AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA IT'S HAPPENING I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!

They are finally comming to my homecountry, I'm so happy! I'm definatelly gonna be there to watch them live <3

I can only say that dreams come true. I'm going to see my girls, finally!
I've been away from this forum since 2019, but I'm still a fan – "MIRROR" is an amazing album, btw.
Brazilian friends from SH, let's meet each other! I'm wondering if there will be a M&G...

I'll be there!!!

It's so amazing!!!!!!

Who else will?

OMG
After so many years, I'm here again lol just to say I'll be there!! Never thought this day would come, and I'm so happy that I'm willing to pay the hundreds of reais that M&G is gonna cost! 

Hope to see you there, guys!

Guess I won't be needing to go to SCAFES 2026 after all

It's only in July but I'm already nervous about seeing them in person

SCANDAL sent a message to brazilian fans   



https://www.instagram.com/p/CsmgdVbJ4Ay/

For anyone interested in Sao Paulo, by coincidence NHK recently rebroadcasted a show about it that you can see here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGvVfxvcuZM
And here's a quote from Wikipedia: "Brazil has the largest population of Japanese ancestry outside Japan, with 1.8 million Japanese Brazilians, most of them living in São Paulo."
That's interesting.

hogradish wrote:For anyone interested in Sao Paulo, by coincidence NHK recently broadcast a show about it that you can see here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBq5920BdLg
And here's a quote from Wikipedia: "Brazil has the largest population of Japanese ancestry outside Japan, with 1.8 million Japanese Brazilians, most of them living in São Paulo."
That's interesting.

Thanks, always cool to see a foreigner perspective of my country. 
I live in São Paulo so if anyone has any questions...

Liokt wrote:I can only say that dreams come true. I'm going to see my girls, finally!
I've been away from this forum since 2019, but I'm still a fan – "MIRROR" is an amazing album, btw.
Brazilian friends from SH, let's meet each other! I'm wondering if there will be a M&G...

I asked the staff about it on Facebook. They said that it will be a M&G, like they usually do with other artists invited to the convention, Brazillian or foreign. Is that some info about it on the website www.animefriends.com.br too, FAQ section.

The issue is that they just didn´t announced yet how we could attend and buy M&G places (like what time, where in the event and how many places will be sold) so we could organize our day there. That´s what´s making me nervous actually LOL.

What we know more specific from the website is that the premium ticket already gives a place on all M&G in the four days of convention, so if you can afford R$ 2.300,00 (something like US$ 430,00), you're in independently of anything else.

Even if you couldn´t get into the M&G, it is said on the website that you can send to the girls flowers, letters, postcards and gifts throught the event staff.

By the way, it would be nice if we send to them in Anime Friends a SH flower bouquet or crown, what you guys think about that?

Finally!!
gonna faint there...

  

SCANDAL schedule for the festival.

Saturday 15/07
12h00 - Interview
15h00 - Meet & Greet 

Sunday 16/07
13h00 - Meet & Greet
16h00 - Live performance

I will not be at M&G, but I don't care 'cause I'm sooo excited to see them! It's so close now!
Any news about their departure/arrival?
Also, I'm very curious to know the show setlist... Obviously it'll include the anime tie-ins, but it'd be nice if they play "Pride" and/or "Haruka" :D

They've arrived. The flight was well over 24 hours, with a stop in Dubai. I'm taking an educated guess, but from the Flight Aware website, and referencing Tomomi's Instagram photo, they flew an Emirates Airbus A380. I bet they're really tired!

Their longest trip ever. They were really really tired, but they were still nice. Haruna was happy with the reception from the fans.

With Emirates Airbus A380, they will have given themselves good seats.  I thought they would had flown to USA than down South to Brazil, must had being cheaper going the other way.

The impossible really happened. We could not even imagine such thing months ago. SCANDAL really came to Brazil.

They arrived in São Paulo after more than 30 hours of travel, very tired, with fans waiting at the airport to give them gifts and typical Brazilian food. The next day the group was ready to take over Anime Friends. Their first official appearance was the interview, I couldn't enter the crowded hall but I could see them clearly from outside. The interviewer wasn't up to the task, many generic questions (sorry about that, girls), at least the band didn't understand her Portuguese at all.

The band participated in two Meet & Greet sessions, where they got to know how crazy Brazilians are. People were crying, trembling, smiling, screaming, giving homemade gifts, showing tattoos... I think the fans exceeded the group's expectations, Haru laughed about it all and Tomomi was so curious about us. Rina observes all that's going on around them to make sure everything is working well. They are so sweet, kind and beautiful.

I was able to talk a bit with the band, I told them they had broken another record, the longest trip of all time. Haru laughed so hard and Mami was like "that's totally true" lol. Got my KFTD album signed too. Tomomi asked me about the Haruna&Tomomi&Mami&Rina print on my t-shirt, I got closer to actually understand what she was saying, wow, I can still hear her adorable voice in my ear. 

The place was packed for SCANDAL. They opened with "Line of sight", and this one sounds heaaaavy live, same for "LOVE SURVIVE". It's amazing how a tiny person becomes so huge on stage, Haruna is such a leader! In a live performance we can see their dynamics better, how they constantly communicate with each other, especially Rina. "Shoujo S" put the build down. The tears came with "HARUKAZE", at that moment I realized SCANDAL was performing right there in front of me.

The groovy "one more time" had me dancing, and a sea of hands following Haru's index finger gesture was a really cool moment, it made her smile. "Shunkan Sentimental" blew up the audience while "A.M.D.K.J." kept the pace, as Tomomi's bass goes straight into your chest. As expected, "Take me out" is a perfect song to perform live, Mami was awesome in this one. "SCANDAL BABY" closed beautifully as always.


This wasn't a common show, people had been waiting for this for 10+ years. Fans came from everywhere (note that Brazil is a big country). Add to that fans from Chile, Colombia, Argentina... I got emotional seeing so many fans gathering together, from the youngest to the oldest, some brought their children, even their grandmothers lol. In a mix of tears and smiles there was a sense of happiness that I have never experienced in my life.

After all the waiting, I believe SCANDAL was moved by the commotion. Since they spent almost 3 days traveling just for that, I bet they wanted it as much as we did. THANK YOU SCANDAL FOR MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE!!! Come back one more time, two more times, three more times girls!

You summed up this "crazy day" very well! I would love to have gotten the meet and greet. When I arrived at the event, very early, it was over, even though I was close to the cashier. Fortunately I managed to buy the bracelet that gave access to the front of the stage. The funniest thing was when I was in line to buy the meet and greet and they were walking around the event and I was one of the only ones that realized it was them, they all waved at me. I was impressed with their size, they really look huge on stage

Anime Friends released a video compiling moments from the event, SCANDAL appears prominently and gives a message to the Brazilian fans.