Rekomendasi Dorama

Temen-temen, berikut rekomendasi dorama yang wajib ditonton bagi anda penyuka dorama. Ini saya ambil dari rekomendasi temen2 di grup Solo https://www.facebook.com/notes/solo-jdorama-lovers/top-10-j-dorama/188488107902926.

People 1:

Proposal Daisakusen

Nodame Cantabile

Buzzer Beat

Galileo

Attention Please!!

Mr. Brain

Satorare

JIN

BOSS

Marumo no Okite

People 2 :

Proposal Daisakusen

Buzzer Beat

Attention Please

Love Generation

Rookies

Liar Game

Jyou no Kyoushitsu

JIN

Seigi no Mikata

Hero

People 3:

Proposal Daisakusen

Buzzer Beat

 H2

Pride

Rookies

Engine

Mr. Brain

Attention Please

Anything For You

Change

People 4 :

Buzzer Beat

Proposal Daisakusen

1 Litre of Tears

Lady ~saigo no hanzai profile~

Majisuka Gakuen

Hachimitsu to Clover

Mop Girl

Bloody Monday

Last Friend

Hanakimi season 1

People 5 :

   Bloody Monday

   Majo No Jouken

   Boku Dake no Madonna

   Yamato Nadeshiko Shinci Henge

   Gokusen

   Hana Yori Dango

   Hanazakari No Kimitachi E

   Buzzer Beat

   Orthos No Inu

   Daisuki

People 6 :

 LIAR GAME

 BUZZER BEAT

 MY BOSS MY HERO

 ATTENTION PLEASE

 KUROSAGI

 ENGINE

 PROPOSAL DAISAKUSEN

 NODAME CANTABILE

 ROOKIES

 GALILEO

People 7 :

Proposal Daisakusen

Nodame Cantabile

Buzzer Beat

Bloody Monday

Code Blue 

Satorare

Attention Please

Marumo no Okite

Edison no Haha

Nobuta wo Produce

People 8 :

‎ VOICE

 Gokusen

 Tantei Gakuen Q

 Dragon Zakura

 Yukan Club

 Nobuta wo Produce

 Yasuko to Kenji

 Code Blue

 Death Note

 Zettai Kareshi

People 9 :

Proposal Daisakusen

Nodame Cantabile

Gokusen

Seigi no Mikata

JIN

Satorare

Kekkon Dekinai Otoko

MR.BRAIN

Anything 4 u

...

 People 10 :

 Nodame Cantabile

 Hanazakari no Kimitachie 2007

 GTO / Great Teacher Onizuka

 Taiyou To Umi no Kyoshitsu

 My Boss My Hero

 Densha Otoko

 Nobuta Wo Produce

 Galcir / Gal Circle

 Hotaru no Hikari

 Ryusei No Kizuna

People 11 :

Tokyo Love Story

Engine

Liar Game

Byakuyakou

Gaikoukan Kuroda Kousaku

Code Blue

Team Batista

Galileo

Bloody Monday

H2

People 12 :

Yamada Tarou Monogatari

The Quiz Show 2

Maou

Mr. Brain

Nodame Cantabile

Kimi wa Petto

Liar Game

Zani Geba

Proposal Daisakusen

H2

  

bagi yang pengen lebih tahu, silahkan join grup..

How to get SKE48 tickets

Credit to Shumatsu Samurai,

Schedule for available shows:

http://www.ske48.co.jp/schedule/calenda ... lect=stage

Ticket types:
1. Enpou (For people living outside Aichi, Gifu or Mie prefectures)
2. Females, elementary school and middle school students
3. Ippan

Price of tickets:
Male: 2000 JPY
Female: 1000 JPY
Student (elementary school ~ high school) : 1000 JPY

*check in the website for tle las price of tickets.

Entry to lottery:
Time to enter lottery was at one point similar to AKB's, but lately I noticed that the lottery opened earlier than before (8~9 days advance for enpou). You will want to keep an eye on the official homepage, everytime lottery starts they will post it as a new item on the front page (an example:http://www.ske48.co.jp/news/?id=1245483940).

All entries are sent to: oubo@ske48.co.jp

For people living outside Aichi, Gifu or Mie prefectures. This means you.
Subject: date of the show / place you're coming from
Body: Your name *Only put your name in the body of the mail, no other information.

Example given:
Subject: 1月1日/大阪府 [translation: January 1st / Osaka-fu (月 is month, 日 is day)]
Body: 佐藤 太郎 [translation: Sato Taro]

For Females, elementary school and middle school students
Subject: date of the show / ticket type
Body: Your name Only put your name in the body of the mail, no other information.

Example given:
Subject: 1月1日/女性・学生 [translation: January 1st / Female・Student ]
Body: 佐藤 花子

For regular ticket
Subject: date of the show
Body: Your name *Only put your name in the body of the mail, no other information.

Example given:
Subject: 1月1日 [translation: January 1st ]
Body: 佐藤 太郎

If there's more than one show on that day, indicate which one you want to see next to the date. You can apply for all 3 shows in one day if you want, you just need to send 3 emails.
For example (for enpou, you should adjust the subject accordingly if you belong to other groups), seeing the second show this Sunday, the subject line would look like this:
2月22日2回目/大阪府 [translation: February 22nd 2nd show / Osaka-fu]

I was told you can no longer win more than 1 tickets in one day for AKB, but it seems that it is not the case for SKE. I won all 3 shows for SKE on a Sunday.

Same as AKB, if you win you will receive a reply, otherwise there will be no reply. And I dont think there is any cancel machi for SKE.

