[Johnny's] Shuukan Bunshun - 01/29/2015 (2/3)

[say_it_again]

Here is the second part of the 10-page exclusive interview which Mary Kitagawa had with Shuukan Bunshun. The bulk of this part is focused on the faction war issue, and a certain somebody makes a surprise appearance midway through the interview. Definitely give this a read

Comments

[syanan96]

Woah... Mary-san kowai yo~
Actually, I'm still new to this and don't understand about this no interaction between Arashi and SMAP issue, hope someone can explain me further... onegaishimasu.. n_n
and thank you very much for translating and sharing this!^^

[steffiindrajana]

Interesting article and mary is really scary hahaha. But, i really curious about what happend behind the scene. I mean, the media sent the questions before, are they made up something like this or this is truly happening.

[nakahalu]

Thanks for translating n sharing!
looking forward to the next/last article.
the companies that i used to work for always say that we are all one happy family, all the same blah blah blah but behind closed doors each are trying to bite at each other throats.
lol
;-)
^_^

[dingax1983]

I am really surprised Mary went there with the SMAP can't dance. Also, the way she treats Iljima. Interesting note is how Mary just seems to jump from conversation to conversation which may be how Bunshun editted the interview.

Once again, thanks for translating.

[clara_maria]

this is intense~ and so japanese...
we can already see the after-effects of this battle (and a battle it is!) - with Arashi appearing with Sexy Zone and on Asahi again...

but I am surprised how strongly Mary dismissed SMAP - even if they went against the "rules" in the past, they are after all top-sellers to this date...
I don't wonder about the ranking though~ this oldest first is something deeply rooted in Japan, although it becomes visible that popularity and success is a strong factor as well!

[drigby]

And on TBS!

[clara_maria]

yes
I am really curious what we are going to see in the next month - collaborations etc...