Ever since my parents got here I've been wanting to expose my mom to the music I've been listening to lately. Not necessarily Johnny's or JPop, but Japanese in general. I finally took the chance yesterday, but I was so curious I decided to show her SUMMER TIME. She didn't understand at first why I wanted her to watch rather than just listen, but that mystery was soon afterwards revealed XD ( What does mom think of NEWS? )

Yesterday I read a hilarious post on news_jpop. Misheard lyrics. Did you see that post? I laughed so hard at most of the comments!! I misheard some lyrics at times, but never to the extent of creating such funny sentences! flail flail, ring pajamas, private parts, whack a toilet, beautiful rice, picking up disabled food,.. [more]. Like I was writing this on the train, and just thinking of those sentences made me laugh! I was about to explode 'cause I was trying to keep it inside!! XD

Only 2 3 Johnny's in the chart. You already know who, right? You also already know what positions they ranked at, don't you!!!

EDIT: HUGE UNFORGIVABLE IGNORANCE OF MINE!!!! I didn't know of THE Prince's alias ><' (thank you sakuraminamoto)

( charts are fun )

EDIT:
I almost forgot!!! Today the new T&T single was released.. (恋詩　－コイウター/PROGRESS) ( another chart? )

Another EDIT: cuz i can't keep away from charts
Box office in Japan 05.31 ~ 06.01 ( morita-chan, don't click XD )

FIND OF THE DAY (which was actually yesterday, but details!): the word PES exists!!
from wordreference:

pes:
the foot of a human being

but, maybe.. they were looking for katakana words starting with P? I can't remember (good excuse to go watch that ep again! XD)

( Pi-chan ni onegai.. )

Some images I saw yesterday from Popolo 2008.07 (thanx to trishatorga)
( so random )

And because zsuness is so awesome.. ( Nino.. majide! )

OK, let's see.. is there any serious news going on these days?
( anything interesting? )

My hype for this post just totally went down ^_^;;
Anyho... CM anyone?( only in Japan? )

I'm surely forgetting something.. I know there was something I wanted to write about. hmmm.

Thanks to watchful21 the truth behind all those Johnny's acronyms, etc. has been revealed (at least to me XD).
The BIG CONTAINER is Johnny's & Associates (aka Johnny's Jimusho). JE (Johnny's Entertainment) is ONLY a RECORD LABEL signed under JA/JJ. I've always referred to the whole thing as JE, but that is obviously wrong. JE is similar to J-Storm in concept. So, the official site for all Johnny's related stuff is johnny's net. watchful21 will post further details and a better explanation soon (in her next NEWS/Yamapi update post).

Ah, I knew it. I just knew it !! ♥ *sigh*

Anyho, the past 2 days have been all rainy and stormy. And yesterday I saw.. an aiaigasa situation!! ah, they were cute (I think they were about 9 years old). The girl was holding the umbrella, but they weren't as close to each other as the kids in the PV, and I doubt there were any hidden feelings there. But still, the whole scene reminded me of aiaigasa, and that was enough for me ^_^

I did some good work today I think. But there's so much I need to fix in the document I wrote and I'm getting all agitated, wondering if I'll make it in time ><;

Ah! Here's a little something that might be more interesting than all this rant: The legend behind the 12 Chinese zodiac signs..
( In short words.. )

See, that's why cats chase mise XD

( Aiba pix )

BTW, I realized I have no TIME-con shop photos O__O anyone have any? or can point me to some LJ or blog that has them? onegai *pout*

I'm bursting with confusing feelings right now.. I want to write, but words don't wanna come out T__T


arigatou

'cause this post has as many contents and variety as a bakery.. especially an Aiba one XD
post contents: news, a little fangirling, summer dramas, photos, videos, and.. some more stuff.

