Translation: Wink Up 03/2010 - Valentine advice from Arashi
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Well, in order to prepare you for the pink and rosy, up and coming February the 14th, Arashi present you with some of their wise (?) advice. You currently have neither boyfriend nor crush, just like me? You still should read this, really. Because through this, if nothing else, you'll get to know how Arashi would like to receive Valentine chocolates from girls. And, as the far future is unpredictable, who knows, 1 or 2 years down the road someone among you (us?) might get a chance to confront an Arashi member on Valentine's Day. Dream away girls, dreams are tax-exempted!
Arashi plan 「the method to deliver chocolate to your crush」
Special Valentine Project
Arashi give our readers advice from men’s point of view. On the special day of Valentine, the trouble everyone has is how to deliver their chocolates. Therefore, we try to ask Arashi’s opinions on “what kind of situation would make guys happy when receiving chocolates?”. With Arashi’s advice as your reference, let’s make this Valentine a wonderful day!
FROM Shou
It’s a must for the two of you to be alone. It would be ideal if you can call him out without any problem. Nowadays, there is the convenience of this so-called e-mail culture, it is different from the time of our generation. Well then, in the mail to call him out, you might want to give him a little nervousness. Like, "eh? isn’t this different from usual?". The kind of feeling that makes his heart beat faster, isn’t it nice? You’d want to create a crescendo, right (laugh)? I’m not sure if you would want to meet on the way home or in an empty park or somewhere else though… And then, this is just the image I have… the girl would have a paper bag, and she would be holding on to the bag’s handle with both hands. But, because her hands would tremble a little, the handle of the bag would be shaking too. I have too many details… (laugh). You see, that shaking handle conveys a nervous feeling. So nice~, such a bittersweet sensation. This is youth!, it has that kind of feeling. That’s right, in the end it would all come down to your feeling!
(X Monster’s comment: quite an useless piece of advice, as expected from Shou chan ROFL and I have no idea why the heck it is that Shou chan sounded like such an old man, "the time of our generation..." LOL)
FROM Nino
As for the situation, as expected, it’s better if you two can be alone, right? You may intentionally wait for him, or you may call him out, both are fine, I think. Of course this is different for everyone; maybe you’d rather be with your friends or something… But then, if you two are alone, you would be able to tell each other all that you want to say, right? Advice on something you definitely should not do? Hmm… that would be, telling a joke. I don’t think there’s any need for a joke. Unnecessary. It will also trouble the other person (laugh). Being somewhat humorous is all right, but it’s definitely not good if the atmosphere turns into something like “Ah… ah, uh”. At that point you’d be thinking “what did I want to do anyway?”, right? Your success would become doubtful at once (laugh). That is the only thing I’d want you to pay attention to.
(X Monster’s comment: doesn’t this make it seem like Nino himself has had some painful experience of cracking a joke at the wrong time and place? LOL)
FROM MatsuJun
What do you think about handmade chocolate?, as if I’d ever say that kind of thing! He would be absolutely happy with everything you do for him, so just give him the chocolate already!, that’s what I want to say (laugh). As for the method to do it, shouldn’t you stay away from situations when your friends can make fun of you? Ah! How about the day before? In the evening of the day before, tell him on the phone: “let’s meet tomorrow morning”. Then, give him the chocolate in the morning, how does that sound? Because, you see, on that Valentine’s Day, for some reason everyone would be bustling around you all the time, right (laugh)? I think doing it in the morning is good. After that, if you’re too embarrassed, you can tell him “I’ll see you at school later”, and then go ahead first. On the other hand, it’d also be fun if it ends up with “let’s go to school together”. This strategy is perfect (laugh).
(X Monster’s comment: such admirable efficiency, good job, Jun *pat Jun’s head, get shot by fangirls, die*)
FROM Ohchan
As expected, it’d be better to give him the chocolate when no one else is around, right? If you do it in front of everyone, they’d make fun of you. That is something you kinda want to avoid, don’t you? If I were to give you some advice… that’d be all (laugh). About the place? U~m… where would be good? How about waiting for him on his way home? But you shouldn’t be too serious when you give him the chocolate. Rather than doing this (he did the action of giving the chocolate to someone) while one-sidedly telling him all that you planned to say, it could be like, on the way home, you suddenly do this (he did the action of lightly tugging on someone’s arm), and say “come over here”. Following that, something such as “this is for you, bye by~e” would sound nice (laugh). Then you’d be going ahead, right? “Ah, so she’s always… so that’s it!”, he’d come to his own comprehension like that, wouldn’t he (laugh)?
(X Monster’s comment: ufufufufu, I like Riida’s advice the most. I have known for long that my liking for whatever Riida says at the Mote mote Arashi, Dame dame Arashi corner on HnA is justified. He really is good at these stuffs, ufufufufu)
FROM Aiba chan
I think I’d prefer handmade chocolates, because it would better covey the girl’s feelings. And how to deliver that… Please wait a minute. I’m imagining a lot of things here, but… it’s way too difficult! There’s also the question about the receiver’s personality and such. If he’s an outgoing guy, then when you give him the chocolate in front of everyone, he’d be able to go “all right, I got one!”, and so you would make him really happy… Of course, there are many different types, some people can share their happiness with others while others can’t (laugh). It’s important to do your own research on that matter. If he’s too embarrassed to receive your chocolates… that’d be really bad, right? That’s why you should consider the right time and place so that it’s okay with the other person. Well, after all, it’s best if you can get to know him well and give him the chocolate directly, I guess.
(X Monster's comment: I think the fandom should correct its popular belief about Aiba chan being an idiot, he displayed quite some critical thinking here, see?)
