Aaaaand here we are. We didn’t get any live this month, so I could have posted them much earlier, but anyway.
As usual, bold is for the most played songs (Touhou, original), while italic is for the songs that got their first live performance during this year.
- Gensou no Satellite x23
- Mesen x23
- Machibito wa Kozu. x19
- Furubokko x15
- Trauma Recorder x15
- Ikiru no ga Heta na dake x15
- Kakoinaki yo wa Ichigo no Tsukikage x15
- Solid x12
- Saru x10
- Zurezure na Hibi x10
- Hakanaki Mono Ningen x8
- Ikkagetsu x7
- Yodare x7
- Panorama x6
- Fusoku Hokou x6
- Kyouen x6
- Inzen x6
- Sharekoube x5
- Fabulous x5
- Tiramisu Cowboy x4 :goldensad:
- Radical Shoujo x4
- Hakusen x4
- Gekkou x4
- Circus x3
- Fuwari Kakusei x3
- Nai. x3
- Y x3
- Warp On x3
- Rougetsu x3
- Eien ni Tsudzuku Yume x3
- Yumezakura x2
- Kyoai x2
- Haruka Tooi Sora no Koe x2
- Panorama Girl x2
- Kasho no Yume x2
- Yurara Kamishibai x2
- Ashita no Kako x2
- Chuudou Hokou x2
- Sleep Junkie x2
- Chiguhagu na Sekai x2
- Hikkyou Joubutsu x2
- Itami Honpo
- Yuukeimukei
- Motelab.
- The fear is oneself
- Unmei no Wa
- Aoi Miren, Aoi Namida
- Yume janai Nanika
- Ikiru
- Revoleader Align
- Itsumo no Futari
- Moonstone
- Pyrite
- Ondeko no Namida
- Minna no
- Hito no Tame
- Yakeru you na Aka de
- Mirai
- Chosha Fumei wa Tayasuku Nusumareru
- Shikaban Hyakkiyakou Emaki
- Karisome no Seven Wonder
- Sakebe
- Good Meister
- Sorairo Ribbon
- ETSU
- Munmun Manman
- Touhou Youyoumu [Sekkenya cover]
I think one of the fondest BUTAOTOME-related memories I have from this year is the whole live stats making. This year I tried to build them as soon as a new setlist was published. I saw how the original/major songs were above the Touhou songs during the first part of the year. And more importantly, I saw how Mesen, a simple song from a newly released album, managed to rise above everything else, challenging the 2010 hits that will never be abandoned and even getting the first place, sometimes even above the undroppable Gensou no Satellite. The Mesen VS GenSate duel almost became a topic in my community. I even made a couple of memes about it… I was not really fond of the Aun song earlier in the year, but now I admit it has a special spot thanks to my wonderful Scott and these live stats. I thought it would have been cool to see a different song in the number one spot, and even if it ended with a draw I’m still happy!
Special thanks to all the people who posted BUTAOTOME setlists on Twitter, in particular to Ark Lucifead (for being faster than the Butaotome members for posting them) and Comp (who kindly posted one of the non-Japanese setlists when I asked him). Now, to another year full of lives!