First off: GOING ON SEMI-HIATUS!
so much to do T__T But, I'll definitely continue subbing Last Friends, and I'll try to keep up with you guys (flist), I have so many of your posts bookmarked in my "wanna read" folder, but haven't had time to read anything T__T So, yeah, I haven't forgotten about you ♥

JE NEWS

( JE )

News from Japan, and 1 extra one.. from an unexpected place

( what's new? )

Fangirling

( so much to report, so much to say )

Dramas for summer season: some info and my wishful thinking

( *__* )

Other stuff: no category

( so ... random )


tiny spoiler: looks like a new project is in the works.. ^_^ though this time I won't be flying solo ^_^ I'll tell in due time, also 'cause nothing is actually decided. For now you'll have to live with this XD I love torturing people XD does this make me an S? O__O

Quick news:
( entertainment )
OK, I admit DUES is a nice song, but, as a NEWS fan, I can't help feeling bitter about this. Sure, KAT-TUN always had great sales, but I wonder of this extraordinary number of sales had anything to do with the gazillion versions this single had XD

-, Mininova (currently the largest BitTorrent site) faces legal action: filter or else. [AsianFanatics Forum]

Edit
I posted 2 news posts and both times I forgot to mention this >__>
The PV of Utada Hikaru's Prisoner of Love is out. The single went on sale today. I'm curious about the numbers XD daily charts under cut.
( PV from veoh & daily charts from Oricon )

And, yesterday I started translating Ryo-chan's interview on the Last Friends official website, but then saw blue_eyedwolf had already done a good job at it, so I'm linking to her translation.

Here we go! Lotsa juicy news today O__O Most of them come from Tokyograph. Other sources will be mentioned explicitly.

( JE )

( non-JE )

EDIT: 2 more JE news ^_^
( black hair and cotton )


Peace starts with an ability to feel the pain of others

well 1 question & 1 comment XD

Comment:
I just saw scans for NEWS SUMMERTIME booklet. Pic in which they're jumping, they did sth similar in weeeek ne. Why does everyone jump in an "interesting" way, while Ryo-chan is just.. not!! XD looks like he's not even jumping XD
( check )
The SUMMERTIME one came out better. Massu is always goofy XD

Question:
you know the small stripe that comes with the CDs (it has a name but my mind isn't cooperating right now)? what's that for?! XD I just kept those in the box cuz I didn't know what they were for, but I saw people ask for them when buying second-hand CDs.

Comment #2:
sorry couldn't help this !!!
NEWS MS perf:
-, Tegoshi and Koyama: TOO MUCH MAKE-UP! they looked a little ridiculous -_-
-, is it normal that I thought everyone sang quite good EXCEPT for Tegoshi and Massu!?!!! it is so NOT! O__O

 
I always, for some reason or another, chose to kind of ignore celebrities' bdays. But today, first reading the umpteenth post covering the Korea incident including LJers getting a bit worked up over some racism nonsense, and immediately afterwards reading simple bday wishes, and then the nikki entry.. it all just got a few tears jerking up in my eyes (^///^) I love fans when they're in their cute fangirl mode (^^) I love everyone I met here thanx to that. And I love the wonderful person subject of this post.

You do know whose bday it is, right?!! XD

山下智久さんへ、
山下さんは本当に優しくてすごい人だと思います。いつも私たちのことを思ってくれてありがとうございます。
何だか言いたいことが一杯ありますが、今は何も出てきません。(^^;;)
まぁ～とにかく、お誕生日おめでとうございます。\(^o^)/

I just watched the documentary (jounetsu tairiku) thanx to akirashocksubs. *tears* amazing. simply amazing. the man who can't fake a smile..

A couple of comments that may or may not be related to him XD

-, I found out that in Japan a certain phrase is often used.

