Today was White Day and Pi Day, but I didn’t eat white chocolates or pie.  Instead I was waiting in line for day-of tickets for the otherwise sold out POLYSICS show at the Budokan (which can seat 14000 people).  I really wanted to see this show because I keep missing chances to see them live, and because Kayo is my favorite member, and it would be her last concert with them.

It was SO worth the wait.  Being in line seemed like no issue because the crowd was amazing.  Almost everyone was wearing some kind of orange- tights, shoes, hats, or in the case of the girl right next to me, perfectly normally dressed but with orange nail polish with perfectly painted stylized black “P”s on a few random fingers.  And of course, orange boiler suits.  There were mini (5 years old) and micro (baby) POLYSICS in orange boiler suits. Kids in Japan are always SO cute and make me feel like making babies soon, but these children were BEYOND just normal cute.  Gah!  And as for boiler suits on adults, it would be a lie if I said that they don’t do a thing or two for me.

The concert itself was incredible.  I’ve been to my share of concerts but no one I’ve seen has ever put on a show in the way that POLYSICS did.  The energy was contagious and endless- I was screaming and jumping up and down and dancing but just got more excited over time rather than tired.  The lighting and effects were perfect (psychedelic background animations, explosions of glitter and balloons).  Even the few of their songs that I wasn’t so fond of became amazing live.  I read in an interview that they’ve never played in such a large venue just by themselves, but I wouldn’t have guessed it.  They had such good chemistry with the whole crowd– the interaction was so natural and easy.

Kayo was so freaking cute.  She led the crowd in little hand dances, played the recorder and the keytar, and at one point she broke out golden pom poms.  Hiro was INSANE in a great way.

It was bittersweet at the end.  There were 3 rounds of encores.  Kayo announced “Thank you for everything up until now.  I love POLYSICS,” in a robot voice.  Everyone was screaming her name, and the group gave her a bouquet of flowers, and she bowed so properly.  Even though I’ve only been a fan for about a year, I almost felt teary about all of it.

What a day!  Best wishes Kayo, we love you, and you will be so missed!