Jadilah Nekad 4 – Flying Get HS Participant Report Part 2

Cleaning Staff

~How I became a JKT wota~
I originally was a feather weight AKB wota, but in the Shuukan AKB episode aired in September 2012, JKT48 was introduced, and Nabilah’s imitation of Sule made me think she was really funny! And that’s how I started liking JKT and became a full-blown wota.

~About the theater show~
First of all, the very JKT-like powerful performance was something to see! I watched Seishun Girls this time, and who impressed me the most was Rona, with her rich expressions and super energetic performance! But the other members weren’t lagging behind. Naomi too, when Flying Get started her moves got really sharp and powerful. About the MC parts…I supposed that it would be good fun if I could understand Indonesian. I only know a couple of greetings, but sometimes you can understand what the members are talking about from their movements, so I could enjoy the atmosphere in general. Della’s usual (?) English conversation with other members was funny ( ).

~About the handshake event~
Atmosphere: I think the AC were on in the venue, but there were too many people, so it was really hot! It helped make you feel the wotas’ burning passion though. I shook hands with Nabilah, Kinal, Melody, Ve and Sisil.

I’d like to write about all of them…but I chose to restrict the report to my 1st oshi, Ayuchin aka Nabilah. I queued in her lane for sessions 1, 5 and 8.

First up, Session 1! I was nervous just by lining up!

I passed my 4 tickets to the staff in charge and entered the booth! (I wonder what she’s wearing today? Can’t wait~~)

From here on, Y (Yamamoto, my nickname) is me, and N is Nabilah.

Y: Ohayo, Ayuchin!
(Whoaaa a rabbit costume! Super cute!!!)
N: Ohayo! (I was so moved and embarrassed at her looking at me with her bright eyes…)
※By the way, I shook hands with her the first time at Roppongi (Tokyo) last September, during the Indonesian Festival held there.
Y: Ah~do you understand Japanese?
N: Ah… (she gestures “just a little)
Y: OK, Nama saya Yamamoto.
N: Oh!! Yamamoto!! (Hey, no honorifics?? )
※When I shook hands with Kinal, she properly called me with -san ( )
Y: Yoroshiku~
N: Yoroshiku~
And time up. She kept waving at me until I was out of sight.
Aaah…my oshi is such a cute girl!!! That’s what I was thinking while leaving…

Next up, Session 5.
I planned to hand in 3 tickets at once and finish this session right away, but then I thought that “even for just today, I want Nabilah to remember my name!!” and switched to use each ticket separately, thus doing a 3-part loop.
Lining up 3 times in 1 session might be difficult…is what I was thinking, but it somehow worked out!

1st time
Y: Konnichiwa!
N: Konnichiwa!
Y: Do you remember my name??
N: Ah…
Y:Ya….
N: Ya…Ya#*&%#! (She just said a random name )
Y: Bukan! Bukan! (Wrong! Wrong!)
N: Hahaha!
Y: Yamamoto!
N: Oh~Yamamoto!
Time over~~

2nd time

N/Y: Ayu Cinta, Fortune Cookie ~ (We sang it together while shaking hands )
here, I pointed at myself to check if she remembered my name
N: Ya~
Y: Ya~ (Oh, she remembers the initials!)
Y: Yamamoto! (I said it first :lol:)
N: Oh, Yamamoto!

And here I added a question!

Y: What song do you like from JKT48?
N: Kuro! (I didn’t catch what she said well. Maybe she said Kuroi Tenshi?)
Y: Oh~~!

Time over.

Y: One more handshake!!
N: OK!

3rd time

Y: Hello!
N: Oh! Yamamoto!! (She finally remembered!!)
Y: Yeeees!!! Senang~! (I’m Happy!)
N: How do I look? (Seems she had bought her attire at Harajuku)
Y: Eh? Harajuku? Kawaii~! It’s cool!! (I guess she bought them when she did the Usagi Dojo shoot)

And thus Session 5 ended too.

But! As I left the booth and head towards the exit! Rica appeared next to me! She was having some pictures taken by a photographer, but chuckled at my surprised reaction

She’s so cute in person!!

In the exit corridor there were also Kinal, Dhike and other members too, so I was very excited! As I passed by Kinal and Dhike they waved at me smiling and saying “Hi~”!!

