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2010-03-10T05:18:30Z

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Kyaa, can't wait to see anime_miz tomorrow~!!

Tenimyu

2010-03-04T09:30:40Z

Went to see Tenimyu yesterday. Played with the machine at Familymart found out that there were seats left available so decided to go. The seat was actually decent~ Wasn't in the arena but it was at the balcony a floor above. I can see the stage well enough, except for the stuff all the way on the right end.

Overall, even though I stopped following the musical, I really enjoyed seeing it~ I think I like this more than the anime... The match was fiercer.. If there's another chance, I would like to go again.

I was happy that they sang On My Way at the end. They still sing this song? And was surprised that they sang This is the Prince of Tennis. Brought back memories.

...Is there a setlist for this musical? It'll be easier for me to write a report if there's one.

Murakami Shingo's "If or...II" F~M

2010-02-28T09:31:28Z

Went to a total of three shows for some reason. Going there more than once was still fun. Very interesting.

February 20th, 1 pm.
February 27th, 1 pm.
February 27th, 6 pm.
Yea, two shows on the same day XD

Edit: Added the March 2nd evening show.

I checked my watch. 15 minutes to go. Aw, lots of time left. I looked up. The screen showed Hina's room. Then, Hina came!!! A staff handed him a piece of paper and a mic. He read what was written there. It was about cameras and recording rules. Towards the end, there were a bunch of kanji or something written and couldn't read it fluently. The pronounciations were wrong, lol. Afterwards, he went into his room.

Five minutes before the show, he came out. He changed to a black t-shirt. He wore something red before. The staff handed him a piece of paper and a mic again, lol. He read it again. This time, he read it really fast, but stumbled many times. His tone of voice changed to the "whatever" manner, lol. Afterwards, he left to the hallway.

February 27th Afternoon:
15 minutes before: He wore a bathrobe. He read the paper in a normal-ish way, except: He said, "Shiiiiii~shashin (pictures)..." and "Keeeetai denwa (cellphone)...." XD
5 minutes before: He came out wearing a redish jacket. A female staff called out to him to read it again. "Enough already!" Finally, he began to read, "Thank you for coming. Sai...! Kaien (Start of the play)..." Lol, mistaken the first word.

February 27th Evening:
15 minutes before: Same as the one in the afternoon. I guess this thing is really recorded?
5 minutes before: Same as the February 20th show. Suspecting that it was recorded.

March 2nd:
Same as the February 27th evening one. I also noticed that one staff dropped a marker and picked it up. So I guess the dressing room area was pre-recorded.

The song they kept blasting got louder and the lights dimmed. The music stopped. The screen switched to outside Hina's room. The door closed on its own. Crashing noises heard and Hina kept saying, "It hurts! Stop it! It hurts!" The place became pitched black. A staff announced that they have five minutes to get ready and go to the studio. He also said, "Ladies and gentlemen! This is the final call! This is the final call!" in English at the end..

Lights turned on. The setting of the stage is the dressing room. The part where the tables at the walls were. Hina sat on the chair, tied up on the hands and feet and the waist to the chair.
"Please don't do it!"
*Pulled trigger*
*Talked really fast* Bang! Really scared everyone here! Hina was shocked. Then, he shook his head out of it.
"That's dangerous~ Don't do it!" Bang! The flower inside the vase fell off the stem.
"You really did it." More talking.
*Trigger* Bang! Hit his computer and it turned on. Showed a gravure idol, rofl! Looked like it was the one that Hina dressed last year XD
He explained, "Yea, it's a gravure idol. Not supposed to look at it but did it anyway." More explaining.
*Trigger* Bang! The bullet broke the water bottle. Water spilled onto the pillow that was sitting on the chair.
Screen on top of the stage showed where the criminal was aiming the gun at. Aiming for Hina's face. "Hey, isn't it too close?" Then, the aim turned to the picture of the gravure idol. Yep, the same one he was dressed in the previous year XD Turned back to Hina's face and back to the idol, rofl. When turned back to Hina, the criminal drew a face with a red marker on the lens over Hina's face. The face looked like an American cartoon animal character, lol. The screen shook a bit.
Hina: Why are you laughing?
Bang! The bullet hit on the right side of Hina.

Then, the criminal switched the gun to some kind of a robot? Something that had a machine gun. Getting ready to shoot.
Hina: PLEASE DON'T! TAKE A DEEP BREATH! IN! (He did big waves to tell to breath in, lol.) OUT! (Also did big wavess.)
Budda-budda-budda-budda! The multiple bullets landed on the furthest right and up of the wall. Created the ∞ shape. Well done, criminal, applaused.
During the third time, since I was sitting so close and knew this part already, I noticed the dotted lines of the shape before the shooting XD

A staff on the speaker announced that time is almost up. A female staff knocked on the door of Hina's dressing room, "Murakami-san, are you ready yet?"
Hina (to the criminal): You heard that? Someone is going to find you here! What are you going to do?
The robot's footsteps heard. Hina watched it move.
"You're just going to run away?" (What about untying Hina...?)
Then, to the staff, "I'm coming!"
Finally, he noticed, "I can't move!" Lol.

Opening VTR. The background music was Jimoto no Ousama.

The VTR on the screen above the stage turned on. It showed the familiar scene. ...Yoko!!! Yoko at the monitor room!!! Yes, it was the beginning of the Kyuu Jou Show PV!!! The other members walking towards the stage. But...somewhere in the far back...Hina was hopping...because he was still tied up, rofl! He was able to loosen the ropes on his ankles.
Yoko: Stand by.
Walking. Kyaa, Maru! XD
Hina running... Untied the ropes on his wrists.
Yoko: Ready~
Walking.
Hina threw the ropes to the back.
Yoko: Action!
Hina came up on the stage, wearing the PV outfit and holding the purple guitar. Sang the beginning of the song, the chorus part. After it was over, he explained to the staffs that he was tied up by a criminal (which was why he came late?). He placed the guitar on the stand.

The staff asked him to sing the song in different styles. He sang the chorus part while doing the request for most of the time.
February 20th:
#1: Molding sushi. He shouted that was done and stuff, replacing the original lyrics.
#2: A Showa kid XD The staff gave him a pogo stick. rofl! He sang while hopping on it.
#3: An impersonation of some famous person (Didn't know who that person was).
#4: ...A cat!!! Omg, the staff gave him a long plastic bottle~ He played with it like a cat o.o When the chorus was over, he threw it hard onto the floor, lol.
#5: Table cloth trick, with five glasses of wine on the table. I wondered if the glasses of wine were real.. He pulled it...and the glasses stayed! Yay! But I still wondered if they were real...lol.

February 27th Afternoon:
#1: Impersonation of Asada Mao XD Pretending to ice skate. At the end, he did a double axel, lol! Afterwards, he said, "Congrats on winning the silver medal!"
#2: An OL who got groped in the train x_x At the end, he caught the groper, yay!
#3: A Showa kid. This time, he was given a toy sword and helmet. Pretending to fight. But got defeated.
#4: A cat. He also threw the bottle hard onto the floor.
#5: Table cloth trick. He crossed his arms, refusing to do it. But the audience rooted for him by clapping to the beat XD He finally changed his mind. It was a perfect! Got me suspicious though XD

February 27th Evening:
#1: The sushi again.
#2: Got killed during duty. He fell dead starting at the last two lines of the chorus. He stayed down for a veeery long time XD He quickly lifted his head up and said, "Nobody helped move me?"
#3: Michael Jackson XD XD He was given the hat with the ponytail attached, lol. He did the pose on the This Is It thing~ Then, the crotch dance. Then, another pose. He planned to throw the hat over the guitar but it landed right on the guitar head!! Applause! Hina was surprised too. "Whoa!! A Michael miracle!" Lol!
#4: A Showa kid. A hula hoop. After a few spins, it fell.
#5: Table cloth trick. Perfect again. Hm...

March 2nd:
#1: Making ramen.
#2: Otaku. He put on a backpack and typed on an imaginery computer, lol. He even did the otaku dance!!! The audience clapped loudly and for a long time. Hina was like, "Why are you clapping to this?" Lol.
#3: Showa kid. He was given stilts. He tried to walk on them. But failed... Tried two more times, but still failed.. Then, he dropped them on the floor, "I've had enough!" *pat pat* He explained that it was difficult because the place to step on was narrow and his shoes were narrow.
#4: Showa kid again. This time, with a kendama. He tried to catch the ball...but failed. Second time. Perfect!! Yay!!!
#5: Table cloth trick. This time, he stacked two glasses on the threes. He got ready. But hestitated a bit. Then, he pulled it! Perfect!! Applaused. Hina shook the table cloth into the air~

VTR. IF or NEWS JAPAN. Hina dressed as a female newscaster o.o The name was Murakami Crystal.. There were two different camera angles: one facing the front and the other high above him at an 45 degrees angle. It was funny when he looked up. Looked a pure woman XD
February 20th:
- News #1: Mt. Rushmore. Someone carved something on one of the faces. Showed picture. Thomas Jefferson's face (the one of the second to left) was replace with Hina's, lol. The police were still investigating it XD
- News #2: Murakami Shingo climbed to the top of Mt. Everest with wearing just briefs XD Showed pictures of Hina on top of the mountain. He was wearing nothing except for a white brief and mountain climbing equipments XD
- News #3: A new motorbike had been created. Showed a picture of the bike. It was Hina, in a bike costume o.o He was in a position to make it looked like the body of the bike. The handles were on his head. His arms were holding the front wheels. The back wheels were behind his legs. It really looked like a real bike! Next picture, he dressed in a car show girl outfit (o.o) standing next to the bike. Last picture, him on the bike, as the rider o.o

February 27th Afternoon:
- News #1: Something about the sphinx. Had a photo of it. The face of the sphinx was replaced with Hina's.
- News #2: Mt. Everest.
- News #3: A kappa was found and captured! Photo shown. The kappa was Hina dressed in the costume XD And the fisherman was him as well. One picture showed the fisherman and the kappa hanging upside-down, lol. The kappa was looking at the fisherman; had funny expression, lol!

February 27th Evening:
- News #1: Something about a famous art painting by Leonardo Da Vinci. Mona Lisa. Her face was replaced with Hina's, lol.
- News #2: Mt. Everest.
- News #3: Kappa.

March 2nd:
- News #1: Mona Lisa.
- News #2: Mt. Everest.
- News #3: Kappa.

All the photos where marked, "Photo: Shingo Murakami" in English.

End of news, He said goodbye (with the bow). Then, he took out a back scratcher and scratched his back, lol. The camera was still rolling. He smailed at that camera while scratching his back XD

DJ Shingo!!
- He wore a brown wig with a small ponytail on the back. He was doing the radio show live at 6 am. There was an audience outside. He commented that there were lots of grandmas and grandpas gathered here.
- Letter segment: Came from an 84-year-old man named Kikuyama. Wrote that he wanted an huge public bath to be built in this area.. The second letter was from a 73-year-old man named Zuru Tachibana(?). Hina said "73" in English XD The letter basically said, "I can't find my medicine. Where do you think it went?" ROFL! Hina asked bluntly, "Where do you think it went?" Had enough of reading letters so he played a song. A song called Jinsei don Tsumari (My life in brief?) by Zarigani-zu (crayfish?). During the song, he called out, "Ume-san! Ume-san!!! Please check the letters before sending them to me! He can't hear me.. Please check the letters!!! Even though you're 85 years old, please do the job properly!!"
- A grandma gave him a mikan. Told him that it was delicious XD But thought that he was some other famous person. He told her that he was not.
- Went back to his seat. Song was over. Complained about the old people and wanting younger people to be around. Finally noticed that the song was over. "Ume-san! Why didn't you give a signal?! Iya, I said it... *sweats*"
- Next segment: Moshimoshi Moshimo!! About calling the listeners and answering questions to win a prize. He received a phone call from a contestant. "...DJ Shingo! No, I'm not .. (don't know who the famous person is). This is DJ Shingo! No, I'm not an American (XD;). This is...DJ SHINGO!!! My voice is too loud. Sorry. What? Where is the medicine? Wait. Aren't you the man who send the mail before?! I don't know where the medicine is!" Hanged up on him.
- Next segment: Not sure what the segment was about but he did this along with another person. He contacted that person on the phone. Something wrong happened to him. Learned that the man was 105 (Wth?) years old. "He collapsed?!!" Had to call the ambalance.
- Heard an old lady said something. He kept telling her that he wasn't who she thought he was. But everyone else thought so, too... The staff told him to do an impersonation. He did one. People clapped. He told them that he wasn't that person.
- Then...Hina said, "I don't know where the medicine is! Zuru-san?!" Hina kept saying that he doesn't know. And, "No, I'm not an American!" Lol. He also told other people that he wasn't that famous person. In the February 20th show, when the lady finally understood that he wasn't the one, she fainted..
- An old man (not sure if it was the same one) went into the studio with a stick. Hina caught it. Tried to calm him down. He called Ume-san for his help. But the old man collapsed. The ambalance came. Didn't understand what he said. Something about the ambalance and the old man.
- The ending music played. Hina sat down in front of the mic and concluded his radio show. He complained why all them were old people and where were the young ones..
Poor him...
- During the February 27th evening show, he completely ran out of breath and took a drink out of the water bottle.
- During the March 2nd show, he stumbled on the last sentence. Forgot what he said.

News time. This time, Crystal had facial hair O.O Seemed like he hadn't shaved this morning..
- News #4: Somewhere in Sugamo, someone named Zarigani-zu was singing in the streets. He looked like someone from the 70's. He wore a bright pink, flowery shirt and a black vest. He had big sunglasses on. He sang a song with a guitar in hand. The camera showed some aunties, uncles, and other older people walking down the streets and looking at him. It was funny XD
February 20th:
The song was called Jinsei don Tsumari. About buying a new cellphone but a new model came out right after he bought it. Then, something about losing 10000 yen. He could have went to Big Camera to buy it because of something about the point card. Then, going to a manga cafe. Reading One Piece. Finished volume 51 and was planning to take out volume 52, but someone already took it. Complained that he could have taken it out along with #51. And then..his mother still doesn't read the ∞ part in Kanjani∞.

