Taipei Comic Fair 2016 Stage – Official Report

On August 13, 2016, Aqours members Anju Inami (as Chika Takaumi), Aika Kobayashi (as Yoshiko Tsushima), and Aina Suzuki (as Mari Ohara) appeared on stage at Taipei Comic Fair 2016. This marked the first time Aqours has ever performed in Taiwan.

 

The trio came up on stage to thunderous applause, greeting the audience in Chinese. “It really made us glad to hear everyone supporting us even before the event began,” they said, seemingly touched by the excitement of the Taiwanese fans. “This is the first time any of us has been to Taiwan. We hear the food’s great. We want to try the xiaolongbao soup dumplings and dried fruit while we’re here, and if we have time, we’d like to visit the Taipei Zoo as well.”

 

When asked about their favorite scene from the six episodes of Love Live! Sunshine!! broadcast so far, Inami brought up the stage performance scene from Episode 3, where Chika, Riko, and You performed in front of an audience for the first time as Aqours—a major step forward for the group. Kobayashi picked the scene in Episode 5 when Yoshiko is grinning to herself, dreaming of the adulation she’d receive as a “fallen angel” idol; she found the way Yoshiko took Chika seriously when she said “It’ll be fine. I’m sure!” was really cute. Finally, Suzuki brought up the part of Episode 5 when Chika was whining to Riko at the bus stop; it really hit her in the heart, she said.

Next, the group discussed their personal favorite lines from the members they portray. “I’d pick two lines,” Inami said. “The first is from Episode 4, when Chika tells Hanamaru ‘It’s not if you can or can’t do it. What matters is if you want to do it.’ That, and when Chika declares to Riko ‘You know what? I’m normal.’ in Episode 1. Chika realizes that she’s just a normal girl, but even so, she’s resolved to keep going forward and shine as much as she can; I think that really comes across.” Kobayashi, meanwhile, picked the moment in Episode 5 when Yoshiko says “Yo-shi-ko! My name’s Yoshiko Tsushima.”—“Given how she’s always calling herself Yohane, that left an impression on me,” she said. Finally, “I like the bit in Episode 3 where Mari says ‘Shiny!’ as she opens the window,” noted Suzuki with a laugh. “This is the first time in the show where she says this; they applied an echo to it, so it sounds so majestic!”

 

The group continued by introducing to the fans Numazu, the town in Shizuoka prefecture that serves as the series’ main setting. Everyone in the trio has visited Numazu several times, and were actually just there a few days ago to hold a talk show and mini-concert in tandem with a local festival. As they put it, Numazu is so well-loved by the locals that they’ve fallen in love with it, too.

 

The next part of the show featured the trio answering questions sent in by fans from the Internet. The audience listened intently as they answered each one, discussing things like memories from when they had “practice camping” during their initial Aqours activity and what each one thought was the biggest thing to look out for in the Sunshine!! series.

 

After that, the trio challenged themselves to a combo contest in the Love Live! School Idol Festival smartphone game, available now in Taiwan and around the world. The winner of the contest will receive a souvenir from Taiwan to take home. Inami went for Aqours’ “Todokanai Hoshidatoshitemo”, Kobayashi for Guilty Kiss’s “Strawberry Trapper,” and Suzuki picked Aqours' “Mattete Aino Uta”. The audience sang along with the tunes as each member took their turn, turning up the excitement across the entire stage! Suzuki eventually emerged the winner, enjoying her prize—some Taiwanese taro root cake—right on stage. (She loved it!)

 

The trio ended the event with a bang, holding a giveaway for a poster with autographs from all the Aqours members. Audience members picked at random had to correctly answer questions from the members to win the prize—a seemingly tricky proposition, but the fans who were picked all breezed through the quiz, showing how dedicated they were to the Sunshine!! world.

 

All three Aqours attendees then wrapped up this event in excitement, with a final message to fans. “I’m super glad I got to see everyone here today,” Inami said. “Thank so much to all of you for supporting us, even outside of the event space! I really love you all!”

 

“Thanks to all of you for coming in,” Kobayashi added. “We’ll try to get everyone in Aqours over to Taiwan in the future, so we hope you’ll keep supporting us!”

 

“Thank you for everything today,” Suzuki commented. “Don’t forget to watch Episode 7, either—it’s getting broadcast this evening!”

