Shokura 2008.09.07 Thoughts and Caps

[mousapelli]

Well, now that the random Kansai and everybody's missing Shokura are all out of the way for another year, we return to mousapi's usual ridiculous flail.

Shokura 2008.09.07 Thoughts and Caps

Firstly, what the shit is up with these new TOP3 costumes? they SUCK. It's like they couldn't figure out who was pretty enough for the skirt, so EVERYBODY gets one.



We might as well get this out of the way: ABC+Shoon is my favorite thing in the whole wide world right now, and if they don't adopt Shoon for real, my heart is going to seriously be broken. Also, Tottsu and Tsuka really cranked up the cute for this ep, yo. And these black costumes are kickass. I'M JUST SO HAPPY SHOON MATCHES.



I continue to find deeper meaning in the shokura intro, like a sort of underaged, glittery i-ching. Today we get kisumai+top3+abc/shoon+the takanakada proto-unit+the shintarou taiga proto-unit+those other guys, and honestly i think we're pretty much seeing how things are all going to break down once we get serious about new unit names.



Also, somebody decipher the name of that kid in the shintarou unit who looks like a tiny adorable Yamada. Johnny was pimpin him out this week, woo buddy. He's a cutie.

My love for BAD+Takaki is also hard and true, and man they look like they're having SO MUCH FUN TOGETHER. BAD looks so much better in motion than in photoshoots, seriously.


I think we should start using Shintarou as a meter for who is the closest to debuting. Whatever group he's trying hardest to be in? they're the one that's winning right now. Shintarou can sense these things.



Has Koyama been working out? jesus, he is RIPPED this episode. Somebody get that man some TAPE. also i love this theme. I'm a sap, get over it. and Akito talks WAY TOO FAST, christ.



I love the vs start to the Nakama medley, and Akito and Junta are SUCH DORKS. so much love. nothing kills me harder than people from different groups who clearly enjoy the hell out of each other. The Gokusen love is clearly a fierce thing.



I tried super hard not to love the Shintarou unit doing DUES, but I failed. This is the Yamada-kid i'm talking about. CUTE. Seems like the membership of this proto-unit has kind of solidified. Taiga's been growing on me recently, but Nakayama never does. He's just odd-looking drama or no drama. Also it was so odd to have UMP sung as a senpai song, although that's exactly what it is now. I wonder if they told Hasshi to molest Nakayama or he just does it on his own.



Oretachi no Seishun + JITABATA whatever was really cool. I wish these three would film together again just so we could see more of them as a trio. Their voices blend really nicely and everything. Akito was freaking smoking during this entire thing. I love watching people dance who are clearly having the time of their lives. All three of them are excellent dancers too, which is a change in a shokura ep, lol.

Koyama asks a bunch of tiny people who their nakama are, and everybody is adorable. Mini-Yamada (who upon inspection has an unfortunate bird staple to his costume) names Shintarou, and i spent his whole explanation wondering if Shintarou threatened everyone with pain and suffering if they didn't pick him. But I think Shintarou picks him back!~ cute. Also Koyama goes "KAWAII~" at Shintarou's girly little "hai~". TAIGA PICKS FUJIGAYA. I lol because I wrote it. Takada picks Ookawa! which is also cute cause i can read all their kanji, which is how Ookawa got to be one of my favorites.



Uekusa? dude, what is that kid's name? Anyway, he talks a lot! Koyama asks him about Playzone. And then there is a Shounentai medley, the whole idea of which sort of makes me giggle for no particular reason. Shintarou and Ueyamadathingy are cute, and Shintarou clearly tops. And then out run the TINIEST JRS ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. Seriously, that kid on the left is like a foot high. Even for Japan, this is out of control. Is that that Sho kid? I hope there aren't two people that tiny.



Taiga's face here makes me lol. Guess he wasn't supposed to do whatever he just did. Then he sort of makes a "YOSH" face and goes back to work. Aww. Ganbatte, bunny-kun.