February 27th Afternoon:
The song was called Moshimo Guitar ga Heketa nara (If I can play a guitar). About getting a guitar. He tried to play it but his mom kept complaining that it was noisy. Then, something about his ability on singing..

February 27th Evening:
Same as the February 20th one.

Crystal commented, "Doesn't sound like a good song, isn't it?" Ended the news program. Then, he took out a razor and began shaving his facial hair x_x He noticed that the camera above him was still on. He looked at it and smiled...while shaving..

Mime: He dressed like one too, with the straps hanging on his shoulders from his pants and the short pants. He also wore a hat.
- He was planning to ride the train. Rode on the escalator. Walked. When he walked, it looked like the Moon Walk XD He used his Suica, walked through the gate...but the doors of the gate closed on him. Tried again. Closed again. Another Gate. Walking through...bam! Hit his head on something. He touched what was in front of him. A glass wall. Tried to jump to see what was over it. Banged it. But hurt his hand. Went back. Went to another gate. Used his Suica. *Fanfare!!* Plus, an applause. Walking through...bam! A bang on his head again! A glass wall again. Seemed like the glass wall was on all four sides of him. He found a doorknob. Opened the door. Back inside the train station.
- Went outside of the station and waited to cross the streets. A car passed by him. Then, another car. Then...a motorbike XD And a really, really fast speed bike or car. Another one. And another one. And another one. During the March 2nd show, he hurt his neck a bit XDThen, a horse wagon XD Lastly, a giant robot.. Its footsteps made him jump. He tried to run away. It was about to step on him but he pushed its foot upwards. Pushed really hard. And threw the robot. Crashed~ The siren went off XD
- Planned to buy a drink from the vending machine. Insert money. Pushed the button. A batsu sounded. Pushed again. Buzzer sound. Banged the vending machine. Warning alarm went off. He covered himself. 3, 2, 1. Something blasted off high into the air and landed in his hand XD He opened it and drank. Gulp, gulp, gulp. He finished drinking. But the gulping sound didn't stop. He hurriedly put the can on his mouth, lol. Gulp, gulp, gulp until the can was finished. He did a funny pose at the end. But didn't remember which impersonation that was from. He threw the can under his leg and went into the trash can.
- Passed by the place to practice baseball. Went inside. Set up the machine. Hit a ball. Hit another one. Third one flew, but missed. The lights turned red and dramatic music played, lol. There were also two big, red spotlights flashed on the wall at both ends of the stage. He tried hitting another ball but it hit his head. Red lights and dramatic music again, lol. Another ball. Went bouncing on metal poles like a pinball and then hit his head again, lol. He put his hand on his injured head. Lights and music again. He kneeled and had one arm in the air. Like his head bled or something, lol. He fell flat on the ground. Got up. Other people asked him to be quiet, lol.
- Walked out of the place. Outside was raining heavily. He took the umbrella and opened it. Walking. A car went by and splashed some water on the lower part of his legs. Walked away, but turned out to be in the streets. A car or something was coming towards him. He tried to run away. There were also sounds of the horse's footsteps. While running, he changed his position to the one that looked like he was riding a horse, lol. Then, hurriedly turned to get out of the road but fell. His hat fell and the umbrella was thrown over.
- He picked up his hat. Noticed that the rain stopped. Threw his hat aside and started to walk. But one foot stepped on a puddle. He stepped back and jumped over it. Another puddle. Jumped over it. Noticed a big puddle. Stepped a step back and jump! There was the sound of Mario when he jumped on the question mark block, rofl! Mario music began to play!!! *__* He jumped another and another. The jumping sound was heard along with his movements. But then, he jumped...and hit his head onto something! Something stuck on his head. He took the stick out. And then fainted. Mario's game over music, rofl!
- Got up. Shook his head to clear it. Walking into a building. Rode an elevator. Reached the following floor. Door opened. Some kind of machinery ran toward him really fast. Ran back to the elevator immediately. Went up to the next floor. Lots of cheering for him. A stadium. Someone grabbed his arm. He pulled out. He took a big bow, going along with the mood. Louder cheering. Shouted at them and then went back to the elevator. Next floor. A Buddhist chanting.. He bowed and gave his offerings. Next floor. Door opened. No sound and nothing in sight. Peeked out. He stepped out. Nothing. Walked to the right. Bam! Got hit on his head. "Enough already!" He yelled out loud. The end.

- A VTR on the screen on the lower part of the wall at the back of the stage turned on. Showed a room of Hina's house. A big sliding window on the left side, the bed in the front view, and the kitchen on the right side. A bookshelf stood next to the bed. There was a kotatsu at the middle. The window curtains were purple XD There was the countdown concert blanket on the bed (So neat)~ It was placed on the bigger blanket. A Kanjani8 poster hanged up on the wall above the bed.
- Hina returned to his room. Still had the mime outfit on. Took off his shirt and changed to a sweat jacket. Took off his pants and changed to sweat pants. After putting both legs into the pants, he jumped up and pulled the pants up, lol! Both the jacket and the pants were purple XD He left the room carrying the mime clothes. The camera zoomed closer into the room. The words "ushiro ushiro (back, or behind)" displayed on the screen. Lights turned off.
- The real Hina appeared on the stage, wearing the same clothes as seen on the video. There weren't any props on the stage so everything was imaginery. He sat at the kotatsu. Trying to warm up. Turned on the tv. He took some tissues and blew his nose. "IF or NEWS JAPAN!" A news reported. About Murakami Shingo being tied up (earlier in the play) XD He commented on it. He threw the tissue into the trash bin behind him. The video showed the tissue flew and landed into the trash bin. So cool~
- Cellphone rang. He turned off the tv. Got up. Turned to the right. When he turned, the video on the screen turned with him, showing the windows at the front view. That was so cool!!! Answered the phone. But the other end hanged up right after he answered it. Then, went to the fridge on the same side, took out a drink, and drank it. Meanwhile...outside the window... At the open hole of the curtains, a person with very long hair covering the face and white gown (down to the toe) appeared. Scary music played. The person walked away. Obviously, it was Hina in costume. I knew it! XD
- Hina shivered. So cold~! He turned to the window. The video on the screen turned to the bed. He closed the window along with the curtains completely. Phone rang again. He turned so that the window were shown on the screen. But hanged up right after he answered it, again. He began to prepare a cup noodle. Meanwhile, the ghost walked closer to the window. (Scary music played.) Got behind the curtains. Looked around the room. The face revealed. Yea, it was Hina. While wondering, he pushed the left piece of the curtain to the wall. Wondered deeper into the room, leaving the screen.
- After done filling it with water, Hina put the cup noodle on the table. He noticed that the window was opened. He turned to it and wondered how it became opened. Meanwhile, the ghost found the cup noodles on the table. Picked it up. The cup had some purple colors and had the word "murasaki" on it XD He took a bite out of the noodles, rofl. Since the noodles weren't soft yet, crunching sounds were heard when he took the bite. Afterwards, he walked to the left of the stage, leaving the screen.
- Hina walked back to the table. The screen showed the bed. The ghost was underneath the blanket! Kinda scary. Hina started to look at a magazine. He fell asleep while reading it.
- Meanwhile, the ghost got up. The gown slid upwards when he tried to stand up, revealing his bare and hairy legs, rofl XD Looked around the area with the bookshelf. Found a conga drum (Was it what it was called..). Picked it up and took a look. But accidentally hit his hand against the drum, making the sound. Hina woke up! Realized that he fell asleep. Looked through the magazine again. Fell asleep again.
- The ghost continued to look at the bookshelf. He found a lingerie bra?? He held it over his chest, lol, and put it back. Next, he found a poster. He hanged it over the Kanjani8 poster, rofl. It was a poster of only Hina himself XD The poster had him leaning against the wall holding a soccer ball. But the poster fell, making a noise. Hina woke up. Shhh... Realized that he fell asleep again. The ghost hanged it back on the wall. He took a soccer ball from the bookshelf and imitated the pose on the poster, rofl.
- Hina felt the chills. The ghost went underneath the blanket. Looked behind. Nothing. The ghost got up. Hina wanted to try again. Turned around! The ghost hid safely under the blanket.
- Hina thought about putting the music on. Not sure what he said, but it made the ghost mouthed, "Aho" XD He turned on the music. The beginning music of F・T・O~ He moved his body in a big circle. The ghost moved the same way behind him on the bed. Choo Choo Train~ Applaused. But Hina stopped the music, didn't want to do it anymore. The ghost got angry at him. But then, the ghost's stomach hurt!! Painfully walked out of the room..
- Hina felt chills. He walked to the window and wondered.
- The toilet flushed. The ghost came back looking refreshed, lol. He looked around the kitchen. Opened a cabinet door. Found a kitchen knife! Uh-oh. Targetting Hina. Walked closer to the camera. Showed a closed up of his face. He made a funny face as he thrusted the knife. But Hina turned to a different direction and wondered around the bed. The knife was swung! Decided to go to sleep so he turned and walked to the kitchen. The ghost landed towards the windows, behind the table. Hina prepared to brush his teeth. The ghost tried again. He headed towards the kitchen. Bam! Hit his leg to the table!! Ouch! Lol. He fell flat onto the floor. Hina turned around. Nothing. Went back to brushing his teeth. The ghost got up. He tried to stab again. But Hina finished and turned away. The ghost stood on the bed, getting ready. But. Hina switched the light off.
- The ghost turned the light on. "Huh?" Light turned off. Turned on again.
- Hina looked around. Finally turned around. Face-to-face with the ghost. Surprised! The ghost jumped back. Hina replied, "Why are you so scared?" Lol. The ghost swung the knife. Hina dodged. Swung again. Hina caught it with his hands. Then, threw the ghost to the back. On the screen, the ghost flew back onto the bed. Nice~ The ghost got up. His long hair got in the way and confused him, lol. He left the room in a hurry. Hina called the police, trying to describe the situation. Then, the screen showed the side with the tv. "Long hair and white gown..." The ghost appeared on the tv! "...He's on tv!!" Dropped down to the floor. All the lights except for the tv turned off. The ghost made a scary but funny face. Scary music ended. Screamed. All lights turned off.

A VTR showing Hina dressed as a narrator, with the hair back and wearing sunglasses. The setting was like of those horror story narrations. He said something. Then, said to watch out behind you. Made a joke. I didn't understand it though. Lastly, "There might be something behind you." Hina walked down the hallway, away from the camera. VTR ended.

The door at the back of the theater opened. The ghost came running down the aisle!! People in the audience screamed, "Hina!" Hina yelled around. He tried to scare someone sitting in the front row in the center. Then, came up on stage. He did a prankster's pose indicating that it was a prank. He said, "Daiseikou (successful)" and left. People in the audience were left in confusion..

February 27th Afternoon:
I think there was a kid sitting there or something. Was too far to see who the person was. Hina pulled away his bangs and made a face. "Am I that scary?" He scared someone in the front row on the left side before climbing up the stage. "Daiseikou!"

February 27th Evening:
I sat so close to that aisle! Three seats away~ Hina walked to the end of the aisle. Quickly turned his head to his right. Quickly to other directions. Then, skipped little steps horizonally along the aisle at the front row. Scared the people at the front left and quickly climbed up the stage. BUT. He banged onto something and fell! O_O Was he OK? No daiseikou this time, huh. It took a while for him to get back up. After he got on the stage, he tended his right leg. He said, "(My) leg hurts" while doing the same pose. Wow, poor him.

March 2nd:
He walked around, expressionless. He jumped onto the stage. (He didn't fall, whew!) He looked at the front, still expressionless. Then, he laughed and dashed off out of the stage. Scary.

News program VTR. When the camera started rolling, Crystal wasn't at the seat. But the voice was heard speaking gently, "President (buchou), please stop~ The program started~ Please stop~" Then, went to the seat. The blouse was half-unbottoned on the top and a bra was visible XD Crystal buttoned the blouse while beginning the program.
February 20th:
- News #5: Kappa.
- News #6: A new kind of grapes. A photo shown. Grapes with difference faces of Hina with inflated cheeks...
- News #7: An astronaut named Murakami Shingo traveling in outer space with only briefs. Photo was shown. Hina naked except for the white brief and space equipments >.> But the tube connected him to the space ship ripped. A photo shown of him trying to swim back to the ship XD

February 27th Afternoon:
- News #5: Grapes.
- News #6: Astronaut.
- News #7: The bike.

February 27th Evening:
- News #5: A new kind of sheep was born. A photo. Four sheep. The face on one of them was replaced with Hina's.
- News #6: Astronaut.
- News #7: The bike.

March 2nd:
- News #5: Some kind of new monkey. The face on a monkey was replaced with Hina's.
- News #6: Astronaut.
- News #7: The bike.

News program over. The president grabbed Crystal's arm to get her(?) out of the seat. "Buchou~ Buchou~" Left with him.

Class time! Mathematics!
Hina came out of the stage dressed as an old professor. "Long time no see!!" He asked everyone if they were ok (after scaring them with the ghost). During the third time of the show, he didn't say anything about it. And on March 2nd, he talked fast and in a low voice for some reason..

First, he taught us the three formulas of Johnny's. The third one was covered with the letter x. 1) Clean feeling. 2) Can sing and dance. 3) Refreshing smile. He peeled off the x... The debut song isn't enka! XD

x + y = debut. x was "junior." y was...YOU yacchaina yo XD Junior + YOU yacchaina yo = debut.

