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Just some stats. My favourite Dream members: 1. Kana Tachibana 2. Yuu Hasebe 3. Ami Nakashima (there will always be a spot reserved for Mai Matsumuro though) My favourite Dream songs in order: 1.
Stay Now I'm Here (Original mix) 3. Kimi to Itasora 4. I Love World Sekaijuu no Shiawase wo Utaou 5.
Movin' On The top 3 are certainly some of the best Jpop I've ever heard: Get Over is a dancepop classic in my opinion and Stay Now I'm Here, one of my favourite ballads ever. It almost moved me to tears last time. Favorite Dream albums 1. Euro Dream-land Ok so they didn't actually have that many albums to choose from, but it shows when their best 3 albums are the ones from the 3-nin era.
Is peerless, really. My favourite Dream PVs 1.
Foreword: This is Keno-san's scenario. He did not have much experience when we was thrown to produce scenario of the game that we know as Love Potion in two months time. Critics buried the game and that's why there was much more care in producing next game scenario - that was DESIRE, the game that I can't. A page for describing YMMV: Shota Shimizu. Awesome Music: When You Cry, the B-side for Fuyu Ga Owaru Mae Ni. Ear Worm: love and Believe.
Get Over (it's really really cool I feel which more than made up for the delay it had in making, if anyone still remembered Kana was injured at the point in time) 2. Music Is My Thing (cosplay show.
Really funny) 3. Stay Now I'm Here (It just has a really nostalgic and dreamy feel to it. Filmed beautifully) 4. I Love World (loved the way they showed the girls doing all kinds of funny things, playing about in real life and how the lyrics appeared here and there on the screen) 5. Sincerely ever dream (Mai on the piano. Set in a school. Sure brings back memories) My favourite Dream 'dance' moves 1.
Movin' On (the funny opening-your-heart hand movement ^^) 2. My Will (both fists knocking together.) 3. Private Wars (too complicated to describe =p) 4. Reality (jumping up and down.) 5. Music Is My Thing (dancing in costumes is always cool in my book.). (reproduced from my dream thread on JPM) I was in kind of a crazy otaku mood recently (inspired by the great santos26) and decided to take some pix of my dream collection to share with everyone. While not the greatest collection for sure it is hardly inconsiderable either (including every 3-nin single+album).
And share some stories and comments about them with everyone who can be bothered to read. Basically my whole dream story, if you will.click on the pixs below for bigger image dream calendar collection (2002, 2004, 2005) I wasn't so much into dream calendar buying before 2004 and I was really lucky to be able to actually buy the 2002 calendar when I went to Japan this year! Undoubtedly the 2002 calendar was the best of the lot (this should make clear that I think 3-nin era dream rules over the 7 and 8-nin versions). The photography was superb and I just love the mature and elegant images that Mai, Kana and Yuu had inside. It was similar to that from their 'Process' album, which I still feel, even till now, had their best ever image, a bit departure from some of the cheesy costumes or casual clothes which they wore for some of their other works. How should I put it. It was 'artistic' (to me, anyway).
2004's cover wasn't bad if you're into 'naked' girls on the cover (btw, none of them were remotely close to naked inside the calendar itself). Really really loved Ami's smile on that one (yah, that goofy smile and her cute actions really melted my icy heart and made her my undoubted fav out of the 2nd gen bunch). How should I put it, kind of boring. I didn't really like the clothes they were wearing. In fact they wore better stuff for the Natsuiro album.
Although I didn't regret buying it (how can I, because Kana+Yuu had another solo page for themselves:heart: ), I didn't put it up either. Of course, I am missing 2001 and 2003. Will keep my eyes peeled for those although it is seriously unlikely that they will be sold anywhere. (they should be like national treasures by now). And very disappointingly, as mentioned earlier in the thread, their 2005 calendar will be a table-sized one.:crying: And is ONLY available in Avex Shopping Arena, which means it can't be ordered from overseas.
I'll have to think twice about buying that one. Have to comfort myself with my Yuu calendar for now. (waiting waiting for it.) dream merchandise and YUU! Ok, admittedly I don't have much merchandise, but AVEX didn't help by not opening an AVEX shop or something. Why is there only H!P shops? As a 'Girls' Box Union' citizen I would seriously much rather buy idol stuff from Avex girls.
