Arashi's Consultation Room for Life's Problems! (3/3)

[barbosa2007]

Okay last part. This wasn't as tiring as translating AnS since they pretty much provide Japanese subs for every other line. Many gems in this episode. And Yama-chan has redeemed his image by being absolutely witty.

 

Leave a comment to tell us which was your favorite answer by our dear Aunts Agony!

 

Nakajima: Moving on, the person in 4^th place is… Consultant Matsumoto!

 

Nino: Seriously?!

 

[Jun accepts his ranking with a look of graceful defeat.]

 

Jun: Argh this feels complicated.

 

Nakajima: [laughs] Complicated?

 

Jun: Yeah, it is. I mean, there’s six of us right? So that also means that I’m below average, yes?

 

Aiba: But that’s better than “Alright, former playboy!”

 

Matsujun’s answer: I think that Ishida-san is moving on to a new phase in life. How about if you capitalise on your life experiences so far and just enjoy your marriage? Firstly, I don’t think marriage is an impetus for you to change your entire self; furthermore, I think that the changed Ishida-san would command a new type of charm. Therefore, please go ahead and make Riko-san happy without being fearful of what might happen. I look forward to seeing the happy images of the both of you.

 

[Translator’s note: Jun looks rather disappointed. L Personally I felt that his answer was above average and reflected his thoughtfulness rather well, but I guess it didn’t go over well with Ishida-san. Too idealistic, I guess.]

 

Nakajima: This is good, isn’t it?

 

[Murmurs of agreement]

 

Ishida: I could cry while reading this, when he wrote, “I look forward to seeing the happy images of the both of you.” He could win with just this line.

 

Sho: Hang on, then why is he in 4^th place?

 

Nino: What do you mean?

 

Ishida: Well, the ones above his were too good.

 

Everyone: Really??

Sho: Wait a minute, we still have the Worst Answer! Everyone hold your horses!

 

Nakajima: In 3^rd place we have… Consultant Sakurai!

 

Nino: What a pity!

 

Matsushima: That’s surprising! The ones left now are the three people on top! [referring to Nino, Ohno and Yama-chan.]

 

Yama: This is SCARY!!!

 

Nakajima: Let’s listen to Sakurai’s reply.

 

I feel that everything is tied to the phrase “I don’t want to see Riko sad”. Ishida-san is an extremely gentle person, so whilst he has a strong tendency towards romance, I think he could also become a My Home Dad who showers plenty of love on his wife and children. With regards to work, I think that many new assignments related to My Home Dads will come in, so I think that there isn’t a need to worry. I wish you a married life where smiles abound and where Riko-san feels the happiest.

 

Yama: This is good!

 

Nakajima: How was it, Ishida-san?

 

Ishida: When I read the last sentence, I thought, this person is just great. That’s why, ah, I thought, he’s sure to be popular.

 

Sho: Third place is fine by me if I’m told that Ishida-san that I’m gonna be popular.

 

Nakajima: He is the master (of romancing the girls), right? Now that we’ve announced who came in 3^rd, we have left the 1^st and 2^nd place, and also the Worst Answer.

 

Sho: It’s the three on the upper tier, yes?

 

[Yama-chan looks petrified.]

 

Nakajima: And the person who came in 2^nd is… Consultant Yamazato!!!

 

Yama: ALRIGHT!!! YES!!! Your jeers can’t reach me!

 

Nino: You have GOT to be kidding me!

 

Yama: I’m the man whom the Master has deemed as 2^nd place!

 

Jun: I lost to Yama-chan…

 

Yama: That’s right, Matsujun!

 

Nakajima: You’re pretty happy to be called 2^nd, yes?

 

Yama: Of course! It’s Ishida-san who placed me second! And on top of that, my opponents were Arashi! I’m ranked above 4 members of Arashi! What should I do? Perhaps I should join Arashi, hmm?

 

[Translator’s note: Yama-chan is absolutely delirious with happiness. I can’t begrudge him his cute comment.]

 

Audience: EHHHH~~

 

Yama: Everyone, do you know what a joke is?

 

Here’s Yama-chan’s answer: The Ishida that Riko-san fell in love with was the Playboy Ishida, so you should keep your Playboy status. However, it’s not just any playboy, but a wholehearted playboy persona who loves a single woman wholeheartedly. I think that would be good. He may be popular, but everything tied up to the fact that “Riko is in his life.”

 

Jun: I see!

 

Ishida: I was hit hard by his first sentence. I could cry over what he said. But the punch lies in the phrase, “wholehearted playboy”. It sounds like he could be an author.

 

Yama: Could I appear under an anonymous name?

 

Nino: Well, well… He already said that you wrote like an author…

 

Nakajima: The remaining two are our Best and Worst…

 

Jun: By the way, Ishida-san, what’s the great part about the Best Answer?

 

Ishida: The 1^st place… I guess it was the answer which I wanted to search for the most today.

 

Audience: EH~~

 

[Ohno has an extremely puzzled look on his face.]