He took out four giant match sticks and put them in a shape of a square on the board. It had 90 degree angles all around. He explained, "When you see Macchi, you bow at a 90 degrees angle! Greetings! *bow at 90 degrees* Thank you! *bow at 90 degrees*"

Next, the individual groups~~!!! Explained about V6. 20th Century and Coming Century formed the one group. During the March 2nd show, he started saying, "20th Century" but a person in the audience pointed it out. He lightly scolded her about knowing what he was going to teach.

Tofu + wakame + miso = x
What is x?
Tegomasu!!!
Hina said that this was easy. "Miso soup~! Tsukuru te wa~!" He sang it high and off-key, lol. My third time there, he said something about them being good singers.

TOKIO: Some kind of additional fraction problem. x + y + z / a
Hina explained what a fraction is.
He asked the audience to guess. He went to the left of the stage and chose the one in the front row. She didn't say the it out loud. Hina said he can wait. He sat down in crossed-legged position. After the girl guessed, he tried to get back up. He used his metal stick pointer to help. Then, he asked two more people.
My third time there, there was a guy in the front row. The area near where Hina tried to scare as the ghost, lol. Hina asked about his age. The guy said, "Older than you." Wow. Applaused. Hina said, "You can't be? I'm 88 years old." Hahaha! He also asked the girl who accompanied the guy. She said something about the leader. On March 2nd, Hina picked an older woman in the front row. She couldn't come up with an answer. He also waited. Then, he whispered to her, "Band. Band." Lol.

The answer was: Recent + rice boy + healthy resetter(?) / Dash-mura (village).
TOKIO fans, please explain this to me? ^.^

KinKi Kids: (Yay~)
x < y. The "<" in Japanese reads "yori (mo)."
The answers were: x = Aisareru. y = Aisarenai. "Aisareru yori (mo) Aisarenai" That was soooo cool!!!
Hina added "honki (truth)" in front of it. Honki = Aisareru < Aisarenai. But the honki was supposed to be read as maji (really).
After he took down the magnets and erased the board, he still have the erase in hand while talking some more. He made us notice that the eraser was purple.

Arashi: *flails*
The member he chose was...Nino!!! *more flailing*
x kan + y kan = a ("~Kan" means ~feeling.)
The answers were: Healthy feeling + mochi mochi feeling = Soup de Okoge
!!! *_____*
Then, Hina grumbled something about Nino being busy and stuff. Too fast for me to understand what he said. He smacked his pointer on the board while grumbling, rofl.

February 27th Afternoon:
He threw the Arashi label onto the board. The label was completely upside-down, rofl. He also threw the label with Nino's name onto the board. It landed almost vertically straight. He talked about him and Nino back in junior days. And now that Nino had a lot of dramas and movies...
After he revealed the answer, he told us about him and Ookura in a movie together. Applaused. While talking about it, he pushed Nino's magnet with his pointer. But the magnet kept falling, lol. He finally pushed it to the top and in a horizontally straight line. Then, he took it out. He yelled at it for being busy and stuff. He smacked the pointer at the magnet while yelling at it, lol. Then, threw it really hard into the box underneath the white board.

February 27th Evening:
He also threw both magnets onto the white board. The Arashi label was slanted a lot to the left.
After he revealed the answer, he talked really fast about Nino being busy and stuff. He smacked his pointer around the edges of the magnet. He took it out, shook it hard and yelled at it, and then threw it down into the box.

March 2nd:
He threw both magnets onto the white board again. This time, both of them were upside-down, lol. After revealing the results, he said that Nino had been so busy. Filming movies now. And then mentioned about Ookura being in the movie. He kept on smacking the white board really hard with the pointer and saying, "They're working hard!! They're working hard!!" ...

KAT-TUN: x + y
Pretty easy. KAT + TUN ^.^
February 27th Afternoon: When Hina tried to peel off the y, he couldn't peel it off. The opened corner accidentally got stuck onto the board or something. He took out Nino's magnet. "Maybe I threw it too hard.." Put it back into the box. He said maybe he'll stop doing the KAT-TUN one but the audience complained, "Ehh~" Hina finally changed his mind. He took Nino's magnet out. He apologized to it XD And put it gently into the box. Then, he took out all the magnets out of the white board. He put it down onto the table. He introduced KAT-TUN again. The audience went along, pretended to hear it for the first time ^.^ He complimented~

He said he'll do one for a Kanjani8 member. He picked a girl from the audience and asked her to choose: Subaru.
Lots of the ">" sign. The first word was "elephant." Elephant > tiger > dog > medaka (?) teacher/master > Subaru. Indicating how tiny Subaru was XD

February 27th Afternoon:
There were people shouting out different names. Many people wanted Yasu but Hina said he didn't have his. He shouted out each member's names and we clapped on the one we wanted.
Finally, he decided to do Yoko's. He wrote the "yo" and the "ko" with a wide distance in between, lol.
(character + weapon) x monster x wii

February 27th Evening:
Everyone shouted all at once. Hina asked to stop. Everytime he stopped talking, everyone shouted all at once, lol. But it eventually died down. But one girl kept shouting Subaru's name. Hina decided to do his.

March 2nd:
Everyone shouted all at once, similar to the previous show I went to. Hina asked them to stop. But they still shouted. He tried to stop until everyone became quiet. Then, he picked a girl. Yasu.
(Boy + girl) ÷ 2 = ring on the pinky

I searched online for the other members:

Ryou:
(Fried + mayonnaise) x rice cracker

Maru:
Shakure + sakure x sakure2 (squared) = parents are bodybuilders
What does sakure mean..?

Ookura:
5 1/2 = gohan (rice)

He drew π and asked us what it was. He added the "= 3.14" to it. He explained about the numbers being endless. Drew ∞.
During the second time there, someone shouted, "Oppai" XD

(Junior + YOU yacchaina yo) x Kansai x Enka / long in low social position + gattsuki (?) feeling / easy dances - idol-like = Kanjani8
Explained about Kanjani8. He said that the group had easy dances, like Sukiyanen, Osaka (he did the first movement of the chorus part). He even mentioned about the agency name being in the group name XD

The Story of "If":

This story was serious. Hina did three different characters at the same time.

The VTR on the upper screen showed the shadow of Hina putting his hands on a little boy's shoulders. A feather fell. The bottom screen turned on. The feather continued to fall to the stage floor.

The stage had a bench on the left side of the stage. The setting was at a park.

Hina, as the mysterious person, stood on the stage. A feather on the floor in front of the stage. He narrated. By the time walked to the feather and picked it up, he finished the speech.

Hina, as a regular man, sat on the bench, talking to his cell. Turned out that he had debts. He tried to extend the due date. After he hanged up, he was in frustration. "Maybe I made a mistake in life."

A little boy came up to him.
"Ossan, ossan!" (Lol.)
The guy looked at him. "You again?! Don't call me an ossan, call me onii-san! Why don't you go play with the other kids?"
"Please teach me how to ride a bike~"
The guy made a face.
"Teach me how to ride the bike~" *Tugging his sleeve*
*In frustration* "We'll do it tomorrow.."
"Really? Promise? It's a promise, ok?" *Dashed off*
*Still in frustration* A ball hit on his lower hip. "Ouch! It was you! I told you that I'll teach it to you tomorrow!"

He sat leaning onto the arm of the bench. One hand tended the hip and the head resting on the other arm. A mysterious woman came up to him.
"Is this seat empty?"
*Grumbling* Turned around. "Oh! Um...have we met before?"
"You seemed to have something troubling you. Sorry, I just overheard a little."
"Trouble?" Complained. Learned that he was actually a president of a company. One of the famous product was some kind of lip gloss. But he quitted and ended up in debt.

The mysterious woman said, "If, only if, you are able to reset your life, would you want to?"
"Huh?" Thinking this was some kind of joke. He said if he was able to do it, maybe he'll become a musician.
She took out something out of her jacket. "I'll give it to you. This is the life reset button. With this, you can go back to a point in your life that you want and fix it. But one thing: your memories of that point will be erased."
The man thought that it was a joke. Began to speak, but his phone rang. Check to see who it was. The debt collector. Reject call. Started to speak again. Phone rang again. Reject call. Rang. Reject. Rang. He got frustrated. He accepted the button and pushed it. Lights turned off.

When the lights turned on, the man sat on the bench talking on the phone. A guitar case leaned against the bench. He was apologizing about something. He bowed really low on the bench, with his head touching the seat. Learned that his CD wasn't selling well. He said maybe he made a mistake in life.

A boy came up to him.
"Ossan, ossan!"
"What is it? Oh! You again! Why don't you play with the other kids?"
"Please teach me how to ride a bike~"
*In frustration* "Huh? Where did this happen before?"
"Please teach me how to ride a bike~"
"We'll do it tomorrow.. Huh? It felt like this had happened before."
"Really? Promise? It's a promise, ok?" *Dashed off*
"If this is correct, a ball would hit me. Ouch! It was you! I did tell you that I'll teach you tomorrow!" Went to the same position on the bench as before.

"Is this seat empty?"
*Grumbling* Turned around. "Oh! Um...have we met before?"
"You were always in this park."
The man said, "Huh? Have you heard of me? Zarigani-zu? Sang songs like Jinsei don Tsumari and others. I guess you wouldn't have, huh." He explained about his CD not selling and stuff.
"If, only if, you are able to reset your life, would you want to?"
Thought this was a joke, saying the similar things as before.
Took out something out of her jacket. "I'll give it to you. The life reset button."
Thought this was not real. Phone rang. Reject. Rang again.

Narration: This isn't the only time I've heard this. This man has gone through this life over and over again, an endless loop. He actually pushed the button many times. This is the 28th time now. The first time I've seen this. This is the highest record. Wouldn't it be better to try to take a step forward? But again, this man pushed the button once more.

Lights turned on again. The man hanged on the bench upside-down, talking on the phone. A briefcase stood on the ground beside him. Chatting away with someone. He said maybe he made a mistake in life. Afterwards, he hanged up.

A boy came up to him.
"Ossan, ossan!"
"What is it? Oh! You again! Why don't you play with the other kids?"
The boy looked down.
"Actually...I don't have any friends. When I gave a self-introduction speech, everyone laughed at me. I've stopped going to school.. Everyone stopped paying attention to me. But it's ok! I've gotten used to it already!"
"...What about I teach you how to ride a bike?"
*Shakes head* "I don't want to learn. By the way, why are you always here at noon?"
"Actually, I don't have a job. *Talked some more about his failure* Maybe it's better to be dead."
"No, I want to live! I want to go a new school and make friends! But...I don't have any courage..."
"*Argued about it* What about starting to feel wanting to go to school? Like, waking up at 7! And then, the next day, changed to the uniform! Then the day after, head out to the gate! And then, walking to school!" He tried to encourage him.

Then, he said, "I'll give you something. Wait here." He walked to the bench. Took out a folder out of the briefcase and then two papers out of it. Using his briefcase as the table, he started to fold something. The spotlight changed to a different color. When he started on the second paper, he started to talk about himself. Something about losing interests as days gone by.

Finished folding. "All done!" He held them up. "A pair of wings! Huh, no one's here!"

When the lights at the stage lit up again, the briefcase stood on the bench with a pair of paper wings hanging on it.

The mysterious person concluded the story. A pair of wings shown on the screen and he stood in between, made it seem like they were attached to the back of the person. The shadow of a boy with wings came up next to him. Held his hand. Feathers fell across the stage. When the narration finished, the two angels disappeared.

The phone rang. The man answered. "Hello. Yes. I passed? Starting April? Yes, I can come! Thank you very much!" Hanged up. "Finally got the job. Yatta!"

End credits rolled. Showed the off-shot of Hina in different costumes for the photos for the news thing. The kappa, the bike, the car show girl, etc. The last clip showed a scene of his birthday celebration.

Hina came out of the stage, holding a prop of the pair of wings. He put the wings over the paper ones. Then, left.

He showed up again. Bowed. Applaused. He thanks us and stuff. At the middle of his speech, a feather fell from the ceiling. He noticed and stared at it. Then, another feather fell XD He looked up and was wondering if there were any more left, hehe. Ended the speech, bowed and waved and thanked, and then the curtains went down.

February 27th Afternoon:
He apologized about the KAT-TUN thing.

February 27th Evening:
He apologized about the ghost thing, lol. He said he did 25 shows so far and this never happened. So this was the first time.

March 2nd:
Talked about the last show on the following day. He said that Ryou may be coming. (Did he? Too bad that I couldn't go to the last show...)

The audience kept applusing. Then, Hina showed up again. Said more stuff. He said about doing the third series of this play but he didn't know if it'll be confirmed yet. Then, he bowed, waved, and thanked. The curtains went down.

Afterwards, I bought Soup de Okoge XD

iceblueaya @ 2010-02-24T19:29:00

2010-02-24T10:29:38Z

Spent so much money on concerts and stageplays..

January 30th:
Went to Royal Servant, the butler cafe, again. This time, we tried out the evening reservation. Nothing much..

February 3rd:
- Went to the movie theater with kimitsu_yk to watch Bandage. Since it was Wednesday, the tickets for ladies were 1000 yen instead of 1800 yen XD
- The movie was ok. Nothing really special except that it took place during the 90's.. It was interesting to see the gadgets from back then.

February 10th:
BREAKERZ live ♥ When waiting to go into the concert venue, went to the mall nearby. There was a huge store that sold RUSS-K clothes, with discounts too! Was like, "I want to buy them all~" Would seriously buy a lot but would be a pain to send them back to HK..
Afterwards, bought food for early dinner at the convenience store. Sat outside on a bench to eat. Got surrounded by Chinese tourists who waited time to go back to the bus. Not sure which part of the country they came from. One family spoke Cantonese but the other seemed to only knew Mandarin.

February 12th:
- Went to xilentdeath's place and stayed over. Mostly because to watch Music Station XD Rai couldn't help to arrived a bit late so missed KAT-TUN's performance.. Arashi's performance was awesome, despite that Sho wasn't there. Sho was on the big screen behind the four members~
- After that, watched Kame's drama. The drama was ok. The humor was interesting but a bit too silly for me.

