AAA ２００８ Kokuritsu Tokyo Sep 5　MC Plus Bits & Pieces Repo　

As always, credit goes to many (mainly) Japanese websites and BBS, too numerous to mention.
Information may NOT be 100% accurate as I am totally dependent on the information supplied by the third party.
I focus more on trying to convey meaning rather than doing direct proper or formal translation - so do not take everything literally when you read my translation. If you want to clarify, feel free to comment and ask - however, I am a little busy at the moment so cannot guarantee speedy reply at all...sorry!

Just wanted to share the MC repo & spread Arashi love as I have been too busy and too inactive (against my will) on vox...so here is my little contribution:

As for the Set List, ArashiNino has already posted it - together with WS news video footage! So I did not bother with it! Thank you, ArashiNino!!!

Sep 6 MC Report

at Centre Stage

Tlak about weather:

Members: Hello! We are Arashi!! So lucky(grateful) it did not rain !
Sho: If it did rain, we could have said Arashi called Arashi (storm) , but if it did rain, it would have been  difficult /hassle (taihen)
Nino: if it rains, do we use the umbrella during MC?
Matujun: no we would not
Nino: do we talk drenched wet?
Aiba: if it rains, we have the Poncho (the raincoat thing included in the concert goods...)
Matujun: Wow! Great advertisement!
Matsujun & Aiba does the hi 5

Talk about Aiba's ripped pants:

Nino: Hey, Aiba-san, your bum was ripped before
Aiba: Don't mention it!

Nino runs away from Aiba, and Aiba chases him

Nino: Audience was watching on the screen!
Matsujun: Let's check...was it this costume?
Aiba: the pastel one
Nino: Its not like the costume is very old or something, you know...

Nino's Back Flip Failure:

Matujun: Nino, you were unlucky today
Nino: Yes I was...please let me explain!! It is complete excuse but listen! well, today, Higashiyama san is here to watch us...I wanted to show him how much I grew (improved) , trying to show off...then I did the backflip - I ended up flipping twice (instead of once/over-rotated)...It was first time I did the back flip on this stage set up...
Matujun:That is true ...I was so shocked /surprised
Aiba: If it was Higashiyama, he would have jumped, going BANG, then Bang! still pose!!
Matujun: You did scare me. I thought "oh no, one dead..."
Sho: so glad he did not injure himself seriously (escaped unscathed)
Nino: well, you cannot say that Aiba got out of his accident unscathed ...

Back to Aiba ripped pants story...:

Aiba: We danced Lucky Man, individually right?

Re-enactment  starts with Matujun, then Shokun,
Membes tell Sho-kun off saying "Lucky man dance is not like that!!"
So Sho kun danced again but again doing funny dancing complete with crazy rapper pose...
Members ignore Sho-kun...LOL

Aiba continues on with his re-enactment, putting his one hand on the floor, and swinging up one of his legs...then backside of his pants RIP.

Aiba: after that, the backside felt very loose ...

He continues dancing, showing how he could not open his legs when dancing after that incident...

Matujun: you could not open your legs...
Sho: well, so then, the audience from around here noticed?
Aiba: I am so sorry...I did not mean it! Believe me!

Sho kun talks without goal in mind ...(aimlessly):

Sho: Its got dark...around Subarashiki sekai...it started to get dark...and the penlights were beautiful
Aiba: is it OK to speak so aimlessly/without goal in mind? By the way, I got so hyped up before the live that I ate curry! Did you know? Once upon a time, Ichiro (famous US major league baseball player from Japan) used to eat Curry before the match!
Nino: once upon a time...he USED to...
Sho: he is still playing!
Nino: the story Aiba heard was an old news...
Ohno: (speaks probably for the first time in MC...LOL) He (aiba) was eating too much...
Aiba: do you think so???
Ohno: there was this much!
Matsujun: For the jinx's sake, you were eating Katsu curry (Katsu means WIN or Success in Japanese - Katsu is also a dish like schnitzel - usually pork - so, Aiba chan was eating curry on rice with pork schnitzel thing on top...)
Aiba: Katsu was very KATAI (hard/chewy)
Matujun:Karai(hot)? oh, Katai? Was it hard?
Aiba: it was hard...but it was yummy!

