Cried while watching Shukudai-kun. -_-"
Yesterday I was soooo overwhelmed when I watched Nino read his letter to the boys.
And yes, I cried. Like Aiba. ESPECIALLY at the part when Nino told Aiba he's always been around, and I cried even harder because I knew he was talking about pre-Arashi.
It's one thing being a fan, but it's another thing being a fan since Nino's Akimahende, you know? And staying up till 2AM every Thursday night for about two months just to watch Aiba appear on Mukodono on Ch 8's Fuji Time. And being such an old fan that I even had access to videos like the Hawaiian debut, the classic Janken Gets The Leader... and going as far as to hunt down Kisarazu Cat's Eye VCDs in Malaysia. XDDD
But all that was so long ago. There was a time where I felt that I had better things in life, so I sold off Kisarazu Cat's Eye and Abunai Houkago, my hard disk crashed and took all the videos and PVs with it, I lost the song booklet to the first single collection, I gave away my numerous issues of Wink Up (bought just for them Stormy Boys, whom are now Stormy Men, my goodness)...
And to be very very honest, I can't say that I'm beating myself up for being such an irresponsible fan. XD I just feel that Arashi was, still is and will be a part of me. If now I get to watch all the variety shows (which they totally didn't use to have!!!) they have right now, I can and I will. If I missed Mago Mago Arashi (which I did, since I wasn't in the fandom for a good three years, three full solid years), then so be it.
The guys have changed, but not much. They're still the same Aiba-kun, Jun-kun, Nino, Ohno-kun and Sho that I knew all those years back. Of course, Jun was cuter when he was younger, but still. XD And Ohno has much more sex appeal than he did back in those days. In fact, "much more" is an understatement.
I've never liked them as lovers or boyfriends or whatnot. (Okay maybe a little bit of fangirling over Nino, but that was it. I have a REALLY soft spot for him, mainly because he was the one who introduced me to Arashi.) I always preferred to think of them as elder brothers or really good friends. It worked for me better that way, and it's still working now.
Man, I just feel a strange sense of motherly pride when I saw Nino reading that letter. It's so amazing when I think about how old they were when I first got to know about them (six, seven years ago) and suddenly all these boys are close to 30?! I know I sound really old, but I'm not, I'm only 20 this year. I just started liking Arashi really early XD
The nostalgia just struck me like a bad smell to the nostrils. And it was heartening, somehow. Like I've been with them a long time. Haha.
And yes, I cried. Like Aiba. ESPECIALLY at the part when Nino told Aiba he's always been around, and I cried even harder because I knew he was talking about pre-Arashi.
It's one thing being a fan, but it's another thing being a fan since Nino's Akimahende, you know? And staying up till 2AM every Thursday night for about two months just to watch Aiba appear on Mukodono on Ch 8's Fuji Time. And being such an old fan that I even had access to videos like the Hawaiian debut, the classic Janken Gets The Leader... and going as far as to hunt down Kisarazu Cat's Eye VCDs in Malaysia. XDDD
But all that was so long ago. There was a time where I felt that I had better things in life, so I sold off Kisarazu Cat's Eye and Abunai Houkago, my hard disk crashed and took all the videos and PVs with it, I lost the song booklet to the first single collection, I gave away my numerous issues of Wink Up (bought just for them Stormy Boys, whom are now Stormy Men, my goodness)...
And to be very very honest, I can't say that I'm beating myself up for being such an irresponsible fan. XD I just feel that Arashi was, still is and will be a part of me. If now I get to watch all the variety shows (which they totally didn't use to have!!!) they have right now, I can and I will. If I missed Mago Mago Arashi (which I did, since I wasn't in the fandom for a good three years, three full solid years), then so be it.
The guys have changed, but not much. They're still the same Aiba-kun, Jun-kun, Nino, Ohno-kun and Sho that I knew all those years back. Of course, Jun was cuter when he was younger, but still. XD And Ohno has much more sex appeal than he did back in those days. In fact, "much more" is an understatement.
I've never liked them as lovers or boyfriends or whatnot. (Okay maybe a little bit of fangirling over Nino, but that was it. I have a REALLY soft spot for him, mainly because he was the one who introduced me to Arashi.) I always preferred to think of them as elder brothers or really good friends. It worked for me better that way, and it's still working now.
Man, I just feel a strange sense of motherly pride when I saw Nino reading that letter. It's so amazing when I think about how old they were when I first got to know about them (six, seven years ago) and suddenly all these boys are close to 30?! I know I sound really old, but I'm not, I'm only 20 this year. I just started liking Arashi really early XD
The nostalgia just struck me like a bad smell to the nostrils. And it was heartening, somehow. Like I've been with them a long time. Haha.