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you are now listening to < Believe Your Smile > by V6.

this is the opening of disc 2. They were singing < Horizon >, but before that , each of the ARASHI members performed a short stunt one by one, on the small little platform at the centre of the stage. hee, I thought Nino's stunt was the best, but he made a mistake and lost his balance near the end. Nonetheless, it's still the nicest! Meanwhile, Ohno's stunt looks a little wierd - even Matsujun and Sho laughed when he was doing it... haha

hmm, this is another nice set of pics - I think Sho-kun looks esp. cool in the 2nd pic with the headphones around his neck... also he really looks like a pro DJ doing the turntables eh? ... speaking of which, turntables are getting really, really popular in Japan now, and DJs seem to be leading the trend in everything now...

hee, this is Aiba, in medley #3. He's wearing the same series of clothing as Sho, but somehow Sho's look nicer huh? Anyway, the pants are really horrible, if you had seen them... what Sho-kun is wearing above looks nice *lime green* :p , heh heh, but in actual fact, the sides are full of colourful furry balls (!!!), which looks really ugly...

ARASHI playing the drums!!! ... er, the traditional sort of drums, I don't know what you call them... anyway, it looks pretty easy ya, but they practised rather hard for it, so it must be quite tough... poor Nino even got a painful blister on his hand from practising too long... *itai*

wow...don't you think Nino and Aiba look very cool here? (oops - I just realised I've used the word "cool" to describe almost every other pic... ..., but I can't find any other word to replace "cool"...it's such an impt word in the dict. ... heh, can't do w/o it, thank whoever invented this word...)

Aiba's singing TOKIO's < Ai no Arashi > while Nino's playing the guitar to back him up. hmm, one example to showcase Aiba's blur characteristic trait - the guitar string broke halfway and Aiba didn't even know (!!!) FIVE had to take over halfway... =)

hee, this pic of Aiba is sooooo cute! His expression makes him look like a child... by the way, Aiba's costume looks like a miniature version of what Nagase Tomoya (vocalist of TOKIO) wore for the < Red and White Contest 1999 > (!)

Nino looks nice with the guitar too!

After < Ai no Arashi >, the ARASHI members changed into this black furry costume and sang the last medley for the night and < Midnight Train > for the finale, after which each of them went to the centre of the stage to give their speeches and to thank the audience. What was quite unexpected was that Sho-kun actually teared in the midst of his speech! I always thought that Sho was the calm and most collected member and never expected him to tear in front of so many fans. However, that just shows how much Sho cares and how much he appreciates his fans' support. That's so sweet isn't it... ... *smilez* Meanwhile, Matsujun was giving enouragement to Sho-kun from behind, telling him to "ganbare" - the relationships btwn the members seem really close huh... ...

Anyway, the atmosphere was really quite sad then... even I cried while watching it... It's like, they may not get a chance to see each other ever again (I mean ARASHI and the audience here). I never thought this way before, coz idols are supposed to be distant to you and I to begin with... we don't see them all the time right... but... Sho's reaction made me think that he treated the audience as his friends... and he feels sad coz he will be leaving them... it's really nice of him anyway... ...

The 2nd last song of the night : < Ashita ni mukatte >, for the encore. This American costume is very cute, making all of them look like cowboys... what with the great hat and all...

Here, Ohno, Nino and Aiba went flying through the air suspended on thin strings like the one used by Matsujun before. I guess the hall couldn't accomomdate the 5 of them - they may crash into each other ^_^