The return of the legend! G no Arashi 11 (A no Arashi special)
So when I don't want to grade or prep, I picspam. With epically stupid amounts of caps.
Guess who didn't feel like grading today?
Aiba’s so damned happy to have his corner back . . .
Here is my interpretation of what’s going on with Sho here:
Sho: *sulks* "Why doesn’t anyone love T no Arashi as much as I do? It’s educational. And funny. I’m so misunderstood T__T
. . .
On the other hand, Aiba-chan is so damned adorable when he gets that excited.
. . .
Don’t look. Don’t look-if you do, it’s all over."
>_<
*peeks*
@#%#^$#%^. Fine. What are we going to do tonight, Brain?
I love the various sitting postures. Aiba is such a boy, and Jun . . . #*_*# hee!
Random AibaJun cuteness:
Nice shot, camera-san:
Just so you know, during this shot, Aiba says “What? You don’t recognize this?”
Jun: “Nope. Not at all.”
&hearts
Good-natured abuse follows.
Just for Zan, Ohno laughing so hard it looks like he’s going to break something while Nino and Sho try to ignore him:
I’d feel bad about this, but . . . when does Aiba ever not get his way in the end? Very rarely. A little abuse just reminds him he’s loved, rather than tolerated.
The band pretends to consider other videos . . .
Aiba: C’mon guys! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAASSEEEEEEEEEEE??
Witness the sound of 4 spines transforming into spaghetti. It’s a kind of soft “splooshing” sound, if you’re interested.
Jun: OK
Aiba: REALLY??
Jun: Well, I wasn’t doing anything better anyway . . .
I love it when they meta-show, and make it clear that they’re scripted . . . by sort of falling off the script and drawing out attention to it.
Here Sho asks Aiba why he’s wearing the labcoat, and everyone is on board, until Aiba “reminds” Sho that they’ve already gone on location to do a VTR for A no Arashi.
Sho: Well, that pretty much blew our opening talks out of the water ^^”
. . . Whatever, you’re cute.
You can’t really tell, but at this point, Ohno loses it again.
Jun feels sorry for Sho having to deal with this. (“Sugei kawai sou!”)
Or so he says. His face, however, tells a different story.
So even if you are soulless and don’t enjoy the utter hilarity of A no Arashi, the first two minutes of Arashi interaction in this episode are totally worth watching.
But the utter pan-Arashi dorkdom and the epic amounts of ribbing that Sho takes in this episode should recommend it to any fan, I think.
Sho and his much-missed earring have the gall to ask if these experiments will at least be interesting. Whatever, Mr. T no Arashi. Like you have any place to talk.
Here’s the moment when the Aiba brainwash technique takes effect:
Nino: Poor bastard never had a chance.
Anyway, the first experiment is to see how far you can make a person out using a really good camera. Mostly this is amusing to me because Aiba abuses Sho horribly, calling him his “underling” and making him dance “rock-style” in a crowded tourist attraction to see if he can discern him from 2 km away on a cloudy day from a camera.
Sho, the ultimate M, whines but does it anyway.
I have to admit . . . this segment felt more like an ad for the camera than an experiment. However, I accept it ultimately because it involves gratuitous Sho-abuse, and I’m almost always on-board for that.
And this is why I kind of love fic where Aiba totally dominates Sho. Because his reaction to Sho here is totally “Who are you? I can’t believe I let you work on my very important experiments.” >.>
Really important experiments which use mirrors to take print-club stickers of Aiba’s ass.
. . . I bet Sho still has that sticker.
Seriously. Look at his face:
But the true promise of A no Arashi is always apparent when you get all 5 of the boys together to geek out over the most unlikely things. Their sheer willingness to be dorks together is good for my cranky and jaded soul&hearts
. . . and no, I have no idea what Matsumoto is doing here. But it’s cute.
. . . I have to say, he looks just a little disgruntled that not only Sho but Aiba is ignoring his great cuteness. Nino looks on.
Did I mention the gratuitous geeking out?
Oh right. Experiments.
