I'm sorry, Sakurai Sho

[smooglepuss]

Right now I'm heartbroken. Literally. Sho arrived and has boarded the ship. I saw him, and am so much the sadder for it. He was wearing a baseball cap, white shirt and jeans, but he was visibly, OBVIOUSLY hiding his face from the crowd. Head down, tilted away from the crowd, his entire demeanor was as if he wanted to get as far away from the crowd

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[lelomew]

1. Johnny's pretty strict when it comes to fan interactions.
2. Sho's probably the least receptive to fangirling anyway.

Nonetheless, it's no excuse and the poor guy shouldn't have been made to feel that way. I've always felt like just a simple nod/wave would suffice, just a simple acknowledgement to let him know he's loved around the world too. Oh well. I'm sorry to hear you had such an experience.

But I did read from another report that Sho waved to the fans at the end (although sort of out of range). Looking at it another way, at least he'll know how much of an influence Arashi has outside of Japan, how passionate the people can be.

[smooglepuss]

Yeah, Johnny's is legendary with their rules about fan interaction, but this was beyond that. You read reports about how he is in Japan, how he doesn't interact anymore the way that the other members do, but seeing it for yourself? That's a whole 'nother level. My heart fell to the floor the minute I saw him. Just watching him try and get as quickly as possible away from the fans, pulling his cap down low over his face, turning away from us. Kitagawa-san waved, and that just amplified the feeling of sadness for me.

He did wave at the fans yesterday, and smiled albiet incredibly briefly, but today was the first time I saw how much he wanted to be away from the screaming and the flashes. I was there, from the moment he came out, to the moment he was out of sight, and there was no waving. Sigh. I hope he didn't get a bad impression of the fans from Singapore. I didn't think I would feel so strongly about this. T_T I hate that we made him feel that way.