Top Stuff of 2008

Hi people! I’m not going to be here for new years (because I’m going to Tokyo, baby! w00t!) so I decided I’d do a countdown of the best of 2008. AKB48 wins by default in all my categories XD but those ones are all  going to be in Aitakatta! and I’ll focus in the non-AKB stuff for now.

Top 3 LOLs of 2008

3. Sawajiri Erika is going to marry a guy who could be her dad…: Well, I don’t care about who marries who but its the controversy surrounding this one what really made me LOL. Apparently, she isn’t very convincing about her love for the guy, and thus people are in shock. Publicity stunt much? LOL

2. Koda Kumi’s MAJOR mess up: You know, some 6 months ago, Koda Kumi said that women shouldn’t have children after they’re 35 years old because their amniotic fluid is rotten or something along those lines O_o I don’t want to hate on Kumi, because I’m sure it was just a dumb thing she said, and she didn’t mean to insult so many women, but the way it came back to bite her in the a$$ was just hilarious! BTW, people should really advise her to keep her mouth shut about sensible stuff like this! I’m not a Koda Kumi fan, but I certainly enjoy her music, and I’m glad that she just brushed it off after a while and kept rocking. But yeah, LOL.

1. HANGRY & ANGRY: Come on! If this PV didn’t make you LOL nothing will. Now don’t get me wrong, I really admire Yossie and Rika is one of my favorite H!P girls because of her incredibly charismatic persona… But this is just ridiculous. An Ishiyoshi unit was always a dream, kind of like GAM, and then they dress them up in these really hardcore Gothloli dresses, with the awful hair and give them one of the cheapest PVs I’ve ever seen (and I’ve been a H!P fan for quite some time now, I should know about cheap PVs…) Yossie’s angry faces are too much, Rika just can’t feel comfortable dressed like that, and the spikey hair does no good for her. She is (for the first time in her long career) completely out of her element, and it shows. I like their songs, sure, butplease don’t ever give them guitars again. Especially not to Rika. XD  Well, let’s look at it on the bright side: LOL.

Top 5 Best PVs of 2008

5. Otsuka Ai – Kurage Nagareboshi: I’m a big fan of Ai-chin, although I very rarely fangirl her XD This was my favorite release of hers in 2008, especially because of the simplistic but hauntingly beautiful PV. The piano in the sea at night, and the loneliness that it conveys is touching. Loved it.BTW, you know that avex is a b*tch when it comes to copyright issues, so the only version I found was this with spanish subs XD But it works to give you an idea of what the wonderful PV looks like..

4. Perfume – Baby Cruising Love: This PV is amazing. It’s heart warming, cute, interesting and cool, all in one. I absolutely adore the outfits (especially A-chan’s <3) and the light bulb thing they do (you’ll understand if you’ve seen it XD) is both awesome and cute. Just like Perfume.

3.  Perfume – Secret Secret: I’m completely win over by this amazing PV. It has a classy aura, and a mysteirous feel to it, without losing the fun! Plus, Electro World outfits make a guest appearance <3. This was one of the best songs of the year too, you just never get tired of watching this PV.

2. Buono – Renai Rider: Renai Rider is Buono! at its best. It’s a great song with just enough elements of punk to make it sound cool without overdoing it. And the PV is both adorable and kickass at the same time! The outfits are cute, the dance is simple but works well, and Momo’s tricycle is EPIC. This remains my favorite Buono! song for now, and it probably won’t change anytime soon

1. Perfume – Dream Fighter: I ADORE this PV, I’m going to write a review about it at some point, but just now that I adore it! A-chan is my favorite Perfume member, but Nocchi was just FIERCE in this PV, and Kashiyuka was as awesome as she always is. The outfits are spot on, the simplicity of the PV makes it enjoyable to watch and contrasts nicely with the complex dance moves. It’s great to see Perfume just being their own selves, with not much else added. It has a charm of its own.

