[232] The One Where Ryo Writes a Song

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     Johnny Kitagawa
          ▪ Johnny involved in traffic accident [ 1 ]
               ▪ Johnny's car rear-ended another car on October 16 in Minato, Tokyo.
               ▪ Usually Johnny takes taxis or has a chauffeur-driven car (fancy-pants)
               ▪ Does anyone else think he should suspend his driving capacities like he did for other Johnny's? Lead by example, after all?

     SMAP/Yamashita Tomohisa
          ▪Monster single details [ 1 ]
               ▪ The MONSTERS, Shingo/Yamapi's unit name, will release MONSTERS as a single on Nov 28.
               ▪ Single has 5 versions -- with the tracks MONSTERS, Monster (a Pink Lady cover) and MONSTERS (SPACE COWBOY REMIX)
               ▪ There are PVs for both the title track and the Pink Lady cover, Monster.

     Arashi
          ▪ Lucky Seven drama sp [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Drama will return for a special in Spring 2013
               ▪ Ishihara Satomi (!!!! YAY) and Mitsuhiro Oikawa join the cast
               ▪ "Matsumoto Jun’s character will try to expose the truth by getting closer to her without realizing he’s losing sight of the goal and paying more attention to love." EEEEEE.
               ▪ Kimi wa Petto reunion between Matsujun, Ishihara and Eita!

          ▪ Arashi/Horikita Maki to host Kouhaku 2012 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ This is now Arashi's 3rd time in a row hosting Kouhaku.
               ▪ Yawn. Who's surprised.
               ▪ Once again, this probably means they'll be pre-recorded for Countdown. ://///

     Yamashita Tomohisa
          ▪ Yamapi on Hanamaru Cafe, Pittanko Kankan and A-Studio, Oct 19 [ 1 ]

               ▪ A-Studio
               ▪ Tsurube seems to find enjoyment in talking about how his connections are the same as Yamapi's (like Toma or Shirota Yu).
               ▪ Yamapi talks about the V6 members pranking him.
               ▪ Inohara corners him in a room and tells him "secretly" that him and Ken are gay.
               ▪ Yamapi ends up admiting he doesn't like that
               ▪ Then Ken literally comes out of a closet (I think?) and goes, WHAT DID YOU SAY?!
               ▪ Yamapi says he and Toma play the same prank on their kohai.
               ▪ There's also some talk on Ashita no Joe!

               ▪ Hanamaru Cafe
               ▪ There was a photo of his accessories--which look horrible. XD (Kind of clunky, imo.)
               ▪ Yamapi talks about the type of girl he likes
               ▪ Clip of Yamapi/Shingo performing MONSTERS in concert (AWESOME CLIP, AWESOME SONG, LOVE THE BLUE COSTUMES!!!)
               ▪ Shingo leaves a message for Yamapi--calls him an ikemen, how cute.

               ▪ Pitanko Kankan
               ▪ Plan is to show Yamapi around (not entirely sure why there) and then BAM, Shingo is one of the female guides along with another lady
               ▪ LOL RANDOM SKIT WHERE SHINGO IS THE LADY'S SON AND YAMAPI IS HIS BROTHER!
               ▪ omg, Yanagihara Kanako shows up! And she has many different skits throughout the ep
               ▪ (for those who don't know, she plays Yamapi's love interest in Monsters) 
               ▪ At one point, she (as a store worker) fawns over Yamapi.
               ▪ THEN IT SWITCHES and Yanagihara acts as a customer and then YAMAPI acts as one of the store workers. They compliment him on being an ikemen and tell him he could be a celeb. LOL
               ▪ There's this whole workout dance thing. Love that it's all to JE songs!
               ▪ Yamapi/Shingo teach the others the choreo for the chorus to Monster
               ▪ SHINGO LOOKS A LITTLE CRAZY WITH HIS MAKEUP; he even goes "With that makeup, it was like I was a monster!"
               ▪ Then lastly, they eat hamburgers! While the other two guys order the regular 150g, Yamapi is crazy and orders the 1500g one. IT IS SO FUCKING BIG.
               ▪ Shingo finished his so quickly that Yamapi offers some of his, awwwww.

