Showing posts with label Mano Erina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mano Erina. Show all posts

Monday, 5 December 2011

End of Year Polls.

I'm sorry that i can't make this more interesting but my cousin's computer chair is really uncomfortable and giving me a really bad backache.

Anyway

In the side bar to the right, I have placed a number of polls.

The polls are:

Stand Out Member - モ (minus 9th and 10th gens), ベ, キ, マス (minus 2nd) Both Aichan and Sakitty are included
Stand Out Newcomers - Pick your top 3 members. 10th gen included as they have been active since they were announced and Kosuga Fuyuka is not included as she has not been apart of any performances
Best single - Song, Dance, PV and Costume, this includes Please Miniskirt Postwoman

And just to help you all remember who the newcomers are and what the songs were i will post them after the jump.

Friday, 21 January 2011

New videos



She's SOOOOOOOOOOOO Cute. And so's her little brother. Cuca-chan is such a talented little girl.



Ishikawa Rika is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO beautiful. Whenshe came to London last year with Yosshi during their Hangry and Angry tour, she took me breath away. She was more beautiful in person than in her pics. So getting this PB (after i've finished getting my spending money for my family holiday)


Version A

Version B

Tsunku, you write beautiful songs but i still can't forgive you for writing Seishun Collection. The only difference with the 2 videos is that Ver B has a little bit of story at the end.

PV's i've missed



Only hing about this song i don't like (aside from Mano's weak vocals) is that rap/cheer crap in the middle. it ruins the song. Other wise her best yet. She has more energy in this song than she did in her last one.



This is a bit old but it came out before the full ver of the PV came out. Bless her, she tried to do a Chisa and not many people noticed.



PV


Live

Give her props, She sung it live considering how much they used autotune. Didn't think that they would make her sing it live. An obvious NO# 1 come next week. Sorry Mano. (Both singles are released on the 26th)

Tuesday, 4 January 2011

My 2010 Rankings

First off i have to say that H!P has had an amazing couple of weeks, what with the gradustion of Eri, Junjun and Linlin on December 15th, S/Mileage's big win at the Japan Record Awards and the announcement of the new 9th generation members. 2011 seems like it's going to be the year H!P starts to fight back and i am so excited to see what UFA will do to keep this recent push going.

Now on to my rankings of H!P. I will include Eri and JunLin in this.

Top Members

I will try to be as unbias as i can with this.

Morning Musume


Takahashi Ai is still the top dog in H!P. It's kinda hard for me to find something from this year that was bad for her. She released another PB, solo DVD and remains the lead in MM. But it is getting tiring always hearing her vocals on every single. Hopefully this year, management will still keep her as the lead but distrbute the lines a bit more fairly.



For Berryz, it was hard for my to be completely unbias here. I just wanted to put Captain as top member. So instead i went for Momoworld. I feel that she's the most consistant member of BK right now. Dancing and vocal skills are as strong as ever, released a PB this year that fit her perfectly from the images that i've seen over on the Picture board at H!O.


Again, it was hard to find a top member for C-ute. I wanted to put Chisa here but i felt that it would be better to put Chisa in the most improved member than top member. So why did i Put Maimi here? Well because i can't stand Airi, Mai is annoying and Saki didn't really shine that much this year leaving Maimi. And if you know me, you'd know that i can not stand Maimi voice so me putting her here is completely unbias.



The overall winner for Top Member has to go to S/mileage as a whole. They have had an amazing year, gaining 16,000 smiles for them to debut, having all 3 of their singles enter the top ten, releasing an album, having their own concert, out shining Mano at their joint concert, declaring war on every female idol group including their senpais finally ending in them winning Best New Artist. Couldn't really give a single member this award but i feel that they really deserve everything that they are getting after all the hard work that they've been putting in all these years.

Most Improved Members


Kumai has improved a lot this year. She's taken to being center with easy and her dance and vocal skills are improving, all be it not that much in the vocal department.


Mano has improved this year, her singles weren't as depressing as her earlier singles were. Her vocals are improving, but not as fast as i would like considering that she is (for the moment) H!P's only soloist. Her new single sounds good, lets hope she learns to put out twice as much energy into her performances than she does now. Oh and i watched Death Game Park the other day, it was good, confusing but good. Her character was just annoying and i was laughing at the end when she finally died.




