Lovely reaction.😢🌦🌈They pulled out all the stops, no expense spared at Legend S for Su's 20th birthday celebration in her home town Hiroshima with the live piano and strings (the only time I can think of where they have had those) and this is the definitive performance of No Rain, No Rainbow.

They played an intro video before this performance as well which referenced the Hiroshima bomb and the black acid rain that fell afterwards and that only added to the emotion.

The video editing is also very good - it is not a coincidence that as Su sings the line "We shall never meet again, but I want to not forget you for ever" the camera focuses on Mikio Fujioka (RIP).  This was the last time he played with BABYMETAL before his tragic accident just 3 weeks or so later.

'No Rain, No Rainbow' has been performed live just 7 times.  Legend 1999 June 2013, Budokan Black Night March 2014, Tokyo Dome 2016, both nights at Legend S December 2017 and two of the 10 Budokan shows in 2021.  Those last two performances also had an intro video with a story about a piano, but it added to the fact that Su also sat at (and on their radio show last week she confirmed she  played) the piano midway though the song before a significant (I think 17 second?) break in complete darkness and silence.

Su was not entirely happy with her performance the first time they performed this song at the Legend 1999 concert in June 2013.  She felt she was concentrating more on hitting the notes and singing the right lyrics and that she didn't have the life experience to do the song the emotional justice.
It was for this reason that she decided she wasn't ready to record the song for the first album as well.  Only when she saw people crying in the audience at a later performance did she realise she could effect people emotionally with her voice and only then did she agree to record the song - it was on the second album.

The song itself is an homage to or inspired by X Japan's classic 'Endless Rain'.

It is even more poignant when sung in Hiroshima, SU's hometown 😭
And this song was written at a time when Japan was still mourning the loss of so many people in a massive earthquake and tsunami. In fact, I was healed by  this song. It gave me a positive feeling to remember the many lives lost, but to live with hope.

Ooh, the "LEGEND S" version 😮 That one is particularily beautiful!

Keep in mind, that "LEGEND S" was the first concert without YUIMETAL. SU-METAL said in an interview, that this concert was very tough for her and MOAMETAL, as they had to adapt to the fact that YUIMETAL was missing. She said, that both of them almost couldn´t stand, that the audience was so much with them... almost as to help them compensate the "loss" of YUIMETAL (we didn´t know that YUIMETAL will leave at that point in time, "LEGEND S" was in December, 2017). For example, during "Meta Taro", the audience (!) sang YUIMETAL´s part. It was a quite emotional concert, but it most probably wasn´t planned as such. It was probably planned as being the introduction to the "Dark Side" lore, preceding the "METAL GALAXY" album.

The concert opener was "In The Name Of", and it was a stunning, dark, and extremely powerful performance. Nicknamed "The Fox Chariot" 😉

Thanks for sharing you reaction, beautiful.  In these moments with SU-METAL, I feel pain and longing, but also a sense of closure and accomplishment. She is a phenomenal story teller.  Make sure to check out the other live performances of this song.  She always shines.

I was so glad back in 2017 when I learned that BABYMETAL does not only create great heavy music, but awesome ballads as well. I love a good ballad, and NRNR still drives me to tears every time I listen to it, especially with this particular performance. Su's eyes during the last verse are squeezing me dry, if it hasn't already happened at that point.
Also, as a guitarist, I have listened to a lot of guitar music, but the solos in this song are among the ones that touch me the most. Great skill, great emotion!
It's interesting that you are mentioning the vibe of death and funerals, as this was Mikio's last performance with them before his tragic accident, which cost him his life at age 36. This makes it particularly hard to watch this video, especially when the lyrics say "even though we'll never meet again, I don't want to forget you ever" while he's fading out on the screen. :-( We miss you, little God!

⚡ / ☂ 🌈 - Great song choice.
As other commenters have pointed out, this song and performance are very special.
This December 2017 show celebrated Su's 20th birthday, the traditional age of adulthood in Japan.    
Yui was supposed to perform at this concert, but was unable to appear because of unspecified health reasons.    
The introduction just before this song refered to to the bombing of Hiroshima, Su's home prefecture, and the location of the two 'LEGEND S - BAPTISM XX' concerts.    
This intro was added for these shows.
That doesn't mean the song was originally written to be about those events, just that they were drawing a connection for these two special concerts in Su's home prefecture of Hiroshima.  
The last line of this song is:    
"An endless rain fills my heart, forever."    
That's a reference to the X-Japan song 'Endless Rain'.
Su-metal and Moametal were later able to join Yoshiki; X-Japan's leader, songwriter, drummer and pianist for a performance of that song on Japanese TV, with some other special guests.
Of course Su delivers this song with clarity and emotional resonance.
If she didn't love singing so much, she could have been an exceptional actress.