「バカな子ほどかわいい」 (bakanako hodo kawaii)

which means, the more a child is baka, the more endearing s/he is (no, "kawaii" doesn't mean cute. Girls are cute, children are endearing ^^).
This was during yesterday's Japanese lesson. As soon as sensei said those words I started grinning, I was like, "oh yes, I totally understand that one!!!" XD Who was the first one that came on your mind as you read the phrase/translation ?!! XD

-, Tegoshi Yuya! I still can't get my feelings straight for this kid XD Anyho, this is not about me, but him. First I was convinced he was studying IT in uni I felt kinda special knowing that XD, then in news_jpop Most everyone was saying he's studying Psychology. "Eh? wasn't it IT?". The other day I was chatting with sakuraminamoto-chan about... all sortsa stuff XD and this came up. She confirmed that it is indeed IT !! _o_ More precisely, 人間科学部人間情報科学科（通信教育課程）. People! get your info straight before feeding me wrong VITAL information XD And picking up from her trail of thought, before one posts sth, I hope they'd double check their translations, ne ^^ (Aa~h she said that in a much more interesting way XD) I didn't even bother checking the info 'cause I trusted people's knowledge (^^;;) (note to self: from now on check up on everything.. or just ask Morita-chan; she knows everything XD)

Thank you Morita-chan ^^ Dude she's an amazing person. I barely know her, but I'm liking her more and more everyday ^^ *waves to Morita-chan* la prossima volta che sei a Firenze non vederci non è per niente ammissibile !!! XD tanto so che se succede la colpa sarebbe mia ><' Firenze è cosi vicina ma così lontana T__T

-, Akai hana! ok I might be the last person in the fandom world to have realized this but.. Bambina totally recycled Akai hana's lyrics XD well a tiny part of em. What? no big deal, right. well, it just gave me a feeling like it was a standard phrase _o_ I didn't like that feeling. "yakedo mitaini jirijiri to kogasareta MY HEART" VS. "kokoro yakedo mitaini jiriri kogashiteru". so what? it happens all the time? true.. just that... that line is kinda.. for some reason, special to me ^^ When I translated Bambina, that chorus part was my favorite, it still is along with all the Tegoshi!moans XD.

-, ok last one I swear XD
eh? I forgot what I wanted to write XD
Everytime I listen to "with me" I totally feel like they're singing that song to us. First time I felt that way I.. don't remember what I was doing, but suddenly there was this huge Yamapi picture staring at me right when the phrase, "stay with me", played in my headphones. For some reason, I just felt that moment freeze for a second, and my heart skip a beat. Then Tegoshi's line, "kimini aeru toki wo itsumo yume miteru yo". This sounds more like sth one of us would sing to one of them actually XD I highly doubt whoever wrote the song meant it like that, but inside my mind.. it's all it means ^^


... what? this was supposed to be a PI!POST XD yappa i can't make bday posts ne~ XD Aisu-chan you've transmitted your obsession with that emoji to me XD

oh that baka phrase thing.. first person I thought of was Bakanishi XD Then Aiba-chan.. then Ri-da- XD

end of rant (^^)v HAPPY BDAY .. PRETTY PERSON. proud to be your fan ~YEY! (^_^)b







I wanted to write sth nice, but ... *fail* ><'

 
Vediamo un po' se riesco a mantenere il testo tanto meraviglioso in Italiano quanto lo è in Giapponese XD


Ringraziamenti:
-, per l'aiuto nella traduzione iniziale quando ancora non c'era il testo ufficiale:
aishahsun (rip intero), shinn89 (kanji), valicch (romaji), 4_03_am (parti in Inglese)
-, gelsika per l'aiuto nel rendere il testo più leggibile XD

Il testo è stato comunque rivisto e corretto secondo il testo ufficiale come presente nel booklet del singolo.

Se interessa la traduzione in Inglese (fatta da me): English Bambina
akane_sakurai ha anche pubblicato una traduzione Spagnola, qui

( Bambina... sola e ferita )

IMPORTANTE:
A volte faccio qualche traduzione in Inglese che riguarda i Johnnys (ma non solo). Finora ho fatto poche cose, e sono state più che altro centrate sui NEWS. Ma se trovo qualcosa di interessante di altri gruppi (voglio fare qlcs degli Arashi!! XD) che non è ancora stato tradotto lo faccio. (in altre parole, non amo solo NEWS ma solo NEWS e Arashi XD.

Vorrei sapere se vi potrebbe interessare che lo faccia anche in Italiano. O forse Inglese basta e avanza?

