16 posts tagged “ohno satoshi”
It's easier to update a drama review as episodes come out. I'm really liking Uta no Onii-san starring, Arashi's own Riida - Ohno Satoshi and some guy from Kanjani 8 who I constantly can't remember the name off.
Characters
Yano Kenta (Ohno Satoshi): He's so... Ohno. xD Anyways, I like this character. I feel bad for him, at the end of the ep. 1 when Kenta was sitting on the empty stage I felt myself tearing up. I mean. He's not really motivated but he's not afraid to stand up to people and speak his mind either. It's admirable... but really. From rockstar to... some idiot on a TV show? You know, I think towards episode 6, Kenta really grows up. Or, he matures.. well, at least he becomes more serious. He's such a sweet guy ^^ (I think I might be biased =P)
Director Manabe (Kimura Yoshino): I like her. She's funny, interesting, you know. I just like her and her personality the way she is portrayed as a character. How sadistic she is and how much she bullies Kenta. She's an admirable woman. Working hard and what-not and you can tell she really liked the show. She really helped Kenta along and then towards the end, Kenta helped pull her along. ^^
Ayane (???): In the beginning I liked Kenta's girlfriend, I really wanted them to be together. After a while, I hated her. She was annoying. At first it was because she dumped Ohno but then was like.. semi-stalking him and crying over him and then it was because she was "weak" if you will. As the episodes went by I wanted to tell her to "grow-up" be like Kenta and just face your problems. By the end, well.. yeah, my opinion of her turned into nothing. She was just another character.
Saito Mamoru (Maruyama Ryuhei): ...He's in Kanjani? ..uh.. Never noticed him. But I like him. He's sort of cute in the "I want to squish your cheeks" sort of way ^^ As a character, he's not bad. His acting wasn't all that bad, he sure did the whiny voice down to the tee. (I hope that's not his natural voice o_o) and his all smiles and whatever. You know, yeah, I like him.
Singing Sister (Katase Nana): I think I have a song of her's, from Hikaru no Go or something. I don't know. Interesting enough character. I sort of like her, I mean.. she exagerates a lot but not enough to piss me off. I actually like her. She's amusing. ^^ Like. She exaggerates, but, you know.. she's friendly and overall quite nice. =D
Prince guy (???): I swear I've seen this guy somewhere. Was he that guy in Hana Kimi? That "Oscar" dude? Cause he seems like it. You know at the beginnig when girls sqealed at him as he got out of the car.. are they blind? You have Ohno Satoshi standing right there and you go for the retard? Ohno looks sooo much better than him >_> Girls are squealing for the wrong man. His random occurances are sort of "eh" and I don't know. My opinion of him is sort of "whatever".
Anzai (???): The main antagonist to this simple drama. At first, I sort of liked him, but then eventually, as he falls into the role of main antagonist, I obviously ended up disliking him. Manipulative bastard he is >_> But towards the end it's like "blah" you know, whatever, you were a bastard during episode 7 and in episode 8 you are now, yet again, just another character.
MIchiru (???): At first I was wondering who she was, and then I thought she was a nice girl but in Episode 4 she pissed me off a hell lot. But she redeemed herself in the end ^^ Although. I wonder why does she wear so much Makeup ... like.. really. (-_-;;)
Director Manabe (Kimura Yoshino): I like her. She's funny, interesting, you know. I just like her and her personality the way she is portrayed as a character. How sadistic she is and how much she bullies Kenta. She's an admirable woman. Working hard and what-not and you can tell she really liked the show. She really helped Kenta along and then towards the end, Kenta helped pull her along. ^^
Ayane (???): In the beginning I liked Kenta's girlfriend, I really wanted them to be together. After a while, I hated her. She was annoying. At first it was because she dumped Ohno but then was like.. semi-stalking him and crying over him and then it was because she was "weak" if you will. As the episodes went by I wanted to tell her to "grow-up" be like Kenta and just face your problems. By the end, well.. yeah, my opinion of her turned into nothing. She was just another character.
Saito Mamoru (Maruyama Ryuhei): ...He's in Kanjani? ..uh.. Never noticed him. But I like him. He's sort of cute in the "I want to squish your cheeks" sort of way ^^ As a character, he's not bad. His acting wasn't all that bad, he sure did the whiny voice down to the tee. (I hope that's not his natural voice o_o) and his all smiles and whatever. You know, yeah, I like him.
