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The director's cut is about 33 minutes longer than the original movie. A lot of scenes were paced slower especially the ones shot in a destination. I have not rewatched the original cut of the film, if I do watch it again I can probably edit this, but this is my memory of things that are only in the Director's Cut. Please correct me if i'm wrong. Also I cannot believe that HYD is almost 20 years old!!




In general, a lot of scenes are just longer.


Makino sharing a water bottle with Domyouji in the car


Longer press announcement scene


Scene of them in LA renting the red car


Scene in the diner eating


Scenes in Tsukasa's office


Scenes with Nishida knowing that the tiara is missing and telling them to not be flashy on the trip


Longer scenes with Yuki and Okami, including the one where they walk


A lot more scenes of different people making Makino doubt the marriage


Kaburagi has way more scenes


Longer fight scenes at Hotel Volver


Longer Hongkong scenes


Longer Beach scenes — Kisshug is played during the flashbacks and when Makino cries about the necklace, and has already stopped by the time Domyouji finds her


Longer wedding scene


Credits shows a flashback of the kiss scene at Domyouji airport from finale of S1


Final post credits of the message Jun and Mao wrote on the red car




Also I've watched this movie so many times and just now realized that the yellow shirt Makino wears at the beach spells out Tomato PQRN. lol

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Arafes 2020 was my first Arashi concert so I wanted to get the full concert experience. Naturally, a big part of the concert experience is the goods so I was extremely happy when I found out that you can now buy Johnny's concert goods , theater goods, Arashi's Exhibition Journey goods, and basically all the shop photos, books, CDs/DVDs, and other goods for each artist online on Johnny's Online Store





My first Arashi goods from my first Arashi concert! plus my first Johnny's shop photos!

My first Arashi goods from my first Arashi concert! plus my first Johnny's shop photos!



I was very very excited cause when I was first in the fandom, I had to have my sister's friend who went to Japan physically go to a store and buy the All the Best 1999-2009 album for me, and thankfully she was also a Johnny's fan and understood what I was looking for. Now that technology is making being in the fandom and supporting all our favorite groups easier, the only problem I have left is getting it shipped to my country. As is the problem for anything related to Johnny's, in order to buy from their online shop, you must register and in order to register, you must have a Japanese address. I searched online for a proxy service that could do it for me, and placed my orders immediately that same morning when I bought my tickets. 


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I saw Toma and Matsujun trending on Twitter and because I've been traumatized by a lot of bad celebrity news this year my reaction was fear that something had happened. But after going through the tweets, I realized it's because Christmas messages from all the Johnny's artists are up today. Also through Twitter, I found out that there was an email information service for Toma and other artists that was free to join. I am not sure if this is the equivalent of the fan club for these artists, but I did receive a membership number and special contents so I think it is. Which I was very excited about. I also signed up for Kazama-pon's information service. I'm sure the number of special contents are way less than there would be for paid fan clubs of the Johnny's groups, but I was still really happy with what I got. And I received an online membership card in place of a physical one. I suggest you sign up for this service too as it's free and covers a lot of artists! Just go to the JFC official site!

 Does anyone know if being a part of this service means you are a part of Johnny's Family Club and thus the JFC rates apply?

 

 

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I was such on a post concert high last night that I had to watch Arafes 2012 on Youtube again because 90 minutes of Arashi is just not enough. Then an hour ago, I was so surprised when Johnny's net sent me an email and after clicking the translate I found out they would offer archive viewing for Arafes 2020 after all! They emphasized many times that there would not be archive viewing for Arafes 2020 so I had to take the day off work and was very worried that something would go wrong. I could not see a similar link on the English Arafes website so I wonder if they offered the service to the English website viewers as well. However, the archive viewing is only offered on preset times and each ticket holder can only view once, and since I'm unable to join the fan club I'm still unable to purchase the fan club exclusives.

On the other hand, I just saw Arashi's Arafes goods introduction on Johnny's Merch Market's IGTV. I bought my goods almost a month ago and it was a blessing in disguise that they hadn't arrived yet, because when Matsujun flipped that pamphlet for us to have a preview, I just had to order it immediately. Would be a perfect memorabilia for my first Arashi concert and it took ALL of my willpower not to order all the goods.

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I saw people with physical tickets on Twitter. I was wondering if they printed it out on their own and cut it perfectly to shape, or if they were sent to fan club members who bought tickets.

I saw people with physical tickets on Twitter. I was wondering if they printed it out on their own and cut it perfectly to shape, or if they were sent to fan club members who bought tickets.



