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The &Team is &Formed on this &Finale and no one warned us about the &Jumpscare

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𝒎𝒊𝒏

when my friends and I do the fanchant, we prounouce it as "fuma"

onlyonlysun

the japanese H sound in fuma isn’t exactly like the english H sound, so the romanization is kind of halfway between the two. it’s like, if you pronounced it with a hard F it wouldn’t be exactly right, but pronouncing it with an english H wouldn’t be right either, so neither is really perfect. anyway i say fuma with an english F sound and just remember that it’s not Exactly right lol.

tanasia

namjoons ex bf had to be his Friend that he mentions often 🤔 i don’t think the Friend had long hair

𝒎𝒊𝒏

good news tho, gaku and hikaru (now haku) will be debuting in the same team under HLJ. they're still trainees rn but here are their ig: https://www.instagram.com/24kumi_official/?hl=en and twitter account: https://twitter.com/24kumi_trainee ^^

boysloveboyslove

i just looked insane repeating the sound over and over in bed quietly to myself rj was like are you okay gurl

BE

Not me listening to 30 mins of this like it's a podcast omw to work 😆 Anyways yesss! Melody was totally Harua's song! Like it was his best performance yet and I think what sealed the deal to the judges as well! 😊

Sarah

The romanization of the Japanese ふ (フ) is always fu and never hu. If you would write the alphabet ist would be はひふへほ which romanized would be ha hi fu he ho. But the sound is something between an h and an f. There’s a tissue technique to train this exact sound. At least we did it in our Japanese class. (I’m not a native but I study Japanese studies and Japanese for almost 5 years now 😅) hope that helped 😅😅

WindyMarch6

The venue was Tokyo Garden Theater (maximum capacity 8,000 or so) and the MC man is a well known newscaster with one of the national TV networks here in Japan, who's definitely not as dignified and serious as Walter Cronkite but does read non-entertainment news. Also, the F issue, as a native Japanese speaker with the same "fu/hu" sound in my name, I think it's ok to pronounce it either way when you are speaking English. Like someone else already said in this comment section, the Japanese hu/fu sound is technically not the same sound as the English H or F anyway. It's a romanization rule where we just don't write "hu." Technically, his name is also actually three syllables "FU/HU" "U" "MA" (ふうま), but the romanization rule is that we are to omit the second syllable in these cases. So, I'd say don't worry too much about it, because either pronunciation is ok, in my humble opinion!

Dani

Yes, we all hate Scooter Braun 😂but he actually gave a really nice compliment to Junwon for standing out despite being hurt so I’m happy Junwon got some recognition!

Pepper

I’m laughing so hard at the SB avoidance.😂😂 He wouldn’t go away

Htet Kross

I’m 17 mins in and I have to say I LOVE you two so much 😂🫶🏼 I’m watching &audition for the first time together with you and it have been such a fun journey I keep laughing at your tikitaka moments. It’s so much fun

LTO (Laura) (edited)

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2024-05-27 10:03:08 if you like Harua you HAVE to watch their eightest episode, it's just a giant showcase of how much the team adores him (and it's really good in general haha)
2024-03-25 16:48:58 if you like Harua you HAVE to watch their eightest episode, it's just a giant showcase of how much the team adores him (and it's really good in general haha)

if you like Harua you HAVE to watch their eightest episode, it's just a giant showcase of how much the team adores him (and it's really good in general haha)

Amal Abdi

Fun fact: Harua loves jungwon, he has said multiple times that jungwon is his role model and literally believes he is jungwon on stages in order to give a better performance

Dani

They were laughing at Jay because he switched from Korean to Japanese mid sentence 😂 he clearly forgot where he was

Tbows

Another fun fact: I can’t remember which episode it was but one of Harua’s ending fairies was a copy of Jungwon’s ending fairy for fever

Kate Whatley

They just posted a dance cover of attention, highly recommend it!! https://youtu.be/nBkhinHZcDE?si=S239847qjE52eLTa

Chy

I was just going to come down here to promote 24Kumi but you beat me to it! I'm already so obsessed with them!

Brittany

I hope that one day you both watch Wild Idol. That was one weird show 😂 but we got Kamden being peak Doobin, baby Gunwook, Jejun and sooo many iconic moments.

