嵐 = STRONG CAMARADERIE

Asazuba Highlights:

• Naruse Ryo (Oh-chan) in the shower. Yes, naked~ ^^
• Oh-chan~, this is your first lead role in a drama and all you could write was Nino's full name? ^^ Exactly how much you like that kid... ^^
  Oh-chan and Toma on Asazuba (04/07/08)

Highlights:

• Mao-chan's high-pitched "Arienaittsuuuuunooooo!!!!* XDDDD

Crank-in in metropolitan area:

• No. of extras involved: 4583 people
• Total cost of jewelry worn by Kaga Mariko-san: 3 billions yen ---> Hence, a lot of security guards hired. Now, we know that they're not fake.
  

Hong Kong:

• Room rate of a hotel suite where F4 gathered: 1.3 millions yen/night
• Rental rate of a liner (with a lounge room inside): 3 millions yen/two days

Las Vegas:

• Makino-chan's casino debut: won $1,000, about 41,000 yen. Mao-chan frequented the casino during the days Jun-kun went back to Tokyo for work. The guy with bizarre make-up and costume, who also appeared in Maou press conference yesterday, mentioned that it's not easy to win the games at the casino and asked Mao-chan for her guidance, addressing her as 'sensei'. XD
  
• Even though the city is located in the southern part (of Nevada or of USA, I'm not sure which one they referred to), the water temperature is around 20 Celcius (68 Fahrenheit), probably lower than 20 C according to Jun-kun, which is cold (the standard temperature for hot bath, according to wikipedia, is 38-42 C O_o). Thus, he spent about 1 hour moving around (inside the bathtub). 
  

Again, Nino-chan is going to boast off his potential as a card magician. ^^ And this time, the victim is none other than Jerome. Yes, yes, that one and only black enka singer ^^. Nino-chan~!!! Credit to the uploader, key5388.

Ninomiya~ Nya!!!!!!! *Mimic Hitoshi-san*

For those who haven't seen this:

Did- did I just see wet-haired Oh-chan at 00:42?? Died. I just died. Why so hot??!!! So, so friggin' hot. EDIT: And the preview of what they'll be doing for the second half of today's HnA: Maou ga Raou de, Raou ga Maou de... (Raou = a brand for Japanese instant noodle, I guess) --> Obviously, pun-intended. *Laughs* I can smell 'cracks' and 'dorkiness' already. But, Nino? Doko? XDDD

Was very bored yesterday ('cause I'm on semester break until July 14, yeah!), rummaged through the contents of my ext. hard disk aimlessly, and stumbled upon Arashi's Kotoba Yori performance clip on 2003/10/03 Music Station that I've never seen before. To think that it's probably been lurking inside my HDD for more than six months.... ^^ Anyways, gotta love the intro dance. Cool.

Downloaded 'Take Me Faraway ver.2' fancam uploaded by MasyaLOVER. *Flails* I can see Riida up close. The hotness. *Flails again*

This morning Mino Monta's Asazuba entertainment news (芸能・エンタメ関係の話題) reported on yesterday's Maou PressCon and showed quite a number of footage which I haven't seen before (previews are always good). Hanadan F preview was shown right after Maou's. XDDDDD Yes, our boys are that busy lately. Aren't they loved by TBS? And Mino-san, your response to Mao-chan's public declaration of her love towards Donmyouji-sama is quite comical. (^_^) And here, I mistakenly thought that you were amused with our boys' busyness in the beginning. ^^
Hanadan casts appeared at the end of the news bangumi and believe it or not, I actually waited for almost 2 hours for their appearance (see the time lapse between the end of the first vid and the start of the second vid). And ironically, I'm not a Hanadan fan (I don't read the manga and I have never been able to finish watching the whole tv series, simply because melodramatic dramas and movies are my archenemies) . But I do love the casts =).

Important: I recorded these videos from TVU Player. I might f-lock this post later due to ethical and legal issues.

