“Low amplitude” PVC?
I’ve had episodes of PVCs/PACs for the last 4 or so years. Had a complete cardiac work up in 2022- holter, echo, multiple EKGs, patch monitor for 3 weeks- burden wasn’t concerning and everything else came back fine. My pvcs seem to come in waves, I’ll go months without having one and then bam I feel the thud. I’ve been having PVCs off and on this week and I caught two on my Apple Watch ECG recording (not the most reliable I know)
However, this morning I caught a PVC that looks like it’s a lower amplitude then what mine normally look like? The lower amplitude on the rhythm strip makes sense because I wasn’t feeling the big THUD I get normally but I’ve never experienced this before? There’s still a T wave present but it doesn’t look like a typical pvc to me. Photo 1 is the “low amplitude” one I had and photo 2 is what they normally look like for me. Anyone ever experience this? Or a PVC they feel but just not as strongly as normal?

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Continuation of the previous report on the Saitama shows.

4/13/24, Yokohama Arena

Day 1 of the final weekend of the tour. Only members of Le Ciel and Digital Le Ciel (yearly membership) could enter the lottery to win tickets for these shows, but there was also a live stream of the concerts in movie theaters throughout Japan. (You also needed to be a fanclub member to attend the live viewing, but Digital Le Ciel monthly members were also able to buy tickets.)
Everyone had high hopes that the setlist for the fanclub-only shows would be different, but it was again the same Day 1 and Day 2 setlist on both days. Tetsu said in his radio show that there was a proposal to add one new song, but another member vetoed that idea.
Even though the setlist was the same one that I was seeing again for the 5th time at this point, I’m still glad I went! Every time you attend this show, it’s a slightly different experience because of where your seat is, and the little changes they make to the show. Today my seat was towards the top of the arena, but it felt closer than the 200 level stands in Saitama! What really surprised me today was that I could see the entire stage really well! They changed the location of the catwalks so that they were in an x shape radiating from each out of the four columns. Previously, the catwalks were in a + shape. This meant that your view was often blocked by the columns. But with the new layout, you could clearly see anywhere! In the previous 4 shows I could barely see Yuki most of the time, but now I could finally see him clearly. Later Tetsu commented on the change in the stage layout in the MC, saying he hopes that everyone can see better now. I was really impressed that they were still improving the production, even in the final two shows.
Today my seat was on the east side of the arena, so the band was facing me for the first few songs (All Dead through A Silent Letter). Finally, I got to see the show from all four directions! Also, thinking about it, it’s quite poetic that the show starts facing the east, and ends facing the west.
Performance notes:

• Hyde sounded great again today! I was so impressed that he sounded really good in 5 out of the 6 shows I saw.
• When Vivid Colors ended, only a few seconds passed before Flower started. Hyde walked over to where Tetsu was standing and started playing the harmonica, and Tetsu put his arm around Hyde’s shoulder. But then the lights went out! I was like, “Why are you turning off the lights now??” When the lights came back on, Tetsu wasn’t holding Hyde’s shoulder anymore. 😢
• The second part was so fun!! Hyde and Ken came out wearing the same shirt – Ken’s tank top with his face on it (you can buy it as merch on Ken’s website). Everyone was going crazy seeing that, and Hyde actually stopped singing for it a bit and just made gestures at his shirt with the camera in front of him (fanart of that scene here). Ken later said on Twitter that he didn’t know Hyde was wearing the same shirt until he saw it on stage! Here’s a photo of Hyde wearing the shirt.
• Hyde let the crowd sing the chorus during Good Luck My Way! This was the first for this tour.
• Something cute with Ken and Hyde happened during Killing Me, as usual. What tends to happen is that Ken runs away from Hyde and then Hyde catches him and sings with him. I can't remember exactly what happened on 4/13 though, because my memories have been overwritten by the extreme cuteness overload of what happened the next day (see the section on 4/14 below).
• During the part in Link when everyone claps their hands, Hyde went over to Tetsu and clapped him on the shoulders, and then his head! It was so cute!

