... okay I am being unfair to Chinen Yuri x Kojima Fujiko pair, but anyway ...

He is your boyfriend material if you are 13-16 year old Japanese girl. Dang, believe me he is way original than 10 Korean flower boys combined because he is really picky and witty when it comes to skin care. He had those alluring looks, breathtaking stares and dreamy appearance that any girl dream for a better boyfriend. He can sing, dance, act and making jokes. The best of all, he is a Johnny's idol, specifically one of the notable faces of teen sensation 'Hey! Say! JUMP'

She is your girlfriend material no matter how old you are and where you came from. She had those innocent looks, the beauty every girl will envy and the bods that every girl want and feeling insecure about. She had acted since she was at an early teen age and by time she reached 18, she had acted with your favourite ikemens, from the underlings Fukushi Sota to the idol Nakajima Yuto of Hey! Say! JUMP

They met for the first time during the announcement of the new Kindaichi drama special back in the year 2012. At first he was being introduced first as the fourth actor taking the notable 'Kindaichi Hajime' role thus making him being said as the fourth generation of Kindaichi. Then weeks after she was announced to take the role of the notable 'Nanase Miyuki' role thus shooing away all possible candidates to act alongside him including her own senpai in the same agency, Shida Mirai.

And the rest is history. The fault in their glamour stars. *shrugs*

Catch more of Yamada Ryosuke and Kawaguchi Haruna's tandem in 'Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo Neo' every Saturday, 9 pm Japan time only on NTV. 

p/s: I made this post in honour of their closeness inside and outside the drama. If they were crowned the new 'Favourite Couple in a Drama' after FuruYuki and HonoMiki, that is really the fault in their glamour stars. :P *runs away*

pp/s: you won't want to read this because this is just showed how random my thoughts are right now.

They came to Malaysia without telling us, but whatever!

Consider I am late because only in March I am able to watch Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo: Gokumon Juku Satsujin Jiken. Let’s just say, unlike Kindaichi Hong Kong Kowloon, no one so far had done hardsubs for Kindaichi Gokumon. And you can say I am expecting them to air it in one of the Malaysian TV channel because the filming was done in Malaysia and the production collaborated with Media Prima to complete filming in Malaysia. So, if any TV channel in Media Prima did not air Kindaichi Gokumon, they don’t have to accept the invitation to collaborate from the production. Simple. :P Anyway, this is my second time watching and compared to the first time, it has subs in Malay and yes, it was aired in ntv7, a Malaysian TV channel under Media Prima. J

yes, being aired in Malaysian TV with original Japanese dubbed. thank you.

Anyway, back to the Kindaichi Gokumon. In short, this SP tells the story of the trio (you know who they are, LOL) attending a summer prep school organized by Gokumon Academy and the venue for summer prep school this year is in Malaysia. Murder occurrences happened during their stay in Malaysian forests where the summer prep school was held where 6 students were killed during their stay. Kindaichi suspecting Puppeteer, his archenemy is the one behind the murder.

Now to the reviews. Unlike Kindaichi Hong Kong Kowloon, Kindaichi Gokumon is way complex and way confusing if you were not focusing from the beginning of the story. Which is why Kindaichi Hong Kong got some unpleasant reviews. Injustice, I must say, because Hong Kong Kowloon case looks like too simple. Gokumon, however, there are lots of details had been pointed out and planned carefully to bring the excitement and the thrill of solving the most detailed case ever. Each and every alibi was made to make it look like it was made but it was actually isn’t there. And the watchers were involuntary invited to think together with Kindaichi on how to solve the case. It’s complicated, almost as the same as most cases in CSI US edition. I myself, after two times watching, tho I know who is the culprit, I still don’t get it on how those details connected. Maybe because I wasn’t focusing too much during the SP, gah!

