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Posted: March 27th, 2008 under hello! project, koharu kusumi, morning musume, ranking.
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So. First of all, I realize it’s December hey look it’s almost February isn’t Chiakii lame?, and I’m late as hell. I’ve got really no inspiration as of late. It’s not that I don’t have any real opinion or that I’m losing interest…I just can’t seem to spew out entries. Oh well.

But anyway. I’m stepping over my review of Ongaku Gatas and Berryz and Buono! and C-ute, because no matter what you all say, Momusu is the fucking flagship group of H!P and the Kids are never going to be greater than them. Do you hear me? Read more »

Posted: January 26th, 2008 under asia 2007, hello! project, morning musume, pv, single.
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So I have all these drafts from like October that I’m working on - and I’m really trying to get them out before the New Year, in addition to all the shit H!P’s releasing now + end of the year posts.

But this is more important.

Happy 23rd birthday to one of my favorite Momusu members, and the best damn vocalist H!P ever had - Fukuda Asuka.

On my end of the globe, it’s not till tomorrow, but it’s the 17th in Japan, and I really doubt I’ll be getting anything done tomorrow anyway. (Final exams are just fun, fun, fun all around. >_<)

I’m still mourning her graduation, by the way.

Posted: December 16th, 2007 under birthday, hello! project, morning musume.
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Oh, how they grow up…

So about two days ago, it was Makoto Ogawa’s birthday. If you know what a huge Makocchan fangirl I am, you might’ve wondered, “Where is Chiakii on this most holy of days?” Well, I will tell you: I was at school. I am on tech crew for the theater, and it has been eating up a whole ton of my schedule. So, that’s my excuse for my absence. I hope to return to bitching about H!P as always. However! This is not about me. (Wait, that’s a lie. It’s all about me, bitch.)

Anyway, so Makoto is now twenty, which is the legal age in Japan. This brings up two extremely important questions:

1. When is she coming back?
2. So is this the green light for all things pervy?

I hope Mako will return this year…if not this year, then the year after that. She’s 20 now, she can do whatever the fuck she wants. <3. Happy birthday, Makocchan!

Moving on to the other Mak of the two…

Posted: October 31st, 2007 under birthday, hello! project, makoto ogawa, morning musume.
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Posted: August 19th, 2007 under 10th anniversary, asia 2007, hello! project, morning musume, pv, single, wtf.
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Originally drafted around July 10th, because Chiakii is lazy and lost her Internets and is speaking in third person, which is a good excuse!

Um. Wow. That’s really all I can say right now. Read more »

Posted: July 30th, 2007 under asia 2007, hello! project, morning musume, pv, single.
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And the amount of knocked-up H!P members just grows and grows! Ayappe, Sayaka, Heike Michiyo, Tsuji…and now Iida! I woke up this morning on and on my early morning Internet check I discovered this little tidbit of news from Hello!Online. But I had school and therefore had to refrain from falling over in shock until now. Should we call her Knocked-Up Kaorin? I don’t know, it doesn’t have the same ring as Knocked-Up Nono.

Kaorin has released her official statement, but it’s not known yet if she’s coming back to H!P or music at all after this. I think she might, especially because of the 10 anniversary unit now…which reminds me, what are they going to do about that? I think they’re going to go the Tsuji route, but who’s going to replace her? I mean, isn’t the point of the 10th anniversary unit to show how the group was at its start? I’d love to see them toss Yuko and Kei in there, but they’re too old now, right? Because it’s supposed to have members representing the original five, from 13 - 24. Then again, that idea is kinda shot since I think Koharu’s 14 now and I know Kaorin’s 25. I would LOVE to see some more of Yuko or Kei-chan. They need more exposure, dammit.

I am going to cruelly and shamelessly yank this screencap from Cult of Pop to illustrate “Morning Granddaughters”…damn, haven’t the H!P girls ever heard of birth control? Condoms? Anything? I mean, I’m very excited for Kaorin and all but…God. And we thought Gocchin was the horny one. I can understand if they were married and were planning to have kids…but man. I guess it must be hard to keep your, er, needs under control if you’re in such an occupation, but come on, Iida, you’re 25 years old. Don’t say you don’t know what a condom is.

Posted: July 6th, 2007 under elder club, hello! project, morning musume, scandal, wtf.
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So when I took the poll over at Hello!Blog I didn’t really think about my answers until I was riding in the car on a particularly long ride from Haleiwa back to Honolulu. I always seem to think of my better entries (I swear, I had this very in-depth post written out in my head) when I have no way of writing it down. And sure enough, by the time I had gotten my shave ice and was happily eating it back in the car on the return trip to my grandmother’s house in Honolulu, I had pretty much forgotten about whatever point I was trying to make in my extremely well-thought-out (it took us like an hour to get there, considering the traffic and all the breaks we had to take for my brother’s particularly small bladder) post.

Until I opened my computer and was trying to close all my excess windows when I saw my little H!B ranking chart. And I remembered, “Hey, I was gonna write about who I like and why!”

This post is probably not as in-depth or as well-thought-out as the one in my head (GOD! DAMN IT!) but it gets the point across. Read more »

Posted: June 24th, 2007 under hello! project, morning musume, ranking.
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(After seeing the headline on IntlWota, The Gokkies Strike Back, I had to make a Star Wars reference. Perhaps this year could be, A New Hope For Fifth Gen.)

According to H!O, Konno Asami will be making her return to H!P, at least for a little while.

Konkon had mentioned before that she wanted to balance both H!P and her studies if possible. Apparently there have been a few conversations between her and UFA about it on several occasions, and so, she will return to the Gatas team. Gatas is also recording a single for Cirque de Soleil. I don’t know whether or not she’s going to fully return to H!P, or just Gatas. She’s going to give her time to school, though, if conflicts arise - so even if she does fully return, we probably won’t see that much of her. But hey, enough pessimism. This is a happy time!

She’ll be appearing on stage on July 17th, during the H!P Summer tour. (Hey, that’s my birthday! Good timing!)

…so, Mako, are you done studying English yet? Rumors have been circulating for a while that she’s back in Japan and popped up at Yossie’s grad concert. That would make my year, I swear. 2007 seems to be fifth gen’s year, and I am enjoying it fully. Not enough love goes to them. <3.

(Image from J-pop CD Art - oh, and Ray: I do like Hawaii. It’s just the humidity that bugs me. The heat is fine. And don’t worry, I’ll be back. Your Momoko money is safe! XD)

Posted: June 18th, 2007 under hello! project, morning musume, sotsugyou, wtf.
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You know what sucks? When I’m sitting in my grandmother’s Honolulu home WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING, browsing the Internet and seeing the picture for “Onna ni Sachi Are”, and trying to think up something really good to say about it, except my brain is so fried from the heat and humidity that I can’t think of anything.

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Posted: June 17th, 2007 under asia 2007, hello! project, morning musume, preview.
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