MCs:

• In the other shows, Hyde always addressed the audience with the name of the city. But in this one, instead of shouting “Yokohama!” he called the audience “Le Ciel!”
• Hyde mentioned that the concert was being live streamed in movie theaters around Japan. He asked if people in the theaters were cheering/singing, and said that he hopes the fans can cheer while not being a disturbance to the other people in the theater (in other screens). He asked, “Are they sitting or standing? They’re standing?” Tetsu then quipped, “Standing? Don’t say such perverted things!” Hyde didn’t respond to that and just made a blank/annoyed face at the camera for a long time. 😂 (Fanart) Something similar happened in the February Tokyo shows -- Tetsu tried to make a dirty joke out of something Hyde said, and Hyde just ignored him.
• Hyde thanked the fans for coming to see the show multiple times, even though they played the same setlist every day. He said he noticed the same faces in the crowd and thought, “That person is here again??” He asked the crowd how many shows they’ve seen by asking, “First time? Second? Third? Fourth? Fifth? Sixth? Seventh??” There were only a few cheers for “First time”, but the cheers grew louder the higher he counted. Then he asked, “20th?? There haven’t been that many. It must have cost a lot of money to come so many times, thank you!”
• In the last MC, Hyde commented on how people of all ages were at the show – three generations of a family, or even four! He thanked everyone for still loving L’Arc.

L’ArcQuiz:

• Today the L’Arcquiz was presented by the Le Ciel mascot character! It was on the stage asking all the quiz questions.
• Q: Who is Yukihiro's favorite wizard?
  • A: Frieren
• Q: What didn't Ken eat in Fukuoka?
  • A: Motsunabe
• Q: When L’Arc was first formed, which station was closest to the studio where they rehearsed?
  • A: Nishinomiya Kitaguchi Station
• Q: What part-time job has Hyde never done?
  • A: Karaoke booth

Q&A time:

• This was a special segment for the Yokohama shows that took place before Bye Bye. Fanclub members could submit questions ahead of time for each member or the band as a whole, and Le Ciel would select questions to ask during the Q&C segment.
• After Le Ciel came out to join the band on stage, it asked Ken, “You have two faces, which one is the real one? The one down below?” Ken replied saying the real face is the shaggy elephant further down below. 😂 Le Ciel said that it’s shaggy too, and Ken said he seems like he and Le Ciel will get along! None of the other members make dirty jokes due to compliance reasons, so he’s all alone.
• Question for Hyde: The fan letter said they were glad to be able to see Hyde play saxophone in Ophelia on this tour, and asked Hyde, is there another instrument you want to play?
  • Hyde said he doesn’t really want to play sax, but he does want to play guitar more. Le Ciel said, “But the fans want to see it!” And then Hyde replied, “I know, but the fans could also say they want to see Tetchan’s tap dancing!” and Tetsu replied, “I’ve never done tap dancing! You actually played the sax!” 😂
  • Hyde also said he wants to play piano/keyboard, but if he has free time, he ends up doing other things. Then Le Ciel asked, “Something perverted? Or not perverted?” Le Ciel asked the audience to shout which one they wanted Hyde to answer, and of course the shouts were loudest for “perverted”.
• Question for Tetsu: The fan letter said can’t forget Tetsu’s smile at the start of the show on the third day of Yoyogi 2/11. (This was in reference to how The Black Rose was the first song instead of All Dead, but the intro was the same.) And then the fan asked, which song did you practice the most for this tour?
  • Tetsu said he was aiming for that kind of reaction, using the same intro piano for both All Dead and The Black Rose and surprising the fans. He was surprised that the person could see him smile, since the curtain was down for the whole song.
  • Tetsu didn’t answer which song he practiced the most for the tour, but talked about how in general he practiced the most. Before the tour started, there were some days where different members were sick, so Tetsu was practicing by himself in the studio. He was worried they wouldn’t be ready in time for the tour to start.
• Question for Ken: Is there anything you messed up recently?
  • Ken’s first answer was about how he tried to eat tamago kake gohan (rice with raw egg on top), but it’s hard to get the egg out of the package. He dropped it on the floor, and then ate the part that wasn’t touching the floor!
  • His second answer was about a mistake that wasn’t recent. He tripped and fell while holding his guitar, and tried to protect the guitar so he fell really hard on his shoulder. His manager was there and was laughing really hard. Later on, he forgot that he fell and was wondering why his shoulder hurt. His manager reminded him of the fall. His shoulder actually hurt for a year! Le Ciel said it was cool that he fell while protecting his guitar.
• Questions for Yuki: Le Ciel asked two questions where Yuki could answer with signs for yes (o) or no (x) or gestures. But the last question he had to answer with words! I was glad to hear Yuki talk after 5 shows, even though it was just two words!
  • Question 1: Is it difficult to play on a revolving stage?
    • Answer: Yes (o sign)
  • Question 2: I want to see you twirl your drumsticks!
    • Answer: Yuki twirls the sticks
  • Question 3: What food do you want to eat as a reward after the tour is over?
    • Answer in real words: Ice cream
• Question for L’Arc~en~Ciel, answered by the AI: Come up with a catchphrase for each L’Arc member?
  • The answer was long as usual, but the catchphrases it came up with were really funny! It explained why it gave each member that catchphrase.
  • Hyde: Angelic voice
  • Ken: Six Strings Magician
  • Tetsu: Bassline Genius
  • Yuki: Master of the Drum Kit

