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You may hate me, but it ain't no lie, Baby,
PI PI PI
Day 9 and 10
Day 9. Which is your favorite performance by him in a concert?
NEWS concerts: It's between Gomen ne Juliet 07 and Gomen ne Juliet 08.
Short but Sweet: For entirely sentimental reasons, Yokubou no Rain. If we're talking about solo performances ... Ao.
Supergood, Superbad: Right now, I'm completely in love with his new song Adamas or whatever it's called. Fell in love with the audio though I can't decipher his English, and he looks fantastic doing the choreo even in a blurry fancam.
Day 10. Which is your favorite performance by him in a tv show?
Loveless at Heyx3. It made me sit up and look at Pi in a different light. I wouldn't have become invested in his solo career if he hadn't shown that he was capable of performing like that.
Runners up: One in a million at CDTV, performances of Time and LoveXXX at Shounen Club.
Day 8. What do you like the most about him and what do you like the least?
The least: I have a huge loathing for Pi in boots XD; but seriously, what I like the least is how he's such a wallflower on shows, especially when NEWS or his drama/film co-stars are around. It's frustrating that he can be entertaining, and he is hilarious when he goes on shows alone (or when he has to MC alone lol), but he tends to take the back seat or become utterly bland when he's in a group :|.
The most: He seems so unaffected and genuine despite his 'cool' image lol being in the business for so long. Lily Franky probably said it best when he described Pi's charm with "junsui" (genuine) and "soboku" (artlessness). That aw shucks, 'my pace' attitude sets him apart from all the other pretty faces with admirable work ethics.
山P MINI-CHALLENGE
Day 3. Which was the first drama with him you saw?
Stand Up! DB4!!! But it was Nino who got my attention. I had to re-watch after falling into Pi fandom because all I remembered about KenKen = a train otaku who was bigger than Shou in all the ways that count lol.
Day 4. Which is your favorite song by him?
I don't know, I have so many! And this question was a lot easier before Supergood, SuperBad came out ...
But I'll go with Loveless for songs in general, and Gomen ne Juliet for compositions by him. (Though, ugh, I want to pick World is Yours and Love Song too, and then there's Colorful and Ao ;-;)
山P Mini-Challenge
Day 1. How did you get to know Yamapi?
Memory is foggy but it was either Stand Up or that disastrous Daite Senorita performance. I didn't pay especial attention to him in Stand Up :'D it was Nino who stole my heart. I fell for Ryo thanks to 1LOT and wound up watching dramas with NEWS members. That led to Kurosagi ...
Day 2. Which was the first solo song of his that you heard?
Daite Senorita! The first time I saw him performing, it was a clip of him knocking his mike down lol god only knows how I became a stan.