 
Summary:
-, Tegoshi's picked up a new "annoying" habit XD
-, NEWS ero!talk
-, Who's going to do the next sexy shoot?!
-, Tegoshi needs to fix something..
-, NEWS 4 Q&A

( MKSYR )

maneruta @blog.goo posted a tiny overview of NEWS' ero!talk in April's Monthly The Television here. I translated that bit in hopes someone will provide full scans. I just saw aya_takarai did on news_jpop, but can't get to translating it at the moment, so I'll post the quick overview for now. I'll read the article and post its entire translation as soon as I can. ^^

In the meantime,
( here's a teaser, with a coupla images )

Just a quick update to say I'm still here XD I'm behind on news again T__T

My listen-to-nothing-but-pacific phase turned into listen-to-nothing-but-Time !! XD I can't believe I didn't give that album enough credit when it first came out *complete fail* it was a weird period, I didn't even listen to it properly till a few weeks ago. And I loved almost every song on it ^^ yeah, it's tough to beat the record only NEWS (with pacific) has been able to achieve till now - me loving every single song on the album from the first listen ^^

I thought of this when news of Ohno's art show came out, but never got around to writing it. Arashi members have an interesting record of firsts within JE XD
Ohno - first to have an art exhibit
Sho - first to graduate university, and host a serious show, covering important events (elections, volleyball,..)
Nino - firsto to co-star in an award-winning movie
MatsuJun - first (Japanese I think) to be included in the list of beautiful persons (in 2007) in a western magazine (I can't remember which one it was ><' but it was an important one XD)
Aiba - first to have lions chasing after him and kangaroos kicking him where it hurts !! XD

interesting list, no? XD any other firsts for them you can think of ?
actually, thinking about it at the time made me feel quite proud of being a JE fan. An idol is someone you can look up to, someone you can get inspiration from, no? I'm sure a lot of people would criticize the use of the word "idol" to describe those guys, I myself would rather use another word to refer to them, but until such a word is found, I'm proud to say I'm a fan of those idols ^^

I LOVE TAIYOU NO NAMIDA!!!! XD and the PV is awesome ^^
on the other hand, Step and Go didn't excite me as much.
It's strange; overall I tend to listen more to NEWS, but Arashi are better at giving me joy and excitement when I watch them perform or host programs ^^ Yeah, NEWS are slowly getting there, ne ^^

PERSONAL HUGE NEWS!

I'm going to the US! now, the date of my departure sounded weird. I was sure I had something going on that day... it took me a really long time to figure it out! *OMG total fail* I'm leaving on March 8 _o_ why why why T_______________________T I hope I'll be able to get my new laptop before I leave so I'll be able to fangirl whenever I can find a wireless connection XD
anyho, I'll be back in Italy on the 17th. Going to a "dweeb fest" XD I'm not feeling too confident to tell you the truth, but I'll do my best to try and fit in. Oh right, I'm talking about a computer scientists' gathering to discuss some internet stuff XD (you don't need me to bore you with details). anyho, the trip is paid for so that's good. I still have to pay for my hotel and meeting registration beforehand (which will be later reimbursed) but that's a LOT of money -considering I'd only have a coupla months' pay in my bank account ><' at least I managed to get a credit card (;;^_^A
I might be able also to meet up with some highschool buds, and, most importantly, my bestest ever friend since we were like.... I can't remember XD maybe 7 or 8 years old. yay ^^ haven't seen those people in a REALLY long time ^^

Oh, yesterday I watched the last 20 of the top 100 songs of the '90s.
#3: Backstreet Boys with I Want It That Way
#2: U2 with One
#1: Nirvana with Smells Like Teen Spirit

^^ yeah, that's acceptable I guess -though I was stunned to see BSB in #3! Mmmbop was #20, Enter Sandman somewhere in the top 10, along with Hit Me One More Time.. hmmm, can't remember any other entries XD Oh, Sinead O'Conner!!! yay ^^ Nothing Compares to You! the PV was amazing O__O

