Two Yu Aoi posts one after the other? We truly are living in the new Yu Aoi Era. xD
On the 1000th (!!!!?) issue of Brutus, Yu talks about a skirt I only seem to recognized. MYSTERY SOLVED! Travel Sand is such a vibe, remains one of my favorite Yu Aoi’s photobooks because I loved Yoko Takahashi’s look for it.
Now, if only someone would get her to talk about this beanie, which I’ve been looking for the last twenty years.
Who ended up binge-watching Human Vapor (ガス人間)? Hai! Who’s watching Until the T-shirt Dries (Tシャツが乾くまで) weekly? HAI! Who’s currently obsessed with Southern All Stars’ version of Ellie My Love [1]? HAI.
I still have a few Yu Aoi films to catch up with (I found a copy of 1980!?), but Yu Aoi fans have been fed generously this season with Yu-chan’s open broadcast TV lead since… Osen, perhaps. 2005-2008 seems to have been a Golden Era of Yu-chan workwise. And it feels like we might get a good lead in a slice of life movie soon.
Open broadcast also usually means open promos, Japan is one or two episodes ahead of Netflix’s uploads, but Yu-chan and Kaho did a guest appearance on Bananaman no Sekkaku Gourmet!! (バナナマンのせっかくグルメ!!), where they visited Hokkaido to eat squid, sushi and shio ramen. I haven’t watched the episode yet, but I did find a way to watch it. I haven’t watched a Japanese variety episode, or Yu-chan appearance in one, in what feels like ages.
As pop culture fans, Yu-chan fans and Kaho fans may know, Yu-chan and Kaho (alongside Yamada Yu) played sisters for Canon commercials back in the day. How time flies. Look at those baby faces.
Yu-chan and Kenichi Matsuyama also played non-reciprocated love interests on Don’t Laugh at my Romance, around that same period. Now they get to play husband and wife, in a drama that is turning to be a mystery. Wholesome dorky 40-year-olds look like this. His children are probably in their teens now, but he looks like this. lol
I hope I get to find some of the pictures featured during the credits of Until the T-shirt Dries.