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Style Five Japan's Got Talent Audition
Posted by S5Official May 5, 2013 105,020,530 views
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Judge 1: Ah hello, hello come in. We're very happy to have you guys. And so, you are?
Makoto: Uh, hi we're Style Five. I'm Makoto, the lead singer.
Rin: I'm Rin, lead guitarist.
Haru: Haru, drummer.
Nagisa: *giggling* Hey! I'm Nagisa! I play the bass!
Rei: And I'm Rei, I am the keyboard player of this group.
Judge 2: You all seem like lovely boys. Tell us about yourselves.
Makoto: Well uh...*chuckles* We're all from a small fishing town by the coast named Iwatobi. We're all friends at the local high school there. Uh...
Rin: We formed our band a few months back when our swimming season ended while we were all looking for something to do so *laughing* Here we are!
Judge 3: So all of you guys are also swimmers?
Nagisa: Yup! We're the only members of our swim club which are captained by Mako-chan and Haru-chan!
Rin: We're pretty good actually. Our relay team made it to nationals this year.
Haru: *quietly* I was in second place for 100 Free.
Rin: I was in third and I was first for the 200 Fly.
Judge 1: Wow congratulations.
Style Five: *happily* Thank you.
Judge 3: So what will you be performing for us tonight?
Makoto: We are performing a cover of Aching Horns by Oldcodex.
Judge 2: *smiling* Well let's see what you guys got!
Judge 1: Hopefully your band is just as great as your swim team sounds.
*sound of crowd cheering, whistling, clapping and laughing*
Style Five: *chuckling*
Judge 3: *smiling* Break a leg!
*Aching Horns plays*
*sound of crowd cheering after song ends*
Judge 2: *nearly in tears*
Judge 1: *mouthing wow to the camera*
Judge 3: *clapping* Give it up for Style Five everybody!
*crowd's cheering intensifies*
Judge 1: Wow, you boys are so talented. I'm moved. Makoto...Rin...what lovely voices.
Makoto: Thank you!
Rin: Thank you.
Judge 1: All of you really are talented. And I believe you boys have what it takes to win Japan's Got Talent. I'm...I'm bewildered!
*crowd cheering*
Judge 2: You guys made me cry, wow. *laughing* And I never cry!
*Audience laughing*
*Rin laughing*
Judge 2: But seriously, you boys are amazing. Talented, gorgeous and good people. You have it all!
Style Five: Thank you.
Judge 2: No, thank you.
Judge 3: Amazing performance. Amazing vocals. You boys just reek with talent. I look forward to seeing you guys in Kyoto.
*audience cheering*
Style Five: Thank you!
*All five boys hugging*
Style Five: Thank you!
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Makowifey: The video that started it all..so proud of my boys! <3
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"No, no, no!" the shrill voice of Style Five's manager is heard down the hall.
"Uh oh," Nagisa says as he takes a bite out of his sandwich, "Aki is at it again."
"Rin, Haru, did you two fight on Twitter again?" Makoto asks.
"No!" Rin responds, "We've been on our best behavior I promise!"
"Then what could it have been?" Makoto asks.
"I say Rin has been caught sneaking around again," Haru muses.
"Like you don't sneak around," Rin defends.
"But unlike you I've never been caught."
Their definitions of sneaking around are different. Rin likes to party and sneaks out often to crash parties and often gets caught on camera or just comes back so drunk it's hard to cover convincingly. Haru, especially when on tour and isn't able to have some time to himself during the day likes to sneak to the hotel's pool and have a night swim. Of course, the only reason why he ever gets away with it is because he has Makoto as an accomplice. But that's not the only thing Haru is sneaky about.
"Enough," Makoto says as he places a hand on Haru's shoulder, "Let's just wait and see what's the problem like civilized people."
"Makoto-senpai is right," Rei adds, "Besides, who is to say that the problem is us? It may be geared towards somebody else."
"Yeah, because Aki screams in the middle of the hallway to purposefully scare all of us in here for somebody else," Rin mutters.
