Shokura 2008.03.02 Thoughts (w Caps!)

[mousapelli]

In case you were wondering, yes I do plan to do this routinely. It's more fun this way.


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*A lot of yes for Kis-My-Ft2's new costumes, which i can only assume are for their new song next week, given that they didn't use them to backdance for Yabu. The only downside: not swooshy! but still hot.



*moving onto Mousie's New Unit Corner, each week I grow more convinced that they've already picked these and are just taunting me by refusing to name them while I fail utterly to learn anybody's name. Let's take a look at the (incredibly obvious) predictions:

Group 1: Shintarou, Bunny-kun (Taiga), and Kana-kun (Casey Anderson). Matching costumes, and I don't think I've seen these three apart in weeks. I think this one is a lock. we could call it Littlix! ...oh wait.



Group 2: Kamei, Hasshi and...that other guy (Sanada? I can't catch it). These guys i'm pretty sure of too.



there's a couple more in the medley that I think we're going to start seeing soon.



yup. And look who it is having the solo! My favorite! And he can sing! Yay, Oogawa (I think!)



Or it might be more like this since JE doesn't seem to like small groups.



Then there's these guys + Louis whoever. Yup.



And then something insane happened that involved like 8 people and top hats, and honestly i'm only assuming there's no repeats in here because they keep flashing names up.



And look who's back looking suspiciously like a unit again.



HOW FAST CAN I SAY YES TO THIS.

In conclusion: I think we're looking at 3-4 new units

*I tried to reon-spot through all of this, the whole time hoping he'd get named, but no go. Obviously there is no cap for that. YAMASHITA KYOUDAI UNIT PLEASE. ETA: Reon spotted during Jr. ni Q! Cap in comments.

*Two things about NewS: 1) I really like these outfits, which I think means i watch too much JE these days. But does anybody else keep thinking Shige has a parrot on his shoulder? They should have worn these for Sayaendou.



2) I don't really like when full debuted groups appear on Shokura, cause i can see them together any time! i want to see a couple of them pulled out and all mixed in with other people.

I don't have much else to say about NewS, though, because i see them all the time. Ryo is hot, Tego is hot, Pi's dorky teartrail makes me laugh. I do like seeing Koyama be proud of his band on his show, though. He gets all glowy and good-postured! (omg koyama please go back to the good hair).

*Okay, I lied, there's one more thing:



d'awwwwwwwwwww.

*Question? was hot like usual, although i'm getting sick of these songs a bit. Yonemura was looking particularly fine. and Akun. What can I say about you Akun.



Is it the shock of bleached curly hair i know you've got under that ridiculous hat? Your broad, bare, hafu shoulders? or is it your RAINBOW GUITAR STRAP. I CAN'T DECIDE.

*okay, the game sucked and i was bored for 2/3s of it. Although, Yamapi, I really dig your rainbow pirate shirt, and Fujigaya your hair WHAT.



however, the last segment, "Make a ridiculous puri pose" completely made up for it, because SHIGE. forced to demonstrate! The stripping alone had me cracking up, but when everybody ran out to protect him from taking off his pants, i nearly peed myself. Also, the chant of "Ka~to~u!" rotfl.



ROTFL PEEING MYSELF. KITAYAMA. And how hard Massu is laughing in that first one, because they all know EXACTLY where this is going. Koyama's "OH NOEZ" dash! XD XD XD



Have I mentioned how hard i fall for best friends? awwwwwwwwww. They make fun of Yamapi in here somehow, but the japanese!fail is strong.

*Hikaru and Senga are also adorable. (Koyama: "AH! It's a TIMINGU GAG!")



*Yabu's solo, Rain Dance, is awesome, but didn't affect me as much as Hikaru's did. Maybe I was prepared, maybe Yabu's been looking grownup to me already, I'm not sure. But he's an awesome dancer, I love his voice these days, and i think it takes a real performer to have seven guys backdance for you and still always be the center of attention.





*Nothing much to say about Jr. ni Q. I like the way Kitayama plays this sort of flaky leader part, which I think is mostly a cute act. Also, I feel like he's trying to sneakily steal Fujigaya's hair, and Fujigaya, as discussed earlier, is trying to make his hair psychotic in competition.



Somebody back there has "ARASHI-KUN" written down as their answer. It's probably Chinen. ETA: it actually says 'ARASHI-CON' and is by Tasiuke. Cute~ Goseki talking about KAT-TUN is also adorable.

*I was all set to hate the bunny-kun/kana-kun letters on principle. But Taiga is surprisingly well-spoken, and I do admit they are cute. awww, friends.



