There is much lolling to be had in the land of JE, this is why jpop has caught me so hard. <3
Okay, not everything is actually gay rainbow-band-related, but it's all at least JE related, so that still counts as boyband tardery.
Totally.
♥ - Wait, wait, wait, is this true? That Aiba wears that bracelet to protect himself from ghosts? I-- I knew he was afraid of ghosts/that he says he sees ghosts sometimes and I know he wears that bracelet all the time, but I'm not sure if this is right...? If it is, though... I will seriously cry with laughter for, like, an hour. ILUSM AIBA.
(I would seriously read a fic about Aiba going out and researching this sort of thing to find the perfect charm to ward off ghosts. You know he'd be totally serious about it and Ohno probably would be too and then they'd drag Jun along because it's shopping for accessories and Matsujun is good at that sort of thing, right? :D :D :D Nevermind that he's facepalming at having to be seen in public with the two idiots who are having a long, serious conversation over this. WHY DO YOU DEPRIVE ME, FANDOM?)
♥ - Speaking of loving Aiba, he was the first that caught my attention on the Kiiroi Namida audio commentary translations. Just.
Aiba-chan and Kashii Yu are together by the river:
Nino: Did you talk with each other, Aiba-san?
Aiba-chan: We did.
Nino: What did you talk about?
Aiba-chan: Kashii-chan said she likes motorcycles. I told her I like them too!
Nino: But you don't.
Aiba-chan: ...Yes.
*snickers*
Aiba-chan: It was to keep our conversation going! I tried my best!
MatsuJun: Kashii-chan will be shocked to hear this!
AHAHAHAHA, OH, GOD, I LOVE YOU, AIBA.
I mean, it's sweet that he was just trying to keep the conversation going and trying really hard to find something in common with her, but it's even more adorable that he pretty much just flat-out admits that he was lying and yet is SO GODDAMNED ADORABLE ABOUT IT that I just can't stand it. I would be flattered as hell if Aiba lied to me to try to keep talking to me. *violently heartmarks*
They also reiterate that whole thing about how they're pretty terrible at making friends/interacting with other people when all five of them are on a set, because if it's the five of them, then that's good enough for them. On the one hand, I feel badly for them because I know they like being open and friendly to people. On the other hand, that's why I fell in love with them right there, because the five of them are enough for each other and they're fantastic enough to admit that they're kind of lame that way. ILU ALL, ARASHI. ;__;<3
♥ - I was reading the Duet 2007.11 translation and it was very cute and very fun, they were talking about various things they could do in the upcoming year, since they were getting on towards 10 years together as Arashi.
And this is a really long quote, I'm sorry, but I couldn't figure out where to snip it and it's quite a ways down into the article, so I wanted to point out the specific part I meant--the whole thing is totally worth reading, though. Anyway. Quote:
Facing the 10th anniversary, an unparalleled absolutely secret project begins?!
Sho: We've come to do a lot of work as well ne. Speaking of things we haven't done isn't "doing a musical all together" the only thing?
Nino: Wouldn't the play (Straight Play) be good? Without being bound to a musical.
Jun: Should we do one at this point in time? Doing a play with all 5 of us would be a lot of trouble.
Aiba: As a commemoration for our 10th anniversary I guess? Sakurai-san, you like musicals ne.
Nino: There's a lot to think about ne. But without confining ourselves to a musical...
Sho: on the other hand, we have no reason not to confine ourselves to a musical right? Because the only thing we haven't done is "a musical with all 5 of us".
Nino: We haven't done a play either.
Sho: I've got it! Let's be voice actors together. We haven't done that?
Nino: Although we guested on [kochi Kame] as "Arashi" ne.
Sho: Then let's be the voice actors on a musical anime.
Aiba: What is this "musical anime"?
Sho: There's nothing like that at this point in time, we'd be opening up a new genre. Because no one's done it yet.
Jun: Is that interesting?
Sho: Seeing that no one's done it, maybe it's not interesting... Ah, that's it! Let's do a Disney-type one!. the five of us in [Tarzan]!
Nino: Who would play what role?
Sho: All of us would be Tarzan. Arashi's starring movie [Tarzan]! Not an anime, but real-life filming.