Getting there: (http://www.ske48.co.jp/access/)
SKE homepage has a map of the surrounding area. Use the subway to get to Sakae Station (栄駅 / Sakae-eki). It's about five minutes from Nagoya Station ( 名古屋駅/ Nagoya-eki)on the Subway Higashiyama line (名古屋市営東山線), bound for Fujigaoka (藤が丘行). The cost is a whopping 200yen. Now the SKE site tells you to take the number 8 exit of Sakae Station. Number 8 exit will lead you to Sunsine Sakae directly, you will reach the B1 level of the building once you get out Exit 8. And you will see the SKE shop on your left (to be honest it is just a cart and a bunch of posters telling you what they are selling, and they set it up when there is a show, the hours of the shop will be post in the official hp, look for something like this http://www.ske48.co.jp/news/?id=1245515698).

If you are not exiting from exit 8, look for the big ferris wheel or asking for Sunshine Sakae should get you there.

Buying the ticket and entering the theater:
The winning email will tell you when you should show up in the building. You basically lineup around the building to buy the ticket. Bring ID (or passport) with you for buying the ticket. Officially you will need a letter to prove your address (enpou), but I havent seen them asking for it.

UPDATE: Since late August SKE move to a system that only require you lining up once, you lineup according to your lottery number and enter accordingly. You pay for the ticket as you enter.

Like in AKB theather, special groups ( Enpou & Females, elementary school and middle school students) have their separate lines. Just find your own line to buy ticket and then re lineup in your line when it is time to enter the theater. You can pretty much ignore what will be said below.

The lottery number does not matter in determining the order of entering the theater. They use a similar but way messier system comparing to AKB's.
After you are lined up for ticket, you will be given a number according to your position in the line. After everybody get their ticket, you will have to reline up according to that new number. The entrance lottery will be done for groups of 10 (kinda like AKB's from this point on).

Japanese Drama Glossary

Temen-temen yang  belum mengerti istilah dalam per-dorama-an, berikut ini beberapa istilah yang sering muncul:

39

39 adalah bahasa gaul anak-anak muda di Jepang, 39 berarti sankyu atau thank you. Berasal dari kata 3 (san) dan 9 (kyu).

Asadora

Asadora berasal dari kata "asa" (pagi) dan "dora" (dorama), jadi asadora adalah dorama pagi. Dari artinya kita sudah tau kalau dorama ini ditayangkan pada pagi hari. Asadora merupakan sebuah trademark milik stasiun tv NHK. Asadora ditayangkan oleh NHK selama 15 menit setiap hari mulai hari senin sampai sabtu pukul 8:15. Jumlah episodenya berjumlah di atas 100 episode, beberapa tahun belakangan ini asadora memiliki jumlah episode sebanyak 150-an episode. Contoh asadora: Oshin, Churasan, dan Ohisama.

Chanbara/ chambara

Chanbara merupakan sub-genre dari Jidaigeki, di mana ceritanya difokuskan pada pertarungan dengan menggunakan pedang, baik kendo atau katana (samurai). Sub-genre ini populer ditahun 1940-1960.

CM

CM merupakan singkatan dari "commercial message", dalam bahasa Indonesia dikenal dengan sebutan iklan pariwara. (credit: dimasdw)

Dorama

Kebangetan banget kalo gak tau istilah ini.

Dorama berasal dari bahasa inggris yang artinya drama.

>lengkapnya di sini : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_television_drama

Geino/ geinou

Geino berarti hiburan/ entertainment.

Geinojin/ geinoujin

Geinojin berarti artist/ selebritis.

Geinokai/ geinoukai

Geinokai berarti industri hiburan Jepang.

Getsuku

Getsuku berasal dari kata "getsuyou" (senin) dan "kuji" (sembilan). Ini adalah waktu prime time di televisi Jepang. Pada waktu ini biasanya digunakan untuk menyiarkan trendy drama. Getsuku di Jepang adalah Senin malam mulai jam 9 hingga jam 10 malam. Getsuku sering juga disebut dengan Gekku dan biasanya me-refer ke dorama yang tayang di Fuji TV. (credit: dimasdw)

Ichi wa kanketsu keishiki

Dorama dengan format satu konflik satu episode atau satu episode selesai. Struktur dari dorama tipe ini adalah: pada episode 1 konflik utama mulai tampak, penyelesaian konflik utama akan terjadi di episode final. Sementara itu di episode 2 hingga akhir, terdapat beberapa konflik lain (side-conflict) yang penyelesaiannya hanya membutuhkan 1 atau 2 episode saja. Format seperti ini sering kita jumpai di serial-serial barat. Di Jepang, format seperti ini sering dipakai pada dorama-dorama bergenre detektif/kepolisian atau medical.

Jidaigeki

Jidaigeki merupakan salah satu genre dorama berdasarkan pada periode waktu. Jidaigeki mengambil setting waktu sebelum tahun 1900. Biasanya jidaigeki mengangkat cerita pada masa Edo atau Tokugawa (1600-1867).

Jimusho

Jimusho berarti agency. Hampir semua selebritis Jepang bernaung di bawah sebuah agency. Agency paling terkenal di Jepang adalah Jhonny Entertainment.

Jishuku

Jishuku berarti "pengendalian diri". Orang Jepang memegang teguh budaya malu, sehingga hal-hal negatif yang dilakukan oleh selebritis biasanya sulit untuk ditolerir. Tahapan pertama dari jishuku adalah meminta maaf secara terbuka kepada publik, kemudian langkah yang kedua menghilang sementara dalam industri hiburan. Salah satu contoh kasusnya adalah Erika Sawajiri yang harus menghilang sementara karena terlihat enggan menjawab pertanyaan di sebuah konferensi pers.