Top 3 Best Albums of 2008

3. C-ute -3rd Love Escalation-: Geez I’ve just discovered that I spent all of 2008 fangirling AKB and thus barely lstened to any of the albums released this year XD Anyway, I liked C-ute’s album, but I seem to be in a minority, since I read many reviews rating it as average. I’m not a C-ute fan, I just love Airi and Maimi, and like Kanna, Erika and Chisato. But I’m not going to rave on about hem for hours like I do for my favorite groups or singers. I found this album entertaining, and a good listen. I can’t remember some songs right off the bat by just looking at the tracklist, but I thought it was well balanced. My favorite track is Sweets —->live, which is amusing, because it’s one of the most bashed tracks in everyone’s reviews XD This album included Tokaikko Junjou which is C-ute’s best sigle ever (IMO) so it was good. And yeah, next year I’ll try to listen to more stuff so that I don’t end up babbling about an album I barely listened to XD

2. Berryz Koubou – Five: I <3 Berryz, and this album is amazing! I like the stronger sound they have here, and how well the girls sound, I’m proud of them! So, since I really loved the album (and because I only babbled nonsensically in the above album comment XD) I’ll do a mini review:

1. HAPPY! Stand up: I love this song. It’s high energy and kind of badass. I love Captain’s lines here, with a passion. And Miya’s too. If the song title didn’t have “Happy” in it, it would be SO much better though

2. Kono Yubi Tomare: Sounds like an old-school Ayaya song, and that is always a great thing <3 Also, Maasa and Chinami get some love, and they work really well with Momoko! Great song.

3. Baka ni Shinaide: My favorite song in the album hands down. It features my favorite member (Yurina) with strong voices Miiya and Captain and plus, Risako, whose voice I like This is a rock number, and it’s just BADASS! I didn’t believe that the girls had it in them to rock out, and it was a pleasant surprise!

4. Yuke Yuke Monkey Dance: Eclectic album indeed. From the rocking Baka ni Shinaide we move to the silly and hyper Monkey Dance. I’ve always loved this song, it’s so much fun and so infectious. Plus, Chinami’s “Banzai” line is pure moe–

5. Ah Merry-go-Round: An RnB number sung by Momo and Captain. It sounds great, because they are both great singers, and there are lovely harmonies included as well <3! I’m not much of a fan of that style, nonetheless but yeah, enjoyable.

6. CLAP!: Yurina, Chinami and Miiya do an amazing song! Thank God the lyrics don’t say clap, or they could end up sounding like “crap” which would spoil it a bit for me XD Ok, bad jokes aside, I like this energetic and feel-good guitar driven song a lot! <3

7. REAL LOVE: This is the song people will hate on forever and ever just because it’s Rii’s XD I like it, musically it reminds me of the early Gocchin songs, and a bit of Gomattou which I loved. It’s kind of a slow-ish song, but I like it. Not LOVE it, though, especially not at the ridiculous lenght it has…

8. Yume no Hitotsubu -Berryz Kamen Ending Theme-: Now this song right here is the highlight of the album! It features Maasa at her best, and it has a funky background music that sounds typically spanish and flamenco like and then turns into something that sounds strangely russian during the chorus O_o I love it!

9. Dschingis Kahn: I like it. That’s all. With this song, you either love or hate, and I love it.

10. Tsukiatteru no ni Kataomoi: I’m one of the few people in the world who actually enjoyed this single. Oh well.

11. BE: A ballad… ew. It sounds pretty, I guess. Who the hell are those kids? This sounds like Disney! It bores me to death though.

12. Special Generation Remix: Not needed. Whatever

1. Perfume – GAME: Ok, no GAME mini review, because I’ll do a real one later on This album had a lot to live up to, since Complete Best was so good, but it managed to surpass its predecessor and establish Perfume as the greatest technopop group ever (not that there are many out there, but still XD) There’s not a single dull moment when you listen to it (and yeah, Take me Take me isn’t boring, if you think it is then you aren’t imagining Kashiyuka doing the dance with the chair while you listen to it!). It has a great balance of happy songs, slightly more serious stuff and things that you can just headbang to. Awesomeness.

Ok, this is long as HELL. But I really felt like writing it Well, people, see you next time, maybe I’ll be able to squeeze an update in before I leave, but I don’t promise anything XD Have fun!

Meri Kuri!

Merry Christmas everybody!

I hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas full of happiness and presents! To celebrate, here’s a performance of Perfume’s awesome “Twinkle Snow Powdery Snow”! Enjoy!!!

Ok, see you later everybody!!

Super Jet Shoes!

Just a quick post to point out a funny fact I found out a while ago. Perfume has covered live in several occasions a song called “Super Jet Shoes” originally sung by Hiroshima born singer Peachy. This song is very cute and energetic, and the girls of Perfume, charismatic as always, give it a lot of heart and make it tons of fun!