February 14th:
- Went to another butler cafe called Edal. It was based off of the BL manga, Heart of Thomas. Got to the cafe a bit late because 1) I hadn't gotten enough sleep for several days so ended up overslept and 2) had a hard time finding the place. The place was located along the narrow streets.
The cafe was interesting. Since it was based on a school manga, the butlers were categorized by the number of year of students. The color of the ribbon told you which year they were in.
- One student was able to speak English. It was a good thing. But to me, I shouldn't rely on it. Showed how much I suck at Japanese.
- Rai and I ordered the Valentine's Day special because it was limited. Plus, hot chocolate because we both loved it XD The special contained a piece of chocolate cake and a photo of one of the students. We choose a number between one to nine and were given a photo according to the number we picked. I chose the number eight because of Kanjani8 XD But also because I wouldn't need to think too much of it. Ended up getting a student council~ Rai picked number seven and recieved a photo of a third year student. The set we ordered had a lot of chocolate, lol.
- There was a piano and a student played two musical pieces ^^
- They showed us their photobook and student diary.
- When time is up, they gave us a guest dairy to write on.

February 15th:
- Went to the Royal Servant again, for the third time. Something happened that made them open an hour later than usual. Went to K-Books and an convenience store to pass time.
- The butler apologized many times for having to push us back.
- Received the bill of 1000 yen. We thought it was a coupon and kept on asking for a check XD Because of the delay, he only had us pay for the charge~
- Went back to my dorm to put down some stuff while Rai went to the office to get her paycheck. Met up back at her place and slept over again.

February 16th:
- Because we had a talk about aquariums, we ended up decided to go to Tokyo Tower.
- Went to the aquarium and the Guiness Record museum there. The aquarium was so much fun! The best part was the Japanese style garden at the end. Included a pond with fish and turtles. Also, had a waterfall. Turtles and a waterfall... I can stay there forever~ The Guiness Record museum seemed interesting so Iwanted to visit it.
- Didn't have time to go to the other areas..

Remember way back when I said I'll send out cards to people who requested them? I sent them yesterday XD XD See, I still remembered XD I sent all of them except for two...which maybe be sent the day after tomorrow. Also sent something to each one of the Friday crew~ I added a little something ^.^ Hope they arrived safely..

Tenimyu fans who still follow the show: Help!

2010-02-20T09:47:20Z

After some debating, I decided to go and watch the musical, just to fulfill my past dream. Problem is: What's going on in the musical now? Which part of the manga are they doing? The time I started to lose track was when the cast started to have A and B groups. I have no idea who the people in the cast are.
I would want to know also because I can write a proper report after watching it.
Please help me fill in the info. Thanks.

I started to noticed. The first three months here, I went to only concerts. The last three months will be filled with only musicals and stageplays. Well, except the BREAKERZ live..

Did I feel the quake...?

2010-02-17T14:39:49Z

Heard that there was a tiny earthquake this early morning. It shook like once. This morning, I woke myself up, thinking of needed to go to the bathroom. I went anyway, and went back to sleep. But I didn't remember feeling the shake. Heard that the quake occurred around 5? When I woke up, the room was still dark. It was kinda weird.

Fandom:
- Yay, Kanjani8 DVD!! Wished I was there for the countdown, but I still felt grateful for getting the chance to go to one of the shows.
- Kyaaa, Nino and Ookura!!! Still waiting for a chance for Nino and Maruyama to do something together..

Haven't done this in a while. But still wanted to do this just to keep track myself.
JE CD Releases:

January:
13 - Olympos (LANDS)

Febuary:
03 - ADVANCE (TOKIO)
10 - Love Yourself ~Kimi ga Kirai na Kimi ga Suki~ (KAT-TUN)
22 - Zanbara (Kondou Masahiko)
24 - BACKBORN (Imai Tsubasa)
24 - Hitomi no Screen (Hey!Say!JUMP)

March:
03 - Troublemaker (Arashi)
31 - READY? (V6)
31 - Sakura Girl (NEWS)

I'm happy that KAT-TUN, NEWS, and Hey!Say!JUMP are releasing a CD. I wonder when Hey!Say!JUMP ever get to release an album...

P.S. I created another Twitter account (arashic_eito). Mostly just to practice Japanese. But will sometimes spam to support trending topic words. Didn't feel like opening an account on another Japanese site, and didn't feel like flooding my main account with spam. Feel free to add.

BREAKERZ Concert Report, Feb 10th

2010-02-13T08:11:41Z

The last time I went was so much fun that I went again~ This time, there were cameras!!! DVD, come out now!

I found the set list for this show~ So happy!

First, Shippei appeared, holding a sword! Then, Akihide! Lastly, Daigo!! Uwaa, ikemen with swords!!! *___*

NEXT LEVEL

NO SEX NO LIFE

Everlasting Luv

DEAR LIAR

Kamisori

SUPER-HI-TENSION!!

MC: Daigo thanked us for coming and stuff.

Orion

Daigo asked if there were males in the audience. There were several~ Daigo commented that this show may have the most guys. We all clapped ^^ Next, he asked for girls. And then, he asked which ones were here for the first time. There were but not that many. Lastly, those who were for the second time. *raised hand* Turned out there were many~ Once the audience fell into silence, one girl screamed, "Daigo, I love you (aishiteru)!!" We lol'ed.

Introducing the members:
Daigo said that he'll announce each members' favorite OOO as well. At the middle of his talk, his style of speech changed to a gangster rapping style XD He changed back to normal towards the end.
This time, he announced the members' favorite band. The band that they aspired to become musicians.

The drummer, Makoto's favorite band is...SIAM SHADE! Then, they played 1/3 no Junjou na Kanjou O_____O @_____@ *_____* As soon as the chorus was over, they suddenly stopped. Only the chorus part was played.

Next was the bassist, Matsu. His favorite band is LUNA SEA. Played ROSIER.

Shippei: B'z. Played the first few lines from LOVE PHANTOM. Daigo sang the first two letters of the following line and stopped. Not sure if there was a mistake in playing it or something..

Daigo said Shippei didn't join the fanclub but he argued that he did, lol.

After "Akihide" and "Aki-sama," Daigo had us shout: Akiba! Akiba! AKB48! AKB48! Akiba has over 200 members! Akiba has over 200 members!
Akihide was like, "I'm not in that group" XD
His favorite is X Japan. Performed X. The audience was so into it! Jumping and doing the X sign.. Akihide impersonated Toshi XD He sang the song instead of Daigo.

Lastly, Daigo. He had us shout,"Tanoshiwish!" Then, "Tanoshiwink!" Then... I forgot the last one ^^" His favorite was BOØWY. Played MARIONETTE.

The only song I knew was 1/3 no Junjou na Kanjou.. Ahh, the Rurouni Kenshin days... I didn't listen to that many J-rock back then.

Snow Rose

Secret Girl: He wore a black hat and held a black stick around.

BAMBINO

Hatsukoi Trampoline: This time, three giant balloons passed around instead of one. One of them finally flew to my spot!

LOVE FIGHTER

FAKE LOVE

REAL LOVE: Daigo had us move our arm up and down in a slant. During the ending music, Daigo and Akihide kissed for a very long time on the lips o.o Well, not 100% sure if their lips actually touched. From my angle, it looked like it.

BUZZER BEATER

Shakunetsu: Everyone swung the towel.

Encore #1:
The members changed their shirts to the new concert shirts.

Feel so good

Bokura: He sang the line, "Bokura wa itsumo kimi wo matteru" a few times before singing the song. At the end of the song, we sang the lalala part.

Daigo finally announced it!!! The underwear!! In the previous Tokyo performance, he checked to see if all the members wear the same color. Unfortunately, Daigo wore a different color. This time...let's see. Shippei wore...the purple one! Daigo shouted the word "purple" several times, and the word in English as well, lol. Next, Akihide. *pulls out* ...Purple!!! Lastly, Daigo. He went up on the speaker(?) box. He danced a bit, moving his hips and stuff XD He did a bit of a moon walk, lol. Then, pulled up his underwear. It was.....purple!!! Yay!! He kept shouting murasaki and we shouted after. Then, he shouted the word purple in English. We followed after.
He gave us a gift: B.R.Z ~Ashita e no Kakehashi~ !!!

Daigo let Shippei speak. Shippei thanked the staff and band members. Said some really deep stuff He said, "BREAKERZ loves you" in English, I think. The audience went, "Woot!" Daigo put his hand on his shoulder XD He talked for a while longer but kinda got interrupted by Daigo for taking a pic with his cell, lol. He talked way longer than the previous Tokyo live.

Then, Daigo said, "What's this smell? Is it from you (the audience)?" *sniffs*
Kuroi Bara Noka Hori
After the song, he said, "Black rose" a few more times in death voice. Some people in the audience followed along. He said that it's not good for the throat to keep doing that but a few people still did it anyway XD They also screamed his name in death voice.

Grand Finale: Had us sing the first two lines of each of the chorus part.

Encore #2:
The members changed to the other concert shirt.

Hikari

The members waved goodbye and stuff. Bu the applause was so great that Daigo said he didn't want to leave. Yay!!! He went to the back of the stage to discuss which song to sing. Before they started singing, Daigo made announcements about the new album and the new tour~

SUMMER PARTY: Daigo had us sing the first stanza of the song.
He dragged the last note of the bridge part really long. The music sounded like it was going to end but it dragged longer. Finally, he sang the last chorus.

WAKE UP MY SOUL

DESTROY CRASHER: Akihide went into the audience! O_O It was at my area but the people were in the way.

The members waved goodbye and bowed. Then, they left the stage. Daigo stayed for a long time. He said to be careful on our way home before leaving.

Akihide held the camera around a few times. Daigo held up the camera once, held up at the audience!

There were two people in front of me who wore cosplay outfits. One was Rei and the other was Asuka (yep, from Eva.) Akihide threw his guitar pick to them ^.^ It fell on the floor but not sure if they were able to find it..

The live was still fun. I'll attend more in the future~

Takki's Kakumei Report, January 27th

2010-02-05T08:16:52Z

Took a long time to write this. Wrote this on my cell XD Wrote this during breaks between classes and on train rides.

This is my first time watching a Japanese play live. I hadn't watched or read about Takki's play before so didn't think of what to expect.

I didn't understand the complete story so some of the scenes seemed weird.

I sat at the middle and it felt kinda weird when Takki looked straight. Felt like he looked directly at you..

Started with Takki in ancient robe, standing high at the middle of the stage. The screen in front of the stage showed a closed up of him. A platform extended. It reached passed into the audience seat. Meanwhile, he changed masks left and right in an instant. Then, he covered a sheet of cloth on himself and costume changed in an instant.

Futari no Yoru:
A rope came down. Takki did some tricks while climbing the rope.
Water shot down from the ceiling like a waterfall~!! *_*
I noticed there was a big circle on the stage platform that rotated. Looked really cool when they danced while it rotated.

A part of the waterfall broke apart. The opening had a group of juniors dancing. Another part of the waterfall broke apart, showing another group of juniors. Did the same for two more groups.

Ai Kakumei:
During some parts, the light made shapes like letters on the waterfall, so cool~

Nishi sang. Then, he began telling the story.

At the harbor:
Hideaki talked to the princess and her father.
Taisuke left with the priness to bring her back (or somewhere). --> The princess got kidnapped. --> Hideaki set sail to find her. It was cool that the scenery looked so real~ With the water and the trees~

At the middle of the ocean, the villain appeared. Ship got attacked by a gaint whale. The whale had an arrow stuck on its back. Hideaki jumped onto it and pulled the stick out, but accidentally fell into the ocean..

Under the sea:
Nishi appeared, explaining where he is.
Kis-my-ft2 appeared wearing roller skates, performing a song. The screen at the back showed fish and the underwater world. Then, showed images of many Nemo and Dory in rollor skates, lol.

Juniors performed.

Nishi sings and dances with the backdancers . Hideaki sat in the back relaxing with four women fanning him. Nishi sang the last line in the chorus, sounded like he was done singing. Hideaki was preparing to perform. But then, he started to sing the chorus again! Hideaki fell to the floor, lol. When the chorus was over, it started again, and he fell again, lol. Nishi sang and dance a few more times. Finally, Hideaki stood up and inturrupted, "Are you done yet?" The song stopped XD

Hideaki went to the front with the table. He grabbed the red table cloth and lifted it up. The table went up along with the cloth, making it look like floating.

He danced with two juniors standing on each side of him. The platform underneath them lifted up. Underneath the platform, there were three juniors hanging upside down. They acted like Hideaki's and the two others' reflections.

During the interlude of the following song, Hideaki and the two others played with the lights that were shining on the waterfall. Holes appeared and they tried to go through them.

Two ladies showed up on each side of the stage. Two guys stood next to them, holding up covers. The ladies' dresses changed in an instant, one after another. My favorite one was the blue dress~ But then, changed to a white dress, which didn't look as pretty :/ Lol.

Nishi performed juggling. The stage darkened and we see the balls glow in dark.

Back to the story. A kid held out a treasure chest to Hideaki. Hideaki asked Nishi, "What is it?"
"It's a kid." ROFL!!!
Nishi explained what the chest was about.

A rock song played and Hideaki and the backdancers danced. Hideaki wore a rock-type outfit: a vest, black boots, and black chains wrapped around his thighs. During the interlude parts, they did little movements and matches the sounds played. So cool~!!

The princess appeared. She and Hideaki talked. It was kinda weird to see him wearing a rock outfit in a fairytale story, lol. Something about traveling together. She got on a horse carriage and started to leave. But then, the villian appeared at the side. Some talking. Afterwards, Taisuke appeared in front of the princess! He captured her and left.

Hideaki got upset about Taisuke's betrayal and feeling down. The rest of Kismai showed up. They encouraged him to fight again. They handed him a white robe and a sword. They all head to the enemy's territory.

