Parade Concert Report

Combined summary of all performances.

Weekender

12/28

During the part where they’re walking really slowly Yuto walked all the way to the end and stuck his leg out like he was going to walk off the edge of the stage.

Star Time

12/22

Hikaru choked during his solo line. He looked to the side, coughed and tried to continue, but couldn’t. He made a gesture/face like, "Sorry! 👏💦"

During the MC they asked him about what happened and he said, "Some star dust got stuck in my throat."

Fanfare!

1/1

Semio made a cameo. Yamada changed his spoken line to "Nante subarashii sekai nanda!" (What a wonderful world!)

1/13

Yamada changed his spoken line to すいとーよ！, "I love you!" in Hakata dialect.

Hana Ichi Monme

12/22

Yuyasaver was holding onto Yabunbun’s stinger and following him around like a duckling or something.

Wo I Need You

1/12

Yamada was patting a baby in the audience on the head as he sang his "sono kuchibiru ubacchatte ii desu ka?" solo.

SUPER DELICATE

I don't want to perform this song dressed like this.

11/29 Yuya... The show must go on!

Yuya nodded his head really forcefully and his goggles fell over his eyes.

12/21 I know you can do it, Yuya. Believe in yourself.

12/22 This is what being an idol is!

12/28 Stop and think about it rationally for a second..... This is what Johnny-san wanted.

12/30 Yuya... This is our job.

1/1 Just do it. I’ll give you New Year’s money.

1/11 Yuya... You chose this path yourself.

1/13 Yuya... There’s no turning back now.

1/12

Yuto put the pom pom from his hat on Yamada’s nose. Yamada bit it and wouldn’t let it go even when they were supposed to start dancing again. Yuto acted panicked, pulled on it, and poked Yama on the cheeks like, “Let go!”

At the end, Yabu left the line and walked over to the side. When Yuto threw his headphones Yabu dove and caught them. 

MC

11/30

Are you having fun in the top row?!

*cheer*

I can’t hear you!!!!!

*CHEER*

Yeah!!!!!

Are you having fun in the middle rows?!?!

*CHEER*

....Ok.

I’m not going to bother asking the lower rows.😝

Daichan posed like he was going to pull Daiking's branch out like a sword, but instead took his belt buckle off and started acting like a sentai hero.

That thing comes off?!

Yamada tried to take the flower off of Chinen’s back.

Oh. It doesn’t come off.

I mean. It can. If you just rip it off. We can fix it before the Nagoya performances.

Others: Don’t destroy your costume!

12/20

When practicing dance, instead of facing the mirror, Chinen faces the rest of the members because he’s just so happy to be spending time with them. Also, he knows all of the parts so he can fill in for any member.

12/21

You’re all welcome to join Radirer tonight. I’ll personally pay your appearance fee... Everyone’s averting their gaze. I guess that means no one’s coming.

12/28

Are you all done taking notes?

They’re going to post it on Twitter later.

Get those likes.

Daiking lost his belt buckle!

I must have dropped it somewhere. I won’t be allowed to go home until I find it.

Someone has a Vermont Curry uchiwa.

What were they a fan of first; you or the curry?

Or they’re from the state of Vermont.

12/29

I hope Marius doesn’t disappear during the countdown concert this year.

We did safety checks during rehearsals. There’s nowhere for him to fall this time.

1/1

A “Happy New Year” banner above the castle.

The domed rooftops had “2020” on them.

The castle windows had bows on them.

The long screen along the balcony seats had “HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 2020” on it.

1/11

During Hana Ichi Monme Daichan wiped his nose with his hand before grabbing my hand! Gross!

That would make it Hanamizu (snot) Monme. Hehe.

Before the music started, Yamada actually said, “You’re the worst.” Lol

Chinen went to Yabu’s grandma’s house on the 2nd. He played with Yabu’s niece and even got New Year’s money from his grandma.

Chinen is the people’s grandson.

I’m glad grandma seemed well.

She’s not your grandma!

Oh! my darling

11/30

Chinen got in front of Yama at the end of Oh! my darling again and immediately after the song ended they started singing Happy Birthday. They brought out a cake with his face, “Parade”, and a wolf on it and “Happy Birthday” and Sabonen’s face were on the ceiling in neon.

12/21

Wai Wai Daichan!

The other members were acting in awe of him and lining up to shake his hand.

12/22

Wai Wai Hikaru!

He appeared on the upper stage. The other members were looking up at him in awe and waving. He turned around and acted like he was going to backflip off the ledge.

That’s right. It’s me... your darling. 🌟

12/28

Yuya and Yuto were standing off to the side together yelling, “Yamada!” When he acknowledged them they screamed like fan girls.

12/29

Yuya and Yuto were in the background pointing at the camera and waving excitedly, acting like people who were being filmed for TV for the first time or something.

1/12

I see you people who won’t turn your penlights red!

Now they’re all turning them blue!

*Staff turn the stage lights blue*

Turn them back to red! Now even the staff are teasing me!

Maybe if you say something cute they’ll turn them back.

I don’t want to...

3, 2, 1...

Now!

You have to say something cute!

I thought they’d turn them back on the count of three if I said, “Now!”

He can do it. He acts like he doesn’t want to, but he can do it.

I really don’t want to! We’re pushing the time on the MC! Just turn them back!!!!!

The fans tease you because they love you. 

He sung part of Ai no Katamari and we turned them back to red. He was really whining towards the end. Felt guilty, but he was too cute.

1/13

Everyone immediately turned their penlights blue.

You all read something on Twitter, didn’t you?! We’re SERIOUSLY pushing the time today! Just turn them back!!!!!

Ai no Yuuhi

12/21

Yuto and Inochan were ballroom dancing.

Me

11/30
Instead of saying “medetai” (happy, auspicious, joyous) at the end, Daichan said, “Chinen omedetou!” (Happy birthday, Chinen!)

1/11

Mentaiko no ME!

“The ME of mentaiko!”; a Fukuoka specialty.

Final ad lib

11/30

At the very end, Hika was trying to get Yuto to do it.

(Annoyed voice) Fine. I’ll do it. You guys...

(Super sweet voice) I love you.

*SCREEEEECH*

Us: ...WTF just happened?

12/21

Hey, will you... go on another date with me?

12/29

Darn. I’m the last one..... Bye!

Ultra Music Power

1/13

Double encore. Hikaru did Yuya’s “kousan!” pose as fan service to someone.

Nazodoki Theater Ashita wo Wasurenaide

 Kumoridake Ashita (Arioka Daiki) works at a DVD rental shop. One day, a regular, Senjuu Taira, comes to return a DVD and asks Ashita for another recommendation. Ashita recommends "Crazy Pizza Camp 3". When Senjuu asks about 1 and 2 Ashita explains that it doesn't matter what order you watch them in. He gives a short summary of 1, but for some reason can't remember anything about 2. Senjuu follows Ashita on his social media so they can talk more about movies.

Later that night, Ashita is cleaning his room when he finds a piece of paper that appears to be some sort of riddle. At first he wonders if a friend is playing a prank on him, but then he remembers... he doesn't have any friends. Upon closer inspection, it looks like his own handwriting, but he has no memory of writing it. He mentions that recently he feels like there's something missing within him; like there's a hole in his heart. He normally keeps a diary, but there's a two year period that he can't find a diary for. He wonders if this riddle has anything to do with these things, but he can't solve it on his own, so decides to post it on his social media and ask his followers to help him. He then leaves the room and the first "Thinking Time" starts.

During Thinking Time the audience takes out their phones and use a special app to solve riddles. Keke, Ashita's cat, and a mysterious man buy time and give the audience hints. Here, you must recall Ashita and Senjuu's conversation, search for Ashita's username, and follow him on social media to see the post with the riddle. The answer to the first riddle is "park bench". You DM Ashita the answer.

The next day after work Ashita goes to the park and examines the bench. Eventually he finds a loose board beneath which a USB drive with the words おまえさえ消えれば "If only you'd disappear" are written. He plugs the USB into his computer at home. The only file is a photo of a string of numbers. He DMs you and asks for your help again.

The numbers turn out to be a date and timestamp. If you take the text from Ashita's corresponding tweet and remove the characters of his name 洋画のコーナー "Western movies corner" remains.

The next day, Ashita searches the Western movies corner at work and finds the next riddle inside one of the DVD cases which leads him to dig beneath the park bench. There he finds a metal box with a photo inside. The photo is of him and someone who appears to be his significant other, but he has no memory of them. He starts to freak out when Senjuu happens to pass by. He helps Ashita calm down and Ashita explains what's been happening to him recently. Senjuu believes that there must be a reason why Ashita forgot about the person in the photo; that they must have been a bad person. He's afraid that Ashita could get hurt if he tries to find out who they are. Ashita agrees to let Senjuu hold onto the photo for the time being.

