0:00 Masaya made the choreo for Moment
1:43 Moment stage
Masaya: At the beginning and end of the song, everyone makes cute moves like this... (demonstrate the choreo)
Taji: It's surprisingly difficult.
Hiroto: It'll become hard to do if being too conscious of it.
Masaya: I thought it would be cute, so if you look at it this way that'd be great.
Understood that the focus was on Nakai's pov, but I expected more like what they did with AnoChan. However, that might end up another 1 hour of SP.
Let's see if Kazuki will offer more behind stories.
0:00 Masaya's personality characteristics
0:55 The common point: drinking alcohol brings their luck down.
1:40 Age 19, the turning point in life; a period when life underwent significant changes
2:56 Marriage luck
⓵ Masaya's personality characteristics:
Sharp intuition and proactive nature
Quickly take action once decide on something
Careless/flustered type, often forgetting items like phone, headphones, and hats after work.
Calmly observed the interpersonal relationships in childhood. Masaya considered himself a strange kid. He trained himself in the Kamehameha and flight(舞空術) from Dragon Ball at a nearby park.
Resembles his mom's face. It tells that MasaMama is a beauty. Masaya: "Mom, that's great!" (being said to be a beauty)
⓶ The common point: drinking alcohol brings their luck down.
Ren and Masaya have a very good compatibility and will continue to be best friends for a long time. However, both have a star that indicates a decrease in luck if indulging in alcohol.
Ren: We really hate alcohol.
Masaya: Seriously, we don't drink at all; we can't drink.
👤: However, there comes a time when you feel tempted to indulge in alcohol. I must say, whenever there is an opportunity to drink, your luck becomes really bad. So, the fact that you are not drinking now means your luck is good currently.
⓷ Age 19, the turning point in life; a period when life underwent significant changes.
Masaya moved from Aichi to Tokyo. The motivation behind was dance, believing that Tokyo offered more opportunities.
Masaya's move to Tokyo was during a troubled and unfavorable period. The first place he rented had poor sunlight and high humidity, with a leaky closet despite being on the ground floor. After a year and a half, he moved to a place with better ventilation and a rectangular layout. On the first day, Masaya encountered a tarantula-like spider (gestures with hands the size of a bowl).
Ren: Insects are my weakness.
However, it was in this place that Masaya experienced personal growth and his luck started to improve. After staying there for a while, he began to receive job opportunities.
⓸ Marriage luck
👤: Kimura is the type who gets *disciplined by wife, seems to like strong-willed women (who holds her standpoints strongly).
Masaya: I like hardworking people.
👤: You might marry women who are socially active or independent.
Masaya: But I don't want to be disciplined...
*気の強い: Strong-willed, who holds his/her standpoints strongly
**妻のお尻にしかれる: Being disciplined/controlled by the wife, meaning the wife holds a stronger position than the husband.
0:10 Nishi admitted that he eats pancakes.
0:11 Masaya won't miss the chance to tease him
0:23 When kimunishi is not at the same age
0:28 Hiroto blushed😊 (Masaya wanted to pat his head? got cut)
0:41 Masaya can't miss another chance to tease
0:51 Masaya's eager of knowing how it tastes
0:57 Super soft and airy🖤
0:59 Impressed by how you can hold a pancake like this (ft. cream around lips)
1:01 Leaning towards Masaya (asking for help?) and got cut
1:09 Finished up the pancakes (why is it so surprising?)
1:23 Hiroto eating while staring at others; others eating and looking at their pancakes
They seemed happy for eating the pancake (especially Hiroto)
Yudai (member of sweet tooth trio) was left out 😂
Setlist:
Dramatic
CALL 119
ONE
Brighter
FANFARE
Outfits are the same as MCD (which i don't get)
Quick notes:
I was wondering when they are gonna tear off PDJ label, 2 years past they still got introduced as a group from the audition. Maybe because they just hit the 2nd formation anniversary mark, they talked about the times during PDJ and episodes on tv program, and now performed ONE.
Gotta say the camera was working too hard... I saw the big screen captured the right moment while online streaming didn't...
"Can I get that one night kiss" in ONE where Masaya did the kiss gesture (not sure, it switched to long shot on online streaming😞)
Is it on purpose!? Masaya's center chicken dance in Goosebump from LAPOSTA and now this ONE...
