DUET magazine sat down with the members of Arashi in their December issue and talked about the years past.

Scans were provided by jesychan.

Members' individual interviews:


Aiba Masaki Matsumoto Jun


Ninomiya Kazunari Ohno Satoshi


Sakurai Sho


Round Table Arashi: part 1, part 2

The sunday next [2009.11.01] Arashi
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I'm not happy with the things that came on the cinemas in 2009, so it's going to be very hard for me to decide which movies are going to be in my annual Top 10 Favorite Movies list at the end of the year. Even the movies that I was excited about at the beginning of the year, such as Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Public Enemies, didn't turn out to be as good as I thought they would be. Worse yet, the films that I'm absolutely dying to see aren't going to play in cinemas here. So, really, 2009 has not really been a fantastic year for the movie buff in me.

Thankfully, there was The Boat that Rocked. Richard Curtis' latest movie - which didn't play here officially, mind you - is wonderfully entertaining with a brilliant all-star Brit cast. I'm not Curtis' biggest fan after Love, Actually, but I can't help but get up on my feet and give him a huge applause after I finished watching this one on DVD. I like that this movie isn't a rom-com, which I consider a deviation from Curtis' other movies, and I think it's nice to see him try something new.

As you might have heard, this movie's about a fictitious pirate radio that broadcast its programs from an anchored ship in the middle of the North Sea. It has, according to the DVD cover, eight DJs (or was it seven?), one ship and zero morals. The government (represented by the esteemed Kenneth Branagh who plays a loose parody of former Postmaster General Tony Benn and the utterly scrumptious Jack Davenport as Branagh's aide, named Twatt) aimed to shut them down through various means. Besides the radio's boss, DJs and ship's crew, there was Young Carl (Tom Sturridge), who was there to live a straight and narrow life after something happened at school. Then all sorts of debauchery happened (Nick Frost's beefy character gets to shag not only Gemma Arterton, but also Talulah Riley, and therefore breaking Tom's heart!) and the government sunk the ship and Philip Seymour Hoffman almost drowned but ROCK N' ROLL LIVES ON!

Anyway, despite that crappy summary I just wrote, I really, really liked what I saw in that movie. Never mind the music, the radio, or the history (especially the history -- because I don't think it's historically accurate); it was basically a movie about what happens when a bunch of (mostly) straight idealistic guys are left out on sea together for years and bond through music and broadcasting. There's plenty of what-the-fuckery, nonsensical lines, and music that I don't know half the name of. And it's SO. MUCH. FUN. I think the cast blend well with each other. Half of the cast are well-known names while the other half are... well, not so well-known. But they blend well together. Even Branagh and Davenport, both of whom never had any real interaction with the guys on the both, seemed to fit in right there with them. Just... fun.

(Plus, Tom Sturridge is really hot. Seriously? Why is he not making fangirls scream like his best friend does? There's something wrong with the world.)

So, my point is, I loved The Boat that Rocked and I'm glad I spent more than 2 hours of my evening yesterday watching this. At least, at the end of the year, when I have to make my Favorites Lists, I know what to put in the Top 10. This movie is going to be in it.

Title: The 5 Times Aiba Turns Up At Sho's House And The 1 Time He Doesn't Leave
Type: Oneshot
Pairing(s): Sakuraiba
Rating: PG13
Disclaimer: Nu-uh.
Wordcount: 1,482
Summary: There are times reasons stop being needed.
A/N: It's been a long time.

(The first time is an unsuspecting Wednesday night.)

I'm back with part 2 of the Arashi Round Table interview in DUET magazine!

Part 1 can be found here.

For those of you curious about how they looked like in their debut cover on DUET magazine, here it is!

Title : Easier that way.
Author : theproudpenguin, or Bob.
Beta : The ever delicious all4cyanide. ♥
Genre : Angst
Pairing : Sakuraiba
Rating : R for sexual situations
Disclaimer : Bob owns nothing. All these pretty men own themselves. Especially on Friday nights. Rawr.
Words Count : 2,512 words
Summary : "It's because it's easier, you know?" the words were slurred, the rim of a beer bottle on his lips, gaze lost on the coffee table's pattern. "It has always been easier that way."