Singing Sister (Katase Nana): I think I have a song of her's, from Hikaru no Go or something. I don't know. Interesting enough character. I sort of like her, I mean.. she exagerates a lot but not enough to piss me off. I actually like her. She's amusing. ^^ Like. She exaggerates, but, you know.. she's friendly and overall quite nice. =D
Prince guy (???): I swear I've seen this guy somewhere. Was he that guy in Hana Kimi? That "Oscar" dude? Cause he seems like it. You know at the beginnig when girls sqealed at him as he got out of the car.. are they blind? You have Ohno Satoshi standing right there and you go for the retard? Ohno looks sooo much better than him >_> Girls are squealing for the wrong man. His random occurances are sort of "eh" and I don't know. My opinion of him is sort of "whatever".
Anzai (???): The main antagonist to this simple drama. At first, I sort of liked him, but then eventually, as he falls into the role of main antagonist, I obviously ended up disliking him. Manipulative bastard he is >_> But towards the end it's like "blah" you know, whatever, you were a bastard during episode 7 and in episode 8 you are now, yet again, just another character.
MIchiru (???): At first I was wondering who she was, and then I thought she was a nice girl but in Episode 4 she pissed me off a hell lot. But she redeemed herself in the end ^^ Although. I wonder why does she wear so much Makeup ... like.. really. (-_-;;)
Plot/Story
things in brackets are not the title of the episode :)
things in brackets are not the title of the episode :)
Episode 1 (Kenta's Problem)
I laughed in this episode. The beginning was funny. "Yabai yo~! Yabai yo~!" Ohno is love. You see him looking totally awesome as a rocker and then the "EHHH?!". It was amusing., a good into to all the characters and it gives you the right amount of "something is going on" feeling to get you interesting and waiting for the next episode. I seriously think the exaggerated facial expressions are <3, and I want to see Ohno in a monkey suit again! He looked so HUGGABLE!! *Squee!!* But seriously, first episode was a good intro to the characters, to the story and... it makes you want to watch episode 2 just to find out who that weird little girl is, why Ohno was hired etc. etc. It's a good grabbing episode in my opinion (^_^)
Episode 2 (Kenta's Problem gets better)
Another good episode =D I like it just as much as the first and find myself praying it's going to be Friday so I can watch episode three. (^_^). Basically this episode is centered around "Uta no Onii-san" - Live Broadcast, and what happens leading up to it. Shows Kenta being a bit more obedient even if he doesn't agree with what he is doing and at the end Ohno gets to sing. Watching Ohno with kids makes me smile and go "aww...." it's so sweet. I really hope Kenta and Ayane get together in the end... and at the end when Ohno is singing... I think he's more suited to ballads than kids songs (^^;;)
Episode 3 (Kenta's Relationship Problem)
Prince Himuro gets kicked of the program, the princess takes over and Kenta is being mopey and just down-right depressing as always. He gets scolded. He sees "Giselle" and get's even more depressed. He thinks about quitting. He does. His girlfriend talks to him, breaks his heart even more and then Kenta returns to his job while his GF breaks down and cries. You can tell I'm sort of getting bored of this repetitivness. Sort of. The episode was interesting enough, but if this continues on for another episode.. um.. it's a bit stretching the faith of the watchers. The girlfriend, Ayane, is really starting to piss me off now. Like. She says Kenta doesn't have a dream and then is like "Thanks for making your dream mine" and I'm just like WTF! You keep saying Kenta doesn't have a dream and he DOES! It's EXACTLY THE SAME AS YOURS! (-_-;;) Maybe I'm not understanding something... *sigh*
Episode 4 (Michiru's Problem)
Valentine's Day episode! The little girl (Michiru) pissed me off a lot in this episode, I don't care if it was for the plot, she still pissed me off being all spoiled and blah. I guess, the entire episode has this "sweet" sort of feeling to it. I mean, it's about Valentine's day so what should I expect right? I totally died when I Kenta was with Michiru at Daigo's house cause Ohno looked like her dad and I was just like "OMG DADDY OHNO!" It was so awesome. Haha. Oh my god though, Manabe-san loves someone? If it's Kenta, I'll shoot myself (-_-'') I have to admit though, this episode was funny ^^
Episode 5 (Urara's Problem)
