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Arashi is back with their 16th album!!This album shows new challenges and styles and maybe that's why they decided on the title Untitled?

The title song Mikan (「未完」) showed the new style I love it..I love it so much! A great title track!
Overall I like this album a lot, maybe the best album in the past years. I like most because it's Arashi but thinking of the amount of songs, sounds etc. this is the overall best one in a long time! The album sold 668,000 copies in its first week! I was very keen when I first hear about the duos and trios, we have not seen those! Usually it's solos, when the list came out I was even more keen, as an Arashi fan you know about the voices and capabilities. Sho-chan and Matsujun are my fave but the duo didn't work for me, quite sad. The collaboration with Aiba, O-chan and Sho-chan is a fun song, Bazuri Night, it reminds of a song you'd hear in an arcade hall. A mix with 80's and 90's. And it also reminds me of something SMAP could have had released..haha I so wish to see this live, I guess the outfits will be fun ^^ The others are so so, I listened and moved on...
I love Fight Song and Energy song so I was anticipating the Kanpai song however sadly it was not as great as I thought.

My fave songs from the album are: 風雲, 彼方へ and 「未完」, these are on repeat on my phone as I commute to work ^^

The album is released in the Normal and Limited Edition. Limited Edition comes with a lyric photo booklet and a DVD containing the Mikan music video and making-of video. Normal Edition comes with five additional songs.

Sadly I cannot go to the concert this year but I hope to pick up some goods as I will be in Japan at the same time as the Osaka Concert!

★★★★

CD 1

1.Green Light
2.つなぐ
3.「未完」
4.Sugar
5.Power of the Paradise
6.ありのままで
7.風雲
8.I’ll be there
9.抱擁
10.Pray
11.光
12.彼方へ
13.Song for you


CD2
1.バズり NIGHT(相葉雅紀・大野 智・櫻井 翔)
２.夜の影(松本 潤・二宮和也・大野 智)
3.UB(相葉雅紀・二宮和也)
4.Come Back(松本 潤・櫻井 翔)
5.カンパイ・ソング(Bonus Track）

誰も知らない

The next single by Arashi this year, number 3 of 2014, is here!
This is my fave song so far!!! I have no idea why, but all the songs used for dramas Riida Ohno Satoshi stars in are the best ^^ (Started with truth in 2008)...!!
I love the combination of music and lyrics for 誰も知らない.
As for the other songs, I'm a bit mixed. Keep On Tryin' to me is kinda boring, yet it's fun to hear Arashi do that kind of music. ミラクル･サマー is sorta normal song, a typical B-side song for Arashi. It's nice to listen to! I think it'd be nice for a live! ^^
おかえり, I love the intro for this song! I really like this typical Arashi ballad, it's very sweet and lovely!! I hope this song also will be performed at their upcoming concert!! ^^

★★★★

Tracklist
01.誰も知らない
02.おかえり (LE)
03.おかえり （オリジナル・カラオケ） (LE)
02.Keep on tryin'
03.ミラクル･サマー
04.誰も知らない （オリジナル・カラオケ） (RE)
05.Keep on tryin'（オリジナル・カラオケ） (RE)
06.ミラクル･サマー(オリジナル・カラオケ）(RE)

死神くん

There's something about Riida and his non-human roles ^^
He acts so well and for some reason these kinds of roles suits him very well.
Although all roles he has had, human or non-human, so far has been great!
I look forward to see this drama. It's still a few weeks left but the hype has already begun! Also this should mean that Arashi will release a new single!! *woop woop*
Countdown April 18!!

Title: 死神くん*
Title (romaji): Shinigami-kun
Episodes: -
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2014-Apr-18
Air time: Friday 23:15
Theme song: -

*死神 means Death

Story
Shinigami-kun (Ohno Satoshi), alias grim reaper #413, is a rookie who pronounces the death of those scheduled to die and brings souls to the nether world. He would appear with the signature phrase “Congratulations! I’m here to call on you” although it is hard to say how this can be a happy occasion, and watch over the dying. To a grim reaper, persuading people attempting to commit suicide and preventing unforeseen deaths is also an important task. But because #413 is new to this grim reaper work, he has a tendency to lean towards humans in his judgments, break the rules of the nether world and get reprimanded by his superior.

Cast
Ohno Satoshi as Shinigami-kun/Shinigami No. 413
Suda Masaki as Akuma
Kiritani Mirei as Shinigami-kun's supervisor
Matsushige Yutaka as Chief

Info @ dramawiki

鍵のかかった部屋 SP

This was one of my fave dramas in 2012! It feels so weird because it's so long ago still feels like yesterday lol!
O-chan acted so well in this and it was so interesting to watch! And tonight Enomoto is back!! ^^
I cannot wait!! I also hope this turns into a movie ^^

Title: 鍵のかかった部屋 (Kagi no Kakatta Heya)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast date: 2014-Jan-03
Air time: 21:00
Theme song: Face Down by Arashi

Original Story
Enomoto Kei is a security "otaku" working for a security firm, devoted to improving the securities system on a daily basis. He is not an easy person to familiarize oneself with, always collected and calm, unapproachable, a maniac in Physics, Science, Architecture and profound in other basic theoretical foundation. He is certain and proud of the fact that there is no key which he cannot unlock.
One day, Kei is asked to help reveal a mystery behind a locked room murderer. While he lacks any interest in solving the mystery, he is inevitably intrigued by the term, "Closed Doors" and decides to take on the position. He works side by side with Aoto Junko and Serizawa Gou, who are lawyers working at a major law firm. Junko is pure and forward, acting upon her instincts while Serizawa is a prideful elitist who sees time as money, and therefore, will not take on any job that is unprofitable.
Possessing a vast amount of knowledge and acute insightfulness, Kei is able to unlock the closed doors and unravel the secrets leading to the solution. Never before has there been a drama focused solely on closed doors.

