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Tada ima!;)
How was your week minna?;) Mine starts again tomorrow, but hopefully it'll be easier than last week^^; Plus, March is one of my favorite months of the whole year:3 Not only is it my birthday month it's the first time we see spring again after such a long time...in a city where winter lasts from the end of October to mid-March (and is usually around -35 in between) spring is a big deal:) Plus, because of where we're located, we get the Chinook!=) It's a really warm wind that comes around mid-March and basically heralds the true beginning of spring...I can even smell spring in this wind, it's a lovely green, moist, fluffy smellXD As soon as I smell/feel the Chinook I instantly feel lighter and happier, as is a weight has been lifted off my shoulders:) I'm really looking forward to it....=)
Now, like I mentioned in some previous posts, I will be cutting back a bit, so this will be the last 'full' post like I've been doing up until now. But I think I've found a compromise that will make everyone happy, you'll see how it works out in my next post:)
But today I have the Shukudai-kun from 07.02.05 with Inohara and the 8 man worry festivalXD

Sho: Arashi's homework begins~!
Ogura: So Arashi, if you hadn't gone into the show business world, what would all of you have done?
Sho: Ahhh, that's a good question ne!
Aiba: Well, since we're already 25~26-
Ogura: You would be working in your father's Chinese restaurant?
[writing: Son of a Chinese cuisine restaurant]
Aiba: Hey wait a minute. Please don't decide that for me.
Jun: Eh? Do you have something you want to do?
Ogura: Eh, didn't you say your spring rolls were tasty?
[writing: Proud of his spring rolls]
Sho: His spring rolls are super tasty huh?
Nino: Super tasty. His spring rolls are the only thing that's tasty. (writing)
Aiba: That's ridiculous!
Ohno: That's not nice.
Aiba: Hey, my father's watching this! Don't you say things like that!
Sho: So, with that let's introduce today's guest, it's these two, come on in~!
Ogura: This is the first time they've been men!
Sho: Yeah, that's true ne.
[writing: Today's guests, V6 Inohara Yoshihiko, Kiyokiba Shunsuke]
Yoshihiko: This is the first time?
Ogura: The first time.
Nino: The first time.
Aiba: The energy is amazing, the utmost! We're all guys.
Yoshihiko: That's true. My heart's beating faster ne. (writing)
Nino: Male guests...
[writing: Inohara-san and Kiyokiba-san are co-starring for the first time in the movie {Heaven will wait], which
premieres the 10th of February]
Kiyokiba: Right now I'm going to go propose to Kaoru.
[Announcer: Today's guests, Inohara Yoshihiko-san, and, formerly of Exile, Kiyokiba Shunsuke-san, will be co-starring
for the first time in the movie [Heaven will wait], premiering the 10th of February. Together with Kaoru, played
by Sakamoto Ayu-san, they are childhood friends. (writing) Kiyokiba-san decides to propose to Kaoru but gets into
a motor vehicle accident. (writing)]
Kiyokiba: Hey, Hiroki...how long will I live?
[writing: [Heaven will wait] Going to release from teh 10th of February at Picadilly 2, as well as national Matsutake
Toukyuu theatres. Announcer: Pushing down his own feelings, Inohara-san at that time...]
Ogura: I've seen it.
Inohara: Thank you very much.
Ogura: It's pretty good. When I saw it ne, I thought 'isn't friendship great?' ne. In the end I was kind of moved
to tears. (writing) But the two of you, the first you met was in this movie right? (writing)
Inohara: That's right.
Kiyokiba: That's right ne.
Inohara: Before I met him I thought he might be one of those people who go dancing at clubs. (writing)
Jun: Do you do that kind of dancing? (writing)
Inohara: Going along holding beers. (writing)
Nino: AMazing. You can't dance holding them.
Inohara: Though I thought that might be it, he's a totally manly guy. (writing)
Kiyokiba: I don't go to things like clubs ne.
Ogura: The role was that of the son of a mud-walled fish market, but you suited it well. (writing)
Inohara: He suited it well ne.
Ogura: When he did it, it suited him well.
Inohara: In those mud-walled scenes, you would get him confused for one of the actual people there. (writing)
Kiyokiba: That's right. At the beginning they were ingratiating themselves to me, but as it went longer the people
themselves didn't realize it. (writing) Like I was just another one of the regular guys. 'You're in the
way, move along!'
Ogura: Inocchi, have you had the opportunity to talk with Arashi?
[writing: The connection between Arashi and Inocchi]
Inohara: We talk ne?
Jun: We talk ne.
Aiba: We talk.
Inohara: They always did back-dancing for V6 ne. (writing)
Nino: That's right ne.
Sho: That's right ne. When I was in Johnny's Jr. Inohara-kun got mad at me ne. (writing)
Inohara: Eh, why did I get mad?
Sho: In one of Inohara-kun's performances, there was a part once midway through with suicide, where you acted out
dying. (writing) And we were all walking around him. But, I was a little kid, so I kind of laughed, I was
walking around laughing. (writing) So when the concert ended he came to my dressing room and flung the door open,
'Hey you, why the heck were you laughing when I was dying?' (writing) 'I'm sorry...I'm sorry'.
Inohara: I was really heated during that period ne~.