To get the best dream goods, you have to attend their lives and events. This is obviously close-to-impossible for a foreigner, especially when I will have to probably travel all the way to Tokyo for it. (in any case they did not seem to have any lives at all on in the whole time that I was in Japan, to my great disappointment, only in the US) The closest I got to them was during the Futsal tourney in May, when I actually made it to the door of the stadium itself, only to find that I could not afford to pay the scalper for the tix- 10000yen. Next up- my favourite songs of 2005! And below that (new addition), my take on the 5 best new groups and 5 sucky groups.
Anyway, my Top 10 songs are as below (I included a couple of end-2004 songs as I only heard them in 2005 so. Hope it's not illegal Tongue) It was impossible to choose only 10 songs, because there have been so many great songs that I have heard recently and loved. (in any case I threw in more at the end Roll Eyes) (more or less in order of preference) 1. Younha - Yubikiri (Japanese version) (04/10/20) Technically this song was released in 2004, but I only heard it in 2005. So forgive me here. Since it's my song of the year (although it was really tough choosing between this and Tsunagari)!
^^ I've been listening to it over and over and over again for the past 6 months, and I'm still not sick of it yet. The tune is enduring, the lyrics simple yet effective, and Younha has a beautiful voice for ballads. Plus I liked the pv too. Shiori Takei - Tsunagari (05/07/06) This was the song that made me sit up and take notice of her. The piano melody (written by my favorite GIZA songwriter Aika Ohno) is hauntingly beautiful, sticking to my mind and refusing to let go, one would certainly think of it as 'night music', if there ever was one. How fitting that the pv was set in a music club. Shiori has the most amazing voice I've ever the fortune of hearing live, better than Mika Nakashima.
The lyrics, describing the ties we cherish in our life, and written by Shiori herself, were meaningful and really struck a chord with me. YUI - Life (05/11/09) Admittedly, I did not like any of YUI's previous songs much, but when I heard this song I was hooked. The melody was infectiously catchy, and when I went to look at the lyrics I realised that above and beyond that, YUI was a great lyrics writer too; the lyrics for this song seemed to mirror her own struggle, seemingly describing her thoughts and how she would not give up in her lifelong wish of being a singer, how she remained confident, pervering till it finally came true. Simply inspiring.
Mi - Mirai no Chizu (05/02/02) Anyone who watches Ai no Ri will know this tune, an infectiously upbeat tune. I really enjoyed their first album as it has some smashing happy pop band tunes, looking forward to hearing more from them. They are recruiting new members (a guitarist and drummer) for the group (as they only have a vocalist, bassist and keyboardist now), hopefully when the new additions arrive they will produce even better music than before. Nakanomori Band - Whatever (05/05/25) Another all-girls band but completely different in style from Mi, Nakanomori Band does Western-style pop-rock tunes instead. I feel that Ayako Nakanomori's strong (not shrilly) vocals complements their style perfectly. From the response on their thread, people seem to dislike this song but I can't understand why, it is just so crazily catchy!
You really do feel like saying 'Don't care! Like they do to the world after hearing the song. Surely, this is the perfect song to represent the rebelliousness and apathy of youth, a time when one can still leave the cares of the real world behind, showcasing the traditional spirit of good ol' rock n' roll. Aiko Kitahara - Fuyu Urara (05/02/09) My all-time favourite Aiko tune, it has such a nice winter feel to it, an upbeat (but not cold) love song, coupled with a classic tune (again written by the versatile Aika Ohno), perfect to welcome the season. Aiko has been my favorite GIZA singer for a while and she certainly hasn't lost her touch! Kaela Kimura - Happiness (04.10.27) Another end-2004 tune that I only heard in the beginning of the year, I loved the tune straightaway. I guess I'm a sucker for happy catchy rock stuff, but this song is irresistable.
Tongue Plus, it had such a fun pv. I had not even heard of Kaela before this but this song made me a convert.
One of the rarer rock n' roll chicks on the Jpop scene. Mihimaru GT - Negai (04.07.28) The pioneers of so-called hip pop, catchy pop songs and ballads with dash of hip hop flavour added, I only got into their songs later this year but they were pretty good! Indeed, this song seemed to be a favourite of many others too. I don't like normal hip hop tunes but mihimaru GT has made their songs accessible indeed. Plus, Hiroko's voice is also easy on the ears. Hitomi Shimatani - Falco (05.08.10) / Mermaid (05.06.15) The world may be constantly changing, but one thing always remain the same: No matter what happens, Hitomi Shimatani always come up with great singles, and these 2 are no exception.