The characters, however there are contradictions between the live action SP and the manga. Or maybe it is just me, because all characters are working well. Saki Ryuji (a.k.a Arioka Daiki of popular idol group, Hey! Say! JUMP *for those who don’t know who the heck it is, LOL*) had his spotlight in here as his character is the one who was attended the same prep school the year before and the witness of the bullying incidents happened in that prep school. Once again Kindaichi Hajime and Nanase Miyuki (a.k.a Yamada Ryosuke and Kawaguchi Haruna) were not that much exposed in this SP but it was a little bit justice in Kindaichi’s part because the Puppeteer (a.k.a everyone’s favourite sexy villain actor, Narimiya Hiroki *flails*) is the one inviting him to the prep school. I did said in Kindaichi Hong Kong Kowloon review that both Kindaichi and Yamada aren’t exposed well in the said SP. In Kindaichi Gokumon, Kindaichi’s taking part in a lot of the occurrence thus making justice of this notable character since he is the main character. Also, this is a teen detective SP. TEEN detective SP. So, expect some romance scenes. Or it is just Kindaichi and Miyuki having a long distance relationship (sort of, LOL) and Saki just praised his senpai because he is able to stay strong despite the so called ‘long distance relationship’. Does Saki doesn’t know that his senpai is just too afraid to admit that he is in love with his own childhood girlfriend this made those remarks? Duh, it was so obvious, you genius brat!

and I strongly believe Miyuki also felt the same to Kindaichi. 

Speaking about the cast lists. The trio, once again consists of notable faces from all around Asia, including Amy Mastura from Malaysia. Hey, that’s fine tho! We are okay with it, tho we want Aaron Aziz too. LOL. Narimiya Hiroki joined the cast list as Kindaichi’s nemesis, is just so perfect. Way perfect. I don’t know how evil is this Takao guy but I am sure the productions had done well in picking Narimiya-kun. Really. He’s the best! And I am not biased!

In my opinion, you cannot feel the ultimate evil unless if this person is emitting it. Ne, Nari-san~

Another person I would like to point out is Arioka Daiki. Being sidekick is just boring, I know. He had done well doing that in Kindaichi Hong Kong Kowloon. In Kindaichi Gokumon, I was expecting him to go beyond ‘being Kindaichi’s genius realistic sidekick’ and he got that throughout the involuntary involvement of Saki Ryuji in the case as the one who had attended the prep school before. Again, if you believe in rumours, I still prefer him over Chinen Yuri for Saki Ryuji’s role. He had the ‘Saki Ryuji’ more in him than Chinen. Period. (And believe me, I am still laughing over the rumoured cast during Kindaichi Hong Kong Kowloon era in which they predicted Jang Geun Suk, Chinen Yuri and Kawaguchi Haruna in the cast list! They were right about Haruna ONLY! *rolling on the floor laughing*).

Daiki: ZRC-chan! Say that again and I'll punish you. I am serious.

No, you can't. I'll always bring this fact up everytime I talk about Kindaichi ok. Bear with it. 

Kudos also to other casts too like Wu Chun and Kazuki Kitamura. I also praised the actor who played the role of Doujima-sensei too. As for Yamada and Haruna, I must say, the chemistry between the two characters is getting better compared to Kindaichi Hong Kong Kowloon. Both of them aren’t that awkward against each other and as the romance part, god, I felt the ‘kyun’ even though it wasn’t portrayed straightforward and obvious but you know obviously that they had a ‘thing’ on each other. Nah! Kindaichi and Miyuki, I mean~ *runs away*

and I am expecting any developments after Hong Kong Kowloon but nah~ 

Girls, IDC if you guys are jealous but Haruna is one lucky girl and she is my girl and she had Yamada. So? *shrugs*

What else? The theme song? It’s ‘Ride with Me’ by Hey! Say! JUMP. One word. Eargasm. Especially if you love the traditional fusion type of music that m-flo always done in their songs. I don’t want to say much, have a listen to it.

Not the best quality. But be surprised because no one had deleted this vid yet. 

Overall, this new installment of Kindaichi is better compared to Kindaichi Hong Kong Kowloon. No offence but I love this more. Next installment, please. Make Kindaichi and Miyuki confess to each other then. If they had to kiss, do it! *evil laugh* and I bet you, it’s all ‘Harry Potter’s first kiss feeling’ thing coming in you if that happens. Really. Except if you are jealous enough of either both because Haruna is a lucky girl and Yamada is your ‘precious’ idol. *shrugs* Byebye~

Hajime: Did ZRC-chan told you that we'll be back, more funny, more genius, and more pervert? *get whacked by Miyuki*  

And I would like to take the opportunity to tell you that the hottest trio in town will make a comeback to your small screen and filling your Saturday night feels. Catch 'Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo N (Neo), starting 19th July 2014, with two-hours first episode special, Saturdays, 9 pm (JST) only on NTV. 

p/s: I am starting to lost my writing skills. teehee~ bear with me. 

