The Worst Ikuta Toma Fan Alive
Once upon a time, I had a life. A life different from now. I like to call this life "The Year 2008". I had left college and was in my super fantastic job. In that same life ("The Year 2008"), I quit my job.
Sure, I had another job, I just had a peculiar way of doing it... I worked 2 hours and watched anime 22 hours. I watched alot of anime on Youtube, too. Back in 2008, Youtube had this application where you could see what others are watching now.
Who's face should come up, but Horikita Maki's. I thought she was cute, and clicked the video. It turned out to be the first episode of Hana Kimi.
I loathed japanese tv series.
I still can't explain why I started watching Hana Kimi, the only memory I have of that time was that the actress was very good looking. I thought she made a very good looking boy. Someone kept bugging me as I was fangirling over Horikita Maki. A certain someone by the name of Ikuta Toma. The kid looked ugly. He had blonde hair and it stuck up everywhere. What's worse, he had a crass and obnoxious voice and kept yelling every line he said.
With that, I finished watching the first episode. And what memory did I have of it?
Ikuta Toma.
Poor Horikita Maki didn't stand a chance against him. The next 3 months (yes, 3 months) I spent a few hours here and there watching the series, and loving Ikuta Toma all the way. Something about the kid made him stand out against the rest of the cast. His on-screen presence, the way he walked, the way he talked, the way he stood! It was after I finished the series that I found out he was a Johnny. That was also when I finally started taking a deeper level of interest in Johnnys Juniors.
Ikuta Toma was my be all of that time.... I had Ikuta Toma here, there, and everywhere.
With Hana Kimi done, I searched for other tv series starring him. Found a certain series by the name Hana Yori Dango. Watched the first episode, then second, third.... no Ikuta Toma. All there was was a girly guy and a boyish girl who kept yelling at each other. The girl's acting was okay, the boy so-so. I thought he carried himself pretty well though, would have made a good Johnny, this Matsumoto Jun person. I started getting a little interested in this pretty boy, not as much as Ikuta Toma though, heaven forbid!
Carried on to Hana Kimi 2, and bless all the Johnny's running around, I finally saw Ikuta Toma! He was magnificent here, but that could probably be because his character was a model. My happiness was short lived, though. He only appeared in the one episode. I continued watching the series after my beloved had left.
By the end of the series, Love So Sweet had started growing on me. I Youtubed it, and - thank my lucky stars - I watched the live performance in the Arashi 2007 Time Concert Encore instead of the PV. And who should appear in the video but THE Matsumoto Jun! The boy was smiling, winking, waving and peace-signing all over the place! I couldn't believe it was the same person! And that, was how I met Matsujun. Matsujun would win hands down over Matsumoto Jun any day!
At this point, Arashi was Matsujun and the other four guys. In two weeks, I knew all of their names, ages, birth dates, assigned colours, and goodness knows what else. I was also elated that they were part of Johnny & Associates.
And Ikuta Toma was.... *sigh*
I still loved him though.... still do in fact, really!
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