24hr TV talk:

Matsujun: A lot of donation...the amount of donation was amazing - thank you
Sho: it was 4 years since we did it last time..we got older...in a bad sense...it started at 6.30pm, and at 7.30pm, Aiba chan was already crying! (they say as you get older , people become more impressionable/easy to cry)
Aiba; well...I cannot deny that I was crying...that is true...
Nino: what was interesting and surprising was ...I was reading "Jump" (a comic magazine targeting boys in Japan), and there was a Mail section (where the readers write in), one of the question was complete the sentence..."I would hate 24hr TV where ..." (or something like that) and there was one answer saying "people start crying after just one hour!" LOL
Aiba: we were more involved than 4 years ago, don't you think?
Matsujun: I liked members' sections, too...I was so touched by the dolphin segment (aiba's segment)
Nino: oh, Aiba, you are such a good guy!
Matsujun: yeah, Aiba san is such a good guy!
Aiba: that was so much fun! I was so happy to be able to assist Kosaku-kun's dream to come true!
Nino: I really enjoyed doing Magic trick weather report!
Sho: we did have the weather report segment 4 years ago, too, right?
Matsujun: It was Kakutou (fighting/martial art) weather report...LOL...Today, the weather is fine...(kick!)!!
Nino: (to the audience) who watched magic weather report???
Audience: many respond and raise hands
Aiba: wow! isn't that great!
Nino: wow, I am so happy! How about people who could guess how I did it???
Audience: some people respond by raising hands
Nino: right...drop your hands...
Sho: Oi!
Nino: well, it would not be good if people started talking about how I did that trick...
oh, I almost forgot...who watched 24hr tv (as in , the whole 24 hours, staying up...)???
Audience: Yeeeeeeesssss (many raise hands)
Matsujun: wow...that is amazing...we were on screen...so there is that nervousness...
Aiba: Riida, you nearly fell asleep, ne?
Ohno: No I did NOT (loudl voice...LOL)
Aiba: you were creating (art)
Ohno: yeah, such a surprise...such little time...
Nino&Matujun: that was amazing
Sho: yes, it was...by the way...what is the greatest mystery of all for me is...after the 24hr tv finished, matsujun was asking his manager for a copy of 24hr tv ...are you gonna watch it?
Matsujun: I will...little by little...today, I will watch until this segment...and such...
Nino: he will do it. He is the man!
Matsujun: the other day, I got 27hr tv copy (another Japanese TV program)
Sho: how far into it have you watched...?
Matsujun: 3 hours worth...LOL
Nino: He is the kind of guy who start watching Laputa (Castle in the Sky - animation movie) at 3 in the morning all of sudden...
Matsujun: well...suddenly I feel like watching it...
Nino: at 3 in the morning???
Sho: I too sometimes feel like that...but usually people would choose to sleep...
Matsujun: well...there is something about Ghibli (Japanese animation studio/production company who made Laputa) ...so the experiment segment in 24hr tv played Totoro(my neighbour Totoro - another Ghibli animation movie) theme song, I felt so satisfied...

as they walk back to the main stage from centre stage...
Sho: August was such a rich/busy month...Nino will start his new drama in autum, too
Nino: it will start on 17th Oct. It is my mother's birthday
Aiba: how old will your mother be?
nino: well, I would rather talk about the TV drama...my mother will get angry if I reveal her age...
Aiba: you look so much like your mother
Nino: we look alike
Sho: (Nino's drama) starts after Ohno-kun's Maou...
Ohno: ah,its Maou day today (as in every Fridays Maou airs and it was Friday)
Matsujun: what a pity...the fans here will not be able to watch it (since the concert was not meant to finish until 9pm and many would take long to get home)
Ohno: Oh, everyone please go home now (to watch Maou)
Sho: Oi! Don't be so rude!!! they have come from far to watch us!
Ohno: I know...so please everyone go home by 10pm (starting time of Maou drama)
Nino: its OK...you just have to do Maou real time here...
Ohno: (ignores Nino) ah...Nino starts his drama after Maou finishes...its like passing a baton...
Nino: we already said that...

About Beijing:

Nino: we got few medals, didnt we? How many did you get, Sho-kun?
Sho: what??? I ...did not get any...
Nino: what was most exciting at Beijing?
Sho: I was most excited to watch Bolt run 200m
Nino: not 100m?
Sho: 100m was too easy for him...he was like this at the end! (sho did an impersonation of Bolt)
Nino: it was as if to say "see you next weeeek!" (good bye~)
Matsujun: why did you do the impersonation of Bold when we did the introduction of the members before...?
Sho:..please mention that...I cannot give you any funny answer...I totally know the fans did not react kindly to it as well...

Audience and Members cheer him on to do the impersonation of Bolt...

Sho: (to the fans) but you will not react much anyway!
Nino: nezt time you do it, we will give you a big reaction!

Sho does the impersonation of Bolt (patting head and finger pointing gesture) But the audience does not respond kindly with big cheer...

