小さな痛みさえ…

[faded_lace]

So, I need to get to bed, but I just needed to drive by and say this:

Crea was absolutely awful.

I've never had a worse concert/event experience in my whole time in Johnny's fandom. The show was billed as "Sexy Age/Sexy Jr." and list as Hirano Sho, Nagase Ren, Nakamura Reia, and Takahashi Kaito. You know, so there was no confusion as to who was headline the show. In Sexy Zone's Yokohama concerts, they also said specifically that Hirano and Nagase were Sexy Age and Reia and Takahashi Kaito were Sexy Jr. But yet, throughout most of the show, the numbers were three people.

Yes, that's right. Hirano. Nagase. Takahashi.

Each of those three had solo lines in each song. Reia? None. Each of those three had three solo numbers a piece. Reia? None. Matsukura Kaito, Matsuda Genta, Inoue Mizuki, and Kawasaki Koki, for heaven's sake, had more solos than Reia. And to make matters worse, he just looked so… lonely and sad and tired the whole time. Thankfully, he has a large, supportive fanbase, and saw a bunch of girls in the front few rows who made him smile, but for the whole time he just... seemed so lost.

And in the MC, too, Nagase and Hirano just… were absolutely the worst to him (and to some extent Takahashi Kaito, too). Whenever Reia tried to get a word in, they interrupted him or just plain talked over him, and for most of the MC, they had their backs turned to him, completely ignoring him and keeping him on the outside of the conversation. A couple times he managed to speak, and even then, he was graciously talking about them, not trying to make the conversation about himself but actually asking them about their lives, and they always answered in a way that became an insular conversation with Reia on the outside. Finally, he gave up and stopped holding his mic up and sort of just looked into the audience or around the room seeming sad and lost. And like. I get that Nagase and Hirano are dumb teenagers, and it probably wasn't intentional. But seriously, it didn't take a rocket scientist to notice how rude they were being to Reia.

In a truly sad display of how thoroughly emotionally involved in fandom I am, I cried three separate times during the show over how poorly Reia was treated, and had to fight the tears back really hard after the show. After my long and someone unpleasant adolescent pre-professional ballet career, I know how it feels like to be in that position, and more than being upset for myself not getting to see more of him, it really hurts to know how unhappy he was feeling.

At the very end, when idols typically give a short speech about how they're thankful for the fans and worked hard on the show and "please support us in the future" etc, only Nagase, Hirano, and Takahashi came out on stage. Only Nagase, Hirano, and Takahashi gave speeches. Only Nagase, Hirano, and Takahashi sang the following song together. It was really and truly astounding how purposefully and thoroughly Reia was completely excluded from almost every aspect of the show.

I probably won't write a full report because frankly, it's too unpleasant for me to think about, but I'll definitely write a more thorough and complete compilation of my thoughts and observations. In a consolation prize, Jinguji did come see Reia tonight, so here's to hoping he's cheering him up.

Otherwise, this weekend was really great! I saw Ebiza with Amanda of je_goods and britkit27, met nekobot01 in person for the first time, went to the Johnny's shop and bought tons of photos of Reia, and hung out with yararanger! So that was all really nice. But, man, Crea really dampened my weekend and my mood and my creativity. Here's to hoping I'm feeling a little better tomorrow.

Comments

[nekobot01.livejournal.com]

Hirano Sho is the WORST!!!!!!

I'm so sorry that happened. :(((((((((

But it was really nice meeting you and yomimashou in person. :) I hope fandom hanging out made up for some of the bad things, at least.

[kaleidoruby.livejournal.com]

That sounds absolutely horrible. Poor Reia. :( :( :(

[rorychan.livejournal.com]

Poor Reia. D: I wonder if they were told to treat him like that...

I wish I could meet you in person too.

[elindar.livejournal.com]

wow, that sounds horrible! D: i mean, i've never even heard anything like would've happened before. you'd think even the jrs would know better than to do something like that. especially if it's a show with such a few people, like crea is. though, it sounds weird if reia didn't even have that big part in the first place. again makes one wonder about the groupings/choices the management makes... :/

[karmeejane26.livejournal.com]

Reading this made me sad. :( i just don't know how to react on Hirano and Nagase coz I really like them, but it sounds like they want to take over the whole show for themselves. :(((
Cheer up Reia! There's so much better in store for you.