I really couldn't decide which one I liked more, so I threw them both in. Shimatani has a great, smooth and silky (even flawless) voice for both singing fast songs and ballads, and she is a fantastic dancer to boot; the songs are great but listening to them is only half the experience - her live performances of the songs have to be watched to fully feel the beat of the songs, with the great costumes and choreography amongst her and her dancers! Plus, she's quite possibly the most beautiful lady in Jpopdom, right next to melody. Valentine 10. Younha - Touch (05.09.07) Since I started my top 10 with a Younha song I might as well end it with one too. What can I say - this is a brilliant remake! Younha brought so much more life and energy into this song than Yoshimi Iwasaki.
I guess the modern arrangement helped (I don't quite like the dated sound of the original) but Younha's voice sparkles with life. I really like how they incorporated some headbanging guitar and piano solos this time round. Plus, watching her trying to dance on stage (funny hand movements!) and in the pv was interesting to say the least. He He The rest of my top 25 that were close to making into the Top 10!: 11. Mi - Sunset 12. REIRA starring Yuna Ito - Endless Story 13. Saki Fukuda - Attack No.1 2005 14.
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Melody - Realize 15. Sparkling Point - Mainichi Adventure 16. Sister Q - Step One / Natsu no Biyaku 17. Harenchi Punch - Hakusen Start Line 18. Tokyo Jihen - Toumei Ningen 19.
Ai Otsuka - Bidama 20. Dream - Story 21.
D.D.D - Heart 22. High and Mighty Color - Pride 23. Nakanomori Band - Sentimental Place 24. Aya Matsuura - Ki ga Tsukeba Anata / Zutto Sukide Ii desuka 25. Morning Musume - Iroppoi Jirettai Finally, a special mention has to go to Zone's Egao Biyori. I couldn't find a way to fit it into my top 25 but they had produced so many memorable songs down the years, it's still sad to see them go.
Crying With Maiko on the comeback trail, I'm still hoping Miyu and Mizuho can continue to make music in future (although i don't mean that lousy R&B stuff, Miyu!). Ok, I have to make an appendix to this list. I have just become addicted to Harenchi Punch. Their Megaphone song is so addictive and catchy. How did it not get into Oricon Top 50?! (though we will see at the end of the week) Tomomi is really cute, of course while the other 2 aren't really there I appreciate the rapping and TF6 girl's (is her name Saya or something) attempt to play the guitar. The so-called 'dance' with the megaphones is really really cute.
Plus the 'kokuhaku' part in the beginning. I especially love the way Tomomi smile when she attempts to rub out the word 'love' on the blackboard and then stops. Basically they all look good in the pv though. I thought Hakusen Start Line was good enough but this song rocks just as much, if not more. I have to seriously consider inserting them into the Top 10 since there's a couple more weeks to go till the end of 2005. Now for the extra segment. Basically, I'll talk about some relatively new groups that impressed me this year - 1.
Harenchi Punch - very unique rap-sing-guitar trio concept, outstanding single tracks. Potential to go far! (if not, joining some tarento boxing tourney might be good too) i appreciate their effort to 'punch out' the Harenchi elements in japanese society through their songs, although the direction does seem misguided. Nakanomori Band - another unique band playing American style pop-rock - great sound. Enough to inspire me to make a thread on them. Their single is doing pretty well on the Oricon too. Shame that the guitarist left 3.
Mi - What can I say? This really shows the diversity of Jpop, as Mi plays a totally different brand of melodic pop-rock mixed with ballads.
Their songs are great - especially Mirai no Chizu which is well on the way to becoming a classic, as well as Sunset, a touching ballad. Their album is surprisingly good too, with many listenable non-generic tracks, a fusion of pop with a little rock and a sprinkling of fun. What's more, Maika's big sister apparently wants to be a singer too- wow. Another Kumi - Misono in the works? Sparkling Point - Another trio but more of a vocal unit this time. Not exactly sparkling voices, but they can sing pretty good, they're kinda normal-cute (if that makes sense), plus they're from GIZA, the greatest record label in Japan, so it's another 10 bonus points straight away, lol.