Sophie

the trauma that is the stray kids survival show wasn't as nice as &audition🥴. it wasn't really a question of if they would debut but how many members of the original 9 of them would make it to the final group. the eliminations took out lee know and felix... though they thank GOD came back (obviously) in the final episode. also rj, i'm not sure if you guys are going to react to their most recent single "War Cry" at some point but if you thought Nicholas was a problem now... oh girl...

jasmine

speaking of jhope and &t, it was revealed a few months ago that when k didn't make it on iland, jhope told him personally that k's abilities and dancing was the best and to not give up, and that was a huge motivator for him to go on........let's go armylunés

Kate Whatley

As much as I love gaku and would have loved for him to debut, if it came down to him and fuma, I think they had to pick fuma. He really balances out the team and is a great supporting member. Plus K needed someone close to his age

Taylor

I can't wait for you to get into &team variety, all the stuff on their channel is really good, my favorite Korean variety they've done is probably the Eightest episode they did, it was so cute!

Maeva

so excited for the &team reactionss

Thauã Rodrigues

Gaku and Hikaru are going to debut in the new HYBE JAPAN boy group 24KUMI you can see them in HYBE+ chanel. https://youtu.be/nBkhinHZcDE?si=aFwKHjH2Ya8vgRZX

katelynnalexa

Reliving this heartbreak again for the second time, omgggg. When the female judge Sakura tears up and says she wish she could debut all of them like we wanted. 😪

Ada

&audition wasn't the most engaging or memorable survival show, but I had fun watching it for the first time with your reactions. I'm very happy I got introduced to &team, because their discography is great, I love their dynamics and also ej has the sweetest smile ever (unfortunately).

Seren

Gaku and Hikaru (stage name haku) are currently active under the pre-debut hybe labels japan boy group 24kumi / 24組. The group consists of 8 members Yuju, Shin, Ruka, Gaku, Haku, Kyosuke, Kaiji, and Reo. We still don't have an official debut date but they have released many tiktok's over the past few months have have recently released a cover of newjeans's attention (which i highly reccomend you check out). Here's some useful links :) Twitter (memebers): https://twitter.com/24kumi_trainee Twitter (official): https://twitter.com/24kumi_hlj TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@24kumi_trainee Attention cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBkhinHZcDE . (Being a gaku and hikaru lover watching this live and the following almost full year of silence from them was torture btw).

Juice Hermit

someone already recommended this on a previous video, but for anyone reading I want to reiterate that the 'Naissance de &TEAM' video is such a good companion piece to the finale. It starts with them going backstage after the finale ends, and in 20 minutes takes the viewer through their first moments as a group, the intense mixed emotions, their first press conference, their post-finale photo shoot with Enhypen and Harua being all giddy as a Jungwon stan, lol.... I found it super interesting. link: https://youtu.be/GJM3BrA4xPY?si=pwCHhTWdkuAMlUCl

Kate Whatley

I also want to mention that if you want to watch the &team and jhope video, do it soon bc it's going to be taken off youtube in April 5th (for some reason)

Yessinka Alpire

Pleaseee react to Eightest with &team

BE

How is it that we always have the same thoughts on performances?? Lol I feel so reassured in my reactions now haha I agree in that there was something off about Gaku in this performance. Like he wasn't at his best for sure and seemed more stiff than usual (at least in expressions) and I'm saying that with him as my P01. But for Harua and Jo this was literally their best performance so their scores made a lot of sense to me. Especially from the guest producers. And yeah fam I watched this at 2am so that last hour was rough 😭 Anyways welcome, Luné 🌙💕😊

Htet Kross

Thank you for your service Adam and RJ. I hate Scooter Braun so much.

Htet Kross

I’ve never heard this many speeches in one hour

sindrandi

As a sympathetic crier this finale seemed to have no end. That audience was unflappable. 3.000 highly emotional speeches and they cut to someone clapping with one tear prettily rolling down their cheek. Meanwhile I'm in my living room wailing like I'd just lost a pet. I'm so happy precious boy Hikaru is getting another chance of debuting (and with Gaku), but after watching this show and suffering through Fantasy Boys, it's so wild, that a massive talent like Junwon still hasn't.

Rose

By the way if y'all ever come across another show/moment where you want to watch in 1.5 or 2 times speed I would fully support that decision.

