Hey! Say! JUMP, for their tenth year
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anna_readingHey! Say! JUMP. My moments.
For their tenth year.
[Started 11th Dec 2017]
I didn't write anything for their anniversary, so I decided to write this now before the year is over, I'll count this as something for their tenth year. Hey! Say! JUMP, congratulations!! Hope we will see your 11th, 15th, 20th and however more if you still could!
It's something I think about sometimes:
Whenever I want to join communities related with Hey! Say! JUMP, I noticed that there is always that "who is your ichiban?" question.
My answer is usually the same: no ichiban (Jitan?). Sometimes I answer it because of who I strongly feel for at the time. For example I have answered Yuto before. Yamada. Keito. Takaki. But most of the time I would answer that I like all of them, I can't choose. Because that's true too. It's hard to choose because I love HSJ, I love all of them.
Well, truth be told, I might change my mind again. Because surely one's opinions changed over time? Though I am not sure I remember what I thought of HSJ two years ago, or four, or seven (maybe I do if I go through my entries but I have no energy to do that at the moment). Trying to put things into words for me has always been a long, complicated, jumbled mess of a process. For example, how long will this post stew in drafts and get edited I wonder... But I love it, writing, so there.
Hey! Say! JUMP is one of the reasons I am still here
I joined the fandom late, in October 2010. I think... yeah, that's the official date for me. October because it's my birthday, and 2010 because it was a bad year for me. Like, really bad, depressing and thinking of ending everything kind of bad. Didn't I say so many times before, HSJ saved me? They were one of the positive things that stood out that year when everything went to shit for me. Well, in retrospect, it's not everything anymore because right now, there are worse things, I just hope I got better at handling things. Sometimes I still wake up and think 'what the hell am I doing still alive?' But I will try to distract myself like 'ItaJump list hasn't been updated yet' or 'Mama wants me to go do something' or 'my lemon seeds are budding!', sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't, and that's when I'll go quiet the rest of the day. Anyway, enough with the dark stuff.
Let's talk about what I love about them.
Bear in mind that these are only my personal opinion, my personal experiences, my own thoughts. If it doesn't align with yours, well, don't hate me or whatever.
What I love about Hey! Say! JUMP
Honestly, everything and anything they give me, bar a few things.
Everything and anything... like each and every singles or albums or DVDs. Their closeness with each other. Their hobbies and favourites. Magazines, photobooks, calendars and the likes. Their dramas, their movies and butais. Their mascot characters, Yabunbun, Yuyaseba, Inooteri, Piitan, Daiking, Keitoru (or Keitle?), Kurusuke, Yujikku (or Yusic?), and Sabonen. Solo projects. Group projects. Whatever they could give me. I have especially soft spots for releases that were in October because what else? My birthday~~~ I think I am fairly easy to please when it comes to HSJ.
The few things I don't like - because of course I have things I dislike, I am human and there are bound to be things I don't like even if I love them:
Boku wa Vampire. Romeo and Juliet. Scandals because of people's reactions. Ryutaro leaving, subsequently Over. The fact that they smoke (not all of them I hope). Over-exaggerating fans (I nearly left fandom because of this but I steeled myself and kept a mantra - focus on JUMP and not the fans. Although I promised myself I won't be over-exaggerating but maybe I am guilty of this too so I can't be critical on others, so now I just try to keep quiet over generally everything).
Hmm... yeah. I think that's it. That I remember at this moment anyway.
Moving on to what I love about HSJ members.
Age order:
What I love about Yabu Kota
How I call him: Yabu, Yabu-san, Yabu-chan, oniichan
(How I call them is what I do in private. Well, I won't ever see them face to face that I have to speak with them anyway so...)
There are a few moments I remember.
In Summary 2010, Yabu sang a solo - Kagayaki no Hibi, danced, stepped into the water fountain, opened up his shirt and dance a little more. At this performance, I am in love.
I have said this before. I like to see them dance. Especially the long people like Yabu and Yuto. I like to watch their legs moving (even though during performances we usually saw their upper halves more) so I am almost always drawn to their leg movements, and I watch their performances more than once to see literally everything. Where everyone is, what they are doing, what's different or the same. Who stumbled, who made a mistake, who's grinning when they're not supposed to... ;D
For me, my first full video of HSJ is Summary 2010. Before that when I can't put names to faces, I watched some clips of their JUMPing Tour. I went into everything back then like... well, like someone starving looking for food, I guess? By the time Summary 2010 was released I have learned all their names and went through their senpais and kouhais.