Later at home, Ashita notices there's another clue on the inside of the metal box's lid. It leads him to a loose board in the ceiling where he finds his missing diary. It has a number lock on it and the word "birthday" written on the cover. He tries his birthday to no avail, so he assumes it must be the birthday of the person in the photo which he obviously cannot remember. Since you've come all this way together, he DMs you the new info although he knows that this time you have no way of knowing the answer either.

As he's about to exit the social media app, he comes across a promoted post. It's a service called "Memory Whitening" that will let you forget specific memories. He calls the company and it turns out that, depending on the course you choose, it's possible for you to forget that you even had the procedure done, but you can log in to the company's website to see your procedure history. However, Ashita can't remember his log in info and gives up.

Next, you visit the company's website on your own phone and reset Ashita's password. His security question is his favorite movie which you must infer is "Crazy Pizza Camp 2", the movie he mysteriously had no memory of. Upon logging in to his account you discover your name within his procedure history, referred to as his significant other. (This reveal low key gave me goosebumps. The Nazodoki app had you enter your name upon setup, but I just assumed it was to prevent ticket scalping or something like that.) You DM him your own birthday.

Ashita unlocks the diary and finally discovers the truth. (Although he has no way of connecting the person in his diary with the person he's been DMing.) You were his significant other, but you had a terminal illness. You suggested that the two of you get Memory Whitening so that even when you passed away Ashita wouldn't have to grieve and could find happiness with someone else. Ashita was initially against the idea and only agreed on the condition that the two of you set up these riddles and if he solved them he would be allowed to remember you.

Ashita goes to the Memory Whitening company and asks to have his memories restored. It turns out that Senjuu was actually an employee of the company whose job it was to temporarily monitor patients' wellbeing after their procedure. He apologizes for the unkind things he said about you and for trying to convince Ashita to stop solving the riddles. The scene of Ashita regaining his memories is hands down my favorite. The lighting and music are extremely well done. He doesn't use his voice at all, but Ashita slowly begins to break down the more his memories are restored and by the time the music reaches its climax he's shaking with long, racking sobs. Daichan's silent acting here brought me to tears. The memory restoration procedure ends and Ashita slowly looks up. You can hear the pain in his voice as he says, "It may seem weird to say this, but I'm happy that I was able to grieve for you properly."

Fast forward an unspecified amount of time. Ashita is at work. Senjuu is still frequenting the shop as a normal customer/Ashita's friend. He asks how Ashita's doing since regaining his memories. Ashita admits that there are still nights when the grief becomes too much and he breaks down into tears, but he feels like the hole in his heart has been filled and he's glad that he was able to remember you. He wishes he could thank the person who helped him solve the riddles, but their account has mysteriously disappeared.

In the final scene, Keke reveals that the mysterious man is a shinigami (akin to the Grim Reaper). He mentions that once people move on to the next world they forget their previous lives and also something about miracles, but honestly it just leaves a massive plot hole of how the heck did you help Ashita if you were dead the whole time?

The End

P.S. Ashita's boss was also a character and he was actually really funny, but he served basically zero plot purpose so I didn't mention him. Lmao

P.P.S. They never showed the photo of Ashita and his significant other and I also noticed that the characters always used gender neutral terms whenever speaking of them. Idk if it was their intent, but it made me wonder if they were trying to be inclusive?

Easter Eggs:
There's a DVD version of Chinen's play Teru-kun Kamitteru in the store.
Ashita begins to quote Yamada's detective character Kindaichi before being cut off by the opening sequence.
Ashita reads some of the graffiti on the bench which includes references to HSJ members such as "Yamada LOVE" and someone badmouthing Daichan.
I saw the play in Osaka so there were a couple ad libs.
Ashita drew a 551 scented bath. 551 is a famous nikuman shop in the Kansai area.
He and his boss were going to play some sort of word game and Ashita chose the theme of "famous food from Osaka".

190630 5PM Waku Waku Gakkou Report Translations

This is a translation of reports I found online. I did not attend this day.

Opening

JUMP's Self Introduction
Daichan: At night, I would patrol the teachers who were patrolling.
Inochan: In high school, I went to see an opera in Australia.
Yuya: The teachers went off on me in both elementary and middle school.
Chinen: On my high school trip, I'd text Arioka back in Tokyo whenever something fun happened.
Yuto: I was so excited that I went to get in the tub yesterday, but I'd forgotten to draw a bath!
Hikaru: Yabusame (horseback archery), kirisame (a light rain), I'm Yaotome!
Yabu: I didn't think I'd get to on a school trip again at this age! I'm so grateful to the wonderful Waku Waku Gakkou!
Yamada teleported again?

Nino's Lesson

Memorable Song: JUMP's "AinoArika"
Nino: I did a cover of it on the radio. It's a pretty good song.
JUMP, smug: Yeah, I guess you sung it pretty well.
Nino, threateningly: You guys are going to get it later.

Phonograph Members: Nino, Ohno, MJ, Hikaru, Yamda, Chinen

JUMP CALLING ARASHI BY THEIR FIRST NAMES.

Hikaru: Satoshi, what is sound?
Ohno: Sound is sound.
Hikaru: Wrong! Jun-chan?

Daichan: Masaki, put this balloon up to your ear.

Aiba's Lesson

Quiz: What kind of pillow was Aiba using during the wake up prank?
Answer: A dog

Volleyball Winners: Arashi
Daichan: The beach volleyball matches ended up 3 to 3. We should settle the score on VS Arashi!

Ohno's Lesson

Dance Test
Song: Monster
Member: Sho

MatsuJun's Lesson

MJ: Why do people dress up?
Sho: *stands up* Hey, Jun! Finally! 3 times in Osaka and 2 times in Tokyo! I was wondering why you wouldn't ask me!
MJ: So... why do people dress up?
Sho: Idk

Fashion Show Members: Aiba, Nino, Yuya, Yamada, Yuto
Aiba did a "fairy pose". The one he did on VS Arashi?

Sho's Lesson

Green Screen Photo: Yamada

Ending

This was Arashi's last WKWK. Another group may continue the event in the future.

190630 11AM Waku Waku Gakkou Report Translations

This is a translation of reports I found online. I did not attend this day.

Opening

JUMP's Self Introductions
Arioka: I tried to act cool and gave my main side dish to the person sitting next to me.
Inoo: I drank tapioca and did an Instagram Live.
Takaki: I wanted to be popular with the girls from the other schools, so I walked all cool-like.
Chinen: In elementary school, I made sure I knew where the hotel's emergency exit was.
Yuto: I was so excited that yesterday I accidentally washed my face with toothpaste.
Hikaru: Shibakaru, shibakaru (Mow the lawn, mow the lawn). I'm Hikaru.
Yabu: The only thing I was in charge of was putting the trays on everyone's desks.
Yamada: I went all out pedaling a swan boat and then I was too tired to make it back to shore.

Ohno tried to get JUMP to pick a leader via rock, paper, scissors, like Arashi did.

Nino's Lesson

Sho accidentally introduced JUMP as Hey! Say! 7 at the Volleyball World Cup.
Chinen: Yeah, that happened. Didn't it?
Yamada: We still remember that...
Sho: PLEASE FORGET. RIGHT NOW.

Daichan (John Kruesi): Jun has to obey John!
MJ: You callin' me by my first name?!

Aiba's Lesson

Aiba-chan's new nickname for Yuya is "Taka".

During the volleyball match, JUMP were getting quite a lead on Arashi.
Aiba: We're old men
Nino: Be careful! It's too early in the morning for this!
And then Arashi all started doing stretches.

Sho: What? Inoo's serving?
Nino: This point's as good as ours.

Yama tried to dive for the ball, but couldn't reach it and just slid face down in the sand.
JUMP: Shusaku~!

Winners: Arashi

Ohno's Lesson

Dance Test
Song: Precious Girl
Members: Inochan, Hikaru
Chinen: We made it easy for these two.
Yamada: The two who are the worst at memorizing choreography.
Inochan, sarcastic: Um. I'm one of the best, thanks?

Ohno's Favorite Arashi Choreography
Ohno: Does anyone from JUMP know these songs?
Chinen: I saw you all perform "a Day in Our Life" live in Nagoya. I went to greet you all backstage and Sakurai-kun pinched my cheeks.

MatsuJun's Lesson

MJ: Why do you dress up?
Nino: Because I've got money burning a hole in my pocket.

Fashion Show Members: Nino, Sho, Yabu, Hikaru, Chinen

Nino's new nickname for Hikaru, "Tome".

As Sho was walking back from the catwalk, he threw his hat and Ohno caught it and put it on.

Sho's Lesson

Sho's Green Screen Photo
The girl picked Yabu!

The screen was showing Sho when a link appeared, so he pointed so that his on-screen finger was pointing at the on-screen link. Then MJ sat up really straight in his seat so that his head popped up in the corner of the screen and it looked like Sho was poking him in the face.

Ending

Sho: 5x20! Now on sale!
MJ: J-STORM!!!!!

190623 5PM Waku Waku Gakkou Report Translations

This is a translation of reports I found online. I did not attend this day.

