Reaction to BAND-MAID Documentary / KANAMI by Ohrenje (Johnny Reacts) 

Just to give you a heads-up, I do waffle in this a bit, and perhaps I should have cut it out, but I want to do these reactions in one take so kept the waffles in.

If you get emotional watching these, it is because you love them, even if you haven't figured that out yet. What makes Band-Maid great is not any single member, it is all of them and what they are together.

For me..Kanami is the most impressive musician of the 21st Century. My alltime favourite musician always. Lovin’ and respect her so much 🔥🤘❤️

Great emotional reaction to the Kanami's documentary. Rightfully so. She's so pure of heart. The message towards the end...about leaving or taking a break...but her band-mates keep her going, also trigger some heart tugging emotions for me. I also remember when Kanami started playing the intro to Daydreaming at Yokohama arena. I was in awe...and was lost in the moment. Not going to lie...shed a few tears listening to that intro...especially finding out it lead into Daydreaming, my favorite song. And looking around me...I wasn't the only one in total awe and shedding a tear. It was surreal as it was so quiet except for that magical sound coming from talented and gifted genius Kanami. That is the power of great music. It reaches into your heart and soul...and moves you emotionally. PO!🕊 🤘😆🤘

I made a living drumming and crewing in the Oz music scene for a long time, Im now 65 and life's pleasures are simply quantified, my Granddaughters, beer, having a hoot behind the kit and the mighty, mighty BAND -MAID, Kanami = musical genius, what a fcken band Po, cheers 👍🍻

I was so happy to see that you decided to continue with the Docuseries. You will not be let down as you continue on, they are all top notch, enjoy. Mincho truly is a special lady, we are so fortunate to have her, she gives us all great joy through her music.

That last piece, the intro to Day Dreaming for the 10th anniversary finale at Yokohama Arena, for me, is the single best moment I have heard so far from Kanami It is simply beautiful.

Kanami..the special lady..❤❤❤

It's not even just that being multitalented is rare. Imagine how often those rare few either never discover it, choose to reject it or simply rest on one talent. Not only do you have to be born special, you have to be born with the drive and then live a life that allow you to realize it.

Somebody said Band Maid is a musical gift to the world! I agree 100%, but I also think that another musical gift to the world is KANAMI!!! She is absolutely amazing musician! Genius!!! Thank you for this program .

Kanami🥰 She's the most adorable and beautiful person I have ever seen. And she is a genius. Great reaction as usual Johnny.

I grew up on expressive guitarists like Eddie Van Halen, Warren Di Martini, Satriani, Alex Lifeson, etc... Kanamincho is one of the most expressive guitarists I have heard and she is currently my favorite musician along with her bandmates. Absolutely a stunning band to see live, in person. The joy and love flows from the stage when Kanami plays. Great reaction!

There are precious few guitarists that can get me emotional through their playing (Knopfler, Gilmour and Santana) but Kanami Tono does that on a regular basis. Her playing and her composing just resonates through me. She is indeed a genius. Johnny, as always your comments were thoughtful and heartfelt and I appreciate that. 🤘✌

You can see the part where Saiki throws the mic stand in this video. Kanami is an amazing guitarist, but I think the area where she truly shines is as a musician/composer/teacher, one of the best out there right now.

When I first started listening to Band -Maid , I was thinking why do these songs sound so familiar yet are brand new to me. Kanami 's writing does that. Mixing different styles, a lot of times in the same song. One of my favorites is "Take Me Higher !! " , It sounds so classic rock, you are sure you heard it 40-50 years ago.

Our guitar queen, the little genius... She shreds, Kanami destroys her guitar... Genius composer; rock star queen!

one of things she said that moved me was that she said in an interview that the thing that stand out the most at YOKOHAM ARENA live show is MIKU's guitar playing. she cried as she praises MIKU's tireless efforts , not her performance😊

As you gradually complete the documentaries on these 5 ladies, you may already have guessed that they all equal genius's. This is so magical and beautiful, like a fairytale, and is the reason why they achieve so much together. But, we owe it all to Miku and the band know's this, and who is like the mother hen with her chicks and who share mutual love and respect for each other which extends to the fans. Great reaction yet again. Thanks.

Waffling is fine as long as it's Band-Maid waffle and not the Belgian potato-based food. Great that you're watching Ohrenje's informative videos as they are the best way to learn about band members. Obi-Wan Kanami is a songwriting maestro and a non-stop worker at her crafts.

From Japan I've been waiting for you to watch this documentary. Thank you. I've been listening to many great artists and bands for over 50 years. Some of them were musicians I considered geniuses. But Kanami is special. For the first time in my life, I can say with confidence that she is a genius, no matter what anyone says. The miracle band "Band-Maid" is proof of that. Please don't miss any of their music from now on. I look forward to your next reaction.

