New home.

I decided to delete my first few posts just so I could put this better longer one as my introductory post. lol. I think I’ll be posting more here than in LJ/Multiply from now on ’cause I now find the view your friends page feature kind of bothersome. I’m not that much of an attention whore anyway so I think it is better to update here and not to spam my friends list with posts that they’ll eventually just skip through.

This blog will mostly be filled with fandom-related things and a few real life stuff from time to time, but it’s not like anyone’s interested about it either. lol. I also tend to be lazy and just lurk around and/or watch shows the whole time so it has kind of become a habit to update after 34782934 days. But I’ll try to post here as often as I can even if it’ll only include nonsense one-liners, it still counts as an update right? lol.

So yes, fandom. I have to say this’ll be the longest one that I’ve ever been hooked on. I was never a fan of any particular artist to the extent of looking for more infos, searching for more pictures and downloading and watching tv shows until I saw Matsumoto Jun.

LOL. There, the Jun-bait. It’s the usual story actually, where fans watched him in Gokusen, awed by that tough-looking Sawada Shin and was interested to know his real name and how popular he is in Japan. That’s the only thing I’m thankful to GMA (a local channel) for; when they aired that drama I knew I was gonna love it, it was just that I have classes during its airing so I only got the chance to watch it during summer of ‘06 when they had a rerun. But it was until late December when I decided to rewatch the drama online and find more info about that guy who played Sawada Shin, who I only know is named Matsumoto Jun and is a member of a boyband whose name I can’t even remember.

Then came April. The past 4 months I got hooked on HanaDan and Arashi. I found out Jun doesn’t have the best singing voice, the nicest dance moves, nor the most flawless skin, but he was still the guy that I try to find first whenever I see any Arashi vids, not to mention Tsukasa was like my fave drama character that time (next to Sawada). I knew they’re part of this agency called Johnny’s Entertainment. Watched the 2007 year-end countdown and skipped until their part. I didn’t know anyone except Arashi, I thought everyone looked the same. Then I saw Yamashita Tomohisa, on his birthday.

After finishing most of Jun’s dramas that I could get my hands on, that was when my interest on Jdramas started. I went over at d-addicts and came across this thread about recommended dramas. Nobuta Wo Produce seems to be interesting, but Stand Up! also has this guy from Arashi too, so I decided to watch both. I ended up finishing the former first ’cause the latter’s subs aren’t finished yet. Wait, this certain guy starred on both dramas but he looked different. Though I noticed him first on Stand Up!, I ended up liking him in Nobuta.

Everything else followed. So his name’s Yamashita Tomohisa, nickname’s Yamapi, same agency with Arashi, sang the theme song “Seishun Amigo” with Kamenashi Kazuya who’s also one of the Johnny’s. The song’s nice, actually the second Japanese song I’ve come to like after Love So Sweet. Talk about drama influence. Then there’s Kurosagi. He was the lead actor. After watching the first episode I immediately became a fan. Then I knew he was part of a group called NEWS, who just got back from a few months’ suspension because of two members caught of underage drinking. But unlike Arashi, I didn’t look for more infos about them, I thought 6 was too many. I decided to read more about him and watch more dramas instead. Many fans were saying 1 Litre of Tears was good. I gave it a try. Even before the end of the first episode, I was already mesmerized by Nishikido Ryo. Wait, I knew I’ve seen this guy somewhere.

I loved Asou Haruto and actually thought he’s the best character among all my favorites that time. 1LoT also became my favorite drama. I knew it, he’s the guy who was interviewed alongside Jun on a particular Music Station guesting. Him and Yamapi are part of NEWS. He’s also in the same agency. Then I realized I was so eager to know more about this guy, and decided to give NEWS a try, since two of the guys I like are part of it. I came across Helen’s blog. I found out about Yamapi and Ryo’s friendship. I became a RyoPi fan. But wait, Ryo’s in two groups?

Another one from Johnny’s? Now with 7 members? The other guy from NEWS who was suspended was also part of this group. They’re called Kanjani8. This will be the first time I’ll listen to a group that I still don’t know the members’ names, only Ryo. First video watched: Zukkoke Otokomichi in Shounen Club Premium. Reaction: O_o but first time I laughed over a certain group. They’re fun. I think I’m going to like them. I still don’t know their names though.

That actually happened in less than a month. For a few days there were so much Arashi, YamaPi, Ryo and Kanjani8 catching up. I got into a Junior phase frenzy and found out a lot of stuff about those guys before they debuted on their respective groups. I thought Ryo was the cutest chibi, Pi was the prettiest, Jun was the clumsiest, and this guy, he looks like the guy from HanaDan. *searches wiki for the cast again*. So his name’s Ikuta Toma. Ah, he’s the guy I kept on reading together with Pi. They might be close during their Junior days too, huh. Read Helen’s blog again. Instantly became a TomaPi fan.

For a while my interests stayed there. Got more familiar with Johnny’s Entertainment and was introduced on the other groups. Watched more shows especially the old ones where they were still Juniors and had more interaction compared now that they have their own groups. Basically got the hang of the shiny costumes, occasional off-key voices, Jimusho rules, different types of fangirls and everything else related to the fandom.

Whenever I watch a certain drama with some good non-Johnny’s actors in it, I tend to drool over them only until the end of the drama and then I eventually get over it. I thought the Johnny’s fandom was already too much for me to manage. Too many guys, too many groups, too many names. Not until I watched Mizushima Hiro.

No, he doesn’t remind me of Matsumoto Jun. Never. Aside from Ikuta Toma, he was the best thing about Hana Kimi. He’s not from Johnny’s, I know. But I was really eager to know this guy. Then I watched Kamen Rider Kabuto. Nevermind the fight scenes, he was hot and was added to my list of favorite guys right away. Also, plus points for him being fluent in English.

My favorite guys will definitely increase over time but I’d say that I would want to keep those that I’ve mentioned for a long time. I’m also starting to explore Jpop and listen to other artists and so far Yui has become an interest too.

edit: tl;dr for a first entry. lol.