This award has to go to Okai Chisato. Going from back up dancer to front girl in 4 singles is quite an improvement. Her vocals rival that of Airi's if not better. She has her own Ustream channel, Okai Chan Sleep, she has over 2 million views on youtube with her dance covers, released a PB and solo DVD ans was the first current H!P member to release a digital single on iTunes with a cover of Matsuura Aya's LOVE Namida Iro. What does 2011 hold for Chisa? well this year is promising to be another great year for her. As i understand, she's not only in the center for C-ute's new single Kiss Me Aishiteru, but she has more lines than Maimi. Chisa is definately on a roll and it will be good to see how far UFA is willing to push her.

Bottom Members

Now this is my completely bias opinion.

And the award for worst member of H!P goes to.......


Tanaka Reina

For stealing Eri, Risa, Junjun, Linlin, Sayumi and Ai's concert and album solo's, lines and screen time.


As for mu personally rankings,


Knotice how Sayu has gone up above Ai, this is due to having to see her everytime i looked at this blog.

Sunday, 2 January 2011

My Top and bottom Tens of 2010

I'm going to do a overall thingy here cos i'm not quite sure when i'm going to be able to do a H!P only one.

My Top ten songs of 2010

10. Kirari - TGS
These girls are talented and this song is a good song, i just wished that Avex started them out in the indies first then went major as like Momoclo and S/milegs did just to gain more fans. These girls have a bright future ahead and i hope that they continue to produce great singles. I especally like their new one, Love like Candy Floss.

9. Monster - Arashi
Now i don't really listen to a lot of male artist in general, but i heard this song on another blog and instantly fell in love with it and the video. I later started to listen to more of their singles, watched a few episodes of that varity show where they have no idea who their guests are and even been watching drama that Matsumoto Jun has been in (Hana Yori Dango, Gokusen)

8. Onaji Jikyuu de Hataraku Tomodachi no Bijin Mama - S/Mileage
 Aside from the talking parts, i love this song. S/mileage are going from strength to strength, And Congratulations on winning Best New Artist and beating SNSD. GO S/MILEGS

7. Ikuze! Kaito Shojo - Momoiro Clover
The best Debut single this year, it's upbeat, energtic and catchy, not to mention, the PV is great too. It's a shame that their now with King Records cos their PV for Kimi no Sekai was completely wrong on all levels. If they continue to going down that road, i know that i won't have the same respect for them that i have a the moment

6. Aitai Lonley Christmas - C-ute
Such a beautiful song, and Chisa's vocals are just amazing, Maimi and Airi  better watch out, Chisa is stealing their limelight and about time too. I agree that this song should have com higher but i'm not the biggest fan or ballads and making it into my to ten was an achivement in it self.

5. Shunkan Sentimental- Scandal
 Although i don't really follw them, when i heard this song, i fell in love with it. It made me want to just rock out with them and the lead's vocals are amazing

4. Dance de Bakoom - C-ute
 thr lyrics, dance and Chisa made this song for me.

3. Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game - Morning Musume
Their fairest song to with this line up. I hate the costumes, hate majority of the video, hate how Tanaka steals Eri's moment, but this is their best song since Nanchatte Renai was released.
2. Otakebi Boy WAO! - Berryz Koubou

Was in love with this song from the start. Epic song, strong vocals, Risako actually made me change my mind about her vocals with this song. This song should have gone to number 1 but alas, due to H!P's main problem being promotion, it didn't.

1. Beginner - AKB48

Surprised that AKB had one of my favourite songs this year? Well don't be. Since i heard this song, it's been in my head and can't seem to get it out. I really wish that they did dance shots like H!P do so i can learn this dance. The dance videos that they have for this single going around, the camera, for me, moves around too muce and i tend not to want to learn frn dance covers cos they tend to either mess up or miss some movements (worst personality treat i have is being a perfectionist, it's either perceft or not doing it al all)

My Bottom Ten Songs of 2010, no explaination need, i just find these songs either annoying, plain, boring or i just have no real reason to want to like it except that i just don't want to listen to it.