Jun: While we're at it, shall we do a magazine cover? in Tarzan outfits. (yes please!XD)
Aiba: Although there's no person who has the body to do a cover in the nude (laughs).
Jun: For that let's all go to the gym and work hard.
Sho: Well, that's how it is (laughs).
TRULY, SHO IS ONE OF US. HE IS OF OUR PEOPLE.
I couldn't have suggested more beautifully retarded ideas if I'd been trying! AN ALL-ARASHI MUSICAL. OR AN ANIME. OR OR OR! A TARZAN MOVIE!
A REAL LIFE TARZAN FILMING.
WITH ALL OF THEM AS TARZAN.
OR AT LEAST DO THAT AS A PHOTO SHOOT.
AIBA SAYING THAT NONE OF THEM HAD THE BODY FOR IT.
I was crying, you guys.
♥ - I... I am officially okay with Aiba's hair color now.
Jesus, Aiba.
Between that and this (especially the first cap where the two girls are holding onto his arms), it's like Aiba's trying to kill me with the hotness.
A-also, that three piece suit is not only smoking hot on Aiba, it also lends itself so very well to the plethora of fantasies about someone properly grooming him all crowding their way into my head.
Goddamn, Aiba. That's... that's really nice. *____*
♥ - I have watched the funniest thing in, like, ever. There's a handful of Arashi no Waza-ari ending talk scenes up on YouTube, where they all (and the co-host of the program) do a janken game to see who gets flicked in the head by the other members.
So, I was downloading/watching a bunch of episodes to see if there were more talks. (Downloading from clubbox, you guys. That's how bad this obsession with jpop is, I hate that damn downloading program.) Apparently, they didn't do that many of them and, gosh, I can't imagine why. But episode six had the most beautiful thing I have ever fucking seen.
So, Sho loses this time and it's the same usual hilarity, especially when Jun does it because he's mean about it. You can see that in the clips above, there is very little that's funnier than watching Jun do a victorious fist pump because Ohno's practically curled up on the floor in pain after being flicked in the head. (Oh, man, the sound that made. And the look on Ohno's face. asdlfkjaslkj *rewatches again*) Or watching Aiba lose at janken so Jun is practicing PSCHOLOGICAL WARFARE on him by demonstrating the uber-move he's going to use (a;sdlfkjasldkj the look on Aiba's face after Jun practically destroys the table with his demonstration, it is like someone just ran over the most adorable puppy ever) and saying, no, no, no, he wants to go last and thus really builds up the tension because asldfkjalskjas of course he's horrible to Aiba about it.
Speaking of which, Ho and I had the greatest conversation about that:
BECKY: I started watching the other Waza-ari talks and asdlfkjaslkj Jun always looks so :D :D :D :D as he calculates how to do the maximum damage.
HO: He PRACTICES
HO: Sometimes so hard you can HEAR IT
BECKY: He probably practices on Aiba. .....that would be an awesome fic, too.
HO: "*THWACK!!*" "OW, WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" "Keeping up practice."
BECKY: That's why it was never a punishment square on Aiba's boardgame from hell, despite that it would have been a great one to add to the pile. Too many traumatic flashbacks from Jun practicing on him. ):
HO: Obviously. Sometimes he has phantom pain.
HO: "OW." "what?" "...memories. ;o;"
BECKY: Once in awhile he probably still has nightmares. ):
HO: And then he won't got back to sleep until Jun kisses it better.
BECKY: Wakes up flailing and shrieking and covering his face even though no one is there.
BECKY: He probably wakes Jun at three in the morning and is so pathetic and miserable that Jun only flicks him on the head once for it. (Or twice. >_>)
Anyway. So, Sho loses and it's the usual hilarity. And finally they get around to Aiba, who starts out putting his hand on Sho's head in that move that Jun usually does--placing the index, middle, and ring fingers on the person's forehead, pulling your middle finger back as far as you can go, then letting it thwap against the person's head, which apparently really hurts.
Before he can do it, though, Sho's hair is getting the in way.
So, like the good friend that he is, Nino comes over and volunteers to hold Sho's hair back. He's nice like that.
Aiba's--I think?--talking about how he's going to do this and how it really, really hurts and then reaches over to demonstrate on Nino.
Who initially ducks away and goes WHAT THE HELL NO. Aiba just sort of goes :D at him and says, no, let me show you!