Ah, I'm off the tracks. Yabu. The next video is Your Seed making and I watch Yabu half dead (lol not really) on the couch teaching the dance move halfway and then passed it to Hikaru, I don't know why I remember that part. Also, Yabu smiling until his eyes disappeared exactly like an anime character... I am smitten. Again.
Yabu being the reliable eldest while being unreliable like forgetting his things... reliable is when I saw him with JUMP, like that time in Chau# making when he helped Daiki by pointing where Daiki should be standing (there are a few more of this but I can't remember right now). When he said he worried about the members, worried about Chinen going home alone. Yuto saying he is big brotherly. Hikaru saying he worked hard. I am such a sucker for member ai and I love hearing about them getting along well with each other, taking care of each other, go eating or outing together... and especially when they confirmed that they congregate in one spot in a large dressing room XD ♥♥♥
He's kind and tall, a little silly, and largely endearing. Don't lose that smile, Yabu Kota.
What I love about Takaki Yuya
How I call him: Takaki, Takaki-san, Takaki-sama
Wow. Okay. This guy. This guy with a startling gap that I'd keel over in shock but also want to, like, pat his head. That gap of his bad boy looks and his voice and his personality...
Summary 2010, wait no. Not just that. Just listen to his voice when he's singing. Just. Listen.
He has a sexy voice. His voice made me hold my breath. Until now it's a habit that I did and I can't break it XD It's just automatic now. I can't listen to Oretachi no Seishun, I'll die. (I'm kidding. There is no way I'll die just listening to him sing, I just want him to sing and be sexy while I have mini heart attack over here). But I love Kumo no Ito and I especially love that duet he did with Chinen in TENJUMP DVD. When Chinen sat in his lap in the making of Hey! Say! I just... ah, perfect older brother. When tiny Chinen tried to piggyback Takaki in Your Seed making I just fell, hard. When they both went to France for J's Journey I feel like I've been blessed (hah?) XD XD sorry ahaha.
But, yeah. Perfect older brother. If I could have an older brother I'd want him. Don't care about the onee tendencies. Didn't Yamada say Takaki is the best singer in JUMP? I think I saw it recently.
He drives well, he has a convertible (is this really confirmed though?), he likes the sea, he can swim, he saved/dragged Yamada, Chinen and Hikaru singlehandedly... secretly, I call him Takaki-sama. He's the only HSJ member I ever considered calling with that suffix.
Well. Sexiest voice in HSJ. Takaki Yuya, you'll be the death of me some day...
What I love about Inoo Kei
How I call him: Inoo, Inoo-san, Inoo-chan, Nyaa, O-kei
Well... when I heard that he took architecture and struggling with thesis and made it, and just generally being a regular U student I just got the courage to finish mine.
I have to admit though, when I first got into HSJ Inoo is the last person in my ranking. I honestly don't remember why, maybe it's just that at the time I have the least interest towards him.
But certainly it has never been dislike. He is unpredictable but I love that side of him. JUMP's mystery man indeed... Also, the fact that he is a cat person is just another plus (well, even though I don't have cats of my own. Who could resist cats though... oh wait. Hikaru 😒😧).
Moments of Inoo that stood out for me... when he did his architecture things. Him in Shiawase Bonbi Girl. Him with children. His opening line for Maji Sunshine.
He is really something isn't he? I don't have a lot to say about him. Just... don't change, Inoo Kei.
What I love about Yaotome Hikaru
How I call him: Hikaru, Hika.
Like I have recently confessed on Twitter; he is my first crush in HSJ back when I don't even know his name. It's true, I remember it because at the time I watched a cut of that Chinen song from JUMPing Tour, Kawaii Kimi no Koto da Mono. The part where BEST danced at the side and the camera panned to Hikaru's face... there. My heart just skipped a beat.
I crush easily, you know. Any stranger that showed me a bit of kindness, I'd crush on. Good looking people, well that can't be helped. Well, crushes are temporary and love is forever and dislikes can change. I like him just the same now as with the others.
He is interesting. Yabu said his lyrics are unique because he's used words even Yabu didn't think to use. And I love his songs. Come Back...? and Compass Rose are my favourites. He can rap, even though I don't really like rap all that much. Even though he hates cats, well, you can't force people to like things if they don't like it, right? I have trauma towards snakes so I can somewhat relate. Also I don't know much about bass, but I like when he talked about them. It's good to have something you are passionate about, right?
Something else... it's just me, but I don't quite agree when he said himself stupid. Maybe silly or funny, but in my opinion, if someone can compose and play an instrument, and write lyrics, that's far from stupid. He is a bit challenged in multiplication but I don't measure him by just that. Then again, I'm not even close to him so I don't know, just... Hikaru, always be yourself and please continue to take care of the members (and yourself of course).
