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[peggyswilliams]

I have so many Steve Rogers feelings.  *claws the air*  I just.  What an actual cutie patootie.  So sweet and kind and brave, and bright - you can just see the cogs turning, the sparkle in his eye, as he figures things out.  I need to re-watch The Avengers, I barely paid any attention to him the first time around.  Now I need more Steve.  I need to give him a hug.

[sumomona]

NEWS 10th anniversary con fan report

T: Thank you! It was SO fun and I'm REALLY happy. Somehow, we managed to make it through these past 10 years. When I look around, what we experienced was probably different from what other groups do. But these 10 years, there were many times when we made you sad or worried. Going on this tour, hearing your voices, seeing your smiles, being supported by you, I thought that NEWS fans are amazing. You guys are great! To tell the truth, some of you may know this but there were many times when NEWS almost fell apart in these ten years. It wouldn't have been strange if we'd just disappeared. Like I mentioned before, I'd only ever done soccer and yet I joined Johnnys and luckily got put into the group NEWS. My life completely changed after that. With this group, these members, let's aim for the top, I thought. I didn't want to lose. I wanted to be number one in Johnnys. With that group, those members, I wanted to become a NEWS that would bring happiness to not only girls, but to everyone in Japan. But when I realized it, there were times when we didn't have any work, and our feelings and ways of thinking didn't match up. Like if I wanted to go on a country-wide tour, but we'd only end up doing Tokyo and Osaka. It wasn't supposed to be like this. And yet I still thought I wanted to give it another try, not to sound cool, but because all of you were there. Last year, the four of us became NEWS. There was a possibility that I would have just stayed at Tegomasu. That we wouldn't be accepted 100% until we put in a lot of work. But we put out Chankapana, went around the country seeing your faces, and I thought that I was so happy that we could continue this. I started thinking that more and more. Going on this tour and making it to our 10th anniversary, it doesn't really feel like 10 years because there were times when we didn't have any activities. And to do an event now? Would you support us? "Ah, with this NEWS, we can do Tokyo Dome..." Even though I thought that we might not be able to come back to this place. In Johnnys, it's big enough that if you debut, you may get fans and can perform at a dome soon, but we started with halls and arenas, and we were frustrated that we couldn't do the usual domes. Although we thought we wouldn't make it back here, when they told us it had been decided, we were so happy that we didn't know what to say. Normally, I call you my girlfriends, my honeys, but really... I just love you guys! Since I was born as Tegoshi Yuya and met all of you, I've never been so happy. It's so much that I want to keep saying it over and over. We want to give back to you, give back ten times as much. So that more than food, more than baths, more than sleeping, you'll think of Yuya. That's the kind of Tegoshi Yuya that I want to be. I want to be Johnnys group that you'll give your number one smile to. Though this "my pace banchou" may cause you to worry sometimes. Sometimes call you girlfriend... sometimes mess up on lyrics. Everything that's happened until now and everything that will happen, to me, is NEWS's peace. Please keep supporting us forever. Thank you for 10 years! Tegoshi left the stage to get changed and up next was Shige. S: Thank you for today. After crying so much last year, we weren't sure how we should do today's concert. Being surrounded by so many people, it makes me happier than anything. But of course, that includes the fans that couldn't be here, that stopped being fans. That's why from the bottom of my heart, I'm grateful that you would come for us. The four of us made a song and sang it here, but as you know, this is the second time. Back then, it was six of us that sang "Share". Writing the new song, I tried to think back to what the Kato Shigeaki back then was feeling and from that, the line "Whether it's for forever or just up until now, the people that stayed next to us, the ones that didn't, thank you" was born. At the very least, we've always "shared" NEWS with the 65,000 people that are here and all of the members, Massu, Koyama, Tegoshi, think it's great, that it's wonderful. Please keep looking after us. Thank you! He got a little shy before telling us, "Using one of our lyrics to put it simply, 'Up until now, from now on, and forever and ever, we love you.'" Massu came out next, holding a towel and reply "Massu da yo" to our screams. M: Thank you for today! Um, well... fifteen years ago... He started tearing up. M: Haaa~ Then he shoved the towel to his face and cried for a bit. When he pulled himself together, he started again. M: Fifteen years ago.... for the first time.... I performed at Kinki Kids' concert.... He was still crying and had a hard time talking. M: It was when I was 12, a sixth grader. Back then, there were so many fans that came and dancing there, I thought... (Holding back tears) How are so many people able to get together at the same place, at the same time.... Laughing at himself, he cried some more. M: The four of us made our comeback with "Utsukushii Koi ni Suru", but my dream to perform at the Dome that I'd kept saying didn't come true. Because we weren't sure where we wanted to go from there or what we should do, we couldn't make it to the Dome. But with this tour, for this event and live, the staff made our dream come true. Crying again, he held up his towel to us. M: I thought that I'd probably cry so I brought my towel with me. For me, no matter what, I wanted to do the outfits for this tour so I asked the members. I wanted to make things more exciting in my own way. And after designing them, I think that they turned out to be fabulous outfits. He said so with a laugh, though he was still crying. M: This month it's our 10th anniversary. Being supported by all of you, we made it to this day. There's still more we can do, but for now, I'm so happy. When we have the next NEWS tour and perform at the Dome, please come to see us. Thank you. Massu shuffled over to the stairs where Kei was climbing out and Kei-chan grabbed Massu in a hug before he left. Even Kei was looking teary-eyed. He held up the towel he was carrying. K: I thought I might cry, so I brought this. Massu, kanben shite kure! (Massu, give me a break! or in other words, "You're gonna make me cry too!") He looked upwards until he thought he was okay. K: Thank you for today. 10 years have passed, but when we debuted 10 years ago, I never thought that 10 years later, I'd be Leader. Or that I'd be so bullied. Many new things are happening inside our group. But over 10 years, one thing that's never changed is that I love NEWS. I won't pretend that anything didn't happen, since it's thanks to all of those times in the past that we're here now. After we became four, how we thought changed and we just wanted to be near you all. Closer to you. Even if the place that we preform is bigger, there's no way that we'd want you to feel any kind of distance to us. No matter where we go, we want to hold hands with you. In Johnnys, there are many groups and from them, we're so happy that you chose NEWS. We want to show you a happiness that you can only get from NEWS. I'm always saying it, but it'd be great if NEWS could support you in your lives, whether it's at school, work or with your friends. When you have tough times, NEWS will support you. Thanks to the fans' support over these 10 years, we made it. If you weren't there, then I wouldn't have been able to say, "I'm NEWS's Koyama Keiichiro." I'm really grateful for it. It might be normal for other groups, but now, we're serious. We know there's no going back and that we've got to try our hardest to... go forward... Sorry... He was trying so hard not to cry. K: I'll get stronger, because I'm the Leader. I won't cry... I won't, even though I brought a towel. We'll make you happy. This is a proposal from me. Even if we're apart, if you try to fool around with someone else, that's cheating on us! I'm the Leader of our group and that makes me the Leader of the fans too. So I'm ordering you! Zutto tsuite koi!!! (Always follow us!!) Wooooo~~! Us: Woooo~! K: I might be an unreliable leader and inexperienced, but please look after us!