Ogura: There are sempai in Johnny's Jimusho right? So with that, like a Macchi faction or a Higashiyama faction-
Inohara: Like political factions?
Ogura: Are there kind of political factions?
Inohara: Ah, although unexpectedly there aren't, since I was always the back dancer for ShounenTai (writing),
as an example, afteer the performance had ended, he'd tell me 'Let's go eat', and I'd be like 'ah, okay'.
Higashiyama-kun was inviting me. But, when I got back to the dressing room Nishikiori-kun would say
'let's get something to eat today'. And I'd be like, 'Ah....okay' Then, when I'd think about leaving
Katsuhide-kun would be waiting and he'd say 'Let's go eat'. I couldn't turn down any of them, so there
were times when I'd say 'Ah, I'm going to be late' and went from place to place. (writing)
Aiba: Amazing~.
Sho: So, with that let's move on to the first homework, Ogura-san if you please~!
Ogura: Homework for the audience from Inocchi and Kiyokiba-san, investigate and submit Tokyo's best XX omuraisu.
(writing)
Jun: Omuraisu?
Ogura: Omuraisu.
[Announcer: In the drama Sakamoto Aya-san's parents manage a coffee shop, the popular dish is the omuraisu. So
today they've given the homework of finding Tokyo's best XX omuraisu.]
Nino: The number of submissions we received from everyone this time ne, is an unbelievable 188. (writing) That they
sent in.
Aiba: Ah, a lot.
Nino: So from among those I think we'd like to introduce some of the current omuraisu to everyone. To start with ne,
Tokyo's most...expensive omuraisu.
[writing: Submission from Ramune-san in Tokyo metro. area, and 48 others; Tokyo's most expensive omuraisu.]
Aiba: How much it will it wind up being ne?
[Announcer: Tokyo's most expensive omuraisu is...]
Ogura: Isn't this kind of extravagant? (writing)
Aiba: Amazing.
Jun: Amazing.
Nino: This is amazing.
[Announcer: This is the restaurant Ohmiya's [High Quality Omuraisu with Truffles and Foie Gras], 3990yen for one
person. (writing)]
Inohara: This is expensive!
Jun: This looks super tasty.
Aiba: There's truffles on it too!
[writing: Restaurant Ohmiya's chef, Ohmiya Katsuo-san]
Ogura: Having the restaurant's chef come here, this is really different from the omuraisu with ketchup in the
middle huh.
[writing: The sauce is also truffles]
Inohara: The normal one ne. It's completely different.
Ogura: But you know, this looks tasty!
Nino: Please partake.
Kiyokiba: Thanks for the food~.
Aiba: This'll definitely be tasty.
Sho: Omuraisu is tasty ne.
Nino: Well, eat it.
Ogura: This isn't the image you have of omuraisu huh?
Kiyokiba: Tasty. This is tasty.
Inohara: Tasty~! (writing)
Nino: Again...
Jun: There it is!
Inohara: Tasty~!! (writing)
Nino: Again...
Ohno: He's noisy ne!;P
Inohara: It's the truth! It's the truth!
AIba: You're lying~! That reaction's a lie.
Inohara: It's not a lie! It's really tasty!
Nino: Oh?
Inohara: It's tasty!! (writing)
Kiyokiba: It's delicious ne.
Inohara: The taste of the beef is pretty strong ne.
Ohmiya: The aroma of the Japanese beef is attached to it.
Nino: Let's move along to the next one. Tokyo's most...smouldering omuraisu.
[writing: Submission from Tamago Sake-san in Ibaraki-ken and 25 others, Tokyo's most smouldering omuraisu]
Aiba: Smouldering as in what kind of smouldering?
Inohara: Smoulkdering? It's smouldering?
Jun: What'ssmouldering?
Girl: Welcome home Master. (writing)
Ogura: Ahhh<3 (writing)
[writing: After this, Pink Ogu-san runs wild over the smouldering omuraisu. (annoucner)]
Ogura: You have a big chest ne?
Nino: Father!
Inohara: Father, you're not allowed to go any closer.
Nino: So, the next one ne, a submission from Tamago Sake-san, Tokyo's most...smouldering omuraisu. (writing)
Aiba: Smouldering as in what kind of smouldering?
Inohara: Smouldering? It's smouldering?
Nino: Akihabara's maid cafe-
Ogura: It's really 'moe'?
Nino: - Little PSX's [Graffiti Omuraisu], 500yen!
Inohara: Graffiti omuraisu;P
Girl: Welcome home Master!
[writing: Maid cafe Little PSX [Graffiti Omuraisu] 500yen]
Ogura: Ahhh<3 (writing)
JUn: Ogu-san! Ogu-san! Ogu-san! It's not 'ahhh<3'! It's not 'ahhh<3'!
Girl: Um, I'm going to do the graffiti.
[writing: Little PSX's maid, Hatsune Rio-san]
Ogura: Yes!
Nino: If you please.
Girl: Yes!
Ogura: Please do the graffiti<3 You have a big chest ne<3 (writing)
Sho: Father!!
Inohara: Father, you're not allowed to go any closer. You're the worst out of all of us.
Ogura: Aren't you drawing a chest? Am I wrong?
Aiba: Surely you're wrong~. Why does she have to be drawing breasts? (writing)
Inohara: Then please connect the breasts.
Sho: EVeryone's just going 'breasts! breasts!', shut up! (writing)
Ogura: Hey look!
Girl: It's done!
Ogura: Look, it was that after all.
Aiba: It's true~!
Girl: Is it alright if I explain? They call me Water Cups at that restaurant. (writing)
Ogura: Ah, it;s Water Cups-chan. (writing) Water Cups-chan.
Aiba: What is this, this segment?? What is this?
Kiyokiba: Thanks for the food.
Inohara: Yes.
Ogura: Well, I guess it would be enough if they ate it and gave a report. (writing)
Nino: So? Is it 'moe'?
Kiyokiba: Yup, 'moe'. (writing)
Sho: Amazing!
Nino: That's the first time I've heard such a refined [Moe];P (writing)
Sho: How is it?
Inohara: 'Moe'. (writing)