     Kanjani8
          ▪ Yasu to star in romcom movie with Aso Kumiko [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Bashauma-san to Big Mouth is a story about two characters who meet in a screenwriting class
               ▪ Scheduled to be released fall 2013
               ▪ Aso plays Mabuchi who is working her hardest to become a screenwriter but who never gets a break
               ▪ Yasu plays Tendo who talks a big game but has never done anything

          ▪ Eight Ranger movie to be released on DVD [ 1 ]
               ▪ To be released January 25, 2013 in limited and regular editions.
               ▪ Limited edition comes with a bonus disc with making-of, preview event, unreleased scenes, all about Hero Association and PV, plus an original soundtrack CD, membership card, calendar card and a booklet

          ▪ 8BEST Album (and DVD stuff) [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Best of album so all the tracks are familiar, but there are a SHITTON of DVD material
               ▪ Crouton PV and Making of
               ▪ Why oh why is there a song/pv dedicated to CROUTONS?! Bloody random
               ▪ The random CG in this PV gets kind of creepy--like Ohkura's face as his eyes. UNNECESSARY
               ▪ Why are the boys dressed up like proper English LITTLE boys?
               ▪ The song itself is eh. Don't think I'd listen to it of my own doing.
               ▪ The dance choreo seems to be harder for them as one by one, they mess up.
               ▪ Best dance mess up is Ryo flinging his arm out so hard that he smacked Yasu in the face. 
               ▪ It startled Ryo so much he couldn't remember his moves for a second.
               ▪ LOL to Ohkura forcing a wooden spoon down Yasu's mouth. XD so mean

               ▪ Hohoemi Date
               ▪ For some reason, Maru/Ryo have to go on this "petit smile date" as a batsu game.
               ▪ The batsu game is totally controlled by the other members.
               ▪ ........................ohmygod, from the start, Maru and Ryo have to hold hands.
               ▪ Their laughter is slightly maniacal.                ▪ Yasu forces them to wear these matching "R" shirt (it has a heart!) with the word "SUKI" (? or !) on the backs. DYING.
               ▪ Maru totally gets into this and feeds Ryo some of his ice cream, and forces Ryo to call him Ryuhei.
               ▪ Ryo looks so obviously EMBARRASSED. I LOVE IT.
               ▪ Hina even hits Maru in the viewing room because of how embarrassing Maru is.
               ▪ Maru is made to cook for Ryo; during that time, Ryo is made to write a song for Maru!
               ▪ MARU JUST LOOKS SUPER ANXIOUS AS HE WATCHES RYO EAT HIS FOOD. IT'S HILARIOUS. But Ryo likes it! <3
               ▪ Awwwwwwwww!!!! Ryo performs the song for him and Maru gets so moved that he looks like he tears up. T.T
               ▪ Apparently the staff that was filming that part also cried. T.T That is the cutest thing ever.
               ▪ Subaru throws a little temper tantrum that ends up just them surprising Yasu for his birthday! SO CUTE.