"Style Five you better be in the meeting room by the time I get there!"
"See?" The redhead points out.
"We're already in here," Haru grouses.
Suddenly the door to the meeting room is thrown open and a petite brunette with blue eyes storms inside.
"Good morning manage-oh!"
Aki drops the clipboard she's carrying on to an empty chair before hastily shrugging off her coat and draping it over a chair. She slings off her purse and tosses it into the chair next to her. Aki slams a printed piece of paper on the table. She's breathing heavily, and everybody could see the fire in her eyes burning into the paper. The band nervously looks down at the paper, hoping that whatever it is, their punishment will come soon and quickly be over with.
"This...isn't good," Aki growls.
"W-what is wrong?" Makoto nervously asks.
"What is wrong?" Aki spits back. She picks up the page and shoves it in all of the boy's faces, "This article by Hiyori is what's wrong."
Style Five's Makoto and Haruka Are Dating?
Article by: Hiyori Yamada
There's a rule in the industry where you aren't allowed to date. The concept is to keep the celebrities single to appeal to their fans. Style Five is a Japanese band that has taken the world by storm, and have also broken that rule.
For one, not being allowed to date also means that you can't be open with your sexuality. Style Five's lead guitarist Rin Matsuoka is the opposite. He's very open about his sexuality as a Bi teenager. Which is why he's very appealing to fans, girls and guys alike.
And of course, who could forget the possibility of Style Five's sweethearts Makoto Tachibana and Haruka Nanase? Their sexual orientation are unknown (and there still is little evidence that actually suggests that they are in a relationship) but for many fans of this band, these two have been in love since they were in diapers!
Aki slams the article onto the table again, her blue eyes glowing with rage. The members of Style Five sit across from her, all nervously waiting to get yelled at.
"That bitch!" Aki screams, "I could just kill her!"
She angrily tugs on her braid as she paces back and forth across the room. The boys look at each other as if they were debating what to do. Their manager is a very hardworking woman who has made everything possible for Style Five. They are all grateful for her work. However, she can be a bit temperamental when somebody tries to sabotage them. This article to her is a part of that category. Judging by the state of her hysteria, she's probably right.
"Aki, calm down. They were only stating facts," Makoto says.
"Besides, you know the tabloids. They're always making shit up. Remember when we were touring in the US and we all went to Universal and they decided to make up an article that I hate Harry Potter because somebody posted a picture on Twitter of me squinting at a sign in Diagon Alley that looked like I was disgusted?" Rin joked making Nagisa chuckle at the memory, "They're always saying crap to rile people up."
"Stating facts?! Did you even read the article? They were claiming that you," Aki pointed to the tall brunette,"and Haruka are dating!"
"Uh Aki-san," Rei interjects, "The journalist is not wrong in this circumstance. They are in a relationship..."
Aki sighs and finally takes a seat by the table. Rin pats her back in an attempt to comfort her.
"And they're not allowed to be public about it. The five of you are celebrities, your image matters," Aki answers as she fiddles with her hands.
"But isn't it unfair that only Rin gets to be out while they aren't?" Nagisa asks.
"He's only out because we were careless. He said that he was bi on Twitter and half the world saw it before the contract was signed. There's no way for us to cover that so we went with it," Aki explains.
The red-head frowns, "Are you still mad about that?"
"I'm not!" Aki snaps, "You know I'm very supportive of you but it's the company the industry. " Aki sighs as she rests her head against the table, a frown forming on her face and her eyes drooping, "And we're all just victims of it." The five members hold their breath, Here it comes. Aki's famous if-I-ran-the-company-everybody's-lives-would-be-easier rant. The brunette groans on the table and heaves a sigh, "I sometimes hate your contract." She admits.
"You and me both," Rin responds as he rubs the manager's back, "Maybe you should take a break--"
"Not until we figure out how to fix this," Aki interrupts lifting her head off the table, "All of our jobs are on the line here and we need to fix this stat."
"We need to divert the attention away from Makoto-senpai and Haruka-senpai," Rei concludes, "But, how?"