Enemy's territory: Hideaki and his group arrived and attacked.

Battle:
- I loved the action scenes!! So fierce and real~
- Kis-My-Ft2, minus Taisuke, fought the enemy army.
- Kitayama got stabbed from protecting Hideaki.. Aww.. Screaming and crying and stuff.
- The main villian appeared with more henchmen with him. They killed the rest of Kismai..
- Rain started at some point, but forgot the exact moment..

Hideaki is left with the villian. The villian slashed him a few times. He then climbed up the ladder. Hideaki was weak but still struggled to chase after him. When he reached the up, the henchmen came and shot him with arows. He fell down the ladder. He and the villian went head to head again. Finally killed him.

A chest appeared in front of him. Voices heard over his head, telling not to open the chest. But he opened the chest anyway. Loud music played and the sky turned red. Smoke filled in the background. He turned into an old man.. Curtain closed.

Interlude for 30 minutes.

A junior narrated. Something about outer space and Newton.

Hideaki flies down from the second floor. Dressed as an old man.

It was the year 2060. The setting on the stage is old, like had dust and stuff. Hideaki looks around. He pulled off a sheet of cloth. There was a skeleton sitting on a rock. The skeleton had a rose in its mouth. Hideaki said, "Oh, Tsubasa! So this is what you've become.." ROFL!! He continued, "We had some good times, ne." He talked to him some more.

Then, he walked to the piano behind Tsubasa. He wondered if he still remembered how to play it. He played and sang the first few lines of Ai Kakumei.

He looked around the place some more. He found that the bench was still there. The went and sat on it. He said that he was born here. March 31, 1982 XD He remembered that he put a letter under this bench. Searched. Found it. Read the letter out loud.

He covered a sheet of cloth on himself. Then, a kid appeared in place of Hideaki. Hideaki appeared in the back of the stage. He talked to the kid. He took out a small bag. He said that he used to catch fireflies. He opened the bag and the firefly inside it flew out. It was glowing red. Hideaki asked the kid to catch it. Tried for a few seconds but failed. Hideaki said, "Hurry~" Lol. But still failed. Hideaki caught it and brought it to let him hold. Then, put it back in the bag. After he put it back, he reached after another firefly in the air and put it into the bag. Next, he reached for one firefly after another and put it into the bag. It got faster and faster.

More songs:

Thriller: Went wtf XD Made me think of Yamapi's concert~ The kid danced with the juniors at the back. Hideaki danced along during the chorus part. An old man dancing, lol.

The screen showed Takki's appreciation to his senpai and kouhai, then to Mori-san. Showed him with the juniors rehearsing. Then, showed clips them on stage. The last clip showed them dancing on the steps. The shade went up and the real people stood in the same position as they did in the clip, so cool~ They continue to dance to the rest of the song.

Takki got on a swing that was hanging on the ceiling right above the audience seats! He did some tricks on the swing.

Hideaki's father walked along the aisle and up the stage. He and Hideaki talked. He said something but Hideaki disagreed. He showed him his letter. He looked at it for a few seconds. Then said, "Nothing was written!" Hideaki, "!!!" Lol! The father read out the letter while Hideaki went to sit on the bench. After that, he understood Hideaki's point.

He walked up the steps to the bench to sit next to Hideaki. But when he stepped on the first step, his foot slipped. He tried again but slipped again, lol. He tried two more times but still failed XD Hideaki finally decided to help him, lol. Talked a bit more.

His father took out a red ball. The two went down to the front of the stage, ready to play catchball. The father getting ready to throw. Spun his arm a few times. Throws. The ball went backwards XD He looked passed where Hideaki was standing. He said, "Wow, Did I really threw that far?" Lol. Talked about old age and having less energy.

The two sat back down. Hideaki took out a cigarette box from his coat pocket. His father did some gestures, indicated that he wanted a cigarette too. But Hideaki didn't notice XD His father tapped him on his sleeve. Finally noticed XD Handed him the cigarette box. Found that he took the last one, lol. Hideaki lit his up and began smoking. His father wanted a puff, too. He was like, "Aah, aah" with his mouth open. But got ignored XD He yanked Hideaki's sleeve a bit and finally noticed, lol. Hideaki gave him the cigarette. He took a puff. But then, he dropped it on the ground, lol. He said it's bad to smoke and stuff.

He said some stuff. He admitted that Hideaki has a sister. Then, said something about the princess.

Hideaki's heart gave way and he died. The father admitted that he lied or something. The princess ran to Hideaki's body.

Not sure what happened. Did the princess exchanged her life for Hideaki's...?

Hideaki appeared dressing in white and wasn't an old man anymore. He flew up to the second floor. A plane was on the stage. Nishi showed up and concluded the story.

Introduced the members.

Song performances:
Starts with the female dancers dancing, wearing a red dress and holding an eye mask.
Hikari Hitotsu
Warui Otoko
Shalala
Kamen Budokai: Nishi came out and sang together with Takki.
epilogue: Nishi started the song. At the second part of the song, he switches to Takki. During the interlude, Takki thanked everyone for coming. Towards the end of the music, he went into the air and spun around the room several times. He went back and forth the waterfall so some of the water splashed on the audience. After he finished, they all left the stage and the curtain went down.

Overall, I really liked his play! The story was dark and sad, not a very simple story. Some of the scenes seemed so realistic~ Plus, some of the things attracted me XD The waterfalj, the action scenes, the sword... So many things I liked!! Now, I want to see more of his works~

Ramen Day

2010-01-31T06:17:13Z

January 16th:

. The place was really cool! They set it to the historical style~ Around the 1950's period! The admission fee wasn't high but you have to pay for the food (plus, there was a souvenir shop). There were nine restaurants, each one came from different places, like ramen from Fukushima, Sapporo, Kanagawa, etc. The museum was really small so it didn't take a lot of time to walk around the whole place.

There were two booths that had games to play. One booth had shooting for prizes by using guns.

- Browsed through the museum first.
- Chose to eat at the Karatsu restaurant. The Kurume restaurant was newly opened so there was a very long line. Decided not to go there. There was a Tokyo one but nothing special since we live there. Poor Tokyo...not a lot of people there... XD
- Rai treated me to a ramen croquette~ Outside was fried ramen and inside was the ingredients to the rest of the recipe for ramen. Very interesting...
- Went upstairs to look around the gallery and the souvenir shop.
- Went back downstairs and tried out the Fukushima restaurant.
- Then, went back up to buy our stuff at the souvenir shop. I got a phone strap that has a tiny box of instant yakisoba attached to it. It was very interesting because there was a cover. When you slide it, you'll see yakisoba!
- Went back down and saw a man telling picture stories to the kids. He used the picture stall that was used in the olden days. He gave out candies to kids who answered his questions correctly. At the end, he handed out candies to those who asked for them. We went and got one each ^.^
- Bought popsicles.

Finally done with the Ramen Museum. Went to our next location: Koyama's ramen shop!!!

Went to Machida to transfer trains. At that station, we saaw ads for a newly opened Bookoff, lucky~~!!! That Bookoff was huge!! Had several floors! The highest floor was the hobby section. There were toys, figures, and trading cards!!! So surprised~ After we had our fun there, went back to our orginal plan.

There wasn't that many people at Koyama's ramen shop, what a relieve. We had to wait for a few ahead in front of us on the line. The group next to us at the front was a family of a few little kids. There were two huge pics of Koyama in jig-saw puzzles next to the door!! When the little girls saw them, they were like, "Koyama! Koyama!!" Lol.

We sat at the counter~ There were posters of NEWS on the wall above us. I was wearing a RUSS-K shirt and jacket so Koyama's mother was able to see them.

There was a tv a bit behind us. We glanced it sometimes. The same show was airing throughout most of the time we were there..

We both ordered cha shao ramen and shared a plate of gyoza. After finishing the gyoza, Rai wanted more, so we ordered another plate. The ramen and the gyoza were maximum umai!!!

The cover on the menu had a pretty design. Rai wanted to know who drew it so we asked. It was one of the staffs who drew it! They showed us another one of her works. It was amazing!! The theme of the picture was dark but was very detailed. Very amazing!

Rai took out one of the NEWS' concert pamplets from the box near the entrance. We browsed through it. We took more pamplets from the box and flailed through them XD We looked at Tegomasu's concert pamplet and Rai explained to me the signs of how much of a couple those two were XD

Koyama's mother talked to us a bit. Asked us about our background since she heard us talking in English. And I gave her a phone strap I bought in NY, yay! She signed and gave each of us a sticker of her picture in cartoon style.

It got pretty late by the time we decided to head back home. Didn't want to rush to the last train so Rai let me stay at her place for the night. Ended up taking the last train back to her house x_x

She showed me BL and I showed her JE XD We watched L the movie since I hadn't watched it before (Yay, finally).

One of the best parts of the day was when we talked to anime_miz through webcam~!! Was happy to be able to see her again~

Ended up getting back to the dorm very late. Actually, had so many homework to do (The teacher had to pick this weekend) that ended up going to sleep really late. Couldn't finish all of them so had to make up for it the next day.. Also, took an afternoon nap the following day. Was dead in class x_x

Sorry for the trouble and thanks for letting me stay, Rai~~!

Still high on Kanjani8.

2010-01-14T13:08:44Z

When I said that I was crazy (in the previous entry), traveling to Osaka for the concert, I also meant that I had to go back to Hong Kong the following day. My schedule was: Concert --> net cafe for the night --> the earliest shinkansen back to Tokyo --> prepare to leave for the airport. Ended up staying up really late just to write the concert report (the previous post). Didn't have time to look around the cafe because wanted to take the earliest train back, which was 6something am. Only got like two hours of sleep.. I also slept a bit in the shinkansen.

Forgot some stuff in the concert report. Will need to edit it some time. I really liked the camera angles shown in the big screen, like the most favorite one was when they show all the members on one screen. Some songs I forgot to include:
Sukiyanen, Osaka (Yoko asked Maru to do a gag. Failed.)
Misetekure
Goujou ni GO!
Never heard of this song before: Mermaid (I fell in love with it once they put a picture of the ocean and the full moon on the scream.)
There were some Maru x Ryo and Maru x Hina moments but forgot exactly when..

Hadn't gone back for one night and it felt like I hadn't gone back for a week..

Got back to the dorm and finished packing. Was surprised that there were that much stuff to bring back! Filled up the luggage..

Even though it was a tempary leave, I still felt very sad..

In the plane:
- Watched some variety show where five people had to complete a task before they can go home. The task was: Clear one round of a Famicom game ten times in a row. Each person had to clear two games. They stayed until they completed it. Kinda hard because they had to start over again if one lost.
- I can only recognize Taka and Toshi and Minami as the guests. Minami was good at games.
- Didn't know that they have Samayou Yaiba. I only wanted to watch it because it was based on Higashino Keigo's novel. Too bad I was so sleepy that couldn't stay awake anymore. I only saw like the first 20 minutes of the movie and decided go to sleep.

Spent the New Year at the airport because the plane landed at night and I stayed to eat something.

Nothing much happened in Hong Kong. I ate some fruits because they were expensive in Japan. I got my foot treated. A part of it got swollen because I walked too much and didn't take good care of it. It got better but it still hurts a bit when I press it hard enough.

You know you've stayed in Japan too long when:
- You think whether or not this is burnable trash or not before throwing it out.
- You lose the habit of searching for a trash can in the streets to throw away trash. (I went, "*gasp* There's a trash can!!" before noticing that they have one on every corner.)
- You don't look for paper towels to wipe hands in public bathrooms. (Good thing there was one right in front of my eyes in the bathroom at the airport, or else I would have walked out with my hands still wet.)

The way back:
Nothing happened in the plane. Watched some random sitcoms on tv. Saw Friends and the Simpsons.

The first week/three days of school:
- Tired. Did the homework at the very last minute. Very hard to get my study mode and the proper sleep time back.
- Seats changed again in class. The guy who sat next to me got my seat, rofl. The same seat he got on the first time XD

I moved to another room because the electric bill was too high to pay alone. So I have a roommate now. She likes Arashi!!! Plus, she's a Nino fan!!! Most of the Arashi fans I met recently were Nino fans.. ♥ She plays Arashi songs out loud in the mornings, which is good because I feel more awake (but still sleepy).
Unfortunately...she's planning to move away from the dorm at the end of this month. So I only save like a month of the bill.. She didn't tell the teachers about it yet so they thought she'd stay for a long time.

January 11th:
- The coming of age ceremony. But meanwhile, I went karaoke with xilentdeath because I was still high on Kanjani8 XD Saw some people in pretty kimonos~
- To my surprised, I only put in Kanjani8 songs! No Arashi nor other Johnny's.
- xilentdeath put in White Line. I was surprised that I was able to sing the song..
- There was a kid next door singing really loudly. We heard the Ponyo song. To our surprise, we heard Cutey Honey O.O When we heard it, we felt like singing it and put the song in XD Also heard Ashita no Kioku...
- Sang Wonshan Ronpin as the last song~

Want moar Eito........

Kanjani8 concert report, December 30th.

2009-12-30T18:09:00Z

Right now, in Osaka. Spending the night at an internet cafe because wouldn't make it to the trains on time to go back to the dorm.

I was crazy. Traveling all the way to Osaka. This is my first time at everything today, traveling by the shinkansen alone and spending the night at an internet cafe. But the concert was really worth it! Haven't laughed so hard in a long time. The concert made me smile the whole time. I really love the group so much!

Again, I messed up the order because of my horrible memory.

- Walked around the dome before time to enter it.
- Really amazed at the cosplayers..
- At a gate entrance, able to hear Kanjani8 rehearse. They were singing Fuyu Koi. Some members shouted, "Thank you!" and stuff. So this is the last song, huh.
- Kinda weird that the gate opened two hours before the show started, instead of an hour.. I played my DS while waiting.