At the very end of the show, Ken and Yukihiro left the stage right away as usual, but Hyde and Tetsu stayed making the rounds waving to all sides of the arena. When they crossed paths with each other, Hyde tried to give Tetsu a high five, but Tetsu had his arms out like he wanted to hug. In the end, they did high five, but Tetsu also pulled Hyde in for a hug. It’s the first time they hugged since the first fanclub-only show on 2/8 (which I didn’t see), so I’m glad I saw it this time. 🤗
Thanks to the Q&A section being quite long, the whole concert lasted almost 3 hours. It was a wonderful 3 hours though! I was sad that this was my last time seeing them live on this tour (and maybe for a long time), but there was still the live stream for the final the next day.

4/14/24, Yokohama Arena (movie theater live viewing)

This was my first time attending a movie theater live viewing, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. It was great, though! My theater was full, and lots of fans brought the L’Light sticks.
In the arena, there’s so much stuff going on in every direction, it’s hard to know where you should look. But in the theater, you can only look at what’s being shown to you on the one screen. So I could appreciate more details like their facial expressions and the details of their outfits and instruments. There were a lot of really cool camera angles! I didn’t realize until today that Tetsu had a camera attached to his bass during Taste of Love, and that’s how we got the close-up angles of his bass from below.
Performance notes:

• During The Nepenthes, Hyde was holding his crotch for a large portion of the song. This didn’t happen in the other shows I saw. 😂
• Flower was incredible!! It started off with Hyde hugging Tetsu and singing with him cheek-to-cheek, which was of course a lovely start. But what was really amazing was the sheer emotion that each member put into the song. Even though it was my 6th time seeing this performed on this tour, I was blown away. It’s probably the best I’ve ever heard Hyde sing. The line “Miageta boku wo tsutsunda” was so good, and when he sang “like a flower” for the last time, he held the note so long! The camera was showing Hyde from up above, bent down on his knees looking upwards, while the animations on the catwalk below him were flowers. It was so beautiful! (Fanart)
• Blame was also really great! Ken was seriously rocking out through the whole song. It was the most engaged he’s been while performing it thatI’ve seen.
• During Cureless, when Hyde and Tetsu alternated singing, Hyde gestured to Tetsu each time when it was his turn. This was new! At least, I’d never seen it before. It was a nice touch :)
  • On his radio show, Tetsu talked about how Hyde asked Tetsu to sing those lines during Cureless, but Tetsu initially refused, thinking it’d be too hard to sing and play bass at the same time. So then Hyde suggested that they let the audience sing those lines, but Tetsu thought that wasn’t right, so he decided to sing after all.
• During the second part, Ken came out wearing his face tank top again, but also Hyde’s blue Switchblade jacket (that’s sold as tour merch!)
• Killing Me has had many cute member interactions throughout the tour, but today was the best!! Ken approached Hyde from behind, and tried to run away when Hyde noticed. But Hyde caught him by holding on to his jacket. Tetsu was on a catwalk on the opposite side of the stage, but ran over at the speed of light to join Hyde and Ken. Hyde was in between the two of them, and was poking their chests while singing, “Mune no kazaana wa mou hodokoshiyou mo nai” (The hole in my chest can’t be covered anymore). Towards the end, Hyde went over to Yuki, and you could see all four members in the same shot! Yuki gave a big smile. Everything was so adorable, all the fans were killed by the cuteness overload! 😭 (Fanart)
• During Link, Hyde clapped Yukihiro on the shoulder and he looked really happy! He also sang the last chorus together with Tetsu, hugging his shoulder!
• I really hope the footage from this show is released in some format in the future! It would be criminal for the footage to be stashed away somewhere, never to see the light of day again. A week later, fans were still talking on Twitter about how amazing Flower and Killing Me were, and drawing fanarts of it. I just submitted my survey to Le Ciel asking them to release the footage someday, as many other fans did. I hope they listen!!
  • Note: The footage from the two fanclub-only concerts will be shown at the L’Arcafe in July! Still hoping for a DVD/blu-ray release later!