"It's not like we have many options," Haru adds, "And separating us is not an option."
Anybody who looks under the table can see the couple holding hands. They all understand that just couldn't be an option. Even if they wanted to, the childhood friends had their ways. Besides, they were the two who wrote all the music, what would happen if they were forbidden to even work together? They wouldn't be able to write music. The band would fall apart that's what. Their fans would be gone in an instant and their contract trashed. Nobody wants that.
"Then what can we do?" Rin asks, "We don't have time to divert attention, we have Shape of You to shoot and that's a video about love. What are we supposed to do? Have me kiss somebody in the video?"
"That's it!" Aki's head snaps up, blue eyes sparkling with delight.
Rin is not amused as he glares at his manager, "Uh...what?"
"It's a genius idea! Okay, listen. Since everybody knows Rin is Bi, why don't we flaunt around with that? Instead of having girls ending up with all the boys in this video, only Makoto will. At the same time, Rin will have a boy. And to top it all off, they can kiss!"
The table grows silent as Aki announces her plan. She smiles shyly, "O-Or is that too much?"
"No, it's a good idea actually," Makoto comforts her, "If in the video I am with a girl it'll just be another hetero-normative video. But since Rin is with a man the attention will go entirely to them. The music video will make history." The brunette turns to the rest of the group, "But that's only if you're all okay with it."
The intertwines hand Makoto has with Haru is squeezed and although Haru doesn't say a word and clearly looks a bit uncomfortable, he agrees to the conditions. Nagisa and Rei do too. That leaves Rin to give consent for the video. The five of them look at the redhead who smiles sheepishly.
"I mean I'm fine with it but..." Rin's voice lowers as he blushes.
"But what?" Nagisa asks.
"I-I've never kissed anybody before!" Rin admits.
"Oh," Aki giggles as she shoves Rin's shoulder playfully, "That's not a problem at all." The brunette stands up and collects her long forgotten stuff that had been thrown all over the room during her tantrum, "I'll notify the crew immediately and see if I can get a hot male model to kiss you Rin. Don't worry guys, we got this!"
As she exits the room, the tension relaxes and the boys let out a held breath. Haru rests his head against Makoto's shoulder while Makoto runs a hand through Haru's hair. The brunette wasn't smiling anymore, he had a pensive look on his face.
"And to think that we were really careful," Makoto sighed.
"It's not your fault," Rei assured him, "Hiyori is a journalist known for starting drama. She likes to dig up things and ruin everybody's lives. Although this one's a reach, she's just saying this to cause a stir in our fans. You know that they love their ships."
"Aw, but don't forget that Mako-chan and Haru-chan are the most popular ship in the fandom," Nagisa reminded Rei, "This article is likely going to make them go crazy."
While his friends tried to reassure the couple that everything will be okay, Rin took out his phone. He hasn't checked twitter since he first woke up and he's aching to talk to his fans. He opened the app, his timeline greeting him. Rin scrolls through it, looking at the many things the people he follows are talking about. Many other celebrities are promoting their music, or fashion line or upcoming movies. To Rin, it's strange that his timeline isn't flooded with tweets his fellow fans that he followed, in fact, they were dead silent. In a panic, Rin went to his page and checked to see if he was still following them. He was and the red-head sighed in relief but still found it strange. Why were they so silent? Rin checked what was trending and the result made his jaw drop. Worldwide, taking the first three spots, were in order, #StyleFive, #MakoharuIsRealParty, and #Makoharu. Rin looked at the amount of tweets made to #Makoharu alone. Half a million, half of a million tweets.
"Uh guys," Rin interrupted, "I think we have a problem."
Haru lifted his head off of his boyfriend's shoulder and glared at Rin, "Show us."
"On Twitter, worldwide we're trending, in fact, we take the first three spots and the third spot has half of a million tweets alone." Rin handed the phone to Makoto as the others gathered around.
"3 million tweets?" Makoto squawked, "And how long has that article been out? An hour?"
