barbosa2007 | HnA VIP Room - Yoshitaka Yuriko (part 2) (Reply)

Aahh... finally we get to part 2. Here are some highlights:

- Nande-nande Man makes an appearance.
- The members of Arashi reprise a scene from a certain member's drama...
- A certain member is over the moon for being chosen.

Naka: Actually, we’ve prepared scraps of paper, so let’s see how it turns out. Please bring it in!

Sho: How should it be done? Should it be really gross? Or something that we treat seriously?

Yuri: Erm, please just go with your imagination.

Sho: It’s okay if it’s different?

Yuri: It’s alright if it’s different.

Naka: Now, we’ll start with Sakurai-kun…

Sho: You mean we’re going in order?! What is it with this level of difficulty? It ain’t a piece of cake!

[There’s no explaining this. You’ve just got to see the video to find out.]

Naka: Next up, Matsumoto-kun please.

Jun: [Starts conversing] Have you watched Arashi-chan before?

Yuri: Yes I have.

Jun: Which corner have you watched before?

Yuri: Well I’ve watched this corner before…

Jun: VIP Room?

Yuri: Yes, VIP Room.

Jun: What impression do you have of this program?

Yuri: [looks around] Well it’s kind of… everyone’s on good…

Jun: [edges closer and blows the paper scraps onto Yuri]

Yuri: Oh!

Nino: That was chic!

Naka: How about Ninomiya-kun?

Sho: It’s started! It’s started!

[Nino takes his turn on the paper scraps. Again, there’s no explaining this. You’ve got to watch the video yourselves.]

Naka: That was slightly gross, just slightly gross. And now we have Aiba-kun.

[Aiba does a fake start, which sets the audience laughing.]

Aiba: Hang on a minute!

Nino: That’s gross! Totally gross!

Matsu: His breath couldn’t reach the paper scraps!

Naka: And Riida, please do the honor.

Jun: The Biggest Pervert.

Sho: Oh! It’s begun! Oh! He’s taking a deep breath…

[Ohno does something which is impossible to describe, except with the picture below.]

Nino: You’ve got to do it from the top!

Naka: So, Yoshitaka-san, whose slightly gross manner did you take a liking to?

Yuri: Hmm, well, the last two persons were… really gross!

Naka: And you sort of like this kind of males?

Yuri: That’s right, I do.

Jun: I don’t get it~

Naka: And now we’ll take a closer look at the stimulating Yoshitaka Yuriko-san’s real self by asking, “What if Yoshitaka Yuriko were your girlfriend?” And the first “what if” is this! “If Yoshitaka Yuriko were your girlfriend, she would turn into Nande-nande Man in to midst of the date!”

*Nande-nande: literally means, “Why, why?”

Sho: What is that? What’s this Nande-nande man stuff?

Yuri: I like well-informed people, so immediately I’d go, “Why is this so?” or “Why’s that?” “Why?” “Why, why why?”

Aiba: Give us an example.

Yuri: For example, why is this called a forest but that is called the woods?

Jun: What do you do after you ask the question?

Yuri: I’d wait for the answer.

Sho: That’s true. It happens when you ask a question.

Jun: Would you desire accurate information?

Yuri: It doesn’t have to be entirely accurate, it can be a representation of that person’s views. It doesn’t have to be something that’s true. I could say something like, “Why is this red?” And the other person would reply, “Eh, it looks green to me.” I enjoy conversations like that too. Then I’d go, “Eh~ Why? It’s red!”

Nino: You’re getting way too excited! Get a grip!

Jun: It’s gone down!

Naka: Even though it’s fun talking about it, we’d like to give this a try. Yoshitaka-san, could you try transforming into Nande-nande Man?

[Yoshitaka transforms]

Aiba: Have you transformed?

Naka: Shall we go with the person beside you? Matsumoto-kun!

[Heisei Trendy versus Nande-nande Man]

Naka: Nande nande Man, please ask the questions you would like to ask!

Yuri: Hey, you see… Why is it that waves come from the ocean?

Jun: Isn’t it so that people can go surfing?

Yuri: Then where do the waves come from?

Jun: They come from the open sea.

Sho: That’s correct!

Yuri: How do they come in then?

Jun: Isn’t it due to the wind or the terrain?

Yuri: Where does the wind go?

Jun: If you’re asking where the wind goes… it comes to my house too…

Sho: Final destination!

Nino: That’s true!

Jun: *can’t catch what he’s saying*

Yuri: It blows. Why?

Jun: The wind that came to my house that go to yours too.

Yuri: So optimistic!

[Bell rings]

Sho: That definitely was the Nande-nande Man.