Junai

Junai merupakan genre dorama yang berarti cinta sejati, berasal dari kata junsui na ai. Dorama jenis ini bercerita mengenai kisah romansa dengan halangan dan rintangan yang menghadang disana-sini.

Keiji

Keiji berarti polisi/ detektif. Keiji merupakan salah satu tema yang populer dalam dorama Jepang.

kimutaku

kependekan dari kimura takuya, nama aktor dorama yg sering disebut2 sebagai rajanya dorama (credit: tresnadi)

Kitchen sink

Kitchen sink merupakan genre dorama yang mengambil setting kehidupan nyata sebagai alur ceritanya. Dorama tipe ini biasanya menggunakan budget yang minim jika dibandingkan dengan trendy dorama. Target utama dari dorama ini adalah ibu-ibu rumah tangga karena tayang pada siang hari. Contoh dorama bergenre kitchen sink yaitu, Wataru Seken wa oni Bakari, Mama no Idenshi dan Daisuki! Itsutsugo.

Kurai

Kurai merupakan genre dorama yang memiliki tema cerita yang kelam (dark) dan suram (gloomy).

Rakugo

Rakugo merupakan pertunjukan komedi di atas panggung, di mana sang aktor duduk di atas sebuah bantal dan mulai bercerita secara monolog.

Renai (ren-ai)

Renai merupakan genre dorama yang mengangkat tema romance.

Renzoku

Renzoku berarti serial bersambung. Memiliki jumlah episode > 5 episode. Kebanyakan dorama menggunakan format renzoku.

Seishun

Seishun secara bahasa berarti "blue spring", Seishun merupakan genre dorama yang bercerita mengenai romansa masa muda.

Shousetsu

Shousetsu berarti dorama yang diangkat dari sebuah novel.

SP

SP atau dorama SP (special) merupakan episode lepas dari serial dorama. Biasanya berisi satu kasus/konflik yang masih berhubungan dengan cerita serialnya dan selesai pada saat itu juga.

Taiga

Taiga adalah trademark milik stasiun tv NHK. Taiga dorama selalu mengambil setting waktu sebelum tahun 1900 (jidaigeki). Taiga dorama tayang selama satu tahun penuh setiap hari minggu jam 8 malam.

Tanpatsu

Tanpatsu secara bahasa berarti "one-shot". Dorama jenis ini hanya akan ditayangkan sekali di televisi. Di Indonesia kita menyebutkan dengan sebutan FTV. Tanpatsu sendiri dapat dibagi-bagi menjadi beberapa episode, biasanya tidak akan lebih dari 5 episode. Durasi waktunya sendiri juga bervariasi, ada yang hanya 45 menit, namun juga ada yang sampai 2 jam. Dorama SP juga termasuk dalam kategori tanpatsu.

Trendy drama

Dorama yang masuk dalam kategori trendy dorama adalah dorama yang mengambil tema cerita mengenai permasalahan-permasalahan yang biasa dihadapi oleh anak muda sehari-hari, seperti kisah cinta, masalah keluarga dan masalah sosial lainnya. Sasaran utama dari trendy drama adalah anak-anak muda. Biasanya penonton trendy drama lebih melihat ke pemerannya daripada ke ceritanya.

Yorudora

Lagi-lagi trademark milik stasiun tv NHK. dari namanya kita bisa tau bahwa ini adalah dorama malam. Dorama ini biasa tayang pada hari senin hingga kamis pukul 11 malam. Sama seperti asadora, yorudora hanya berdurasi 15 menit namun memiliki episode sebanyak 16-24 episode dengan wanita sebagai tokoh utamanya.Yorudora mulai mengudara pada tahun 2002 dan resmi diberhentikan pada tahun 2005. Salah satu judul yorudora adalah Donmai.

  

Sumber : http://www.kaskus.us/showpost.php?p=424220054&postcount=447

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/DramaWiki:Glossary_of_terms

Send our best wishes to Kinosita Yukiko from all over the world

Send our best wishes to Kinosita Yukiko (SKE48) from all over the world~
"Congrats on her graduation!!" Project

This is a simple project which was initiated by a Taiwanese fan called Chibi, and, the purpose of the project is sending our wishes to Yukko as a graduation gift. By gathering the postcards sent form all the fans who doesn’t live in Japan, we want to let her know that she has so many fans all over the world.Of course, we would love to have you join us.

Application process for international Yukko fans:

Step 1. Choose a fine postcard which can represent your hometown.
Step 2. Send it to this address.

To Chibi Chang
P.O BOX 148-352 Neihu,Taipei City 11499, Taiwan R.O.C

Here are two points you have to be especially careful when you’re writting. First, you should try your best to write your wishes in Japanese or uncomplicated English. Second,because the organizer will have to hide the address completely, the addresss and other words must be written clearly.

Step 3. We required you to fill in this from so that we can notice you have we received your postcard or not by email. >> http://goo.gl/uUucsK

Be concerned about the length of sending postcard's time form overseas.Proposal send postcards before mid-October.

Thank you for your participation.

ske48action@gmail.com
Don’t hesitate to contect us if you still have any questions.