What I love about Arioka Daiki
How I call him: Dai-chan, Arioka-san, Arioka
This guy is like a loud, hyperactive little brother. I usually just smile and shake my head when I see him doing something. He has a cute face, and his looks doesn't change from ten years ago, but the right outfit, the right situation and the right angle does make him look manly. Well of course, they are all men already - I just can't stop calling them the boys in my head. Oh well.
Moments of his that stood out to me... hmm... his moments with Yamada I guess. The twins, aren't they? Their interactions are interesting :D Also any moments of closeness of him with the members. It's like he could be anywhere, be with anyone, and simultaneously stood out and blend in. Seems to me he can adapt well.
I think everyone agree that he is loud? And I usually can't handle loud people well, but maybe he'll be the kind that fills silence well? Or that could be my bias talking. Never mind, carry on.
Ah, but of course, Dai-chan, don't change. Really. Because you're the only Dai-chan in the world :D
What I love about Okamoto Keito
How I call him: Keito, Keito-chan, Kaaaaaaaayto (it's just me, and there's a difference XD)
Now, this guy. This English speaking guy. The one I dub toddler who I want to bully into crying and then console him XD. Joking, joking. It's just, I call Chinen baby number 1 and Yuto baby number 2, and in my mind Keito is slightly grown up than that, I imagine him like a toddler who is just about to walk, fell down and cry and I want to pick him up and pat him saying 'yosh yosh'.
Enough of my delusions lol. Okay, Keito is someone amazing to me, because he went to England by himself and is bilingual (maybe trilingual? I'm not sure), he works hard and he looks like a crybaby but he gets things done. Of course, a lot of people are like that, but I'm a little biased to him. He looks uncertain and frowning some (most?) of the time, happy and contented as he watched the other members, and all but transformed when he talks in English or with his guitar. And when he's eating, come on, look at his bulging cheeks as he eats, he looks a little like a greedy squirrel. So cute.
But what I remember most about him right now is hisbaby crying faces during sliding episodes in ItaJump XD sorry Keito~
Well, if Takaki's hot point is his voice, Keito's would be his long hair. I had this time period last year when he had his long hair that I stare at him and flail over him too much, I think I did answer Keito in some of the ichiban questions XD
Of course when it comes to Keito there is the most beautiful song in the world (I'm biased). H.Our Time is just too special, too beautiful, and just.... *flailing hard* it's that moment after the first note, when you hear them take a breath, that I also take a breath with them.
Keito, you are such a gentle kindhearted soul.
What I love about Yamada Ryosuke
How I call him: Yamada, Ryo, Ryo-chan
I have to thank him as he is partly how I found HSJ. Tantei Gakuen Q is my favourite and one of my transition into JDrama. Another one is Nobuta wo Produce.
Yamada is hardworking, no one can deny that. He's also beautiful, loves animals, loves kids, can cook, fashionable, close with his family, he is like a perfect prince. Except of course I know he isn't perfect. I'm a bit put off by his mean remarks because I'm a sensitive person and I take everything seriously, but I also know that he is a tsundere kind of person and he loves deeply. Anyone who is close to him and those he treasures are lucky, I bet.
His moments for me... his acting and his smile. His smile is like a light, I would fight anyone who contradict this statement (kidding,or maybe not. I'm a pacifist). His interactions with members, because him with the members are precious and whatever he did with them brought a smile to my face. Also when he could talk about his family. And his words in Think Note, the feelings in his words are almost tangible.
Yamada, you are seriously someone I cannot reach, but I would still be here for you (and everyone) anyway.
What I love about Nakajima Yuto
How I call him: Yuto, Yuu-chan, baby number 2
Baby number 2 XD even if he is the tallest... hyperactive excitable adorable baby, and Chinen's twin in my opinion. Another reason I found my way to HSJ - chibi Yuto in Nobuta. That drama is epic in my opinion, it's one of my favourite JDrama until today. It's a shock back then to watch chibi Yuto, and enter HSJ fandom with him already so tall. And handsome. He is too handsome. His face is like... ultimate ikemen. But that's just my own opinion of course.
Anyway, Yuto, with his many hobbies, his tallness, his complexes, I love it all. Complexes because of course, he is a complicated child. He can't be hypnotised so he must think of a lot of things. I still can't shake off that dangerous feeling I felt before, but sometimes when he does his best looking so excited I wonder if I have made a mistake after all.