Opening

JUMP's Self Introductions
Daichan: I'm the type who memorizes the guidebook!
Inochan: I didn't understand what was so great about Kinkakuji.
Yuya: For some reason, I got yelled at.
Chinen: At Asahiyama Zoo, I saw a chimpanzee that looked like Arioka.
Yuto: Yesterday I accidentally washed my face with conditioner!
Hikaru: Me! Me! (Eye! Eye!) I'm YaotoME!
Yabu: I don't care where we go as long as we're together.

Yamada appeared in the 5th floor balcony seats.
Yamada: Huh? Sorry, I got the wrong meetup time. Let me JUMP to the classroom!
Then he threw up a red sheet, there was a puff of smoke on the stage, and he suddenly appeared there.
Yamada: That was close! I was almost late! I'm Yamada Ryosuke. Sorry!
Ohno, unimpressed: Wow.
MatsuJun, really impressed: That was amazing! All the way from there to here?!
Yamada: I would have been really late if I didn't have the ability!
Sho: No tardiness!

Nino's Lesson

Nino, deciding on the space-time jump pose: J for JUMP.
Sho: Sir, that's (the hiragana) "shi".
(It looked like the letter J to Nino, but backwards it looked like し to everyone else.)
Nino: It's fine! It's the "shi" in JUMP!
(In hiragana, "jump" is written like: じゃんぷ.)

Memorable Song: V6's "TAKE ME HIGHER"
Ohno: I was chosen as a back dancer for this song after I learned how to do a back flip. All I had to do was back flip.

Nino's mic started to go out at the end of his lesson.
Nino: Could someone lend me their mic, please?
Sho and MatsuJun immediately stood up and started running over to him. Sho got there first and gave him his headset.

Aiba's Lesson

Aiba's Hawaii Quiz
Q. After the 2002 fan event, a VHS was sent to those who participated. What did MatsuJun say in the video?
"Good evening! Hey! Hello, it's Matsumoto. How was Hawaii? Did you have fun? Ah! _____."

Chinen: Ah! I forgot to say something funny!
Arioka: Ah! IIIN! (Not sure what this means. Maybe Shimura Ken's "AIIIN" gag?)
Hikaru: Ah! PAAAN! (I don't know what this means...)
Sho: Ah! Seoinage~! (A move in judo, made famous as a gag by Ikko.)
Nino: Ah! You're blinding after the sun tan.
Yuto: Ah! Did you cut your hair?
Yamada: Ah! You look cute with a tan.

Answer: Ah! You're still a little tan here. It's sexy.

Ohno's Lesson

Ohno's Dance Test
Song: Love Situation
Members: Matsumoto, Ohno

MatsuJun was really piling on the praise for Ohno's choreography.
Sho: Why does Chinen look so happy when Ohno's the one being complimented?
Chinen: I was just thinking about how right Matsumoto-kun is.

Nino was goofing off when YamaChi were teaching everyone the dance.
Yamada: Ninomiya-kun. Are you okay? Do you have the dance memorized?

MatsuJun's Lesson

MatsuJun: How do you pick out your clothes?
Nino: The clothes call out to me. "Wear me!"

MatsuJun's Fashion Show
Members: Aiba, Sho

Ending

As JUMP was leaving...
Nino: Sexy thank you!
Yuto: That's a different Nakajima.

After Sho went through the door he turned around and did the Disco Star wave.
Aiba-chan kept opening and closing the door.

190629 Waku Waku Gakkou Report Translations

This is a translation of reports I found online. I did not attend this day.

Opening

JUMP's Self Introductions
Daichan: I was good at picking out the kids who were car sick.
Inochan: My high school took a school trip to Australia.
Yuya: I caused so much trouble during my school trip that they made me sit seiza style in the hallway.
Chinen: My elementary school took a school trip to Tokyo Dome.
Yuto: I was so excited for today's school trip that I accidentally washed my body with the sponge I use to clean my tub.
Hikaru: *coughs* Sekidome (cough medicine), but I'm Yaotome.
Yabu: I can't pick just one (school trip memory) because every day is special.
Yamada: I'm looking forward to Waku Waku, but I'm also looking forward to Momikeshite Fuyu, tonight at 9PM!

Nino's Lesson

Nino: What came before cassette tapes? ...Ohno-san!
Ohno: ...
Nino: That's right! Records!
MatsuJun: He didn't say even say anything!
Nino: Huh? Didn't you say "records"?
Ohno: ...I did.

Hikaru did an impression of Shimura Ken while dressed as Edison so then Aiba-chan looked at Daichan, who honestly looks like a gorilla with the fake beard, and said, "Pan-kun?"

Nino's Phonograph Recording
Song: Donguri Koro Koro
Members: Aiba, MatsuJun, Nino, Yabu, Yuya, Inochan

Aiba's Lesson

Yuya: *playing ukulele*
Aiba: He practiced this for two weeks!
Yuya: *making wave sounds*
Aiba: He practiced this for two weeks too!

Quiz: During the Hawaii Fan Meeting, what did Nino get for winning the nut carrying competition?
Aiba: It was special! Leader, do you remember?
Ohno: A hot... kiss. ❤︎
Footage of Aiba-chan kissing Nino on both cheeks.
Nino: I don't remember.

Beach Volleyball
MatsuJun: Lulu Attack!
(The name of a medicine MJ does commercials for.)
JUMP: Momikeshi Attack!

Winners: Arashi
Ohno did Chinen's penalty game. They were goofing around and Nino was like, "Stop flirting, you two!"

Ohno's Lesson

Ohno's Dance Test
Song: Arashi's "truth"
Members: Nino, Ohno, Aiba-chan (volunteered)

Ohno: Today's song is "truth"!
Aiba: That's not fair!
MatsuJun: This might sound rude, but even Aiba-san can dance that one.
Aiba: Even I can dance that one!

Sho's Lesson

Sho's Photograph
A high school girl picked Yamada.

This time they also showed some of JUMP's photos during Sho's corner.

Ending

Sho: Take lots of pictures, you guys~! Oh! Not right now!
MatsuJun: They know. Don't you? ❤︎

MatsuJun: Lulu Attack! Je l'aime!
Aiba: Je l'aime!

190622 Waku Waku Gakkou Report Translations

This is a translation of reports I found online. I did not attend this day.

Opening

JUMP's Self Introductions
Arioka: I'm the type of person who loses their guidebook on the first day.
Inoo: I would get so excited about school trips that I couldn't sleep the night before.
Takaki: Once, when I was on a school trip, I randomly ran into Yabu Kota who went to a different school.
Chinen: School trips are an irreplaceable part of my life.
Nakajima: Yesterday I washed my hair with body soap!
Yaotome: My armpits are already soaked with sweat!
Yabu: It was always my dream to go on a school trip together.
Yamada: Apparently there's going to be some drama called "Momikeshite Fuyu".

Nino's Lesson

Chinen's Memorable Song: Arashi's "Nemuranai Karada"
His family had a big debate about whether it was Nino or Ohno singing the "break down" part. (It was Nino.)

Nino's Phonograph Recording
Ohno, Sho, Aiba, Yabu, Yamada, Nakajima
They surprised Inoo by singing Happy Birthday!
Nino: Please send 2 million yen to each of their bank accounts.
Inoo has to pay for his birthday song?!

Aiba's Lesson

Aiba: Where did you all debut?
Takaki: In Tokyo; Yokohama.
Aiba, smugly: Well, we debuted in Hawaii.

Sho: They must have spent too much money on our debut press conference. That's why our first outfits were see through.
MatsuJun: It was because of budget constraints?!

They showed footage of Ohno crying during Blast in Hawaii.
Ohno: That was so embarrassing! Did the clip have to be that long? I didn't know where to look the whole time.

Question: During the fan tour, we tried to line people up so that, from above, it looked like the word "ARASHI", but we failed. What did Sakurai say to solve the problem?
Answer: He changed the word to AI (love) because it would be easier to make.

Beach Volleyball
Each time Arashi scored a point: You are my soul, soul!
MatsuJun: I don't think that's how you're supposed to use "You are my soul, soul".
Each time JUMP scored a point: Jumping to my dream!

Winner: Hey! Say! JUMP
Aiba, running away: That was fun! Okay, let's head back!
MatsuJun, threateningly: Yuto, we were in a drama together, remember?
Nino: My dentures might come out, so...

Ohno's Lesson

When Ohno jumped up from below the stage, not everyone was in their seats yet.
Ohno: Hey! There's no one here!
Nino: Sorry. We're late (for class).
MatsuJun: *cuts through between Ohno/Chi/Yama*

Ohno's Dance Test
Aiba tested on PIKA☆☆NCHI DOUBLE

MatsuJun's Lesson

MatsuJun's Fashion Show
Nino, Chinen, Ohno, Arioka, Yaotome

Sho's Lesson

Sho stood on a stool because Yabu and Yuto are so tall.
Sho: Oh, I guess I'm busted since there's audience sitting behind me too. Lol

Sho's Hug Photo
A girl from Hokkaido picked Nino. He made a silly/scary face.