 

Sho: So this guy really answered your question.

 

Nino: You can’t be serious…

 

Nakajima: Announcing the best answer… Which was the Best Answer that Ishida-san chose? And the Best Answer goes to… Consultant Ninomiya!!! [Nino does a little victory dance.]

 

Nino: That’s right, that’s right.

 

[Ohno almost falls over in his seat.]

 

Yama: [to Nino] You’ve been so confident since just now!

 

[Translator’s note: Oh my, I just noticed that Ohno has not spoken a single word since this segment started. O_O]

 

Nakajima: And with that, our Worst Answer goes to Riida.

 

Sho: Hang on, you mean it was worse than “Former Playboy”?

 

Jun: I’m interested to find out what he wrote.

 

Aiba: What on earth did Riida write?

 

Ohno: Eh? I…

 

Nakajima: Well then, we’ll read out the Best Answer now.

 

In any case, Ishida-san is an extremely gentle person, so he often is considerate of the people around him. This considerateness could be reserved for Riko-san only, or he could do what he has always done, and be considerate of all the people around him. Both ways are fine and good. But for me, a person who is loved by the one they love is the most attractive, so I thought to myself, perhaps that would be Ishida-san’s type of romance. I think the answer lies in what Ishida-san said, “I don’t want to see Riko sad.”

 

Nino: I’m really happy!

 

Nakajima: How did you find it, Ishida-san?

 

Ishida: I was shocked. When he said, “A person who is loved by the one they love is the most attractive, so I thought to myself, perhaps that would be Ishida-san’s type of romance,” that decisively clinched the deal. It resonated within my heart.

 

Nino: Thank you very much!

 

Nakajima: You must be very happy.

 

Nino: This segment is SUPER FUN.

 

[Translator’s note: Hands up for those people who love it when Nino says “Chouuu Tanoshii”!]

 

Ishida: It is a literary work of art. This is one of life’s answers.

 

Nino: Whoa! Thank you very much!

 

Nakajima: And moving on to the person sitting on the left, our fishing-lover Riida. Let’s hear his answer.

 

A person who truly possesses charm will retain his charm even after he gets married. Therefore, Ishida-san, why don’t you search for your new self and style?

 

Nino: That was short! That’s why it came in last!

 

Ishida: It looked quite rough and disjointed.

 

Jun: If you compared it to Nino’s, it does look very rough.

 

Nakajima: With regards to married life with Ishida-san, we’ve gotten a response from Riko-san.

 

Riko: While I’m nursing some worries about whether he’ll cheat in the next 5, 10 years to come, I don’t want to negate the feelings of happiness which I have now so in any case things will be alright. If his attention shifts to another woman, I think that it would be because my charm has faded, so I’ll work to retain my attractiveness. However, if he does cheat, I will not take it lying down.

 

Sho: That was filled with love, isn’t it?

 

Nino: That pretty much wraps it much, doesn’t it?

 

Yama: The heaviness of that last line!

 

Nakajima: Lastly, we’ve framed Consultant Ninomiya’s answer and presenting it as a gift for Ishida-san! If you will!

 

[The calligraphy reads: A person who is loved by the person he loves is the most attractive.]

 

Ishida: I’m really going to hang this in my house.

 

Nakajima: By all means, please take it home!

 

Some of my thoughts about this new corner:

I thought the language and words which each person used truly reflected their perspective on life and their insight into a particualr situation. "Alright, former playboy!" was the greatest verbal faux pas of the night, only to be superceded by the brevity of Riida's answer.

Poor Riida, it's not that he's slow or anything, but I feel that Ohno has his own style of doing things, so much so that he's not able to empathize with others very well. In his answer, his words showed what he would do in that situation, rather than what he thinks the guest should do. 

Matsujun might have come across as being too idealistic in his representation and the guest might not have related to it as much. In every piece of advice given, there needs to be a certain level of identification and I noticed that answers which started off by identifying a characteristic of Ishida Jun'ichi tends to score higher. For example, Nino and Sho comment that Ishida is a gentle person while Yama-chan says that being a Playboy is not all that bad.

Sho-chan is prim and proper as always. Yama-chan surprised me the most because his last appearance of AnS was... not too impressive, if I must say. But Yama-chan in HnA was witty, held his own against the other Arashi members, and had a sense of self-deprecating humor which endeared him to the audience. 

I must add though, that I don't necessarily agree with the Japanese view that a man hold on to his playboy status in order for a man to seem continually desirable. I was very tempted to replace the word playboy with "Casanova" because playboy had a rather negative connotation to it.

Of course, Nino phrases his comments succinctly and presented a new paradigm for the guest: the definition of attractiveness is to be loved by someone you love! That line was pure win, by the way. Which reminds me, Johnny-san, when are you going to let Nino have enough time to pen down more lyrics?

 

Comments

[sinisterteacher]

Thank you for translating. I have read all three parts in one sitting and it was "SUPER FUN." Cannot wait to watch this segment. It is nice to see this side of Arashi where they just put in their thoughts on a particular life problem. I hope they keep this segment.

