thanks for commenting and welcome to LJ! There is no turning back now....*evil music*
I am not aware of what a shin-nisei is (I imagine you mean 新二世 but I don't know what that means). I am not really well-informed about the issei, nisei distinction, but my parents are the immigrants and I am the first to be born in the U.S., so I think that makes me a nisei?
I know the whole embarassment about following JE - I think it's because it is so typical and not at all different or unique. Plus they are boybands after all. But in Arashi's defense, they are not really standard JE fare, which i think is why so many people like Arashi even while they very much dislike JE in general (I am one of them).
So you're finishing up undergrad! i remember how scary that was haha. If you ever want advice on post-college life, feel free to message me anytime. I imagine most of the Arashi fandom and your real life friends are your age or younger, so it might help to have an older (but not necessarily more mature!) point of view.
Thanks for commenting, and I hope to see you around!
Yeah, Shin nisei is the new wave of second generation Japanese Americans usually born around the 1980s. I don't really know the kanji...that's always been my weak spot in Japanese school when I was younger XD.
And I see your point about JE. I don't really follow any other JE band but Arashi, and before I heard of them I stayed away from Japanese idol groups in general. I guess the rainbows and the sparkles Arashi exudes sometimes blind me from seeing why people wouldn't want to like them (even though they're missing out!) :D
It's pretty damn scary right now, especially with our lovely economy. -_- You have no idea how many times people have told me to stay in school or how unlikely I'd be able to get a job. I might have to take you up sometime for advice!
I am not aware of what a shin-nisei is (I imagine you mean 新二世 but I don't know what that means). I am not really well-informed about the issei, nisei distinction, but my parents are the immigrants and I am the first to be born in the U.S., so I think that makes me a nisei?
I know the whole embarassment about following JE - I think it's because it is so typical and not at all different or unique. Plus they are boybands after all. But in Arashi's defense, they are not really standard JE fare, which i think is why so many people like Arashi even while they very much dislike JE in general (I am one of them).
So you're finishing up undergrad! i remember how scary that was haha. If you ever want advice on post-college life, feel free to message me anytime. I imagine most of the Arashi fandom and your real life friends are your age or younger, so it might help to have an older (but not necessarily more mature!) point of view.
Thanks for commenting, and I hope to see you around!
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And I see your point about JE. I don't really follow any other JE band but Arashi, and before I heard of them I stayed away from Japanese idol groups in general. I guess the rainbows and the sparkles Arashi exudes sometimes blind me from seeing why people wouldn't want to like them (even though they're missing out!) :D
It's pretty damn scary right now, especially with our lovely economy. -_- You have no idea how many times people have told me to stay in school or how unlikely I'd be able to get a job. I might have to take you up sometime for advice!
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