I liked this episode. A lot. At first I thought it would be annoying and just centered around "Urara" and her life-story and blah, but it wasn't. It actually turned out to be a pretty good episode. Starting out with Kenta's sister going to an Omiai(?) - arranged wedding and then a short tangent on people mistaking Kenta and Urara as a couple. Zoom forward to Kenta realizing his father is under debt.... I could feel the tears coming when Kenta and his dad were fighting, but ... the tension sort of died when his sister started crying. (-_-;;) Her crying was so fake and terrible that it just killed the tension of the scene. Anyways. Won't say how this episode ends, but I will say this, Ohno's singing was much better this episode as well. (^^) I liked it. It was sweet. And LOL at the questions being asked to them 'How many eyes does a storm have?" - ONE! ONE! GO TO SCHOOL PEOPLE! Next episode looks pretty interesting. I'm still sort of lost at what's going to happen between KentaxAyane, but we'll just see how that turns out in the next three episodes ne? ^^
Episode 6 (Mamoru's Problems)
The episode in which Mamoru faces problems. He gets all depressed cause Kenta's so popular. Suck it up kid. Nah, it's not as bad as I thought it would be, I thought I would more pissed off at Mamoru but I wasn't. I guess I can sort of understand where he's coming from but his angst/depression whatever wasn't so.. exaggerated, strong. blah. You know. Get more insight in Giselle and whatever is going on with them (that i still don't get) and you finally hit an actual problem in the story. Guess what it is? Uta no Oniisan will stop airing in March =O *gasp* You get intro'd to this problem at the end though. Yes, that is basically the episode. Oh. I love it when Manabe-san keeps appearing and Kenta's like "WTF WHY ARE YOU HERE?" and she's all like "himitsu" and you know what? I love any scene with Manabe-san and Kenta. And omg, Kenta and Mamoru in teddy-bear suits at the end. OMG HUG HUG HUG! I totally just wanted to squish the both of them. and then Kenta comforts Mamoru and it's so cute. *squeals* Right-O can't wait for next episode with SAKURAI SHO
Episode 7 (The 'Big' Problem)
So, everyone in the staff realizes that Minna de Utao will be ending and Manabae goes through a lot of shit and everyone's feeling pissed cause you know they all love that show and don't want to part from it. Ayane goes missing cause she can't deal with Anzai (evil directors) manipulative-ness and the other two guys ask Kenta for help. Ending of the episode is a bit sad with all the dramatics and Manabe trying her best for the show's end and everyone being sad that the show is going to ened. Sho's appearance at the beginning = <3. I like the flow of this show and this episode in general. I mean, it started out happy but then ended up so.. sad but it didn't feel rush or anything. ^^ Next episode doesn't look too bad though...
Episode 8 (The Finale)
The beginning was sort of "eh.." in the sense that... even though the show was ending and indeed did end, it felt all very anti-climatic but towards the middle/half-way mark things picked up a bit, especially after Kenta dragged everyone back to the studio and asked for a concert. I thought it was great seeing how much he has changed as a person and when he rejected Ayane's offer of returning back to Giselle and what not, it really just sort of ... moves you? (not exactly but... you feel something). And then during the live, Kenta's speech was just, that was moving. I hope it's true as well, that the times will change as my generation grows older. ^^ Can I just say? Everytime KentaOhno cries I feel like Nino should be there to make him feel better xD The ending, when he sang Kumori Nochi Kaisei I wanted the actual choreography... but it didn't happen. And I couldn't stop laughing at the stupid pun when he dragged Michiru away from her filming xD
I laughed in this episode. The beginning was funny. "Yabai yo~! Yabai yo~!" Ohno is love. You see him looking totally awesome as a rocker and then the "EHHH?!". It was amusing., a good into to all the characters and it gives you the right amount of "something is going on" feeling to get you interesting and waiting for the next episode. I seriously think the exaggerated facial expressions are <3, and I want to see Ohno in a monkey suit again! He looked so HUGGABLE!! *Squee!!* But seriously, first episode was a good intro to the characters, to the story and... it makes you want to watch episode 2 just to find out who that weird little girl is, why Ohno was hired etc. etc. It's a good grabbing episode in my opinion (^_^)
Episode 2 (Kenta's Problem gets better)
Another good episode =D I like it just as much as the first and find myself praying it's going to be Friday so I can watch episode three. (^_^). Basically this episode is centered around "Uta no Onii-san" - Live Broadcast, and what happens leading up to it. Shows Kenta being a bit more obedient even if he doesn't agree with what he is doing and at the end Ohno gets to sing. Watching Ohno with kids makes me smile and go "aww...." it's so sweet. I really hope Kenta and Ayane get together in the end... and at the end when Ohno is singing... I think he's more suited to ballads than kids songs (^^;;)
