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MIKU! She's getting mini solo moments and I cannot handle it! I am so proud of how far she's come in her guitar playing. Honestly...I think we can see a Miku solo in the future. Just you wait!

Also...I know the instrumentals are sick, but watching that live...

It's so hard not to bow down to the glory of Saiki and her expressions! She's a whole new front-woman to me! I LOVE HER!!!

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Bill Hallisey

Let's face it. THESE WOMEN ARE BRILLIANT!!!!!

Bill Whitaker

I have been really impressed by Miku's guitar skills. I have been saying for about a year, and have commented in other reactors reactions, that I can hear Kanami and Miku guitar battles in the near future. There may also be Miku only solos. And when that happens, we will see the biggest smile, and tears, on Kanami's face. She is so proud of her student.

Bill Hallisey

I call MISA "the Japanese Soul Sister!" LOL!

David Cousins

The "that's Miku" moment surprised me as well. I may be nuts, but as Miku has progressed as a guitarist it seems that it has freed up both Kanami and Misa to be more progressive in their playing. In layman's terms the band has gotten better and better. As for Saiki, no longer the Ice Queen as I have heard her referred as. Something started to change during and after the 10th anniversary show and now that she is in her 30s, wow. Her newest outfit, with spikes says something - maybe saying I'm a grown ass woman and no longer that shy girl from years gone by. She is an amazing vocalist and one of if not my favorite, when she sings ballads, I can't help but get a tear in my eye. I hope you found the Misa - Akane clip a little helpful.

Wayne B

Nail polish match is just pure girly stuff, and that's okay!

Wayne B

Saiki is fierce in this song!

Randy Hammill

In the What is Justice music video, you can see Kanami playing that octave part. But in this one (and live) Kobato is. And this is not to say that she continues to get better (as all of them are), but she has played more difficult parts before. Ready to Rock has a busier part with a lot of single notes. Without Holding Back has a similar octave part. Her parts beyond the palm-muted riff in Black Hole, even her parts in Wonderland. On some of the live performances of No God she is playing the octave jumping pairs of single notes during the verse along with Kanami. Kanami has said Kobato is better at palm muting. She has a very fast right hand. At this point I think people need to remember that we typically never see what a given musician is truly capable of playing. Especially in the case of Kobato, she is playing what is composed for her to fit the structure of the song. In addition, she has to have parts that she can play while singing. They have spoken about modifying some parts for that very reason. Singing and playing is challenging enough, but she is often playing rhythms that different from what she is singing, and her singing still sounds natural as she isn’t playing at the same time. The phrasing is always there, and often with little variations that shows she didn’t have to focus her attention on the guitar line while doing it. Kanami has said that after Different, she hasn’t considered whether Kobato can play a given guitar part. She knows she will be able to play it.

Charles Coleman

"It's not normal bass line." LOL! It's not a normal Bassist! It's Freaking MISA!!! She is beyond incredible!

Nomad1991

Like everyone is saying the whole band has leveled up but the members that stand out to me are saiki playing keyboard/piano … and miku playing that little solo in ready to rock and this 3:29 shows that she is growing as a musician 🤘🏻🫶🏼🤘🏻

Juan San

I wish every one of their songs had a White Room version! Ah, there's so much to discover in their music. For me, Miku is an incredibly talented rhythm guitarist, The rock from which Kanami can fly freely.

Randy Hammill

One of the things I find fascinating is their approach to the business of being in a band. I get the sense that some of it is due to the way the music business works in Japan, at least for artists/bands that are created or sign with a production company like B-M originally did. This stage set - the design, the construction, the lighting design, graphics and animation, etc., was all done for one single show. It won’t be used again. The 10th Anniversary Garden Theater set was for two shows. The Yokohama Arena set? One show. Plus the cost and staff required to record the audio and video. They approach it looking at the long-term benefit of those expenses. They can use clips on YouTube for promotion, stream it for an additional cost, use it for bonus tracks for special editions of future releases, and eventually to their Prime service or fan club subscribers. I can’t think of any western band that approaches the business quite this way. It means that their stage crew, video crew, and recording crews likely have stable, year-round full-time jobs to prepare for whatever is coming up. Sure, a successful touring band always has a staff that is handling the current tour, but not so many one-off special events, videos, etc. And when the tour is done, and we might be waiting a year or two (or more) for a new album before another tour, they don’t need that staff.

Charles Coleman

Saiki has always been great, but man!! She is in a different orbit! She is the very embodiment of Badass Hard Rock Queen in the physical form of a Supermodel! And she keeps getting better!!

Biil B.

Saiki was amazing that night, though I hope Kanami dials it back a bit in regards to challenging her. She sounds like she's about at her limits as far as her pitch and breath control. Be gentle Mincho!! LOL

Juan San

You still have an hour of Ohrenje's documentary about Miku ahead of you... I'll leave it there...

Juan San

During the stream, I didn't feel like Akane was lost in the mix. I thought it was an excellent live performance. I don't know if it's a ripping issue.

Chris Bergsten

Miku's a competent professional rhythm guitarist. Everyone is waiting for her to turn into a shredder, because that's the sign of being a "good" guitarist - no shade on shredders, love 'em - but what she does do is remember her lines and play them show after show, night after night, without biffing them (at least not any more than any of the other instrumentalists does). The whole "Miku didn't even know guitar and learned after the band started!" story is a good one, but that was years ago. Will she ever become a shredder and trade duels with Mincho? Eh, who knows. Another band I like that did an anime ED is Galneryus (for HunterxHunter). Classic euro power metal sound, so a bit cheesy, but they're one of the finest in the business. It was hard not to binge that arc, since the music got you so pumped up that you didn't even care that the episode was over, you had to listen to it, and then it led you to the next episode. Unfortunately, the anime itself was kinda trash. I'm not really sure how it got so many fans...