"My job is being Akanishi Jin"

Two weeks ago, I watched the first episode of GG. I was hooked in by the mystery and the love triangle between S/N/B, however after 3 episodes I started to lose my interest and decided to quit. Then the scene just moved onto a party in which Carter pissed Chuck off by luring Cuck's best friend Nate into SOME SORT OF REAL WORLD, and Chuck made his famous speech--this party is about excess, not exposition, so stop talking, start partying. That's the moment I fell for Ed/Chuck Other than the awesome lines that really made Chuck the character outstanding in GG, I sensed a great confidence in his acting too. His eyes, his grinning teeth, his body language and the way he delivers his lines, all these together just amazed me. Then I totally remembered his acting in the first two episodes Pilot and the Wild Brunch, which was also vivid, fresh and spectacular. I got addicted, inevitably, so I kept watching GG for Ed/Chuck.

Westwick's multilayered performance, which Savage calls "very cinematic, very 'movie star,' " forced the writers to reconsider. Slowly but surely, Chuck morphed into something far more interesting than a standard TV bad guy.--Sarah Kuhn

That's exactly what I thought when I was watching GG. With the story moving on, his role just grew bigger and bigger, and I believed it was all because of Ed's excellent acting Have to thank the writers and Leighton for co-operating with Ed so well and they together made Chuck Bass so interesting and delicious.

Such a long confession~

OH there's one thing very wrong tho. Ed you really should wear as many layers as you did in S1 cause that style suits you better~ (only my opinion~Ed fans please don't hit me hard for that~;P)


( a picspam is needed  )


Can't wait for his Wuthering Heights next year~

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*most of the pics in this entry are from blairandchuck.com*


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A nice recent interview by Sarah Kuhn

Ed
http://www.ed-westwick.org/

BC fansite
http://blairandchuck.com/

my favorite fan vids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3sEY_L2vF4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y76XfCtGQQ

translation will come soon...

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another unrelated movie pic of Joe

I'm in love with this man. This interview is an old one, but since he doesn't appear much in TV Bangumi, it's still a great interview any Joe fan shouldn't miss.


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an unrelated recent movie cap of Joe

It's just getting more and more strange and frustrating. When everyone got their own projects to do (Kame had Sapuri; Junno had Happy2; Koki had My boss my hero; Koki and Junno had KT style; Koki and Maru hosted Youtachi; Maru hosted Shounen Club; Maru and Ueda had R-one), there's nothing for Jin. Jin mentioned in his interviews that he once assisted KT style and apparently he had nothing much to do when everybody else was busy.

It was really a hard time for Jin fans. What did KT debut mean to Jin and Jin fans? It's a question.

August had a lot of promotions of 24TV program. Almost all the titles in the newspaper simply stated Kamenashi and KT. For five pre-debut years, Jin had played a key role in KT and had built a huge fanbase for himself and for the group as well. When the time finally came and he deserved everything, he was pushed back for no reason.

Jin looked sick. He looked dead in Music Station for Signal promo in July, and he also looked dead in 24TV presscon and promos. He became more and more quiet, and sometimes he gave out such a mature feeling that we could no longer recognize him as that happy baka.

In Baila July, Jin said that he's not gonna kiss up however great the people may be. I still remember the title of the interview--the Unbroken Wings.

2006 July and August left me a gutted feeling. With 6 months waiting for nothing, the feeling just got really strong. I started to ask--what's the point for him to waste time in a company that treats him like that?

Other than that feeling, I remembered the first live of Signal in Utawara, and some pieces and bits from 24TV program. 

We should all thank those stupid aweful CD covers, because that's how Johnny jiji saved enough money to make a decent PV for KT. 

when all start to lick and touch their lips, JIn has figured out something else.

how come it's already 2008~|o|~
I feel the urgency to finish collecting my memories before it's too late,

May 2006
It was really not a big month for Jin fans. Although still everyday there were reports of the debut concert tour, but no one really enjoyed them anymore, as the crazy concert schedule had already turned to be a big burden on Jin's health. What Jin fans were concerned most became-- "is he still sick" "is his voice alright?" "when the hell is the tour going to end?"

I remember that I read a report which said that Jin was not even able to utter a word in MC part and it was Junno who sang Jin's part and those kind of stuffs. 

Finally there came the last two Dome concerts, and I still remember his swollen face on the tv screen in zoomin and mezamashi news. 

Right before debut, there's a tv magazine said that both Jin and Kame's dramas were scheduled. Fans assumed that it's probably Attention Please, and as Jin's in the tour so the role was taken by Ryo. In May, when Kame was announced to be in Sapuri, rumors about who's originally in were flying around, but we'll never know the truth in that old story. 

June 2006
It was the flood of Docomo ads featuring Jin in white that saved Jin fans from the desperation.