Here’s a relatively recent performance of that song

That was awesome, right? Well, the funny thing is that “Peachy” is actually Ishii Rika, and while I’m not completely sure if it’s the same girl or not, there used to be an Ishii Rika signed with UFA and Hello!Project eons ago XD She performed a few songs in the “Douyou Pops” collection. I remember her voice particularly because it was what catched my ear first, she’s a great singer! Sadly, her version of Super Jet Shoes kinda fails miserably when compared to that of Perfume… Oh well! Here’s a live performance of the original version of Super Jet Shoes in HEY!HEY!HEY! Boy, she is a hyper girl, right?

This could add to the infamous “Are Perfume idols or not?” debate I guess

The Berryz Koubou Ranking

Hi! I planned to post more about Perfume today (I <3 them) ut I dreamt that my favorite Berryz member graduated! It disturbed me so much that I decided I’d post my ranking of Berryz members here to show my love!

Disclaimer: I LOVE all Berryz members, so even the bottom ranked ones I like waaaay more that I like most Momusu members XD

7. Sudou Maasa

Don’t get me wrong all of you Maasa rabid fans, I love this girl, I just happen to love the rest of them a tiny bit more than her I’ve never really been able to get in the Maasa bandwagon, but I like her a fair share because of her caring personality and how she always seems to be “in charge” of every situation. She gives a “big sister” vibe that is very nice and soothing for the other members, I think. This is a bit funny because Maasa isn’t the second oldest member (that would be Momoko) but she still has that subcaptain image that I like so much. Maasa’s voice is a bit in the lower range, and there isn’t anything particularly wowing about it,yet she has decent control and makes it work. The thing I like the most about Maasa, however, is how COOL she is. She is definitely the “cool” girl in Berryz, and I love that, because it makes her personality interesting having the contrast of cool yet caring.

6. Shimizu Saki

Captain! I like Saki, she’s adorable and badass all at the same time. I also like how she’s a bit of a tomboy, I like that kind of character, it’s nice to see it every now and then in the sea of cute idols out there. Saki seems like a very responsible person, and she should be too, because she’s the oldest member! She’s very reliable and also, a reallytalented girl! Everyone knows about Saki’s skills when it comes to dancing, and she also has a very nice low voice that is stable and pleasent to listen to.  What I like the most about Saki, though, is how much of a good sport she is when the members made jokes about her short height. XD

5. Tokunaga Chinami

Chinami is adorable, cute and funny. That makes her WIN. Also, she looks a lot like one of my cousins so I have a kind of “familiar” feeling whenever I see her (no bad pun intended XD). Chiichan is one of those idols that you couldn’t hate even if you tried hard. She’s soo energetic and hyper and happy without ever getting annoying that I just feel like going outside to play with her whenever I see her goofing off (I don’t usually play with 16 year old girls BTW, in fact, 16 year old girls rarely ever play outside anymore). Her voice is very sweet and high pitched, but she manages to be a good singer live and while she might not be the most technically amazing dancer, she puts so much energy in anything she does that it all looks a lot of fun!

4. Sugaya Risako

Risako is <3 so all of you haters can go and bash her somewhere else As much as I like her (and I really really like her) I hate it whenever she gets like 40% more lines than any of the other members, but that’s not her freaking fault so people should really stop hating her so much! I don’t even know where all the hatred came from, but one moment I suddenly found out blog posts saying that she was slutty, fat, a horrible singer, that she half-assed all of her dances and I was like I’ve taken it as a personal mission to defend her because she’s a nice girl and I like her (kinda like the Leave Britney Alone video in Youtube XD).

She’s not slutty, I mean come on, I don’t know how she’s like in her real life, but Airi’s PBs look a lot like Rii’s and I only hear people raving about Airi’s cuteness, but then whenever poor Rii wears a bikini everyone goes “OMG!! That’s gross she’s a slut” I wonder why is this? Is it because Rii has boobs and Airi doesn’t? (I love Airi BTW, before you flame me) Oh well, I guess I’ll never understand. And she’s not fat either (although I’ve made jokes about that before myself XD) or maybe she is, but what do YOU care?

And finally, the comments about how bad a performer she is. It’s harder to defend her in this aspect, because Rii admittedly has issues with her voice control, and it can go all over the place in a scream if she doesn’t watch out (this happens in every BK concert, actually) but she’s improving! And I’m not talking about the Kusumi Koharu kind of improvement which consists in not lip synching but singing live in an awful way, but the real improvement that makes me watch her performances instead of skipping them! She’s no Momoko, and she probably never will be, but she’s definitely the most improved member of BK vocals wise, give her some credit for that dammit! >:/ And about her half assed dancing, it’s just that she’s a bad dancer, that’s all XD I’ve seen almost all BK concerts analysing this, and I’ve noticed it. Rii just can’t keep up with the others dance wise, even when she’s smiling and having fun and being all energetic.

