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usual LJ thing. Er... I hope you understood that o__O;; Anyways~ here it is. ^__^
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I don't remember exactly when I started thinking about this, but one day, I suddenly did. But I do know it was a day after my bday. 8D Anyways, that doesn't matter. I'll tell the story of how I got to know Arashi, and you will listen/read and spam/comment. XD I'd like to read your Arashi stories as well. 8D Ne? XD

You see, there's this anime channel here in the Philippines called
Animax. It started on January 19, 2004. Here, there was some commercial thing called "Animax Musix" where they played PVs of Jgroups. While I waited for my fave animes to watch, I would see Animax Musix every so often. There was this one PV I liked so much. ^^ The setting was in a city, there was someone running, and there was a bracelet attached to his wrist that (I think) wouldn't come off and was taking him(the person) to lots of places. (I forgot the artist of this PV. XD;) One day, I suddenly saw this other PV with sort of the same setting, people are running as well. But I got disappointed when I saw that different people were running(because in the PV that I liked, there was only one person who was running). So I went on with watching, not even caring much about looking at who was singing.




I saw the same PV again and again, but I didn't usually see the real opening. But when I did, they were singing 'You're Hero!', and when I first heard that it just sounded like 'Yoohiiyooo' to me. When I did see the people singing, I started to make comments about them.

Who's this WEIRD dude? o___O

scary ~__~;

oh~ (he's wearing) green xD!!

ugly. -_-; scary! (> >o<)> <-- running away

OMG! CUTE! xDDDD!!!!(NOW you know my first impressions on them. xD)
When I saw this PV, I didn't know who the artist/group (who sang) was.

Then I see this OMG-IT-HAS-SUCH-A-CUTE-PIANO-BG-MUSIC PV. I always hummed the tune and sang wrong lyrics when I saw it about 5-10 times(yeah. I saw this PV a lot even when I wasn't an Arashi fan XD), but I didn't care.

me: *watching* *thinking: oooh~ He's so cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute~ (hearts)*So, I didn't really care about the others, except that 'cute guy' up there.

omg. who are you? o__O

... who are these people?So after I saw "Hero" and "Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy" a few more times, I finally knew that they were sung by the same band: Arashi. But here's the thing (OMG I LOL AT ME XD):
me: *watching Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy* Hm... Wasn't this song sang by the same group(I didnt know the group name was Arashi) as the one in that.. "Hero" thing?
Anare: *nods -- watching as well*
me: Hm... They switched members? o_O;
So here, I was thinking, all the members except Nino were replaced. xD Why? Because the 'scary-looking' members (aka Jun and Ohno xD) were missing from the picture (aka Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy).
me: woow~ this guy *points at Nino* sure has stayed in this group for a long time now 8D
(XD Go on and laugh, ne? XD I am as well. LOL)
So many more PVs passed: Shiina Ringo, Nama Tamaki(I'm not sure of this one XD;), Crystal Kay, L'Ar~en~Ciel, Asian Kung-Fu Generation(?) and more. Then I see this PV:

Okay, so I didn't really start the PV as in from this beginning part. I first saw it somewhere around... here(picture below).

me: Okay. So they're dancing. *goes on waiting while watching them do waves and stuff*
Anare: *enters room while I'm watching this PV and sees the scene with the picture above* OMG. Flowery! LOL GAY!!
me: eh? XD LOOOL OMG GAY?!?!
Anare: Flowery!!
(OMG XDDD)
So practically, my comments on these people were: LOL, OMG OUTFIT, and WEIRD DANCE!!! My sister and I laughed at them doing that wave (sawagi dasu) part xD
Back then, I didn't really get the idea that the group that sang "Hero" and "Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy" were the same people as the one who sang "Pika**nchi Double"(I didnt know the title back then). I thought they were sang by different groups. But I really did love the song "Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy", so I decided I would go online one day and I would search for the lyrics. But at that time, I was on a hiatus. Less details on that, I couldn't go online since I promised myself I wouldn't. So I had to postpone searching for the lyrics until I forgot all about it.
During our summer vacation, Arashi never entered my head. The songs never entered my head. I always kept on thinking about Hikki or KHII. Then school started, and I had a class trip with, of course, my classmates. We went to CELL. And here, I got sick. By the time we got back to school, Okx(my cousin) was already there and picked me up to send me to the hospital. So, for the rest of the week, I was absent.
The day before our class trip, my sister discovered the world we call: BitTorrent. She started downloading anime. And using her magical powers(using bittorrent), she downloaded GOKUSEN. She was supposed to watch it while I was gone, and she did, just a peek. To her surprise, it was not the Gokusen anime that she was looking for. It was the Gokusen Live Action Drama.
So the Saturday after I got sick(I rested enough already), my sister and I started watching this so-called 'GOKUSEN Live Action'.
Anare&me: *watching closely*
me: OMG. She looks so much like Yamaguchi-sensei!
Anare: Yeah-yeah. Shhh.
*after a while*
me: uuurrrg... ASAN NA SI SHIIIIIN??? (where's SHIIIIN?) [note: my fave character in Gokusen is Shin. even before the LA XD bisshie *_*]
*after another while*
Anare: oh! oh!
me: yay! XD he's coming! he's coming!
Anare: he must be a bishie as well! *__*
*watches*
Anare: ... eh? o__O
me: He looks fine~ 8D *thinking: the hair's not red. LOL*
Anare: ... *doesn't like Shin*
So we went on and watched, and watched, until our "favorite episode": saving Shizuka-sensei (aka the mid-term/exam thingy-thingy where all of 3-D needs to get more than 30 as their score). 8DDD (OMG. Jun should be arrested for stealing hearts. XD) LOL Anyways, we fell in love with the smile. (OMG. THE SUMAAAAIRU!!! *super idol smile=LOL*)
When we saw this episode, we fell in love and
obsessively started taking pictures. xD Camera, phone camera, anything. xD We didn't know how to take screencaps back then so.. xD These pictures were taken using my sister's digicam xD