 

2016漫畫博覽會 舞台活動官方報導

2016年8月13日（六）在台灣台北舉辦的「2016漫畫博覽會」中，飾演高海千歌的伊波杏樹、飾演津島善子的小林愛香，以及飾演小原鞠莉的鈴木愛奈出演舞台活動，這是在Aqours第一次在台灣的活動登場。

 

三人在全場觀眾的熱情歡呼聲中出場，一登台便以中文和台下的粉絲打招呼，並表示「在活動開始前就聽到大家的應援，真的感到很開心，雖然是第一次來到台灣，但聽說台灣的食物都非常好吃，這次來到台灣最想吃的是小籠包和水果乾，有時間的話還希望可以去動物園」。並表示「實際見到台灣的粉絲們感到十分的溫暖」對於台灣粉絲的熱情三人都十分感動。

 

談到至今播出的《Love Live! Sunshine!!》電視動畫第1～6集中最喜歡的劇情，伊波杏樹選了第三集中作為Aqours非常重要的一步，千歌、梨子、曜這3個二年級生第一次以Aqours的身分在大家面前登台表演的演唱橋段；小林愛香則最喜歡第五集，善子妄想著自己作為墮天使偶像沐浴在眾人歡聲中的那一幕，覺得善子一被千歌說「沒問題的！」就馬上被說服的模樣非常可愛；而鈴木愛奈表示最喜歡第五集千歌在巴士站對梨子吐露心情的那一幕，覺得這段劇情深深地打動了她的心。

而問到對於自己所飾演的成員最喜歡的台詞時，伊波杏樹表示最喜歡「第四集千歌對花丸說的『最重要的不是自己辦不辦得到，而是你想不想做』以及第一集千歌對梨子說的『我啊，是很普通的人』的橋段，令人感受到千歌理解自己的普通卻仍下定決心朝閃閃發光前進的心情；小林愛香則最喜歡「第五集善子在同學面前掩飾自己說『我叫善子！』的地方，因為和平常總是說著『我叫夜羽！』的善子很不一樣，所以印象非常深刻；鈴木愛奈則表示自己很喜歡「第三集鞠莉一邊打開窗戶一邊說『Shiny ♪』的時候」，因為這是她在劇中第一次說出這句台詞，而且搭配回音後更有種壯闊的感覺（笑）。三人也表示已經造訪了《Love Live! Sunshine!!》故事的舞台「靜岡縣沼津市」，前些日子也有配合當地的祭典舉辦了談話＆迷你LIVE的活動，並表示沼津是個很受當地人喜愛的地方，她們也非常的喜歡，三人認真地向台灣粉絲推薦了沼津。

接下來的活動單元，由三位來賓回答粉絲們在網站上提出的問題，包括「Aqours剛開始活動時在大家的合宿中有甚麼特別的回憶」以及「三位來賓各自覺得LoveLive Sunshine!動畫最大的看點」等各式各樣的問題，對於三人的回答粉絲們也都聽得津津有味。

 

隨後三人賭上了台灣土產，在活動現場互相PK在海內外都受到相當多玩家喜愛的手機遊戲『Love Live! 學園偶像祭』，並以COMBO數分勝負。伊波杏樹選擇了Aqours的『届かない星だとしても』、小林愛香選了3人小隊之一Guilty Kiss的『Todokanai Hoshidatoshitemo』、鈴木愛奈則選了『Mattete Aino Uta』等歌曲，比賽進行時台下的觀眾也跟著在每首歌曲大聲歌唱及應援，歡樂氣氛漫延全場～！比賽最後由鈴木愛奈贏得勝利，順利獲得台灣土產「芋頭酥」，鈴木愛奈更在現場品嘗並讚不絕口！

 

最後三位來賓發表了Aqours全員簽名海報抽選會的訊息，令全場的粉絲為之振奮！海報將送給被抽中並正確回答問題的觀眾，雖然條件嚴苛，但被抽選到的觀眾幾乎都對答如流，足可見對《Love Live! Sunshine!!》的了解之深。

 

活動進行到尾聲，三人也分別送給台灣粉絲一句話，伊波杏樹表示「今天可以見到大家真的很開心，就連場外也都聚集了好多支持我們的人，真的很愛大家！」，小林愛香則說到「真的很感謝大家來看我們，希望Aqours能夠全員到齊拜訪台灣，我們會繼續努力的，希望大家能繼續支持我們」，而鈴木愛奈也表示「今天真的非常謝謝大家，大家也要記得收看今晚第7集動畫的播出喔」！本次活動就在盛況空前的景況下精采落幕。