Also, my shriveled little heart melted at the English "I hope we can be friends forever."

*ABC's new song! I think it's safe to say that i didn't 'get it' whatever 'it' was in this case (They are puppets? There's a box? idk), but hey, ABC! I do love Kawai's new hair, it's badass. Also, they are sounding vocally stronger lately, which gives me hope.



I'm also realizing that Goseki is nearly as cute as Tottsu. GANBATTE, ABC. I BELIEVE IN YOU.

*I didn't bother to cap this, but i like the slow version of UMP much better. Again, I am struck by how smooth Hikaru's voice is these days. So grownup. *sniffle*

*HI! HI SHOON! *WAVES WILDLY* I MISSED YOU!! YOU LOOK HAPPY!



Please, JE. Just let them hang out a little. They would be so good together. MERGE. CYa BAby!

*Oh the cute, it burns. Kitamitsu, you awesome attention whore. Kisumai, never ever leave me.



*Hasshi. oh Hasshi. I do not want to feel the big love for you already. But ever since I definitely saw the babyJin syndrome, I'm afraid I am very, very gone for you. Sigh.



*I cannot express to you how hilarious I find it that the tiniest person in JE struts out there like the biggest rockstar. If Chinen is the next Yamapi and Hasshi is the next Jin, Shintarou is like the fucking next Mic Jagger or something.



*The stage looks full again ^_^ It all comes full circle, you know? Shokura always makes me feel better about JE. Sure it's been kind of a tough year, in terms of rapid change and questionable choices, but you know, that's how new people get in there.

It's been a dark, uncertain, lonely winter. And I, for one, am ready for spring.

Comments

[musikologie.livejournal.com]

I'm ready for new junior units, too. Bring 'em on, JE!

I believe Shige's crack at Yamapi was along the lines of, "This would be okay if it was Yamapi!" or something like that, digging at his an-an shoot. Oh, the love.

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

GOD I KNOW. JUST NAME THEM.

that's what i figured, but i was busy capping and not listening carefully and also am terrible, oy. I love NewS. They're all dorks.

[shangrilove.livejournal.com]

I didn't see the whole Shokura, only dled the part with shige. At the end he says "It would be ok if it was Yamashita!" And Pi was all embarrased. I loved how Massu was cracking up the whole time. Also if you look at Ryo and Yamapi, they looked a little too interested in Shige's strip tease.

No Reon? But SHOON! And he looks GOOD!

Thanks for posting this. I get to see what parts of Shokura I missed. ♥

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

that's what i figured, given Pi's expression. The whole thing was hysterical. Especially Massu, lol. I love how his own band, aside from Koyama, does nothing to stop him from taking off his pants. "Eh, whatever. Let him go."

Shoon looked awesome. I forget how much I miss him until he is right on my screen, and oh, i miss him. Yamashita ♥

no problem. It was fun!

[karadin.livejournal.com]

I am dizzy now from this post, the colors, the sparkly, the cute!

JE in a nutshell?

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

haha, that's how i feel, certainly. Yup, that's JE.

[isaberuchan.livejournal.com]

YAY, for the new units.
I loved Yabu's Raindance like hell. <3
At the letter thing.. Taiga was soo adorable when Casey was reading his letter. I wanted to hug him.

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

yes, yes, and yes. Something about Taiga's head freaks me out just a little, but yeah, those letters were adorable. Casey in particular, just, i want to pinch his cheeks.

Yeah, Yabu. Mmmmm. I wish his group was more grownup, yeah? I feel like Yabu would definitely level-up if he had to reach up to the level of the people around him.

[shatteredtenshi.livejournal.com]

Everyone is saying yes to Sanada, Kamei and Hasshi in a new group, which is good because Sanada. ♥♥♥

And you were bored during Junior League? =O I was very much entertained. Poor Taisuke...having fangirls to tell him to "please tell Miyata-kun that I like him" or like Miyata being told he has a big nose indirectly by the high school girl talking on the phone sitting on across from him on the train. Or like when Hiro talks about his puppy Pocky because Hiro is like obsessed with his puppy lately and won't stop talking about her. It's so cute.

And, and it was actually Taisuke who wrote Arashi. =D And it's not Arashi-kun, but Arashi con, because Taisuke was being adorable and a few years ago, when Taisuke got to backdance for Arashi during a tour, he cried during the last concert when it wasn't his own concert. It was adorable. I wish Kei and Maru asked him about it. He's such a fanboy. ♥♥♥

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

I think it's pretty clear that they will be, if not a unit in and of themselves, at least the core of a unit. My guess is we'll see in the next couple weeks who they start backdancing with, since three isn't a typical JE number.