*melts* xD

different angle xDDD

OMG. I love him when he discovered Yankumi's secret.

xDD OMG XD

XDDD SHINKUMI!!! XDDDSo when we were done watching Gokusen, we were SOOOO in love with Shin and his: 'Warui kedo, yonnin da.' (dunn remember exact line xD) So, we started to search for him. We searched and found a blue house named "
JDorama". Here, we learned his name, we got our first picture of him, and also, we were surprised that he was actually part of a group!!!
ARASHI"Wait, I've seen that name before" I thought. But I didn't really notice so we go on and search for more stuff about him.
One day, when I got home from school, Anare was watching a PV. I looked over her shoulder and watched with her. That's when I realized that Jun came from the band that sang that song with the flowery dude. So I was wondering, who was he in those five people? Then we realized he was that dude with the flowery clothes and we just laughed. xD My sister was still looking for other PVs during this time. Then we watched something called Lucky Man.
Our first favorite part:

"
Honey~"
Yes, Jun's slightly closed eye wink. xD (right now, when I look at it, I wanna lol xD)
The first time I heard it, I didn't really like the song that much. Next in line was Hadashi no Mirai. It won my FAVORITE SONG with just one play. xD And I loooove how they ALL looked in the PV. xD From there, I started looking for lyrics. The first set of lyrics I had was Sunrise NIPPON, A-RA-SHI, Hadashi no Mirai and Sakura Sake. ^^ Wow. I still remember the first set of lyrics I had. xD
When we already downloaded the "Hero" and "Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy PV", we realized who Jun was there. We just keep laughing. xD
From then on, my sister kept on downloading D no Arashis and MagoMago Arashis and mp3s and other PVs. I still remember the first MagoMago Arashi I watched: Episode 11, June 18, 2005 XD OMG DAY AFTER NINO'S BIRTHDAY XD lol xDD It's the episode with Sho slacking off with beer and watermelon and watching dramas while Ohchan does all the hardwork. xD I love this episode so much xD Also, when I watched that episode, I called Ohchan: Ohno Sakurai. XD OMG LOL XD
After discovering DnAs and MMAs, my sister found the world of Arashi concerts. The first Arashi concert clip I watched was... can anyone guess? XD Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Sakurai Sho(kun). From here, I started having Sho as my favorite, and the other four switching places from time to time.

I love you~ *music*

xDD He's so cute when he tries to shake his body xD

xDDDDDD

I love...

...you *points at me* baby~

And if it's quite alright, I need you baby~

To warm my lonely nights~

I really love you, Sho, I hope you know that. xD

You're so cute when you smile ^___^ *dreamy look*

Even if I couldn't take a good screencap of this I don't care, your smile is visible so it's okai *dreamy sigh*(Oops. That was the last cap. xD LOL)
Then from there, I started watching Dramas starred(or not starred) by them, watched Pika*nchi(LiHDakedoH) and Pika**nchi Double(LiHDakaraH), watched DnA, (segment)nA, MMA, other Arashi stuff and concerts. xD
That's how I've become an Arashi fangirl so far. ^__^ Hope you managed to read all that. XD LOL
Can anyone say longest post ever? XD[started on: Feb 9, 2006 @ 11:46pm]
[finished on: Feb 17, 2006 @ 10:49pm]