Jyaniizu Sekigahara
I didn't mean to bring this up again. But I stumbled upon this Japanese fan blog entry about Mary Kitagawa's interview with Bunshun. She's (he?) an Arashi fan but she seems to know alot about the Jimusho politics, Iijima and SMAP. She has a fair judgment, in my opinion, so I decided to translate and share this, cos her thoughts and predictions are
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>in J-Dream like we do. I still think you were
>right in your earlier analysis that SMAP is
>holding a bigger share or at least 50/50.
Either way is possible I guess, however even if it's true SMAPIijima holds half or a bigger share, or will happen that way, I think Iijima/Nakai wouldn't want to go half independent, they seem to have a certain reason to stay stick to Johnnys.
Also, I'm interested that even Arashi fan think Julie is incapable and sure that some other person with true skills is supporting her (other than Mary). I wonder how can she say that, I mean, based on what, can she judge her?
yeah, I thought Mary/Julie aren't good in dealing with troublesome kids like KAT-TUN (the reason they were transferred to Iijima for a while in 2009-2010?), but I guess Mary/Julie aren't good with ordinary-faced kids too? I wonder what did Julie not like abt Kisumai? haha... I wonder if they're not handsome enough according to Julie's standard. Yeah, if it's true, Julie really rejected them, then if SMAP/Iijima leave the Jimusho, Kisumai has no choice but to follow wherever they go, the poor kids XD
Actually I prefer to think that it's really Iijima's intention in separating the costumes in the groups, to make the audience remember each of their faces faster. Remember when SMAP members were young? The veteran comedian couldn't differ them from the others when they were all running around, they all looked the same to him, so he gave them colors so he can remember each of their faces easily. Maybe Iijima is using the same technique.
Ooh! I didn't know about NakaGoro... yappari Nakai is the assistant producer XD
>It's just the same old thing we have experienced
>for 15+ years but is being escalated to a "faction war"
>probably because it now involves other Johnny's groups
>not just SMAP.
Exactly! AND also, because Mary/Julie finally has a money-making machine of their own, so the whole company's finance doesn't depend on SMAP anymore.
Yeah I believe Julie will be the successor and nothing abt that will change. Although it'll be interesting if something unexpected happens XD
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