Scene Dome DVD Sakumoto moments! (Edited with new observations!)

[darkilk]

Squeaks of delight!

Today was supposed to be a day of doing work-related stuff in the morning, followed by some research for fic-writing and attempting to continue fic-writing... The day started well enough with breakfast while re-watching the training camp clip... and it evolved into screening through again to list out my fav sakumoto subtle-or-otherwise moments that had me all squished up with happy butterflies in my tummy.

Here goes the list with some picspams along the way (in chronological order cos I can't decide which is / are my favs!):
1.  Jun’s (unintentional?) question whether Sho will be lonely when the latter initially chooses the mattress that is not under the sloping roof.

2.  Sho’s (or is it Jun’s?) shifting of sleeping arrangements so that Sho is still beside Jun by the time they slot all five mattresses under the roof: subtle sakumoto at work here?  Nah... it's just this silly alien's hyperactive imagination at work... ???

2a. When Sho asks if everyone is okay with the new sleeping arrangements, Jun seems to raise his hand in agreement before suddenly stopping himself and touching his forehead instead.  I don't know, it just seems to me like he suddenly was aware that he may seem over-enthusiatic for Sho to stay where he was; it was likely that the rest were going to agree anyway.  It just seemed like a "Oops! I hope the camera didn't catch that." moment.  And not the last really.  So endah kindly clarified for me that Sho actually asked who preferred their original arrangement, and that it was he and (momentarily) Jun who raised their hands.  Hayashi ne... why protest if you were the one who initiated the shift, Jun-kun?  Worried you couldn't control yourself? That your inner-most desires would surface during your unconscious hours? LOL.  You can see endah's take in the comments below.  Thank you so much for the clarification.  I'd done this when subs weren't out yet, so pardon my half-baked interpretation. LOL.

3.  Sho’s unrestrained laughter when Nino has to try on Jun’s birthday outfits: laughter to hide the jealousy, Sho-chan?

4.  Jun unconsciously (?) spreading himself onto Sho’s mattress during the night.  Missed this on watching the first time, but practically squealed at the TV when I watched it enlarged on my big-screen TV.



5.  Despite Jun being the one who doesn’t deal well with waking in the morning, it’s Sho who can’t seem to wake when the alarm goes off… and Jun is the first to get to shutting off the alarm... before adopting the pose of a beached whale. LOL!



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6.  Jun asking Sho “What’s wrong?” continually as Sho shakily makes his way through the planked barrel: Awwwww...



7.  Jun giving an encouraging pat to the shoulder that turns int a lovingly poke at Sho to take the literal flying leap off the platform





8.  Sho shrieking “Hey! Don’t touch me!” and Jun LOLing his head off



9.  Jun pushing Sho off the platform at “2” even as Sho flailingly scolds him to be a baka







10. Jun’s numerous DoS attempts to encourage, yet frighten Sho on high ropes challenges: flying fox, jostling the log / planks during log-walk, plank-walk, etc)





11. After their meal, it’s again Sakumoto side-by-side during their naptime. (Fic potential?)



12. Jun suggested Sho play the piano for the rest after Ohno’s initial tinkering on it



13. Jun’s quiet appreciation in the background as Sho plays Hatenai Sora, and his own silent encouragement when Sho hits some off-notes (kudos to Camera-san panning on Jun for a few seconds!)

13a. There's that initial quick slide of eyes away when Sho replies to Jun's request to play something.  Jun can't be JUST checking whether staff will be unhappy for any delay right?  When Sho reaches the climax, everyone is just swaying to the music, but Jun JUST STAYS STILL.  To me, I just think when I'm that concentrated on something (someone :) ), I tend to just stay still and want to completely immerse myself with no distractions... so I'm kinda like "~kya!" for that.  And "Oops!" moment #2 here when Sho seems to hit that difficult note that Jun ducks down to?  It's like he realizes too late that the camera is focused on his almost-fond and nervous reaction.  Again, cue the sharp contrast in how the other members are just pandering to the camera, and Jun JUST WANTS TO CONCENTRATE ON SHO PLAYING. 

That poker-faced expression he had when the camera just panned on him?  You'd think there'd be a more cheered, or idolizing expression, and yet the fact that he's keeping a blank expression (and yet was / is vocal about how good Sho is) just makes me wonder WHY a blank expression?  I would have thought you'd be proud of your bandmate.  That preference to maintain neutrality just screams for something more beneath the surface.  It's only towards the end that he gets more enlivened.  And when Sho is slightly disgruntled at himself when he finishes, Jun just cannot help but gush about how it was a really good effort.  LOL. Can you tell it's one of my two fav moments of the training camp?

14. Sakumoto side-by-side during the Live Concert arrangements: why the distance Sho?! Jun?!






Edited to add that I'm so excited to hear uncommonly performed songs like Sketch likely to (will?) be added to the playlist, together with Subarashii Sekai, Season, Kaze, Carry On (at least these were the ones I caught)

15. Jun giving meat to Sho first despite Riida being closer, but the chipmunk choosing to receive the wagyu into his palm than to let Jun feed him directly: why so shy Sho?


