Short stories from the JKT48 theater (26 and 28 May 2013)
by WasshoiJ · May 31, 2013
Before National Delusion Day happens and an influx of “jelly” emerges for all JKT48 fans who weren’t able to attend the event (like me), I just wanna wrap up my longest stay (1 week) in Jakarta with a couple of short stories from my experiences in the theater.
1. Haruka is so happy
That’s the overwhelming feeling I get from her as I watch the 2 RKJ shows (last Saturday and Tuesday) during the past week. I have watched her during her four AKB48 lives in Singapore, but then, she seemed pretty normal, and perhaps just, a little lively, but seeing her now at the JKT48 theater is such a happy, wonderful experience. I almost swear that she just can’t stop smiling because she is having so much fun!
「国民妄想デー」がまた始まる前に、そして僕みたいにそれに参加出来ないJKT48ファンの恨みつらみがワラワラと溢れ出て来る前に、この前の私のジャカルタ滞在(一週間)と劇場での出来事をちょっとまとめておきたいと思う。
1.はるかはとてもハッピー
先週の土曜火曜と恋愛禁止条例を2回見たが、僕はこのことを強く感じた。実は地元のシンガポールで行われたAKB48の公演で4回ほど彼女を見たことがあるのだが、その時は陽気な女の子だけどごく普通という印象しかなかった。今回改めて、もう楽しくて楽しくて仕方ないという雰囲気が溢れてる彼女をJKT48劇場で見ることが出来たのはとても幸せで素晴らしい体験だった。
And she really gets teased and trolled a lot too, both by the members and fans. Once when she did her jikou shokai, she went like this, “Aku cinta kalian semuanya! Kamu cinta aku?” (I love all of you! Do you love me?) and then, the fans will go like, “Tidaaaaaak!” (Nooooo!) and this rejection will continue until she finally gives up and says, “Kamu jahat!” (All of you are bad!) or at the other time, she actually said “Aku bencong!” (no idea what that means, but everybody laughed). [ED Note : Bencong –> Drag Queen]
On Tuesday, Akicha and Stella were both not present to start the solo line in Nagai Hikari, so most of the fans were left wondering who would start it off. I thought Sendy would have a go at it, or maybe even Kinal or Vey, but the supreme surprise came about when it was actually Haruka. Clad in her most memorable Harugon hairstyle, this time round, she stood in the spotlight and yet, also, to much laughter from the audience. It wasn’t malicious though, mind you, I recognized it as the usual teasing by the fans and once she sang, it turned into a very warm round of applause by everyone.
(Do fans clap in AKB performances too?)
Perhaps too, because she so publicly declares that she loves Indonesia and also my beloved JKT48 so much, I really respect her a lot. I felt impressed enough to write her my first fan letter and to express my own words of encouragement for her. I am glad she is in JKT48 and even though I think it may be difficult for her too, to be so far away from home, I really want to see her succeed in her dream. Ganbatte Haruka
2. Online stalking
Probably the most interesting development over this week has been the MC during Sunday’s day show. The question was, “What would you do if you fell in love with somebody?” I’m really surprised by the members answers. Some members like Hanna would try to get closer and gain their attention or contact, or in the case of Vieny, would keep watching from far. Tata and Lidya both said that they would stalk the twitter timelines and in Lidya’s case, even create cloning accounts. A while ago, I do remember D5 saying that she does stalk other fans posts too.
In any case, I am very surprised. Haha. Maybe this is the current era’s form of showing love.
So if you regularly tweet to these members, do be careful okay?
3. Lay Down
Lay down is the most climatic performance in Boku no Taiyou. And it is so fun to watch! Once the encore ends and the girls go back on stage, suddenly it is as if we are transported into another world where 16 girls suddenly transformed from all cutesy, “Love you, love me” to full adults declaring, “All of these are mine,” and “Kneel down to me!” LOL. I had so much fun just watching them.