First MC

• In the first MC, Hyde mentioned the live viewing in theaters, and that he was mistaken yesterday – apparently people watch it sitting down, but it seems that they’re able to cheer and have fun. He greeted the Le Ciel viewers in the movie theaters, and said that it’s being streamed in theaters nationwide, in his rural hometown, Yukihiro’s rural hometown, and Tetsu’s rural hometown. Tetsu said there’s no movie theater in his hometown! Then Hyde asked Ken, who confirmed that there’s no movie theater. But they’re streaming it on a projector in the community center!

L’ArcQuiz
Again, the questions today were presented by the Le Ciel character.

• Q: The first movie Yukihiro saw was a double feature of Space Battleship Yamato and which other movie?
  • A: Lupin the Third
• Q: When Ken catches a cold, what does he imagine to fight the cold?
  • A small version of himself
• Q: What was Tetsuya doing 30 minutes before the start of the second day of MMXX Osaka?
  • A: Draining the water from ramen
• Q: What was the scariest experience Hyde had while in Las Vegas filming the music video for Driver's High?
  • A: Bungee jumping
• Q. When speaking of a new member of his staff, how did Yukihiro refer to Hyde?
  • A. The standard of beauty
• Q: What didn't Ken eat in Nagoya?
  • A: Bean paste and butter toast
• Q: What was the song that Tetsuya performed with Hyde in the studio for the first time?
  • A: Aku no Hana (BUCK-TICK)
• Q: Which song in this setlist made Hyde the most nervous?
  • A: Ophelia

Second MC and Q&A section (after Nexus 4)