(c) to the pic and video owner

so, 2013 ish OVER, eh?

Yes, I know this is so late (again!) because my internet being bad since few last weeks of 2013, but there!

Well, officially 2013 is my last year being a student after somewhat 17 years wearing the 'student' title. Yeah. I am so going to miss the times when I go to class, sit in the desk, wearing school uniforms, being bishy, naughty, immature, involved myself in fights and laughs, hang around with friends, pestering teachers and lecturers and of course, burning the midnight oil in order to finish daily school works, assignments and courseworks. Also, creating, making and finishing PowerPoint presentations. *sobs*

That's it for my RL. Not bothering to elaborate more. Thanks.

However in fandom world, I am having mixed feelings. After Yabu's birthday, I am officially an admin for a JUMP fandom Malaysian base FB group. It was a quite tough job for an oldie like me since I am the third oldest and surprisingly the most active admin (I'm not declaring it myself, most group members said so) thanks to my schedule in which somewhat 'similar like a school student's schedule but not so similar since I am a teacher trainee'. Yeah. I have too much free time to fangirl. Just saying. And because I have too much free time, plus I am the 'event organizer' of the said group, I somehow created some wacky events with the last one is the simple one during Christmas. Not celebrating Christmas, but who asked JStorm to release JUMP's new single on Christmas Day, huh? Grrrr~~

Ah, JUMP.

2013 brings lots of shockers in JUMP fandom. First off, is (If I count right, it had been a year since) 'Mystery Virgin' come to music stores. Have I told you that Yamada Ryosuke alone brings everyone back to the yard, feeling eyegasm and eargasm all the time with his stunning dance moves and soothing voice?

Hey~ he is the brand new 'teenage soloist who conquered Oricon charts', ok. 'Mystery Virgin' overall sold quite a number, surpassing NYC weekly sales but half slaying JUMP's weekly sales. Half, I must say. Okay. Stop.

Next, is the sudden fanmeeting in Thailand. 'JUMP 1st Fanmeeting in Thailand'. Non-Thai citizens fans are sure jealous of Thailand once and for all. Especially neighbouring countries (read: Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines)

The fanmeeting was done in Siam Paragon, ok. 

But, mind telling you Thai Tobikkos that we all are very grateful of you taking so much HD papapics. They are the best! Kudos! Also they too shoot their Vermont Curry CM in a whitey Thailand beach. Not Phuket, ok. Too far. Far enough to see Yamada and Yuto catching crabs in which most of their shippers mistaken one of their gestures as kissing. Gosh, Yuto is totally a flirt to Yamada in Thailand. Not that Yamada mind. Okay. Halt that!

Speaking about Vermont Curry CM, the background song of the CM, in which the title is a totally big violation to English grammar a.k.a 'Come on a My House' is set to be JUMP's 10th single. After 1 year and a half with no new single at all since SUPER DELICATE, they finally come out with their new single. Finally some Chinen appreciation. Uh-huh, if you believe in shippers's delusion, this is one way Chinen got his revenge. LOL. And who would not forget that one fine moment in YamaChii's shippers life, during Ichiban Song Show on the release date of the said single. The 'escorting princess' moment. Hmm~

You mean like this? Uh-huh~ this is what are we talking about. 

I said some Chinen's appreciation because he is the main chara in this song. And he will always be the main chara. In any songs. We go back to this again later.

After COAMH, members are busy with their individual jobs.

Daiki and Yamada flew to Malaysia for 'Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo: Gokumon Juku Satsujin Jiken'. (that will be in a separate post, won't post some frustrations and flails over these guys coming to Malaysia like, WHY THE HECK YOU DIDN'T TELL US? kind of.)