If you hold your nose while eating wasabi, will it still burn?
I love the “torture by food product” aspect of this experiment.
I also love that they up the terror quotient by assigning the heavily-wasabi’d sushi through the culinary equivalent of Russian Roulette:
Disbelief, fear and betrayal:
Recriminations and threats:
While everyone watches Jun for signs of a seizure, Nino cheats.
Clear.
Unsurprisingly, Nino is also clear:
Tension builds:
It’s a 50/50 chance now.
Is it just me, or is there at least as much smugness as relief on Sho’s face as he clears his stage and all of them know that Aiba’s going to get the scary food?
Hee! Ohno holds Sho in congratulating support ^_^
Well, damn.
The rest of Arashi eagerly await the results:
Nice, Sho.
Aiba claims that if you hold your nose, it’s not hot at all.
Sho tries.
Aiba is a dirty dirty liar.
Also, Nino is a bastard. No surprises there. He offers Ohno up as a sacrificial lamb, since he thinks everything is tasty, anyway.
Now there’s a face you don’t often see: It’s Ohno’s “DON’T WANT! ICK!” face ^_^
Umm . . . what happens if you pop a balloon in starch syrup?
First, that stuff is kind of scary-looking.
They spend several minutes talking about how pretty it is.
Sho: WOW. I could look at it for ages.
*snrk* *cough* T no Arashi *cough*
Jun looks rapt here ^_^
Nino freaks out about the bubble, but it doesn’t explode all over him. The rest of Arashi rhapsodize over how pretty it was.
Next, water balloons with tea in them. Sho scolds Aiba for getting his hands all nasty.
Sho: What are you going to do with your hand now??
*___*
*brain scrub*
. . .
I assume it’s tea because water wouldn’t show up as well.
Also, so Arashi can take turns slurping it after each other *___*
Notice Jun helpfully holding Aiba’s hair so it doesn’t get in the syrup.
Now it’s Aiba’s turn to hold Sho’s hair. In the background, Nino shouts “Go for it, assistant!!”
. . .
It’s really hard to tell, but Sho has syrup running off his chin. He gets a scolding form Aiba: “And that’s why you’ll never be more than an assistant!”
Coming from anyone other than Aiba, this would be really obnoxious, I think . . .
One more-what if you shake a can of pop and release it into the syrup?
Another Sakuraiba experiment-can a monk run faster than a normal person after sitting in seiza for 20 minutes?
The short answer? Yes-It takes Aiba three minutes to stand, because his feet are very asleep. ^^”
Hee! Sho yelling “Masaki! Masaki!” here was pretty hilarious ^_^
And finally, if you melt a can of Sakuma Drop hard candy together, what flavor will the syrup be?
I will never get tired of Arashi + scary food ^^”
Sho’s response to the syrup: Looks like apple juice.
Aiba’s: It looks like urine when you’re tired.
*cracks up*
. . . I got nothing to say to that.
Apparently it smells like children’s cold medicine.
Nice face, Aiba.
Ohno, not-so-shockingly, approves of the concoction.
Aiba tries eating all the flavors of the candy at once to compare the taste.
. . . and then washes it down with the syrup.
And is smacked by Nino for his trouble
Conclusion: Hawaii flavor!
Check out Ohno following Aiba’s lead in the back. Sho and Nino look on in disbelief and horror ^^"
^_^
So, weird week-- I found my first white hair this week and a 270 year-old legal document got dumped in my office for no logical reason. It's still there *__*
But much more importantly: My Arashi swag arrived in the mail&hearts (finally: wtf, TX mail??) So I got my Dome concert DVD and Beautiful Days cd . . . and the other 3 photobooks.
>.>
<.<
So I won't be buying things that aren't Christmas-related for a while . . . But I have started Christmas shopping \o/
And I am working on a pan of baklava \o/ Mostly I'm just bashing a bunch of nuts--I won't really make it until Tuesday, I think.
Anyway not much going on here except procrastination ^^"
&hearts to my flist ^_^
And good luck to Locky in her NaNo quest and to Zan on the imminent arrival of the in-laws &hearts
*waves*
Guess who didn't feel like grading today?
