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The story
On September 5, the content of the “Sports Day” event held by Liella! (from Love Live! Superstar!!) became a hot topic on 5ch. There was no live segment (song performances), and pricing was set at 8,500 yen for regular tickets plus 12,500 yen for “upgrade” seats, with a stream of live-reports claiming the proceedings were disorganized and that member Sagara had to keep holding things together on the spot. In the thread, many people compared it to the “Hakodate Unit Carnival” (all seats reserved, 8,800 yen), long dubbed a “legendary flop event” for its thin content, and the discussion heated up around the idea that this Sports Day had easily surpassed it. Meanwhile, some attendees who watched from S seats posted comments of satisfaction, so opinions were split.
What people said
Only 4 events even for a "sports day"
Sagara had to babysit the whole thing
How many years have you all been pros?
That's just the usual thing.
No one can talk properly, so Nagi and Yu do dumb stuff like pulling faces, and Nako wraps it up half-heartedly with something like "we're just letting it get chaotic here" — basically an extension of their usual MC bits.
This time, Nako didn't even manage that half-hearted wrap-up.
The fact that you're comparing it to a free livestream event says it all.
Yeah.
It blows right past it, no contest.
Didn't that one have a live performance?
Actually, wasn't even the talk segment free for that one?
That's just a textbook unfunny seiyuu variety show.
Tanaka and Sagara were shouting about as loud as a Koshien dugout, so it was covered up well enough, but if you listen closely, only two distinct voices are actually coming through the mics.
Given the price, I'd guess they figured 1-2 songs would've been a nice bonus at best.
I really feel for the people who paid for the upgrade seats.
Huh? Huh?? No, seriously, huh???
That is straight-up fraud.
Aran came out as Rinari, right?
Honestly, that's exactly how it looked to the audience — it's basically just their regular live outfits turned into cosplay.
They just walked out while singing, that's literally all it was.
if the people in the S seats are satisfied, isn't that all that matters?
Oh, they are satisfied. I hadn't seen it on X so I got the wrong idea, my bad.
The Liella! girls leaving the audience behind to just goof around among themselves is business as usual at their lives.
Cringe, as always.
Sports Day: all seats reserved 8,500 yen + upgrade 12,500 yen
That's exactly the problem right there.
Hakodate was a real live show.
Liella! is an unfunny seiyuu variety show.
That's part of the gap too.
Well, prices and ticket costs across the board have shot up a lot since then, so a straight comparison isn't really fair… but even so.
If it's really like what's being described here, that's genuinely bad news.
They're getting a talking-to after this, surely — the shouting aside, leaving the audience just sitting there is way too unprofessional.
Hakodate just got an unfairly bad reputation from people grumbling "why didn't they do this at AtP instead?"
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Having empty seats within Tokyo's 23 wards is bad news!
Getting even this many people to show up is pretty solid, honestly, for an event nobody even had info on.
Is it really unfair though?
They bundled lottery-entry tickets with the AtP single, so I think complaints were only natural.
But setting that background aside, it was a good live show.
This time, isn't the content itself the problem?
Fair, not really "unfair" then (lol), I worded that wrong.
It just feels like otaku from back then still hold a stubborn grudge about it.
probably Shiny Colors drew about 4,000, so Liella! pulled around 3,500.
Background and Points of Discussion
The “Hakodate Unit Carnival” was a solo event Liella! held in the past, and due to its thin content it had long been talked about among fans as a “legendary flop event.” This time’s Sports Day skipped the live song segment entirely and instead offered separate photo-op “upgrade” seats for 12,500 yen, drawing concentrated criticism over pricing. In the thread, there were repeated reports that the proceedings were disorganized and that one member kept having to hold things together, while some attendees who watched from S seats posted comments of satisfaction — suggesting opinions may vary depending on seating and viewing conditions. Given rising prices and shifting production costs, it’s also hard to make a simple monetary comparison with an event from several years ago. It’s worth noting that this assessment rests on fragmentary live-reports posted on social media, and the thread’s posts alone don’t confirm the event’s full structure or intent.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Love Live!) thread “The Sports Day Turns Into a Legendary Event That Easily Surpasses the Hakodate Unit Carnival…“.
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