And so I received Morning Musume Nine Smile DVD and Mano Erina's 6th single "Haru no Arashi" just yesterday.
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The single was lovely.No regrets in purchasing it.Despite all the criticism on Mano-chan's vocal strength ... she delivered this song perfectly.No complaints.
The DVD ... is hard to digest.Especially the last 40 mins(grad part - end of DVD).
The sorrow of 3 months.All flowing back into my mind and heart.
I decided to drop by Liang Court after dinner with a couple of my friends today.Just to stroll around since the night is still young(8pm only).It's rather shocking to me to see Clarke Quay quite packed.And here's the place where "only tourists will ever go" and it's possible to count the amount of locals in the morning/afternoon of a typical weekday with one hand.
Liang Court itself ...well it's making progress.For being a little isolated there's quite a fair bit of shoppers.That's nice to hear.With all the heavy pushing of Central Mall and Liang Court being so close by...can we see the emergence of the Japan craze in Singapore again?Who knows.
I always wonder...why do people need to always have a "ally/enemy" mindset?Recently the shocking sales of AKB's new single had H!P fans freaking out.This brings down a whole bunch of conversation/criticism from both AKB and H!P fans.So I do wonder.Both sides do have their fair share of fans for their idols.So
WHY NOT ACCEPT BOTH!
There's no need to hate AKB just because one's a fan of H!P.And of course there's no need to "jump ship" in between these two labels.Let's just accept that both sides have their share of success and talent.Negative thoughts generate negative energy.And negative energy is the root of all evil.
Watching
Mano
cooking
in
her
DVD
is
lulz!!!
Esp when she proceed to do some food art on a chopped sausage.It's ... taboo ... for ... the ... eyes...
男の子
/facepalm
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.
Alas.Now even Sayumi from Morning Musume have her own blog.That's a definite first in H!P to allow a current member of MM to hold a public blog.Maybe it's because of the increased awareness of her presence among Japanese TV these days.Maybe it's just a fluke and one-off exception specially made for Sayu only.Maybe it's a preparation of something not rather pleasant to hear as a fan of H!P(The almighty "G" word).But then again it's all speculation.
道重さゆみ(モーニング娘。) 公式ブログ 最新記事 - GREE
And she sure posts a lot in a day.And those aren't just "couple of lines" updates.
Speaking of which.MM's new singe to be officially released tmrw.Here's hoping that they can get some good sales and put an end to all those silly rumors of MM disbanding just because they removed a popular member in Koha when their sales aren't up to standard to start with.
