Hanryu Pia Magazine December 2018 and January 2019 Review

My Golden Child magazine collection has grown as I also purchased the December 2018, January 2019, February 2019, and March 2019 issues of Japanese magazine Hanryu Pia. I got the December, January, and February issues from Seattle's Kinokuniya bookstore on January 26th, and the March issue on March 2nd, for just over $23 USD each (this is a slight markup from when I bought the October 2018 issue back in December). Golden Child has had their brief but totally worth it "Golden Time" segment in Hanryu Pia monthly since September 2018, however my foolish self wasn't proactive and didn't get the September or November issues.

Here I'll blog about the December 2018 and January 2019 issues. In a future post I'll blog about the February and March issues. In these posts I'll also point out when other Woollim artists are present in these issues.

December 2018

In the section showing celebrities' promotions, Golden Child makes an appearance! Here they are in their "Listen" outfits on M! Countdown.

IZ*ONE also makes an appearance in this section. I won't mention IZ*ONE every time they appear because they're in this issue quite often...I'll only mention them if Woollim's Eunbi and Chaewon are clearly shown.

Woohyun is also mentioned, unfortunately with no accompanying photo.

Ex-Woollim actor Kim Min Seok is shown on a page dedicated to his drama "Age of Youth 2".

One section also shows the TV broadcast schedule for various Japanese channels. Some time slots listed individual Infinite member schedules. The two schedules that really caught my eye are a Golden Child feature and the Golden Child x Infinite Battle Tour.

And now onto the main Golden Child feature, "Golden Time"! There are four pages to this month's "Golden Time", with the first two pages featuring Tag and Jibeom in overalls.

This is such a cute pose of Tag and Jibeom. And Jibeom with the piece of paper in his mouth is oddly such a cute image!

Even though I can't read Japanese, I do feel that these magazines are so worth it because there are so many pictures of Golden Child included in so few pages!

The second two pages contain Y, Seungmin, and Jaehyun, with Tag featured at the top.

These three are so adorable like this!

It looks like each member drew a portrait of another member. All the poses these thee make are too cute.

I really like how this magazine shows random groupings within Golden Child; it's interesting seeing these three together and they just look so cute like this!

At the end of the issue are various Polaroid events of the featured celebrities. There are two Polaroids of Y, Seungmin, and Jaehyun together, and two of Tag and Jibeom together.

January 2019

This issue is especially special because there is an additional section for Golden Child and it includes a folded poster of the group!

This additional feature is also displayed in the table of contents with the same group photo as the folded poster.

The section displaying celebrities' schedules shows IZ*ONE at M! Countdown without Chaewon.

Another posting shows Chaewon in her Hanlim uniform on the same day, the day of the CSAT.

The section "Event Report in Japan" shows Infinite's fanmeeting as 5.

IZ*ONE's variety show is also listed.

And on the TV broadcast schedules, shows featuring Kei, an Infinite member (I...don't know their names in Japanese...), Photo People in Tokyo with Woohyun, and the concert from KCON18NY (Golden Child!) are listed.

And now on to Golden Time! There are four pages to this section. The first two pages feature the cutest Seungmin and Jangjun in such a soft boyfriend concept!

Jangjun and Seungmin are just really adorable together. I love that they were paired to show off these cute poses!

I think this is the cutest Seungmin I've ever seen. I really hope for an upcoming concept, they can style Seungmin like this!

The second two pages show Jibeom, Joochan, and Bomin also in this really cute soft boyfriend concept!

Seungmin also makes one more appearance in these two pages. He is just too adorable! And Jichanbom's pyramid is also so cute^^

I can't get over this photoshoot. I really hope a future Golden Child comeback will have a soft boyfriend concept too!

And directly after "Golden Time" is Golden Child's other interview special! This feature has 8 pages and a special photoshoot of the boys in one of their "Genie" promotion outfits.

Golden Child is constantly promoting bright, energetic songs, so it's so different seeing them pose with such dark tones despite wearing promotion outfits.

