Dear Minna-san,Welcome to the SMAP FreeBird Board. This board was started on 15 May 2002, the same day that SMAP released their FreeBird single.Why "FreeBird"? Because we want to provide for you a SMAP haven where you can express your opinions and views freely, without fear that people will bite your head off. (This is of course, not the same as slamming SMAP as a group, or one of its members, for no reason at all.)Do come by our board whenever you can, and contribute what you know. There's so much out there to learn about SMAP...I hope to see more of all of you.Cheers...Smap ForeverP-Chan(excerpt from another thread)-----------------------------------------------------------HELLO EVERYONE!i'm P-chan, and the SMAP FreeBird Board is officially started today, May 15 2002. today, SMAP releases their new single, FreeBird, for sale in japan.and like the words of the song, we want to provide a peaceful and friendly haven where fellow SMAP fans can talk about SMAP. i'm not just talking about normal fans here.... i'm almost obssessed with SMAP, and even more so with Kimura Takuya.we want to share our obsession with you, and we want you to share it with us as well. there aren't any hard rules in this board, nothing too rigid, we want you to treat this board like your own.a bird that flies anywhere he wants to go. at his own pace, in his own time, at his own will.that's you, sharing your love of SMAP with us.i know sometimes people might say things we don't like to hear about our idols, but love is only true love when you love the whole package. warts, zits, and all.SMAP isn't perfect. we all know that. there are things about them that make me wonder how they got into johnny's..... but there's just something about all five of them that's so magical, it can't be explained, and this is the reason why they shot to stardom.it is the wonder of SMAP, our five true love, and we want to share it with everyone, young or old, a "new" or "old" fan. nothing matters, as long as you really love them.