One of the best comments i habe Seen so far thanks for your time and work greeting from germany

Nice reaction. All the videos are very good so please do the others, all the members are very interesting. Best rock band on the planet.

❤ of course MINCHO😊😊 Turn. Love and THANKS.

Just the right amount of waffle for me. Nice Job. Go and have a look at Saiki and Kanami's version 1, not as dense on info as these version 2s but there is the odd wee extra bit of info in them (and with different examples). They will also give you a good feel of what Akane''s MISA's and Miku's current versions are like.

Strength to strength to strength. Man, they have so far... I'm looking forward to the future.

I don't know how Kanami does it, but even her heavy riffs get me emotional. She transfers emotion through her guitar.

The full realization of Mincho's genius hit me gradually, as the number of Band-Maid songs I had listened to went from 10, 20, 30, 50, 80 + and it seemed like not only was every song seemingly even better than the one before, but even time I listened to the same song I noticed something new and interesting. Most bands would kill for one of their "worst" ones. I'm still noticing things I hadn't heard before on songs I've listened to over 1,000 times. She is just super special. And these docs, I mean wow. @Ohrenje really went above and beyond here - SO good!! Good bands are fun, but great bands hit you hard emotionally - and these ladies are all of that and more.

That last song is "Daydreaming", there's an official MV on their channel. The version here is from the Yokohama Arena 10th Anniversary show with extended intro. I always tend to lose it when I hear that acoustic version of "Anemone", well frankly any version (the original or the Band-Maiko). FYI this was the last updated episode, not sure when the new ones for the other 3 members will be released. The older videos are only a year-ish old. They'd still be worth the watch after these 2.

Somewhere on RU-vid is a video claiming classical music is just heavy metal before electricity. It is not entirely tongue-in-cheek.

It's your reaction channel, so do what you want. I enjoy the comments you insert. You definitely need to react to Daydreaming - you will love it! The Kannai Devil TV show on which Band-Maid appeared from 2017-2020 can be seen on the Rainman channel, and is really entertaining.

The Cool Composing Commando Kanami. Thanks Johnny

Kanami Kanamincho Minco!

Thank you Johnny for your reaction and all your kind words ❤

Johnny, this is cool. I was stationed in Yokusuka when I was a hospital corpsman in the Navy. I loved taking the train to Kamakura (you're right, Kamakura is beautiful with its famous Buddha), Yokohama (first place I tried suchi), and of, course, Tokyo. I love Japan and hope to revisit it in the future. It's definitely a bucket list item. The next time it will be to catch a Band-Maid concert. Kanami is the smartest, sweetest, creative, and most humble rock guitar goddess on earth. Every Maidiac only wants to hear her play and to protect her from harm, since she is such a petite and demure young Japanese female, that reflects her upbringing. When Kanami looks at you with those big beautiful eyes of hers, you can't help but love her.

Kanami Kamamincho Mincho!

Don't worry about the *waffling* , for I quite enjoy hearing your thoughts tbh. So for me do as you do 🙂 *BAND MAID* are a unique force in music and they tend to bring out the best in everyone they reach. Even my wife mentioned how much she notices the changes they have brought to me since I came across Band Maid back in 2017. Really glad you are continuing with the docuseries.. it's an incredible one indeed. 🤘❤‍🔥🤘

Here’s an example of Kanami’s genius. BAND-MAID played an online Christmas special with all acoustic music. She adapted fast moving, hard rock into acoustic songs. The videos are available on YT.

Kanami is that rare genius level songwriter who happens to also play full time lead guitar in a band, and is a workaholic. She could make a living just writing and producing music for anything - animes, shows, other bands - in probably just about any musical genre - but she gives her gifts to her awesome band. The documentary doesn't mention some things, like how Kanami taught Miku how to play the guitar, and has even written entire songs just to train her in guitar techniques ("Don't Be Long"). Imo, it also doesn't emphasize enough how the band has relied upon Kanami alone to create new music (that said, the band is very supportive and protective of Kanami - they are genuinely family to each other). Typical story for the band is back when they were winding down work on their Conqueror album, Kanami considered the work done, but the rest of the band was worried that there were not enough hard sounding songs. So with two weeks left before work needed to be done, they implored Kanami to create a new song with a harder sound. Reluctantly, Kanami plowed through and wrote an additional song before deadline (Dilemma iirc). The band also mentioned that Kanami had been throwing up due to deadline pressures during this time, and I've always thought it was connected to this.

Every time I watch the ending of this documentary, I cry. Thanks for your reaction!