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Matsumoto Jun (left) and Ninomiya Kazunari have been exposed to get married on autumn and winter of next year.



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Disclaimer: Article not mine, taken from 世界日報 August 9 2018. Translations are mine therefore may not be accurate, as I am only trying to review my Chinese.


OMG both of my ichibans. TBH I loved HYD so if Mao and Jun are really together that's awesome but if not then I hope the rumors would just stop. I wouldn't want them to get typecast in that role and extend to their lovelife since both are great at playing different roles and a lot can happen in so many years, maybe it was true but it's not anymore. Anyway Jun apparently cheated on Mao so I hope she doesn't go back to him.

If the rumors are true, I’m happy that Nino is finally prioritizing his personal life, but I’m also worried about the impact it could have on his career and Arashi’s as well. But he's earned so much money and worked so hard so if he wants to lay low, I'll accept that. I'm glad he was able to find time to go to the Maldives. I just hope that the marriage will be happy and not end in divorce, and I hope the jimusho and the jani-otas don’t give him such a hard time. I recall in an interview before they were predicting the order they would get married, but I forgot who the answers.
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Yesterday Kimura Takuya (back row left), Miyake Ken (back row center), and Ikuta Toma (back row right) went to Kure city in Hiroshima prefecture for disaster relief, group picture with disaster victims.



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Disclaimer: Article not mine, taken from 世界日報 August 6 2018. Translations are mine therefore may not be accurate, as I am only trying to review my Chinese. The elementary school's name means Heaven's Reply but I didn't translate it.
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Arashi’s Ninomiya pleasantly surprises with his appearance at the signing ceremony.



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Ninomiya Kazunari (left) brought the 50 million yen donation to the Okayama Prefecture Hall.

Disclaimer: Article not mine, taken from 世界日報 July 25 2018. Translations are mine therefore may not be accurate, as I am only trying to review my Chinese. NTD means New Taiwan Dollar.
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SAME THROUGHOUT ALL 3:
Time difference in Paris scene
Shoes can take you to beautiful places quote
Shan Cai/Makino you're cute today kiss scene with Lei 2001 and 2018 and Rui (I don't think there was a kiss?) at night
F3 help sell dango/cakes/milktea
DMS tells Shan Cai to close her eyes because he will get beat up, says it don't hurt one bit and Makino covers Tsukasa for the final blow, and says he wouldn't be able to protect her if he didn't fight back
DMS mom makes Shan Cai play piano during DMS bday party
Shan Cai's mom pours flour/salt on DMS mom's head, in 2018 her dad also pretends to throw water for her to wash it off
Shigeru bites Tsukasa's ear after he drags her out far barefoot and doesn't have money to take a cab
Akira and Soujiro go out with Shigeru on rollercoasters, buffets and exotic animals (HanaDan), plus movies, ice cream and sanitary napkins (2001), only movies, walking, claw machines and lingerie shops to buy bras(2018) Shigeru visits Makino at work to show them how they're trying to get her to give up DMS
Shigeru waits for Makino outside her house and hugs her and says Tsukasa agreed to date her
Shan Cai listens to Xiao Zi's rants and Xiao Zi asks if they've kissed
Shigeru strips and Tsukasa says she'll catch a cold, DMS doesn't feel a thing, Xiao Zi asks if she should've worn lingerie, blabs so that she doesn't hear when Tsukasa says he doesn't like her
Shan Cai works as a maid in DMS' house because she needs a reason to stay there to protect her pride, doesn't wanna stay for free
Nakatsu buys drinks while Tsukasa goes to the bathroom, Nakatsu plays dumb after being punched
Tsukasa gets mad at Makino if this is her idea of a commoner's date and says it's great if Yuki and the guy broke up, doesn't apologize
Yuki defends Tsukasa and says Nakatsu was extremely rude the whole time and Tsukasa was patient
Yuki cries to the ground when Soujiro passes by and invites her to his house
Yuki says I don't know him but I may have seen him in school
Nakatsu tells Makino her boyfriend is weird for rejecting him
Tama defends Makino to Kaede over her dead body, vowed to serve household for life to repay patriarch
Forbid Shan Cai to leave the house and will risk life to protect
DMS got into fights in HS, when sister married no one was left who dared discipline him
Rui gets Makino to kiss him to prove she can't
Breakup in the rain scene: Have you ever once seen me without my family, my name, just as a normal man? Makino lies and says no and that if she really loved him she wouldn't leave. Cuts ties with Domyouji fam

Only in MG )

Differences )
they dress like it's always winter in China while in the Taiwanese version, they wear sleeveless clothes or just shirts all the time. I know it doesn't get super cold in Taiwan but I just noticed. HanaDan leans towards warm clothing too but not too much layers. I mean 2018 Lei wears gloves and scarves indoors!