Let's just focus on something else. What kind of things I remember him in... Risou no Musuko, Pink & Gray. When he was in drag that time in ItaJump, while the staff focused on him tying his hair, I focused on how he pranced around in heels and doesn't look like he'll topple over. Yikes. I can't even wear heels myself, only wedges, or sneakers. I'm still a disaster even in flats haha XD And all his moments of being excited, he burst out laughing at members way too often :D but those are times I call him baby number 2 XD such an excitable baby.
His photos are gorgeous. Photos that he took of course, (although his photoshoots are something very nice to look at as well because of his handsomeness) because he's taking photos of members that only he could see, they are so lovely and full of emotions. I'd have liked to see what other photos of members he has.
Yuto, won't you release more photobooks?
What I love about Chinen Yuri
How I call him: Chinen, Chinen-chan, Chii, Chii-chan, baby number 1
Finally this little guy. Active acrobatic dancer, the one everyone spoiled. At least that's how I see it. He is at times smug, other times cute, and then he goes and surprise you with something like sadistically dripping wax on members pfft. Though I saw that coming.
There are many moments of his I remember, like it's his song I watched back then - Kawaii Kimi no Koto da Mono, and then the France journey, his bonding with wallaby baby Nuts, his dance as Yamada sang Where My Heart Belongs, annoying Brainy, chibi him sitting on people's laps...
I believed him to be a genius who can do anything, though recently I read Hikaru's interview about how Chinen pushes himself to fulfil that image and that's a burden on him, so for that I am sorry. I still think like that though, it's hard to shake that off.
But Chinen is still amazing even if he can't do something. His presence is there even when he doesn't speak. His interaction with members is why I call him baby number 1.
I really have a hard time imagining how he'll be at, say, 40. Haha. Though looking at Ohno, maybe that's how Chinen will be. Eh not that I said Ohno is 40, it's just the image of grown up Chinen I'm basing him from. Ugh better stop this part before I have to dig my grave.
Chinen, I'll be watching you.
Extra: Morimoto Ryutaro
How I call him: Ryu, Ryuu-chan
Yeah, I know he's not HSJ anymore, but when I joined the fandom he's still there you know? I got him for a few months. Back then when that news came out it really shocked me that I couldn't listen to my HSJ playlist for almost a year and a half. Like, UMP really pained me. Over is not my favourite. And Thank You ~Bokutachi Kara Kimi he~ drove me to tears. End of the year his profile disappeared from HSJ's page on Jnet, and that's just it then, isn't it?
When he came back as ZERO's Ryu I'm just glad and relieved. In that interview... which magazine was it? I forgot. He hinted at being depressed, feeling messed up after that, and I just... I feel you, Ryuu-chan. I'm relieved you are here now.
Although, when he was still in HSJ, Chinen is still the baby. That epic moment in the train variety show! Ryu protected Chinen! As well as the rest of HSJ! See Keito too! That really cemented my belief of Chinen being the baby of HSJ forever lol. What I'll always remember him with HSJ was the way he often acted more mature than his age, but sometimes... unexpectedly, he will act his true age, I am reminded that he is born the same year as my sister Princess H XD
Ryuu-chan ganbare~!
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Hey! Say! JUMP, thank you. Thank you for everything. Please continue to be there, please continue to bring happiness, and please take care of yourselves as well. Both physically and mentally.
Because if you aren't fine, I'll be worried as well. Like back then in March 2011, I thought my heart would stop. This thing about saying fangirls being too irrational for being emotionally invested... there is irrational, and then there is concern from one human being to another. True that some of us might never see the idols face to face, being literally strangers, but there is nothing wrong with being concerned over, and care for, other people, isn't it?
And every single person on Earth are different, with different thinking, upbringing, needs, problems faced and whatnots, and if sometimes idols can help, then it's fine isn't it? I just hope the reverse is true as well. I hope the love and care we fans pour to them can help even a little.
((As I was finishing up on this the news about Kim Jonghyun came, and it was such a shock... before HSJ I was briefly in the SHINee fandom and it's one that I checked a little from time to time. This is the worst. Like, if I hear my favourite band disband or a member leaving the group is bad enough but at least they're alive... this is just too devastating. I hope his family stays strong. I hope the members take care of themselves.
Of celebrity deaths/suicides, and there are still people who scoffed at and made fun of fans who mourned... do you have a heart? I know to those celebrities we fans might be strangers who might never even get to meet them face to face, but a death impacts the living. It's the people left behind who feel the loss and fans are people too, not robots. These celebs did touch our lives and becoming a presence or influence, however tiny and brief it might be. Don't be a heartless jerk. Don't make fun of depression like it's something you can just turn off or something, it's not. It's a real condition and unless you understand, shut it.))
