I’ll cut to the chase: Today I went to Theatre G-Rosso and saw (with ~500 other people) a live action Power Rangers stage show. It was so good were I an emotional man I may have shed a tear.
It’s all in Japanese but the story was easy to follow: bad dude uses a germ weapon to turn the rangers evil! Eventually through their heroic spirit and the support of the audience they return to normal and vanquish the bad guys.
The 45 minute show was filled with acrobatics and special effects (wire work, smoke effects, digital projections) and was genuinely thrilling. Kids even cried when Red Ranger died (by fighting his evil double) but then when he was resurrected from the dead by an older Red Ranger the adults had their chance to weep with joy.
It was bloody fantastic! I loved every second. I could have watched it all day. It was every bit as good as the last time I saw a show like this 10.5 years ago (!) and is easily one of the highlights of this trip.
When I got out of the show the rain had turned to very light snow and it was extremely cold. I trained across town to a big shopping center to stay warm. This was an adventure in its own right, since the mall (Sunshine City) had a live idol performance going on (a boy group called Nine; there were legions of young ladies there to see them) and some sort of Pokémon event that drew truly gargantuan crowds.
I walked and browsed and shopped and then hit a wall of exhaustion. It was time for a recharge, and these guys helped:
That’s a selection of the cats I saw in the cat habitat called Nekobunkamura in Ikebukuro. KLS and I had been here aeons back and since I’ve been missing Zoffy and needed a sit away from crowds I figured this was a good choice. And it worked! The cats mostly ignored people and did their own thing which was fine; I sat and recharged. Eventually I (and almost everyone else!) left due to some weird old ladies who were acting possessive with regards to specific cats, but the cat energy I’d managed to absorb kept me going the rest of the day 🙂
There’s not much else to say about today. I didn’t take many photos due to rain and I spent much of the evening packing. But it was a good albeit very busy day.
I’ll end with some more unusual gashapon selections. Miniature chainsaws?!? UMA lights??!! Weird snakes, can rings, bling teeth and iphone fans. It’s all so unusual and yet I bought two of these. Can you guess which ones?
Tomorrow is my final full day and will likely be the last blog post from this mega trip. If you have any more questions that need answering, be sure to ask them!
