(continued from the previous Koharu post.)

Looking at the cover of “Aruiteru” I realized, that was the second 8-nin lineup (yes, I realized this a little late. Shut up), the previous one being “LOVE MACHINE”. As a H!P fan, I am required to be a conspiracy theorist who must overanalyze all things to death.

The 8-nin of “LOVE MACHINE” spawned the LOVE MACHINE curse. There is obviously no blatant curse here, but is there a hidden, subtler, more evil one, spawned by the 8-nin of “Aruiteru”? One that connects the girls in the most twisted, malicious ways? Or something. Read more »

Posted: May 29th, 2007 under conspiracy theories, hello! project, koharu kusumi, miki fujimoto, morning musume, wtf.
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…and I love it.

So, remember my review of “Koisuru Angel Heart”? Well, yeah, I actually had the PV for about a week before I got off my ass and wrote up the review. So I’ve had the PV for Koharu’s new single, “Happy” on my computer for a while (let’s try a month), but I hadn’t said anything about it. And okay, so I don’t have so much to say about the PV than I do about Koharu’s progress. The PV is just an excuse.

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Posted: May 28th, 2007 under hello! project, kirarin revolution, koharu kusumi, morning musume, pv.
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Do the scandals never stop? UFA says yes, but Friday (the magazine infamous for reporting scandals pertaining to our beloved idols) says no! Because according to them, Fujimoto Miki (and no, I will never decide on one way of ordering Japanese names) just spent three nights with a dude named Shouji Tomoharu. Yeah, I don’t know who he is, but he’s of the male gender so…um, yeah. Mikitty, have you been living under a rock? Read more »

Posted: May 24th, 2007 under gam, hello! project, miki fujimoto, morning musume, scandal, wtf.
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Wow. What an original title. Maybe she’ll get something more creative around her third, fourth book.

The photobook is fairly typical H!P. There aren’t a whole lot of beach sets, but the ones that are there have her jumping around in the water, having fun, wearing a bikini, etc. She’s laughing in pretty much every shot, except for a couple indoor sets where apparently she’s trying to be serious. Except even in the serious ones, she’s still smiling. Slightly, but still smiling. Read more »

Posted: May 20th, 2007 under airi suzuki, c-ute, h!p kids, hello! project, photobook.
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I must admit that while I am not the greatest fan of Rika Ishikawa, I must profess to really like v-u-den/Viyuden/Biyuuden. I am in the habit of calling them v-u-den just because that was the first way I ever saw it romanized, but I’m pretty sure Biyuuden is the preferred spelling.

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Posted: May 17th, 2007 under hello! project, pv, single, v-u-den.
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…Asami Abe? Natsumi Abe’s little sister? Uh. What? Read more »

Posted: May 15th, 2007 under ami tokito, asami abe, gyaruru, tnx, wtf.
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Okay, so no one really knows if it’s going to be in the summer or not. But Morning Musume doesn’t have a “Happy Insert-Season-Here Wedding” song, so I had to make do. And they’re getting it registered in the summer, so it’s kind of right…whatever. Shut up. Read more »

Posted: May 11th, 2007 under hello! project, morning musume, nono, scandal, tnx, w, wtf.
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Well, it’s been confirmed that Tsuji is getting married. Nothing on her pregnancy, though quite a few blogs and other sources are saying that the pregnancy too has been confirmed. UFA seems to be handling it pretty well, from what I’ve been reading. Nothing about a terminated contract. Tsuji is, however, withdrawing from her idol activities. Gyaruru will probably release that first single (assuming it’s done) and then lay low until Tsuji has her baby and the marriage is done and everything’s settled down…

Maybe it’s because she’s not dating the guy, she’s marrying him. She managed to keep their relationship under wraps for a while, they seem to have been going out for about two years…and well, after that, they’re going to get married. I don’t know if the company just likes Nono or what, but maybe they see it as more of a…I don’t really know how to put it. They seem to not like the girls dating guys (or at least being seen with them in public) but getting married seems to be just fine with them.

I can see why they would take her getting married better than her having a boyfriend. Boyfriends, too temporary and too damaging to the career for something that rarely lasts long once their relationship is out. Marriage is more serious. Then again, only a handful of famous marriages actually lasted. We’ll just have to wait and see…I hope Nono knows what she’s doing and her Bakajo days are behind her.

I don’t think her contract is going to be terminated. UFA would’ve said so already. So, I’m kinda excited about this. If this whole thing goes the way it seems to be going from here (though it rarely does) this will be the first kid born to an H!P idol that hasn’t left the business.

Posted: May 8th, 2007 under aibon, hello! project, morning musume, nono, scandal, tnx, w, wtf.
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Well. It seems that perhaps that spark of rivalry reminiscent of Morning Musumes past still exists: in the form of Tsuji and Kago trying to one up each other in the name of the “Scandal Musume.”

Kago, for those of you that have been living under a rock, recently got fired from H!P for smoking underage and then getting a 38-year-old boyfriend. But rumor has it that Tsuji has just outdone her by getting pregnant and planning a marriage with the supposed father - 26-year-old actor Sugiura Taiyo. Read more »

Posted: May 7th, 2007 under aibon, hello! project, morning musume, nono, scandal, tnx, w, wtf.
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