190623 11AM Waku Waku Gakkou Report

On a large screen near the ceiling there were portraits of Waku Waku Gakkou’s principals, AKA Arashi dressed as old men.

12th Ninomiya
13th Matsumoto
14th Ohno
21st Aiba
25th Sakurai

To the right of the portraits was the phrase, “日々是気付” which means “Encourage righteousness every day”.

Opening

There was a clock on the main screens and at 11 o’clock it started shining, the hands started spinning, and the background was very Doctor Who-esque.

There was a clip of five little boys, whom I assume to be Arashi, walking through the woods. They come across an old Volkswagen van. They brush the dust off the front to reveal the WKWK logo and it basically turns into the BTTF DeLorean and flys away. (They even used the BTTF theme song later.)

A shot of Kyocera Dome from above and clips introducing each teacher.
Nino: Backstage at 5x20 receiving a birthday cake
Aiba: Japanese bathhouse
MJ: Slid into a convertible like on This Is MJ
Ohno: In the kitchen preparing a fish
Sho: Playing piano
They all saw something that reminded them of WKWK and they did like a Power Rangers transformation into their teacher’s clothes.

JUMP's self introductions
Arioka: I was the sub-leader of my elementary school trip!
Inoo: I was the secretary for my middle school trip.
Yuya: My fly was open for part of the first day of my school trip.
Chinen: I was never in charge of anything for any of my school trips.
Yuto: I accidentally washed my body with shampoo yesterday.
Hikaru: Aitsume! (That guy!) Koitsume (This guy!) I’m Yaotome!
Yabu: I wish today’s school trip could last forever.
Yamada: The bears at the bear farm I went to in middle school were twice as ferocious as I’d imagined.

Nino’s Lesson

Theme: Music
Assistants: Daichan, Hikaru
Talked about the history of sound recording technology.

They all moved to the left stage where Hika was dressed as Thomas Edison  and Daichan as John Kruesi.
Edison wanted to teach them about the phonograph.
Hika “和也こっち来い!”
1. Hika called Nino by his first name.
2. That’s a pretty blunt/rude way to say “come here”.

They talked about how sound is made of waves and were going to do an experiment with a balloon.
Daichan: Let me put this balloon on your face.
MJ: No! I don’t wanna!
MatsuJun sounded like a child. It was so cute. They did a bit of back and forth, talking over each other before he finally gave in.

And then Hika forgot his next part and tried to brush it off like, “I didn’t forget! Edison just goes at his own pace!” 😂

Nino, MJ, Sho, Hika, Inoo, and Chinen tested the phonograph by singing a children’s song. MJ was goofing off shouting things like “Oh yeah!” When they played back the recording without a mic that’s all you could hear. 😂

Ending Statement
音楽は人生を楽しくする友達
Music is a friend that makes life fun

Aiba‘s Lesson

Theme: Hawaii and Arashi
Assistant: Yuya

He asked who came to their 2002 and 2014 events in Hawaii and so few people raised their hand. I hate to sound like I’m bragging, but OMG I just again felt so incredibly fortunate to have participated in Blast in Hawaii! I love them so much!😭💚💜💛💙❤️

After the space-time jump they were all wearing leis.

Yuya played Kaimana Hila on the ukulele.
Aiba: He practiced hard for two weeks!

They moved to a sandy area with a beach background and replica Duke Kahanamoku statue behind the TV.
Aiba: I know you're busy, but could you make some wave sounds too?
Then Yuya made wave sounds with a wicker basket and rice or something?

Showed footage from their 2002 Hawaii tour. 1,500 fans got to spend 5 days 3 nights in Hawaii doing activities with Arashi like learning Arashi choreo, learning Hawaiian from MJ, and haivng a rock paper scissors tournament.

Quiz: What was the RPS tournament prize?
Chinen: Money!
Aiba: *accidentally presses correct button* No! Wait! That's not the correct answer!
Answer: Aloha shirts worn by the members.
Aiba: There are only five people in this world who own them... Unless they threw them away by now.

Both Arashi and JUMP were image characters for the volleyball world cup, so they decided to play beach volleyball to decide which group is the true image character. Yabu got hit in the face with the ball. JUMP got pretty ahead and I think they let Arashi catch up. One point to go, crowd starts chanting, MJ serves and hits the net. Lol 9-9 and Yuto spikes the winning point!

They had to play a penalty game where they hold a strip of rubber between their teeth, a JUMP member pulls it back and then lets go so it hits them in the face. Ohno was holding his mouth afterwards and they were like, "Did you lose a tooth?!" and he said, "My dentures fell out."

Ending Statement
Ole Ua, 'Ole Anuenue
"No Rain, No Rainbow"

Ohno's Lesson

Theme: Dance
Assistants: Chinen, Yamada

Opened with a video of CHINEN (and Yama) DANCING (arguably) OHNO'S BEST SOLO, "BAD BOY". WITH. OHNO!!!!! What did I do to deserve witnessing this? Chinen's literal freaking dream of back dancing for Ohno came true just before he goes on "hiatus".

They tested Daichan and Yuto to see if they remembered the choreo to a song they haven't performed in a while.
Yuto: I forget choreo fast... It's one of JUMP's songs, right?
Sho: Of course! It would be incredible if you knew Arashi's dances!

The song was I/O which was choreographed by Yamada. They both did pretty bad.
?: Yuto, you cheated and looked [at Chinen dancing] behind you!
Yuto: No! That was part of the choreography!
Yama @ Yuto: It's okay.
Yama @ Daichan: I'm gonna beat you up!

Ohno's Favorite Arashi Choreography
a Day in Our Life, "Specifically from Iza, Now because we're all so young."
Tokei Jikake no Umbrella, Ohno's choreo
Paradox,  NY choreographer who works with Beyonce and Britney Spears
UB, "It feels like if they mess up they'll get tangled."
ARASHI, most memories, "How many hundreds of times have we danced this?"

Clip of Chinen and Yamada in India.
Chinen: We've come to India! FOR OHNO-SAN.

They learned about the history of dance and shot a Bollywood style music video to an Indian style remix of A RA SHI and, I think, Ride With Me? It was really hard tell. The director praised them. They learned the dance the day of and in 40 degree weather.

They taught us a simple, four step dance that we all did together.

Ending Statement
ダンスは愛
"Dance is love"

MatsuJun's Lesson

Theme: Costumes/Fashion
Assistant: Inoo

MJ: Why do you dress up?
Chinen: Because I have nothing else to do.

Inochan visited Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo to learn about sapeurs. I thought this lesson was really interesting. Please excuse my extreme summarization and if I write anything incorrect due to mishearing. Sapeur means something like "fashionable and refined fellows". The sapeurs interviewed were gentlemen in their 30's to 60's. The average monthly income the RoC is only about 300 USD and they invest about 40% in their fashion. Many of them wear brightly colored suits. They each have a unique dance step called a ディアタンス (diatansu). Sorry, Idk how to spell it in English. Can't find it on Google. They hold respect in high regard and never condone violence.

A local woman was messing with Inochan's hair.
Woman, in French?: What weird hair. I've never seen anything like it.
Inochan, smugly: She says my hair's cool.

One of the sapeurs created outfits for everyone in Arashi and JUMP.
Inoo: Blue. Both sides of the suit jacket are a different length to represent teacher/sapeur and student/Inoo. Blue/white corsage and striped tie.
MJ: Purple with white lapels/pockets. Wine red tie/suspenders. Purple and white mean prayer and peace, respectively.

Then they had a little fashion show.
Aiba: Green (tree) suit with yellow (sun) scarf. His diatansu was the Disco Star run/wave.
Yamada: Red
Ohno: Mostly blue. White suit jacket with blue lapels/pockets. Hat and cane. Pretends to shoot cane like a gun. Others, "It's not a gun! No violence!"
Yuya: Purple. Puppy on his socks.
Yabu: Light green

Yuya: Is this outfit supposed to be this tight or did I gain weight?

Ending Statement
おしゃれには無限の可能性がある
Fashion has endless possibilities

Sho's Lesson

Theme: Photography
Assistants: Yuto, Yabu

They picked a random seat number and the staff took a green screen and arm shaped pillow to that person who gets to pick whoever they want to "take a photo with" and make it look like they're hugging them. The girl picked Yamada.

Nino: Momikesu na yo! (Don't erase it!)
Referencing Yama's drama Momikeshite Fuyu.

Then they looked back at and discussed some of Arashi's group photos.

At the beginning Nino decided the special hand movement for the space-time jump was like the how doctor's hold their gloved hand up, palms inward, before surgery, but Sho messed up and just threw his hands all the way up, palms outward, like, "Yay!". Also, they're supposed to pull a lever to activate the jump, but he almost forgot and literally threw himself at it at the last second.