I wish they'd go back to showing Casey as much as they used to. Mostly, I just like when they announce him as "ANDERSON."

Yokoo and Kitayama fail at the game because they can't stop doing squats in sync. MEMBER-AI. But I super like Wataru's new haircut. I think he just had his 20~ prettiness change, because all the sudden i think he's consistently attractive, which is new. Nozawa's cute as a button but fails. Tsuka beats the crap out of Akun at situps. Fujigaya beats Sanada, and Nakamaru encourages him with a "don't mind."



Then we come to the cheating combination, Kitayama/Nikaido wheelbarrow PAIR! Nikaido tries to trip the Camu/Fujigaya pair, and ends up in a pornographic sprawl in retribution. Also he calls Kitayama "Mit-chan." The MCs torment their kouhai by talking endlessly while they have to hold the wheelbarrow positions.



that's hard to see, but on the left side there, Kitanika somehow end up in the missionary position. Amazing.

YES. GOD YES PLEASE. JOHNNY DON'T HURT ME AGAIN. Kawai calls Shoon acrobatic, and Shoon i think (?) says that he ran into Kawai shopping and they bought the same hat. i dunno, he molests Tottsu, so who cares. and then Kawai says Shoon and Tottsu did something together. It's been ages since I saw Shoon in a talk like this, and he's totally animated and comfortable. He really grew up this year, and I'm totally proud. And the way he shouts "YOSHA" when he runs off the stage with Kawai and Tottsu. sldgjaslgjaslgjaslgjaglajga.



ALSO THIS SONG IS HOT LIKE THE BURNING. I was not in any way prepared for how amazing this song was going to look and sound, for how clearly Shoon's voice was going to improve their sound, for how smoothly they all blended together. I love the red costumes, all the acrobatics, the rap, Tottsu's lead singing, just, gah, everything. MY HEART.



I've been on the shoon+abc bandwagon ever since we caught hints they were working together, but now that i've actually seen it, I'm terrified it won't happen for real and then i'll be absolutely heartbroken. At the end of this live when they shouted "We are ACROBATIC BOYS CLUB" I seriously started to cry (i know i'm a freak, shut up), because I want it harder than anything. It's just, it's so good. And now that I've read enshige's translation of Shoon talking about ABC...I want them all to be this happy, always. I want Shoon to have a unit again, and I want to hear his voice, exactly like this.

It's like every September JE must break me in half. BE KIND THIS YEAR, JOHNNY-SAN.

I paid attention to essentially nothing during the Kansai ni Q. Sorry. Somebody drew a cute octopus, though.

BAD's letter exchange is gayer than rainbow punch, as always. They're so cute. You know they're doing it right when the other person is like "HEY. STOP THAT."



I'm so glad they filmed this shokura early, before Junta hurt himself, because BAD's live is totally amazing. They're both amazing performers, and they're totally in sync with each other, it's a complete pleasure to watch. Also they sing "aishiteru" a lot in this song, so.



Koyama and Nakamaru talk about something for a moment here, but i'm not sure exactly what. It has to do with the juniors all being a group, and all being nakama.

I find the lineup of Mugendai opening word guys interesting. It goes Akito (Friendship), Hasshi (truth), Tottsu (dream), Senga (ambition), Shintarou (happiness), Takada? (smile), Fujigaya (strength), and Junta (journey). Just an intriguing cross-section of juniors. The older/younger kisumai split is adorable, and Mitsu and Wataru are both whores. More shoon+abc, and Takaki and Akito lovingly elbow each other.



Have I mentioned lately how hard I love the juniors? Just, my heart. Sometimes when they're all in a jumble having fun together in ridiculous costumes singing ridiculously sappy songs (TAISETSU NA NAKAMA) i feel like I can't take it.



in closing, please, Johnny-san. Don't break my heart again like last September. PLEASE DON'T LET THIS BE THE LAST TIME SHOON GETS TO SHOUT THIS.

Comments

[procreational.livejournal.com]

WOW MOUSAPI

[fireatwill.livejournal.com]

Random vest-ed boy Takaki is hanging off in Mugendai...WHO IS THAT AND WHY IS HE SO GORGEOUS?!!

