Hello!News Network :: 2017 Edition

[momoirosaya]

Maria is traditonal idol cute.

Ogata is more of a traditional Japanese "beauty" type.

[al kusanagi]

I seem to remember a study somewhere that showed people preferred asymmetrical faces, since ones that were too symmetrical had an uncanny valley feel.
 
And personally, I find Maria, and Rikako and Moe from Angerme to be stupidly pretty. I mean, not Sayu pretty, but you can't compete with divinity.

[JPope]

[quote="Al Kusanagi"]
And personally, I find Maria, and Rikako and Moe from Angerme to be stupidly pretty. I mean, not Sayu pretty, but you can't compete with divinity.
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These are not uncommon opinions.

[nimrahwt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUvsg4QULhg&feature=em-uploademail

[Vikitty]

whoa. That Koe piano solo.

[TicTacAnyone]

MM'17 is going to perform in Hong Kong on June 25th
 
Ogata bein way to extra in this... She's acting like she just smoked some crack O_O

[JPope]

[quote="TicTacAnyone"]
MM'17 is going to perform in Hong Kong on June 25th
 
Ogata bein way to extra in this... She's acting like she just smoked some crack O_O
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Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

[al kusanagi]

She got into Masaki's ADD meds.

[TicTacAnyone]

Today is Angerme's Budokan concert... Any predictions if we'll get any announcements today? =o

[Anderei]

I hope not.

[arcobaleno]

Same, whether adding members or anything concerning Maho. :(

[Anderei]

That they're talking about Maho on their blogs and posting pictures makes me think we won't hear anything concerning her. If they were gonna announce she was leaving, I'd expect all of the blogs to be pretty much pretending she doesn't exist since it almost certainly wouldn't happen with a grad concert.
 
I've already expressed I don't want any of the three debuting kenshuusei in Angerme, because I don't think any of them have anything of note to offer the group.
 
What's interesting though is that Dawa mentioned that the group was worried about this concert selling out, since it's their first Budokan that doesn't have a special event tied to it. Makes me wonder if she knew the tickets weren't selling quickly. It's an issue they had in the past.

[TicTacAnyone]

Yup, no announcements were made. However, this awesome picture was snapped afterwards!!!

 
That's Maro and Yuukarin on the far right. Now we get to hear the Japanese wota cry "Yuuuuukarinnnnn" again.

[Anderei]

Nah, they've cooled on her ever since rumors popped up she had a boyfriend while in S/mileage.

[momoirosaya]

YUUUUUUUKARIIIIIIIINNNNN!!!!

[Solarblade]

Buono! Live 2017 ~Pienezza!~ Setlist
 
1.Renai♥Rider

2.Bravo☆Bravo

3.Janakya Mottainai!

VTR - Buono! battle : sing all Buono! songs super fast

4.fun fun fun (new album song) / PINK CRES.

MC : PINK CRES. 1st live ~crescendo~, 7/23

5.Kirei Kawai Mirai (new album song) / PINK CRES.

6.Peanut Butter Jelly Love / Country Girls

MC

7.Rhythm ga Yondeiru Zou! / Country Girls

8.The Curtain Rises / C-ute

MC

9.Kiss Me Aishiteru / C-ute

VTR - Buono! nostalgia video : Pizza-la

10.Nakimushi Shounen (with band instruments : Miyabi and Airi on guitar, Momoko on drums)

11.JUICY HE@RT

12.Rottara Rottara

MC Dolce band intro

13.Café Buono!

14.Medley : Early Bird -> Kokoro no Tamago -> Minna Daisuki

15.We Are Buono! ~Buono! no Theme

16.Rock no Kamisama

17.Natsu Dakara!

18.Urahara

19.Blue-Sky-Blue (members standing on a smaller round stage in the center, glowing blue lights, and rises up)

VTR - Buono! letter reading corner with guest Dolce member eiji-san

20.Shoushitsuten -Vanishing Point- (acoustic)

21.OVER THE RAINBOW (acoustic)

22.I NEED YOU (acoustic)

MC

23.Ice Mermaid

MC

24.Hatsukoi Cider

25.Warp! (bring out the towels)

MC

26.Independent Girl ~Dokuritsu Joshi de Aru Tame ni

27.Kataomoi.

28.DEEP MIND

29.MY BOY

30.Goal (members start to cry)


Encore call "Buono! Dolce!"

31.Last Forever (Airi cries again)

last MC

32.Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! (members crying some more)

33.Honto no Jibun (Buono!'s last song)

[TicTacAnyone]

Here's Tsubaki's appearance at JAM and... yeah.

[DonJuan]

The new members really improved the group.

[TheParuProject]

The Berryz-successor group starts with a C-ute song? If they really had to cover any song, I just assumed something BK would make sense like KF's early tours.
 