They jumped to Bakumatsu era Nagasaki. Yabu was dressed as Sakamoto Ryoma, a historical political figure in Japan. Yabu loves history so he was really into his role. Lol Yuto was dressed as Ueno Hikoma, a pioneer Japanese photographer.

They talked about Louis Daguerre, one of the fathers of photography. They showed one of his photos that contains the first humans ever captured in a photograph. His camera required 30 minutes of exposure, so it was mostly used for landscapes. However, he captured a shoe shine and his customer on the streets of Paris.

Then they had a photographer who specializes in really old cameras to take a group picture of them with one. (Yuya did the Daichan pose.) They'd built a black room under the stage.

Ending Statement
写真を撮れば今この瞬間が愛おしくなる
This moment becomes precious when you take a photo of it.

Ending

Finally, they ended by singing Waku Waku Gakkou's school song, Furusato.
They sang in their teacher/student groups until the first chorus.
1. Ohno, Chinen, Yamada
2. Nino, Arioka, Hikaru
3. Sho, Yuto, Yabu
4. Aiba, Yuya
5. Jun, Inoo
Then they got on the big trolleys and went around the edge of the arena. They asked us to sing the beginning of the last chorus.

Haru Plot Summary

I went to see Yabu's musical, Haru, on April 23rd! It was my first time attending a Johnny's play/musical and I really enjoyed it! Both his acting and singing were amazing! His singing voice is absolutely gorgeous. He's really suited for musicals.

I doubt there will be a DVD, so Idk if there's any point in putting a spoiler warning, but...
Warning: This plot summary contains spoilers. Lol
Also, this summary isn't 100% because I couldn't understand everything they were saying.

So, the story is about a boy named Haru, who lives in a small, quiet town. When Haru was young, he had to have a heart transplant. His family couldn't afford the surgery, so they started raising funds to cover it. It was just after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and some people in town judged them for raising money for themselves rather than disaster relief. Some even questioned whether Haru deserved the heart when a donor was found. Eventually they raised the money and Haru's surgery was a success. However, he was ostracized at school and became depressed. He ended up quitting the soccer team and shutting people out.

His mother has him periodically write letters to the parents of the person whose heart he received. After hearing what the townspeople are saying about him he starts to doubt whether he deserved the heart too. He lies in his letters and pretends to be really smart, talented, and successful in hopes that the parents will consider him deserving of their child's heart. He even lies to his family, pretending he's happy and that everything is fine. However, in reality things are far from fine. He's so depressed that he feels like maybe his real self died along with his heart and now the one living is not him, but just the donated heart and the more he lies in his letters the more his real self dies. At one point he even says that he wishes the roles had been reversed, that he'd died and donated his heart to someone instead.

One day, his sole friend, Shuichi, invites him to come watch a meteor shower with he and his friends, but Haru becomes so uncomfortable that he ends up leaving early. The next day he meets a girl, Mayu, who's new to town. She asks him if there's a gym where she can practice boxing and invites him to try it too. After losing interesting in everything since his depression set in, Haru finally finds something that makes him happy again. He becomes engrossed in boxing.

One of the local business owners decides to organize a small, town Olympics to try and liven things up and makes Haru's first boxing match the main event. Unfortunately, this causes Haru to become even more ostracized. The townspeople assume it was Haru's idea because he wants to be the center of attention again.

I didn't really understand the parts of the story about his father and Shuichi and I don't think it's really that important, but I'll try to explain as much as I can. Several years ago they tried to build some sort of spa or resort or something to boost the economy... or something. Haru's dad was working on the project and he ended up dying of overwork... I think. The project was cancelled and the site turned into a dump. For some reason Haru, Shuichi, and the other kids go to the dump and are attacked by ghosts or something? And Mayu was on the ghosts' side? It was weird. Somehow that leads to Haru getting into a fight with Shuichi and telling him he doesn't have to pity him anymore and that he can stop pretending to be his friend. Shuichi says something about him being scared that he would get sick and end up like Haru too, but then they make up and Shuichi comes to support Haru at his match? Idek.

Anyway, Haru ends up losing his match, but Mayu gives him a pep talk before revealing that she's the ghost of the girl whose heart he has. In life, she also became ostracized by her friends and boxing cheered her up so she came to help him. Then she disappears. Haru goes to visit her parents and admits that he'd been lying to them. They get upset, but he apologizes and they forgive him. They listen to their daughter's heart beating in his chest and are glad that a piece of her lives on in him. The end.

Now I understand why Hikaru said he wanted to see it twice. The plot twist at the end made me want to see it again too! Now that I think about it, even though she was on stage with a bunch of different characters, I don't think Mayu ever interacted with anyone besides Haru!

As a side note, one of my favorite parts was when Haru's mother tried to convince him to go back to soccer and he said he didn't want to. Yabu LOVES soccer. I wonder if it was a coincidence or if the writers specifically chose that sport because of him. Lol

190120 SENSE or LOVE Concert Report

Tour finale! I was in the very last row at the top of the stands. :'D

Kimi Attraction
Most of them said 愛しとーよ (ai shito-yo) which means "I love you" in Fukuoka dialect.
Yuto said キシリトール which I think means Xylitol? People were cracking up about it on Twitter, but I honestly don't understand.

MC
It's sad that this is the last time we'll get to sing our solos. I'm listening to them all really intently.
Yeah, this could actually be the last time we sing them for the rest of our lives. If I get to sing mine again for our 20th or 30th anniversary or something I might have to change it 156.
You're going to shrink?! Then Hikaru and I will have to act even more surprised!

Chinen talked about how he sits almost solely on Hikaru's knee during his solo and Yabu was like, "I'm so lonely. I've got my knee ready for you, but you never sit on it."

---

Today at the end of Jouken Hansha Yuya whispered in my ear, "Thank you for everything up until today. This is the last time..." He was really serious which made it even more funny.

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Keito's probably singing Babylon in NY right now.
Why Babylon? Lol
That's his only solo since he didn't get one this year.
Since he's in NY he'll probably come back with Babylon R&B version.

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Daichan said the black and white, silhouette bit between Sunda Dance and 159 is inspired by Charlie Chaplin's silent films. Yabu and Hikaru leave immediately to get changed into the "159 dancers" outfits while Daichan, Yuya, and Inochan stay behind to buy some time. Always one or two of them act like they don't know which way to exit the stage and the other(s) are motioning like, "Come on!" or pushing the other(s).

Today Inochan said, just quietly enough that his mic didn't pick it up, 'I don't want to go! I don't want to go! If we go, then it'll end!"
It'll end even if you don't go. Lol
Even after we were backstage he was still saying, 'I don't want to go!' and I was like, 'We've already gone!"

---

7 wants to do something silly like BEST.

?: "You all always look like you're having so much fun during the BEST planning meetings."
But there's only the three of us right now... And it must be difficult to pull off that kind of goofing off.
The one most likely to goof off like that isn't here.
We'll just have to have Keito do a live broadcast.
?: "You want to wear full body tights?"
I don't want to wear full body tights!
?: "Then what kind of tights?"
Fishnet tights?
No! No tights!

But BEST wants to do something cool like Virtual Butterfly sometimes too. It would be nice if we could do both a cool song and a cute song like 7, but instead we do a skit and a silly song.
They had the audience vote by clapping if they'd rather BEST continue doing silly skits or do a cool song.

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The other members always mock Yamada when he says Kiokuya's genre is "horror human love story". He called them out on it the day before and today...
If anything, I want to hear them (the fans) say it, not you guys!"
Fans, over exaggeratedly: Horror human love story~?
Hahaha! Good job! Good job!

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Poking fun at the non no photo shoot.

Apparently it's fashionable to tuck in only one side of your dress shirt.
*demonstrates*
Fans: *squeal*
*slightly harshly* Don't squeal over that!
Let them! It makes them squeal when you touch your stomach! Lol
(His words are defending us, but his tone of voice is mocking us. Lol)
You're doing it on purpose!
You've been working out lately!

I wasn't sure if they rolled my sleeves up because it was fashionable or because my arms were too short.

*at fans* If you all are cold you should wear a sweatshirt over your trench coat. Lol
That's me!

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At the beginning of Chocolatta they start off in pairs and Chinen was acting like he was teaching Inochan the USA dance.

SUPER DELICATE. Instead of turning his glasses around, Yamada just flipped them over and put them on Yuto upside down.

At the end people always get distracted trying to catch streamers so Yuto walked down one of the catwalks trying to get people's attention. Everyone else went backstage and the music ended and in total silence he was like, "I totally got left behind!" and ran off.

They did a double encore!!!!! When they came back out they were acting like they just forgot to say a few things like "Take care".
The flu's going around. Make sure you wash your hands and gargle!
Then they go to leave again.
Fans: *SCREAM*
What??? But Keity's not here...
?: "Yabuty?"
I'm not doing Yabuty.
I'm Yuty.
*plops down on stage*
*picking up confetti and sprinkling it over Yamada*
...Fine. Dreams Come True!

