KAT-TUN 2 Me

Feel like I’ve been neglecting KAT-TUN recently. Well, the full Rescue PV just came out, and I’ll get to that, but right now, I’d like to focus on Rescue’s B-sides. I love them both very much for very very different reasons.

First, have you heard “On Your Mind” yet? It’s the companion to “On My Mind” which was a B-side from One Drop. Well, you should listen, because it’s absolutely fucking beautiful!

kat-tun-on-your-mind-please-come-back-to-me

The softer side of KAT-TUN! We all know that their songs tend to be rockish and shouty, so it’s great to see them proving that they can pull off this kind of thing too. Every single one of those boys can sing, and sing well. Their voices sound lovely, the song itself is heartbreaking, and if you dare to say it’s too slow or (God forbid) boring, then I’ll break your knees, and since you’ll be needing to see a doctor anyway, you can get your ears checked while you’re there.

Now as for “Rescue”s other B-side, “7 Days Battle”, the theme of their 7 day Tokyo Dome concert, I’m not as crazy about the song, but the lyrics are HILARIOUS. They’re all in Engrish and… well, just take a look. (Credit HERE)

7 DAYS BATTLE　/　KAT-TUN
作詞：Sean-D　Rap詞：JOKER
作曲・編曲：Fredrik Hult / Sebastian Thott / Didrik Thott

Let me know when ur body getting sexy
Let me know when ur get ready shorty
I show u’d never see what u really want to

Are u ready to knock?
Are u ready to knock?
Are u ready to rock?

So many sorrows on planet
So much mess on internet
I know u’d miss sweet mind
I’ll take u back

Are u ready to knock?
Are u ready to knock?
Are u ready to rock?

Grown up on this street
Like on the other side
Keep ur spotlight on this endless war

I’m in battle (battle) battle (battle)
7 days I show u that I’ll be dead or alive Yeah
I’m in battle (battle) battle (battle)
Whoever come on Coz u’re not alone

Are u ready to knock?
Are u ready to knock?
Are u ready to rock?

(rap)

(One time) It’s not game like
(Two times) Not a kind of joke
(Three times) I don’t trick u I promise u

Are u ready to knock?
Are u ready to knock?
Are u ready to rock?

My faith on this stage
No faked and no faded
Believe the way six soldiers going on

I’m in battle (battle) battle (battle)
7 days I show u that I’ll be dead or alive Yeah
I’m in battle (battle) battle (battle)
Whoever come on Coz u’re not alone

Are u ready to knock?
Are u ready to knock?
Are u ready to rock?

(rap)

Grown up on this street
Like on the other side
Keep ur spotlight on this endless war

I’m in battle (battle) battle (battle)
7 days I show u that I’ll be dead or alive Yeah
I’m in battle (battle) battle (battle)
Whoever come on Coz u’re not alone

I’m in battle (battle) battle (battle)
7 days I show u that I’ll be dead or alive Yeah
I’m in battle (battle) battle (battle)
Whoever come on Coz u’re not alone

Are u ready to knock?
Are u ready to knock?
Are u ready to rock?

ROFL. Are they trying to be cool by writing all their “you”s as “u”? There are so many great lines in this. I think the best are “So much mess on internet” (hmm. rumor websites maybe?) and  “Are you ready to knock??” (oh hell yeah! I as so fricking ready to knock! You just show me a door and I will knock the crap out of it!).

And finally, something that has nothing to do with B-sides, but I thought was really cute. Quick, what do knitters, kittens, and KAT-TUN all have in common (besides starting with a ‘K’)?

Answer: Their love of yarn! (apparently). Let’s play, guess what some of the guys are thinking!

Jin: Hmmm… should I go with the pink yarn ball or the slightly bigger pink yarn ball? Decisions are so hard!

Maru: I’ll wait until it’s not looking, then I strike!

Koki: Hahaha. Okay, you win this time.

Junno: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Are you ready to knock?

~Celestia~

The epic running of the TaNaka.

Fail!

But kind-hearted Yuichi foolishly cartwheels back to help. Never trust a Koki when he’s down.

Jin+Bell #3. Jin+Bell= <3 ?

