WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS SERIOUS BUSINESS. CHIAKII ACTUALLY SITS HER ASS DOWN AND TALKS ABOUT HER FEELINGS. JUST A WARNING.

Well, 2008 is winding down. We’re getting ready for 2009. I can’t think of anything important that will be happening to me personally in 2009. I might get my learners’ permit or something. (I’m sure that’s such a good idea. Set Chiakii loose on the roads of San Francisco.)

However! Some blogs are choosing to honor the artists that they felt brought the awesome this year. Some are writing long, heartfelt posts about how 2008 did/didn’t live up to their expectations. Everyone will look back at pengie’s predictions for 2008 and see whether or not they came true.

But I’m not those blogs! Instead, I’m going to wrap up 2008 in dialogue format and be rude about all the releases I secretly loved. Because I am a bitch.

I actually did something like this in 2007. I called it “2007 in a Nutshell” (because I’m so creative). I didn’t finish it in time. Pity, too. There were quite a few gems in there.

So, Soap Bubble brings you…2008 in a Nutshell!

* Note: I really don’t remember half of what happened this year. And frankly, I don’t care about half of the stuff that did. Just warning you, in case something epic happened in August that skipped over. Read more »

Posted: December 31st, 2008 under album, avex, berryz koubou, boobs, c-ute, conspiracy theories, elder club, end of the year, h!p kids, hello! project, high-king, japanese, morning musume, ongaku gatas, perfume, v-u-den, wtf.
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No, I’m kidding. Kind of. Ayaka of Coconuts Musume semifame has graduated. It was announced about five minutes ago, probably hours after she actually left. Read more »

Posted: April 29th, 2008 under coconuts musume, conspiracy theories, elder club, hello! project, sotsugyou, wtf.
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Lately, a lot of people have been introducing H!P or Jpop in general to their friends, younger siblings, etc as a sort of scientific (cough) experiment on how well Jpop - particularly of the crack-induced H!P persuasion - would fare in the United States.

A similar experiment was conducted by me…well, actually, I don’t think you could call it an experiment, as I was just trying to introduce her to my cracktastic music. I wasn’t looking for any particular pattern or anything. I just wanted someone else to know what kind of music I listened to. Read more »

Posted: April 28th, 2008 under conspiracy theories, corrupting your friends, hello! project, japanese, morning musume, reina tanaka, v-u-den.
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Or, I don’t understand the logic behind this single at all.

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Posted: March 12th, 2008 under attack of the con-fettis, berryz koubou, conspiracy theories, h!p kids, hello! project, momoko tsugunaga, pv, single, wtf.
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Okay, so I watched the regular version of “Jaja Uma Paradise”, and to my surprise, it was even more boobtastic than the Pink Version. (Am I the only one that thinks it’s funny that it’s called the Pink Version when you think about the Japanese and the color pink? Okay, I’m done making dirty commentary. For now.)

Actually, I think it’s hilarious that “Jaja Uma Paradise” roughly translates to “Shrew Paradise” (shrew meaning difficult woman) and I just got finished doing tech for a play called “Taming of the Shrew”. I’m sure I could make plenty of jokes within this entry using lines from it, but I’ll refrain. Unless one of these screencaps just begs for a quote about tongues and tails. Okay. I’m done now, I swear.

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Posted: November 21st, 2007 under boobs, conspiracy theories, hello! project, pv, single, v-u-den.
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Okay. So. I am seriously one of the last people to ever cover anything in the blogosphere, because I’m shit lazy, and I’ve got all these drafts to finish and homework to do, but I’m taking some valuable time to say…

What the fuck?

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Posted: October 31st, 2007 under conspiracy theories, elder club, hello! project, maki goto, scandal, sotsugyou, wtf.
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(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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