- The stage was pretty interesting. It had giant eyes with moving pupals hanging on the center wall. There were lights lit up acting like nose and mouth.
- A clock tower above the head.
- Little castle towers on the right of the stage.

- The head thing talked. Telling us what's not allowed to do and stuff. He told us no recording, especially with MD players XD He said something about not allowed to wave Maruyama's poster after buying it? And he introduced himself. Yoshioda Joe? He had a name...

A junior appeared. Saying something. Then, a group of juniors danced.

The screen showed an animated video. In a jungle. Each member appeared one by one. He reunited with his instrument. The bass fell and hit Maruyama's head XD

Rolling Coaster

Kimi no Uta wo Utau:
- Danced with hats.
- The best performance out of the whole thing to me.

Cinematic

Yuki wo Kudasai:
- Water fountains.
- When different members sang a line before the last chorus, pictures of each of them was shown on the screen. Half of the screen showing him on stage and half of it showed him writing out short messages. Subaru drew a picture XD
- Maruyama accidentally left a gap on his solo line.
- Members wrote short messages. The messages displayed on the ceiling and on the screen. Yasu drew a picture for his.. Some kind of design with hearts that was a strip long.

Musekinin Hero

Random video:
- God, that made me laugh so hard my stomach hurts.
- Showed broken up videos.
- The Music Station performance.
- ROMES.
- Yoko interviewing some Korean singer who looked like Maruyama. Promoted his new single. The cover was shown. He even sang a few lines to the song XD
- Subaru in sumo outfit and acting like a sumo.
- Video to Wanshan Ronpin (the jungle people).
- Showed sumo Subaru's opponent, which was Nishikido o.o
- Subaru and Nishikido played a match, with Maruyama as the referee.
- For some reason, Maruyama got too heated up. He ripped his top and stepped closer to the two sumos. Really close... Like he joined the battle.
- Nishikido picked up Subaru. At the end, showed the full bodies. Subaru's legs was actually around Nishikido's hips XD
- Really, wtf.

Kyuu Jou Show

Kanfuu Fighting

Zukkoke Otokomichi

Forgot which song but.. While Maruyama sang his solo line, he held his mic close to Nishikido's face XD

It's My Soul

Sukiyanen, Osaka

MC:
- Something about what happened in Music Station.
- Something about bumping to AKB48.
- Subaru and Yasu left the stage. The audience was like, "Ehh?!" Wondering what song they will sing.
- Yoko and Maruyama asked if anyone doesn't have a computer at home and if anyone doesn't have a phone at home. A bit surprised that some people doesn't have a computer at home. And there were some who doesn't have a home phone; they only use cell phones. Maruyama asked the audience something. Forgot what he asked but a person raised his/her hand. His expression was like, "So there are!" And then, he apologized to that person for being rude XD

Desire:
- *_*

Torn:
- *___*
- Ookura and Nishikido stood on opposite ends of the stage.
- Went to the center on a cart.
- *Kicks* The cart sped up and went to the back end of the dome. Danced on the stage platform for the rest of the song.

Wonshan Ronpin:
- Oh god *___*
- Maruyama in an orange and green clown outfit.

- A junior got attacked by a tiger.
- "Help me!"
- Babun!!!!
Hina's Babun song!!!!! O___O
When Hina joined the juniors, saw that the juniors was topless and wore white shorts o.o

413:
- The screen showed the animated Yoko with his grandpa.
- Lights shown only on Yoko at the beginning of the song.
- Then, lights shown on the band, who helped playing the music to his song. Oh god, Hina and Maruyama were still in their outfits o.o Had to laugh at almost naked Hina playing the keyboard.

Snow White
- The screen displayed, "Please turn off the penlight."
- The screen began with Nishikido on a pedestrian bridge. He took out a match and stroke it.
- Song played.
- End: The fire burned out. Nishikido dropped the match stick on the ground. The ground was shown, showing a bunch of used up match sticks.

Band session.

Gori Gori

Brulee

Jounetsu Party

Brilliant Blue

Osaka Romanesque

Fuyu Koi

The juniors sang their songs somewhere in the middle. Hey say west, veteran, shadow west, BOYS, BAD, and another group that I don't recognize. My favorite junior was Hamada so it felt a bit strage to see him live.

> Encore 1
Took a bit long for them to show up.

I Wish

Wahaha:
- Maruyama took off his shirt o.o
- He did some body builder poses.
- Murakami hit him on the head with his signboard, rofl XD

Hitotsu no Uta

> Encore 2

Yoko: What kind of thing you want to see?!

Kyuu Jou Show
- They ran around the dome. Even rab on the aisles.
- A girl got to hug Maruyama from behind. He made a quick kissing face at her. Lucky girl >:(
- Topless Hina got really hyper at the end of the song. He danced wildly until the last beat, lol. Tired him out.

Mugendai

Nishikido threw his shirt to the audience o.o During one of the songs in the encore. Forgot which song. At the end of the encore, he was told us to stay warm, unlike him who didn't have a shirt on XD

Lastly, the audience held each other's hands while the members held theirs. I sat at the end of the row and two seats beside me were empty.. But the girl at the same row across from me held my hand. Yoko said it slowly and finally, we all raised our arms. "Kanjani8!!!"

I love Kanjani8!

Oh yeah, forgot to add something.

2009-12-29T10:06:30Z

The cards and gifts will be sent after I get back from Hong Kong because don't have time to send them and haven't bought for some people yet ^.^"

It'll be a belated New Year's gift / an early Lunar New Year (like we exchange gifts on that day..) / an early birthday / an early...

Got addicted to Snow White. Probably because of its prettiness. Yasu and Nishikido did a great job.

Announcement.

2009-12-29T05:37:46Z

Because the school couldn't get me a student visa, I have to return to Hong Kong for the New Year's. Kinda sad because there are so many great concerts on that day.. Will be leaving on the 31st and come back on January 3rd. Won't plan to bring my laptop so won't be online during these days.

December 3rd:
- Gundam tree lit up.
- The seiyuu who did the main character of the original Gundam series showed up to light the tree up.
- Went to McDonald's for the first time this trip. Ate the apple pie and it tasted really good~ It wasn't as sweet but still delious. The other stuff also tasted better than the ones in NY XD

December 4th:
- Went to Tokyo Dome and stayed outside throughout the entire concert.
- Unexpectly bought a poster of Nino because he looks hot on there XD
- Up the stairs of the dome, you can see the inside through the involving doors. When the security guards went through the door, everyone was flailing XD But then, the guards kicked us out :/ I saw lots of fans going down from another staircase. Showed how many fans who aren't able to attend the concert.
- Then, went around the dome to see where is a good place to be able to hear the concert. Found an entrance that you can hear it clearly. There were some fans around.
- There were black curtains covering the stage. When latecomers went inside, fans outside shouted at them to open the curtains wider.
- But later on, the guards put black sheets on the revolving door and window glasses.. It's not like we can see the entire stage anyway... :/
- Stood next to a pair of girls who wore everything in one color! One in all yellow and another in all green. Jackets, pants, and their shoe laces were in one color. The members' names were sew on the clothes. Even their cell phones match.. They each also carry a suitcase. Before they leave, they put their uchiwa in the front pocket of their suitcases, leaving the faces visible for everyone to see. They also put a stuffed animal at the front along with the uchiwa, a green frog and a golden fur teddy bear. The girls were so cool~
- During Carnival Night, the fans around me danced a bit to the song.
- During the MC, it was a bit hard to hear them so the people around me chatted with each other. The MC was long, about 20 minutes I overheard.
- During two thirds into the concert, the guards finally changed the fence to a few steps ahead so we can hear better. It was more comfortable because I was able to lean on it and rest my eyes. Kinda wished that they would do it earlier so that I can relax more, but I guessed they didn't expect that we would stay for the whole thing?
- The concert was long because there were three encores. I was getting ready to leave after the second one and was surprised when the third one began.
- It was an interesting experience, watching the fans around me.

December 5th:
- Went Mandarake hopping with kimitsu_yk to search for the concert goods that she wanted.
- The store at Mandarake in Nakano.. There was a JE store where they sale concert goods and other stuff. Was amazed that they also sell advertisement posters and cardboards that you see outside. Saw a big Arashi AU board stand that you usually see at the AU stores.
- Ate at some fast food place. The toilet there was a bit scary.. Once you go inside, the lid of the toilet automatically opens up.. When you leave, it closes back down. Made me think that the place was haunted.
- It was raining and the concert already started so ended up not going.

December 6th:
- JLPT, which I failed XD
- Lost all my fatigue from the Gundum tree event and the concert (it was cold that day..) so decided not to go to the dome for their last performance there.
- My classmate told me that there were many fans standing outside holding out their uchiwa, even though the members can't see them. Arashi fans are amazing.

December 8th:
- Went to karaoke with three other dormmates.
- That karaoke room had a little stage with a mic stand and small drums..
- Felt kinda weird standing on the stage..

December 12th:
- Went to a butler cafe with xilentdeath.
- Interesting experience. Been wanted to go there for a long time.
- We had to open the door and ring the bell in order to be greeted by the butlers.
- Ordered a plate of sweets, tea, and a type of service.
- They played anime instrumentals and xilentdeath tried to identified them.
- She asked the butler which anime this piece is from for one of the instrumentals.
- When time was almost up, one butler asked us where we came from while clearing the table. He was surprised at our answer. Then, he talked about cosplaying there and stuff. And showed us a magazine where the butlers here appeared in.
- After paying, he gave us each an omiyage according to the type of service we requested, which was a flower pedal and a candle.
- He sent us off until we closed the elevator.
- Aferwards, went to karaoke near where my dorm was.
- Sang songs that I don't usually sing, like the b-sides from Yamapi's latest single.

December 18:
- Earthquake. First experience. Woke me up. But it was over a few seconds later. Waited for a while in case something will happen before going back to sleep. My classmate slept throught the whole thing. Aw, lol.
- BREAKERZ concert ♥

December 19:
- Kis-My-Ft2 concert.
- Can't recognize all the members in an instant so can't do a proper report.
- Each member sang a solo with the rest as backdancers.
- One scene that sticks out was when Miyata sang Koi no ABO in otaku outfit XD Wore a pink T-shirt that has the kanji "miya" on it, and carried a backpack. He did the otaku dance *_* The same dance Ohmiya did in G no Arashi. As a natural habit, I danced along XD
- Then, Miyata had the members play the sumo battle, using a roller ramp as a stage. One member, Yokoo (?) won a few times in a row. When a different memeber came up, he picked him up (he wrapped his leg around him XD) and carried him out of the ramp XD Forgot what else he did to the other member..
- During the MC, they mentioned that some people in the audience danced along with Miyata. Yep, I was one of them XD
- They went around the second floor twice during each song. Made me think of Yamapi's concert at that time.
- During another song, something about the rain, they waved their arm to the music. We followed them. They complimented us that we were good, lol.
- Met an hardcord Kismai fan who came from Thai. She sat next to me. She went to every one of their shows except for the ones on the next day. After this show, she went to the one afterwards! Because of her visa, she had to leave on the 1st. But right before she leaves for the airport, she's going to see Takki's play, since the group will be there too. So cool~
- She made an uchiwa that said she's from Thai and a Kitayama fan. Kitayama went to our area with a ball ready. He saw her uchiwa and threw the ball in our direction. Unfortunately, the ball landed two rows earlier... So close... At least, he noticed her.. I really thought that he meant to throw it at her..

December 24th:
- Went to karaoke with a classmate, who was also a Nino fan~ We celebrated Aiba's birthday XD
- My classmate was so amazing~ She was able to do the whole La Tormenda *_*
- I was still a bit sick wasn't able sing as loud.
- Sang mostly Arashi and Kanjani8 songs. Appearantly, she also likes Kanjani8~

December 25th:
- Karaoke again~! This time, with xilentdeath~
- She bought cake!! Maximum umai~!
- Sang some BREAKERZ songs because I was still at the hype from the concert.
- Then, we got free coupons and coins to play at the arcade (we were at Round1). Free coupons to play the ufo catcher. We can play one that had little stuffed animal keychains The staff was so nice to let people get easy wins! When out turn came, he asked us which one we wanted and set it up. I ended up getting three of them (including the one xilentdeath wanted)!

BREAKERZ Concert Report

2009-12-20T07:06:26Z

December 18th at 7pm's show.

I brought the ticket at the last minute. Suprisingly, the price for it was less than facevalue. I knew that the music will blast in full volume so I bought earplugs. Didn't have much time to look for good ones so I bought them at the 100 yen shop nearby (with not so many selections).

Didn't know some of the songs because I hadn't listened to some of them much. I listened to the latest album in advanced though, which was glad I did. And knew how the songs in the singles sound like already.

I was standing at the right side of the stage. Somewhat close to the front. It was thanks to the fangirls who pushed me forward XD Akihide was stand on my side most of the time.

Really horrible at remembering the songs in order. I apologized for the messy order in the report. If there's a setlist around, please let me know.

Didn't recognize the first two songs.

SECRET GIRL:
Daigo changed into a thin, black jacket with a hat and holding a long stick. Looked like a night club dancer.

Hatsukoi Trampoline:
Two giant balloons with confetti inside were thrown around the audience. They popped before the song was over. But none of them went towards my direction >:(

Other songs:
SUPER-HI-TENSION!!
WAKE UP MY SOUL
Everlasting Luv
Orion
BAMBINO
Probably sang all the songs from the latest album but didn't recognize a few of the songs.

MC:

He asked if there were any guys around. "Yay~!!" There were several. He said that at the live last year, there were about three guys.. He imitated the three guys, trying to act out what happened at that time, by saying, "Yay.." in a deeper voice. "Yay.." Then, he asked the females to shout. He also asked different parts of the section to shout.

Introducing the members of the band.