So Nino lets him!
This move is so hard that it actually knocks Nino's head back and he flails away a bit with an OW OW OW OW OW. Jun is practically doubled over in hysterical laughter. The look on Sho's face as he realizes he's next and is whining that HE DOESN'T WANT TO DOOOO IIIIIIT is beautiful.
I actually had to pause the file and go back because I was laughing too hard the first time through. ):
♥ - Speaking of things that make me LOL, I was reading this Bay Storm 2007.10.21 translation and it's full of the random weird awesome that is Nino, but the anecdote at the bottom about how Nino likes to name video game characters (especially RPG characters) "Kazunari" instead of their given names in the game, so that when the hero saves the world, the screen will read, "Thank you, Kazunari!!" and Nino likes that... it was one of those moments that hit me just right and made me dissolve into giggles.
Of course Nino likes to name the game characters after himself to get the praise and has felt less enthused with RPGs since more and more of them won't let you rename your characters.
♥ - So, I've seen reports that Jun atteneded Aiba's stage play and reports that Nino went as well. I'm really curious about this, because the second one has a source, but fybabe's information is almost always right. Either way! Aiba/Nino and/or Aibajun love! I win no matter what! \o/
♥ - .............oh my god. CRYING. CRYING SO HARD. AS:LJASLASLKJA ILU, BOYBANDS. SMAP! And the Backstreet Boys! On the same stage! Singing I Want It That Way together!
It's like--
Like--
My world will never, ever be the same again. Never ever.
There's also one of SMAP x Black Eyed Peas where they sing "Where is the Love?" together.
I--
Yeah. I'm pretty sure I'm never going to stop laughing.
Of course, this also kicked off a batshit YouTube hunt and then I watched stuff like:
→SMAP x Cyndi Lauper in a We Are The World parody, which is so batshit insane that I'm not entirely convinced I'm not drunk right now (also, I love how terrible they sound next to someone who can sing)
→SMAPxSMAP with Madonna and this is just... it drags a little in the beginning, but then it gets really kind of... well, either hilarious or batshit or some unholy combination of the two and asdlfkjasdlkfs the expression on her face, it's such a beautiful "WTF?" look <3
Totally.
♥ - Wait, wait, wait, is this true? That Aiba wears that bracelet to protect himself from ghosts? I-- I knew he was afraid of ghosts/that he says he sees ghosts sometimes and I know he wears that bracelet all the time, but I'm not sure if this is right...? If it is, though... I will seriously cry with laughter for, like, an hour. ILUSM AIBA.
(I would seriously read a fic about Aiba going out and researching this sort of thing to find the perfect charm to ward off ghosts. You know he'd be totally serious about it and Ohno probably would be too and then they'd drag Jun along because it's shopping for accessories and Matsujun is good at that sort of thing, right? :D :D :D Nevermind that he's facepalming at having to be seen in public with the two idiots who are having a long, serious conversation over this. WHY DO YOU DEPRIVE ME, FANDOM?)
♥ - Speaking of loving Aiba, he was the first that caught my attention on the Kiiroi Namida audio commentary translations. Just.
Aiba-chan and Kashii Yu are together by the river:
Nino: Did you talk with each other, Aiba-san?
Aiba-chan: We did.
Nino: What did you talk about?
Aiba-chan: Kashii-chan said she likes motorcycles. I told her I like them too!
Nino: But you don't.
Aiba-chan: ...Yes.
*snickers*
Aiba-chan: It was to keep our conversation going! I tried my best!
MatsuJun: Kashii-chan will be shocked to hear this!
AHAHAHAHA, OH, GOD, I LOVE YOU, AIBA.
I mean, it's sweet that he was just trying to keep the conversation going and trying really hard to find something in common with her, but it's even more adorable that he pretty much just flat-out admits that he was lying and yet is SO GODDAMNED ADORABLE ABOUT IT that I just can't stand it. I would be flattered as hell if Aiba lied to me to try to keep talking to me. *violently heartmarks*
They also reiterate that whole thing about how they're pretty terrible at making friends/interacting with other people when all five of them are on a set, because if it's the five of them, then that's good enough for them. On the one hand, I feel badly for them because I know they like being open and friendly to people. On the other hand, that's why I fell in love with them right there, because the five of them are enough for each other and they're fantastic enough to admit that they're kind of lame that way. ILU ALL, ARASHI. ;__;<3
♥ - I was reading the Duet 2007.11 translation and it was very cute and very fun, they were talking about various things they could do in the upcoming year, since they were getting on towards 10 years together as Arashi.
