やっぱりキミがナンバーワン♪

[faded_lace]

After waiting until a day after the release date to get it, I got busy and, blasphemous as it is, only got around to watching the Kimi Attraction videos and makings today. My conclusion: JUMP makings were actually more interesting when they were all reckless brats who were probably driving the staff insane. Of course… that's not actually 100% how

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[faded_lace]

I can imagine being an Arashi fan would teach you how to find files. XD; I'm glad that you found them!

Yeah, things have definitely shifted around over the past 8 years. Yuto was officially the center for Ultra Music Power, but Yamada and Takaki were the centers for Dreams Come True (they wrote about it in their Myojo 10,000 character interviews, so it's official), and Yamada has been the center since. Actually, Inoo talks about why he went to college in his Myojo 10,000 character interview, too. He went to college for himself, not because he ever considered being anything besides an idol. It makes me sad that people get the impression that he felt he wasn't going to be an idol, because he says straight-out in his interview, "First and foremost, I was always an idol." (I wrote a little about it here, though the topic was something a little different.) As for Keito, since he had literally no idol training before he debuted (like, none. He was a junior for a few months, that's it, because he was living in England up until debut), he ended up not being pushed to the back because, in my opinion, he wasn't on the same level as everyone else. He also has had a variety of scandals and rumours, and I get the sense that he ended up getting in trouble with the management, so he doesn't get many solo lines; it's not that he doesn't want to sing. This is all just my speculation, of course, but either way, I think his personality, his hard work to get to the point he's at now from literally nothing, and his talent playing the guitar are admirable. I also feel very strongly that every member of JUMP brings something to the group because every member works hard, does their best, and supports their groupmates. JUMP is a group that has a really strong bond between all of them after overcoming a lot of difficulties, and I think it's very important to remember that even if they don't have traditional Johnny's skills, every one of them is still a valuable and important member of the group.

Haha! Well, I'm hoping they stay out of trouble from now on.

[brandybelle]

thanks for the information and more insight into them!!! sorry i didn't mean that they didn't add anything to the group, but your right, everyone does add something and at the end of the day, even them physically being there gives energy to the rest. they seem to be really coming into their own now, and i love LOVE the fact that they can write their own songs. i prefer the songs that they wrote over the songs that are given to them. it shows their growth and how much they have matured from those little kiddies back in the old makings. after morimoto, i think their bond became strong after overcoming that. :( after seeing kpop bands, johnny's for the most part, seem to have a more genuine bond.

[faded_lace]

You're welcome! I'm always happy to talk about JUMP. XD; And no worries; it's just something you hear people say a lot ("so-and-so doesn't bring anything to the group!" or "so-and-so is useless!") and I really don't like it when every member really does bring something and that is the heart of Johnny's, so I wanted to speak my mind about it. But yes, they really are a talented group, with a wide variety of musical skills, and I think they're awesome. ♥ I do think that Johnny's groups tend to have a good bond, and I know that JUMP's is really strong. ♥