Spreading Arashi 嵐 Love

My younger sister was the first one who watched Hana Yori Dango in our home. At first, I wasn't really keen on watching it since I was busy with my articles for the top 1000 magazine last year, which is the bulk of my work. Seeing her enjoying Hana Yori Dango didn't affect me much, I actually got irritated since she was laughing out loud in the middle of the night during the same time I'm writing my articles, after every episode she'll go to me and tell me how beautiful the drama was, she'll talk about the sweet scenes, the coolness of HYD etc etc. I just let her be eventhough I
wasn't really happy that she's taking my time from work.

After I submitted my articles to my editor, I found time to watch the drama that my sister was crazy about.
And in an instant I was hooked. It was beautifully done. It provided a new attack on the plot that is known by many Filipinos since Meteor Garden (HYD Taiwan version) has been shown here 5-6 times on local TV dubbed in our native language.

As I said in my previous post, I was Jun-baited and that's the start of my Arashi fan life. At first I couldn't differentiate who is who in Arashi. I know they were 5 but I don't know their names at that time thus I was confused with their faces.

After I finished season 1 and season 2, I moved on and be an "evangelist". I first told my mom about HYD, she watched it and she liked the series. Then I started sharing about Jun and Arashi. She's a fan now like me and I was also able to convince my sister of liking not only Jun but each of Arashi.

When I got hold of Letters from Iwo Jima DVD, I liked Nino from then on. And I watched his others dramas as well.

Little by little, I started sharing HYD to my officemates.  One office mate supported me since she already saw HYD. So since I now have a teammate, I was able to convince my officemate to watch HYD. One officemate finished it and another is now down to watching the last two episodes of season 2. Apparently they liked the drama. Now I'm moving on to sharing Jun and Arashi. They're not bothered anymore when I play Wish and Love So Sweet mp3 in the office. They're listening to it in their mp3s as well and have gone to memorize these songs. The Jun-bait method is so effective, they're now open to more of Jun and his boyband. Hehehehe

Another officemate who knows Japanese is also set to watch HYD and is gonna help us learn Nihonggo. HYD is getting big here in the Philippines. It now has a big following thus so is Jun, Mao, Shun and the rest of the Japanese F4. So if ever they come here, they will be recognized.

On the side, Jun already has a big fanbase since Gokusen has been shown here prior to HYD. It has gone bigger due to HYD. I hope you visit us Jun and bring Arashi here too.

Quote of the day: "Fangirls are contagious while Arashi is like good food you'd definitely like others to try." ^_^