And this is a really long quote, I'm sorry, but I couldn't figure out where to snip it and it's quite a ways down into the article, so I wanted to point out the specific part I meant--the whole thing is totally worth reading, though. Anyway. Quote:
Facing the 10th anniversary, an unparalleled absolutely secret project begins?!
Sho: We've come to do a lot of work as well ne. Speaking of things we haven't done isn't "doing a musical all together" the only thing?
Nino: Wouldn't the play (Straight Play) be good? Without being bound to a musical.
Jun: Should we do one at this point in time? Doing a play with all 5 of us would be a lot of trouble.
Aiba: As a commemoration for our 10th anniversary I guess? Sakurai-san, you like musicals ne.
Nino: There's a lot to think about ne. But without confining ourselves to a musical...
Sho: on the other hand, we have no reason not to confine ourselves to a musical right? Because the only thing we haven't done is "a musical with all 5 of us".
Nino: We haven't done a play either.
Sho: I've got it! Let's be voice actors together. We haven't done that?
Nino: Although we guested on [kochi Kame] as "Arashi" ne.
Sho: Then let's be the voice actors on a musical anime.
Aiba: What is this "musical anime"?
Sho: There's nothing like that at this point in time, we'd be opening up a new genre. Because no one's done it yet.
Jun: Is that interesting?
Sho: Seeing that no one's done it, maybe it's not interesting... Ah, that's it! Let's do a Disney-type one!. the five of us in [Tarzan]!
Nino: Who would play what role?
Sho: All of us would be Tarzan. Arashi's starring movie [Tarzan]! Not an anime, but real-life filming.
Jun: While we're at it, shall we do a magazine cover? in Tarzan outfits. (yes please!XD)
Aiba: Although there's no person who has the body to do a cover in the nude (laughs).
Jun: For that let's all go to the gym and work hard.
Sho: Well, that's how it is (laughs).
TRULY, SHO IS ONE OF US. HE IS OF OUR PEOPLE.
I couldn't have suggested more beautifully retarded ideas if I'd been trying! AN ALL-ARASHI MUSICAL. OR AN ANIME. OR OR OR! A TARZAN MOVIE!
A REAL LIFE TARZAN FILMING.
WITH ALL OF THEM AS TARZAN.
OR AT LEAST DO THAT AS A PHOTO SHOOT.
AIBA SAYING THAT NONE OF THEM HAD THE BODY FOR IT.
I was crying, you guys.
♥ - I... I am officially okay with Aiba's hair color now.
Jesus, Aiba.
Between that and this (especially the first cap where the two girls are holding onto his arms), it's like Aiba's trying to kill me with the hotness.
A-also, that three piece suit is not only smoking hot on Aiba, it also lends itself so very well to the plethora of fantasies about someone properly grooming him all crowding their way into my head.
Goddamn, Aiba. That's... that's really nice. *____*
♥ - I have watched the funniest thing in, like, ever. There's a handful of Arashi no Waza-ari ending talk scenes up on YouTube, where they all (and the co-host of the program) do a janken game to see who gets flicked in the head by the other members.
So, I was downloading/watching a bunch of episodes to see if there were more talks. (Downloading from clubbox, you guys. That's how bad this obsession with jpop is, I hate that damn downloading program.) Apparently, they didn't do that many of them and, gosh, I can't imagine why. But episode six had the most beautiful thing I have ever fucking seen.
So, Sho loses this time and it's the same usual hilarity, especially when Jun does it because he's mean about it. You can see that in the clips above, there is very little that's funnier than watching Jun do a victorious fist pump because Ohno's practically curled up on the floor in pain after being flicked in the head. (Oh, man, the sound that made. And the look on Ohno's face. asdlfkjaslkj *rewatches again*) Or watching Aiba lose at janken so Jun is practicing PSCHOLOGICAL WARFARE on him by demonstrating the uber-move he's going to use (a;sdlfkjasldkj the look on Aiba's face after Jun practically destroys the table with his demonstration, it is like someone just ran over the most adorable puppy ever) and saying, no, no, no, he wants to go last and thus really builds up the tension because asldfkjalskjas of course he's horrible to Aiba about it.