Well, in order to prepare you for the pink and rosy, up and coming February the 14th, Arashi present you with some of their wise (?) advice. You currently have neither boyfriend nor crush, just like me? You still should read this, really. Because through this, if nothing else, you'll get to know how Arashi would like to receive Valentine chocolates from girls. And, as the far future is unpredictable, who knows, 1 or 2 years down the road someone among you (us?) might get a chance to confront an Arashi member on Valentine's Day. Dream away girls, dreams are tax-exempted!
Arashi plan 「the method to deliver chocolate to your crush」
Special Valentine Project
Arashi give our readers advice from men’s point of view. On the special day of Valentine, the trouble everyone has is how to deliver their chocolates. Therefore, we try to ask Arashi’s opinions on “what kind of situation would make guys happy when receiving chocolates?”. With Arashi’s advice as your reference, let’s make this Valentine a wonderful day!
FROM Shou
It’s a must for the two of you to be alone. It would be ideal if you can call him out without any problem. Nowadays, there is the convenience of this so-called e-mail culture, it is different from the time of our generation. Well then, in the mail to call him out, you might want to give him a little nervousness. Like, "eh? isn’t this different from usual?". The kind of feeling that makes his heart beat faster, isn’t it nice? You’d want to create a crescendo, right (laugh)? I’m not sure if you would want to meet on the way home or in an empty park or somewhere else though… And then, this is just the image I have… the girl would have a paper bag, and she would be holding on to the bag’s handle with both hands. But, because her hands would tremble a little, the handle of the bag would be shaking too. I have too many details… (laugh). You see, that shaking handle conveys a nervous feeling. So nice~, such a bittersweet sensation. This is youth!, it has that kind of feeling. That’s right, in the end it would all come down to your feeling!
(X Monster’s comment: quite an useless piece of advice, as expected from Shou chan ROFL and I have no idea why the heck it is that Shou chan sounded like such an old man, "the time of our generation..." LOL)
FROM Nino
As for the situation, as expected, it’s better if you two can be alone, right? You may intentionally wait for him, or you may call him out, both are fine, I think. Of course this is different for everyone; maybe you’d rather be with your friends or something… But then, if you two are alone, you would be able to tell each other all that you want to say, right? Advice on something you definitely should not do? Hmm… that would be, telling a joke. I don’t think there’s any need for a joke. Unnecessary. It will also trouble the other person (laugh). Being somewhat humorous is all right, but it’s definitely not good if the atmosphere turns into something like “Ah… ah, uh”. At that point you’d be thinking “what did I want to do anyway?”, right? Your success would become doubtful at once (laugh). That is the only thing I’d want you to pay attention to.
(X Monster’s comment: doesn’t this make it seem like Nino himself has had some painful experience of cracking a joke at the wrong time and place? LOL)
FROM MatsuJun
What do you think about handmade chocolate?, as if I’d ever say that kind of thing! He would be absolutely happy with everything you do for him, so just give him the chocolate already!, that’s what I want to say (laugh). As for the method to do it, shouldn’t you stay away from situations when your friends can make fun of you? Ah! How about the day before? In the evening of the day before, tell him on the phone: “let’s meet tomorrow morning”. Then, give him the chocolate in the morning, how does that sound? Because, you see, on that Valentine’s Day, for some reason everyone would be bustling around you all the time, right (laugh)? I think doing it in the morning is good. After that, if you’re too embarrassed, you can tell him “I’ll see you at school later”, and then go ahead first. On the other hand, it’d also be fun if it ends up with “let’s go to school together”. This strategy is perfect (laugh).
(X Monster’s comment: such admirable efficiency, good job, Jun *pat Jun’s head, get shot by fangirls, die*)
FROM Ohchan
As expected, it’d be better to give him the chocolate when no one else is around, right? If you do it in front of everyone, they’d make fun of you. That is something you kinda want to avoid, don’t you? If I were to give you some advice… that’d be all (laugh). About the place? U~m… where would be good? How about waiting for him on his way home? But you shouldn’t be too serious when you give him the chocolate. Rather than doing this (he did the action of giving the chocolate to someone) while one-sidedly telling him all that you planned to say, it could be like, on the way home, you suddenly do this (he did the action of lightly tugging on someone’s arm), and say “come over here”. Following that, something such as “this is for you, bye by~e” would sound nice (laugh). Then you’d be going ahead, right? “Ah, so she’s always… so that’s it!”, he’d come to his own comprehension like that, wouldn’t he (laugh)?
(X Monster’s comment: ufufufufu, I like Riida’s advice the most. I have known for long that my liking for whatever Riida says at the Mote mote Arashi, Dame dame Arashi corner on HnA is justified. He really is good at these stuffs, ufufufufu)
FROM Aiba chan
I think I’d prefer handmade chocolates, because it would better covey the girl’s feelings. And how to deliver that… Please wait a minute. I’m imagining a lot of things here, but… it’s way too difficult! There’s also the question about the receiver’s personality and such. If he’s an outgoing guy, then when you give him the chocolate in front of everyone, he’d be able to go “all right, I got one!”, and so you would make him really happy… Of course, there are many different types, some people can share their happiness with others while others can’t (laugh). It’s important to do your own research on that matter. If he’s too embarrassed to receive your chocolates… that’d be really bad, right? That’s why you should consider the right time and place so that it’s okay with the other person. Well, after all, it’s best if you can get to know him well and give him the chocolate directly, I guess.
(X Monster's comment: I think the fandom should correct its popular belief about Aiba chan being an idiot, he displayed quite some critical thinking here, see?)