Session 8

Once again, 3-part loop using 1 ticket each time!

1st time
Y: Hi~~!
N: Oh! Yamamoto!
Y:Are you tired?
N: (She motions “just a little…) But I’m happy because my fans are here!
(Time over)

2nd time

Y: Hi~~! (entering while doing the Sule imitation :lol:)
N: Oh! Sule!
Y: Yes! I know Sule!
And here Nabilah…
N: only me? (Am I your only oshi?)
Y; Yes! only you!!

And I was leaving the room, Nabilah said “Hahaha!! Nihonjin!! :lol:”

Third time! My last HS with Nabilah for the day.
Y: Hi~~!
N: Yamamoto!
Y: Last handshake!
N: oh…
Y: Terima kasih hari ini! (thanks for today!) Arigatou! As I said this, Nabilah said something to the time-measuring staff guy (lol) Listen to me, hey! (lol) So I said it all again.
N: Arigatou!

We waved each other bye bye, I received a lot of stickers and it ended.

My impression of shaking hands with Nabilah…first of all, she’s so cute!! Nothing else should be said really. I was really glad she’s my oshimen! She changed her attire 3 times, so every time I was all like “she’s so darn cute!!”. I also felt again that she’s really popular. I bet shaking hands with her would be much more fun if I could speak Indonesian. Nabilah can speak English too though. My conviction of keeping her as first oshi was renewed!!

~About mini-concert and surprise announcement~
The greatest memory was the promotion of the 5 2nd gen trainees, of course. Sisil, being one of my oshis, made me feel all “Yatta!! Omedetou!”

~Other~

As there was no sitting space for the wotas to take a break, some would just sit on the ground, making it hard to walk in some spaces…so I felt it’d be useful to set a relax space somewhere in the venue. Trashcans were also very few, causing trash to be just thrown on the ground…I suppose having more of those too wouldn’t hurt.

~Conclusion~
To all JKT wotas! It takes a good amount of cash to go meet the members from abroad. But going after such sacrifices will give you that much more satisfaction, I think! And so! If you’re considering of going to a JKT HS in the future! I think that, other than your oshimen, it’s very worth it to shake hands at least once with Melody and Ve. Their aura, presence, is just indescribable! Even for just 10 seconds, I definitely advise you to go meet them! But going to see just the theater show on a normal weekday, without aiming at the HS, would be good enough too, just seeing their performance.

You might oshihen (change oshi) or oshimashi (increase oshi) just by seeing the show you know~ (The latter happened to me after seeing the theater show lol)

This report’s gotten pretty long already…thank you for reading all the way up to here.

BUT! It’s not over yet. Actually I… missed my RETURN flight

It was scheduled to depart the day after the HS, at 6:30 AM. I was thinking that if I slept I would be done for, so I went back to the hotel, packed up my stuff and just waited but…I fell asleep without realizing it, and when I woke up again…ah! It’s so bright outside…I looked at my watch…6:20 AM. It’s all over….I felt really depressed. I quickly called the Japanese travel agent and booked a seat on the flight of the next day. Phew….(;^^)

Then, to heal this wound at least a little, I went to see the Seishun Girls show that day. Maybe because it was the day after the HS, there were empty seats and no one in the standing area. Just as I thought the show would start…the 3rd gen (White team – 10 members) performed Ponytail to Shushu! Andela center!! (so cuuuute!) Just like a surprise to cheer up this oversleeper here! But be careful not to do the same everyone :lol:. Anyway, all sorts of things happened, it was super fun!!

Allow me finally to thank everyone from JKT48Stuff for helping us, I’m really really grateful!

Mr. Yokohama

My chance to become a JKT48 fan
One day I was asked by my friend, who is an AKB48 fan, to vote for something, then I accessed AKB48 homepage and unintentionally clicked JKT48 banner. It was my chance to become a JKT48 fan.

Like other people, firstly my attention was drawn by Melody. Then, after some changes, I got settled in as Rica & Sendy oshi. Rica’s beauty, Sendy’s singing ability, and above all I was fascinated by these 2 girls’ friendship.

