98.12.28 Otokotachi no Wakare

On December 28, 1998, the last day of the Otokotachi no Wakare tour, Fishmans would perform their final concert at Akasaka Blitz.

While initially intended as a farewell to bassist Yuzuru Kashiwabara, who was departing from the band, it ultimately served as a farewell to frontman Shinji Sato and to Fishmans as a whole, as Sato suddenly died within months, more or less ending the band as they did not release any new music and only performed reunion shows from then on.

Fishmans performed a multitude of their most beloved songs and singles, including "Hikōki", "Ikareta Baby", "Night Cruising", "Melody", "Walking in the Rhythm", and "Yurameki in the Air".

The concert encapsulated the band's progression stylistically from music heavily influenced by reggae and dub, to dream pop and neo-psychedelia at the end of their career.

In a review for The Michigan Daily, Sayan Ghosh wrote the album is "a triumph", specifically praising Sato's powerful and passionate voice and the embellishments on "Long Season" that "add new dimensions to the music".

Visual Guide to the 98.12.28 Otokotachi no Wakare version of Long Season.