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

in the orange vest? Akito from BAD? Dude, he's AMAZING. and he and Junta are gayer than springtime in the alps for each other. LOVE.

[fireatwill.livejournal.com]

Nonono, not Akito, who I love more than life (okay, I only love BAD a little bit less than I love Tsuka..) but HIM (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/abnerfantastico/sccap.jpg), pretty little random boy.. (of which that is a terrible picture of..)

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

oh, nakayama! He's a Kansai jr. he's been getting a lot of attention because of his drama, but the poor kid is missing a ton of his concerts right now because he's got appendicitis D:

[fireatwill.livejournal.com]

Oh Kansai juniors... sometimes it's just SO awkwardadorableRIGHT...though I do see a severe lack of overaffectionateghei, are we sure that's where he's from? XD

[xxlithiumflower.livejournal.com]

Uekusa? dude, what is that kid's name?

Uekusa Yuta! His father (Uekusa Katsuhide) was in Shonentai. I- I know a lot of random facts. (The more you know?)

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

yay, i guessed right! and aww, another parent-child pair. good job, je.

[xxlithiumflower.livejournal.com]

I'm starting to wonder if they're being bred to steal our monies and/or souls. I mean, it sounds like something Johnny would do. >.>

[kenaressa.livejournal.com]

BAD's letter exchange is gayer than rainbow punch, as always. They're so cute. You know they're doing it right when the other person is like "HEY. STOP THAT."

They are taking notes from their sempai! Do you see more why I like them now? ^______^

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

they really are. Although aside from the Pin Christmas letters, I really think BAD wins the prize for gayest otegami segment for the last time they were on. Is somebody subbing that shit? I'm dying to know what it really says.

I like them very much~ I especially like them hanging out with Takaki, and their magazine articles together were all hilarious and cute. I think they really brought out the best in Takaki, and he definitely seems more outgoing and happier than he did at the beginning of HSJ.

[puppeteer8.livejournal.com]

I think the "new" TOP3 costumes are not exactly "new". If my memory is not confusing me, I believe they were ABC's costumes before. XD ABC+Shoon performance was the AWESOME. I want moar! 8D And so does Shoon, I think.

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

i'm sure they aren't new (jesus i hope nobody spent new money on those things). You could be right, Rachel says she thinks they're really old KAT-TUN costumes, and ABC does tend to get KAT-TUN hand-me-downs (like those yellow and blue things), so they're probably just making their way down the ranks.

I've watched it easily thirty times. I like it so much that it hurts, i can barely even enjoy it because i'm so worried about what will happen. At least we have one more shoon+abc shokura before all hell breaks loose.

I think he totally does. he looked so happy, they all did, and I was totally touched by the translation where he talks about them. Apparently he mentions them in Potato too, but I haven't taken a good look at that.

I kind of have this fantasy that Kawai and Tottsu will storm Johnny's office and DEMAND that they get to keep Shoon. If it all works out in the end, I will firmly believe that's what happened.

[steffipi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Top 3 looks like they're going school-girl or Scottish-kilt. Geeze, does someone actually get paid to design such stuff?

This is a little off the subject, but when exactly did the "male-skirt" thing become a regular design in JE? Was it Seishun Amigo? Certain guys can carry it off and actually make you forget they're wearing a skirt or giant scarf(like Matsujun, Kame, Jin, Pi, Taisuke, cuz they're soooo freakin hot no matter what they have on). Is it only in JE? Or is it Japanese? Am I just out of fashion?

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

I don't know if it extends outside JE at all, but most JE groups have one member who seems designated "the skirt-wearer." Jin for sure, Tottsu, Shoon in Ya-Ya-Yah, Yokoo (or sometimes nika), etc. I think in K8, it's Ohkura.

It's usually "the pretty one" who ends up that way. My bet is for HSJ it'll be either Takaki or Yamada, although they're two units, so maybe both.