Started with the drummer:
After instroducing him. Daigo announced that there's something/someone (didn't specify) that/whom he truly loves. He kinda exaggerated a bit, sounded like he has a lover or something.. Then, Daigo finally announced that the drummer likes... vegetables!! LOL! And the drummer' most favorite one is...broccoli!! Daigo shouted, "Broccoli! Broccoli!" Then, he said it in a low voice, "Broccoli.." lol

The keyword player's turn:
Daigo said, "His favorite food is..." The audience shouted, "Vegetable! Vegetable!" Daigo decided to go for the keyboard player's favorite vegetable, which is...tomato! He shouted the word tomato the same way he did for broccoli. But then, the keyboard player said that he made a mistake that it wasn't tomato, lol. I think that's his least favorite.

Shinpei's turn:
His favorite was cucumbers. He and Daigo did the victory motions, saying, "Cucumbers! Cucumbers!" XD

Akihide's turn:
Daigo asked us to shout, "Aki-sama!" with our arms open. Then, asked us to shout Aki-something. Not sure what that something was because it was long and fast.. Then, shouted, "Aki-(something) buy this (for me) please~" over and over. After a while, he said, "...No way." lol

When asked about his favorite vegetable, some in the audience shouted, "Nasu (eggplant)!" Akihide quiet them down. Daigo asked him again. People shouted random stuff along with eggplant. Quiet down again. Akihide answered, "It's eggplant. You're correct ^^" He and Daigo did the victory pose motioning, "Nasu! Nasu!" Then, the audience shouted, "Nasu, nasu, nasu!" Akihide went, "Wait a minute. I'm not nasu. I don't even look like one." lol

Finally, Daigo. When he started to announce his favorite vegetable, he said that it's embarrassing ^^" The audience shouted,"Celery!" I think he said it was lettuce? Wasn't sure because he said too fast and soft.

The underwear!!! Daigo mentioned the underwear as one of the concert goods. He said that all of them wore that underwear by coincidence yesterday. And by coincidence, they all wore the pink one!! Then, he asked Shinpei and Akihide if they were also wearing it today. He asked Shinpei first, and asked him to show it XD He pulled out the underwear. It was...pink! Next, Akihide. He pulled it out... It was also pink! Lastly, Daigo... He stepped up a step higher in front of the stage. He pulled it out slowly... It was...blue! Too bad.. He was a bit disappointed. He didn't think that the other two would wore the same color again. He promised that all three of them will wear the same color in the next Tokyo live, lol. He asked the audience if anyone wore it right now. A few signaled yes. He said to show it to him XD XD

Back to the songs.

During one song, Daigo pulled Akihide closed to him. While singing the song, his face went towards Akihide's, made it looked like he was kissing him. He picked up Akihide's chain necklace that was hanging on his neck and played it around a bit.

During some time, Daigo asked if anyone is tired. A few actually shouted. He said maybe they should stop but the audience screamed they didn't want it. He asked us if the band should continue. Loud screams. The band continued.

LOVE FIGHTER:
Knew that there was a dance but didn't learn in advance. So I learned it from the spot.

Encore:
The concert was long because there were three and they were long~ A few songs, plus more talking for each. Can't remember the right order.

The members changed to the concert shirts and the parker jackets.

Couldn't remember what the topic was but Daigo asked us questions and we replied with, "Sou desu ne!" Iitomo reference!! After three questions, Daigo went, "Haa~" Ran out of questions and/or got tired. He said, "Tamori is amazing, isn't he.."

After singing another song (don't remember if this was before or during the encore), Daigo asked Shinpei to say something interesting while he took a break. Shinpei started to talk. Forgot what he said, but it was short. Daigo didn't finish drinking from the water bottle yet XD It was quiet for a few seconds. After Daigo took the last gulp, he went to Shinpei, "Wow, wow, wow~" Shinpei, ""Wow, wow, wow~" They did it again. The audience started to repeat the sounds Daigo made. Then, he changed to another random sound. And repeated again, lol. Some more talking. Afterwards, Daigo asked Akihide to talk.

During another part, Daigo talked about the shirts and the jackets. Didn't really understand completely. Shinpei had only the shirt on. Daigo talked about the shirt and had Shinpei show the whole thing. Shinpei bend a bit and walked tiny steps around in one circle, staying all in face front. Daigo commented that he moves like a broken DJ player or something XD

Bokura:
Before the song started, Daigo asked us to sing. We sang, "We are always waiting for you" (which was one of the lines in the song) in repeat along with a melody.

Winter Bell:
*Looks up the lyrics* Starting from "Pocket no naka, tsunagu te to te, futari atatame atte (Holding hand to hand inside the pocket, having two persons' warm)," Daigo put Akihide's hand into his parker pocket and stayed like that for a while. They nodded and shook their head according to the lyrics of the song ^.^ They only stayed like that for a few lines.

GRAND FINALE:
We sang the chorus part~

Daigo started to mention something, which led to another topic. Not sure what happened but he made the audience want him to sing a certain song. Had no idea what the song was. Was it from one of his solo songs as Daigo Stardust? He was like, "But this is the group Breakerz." He asked each of the band member, "Do you know the score (to this song)?" Then, the drummer starts playing. I think the song has the words "black rose" in it...?

Before Daigo started another song, he said, "Today isn't summer, ne," and talked about this season. Then, he talked about the debut, which led to SUMMER PARTY. Kinda wondered maybe he should have sang WINTER PARTY as well.. Daigo asked us to sing the first stanza of the song, plus some parts in the chorus.

Shakunetsu
Hikari

Shinpei took off his shirt somewhere towards the end of the show.

Daigo asked us to do the wish pose. But before that...one last song! The last song was a high tension one. Forgot what the song was or didn't know the title. Then, the very last, *poses* wish!

Lots of thanks, deep and long bows, and goodbyes from the members. Daigo said to be careful when returning home before leaving the stage.

This was my very first J-rock concert that I went to. I really had a great time! Really want to go again~! One thing I like about not waving a penlight (for Johnny's concerts) is that you can clap your hands more easily XD

I think this is all that I can remember.

Still at the middle of writing the report.

2009-12-15T07:10:47Z

In class, the teacher wanted us to write about what would you want to teach your child (for grammar practices). One of the students is into Takarazuka, so she wrote that she would send her daughter there. If it's a boy, then she'll kill him XD;; I thought, "Noooo, send him to Johnny's~~! If she doesn't want him, then give him to me and I'll send him to Johnny's~" :p I thought of writing about sending my son to Johnny's but didn't..

The teacher showed us Nobuta wo Produce last week. He showed us the first episode during class. I felt nostalgic, watching Akira. It made me remember a bit about Yamapi's concert where they showed scenes of Akira on the big screen.

Students from a different class decided: in order to practice Japanese they'll only speak in Japanese in classrooms. If they speak in another language, they'll get a penalty: 10 yen per word. (Not sure who they pay to.) My teacher told us that. One of us pointed it out that they can go outside the classroom, speak whatever, then go back XD The teacher suggested that we should enforce the same rules from that class. He wondered how long it will last, and some people said, "A day!" "An hour!" "3 minutes!" XD He also suggested that maybe we only speak in Japanese for an hour or something, but someone pointed it out that we could keep silent until time is over XD Then, he suggested maybe just during dinner, but we could stuff our faces with food and won't be able to talk XD

I really need a new picture for my userinfo page, but don't have photoshop on this laptop nor the scans. Trying hard to refrain from downloading too much because internet here is... :/

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Get well soon, Orange~

2009-12-02T04:36:51Z

November 28th:
- Went to the Ghibli Museum with several dormmates.
- Walked through Kichijoushi.
- Had yakiniku for dinner. It was expensive but it was all-you-can-eat.

December JE CD Releases:
02 - Snow Prince (Snow Prince Gasshoudan)
09 - J Album (KinKi Kids)
13 - -MOTTO- (Kondou Masahiko)
23 - GIFT ~Shiro~ (Kanjani8)
24 - GIFT ~Aka~ (Kanjani8)
25 - GIFT ~Midori~ (Kanjani8)

ILUSM2U

2009-11-27T14:41:34Z

November 21:
- Culture festival at school. It was at some other part of the school in the campus, with Japanese students.
- My class' booth sold Chinese/Korean food: Korean noodles, gyoza..
- I helped with the cooking a bit. It was kinda sad because they used instant noodles XD;
- It was co~ld~ Especially in the moring...
- Went inside the school to look around. First time being a school culture festival.
- Bumped into two of my classmates and a teacher. They were going to the haunted house/classroom. They invited me and I tagged along. The haunted thing was a bit scary but my teacher made it not scary. She talked to the monster/spirit XD She was like, "It was painful, ne.." and said some comforting stuff to it, lol. At the end, there was some girl grinding stuff. Her hair covered her face. She didn't do anything to us. My teacher greeted her, "Konnichiwa" lol.

November 22nd and 23rd: Concert. See previous entry.

Today:
- The teacher made us change seats the second time. He made little papers with numbers on it and each of us picked one without looking. I sat at the front middle of the classroom. Surprisingly, the number for the new seat I picked was the seat right next to me XD; More surprisingly, the guy next to me said that his eyesight wasn't good so needed to sit at the front instead of the seat at the back that he picked. At the end, us two only switched seats. I ended up being stuck with the same partner..
- The teacher spent the last period showing us Dragon Zakura. It felt a bit weird seeing him on screen after seeing him live.. Because Nakamaru was there at the concert, I ended up thinking about the lyrics he changed when Colorful played in the episode XD Nakamaru da, Nakamaru da!

Speaking of Dragon Zakura, the teacher usually showed it after school ended. I usually stayed behind mainly to do my homework XD After I finished, I left.
At Yamapi's concert, I went inside the arena an hour before it started. While waiting, I did my homework and studied XD I put time to a good use.

Happy Belated Birthday to Maruyama Ryuuhei and Ohno Satoshi! Kinda wished that I had more free time to spam on Twitter..

Short But Sweet deadfisheyes

2009-11-23T13:05:58Z

Report of the 22nd and 23rd afternoon shows.

Combined the previous post to this one (deleted that post). Not much difference between the two shows.

Still can't believe went to that concert...twice!

I think this is all that I can remember. I might edit if I recall more stuff.

I accidentally read a report about the first day concert so I kinda knew what will happen.

I sat at the second floor. The prices of the tickets weren't so bad though..

His outfits: ALL WERE SPARKLY AND SHINY!! I loved the black and the white suits the most!! They have shiny stuff on the jacket and shiny lines along the sides of the pants~

Juniors: M.A.D., FiVe, and Mis Snow Man. There were also string intrument players.

~~The order of songs may not be correct.~~ Stole the set list from someone's report XD

Gomen ne Juliet
- He appeared in a suit with a fur coat on.
- He went around the stage in a cart.

Yubiwa
- Before the song starts, Yamapi put on a beanie hat. He smiled and winked at the camera.

MOLA
- I think they showed the PV on the screen. Never seen the PV before..
- The lyrics flashed around the walls.

I love you baby

Run From You
23rd:
- He did a little beatbox at the beginning *__*

Crush On You

Aoi

Love Song

FiVe sang a song. Don't know the title of that song..

Snow Express
- The first show, I got distracted by the pretty snowflakes XD Second show, I saw a giant ball came down and figured out what was going on..
- Yamapi was trapped inside a ball that was hanging up in the ceiling XD The camera was at the top above him. It was cool when seen on the big screen~

ME
I loved the performance! Yamapi, along with the dancers, flashed green laser beams around. At one point, the lights around the balcony lit up as he flashed around the line.

Moon Light
22nd:
Yamapi asked a M.A.D. member to choose a girl to go up on stage. The junior chose...a little girl!! When Yamapi saw the little girl, he shouted, "OH, BABY!" LMAO! I was laughing so hard because I knew that he was going to sing to her! She sat on a chair at the tip of the stage. Yamapi walked up to her while singing the chorus part of the song. The closer he got, the louder the audience's scream was. Afterwards, he held her hand when sending her off back to her seat.
23rd:
Around the same spot as yesterday. This time, an older girl (I think) was chosen. Not so interesting compared to the previous day. But Yamapi signed the white hankerchief before giving it to her.

After The Rain

Loveless
PV on the screen.

Warning messages flashed and alerts sounded. M.A.D. did performed a dance using lights on the screen behind them. So cool~

Thriller (the famous one XD)
- OMG *___*
- The whole outfit was sparkly.
- He even did that dance~

MC
22nd:
- People in the audience shouted, "Yamapi!!" When that died, a guy shouted, "Yamapi!" Yamapi was like, *alert, o.o* lol
- He asked us to turn on the penlight. Asked us to wave...then, "Stop!" Asked us to wave again...then, "Stop!" He dropped on the floor in amazement, "Suge~!!!" He had fun XD
- Talked about Jin.
- Code Blue 2.
- Osaka concert.
- Junior days, when he backdanced for 3 concerts in one day. Blahblahblah.. Sorry, didn't completely understand what he said. Then, he talked some deep stuff. Then...introduced next song.
23rd:
- Long speech about his first solo.
- Someone in the audience shouted something about Michael. Not sure what Yamapi's response was.
- He asked to wave and then countdown to stop. First time, not so perfect. He asked to do again. Not a big reaction this time compared to the previous day.. But he asked us to scream at the end.
- Asked if there are any guys. Some guys shouted. One guy in the lower arena below me shouted really loud!
- Same news announcements as yesterday's.
- Talked about Jin and Music Station again.
- Mentioned that Nakamaru came yesterday. After the concert, Nakamaru told him that the audience was nice XD
It was cool that the audience shouted stuff and Yamapi responded to their questions.