Mei Zuo - Zhou Caina storyline, met at cooking contest, love triangle with old man Terrence (2018)

CAMEO:
2001 Shan Cai's mom in episode 11 of MG 2018, tells DMS 2018 he reminds her of her son in aw, which is basically DMS 2001!
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Hirano Sho and Sugisaki Hana star in Hana Nochi Hare.



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Disclaimer: Article not mine, taken from 世界日報 July 4 2018. Translations are mine therefore may not be accurate, as I am only trying to review my Chinese.
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Tsukasa in HYD abhors grated apples meanwhile Takashi-sensei in Narratage personally grates the apple and feeds it to Izumi.

Also, I can’t decide whether Narratage is worth keeping just for the bed scenes with Sakaguchi Kentaro and Matsujun. I found it hard to get through the whole movie apart from that, although I liked that it wasn’t extremely saccharine and forcing the student-teacher romance while she was still a minor as much as other movies would have. I liked the soft focus effect but it was just a tad too long and quite boring, although I liked the sadness of it.
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Let's jump right in.

Episode 1 )
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The new Meteor Garden 2018 is set to be aired in August, so I've decided to watch Meteor Garden in preparation. I've seen Meteor Garden when I was very little, and everyone talked about it in school, so I had a vague memory of it, but I couldn't bring myself to watch it because the 2 seasons would total about 61 episodes and that's like watching Hana Yori Dango seasons 1 & 2 thrice (I've seen it loads more times in this lifetime, just rewatched it a month ago, it is my intro to J-drama and my favorite of all so I'll probably be biased) but yeah now I've decided to really watch Meteor Garden even if I could only find it in 480p online. So for the love of the franchise, I've decided to compare both versions, not to judge and debate which one is better, but since I haven't read the manga and these dramas are both based on that, I could see which ones were consistent throughout both adaptations, which ones were unique, cultural adaptations etc. This entry is basically a passion project and will probably be pretty long, detailed and updated as I make my way through Meteor Garden so I will split it per Meteor Garden episode. I will link comparisons of all episodes here. I have only screencaps of Meteor Garden for now but I'll update it with the HYD version soon for comparison.

IN GENERAL )

Episode list )
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Oguri Shun (left), Matsuda Shota, and Abe Tsuyoshi group photo, only F4 member not pictured is Matsumoto Jun.



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Disclaimer: Article not mine, taken from 世界日報 April 28 2018. Translations are mine therefore may not be accurate, as I am only trying to review my Chinese. Please tell me if there are any mistakes.



My fangirling over this )
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 I've recently been watching a ton of J-dramas and it's almost flying by too fast for me to appreciate or to even remember or make sense of what has happened. I find myself forgetting that I've already seen things I've seen in the past so I've decided to track them all right here. I'll also include movies and those that I plan to watch. This post will be JE centric, as I mostly watch dramas by my faves only and I'll organize them by the actors I watched them go. I will update this post as I go.

Edit: This list is now getting longer and longer so please recommend which ones I should watch first!


DRAMAS/MOVIES WATCHED FROM START TO FINISH

MATSUMOTO JUN
Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo 3
Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo: Murder on the Magic Express
Gokusen
Kimi wa Petto (2003)
Hana Yori Dango
Hana Yori Dango 2
Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku
Lucky Seven
Lucky Seven SP
Shitsuren Chocolatier
99.9
99.9 II

Narratage
Hidamari no Kanojo
Hana Yori Dango Final
Hana Yori Dango Final (Director's Cut)
Boku wa Imouto ni Koi wo Suru
Tokyo Tower (2005)

 


NINOMIYA KAZUNARI
Minami-kun no Koibito (2004)
Yamada Taro Monogatari
Ryusei no Kizuna
Black Pean
Freeter, Ie wo Kau
Freeter, Ie wo Kau SP
Murder on the Orient Express (Oriento Kyuko Satsujin Jiken)

The Blue Light (Ao no Honoo)
Letters from Iwo Jima
Ohoku
Platina Data
Assassination Classroom
Assassination Classroom: Graduation
Nagasaki: Memories of my Son (Haha to Kuraseba)
The Last Recipe ~Kirin no Shita no Kioku~
Kensatsugawa no Zainin

 