I mean, I know they don't have a lot of songs, but surely enough to do a 30 minute mini live.
 
Anyway, they did decently. I just don't care that much. LOL I enjoy TF for some of their original songs, but I don't actually feel any way about the girls or the group so I don't think I would ever watch a full length live.
 
Side note: does Ami always look so terrified/uncomfortable or did I only just notice it? Poor girl is like "Get me the fuck out of here."

[arcobaleno]

Ironically, I've noticed the more dominant C-ute stuff in some of their recent things (like I feel they did Kiss Me Aishiteru or some other C-ute song at a live recently, but I can't remember), which conflicts with the whole Berryz successor pt.2 spirit........ backpedaling, maybe. 
 
On Ami, it kind of depends. When she first started, she always looked that way and was far worse than now, she's improved a lot, but then there's other times when she does look that way. Though I think I've seen her look that way more often than not in lives, myself, buuut I also don't watch a lot of H!P lives since my schedule is mostly work now.

[momoirosaya]

I've always felt like Tsubaki was the C-ute to Kobushi's Berryz.

[DonJuan]

Didn't the °C-ute members talk about how Tsubaki reminds them of themselves? I mean it was weird to have two Berryz successor groups after all.

[TicTacAnyone]

[quote="arcobaleno"]
Ironically, I've noticed the more dominant C-ute stuff in some of their recent things (like I feel they did Kiss Me Aishiteru or some other C-ute song at a live recently, but I can't remember), which conflicts with the whole Berryz successor pt.2 spirit........ backpedaling, maybe. 
 
On Ami, it kind of depends. When she first started, she always looked that way and was far worse than now, she's improved a lot, but then there's other times when she does look that way. Though I think I've seen her look that way more often than not in lives, myself, buuut I also don't watch a lot of H!P lives since my schedule is mostly work now.
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Yeah and at their debut release event C-ute came out and sang with them... I've also always considered them C-ute successors instead of BK. Maybe the company just couldn't mention it at the time since C-ute was still about a year off from announcing their hiatus?

[arcobaleno]

[quote="TicTacAnyone"]
Maybe the company just couldn't mention it at the time since C-ute was still about a year off from announcing their hiatus?
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That makes sense to me! If they started off saying that, the wota would've most likely started feeling nervous. Now that C-ute's disbandment is announced and known, they're really pushing them, like the interview Juan mentioned, performing their songs, etc. It makes sense as a whole, if you're going to have Kobushi as Berryz, and a sister-rival group in Tsubaki, it makes sense for them to be the C-ute to Kobushi's Berryz, rather than trying to have them both be Berryz, even if the "different sides", Berryz was still most popularly known as the silly, fun group like Kobushi.

[TheParuProject]

That's fair. Tsubaki is kind of getting a C-ute treatment too, what with having an indies period and not having a major debut til a while after the first group.
 
Could that mean that Tsubaki will end up being more commercially successful than Kobushi? I can't even imagine, honestly. Their first single sold well, but firsts often do. I'm curious to see how the next one will do.

[TicTacAnyone]

Suzuki Airi's birthday event digest
 
Miyazaki Yuka and Takagi Sayuki's birthday event digest (Takagi nails Kobushi no Hana... and was she always close with Yaguchi, wtf? XD )
 
Hamaura Ayano birthday event digest (I love how much of a singer Hama-chan has grown into, not just a character. Her early KSS days weren't particularly horrible but they weren't amazing.)
 
Ogawa Rena and Wada Sakurako birthday event digest

[Meikochi]

I need to listen to it in full lenght but I may prefer Airi's Aa koi 2010 version. I know I would prefer the 1st version but First Kiss with the original lineup now would be really interesting.

[JPope]

[quote="Meikochi"]
I know I would prefer the 1st version but First Kiss with the original lineup now would be really interesting.
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I would love to hear this.

[Solarblade]

http://www.helloproject.com/news/7236/
 
Asakura Kiki visited an orthopaedics specialist and is now diagnosed by with a herniated lumbar disc and will need rest. No activities till 6/30. They will monitor her progress and her activities after that. Kiki wants to get cured and see everyone again.
 
from Mr. A

[TicTacAnyone]

[quote="Solarblade"]
http://www.helloproject.com/news/7236/
 
Asakura Kiki visited an orthopaedics specialist and is now diagnosed by with a herniated lumbar disc and will need rest. No activities till 6/30. They will monitor her progress and her activities after that. Kiki wants to get cured and see everyone again.
 
from Mr. A
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Another one? I know it's not just the shoes that would be an issue, but I hope they're giving these girls proper shoes lol. Sad for Kiki.... First Maa-chan now Kiki. Two good performers in a row lol.