Kiss Kara Hajimaru Mystery

Daite Senorita

Colorful & Himawari:
22nd:
- Yamapi introduced a guest: Nakamaru. Nakamaru kept saying, "Sumimasen, sumisasen" XD
- Both went opposite ways around the stage on a cart. Met up halfway and switched carts after Colorful was over.
- Yamapi went around my direction first. At the middle, Nakamaru shouted something. I got shocked because I completely forgot that he was there XD
- Before the chorus part, Yamapi changed the lyrics to, "Nakamaru da, Nakamaru da!" Forgot what he sang the line after that..
- Then, Nakamaru's turn to go through my direction. He imitated and mocked the Daite Senorita dance several times XD
23rd:
- Kouki was the guest. TaNaka ~_~
- Both went around the stage on a cart in opposite ways. When a semi-circle was over, Yamapi told Kouki to get on the other cart. Kouki was like, "Ride again?"
- And Kouki rode towards our direction during Himawari. The cart stopped for some reason. The staffs took a while to fix the problem. Kouki looked up at the direction to where the spotlight was shining from and stared at it until the problem solved.
- Big pieces of confetti dropped and Kouki tried to catch some. Then, he gave the pieces he caught to the audience XD

Dance Jam

Introduced and thanked the juniors performed. Final greetings and left.

Encore:
- 22nd: Started with the screen showing pictures of Yamapi in dramas from recent (Buzzer Beat) to junior days. Screams sounded louder as it got to ProDai, then Kurosagi, then Nobuta (much louder when Akira's "kon kon" was shown XD), and finally, the junior days to chibi (especially the part where young Yamapi was in a bathtub XD Plus the part in his chibi days where he crossdressed).
- 23rd: The loudest screams were the parts where ProDai and Nobuta were shown. Plus, of course, the bathtub and the crossdress scenes.
- Yamapi appeared...at the second floor!!! He went around the balcony in a little cart. Made me glad that I sat there~ I was only a few rows away from the aisle. Unfortunately, he faced the other direction when he came to my section ;_; I got to see him up close though.
- On 23rd, I sat at the second floor again. This time, it was right in the front of that aisle where he rode around on!! Unfortunately, he waved at the whole audience in the arena instead D:<
- Juniors waved at the audience on the main stage. One of them kept throwing kisses..
- Forgot what the first song was but the second one was Seishun Amigo.

He really danced a lot at the concert. Most of the songs have dances.

I hope there'll be a DVD for this. Everything was so cool!!

Internet so sloooow..

2009-11-15T13:53:10Z

November 6th:
- Went to karaoke with a bunch of people from the dorm to celebrate a person's birthday.
- The karaoke system thing was different from other places. It didn't have any of the Johnny's PV's >.< Well, it had a few Tackey & Tsubasa's... No Musekinin Hero and Wahaha *sobs* It had GReeeeN's PV's though.. The ones with PV's...the lyrics stayed on only one color font.. Didn't highlight as you sing.. Kinda made me difficult because I was used to the highlights.

November 13th:
- Went karaoke again. For another birthday celebration. 3 people in 3 consecutive weeks..

November 14th:
- LJ fans meet up.
- Harajuku.
- Karaoke again XD
- Tokyo station to look at TV studio shops. I kinda want that Gokusen instant yakisoba..

At school:

- Monday and Tuesday teachers were boring.. But the teachers for the other three days were more cheerful and interesting, which was good.

- The textbook was interesting. Some stories for each chapter were connected. For example, a girl looked for a new place to live. Next chapter, she moved. The biggest story was the one where a lady and a man had an arranged meeting. Each chapter showed that those two became closer and closer. Asking her out --> casual talk --> date...

- We were learning the grammar "~sou" (looks/seems like). The teacher brought pictures of idols, both male and female. For the male idols, Nakai was one of them~!! When the teacher showed us the male section, he noticed that I looked happy XD He even asked me which one among the bunch is my favorite~ KimuTaku was also on there. The teacher asked another girl who she likes. She said none of them, not even KimuTaku o.o For the female section...I didn't know who any of them were... They were old pictures...

- The Wednesday teacher had us play a little game where we guess who the person was. Can be a classmate or a famous person. One gave a hint and the rest guessed. The hint had to use the grammar "the one who..." The hint I gave was, "The one who keeps saying 'wish'" XD Surprisingly, only two people (plus the teacher) knew who he was.. I guessed they didn't watch variety shows and stuff. The two people who knew were Johnny's fans XD The teacher explained to the class who Daigo was~

...I'll post some pictures here...when I'm not lazy XD

Dragon Zakura!!

2009-11-05T08:31:02Z

My teacher wanted to show us a drama for "learning" Japanese. The drama he chose was Dragon Zakura!! Partly because he hadn't watched it yet, and partly because it was a school setting. Today, watched the first episode. I can still remember some parts, like Yamapi ('s character) and his trumpet XD The teacher knew that I like Johnny's because I wrote about it in the schoolwork XD
Hm...I haven't wrote the drama on my Wordpress? I guess I'll wrote an entry then.

Last Saturday, went to karaoke with xilentdeath. Ended up staying for 4 hours~ Still not enough XD Really got used to the karaoke marathon at Duet.

Arashi weeeek

2009-10-25T14:47:01Z

Arashi is going to make people lose sleep next week. ...Is anyone going to record and share the best of clips that will air during late night...?

School:
- The teacher changes everyday, except on Fridays for some reason... Monday teacher used to be an announcer for NHK o.o So his pronounciation was really clear. The problem was...he was a bit boring... Tuesday teacher was all right. Wednesday teacher was a bit more exciting than the Tuesday one. Thursday and Friday teacher was interesting, and a bit weird. Most of his examples he gave were about romance/love...
- Had to put chairs up on the desk everyday after school ended so that it'll make the janitor easy to clean the floor. Made me feel a bit nostalgic because it was neccessary to do it during elementary school (and junior high?) back in NY.
- Quizzes everyday, ugh >.< At least, it kept me trying to study harder...

This weekend: Stuck at home playing the DS XD At least, I finished Tales of Hearts~ Next, I'll try to play all the Dragon Quest DS games released so far. I think playing them in English is better.. I'm beginning to understand why Dragon Quest is good. The 4th game was very interesting~

November JE CD Releases:
04 - Kyuu☆Jyou☆Show!!! (Kanjani8)
11 - My Girl (Arashi)
18 - Loveless (Yamashita Tomohisa)
25 - BANDAGE (LANDS)
Johnny's is going to take over the singles chart for the whole month.
I know Bandage isn't exactly Johnny's but...

I'm still alive.

2009-10-23T12:27:25Z

Barely.
The first week of school was tiring... Wasn't used to the schedule because it had been years since I went to a regular school (class from morning to afternoon).

Last Saturday: Went to a festival at Kawagoe with xilentdeath. Need to write a report on that.

Last Sunday: A mini JE fan meet up. 4 people including me. Ended up staying at Harajuku the whole time. At the end, karaoke!!! Only 2 hours though. Not enough!!! So used to the karaoke marathon at Duet..

Yesterday: A classmte invited me to watch Arashi's shows on TV at her room. 4 hours of Arashi!! It's better than watching it online so I went. She's also a Nino fan~~~ I saw a Nino uchiwa on her bed~ XD

Today: Tagged along with 2 of my dormmates to discounted retail stores nearby. One of the stores had a pet shop inside o.o The display was the same as the ones Becky went to for showing baby animals. Made me wonder if that place ever got filmed for the show..
A baby bulldog(?) pooped right in front of us, lol o.o It turned around, facing the other way, and it pooped... When we walked away, a little boy and a little girl came up and took a look. The boy said to the girl that it's cute. But it was still pooping, LOL o.o
We walked around and saw a bigger dog. It was moving strangely, in an insane way. We were wondering what's wrong. But then, it pooped O.O Nandeyanen...lol.

Saw the new advertisement of the AU phones~

I'm looking forward to the next VS Arashi. Shimura Ken~~

Karaoke deprived! T_T

2009-10-11T05:05:14Z

Hm...a bit of snot is stuck in my nose and won't move.. Hope it'll go away before the day the class starts.
Wonder what caused it.. The aircon? It was a bit dirty... The bunk bed can be a bit stuffy.. I wear a mask to sleep partly because in case of dust and stuff (my nose can't stand it). The only problem is that the mask keeps slipping down now and then..

The internet is slow sometimes. Too many people using it. Sometimes, it disconnects.. Very annoying.

Bought a rice cooker yesterday. Very happy about it. Don't need to worry about long lines and stuff at the school cafeteria and the bento shop (they cook right after you order).
The rice was really delicious! No taste though XD Need to buy soy sauce or something.

Bought TVfan last week because Kanjani8 was on the cover. Also because I can look at the schedule right away without having to wait for the slow loading online.

Watched the first episode of My Girl. Understood the general ideas from the episode. I wanted to see Hina actually more than Aiba, even though Aiba looked really good in the drama XD Same thing also happened in The Quiz Show. Shows that I like Kanjani8 more than Arashi :P
Hopes that I remember to watch stuff tonight. I still jump into trying to calculate the time difference even though it's not neccessary XD Need to make my own TV schedule to make it easy to remember..

Nino and Matsuyama Kenichi _

2009-10-10T02:18:41Z

Still can't believe. These two in a movie together. My two favorites.

Celebrated my mother's birthday just in time, the day before leaving to Japan (it's also China's national holiday!) XD
October 2nd:
- Arrived in Japan around in the afternoon. ANA didn't have any JE songs in the playlist T_T Not sure if it counts but it had Tanabata Matsuri in music box version.. Only got to watch Quiz! Hexagon II on the plane.
- 4 people, including me, were the only ones who came from Hong Kong. 2 guys and 2 girls. The girl requested an one room, leaving me with no roommate. It was kinda good because I used up all the space in the room XD Except for the extra desk and bed.
- The dorm has nothing!! It's like moving into a new house except that it has furnitures (beds and desks), a fridge, and an aircon. Had to go to a supermarket to buy the neccessary items to last for the night. Went with the 3 others to eat dinner and do shopping.

October 3rd:
- The HK dormmates asked a senpai to show us around the neighborhood. Went to a few cheap stores and departments. Bought more stuff.

October 4th:
- Met up with a group of people to show us around the neighborhood. I think the HK people were scheduled to arrive earlier than the school planned. The group from China arrived the day before.
- Afterwards, went to Shibuya and Harajuku. Went to indio to do some clothes shopping (since I only bought like 2 or 3 shirts with me). Found a store that had a discount so bought a lot. I loved the bag they gave out!! It was a plastic bag with zippers!!! Definitely will use it again and again.
- Since I happened to be in Shibuya, I decided to go to the Johnny's fanclub. Saw lots of fans gathered around to watch the video of KAT-TUN. Kinda good thing KAT-TUN isn't my top favorite because I need more time to do more shopping.
- My purpose in going to Harajuku was the 100 yen store. So many things sold for cheap there! Then, went to the unofficial Johnny's store and more indio stores. Saw a little girl in one of the unofficial stores with her mother. A Sho fan XD It was interesting seeing what kinds of fans they were. In another store, I saw a curious foreign couple (in the 30s or 40s) taking a peak inside the store, to see what kinds of photos up on the wall. So interesting XD

October 5th:
Took the placement test to determine which class to be in.

October 6th:
First day of class. Mostly introductions. Spent the entire morning on self-introductions. One person came up in front of the classroom to introduce themselves.

October 7th:
- Entrance ceremony.
- Students who stayed for one year had to go register for the foreign ID card and open a band account. I'm using a temporary visa so don't need to do these. My class didn't meet up in the afternoon so I was free for the whole afternoon!!
- Met up with xilentdeath in the late afternoon!!! Was late because I almost forgot which exit to go to. Mostly followed my intuition to guide me XD Was off by one street! We went to Mandarake and K-books. I felt kinda weird to speak in complete English again. Been speaking in Cantonese (with random English thrown in) for the past few days.

October 8th:
- Typhoon! The typhoon started on the previous (late) night and continued until noon. Class was canceled. It was a bit weird because the typhoon stopped at noon and the weather became sunny..
- Spent the whole day playing games XD Finally started to play Dragon Quest, Nino's favorite game~ I started Dragon Quest IV, going in order. I played an earlier series before (on Gameboy) but didn't find it as exciting. Now when I played it...I still didn't find it that exciting.. I wanted to understand why it became so popular in Japan.

October 9th:
- Went out and met up with the wife whom I went to homestay last year. She got thinner XD It was a bit painful to speak in complete Japanese, especially when I was sleep deprived. We ate omuraice for dinner!!! Yay!!
- When coming back to the dorm, saw two girls looking through Wink Up and Potato on the train. I stood at the corner of them (they were sitting next to the door). I took out my DS and played while peaking at the magazine XD But they would (didn't notice if they did) noticed that I'm a JE fan because I was wearing a Russ-K jacket and had a Maruyama strap on my DS.

Need to hurry up and finish Tales of Hearts. It's a Japanese game so I get tired of concentrating the Japanese after using it in class and stuff. I'm playing Dragon Quest in English and it really relaxes my brain a bit. Need to start finding more English games to play.

YamaPi _

2009-09-28T16:50:50Z

Made me wonder why he's doing a solo project. And if NEWS is ok... I kinda want to go...even though he dropped down a bit on my list of favorite ranking (Nino's fault).

My mom listens to a channel on the radio where they play Chinese music. One time, they played Love So Sweet (for some reason)!!!

Wants the Arashi PV DVD. Wonder why they didn't include ALL or NOTHING.. Why did they make the PV for it in the first place... I kinda wanted it to be on the DVD because this was the first Arashi PV I saw.

Wow, Arashi took over the Oricon charts, set a record in Konkuritsu, hijacked a TV studio... They're really something XD

Maruyama went to Arashi's Osaka concert *__* Wonder if there's a fancam..

...How far are Saitama, Yamanashi, and Kanagawa from Tokyo... Kinda want to go to an UVERworld concert..

October JE CD Releases:
28 - Swan Song (KinKi Kids)
Only one CD in that month? I'm happy that they're releasing another CD. Kanjani8, are you going to release something soon...?

P.S. I think I need another laptop... Stupid memory space..