How many handshakes are they doing for this?
Could this be the single with most promo ever? Let's hope it pays!

Of all the ideas exposed here, I guess I'd go with the "voting for new girls".   Maybe Tsunku saw the AKB Draft and thought of doing something like that... and letting the fans choose one of the girls while the girls choose another while Tsunku chooses another or something of the sort and ...

^ I was thinking of HKT too lol MM48 with some top-tier senbatsu members?  Aki-P and Tsunku (or maybe just one of them) said it would be cool if they could collaborate somehow. Like there was a stupid rivalry between fans that didn't exist between the girls themselves... or maybe I'm remembering wro...

Yeah, but I read that and I thought "What?! I didn't" and let rage take over me. My bad. 
 
Anyway, I'm starting to dig Egao no Kimi. The fast sentences are sill a bit weird, but once you get the hold of it, it's kinda funny lol

Oh, so they had already said it was gonna be a concert thing? I missed that memo. Sorry lol
 
As for the hanshakes, I guess those will take up to most of the afternoon. Maybe from 13 to 20 or something? 3 hours + 3 hours + 1 of rest. Who knows.

Sorry, but this is worse than The Matenrou Show and Kimi Sae cause they didn't even record anything new. Hell, Chokkan 2 had the new scenes and wasn't as bad (I even liked it).   I'm disappointed cause when I read that we were getting a 3A-side single, I supposed we were getting 3 songs with the sam...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!   Damn you, UFA!!! You're already comfortable in the success of the previous single and you're half-assing this one? Like the name change wasn't enough. You so deserve this single to sell less than 10k so you f***ing learn how to do things right.   I'm so afraid now ...

Listened to it again and... nope. The melody is nice and it could be a good song, but WHY THE FAST TALKING?! They're not even singing at some points. T___T
 
*runs to listen to What is LOVE?*

wow, that was... I dunno if I wanna say "bad". :s   The PV is neat, clean and nice to look at.    But the song... *facepalm* The instrumental is a sister of Wagamama, but then they sing "THAT" on top of it and it simply destroys it. It feels as if Tsunku had the lyrics done way b...

I was checking generasia for this single and... no b-sides in the end? That's sucks!   Also, seeing that EgaoNoKimi has the most DVD material, I guess that's the song they'll promote the most... oh, well. Here's hoping is good.   And would someone explain to me why is it Egano no Kimi and not Kimi n...

[quote="Anderei"] Trinu, when you said the Olympics song would get airplay did you mean radio or TV? Because Zoe mentioned in the thread about it that its not the official channel song. [/quote]   It's not? Aw, that's bad lol   I remember when Ayu released Born to be... it was featured in ...

[quote="aine"]  What other songs did they call "mid-tempo" recently? Because for some reason the term only invokes a snorefest ballad in my mind. :lol: Looking briefly at the A-sides list Do it! Now and As For One Day are the only good mid-tempo songs in their history, and that w...

Ah, oh.
 
Well, by this time they should have realized that doing a well done PV ala Wagamama isn't THAT expensive... and if they're getting better sales, why not invest?
I don't think they're doing this 3A-side thing lightly. They must know that the more you give, the more you get lol

[quote="ShiroiChanUK"] I'd rather have Kimi no Egao wa Taiyou sa as the only A-side while What Is Love and the Olympics theme are the B-sides because having three A-sides will reduce the quality of the single big time. [/quote]   I really don't understand the logic behind that. They could ...

I thought Ayaya had left showbiz? o.O

Yeah, flanked by two clones. I swear I was at some point "is... that... Rikako too?" lol

Translation doesn't work like that. 

I think sometimes they don't know how to translate some words, so they just leave them like that. It wasn't that hard to put "Gundan" as "Brigade" or something, and this is the same.
 
Oh, well.
 
No solo line for Rikako? WHATEVER!

I agree with whoever said that this would make sense if every year they'd change their style and whatnot... but we know they won't so this is stupidity at its finest.   Also, he says it will be easier to remember which members where in the group at some points... which can only be achieved if new me...

I actually think the song is really nice and comtinues in their new-found style. The choreo is indeed a bit weird at moments. When they had their hand on their heads and move from side to side is a bit ridiculous, and the first line of the chorus... :/ xD   ANYWAY, I don't think this will be a singl...

Depends on the artist, IMO.   Ayaka's singles sell/sold like crap and yet her albums sold pretty well (her first was a million seller).   People buy stuff because they see something that they like. Wagamama (and all their previous singles) would have sold like Sexy Boy if it wasn't thanks to all the...

As I said in the Best album thread, I'd like a second one with updated versions of...   - Koi no Dance Site - Happy Summer Wedding - Do it! Now - TOP! - As For One Day - Iroppoi Jirettai - Kanashimi Twilight - Reasonant Blue - Onna ni Sachi Are - Genki + - Fantasy ga Hajimaru - Moonlight Night ~stuf...

I guess I'm one of the few who like this a lot.   I think it's a very good idea to freshen up some songs of the songs to remind people why MM is what it is.   I wouldn't be surprised if they followed it up with a The Best! 2 or something on the line for the spring tour (and continue with the "C...

But, but, but... the only one who hasn't performed ther is Sakura, right? All the others have lol   I guess it's important because they're not going to say goodbye to another member (Risa, Aika, Takahashi...), but to celebrate their success. Here's hoping their next tour ends up in Yokohama Arena or...

I want the "Ima no Morning Musume" thing to be a documentary or something cool telling the story of the new girls in more than just 2 lines.

I don't think AKB fans are trying to spoil anything. The 2nd week sales for their previous five singles are 108,906 // 50,403 // 56,216 // 45,177 // 53,860... so I guess they'll week will be something like that.    MM, on their 3rd day sold around 4k with Brainstorming and 5k with Help me!, so... :/...

They are 70k ahead of #2... I think a #1 for the week is safe. :D
 
Let's hope they've learnt the lesson of "Promotion is Everything" and promote the hell out of the upcoming album. If that sales like their last albums, I quit lol

THis talk of new groups makes me wonder if he intends to graduate Berryz and C-ute at some point (they're between 21-19 years old...). Having S/mielage and now Juice = Juice seems like he's preparing for that and until then, we have 5 groups in H!P... I think that's enough.   I understand the curren...

I'm echoing what I'm reading around. I know way too little Japanese lol But it seems that's it. The talent was low, he's focused on Juice=Juice and whatnot...   It's true that with the "We are the current Morning Musume" thing, it would be weird to add more girls and simply end that "...

Nah, Tsunku says nobody has passed the auditions: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y44qbEfWhpI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y44qbEfWhpI</a>   I just hope the first girl who appears there singing well stays as an Egg and ends up paired with Rikako. They'd be so cute together. :(

Yup, Perfume studied there. And Riho herself was part of some dance thing they did there when Perfume visited the school after becoming famous. Pretty cool place. ^^
 
I wouldn't mind her shutting up and Sakura taking the lead though.