[ARASHI] Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ Believe in Arashi 16th Thread Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ

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i don't think there's tension (at least i don't think there is? LOL). us JE fangirls are just very vocal & opinionated! xD;;

& yeah, like Karen has said, i've always liked the heavier side to music. it's what ultimately makes me like KAT-TUN more than others. but i don't mind experimenting or changing styles, but it's just...i don't like Arashi's current style/direction/what you want to call it. it's just a personal preference. i much prefer their earlier works up until Time.

i LOVE Time...and it's a pop album! i don't mind pop, but it has to go with my personal preference. i mean, my 2nd favorite JE group is KANJANI8. and they're not even close to KAT-TUN's style at all.

& don't get me wrong, i'm proud of Arashi's success. they're doing something right seeing as they're selling a lot. but i do like for them to realize that they got fans of their older material as well. i'd be happy for another track like "A Day in Our Life" every once in a while. ONLY ONE. YOU CAN MAKE IT AN ALBUM TRACK, I DON'T CARE. and i'd be happy, honestly. lol.

like K8 does their crazy crack thing for the A-side, but they do other material for album tracks/b-sides.

anyway, that's my 2 cents.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Beauty4123

...i feel some sort of tension going on in here, lol. let's all breathe, okay? i personally love rock music myself, but i absolutely LOVE what arashi has been putting out lately, even though it's pop. but honestly, to me, i feel as if their sound is different in each single release. obviously it's pop, but it's still different. like one love and BD, for example. pop sounding, but it's really different. even WISH aand LSS sound different, and yet it's all basically one genre...pop. no group can just stay with a sound that they debuted with. i think you gotta experiment througout the career. plus, arashi wasn't as popular back in 1999/2000s like they are now (please correct me if i'm wrong, i'm not 100% sure ), so maybe their current sound is attracting more fans. which would explain 2008's amazing sales

yea, i made no sense, lol. but i don't want anyone fighting over here. it kinda makes me upset, haha.

noooo we're not 'fighting' Lisa , it's just a form of expressing our opinions on this issue , that's the purpose of a forum where people contribute ideas & etc

no doubt that I'm now more KT inclined music wise & then some but it still doesn't change the fact that I still love/support ARASHI

I'm going to get Believe / KNK OK & my younger sister said that if the covers for the CD + DVD's are nice , she's going to get both when the OS presses are out

so anyway, nino's CM was good, but thankfully he got a haircut, because his hair didn't look so good in the CM, to me at least. and that cat was creepy, karen, lol. i agree.

I know , since when cats can talk ?

i saw AnS tonight and they kept playing namie's "NEW LOOK", lol. and sho was dressed up as a cat. nya nya nya~

I saw the screencaps , my younger sister's gonna die laughing later on when she watch it

Originally Posted by ♥ you!

^ well you are right for the most part! Arashi was pretty popular in 1999/2000 cause they were still a new group. Around 2002-2004 was pretty rough for them. Their singles struggled to sell 200k and their 2003 album How's it going? didn't even pass 100k but yeah as time went on they just kept getting more and more popular.

Arashi moves too fast for me another single already? The pv for Believe isn't out yet right?

PV for Believe's not out yet except for a preview & yes they weren't really popular when they 1st started out & for them to finally see their success bearing fruit after 8-9 years , it's remarkable & they finally paid their dues after being so long in the business

[Beauty4123]

i'm sorry to mistake it as fighting or something but i'm trying to make sure we're all on the same page (literally, LOL) so i don't want really big and heated discussions between us fangirls but no one here really fights, so i dunno why i even thought it was fighting in the first place.

lisa's sorry

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Beauty4123

i'm sorry to mistake it as fighting or something but i'm trying to make sure we're all on the same page (literally, LOL) so i don't want really big and heated discussions between us fangirls but no one here really fights, so i dunno why i even thought it was fighting in the first place.

lisa's sorry

it's ok Lisa , I don't consider this as fighting & so's Irene

I guess it will be if either 1 of us will start slamming the guys & said that KT's better & that sorta thing so it's ok

somemore all of us are grown up's so we'll see it in a different angle/light

& oh I want to add on what Irene said in that Time's just magical

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no worries Lisa.

our "arguments" are somewhat tame...in comparison to ones i've seen, anyway. LOL. i'm looking at you, LiveJournal communities.

[KarenPang]

http://community.livejournal.com/arashi_on/1360385.html

has Sakurai been watching Uta no Oii-san secretly ?

