will always love you and support you, no matter what, because you changed my life. I cannot imagine how my life would be if I would have not known you, until this day you still are my number-one motivation in life, my inspiration, my light in the dark and my love.♡

And this is just a very little part of all I wanted to say, but I cannot find the words to express correctly all my feelings and gratitude for all you have done to me, at least I would like to say: thank you for being born.♡

将さん お誕生日おめでとうございます！♡ 産まれて来てくれてありがとうございます♡

M i d n i g h t ♡ G a l a x y

I have not only had the beautiful memory of seeing A9 in live concert but also the opportunity to own some of their「IDEAL HORIZON」 tour goodies! Their official goods' brand is called "Midnight Galaxy" (very poetic in my opinion) and I feel that name very accurate to this tour's design.

What I liked the most about these goods was the main design colours: a sort of gradation maybe? In the full-sized design there is pink, purple an a bit of blue. It features some flowers at the top and at the bottom (at first I thought in the pink top were crystals, lol) and in the middle the flowers are a little more subtle, and I think I can see something like stars (the tiny white dots). At this part is where I truly have the feeling of a Midnight Galaxy (especially in a black background).

Now that I am done this little introduction of the main tour's design, let's start with the actual goodies I got at the concert venue!

♡IDEAL BLACK TEE -Tシャツ

♡HORIZON WHITE TEE -Tシャツ

Pretty obvious I believe, official shirts of the event are a must if we talk about concerts! I obviously got the black one (because gothic) and the white for my bestie♡. It is actually pretty long (it almost covers my knees) but for that same reason I loved it!♡ though I am not a fan of short sleeves. 

The tour's design here is also in black and white, what make it perfect for me to wear (you know, I do not wear colours, just everyday black haha).

Have not opened them yet, haha

♡【将プロデュース】全機種対応スマホケース(BOOKタイプ)

Each member produced something, this is -Show- produce Smartphone case (book type), got it in black, too (and Show is also using the black one!♡).

I have always wanted an A9 case but shipping from Japan is so expensive, it costs even more than the case! I am so happy I finally got one and it has the full design in colour and I just love it! ♡

I feel book type cases can be inconvenient sometimes because they need more space to fit but it has two pockets? where you can keep your cards or money or whatever and that is always useful.

♡IDEAL HORIZON ART BOOK

One more thing I really liked was their new look: the clothes they were using are just so cool! Not only on their looks but also on their music style they have this new dark side, a little more heavier than before (and I  l o v e  it) so the art book was something that I just needed in my life. 

Besides the amazing pictures of the members, the inside features some flowers in gray, just like in their main design. I think it was also designed by Show? ♡ 

♡GALAXY BRACELET-TR BLACK 

Again black, what a surprise! I am not sure if these bracelet are popular between another fandom, but definitely they are between Number Six! I saw many girls wearing like four on each wrist and each one of different colour! 

Again, each member had their own, this one was Tora's colour, Show was white, Saga purple, Nao pink and Hiroto red! There were some other colours available and I believe each member chose a "second colour" I remember Tora using black and yellow and Show using white and blue.

I obviously really wanted Show's one but hhhhh! I just cannot say no to black haha, maybe next time I betray myself and got Show's one no matter the colour~ ♡

Those were all the goodies I bought, I would have liked to buy a lot more of course, like the goods produced by the other members but I did not bring that much cash (worst decision ever) but hey, did you think that was all? All from the concert, yes, all of my A9 purchases, not! I know, these are not really part of the Midnight Galaxy haul but it is A9, so I am going to show them anyways.

♡A9 NEW ALBUM 『IDEAL』  

Basically, one is part of the haul as I got it at the concert and, probably you already know, got it signed by Nao!♡ But I was not satisfied with only that CD, next day I went to Tower Records Shibuya and ran directly into A9's CDs! I could not help but buy the exact same IDEAL I bought at the concert (I know, I have a problem) and guess what? I got Show's card! Ahhhh! I COULD HAVE GOT SHOW'S SIGN! And even to talk with him at least for one moment! That made me feel so miserable! But now I do not feel like that anymore, Nao was such a beautiful and sweet human♡ and I console myself telling me I would have probably faint in front of Show for being so close to him haha. I also bought the regular version of IDEAL.