And speaking about Yamada, he got another 24-hour TV special project again after 4 years, through the role of a patient with cancer that needs him to wear artificial legs in 'Kyou no Hi wa Sayonara.' Ohno is the main actor. Yes. Ohno. The tandem irks Chinen to the max, really. I'm not kidding you. LOL.

Chinen: Let me just stay like this in despair because Ohno-kun didn't invite me for a dinner. And he invited Ryosuke.

Ohno: 'Kay~~ *pouts*

Yuto had his 5 episode of fame because 'Hanzawa Naoki' shattered the drama ratings and being the top watched drama over the summer season. He wasn't recognized there, in which some Tobikkos felt relieved to the max.

Nakanishi: well, let me just sit here and break the toothpicks then. 

Nakanishi: and sulking here alone. 

Nakanishi: Ah, you can't let me sulking eh? Okay then. 

Oh, Yuto had three dramas this year. Early that year, he was one of the casts in 'Share House no Koibito' in which his role is the heroine's brother and have a girlfiriend in the form of Kawaguchi Haruna (who, yeah, the new 'Nanase Miyuki', IMO).

Another drama is as a guest star in Kamenashi's 'Tokyo Bandwagon' in which he starred as a guy who his sister (played by Kojima Fujiko, you remember him being 'Ozawa Miyuki' right?) is having a son at a young age.

Speaking about 'Ozawa Miyuki', it reminds me of 'Sprout', and it reminds me of the lead actor a.k.a Chinen. Yes. 'Sprout'. 'The naive, kind, dense Narahashi Souhei' role somehow allowed Chinen to win 'Best Rookie Actor' award in TV Navi Drama of the Year 2012 on April 2013.  *clap clap* Credits to 'the arrogant, rebellious Ihara Hayato' role too.

Few months after, he grab a role in 'Yorozu Uranaidokoro Onmyouya e Yokoso' alongside Nishikido Ryo. Mind telling you, during this era, JUMP had said to be already in Julie Kitagawa's care and appeared in almost variety shows. Starting with Chinen guesting in some unknown variety shows, alone. I won't tell you much on how Chinen changed his perspective towards socializing here. Maybe some other posts. But, believe me, it's worth the wait.

Shunta: I'll wait. Better not forget your promise, ZRC-chan. Or I'll summon you! 

In other news related to 'variety shows', Inoo and Yabu also grab a job as a semi-regular in one of the variety show. (note: will find the title later). Their appearance in the variety shows are unexpected, especially on Inoo since this year also he graduated from Meiji University on Takaki's birthday. Good to see sharp-tongued Inoo back on screen after his infamous quote, "Friendship is about betrayal and being betrayed." Ouch!

Yabu, on the other hand, had got himself busy with butais as he was among the casts for '40 Carats' and currently a part of 'Johnny 2020'.

As the year about to reach the end, more blissful updates about JUMP coming out. They graced the second Kindaichi drama SP theme song with Malaysian-themed 11th single 'Ride with Me'. Again, Chinen is the chara here. I mean it. He already pushed Yamada to the back. HA.HA!

Before RWM even get themselves into the stores, JUMP made an announcement of another single in conjunction with Hikaru and Inoo's new drama starting this 20th January entitled 'Dark System: The Battle of Love' in which Hikaru is the main actor and Inoo is one of the supporting actors. The single was said to release on 5th February, entitled 'AinoArika/Ai Sureba Motto Happy Life'. It also included brand new songs from both subunits, in which 7 will also have another Burbon Jelly CM and BEST having another 'S' song.

Last but not least, it was announced that Takaki will have himself two days of fame (when this post was written, his drama already started, and his SP drama had already aired) in which he had himself two drama offers. A drama special together with Takizawa Hideki entitled 'HAMU Kouan Keisatsu no Otoko' and a serial drama with Ohkura Tadayoshi entitled 'Dr. DMAT'. Both roles are small, however, how are you going to resist fireman!Takaki and computer genius slash policeman!Takaki? Hm~~~

So, that is all for JUMP roundup for the whole year 2013. Hopefully after being under new management, JUMP is ready to grace new challenges, grab new roles in dramas and make new musics. As for me myself, hopefully 2014 will be another jump start for a new life in the job world. Also wish for happiness in my private life.

and start another tale of the glutton and the foxy...

