Riko's seiyuu Rikako had a panic attack during the 2nd day of the live and had to restart the song she was supposed to play the piano solo on. She was doing fine during the first day. Everyone started to cheer her on (everyone in the audience turned their glowstick pink and chanted Rikako). Heart-rending stuff, especially since she was so hard on herself in her tweets.
And since this is based on the perfomance, I should probably just go and tag all of the other seiyuus as well. Not sure why I didn't bother in the first place, considering I tagged Rikako.
Riko's seiyuu Rikako had a panic attack during the 2nd day of the live and had to restart the song she was supposed to play the piano solo on. She was doing fine during the first day. Everyone started to cheer her on (everyone in the audience turned their glowstick pink and chanted Rikako). Heart-rending stuff, especially since she was so hard on herself in her tweets.
And since this is based on the perfomance, I should probably just go and tag all of the other seiyuus as well. Not sure why I didn't bother in the first place, considering I tagged Rikako.
If there's a video to that, I would love to view it.
The sound of the note of A was played on the piano, marking the start of the performance. The members started moving their bodies to the music. The audience moved their glow sticks to the rhythm. Everything was fine.
Suddenly, a contradiction in harmony, an error was made.
The music stopped, tears rolling down the face of the performer.
"I'm sorry..."
Hands shaking, the performer played a wrong note. The performance was forced to a stop.
"It's fine. It's totally fine."
The other members crowded around the piano, comforting her at all means. The performer was in shock. She was in a panic. She could not continue playing.
After 3 months of practice, she achieved the impossible. She stepped from 0 to 1, and gave the world a surprise in the 1st day. Everything was going smoothly. No one, not even herself, had expected this to happen. What just happened, dealt a huge blow to her confidence. Her despair and hopelessness, turned into streams of tears.
"Rikako! Rikako!..."
A chant was being heard from the crowd. Glow sticks with the color of sakura were waved systematically. She looked at them. She saw a sea of sakura, rolls of glow sticks in unison. She could not see the faces of her supporters, but she knew that the crowd was filled with hope. She could not let them down.
The performance may not be perfect, but what we wanted to see, is not a perfect performance. It is the efforts of a normal person trying to achieve the best. It is not the result that matters the most, it is the process, and the message and emotion that are brought to the audience.
As a fellow pianist, I give her my greatest respect. Her perseverance to continue and her courage to start over again is what we all must learn from. This incident also act as a motivation for me to continue my passion and dream for music. If courage have a color, it must be sakura!
The performer at the piano, the members at the front stage, the chanting audience, and the waves of sakura-colored glow sticks. It is at that time, when the message of the song is truly delivered. It is at that time, when all our feelings become one.