Naka: How was Matsumoto-kun?

Yuri: His replies, be it jokingly or not, were great, but it was his serious stance that really upped his points!

Naka: Well then, we’ll also have Riida…

[Ohno looks up, as though he had just awoken from a daze.]

Ohno: Me?

Naka: We’ll have Riida be Nande-nande man’s partner…

[The Biggest Pervert versus Nande-nande Man]

Naka: Here we have Riida’s version of Nande-nande Man. Please!

Yuri: Hey, why is it that even though it’s the same thing, the words “adultery” and “infidelity” are different?

Ohno: In the first place, who came up with the term “adultery”?

Sho: He returned the question!

Nino: Both of them are Nande-nande Man!

Yuri: Why is it that though I asked you a question, you replied with a question?

Ohno: Who on earth came up with the word, “question”?

Nino: It’s become a battle between Nande-nande Man and Nande-nande Man!

Yuri: Why are you talking with such a sulky face?

Ohno: [who’s been keeping a straight face throughout all this] On the contrary, why are you laughing so hard?

Yuri: You’re a tough cookie! Why’s that?

Ohno: What the heck? [trans: Nan-nano?]

Sho & Nino: What-the-heck Man appeared!

[Bell rings]

Naka: Thank you very much!

Sho: Nan-nano Man appeared!

Jun: It’s amazing! You didn’t answer a single question!

Naka: A different MAN appeared, though.

Yuri: Somehow, I’ve never really been told, “What the heck?” at such a close proximity. It was freaking scary!

Naka: Well, moving on. Next up, if Yoshitaka Yuriko were your girlfriend… She would keep a human in her room. [as a pet]

Sho: What’s this about?

Aiba: What is this?

Jun: What’s this about?

Yuri: I do want to keep one! A human, that is.

Naka: Is that a desire that you have?

Yuri: It’s a wish!

Sho: What kind of person would fulfil the conditions to be a pet?

Yuri: The pet can be a guy or a girl. I just thought that if that person were there, I could honestly love that person.

Jun: Who?

Yuri: My pet.

Jun: Love it? Where does the boyfriend fit in? Does he have any relevance?

Yuri: I’d ignore him.

Nino: You mean that there’s someone else other than your boyfriend?

Yuri: If there were, it would be good.

Jun: …

[Translator’s note: It’s weird that Jun has this nonplussed look on his face because he acted as Momo in Kimi wa Petto.]

Naka: So, for the sake of Yoshitaka-san, who would like a human as a pet, we’ve prepared this! Please bring it in!

Nino: A set of a room, huh?

Narrator: Right in this living room, Yoshitaka-san can live her sought-after life with the five members of Arashi!

Naka: Yoshitaka-san will play the role of an office lady, and will be returning home after a day at work.

Audience: So cute~

[The members of Arashi put on doggy ears while Sho reprises his Machu Picchu role by putting on his head dress.]

Aiba: Is he part of the interior design?

Naka: Without further delay, let’s begin!

Yuri: [enters the house] I’m home!

Arashi: Welcome home!

Yuri: I’m beat… That wasn’t a single interesting thing today… I wonder who would do something funny to make me laugh…?

[Everyone’s trying to rein in their laughter.]

Yuri: Hmm, what’s your name? I’m so sorry, I forgot. What is it?

Ohno: [totally grumpy] Sato-chan here.

Yuri: Well then, Sato-chan, could you do me a favour?

Ohno: What would you like?

Yuri: Something aggressive. [raises an eyebrow]

Ohno: Right now, I am aggressive!

Yuri: That’s great, totally great! Thank you, Sato-chan!

Aiba: That’s great. She looks perkier now.

Yuri: I guess Masaki-kun is up next.

Aiba: If I couldn’t make my mistress laugh, it would look bad on me as a pet, yeah?

[Aiba does his hand pendulum thing, which is received by Yoshitaka Yuriko with raucous laughter. Aiba returns to the couch to sit beside Jun, who gives him a high five.]

Aiba & Jun: Yay!

Yuri: Ah, shall I play this game? [presses a button, which causes Sho to roll about like a Roly-poly toy.]

Aiba: A Roly-poly toy? Is this a spilling type?

Yuri: Let’s press the left button! Left!

Naka: Thank you very much!

[And today’s favourite Arashi member is?]

Naka: Now please stand at the back and hug your favourite Arashi member from behind!

Yuri: Ahh~ I’ve seen this on TV…

Naka: Please do us the honors!

Yuri: Kurono-kun! [hugs Nino]

Naka: It’s Ninomiya-kun! And why would that be?

Yuri: His assistance was reassuring!