The... the Limited SP is straight up green screen. Like, just the green screen. Someone put the girls into situations! lol. Reg A is just Juice's album cover with MM. The Neverending Shine ones are really pretty though, even if not creative. Personally I'm actually drawn to Lim B. It's not good, bu...

They're pretty serious about Karin's solo career, huh. That's definitely more effort than they made for Ogata, Manakan or Ozeko. For sure, but Karin is on a different level that the others. She's a low-key H!P legend while the others are B and C tier former idols. She's also a more versatile singer...

Yeah that was pretty cool. My first thought was that Miimi would be a perfect stand-in for Momochi, but the way they did it was a nice tribute.

Oops forgot to add that Hajimete wo Keikenchuu and Black Butterfly are split units 4. Hajimete wo Keikenchuu (2023) / Arisawa, Irie, Ebata, Ishiyama, Endo, and Kawashima 5. Black Butterfly (2023) / Uemura, Dambara, Kudo, Matsunaga, Inoue I was hoping they'd do a couple more with non-seniority based...

DonJuan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 9:09 am Oh wow, those covers are basically the most basic they could have been. Not bad of course, but also super boring lol. I was almost certain I've seen these before.

They're basically the last two MM album covers.

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DJ Miimi taking over Bangkok.

I caught a little of the Part 1 setlist. I got really teary eyed, feeling nostalgic and a little sad. A lot of girls have moved on now compared to 5 years ago. However, Taiyou to Ciscomoon really served, I hope the current girls were taking notes. I would be. And another note, I found the sound to ...

Damn. She missed their last single and the Tsubaki reunion at the 25th anniversary show, and she won't even get another single out of it. I wonder if it's her decision to graduate with Riko, or if there's animosity from management?

I was hoping for more moments like The Peace but none ever came and that made me sad. YES. The song is fun. Super up-beat and frantic in a way that's about as close to denpa as H!P is ever likely to come, and hella catchy. The video effects are excellent minus the floating doo-dads, but H!P is gonn...

JFC, this might be the most difficult one yet.

Hopefully this will calm the collective tits of H!P Twitter. I was pretty confident Fuku was gonna get a final single, and all the pomp she deserves to close out the year. I'm pretty psyched for the Hoshibe track, as the few he's done for MM have been top tier.

I’m more surprised the 4th album is being left in the dust. It's not running away with it, but it's holding it's own against the 2nd and 3rd albums. I was torn between "Suki na Senpai" and "Senkou Hanabi," and ended up going with Senkou because I was pretty sure Senpai was gonna...

I'm happy anytime we get to see Ozeki sing, so even if the song isn't the best match for her, I still love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d0O2gnaUh8 Now that's a fun MV. I think it also finally combines things that would be in line with what young people in Japan like, instead of a classic H!P formula of catering to wotas (dance shots and close ups). My only "complaint" (which is really noth...

I'm digging the love for Senkou Hanabi here.

Kamiko broke the seal on her blog today.

This is getting crazy now.

Not to be a hater, but I can easily see her getting the other popular edit for shows like this - "You're so experienced yet your skills aren't that good...? Shouldn't you be better after so many years? Why are these newbies outdoing you?" things like this get said to almost every idol who...

BTW, should we do a dedicated thread for this show? Seems like there's a lot of interest for it here, and it could choke out other OG related content in this thread.

I mean, if you're gonna be a villain on one of these shows, it's best to start out in that role so that you can have your redemption arc and be beloved by the end.

I'm convinced that they're gonna make Kassa the villain based on her built-in popularity and her generally more thoughtful demeanor, which will rub some the wrong way. The positive effect if this happens is that, coupled with her talent, it's almost guaranteed to get her to the finals. Gotta have dr...

To be fair, Kassa graduated right at the moment she was breaking out in Anju, and my petty ass still kind of holds that against her, lol. I was excited about her and Funaki running Anju for the next 8 years, and one year later they were both gone.

It feels like a more mature take on classic Tsubaki, and I'm liking it overall, but... I am so sick of trap beats, lol. They just feel lazy to me at this point.

The video is okay, but the girls look great in it. This is the first time that Mao's bangs look good to me.

Well, I didn't have this on my bingo card! My sense was that Kassa graduated because she felt she had outgrown the idol industry, but that was clearly not the case. Her graduation feels like ages ago, but it's not even two full years yet. For a Japanese idol survival competition, this song is Kpop a...

From Hello! Station, MM with a mall performance of "Nanzansho Souzansho" from their new album. This is the only track to include the 17th gen members, and both acquit themselves fairly well. The light seems to have come on for Haruka, thankfully. She's still looks terrified in the talk sec...

I never liked Ima Sugu. Ima Sugu is one of my favorite songs that doesn't get performed enough. I was sad it wasn't performed at Maa's graduation considering it's the first song that she and Miki centered :tears: I'm somewhere in between, but closer to Zoe. It's definitely one of my favorites of th...

Yeah, I'm pretty stoked for this album. I'd love it if at least a couple (if not more) of these songs are recorded with sub-units, too.

Airi got a new gig.



Seems like this is a pretty big deal for her.