Yamada: Oh no, you did not! I agree ok!

Chinen: *chokes a laugh*

I own nothing but the post. (c) to all GIFs and pictures owner I am using in this post. 

practically everyone knows that red means sexy ...

... and when it comes to the 'everyone's-already-turning-20-years-old' Hey! Say! JUMP ...

I have no words. This is the first time I felt speechless over a JUMP PV. Honestly speaking, I am really not a fan of this song and it will still be like that. However, I am liking the PV to the max. LOL! Kajiura Yuki must be proud.

Kajiura Yuki, fyi, is nothing related to anything from JUMP or 'AinoArika'. He's one of the best anime song composers in Japan. Most of the time he performed in a hall, in which the place is being used for this PV shooting. 

Now, please perform at Sydney Opera Hall or Petronas Philharmonic Hall, for real!

'AinoArika' is JUMP's 12th single and it was set to be the main theme for TBS Tuesday midnight drama, "Dark System ~The Battle of Love~" starring Yaotome Hikaru and Inoo Kei.

The single will release on 5th February, so save your angpows! Watch the short version PV here before someone take it down!

p/s: like usual, OkaJima being so sneaky.  I don't even know where they are. But for now, let the picture speak.

Yamada: Yes, I'm gorgeous. Your arguments are invalid. *smug face*

(c) to the picture, GIF and video link's owner. *staring at Yamada's GIF*

No fox were killed in the making of this post.

Starting 8th October 2013, a brand new drama starring Nishikido Ryo (Kanjani 8) and Chinen Yuri (Hey! Say! JUMP / NYC) aired its first episode. The title? 'Yorozu Uranaidokoro Onmyoya e Yokoso'. 

Long title, I know. It took me a week to seriously consider remembering it. 

Ok, if you wonder, this drama is based on a novel with the same title. It's about an ex-host who opened a fortune teller shop although he had no experience and knowledge in fortune telling and just based on his experience on flirting to solve problems. He was assisted by a middle school student who also have his own special ability, that is possessing a fox spirit and abilities. 

Now that I had told you the synopsis, you can guess who's who. And look at this blog post's title. Really. No fox were killed or harmed in the making of this post. Unless if making a kid sniffing his own slippers counts as killing.

Sorry for that.

Anyways, I had watched the pilot episode of this drama. Truth be told, this is my second drama of Ryo's and I admit, I am not fond of him. He sucks in Orthoros no Inu, no offence. However in this drama, I can say that he is enjoying himself bullying Chinen so much. Or let me rephrase. His character, Abeno Shomei really enjoying himself bullying Shunta (Chinen's character). To me that is the real Nishikido Ryo.

And Chinen. What can I say about this guy? This is his first drama after he won an award in recent TV Navi Drama of the Year Award. Shunta is a hot tempered teen (as expected from post puberty teen) and possesses a fox spirit. He has sharp eyes, sharp senses, sharp hearing, and ... foxy. He is a bish. Male version. Really. In that drama only.

I'm impressed by the fact that this is his first drama after winning 'Best Rookie Actor Award'. It needs two dramas of him to show his different facial expressions in this drama. At some point he looks like he was possessed with 'Ihara Hayato the rebel teen' spirit and some other time he all go sweet and charming just like Narahashi Souhei.

True, he had acted in few dramas back before 2012 but those few dramas back, he wasn't even able to do much facial expressions until to the point that I said that he has a stiff acting skills. Now he proved that he deserved that award and it impressed me. Foxy enough.

I am going to watch this drama till the end. It's hard (again) to find the links to the drama as some online drama sites did not have this drama in their list, just like Pin to Kona and Kamen Teacher. Maybe because it was aired on Tuesday, 10 pm on Fuji TV? Well, IDK.

It's just weird to think that Chinen still got himself a student role when he'll be going 20 next month. It's just, weird.

I'm not your mom. *rolls eyes*

Catch 'Yorozu Uranaidokoro Onmyoya e Yokoso', Tuesdays, 10 PM JPN time, only on Fuji TV. (c) to the GIF  and picture owner.

p/s: This post is not foxy enough because of lacking GIFs. *shrugs*