10. Genkimono de Ikou! - Mano Erina
8. Onegai Dakara... - Mano Erina
7. Going On! - Guardians 4
6. Campus Life ~ Umarete Kite Yokatta~ - C-ute
5. Chance no Junban AKB48
5. Idolulu - Lil Pri
4. Little Princess Lil Pri - Lil Pri
3. Ponytail to Shushu - AKB48
2,Gagaga - SDN48
1. Seishun Collection - Morning Musume

Saturday, 1 January 2011

The forgotten Poll results

Yes, i'm doing a mass catch up on everything right now.

SKE/MM poll
  • SKE = 24
  • MM = 38
AKB/MM poll
  • AKB = 16
  • MM = 20
Album poll
  • Mano = 10
  • Matsuura = 25
  • Tsuji = 35
  • Goto (couldn't be bothered to change the poll when her album got pushed back) = 9
LOVE LIKE CRAZY poll
  • Original = 6
  • 2006 = 0
  • 2007 = 0
  • 2009 = 6
Champion Poll (Winner will be the new theme for this blog(has nothing to do with it's content tho))
  • Momo = 20
  • Chisa = 24
  • Sayu = 7
THANK YOU

Poll results - Best Song of 2010

Last year, H!P released 25 singles, 6 albums, 2 groups and 2 collaborative singles.


They have sold nearly 500,000 copies of their singles and nearly 60,000 copies of their albums.

I know it’s not much in comparison to Idol Projects like Johnny’s and OOO48, But this is the Idol company that got me hooked on the whole Idol culture to begin with, and i’ll keep supporting them. Plus this post is all about them.



So a few weeks ago, i started the Best song of 2010, here are the results in order of release date

C-ute Shock

Released: January 6



Total Sales: 23,389

Weekly Chart Ranking: 5

No. of Votes: 3

Guardians 4 Going On!

Released: January 27



Total Sales: 11,677

Weekly Chart Ranking: 8

No. Of Votes: 2

Buono! Our Songs

Released: February 3



Total Sales: 15,692

Weekly Chart Ranking: 8

No. Of Votes: 2

Morning Musume Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai

Released: February 10



Total Sales: 44,035

Weekly Chart Ranking: 5

No. Of Votes: 2

Mano Erina Hare no Arashi

Released: February 24



Total Sales: 15,392

Weekly Chart Ranking: 10

No. Of Votes: 1

Berryz Koubou Otakebi Boy WAO!

Released: March 3



Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda



Total Sales: 35,0002

Weekly Chart Ranking: 3

No. Of Votes: 5

S/mileage Otona ni Narytte Muzukashii!!!

Released: March 14



No. of Votes: 2

C-ute Campus Life

Released: April 28



Total Sales: 23,932

Weekly Chart Ranking:5

No. Of Votes: 1

Mano Erina Onegai Dakara

Released: May 12



Total Sales: 13,982

Weekly Chart Ranking: 10

No. Of Votes: 4

S/mileage Yume Miru 15sai

Released: May 26



Total Sales: 24,938

Weekly Chart Ranking: 5

No. Of Votes: 4

Morning Musume Seishun Collection

Released: June 9



Total Sales: 40,865

Weekly Chart Ranking: 3

No. Of Votes: 2

LilPri Little Princess Lilpri

Released: June 16



Total Sales: 2,749

Weekly Chart Ranking: 48

No. Of Votes: 1

Berryz koubou Maji Bomber!

Released: July 14



Total Sales: 22,641

Weekly Chart Ranking: 6

No. Of Votes: 2

S/mileage OO Ganbaranakutemo Eenennde!!

Released: July 28



Total Sales: 24,489

Weekly Chart Ranking: 6

No. Of Votes: 3

C-ute Dance de Bakoom!

Released: August 25



Total Sales: 23,664

Weekly Chart Ranking:8

No. Of Votes: 4

Mano Erina Genkimono de Ikou!

Released: September 15



Total Sales:

Weekly Chart Ranking: 7

No. Of Votes: 4

S/mileage Onaji Jikyuu de Hataraku Tomodachi no Bijin Mama

Released: September 29



Total Sales: 27,972

Weekly Chart Ranking: 5

No. Of Votes: 3

Kitagawa Mimi (CV Ogawa Mana) Oshare My Dream

Released: October 13



Himuro Ibu (CV Sugaya Risako) Elegant Girl



Total Sales: 8,758

Weekly Chart Ranking: 8

No. Of Votes: 1

Muten Musume Appare! Kaiten Zushi!