I was happy to hear your take on this. Do carry on...!

I've been a blues vocalist since 1966, but my roots are in classical and opera.

stay tuned and stay vigilant. new revisions coming for the remaing 3. Thanks for sharing Ohrenje's gift to the fans...

MINCHOMANIA is what the whole world needs :)

All of Kanami's solos can make a grown man cry

You are right about the meaning of the Japanese word "hentai". The word can be used for somewhat good meaning, particularly when it is used between friends. "Hentai" could mean a person who holds on strongly to something.

I'm not sure if anything shows love and respect more than a peer pushing you to be better because they believe in you and you in return working hard at that very same thing because you love and respect what they say. Almost unbelievable that Miku and Akane accept what Kanami is pushing them to do. Mad respect. And in turn, Saiki always being there for Kanami complimenting and pushing her to keep writing. What is Band-Maid? That is Band-Maid.

The Scarlet Letter (A)nime 🤣😂🤣🤣

It might be time for you to check some of their acoustic set. They talk about "Sayonakadori" in this doc, and I think that's a good place to start. Miku on lead vocals, and Akane surprisingly on harmony. It soooo good

Love you reacting to these.

Kanami: Genius. And he can be very cute... on his own. :)

Sometimes the stillest waters are the deepest. ✨ Even before I learned more about the individual band members, the lovely Kanami had me under her spell and hasn't let me go since. To be precise, it only took her 4 minutes, which is the length of the MV for 'Thrill'.... Actually, my focus was always on the drums, and it was the same for the first few seconds of this music video. But for reasons unknown to me at the time, Kanami fascinated me with her style and her playing. With time and every scrap of information I learned, I realized why. Somehow she is surrounded by an aura that matches my first sentence of this comment. She's a truly remarkable young woman, which as you will find out, is true for each of those ladies. This is probably also on of the biggest reasons why we adore this band and each of them. And yes, that intro to Daydreaming at the end of this video is truly stunning and shows how good she is at letting her guitar speak for her (heart). ❤‍🔥 _____________________ 「 _"Our rock never dies ever. Forever!"_ 」 - from *BAND-MAID* - 'Manners' ♬🕊

👍🤘😁🥰🕊👀🤗

Great reaction to this documentary. Mincho just got her own PRS private signature guitar a true dream of hers. And upgraded your amp…telling us she looking for that next Band-Maid sound. So we should start seeing that new PRS in MVs and on stage. Her red PRS was nicknamed “Angry Larry” I wonder what her new PRS will be nicknamed? I figure Kanami is the type who sees and hear music all the time! During Pandemic she was working and writing so much music nonstop. That her band mates told her to slow down and stop overworking herself! Kanami is the workaholic off stage and Mincho is her outlet on stage! I will also have true respect for her drive and determination and will love her goofiness! She inspires others to do the their best 🤘🕊️🦍🥷👸🏻👀PO!

Now you also need to wait for the next updated version of MISA, Akane and Miku. Orenje is working on it so give him some time. or you could watch the "soon to be old" version of those documentary's

Kind of hard to believe that the reason that Kanami's songs were rejected was for "not being good enough," when suddenly her first approved song is THE most sophisticated song on the third album (by far), then suddenly produces a whole album of them the next go around. There's just so much politics and disrespect leveled at new artists by record labels.

This band has my hay fever symptoms flaring up constantly

It's sort of funny because, in my head, every time folks write comments of how much they hate the producers of The Warning's Keep Me Fed, I keep thinking they should've hired Kanami-san to produce the album. OR they should hire her to produce a future album. She's a stellar producer in my eyes. By the way, I thoroughly enjoy Keep Me Fed. :) Maybe you will also when you get around to checking the band The Warning.

Excellent review! Very insightful!

Whatever order you do these in, make sure you do Miku's last, as it's three videos in total.

Kanami

I think the word they're all looking for when trying to describe Kanami is "eccentric". A lot of truly gifted people can be described as such, brilliant but a little odd. Of course this just makes her more adorable.

I think Kanami has more than 2 personalities. She's clearly a sadist when composing music by pushing the all the other girls beyond their limits.

Miku saying Kanami was "Hentai" because the following happened: at a point during their gig, Saiki started sweating profusely on her neckline, which she wiped off and threw on the floor. So here comes Kanami and started begging for the sweat to be thrown her way! So I understand form this, that Hentai has some strong physical infatuation in it, at least in this case. And now you can rack your brain about what went on with you and your girlfriend at the time, naughty boy. 🤗

Hey John, the MAIDS just announced their 9/25 release of their new album "Epic Narratives" that includes their recent colab with The Warning!

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