Hana Yori Dango: The Final Shoot in Las Vegas | Day Two

Let me start by saying that this day was both the best and worst of the two days. I still get knots in my stomach thinking about it. The only was I can think of organizing this efficiently without forgetting too much is by breaking it into bullets. I'll embellish the important parts.

Morning

• The night before, we made new signs. One was a SD Doumyouji, making a chu face and it had a talk bubble that said "Bukkoroshite yaru! <3", which means “I am going to beat you until you die.” A phrase Tsukasa uses towards Makino a lot...all out of love of course. The second had yet another SD Doumyouji and said one of his dorky English 'puns,' "HA HA HA HA 'you know'!" Third was of Tsukushi and she had a cute *faito!* expression, and it said "Ganbare!!" Last was a "Arienai Itsuno" banner.
• We went about the same time as Tuesday, 8AM. Met up with Saki-chan @ Soompi, A.K.A. Sam. Tiffany A.K.A. Hamstaball @ Soompi/LJ showed up a little later and a few others we had met. We then ate and rapped about everything that had already happened/we had hoped would happen. Etc. You know,  fangirling.
• Around 11:30, we went downstairs for the filming. They were filming a scene where Tsukasa and Tsukushi walk through the casino and right to a Blackjack table, where Naohito Fujiki's character and Shigeru are sitting. Some dialogue was said, didn't catch it.
• At one point, MatsuJun and Inoue-san were learning to play Blackjack or generally sitting there, not sure. Inoue-san spotted our signs and read them all, and then like poked MatsuJun to read them and they both laughed! It was so great! :D I turned away though 'cause he was looking at me. O_O

• There was another scene where Doumyouji had to jump over the Roulette table in the 'fictional' High Limit section. We were all excited! Like, "Ooo~ Action!" We partly thought it'd be funny if he fell once though. >.< Gomen nasai, MatsuJun!
• Ran through the scene a few times...not too much happened. At this one point, we all once again partook in amazing Doumyouji-shaped cookies! They were Matsu-mazing.
• An Extra came up to us, and showed me an Arashi single. I go, "WTF I WANT IT!!!!!" Hes all, "You guys listen to them?" I'm like, "Well YAH. We love Arashi! You know, A.RA.SHI?" Then we all start singing A.RA.SHI in unison and stop at the same point randomly. Guy's like "Ok..." and walks away. We saw him imitating us to his fellow Extras. XD
• Someone brought the Arashigoto photobook, which I excitedly flipped through and fangirled over Sakurai-kun. (I'm a Sho fan by the way. A horribly biased Sho fan. Ok, not all that. :D)
• We were moved out of our original area, to another side completely because of a huge crane the were filming with. Then we were getting crap for being under 21 and near a bar. They suggested that we sit in the adjacent cafe and watch from there. They also said "DON'T LOOK INTO THE CAMERA!" and some people still kind of did. XD
  
• After a few more takes...more talking to the American staff/giving them 'appropriate nicknames' it was breaktime for us and the actors/crew.
• We went to our break area...by the movie theaters and chilled. Once that was done, we went back down to see if they found somewhere for us to watch the filming. Someone then told us that MatsuJun himself said, "He doesn't want to see any of his fans for the rest of the day..." we were all kind of like, "uh...okay..." and went back up. After trying to not cry over that or up and leaving, we decided to go back and see if things had lightened up. I believed that MatsuJun wasn't that crude. Not to mention that these casino shots were said to be very essential and with 20+ eyes on you that aren't per say 'supposed' to be there, I can see him becoming a tad distracted. Also, he may have had to spoken English and that's a task in itself. I mean, if I was a Japanese celeb and thought that my works didn't get past where I lived, and then showed up to a place like America and say 30+ faces, there's no way I couldn't be a bit pleased. So, the mystery of MatsuJun's all-of-a-sudden rashness is solved eventually.
• We went back down about...an hour later? Asked Lady Security what was up. She said she had found a place for us to watch the filming! We were all nice and excited and walked up there. She told everyone, "DO NOT TAKE PICTURES, ESPECIALLY WITH FLASH..." but none at all. As a JE fan, you should know this already was most of our thoughts. It was still happening though. Regardless, we hadn't gotten settled and sat there for more then 5 minutes before some TRUE GENIUS TOOK A PHOTO WITH FLASH FOR THAT MATTER. They spotted it from downstairs and ran up to tell us we had to leave. I was at my limit because first, the so-called comment from MatsuJun, then we thought for almost 2-3 hours that we wouldn't be able to watch anymore. After which were were hyped up about seeing it once again, and from an amazing view at that. To only have it ripped away from us. I cried, shouted a bit, threw something too. I didn't care. Seriously, how many chances do common American JE fans have to see idols? How many chances do even common Japanese JE fans have? You don't just randomly spot them in Japan! It's not that simple.

• With that said, we just stuck it out. We all decided to write a letter of apology to the Cast/Crew/Staff. We didn't want them nor MatsuJun to think poorly of his Western fans. After that, the group that stuck around all got buddy buddy and we were laughing, and enjoying ourselves after a while. One of the Orleans workers had been kindly relaying information back and forth to us. We found out that Jun would be doing a chase scene through some slot machines right where we were! There was no sign that we were in the way either so they didn't kick us out.
  
• While we hung around, we found out that it wasn't MatsuJun, but his manager who had been spewing all this nonsense. The, "I'm pissed off fans are still even here!" and "I don't want to see anymore fans for the rest of the day." I was extremely relived to had heard that. People also reported that MatsuJun seemed content, had been smiling a bit, and was still accepting gifts and notes from fans. Now would someone angry accept a gift from you? I doubt it.
• We watched the chase through the slot machines. Fairly unexciting in itself, but this group didn't think we'd see him again. So it was good enough. Then, the nice worker who had told been telling us what was up w/ the filming lead us back out the the Valet Entrance. Told us, "They said you guys can watch the filming out here and to act like you own the place!" We all freaked out and were really happy. While going outside, we walked RIGHT by MatsuJun and he didn't scowl or looked pissed about us exiting. So we watched and all. Sadly, I had to run t the bathroom and by the time I got back, it was over. -_- I heard I didn't miss anything, but I was still pissed. They then told me they gave the letter to Director-san himself! I was like, "Eh? I MISSED IT?!" It bothered me but I'm glad HE got it because then the rest of the staff all read it as well. They were who we wanted to apologize to so that went well.
• So filming was done for the night and at the Orleans in general. We walked around a bit, watched them tear stuff down...walked by the Private Party room and heard MatsuJun RAN to his car. XD Then we walked by where the 'fictional' High Limit sector was. Saw the prop High Limit signs and asked the techs, "Do you guys need those signs?" He goes, "I didn't see anything!" It took us a second, but then we were like, "OOOOH!!!" grabbed the signs, and left. >.<

High Limit sign from Hanadan: LV shoot!