Report from today's Sexy Zone new single presentation event

[faded_lace]

From News @ Asahi TV.

Today, July 15th, Sexy Zone's Sato Shori (17), Nakajima Kento (20), and Kikuchi Fuma(19) held a presentation event for their new single in Tokyo's Yoyogi National Gymnasium. In front of 10,000 fans, they performed their new song for the first time, and announced that that same song would not include Matsushima Sou (16) and

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[yararanger]

Thank you for working on getting this out promptly even though it's so distressing *hugs* x_x

[faded_lace]

You're welcome. It's basically the least I can do… get the word out. Sorry the translation is rushed and sucks.

This is what I look like right now:

[yomimashou]

I really can't believe they're doing this, especially when things were going so much better. I really hope it's just a one-time thing, and that things will get back on track soon, but... yeah, right now I'm just really angry at Johnny's/whoever decided this.

But thank you for posting the translation ♥

[faded_lace]

One word: Ijima.

Honestly if this is just a one time thing, I'll forgive and forget. But if they do any solos and shit, I don't know. I can't take that. That's not what Johnny's is.

No problem… It's the least I can do, honestly.

[yomimashou]

This is for Iijima:

[faded_lace]

You really wanted to get that in, didn't you XD;

Who knows what the fuck goes through that crazy woman's brain. I just want her to be gone.

[rorychan]

I'm blaming this all on Ijima. It's a known fact that she dislikes them and never wanted them to debut, while Johnny did. She has been doing bad things with those 4 Kisumai members too. She takes her personal feelings too far into business matters. She's doing everything she can to stir things up since she can't take them out of the group.

The other mebers actually seemed sad about this whole situation.

[faded_lace]

Wow, I'm glad I found someone else who feels exactly the same way I do about Ijima. I feel like I hear a lot of waffling about her, and I'm just like. No. GTFO right now.

You can definitely tell Fuma's upset from his comment, but I don't know about Kento. In my opinion he's always been too good at doing exactly what the management wants.

At any rate, this is what I want to do to Ijima…

[rorychan]

Kento has a problem with shutting down his emotions. I see it all the time when he's on camera. Poor guy. I'm sure he is feeling hurt too.

But it's so obvious that because she couldn't prevent MariSou from debuting, that she's gunna trhow this tantrum until the boys are old enough to stand up for themselves. I honestly can't wait for that day.

That gif is perection btw.

[faded_lace]

I can see that, but it frustrates me to watch him do it. I want to know he's upset. Fuma at debut was hard to handle, but Kento's coldness about it hurt me more, tbqh.

Yeah, it's completely ridiculous. At the very least, I want the older ones to stand up for them, but I guess the management can use excuses like being too young or living too far until they're out of school. It's just hard to bear and think about how much they're all hurting.

Ahaha thank you. I love it. It's everything I ever wanted XD

[golden_mushroom]

That's so disappointing :( Marius and Sou get fucked around so much. I feel so sorry for them and the other members too

Thanks for translating though xx

[faded_lace]

I feel exactly the same way. But you're welcome-- I'm glad to help.

[snow]

afaik there was no official comment about them becoming a "fluid group;" whoever wrote that article is trying to start something. (i think. i hope??)

things HAVE been looking better lately so i am honestly confused about what the ultimate goal is with this single. i have no problem with the existence of sexy boyz/sexy show since it's a way for marisou to actually get screen time, which lbr they DON'T get with sz, and maybe i can convince myself that this is an opportunity for them to focus on gaining experience in the derivative units before the main group comes back together. maybe. after all, they were not involved in bad boys - didn't even appear on the cover - and nothing permanent happened after that single. so... maybei am somewhat comforted by what fuma said but still very upset for marisou who do not deserve this kind of treatment from their management. i am struggling about whether or not to buy this single bc i want to support the other three but i don't know how else to show my sadness about this decision other than by not

[faded_lace]

I've seen it in every news report in different but similar wording (for example, here and here, and to a slightly lesser extent here) so it's possible that there was a press conference after the show, or something. "流動的" and "常にメンバーが入れ替わる" seem to be common buzzwords that worry me. But I hope that you're right. >__< It could just as well be the management trying to start something

[snow]

if someone had said that, i just feel like there would be a direct quote, like there was re: solo projects from kento. i feel like one media outlet said it & the others just picked it up and ran off with it. they can't "undebut" marisou. they can add jinguji/genki/whoever else if they really want to but they can't DROP people. there would be an implosion and i'm almost certain there would be something against that in their contracts. they're in unless they want to leave or they screw up like morimoto. sou is clearly fighting this terrible management & he'll be there for mari as well. i guess my concern isn't that they'll be kicked out but that this will be a terrible blow to their self-esteem that nobody needs at 14 & 16 and that idols need even less. it's just so unfair

[faded_lace]

I guess I didn't read "fluid" as "taking Marius and Sou out" so much as, there might not always be 5 members from now on. Like, solos, or just Marius and Sou… whether or not those words were just hype by the press (which it's highly likely that they are, I totally agree-- when Sexy Boyz and Sexy Show got announced, good old Nikkan Sports reported something like "FOR THE FIRST TIME IN JOHNNY'S HISTORY, MEMBERS ARE ADDED AFTER DEBUT"… okay, yeah, sure, Nikkan Sports.) But the promise of solos on the horizon is not something I particularly relish-- as B-sides or on an album, absolutely. "Solo debuts" or a solo being in place of a full Sexy Zone single… not so much