You can promote this project by useing this document. >> http://goo.gl/rgcyDh
Chinese Ver.>> 木下有希子卒業企劃明信片寄送須知 http://goo.gl/Za5fik

How To Close Ports

So i've been looking for a while on just how to close a port on a computer. I simply
couldn't find a way. Well, i finally found it. This'll only work for windows users (unless
your unix version OS has netsh).
it's actually quite simple. here's the command for it:
netsh firewall delete portopening TCP portnumber
it's that simple. Simply go to START -> RUN -> and type in that command up there,
and it'll close it for you.
or, you can also open up command prompt (START -> RUN -> CMD) and type in "netsh"
without the quotes to get to your windows firewall settings.
however, since i'm such a nice guy, i wrote it all out in a vbs script for you so that it's
automatically runable. as well as a batch script. so here you are fellas:
.VBS Script
set ss = createobject("wscript.shell")
set ws = wscript
dim PORT
PORT = InputBox("Enter the port you wish to close:")
ss.run "netsh.exe"
ws.sleep 1000
ss.sendkeys "firewall delete portopening TCP " & PORT
ss.sendkeys "{enter}"
ws.sleep 500
'ss.sendkeys "exit"
'ss.sendkeys "{enter}"
.BAT Script
@echo off
title Port Closer
echo Port Closer
echo.
set /p port=Type the port number you wish to close here:
netsh firewall delete portopening TCP %port%
msg /w * Port %port% has been closed.
exit

Chat with Friends through ms dos Command Prompt

1) All you need is your friend's IP Address and your Command Prompt.

2) Open Notepad and write this code as it is.....!
@echo off
:A
Cls
echo MESSENGER
set /p n=User:
set /p m=Message:
net send %n% %m%
Pause
Goto A

3) Now save this as "Messenger.Bat".

4) Open Command Prompt.

5) Drag this file (.bat file) over to Command Prompt and press Enter.

6) You would then see something like this:

7) Now, type the IP Address of the computer you want to contact and press enter
You will see something like this:

8) Now all you need to do is type your message and press Enter.
Start Chatting.......!

How to change your folders background

Step 1: Have the Folder you want to put the background on open!

Step 2: Open up Notepad, then simply paste in this code:
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
iconarea_image=***Picture Location Here!***\***Name of File!***

Step 3: Go to ur picture (the picture you want to use!) and right click and select
properties and find the file location for example lets say my file is in "my hardrive" it
would be located at "C:\\" understand? copy the location!

Step 4: Now go back to ur text document (notepad) and where it says ***Picture
Location Here!*** paste the location...u copied in the previus step!

Step 5: Now after u've done that where it says ***Name of File!*** type the name
of the file including the .jpg .bmp .bip. jpeg etc

Step 6: Save the text document as "desktop.ini" be sure to remember the .ini
extension! click Save as "All Files" not "Text Document" and save the document in the
folder where u want the background to be!
Now just close the folder and open it again it should show the picture as a
background!

NMB48 Req Hour Best 50 2014 Setlist

NMB48 Req Hour Best 50 2014 Setlist

1st Day (50~26)

00. overture

50. Renai Higaitodoke (Akagumi)

49. Junai no Crescendo (Kamieda Emika, Muro Kanako, Kurokawa Hazuki)

48. Nagisa no CHERRY (Yabushita Shu, Ishizuka Akari, Kono Saki, Miura Arisa)

47. Mikazuki no Senaka (1st Generation)

46. Prom no Koibito (Shirogumi)

45. Doshaburi no Seishun no Naka de (Shirogumi)

44. Haru ga Kuru Made (Ota Yuuri, Kushiro Rina)

43. Hajimete no Hoshi (Yamamoto Sayaka, Watanabe Miyuki, Ogasawara Mayu, Yoshida Akari, Jonishi Kei, Shiroma Miru, Ichikawa Miori)

MC

42. Namekuji Heart (Cho-Idol Senbatsu)

41. Saigo no Catharsis (Shirogumi)

40. Koko ni Datte Tenshi wa Iru (Original Team N)

39. Kitagawa Kenji (Team M)

38. Kamonegikkusu (Team BII)

37. Oh My God! (Team N)

36. Nagiichi (All)

MC

35. Uso no Tenbin (Yamamoto Sayaka, Yamada Nana, Ogasawara Mayu, Shiroma Miru, Jonishi Kei, Umeda Ayaka, Jo Eriko)

34. Todokanasoude Todokumono

33. Doryoku no Shizuku (Shirogumi)

32. HA! (Senbatsu)

31. Takane no Ringo (Senbatsu)

MC. Kotani Riho to hold her third solo talk event on June 28

30. Hoshizora no Caravan (Shirogumi)

29. Bokura no Eureka (Senbatsu)

28. Chotto Nekoze (Undergirls)

27. Kuchi Utsushi no Chocolate (Yamagishi Natsumi, Yamada Nana, Murakami Ayaka)

26. Kesshou (Shirogumi)

ENCORE

EN01. Mae Shika Mukanee (Team N)

EN02. RESET (Team M)

EN03. Saka Agari (Team BII)

2nd Day (25~1)

(Kage Ana: Shiroma Miru)

00. overture

25. Sobakasu no Kiss (Team M)

MC. Team M

24. Mou Hadashi ni Hanarenai (Namba Teppoutai Sono Shi)

23. Seishun no Lap Time (1st Generation)

22. Kimi to Deatte Boku wa Kawatta (With Kashiwagi Yuki)

21. Namida no Shounan (Kamieda Emika, Ueda Mirei, Kushiro Rina, Yamauchi Tsubasa, Kusaka Konomi)

20. Tengoku Yarou (Kinoshita Momoka, Kawakami Rena, Azuma Yuki, Mita Mao + Ishida Yuumi, Uno Mizuki, Odan Mai, Kawakami Rena, Nakano Reina, Nishizawa Rurina, Yamao Rina)