"Nagisa check Tumblr," Haru urgently said as he took the phone from Makoto, "We need to see what they're saying."
"Shit," Nagisa said as he scrolled through Tumblr, "We're number one in trending on Tumblr again."
"What are they saying in the tag?" Haru asked as he looked down Rin's phone, "Fuck, this is bad."
"What are you seeing?" Rin demanded.
Haru placed the phone on the table for everybody to look down.
Leila Nanase @leilalovesharu 2m
You guys need to see this. [Link] #StyleFive #Makoharu
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Like Two Bodies In Harmony @makoharuloversss 2m
When your otp is so obvious that even a professional journalist calls them out. #StyleFive #MakoharuIsRealParty
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"Tumblr is bad too look," Nagisa shows his phone to the other guys and everybody grimaces as they see what beholds before them.
"This is a shit storm," Rin grumbles as he snatches his phone back from Haru and continues to scroll the progressively worsening tweets.
"How do we fix this before Aki-chan sees it?" Nagisa asks looking at his friends with a childish pout.
"Rin, say something about the article," Haru commands, "Make the tweet indirect, but obvious."
"Haru," Rin rolls his eyes as he begins to muster, "I know what I'm doing here. How badly should I slam on Makoharu?"
"Enough that our fans will start reminding the others that it's not confirmed yet, but not enough to make the antis come at it," Haru says as he takes out his phone, probably to tweet else as well.
"Rei, Nagisa," Makoto comes up to them with a huge smile, "Let's divert the attention from the article and have something cute on Nagisa's story to divert attention."
"What should we do Makoto-senpai?" Rei asks.
"You two know our fans best," Makoto shrugs, "I'll go with what you guys say."
Nagisa lifts his phone hugs the two boys before taking a selfie. The filter is the famous dog one and Rei's face is slightly shocked as he gave Nagisa a glare in the photo. Nagisa is smiling his usual happy and teasing smile, like there isn't a care in the world. The dog filter covers the blonde's tongue but he still has it out. Makoto's smile is timid due to the unexpected selfie, the Dalmatian filter clear on his face. A perfect innocent selfie just perfect for the fans to talk about, and perfect to divert attention from the article.
"It's been posted on my story," Nagisa says, "I also think I should record myself pranking Rei."
"Do not!" Rei interjected, "That's a terrible idea!"
"I think the selfie is enough Nagisa," Makoto smiles as he pats Nagisa's shoulder, "Haru?"
"Yes?" the black haired drummer turns to his lover and immediately attaches himself by Makoto's side. The brunette grabs his waist and pulls him even closer. Makoto lovingly gazes down at Haru and pecks his lips.
"I think we should lie low until dinner time," Makoto proposes.
Haru visibly looks torn by Makoto's suggestion but he nods, "Dinner then."
Makoto smiles sadly as he releases his hold on Haru, "I'll see you then." Haru's hand grabs the collar of his shirt before pulling the tall lead singer down to his lips. Haru releases his hold on Makoto's shirt and wraps his arms around Makoto's neck as the brunette hugs his waist. They savor the taste of each other, knowing that they can't be together until dinner time. The other boys rolls their eyes at the ridiculous drama the couple can make out of nowhere.
"Oi quit eating each other out before we have to scorch our eyes out due to you two getting freaky in here," Rin growls.
Nagisa lifts his phone to take a picture but Rei's hand grabs Nagisa's phone and shoves it into his sweatshirt. "What part of laying low do you not understand Nagisa-kun?"
"As if I'd post that!" Nagisa whines as he tries to get his phone back.
"Better safe than sorry."
The couple detach themselves and Haru sticks out his tongue at Rin and flips him off before exiting the meeting room. He turns to his lover and smiles, "I love you."
"I love you," Makoto responds before taking a seat at the table and brings out his phone. Rin narrows his eyes at their lead singer.
"You're texting him aren't you?" the redhead asks.
"Ah..." Makoto blushes, "But how else are we going to talk? We'll go insane if we can't at least text."
