sparkle #055
BEAUTIFUL WORLD. ATTACK IT.
Attack It lyrics by yarukizero! I didn't find a clip anywhere to reblog on our tumblr, sadly.
We come out of Nino's overwhelming solo (FEELINGS) and everything gets dark and quiet for a moment as a voice intones CAN'T GO TO SLEEP.
Then Kokuritsu explodes into sounds and light and colors! ATTACK IT!!
Yama Pair are here to start us off with their dance moves, and they are wearing these outfits.
I don't understand what's happening with these outfits but I don't dislike them. :D
I DEFINITELY DON'T DISLIKE THESE MOVES.
LOTS HAPPENING HERE. Dancing, YES, and lots and lots of colors and lights, WOO, and back there in the spotlight is Aiba, emerging to join us, and also: why is a junior in the spotlight on the left instead of Sho, who is in the dark by Leader? :D
A turn has Sho's earpiece spinning out!
HI, AIBA, GLAD YOU ARE HERE WITH US.
HI, JUN, GLAD YOU ARE HERE WITH US. YOU LOOK REALLY GOOD HERE, YES.
FIVE FOUR THREE TWO ONE
READY?
JUN, HOW PLEASED YOU ARE WITH YOURSELF RIGHT NOW IS VERY ATTRACTIVE TO ME, SHUT UP.
AUGH, AIBA, YOU LUMINOUSLY BEAUTIFUL CREATURE.
We get a chance, HEY
Ohno's happy face here is killer. <3_<3
I was going through this frame by frame and had this moment of SHO HAS A UNIBROW?? before I realized it was just a well-positioned tendril of hair. :D
I am so oblivious to non-Arashi things in this that when I was capping, all I saw was JUN, JUN, BEAUTIFUL JUN, but yes, in the background, there is quite a face and dance happening, YUP.
Gosh, super idol Sho, what a winner. <3
Aiba just overwhelms me. Just by being on my screen, he makes me overwhelmed!!
PREACH IT, LEADER. (ROLLING ROLLING ROLLING ROLLING [apparently it's actually rolling rolling GOIN' rolling but it is going to take me some time to adjust my mind from ROLLING ROLLING ROLLING ROLLING])
WE MAKE STORM. UGH I LOVE THIS SONG!!
Colors and Yama Pair and thousands of fans and the moving stage and Kokuritsu and the flags and Attack It, AHH.
WHO IS THIS HANDSOME, WINDSWEPT GENTLEMAN.
Gosh, Sho is so great in this song.
A song that is mostly rap: really plays to Sho's especial strengths!! <3<3 (THAT WINDSWEPT LOOK ALSO REALLY SUITS HIM, OH YES.)
Striding along to Sho's rap, lifting a hand to go with the HEYs when necessary, master of concert style Matsumoto Jun.
The wind really adds something to these outfits. <3
AS DOES AIBA. SINCE HE MAKES EVERYTHING LOOK SO GOOD.
SHO FACE. <3<3
THEY'RE CRIMINALS FOR STEALING OUR HEARTS. IT IS JUST SO TRUE!!!
THERE ARE SO MANY LAYERS TO THIS OUTFITS. I JUST WANT TO PEEL AIBA'S CLOTHES LIKE AN ONION.
Pointing around to all the gathered fans...
Getting them ready...
JUMP JUMP JUMP JUMP (WITH FULL-ON ONE LEG AIBA JUMPING, OF COURSE!!)
Sigh, swoon, Sho~~
I love thinking of him figuring out words for his rap and trying them out loud, and then much later getting to spit out those words in awesome fashion in front of seventy thousand fans like the badass he is. <3<3
Everyone say it loud, exhorts Matsujun with both his voice and his FACE.
SMALL BUT MIGHTY.
Matsujun on Matsujun, YES.
I really like the neon colors contrasting with the black and white of these outfits. <3
RAP IT UP, LEADER, DO IT.
(HE DOES IT.)
His hair is a wonder of nature and idoldom. :D
fdsjflsajf the way his ...... neon butt flap is lifted in the wind~
YOU SEE? WE DO SEE, LEADER, THANK YOU. <3
Clearly I couldn't resist keeping a whole bunch of caps of Shoooooo. <3<3
Augh, so pretty!
AH, HERE COMES THE BIRTHDAY BOY.
I think Aiba's may be my favorite of these outfits. It's something about that long, complete stretch of pink in the middle. <3
Surveying the crowd he has just broken with his solo, Nino resolves to break them some more.
HE STARTS IMMEDIATELY.
I think I have a thing for Sho in polka dots. <3<3
Ohno looking awfully relaxed. :D When my dad and I watch concerts and we see Ohno looking like this, we wonder if he's forgotten to turn his switch on??
Oh there we go, he's on!!
Rain~
Wind!
Car chase! ?? :D :D (HE'S SO CUTE.)
Oh gosh, Jun with such a JUN part!! When he pronounces that -gu- part, it is so Jun that I want to melt into a puddle of JUN FEELINGS.
YEAH, JUN, YEAH!!