And since when I found Natalia who was selected as Yuuhi-Senbatsu member, I became a K3 fan as well. Last October, I sent my question to Natalia’s Q&A session in her twitter and she picked up my question and answered. It made me a Natalia-oshi. You know, it is our happiness if we get a reply from a member even though via SNS, isn’t it?

I respect Rica and Sendy as a performer. On the other hand, from my favorite type of woman, Natalia is the best. Therefore, I have been feeling a good match with these 3 girls since before. And after I actually met them this time I got to know my feeling was not wrong

Theater Performance
This time, it was my very first time to watch their show in the theater. I was so impressed with their powerful performance.

I’m not a man who knows dance techniques, but I saw the sense of unity between members and audience was creating the space and atmosphere. Yes, their format is actually from Japan, but I’m sure that JKT itself has been created and grown by Indonesian people.

One of the big differences from Japan’s is the youthfulness of fans. In the future, JOT should give high priority to develop a little bit higher age market. Actually I have a local friend who is in his thirties, I think that JKT48 is capable of appealing to adult male like him so I hope JOT should value members who are in their twenties.

HS event
I enjoyed HS with Sendy, Rica, Natalia, Veranda, Aca, Sisil and Uty. 3 oshi-mems and I tried 4 other mems, so total 7 members.

For HS with oshi-mem, the tickets I bought was for 30-50 seconds each. I didn’t need any long greeting words for starting conversation with my oshi-mems, but 30-50 seconds was very short. Yeah, it’s quite tough for me to talk more than 1 minute with a member who is not my oshi-mem though.

When my 2nd HS with Natalia on that day, my friend, who is Indonesian, entered the booth together with me as a translator, great help for me. If somebody translate our words there, it is a great help for foreigners like us. However, when my 3rd HS with her, my friend was not allowed to enter the booth together with me. Whether allowed or not, it depended on a staff who was beside the booth. To be general, isn’t it acceptable?

The word “fishing” is often used to phrase member’s dealing with fans. However, I believe that the member’s gratitude comes to be a wonderful behavior, so I can never use “fishing” as a word meaning insidious.

If using words like “Kami-taio(excellent dealing)” and ”Shio-taio(cooled dealing)”, I guess all JKT members are Kami-taio. It may come from Indonesian nature.

I liked the atmosphere of the venue too.

In the venue I saw wotas took a room to sell or exchange pp and goods like a free-market (it was not allowed there actually), but I liked its free atmosphere. And no need to pay for watching events and mini concert in the venue, so even Wota who didn’t have enough money was able to be there to enjoy JKT48. Such tolerance is wonderful.

Some oshi-groups were gathering inside and outside venue, I was happy to join and fit in one of them. No matter what our nationality is, no matter how old we are, it’s easy to become friends as far as supporting the same member.

Indonesia and Wota there
I was so touched by Indonesian people’s friendliness, tenderness, kindness and sincerity. I am convinced that their humanity brings up JKT48.

Japanese style idol is sometimes said as worship of money. If JKT48 goes in such direction, it can cause some social problems. In order not to transfer the image “Senbatsu member = member who has rich fans” from Japan, I strongly hope a Senbatsu member selection system that fits Indonesian humanity will be provided.

Thank you
I met JKT48 for the first time, and there are some that are same as what I watched in YouTube or streaming, also some that are new for me. For whom often watch JKT48 live, if I have some misunderstanding please kindly forgive me with your broad mind.

And sorry, I don’t write any detail of my HS experience. Because in front of my oshi-mem I was touched and came to weep, I’m too shy to write my conversation with members.

My friends in Indonesia, thanks a lot. It felt like a very nice dream. I’m looking forward to seeing you again!

My oshi, Natalia
It had been my dream to meet Natalia. At last, I met her. Let me talk about my feelings about her.

Natalia is cute, her dance is excellent, her singing also great. She is not tall, so I think even she cuts out for center position. But for no reason she isn’t eyed.

One of the most excellent dancing member
JKT48 officially uploaded a tutorial video of “Fortune Cookie yang mencinta”, Viny, Yona and Natalia is dancing along the song.

Natalia’s dance is awesome. Rhythmical, no axial runout, good twisting.. And the combination of her hands and feet movement is beautiful.