Pin love! Sharing a cart. Looks like that bell has some competition.

I wonder what lucky girl Jin’s giving this cute smile/ thumbs up to. On second thought, it’s probably Pi, isn’t it?

Bakanishi teasing Nakamaru is a must for these concert encores.

We are K-A-T-T-U-N!

Finished!

~Celestia~

Nerd alert!

Double nerd alert!

I think it’s hilarious how hard Ueda has been working lately to convince everyone of his manliness…

and then he immediately ruins it by blowing a kiss and smiling like this.

Group shot! The victorious KAT-TUN pirates sail off into the sunset.

No Juniors around, so Kame tries to seduce Junno instead.

’sup YamaPi! So cute how happy Jin is dragging him on stage (I tried to take some screencaps, but he just looked demented because he was grinning so hard), and how Pi almost never strays from Jin’s side the whole time he’s there. It’s also cute how YamaPi writes in his blog that they still have sleepovers at each others apartments and stay up all night watching Dragon Ball, but unfortunately I don’t have any pictures of that.

This is exactly what it looks like. Koki walks up directly behind Junno, and Junno rubs his ass on Koki’s crotch. Blink and you might miss it, but it’s definitely there. Slow motion for maximum gayness.

This was practically begging to be made into a .gif.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!

End Part 4,

~Celestia~

This Lips performance is too funny with the guys all attacking each other with their microphone spray stuff. Koki and Jin think so too.

I’ve already written about Bakanishi’s hilarious losing battle with his malfunctioning microphone, but still, that shit’s too funny not to mention again.

You just had to touch it, Didn’cha Princess?

Junno takes it like a man.

Nice hat.

Jin+Bell #2

The reign of Taguchi? Screw that! All hail Princess Tat-chan!

Hey guys? Let’s dance!

And with just 1 shot, fangirl casualties are reported in the thousands.

Kame, by being a total manslut, finishes off the rest of the audience.

End Part 3,

~Celestia~

And on with the show!

Dorky-pants Kame. So cute!

Whoa there! Any Junno x Koki fans in the house?

“Please. Kiss. Me.” In English, no less! The only proper response to this is, “OKAY!”

TENGU TIME!! I luv the tengu.

Uh oh. Looks like Kame is having problems getting it up.

But Maru uses his “Hand power” to help. Don’t look at me like that!!! I can’t be the only one who thinks the tengu noses are ridiculously phallic-looking and this whole scene is therefore hilarious.

Tengu are great air musicians.

This is the absolute epitome of “Huh??”

Speaking of “huh?”, does anyone know why the hell this dog is on stage here? It’s never acknowledged. It never shows up again. It’s just…there during this part. One of the juniors playing a joke? The single most random thing to occur during a KAT-TUN concert? Both perhaps?

Hahahaha!!

Oh no! Tengu attack! I love how Kame seems to have narrowly avoided being shot in the crotch.

End Part 2,

~Celestia~

Oh, I’ve had some fun with this.

We start off the concert nicely with “Taboo”, and everyone is practically dripping with sex…except for Kame who decided to chew on a twig. It’s not even a piece of grass, like a farmer might chew on. It’s a small branch with leaves and everything. Oh, but no worries. He redeems himself several times throughout the rest of the concert.

See? 

Jin+Bell shot #1.

Say Jin, your hair is really pretty.

“Like, I know, right??”

Speaking of the overly elaborate costumes, Maru seems to have the outer portion of an entire dead animal attached to his shoulder for no apparent reason.

Junno rallies his mob of loyal supporters  Rise up, and we shall defeat AKame and usher in the reign of Taguchi!!

Cute. Lots of TaNaka love in this concert.

Stop seducing the Juniors Kame! There will be time for that after the concert.

Oh well now look what you’ve done! I told you to wait!

Koki’s internal monologue, “I am such a badass”

Well…maybe not quite ; )

End Part 1

~Celestia~

Kame wearing his pants this low is downright sinful.

Specifically, deadly sin number 1: lust.