Episode 3 (Kenta's Relationship Problem)
Prince Himuro gets kicked of the program, the princess takes over and Kenta is being mopey and just down-right depressing as always. He gets scolded. He sees "Giselle" and get's even more depressed. He thinks about quitting. He does. His girlfriend talks to him, breaks his heart even more and then Kenta returns to his job while his GF breaks down and cries. You can tell I'm sort of getting bored of this repetitivness. Sort of. The episode was interesting enough, but if this continues on for another episode.. um.. it's a bit stretching the faith of the watchers. The girlfriend, Ayane, is really starting to piss me off now. Like. She says Kenta doesn't have a dream and then is like "Thanks for making your dream mine" and I'm just like WTF! You keep saying Kenta doesn't have a dream and he DOES! It's EXACTLY THE SAME AS YOURS! (-_-;;) Maybe I'm not understanding something... *sigh*
Episode 4 (Michiru's Problem)
Valentine's Day episode! The little girl (Michiru) pissed me off a lot in this episode, I don't care if it was for the plot, she still pissed me off being all spoiled and blah. I guess, the entire episode has this "sweet" sort of feeling to it. I mean, it's about Valentine's day so what should I expect right? I totally died when I Kenta was with Michiru at Daigo's house cause Ohno looked like her dad and I was just like "OMG DADDY OHNO!" It was so awesome. Haha. Oh my god though, Manabe-san loves someone? If it's Kenta, I'll shoot myself (-_-'') I have to admit though, this episode was funny ^^
Episode 5 (Urara's Problem)
I liked this episode. A lot. At first I thought it would be annoying and just centered around "Urara" and her life-story and blah, but it wasn't. It actually turned out to be a pretty good episode. Starting out with Kenta's sister going to an Omiai(?) - arranged wedding and then a short tangent on people mistaking Kenta and Urara as a couple. Zoom forward to Kenta realizing his father is under debt.... I could feel the tears coming when Kenta and his dad were fighting, but ... the tension sort of died when his sister started crying. (-_-;;) Her crying was so fake and terrible that it just killed the tension of the scene. Anyways. Won't say how this episode ends, but I will say this, Ohno's singing was much better this episode as well. (^^) I liked it. It was sweet. And LOL at the questions being asked to them 'How many eyes does a storm have?" - ONE! ONE! GO TO SCHOOL PEOPLE! Next episode looks pretty interesting. I'm still sort of lost at what's going to happen between KentaxAyane, but we'll just see how that turns out in the next three episodes ne? ^^
Episode 6 (Mamoru's Problems)
The episode in which Mamoru faces problems. He gets all depressed cause Kenta's so popular. Suck it up kid. Nah, it's not as bad as I thought it would be, I thought I would more pissed off at Mamoru but I wasn't. I guess I can sort of understand where he's coming from but his angst/depression whatever wasn't so.. exaggerated, strong. blah. You know. Get more insight in Giselle and whatever is going on with them (that i still don't get) and you finally hit an actual problem in the story. Guess what it is? Uta no Oniisan will stop airing in March =O *gasp* You get intro'd to this problem at the end though. Yes, that is basically the episode. Oh. I love it when Manabe-san keeps appearing and Kenta's like "WTF WHY ARE YOU HERE?" and she's all like "himitsu" and you know what? I love any scene with Manabe-san and Kenta. And omg, Kenta and Mamoru in teddy-bear suits at the end. OMG HUG HUG HUG! I totally just wanted to squish the both of them. and then Kenta comforts Mamoru and it's so cute. *squeals* Right-O can't wait for next episode with SAKURAI SHO
Episode 7 (The 'Big' Problem)
So, everyone in the staff realizes that Minna de Utao will be ending and Manabae goes through a lot of shit and everyone's feeling pissed cause you know they all love that show and don't want to part from it. Ayane goes missing cause she can't deal with Anzai (evil directors) manipulative-ness and the other two guys ask Kenta for help. Ending of the episode is a bit sad with all the dramatics and Manabe trying her best for the show's end and everyone being sad that the show is going to ened. Sho's appearance at the beginning = <3. I like the flow of this show and this episode in general. I mean, it started out happy but then ended up so.. sad but it didn't feel rush or anything. ^^ Next episode doesn't look too bad though...
