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

[say_it_again]

Last part of Mary Kitagawa's 10-page exclusive interview with Shuukan Bunshun is up! This part addresses the so-called neutral faction and also veers off topic to talk about Julie's possible relationships with Higashiyama and Matchy in the past. Nevertheless makes for a very interesting read

Comments

[helenmaldon]

Really interesting!! Thank you for such a long translation!!
"That's what you would call 'order'." Damn Mary-shi!!

[nicnatha]

I'm really afraid of what would happen to SMAP and Kisumai when Iijima would be forced to resign :/ But maybe this interview is the beginning of a change of mind. Maybe we'll see SMAP, Arashi, KAT-TUN, Kisumai and so on now more together, somehow I got a little hope :D

[candywalla]

Thank you so much for completing the translation!
This was one of the most interesting interviews I've read. Not just the issue itself but the interviewee as well were intriguing. I wonder how much of it is true and how much it will affect the talents and the agency. I feel that it is kinda clear that Julie will take over (I'm quite new so until now I didn't really had the idea that there was someone else as a candidate as well) and I felt like that before reading this interview too. It's just logical, Julie is a family and she's been raised to be the successor after all. Funny how this concerns a flashy pop idol world but there is still a lot of political stuff happening.

I wonder how all of this turns out in the future and what will be after that. Johnny & Mary seem to be quite strong and powerful people, wonder what would the agency become after they are not around.

[simopimo]

Thank you very much for this. Is so rare to read something about this stuff! I'll spend sometime of my weekend readin'it. Thanks again and おつかれました

[chai_pieremae]

thank you for sharing :)))