Well, I suspect if you understand what they're saying, it's hilarious, but...that's why I like SC so much, because usually everything is big and animated and I can learn some stuff from it. but when they just sit and talk, I'm totally lost.

Lol, Taisuke!~ I didn't get a good look, so thanks for clearing that up. He is completely the biggest fanboy ever, adorable. And I loved his rap during Yabu's solo!

[shatteredtenshi.livejournal.com]

Maa, JE loves playing around with stuff all the time. Otherwise, some while ago, it was KatoKan and Nozawa together with Sanada, Kamei and Hasshi, but yea, now they're separated again. =P Meh. Still playing around. But if anything, April is always a good month to introduce a new group since it's the beginning of a 'new year'.

Mh, maa, I suppose. //nods//

Oh, by the way, KissuMai's costumes aren't exactly new. =) It's yet again recycled from KAT-TUN's costumes like the ones from last time. =)

And yes, Taisuke's rapppp~ ♥♥♥

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

yeah, i like watching them try out different groups, but it's months, so, I think it's just time.

I'm getting better! It's just not fast enough. sigh. Everything needs to sounds like shounen anime, and then i'd understand...

oh? I know they've been wearing some of KAT-TUN's old stuff recently, but I wasn't around when KAT-TUN were jrs, so I don't recognize most things. That's interesting to know!

[zombiecide.livejournal.com]

I agree on the juniors units, although I think those might still vary by the way the calendars and then the goods sell.

Yes, the third with Kamei and Hasshi was Sanada.

NewS's costumes are great.
I love copper/black costumes.
(Oh, please let there be Kansai produced shokura for Gokusen 3 and with lots and lots of BAD)

Junior ni Q, 34:30

That's Reon in the background, isn't it?
I also think I might have seen him backdancing for ABC, but I'm not too sure (my attention was focused on ABC ...)

Hey, the game wasn't as funny as, like the Takitsuba Intro don, but it didn't suck D: Taisuke being told by fans to tell Miyata that they love him! :D Nakamaru being asked if he's in Kanjani8! :D

It wasn't Arashi-kun but Arashi Con (as in concert), and it was Taisuke who wrote that :D

I didn't get much of the lyrics of the ABC song (I had to watch Tottsu, yes? That takes a lot of attention.), but somewhen they sang "Thank you babe/I loved you/Thank you babe/(The love passed?)/ Thank you babe/I was hurt/Thank you babe/I hurt you or something.

... so, and now I need to rip the ABC song and listen to it for the rest of tonight.

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

yeah, I got the arashi-con thing above. I'll fix the thing in a second. thanks, stuff just goes by too fast for me. Same with the game, i'm sure they're adorable, but when they just sit and talk, I can't follow. as soon as they started doing the action thing, i understood again. D:

Yes! That is Reon! Wow, good catch! I'm so awful at people-spotting that unless the show points somebody out to me, I never see it. He looks so much like Shoon, doesn't he? It fills me with glee. brothers~

I'm waiting for the rips to go up too, but what i meant was, I didn't quite understand what was up with the box, exactly.

[zombiecide.livejournal.com]

... internet decided to die on me just when I tried to send this comment:

Lol, Tenshi was faster than me as I had to do the cap first xD
I'm slowly, slowly getting better at understanding the talk parts and reading hand-written kanji and all that ... too slowly for my own liking -_-;

Mhm, I usually spot them by the way they move ... yes, I guess that was it, Reon moved his head in the background and I had a feeling of Reonness. xD


Idk. I kind of want to link that BOX stuff to akihabara@deep -_-;
No, the new Kisumai song won't be about PAGE, no, no, no

[isaberuchan.livejournal.com]

How did you spot that? XDDD;;
I too suck in people-spotting. D:

[zombiecide.livejournal.com]

... idk. I was very concentrated on trying to read the different juniors' answers and then there suddenly was an auro of Reonness. Or something. ._.;

[silverrangel.livejournal.com]

ADSLKJFALS I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THIS YET. But I probably know like 95% of what happened already. I'm kind of apprehensive though because WTF SENGA, HOGGING TAIPI FOR YOURSELF HOW DARE YOU. I love how whenever someone does fanservice Hiro has to run in and get himself included, it is so pathetic cute.

Also, I feel like he's trying to sneakily steal Fujigaya's hair, and Fujigaya, as discussed earlier, is trying to make his hair psychotic in competition.