Included is also a beautiful two-page spread of Golden Child.

And lastly is one more group photo, along with a mini section to interview each member, and their printed handwritten Kanji character, and a printed handwritten message.

I'm so impressed by the boys' kanji writing skills. I guess it doesn't surprise me about Daeyeol since he likes to write with such nice penmanship (top), but Donghyun's (bottom left) and Joochan's (bottom right) definitely stood out to me as well.

The last section shows the various gifts that readers can win, including Wish albums, Polaroids of Jangjun and Seungmin together, and Polaroids of Jibeom, Joochan, and Bomin together.

Please look forward to my upcoming post about Golden Child in Hanryu Pia's February and March issues!

Hanryu Pia Magazine October 2018 Review

I bought Japanese magazine Hanryu Pia's October 2018 issue from Seattle's Kinokuniya Bookstore on December 17th for about $20 USD. Earlier that day I had received my Ktown package which was supposed to contain my Golden Child's 2019 Season's Greetings, but instead received Exo albums due to Ktown's incompetency of properly fulfilling orders. Anyways, the only reason I'm bringing this up again is because I'm really grateful to have found this magazine for Golden Child in absence of my season's greetings.

I initially bought this magazine for Golden Child's feature, though Infinite's L as the cover and other members' photos throughout the magazine were quite the bonus! It was really fun going through the magazine and spotting all the familiar faces.

Right away on the backside of the front cover is an advertisement for Hoya's drama "Radiant Office"!

The opposite page is an attached folded poster of L. This is a double-sided poster, with the other side housing an image of CNBlue's Kang Minhyuk.

Following the poster is L's feature story.

L's feature is 10 pages long.

L always looks especially handsome in blazers!

And here's L looking soft in another outfit.

It's interesting to see how L's autograph has evolved over time, or perhaps depending on if he's Infinite's L or Kim Myungsoo.

And here's the last page of L's feature, along with his image on the table of contents.

The following section shows idols and actors at various events. L makes his appearance again, here at the MCM event!

Woohyun is also featured in this section, for this Second Write.. mini album showcase.

And to my pleasant surprise, Dongwoo's here as well!

Actor Hoya makes another cameo (bottom right) with a page for his drama "Two Cops"!

And now Golden Child's feature, "Golden Time"! This magazine is really smart to have Golden Child's feature be spread out over several issues, so that only about four pages featuring Golden Child are in each issue. Here are the first two pages.

These two pages show a lot of Y and Bomin, along with a selca of the two (and Tag in the bottom left corner!).

There are only five pages of "Golden Time", but there is so much going on. They are all so adorable in their overalls!

The second two pages show Jangjun, Tag, and Joochan (with crouching Y hanging out on top!). Drawings of the members are also shown on the left.

I don't usually see Jangtaekchan (?) together, but they really are so cute together! And if anyone's a fan of the show "Fuller House", this is like the she wolf pack^^

Also there is just so much cuteness here, from Jangjun clutching Jootaek's legs to the three peeking over the white wall to their portraits to Tag looking really handsome with his blue hair.

I think my most favorite part is that the members are holding up placards for the page numbers!

The fifth page has a group image as well as advertisements for receiving additional Golden Child content. This concludes Golden Child's segment for this issue, with a continuation in next month's.

Actor Hoya makes his last cameo for this issue, this time for his drama "Devilish Joy".

Towards the end of the issue are the Polaroid events. There are four autographed Polaroids of L.

For Golden Child, there are two autographed Polaroids of Jangtaekchan and two of Boyoon (?).

And lastly there is one more section for L.

As I mentioned, "Golden Time" is spread out over several issues of Hanryu Pia, at least from September 2018 to February 2019. This past weekend I went back to Kinokuniya and found issues December, January, and February. I don't know if I'm more frustrated at myself for falling into this trap and buying this magazine, or for not paying attention to which issues Golden Child was featured in and ending up only buying October, December, January, and February. I'll be blogging about these issues in a future post!