And so Morning Musume debuts their 42nd single and the rest out of the "Miracle Era" with a daily ranking of 16,452 sales.It really isn't hard bad considering that they aren't ...

1.Johnny Jr. Entertainment Boy Bands
2.AKB48
3.J-pop Queens and Princesses(Ayumi,Namie,Koda,Yui etc)
4.Perfume???

I guess only those few atm can ever be guaranteed some neat sales even if the single/album quality isn't as good.And even they can have "off-days."

Anyway back to MM.One should see the amount of promotion they are having for this single.Compared to 41st single Kimagure Princess...compared to 40th single Nanchatte Renai...this is like a show hand from producer Tsunku.I aren't gonna list all.But just roughly of what they have as promotions.

1.Utaban appearance.This is quite a famous music variety show.
2.Music Japan and Music Fighter song performance.
3.Oricon special interview.This is really really detailed stuff there.
4.Tons of random video promotions on multiple websites.

So is this a way to celebrate the departure of their problematic 7th gen member Kusumi Koharu?Is this to prepare for any drop in sales because of her depature?Or is this just some secret plan from Tsunku himself?

We'll know in a bit.