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[ldybastet]

I was sitting here listening to T.M.Revolution's new album, and I remembered this picture that I came across the other day as I link-hopped on the Internet. Maybe I'm just over-sensitive, but sometimes I get annoyed when people keep mentioning or joking about how short Ruki is. I think a lot of people forget that in Japan, the average height of a male is 1.715 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in), and for a female, it's 1.580 m (5 ft 2 in). So even though Ruki is shorter than average with his 1.62 m, it's not like he's a dwarf or something like so many make it sound like. *grumps* And a lot of Caucasians would tower over almost any Japanese! I know my brother would definitely be a giant! LOL

Anyway! To the picture! And why I thought of it because of the music. ;) Click for a bigger version.



That's Ruki and T.M.Revolution (also the vocalist in Abingdon Boys School)! See? Ruki is not the shortest man in the Universe! T.M.Revolution is! He is tall! :D

Sadly, I have no idea where this picture was taken, or why etc, and also not who the original uploader is.

ETA: After some Internet detectiving (totally a word, shh!) we now know that this pic was taken backstage/off-camera at the TV show Music Japan Dec 12th, 2010. :)

Comments

[zabimitsuki]

I know! ;_; Poor Ruki... I really don't think the format helps here, he obviously needs some time to warm up while singing it and it's not a song that can be shortened easily.

Ah! The vid's gone! D:

LOL! Probably not, can you see Uruha wearing something that plain? :P

[ldybastet]

Try this one instead. :)

Yeah... it's a pretty long song, and there's not really a good place to just stop before the end.

Well, I have seen pics of him wearing black vests over a shirt or t-shirt, but they're usually shorter. Maybe Kai just had a day when he felt plain? ;)