Released: October 27



Total Sales: 7,336

Weekly Chart Ranking: 13

No. Of Votes: 4

Berryz Koubou Shining Power

Released: November 10



Total Sales: 25,822

Weekly Chart Ranking:7

No. Of Votes: 1

Morning Musume Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game

Released: November 17



Total Sales: 47,204

Weekly Chart Ranking: 6

No. Of Votes: 7

LilPri Idolulu

Released: November 17



Total Sales:

Weekly Chart Ranking:

No. Of Votes: 2

Oha Girl Maple with S/mileage My School March

Released: November 24



Total Sales: 3,330 (1st week sales)

Weekly Chart Ranking: 41

No. Of Votes: 0

C-ute Aitai Lonely Christmas

Released: December 1



Total Sales: 23,682 (1st week sales)

Weekly Chart Ranking: 6

No. Of Votes: 8

So the best song of 2010 is C-ute's Aitai Lonely Chistmas. something that i was expecting really. but what really got me was how many votes LilPir got for both their songs...and how many votes Seishun Collection got. I really didn't expect those songs to even gain a vote.
 
The votes can say one thing, but in terms of sales, C-ute's highest sales landed them in 6th place amoungst H!P. MM claimed the top 3 spots with all of their singles, while Berrys Koubou's Otakebi Boy came 4th and S/Mileage 5th with Bijin Mama. (I've been making a Database with all H!P singles and their sales figures and stuff...i know i'm really sad but at least i can say to an employer that i can set up and run a database, pratice makes perfect). Heres a break down of how the main groups/soloist faired this year
  • Morning Musume - Sold over 130,000 copies of their singles, highest chat position was #3 for Seishun Collection
  • C-ute - Sold nearly 100,000 copies of their singles, highest chart position was #5 for both Campus Life and Shock
  • Berryz Koubou - Sold over 80,000 copies of their singles, highest chart position was #3 for Otakebi Boy WAO!
  • S/Mileage - Sold nearly 80,000 copies of their major and indie singles, highes chart position was #5 for both Bijin Mama and Yume Miru 15sai
  • Mano Erina, Sold over 40,000 copies of her singles, highest chart position was #7 for Genkinmono de Ikou!

Video's from various Youtube channels, Sales figures and whatnots from J-ongaku.org

Saturday, 13 November 2010

Poll results

And your Morning Musume Champion is


The angel that is Qian Lin aka Linlin. May her voice and personality live on past H!P and UFA's crap.

anyways....carrying on

Linlin won with 12/21 votes
  • Kamei Eri- 5/21
  • Kusumi Koharu - 2/21
  • Niigaki and Yaguchi - 1/21
  • Yoshizawa, Goto and Abe - 0/21
So the new Champion poll will start today. Who will be H!P Champion.

S/mileage Champion
 
Won with 6/12

 Berryz Koubou Champion
Won with 9/33

Morning Musume Champion
Won with 12/21

 The Lone Soloist
Automaticly gets put through due to being the only soloist (Risako is not included since her solo release was a joint one with Mana Ogawa)

C-ute Champion
Won with 10/38

Voting will end on the 1st December. The winner will than face the current Champion, Michishige Sayumi for Blog Theme.

Wednesday, 6 October 2010

That Time Again

Can't seem to get use to using a laptop again.

Anyway, it's that time again when i reveal the results of my polls. But i have a problem with 2 of them.

I DON'T LIKE TIES FOR 1ST PLACE.

Both the Berryz and C-ute Champion polls have members tieing for 1st place. Momo and Miya, Nakky and Chisa. I've made changes to those polls so everyone can vote again. and maybe Captain can win this time.

As for the others.


Eri won the MM 6th Gen poll with 5/11 votes. Tanaka 3/11, Miki 2/11 and Sayu, the current H!P Champion of this blog, as voted by you, the readers, only got 1 vote......and that was in the last couple of days.