MC

19. Sunahama de Pistol (Namba Teppoutai Sono Ichi)

18. ONEW no Uwabaki (Shiroma Miru, Ichikawa Miori, Kondo Rina)

17. Jungle Gym (Yamamoto Sayaka)

16. With my soul (Team M)

15. Nandeyanen, Idol

MC. Ichikawa Miori, Yamao Rina

14. Faint (Ishizuka Akari, Kato Yuuka, Kusaka Konomi)

13. Kono Sekai ga Yuki no Naka ni Umoreru Mae ni (Koga Narumi, Kishino Rika, Nishimura Aika, Yamaguchi Yuuki)

12. Toki wa Katari Hajimeru (Undergirls)

11. Yume no dead body (Yamamoto Sayaka)

MC. Murakami Ayaka, Ogasawara Mayu, Kusaka Konomi

10. Kataomoi no Taikakusen (Azuma Yuki, Yogi Keira, Okita Ayaka | Background dancers: Ishida Yuumi, Odan Mai, Nakano Reina, Nishizawa Rurina, Matsumura Megumi, Yamao Rina)

09. Nando mo Nerae! (Ogasawara Mayu, Kotani Riho, Kadowaki Kanako, Kinoshita Haruna, Hayashi Momoka)

08. Itoshiki Natasha (Takano Yui, Tanigawa Airi, Kinoshita Momoka)

MC. Takayanagi Akane, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kamieda Emika, Yamada Nana, Kishino Rika, Murakami Ayaka

07. Warukii (Watanabe Miyuki)

06. Sunglasses to Uchiakebanashi (NMB48 Kenkyuusei)

05. Fuyushougun no Regret (Namba Teppoudai Sono Ni - Yagura Fuuko, Murashige Anna, Yabushita Shu, Yogi Keira, Yamagishi Natsumi, Murase Sae, Kato Yuuka, Kushiro Rina)

04. Dazai Osamu wo Yonda ka? (Yokoyama Yui, Yamamoto Sayaka, Yamada Nana)

MC. Yamamoto Sayaka, Yokoyama Yui, Yamada Nana

03. Yama e Ikou (Namba Teppoudai Sono Go - Shiroma Miru, Ota Yuuri, Muro Kanako, Nishimura Aika, Hayashi Momoka, Nakano Reina, Kawakami Chihiro, Jo Eriko)

02. Zipper (Yoshida Akari, Watanabe Miyuki, Jonishi Kei)

MC. Jonishi Kei, Yoshida Akari, Watanabe Miyuki

01. Almond Croissant Keikaku (Original Team BII - Special appearance of the graduated members Umehara Mako, Kobayashi Rikako and Akazawa Hono)

ENCORE

EN01. Ibiza Girl (Ichikawa Miori, Umeda Ayaka, Ota Yuuri, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kato Yuuka, Kotani Riho, Kadowaki Kanako, Shibuya Nagisa, Shiroma Miru, Jonishi Kei, Takano Yui, Takayanagi Akane, Tanigawa Airi, Fujie Reina, Murashige Anna, Murase Sae, Yabushita Shu, Yagura Fuuko, Yamada Nana, Yamamoto Sayaka, Yoshida Akari, Watanabe Miyuki)

EN02. Teppen Tottande! (All)

EN03. NMB48 (All)

HKT48 at SSA

Saturday 5 th April was the day of HKT concert at Saitama Super Arena. SKE concert went full force the day before and raised the bar very high. I couldn't hold my excitement for this day to come and i had stomach aches in the train (it took me 2 hours to get to Saitama, but when you love you don't count).

Prologue : the other side of the fandom

The Super Saitama Arena is quite huge on the outside.
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the weather was quite cold. Actually the first time i wore a scarf in japan. Fortunately the travel to Saitama went smoothly; the landscape were amazing with Sakura trees blooming everywhere. As expected from Japanese fans, there were a lot of people around the SSA to discuss, trade and queuing for the goods. The AKB staff doesn't joke when it comes to sell goods and everything was well organized. I was impressed, far away from the chaotic disorder we have in Europe.

 
At first you are surprised on how small the queue is, but it was just tip of the iceberg; the queue was behind the store.
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Yep, it kind of broke all my hopes to get HKT goods. I had to give up on an eventual white glowstick or the best-seller towel of your favorite Oshimen. Because Fukuoka is far away from Tokyo, and AKB shop does have only few HKT item, this one-day store was the only way to get goods (to increase chance to get goodies, wake up ultra early or take the risk to miss a little bit of the concert so HKT fans quit the queue). Aside from the goodstore were the card/photo store, with less queue (still many people waiting).

 
The trading corner, where HKT fans from every generation come to complete their picture set
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That was a very busy place. Mostly young male fans, but i noticed girls and senior taking part in trading too. Some of them had 100 layer folder full of picture, each different. No money during trading, the card are the currency. Most of the time it's a "one for one" trading, fans seek to complete a collection. That's why you usually proceed to meet as much fan as possible to increase your chance to get what you want. As expected, all Card doesn't have the same value as the most popular girls have their card "kept". As i said in a previous thread, NakoMiku and Kurihara Sae were hard to get because most fans "keep" the card and don't offer it for trading. Also, they are recent members so only a few "set" are released. I saw a Salaryman who was desperatly searching for his last Tanaka Miku. The story doesn't tell if he had succeeded or not.

Fan wearing an handmade "Moriyasu Madoka" Bosozoku uniform. On his left was a Tani Marika uniform.​

The trading corner was a good opportunity to see what the "other" fandom looked like. Nothing special really, Japanese in casual clothes. But it was warm to see HKT wota meeting each other, training their mix and wotagei. Some of them had those "SUPER OSHI" badge (those things are freaking huge) or wearing the HKT black and white towel. And some of them came out of the basket, wearing handmade uniform of Sashihara Rino. Do you remember "Ouendan"? (male equivalent of cheerleader in japan) well a whole team of Sasshi's fans were actually gathering around the smoking area and it was a bliss to watch. Unfortunately i forgot to charge my battery the day before and my cellphone died from such awesomeness. (okay he died because he run out of energy) I couldn't take photos anymore, and it was really frustrating.

