To be Free

Since our dear mc sho is missing...

N: I thought since S isn't around, J will be the MC… but how come its you standing there?

J to A: You're not fooling around are you?

A: I'm not!

With that aiba starts off the show :)

A: iya x3, really… *claps hands*

N: Aiba-san.. could it be that you've run out of stuff to say already?

Sho surprises his laughter XD

A: No no no! There's a lot of things to say really… I'm watching the drama… it’s a really good drama isn't it (to Sho)? What kind of drama is it like? Share with those who have not watched the drama please.

Of cos sho agrees and  starts his well rehearsed PR for the drama… only to get cut off half way by aiba haha

haha, aiba as the MC is really… hilarious XD

J to S: Me and Nino has been in the guest team before, and we both won… are you ok? (meaning can you win?)

N: In the guest team today, you won't end up as the supporter for cliff climb or the person giving out directions for pinball runner will you? You will be the main character won't you?

S: Everytime people have those victory celebrations, like 'I reached the top' etc, honestly for me, its hard for me to have a chance to say that.

A: Ok, so shall we call upon our plus 1 guest?

And then he looks at Sho expectantly… only to realise that sho is not in the arashi team today XD

And of cos he gets a scolding by the rest XD

Today's plus one guest is Koda Kumi (the singer of nazodi's opening song, Love me Back) and Kurosawa Kazuko!

can you guess what's today's 1st game? Hint: the green thing on the bottom right of the picture.

You got it! Rolling Coin Tower!

S: Shall we win this and get a head start?

Shiina Kippei (the police head guy in the drama): Let's win everything

S: Yes, let's do it

We'll see if Sho can keep his promise… heh XD

J is probably thinking "We'll see ne…"

Koda Kumi: Didn’t sleep properly a few days ago and my shoulder hurts, but since its live now (as in love concerts that sort of thing), i'll be fine with the adrenaline rush.

S: So for you variety = live?

KK: Yes XD

N: Its find, arashi team will win for sure, because i believe that Kippei-san will definitely make the tower fall!

Kippei: Nino! And i thought you were my friend!

N: He is unbelievably impatient! So if we attack, he'll likely lose his patience and cause the tower to collapse.

Apparent the last time Kippei n Nino worked together was in the drama in 2003. Of Kippei-san's impression of how Nino has changed..

Kippei: I can't believe that this is the same nino who was always reading manga on the set last time...

Nino was utterly embarrassed XD

With that, the game begins

Kitagawa starts off :)

Fifth round now...

J attacks hard!

Sho starts of the 6th round...

But the tower collapses!

Nino literally shot up like a rocket clapping in laughter :P

hehe sho's face XD

Arashi rejoices like never before :D

N: You know what's with this face? Cos just before the tower fell, this guy pressed on the tower..

I.e. Sho's mistake made the tower fall XD

I think he plonked the coin down on the tower way too hard, and the tower collapsed haha

A: Even if the tower wouldn’t have fallen, with that action the tower is sure to fall isn't it..? How many years have you been playing the game already?

The staff helpfully tells us he's been playing the game since April 2008 XD

S to A: Just now when the tower fell, your laughter the 'Wu hu hu hu' is has been echoing in my head since just now

Haha, serves you right for making the tower fall :P

Opps, the young mistress is unhappy...

Kitagawa: I though we could have done better… *pouts*

S: I'm sorry, but i thought we could have done better as well :P

Next up, pinball runner! Run sho run! XD

Eh wait a minute… sho's not running?

he's doing what he does best… talking!

Sho starts asking the runner loads of questions in hopes of avoiding THE question. But it still came anyway...

Nino: Eh, in the end wat is sho-san doing?

Sho: Me? Eh… Giving instructions?

A: We know that… but yellow and pink?

So they start strategising XD. Kippei-san will say the pink! Since the runner is female, there's be 3 pink balls!

Sho's finally in his element XD

The 1st pink went in! By coincidence more than cos of Kippei's instructions tho :P

Butler sho signals to kitagawa its her turn to speak with a gentle tap :)

the 2nd pink bounced off the rim of the basket!

Kitagawa is pretty lost at how to give instructions, and Sho takes over again XD

3rd pink hits the rim again! (and goes out)

In the end they couldn’t get any balls in the last 10 seconds, and the final score is 100 points!

Arashi: This time those giving instructions were really lousy.

N: 1st was the oldest member (i.e. Kippei). The 1st pink he kept saying 333, but the runner was standing at 4,5, the ball by accident hit a bar and got deflected, falling into the basket by luck, yet he still did a victory pose XD

Next up is arashi team!

Arashi decides to send the plus 1 guest to run! So no 20% off cargo penalty XD

J, Aiba and Koda Kumi giving directions!

They are aiming for 200 points, can they do it?

The 1st pink went in with some last minute instructions from J!

The 2nd pink got stuck for a while!

But eventually went in!

They end up with 120 points!

N: So we aren't using the ladies' penalty? (i.e. 3 pink balls)

Kurosawa-san: Since sho didn’t have any good performance either, its fine XD

Haha, everyone's out to get him today!

Koda Kumi joins them at half time as she sung and drama opening song :)

They chat about how they'll make a come back from 100 points down… but will they? (or should i say, can they?)

Next up, dual curling!

its Sho...

VS leader!