               ▪ Matsubara Shinichi presents Sugohachi
               ▪ Sugohachi ends up being a game where the floor of Kyocera is made into the board in the shape of an 8!
               ▪ Each member starts at some point and have to move around the 8 until you return to your starting point.
               ▪ When they get to a point, they have challenges they have to accomplish~
               ▪ Eg, having to kiss the camera for 8 sec, have the ENTIRE STADIUM do the wave in under 2 mins, etc.
               ▪ Subaru has to come up with what TWL stands for (he makes up "Terminal wonder long time ago")
               ▪ Meanwhile Maru makes up for FTO ("Fuji-san tamatama ooki-gatta." (or however that last part is spelled romanized XD))
               ▪ They get random prizes attached to songs--
               ▪ Yoko gets his with the song "Eden" and is at first SUPER CONFUSED. It ends up being oden.
               ▪ THEY PLAY ONIGOKKO!!!! They have to remain uncaught for two minutes and Maru/Hina end up escaping! (Hina cheats though lol)
               ▪ (Yoko makes a "Boys on the Run" reference in regard to Maru being uncaught.)
               ▪ On the spot, Ohkura is given a blank letter--which means he has to say honestly what he feels about a random member. (He chooses Yoko.)\
               ▪ For something so impromptu, it's a rather long LONG letter. Very nice and moving~ ♥
               ▪ Maru ends up winning! And starts blowing kisses at everyone, lolol.
               ▪ Maru's prize ends up being the Matsubara Shinichi costume that Subaru usually wears--then has to change right THERE XD
               ▪ Find out the top 5 most requested songs: 5) Mugendai, 4) BJ, 3) Cool magic city, 2) Heavenly Psycho
               ▪ K8 are surprised by choice of 'Cool magic city' and some express that they love the song too!
               ▪ They realize (before revealing #1) that none of #s2-5 are single songs--Ohkura wonders if they've been choosing the wrong A-sides.
               ▪ They end up performing #1!!!! ♥ Osaka Romanesque~ ♥

          ▪ Music Station, Oct 19 [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ Yasu shows (during the mini-ste) a photo of him eating a huge bowl of ramen
               ▪ The chopsticks are almost up his nose (private outing with Subaru/Hina)
               ▪ They perform a medley of Naniwa Iroha Bushi, Zukkoke Otokomichi and then TWL
               ▪ UM, OHKURA'S SUPER GORGEOUS? I can't concentrate on much else.

     Multiple
          ▪ Takizawa Kabuki 2012 to be released on DVD [ 1, 2 ]
               ▪ To be released November 14 in two editions.
               ▪ Regular edition has a documentary!

          ▪ Massu's drama cast | Bakaleya cast on Ousama no Brunch, Oct 13 [ 1, 2, 3 ]
               ▪ Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou cast
               ▪ They do intros! HOW CUTE. Shintaro's talent is being acrobatic
               ▪ Jesse Lewis says he's good at monomane. I think he does ousama no brunch's masocot or something
               ▪ Miyata criticizes Shintaro's intro for being too stiff and that he should've done more
               ▪ Miyata does an intro himself and it gets so awkward
               ▪ Tamamori, sitting to Miyata's right, puts out his hand to make Miyata sit down. XD
               ▪ They show a bit of a behind the scenes for the filming of the movie;
               ▪ you see Shintaro cry as he gives the goodbye and thank you speech. SOBS.
               ▪ There's this yes/no question section where one of the questions is if they like "ojou-sama" type of girls.
               ▪ If they said no, apparently the only alternative was gals. DYING.
               ▪ Shintaro and Takaki answer no and Takaki explains that he just wants someone more adult-like which Shintaro says ojou-sama girl are a little stiff.
               ▪ Another question is if they wanted to talk to the girls more.
               ▪ ALL THE OLDER BOYS SAID YES, WHILE THE YOUNGER ONES SAID NO. LOL Attributed to age?
               ▪ "I was the one who got the most NG." Takaki and Miyata say it's them, lol

               ▪ Resident ~5-nin no Kenshui cast
               ▪ According to Hayashi Kento, Massu acts/feels like an older brother?
               ▪ They show a long intro to the first episode (or at least I think it's the first ep?)
               ▪ I think they talk about how hard it is to record a medical drama? Maybe? XD
               ▪ Riisa (and then later, they say Massu as well) makes the set really comfortable!
               ▪ (from what it seems it's because they're so high energy and hyper)
               ▪ Hayashi Kento's a tsundere type! So says Naka Riisa. lol
               ▪ The thing they want Massu to fix is that he does a lot of gags? XD
               ▪ He's the oldest of the crew! (Didn't realize until Riisa mentioned it. XD)