A must-read if you love Inoo and Keito. And even if you don't, this will make you go love them anyway. Keito believing in Santa Claus, Inoo being bitter about Daiki's betrayal, you know, the usual.
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Combination 9
Kei Inoo x Keito Okamoto
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The combination for this conversation is marked with a ★ on the left.
(This month, Inoo and Okamoto's conversation→¨where "i" and "oka" intersect is marked with a ★!)
The announcement of this combi's name!!
Christmas Friends
They refrained from attending the concerts from the end of December to January. 「Let's bring the spirits of those who are having a lonely Christmas up at the concerts!」 (Inoo)
A pressing matter! Is there really a Santa?
Inoo Until what age did Keito believe in Santa?
Okamoto Eh...?
Inoo For me, it's embarrassing, but I actually believed in him until last year! I'm childish, right?
Okamoto Eh... Eh...?
Inoo How I stopped believing, it was last year, before Christmas. I asked Hikaru, 「What are you getting from Santa this year?」 Then that guy coldly told me, 「Haa!? There's no such thing as Santa in Japan!」! ...mm? What's wrong, Keito?
Okamoto I-Inoo-kun, you're cruel! I really believed that there was a Santa until now!! I even got an iPod from him last Christmas! Uwaan (cry)
Inoo Eh, seriously!? Sorry for crushing your dreams, Keito! But in reality, it's generally your dad or your mom who are Santa...
Okamoto But I'm telling you, a real Santa came over at my house! Last Christmas, there was a present when I woke up early in the morning even though my dad went to Nagano for work. So from that point on, I believe that there is a Santa!
Inoo Yeah, Keito! The heart that believes in Santa calls for him! Christmas is the best! (←good timing)
It has come to light! The member who betrayed Inoo is...?
Okamoto Does Inoo-kun have any Christmas memories? I don't like Christmas that much~ It's cold, I hate it.
Inoo Because of the weather!? When it's Christmas, we put up this weird Santa decoration. How do I say this, that Santa, he danced furiously at random! He'd dance to the music, but the machine's sounds were louder than the music. (laugh) Putting that decoration away was depressing. Keito had lived in England for a while, hadn't he? How'd you spend Christmas over there?
Okamoto Christmas was during the winter break so I'd go back to Japan. So even though I've heard of Christmas in England, I don't know what it's like... (laugh)
Inoo Wha~t. So what did you do last Christmas?
Okamoto What did I do...? Ah, I went to see a Tackey & Tsubasa concert with JUMP!
Inoo Ah, yeah yeah. You did spend it with the other members after all... I'm pretty sure NEWS' Masuda-kun was there to see it too. The other members didn't come, he was alone for some reason. (laugh)
Okamoto I want to go to an amusement park with Chinen this Christmas. I want to ride the world's highest and fastest renowned roller coaster!
Inoo Huh, I got to ride that on a TV show, but are you serious about that!? I played janken with Dai-chan and I was thinking of a plan on losing rather than riding the thing, but before we played janken, Dai-chan told me, 「I'll be rock, so you be paper」 And then when I felt, "He's a really great guy! As expected, friends are the things I should have," while I used paper, that guy used scissors... (angry)
(During that ep someone had to win at janken to ride the roller coaster. I'm thinking Inoo either didn't remember the details correctly or he made that story up. XD)
Okamoto So you were forced to ride it after all?
Inoo I didn't want to ride it at all, so I ran away and insisted 「I don't want to ride it!」 for about thirty minutes, even though it was for work. (laugh) Rather than being made to ride the roller coaster, I was bitter about Dai-chan betraying me. So Santa! This year, as a present, please give me love!
Let's take pictures
(Keito's) Takaki-kun, I used these without your permission.
(Inoo's) Vegetarian♡
Christmas Friends challenge
Q The pictures below are Inoo's and Keito's favorite things. Each will give a hint on their own favorite things. Which of these pictures is of whose favorite thing? Please answer.
A 「We have rehearsals for our new song from today, I'll wear my Hey!Say!JUMP T-shirt. Occasionally my parents would wear it at home whenever they pleased. (laugh)」
B 「My favorite store, sells my favorite plaid item. As a matter of fact, I'm acquainted with the designer, so this is a present I got from that person.」
The answer will be in next month's publication!
Answers for December→A: Nakajima, B: Yamada
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