[Arashi] Ohno Solo Con MC (kkajung)
3104 Ohno solo con MC (kkajung) 29 Jan 2006
Video can be found here by jennlyy.
Music: [plays by mistake]
Ohno: ---!!
Ohno: [collapses]
Audience: Cute~! You're so cute!!
Ohno: [groaning]
Ohno: Wait! Hold on! I'm exhausted!
Audience: You're so cute!
Ohno: Listen! I performed that dance like it was nothing, but I'm totally out of breath right now!
Audience: You're really cute!
Ohno: I put-- I put all my effort into that performance, but now I've run out of energy!
Audience: You can do it!
Ohno: [stumbles down a flight of stairs like an old man]
Audience: [loling]
Ohno: And I'm only 25-years-old...
Audience: [lol some more]
Ohno: Man, I'm tired...
Audience: You can do it!!
Ohno: Grandpa's tired, you guys...
Audience: LOL
Ohno: Man... is it interesting so far?
Audience: Yes!
Ohno: Really? I'm sorry I'm so uncool.
Audience: It's cute, it's cute!
Ohno: It's been a while since I've performed a jazz piece. Not something you can do when you're out of practice. And I'm way out of it. Seriously. Oh man... hang on a second, okay? Wow my legs are wobbly. Let's fix that with a drink.
Audience: You can do it! You're doing great!
Ohno: Aren't you hot?
Audience: We're hot!!
Ohno: It's hot, isn't it? Someone please turn up the air-conditioner. So.. long time no see.
Audience: [applauds]
Ohno: Sendai, right? It's very refreshing for me. When we have concerts, it's usually Osaka, isn't it? We should've held a concert over here too, huh?
Audience: [cheers]
Ohno: Ah, but we did perform here once, didn't we?
Audience: Yes!
Ohno: In spring, was it?
Audience: You did, you did!
Ohno: We had a concert in spring here. In that case, you shouldn't look so unsatisfied!!
Audience: You're so cute!
Ohno: Well, what do you think of this concert?
Audience: It's fun!
Ohno: It's fun? It's really hard performing alone! You know... the Jimusho was way too sudden with their announcement! Seriously.
Audience: [laughs & applauds]
Ohno: Do you know? When do you think they told me about the solo concert?
Audience: No idea!
Ohno: I heard about it in December!
Audience: What!?
Ohno: December! Just one month ago! Plus it was during a rowing tournament*.
Audience: Whaat!?
Ohno: People get nervous before a tournament, right? We were about to start rowing. "Hey," my manager said, "You're going to have a solo concert in January." Um, couldn't he tell me AFTER the tournament? We weren't done with the race yet. To tell the truth, I couldn't concentrate on rowing after that, 'cause I was like, "Crap, what should I do..." Man, it was tough. But I'm glad the first day went well. Thank you to all the folks wearing the wristband!
Audience: [cheers]
Ohno: I came up with that, you know. It's my idea.
Audience: It's cute! It's cute!!
Ohno: I came up with the poster, too.
Audience: [cheers]
Ohno: Is it cute?
Audience: Yes!
Ohno: It's cute, isn't it?
Audience: Yes!!
Ohno: You know, Sho-kun's... Sho-kun's poster is really cool-looking. I wouldn't look cool even if I tried!
Audience: It's okay, you're cute!
Ohno: I mean, my clothes look kind of plain. So I thought maybe a gold costume would work, that's why I wore gold. But the higher-ups at the Jimusho weren't satisfied with the gold costume. They were like, "Just wear your normal clothes." But it was used as the poster, so...
Audience: It's super cute!
Ohno: I came up with most of the stuff... heck, I came up with everything! The set list was all my idea, too. Man... seriously... I'm tired. Because I don't usually work, you see. But it's quite interesting. This time, Sho-kun and I have our concerts together. I saw his concert yesterday.
Audience: [cheers]
Ohno: Who went to watch it, too?
Audience: ME!
Ohno: ... exactly whose fans are you!?
Audience: Oh-chan's!!
Ohno: You little liars.
Audience: lolll
Ohno: But still, Sho-kun's concert is interesting! It was quite refreshing to hear Arashi's songs arranged that way! It was the first time I've heard a version like that, so I was rather impressed. Quite unexpected. Seriously, my goodness, oh, oh gracious, if I keep saying "oh" at this rate, I'll turn into a cow! That was good, wasn't it?
Audience: Yes!
Ohno: Listen! That was! That was fricking COLD. How many degrees was it? Minus-something degrees?
Audience: What!?
Ohno: Okay, that might've been an exaggeration, but it was so cold... my butt shivered for the first time! Like this. It was seriously shaking. It didn't show on the video, but that was really cold.
Audience: (overlap) Thank you for working so hard!
Ohno: No matter how expressive I was, none of the staff members laughed at all.
Audience: Really!?
Ohno: I felt pretty sad, I mean, I was really shivering my ass off.
Audience: (overlap) Are you okay?
Ohno: But seriously, you're all very kind, caring for such a hopeless man like myself. Seriously, I'm completely hopeless.
Audience: That's not true!
Ohno: Well, that's just how it is... lots of different people in this world. Yep. So anyway, because it's a solo concert, I threw in a few other things, like the Bakumatsu (Banpu) video. I wanted to perform a scene right here as well, since I figured some of you might not have seen it. That's why I performed some of it just now.
Audience: [applauds]
Ohno: But it really takes hold of my emotions. Brings back memories. Yeah. I musn't get into that character too much. It was interesting, though. Anyway, I considered a lot of stuff. Since this concert is like New Year's money for you guys, I tried to think of something special, so well... I have a new song.
Audience: Wow!!
Ohno: Um... [breathing hard]
Ohno: ... wow, am I still out of breath? So, I've had a new song composed just for this solo concert. By the studio.
Audience: [applauds]
Ohno: I honestly wanted to compose it myself, but um... I... didn't think I had the talent for it. When I told the studio what kind of song I wanted, they composed a great one for me.
Audience: Yay!
Ohno: Yep. So please relax, okay? And listen to this song. Here's "Size".
[on Ore-tachi no Song]
Ohno: These pants are too big.
Audience: lolll you're too cute!
Ohno: I've got one more song!
Audience: YAY.
Ohno: I think you already know what it is. Actually, I felt kind of bad, and I didn't know if this was okay... um... it's a song I made with Sho-kun. When Sho-kun started his solo concert, I asked him how his first day went. "Well," he said, "It was interesting... except the audience had the most fun with your video for our song."
Audience: [applauds, laughing]
Ohno: I was like, "Oh... okay..." We did work hard, though... Right, so, Sho-kun called me-- no, he sent me a text message. Asking if I'd like to do a song with him. "Ah, perfect timing!" I thought. I really did. I was drinking coffee in the park. Gloomy, aren't I? I was eating a sandwich, too. Then I got a message from Sho-kun, asking if I'd like to do a song with him. "Wow, good timing," I thought, so I replied with, "Let's do it!" He replied, "Really?" "Yes!" I said. And we really did make a song together.
Audience: [applauds]
Ohno: That's the song I'm going to sing now.
Audience: [cheers]
Ohno: Well, Sho-kun and I have known each other for a long time, so... it's a song that makes use of that. Please listen to it. Here's "Ore-tachi no Song"!
*Ohno is most likely referring to the Mago Mago boat rowing tournament