[2003.08.20] How’s It Going in Osaka MC
I suppose this is one of those MCs that the boys ended up being lectured by authorities. Nearly the whole span was about Ohmiya SK and Ohmiya SK themselves denying that they are Ohmiya SK, not to mention the overall flow of conversation didn’t really connect well. Nonetheless it’s still interesting to see how they were before, and how much they’ve improved the very next day (will translate soon). Please DO NOT repost without permission.
Sakurai: Everyone in Osaka, good evening! Long time no see! We’re Arashi! We will be talking a bit from now on… Oh I see that you’ve all sat down, so you already know huh… such genius. Once again, we’re Arashi. About us, you’d have noticed by now that we’re already halfway through our concert tour, and we’ve been travelling around a lot, experiencing many different things at different places. Osaka is hot, isn’t it?
Ninomiya: Hot! Very hot!! It’s 34 degrees right? Today.
Sakurai: 34 degrees? How many degrees is that?
Ninomiya: 34 degrees!
Ohno: It’s like he’s asking, what number is 110?
Matsumoto: So hard to understand.
Ninomiya: And Leader’s not giving up at all…
Sakurai: We're talking about how hot Osaka is.
Aiba: Hot indeed.
Sakurai: How long have you people been waiting outside?
Matsumoto: What do you mean by “how long”?
Sakurai: Well, for example outside Osaka-jo Hall. Since morning? Since last night?？
Matsumoto: You’re kidding right?
Sakurai: We have lots of information coming in. Okay let’s do it like this, can I see how many people have been outside for 5 hours?
Ninomiya: Wow, that’s a lot! Cause it’ not free-seating right? Waiting for 5 hours, what have you been doing then? Did you guys have your own concert too? Playing it inside your head. Quite early huh, 5 hours… about the same as us?
Matsumoto: 5 hours ago, we’re still on the plane…
Sakurai: Yeah. While you were waiting under the hot sun outside, we’re still travelling. Sorry to make you guys wait so long. Please don’t blame us, we’re sorry. Well we’ve had lots of funny things today too. First, there’s Ohmiya SK. During that home run act, what’s with that weird laugh?
Ninomiya: Well you’ve been worriedly asking if it’s okay right? You’ve come to dislike our act right? Or rather, you think that Ohmiya SK is pretty violent right? It is I, Ninomiya who’s good enough to be recommended to enter high school just by my baseball skill, but when I hit home run, but it went “sko~~n” and touched down.
Matsumoto: Shot Liner?
Ninomiya: Yeah. Then, though it’s something we should apologize for, but they were laughing all the way.
Sakurai: So who laughed first?
Ohno: The one that looks like this guy (points to Nino)
Ninomiya: The blue guy! Blue guy!
Matsumoto: Blue and silver guy?
Ninomiya: Yeah.
Sakurai: Eh!? Ah, not you guys? That’s weird. Isn’t Ohmiya SK you guys?
Ohno: They’re still in stand-by.
Matsumoto: Let’s call them out!
Aiba: Let’s do that!
Ninomiya: Nonono…
Matsumoto: I’d love to meet Ohmiya SK.
Ninomiya: Here it comes, bullying?
Sakurai: Aiba-chan won’t you try calling them? Ohmiya SK
Aiba: Eh? What if they really came after I called?
Sakurai: Aiba-chan, you know them personally?
Aiba: I’ve been talking to them this whole day.
Matsumoto: For real? Eh? Where were they? In our dressing room?
Aiba: No, in the clothing room.
Ohno: That guy was there, the blue guy. Someone get that blue guy out here.
Aiba: It’s pointless just to call one guy out.
Ninomiya: Ah~~~ this is troublesome.
Ohno: The red guy, he went home. He went home wearing sunglasses.
Matsumoto: You mean, the red guy isn’t here anymore?
Ohno: Not here not here.
Ninomiya: The blue guy isn’t here. Blue guy isn’t here either.
Matsumoto: Eh? But you said they were here just how.
Ninomiya: Blue guy has to go somewhere else.
Sakurai: Ohmiya SK, while Arashi is touring, Ohmiya SK is doing tours too?
Ninomiya: Aren’t you stating the obvious? Please don’t look down on them okay?
Sakurai: No no, that’s not what I meant.
Aiba: By themselves?
Ninomiya: It’ll be surprising if they’re actually a part of many groups right?
Matsumoto: Wait wait, eh? Ohmiya are other people right?
Ninomiya: Yes? What are you talking about?
Matsumoto: Let’s just make that clear.
Ohno: Eh?
Ninomiya: Eh?
Matsumoto: Not you guys right?
Ohno: Oh… some other guy.
Matsumoto: Then, call them out.
Ohno: I told you, the red guy went back.
Ninomiya: Don’t say Red! You. Both of them went back. But they might come out again we can’t be sure.
Sakurai: I suppose one of them is still here. Aiba-chan try calling him.
Ninomiya: I think red is here.
Ohno: Red went back. Red, he’s not in a good mood you should just let it go!
Ninomiya: Blue is a nice guy!
Aiba: I get it. Hold on.