This will be my last post for 2017, and I hope 2018 will be good to me. Signing off, on 19122017.
[I'll be posting this on the 21st or 22nd though]
Whenever I want to join communities related with Hey! Say! JUMP, I noticed that there is always that "who is your ichiban?" question.
My answer is usually the same: no ichiban (Jitan?). Sometimes I answer it because of who I strongly feel for at the time. For example I have answered Yuto before. Yamada. Keito. Takaki. But most of the time I would answer that I like all of them, I can't choose. Because that's true too. It's hard to choose because I love HSJ, I love all of them.
Well, truth be told, I might change my mind again. Because surely one's opinions changed over time? Though I am not sure I remember what I thought of HSJ two years ago, or four, or seven (maybe I do if I go through my entries but I have no energy to do that at the moment). Trying to put things into words for me has always been a long, complicated, jumbled mess of a process. For example, how long will this post stew in drafts and get edited I wonder... But I love it, writing, so there.
Hey! Say! JUMP is one of the reasons I am still here
I joined the fandom late, in October 2010. I think... yeah, that's the official date for me. October because it's my birthday, and 2010 because it was a bad year for me. Like, really bad, depressing and thinking of ending everything kind of bad. Didn't I say so many times before, HSJ saved me? They were one of the positive things that stood out that year when everything went to shit for me. Well, in retrospect, it's not everything anymore because right now, there are worse things, I just hope I got better at handling things. Sometimes I still wake up and think 'what the hell am I doing still alive?' But I will try to distract myself like 'ItaJump list hasn't been updated yet' or 'Mama wants me to go do something' or 'my lemon seeds are budding!', sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't, and that's when I'll go quiet the rest of the day. Anyway, enough with the dark stuff.
Let's talk about what I love about them.
Bear in mind that these are only my personal opinion, my personal experiences, my own thoughts. If it doesn't align with yours, well, don't hate me or whatever.
What I love about Hey! Say! JUMP
Honestly, everything and anything they give me, bar a few things.
Everything and anything... like each and every singles or albums or DVDs. Their closeness with each other. Their hobbies and favourites. Magazines, photobooks, calendars and the likes. Their dramas, their movies and butais. Their mascot characters, Yabunbun, Yuyaseba, Inooteri, Piitan, Daiking, Keitoru (or Keitle?), Kurusuke, Yujikku (or Yusic?), and Sabonen. Solo projects. Group projects. Whatever they could give me. I have especially soft spots for releases that were in October because what else? My birthday~~~ I think I am fairly easy to please when it comes to HSJ.
The few things I don't like - because of course I have things I dislike, I am human and there are bound to be things I don't like even if I love them:
Boku wa Vampire. Romeo and Juliet. Scandals because of people's reactions. Ryutaro leaving, subsequently Over. The fact that they smoke (not all of them I hope). Over-exaggerating fans (I nearly left fandom because of this but I steeled myself and kept a mantra - focus on JUMP and not the fans. Although I promised myself I won't be over-exaggerating but maybe I am guilty of this too so I can't be critical on others, so now I just try to keep quiet over generally everything).
Hmm... yeah. I think that's it. That I remember at this moment anyway.
Moving on to what I love about HSJ members.
Age order:
What I love about Yabu Kota
How I call him: Yabu, Yabu-san, Yabu-chan, oniichan
(How I call them is what I do in private. Well, I won't ever see them face to face that I have to speak with them anyway so...)
There are a few moments I remember.
In Summary 2010, Yabu sang a solo - Kagayaki no Hibi, danced, stepped into the water fountain, opened up his shirt and dance a little more. At this performance, I am in love.
I have said this before. I like to see them dance. Especially the long people like Yabu and Yuto. I like to watch their legs moving (even though during performances we usually saw their upper halves more) so I am almost always drawn to their leg movements, and I watch their performances more than once to see literally everything. Where everyone is, what they are doing, what's different or the same. Who stumbled, who made a mistake, who's grinning when they're not supposed to... ;D
For me, my first full video of HSJ is Summary 2010. Before that when I can't put names to faces, I watched some clips of their JUMPing Tour. I went into everything back then like... well, like someone starving looking for food, I guess? By the time Summary 2010 was released I have learned all their names and went through their senpais and kouhais.
