March single releases :3

Berryz 工房 22nd single + Arashi 29th single

Today I finally received my copies of both Berryz and Arashi new singles! ^o^ Believe it or not, but these singles are both my very first Berryz single AND Arashi single… Even though I have loved these two groups for years :O (Shame on me…) But I can make up for it by buying both singles in Limited editions~! xD (Right?!)
 
3rd March release:

• Berryz 工房 22nd single: Otakebi Boy Wao!/Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda! (Limited A)

• Arashi 29th single: Troublemaker (Limited Edition)

Even though the two singles released the same date, Berryz have actually done pretty well on their first couple of weeks. In their first week they got 3rd place on the Oricon weekly rank ^ O ^ In their second week they got 9th place! :O They managed to still be in the top10 in their second week, which is a first for Berryz xD Hallelujah! And last time I checked Arashi was still number one on the Oricon charts ^  o^ Heh…

Berryz工房: Otakebi Boy Wao!/Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda! (Limited A) Cover

Berryz工房: Otakebi Boy Wao!/Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda! (Limited A) Back Cover

Berryz工房: Otakebi Boy Wao!/Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda! Cd, DVD and lottery ticket

Berryz工房: Otakebi Boy Wao!/Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda! Lyrics

Berryz工房: Otakebi Boy Wao!/Tomodachi wa tomodachi Nanda! Member Gallery

The first time I heard "Otakebi Boy Wao!" I was really blown away. This new style and much deeper voices really didn't sound like Berryz at first, but now I think it suits them really nicely! ^ 3 ^ I think Yurina's voice surprised me the most. It really took me some time before I could recognize her voice! xD She sounds really cool this way and so do the rest of the members too!<3 So of course this song is my favorite song on their new single, but the other song (Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda!) gets just as easily caught in my head ^^ Heh I like how the two songs is so different from each other, that's nice :)
 
I ordered the Limited A both because I liked the cover the best, but also because I thought the best PV choice was to get the close-up version of the Otakebi Boy Wao! PV. It's such a cool and crazy PV xD Love it! I really like the Tomodachi PV too, it's really smooth and nice to watch<3 Love how Momo kind of got the lead role in the PV x3 Yay for Momo!! ^O^

Arashi: Troublemaker Cover

Arashi: Troublemaker Back Cover

Arashi: Troublemaker CD & DVD

Aiba & Ohno

Jun & Sho

Nino

Sakurai Sho

Matsumoto Jun

Aiba Masaki

Ohno Satoshi

Ninomiya Kazunari

I looove Arashi's new song! It's such a lovely catchy song~ ^  o^ Even after 10 years, Arashi definitely still knows how to make a hit! xD Aaah, these boys… I will never stop loving them x3 It's such a crazy, funny and cute PV they have produced for this song<3 Their last couple of PVs have been awfully hot and sexy~ xD But this PV gets their cute and funny side back on the road! I really hope Arashi never stop, even though it's an impossible (and very demanding) dream of mine, I can't stop believing xD Yes… I'm a greedy person xP Love you forever~ <3  

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A long awaited order arrives… ~*O*~

~Yesasia goodies~ xD ***’

I've waited over a month for this order! Normally it only take 7-14 days for delivery for Yesasia, it's probably the wild winter weather we have had recently which slowed it down -_- But now I've finally received the wonderful goodies, I'm going to gush very very much over it ^O^ heheh ;)

My order consist of

• Ranie's brand new album: Rainie & Love…?
• The highly acclaimed Arashi concert: ARASHI Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo
• The epic Berryz vs. C-ute concert in Nakayoshi: Berryz Koubou & C-ute Nakayoshi Battle Concert Tour 2008 (Berryz Kamen version)
• Extra: Japan Mini – Rilakkuma Maskot Wall Pocket Christmas

I was really REALLY happy when I finally got to open up these little treasures! I opened the Rainie album first:

Cover

I was totally taken aback by the beautiful cover with Rainie<3 How can a gal be that pretty?! xD

Inside, postcards and booklet

I've never purchased a album in such a different shape and style! It's absolutely stunning! I got 4 postcards for her new drama "Hi! My Sweetheart!", I think they were randomly selected, because some of them were a little funny ^^; I'm totally in love with the booklet – it's baby pink!!!<3 I adore the "rain" theme, she looks good damn gorgeous in that white dress! The umbrella handle was decorated with white little pearls – LOVE!! And then, they have somehow managed to make the rain look pink, it's so girly and pretty<3 ;3