And their Mainichi Adventure rocks. Sister Q - First 2 singles sucked (if they wanted to cover songs, they could have chosen better ones!) but Step One was great.
Why oh why did I not watch them in Osaka - I knew I should have skipped that damn kaiyukan. Sexy ladies, one cute girl called Masami in the centre (sort of looks like Sugar's Ayumi) and one 15 year old (!!!) Aya on the right, well this Aya can SING! I was impressed with her deep and mature vocals, definitely better than Masami and Ayano. They have a future - these sister 'queens'! Buzy - Well they are not that new (debuted last year).If nothing else, they get full marks for determination. After being part of flop-group Color years ago, Nao not too long ago returned (with some of her ex-buddies? Im not sure.) for a second shot at success with a girl group.
And boy - she can sing. Better than at least 95% of all idol group vocalists, Nao has rich, deep and powerful vocals. She should try going solo, really. Buzy songs aren't bad, but they're not exactly getting much exposure now either, although it has improved greatly with their tv appearances (apparently the first for Buzy) for 'Pasion', a nice latin-flavoured song, Ayaka Komatsu even acted in the pv. Audiences finally get to see a talented 'idol' singer behind the mike, although I wouldn't quite say Buzy is an idol group, more of a vocal group, with Nao at the head.
Although it's hard to see them skyrocketing to success, it's hard to begrudge them either. I hope Nao makes it this time. Sort of middling. Hinoi Team - Haha, I've always liked Asuka Hinoi, but hearing their Eurobeat songs brought me back to the days of. Well, at least the dream party album, anyway.
Disposable upbeat euro dance pop - perfect for a leisurely day. Even though the gokirri guy tried to mutilate the song, if I really shut out his 'vocals' (or rather growling) I could find myself appreciating Hinoi Team's effort at superceding their superior peers. After all - dream totally owns this song, it's brave of them to even try. D.D.D - Ok, so I put them here on the mere basis that I grew to love their song, Heart (ignored it at first). The dance tune sticks in my mind and insanely drills its way into my cranium like those machines in the Matrix.
Admittedly, Maria doesn't have the greatest vocals (and the rest of the group are just what- backup dancers!? They could have called this group Maria Team!) but hey, it was a good idea to break from the flop of an entity called Bishojo Club. Dance-pop is better than the crap-pop that BC21/31 delivered. Groups that suck / continue to suck 1. Sugar - Sugar and spice, but nothing really nice. Although Ayumi is really really cute with her bambi eyes.sigh.
Guess I could always just watch the pv. Perfume - Their songs are horrid. Tacky clothes and dated technoish dance-pop music is a perfectly (crap) combination. They don't even look good. Jewelry - Songs are not that bad, but hasn't actually done anything significant either to distinguish them from other flop groups from Korea 4. Paradise Go!! - New members, same sucky songs.
It's no wonder they are the poor cousins of the Girl's Box Union with their desperately unintersting songs. Maybe they can really dance well, look good, sincere to fans, etc, but not having a single mem orable song is their fatal flaw.
Although I admit I pity Koterika for having to live in a ramshackle house with a broken air-con and having to fight giant grasshoppers (now where have I heard a similar sob story before.? If anything, Misaki still seems like the highlight of Parago to me - the only girl that really catches my attention - well that and the fact that she streaked her hair too to make the point. SweetS - Same situation as PGG, but maybe not so bad, although having 2 members desert is never good (they do have their rabid fanbase). At least I could still recall one or two more memorable songs from them - although I felt they were never really that nice - but their recent songs are terrible. They are so mediocre (especially On the Way), I couldn't bear listening to it again after the first time.
I highly doubt new fans will be taken in by these tracks. I have to admit that I always think of them as the 'little' group (because all the members seem so small sized and short).
Luckily Haruna is still around, or they might be in deeper trouble, who knows. Life is not all that sweet.and the Missing 1. Boystyle - Where are you guys?!? Good luck with your NHK dorama anyway, Eri. You can make it as an actress with your 'suppin' fresh looks, I'm sure.
Bon Bon Blanco - Another group that has gone MIA. Where am I gonna get my bongo music now?:(. The reason why I am always short of money. Let it be known that this is only the Jpop list.