Matsumoto: Get those staff to help look for them too.
Aiba: Wait, where?
(Aiba went in)
Ninomiya: Please work hard.
Ohno: That’s where Red was.
Ninomiya: But Blue is the nice one.
Sakurai: Well while they’re searching, let’s talk about something else. What was that, Aiba Festival? Did you know? The first son of Aiba family… is actually like a foreigner. Excuse me, Sakurai Festival, Matsumoto Festival, Aiba Festival… Festival here festival there, only Aiba-chan is different right? How come the whole of Aiba family appeared? (family photo)
Ninomiya: Right? Grandpa grandma appeared too.
Sakurai: And he said it himself. Huh? He brought his parents here without even telling them, it seems.
Ninomiya: Hahahaha.
Matsumoto: I saw that he them here just now.
Ninomiya: Yes yes. Though it’s getting kinda boring.
Sakurai: Aiba-chan did the peace sign himself. Doesn’t that seem too plain?
Ninomiya: I was surprised. Well anyway if you have anything interesting please bring it up.
Matsumoto: But I don’t have any interesting photos.
Ninomiya: Just bring your childhood photo, and your dad’s photo, like~ before and after kinda photo.
Matsumoto: I have a really interesting photo of my dad, but I don’t want to show it…
Ninomiya: Isn’t your dad quite young?
Sakurai: Matsujun’s dad? Young indeed~ He was just 3 years old then right?
Ninomiya: He’s been working hard, Jun-kun.
Matsumoyo: The one who’s been working hard is my dad.
Sakurai: Ohmiya SK cannot be found yet? Aiba-chan!
Ninomiya: What the heck are they doing… Leader go get them to come out!
Ohno: Red went back though…
Ninomiya: Red came back alright. The security guard said so.
Sakurai: He did, didn’t he? That he’s been caught by Osaka-jo Hall’s security guard before. Does anyone know about it? … Hey hey hey, what happened?
Ninomiya: Were they there? Ohmiya SK.
Ohno: Yes!
Ninomiya: Which one?
Ohno: The blue one!
Matsumoto: Blue… but he’s here?
Ninomiya: Yeah I am, but that guy is here right?
Ohno: But Red, he really dashed home! Blue is here though.
Sakurai: Which one is Blue? In Ohmiya SK.
Matsumoto: Miya K right?
Sakurai: So, Mr. Miya K, please come out! Mr. Miya K!
(Aiba-chan came out wearing Miya K’s outfit)
Ninomiya: Huh? He’s grown taller?
Matsumoto: Isn’t this interesting?
Sakurai: Wait, isn’t he wearing his pants too high-waist? (burst out laughing)
Aiba: Ah, I should pull it lower?
Ninomiya: No no, not important. Now where were we?
Sakurai: Doesn’t his face seem different?
Matsumoto: ♪ riaru de~ gomen ne~~♪
(Aiba danced to it)
Ninomiya: Look, his steps are correct.
Sakurai: Which means, he’s the real deal right?
Ninomiya: Aiba-chan!! What happened to you! Aiba-chan, where are you!?
Matsumoto: Do you know Aiba-chan?
Aiba: Hold on! I’ll bring him out!
(Aiba goes back in)
Sakurai: By the way, Mr. Miya K, where is he from?
Ninomiya: Where was he from again?
Ohno: You should know best….
Ninomiya: His hometown…
Ohno: Wasn’t it Dotonbori?
Ninomiya: He’s like, an orphan.
Ohno: Miya K is from Dotonbori. Tokyo, the red one.
(Aiba came out)
Aiba: Sorry!
Sakurai: Ah, Aiba-chan, we saw Ohmiya SK just now.
Aiba: Aww I missed it. Said he’s from Dotonbori. He spoke Kansai dialect.
Ninomiya: Really? When he came out just now, he spoke like any of us though…
Aiba: He said “seya, seya”.
Sakurai: Eh? Mr. Miya K, he said seya? I’d like to hear it, don’t you guys?
Ninomiya: Eh? We don’t have to call him again. He’ll come out himself right?
Matsumoto: If we wait long enough he’d come right?
Aiba: No no, that guy doesn’t walk alone… (crying face)
(Aiba went in again)
Sakurai: So Osaka, this is the longest stop among all out tour venues, 3 days! But people who are here today, it’s not like all of you are coming for all 3 days right? Who’s coming for all 3 days?
Audience: Ha~i!
Sakurai: You mean I was wrong for expecting a negative response?
Ninomiya: No such thing no such thing, right?
Matsumoto: Mr. Miya K!! (calls out)
Sakurai: Hang on, let’s look for Mr.Miya K… Mr. Oh S has really gone home? We miss him already. We wanted to see both Ohmiya SK. Mr. Miya K? Mr. Miya K!??
(Aiba came out wearing yellow T-shirt with Miya K’s outfit on top)
Sakurai: Wait wait, let’s get a proper 5-shot.
Ninomiya: From the front.
Sakurai: Only one person is really glittering. This Star Quality is too bright. Going back to the original topic, Mr. Miya K, you appeared longer here than during Ohmiya SK’s performance, is that okay?
