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Kirari to Hikaru Hoshi
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I absolutely love this. 

MV is nothing special, but I still like it. Duu was super flawless. I think being in Lilium has helped her to level up her stage presence. 

Name change is dumb. New members could be good. Could be bad. I'm not sure who I want to be added. A little while ago, I would've said Ayano because she's perfect for S/mileage, but S/mileage isn't the super cute squirrel voice group that it was before. They have a more mature image now, so I don't ...

Mostly I hear Mizuki. And Sakura, I think. 
 
I like it so far. 

I love everything about this so far, except for the lack of real, long solo lines. While it's nice not having to worry about whether or not Riho or Masaki or whoever is going to butcher a line, I prefer it when the songs are mostly solos. But their songs haven't been heavy on solo lines in a while. ...

Perfect. That's exactly where I wanted them to be announced.

Here's another one. It'll probably be taken down very quickly, though, judging by how fast the other one went. 

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Honestly everyone sounds pretty good. 
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Thanks to the power of autotune.   I've heard a couple fan recordings of this performance and most of these girls were ridiculously pitchy. 

That would be what I'd pick, except I would put down just Sayuki for J=J and Miya for Berryz. As a bonus (lol), Saki would be the one for old S/mileage.

She'd look fine, but I hope she never does it because her hair is amazing.

Yeah, there's no way she could be a soloist. She could be in the 12th generation. I remember that Haruka got a solo at an egg concert right before she was added to MM, so that could be a hint. But I think the most likely option is that she'll be added to a new group. With Berryz leaving, a new group...

Hagiwara Mai x Kudo Haruka from UTB vol. 21: http://imgur.com/tPm9CyG.jpg http://imgur.com/5PVEGDO.jpg http://imgur.com/m5SgyuU.jpg http://imgur.com/vVfwoyz.jpg http://imgur.com/RM4UuUu.jpg http://imgur.com/hfhsl5q.jpg [/size]    ℃-ute in Gravure the Television: http://imgur.com/vrSdUgl.jpg http://i...

Tsunku's comments on the songs and the members. 

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="smtmissin" data-cid="178834" data-time="1409188404"> Karin's voice is thin (and squeaky when she sings high notes) and Sayuki's voice is full. I can totally see Sayuki given high notes and harder part of the song....

I like both songs, but I like the last release a little more. The line distribution is interesting. They seem to consistently give Sayuki lines with the high notes and Karin lines with lower notes. I guess that's where they are most comfortable. It's funny because I would've thought it would be the ...

I was thinking that she looked like that, too, but I wasn't quite sure if it was awkward enough to mention.

Shabadabadoo.   :lmfao:  Those outfits are nice.    [quote="Shoujo Q"] And I gotta say, that's probably one of the best group shots I've seen from the Musume girls in a very, very long time. No one looks awkward or tragic or dead faced.  [/quote]   Really? Kanon looks like she was caught c...

Promotion for the single? Other members have appeared before (Sayu, Mizuki+Haruka).

Weird. So... are they going to redo the auditions or are they just going to scrap the whole thing?

Somehow this surprised me even though I should have been expecting it. I'm not the biggest Berryz fan, but I still feel very sad about it. But... can Miyabi like join C-ute now? Or can they just start up Buono again? That would be great. 

Chikyuu wa Kyou mo Ai wo Hagukumu is great, definitely my favorite of all their recent songs (which I've been enjoying). 

They really have. Dawa's much less pitchy than she used to be, she's using vibrato, and her tone isn't as screechy. Her Lilium solo was actually better live. She's far from perfect, obviously, but she's made a really noticable effort to improve herself. It's the same with Kana. Their improvement mak...

I'm relieved to hear that she isn't embarrassed or depressed about her weight. I was worried about that.

I like this single a lot more than the last one (Hadaka was fine, but Arekore sucked). Black Butterfly is refreshingly different, although I can see why some might find it boring. The MV is pretty awful, though. I'm happy with their formula myself. Karin, Sayuki, and Tomo do the bulk of the singing,...

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="JPope" data-cid="177369" data-time="1403850315"> Maki sounded pretty rough on the high note leading into the final chorus of RR21, too.</blockquote> Wasn't that Nacchi? They're both singing it, but she's the only ...

[quote="aine"] C-ute met BABYMETAL ! I don't know the occasion. http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_images/mmbbs/attachicon.gif 1401961281172.jpg [/quote]   They were both on a radio show hosted by Takamasa Sakurai and Uesaka Sumire about a year and a half ago. The picture is from Uesaka's blog...

I finally watched the videos. Karin wasn't as great as she normally is during Hadaka no Kiss, but she made up for it during Samidare. She's one of the few performers who is so fun to watch that I'd want to buy a solo angle DVD of theirs. I hope they have those during their live house tour, but I dou...

1. Everyday Everywhere (Taiyou to Ciscomoon) 2. Samishii Hi (Morning Musume) 3. BABY! Koi ni KNOCK OUT! (Petitmoni) 4. GOOD BYE Natsuo (Matsuura Aya) 5. Say Yeah! Motto Miracle Night  (Morning Musume) 6. Semi (Berryz Koubou) 7. Masayume (Aa!) 8. Mirakururun Grand Purin! (Minimoni) 9. Mystery of Life...

There wasn't nearly enough Sayuki in that TMS performance.

Singing aside, Ayumi was awesome during HDYLJ.