The unit song “Aku, Juliet dan Jet Coaster” that she performes with Rona and Acha is a grand sum of her appeal in terms of dancing. It’s high level performance. We, Natalia-oshi, are proud of that performance.

Very expressive face and good acting ability
Her facial expressions are various in many pictures and videos, she looks like a completely different person. She is actually so funny character that she shows us many funny-face pictures.

In “Lay Down”, a song from set list “Boku no Taiyo”, Natalia shows us sexy-face that doesn’t lose to even Naomi. She gets right into the image of the song so that I feel I get frightened.

She can express scary girl’s face as well as lolita face, but there are not many members whom both sexiness and cuteness coexist inside.

Treasure fans
Natalia often tweets what she is doing now, and her gratitude to fans is quite straightforward. Recently 3rd generation girls joined JKT48, so 2nd generation girls suddenly started their mention in twitter. But Natalia has been mentioning something so often since before.

Modest girl
But… Natalia doesn’t have natural born smile such as Ikha or Viny has. Maybe she doesn’t have any natural born talent for being an artist such as Shania has, that attracts people.
She is a little timid and modest, maybe she is not good at appealing herself. However, it is her charm for us, Natalia-oshi, at the same time. Because her modesty comes from her tenderness.

Ganbare!
I’m sure Natalia is always performing in strong consciousness of former Team K, AKB48. Former Team K is too great, but I hope Natalia and Team K3 friends succeed the cheerfulness, power and unity power from former Team K. Natalia, and friends, you have my full support!

Mr. Bangkok

Oh yes I went there! To the “Flying Get” handshake event!!

It’s 2 times in a row, so maybe you won’t believe me, but really, really by chance, my business trip from Bangkok to Jakarta coincided with the handshake event…

Thanks God….

Thank you so much…

It’s my 2nd time, and the venue was the same too, if there was anything I didn’t understand I could ask Indonesian fans so…I felt very safe and at ease!

The previous time I didn’t know anything so I really didn’t know what to do, but this time I was relatively calm.

First of all, I met “them” again!

Of the Japanese people I had met before there were S-san and C-san (also called D-san…), with some new fans: E-san, S2-san, Y-san and Su-san. I was still thinking that it had been a long time since we last met, when the Japanese-residing Veranda God C-san took out some photos…He then picked photos of Beby among them, and said:

“Here ya go, Bangkok-san”
“What? Can I really have them…!?”
“What are you saying man? We’re friends aren’t we!”

…I was left speechless…

On to the handshaking…while going to register in Session 7, I bumped into…Beby’s mom…. I just did a small greeting as usual, and was going my way but… After thinking a lot, I gathered my courage and talked to her… We just exchanged a couple of words, but I think I was more nervous than when I talked to Beby herself (LMAO)

And so…
In order…

The first batter was my 4th Oshi, Sinka!
I entered the booth with an energetic “Soreee! (Eveniiing)”, but then…speechless again…

“Buchi kawaii”!!!

In Hiroshima dialect, “very” and “extremely” become “buchi”, you see. As a Hiroshima person, I felt in a long time a feeling that could be expressed only with “buchi”! She was that cute!
My hard learned Indonesian disappeared, and I told her “You’re so incredibly cute!” in Japanese…that’s how much I had forgotten myself…

She also was lean beyond my expectations…Her image is a little chubby so…

Aah…

Next time, I want to get at least 20 tickets…
She was so buchi kawaii…

Ah! I forgot to tell her my name

The 2nd one was Yona!
Those eyes of hers are really amazing…
Even if her eye size plus my eye size is divided into 2, it is still big enough

They exceed being just “charming”, I could say they’re “bewitching” maybe. When she looks at you, your heart skips a beat. Her voice too, it could be defined as “ever lingering in one’s ears”. It really leaves a strong impression. She’s got something special within, I just feel it…

I couldn’t talk properly, so I ended up not saying what I wanted, and time ended so quickly!

Ah! I forgot to tell her my name

3rd one was Rica!
So petite!!! And so, I should use “lovelyyyy!” rather than just “cuteee!” for her, I guess. She’s the oldest member though.

She was wearing an Indian-style costume, which looked so good on her. Her face has a “beautiful” and “exotic” atmosphere to it, so the Indian-style make-up and clothes really looked good on her.