~Celestia~

This week’s episode of Arashi no Shukudai-kun was so cute! They were doing an “Okane ga Nai” special because, apparently, they’ve spent too much money buying expensive food for the guests, so some guys removed the entire set (presumably to sell to to fangirls), there was no guest, and Aiba was in charge again. Oh how I love it when Aiba is in charge of Arashi no Shukudai-kun. Such a little ball of skittery energy. Anyway, the episode was especially good because there was no guest, I think. I really don’t care what Grauve Model X or Comedian Y has to say. I watch ANS to see Arashi! Preferably Arashi being gay affectionate all over the place, which is exactly what you get with this episode.

Anyway, I have been inspired to make a few screen caps and a couple of .gifs, mostly featuring Nino because I wuv him.

Aiba attempts to introduce some cheap foods, which get mixed reviews. This section is particularly fun because Nino is hanging on Ohno most of the time.

At one point they were both off giggling on their own and Ogura-san had to snap at them to stop playing around.

Trying to force feed Nino. They ought to do this more often.

Has there always been a bunny in fishnets at the back of the set?

Next, Aiba proposes a contest to see who can fall asleep the fastest. It turns out it’s difficult to fall asleep with a hyper Aiba-chan wandering around and chirping at you constantly. “Come on guys! You’ve really got to sleep! For reals! Are you sleeping yet? Huh? Are you??” Oh Aiba-chan… His attempts to hypnotize Nino are also met with minimal success.

Jun doesn’t even try to sleep, and starts reading manga. This displeases Aiba, who forces Jun to put his head in his lap (I know!), gently brushes away his hair (much to Jun’s annoyance), and starts prodding him in the ear with something. How that’s supposed to help him sleep is completely beyond me.

Checking to see if Sho’s asleep…

Nope!

Then Aiba gets the bright idea that Nino doing a magic trick for Sho will make him fall asleep. Okay…Unfortunately when he’s done, Nino’s a little bit reluctant to go back to bed…

What a brat.

In the end, the winner is Ogura-san, who buried his head under the covers and successfully drowned out Aiba’s noisiness.

Sweet Dreams,

~Celestia~

Today after work, I stopped by a book store and purchased the October issue of Myojo. I was debating whether or not to do it up until the very end, because that’s the magazine that brought us Jin demonstrating his poor decision-making skills with regards to his hair. However, I have decided to graciously look past that, because KAT-TUN’s section is just full of super duper cute pictures of Kame. Look!

“Hmmm. Did I leave the oven on?”

Close up. I don’t know why, but I kind of love how he usually paints just a few of his fingernails black.

So pretty in profile.

LOL! My favorite of the bunch

I went ahead and replaced poodle-hair Jin with an actual poodle. I can’t have anything distracting me from shy Kame in the corner there.

BTW. Kamenashi has also been named “Best Jeansist” for the 2nd year in a row. I guess having a feminine waistline and a preference for going comando is good for something other than inspiring pervy fanfiction.

Last ones. These are clearly not from this month’s Myojo, but they are some of the cutest pics I’ve ever seen of baby Junior Kame.

What a little Cutie-Pants!

~Celestia~

PS. Quick Arashi note. Truth/Kaze has sold 63,535 copies in its second week, bringing the total total to 530,823 copies sold, as reported by Oricon. 500K+! Awesome. The single is now sitting pretty as the top seller in Japan for 2008 so far.

Got these from HERE

Apologies for the pic. snatching, but these had to be shared with more of the world immediately.

They’re from the QOP tour. Jinnnnnnnnnnnnnnn! Why didn’t you take off your shirt at the concert I went to? Oh well. We’re lucky to get such pictures at all since Jin seems to be the KAT-TUN member least inclined to remove his clothing in the middle of a concert.

Oh but he has a nice body these days, doesn’t he? Toned, but not stick-skinny like many of the other Johnny’s boys. Manly!

Sweet Dreams =p

~Celestia~

PS: “Truth/Kaze no Mukou e” has sold an amazing 467,288 copies in it’s first week, falling neatly behind Arashi’s own “One Love” to become the current 2nd best selling single of 2008 in Japan and posting the highest first week sales of any single of 2008 thus far as well. Let me repeat, 2nd best selling single of the year after only one week of sales. Today is officially awesome.