[babydude48.livejournal.com]

Thank you for translating this segment, it is a cool new corner. I wonder who else will come on. Poor riida, but his answer is not that bad but compared to everyone else I can see why it did not do so well.

[ida-lawliet.livejournal.com]

*raises hand* I love it when Nino says “Chouuu Tanoshii"! *o*

And thanky you for translating~

[kixlover.livejournal.com]

I knew Nino was going to win before I even started reading the translation.
He's good at giving very thoughtful answers <3.

[dilarashi.livejournal.com]

I watched this Raw it's good to understand what it's all about =D thanks for translation

[kurata-kasuki.livejournal.com]

thanks for this

[nurikocam.livejournal.com]

thank you soo much for translating. finnallyu a segment where nino could win. lol. ive heard a lot of good and bad reviews about the new segment. but it hought it was super fun. some audience can relate .. and we can hear arashi's advice as wel.. thats kinda exciting~! hearing what they think of certain situations. :D lovelove thank;)

[ofs1992.livejournal.com]

ahhh!!! i like sho's and yama's answers!
they're so poetic lol

thanks for translating!! :)

[nepheliads.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much for translating.

[princessvaw.livejournal.com]

thank you so much for translating this! Had fun reading it

[tapsilogue.livejournal.com]

HAHA I knew Ohno would place last =))) I actually expected a shorter answer, because he seems to be really into those :))

Thanks for the translation!

Oh, also

o/

CHOU TANOSHIII~

[bumblebeeman5.livejournal.com]

thanks so much for translating!

[green-yeti.livejournal.com]

Wah thanks for this! Go NINO!!

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you for the translation for this and the others as well. It's always interesting to read what Nino thinks since he has a very interesting view of things. They should place Leader in the middle, between Nino and MatsuJun though, so that he will be forced to say something. It's Leader of course so he must actually be content not to say anything at all. I like this new corner. Kind of interesting too that the two youngest in Arashi are the most deep.

[chillhat.livejournal.com]

haha.. now is segment is so going to be label "riida fail"...

thanks for translating

[goeileen.livejournal.com]

i have mixed feelings with this new corner just because ohchan doesn't get to speak much in it. i seen yama more than him, lol! i hope ohchan would open up a little more in the next eps to come. i want to hear more from him than the guest, lol. i think ohchan have nice things to say, its just that he can't find the right time to speak ...

Re: thanks for translating

[barbosa2007.livejournal.com]

I think the pace at which this corner proceeds is way too hurried. Riida needs time to acclimatise to his environment, I guess. I think the producer will probably take note of this and remind him to speak more the next episode.

[shunluv.livejournal.com]

thanks so much^^
this segment is great and nice to know arashi opinion and advice of real life problem<33
but poor Riida he is the only one who is not suitable for this kind of segment and he seem confused of what to do^^;

[barbosa2007.livejournal.com]

I think that because Ohno always has his own style of doing things, he is not necessarily able to empathize with others and what they need to hear. Which probably explains the brevity of his answer, his words showed what he *would* do in that situation, and not what the guest *should* do.

[uruwashigurl.livejournal.com]

i always love when when Nino says “Chouuu Tanoshii”! :D

thanxs a million for translating & sharing this :)

[freuddreams.livejournal.com]

Thanks for translating! I also can't wait to watch this segment. Poor Ohno! XD

[purplegabbie.livejournal.com]

"a person who is loved by the one they love is the most attractive"
that is one quotable quote! sugoi nino!
thanks so much for translating:)

[l0v3-me-n0w.livejournal.com]

thank you for translating LD i had to agree that ohno's answer doesn't look really impressive. and nino's one is really good! this is a fun segment!

[l0v3-me-n0w.livejournal.com]

* :D

[abtomat.livejournal.com]

*loves it when nino says chooou tanoshiii* XD
woow nino's and yama's answers were good. ohno probably didn't think pple were going to write so much! hahaa

[barbosa2007.livejournal.com]

I can probably imagine what Ohno's essays were like in high school. Brevity is key, as always.

[yamasho.livejournal.com]

thank you for this
nino really suprised me
i love his word

[inay91.livejournal.com]

Nino's words are really awesome!It will go deep down in our heart.I'm also waiting for his new song & lyric because he is super talented.His song always touch my heart.
Jun's words are really realistic.Sometimes it is quite hard to plan thing.So just be yourself & went through your life like usual & try to change yourself from time to time.Just enjoy & appreciate what you have in front of your eyes.
Sho's words are really mature.I think he is well prepared for marriage life from his answer.
Ohno is an exception because he did thing in his own creative way.So,it is not weird that other people cannot accept his idea.He is just being himself & I still love him for it.
This my opinion!huhu.
Thanx a lot 4 translating & sharing it!
Luv ya!

[r34lpr1nc3ss.livejournal.com]

thank you for sharing.