[steffipi.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I forgot, while a lot of folks are not too impressed with Top 3's attire, no one seems to mind the STAR pajamas that the Masuda Ryo group is donning. For some reason, I keep thinking "Finding Nemo" when I see them.....now THAT is hideous! Have they worn those before or are they recycled from some other poor group?

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

I totally just saw those random costumes on a super old KKK Kitty performance on the Y3 show, so apparently others have indeed been inflicted with those awful things.

[steffipi.livejournal.com]

OMG, you are soooo right! I just saw a clip with Kitayama dressed in that dredful thing! I actually had to rewind to make sure it was him! I'm glad it was KK Kitty, because I would cry if I had to see my Taipi in one of those!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaEYox7ftXE&feature=related

[steffipi.livejournal.com]

Okay, kill me NOW! See 2:26 of previous clip. I really spoke too soon by commenting before watching the entire clip! Oh, my poor baby!

[bu-yao-ren.livejournal.com]

Now I need to re-watch Yokoo's part of the nekketsu junior league and the ABC song :x
(I wonder if those costumes weren't only ABC and KAT-TUN costumes, but SMAP as well.)
(It could have been.)

(Kawai and Tsuka and Tottsu storm Johnny's office and DEMAND him to give them Shoon and Goseki talks Johnny out of firing the whole lot and into actually giving them Shoon.)

[taleia05.livejournal.com]

um...hi!

I've been lurking on your journal for a while now since I read your gackt-chan fic, but I don't think I've said much till now.

I've been strenuously resisting your shokura picspams but have finally cracked (I'm so weak!) and want to dl and watch. I'm not sure where to find them though, and was hoping you could help?


I love your fics (even when I don't know who all the juniors are), so thanks for sharing :-)

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

hi there! nice to meet you.

I get mine typically from hotakky, since she's usually the first to put them up each Sunday. She's worth friending anyhow since she does tons of PVs and things, although you have to ask to be friended, it's worth it.

However, I know she's going to be moving and busy over the next few weeks, so i'm not sure what the most reliable alternative will be yet. You should definitely join the shokura comm, though, because the shows will show up there usually a day or two after they air, and also usually somebody posts mp3 rips of the songs after a bit.

Nobody can resist the Shokura. And don't worry, you'll learn everybody eventually, watching Shokura is how I learned all the juniors, and i'm terrible with names and faces. If I can do it, anybody can.

[taleia05.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll check them out :) I'm already starting to recognise some of the juniors I see backdancing at sempai performances from your picspams, even if I can't match the names yet. (I think I also recognise one of kis-my-ft2 from the backstage footage on Arashi's How's It Going dvd, but I could be wrong) It's also entirely due to you that I not only now know who Shoon is but can regularly pick him out when I see him!

thanks again!

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

You'll learn Fujigaya and Kitayama right away, since they're the front men for Kisumai, and Kawai and possibly Tottsu from ABC.

Hasshi gets a lot of attention these days, and Shintarou and Taiga too. Also Camu Cade, cause he's black.

Those are the guys who stand out the most to me, and I learned the fastest, and I'm TERRIBLE with faces.

[citzera.livejournal.com]

<333333333333
ABC+SHOON IS MAKING ME A HAPPY FANGIRL.
DAMN YOU ABC-Z! DDDDDDDD:
and Yokoo's going through a pretty phase, which I approve of, ofcourse!

"WE'RE ACROBATIC BOYS CLUB" nearly made me cry as well. So :'D

As expected, shokura isn't half as fun without kisumaiabc there.
Now if only Sunday would come so I can see&watch Kisumai perform their new song.
Flailtastic, probably :D

[33-snowfish.livejournal.com]

i don't like the top3 costumes either. they didn't look good on kat-tun, they won't look good on them. i'm loving the black costumes that shoon and abc wore. i was kinda :( when they didn't perform in them. when shoon performed pikanchi with tsuka-chan and tottsu, i knew it was just meant to be. 8D

i don't really feel the ookawa group, they take away screen time from jr.boys. XD and the third group is MADE, right?

koyama can't even put his arms straight down, that's how big his guns were. XD

yamada kid = uekusa? uekusa, taiga, and anderson as the new shounentai please. yokoo is freakin hot with that haircut. <3

[seca.livejournal.com]

Even though others have answered this I'll bring in my knowledge about Uekusa Yuta. He's the son of Uekusa Katsuhide of Shounentai, the reason they were talking to him so long on shokura was because they were asking him about performing together with his dad, IIRC.