Yamapi's graduating soon !!!! (^0^) I gotta work extra hard too to graduate as soon as possible. waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~i it's not easy though. I'm stuck and I have no idea which way to move T__T Yamapi, watashi no chikara ni natte kudasai ^^

Off to format my C: partition. That is, my windows partition. If you don't see me back soon, it means I totally ruined something XD

aishahsun made me notice the bridge (DUDE Tegoshi's part!) was missing in the lyrics post (thank you ^^). She very nicely upped the full version for me, and so.. I added the missing part ^^v (of course, kanji, romaji and translation) and took advantage to also fix a coupla things ^^;

The bridge is only 2 lines.. but those 2 lines broke me !!! (read the note at the end, where you can also find a link to down the full version of the song).
Here's the link to the edited lyrics: 壊れるくらいに　いかせてやる

OK, I couldn't help myself. When I first saw the title in news_jpop I was like, "eh? why are they talking about Arashi related stuff here? wait, this is BambinA, not BambinO... O__O eh? is this a new song? in the new single?" XD don't shoot me, I didn't remember the titles in the new single ^^;;

initial Romaji post (thanx to valicch)
initial kanji post (thanx to shinn89)
initial English bits deciphering thanx to 4_03_am



EDIT:I made some edits thanx to lyrics corrections pointed out by shinn89 (who also edited her kanji post) and mintcappucino.

MAJOR EDIT2: thanx to aishahsun who made me notice THE BRIDGE WAS MISSING ><' Tegoshi kun, hontoni gomen m(_ _)m yappari, a 1-word line for Tegoshi in an entire song was just too weird! XD I also made 2 other fixes to the lyrics I'd already posted before: finally got the verb in the second line Yamapi sings right (and this one makes more sense XD) AND, it's "BIRIRI" (not "HIRIRI"). Both words have the same meaning, only the reading is different ^^;

EDIT3 -hopefully final:

I've edited the whole thing according to the official lyrics, that I was able to read thanx to the booklet provided by LuvYa @JPS (which by now I can also read from my own copy, YAY! XD).


Bambina in other languages:
-, Italian, by suketeru (aka ME! ^^)
-, Spanish, by akane_sakurai


sorry for the continuous editing m(_ _)m

( ikima~su, YEY! )

Previous members: [ Tegoshi->Yamapi ][ Yamapi->Massu~ ][ Massu~->Shige ][ Shige->Koyama ][ Koyama->Ryo ]
Scans here.
Scan credits: murasakisun

( Tegoshi ni, arigatou )

Previous members: [ Tegoshi->Yamapi ][ Yamapi->Massu~ ][ Massu~->Shige ][ Shige->Koyama ]
Next members: [ Ryo->Tegoshi ]
Scans here.
Scan credits: murasakisun

( Ryo chan ni, arigatou )

Previous members: [ Tegoshi->Yamapi ][ Yamapi->Massu~ ][ Massu~->Shige ]
Next members: [ Koyama->Ryo ][ Ryo->Tegoshi ]
Scans here.
Scan credits: murasakisun

( Koyama ni, arigatou )

Previous members: [ Tegoshi->Yamapi ][ Yamapi->Massu~ ]
Next members: [ Shige->Koyama ][ Koyama->Ryo ][ Ryo->Tegoshi ]
Scans here.
Scan credits: murasakisun

( SHIGE ni, arigatou )

Part II from Popolo 2008.01, in which each member of NEWS expresses his gratitude to one of the other group members.

Previous members: [ Tegoshi->Yamapi ]
Next members: [ Massu~->Shige ][ Shige->Koyama ][ Koyama->Ryo ][ Ryo->Tegoshi ]
Scans here.
Scan credits: murasakisun

This time it's..

( MASSU- ni, arigatou )

minna ni "akemashite omedetou"tte tsutaeru no o wasurechatta ne. gomen (^_^;;)
AKEMASHITE OMEDETOU! ^_______^ (nanka, "omedetou"tte kiku ka yomu to, Tegoshi kun ga Koyama kun ni N.E.W.S. DVD de itta "omedetou~" o omoidasu ne ^^)