[2nd encore]

They each gave us one last greeting. Us: Shige! S: It's not easy to look back on 10 years, but we're happy that the fans were here. So for the next, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 (He went on and on) years, please keep supporting us. M: Thank you! (Us: Massu!!) Massu da yo. I was really happy that so many of you would come here for this special day. 10 years may have passed, but we'll keep working hard to make more good things happen for you. Us: Tego!! T: Nanda yo! (What!) You like me that much?! Us: Yeah! T: We sure are a happy group, aren't we? (said matter-of-factually with a smile) K: Don't be so love-struck! And stop flirting with them! T: I really think you're all so cute. We're really happy and it was great to see all your smiles. We kept thinking about who would we meet at the next venue. It was a short time, but we have no regrets about this tour. We'll keep giving back to the fans forever, until you're all grandmas and grandpas. Your four princes will do their best to make you happy. Please look after us! Us: Kei-chan! K: Nanda yo! You like me that much?! Us: Yeah! K: ... I just can't do that... Thank you. We didn't think the four of us would be able to make it to Tokyo Dome. It's thanks to all the fans, even the ones that couldn't come here today, that we did it. We'd like to show our gratitude by continuing different activities and although there may be times when we can't hold a tour, we'll do our best to make sure that you won't be lonely. So that we can see this same kind of scenery together with you again, please keep supporting us! To motivate us, so that we'll want to return here, would you call our name one more time? Us: Yeah! K: We'll use the power you give us to keep going forward. Ready? Our name is...!! We held out "NEWS" as long as we could.