Yes, yes, there will be fic soon...

[ciircee]

But not now. For now, you can find tons of fic at both ohmiyaday and fivesomeaday! Mmmfic. I'm not sure when the voting starts, but who cares? I don't have a shot and it's free fiction anyhow!

Now for the BAD news.

I...you guys? I think I love Tanaka Koki. I think the WU boards started it and now he has to leave KAT-TUN or something so that I can properly appreciate him. Either that or somebody has to staple Kamenashi's shirt to his chest so he can stop taking it off. And then they need to do the same to Akanishi. (Then I'd have to learn who the other guys are in that band.) So, yeah. Quit, Koki! Quit!

Also: I have a huge headache. Owie. Looking at the computer is making it worse.

Comments

[nicefinalbeam.livejournal.com]

That's where I'm directing everyone too. Seriously. GO GORGE YOURSELVES while I sneakily plot up my Sho/Nino. I've done my part now with my Ohmiya Valentine thank you. >:D

I gave up on KAT-TUN before I even began. But I liked Koki in Tatta Hitotsu No Koi. He embraced his true self, and I appreciated this. Hur.

[blood-opal.livejournal.com]

I... was never into Koki. XD He was hilarious in My Boss, My Hero but I never really got passed that. My favourites in KAT-TUN still remain Nakamaru and, when he's not actually with KAT-TUN, Jin. XDDD

[waxrose.livejournal.com]

I came into JE trying desperately to get the whole KAT-TUN thing and then just gave up when I found Arashi. Koki is cool, though. I like him and Nakamaru, but I can take or leave anyone else.

[blood-opal.livejournal.com]

I gave up on KAT-TUN before I even began.

Word. XD Though I do still check up on them from time to time. When I'm bored. And I want to see how their CD sales are doing so I can compare to Arashi's. XD Am I bad person? Probably. But I've accepted that. ._.b

[beckerbell.livejournal.com]

I shouldn't judge, I don't watch enough of KAT-TUN to really be able to judge, but. I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one who likes Jin when he's away from KAT-TUN. Seriously, his friendships with Ryo and Yamapi and Shirota Yuu and Jun are, like, the greatest things ever.

[beckerbell.livejournal.com]

You should totally watch My Boss My Hero someday, that's the one that made me kinda like Koki a lot. The super short hair and nice suit look really worked for him there. :9

[nicefinalbeam.livejournal.com]

I only hear about them through Kame, because he's either acting in a drama or someone's calling him fat, or through Jin - whose name I see everywhere without any real content attached (though occasionally a Pi is hanging off him? Or once again, Kame?)

Anyway, all I had to do was read the song titles to know I had no place in their world. LOL. "LIPS". Yes... okay.

Koki?

[inuhariko.livejournal.com]

Here: http://img3.imageshack.us/my.php?image=debugokikaku1790dk6.jpg (er, not for the kiddies)

Koki is attractive. Also, his recent scandal is hi-larious. I'm kind of interested too.

[blood-opal.livejournal.com]

I probably shouldn't judge KAT-TUN either considering I only catch their appearances on TV shows sporadically so I'm in no way an authority on their relationships with each other but it doesn't really help that almost every single video I see of them has 1) Ueda being (mostly) silent 2) Taguchi with his frozen idol!smile 3) only about 1 or 2 members (usually Kame or Nakamaru) dominating the conversation while the rest just don't say anything or only throw in one line and 4) Jin constantly looking bored. I managed to painfully make my way through their making-of video for White X-mas and there was a scene where all of them were in dressing room, doing a very haphazard skit and they seemed to be getting along but I couldn't helped but feel that the whole thing was just very... forced. I don't know. KAT-TUN doesn't really give me warm feelings so I tend to stay away. :\

Jin, however, is completely adorable when he's around his best friends. ^.^ Which is why he still manages to be one of my favourites in KAT-TUN, even though I'm kinda neutral towards him when he's actually with KAT-TUN. A lot of the time, he really looks like he doesn't want to be there which I don't know if he's just really bored with the conversation topic or if he really doesn't want to be there. :C

[blood-opal.livejournal.com]

I hear a lot of mixed things about Kame, actually. My impression is that fans either seem to think he's really hot or really ugly. I've never heard of anyone calling him fat before (boy's a freaking stick, he is). They call Jin fat though (Yamapi and Ryo even make fun of him a lot on the WinkUp messageboards XD). But yeah, the activities of individual KAT-TUN members are really sparse. Ueda has never done a drama before, even in a supporting role, and he just recently landed his first butai role. Junno... I think the last drama he had was Yukan Club? I don't even recall Koki's. Nakamaru has Rescue at the moment though before that, he only had a supporting role in Sushi Oji, I think. One of the things I really don't like about KAT-TUN is how the band is mostly all Kame and Jin. For all of their singles, they get the most solo lines while the other 4 are given either 1 solo line or none at all. It's really kinda unfair, I think.