Ok, so now you won’t hate her for her bad attitude when dancing but because of her poor skills, but COME ON! Why don’t you go hate on Sayu who can’t dance much either? Geez…

Phew, that was long! I actually really like Risako’s voice Whenever she controls it, it has a beautiful distinctive quality about it that I enjoy a lot, but she shouldn’t get so many lines because it tires her out in concerts so she ends up sounding horrible, and she shouldn’t get songs that are WAY above her range (Dshingis Kahn comes to mind) or she’ll screech and stuff. I can’t dance much either, so I don’t hate anyone because of it. And plus, I love how dorky she is, her Yorosen episodes were definitely the most enjoyable and endearing to watch IMO.

3. Tsugunaga Momoko

Momo is her own character, and I love that. She has so many little mannerisms that make her interesting as an idol, and on top of all that she has AMAZING vocal skills! People joke about how she sounds like Minnie Mouse or like she swallowed a tank of helium, but they overlook the incredible control she has over her voice. She never hits a wrong note, falsetto or not, and even when she’s tired, she sounds really good. Plus, she’s grown up, so her voice has changed a bit and isn’t as high pitched now, hopefully this will allow people to start enjoying her voice more now.

2. Natsuyaki Miyabi

I love Miya, but there’s just something that I can’t get about her personality…She’s mature and quiet and lovely and all, but I like her the most when she’s goofing off and having fun with her Berryz friends <3 I think that Miyabi’s vocal talent needs no introduction, but still, she’s probably the most solid vocalist in Berryz (only rivaled by Momoko) her voice has a nasal quality to it, but it doesn’t make it annoying, only distinctive, that is always a great thing! She pwns whenever on stage, her vocal control is amazing! And she’s a good dancer too. I love Miya, she’s extremely talented.

1. Kumai Yurina

Yup, last night I dreamt that Yurina graduated and woke up with what sure felt like a heart attack XD I-ve always loved Yurina the most out of all BK members, and there’s not even a real reason of why. She’s not too special, admittedly (other than her height) she’s not the kind of girl who willingly steals the spotlight from the others. I love her voice, but she doesn’t sound very good live at times, and I can’t take my eyes off of her on stage, even though she isn’t the best dancer either. Her bright airheaded personality makes her absolutely irresistible for my wota side, I just ADORE her. Ever since she was the big headed kid with huge eyebrows, until now that she’s blossomed into a gorgeus and graceful lady. Yurina can do no wrong for me, and she especially won me over when I saw her live, her enthusiasm is infectious, she’s always smiling her heart out, even when she doesn’t get a single line, she’s just happy to be there. And I’m just happy that she’s there too. Please don’t ever graduate and leave me Yurinaaaaa! I wuv you <3

Perfume ~Complete Best~ Review

Hello! Welcome again to Macaroni-i! Today I’ll be reviewing Perfume’s debut album, ~Complete Best~. I became a fan of Perfume back in 2006 when this was released, so I <3 it! I thought of reviewing GAME, but I’ll probably do it later anyway.

This album complied Perfume’s releases ever since they debut, A-sides and B-sides included too.   The reason why this particular album is so special to me is because it’s what made me their fan. Back in their indies times, they were quirky and cute, and very idol-like! As they grew up, their music did too, it became a little more complex without ever losing the fun in it, which is why I love them so much!

1. Perfect Star Perfect Style: This was one of my first favorite Perfume songs. It caught my ear immediately! The “Perfect Star – Perfect Style” sung through the whole song are what makes it so catchy, I think. I like how the song is upbeat and lively even though it’s about a break up XD This song never fails to make me dance in my seat whenever it comes up!

