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My Disappointment is Resonating Horribly…Kind Of

I’m going to say this straight out: I like Resonant Blue. I really, really do. But it was just so…not what I wanted. Read more »

I love you, I love you forever…or not. (Part II)

J-pop Catch Up Part III: Kira*Pika - Or, This is the Best Worst Song Ever

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(I’m starting to wonder if I’ll ever be able to catch up on the J-pop world. Even if I don’t, that’s okay…I guess.)

So the general consensus about “Hana wo Pu~n!” is that even if we hate it, some eight-year-old out there probably adores it - hell, we saw that video clip of a whole crowd of uncoordinated children doing the “pu~n” moves along with Koharu and Mai. Read more »

The Aruiteru Curse?

(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 »

Koharu Kusumi is really damn happy…

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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