Kanon is the S/mileage Champion with a win of 6/17votes. Saki was close with 5/17, Ayaka had 4/17 and Yuuka, the one who got a PB and solo DVD first out of the group, the one who is "most loved" out of the group, only got 2 votes (i know, i'm being a real bitch again, sorry)

and finally the album poll






These Three ladies each got 5/19 votes while Tsuji got only 4/19. I think i'll leave this poll up untill the actual results come in.

The new polls are

MM 8th Gen Champ

Vote for





Second poll, Who'll win Part 1 To End Nov 3rd


AKB48 Beginner 

Muten Musume Appare Kaiten Zushi!

Second Poll Who'll Win Part 2 to end Nov 24th



SKE48 1, 2, 3, 4, Yoroshiku


Morning Musume Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game

Will be posting ways in which, i think MM can win against SKE48 later.


Friday, 24 September 2010

Battle of the H!P Soloists

As you all know, Mano Erina and Natsumi Abe relased their singles last wednesday.

Now although Abe's single, Ame Agari No Niji No Youni, is really beautiful and shows us why Abe is s much better singer than Manoeri (you all know it true), it just couldn't beat Mano's Genkimono De Ikou!.

Mano came in at number 7

Abe came in at number 22

Now there are a number of reasons for this...
  1. Abe hasn't been active as a singer since the end of 2008
  2. Mano has been, like clockwork, releasing singles every 2 - 3 months since her major debut
  3. Abe doesn't have H!P to help promote her anymore since they (basicly) kicked out all the elder club last year. And by help promote i mean using the collective H!P comcerts and solo concerts to introduce fans to the song
  4. Mano have been, what i call PAA (Pulling An AKB, i.e plastering herself in magazine in just her underwear half the time (no dig at AKB, it's gotten them into the 2010 Asia Song Festival), in magazine recently
  5. Mano has also been doing a load of dramas and movies recently and altho i think she should give up the singing and focus more on the acting, it has been a promotion waggon for her
Now while i think that Abe is the obviously better singer, it is a shame that she came so low. But Miss Mano, you really need to do better. When compared to your current H!P artists (not including S/mileage) your sales are bad.
  • Morning Musume - Highest Chart Position = #1
  • Berryz Koubou - Highest Chart Position = #3 (only due to poor promotion. Otakebi Boy should have gone #1)
  • C-ute - Highest Chart Position = #2 (Everyday Zekkouchou is shit but it still got a higher place than you)
And compared to Abe, Goto and Matsuura while in H!P, your still just as bad
  • Abe - Highest Chart Position = #2
  • Goto - Highest Chart Position = #1
  • Matsuura - Highest Chart Position = #2
Now i'm not hating on the girl but i think that UFA really need to find a new soloist asap. Yes Mano is cute, Yes she has a great body, yes she isn't singing those songs that make you wanna throw yourself under a bus and yes she is improving vocally but she wasn't good enough to begin with.

The conclusion to this is that for this Battle, It's Mano - 1, Ex H!P - nil.

The next battle is between Mano, Matsuura, Goto and Tsuji's new albums, again, all 4 releasing them on the same day, 24th November 2010.

From what i can gather, Tsuji's, which was just announced, is mainly aimed at mothers considering how she's pregres and been doing all sorts of stuff to do with snot-nosed brats (11-yr-old cousin . . . . . . nuff said, i'm really not a kids kinda girl)

Anyways, Whou would you Buy?




Wednesday, 12 May 2010

Onegai Dakara... Full PV

who ever said that UFA were being cheap with C-ute's Shock and Shigatsu Sengen PVs should watch Manoeri's new one. heres the link to Oricon Style page where her new PV has been released

http://tv.oricon.co.jp/pv06.php?PV_URL=2729

And i found the Dance shot version on youtube



Come on UFA, your finally giving this girl better songs and this is the knid of crap your promoting it with? No wonder H!P artists aren't getting any positions higher than 3 on the Oricon charts. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

Monday, 26 April 2010

Hey All....

Hey all. Sorry for not updating, been busy trying to figure out what exactly the meaning of life is and failing at it.

So, where to begin....