Matsujun: it did not go well...as expected...
Sho: even i do not understand why I came to perform that again...LOL

Moving on to Kaze no mukoue

Matsumoto asks the staff to wipe the water on stage (from the water feature they had)

Aiba: leaking water
Matsujun: not leaking...!!
Aiba: looks slippery...
Matujun: please be careful, you have done it before(slipped at a concert)
Aiba: I thought I cracked my head open!
Sho: well~ you may have heard the song over and over during the month of august...(apparently, Sho kun made mistakes saying this )
Sho: I know, its OK, I know I made a mistake...
Nino: no one said anything about it!
Sho: well, I have decided to start commenting on my own mistakes before anyone else does from now on...
Nino:...you have toughened up, haven't you? You are the first born of the family, right? (the first born male meant to be the tough one...??)

As Kokuritsu was the stadium used for Tokyo Olympic, there is a Video footage by Ogusan (of Syukudai kun) doing a quick talk on Olympic, ending with a message of "please be the witnesses of 5 young people who will travel to Asia from here..."

After Shokun solo, with theme of Dream A live in the background, they introduce live band members, MADF (?), MAD juniors, then onto introducing Arashi members...

Matsujun: he goes real close to the camera, then licks his finger
Nino: performs a magic trick, after that, he throws a kiss at camera
ohno: eye movement trick - same trick as the one he did at Dome concert
Aiba: does some funny trick using his hand...??? Doing a cute pose of some kind...sorry, not sure what the reports  mean...as I have not seen it and description does not make much sense to me...(cries)
Sho: does a quick rap with members dancing around him 

Greetings after the Encore:

Matsujun: at a huge place like this, with so many people turning up, to put on such a great show...it is totally thanks to you....each and one of you...next year, 10th anniversary concert...I promise to make it great...so please show us your beautiful face again then (although it was so touching, some giggled when he said "beautiful face" lol)

Aiba: finally, I could put on a Tshirt! (because he lost Janken-Rock Paper Scissors so he had to dive into a small tank of water earlier, running around in board shorts...)

Nino: when we were saying "what's our name~", this person was naked...!

Aiba: true...anyway...it was so much fun, wasn't it?

Ohno: yeah...the fireworks was fun!

Nino:...if it was Ok with you, it would have been nicer if you said the concert was fun...and not the fireworks...

Ohno: (ignoring Nino's comment) the fireworks made it such a great ending, don't you think?
Matujun: ...should we sing one more?

Audience: kyaaaaaaa~

Matsujun:...that (audience's cheer) is not enough!

Aiba: oh, no! you made Matsumoto san angry!

 Matsujun: I am NOT angry...!

Aiba: you ARE angry...!

apparently...then...Matsujun grabbed Aiba-chan's hand and BIT Aibachan's finger... (playfully, but very hard...leaving teethmark...) !!!

Aiba:Ouch! Oh my god! it is first time been bitten by HUMAN (aiba chan often bitten by animals in a show he appears,ne) I can see teethmark!!!!

Onto the final encore...LOL

Bits and Pieces

Famous people attending included Higashiyama senpai (Johnny's), Toma (Johnny's - Maou co-star), Kobayashi Ryoko? (Maou's Shiori chan), Yamamoto Sensei (someone who taught archery to Olympic team or something? some connection with Sho kun) , Ogu-Shio Badminton players , Yoshida Sensyu (olympian?), Mr & Mrs 犬堂(Kiiroi Namida Director??) , Yara (Johnny's MA) , Hatori san (Bird announcer from Zoom in) and others...

Hello Goodbye (Aibachan solo )- Eyes getting very watery especially after singing his solo (he managed to successfully do the mouth harp bit without problems!) and the fans screamed and cheered him.

Subarashiki Sekai - members in pastel coloured suit, sitting on chairs on stage - maybe they timed it well or maybe it was a lovely coincidence, but the sun started to go down while singing this song and it was apparently really beautiful

Tomadoinagara - under the red sky, the band played live (acoustic)

Take me faraway (ohno solo) - same costume as Dome con

Niji (Nino solo) same costume as Time con, played piano (white mini grand) with glasses on, of course he took it off at the end, and cheered by many fans...

Tell me what yo wanna be? (Matujun solo) - sun glasses, the live band played again

HIp Pop Boogie (Sho solo) - apparently sang (?) rap lyrics without music to start with then onto the actual song...??

The fireworks - Arashi Colours!!!! Yay!!!

Apparently, there is a live band member whose name is Imai Tsubasa (same as Takky & Tsubasa) ...LOL

Bye for now from Oz, with Love xxx