Speaking of which, Ho and I had the greatest conversation about that:
BECKY: I started watching the other Waza-ari talks and asdlfkjaslkj Jun always looks so :D :D :D :D as he calculates how to do the maximum damage.
HO: He PRACTICES
HO: Sometimes so hard you can HEAR IT
BECKY: He probably practices on Aiba. .....that would be an awesome fic, too.
HO: "*THWACK!!*" "OW, WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" "Keeping up practice."
BECKY: That's why it was never a punishment square on Aiba's boardgame from hell, despite that it would have been a great one to add to the pile. Too many traumatic flashbacks from Jun practicing on him. ):
HO: Obviously. Sometimes he has phantom pain.
HO: "OW." "what?" "...memories. ;o;"
BECKY: Once in awhile he probably still has nightmares. ):
HO: And then he won't got back to sleep until Jun kisses it better.
BECKY: Wakes up flailing and shrieking and covering his face even though no one is there.
BECKY: He probably wakes Jun at three in the morning and is so pathetic and miserable that Jun only flicks him on the head once for it. (Or twice. >_>)
Anyway. So, Sho loses and it's the usual hilarity. And finally they get around to Aiba, who starts out putting his hand on Sho's head in that move that Jun usually does--placing the index, middle, and ring fingers on the person's forehead, pulling your middle finger back as far as you can go, then letting it thwap against the person's head, which apparently really hurts.
Before he can do it, though, Sho's hair is getting the in way.
So, like the good friend that he is, Nino comes over and volunteers to hold Sho's hair back. He's nice like that.
Aiba's--I think?--talking about how he's going to do this and how it really, really hurts and then reaches over to demonstrate on Nino.
Who initially ducks away and goes WHAT THE HELL NO. Aiba just sort of goes :D at him and says, no, let me show you!
So Nino lets him!
This move is so hard that it actually knocks Nino's head back and he flails away a bit with an OW OW OW OW OW. Jun is practically doubled over in hysterical laughter. The look on Sho's face as he realizes he's next and is whining that HE DOESN'T WANT TO DOOOO IIIIIIT is beautiful.
I actually had to pause the file and go back because I was laughing too hard the first time through. ):
♥ - Speaking of things that make me LOL, I was reading this Bay Storm 2007.10.21 translation and it's full of the random weird awesome that is Nino, but the anecdote at the bottom about how Nino likes to name video game characters (especially RPG characters) "Kazunari" instead of their given names in the game, so that when the hero saves the world, the screen will read, "Thank you, Kazunari!!" and Nino likes that... it was one of those moments that hit me just right and made me dissolve into giggles.
Of course Nino likes to name the game characters after himself to get the praise and has felt less enthused with RPGs since more and more of them won't let you rename your characters.
♥ - So, I've seen reports that Jun atteneded Aiba's stage play and reports that Nino went as well. I'm really curious about this, because the second one has a source, but fybabe's information is almost always right. Either way! Aiba/Nino and/or Aibajun love! I win no matter what! \o/
♥ - .............oh my god. CRYING. CRYING SO HARD. AS:LJASLASLKJA ILU, BOYBANDS. SMAP! And the Backstreet Boys! On the same stage! Singing I Want It That Way together!
It's like--
Like--
My world will never, ever be the same again. Never ever.
There's also one of SMAP x Black Eyed Peas where they sing "Where is the Love?" together.
I--
Yeah. I'm pretty sure I'm never going to stop laughing.
Of course, this also kicked off a batshit YouTube hunt and then I watched stuff like:
→SMAP x Cyndi Lauper in a We Are The World parody, which is so batshit insane that I'm not entirely convinced I'm not drunk right now (also, I love how terrible they sound next to someone who can sing)
→SMAPxSMAP with Madonna and this is just... it drags a little in the beginning, but then it gets really kind of... well, either hilarious or batshit or some unholy combination of the two and asdlfkjasdlkfs the expression on her face, it's such a beautiful "WTF?" look <3