Wow. This was kinda expected, but this is still weird. It's going to be really weird not seeing them at the H!P Summer & Winter concerts. Are they not going to participate or are they all just going to be "soloists"?

I wonder if they're going to make a medley of all the songs she's been a center in?

I expected her to announce it during the Summer concert, but I was hoping that they would at least give her one more year with the 12th Gen. I can't wait for her graduation concert because you know they'll go all out on her. Anyone wants to take a poll on who'll be leader?

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In what sense would any fan be upset with this move.
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I guess it could be not what they were hoping for. Anyway, I knew it was going to be something like this. Not mad.

Let's see:   Morning Musume 12 Gen auditions happen. We get 3 new girls. One is an Egg. Sayumi finally graduates in the Fall. Announces it in the Spring concert. Mizuki become leader. Kanon announces graduation in the Fall concert. They still will not get invited to Kohaku. They drop the year title ...

I'm kinda bummed they didn't give What Is Love? the Chokkan 2 treatment. I was expecting that but, it's alright for what it was, an extra song, and Egao makes up for it and I'm guessing that they're going to go all out for the Sochi song.

I'm kinda liking it. First listening to it, it sounded a bit messy but it started to sound better getting further into the song. I understand that they're trying to give us something different with a mid-tempo song and I respect that. 
 
P.S. Did Kanon get a solo?

It would've been nice if they got invited, but I'm not really bummed or shocked that they weren't. I don't really care for Kohaku anymore anyways. Meh to this.

I think I'm kinda late to the setlist, but I'm liking it and I am here for the medleys. I'm kinda relieved that aside from the updated songs, it's not all recent singles and their b-sides galore like the past concerts. I know they have to promote the updated songs, but wouldn't it be interesting if ...

I'm kinda relived about this. I feel like the auditions were happening to fast. If some of the girls got in, the group would kinda be too full by this one and the following audition. I still think Tsunku wants 16 to be the limit. Plus, it would be nice to let the current group grow and wait until Sa...

I only ones I don't like are Limited D, it's boring, and Limited E because of the lighting bolts. Everything else is perfect.

It looks like Airi.

Yay, please give them real costumes.

Ayumi Ishida (She's a good dancer) Mai Hagiwara (I like Mai's voice) Chinami Tokunaga (Leader)(She's the cute one) Rina Katsuta (I think she complements Chinami) Aina Otsuka (She's my favorite in JJ right now) Kanon Suzuki (I feel she needs to be in a unit) Haruka Kudo (The group needs vocal variety...

Oh, wow. Mari why?

I Want:

• The Satoyama groups to end.
• The revived groups to come back.
• Morning Musume to have another subgroup.
• Another anime group.
• Aika to start doing music again or at least something than than MCing.
• 3 new girls for Morning Musume.

Regular A - Basic and ok. Regular B - I kinda like it. Limited A - It's one of the good ones. Limited B - How they did the background colors ruined it. Limited C - I love it!!!!! Limited D - They didn't do a good job with highlighting the pink over the girls. Limited E - The sky in the backdrop look...

A 3-girl generation would be nice. I think that even if this means they're getting ready to graduate Sayumi, they should hold off auditions for a while.

B-sides galore. God, this setlist is almost as bad as the last one. It would be nice if they did some more old songs. Please let there be some changes in the 12-15 part.

I'm not liking the song right now but, it's going to grow on me. It sounds like Lady Gaga. I like the costumes though.

Minami Minegishi shaved her head.

[quote name='MysticForceRed' timestamp='1357079044' post='140713'] Everyone hating Sakura? Oh please...From her 2 lines in Help Me!! I will not be hating as long as they don't make her screech high notes like they do Riho. I like Riho when she isn't screeching [/quote] Well, I saw first hand how qui...

My predictions: Risako graduates Airi graduates Aika continues to do nothing We'll get another H!P show Auditions for Morning Musume & S/mileage Momoko continues to annoy everybody Everyone will hate Sakura for being in the front, like Riho Haruka will continue to be shafted in singles Everyone ...

Tsunku tweeted this:

本日12:00にモーニング娘。「Ｈｅｌｐ　ｍｅ！！ダンスショットＶｅｒ．」の動画あげちゃおうかな。どうしようかな？ URL⇒ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE7HQ3uivcE …

EDIT: You can watch the Dance Shot now.

WERK! The choreography is AMAZING. I'm not liking the green screen though. Maybe it will look good when we see the whole thing.

Limited A - Looks like your standard Limited H!P cover. Limited B - LOVE IT!!!! Limited C - Tsunku tried. He gets an A for effort but, it looks SO Photoshopped and weird. Limited D - It's ok. There's flaws with the white glow but, other than that, it's cute. Limited E - I like it. It's less photosho...

My ranking no surprise, most of the 9th/10th gen and Sakura are at the top and Reina and Momoko are at the bottom. I'm surprised at where the S/mileage girls ranked though. 1位 鞘師里保 (Riho Sayashi) 2位 工藤遥 (Haruka Kudo) 3位 石田亜佑美 (Ayumi Ishida) 4位 佐藤優樹 (Masaki Sato) 5位 鈴木香音 (Kanon Suzuki) 6位 譜久村聖 (Mizuk...

It's alright. It doesn't sound like an A-side to me.

Wow, that was anti-climatic compared to the others. Good for Sakura. Is there going to be more, or is that it?