Japanese are polite and to some extent, can look pretty rigid. (i was taking pictures here and here but someone stop me of "taking picture of him". What.) But shortly after i witnessed 2 Senior wearing Yellow and clear-blue outfit (mimic of Funasshi???), joking with girls because they were "hard in business" (Kyappu picture are high tier in trading). The mood was hearthwarming and if i wasn't a fan, i would find the two old men "creepy". But fans know, and those two were actually very cool. It convince me once again than AKB love is universal and reach any type of people. Actually they were very cute girls (i think they were from Shibuya) who hold HKT glowstick and it was kind of cool. Unfortunately at that time my cellphone already died so i hadn't the chance to take a picture of them.

The Concert : Hakata idols on delivery, the real deal

Finally, time has come to enter into the Arena. I met my japanese contact to get the precious ticket. What's good about Japanese discipline is you need less than 5 minute to check, recheck, meet security, enter the Arena and find your seat. The tension was high. My first concert, and everything looked so huge. First question would be "how i am supposed to see the girls? This place is too big!" but i didn't have myself this question.

 
Despite being the youngest group, HKT was near the sold out. My seat was "A" category.
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Yeah me and my friend seats were kind of godlike. I was near the rear side were HKT members can walk during performance, and front row when it comes to the main stage. Couldn't ask for more. Keep in mind the lottery is fair, so even if you are member of the Fanclub or overseas like me, you have the same chance to get those seat. Me getting seat in the 4th floor was also possible. Japanese are also very ponctual, almost no delay to the concert (lol at the usual 30 min delay in Europe concert...) and the tension reached his peak for me. I tried breathe exercise to cool down, then a VTR appeared.

You usually get a Kage-Hana to tell you to not use your cellphone to not disturb the show and to behave correctly with your neighbour. HKT gave an extra VTR to illustrate the instruction in a very funny way.

• While Sakura was sitting as a casual fan (her giggling was so cute), Yukachan appeared as a "living camera" moving weirdly in front of the scene.
• Sakura was eating popcorn when Meru appeared with a plate FULL of food and started eating (Meru is infamous among HKT member to be gluttoneous lol). In other words you can eat snacks but don't bring a whole bento. I really liked that reference, typical of Meru.
• Lichan, Pchan and Tomiyoshi asuka acted as casual member cheering for their oshimen with fan's placard. then Morippo wildly appeared in front of them and started wotagei, not caring to block Lichan views. They start quarelling and a big cross appeared. Don't fight during concert, lol.
• Chiyori was disguised as a typical japanese thief (with horrible yet funny make up) and start stealing bags in a seat. Obviously, don't steal during concert.
• Rikopi wore sexy dress and acted sexy (or unbelievably vulgar, but of course for humorous purpose) and i don't remember the reason why she did that, but it was funny.

I really enjoyed those private joke that only HKT fans can understand. It made me forget my stomach-aches and then the "most sophisticated show on earth" started, with "Ouverture"

00. Overture : The atmosphere rising. The chills all over your body. The sparkle inside everyone's eyes. The call united as one. I will never forget. This song allow to lift people's spirit, and it has been like this for a whopping 7 years. The effect it does to fans tells me that it won't change for a while. But man, that is something else when it's the real deal. It was electrifying.​

Sasshi in glorious bloomer : could it be otherwise for the Empress of Hakata?

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01. HKT48 / 02. Iiwake Maybe / 03. Only Today / 04. 10nen Zakura : Then Sasshi appeared in outstanding fashion : bloomers (lol). As usual, she interacted with fans to keep the tension high; calls and cheers were echo-ing inside the whole arena while all the members entered the main stage. To be honest it was very hard to suppress my habit to look at the big screen. The girls were real, and right in front of me. The portion of members i had on my side was Kojina Yui, Kurihara Sae, Tanaka Natsumi (tall group lol), Motomura Aoi and Anai captain. I think the song was the right choice to kick off the concert, and around me waving your glowstick was kind of mandatory. As a said earlier, girls take the sided path to spread all over the arena and continue performing. Therefore the one who was in front of me was none other than Kurihara Sae. She is not as tall as i thought, but her moves were smooth and she really gives a feeling of peacefulness. Even though she is third gen she looked to us with a bright smile, and was enjoying the show. She was focused on her moves so she didn't waved at my area, but that's for the best; i didn't wanted her to know that i was staring at her the whole time LOL.
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MC 01 / 05. Dear My Teacher (New Team H) / 06. Yobisute Fantasy (New Team KIV) : Nothing much to say, despite the fact that Sasshi is still the leader of all the MC in HKT48, and it is just mind blowing how she is able to turn everything members says into a funny anecdote. What i noticed is that members are now used to it and it became an "exchange". Before, a member says something, Sasshi turn it into a joke and everyone laugh. Now, HKT members use what Sasshi said to bounce on it and keep the fun. It looks like nothing but to me it is a huge step for HKT growth. Briefly before Yobisute Fantasy (i like this song, pure team B spirit), Kimoto Kanon was introduced. The call were loud and warm, and i think HKT fans managed to make her a proper welcome. Judging from her face, she felt reassured. Good job, HKT wota.