I also have a huge collection of English and Chinese CDs that I've been buying since. At one point I was buying one a week, but of course that rate is no longer so with the advent of BT (woo hoo! Everything can be downloaded!) and the obvious difficulty of buying Jpop in Singapore - the Jpop I want, anyway. I could theoretically order them, but they are still expensive. And I am poor.
With the number of artistes I support, only by buying 2nd hand CDs from places like Book Off and Tsutaya can I satisfy my Jpop hunger, and none of them can be found in Singapore - sob -! Since I came back from Japan I've been sorely deprived, but I'm going to make another order soon. My Garnet Crow Best, dream and maybe Harenchi PUNCH! (i think they are really. But they need my help on the Oricon). Anyway, here are my 8 years worth of CDs (many of them bought this year when I went to Japan twice.) Japan editions ( BOLD=Favourites) Singles x78 Ai Kawashima - Tenshitachi no Melody/Tabitachi no Asa Aiko Kitahara - DA DA DA Aiko Kitahara - Fuyu Urara Aiko Kitahara - Grand Blue Aiko Kitahara - special Days!!
Should I even need to write an intro to my own blog, since (doubtfully) anybody will read it? Well, heck, I will anyway, if only to remind myself. This is a JPOP blog!! The best music on earth. Yeah - JPOP. Best sung by idol groups or pretty girls, but I'm not so particular.;) Well I admit I may be somewhat shallow, but basically first and foremost what I go for in jpop is the music. If the music sux, if she cannot sing to save her life (Mayuko.cough.
Iwasa), no matter how pretty the girl is, I will find it impossible to follow or truly support the person/group. Whereas if the song is great but the looks mediocre. Well i will still consider but maybe not support so much. Of course the best is a combination of both, although that is hard to find, but well the Jpop world always throws out a lot of promising candidates anyhow! I might even talk abit about my secondary interests if I'm in the mood (those who know will know what it is.). My inspiration for this blog undoubtedly comes from the great santos26. He has my utmost respect as the 'Attack All Around' idol-chaser supreme, at least amongst the English blogosphere anyway.
His legendary blog is always interesting and humourous, the English may not be perfect but it is easily understandable, and I sometimes end up laughing when I see his ingenious attempts to merge the Jpop world into the real world, like the Dem. People's Republic Of N Kore. I mean of Harenchi Punch! You gotta see his blog to understand. And he's a god at making all the idol stats and charts too. Not to mention he absolutely stops at nothing for his idols Bon Bon Blanco and Paradise Go!!
Go!!, which includes going for every single event and buying the same single 20 times. God, I want to follow him but I do need a proper job to have that kind of money! I wonder why I stopped going to his blog for so long - it was obviously a mistake. Forgive me, I shall rejoin you as your follower, O great Santos. ^-^ Show me the light! Anyway, I guess that maybe I should talk about about my jpop history here too.
Here goes nothing: My primary Jpop obsession lies with dream. Well I have been crazy about them since they debuted in 2000, but well there was a period when my fever cooled down (about 2003) when Mai retired and all the newcomers arrived, but I slowly regained the fever as I slowly warmed up to all the newcomers, and learnt all their names. Ami Nakashima, the cute one with the sunny yet goofy smile, is my fav of the bunch. She is really cute with her kawaii bangs, her actions and always seems genuinely cheerful.
Shizuka Nishida and Erie Abe, they are both the beauties of the second gen; although Shizuka could fix her teeth up a bit. She looks good and dances well. Unfortunately she is mostly in background all the time, one of the quieter members. For Erie, she had already appeared in some CMs and collaborations, and she always give me this impression of womanly charm and confidence (I like her hair too!). I truly hope she can continue to shine, i want to see more of her. For Aya Takamoto, well I never really liked her.
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Too much of a 'tomboy' for me. But she does look like the genki sort, which was proven true in the futsal leagues this year when she was supposed to be Team dream's star player.
If there is anyone in dream who can do sports, it will have to be her. And for that, she gets my respect. If Aya can somehow inspire Team dream to actually win a few matches instead of having half their players injured, I might even put her in my top 3 for a few days lol. I mean, I don't expect them to seriously challenge Gatas, but well try and beat a few more of the lesser teams (Miss Magazine team, maybe? How about the new Oscarpro team?) and maybe keep the score down when you meet Gatas. You know you can do it, girls!