Episode 8 (The Finale)
The beginning was sort of "eh.." in the sense that... even though the show was ending and indeed did end, it felt all very anti-climatic but towards the middle/half-way mark things picked up a bit, especially after Kenta dragged everyone back to the studio and asked for a concert. I thought it was great seeing how much he has changed as a person and when he rejected Ayane's offer of returning back to Giselle and what not, it really just sort of ... moves you? (not exactly but... you feel something). And then during the live, Kenta's speech was just, that was moving. I hope it's true as well, that the times will change as my generation grows older. ^^ Can I just say? Everytime Kenta
Music
Kumori nochi Kaisei - Yano Kenta/Ohno Satoshi: I have to admit when I first heard this song I didn't like it all that much. I didn't dislike it persay, but I needed to get used to it. I'm used to Ohno.. singing with a smooth, sort of melodic voice, like in Take me Faraway or Song for Me but in this song, his voice isn't as melodic and more up-beat and pop-ish. It's not a bad song, but.. I don't know. I guess I'm just not used to hearing Ohno sing in this sort of way. After hearing the PV I suddenly loved this song though. XD I don't really get it but yes, this song is love. *dies*
Overall Mark/Comments
I like this drama. It's simple, it seems pointless and childish and stupid in the beginning but I think overall it's very good. It was entertaining, amusing and sweet. Kenta is someone who I think people can identify with and can like and it's nice watching him slowly change over the span of the 8 episode show. At the ending I thought it was really moving seeing just how much Kenta did change and it was something that really made you feel good. The beginning and overall for about 6 or so episodes the series might seem a bit.. episodic but the ending, although barely intro'd during episode 7 and 8 wasn't too rushed and it was actually pretty good. I mean, it was predictable but good.
The drama basically focuses on never giving up, making excuses and growing up. Become more mature and face your problems, don't run away like Kenta did at the beginning and be half-assed about whatever you're doing. Stuff like that and it works. It addresses more modern changes, such as the financial crisis and what-not as Kenta always says "this generation" and it's something I like because it's true. Even if my generation was born into such a shitty time I don't want to grow up and watch everything crash and burn. In fact, I'm worried that's going to happen, we do have to grow up and.. you know. Grow up. Change.
It's a sweet, simple-ish drama that will make people smile (in my opinion). It might not fit every drama-watchers palet, especially those people that like "serious" dramas (I am not one of those people) but I think in the end, if you're looking for a brainless, simple just damn right happy drama watch this. Even the ending is very "aww..." and that is the main reason I liked it. It was simple, it wasn't too dramatic. It wasn't over-done, it just... was and I like dramas like that. It also didn't try too hard to be funny which was good. ^^
overall mark: 5/5 =D (yeah, I really liked Uta no Onii-san xD)
The drama basically focuses on never giving up, making excuses and growing up. Become more mature and face your problems, don't run away like Kenta did at the beginning and be half-assed about whatever you're doing. Stuff like that and it works. It addresses more modern changes, such as the financial crisis and what-not as Kenta always says "this generation" and it's something I like because it's true. Even if my generation was born into such a shitty time I don't want to grow up and watch everything crash and burn. In fact, I'm worried that's going to happen, we do have to grow up and.. you know. Grow up. Change.
It's a sweet, simple-ish drama that will make people smile (in my opinion). It might not fit every drama-watchers palet, especially those people that like "serious" dramas (I am not one of those people) but I think in the end, if you're looking for a brainless, simple just damn right happy drama watch this. Even the ending is very "aww..." and that is the main reason I liked it. It was simple, it wasn't too dramatic. It wasn't over-done, it just... was and I like dramas like that. It also didn't try too hard to be funny which was good. ^^
overall mark: 5/5 =D (yeah, I really liked Uta no Onii-san xD)
eh.. I realized, I took way too many screencaps. I took about.. 490? I am now reduced down to 69 =D This is only for believe, took me AGES to delete 341 screencaps.. but I managed.
Aiba
I actually had a lot more pictures of Aiba but I don't know, I guess I'm just bad at screencapping cause I couldn't take any good shots of him. I have to say though, Aiba looked hot, I loved his jacket ^^
Jun
Can you find a picture where Jun even remotley twitches a hand? No right? EXACTLY! MOVE JUN MOVE!! I'd rather you make dorky hand movements than stare intensely at the camera (-_-'') *sigh*
Nino
Nino makes the most strange facial expressions when singing. It's like.. a weird, pained expression. I remember someone once saying his facial expressions looked like he was getting a handjob and about to "blow" xD But really, NIno, your faces are just whack o_o And your hands, out of all of them, Nino and Sho make the best hand movements and facial expressions xD