 
Kimoto Kanon officially member of team KIV / HKT Top 5 singing an underrated song

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08. Ashita wa Ashita no Kimi ga Umareru (Sashihara Rino, Kodama Haruka, Tomonaga Mio, Tashima Meru, Miyawaki Sakura) / 12. How Come? : this song sounded very nice in concert. It came from a very, very old sub unit of team K. Haruppi was particulary beautiful in this outfit. Like an Angel. you can hear the song here. Also, i was really impressed by HKT performance in "how come?". I always liked UZA-like songs and the girls made justice of the choregraphy. This time Sakura and her brand-new mature side really stand out . The two songs proved HKT is now ready to rock in fields different than cute. This is important to do so ; not to rush things, changing our style out of the blue, and to come up with news song little by little, for the greatest pleasure of the fans.

 
team Sakura bringing the Sexy back / the smurfs strikes back

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13. Body & Soul / Speed (Murashige Anna, Yabuki Nako, Motomura Aoi, Tanaka Miku) : Or rather "Nakomiku and their backdancers". At last, the new pairing monster of HKT make his move, and with none other than Speed emblematic song, "Body&Soul". The song is ultra catchy and revolutionary at that time. The two smurfs did a great job along with shige and Aoi with a very convincing performance. The song was performed in playback, but to pull a SPEED song i consider it pretty rewarding. Not bluffing of awesomeness but convincing for sure. Damn, those 2 kids are smaaaaaallllll. The wota next to me ( don't get mistaken he was super handsome) was almost doing the dance step too, it tells how the crowd was won over NakoMiku. The future looks bright.

15. Cats Eye / Anri (Miyawaki Sakura, Kojina Yui, Moriyasu Madoka, Anai Chihiro, Matsuoka Natsumi) : Ouch at team Sakura/ team Bijin/ team Nosebleed (in glorious leather, please.). If Nakomiku were convincing, Cats eye was Jaw-dropping, at least from my point of view. And i definitively approve Kojina Yui in this unit ; i noticed a surge of interest from HKT fandom (appearance in matome's article, members comments on G+, Yui's own G+ pictures reaching 1000 +1's), and i'm happy to have witnessed how Yui display this Adult feeling around her. Kurihara Sae could have fit the position as well, but i like how they give Yui the chance. Props to Anai as well, i know she is ponkotsu and has a overwhelming sweet heart, and how surprised/amazed i was when she managed to pull the sexy back. I was more convinced by Yui (it look less forced and more natural) but i like the risk-taking process.

We shouldn't be afraid to appreciate idol's music. 

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18. Ah Mujou / Ann Lewis (Sashihara Rino, Guitarra – Martin Adam Friedman) : Pretty old song ( real version here). But having Martin Friedman rocking the guitar part was just so amazing. Basically this guy speaks fluently japanese and he's known in Japanese show for being a "japanese culture" lover. I know him because he's a fan of X-japan, and i made sure i screamed enough to "thank him" for coming at the concert. To be frankly honest he is not a big foreign superstar (and he never claimed it whatsoever), and Metal's fan would laugh at him because he's playing in an idol concert (yeah people actually did laugh), but really who care's of what people think. We enjoyed the show, and this is what is important. Thank you Marty for coming. Thank you Sasshi for bringing him.

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20. Namaiki Lips (Yabuki Nako & Tanaka Miku) : Yep, even MeruMio didn't have their song. But those two have. It just tells the commitment HKT48 is putting on them. I am not afraid, but i don't know the future. I do like the two smurfs, but i am concerned how HKT may be "stuck" into Kawaii mode for too long, song wise. The song itself is forgettable ( body and soul made a bigger impact on me), but maybe an eventual PV can improve it. It is some kind of double edge sword. And if it looks invisible in short term, we can run out of breath in long term (SKE?)

MC 05 / HKT48 Super Medley, in particulary / 27. River : After their performance of the B-sides of Minna de Tabeta, the girls have gathered for MC number 5. They were talking about what kind of resolution they wanted to achieve with the new year, and Tomonaga Mio asked to improve her singing skill ( how surprising). If i understood correctly, Lichan asked to lose weight. The funny things is that each member wrote their "wish" on blue Frisbee...and intented to throw those to the crowd. The girls then started walking around to tease the fans if they should send the frisbee on their side or not. The right side got Nako, Sasshi Haruppi and Maybe Sakura (im not sure) so it was pretty wild over there. It was kind of the ultimate unvaluable thing, right? People kept the special concert glowstick to sell those on Ebay (those bastards) but i don't think you would ever sell the glorious frisbee. (not going to verify, i refuse such a shameful act).

During the whole concert , Mio was on the center stage so she never went to the left side of the stage. But somehow, to throw her frisbee, she did. Yes guys, Mio came to my side to eventually throw her frisbee. In my Area there was a fellow Mio oshi and we naturally started a screaming contest to "deserve" the frisbee. Omg...she did stop. Right in front of me. Not particulary looking at me, but she was going to throw. I unconsciously put one leg on my chair, ready to jump. Nothing else matter to grab it. But i forgot about another side of her...Sassy Mio!! Yeah in fact it was just a super uber fake ; she never intented to throw at our Area, and ended the supplice by an "Akanbe" (red eye), and start walking again. CAN YOU BE MORE CUTE/MEAN THAN THAT???? I nearly became bald, snatching all my hair of the missed opportunity. After coming back of my senses, i realize 90% of the girls tried to throw as far as possible ; so they all have chosen the outside tier of the arena, and not the inside (at least not my side).

