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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When we last left our heroes, Sugaya Risako had just made a deal with the devil, sucking the Berryz through a wormhole. The mass of Tsugunaga Momoko and Natsuyaki Miyabi was duplicated and went zooming down a separate tunnel (presumably to Buono!).

Strange things happen in this wormhole. Yurina sees a vision, in which she’s suddenly Momoko-sized, and being chased by a 6-foot peach.

But the Berryz’ journey has finally ended… Read more »

Posted: August 22nd, 2008 under attack of the con-fettis, berryz koubou, h!p kids, hello! project, pv, single, wtf.
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…she’d totally sound like this.

I’m going to say something right now: I hate Cinderella. I really do. It’s my least favorite fairy tale ever, mostly because all Cinderella really does is bitch about having to pull her own weight around the house until a magical fairy godmother comes down to help her out and everything is fixed. And all Cinderella has to do is wash a few floors. (And she’s one of the 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived. Above Luke Skywalker and Batman. This is an injustice.)

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Posted: July 17th, 2008 under berryz koubou, c-ute, h!p eggs, h!p kids, hello! project, high-king, morning musume, pv, reina tanaka, shuffles, single.
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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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Oh, come on, I can’t have been the only one to have read that manga? You know, the one where Momo sleeps with that dude, and everyone’s yelling at him, “YOU GIGOLO!” My friend borrowed it from a library and read it to me…until a teacher found us reading it and made my friend not bring it to school again. Oh, well, anyway. Onto the other Peach Girl, known as the Great Peachy One, etc, etc, etc. (I can’t believe I didn’t get how she got that nickname until now. *dumbass*)

I’m gonna totally get shot for this, but I don’t like this PB as much as I like Airi’s. Neither Miyabi or Momoko have managed to impress me with their PBs the way Airi did. There was something very compelling about Airi’s stares in those shots. Miyabi’s and Momoko’s are just what we’ve come to expect from H!P - good amounts of bouncy, cheerful fun with a touch of bikini added in. (By the way, seeing the H!P kids in bikinis disturbed me more than seeing Nacchi in one. Because even if Nacchi has no sex appeal, at least she’s old enough to not make me feel perverted for looking…even if it’s in a totally businesslike manner.) Read more »

Posted: July 5th, 2007 under berryz koubou, h!p kids, hello! project, momoko tsugunaga, photobook.
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