YAY 3rd episode of Uta no Oii-san's up via MySoju - http://www.mysoju.com/uta-no-oniisan/episode-3/part-1/

[Aga-chan]

Originally Posted by rookies

How so? In what aspect?

Well, I like JE, but I think it's kind of funny when people (fangirls) write "-insert name- is a -insert adjective- person". How would they know? We don't know them personally, so all what's left is judging them through what we see/hear/read, which can all be only an image.

And despite KAT-TUN making rock music, they're no rock artists. They fall into the pop category like everyone else in JE. What gives them the possibility to "experiment" is the fact that they're pop!!
Same goes for Arashi. It's the same group that released the overly sugared "One Love" and then "truth". For me, Arashi's quite consistent lately. NEWS sometimes has better B-sides than A-sides/album tracks and I don't usually like KAT-TUNs B-sides that much and many of their overly pop-ish tracks make me cringe. I can't make myself listen to "On My Mind", but I like "D-T-S" (its chorus is so pop).

[KarenPang]

A while ago , RIAJ awarded Platinum status to Beautiful days for shipment of 250,000 copies & now it has been changed to Double Platinum status for shipment of 500,000 copies in Japan - http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200901.html

Congrats guys & I finished watching the 3rd episode of Uta no Oii-san already earlier on

[rookies]

Congrats to them!!!

[Aga-chan]

I want UnO-san 4. NOW.
His ex is so annoying, though. Stupidlksdfcbsjhx. >_< But I love her clothes. lol I want her jacket. ^.^

And, congrats to Arashi.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Aga-chan

I want UnO-san 4. NOW.
His ex is so annoying, though. Stupidlksdfcbsjhx. >_< But I love her clothes. lol I want her jacket. ^.^

And, congrats to Arashi.

haha

yeah Chisa's very pretty in the show & also in GIRL NEXT DOOR's PVs , too bad she can't dress for nuts in their live performances & let alone in their debut album

I hope STORMYSUBS will upload the next episode soon & when I was watching the 3rd episode , that arrogant prince has been dismissed already but yet that stupid princess reminds which strangely's like the female version of that prince @_@

[Aga-chan]

^The princess isn't as bad as the prince, though. She's kinda arrogant, but also kinda tries to help. She's not gross. She's kinda cute looking. And she's not gross.

Did I already say that she's not gross!!?

[rookies]

I heard Chisa cried in that J-drama... is it true?

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Aga-chan

^The princess isn't as bad as the prince, though. She's kinda arrogant, but also kinda tries to help. She's not gross. She's kinda cute looking. And she's not gross.

Did I already say that she's not gross!!?

, at least she's not hentai unlike the prince

did you see his outfit that he wore outside of work ? eew tacky much ?

Originally Posted by rookies

I heard Chisa cried in that J-drama... is it true?

yeah only the last few mins prior to the end of episode 3

it looks fake though

[rookies]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

yeah only the last few mins prior to the end of episode 3

it looks fake though

LOL @ the fakeness. Hehe. XD

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Nino's Drama SP DOOR TO DOOR is airing on March 29th!!!

http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-4372

[Aga-chan]

^It IS fake. She's acting. lol

I just listened to the "Wasurerarenai" instrumental and wondered why the track is so long. And then I noticed that I have the one with the talking at the end. lol Took me a while to notice that. *coughs* I'm a little(!!??) slow. ^^;

[rookies]

I'm so glad AHS has been working so well today. Guess all the leechers are gone now, now that the Rule PV has aired and they've been able to download it, LOL.

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I've always wondered about crying in J-dramas... the way they use those eye drops solution, and how they are able to make it so that they cry on the spot in the exact moment that they need to.. LOL.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Aga-chan

I just listened to the "Wasurerarenai" instrumental and wondered why the track is so long. And then I noticed that I have the one with the talking at the end. lol Took me a while to notice that. *coughs* I'm a little(!!??) slow. ^^;

that happened to be the Secret Talk if I'm right Aga

they had that for Step and Go too

[Aga-chan]

^Yeah, I heard about it, just didn't think I have that. xD

[rookies]

I have a question: Does anyone know about that place called BOOK-OFF? I heard it's some really big Japanese magazine/CD/etc. store that is located worldwide...

I was thinking of going to my local BOOK-OFF store and that stuff, but is it second hand store? That's what I heard it was.

And uggh... we really need to create some sort of thread on Japanese Stores or something in the Asian Chat section.... or a question thread... XD I'm only posting here, cus I have no other place to ask.

You know what, I'll just create the threads right now... but can someone answer my question? XD