Masaya's MR: His vocal is not the strongest, but is one of the stablest. I like that you can hear him clearly even tho the bgm was loud. You can tell his effort that's been put in vocal, and I wish he can keep polishing and grow.
It makes me cry to see JaeJoong and Junsu on stage. SM, look at how you sabotaged artists' promising career and fan's breath of life.
0:08 Behind the scenes of PDJ.
Shut out from the world; trainee's value changed, a piece of chocolate became priceless, etc.
1:24 Super hardcore training camp in SK during pre-debut time.
The schedule and training menu were made and decided by Masaya.
3:05 INI's special rule ⓵ – Even just 1 second late, 1,000 yen fine. Nishi's fine is up to 110k yen.
4:50 INI's special rule ⓶ – Studio cleaning is assigned on a day-of-the-week basis.
6:17 Wonder boy Masaya practiced astral projection before bedtime
7:57 Masaya gets power by talking to the moon!?
Detailed translation below the fold ↓
0:08 Behind the scenes of Japan's largest audition program (PDJ)
🐶Kyo: Audition overall was intense, especially the environment... everyone lived in single room, personal phone were taken, no tv, no even a window... It really felt like being trapped.
👤Yama: It doesn't sound like an audition.
😬Taji: That's right. And they provided only three meals per day, no snacks at all. There was only one time that the staffs were handing out the Alfort (chocolate brand) to all trainees. We were so excited and realized that Alfort could be this heart cheering.
👤Yama: (thought it's) the first sweetness for such a long time.
🐲Rihi: Because we were completely shut out from the world, our value got weird that Alfort became so priceless that some would exchange with their personal items such as lotion.
1:24 Super hardcore training camp in SK during pre-debut time
The schedule and training menu were made and decided by Kimura!
🧀Nishi: Of course audition was intense, the pre-debut time (between INI formation and 1st CD release) was also hardcore. We went for training camp in South Korea.
👤Yama: What did you guys do?
🧀Nishi: Just practiced dancing from around 9am to 11pm, like every day we kept practicing dancing and singing...
👤Yama: ?? There was no law? (😼Kim: right, it should be 8 hr work)
😼Kim: It was actually me that decided the schedule.
(🐲😬🐶 ??? 🧀 ··· 😼 uh uh)
👤Yama: ?? It was not decided by the higher ups?
😼Kim: It was me😆
👤Yama: That's surprising... what's going on?
😼Kim: I was told that I can decide how many hours to practice per day, so I made the schedule every day...
🧀Nishi: I knew nothing...
🐶Kyo: I just knew it now (🐲😬 nod nod)
😼Kim: Really?
👤Yama: Kimura was told that he can decide how to use the time, so he made the schedule to get as much practice as possible, thinking everyone would feel the same way. (😼 uh uh)
👤Yama: Anyone felt if there would be less practice time that would be great?
🐶Kyo: I thought that was the entertainment industry standard.
👤Yama: Then Kimura's pure and innocent thought of heavy practice turned out really great!
🐲😬🐶 that's true...
🧀 nah
😼 Hiroto doesn't agree😆
🧀 I'd like him not to do that. (👤 It was too much afterall)
🧀 It helped for sure... but... too much...
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3:05 INI's special rule ⓵
If you are late for even one second, you will be fined 1,000 yen
👤Yama: That's harsh, who set the rule? (😬🐶 👉 😼)
👤Yama: Kimura you're a badass. (🧀 He is! 😼 I become the badass)
👤Yama: You're being too stoic!
😼Kim: Other groups also do that. We have many members, wanna us to be more cooperative so I set this rule.
👤Yama: Who got fined the most? (🐲😼😬🐶 👉 🧀)
🧀Nishi: ☺️ I am self-aware. I'm late for a little time very often, one second, a few seconds... I am living on the edge.
👤Yama: wow that sounds so cool. You are the one who being late, don't act like you're cool! How much have you been fined?
🧀Nishi: Total around 110,000 yen.
👤Yama: What do you do for the fine? (😼: Go for meals together)
👤Yama: Nishi kun you should say something, like 1 second is too harsh. (🧀: Well... if everyone is happy with my fine, I am cool with that)
4:50 INI's special rule ⓶
Studio cleaning is assigned on a day-of-the-week basis
🐶Kyo: It varies depending on the day. Somehow we don't practice on weekdays, but we practice a lot on weekends. Rihito and Masaya are in responsible for weekends (Sat & Sun)
🐲Rihi: Yeah, we practice a lot on weekends. We almost do the cleaning all day.
