Dream “A” Live is ARASHI’s tenth studio album. Included in this album are their popular singles Happiness and Step and Go. Stand by for Arashi’s concert tour entitled ARASHI Marks 2008 Dream “A” live. “The Dream “A” Live title was created by Sakurai Sho and Matsumoto Jun. The original title was “Alive”, then “A Live”; purposely divided to indicate the group’s name and the live performance. Matsumoto added “Dream” to the title to signify how “dreams can turn into reality” (Wikipedia). [Download links after the cut]
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“A sore loser’s excuse?”

Shoujo isn’t Shoujo without sports festivals, sore knees, piggy-back rides and trips to the nurse’s office. I liked this episode but I thought it was predictable. Well, it’s still pretty exciting to see improvement in Naoki’s behavior towards Kotoko. You could almost guess he already likes her.
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“Will you forgive me?”

Tamaki and Murasaki went to Shinkurou’s school to hunt boys. Our little royal queen found a lot of interesting things, including a half-naked and skinned mannequin she mistook for Tamaki’s boyfriend; and met a lot of people like Yuuno Houzuki, Tamaki’s friend. While she runs around the hallways breaking things, her guardian is being confronted by Ginko, his informer. Ginko is upset because Shinkurou is being a flirt around Yuuno. Well well, looks like harem to me. [Download links after the cut]
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“Nyaaw…Nyaawww..“

Murasaki explores her new world. She meets her neighbors, a black cat, the old woman from the public bath house; and she gets to say “thank you” for the very first time. She feels safe around her bodyguard.. or so she thought. Shinkurou doesn’t seem quite like the ordinary boy he appears to be. [Download links after the cut]
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“Living and dying are the same!”

Shinkurou Kurenai’s night job is to settle disputes between people. One day he asked his employer to give him a much bigger job, something that will make him prove his real worth. His wish was easily granted. Sitting contemptuously in-front of him was an obnoxious seven-year old girl named Murasaki Kohouin. His job from then on was to protect the girl. But she could not be just an ordinary girl. She is the daughter of a powerful and rich man. And Murasaki isn’t ready to embrace common life yet. [Download links after the cut]
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