Sakura Storm

These are like the 3 months birthday posts or something. Ohno, Aiba, then Sho. Seriously. I'm so sorry I've been so busy with life and well, collecting Arashi stuff, that I didn't have time to even show you what I've collected. Sigh. Anyway, let's get onto what this post is about. Aiba Masaki has come a long way, and he did take some time to get into my heart. And even though I love him now, there was a time in the beginning where I didn't pay much notice of him. And I even found him annoying. But things changed, and now I have a different view on Aiba Masaki. He is one precious and special person. And that is a fact, not opinion. Aiba is sunshine. He is happiness. He is the dorky, loveable, baka that everyone loves. His baka image kind of faded in recent years, but he remain to be the always-smiling, always-laughing, Aiba. The one with the teddy-bear-huggy voice. The one who shrugs off negativities. The one who smiles through even hardships and full of enthus

I feel like with each year Ohno Satoshi ages, he look younger and younger. Maybe it's just me. But everytime I look at him, all I could see is a bundle of cuteness that I can't even. He is just... so cute . And because I share my room with my sister, I sometimes look at a picture of Ohno and will go " Oh-chan! You're so cute!! " in this cute voice, and she would be like "gross". Lol, I wish Ohno would know how much dignity I sacrifice for him. Not that I actually mind, haha. I sometimes come across other Arashi fans in Hong Kong (like, in real life), and then they would ask me who my favourite member is. Surprisingly they are all Ohno-ichibans too. I guess we're too yasashii, like Ohno, that's why he's our favourite, lol. But it's pretty funny when I think about it. I mean, Ohno Satoshi is like, 16 years older than me. And I find him cute. Sigh. Well, he's an idol after all. And idols are like, genetically mortified to look perfectl

Title: Japonism Artist: 嵐 Release date: 2015.10.21 You know what Arashi is good at with their albums every year? Getting better and better with one after the other. And this year is no exception. They once again release an album filled with absolute amazingness. And, well, seeing as it sold over 820,000 copies in its first week, what else do you want me to say? But really, this album is gold, I'm telling you. The theme, the outlook, the content and everything is on point. When it was first announced that the album was to be called Japonism , I knew straight away that it's going to be very interesting. And Ohno and Nino are the star vocalists here. They sound so good in this album. This year Arashi focuses on the theme of 'Japan' and 'Japan viewed from the outside' and something like that. And puts out new and fresh sound for people to hear. They released three versions of this album. All worth buying of course. Darn it, they know how to sell! Oh wells, 

Title:「デスノート」 Run time: 2015.07.05 - 09.13, Sunday 10:30pm I'm so sorry, I've been so lazy with this blog that a post that's supposed to have been finished last month is finally up now. (Sigh) Anyway, I remember back in April, when this drama was first announced, I was freaking out because I thought they were going to mess up my childhood goodness. But what was the result? I got so hooked on it I couldn't stop. I really have to say the producers have done a pretty good job with this, despite all the negative responses. I mean, there are flaws, but I don't care because Light and L is hot. *^O^* I'm going to say it again, Death Note has been with me since I was 10 years old (well, that's the year it was released, lol). Read the manga, seen the anime series like over 10 times, and I love it so much. When the live-action movies came out I didn't mind, although I didn't really like them because Light was ugly (I'm sorry, Fujiwara Tatsuya). B

Can you believe it's been a year already? Me neither. Doesn't seem like that long ago when Arashi had their 15th Anniversary and those concerts in Hawaii that no one can forget. And of course I wasn't able to attend it, but I feel like I've accomplished many too. Last September, I just moved back to Hong Kong, and didn't know what to do with my life, but still got my very first job. And to me, getting your first job, and being payed ,   is definitely an accomplishment. And at that time, Arashi was celebrating their fifteenth year of being together. Now, I only started to become their fan at around January 2014, so I don't think I have, like, any rights to say anything about them before that, older fans know better. But like any other new interested artists, you look them up and their whole history just to know them more and realise how much you've missed. And if you're reading this, it means you're a fellow Arashi fan too, so I won't go on a

Title:「 愛を叫べ 」 Artist: 嵐 (ARASHI) Release date: 2015.09.02 Well... once I found a groom of course. Lol. So the long-awaited single is finally out and I must say, I'm very impressed with it. Ai wo Sakebe is the theme song of a Zexy CM (a wedding company) and Yumi ni Kakeru is the theme song for Japan Airlines (JAL) for "Fly to 2020" theme which was also designed by Ohno Satoshi. The single also contains three other tracks, Mr. Lonely , It's good to be bad , and I say . I will go into details later. Because I'm actually bothered with this single this time, so I will get onto the single reviewing for once. So Ai wo Sakebe is a wedding song. And it's fun, happy, touching and full of Arashi rainbow goodness. It also has a fun choreography for us to learn! I love Arashi songs with a choreography that lets fans have fun with it too! They even included in the single a special dance video of the whole song, and I was so happy when I saw it because I was h

The difference between Nino's birthday and Jun's birthday is so close it's amazing. So that I can write a long post on Matsumoto Jun, similar to what I did with Nino not long ago. This is basically an excuse for me to write about Jun. Haha. Matsumoto Jun is no longer the ginger-haired dude from the drama that got me into Arashi, Shitsuren Chocolatier . He is also no longer the permy-haired rich kid, Domyouji Tsukasa, from Hana Yori Dango . To me, he's just the super dorky, hilariously kakkoii, concert master, of the absolutely fabulous group, Arashi. And to me, he always has been. I always sees Jun as an older brother to me. It's weird, because I never see Jun as a lover or a friend sort of way. He has always been my big brother. Which is why everytime I see Jun kiss a girl, I cringe. Like "Ew, Jun, not in front of me, please" kind of cringe. But maybe it's a good thing since there are the members who have made me fall for them... like Nino and Oh