Ah, I'm off the tracks. Yabu. The next video is Your Seed making and I watch Yabu half dead (lol not really) on the couch teaching the dance move halfway and then passed it to Hikaru, I don't know why I remember that part. Also, Yabu smiling until his eyes disappeared exactly like an anime character... I am smitten. Again.
Yabu being the reliable eldest while being unreliable like forgetting his things... reliable is when I saw him with JUMP, like that time in Chau# making when he helped Daiki by pointing where Daiki should be standing (there are a few more of this but I can't remember right now). When he said he worried about the members, worried about Chinen going home alone. Yuto saying he is big brotherly. Hikaru saying he worked hard. I am such a sucker for member ai and I love hearing about them getting along well with each other, taking care of each other, go eating or outing together... and especially when they confirmed that they congregate in one spot in a large dressing room XD ♥♥♥
He's kind and tall, a little silly, and largely endearing. Don't lose that smile, Yabu Kota.
What I love about Takaki Yuya
How I call him: Takaki, Takaki-san, Takaki-sama
Wow. Okay. This guy. This guy with a startling gap that I'd keel over in shock but also want to, like, pat his head. That gap of his bad boy looks and his voice and his personality...
Summary 2010, wait no. Not just that. Just listen to his voice when he's singing. Just. Listen.
He has a sexy voice. His voice made me hold my breath. Until now it's a habit that I did and I can't break it XD It's just automatic now. I can't listen to Oretachi no Seishun, I'll die. (I'm kidding. There is no way I'll die just listening to him sing, I just want him to sing and be sexy while I have mini heart attack over here). But I love Kumo no Ito and I especially love that duet he did with Chinen in TENJUMP DVD. When Chinen sat in his lap in the making of Hey! Say! I just... ah, perfect older brother. When tiny Chinen tried to piggyback Takaki in Your Seed making I just fell, hard. When they both went to France for J's Journey I feel like I've been blessed (hah?) XD XD sorry ahaha.
But, yeah. Perfect older brother. If I could have an older brother I'd want him. Don't care about the onee tendencies. Didn't Yamada say Takaki is the best singer in JUMP? I think I saw it recently.
He drives well, he has a convertible (is this really confirmed though?), he likes the sea, he can swim, he saved/dragged Yamada, Chinen and Hikaru singlehandedly... secretly, I call him Takaki-sama. He's the only HSJ member I ever considered calling with that suffix.
Well. Sexiest voice in HSJ. Takaki Yuya, you'll be the death of me some day...
What I love about Inoo Kei
How I call him: Inoo, Inoo-san, Inoo-chan, Nyaa, O-kei
Well... when I heard that he took architecture and struggling with thesis and made it, and just generally being a regular U student I just got the courage to finish mine.
I have to admit though, when I first got into HSJ Inoo is the last person in my ranking. I honestly don't remember why, maybe it's just that at the time I have the least interest towards him.
But certainly it has never been dislike. He is unpredictable but I love that side of him. JUMP's mystery man indeed... Also, the fact that he is a cat person is just another plus (well, even though I don't have cats of my own. Who could resist cats though... oh wait. Hikaru 😒😧).
Moments of Inoo that stood out for me... when he did his architecture things. Him in Shiawase Bonbi Girl. Him with children. His opening line for Maji Sunshine.
He is really something isn't he? I don't have a lot to say about him. Just... don't change, Inoo Kei.
What I love about Yaotome Hikaru
How I call him: Hikaru, Hika.
Like I have recently confessed on Twitter; he is my first crush in HSJ back when I don't even know his name. It's true, I remember it because at the time I watched a cut of that Chinen song from JUMPing Tour, Kawaii Kimi no Koto da Mono. The part where BEST danced at the side and the camera panned to Hikaru's face... there. My heart just skipped a beat.
I crush easily, you know. Any stranger that showed me a bit of kindness, I'd crush on. Good looking people, well that can't be helped. Well, crushes are temporary and love is forever and dislikes can change. I like him just the same now as with the others.
He is interesting. Yabu said his lyrics are unique because he's used words even Yabu didn't think to use. And I love his songs. Come Back...? and Compass Rose are my favourites. He can rap, even though I don't really like rap all that much. Even though he hates cats, well, you can't force people to like things if they don't like it, right? I have trauma towards snakes so I can somewhat relate. Also I don't know much about bass, but I like when he talked about them. It's good to have something you are passionate about, right?
Something else... it's just me, but I don't quite agree when he said himself stupid. Maybe silly or funny, but in my opinion, if someone can compose and play an instrument, and write lyrics, that's far from stupid. He is a bit challenged in multiplication but I don't measure him by just that. Then again, I'm not even close to him so I don't know, just... Hikaru, always be yourself and please continue to take care of the members (and yourself of course).
