Anime, Manga, & JE

How many months has it been since I had my last anime and manga marathon? As far as I could remember the last anime marathon I had was Eyeshield 21 in August and was fangirling over the HirumaXMamori pair. I was an idiot back then if I remember, 'cause whenever I wait for my next class the image of the two of them would just suddenly pop out and then suddenly punched the concrete wall beside me which really hurts. And also whenever I remember something about them I would just go suddenly "kyaaa" and then tries to check around afterwards if there are other people who heard me "kyaaa"-ing suddenly.(*laughs*). And then I also read some one-shot manga, and also some long-series ones. But now it seems like its different, seems like I'm not into anime and manga nowadays. Before, everyday is a day to be looking forward for. Every Thursdays I've got to read the latest chapter of Katekyo Hitman Reborn, every Saturdays would be Fairy Tail manga and anime, Sundays then for Sword Art Online and Kuroko no Basket. And then today it's different. When it's the day of the update I just stare at the homepage of Mangapark (my favorite manga-reading site ^_^) and then will close it later on. Feels like I'm not in the mood for reading the latest updates. In anime, Kuroko no Basket has ended and I'm not even done with it. Sword Art Online started its new arc. Fairy Tail too started the Grand Magic Tournament which is the arc that I've been looking forward for but I don't feel the excitement to watch them. You may wonder why I know the latest updates of these anime, it is because of the Facebook posts that I've seen on my wall. And yeah, spoilers, thanks for the spoilers minna-san!!! I love spoilers!! (haha). And yes, I'm also one of those Otaku who is fangirling over  male characters and wished for them to be real. Who wouldn't want to see Hibari, Kyoya; the exhibitionist Gray Fullbuster; the gentle Giotto; and especially the perverted-alien Usui Takumi??!! I, too, was daydreaming about them. Ahh, those days, remembering those days makes me realize that I was really into anime and stuff back then that I wouldn't even care of what was happening to the real world as long as I could see my favorite anime and manga and especially my favorite male characters. But now, what happened?? Why wasn't I able to update my list?? Why am I not excited anymore over anime and manga stuff?? Where's the me who is fangirling and daydreaming on those gorgeous male characters?? What on earth happened to you, Nik?? Well, the answer for that is this. It is because of JE idols. 

Wondering what JE is?? It stands for Johnny's Entertainment or Johnny & Associates  which trains and promotes male idol groups. You might know some of the idols they produced. Arashi, V6, SMAP, KAT-TUN, Hey! Say! JUMP, and NEWS were produced by this agency. And yes, it is because of this JE that my otaku-self has somehow left me for awhile. 

Before, the only songs I listen that belonged to J-pop genre were the songs that were used as opening and ending themes of the anime. I remember back then that I was into the Katekyo Hitman Reborn themes which made my Winamp playlist full of KHR songs. I even downloaded the character songs from this anime but never ever bother myself to search for the profile of the artists. But with JE it is different, I even searched for the artist's profile, and a "real human" to add. I only used to search for "2-D's" profile before. (*laughs*)

The first one I discovered was Hey! Say! JUMP. I got addicted to them because of their Boku wa Vampire performance in Shounen Club. I was just randomly searching for some J-pop artists at that time since I was getting bored and click that youtube video that I found. And with JUMP, I discovered Yabu, Kota. Somehow that guy made my kokoro *doki* when I saw him sang his part. What the hell is this guy? That was the first time I felt something for a "human". Before my kokoro will only go *doki* when I saw my fave male characters but this guy, why did it go *doki*, my kokoro?? And there it began, I searched for Hey! Say! JUMP and found out Yabu's name. And then I searched for Yabu, Kota's profile (for the first time, I'm searching for a "human's" profile) and then clicked on the results from wiki, generasia, and from various blogs. From there I learned that he is the oldest of the group, he hates tomatoes, he loves soccer, he used to have the "angel's voice" when he was still a junior, a leader of the junior unit Ya-Ya-Yah, and he was also close to Akanishi, Jin. And yeah this guy is awesome. I love his voice, the way he smiles (which Hikaru described as cute since his eyes are getting small), his composed songs, and almost everything about him. And then I searched for this Ya-Ya-Yah show to watch his chibi days when he was still a junior from JE. And there I've got to see more sides of him: the sleepy face he had when Jin woke him up; the crying face he had when he was chosen to ride that amusement ride during their USJ tour; the high-pitched voice he had back then; the Yabu, Kota who was used to be the center back then; the so little Yabu, Kota; and everything. And for me this was also the first time I've done this thing, watching Japanese shows with "humans". 'Cause I only used to watch anime before.

And then with Yabu, I learned about Jin. I searched for Akanishi, Jin's profile next and knew that he wanted to adopt Yabu as his brother before. OMG, Jin, are you really that close to Yabu that you wanted him as your own brother?? With Jin, I learned about KAT-TUN but my attention at time on KAT-TUN were only focused on Jin since he was the only member that I knew. I also watched their variety show Cartoon KAT-TUN. And as time goes by I noticed this "short guy" from KAT-TUN who never talks, but even if he is it's just for short while. But, my God, the way he smiles is so cute. I so love this guy's smile. And the short guy I've been referring to is Ueda, Tatsuya. 

And so the next profile I searched for was Ueda's. From various sources I learned that he is Gackt fanboy, he had 4 dogs, he came from a rich family (rumors), he used to say that he can see "fairies", he was left alone in a mountain before because of his bad performance in school, has been changing his image for several times and he also did some boxing. He was also chosen to play as Romeo for the stage play Romeo and Juliet (which I wished to watch), he also had his solo concert Mouse Peace (which I bet a good one after seeing his "Dictator" performance, thanks to a certain someone's fancam).

To end this post, I'll just end it with the first times I experienced since I discovered JE:

* First time that I felt like I don't want to watch anime for now and read manga.

* First time to search for "human's" profile.

* First time to watch shows which involved Japanese idols.

* I got to discover Keyhole TV.

* First time to fangirl over a "human.

* First time to watch concerts by Japanese idols.

* First time to download torrent 'til the end. (I really hated torrent before, and would stop downloading stuff 'cause it's so slow)

* I've got to learn about softsubs.

* First time that on my phone's wallpaper it isn't an anime character but a "human".
* First time that a profile pic I used is a "human". (It was an anime character before).
* First time to have a J-drama marathon.

(I think there were lots of first times but these are all I could remember. I will just update it if ever I remember something)

So I guess this is it. These are the things I could say for now so minna-san thanks a bunch for reading this post 'til the end. Bye bi~~~