Ah! I forgot to tell her my name

BUT!

She asked it! So as I was leaving she said “See you next time Bangkok-san”, name and all. This is really something important…I felt all warm and fuzzy inside…

The 4th one was with my 2nd oshi, Dhike!
My wish came true at last! I suppose the costumes the members wore that day had all sorts of themes…

When I met Dhike, she was wearing the costume she also posted on twitter, and when I entered the booth, I stepped back unconsciously…But she’s that pretty after all, so even with a super gorgeous and showy costume like that, one gets charmed…

​Well, I told her my name before forgetting to…talked about this and that, then obviously she said “I love oranges” in Japanese, so I replied “Dhike daisuki”, and she laughed her own unique way…personally, I really like her way of laughing…

For me, she is the most beautiful member of all…I could feel it again. She’s a beautiful girl with a veeeery mysterious aura…

Also, when doing the handshaking she puts a sticker on her palm…So when the handshaking ends, the sticker goes to my palm. I went “aah!” when I noticed. Such a neat idea (trick) she thought up.

The 5th was my 3rd oshi, Dena!
She’s really pretty too! Clear and defined features…

“Are you tired?” I asked her, and she replied “I never get tired~~~” with a smile full of energy…just wonderful. She gave me so many stickers too!

During this year’s JJC New Year Party I saw her and thought “who’s that pretty girl!?” then every time I see a show (She was in every Team J show I’ve watched…she’s the member I’ve seen the most), so she interested me more and more. As my only oshi coming from “actual observation”, I wished for her to promoted in Team J, so when it happened I became like Anzai-sensei (of Slam Dunk fame), knelt down and cheered…well not really, but I was like “OH YES!!”, my fists figuratively shooting in the air…

6th one was Veranda! Loved by one and all!
I expected her to be wearing C-san’s present, which she wore in the morning, but she was wearing a Cinderella-like dress. But she looked so perfect in it, like it was made just for her to wear.

So I entered, and after the handshake said “Onaka suita~” (←remember Shukan AKB?) and she said “Do you still remember that?” looking surprised and laughing…and she said it in Japanese!! I replied “Iya..! Masih ingat kok..” (Yes, I still remember…) in Indonesian. For now, mission complete!

“I’m a friend of C-san, and I wanted to see the dress he gave you, but this one is pretty too!”…I said, and used up all the time.

I can see now why she could reach 2nd place. She’s like in another dimension, this girl..

But, maybe because she’s busy, she hasn’t uploaded a pic on her twitter yet…

The 7th…the rear guard was of course Beby!
I entered the booth with a cheerful “Soreee!” (Good afternoon) and…she…
She waved both of her hands and greeted me with…
“Haaai..! Bangkok saaan..!”

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I felt all my work of these 2-3 months…efforts I’d call top gear (?) bear fruit…

In 30 seconds, I enjoyed enough a normal conversation, pretty much naturally.

Even if Sinka might be cute beyond reason. Even if Dena and Dhike might be really pretty and beautiful. Even if Veranda has an otherworldly charm. My Beby goes beyond all this…

U-kun too, who went in the booth after me, was equally devastated! We melted then and there… (lol)

Our conversation, though, was much too natural, and I forgot an important question…

“When will your photo album come out?”

Actually, before that I had told M-kun (who had planned to HS with Beby in an earlier session) to tell her that since last time I could not receive a sticker could she keep one for me? And he did. Honestly, this time there were stickers remaining, but she said “These are for Bangkok-san” and gave me 6. I then understood that M-kun had relayed the message, and she had remembered me.

When I thanked M-kun for the message and said that Beby remembered me, he said all proudly “I told you right?? Beby would definitely remember you!!” and was happy too :’)

By the way, there were lots of people lined up at the 3rd gen’s booth. Even after the queues at Haruka, Ayana and Melody’s booth ended, people were still lined up at the 3rd gen’s booth. Well, I do understand that feeling

Anyway…These girls…must be studying Japanese a lot….

Then, while I was talking with fellow wotas, the mini concert/announcement time came. Heading back towards the venue, I bumped into Gaby’s mother. Our eyes met, so I nodded at her and she nodded back, looking like she was thinking “Oh, you came today??”.

