First things first, HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY INTERNATIONAL WOTA!!! I’d bake you a cake if only I had an oven.
It’s time for another exciting round of ranking KAT-TUN on various traits! But before I get into the ranking that I’ve done, some proof that as hard as I may try to pick the randomest traits I can, the Japanese will always do random better. Behold, a magazine feature that ranks KAT-TUN members according to fist circumference. Yes, you read that right. Fist circumference. It’s clear that they’re all taking this very seriously, especially Kame. From smallest (6), to largest (1)…
6. Tanaka
5. Ueda
4. Nakamaru
3. Kamenashi
2. Akanishi
1. Taguchi
It makes you wonder if this is correlated to any other measurements, if you know what I mean. Looking at the order, it almost makes sense to me…
Anyway, since it seems that I’ve pretty much given up all pretense of not being a fashion bitch, I’m going to go ahead and rank them by how much I like their costumes from the Lips PV. Since the PV is kind of dark, I’ve borrowed some screencaps (I don’t take credit for these) of their MS appearance as our reference pictures. Some of them have changed their hats, but the clothes are the same.
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6. Taguchi- Junno has not only crossed, but blown way past, the line between casual punk and Final Fantasy Land. I’m afraid that he’d look much more at home at a cosplay convention than in the Lips PV. He’s practically wearing a rhinestone studded cape, and that’s almost never cool.
5. Tanaka- Looks like a janitor, especially when he had his white baseball cap on. Stand him next to Junno, and the contrast is ridiculous.
4. Nakamaru- There’s nothing really wrong with what Maru’s wearing, but it’s just kind of boring. Once again, he’s the only one I wouldn’t glance at twice if I saw him walking down the street in these clothes.
3. Akanishi- His hat is supposed to be white, which I like much better, so just pretend he didn’t switch hats on us when you’re looking at the picture. I also really like his necklace. As for the clothes, Jin is certainly well-suited to the overly-long coat thing, but with the fur and all of the hanging black fabric, the look of this particular costume is too heavy.
2. Kamenashi- This is pretty cool. Kame always looks good in the fitted jacket/ tight pants motif, and his accessories are nice as well. The only thing that bothers me is the British flag stuff in his jacket. Everyone else has pink accents, so Kame’s red and blue accents don’t really match.
1. Ueda- That means that our winner is Ueda! The shredded drapeyness and all the white make him look like a little fallen angel. On anyone else, I might not like this top, but it suits Ueda perfectly. The design is unique and interesting, yet he still avoids looking like he’s about to join Taguchi on a quest for 10 mythrils and 2 phenix downs.
What to show for Uebo? I’m afraid that I’m not very fond of his solo performances since they tend to be ballads, and I find most ballads to be boring. Also, I really like Ueda’s voice when he’s paired with another member or two. He has the kind of voice that can sort of fill in the cracks in another person’s, so the combined sound is really nice. In fact, I’d say he’s the only member of KAT-TUN who sounds great when paired with any given other member. On his own though, his whispery style starts to grate on me. So, no solo performance this time. Instead, some cute stock photos from Keep the Faith. I really like his expression in the first one.
And that’s all she wrote,
~Celestia~
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