Got this from
Irea, an excerpt from an entry on
Koyama's J-web.
「薮と光と、ご飯食べに行きました
(Today) I had lunch with Yabu and Hikaru.『Hi! Hey! Say!』のスタッフさんがお食事会を開いてくれたんです!!
...because the Hi!Hey!Say! staff held a party!! (i.e. a party with food and drinks)
薮と光と番組を始めてから初のお食事会
It was the first party we had with Yabu and Hikaru since the show startedみんなと一緒に懐かしい思い出話を話しました!!
And all of us started bringing up nostalgic memories!!俺がドッキリにあったり、大阪で寝起きロケがあったり・・・。
When they played a prank on me, when we stayed the night in Osaka and got up to tape the show on location...話はつきません。
The conversation just didn't run out.この番組は俺の原点!
This show was the starting point for me!薮と光と誓いました!!もっともっと楽しい番組にしよーって
I've made a promise to Yabu and Hikaru: we'll make a more enjoyable show of it俺熱く語るの好きでさー 薮と光にはうざかったかな笑?
As for my fondness of making passionate speeches... Yabu, Hikaru... Did I annoy you? *LOL*お兄ちゃんお仕事大好きだからごめんな
Please forgive me. It's just that your "onii-chan" (older brother in a figurative sense)
loves his job too much. とにかく、最高の会でした!!
Anyway, it was a great get-together!!そして最高の弟2人でした!!」
...with the two best little brothers!!
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This-
This made me cry. I mean really, it made me cry. Because I remember all the episodes from Yayayah (at least the 40-60 episodes I have on my PC) And I remember the prank they pulled on him, and the Osaka live. I was crying.
Yayayah has always been one of my favorite shows, not just for the boys but for the content as well. Needless to say, the new show HHS does nothing in comparison and they better keep the promise of
making a more enjoyable show of it,
or else.But still, to think that Yabu and Hikaru have come this far, and Shoon and Taiyo are left to the dust (although Shoon has been fairing well recently). It really makes me wonder where all that went. I miss it, I really do.
And Koyama, please don't forget that you don't just have
TWO LITTLE BROTHERS. On that show, you used to have
FOUR (or even more if you counted the number of times Inoo, Daiki, and Matsumoto Kyouhai guested). I'd understand if you'd say
THREE, because Taiyo isn't in the Jimusho anymore, but disregarding Shoon's existence makes me sad (although I'm sure you didn't mean to.) D: I mean,
Shoon's still there, isn't he? You see him every Shokura, don't you? Do you still view him as one of your precious little brothers? When he's all crack!-filled and hyper, do you ever think, '
hey, I remember when he was still a quiet boy in Yayayah, Ah, I sure miss those days.'
Which makes me wonder... How did Yabu and Hikaru feel when talking about these nostalgic memories? I really wonder. (They should really have their own blogs on J-Web soon. I need an outlet for my Taiyo deprivation)
Now I'm depressed. I'm gonna go cry myself to sleep now.