 
Mio's doing the killing "Akanbe" / Me after being killed by Mio
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Back to the performance, HKT48 gifted us a super medley that only them know the recipe : i recall their last big concert in Budokan (ranked 90/100 By Aki-p himself) and what impressed me was definitively the medley (and Natsumikan MC skill). HKT doesn't have as much songs as the other sister group, but that's also why they are granted to do what is best in AKB : the medley is only composed of A-side. The rythm of the concert rose again and the pace turned into a monstruous streak of good songs. Props to EVERYONE in HKT to have learned all the complicated dance move of EVERY sister group. How could it be more awesome than that? Actually there is something...

Nakanishi Chiyori, introducing the medley by a beatbox solo / transcend the stage​

The day before HKT concert, i watched on live stream SKE solo SSA concert, and SKE48 gave a touching send-off to Kizaki Yuria. Then my friend and I wondered how HKT would send off Tani Marika and Nakanishi Chiyori, who are both Isseki (transfer). Chori's solo was one of those opportunity. That was incredibly good, and she was definitively live. The solo is nowhere a sad song or touching whatsoever, but i couldn't stop crying seeing Chori's showing what she got. She step up the game, and i was so proud of her. The guy next to me teared down a little bit too, because we both knew this same girl who is rocking our stage as HKT member will soon leave.

I was sad, but so proud as well. I know Chori's strength, and moodmaker skill, and i know team A needs her. I didn't felt it was outrageous that AKB "steal" our best assets, but more "proud", like "Ah, Chori's strength is acknowledged, i'm glad". That's what Takamina said to Chiyori after Soukaku Matsuri, after all, to reconfort her. "Team A needs you. Are you ready?" "If i am needed, then i won't hold back!". Also, Sakura will be with her. It's not a complete break-up.

  
Chiyori and Marika couldn't hold their tears, as well as everyone in the Arena.​

41. Ima, Kimi wo Omou : I'm going directly to the last song before the encore, "Ima, Kimi wo omou" ( right now i'm thinking of you). The song sounded pretty nice and i'm looking forward to listen to it again. It was the saddest moment of the concert, when after all the fun and excitement, we realize it is kind of the end. I made sure to cheer the loudest possible when Chiyori and Marika (yeah even Uza Marika lol) ended thanking the fans. During the song, Mio and Sakura were crying. That was very touching. While it was usual for the cameraman to focus on the top girls of HKT, i didn't hesitate to check on my side of the stage. And wow Rikopi looked completely devastated, as well as Tomiyoshi Asuka. Something you can only know by being in front i guess. Inoue Yuriya/Naopon was smiling and Happy for Marika i think. Kurihara Sae is super new so it is reasonable for her to not really cry at the moment. Natsumikan/Kojina Yui looked down.

I was really surprised that Nako and Miku cried during the song. I was expecting a reaction similar to Natsumikan. But they were both super sad to see their sempai leaving. I recall that with Himawari Gumi, the kenkyuusei are actually closer to the current team (because they mix) than in other group. So maybe that explain. Another surprising reaction was none other than Sasshi. She always look confident and strong. Always "leave it to me" attitude toward everyone in HKT. And when she read the script showed on the main screen, she didn't wavered; it was effortless, very professionnal. Nothing to be surprised about.

But during the second part of the song, she completely broke down. I was so surprised (nothing could hint this reaction) to go from effortless/broke down that i checked back the main screen to see Sasshi's face. But too late. Let's say Sasshi still is human after all. (what i mean is that it didn't looked natural, but i give sasshi the benefits of the doubt/i should ask other people who attended the concert). The guys behind me was a Tani Marika fan (But he had a Mio's towel lol) and he literally broke down too, "à la Togasaki" (remember no flower without rain documentary) and seeing him so affected made me teary too. To meet people who share the same feelings made the concert really one of a kind. As a foreigner fan, i'm not in a propitious environnement to live my fandom. But here in japan i don't feel alone. Funny fact : Behind me was also a guy with a mask, and a big white cap. during the freakin' whole show he just stood here, with his arms crossed. While his neighbor was going wild with wotagei, he was almost "i don't give a f*ck". But as strong as he wanted to look like, i noticed him wiping his eyes for a split of a second after Marika's part . Ahahah, big bear on the outside, but HKT fan on the inside!

Encore 01/02/03/04. Rock Dayou, Jinsei wa…/ Ogoe Diamond / Sakura, Minna de Tabeta / Melon Juice : After all these emotions, The break before the encore was more than welcome. Then the last songs were the last moment the girls came to the side to wave at the crowd. Props to Anai Captain and Motomura Aoi to have waved at me, i really appreciate. I came to realize that even though our Songs are not game breaker like KFC and Heavy Rotation, Melon Juice and Sakura minna de tabeta do really well in concert. To bring for last bright and cheerful songs was also right, as it hint HKT is moving forward. Then the show ended, in a full sakura's flower shower on the girls. Ahahah.

Conclusion : Most sophisticated show on earth

 
HKT concert coming to an end / the girl's last performance​

Woah, what can i say? First of all thanks to my japanese friend/contact for making this a reality. After such a concert i am, and will continue to be for sure an HKT48 fan. If i have to do it again, count me in. There's no scale to evaluate what i lived this day. But what's amazing is that the Journey as a fan is not over. I didn't step in Hakata theater stage , the core of the group, and still yet to meet the girls in Hakushukai (handshake) and Kyushu concert (less huge but more intimate i guess). The concert was amazing from minute one to last HKT call ; the setlist was nice and i had a great time. It's true it doesn't have the same excitement as the Request Hour 50-1 (which was amazing) but i believe those two event are very different.

At least this concert, as well as Budokan, is another more than convincing proof that HKT shouldn't be underestimated in the near future. Brace yourself, HKT is coming (for the Sousenkyo!)

cr: gocchisama @stage48