[Tokyo=] Correspondent Cho Yoon-young = On the 14th, James Stewart's Tokyo Dome performance started in a more heated heat than the previous day. On this day, fans began to line up at the theater in the morning, and the BTS souvenir sales office in front of the theater was not able to get any room.
The day before, "Go back to Korea," the Japanese right-wing people who were protesting in front of the Tokyo Dome were not seen on the day. It was a festival place filled with the excited voice of fans waiting for BTS, which succeeded in entering the Tokyo Dome four years and five months after debuting in Japan.
"I'm so glad to see the show yesterday."
Keiko Nakamura (middle and 46), who came with her middle school daughter, liked it while hitting her hands. Nakamura, who lives in Chiba (), an hour's drive from Tokyo to Kei Line, also boasted that he won the Concert at Nagoya () Dome on January 12-13 next year.
"I have been telling my daughter, who became a fan of BTS after seeing her through SNS two years ago, to go to the Concert when BTS is playing Concert at the Tokyo Dome," she said. "I played BTS music that my daughter should be able to follow the chorus to go to the Concert, but now I am more disappointed."
"BTS's dance and song is a level that no idol group of Japan can follow," Nakamura said. "I did not fall out when the Korean drama boomed in the early 2000s, but I fell in love with BTS."
"When Jimin apologized during the performance yesterday, the fans cried," he said. Jimin said in a performance the previous day, "Many people in the world would have been surprised and worried by various situations." "It is really heartbreaking." BTS member Jimin has recently become the center of controversy between Korea and Japan by wearing a photo reminiscent of atomic bomb dropping and a picture of a Korean who calls for liberation.
Before the BTS' Tokyo Dome Concert, TV Asahi's Music Station', a representative music program of Japan terrestrial, was suddenly canceled, and a workshop was held between Korea and Japan. On the 30th of last month, the Korean Supreme Court ruled that the forced labor compensation was further amplified in line with the situation in which the conflict between Korea and Japan was rising. As the story of the protesters may come, BTS' interest in the Tokyo Dome Concert has been further amplified.
However, the Concert scene that followed the first day and the second day was literally the Concert scene. "I came with five friends, but I didn't have a ticket, so I only saw one Concert yesterday, and I only see two today," said Kitamurasari (and 14), a middle school student who said he had been on Kei Line for two hours from Ibaraggi () prefecture.
"But as an ARMY and BTS fan, we have to cheer up the Tokyo Dome Concert nearby," he said, "can you take pictures of our support and deliver it to BTS?" "BTS' next Concert venue, Nagoya, Fukuoka Prefecture (), will also go with us," Kitamura said, adding that he had arranged Concert tickets and travel expenses with part-time jobs. Kitamura said, "I liked BTS, so I liked Korea." He also showed his lips, saying that he followed the Korean makeup method.
Some fans were sensitive to coverage because of the controversy. When asked about Full Metal Jacket to a high school student wearing a Full Metal Jacket with a national flag mark, he said, "I only bought Korea through Korea Internet shopping mall because I like it with BTS." "I just liked it, but I am tired of asking for other reasons."
The Kpop craze, which has recently been re-blowing to Japan, is quite different from the popularity of Kpop around 2010, when it began with the debut of the original Korean Wave singer BoA in 2001 and peaked with the performances of Girls' Generation, KARA, and Big Bang. BTS, which debuted in Japan in June 2014, has never appeared on terrestrial broadcasting properly in Japan. KARA, Girls' Generation and others made their debut with the appearance of Asahi TV's Music Station', which was canceled this time. This is because the position of Kpop singers has also decreased as the accusations spread within Japan since former President Lee Myung - bak 's visit to Dokdo in 2012.
Instead, 'BTS' has made efforts to communicate with fans called Ami through Twitter Inc. and YouTube channels. They also produced two or three videos every week that show their small daily lives, such as singing and choreography, as well as cooking. Twitter Inc. and YouTube were the easy way to meet 'BTS' at any time for Japan girl fans who can not meet well on Japan TV and can not find Korea TV.
BTS' decision to appear in Music Station' was considered a symbol of 'success' that was obtained after such a hardship, but there was also concern that Kpop's position in Japan, including BTS, may be shaken as BTS' appearance was canceled in the situation of intensifying conflict between Korea and Japan.
However, the appearance of BTS fans at the Concert site on this day was different from the previous one, which was influenced by the conflict between Korea and Japan due to historical problems. Rather, it seemed to be an awareness that politics is uncomfortable to entertain while enjoying music. This also played a major role in the trends of younger generations who enjoy seeing new things and sharing them with each other through YouTube and SNS.
Like it or not, it is not a "Korea" idea, but it naturally accepts the Korean Wave as a culture and it is not very repulsive to use Hangul.
Following the Tokyo Dome Concert on the 13th to 14th of BTS, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka Prefecture Dome Concert are all sold out. The total number of tickets for the Tokyo Dome show was 380,000. Tickets for the Tokyo Dome show were sold at an Internet auction site for more than 1 million won. "Fake Love/Airplane pt.2," released by BTS on July 7, topped the Japan Orion Weekly Singles Chart with 454,829 points.
The right-wing people who protested the day before spread the perception that it is inconvenient to intervene in politics to enjoy music "supporting and cheering near" girls who can not enter the school without tickets