[sha197.livejournal.com]

Awww this is so sad :(
That is such an unfair way to treat Reia, or anyone in fact!! I hope he doesn't feel to downcast ;_;
I'm sorry that you had to see that happen :(((((

[dtt123.livejournal.com]

sexy jr/sexy age performed 4 show in 2 days, 24 and 25 May, what the show you came? Reia was upset, tired like you wrote in that show you came or ALL 4 shows?

Reia hass less line in concert is not Ren/Hirano/Kaito's fault and in MC too, you can make others miss understading about them!

[britkit27.livejournal.com]

Ugh, ugh, ugh. I said it last night and I'll say it again :/ this whole thing was just completely messed up. Even for Johnnys, it's a new low. I'm so sorry, I know you were really looking forward to it.

[yomimashou.livejournal.com]

Ughhh, fuck you Johnny's. *shakes fist at Johnny up there in the box seats* Here's hoping that we'll get to see more happy Reia soon on Gamushara and/or Shokura, and that Jinchan and his other friends cheered him up ;~;

And I'm glad we got to meet up with so many people and get so many beautiful shop photos ♥

[himaori.livejournal.com]

Well, I think I understand your feeling really. If I was in your shoe, I would alsobe very upset and want to vent out my anger as well when the boy I love is being treated that way. I think JE keeps making the boys having a mindset of "I'm the best". I think the way JE put random boys in one group for doing CREA is backfired, of course except those in the original group like 4U., They Budou, and Snow Man. It seems that they lack of the team spirit.

Anyways, I also feel sorry about what you exeprience right at the live performance. But keep supporting your boy so that he won't feel being isolated.

[akioruru.livejournal.com]

i was read your post last night but dont want to give anny comment (gomennasai<(_ _)>)

therefore after watched Jr.1 katteisen, i had thought that hirasho, nagase, and kaito knew each other. it also seemed that reia knew them each other too. however I still dont believe that reia was threated like that (>︿<｡)

the one that I knew of kansai Jr was they were very talkative. so whether was one of caused?

i also curious just nagase and hirano sho that have more works with kanto Jr. is this a code that they are the one who will be debut at volleyball 2015?

[xingphonic.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness, that's awful. D: The more I read your post, the more outraged I became. I really hope someone talked to the three after the show, if nothing was said during - that sort of behaviour is just not right. Poor Reia, ugh. :((((

I'm glad you had a good weekend nevertheless!

[xanithofdragons.livejournal.com]

Wow. Wow. That's really awful, to pretty much list Reia as a headliner and then to not at all treat him like a headliner. It's such a bait-and-switch. >_< Ugh, for all the shit that Johnny's does, I get pretty annoyed when I think about them screwing over talents and then how that screws over those talents' fans. The Johnny's talents themselves always seem to be super appreciative of the fans, but from Johnny's management, I feel like there's an attitude of "oh, we can do whatever we want and the fans will just keep coming" sometimes. It's kind of a tangent, but it's something that's been bothering me. :<

And, I like Hirano Sho, but with my impression of him, I don't imagine him as being very good at talking or MCing, so I can definitely see him as being oblivious or careless about making sure everyone gets a chance to talk (I don't have as strong of an impression of Ren, though).

[comic1505.livejournal.com]

I read a report about Crea of Sexy Age/Sexy Jr so I want to write something.

At first, Sexy Age includes Sho, Ren and Sexy Jr includes Reia, Kaito. After that, staff change to Sexy Age (Sho, Ren, Kaito) and Sexy Jr (Reia, Fu, Matsukura, Genta and others)

So I think Reia didn't talk more in the MC is easy to understand. The main will be Sho, Ren and Kaito. Reia with others are supporter. I want you to know about that. You say that Crea is Reia's show, it's not true.

I love Reia and other Jrs like Sho, Ren. About they treated Reia, I didn't join the show so I don't have anything to say. Crea is the show to push Sho and Ren but I think Reia will have another chance to show off on another show.