This is random but, in the recent news about Ikuta Toma dating that very short-haired policewoman from Ouroboros , Seino Nana, and the news about Horikita Maki getting married, it sort of makes me think... I'm happy for them. You know? And I'm not like other fans where they overreact and feel disappointed. I have always wanted my idols to be happy . Have their own lives, and not for the sake of keeping the idoling fantasy. Because I always felt like true idoling should remain realistic . And not messed up fan mind thinking their idols are always theirs. Because we all know our idols are very, very far away from our grasps. And the only thing we can give them is support, by supporting the choices they make. And even though Arashi has always been more like friends and brothers to me , and that I see them as forever singles , I, too want them to be happy and have real people by their sides for the rest of their lives. People who truely know them, and who truely loves them. An

I finally watched it. After months of waiting. Forty something minutes, lots of money and energy later, then took over six hours to finish all three discs, I finally watched Arashi's THE DIGITALIAN Tour , and... a lot of Arashi backstage crack. I think I'm still hungover on this DVD. But I did find out one thing. I found out why many fans were making such a huge deal out of Aiba's solo, Disco Star . It was hilarious. Just watch the DVD and you will know what I mean. I am not gonna be bothered with the name of the backstage clip on Disc 3 (is it "supinterian"??? I don't know), but it was the best thing ever. I felt like I was actually there with Arashi. Like I was having fun with these bunch of friends while they were doing a concert. They were so full of crack I'm telling you. I mean, we even saw a clip of Aiba showering . What's not to love about that? Also, Ohno trolling Aiba during his solo and imitating Sho's English intro during his solo wa

Title:「sixxxxxx」 Artist: 浜崎あゆみ Release date: 2015.08.05 Because the woman likes her face+hand covers for her mini albums. Four months after her last floppy album A ONE , ayumi hamasaki farts out yet another mini album that's, from ayu's usual nonsense, probably a continuation to her 2011 mini album FIVE , called sixxxxxx . I have to make sure I type 6 x's each time I type the title. I don't know what ayu's trying to play here, but it's annoying. It may have some sort of meaning, but it sucks. So bad. So it's totally pointless. But whatever, no matter what she calls her shit these days, it really doesn't make any difference. But I have to say, the album's content, that is, the songs, are so great that I'm actually impressed. She sound so great here. So good to the point I thought she recorded these before her vocals collapsed. Which was, like, before 2011. Lol. But, they were not, so does this mean it's a sign that the old ayu is back

The 17th Choice of Animation, Comics & Games Expo Anime, Gundam, Kamen Rider, Ultra Man, Marvel, Avengers, Star Wars, Disney, Hello Kitty, Doreamon, Funassyi, Yo-Kai Watch, Vanguard, Yu-Gi-Oh, J-Pop, Assasination Classroom, Attack on Titan, One Piece, Cosplay, Playstation, Xbox, Window 10, Manga, Comic, Manga, Manga... and more Manga. On Monday, I had a day of a lifetime, seeing so much things I love. Life has been busy so it has taken me so long to write this post. I went with my sister, and there was this one main point why this day has been so great. Is the fact that nearly all the people who attended this festival were young adults like me, and... very nerdy. You know how I mentioned I rarely see people my age these days, and that they have seemed to have vanished from my world, and that all that's left is annoying children, bitchy adults and super dumb elderly people??? That's why seeing young adults like me are such a huge deal to me! Anyway... there was a lot of

Title:「戦う！書店ガール」 Run time: 2015.04.14 - 06.09, Tuesday 10pm I seriously do not understand why this drama had such low viewership ratings. I mean, I know people don't really watch that much television anymore, but for a drama this good, it was a bit of a shame. But since this drama is mostly about books, I guess it's not many people's kind of shit. The thing is, I love books. Books is my life. I have lost count of how many books I've read in my life. I have worked in a library before, and currently I, too, work in a bookstore (yeah, I finally told you where I work, sigh). Which was why when this drama was first announced, I couldn't wait to see it. The title is Tatakau! Shoten Girl , which literally translates to "Fight! Bookstore Girl". And since I can relate to the drama with my real personal life, it makes it that much more good. Except the fact that my colleagues are all older men and women, and none my age, I envy the fact that in the drama the

Just some random messed up opinions from my weird ass mind. Is the recent, well... uhum, not really recent... more like never-ending... news about Jun and Inoue Mao getting married. I don't know if the darn media is trying to make this up to get people hyped up or what their purpose is, but this thing is starting to do my head in, making me begin fantasizing what it would happen if this shit is real. I know the whole Hana Yori Dango thing was precious, but I guess even the media is obsessed, can't let them go, sigh. Well, this is my imagination of what will go down. Mao is pretty. She is mature. She looks great with Jun. Jun is happy. Mao is happy. Leave them alone. Oh, and I'm imagining one or two babies too. Girls most definitely, because I cannot see Jun having boys, sorry. Lol. Arashi will remain unaffected. I will be very happy for Jun. I mean, he deserves it. And I sometimes imagine what it would be like to have parents who were once on-screen couples, I would probabl