• Hyde said: “Good evening! I’m the standard of beauty. I’m the angelic voice. Are you having fun?” Then he commented on how only one group was left standing at the end of the quiz. But the last question was easy! They might not perform Ophelia anymore, but the fans should be proud that they saw it here!
• During the quiz, the camera showed a foreign couple on screen that seemed to propose, showing off a ring. Hyde asked if the proposal was real, and congratulated the couple. He said they’ll ask the staff to send them a video of the proposal.
• Next, Hyde said, “It doesn’t matter what Ken ate, but is that true about Aku no Hana? I don’t remember.”
  • Tetsu: Eh, you don’t remember?? (in a really loud, surprised voice, many times louder than usual!)
  • Hyde: I completely forgot.
  • Tetsu: You don’t remember? (in a softer tone, but clearly in shock/disbelief)
  • Hyde: I didn’t remember.
  • Tetsu: It was the first song we performed together in the studio.
  • Hyde: Is that so? “Asobi wa koko de, owari ni shiyou ze~”
  • There were huge cheers after Hyde sang the first line from Aku no Hana, and Tetsu looked really happy. I found this exchange to be so funny, it’s clearly an important memory for Tetsu – he talked about it on his radio show back in November, shortly after Sakurai Atsushi passed away. But Hyde completely forgot...
• Next, Le Ciel came on stage to start the Q&A corner.
• Question for Hyde: When is the moment when you feel the happiest?
  • Answer: “When everyone sings for me. I think, what a happy thing I’m doing. When I see everyone singing while smiling, I think, what a nice job that I have.”
  • Le Ciel asked if the fans make Hyde happy, and Hyde said, “Yes, thank you.”
  • Then Le Ciel said, “It makes Le Ciel happy too. By the way, when Le Ciel felt happy was when Hyde-san gave birth to me. Thank you, papa!”
  • The audience burst into laughter and Le Ciel called Hyde papa again. 😂
• Question for Tetsuya: Tetsuya-san is managing a rather large ship. As the leader, is there anything in particular you’re careful about or aiming for? Also, do you have a role model as a leader?
  • Answer: Tetsu said his role model is Tokugawa Ieyasu. He said rather than doing music, he often feels like he’s doing politics because he has to win over various daimyo (feudal lords) to achieve his goals.
  • Le Ciel asked, not Oda Nobunaga? And Tetsu said that it was Oda Nobunage when he was younger, like “Rarrrrr!” (battle cry) But now it’s Ieyasu.
  • Le Ciel asked if they should do a daimyo procession, and Tetsu said they could do it as the opening of the next tour. Le Ciel said that feels very Japanese, like it’ll be “Japanese rock”. Tetsu said it should be understood worldwide and that he’d like to do it as part of a world tour!! Then he adds, “That is, if the other members have interest in doing a world tour…” Le Ciel told everyone to look forward to it!
• Question for Ken: If you could be the opposite sex for one day? What would you do?
  • Answer: Ken said he’d want to be in a girl’s band! Le Ciel asks if he’d still be the guitarist, and Ken said yes. Le Ciel asked how many people would be in the band, and Ken said 10, because if someone gets sick they’ll have backups.
  • Le Ciel said they thought the answer would be a dirty joke, so they were surprised Ken answered seriously!
• Questions for Yukihiro: Again, Le Ciel asked questions that could be answered with yes (o) or no (x) signs.
  • Question: Do you get nervous on the center stage?
    • Answer: Yes (o)
    • Le Ciel asks, do you feel people’s gazes on your back? Yuki holds up both the o and x signs and Le Ciel asks him to be clear with his answer
  • Question: Your outfit always looks nice! Can you please stand up so we can see your whole body?
    • Le Ciel said the audience wants to see Yuki’s lower half. Yuki stands up, and the whole audience starts screaming like crazy. Le Ciel said, “Wow! Everyone was so excited just from seeing Yuki’s whole body! It seems like we can have world peace like this! Now let’s make the world even more peaceful!” 😂
  • Question: What kind of sushi do you like?
    • Answer: Yuki spoke and said, “Kappa maki”. Le Ciel asked, “Do you like cucumber?” and Yuki answered, “Yes.”
    • The audience was of course cheering and Le Ciel thanked Yuki for saying two words. Hyde imitated Yuki saying “Kappa maki and Le Ciel said, “Don’t be jealous, papa!”
• The next question was for the AI, to come up with a catchphrase for each member. Same question as yesterday, but today it gave different answers.
  • Answer:
    • Hyde: Timeless Voice
    • Ken: Architect of melody
    • Tetsu: Sculptor of groove
    • Yukihiro: Composer of rhythm
  • Tetsu said he wants something similar to Hyde’s nickname “angelic voice” from yesterday, and Hyde firmly said in response, “I won’t give you angelic voice!!” 😂
• Second question for the AI: What kind of new technology should L’Arc use in their 35th anniversary concert?
  • The answer was quite long and mentioned things like AR, holograms, past footage, 3D sound system, and smart devices.
  • Hyde said it sounds like it’ll cost a lot of money!
• Le Ciel left the stage, and then Ken asked, “Papa, should we go to the next song?” Hyde said it’s complicated now that he has multiple nicknames. The audience was calling out “Papa!” “Angelic voice!” and “Yukki!!” Then Hyde said, “I’m kappa maki. The next song is Bye Bye!”
• Hyde’s last MC before My Heart Draws a Dream was quite long. Key points:
  • He talked about how they walk through the passageways underneath the catwalks to get to the stage, and he’s happy to hear the cheers of the audience even before the show starts. It makes him really happy and think, “This is it!”
  • He also thinks it’s really impressive how the center stage can be built in just half a day. He feels deep emotion thinking that today is the last day he’ll walk with his shoulders hunched through those passageways.
  • The audience’s lights from the L’Lights look like stars, which is linked with the song lyrics. He thinks it’s cute and that he feels like he’s not alone, everyone is there with the band!
  • He asked if everyone enjoyed hearing rare songs on this tour, and thanked the audience for their opinions, because otherwise this interesting tour might not have happened. He also said, “Tetsuya-san was working to improve the production every day, which I thought was really great!” Tetsu looked really happy at this comment, and the audience cheered a lot!
  • Yokohama Arena is a special place for the band because the MMXX tour was canceled four years ago during covid. But then the fans did “Air MMXX” (on Twitter), and he’ll never forget that. It’s great to have your dreams come true, but even if they don’t, the process of getting there is wonderful too, and that is the band’s source of motivation. All the feelings of wanting to perform here today and meet everyone led to this day.
  • “Thank you to everyone for coming!!”