YESSSS, THE AIBA/NINO RELAY.
The lighting in this one makes the white of his jacket look dirty, and then there are so many layers... street magician Nino??
The clothes, the face, the light, the flags, I just!
The way their voices play off each other is so great. AIBA AND NINO, AFJSDLAK. Also I love how this seems to be Aiba's go-to rapping pose. :D :D
Uh oh, he's going to do it.
NO, STOP.
NO, YOU'RE THE MONSTER.
AWAY WITH YOU. <3<3<3<3
This slow, deep part is so great, SHO.
HAHA! ... That's the lyric, I am not actually laughing at him. :D :D NOT LISTENING TO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY, HAHA! <3
I selfishly want Arashi to write more songs (even though I KNOW they don't have the time) because the ones they write are so great! This song is so fun, fjdlsafdsjklafa!
LEADER. <3
It pleases me how purple everything is in this sea of love surrounding Jun. <3<3
PLEASE ACCEPT MY PURPLE LOVE AS WELL, MATSUJUN.
Oh, I know he does~~ <3<3<3
Leader, never change. <3<3 Also, I love that blue squiggly sleeve!!
SERIOUSLY, HE'S A BEAUTIFUL ONION. EMPHASIS ON BEAUTIFUL.
I don't know, I am just made happy by the sight of Arashi and so many fans around them. <3
How sweaty he is, his expressive hand, all his competing patterns.
NOPE, KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN, SEXY WEASEL.
... NO, DON'T PEEK YOUR EYES OPEN, THAT IS WORSE. I'd say there is no winning for Nino with me, except that for Nino with me there is ONLY WINNING.
He drops his head to the side after his line, making this face, and his rapping voice is so high and ... not whiny, exactly, it's just so NINO, fjldksaf. THIS FACE IS BELOW THE BELT. ... THAT SOUNDS WRONG, THAT IS NOT HOW I MEANT IT.
YOU SEE? AGAIN, WE DO SEE, THANK YOU, AIBAAAA.
THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE! SAYS NINO.
A stylish, half-lit Jun sliding through the stadium. That outfit might be more figure-flattering on him than on the others somehow, despite his having just as many layers.
Sho's makes his head look so tiny!! :D :D (I think there might be harnesses or special somethings under these but I am too lazy right now to figure it out, OOPS.)
JUMP JUMP JUMP JUMP
A finger-waggling peace sign from our sweet Leader.
Our beautiful onion almost looks like he's coming unfurled at the bottom, like grabbing a bunch of fabric in each hand and yanking might pull off ALL HIS CLOTHES.
NO ONION SHOULD BE THIS BEAUTIFUL.
The clenched fist of feeling and glory!
Seriously, Jun is so GRACEFUL looking in this whole performance!! It's like he designed that outfit just to accentuate all his flowing lines as he walks and is fabulous~
Nino's kind of looks like old-timey prison pajamas. <3<3
TOKYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
GOOD JOB, SHO.
THEIR MOVEMENTS!! AIBA IS SO VISIBLY AIBA EVEN FROM SO FAR AWAY, I LOVE IT.
I don't know why it looks like Leader's cart is going downhill (PROBABLY BECAUSE IT IS A BIT, SELF, DUH), but for some reason I enjoy it. :D
I love everything about these caps. I love how windy it is, especially!! Nino's flap flaps up, flips down, Jun's jacket is like WHOOPS HERE, HAVE A PEEK AT JUN'S ASS, Aiba's onion unfurls more and more. I LOVE EVERYTHING, I ALREADY SAID, BUT IT BEARS REPEATING.
Those pants look very soft and touchable. I approve. They also look comfortable and I kind of want them to sleep in from now on. Also I think the concert staff did a really great job with the screen/light/color effects in this performance. <3<3
You're a hotass, adorable person, Jun.
OMG YOUR JUN-FACE. <3<3 Also this is where they're singing FIVE FIGHT MOVE and I love love love any/all iterations of that (including FIVE LIVE MOVE) so much SO MUCH.
Sho and Aiba scurry to get to the middle in time!
And everyone makes it for--WAIT THERE ARE ONLY FOUR, BECAUSE LEADER IS OFF IN THE DISTANCE SOMEWHERE, PRESUMABLY NOT HURRYING AT ALL. <3<3 But he ambles along and gets there in time for the dancing in Morning Light, plus gives some smooth vocal stylings on his way, so maybe it was planned? :D EITHER WAY I LOVE IT.
ATTACK IT: THE BEST. ARASHI: THE VERY BEST. MY HEART: FULL. MY BRAIN: SPARKLED.
Hmmmm, since it is NINO DAY(s with time zone differences)! how about making the theme for my next poll Nino solos? I don't know if I need suggestions for the poll; are there enough Nino solos that I can't just put them all on there? Maybe specific ones... Well, if you want a specific performance of a Nino solo to be on there for sure, leave it in the comments below and I'll do that for you. :D Anything that might possibly count as a Nino solo probably counts! I think the only one that's been sparkled is Kako by Top. <3
HAPPY NINO DAY(S). <3<3<3<3