( Because the morning after, they knew they would be smiling for the world, and pretend everything was fine, everything was perfect. That they were really happy. )

title: I like the way you smile
pairing: Ohno/Nino
rating: pg
summary: there is a blind painter that paints outside nino’s bakery.
Nino starts falling and there’s no going back. AU.


(Nino tells Ohno about how he’s lonely and bored but can’t seem to do a thing about it. Ohno tells Nino that he’ll keep Nino company whenever he wants. Ohno talks about how his childhood dream was to own a bread shop. Nino says that his shop is too big for him to own anyway and that Ohno can share it if he wants.)


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I have seen quite a bit about ratings on the internet lately, but how exactly should things be rated? More than one person has asked me for a PG-13 rating tag but I won't make one because I do not see a difference between that and PG. Kids & teens on Livejournal aren't going to be asking their parents for permission for anything anyway. Rating is subjective because something one person finds racy and really mature might seem really tame and vanilla to another.

So, here's a guide for rating in this community. I can't speak for others or what you choose to rate things in your own journal or community and I'm not going to come after you if you don't rate things as I have outlined here. If you are concerned about your work being read by younger readers where the content my not be suitable, you can adjust the adult content rating. This is largely the way I rate my own work but I think it's a solid base to go by. If anyone has anything else to suggest, please let me know.

( Ratings )

( Summaries )

I hope this helps! Happy writing. :)

One last thing on an unrelated note: Let's save each other's F-lists and keep cross-posting to a minimum.

A drabble which you could very easily chuckle pervertedly at.
I.e. What happens when I read a magazine translation + exam revision procrastination.
Slightly more than PG.

Because Ohmiya have more innuendo than...anything. Ever. And my brain makes everything worse.
/ Otherwise known as: You know what they say about pineapple juice...

BayStorm [2009.11.15] Nino
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Recomen no Arashi Remix:
Recomen [2009/11/13] Aiba
Recomen [2009/11/06] Aiba
Recomen [2009/10/30] Aiba

BayStorm [2009.11.15] Nino
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Recomen [2009/11/13] Aiba
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Title: Practicing Forgiveness
Pairing: Hahaaaa, wait until the end! Nino/?
Rating: R, I would think.
Disclaimer: Still don't own. Sad, really.
Summary: Nino has done something to make someone very angry. Can he repay them and gain forgiveness?


Oh dear, I've done it now. I've actually written an Arashi fanfiction. And I started off so far down the MPAA rating system. *dies* Ah well, good times. Hope everyone enjoys. Constructive criticism is appreciated. This was unbetaed, so feel free to point out any glaring grammatical errors. Thanks!

(Nino was trapped)

Edit: Ugh, that took me so long to figure out how to make a URL link with different text. And it was so simple! Trial and error is frustrating sometimes.

Epic apologies for slacking on my mod duties. Life hasn't let me be as leisurely as I'd like it to and wow the year is almost over.

I poked around one of the anon memes recently posted and someone mentioned this community and how there hasn't been challenges in a while... so I'm posting one! I'm going to find an internet alarm thing to remind me to do them next year. And with that, our theme:


You don't have to do the typical solar calendar new year, it could be the school year, the lunar year, the Celtic new year, whatever comes to your mind. Making resolutions, trying to keep them, and succeeding, or not. Up to you.

I'm posting this early because I know how crazy the holiday season can be. You can have 2 extra weeks to think about it. To those of you doing je_holiday, good luck!

If anyone has any suggestions for challenges, please leave a comment. :) I'm going back to the first brainstorming post and pulling up one of those suggestions for January. I already know which one.

Johnny's Entertainment Fan Meet-up in New York City

This is an early announcement of an upcoming gathering of Johnny fans in New York City! Who wouldn't want to enjoy themselves in the city that awesome stars like Yamashita Tomohisa, Arashi, KAT-TUN, V6(? X3;), Katori Shingo (this week!!!), and many others have been to!

[ Date: SUNDAY December 6th, 2009

Time: 1pm - 8pm (Feel free to leave when you want~)

Place: KARAOKE DUET 48

Price: Marathon price = $12 + tax

Activities: Karaoke, games, fangirling! ]

For more information, please click here.