Well Berryz 23rd single has been announced. The titles not been comfirmed yet but it isn't a double (Thank the lord, i don't mind double a-sides but the wait between when each PV is released really got on my nerves. Especially with their last single, i mean, Why was Otakebi Boy PV released like the day before the single was released? Talk about bad promotion). From the information i got off of Hello! Sayunii, they've done a new version of Otakebi Boy titled Otakebi Boy WOW! (Spark Version)....Looking forward to hearing that. Only thing is that their still doing the ending theme to that god awful football anime/game/whatever the hell it is all i know is that it involves THE wrost sport ever invented buy the British and the THRID wrost sport in the world (Golf and Snooker come before). Anyway, I'm always looking forward to hearing what Berryz comes up with.

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A Preview of Manoeri's new PV has been released.....case of the good song with a shit PV again and just when her singles were becoming less boring.

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For some reason i knew this was coming. The anime which is bad(only to me just because i'm a grown 20 something young lady and i really shouldn't be watching things made for 10 yr olds), Lilpri, has a new H!P Unit called....Lilpri. And the Members of said unit.....are the S/mileage girls that play the main characters, Kanon, Yuuka and Ayaka (God help me). If you want to hear what their first single sounds like, Heres a link to the second episode.....It the opening track which is heavily synthesized (And happens to be an improvement for a certian member (Start Rant) who shall remain nameless due to the horrible rendition of my dear Captian's lines in Ike ZYX! Fly High at the H!P 2010 Shuffle tour which has made me take a good, long, hard look at the members of S/mileage and thinking that this certian person, although very cute, should not be there and that Saho Akari should be in the group and not stuck in the eggs when she can quite clearly keep up with the wonders that are Natsuyaki and Suzuki, which that song should have a PV for as it would look amazing (End Rant)).

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The Shuffle Groups are getting new singles released, But in 2 large compilation single groups and not separate single releases which is a bummer. The first single (titled Compilation Single A (very original)) has Tanpopo #, Pucchimoni V, and Shin Mini Moni, and the second single (Compilation Single B) Has High-King, ZYX-a, Aa!, and Zoku Biyuuden (Why oh WHY is this happening). Heres hoping fo separate PVs.

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Yajima Maimi has a new photobook which is made up of all her UTB Photo shots, interview and what nots.....Still waiting for Captian and Chisa to get what they deserve. Kinda a bit bored with hearing the same names popping up for PB's all the time. Don't get me wrong, I think that this PB is a great idea but i'm just fed up with PB's always going to the most exposed members of H!P. I bet that Aika's gonna get her's next just because A) She's in Morning Musume and B)everyone can't stop taking about (how rubbish she is, how she shouldn't be there, how much she reminds people of a dog...) Her.

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On the topic of PB's, some previews of Sayu's 'la' PB has been released and i really think that she should quite MM and go into modeling. Just as long as she doesn't do a Gaki(Bad Hair Cut) or a Koharu(Dye Job That Does Not Suit Her) she should be fine.

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I missed a lot of birthdays this month (mainly cos either i wasn't paying attention or i just didn't like the members that had a B-day) so my next couple of posts will be a Picspam of each member, Risako, Manoeri, Airi and Yossi(should have really celebrated Yosshi's since i'm going to she her live next month)

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Specking of Yosshi, Hangry and Angry Officals have said a number of things about their European concerts.

1) There will be signings in Paris and Berlin which happens to be extremely not fair to those unlucky enough to be only going to the London gig.

2) there will be a Question and Answer session at all the venues.....BUT all questions will be asked but only 2 members of the audience and all questions have to be submitted before hand to either of these sites

International Wota
Hello! Blog (Has said that you have to be going to the concerts)
JPHiP

Not that i can think of an original question to ask but we have been given insturctions not to ask any personal questions and that we should have at least 2 questions prepared.

On the plus side, there will be a photo session at every venue so look out readers, you might see me post a pic of me with the girls (not i'm wishing that my loan can earlier so that i could have enrolled onto a local Japanese language course i was looking into)

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With the new Background, If you don't like it, Please leave a message in Spamalot, i've finally managed to work out how to do it (with a little help from another blog that does templates and told me how to change the background) i'll also welcome suggestions on possible backgrounds, i'm trying to keep the Saki theme going here.

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Just giving a warning that i won't be posting anything between 12th and 17th of May due to a trip to Birmingham, Nottingham and Alton Towers (British Theme park with wicked rides that i'm currently shitting myself just thinking about them. Click here to see what the hell i'm talking about.)