This is a SP!

Cast
Ohno Satoshi as Enomoto Kei
Toda Erika as Aoto Junko
Sato Koichi as Serizawa Gou
Ukaji Takashi as Kouno Mitsuo
Kuroki Hitomi
Sano Shiro
Fujiki Naohito
Okada Yoshinori
Matsui Jurina

Love (review)

It's finally here! Arashi's new album LOVE. I was already excited when the news came about the new album, then the other day when I found out I will be going to the concert I got even more excited!! Obviously ^^ 

So I guess I need to listen though the album a lot, more than usual ^^

I like it already. To be honest, I like this one much more than Popcorn! Although Popcorn was a good one too! 

I donno why, but the music reminds me of the 60's?! a bit, also a little SMAP like here and there. Maybe it's the age? Anyway it's fun to see them mix songs.

My fave songs are: 愛を歌おう, サヨナラのあとで, Confusion, Breathless, Rock Tonight, Endless game, Calling, and Tears.

As for solo's my fave belongs to Sho-kun, to be honest I was surprised by this song, I thought he'd do something more up-tempo like TABOO. But to get a sad love ballad is a happy surprise indeed ^^. And followed by Sho-kun we have O-chan's solo. I also like Aiba-kun's 夜空への手紙. As for Nino and Matsujun's, not too sure about them... yet ^^ They are good but not as good as the other three :)

★★★★★

Tracklist
01 愛を歌おう
02 サヨナラのあとで
03 CONFUSION
04 Hit the floor (Satoshi Ohno)
05 P・A・R・A・D・O・X
06 sugar and salt (Sho Sakurai)
07 Breathless
08 20825日目の曲 (Kazunari Ninomiya)
09 Rock Tonight
10 Endless Game
11 Calling
12 夜空への手紙 (Masaki Aiba)
13 Dance in the dark (Jun Matsumoto)
14 Starlight kiss
15 FUNKY
16 Tears

Arashi SUGOIIIIIIII

Arashi is the best (^0^)
They won a lot of ranks (in recent "Only★Star" mag poll)

1. "The Strongest Team" - #1 Arashi ♥
2. "Ideal Leader" - #1 Ohno Satoshi,  #7 Sakurai Sho
3. "Ideal Mood Maker" - #1 Aiba Masaki,  #9 Ohno Satoshi
4. "Ideal Staff Officer" - #1 Sakurai Sho, #2 Ninomiya Kazunari, #3 Matsumoto Jun


It's based on 500 female readers who responded to their questionnaire.

creds @ arashi a fb

What if....?

Anecan 2009.01
If you were a girl, which Arashi member would you want to date?

Ohno: I’m not a girl, so I don’t know… But if I had to choose, I guess it’s Aiba-chan. Why? Because our eyes just met [laughs].

Sakurai: It’s me right! Work hard, play hard & eat well. These are my selling points [laughs].

Aiba: I want to try dating all 4 of them for one week each [laughs]. I want to go fishing with Riida, get Sho-chan to teach me about politics, play video games with Nino & go shopping with MatsuJun.
*rofl* I LOVE his dating plan XDD

Ninomiya: If I had to choose, I guess it’s myself? But dating with me might have lots of disadvantages [laughs].

Matsumoto: I want to see sides of myself that I don’t know about, so I would choose myself [laughs].

The boys are so funny XD

I'd like to try to date all but Nino... don't ask me why but to me, he'd take me to a game center or manga cafe :P and probably bore me out.
Riida would take me fishing or walk in a park. I'd really like to see him trying his best on a date.
Sho-chan would plan everything in detail, however as he's planning, if we'd be late he'd probably show his unhappy face about it making me annoyed :P
Aiba-kun would probably tire me out, like a child, but he'd sure make me laugh.
Matsujun would probably take me to an amusement park, movie then dinner... I think it'd be normal yet he'd make it memorable!!