KAT-TUN has a few nice singles, I think. Their style of music is almost a complete 180 from Arashi's. But after a while, the songs just start to blend together because it's all the same sound, basically. :p

[fluttering.livejournal.com]

Koki is one straight up gangster.

[pink-tofu.livejournal.com]

The Kokmaister is fantastic, yo. I totally agree with beckerbell - you're into J-drama already so you should definitely put My Boss My Hero on top of your watch-list, it's FANTASTIC and sosososo much fun + Nagase is being HOT as hell *___*



Oh, and did I mention Koki's character has a huge crush on Nagase's? it's adorable :D

You may also want to try Tokkyu Tanaka 3-Go - I heard it's really good but couldn't quite get past the first episode myself. :p Koki is super adorable there, though!

[ill-ame.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha, well. I keep trying to tell myself that I am not a Johnny's fan, I'm just an Arashi fan, but then I realize that I used to be a NEWS fan who watched KAT-TUN things on the side and I am currently an Arashi and KinKi Kids fan who watches Tokio things on the side, so... D: Once I became able to recognize all the Kanjani8 members (which was actually only a month or two ago, despite the fact that I've now been around for over a year) I figured I was doomed. Not knowing half of them was, like, my one claim to sanity, lolol. Although... there are still at least two kids in HSJ that I can't tell apart. :D :D (I am not going to dwell on the fact that I know all the rest of them.)

I say give KAT-TUN a try, even if some of the members may occasionally squick you. They're not my cup of tea, really, but you never know, you might have some fun with it. :)

[still-ciircee.livejournal.com]

XDDD I'm not so much a JE fan--I love Arashi and I can't help but enjoy TOKIO when I see them (Dear to Matsu-nii: I still hate your hair. Sorry. Love, me). I love Nakai (no, seriously, I think that I think he's the pretty one in SMAP) and now...Koki.

And since I got into this whole mess because of the music...well, I'm not going to end up a KAT-TUN fan. I just. Koki's messages in Wink Up. He's a dork. And I know he didn't want to be in KAT-TUN at first. And then they KEEP TAKING THEIR CLOTHES OFF. Stop that. *facepalm*

I am impressed that you can tell NEWS and HSJ apart. I don't think I can even NAME all of them. I want to yell 'teach me, sensei' at you but I just know you'd hit me.

[still-ciircee.livejournal.com]

...I love you even as I hate you.

Why does he have to be such a Wink Up dork? Why do I have to love dorkery of that magnitude? Stupid Koki.

[still-ciircee.livejournal.com]

No, he's a dork. Have you read his messages? I sort of want to see him hang out with Sho now. There are good odds that they would dork out and do retarded raps together.

Re: Koki?

[still-ciircee.livejournal.com]

...that is a nice guitar, Koki, but you're an infant.

But scandal? Aw, damn, now I have to go looking.

[still-ciircee.livejournal.com]

Enabler.

[still-ciircee.livejournal.com]

I got into it for the music and KAT-TUN's sound is just...not really what I'm listening to.

Koki's dorkery was unexpected and it's exactly the sort of thing I go for. *headdesk* Forget being handsome and cool--JE dorks are my thing!

[still-ciircee.livejournal.com]

I gave up on them before I really began, too. If I can't listen to the music, I have a hard time following the band. I just. He's a DORK. I'm weak vs. dork.

[still-ciircee.livejournal.com]

I really only know him through Wink Up messages and he's just...dorky. He's a 'tard. I keep avoiding the other of KAT-TUN members because I know I hate the music. Plus, Arashi has more rainbows and gay.

[kegom.livejournal.com]

I started to kind of like Koki (though I know nothing about him) when someone on my friendslist mentioned that he "ruined KAT-TUN's bad boy image by supposedly doing nice things for elderly people". That's the kind of rebellion I approve of. ;P

I tend to like/approve of random people from other groups (K8's Maru, for example) without ever becoming their fans, so I think it's OK to like Koki. ^-^

[fluttering.livejournal.com]

A few? Not all, for sure. I remember he said in a Shonen Club Premium that Sho was his respected sempai or something, because he was in JE and rapped and was a good boy and made it okay for everyone else to be like that too.

So, I can see that pairing happen. :D :D :D

Re: Koki?

[inuhariko.livejournal.com]

I am so ashamed.

Well it involves new halfs and booty calls apparently. Good stuff!

I just started My Boss, My Hero too (sort of on a Nagase kick lately) and I can totally recommend it!

[uminohikari.livejournal.com]

Hey, what's wrong with KAT TUN? :(

[still-ciircee.livejournal.com]

Honestly? Probably nothing at all! I don't know a whole ton about them because I don't follow them. I just don't care for the music and I have a hard time watching them interact because the few things I've watched have always made me feel like they didn't want to be there or with each other. I sort of wonder if they spend time backstage punching each other ala Nakai and Kimura. (EPIC bitchfights.)