All of the staff came on stage and danced.

We got to sing this verse...
te wo nobashite goran
kitto koko ni iru kara
kowagaranaide
dare mo minna hitori janai OH
On the DVDs Hikaru always quietly helps out at "kowagaranaide", but we were actually in sync so he didn't have to this time. I felt proud. Lol

After the song they all gathered on the center stage, had a little pow wow, then turned around and, without their mics, yelled "みんなすいとーよ！" (Fukuoka dialect for "We love you all!")

190119 SENSE or LOVE Concert Report

JUMP's first time in Fukuoka Yahuoku Dome! I was in the stands juuust far enough back that the streamers didn't reach me. :'D

Yuya cut his hair and dyed it light brown!

The way Yuto handed things off to Chinen for his GanbaLet's Go! solo was so cute!
はい、知念さん、お願いします。(Super polite, like "Chinen-san, if you would be so kind...")
「キュン」とくる！♪

And then Chinen dabbed at the end. Lol

Sunda Dance. At one point Inochan's heart got knocked askew.

Kimi Attraction. すいとーよ ("suito-yo" Fukuoka dialect for "I love you".)

Mae wo Muke. Yamada did Shimura Ken's Aiiin pose again.

MC

So, at the beginning of the MC, Arashi always says something like, "Please have a seat. There's still a long way to go." Daichan's been saying this recently and today he admitted he's been copying Arashi since JUMP went to their concert together. So cute.

Topic: What did you do over your New Year's break?

I went on a hot spring trip with my family.
Fans: *gasp, squeal, cheer*
*smugly* Isn't that awesome? I'm the type of guy who understands the importance of family time.

He played airsoft with his dad, younger brother, and his brother's friend. His dad bought them ear pieces to communicate and ended up being the most excited about it.

Chinen has gone to Yabu's hometown for New Year's for the past three years in a row. Yabu's dad likes Chinen because they're both type AB.

Yabu talked about how his 2 year old niece used to really love him, but has slowly become Yamada's fan. At first, when Yabu would come over she would ask him, "Where's Yamada-kun?", but he never brought Yamada over so eventually she started doubting him, "You ARE friends with Yamada-kun, aren't you?" Finally she broke his heart when she said, "I'm going to marry Yamada-kun!"

Hikaru talked about how he has a New Year's tradition where he tells a scary story to his nieces and nephews. They're starting to get older so he's been trying to make up new stories using more modern elements like Line and and stuff. He actually made one of his nieces who's a freshman in high school cry. Lol

They really talked about their families a lot. I've never heard Johnny's talk about their private lives that much!

They said they all had pretty long breaks except for Yamada who only had the 2nd and 3rd off due to filming for Kiokuya.
Chinen tried to get Yamada to use Hiroshima dialect like his character in the movie, but Yuto saved him by saying, "You'll have to go see the movie to hear it!"
Fans: Eh~?
Don't "Eh~?" me!

Every time Yamada talks about Kiokuya the others ask him what genre it is and their response is always the same.
It's a horror human love story.
Others, over exaggeratedly: "Horror human love story?!"
Yamada usually just plays along, but this day he was like,
You guys always do that! Are you having fun??? Lol

During Do it again the feathers landed in Yamada's hair perfectly. It was like those Grecian feather crowns. So beautiful.

At the end,
Allow me introduce Takaki Yuya who looks really good with brown hair!

190101 SENSE or LOVE Concert Report

New Year's Day! Arena! I was in the front left block, end of the row where the big float goes by! I got a good look at Daichan, Yamada, Yuto, Yabu and Inochan. There were so beautiful!

Yuya curled his hair and had a white streak in it.

Inochan put his hood up during his Banger Night solo.

The lights go off for a little while between Virtual Butterfly and GanbaLet's Go! and during that time 7 put on these cute little boar accessories! They shot little boars into the crowd instead of rabbits. After the lights went out at the end Yuto was like, "These noses are really in the way."

Sunda Dance. Daichan raised his end of the curtain too early and almost tripped Yuya. Yuya didn't finish changing in time! He was so embarrassed! And they were filming for the DVD! I felt so bad for him. They didn't even toss out the fundoshi or clam shell bra like they usually do and I can't help but wonder if they had anything special planned like for Christmas.

Kimi Attraction
"君にあけおめ。" (Happy New Year to you.)
みんなあけおめ！！！ (HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!!!!!)
2019年も、君がNo. 1! (You're No. 1 in 2019 too.)

Chau#
僕じゃない♪
ふ！ *leaps across the screen behind Yama*
恋には♪
ふ！ *leaps*
なんやねん！(What are you doing?!)

MC
The little diamond shaped screens at the front had New Year's images like kadomatsu, kagamimochi, and folding fans.

They talked about Chinen's perfect copy of USA on Kouhaku. He learned the dance the day before, even practicing during the Johnny's Countdown rehearsal, and was standing ready on the Kouhaku stage. As Issa was walking to his spot he even tapped Chinen on the back like he was a member of Da Pump.

Then they talked about their collab with Shockers and Yuto went from this pose to mimicking ChocoPlanet's TT skit.

When they mentioned the song "Ultra Music Power" Chinen started chanting "UMP" like "USA".
They joked about how it looked like Yamada grew out of the top of Yuto and them imitated it later when Yama whispers "Chocolatta!" at the beginning of the song.

Whenever the other members tease Hikaru he tries to play the "senpai" card, so the day before they said, "If you're our senpai then you have to give us New Year's money." so he gave them each 10,000 yen and now they all have to respect him. Then they teased him about how the only benefit of being senpai is having to give them money and Yabu was like, "That's why I don't play that card. I don't need to be senpai."

During Dash!!, Chinen introduced Daichan as "the most handsome man in the world".

Yamada's glasses fell off during SUPER DELICATE, but he picked them up so nonchalantly during the dance break! Such a pro! He put them on Yuto again during their close up, so that's going to be on the DVD.

Asu e no Yell
Chinen was dancing USA during Yuto's solo. Not even the chorus part though. The "U! S! A!" part at the beginning.

Come On A My House
Do you guys want to marry Chinen?!
Fans: Yeah!
Chinen, will you marry us?!
...Come on a my house!

Chinen usually keeps a straight face no matter what Inochan says, but he actually laughed this time which was cute.

The day before, Yuto was pulling Yuya's shirt off his shoulder during the encore and this day Daichan actually ripped it so basically his entire back was showing.

Yamada was wearing yellow sunglasses during the encore.
Allow me to introduce Yamada with the lovely glasses.
Then Yama made a face and started playing with the ear pieces of his glasses, making the lenses go up and down.

Everyone hoped they'd do a second encore and sing Baby, I Love You since it's a New Year's themed song. The cheer for the second encore was significantly louder than for the first one, but they didn't do it. Lol

181230 SENSE or LOVE Concert Report

Stands this time.

Kimi Attraction
First few members: You're No. 1!
No, YOU'RE No. 1!
No, no, YOU'RE No. 1!
No, no, no, YOU'RE No. 1!
NONONONONO YOU'RE NO. 1!!!!!
Daichan had to say his line so quickly! Lol

Chau#
Pop de happy na Daiki!

MC. They were using all kinds of Japanese Johnny's Wota lingo. Yabu was talking about he wants to climb Mt. Fuji before he turns 30.
I'm a Mt. Fuji-tan. ("○○-tan" means you're a fan of so-and-so.)
I tan'ori-ed from a Mt. Everest-tan. (To "tan'ori" means to stop being a fan of so-and-so and become a fan of someone else instead.)
Others: Don't use that term. Lol

Talking about Haru...
Please come see it if you're a Yabu-tan.

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They talked about the special, "8-ji da J!" that had aired the night before and Daichan mimicked the way MatsuJun holds his mic while he's talking. It was so accurate. Lol

I didn't think I'd get to hear Daichan talk about Arashi! I was so happy! He called him "Matsumoto Jun-kun"! Then they started poking fun at the way Inochan holds his mic by supporting it with his pinky finger and they all started pointing out all the weird things he does.

Dash!!
Chinen introduced Daichan as "Super Handsome Boy Daiki Arioka".

Chocolatta
Boku wo tabete Yeah... Oh Baby?
He sung it like it had a question mark at the end? It was so cute.

Yamada literally choked on his solo during Weekender, the poor thing. He's even cute when he's choking and coughing though. How is that possible?!

Maji Sunshine. Inochan completely messed up his opening solo and ended up spewing some gibberish and apologizing.

Come On A My House
Do you want to bring in the New Year at Chinen's family's house?!
Fans: Yeah!
Chinen-san, can we bring in the New Year at your family's house?!
...Come on a my house.

Yamachan changed his hair twice during the concert! He started off normal, then pinned one side behind his ear, then finally slicked it all back.

At the end...
Allow me to introduce Yamada-kyun, who has a lovely forehead!
For some reason Yamada pulled his shirt over his head so he looked like No Face from Spirited Away?