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By the way, the next Picspam poll will not Be until mid June methinks due to the fact that i have Linlin, Risako, Manoeri, Airi, Yosshi, Charmy, Hangry and Angry (Doing separate one of them in their alias') and a cosplay Picspam posts, maybe any more birthdays that are coming up (Chii, Ume-chan, Asuna Okai aka the 'ugly' Okai sister, Irori Maeda aka the egg that took over Kanon's place in SCE and Kikkawa Yuu)and my trip to the midlands.

Monday, 15 March 2010

Single Rankings - C-ute, Guardians 4, S/mileage and Shugo Chara Egg

So a lot of fanblogs have been doing rankings lately which has made me decide to listen to every Momosu, C-ute, Berryz, Shugo Chara Egg, Guardians 4, S/mileage and Manoeri singles ever released (OMG it was painful to listen to at times).

Unfortunately i will NEVER do a ranking for Manoeri songs as there is really only two of her songs that i can listen to without wanting to either jump in front of a bus or slit my wrists. Their just way too boring and depressing for any mentally unstable person to listen to. And thats such a sham cos she's such a cute girl in both her looks and her vocals. Buy the way, the only songs of hers i can listen to are Summer party and Hara no watsitcalled (the latter would have sounded better if someone else sung it)

So, i'll start with the groups that have the least amount of singles first (because i really CBA to do MM and BK yet). In the case of SCE, i'm adding their B-sides from Guardians 4 last two singles since they only have two actual releases.

Shugo Chara Egg.

1. Minna no Tamago
This one came tops for me as it's the best song freaturing the 1st Gen SCE members. It also went well as an opening song for the Anime as it's fun, hyper and very childish.

2. Arigatou ~ Ookiku Kansha!~
As i said when i reviewed Going On single, i feel that this is the best song from 2nd Gen SCE. it's not the best song but it alot better than Shugo Shugo.

3. Watashi no Tamago
Not the best song but it's not as bad as

4. Shugo Shugo
Just wrong. Completely wrong.

Guardians 4

1. Party Time
It fun, upbeat, does exactly what it says on the tin.

2. School Days
Lets just say that every thing from her down with this group is a loss.

3. Omakase! Guardian
When i first heard it, i as like "Who took my kawaii SCE away?" Then when i found out who was in the group i was like "Now i know that Aika needs more experience being as she's in MM, but WHY? and WHY put the BFG in a group with midgets?" Questions that will never be answered. (hopefully i'll get my wish and Yurina knocks out Aika . . . . by accident!?!?!)

4. Going On
. . . . . . .
Nuff said

S/mileage

1. Suki-chan
I love this song. it cute, fun, upbeat and puts a smile on your face. Exactly what S/mileage have been placed on this planet to do.

2. aMa no Jaku
It's only number two because i like the lyrics to the song. It's not your standard love/break up/heartbroken song. It's truthful and best describes what i'm feeling when i'm being annoyed by drunk pricks who won't leave me alone even when i lie about being a lesbian just to get rid of them. Excuse me for being gorgeous.

3. Asu wa way to long for a title especially for someone who can't even speak her own language right without mucking up
It's cute and does put a smile on my face but it does get annoying after a while.

C-ute

1. Tokaikko Junjou
The Best C-ute song EVER.
Nuff Said

2. Wakkyanai (Z)
This is their best Indie single. Shame Megumi left.

3. Shock
YES - i put is as number 3. Main reason being . . . . . no Yajima. My top 3 C-ute songs all have very little/no Maimi solos what so ever.

4. Bye Bye Bye
My first C-ute release. I love it that all the members get a solo line however small. And the only song where i don't try to block out Maimi's voice since i think that her voice suits this style of song better Ookina The Shit Song.

5. Edo handball song
It's funny and weird and for some reason when it plays on my iPod, i don't skip it like i usually do with C-ute songs.

6. Meguru Koi no Kisetsu
Yeah next

7. Soku Dakishimete
1st ever C-ute song i listened to and LORD don't those outfits suck. Again Megumi makes this song bearable.

8. Massara Blue Jeans
If i don't watch the video then i'm not reminded of the Love Me Love Me Love Me Love Me part and a 10 yr old Maimai....