[writing: Submission from Oshiruko-san in Saitama-ken, and 34 others, Tokyo's biggest omuraisu. Announcer: The one
with the next highest submissions is Tokyo's biggest omuraisu. writing: Applewood, Fort Restaurant, [Salted pollack
and red pepper mayonnaise omuraisu] 1449yen. (announcer) Announcer: The rice is 1kilo. Compared to the normal
size, it's huge huh~.]
Inohara: MatsuJun is kind of conscientious ne. (writing)
Kiyokiba: Conscientious huh.
Inohara: He is ne, really.
Sho: He's popular. (writing)
Inohara: He's definitely got to be popular.
Ogura: That's right huh.
Inohara: That's popular. (writing)
Ogura: Doumyouji wouldn't do this kind of thing right? (writing) Usually.
Jun: He wouldn't do it ne.
Inohara: He wouldn't do it huh, Doumyouji-san.
Ogura: He wouldn't do it right, Doumyoji.
Inohara: My mother loves him. (writing)
Ogura: He's cool isn't he, Doumyouji.
Inohara: You know ne, she said [It brought me back to when I was young]. (writing)
Nino: Isn't that totally Yon-sama?
Jun: That's right, that's right;P
Nino: Totally Yon-sama. (Bae YonJun,from Winter Sonata)
Kiyokiba: Ah, tasty. The inside.
Inohara: Tastay~! (writing)
Nino: That's why you get it~!
Inohara: It's true!
Jun: You're just over-reacting!
Inohara: It's true!
[writing: Applewood's chef, Umeda Isao-san]
Inohara: People who like mayonnnaise...
Nino: Won't be able to resist?
Inohara: Won't be able to resist ne. That's the irresistible part ne?
Kiyokiba: This is a new discovery huh.
Jun: Ah, this is ultra tasty! (writing)
Inohara: See!
Nino: You're extremely moved huh?
Jun: This is super tasty!
[writing: Producer, Koshio Yoshihiro-san; The staff chose from among the submissions by walking around tasting them,
Tokyo's most tasty omuraisu. (announcer) Announcer: Atop the omuraisu there is a fried potato mesh. Inside that
there are spring vegetables and seafood, please break into it and give it a try. writing: Delicious Egg House,
Ningyouchou restaurant, [Omuraisu topped by a Genova-style fried potato nest with spring vegetables and seafood]
1850yen. Announcer: It apparently has a wonderful harmony of flavours. The crispness of the potatoes makes it
an irresistable item.]
Inohara; Tasty!! (writing)
Aiba: His reactions are all the same! (writing) His reactions are all the same, for all of them.
Inohara: It's truly tasty!
Jun: He uses it for everything, but it all looks tasty.
Inohara: This is truly tasty!
Sho: So, next is the homework for Arashi segment~! (writing)
Aiba: Here I go. We received this from Shinjuku's Oguraisu-san, a 6th grader. (writing)
Sho: That's kind of interesting too, the name.
Ohno: Oguraisu?
Aiba: If you mix delicious things with delicious things, will they become even more delicious? What do you think?
[writing: If you mix delicious foods with delicious foods will they become even more delicious, please experiment]
Nino: They won't! See you next week!
Aiba: Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute.
Ogura: Why are we mixing them?! (writing)
Nino: He's amazingly upset, he's amazingly mad right now.
Ogura: Isn't it fine just to eat delicious things as delicious things individually?!
Aiba: But to go more, see, higher ne? For the sake of aiming even higher. (writing) We'll mix them-
Nino: What do you think will happen huh?
Jun: I wonder if they'll mix well...
Aiba: Right?
[Announcer: So, this time we've readied mixed cuisines of 3 items. (writing) In the end...]
Aiba: First this one. Tada! Mixed Ramen! (writing)
Inohara: Eh? What?
Sho: What's mixed about it?
Nino: The appearance looks just like usual.
Ogura: This has a flavour mixed in probably.
Aiba: Yes, just like he said. Salt, soy sauce, miso, Tonkotsu (pork soup dish from Kagoshima) are all mixed in.
(writing)
Ohno: Ah, this'll be tasty.
Ogura: This'll probably be tasty.
Aiba: This might be even more delicious than before-
Nino: It is, so it's okay if we don't eat it.
Aiba: Hey wait a minute! Inohara-san. Won't you take just one bite of this?
Inohara: Is that okay? I'm going ahead, thanks for the food. (writing)
Kiyokiba: Go ahead;P
Ogura: Please continue eating ahead of me. (writing) Because it's fine if I don't eat it.
Inohara: I'm taking a little of the soup?
Aiba: That's right ne.
Inohara: It's okay if I just do that.
Ogura: I don't think this will become that harmonious a flavor.
Inohara: Tasty!! (writing)
Aiba: Tasty?!
Nino: Tasty?
Inohara: Tasty!
Jun: There it is!
Inohara: It's tasty, it's amazing.
Aiba: So does that mean it's become even more delicious? (writing)
Inohara: Mmm.
[writing: Which?]
Ogura: It might be that Kiyokiba-san will say, in his way, that these ramen are tasty enough for what they are.
Kiyokiba: Well, they're not unpleasant ne. (writing)
Ogura: They're not unpleasant.
Aiba: It's not unpleasant huh?
Ogura: It's not unpleasant.
Kiyokiba: Just, (the flavors) are competing with each other ne. (writing)
Ogura: They're competing?
Ohno: They're not competing at all. (writing)
Sho: They're not even competing a little ne?;P
Aiba: Ah, I'm going to the next one. Tada! This is the mixed fermentation item. (writing)
Ogura: This is no good! This is no good! Cheese?!
Aiba: Cheese-
[writing: A blend of cheese, yogurt and kimchi.]
Ogura: Yogurt and kimchi.
Aiba: -Yogurt and kimchi, the three of them were blended.
Sho: Uwa, well Inohara-kun loves fermented things ne. (writing)
