Non-no November
scan credits: littlewings
This theme thought up by Ninomiya-kun, “Let’s challenge something a little more hassling.” Is Hide-and-seek. The unexpected command brought laughter and shock, The Juntoshi pair head towards the park where the summer heat still lingers. Fooling around and playing Hide-and-seek, frolicking around with the playground tools. Selfishly having fun, they later tell us of it, and what came out of this “Children playing too”?
Ohno: It's been long since i last in a park! After I turned into an adult you don’t really get chances like these.
Jun: Leader is really a genius are hiding. (laugh) the playground tools are nostalgic too. When I was young, I’d totally played with the swing by jumping off.
Ohno: I did that too! And then, there’s also gliding by swinging your body while hanging on the horizontal bars.
Jun: that’s right that’s right! For the guys, the thrilling games are really popular ne.
Ohno: I liked climbing trees and catching bugs too.
Jun: Ahh~ And catching helmet beetles and crayfish and keeping them as pets!
Ohno: Even though in the past we could just catch them barehanded, nowadays we are afraid to even though insects like cicadas.(laugh)
Jun: That’s probably because you’ve turned into an adult. (laugh) I played frequently with my friends at the Childen’s Hall. Games similar to “kick the can”, we played “kick the block” and outside the buildings and played Dorokei(which is a type of Tag). “Outdoors Doro” was a really good memory. When you gather a huge amount of kids, loads of ideas are are given and a new type of playing is formed.
Ohno: the different types of things that everyone comes up with is interesting ne. I wonder what the other members played when they were kids?
Jun: Sho-kun is obviously Gesture games. (In the past in a tv show, while doing jump rope, a topic was shown and doing the gesture to it was sho’s specialty.) (grins)
Ohno: that is a unique ability ne. (laugh)
Jun: For Aiba-chan, he seems really good at climbing trees.
Ohno: But then, he would often fell. (laugh) For nino, he has the image that he plays alone at the sandbox, silently building a mountain and making a tunnel underneath it.
Jun: For leader, in those days you must be leading everyone and was the centre of everyone’s attention right? You could call it the “Park’s Charismatic”.
Ohno: If you say that, Matsujun must be the “Childen’s hall Charismatic” . (laugh) Talking about Arashi’s “Children-playing-it-too”, I remembered clearly that in our concert in 2003, we played Kick the can during the MC and we got really into it!
Jun: Actually for that, it was suppose to be Kicking the block. Going to the audience’s seats and while hiding it, you will feel a sense of unity with the audience. (like a prank) shall we do something like that again?!
Ohno: Oh, that sounds good. (grins broadly)
Jun: At that concert, we also played Old maid and had the vision broadcasted ne. For me, I often play with cards after becoming an adult. I’m really good at Daifugou! What’s the game that leader has been addicted to lately?
Ohno: Playing Tag with Remote control cars, it’s definitely fun. It seems addictive after a while♪
Jun: That’s is also original! Even if we are playing as Arashi, I would want to create an original game. We might just come up with something amazing if the five of us brainstorm together♪
Ohno: Just thinking about it makes you excited ne.
Jun: For us, someday when we have kids, I wonder if we would become parents whom can give them “the standpoint of the freedom of playing”. (laugh) We have to work hard ne!
Next issue! Jun x Nino, the theme was decided by leader: Yakiimo no arashi (Roasted sweet potato Arashi)
The new lj-formatting is pissing me off! D< Edit: i can't lj cut it properly so i shan't, esp since this is short. OMG I HATEEE THISSSSSSSSSSS GAHHH