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SMAP’s announcement that they will not be disbanding (still awaiting further proof, as wording was a bit vague) caused Twitter to crash.
SMAPすごいなー
“Whether you like it or not, being Asian has a big impact on who you are as a person.”
Natalie Tran is a wonderful human and I take so much joy in her existence.
This is from a talk she gave at Brown, the link above is to the YouTube video and the whole thing is great.
It's always so so nice when the winner acts like it's the biggest honor to win, so much that they don't know what to do with themselves, and not like they deserved and totally expected it.
I wish I could make a gif set to do this scene justice. This scene, Nikaido Fumi's tone of voice and pacing and facial expressions, the music, it was all amazing and everything she said struck a little too close to home for me. Sorry this is so long, but I think every bit is important!
During an interview, Nitta Yumi finds herself admitting that she is pretty useless. The interviewer, surprised, asks "Then what are you?" Her answer:
"I am green. In preschool, there was an anime called Sailor Moon. In the preschool yard, we would often make believe that we were in Sailor Moon, but everyone would pick Sailor Moon or Sailor Mercury, and I would always pick the leftover Sailor Jupiter, whose image color was green. There was a particular order to the colors. Other girls would be in charge of picking red or pink, and I was always in charge of picking green. By picking, I really mean pretending to pick. I was always in awe of those who so frankly picked red or pink. How many lives have you lived? This is still my first life, so I can't bring myself to say that I want the red one. In the anime, Sailor Moon would fight her enemies, but when we would make believe, we would fight each other. I learned that this was called something different when I became an adult. A woman's enemy is other women, and because I have been losing from the start, when other girls would pick fashion or love, I picked studying. I didn't like it, but because it was left over, I picked studying. When I got accepted to college (she went to Tokyo University), my family and friends praised me, but it always came with an underlying tone of "You're different for a girl". When I started working, I thought that I could persevere at what I like, but there was a training on tape printing machines - there was a training on tape printing machines only for female employees - and a coworker said "When men win, they are loved by women, but when women win, they stopped being loved by men. Women should abandon winning and losing; the first time a woman triumphs is when she is picked by a man." What? Then I can never win during my lifetime. Because I'm green. I wish red and green and pink would all be black, I wish there was a black Sailor Moon...And because I didn't want to see myself like this, I would look down on and look up to many things, many people...but recently, I began working part-time at a restaurant... - Nitta Yumi, Mondai no Aru Restaurant Episode 04
I love the brutally honest discussion and portrayal of sexism and gender roles this drama brings up. I love that female characters like Nitta Yumi can express how their self-esteem and self-value is so tightly bound by the male-dominant society around them, and how women continue to push each other down when the real enemy isn't and shouldn't be each other. But the drama is also clear that the real enemy isn't simply "men" - it's the idea that men are superior to women that is so consciously and unconsciously ingrained in both genders, whether they agree with it or not.
Sidenote: when my friends and I used to play Sailor Moon, Sailor Jupiter was always the kickass one. When did that change? D:
in case you ‘ve forgotten how badass our Nodame is
I love love love how badass they made Ueno Juri's character. And she does it all so calmly too! I remember my sister saying "HER?!" when they cast her because my sister only knows her as Nodame. I hope they don't make her the weak "damsel in distress" later on.
Lia Marie Johnson - Moment Like You
I like the Blake Lively vibes I get from her in this video. Gorgeous. And the different styles of music in the song keep it interesting and make it so catchy!
NewS - チャンカパーナ
Stuck in my head
it’s not obedience, mr. becket. it’s respect.
seeing this warmed my heart and made my day. fav drama hands down
Love seeing their commercials in between my dramas
I would definitely be intrigued by a guy who said this to me! xD
大好きすぎて 上手く言えないけど (I love you too much so it's hard for me to express well) キミがいる それだけでいい (but you're here and that's enough for me) 'Cause いつでも You are my happiness ('cause always you are my happiness) Happiness - Che'Nelle feat. Matsushita Nao
This song still makes me giddy from all the Dear Sister feels <3 I wish they would release the full video of this version...
So so cute! Especially since he comes back at the very very end of First Class 2!
Summer Nude is one of my favs. Yamapi's Asahi was one of my favorite characters of his.
Shitsuren Chocolatier OST
Planetarium by Otsuka Ai - cover by Solidemo
Favorite cover of theirs ♥