Ogura: [writing: Ogura's analysis; cheese and yogurt go well; cheese and kimchi also go well; kimchi and yogurt also go
well.]
Inohara: Certainly.
Sho: Is that true?
Ogura: I get the feeling that when the three are mixed together it'll go well too.
Jun: So...
Inohara: Why is it me?? Why is it me??
Ogura: By force of circumstances, this is how it is. (writing)
Inohara: No no no...
Jun: Just try it once.
Inohara: This is weird! From among these which one should I go with?
All: All of it.
Inohara: I should try it with everything in it? So is it okay if I go with just cheese and kimchi?
[writing: He's pissed!]
Inohara: Alright, thanks for the food.
Ogura: But it might be tastier than you think. He's making an incredible face;P He's surprised at the strange taste;P
He's deliberating;P
Inohara: It's not bad. (writing)
Sho: You're kidding!
Jun: It's not bad?
Inohara: It lends itself to sake. (writing)
Ogura: Is that so?;P
Aiba: Look, there it is, there it is! This is unpleasant?
Kiyokiba: It's no good ne. (writing)
Sho: It's no good.
Aiba: It was no good~!
Ogura: Sho-kun will be okay, with this. (writing)
Sho: Is that true?
Ogura: You'll say this kind of flavor is tasty- well, we'll know soon enough already!
Sho: It's tasty?
Ogura: We'll know. It's tasty isn't it?
Sho: It's super-duper tasty! (writing)
[Announcer: Next is this mixed bread. (writing)]
Aiba: Bean bread, jam bread, cream bread and curry bread mixed together. (writing)
Jun: Ehhh? Why curry?!
Ogura: Why did you put curry in there?! (writing)
Nino: Hey you, we can't eat that!
Aiba: You have to mix them all!
Ogura: Bean bread and jam bread and cream bread, why did you put curry in there?!
Aiba: It's spice!
Ogura: Besides which, where the heck did they make this?! (writing)
Aiba: A bread shop made them for us, really.
Ogura: A bread shop made this?
Aiba: That's right.
Nino: He really is pissed. (writing)
Jun: It's got an incredible color. (writing)
Ogura: This is dirty~!
Nino: This looks like fun!
Inohara: So we've decided who's going to eat this ne?
Ogura: Yup! What is this? (writing)
Aiba: Eh? Is it tasty, or is it unpleasant, how is it?
Ogura: It's not unpleasant. (writing)
Sho: You're kidding!
Ogura: It's not unpleasant, but I have no idea what flavor it is;P
Jun: A miracle happened!
Nino: Why??
[writing: A miracle happened]
Jun: This ne, this ne, it's like cola-flavour bread.
[writing: Cola flavour?]
Nino: Cola flavour?
Jun: Cola flavour!
Ogura: This is an interesting flavour;P
Inohara: What is this?
Ogura: It's not something all that inedible ne?;P
Sho: This isn't bad ne?
Aiba: Afterwards the curry kind of slinks in ne. (writing)
Inohara: That's right, that's right.
Aiba: The curry.
Kiyokiba: Tasty.
Ogura: It's tasty huh?
Sho: Ne, doesn't it seem a little like edible erasers? (erasers in little boxes with mock-food labels...)
[writing: Edible erasers?]
Sho: Edible eraser!
Ohno: Like you're eating edible eraser.
Ogura: This bread, you know, it might sell if you tried to sell it. (writing)
Aiba: That's right ne, if you called it mixed bread.
Ogura: They'd call it the 'Bread that got rave reviews on Arashi's Homework';P It tastes like no bread I've ever had
before. (writing)
Aiba: Right?
Sho: it's not bad. Aiba-san, the experiement's result.
Aiba: The experiement's result! Dangerous if mixed! (writing)
Sho: It's a big hit with sempai. (writing) So, I think we'd like to go on to a special project, the topic is "
The 8 man worry festival~'! (writing)
Nino: What is this?
[writing: The 8 man worry festival; they'll announce everyone's unsigned worries, the ones that can be resolved
will be resolved by everyone. (announcer)]
Sho: First up is this! "More and more I'm becoming unable to remember dances." (writing) Ahh, how will we resolve
this one ne?
Inohara: This ne....isn't it Ogura-san?
Ogura: Isn't it me ne?
[writing: Ogura-san's worry?]
Ogura: Isn't it me ne?
Sho: Isn't Inohara-kun fast at remembering choreography?
Inohara: I'm fast. Relatively. But, I'm becoming unable to remember them. (writing) Definitely. But this isn't me.
(writing)
Sho: Speaking of which, do you remember things like your debut song, or old songs?
Inohara: I remember them. (writing)
Sho: Ehh.
Inohara: I don't remember them (writing)
Sho: Eh? Why- why did you lie just now?
Nino: Why did you flp-flop just now?
Inohara: Well, when I look at videos from old music shows and such, I remember.
Nino: You remember.
Ogura: So whose is this, in the end? (writing)
Inohara: Who?
Sho: It's me.
[writing: Sakurai's worry; 'more and more I'm becoming unable to remember dances']
Sho: I'm becoming more and more unable to remember them ne. Way back when I was superbly good.
Ogura: Does everyone else think that too?
Aiba: Sakurai-kun ne...
Nino: Strange ne.
Aiba: Strange.
Nino: Because in general when he comes out to make an appearance, when we've said 'yes, let's dance', right away
he's wrong. (writing) At the point.
Aiba: He gets sulky at being wrong on the first step. In front of the guests. (writing) That's strange isn't it?
Ogura: Though it's not your memory, it's your mood.
Jun: He gets sulky.
Ogura: What should we do about this? (writing)
Jun: Well, what should we do...
Aiba: How would it be as a sempai?
Inohara: There's always somebody better than you.
[writing: There's always someboyd better?]