So, we’re back in the venue…which was so chaotic! Really…incredible, so many people…

During the HS people were moving, so air did too, but now most people were waiting still…so, the air was still too…Such a thick atmosphere….

We went on with all our strengths, and the place we were forced to stop was right in front of a space inside the KakaoTalk Booth, apparently set up for the members’ parents…Beby’s mom was there too.

Things were scheduled to start at 20:30, but as usual the real show start was at 21.

The mini concert was….

Outside my field of view!!

All I could see was a sea of light sticks and arms..

Nothing eeeelseeee!!

So I checked the stage via a monitor, and enjoyed the fans’ excited atmosphere in front of me.

The first song was of course Flying Get!

The 2nd was Malu Malu Lollipop! Now, I might be biased but…I felt the crowd was more excited during it than during Flying Get.…I felt during it “Isn’t everyone cheering more now?”…everyone was really hyper, and it contaminated everyone around, me included!

The 3rd song was Aitakatta, performed by the 3rd gen! After all, this was the best song choice

I only saw it through the screen, but their “green-ness” was clear.

The 4th song was Jadilah Batu yang Berputar (Korogaru Ishi ni Nare), kind of Team KIII’s theme song I guess. Thinking about it, during the show too I felt Team KIII’s powerfulness from this song.

The 5th song was Demi Seseorang (Dareka no tame ni) ! A song that strikes deep into your heart……

And the 6th was Gadis Remaja! (Shojotachi yo) With all members on stage! The 3rd gen stepped down, and performed right in front of the audience.

After the 6th song the MC started. That time lightsticks and arm forests disappeared, so we could see the stage

And what we saw was…

The Sousenkyo senbatsu members not being there…

With U-kun I was saying stuff like “Hey, the senbatsu members aren’t there. Figure the new song’s coming next!?” and…

The 6th single, Gingham Check, was it!

As most expected.

But, being the contorted person I am, I was hoping for the first original song or “Give me Five!”…

Watching Beby (of course), Ghaida, Rica and the others, I felt that the members we (fans) chose are really here, singing the new single…seeing this first performance with my own eyes (well not directly though…:lol: ), the emotion of listening to it…it just can’t be expressed…　I wonder if the other fans didn’t feel the same as well……and that day, for the…how many times? I felt tears welling up…

But then! Jiro-san came up on stage!

Sisil was called first, and her promotion to Team KIII announced.
Sisil…she collapsed then and there…… :’)

She’s a super cheerful girl, but she must have had feelings of worry about when her promotion would come, and kept working hard holding them within…tears coming up again…

After her, Via, Novi, Shafa and Dena were called one by one…

All of them must have had their hearts beating so fast…

Dena too, seeing the other 4 trainees already called and she being the only one left…”what if they don’t call me?” must have been so worried. She was already crying with happiness at the other 4 members’ promotion, so when she was called, her face was just a mess…

Via, Novi and Shafa to Team KIII , Dena to Team J.

I’m so glad Dena got to join Team J !

Because if I go see a Team J show I can see that sexy self introduction she does!

When leaving the venue, I saw Beby’s mom yet again and nodded at her…

After leaving once I went in again, did some business, took a memorial photo. This time the venue was cooler, and I could realize the AC was on

There were some mist-blowing fans too but….it seems the fans’ hot energy was stronger…the fans’ energy won!

There were cleaning staff people picking up trash during the event this time, but their picking up speed could not catch up to the trash being thrown away speed… Some volunteers helped with it too, as the official account tweeted.

OK, lastly…

If you’re the least bit interested, I don’t know if I’ll be able to go to the next HS, but let’s go together! Theater shows are OK too! Just call on me~! Let’s go together! Well, I might be annoying to hang with though..

So please try to go! Their effort is something to behold, it draws you right in! They’re really doing their very best! And you bet that seeing them “live” is totally different! No comparison with the TV! You feel different things!

Handshake events are hot and can be tiring, but the shows..hmm, let’s see…if your hips are weak, I advise bringing a pillow to sit on…

A friend from Bangkok that came with me was not interested at first, but…surprisingly…he was really satisfied after the show!