Rating: 5 out of 5

2. Linear Motor Girl: This song was Perfume’s major debut single. I’ve never been a huge fan of it, but it’s very “Perfume-like” since quirky is probably the best word to describe it. It’s playful even from the beginning, with the “girl” in Linear motor GIRL! line sung in a high pitched girly tone. It sounds very computer-esque too XD the lines have some sort of monotone or dissonant quality to them that makes them sound almost like a machine. This is a song that you could listen to in a videogame! The thing that I find the must funny about this particular song is how I usually skip it whenever it comes in my playlist, but then when I listen to it I remember how much fun it is! Lots of cute computer sounds in the background and my favorite part is when they start counting, it’s just so random XD

Rating: 4 out of 5

3. Computer City: This has always been my favorite Perfume song, and I’d be lying if I said it was for anything other than its lyrics, actually. This doesn’t mean that I think it’s a bad song, musically speaking, because I think in this aspect is one of Perfume’s best ever! But I just feel like I can connect so much to those post-apocalyptic love song lyrics XD The chorus is beautiful and sticks in your head without fail, but it’s actually the verses that I find the most memorable, with the synth melody backing them up.

Rating: 5 out of 5

4. Electro World: The album version starts with a subdued chord and then the cute blips and beeps. But this isn’t a cute song. The first verse is almost a capella, and then the whole instrumentation builds up for the chorus. I like how there are electric guitar riffs in this song, it makes it musically interesting and adds to the heavy synth beats in the background music. This is probably Perfume’s best single, in my opinion, its sung beautifully and manages to convey a certain unsettling but powerful emotion. Musically its very interesting, with its constantly changing melodies and beats, making this song a great start for anyone who wants to become a fan.

Rating: 5 out of 5

5. Inryoku: Another quirky song! I quite like Inryoku, it’s cute and fun without being too much. It starts with the overlapping voices of the girls singing the first phrase sweetly, and then goes into the verses, which are less interesting but still cute. The background music is the usual cyber techno stuff, but this time there’s a tiny piano like sound (tiny piano XD I suck at reviewing Perfume LOL) which drives the song. The “Pa pa pa pa” in the background music are fun, but I find the girls voices kind of monotonous at times, which is why the beeps and stuff help the song’s mood so much.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5

6. Monochrome Effect: This song has a way of clinging in my brain forever, especially the beginning of the verses! This is an old indies single, and Perfume were all young and cute when they sung it (not that they aren’t cute now, they’re just, you know, older and cute XD). This one has just hints of an electronic sound, so it’s not as techno influenced as the more recent singles. Also, the girl’s voices aren’t computer distorted, which is a nice change of pace every now and then! I’m sick of listening to people say that we will never find out if Perfume can sing or not, I mean, come on! Their earlier singles didn’t have so much vo coder in them, and the girls have performed them live lots of times! Anyway, back to the song, fun and bouncy with lots of cute elements into it, I love it.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5

7. Vitamin Drop: I don’t know why, but in this song the girls voices sound in the lower range, which gives it a different overall feel than the rest of Perfume’s usual work. It has the usual blips and synth background, which sound somewhat dissonant because of the quality of the voices here. I like the short pizzicatto like fragments that accompany the verses, they sound cute. The best part of the song are the solos halfway through the song, because of their use of only soft delicate sounds that help make the sometimes dull background music more enjoyable. Yeah, not the best Perfume song out there, but if anything, it’s worth listening only for how different it sounds from what we’re used to hear from them.

Rating: 3 out of 5

8. Sweet Doughnuts: This is Perfume’s first indies single, and I really like it. It’s quite upbeat, with the mix of electronic sounds with a very poppy tune ends up sounding refreshing and exciting. Very catchy! It’s also fun to listen to it now that they’ve grown up and sound a bit different, it never loses its fun quality!

Rating: 4 out of 5

9. Foundation: This is a medium paced song, and it sounds “hip” I don’t know how to describe it well, but it’s like something you could hear in a classy bar or something like that. I like the effect created by the random whispered words, it makes the overall mood shift from “laid back” to something a bit more mysterious and elaborate.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5

10. Computer Driving: I have a soft spot for this song. I constantly find myself humming it and doing the little dance that goes with it. It has a very distinct melody, like a sequence of beeps that seriously  sticks to your head. In contrast to this, the verses are sung with little voice distortion and are very melodic, which makes for a great balance and an enjoyable song to listen to.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (I might be the only person in the world to rate this song so high, but I find it simply addictive and beautiful all at the same time)

11. Perfume: I thought it was funny to have a song named after the group, but this reflects what Perfume is about, in essence (no pun intended XD) which is why I like it. It’s an upbeat and cheerful song, very poppy and with a repetitive bridge that makes it very catchy (although it can get quite annoying after a while XD). I have to say however, that you can appreciate this song a bit more when you watch it performed live. The girls of Perfume make sure that any performance of this is full of energy and taken to the max!