Inohara: I think it's completely fine.
Sho: By the way, who was the person who remembered things slower in V6? (writing)
Inohara: Do I have to say?
Sho: It's okay to not be particular.
Inohara: Can't you tell by looking?
Sho: I understand. Anni? I feel that it's Anni.
[writing: Sakamoto Masayuki]
Inohara: That 'older brother', if he messes up (the dance) he pretty much sits down. (writing)
Nino: So like that, he'll just seem to be squatting down?
Inohara: You'll just glance over and he'll be going like this.
Sho: Rest position.
Inohara: And I'll think 'Ah, he messed up huh~'. There was this kind of wide assembly hall, so we had determined
places we were supposed to go, like to the left or to the right you know? And he just got confused, standing
right in the middle. (writing) Like a lost child. Like, what are you doing? 'Which way?' 'Which way?'
(writing)
Aiba: A cry for help?;P
Inohara: Cries for help.
Aiba: Amazing~ ne.
Jun: Amazing ne.
Inohara: it's strange right. I think you're still okay. (writing)
Sho: Understood.
Inohara: That gave you some courage right?
Sho: That gave me courage. So then, this one. "I can't eat cucmber". (writing)
Nino: If a kappa heard that he'd be mad. (writing; play on words, kappa can be a water demon, or a cucumber roll)
Sho: We can't let them know ne;P
Inohara: Who? Who is it?
Kiyokiba: It's me.
Inohara: Ah, it's you?
[writing: Kiyokiba-san's worry; 'I can't eat cucumber']
Inohara: That's right, that's right!
Kiyokiba: It's just cucumbers I can't eat. I get annoyed ne. (writing)
Sho: Why? What's bad about it?
Ohno: Did something happen?
Kiyokiba: When I was in elementary school, um, they have school lunch time right? So, if you don't eat the things
you don't like you can't go on to enjoy lunch recess.
Aiba: Ahh, that happened, that happened.
Kiyokiba: I couldn't eat it even after school had ended.
Aiba: The cucmber.
Kiyokiba: I was in the classroom ne. Then they'd let my parents know, [He can't eat cucumbers, so please come pick him
up]. (writing) Well since then I've had those kind of memories associated with cucumbers. I get annoyed
ne.
Ogura: What, is it the flavor you don't like, is it the appearance you don't like?
Kiyokiba: Although I also don't like the taste...um...I get the feeling that it has no purpose. (writing)
Nino: Ah, I can understand that, I can understand that.
Ogura: Eggplant and burdock have no purpose!
Kiyokiba: You don't ever feel like [Let's eat cucumbers today] right? (writing)
Inohara: You don't;P
Nino: Not even for cucumber rolls ne?
Sho: The next one is this! 'I don't know what the members' directions are'. (writing) Who is this?
Nino: Well, this is kind of...like a group thing ne?
Jun: If it was us it would be a big problem ne? (writing)
Sho: That's right ne.
Inohara: But it's like one person is, like [Where's he going?] you know. (writing)
Sho: Ahh, I see ne.
Inohara: If that's the way it feels then what's the best way to take of it right?
Ogura: So among Arashi you don't have this kind of conversation? (writing)
Sho: A long time ago we did it ne.
Ogura: Ah, is that so.
Kiyokiba: What kind of conversation?
Sho: I guess about 2-3 years after we'd debuted. We often had this kind of conversation ne.
Jun: We did ne.
Sho: However-
Ogura: If it's not Arashi then there's only Inocchi left right. (writing)
Aiba: It's Inohara-san, isn't it?
Ogura: The original direction huh?
Nino: The responsible Inohara-san.
Inohara: I guess it's me. My worry.
Aiba: Right?
[writing: Inohara's worry; 'I don't know the members' directions']
Nino: Who's the one you don't know the most?
Inohara: Our Nagano-kun ne.
[writing: Nagano Hiroshi]
Jun: It's Nagano?
Inohara: It's Nagano ne.
Nino: Nagano-san. It's Nagano-san part ne?
Inohara: Nagano-kun's image is pretty much has the feel of a gourmet right? (writing)
Aiba: Ah, he does, he does.
Jun: He does ne.
Inohara: So I think he's an extraordinarily good kid. To the point where if I'm troubled, like "are there any good
places to get barbeque?', I'll call him right away. I think a few words from him are good.
Aiba: You can rely on him ne?
Inohara: Like 'If you want spice then I think this place would be good'. 'If you want unspicy there's a different
place'.
Nino: That's a good quality.
Ogura: But isn't that the member's direction?;P
Inohara: But it's become like work, the feel is...the number of stores he went to, leaving out the sweets stores,
in 560. (writing) If you put in the sweets stores he probably went to over 600. He's gone into others
and because he knows how to cook for himself-
Nino: So why- why does he hate it that much?
Inohara: I don't know... (writing)
Sho: That's what it was.
Jun: That's it!
Nino: That's what it was, sorry, that's what it was.
Inohara: There's even more. Cause he goes to the Chinese Szechuan province ne. (writing)
Aiba; Amazing!
Inohara: In his private life.
Jun: Seriously?
Inohara: Because his close friend is a human national treasure ne, for China. (writing)
Sho: For China.
Inohara: He goes to have Chinese cuisine done by the real thing. It's a guy called Chou-san, his close friend.
He'll be like 'Let's go to Chou-san's' ne;P
Sho: Just straight like that.
Aiba: Amazing~.
Jun: Amazing~.
Nino: There's people like that ne.
Sho: Well then, let's got the next one. Oh, 'I want to do solo activities'. (writing)