O: Sho is quite… brutal* when playing this game. He will not hesitate to send all your stones flying! But his own stones end up falling off as well. That's about all the image i have (of Sho playing this game) (*pardon my lack of vocab. what he means is that Sho uses excessive strength)

S: So you think you can win easily yeah? Ohno Satoshi. yesterday i was so excited that i'll be playing against arashi, today/now I'm so nervous that my chest is going to burst

Lol sho!

J: How's sho like on the set?

Kitagawa: He's a very relaxed person, he'll listen to music, light up candles and such

Yes. here, our Candaru Sho is born XD

S: Really, just like the members have said, i tried to be fashionable.

So it was all an act eh? XD

And it starts! Ohno makes the 1st move, his stone landed right smack in the middle! Sho's stone was a bit short however.

Sho's 2nd stone… i wonder what he was trying to do? It didn’t hit ohno's stone, and went too far!

Ohno's 2nd stone ended up in the 30 points zone

Sho sends out a fast one, no double trying to hit ohno's stones off...

Wait… where did the stones go? He hit his own stone off! Double suicide!

Sho probably thinking… : Opps! i did it again?

He sends another fast one out! at least this time it hits Ohno's stones

Only that Ohno's stones ended up in the 30 points zone while his fell off… -.-'''

All of ohno's stones are in play…! Each has a double stone left now

Victorious Ohno!

Sho 70 points, leader 200 points… Ouch!

All smiles… VS

Kippei: Just now during practice, Sho VS the whole team, all of his stones were left behind, so we thought that sho will do great… but what happened? Candle sho?

Kitagawa: Didn’t they give you advice at the start not to suicide?

S: Young mistress, right now, I'm not the verge of throwing up.

Kitagawa: But don't you always play this sho-kun?

S: Young mistress, it always ends up like this.

Next up is team battle.

S: We have a super brain in our team too. Actually Nomaguchi-san is a heavy watcher of VS arashi.

Nomaguchi: Because i've watched a lot (of VSA), let me say 1 sentence.

"Today's MDA is Sho-kun" Hahaha poor sho! You fate is already sealed!

J makes the 1st move!

Nomaguchi hits J's stone and pushes it in

Nino and J's stone fall off into the 10 and 30 points zone respectively

Nazodi team won! (but Sho's not part of it)

2nd last game! Korokoro Viking!

the 1st ball falls off!

As did the 2nd ball!

Will the 3rd ball fall off too?

And it falls!

Here comes the golden ball!

It fell into the hole this time...

Finally! They managed to score 30 points!

It’s the last chance now…!

It scored 20 x 2 = 40 points!

That gives a grand total of… 70 points!…..

Next is arashi team!

Young mistress requests for 2 more holes to be opened up for the arashi team! (note that this is the 4th time this game has made its appearance, if its now they have negative points for arashi team, on top for a ton more holes :P)

J: On the other hand, this has made us even more determined to win

S: can you not say such cool stuff?!
Haha, sho is pissed!

And so it starts!

Extra holes in the orange region where the 50 point is!

20 points for the 1st ball!

Ah! two balls in the green zone at once!

the one of the left side fell through the gap!

The remaining ball made a beeline for the bridge, and also scores 20 points!

Golden ball is here!

Sadly it fell through the hole!

But the next ball scores 50 points! Real quickly too

Sho is amazed!

And another 20 points!

Last golden ball!

sadly, it fell through the hole once more.

So arashi team finishes with 110 points!

Last game is...

Sho's favourite Kicking Sniper!

All 3 from Nazodi team have soccer experience!

If they cannot score 210 points or more, Arashi team would win w/o playing!

S: As as ex-arashi, it would be really sad if i don't get to see arashi play

(N: No, current, current {as in current member})

S: I want to see arashi play

A: And so…?

S: (I aim for) 300!

Sho scores 20 points in the 1st round

Kippei scors 20 in the 2nd round...

Sho also kicks off 1 can to score 20..!

3rd round! 1st kicker kicks off 2 red cans!

2nd kicker leaves 1 can standing… but sho misses :X

4th round, 1st kicker hit 20 points, 2nd kicking leaves 1 can standing…

But sho's ball (right side) was off! Last target!

1st kicker did a great job...

Kippei san scored 20 points...

Finally! Sho manages to perfect it!

Final score: 310 points!

Arashi needs 110 points to win!

A: But then we've had a lot of times when we scored less than a 100 points...

The last battle is left to J, O, and Koda-san!

Ohno on how he feels about the battle: As long as there's no unexpected happening it'll be fine… but it often happens to arashi

Haha leader…! So is it expected, or unexpected?

1st kick went wide off! Leader hit the target, but only the top non-scoring can fell off.

J to the rescue! 40 points!

Koda hits the target...

It turned around and eventual 3 cans fall off. Leader's kick was a miss, as was J's… but that's 100 points already!

Ohno scores on the 3rd target! And that ends the game!

Arashi celebrates their win!
Except for the 'ex-arashi' member XD

While everyone's in the rest area… the Ex-arashi member...

S: Today really, there wasn’t a single good performance from me. That was the 1st thing that made me feel really bad. The second thing was that, the arashi without me performed exceptionally well.

Announcer: So let's begin, who's the MDA today?

S: Me!

Ending bit...

Arashi: how was it, strong wasn’t it?

S: Yeah, the arashi where everyone performed to the best of their ability was terrific. Please invite me to VS Arashi again

Haha poor sho XD