[Live Memo] #2i2 "Sorry to keep you waiting! Yui Oku Birthday Festival ~ Everyone's Oku-san Festival 2021" (2021/09/27)

◆Overview

A birthday event for Yui Oku, a member of "#2i2".

・Performance Name
Sorry to keep you waiting! Yui Oku Birthday Festival ~ Everyone's Oku-san Festival 2021

・Date and Time
September 27, 2021 (Mon)
Doors open 18:30 / Show starts 19:00

・Venue
TSUTAYA O-nest

◆Impressions

Since the "After School Zero-Ichi Gakuen Idol Club Uniform Performance" on 9/14 (Tue).At the start time, the SE began to play.

The venue was dyed in yellow, the color representing Yui Oku, who is celebrating her birthday today.
When Yui Oku appeared and saw the sight of the venue, she had a very happy expression, which made me smile too.
It started with a performance by all four members, not a solo corner.

From the first song, there was a surprise: the debut performance of the new song "Pochi".
Judging by the song title, I thought it would be a cute song, but it was actually intense and cool.

With the theme of "thinking about the meaning of living and continuing to search for the answer," it is a song that brings out the #2i2 style to the forefront.
The choreography is also quite intense, and it seems like a song that will change as they perform it more, so I'm looking forward to seeing it in future live shows.
Then they performed "FATE," "SAYONARA," and "Hitorijime."

In between, the other members would shout things like "Let's get excited for Yui Oku's birthday!", which added to the celebratory mood and made the first half quite lively.
First MC.

After a brief greeting, Yui Oku left the stage temporarily to change clothes.
During that time, the remaining three had a talk session.

【Things we like about Yui Oku】
・Tomi
She picks up on even the sloppiest jokes.

・Morishima
She says "I like you, Morishima" almost every day.

・Amau
She seems like she's just goofing around and not thinking, but she's actually delicate, thinks things through, is a good friend, and has a girlish side.

【Yui Oku King Tournament】
MC'd by Amau, it proceeded in a format where fans in the venue raised their hands to answer from three choices.

Q1: What is your favorite color? (Yellow, Mint Green, Black)
A1: Mint Green

Q2: Which member would you want to marry? (Tomi, Morishima, Amau)
A2: Morishima (because she wants to live with Senmai-chan*) *The leopard gecko Morishima keeps
It was cute how Tomi and Amau were like "Why!?" and "That's strange!" regarding the many hands raised for Morishima.

Q3: What sport do you want to try?
A3: Surfing
By the third question, Yui Oku had finished changing, so they quickly read the questions and answers and finished.

Yui Oku reappeared.
She was wearing a wedding dress accented with yellow.
It was a special item made for this day (Amau introduced where it was made).
It was not only gorgeous but also cute, and it suited her very well.

The three members left to change clothes, swapping places with Yui Oku.

Yui Oku, left alone, performed a solo song.
The song was "Toshishita no Otokonoko" by Candies.
She said it was a song she heard when she was a child, but it was a more nostalgic choice than I expected.
The combination of her natural innocence and the mature song really brought out the "Everyone's Oku-san" vibe, just like the performance title.

When the song ended, the three members reappeared.
They were wearing the birthday merchandise T-shirts and cat ears, a costume with destructive power.

And then, they moved on to the second song of the birthday corner, "Chai Maxx."
Since it's a song where you keep smiling and dancing the whole time, it was interesting to see a performance in a completely different direction from the usual #2i2 .
I was particularly impressed by Morishima's beaming smile during the drop chorus.

The smiling stage continued with "Semete Tsuki no You ni," and it ended with "SCAR."
Today's SCAR was cool but also had many smiles, and I thought that was fine too.

After the live show.
Cake presentation & Happy Birthday.
And then, a commemorative photo with a cat pose.

Finally, a greeting from Yui Oku.
Words of gratitude.
The line "(Looking at the venue dyed in yellow) I'm glad you all got your Vitamin C" was so Yui Oku-like and heartwarming.

A total of 8 songs, about a 50-minute performance.
It was a stage full of smiles, just like Yui Oku.

Yui Oku, happy birthday once again!
May you have a wonderful year.

◆Setlist

SE
01: Pochi *New song, debut performance
02: FATE
03: SAYONARA
04: Hitorijime
MC
05: Toshishita no Otokonoko (Candies) *Yui Oku solo
06: Chai Maxx (Momoiro Clover)
07: Semete Tsuki no You ni
08: SCAR
MC