Semi

watched all &audition episodes first time with yall and this was a fun experience. if you guys weren't reacting to it I probably wouldn't have ever watched that show so tyvm for the reactions😭🫶 now I'm curious about &team more than ever can't wait to check out their discography

Kate Whatley

Yeah for some reason they uploaded parts of &team gakuen (their Japanese variety show) on YouTube but only for a limited time

Hayley B

I enjoyed watching this with you in real time, I didn't watch this show when it aired even though EJ was one of my top in I-land. When I saw you talk through the subs that said Junwon was performing in vocal only due to an injury I was like "Adam and RJ are going to be so confused when they see him because they weren't paying attention! That's why there is a back up dancer, the injury must have been recent that they couldn't redo the formation and/or the stunts didn't work without all of the members? Not sure, but I am so glad you liked this show, I feel like &team is more underrated and less active than other groups!

rebecca

yes!!! although i recommend catching up on their comebacks before watching bc they perform a couple of them in the vid

Lion

please watch the cover maki did with matthew and the show with &team and zerobaseone

jay

i know this is a long shot but since this is over, produce x 101 next survival show👀

Pari

I really enjoyed the reaction pls do &Team Eightest next so funny and emotional Maki on the lee mujin service is nice too 👀

Mimi

so glad you'll be getting into &team's official content now! they're such a wholesome and heart-warming group. i think you might enjoy watching their lune mare vlogs, which cover their first fan concert tour. In part 2, EJ reads letters he wrote for each of the members and it's seriously so sweet.

Kris Alexandria

You guys should definitely watch "Naissance de &Team" (its on their YT channel) it follows them right after the finale ends and what they do right after for the next day its really emotional and gives a good behind the scenes look at them right after they were formed.

Jungkooksonyeondan Bts

*producer tells debut group to say messages to Enhypen* Adam: "Whyyyy! We don't need to talk to Enhypen!!!" Rj: "Now, everyone say something nice about..... Zico!"

Rae Avilez

So my take is if I am talking about him, it's Fuma, but if I was talking to him directly I would use Huma. I love reactor lore btw. The way Adam and I rolled our eyes at the same time lol! They did look excited to see the members debut, especially Ni-Ki. I had forgotten about RM being there. I feel like he was trying to keep a low profile and they pointed him out right away lol! Gurl! RPWP is the breakup album! And that is cannon! I love Melody!!! She is so sweet. Ugh! Combo punch of Nico and Fuma in this song had me melting. Fuma became bias #3 on this day lol! The chair of shame lol! But he did his best to give face during his parts. If I remember correctly it was a last minute injury that kept him out, so there was no time for anything. They just put his person from the video in his place. I really hate the overlap of the transition of Zico's comments. It's annoying. I'm sorry but did you not see Fuma make a seat of his knee for K?!?!?!!? Like Fuma had to be in this group! The way I burst into tears! Jo had the most points from the producers where he was like not the high with fan voting. Or at least when I checked the rankings. Yuma is so freaking loud! Like manito, why? Okay I can finally say it. Gaku and Hikaru passed their trials to debut in HJL 2nd boy group. There are a few more members now and it's called 24kumi. They have a few videos out, but we have had radio silence since like April or May. I'm assuming they are creating the full group, but honestly no clue. Hayate decided to quit the business. He had an insta for a bit, but I think that is gone too. Listen, I will happily take an hour of speeches from everyone and their mother over waiting 10 minutes for the next winner/member to be called. I happily sat through all this except for 🛴and loved every minute of it. Oh I had forgotten the campaign to debut all 15 together. The behind the scenes of the show are sooo cute!! I hope you guys watch that too. Producer Soma has give us some of the most beautiful songs! My binge is over now lol! Happy 4th of July! When the rest of the world uses it as a drinking holiday lol!

Elin Gissen

So, I over all enjoyed &Audition, but I hate pretty much everything about this finale (except Running With the Pack, that choreo rules) and Gaku not making it in even with a 40% producer pick will forever be a tragedy. But! &Team is the most interesting group in Kpop right now (it's Kpop, it just happens to be in japanese, whatever). I am so obsessed with them. I'm convinced that they are the Seventeen of this generation. I've been with you guys on YouTube since the Boy's Planet Days (in your first ever q&a I asked about Friedrich's name), and was planning to just stay over there, but I got on the Patreon to see you watch &Audition. And I swear to god I will stay on here as long as you keep doing &Team content. It's all I want, truly. I NEED you to get on this journey. Thank you.