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Now I come to the enigma of the group, Sayaka Yamamoto. She's another.short.
girl that while I don't especially love, it is hard to hate her either. I mean, she looks so innocent, girly and puppy dog-ish. Yah she kinds of reminds me of a cute furry puppy. She hasn't released any singles, yet amazingly Avex saw it fit to give her TWO mini-albums. Not even the 'da jie da' Yuu and Kana had that privilege (although Kana came closest with a single- although it was more of a colloboration than a solo). I wonder what's the confidence Avex has in her?
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I mean, Sekishun isn't a bad album but the songs are kind of boring. Yes, she sings folksy, traditional-ish songs, a far departure from the Jpop dance beats that dream does.
Senkou Hanabi was a better effort, I loved the title track. I do not doubt that she probably has the best voice out of all the newcomers (resulting in her sharing the main mike duties with Kana and Yuu in many of dream's lives), but I'm just wondering how well received her albums are, since I am not sure there are that many Sayaka otakus and her albums are geared towards almost a totally different group of listeners. But she will be releasing a new single this Dec 7, wow! Looks like a Christmassy type of song to me- can't wait to hear it. She seems to be on a semi-solo career already. I have almost forgotten the 'invisible' girl, Risa Ai.
She joined for one.two albums and then she left, before my fever fandom even returned. Ok, she looks cute, but other than that I don't really see a major talent (I remember she was 'waitress' in the dream world 'cosplay display'). Although apparently she has (relatively) successfully converted to the life of a solo tarento, juggling duties on several different TV shows and dramas as well as radio (ok this sounds mean but I just just saw on her website that for her vital stats her B is.lowest I have ever seen- even Yuko Ogura can beat that.), even having a DVD. Looks like she isn't having too much trouble, even though she didn't exactly make an impact in dream unlike Mai, who fans (including me) still miss like mad (more on her later). And let me just round off by raving about Yuu and Kana. The lynchpins of group, Kana is the undisputed leader, the goalie for Team dream, and all around motivator. She has the most powerful vocals and endurance (I have to agree with santos26 that she can probably sing 10 lives in a row if she has to- Yokozuna!) in the whole group, and I took to her ever since she started out.
Let's call it. There's nothing she can't do- sing, dance, entertain, and from what I see she makes fans happy too during meet-the-fan sessions, happily posing for pictures and chatting (of cos it is the same with Yuu). The consummate entertainer, I would say.
Yuu would be the popular girl, the girl with the looks, the star that shines brightest, visible even under the glare of the sun. In fact, nowadays everything seems to revolve around her, from pvs (she is the ONLY dream girl appearing in the Kono Natsu ga Owaru Maeni) to Girl's Box (center of attraction, main star in the pv), doramas (she appeared in quite a few recently) and of course her solo gravure career, with 2 photobooks and DVDs out so far. Who does not know her? But I must say it's justifiable- she can sing too, and I must say I'm attracted to her looks like everybody. So far, she's the only one I know who have gone from being a Jpop singer to doing gravure, but if there's anyone suitable to do gravure, it will be her, with her megawatt smile and shapely (although not exactly curvy) body.
It's a very healthy, sunny sort of gravure though. And I have yet to see a photograph where she does NOT look absolutely stunning. She must have been born pretty or something, it's almost amazing when you think of it.
5 years and she has hardly changed that much, except grow up a bit, obviously, but not so much to have a major difference. And I have her autograph.my precious.
Well, enough ranting about dream for now. All I can say is I love them to death and really wish to see them do well in the chart, but the decline of the whole girl group idol industry in Japan is discouraging for their future prospects (they could only chart between 10 to 20 I think for their recent stuff). It's sad because they are so talented, and a good combination as a whole. Maybe it's kind of seditious or traitorous to say this, but I will rather have the whole Hello! Project went down in flames if that will save dream. Not that I don't love certain members (Reina, Koharu, Mako.) but they have sort of become a bit of a turn off in recent times. Of course, I will bring the children (Berryz) off the island first if that happens.
Well, they are a guilty pleasure, because i really enjoy watching them. W will be the first sacrificed if I could help it. It's probably obvious that I do love a lot of other artistes as well so I guess I will probably be ranting about THEM in days to come. Anyway, since this is MY blog, I shall start by reproducing some of my longer posts in Jpopmusic Forum, my hangout. Just for keepsake I guess, since I spent so long typing them.