Nino: Solo activities. This is a big problem, a big problem. (writing)
Aiba: Who is this?
Sho: This is a big problem.
Nino: Why...
Aiba: It's a big problem.
Sho: It couldn't be Ogu-san?
Nino: Ogu-san?
Sho: Eh, this is kind of an unrelated conversation but, when Shun-san left his group, when you talked to the members
about it, what kind of reaction was it, at the very beginning?
[writing: The members' reactions when he withdrew from Exile?]
Kiyokiba: Well...one way or another everyone seemed as if they understood it.
Ogura: The people around him probably felt vaguely for awhile, when listening to what Shun-san said, that in the
end he'd probably want to do solo activities ne. (writing)
Nino: Ogu-san, did they allow for some kind of discussion?
Ogura: The other members, the leader Hiro-kun discussed it with them ne.
Sho: So then, among us, who exactly was it?
Inohara: Well, whoever it is, that's a fair amount of trouble ne. (writing) Having that kind of conversation.
Sho: An actual problem.
Kiyokiba: It's a lot of trouble ne. Extremely.
Inohara: It's a lot of trouble ne.
Kiyokiba: If you don't have fighting spirit you can't do it ne. (writing)
Ogura: So this right now...
Aiba: Ah, it's not me. (writing) I love Arashi.
Kiyokiba: I love Exile too. (writing)
Nino: That's right! Hey!
Ogura: Shun is still part of it right?
AIba: Part of it right?
Nino: This is me ne. (writing)
Inohara: Hey!
[writing: Ninomiya's worry; 'I want to do solo activities']
Ogura: Is it movies?
Nino: That's right ne, I mean I went to Hollywood ne...
Inohara: Because going to Hollywood was good ne.
Nino: So if I don't keep going....
Sho: Yeah, but if you don't rbing it up in conversation then we can't grasp it.
Aiba: That's right. The way you talk about it is essential.
Nino: But you aren't giving off the feel that it's essential at all. You said 'it's essential', like this.
Aiba: It's essential.
Nino: I thought that if this topic came out the place would really get excited. (writing) Like 'Ah? What?! Why?'
Inohara: So you wanted that?
Nino: That's right, I wanted it right now.
Inohara: Thnaks. Thanks for looking after your sempai.
Nino: Doing solo activities-
Ogura: But after all you want to do more distanced activities right?
Nino: Eh? Truthfully? Truthfully? I won't tell that to Ogura-san;P
Aiba: Why?
Sho: So with that the worry exhibition is over. Finally, we'd like the two of you to reveal an unexpected side
of yourselves the audience doesn't know about. (writing)
Inohara: Reveal?
Sho: Inohara-kun.
Inohara: When I was young there was a station called Keikyuuyama, and right near it there was a bontan store
called 'Yangu'. (writing; bontan are kind of like bell bottoms or really baggy pants) And there I'd buy
bontan, and wear them.
[writing: Revealed; he wore bontan]
Sho: You wore bontan?
Inohara: At the time I did it I was really into BeBop High School. There was a show where idols worked together,
a SMAP show, we were at the public rehearsal. (writing). SMAP's Kimura asked me [How many centimetres
are these?], and I said [They're 40cm]. When I did that, because Tokio's Matsuoka-kun is very competitive,
went 'These are 55!'. With a pink enamel belt, with this kind of a high waist. I just can't compare to
that guy. That kind of thing happened.
Sho: Ehhh. That's unexpected ne.
Aiba: It's unexpected huh.
Sho: And Shun-san?
Kiyokiba: I...um, am kind of a person who's good at impressions. (writing)
Sho: Seriously?
[Announcer: After this, Kiyokiba Shunsuke displays his unexpected impressions! (writing)]
Sho: And Shun-san?
Kiyokiba: I...um, am kind of a person who's good at impressions. (writing)
[writing: Revealed; he has some special impressions]
Sho: Seriously?
Kiyokiba: Yes.
Jun: That's amazing. Unexpected.
Nino: That's an amazing revelation.
Kiyokiba: I don't have that many. The impression of Beat Takeshi... (writing; famous actor/comedian/director)
Jun: Oh! There it is ne!
Nino: Is it good if we close our eyes?
Kiyokiba: It's good if you close your eyes.
Jun: Then, everyone, close your eyes.
Kiyokiba: Cause I've often done this when people have their eyes closed.
Nino: Ah, yes yes.
Kiyokiba: Please close your eyes.
Aiba: Yes.
Kiyokiba: Tankan, you rascal! How was it?
Sho: It resembled Takeshi.
Aiba: It resembled him.
Nino: It resembled him.
Jun: It did resemble him.
Kiyokiba: Is it okay?
Inohara: it did resemble him.
Sho: I didn't think it would resemble him that much!
Aiba: That was unexpected.
Nino: Can Inohara-kun do it as well? (writing)
Inohara: Well, in principle ne. Takeshi-san is something I was really into. Whatever Takeshi-san said I thought it
was interesting. (writing) I counted a lot of things.
Nino: Ah, I want to hear this.
Aiba: Ah, I want to hear it. Let's go.
Inohara: Yes. 'Wendy-type person'. (really...dunno...)
Sho: That was interesting!
Jun: That's wonderful!
[writing: This week's honours student is, [Tokyo's most expensive omuraisu], from Ramune-san in Tokyo metro. area.
(announcer) Submit info on [Deliciously different food match-ups], [Delicious, rare pork cuisine] that you know of.
(announcer) Image homework, [What did you do last night?] for Fukada Kyoko, Inoue Waka, The Touch. (announcer)]
Kiyokiba: Please close your eyes.
AIba: Yes.
Kiyokiba: Tankan, you rascal!