1) Because it is so hot
2) Because it is so unreal
and 3) Because it is so delusional
My favorite member in this performance is Hanna. Especially when she kinds of slides down and staaaaares into you as she lays down. I wasn’t the center of her eye lock but damn, even from the side view it almost killed me. (Couldn’t breathe for 3 seconds after that). Of course, many others have also been saying TsuNaomi is the highlight of this show, but well, guess you should really find out for yourself.
In my 3rd time watching this performance it was so enjoyable because I was singing at the back rows with Melos and just feeling the full impact of 16 girls saying Kneel down to me. Lay down is a must watch! Someone even tweeted today that the encore message at the start should not be “Encore, ikuzoh!” but somewhere along the lines of, “Lets all watch Lay Down! Shout encore!” If anything, this is the best transformation song I’ve ever witnessed in my whole 48 fandom.
I wonder how it would be if Cigul or Rena is in this role.
As promised, I’m really keeping this entry short, but there are so many stories about the JKT members every day. If possible, I hope that everyone can share these stories, maybe even contribute more stuff so we all can find out about each members personalities.
On a personal note, I’d like to express much thanks to Infzero for his constant live reports and for his gracious help during this 1 week trip. Jakarta, JKT48 and all of our friends and fans have been really kind to me during this trip. I hope to visit you all again soon!
メンバーやファンにもいじられっぱなしだったし、自己紹介なんかはこんな調子だ。「みんなのこと大好き!みんなも私のこと好きでしょ?」ファンは一斉に「嫌いだよーーーー!」このやり取りは彼女が根負けして「みんな酷いよー!」と言うまで続く。別な時には「Aku,bencong!」(僕には理解不能だったけどファンには大受け)と叫んだ(訳注:Bencongは「オカマ」)
火曜日はあきちゃもステラも休演だったので、「長い光」のソロをやるのは誰か観客は興味津々だった。僕はセンディかキナル、またはフェイだなと思っていたが、超絶驚いたことに出てきたのはなんどはるかだったのだ!例の「はるごん」スタイルの髪型でこの巡りめぐってきたチャンスに彼女はスポットライトに一人佇む・・・なんだけど観客は大笑い。もちろん悪意がある笑いじゃなくって、いつものいじりだ。彼女が歌い始めると笑い声は暖かい拍手に変わった。
(AKBの公演でもこんな風な拍子を受けたりするのかな?)
そうだろうね。いまは彼女はインドネシアが大好きだと公言していて、僕の命のJKT48をとても愛している。僕はほんとうに彼女をリスペクトしている。人生最初のファンレターを彼女へ書いて、激励の気持ちを伝えたくらいだ。故郷を遠く離れて大変なのに、色んな困難を乗り越えてKT48にいま彼女がいるということはとても嬉しい。夢を叶える日まで応援するよ、頑張ってはるか!
2.オンラインのストーカー
この週の出来事の白眉は、日曜日の昼公演のMCだろう。質問は「誰かを好きになったらどうする?」メンバーの答えには驚いた。ハンナなんかは「どんどん接近して注意を引きつけちゃう!」フィニは「遠くから見てるだけ」タタとリディアは「ツィッターでストーカーしちゃう!」特にリディアは「秘密のアカウントを作るぞ!」だ。そう言えば少し前に、彼女がファンたちの書き込みにストーカーしたみたいって話題があったね。どっちにしろまあ驚きだけど、これが今風の愛情表現なんだろうな。彼女たちのツィートを追いかけている人は注意しないと危ないぜ。
3.Lay Down
”Lay Down”は「僕の太陽」の一番のハイライトだ。めちゃ面白い!アンコールでメンバーたちが舞台に戻る。突然16人の女の子が思わせぶりな歌声で迫るんだ。いつの間にか異世界へワープしたみたいな感覚だ。「Love you, love me」目一杯アダルトなムード。「お前のすべては私のもの」「ひざまづきな!」なんとまあ、ほんともうこれ面白い!