What I love about Arioka Daiki
How I call him: Dai-chan, Arioka-san, Arioka
This guy is like a loud, hyperactive little brother. I usually just smile and shake my head when I see him doing something. He has a cute face, and his looks doesn't change from ten years ago, but the right outfit, the right situation and the right angle does make him look manly. Well of course, they are all men already - I just can't stop calling them the boys in my head. Oh well.
Moments of his that stood out to me... hmm... his moments with Yamada I guess. The twins, aren't they? Their interactions are interesting :D Also any moments of closeness of him with the members. It's like he could be anywhere, be with anyone, and simultaneously stood out and blend in. Seems to me he can adapt well.
I think everyone agree that he is loud? And I usually can't handle loud people well, but maybe he'll be the kind that fills silence well? Or that could be my bias talking. Never mind, carry on.
Ah, but of course, Dai-chan, don't change. Really. Because you're the only Dai-chan in the world :D
What I love about Okamoto Keito
How I call him: Keito, Keito-chan, Kaaaaaaaayto (it's just me, and there's a difference XD)
Now, this guy. This English speaking guy. The one I dub toddler who I want to bully into crying and then console him XD. Joking, joking. It's just, I call Chinen baby number 1 and Yuto baby number 2, and in my mind Keito is slightly grown up than that, I imagine him like a toddler who is just about to walk, fell down and cry and I want to pick him up and pat him saying 'yosh yosh'.
Enough of my delusions lol. Okay, Keito is someone amazing to me, because he went to England by himself and is bilingual (maybe trilingual? I'm not sure), he works hard and he looks like a crybaby but he gets things done. Of course, a lot of people are like that, but I'm a little biased to him. He looks uncertain and frowning some (most?) of the time, happy and contented as he watched the other members, and all but transformed when he talks in English or with his guitar. And when he's eating, come on, look at his bulging cheeks as he eats, he looks a little like a greedy squirrel. So cute.
But what I remember most about him right now is his
Well, if Takaki's hot point is his voice, Keito's would be his long hair. I had this time period last year when he had his long hair that I stare at him and flail over him too much, I think I did answer Keito in some of the ichiban questions XD
Of course when it comes to Keito there is the most beautiful song in the world (I'm biased). H.Our Time is just too special, too beautiful, and just.... *flailing hard* it's that moment after the first note, when you hear them take a breath, that I also take a breath with them.
Keito, you are such a gentle kindhearted soul.
What I love about Yamada Ryosuke
How I call him: Yamada, Ryo, Ryo-chan
I have to thank him as he is partly how I found HSJ. Tantei Gakuen Q is my favourite and one of my transition into JDrama. Another one is Nobuta wo Produce.
Yamada is hardworking, no one can deny that. He's also beautiful, loves animals, loves kids, can cook, fashionable, close with his family, he is like a perfect prince. Except of course I know he isn't perfect. I'm a bit put off by his mean remarks because I'm a sensitive person and I take everything seriously, but I also know that he is a tsundere kind of person and he loves deeply. Anyone who is close to him and those he treasures are lucky, I bet.
His moments for me... his acting and his smile. His smile is like a light, I would fight anyone who contradict this statement (kidding,
Yamada, you are seriously someone I cannot reach, but I would still be here for you (and everyone) anyway.
What I love about Nakajima Yuto
How I call him: Yuto, Yuu-chan, baby number 2
Baby number 2 XD even if he is the tallest... hyperactive excitable adorable baby, and Chinen's twin in my opinion. Another reason I found my way to HSJ - chibi Yuto in Nobuta. That drama is epic in my opinion, it's one of my favourite JDrama until today. It's a shock back then to watch chibi Yuto, and enter HSJ fandom with him already so tall. And handsome. He is too handsome. His face is like... ultimate ikemen. But that's just my own opinion of course.
Anyway, Yuto, with his many hobbies, his tallness, his complexes, I love it all. Complexes because of course, he is a complicated child. He can't be hypnotised so he must think of a lot of things. I still can't shake off that dangerous feeling I felt before, but sometimes when he does his best looking so excited I wonder if I have made a mistake after all.
Let's just focus on something else. What kind of things I remember him in... Risou no Musuko, Pink & Gray. When he was in drag that time in ItaJump, while the staff focused on him tying his hair, I focused on how he pranced around in heels and doesn't look like he'll topple over. Yikes. I can't even wear heels myself, only wedges, or sneakers. I'm still a disaster even in flats haha XD And all his moments of being excited, he burst out laughing at members way too often :D but those are times I call him baby number 2 XD such an excitable baby.