Rating: 3.5 out of 5

12. wonder2: This song starts with etereal background music and haunting la la la’s that go with it. It’s a slow song, sung with quite distorted vocals, which make it wound even more surreal. I like the prechorus especially, it flows nicely. You know, I wanted to name this blog Wonder2, I really like this pretty ballad, but that username was taken and I had already thought that Macaroni-i was a cute name for a blog anyway so I kept that. I don’t know why I like the most unpopular Perfume songs either, but I just do XD

Rating: 4 out of 5

Overall Rate: 4 out of 5

The Complete Best album is a wonderful compilation of various styles that takes us along Perfume’s musical history in a fun ride. I think that it’s also a great start for people who like the group, because its a display of the range Perfume have as a group, I mean, they can sing serious songs, pure techno, idol pop, 8bit sounding songs… all without losing their own personal style, which is what makes them so remarkable, especially in a changing market like Jpop!

Hi everyone!!

Hi people! Welcome to Macaroni-i my new blog about everything Jpop related! Yay! I’m Cat, and I own another blog, an AKB48 fanblog named Aitakatta.

AKB48 are my favorite group without a doubt, but I’ve noticed recently that I have a lot of stuff to say about other Jpop acts, releases, performances DVDs and the such, so I decided I’d keep another blog just to ramble about the non-AKB related stuff!

This blog is named after Macaroni, which is currently my favorite Perfume song. I’ve been a fan of Perfume for quite a while now, and I’m thrilled to know that they’re succeeding now in Japan because they are awesome and deserve it. The banner features them too BTW.

But this isn’t a Perfume exclusive blog, I’ll also post about anything I find interesting related to Jpop-Jrock-cute stuff or whatever XD

I have a waning interest in H!P, but I’ve been a fan for quite some time now (ever sicne 5th gen joined) so I’ll probably post about them.

What to expect in the H!P related posts: I’m a fan of Berryz Koubou. I don’t care that everybody seems to pathologically hate on Risako, I like her. She’s not my favorite member (that would be Kumai Yurina <3) But yeah, no Risako bashing in here (unless I find a funny pic or video I’m not serious about my idols at all) I like all the rest of Berryz’s members equally (which is a TON)

I’ve never quite gotten into C-ute, especially after Megukami left. Airi is love and so is Maimi. Chisato needs more lines, Kanna is awesome and Erika is just amazing. I HATE Hagiwara Mai with a raging passion. I won’t bash her, because she has many fans, but yeah, I hate her so don’t expect to find anything about her in here.  Same with Nakajima Saki. I don’t hate her like I hate Hagiwara, but I don’t like her either so yeah…

Morning Musume-wise, I’m pretty fed up with them, sadly. My favorite member is Risa, and second favorite used to be Aichan but I’m seek of seeing so much of her lately so she’s dropped down a bit XD. I LOVE Sayu, she is like WHOA, and so is Eri I <3 <3 <3 them. I’m neutral about Reina, sometimes she wows me and sometimes she annoys me, I have never decided much how well she fares in my personal ranking. 8th gen are ok. I don’t care about Mitsui (but she can be pretty cute sometimes) JunJun is adorable but I’m no fangirl of hers and Linlin is my favored panda .

I HATE Kusumi Koharu’s voice, but I find her absolutely hilarious and entertaining as an idol persona. She is very pretty and she just cracks me up, and I love that about her. But I’m not enough of a masochist to enjoy most of her solo work. There are exceptions of course, and I’m sure that Koharu is a better singer than most people (including myself) usually think, but she fakes this super human high pitched screechy annoying voice for the Kirarin stuff that I just can’t listen to without my eardrums bleeding. So yeah, there’s that too.

I was a big fan of the Elder Club (ofc, they were all kind of still around when I first became a fan T_T) but now that they’re leaving it’s a sad fact, especially for me. My favorite H!P member was always Gocchin, so when she left, my fandom went to hell, pretty much.

*big breath* That’s it for H!P when it comes to my tastes (Oh I forgot! Buono is the best freaking thing ever!). I already said that I love Perfume… That’s pretty much all I lsten to in a regular basis XD But I also enjoy more mainstream artists like Amuro Namie, Otsuka Ai (<3), Utada Hikaru’s recent stuff, Hamasaki Ayumi’s old stuff XD

So yeah, stop by every now and then and check this one out. I probably don’t do crazy long posts like in Aitakatta because I’m not as passionate (aka fangirl) about the rest of the music industry as I am about AKB48, but maybe you’ll enjoy it here!

That’s all, Bye!!