And then there's the shirt thing. Kamenashi might be pretty at times, but he's also an infant. I can't watch him be shirtless. It hurts me in my soul. But mostly it's the way the member-ai feels forced and the fact that their music isn't to my taste. It doesn't help that I know members of Arashi have a hard time getting along with members of KAT-TUN and they seem to get along with everybody. I just...can't follow them. I have a hard time liking them as a group and group antics are generally what draw me in. (Unless it's Tackey & Tsubasa--in which case it was their honeymoon video T&T go on a cute summer date video! Ho!Summer PV.)

I kind of want to watch Koki hang out with Sho, though. Based soley on Sho's fail sense of humor and Koki's WU messages, I really want to see them get drunk off their asses together.

Re: Koki?

[still-ciircee.livejournal.com]

lol I don't think you're as old as I am so you probably don't need to feel bad. I feel like a pedo for thinking Nino is hot.

New Halfs and booty calls. Seriously? I want to see Koki hang out with Sho and Nino now.

\o/ My harddrive is going to want to kill me! *toddles off for dls*

[still-ciircee.livejournal.com]

He's a rebel! Being kind to old people! What's next! Liking little kids? SMILING LIKE AN IDIOT? XD

You always make me feel better about my random issues. ♥

[honeypuffed.livejournal.com]

ew koki

[ill-ame.livejournal.com]

Well that's certainly fine, and if you can manage to be their fans without converting to being fans of their entire groups, you're certainly saving yourself a lot of time and sanity, hahaha.

I-I always loved Koki for being such a loser. ♥

I think part of why I'm in my current position is that I started out as a very firm NEWS fan and I didn't really know or care about any of the groups that weren't their contemporaries. And then a couple months later I got completely bowled over by Arashi and that was it. Every time I decided to check out News again, I sort of... had no idea why I'd liked them so much. They're one of my least favorite groups now. :( But I think that gave me an awareness of the fact that there are a bunch of Johnny's groups around that I don't know anything about and that may actually have interesting things to offer. Some part of me wanted to find out everything. And once I set my mind to something I can get sort of obsessive about it. I think I really do make some kind of effort, even if it's subconscious, to figure out who everyone is. Which came to serve me very well a little while ago when I decided to write up some summaries of past Countdowns (I should be posting those soon :D). It was a bit baffling to see so many people on stage and realize that I can identify every single one of them except the Juniors, though, hahaha. It probably also helps that I don't have kids to take a care of, so I may have a bit more free time than you. ;)

just my 2 cents

[elarasakurai.livejournal.com]

baldness fitted koki, it would still fit him but i think he needed the change :D

koki was actually the 1st kat-tun member i knew and sorta liked. i watched his scp interview with taichi and became a tad prouder of him (especially when he mentioned that sho was the reason he got into rap). he's had it hard i suppose, harder compared to his (in)famous groupmates. maybe that's why he rebels (and gets himself into all crazy scandals). i like knowing there's more to him than the tough image he projects . . . and i soooooo want to see him fanboy sho :P

as for kat-tun, i think i can deal with them separately, considering i enjoyed nobuta wo produce, yukan club and my boss my hero. but as a group they sorta turn me off. before arashi i was into smap (i like dorky nakai, hated kimura) and their group dynamics is nothing like arashi. but i felt that at least they could behave professionally with each other. i was proud of the way they supported goro during the suspension. but kat-tun is nothing like that (given what i have read about how they were when akanishi was away). although some would argue that they just debuted is not an excuse as the group was formed way before the debut (in this sense they had an advantage over arashi). the rivalry between the members do not come off as healthy (kame and akanishi one-upping each other when singing makes me cringe).

more importantly . . . i am now craving a fic. i think i've only read one fic that involve koki and sho . . . there should be more, like where koki fanboys, and sho is absolutely embarassed and aiba takes advantage.

[still-ciircee.livejournal.com]

I'm seriously horrible. Out of all the members of SMAP? I would totally do Nakai. Nakai. I hope I serve as a cautionary warning to younger fans.

Uh, except when it comes to dreams of marrying an Arashi fanboy who lets you turn your children in to tiny Arashi fans. Then I am a good example?

Re: just my 2 cents

[still-ciircee.livejournal.com]

Another Nakai-over-Kimura fan? \o/

The fact that other Arashi fans like Koki makes me feel better about it, honestly. Especially because you--and they--have the same feeling about KAT-TUN that I do: namely that watching them try to pretend that they're close and that their one-upmanship is playful is painful and so easy to see through.

And YES. KAT-TUN may have only debuted recently but they have been together for years. They almost broke up a few times before their debut so it's just...can't follow them. I feel bad for the members individually because they're in a rough business and I think that having a group where you can rely on each other (not even one that's as close as Arashi, mind) is something that they should have to make it easier.

Fic. *hides* I-I totally do not have any ideas OR desire to write Koki-chills-with-Sho fic.

[primroseshows.livejournal.com]

I MUST RECOMMEND YOU THIS FIC.

IT HAS KOKI, FANGIRLING SHO.

I am really really in love with this author.

[honeypuffed.livejournal.com]

well see, i am very accepting of this nakai thing.

and you are so amazing i kdsfjgsdfg i'll just follow your example