9. Sakura Chirari
Aside from the overload of pink, it's cute and bareable. It's not with the minimal Maimi lot because of the pink.

10. Namida no Iro
It's a nice song and i'm empressed with Airi that even after all that dancing, she still hit that high note at the end in live performance. She could teach a certian person from BK how to do that for Rival and now Tomodachi

11. FOREVER LOVE
One of the reasons why i just not that interested in C-ute

12. The Cover song
It a good song, just wished someone other than Maimi was singing

13. LALALA
now out of these last three songs, i can listen to this one. . . . . when sung by the whole of H!P

14. Everyday
I can listen to the instremtal, thats a good song

15. The Shit Song
Should have never been aloud to have been written let alone sung

I'll carry on with my rankings but it's 3am and i have to at least get some sleep during the night hours.

Monday, 18 January 2010

Welcome To My Blog


Well hello there all you Hello! Project fans. My name is Kira and welcom to my Blog.

Hopefully in this blog, i will voice my views on whats happening in Hello! Project and my reviews. Hopefully you'll all enjoy what i write and if you don't, well please comment and lets discuss. i'm always open to others views.

So how about i give tou a little bit about myself...

Well my name is Kira, short for Shakira but ever since "Shakira" the singer came out, i've been asked to shake like Shakira and whether or not my hips lie.....yeah so i'm gonna legally change it to Kira when i have enough money to do so.

I got into Hello! Project like so many others...I'm an anime fan. i was looking for the PV for Reason by Nami Tamaki after watching Gundam Seed Destiny, when You Tube suggested that i might like this video:


Well they were right. i found it quite interesting (QI - name of one of my favourite shows) so i looked into this group more.

I know what everyone says about wikipedia, that you shouldn't trust what's writen there, ut in my case, i found it a good source of information on Hello! Project. That site helped my find out that Koi no Jubaku was NOT Berryz Koubou's current single, that the are only 7 girls left in the group and the little one (Shimizu Saki) which i first thought was the youngest was actually the oldest and the one who i throught was the oldest member (Natsuyaki Miyabi) is actually the thrid youngest.

That was in Febuary 2009. I did manage to catch up pretty quickly with Berryz and at present, they are my favourite group in Hello Project. I decided to concentrate on the current groups (and Mano Erina) mainly because i'm a university student and i didn't have the time to go looking back through the past groups even tho i found a few songs that i like.

so my current ranking of Hello! Project's current groups are:



Berryz Koubou


Morning Musume



Buono!


S/Mileage




C-ute


Shugo Chara Egg


Guardian's 4


Mano Erina


I know, i ranked C-ute second to last but that has to do with that monstrosity that i can only say really freaks me out even know if i mention it's name, which just thinking about it is doing right this minute (Ōkina Ai de Motenashite). no offence but i can not stand that song and once it's in my head it won't leave (DAMN IT, DAMN IT TO HELL). And as for Manoeri, well most of her songs are completely boring and i'm more a upbeat kinda girl....i love to dance.

Now as for my favourite members, i'll give the top 5

Shimizu Saki - i just wish she'd get a chance to shine more in Berryz singles, she's always in the back and as for Ryuusei Boy, never even got the chance to have a line with another member. I love the tone of her voice and she the best dancer in H!P

Takahashi Ai - her voice is just amazing...what more is there to say. she is THE voice of H!P

Natsuyaki Miyabi - again what an amazing voice, i think she's has the third best voice in H!P.

Maeda Yuuki - i think this girl has the talent and the drive to make it far. Looking though all of the H!P Eggs, she's the most used out of the lot. i'm so glad that S/Mileage is debuting this yeah, She deserves it.

Kamei Eri/ Niigaki Risa - i love their personalities and their voices and i think that out of all the 6th gen momosu, Eri should be more in front then Reina, and so should Gaki-san, their oth better singers then Reina needs-to-use-a-brush Tanaka.

I might as well tell you know, but i absolutely can not stand Sugaya Risako, i think she's the lasiest singer AND dancer in H!P. Yes, she is beautiful, but beauty can only do so much.

So hopefully (really gotta stop using that word) you haven't been scared away from me. If you have, i am truely sorry, if not, welcome.

 



Currently Listening: Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai -Berryz Kouou