I figured something should be said about this for completeness sake...

Event 
       Girls Be Graduation Concert 
Location 
       Coke Step Hall (Osaka) 
Date 
       1997.12.14 
Time 
       17:30 - 19:20 
Guests 
       Toyoshima Machiko (豊嶋真千子) 
       Kuwashima Houko (桑島法子) 
Cost 
       4500 yen

Report version 0.5 by Joe Petrow, 1998.01.03
(based on Kawasaki concert report by Hitoshi Doi)

This was the first of two concerts by Girls Be, marking the end of
their year-long partnership.  Coke Step Hall was on the fourth floor
of a large shopping mall.  Goods being sold at this concert included
programs, phone cards, and mouse pads, as well as their previously
released CDs and posters.  The concert venue was all standing, and
with number 333, I was in around the 9th row of people in the center.
But the stage was also set back about 10 feet from the crowd (it was
not like this at Club Citta).  Given my placement, and the depth of
the crowd (it seemed to be completely full), it seemed like there were
over 800 people in the crowd.  For unexplained reasons, the show
started a half hour after the scheduled start time.

The setlist was the same as for the Kawasaki concert one week later: 

      French Daisakusen no Opening Theme 
      Zettai Dame yo! 
      Aisatsu I (with different opening talk) 
      Girls Be 
      Seifuku 
      Koneko to Ojiisan 
      Who Are You? 
      Akabana no Tonakai (Japanese "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer") 
      Cecil no Yakusoku 
      Mayonaka ni Oideyo 
      Kimi to Kiss Shitai 
      Hidoi Boku Dakedo 
      Shikkari Shiteyo 
      [encore] Kiyoshi Konoyoru (Japanese "Silent Night") 
      [encore] Akarui 
      [double encore] Girls Be

The French Daisakusen no Opening Theme had a "skit" with some bad guys
running around, and Machiko and Houko chasing them (or maybe they were
being chased)  They seemed to time this better than for Kawasaki.  They
seemed to perform "Seifuku" a little cleaner as well (perhaps they were
less nervous performing in Osaka?)

The Christmas drama was virtually identical to the one in Kawasaki,
except that this was dated December 14th.

Because the Girls Be radio show ran in Osaka, they talked a little more
about the show and their "characters" (Houko as "Tsukrikawa-kun",
Machiko as "Nakazumi-chan") during the skit at Machiko's house than they
did in Kawasaki.  Machiko gave Houko a birthday present of some very
colorful pajamas, that Houko would eventually wear during the house
skit in Kawasaki.

During the teddy bear drama (where they complained that Machiko's house
was cold, as opposed to when they complained it was too hot in Kawasaki)
Houko as Tsurikawa-kun said, "I'm not sure exactly when we turned into
bears, but..."

During the encore talk before Akarui, the talk was still serious, but a
lot less sad than in Kawasaki, because in the words of one fan, "There's
still one more! [show]"  Houko was close to crying, but nothing like how
she ended up a week later.

Though coming out for a double encore was initially a surprise, the fact
that they had two huge balloons sent into the crowd led me to believe it
wasn't entirely spontaneous.  The balooons never really made it to the
back, as the fans keeping throwing it back to the girls on stage.  After
they left the stage, the song Girls Be ended very abruptly, and after a
few seconds of cheering was followed by a sort of music box version of
Girls Be, and the announcement that the show was over.

The crowds buying goods after the show was one of the worst I have ever
seen.  While it never got violent, there was a lot of pushing and
shoving by a lot of people, and it was just as difficult to get out of
line as it was to get in it.

Joe Petrow
joepet@server.berkeley.edu
http://server.berkeley.edu/~joepet