Post-show
Ken and Yuki left the stage shortly after the last song as usual, but Tetsu and Hyde stayed and circled the stage and the catwalks. Tetsu was holding up a black towel with the old L’Arc~en~Ciel logo, and when he crossed paths with Hyde, they hugged each other! (It was a natural hug today, not like the previous day) Then they linked hands and raised them together in the “Banzai” gesture! At the end they high-fived, and Hyde left the stage.
Then Tetsu went around by himself, asking the audience if they had fun and if they’re feeling lonely now. He said he’s feeling lonely too! He raised the towel over his head and said, “We’ll meet again! Matta ne! Thank you!!”
The arena went dark, and then a digest video of the Underground tour started playing. At the very end, the screen showed:
209,095 people SOLD OUT Attendance THANX!!
Then commercials about the 30th L’Anniversary Blu-ray and July WOWOW broadcast played. Afterwards, the screen showed footage of a recording studio and the text: “New song in the making…”
The audience screamed, and Tetsu appeared again under a big spotlight. He shouted, “Matta ne!! Thank you for loving L’Arc!!!”
And that was the end of the tour!

Final thoughts

I’m so glad I was able to attend this tour! I was already impressed with the February shows at the very start of the tour, but it was great to be able to see how it evolved towards the end as well. I’ll never forget the experience of seeing the band right at the arena barrier on Saitama Day 2!
Although I’ve been a fan for 20+ years, I hadn’t followed L’Arc much since I saw them on the 2012 World Tour. They’re better now than they were back then, and compared to 20 years ago! Watching the concerts from 20 years ago and how rough Hyde could sound then, I never would have thought that Hyde could still sing in the year 2024, and sing so much better now! The performance skills and sound from all four members is amazing – I’ve never heard such clear sound from all four parts in a rock concert before. It’s not just the music, but all aspects of the show were awesome – the staging, lights, special effects, entertainment with the quizzes and MCs, member interactions, etc. The MCs felt like a comedy show sometimes, and the member interactions were so cute and adorable! (It’s really hard to believe that behind the scenes, they barely talk to each other!)
Like Tetsu and Hyde said in the media recently, “L’Arc is the coolest right now.” After seeing this tour, I really believe it! After all these years of not seeing them (or even listening to their music much), this tour reminded me of why they’re so special and unique. There really is no other band like L’Arc.
Tetsu said on his radio show he’s already thinking ahead to the next thing, and the 35th anniversary. I’m looking forward to whatever they do next!
If you made it all the way to the end of these reports, thanks for reading! I’d love to hear your comments. :)

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