Ohno gets his time to shine in the other PV ^^ Nah, I don't know why I have so little pictures of Ohno. Like Aiba they weren't very flattering (-_-'') I don't agree with Ohno's shirt when he's standing in the hallway. It's not completely ugly but.. it's not the most complimentary thing Ohno could wear. Aside from that.. *hugs riida*
ShoSho. God, he was in the PV so much how could I NOT have a ton of pictures of him? I mean, he basically was the "Main character" of the PV. Ah.. Sho.. gotta love him and his hand movements. *point finger, flip palm up, close into fist, bring towards head, open palms, repeat* =P
All of them
The dancing in this PV is so awesome. I love it. Can't wait to see it live =D *SQUEES* I actually had so much more pictures of them dancing (I basically couldn't stop pressing the screencap key) but I ended up deleting a ton cause they were the main reason I had so much screens in the first place xD
Kumori Nochi Kaisei
from 714 to 75 pictures =D
from 714 to 75 pictures =D
yeah.. I loved this PV lots. xD 700+ pics? I don't know, I just spammed the "screencap" button like MAD. If I put all the caps together I probably could've made a gif of the PV =P
Apparently people have gotten their singles like.. a week early (o_o) and have very kindly released them on the internet so I have heard the entire single and so now, I will write my review on this single ^^
Believe - I love this song so much. In my opinion, it's a very good song, it's up-beat and I don't realy know what the lyrics are or what the song means but it really raises up my energy and just wakes me up. If I had to use one word to describe this song it would be cool, take that word in whatever way you want. It really is a cool song, I mean the style is sort of... low yet fast and it's not really "happy" but it's not "depressing" either. I mean the song is called "Believe" so I can just guess it's about believing. I think it's a fitting song for a superhero - I can imagine it coming into play right when Sho starts kicking some bad-guy ass xD
Kumori Nochi, Kaisei - At first, I didn't like this song. I really didn't. I didn't like the style... and kill me if you want, but I didn't like how Ohno sounded. I thought the song was too up-beat for Ohno to be singing solo, but, after watching the PV I fell in love with this song. It brings a smile to my face, it's cute. It's up-beat in a ... mellow-ish sort of way as in, it's not out right happy crack like "Happiness" or like the 3rd song in the Truth single "Smile" but it's definitly a happy song. I think, in the end, it does suit Ohno, because he really is a mellow guy. Oh. but.. um.. I have to mention a few things about the lyrics. "Lan Lan Lang?" and "Ran Ran Rang" etc. etc... what language is this? English? Japanese? o_o
Tobira - Um.. I listened to this once. ^^'' It's a nice song, but I'm not really thinking of keeping it on my "Arashi playlist". I mean, if it appears you know, it sounds good but I don't think it's very memorable. Like. You know, it's a good closing to a good single but aside from that it's just... it's not memorable. *shrugs* Should I call it bland? I mean, it's the standard "Arashi" song... like, it sounds like Arashi, it is Arashi but it's nothing "special" is what I'm saying. Understand? No? Well.. too bad =D
Overall mark - 4/5
I like the songs a lot but not to an obsessive sort of point. It's good. "Believe" and "Kumori Nochi, Kaisei" are good songs and I think it's a great start to Arashi's year and they're really putting up a high bar for the next singles to come out but it's not yet beating Truth or even Beautiful Days (I like Beautiful days A LOT xD)
Kumori Nochi, Kaisei - At first, I didn't like this song. I really didn't. I didn't like the style... and kill me if you want, but I didn't like how Ohno sounded. I thought the song was too up-beat for Ohno to be singing solo, but, after watching the PV I fell in love with this song. It brings a smile to my face, it's cute. It's up-beat in a ... mellow-ish sort of way as in, it's not out right happy crack like "Happiness" or like the 3rd song in the Truth single "Smile" but it's definitly a happy song. I think, in the end, it does suit Ohno, because he really is a mellow guy. Oh. but.. um.. I have to mention a few things about the lyrics. "Lan Lan Lang?" and "Ran Ran Rang" etc. etc... what language is this? English? Japanese? o_o
Tobira - Um.. I listened to this once. ^^'' It's a nice song, but I'm not really thinking of keeping it on my "Arashi playlist". I mean, if it appears you know, it sounds good but I don't think it's very memorable. Like. You know, it's a good closing to a good single but aside from that it's just... it's not memorable. *shrugs* Should I call it bland? I mean, it's the standard "Arashi" song... like, it sounds like Arashi, it is Arashi but it's nothing "special" is what I'm saying. Understand? No? Well.. too bad =D
Overall mark - 4/5
I like the songs a lot but not to an obsessive sort of point. It's good. "Believe" and "Kumori Nochi, Kaisei" are good songs and I think it's a great start to Arashi's year and they're really putting up a high bar for the next singles to come out but it's not yet beating Truth or even Beautiful Days (I like Beautiful days A LOT xD)
The full PV's have been released for both songs!! ^^
I like Kumori Nochi Kasei's PV more.. oddly, I thought I wouldn't cause it's just Ohno alone and it would seem awkward.. without the other Arashi members (>_<''), but it turns out I really like it. And, it also made me like the song a lot more. It's taken a while, but after watching this PV I think I've fallen, gradually, fallen in love with this song xD
I'll talk about the Believe PV first.