181229 SENSE or LOVE Concert Report

Balcony this time.

They change the spoken lines of Kimi Attraction so much that I actually felt lucky to hear Daichan's normal, "Kimi ga No. 1 da!"

At one point during Mae wo Muke Yamada always does a silly face. This day he did Shimura Ken's Aiiin! face.

MC

7 went to karaoke together! We sung Virtual Butterfly, but there were only two mics so we had to *YamaYuto stand shoulder to shoulder* share a mic like this.
I like to sing other members' solos.
I sung yours!
Isn't it difficult?
It is!
I sang Bubble Gum before.
Thank you!
But you only sing the first part during the concert, so I don't know the second part at all. Lol
I know what you mean. I'm like that way with the songs of our senior groups.

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You looked like you were pole dancing during Jealous Guy!
*straight face* ...Is that choreography not a pole dance?

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They worried that the audience might be cold. "Maybe if we say something that makes their heart skip a beat it'll warm them up."
*looks at Yuto* The person who started it should...
Don't look at me! Chinen started it!
Daichan should do it.
Why me? Times like this call for Takaki's handsome voice.

No one wanted to do it, so they were all trying to pass it off on someone else. Lol

Hikaru whispered something in Daichan's ear.
Those beautiful lips of yours... I'm going to stuff a conch shell in them.
Others: ???

Inochan was whispering Yuya's line in his ear. It was a really long line, so eventually Yabu was like,
How long are you two going to be doing Jouken Hansha over there?
That beautiful faces of yours... I'm going to break your front teeth.
Others: ?????
Some people might be into that kind of stuff?

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Talking about Kiokuya...
My character proposed, but the next day his girlfriend's forgotten about it and about him completely!
It was probably because of your poor choice of words.

That's not why! Chinen's burns are so subtle, but savage. Lol

While Yamada was trying to explain the plot of Kiokuya, Yuto was standing behind him with such a straight face, not moving a muscle. Yamada kept pausing like he was thinking, "Why are they laughing?" until he finally noticed Yuto.

Talking about Haru...
*mentions Shimekake*
Fans: *SCREAM*
There're more than yesterday.
When we mentioned him yesterday a few people died over there.
Others: NO THEY DIDN'T.

Yuto's so weird. I love him.

Poor Inochan was busted lip syncing during Jo'oubachi. They did a close up of him during his solo, but his lips weren't moving. He remembered part way through and started "singing" as if nothing had happened. I felt so bad for him. It's ok, Inochan. I can't sing and play the piano at the same time either. Heck. I can't even do one at a time.

At the end,
Allow me to introduce Takaki Yuya with the handsome voice!
Thank you for making me so happy, everyone.

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Arena again! In between the center, back catwalk and the one to the right.

Precious Girl. Chinen came over, but he still didn't fish for me. :'(

GanbaLet's Go. Chinen came over on the left and Yuto on the right and then they both turned around and shot their bunnies in the other direction. TT

Sunda Dance. They always lower the curtain to show Yuya and Inochan's back muscles while they're getting changed on stage, but today Yuya was turned around facing us and I was not ready.

For once Daichan didn't goof off during Chau# and even handed it off to Yamada nicely, "はい、山田！", but he'd forgotten to put his head set on and only made it in time for the last line of his solo.

One & One Makes Two. Both Yuya and Hikaru came over. They were both so stunning I couldn't decide who to look at!

SUPER DELICATE. When Yamada and Yuto had their faces close together, Yama took off his glasses and put them on Yuto and he wore them until they changed costumes again.

Come on a My House
Everyone, do you want to go meet Chinen's parents?!
Fans: Yeah!
Chinen-san, may we go meet your parents on the premise of marriage?!
...Come on a my house!

The actor who plays Kanie-sensei in SUITS was at the concert today. His character occasionally uses English so for Yuto's English ad lib during You & I he did an impression of Kanie-sensei.
Supposedly Sakurai Sho was there too and, if so, I can't believe I was in the same space as him and didn't even know it! This blog is mainly JUMP, but I'm first and foremost an Arashian. :'D
Rumor also has it that Keito was there which isn't impossible since American schools were on winter vacation at the time.

During Dash!! Daichan always introduces all of the JUMP Band members and their instruments and then Chinen introduces Daichan as the person who introduced the other members. Lol
At the end of the concert,
Allow me to introduce today's member! Arioka Daiki who introduced the other members!
I'll introduce you all any time!

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Seats weren't as good as the day before, but still in the arena, so I can't complain. I was like smack dab in the middle of the front right block.

If you want to risk lowering your chances and applying for a "special" performance, I highly recommend Christmas Eve. They did sooo many little, extra things. Probably the only performance I was happier to attend was Hikaru's birthday.

Inochan had red and white extensions and Yuya had red and green.

Journey. Yama changed his "Don't stop me now" solo to "Merry Christmas!"

The fundoshi that came out while Yuya and Inochan were getting changed said "メリクリ" (Merry Christmas). They left the curtain down almost the entire time they were getting changed. There was almost no point in having the curtain.
Before Sunda Dance, Hikaru rhymes a bunch of stuff with "sunda" and this day he added "Santa".

159. They added Nagoya Dome and some broadcasting tower to the opening clip.

Kimi Attraction. Most of them said "君にメリクリ" (Merry Christmas to you), but Yuto actually said it in English and his pronunciation was so good! He's been using English a lot lately and I swear his pronunciation is even better than Keito's?!

MC. Talking about the fans wearing Santa dresses.
Santa's usually red, but I saw a green one.
Others: It must be a tree.
Or my or Keito's fan.
Or a Link cosplay.
*imitates Link's spinning sword attack*
Don't do ↓+B!
Is that how you get Link to do that move in Smash??? Jump is totally playing Smash! Lol

Christmas Present Exchange
Manager→Yabu: yoga ball?
Yabu→Yuya: Electric face roller (some sort of beauty product)
Yamada→Inoo: Mixer, beauty steamer
Hikaru→Chinen: yoga ball?
Yuya→Yamada: Picture of the sea, jellyfish in a jar, antique clock
Inoo→Yuto: caviar
Manager→Daichan: high quality towels
Yuto→Hikaru: calf muscle massager
Chinen→Manager: luxury umbrella
Daichan→Manager: cleaning robot (Roomba?)

Inochan joked at first and said Yamada gave him 3,000,000 yen.

Yuto said Inochan played Matryoshka with his present and put a bunch of boxes inside of boxes since it was a tiny can of caviar.

Yabu's drama "Inugamike no Ichizoku" was this night so they were like, "You can make it! All of you go straight home after this and watch it!" Lol

At the end of the MC,
Everybody stand up!
Others: Wow! They all stood up really quickly!
Good girls!
Fans: !!! <3
Hey, stop grinning like that!
Stop being a tsundere!

His voice was so velvety and sweet when he said "good girls" and then it was suddenly so teasing! I almost died. Lol

They changed the set list! Switched School Girl for SUPER DELICATE! At the beginning of School Girl they line up side by side, but this time they lined up one behind the other and I was like, "Could it be...?!" and it was!!!!! I was wondering who would get left out at that one part, but they only did Yama/Yuto and I realized they can't leave anyone out because there's an even number now that Keito's gone. orz

Wo I Need You
その唇奪っちゃっていいですか？(May I steal a kiss?)
Fans: いいですよー！(Yes~!)
Then he over exaggeratedly sighed in relief as if we would ever say, "No". Lol

They were all wearing Christmas things when they came out for the encore and the little diamond shaped screens at the front had SENSE or LOVE logo shaped wreaths on them.

Source: SkOw25252

 

Yuto always says something in English during the instrumental of You & I. Today he said, "I'm Santa Claus! I bring you all presents! I love you!"

At the end,
Allow me to introduce Hikaru, playing the part of the reindeer!
and Hikaru just smiled and like... screeched??? Lol

Yuto was the last to leave and he just kept saying "Ho ho ho!" as he disappeared.

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Nagoya! Arena fourth row! I was in front of the catwalk going off to the right. A bunch of them came down that way during Cosmic Human in Osaka, but they moved that song to the back stage so hardly anyone came over this way. Chinen and Yuya walked past once, but Yuto came over twice and stopped right in front of us! He was so pretty!

During GanbaLet's Go! they shot little reindeer into the crowd instead of bunnies.

MC 99.9% sure the game Jump keeps talking about is Smash. They said it was a fighting game. Yabu always plays a princess character. (Peach? Daisy? Zelda?) And Chinen said when the stage rises up he's going to knock someone off. That's a thing in Smash, right?