♡A9 NEW SINGLE 『MEMENTO』

Well, it was not that new anymore, but still new single for me! Their latest single (included in IDEAL album) Memento, I got the THREE VERSIONS YAS! 

Memento [First Press Limited Edition A]: The hot pink one

Memento [First Press Limited Edition B]: Pastel pink with Show on the cover♡

Memento [Normal Edition] The red x blue one

I believe they have a card inside but I do not want another depressive surprise so I have not opened them yet haha.

♡Alice Nine 『Daybreak』

And last but not least! If you thought I was crazy for buying the same CD three times look at this: Daybreak single on EACH MEMBER'S EDITION! Yes, not three but FIVE of the same single haha! This single was released when they still were Alice Nine and, though I have like 60 favourite songs from A9, every time I get asked which is my favourite I always reply with: Daybreak, so these are very important for me, I am so happy to have the versions of the five members.♡

Well, that was everything that I bought, I am very joyful with the things I managed to buy♡ I will work hard to get some more things in the future, even if the shipping costs me a fortune! I owe them a lot and all that I spend on them seems like nothing compared with the joy they give me!♡ 

Hope you enjoyed my super fangirl post! Bye~

Nope, it was not everything lol, I also found a little sample of a magazine featuring Hiroto and Saga, you know the best part? It was for free~!♡

Living the dream

I have the worts luck ever. Or that is what I have always thought.

I go to university, I eat what I want (I'm the only vegetarian in the family), I wear the clothes I like, I listen to the music I like, I read the books I like. My parents have never complain on my likes of forbid me to do something, but for some strange reason I have always thought I have the worst luck ever.

Sometimes I wish I could be doing anything else, sometimes I feel really frustrated by my desire of living in Japan. I spend a lot of time thinking how nice my life would be if I was able to live there, as it has all that I really like.

But all the people around me, friends, family, strangers, have the same opinion: I am so lucky.

I recently started changing my mind about my life and myself and wondering if I really am an unlucky person. Maybe, at the end I am not that unlucky. 

I was able to fulfill my dream last April, I, after years of wishing it, finally could go to Japan. I spent two weeks in my ultimate wonderland and reached the maximum happiness. But that trip is not what I really want to talk about.

Even though Japan was my dream, my deepest, true dream was always been being able to se my favourite band in a live concert.

I have said it a lot of times, here and on my other social media, that my favourite band is A9 (Alice Nine before) and I express my love for them every time I can. I have been a fan of them since 2009 and in this recent trip to Japan, I was finally able to saw them perform. Eight years, I had to wait eight years for it, and the only thing I can say is it was the best moment of my life.

I have no words to express how happy I was that day. All that day had been horribly bad, I went through very distressing things and I was really in such sorrow because it was supposed to be the best day of my life! Here I thought again on how unlucky I was, I wondered why I never have just one day of full happiness, only one perfect day! But then it happened.

Although I was sort of sad and disappointed, the day ended just better than I expected. I am still trying to find a good way to say it but words are not enough to describe my feelings. What I saw that day, what I heard, even what I was able to get was just beyond my own dreams! You will not believe how much I cried that day, I had never cried that much in my life, but I am also sure I had never been so happy. All the time during and after the concert my heart was just so full with joy!

I came to the conclusion that I need my bad luck to reach the state of lucky-person everyone says I have, I now really believe that everything have a reason to happen and that Universe is always helping us to get what we really desire, even if the circumstances are so distressing! 

I am more than grateful with this experience and I certainly love A9 even more than ever, they changed my life when I first knew them and they changed it again on April 12th, 2017. I will never ever forget what I lived and will truly try to be more positive, stop thinking about bad luck! Because, how many persons do you know that were able to fulfill their biggest dream?

Yes, not only got the new album but also signed by Nao-shi♡

Thank you for every happy moment you have given to me in all these years♡