I thought of doing a post with my favorite parts of the Alo/Love Hello DVDs I've already watched (Konno Asami, Takahashi Ai, Abe Natsumi, Yaguchi Mari, Niigaki Risa, Michishige Sayumi, Tanaka Reina), and from that I got to this to 3. Konkon was disqualified, her Alo! Hello will get a full post one of these days. If anyone hasn't seen them already, I've uploaded them to Veoh for you to watch, except Sayu's one that was already on YouTube.
03 - Gaki
This one really surprised me... Gaki-san was just walking in the beach and this Argentinian starts talking to her. Now, Argentina is a neighbor country, I've already met some people from there traveling, and they're nice and open people, but going talk to a stranger who's being filmed with no specific reason... She looked amused by the surprise. I always found interesting how Japanese people never seemed to notice them during those Haromoni@ episodes when they were just walking on the street and doing stupid deliveries. They used to put the camera in front of the girls, so you could see the people behind, and I used to try to find someone looking or following them, but never happened....
02 - Sayu
This is Sayu's solo version of Aruiteru. No matter what most probably think of her singing ability, I think it's cute <3 I also like her Namida ga Tomaranai Houkago performance in the Hong Kong Fan Club Tour. It's a pretty long bridge...
01 - Kamei
Unfortunately, there was a problem in a certain part of the video and I had to cut it, I think my download was corrupted. Lost some seconds in the beginning, please bear with it.
Poor Kamei... She looked so afraid going up those stairs... I wonder why she didn't just give up right there? It's obvious this place isn't going to be good business, even if it's the cheapest she could find. Oh, probably because if she did that this great segment wouldn't exist... Kamei, ganbatte! God, who could stay in this place? That lock isn't helping it look any more hospitable. And she gets impressed by how few things there are in the room. Looks like it's back to looking for another place to stay, but she takes some sad-looking photos before that.
Honorable Mention
Reina's was the first one I watched... It's a good thing this shopkeeper is a nice guy, he knows a little Japanese and they could communicate well... I like when she's surprised because the machine opens =D
I've never seen the Alo! hello DVDs but thee clips are really cute! I love Gaki's and Reina's! It was cute to watch them both communicate with someone in english and I love how on Gakis it was some random dude. I've noticed that no one really notices on Haromoni when they are just walking around too..I like Sayu's voice too but god that pier thing shes walking on seems to go on forever lol!
投稿情報: laura | 2007/11/24 20:28
Ah I love watching the Alo-Hello! series. When they're on Oahu I'm able to recognize various places that they visit! If I remember correctly it was Nacchi who rode past my Elementary school in Waikiki! :) Gakisan's conversation with that other tourist is classic with neither of their first languages being English. :) Of course for me Kamei's is my current favorite! Ah as they went cheaper and cheaper those rooms were a bit scary and that one up stairs was down right scary!! :O
投稿情報: MorningBerryz | 2007/11/25 13:12
awwww, Kamei-chan...i've not seen that clip, do you know where it's taken from???
Just that I've been to Thailand quite a few times in the past, as my father used to have a business out in Bangkok, and so it kind of takes on other meanings for me...my past and my love for Kamei-chan.
I really, really enjoyed the Sayu on the bridge too hehe, that really is a long bridge...credit to the kawaii princess, she's got an ok voice now :)
投稿情報: wu-san | 2007/11/30 16:26
Sure I do, I uploaded it =P That clip is from Kamei's Love Hello!
投稿情報: HarimaKenji | 2007/11/30 21:40