Aiba’s so damned happy to have his corner back . . .
Here is my interpretation of what’s going on with Sho here:
Sho: *sulks* "Why doesn’t anyone love T no Arashi as much as I do? It’s educational. And funny. I’m so misunderstood T__T
. . .
On the other hand, Aiba-chan is so damned adorable when he gets that excited.
. . .
Don’t look. Don’t look-if you do, it’s all over."
>_<
*peeks*
@#%#^$#%^. Fine. What are we going to do tonight, Brain?
I love the various sitting postures. Aiba is such a boy, and Jun . . . #*_*# hee!
Random AibaJun cuteness:
Nice shot, camera-san:
Just so you know, during this shot, Aiba says “What? You don’t recognize this?”
Jun: “Nope. Not at all.”
&hearts
Good-natured abuse follows.
Just for Zan, Ohno laughing so hard it looks like he’s going to break something while Nino and Sho try to ignore him:
I’d feel bad about this, but . . . when does Aiba ever not get his way in the end? Very rarely. A little abuse just reminds him he’s loved, rather than tolerated.
The band pretends to consider other videos . . .
Aiba: C’mon guys! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAASSEEEEEEEEEEE??
Witness the sound of 4 spines transforming into spaghetti. It’s a kind of soft “splooshing” sound, if you’re interested.
Jun: OK
Aiba: REALLY??
Jun: Well, I wasn’t doing anything better anyway . . .
I love it when they meta-show, and make it clear that they’re scripted . . . by sort of falling off the script and drawing out attention to it.
Here Sho asks Aiba why he’s wearing the labcoat, and everyone is on board, until Aiba “reminds” Sho that they’ve already gone on location to do a VTR for A no Arashi.
Sho: Well, that pretty much blew our opening talks out of the water ^^”
. . . Whatever, you’re cute.
You can’t really tell, but at this point, Ohno loses it again.
Jun feels sorry for Sho having to deal with this. (“Sugei kawai sou!”)
Or so he says. His face, however, tells a different story.
So even if you are soulless and don’t enjoy the utter hilarity of A no Arashi, the first two minutes of Arashi interaction in this episode are totally worth watching.
But the utter pan-Arashi dorkdom and the epic amounts of ribbing that Sho takes in this episode should recommend it to any fan, I think.
Sho and his much-missed earring have the gall to ask if these experiments will at least be interesting. Whatever, Mr. T no Arashi. Like you have any place to talk.
Here’s the moment when the Aiba brainwash technique takes effect:
Nino: Poor bastard never had a chance.
Anyway, the first experiment is to see how far you can make a person out using a really good camera. Mostly this is amusing to me because Aiba abuses Sho horribly, calling him his “underling” and making him dance “rock-style” in a crowded tourist attraction to see if he can discern him from 2 km away on a cloudy day from a camera.
Sho, the ultimate M, whines but does it anyway.
I have to admit . . . this segment felt more like an ad for the camera than an experiment. However, I accept it ultimately because it involves gratuitous Sho-abuse, and I’m almost always on-board for that.
And this is why I kind of love fic where Aiba totally dominates Sho. Because his reaction to Sho here is totally “Who are you? I can’t believe I let you work on my very important experiments.” >.>
Really important experiments which use mirrors to take print-club stickers of Aiba’s ass.
. . . I bet Sho still has that sticker.
Seriously. Look at his face:
But the true promise of A no Arashi is always apparent when you get all 5 of the boys together to geek out over the most unlikely things. Their sheer willingness to be dorks together is good for my cranky and jaded soul&hearts
. . . and no, I have no idea what Matsumoto is doing here. But it’s cute.
. . . I have to say, he looks just a little disgruntled that not only Sho but Aiba is ignoring his great cuteness. Nino looks on.
Did I mention the gratuitous geeking out?
Oh right. Experiments.
If you hold your nose while eating wasabi, will it still burn?
I love the “torture by food product” aspect of this experiment.
I also love that they up the terror quotient by assigning the heavily-wasabi’d sushi through the culinary equivalent of Russian Roulette:
Disbelief, fear and betrayal:
Recriminations and threats:
While everyone watches Jun for signs of a seizure, Nino cheats.
Clear.
Unsurprisingly, Nino is also clear:
Tension builds:
It’s a 50/50 chance now.
Is it just me, or is there at least as much smugness as relief on Sho’s face as he clears his stage and all of them know that Aiba’s going to get the scary food?
Hee! Ohno holds Sho in congratulating support ^_^
Well, damn.
The rest of Arashi eagerly await the results:
Nice, Sho.
Aiba claims that if you hold your nose, it’s not hot at all.
Sho tries.
Aiba is a dirty dirty liar.
Also, Nino is a bastard. No surprises there. He offers Ohno up as a sacrificial lamb, since he thinks everything is tasty, anyway.
Now there’s a face you don’t often see: It’s Ohno’s “DON’T WANT! ICK!” face ^_^
Umm . . . what happens if you pop a balloon in starch syrup?
First, that stuff is kind of scary-looking.
They spend several minutes talking about how pretty it is.
Sho: WOW. I could look at it for ages.
*snrk* *cough* T no Arashi *cough*
Jun looks rapt here ^_^
Nino freaks out about the bubble, but it doesn’t explode all over him. The rest of Arashi rhapsodize over how pretty it was.
Next, water balloons with tea in them. Sho scolds Aiba for getting his hands all nasty.
Sho: What are you going to do with your hand now??
*___*
*brain scrub*
. . .
I assume it’s tea because water wouldn’t show up as well.
Also, so Arashi can take turns slurping it after each other *___*
Notice Jun helpfully holding Aiba’s hair so it doesn’t get in the syrup.
Now it’s Aiba’s turn to hold Sho’s hair. In the background, Nino shouts “Go for it, assistant!!”
. . .
It’s really hard to tell, but Sho has syrup running off his chin. He gets a scolding form Aiba: “And that’s why you’ll never be more than an assistant!”
Coming from anyone other than Aiba, this would be really obnoxious, I think . . .
One more-what if you shake a can of pop and release it into the syrup?
Another Sakuraiba experiment-can a monk run faster than a normal person after sitting in seiza for 20 minutes?
The short answer? Yes-It takes Aiba three minutes to stand, because his feet are very asleep. ^^”
Hee! Sho yelling “Masaki! Masaki!” here was pretty hilarious ^_^
And finally, if you melt a can of Sakuma Drop hard candy together, what flavor will the syrup be?
I will never get tired of Arashi + scary food ^^”
Sho’s response to the syrup: Looks like apple juice.
Aiba’s: It looks like urine when you’re tired.
*cracks up*
. . . I got nothing to say to that.
Apparently it smells like children’s cold medicine.
Nice face, Aiba.
Ohno, not-so-shockingly, approves of the concoction.
Aiba tries eating all the flavors of the candy at once to compare the taste.
. . . and then washes it down with the syrup.
And is smacked by Nino for his trouble
Conclusion: Hawaii flavor!
Check out Ohno following Aiba’s lead in the back. Sho and Nino look on in disbelief and horror ^^"
^_^
So, weird week-- I found my first white hair this week and a 270 year-old legal document got dumped in my office for no logical reason. It's still there *__*
But much more importantly: My Arashi swag arrived in the mail&hearts (finally: wtf, TX mail??) So I got my Dome concert DVD and Beautiful Days cd . . . and the other 3 photobooks.
>.>
<.<
So I won't be buying things that aren't Christmas-related for a while . . . But I have started Christmas shopping \o/
And I am working on a pan of baklava \o/ Mostly I'm just bashing a bunch of nuts--I won't really make it until Tuesday, I think.
Anyway not much going on here except procrastination ^^"
&hearts to my flist ^_^
And good luck to Locky in her NaNo quest and to Zan on the imminent arrival of the in-laws &hearts
*waves*