Earlier, I said it seemed like truth? Well.. it's... sort of along the same vein, but there are it's differences. I thought it was good. I mean, the effects and stuff were alright and I seriously love the silver colour scheme. So.. pretty-ish. Somehow the dark, mellow mood of the PV fit the song, surprisingly cause I thought Believe was a more happy up-beat song. xD
Now. I'm going to pick on a certain member - some guy named MatsuJun.
JUN!! WHY DON'T YOU MOVE YOUR HANDS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE?!?!
(will put screencaps later)
Everyone else moves their hands in weird, funny little motions and seemed to put all their effort into singing.. and then you have Jun who is just standing there all cool, not doing hand movements like the rest of them. (T.T) Why Jun? Why? It really seemed, like his expression didn't change at ALL throughout the ENTIRE PV. And it bugged me to no end. He was like a robot (-_-'') I want to see Jun messing around like everyone else and doing awkward hand movements and moving, arms, legs, face.. you know, moving is good roboJun.
Right, aside from all that up there (sorry Jun, I love you but... come on.... you really were like a robot.)
The dancing looks pretty cool. I really can't wait to see a live performance of the song cause I am so waiting for some kick ass dancing like Truth or something along the lines of that. I wish they showed more dancing actually cause.. you know, I am more entertained by dancing more than them just standing there. (hence why I'm so agitated that Jun did not move >_>)
In terms of looks (since I guess I should talk about this... ) they all looked pretty nice. And pretty. Sort of funny that Jun was wearing like. a suit with a bow-tie xD Right, I don't have much to say about looks cause.. appearance I don't really take note of unless they are looking really hideous (Nino, Shorts, One Love? No), but none of them looked bad so yes.. looks, all pretty good. ^^
Overall. It was alright. 4/5 =D
now - onto Kumori Nochi Kaisei
I love this PV. Why? I have no idea, maybe it's cause it's oddly like.. simple. I think it's a very cute/sweet PV. Also, I found it amusing that they have random like.. caucasion people mixed in with Japanese people. xD Ohno doesn't really do much, the dancing is really simple and half the time he's moving his arms but that's it.. but.. it's cute.
It's such a cute PV. I really liked it, it amused me. The hand movements were cute too. And you know what? Ohno was just hella cute this entire PV. I don't think crazy-ass dancing would've mixed well with a song like Kumori Nochi Kaisei so I'm not that bugged about no dancing. I mean, they did dance somewhat, and it was simple and sweet and not very challenging nor did it showcase Ohno's skills much but it fit. And there wasn't anyone killing the mood *cough* (what not implying anything...*shifty eyes)
I don't really have as much to say about this PV even though I like it more because I already said why I liked it so much. It was cute. Simple. Amusing. Entertaining. You know. I can't tell if Ohno was acting as himself or if he was pretending to be Yano Kenta, because ... in my eyes, they're practically one and the same xD
5/5 for (in my opinion) a very awesome PV xD (even if there is only one Arashi member *cries*)
now that I think about it.. I wish the Arashi members would've cameo'd in the PV xD It would've been funny =P
alright I'm done.
(screens will come later... =D)
Apparently Sho will be having a guest appearance in Uta no Oniisan episode 7.
(^^)
That's pretty cool. =D
Arashi members seem to enjoy making cameo appearances in Ohno's drama ne? xD
on another note...
Anyone know where I can download
Hana Yori Danshi?
The HardGay parody for HanaDan? I really want to watch it (>_<;;)
(^^)
That's pretty cool. =D
Arashi members seem to enjoy making cameo appearances in Ohno's drama ne? xD
on another note...
Anyone know where I can download
Hana Yori Danshi?
The HardGay parody for HanaDan? I really want to watch it (>_<;;)
March 13th (Friday)
(23:15) - Uta no Oniisan episode 8 ~final~ - (6:15)
Aw... it's only 8 episodes long. Well.
Honestly I wouldn't mind
cause.. I think if they stretched it to 10 or 11...
with the storyline the drama has...
it would turn sort of boring...
*shrugs*
Just my one thought.
(23:15) - Uta no Oniisan episode 8 ~final~ - (6:15)
Aw... it's only 8 episodes long. Well.
Honestly I wouldn't mind
cause.. I think if they stretched it to 10 or 11...
with the storyline the drama has...
it would turn sort of boring...
*shrugs*
Just my one thought.
Apparently Ohno is going to be on M-Sta alone singing his own song Kumori Nochi Kaisei. ^^
I think it'll be interesting to see riida alone without any of the members with him xD I bet all 5 of them (especially MatsuJun and Nino) will watch him when the episode airs on TV =D
::EDIT::
February 27th (Friday)
(20:00) - Ohno on Music Station [Asahi] - (3:00)
aww... it's going to be weird seeing Oh-chan all alone without the members there...
