[Stage] AKB48 Team 4 (Te wo tsunaginagara / 手をつなぎながら)

Shonichi / First Day of Stage: 13.11.03

Overture
M01. Bokura no Kaze
M02. Mango No. 2
M03. Te wo tsunaginagara
M04. Chime wa LOVE SONG
MC
M05. Glory days (Nishino Miki, Aigasa Moe, Umeta Ayano)
M06. Kono Mune no Barcode (Minegishi Minami, Iwatate Saho, Mogi Shinobu)
M07. Wimbledon he tsurete itte (Kojima Mako, Kitazawa Saki, Shinozaki Ayana)
M08. Ame no Pianist (Okada Nana, Okada Ayaka, Takashima Yurina)
M09. Choco no Yukue (Uchiyama Natsuki, Hashimoto Hikari, Maeda Mitsuki, Murayama Yuiri)
MC
M10. Innocence
M11. Romance Rocket
M12. Koi no Keikou to Taisaku
M13. Daisuki
MC
EN01. Rope no Yuujou
EN02. Kayoubi no Yoru, Suiyoubi no Asa
EN03. Heart Ereki
Announcement of Team 4 at Dome tour & Rehearsal footage for 1st Stage VTR
EN04. Tooku ni itemo 
EN05. Seijun Philosophy 
Note: center is bolded



This is the revival stage of Team S's 2nd stage and it also the first stage for the newly established Team 4. I've been listening to this stage on loop for the past few days because it has become one of my favourite SKE stages! I was so happy to sing and dance along while the genki Team 4 performed.


Comments on units:
I always thought Mikichan could only deliver the typical cutesy idol units but boy was I wrong when I watched Glory days. Originally, I believed Kojimako would be a much better choice for Glory days since she gave a similar vibe to Jurina but I was happy to see Mikichan really energetic and she pulled it off! None of the three were particularly great at dancing compared to the original, however. For Barcode, Mogichan totally shone her very cool and sexy image and I loved every minute of it. Sorry Saho and Miichan, Iron strength lady took the spotlight here. Ame no Pianist, nothing to say but Okada FREAKING Nana, thank the lord for this beautiful angel who graced us with this super super charismatic persona and very kakkoi image. And of course it was expected that the U-16s were not allowed to perform Innocence because man that made my jaw drop. Daisuki is one of my favourite group songs and to see them perform in those pretty white dresses and flower crowns was the cherry on top. They all looked so angelic and perfect. Heart Ereki was fine, nothing more, nothing less. Kojimako centred but it wasn't as an obvious centre as Kojiharu is in the original. This was the first time I was able to see Seijun Philosophy being performed live with the full dance and I must say it was very weak choreography but nonetheless the song is one of my favourites so that barely saved it.

I'm quite happy with this shonichi! If I had to choose, I'd say Team 4's > HKT's I was glad to see most of Team 4 were very lively during MC and that most of them took part of it. I especially loved Naachan's antics and of course the highlight, Mogichan and Nakkii's attempt to show "sexy appeal". Congratulations Team 4 for your first stage! Here's to hoping for an original stage soon!

Categories: AKB48, RUBS, Stages, Team 4