May 24 2009
About the Juniors
Did I ever mention that the pamphlet for the Break the Records tour has a huge, 4 page pull-out guide to the Juniors in the back? Yeah, I know this is a crappy picture. Please also enjoy the view of my bag, my rug, and my toes.
172 idol hopefuls, I think. Worse, I don’t think this is ALL the Juniors, but rather just the ones participating in this concert. It’s most of them, but still… There’s just not enough room for 172 boy band members in Japan, so you know that for the vast majority, this will be the furthest they will ever get. Learning routines for just about every song ever made by Johnny’s, performing in concert tour after concert tour (because once one group finishes a tour, another one starts), never having the fans even notice you, hours and hours of your childhood spent in a rehearsal studio, desperately competing to be noticed and get your chance at a real debut, and being paid next to nothing for all of this. Not only that, but quite a few of them look EXACTLY like little girls, which can’t be fun for a boy. AND, of course, knowing that someone brand new like little Juri Tanaka (who is already in some sort of unit) has a ten times better chance at a debut than you just because his brother is already an established Johnny (see HSJ’s Keito Okamoto). AND knowing that Johnny has a habit of deciding whether or not to put kids in a unit for totally random and unrelated reasons, like thier ability to play volleyball (see like half of Arashi and some of V6).
It must suck to be a junior, but then again there are tons of guys who failed their audition who would kill for a spot.
And by the way, when is Kiss My Foot 2 (can’t spell it) going to debut anyway? They seem to have collected a sizable number of fans now. Isn’t it about time? I mean, I will never be a fan, mostly because I could never admit to being a fan of a group called “Kiss My Foot 2″ without suffering terrible embarrassment, but still it seems like they’re ready, doesn’t it?
~Celestia~
ah its a cutthroat world, johnnys e.
i thought it was kiss my ft? i thought it had to be some kind of strange acronym, because it cant possibly be FOOT. ehh Johnnys Ultra Music Power.. Sports Music Assemble People..
Good point.
I love making fun of fangirling the whole Johnny’s thing, but I don’t really like the system of JE. Idols are bad enough, but being a not-quite-idol has to be ten times worse. I mean, your life is basically on standby while you’re aspiring to be -what, exactly? A glitterfied mannequin robot for teenage girls to squee over? Do you really want this for your life? There are so many more wortwhile things to be doing. Wake up, sheeple!
I know that entertainment is important, but I don’t like to hear about people making sacrifices that they don’t at least get compensated for. Hopefully these guys get out before too long, because it’s just a little pathetic.
This is one thing I’m glad we don’t have in America, although I don’t know what the situations at Disney and Nickelodeon are for the kids in their shows and movies.
aw, it’s a harsh reality for them =/
i’m all for ABC-Z debuting though, Hashi is extremely sexy ;D
i don’t think i could ever like KMT2… they’re so… ew XD
*runs away*
@jubilantia-
well…. there are plenty of careers that involve lots of sacrifice with little compensation while you’re fighting to get to the top, so i don’t think it’s fair to make it out like the juniors are the only ones in that situation. I mean, I clearly agree that it’s a sucky situation, but I don’t think it’s a unique one.
And remember that there are tons of people who have it much worse than Johnny’s juniors.