This episode was surprisingly funny:) And I'm certain now that Nino was only joking about the solo project thing;P I mean, I'm sure he does want to do solo projects, but not without leaving the group...he's just a little trouble-makerXDD And Sho's forgetting dance stepsO_o I hadn't noticed, I'll have to watch more closely nowXDD I was hoping they'd get around to Aiba's and Ohno's, cause I think they'd be hilarious, and Jun's, because I was trying to guess what it might be...:3 Oh well, maybe next time they have male guests they'll do it again:)

Just in case someone hasn't seen it yet, here are the links for yuckie_chan's hard-sub of my translation of MMA 90:) In 5 parts, please join with hjsplit, and drop by to say thanks if you haven't already ne:) Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5=)

*Edit* The lovely tenjostyle uploaded the subs from Utaban talk 1 to a different server, in lower quality, for those who couldn't get it before:) Arigatou =) Download here;)

I also have two of Jun's articles this time, one old and one new:) One about letters for the future, and one about mannerisms...:3

First is the old article, from June '04, where Jun writes letters for his future self and family:3 Thanks to tenjostyle for the scan!:D

To my as yet unseen wife. Nice to meet you. This is the 20 year old Matsumoto Jun. The me of right now has no idea
who you are. Although I have no idea how old the me beside you is, am I doing it properly? Am I bringing money
home? I'm not neglecting you? I'm not restraining you too much?
Although I think that we're surely together because we have made that kind of delicate balance, from now on as
well let's mutually stay in this self-reliant connection. That way if we want to break up, it'll be okay... Let's
both enjoy our own one chance at life so that we will have no regrets. But let's do it so it isn't troublesome
for the children ne.
By the way, have I already given you a marriage ring? What kind of ring is it? Is it pretty? Is it simple? Or is
it a ring that could by no means by called pretty? If I haven't yet given you one, I think sooner or later I
will give you a gorgeous ring, so please wait excitedly until then. I ask your favor from now on as well.

To my as yet unseen son. Because I don't know your name I'll call you [Son]. My son. How do you say your name.
Do you yourself like the name? Since your name is something that sticks with you your entire life, treat it
preciously ne. The other day the baseball pitcher Sasaki Kazuhiro was on the TV show Yokohama Bay Stars, while
I was listening to his conversation I was thinking that his connection with his son was really fantastic. I too
want to have that kind of connection with you. We'd have a parent-child connection, and sometimes as friends. I
think it would be great if I could have that kind of good connection with you.
From now my future self will be watching over your various kinds of growth I'm sure. Your happy face, your sad face,
your emotionally moved face. Although like this all I can do is imagine it, I'm really excited. From here I'm really
looking forward to it. Let's both of us make our health the most important thing ne.

To my future self. Are you well? The same as always? Right now, without imagining how many years later this is,
or what you're doing right now....I'm writing this letter. What have you been thinking of as you passed every day up
until now? I am that unknown percentage inside of you. Even now I'm often thinking of serious things, trivial
things, laughing at ridiculous-seeming things, but have my tastes changed at all? What is your goal right now?
The me right now can't imagine it at all. If the me of now was able to meet you, how much of a help that would
be. I get the sense that if I could see you, I would understand the good points and bad points of the current me.

Jun's letter to his future wife seemed somewhat cold to me at first, but I think by the end I understood it better. It's a somewhat pragmatic approach to love, but no one wants to devote their entire being to something and wind up miserable I guess...I felt kind of sad for him reading it actually, to me it echoes loneliness>_<
On the other hand, his letter for his son was really warm and bright, so sweet<3 I could see him being a 'cool' dadXDD
But my favorite is the letter to his future self...:3 Especially the last line, it made me think, what if the me of now could have visited the me of 10 years ago? Would I have been able to comfort her, to promise her a future better than the bleak prospect she felt she was facing? Would my life have changed drastically just from that one glimpse of something more? If Jun could meet his future self I wonder what would change for him, if he would even recognize himselfXDD He changes so much...but knowing him, he'd extract a great amount of meaning from the encounter<3

Plus, Jun's April Popolo article about habits =) Credit to Mori for the scans:)



Arashi Maniacs Best 5! '07>> Matsumoto Jun
"The habits that people tell me I have" Best 5
[It seems that "Somehow ne~" is my favorite phrase (laughs)]
The theme Matsumoto chose this time is [My habits]. There are many things that people have pointed out, including
favorite phrases and gestures, that up until now we have been unable to know, 5 of these fairly detailed habits
are made clear.

