Recently, I have been feeling very bittersweet inside because I’ve been watching a lot of T&T debut period clips.

They were just so innocent and innocent looking, little boys all starry eyed and fresh into the world.

Takki was just like a mini, rounder version of himself now. Although he is still as much of a drama-queen as ever, his air of maturity and fatherliness is much stronger now, especially as his face is now more weathered with emotions and experiences (in a good way of course!). Which is probably also why he’s painfully convincing in his drama roles.

Tsu on the other hand, was so much more passive, soft and preferred to fufufu in the background with his bambi eyes blinking under that kawaii hairdo. He has come such a long way. His charm for me now lies in his maturity and drive for life, while retaining that sweetness and fufufu laughter. Obviously, this is besides liking every single one of his body parts. I found myself admiring his fingernails… lol.

Unit wise, I do not think there is a need for me to spell out why the feeling I get is both bitter and sweet, but this feeling just overwhelms me when I watch them perform True Heart. Their first original release together, and with such earnest vocals and harmony *sigh* I really wish that I was part of their fan-campaign for a duo debut. I’m just glad that their bond is as strong as ever… though it has since evolved many times over. This is a unit built on trust, love, and a desire to better themselves. I would say that the biggest charm of T&T besides talent, is genuineness. Yes, they are GENUINELY cute, GENUINELY care for each other and GENUINELY grateful to the fans.

This plainly leads to one thing: If we GENUINELY like, and want them to keep doing what they love, we have to buy originals because we neither contribute to concert ticket sales (hardly anyways) nor TV ratings. But with that being said, the DVD sale figure so far is quite a cheerful one! minna otsukaresamadeshita.

These scans are from Weekly Oricon, one of my favorite photoshoots ever as you can tell from my header, haha! Just look at those faces… *sigh again* lol!!
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I can’t believe Enbujou 2008 has started. Ganbatte Takki!!!!
I’m wishing for the entire cast and staffs’ success and safety for the entire run of 38 shows ^^

Continuation of my monologue about Kuricon 2007-8 this time:

- This is my favorite unit costume for the entire tour… Those pants especially *drool*. And that opening entrance is very fitting!
- Himegoto is such a great song. And the lucky fan that tsu hugs to his bosom T____T
- Very cute Yumemo group twist!
- THE MOST HILARIOUS BATTLE CALL EVER. There’s tsu with yone’s uchiwaa and takki with his own, and takki drawing circles on the floor LOOOL. AND SO MANY GUYS IN THE AUDIENCE wheeeee!
- Tsu was extremely kawaii when he came out for yakusoku worlds wing.. i love this outfit with the guitar and the song~~ such a cute little boy blue and such a sweetie pie for giving out the christmas cards. I also love the way his lips touch the mike when he’s singing.. so kissable. The words and image play on the screen is a nice touch too. This is Tsu’s direction right? I thought I heard him mention it in Offshots A. I LOVE THIS SONG AND I LOVE THIS PERFORMANCE.
- Sato looks like a sweet lamb.
- LOOOL ITTEKIMASHUUUU… and such a cute routine!!! who choreographed it??? *dies laughing* According to mich, this is much cuter in real life… how much cuter can this get?!
- Tsu was quite cheerful during kakkotsukanaiTonight. whatcouldtsubethinkingaboutforTonight?
- And this affectionate tsu is going round hugging juniors…
- It is so refreshing to see them sing Sotsugyou. In my last image of them singing this song, they both still looked so baby-faced… especially Tsu
- Very nice Serenade arrangement
- Tsu and his ‘yayoi-chan~’… haha but takki’s mum seems very much like takki’s personality. Very vibrant and friendly.
- True Heart is so beautiful with their matured voices! Even though I was quite clueless during their debut period, I still feel the dokidoki feeling associated with their debut.
- DMC completely killed my brain. There are some parts where I would have preferred to look at his entire body… but camera man decided to zoom in on his upper body instead. must be too drawn to that collar hehe. But to his credit, there were a lot of ‘in your face’ hip shots ^___^ And omg… his costume choice for himself and the jrs as well turned out to be PERFECT for this routine. What’s also impressive is that he sings the entire song live despite the vigorous routine
- It is such a nice idea having Yakusoku in individual and unit versions… but this version has yet to grow on me yet. It seems to be somewhere in between each of their versions.
- Kamen is sooo strange in these bright pink and purple suits and colorful shirts… LOL! not mysterious at all. But it looks quite good when they’re doing that alternate body roll thing.. purple and pink
- I love Kamira Tamara!!! the split stage and the split choreography suits the song very well
- It’s quite funny watching people trying to do the Venus moves with one jumbo uchiwa in each hand
- Makino is always making such strange faces… haha
- Daydreamer is one of my most played tracks. The harmony of this song is so pretty!!
- Aishiteru ze = ‘Hide-chan…Hide-chan…<3′ and tsu’s cute butt shaking <3
- Tsu really went crazy with fan interaction during the encore. THOSE LUCKY FANS AGAIN, especially the one who got patted on the head while he straddles the railing. my gaaaawddd. and it makes me feel so happy to see quite a few kids in the audience ^^

Oops, I really do seem hysterical when I scroll up, hehe gomen.
I’m finishing up with my DVDs. When will be the next time I can attend a concert/butai??

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And on a side note, I have to post this URL that was shown to me by Wanping:
Tokyo J-F House
It got the both of us laughing like mad.

But they have fantastic services yo… Besides the fact that they have TOTO Brand toilet (lol), the one that most appeals to us (after 2006-7’s ordeal) is this “If needed, we would be happy to send someone to the train station to help you carry your luggages.”.
LOL! Mich-chan, do you see this???
Besides blistering our hands upon arrival from dragging our lugagge up the never ending train station steps and through the whole of Asakusa, we still had SO MUCH stuff the subsequent days because we had the con goods for a few other people and an unimaginable amount of things that we had collected from C-san’s house in the rain. We were pretty much lugging a lot of bulky and heavy stuff around everyday.
This reminds me that on one of the last few days, when we returned back to the hostel for the night, the staff asked if we were arriving to check-in.

That’s not the best part about this hotel though… it is this:
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I am going to explode!!!!! It’s 1.30AM and I have been shrieking/clapping/LOLing/kyaaing/bouncing in my chair for the past few hours and I’m barely halfway through the MC collection! I banged my knees on the desk a few times by accident…

but I’ll really implode if I don’t post something.

MC TALKS = KA. WA. IIIIIIII

HOW CAN TWO SUCH CUTE PEOPLE EXIST?

Was just telling ribs that I’ve lost count of the number of msn conversations I’ve ended with people since I’ve started watching the DVDs because my messages have all become incomprehensible and no one has a clue, so they just ignore me… *sniff* But I really cannot control this verbal diarrhoea!!