KAMENASHI KAZUYA
Gokusen 2
Nobuta wo Produce
Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo 2005
Tatta Hitotsu no Koi
1 Pound no Fukuin
Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge
Kaito Yamaneko
Boku, Unmei no Hito Desu

Gokusen: The Movie
Ore, Ore
P to JK

 


IKUTA TOMA
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
Hana-Kimi SP
Maou
Ouroboros
Unubore Deka

Hanamizuki*
We Were There: Part 1 (Bokura Ga Ita Zenpen)
We Were There: Part 2 (Bokura Ga Ita Kohen)
The Top Secret: Murder in Mind (Himitsu)
Close-Knit
My Teacher (Sensei!)
Yuuzai

 


OTHER
Zettai Kareshi
Mei-chan no Shitsuji
Yukan Club
Atashinichi no Danshi
Gokusen 3
Koizora
Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ni Oshiete Kureta
Tokyo DOGS
Kurosagi
5-ji Kara 9-ji Made
Saigo no Yakusoku
Itazura na Kiss: Love in Tokyo
Itazura na Kiss: Love in Okinawa
Itazura na Kiss: Love in Tokyo 2
Cold Case Japan
Todome no Kiss
Todome no Parallel
Hana Nochi Hare
Tourist
Good Morning Call
Good Morning Call ~Our Campus Days~
Kakugo wa ii ka? Soko no Joshi
Minami-kun no Koibito (2015)
Bokutachi ga Yarimashita
Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto
Chugakusei Nikki
Zenkai Girl
Last Friends
Missions of Love: Watashi ni xx Shinasai
Majo no Jouken
Strawberry on the Shortcake
Papadoru!
Ossan's Love
Cherry Magic!
Ani Tomo
Rai se dewa Chanto Shimasu
Rescue

Pikanchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy*
10 Promises to my Dog
Kurosagi Movie
Bandage
Nana
Nana 2
Norwegian Wood
Confessions of Murder (22 Nen me no Kokuhaku)
Heroine Shikkaku
L-DK (2014)
Wolf Girl and Black Prince
The Snow White Murder Case
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso
Our Meal for Tomorrow
Kiiroi Namida
Nobody Knows
Marmalade Boy
Peach Girl
Hitsuji to Hagane no Mori
Ie ni Kaeru to Tsuma ga Kanarazu Shinda Furi wo Shite Imasu
Ataru: First Love and Last Kill
Kimi ni Todoke
Koizora
Ano Ko no Toriko
Hirunaka no Ryusei
Masquerade Hotel
Kakugo ga Iika, Soko no Joshi
12 - nin no Shinitai Kodomotachi
Missions of Love: Watashi ni xx Shinasai
Strobe Edge
Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii
Kaguya-sama Love is War
Ossan’s Love: Love or Dead
The Witness
L-DK: Two Loves, Under One Roof
Ore Monogatari
Little Nights, Little Love
Sayonara Made no 30-pun
Sumaho wo Otoshita dake Nanoni
Ani Tomo
Call Boy
Clover
The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese

 



* - due for a rewatch




STARTED BUT NOT FINISHED
Suppli (ep 1&2)
Proposal Daisakusen (ep 1-4 only)



WITH INTENT TO FINISH
Kagi no Kagatta Heya (ep 1 only)
Yowakutemo Katemasu (ep 1-4)
Cold Case II (ep 1-2 only)
Orthros no Inu (ep 1-4 only)
Boku dake no Madonna (ep 1-8 only)
Rich Man Poor Woman (ep 1-3 only)
Stand Up!!! (ep 1-5 & 12 only)
Second Love (ep 1 only)
Yankee-kun to Megane Chan
Hachimitsu to Clover (ep 1-8)
Kaibutsu-kun (ep 1-2)
Miss Sherlock (ep 1 only)
Ossan's Love: In The Sky (ep 1-2)
Fujoshi, Ukkari Gay ni Kokuru (ep 1-7)
Uta no Onii-san (ep 1 only)



PLANS TO WATCH IN THE FUTURE
MATSUMOTO JUN
Bambino!
Smile
Wagaya no Rekishi (SP)
Eien no Nishipa

 


NINOMIYA KAZUNARI
Namida wo Fuite
Yasashii Jikan
Handoku!
Haikei, Chichiue Sama
Marathon SP
Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara SP
Bocchan SP

Gantz
Another Gantz
The Asada Family (2020)

 


KAMENASHI KAZUYA
Final Cut
Tegami SP
Strawberry Night Saga
Red Eyes Kanshi Sousakan

Joker Game
The Vancouver Asahi

 


IKUTA TOMA
Majo Saiban
Osozaki no Himawari
Voice
Akihabara @ Deep
Ore no Hanashi wa Nagai
Kakenai?