Ordered

I said this morning I'd buy some stuff when I got home...
I kept my promise :P
I bought both Arashi's Arafes dvd and Shinhwa's 2012 Grand Tour in Seoul - The Return dvd.
Both Korean editions.... Although I wanted to support Arashi in Oricon, it's sooo expensive and Korean version is still official. and keep them popular in Korea ^^

I cannot wait until I get them... I know dad will watch Arafes with me ^^

The locked room

Another drama I'm currently following is Arashi's leader Ohno Satoshi's drama, called Kagi no Kakatta Heya (The locked room)
I love Ohno-san's character and the drama is interesting!! :) Also the themesong is awesome, one of the best Arashi songs ever!! (Even my dad cannot stop listening to it XD)

Title: 鍵のかかった部屋 (Kagi no Kakatta Heya)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2012-April-16 start
Air time: Monday 21:00
Theme song: Face Down by Arashi

Story
Enomoto Kei is a security "otaku" working for a security firm, devoted to improving the securities system on a daily basis. He is not an easy person to familiarize oneself with, always collected and calm, unapproachable, a maniac in Physics, Science, Architecture and profound in other basic theoretical foundation. He is certain and proud of the fact that there is no key which he cannot unlock.
One day, Kei is asked to help reveal a mystery behind a locked room murderer. While he lacks any interest in solving the mystery, he is inevitably intrigued by the term, "Closed Doors" and decides to take on the position. He works side by side with Aoto Junko and Serizawa Gou, who are lawyers working at a major law firm. Junko is pure and forward, acting upon her instincts while Serizawa is a prideful elitist who sees time as money, and therefore, will not take on any job that is unprofitable.
Possessing a vast amount of knowledge and acute insightfulness, Kei is able to unlock the closed doors and unravel the secrets leading to the solution. Never before has there been a drama focused solely on closed doors. It's an all new original mystery that will keep you guessing every week!

Main cast
Ohno Satoshi as Enomoto Kei
Toda Erika as Aoto Junko
Sato Koichi as Serizawa Gou

Sho-kun goes black!

Who missed VS Arashi yesterday??
If you did... u better find a way to watch it, it was so funny.
the MMDA was shown..!!
I'm so happy I saw it because my level of humanity is below ZERO, maybe + 2 now ^^

Anyway I'd thought I'd share some photos...

もう誘拐なんてしない

I finally saw the SP drama called もう誘拐なんてしない/Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai!
Starring Arashi's Ohno Satoshi and Aragaki Yui.
It was fun to watch, I love Riidas acting.. he always get to do funny acts ^^
And the drama was full with actors I like! Also Arashi's Sho-kun and Matsujun can also be seen in the drama!


Plot
Tarui Shoutaro is an ordinary guy who dreamed of becoming a hero when he was a child, but now gets by as a part-time worker. The unexpected story unfolds when one day, the daughter of a yakuza boss asks him to plan a make-believe kidnapping.
Shotaro’s co-worker who helps him with the kidnapping.


Starring
Ohno Satoshi
Aragaki Yui
Sato Ryuta
Kanjiya Shihori
Narimiya Hiroki
Yasuda Shota
Kaname Jun

Guests
Sakurai Sho
Matsumoto Jun

The result of the votes are out!

Today after many days of waiting the 2 hour special of ひみつの嵐ちゃん aired.

As I mentioned last month my fave was mannequin number 3..
According to data there were votes from amazing 86 different countries!!!
and guess who won? Number 3!! (^^)


1

翔ちゃん - I loved this outfit, I really really like the sweater, shoes remind me of 怪物くん still overall a great match! Well done!!
Number of votes: 86 623
Most popular in UK, China

2

にの - It was my second best, I love the colour combination, but seriously you bought the whole mannequin!!! cheating XD
Number of votes: 79 019
This outfit was the most popular in Kyushu area, Italy, Singapore and Thailand!

3

相葉くん - Not bad but kinda safe? he picked these clothes out thinking of what he usually would wear.. kinda sweet ^^
Number of votes: 58 885
2nd in UK and 3rd in China

4大野くん - Not good not bad, it's an ok outfit but since the season is dark it'd be nice with some more colour!!
Number of votes: 25 517
Number 1 in France!!

5松潤 - I didn't like this one at all, Okay it does have colour compare to Riida but well I don't really like this style at all! If my date would wear this I'd be sad..hahaha
The shoes and glasses are OK though (^^;;)
Number of votes: 11 087
Voted as no 5 in all countries beside from Australia, where he was voted as no 4.

Penalty for MJ is to have photos taken for the new promotional truck that will drive around 5 major cities around Japan for 2 weeks, starting 2morrow.
Theme: Halloween

Once again congrats to Shochan!! Going from no 5 to no1!! (^0^)
Looking forward seeing the photos..and once again poor MJ. But I guess he is getting used to this XD

Totally excited!!

I just looked on youtube and found a teaser and movie trailer for the upcoming 怪物くん(Kaibutsu-kun) the movie!!
I wish Nov 26 could be here now, I so want to see the movie after seeing these clips, I miss Kaibutsu-kun so much!

See for youself...


Movie teaser


Movie trailer

怪物くん SP trailer is out!!

Last year one of my fave dramas from Japan was 怪物くん (Kaibutsu-kun).
I found this trailer on youtube.

The 怪物くん SP will air Oct 15. (Next Saturday) at 9pm.
I can't wait to see it and the movie will be released next month.

I loved the drama and I'm looking forward seeing 怪物くん again!
There is no one better than 大野智(Ohno Satoshi) for this part! He might be a bit gloomy on normal Arashi shows but he sure can act!! <3

If you have not watched the drama.. Please do, it's GREAT!!