Rin rolls eyes playfully before wrapping an arm around Makoto and peering down at the text, "Well, it's better than you two ruining our entire lives."
Makoto frowns as he texts his boyfriend. Rin instantly regrets his words, aware that he has struck a nerve in Makoto. The redhead pats Makoto's back and assures him, "But hey, we'll get through this. We always have right?"
Makoto has an insecure smile on his face as he nods, "I hope so."
Haruka Nanase @swimfree 5m
Do not believe everything you read on the internet.
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Hey Leila! What are your opinions on the article?:Anonymous
leilalovesharu: Okay, I know Haru and Rin tweeted about the article and indirectly advised us to calm down and that it's fake but think about it. Isn't there something weird going on here?
Yes, Hiyori Yamada is famous for her bullshit and starting drama, and while her article is not something any of us makoharus should use as a creditable source, she's not telling a complete lie. Remember that just yesterday Nagisa posted a picture of himself lounging and drinking a smoothie at his pool?
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Look closely at the top right corner, you can see two people in the pool abnormally close to each other. They even look like they're about to kiss? If you zoom in and turn up the brightness of the photo you can clearly make out that the two people are Makoto and Haru.
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Do you see it? Well, we do know that they are childhood friends and lack a lot of personal space as in seen interviews and the like, but look how close they are in that photo compared to interviews.
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Their knees touch but their faces are always apart, unlike the pool photo. My theory is that Nagisa posted it unaware that his two friends were having a moment in the background lol. Also have you noticed that only Rin and Haru have talked about the article while the others were silent? Sure Nagisa's group selfie and Makoto's photo of his cat were cute but don't you find it strange they posted that soon after, the article went viral? Anyways, what I'm saying is, just because something is uncreditable it doesn't mean that it's false. I still firmly believe that Makoto and Haruka are dating and will do so until the day I die.
Rin and Haru literally said the article is fake. Get over it and just admit that your stupid makoharu is never going to happen :reenharooo
makowifey: God, you antis are thriving today. Have you even read the article? There are plenty of things Yamada said that are actually true.
Haruka and Makoto are known to work on their music alone in their shared apartment. This is actually true, Nagisa mentioned it once in an interview. Makoto has also posted several photos on Instagram of times when he's working on his music with Haru. There's even a deleted video from Makoto's YT channel that occasionally floats around that is a detailed tour of his apartment and he states a few times that he shares it with Haru (and he only shows one bedroom in the video hmm suspicious?).
They have the closest relationship in the group. This is also true. While they are all childhood friends, Makoto and Haru's families have been neighbors for over 30 years and there's photos of them together from when they were younger. And have you ever seen an interview, concert or literally anything? Makoto and Haru are almost always next to each other and interacting more so than they do with any of the other members. Rin had even stated that they're telepathic (obviously false but they do understand each other well enough to not need words).
And my absolute favorite quote from the article. The other members love to tease about their relationship. If anything, this is the fact with the most support. Rin is always complaining about how much Makoto loves to coddle Haru and Nagisa is always sneaking pictures of them. Even Aki Yazaki their manager has teased us about their relationship. Remember her iconic, commentary during their laser fight? "Like two bodies in harmony," and then her comment that everybody's going to lose to them (which they did lolol). And let's not forget the interview when they were asked who they would date in the band and Haru didn't even hesitant to say Makoto.
These are only just a few lines from the article. I could go on, but that'll take forever. So yeah, Hiyori Yamada isn't a creditable source but it's not like she lied about everything. Besides, Rin and Haru never stated the article was false, they just wanted us to be cautious and to not go around saying something that obviously isn't confirmed. They probably wanted us to stop freaking out but it was already too late lol, everybody in the fandom has seen it already. Besides you're just another stinky rinh@ru shipper that wants to start a fight. Go be salty somewhere else my friend I've had enough of you guys in my ask box today.
Rin Matsuoka @sharkteeth 15m
Before you freak out, just remember that nothing's confirmed unless it comes from us or our staff.
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