Happy 14th Anniversary, Exile!

Congratulations, Exile!

I feel bloody old, but hey, I have heard of them when I was younger. It's no surprise haha.

Detail Dream involving Gun-chan.

Finally, I had a dream involving Gun-chan. However, the dream was an adventure, told from a first person POV.

My friends and I met him at the Narita airport metro line, then after a friendly greeting we started talking (because we recognised him). He was kind enough to offer to bring us around. I mentioned that I had been to Nagoya before, it was lovely place, then he was happy about it and all. We even exchanged numbers so that we could keep in contact while we were in Japan.

Then the dream... took a downturn. Suddenly we found ourselves in an amusement park with nice structures, very Universal Studios-esque, but the atmosphere was rather sinister. Gun-chan's hairstyle had changed to blonde, similar to his banchou persona in High & Low, cold and merciless-looking and all. For some reason I had pissed him off because he scolded me and walked away ("This is no place for you."), my friends had disappeared, and I was all alone.

So I explored the place, not finding anything much despite the gloom (grey skies, barely any breeze or bustling life, sort of like an abandoned amusement park), until it was time to go back. I boarded the train which looked like the greyer, darker version of the Disneyland monorail. There were several people on the train, mostly students in uniforms (navy blazer). Right before my eyes, the train station names changed from Shinjuku, Harajuku etc to names like Ghost Town, City of Corpses, Zombie Land etc. All in kanji. Somehow I had the instinct to stay on board until the train reached a station named Ikebukuro.

I walked out of Ikebukuro station, and found myself in front of a shophouse whose interior was similar to the older HDBs, but the constructed exterior was pretty much from a Ghibli film, Western and old. It has a narrow wooden staircase, a missing flight of stairs leading from 3rd floor to 4th floor where you are expected to continue climbing up. By some miracle, I went up, and found myself meeting my juniors from band in the one and only room on the seventh floor. They were having band practice. For some reason, the place was open to visitors so I saw Kits and Tessie and Mini (please don't ask. I don't even know them except Kits) emerging from a room inside this supposed bandroom. And then Mandy, JanJan and my friends (who disappeared earlier) materialised from another room but they didn't see Kits and gang. As if there was an invisible force field preventing the two groups from seeing each other.

I interacted with my juniors for all of 15 mins, noting how well the band sounded, how they had grown. Then we exited the bandroom. I told Mandy that Kits and Tessie were also around, please look from from the corner of your eyes, and suggested giving them a nasty scare. which she did while I scaled down the stairs and outside the building.

I saw blonde Gun-chan again, this time with several shadowed, hooded figures that could only be 3JSB (because I like 3JSB more than Exile). How not to mistake Naoki and Naoto?

And the dream ended.

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医師 問題無ノ介

So I was randomly surfing the web after reading one article about Japan wanting to abolish humanities and the arts in universities because they want to focus on degrees that address society (aka Engineering, Sciences and the likes). Seriously, it's bullshit, thank you Todai and Keio etc for not adhering to that stupid law. How can you disregard the arts and humanities? =.=

Then I remembered Gun-chan is a Keio alumnus. Well. Look. His name is on the wiki. I also remembered Naoki was a university student (WHY DIDN'T YOU GRADUATE. YOU'RE CERTAINLY SMART ENOUGH). Lo and behold, he was from Hosei University.

I have a soft spot for artists who are university graduates. Sort of. Except Kenchi XD

Anyway, this is just research material for fic writing. Don't mind me.

Look, Gun-chan's Mr Keio entry XD



I FOUND IT.

Dance Dance Dance

I have mixed feelings for this song.

Good: I love the song. Such a different feel compared to other E-Girls' singles. I like a wider range of song styles which can further help the vocalists and performers explore and expand their talents. I prefer the MJ-esque parts by Mio, Kaede and Anna. I mean, Sayaka and Yurino are perfect on their own, they'll steal the limelight if they are put in the MJ-esque costumes.

Bad: I would prefer Erie, Aya, Kyoka and/or Ruri to take Ami and Karen's parts. Shizuka and Reina are versatile enough so I'm fine with them, but I would expect this song to have a lower pitch which I believe anyone with a lower pitch could sing better. Also I wish Manami, Kyoka and Miyuu were dancing the MJ-esque parts - they'll be perfect.

It's the first time I came across the term A-line and B-line, but wow is that why I keep seeing the same people again and again, according to what sells. Here's hoping the rest of the girls not featured in the video will get to shine during the next E-Girls' concert.

Also, here's hoping for LDH to send their artists on a world tour. Gene had one, and I'm hoping for 3JSB to have one. Exile no longer has the chance because the shodai members are retiring, which is pretty sad. I mean, I really like Exile with the shodai members inside. But it's also unlikely coz there are so many members. Imagine covering the costs of plane tickets and hotels. Without sponsors, it'll be hard to get them on a world tour. So our safest bet is Gene and 3JSB.

In the meantime, I shall ogle the Amazing Exile World Tour goods.