1)すごくホットで、2)現実とは思えなくって、3)つまりこれはもう妄想の極みだ!
この曲で一番のお気に入りはハンナだ。滑るように踊り、君の目を妖しく見つめてひざまづく・・・僕は真正面に居たわけじゃないけど、それでも一発で悩殺だ(3秒は息が止まったな)勿論、多くの人は、TsuNaomi(シンタ・ナオミ) がこの公演のハイライトだと言うけれど、でもぜひとも自分の目で確かめて欲しいと思う。
この公演は3回見たけれどとても楽しかった。毎回後方の席でMelos(ファンクラブ)の連中と一緒に歌った。16人がみんなで僕に「ひざまづけ!」って言ってるようだった。”Lay Down”はマストだな。今日誰かがツィートしていたけれど、アンコールのシャウトは「アンコール、行くぞ!」から「Lay Downを頼むぜ!アンコール!」みたいに変えようって。”48ファンダム”で僕が今まで見た中で最高に”変貌を楽しめる”歌だと思う。シグルとレナに一度これをやらせてみたい。
話は短めに、との約束通り、このあたりで終わろうと思うんだけれど、JKT48の逸話は毎日毎日山ほど出てくるよね。みんなも僕の話を楽しんでくれるといいんだけど、出来ればみんなも色々そんな話を寄稿して欲しい。そうすれば、僕らはもっとそれぞれのメンバーのことをよく知ることが出来るしね。
※ちょと個人的な話で恐縮です。infzero氏には今回のジャカルタ滞在のアテンドを初め、いつも多大なご助力を頂き心から感謝いたします。その他の友人の皆さんにも大変親切にして頂きました。また近々ジャカルタで会いましょう!
Featured Image Courtesy of Melos no Michi
wow you got poisoned by Hanna ^^ well, she’s a bit airhead and yes KKS is stalker, and my friend got shock at HS with his Oshi(yona), suddenly Yona tell “your name is yyyy right?” he totally surprise “How she know?” ^^; i guess because their follower is not that much, so they can easily read mention from fans
the most recent event of kks stalking iwas Lidya’s accidental reply on twitter :))
Hahahaha heard about that story XD
dangerous~
Hahaha Yona must really be hardworking to want to get to know more fans
I hope we get to know more about her too
haha.. I geard that story before..
About the encore where they said something like “Teman-teman, karena kita mau nonton Lay Down jadi kita encore yukk !!”
Haven’t been able to watch BnT right now but one day I will watch the show
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btw.. those Yaranaika faces XD
*heard
I made a lot of typo today -__-“
You love it don’t you, you love right, stallion?
At one part it was funny but for the other one is horor -__-“
hahaha its the most fun and real so far
i don’t really think jkt fans need to copy japan encore 100%
so this kind of encore message is fun
Hello, WasshoiJ san,
wonderful report!
I can feel how much you enjoyed JKT world.
Thank you Japarta-san.
I hear you are watching theater today too.
Do enjoy the show!
And this weekend will be best with handshake, sign event and more.
Waiting for your comments!
Hello,
yes, right now I’m on the way from airport to fx.
but i’m involved in crazy traffic jam.
i’m sure i cannot be in time before 18.00, that is the time limit for changing ticket from email.
although I got a ticket for tonight’s RKJ…
hahaha
Hope you will enjoy nice vacation,or rather,homecoming for you, in Jakarta!
Good luck!
Thanks, Tokyo Pop san!
until now, I met 5members directly in the event.
Now, I’m going to my final session to shake hands with Ghaida.
It’s the greatest day for me!
Yup, Haruka looks very happy lately. She become the highlights in JKT48 recent performance, both in TV show or theater..
Let’s support her, she already did a great job in winning the heart of the Indonesian fans..
PS: bencong means transgender, I bet half of my salary that the one that taught her that word is the “Evil Queen” Jeje
Hahahaha she really get trolled by members!!
Haruka is great to watch
Hope the rest of Indonesia will like her too