His photos are gorgeous. Photos that he took of course, (although his photoshoots are something very nice to look at as well because of his handsomeness) because he's taking photos of members that only he could see, they are so lovely and full of emotions. I'd have liked to see what other photos of members he has.
Yuto, won't you release more photobooks?
What I love about Chinen Yuri
How I call him: Chinen, Chinen-chan, Chii, Chii-chan, baby number 1
Finally this little guy. Active acrobatic dancer, the one everyone spoiled. At least that's how I see it. He is at times smug, other times cute, and then he goes and surprise you with something like sadistically dripping wax on members pfft. Though I saw that coming.
There are many moments of his I remember, like it's his song I watched back then - Kawaii Kimi no Koto da Mono, and then the France journey, his bonding with wallaby baby Nuts, his dance as Yamada sang Where My Heart Belongs, annoying Brainy, chibi him sitting on people's laps...
I believed him to be a genius who can do anything, though recently I read Hikaru's interview about how Chinen pushes himself to fulfil that image and that's a burden on him, so for that I am sorry. I still think like that though, it's hard to shake that off.
But Chinen is still amazing even if he can't do something. His presence is there even when he doesn't speak. His interaction with members is why I call him baby number 1.
I really have a hard time imagining how he'll be at, say, 40. Haha. Though looking at Ohno, maybe that's how Chinen will be. Eh not that I said Ohno is 40, it's just the image of grown up Chinen I'm basing him from. Ugh better stop this part before I have to dig my grave.
Chinen, I'll be watching you.
Extra: Morimoto Ryutaro
How I call him: Ryu, Ryuu-chan
Yeah, I know he's not HSJ anymore, but when I joined the fandom he's still there you know? I got him for a few months. Back then when that news came out it really shocked me that I couldn't listen to my HSJ playlist for almost a year and a half. Like, UMP really pained me. Over is not my favourite. And Thank You ~Bokutachi Kara Kimi he~ drove me to tears. End of the year his profile disappeared from HSJ's page on Jnet, and that's just it then, isn't it?
When he came back as ZERO's Ryu I'm just glad and relieved. In that interview... which magazine was it? I forgot. He hinted at being depressed, feeling messed up after that, and I just... I feel you, Ryuu-chan. I'm relieved you are here now.
Although, when he was still in HSJ, Chinen is still the baby. That epic moment in the train variety show! Ryu protected Chinen! As well as the rest of HSJ! See Keito too! That really cemented my belief of Chinen being the baby of HSJ forever lol. What I'll always remember him with HSJ was the way he often acted more mature than his age, but sometimes... unexpectedly, he will act his true age, I am reminded that he is born the same year as my sister Princess H XD
Ryuu-chan ganbare~!
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Hey! Say! JUMP, thank you. Thank you for everything. Please continue to be there, please continue to bring happiness, and please take care of yourselves as well. Both physically and mentally.
Because if you aren't fine, I'll be worried as well. Like back then in March 2011, I thought my heart would stop. This thing about saying fangirls being too irrational for being emotionally invested... there is irrational, and then there is concern from one human being to another. True that some of us might never see the idols face to face, being literally strangers, but there is nothing wrong with being concerned over, and care for, other people, isn't it?
And every single person on Earth are different, with different thinking, upbringing, needs, problems faced and whatnots, and if sometimes idols can help, then it's fine isn't it? I just hope the reverse is true as well. I hope the love and care we fans pour to them can help even a little.
((As I was finishing up on this the news about Kim Jonghyun came, and it was such a shock... before HSJ I was briefly in the SHINee fandom and it's one that I checked a little from time to time. This is the worst. Like, if I hear my favourite band disband or a member leaving the group is bad enough but at least they're alive... this is just too devastating. I hope his family stays strong. I hope the members take care of themselves.
Of celebrity deaths/suicides, and there are still people who scoffed at and made fun of fans who mourned... do you have a heart? I know to those celebrities we fans might be strangers who might never even get to meet them face to face, but a death impacts the living. It's the people left behind who feel the loss and fans are people too, not robots. These celebs did touch our lives and becoming a presence or influence, however tiny and brief it might be. Don't be a heartless jerk. Don't make fun of depression like it's something you can just turn off or something, it's not. It's a real condition and unless you understand, shut it.))
This will be my last post for 2017, and I hope 2018 will be good to me. Signing off, on 19122017.
[I'll be posting this on the 21st or 22nd though]