 

 

16. The "u-mai~!" trend that's been noted recently among group members (or is it just the two of them?)


Training camp just encapsulates for me the essence of Sakumoto: the subtle care, the teasing moments, the pride of the DoS in his boyhood crush; that 68 minutes is all it takes to wrap what I would like their relationship to be: the playfulness, the seriousness, the respect.  Ooh... I'm over-thinking this too much I know, but it's just so ~kya-worthy. LOL.

Any other squee-able moments that I missed? LOL.  Oh God! Must clear some work first!  Must get to fic-writing! Argh...

Screencaps are my own, but the raw comes from vendy@Hachi.A.

Edited to link to a one-shot I just wrote inspired by the sakumoto rabu here.  Slightly spoilerish, but nothing too related to the DVD in general.

Comments

[shojunniji.livejournal.com]

thank you so much, I haven't watched it (a silly promise to myself not to watch before the dvd arrives)
really can't wait to see the whole thing!
thanks again for sharing^^

[darkilk.livejournal.com]

My DVD only comes when my break ends, so I kinda caved! LOL. Hope it didn't spoil things too much!

[dhannylyn.livejournal.com]

ommgg..oommggg..
leaks are everywhere ..im at bliss now^^
but still be waiting for my dvd to arrived..
and for the hardsubs to be out!!

hardsubs...please be out soon

[darkilk.livejournal.com]

LOL. Was thinking the same way too... then realized that even without the subs it was so much fun.

Now I REALLY can't wait till subs come out. Tanoshii! LOL.

[igure.livejournal.com]

Jun was so DoS with Sho xDDD there are a lot of sakumoto moments(in the concert too). my favourite scene is when SHo played the piano, Jun looked so proud *3*
thanks for translating some of the scenes xD I missed some sakumoto because I didn't understand.

[darkilk.livejournal.com]

OOh... Haven't found the time to watch the concert yet. Now, you've given me the impetus to get to it. LOL.

As for translating, not too sure how much I've gotten right since my limited knowledge is self-taught, so there may be errors. And it wasn't *really* exactly a translation. Glad you enjoyed it anyway. :)

[pirate-genesis.livejournal.com]

Haven't watch it yet. Still downloading. Can't wait to see this!

Thanks for sharing!

[darkilk.livejournal.com]

Ganbatte! You'll absolutely love it once you get to it! :) :)

*baka iseijin scampers off to avoid spoiling the pirate any further*

[maricha74.livejournal.com]

I just love this DVD
I couln't help myself but to watch the leaked version

The sakumoto moments were so enjoyable
I can't stop thinking about them!!!

[darkilk.livejournal.com]

Rabu rabu right? LOL. So much so that I even spent the day writing fic instead of settling more work. LOL.

Tanoshii!

[astrangerenters.livejournal.com]

Camera-san was indeed good to us. Oh, there were hearts in my eyes when I watched this.

[darkilk.livejournal.com]

So apparently igure advised that there is more to be had in concert... LOL... have promised myself a little more work to be cleared today before I watch more vids again.

Life is good right now... :) :) :)

[ermc.livejournal.com]

squee worthy moments are squee worthy... thanks for this.

[darkilk.livejournal.com]

LOL... good stuff should always be shared. Was squeeing as I watched already yesterday, but too tired to do much. LOL.

Glad you enjoyed this! :) :)

[darkilk.livejournal.com]

I know exactly what you mean! I was squealing when it seemed like the cameraman purposely captured that Jun was separate from the rest while Sho's playing, and yet the few seconds of closeup on Jun... *subtle sakumoto rabu spills over*

Oh man... the potential for fic just grew exponentially from these 68 minutes... Ah... Arashi, how much I love thee! :) :)

[theyorpeffect.livejournal.com]

there were lovely sakumoto moments!! yay! off to the fic :)

[darkilk.livejournal.com]

I know, and now yuizaki_libra has posted softsubs for it. Go grab and don't forget to say thanks! :) :) :)

Hope you enjoy the fic too! :) :)

[chynnawitch.livejournal.com]

I was kyaaaa~ing all the time during the whole thing or laughing my head off XD!!! I got the mail confirming my DVD has been shipped yesterday some I'm biting my nails for it to arrive ASAP. The piano playing part was love T^T
Thank you for this!

[darkilk.livejournal.com]

Tell me about it! Should have been able to receive mine earlier too, but cos tagged it together with my order for Nippon no Arashi, so gotta ait that bit longer.

GLad you enjoyed it, cos I sure enjoyed making it. Come on, like I didn't already need another excuse to re-watch the vid. LOL. Enjoy the DVD when you get it! :)

[chiyame24.livejournal.com]

Oh wow so much Sakumoto rabu rabu!!! ^-^ This is a fangirl's dream haha!!
My DVD was just shipped today which is enough to keep me from watching it online! I want to watch it on my dvd first! Then i'll have to find subs! I can't wait!! :D
All these leaks are making me so excited!!