Now to the songs.
The first track I've already heard many times in the new drama – "Yu Ai" but now listening to the full version and in much better quality, I think the song is even better! It's such a beautiful song<3 ^^ The second song "In Your Eyes" is a duet with Show Luo (the guy who plays the male protagonist in Hi! My Sweetheart) and when I heard it the very first time, I had a little shock, because I didn't expect a male voice just after the first song! Lol xD But the song was pretty nice, but not something special :)
The third song ROCKS! XD "Tick Tock (Beat The Clock)" is such a cool song and reminds me of electro pop! (and the tick tock part reminds me of "What Are You Waiting For" by Gwen Stefani!) Probably my favorite song on the whole album! :O
Then the three following songs are all ballads – very normal Rainie songs – but otherwise fantastic as always<3
The seventh song "On The Beat" also has a quite different style than her previous songs. It's an up-beat, cute and very much hilarious song :D I really like it, at any rate one of my favorite songs<3 ^o^
The eight song "Jue Dui Da Ling" has a somewhat acoustic feel to it? It sounds really lovely and is a very relaxed song – also one of the top songs on this album ;3
The lyrics for the ninth song "Love Rocks" are really crazy! In the chorus Rainie sings in such a fast pace that it on some point sounds like pure gibberish (maybe because I don't understand Chinese? lol) but it actually make the song stand out and after hearing a couple of times, it's a really great and neat song<3 ^o^b Also one of my favorites.
The tenth song plays so suddenly you can't believe it XD Haha The final song on the album "Er Du Lian Ai" is (surprisingly) a ballad song ^3^ It's a pretty song, but then again – she has done so many ballads now, it's not the most sensational song on the album. If you know what I mean? ^-^; But still a nice song :)
My final opinion of this album is: Fantastic album – my favorite of the whole bunch!<3 :D
(Always wanted to do this –>) Rating: 9/10 ~

Afterwards, I opened the Berryz/C-ute concert DVD, and as always the cover is in a smooth quality~ (wonderful, wonderful ^O^) Watched it this evening, and I got to describe it with one word: EPIC!
When Berryz and C–ute perform with combined power, it gets on a totally different level :O They look so good together xD But then the concert also made me a little sad, because Kanna and Erika still were a part of the group, I couldn't stop thinking about the new 5-nin group… How I wished they still were together… T-T *sob* Love Kanna-chan so much! >o< The Berryz Kamen and C-ute Ranger "play" was really funny, I enjoyed it very much :D

Arashi Around ASIA in Tokyo

Then I opened the Arashi Around ASIA concert DVD<3 The bluish cover is transparent, and the yellow color of the A is actually provided by the yellow booklet inside the dvd! :O Such a cool detail XD Now I haven't watched it yet, but it has received so many great comment from other fans, I have a feeling it's going to be a awesome concert! ^O^ Well, when Nino-kun is performing, all it's perfect ^#^

~Xmas Korilakkuma~

The last thing I opened was the Japan Mini toy, which came as and extra goodie from Yesasia ^^ I choose a Christmas themed Rilakkuma toy<3 Then I can use it next Xmas ^O^

 All in all, a great batch this month!! x3

Look forward to the new Buono! album and Berryz concert next month! ^^

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Happy B-day Nino-kun!!

Ninomiya-kun b-day

Today you turn 26, *sigh* time really does fly… But I hope you will get a super nice day ^_^

Love you!

And then I want to post the amazing live performance with Crazy Moon – Kimi wa ~Muteki~ on Utaban ^O^

Arashi: Crazy Moon – Kimi wa ~Muteki~

The dance moves are simply gorgeous!! And they just look damn cool! X'D

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New drawings ^O^

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The first drawing is from Tekkonkinkreet (as the title says XD) My scanner ruined some of the colors, but I hope you can see the hard work I did on the colors? It took me a really long time! Especially Kuro's hair >O<

The second drawing is the character Naruse-sensei from Maou (Ohno Satoshi) which didn't took me that long to draw, but I'm pretty satisfied with this, because I usually don't draw real people at all, so it was quite a change for me. I know it doesn't look like him very much, but well I'm a newbie in this area XD  

and yesterday I finally got my copy of Taiyo Matsumoto's manga series "Black & White" aka Tekkonkinkreet! Subarashii desu nee<3

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 To my big surprise, a cute poster with Kuro and Shiro (aka Black and White) followed with this all-in-one version. So great! I like it very much so far, and the story from the manga is almost the same to the film. The drawing style is really unique too. Suki desu<3

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Ohno is EVIL XD yay!

I've just watched the first episode of Maou, it was so cool! XD I can't wait for the next episode!! Ohno was really cool and evil  SUTEKI!<3  Unfortunately Nino only made apperaence in one single scene (NANDE?!!) -_-

But Toma-kun did a nice job with his role too, I like his new hair by the way ^__^ The occult girl named Shiori was quite cool too, I hope she will appear in the next episodes as well, that would be great! One last opinion, the theme song "truth" by Arashi was the sure thing which hooked me to watch this.

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It was so different, it was nice for a change with this more mysterious and dark theme, than happy and up-beat kind of songs. If you know what I mean? This drama really seems promising in my point of view! ^O^

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