😬Taji: Nishi and I are responsible for Thursday, but we've probably done the cleaning for 3 times so far.
👤Yama: Rihito, don't you feel a bit unfair?
🐲Rihi: Well, it's been decided already... I have to obey Masaya. (Pat on Masaya's shoulder)
😼Kim: I decided that😆
👤Yama: You again?!
😸
👤Yama: it's kinda scary. That smile becomes more and more scary!
😬Taji: That's right. 🐲Rihi: We have to obey Him.
😼Kim: I decided that (repeat again)
👤Yama: You've become a hell of a king!
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6:00 The leader • Kimura Masaya is such a mysterious character that is impossible to understand.
👤Yama: I agree! (that he's not able to understand Masaya) I feel that way.
😼Kim: Why😆😆 I haven't shown the serious side of mine. That side is still hidden.
🐲Rihi: One thing that shocked us is that he seemed to practice astral projection for a while.
👤Yama: ⁉️ what what, wait what's that?
🐲Rihi: We don't know actually...
😼Kim: It's as it is. (the astral projection)
👤Yama: That is what makes us scared...
😼Kim: I wanna experience *astral projection, so I did lots of research and practiced every day. It's spiritual theory; there's routine to achieve that. For example, before going to bed, go to the front door. While falling asleep, imagine the soul is getting out of body. I did this every day.
*Astral projection: an intentional out-of-body experiences, where consciousness can separate from the physical body and travel in the astral world.
👤Yama: Did you make it? To what extent have you reached?
😼Kim: I didn't really succeed, but I become aware that I'm dreaming while dreaming (明晰夢 lucid dream) and able to control my dream.
👤Yama: That's impressive! ...but why?
😼Kim: I flew (in my dream)
👤Yama: You flew in the sky!
(🧀Nishi bursted out chuckling🤭)
👤Yama: Must be fun... Hey (👉 Nishi) "poo" is not good!
👤Yama: The old man (himself) is listening carefully!
🧀Nishi: So probably our ridiculously long practice time is this guy's lucid dream?
👤Yama: Like he is in the dream and (doing an impression of Masaya) thinks that 11-hour practice might be fun hehe
😼Kim: I'm not like that😂
👤Yama: (doing an impression of Masaya) if anyone is late even for one second, maybe let him pay some money
😼Kim: I'm like a badass.
👤Yama: You are. Anything else? Let's get it!
🧀Nishi: He can have conversations with the moon🌕
👤Yama: Kimura kun, you can have conversations with moon?
(Yamachan's tone lolll it's like he is talking with a kid www)
😼Kim: Especially with the full moon.
👤Yama: The full moon is easier to talk with? (🐲Rihito giggling) What do you talk about? (again yamachan's tone lolll)
😼Kim: I would say something like "thank you"
👤Yama: Did the moon do anything for you?
🐶Kyo: About what...?
😼Kim: That I cannot tell you. (all: you can't say?!) Anyway I would say thank you.
👤Yama: Then what did the moon say?
😼Kim: It reflects with phenomena in real life. For example, it gives me bright feelings and good things happen. (Yamachan, Shizuchan and Rihito can't help but laugh)
👤Yama: So the moon gives you power, when you feel good you appreciate the moon.
😼Kim: I look straight into the moon and say thank you🙏🏻
👤Yama: That sounds fun. (Turns to Shizuchan) Why are you laughing? Are you making fun of Kimura??
😼Kim: I am serious.
🙍🏻♀️Shizu: (smiles) I think it's a really fun way to live.
🐶Kyo: I wish Masaya reveals more serious side of him (like talking with the moon, etc)
🧀Nishi: Is that (talking to the moon) serious?!
🐶Kyo: He tries to hide it.
👤Yama: Better to hide it! It's dangerous!
🐶Kyo: He tries to hide it. (🧀Nishi: Don't show it! x2)
😼Kim: The staffs did such a deep research. I haven't revealed these so far, but they were written on the scripts.