I'll also never forget the Six senses live in Utawara. That's the first KT live I really love. Jin sang his part with his relaxed chords. Huskiness was enticed there in a really good way. I found Jin's middle range amazingly charming. Jin's outfit in SS is also my favorite among all his group outfits.

There's another thing I'll never forget. Jin's appearance in Utawara June11 tought me how much Jin's beauty could be destroyed even when he's only 21 years old. The show was recorded during the tour time. The tiredness and the sickness on Jin's face there were telling that he's dying in the next second. I didn't get the thing why someone who's better relax in bed to save his life had to show up in a tv program in which he's mostly only a background? 

And why  even at that time there were still so many ppl who never forgot to add something like "that guy's arrogant and his lack of professionalism is digging a hole in his career" when they were talking about Jin.

Last April left me a very complicated feeling

With time I got to know Jin's situation. Even though Jin rocks Real Face, it was Kamenashi who was chosen to be the representative of KT by JE and the media (because of Nobuta and Amigo I think). 

Meanwhile, my obsession continued.

Pinky perf has a quite mature look except the part with Koki (I liked it but I would prefer that it only appeared for a couple of times)
With the song itself, the vocal and the outfit,  It's again a good form of sensuality, same as Ha-Ha perf in Utawara and in the summer concert 2005, and Sore zore no omoi in Dream boys show. 

I was surprised to hear  Butterfly and Rhodesia in the album. Both are hard for live, but a very good try at least.  

my friend, who was first interested in Kame, started to talk about Jin a lot. Later she sent me a fancam clip in which Kame fell off the stage during one of the concerts in 2003, and Jin was worried about him. I was impressed by Jin's facial expression there. He looked in pain when his friend (Jin&Kame were still good friends at that time) was in pain. Preoccupied by some empty but vain images of celebrities, I wasn't prepared to see an actually simple pure creature in the showbie business, and it somehow hurts. 

 

I'm sitting in a very quiet place and sunlight comes through all the windows around.
feel like typing down my memory since last March.

March 2006 

It was Murasaki right after Ha-Ha. Both became my long-time obsession. 
Jin knows what to wear for his solos. For me, it's one of the most important things in a perf .
Jin composed Murasaki and wrote the lyrics for the song. Sentimental in a good way, I like this song.
His vocal was still too young at that time, but good enough for the song.
If ever he'll put Murasaki in his solo album (I'm dreaming), I can imagine a mature version with his even more charming vocal, less repetitive and less loud background music.  


I finished Anego in one night. Except a few episodes which have a random look, the whole series isn't too bad, at least not stupid.
If the drama tends to be realistic, then Jin's part is a bit more adult fairy tale like. As TV drama can never be really realistic, most of the time only cliches instead, fairy tale should be allowed cause it's at least pleasant to watch.

Jin acted far better than he's in Gokusen2. I noticed that he's not wooden anymore in the scenes when the camera doesn't focus on him. He also did better in the emotional scenes.
In JJ June last year, Jin mentioned that through Anego he learned to react and to follow others when acting, instead of simply acting the role. 

I think Jin'll never be a typical Japanese actor,  who normally acts hard and shows his effort in a quite visible way, so it'll take time for Jin to be recognized in the circle (if he'll have more chance in the future). I like Jin's acting in Anego, not only because I'm his fan but also because he acts from his heart, which I appreciate most.   


 and I'll never forget those great days when Real Face PV came out

Did them on okeiki.
I used oil painting brush for the first one, while watercolor brush for the second one.
I think the second one looks better.

( the first one is under the cut )




and three wallpapers so far 

   

some entries I put in  jin_daily 

perf related

caps of Six Senses live (definitely the best one in 2006~)

caps from Utawara0716 Signal live

caps of Dream boys 2006

caps from Kaizokuban concert

drama related

Gokusen2-related pics

Gokusen SP Jin caps

Anego-related pics

Jin caps from [Xmas Nante Daikirai]1-2

TV show and CM

random caps from some TV program and CMs

a few Jin caps from Dancekosien and Utawara sp

Jin caps from 24h TV--Jin&Nakamaru part (with a few other pics)

caps from 24TV in the part of Jin's old doramas

Jin caps from 24TV0828-the wide

Magazine scans

Myojo special collection of best pics last year, plus other Jin-related pics^^ 

Random posts

Jin's cosplaying Kurosawa in Spring concert 2006 and a few other pics

Jin's cosplaying Hayato in the Spring concert 2005

pic spam for Jin's birthday~=D

random pic spam (you'll love it) =D

random words about Jin

One month anniversary of being a Jin fan XD

Finally, Death Note is finished...I've actually got no word to comment cause I've literally stopped reading it after L's death. I'm happy that Obata sensei finally can get out of this tedious story...and draw something new~ Anyway, I still love L, so I put here a few Ls I've drawn last year to celebrate...well...the end of DN...

Guess what does L see...(I don't think he's surprised though~)    

Love L forever~

my L spamming~~~a bit rough though as I drew them on Oekaki~

Sketches of L^^