OKAY! VIXX LR Talk Event @ Shibuya Tower Records 01242018 [Thread]
This is going to be kind of a summary/highlights and things might be a little out of order, sorry! And, as always, 私の日本語はペラペラじゃないから、完璧ではない。
Me: I’m going to bed early and taking an extra dose of meds to SLEEP ON TIME and GET UP EARLY
Brain: …early? Get up early?
Me: Wait, no—
Brain: WAKE UP BITCH ITS 3:30AM, 3 HOURS US ENOUGH RIGHT
Me:
Spencer was listed by a shelter online with a series of pictures of him lounging with his (neutered) ballsack out and the title of "clingy male who NEEDS humans" just to really communicate how he was going to be. He interrupts absolutely every Japanese lesson I have had so far.
saw a picture of him being a scared little baby "bite risk" and they boxed him up handed him off to me like a drug deal and i sped off with him in my backseat
(lockdown mode)
@yonireads fhdsk I signed up and turned off auto renewal because that should carry me through a ticket situation and there was a 38 yen service fee. FOR WHAT. SERVICE FOR WHAT. WHO TOLD THEM IT COSTS THIS MUCH???? Are they getting scammed????
It’s ¥1000 a month. PER MONTH????
Listen. The other FCs are around ¥4000 PER YEAR. This is because tickets are wildly more expensive. But we’re also in a recession, with stagnant wages, and paying ¥13,000 for a ticket a year is hard to do when I paid ¥12,000 ALREADY.🤬
He was told he was chosen to be the cox because he has excellent observational ability and reads his crew quickly, with accurate direction, but part of him worries that it was just because it's the only role he can physically do. It was rare for us to hear Nino's true feelings.
I really loved the quiet section where Nino is benched. We find out, as he plucks grass waiting for the crew, that he can't row. As a Jr, he suffered a severe hand injury that crushed bones in a stage lift. He has permanent nerve damage and weakness. +
8 yrs ago, I wrote a review of Mago Mago Rowing Club n how it represented the Arashi story.
I'm proud to say that many elements of that story still hold true today.
Arashi was thrust into a 100 day rowing club which showed a glimpse of the dynamics behind Japan's top idol group
No joke, I consider this to be foundational required viewing to new fans. You see Ohno’s quiet compassion and leadership, Sho’s overworking, Jun’s self-doubt, Nino’s masking, Aiba’s persistence—and then they come together and it’s beautiful. All for one grandpa. 😭❤️
If there is one piece of Arashi vintage variety show episode to watch, it has to be the Mago Mago Arashi Rowing Boat Club ones.
It is like getting a glimpse of the core rawness of the group right before the cusp of skyrocketing fame.
Shortly after meeting, they went drinking together. Aiba got quite drunk and fell asleep with his head in Shimura-san's lap. He said it was so cute and charming, he knew he wanted Aiba to be on Dobutsuen. They were very close.
That VS ARASHI ep where ARASHI kept joking around with Gackt about keeping his rings and giving them to Ohno for his birthday 😆 he eventually does give one to Ohno which he replies “Gack-kun!!💗💗” 😆
20 years later Gackt would write a long heartfelt message about their hiatus