If you remember the Hey! Say! live performances from last year he was actually featured a bit with Okamoto Keito as they back danced for Hey! Say! 7. He was in the latest Kinpachi-sensei drama series. I actually have a Duet magazine from around that time and I have to say in the past year he's grown a lot.

And I checked real quick and Dramawiki says his birth date is 14 February 1995, so he's 13. (I guess it'll be easy to remember his birthday. XD)

[cookierulez.livejournal.com]

T^T i love how shoon is getting attention again!

[funkysparks.livejournal.com]

OMG you just put my entire feelings about ABC+Shoon into words, and so eloquently as well! I've watched it about 10over times (I have a habit of watching at least once everyday) cos it's just SO HOT and I think I will just kill someone if Shoon doesn't get adopted by ABC. LOL.

We are Acrobat Boys Club just made my heartache really really badly. And it's all ABC-Z's fault! D<

HELLO! ^^ Sorry for the random comment! XD

[konbini.livejournal.com]

Uekusa never struck me as a mini-Yamada until now. XD One day, he'll surprise everyone and grow up to be hot like burning, so I'll be keeping an eye on him.

Oh god, I just love A.B.C.+Shoon. Shoon's been shining so much nowadays, and he and A.B.C. have such good chemistry. ): Johnny better not pull a fast one on us. I DON'T THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT.

Also, Takaki should've debuted with B.A.D., I like it when he isn't trying to act cool. I think he's able to be carefree with B.A.D. because there any kiddies to worry about. 8D

[uchikins.livejournal.com]

Uekusa is like a mini-Nakayama who is mini-Yamada who is mini-Pi and you get the idea. Oh how I love those tiny guys ♥ And Taiga. I love that woman. And Shinchan is cute as usual. Aww.

AND IF JOHNNY DOESN'T LET SHOON STAY WITH A.B.C. I'M SRSLY GONNA CONSIDER GOING TO JAPAN AND KICK HIS ASS. Because... Kawai and Shoon in the same group - OH THE POSSIBILITIES. It'll be so awesome. It IS awesome right now too, and... sdfghjklö. I just love them. And Question? and Kisumai's interacting with them in Miracle Challenge. Flaily happy Jrs ♥!!

B.A.D. are just being the ghei themselves. :)

[simplymestup.livejournal.com]

Do you have the whole episode? I've been trying to find it! But all I've been finding are clips of it.
I've been dying to see this episode.

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

yup. You should go friend hotakky, who puts up the parts first, usually.

it'll probably appear on shokura sooner or later, though, it usually does.

[simplymestup.livejournal.com]

wonderful! Thanks so much!

[steffipi.livejournal.com]

Lately, Jikaku has been great about having the entire episode ready for download. Hopefully she will post soon!

the "Yamada-kid" <3

[(Anonymous)]

Finally! I found someone who TOTALLY agress with me :D

That kid REALLY looked like a mini-Yamada. When I was watching I was just like ":o , Yamada?!"

:D

[ina]

I've just watched it, and A.B.C. + Shoon was amazing. I am keeping my fingers crossed as well that it stays that way. They have so much fun.

Oh god, yes the old red and black skirt costumes are hideous. A.B.C. are probably very happy that they outgrew them. Yeah and KAT-TUN had them in 2002 for their first concert. And I think I saw a Music Station clip with V6 wearing them. O_O. Someone needs to set fire to them.

Mugendai was awesome, it's one of my favourite K8 song, and I also like that Kizuna was the Dreamboys version.