Mwahaha I didn't notice the Hiro copying Taisuke thing but I had the same reaction when I saw Taisuke's new hair. I mean really. WHAT THE HELL, TAISUKE. His hair was looking so good in the Februar Shokura. D:

And I don't like it when debuted groups go on either, since they have so many other tv shows, but I like NEWS because of the Koyashige love. ♥ Apparently right after the Shige stripping thing, someone was like "Yamapi should do it too! Everyone would LOVE it!" and that's why he looked so embarrassed afterwards. 8D

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

haha, everything good, anyway. Aww, kisumai was so cute every time they came on! I just adore them lately.

It just seems like hiro's hair has a lot of flip lately. but YEAH taipi, wtf. it was like he was wearing a crazy wig. but it wasn't quite that bad in the rest of the ep, i think that was just a really terrible moment. Er, or ten minutes. whatever.

I love news to death, but i don't see the goal of putting them on a thing like shounen club where you don't mix anybody new in and they don't do solos with jrs backdancing, or anything else they couldn't do on the eight million other music shows they've been on. That's really the fun of shokura for me, at any rate.

[silverrangel.livejournal.com]

I wish Kisumai would do more adorable things, because their sexy!perfs and whatnot don't really do it for me. Unless it's Hirosuke. Not that it would ever happen, BUT, I certainly wouldn't complain if it did.

By the way, I love your icon. I can just imagine the looks of mingled shock and trauma on fangirls' faces when they realize he isn't legal. And that's why I never go near HSJ.

[iverin.livejournal.com]

RANDOMLY SENT HERE BY KAREN.

Oogawa/kawa/whatev is SO DAMN CUTE. Holy. Gah. I want to squish him.

I've decided that, in preparation for all this new shit, I'm going through all the Shokuras I have from the last three or four months and making lists of who sang what when. XD That way when they're famous I'll have a convenient index and can easily find nostalgic embarrassing blackmail clips.

Kosaka needs to be in everything RIGHT NOW. Preferably in a unit with Goto. Just saying, it needs to happen.

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

HI. haha. I'm just guessing about the -gawa since it seems like kawa changes to that more often when it's a compound. BUT WHO KNOWS.

you go right ahead with that. honestly though, i've never seen most of these people named before this month or last month, so. It's a struggle.

okay, which ones are Kosaka and Goto? Teach me.

[iverin.livejournal.com]

I just know of another actor named Ookawa, so that was my own first instinct. XD I have no idea what that guy's kanji are, though.

A lot of them are Fresh Jrs, from what I've read on blogs, so....

Kosaka Masato:

He's my favorite non-big-group Tokyo Junior. He's in MAD but... IDK, he's been singing solos since last summer, when they brought him back after his ~*~SCANDAL~*~ or w/e. It was the greatest scandal ever. Something involving getting caught running a Ragnarok Online or similar emulator server. He was actually kicked OUT of JE, but they re-hired him. Also, his dad was in a 70s JE group called Mets. He's cute, has a little rockstar voice.
First Shokura solo: KinKi's Mou Kimi Igai Aisenai (6-10-2006) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=b-VfMf2iFZs). Half of my friends call him "forehead" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNWOMQSiYXA). Solo line in GOLD (2-3-08) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=YyIcTMFnwZ0). AND Love song medley (2-10-08) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=dr21URqLgBM).

Goto Hiromi is VIOLIN KID (1:20-ish) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=wYGxT22hS-U) and he has a fantastic voice (http://youtube.com/watch?v=RuFue6BK2G0). He was in the Love Song medley, too. Actually, out of all of the Juniors, Goto has my absolute favorite voice. More with Nakamaru, from Cartoon KAT-TUN II You con (http://youtube.com/watch?v=b9_O7P_SinI) (starts around 2:00).

Er, sorry for the crappy Kosaka cap. :/ I have more of him in that folder.

[zombiecide.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D ♥

[cold-jade.livejournal.com]

Actually those silver costumes Kisumai's wearing is KAT-TUN's. =)

[currynana.livejournal.com]

ahhh!!!this episode is a must watch~ Especially Shige's part. hahaha. Yabu and Hikaru has really grown na? ^__^ Anyone know if the full episode of this is available for download now?

[procreational.livejournal.com]

*HI! HI SHOON! *WAVES WILDLY* I MISSED YOU!! YOU LOOK HAPPY!
OH MY GOD YOU FREAK WHO ARE YOU.

:|

just kidding.

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

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