Aiba: That’s shouldn’t be a problem
Sakurai: I’ll ask a ridiculous question, are you really Mr. Miya K?
Aiba: Yes I’m real. From Dotonbori. Around Minami.
Sakurai: Now it has been confirmed that we’ll be doing Coca Cola CM to be released on September 3rd… (laugh)
Ninomiya: Cola!
Sakurai: This is the campaign song for Coca Cola’s CM, please listen to it. Hadashi no Mirai.
(Hadashi no Mirai performance)
Sakurai: Wow we really danced (in Kansai dialect)
Aiba: Hm?
Sakurai: Your Kansai dialect is poor huh?
Aiba: Of course that’s not true.
Ninomiya: Hahahaha… super lousy…
Aiba:Aiba: I’m banban (super duper)!
Sakurai: By the way, during concert rehearsal, Ohno and Aiba were speaking in Kansai dialect. The two of them spent about 40 minutes repeating “Banban ya de! Banban ya de!”
Aiba: You rehearsed? Ooh you rehearsed huh?
Sakurai: How come Mr. Miya K agrees with Aiba-chan?
Aiba: No, I… well..
(Matsumoto goes backstage)
Ninomiya: Now we’re one man short, will we be okay?
Aiba: Yeah…
Ninomiya: Bad timing.
Aiba: Hm? Yeah bad pause.
Ninomiya: Your legs are long…
Sakurai: Mr. Miya K, your proportions are right. Will you act as Aiba-san while you are Mr. Miya K? Or, do you still insist that you are Mr. Miya K?
Aiba: I am just me, really.
Sakurai: Excuse me.
Ninomiya: Can you do it?
Sakurai: Ah, alright. So we’ll move on. I’m sorry. But it’s okay to stay like that.
Aiba: Just now! Right! There was this photo, right!?
Ninomiya: Ah, you want to see it?
Aiba: Did you show it? You didn’t ask for permission! You showed my photo?
Ninomiya: What?
Aiba: That Aiba Festival.
Sakurai: That Aiba Festival?
Ninomiya: Please show Aiba Festival’s photo again. Please see for yourself which one is being used.
Aiba: Hey that’s not good.
Ninomiya: Please see for yourself.
(Aiba’s family photo showed up on the screen. It was when they went to Hawaii, some locals were also in the photo)
Ninomiya: Please look carefully!
Sakurai: Which one is Aiba family’s first son?
Ninomiya: First son is this guy who showed up 3 times.
Aiba: First son is the one on the right.
Ninomiya: That’s the first son huh. Why is he naked?
Aiba: Listen, listen. Um, um, it’s not like that. Today, I brought that photo here without telling my family okay? And today, my parents are here, right? Somewhere! So, they’re here today, and they must be really mad at me…
Ninomiya: Mr. Miya K, how come you’re the one who’d be scolded?
Aiba: Could you help me tighten this? (head accessory loosened)
Sakurai: Surprisingly you’re serious about that.
Ninomiya: (laugh)
Aiba: Okay I’m good to go!
Sakurai: Perhaps not many people know about this, there’s a song called “Isoge Wakamono”, when we were still juniors there were two teams, Inohara-kun’s 20th century and such, Nagano-kun team and Sakamoto-kun team, fighting while singing. Halfway through, Inohara-kun comes out acting as the peacemaker. He came out right in the middle. So how will it be if it’s Ohmiya SK? Oh team and Miya team were fighting while singing, Aiba-chan comes out as the peacemaker. We talked about doing that.
Aiba: Yeah.
Sakurai: Hm? Aiba-san?
Aiba: No no, it’s only that we did talk about it.
Sakurai: But, Mr. Miya K knows about that right? I’m sure.
Aiba: Wh…what? Why am I being bullied?
Sakurai: No no no
Ninomiya: No this isn’t bully…
Aiba: Wait… Am I not good at this? I’m good right? I’ve been practicing.
Ninomiya: Leader has been living in a cave hasn’t he?
Aiba: He has, but I’m better than him.
Sakurai: How is it actually? Do you feel comfortable? Wearing this. Like, this is where I belong!
Aiba: Well, wearing these socks makes everything fit.
Ninomiya: Nostalgic huh?
Aiba: This will definitely stick. It’s hard to shake off this image right?
Ohno: You’re acting like elementary or middle-schooler right?
Sakurai: Wait wait, elementary and middle-schoolers, isn’t it weird? Ohno-kun, you dressed like this when you were in elementary school?
Ohno: I’d definitely be bullied so bad…
Sakurai: Shall we move back to our main program?
Aiba: We had fun didn’t we? I was told to speak in Kansai dialect, but I was the only one who was super duper!
Sakurai: So shall we leave things to you?
Aiba: Can I do it in Chiba dialect?
Sakurai: Now, we’ll continue on to our main program. Sensei, if you please!
Aiba: Alright, let’s get it going! Everyone, please… oh you’ve already stood up? Let’s have fun during the second half too! Yeay! Yeay! Yeay! Yeay! Coming up now, “Don’t Cry” by Matsumoto Jun.