1. I use [Somehow ne] to continue conversations.
I use the words [Somehow ne] quite a bit. I guess the first time people pointed that out to me was 2 years ago?
Although at the time when they told me that I was thought [That's not true], when I focused on it I used it a ton
(painful grin). The first time I recognized it was on my radio show, without even really focussing on it I
was thinking [I said it again], [Ah, I said it again] (laughs). One way or another it seems that I use it in
the middle of a conversation to continue it when I'm thinking of the next words. Since they're words that I use
unconsciously, in a relaxing place like my radio show in particular it seems that I'm using it continuously ne.

2. For some reason I'm always touching my nose.
By the time I notice my hands are going to my nose right away ne. To start with I had a habit of touching my face,
it seems that gradually limited itself to just the part of my face where my nose is. That [way of touching] has
many variations, my favorite one being the style of pinching the left and right nostril where they meet right
at the tip of my nose with my fingertips. Although I want to fix it, because at a glance it looks like I'm blowing
my nose, I pretty much haven't fixed it (painful grin). Other than that, like a manga character going [Ehehe]
(laughs), I often do a gesture where I rub my index finger under my nose. It's not something that really brings
a feeling of embarrassment, it just has a sense that I'm doing it out of boredom ne.

3. I do a slightly unusual way of walking.
I'm also told that [the way you walk is unusual]. I certainly slide my heel along the surface of the ground
while walking. When I was shooting the drama I also got told that [the sound of your footsteps is weird]. Although
normally the order your feet hit the ground is heel -> toe, making the footsteps sound like 'katsu!', in my case,
because I sweep my heel once on the ground it goes heel -> heel -> toe, making it seem like the sound is 'ka, katsu!'.
I wonder when my way of walking became like this? (Upon which Nino says [From when you were in Jrs., to be more
specific, from the time when you put on those "Air Max '96" (shoes).]) I see (laughs). In accordance with that,
the heels on my shoes wear out fast.

4. At my first meeting with someone I look them over from top to bottom.
I've been told that with people I'm meeting for the first time I [(with a slightly suspicious expression?) look
them over from top to bottom as if contemptfully]. Somehow, that's got an extremely unpleasant feeling doesn't it?
Although I insisted that [That's definitely not the way it is!], a completely different person told me [You certainly
look ne~], I was heartbroken... Well, if I think back on it I certainly may have a tendency to stare at the other
person. It's not really like I'm trying to pick a fight with someone the first time I meet them, for me it's under
the intention of observing someone as in [What kind of person are they?]. But since people have gone so far as
to tell me that [When you look at them like that they'll retreat from you] if I can I want to fix it ne (painful
grin).

5. I repeatedly say [It won't come to be].
Just now, the favorite phrase my manager pointed out is [It won't come to be]. Do I use those words? (Whereupon
the manager says [You replied to a friend on the phone that "If you don't do something like that it won't come
to be"]) What, that (bursts into laughter)! Talking with friends is a private conversation right. No matter what
it is when it comes to private matters, what kind of setting is it where it's "you have to let this come to be"
(laughs)! Doesn't [It won't come to be = impossible]? I guess I certainly don't use [impossible] that much. So
that instead huh~. Ahh~, habits you aren't aware of are something you have a lot of ne (painful grin).

This month's Arashi happening
Although normally my cellphone alert is a vibration...
At the present time the email alert on my cellphone is Utada Hikaru's [Flavor of Life] ([Hana yori Dango 2(returns)]'
image song). Although usually I don't do things like ring tones, the other day when I was watching the drama
at home for one reasdon or another I started to want to download it (painful grin).

Playback: The Maniacs Best 5 from the issue of Decemeber '05 were these!
[Things I'm into]
1. Tokyo Celesondelax
I was inspired by the play by theatrical group [Tokyo Celesondelax]. Despite it being a serious story I was able
to laugh an incredible amount, then after that the tearful development and composition of the person is something
I talked passionately about.

2. [Hana yori Dango]
Matsumoto was right in the middle of shooting for [Hana yori Dango] part 1. It was also confirmed by the fact
that the cover of the script he was always walking around with had the illustration from the manga tankoubon
printed in color on it.

3. Bruce Webber
Going to a photo exhibition for photographer Bruce Webber, he reported in reference to the works that [they were
super super cool!]. He really wanted to buy one of the works but it was expensive so he gave up and closed the
scene with a painful grin.

4. (traditional) Japanese music
Seeing Yamazaki Masayoshi-san singing his own accompaniment on tv, he reaffirmed anew the merit of Japanese music.
[Sazan's [Erotica Seven] is so cool in it's simplicity! I want to try listening to the Checkers too] he exclaimed.

5. Salad and side dishes
[I'm more into salad and side dishes than rice] he confessed about his eating habits. Also [Because when I start
by eating the salad and side dishes I'm able to eat any amount, I get the feeling I've become an incredible
glutton].




Hyaa~<3 Isn't this pic gorgeous<3<3 Popolo does a lot of gorgeous pics, this pose reminds me of the one he did with the leopard print coat back in Decemeber:D And the article was really funny, when he was describing how he plays with his nose I suddenly rememberd seeing it once, like 'oh yeah...he does do thatXDD';P Plus, I can totally picture him giving new people the once-over with his eyes, the dismissive expression and all...he's just a very guarded person, he's said before he doesn't really expose himself much the first time he meets someone. And I never expected him to have Flavour of Life on his cell, that seems so unusual for him:D Very cool:3

元気でね：）すべてがそれから始まるはずだと思ういます＾＾よろしく！