RIP Ko-Gami🤘🦊This was Mikio's last performance before his death. The concert was held on Suzuka's 20th birthday in her hometown of Hiroshima. Su sings as if she felt that Yui would never return and was saying goodbye to her. The concert was almost canceled without Yui, but Moa knew how important it was to Suzuka and decided to do it alone. The audience sang Yui's lines many times because there was no time to rewrite the choreography for Moa alone, and Yui was missing from many parts. I think this is where the bond between Su and Moa became unbreakable. Thy Ivy, nice job!

Good morning (Japan time) ☆彡
I completely agree with Ivy's sentiments. (^^♪
There are various interpretations among THEONE fans, based on the events that occurred at the time. My brother and I had been listening to it live for three years, so we were just happy to finally hear it on the album. ☆彡
I remember crying while listening to it live at the time, just because it's a beautiful song.
This time, I'll be sharing an excerpt from a 2016 interview with Sumetal. (^^💦
◆billboard japan　2016年
SU-METAL: This song has been around for about three years. So it wouldn't have been strange if it had been on our first album. But honestly, when I first sang it, I didn't really understand the meaning of the lyrics. As we performed more and more live shows and I grew as a person, I was able to express not only my technique, but also my emotions properly. I think it's a song that has grown through live shows.
see you🦊☕☆彡

No one does emotions like Su and her eyes always shine . their is always a light shining in them  . just before the show Yui was advised by her doctor not to perform for health reasons and Su and Moa performed as a duo .
Yui's health did not  improve she never performed or seen again  and later that year she left  BabyMetal . 😁
🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼

Какой же у Сузуки всё голос, она единственная кто своим голосом открывает слёзные каналы в моих глазах.😢😢😢, хотя вроде, особой впечатлительностью не отличаюсь. ❤️‍🔥🔥❤️‍🔥🔥❤️‍🔥🔥

This is such a beautiful song and beautifully performed by the finest (Mikio ❤) Kami Band and queen SU.

Ваш комментарий: «Надеюсь, эта песня не отражает ту потерю и горе, которые она на самом деле пережила», к сожалению, точен. Эта песня символизирует три потери. Во-первых, этот концерт состоялся вскоре после ухода Юи из BABYMETAL. Во-вторых, гитарист, игравший соло во время интерлюдии и концовки, умер в следующем месяце от падения во время наблюдения за звездами. В-третьих, этот концерт состоялся в Хиросиме, родном городе SU-METAL и месте, где была сброшена первая в мире атомная бомба. Эта песня, кажется, затронула жизни многих людей. Если кто-то уже писал подобное, я прошу прощения за повторение.

Wow, what a surprise! I was used to hearing Baby Metal that was very "metal."
A beautiful, melodic song, sad if you like, but as the title says, "No Rain, No Rainbow," if there are no tears, you can't enjoy happiness.
I haven't read the text, at least that's what I understood.

One of my favourite songs. 🔥🦊🔥

You should watch the opening to this concert. It is amazing and mind blowing

Absolutely amazing.  I do love this .....thanks BabyMetal

The first full concert without YUIMETAL and the last time we ever saw Mikio perform. ( RIP little god.). The song just feels so much more emotional due to the circumstances behind it. Even Su getting teary eyed mid way through made this show so special and emotional. AKATSUKI ( unfinished) at the legend 1997 show also adds that extra bit of emotion. The onion ninjas attack in both these songs. 🥹🦊🥹

THIS IS A GREAT CHOICE , IVY ! THIS IS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE BABYMETAL SONG ! LARGELY BECAUSE OF SU-METAL'S VOCAL !

My high emotional comment on Patreon, this is for the "Algorism" ... and .…
🦊🦊🦊 For The Fox-God 🦊🦊🦊

you might be right, I have read that Su has in fact teared up during the performance of this song. Well done, Ivy!

R.i.p,  Mikio Fujioka 🎸(Kami Band) 😭🦊🤘💐