5x10...pt1

There's loads of footage of the lads' 5x10 concert that I simply love to pieces....and I'll admit now at the start of my entry that indeed, I teared up at certain parts. As it's hours worth of Arashi-goodness, I'll split the spazzing into various entries so as to not overload a single entry with too much screencaps :)

First off, the digest of their 30.8.09 Koukuritsu a.k.a Arashi's playground, concert:

It was raining. Buckets-worth. Cats and dogs. Massive. The kind where Matsumoto-kun wished he had little wipers at his eyes XD








They were soaked like wet ducks!


And of course, microphones died, including Ninomiya-kun's, which died just midway of his solo line at the final chorus of 'Beautiful Days'.


And naturally, the resident 'brat' of the group shook his head in defiance with an almost-throttle of his microphone.


But as usual, Matsumoto-kun comes to the rescue just like he did for Ohno-kun the previous year, with his own microphone to share. Matsumoto-kun is love!


And like the close-knit group that they are, the other three had turned around in concern at the sudden drowned voice of their snarky boy;


It's friendship at its best people :)


And love while we are at it :D


Soaked, flopped, withered, crinkled, soaked....




Not that the lads minded the rain as they were laughing it off and were more concern of their fans' health than themselves. Reason to love them even more so :)

Aiba-kun's adorable! :D


And of course, nothing dampens their spirit and they continued with the celebration of their youngest member's birthday;


And got him a shiny sparkly gift while they were at it XD


The rain didn't stop, even after almost an hour or so I reckon cause if their set list on that very day was the same as the day before, the rain continued on to 'Attack It!', 7 songs after 'a Day in Our Life' where the rain had began its heavy downpour;


To 'Believe' to which is the 17th song after, where it was still raining just as heavily!




The good news: the rain did stopped after and allowed the boys to be free from pelting raindrops and horrible wet vision.

♥

But here's the thing about Arashi;
Water + stage = playtime. Regardless if they are already dry and clean and nice.

Starting off with the youngest,




The middle one,


The second eldest,


And the eldest - yes, with three months to his 29th birthday


And where's the second youngest in this group of five?

Sensibly holding onto everyone's microphone just so they can go play in the water without ruining anymore microphones :) (note the lad in red pants!)



It's at times like this, time when it concerns money, that Ninomiya-kun is the most grown-up one out of all of them XD He's amazing that way.






How often it is that you see a 28 turning 29 year old, running around, skidding and sliding in water with such genuine and wholesome joy? Never grow old at heart, Ohno-kun :D

And of course, not that the mother hen of the group and newscaster is anymore less juvenile XD

I love dorky Sakurai-kun :D


Aiba-kun loves water. He's not just the miracle boy, the mad scientist, the bumbling dim lightbulb XD, the emotional boy, the mirror man, but also - the water boy! :D

It's all ♥

And to think it's just the digest footage and not the Dome footage or the main concert footage XD More spazzing in the next entries :D ♥