WAVE! So this was kind of a new experience at the ol' sparkling hole for me in that it had a lot of audience participation and talking. Not our usual thing here but delightfully welcome! I watched it subbed for the first time for this post and it was SUPER FUN! I mean, you get the idea even without speaking Japanese but I always like to hear Aiba ( Read more... )

OH MAN. I have faced down maybe my biggest challenge yet, not only a DAZZLING solo but one that has already been lovingly chronicled by our very own ohmyghost! While I still consider hers the definitive post on the subject (and it includes gifs!), I discovered there was in fact more that could be said about Yabai-Yabai-Yabai. IN FACT, I HAVE RELISHED THIS ( Read more... )

Woo! For my restart (it's a restart because I have a new timeframe now and therefore THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT), I wanted to really mix things up and try something different. So I selected a performance I had never seen before (!), from a concert I haven't seen in its entirety (!!) and capped directly from the DVD! Jump back. XD Therefore I bring ( Read more... )

Ah, sparklehole, I'm sorry! I took too long and totally fell out of the sparkle. Since we last met, I got a new (not entirely unproblematic but much better) computer so momentum will be easier to maintain from now on. HOORAY, GOOD TO SEE YOU! :D

A refresher, I was last tagged with Subarashiki Sekai and perhaps that was part of my emotional overload. XD

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Y'know, sometimes the randomizer is very kind. This song was given at a perfect time:
Happy 27th Birthday, Nino!
The sparklehole loves you! ♥


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Okay, first of all, I feel like this number has a long history for me before I even saw it. I remember being super psyched about the concept when the first concert reports started coming out because I could imagine Aiba doing this really well. AND THEN AND THEN came the leaked dance rehearsals of Aiba working on this number and totally kicking ass ( Read more... )

Oh, Nemuranai Karada! Where do I even start with you! For the longest time (until, well, now XD) I had just thought of it as "That awesome, tribal-y dance part" of Iza, Now!. I mean, it IS that, but that doesn't capture the GRANDEUR of all its little wonderful details. I'm afraid I didn't do very good job of displaying all of them here (or this ( Read more... )

Eeee, I'm so happy to join the 5x10 party with my contribution of the short but lovely Naisu na Kokoroiki! Let's do this!

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A quick announcement for you, from now on 5x10 DVD will be on the table! We have both watched and loved and nearly passed out from Arashi joy. Val has gone through and updated the lists accordingly. WE ARE READY. WE CANNOT WAIT.

But for now you will have to content yourself with the previously drawn, Jam! :D

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Okay! I'm finally trying to curb my impulses a little and not drown you guys in caps... even though that didn't actually make my process any faster, oops. XD While we're all consumed by the thought of the most recent tour, today we return to the wonderful summer that was the AAA 2008! Here you go, the refreshing Kaze!


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