So, Tabe-chan made an unexpected revelation on AnS that becoming a comedienne is her dream, hence ヘンテコポーズ with Sho-kun. (^_^) (Source: Weekly The Television 2008.06.28-07.04. Thank you, yuckie-chan for the scans!) Well, from her appearance on Obiraji last year to promote YamaTaro, Nino did say through a VTR that she loves comedy acts. 

Transcript of Nino and Sho 's comments (probably inaccurate in certain parts since I'm not entirely capable of deciphering every single word they're saying due to my amateurish Japanese listening skill ^^):
二宮： はい、三度目の登場です！
翔君： おぉ、出るね、出るね！
二宮： 出ちゃいますよ、共演、出ちゃいますよ！
         まぁ、（多部ちゃんと）共演してね、分かったことがあ
         るんですけど。
         多部ちゃんはかなりマニアックなお笑い好きなんです
         よ！！

翔君： なんか、お笑いこととかも、こんなね、手叩きながらが笑うね。
二宮： そう。なんかい言っても「いやだ！」とか、すごい言ってますけど。
         ぜんぜん思いっきりツッこんできますからね！
翔君： そう。
二宮： 「脱臼したらかな？」と思うんだ。
翔君： (Can't catch what he's saying here ><.)
二宮： あぁ、本当？
翔君： そこまでつらかったおかしいでしょう。
二宮： そうだね、まぁ、今回ね、オビラジの二人にね、多部ちゃんにぜひマニアックなお笑いトークを聞かせてください！

Translation (--> I'm not good in this area as well. Gomen if I made any mistakes and feel free to correct me. Not a word-to-word translation since it won't make sense if I do that.):
Nino: Hai, our third appearance! (They appeared twice beforehand)
Sho-kun: We appear again, ne (in the VTR)! We appear again, ne!
Nino: It's our turn to appear again.
        Co-starring with Tabe-chan, there's something that I came to know about her.
        Tabe-chan is quite a hardcore fan of comedy acts.
Sho-kun: When she watches comedy shows, she'll clap her hands along while laughing, like this.

After a few listens, the song at last has started to grown on me. However, excepting Nino and Oh-chan's, I still cringe at their solo sections at times, particularly Jun-kun's *gets whacked*. Truthfully, there are times when I think that Oh-chan's solo parts should have dominated whenever I listen to their recent songs *gets whacked again* because of the very obvious reasons that I don't have to list out. XDDD
On the side note, this semester's exam period has started, the first paper being on the 5th of June which is just three days away (OMG!) and the last one being on the 24th of June. Ganbarimasu!!!

PS: omg! I just remember that Nishikawa Takanori, Abingdon Boys School's vocalist (to Gundam Seed and Seed Destiny's fans, he's better known as Takanori Makes Revolution, abbreviated T.M. Revolution), is gonna be on tonight's Shukudai-kun. I love Abingdon Boys School. I have all of their singles and their first full-length album on my hard disk, yeah. Kishi always fascinates me whenever he's rocking it on the synthesizer keyboard and turntable. Takanori's vibrato voice is just godly. I'm forever enthralled. Looking forward to tonight's Shukudai-kun!!!!

Aqua Timez' Niji ---> GETSS!!! on the first listen. As the title suggests, it's a rainbow-y song. Got to know about this group through Bleach Movie: Memories of Nobody for which they sang the ED Theme Song. Since then, I've been keeping up with their single releases from time to time. Have not listened to their albums, though. 

EDIT: Eh? Niji is the theme song for Gokusen 3? O_o I don't watch Gokusen 3, so I didn't know. Ignorant, aren't I? *Whacks self*

Urmmm, maybe not all of the routines (exaggerating a bit there XDDD). I'm sure that this is not new to older fans. But props to the person who made this. S/he surely knows how to cut out the best parts of Arashi's PVs and perf clips and splice them up in a way that will impress the viewers with Arashi's dancing skills. Btw, Nino's breakdancing (1:01-1:05) rocks!!!!
PS: Nino's got too much screen-time!!! XDDD He's loved by the video maker!!!