HaiKara followup

So Justin went with me to the High and Mighty Color show, since, sadly, Patrick from Texas had to miss the show for a work party.

IT WAS AWESOME.

They played a long time, and a lot of great songs. Sadly, they didn't play either "Days" or "Run Run Run," but they did play "Pride" and a bunch of other good songs. They talked to the crowd a lot and really got the crowd into the performance. It was very cool. When they played "Mushroom" they all came out in rainbow clown wigs, which was weird, but cute. Maki was totally adorable during that bit. She seems kind of... stiff... in some of the videos I've seen of them live, but that wasn't the case AT ALL at this show. Her stage presence was excellent - all of the band members were great, really.

Weird piece of trivia - Maki's only 20! That's crazy! She's been in a pretty successful rock band since she was 15 or 16 years old! She's also an actress now - she was in the movie あなたを忘れない (Anata wo Wasurenai - I won't forget you) which is also sometimes called 26 Years Diary (which may be the translation from the Korean title). It's about a Korean student in Tokyo, Lee Su Hyon, who attempts to save a man who falls on some train tracks and dies in the effort.

Here's the Japanese trailer: