Today I finally watched the Arashi Around Asia 2008 dvd! Even though I'm probably the last one on my flist to watch it, I'll still put possible spoilers under a cut? ^_^''
I LOVED everyone's solos. I was surprised that Jun did that song. I figured it'd be Naked. His outfit looked good~ Much better than a shiny purple outfit with a hideous headwrap. *cough* Also, I was sooo happy with Aiba's solo~ He was so cute! And I don't know if you guys realize how much I love Hello Goodbye. I listen to it all the time. Also, Take Me Faraway. Great song, and great performance, but so not enough dancing! I can't help it, I love it when Ohno dances solo, cuz it's so different from when he dances with Arashi- and it's so very very awesome.
I think I liked the second half of the concert more than the first half, because it seemed like everyone's tension started going up more in the second half. (Also, I hope it gets subbed soon because I could understand almost nothing in the making of. :/) I loved the random crap they did during the member intros, like Nino doing a card trick and Ohno's weird thing with his eyes. So typical. ^_^'' And really, I thought the encore was the best part of the concert! They finally did Sakura Sake, which is possibly my favorite Arashi song of all time, plus other songs of course, not to mention Ohno losing janken during Fight Song (which, as usual, no one was singing, lol) and having to jump in the tank, which was AMAZING. And he was so cute afterwards when he was cold. ♥ And then Matsujun giving him his towel, and then Ohno's mic not working on Kotoba yori so the that two of them had to share~ :D And I LOVED IT WHEN IT RAINED. Seriously, the level of amazingness did nothing but increase when it rained, because who doesn't love to see Arashi sliding all over the stage? Especially at the very end when Sho and Jun took off their shirts everyone except Nino (who is lame) was using the stage like it was a waterslide. SO AWESOME. And also really cool that they were able to take the possibly bad situation of a wet stage from the water earlier + what looked like pretty heavy rain and making the concert more fun for it.
Also, I think it's awesome that my brother's friend (also my friend, really) texts me for drama recs. XD He's the one who likes Arashi, for the record. I think it's time for me to introduce him to the wonderful world of KimuTaku dramas~
Oh, and the unseen footage from when Arashi was on Shokura Premium? LULZ. Aiba epic fail. XD And Sho as the food coordinator~ lol ♥