I just want to pop into this thread really quickly to say that I have no opinion on Rey as of yet because she could still morph into a more realistic, flawed character (and I didn't mind her Mary Sue-esque scenes too much besides the mind powers), but Finn is absolutely the star of The Force Awakens...

Y'all are silly with the Ruru edits.


I think Cuca auditioned for MM during 9th gen's auditions and got rejected, didn't she? I figured that was the end of that.

Taeyeon's "I" is the only thing that mattered this year! That's my vote.

Bitterness, from what I could gather, but I think it stands for a little more than that in terms of being a tribute to the women's suffering and torture that seems to be little talked about in the overall narrative of country-hatred-aggression. People talk about comfort women in a very general, glos...

I've been reading a lot of things on this topic lately, and it's crazy interesting to get a much more intimate look at such an ugly time in human history. I hope it's not too easily forgotten, and I hope the statue in front of the Japanese embassy stays there.

I think it's fine. It's definitely better than many dresses that came before it. Reina's is still the best though.

Thanks, Meikochi! You didn't have to do that, but it's appreciated all the same. :)   I only did First Name + Last Name because that's how Google was pulling up the translations, otherwise I would've stuck with Last Name + First Name the way you did.   I'm actually shocked that Yajima Maimi and Saya...

I did mine~   1位 Mizuki Fukumura 150p 2位 Meimi Tamura 147p 3位 Mizuki Murota 144p 4位 Haruka Kudo 139p 4位 Sakura Oda 139p 6位 Mai Hagiwara 135p 7位 Rikako Sasaki 130p 7位 Sayuki Takagi 130p 9位 Saki Nakajima 124p 9位 Airi Suzuki 124p 11位 Ayumi Ishida 118p 11位 Maria Makino 118p 13位 Ayaka Wada 114p 14位 Akari...

Well, isn't she the one who rushed it though? She suddenly announced her graduation a few months from the actual day, so it doesn't seem to me like UFA had time to NOT rush it. Maybe that's wrong, but that was my impression. And to be honest, I think they've done a fantastic job! We have good songs,...

[quote="Shoujo Q"]   <div> Dondengaeshi - ANGERME </div> [/quote]   Holy crap, I have no clue how I missed this release, but this song is amazing and just skyrocketed Angerme up from near bottom of my list to MM's biggest contender for favorite group.   I'm guessing this is Takui, or whoev...

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Star" data-cid="193745" data-time="1450995387"> Masaki isn't a genius, but she does have talent. I really enjoy her and hope she sticks around.</blockquote> I couldn't have said it better, Star. My guess for next ...

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="phancy" data-cid="193739" data-time="1450988886"><blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="showraniy" data-cid="193730" data-time="1450982964"> Even so, I remember pict...

Sorry, Kakumei, I was referring to Thea's posts on Haruka; I should've quoted her to be clearer. <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Anderei" data-cid="193726" data-time="1450978455"> ^^It's common in Japan to have one girl as your favorite way abov...

That whole line of thinking is alien to me, and incredibly off-putting.


Is this the way wota think??

I don't know, you're saying a teenage girl could save up cash and be fiscally responsible. It's possible, but I can't think of one fiscally responsible teenager out of everyone I've ever met. Maybe one, but even she still depends on what one would count as frivolous spending vs saving since she splu...

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Anderei" data-cid="193655" data-time="1450832382"> Because a lot of Haruka fans probably voted in the poll and nominated her for a ton of stuff. It's how people of middling to low popularity like Kanon, Sakura and...

One word: money.

I find this desperation kind of surprising, considering Akimoto seemed to be well aware of AKB's lifespan (~10 years, which has been spot-on so far). I guess the company can't just give up its mega-value cash cow that gracefully.   Oh well, I can dissect it all I like, but I know I'll check in to th...

Argh! I was so happy until I read that she wants to sing in musicals. She could have a great career in mainstream pop, which I actually listen to, so I'm sad she's going to something I can't survive to save my life. :( She's a fabulous idol, so I'm sad she's going, but she'll be an even better singe...

We won't really be able to see it until next month, so I'm thankful people are being so nice about spoilers, haha   Even on Facebook, which I've spent an inordinate amount of time on lately, I haven't seen any spoilers yet. I have heard from more than a few people that it's better than the original ...

Tsumetai is great! I love it, and I think this is the most justice I've ever seen a graduating member get (minus Takahashi). It's glaringly obvious that Riho's mini dance solos were choreographed by someone with inferior dance skills, because I know she can do way more than that. Of course, that's w...

Now that I've had a chance to listen to all the previews and see the PVs (minus the radio rip of Tsumetai because I like seeing the video with the song for first impressions), I've got to say that I'm very optimistic about this single! I don't get the negativity at all, unless people are just upset ...

[quote="Ap2000"] I've been watching a lot of movies ever since I started my new work this summer, but I want to point out one movie in particular: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683/   The too few people that watched this low budget movie compare it to K-pax, but it is much better than th...

Typical H!P cover work, so nothing to say there. I don't know why I'm suddenly feeling this out of nowhere, but I'm really proud of the MM girls! Looking at the pics with the Maria gen (lol I still don't know their names), I feel like they're a very strong group right now. If we could juuust get mor...

I have plans to see Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 and Star Wars: The Force Awakens in the next month or two. I know Star Wars isn't out yet, but anyone see Mockingjay to comment on whether it's good or not? I never read the books, so I've gone into each installment blind and been pleasantly surpri...

Eeeeeeeeh, I could probably swing this, but I can't decide if I really want to or not... I really have no interest in the rest of the con, so I'm not sure if flying out to Houston to attend a con I don't care for would be reasonable. Uuurgh, this is difficult.

Damn, that's horrible... I hope she's able to make it all back some day, but her relationship with her parents can probably never be mended.

She looks really good! It's classic H!P gaudy, but it suits her really well, and somehow isn't too big and crazy.

Wait, I thought this was the thingy that had pictures of the girls to rate. I can't pick a favorite member without that thing.

Strangely, I think Reina is perfect as Miaka. I remember Fushigi Yuugi just baaarely since I didn't get too far into it, but wasn't Miaka kinda fiery and passionate? I think that would suit Reina well, and maybe she can make the awkward love subplots more interesting and less awkward.