Chapter 13: AKB48's First Concert

After nearly a month of preparation, AKB48's first concert will be held on December 3 as scheduled. Three days before the concert, the members were already staying in a nearby hotel and had several rehearsals in the Youth Hall.

The first concert made the members feel extremely excited, they have experienced all kinds of turmoil this year, but to be able to hold their own concert at the end of the year, the members were a little sad when they were excited, and after paying so much, they finally began to reap.

Yasu Akimoto was not absent from this concert that meant a lot to the members, and Kagawa Yu was also not absent; He believes that AKB48 will become a legend, so he wants to see every step of the growth of this legend, plus how many of the four members are his own artists, how could he be absent at this time.

At noon on December 3, the members had their final rehearsal. Kagawa Yu quietly watched all the exercises of the members in the audience, and the members were very full of energy.

After the training, most of the members rushed to the audience, and Kagawa was around to hear what he thought of his group.

"Congratulations, AKB48 guys. It's the first concert! Kagawa congratulated the members.

"Thank you, Mr. Kagawa. No one has ever thought that you have identified with us so much, and you have supported us from the very beginning, thank you very much. Ayumi Orii thanked Kagawa very seriously and seriously.

"Self-helper, Tensuke, you were able to gain a foothold in Akihabara so quickly because of your own efforts, and you were able to persevere no matter what turmoil and difficulties you went through. This is very valuable, and I want to salute you! I always believed that AKB would become a legend, I believed before. Believe it now, too! Kagawa Yu glanced at the members with very serious expressions, and said with a serious face what he was expecting from AKB!

The hearts of the members were very touched, and almost all of them thought that Kagawa was angry for them. Many years later. In their documentary, all the members who were still in AKB at the time remembered what Kagawa Yu said. And at that time, they had become a popular group in Asia!

"Uncle, now you can tell us which girl that so-called perfect idol you call is, right?" After Tomomi Itano said this, even she felt a little embarrassed.

"You've tried so hard to find out who that kid is, and you still don't know." Kagawa Yu rolled his eyes helplessly.

"I think it's Mai Shiraishi and Yuki Kashiwagi." Yuko Oshima said.

"It's not easy, Yuko. You already know the names of those two girls, it's really not easy. I don't know if Kagawa Yu is praising her or laughing at her, anyway, Yuko Oshima blushed with shame.

"Mr. Kagawa, I think it's the little girl named Mayu Watanabe." Yona Kojima said.

Kagawa gave a thumbs up to Yona Kojima. "Sure enough, it's a member of my admiration, you're right, that girl is indeed the person I said she was, and her double ponytail was also something I suggested she should keep. As for the two girls, Kashiwagi and Shiraishi, strictly speaking, are now bluesky's artists, and their agent is Matsumoto-san. ”

Itano Yumi and Mai Oshima heard that Yoona Kojima was right again, and several girls looked at each other. Is this really hidden? It seems that Kagawa Yona's name is really not called for nothing.

"Okay, you all go back and prepare, after all, it's your first concert, please come on!"

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The Youth Hall is a complex facility located at No. 7 Kasumigaoka-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. There are accommodations, restaurants, banquet halls, conference halls, and a 1,360-seat "Japan Youth Hall Grand Performance Hall".

The capacity of the Youth Hall is not large, with just over 1,000 seats, but even so, it is in one of the members' performances. There are still a lot of empty slots. Helpless, Yasu Akimoto had to put some other things as fans to watch the performance.

Kagawa Yu is also a little helpless to witness this situation, although he has been trying his best to help AKB establish a good image, but except for a very few fans who really know this group of girls, the rest of the people have a disdainful attitude towards AKB, a new group.

In the first performance, "Christmas Eve with You" by Ayumi Orii and Mitsuru Hoshino attracted everyone's attention, and this song was interpreted by the two girls very beautiful and beautiful. At the same time, he also became more and more determined that Kagawa Yu wanted Hoshino to graduate from AKB and make his debut as a solo singer, Hoshino is indeed not suitable for the idol profession. At the same time, he also felt sorry for the girl Ayumi Orii, who was also a very good and very talented member. But she chose to enter the wrong group at the wrong time, if she was five years younger. Then there is no member in AKB who can compare to her. Or if she debuts as a singer, her results will definitely be much higher than now. Pity. One wrong step, one wrong step!

The last two teams sang "Under the Same Blue Sky" together is also very good, and more than 30 members are dancing in white dresses, which is easy to remind of the campus life in the past.

"Congratulations, my fellows. I'm so proud of you! A girl in the crowd who was wrapped up couldn't help but murmur when she saw the excellent performance of the members on stage. There was a trace of envy, a trace of nostalgia, and a trace of loneliness in the girl's eyes. After the concert, the girl left the venue while others were not looking.

"This girl still can't let go of AKB, and she can come to watch AKB's performance at this time. You've impressed me a bit. Kagawa Yu, who was also among the fans, showed a thoughtful expression after seeing that back.

The first concert exposed a lot of problems, and a very serious problem was timeout. Due to the long time it took for the members to introduce themselves, it led to a serious timeout.

There are still a lot of things that need to be improved in AKB's concerts in the future, and Kagawa Hakan no longer pays attention to things here after watching only one performance. Now he should pay more attention to the girl Mayu Watanabe and the artists under the two companies Yuki Kashiwagi and Mai Shiraishi, and these girls don't know if they have been affected by the withdrawal of the girls who trained together. (To be continued)