There's a Christmas decoration hanging in the doorway and it always brushes against my head when I walk through.
Ohhh yeah, I know how that is.
No you don't.
Daaang, Yuto. Savage. LOL

They made fun of Hikaru for saying "Christmas Eve Eve", but when I checked Twitter later it was actually trending in the US. Lol

There's this part in FLASH where Yamada kind of has a solo, but Hikaru's singing a quite harmony in the background. Yama forgot and when he heard Hikaru singing he turned around and looked at him like ??? and Hikaru was looking at him like, "Why are you looking at me like that? You're the one messing up." Lol

Chinen was kneeling for a long time during Wo I need You and for a minute I thought he was hurt or sick, but I think he was just tying his shoe? Lol

Daichan forgot to sing his solo during Maji Sunshine and his face when he realized was so cute.
I try not to think about it, but I happened to notice that Yabu sung Keito's solo and I was a little sad.

Yuto messed up his solo during Mata Kono Basho De. He froze for a second then sheepishly said, "I messed up..." SO CUTE!

Yuto was dancing Da Pump's USA during the encore.

At the end,
Allow me to introduce Yabu, who has a really cute smile.
Yabu couldn't find the camera for several seconds which was adorable, then did his "really cute smile" where his faces scrunches up and his eyes disappear. Lol

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I got better seats than the day before, but still not great. Stands, but they were the 制作開放席, the few extra seats they release after setting up the stage and stuff. I was right next to the main stage, so I couldn't even see them if they went to far back towards the screen. Like, I couldn't see Daichan or Chinen's solos at all. Lol

Inochan came out for Banger Night with is hood up! I realize this probably sounds incredibly insignificant, but he looked really cool!

During the instrumental of Chau#, Daichan talked about the word "chau" that's used in Kansai dialect. Yamachan was able to sing his solo part this time, but he was looking at Daichan like, "Why you little..." and you could hear it in his voice too.

During the MC they talked about the solos from the first half of the concert. Yuto kept going on about how much he likes Daichan's and making him flustered. They also teased him about having gum stuck to his shoe.

Chinen talked about how funny Yabu's flabbergasted expression is when the number changes to 158 during his solo. Today Hikaru was mouthing the words "1? 5? 8? 158???"
They called Yabu and Hikaru "159 dancers" and talked about how Yuto had also been a candidate. When Inochan asked, "Why did I fail the 159 dancer auditions?" Chinen was like, ".....You're not tall enough."
They made Yamada do a parody of it too. "164. Actually... 163!"They tried to get Daichan to do it, but he was like, "Yamada and I are the same height! Id say the exact same thing!"
Then they talked about how Yama and Daichan used to play rock, paper, scissors to determine who was "taller" when they had to line up in height order and how Yamada was shocked when they recently confirmed that Daichan is half a centimeter taller.
Yabu was like, "I always watch Yamada and Arioka arguing about their height and think 'What are they doing? It doesn't matter.'" Easy for you to say, Yabu! Lol
For some reason the fact that Yabu called him "Arioka" instead of "Daichan" set him off and he was like, "Why are you suddenly calling me Arioka?! You always call me Daichan! Were these past 11 years a lie?!"

So, Inochan's solo ends with him and Yuya embracing each other. Like, they're really close together. During the MC, Inochan talked about how every time they're getting dressed Yuya holds up his cologne and says, "I'm going with this one today!" Yuya was so embarrassed. Then Inochan was like, "He always smells good and I"m not wearing anything, so I worry that I smell like sweat or something."

The day before they all went out and had fish for dinner. Yama heard Hikaru say, "I'm going to eat this lung!" and they had to explain to him that fish don't have lungs. LOL

Daichan messed up when introducing the JUMP Band members. He accidentally skipped Hikaru and said, "Yabu on the guitar." Of course, the spotlight shone on Hikaru anyway and he did his bass solo with the most strained smile on his face.

They surprised Hikaru after One & One Makes Two. It was sooo cuuuuute! So, during the song they all go down different catwalks. Yuya and Hikaru are a pair towards the back of the venue and Yuya is giving instructions for the penlight dance and penlight wave they do at the end. We turn off our penlights and they turn off all of the lights. Yuya is giving instructions for the wave, distracting Hikaru, and the other members all secretly run off to go get his birthday cake. The wave starts at the front with the stands and balconies, goes to the back, then goes back to the front with the arena. When it gets to the front they shine a spotlight on the main stage and the rest of the members are standing there with his cake! Hikaru was so emotional that he fell to his knees and looked like he was going to cry! We sang Happy Birthday to him, he blew out the candles, and said thank you. Then he talked about how since they didn't do anything during the MC, like for Chinen yesterday, he thought they weren't going to do it at all and was actually a little disappointed.
They planned it while Hikaru was doing Radirer the night before. They were afraid we might start singing on our own during the MC. Lol

The first line of Wo I Need You is Hikaru's solo and he used it to say thanks for the birthday celebration again. He's so precious.

At the end, Chinen introduced "birthday boy Yaotome Hikaru" and we chanted his name like in Viva! 9's SOUL.

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Today I'm going to write about Jump's dome tour that just ended yesterday!

The tour kicked off in Osaka, Kyocera Dome!

I was in the nosebleed section, 3rd from the highest row. I had to take an elevator to the 7th floor and go through one of the VIP boxes to get to my seat. It was so high up I actually got a little scared looking over the edge.
They always say they can see the people at the top too, but there's no way. They're just trying to make us feel better. Honestly, it was so far away, they looked so small, I couldn't even tell who was who. I was watching the screens the entire time.
The seats themselves were cushioned and really comfy though. There's not really any point in standing in the balcony, so it was actually kind of nice to be able to sit and relax while enjoying the concert.

The set list was a little different than the arena tour. Mostly moving songs around, but they added a few new ones too. 7 sung an extra song, GanbaLet's Go! They shot little plush bunnies into the audience!

Before 159 there's a little clip showing silhouettes and heights of different things from Mt. Fuji, Sky Tree, and Tokyo Tower, getting shorter and shorter until Chinen comes out. They added Kyocera Dome to the clip in Osaka.

Saigo no Love Song. Every time I kept hoping they would add City Wander, but they never did and, to my knowledge, I don't think they did it during the arena tour either, so it's the only album song they didn't do. :(

Chau#. During the instrumental Daichan was rambling about the difference between the song title "Chau#" and the "chow chow" breed of dog. When it was time for Yama's long solo he was so distracted that he totally blanked. He looked at Daichan and was like, "It's your fault!"

The MC was so funny. Yama was scolding Daichan for making him mess up, so Daichan was like, "Well, why don't you sing it now then?" Of course, Yama didn't want to do it. He was so cute and embarrassed. They ended up making him sing it a cappella and were goofing off doing the background "fu"'s  really loudly.

Boku janai~

FU!

Koi ni wa~

FU!!!

Mou deawanaide~

FU-U-U-U!!!!!

Yama was like, "You guys!" They said they'd do it properly if he sung it again, but of course they were even sillier the second time.

Chinen's birthday was the day before! They showed us the cake they had during rehearsal and we got to sing Happy Birthday for him!

Inochan messed up his piano solo at the beginning of Jo'oubachi and started over. He apologized as he was leaving the stage at the very end of the concert. I just wanted to hug him and tell him he doesn't need to apologize. He must have felt really bad about it because he was talking about it on Radirer that night too. :'(

They added an extra JUMP Band song too, Dash!

School Girl. So cute. They did this little dance during the instrumental, kind of like pat-a-cake, and called it "有岡くん体操" (Arioka-kun Calisthenics).
There's a part where they're standing side by side then turn, put their hands on each others' shoulders, and do a little march and Chinen accidentally turned the wrong way. He looked so shocked when he found himself face to face with Daichan.

After Wo I Need You Hikaru accidentally said the next song was Maji Sunshine, but it was actually Asu e no Yell.

They replaced Dance The Night Away with Tasty U. I was happy to get to hear a song from Dear, but also sad that a SENSE or LOVE song got cut.

The Mayonaka no Shadow Boy remix is so cool! To be honest, I wasn't a huge fan of the original song, but I want this version on my iPod right now! They added a rap that Hikaru and Daichan sing.

今夜も Just like this
君に届かないキス
まるで禁断の果実
だけどいつも君が Only one

そっと伸ばすこの手に
甘く熟してく My destiny
君が望むなら Yes, I'm ready
You're my チェリー

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konya mo  Just like this
kimi ni todokanai kiss
marude kindan no kajitsu
dakedo itsumo kimi ga Only one

sotto nobasu kono te ni
amaku jukushiteku My destiny
kimi ga nozomu nara Yes, I'm ready
You're my cherry

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Tonight too Just like this
My kiss doesn't reach you
As if you're the forbidden fruit
But you're always the Only one

I gently reach out my hand
My destiny ripens and becomes sweet
If it's what you want Yes, I'm ready
You're my cherry

There's a part of You & I where they all sing in pairs and each pair is doing something cute together. I think every single time Hikaru kissed Chinen on the cheek and then winked at the camera.

At the end, Chinen always introduces one member. Today it was "hand waving guy, Nakajima Yuto" and Yuto just stood there and waved really big.

I forget when exactly, but at some point Inochan did an impression of Ikko's "dondake~!". Lol