The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio
Prophecy (Yokokuhan)
Grasshopper
Brain Man
The Seaside Motel
The Fallen Angel (Ningen Shikkaku)

 


OTHER
MOVIES
Shoplifters
The Liar and His Lover
Go
All About Lily Chou Chou
Hana and Alice
Time Scoop Hunter
Bannou Kanteishi Q Monariza no Hitomi
Kinkyori Renai
Kiss me at the Stroke of Midnight
Konya, Romance Gekijo de
Cyborg She

DRAMA
Soshite Daremo Inakunatta SP
Signal
Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de
Kizoku Tantei
Kazoku Game
My Girl
My Boss, My Hero (2006)
The Quiz Show
Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai SP
Yokoso, Wagaya E
Shinigami-kun
Shinzanmono
Criminologist Himura and Mystery Writer Arisugawa
Tokyo Love Story
Zettai Reido
Emergency Interrogation Room
Suna no Utsuwa (2019)
Sherlock
Nippon Noir
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Kizarasu Cat's Eye
Love Shuffle
Guilty: Kono Koi wa Tsumi Desuka
Nee Sensei, Shiranai no?
Shikaku Tantei Higurashi Tabito - Matsuzaka Tori
Scams - Yosuke Sugino
Mikkoku wa utau Keishicho kansa fairu - Matsuoka Masahiro
Uchi no musume wa, Kareshi ga dekinai - Okada Kenshi
Kansatsui Asagao 1 & 2 - Kazama Shunsuke

 




Nishikido Ryo
Joker
1 Litre of Tears
My Loser Husband
Gomen ne Seishun
Inu wo Kau to Iu Koto
Trace -Kasouken no Otoko

Hitsuji no Ki
Dakishimetai

Takizawa Hideaki
Taiyo wa Shizumanai
Romeo and Juliet SP
Love Catharsis

Miura Haruma
14-sai no Haha
Bloody Monday
Love Begins When The Money Ends
Hi wa Mata Noboru
The Confidence Man JP
Watashi wo Hanasanaide
Otona Koukou
Boku no Ita Jikan

Eien no Zero
Mayonaka no Gofun Mae

Oguri Shun
Surely Someday
Lupin the Third
Kisaragi
Tsumi no Koe

Yamazaki Kento
Good Doctor
Alice in Borderland

Orange
Isshukan Friends

Furukawa Yuki
60 Gohan Taisakushitsu
Bitter Blood
Boku Dake ga Inai Machi
Love Rerun
Mysterious Summer
Araburu Kisetsu no Otomedomo yo

Tonari no Kaibutsu Kun
Kaze no Iro

Narimiya Hiroki
Ace Attorney

Mackenyu
Funohan
Ashita mo Kitto Kimi ni Koi wo Suru
Overdrive

Yoshizawa Ryo
Survival Wedding
Friends Games

Ao Haru Ride
River's Edge
Evil and the Mask
Summer Song


Fukushi Sota
Koinaka
Kyo wa Kaisha Yasumimasu

Boku wa Ashita, Kinou no Kimi wo Date Suru

Nakajima Yuto
Suikyuu Yankees
Suits
Suits II

Pink and Gray

Nakagawa Taishi
Oyabaka Seishun Hakusho

Nijiro Days
Tsuugaku Series Tsuugaku Tochu

Okura Tadayoshi
DoS Deka
 

Tsumabuki Satoshi
Waterboys

Yuta Koseki
I was a Secret Bitch
Liar x Liar

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I don’t usually get swayed by endorsements, but today I bought this Kinoko no Yama by Meiji because I couldn’t help thinking of Matsujun’s cute CMs of it! They were totally effective, even if his face wasn’t anywhere near the Meiji corner, it just stuck with my mind.



It’s so good!! I literally finished the entire box in one sitting even if there were so much.




Isn’t that face very convincing??
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I was on a trip to Japan a couple of weeks ago and although I planned to visits the Johnny’s Family Club and some filming locations for my favorite dramas, I wasn’t really able to. But since they’re everywhere, I got my Arashi fix anyway! Just turn on the TV and you’ll see their CMs, go to a drugstore and their faces will be beside some products, on covers of magazines in convenience stores, basically keep your eyes peeled and you’re bound to find something!
Spot! )
Well that’s it!! All photos are mine and sorry for the quality, I had to snap some of the pics really quickly and I was only using my phone. Hopefully next time I can go to the places I had planned to go to and spot more Arashi!!

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