My first Arashi fanfic.
Before I introduce my Arashi fanfic, I’d like to tell you about how I got into Arashi. To be honest, I am embarrassed by it, because I knew them all the way from when I was in my 7th Grade, but didn’t pay them any attention as I was into nu-metal, emo, and Japanese rock at the time.
As the years pass, I always encounter their photos, stories, and news but was just glad to see them. Until around 2020 when their YouTube channel released videos of them telling children’s stories in kamishibai format. I became hooked as I’ve never seen a boyband do this. It was fascinating. And then when they released a music video made by the One Piece animators, I was beside myself with glee. It was a fun, well-made music video featuring the group mingling with One Piece characters. Fast forward to today, I’m reliving their memories through their silly variety shows, songs, and photos --- basically I am down the Arashi rabbit hole. Anyway, here is the link to my fanfic. It’s still ongoing but almost done...well there’ll be a Book 2 so stay tuned. Working title is 隠された陰影 / Hidden Shadows and the pairings are Jun Matsumoto x Kazunari Ninomiya and Satoshi Ohno x Sho Sakurai. Masaki Aiba is Nino and Sho’s best friend.