I think it'll be interesting to see riida alone without any of the members with him xD I bet all 5 of them (especially MatsuJun and Nino) will watch him when the episode airs on TV =D
::EDIT::
February 27th (Friday)
(20:00) - Ohno on Music Station [Asahi] - (3:00)
aww... it's going to be weird seeing Oh-chan all alone without the members there...
February 16th (Monday)
(5:20) - Believe PV on Zoom In! Super [NTV] - (12:20)
February 20th (Friday)
(8:00) - Kumori Nochi Kaisei PV on Super Morning [Asahi] - (3:00)
I can't wait ^^ I especially want to see the Believe PV...
the Kumori Nochi Kaisei PV might be a bit lonely though, just seeing Ohno along (>_<;;)
(5:20) - Believe PV on Zoom In! Super [NTV] - (12:20)
February 20th (Friday)
(8:00) - Kumori Nochi Kaisei PV on Super Morning [Asahi] - (3:00)
I can't wait ^^ I especially want to see the Believe PV...
the Kumori Nochi Kaisei PV might be a bit lonely though, just seeing Ohno along (>_<;;)
As always, good news first.
This doesn't directly involve an Arashi member but...
January 29th (Thursday)
(21:00) - Oguri Shun on Tunnels no Minnasan - (4:00)
eh.. even if you're not a Shun fan, if you're a MatsuJun fan you might want to watch
Apparently Shun will talk about his private relationship with Jun.
=D
As it's well known, these two are pretty good friends
so. it's something worth watching (^_^)
now... the bad news...
*sigh*
I was reading Tenjo Style's vox and...
Apparently this Friday - Uta no Onii-san will not be airing.
(>_<!!)
We have to wait 2 weeks for episode 3!!!
*cries*
I was really looking forward to the next episode though （´△｀）
so.. there you have it. Some good news, some bad.
This doesn't directly involve an Arashi member but...
January 29th (Thursday)
(21:00) - Oguri Shun on Tunnels no Minnasan - (4:00)
eh.. even if you're not a Shun fan, if you're a MatsuJun fan you might want to watch
Apparently Shun will talk about his private relationship with Jun.
=D
As it's well known, these two are pretty good friends
so. it's something worth watching (^_^)
now... the bad news...
*sigh*
I was reading Tenjo Style's vox and...
Apparently this Friday - Uta no Onii-san will not be airing.
(>_<!!)
We have to wait 2 weeks for episode 3!!!
*cries*
I was really looking forward to the next episode though （´△｀）
so.. there you have it. Some good news, some bad.
Lots of Arashi updates suddenly ne?
The biggest?
First of...
Sho going to New York's COMIC CON!!
Haha.
Sadly... I don't live anywhere near NY (>_<;;)
Damn.
But still =D *yay*
I hope tons of Arashi manage to get in so Sho will realize how much American fans there are!
and next thing..
Jun's new hair.
On VS Arashi it looked good...
but on Shukudai... on some angles it look good, some angles it looks bad xD I can't pick.
but... the hairstyle sort of reminds me of Momo (o_o)
What's with Jun and going back to Kimi wa Petto days?
Maa...~
for Ohno's new drama Uta no Onii-san, the first episode aired recently deshou?
The ratings were apparently %10.6 (o_o!!)
That's pretty good for a late night drama!
TV Asahi as well xD
Good job Riida!!
And for Nino?
Results for the Nikkan Sports Award - Fall 2008
The biggest?
First of...
Sho going to New York's COMIC CON!!
Haha.
Sadly... I don't live anywhere near NY (>_<;;)
Damn.
But still =D *yay*
I hope tons of Arashi manage to get in so Sho will realize how much American fans there are!
and next thing..
Jun's new hair.
On VS Arashi it looked good...
but on Shukudai... on some angles it look good, some angles it looks bad xD I can't pick.
but... the hairstyle sort of reminds me of Momo (o_o)
What's with Jun and going back to Kimi wa Petto days?
Maa...~
for Ohno's new drama Uta no Onii-san, the first episode aired recently deshou?
The ratings were apparently %10.6 (o_o!!)
That's pretty good for a late night drama!
TV Asahi as well xD
Good job Riida!!
And for Nino?
Results for the Nikkan Sports Award - Fall 2008
★ Best Drama
#1. Ryusei no Kizuna
★ Best Actor
#1. Ninomiya Kazunari
★ Best Supporting Actor:
#1. Nishikido Ryo
★ Best Supporting Actress:
#1. Toda Erika
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but his butai "Greenfingers" is coming out soon!
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