[darkilk.livejournal.com]

I woke up this morning to see that yuzaki_libra has posted softsubs for it, so I'm getting hyped for another re-watch! :) :) :)

Sakumoto bliss! And of course overall member-ai as well. Ahhh... subtle and not-so-subtle sakumoto working overtime! :) :)

[darkilk.livejournal.com]

OMG! I TOTALLY did the same thing... and re-watched it, and re-watched it, and... you get the picture! LOL. So I can assume another DoS to join the party? LOL.

And now softsubs are out, so I'll just go re-watch it again... *baka iseijin scrambles off with glee*

[ohsyojdub.livejournal.com]

They should have an Arashi camp every season! This was so much fun! ^^

[darkilk.livejournal.com]

LOL. They should be headed to Hawaii if the boys had their way. LOL. It's just so much goodness to see them going back to their roots, yet still going forward. There were so many throwbacks-in-time moments in the vid. Ahhhh... (^_^) (^_^) (^_^)

[riverofnara.livejournal.com]

This has gotten me so excited to watch this. :D Jun's look when he's watching Sho play piano is so sweet.

[darkilk.livejournal.com]

I absolutely LOVED the cameraman who filmed this! He/She just knew when to pan in and out to capture Jun's subtle expressions; the poker-faced expression, the little nods of encouragement behind Sho's back... It's just... pure LOVE. Do watch it soon. :) :)

[rim1789.livejournal.com]

xD I caved in before getting my dvd xD Leaving too far away to get it quickly anyway. I love the camp training so much.

MY MONEY HAS NVER BEEN SO WELL INVESTED BEFORE XD

I DIED so many times *______*

Johnny T_T We need more "sleeping Arashi Time" ...This one was ...SO pure love <3

[darkilk.livejournal.com]

LOL... just the thought that the boys also want another training camp also made me happy, cos it's only here that they can be so relaxed. A little sad that Sho acknowledges it might still take another 5 to 10 years for the next one to happen.

NNNNNOOOOOOOO.....

[carrotfreak.livejournal.com]

Not a huge sakumoto fan but this screencap has the feel. you know? THE feel. XDD

[darkilk.livejournal.com]

I hate you for tempting me so. *baka iseijin pulls a plushie carrot on the freak* LOL.

[endah.livejournal.com]

Hi! Hope you don't mind this late comment.

Especially for moments #2 and #2a, it tickles me, too. Actually Sho here asks who of them prefers the previous position (where he was apart from the rest) to the current cramped one. "元のほうがいい人？". Maybe he's feeling guilty that an extra bed makes things so cramped. Nino, Aiba and Ohno kindly vote against him moving again.

So the question is, why did Jun vote 'yes' like Sho (though he cancelled it half-way)? Jun was the one who suggested the new arrangement in the first place, and I can't believe he minded the lack of space that much. So why did he initially raise a hand? Everything about this moment is just too cute.

[darkilk.livejournal.com]

Better late than never! Our sparkly boys were around for close to eight years before I got to know of them, so you know... LOL.

Ahhh... blame it on me guessing the meaning from my (extremely limited) understanding of Japanese... So THAT was what he meant. LOL... That now makes it sssooo much more interesting doesn't it? Like you say... hayashi ne... why Jun would protest when he was the one who initiated the whole thing anyway... Thank you for exlpaining that to me. :) :) :)

[gloriaseable.livejournal.com]

ciao,
sorry,
I am a recenlty Arashi fan,
but I noticed some things
1) present for Nino, Sho laughs before the present is opened,
seems to know what it is already... Nino laughs in the back when sho is on the futon in front of June ? I'm not sure
2) training camp, June teases Sho, but support him when to jump
3) before dinner, Nino gives way to Jun in front Sho

[darkilk.livejournal.com]

So sorry for the extremely late reply, but better late than not at all right?

Here we go...
1) Totally know you mean! Sho-kun... any reason why you seemed to know before everyone else what Jun was going to take out of his bag? Any chance you were there when he was packing it? LOL. *silly alien wiggles eyebrows*

2) What can we say? You see the true mettle of friendship when the going gets "tough".

3) Didn't quite catch that one, but now a good reason to watch it again right? LOL. Now, just kinda gotta wait for end-of-year vacation to hopefully get down to serious R&R... and fic writing too.

[hotaru-schiffer.livejournal.com]

Ah~ I've been watch this and being disappointed about Jun not feeding Sho >3<
But I've seen a lot of Sakumoto since 2011...
Hope they do more interaction <3

Sorry I took so long...

[darkilk.livejournal.com]

LOL... I guess my trigger was with (2008?) Shukudai's "Ma-chan" nickname. The first time I heard a more-than-affectionate reference between the two... And lovely fanfic from argle_fraster and astrangerenters. Squee....