👤Yama: But is it okay to broadcast those? When we were talking about Masaya's episodes I saw a (higher up) person come and say something to the staffs and leave. I thought that person might be saying "please don't broadcast it."
FIN.
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I enjoyed this episode a lot! love how Yamachan reacted to Masaya's weirdo behaviors. Half way he acted like talking to a 5 y.o boy loll
Also looking at Rihito in the back. He was first listening very carefully, nodding when Masaya talking about his astral travel practice. But the moon topic, he finally bursted out laughter www
Masaya also talked about these with straight face, which made it even more hilarious 😂 btw, appreciating moon is similar to praying, so it's not really a weirdo thing. I admire his positiveness and optimism, and hope that helps him relieve daily stresses.
Anyway, like kyo said I'd like to hear more hidden facts. Like Masaya once said, INI members are all weirdos. so please show those sides more www
🎉Congratulations on spreading your wings and soaring high☁️
Keep rocking those goals and may success and happiness follow you in this exciting new chapter 🌟✨
Let Me Fly~その未来へ~
1:45 Masaya's mom's message "You guys got Nakai kun's praise!"
2:12 INI's official older brother - to engage in INI-related work.
2:28 Matsumoto: Although you guys are young, you must have some pain in body, don't you? 🧀 Elbow is fine, but Occasionally, I have lower back pain (around the waist). Mukai: Well... not sure about the topic of joint pain with INI... Matsumoto: Just so you know, I am the official grandfather.
3:05 Taji's special skill, change from double eyelids to single eyelid in a blink.
3:50 Matsumoto's version
5:10 Rihito's improvised Matsumoto portrait in 30s.
5:40 FANFARE, shout out to 8:09 Feng and 8:18 Kyo👏👏👏
Studio choom really captures everyone's beauty, there are several times I got amazed at simple close-up shots. Korean are indeed pretty face driven.
Quick notes:
00:25 Haven't paid close attention enough to make statement, but I think I came across many time that Hiromu was in the front row to check the performance.
02:11 It's always fun to see the face of the ppl in the front when the other member in the back is speaking.
02:17 Masaya speaks korean. Ppl seem to develop different tone when speaking foreign language. His english tone is lower (not sure, speak more english plz)
02:52 Array of member's straight yet pretty faces.
03:41 Perfect for the pride month 🌈
04:18 Glad that Rihito's hair got mentioned. It suits him and makes him standout a lot.
05:07 Hiroto's quick glance
07:30 Yudai meets korean's aesthetics, facial structure, pale skintone, good body proportion. If he gets crucial part on stage, I believe he'll be a bloom in SK. And he is fun in variety show.
07:55 Inner circle (to be observed) so as 01:18, 09:53
08:18 Adorkable duo
09:07 Another array of pretty faces
10:13 Imma call these two SK bloom-to-be duo
10:26 of course Rihito will join
12:11 Isn't this what it is? Studio choom is running by korean, that's why we see lots of Yudai. Looking forward to korean's reaction after MCD appearance.
12:16 Sometimes you get this masaya, slow to react or get hyped. I like to see this side of him.
ps. Just quickly scan through the comments, jp comments are still the majority. Hope they gain international attention sooner heh
Been wondering how the units formed. Would it be the member decided on their own or based on the company designation, I think the possibility of the latter is higher.
The question comes to that to what extent the members have a say and how much they participate in the final work.
Glad to hear from masaya a little bit about the collaboration stage. Knowing these two's history, any interaction would be a carnival not to mention they got to collaborate twice, I was shedding tears😭 Literally when the spotlight on masaya I couldn't help but burst out a sigh (in sync with the audience at the venue)
Masaren was anticipated, but I kept the hope low cuz they collaborated once, it wouldn't be considered fresh as laposta was supposed to promote the family bond, for fans to explore different combinations cross groups. Anyway, thank god thank lpn thank masaren for this stage.
According to masaya, not only the choreo but the music and sounds are all original. The breath (00:53) the groan (00:50) were from masaya. Dying for more about the production, I know there's bunch of behind, spit it all out lpn!
Moments I keep going back:
1:23, 1:15, 1:13 (the assertive hair gosh), 0:50, the last 8s.
I see, so the last 5s echo the title, how long can masaya remain in the air?
Please keep the friendship forever. So blessed these two are in the same agency.